The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-07-24

Jy&' campaign. TIE dcliverance was
"cnicvcd from the manifold evils con-
seQuent upon the asceHde9cy for years
.. corrup, to!itical party
"Ir 1S7>. GnIer the leadership ana
Ni.h still more heroic eff rts, tDe same
.,:aty was overwhelmingly de Gated
and ,he ascnndency OF tie white peo-
rle securely established. We are op-
rosed to the restoration of Radical
rule in this county and State.
This address was signed by the fol-
low:lg white Democratic candidates,
members Of the Independent ticket:
Iulge C. P. Townsend, J. P. Gibson,
FL the legislature.
Capt Frank Manning, for clerk Of
coGrt
A. G. Johnson. for sheriff.
R. H. McKinnon, for school COM
missioner
Major J. c. Dunbar, DR.. NJ c. Wal
lace. }. F. Grant cor county commits
sionr:s.
Major w. A. R gers, for probate
Judge
DR.. H. IL. Easterling, for coroner.
Now, my friends, does this sound
| like appealing to the negro, for these
candidates were property owners and
taxpayers and were gentlemen Of
recognized integrity? Now I will ex-
plain the existence of the calico
G. ecked backed ticket" which was
sent to Mr.. Pollock from this county,
and which is being exhibited by him
in the upper part OF tae State. That
checked back ticket was not our
ticket II l had to go into judgment
| this moment, | did not know any
thing about the existence Of that Re-
publican ticket, with our names ON it,
until l went to Brightsville on the day
of election Mr.. D. D. Mccall was my
personal friend as long as he lived,
and he was tie father of the present
Democratic chairman of this county.
He told me after the election in 1880
that he and other white Republicans
in this county had advised the Repub-
To MI
tickets. My name was placed there
with, ut my consent or knowledge, and
any intimation or declaration that |
have ever catered to or affiliated with
the negroes or Republican party is an
absolute lie as black as perdition. Mr..
Pollock certainly knew the above
facts, and his perversion of truth and
misrepresentation is vile, damnable
and most reprehensihle | doubt that
Governor Blease ever knew that was
candidate in 1880; he did know,
how ever, that before he commissioned
me as member OF his staff, that the
white Democrats of Marlboro county
had, for six years elected me to rep
resent them in tle house OF represen-
tatives, and ne knew that | made
valuable and faithful member. 1t
seems that many of the newspapers
and extreme anti-administration men
are industri, usly exerting themselves
tc yilify and misrepresent Governor
3lease and his friends. They are well
come 10 al, they will get out o. this
Gastard!y and untruthful attack on
ne
after | spoke at Smithville during
the campaign in 1880 DR.. Boucher
shook hands with me and said that /
had made one of t'ae best Democratic
speeches he had ever heard. Col. J.
" Drake was not in sympathy with
cur movement, but he will say today
tnat he heard ne declare on the stump
III. illS IttclL Sa1ilpoAS>u IAdI w cS llOI
leader of the Republican party;
that 1 was a White Democrat, and if
tie Republicans Put out a county tic
ket, that | would withdraw from the
cam palsn ard do ali l could to elect
the convention candidates.
Ten NecrS after this I wrote a COL
umn and half editorial against Has
keilism and advised our people not
to support the Haskell ticket, and
some OF that same crowd who voted
the Haskell negro ticket are uttering
vile alsehocds and misrepresenta-
tons about NE. dislike to be forced
to dig up the past record OF 81 years
ago, for these gentlemen nave long
since PASSED over the river and are