The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-02-22

reckon if the State "reformers" gain
their suit against the railroads and they
have to pay the extra assessment, we
Conservatives may lookout, ours will be
raised next, and the Sheriff will be chain
ing our wagons to tree or a stump until
we pay. Some people think railroads
and factories have no feeling and have
lust lots of money and can stand any
thing, but that's all a mistake, they arc
human just like we are-or the men they
belong TO are, and they don't want to be
imposed on any more than we do, for we
all have our nature-that is, VIC want
what we have worked and saved and
stnted our wants to get, and each lndl.
yidual of any corporation wants his hard
earned property the same as other folks
do. 10 hear some folks talk about those
railroad corporations and large banking
institutions, you would think they were
composed OF some great something they
don't know what, but ifyou will 60 10
the trouble to hunt up one OF them they
would be like Jim Howard "a jovial.
good-natured sort of a "boy" who be-
Ionged to our company in the late war;
said an old lady in Richmond thought of
q Texan after she bad seen one. Jim sald
that the old lady in question wanted to
see Texan soldier. She had heard so
much talk of them, that she had great
curiosity in seeing one of the monsters or
whatever they were. So Jim got one OF
the Texas boys to 60 with him so that ne
could let the old lady see what sort OF
looking thing a Texan was 1--WE were IN
the Texas brigade at the time) and on
presenting the fellow to her, she adjusted
her Specs and scaned him from head to
foot. and said that she didn't SEQ any,
thing remarkable about him-that he
looked Just like any other man, except
that some of them, perhaps, was not as
good looking as he was; but altogether,
She was not looking for that sort OF
looking being. And that is the way
some Of the people would be surprised to
see an individual of any of these big rail-
road orporations-they are just like anJ
other man, except they may be little
better looking than some we know OF. l
think that when railroad or any other
large corporation has paid their taxes IN
proportion 10 any other property holders
they should be let alone and not have
expenses heaped on them to keep them
all the time on strain to make enus
meet. That's my notion about 1t, anu
when I get to be Emperor Of South Caro-
lima, am going to have it that way
make everybody pay taxes on the same
per cent. of property owned.
I have been looking for Mr. Cleveland
to open his portfolio to me 10 go on his
advisory board, but haven't heard any
thing from it yet. I reckon his letter
must have been misplaced some way,
or else some of the ''reformers' have not
given him the right postoffice address.
[ think that Mr.. Cleveland's friends
ought to be considered first in his ap--
pointments, and if they are exhausted
before the places are all filled, the Hill
men might come in for some of the
smaller offices. I will keep still awhile
longer-till the Cabinet is filled out-aud
if don't get on that will take some Of
the foreign ministers places-rnaybe he
will appoint me Consul General to some
foreign country-no telling.
Who will be Sheriff while our Sherlts
are in Jail for contempt, if they don't pay
up9 Everything looks mighty curious
to me. I am afraid our taxes will be
still higher another year. begin to want
to know where the "reform" comes in.
haven't been able to see any yet. In TACT,
I think we are worse off now than we
were before the ''reformers' took US in
charge. But as the little boy in east Ten
nessee said to his sister, whose name was
Lettie, when the old mare broke loose
from him and run off. His sister tried to
catch her, but to no purpose, so the little
fellow said "leck her so Leck she IL come
back again." So I reckon Well have to
"leck her go'' for the time, and maybe
we will get her back again after every
thing is gone, and big debt heaped upon
us to pay-then the people will want
some more prudent men to take hold and
take us back to the prosperity we had,
before all this hubbub of reform move
ment came in. Well, if they do, reckon
we will have to help them back, but they
ought to pay the cost-that is the sheriffs S
fines, &c.
still say make bigger crop Of cotton,
bat bigger crop of corn, and don't get
out of heart about sowing oats. It's not
too late to sow oats yet. BY all means
sow some, if it takes to the Goth of March,
aud then begin planting corn and plant
little every week, as Isadore Evans says,
still the middle of June" have made
some mighty good corn planted the mid
die of June, but it wants little manure
of some sort, and then cultivate fast till
the last Of July, and if the rain comes In
August you will make good corn--corn,
that won't cost sou much, and will be
great help to you in fatening your hogs.
So you see everything tends to bring us
back to the hog again, and think we had
better try ard keep few hogs just for
luck, because we don't know when they
are going to be scarce in the West, or
somebody will corner on meat. so L
think we had better try to keep few
hogs on hand for such emergencies.
News is scarce around here, but If the
wind blows another day or two we will
go to plowing. When Charlie Johnson
gets Rich. Joles now house done; will
tell you about it. SQUIRE FEWEL.