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U. M. JAMIi,U
Having bought my partner's interest in the basiness, I wish to
extend to our many friends and patrons my most sinccre thanks for ni
their liberal patronage in the past. In the future, as in the past, I
will do my utmost to merit a continuance of your patronage.
MY SPRING STOCK lin
My Spring Stock is now open for your inspection. 0r
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novelties and the very perfection of make-up. Be sure to examine ti
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THE MONTS AND TUE FEAGLES.
Interesting Sketch of Stardy Citizens
of the Lower Section of Newberry.
.:itten for The Herald and News.]
LrrrLE MorNT.N, April 1.-To
e inquisitive miud there is nothing,
ethinks, that affords a source of
eater pleasure than that of reaching
ek in the far distance and tracing up
ue great event which has transpired
ages gone by. It has a tendency to
:all to the minds of the living, their
cestors 'Who acted upon the stage
life in the days that are past.
2d while there are many who
ed and acted their part so well
the world's great stage that the
omua of their influence is seen and
cognized in their offspring for genera
ms, and will be felt in ages yet un
irn, yet many of those individuals
iose aromatic influence is and has
en felt, never ascended the ladder of
aie and had their names emblazoned
glowing letters on the proud spire.
a marble shaft or brazen statue looms
>to mark their last resting place. But
ey sleep the gentle sleep, having died
peace with their God and their fel
w man. Such was the case with the
onts's, Feagles and Houseals. They
ught no notoriety in public. Retiring
disposition, they were yet ever ready
aid in distress.
Caspar Monts came from Germany
South Carolina when quite a lad and
arried a Miss Minick, and settled near
here John W. Monts now resides. He
ared a family of four sons and two
ughters. Of these sons, two died in
rly manhood, and the surviving two,
hn and William, married and reared
rge families. John married a Miss
agle, and from this union they had
te son, Levi, and three daughters,
illie, Polly and Mary. His wife died
id he then married a Miss Polly Ki
ird, and to them were born two sons,
dam and G. M. Monts.
Levi Monts married a Miss Bowers
id rear three daughters-Mrs. W.
Sheely, Mrs. John Schumpert and
rs. J. W. Dominick. Adam married
Miss Mayer and has three sons and
me daughter. G. M. Monts married
iss Kate Feagle and has three daugh
rs-Mrs. J. M. Sease, and Misses Mary
id Bessie.
umming up these three gentlemen, it
,n be truthfully said that they have
ted their part nobly. Levi Monts,
iough dead, is yet remembered, and
s name is whispered from every lip
'those who knew him as an upright,
>nest and God-fearing man. Adam
.outs is a man whose influence is felt
the commuity in which he resides.
M. Monts is a man of quiet and re
ring disposition-never ruffled in
is manners-and it can be truthfully
Lid of him that he never intentionally
ijured any man.
William Monts miarried Miss Sheely
ad reared six sons and six daughters.
f his sons four lost their lives in the
te war, and two are still living-John
~7. and Jacob Monts. John W. Montn
~sides near the old homestead, a suc
~ssful planter and a courteous and
ospitable gentleman. John W. married
Miss Counts and has four children
[rs. Johnson, of Kansas City, Mo.,
[amile, Edward and Clarence. One
ill at the old homestead.
Jacob Monts resides in Richland
ounty. T wo of his daughters married
erricks, one 0. P. Fulmer and an
her a Swindler. The Monts family
ss ever held an honorable record in
me community in which they reside.
Lawrence Feagle, the pioneer of the
eagles, was a Gierman. When he
me to this country I am unable to
ad out. He was twice married. First
>Miss Leah Qaattlebaum and, at her
ath, to her sister Rachel. He reared
family of five sons and four daugh
rs. Of this venerable sire's oflfspEing
e do not deem it necessary to- make
ention in this sketch of any of his
ildren save that of his son George,
hose offspring now hold a prominent
asition in the society of this commun
y. While we would like to write up
ie others, we have confined ourselves
this community, and as they have
ever resided near the old homestead,
'e will ha ve to forego that pleasure.
