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The Ball Opened at Sant
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Black Rock and Cro
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WISEST WEEK O
gun* of the County Cam-'
pain .belched forth at Suntuc on
Wednesday thev43rh int the Sims'
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The 3?yH?s an idenl i?ii<\ ?nd while
* ^Wrer waa threatened u ot\t 12
o'elrxSpnt di<r Wet materialize The
crowd?loungtcL* round the speakers'
stand wnder\ the shady trees and
liatkJI att^Jbively \ ti what the
rkers had to say, they were
tft:;(j&indfa!ly quiet, ond speaker
aft^ *peqker had , his; say and eat
down without a sound fxom the
crowd, of approval, disproval or applause,
.
Rtf.'B. G. Gregory acted as chairman
and introduced the candidates
after prayer by a local pastor. Each
candidate for Senate and House was
allowed 20 minidtcs, wb'deVhe lesser
lights were allowed 10 itrinuW.
At 12:25 all the candidates were
invited on the standi to have their
picture taken. The bdi*fc Vailihg'of
the Stated' ^rokeK dt?4 th^ bucket of
wattriwent one Wayv the dipper '
an ether while the Water flowed over' the
stand causing general confusiop i
for thp time bmng- They w/^rp finally
fixed and twtj, snap shots were taken
at thd aggregation. We suppose the
caoferoaurvived the sdidck as we saw
the photographer at the other places. {
There JKfe about thirty thrco of |
the ps^ete. After this a recess of i
"jvW"taken *&$**** .
From ewTrtno thbaggTegatiOTr'wetii
to Carlisle where they were met by a i
large crowd from almost every j
direction Thursday, and candidates i
and visitors were right royally en- I
tertained by the good people of Car- i
lisle with the most bounteous picnic i
spread that it has ever been our good i
to partake of. The table was something
like one hundred feet long and
was literallv loaded down with the
^ delicacies prepared by the good ladies
' of that section who knew so well how
to prepare for an occasion of this
kind no matter how large the congregation.
Upon this occasion they
must have fed between 500 and 600
people and there was plenty for all.
Besides steak, mutton, chicken and
all the long list of appetising delicacies
usually found at a first class
picnic, there was ah enormous pot of
as fine hash as we ever saw, to which
all did ample justice. To say it was
an excellent and bounteous lay out
is but to feebly express it. Carlisle
certainly laid the candidates and
visitors under a debt of gratitude for
their kind forethought. Her praise
was oq every tongue during the remainder
of the week's trip.
From Carlisle to Black Rock was
the next jump and a long jump it
was. On the^ way to our stoDDinsr
place, that is the Auditor and I, we
got caught in a bad wind storm accompanied
by a good shower of rain
near Mr. Woods Jeter's place and
turned into the grove for shelter but
found the house closed and we drove
on with the wind coming hard in our
face. We held up twice to get some
shelter behind a duster of bushes.
We finally reached Mr.
place, where we found halt a dozen
buggies on the road side, the horses
had oeen taken out and the occupants
had clustared in a bunch fn
front of the stable to wait for the
rain to cease. It was a meetin<?.not
dowii on the. program bat we enjoyed
it. We finally made another start and
reached our destination, the home of
that venerable and substantial citizen
and former Mr. II. S. Thomas, where
we found Mr. T. J. L. Liinder who
had already arrived, and we were
met and entertained with the open
handed hospitality it has always been
our good fortune to? receive at the
homes of our friends in the country.
We were shown Mr. Thomas' fish
pond and the beautifully located
spring from which the pond is supplied.
Mr. Thomas astonished thii
scribe when he produo^d schistic
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CAMPAIGNERS.
uc Tuesday?Small Crowd
Sims' Grove, Carlisle,
ss Keys Winds up the
F THE ROOND.
I from bis jacket ami blew it several
times calling up the fishes, which fed
upon'the bread crumbs be threw to
them. Auditor Farr, who was onto
| the racket, had supplied himself with
[ a hook and line and attaching a
' piece of bread to the hook he soon
pulled up a nice carp, as large as a
man's hand. No one let on but what
this was a fine sample of the fish in
the pond, and we were iust congratulating
the owner upon nsfring such a
fine pond so conveniently near his
home, when with a sudden jerk Mr.
