The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 10, 1887, Image 1

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1*50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let aU the End* thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's ? ??soHduted Ans, % SUMTER, & OM THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1887. THE TRUE SOUTHKO??, EfttoiJlisbed Jbne, I860* Sew Series-Tel. TI. Se. 32. a?thmt? S?mil) ti tr? T?ttTf d?y, wt K. Gk OSTEEN, SUMTER, 8.<X . fee Moa? -I? ndraooe. 50 fa* three months, or lwgw wOl bo n?6^nt.stfooi?rates. : . AlU^mnntoatioos which sabeerve primat* o fernst* wifl bncharged for ?a advertisements. Obfc?astee **d tributes of respect will bo necuBar to ? Vod sedentary LKm ? teeth, ente fceo?acbe/sr Ober Jfrpit ytffotoar <fo. t ^tM^felQOdp.mmnmSBSm$CB} , aids "tte aoCmlIeficB of food, re , lock of r.Acttha?; ? Thojpeodne baa ehore troon mark ?nd ton wrapper. Taie DC ctbex. ?0TW!? BITT?Sti MJTTRESSES. WHERB WE SPEND ALMOST HALF bf oar Ufe she aid be made as comfort? able M possible, and for. the purpose of aiding this good work, and Baking some sooner, we nov offer the oest COTTON BAT TING MATTRESS ever po? npon this market. Three grades now made-$5.00, $6.00, $7.00. S?mp?e and foll information at Store of Treasurer, A. Hoses. Satisfaction guaranteed ra every case, or SonejT refunded. - SUMTER COTTON HILLS G. BART & CO., ' Importers and Wholesale Dealers in FRUIT ! CHARLESTON, S. a, Are meei ring -by steamer and rail from the North and West full supplies each week of CHOICE APPLES, PEARS, LEMONS, PO? TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS OP ALL KINDS, Eic, ETC ^Sr*Orders solicited and promptly filled. HovO X Spp lierai fifer. Toatimffiriafr of Eminent Physicians of tb? Stat*. Tb* following are selected from many ?m Barones: ~ Dm. ,Lv C. Kexnsnr, of 8partaoharg, wrias the Proprietors : "Tba remedial qual? ities of Glenn Springs I bare known for om forty years, and can attest to ile Taree in Dyspepsia from gastric or fe DC tiona! derange? ment of the Lirer, General Debility, Dropsical Sfasions. Uterine Irregularity and Affections of th* Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis onset 1 woeld part teniariy eali attention, ns the ?atm hate shown large curative powers in timm complaints." Dis. O. B. Marna, of Newberry, 8. C., says: "I bare sent more than fifty persons suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and hare never been disappointed io any ease ; they ntl speedily recovered. I cannot find words to express my confidence in the Glenn Springs water, as a remedy for the Lirer, when functionally deranged. Dyspepsia, I>rofsy, certain skin diseases, tronblm in the Kianya and Spleen, if produced bj tba Liver, hare ail, ns I know, dimppeared st the Diu Ja? HcTrroas, President of tho Med? ical Association ol South Carolina, in bis an? ana! edit was before that body remarks: .*GIann Springs, for diseases of the Stomach, . Lire? and - Kidneys, deserves to rank with ; any other on the continent." *7 PRICtfOF WATER. Pei* caeeof two dosen quart bottles, securely socked and delivered on tho train at Spar tan Nif, $4*00. Pei' gallon, by the barrel, delivered at Spartan burg, 20 cents. Per gallon, for le? than a barrel, 25 cents. Address SIMPSON * SIMPSON, Glenn Springs, S. G. For sale tn Sumter, by Dr. A. J. China. BOOKS. SCHOOL BOOKS, MISCELLANEOUS \ Books, Blank Books, Copy Books, Memo? randum Books, Draft Books, Receipt Booka, Mote Books, Music Books. Bret grade of all kinds sf Writing Paper and Envelopes, Photographic, Autograph and Scrap Albi Playing Cards in variety and Marriage Cern? ientes, at The Sweater P^.a Store, kept by W. G. KENNEDY, ;_2 Doors North of John Reids. BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS. Book FTNE ASSORTMENT OF BIBLES and Testaments, sn large print at Sumter Store, kept by W.G. KENNEDY, 2 Doors North of Jobo Reid?. POEMS, BY W. G. KENNEDY. FR SALE AT THE SUMTER BOOK STORE. Price reduced to ono dollar o? ?Pf- _ TIE TEMPERANCE WORKER, Jbaoses*/rem Columbia, 3. C. A Lire, Temperance Paper, Published Sen^me*ts*y ie StfjtfTER, 9. C. Mader the Editorial management of Btw. H. P. CsuxTxax&o, o.w.c.T- or k?A?. ona. e. A?Ks4edb?a*aUeee*nee* Bdweev, TheioUe-g? and Himmnes nf ott friends tf Temf erance is solicited, terms onay SO sjtmtgn TwTf To?dveitimm musthg nwaJe ntreaJat?on, it otf?rasoeaeef?eat moarern. ~ Os business, address N. G. 0STBE5, Pnblishsr.? "O WORLD.17 O World I whoa? dm Bk? sunlit waters Whose vatic links The miwB?gfc* writhe sorrow, WW fee lome own hast Beauty, Power ?od OWorM, what art thoo? And th? World fvpKsAs. "A Iraak of atearare round a heart of *>rrow.r' 0, Child of Go* r tho? who hast sooght th/ way Whet? all this ssostc soonds, thissawKgfct gfesas* Mid Pride and Power and Bean ty, dwy hy dsy, And what art thoa ! I heard say own sen! say: "A woadenaf sorrow ia a world of dpearns." - W. H. Jb?c*. Tillman ftn thA War Path. .