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VOL. 2. ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1880. NO. 38.
"R. S. ti" on a Trip.
Receiving a kind invitation from
friends at Lowndesville to attend the
third Annual County Sunday School
Convention, which was held there on
the 7th, 8th and 9th of May, we accepted
and started for "the seven hilled
city" on Friday morning the 7th. Along
the route to Lowndesville there is the
very poorest prospect for small grain
we have ever seen at this season. Much
of the wheat will not make more than a
I bushel to the acre. We stopped a lew
moments at *l)r. Bell's and enjoyed
(lis well known hospitality. The doctor
has a beautiful place. Wc reached
Lowndesville just as the hell in the
beautifui new MeiSiodist church rang to
assemble the Convention for the evening
session. We found the following
~ah ~ ~i r ? i.
MIUUtTS III CllUlgU Ml UIU VUIIVV1IUUII .
Mr. George 0. Hodges, President; Mr.
Sturkey of McCorinick, Secretary and
ltev. Meadors of Ninety-Six, Statistician.
About thirty delegates were present.
Our venerable Sabbath School
worker, Capt. Parks was olfered the
presidency of the Convention, but was
unwell and declined. Mr. George C.
Hodges was then unanimously elected
to that-position and made a most capital
presiding officer, interspersing the exercises
with pointed replies and pretty
quotations.
The Sabbath Schools of the County :
were well represented. From nearly j
all of them there were written reports,
showing them to be in fine working j
condition. The Secretaries of these
schools are required to keep a roll of j
every scholar each Sabbath ; then to j
send up the total number of scholars t
with all other facts to the Convention
once a year. There are committees ap- f
pointed along with the Superintendents (
to look up scholars. This seems to j
?* keep the schools full. The Convention {
discussed a great many practical ques- ^
tions connected with Sabliath School ^
work. We were profoundly impressed .
with the conviction that this Convert- j s
tion was a great educator to the Sabbath I
School Superintendent and Teacher.!
He can here get the practical exper- j c
ience of the county in this work, with 1 j
the many suggestions thrown out. j
There were quite a nutnhor of good
talkers and workers in the Convention [
which made the meeting interesting. t
We thought that perhaps the Sabbath j
Schools at Abbeville, C. II. made the ^
*; ^ ,b<jat showing, ,yajh Ninety-8rx;-<ireen- Q
WV '%ood, itct^j?fKi;ck and Lowndcsville ^
> -Yanking c^ojfe behtfid. The amount of; ^
money each j^chool contributed was reft
ported and-.toany of them are carrying
<)n Missionary work. The number of ^
accessions to the church from the Sab- ^
, bath Schools was given. The Con veil- "
tion adjourned late Saturday evening ^
after selecting Abbeville as the next
place of meeting. A unanimous vote ^
of thanks was tendered the good peo- |
pip oi i^owndoRVillc for their kindness | "
and full-handed hospitality. There
were '.wo good sermons ouch day. The i ji
presiding elder Rev. Smart of Greenwood
had a severe attack of sickness on ^
Saturday evening and the doctors wore ^
with him all that night. He was some
bitter on the Sabbath, lie is a most R
genial, worthy christian gentleman, of
tine address. We formed some most j
pleasant acquaintances among members '
of the Convention and return thanks
for tUe very kind courtesy extended us
personally. We enjoyed the occasion.
The meeting was interspersed with line
music lea by Mrs. II. 1>. Kay and Mr.
James T. Latimer assisted hy lie v. Mr.
Auld. Mr. B. 1). Kay and others, lie v.
F. Auld is the present pastor of the
church. He is a most estimable chris- t<
tiun gentlemen and held in the highest
,' > esteem by his people. " ?
Smyrna church in which the Conven- w
Jtion was held is a beautiful new building,
finished off in the latest stylo and *c
presents an imposing view upon its
elevated site. We learn thut Mr. lisker
one of the staunch citizens of Lown- "
desvillc was very active in pushing the 11
church to completion. It is very neat 8J
A and tasty.
