The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25

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aware that 1T Is extremely distastefWl;
TO sono Of'our Oyer,politic people to
a scuss certain points as Icr ring On
political issues. The writer is no pol
itician, antl!the matter in hand Is a.dis-
cussiOn Of:mcre dollars and Gents
and that too involving eyory dollar
aud cent some of :us ure:r worth. We
make tls"se femarss.iiot III III ultra
feeling, but to .nreuss some Of our
TURNER'S. to .c0,eider whether they are
not supplying Cheap range aud pustur
aye TO certain "twO-lcgged animals.
who,, like the tabled goose, Empower
lshes tho lands bV Mis- ,creppings nnd
droppiilga; and we are prepared to
show tlnt twelve years Ugo we as
serted In print that this animal could
never give a value to the auIts OF any
country; and twelve years hence We
expect to be callea.a prOpllGt.3
Again, we assert that the values of
our lands will be kept down by an OK.
cess'ot negro population over whites.
Indeed, until the whites get the ascend
aImy in such localities, there will be
no values.
e.. Surrounding lands will be per-
mancntly injured in value bv negroes
purchasing and owning lands.
3. One of the common negro
churchcs--gencrally perpetual, howl
ing hclls. six days of each week will
dclNcciate the: value of surrounding
rcal estate.
i. a negro school-house will iniure
the value of lands near it, and cspe-
cially such places. as have roads through
them leading to it. So much for the
country and our people of the coun-
try unless they be over-pofitic and can
understand and appreciate the torcgo-
lng reasons without explanation.
Every town can have a ."Natcilcz
under the hill, )" or small Give Points,"
by selling batch Of "cheap lots" on
some. edge of it while the taxes puid
by such localities will never pav fts
the extra police to keep them IN order.
Such increase In population will in
crease the poor rate, and taxation will
tend to curse rather than bless any
town.
Again, the values of real estate will
DC depressed BY Keeping worthless
tenants on it, who have neither the
will nor ability to cultivate it properly;
and this remark is intended ESPECIALLY
to apply to the bull calf tenant and his
scanty cultivation. ,Snch bull calves
are generally followed by three or four
able bodied laborcrs, who are domi-
cilcd, as it were, by the fruits of his
tabor, and Others kept from the market
OF productive labor, thereby dcprcss-
ing the surrounding lands. Again, bv
the production Of crops entirely for
sale and NO crops of home supplies,
we will very much dcprcss values Of
realty if worked by tie owner, and
much more 50 by the tenant, as he
thereby becomes SO sicklv and poor
that his landlord has almost every
sDring to take him up, as an olu COW
on the lift, and help to 'lirn' him
against the supply merchant tho corn
and bacon man.
IT. is good policy to improve the
value OF our lands. to encourage the
thrifty, lardworkiny and successful
class of tenants, and to increase the
number Of such.
70 dispense with bull calf and
worthless tenants altogether, and let
them either hunt another home, or
step into the ranks OF common labor
ers ill having earned enough Of money
and experience, they may become re-
spectacle tenants. TO improve our
cultivation and our agricultural intel
iiEcncc. 70 use such impr0Scd inn
plcnlcnts as we can reach To erect
permanent and convenient farm houses
and oulbuildimgs. TO bccome inde-
pendent owners; never buying on
credit or by any means allowing q
mortgage on the farm TO make home
supplies first; staple crops afterwards.
To Sock the situation Squarclv in the
face and realize the same. TO learn
at once that YOU have to derelop this
country, and to realize the fact that
You can at present, to some extent,
realize negro labor. but had best ar
range to live without him and do with
out him as soon rs possible. lie is
not developer, but always has been
skinner. TO always sing the old
song,
ale that by the plow would thrive,
Must either hold himself or drive"
Real estate should rise rapidly in
value in the face of the present low
rates Of interest. Every acre Of land
in Fairfield should increase one Il liar
each year in value for the next twenty
Years, and the average valuation in
1900 should be over twenty-five dollars
per acre. Respectfully,
HORACE GREELEY.