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l|l|v'' ' :-v'. " ' 'v' . . ... ": ' ^ -' ' . ' ' . \ 'v ? ? - v . . % . > ' .... .V .2 / ? ? Lil'U - 'J-i 1 1 - Li-J Li . L ? . 1 '.".1 .' ' 1 11 lie Jjyilieullc yyx" ' VOL. 2. ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 18,- 1886. NO. 37. W^vl ' t\ " ' ' FARMERS' CONVENTION. Spirit of the State Press. 1 Edgefield Chronicle.] Everything considered the convention was a grand success, and much g?>od will evidently rosult from their meeting and exchanging ideas of farming. "We will be glad to see the day when their fondest hopes will be realized. |Spartanburg Herald.] As far as exemption from State and county taxes for factories is concerned, ^the people have spoken and the matter is settled, but we would like to see a law passed giving to any town or cit}' the right to vote a rebate of all town or city taxes for a limited per:.od to any man ufactu ting onterpriso socking a plant in their midst. [Edgefield Monitor.] The great mass of the Democratic voters are with the President in svmpathjr and sentiment, who, for the sake of the party and the success of his Administration, can well afford to disregard the arrogant dictation and offensive self-sufficiency of the political bosses who, to satisfy the promptings of personal ambition and greed for the spoils, would hurl the part}' and the country down to a common ruin. [Aiken Recorder.J After all the blowing of horns that his been made the whole affair has turned out to be nothing more than a ^glorification meeting of the admires of Capt. IJ. 11. Tillman, the so-called Agricultural Moses of South Carolina. Our people are not prepared for increase of taxation at this tune, and Mr. Tillman will find that when the action of his convention is subjected to the calm light of reason and common sense many of his favorite plans will be repudiated. J[Spartauburj; Herald.] They have, however,. adopted wise measures which will make the farmers a powerful factor in the control of the State. They have at ranged for a perfect and permanent organization of those interested in agriculture. They have shown that they have grievances and know what they are. They have appointed a strong committee to wait on *he Legislature of tlm State, and demand the redress of these grievances. iSuch a demand backed hv snch an organA i/.ution will exert a powerful iniiuencce. JSeneca Free Press. 1 Let us not place an unmerited blame upon those who have served us honestt Iv, faithfully and well ; and if we should decide to place others in office in their stead, let our injunction be to the incoming officers that they imitate their predecessors in the discharge of their ^duties, and to point them to the ^financial centres of our land and to the capitalist to know where South Carolina -stands in the financial list and who jplaced her there. The deserved answer will he South Carolina's officials have anade her South Carolina a;;ain. |Orangeburg Times and Democrat.] Let the farmer who is farming 1.000 acres, with a mortgage on it, sell 500 of them and pay out. Let the man who is running 200 acres sell 100 or 150, if necessary, to set him free, and so on * down. Then with fifty acres unencumbered, and owing no mnn anything, let him raise his own corn, potatoes and bacon. Let hit^i raise what ke requires to live on. and let him live on what he makes. This advice, if followed, would make the farmers of South Carolina masters of the situation in less than five yflars, and put them on the high road to prosperity and wealth. [Laurens Advertiser.] The great convention has assembled, and nooni? can doubt *>ut tlmt good will i result. Yhero is enough conversation to hold in?check all who are radical in their views. We do not. object to farmers discusttcng politics, but they may talk from .now until doomsday and their farms will not bo more productive. The greatest good that this convention could have accomplished would be to arouse the farmers to.organizo clubs for the discussion of improved methods of agriculturo. It is gratifying to the friunds as well as the opponents to see the good that is likely to result from this first meeting. [Columbia Rccord.] As the proposition to have a State college for girls comes from the conven> fj- tibfi, it is coupled with a condition, that of abolishing the Citadel, which is like* SJ . . v- ' * , , ... m .' 