Farr threw out a fish on the bank
which almost caused our breath to
leave us and brought forth an unearthly
yell from one of Mr. Thomas
JFs little fellows who was with as,
as the fish in its terrible efforts to
get back to the water, gave tbe little
fellow a couple of hard slaps on his
legs. We could hardly believe our
eyes, we had no idea there was any
puch fish in miles of us. It was fully
15 inched long and large in proportion.
The first one looked like a
minnow beside it. Mr. Linder almost
went wild over it and the pond,
and he was so anxious .to have him a
pond of his own that we began to
think he might give up his race and
go home fust thing in the morning
to begin building it. Another rmo.-3
sized fish was pulled out and we returned
to the house. We enjoyed
Sr wpiu
man's house. Ilis children are all
grown and married. One of his sons
and his family, also a widowed daughter
are with the father and mother,
and it is a happy home. Wo hope
to have the pleasure of another visit
and a fishing in that pond some time.
The speakers arrived nt Black
Rock church about 10 o'clock, and
found an unusually large crowd to
listen to the speakers. The audience
as at the other places, were also respectful
and attentive. The candidates
cannot complain that they have
not been heard. We have never
seen such a quiet campaign. The
people are listening attentively to
what each has to say and we have no
doubt they will choose wisely as to
who shall represent them in the Legislature
and fill the various county
offices. There can be no intelligent
conclusion drawn as to who is in the
lead. The candidates are hard at
work among the men in the crowd ]
while the other candidate is speaking.
It seems that each candidate, however,
is pretty certain that it is going
to be the other man that's left out in
the general count. There is very
little ehftorinrr nr enthuaiiiRm eveent.
laughter at the jokes, but thero is a
whole lot of deep thinking.
From Black Rock the candidates
scattered to the foar winds for accommodations
for the night. Mr. L.
J, Browning, who is known far and
wide for his open hearted hospitality,
opened wide his doors aud invited all
who would to come and spend the
night with him. Knowing what a
genuine welcome awaited them and
with What a lavisff band he entertained
his guests, it is not surprising
that quite a number unhitched at his
oomfbrtable home, there were four
candidates, Messrs, Fant. Howze,
Foster and Lancaster, Mr. West and
the writer, tho recipients of the hospitalities
of this elegant home. We
were introduced to the good wife, the
mother, and the charming young
daughter of the host, and the evening
was very much enjoyed by the visitors
at least, i nero was a very hard wind
about 9 o'clock which forced us from
the broad piazza into the large and
roomy hall, the wind was hard bul
did not last long and did no damage
After a hearty breakfast, of all the
good things imaginable lo eat, the
procession struck oat for Cross Keys
To see the candidates' buggies strung
out along the road reminded one of a
funeral procession. Some one re
1 marked that some corpse was driving
' to his own funeral.
[The speaking took place in t!
school bousej i.Mr Wilburn's stoi
anil as at all the'other places the
ws?e a number of .'alias present, b
there wore more at Cross Keys tbf
at any other point, Carlisle, of c tun
ccme next. The ladies of Cross Ke
also treated the candidates and vi.
to* s present to a bountiful pica
fpr sad, whioh was very welcome j
tbf candidate# and visitors and
which they did ample justice. The;
w?" plenty for all and that of a f uj
preatly endless variety of good lbi< g
Tr.e repast was wound up by a irei
of ?.me fine watermelons. The ladic
served ioe cream and lemonade, th
pr<?ceeds of whioh went to assist i
paying a balance due on the organ i
fcfcu school honse Wo -
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lha were satisfactory, after such
niijc treat, every oue present aboun
have contributed.
The candidates all eeem to be i
the best of humor and are all friend!)
which we are glad > sec. Tney seer
to h*co picked up points from eacl
other ar.<l>ftll have about gotton dowi
to their speeches and cover the!
poiul* pretty well.
Below we will endeavor to give i
synopbu of the speeches, trying t<
cover in a oondoused form the uiilieu
points of the speeches ot the vaTiou
candidates as we caught them:
SENATOR DOUGLASS
for re-election to the Senate. Gav<
an account of his record m the Senate
and thought he ought to be re
turned as the old members were
given the chairmanship of committees,
which gave them a great powei
in suppressing useless bills. Nc
member is given a chairmanship uutil
he has been there at least two
years. The housb appoints its chairman
but the Senate elects its chairman
of committees.
Recounted his service on the battle
fields where he had received four
bullet wounds. Went to war when
tho first. gun was fired at
Fort Sumter. Thoro is a great cry
of rotation in office now. Ther e was
the enemy. Referred to the time
l TT_:? l? i - - ' 1
\\ucu union nan no creuit in oana
and be had to endorse a paper personally,
while County Commissioner, to
get money for the county-$5,000-tc
pay interest on $160,000 bonds.
