The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, March 17, 1886, Image 1

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A. C. JOE7 IItiil aerDrhlt S. C "VIJ X.Xii. < NEWBERRY HEBALD & NEM PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AT .1iberry. S. C. TERMS.-Otic year, $2; six monti $I; three months, 50 cents; two monti: 35 cents; one month, 20 cents ; sing copy, 5 cents, payable in advance. Expirations.-Look at the print< label on the paper; the date there( shows when the sub;cription expirt Forward the money for renewal at lea one week in advance. Subscribers desiring the addre-z their paper changed must give both ti old and the new address. TERMS OF ADvERTIsING.--1.00 p square the first insertion, and 50 ets. p square for each subsequent insertio & A square is the space of nine Ha of solid brevier type. Notices in local column 121c. per li &m for each insertion for one month, long N' h rates, w:th 25 per cent added. A reasonable reduction made for a, vertisementsby the three, six, or twel months. Editorials from the State Pres. THE PORTENT OF NUMBERS. In the interest of blessed peac and common sense and common goo feeling between the two great se tions of the Union, whilst the how ing Hendersons would continue t wave the bloody shirt and harrow u the Northern heart, we would recit a fact or so touching the number, c the two sections at this period. It must be accepted, all things b< ing considered, that the number c inhabitants in a State or section in free country like this, constitutes tremendous, if not a ruling factor, i any natiooality or section. Howeve glad we might be to see it depart, th sectional division of the country i would seem has come to stay; an the most that good and wise men cal do is to see to it that it is all quie along the Potomac, and that the hear of a common country beats true t, the best interests of both of the grea sections, so that the common goverE ment of the whole country is no les pledged to the interest of one sectioi than of the other. Let us pause before the fact of thi growing numbers of the sections which should induce both sides to sei more clearly than ever the supremi necess'ty of a strictly constitutiona rule and the exercise of that patriot ism in the administration of affair; which will mete oul to all alike unde the supreme Federal Bond that jus tice and fair dealing which shall pre clude any .one section of the grea Union from using the powers of thi general government to the buildini up of one section at the expense o) the other. It is now twenty-one years sine the eleven Southern States furled th banner of the "Lost Cause." Thos' States have possibly to day five mail lion more inhabitants than all ti fifteen slave States had in 186~0; as taking the "Solid South"~ from litti, Delaware to big Texas, it will have just three years hence, at the rate o growth of these States from '6 '80, 23,219,856 peo.ple, or just a mil lion more than the North and th Northwest and four border State had when they went into the late wa with the South. The increase of thi white population of tihe .Sonth fr on '60 to '80 was 33.8 per cent.. whici would give 26.9 for the decade fron '80 to '90. The increase of the col ored population in the same State: for the same period, was fron 4,201,289 in 1860 to 6,040,557 in 1880 showing an increase of 1,839 ,266 colored people in the twenty years big 43.8 per cent. for the period and 21.9 per cent. for the decade This would show an increase o 1,322,882 in tihe colored population ii 1890, and foot up 7,363,4:39 colore'. people in the South to 15,802,05 whites, with a total aggregate o 23,165,492. But as the war and al Kits terrible incidents came on in th<i period from '60 to '8'0, and in view o the tide of immigration which has se .