George Feagle married a Miss Hou
~al, a name now almost extinct in
ls portion of the county. From this
nion there were born three sons-John
F., Warren and Irvin, and six daugh
trs-Kate, Mary, Josephine, Eliza
th, Pauline and Leonora.
George Feagle enlisted in the late war
il861, and entered the army Septem
er, 1861,was captured at the battle of
ettysburg inm July, 18G3, and was
ken to Point Lookout, in which
rison he died in 1864I, at the age of 5.5
ears. His record-was that of a good
>ldier; he shrank from no duty, but
ras ever ready to discharge the duties
rhich devolved upon him as a faithful
.usband, father and soldier. His wife
ied in 1878, and lies buried in the
emetery at St. Paul's. Of his sons.
Varren is in Texas, Irvin at Prosperity,
.nd John lives on a part of the old
Lomfestead. He is a gentleman in every
ense of the word and a successful
lanter. He is recognized as a promi
ment man both in Church and State,
inving filled the office of jury commis
ioner for the past two years creditably.
Ie married a Miss Sease, and has a
arge family of interesting children
2f the daughters, Kate married G. M
51nts; Josephine, Capt. U. B. Whites
Paulinte, N. B. Wheeler: Lizzie A. H
Eohu; Mary, Francis Bobb; and Leo
nora, J. L. Wheeler. Of this vast off
spri.eg of children and grandchildre'
it can be said that they have, and d<
take a high stand in the communit:
in which they reside; with aspiration
high, nothing eno grvealing, nci
only looking for self, but ever ready to
assist others where help is needed.
It would be a piece of lasting ingrati
tude were I not to make mention of
that venerable tmiden lady, Aunt Su
sannah Houseal. The survivers of the
Houseal family in the Dutch Fork,
a name once prominent in this portion
of the county, but like the roses of Sur
mer, one by one they have falleu and
passed away. This lady re,ides with
her niece, Mrs. G. M. Monts, and in
her declining years is at peace with all
her surroundings. L.
GIVE THE GRASS A CHANCE.
Why Kill What Is More Valuable Than
Cotton or Corn?
To the Editor of the News and Cou
rier: Most men have some hobby.
Mine has always been crops and live
stock. In my younger days, when I
did not know that crops could be grown
profitably here, I moved to the pine
lands of Cass County, now Bartow, Ga.,
to raise stock, and succeeded very well.
After the war I came back to my na
tive city to learn that I had made a
great mistake, that I could have done
about as well here, if I had half known
how to avail myself of the facilities
provided by Providence.
At that time Bermuda grass was
scarcely known here, and when known
was considered an unmitigated curse,
but now our people are beginning to
put a proper estimate on its value, es
pecially for grazing. I doubt whether
it has a superior on the face of the
earth, and on good lowlands and fer
tile uplands it grows hay to perfection.
Its ability to hold its own against all
sorts of bad treatment makes it the
more valuable, but this trait causes
many farmers to be afraid to put it on
their farms, but it car be set back with
care so as not to interfere with a crop
for a year or two, when if set alone it
will gradually take its former hold on
the land, but if desired it cani be kept
back and destroyed. When its value
is known you will not want to get clear
of it, as it is the best tenant you can
procure. Now is the time to plant the
roots, and if our farmers know their
interest they will plant plenty of it.
Just after the war the Lespadteza
Sti ialla began to spread over this coun
try, and in a few years had entire pos
session of all the old fields and open
woods in this county, the broom sedge,
which had had possession for genera
tions, giving way to it, until it was
rare to see it; but within the last year
the broom sedge is getting hold again,
and it saems to me that the Lespadheza
is giving way. A friend suggested that
this broom sedge was of a different va
riety, but it looks to me to be the same,
but it looks strange that it should re
turn to whip out its old enemy and re
gain possession. It made good pasture
and I regret the change.
There are indications of an improvc
ment in our system of agriculture.
