The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 29, 1889, Image 1
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VOL .IV. "
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IX MODERN LITER ATURK.
BY PROP. CHA8, K. RICH A HDHON.
Jirhe streams ?perhaps one should
say the great tides?of literature can
bo kept pure and wholesome only by
constant and conscientious watchfulness
on the part of all who affect
them or are affected by them. Indeed,
the idea that letters take care
of themselves, or are moved by mere
"tinui .nut " i>a ninm iilln if
thing, than tlie notion that a man
is a creature of fate, or a nation the
result of cold "manifest destiny,"
encountered without reference to
popular education or the spread of
righteousness. If anything in the
world is an intentional creation, produced
by the will of its maker and
deliberately adopted or rejected by
its reader, it is a book. Whatever
a figure we employ regarding literals
ture,?its currents, forces, fashions
f the fact clearly remains that the
(great laws of free choice and individual
responsibility apply to it in
every moment of its existence and
\Sy work. The good in printed matter
is to be spread by intelligent purpose,
and the bad is to be suppressed
or lessened by honest and well
directed endeavor*'
In trying to say something concerning
evil tendencies in so brosul a
subject as that of books and reading
it will he well to select a few
well-marked banes, and to comment
upon them in language the brevity
of which shall at least be free from
ty * blindness or w'earisomohess.
Three dangerous elements in our
current publications occur, perhaps
most promptly u4H strongly to the
mind of the well-wisher to liteva]
ture; and however poor or trite the
comment upon these three things, it
will be sure to be beneficial fro.ni the
very fact that it must address many
L minds which, of their own motion,
have more than once reflected upon
the topics under discussion.
The first of these evils is sensationalism.
Our newspapers and
t, magazines, to be sure, have devoted
greater space to the discussion of
( (piiet, unsensational "realism," with
?P / occasional allusions to Tolstoi and
B| pessimism or Zola and grim sewerIt,
ism. But, after all, most American
L \l readers, if we use that word in the
L broadest sense; trouble themselves
very little with Mr. James' three or
SSL ~ four annual volumes; Tolsoi and
Russian gloom are largely a tempoBB
vary "fad" in the higher circles; and
even Zolaism, to borrow the poeti
laureate's word, is for the most part
foreign and as yet unassimiluted.
MB When any little American writer exj
periments with woe and TTadncss
KHj 1 ** which would be complete if they
HBjR were not so evidently artificial, the
BhA'' / resulting attention is temporary,
fl / Orrthe whole, our American taste
tuoes not liKe oestiality, adultery, or
godlessuess, so well as square honesty,
homeloving purity, and manly
conscience. But for that, reason it
is all the more unfortunate that the
universal craze for something new
should lead thousands of readers to
cheap and demoralizing "detective"
stories; to preposterous and ill-written
parodies of Poo or the Arabian
Nights, with an occasional fragment
otso ctdled modern "science" thrown
in; or wrotohcd novels, by native or
foreign mamufacturers, in which, if
absolute vice is seldom portrayed,
aotual life is never by any possibility
delineated. The "libraries" of ten
or twenty cent pumplilets have unill
MAAAtl 4 1 W /I <> ? A * ?1? i ? ? ? ^
Pm iwvunjr, uuiiu muuu HI popularise
standard fiction; but just now the
printers and the news stands have
discovered that more money is to
be made by the sale of twenty-five
or fifty cent duodecimos, in gaudy
paper, by writers of whom no intelligent
reader has heard or ever cares
to heap An inspection of the literI
ary departments of our railway staL
tiotis; or of the armfuls carried by
' the peripatetic venders on the trains,
Bp is enough to jremind us how much
education is needed before half of
our* young men and women can realBB
ly Ifp said to know how to read at
A second mischief-maker in curSB
rent literature is indifferentism. If
the classes which, in view of thoir
W means for education and their apparent
social position, are usually callerr
on the side of the
ill
~? _c
sensational, tlieir alleged betters are
sinners on the score of Laodicean*
j ism in letters. Two many readers?
and, of course, hack-writers, who
know how to address themselves to
the market of purchasers?feel or
affect a liking for laziness, quietism,
.... :l.. \? 1
Ul JUlfMlUUlSiVJlll oil [Ml 111; I it 11IV iVIIJ ^
mental exertion, even that required (
by an old lachrymose novel of the i
order so dear to Miss Lydia I-an- 1
guish, is a trial; they may endure
excitement in small doses, in the papers,
but not in largo, between covers.
