The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-29
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NOTES FROM FE.iSTERJJLLE.

NOTES FROM FE-ISTEEIJLLE
The Crop Prosrcct-h Word or Two o.,
Politics, and tho New Party.
DARK CORNER, June %. The rco-
pic Of the Corner are still at work
Such us shell corn to send to mill arc
trying to clean their crops while the
weather is favorable. Crops, though
small, look promising and we might
say there is good prospect. We are
harvesting one Of the finest oats crops
| have ever seen. Oats arc the thing
after W. E's. cow-pcas. The yield of
wheat is light.
Nothing unusual has TRANSFERRED OF
interest since you heard from us be-
fore, except the reorganization Of tl!r
FeustcryillG Democratic Club uuhrr
favorable circumstances. AS The
Grccnback Club claims to be compos-
c9 Of good citizens we claim 10 held
the names Of still better men who have
been tried and found not vauiin.c.
Had these men who have been induced
to go into the 'Grccnback Club by such
over anxious Office seeking leaders,
undcr prctcncc Of financial interest.
been SO good as you heard thty were,
they would hardly have entered into
it or anything else that tends to divide
tho whitcs-wllich division, they know
rs well as do, will bring nothing but
corruption and disgrace upon us.
What difference is there in rlnn"v
Of name? Ii'ths sacred and divine
party ever comes into power it will be
by the cooperation Of the political
thieves Of the past. From the general
rumor prevailing here thut is the line
the Saint is running the thing on. |
understand j. II. MrLanc has p:oco
II the Camden J0Urnot asking tllc
people to stop scandaizing him. \
living man may die, but seldom do
dead men como to life. understand
he says that the kind Of men who are
trying to scandalize him are night
riders and bulldozcrs. That is just the
kind OF cat he has himself been. Has
lie forgotten his color line speeches in
conventions and committee mrc,u,y<? :?
Has &c Forgotten that he argued against
odds :hat The negro has no rights and
should b" ignored? We all remember
his speech when the rlib had FLAG
presented to it by one Of our esteemed
ladies, huw he was going to mount
with it on the Rock OF Ages Us i,
were: Victory or death was his
motto. Cart some one present him
now with a flag witl green edges for
him to die under?
We have not heard much about the
phosphatcs lately. \ crop WAS pitch
cd here last year with the aid of a
humpbackcd negro, but about NIav
when the sun rose early and 80; hate
the farm was turned over to hind
Providence. y wish TO keep the
fingers ont Of the dirt may explain the
absence Of phosphate questions this
year.
who has forgotten Mr.. McLanc's
long cpistlcs about the citizens move
mcnt in 1877? lie was only feeling
for Office, but never felt. lie mostly
resembles good milk COW that gives
a pail OF milk. and then kicks il over.
llc claims to know a good deal about
INC Democratic party. AS Henry
Johnston says. Ec ought TO know about
the laws when he helped 10 make
them.
We know that he voted for lIamp-
ton several times, but guess few OH .
side Of this Eorler know that he tried
to get tip Il movcmcn, to rcputliatc IN,
champion Tax" If he has nol been
the leader in all the little side-isSucs
about Feastcwillc he has been wcncr-
ally hearty co-workcr. This divine
mission is not costly perhaps, rs the
general impression prevails that the
grey mare is fed on National Rcpubli-
can oats. " no knows but that This
mission will do good yet? 1t is be-
licved If the Republicans carry the
i'rcsidcnlial election they viii cstab-
fish king. I'm tha, case he may rail,.
tho Corner and overthrow monarchy
could write number Of stn,.:,i.,y
facts rs regards the plans and acts @!
lHts WohHrrtu! person who claimed to
Dc Democrat: once. If he thinks we
not know him he is very much in the
! dark. D,,K Copxrr
AS some people claim that Hon. 3
Is. Lewis, Of Alabama, is a Green.
hacker, send You an extract from
the Vest 4ilaJamian to show his trur
position: DC,
DENIAL FROM MIR. LEWIS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, }
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April "a, 80. {
Euit0r Ufthc Nutionu1 lTem: | So,
an abusive article in yourpapcr, take,
from the New York Rcrjcm, Stain,
in substance, that had been clccirt
on Grccnback platform, and had. h,
my vote on the Weaver RESOLUTIONS
betrayed my constituents. + was clrct
ca on platform unanimously adoptc.
ny the Democratic Convention tina