- I Taking the Scalp of Senator Toa mana. A aUUXm* TO A DMATS. To Editor of tte News and Cou? rier: After writing the letter which appeared io your issue of January 6, reviewing the action of the Legisla? ture on the bills presented by the Farmers' Convention, it was my pur? pose and desire to withdraw from any farther public discussion of those question* for s white, st least, sod to devote my time to attending to my private business. That those inanes are neither 'dead' nor even 'sleep? ing.' your readers have abondant evidence in the communications which have from time to time appeared in your colamos, snd of the ultimate success ot the agitation, I have not the least doobt. But my dislike to trespass any more on the patience of your readers is -overcome by the ne? cessity of replying to the letter of Col. L W. Youmans, which I have just read in the Weekly News and (hurter, of February 16. The Senator from Barnwell fights with sit the ardor of s renegade, and while complaining of others for ex? pressing their 'opinions' of him and his fellow Senators, poors forth a reg? ular broadside of abuse, misstate? ments and unworthy t insinuations against ?Tillman and his crew/ as he pteased to call those who are in sympathy with the .Farmers' move? ment' He is a dealer in 'opinions' at wholesale, while arguments and facts are not thought worthy of a place in his slanderous tirade. At least, his arguments, when original, are flimsy, and his mets are in a large degree imaginary, as I will presently show. This 'agricultural Solon* (why he should object to being compared to Greece's greatest law-giver, I can? not conceive 3) is sarcastic, ironical, flippant by turns, ss he pays bis res? pects to the editor of the News and Courier, Mr. Tindal and 'Marlboro' Farmer,' while, as is natural, he only sneers at the 'poor farmer.' But when he gets to the 'inevitable Capt. B. B. Tillman' he grows eloquent in his abuse and gives vent to a whole cartload of 'opinions' snd groundless assertions. It is fort?nate for 'S.,* (he Laurens man, thai his article had not then ap? peared, or he wonld have 'caught it' to a certainty. Our bosses st Colum? bia have grown so arrogant that they resent criticism above all things, and would have us know that they will not submit to it, much less give heed to our prayers and suggestions. - I have carefully re-read my article to which Mr. Toomans refers to see if I gave any cause for this personal abuse on his part? and I cannot discover any. His name is only mentioned once, and then in no disrespectful way. If the suggestion to farmers that we have the power to 'reorganize the Senate,' that we ought to do so at the next election, ia the reason, then he will please explain how else we are to show our resentment when our public servants, who have grown to act like our masters, fail to carry ont our wishes. The animus of my letter was not against the 'agricultural Solons,' for whom I only felt pity and contempt, but against the eleven lawyers who know nothing about the merits of the matter, and who should have deferred to the opinions and wishes of the far? mers outside of the Senate, who bad twice met in convention and asked certain things, rather than to the par? tisane and tools within it. I am will? ing to concede honesty of purpose to some of these farmers in the Senate, bot it must be at the expense of their intelligence and independence, to say nothing of their fealty to their brother formers, while 'Si' has shown con? clusively that two of them can lay no claim to consistency. 'Cheek' is a favorable word with Col. Youmans, and he gives me credit for having my share thereof, but I doff my hat to him as having even more than I. Col. Youmans has read all my articles, for his letter fairly bristles with quotations from them, and for bim to claim that my 'charges of extravagance and incompetency' against the board of agriculture and commissioner were 'reckless and fal? lacious,' after the published and ad? mitted facts, requires 'brass enough to gild a ch arch-steeple.' The com? missioner's 'good liquor' must have addled his. brain, or else hi6 toady? ing regard for the present 'efficient, patriotic and trustworthy board of agriculture' bas blinded bim even to i a?milted facts. I cannot recapitulate the charges I have made and proved, but your readers remember them, and I can only explain Col. Youmans making this assertion by the fact thal warm personal relations with the board of commissioners and love for political allies have kept him from weighing the evidence and giving an honest verdict. But there is noibmj? hot 'cheek,' brazen and unblushing hi his further assertion that I am 'self-confessed I y a miserable failure in the management of my own farm,' or that i am a 'dis? ciple of Henry George and compeer of W. P. Russell/ I have never made any such confession and have only said 1 did not feel competent to teach others, sud that 'after seven* tee? years' herd study I did not know how to farm/ ft was s real? isation, of my own errors and the errors sf these around me in managing our, Kill? lands that first red me to ad vi eate a* specie* training for formers \ an afprcaftorai college and I at mors thart ever convinced of the m eeasrty and determined to wrge an advocate the establishment of such school in Sooth Carotine. The ?ike Recorder ie the saSbor?Sy, perhap* for thia falsehood, bot whether I bav been suceessfat al farming or not ha no eewneetion legitrmntefj with? tb meas m es I have ad vocated4, and i i eomes with poor grace from a stor hecper who dabs himself 'planter [atv. is ashamed to be called farmer to warp my honest sdmission of ignc ranee into a 'confession of feilste.' I The making of money oat of lan? is not my definition of a good fanner bot the preservation of fertility whil obtaining a? income Iros? rt. Judge? by this standard 1 as ? tis! are as ? farmer, and well-nigh the entire agri cultural population of the State an failures. fearnwell's Senator, whx has wsxed fat off his store hy setting goods to his poor farmer neighbor) and their hands, snd feels that be ia i grand success, may justly say be hat no sympathy with 'a poor farmer. It