The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-08-23
SUMTER S. c.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23. 1899

said he, "bas better pedigree"
He told of the fight for Greenwood
county and referred pleasantly to the
town of Greenwood and it's growth.
He paid a compliment to Green
woods citizenship, but he took up
the white Gaping which makes
people afraid to sleep at night within
FIVE miles of the court house. This
he denounced bitterly. He told Of
the Phoenix riot and said he didn't
blame the white people then eff l
had been here | would have gone
with you | have never yet failed
to uphold the banner of white 81
premacy against the devil the world
and the Radicals"
The Tol5erts he denounced, but the
election riots are over and inofensive
negroes should be let alone and be
given protection. Il you waos to
up.oos the snake and kill it go and kill
the Tolbsrts (cbesrs But do0't
bother poor negroes who have nothing
to Go with the Tolberts Don's abuse
toe poor black devils. The race
problem is coming to tue front 10 the
Uoised States. This Jewess woman has
come to Charleston and taken the Baker
fa1sily to Boston, the centre of devil
try By allowing the shoughtless.
lawiess men to whip the negroes, you
give ammunition to your enemies 10
the north. This anarchy will spread
to Eige6eId aod Abbeviile. You are
masters, and while We must make the
negroes let our politics and women
alone. bet they must not be beaten and
abused.
Ii this thing continues. you will be
deprived OF labo. by an exodus Of
negroes aud moreover capital will be
driven of. You must make the negro
respect you and keep his place, but you
cannot afford to whip and kill negroes
10 this cowardiy way. At present the
Yankees are disposed to let US alone
except to cut down our representation
because we've disiranchised the pegroes,
but such affairs will give them chance
to iuterpose Federal authority. I beg
you, l plead with you to rise as one
map aud pu. down this devilment.
Cloud oheers). Some one may say.
you'll lose votes" I don't care if l
lido. don't want your votes if you are
sush towards as to uphold this fawless.
| uess.
Senator Tillmao then took up the
subject of farmers institutes aud the
benefits to be derived if the farmers
will take the proper interest 10 them.
In the north the institutes have proved
very successful by the cooperation of
the farmers and the farmers wives.
The senator said what the farmer
needs is to ra,se his living at home.
| Yesterday he had listened to the wheat
growers. but fool as be was he had a
better remedy against weavil5 than aoy
of them . It is to grind as soon as you
gather it. He gave the farmers some
advice as to cu!tivatlug their crops and
told of the great things tobacco had
done fo. Darlington aud the other
esstero counties His Own experience
in tobacco raising aud lss failure was
hanorously ,old He thoughs there
was land around Greenwood chat would
grow tobacoo and urged the faruew to
try ;s. His experience. "that of a
failure aud fool" vas that there is
nothing for our farmers in expert
ments with Asia grasses, because Asia
is ar arid climate.
Speaking of the costoa mill industry,
he said be looked fos South Carolina to
occupy position similar to that Of
| Massachusetts, and become the leading
manufacturing State OF the South The
farmers Of Texas aud the Mississippi
States would drive our farmers ou. of
the business. and in self defense We
must do something else
The senator referred to Latimer's
activity and poked some f1a at the
Congressman, aud talked little about
Washington affairs.
As Senator Tillman was about to sit
down, bystander asked him about bis
Sumter reference to the prohibisiouiets
and the dispensary.
In reply the senator said be went to
Sumter ct the invitation of ali factions
aud in his morning speech mentioned
only national issues. After dinner Mr..
E. D. Smith made speech 10 which be
eodeavored "to rub the butter Of my
! back
My friend N. G. says in pursuing a
policy Of cooci!iatiou my course is to
give them soft talk and sugar. Well,
I've given them enough vitriol in the
past aud ought to be allowed to say
something nice now.