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VOL. LV. NO 16. ONION, SOOTH CAROLINA^ FRIDAY^.
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| Wm . A. Nicholson
L Union, Sou
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| Time Certifical
' OUR COLORADO
CORRESPONDENT
Gives Graphic Description
of Country, Weather
. and People?Tells How
the Woman's Suffrage
, Works In that State.
Dear Editor: We have
been enjoying real spring,
as best we could for the past few"
^ J 4 days, The world is full of surprises,
though we do not have so
many since we got use to the
Same. You see, we have a U.
. weather bureau here in the
tower of the Federal Building
with a good fat salary attached,
and they delivered us very fine
clear weather for April 1 and 2,
of course this weather was on
paper, but before April 1st arrived,
rain had began and continued
steadily all day and part
of the night of April 1, also returned
and gave us a few showers
for Sunday, snowed considerable
Sunday night and Monday
afternoon and all night Monday
and part of Tuesday morning,
then cleared off nice and bright,
but the snow was all over the
ground to a depth of five inches,
but all was soon turned to water
except where the of the sun
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tiie aiittuc, uiuuKii nic auu i? very
bright and warm. The trees
as yet shew no sign of life, though
the lawn grass is as green as
midsummer.
I observe in the last Times
some insinuations of Women in
politics of this state. I would
like very much to give the many
readers of the "Times" what I
consider a fair conception of the
real facts concerning the women
voters of this state.
At the beginning will admit, I
did all in my power to enfranchise
every human being of this
state, who was of legal age and
sanity, not because of a faith in.
it being the sphere of woman; not
because of her superior intellect;
neither because she was demanding
full political equality
with man, but only from a sense
of justice to all mankind, realizing
at that time (which was more
than eight years ago) as all
thinking people realised that we
had reached a very low strata in
our political morality and that
something must be done, else we
would soon be in the hands of
barbarians or anarchists. While
the women had been pleading for
years that they might be allowed
the full franchise, and that they
could and would purify the cor,
rupt ballot, believing no one
should be condemned without a
^ full and fair trial and that all
w- should be given an equal chance
to work out ^heir own destiny
whenever they establish the fact
that they are as competent as
others who have already been
a_j iL.i : *i mi r
grunieu niaiprivilege, xnereiure
we established the system which
the women thought they wanted
at least they said they thought
so. Our long years of experience
seem fully to establish the wisdom
of the sages, that very few
women really know what they
want. The fact is, as it seems
tome, giving the women the
/ right to vote and hold any office
in the state, is very much like
giving a baby a large and valuable
cotton mill, the baby would
no doubt be very much delighted
and think you nad done it a great
favor and benefit, ?apd would
take all its chums along showing
them the wonders and giving
them good easy places in whicr
they could enjoy the benefits oi
the factory, but when things be
gan to break and wear out th<
won oi vjourt
& Son, Bankers, 11
th Carolina,
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baby will get tired and discouraged,
and will be ready to part
with the whole factory for any
old thing. Just so it has been
with the women of this state,
they started out and did some
wonders, made many surprises
and did lots of good, elected
themselves to the legislature and
many places of trust and honor,
but when they realized the work
there was to do and the trials and
temptations they soon got tired
of the whole machine and now I
am sure there is not half of the
eligible women who vote at all
and many of the most reliable and
honorable ones have declared
they wiil never vote again, hut
those whose votes are for sale,
the toucrh and
w ? ?.?UAV|/UV(?U1C dl C I
always on time at the polls.
Now, dear readers I don't want
to carry the ijnpression that I am
opposed to equal suffrage, not at
all. I believe it was right to ;
give all an equal opportunity and 1
have a clear conscience of having
done my duty, whether those
who ?re enfranchised do theirs ^
or not. Notwithstanding their j
lethargy in politics, I will say they
have not been even charged i
with crime during the disgrace- <
ful proceedings which we have 3
lately been experiencing, and ?
that should be a grqjit honor to |
them for the simple reason that j
I should like to say one word i
regarding our national disgrace, i
there was not half as much truth j
in some of the charges as some 1
papers tried to make believe. To 1
my own knowledge there were <
many honest votes thrown out as j
fraudulent simply because a lot
of expert politicians wanted a job
for the winter while there was
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uubiiuik cioc uuiii^, auu nxey
made their job last as long a 3
they thought the state able to
pay their bills.
