The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-17
OUR PROSPERITY LETTER.
Address by J. F. j. Caidwell-The Can
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a From Cur Regular Correspondents
f PROSPERITY, s. Co.: August 15.-
Last week you were entirely forgotten
until too late. Sorry, but tits true.
The drouth is severe, doing much in
jury to the cotton and young corn crop.
The old corn is made and is good; the
fodder is now being gathered.
Bobby Whites and 'Bub" Aibler,
journeymen printers in the Office of
the State, are spending few weeks at
home.
.Misses..Mamie and Hattie Wells, of
Newberry, are spending 4. few weeks
/ in our midst.
The Survivors of'Co. "G," 18th Reg
iment, S. G. ", will have their annual
meeting at Young's Grove, on Friday,
the Goth instant. J. +. J. Caldwell has
been invited to address the survivors
on this occasion. All persons who
earnestly desire rest and refuge from
the-dirty political simeon are cordially
| invited to be present on this joyous oc-
casion. The old soldiers and their sons
| and other friends can fight their old
! battles over and over: they can give
| the Confederate yell, and charge with
| bayonets fixed~ shout and cheer
| just as much as they please; but poll
tics-the hateful thing-wiil have no
abiding place at Young's Grow on
that occasion.
Rev. II. o. Keister will begin series
| oc ~ nt> EryI
before the fourth Sunday, which will
be continued for ten days or longer.
on the fourth Sunday the sacrament
OF the Holy Communion will be ad-
ministered.
Our people Just now are not altogeth-
er as happy and serene as they ought
to be. They have been torn and riyen
by partisans and demagogues until
they are in d state of absolute unrest.
| The people in the country are being
made to believe that the towns, the
railroads, manufacturers and every
other interest are opposing and OPP
pressing the farmer. Never was there
4 more designing and unfounded accu-
sation made, and yet it is passing
strange to say that many people be-
lieve these partisan accusations in
which there is not a syllable of truth.
This state Of affairs causes unrest; ar
rays man against man, brother against
brother. class against class; prostrates
and depresses all business. This state
Of affairs is exceedingly unfortunate to
all branches of industry and business,
and every person must sooner or later
suffer from these unhappy conditions.
In the face of all this, Governor Till
man boldly tells his followers. that
possession is better than peace" That
Is, he is willing that the whole people
of South Carolina shall oe torn and
riven by internal strife; that the busi-
ness and prosperity of our once happy
and united people shall be prostrated
aud paralyZed in order that he and his
shall have possession of office. y"Pos-
session is better than peace" says Till
man. What does it mean? 1t can
only mean one thing, and it's this:
That he would be quite willing if nee
essary to plunge the people of South
Carolina into an internecine war in
order that he might be in possession of
the gubernatorial chair. Possession
is better than, peace" Already he has
sounded the tocsin of war. aud his
forces have attacked the citadel of rail-
roads, the strongholds of banks and the
bulwarks Of manufactures, and gained
partial victory; for to-day, there is not
single mile Of railroad being built ia
South Carolina, not one dollar of for
eign capital being invested in banking
or manufacturing enterprises. Rail.
roads, banks and manufactures are the
three great foodgates~through which
flow torrents of prosperity to any coun.
, try, State or county which may be for
tunate enough to have these great mu-
, niicent industries within her borders.
Yet these things must he. crippled SO
. as to entail ruin, not only upon them.
selves, but upon all our people; because
if one class of people in our govern.
ment suffers, allsnfer correspondingiy.
. Possession is better than peace" The
{ devil himself cannot conceive more
heliish idea. Better disfranchise Il, COO
poor white men ia South Carolina: who
cannot read and write than not tc
reach the: poor ignorant negro with. 6
qualiicationaf clause in the constitu'
ton. Better send a few white men to
Jail in every countythan not to reach
the negro: with a s. poll tax: Posses
sion. is better than peace" What a
delusi0n. We cannot he happy and
serene Under such unhappy and pre-.
posterous conditions. But let rs turn
from this sickening scene: to something
more eXhilarating. ....- ..:-r.
We have in our midst two busy and
enlivening scenes which are not yet
under the ban of dictatoriai influence,
and where there is peace; gentle, quiet
peace. The first is the brickyard Of the
!. Prosperity ginning and manufacturing
company. This company has been
employing fifteen or twenty: colored
laborers, who have turned out about
10000. bricks per day. This morning
the company fired an i'nulense kiln,
which is grand to behold. =; -,
We next turn to the factory. of the
!, Prosperity canning company, where
We find Superintendent Baker at the
head of twenty-five or thirty little
boys big boys>and men, all of whom
are just as busy as they can be, and
who are full of life and good cheer, as
they each fill his place. 1t is very in-
teresting to observe tsle process through
which the tomato and peach pass until
ready for market. Firstha boy scalds
the tomato by placing wire basket in
4 vessel Of boiling water, heated by
steam. The tomato is carried to the
pealing table; a second boy peals it; a
third one carries it to the packing ta-
BILE; a fourth one packs it in the can, a
fifth wipes the can clean and places
the cap on the can; sixth carries it to
the sealer; the sealer turns it over to
The professors, the professors to the Ia:
beller and the can is ready t1r market
after passing through, nine different
hands. The peach goes through the
same identical process except the
scalding. The factory consumes about
15O bushels Of fruit per day and puts
up more than 10000 cans per week.
The company have ready sale for more
than they can possibly put up. While
this little factoey may seem an insig-
nifcant thing to ssme, yet it is the
source of many blessings to the boys
and to the farmers. Hundreds of BUSH
els of peaches, WHICH otherwise would
rot on the ground. are being. turned