On Sabbath morning Mr. James Lati- .
nier. Sr. the excellent Superintendent
of Smyrna Sabbath School presided at "
the Sabbath School mass meeting and a,
introduced the speakers very happily. ^
There were three addresses of about *(
twenty-five minutes each. Mr. George
Hodges and Rev. Mcadors hold the ,r
closest attention of the large audience. "
At the close of the addreRses of the ,
delegates, B. C. Kay came out from the
audience and heartily thanked ^he delegates
for their presence ind their ad- 11
; dresses. He had been i.i the Sabbath p
School work for fifty ttircu years. His vi
voice has failed him and when in a
; whisper he told the audience that his o
work was done" the audience was in t?
tears. The Quarterly Conference met h
immediately after the adjournment of ei
meeting. fi
uV We want to speak of the great iin- U
provement in Lowndcsville since we
were there three years ago. On that
trip wo don't remember to have seen a
single now plank in the place. But p
tho re is a wonderful difference now. ^
What i? tho cause ? The new railroad. ftl
"We have always hoped theso good people
would get this road. Through their
pluck and energy and through the great P
exertion of that good man, who never ?
lived to see it, they now have the *!
^ ^ road, they enjoyed the prospect. This
week th?iy expect the truck to be laid
j.iside of the corporate limits. We took tl
a ride out to where the track wart laid ?
Kfc* *
fc> : v ,
and while there the cars came up with tl
a load of material. Two passenger si
were to go back. In looking around tl
this plasant village we note the follow- w
ing improvement : Two beautiful new e
churches, the Methodist and the Bap- e:
tist, both finished in the latest stylo and fc
situated on nice sites. The Presbyterian
church has just been neatly painted
and is soon to have a new steeple erect- in
ed. There are four business houses
now in operation. Messrs. T. Baker & re
Son, Sherrard & Leroy, Cooley & Co., ol
J. \V. McConnel and Speed & Turner. li<
We noticed the new dwelling of Dr. O. ni
K. Horton just nearing completion, pi
Mr. Junius T. Latimer has just erected w
a beautiful new house and rumodolled afl
one. Mr. W. M. Moore has repaired ht
his dwelling and so has S. S. Baker, an
Mr. C. 1). Watkins has remodelled and
made a pretty home for his family. Mr. pr
T. Baker has built a nice Drug Store to in,
be occupied by Messrs Speed & Turner.
The Presbyterian parsonage has been loi
remodelled and renovated. l)r. Baskins ca
has built two stores and expects to re- on
model his dwelling soon. Mr. James W
T. Latimer has in contemplation a new
brick store, the brick are now being an
made. Mr. D. K. Cooley also expects Jo
to erect one right away. Other lots cli
have been bought and houses are in
contemplation. Mr. \V. D. Masters is nis
making the brick to build two nice brick
stores with a Hotel above. Messrs. B. thi
D. Kay& Co. have a saw mill and plain- 8CI
ing machine about ready to go to work, wi
Messrs. W. fl. and J. Masters* are running
a brick yard close at hand and ex- '8
peet to make four thousand brick. We do
learnea that Mr. lieerof Anderson contidentlv
expects to put up a Drug Store sui
:his summer. Dr. Mosely is now run- pei
ling a good Hotel at which you can get
ill the wants oT the inner man abunlantly
supplied. Our esteemed young
riend, Mr. J. 13. Franks is in charge of
>f the school the place and is doing a good the
York. The educational advantages of the mu
own should develop with its growth. *>n
jowndosville ought to have a fine high "'15
ichool or ucudemy. She has the material. uni
t is very evident that new life and en- *0?
trgy has taken hold of the "Hilled
:ity," an i that it is attracting people to
t. The general impression is that ,nn
jowndesville will bo a fine business CO!
dace. It has a good surrounding coun- J^-'l1
ry back it. Parties owning lots sell
hem at modest figures. Th?y are pub- 8'1C
ic spirited and anxious for the town to tWl
mild up,. The depot has,Jbuen located
nd the little breeze that arose over itN m's
iu? died out mid the citizens will work Mil
urmoniously in laying the foundation ?dil
f a prosperous town and cordially inite
men and capital to come in until HP?