To write or read without plan
or passion, without admiration or
disgust, is almost more hopeless
than to full into mental sin or literary
excess. We have scores of young
novelists, in England and America,
who can turn out a fairly respectable
story?or set of maundering pages
not deserving so coherent a name.
Their wares are bought anil then
thrown aside, but meanwhile the
mischief is none the less (leadening
because it is nol malicious. Josh
Hillings once remarked that "you
can't make a wet string stand on
end;'' and sometimes it does seem as
though indilferentism, though, relined,
were more hopeless than sensationalism,
though crude. () listless
book-maker and reader, be something!
-either cold or hot, good or
bad, optimist, ami your work will
either be healthful or curable. At
any rate, it will have a mark and
character of its own.
A third, and in one sense peculiarly
American, evil, is a widespread
tendency to turn everything into ridicule.
Callow youth indulge less in
. cigarette-cynicism than twenty years
ago; but the. newspapers have not
niprovcd much in the matter. Our
presidents are weakling or boors;
our statesmen, tricksters or ward politicians;
our minsistcrB of the gospel,
superiluous salary-takers; our public
schools, places to rid parents of
the care of their children? our doe.
tors, drug-dispensers and grave fillers,
in humorous league with undertakers;
our lawyers, mere shysters;
our army, a resort for "ne'erdo
wells;" our navy, a set of halfscuttlijd
hulks. The "Indian problem"
is how to deal with tomahawk1
ing brutes, and the "Southern qucstion"
one of endurance of six million
chicken-stealers. If our children
do not come to believe those cheerful
statements, it will not be <
because they have not read them in
some books, in more gaudy pain
phlets, and in many journals. And
jnst there, in too many daily and
secular newspapers, is one great root
of the present evil. 10very really intelligent
and thoughtful American
must believe in the essential rectitude
of our national life plan, and
hold optimistic views concerning
this great people of ours; a nation
of freedom, intelligence, schools,
churches, libraries sel f-reliant individualism,
heroes and saints,?of
men and women who, in the horrors
of any new war or great disaster, or ,
in the ordinary duties of humdrum
life, are as worthy of beatification as
half the old celebrities in the "Acta
Sanctorum." And our newspapers,
at their best, are by, of, and for such
a people. Hut at their worst they
misrepresent it, and one must say,
though with reluctance, that their
tone is lower than it was twenty five
years ago. Let no one hastily arraign
a whole profession,?profession
which, as truly as any other, not excepting
the clerical or the education
al, ought to he the salt of our American
earth; nor let any one forget
many striking exceptions, especially,
perhaps, on the part of religion,
miscellaneous, and country newspanftl'M.
and r?f mil' lnmiflilv inarm vi n/ta
1 , ?? ?J p.**"1 t
the best of which arc t he best in the '
world. Hut let each reader of these (
words dispassionately ask himself ;
whether he is not annoyed, often |
and often, in sonie daily or weekly
paper he reads, by detailed accounts
of disgusting crimes, trials, or prize- j
fights; by disproportionate attention (
to horse-racing, ball-playing, and
yatohing; by a constant tendency to '
magnify the base or the trivialj aud <
to to minimize the seriously impor- i
tant; by cheap "cuts" and ohcaper .
iokes: by advertisements fraudulently
printed as reading-matter, or accompanied
by long "notices" which 1
were a part of the corrupt promise 1
made by the newspaper's solicitor; <
by violence or indecency of treat- ,
mcnt of political opponents;, by the
vulgarization of Sunday through 1
swollen sheets of irreligious and un- 1
literary trash, hawked at the very i
iii
"Be True to Your
X)~NWA?~, 8. c.
shuroh doors;* in a word, by sensa .
tionalism, indifferentism, and a constant
tendency to turn things to ridicule?
If you are never vexed by
these ills, then you are wise or fort- 1
unate in your choice of periodicals: <
if they annoy you, then purify your ^
home literature, anil prow your j
strength of conscience, by forbidding
this dangerous current to tlow 1
daily through your door. Better 1
one act of improvement than a bun- 1
died words of empty lamentation.? 5
Sunday School Times.