We will have more grass and stock and
less cotton, but such changes cannot
be made in a year, though I believe a
few years will show quite-an improve
ment in this section. Every farmer
ought to prepare the land well by
ploughing and harrowing in May, and
leave it alone and the grass will come
and fill your barn with very good hay if
properly cured.
I think there is more in the mode of
curing fodder and hay than there is in
the different grasses. Nearly all are
good if properly cured, and none good
unless well cured arnd cut in proper
condition. Our principal feed this
winter is and has been ragweed, on
which our work stock are doing finely,
assisted by a small ration of corn. The
r&eed, if cut in time and cured with
hut very little sunning makes as good
hay as I want, and everything, horses,
mules, cows, sheep and goats, eat it
with avidity.
Our farmers are moving ahead with
a ood deal of spirit in preparing for
the crops; some have planted corn. I
think they wvill shorten off the cotton
considerably. The small grain crops
are looking well. We realize that we
must make our own family supplies.
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[From the Youth's Companion.]
The following extract is takeni fron
a letter of thanks sent by a bride to oni
of her husband's friends:
"Your love etching was received, aut
tgives us both great pleasure. It is nom
Sin the parlor hanging above the piane
swhere we hope to see you very soot
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SAM JONES ON POLITICS.
He Deplores the Third Party Divisions in
Georgia-Noble Men Needed as Standard
Bearers-Weakness and Dereat in
Livisions, Strength and Victory
in Union.
[Fr ni the Atlanta J,,urnal.]
AlC;t .,, April 9.
Catching a few moments in the inter
val between the hours of service in the
great warehouse meetings this week, I
have read and heard many things con
cerning the political situation in Geor
gia.
Judging from the volume of smoke,
there is fire somewhere. A cyclone has
certainly struck Georgia politics. I
know something of the two old parties,
Democratic and Republican. I know
but little of the creed and dogmas of
the Third party.
The glimpse I got of the Third party
in St. Louis and Indianapolis-coin
posed as it was, of the Alliance, the
gr"enbackers, the labor unions and the
temperance advocates, etc.-the most
incongruous, incomn patable, unmixable,
elements, that nature or grace ever
saw; reminded me of nothing so much
as a great convention of religious-non
conformists, such as the Second Ad
ventists, Christian Scientists, extreme
holiness cranks, etc., etc., met in con
clave, with the purpose of fusing and
organizing themselves to down the
established churches.
The Catholic and protestant churches
of America are the two great religious
bodies representing the christianity of
Christ. The non-conformists, such as
named above, have criticised and scan
ned the church until they have found
time servers in the pulpits and hypo
crites in the pews, and they now propose
to cut loose and organize themselves;
not to make the world better perchance,
but to down the old churches. I ask
them, what then; and they answer
nothing. But we propose to down the
old churches.
I know the established churches of
America have their hypocrites and
time-serving preachers, and many other
things I deeply deplore, but I shall
never quit :_my place in the grand old
Methodist church and run off with the
fools and cranks, whose only purpose
is to destroy what I have and give me
nothing better in return.
So I declare I will never be drawn off
in politics and party affiiliations, after
office seekers, and deluded cranks and
give my allegiance to a gang who never
did anything for themselves, thereby
demonstrating their inability to do any
thing for me.
I am fully conscious that the blunders
and sins of the two old parties are
grievous and damaging, and that they
both deserve to die, but as a citizen of
this great country, I have some choice
as to their executioners and much con
cern as to their probable successors in
office.
Thbere is a want an d a truth underly
ing the great movement of the wage
workers and farming class, and God
knows I would see their wants min
isteredl unto, and their truth interpre
ted. But, who will, by wise legislation
and impartial laws, so adjust govern
mental powers, as that all men will be
equal before the laws and who will for
ever abolish all class legislation? Who
can and who will do this? Let those
who think and who have a cause for
thinking, survey the field, and answer
this question.
As the gulf widens between Wall
street andI the honest laborer, it seems
that demagogues, multiply and class
legislation increases.
