The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-09
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NINETY SIX, s. C.. April ), 1>yO.
am sorry Fast End" found business 50
pressing that IL was necessary for him TO gi\ e
up corresponds nee TO the Press and Banner.
am in hope he will get his cotton and grain
farm, stock farm and store business, &c, in
Snch shape that he may be able to resume his
'.dols" soon. It is pleasant for one TO s I
glance over the local correspondence from tile
different places, and lie does not like TO see
his own place lef out.
1t has been long while since you heard
from mr.. but l cannot as yet give you good
news In reference to the small grain. The
prospects arc anything else hut fluttering,
and yet with plenty OF rain Just ut the right
time. we may make some oats yet. Barley is
Il failure and wheat Is very poor. The farm.
erS here are not so we'll up with their work rs
they were sometime back. The rains have
kept them back. The Peach crop cannot be
much Us many trees are dead anu many are
not blooming at all. hear no Dragging on
the streets on garden vegetables. think our
people are just through planting the Second
or third time. SO you can Imagine how bar
rem The gardens are. Stock, rs rule, look
well, and tile pastures around here look green
and some of them will furnish grass enough
for stock TO live on.
hear considerable complaint over the
creek near here that this new railroad which
they are now grading through your place and
which passes through the full length of our
county about their leaving the crossings OF
our public roads In bad fix. Our County
commissioners should look well into this
matter ~ it is very important that when pub
lie roads cross railroads that the crossings are
first class. 1t Is so easy to be too indulgent
along his line as we are always anxious TO
have these roads built. Friend Iilcs should
look we'll into this matter and all others con-
corne'.
Well, the farmers convention met and
started the political pot To boiling, but from
the way things look To me everybody seem 10
be puzzled and no one seems To know what
will be the outcome. There Is Il safe way out
If ambitious politicians do not ruin things.
Let level;heIadsd, good iarmers sold 5usi;,ess
go To work and bring their mi ..ds to bear
upon these things and they can easily blaze
out Il way that every class will readily en-.
as solid as steel. I am not afraid that our
people are not true democrats, all they want
for stable, solid, sound business men TO be
put In the field; men who are not found rid
ing on every wave that passes; men who
have business at home, and who attend TO IT,.
But enough.
/ cannot refrain from alluding to the Clafiin
negro school. Look at them on dress parade
when it was announced that Harrison was
elected President. Look at them as they
stand ready to mob white professor for can
ing the negro professor for Insulting language
toward him. FenSting upon the white lnan
tax. What are we to do? continue as we are
after more than twenty years experience and
II nd him as bitterto the white man as ever?
say IL Is time the white mnn's tax be used to
school white mans children, ami negro mon.
ey school negro children. The Church lei
aim run his own institution with his own
money and what better cou >he nave done :?
say Ii they will continue the Cailin school,
let 1t he run by democratic teachers.
Mr.. Editor, am 10th to refer to tho bal con-
duct recently at the Stale University. While
it is true that boys often do things without
weighing consequences, yet this outrage is
beyond excuse. While the Shell Convention
was out of order, so to speak. yet true demo
Gratis attended it-taXpayerS who help to keep
up the State institutiOn-men 10 be respected
anywhere. And there were men there whose
mott yes were pure. II such conduct as that
is to be tolerated the institution will certain.
! rise and fall with politics. We do not need
u political institution at the Capital.
have said enough Tor this time. without
alluSiun to the AbDeville whlSkey bill, glad
to see you take the stand you have In the
right direction.
JUSTICE,