Well I had intended to give an
account of another family of
Mississippi, who came from South
Carolina, but this ''woman in politics"
is so fascinating it is difficult
to forget her. However, I
will give an account of our trip
te Mud Creek.*
Well that creek sure had the
right name for once, its general
direction was north like all the
larger streams of that locality,
though you could not tell that by
looking at its winding bed as it
curved its way around the large
trees of original forest, neither
could you observe the flow of the
water in many places, but only
by noticing on which side of the
numerous logs across its channel
the drift wood and brush had
lodged, could one arrive at a
reasonable conclusion, whether
it had been running water or only
a slough.
We left Jonesboro early in the
mnminor Our rnnfr/? lnv olmAct 1
due South, we soon passed
through the town of Chabyfeate
(pronounced Wa-be.feet). The
roads were still very muddy,
though not so rovgh and hilly as
when we went to the mountains,
the roads about the town was
graded much like streets and the
road south as well as many others
were improved very well for
the convenience of the many
1 farmers children who attended
1 the large cyllege at this place, of
1 which I hope to speak more fully
: at another time. We passed
many nice little farm nouses
| with small farms attached, some
\ appearing more like.gardens than
1 farms, they had been settled for
> years though. Most of the land
> was still in original timber, most}
ly oak, but not very heavy like
r that on the bottoms. We passed
" one place where they had a tree
i some fifteen feet high which
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bore green roses, the body was
about 6 inches through and heavy i
top, people promised to send me
aplant when I should order it. ;
ffAfter traveling about six miles <
south we left the main road and 1
started down hill towards the <
creek, then the timber began to <
appear much heavier and more j
diversified though about the same i
as we have in South Carolina ex- 1
cept no pine, by and by we saw t
a lovely farm house in the dense
forest which Surrounded us on t
all sides as far as the eye could 1
see>- we were soon at the house t
which proved to be one of the t
most spacious as well as con- ?
venient and home-like, of any we 5
had seen, the yard was full of ?
various kinds of flowers and ev-, ,t
ergreens, the barns were large, 1
new and well filled with corn and
other produce, large sheds under ?
which rested all the latest patent t
farm machinery, something sel- a
dom found in this part of the 1
country, there were cattle, hogs, c
sheep, whose fleece was almost 2
as white as snow, such a contrast
to others we had seen in c
that locality, chickens, turkeys, a
guinnea fowls and bee hives all t
seem to present themselves to I
view at once, which made us t
think we would like to live here b
forever. We naturally asked t
where the farm was and were at ii
once -directed to look through the a
thick trees to a beautiful valley h
on Mud Creek, which was only a y
i ? -
snort distance away, the farm I
seemed very small though welO
were told there were 60 acres in tl
cultivation, besides there were d
about ten acres just cleared, b
This was the home of Mr. Miles p
Bennett, he with his father's ir
family left Laurens county, S. rr
C. when he was a boy and he is tl
now about 60 years of age, they pi
were living near John Duncan's c<
place in Laurens county, he has is
3everal girls and one boy grown, p<
ill are teachers in the public tl
schools, some are also music 0(
;eachers, all were away from, si
lome when we visited Mr. Ben- p<
ct
ill her life, but is as bright and si
intelligent as though a college di
graduate. Mr. Bendett does near- a
ly all the work on the farm by tl
the aid of his machinery and the al
children only work when they
are not teaching tl
Mr. Bennett's mother lives pi
with him, she is rather feeble, m
though has fine mental faculties, h
Mr. Bennett does not use whis- p
key or tobacco. We visited Mr. \
Bill Bennett a younger brother J1
who was only a few miles distant la
he has two girls grown, one boy h
about 16. There are two other vy
brothers who live north of Jones- ^
boro, Ghapman the youngest .,
lives only about two miles north
of Jonesboro, has a home with is
nice surroundings though the tl
land is old and not very fertile, ^
there is only one girl of the Bennett
family who left Laurens p
county and she was quite small e
at that time, thongh sne remem- a
bers going to school at a church t
north of John Duncan's place, t
she married Mr. W. P. H. Bailey
of whom we may have more to
say, her name was Fannie Ben- t
nett. f
We then crossed Mud Creek e
to visit the old home where all v
the South Carolina Bennett chil- t
dren were raised, and where their
father had killed himself. We 8
once more saw a pine forest I
though most of the pines were
very small, but were very thick
on the land, one place they were
large enough to make house logs,
there was once a grist mill at
this place, but water is too flow
so they have quit the business
and established steam mill at <
Chabyfeate,
There are many very intei- ;
esting things along Mud Creek,
. but will close for this time with i
' best wishes to the TimeS and all i
i the readers and more especially }
the writers. Respectfully
W. G. Bailey.
Denver, Colorado, April 5, '05.