remains to be seen how much sym pathy they will have for him when he seeks their suffrages again. The farmers of Barnwell may be better off than the rest of us-they may be 'dogs' enough to lick the hand that smites them, they have ne vet given any sign that they knew there was a 'Farmers' movement' in South Carolina-but if Col. Youmans will accept the challenge I made him last December to discuss the question ol agricultural education and adminis? tration and the reforms needed in our State Government with me before an audience of Barnwell farmers, if I don't start a 'Farmers1 movement' there I will 'shut up.' This may sound egotistical, but I have that knowledge of my own hon? esty and that faith in the justice of our cause to feel that, prejudiced against me though they may be, and apa? thetic as I know them to be, many of them will 'fall in' when they hear the truth. I want it distinctly under stoood that I make this proposal in good faith, but that I cannot redeem the pledge till next Summer or Fall. But to return to Col. Youmans and his 'cheek.' What reason has he for calling me a 'disciple of Henry George and compeer of W. P. Rus? sell ? 1 have never read any of George's books, nor have I preached any of bis doctrines, least of all com? munity of ownership in land. I have too much land, notwithstanding my 'miserable failure aa a farmer,' and want to sell some, but I have no pur? pose of putting it into a common pile for everybody to enjoy its usufruct, nor do I desire to divide it with any one but my children. I have called things by their names aud not minced matters, and shall continue to do so. The dissatisfac? tion of the people with the way our public affairs are managed was no creation of mine, but only showed it? self openly after I began to write, and if my "gabbling' about our poverty and its remedy mskes me a disciple of Henry George, then I glory in the title. Nobody now disputes the fact that fermera as s class are poor and growing poorer, and a realization of their true condition must precede any effort to better it. This may 'ener? vate' them, bot I cannot see in what way. We do not want the 'State to feed the fermera,' but we want some of oar money spent to educate far? mers as well as other classes. We want politicians and drones relieved of running the agricultural department. We want reduction of taxes snd re-es? tablishment of the equilibrium between tax-payer and tax-eater. We want the legacies left ns by the Radicals, in the way of useless offices, abolished, and the salaces of the others reduced in proportion to the work done. The purchasing power of money is double what it was when these sala? ries were fixed. The taxpaying power of the people is about one-third less. It takes three bales of cotton to pay what taxes two then paid, and if the storekeeper and 'planter' who represents Barnwell in the Senate doesn't feel it, wo farmers do, and we are not 'lifting ourselves over the fence by our bootstraps' in de? manding a change. We are poor and have to stint, and we want no bosses in broadcloath and fine linen to fare sumptuously every day and patronize the 'Columbia Club' to kill time, while clerks, whose places can be filled at one-half the salary paid, do their work. Georgia, with an assessment of over $325,000,000 which has risen year by year, being $42,000,000 more in 1886 than it was in 1882-Georgia only pays her Gov? ernor $3,000 a j ear. Soutb Carolina, the 'prostrate State' once, and the 'sick State' now, for our taxable wealth has made very little gain in ten yeats-Sonth Carolina, assessed $150\000,000, pays her Chief Magis? trate $3,500. They pay their Judges $2,000-we pay $3,500. Their Chief Justice gets $*3,000 ours $4,000, and so on in many other places. Our taxes are eaten up, and when we ask to have the burden lifted we are call? ed 'disciples of Ilenry George.' But, above all things, we want no income tax in South Carolina, at all events not one which taxes the poor farmer while leaving thc rich men of other classes alone. For what is the recent assessment for trxalion of the farm ers' produce, corn &c, on hand but an income tax ? This property is all the farmer bas lo live on till another crop is made, and is as much sn income as the salary of the comp? troller general. Jf that gentleman is 'only carrying out the law,' as he claims, it owly shows that the farmers in the Legislature are being careless or indifferent to our rights, and that an organization of farmers is needed to watch over our interests. The 'Farmers' movement' is not a political agitation, pare and simple but I, at least have never disclaimed that it was political to the extent of securing needed reforms. We have ? right to disport in the political mill? pond however distateful it may be to Col. Youmans and other members of the ruling clique, aud we shall con tinue to ag?tale Ihoee waters till tl become pare anet wholesome. But are not going outside the Democn party to obtain oar rights or redr grievances and Col. Yeomans kne it. The sneering allnsfon to Mr. P. Russel shows that he and his lows would be glad to have as nu that fatal mistake. Bat we can afford to abandon o?r father's hoi because we don't like the mana; ment. We witt sooner kick ont \ fartbfu? and incompetent stewards a install others who will do their du and to accomplish this we must ' ganize.9 Col. Yo amans, while sneering the Taine of farmers' organizatic and especially Grange, would \ keep the head of that order and t president pf the State Agrie ul tu Society as members ex officio of t