hey make Lowndesvillo one of the r3'*
roud cities of the up country. l',c
Mesrs. ..ditors : \Ve heard nothing ^lo
mt goods words spoken for you gentle- ver
iien and for the Mkssexoku. Our U.,H'
riends I)r. Grier and Prof. Mood were tict
nquired of very kindly. Co>
in company with 1113' mother who was Mil
nised in this section we visited the} M'}
resoyienan cemetery, when* lies a Ani
randfather and a grandmother and an *^or
nut and other relatives, all of the ?f
peer family. A little work from lovig
hands would improve the appearnee
of some of the graves. *
With tlie kindest recollection of ')(;r
lowndesville and her citizens we startd
for home Monday morning after hav- ^
ig spent a most peasant time. a'
11. S. G.
: tolf
Ninetv-Six News. ?,au
the
fiel
May 17 th, 1886.
Missionary work is at present the bon "
>n of our town. do,'
Dr. H. 1). Wilson favored our town
ist week with a professional visit. One ^ J1
ho practices the latest ill science and P0'1
i ts of dentistry is obliged to be weli>med
to uny community. the
Fishing parties are the fashion nf thn am<
?3'. Tight boots and tight coughs are .ON<
fie results. Many admirers of this .>e^
port told me of the wretched condi- '
on our branches and creeks are in.
ogs and debric of any kind in profus- .
>11, obstructing the flow of water, form- 1
ig stagnant pools, unhealthy even for
well seasoned alligator. Why do the m1?'
tate and local Boards of Health not en- VP
>rce the law ? The best, the most _u<
itisfftctory thing wq poor mortals have
i this valley of woe, is -good health ;
hich unfortunately we can only un- 1
erstand and appropriate after we have CUP
>st it. '1
Our Baltimore drummer. Mr. K. S.
tale is preparing for his summer cam- ,
aign in a grand style. We know all he
isits will be glad to see him.
Capt. R. J. Robinson, Superintendent . ^
f the McCormick Academy paid our ,n
>wn a shoit visit. Ho has more friends e.r
ero than he suspects and we really
nvy the town of McCormick the bene- ^
t of this high toned gentleman and
earned scholar. nac
Mr. Jeff. I). Moore at the last regular
ommumcation or Kureka Lodge No. 47, ?
>ok his first degree. He stood the ^
reasy pole comparatively very well. Sur
he future will show how ho will man150
the goat. tun
Mr*. Marie ttothrock, near Coronaca, ^uc
resented iny wife and baby each with bu
fan made by herself of feather? of the pfS
irkey. goose and other domestic fowls. : ?r
^re have travelled and seen many curio- j0,r
ities whore the arts were cultivated to ^ap
ic highest degree, but we must confess j
re never saw anything coming up to gus
lie piece of nrt as presented, in th
hape of a fan. We are very thankful t
lie donor and proud of the Sunny Soutl
'Inch produces such work of whicl
pn a queen would be proud am
xclaim : 4,Our woiuen now and for
>rever."
Mr. J. N. King ex-Vice-President o
te Abbeville Democratic Club of th<
emorable days of '76 and '78 told mi
tat although an enthusiastic newspapei
tader, he looks first OTer the local doti
his own home. That is right. I be
sve even every soul should hav<
ore interest in homo than any othei
ace. If the missionary societies
ould pay moro attention to hoint
fairs they would find more heathens,
re than abroad : "Thou art so neai
id still so far."
Miss Florence Campbell, one of oui
etty Southern maids is in town, visitp
her sister Mrs. J. I). Watson.
The town council ordered an election
r an Itendant, to fill the vacancy
used by the resignation of It. L. Pratt.
Monday the 17t!i inst. Mr. <J, 1).
atson was elected.
Mr. W. S. liogers our young friend
d senior son of onr brother,
s. Rogers, Jr.. has established a firstiss
ice cream and lemonade emporium.
No. ^ Miller.Iirick Block. He has furdied
his establishment with taste and
i invite allx especially the ladies in
ase hot days upon us, to give the do ving
young man a call. We know all
11 bo pleased.
