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Dar was lots o‘ companies iii dis county, burl does not recall how many.
	TtCaptain Jimmie Young would allus notify when dar was to be

a meet1n~. U~dark1es dat ‘longed ‘ud go and tell de white mens to come to de church. Us met sometime r1~ht ‘fo de ‘lection and all ~de companies corne to€ether at de oie courthouse dat stood right whar de new one is now.

	“Robinson‘s Oircus corne t Union. Decircus folks gib everbody a free ticket to de circus dat ‘longed to de Democratic Club. Dey let all de scalawag nig~ers in fer registration tickets dat de Rern.. publicans had done give dein to vote ~er Chamberlain. Dem nig~ers wanted to go to de circus wu‘se dan dey wanted to de anything else. Dey never dre‘mt dat dey was not a ~oin~to ~it to vote like de car.. petbag~eTh, arid de sca1aw~s had done tole dem todo. Pact is-, dey neverrnuch cared jes‘ since de got iridč circus~. Dem datwanted de reglstrationtickets back when de. come out, never seed nobody to ~it ‘čm from nohows ‚ RObinson ‘s Circus was so b i~ dat dey -never S showed lt all in .Unionp but what dey had was out on McClure‘s fleld. It wasn‘t no houses dar den, and, o~‘ course; dar wasn‘t no. mil]. rio whar about Union in dem days. All de tents dat was &taked was stak..

-	- ed in McClure‘sole fie-Id over on ‘Tosch‘ Branch. In dem days, dat

-	field wač de b±~est territory in de clear around Union. Atter dat, all dč Red Shirts met on de i~acade in front o ‚ de courthouse . Mos‘

:~ all de mens made a- speech. Another darky sung a čorig like dis:

‘Marse Hampton was a honest man; ~dr. Chamberlain was a ro~ue‘ Den I ~ song like dis: ‘Marse Hampton et de watermelon, Mr. Chamberlain knawed. de rine, ‚ Us jest having Lun den, kaise us had done ‘lected Marse Hamp~ton as de new governor of South Ca‘linia.“

S	Sourie: “Uncle Pen“ Eubanks, Hampton Ave. Union, S.C. (age 83) ‘ď- ~Interv1ewer: Caidwell sims, Union, ~.cj. (5/4/3?)
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