The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-07
BCCKuEAD ITEMS.

BUCkHEAD, S. g., February a.
This is most beautiful day and re-
minds us of soon opportunity for
that most useful of all instruments the
| plow to be used, and I trust that the
Lord will bless the faithful plowman
| in his most excellent Of all needful
works of man. In my opinion the
great problem of life will be solved
| when all mankind will by proper in
dustry make for themselves plenty of
that indispensable article of food,
Indian corn, and other food cerials.
And then about half the usual crop in
cotton in our cotton belt. I think the
race problem can be solved by God
Himself only. There may be a diff
ferent destiny for the Anglo. Saxon,
but this would be strange country
divested of the colored race that we
have been always accustomed to have
with us.
This constitutional convention that
the Tillmanites have elected themselves
to have, and are going to elect their
delegates to, seems to be all the topic
of the newspapers and the politicians
of our i'll fated dear old State. If
they are not satisfied in ruling the
State for the last four years, if they
60 openly to disfranchising any of the
people, they will violate both the
constitution of this State and of the
United States.
am very much disappointed at our
President and his Secretary of State
as rr..resented by the New York
jI'or' and that unpatrotic Pierport
Mor=an has buncoed the United States
out of millions and millions Of dollars.
But I cannot help liking our President
in his great kindness to our most dis"
tinguished hero in our late civil war:
and to our most deserVedly popular
and staunch statesman, in the trying
days of 1876 when all~the white peo-
pie, one-gallus and wool hat boys,
could make universal hurrah for
hampton! which cry the God of
Heaven heard, and all the white and
black people are, at this present time,
and ever Since the Radical downfall,
enjoying the blessings of an improved
government ushered in at that time.
Our junior U. S. Senator was not in the
State at the uprising in 1876 nor was
our late Governor in the late Con-
federate war. Mr.. J. Z n. 1rby says
in his recent letter to the State news
paper that Gov. Evans was conspicu-
ously alb: ent from some meeting that
was he'd lately. President Cleveland
don't think you have reason to be
terrified by B. r. Tillman's political
pitchfork, who is more inclined to be
rash in times of peace than the Vete-
rams of the war Of the States. The
Tillmanites are putting the blame on
one another very much.
The majority of the people voted
for prohibition; their rulers gave them
what they pleased, and reserved to
themselves the right to make, buy and
sell all spirituous or malt liquors,
wine or cider. How much better to
teach the rising generation, total absti-
nence, by prohibition which the peo-
pie wanted as expressed by their votes
than to be thus dallying with one of
the worst foes of the human race for
the purpose Of gain to the State and
the States agents.
My brother, D. r. F., writes cheer
fully from Arkansas.
Mr.. L. r Fee has lately commenced
running his McCreight corn mill once
q week.
Capt. T. NJ. Lyles and Mrs. G. Ladd
are tolerably well. J.c. F.