The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-11-15
By BoorH TARxIMcToN
ehz. 1899 BY Doubledoy,I2 Mcclure Co.
cesyr;eh.. 1902. By MeClure. P6iz,ips q ce.

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Rodney McCune had lifted his mead,
and the friends of his stricken enemy
0elt that they and the cause that Hark
/ less had labored for were lost with
out the leader, for the old ring that the
Herald had beaten rallied around Nc
Cune. s@The boys were in line again"
8 Every one knew that Holloway, dull
but honest man, the most available ma
terial that HarkIess had been able to
6nd, was already beaten. If John
HAIRLESS had been ston the ground to
work for him." it was said, Holloway
could have received the nomination
again. but as matters stood he was
beaten and beaten badly, and Rodney
McCnne would sit IN congress, for NOM
9nation meant election.
But one afternoon the Harkless
forces, demoralized, broken, hopeless.
woke up to find that they had leader.
There was political conference at
Judge Briscoe's. The politicians de
scended sadly at the gate from the
omnibus that had met the afternoon
uain-Boswen and Keating. two gen
! tlemen Of An1o. and Bence and Shan
non, two others of Gaines county, to
confer with Warren Smith, Tom Mar
tin, Briscoe and Harkless' representa-
6ves, Fisbee and the editor Of the
Herald They entered the house gloom
sy. and the conference began in de-
jected monosy yllables. But presently
Minnie Briscoe, sitting on the porch
pretending to sew. heard Heler's voice.
clear, soft and trembling little with
excitement She talked for only two
or three minutes. but what she said
seemed to stir up great commotion
among the others. All the voices burst
forth at once In exclamations, almost
shouts. Then Minnie saw her father.
seated near the window, rise and strike
The table great blow with his clinch-
ed fist. .sWiA make the nominating
speech" he cried @Pd walk from
here TO Rouen and back again to do
ftr' - ,
Keating Of Amo. 1.-THE wonderful
thing is that nobody thought Of this
before There are just two difficulties
-Halloway and our man himself. he
wouldn't let his name be used against
Kedge. Therefore we've got to work
1t quietly and keep it from him."
~Ifs not loo difficult" said the speak
er3 colleague. Mr.. Boswell. Call we've
got TO do is to spring it as surprise on
the convention. Some Of the old crowd
themselves will be swept along with us
when we make cur nomination. and
S0n want to stuff your ears with cot
ton. You see, all we need to do is to
pass the word quietly among the Hal
hway people and the shaky McCune
people. Rod may get wind OF 1t. but
Seu can't ax men in this district against
as when they know what we mean 10
do now. On the first ballot Well give
Hailoway every vote he'd have got II
bed run against McCune alone. 1t Will
help him to understand how things
were afterward. On the second ballot
why, we nominate. Of course 1t can't
be helped that Holloway has to be kept
In the dark. too. but he's got to be-
There's cne danger" said Warren
Smith. ..Kedge Hailoway is honest. but
/ believe 1a's selfish enough to disturb
his best friends deathbed for his own
ends. It's not unlikely that he will get
nervous toward the. last ana be tele-
graphing Harkless to have himself car
lied On cot to the convention to save
him. That wouldn't do at all. of course
And Miss Sherwood thinks maybe
there'd be less danger if we set the
convention a little ahead Of the day
appointed. It's dangerous, because it
shortens our time. but we can fix it for
three days before the day we'd settled
ON, and that will bring it to Sept. l..
-Tfs great plan" said Mr.. Bence.
who was an oratorical gentleman. He
thrust one hand in his breast. raised
the other toward heaven and contir-
Ged. ..For the name Of Harkless
shaT'-
Wait minute said Keating. I'D
ike to hear from che Herald about its
policy. if Miss Sherwood will tell u.s.
Eyes. indeed" she answered. ''It will
be xpry simple. Don't you think there
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