Those same bonds are now worth
$150. They were then worth only
85c on the dollar. As to the charge
that he had insisted on making the
bonds payable in gold, Would say
that he thought by so doing he could
have saved Union county about $20,000,
as they could be floated at 5
per cent, interest payable in gold,
while in green backs the interest
would be 6 per cent. That was his
only reason.
Had established the sinking fund
commission by which money will
finally be obtained to liquidate the
railroad debt hanging over Union
Capt. F. M. Farr, Capt. A. II. Fos?
ter and the Treasurer compose th<
Commission. Bonds will be duo ir
15 years.
Had got the increased appropriatioi
for the old soldiers, and had helpe(
kill the soldiers homo bill, and ar
ranged for the support or aid of th<
soldiers at their homos instead, am
saved their franchise. There wa
only one opposing vote to-the bil
as he had prepared it. Had made
the verbal contract for labor valii
when witnessed by two, and an ad
vance made if only 25 cents Thu
saving a lawyer's fee of $5.0<
for drawing up the contract. Ha<
knocked out the check system c
navinnr fWct.nrv pmnlnvAOfl. As t
VJ?? J V~J ? corporations,
was in favor of them i
they were kept within their corporat
limits, cited banks and other corpor
ations as legitimate, when kept withi
their corporate limits, endorsed thcr
no further than this. When the rei
olution was introduced to take th
charter away from the Virginia-Cai
olina Chemical Company he ha
' voted for it, because they were goin
it too strong in South Carolina. Lo
( country wanted 12 days' labor c
roads, had helped to get it down I
| ? days, voted against monument a]
I propriation at Chicamauga, becaui
^ did not think it right to vote $10
, 000 for one ba'tTofield monumei
oKila r?tk iM in Virrrinift hurl mD
, * "R* *
) S. C. troops and would get no moi
. ument Thought the money oug
r to have gone to help the living ve
i erans, unless monuments could 1
fut on all the battlefields whi<
; is out of the question. Vot
for solioitors' pay to be increas
: tT & *
from $1,350
"?? to the old time
r? racy and linfw notnrag alfout com
ul mercial demooiJlf<i~
lu L J*DK'\vninu, -. i
so T - .-V * '
y<, of Cross Keyf^ Senator. Was
i second time hf^^ppt'ared asking for
-o office, tiiaiiktfHfyr support >riven on
to former oddfoio^telius since been aclose
. ? ovuncut ui poiipset questions. There
"t are no quiet in* State
? ppiitics. N.vejf in the history of the
* world lieirthe money power hen so
ll g^eat as now. .Oar effbvts sht>ul>i '?,
!8 directed against tpis tendency to cen16
tfalized potfhv Senator should n t
n ony bo honest, conscientious and inteln
ligent, but intlttitttial with the body.
Ilo sbould live as becomes his high po~
j sition. lie ghouRl not board on sou^
back ptrret in Cfflumldi. He should
qtop at u place bflitting his high and
, honorable position. Would have
? voted against tl^o 8 day 18 year old
b road law. |t i^.the most iinfamous
i law that evef the statute
r books. . It is taxation without representation.
The tjitpg for which our
ft forefathers threvf owe British yoke.
> What voioe has tjp^jaighteen year
1 old boy in this goraggftent. Gives
* Senator DouglatttNMsit for introducing
the bill that ^knocked out the
old soldier's horn# and supported
them at home, also hia work in getJ
ting the appropriation to the old
solaiew raised, bpt credits other
[ motives than love of the old soldier
' as being responsible for his work in
their behalf. Attacked Senator
Douglass on bis vote against the appropriation
for the erection of the
South Carolina monument at Chicatnauga
Park, as being the blackest
record against him of any record left
by any Senator before him. lie
denied Senator Douglass' statement
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, inuu iu?;ru were oniy two regiments
w no fought in the battle there, and
read a letter he had received from
General Walker, showing the
troops from ftouth Carolina who took
itrittiViG utftflr14'tVg ?. /n? ^
from two o'clock till dark. No more
appropriate place in the world for
the monument to commemorate the
valor and heroism of South Carolina's
1 troops. He gave a fine description
of the battle ground and the position
of the different forces and the resistless
charges made by the confederats.