~~~isows 'and Texas. we mnag increase the white growthi for thel de cade by at least 5 per cent. whici would show a rate of 32 per cent. and a white inerease from 'S0 to '90 o 3,986,279, and a total white popula tion of 10,446,523, with a total whit< and colored aggregate of 23,800,9G2 or nearly two million more inhabit ants than the whole North and th< four border States went into tihe latt war with. Is not this a starting fact? Ant we see that the industries oif the South are keeping pace with ni this growth. T his 24,000,000 popu lation at tile South in 1890 wil -probably find :36.000,000 confrontin; it at the North. That is, thec popa lation of tihe whole North will bi three years hence one and a half t< every one at thle South. It stood in 1860 about in the same proportiou teen million. ani" the Sout,. ineiuini the four border States. at soim( twelve million. But we see befor us a population of trenty-four mil lion-a mity people every (I putting ti eir Louse in odrank! eall 1mr m,Io active plav a., v;ii(wi sand varied resources, unequalled by the wide world. What nation or i earth. however powerful.would choos .d to go war with such a pcople? It behooves all. then, North antd St South!. to see what a conniet between such powerful sections would neces >f. sarlv 'eau to, an Oiw suc a con flict would utterly deivastnte and cripple for half a century at least the who! country-not one section onli, sut'boh The "Solid South" is no e longer another Ireland; it is a mighty power. which the nations of the earth I- must respect. e We find here, then, every indace ment to pursue a course o j.stice ; and noble forbearance to eaci other. The browbating spirit which some Northern members of Conaress in dulge in is worse than unmanly. It e is cruelly wrong and foolishly dan gerous. This country wants peace and wants it badly. le only way to have and keep it, is for all men 0 worthy the name to remember what P is at stake between the two Lrea+ e sections. Let us have the great Union by all means, but let us all remerner that even that cannot secure us peace when men continue to foster a sp:rit of wic1Ked sectional hostility. We a have all seen what war means Let us all Prol"t by it and learn to "eal justlY with each otcZ. so that every ay shall brina us nearer together as 0ood ar i :ise men, having faith in eeach ol1her and an abiding confidence in our common future.-Registr. t I f -chJ Gt. t . ) Politics in the Farmers' Clubs. t In our issue of February 19th. we published an excellent article from a Texas Farmer to the Home and Farm. under the Nead of 'A Plea for Or ganization.' The closing wrds of this strong appeal to the farmers of the South were Let us be as a 0and of brthers, work to2ether. reason together. buy Lwhat we nCed together. anI sell what we produc together. and let us not mix politi-:s or r4igYon with the or I "anlization.: -gWeizaven. the article our most cor -dial app)robatin and urgedl the ne L cessity for such organization, but op Iposed the politjent elemient that many are attemiptingx to inifuse into farm Sers' clubs in tis State. In Mir. B. II. Rice's communica tion, last week, h1e closes by saying: The rose-co)loredi ide a of 1armner: clubs ha'in.. nothing to do with noli - ties is so inOone::vaui. :msuri anu -r,jiiculoas. andi so transp:-rently thle wise of t.ho;; who are not their fiends, that no comment fromi me is req1ured. Ir. Rice npp)ears to arrogante to h'imself the sole chiampionsipD of thle - farmers of this (ountv. and evidentl y :'ssmnes thint all who do not agree tioni are :nt d:e ;r:ends o~ ar:n:rs or farmiers' e tubs. 1weakens is own position. For near lv forty years we hav deoe our - m Iean an ou:- best jugmntto the enlighten ment ofthe agricultural class5 of thb Ltii and' -t ovance - ment of everv aazricuturni interest of -to '1::-' 3r ies asrin ta .12 v: r o hrfm,m re t cas 'se ern:.. lo.j. term e i- ,' * t.ies iu to every'1 man who has no axe to grlnd and can td!!y appreciate -the presentt deitte2 andi dependent condOition 'Ii mutembsc-' o' the- ;arn ers of i'2no ('unity. and the urgent necessity- or eedy rief, It1 is s premely rilienious to as ch:n to await relie thoa h wad un eertain eban:Li of' po*i'ies. -bsandi you op'the ' oo-r of 11.0 emolis i(,r lo:e :nrns em:;a mentsruie eve :.ae .: eve-r wal Idisra- ' is--aiz an. ultimaately ruini evryseiao ieitner:ia? organi Izaton. - II we tho-gh ;r :t:a:ent that politics woiuld in ure :. th c:lan.ter Ia quarter of a cen t ::-8Wre fo cotn. - I mprove the s0o1. intro iue.C an n Spoved s-sSteml of :2:ming, cause the >farmers to raise mnore corn, oats. Swhea .. mules, hogs. ete.. andi to2be . more independent or merchants, cap: we would say. by all means let ti clubs be political organizations. BI we cannot think so; and fi(iiculou and absurd as it may appear to MI Rice. in the adoption or the by-law of the arniers' clubs of Union CountN the members very wisely, we thinl coincide with us by adopting the fo owing: -Iuie V.