I have a profound contempt for the
dirty demagogue, who oaly seeks pro
motion of self, who is of unsavory
reputation, and who has no more char
acter than a Jersey bull.
Oh, for a Moses. an Aaron and a
Hurr, who will lead us from among
the serpents in the wilderness, over into
the land of grapes, pomgranites and
figs.
The press and hustings will give us
light on men and measures, and it is
the duty of all men to1lay aside passion
and prejudice and hear both sides and
act according to the dictates of true
wisdom and pure patriotism. But the
prejudice which shuts out the light
from either side of the great issue be
fore the people, will gather here and
there a half truth, and a dangerous
falsehood which will madden its vota
ries and swamp its victims.
We have advocated measures and
ignored men, now lets have men as
noble as our measures and as large as
our wants, to be our standard bearers.
Surely we are all brethren, and the
prosperity of one class in Georgia
means the prosperity of all, and that
which hurts one will harmi all.
It wvill always be true, as it has al
ways been true, that some will be rich
and some wili be poor, but we don't
want the rich to get much richer nor
the poor to get much poorer. We
want true, pure men in office, unpur
chasable and unbulldozable, men who
are the faithful servants of a free peo
pe, sober men, privately pure and po0
litically honest. A man who wvill not
pay his debts in Georgia will not pay
his vows when he goes to Washington.
A demagogue in Georgia wvill be a
demijohn in Washington.
There is weakness and defeat in div is
ions, there is strength and victory in
union. I am no politician, but I have
a ho:ne and a family in Georgia, and
her weal or woe touches me on all
sides, and I would see eliminated from
our State all that would mar her beauty
and corrupt her ballot box. There was
never a time when passion and preju
dice could be used so efTectually, and
there was never a time when men
should be miore deliberate and thought
ful. Yours for the right,
SAMr P. JTNE.
N.1T[U\.1L PCLITICS.
The National Democratic Coiniittee to Lose
Its Chairman-Senator Bri-e Unwil
1ing to Serve During Another
Campaign.
[New York Sun.;
\VASIIINGTON, April 13.-Senator
Calvin S. Brice is Chairman of the -Na
tional Democratic Conimittee,but when
the committee reassembles after the
Chicago Convention he will give way in
favor of some other m mber of the par
ty. Mr. Brice was asked to-da;, why it
is that no one ever des.res a re-election
as chairman of the N stional Commit
tee.
"Simply because the mental and
physical strain is more than one man
cares to undergo a second time," he re
plied. "No one can imagine the feeling
of anxiety and responsibility, and the
amount of personal inconvenience at
taching to the chairminship of a na
tional committee. It Las to be endured
to be fully appreciated. It does not
follow because a man declines to serve
a second term in that office that he has
lost interest in his party or is opposed
to the prospective car didates of the
party. As far as I am concerned I
have no further ambitions in that di
rection, and I feel that there is no room
for any one to complain or charge me
with lislessness in party matters. There
are certain duties I owe to myself and
my family, and I propose to give some
other members of the party the oppor
tunity to learn by practical experience
what the responsibilities of a chairman
of a campaign committee are."
Senator Quay, wh( managed the
Harrison campaign so successfully, al
though the nominee was regarded as
unusually weak, shares the opinion ex
pressed by Senator Brice on the subject
of directing Presidentihl campaigns. In
reply to a question similar to that ad
dressed to Mr. Brice, Sena >r Quay to
day said:
"One campaign is enough to satisfy
any reasonable man. In addition to
the heavy mental and physical strain,
tha position is surrounded by many
diagreeable features. It often happens
that the chairman of the committee
makes certain pledges in perfect good
faith prior to the election, but after the
result has been determined he finds it
utterly impossible to redeem them.
Circumstances arise which prevent the
fulillm:nt of many promises made in
the heat of a close and exciting can
paign which are afterward repudiated,
not by those who male them, but by
those who reaped the tenefits of the as
surances given."
senator Gorman concurs in the views
expressed by Senators Brice and Quay.
