The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-01-29
or an emigrsu ut or an African or a white

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literally to help them when they are
humble or in distress. Who was so gen.
erous as the Yankees when Memphis and
Charleston and Jacksonville were visited
with the pestilence? Who is so generous
now to the Kansas sufferers? Who so
charitable in their gifts and legacies to
science and the poor? They are Gu
rious people. In 25 cent trade they
would cheat preacher out of dime,
but they would give him IS if he needed
it. That reminds me of the Dutchman,
John Kitsmiller, who had a mill and was
suspected of taking too much toll from
his customers. One night he dreamed
that he died and went up to st. Peter and
Knocked for admission, and st. Peter
brought up that mill business, and John
said: "Vell, sometimes ven de water vas
low and de stones vas dull and de times
vas hard, l deed take leetle too much
toll, but den I always geeve some of it to
de poor" St. Peter finally let him in,
but John admitted that 'it vas tam
tight squeeze"
We see that some writers in the north
ern press are suggesting compromise on
the Negro question. They seem willing
for US to exclude them from voting in
our State elections if ne will let them
vote for members of Congress. That
would give the Republican party more
members from the black belt, and that
seems to be all they want. One man
suggests that we debar the negro from
holding any Office, State or Federal, and
so he woulden't be counted in our voting
population. Of course that would suit
the grand old party, for it would reduce
our number of representatives in Georgia
from eleven to seven, and in the same
proportion in the other States, but we are
all getting along very smoothly now, and
I reckon we had better let we'll enough
alone. The Country Gentleman says that
the tide of emigration to the west will
have to roll back upon the older Ststes
and populate the abandoned lands of
New England. It does not mention the
South at all as fit place. 1t never has.
And 30 now is the time for the direct
trade movement to take shape and build
the chips that are to land at our ports.
The Atlanta movement is grand one
and we are glad to see Gov. Northern
giving it his earnest attention. This
looks more like business than
any that has ever been started in the
South. The emigrants will not settle on
those abandoned lands if our people start
them this way from Europe aud we let
them know what country ard what
climate we have got. Just think of Kan
sas and then think of Georgia and the
Caroliuas and the States west of us. It
really seems strange that everybody don't
come south and come a.running and
grow up with the country. I was rumi-
mating about our Barlow County farmers
who are now selling corn at rs cent per
bushel right here in town. The cribs on
Puukin vine Greek are swelling with lie
weight of corn. They make fifty bushels
of corn to the acre and punkins world
without end. I saw some that weighed
loo pounds apiece. Those farmers have
got fat hogs and fat cattle and ought to
be happy, and I reckon they are, though
one of them told me corn ought to bring
81 bushel and that labor was entirely
too high. May the good Lord have mer-
cy upon us all and keep US from breaking
the tenth commandment. BILL ARP.