-No religious or politica questions shail he introduced int* any address, essay or discussion il the meetings of the club; nor shal p)ersonalities be indulged in, or hars! language be used in regard to Indi viOinals. organizations. public o11 c1als, or newspaper-. The sol- ob Cect of the club being iniproveii in the knowledge and promotion of successful agriculture. all persona and political differences should b) ignored in seekiig this end.'- im Times. Mrch 56th. It Took on the Aspect of Polities. It was with regret to us, and tc many. "Pure Simon Farmers," tha the farmers' meeting at this place or Monday last took on the aspect ofn political up-heaval. Many of th< farmers who came to town to attend the meeting, expected a meeting tha1 wculd result in an organization thai would be for their muiual interes1 and protect:on, and not to engage ir a political tirade against the le(al profession. Lawyers have their as sociations for the elevation of their profession, where carefully prepared paprs on abstruse points of lnw are read, where courses are pr,scribe(I for applicants to practice and which regulate their fves, etc. Doctors have their societies for the alvanc mlent of their proftssion and for their advan tage in making their collec. tions. Laborers of different classes have their unions and prescribe what wages they will work for, and farm ers should have their organizations and give each other the benefit of their explerience in diferent fertili. zers and crops, and devis' pllani! whereby they can ri-,e and regulate the price of their produce. But, in lhe matter of politics, all classes should unite and do what is to their mutual benefit. There is no sense in tryiNig to array one class of citizens aainst another. It is wrong.-I cas'h:r L&rler. Marct :3rd. ( lass L-gislation Leads to Cert aiin Dis aster. No one other than a demnagoguc would urge any class to organize as such to control this State. It would1 n?ot be righ t for any one class to con trol the State, and any class which attempts it will only bring (disastc1 on itself and discord to the State. Now. we (do not mean to be misun derstood on this question. We say that a muan is not entitled to any more influence in our governmenit who is engaged in agriculture than another man who is engaged in me chanics. Every man is free andi equal before our laws, and it is an equality of men, not of avocations. Now. in legislation we believe that the various interests in the State should be cared for in prIoportionl tc their importance andl their needs, andi we do not hesitate to say that in this Stat e our agricultural interests are the most jiportant, and should] ce mpore particularly eared for than it as been in some respects, hut thic aricultural interests cannot be builu up by tearing~ cown any other inter est in the State, andi the men wh~c woud atemt to antagonize ont eles agai;nst all other classes would tai ha clascs to certain disaster. vtMid ru the' Pow:es Ihat Be. 'a'm't!ings ha-:e been hel!h fo: te punrpose of electing~ delegate s ti. e nmes convention which wil be I heldsom timen tis sp)ringude the superOvision of M.1r. Tiillmnan. WVe hea of no 0such m ovemein t i.1 Oml ounty. and we think we voic' thec sent'imenlts of our peoplie when wt say that it is from the fact t at omn people see and beliore that our gav ernment is run on: as economical seale as i possle tinder the circumi stances, and that the (dissatisfactio. arses more from the general busi nec s depression of the country. that: from any other cause. The depres Ision is felt by MIl classes of men, and cannot be remedied by arraying onc cass against another. A mutual die pendaence should be the feeling o: every one. for from this mutual de pendenace arises the greatest pros perty.