board of agriculture, and that, tc notwithstanding tho fact that thc gentlemen have shown no special 1 ness for the position and no prop conception of the real duties of board of agriculture. He points these two agricultural organization and the inference is that he thinks others are needed. Has he forgott that some years ago they both unai mously passed resolutions urging tl Legislature to abolish the lien law his pet aversion-and does he not i member with what effect ? Had eith or both of those organizations repi sented any considerable continge of our agricultural population ; hi there been fewer pol i tica ns arnot them and more real, honest, farmet there would have been more he? paid to their wishes. But some the 'farmers' who voted for the res lotions at the joint summer meet ir voted against repealing the law in tl Legislature. The example of treachery to 01 agricultural interests, and of indiffe ence after having obtained politic preferment, are so numerous in Sout Carolina, that it is small wonder tin I am accused of trying to 'feather rn own nest/ by acting as the agricu tural champion. Especially has th charge been made and reiterated b those who are already 'in' good plac? or have friends or relatives in then The accusation is a confession of the: own selfish lack of patriotism, and is too old and stale to serve Mr. Yoi mans in place of argument. I ca only say that if I 'go into the polit cal mill-pond' it will be with pur motives, and I will come cut wit clean bands. The Senator from Barnwell draw a vivid picture of the probable resul of 'placing the Board of Agricultur at the head of the farmers' mov< ment/ and conjures up a most fright ful catastrophe as the probable resul 'Imagine/ says he, 'such an organ zation perfected. The department c agriculture converted into a burean c organization. Then not in vain migli these self-sacrificing apostles enter th political mill pond, and go into dee water at that. What powerful ally ci Mr. Tillman, who has been coquet! ing in a jack in the box way with thi 'political debutante' might not b elected to the United States Senate ? The idea is so preposterous and s< utterly improbable that it produces ; smile of pity for the sickly imagina tion which thus 'preys upon itself. This 'Banquo's ghost' could neve have appeared to any one else but th< Senator from Barnwell, and the natu ral inference is that the family o Youmans have entered a pre einptioi claim to a seat in the United Statei Senate, and all trespassers are warne< to 'keep off the grass.' lt is bardi] probable that eithet of the gallan one-legged veterans who now repre sent us in the upper boase at Wash ington will be disturbed in theil places as long as they choose t< hold them should they exercise com mon prudence and let the farmers movement alone But Col. Yonmans is not bettering the chances of his distinguishec brother, th? district attorney, by hit antagonism to the efforts of the far mere of South Carolina to better theil condition and secure their rights And the pitiful part of the business is that the secret is out and we now know what induced the 'agricultural Solon* from Barnwell (who is a 'plan? ter/ and keeps a store,) to lead the assault in the Senate on the bills proposed by the Farmers' Convention after their passage by the House. The 'true inwardness' of the pre? tended dislike of 'Tillman dictation1 is laid bare, and this 'immaculate Senator/ who votes for personal ag? grandizement and the family rather than the public good, is 'hoist by his own petard.7 Ile can discover no harm that can come to South Caro? lina by the most thorough organiza? tion of farmers, except that Capt. Dawson might be elected to the Uni? ted States Senate. Suppose we did elect the editor of the News and Courier, what harm would follow? What has the United States Senator got to do with the re? organization of the department of ag? riculture ? Suppose Mr. Tindal, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Norris, Col. Stack house and all of us who have been leading thc farmers' movement got a good fal office apiece and became .taxeaters' for a time, what harm would follow ? Col. Youmans did not pause to picture the ruin that would inevitably result; he did not mention the wailing among the disinherited members of the royal family whose places would be thus usurped by these plebeian 'farmers.' His affrighted imagination only sees that some one not named Youmans is to go to the United States Senate, and his mind is made up-Brutus was not more determined when he slew Caesar-and be votes to postpone the bill 'with such emphasis and evident delight that it created a ripple of laughter alt over the Senate.' Actuated by these highly patriotic and virtuous mo? tives with what a magnanimous air he poses as the champion of injured innocence and refuses to 'slap our efficient and patriotic board of agri? culture in the face.' How blind he is to their shortcomings and those of the commissioners. He fails to point out in what way we formers are benefited. He does not show where the $ ITO, 000 they bave spent has gone, and he cannot show any adequate result of] its expenditure. Ile rehearses the old story of an- agricultural college and constitutional convention cost? ing $300,000, just because he saw it in the News and Courier. The old story about the 'tittle fal? lows at the Globe Botef and1 the I Sheppard-Dawson-Tillman combina? tion has served its uses and only acta as padding for Col. Youman's lengthy screed. It put the 'pea under the wrong thimble' at the Augusta