The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-27
OBSERVERS OBSERVATIONS
Colonel w. =. Calhoun Gives "Obser-
ver's Name-.-Declaration of Prin.
cipIes 80. Political Points .-- Dem
ng0gues should be Drowned-.The
People Coming to Their Senses.


"Hello there! Stop a moment Said a
friend to me as ] was entering the Court
House, the other day. He then asked me II
was Observer In the Press and Banner. I re-
piled that I was, and he remarked,-"A crowd
of US were discussing the matter n While ago.
Some OF them said that Observer was MI. Ell
lis G. Graydon; but, I told them that I
thought 1t WAS YOU"
Mr.. Graydon has nothing to do with this
column of the Press and Banner. He did not
of this paper never refuses to give my name.
and has my full permission'to publish IL ff he
desires. The matter is in his hands. ] have
commenced work for the Press and Banner
and / write for IT. every week for a long time.
I intend to handle news as | see IL; 10 con-
tend for honesty in the affairs of govern
ment; to expose fraud, corruption, BAN.
booZlemeEt and humbuggery wherever ]
lshmtnt, and to give credit where credit is
due ; and, also, to work for the best Interests
OF our people TO the best OF my ability: !
make the above statement from the fact thai
so many inquiries have been made about OBJ
server
Court is being presided over by a judge at
this term who Is the peer, from a legal stand
point, of any judge in the State on either the
Supreme or Circuit bench. Had Judge Hud-
son been put on the Supreme Court bench, In
stead Of Y. j. Pope, South Carolina would
have had all able Supreme Court.
During the hours Of the sales on a recent
salesday, a gentleman from one OF our cities
was In the crowd and he asked me II the
crowd was q representative assemblage OF the
people OF Abbeville County. I replied That IT,
was. He seemed to be very much struck
to say that our people we're the best looking
and most intelligent that he had ever seen
present on mn occasion like that. hbbeville
is proud of her people and the people are
and matrons, too, are the prettlest and best
In the land.
/ heard n lady trying to engage the services
Of a negro woman the other day as a nurse
erything else suited, but the line was drawn
on the stairs. When 1t was learned that one
short flight of stairs had to be climed to reach
the lady's room, there was a hitch In the ne
who intend 10 build houses, should not fail to
put up elevators for the servants 10 be hauled
up and down stairs, II they expect to keep
After a while 1t will be In order for
servants TO require parents 10 furnish horses
and a carriage to air the children In. To
push a baby carriage will he labor beyond
their strength.
I see that the Sumter Freeman, n paper that
claims not to be an Alliance paper, thinks
that the coming campaign should be made on
the issue Of the Alliance demands; and IL
wants Tillman and all OF the other reform
lights. large and small to come ont and define
themselves. The Freeman Is - reform paper
and some time back II was q TillmaD paper (;
but lust now, 10 Is not known how II stands or
what 1t IL after: but, Mt this distance from
Sumter, l think that l smell Talbertism In Its
proposition. The idea OF the Freeman is for
Us to drop Haskellism, Tillmanism and all
other isms, and TO fight the battle as Alliance
and anita lliance. We cannot at present
take on to that idea. We wait further devel-
own IKE, or has 1t undertaken. TO grind one
for Talbert?
According to the ideas of this writer. It
would be better 10 drop all OF the lsms
$1,000. N.I, t-v tH1 ptas, o,I Fr
us all TO go to work, seek out good and hon
est men for office; men that we ran trust.
Have 1t fully understood that every crank
who comes forward With a yell OF reform, is
governor we might select either j. l.. Orr.
Judge Wallace, w. H. Parker of Abbeville. j.
II. Latimer OF the same place and hundreds
OF other men like them. Then. there is
ernor, DR.. j. G.. Maxwell or Greenwood.
Among the farmers there Is az good material
for the Office as can be found elsewhere. Let
known honesty and business capacity be the
more strife and division among us. There
fore l say drop all ismS n let Us get down
to business. The first thing to be done, Is to
tnT OVERHEARD . as : r many Of the politicians
There Ia evidently u growing inclination to
do his, If 1 am 10 Judge by The expression of
opinion that | hear, not from the lawyers,
merchants and doctors, but, from all classes.
The Tillman-Irby-Shell faction tried to doc
tor The rules for the formation OF democratic
clubs for the approaching campaign SO ms to
themselves in power By declaring
only those clubs That were In existance
last August shall be recognised this year.
That will leave some OF our township clubs In
q bad a fix, II report be true; bnt, even II thai
Is allowed to bn The rule, the composition Of
the clubs this year will be materially differ
ent from what they were last year. The clubs
Will he Of n different way of thinking.
DR.. T. j. Mabry has left Abboville md gone
to his farm four miles from " We have
lost a good citizen and the services of q first
class physician. The doctor is getting up In
years. He stated that he needed rest. Few
men are the suprriors OF DR.. Mabry In his
profession, and none are his superior as d
man and gentleman. A long lie Of happi-
ness and rest are the wishes of this writer for
him.