The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-21
RiCHMAN CHAPEL.
Chips fs Tired OF Politics and Has Lon:
Talk for the Farmers. Hog andHOtni-
nyand Nome Made Clothes.

| huvc not written for the past fe"
| months, viH., sickness The whole lall,
,nnre OF less, la my family; the pressure
ui my fnftu work, and, also, the pres
sure Of dcbts, have kept me i'll such
frame Of mind until became too de-
spoutisul to think that collection of
my thoughts would he Of any value TO
the public. But We must not give up
our hopes and lie down in despair aud
make our livca miserable as well as sln-
ful.
| don't propose to fix up a pack OF
stuff composcd Of grumbling, Tor OF all
the people that We ever meet III tne
world. there ls none we get tired OF 80
quick ~ the old chronic grumbler.
But nevertheless we have something
confronting the whole lahorlng class OF
people now that demands cur serious
attention and consideration. .
The question has often been asked
politically, where are we al? Now the
same question, financially, stares US IN
the face, where are we at?
Why here we are with almost two
thirds of the whole people suffering.
right in the midst Of plenty. Now we
have heard enough of political, hot
headed agitation To do US for evermore,
and so loRg as the people allow them
selves to be stirred up with those hot
beaded wantiug-to-be-p be-pap-suckers OF
the land we will have nothing but
strife and envy and no time to spare to
better our moral, as we'll as financial
condition. If We ever get out or TINS
distressed condition We have got TO
come right down, not only to thinking
and talking, but acting at home, and
we will never get better time 10 COM
mence than rig hit now, for God knows,
dear people, if We wait for legislation to
help US we will starve to death waiting.
We know that il is truly hard for a
DOOR set of people to labor the whole
wear round, toiling and sweating day
after day, and after we gather our crops
they are taken away from us by a set
of people that were born, as the saying
goes, with a silver spoon in their
mouths, who do not, will not, and cali
not enter into any feeling of sympathy
with the poor man. Now this depres-
sion is caused by a set of people, we are
not fully able TO say who and where,
and I want it to be understood that l
am making no war upon our home
merchants, for I believe at leas: large
portion of them are doing everything
in their power to help the poor farmers
pull through. While we have fallen
behind, We must agree that it IS not
altogether from paying our merchants
an extortiouate rate OF interest.
One of the main causes Of the coun-
try being in this impoverished cQndl-
ton is, we have not diversified our
crops enough. We have at last followed
the cotton system down to the bottom
of the ditch, and the question no longer
remains with the most OF the farmers,
how much cotton are you going TO
plant another year, but bow much VIII
YOU be able 10 plant. Another great
drawback to US poor people is, we have
:inally lost sight of the way OF living OF
our good old ancestors aud have been
continually trying to live like some
body else, following the cursed fashions
and pride of the devil-living above
our means, or at least living OIL some
BODY else's means. Now, we like to
see thrift and enterprise and progress OF
every description, as we'll as ANYBODY,
provided people are able to pay for it
with their own money. we nave 10
objections to seeing young men wearing
their box:oed shoes, cutaWay coats,
stiff cuffs and standing collars, frllltd
shirts and dude hats, but for God S
sake from now on when you wear them
be sure that you are able to pay cash
for them and call them your OVID.
Now, young ladies', word to you; we
know lhat it is very nice aud pleasant
for you to 60 to all the public gather
ings, such as plcnics aud barbecues,
celebrations and big meetings, synods
and conferences and attend all the let
Of the social entertainments aud also
to have something new, very nice and
pretty to wear every time Hou go OUT,
but if you know that your father or
mother has it to buy on credit wear
what you have or stay at home.
Yes, we have got to come down 10
fine racket aud deny ourselves many
So called pleasures that we have teen
participating in, which all cost an
amount of money when summed up.
Since the spectators have taken from
US the only moneyed crop that we
have. we have got to learn ourselves To
live with very little money.
1t makes no difference what Bill
Jones'sons aud daughters wear, If they
dress in the finest appearal, that has
u thing in Gods world 10 Go with
YOUR case. Put on what you have just
so it is clean and decent and paid for,
and wear it wherever you 60 and let
those sap headed fools laugh ID at you II
thew desire. Just keep it up for few
wears and it wont be long before they
will be round to borrow dollar or two.
Did YOU ever think about it, dear
reader, whatever is honest, it matters
not how low some people may call 1t,
it is honorable.
Some people will hoot at the
idea Of wearing cloth now when
you can buy it at cents per YARD
But let US look at it this way. 1t takes
70 lbs of lint cotton to buy woman a
dress. and if she works in the field she
will have it in strings and rags in four
weeks. Now at this rate woman
would wear out l3O lbs of lint cotton
for her every day wear, in one year, oW
let this same woman take 10 lbs OF lint
colt N and spin and weave it into CLOTH.
She can do this in the winter months
when she would not have been doing
anything else, and then she will have
20 yards of good cloth which viii maze
her two dresses that will last her tne
whole year; now she has not only mace
vou q saving of 120 lbs of lint cotton,
out she has also saved the time ana
thread that it would have taken to
~; K. up those extra dresses:
we know that not every family IS 50
situated to make cloth at the present.
hnt do know that q msj>rity of fami.
lies can 60 to work this winter and
make cloth enough-for their every yday
wear the baAnce of the coming year.
! viii admit that it would look Like a
| Slow business for woman to go to
Newberry and look at the cotton mus
and then come home and go to bathing
with the old time looms, but l tell you'
nv dear friends, it is not as slow as