The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-09-03
URENs, S. c., Sept. 8, 1895.
sss last I Sae we had occasion to

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large portion OF the press.o OF this State
10 ring the changes weekly upon their
iayorite text the "aristocrat." Under
tnis eyer-recurring demagogic appeal
IL ls no wonder that the State is largely
possessed with the tendency to social
ism which in the wealthy northern
communities and in the crowded civili-
2ations OF Europe constantly vex So
clety and disturb the social fabric
were IL not that the little property in
thls state Is so equally distributed and
the property holders of more than
average intelligence, underline preacb
ing OF the everyday politician, unrest,
leaiousies, madness, nihilism, would
threaten the very existence of proper
w. Fortunately the man who owns
eYen o small home is shrewd enough to
catch the drift Of the strong denuncia-
tory utterances OF the speaker, that his
clamor Is a cry for office only, and has
nc farther drift. At the South partic-
ularly, and throughout our country
There has been always, as now, q strong
tendency towards the acquisition of
land, the establishment of farms and
plantations and thus the growth OF an
independent, intelligent population,
conservative In its leanings and const-
1tuting h very bulwark of peace and
order. Thus the multiplication of small.
farms throughout the State is the SAT-
est guarantee ola happy, contented,
liberty loving, orderly, intelligent cit
nship. 1t should therefore be the
nd study of every leading citizen
In this sue, every man pretending to
politics, to encourage among our young
men the acquisition OF small land hold
1ngs, and the establishment ONES.
Their Is less penury, beggary and dis
satisfaction and more prosperity in
France than in any OF the great States
OF Europe, due to the more equal dis
tr1bution of land among the people,
under conditions established q century
ago. There is much writ IN recently
upon the tendency of the young men to
desert the farms for city life with the
view to better opportunities and build
Ing up rapid fortunes. Statistics how
ever carefully collected, show conclu-
slvely That of those who stick to the
country, ninety per cent acquire COM
1ort and independence. while of those
VINO Hook to towns and cities only ten
per cent succeed and grow to Compel
ence and ease. The other ninety drift
Int are lost in the scramble and crush.
The road to great fortune is through
commercial and kindred pursuits, as
speculation, mining and great ventures,
DGt the way Is strewn with wrecks,
ruin, and all the calamities, casualties
and crimes that human effort is liable
to-. The road)t ITO success and happiness
lies in the middle way: persistent.
"coriOus, economical effort.
-,olvn to some degree has grown
rich, as the result of favorable legisla-
tlon, the fortunes Of war, and other
favorable circumstances. But the
leisure class, the class above work and
commanding ease in the Eastern
States contrasted with the toilers
Is infinitely small compared to the
same class in the great European
crowded populations. The poor
and the workers at the North are
millions. The hope therefore of the
State and the South is to multiply her
farms and country homes by the thou
sand. In the meanwhile there is no
leisure class at the South and all may
be classed together as twirlers in the
~ RNmnatifiua cfr,,nn1o f0, 0D;ctox,oo o,l
a comfortable competence. There
are only three cities at the South that
in any sense can be said to rank as
seats of commerce and industry and
wealth-New Orleans, Atlanta and
Richmond, the latter with all the sur
roundings and environment of a north
ern community. We are prepared and
do charge that the country needs fl
napcial relief; that the legislation at
Washington, the tariff and other in
Equities have been cruel and tended to
crush out the South and impede her
prosperity. AT the same time what we
have written is sound and our people
should we'll consider these views and
be hopeful for the future. We have no
hope of stopping the mouths of the
mouthy demagogues, who by much
windy talk and wild ram expect to
create dissatisfaction and unrest, and
thus capture the little Offices in the
gift of the people.
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The Press of the State is somewhat
exercised as to who will succeed Sena-
tor Irby as u. S. Senator. The Legisla-
ture to be chosen in 1896 will elect; but
the election will probably be in 1897
That Is, upon the supposition that the
convention now to meet provides for a
Lee i%S'ature. Again it may provide for
al or biennial Legislatures
oening just what may hap
The Federal constitution only
provides that each State shall have q
Republican form of Government
What that is or should be might be-
come a question for the Courts, to wit,
II Courts are to be provided for in the
new constitution.
The great Southern exposition opens
at Atlanta on the 18th inst. President