The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-15
Jerusalem Street Jottings.

Jerusalem Street Jottings.
The region around about Jerusalem.
has been visited by small slice OF
frigidity for the last few days.
There will be no occasion for ''going
down into Egypt for corn next year,
from this 7etrarchy, mot Bailiwick) as
the crop will be ample to meet all ra-
tional demands. So, no opportunity
will be given to any lost, strayed or
stolen Joseph, who may have risen to
the vice-gerency of the land of the Pha-
raohs to work the queer on his unso-
phistocated brethren for many moons.
The cotton crop is short and "still
shortening' and notwithstanding all
that may be said to the contrary, the
returns from Judea will substantlate
her claims to honorable mention, for the
part she is performing Ill rolling up the
deficit of two and one quarter mllilons
of bales of cotton, as compared with the
crop of 1890. Cotton will be selling on
the streets of Newberry before the 2Oth
of December for 9! or 10 cents. 50 con-
fident am of this that am not PICK
ing with both hands. Right here Mr.
Editor would like to make a sugges-
tion. |. e., if my merchant IS SUD-
scriber to yonr valuable paper, thaI
YOU leave out Of his copy, the ABOVE
mentioned fact. =,
Times change and we change with
them. Time was, when the non
nroducers lived off of the fortunes
of the producers, but now, presto!
change! and the nlisfortunes of the one
become the basis of the rapidly accu-
mulating fortunes of the other. want
p;.oof? well, take cotton, that is worth
8 cents to-day, selling at and less SIM
plv because the financial world knows
that the larger portion of the ooEga-
tious of the farming element will ma
ture in October and that he is com
pelled to sell in order to lift his paper.
Financial sagacity! says one class,
willis. the other class, who have an
opinion of their own, say, Win equai
conclusion financial rascality!
Jerusalem is fast developing into the
Pittsburg of the South, as manu1ac-
turing center. Eleven steam engines
are within sound of the ''pallatial resi-
dencen of the writer, and from deWy
morn till chilly eve, We are kept mind
full of our retrogade progress, by oft re-
peated whistlings, ranging from the
basso-profundo of a 20 horse return hue,
to the split silk y-e-e-p!!! of a LADY Oh
colourn under full headway "a comm
though at camp meeting time.
Several establishments for elemenC'
arv sugar work entitle us to some LITTLE
pecuniary notice from the government
unless our product comes under the
head of raw material, which | feel au
thorized to say would be dong Justice
to the article, for, if it is not raw, tne
fellow who eats much Of 1t, generallJ
is.
! Our academy will soon bein full bias
under a competent corps of instructors
Quite fiattering attendance is eX'
pected. Come down some time pro
Editor and write US up, and we VIII III
YOU up to the rafters with fresh corr
bread, saur-kraut, roasting ears, turnl'
greens and potatoes. Note-lfy you ar
fond of much seasoning in your rallons
you had better bring along asmail SIC
! of bacon, as cents per pound IS sllghtl.
, too rich for our blood.
There is plenty of elbow room her
: for several families of white people Wh
? wish to settle where they will be with
in reach of a good school-in a health.
: section, inhabited by hard-worklng
-to-their-own-busine ness-sober-mora
, set of folks. Don't let them stay away o.
. account of poverty, if that IS the ON.
drawback, Just load up and roll rlgn
o in. and if they can prove that they ar
. apy poorer than we are, they VII! D
, unanimously elected by acclamatlon
a Tycoon Of Bailiwick."
= As further inducement, would sa
f that we rarely ever fail to have supe'
,. | abundant crop Of blackoerrles aion
? this elevated plateau.
Allow me through you to COMP
ment the citizens of Newberry Z. II
Y on the evidence of progress that IS en-
# phasized ir hrick-their Graded Scho(
q building. Such an edifice is ar homo
j to any people, and prophecy tor tne
t children, which will not fail OF 1u'ul
ment in the days that are to com
It richly meriting the "~eil done" OF II
5, turity.
: There are some incipient symptom
e of pecan fever in this, and neighbour
d tribe s; whether it will assume dlagno
/, tic PROPORTIONS or not will be matte
/ for subsequent determination, but To
q much I do know, have never seen u
d time before, when put the least COZ
u fidence in the asse- ion that smalle
l. area would be devoted to the culture
cotton during the succeeding year, nf
b do 7 now, expect to see the erea r.
o duced to profitable din ensions, but
1t fear that grim necessity Will soon pr
r nounce it 'thus far and no farther"
o this delusive textile that enrlches ever
s one who touches it, except the ma
" who makes it. What matters 1t no
; MANY bales we market, fellow-farme
+ if it is all required to meet the oollg;
e tions incurred for such things as
d should produce-and can produce
y twenty-five per cent of the price pa
,r for them. And mere comes In a fe
s. questions that We should answer
e men. husbands and fathers. HAY
;e we a moral right to persist ia
e course that is wearing out our tamlile
Is and entailing upon them humllla'lt
,r existence of semi'servltude? are v
d not cultivatiug the animal IN our cni
d dren-to the exclusion ofevery proper
,r sitv that elevates and ennobles? a
l. we doing wba: we know to be right?
e there prospect of better times ahea'
d When is the proper time to reform:
e Reduce the area in cotton to ten acr
l. 70 the horse-plant as much OF eVel
l. thing else as YOU can, and raise plent
d of beef, mutton and bacon. Let; ha,
e q change. L1t's help to klndle II
lights in the eyes, aud call back II
IT roses in the cheeks of our helpmeet
II Let's take time to make companion
ol of our children and tell them what v
70 expect of them, and give them BOT
,r time and opportunity to come up
ic those expectations. Let's set flat 90"
d On every man who is trying TO bul
h himself up at our expense and no
II him down till be repeEts, and the
a help him up, dust off his clothes; ar
l. tell him in fatherly way, 60 ana 40
d no more. Let's - we'll let's do an
re thing out play the fool by planting u
n much cotton again. IL.