The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-06
"Farmer Tillman's" Charges do not
Apply to Darlington County, Next.


If we understand what Farmer
Tillman is driving at he is cndeav
oring first TO persuade the farmers to
organize and form regular clubs; Sec
ondly, to show them the necessity
for an agricultural college; and
thirdly to call their attention to eX-
listing abuses in the State and county
governments. He is right when he
urges the farmers to organize and to
hold regular meetings. Lawyers,
doctors and men of other callings
have formed themselves into socic-
ties and meet at stated periods to
exchange views and discuss such
subjects as are calculated to advance
their several interests. Ifthcse men
find this profitable, how much the more
will it prove so to the agriculLuralsts,
to whom an interchange Of views and
experience and comparison of ideas
has always been Of such inestimablc
advantage. Let the farmers form
these clubs, they will undoubtedly be
benefited thereby.
AS to tho second proposition. nIl
we have to say is that If the farmers
want separate agricultural college,
they ought to have it.
Mr.. Tillman's third object is to
call attention to existing abuses in
the State and county governments.
Here, in our, opinion, lie is at fault.
His abuses are not "eXisting,' but
''imaginary." In speaking to the
farmers of Darlington, he tells them
that there is some extravaganza
somewhere in county affairs ;,if by this
statement he referred to counties
other than this one, there would have
been no use in his making the re-
mark, as it would have been of no
interest to body Of Darlington
farmers. SO, for fear lest Darlington,
by silence on our part, ;c included
in this sweeping assertion, it be-
comes incumbent upon us to show
whether the statement which has
been made applies to our county.
The closest examination will fail TO
show extravaganza anywhere in the
management Of our county affairs.
Our taxes are not "almost as high rs
they were in radical times 1t must
be remembered that taxes are highcr
in Edgefeld than they are here. Mr..
Tillman should carefully discrimi.
nate between the county Of Darling.
ton and the county of EdgeCcld.. IF
his "abuses" exist in Edgelicld, he
ought to stay there and look after
them; they don't exist here. The
statement that you can "hardly get
the county commissioners to fix the
bridges may be true OF Edgelicld;
it does not apply to Darlington; our
county commissioners are all efficient
men, and they do their duty we'll.
The audience at Lydia knew this to
be the case; 80 that portion of Mr..
Tillman's talk was rather coldly re-
ceived; as also was the statement
which he made about the Trial JUS
tices "down his way" 1t may be
true that the Edgetield Trial Justices
"hunt up all the little trihing assault
and battery cases they can find so as
to get COSTS; it is not true as re.
CARDS Darlington. But one should
not he surprised ut this statement,
for Judges, both resident and timer
ant, appear to net queerly in that
portion of the world. Didn't Mr..
Tillman tell us about a Circuit Judge
who allowed tho Court proceedings
to be delayed in order that two men
might "go bird hunting?" If they do
things thatway where LIE lives, ,"thcrc's
no place like home," for this reform.
er, and he was correct when he told
us at Lydia that "hc left home at
great Inconvenience" lie could
have remained at home and found
plenty to do. Why, to put a stop to
the extravaganza in county affairs in
Edgefeld; to make the county com
nissioners do their duty; to prevent
unjust persecution on the part Of
the Trial Justices; and to see that the
Judges don't get too indolcnt and
indulgent when they reach that sec.
tion; to accomplish all this would oc.
cupy, it would seem the whole Of
Moses ," time and attention for
several years to come. Let him de-
vote himself 10 this good work.
From his statements there would ap
pear to be much room for reform in
Edgefield; there is none here. If he
il bent upon doing charitable acts,
let him remember that home is the
place for charity to begin, and from
his own account "there is no place
like home," for him to work upon.
The farmers in Darlington, in com
mon with the rest Of mankind, desire
to be better off in worldly goods, and
they should make every effort to be-
come so. but they are not "impovcr-
ishen." Does the assertion that the