The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-09
NEW RAILRoAD---CRoss TIEs---GRANITE
BLOCKS.
A Readable Letter, which Sends
Sharp Arrows After Folly. IN it

It3eS.
The new railroad Is playing havoc with the
beautiful forests and scenery of Smithvllle
township. The axes are ringing from early
morn TO dewy eve with now and then sound
OF distant cannon from the granite quarry.
Mr.. Collins has nine boarders. who are prn-
cipally engaged in getting out granite on the
place of Mr.. w. D. Cromer. Mrs. Murray, vile
of the chief OF the quarry-men, also boards
there.
The flower garden at Oakwood, Mrs Nor
toms country residence, has been thing OF
beauty all winter. Roses, vlolets and other
flowers too numerous 10 mention hare been
in continual bloom.
Miss Lula Williams, our teacher, has pref
ty way whereby the children are encouraged
TO use good English. She has her pupils to
write down each others conversational mis-
takes, then correct and read aloud Friday nf-
ternoonS. Several were read out on recent
Friday against Tommie. who after getting
ont OF school. said, "I'll give you some more
mistakes To pnt down. Use gwine to git n
equal to Judge McGowan's famous first com
position at the CokeSbury school. The sub
ject given out was, "Tlimking," and here Is
what tradition Says our Associate Justice
est thing man ever thunk or" Which COM
position ia certainly orig inal and more easily
understood than some Of the Supreme Court
decisions and Legislative land tenure laws.
A very small boy In S;niIhville, says he
wishes q certain town was situated In Guiana
for then he would not have been deprived Of
the dearest and best teacher In the world. a
little girl who reads the Press and Banner told
the small boy she wished Mr. Harrison had
given the post Office in the aforesaid town. TO
Mr.. Ar-es-se; for hc sale so much about the
post Office in his dots, that IL looked like he
wanted IT," We have no idea this is the case,
but still we are at q loss to account for Mr. AL
eSgcS criticisms. We have three curresL end
entS In his town and our mail comes as
straight rs the flight OF an arrow. We get
graphic descriptions Of town and college life
that remind us forcibiy Of Adeline WhItney's
luimitable "Ascutney Street," But 10 the
point. Why and wherefore, do people whose
mail goes wrong feel impeled to complain 10
Mr.. Ar-es.ge? He is not post office Inspec-
tor. We are Of the opinion That not a muir
mur would be published, at least, If the old
regime had control. We Democrats are out
just now and hnve no authority in handing
out the plums, but In al seriousness. we ask,
Are our people reasonable? If tie Republi-
can administration gives us Northern carpet
bagsers for post masters we pronounce 1t tyr
amy. II negro is appointed we, with one
voice. call It an outrage, ami proceed to right
ourselves by asking the dnSky gent TO seek
another residence more copSenial TO his
health.
II Democrat OF either sex IS appointed by
the present administration, storm Of anolh-
er Kind is raised-if Il man-he Is accused of
being traitor 10 his country aud to his par.
ty. IT WOman-nO matter If the blood Of
the Puritan and Cavalier flows In her veins
no matter how gifted and cultured, or how
fine and exceptional her business quaifica-
tiOBS-lt is mol c0nSiueroQ TOO small 10 make
newspaper filings in her dlrection-not Too lit.
tie TO make mountains out of mole-hiIls-ln
short. II is all right 10 make war on n woman !!
This has never been the case In cOurtly old
Ajbeville. Our Mrs. Lawson held office In
the black est days OF Republican msrule, and
none doubted her loyalty or made her to walk
over the red hot plOughsharcs Of public criti-
cisnl. If anything happened to our mail, 1t
was riShed by II simple request. We all
thought she WIS helping herself and serving
her country In nobly quiet and patriotic
manner. Let us reason calmly. Is not old
South Carolina aS dear to US under Harrison
as under Cleveland? 1t Is our native land,
our hcritasc-our home sweet home, just the
same.
TO resign all postal authority TO Northern
aliens and negroes would be to sell our birth
right for less than the traditional mess Of pot
tage-it would be the suicidal policy OF Open
ing the gales Of the very citadel of Anglo
saxon liberty and supremacy To the wooden
hoise Of negro domination. Must we, VIII
We, endangcr the civilization of the IIueuenot
and the Puritan, simply to prove to the North
blind and senselcss obslnacy; or like pam.
pered children, know not what we do or do
not need; so that after awhile men will say OF
us: "Let Brahma alone. lie Is Joined TO his
idols. Let him alone!
The Chambers and ingalls, In The North and
The scribbllng blanks in the South, are the
men who clog the wheels OF prOgresS and re-
tard the advancement of The New South. Let
the dying song of our gifted peace maker, the
immortal Grady. be our motto: "This hour
little needs the loyalty that is loyal 10 one Sec
ton and holds the other ip enduring suspi-
c0n!' ABBE DE VILE.