"East End'' of the Press and Banner
right in all he says "Let us unite and
all we can for town and fellow citiis.
Only in unity there is strength,
*ely not in quarreling about the Kmror's
heard.
The Women's Missionary Society of
? Cokesbury District South Carolina
nference met Friday 14th inst. Mrs.
rbert of Newberry, Vice-President of
> District, presided and called the
Otinir to ncilnr Unir H u ?
0 ... w. v,v., ??wv? il* J/. OUlHri,
aiding Elder, was to preach the open;
sermon, but owing to his illness was
nble to do ho. Kev. W. A. Kogcrs
>k his place. Miss Lula Anderson, of
icty-Six. was elected Secretary. Mrs.
imbert the corresponding secretary
de her report. The conference is
nposed of thirty socities. All were
resented either by delegate or letter,
e reports were all very encouraging,
iwing much progress in the last
jive months. NumHer of members
j. Money rais id $484iU. Woiua?tfj
isionary papers 120 copies tiken.
ss Muttie Culhoun was to deliver the
Iress of welcome, not being present
i. M adors delivered it and was re
uided to by Mrs. lleibert, of NewberThese
ladies, in connection with I
M. E. Church South are doing a nowork
for the great ruler of the Unise
in China. .Japan, Mexico. Braz.il
I oilier foreign countries. We 110>
present as delegates from Abbeville
inty: Miss Speer, of Lonwndesville :
?s Ida Greene, of Greenwood ;
;s Coleman, of Coronaca ; Miss Lula
derson, of Lebanon : Mrs. W. T.
les, ol Cokesbury ; Miss Ella Major
Greenwood ; Mrs. N. E. Turner,
Kockville ; Miss McCord and the
:ses Ellis of Hodges.
'rom Xeberry : Mrs. Herbert, New*
ry's valuable Post Misstress ; Mrs.
Idrop, Miss Swindler, Miss Hattie
sterinaner, Mrs. Longshaw and severother
Newberry ladies whose namcs^
failed to get. Mrs. Humbert we are
1 is the untiring worker in this good
se. who is always on hand when
re is any work to be done for foreign
ds. Saturday last was the children's
There is something for children to
is an an old song, of course in any
d and so in the missionary cause.
iat we heard was good and to the
nt. They wore in earnest and surely
int all with their little understanding,
y said : No hypocrits, no masks,
jng them all real !?all truth ! I
ej to hear the little speeches, the very
ginning of the development of the
nan mind, When little Norman, the
quite four year old boy of Mr. J. T.
lor with great physical effort climbed
h his little dimpled hands the platn
and said a sentence or two for the
sionary cause: the audience could
k..? - *
uuv guc nun u ncuny cneermg.
jp up this spirit ye girls and boys,
i who have to follow after us in the
iry path thrnogh life and you will
m i. higher station than we have ocied.
'ho following express packages in
office: J. P. Brooks, J. I<. McGowan,
5. Kipp, Lipscomb & Anderson, .J.
Wright, Dr. T. W. Chiles, Dr. H. N.
an.
'he following letters lay unclaimed
he postoffice : Albert Boozer, TuckChnndler,
Aner Johnson, Robert
ies.
Ir. H. E. Blake, son of Dr. T. S.
ke living at the river place at Coroa
had the misfortune to lose his horse
; week. The horse while jumping a
:h broke his leg.
>nr Baptist Church was crowded
idny night Inst with spectators to
ness the baptism accordiug to Scrip?,
Rev. Carter officiating. The Misses
lie Archie Bozeman, Lizzie Jones,
t Moore, Louiso Pratt and the MastJohn
Pratt, Willio Deloach, James
kerson and Hirman Johnson after
ring the church at the last protracted
sting, received the holy sacrament of
>tisni
)on't forget the Stock show in Aut.
Vasmer. |
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. . a
o Is the Party A Faillre ?
0
Chester, May, 13 1880.
1 To The Editor of the. News and
_ <1 oiiricr.
It is said of republics that the existence
f of two' well organized rival parties
5 therein is a necessity, and the nearer
r these parties are equal in power and
< representation the nearer is the approach
- C 4. 1 bt ? 1 1 "
tu period neaim in ins oouy politic.