Con? vention, and those who benet!tied by it are welcome to their victory. Had 1 been the politician I am charged with being I would have remained away from the State Convention and espoused no man's candidacy. But I will say for the benefit of those farm? ers who were bamboozled by it la August, and who would net 'combine' on anybody, tout I have since been told by a leader and m?nager of the 'Ring' party in Colombia that 'they knew it was a Ire, but that they worked it for all it was worth/ and that when that failed to stampede a farmer delegation they would ask tauntingly, 'How has Tillman ordered \ you to vote?' and the poor greenhorns, resenting this imputation upon their independence, would come over or be more than ever resolved not to be led by 'Tillman dictation.' I sm glad to know we farmers are getting better acquainted and becoming better poli? ticians, and no such 'thimble-rigging will answer next time. Let the farmers of the State who sympathize with progress, economy and retrenchment, and are 'disciples of Henry George/ perfect their or? ganizations, and keep up the touch of j elbows. Let us hove a fea! represen? tation from every county at the meet? ing of the Farmer's Association next November, and arrange our plans for the next year's campaign. Then if j the oligarchy still refases our de? mands we can prepare to pit organ? ization against organization, aud honesty against chicanery and 'thim? ble-rigging/ and see what effect will follow. I think we not only can re* organize the Sooth/ but the State j Government, too. B. R. TILLMAN. Roper's, S. C., Feb. 21, 1887. Josiah Allen's Wife on the License Question. "How can we help work i o', sister Miokley ? How can we hold our bauds up and rest on our feather beds? If a deadly serpent had broken loose from some circus, and was a-wreathin' and twistin' bis way through Jonesville, s w at Jeri o' down a mau or woman every few days, would men stand with their hands in their pockets, or a leaoin' up against barn-doors a-wbittlio', arg ai o' feebly from year to year whether it was best to try to catch the serpent and out its head off, or whether it was best to let bim go free? After they had seen some of their best friends swallered down by it, wouldn't they tarn the first key on it they could get hold of. And if it broke loose from that wouldn't they try another key, and another, until they got one that would hold him ? "Po you suppose they would rent out that serpeo t at so much a yeartocruneh and ? waller folks aceordio' to law ? And would it be any easier for the folks that was crunched and swallowed, and for the survivin' friends of the same, if they waa killed by act of parliament ? What would such a law be thought of, Sister Minkley ? And that is notbin' to the laws as they be. For what is one middliu'-sized serpent in a circus, that could not eat more'n one maa a week with any relish, to this in temp?rance? that swallets down a hundred thousand every year, and is as big as the great Midgard serpent that I have heard Thomas J. read about, whose folds en? compassed the earth. "Sister Minkley sighed so loud that it sounded some like a groan, and I kep' on in a dreadful eloquent way : "We hare got to take these things to borne, Sliter M ink ley, in order to realize 'em. Yours and mine are as far apart as the poles wheo we are talkio' about such things. As a geoeral rule, we can bear other folkses trials and suf? fer! n's with resignation. When it is your brother and husband that is goin' the downward road, we can endure it with considerable calmness ; but when it is a part of my own heart, my Willie or my Charlie, that is goin' down to ruin we feel as if men and angels must help rescue him. It was this that set forth the wonderful Women's Crusade, that made tender, timid women into heroes, wiitin' to oppose their weakness to banded strength. It was this that made victory possible to them. What was the crusade to the Holy Land that I have beard Thomas J. read about to this ? That was to protect the sepulchre where the body of our Lord once laid, but thia was to defend the living Christ the God in man. Copyright-by permission of "Saman? tha"-Josiah Allen's wife. Bad Tempers. Of all things which arc to be met with here on earth, ibero is nothing which can give such continual, such cutting, snub useless pain as an un? disciplined temper. The touchy and sensitive temper, which takes offence at a word ; th? irritable temper which takes offence at everything whether intended or not ; the violent temper which breaks through all bounds of reason when once roused ; the jealous or sullen temper, which wears a cloud on the face all day, and never utters a word of complaint ; thc discontented temper, brooding over its own wrongs ; th? severe temper, which always looks at the worst side of whatever is done; the wilful temper which overrides ! every scruple to gratify a whim- I what an amount of pain have thet?e 1 caused in the hearts of men if we could but sum up their results I How many a soul have they stirred to evil impulses, how many a prayer have they stifled, how many an emotion of true affection have they turned to bit? terness ! How hard they make ail duties 1 now they kill tue sweetest and warmest of demestic charities! Ill temper is a sin requiring long and careful discipline.. Oar Stol? C??te*mporarie& Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The salaries* of the public school! teachers of Abbeville County have beea> reduced to $20, {15 and 10 a mooth, accordrng to f>be grade of the teacher?. Tet we cWc