The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
RAMBLING PARAGRAPHS.


FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO NEW YoRg
AND BACK AGAIN.
Notes of Various Places of Interest
Hints as 10 What the People OF
the North Think OF lis and the
Negro.
Without having much to say, and without
knowing much that would be worth repeat
ing, we will attempt to write something in a
rambling way OF our recent Northern trip
Going alone, and without meeting acquaint.
ances, and without knowing anything OF the
places visited, we saw only that part OF the
cities which was left out Of doors, or which
was exposed to the weather. We were not
admitted within the wells and saw nothing OF
the purple OF the Inner temples. While II
may be worth something to see immense piles
of brick and granite, cloud-pierclng marble
monuments and cast iron statues, big bridges
and fast trains, beautiful cemeteries and at
tractive parks, together with vast multi.
tudes of the unrecognized rabble. yet there is
something higher and better and more salts
flying than all these, and for. which the hun.
gering heart constantly seeks, and never find
ing, is never satisfied.
While as matter of business interest, and
as one visiting strange places for the first
time, the trip may have been sufficiently pro-
tltable and pleasant to repay the outlay In
return to the land Of our m birth, with its T IN. n
pretentious towns, and its modest people
who, If not the superiors, are certainly the
peers OF any people, and whose country .is
our home.
We saw no part Of the country which better
pleased us than South Carolina, and we saw
no place which was equal to Abbevllle coun-
ty. We saw no crops which were more val.
uable than our own. The farms Of North
Carolina and Virginia seemed not as good as
the lands In the old Palmetto State. They
were generally poor and rolling, the area
upon which crops were planted was small
The settlements were far apart, and theiI
as rule, were not equal to the
of our own farms. Manyor the
railroad depots and towns bore no resenl.
blance to the depots and towns along the Co.
lumbia and Greenville road.
Much Of the lands between Washington and
New York were as poor as possible, and miles
OF It was overgrown with scrubby trees. On
this part of the land few farms presented
greater evidences OF thrift than may be seen
anywhere along the Columbia and Greenville
A portion of the farms and farmhouses pre-.
sented such evidences OF wealth and such q
liberal expenditure of money that we thought
they were the property OF rich city folk. who
had spent their odd change III beautifying
them.
In many places between South Carolina and
New York were literally "sweet fields OF liv.
lug STetu. ClOVoT WIS IN many places,
and herds of splendid cattle were often seen,
and In those herds Of cattle we thought we
saw more profit than In anything else on any
Northern farm.
Northern homes present a more,costly, and 1t
may be in some instances, more beautiful ap-
pearance, yet the general average of the farms
along the road beyond the South Carolina
line is not better than can be found along the
In South Carolina, North Carolina, and Vir-
ginia, an occasional stray COW or two was no
surprise, but in the North were many fine
herds Of cattle, busy gathering grass and clio
In the matter Of pastures and cattle the far
North seems TO be ahead OF US, but with all
their cattle and apple trees, we do not see
pay fair income.
In South Carolina we can work nearly ev-
cry day in the year, but in the North they are
for weeks and months, and owing
valuable crops like cotton, and they are forced
to depend almost entirely on apples, clover,
corn, wheat or tobacco, with few Irish pota-
toes thrown in for good measure. II they sell
would be good return for the labor and cost
of hauling It to the depot. We can haul four
bales Of cotton on two-horse wagon, which
will bring SlS IN cash any day in the year.
about SO worth at a load-supposing they real
ize IS cents bushel.
On the road we passed a notable farm which
was labelled Landreth's celebrated seed farm,
is sold in this market Although the producer
OF these seeds must labor under great disad.
vantages, yet through great energy and an
intelligent direction OF labor, and q proper
farm is made to supply Southern gardens
with their seeds, and from the sale OF which
we presume great fortunes are realized.
We did not talk to every man that we saw
every man with whom we did talk, manifest
ed interest in hearing anything about the y e.
groes In the South. In fact, the negro came
up before anything else.- The questions gem
orally asked, were in reference to the public
chance they had for making Q living on the
farms and what school privileges they had /;
II they had any rights In the courts, and II
they had the rights OF citizenship generally
shape. They seldom tired OF the negro ques-
tlon, and II they changed 1t at all. It was to
ask about Mellow.
The impression on our mind is, that those
who talked to US, were astonished that a
crime of such enormity as that Of McDow's
could 60 unpunished. They desired to know
II the verdict of the jury met with popular
approval, and some wanted to know what
"the best people" thought Of 1t.
The impression on our mind Is, that popu.
lar sentiment Is against the South-perhaps
as strong, or stronger, than at any time since
the war-and that the Washington Govern
ment is fostering and appealing to that senti.
petent or Objectionable negroes in our post
offices is paraded over the North as evidence
Of our disposition to deny the negro social
and political rights-of our determination to
Whatever lawlessness may be done by any
half dozen Of the most irresponsible and OBJ
scure people of any single community is
spoken OF, and charged to the account, as the
The people Of the North seem to know abso-
lutely nothing OF the real condition OF affairs
here. and all their prejadices seem to be
aroused against the Southern white man,
bess Seha
few or none who believe that we kill and cut
them up to feed our dogs, yet, as a rule we be;
lleve they have no complimentary opinion
OF us in the matter OF fair dealing. They are
a hundred times more jealous about requlr-
ing us to give the negro social recognition. and
official perquisites, than are our own people
on the subject OF converting the Chinaman
After seeing O little Of the different cities
the State OF South Carolina and the
city of New York, we feel perfectly certain
that none Of these cities offer inducements
prefer to work for the negro in the distance.
very much as Christians prefer to work for
the conversion of the Chinaman while he re-
mains In his own far-of land. Even the laws
Ol LulS SHTisIihu Couuliy picNCuI IuO iduuluS
of the Chinese on our shores. A Chinaman
is therefore good enough, and ought to 60 to
heaven, but he Is not good enough 10 come to
the United States and is forbidden. under the
severest penalties, to land on our shores. The
same Inconsistency rests with our Northern
enemies. They seem to think that q corn
field negro is good enough to flll our
post offices, and to go to Congress, but we
have not heard of any Northern community
utilizing the brother in black for any such
purposes.
not without filings at "the South," as II the
people down this way were worse than Mex
lean outlaws. Even the action of Governor
Lowry, of Mississippi, in arresting John L..
Sullivan, Is contemptuously spoken OF as the