- IVmnad>oro Neirs & IIer:dd .Uor.:h 9th. N'o Need for a New P'oiitical Party. The farmers cartainly have th< rigiit to demand that their interesti shall be protected, and to take what ever, sepsn shall be deemed necessann c to secure teir proper recogniution I but they can acco'mplish all that ib s required without the aid of a separat< .political orianization. If the con S vention is intended to aive shalipe t a new political party. it will be wors. for the farmers. and worse for th( - State becausu worse for the farmers. iInving 7 per cent. of the popula I tion of the State. and -at least hall > of the remainder being directly de 1 pendent upon the farmers for the I mleains of a livelihood." it wll be i rdiy seen that the farmers have it - Witiin Lheir power to correct all the evil. fron which they now sutTer. - Kaj,ij-*.r.;-, Mlarcih 91h. Purpose of I he Organization. Some wteis ago we expressed grave doubts as to the sincerity of the movement which has been organ ized with Capt. B. I. Tillman as leader for the purpose, as it is claimed, of benefitting the farmers. Silce then we have watched every move ment, and from the indications so far. one can scarcely doubt but that the whole thing was organized for politicall purposes. We see not the least objection in having organiza tion,s for farmers all over the coun try, indeed, we favor this, but let them organize for the purpose of ben efitting themselves and their neirh i bors by discussion of agricultural mattors, and seek to protect the ag ricultural interest if it is not pro teeted. But when one man comes lorward and makes a wholesale :le nunciation 01of all existing institutions and seeks to tUrn tle farmersagainst every other class of citizens, and be cat-, they hold tie balance of powei, seek to ovcr-riQe the rights of all other citizens, and capture the gov ernment. we must enter a protest. The government is for the pCople, of the people and by the people, and it is a had feature of politics when one class combi-es for the purpose of forming a monopoly.-Laturens Ad ce rt b:ir, Mrch 1 0th. If the farmners' convention ;reates no more enthusiasm than did the free trade convention, the --Moses" who leads them will do well if lie can scrape up a corporal's guard - be Vi!le J s::en7. Jurch 1Uth. The Farmers' Convention Called. We pul'Iisll this week from the News anl Courier the call issue(l by others and B. 1R. Tillman for a State convention, to l)e held at Cole:nbia the 20th day of April next. The letter is signe d by 91 others living in different paLrts of thle State and by MIr. Tillman. The call was no doubt written by Mr. TIillman. The letter starts out with tihe dec laration th~at 7G per cent. of our State's popumlation .re actively en gagedi in faring. Are tihe nearoes included in that estimate? In claim ing that tile farmers do niot. get their rights and (do not hold a fair propor tion of time ofilces. are the negroes counted? It makes a great differ ence, and MIr. Tillm an should tote fair. There are 80,000) white voters and 11.000 negro voters in the State. There are 30.00 white peo. ple in South Carolina and 600,000 negroes. To conme down to the heart of the matter: Does Mr. Tillman and his lollowers think the while farmers should have representation in ofiee in proportion to the number ber of n-'hile asi' <:ol>rd! farmers? Again :'The negroes are mostly farmers. .A -e they to take any hand in thi s convyen tion? Most of them are repubDlican. If the convention - er it:ene for adlvancemnit in their prof .on, 1: could not be a n ob).tio Bujt the conventonm is ar; l :m a contan~kerously- pi ca. We si.ul think therefore that the negro firmner would lhe excl uded. thoughj they' may lllow the exammple oft the free traciers an'i take in both politicaJl)parties. If the' negroes be exclud 'd on the groumnd of either' their color or their loitics, there is no fairness in inclu dng them in tihe "iG6 per cent." We have no doubt in the world that the farmers hohrl more ollices in South Carolina than any othmer class-prob ably more than all others together not onlyaboltey but in propor tion to their nmbt'rs, if the negroes andU republicans he excluded. -'We pay taxes, etc." Yes. and others also ;pay taxes. and work as hard for the money' to pay them with as the far'mners do. andi find it a'bout as heavy a bur.den. But, says one, everyb)ody depends on tile farmers; they dig' tihe living ort of tile ground. 