COTTON CONSUMPTION.
Atlanta, Ga., April 8.?President
Harvie Jordan, of the Southem
Cotton Association, has prepared
since his return from
Texas and other western States,
an article regarding the consumption
of American cotton in the'
markets of the world, showing j
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icreage put into cultivation dueling
the next 60 days. The United
States Department of Agricul-I
Biire, through its thousands of
B:orrespondents in the cotton belt,
fl.vill have prepared a carefully
B^hulate^ gfnfomonf
is estimated i$cent!y by the
Jnited states Census Bureau,
imounts to practically 13,600,000J
lales. Of this amount 200,000
ire yet to be ginned, and about
160,000 bales are what is known
is lintera; or the lint ginned from .
he seed at the cotton oil mills. :
This amount of cotton is far in (
txcess of any crop previously '
jrown ip the south. The last 1
>umper crop was made in lfl?8 <
tnd amounted to 11,270,000 bales. ,
?he crop of 1904, therefore, ex- ,
eeds the crop of 1898 by fully .
1,250,000 bales.
The consumption of American 1
otton by the mills of the world t
t the present time will amount j
o 11,000,000- bales per annum. I
f the present rate of consump- cc
ion is maintained, we shall still 4
iave nearly 2,500,000 bales from ?
he crop of 1904 to carry over j
ito the4fall of 1905 and to be j
dded to the crop which will be
arvested during the present J
ear. i t
TThe ^diorinous crop of 13,600,- o
00 baler recently reported from c
tie Cewps Department is, no J
oubt, iiafc|^icallv correct, as the
ureau cl^ms to have had re- ?
orts frorp-fill the ginners operat- "
lg in the Jouth, and the esti- e
late or tMfcrop was based upon p
lose repeft. If we have a sur- ti
lus of 2,?),000 bales and the
msumptiqH of American cotton
not morq?han 11,500,000 bales ^
?r annum, it is quite evident tl
lat a cror-fcrreater than 9,000,- a
)0 bales tlie present year would C)
mply p{it tne?producers in a
isitron of heaping, surplus and ,
HlXrA m i-. tl
derably below the cost of pro- s?
iction. * Even the production of 0
normal crop in 1905, added to e
le surplus, would give us another
mormally large crop. "
We have been able to retard ti
le downward tendency in the c
rice of cotton for the past two g
lonths, because of the persistent
oldings of spot cotton and the r
romise on the part of the pro- h
ucers that the acreage would be
irgely decreased in 1905. If,
owever, on the 3rd day of June,
[hen the bureau report is issued |
y the United States government,
ne acreage in cotton for 1905
i shown to closely approximate
bat of 1904, it will be utterly
npossible to maintain present
rices for cotton, and the tendncy
will be downward the balnce
of the year. In the face of (
he census bureau report, and 1
he undisputed fact that a heavy j
urplus is to be carried over into ,
he crop of 1905, it would apperr t
oolhardy indeed for the grow- ?
rs of cotton to madly rush for- 1
yard and recklessly eugage in j
he planting of another large ,
icreage of cotton during the i
>resent spring. 1
There is but one way out of !
he dilemma in which we are now J
placed. The task is not a diffi- j
;ult one if every man will do his j
iull duty in the premises. That 1
luty is to reduce the cotton '
acreage on every farm planted in !
1904 by at least 25 per cent for ,
1905, and at the same time make ;
a corresponding reduction in the
use of commercial fertilizers
under cotton as compared with
the quantity used in 1904. There
is absolutely no other way of
solving the present problem
which confronts the cotton growers
of the south, and to meet the
emergency as it at pr esent exists.
Under the present systematic
method of gathering statistics by
the United States government it
will be utterly impossible for the
cotton growers to deceive the
public as to the amount of cotton 1
n 11IV/I1 Will
he issued on June 3rd, stating
-he number of acres of cotton
-hat will be planted in the south
-his year. If this report shows
i general decrease in acreage of j
15 per cent, then the problem of j
louthern prosperity during the
rear 1905 will be solved. If,
lowever, the report indicates but
i small decrease, or shows pracically
the same acreage as that
?f 1904, no power under heaven's
an stop the immediate downward
tendency in the price of
otton, and financial ruin and
isaster will present itself to
very line of business and all the
rofessions in the south within
he next eight months. The I
ttention of the entire cotton
orid is turned at this time upon
he action of the cottsn growers,
nd they have now the practical
Dntrol of the entire situation.
Another important factor is
lat we have practically no sys-j
Suing it wilu . _ * ?
f the demand and putting art
normous over-supply on the
larket during a short period of
ime and allowing the price to be
ontrolled almost entirely by
peculation.