get along wit Ito crt a- high toned coWegrat Colombia with high priced professors. What a farce ! Social Equality. Newberry Herald. The New York Star and New York Herald hare made a great ado beca ase the Yoong Men's Christian Association of New York City refused to admit as a member, a yoong colored maa os? ac? count of his color, and say their profes? sions followed by snob actions smacks- ef hypocrisy. Otar Northern contempera- | ries tooM oat maka a greater mistake than? Se Insist upon the colored man being tao equal, socially of the Anglo Saxon? if they ara b*s friends. The only way to settle this e/jestion is to encourage and advocate the "establish? ment of separate organizations, and to create a spirit of generous rivalry be? tween the rases in all of the depart? ments of life, and see that each bas equal rights before the law, but that they have separate schools, separate churches and societies, and that notera g be done to foroe one race upon the other, which can only result in harm to the negro. This is a serious ques? tion, and the press of the North can do much to settle it to the advantage of the American people by giving the negro sensible advice, bot to lead him to believe that he ts denied the rights when admission to Christian or social organizations composed of white per? sons is objected to is a blonder that the intelligent, men ef the North- saovhi not be goilty of. The North should sot forget the mistake they made in leading the negro of the South into political bondage, and that to attempt to force social equality would be equal* ry fatal. If the negro is capable of mental and social development, let him devote his time to the building up of his race, and history will credit him with all the work he may accomplish, and assign brm the position be is entitled to among the men ef the present day. Oar Women in the War. Greenville News. We wish the News could contain the whole of the admirable address on 'Oar Women in the War/ delivered by Cap? tain F. W. Dawson before the associa? tion of the Maryland Line in Baltimore sn Tuesday night, of which portions we printed to-day.* The address entire would more than fill every column of this newspaper. Captain Dawson treats his blessed ?nd glorios subject with the humility und earnestness and simplicity of honest reverence and deep devotion. He dnr sot try to paint the lily or gild refined gold with verbal ornamentation Or rhet? orical beauties, bot seems to have felt that the facto were atore eloquent than any words contd be. The address ia an outline sketch from the life of tho cir? cumstances, demeanor and doings of the women of the Confederate States, and it is valuable and worthy of pre? servation io permanent form as part of the history of the South in the civil war, the most complete of its kind yet put before the public, illustrated by incidents and here and there by the tributes elicited from Southern poets. The conduct and bearing of the women of the Sooth is far above and beyond the power of words to fittingly eulogize or glorify. The tuen of the South know it and feel it, but the feel? ing is one ol those that li ves and stirs tn hearts and ca? not fin? ia this world expression aodtblo or visible. Capt. Dawson has done all that can be done by compiling and making of record the splendid facta, and he has done it well. Another Birt Eater. Barnwell People. Gen. Sherman made a speech before the New York Board of Trade recent? ly. As usual, his great march was the text and termination of hts talk. Among other things he said r 'But. as a man said to me to-night, a man (Mr. Trenholm) whom I regard with the highest esteem, 'Harsh and stern as that march was [ am glad you did it.' We have come out of the fire without a star missing, with the same stripes, the same manly, generous feel? ing, as men respected by men beloved of women, on thai place where we can meet on terms of perfect equality and entire friendship.' Mr. Trenholm was presen*, made a ?peech and did not deny that he had been talking to Tecumseh. So it must be accepted- that &en. Sherman has told the truth Jfor once. So far only two other decent South Carolinians have developedL so great and unneees sary and appetite for humble pie as Mr. Trenholm exhibited at that banquet. It may be news to them a*id him, bot such Uriah. Beeps are regarded by the straight; ont Democracy *of this State as but little belter, if any, than the scalawags of ten years aaid ever ago. And thc folio wi? g extract from a speech delivered in New York, on Lincoln's birthday, hy Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, shows- what the truly loyal North thinks of such talkers as Tren? holm : 'The Sooihv whom we were compell? ed to whip ba?*- rato the Union, call themselves a 'New South.' to escape the odium that attached to the old, and thank us wish profaneness because we did whip them, and especially beeause j wc destroyed* t?he institution of slavery.' j The World? says that 'the scene at the conclusion of Sov. Foraker's speech waa aery, anasual, even in the hilarioua how? after a banquet. The v. hole assemblage was on its feet shoot? ing 'Forateer-fc^*; the name of rbe State was thrown into a jingle fchat wa? vociferated1 m a Seventh Regiment? chorus :: ,??-?