Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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UU AT] Thi exactly life. 'W you see which 13 worm. No THESPIAN ~Thursday Evenia P R OGR - PART I. Chorus-Olean< Reading-Cousin Ballie Dillard............ $6et-Serenade, "Cupid's Charms"-Miller.... Miss L. Beat) Quartet-You (tve Me Your Love-Ftzpatri' Miss Ketchin, Mje E. BE RecItation-The Ship of Faith............-. Piano-Greek Dance-Wheat........... ---. PART Ii. Dialogue-A Fair. Encounter................. Reeltation-(Selected). .......~.......... Piano-Chorus and March-Tannhauser-..... Solo-Memories of Home, Sweet HomeStui PART~III. FARCE-"The Greatest Pj Miss Sitgreaves Miss Jordan Miss E. Elliott Miss L. Beatyr There is No Be orn the rnarkel -Crystal Fan; Try It Call here for all your G1roce Everything for the farm i and Gears needed at this seasc A. B. Juist Arn SEVERAL CARLOADS ( pine, good heart) and DRESSED Also SASH, DOORS, MOUJ A full supply of good H E AR Call on me for your wants in b RL OOD G00D OOID 1AND s is the BIG what we sal e most posi what we ar egins TO-D goods sold a SHALL rg, Feb. 23. AM. .....................Mr. McDonald Pano), Mr. Chandler (Cornet) sty, Miss Walker, Miss Campbell ..........................M rs. Pratt .........................M iss Elliott ......Miss Campbell, Mrs. Pratt .........................M iss Creight .....Mrs. Walker, Miss Walker t...................M iss Ketchin ague of Life" Miss S. Beaty Miss M. Ketchin Miss McKeown Mrs. Pratt ~tter Flour than our r Patent.-= -es. the way of Ploughs of preparation. Cathcart. ~ived. F ROUGH (long leaf .UMBER. ~DING, LATHS, Etc. SH INGLES. uilding m aterials. ). B=OAG. 1MM iS, NOTI iS, OTtI - TC BEL&SX GEST SALE e r. Now is you ively will not offering. Se GREATf AY and contin t cost will be < NEWS AND HERALD PUBLiSHED WEEKLY, --BY WINNSBORO PRINTING CO. . FR ANK FOOSH E, - - - EDrroll TERMS, IN ADvANCE : 2ne Year,......................I.50 six Monahs..................... WINNSBORGO. S. C. Wednesday, Feb. 22, Igo5. The most sucessful farmers are those who raise their own sup plies at home. With the ground contiening so that no plowing can be done, it would look as if the natural causes were contributing to the reduction of the acrage in cotton. The announcement of the death of General Lbw Wallace brings sorrow throughout the country. That great book, Ben Hur, will ever last as his most enduring monument. Tbe most rotten demagogery that it is possible to dream of i that of a member of the gen eral asscobly voting against making a levy that will raise a und sufficient to pay the current xp<res of the state, on the ground that it would be imposing Sburden on the people too heavy to be borne. There is no grater bnmden~ possible to the individual or the corporation than thait of debts incurred be yond current expenses. The votes on t.he Brice bill and the bill providin. for compulsory education clearly indicate that the anti-dispensary sentiment and the sentiment for the educa tion of the masses are steadily gaining ground. Some day in the future the dispenrary will pass away as will also the high privilege that parents now have of bringing ap their chiliren in ignorance against the welfare of the state. We begin with this issue the publication of a 'series of articles by Mr. Ford on the traditional history of the Rocky Mount sec tion. "These articles we hope to publish consecutively and we feel sure that they will be greatly en joyed by the readers of The News and Herald. Mr. Ford de serves commendation for having worked up the local history of hi sectin and we. trust that his WAKIN ENS DNS, H' BE CLOSED FCOST ver carried on .r opportunity be undersold. eing will be b< ;LAUG H ues till MARC :harged. No I efforts will stimulate others to de likewise for their sections. The farmers of Fairfield should not overlook the call made else where for them to meet Saturday afternoon to organiza township associations. At this meeting delegates will be elected to the county convention to be held early in March at a time to be named by the convention in Col umbia. The plans outlined by the Southern Cotton Grower's Association makes these town ship associations necessary, and every township in ihe county should fall in line by organizing att the tine suggcested. It is ve ry