Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

REFORM VOTER.
Timely Hints to Farmers and
Good Suggestions to Voters.
EDITOR ADVERTISER The crops
in this section of the county are
looking very well at this time
where they have been properly cul-
tlvated. This has been a good
farming year, as The rain has not
stopped the plows except for u few
days since the crop was planted.
Any man whose crop IS not in good
shape has not done his duty, and
been fooling away his time, per-
haps 10 the detriment of his cred
itors, and then in the fall OF the
wear he will come up behind and
make great many frivolous en-
cuses to the merchant who sup
piled him and his family through
the year.
1t is better for farmers not to
have too much to do with politics
as they don't put corn in the c'i b
and meat in the smoke house.
People are now beginning to
talk as to whom they will send to
the convention. Well, it's time t.
talk if they have anything to say,
as its only ten days until the pri-
mary. Some favor Mr.. Mack SIM
kins, who passed by here this
morning on his way to Good Hope
to attend the meeting to be held
at that place to-day. Many re-
formers favor Mack and will vote
for him regardless of the way the
SPECIALIZED conservatives treated him
in the last election. They COM
mitted a great wrong and treated
him badly. 1t is hard for reform
ers to know and tell what to do in
regard to conservatives. Some of
their boss leaders advise them not
to 60 into the primary nor have
anything to do with it at all, so
reformers don't know whether or
not to vote for any of these. Judg-
ing by their actions in the past it
appears that nothing short of turn
ing over the State government to
these will satisfy them. I am not
willing to go that far, but favor
peace and unity, and give to them
representation in the convention
according to the number of votes
they cast. That is all they can
reasonably ask for and | don't
know that they have a light to ask
reformers to give them anything,
as they have been abusing and
vjllifying them ever since they
have been III office. Nothing was
too hard and harsh for these to say
about the refnrmers and they flung
every obstacle in THAR way they
could in their effort to make the
State government unpopul ar
among the people.
We should certainly elect Sena-
tor Tillman to the convention as
he is familiar with the workings
of the State government and
knows great deal as to what
should be put in the new constitu-
ton.
Mr.. Editor, bear with, and al
low me to name three more good
men who would make good men,
bers of the convention. EX-Gov. J.
C. Sheppard, Mr.. Milton Gaines,
of Gaines, and Lieut.-Gov. Tim
merman-three reformers end Two
conservatives. Let us work to
unite the white people of the State,
and for unity and brotherly love,
and let us bury bitterness and an
imosity so deep that 1t will never
more rise in our midst. Why pay
ally attention to the old sore-head-
ed anti, disappointed Office seek
crs, and press of the State, that
are mainly to blame for all the
fuss and confusion.
Editor Bacon fooled the people
badly this week. They were eager
to get the Chronicle to sec what
he would have TO say in reply to
Sheriff QUITS and Mr.. Durisoe in
regard to Dargan. As soon as The
paper arrived they opened it and
scanned closely each column, but
they did not find the slightest al
lusion to the late ul.pleasantl.css.
People are greatly surprised a! his
not replying; they had thought
that Editor Bacon would hold
on as long as there was Il pea
in The dish. but he didn't. He
lad had enough of the Dargar af-
fair and was not as crazy as some
think him to be.
Long NAV the ADVERTISER live