ALL A 1K> I T 77/ /</ /?'. 111M K HS 1
News and Courier.
Since the rumor that- the ugricut- |
turists in this State were going to i
put forward candidates for State and <
county oflices was published in tho '
News and Courier last week, various I
reports have been rife concerning I
the alleged semi-political movement. ,
It has been denied and again assert- J
ed as fact until the people have ar- \
rive 1 at a point where they do not
know what to bc-lieve.
4
Mr. K. I?. Roche, assistant com- I
missiouer of agriculture, who was !
present at tho Pendleton stock show,
where tho alleged caucus is said to (
have been held, was seen by a Re- !
porter for the News and Courier ves- 1
tor day and asked about t ho truth ot j
the rumors. ?
"I really know nothing about the i
matter,"said Mr. Uoche, "except what i
1 have seen yi the News and C'ou- |
rier, but 1 do not think there is any
ground for the reports which are be- I
in^r circulated. A caucus of some i
kind was held, and I thought it was
a meeting of the trustees of the i
(Jlomson ("ollege, but I heard after- <
wards that it had some serious politi- i
cal significance I do" not think there i
is any truth in this, however 1 talked '
with a number of the gentlemen nam- i
ed in connection with the reporte/1 j'
movement, and they said the farmers <
were not going to go into any politi- i
cal scheme whatever, and so far as j
the Alliance, which has been men j |
tioned in this connection, is concern- |
od, the chief objects of organization |
are strictly non-political. Mr. Shell i
of I.aureus, who was mentioned for I i
secretary of State, lias suitf that his ]
present position is a much more pro- <
ferahle one, and 1 have no idea that
Mr. Tillman will consent to run for
Governor. The spirit of the Farmers'
Allianco is displayed very
clearly, I think, in the election of the
officers of their organization in several
counties, where they have defeated
the extreme candidates and
elected conservative ones."
A CIIICA GO XCANJ)A L.
Ciimwoo, August 20.?The wife of j
Millionaire "Mike" McDonald, the *
rioted ex-gambler and politician, is f
missing. Mrs. McDonald disappear- t
B<1 froin her home at the corner of
Ashland Houlovard and Harrison <
ft
street a week ago last Friday, and
though a small army of detectives 1
have been retained to discover her j
whereabouts, the have succeeded only
in obtained her diamonds, pawned or
nold somewhere in the Kast. . It is
supposed that Mrs. MoDonald is now
in Europe. It is being reported this
evening that she had as a companion
i Catholic priest, who, it is alleged,
has been since unfrocked by the
CJhuroh. The priest is supposed to
have had a parish at South Chicago
or some suburb in this locality. The
itory is that Mrs. McDonald became
acquainted with the priest while he
was on a visit to St. Jaralath's parish,
of which she was a member. lie became
infatuated with her, the admirxtion
was reciprocated, and the elope met
was planned and executed.
Hugh Mullaney, McDonald's coach
mar#, took Mrs. MoDonald from the
tiouse in a carriage last Friday, hut i }|
mid nothing of it until a week had < ^
elapsed, when he told Mr. McJ)oi?ild,
adding that he had promised to ^
<eop the matter secret for a week. t
There is no escape from opinions, t
nferences, actions, save in sterility 11
>f thought, Deserts alone are free t
from vegetation; The fertilo field is 1'
iccupied; if not by this, then by that; "
f not by seemly, then by unseemly, 1
growths.?liascom. v
We arc now in danger of sentioer.tal
and simpering faith. Charity ti
without priuoiplp to guide it may s
Jiaiributo its gifts very indiscrimin- h
ttely and injuriously. More evil 1
may arise from lawless lovo. which is v
fascinating, than from hatred, whioh ii
is repulsive.?*/>r. MoCqth, i
r
ju,v? am
mti
word arfd Your wor/t
Till: USD AY,
1 TALK WITH HAMPTOtf U
News aiul Courier. i
\V ASIII NOTON, AllgUSt 21. NniUl- '
or Hampton, who is horo for a few i \
lays, has very decided views on the'
mlitical situation in the South and I
le never hesitates to express them in i
i straightforward, interesting manner t
it the proper time. No man, per- *
mpe, is better qualified than the |
Senator from South Carolina to 1
*peuk for the South, lie said to a ; t
representative of the Star to-day:
"I do not think that Mr. Harrison's1
policy is as yet sufliciently defined | i
for one to form a definite opinion , i
about it. 'I'he Republicans have al- , t
ways made an effort to break into the 1
South, and 1 have no doubt that at <
this time they are especially earnest. |
At present they are directing their 1
attention chiefly to Virginia, where (s
they will certainly be snowed under. '
They have no chance of carrying t
Virginia this fall, nor can they hope ?