He could not be induced to manage an
other national campaign for any man,
no matter how much he may admire
him and desire his suc:ess. His expe
rience during the campaign of ISS4,
which resulted in the election of Mr.
Cle_eland, was of such a character as to
preclude any further service, so far he
is concerned, in the capacity of chair
man of a national committee. Mr. Gor
man said to-day:
"Pride, ambition, vanity, and party
interests all combine to induce a man
to accept the post in the first instance,
but he soon realizes that the prominence
or succeshe attains is dearly purchased.
He is obliged to neglect his private busi
ness interests, his family, and undergo
a strain that is apt to shatter the con
stitution of the strongest mian. There
are a few agreeable features connected
with the place if you happen to be on
the winning side The disappointments
and the unhappiness, however, over
balance all other considerations. Only
those who have endurE d the hardships
of a national campaign can appreciate
the feeling of relief that cotues to the
chairman of the commnittee when he
relinquishes the duties of the office."
While the candidates for the Presi
den tial nominations and their friends
are busily engaged in cultivatmng their
respective booms, the practical workers
in the two great parties are quietly
looking the field over for~ available men
to place at the head cf the campaign
committee.
A BET ON THE MAY CONvENTION.
One Hundred Dollars that it MHi Sug
gest Tillmian.
[Special to News Courier.]
CoTm.MrIA, A pril 13. -"PIl wager one
hundred dollars that ti.ie May Conven
tion endorses the Tillmian Administro -
tion," said one of the State officers i 1
talking over the political situation.
"The Tillmanites are goikg to have a
maoity in that Convention, andl niil
not stop at nomninatin.g a delegation to
Chicago. There will be exciting times
in that May Convention, and I will be
both surprised and glad if they stop at
the simple endorsemn t of the present
Administration."
It was suggested that the M'ay Con
vention was called for the specilic pur
pose of electing delegates to the Natio
nal Democratic Convention, and more
over that Chairman Irby had promised
that nothing more would be do.ne.
"But," said the office-holder, ''there
is no violation of any of these pledges
nor of the constitutio:: to pass a resoiu
tion. There is no regilation! by which
it could be ruled out. It is p)erfectly'
legitmate to pass sceb a resolution,
epecaly when the majority of the
Conention is of the opinion that the
Administration d1eserves it. Why not
as w ell endorse a St ate as a National
A re the Tillmanite& afraid that they
wildl not have control of another con
vention 0r do they want to secure as
big an advertisement as p)ossible out of
the May gathering? Perhaps there are
some surprises in store for the one
hrinred-dnllar btter.
SHE WAS NO~ PHO\O :R%PH.
Consequently It Was a Si:ple Busin,
Letter Received by Mr. Gushing.
[From the Ohicago Times.]
The door leading from the recepti<
room to the young lawyer's priva
oilice was not quite closed, yet he I
doubt thought it was.
A ge:tieman calling on busiu
heard voices in the next room ai
seated himself in a chair near the dc
and awaited his turn. As he innocer
ly sat there he heard something lil
this amid the clicking of a typewritii
machine:
"Mr. Gushing, Pigston, Suenm, Ka
sas-you know I love you-dear sir
what makes :>ur cheeks so re<
They're pretty as roses-I desire to i
form you that-the other girls aret
in it with you-I hold for collecti<
your promissory note-you've got su
lovely hands! They ought to be pla
ing a piano or a golden harp instead
an old typewriting machine-given t
0th of January-I think June, with:
moonlight nights and hammock p.
ties, is lots nicer, don't you ?-191, 1
$200-I wish I had $200,000,000 ; I
give every ' ent of it to you-payat
six monts after date-loan me yo
gum awhile-with interest at 10 1:
cent.-had your hair curled to-do
didn't you ?-if not paid at maturit
Will you kindly inform me-what si
glove do you wear?-if you desire
forward the amount-I like the w
you - dress your neck-or shall I sei
note there for collection ?-But real
I must put my lips close to your ear
you can't hear what I say.-A prom
reply will greatly oblige-your ear
awfully warm-yours truly, etc."