'v> v ly to defeat it. Let those who are really in earnest about educating the girls join with us in advocating their free admission as students in the South Carolina College. This would incur no additional expense, except perhaps the employment of one or two matrons or female professors, and could be put into operation at once, without the delay incident to the organization of an entirely new and seperate institution. o [Watchman and Southron.] We in South Carolina have every reacrvii f/\ Kn n'i * K tVi A Pi?na i il n ' u null tu UC oiibioiiUM n *vii i?u? * i voiuuiifc o actions, politically. The Republican i officials, who, even when competent, i were utterly distasteful to our people < because of their political afflictions, < have for the most part been removed, * and we have our own people in office ; i and yet we see an occasional State paper < carping at the President and attacking < his policy. Mr. Clexeland is trying to i give us an honest Government. Ho is ' acting intelligently and with a well de- < fined purpose in view, and deserves the active sympathy and support of every < friend to good and honest government. [Colleton Press.] It seems that the sentiment of the farmers in this gathering favored the . abolition of the State Military lnstitu tion in Charleston. Is it necessary to | abolish one institution in order to raise another ? That would be moving as far backward in one direction as forward in the other. We are at peace with the ( world now, but in case of war shouldn't South Carolina be prepared to furnish ! her share of educated soldiers ? We 1 believe the farmers will obtain their ' college, and it should, and r.o doubt 1 will be, made an institution of which ' the State shall be proud, but she should he equally proud of her military institution, and the glory of the one will be 1 dimmed if built on the ruins of the other. [liarnwcl! Sentinel.] The Farmers' Convention hat) shown < an amount of wisdom in many of its i utterances that was unlooked for; its i members have culled a spade a spade, ] and directed the knife wherever it dis- i covered sores gnawing at the vitals of 1 agriculturists in the State, it has made i such rocopimendations as in tue wisdom i of its members are believed to be nec- < essary lor their welfares and they are no doubt perfectly willing that they I shall be judged of by the voters. It is i but the beirinnine of a botrinninp- whoro i tbe jond is not Keen, but if dissatis- I faction should arise among those whose i views do not correspond with Mr. Till- i man and his followers, and harsh com- I nient should result, it is clearly established that no harm shall come to the i State. ' i [Newberry Observer.] Whenever anything is said about the present State administration, or a new deal is suggested, immediately some "in"'jumps up with a formidable array /\ r (i .vn i?ao f/\ ol* AMr Urtn* ? * ~1? VI ii^uiuo bvi niiu? Iiuu IUUUI1 UOLltjr they have done than the Radicals did. Now, if anybody had proposed to go back to a Kadical administration there would be some sense in that. The "new deal" does not contemplate anything of the sort, only a change of Democrats for Democrats. If the "ins" can prove that they are the only Democrats who can properly administer the affairs of the | State, let theui do it. - That will be .an argument to the purpogo. A comparison with Radical administrations is a subterfuge and an insult to the intelligence of the people. [Newberry Herald and News.l We have read several communications which have appeared in the papers pub* lished in this Congressional district, advocating the primary plan for nominating candidates for Congress, and find that there is a strong sentiment among the people to nominate all officers?State eounty. judicial and Congressional?by this plan. We bcliove that it; would givo oeuer ?atistaction than the convention, but it will be necessary to amcrtd the constitution of the Democratic party of the State before we oari Vote directly for the nomination of candidates for State, Congressional or judicial officos, and this cannot be done until the State Convention meets. The counties may elect delegates,to the convention by pri-1 marv, bttt this will necessitate the caXf- \ ing of a county convention to determine | whether the primary or the convention plan shall be adopted in selecting dele. gates to the State, Congressional and 1 judicial-convention* .. . , [Keowce Courier.] If the towns of Now England- find it profitable of industrial growth to exempt from taxation, for a limited period, K1 manufacturing enterprises, how much aT more should we of the South see it. 01 New England is the home of manufactures. Their profit is seen of all men. They are the wealth of the State, while with us they need encouragement. It is OI true these exemptions are granted by nT towns, but in the South, the country ar with its timber and water-powers is naturally the place to locate. The excinption law in this State, now repealed, P( did much good and has added greatly to ^ our wealth. Its eixstcnce added not a ? dollar to our taxes, while it added to P1 4 u:?