For better success in any other of the i
Southern States. <
''They are trying to win by intro- <
hieing the economic question in the i
South, but as long as the matter of t
local self-government domands our i
ittoutiou our people cannot be. divi- t
led on this issue. Whether a man I
is a Protectionist or a Tariff Reformer, 11
the safety or welfare of his home is |
paramount to the tariff."
"Do you think." was asked, "that
there is a growing protective sentiment
in the South.
"No," the Senatoi reply, "I think ?
the tendency is more likely to be the <
other way, especially in the mining t
and manufacturing districts. Tho I
interests of the States of Virginia, i
Tennessee ami Alabama particularly
ire all advanced by low duties.
They can produce iron and coal much I
cheaper than they can be produced <
in the East. The protection only t
tssists the Eastern manufacturers to i
keep up this rivalry. Without the t
protection rivalry would bo greatly
lessened. The less protection, the I
more capital will jro to develop tho (
ndustries of the South. Seeing this t
I do not think our people will bo led
:>ff by this question. The efforts of t
!ho Republicans will be in Virginia, f
ronnossee, North Carolina and per- <
laps Alabama. I do not think they 1
will meet with success 111 iliiv linn of I
,heso Statos. The exodus of negroes <
xom North Carolina, if it keeps up, I
.vill hurt thoin there, hut they could i
lot carry the State anyhow. Mr. ?
Harrison's appointments in the South 1
lave been of a character to strength- 11
3D us in the resisfanco of any at- 1
empts made upon the Southern, *
States. I know it has been so in 1
South Carolina and 1 presume it. is 11
ho same elsewhere."
"Would any injury result to the
South from an extensivo exodus?"
. a
"An inconvenience, but no injury.
We would gladly see the colored
people move elsewhore, and would bo
billing to suffer any reduction of I
epresentation that mi^ht result from "
heir departure. It would deprive us 1
)f much of our labor and make it a '
ittle harder for the present genera- *
,ion, but it would be the salvation of 4
he future. 1 no not wish any harm I
o tho negroes, but I would gladly "
lacrifico whatever votes wo got in '
he Electoral College or in Congress '
ly reason of them if they would go c
)ff to themselves or settle in Now 1
England. I would gladly vote to '
ippropri a to $50,000,000 for tho pA -- *
;haso of Cuba or some other place N
or them to settle in." *
'What do you think the Republi-1 1
sans will do with tho 'Southern (jues- j'
ion' in Congress this winter?"
"They can do nothing, constitution- 1
dly. I think they will attempt to
trovide for Federal supervisors, and |
>laco the elections under Federal 1
vontrol. This would bo unconstitu (:
ional and vicious. I do not think (1
hev can succeed in this, mid I fir. ^
* ; ' * .
iot s?o that there is anything else
hat they can do. There are Repubiean
Senators who would oppose any *
neasures oppressive to the South.
^hose who have investments *here *
vould oppose such a policy." < '
Senator Hampton expressed the
>p:tiion that there would be no extra r
ession of Congress. One reason that 1
ie thought sufficient to deter the P
^resident from calling extra session (
pas found ill the elections to be held t
n November, which would necessar- ?
ly take some members from their )
<ti)(l ) 'our < 'ovrfh y.''
Al (M ST 21), 1
;eats. They could not do anytliinoj i
f any of these members worn absent,1 (
I'lie death of Mr. Laird, bo tliowolit. i
" ' i
vould tend to provont a rail. n
Speaking of the I )omoeratie policy, i
10 said that they would stand tojreth >
ir on the defensive, and ho presum- i
id that in the House thoy would ro- I
list any attempt on the part of lie- .*
luhlicans to unseat I )emoerats mere- *
y to seat I Jepuhlieans and strengthmi
the majority.
