The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27

citv 70 clair, special privileges and advsnta
geS for her citizens because she pays more
taxes than We do, or, In plain English, because
Nor are we willing to involve the people Of
the State to restore Chareston's properly at =
| time when our farmers have lost more oy tne
floods than Charleston has iost oy the ear'h
quake. ,,,o,, c,,or-
We recognize the hue and cry which Chnr.
lesion made against us on account OF tne
treatment which were accorded 10 convicts
on our railroads, and the fact Is patent tia'
| they were taken from us.
| We are also aware of the fact that Charles
ton to-day has convicts In her phospnate
beds, and we have the authority OF the lceg-
lister for saying that many. very many, OF tne
pardons recently granted. were for the alles,
ed reason, that the convicts had returned
from the phosphate beds either dying OF
broken in health. Not single word OF pro,
test, so far rs we have seen, has been uttered
by either of our daily papers againSt TINS Ter
rble and dsgraceful cruelty. Their knowl-
edge of the English language seemed lnaue
qnate to describe their lOathings OF the treat
ment which convlcts received on railroads In
the up-country.
We recognize the fact that while the Ne,os
and Courier and The RegsIter were ur urging ,Sn IN
distress In Charleston, that laborcrs were re-
ceiving higher wages than ever before.
We recognize the fact that there was
at the same time over two million dollars on
deposit in the National Banks of that city.
which was there without interest-tdte capt
We know at the same time that our farmers
aer poor and hard pressed to pay their store
bills. We know that many of them, because
OF the floods In the spring, lost all crops on
the bottSm lands, while the crops on many OF
the hills were ruined.
We know that the loss OF crops by the floods
and rains was as much the act OF Providence
az was the destruction Of houses by the earth
quake. Ill.
TO let two millions of dollars lie idle In her
bapks-her newspapers are ursing the people
of the State TO issue bonds for the Dement'S VI
that city. ,,u
loco nothing BY the Issuing Of bonds.
We pres iine the same assurance was given
In lS:S. when Charleston wanted bonds To re-
build her burnt houses. AS result OF the
States generosity at that time. we have good
reason TO believe that more than I'VE hundred
thousand dollars OF the present bonued In
dehtedness of the State is due to that act.
We know that Charleston has two Senators,
but we do not know or any good reason why
she should have two when we have only one.
We know that the enumeration OF the peo-
pie of the State should have been made O
year or so go, and we know by the defeat Oh
that constitutional requirement that Charles.
ton continues TO hold seats In the General
Assembly to which she Is not entitled and
which, we think, the proud old city should
Scorn TO lake.
Il the Press and Banner is the only newspa-
per in the State which insists that the up.
country IL the equal of Charleston, while u
protests against our making Illuminating
pie OF Charleston are rich, and we are poor,
then give us the credit.
when Charleston was stricken, every heart
in the up-country went out In sympathy for
her and her unfortunate citizens, and these
moneyless people OF the up-country, tmme.
dately cave as literally rs their limited
means would allow. Although the disaster
occurred on the night OF the Slst of August.
whom tho country peuI.le were absolutely
moneylcss, they raised something, and sent
1t forward with their good wishes and with
their sympathy. They had not much money,
nnt Thy .aed eens
Under these circumstances, then, was IL
kind in Charleston to propose to take our
bonds In tie Jur Of our sympathy? II 1t was
wrong In us to protest against the act OF involE,
that city have urged such q financial
measure in the osH very hour that our sym
We believe The city of Charleston deserves
exactly the same consideration from the Leg
slature that is accorded t0 any other part of
the State. IT We are alone In this sentiment
then give the Press and Banner all the credit.
We presume. as a matter of fact, that the
Press and Banner has about as much of the
milk of the human kindness as Its brethern
possess. We ciaim no more, but claim MS
much. We believe there Is not newspe'
per on the soil OF South Caroline who IS
more sorry for the existence OF sectional
ism" than the Press and Banner. That 'tsec-
tionalism," we think, exists chiefly In Char
lesion. We certninly do not know of its eN-
isl ence in the up-country, except as Charles
ton prOvokeS 1t.
In various parts Of the State who may have
aSsu,n ed TO be bettcrthan the Press and Banner
we would suggest that 1t might be us well
TO "let another man praise thee, and not
thine cwn mouth a stranger and not thine
own lips