>-0*hi-o,'* and for several minutes evenybeoVf waved hie headfcer chief and in tfra most boisterous way cheered the orate)* from Ohio.' Greenville News. We reckon it will be a long time be? fore the colonel hears the last of this meian chi ly occasion. No South Caro-j linian who bas the friendship of a mao who made arson a profession can bord toe good- will ol Sooth Carolina. Columbia Record. It would seem a little premature to criticise Col. Tren holm for what Sher man compliments him for say rag May? be Sherman is slandering CoF. Tren~ holm, just as be sfasdered $enera$ Hampton about the- buratag af Colom? bia, and about borough)g to the Ku Klux. We hope Colonel Trenhoim will be ?bte to show chat he too bas boen sas^rep resented, ft he did ex? erts* gratification o ter the *faarsb and atom march' of the Federal troops, in efadmg the wanton and brutal destruc? tion of p ri rate property, he has bvteuie .reeoa*tructedr te a degree ?hal maire* bim disloyal to the- very people to whose good-wHi he owe* ait. that he now is. Colonel Treaeota? owes it to hiraself to ?how thai Sherman has put words in ha* au)at&> which he could not hare ottered The W?rter. Bead this from Anderson S. C. "Prohibition will now prohibit in the city of Anderson. The white flag has been, hoisted by the whisky men, and a treaty ol peace has been effected. The city fathers- ramfe batt the fines ho posed and withdra w all prosecutions now pending, both in city and State Courts. The whisky men agree to pay cash half the fines imposed, and strictly comply with the law in future. They are not eren tc* keep? whisky on deposit at their pfaees of business nor give it away in connection with nor at their places of business. They agree to dispose of the liquor* BOW o? Band as soon as practicable in bu&. Mr. Butler is to take down his 'leek boxes/ and is not to order whisky for ether* in his own name from his bar in Pen? dleton. Both sides at* eatirely satisfied with this arrangement.-Columbia Register. The authorities wrrT have to heep a careful eye upon those fellows. The whole licensed traffic in South Caro? lina is a constas* violation of a bonded contract. What is the promise of a liquor vender ? Whea we are furnished proof that a liquor settler's word ? a* good as his bond, then we will believe it and not before. There is more grit and backbone ra the town Council of Anderson th?? in any town Council in the Stater as re shown in the premises. Prohibition will prohibit when men are in authority. Tho Cost of a Bale of Cotton. Cotton Plant. I will give your many readers what it has cost me to make cotton. I have been farming for about twelve year*, and have made, os a* average of one half bale of cotton per acre on a crop of one hundred acres, with the exception of last year, it taking 3$ aere* te> make a bale of cotton. As k has always taken, on sn average, two aeres to make 1.26$ pounds of seed cotton, I will make my estimation on the cost of cul? tivating, mannring, gathering and sell? ing the cotton raised on two acres. The following h t&e cost r To breaking up 1 aerea, I maa and mule 2. days, 2 00 Bedding up 2 acres* 1 man sad mole 2. days, 2* 00 Two sacks guano, 36* lbs. lint cotton per sack, at 8} cents per lb., 6 12 One man half day pnlUng in guano, 2 sacks, 25 One man and one mole opening ground for cotton, $ day 50 j* One man dropping Med $ day, 25 One man and ra o ie J day covering teed, 50 First plowing cotton, 2 furrows to row, 1 man and mole J of day 66 Second plowing cotton, 2 furrows ts i row, I man and mole, $ of day, 66 Third plowing cotton, 2 farrows to row, ? man and mole, ?. of day, 66 Fourth plowing cotton, 4 furrows to row, 1 man and mule, 1 32 First hoeing, 1 man 4 days, 2 00 Second boeing, I man 2: days, I 09? Third boeing, 1 man 1 day, 50 Picking 1,200 pounds seed cotton, 50 cents per hundred, C 00 To wearing out of plows in cal ti ra ti cg crop, 1 25 Hauling guano, 2 sacks, from town, 20 Hauling cotton to market, 50 CB. $26 3* 400 lbs cotton worth 8} cents j per lb., 34 00 34 bnshels cotton seed, 15 cents per bushel, fr 69 $3? 60 Deduct t-15 for ginning, 2 25 ? $35 35 Deduct bagging and tfesj 85 $35 50 Le9fl- for weighing in city, 10 1 - $34 40 As you will see, it cost me ?26.31 to raise one bale oS eotleu weighing 400 pounds, and the ositos will bring, at Sh cents per pound, ootton seed includ? ed, ?&7.60. Deducting toll, bagging and tie?, brings it down to $^4 40, leaving a balance of ?&.0? for the two acres cultivated. Now suppose I had to pay rent out of this $34.4$ ? The rent, one-third, would be $11.46\ That taken from ?34.40, would leave the renter ?22:84 for making one bale of cotton that cost bim to make $26 37. The land owner would, of course, have to pay for one-third of the 2 sacks of guano, which would be ?2.16; that ad? ded to the ?22 37 would make ?25.10. So you see the man that rents the land would get for his labor nothing, be? sides being out ?1.27. Now I have put thc above of both horse and man, at 50 cents per day, because either could easily get that price for their hire at that time of the year. I have plant? ed no cotton, individually, since I found it ?cst so mach to raise it, and ? don't intend to plant any more until I am certain I can make a bale per acre. Now, Mr. Editor, let us hear from some of our brother farmers on this sub? ject Luter on I will give you roy ex? perience on some other crop. 6&09- HOPPRR; Greenville, S. C., Aw. 18S7. Willie Lamb, a thirteen-yrar-old Kentucky boy, found tba* a big rock had fallen on tbs satfcotd toas* tn a narrow cut near Seottsburg. FT* waited an hour and then flagged and stopped a coming passenger train. The passen? gers made up a purse for him. *tdidn't expect nothing/ said Willie. *l jost didn't like to see the train busted up.' Carrent Comment. Io New York on Wednesday the New York academy of music was sold' at