The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, December 29, 1886, Image 1
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VOL. IXXIII. it'J{$;9rs xicars P1KfANN1 l'~ BE , S. C., 11'.[:I)\' ,'AYt, DE( t'V 1 NI [ V8 : 1> ;. .V.'\. ii*4 uI ''.;r O4
"Why Not Close Up the Ranks?"
In pursuing the conservative course
he did when he entered upon his of
fice, President Cleveland acted wise.
ly. lie could not with safety have
done otherwise. The first thing the
new Democratic party had to face
was popular distrust. For years the
people had been told that a change of
administration meant danger. For
years they had been told that a Demo
cratic administration would unsettle
business, create panics, and bring
the country into disorder. A change
of political parties, it was constantly
said, until the country half believed
it, would be followed by radical
changes of government policy, can
gerous, experiments, and a general
upheavel that would work disaster to
business interests. The feelings of
distrust thus created, without reason,
perhaps, but still natural, kep1, the
Democratic party out of power for
years. Wien, finally, a Democratic
administration was instalid it had
to face this doubt and distrust. This
was the first problem that confronted
the Democratic administration it
had to convince the people that their
fears were groundless, that the change
brought with it no peril to business,
no violent upheavals, no rash experi.
ments, but that with the Government
in Democratic hands all public inter
ests were safe and all private inter
ests well defended. It was for this
reason, we think, that the Adminis
tration proceeded with such great and
commendable caution. Its conserv
atism was the prudence and safety of
the party. In pursuing such a pol
icy the Adm.istration did the best
for the country and did the best for
the party, even if it did seem a hard.
ship to Democrats that the offiees
were denied them; even though it
risked, as it had to risk, incurring
the enmity of its own partisans.
Grover Cleveland, in th( course he
took, laid the firm foundat.o. of )rm
ocratic ascend'ncy on the rock (f
public confidence, and so did well.
But has not the time now comnie when
the President should give to the
party which electcd him and to wi.
he must look for support. that ft
recognition that will remove all f-cci
ings of dissatisfaction fliat may ex
ist? There is now no ''eelin.r of c'is.
trust in the public mind as to th:' ca
pacity of the Democratic party to di
rect the affairs of Government. There
is no longer any fear that a change of
political control means ruin and dis
aster to business. The country is
prosperous, doubt has disappeared,
distrust has given place to the most
perfect confidence. Why, then,
should there be any hesitancy in re
moving the remaining Republican
offile holders? Why should they be
allowed to remain? Why not uring
the Democratic party solidly and
harmoniously to the support of the
Administration by showing that
President Cleveland trusts it even
as the country trusts it? Why not
close up the ranks now so as to he
ready for 1888? To keep Republi
cans in office now can do no good and
may do harm. 'l'The time has come
when they should go.-Clevc.o1.
Plain Dealer (DJem.) Nowm!>ber 18Ih.
Can a Mariedi Woman Mortgage I ler
In these troubilouis and uncrtain
financial timesC, half the recal (estate
in South Carolina has beent settledl
by men on their wives. Everybody
knows that. These wives own the
land; and if the husb)ands want to
borrow money on it, the wives inust
sign the mortgFagre. A[( nd ow thme
wives, here and there, are beginning
to refuse to pay the money so bor
rowed, and proceedling to t'ake their
eases into court. A case of this sort
has been decided in the cir-cuit court
in Abbeville-hiow lately we do not
exactly know--by Jiudge Iludsoni,
against thme plaintiff, that is the wife.
In this .case the Sheppard Brother-s
are the attorneys for thme defendant,
that is, the mnan who loanedl the wvo
man money on her land. The wif~e
has appealed to the Supreme Cour-t;
and on Monday morning last, Gov.
John C. Sheppard left our town for
Columbia, to argue the matter, some
time this week, before the said Cour-t.
This is a ease-a test case as it will
be-of the extremnest impor-tance ini
South Carolina; and G ov. Shiep
p)ard's argument, we know, will he a
powerful one. T1he wr.tehing foir thet
Supreme Court's decision will he ini
teresting, e xciti ng; and t,he (decisionl
itself will be vastly momentous.
