The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-04


exist. It is necessary for you to discuss these
questions Of politics and agriculture. [ start
cd the agricultural side Of thi; movement.
somebody else injected politics into the Other
side. II il were not for the politics in this
movement, would all this great crowd be
here? God knows purely farmers move
mcnt would never get so many farmers to-
gcther ut one time. l would urge you, after
succeeding in securing your rights, not to COL
lapse like balloon.
TIE ONLY WAY TO KEEP DOWN CoRRUP-
TGoS.
You cannot keep down corruption in the
Democratic party, without Watching those
who arc in office. No country ever existed
where there was but one political party that
those who were put on guard and accepted
office, had I0t betrayed their trust. Are
not big salaries paid for almost no work?
Wouldn't The Legislature Of South Carolina.
which Is composed chiefly of lawyers be sur
priscd If we farmers hold meeting in COlum-
bin next November composed OF men of in-
telliscncc, who would formulate our ideas,
ana then demand our recognition at the
hands of the legislature This would not he
revolutionary. 1t is common sense. It is
practical, political common sense.
l would rot antagonist the present slate
Fair. Hugh :. Thompson has climbed the
golden stairs and gone 10 Washington for Of
flee. James y. LipScOmb, Master of the State
! Grange, has been Secretary of State for four
| years, now wants to go to Congress. d. T..
! Mcchar ical Association, and Railroad Com
missioner, wants To DO Governor
It is the duty of the present board Of aSri-
culture to analysc fertilizers and prevent
| fraud. The farmers pay Sl,3W.0O0 year for
fertilizers, which is one great leak which
drains our pockets. of nearly all profits in
farming. do not claim that you can farm
without it, But do claim that you could use
less, and ] urge that we be protected from rob.
berry by frauds in fertilizers. The only penal.
ty attached for practicing fraud Oh us in this
way Is. the coDiiScat!on OF the fertilizer. FER
tiliZCrs arc never analysed until they are in
the ground. How can you do so then? Is ii
not right and proper to demand OF tho l.egis
laiurc 10 see that We are not robbed? Thirty.
To the requirements The Legislature has
seen no need OF protecting us from this fraud
and never will They should make the man
| ulacturCr OF fraudulent fertilizers liable tC
| fine and Imprisonment.
God forbid that should be so low and dc
based as to meet and comm inge with that low
crowd ut Columbia, unless go there asa man
intending to do my duty. don believe that
they have stolen anything. They haye not
yet got so fur dcbauched But tell the fnc
that six years ago, Gov. lla=ond and Gov. Jc'
! ter stated the amount oc the annual expense
or cost Of maintaining the Government
Since then 1t has increased 500 900. Is tht
Government any better now than 1t was them
1t is not. 1t can't be proved that 1t is.
NO GREAT LIFTING OF TIE PUBLIC DEBT.
II is utterly impossible to expect any great
| lifting of the burdens of taxation. The hSet
charges such rs the interest on the publi'
debt. and the cost of maintaining The schools
is the greater part Of our burden. Except iol
these items the taxation Is small, hut Will
new laws and Il new Constitution these Item:
may be greatly reduced.
1t. hats been urged that there is a
need for Il new Constitution, but the
proposition was voted down. Why? l car
only say from some suggestions thrown OUT
| n
of our getting the new COnstitution-tha
those blessed bonds which have beer cram
med down our tlroa's may be repudiatcd.
don't care about the public debt. ! don't be
debt.
When white men got bacl; into power, whcr
! they gUt back into Their old hOm@-th1 stat,
| lIu.SG--it scr,nS tC mo that tlcccncy and self
respect demanded that we should have new
| Constitution. Have You sunk so low thHt Eot
nrc willing 10 live under tlie Radical Consul
| tuition?
| afraid of yourselves that you do not make
! The demand for Il new Constitution.
TIE BIGGEST LEAK IS N THE COUNTY GOV
ERNNENT.
The b:@gnS! leak in the public treasury is IN
thr county GDvrru!h"nt.
The County commissioners arc an cXpcn
disc!i,Irsc their duties h"c:lGEe of low SALARY
which j. laid to tie officer. The roads are
bal. | rGdc to .tbbrvillc in n gully. No
three men can attend 10 the Office OF County
Commissioner. Let lis return to the old way
of macasing the public highways.
WHAT T1LLMAS SAID IN YoRL.
This is what the Y0rkrNe Enquirer reports
Mr.. Tilman as having said on this subject at
Tirzah:
they do get but tlittlc pay, bnt it is no less
true that they do but little work This Office
in Edgcllcld has paralyzcd public spirit. Our
County Comm lSHluncl'S get poor pay To no
look after everything because they are paid
for doing il; nothing is done, and the conSe-
quencc is we travel In gullics instead Of roads
from one si;le of our country TO the other.
We 60 down Il long stretch OF hill in gully,
cross the creek and go up another hill in a
gully. The pay OF 4 County Commissioner IS
so small that nobody even wants the ollice:
Let uS abolish the County Commissioners and
90 tu the old plan. We have lo use FOR q
County School Commissioner or Il County
Auditor, and in Edgc!ield the Trial Justices
are another nuisance, Keeping the dnckcls ol
Sessions Court filled with trivial cases OF ne
gro fights and litigation, Which they indus
iriOuSly look up, Summoning all lhe witness
cs they can find, whether they know any
the case or not.
"As 10 the free schools, I will say that they
are all Il humbu@. ! am not opposed to cdl-
cation. God forbid that should be. l want
tho schools, but / want them made better
than they now are. | would have the school
districts made square. instead of tho present
irregular shape. and the school house located
in the center. If this plan were adopted we
would have no flSSrS about lOcatin" II school
house on this or that side of Il creek. And |
would have the school trustees elected by
white taxpayers and not appointed
WHAT lie SAID AT AEEkVILLE.
IIo said at Abbcyillc, the public schools
were an ulcer OH the body polite, which, II
better men do not take hold of them, should
be removed. He never did sec the use OF n
School commissioner. He thought bis salary
might be saved. and said that Legislators
didn't know how hard it is for you to work
to make Sl0O.iH.
1t is claimed that il is necessary to have q
County Auditor and 4 TrcaSurcrto walcl each
other. In our county the Auditor ana irc;S-
urrr are The thickc$t men you ever saw; We
cant tell one from The other, ard think one
man should ,lo all the work Of these Offices.
There is no use for the office OF Registrar.
Tie Probate Judge could attend To all IN" dM-
ties OF that Hilirc There is no Use OF feather
ing another nest.
TIE APPOINTING POWER.
Another nuisancc--why permi! the Govern
or to appoint so many officers. Although The
The Constitution under whi''h we lir" says
that magistrates shall DC elected hy the rc",
pIc ihc Governor appoints all of our Irlhl
Justices. The reason assigned for this over
riding OF the organic law, is that anomalous
condition Of affairs in the low country. ], for
one: in gettinG mishty tcd Of smHit'hG m G,,ri to
down there. Let us elect our Auditor anu
Treasurer. ] don't know that we can c!rct
better mon than the Governor will appoint,
hui by rlrctin" these officers we will prevent
the rin: from getting amy bigger.
ono Liw bIlm bear which stands in the way ol