' Thislhas almost become an obvious trath
r '
, and, therefore, the condition of South
f Carolina with only one party is not ono
, unalloyed heppiness. The Democratic
ship is becalmed and the sails its useful.
ness flap idly ngainst the masts. Each
. year, like sailors in a calm' we whistle
for a political breeze. This has been
too often tried, so that during tho approaching
canvass it will be hard to
create a ripple of interest much less of
excitement. Sence 1876 the party has
existed in full power and compactly
united, because of the continued attacks
of the Federal Government on our election
laws; that force being removed, the
menace comes not from without, but
from with>n.
The first consequence of having but a
single party, prnctially without an antagonist,
was the establishment of primary
elections to determine the choice
of candidates for members of the Legislature
and all county officers, including
those offices the appointment to which
is the exclusive prerogative of Governor.
These primary elections arc now an
institution in the State, and upon their
results the fate of candidates ahsolutolg
dedends, and the jrencral election is
merely used to record the results, and
have the sanotion of the law. All nterost
is centred in the primary elections,
and the vote is large becanse the candidates
must necessarily enter the arena
af content, theii friends and partisans
are aroused, and it partakes of all the
excitement of an election with opposing
parties. The choice of candidates rer\dorad
by Democrats at these elections
is cheerfully acquiesced in, and, there
fore, they are generally preferred to
conventions. At the general elections
the attendance and the vote gets less
and less each election for very obvious
reasons, and it will not be a matter of
surprise if some day it is announced
that at certain remote polls in the
countes no one but the managers have
voted.
The situation of inertness in which ,
the Democratic party of South Carolina
finds itself has produced a movement ,
recently fraught with most incalculable
danger to the State, if the result had |
1 i* "? '"? "
ucuii hh iciiren. i no Dinners, (Jonveri- j
tion recontly assembled at Coulmbia, ,
under quite a specious disguise, was ]
really projected to assail the Democratic j
party and its recognized leaders; and it ,
world have been a success in that way <
but for the fact that the farmers of South ,
Carolina love the party of their fathers, j
and know that in the absotu'e, irre- ,
vocable union of its members depends i
the safety and life of this State, aud, |
knowing this, they could not be used (
for an)'hostile purpose. It is, however ]
useless to deny the fact that seine of the (
utterrnces coming from that convention (
had truth and reason in them, and have <
taken hold of the minds of those who by |
their votes, will determine the complex- j t
inn nf fho rwivf T ? 5 -* 1
?..v/ hvai. uj^iaiuiuru, ana me |
ehoicc of our State officials. It is true
that the business of agriculture is not
now remunerative, mainly due, howe ver,
to its beincr carried on under a system
of ruinous credit, and to the disasters oi
three years with the crops.
It is true that the present, machinery
of government ai oranized under the
Constitution of 1868, so far as the county
governments are concerned, is tqo ex*
pensive a system for a poor people, but
it is not true that the State Government
executive, legislative and judicial, is
carried on in extravagance. It is true
that there is need and opporaunity for
retrenchment and reform, but it is not
true that State taxation is oxcessive, but
on the contrary it is quite moaeratc, and
the burthens of which the ?priners com
IH4UI uunc in iiutujr cuunues?as in this I j
county?from self-impose drailroad taxes '
and generally from the expenses of the 1
county governments. *
It is necessary that the Democratic
T>arty should take heed of all the wellfounded
complaints announce^) by the 1
Farmers' Convention. That convention
j was composed, with but a half dozen
| exceptions' of Democratic votes and of <
vdL-.i > ? -'
those who represent quite a majority of
the votes of this State.
* In consequence of the enmity of the
Republican warty of the North, the hostility
of the Federal Government and
the unhappy political complications at
home, the policy of the Democratic
party since coming into power has been
one of expedients ; intended to be purely
temporary and to bridge over some
present dilliculty. In the General Assembly
it may be said practically not to
exist ; the party caucus is gone, the
party lash hangs idly upon the walls ;
and it is has not infrequently happened
that important general laws, vital to the
interests of the people, have been dc- i
ermined by the votes of the handful of |
colored Republicans in the Senate and i
House. This cannot longer be. The ]
Democratic party needs a more perfect t
organization, and it must announce its
State policy on all important measures. 1
To meet the present condition of public ?
affairs requires a bold ami not a timor- j
ous policy. We have no party discipline, I
every attempt to create new issue and e
new political instrumentalities.