The Chronicle is not generally
against the woman, hut int this mat
ter It is. We do not suphpose oneC
woman in ten wvouldl take adivan tage(
of such a decision in her favor. 1But
still, human nature is ver-y weak;
and the law had better set us on thme
safe side. Shmould the Supreme
Court decide that a married wvoman
cannot mortgage her land, thien not
Sonly will many meni, bitt perhaps
several banks also, soon topple to
the ground in South Carolina.-Edg,e
fiel Chenniicln ncc. 15tr
A Patip'r's Arlvice.
Ed(itd,r Le<e ille llertl :
'Tihe next great drawback on the
farn, on the part of the white mnen
and their sons is a wholesalc extr'tv
agance. Nine out ol ten men spend
enough yearly fro Loh CO and1 liquor
to bread their iamilies,-two articles
that are not only not necessary, but
are absolutely injurious. That silly,
sinful habit of t he use of tobacco
costs the men not, only their money,
but deprives them of their cnergy.
It is a sad ('act that boys now learn
from their fathers to chew and smoke
before they are big enough to sit
cross-legged, :anld we might say,
dlrinlk, too. W\'ithl starvation starig
uts inl the faCe, the loaling1.!, chewin!
and drinking bnsineas, is si.i rile
in the laid. We wout'd that the mnit
would cout the cost of these three
vi'es. V C wolhl m:Iat, the muothers
had intluelnce Cnuigil oVeI' their sonls
t,o raise themt to a iigihe r state of
u:efulness t,ban their Ia:tiers occupy
on the farn, !t is n'dless for us
to say that unless t!it" more work
lone on the letrmu, an(l twore cco)1lnoy
used by thel til'n, the bottom will
drop out of the wh!lole business.
We are not jIustill in saying that
the high prices charged by the mner
ciilts for 1)1proisions is the cause of
our straitened cl :e1i'nstanices at, the
presentt. Ouhrlt, ''tt !-he mn(11 tO have
nine tenthsLloi (th tf r'.%I*:k,s which theyN
have got frm"li tie mle'reha.ts of their
owl aising to having 'l to the mer
chellits' L.' e-O ' the l rnt: ', ' he
ashamed t, . k am -.. b't., .o
not. know1v,.e endt o! : l ::'an 11omes
up, f.' 'l t i b::4' the
vt'rV t.hing theyv ('(1 ht to ';mve e3 -:lt
l to the mereb:a::. T'ink (f it.!
Neither is thte sho t. rri) ::.c Inaxi
l'ardonol us ' T|,--iv 1:1ry, %%wrthbless
men hllIav'e 1. all l upi .cl' r l'ip that
Ku o l t " 'tLi Wi Vj .' tll t1 4 ):i tI
it aa.: . :m;ti.. - .tIr s
Cit p:rofit:t . e: ; ( i ,:. t. .::ne
fo)r eve"ry (ty1t, ; : r-- , b sn
does inot cal! tht'ilemi i :Lv . E.vni in
tde drl'earv dav: t,'o lite t helit're is
atmlie to <10 on ur m,
C 1 " :1 ot is i,! U he " laring,
dre.l .Iul ;'.,t :s stre i. (ompar-a
iely notiin dne fro)m Ith gather
ing (or the Cotton r.> to til - timeltc to
pllnt againl, e c ' to vit t'e sh i,
the storC, tl the ; o,!" . ': ) o i( e
Court House ind- chl(ew andl smoke
and drink, instead o! bein' at hoie
esryinge tO make t.hir' cams oitable.
Anti' lnanllallnImake' tIi1nn.Lot,lioup_,h
during the winter to vih o pris Iwo
duie Lthan the gunnio be e ,and a'
ter hie has thus enriebed is utils,
half th labor will cui iVatle the crol.
hlIL it it is nonstieiise fr us to :;u est
any remedy that has much wrk inl
it; for the want of pr<.per w"Ork we
aC just whre we are-re1: a(ie to dr1-iv e
on the cart ii the coin's to shell.
I t is anl unmuistakable i'a !- that a
living mst be mllade onl the fa'rmI, or
else we will certainly cease to live,
tantd tle soonerwe. reaizs tsl' fact
thne bete for at~l!. GI cerned. wifore
anS oe erop('I ils harveted, at tarving
thne~ w CillbY, and1 ' i nlste ut-''LI
ms xrion .Iisiy madl the resent fr
tirera:litio will not~i ~'lve to se, u
country' get ti rm underlttiI'' the pre.
ill pressureIl of lciny and hilw'hile
weli paenoples wfo aurt v:hlesl pe-1'
cl trsains or ii, w e tmhkeens
coe fomI heir exp'rCl ,are. hQ,
dest( So,of ana. a eutfo a
The internal revenue system witi
be an issue in the next Presidential
Canvass which cannot be avoided,
but will have to be squarely met.
