The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-07-10

that the great mass of our colorcd pco
pie who cannot read could have it i'm
, pressed upon them as WELL The insti
, tuition for the deaf and dumb and tht
! blind, at ,Spartanburg haa ,,ust bcel
closed, and tha inmates sent home Ir
ca''-ccc lney can get no money from tho
treasury. The penitentiary and lunati(
asylum have to resort to all sorts Of shifts
70 feed their inmates. Tie public
schools are slut up and the teachers dis.
charged unpaid. 1t is threatened that
the quarantine along our coast will Lave
to he abandoned for want of finds. I
| have not received q cent Of pay for nine
months, and most of the State officers
whose pay is due quarterly are in the
same condition. Meanwhile the State
debt has been increased at least twelve
million dollars, and between four and
five million dollars have been collected
in taxes during the past four years.
That is to say, the Columbia thieves
have had an income during four years
of at least sixteen nIilliOn dollars, and
now they say they hav.'t got q dollar
in the treasury. And what have they to
show for il? Not q single public inl-
provcmcnt. Not one mile Of railroad or
canal, not one dollars worth Of legiti-
mate expenditure on the SiaLchouse-|
nothing st all except few acres Of
swamp lands and sand hills bought by
the land commissioner at from two to
ten times its value, and which arc now
going begging 1or purchase at eight
Years time and six per cent. interest.
Lab 1t makes me sick to t'ink of it.
So it did me, and / left.
Matters arc very quiet in Anderson.
There is but littlc political excitcnent|
and more conspicuous abscEce of irri-
sation or bad feeling between tlIe two
races than, l'crl,al,s, in any o!l.cr dis
trict OF the Slate. Frank Moses made q |
speech here last Monday night under
the auspices of what Tom Mackey calls
his abortion-tlc United Order of Tnde-
pendent Brethren, otherwise known as
Scotl's lNu JAluX. Noses had but IL
small audience, hardly any colorcl lnen |
from the country and q good maI'y white
gentlemen attracted by curiosity. He
was evidently Disappointed and made u
very mild speech. The only enthusiasm
manifested at the meeting WAS when one
of Chc audience called fUr three cheers
for Judge Orr. Thc cheers were given
with Il will and the speaker was sadly
for it is understood that
the same degree of affection exists be-
tween Moses and Orr that his Satanic
majesty is popularly supposed to enter
tain for holy water.
The crops in this neighborhood ere re-
ported rs in excellent condition and as
being more promising than at any form
CT scason. There has been al abun-
dance of rain here lately. Last night
there WAS brisk shower, which lated
m hour or more and was accompanied
by q heavy wind-alinost tornado
which inflicted some damage on the
crops and blew dawn a colorcd church
Mt Bolton.
In Abhevillc County political affairs
appear TO be more livery. There the
United Brethren flourish largely, and
excited political meetings are Ltld in
different parts of the county almost
nightly, Every. eli"rt j: made to array
whites. y fyW nights ago o:.a ni,]rc-
holder, Whose !;,oSt pr,fTliG.c!I; exploit
since lie deserted fro'n thG Confederate ,
army Wis robbinT the county treas ;:ef's
s,fc, laade q raUi, ltad:cut sipccr;. a:oul1
rebels, slavery a:id IZu kIGX, wi,ir!,
Frank Mrscs, who listened lIo il, d2.;lArrtl I
male his blood culs|le in his veins, aud
whic', r,ny, therefore, be se.umed to
have been pretty ugly s;,ccch. The
speakers arc nio<tly cont :lnptiblu honnls 7
who impose ailno't incredibly upon thc {
.;noranre OF ,hcir colorG,! an,;itorS. Onc
ample lie will very aptly illustlat" ;i,r
absurd notions with which they iii tie
i@cd> Of tn" nc":ons. One OF tI.e s;'1aI-
,r;s, i Inclhbar of the Jale Legislature,
srav; ly informed hi$ audience thaL ~
the lat sc Sion he offered u bil! in the
10 cstat!i.ii The l'rice of
hatoI al tHn reni3iti;'tc:.,i Of 1lieen rci,ta I
per pound, ai, iti.. bill would .ayr ~
cor,c q law. ai,:l i!ic h?..:rnc: Wol.i '.av
snl tlicir h;;eo., Tor ten cIui;; y Ij"u:ni I'll !
il tad u,.t Leen Iur the opj'nsi';on % tie (
t;v.il ,i,J,li,,a;r ior reelection w:,o hal ;
voted against il b:cai>@ he il0.,:..t ;ei.
rHnis VA. i,n I,w. -: PROMISED, bow &.
ever, ii, h~ were seat back 10 Li!c j.oIsv
| -; Ike Wo,i,d next winter tx i.,c law so
rs Il, I,Hin:: !r.con doW!i /" trli cvmia, u", /
lis Audience proll.i.c,i 10 Se!i lli!a
there PirE..r