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THE HERALD AND NEWS-SUPPLEMENT. THE M[ RUES THERCH THE REFOR CONVENTION NOT CALLED OFF. Gov. Tillman Throw Himself into the Fight in Time to Save the Convention Plan The Boys -Who do not Enjoy the Smiles of the Bosses Wfil have to Grin and Endure It. LSpecial to H4rald and News.1 COLUMBIA, August 8-8 a.. m.-At the meeting of the Sligh Reform Com mittee held here last night a big fight was niade by Messrs. Lyles and Kirk land, backed by several others, to allow the gubernatorial nomination to go to the general primary election, but it was of no avail. The following preamble and resolu tion was adopted by an overwhelming vote: WHEREAS, The committee recognizes that the plan adopted in April and reit erated in July is not perfect, but after full consideration of all the interests, preferences, circumstances and condi tions confronting the Reform move ments, it is the best that we have been able to devise; and WHEREAS, We believe that if faith fully carried out it will compass the obJect in view when this committee wa- organized, viz.: The nomination of a man who shall be the choice of the Reformers; therefore be it Resolved, That we deem it inexpedi ent and unwise to abandon the Colleton plan at this time. This leaves everything just exactly as it was before the committee met, and the meeting of committee has no effect whatever on arrangements heretofore made. The Reform precinct .:lubs will all meet on Saturday, ilth, to elect dele gates to the County Conventions to be held on 13th and express by ballots the preference for Governor. E. J. WATSON. The Reform convention plan of nominating candidates for Governor and others stand4. Governor Tillman pronounced in favor of it in time to save it. The kickers may kick, but if they do not submit. they will be styled "traitors." The bosses are in the sad dle. The ring rules the ranch. The people are not permitted to speak ex cept through the*ring.. The candidates who do not erjoy the smiles of the bosses will have to go. It all suits us very well Let 'er roll. Hon. Win. C. Oates, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alabama, was ,elected on Monday over the PopuliQt' ticket by 20,000 majority, and the Dem ocrats will also have a good wo- kingf majority in the Legislature, which se cures the return of Senator Morgan to the Senate. ltolen Some person, unknown to me, has taken from my shop a black memoran dum book containing the accounts of Fulmer & Stockrman. A liberal reward will be paid for its recnvery. It. W. NV. FULMER. CAUGHT ON THE FLY. "A False Report" Overtaken-Slanderin Mr. Job Hughey-He's No Candidate. Sunday-school Convention-After Mr. Thomas for Stabbing Bro. Sligh-Reform Clubs Must Meet-Other News Notes. In order to correct a false report that has been circulating through our sfe tion, I take the liberty to make the following statement: The report that Mr. J. L. Hughey, of the Broad river section, would become a candidate for the Legislature on the Probibition ticket had begun to circulate through this section pretty freely. I was at Newberry on the 30th of July, the day that the Prohibition convention was to be held in order to put out a ticket for the Legislature, and seeing Mr. Hughey in town I concluded, in order to satisfy myself as to whether the charge was true or not I would go into the meeting and see which way the wind blew. I was not in the meeting very long be fore I found that in all probability the Prohibition movement was a gone gos ling for the present. A motion was made by.Mr. John C. Neel to oppose any nominations. and at once the mo tion was seeoded by Mr. Hughey. Mr. Hughey then stated his position in the matter, and I was not long in finding out that this was a false charge. He was true to the Reformers notwith standiug ramors to the contrary. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. It was quite a pleasure for me to at tend the sixteenth annual convention of the Newberry. County Sunday school Association at BethEden church, on the 1st and 2nd inst. For several reasons it is always a pleasure for us to meet with the good people of Beth Eden. First, we have a large circle of relatives in the upper part of the Beth Eden section, and the secoid reason is, the visits of our youth were more frequerrt than they are now, and every Lime we go into this community we &re made to reflect upon our boyhood days, and the last and best reason for loving to be with those good people is, they have no end to their cour tesies. Some people oppose these inter denominational ,:onveutions, but we ave always been heartily in favor of such meetings. How blessed it is to msy with the poet, "Come let us all anite to sing our Saviour's praise." The topics were all ably discussed ind the meeting was full of interest from beginning to end. In fact, we beard not a few of the older members ay that this was one of the most inter ,sting conventions that has been held ut of the sixteen. There were several )> the Sunday-schools that were not represented. W'e asked Dr. Pelham, he secretary, to furnish us the names f those schools, but he failed to do it. 