The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-29
ESTABLISHED 1865.

other and let him take his choice
That's fair. \ century ago the yankee
went to Africa and brought the negro
over here to the rum, but now he takes
the rum to the negro. Stanley says that
the worst thing he had to contend
with over there was New England
rum.
The trading, speculating yankee is
a curiosity. He will cheat you if he
can-and he generally can. He lies
awake of nights Illuminating how he can
adulterate what he manufactures so as
to undersell the honest man. His
baking powders, and pepper, and sugar
and candy, and coffee, and butter, and
tea are all adulterated. The average
Yankee will cheat an Indian or an
emigraut, or an african or a white man
all the same, but he will contribute
literally to help them when they are
humble Or in distress. Who was 50
generous as they yankees when Mem
phis and Charleston and jacksonville
were visited with the pestilence? Who
is so generous now to the Kansas suffer
ers, who so charitable in their gifts and
legacies to science and to the poor?
They are curious people. In Decent
trade they would cheat a preacher out
of dime, but they would give him s.
if he needed it. That reminds me of the
Dutchman, John kitsmiler, who had
4 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, aud st. Peter brought up
that mill business, and John said:
We'll, sometimes ven de water vas low
and the stones vas dull and de times
vas hard, I 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 lit vas a
tam tight squeeze"
We see that some writers in the
northern press are suggesting compro-
mise on the negro question. They seem
willing for US to exclude them from
voting in our state elections if we 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 what. One
man suggests that We debar the negro
from holding any office, state or federal,
and so he wouldn't be counted in our
voting population. Of course that would
suit the grand old party, for it would
reduce Our number 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 well enough alone. The
Country Gentleman says that the tide
of emigration to the West we'll have to
roll back upon the older States and
populate the abandoned lands of New
England. 1t does not mention the
South at all as fit place. 1t never has.
And so now is the time for the direct
trade movement to take shape and
build the ships that are to land at our
ports. The Atlanta movement is a
grand one and we are glad to see Cover
nor Northen giving it his earnest atten-
ton. This movement looks more like
business than any that ever has been
started in the South. The emigrants
will not settle on those abandoned
lands if our people start them this way
from Europe and if we let them know
what country and what climate we
have got. Just think Of Kansas and
then think of Georgia and the Carolinas
and the States west of us. 1t really
seems strange that everybody don't
come South and come a-running and
grow up with the country. I was
Illuminating about our Barlow county
farmers who are now selling corn al IS
cents bushel right here in town. The
cribs on Punkin Vine creek are swell
ing with the weight OF corn. They
make fifty bushels Of corn to the acre
and punking world without end. / saw
some that weighed 100 pounds apiece.
Those farmers have got fat hogs and
fat cattle and ought to be happy, and ]
reckon they are, though one Of them
told me that corn ought to bring 81 q
bushel and that labor was entirely too
high. May the good Lord have mercy
upon US all and keep us from breaking
the tenth commandment.
BILL ARP.