The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-03
NINETY-SIX.
The Fruit - Interesting Topics
BRIEFLY Discussed.

Ninety-Six, S. c., June D. 1885,
Mr.. Editor: When Gotf cast that dark
shadow over our lovely Stale, East End wan
dered lar out into the wilderness, thinking,
perhaps, at last the old regime was ready TO
moist the flag but CHIEF Justice Fuller sent q
ray Of light through the little cloud and the
shadow was gone, aud East End has not been
heard from since. presume he Is lonely IN
that wilderness still waiting and hoping that
some star may yet rise above his horizon 10
lead the Way back 10 the place he so thought.
lessiy LETT. We wish hun q safe return and
predict for him that next time he will not
mistake q shadow Tor cloud. The Inquiry IL,
where is East End.
Now, Mr.. Editor, away back In cold Decem.
ber last, your headlines " al article written
then by me, made me say my 4th July speech.
so / hope this rambling mid-summ mer letter
will not receive December freezing In The
waste basket.
| have decided views, POLITICALLY speaking"
on silver and man y other national questions,
but will not force them In this letter. Those
who know me know that have convictions
and never afraid 10 express them.
Please allow me TO say In this connection,
the stand you took and advocated In your
paper In behalf or white supremacy, desei yes
more praise than / can give here. The Re
formers will ever remember the few noble
'Conservatives'' who stood hrm for white su-
premacy during the recent dark days through
which we have passed. But sad IL Is to relate
that many reJoiced and were ready at any
cost To overthrow the will Of the majority oI
the whites. / think the day is not far Of
when the brother In black" will trouble us
but little and then, II need be, we Can have
Two political parties In our State, and yet live
In peace, and all join in advancing her every
interests. How she has prospered aud con-
tinues TO prosper IN the face OF terrible bitter
opposition Is remarkable. Well, enough Oh
politics.
The crop prospect is rather mixed down
here. The corn prospect only medium. Cot
ton, don't matter much anyway. Gardens
have all suffered badly Tor want OF rain. All
tha fan nj 10 70 l,lpI rtUhf
The oats sown since the 2Oth OF February, are
very tne those sown In January before the
February freeze were killed. Ninety-Six will
have some seed to sell next fail. But a very
small area sown in wheat, but the grain was
good. Taking all in all. our people are deter
mined to better their condition. Never before
were store accounts SO small, and 10 the man
they are trying to make plenty Of hog and
If plenty Is not made, the people are certainly
The iruit crop is beautiful. Early peaches
and apples good. Every house should store
away at least two years supply.
We notice in the papers some little COM
plant as TO the roads; this is easily explained
The continued rains last spring, put the roads
IN bad shape, and wnen the rams ceased /,
was 30 late, time could not be spared from
farm work 10 do more than patch over the
worst place. The roads will all be we'll worked
in July and August and In good condition
for fall hauling. Our people are awake 10 hav.
ing good roads and are determined 10 put
them in better. fix than ever before. They
want to ditcf the roads on both sides and
raise the middle, and 1t is quite a job on many
of the roads, especially where they ale very
red and stiff. II Will require two or three
years working to get them In first class con-
dition in the hat places. We are forced "
economiZe In bride building in order to bring
the finance OF the county out Inside OF the
appropriation. /, for one shall ever condemn
any officer who exceeds In expenditures the
appropriation given him.
For fear you don't like long letters, better
close. Respectfully.
Henry X. Kinard