'herefore, we are minus of this much we would have liked to have reported. Prof. R. 0. Sams, of Gaffuey, created uite an interest in the rheeting. In presenting the subject of normal tesen ng, we believe that Prof. Sams' mode )f teaching would be quite helpful in .owns and cities where teachers can ynveniently meet, but in the country where teachers live some distance tpart, it would be almost impractica Ale to try to adopt such a plan. On Wednesday night we were thrown n the kind care of our old friend and .ousin, D. W. McCullough. All who now David know that be is very ,ntertaining. He is just jolly enough to make a sick dog laugh; aid. Mrs M. is one of those large hearted Chris' tian women who knows how to enzer tain a guest to make him feel at home We have heard a heap of talk about rolling and tumbling, pawing and kicking, and people going with every toe up; but if we didn't have a little of that kind of stuffto contend with after g ing to bed, you can just say that we are talking in our sleep. Now old Koon if it ever falls to our lot to bed with you again, we want the halter straps put on before we undertake tfie job. The next annual meeting of the con vention will be at Mt. Zion church, near Prosperity. OTHER POINTS. Health pretty good. We are having too much rain for cotton. A better corn crop we have not seen in many years. Fodder pulling will be gin the latter part of this week, if the weather will permit. Don't count on too big a cotton er yet, you are liable to be disappointe. Miss Corrie Wilson is visiting rela tives in the Whitmire section. Timmerman and Jolly Street nines crossed bats lasti Sat rday evening. but the rain kept the bo.. s frolh fluibing the game. We understand the game as it stood was 15 to 30 ii favorof Jolly Street There will be a meeting of tbe joint cou ncil of Bachman chapel, St. Philip's and Macedonia churchs on Wednes day, the 8th instan-, at 9 a. m.. The meeting will be held at Properity. There will be a Weebration of Mace. donia Sunday-sehool, held at Macedo nia church on Thursday the 9th inst. Rev. J. D. Bowles will bold protract ed meetings at his churches as follows: & t Macedonia on Saturday before the third Sunday in this monthi at 2 p. m.; at St. Philip's on Saturd-ay before the r4th Sunday of this month, at 2 p. m.: at Bachman chapel or. Saturday before the second Sunday in September, at 2 p. m. AFTER MR THOMAS. We want to say to our friends and the public, generally, to watch a main who will take the advantage of an other and stab him in the back in his absence. This is what Railroad Com missiofts as did at Newberry on campai y. He came into Sligh's own county, knowing that Sligh was absent on account of sickness, and thrust his blade as deep into Sligh's back as he could well get it. Shame and dishonor to any man who would be guilty of such dirty acts. If he could have heard the same expressions on what he said in reference to Mr. Sligh, that I have beard, he would tuck his tail in shame. REFORMERS. MUST MEET. Let every Reformer in our county bear in mind that he should meet with his club on next Saturday afternoon, I August 11, for the purpose of electing delegates to our county reform conven tion. Now reformers, we deem this a meeting of much importance, so do not i fail to turn out on that day in order to have a voice in saying who shall rule our State for the next two years, and see that your very best men are elected as delegates. Each club is entitled to one delegate for every twenty-five members or mejority fraction thereof, which means their voting strength in the convention. For instance, if a club has thirty-seven members it is only entitled to one delegate, but if it has thirty-eight members it can elect two, and so on up to any numbeir t these delegates are only to be .- Q gers for the clubs, and have no er or authority, as we understabd # to cast these votes otherwise th as In structed by a majority of the meisbers. Now, this is a free opportunity for the people to express their choice for gbv ernor and lieutenant-governor, add they can also say whether they desire a ticket for State officers nominated or not, and suggest their preferences. . CHIPS. - Dots from St. PhiIIp'9. The season for pulling fodder is at hand. Preaching at St. Phillips next Sun day evening as usual. The bay crop is in a splendid grow Ing condition. See! It seemhs that it is the duty of every community to have a barbecue. Y;. Phillips will have hers this week. August mut have borrowed last Sunday from September. Hope Sep tember will return the favor. Our people did not plans the "Long Allen" cotton but its "Ilobg" any way. We plant the "Big Ba e,"the "Thomas" and the "Peterkinl; it is all "tall and handiome" yoa bet! We venture to say that by the time Mr. Hipp's "tweWe days" are expired St. Phillips congregation can boast of an excellent choir. We are all about through "laying by" down this way and now we propose to lay by the watermelon patch. Our 86iday-school as in a flourish ind coudition. There are over sixty scholars on the roll. This is owing to the untiring energy of Rev. Bowles. He is an excellent cburch worker and Bachman Chappel and St. Phiiiips bad better "hol' him tight." Josh Trump--Saturday evening-a mile from bome-daXk-and rainjug-a ragged umbrella and a borrowed pf W,ee albert-a gallon of kerosene-fluoded ' roads and still raining-delightful eve ing walk-a certain corner of the road bearing the reputation-of being'spooky,l etc. Ugh! what else, tbat's all, thanks. Some how or other we failed to get in any dots last week, cou-sequently we 'ost the opportunity of touchatigon the celebration. But asfrfeiid Chi such an' excellent accou4t of t=w we do not re-gret that we failed~to_*t in." In tbiq connection we will say, however, that this being a TINman cont munity a large number of us attended the campaign meeting in your city on Friday following. On this dly the undersigned had the honor and pleaw' ure of seeing a face that he Is not likeFf to forget-that of Governor T111Li After hearing the other candidate"d last of all '"TllrMaU and Butler" we came home hitherto believing btuw Convinced that Tilman is the mfn that South Carolina needs in-Congress. It has been about forty years since the voice of John C, Calboul r(ver berated through the-erowded halla and galleries of Congress During aU, tboe years South Carolina has teen $or*--. in need of a statetman, one like loved and immortal Calhqun, who stand by his colors in detnse of $Ue rights of the people. Such a statesmn South Carolina now has in the perion of Ben Tillman and when begetoto the United States Senate ue venture to predict that he will make a record that will not only reflect credIt on South Carolina but on the whole South. JosH TMup. August 6, 1894.