The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-29
For the HERALD AND NEWS.
NJ A Y BINTON,

roundings that tell what the man is,
| might very certainly call myself the
baCkwOolSm%n, aih rs such | will
address myself to Che HERALD AND
| News.
If there is anything in partial SC.
, clusion, say Il charm in having your
abode isolated from the white man s
tace-OnlY q semi occasional meeting
| with one, and then, ., how glad you
welcome him-.hcmmcd in AMI out, and
ON every side 10y the sable man. and
lastly, three great rivers to cut you
OF III times, right when you don't
want it done from railway cities and
towns, tncn | am in it,. In II word,
my present lahila;ion rather makes
ne original in my own way Of think
ing and philosophising, and it is from
this standpoint mean to speak.
Don't think Mr.. Editor, that
never catch an opportunity Of know
ing thing or two from the busy go.
ing outside world, and do not mis-.
understand mc to say our corner is
buried. Not SO. Whilst nature has
done ';cr part here in giving us land
and rivers, gcnuS homD has not alto.
gct!cr done his part in keeping pace
with the progress Of the times. But
this is not long 10 last. The people
OF this section are all alive on the
contemplated railroad, and they &C
| tuaily mean business. know Of but
two dissenting voices.
The good clcvcrpcoplc Of May bin
ton and township surely deserve this
grand commodity, Keep striking,
my fellow workers. Never let an op-
portunity pass. "In the bright lcxi-
con Of youth there is no such word
rs fail" The iron horse only re-
mains in the distance. Let her come.
1t VIII mo- only increase the value of
our present stagnatcd lands, but will
bring about SO many other minor
good things. For instance the can
didatc in toto: us 'uld saw all ov
! dem if dc rail rode had bin here den"
| don't know whether to take their
scattering presence rs ali@hto or not,
or to attribute it to their generous
nature. However, two Or three found
inc as matters stand, and | voted for
them Oh practical merit because |
knew them to be pcrscvcring work.
crs by them overcoming the hardship
it requires to reach inc. The others,
perhaps, had too much clarity to i'm
pose their horse feed on us, knowing
''thc corn is out Hence, the loss of
Il railroad. We will have the cars
ready, l hope, Mr.. Candidate, by the
next term. What say you?
BY the way, shall Brazzlcman's
bridge be rcouiit on the same spot,
or moved farther down? This is
a question in dispute, and one which
| consider Of great Importance, and
hope ii will be settled to the best ad.
vantage and all interested will pom.
der wei! before making their decision,
and they should do SO without any
selfish ends or unbiased aim, but for
the best good for the community
Advantages and disadvantages should
be carefully weighed. Shall it be
decided by vote Of the township or
not? And does not the town pay n
tax for this h:i,lgc rs well as the
township, and Tie whole county also?
And if decided by township vote
does not the negro have a vote along
with the lrccEoldcr? From the
writer's view he fails to see how it
can best profit the people and the
county seat Wy moving it. The
County Commissioners should &C.
quaint themselves thoroughly on
this matter and act regardless Of all
selfish measures.
When the railroad and bridge oct
to hc reality our Mayb:nton people
Will be all right, and too, we will be
better prepared to comprehend more
fully Mr.. Tillmans plans and great
many other things which we cannot
now conceive. lie says some good
things. The dragging agricultural
pursuit certainly needs help, there is
something wrong in it somewhere
and it is very possible B. II. Tillman
may yet prove this Moses indeed.
COUNTRY PnIL0soIIIIER.