'['he platform of 1884 <leclared for
its repeal, denouncing it as a war
tneasure, but it did not bIecome one
of the live issues in the campaign.
The real question, tnld the one upon
which the party went to the country,
was the question of incidental pro
tection to American labor and
American industries. The party put
itself inl unmistakable terms on the
side of protecting our labor and it
was victorious. This policy, cf
cou1rse, will not be abandoned in
1888, hut the qlest;on as to what
shall he done with the internal revye
ni.e law will Claiin the attention of,
the party and (1f the country to a
rn'at extent. 'lieI Democratic party
cannot afford to retrace its steps on
this question and reverse the policy
of the party as it has been naintain;'d
since its organization. Antagoinis;n
to direct or internal taxation has
been the at tit(le of the pa,ty since
the days of \I. Jeflerson, and the
system is tenlti iles tore odious and
ohjectionable niw than it. was when
i'r. JefTerson declared that it ibould
never be resorted to except in tines
war and when the revenue colletedl
!ie Custoins duties was ilnsullici('nt
to defray the eXP)s! s o! the geeal
GiOVernmit(ent. There sno suichI1 l(es
tion now. The revenue dlel ivedi fromu
the custol:s duties '.s anple for all
he re<quire'nents of (111vernmtent.. .\
just and, conitable reform can he had
wtithout Lhe least 'tleringcia , wit!
the volium:1e. lh' ( nicago platfo'rIll
()m the tariff e:m he lt;erally carri'ied
Ouit, and the atmiunt of re'enue'tll' wiill
tnot he in the Icnst a,!cted. The
collection o)' internal reviiie ti (ter
the law as it 1c exists i.; oppressive,
anld in mai: .. e. t requires
a standing ar'myi' of Oiliits, wht
mae the t ow, ' are. ''c':se -': :c
isaeI 'c:' m pmeQo
ha':. whatever. ''1.'r tl - i': i d i t
i!.' (ol:stitut,cc1n ia v:i': .t1 ., tIh
oUrlts hanve 1)1n.'or ', ..(o hold it
(con;st.i1.t ;>nl upon1 t'e -'tnn11 that'
(':te G l i-o nm . c;l- (" ic . et its .t
('ee at. all :iza'uld. T ei!otrce
mlent of this oppres:ii l, anlo i d '.1119M.c i s
law ha, at tl eee" to atli''nat(' tLi
people ::ilecitl hdy it fromltn he!1c
ernment. t"he lcle()I know that t
sy"st('l i: 1ot I )nc'ocraltie, anld th1i\
are in this Statu i:nat'r:1 a1r inl fatvo:
,f its sp)eedy' reY al.
l r. ir,1 Iemc 0'ra 't.
1'., Civil Service, Y'ou Know.
OIuI' esteetnedi coteul ((rary t'
Winnsboro N\ews and I teraldl does nti
like thm reappointment of' A. '.1. Bioo.
tr as Clerk of the Supretme Cout ..
The reason it dc's not like it, is be.
cause M I. Boozer is a relic of the Rte.
pulilcan regine.
Looking over an old directory-it
setts oldj now-we find tie follow
(Governor--1). 11. Chaiberlain;
eleted to serve for two v'eur s f rotm
( Ol cher, 1Ind.
IAt.-Gov'ernior-.-.-H. I . ( ; leavcs.
Secret.ary of State--Il. I-X llav'c.
Coin ig clown to the Supriemew C >oi.
we find.ci: Chcief' Justice--1". .l Moses;
A. J. Willard; Clerk -A. M\I. ldizerl.
Amd this is ft' saune A. %l. li oc
'zer whoic lias beei' reapploin <c aut
ev'ery exp ir'at.ion ofl his tiermi up to
lihe p)re~enlt, timelt.
Sliott ''iur conitemicpor'ary~ mt remem. ii '
hei' that this~ is "'civil service.''
