The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-30
AFFAIRS IN COLLETON.
An Interesting Letter from the Country
WATERFORD, s. O., June 26.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE NEWS.


WAITERBeRo', s. O., June &C.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE NEWS.
The Town Of Walterboro' has dilapidated
appearance, and impresses strangers with the
belief that it's glory was departed forever.
Many OF the residences are unenclosed, fences
thrown down. gates swinging by. one hinge,
and often, on entering, one would almost ex-
pect to see The beaming face OF the hOspitable
planter CT the glorious ante beRMno, when he is
rudely awake to the reality by the appearance
Of o patrlarchal face and beard, noddine, not
with the Sdt0e !! OF the planter, but the Gaze!
Of the billy goat, who is tenant at will, and. il
times do not improve. bids fair to hold in fee
simple.
Many Of the planters have sho gn great want
OF energy, and because the labor was uncer-
tain, money hard TO raise and the chances OF
crops precarious, seem to regard 1T as the legi-
timate business of the balance of their lives to
fold their arms, mourn the past, and forebode
men deserve that should do them the justice
to say that they have done all that could be
done under such great DISADVANTAGES. Un-
used to work themselves, when negroes refus-
have given practical illustration that the hand
supposed to be useless from the enervating
influence OF the kid glove could guide the
plough as steadily or WELD the axe as success
fully, it backed by the right pluck, as the
horny hand of thespme land plough boy.
Notwithstanding the signs Of decay referred
TO above, WATERFORD s does brisk tt ade; espe-
& Son, p. H. B. Shuler, j. j. Klein, Fl. w.
Luken, Jasper Rice, 81. Warner and M. Flaum
are the business houses-all of them dong a
courthouse and jail of any county in the Stale.
The bar is represented by Tracy & Malone, Will
!iams Il Fox, Godfrey 3 Harper, Henderson &
Behre, Robert Campbell: w. S. Harley, @. B.
Farmer and Jefferson Warren, all OF whom
seem be alive to the inter OF their clients;
ana u the next session Of the court Tin july is
not consumed by sessions business as was the
last, they hope to clear the dockets OF tho great
mass of BUSINESS that has been accommodating
for lO9g time t.,.grN~ ir.t' ,ry A, :
/. The corn crops in this section are promising,
though they suffered for rain. But experienced
plant ers say that If we get rain now fine crops
will st'll be made. etHt
Cotton is backward but very clean and in q
asaithy cond. .6on: Il the caterpillar would
away. fine crops would yet reward the fAithfui,
and GLADDEN. the hearts Of the desp ondent.
10 write OF the political situation might be
considered only plagiarism OF accounts from
| aggravated natures, With. few exceptions our
public Offices are filed with set of men who
would regard it only as q matter Of merrIment
X they were accused of having the interest OF
little danger OK an accusation so perfectly
groundless. Each OF these birds Of passage
seem only to think OF how he can best feather
ms own nest not caring whether friend or foe
fs plucked. so he gets the feathers. :.
The township elections are straws showing
the way the wind would blow if the negro were
whole object is evidently to pfuuder. ",
In the few township elections yet held, the
neeroes (although in the majority have al-
lowed the whites liberal share of the Offices
and show their good sense IN being guided to
select the best men that would accept the po.
sitions. ,.7-t
An election was held for Warren Townshi o
on the IL instant. It was agreed upon be
fore that party tickets should no, be run, and
the following persons were elected: James q.
Padgett, Thomas Williams and Isaac Spell.
the last M :, ,coored) seleptmen; - Conor
DieIk; Philip J. HERS. Surveyor of Roads; Jim
ship elected Benjamin Hughes. James D.
Ackerman. Aaron M trtin, (iast colored,) Sc
iectmen; Stobo r. Perry, Clerk; James A. Ac.
ed, Constable.