evident from the nuamber of farm3rs who attended the Cotton Gro wers' Associations of the various counties through oat the State Saturday that the farmners~ are very much awakened to the necessity of reducing the acrer-e in cotton. This is all well and as it should be, but it must be borne in mind that such a reduction cannot be effected merelyr by passing resolut ions. The thing to (do is for every farmer to recognize the impor'tance of raising all his supplies at home. The farmers who meet this condition of progressive farming are not the ones who have contributed1 to an over production of the South's prin cipal staple. Explain Yourself, Senator Johnson, The representatives of the county in the house or the senate are responsible to the people of that county for the manner in which they~represent them. Two important measurs, relating to Fairfield, have fallen thbrough in the General Assembly because of the action of Senator Johnson, who, fortifying himself behiud that almost insuperable barrier to legislation, senatorial cour tesy, bitterly opposed the repre sentatives in the ho~use, refusing to agree to any proposition on their part that promised the de sired r esults. It io now up to Senator Johnson to explain him self in rega.rd to these vital mat ters. First, in regard to tne conrt house and jail. Mr. Brice intro duced a bill providing for the submitting to the people af the county the proposition of voting 15,000 in bonds for the erection of a new jail on a new site and for the enlargement of the court house. The said bill, which was published mn full in these columns, WEiS NI [fES ANI OUT FOR SF' in Winnsboro. to get the Bigg Don't buy an lieving. Com< CE~R SALl H 10. The es ~oods on approa the session and through some hold-up on the part of Senator Johnson, did not get back to the house until the day before ad jourunent when it was too late: to make any change that might' Ihave been possible, even shouldr it have been possible for Senator Johnson to agree to anythirng that the other members of the delega tion would have been willing to* concede. For it must be borne in mind that local legislation is barely possible where the county: delegation is not a unit. Why this very great delay? Th~e bill, that came hack to the house, had been so changed that it bore but little resemblance to the original. It contained the following nro-. visions every one of which bears: on its face Senator Johnson's determination to defeat any leg islation making the needed im pro':ements possible; that the jailI property could not be .sold for less thau 853,000; that the propo sition of voting for the bonds shouild be submitted to the vo ters at the next prim ury instead ohe hin a special election; that tebonds should be for a period of twenty instead of forty .sears,) with the privilege of retiring any or all of them at the option of the county. In naming S5,000 as the mini Imum priee for the jail property, Senator Johnson was imposing a: condition which he firmly be lieved would surely sound the Jteathi kne: to the preposedim provemients. We aire not goingt to tickle him for this apparently sma rt trick by telling him that the property would not brin that suns, for we do not know whiat it wouhl bring. Be in . so desirabl r located, it would cornm ma'ind the- veryv highest market pricte, which is all that it would be wort to the counity or any/ one0 *!se anad is all that it could) be exp)ected to bring. In pro-i viding for the pro'position to be voted on at the next primary in- : i ead oM at a special or general eection, senator Johnsou was imnposing a condition that would hava maide tde measure uncon stitutionial. for hie, as well as every one else, knows that suThi matteis as the issuarce of bonds i cannot be settled by a palrty vote. The chianging to 20-year in- t stead of 40-year bonds and intro- t dueing a clause providing for r their retiremuent at option was 1. for the purpose of ma~king -hie bonds non-floatable at the low price named. Long term bo,nds. which. are not subject to retire- t me .a the opnian of the corno- a IING IING g todo of your line till Ito this ies the not creditable to their repremeh tative in the state senate. FAIRFiELD FARIIERS FAL D With Miovement to Secure bincsm in Cotton Acrrage--Delegates Elect ed to Converition in Columbia. A