The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-30
"Jess sol Jess SOY"
HARD TINES.

Its mighty hard times, tell you =
We took short walk yesterday, ana
this was the aalutation we heard one
man give another. The speaker wa, o
tall man, in his shirt sleeves. aud n
Hlouched hat, and he stood holding ia
his strong hand rope attached I'd The
horns of stunted Juvenile steer, thas,
witfif--ite II jig consumptive little compsniou,
looked as II ifftshe rope we're superauous;
for there was noshses more foreign 70
their Tie .-.or snieiss than runninx
away: 1"e
which tneaattenuatod oittle were Iritchef
groaned in It's oiilcss joints under nins
sticks of green wood, unsplit because
thin. The wood looked like Euglish
hip poles, and the m,n who vozsd the
times. were hard could have carried tie
load easily. In the back part Of tho
Wagon, secured by strap, was a glassi
earthen jug with corn cob stopper
supplemented by piece of red rag. We ,
did not wait to hear more of the stale
platitudc, but went on; the sight Of
such teams, such loads, such. nisu snd
such statements hare become too con
mon to excite comment Late 10 tho
afternoon we saw the team again, going
home through the mud, rain aud incrsas
ing darkness. The driver had ths glazsl,
jug under his head, Us he lay on the two
planks that formed the wagons bsd.
We do not know what the Jug consainsd,
but whatever it was the man had given
all the contents he could, an iasids pass
age The little steers had Yisfbfy
shrunken since morning, looking, peor /.
things, as if they wers gradually wash
ing away, aud longing for the JOS to Ea'
over. This man was not type Of tho :
yeomanry of this land. Uufortunatsly, q
1t has no class corresponding to the yso
h'an. lie was poor, Ignorant white
man, wi'hia wife and large family. no
doubt, and he lives in wrotched ono
rcomed cabin, on piece of fwatsr.washed
land, unknown aud uncarsd for, wiela-aSs
impulse, aud no aid 10 rise to nshloc,
life. Hard Times?' Who are making
them? The poor wife, With hsaTY hsaTY iittttiiS iiiittttiiSS
ones huddled about her lasb nightg kne,y,
what brought hard tines to her wretch
cd abode, when the famished brSto5
stopped, with hanging tougaes; In sfEs
darkness, and she heard tho oaths oethe
greater brute as hc staggered In With Che
glazed jug in his hand. aa 1'iFa!agoI
Hard times / says tho man Who nsyAr
did stroke of earnest, honest work Ia
make them better. Hard tirnast saSa
the young man, too proud to- labor with
the white hands which he fo.da as he
waits tor chance to give him an a,sp
job. Hard tines!' says the plantesas
he begs the merchant to give him tiuas
tor the food he moods, and paying so OF
lOo per cent. fur his advances, BE eesa
back over barbarous roada to ga s,aeona
portable home to bet his cemsininp tisns
and credit on that gama Of ohanoo---ook
ton. Hard tines " cries ths nre.chsrss
as notes tall duo and not one dollar Of
the thousands owing him cornss in IL
meet them. Yes the times are harda
the cause lies at our own door. !, Orr
merchants are the slaves Of Nov Yogi.
and our farmers the yassals Of fise nsssr
chants. There is too littlaeernasA. sssn
onori, too many af .heayaaa hinssiavs
70 inoite to persistent labor. Six inssstiIs
from now will tell The story, aad aha Gar
NOR who from neglect II forced than b.
buy his tood, deserves all tho .har i ti asa
: IT will be possible toiasiss2 lfyss gtIl