The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-29

movement was premature. tut as II"
majority thought different, come veal,
come woe, they were ii :or the t:sAf
without counting the cost, and ne
pledged his life anG IT'S all for the
struggle, AID the clank Of CoaneH's 5
crutch as he ripped out his earnest
words, told the convention he meant
what he said.
Unity, union and~mass;ve decev:nin-
alton had cone 20 the convention. It
was nearly ) o'clock. Hampton, who
had stood apart, and up TO this time
had~not opened his mouth, except to
vote for the straightout movement,
arose in the back of the hall. Tall,
rather slim (then), neatly dressed,
quiet and cool, and unassuming, he
strobe to the front, held up his hand
and said in substance, that before the
vote was taken, he wished to ask the
members not 10 consider him person.
ally, as he did not want the nomlna-
ton; to think we'll before acting; that
there were others whose names
would do more good, but that if they
said he must ?ead, that for the sake
of the old State, he would do so. He
left the hall. In rev moments tne
unanimous nomination was made HIS
tory had a bright page written On the
wall of radicalism, carpetbag!sm and
scalawagism; it was in the air, mene'
tekel, euphrasin.
The radical leaders had crowded in
the corridors during the secret ses-
sion. Nash, Elliott, CORDOBA, and the
sleek Tim Hurley, rushed in and felt
the density of the atmosphere.
No night session was held, but there
was no sleep in the city on the Con-
garee that night. Two forces were
at work, without attracting attention,
away up yonder in cotton town,
torch light procession was formed;
long and sinuous it was. AS it pass
ed down Main street and came to the
government building, its orifame was
recognized in the person OF that
knight, COL. Alexander CheVes Has
kell. He rode coal black steed and
wore an immaculate white suit with
a black SLOUGH hat. The crowd cried
in praise and enthusiasm; an i'm
promptu rostrum was erected on the
State house grounds (without permls-
sion for erecting it,, right under the
window of Governor Chamberlaln's
executive offices (it was said he was
in there during the meeting), and such
a meeting and such portent, cool, de-
termined, defnant speechs! Theodore
G. Parker, of Charleston; George y.
Tillman, Of Edgefeld, and others, set
I the pace of the coming campaign. In
the hotels, the leaders of the dele
gates held caucuses how best to mold
the ticket so as to arouse the people
to the fight. When the convention
met the next morning all was unity
and fierce determination. Such "a
ticket has never since and will never
again be put before our people. Hamp-
ton and Simpson, Conner an%Hagood,
Simms and Leaphart, Noise and
Thompson, all gone (but not forgot
ten, hope), and the fight was on to
the death. We went home. Then
came meetings at Newberry, led by
Wyatt Aiken and James Lipscomb; at
Abbeville led by Samuel MCGOWAN and
James S. Cothran; at Midway led by
G. D. Tillman, Gilmore Simms and
Fred Can't; and the blood began to
boil in earnest. The delegates had
spoken, it was the peoples time now
to act.
The Campaign.
Those wene not the days of electrl-
city, of telephones, of fast trains, of
night messages, and Of automobiles,
but the elbow to elbow touch was
felt: the heart to heart message of the
Anglo-Saxon was sent from Caesars
Head to TIE Battery; from the tawney
Savannah to the red washed Pee Dee,
which produced an uprising, the like
Of which will never again as witnessed
in South Carolina.
The merchants had to buy extra in
voices of red flannel to clothe the
marching patriots. Every county, eV-
cry town, every township, every ham,
let, became a red hot bed of patriot
ism and enthusiasm. 1t was no class
or caste fight; the rich and poor alike
We'd with each other 70 90 something.
The stalwart> and young rode and
showed their power; the old encourag-