The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-23
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Mr.; EDITOR Permit a poor Farmer. who
under small mortgage on his small farm
sau hen Tor his supplies this year, 10 saw
e" "orus about that one-sided ruu,or ~ 1
you and Kelton Wheel got so mad aha,,
iast week 1 bought my little farm IL vss,.s
ago, paid one-third cash aud gave ! morts
gage or 1t for the balance. / have rsd..ss3
thst mortgage two-thirds, and c.psctcs, ~.
pay the other third cut Of this years cro,,
OIL. woat be able to, because of ~ Ind
.iop anu low price of cotton. From tbe
ume bought the farm to now havo had 10 /
SMo S,,e zen on my crop, every year, for sap-s
pres Some Yeats paid out my lieu and
some on the mortgage, but some yeafs r fI,fl
net 10 that, but never was threatsnc(l i,
tne merchant holding the lien, or The mn,
noidiug the mortgage on my farm. viii,
Forcing the mortgage or lion, nor have 4
nearu ons Oh my neighbors say that the
me.enaut ho'ding liens against them have
threatened them with harsh treatment II (
always went t, the men 1 owed nna tn,i
tncm exactly how stood and what I con,d
pay; and one year did not pay then n
dollar, but they did no, give me a oro.s
wora or look, but told ma they hoped I
Wouid DC able to do better next year, and
made better bargain for supplies for the
next year than did the last.
| ohe OF my neighbors, however. ives
,hreatened TO have his crop sold under a
nen, just because he .'run off, with ono
bale Of cotton and sold it ana pockoteti the
money and was suspected Of getting ready
l" run OIL with some more. OF course the
merchant tried to save himself, as any other
"ah would, particularly when he found he
was dealing with slippery fellow.
Now, MIR. Editor, am satisfied thai from
.na' one transaction the report went all over
tue County that Fall that the merchants Ind
N nj C1f,on -.
more; ana some went so far as to advise the Z
iai imers who could not pay out to sell their
cotton and poc&et the money to buy suppliess
next year, and let The merchants claim.
siide. tell you, Mr. Editor, III the Far
meis OF the County had not howled down
,na' dishonest advice, no mau could have
olamed the merchants if they had refused
cicdit To tho farmors, which i betjoye they.
would have done. And then what ,=o,,
nave become of tho laudlcss tenant as wei
as even such small land owners as myself?
Dut, Mr.. Il hor, there are two side, to
TINS question; and while Kclton Wheel tells
MS 'orothcr Farmers 10 staud to the IN ,(r
fodder or no fodder let me ask them also
TO stand honestly aud feirly by those wbo
put 'Jodder' in their racks, for themselves
anu families, anu that will restore confidence
between all parties, insure fair dealing and
the greatest accommodations. or conr,a
go!d example to his neighbors. while s.
wsrnlng them of dangers aheat. If he is
not he's not good guide.
NO" What want 10 get at is simply this--->
he' every Farmer who Is under a lion n,
mortgage 90 to the pariie. ha nwe. md int;sN
flduaiy ask each oae if he hal mad .H,s, -
threat or even had any intention OF ford
sss Siaip Rs -Rsli agaiasL. lim. My hafcs,
opih'oh s' not only would 1t he found that
fnl L.. "a
What have often told my brother farme..,
was the true state of the case that Tho
people OF the towns were not AGAINST tbn
4 Farmers III the country and opposed to their
in'eres s, put that the people N the country
\'he rarmsrs) nave been el by politicians
and self-interested parties, to b,ieve tint
the people OF the towns are their enemies
ana u Is their duty 10 suspect and opposo
o'erynody and everything that comes from,
'"e 'o"n. why, two-ihirds Of the merchants
'n' oieiAs IN lhe towns AMI throughout the
country are young men born 10 the country
.hu Drought up between the plough handles.
armeis sons, aud arc as much interested i;
he prosperity of tho farmers as the farmers
III the iarm are themselves. Aud notice a
'ery strange aud unnatural inconsistency
,i'h the parents OF our farmer boys TLev
ouse the merchants and business men of &
lie towns, as unmerciful ShylocGs aud un-
rinclpIed eXtortioners, but the first chanca
hey get to send their sons into those e;uk.
u .ln and iniqu'ty. they gladly embrace it.
> If they wished their boys to learn tho
ascalities which they say the town is made
p Of.
After looking over al hear ami see. in
'Wn and country, it seems as if DER business
olitical aud religious affairs have become
lysteriously mixei and muddy, and want
urifying. BRoAp RIyrn