The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-29
SIS" SHOULDER STRIKES.
SOUND POLITICAL VIEWS ws-PRACTIcAL
COMMON SENSE.

The Cotton Plant Gone Wrong, POlit.
icnIly-It Will Haye to Retract,
Explain or Dodge, or Else J. vii.
liam BILLY Will be u Dead Duck
Conspiracy Against Able Repre-
sentntives.
The Chicago Convention didn't denounce
anybody, and for them to have done less
than condole with James G.. Blaine in his sad
personal n1Qction would have been a failure
10 reflect the character Of their great ch ief.
tain, Grover Cleveland, whom they had met
to honor.
Mrs. Robt. Moorman and children, of New
berry. have been visiting her father, Rev. j.
mir. HerIford and Miss WInton Parks are at
home with their father Capt j T. Parks.
Mr. j. II. Simmons has put q cement pave
ment in front. and leading up TO his resi-
Miss Idalie Hunter went down to Newberry
last week for Il short stay with relatives and
friends in the village.
Rev. L. j. Forester began series of meet.
ings in the Baptist church Sunday. to be con-
tinued through the week. lie will be assist
ed by the pastor OF The Spartanburg church.
Plant OF the 25th inst.,--two days after the
nomination of Cleveland had been announc-
ed-there is full fledged Third partyite ON It's
staff, II Indeed DIR. Stokes, editor-in-chief. Is
at the time, delegate to the National Demo-
cratic Convention, 1t is not improbable that
he Is the author OF the editorial In question
especially as 1t has been known for sometime
that he WAS quite "downy." and while en-
route TO Chicago his pin feathers OF th rd par.
ty pluInage became more prominent when he
said: III Cleveland was nominated there
would be bolt In South Carolina" Among
other un-Democratic utterances the Cotton
Plant says: "No, the Alliancenen OF ihe
South cannot support Cleveland because he
Is the embodiment OF the plutocrat!c Ideas
that refuse to recognize our needs even, and
ure still farther from giving us any remedy"
I have interviewed several Of our leading AL
llancemen and Tillmnnltes, not one OF whom
endorse the utterances OF the Cotton Plant,
and all suunch Cleveland men, In fact, al
ways have been. Unless DR.. Stokes doctrine
Is more popular IN his own than In this dis
trlct he will never get 10 Congress. 40 not
know Of more than two members OF our
club who are at all likely 10 become adher-
ents to the principles enunciated by this cy-
copean Advancement, ana these Two declared
sometime ago that they were ready for the
their denunciation of those who voted for
Haskell, and foremost among II llman's FOL
lowers in our Democratic club. Ii Col. lrby
will apply the hyssup OF the Democratic par
ty 10 all such IL will purge and make 1t pure,
without injury to Tillmnn for II Is forego-
Ing conclusion, admitted now by few lead.
ing Tillmnnites that the Conservatives are
going 10 win any how.
the 7th OF July. Mcssrs. Tolbert, Crum and
Webster are advertised TO speak.
| The crop prospects were never more prom
| ising than now.
town visiting friends, I suppose, but have
| been unaole to locrte them.
The Darlington Herald Is right In condemn
ing live pigeon shooting as means OF sport.
The occuSon for 1t Is the approaching gun
contest in Spartanburg. do not know the
editor OF the Herald, but wi wager tnst sum-
| rner's seiliug clothes that he Is Christian
gentleman opposed to prize hghtinS, COCK
| tlghtinS, horse racing and all such barbarouS
sport.
honorable gentlemen who compose our
BOARD of Health: 1 have never yet known
you TO shirk any duty Imposed on you by the
people, but to the end that Greenwood may
| remain the healthiest town In the up coun,
try, l call your attention individually ana
collectively, to the fragrant violation Of our
sanitary laws by parties Going business on
and adjacent to the square. The luxuriant
vegetable growth which must decay is bud
enough, but add to this the unkept condition
of the public wells from which we get our
drinking water. The piles OF boxes and bar
rels filled with water, straw, watermelon
rinds and other decnyed matter in rear of al
most every store; the frequent mass OF putre-
fled matter from the butcher. shops, consist
| ing of heads, ieet and tainted meat. thrown
within fifty yards Of the square, ana you
have an anti-hyglene condition that beggais
lption-one that should claim your lm
mediateIy attention.
Capt. James King. our champion bridge
builder, was In town Saturday. he Is u
strong ganti-caucus-TilImani
| MIR. John r. Tolbert says our delegates 10
Chi hicago were not the kind OF Democrats ne
has been fighting for the last twenty years
For the benefit OF those curious 10 know
why Mr.. A. st. Clair Lee has recently put on
speclacles, | will say he only wears them
when trying to decipher his own chirography
| During a thunder storm last Wednesday
evening MesSrS Il. w. Major anu ). Z. mn
lost two fine milk cows a piece; me ionr
! were huddled together and all Killed Dy the
same bolt.
suppose there is no longer any question
about the death Of at least one Dave shaw.
Johnnie Chies tells us in last Press and Ban
ner that he was Killed By lightning and bur-
| led by his friends near Bradley.
| DR.. Wilson preached in the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning and evening.
Work on the new Methodist church mas
Mrs. ]. NJ. Timmons, O Etfingham, Is visit
ing her mother Mrs. w. IL. Watson.
Mr. John X. Buchanan Is announced thlS
week rs Il candidate for County Coilihlssioii'
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Grier, O. Bolton. are Wis
iting at the hotel.
MT. Eugene Miller and his bonny bridge ar,
rived Monday evening from MISSISSIPPI, anu
Will spend part Of their honey moon WIN
the groom's parents Mr.. ana MIS- D h' M'''
| Ter. ,
Little Miss Lucia and Master Sloan McGee
soJourning with their sister, Mrs. ). W.
81 roles. ,,
Buck Folsom, colored, killed n valuable
horse for Mr.. Brown, Sunday. ny fast driving.
There seems to be Q plot forming Ing, agaimSt a,St
more & Co., by which one OF their number, or
some one yetin the back ground, hoPedd %e d,so 10
defeat his reelection. The people ol tliis ulS-
trict refused TO be dictated TO two years ugo.
much less will they be now. Since Johnstone {;
has been tried and not found wanting IN any
of the essentials TO a true repreSen tatlve OF
the whole people. lie is wedded to the inter Ter
ests OF his constituency and possesses lhe
! courage and ability To protect them pre-eiEl.
nently above that of any man this concinVe
might pit against lin. The people OF Inc uIs
trict ful lily realize this, ana some OF his louu,
est enconliasts are leading Alliancemen ahu
Alliance Journals. Therefore. Inc caucus caucus at a.
Bolton, on the 7th of July, cannot afford 10
ignore his ability and past services, uhless
they have morbid desire TO be In the same
unenviabIe position Of our (?) recent .;hlcnSo
delegation for Geo. Johnstonc VIII behls own
successor. %