REMINISCENCES OE THE
WAR BETWEEN THE
STATES. |
history, Sayings and Doings
of Company H.
15th Regiment, South
Carolina Volunteers.
BY W. H. H. BEVIL.
When we broke up from Fredericksburg
we started on our
Pennsylvania campaign, as well
is I remember, about the second
lay of June, 1863. We only went
1 short distance the first day only
;o get our army in motion. How
strong the army was at that time
[ do not know, but we stayed
;hat night on part of the battleleld
of Chancellorsville. We
went this time left in front. The
lext morning Gen. Barksdale's
brigade went in front, and as
they passed the 15th regiment
the band played "Old Nelly
Glray." A few moments later
the 15th regiment fell into line,
and as we passed the Chancellorville
house where 52 yankees and
2 confederates were burned up,
there was a sign tacked up on a
tree which read, "Dr. Bur's description
of the dead," but not
a man was allowed to break
ranks to look into it, and I do
not remember how many days it
was, but we went on the top of
the Blue Ridge mountain near
the Shenandoah river, there we
stopped, and Lanson Vaughan
ana Bill Griffin went off ana got
some whiskey and brought it intc
our camp, and Nicholas Farr got
full and walked up to Col. Desaussure
and wanted to know oi
him if he was going into Maryland,
and if he was, he would gc
too. for he had gone one time
and was willing to go again, foi
"Colonel, I am one of the olc
blue hen's chickens. I was borr
on Pea Ridge and now I am ei
.Blue Ridge." Then he would
J rear back and crow like a rooster.
The Col. could not help but
smile, and said, "Yes, any of my
men would follow me anywhere."
Now the Col. did not have him
arrested, but had the men that
brought the whiskey in there
!arrested.
| There came up a thunder cloud
while we were on top of the
! mountain and there was a heavy
rain down at the base, but only
a light mist where we were, and
late that evening we had to
cross the river and it was muddy
and swollen from the rain. And
company H had four pugilists in
it but of the light weight, viz:
John Smith, John Mott Mcbonds
and myself. We had orders to
keep our ammunition dry. We
pulled off our cartridge boxes,
placed them on our bayonets and
held them up out of the water.
The water was swift and we had
to go in groups to get over safely.
When we four pugilists
struck that water it struck us up
under our arms bnf -
. ? , ?? v, rvciC ttlrigh,
so we kept our heads out
of the water. When we got over
we stopped in a piece of woods
not far from a fence and we had
orders not to burn any arils, but * JflfM J
Lieut Jonathan Bailey fceing.also
full on the booze^]$led big fjEBHfl
told all Qf the boys to conrc up
and warm and dry their clothes.
l?asfcu.- ?wns pi it under' ' * ~ fl
the river at the same place aha
went to the left on top of a high
open hill and stayed there that
night with wet clothes on; I
thought I would freeze. When
the sun rose next morning it felt
good. We lay about until late
that afternoon and had to recross
the river again; three days in
succession we crossed at the ?
same place. I do not remember
che rest of our wanderings. But
we crossed the Potomac river at
Williamsport, about nine or ten
miles from the Pennsylvania
line. We went a short distance
and stopped in a small body of
woods and drew some rations,
and I rambled around for a mile
or more, came up to a house and
the owner had just plowed up
his garden and there were some
forty or fifty bushels of Irish
potatoes lying in a pile, I wanted
to buy some, but he said, no, he
wouia give me an I wanted, so I
filled my haversack and went
back and the company had drawn
some fresh beef. I had to wait
late that night before I could get
anything to cook in. I had a
fine mess of beef and potatoes,
and after we had eaten and laid
down to sleep some, the bugle
sounded for revellee, that hurt
our feelings, but we were not
the ones that grumbled. We got
up and were ready to start with
the balance of the brigade. We
went on then to Chambersburg
and tore up the railroad track
for several miles, and that is a
hard job when you have nothing
to work with, piled the crossties,
put the irons on top and set them
on fire. The irons would get hot
and you could double them together.
While there I went off
' i. - i ii
io a nouse, me mnaDitants had
vacated it, and there was plenty
of the black heart cherries there,
and up a tree I went and helped
myself. In going away I looked
over into the garden and saw
some green rows which I thought
were shellotts. I got as many
as I could well carry, went to the
company and told the boys that
we would have a good mess, and
Richard Worthy said, "Bill, that
is garlic," and sure enough it
I was, and none of us eat any, but
! , I kept the smell on my clothea
II for some time.