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VOL. 2. ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 18,- 1886. NO. 37.
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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*
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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
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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
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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
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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. ^
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Choice Sentiments or the Northern
Press about Jeff. Davis.
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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
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[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...
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pape organs to a pitiable state ot uncertainty
as to the exact date of the ^
close of hostilities "between the States/'
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[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. (
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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
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"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.
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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.
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?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.
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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
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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. ,
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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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