Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-27
regiment. and charge q battery that
was away over on al hill and was
throwing an occasional shell down

regiment and charge q battery that
was away over on a hill and was
throwing an occasional shell down
il the valley. aBoys," said he, NNyou
must shootta ohargin', aud charge 8
shootin', and well get 'em.n And
theydid, but when they got within
about q quarter Of q mile the battery
suddenly turned loose a terrific yolley
Of grape and cannister upon, them,
which demoralized the Colonel and
he waived his sword and shouted:
"Boys, quit shootin' at 'em---quit
stootin', I say, for it just makes 'em
madden" !, h
We will jul quit shooting at tho
farmers, andlif they Gan get the sub,
Treasury and run it, let them do it.
If they can't, then let them get
something better. Let us all wait
and see. If the good old Democratic
party has got to die, let them kill It.
Our Georgia farmers are MOTH any
desperate condition and will do moth
ing rash or unreasonable. They arc
better off than they were a year
ago. The tax returns and the can
celed mortgages prove that. The
farmers of Barlow were never in SO
prosperous a condition. just con-
trast them with the farmers of Kan
SOS, where, out of 10000 farms,
$4,000 are under mortgage. Just
think of that. And 10000 of these
mortgages have been f~oreclosed and
the farmers who once owned them
are tenants at will, liable to be turned
out at any day. What lie She natter
there's II the laws are oppressive,
why don't tho same laws bring ruin
here, tooP There is not but one
farm in twenty-four that has a mort
gage upon it now in Barlow county.
What is the cause of this great and
alarming difference between the
farming interests of the. North and
SouthP Why is it that Maine and
Now Hampshire and Vermont have
been partially abandoned by the far
mers? Why is it that so many of the
farms in New York and Illinois and
Kansas and Missouri are under
mortgageP I wish that we did
know. If it is the laws, please let
US know what laws.
And this reminds me of what I
have just readin the Andover Reuieao
for November. 1t is the organ of
the New England orthodoxy. 1t is
now lamenting the decay of religious
interest among the farming popula-
ton of the North. DR.. Dunning
says that there are ninety-fve towns
in Maine where no religious services
are held, and there arc moro country
villages in Illinois without the Cos
pei than in any other State in the
Union. just think of hat The
great State of Illinois that has two
counties that make more grain than
all Georgia. This great State that
stands fifth in the scale of education,
and fortieth in the grade of Chris
tian religion. What do you say to
this, you advocates for education ?
Education regardless of moral train
ing. DR.. Dunning says that the
Presbyterians have 1900 churches
without pastors and the Baptists
have over 10000! Nearly all of
these vacant churches are in the
country towns, where farming is tho
principal occupation Of the people.
They once had pastors or religious
services, but not now. The number
of educated men in the Northern
pulpits is steadily decreasing and
the young men who are graduating
in the theological seminaries are
seeking other callings because there
are no inviting fields for them to
work in. The city churches are full,
and the country churches will not
pay enough to keep body and soul
together.
The fact is that farmers whose
homes are under mortgage don't take
much stock in preachers or preach
ing. Nothing bows a man down like
debt-a debt that he knows he can
not pay. The best index of the
prosperity and the morality of a
&C" unity is tho standing Of their
preachers. If the people are doing
well they have got preachers, and
they pay them, and they fix up their
churches and take a pride in them.
Poor people, poor pay; poor pay,
poor preach, and hence the young
men who want to preach are discour-
aged.
But, thank the good Lord for his
mercies, this is not the case at, the