The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-13
OBSERVATIONS.
He Talks Some Farming and Some
Politics -. The Merchants Giving
Logs CreGIt..Hard Times are Here.

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Politics =. The Merchants Giving
Less CredIt-EIard Times are Here
The times are so hard and depressing that
Is even hard to get up any news or TO observe
ANYTHING but the hard times.
There has been and still is q great deal o
talk about cutting Town the cotton acreage
Every one will agree that it is requisite
necessary and essential but here Is the rub
Every one wants his neighb0r to reduce his
acreage, while he plants q full crop. The END
will be that every farmer will depend upon
his neighbor to do the cutting down and inc
crop will be just as large as ever, There is
no trouble In the world for US to determine
what our neighbor should do. and how they
should act. That is easy job. The trouble
is in determining what we should do. II we
could dictate to our %neighbors and max
them cut down their cotton acreage, we could
plant a full crop and make money. We are
very much given to debating to our friends
and neighbors and never fail to do so when
opportunity presents itself. 1t Is human ma
ture, an ingredient that our Ben Tillman Is
full of. He does not care what we want TO 90
nor what the General Assembly wanted TO DO
eardIess of every other Consideration, he is
debating to the boys and telling them tnat
they must put him back in office this year,
since he is the only man that they love, at
all. dearly.
We are all selfish some of us not 80 much,
others to a great extent and by a great major,
ity, and if We would only stop o ONE and
think a little, we would discover the TACT thai
we are controlled in ninety-nine cases out OF
a hundred by this same selfishness. 1t is
selfishness that Is going to cause the cotton
crop OF this year, SO far as acreage Is con
cerned, to be as large as II was last year.
SeltishnesS IL q great self-deStroy1ng mon
ster. Beware of him.
1t seems to me that during the past two
years / have heard q great deal about future,
nominated by primary elections like the rest
of us common ofice-seekers- There was a
maj on the stump, ito be plain, our Benz
who wanted a primary; He further claimed
pie from having q primary for governor.
Our Ben has either adopted the aristocrat1c
programme or his selfishneSs teaches him
that the safest road back 10 the executive
mansion Is by means Of a Tillman1te state
Convention, composed Of Tillmanite dele
gates. If / thought that our Governor who
did so much blowing In the campaign OF last
forgotten, would listen to me, I would give
him a little advice. I would say to him, my
dear Bonnie, there are a number OF STUMP
ling blocks in your road, that even O state
Convention Will not help you to remove. You
have, during your administration. Increased
our taxes; you have deprived US Of $4,000 In
phosphate royalty; Clemson College which
was to cost US nothing is getting TO be q bur.
the State, you have injured the credit OF the
State, you call the people 'them id FOOLS"
you spoke Of the present legislature as being
composed Of "driftwood" members, you call.
ed the Haskellites 'curs." and you have
clamored for a primary election for State Of
fcers. Now you are about as laxative about
the matter as the gay and festive oyster:
that we, the people, being a selfish people.
have not forgotten. We have a better men,
DRY than you have, and at the same time, our
gals are not so large as your own.
lect that we do not intend to stand all of this,
and you had as we'll prepare to retire to the
dear plantation, down In Edgefld County, at
the precint of Roper's. In the quietude that
surrounds you there, you will have ample
time to think over your blowings, 10 study
selfish human nature. and repent Of the harm
you nave lone South Carolina.
You must recollect, dear Ben, that the PEG.
pie OF Augusta, in the State Of Georgia, are
with your sweet and toothsome butter, hams,
chickens. We will show how unselftsh We
are by giving you up, but at the same Time we
will shed many crockodile tears at your de,
parture from the affairs of government, and
wish you much Happiness In your old sur
~roundings.
Consider this we'll, my dear Bennie. and I
feel confident nnn mo % that you w will see sd the w vod fo
try ana induce j. ]. ingalls, to take up his
abode with you, as you are OF the same stripe,
with the exception that Ingalls, has more
brains and more culture, and he differs with
you In this; ingalls, pours out his wrath on
his enemies, whlle you pour out your wrath
on friends and those who dare to oppose your
aristocratic will.
II is q we'll known fact that every Saturday
our streets are crowded with negroes. II Is
also wei known that they crowd and block
the pavements to such an extent that 1t Is al
most impossible to walk, up and down the
pavements. 1t is supposed that we have city
fathers, but why they allow the above state
of affairs TO exist, no one Is supposed to know.
Those who have TO walk the streets on busl-
ness on Saturdays are complaining OF inns
weekly blockade. Four-6fths OF these ne,
groes are not In town on any business, ana
even II they were 1t would be no excuse for
them taking possession Of the pavenents.
1t is no hardship on them to Keep on OF the
pavements. Justice to those VINO nave ous-
mess to attend to, demands that the city faith
ers take Immediate steps to remedy this evil.
We should adopt the New York City plan Of
requiring the darkies to move on" we nave
authority to keep the pavements clear Of all
except those who have business, they Will 40
their duty. The pavemenis are not Tor the
purpose Of holding meetings on, but 1or the
convenience of those who have business.
Those who can only get supplies by giving
liens on their crops will not be able TO make
arrangements for supplies as early this year
as they did last. A member OF one OF tne
largest firms told me that on saleday In jan
uary, 1891, his firm took a very large munger
of liens, but that on saleday In January, 1877,
his firm did not take a single one. The mer-
chants will not commence 10 make advances
on liens to any great extent TIL sometime IN
February. Neither will they extend as much
credit as they did last year. Those two things
will cut down the amount of credit business
far below what 1t was last year. Our iarmert
will never be happy till they can ouy ior
cash, or only a very small amount on credit:
Last year at this time a great lumber OF
mules were being sold In our market. Thl5
year the only mules for sale, SO far as l nave
seen, are those that have been taken PACK
from those who purchased last year and the
yanr before. This Is a strong eVlQen nee OF the