good number ,of farmers of Fairfield conty met at the court house Saturday and organised the Fairtield Cotton Growers Asso ciattion. J. W. Lyles was calied to the chair as temporary chair man and J. F. Fooshe was elected temporary 'secretary. After the object of the meeting was stated. by. the chairman a perrnanan' organization was effected by, the election of S. C. Catbeart as president and J. F. Fooshe as secretary. The following resolu tion was unanimously passed: Resolved, that we hereby endorse tbe action of the Sduthern Cot ton Gr'owers Association at New Orleans and heartily approve the plans outline I by the same for securing a reduction of cotton aereage and pledge our coopera tiop to that end. The following were elected delegates to the state convention, which met in Columbia yesterday, Feb. 21st: S. C. Cathcart, T. S. Bri' M. B. Martin, W. C. Peay, D. Stevenson, W. L. Kirkpati P. C. Broom, Jon. D. Harrio Jno. Y. Turner, T. W. Ruff, 3. M.cKeown, T. L. Balow, C. D)ouglass, A. E. Davis, and0 Jenkins. In order to get township ganizations perfected thro out the county, a resolution posed calling~ upon the pre ent of each Democratic club Fairfield conity to c.dl a meet of the farmers of each township for Sa ir ky, Fe~b. 25'h. At these township meet iugs delegates are to be elected to the counity con vention to be held early ini March at a time that will be namae.l by the state convention, due notic., of which will be given next week. The farmiers present showed much interest in this effort '.o secure a redunction of the cotton acrage. Lt every township take the neessary step to be repre sentedl at dhe next county icon vention. Will Equipped for the Bet. It is a pity that J.E. -Donald of Winna,boro, coal ,not 1.ave been chosen for one oil the new judgeship4. He is uniloubtedly one of the best eqnippe men in the st it for sneh a~ p sition. The Yorkrille Enqnirer. C LOT[ LOT[ DT CAM We are goin rest. Bargains ything in our Sone, come all ~r1y bird catcl ration issuing them, always sell nuch' higher than short term aonds that can be taken up at >ption. Surely Senator Johnson loes not think that the people of bhe county would go to the trou ble of issuing bonds at a vory low rate of interest which carry with them conditions that would make it impossible for the same to be boated at pair. To sum up, it i; perfectly clear that the iirst of the con.litions imposed by Senator Johnson's bilt was with the hopes that it yould not be complied with and ~hat the other conditions imposed were such as to either invalidate ~he bonds altogether or to make ~hem non-floatable at par. How nach more manly it would have :een for Senator Johinsan to have >penly opposed the bill thani to 1ave resorted to such underhand A measures! Second, in regard to county snd state levy. For several years, :he county commissioners have >eon -asking for an increase of mne-half mill in the levy of the younty, for the expenses have yearly been greater than the in 30me. - The same request was nade aigain this year and the epresentatives in the house, be .eving that it would be impossi >le to get their colleague in the senate to agree to an increase of mne-half mill, substituted one ourth mill, and this Senator rohnson opposed to such an ex :ert that tbe levy remains at four nills. Consequently Fairfield. a3uUty will be deeper in debt at' he end of the p)resent year than t is now, the present indebted 1ess already being in the neigh >orhood of $20,000 after all taxes are collected. Honesty with the >eople whom they represent gould have demanded of our epresentatives the taking of some teps to reduce this -ever-increas-: ng indebted nes. To their credit~ he members of the house so did. surely Senator Johnson does not latter himself with believing that he people will take his action in be matter as an honest effort to elieve them of the burden of axation by voting to keep the evy so lo>v that the county mnst ecessarily get deeper and deeper, o debt. What is true of his ote on the tax levy for the coun - y is also true as to his vote not o increese the state levy to 5} -ills, so as to make it possible to ring the expenses of the state overnment within the income. No, Senator Johuson, the peo le of tho county are not ulind, eare watching you and you re showing up in a way that is