Then the waiting man grew wea
and went away wondering what t
man in Kansas would iink when
got such a letter.
NOTES F'ROM EXCELSIOR.
The weather has been a little winti
ish down here for a few days.
Cotton planting will commence tl
week in earnest. Some few cornmenc
planting last week.
Seasons suitable and the small gra
crops are looking fine.
A good chance of corn has alreai
been planted in this neighborhood.
Next Sunday will be Easter-t
regular appointment for preaching
the academy in the afternoon.
Our teacher, Prof. J. S. Wheeler, h
been suffering with a throat trouble I
several days. In the mean time Pr
Wheeler has been conducting the e
ercises of his school.
Mr. J. M.1. Wheeler had a well bor
on his plantation down here last we(
We learn that others in the neighb<
hood are also using water by tryi
the same operation.
Communion services were held
Mt. Pilgrim church on last Sabbath.
MIr. John F. Wheeler and fami
have moved into their new dwelli
in this community.
One of our farmers informs us ti
he has planted his watermelons. Ti
is good news and we shall expect;
early bate of the p)alate ticklere.
The property of Uncle Adam Ha:
man (deceased) consisting of hout
hold and kitchen furniture farmi
implements, etc., was sold at his hor
place on last Friday.
On Sunday morning while MIess
A. B. Piester, Wilbur Kinard, Luth
Bobb and Johnnie Bobb, of Ri-ige Ro
community were on their way to 3
Pilgrim church to attend service th
met up with a runaway scrape just
yond the railroad crossing near MIr.
L. Wheeler's residence. The Bo
brothers wvere driving just behi
M1essrs. Fiester and Kinard when th
mule became frightened and ran
catching their buggy into the C
ahead which caused a runaway a
breaking up of both buggies. All fk
of the young men received injuri
though not seri'us. It seems to
that the boys came out very luc
after all, and it is only providence i
Ino more such accidents ccur tbi
what does. SIGMA
Look Excfore you Leap.
[Thonmasville (Ga.) Evening News
This is no time for division: this is
time, however strong the incinati
may be, to go of! after ne~w and untr
leaders, leaders seeking to accomipl
new and untried ends. The farmiere
Georgia, conservative as they he
always been, are n:'t ready to fall ii
the lines of a party whose first move
gain their suffrage is characterized
double dealing, concealment and
very strong suggestion of fraud.
A party who in its va,~y ineepti
teknwedges in its platform that th
is not in its demands enough to cc
mend it to p)opular favor, and seek:
by a bid for the soldier vote of 1
Northb, that goes immeasurably beyc
anyhing the Republican party I
Iever made. The farmers of the Sot
are not ready, conservative as ti
have always been, to follow the lead
ship of a mob of disgruntled cran
Iprofesional turucoats and politi
mountebanks.
fI Truc Inwardness
[Chicago News (Rep.)]
lTe P.ep,ublicans regard the distr<
u plight of their old friends, the e
m, with pardonable glee and
dlOgU what they can to encou rage
truulan ce of the new party. Ti
ae even willing, it is said, to join he
wih 3Ir.1Polk and his followers
breakng the sa id South. Perhap
fusion of the two minority organi
twn may yet be effected.
I THE PARDONING POWER.
ss The Records Show How it Has Been Used
by Our Governors.
[Special to News and Courier.]
m COLUMBIA, April 13.-Governor Till
te man 's very apt to say something about
10 the pardoning power, and to make
considerable use of it. The records,
s however, show that he has not a superb
1 record, especially when it is consid
or ered that he yet remembers all that
t- has been said about the abuse of the
ae pardoning power. The statistics given
were prepared from the recoids and in
clude the total number of pardons and
commutations for all causes:
Governor Hagood : No.