_ .jj.j i. wl b< uur mauis, n iiiiu it ituuuu 10 our wuaiiii, now becoming and to become a source of revenue to the State. Instead of ad- t'1 [ling to our taxes it reduced them by ar stimulating pther enterprises building 01 up towns about the factories and giving employment and bread to many families. ^ lo *0f Choice Sentiments or the Northern Press about Jeff. Davis. hi [Boston Advertiser Rep.l 11 ea The Southern newspapers which use Jeff. Davis as a chip on their shoulders, will, by and by, lot us hope, see the foolishness of it. ar to [Philadelphia Times.] Jefferson Davis has made his threaten- of 2d speech, and the stars still shine, the to world revolves and no omnious portent st starts from the sky. Even a field-glass le reveals no body of Confederate march- T1 ing 011 to Washington : and a common lii ting floats from Nothern arsenals and it Southern forts. The way of the Hour- jo bon may be easy to tread, but it leads th through lonely fields. Let us have th peace. # ki [Providence Journal, Rep.] w Is this mounting for the "Lost Cause?" rt is not mourning at all, but rather an outburst of joy and thanksgiving such is the South has not had in a full *core of years. It is not sorrow for the past so uiuch.as pride and exultation in the present. At the North there will be a difference of opinion as to the taste ^ displayed in selecting the occnsion for this remarkable celebration, but the oc- ' passion is of secondary importance. Under the old flag, with expressions of heartiest loyalty the Union and the Government, the present greets the past with a significant hail and farewell. So we choose to the Alabama episode, ?l find so regarding it we fear nothing more serious than that the festivities of the week will reduce some of the news... - ei pape organs to a pitiable state ot uncertainty as to the exact date of the ^ close of hostilities "between the States/' ti [Hartford Courant, Rep.] But we do not believe the great body b of our countrymen of the Southern 01 States regret that the Hag which flies ci over their heads to-day, which flew over b Mr. Davis' head while he lettered the u words we have quoted, is the flag of the Stars and Stripes. We do not believe ti that they regret that they are to-day A citizens of the United States?of the great it undivided aud, please God, indivisable Republic, stretching from ocean to,ocean and from tho Lakes to the Gulf. We do not believe they would, if they could, si give up their share in the glorious heri- 8 tago of American?the great traditions, S the mighty life, the inconceivable splen- \ did future of the common country. The r men who gathered at Montgomery Wed- I nes day aresorry that the Potomac and a the Ohio are not to-day the boundary be- s tween two unfriendly nations, guarded by double lines of forts and customhouses, with two costly standing armies J back of them '. We don't believe a word C of it. * WHAT HE SAYS FOR HIMSELF. ( tl Mr. Jofferson Davis left Savannah, Ga. ^ Saturday, for home. When the train stopped at Homervillo some one in the crowd cried, uWe are proud of the man who alwa^x did his duty." Mr. Davis answered, "I always tried to do my duty * and if the'people of the South think I did c my duty t am satisfied, and I don't care 8 | what Yankees say. I have nothing to * ask from them, not even a pardon, for * he who seeks a pardon must profess a a repentance. I havo not ropented. The 4 only thing I am sorry for is that we did * not succeed. If a Yankee comes South ( and behavos himself we are glad to have \ him." ' 1 V * ' "The Wreckers." The following strong words from Con-ossman Nowood of Georgia will v&ken hearty sympathy in more than le direction in this country : * * * Whenever these wreckers fix leir basilisk eyes on a corporation, its le is sealed. A pliant board is elected an existing board is bribed ; all profits e put into betterments ; no dividends o declared ; the stock at once declines ; ie wreckers fabricate and circulate dam;itig rumors ; the small holders?the >or widows and orphans dependent on lose dividends?are forced to sell ; are squeezed out: the Rtonk ir further <1 eBsed by every forced sale ; then the >fids decline, and the wreckers, like ie jackal hid ^n the bushes watching ie lion die, steal out and buy th* bonds, id when a majority is secured, the lly remaining step is a judicial process i sweep the stockholders away. And ius the producers are robbed and labor ses its just reward. If these wreck's had nevor oppeared, billions of usess and idle wealth would be in the inds of those who produced it, and >is people would be the happiest on irth. ***** T^iese are the men who have conspired id combined their hundreds of millions oppress the laborers gnd they are retonsible for the counter combinations ' laborers to resist that oppression and maintain the dignity of labor. The rikcrs are a protest against the heartss oppression of combined capital, hey rre the only hopeful sign of dereranoe from the wreckers, and [ hail with a feeling of relief. The issue is inod at last, and the contest is between o wreckers and strikers. My sytnpa*1. *t. - -4_!i ? ^ ?a biu mut me siriKers wnen mey sap within the law. Public sympathy it) Bopport thorn so