auction to an eager crowd of bidders for $308.000. The property includes ten city tots in the business section a*d brought about $1.000 a front foot, mclmfing the bonding. In the real estate quotations of the same day hy? the Herald we find that eleven lots along Eleventh avenue between Twen? tieth and Twenty-first streets sold at an' average of $8,250 each; Union avenue tot* io Brooklyn sold at $350 to $460' each, and Newton street lots at $260' aach. . New York baa a about 1,500,000 inhabitants and is yet growing ; Brook? fyn fias 6W.O00 and is yet growing-. Yet we doubt if corresponding property in Birmingham, Ala., which claims, we believe, 30,000 people, could be fought for like figures. Therefore we san not understand where the business jen se behind Birmingham prices xs? SreearoZfe Acte*. Publicans and Pinkerton*. Complaint is being made in- many quarters agarost the 'Pinkerton men/ who have been employed on several iccasroos for the protection of property in connection with strikes and for the letection of criminals. Tn many in? stances undoubtedly they have behaved lawlessly. A detective agency upon which has been conferred police power* so be ss ed for hire is an abomination in i free country. It exposes the liberty Df the citizen to whatever perils may irise from the armed cupidity of men whose prosperity is in proportion io their aggressiveness. At last, when a State Dr a municipal; government farms out my of Hs fonctions it performs a dis* ?reeefoi abdication. Rome farmed out (be taxing power of government and produced the publican. Now the police, power hr conferred- for mercantile uses md the Pinkerton man- ia tbs product. The publican and 'the Pinkerton man V What a pair !-Nashville Advocate. After Mr. Trenholm'? distinguished assurances to Gen. Sherman, the people of Sooth Carolina might recall Mr. Dargan from the wilds of Texas. Augusta Chronicle. What a Diff?rence ? The gift which a son of * John Brown-, of Harper's Ferry/ sent to the Charleston sufferers, and the letter of Major Young in accepting it, are events of bistorts- interest. If we judge by the changes which have taken place sroee the execution of John Brown in Charlestown, Ya., on December 2nd, 1859, it seems aa though at least a century had passed. What a time of excitement that was ! North and South were alike stirred aa they were never stirred before and will never be again. Slavery was an open barrel of gunpowder. One section . of the country was throwing red hot mis? siles watti the air seemed fait* sf them, and the ether was guarding the gun? powder against the danger ef imminent explosion. What intensity of feeling prevailed everywhere until the crisis,, dreaded and foretoled by every states? man, came like a long expected, cruel, merciless, omnipotent tornado, and1 swept a miTlrot; heroes into their gravesr but left the Union unshaken ! And BOW North and South stand shoulder to shoulder with no grievance to discuss, their only rivalry a generen? competition in the material develop meat of she country and* a determina* fcioa- to make the most and the best of the innumerable opportunities which are offered. After the storm the son of old John Brown sends a hard earned five dollar MU to suffering South Caravas lina, and it is generously accepted: sa ra - token of good will'. The last thirty I years have worked miracles.-N. Y.~ Herald. Lum Smith, the editor af the Herald* published at Philadelphia, Pa , an? nounced in an advance supplement 'that the publication of the Herald will be discontinued, and that the war on frauds is over.' The mission of the Herald was to expose fraads, bot he found ? it a thankless undertaking sad ha? given it opto engage in the practice of law, preferring this to spending all of hi* income in a thankless cause. We sym? pathize with him, but have found that the public make more noise about frauds than they give aid to those w he try to expose them. - 11 aw No "Epa." or wCays'r Rocky Mountain Cyclone. We begin the publication of the4 Reccay Mountain Cyclone with some phew diphicnlties io the way. The type phounders phrom whom we bought our eutphit phor this printing opines phailed to supply us with any ephs er cays,, and it will be phour or phive wees bephore we can get any. TLe mistaqne was not phonnd out tHi a day or two ago. We have ordered the missing letters, and will have to gst along with? out them till they come. Wo don't lique the loox ov this variety ov spell? ing any bette? than our readers, but mistax will happen in the best regula? ted phamilies, and iph the c's and p*s and x's and q's hold cut we shall ceep (sond the c hard): the Cyclone whirling aphter a phashion till the sorts arrive. It is no jnqoe to us-ifs a seri?os* apbair. ? --HI^-- ? George W. Kidd, of New Yorf,. owner of the International Distillery, at DesSroines,. Iowa, has issued orders bo the superintendent to step boyiog grain and to see that the amount on hand ?s disposed of, either by consump? tion or sale, by ?une $. Mr. Kidd says he will close the distillery at that time and not attempt to operate it further under the prohibition laws. This closes the last distillery in Iowa. All the Atlanta wine rooms have posted notices that no more liquors or wines will be seid by the drink. The prohibitionists have put the laws into' active operation and the transgressors > thereof have fines ranging up to $1.000 assessed against them. The engineers of the Atlantic Coast ?ine have reached BenoetrsvUle on tho survey of a branch, that is proposed of that system from Little Bock to that glace..