310st thmat is dug omut of tihe ground in this State is cotton. The articles of jving" arc dug in tihe west and sippued here-sometimes to farmers. Besides that. if the man who does the - 'dggig" in the ground is entitled negro a show; for he (loes more ig ging in the ground than anybody else. We have said before and now re pcat it, that the arraying of the farm ers in a political organization ainst other classes is wrong. No good can possibly come of it. and mucli evil f may. A farmers' convention for mutual improvement would undoult edly be a good thing; but a harmers' convention to capture the ofices woult he a mistake ,.,l rr (Th -Old Sorrel" is Dying. Take o:. your hats hbovs Forr-t, for a moment the lapse of twei,tyv years. Remove Crom your hearts the crust of despair. or the new grrowth of emotions, that haft- envelop( themi: in the inglorious time of p Iace. If they still refuse to beat, take ai im aginary draught of Virginia apple jack. and while yet you feel your vei!; t;inule with its ererous warmth recall the glorious wine of life ever ready' to be spilled upon the altar of .your countr's cause. You ma. perchance. have never seen --Old Sorrel." or his immortal rider, but who that ever dlonned the grey does not feel as if lie knew Jackson and his war horse ? On the rough sides of the Alleghanies. in Chickahominy's swamps. amid the sighing pines of the South Land. on the sandy shores of the Atlantic and the Gilf, along the banks of the Father of W.ters. wherever Confe;d erate camipilres burne1. Stonvewall and eO(1 "-Sorrel" were fanilialr inianes. the theme of song and story. the in spir-ation of (Ireams by niLht and heroic dleeds by day. Twenty-three years ag) Stonewall ay dying, and the Confederacy stagrered as it felt the mortal )low. In the whirl of war, in the mad rage of battle. men stopped to say, -Stonewall is dyilg." To-dav ,Old Sorrel" is dying, maylhap lie is dead. 'Tis only a brute; but lie bore Stone wall. and lie was once part Of the tide of battle in which our comrades swept onward to victorv and to death. "The old soldiers at the Home, in talking about him. shed tears." They are soldiers still. the past is not forgotten; for them the Starry Cross still floats o'er bloody fields and smoke-envelopedI battle ments. Ai, God how we envy them. What would we not give for an emotion that would bring tears to our eyes ! Take off your hats, hoys !bow low your headS: "Old Sorrei" is dying. iIe is only a brute 'tis true. But lie is a marked iigure. in a grand historical p)ageant. Salute him: IIe is merely passing~ us in the coun termuarch to the gtrave. The Great Commander is fast el.-n up th the column. and ere long1 even the1 rear guard will have crossedi over the river to rest under theC shade of the trees.--Vewes and Couriery, Morch 10th. Will the South Send Us Grapes? There seems no end to the re sourees of tie South. now that the natives have got intm' the habit of looin 'oIhe.ThI ats dis coverv. o1 which we learn through the Charleston News arnd Courier. is that grap)es may b)e easily and pro fitably grown in South Carolina. WVe do not mind adding to this in orma tion by the statement that if South Carolina will select proper varieties of grapes. iusteadl of planting only the hard-hearted kindls that infest Northern nurseries, she can seli her entire yield in New York at pie tha t w i pay a halndsom po TChear'-. rich graples of Soder E uropme are seldom s- n er. ue (hen( grwn un ier gls our :a ben oo short to ripeno them:afe come fro*m Cal iforia, bu n f re ight rat es make them taste too imuch of gold o;r silver. South Carolinas s u mmer should he long~ en oug to~ ripen them; at any rato, the exper; Tihe farmers oft the Ste shoumml not comnplain in regaird to the Gov ernorshmip of the State be ing in the hands of lawyers. Sine 19:70 there have been five elections. Farmer Iamplton was elected ini 187i and 1878. andI Farmer -Esgood in 1%K. Then Governor Thompson. who wa forced into the office. is not a lawyer. The farmers in convention lifted him in contrary to his will and desire. A father was very much annoved by 'tie foolish questions of his little! son. "Johnny, you are a great source of annoyance to me." -What-s the matter. pa ?" "You ask 1nm8 ny foolish questions. I wa' a bi,l donkey when I was of your l. 'o, pa, but you've growed a heap JS Tim .NGR O . FAILURF?I A FAIZIER 1EN TILL3IAN, OF (ARO L!N.\, ON TiHE SU.JECT. .\ sritriIN<; AND )RIGIN.\L ANswER PiOF. WIiTE's In.\GNOSIS WtoNG, BUTr III- ~~iari:o IIITl-ouit PE.o- f( L . MU.-T L EA11N TO FA 1)1. NOT I'i..NT --- FA IIM E ' INSTI 'TEs Vs..