The most vital matter of organization ^
which suggests itself is the subject of n
primary elections. The)' have grown
up outside of the Constitution of the 1
Democratic part)*; have been adopted as ^
a system by the action of the county o
conventions of the various counties,
iind in 110 two counties arc the rules 0
alike. It is clear that the whole sub- ?
li
jcct should bi* regulated by the supreme p
auihoiity of 11 State convoutiou to adopt r
ono common harmonious set of rules to
govern thom. It was suggested at the *
Farmers' Covention that the candidates p
for all State offices, including llio Gover- ii
nor, be chosen by a direct primary vote, ^
and also members of Congress. This ^
proposition involves a distinct revolt s,
from the system of State conventions, u
It seems impracticable, nay, impossible, *
to carry this effect, yet the idea has *
taken much deeper root in the minds of
the m?n.r-suppos?. - a
The duty is imposed upon the Democratic
party to consider this matter well f"
and to announce itself distinctly, and, if c
any beneficial changes can be made in si
the method of choosing oui highest officials,
to adopt it. There is an evident ?
demand that the manner of selecting tj
candidates should be popularized, and I c
venture to propose a change in that di- n
rection. Vor example : It should be required
of the candidates for Governor
that earl}' in the season they address the ft
people at the various Courthouses in It
the State, and that the county conventions
to choose delegates to the nomina- ^
ling convention shall not be assembled
until such canvass is ended. This will pi
bring the candidates face to face A*ith the 01
people, and thereby arouse public inter- *C
est and .save us frcm dying of stagnation, ej
which is our present danger. An ami- sj
sable contest among candidates for polit- ?[
ical offices has become a necessity. The ^
tc
same, course should be pursued in the
Congressional districts. It will there m
^ive an opportunity for all the candi- a|
lates in each county to be heard, and
tui.. :-?-i ? -?- - - 1,1
viwon. up kins iiiiuitrnuic practice ot j
i?very county having its own candidate, t|
avery candidate nominating his own tl
delegation to the Congressional Convention,
and every such delegation being ^
sworn to stick to its own man, resulting t)
in a deadlock, and a resort to that most if
discreditable piece of legerdemain call- r'
sd the "Hat gnrac." j j!
It seems to me imperatively necessary j1,
that a Democratic Convention should a]
issemble early in July to consider all ^
these matters of organization, and also *1
io put forth some decided utterances Cl
ibout things of general interest to the pi
people, such as education, the interests d<
jf agriculture, the question as to the
finances of the State and county govern* n(
ments, taxation, and generally of re- 0I
trenchment and reform. Such a State sc
Convention, compos.d not of representatives
of a single class, but of tho entire
people, backed up by all the time- tli
honored authority and dignity of the bl
Democratic party, will infuse new life C(
ind concentrate all the elements of
(|?
strength within tho party itself, atid, ta
tvith renewed vigor, our political affairs th
rAf> tka onsntnn lfd?? ""ill ' 1 OC
ivi oiiDuuig jcm "iii uu umneu on ^ j
to a happy and harmonious result. fc
H;
w
Largro lino ladies and misses opera fa
slippers at Haddgn's. a
Our now kid button boots for ladies i*1
ind misses art* fast becoming tho most ^
Latest New York fashions in milli rc
sry record tliis week at Haddon's. th
"Moses" Tillman's Convention.
\
Landsford, S. C., May 8.
To the Editor of the News and
Courier :
'The "Farmers* Convention" having
met and officially sanctioned the
plans of Farmer Tillman for the regeneration
of the State, and as these plans
ebraeed in the eleven resolutions introduced
and passed by Capt. Tillman,
may well be considered the work of the
Convention, it may not be unbecoming
in a simon-pure farmer to say what he
thinks of them.
