The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-16
THE REFoRM MOVEMENT IN an
DERSON.
CHEERING ACCOUNTS FROM THE UP-couNTRY
The Weather and the Crops-Pendleton
Wants to Hear Carpenter and Butler.
lFRox AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT

back, in not paying my accustomed respects 10
HE NEWS. And having been only 9 sort Of
weather gauge heretofore, we have not had
much Of great importance Of late to note. But
since my hand is in, I will venture few words
on other subjects of increasing interest to all
true men and well-wishers for the future pros
perity Of our down-trodden and much abused
State. as =
Il am pleased to see from your extracts from
many Of the papers Of our State. that the pro-
ceedings OF the State Reform Convention are
generally 30 well received. We have put the
ball in motion, 10 roll on. We trust and believe,
until its accumulstions shall enlarge 1t to the
uttermost dimensions that the most anxious
aud devoted friends Of our cause may desire.
Many OF the people Of our county did not seem
to be very anxious for q no ninatlon OF State
ticket; perhaps from the effects OF cold water
administered BY some who seemed to take more
interest m the matter than did the voters at
large. Yet, SINCE nomination has been made,
30 lar as my observation goes, there seems to
be but little opposition to it. We hered00utS
can't believe that t,o0 thousand Uoters OF our
county are, or toeTe, opposed 10 q nomination.
On attending the township convention at Au-
derson for the purpose OF nominating delegates
to ths June convention at Columbia, we found
the people OF that place and Itg immediate sur
roundings. many OF them, very cold, and reluc-
tant to make any nomination at all. But, not
to 70 into particulars, nomination was finally
effected. But it ls rot generally believed that
our county was truly represented In the Column
bla convention. though without the least doubt
in the mind Of your correspondent, honestly. IN
accordance with the views and belief OF our del
egates. The meeting at Anderson was very
slim one, and. of course. could not represent
the sentiments OF the whole county. There
were only three townships partially represent
ed; and we are OF the opinion il we had had
representation from all the townships. we
should have had less difficulty in procuring the
appc intment Of delegates to Columbia. 1t is
| hoped we shall have no fence riding. The man
thai is not boldly and undInchingy for US. we
set down as against us. Let us who desire
reformation work harmoniously together. Let
US throw no buzzard's leg in, least we may
make strong pull, o long pull, and pull alto
gether, and success must rewar3 our efforts.
We see the candidates will address the people
of our county, at Anderson, on the 9Th; Oco-
zee. at Walhslla, on the 28th. and OF Pickens,
at New Pickens, on the 18th. We hope they
will not slight old Pendleton, where they Will
be heard BY many that will not attend the other
points named. There is o gap left open for
Pendleton according to the published pro-
gramme. They speak at Greenyille on the 25th,
at Anderson On the 9Th, DC. Now. if, instead
Of the 9th at Anderson, they will take the 26;h,
and give US the 9th, all will be as we desire
and as 1t should be.
When last wrote You, we had on us dis
tressiDg drought, which continued some five or
six weeks. After that, an equally distressing
long spell Of wet weather OF some five weeks;
and now many OF us bereabou.s are suffering
again for rain, but as 1t is raining around US
in sight, We trust our time will come next, as 1t
is said it rains on the just and the unjust. The
ground has been so packed down by the heavy
IaIns, tha! we cannot even prepars our turnlp
patches. Some of us suffer dreadfal!y IN the
weeds and grass in our crops from the loss Of
time in the wet weather. But, though I am
opposed 10 Dragging on early blooms, &C., our
prospects for good cotton crops are certainly
the most encouraging have kuown lu this sec
ton for many years. Not so with corn, OF
which think wo have comparatively only q
light crop, and that looking badly. Ibe yield
OF wheat is fair; though the early drought
somewhat shortened the heads, the grain is
unusually plump aud good. Oats, which. when
last wrote you, believed to b. cut Of. have
come out astonish,ngly, especially the late
sowo. This dry spell will enable some of Us
to get out of the weeds, but fear the work IN
our corn, especially that which Las been m IRE
neglected than cotton, is too late to mike auy
thug like tull crop. The weather throughout
the dry spells, both in May, June and July, has
been unusually hot anG distressing IN the sun,
but not 30 much 80 in the shad,. In May the
thermometer, in vide passage east and west.
ranged, from the 18th to the Esd, from 81 to 80
degrees; in June, from 4th to S0th. 86 TO 83;
July 1st, SS; 81, 88h; 81. ss' 9Th, S6; 5sb. 88,
9Th. So, with rain around, ,ooled the atmos-
phere, and was not noted to 11th, 86; 18th, 90
all observations at P. n. s.