The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-19
WINNSBORO, S. C.
Cotton and the Yankee,

kec in the North arc two coincidcnts
We want our people to recognize.
Last Fall Congress relieved the
South of taxation IN the ,/utowc. SO
did that same Congress through their
best men, vow that the Military Bill,
(so-callod) should be the last form of
Government adopted to reconstruct
the jrohen Lniun. But they told a
downright lie. And we say ''lic,"
because things ought to be called by
their right names.
Now, farmers Of Fairfield, for the
sake Of your families, do not be de
ocivod by the present rlso in tho prico
of cotton. Don't, for the sake Of your
families, and Of your abused, but be-
loved State, don't be deceived by the
mean ana contemplate bloodsuckcrs
that zoe arc accustomed to dub as
yankees.
We do not mean that all men at
tho North arc trying to cheat tho
Southern people but that there arc
thousands Of Shylocks there, who
would, if they could, cheat you out Of
every dollar.
Now is the time for preparing for
tho planting Of ctoD.
FARMERS! will you allow thc DE-
cElrrUL rise i'll the price Of cotton to
load you into II cultivation of that
crop. to the exclusion Of Il crop of pro-
visions BE not deceived. AS sure
as the sun rises, so suro will tho van
kccs again impose upon you tax Of
two or three cents pound for all the
cotton you raise.
1t is true that COTTON IS
MONEY. But what is money with
out credit ! lfmorc than tho profit
uf cotton is due in New York, or
Philadelphia, or Baltimore, for tho
cultivation Of that crop, what's the
use Of planting so large proportion
of cotton
Citizens Of Fairfield ! arc you vul-
ncrablc, who're your own interests are
concerned Then listen to, or rather
read, what We have to say for your
benefit.
Slaves have been set free. You arc
all debtors or creditors, (and perhaps
both) on papers due Tor their sale.
Now without any regard to the ordi-
nance of the Convention ignoring all
obligations touching such contracts, 20
to work il this year, limo Dom.nt,
1868, and raise as mucI. grain and for
age, fruit, hogs, cattle, vegetables, and
everything else Except corroN, as you
can and VIC are willing 70 give you Il
copy OF our paper for nothing, it you do
not find yourselves III II better situa-
ton than when you attempt to raise at
coN0n.
But, farmers, you have The most de-
ccitrul race in the world to deal with,
when you have that YANnnr to con-
troll you. His promises arc like pic
crust. They are maRe to be .brokcn
Will YOU heed The tax on cotton
will be again imposed, if tho South
persist in making it tho chief staple,
Not another year will roll over your
heads before the hloodsuckors Of the
North will "cry aloud and spare not"
for new and renewed tax on cotton
Readers and citizens of Fairfield !
be not deceived For the sake of
your families, Of your District, Of your
credit, and Of your comfort, do not
DC deceived by the dcceitiul yankee.
Let your Southern creditor sec your
corn-housc and mcat-housc wcll.fllcd,
and there will be no danger Of consta
blcs.
Reader Farmer, Subscriber, Citi-
zea, urge, urge upon the inhabitants
o: this District, Of Fairfield, The vital
Importance of making enough Of all
KINDS OF grain, roots and vegetables,
to oobviatc tho necessity of sending
onym'ero for something to eat.
urgo upon them the necessity of
guarding ngainst tho dcceitfulness OF
the yankee. Tell them in the old fa.
miliar phrase, "to stay at home and
"drink out Of the branch" i. c. in 9th.
er words ; to make themselves indc-
pendent Of those = if they were
cannibals, WOULD have many Il din.
ncr out of them.
The Explosion of Kerosene.
In Vermont, on tho 10th of this
month, Miss Grccnough, aged seven