long as'they are udent and peaceful and rcspccc the w. and within the law I bid thein God eud in their struggle with the wrecks. They should not feel discouraged, hey are gaining ground. Public symithy for them is stronger than in 1876 iririg the strike at Pittsburgh. They lould not appeal to Congress for assistice. This is not the place to seek repf, even if Congress had the power to ve it. It is to be found in the big heart this mighty peoplo ; in lawful combiitions and the use of lawful measures oppose the tyranny of this vast aggreition of money in a few hands, by editing the people to heap scorn and >ntempt on the men who, through glutinous greed for millions more, are rindine the poor to death ; by taking ire to be represented in every Legislate by pure, just and able men ; by re ring to private life evory representative :id office-holder who, with no income ut his salary, acquires wealth while in ffice ; by cultivating a patriotism that mbrace8 all sections in a common rotherhoop and destroy forever all unnkind feeling and sentiment engenderi by the war, and by refusing at all mes to make wealth the test of qualication for office, or to permit it to buy & way to office and to power. The Southern Hotel Clerk. "I've been travelling down South," &id ? drummer, "and I tell you we find otne queer folks down there. The outhern hotel clerk breaks me all up. Vhat some of them don't know would un a district school. yA few weeks ago was in the Kimball House in Atlanta, nd, as 1 put ray name on the register, I. ays to the clerk : "Any Chicago poople here ?" "No," says he, "thero are a number of Jorthern people here, but nobody from Chicago. There's a real nice young Northern fellow here, though, from lose by Chicago. Would you like to nect him. His name is Wilson, and ou may know him/' "Where is he from ?" "Bangor, Maine.''?Chicago ?Herald. In conversation with a prominent planer of the Fourth District, we learn of a lew and novel way to kill crows. The gentleman's plan is to catch one of the >irds. tie it to your body and walk hrough the field with your gun cocked ind finger on tho trigger. The cries of he bird will cause others of its tribe to lock around you, and they can then bo sasily shot. This method of exterminaming these pests is hot patented, and :hose who are so disposed are at liberty to try it.?Dawson (Ga.) Journal. , ' - ' ,' U 7 .. teiiSi,* -V. The Crop* in the State. Columbia, S. C.( May 8.?Th? State Department of Agriculture has received 214 special reports from county and township correspondents regarding the condition of the crops, etc., of the average date May 1, and furnishes the fol lowing summary of these reports for publication : The Spring has been cold and generally unfrvorrbly, retarding farming operations. During March cold weather and high winds prevailed. April was more favorable and farm work progressed rapidly during the month. Rain was was general throughout the State at the close of the month greatly benefitting all growing crops. COTTON. Notwithstanding unfavorable seasons, it is estimated that 81 per cent, of the cotton crop has been planted Ma^ 1. Thirty-one per cent of the crop is "'up,'' against 04 per cent at the same time last year. The general condition of the crop is not so good as last year, but an improvement is reported since the rains in the latter part of April. The reports indicate a decrease of 3 per cent, in the art a cultivated below the acerage of 1885. The use of commercial fertilizers on cotton lias been decreased 12 per cent., and 34 per cent, of the crop has been fertilized with home-made manures. COKN*. Correspondents report that corn lands have been better prepared and butter fertilized than usual. A large arceage of the land originally sown in small grain has been replanted in corn. These lands were fertilized, nnd with ordinarily favorable seasons, will produce good crops. The acerage will be increased iJ per cent, over last year. The general condition of the crop is reported at 95. The stand compared to an average stand is 91. Fifty-five per cent, of the entire crop has been fertilized, 54 per cent, of this with home-made manures of cotton seed. WHEAT. An improvement is noted in the condition of wheat since the April rains, but it is less promising than last year, when an unusually short crop was harvested. The condition is reported at 80, against 86 on the first of May, 1880. OATS. A large part of the crop of Fall sown oats was destroyed by the severe Winter weather. The condition of Spring oats ia reported at 72, against 73 last year, when tne same conditions prevailed as during the present season, owing to the scarcity of seed of the red rustproof oats, which has proven the surest variety in this State. Other varities were extensively used, and it is feared that the yield will not bo satisfactory even with favorable seasons. REMARKS. Less supplies will be purchased this *i i_?. :-i y frti buau iuoi, ican tumiuuiumi it'ruii* zom have been used, farm stock is in good condition, fruit crop is promising, and lands have been well prepared for crops. Four Nuisances. 