Would be a disgrace for South Carolina
not to be represented with the
other Southern States.
It is a National cemetery and other
States were represented by monuments.
He would have voted for the
! appropriation for South Carolina's
monument. Referred to the heroism
of the soldiery of South Carolina.
I Had never held office, both his opponents
had. Honored Senator for
his grand war record, but did not
think it should entitle him to a life
tenure of office. Mr. Fowler, in a
' more humble capacity, was possibly
as faithful and brave, though he has
1 not referred to it. Honored them
both as much as any man living,
j The rising, intelligent young men
should have a chance, else, why
educate them. Capt. Douglass can
i have no hopo of rising higher but
clinas to his nlaee like death to si
g n i *j
(lead nigger. Acknowledged having
3 differed with his friends on political
^ questions, but everyone always knew
where to find him, was willing to
g stand by what he had dono. Had
0 never been accused of barking with
the hounds and running with the
hare. His errors had been errors of
0 the head and not of the heart. Ilad
f not voted for Haskell ticket. Showed
e lotter from T. J. Alverson and others
! to prove he had voted the straight
n Democratic ticket. Charged that
n the returns had been stolen for 1894.
j Sauaps Pope received only one
e white vote at Cross Keys?let?
r ter to prove that man who voted it
j had moved away, was read. As to
_ Constitutional Convention had voted
? for Judge Wallaoe and had no apologies
to make. Would serve to the
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uesi. 01 aoiiuy n eieciou.
Referred to Tillman's letter published
saying that a man's democracy
3C was not to bo tested by -vh>t ho bad
done, some years ago when the party
were fighting among themselves, hot
ro what he is now. Cross Keys had
l~ always polled a straight Democratic
hi v >te. Some fifty odd of her good
t- citizens had once been led astray and
be voted for Weaver.
ch GODFREY B. FOWLER,
e<* of Joneavillo, for the Senate. Had
et* had legislative experience. kGavo hit
1 TORN
j INSUF
S At lo\
| is issv
! Wm. A. NICHi
i BAN
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record as a Representative. The ?en
tor's statement as to the great power o
the chairman of committees is n.s
leading. The first bill he had intro
duced i i the house was to reduce tie
salaries ot the Judges, which wn
tnen o->. 1 t)U, and he carried tut' ' i1
through the House regardio-.* <
caucussis and chairmen, 'i'iie chairman
of corntnitteea are not so at!
powerful as Mr. Douglass would ha*.i
you to believe
As to rotation he had ben
! rotated enotlgh to satisfy any one on
that score. As to the bonds it was
by his efforts that the issue of bonds
for Union county whs made payable in
currency instead of in gold. Was opposed
to saddling a debt on our people
payable only in gold. That
he was right proved by the statement
made that the bonds arc now worth
3150. As to the verbal contract
that Sonator Douglass is crediting
himself so highly with, any man of
intelligence knows that a verbal e ntract
is and always has been binding
when witnessed. What more is
this bill of his? Wants legislative uei.;
for improvement T our public r a U.
Roads should lie laid out on a grade
line. As to monuments they u ?um'
ly go to those who did the least ser
vice. A dollar will be m re helo to
the liviug needy veteran than a tomb
urnnM !.,? tn rlio doml. Oftnt, DoUi*?
m increasing their appropriairoil vtui
should have done it sooner. Wants
economical taxation. As to corporations,
believes there is little difference
between corporations and trusts.
They are twin brothers. Believes in
compulsory education and is willing
to rise or fad on that issue, it something
is not done the white children
will go to the mills while the negro
children go to the schools. To muster
out a soldiery who cannot read
the lettering upon their country s
flag, or the inscription upon ike
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luiiius ui iiuruus wuy usiu jjunc
down defending it, would bo a disgrace
to South Carolina. Says the
darkey pays the most of the fertilizer
tax, let that tax go to educate the
negro.
It is business upon tho part of the
mill to get as cheap labor as possible,
but poor business on the part of the
parent to send their children to the
mill instead of to school.
As to tho cold bond business, he
was tho only one who stood against
it, and fought it single handed.
Thinks the gold bond is to our disadvantage
instead of to our advantage
as Senator Douglass claims.
Had stood alone 011 the floor of the
House and fought for the road duty
$1 instead of $2 with Welch and Oits
against me in the House and Douglas?
in the Senate. He had helped to
raise the pensions $50,000 while ii
the House.