\(;III(ULTURIA L D>KPAI.TMECNTS AND) H.u nwn;. S. C. March 3. h Editors Chroiicle: To answer fully m thn, u a ed in your ciIrula se e Fber of F-.rarv 21 an. rive my a :e:st for t answers* I mak<-o woub m p.:1ba .rt: r o.irmre spave than oul :iu; :fforlt :-n dertainy inmore tr tha I 1;ave at my ly ona: just Pi 110 W. ,1 Prof. Wh:att_ has hroalihf:d a nargen siub,ject. a1 on(. that neds speedy th .solution,. both in South Carolina and a Gorgia, indee-, all over the South. wi I aree with much that lie says; in of sonic things I think he is wide of the h mark. His d'escription of the ne- w( Yroes as they are, is in the main th correct. but I do not think they are fr< not "susceptible of that training on whieb enables them to work on lands fr( to the best advantage.' I make bold wi Lo assert that ge Tm: NEm:0 AS A LABORE,, Ef is fully equal to the average land th, >wner as a armer. Whenever we tw earn as a people to farm instead of fal lant, there will be no further trouble it hout labor. 'lie need of the South to s not labor, but better directed un abor. Tie negro is here, and he is th lere to stav. lIe is shiftlees, lazy I and careless of to-morrow; will not an ay up anyth.ing for a "rainy day," wo ut he cannot be displaced by foreign he nminrants because he will under- we ,ork them, and I am not in favor of toz lumping the scum of Europe on our an lores of State expense. As a fer peasantry," or -n.udsills," the ne- m . ,roes are as good as any. We need ntelligent immigr:nts who will buy ha >nr land and sul FA1,M. NOT PLANT; de mt I fear the develop-aeut of the les >1der and more worn out States of tal he South must he wrought out by est mr own people. We have waited hi, wentY years for Jupiter to help us 1) ut or th.e mud and lie is not yet ret ome-and lie will never come. And wc he i(lea that we can import a thi peasantry" to work our lards while frc ye play gentleman and are even too un azv to oversee-too apathetic to 0l( ~tudy our business-is simply moon- m< shine. W hite men emigrate to bet- cek er their own condition, not that of pit ,he people they go among. If any wr imruigrants come, they will work for ho hemslCves, not us. and that disposes th< that part of thle suibject. an Now for the remedyv on existing an ~rieuilturl dlepression. Professor te: Whiite's renmedy for the disease is a eCtte2r than his5 diagniosis of the cause ha >f the disease. Ignorance is the a :ause of our trouble as farmers, and wi -cCENTIiIc AND PRACTICAL EDTCA- pa is the true solution of the difficulty'. dr ~ijssissi)ppi has the model Agricul cal College of the South, and the C farmers of other cotton States should arise in their might and demand a similar one to educate their sons, q practically, scientifically and cheap- of jy. An insignificant agricultural , annex to a classical and literary col lege is of no use to any one, and our er jarmhers sh;ould not longer put up a( withi such shenlf. Farmers pay most A of our taxes and should derive some benefit from them in aln educational wa;-. M1en classically educated usu-t ally seek adihssionl to the p)rofes S :ons: and the fools and failures is lar; hence the povert~y and gradual i decadence oif our faringuu initerests . hut this educationr will n!Iv benieit a future zoeration. "Wiiile the ~ grass is growving the steed will p~ storry \Wat sh! the present g genecr::tim~: (o ? Ianswer. te ach Ibt farmers the error of their ways and, liut them to) thinking by means of TheICse are not costlv, and the five of touslan:i do'lars which Prof. White ai proposes to waste in trying to find his pr o*csantrv" can~ bie far better spent il orzamizmna a corps of scientific C andi practica'l experts who shall go e from coutyt to county during the ed [ lIe seasons of the year giving lec- ac tres, read;ig essays, answering bi questions, &c., and teaching the peo le how to farm. This system is in p( active operation all over the North s1 and many countries of Europe and fo costs nothing~ compared to its value mn as a means of advancing the inte ar rests of agriculture. Over forty of these institutes were held in Ohiof last year at a cost ot']ess than $1,700) and 3Minnesota spends i$5,000 thus st annually. and has a salaried officer re whs only 011~ business is tlhe prepara- st tion 'or and direction of these insti- . tutes. The Legislators of Georgia