To the first, "that the Legislature establish
a real agricultural college, separate
from the South Carolina College
i i
4IH1 motioned on the Agricultural College
of Mississippi," &c., I heartily
igree.
To the second, "that the institution bm
in tier the control of the State bpard of
igriculture, who shall receive bids for
ts locution from the several counties."
do not agree, but think that it should
>e controlled by a board of trustees,
lective by the Legislature once in lour
'ea'-s, of which board the Governor
hould be ex-officio president and the
ommissioner of agriculture ex-officio a
nember.
To the third, "that experimental sta^
ions established in connection with the
gricultural college.'' I would suggest
hat this matter be left to the discretion
if the board of trustees.
To the fourth, "that Congress be roerurialized
to pass the Hatch hill app*oiropriating
$15,000 annually for this
urpose," &c., I most decidedly object,
artly on the ground of its being indiect
taxation and partly because if thi*
? to be a State intitution, demanded by
nd organized for South Carolina farmrs.
South Carolina farmers ought to
ay for it squarely, openly and knowid
v.
To the fifth, "That we protest against
he money Tor the agricultural college ?
eing under the uiangement of the pre- V
ent board of trustees." 1 will say that
ntil we get the "agricultural college'*
cannot sec who else is to handle it,
ud when we do, that money will rightally
belong to the new college.
To the sixth "that the trustees of the
grirultural college be chosen, not by
tie Legislature but bv a State convention
irmers," &c? 1 protest, as tikis would
idecd be the most offensive kind of
lass legislation, especially when conidered
with the proposition to make the
ecretary of this board virtually a State
fticer. It would be about as sensible
nd as fair for the lawyers to insist that
le attorney general of the State bo
lected by the Bar Association. I canot
believe this resolution to have been
jriously intended for adoption.
To tlie s ?venth, ^hat the privilege
ix on fertilizers be doubled to raiso
inds for the proponed agricultural col!ge,"
and the eighth, "that the inspecon
of fertilizers be made more thorugh
and effective," I object, again, on
ie ground of indirect and dishonest
ixation, and because, further, that the
roceeds of such tax being uncertain
id fluctuating in amount, it would
trtn a poor basis for the support of a
ermunent institution, and as to the
ghlh, I have yet to learn that the injection
of fertilizers is not as thorough
and effective as the metns at hand
ili allow, and at least amply sufficient
> protect any intelligent purchaser.
To the ninth, "that the Citadel Acadu.y
be abolished and the money now
jpropriated to it be devoted to raising
ie standard and iinprcving the equipicnt
of the South Carolina College,"
will say that the people of a State
?at is paying a voluntary tax of more
lan $300,0(XX on proptrty for common
;hool purposes should not grumble at
ie small additional amount required
y our present system to finish what
tey have so well begun, and any rate,
' the total appropriation is not to be
i ? -
Hiucca, we might very well continue
> divide it betwoen existing instituuns.
I would further suggest that I
uve heard of no demand for increased
appropriation for the South Carolina
ollege, and that when the proposed
real agricultural college" is estahlish1
it may become so popular that we
in oven venture to reduce the approbation
both fer the College and Cita I.
To the tenth, <lthat the State establish
school for girls," ?fcc., 1 am in hearty
:cord, and am willing to pay roy part
p the tax necessary to suoooit ifc h*nd
>mely.
To the eleventh, "that a committee of
ie from each Congressional district be
>pointed to present the matters in
tetio resolutions to the General Assem[y,"
I would say that tho executive
>nimittee appointed by the Convention
> organize the farmers and keep up the - /
citation until after tho election will
ke care (by securing the selection of
iohc only who hold the views express*
1 in these resolutions) to render the
event.h resolution "void and of no ?&
ct."
Hecut ring to the seventh resolution I
ould suggest that, as this is to be *
It ~ -
rraeru cunegVi m? it DO supported by
direct tax on tbo property of farmers,
iAt i8 to say on the real estate assessed
r taxation outside of cities and town.
nd I for one am willing to pay any
asonable assessment necessary for
tat purpose. W. R. Datii.
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