KK-l'KNSIONS COM M ISSIO S KS (
M:Y ; . '
s not the nonentity under tie* pros- \
Mit Administration that many periods
suppose. In several of the dolartments
his endorsements are re- , J
yarded as almost sacred, and the applicant
who can produce a letter of
*ecommendation from Col. Dudley
jeldoin |roos away empty handed.
The Colonel does not restrict himself j
o letter writing hut, he is frequently (
teen in the departments ploadino '
> ith the appointing power in liehalf 1
>f a personal friend'. A prominent '
tltioi.-il ii? Mini ?.f I l.<i ? 1
'...v.*** ... xmiw ui uiu ?iji-iv??vii uuimrt- j
11 (mits remarked only a few days a?*o '
hat Col. Dudley's endorsement in a 1
:ertaiii department is worth more1 '
hail that of any member of the I
[louse, or Senate, and he has not been '
it all modest in his demands for his 1
riends.
/
.1 MASOX/r SKXSATIOX. '
Charleston World, 1
Nkw Yokk, August 20.?Some 5
ixcitoment was caused in masonic '
jircles hero to-day by the rosiona- '
ion of IV M. (Jrand Commander Win. I
II. I'eekkuni, a thirty.third decree '
iiember of Cernoau Consistory No. '
I. The cause of the resi?ruation was 1
lectured t he on account of the al- 1
ejjjed ti IH lint ion of the supremo coun- '
;il of the body with the Cratul < >ri- '
mt of France, which does not reeou* f
? i
li/.o the existence of a personal J
Jod. ' ?
Following is Mr. 1 'ock ham's let .or
of resignation. '
"To dwi Masonic Fraternity 1
hrouohout the World:
n
For forty years f have been an ac- '
ivo member of the Masonic order, as !'
bunded in London, Kuirlund by All- 1
lerson and I )osaoulliors in 1717. C
)]irilt(f f<\l?r ilA/lll/lno i?y*r Till!
*v w ",J i f
>elief ami allegiance thereto has nev- ' '
;r been doubted, while I have at no 1
iino permitted a shadow to darken (
U fair and honored name, and have I
ilways been found in tiio front ranks | '
o extend the sphere of its usefulness 1
md to defend it against any or all ! I
regularities, holding the belief that | <.
here exists no institution foun'ded by i
nan outside of our loved and vener- t
ible order wherein or whereby (lod's I
ireatures on earth can find lessons '
vhicV teach j>eace and good will to r
dl. Its dogmas and ethics are in- [
pirations emanating from our h'ath- c
sr who art in Heaven. i
All Masons ivhornv(*r fimiwl r?v.l
>ress their belief in bis divinity and '
iiici all-ruling power. It is the cor- ;
mr 8tor?e on wliicli the * Masonic lum- j
>le is erected: but the Grand ()riont
1
>f France, from its foundation in l"i
15, through all its schisms and chan- 1
re, after faithfully adhering to the j
[foresaid dootune, in 1878 oiimina- |
ed the name of (*od from its coflsti- j
ution and ritual, thereby compelling
ivery symbolic Grand Fudge to do-!
lounce the act and sever all raations
of amity and correspondence
herewith and yet in spite of this j
veil known fact, brother F. J. 8.
ioorgia, the present (irand Coinnandor
of the Ancient an 1 Accepted
Scottish rite of tlTT? thirty-third and
ast decree of Free Masonry us esablishcd
in these I'nitod States by i'
Joseph ('er.nean in New York in 18-|
>7, <111rii?a visit by him to France
ii 1SSS did visit nnd most with the (
ouncil of the order, and did appoint
mo of the 'obedience of the said *
< 1 1
iraud < >rient a representative there- i
f), and a guarantee of amity in be '
alf ?>f the bodv over ivliirdi lu> fl>? s
~"j ? ,,vj i
aid Georgian, presides.
"Subsequent events, confirm this j
net, and painful as it is to me, I am I
distrained to publish it."