ci a nd Sout Carolina wouldo 0well to pI pioer the question and explain to se tircons tents why. we cant do th~ thsso: th:ing here; or rather the C ' payi farmers who suport cotyDepartments of Agriculture - may well ask that question of thleir i am very respectfully,g B. I TILrn .j m L Good Temperance Lecture. The following extracts were taken -om one of the lectures of J. J. Tal or, who recently died from the ef !ets of a drunken debauch at Elk irt, Indiana: ",ut now the struggle is over. I tn.survey the field and measure the sses. I had lost position high and >ly. The demon tore from around e the rob:s of my sacred office and nt me out churchless and Godless, very Lissing, and by-word among '?n. Afterward I had a business rfe and lucrative, and my voice is heard in large courts, pleading r just i-e, mercy amd riaht. But the :t gatihered on my books, and foot-falls crossed the threshold o e drunkard's office. I had money iple for all necessities, but it took ngs, and went to feed the coffers the devil which possessed me. I d a home, adorned with all that :alth could buy. The devil crossed e threshold and the light faded >m its chambers; the fire went out the holiest altars, a id leading me >m the portals, despair walked forth th me, and sorrow and anguish lin red within. I had children-beau ul to me, at least, as a dream of a morning-and they had so en ined themselves around their her's heart that no matter where might wander, ever it came back them on the wings of a father's dying love. The destroyer took !ir hand in his and led them away. had a wife whose charms of mind J person were such that to see her s to remember her, and to know was to love her. Thirteen years walked the ragged path of life ether, rejoicing in its sunshine . sorrowing in its shade. Tfie in nal monster would not even spare this. -I had a mother who for long years :1 not left her chair, a victim of fering and disease, her choicest ight was in reflecting that the sons taught at -her knees had :en root in the heart of her young born. and thnt he was useful to fellows, and an honor to her who re him. But the thunder bolt tched even there and did its cruel rk. Other days may cure .1l but s. Ah. me ! never a reproach ,m these lips; only a shadow of spoken grief gathering on her dear I face; only a tender hand laid re lovingly upon my head; only a ser clinging to the cross, only a eous appeal to heaven if her cup s not at last full. And while her v raged in his wild delirium two usand miles away, the pitying gels pushed the golden gates ajar, d the mother of the drunkard en ed into rest. And thus I stand clergyman without a church, a rrister without a brief or business, father without a child, a husband thout a wife, a son without a rent, a man without hope-all allowed up) in the maelstrom of ink." riticism of the Administration. As one of the necessary conse enees resulting from the agitation the "new deal" question, a very necessary, if not a v'ery unjust ticism of Governor Thompson's ministration has ap)peared in the agusta Chronicle, written, it is sup sed, by Hugh I-arley, Esq., of Spar nburg. Governor Thompson, individually, in no way responsible for being his present high position. It was e -peole"C who p)ut him there, ainst his expressed wish. iIe is e-minently al peoples man. A cat many of the so-called errors of e admniistration cannot be justly arged to the Governor, IIe is not sponsible for the present high rate taxation. HIe did nct frame the propriation bill, but merely ap oveel it, as .hie wish of the people pressed through their- direct rep. sentatives, and as it was his bound duty to do. It is true that his ministration has not been marked any extraordinary stroke of State licy, for there has been no occa >l for it. Nor has it been noted r any serious blunders. lie has ade a faithful, energetic Executive, Ld has disci.arzcd hs duties with irness. firmness and promptness. The "new deal" agitators are canciV inconisten1t in claiming to presut the '-(lear people" and thus ikn tte only man, whom they uwsput in office by the "peo e." It is a jewel they do not pos ss. We are afraid the trouble with e is. they are the "-outs" and they Lnt to be the "-ins."