'Four Men Who Are Nuisances," was the subject last evening of the Rev. David Willis, Jr., of the Spring Garden Presbyterian Church. "We, as people of to-day," said Mr. Willis, ,4are suffering because of Jonahs?nuisances. The degradation of the homes of the republic, the apparent depression of the life of society, the decay of our business life are all traceable more or less to certain nuisances. Casting our first lot. as in the text, the first nuisance we fall upon is the idle man, and let me here say the m?n who nraftfthoa on idlnnnna h?io of least one great consolation?he is preaching to a very large audience. The burning question of the day is not more work, but more wages. Idleness is a nuisance, inasmuch as it is an unjust tax of honest industry. The second nuisance, is the liar. He creates distrust and distrust destroys affection and confidence between man fend man. The third nuisance is the demagogue. In some miserable corner he preaches his abominable doctrine of theft, violence, dynamite and murder. The fourth nuisance is the professional sport. He is a nuisance of the most pronounced type. Ho lies abed all day to go forth to gather in harvest at night. He seduces innocence, leads astray the unwary, inveigles the vnrdant countryman- and lays dissolate the home of the widow and orphan. , * ' " . '< . > ' >' ( '. vV ' ? .v;4. #( V *.j . * # < . , \,s. . . ' ' * -V ; , # Hog Meat. Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken has written a letter to the Abbeville Press and Banner concerning the frightful death of a negro, who was consumed by worms consequent upon eating diseased pork. Mr. Aiken enters into a discussion of the internal hog question, explains the nature of trichinosis, and then comes to the nub of the question thus : I dare say, that nine-tenths of your readers will before Saturday night breakfast or dine on northwestern bacon or hams. Are they sure that there are no trichinae in any of this meat? Let them beware, for there is scarcely a week that the papers do not announce the death of one or more members of a family in our northwestern states from eating this infected meat. The moral I would draw from this would be, that our people should grow their own hog meat, for beyond a doubt this infected meat showed itself in a diseased live hog. A three months old Kssex pig can be grown with less labor, care and expense than a brood of chickens, and contains twice the amount of wholsome, delicious food. The writer goes a long bow shot beyond Mr. Aiken, and ad vises the avoid- . ance of hog meat in all of its shapes and forms. It is pcrnicious diet,, whethmade at home or abroad. Col. Tom Howard says he never saw a hog that had a healthy liver, and the Jews, the true, practical h}'gienists of all ages, sensibly and savingl}\ avoid this dreadflesh. One year's experience in this matter has convinced us that total obstinence from swine food is essential to perfect or nearly perfect health, Onft of Dr. Milburn's receipts for the preservation of his phenomenal vi^or of body and mind is to touch, taste and hnnHlp nnt. the tmnlrvin hnnsf Mo veil to Tears. ' John !" "Yes, dear." "Do you remember coming home last night and asking me to throw you an assorted lot of key-holes out of the window, so that you might find one large and steady enough to get your latch-key in ?" "Yes, dear." "And do you remember the night before how you asked me to come down and hold the stone steps still enough for you to step on ?" "Yes dear." "And the night before that, how you tried to jump in the bed hs it passed your corner of the room ?'* "Yes, dear." * "And still another night, when you carefully explained to me that no man was intoxicated ns long as he could lie down without holding on, and then attempted to go to bed on a perpendicular wall ?" "Yes, dear.'* "John, do you realize that you have come home sober but two nights in the* past week ?" "Have I, dear ?" "That's all, and yon ought-to be ashamed of youself, too. The idea of ft man of your age?. Hut, John?why* you're crying. There, there, dear, I didn't mean to be too severe. After all, you did comc home sober two nights." J "Ves that's what makes rae feel so bad." And then the meeting adjourned*?' Chicago JRatnbler. An AgoQiilus Scene in the Senate. "Why are you going ho fast ?" asked Senator Payne as Senator Hoar brushed hastily by nira at the door of the cloak room." . "senator Is lair is about to speak/' replied tho Judgo in more of * panic than is usual with him. "Tike my arm ! take my arm, then, and help me out!" cried Senator Payne, excitedly. "Don't leave an old man ih the lurch !"?Washington Hatchet. 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