A? a proof that the said council of! j
ites, which tie contends is n distinct (
tody from that of the Grund Orient, ^
dr. Peck ha m j^ivos the names of the
Strtmd Orient of France "In whoso f
>osom is the council of the order,"
dr. Peclihain adds, "thus showing borond
controversy that the names are r
v ' . '' '' ''''' '! ' ' ' : '
1
?
SSI).
numbers of and onvo allowance to thu'
Irand Orient. and consequently are >
mder bun of 11011 -Masonic intercourse
mtl that no true Symbolic Mason cpii
gnoro the edict of his (Jrutul lodge
vhicli interdicts his doing so. Loo!.ng
at tin* mutter m all its hearings,
[ lind myself, as a loyal meiiiher of
symbolic masonry, constrained to
lover my collection with tlio Scottish
dasonry and the ('orneur Consistory
S'o. J, thirty secoml degrees, of this
ity, and leave my action to the hid- ;
foment of all conscientious names
vhorover disjiersod,
\S' \i. II. I Y.cMl a m .
Past M. P. tieneral Coniinander
state of N N .
TWO srucrMHX
1I0LDI-: US.
Nr. Y. Kventug Post.
In commenting the other day up>n
the fact that notice of Wannamator's
appointment to a place in the
ailway nui'l service found a negro
illice se l<er of North Carolina sorvng
a term in the penitentiary, for a
Mirglarv committed after his application
for ollioe was sent in, we drew
lie lesson that promptness on the
art of the appointing power was in- \
lisponsable io the interest of public!
norals.
A disptaeh published by the '/W'>un<
tips morning, however, shows
hat promptness in making appoint-I
nunts will not act as an insurance
igainst offences. Now, according ,
0 this dispatch, Henry UaUestraw,
1 negro, was recontly appointed ;
lostinnster at Chojaw, S. ('., a town
a-hich, according to the ,
ms seven churches and two acado- |
nies. "Karly this week he went, to j
Darlington, a larger town, to get
londsmon. After making vain of
i9 .
'orts in this direction, he hocamo dis- j
rusted and got drunk. Ilcwas soon ,
trrested and taken to the guard j
louse, whore in delimit of *ltl ho j
was sent to jail for ten days. A
osident of Darlington telegraphed
,lio facts to tho postmaster general,
dr. \\ anuinnker did not reply, and
inallv tho I )omocrats oponed a subicription,
the line was paid, and the
low appointee was given a free tick)t
liome."
There is really only one sure euro
or such troubles as these, and that
s tho ''something equally as good"
lire, which the Kvoning I'ost has reicatcdly
prescribed. Let respect udo
men lie appointed to discharge
lie duties of the ollices, and then
iay the drunkards and burglars an
iqual niiiviunt out of the public; ironstry,
to make sure that they will renin
an "interest in public affairs."
inter inis system the politicians can
'go off on a drunk" or roll a lion
oost any.time they choose, while the
niblic will always be served by ofli:ials
selected on the ground of litioss.
s' y Hi'v r /.* <>m ii r a '/' k n m / ; a o\s.
News and <'ouriur.
Wai/i Mitiiouo, August 20.?Kolowing
your suggestions, one of our
nost progressive and outorprisinn
:itizoiis, who has as a side issue to
lis professorship the well earned title
?f model farmer, I'rof. Ilonj. R Stunt,
has lately been experimenting in
fie manufacture of watermelon syrip,
and in a late interview he furlishes
the following:
lie has manufactured an improvised
press consisting first of a large
.vashtuh, into which is placed a box
nade of stout boards In by 12 inches,
i inches deep, perforated on all sides,
[testing on and fitting in this box is
i shutu 8 feet I inches tall; which
vhen filled with the inside of the
....I ... -t
iH ium ir> r?uii|un?''U u? ill*' pnjs.iuro
>f a heavy !???/ lever. which extracts
v n
(very particle <>f juice. Ho say a
hpt from iwonty pounds of melons
ie gets one gallon of juice, and from i
if teen gallons of juico one. gallon of
yrup worth CO cents. Thut at this
ate his small melons have netted
lint -3;| cents, while much larger mol>ns,
from twenty-five to forty pounds,
letted him when shipped to Northern
uarkets only 3^ conts. Ho onlcu
atoe that with proper attention, with*
>ut soiling any of the melons, from
v8 to *12 per aero can l>o easily re,lizo<l
According to the amount of;
ertllizors used. ^ g|
Conceit may puff a man
tevor prop him up.