-A%Mcdle lIes A miss is as good as a mile, and a e aln better. Ynnu can't kiss Those "Dance Meetings." (By Our Regular.) There is nothing which exercises a more baneful effect on society than a participation in anything which has a tendency directly or indirectly to undermine morality. Morality is. the life d soul of society. In its absence society becomes the school of satan. Society is made-up of man kind. Man, indeed, is a noble being, the noblest on earth ! but his great ness consists in the soul within him which was given by God, and im pressed with God's image. So long as the soul remains pure, and through its purity reflects clearly the image of its Maker, so long is man united to God, and is thereby in possession of the greatest dignity. Take away this purity from man and his greatness ceases, because he has destroyed that in which his greatest treasure lay. Iff we consider those things which at the present day appear, and really do_ I tend to give us a society without .4 morality, we will find two taking a prominent place. The first is the reading of bad books, in which America abounds; the second is those assemblies, or meetings, gener ally termed balls, and which perhaps, might more accurately be 'designated "dance meetinos." As to the first we say nothing no'w, wth regard to the second a few remarks may not be out of place. Dancing is not sinful in itself, but. only in its abuse, and in going be- - Fond the limit of decorum. There &re many dances which have in them no harm, and which might. perhaps, be reckoned .as indifferent, but un rortunately the dances in vogue in ,his enlightened age, such as the 'waltz," the "polka," the "schot .ische," etc., have a direct tendency .o pave the way to i -ity In jhe ballroom is assumed th arity which has led to the r' -housands. Many a youngn'tTe nan, many a young lady are now suf ering in the abode of torments, Phere there is weeping and gnashing a f teeth, and their ruin inay be traced .of lo the- indulgence in those dances which are so productive of everlast- tCim mg death-misery. te a It often happens that paren* ir so >therwise very careful of their sil Jaughters and their sons, never even' as .hink of preventing them from being Ima t balls nvid assisting at dance meet. ngs. It is, indeed, a sad mistake ror young ladies and young gentle-~ tnen to allow themselves to be so far blinded by their amusements as to :ee in them no harm. It is a mistake ~ :till greater for parents to be so in - :ensible to the great duty wiilde r volves on them of guarding as a most ~ precious treasure the virtue ofthi children. There is a great deal to be said about dancing. For in stance, young(. ladies allow gertlemen privileges in dancing which, taken under any other circumstances, would be con sidered as improper. It requires neither brains nor goodi morals t.ob a good dancer. As the love of the one increases the love of the other - decreases. How many of the best nen and women are skillful dancers? In ancient times the sexes danced separately. Alcohol is the spirit ofX beverages, so sex is the spirit of the ' dance; take it away and let the sexes. dance separately and dancing would soon go out of fashion. This whirl p>ool of social dissipation is drawing down into it some of the best craft2 afloat. It is the curse of every town n in America. What may we expect of people who work all day and daiice nearly all night, eating hot suppers and drinking? They are afterw as thrown on society as wrecks, and-1~ be written down as suicides, as inuch as if they took their lives with a pis tol, a knife or strychnine. How many go from the ballroom to the "rave?' There is no harm in a birthday party, no harm where everything is conducted right. But the questiof is, does dancing take too muchse place and occupy too much t' a rmodern society? I wish to make harsh criticism on the subject.' a opposed to those who oppose pla ul - ness on the part of the young, a, believe God intended them to romp-k . ad play. When the mother and ~ abidre gaherin heparlor, and-Y passing to and fro, dance to music of a piano, or where a company known to the host and hostess as reputable, wish to enjoy a square dance, then I see no harm, but the "round dance" ought to be driven out of all respectable circles. EXCELsIoR. Goldsboro, N. 0., March 12th. The cigar that is called imported is about as appropriately named as the . hired girl we call domestic.