The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
LIFE IN LOUISIANA.
Disregard of Sunday Laws-An Interest
ing Congressional Race Between Sugar
Planters-A Good Things for Farmers.
Especial to The Herald and News. /;

lSpeclal to The Herald and News.
THIBoDAUX, La, August 2G.-When
the Sabbath morning sun flashed the
cerulean hue into the sky, and tiecked
the whole garden beneath with rubies
and diamonds, and set the dark green
foliage of the orange aglow with
emeralds and sapphires; when the little
songsters flung tom their tiny throatS
carols not subject t6>alan's pen or art.
when nature i'll her uni7essssassl tongue
bade every animated creature lookup
and praise the Creator; man alone in
his wisdom and discretion saw that
nature pointed to the wrong duty; man
alone saw in that day other posSiblli-
ties; it was his day for pleasure, excur-
sions, frolic and fun. Early with the
waking sun the roar Of the excursion
ists' cannon notified the town that the
boat had left its mooring, and the mel
ody of the band told of the jollity that
was in store for the pleasure-seekers.
When night had hung her sable cur
tain high up in the heavens so that
darkness rested upon the earth; when
those who were content to seek a truer
pleasure and more real enjoyment,
h:.d laid themselves to rest; when still
ness like feecy cloud had settled upon
the town, then came 4 wild discordant
squealing of horns and rattling Of
drums mingled with the squalls of dis
sipated human beings. The returning
excursionists had just landed, tired
enough of their days outing. But this
is the popular thing here for Sunday.
Here the commandment reads. "Rc-
member the Sabbath day to keep it
holiday," and after all it is the better
way to spend the day, for 1 notice in
number of the towns, regardless of the
law to the contrary, business places are
open on Sunday just as on any other
day.
Just at this time, this, the third Con-
eressional District, is in a political fer
ment. The election will take place the
third OF September, for a man to I'LL
out the unexpired term of E. J. Day,
deceased. The pitting is sugar planter
against sugar. planter. 1t is indeed
amusing to hear the arguments offered
bv the contestants. The Republican
ventilates the Democratic free trade
principles to the detriment of his op-
ponent, while the Democratic leader
fiinrs the Senate bill in the air as
sample of Republican legislation touch
inc Southern industries. While one OF
"the boys" usually follows this Demo-
cratic leader and suggests in the meek
est, mildest possible language that
"there was a school Of politics which
| taught that farce was more honorable
than fraud, and that lead was more
valuable than gold in election times. "
And, too, it is interesting TO watch the
side glances of the dusky sons Of Ham
when one overseer says to another:
"Will two hundred be enough" you
had better have them cleaned and
loaded.n The remembrance OF the tact
that but short while ago there was a
negro insurrection here in which the
| whites were fired upon, will explain
the expressions which seem to be some
what revolutionary. 1t is pretty sure
that the Democrats will send their man
| up to Washington. am personally
acquainted with hin-Mr. Price.
Have had the pleasure of spending
|seyeral weeks in his home on the
ACADIA Plantation" He is a young
prosperous sugar planter LIST year he
made on this place million and hall
pounds of sugar. The campaign IS the
excitement here now, and really politi-
| cal ewes look this way from every quar-
ter; for each national party is now look
ing upon this election as a sort OF
balance weight. If the Democracy
wins. 7 am sure that man thoroughly
identified with Southern interests will
90 to Congress; while if the Repuollcan
sugar planter wins, it will be as ne
himself says, triumph Of the Repub-
lican party, and not the success OF a
Southern sugar planter; another
weight thrown into the scale to aid
Re1u blican principles, which practi-
cal v seem to be discrimination against
the South in business and national in
dustries, and bitt n thrusts at her from
an intellectual, moral and social stand
point. houo
that strikes me as being a good thing:
The sugar planters have a "planters'
clnb.D This club has erected a nice
building in town. They have fur
nished that building with pieturc3.
books, magazines, weeklies and danes,
with games, &c. Merchants, clerks,
Lawyers, doctors, overseers, planters ana
small farmers belongto it The good
to be derived from such club seems to
be that it furnishes a convenient place
for it's members to spend a few minutes
when such are at hand, in the COM
pany of congenial companions, and
away from bar-room influences. There
is an air of gentility about the place
which is very inviting. The place IS IS
open to such only as are members; rs .,,, 1T 1t
promotes the acquaintance Of farmer
with farmer, and views are exchanged
which are helpful. A place OF strict
morality, and vet place OF ease ana
freedom. Nothing seems'to me to be
of more Importance, aside from the es'
sentials, to the farmers than to be tho
roughly acquainted with each other,
and to have meeting place IN the
town where they trade, that they may
spend their spare moments while there
to profit. Too often the ''coffee house
Ibar.rcom) is the club room. Such
club meetings damage the farming IN
terests more than all the intercourse
can benefit it. }. NJ. HENk1.