It was a glaring outrage- to put r
man in jail for contempt of couri
when it was an acknowledged fac
that^he laws are a farce. You knov
my record and I stand on it for elec
tion.
FOR THE HOUSE?HON. H.C. LITTI.l
of Kelton, for re-election, gave ai
account of his stewardship. Ha
done his duty to the best of his abi
ity. Only missed one committe
meeting?had a tooth ache, and onl
missed ono roll oall. Was not
speaker in the House but a workei
Never opposed any claim of thG ol
soldiers, and never would. Vote
against the appropriation of $200
I Art A f/"v m ?\i?Vvli a aaV\ aaIa An ?r a nr/ml
I vvv tui puuuu ovuuuiOf na nu wwui
; not have received anything out of
i for Union. Tho low country nogr
schools would have gobbled it all ii)
If satisfied with uly record send u
back, if you havo a better man sen
him. One of the greatest expens<
to the State was the useless tin
I taken up by the members in speal
) ing on unimportant bills not worth
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MUNMUmHtBta*
ADO ]
iANCE |
v rate 2
led by X
OLSON & SON, ;
KERS. ?
- ' picayune but costing the State hun>f
dreds of do'lars before a vote could
bo gotten on them. I tell you if a
- business man bad that body employed
e 1 ami tiny killed time like they (jo he
*; would discharge the whole shooting
| match in twenty-four hours. Union
i'.iias 2,000 white voters and only has
j two reprc>.( ututives, while some of the
i ; lower counties having less than 2,000
: wiiite voters have 4 members. The
8 day iaw was a compromise, and
i the very best wo could get. The
i low counties wanted it 12 days, we
i fought them until within 12 hours of
adjournment. It was take 8 day
law or no law at all which would
have necessitated an extra session of
legislature to make ?
? " uciuiu we
roads could have been worked. The
house had passed the bill to make it
not less than 18 year? of age and not
over 50, or 8 days work on the road
if so much be deemed necessary.
This left it in the discretion of the
county hoards to make the age what
they pleased, also the hours, but the
Senate l nocked out the option.
The fish industry is something we
i aught to have a revenue from. But
I our up country people do not seem
' to know about it anil don't help the
i low country in the vote to tax the
j fisheries. It would bring in a revc?
I nuc of $50,000 to $00,000 annually,
I wldeh would help in lowering taxes.
1 the Supreme Court, but to test it
j would take more than twenty years'
road tax of one man.
LION. A. C. LYLES,
(of Carlisle. Was his third time to
i ask for suffrage. lias been faithful
and is still in dead earnest since the
first and will continue to look
after the interests of our section.
Sorry that he had to light with the
Senators regarding the road law.
The 8 day law was the best they
could get as a compromise from 12
day9, and fixed the age at 18 to 50
years and commutation tax $1.00,
but left the hours optional. The
bill as it passed the house also left
the age limit optional, but the Senate
knoeked out the optional clase as to
age. lie rehearsed his record in the
I I Altai ITml raiaiH l-V?n wnrlnni. ??
from 18 years to 21 years old, and
from ?2.00 down to ?1.00 commutation.
SStood on the school appropriation
same as II. C. Little, for the samo
reasons. That Union would get very
little of it. The amount. Union
would have to pay of this tax would
be about ?0.000 to ?7,000, and
would only get back about ?150.
| Let Union county make her
own levy for schools t o the
; amount deemed necessary, lie was
1 a worker in the House and not a
' speaker, and would not give one
4 good worker for 700 speakers.
( MR. CARROL II. FOSTER,
t of Jonesville, disagrees with the
t speakers as to the usefulness of
v speaking in the Legislature. Workers
? and speakers are both good and
necessary. Feels that he is competent
to fill the office intelligently and
surely honestly. We arc all Demo
q craw, equal rignts to an ana special
d privileges to none is our doctrine.
1- This office is one of the most im>e
portant in the gift of the people, and
y am running upon merit and qu&lificaa
tion. Favors caring for the veterans
r. and limiting public schools to longer
(1 terms and better teachers,
d 1? unalterably opposed to the pree*
out road law, as it is taxation without
d representation. Is not censuring the
It gentlemen, his opponents, they maj
.0 have done the best they could, but if
9 reut he would use his best effort* to
^ have it repealed. It is an outrage,
j Would not >iy one word disparaging
to his oppouents if that word would
elevate him to the position for whiok
" he aspired. Kunning ou tuorit ad<|
a (Continued on page 4.) . "jik