The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-03-30

rake advantage Of it if he does not wish To a.,
50. Dci'Gvc Chat, to somc extent ut least
every may is The architrct of his own fortune
wv / you give y man n clanc. and he doe.
Succcc" 'nc;' ihr I.uit i in himself. Tho
,c IA" snap: ,i'"s every man u chance.
u vac l'en la" :; repealed, then tho LAID
"Whcr VII t'a,r -" make the advances. II 10
Il ''in'h'ao't Tact that the condition of tho
country Is su"!i, that u great many furm.rs
Would &c un'hie to nuke the advance With,
n"r'EaginG thctr lands. Thus it would force
many men to stake all upon the uncertain,,v
CT a single crop.
think the last Legislature made a mistake
IN their amendment to the lien law. Th;s
amendment should be repealed and let thn
law stand as II was before. There has brrn
:" much tampering with this law tina, il IS 81
unsettled mat no one not even the courts can
Keep up with it. 1t is like the vi, VS. q kalo;da-
Hcopc-cVer changing. Let the next iepisIn-
t"re repea! the recent amendment and pnrsm.
a course OF mastery inactivity, 80 the nar-
chaitS, the farmers and laborers, and lastly
the lawyers and judges cun know what the law
is. ""
MIR. l.. W. SIITH
SAID have listened with great interest to the
essay ana the discussions which have folloy-
o" iaardlr Know ON :" hich side Of this i'm
POI 'aiit Issue my convictions arc. When tho
Gs"a!lst finished reading his PAPER | thoupht
4 agreed fully with what he had said and ns
each person concluded their remarks l could
? Il" reason why | should differ from the
views they entertained. | do not nprce will
!hosc who think all of our present dcurnss;on
!" o"''hcsS ana the general poverty of. our
couh rN Is due to the operation of tn. Iir, lnw
Ip"n investigation and mature Elaboration.
the fault will be found more in our non,i1'
themselves than III any particular l,w \, p>op'S
statute book. | object most istr.nusuuIx -
the present status "f III, lien law. for nv Isr;sD
ia'loh ana Judicial Interpretation the law has
hT: rchuerca iheilcient and useless for the
JIG . which / wn t,,-
The lien law Is almost IL necessity a. lomr q:
'he homestead law remains in force and dis
agree with Mr.. Parker when he saws tho 49,,
are III n" way dependent on each other. The
eSsaylHt has Yer! properly discussed the two
together. The homestead law yiriuajIv w y"
tires from credit $1,000 OF prcprrLv Of ali mo,
who have the good fortune to be- worth that
mnch. The majority of our citizens are not 20
tT. ~ . IL unless they mortgage what little
thcy nave they would be unable To Obtain
credit. The lien law comes in RIGHT here and
gives an opportunity for credit to the poorer
Glasses OF our people without compelling them
TO NOR what little they have. Of course
when | say lien law, l mean an ctlicient law
one that will insure the sccnrity it is intnnd.S
70 give. as long as the homestead law stands
let us have an efficient lien law, but if tho
homestead law Is repealed, if the merchunt
ANA others feel when they sell goods or ad-
vance money, they will be able to cnllect their
accounts and that the law favors the collection
o. an Just demands against their debtors, and
that the law will not allow IL man to hide his
properly behind the homestead act, then the
,ne'.n"h' ieE''nE HAT there Is safety in his
business will be able to sell his goods ut re-
duced rates and not at the unnntural cr,d;t
prices OF To-day, forced upon him on account
ot the great risk he runs.
MR.. E. Is. larry
nor homestead laws, that the lien law d;snrrar-
Yea labor ana put many in possession Of land
VINO should not occupy that position. 1t wus
q maxim OF political economy that the owners
o the sou govern the county, and possession
OF Tie s"ll was near akin to ownership. II, did
not see why II man should have his proprrty
as Il homestead and leave his debts mn
PAID. Let there be justice before generosity.
DIR. F. F.. GARY.
Experience will confirm the assertion that
fhe enactment of the lien law has added so
l'ttie t" the material wcalti, and
prosperity OF the State as to be apprcciable.
NJ" d"nut it would have been repealed Iomr
ago, mt for the fact, that tho pnliti-
clans were afraid. 1t was never contrmnlntnd
10 make 1t a permanent law, but simply to
tide over The lGsS,s of the short crnp of 1865
NY objection to the law is that it r.rtakes of
the nature Of class eyis!ation and
bossism. 1t is a we'll known fact that
those who give liens are compelled To MA Mt
the greater part of the crop in coitnn. The
consequence has been that our Stat. has been
c"inpri!cn to rely nl..n o her St.tcs Tor the
nay, meat and bread tina: should I've raised ut
nome: This drains the country of all money.
thereby rntailin- poverty and preventing any
I'm pr"rcrlrnt III agriculture. 1t il imunssibIc
20 farm successfully without capital. and r.
secure It ir''m the merchant, who i, turn Sc
cure IL from the factor. who in turn gets it
from the banks, entails too much cost. IF
congress would amend the National Banking
Act $" that money could be borrowed moi
re;ti estate n real benefit would be conferred