1? 18804881................. 28
n- 1881-1882.................27
i't Governor Thompson :
m 1882.1883......................................34
1883-1884......................................53
1884-1885......................................34
of 1885 to July 10., IS8.....................43
he Governor Sheppard :
ts July 10 to November 23, ISS6........30
r- Governor Richardson :
or 1886-1887................................59
'd 1887-1888......................................92
le 1888-1889.................................61
ur 1889.1890......................................71
er Governor Tillman :
1890-1891.................3 4
y, 1891 to April 13, 1892.. ........52
ze It will be seen that Governor Till
to man is managing to keep up a pretty
y good record and is apparently catch
id ing up with his predecessors. A num
ly ber of the pardons will perhaps be ex
or plained by the chauge of the law with
pt reference to burglary.
is After all, the pardons are very large
ly influenced by the recommendations
ry of the board of directors of the Peni
be tentiary.
be
"In Touch With the P:aln People."
[Greenville News.]
We forget what comment we made
on the " phraseology" of the Coluriibia
' Register, but whatever our remark was
it is the occasion for quite an eruption
us of humanity upon the editorial surface
ed of that peculiar contemporary. It re
minds us a good deal of Uriah Heep
in who, we are told in David Copperfied,
declared his umbleness until umbleness
y seemed to break out on him in a cold
and unwholesome perspiration.
e The editor declares that he was "born
in on a farm, reared on a farm and never
attended school after his thirteenth
as year." Hence, he says, he is in full
or touch with the plain people. He
or doesn't pretend, he declares, to elegant
' diction and well rounded sentences like
s the G:eenville News.
The editor of the Greenville News is
ed informed that he was himself born on a
k- farm. He quitted school at fourteen
>r- and was reared, to a considerable ex
'g tent, in a hardware store. He sold a
good many building supplies and dealt
in largely with carpenters and was there
fore fully in touch with the "plane"
ly people.
og Tb. editor of the State was likewise,
we believe, born -on a farm. He hardly
at went to school at all and graduated in
a telegraph office. So we do not see why
m he shouldn't be in touch with the plain
people likewise.
The truth is the matter of birth and
educatien doesn't fix a man's status in
this fight and isn't going to count for a
cent. Some of the most extreme, rant
eing, violent demagogues we know of
are men of what is called in this coun
Stry "high" birth and collegiate educa
er tion. On the other hand some of the
ad most violently and vindictively and
[t' extremely conservative men are of hum
ey ble origin and have had very limited
>e educational advantages.
T. The Register may not know it, but
bb the people of South Carolina are too in
3. telligent to be fooled by old political
eir tricks which used to be effective in some
Sparts of the country in 1840. Then men
ne could go about in copperas breeches
ud and dubious shirts and fool people into
ur tL. belief that that style of rig placed
es, them "in touch with the plain people."
us It is different now and here. Our peo
Spie despise a dude, but they want a man
iat to appear as well as he can. Governor
an Tillman wears good clothes and put on
'kid gloves to be inaugurated in.
The Greenville News would consider
that it insulted its conistituency if it
failed to print the best and most decent
-English it can produce in a hurry. The
no Register will find that the people do
on not no accept any man as in touch
ed with them merely becauise he says he
sh is; nor do they know any difference
of baetween "plain" people and any other
ve kind. We are all just people, South
ito Carolinians and Democrats here. They
to may have aristocrats and commonality,
by patricians and plebeians in Georgia and
a other States, but here we are all just
peole. Few of us are rieh, many of us
onare so so and a goodI many are poor, but
re we all have to pay taxes anid all have
m- to work for our livin"e in one w: V or
u t another.
he The people somuetimens accept a man
nd at his prc.mises, but they hold him to
is themi and when he fails of perfornmance
tth the people begin to weaken on him and
ey to consider the propriety of casting him
er- out. Hie can not then save himself by
ks, talki::g of being in touch with the
al plain people or having his friends do it.
Words are easy. Acts are what we go
by.
He Cer tainly Won't B5erore Then.
r fFrom Life.]
re Interviewer-Do you thi&ik Senator
he Hill will be nominated for President?
ey Eminent Statesman-I have nothing
ito say on that subject.
s a .Interviewer-May I ask why?
za- Eminent Statesman-Because it's a
long time from now till '96.