The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-10-09
Portman Letter.

in the bales, it is all the same and
means harvesting, indulglng in the
comfort of ear'splanning and strug-
Cling, wearing the crown of reward
that is the recompenso of mau's honest
toll. On Saturday last, while in the
city OF Anderson. to person of ordi-
nary intelligence concerning O cotton
market the sight was u revelation or q
mystery. The writer who, for some
reasonable reasons, was not frequent
visitor to cotton markets, inquired of
tho clerk in one of the stores: "What
IS the meaning of this-of the crowdsY
Monday is your salesday, is it not? Is
there a circus procession coming
along'" "No," answered the obliging
clerk, lit is just cotton eale.N
Tho public square was lined double
and treble deep, and the streets cor
respondingly. Concoprse after con-
course of men and women, and tho
prottiest sight of pretty girlsin the airy
array OF attractive costume. The stores
were reinforced for tho attack made
upon the ribbons and laces, pretty hnt-
Tolls Tor pretty dresses, stick pins, up
to-dato belts with fancy buckles, all
going at n wager, and wrapped in sig
nificant. large-lettcred, advertising
store paper which, with the notabl.
contents, were to carry tyiilo Of envy
and wholo-soulcd admiration to tho
companion girls of tho happy purcla-
sers. Straw hats on mems heads were
giving place to- handsomc, warm, felt
hats For winter, and shoes were being
fitted which were soon, perhaps, to feel
the slush of snow over their polished
too piece, and, not the least of consid-
Grafton, wore to replace the old ones
which for the past year had done faith
fnl service, but like aged friends,
though still beloved, were outgrowing
their usefulness. These we're prosper
GUS eigns of comfortable times, and
were the scene laid in the States of the
North previous to the late calamity.
ancient adherents to the "Grand Old
Party" would have rubbed the palms
OF their fat hands together and exulted:
Il told you so. It is prosperity-that
same old prosperity which, in it's pro-
eeccssssiiouai cur, inns followed the band
chariot OF the q. Q! p. e:cc--a-since-
time immemorinl?n The new order.
however, which, while buried deep III
risen refreshed in the baptism of new
sentiment toward the South, this now
order, which is simply head adjusted
to the old regulation, asserts Of itself
that 1T is half South anyway, bred in
old Atlanta, and say to tho South iii
words as nearly as manner can pro-
duce: "tVhither thou gOest will go:
thy people (or party) shall bo my peo-
PIE, and Thy God my God" Beautiful!
And, in its tropical .meanderings will
meet the professional cur of the e.. O.
p. of the South or "Grand Old Pros
perity," in its march from the Gulf
States to Mason and Dixon's line.
Time was when n President in the
North had little claim upon the allegi-.
nnce of the South. When the money
that was wrung out of the war drenclI-
the sweat t-drenched hand of the lnhorer
ard cast int2 tho uIli,Diy Golfers of the
usurers of the Capital City, the people
OF the SOuth-nOt rebels, bnt defenders
said unto themselves; "We shall
raise unto ourselves king. He shall
be meek and lOw1y in the virtue OF
quiet honesty; he shall be born from
our soil. bred from tho toll of our
hands; he shall be educated in the for
est temples, he shall worship in the en-
thedrals of the heavens, he shall be ono
OF Us, and shall represent us in the open
face OF day with q white heart and q
clean conscience" SO was tho kinply
child born, hit nature developed in
beauty and modesty, and as he grew in
stature ne he grew in favor with God and
man. The people enthroned him upon
the hills as Q pedestal, his royal ermine
floating behind to the valleys, and with
great cries of rejoicing they shouted:
"Great is the King! Long live King
C0tton!"
Under this benignant rule the people
OF the South have dwelt many years,
and now that the new President Of the
North has recognized the respectful
King OF the South, and both prosperity
wagons are to meet amid shOutings
from mills of the Southland factories Of
the North. tho people will cry: "Great
is King COttOnl Great 10 .i..; p;,,;
dent OF North and South! Long live
the Union of the federatc States of
American"
The Southern man has done it all.
He might have gone down in disgrace
and humility that sometimes follows in
the wake OF poverty. but he didn't, he
rose with the sublime fortitude that
follows an honest purpose and clean
heart and he has won! The women,
they are not out of the shade OF the
lau rcls. The women, who have hoed
and weeded and picked and gathered
and carried: with tired back and aching
sides, with little children murmuring
before them and littier ones crying be.
mind them. with families to wash and
cook for, to mend and make, to suffer
for and please and nurse-the women
are not from under the shade OF the
laurels; and when man claims q crown
OF prosperity as the price of his labors
it must he q crown that shall also fit
his wife and daughters. Let these
ii:s:scsss au;i buckles and brooches, and
while tho patriotic shoutarisee "Great
is King Cotton and his men!n let there