The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-18
No. 38.

the great clothlers, were under tile
ban. and both the 0'Neils, of dry
goods fame, came in for kick. I
expect that any Of these horny-
handed sons Of toll would have
thought it a very hard and cruel
thing If Rogers, Peet & Go. or the
O'Neils had discbared a man and
then gone to every man inside and
out of their lines of business and
had requested every one they met
not to employ him but to drive him
forth an ontcast, with every mans
hand against him. 1t will be a bad
day for this country if the misera.
BILE principle OF boycotting ever
gets footing here. There was no
a man or boy in that procession
who would not have considered it a
gross outrage if the principle W re
put in practice against himself, One
paper puts the procession atl0,000.
| can only say if there were that
number I did not see them. One
Of the great features of the affair
was the tremendous reception given
to the Black brigade-there were
not to exceed forty or fifty of them,
but they were certainly among the
most respectable dressed men ON
tie entire line of march. They
seemed to realize that the Emanei.
patton Proclamation was an accom-.
pl!sbed fact, and thav rom this time
forth thy can hold their heads
erect in the Grand Army of Labor
AS they proudly marched along,
having been accorded q most hon
orable position right in the centre
of tie line, they were cheered by
their white colaborers from the
time the procession started till it
closed. The day was one of the
season and the demonstration
wound up with joyous meetings all
over the city.
The robbery of the city by the
Board Of Aldermen of million of
dollars or more has caused ire.
mendous excitement and may lead
to political revolution here-like
that which occurred in Brooklyn.
The fact is lot of low ruffians in
the different wards have banded
themselves together for the purpose
Of plundcr. The city treasury with
an income OF thirty-fye or forty
millions per annum is p-ize worth
working for. The three Halls-Tam.
many, the County Democracy and
Irving Hall, divide the spoils among
them, each ready to kill the other
for his share of the loot. a more
disgraceful organization than the
present Board of Aldermen does
not exist in the United States. To
see them in session one might i'm.
agine himself in the Rogue's Gal.
lery. IF they were indicted for
crime there is not jury in the
world that would not acquit them on
the ground that they were not re.
sponsible, as it was the nature of
the baste. They are hard look.
ing set; graduates Of the rum.
mills and the slums, and New York
deserves to be robbed when she
elects such rascals to rule her.
Once more our schools are open,
ed and the little angels who have
almost crucifed US for the past tSo
months are once more TUNED over
to the public instructor. In New
York and Brooklyn are not far frcu,
quarter Of a million of children.
The Lord be thanked we have got
them safely penned for another ten
months, with some slight intermis.
sions, which we can stand.
The pastors Of our various fash.
ionable churches put in, an appear,
auce last Sunday, though I regret
to add that Brooklyn still mourns
for Beecher and Brother Talmage,
and refuses to be comforted. Broth.
er Beccher always suffers from hay
fever in August and September and
so gives Plymouth Church o very
eide berth till the cold weather sets
In, and Brother Talmage having
laid up goodly amount of treasure
where the rust doth not consume
and thieves cannot break in and
steal, on which no doubt he expects
to draw for the next hundred mil.
lion years, is now engaged In
gathering shekels for home con.
sumption before he starts upon his
long journey. Knowing full we'll
that in this wicked and material
world Of ours, the butcher, the
baker and candlestick maker must
all be provided for, Brother Tai:
mage declares he must have rest, he
must have rest, he can't get along
without it. He takes two months
for which he gives no equivalent.
He is paid to rest, but he does not
rest but works harder, making
more money than he, does at any
other season Of the year. He will
make two or three thousand dollars
in his vacation. Some Of his con-
gregation think that Brother Tai
mage is not doing exactly the
square -thing-working for some:
body else, when they are paying
him a thousand dollars a month to
recuperate his dropping spirits.
From Christian standpoint it Ger,
tainly does look queer.
| Familiar faces are back on Wall
street. and if our capitalists have
not got rid Of all their loose change
at the watering places. we may look
| for q stOck hnom TOok of IL hfJk