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" llE ASKED TO SOL VE A
ll Loll I.EM IN LOUTS/.IN.
I HO LIT i OS.
('hnrleston World.
N ] :\\ Voiek, Aug. 21.?A Washington
special to tho K veiling Post
says: .
The President, immediately upon
his return from Indianapolis to Doer
I'ark, will bo called upon by the Kepublican
managers to make an important
decision as to l.ouisiana politics;
viz., whether he will recognize tho
element there of which ex-Senator
Kellogg is the head, and thus secure
a cnited Republican party in the
contest to till the vacancy in the third
congressional district, or whether ho
will continue to ignore Kellogg, and
thus make tho election of the Democratic
candidate in that district,
young Mr. Price, almost certain.
It will be an embarrassing position
for the president. On? of l.is pet
theories has been that the Southern
(Congressional dirtrict can be carried
r>
by white candidates fwrinely connected
with the Confederacy, and tho
Democratic party upon the protection
issue.
Such a candidate ami sisue were
presented in tho Third Louisiana district
by the nomination of Mr. Minor,
<1(1 UA v UIIIIMK-Iiiu', \>liu IIUl
ago was a Democratic anti-protoetionists.
Dot it happens that this ,
district is a very unfortunate one in
which to try an experiment with a
white man's organization inside the
the Republican party. It. is one of
the groat Republican districts of the
Teehe section, the homo of Rslloggi
the district which he has almost always
carried by a very largo majority
whenever he has run.
Kellogg is master of negro voters
of that district, and probably has
more influence with them than all
other Republican elements combined.
If they understand that Kellogg is
disafTectod, either as regards the
miiiinaii /.? nilmiiiiutixili/in it ia i-nrv ?
IM/IIIMIW W1 ll' I III I II lijl ? tV ? ? V?J
<lotil>tful Whether the whole Republican
voto can be sooured. And there
is no hope of carrying the district
without that full voto, together, with
such white accessions from Mr. Minor's
former associates as can be seen
roil.
( 'apt. Williamson is now selling
hay from his farm near Raleigh to
Raleigh livery stable keepers for
twenty dollars a ton. Thev pro......
.. ../V ! t I * l.n it fi It ?f \. / vr?t liuon
I M >11 I li;iT I I IJUIHH lllilll MIIJ i-HMHIUII
liny that comes to that market, and
cheaper than the Northern hay they
can buy at the same price. This hay,
the < '<ill toll.* us, was cut from a field
of twenty-five acres which produced
two tons to the acre. It was composed
of a mixture of tall meadow
oat ^rass, and red clover, which is*
the Captain's favorite mixture. Here
is forty dollars an acre for a crop
which it costs very little to cultivate
and which leaves the land richer than t
it was before, Is there any other c* N
raised by the North Carolina fari^
that will pay as well? Occasionally ^ '
cotton does it on very rich land, and
sometimes tobacco does it where tho
tobacco is of fine quality, ^oingocca
I1-. 1 i .1 c I...,
sioiptuy uuyouu wiese ngureb, out
thero is hii immense amount of labor
ami uncertainty with both cotton and
tobacco as compared with hay.
There is money for our farmers, near
cities or railroads, in hay, ami with it
a cheap and valuable fertilizer of
lands, a good reason if no other existed
why farmers should give attention
?o its cultivation Wilminytou
Sfur.
. I .V I N r L P. A SANT < '(> UTI
X (1 / /XI' p: n IR X(' PL
A young man named Dixon has
just had an unpleasant courting experinco
in fnnishowen, County Donegal,
Ireland. His lady love is not
only very pretty, but she is an heiress,
her uncle having left her a fortune.
Moroover, she is partial to
Dixon. The young inan was callings
0*1 the girl one day when he heard
the footsteps of a couple of rivals, and
in sportive humor ho concealed himself
in the butter box. While he was
enjoying the conversation, the girl's
fathei camo along with a pail of hot
water to scold the box. before the
girl divined his purpose he dashed
the water into the box. The howl of
the
snd poor