Hacn inot ('uri !)emoicractie L nr1ij '.
turt, cin ~tno c:r'..:s;ions, pledl:.dc its'
1.-1' tenucre o.f ucf'ic'e, anid nIor>a
(a et focauecAdddnt u
D) n'cra'~tic State Convc'eni,tn alsoi
Icledge its deol'tioni to civ servic'e ?
Of'ourlse. A nid is noct all I bis proot'
porsitive that, t,be: lic'mocra'':t.' of Sout h
Crilt don't wat1, te flics-te
'ct, y want oer h elet ioni.
Andtc after t.ey hiave . .rri ed the eleec
tioiins, thieir ontly' rei'.t is thant tin-v
findl si) few RepubiIi> cis iin od1i'e'
Ah, w fear' (ourl ememplnorary~ is a
.af atile t.ici j:', . ('i Erro:
ccni e i ros et., lce th (';- ii w ik .. ( :ii IJ,c
gap bet ween Mr'. lien. ci ll'r's anId
this platce. Pre.siden't M li -li is
now in New Y~ork. huin g rails for
Ihe road.-- Edipc'/e',c (/i ron j'f" I)jcn.
I"oo<l roei conisumipuresc.:
svcolt's I-:'nil-ion ori ('cd t.liv'r c,it c1h lir.
tccphiccxphcji.s, is ai ciucst we'n'ic t'ti i'ort. it icic
iciy gciveccs t irengt hi andr ihoreniscs t ihe flc i;i i
he'alsi the iritti on ofi itheii throcct iindc iiung.'c
Pahii~t)le as9 hnlk candi in cali wai't ingj iitciieases,
fiood ai n l' mcii <nl cci n e. itcric u>..mcccvciiri
M r. 1". I 1 I a : 1 'our iswe e ;
of D)ecelunher 1. . ,hIere antea"'-ld a
at 11
-' )numlt( - .. 1:1 ni T iat .! u.sh ee
ii. 1= i1,;:. 1l; 1os ti l r. y , ( C .
hetade l " tl; : '1u' '.au 13 'h t ale." int
which he: uk a statelne.I. , based(, I(
1 presumne to at lalrge extent. :1p(on .
(Uorm1ationl ob,tainledl fromi WV .. P':"
T his piece is intended as aa -
my first letter, " A F:: : : . -
hale o' Cotton," ai:d -
that Cannot be suStair:.e:i
in the ease. I atidiit t
sold1 them the cotton, an1(, Ii '
t.hat, they gavo hiin credit i')r .
of tl.s I ave noth'ng tO :,ay
:hout. otTiria to tal;e the crC'dit. r(:
Able and(l ivin1;; it to ii', ! b:
a great deal to) say. WV i r(:,
c"laiml I i)w\e t.he 71.-. I. wh :i('b ! IIen::.
'iustly and, honle..t, Owe t 1 ,i. Ilt
.';I'.0 I. l .t. y'ar I :I't a ! l
with GeOrge iialh antelu, nI ' f 1'.l'i
renter-s, !Or- :7.7';Ii. DI nini:('! ;Il'lU11.
liing to the Clain, Of \ise 1O:s, hJOt1:
t\ 10. e Ilotha tt uhe alnOunt fh
lien. DmI) niIi k syS i e h.s .1:i1 I t
themtl nearly On'. hi 1111n(11't (1ted d1 Il - {
wh'lich c:ll hot 11rI:v,'I. N Ow\ abtJln i l
ank nt1,e : one e late as I was
tix;ing to go !-ome AMr. Alb.rt W\'i:l' (If
W"iSC rOLher" tOld i( ,uat omi
nlick's accounit was Still ()l)Cn, :ln(i hie
wul1 he ghad if' I woui e',sa it 1y
by IOte, :ni u 1i(' e wOuhl 1;.I'r m
ving v a :Ink n.te, as i h
postit i in h ;ank :.S cOllhirr i.
entity, 1 1)( to l iml I WoJub14 :(. lI):t .
tlick COuld( nou. !)ay\ (Iut, :ud, I w'i l:lI
ha e to) lay it :ta.y way1 . . . tl,
the nOte as prested by \ir. \VI,
' t c :"' t'eing \Ir. 1) 1m i 1le :. 1 .t '.
wa n a w :hr. 1) a:11 d 11.''. i
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t:v :"e, he nly' wa1ntr(d l.1 -
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ed to pay it Onl 1illic'S..'
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