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THE UNION TIMES. VOL. XXVI.?NO- l!l. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA MAY 10,1895. #7 $1.50 A YEAR. Ji** BrSIXESS DIRECTORY. i>. Li. Hydrick, ?I. A. Sawyer, Spartanburg, tv C- . I Dion, S. C. J T YD KICK & SAWYER, Attorneys at Law. Jit rwwnscit'l's O'tl Stand. UNUO& Ml Nlit). Attorneys nt Law, No. l!. Law It ni?c. S. STOKES, Attorney nt Law and Trial .lu-iioe, Ofiico Hear of Court House. f C. WALLACE, Attorney at Law, No. S Law Range. ^At'11 CMC HIT & BUTLER, Attorneys at Law. No. "1 Law II tnjr<. DENTISTRY. 1"\R. II. K. SMITH S X/ Denial il )oms over A. !l. I'osier & Co'*. siero. I'.u-iiiiio usui in exsi-acl?ng tceili. I MUX MAIililil] - AND- Granite AVorK's. or.otuiK F. M. FA UK, MIN'llO. PresMen?. Cashier. Merchants and Planters' National HA Mv. t'aj ila', Stock -r > Sarj'lus Stockholder.-* .l.i i i?-. * ;<>,?T> ::il? t?170,0:?0. Officer*? i:. M. I-'ii". l'rc> I. A. II. Fj>ter, Vice l'nv i. lico. Munio. L'lsliier. J. I>. Artnr, A-m-iou: t.\i?h:er. l>tree!or.-"?W. II. Wallace, A. (?. nice, Win. .Ic II ciio, T. tI'uiioaii, .1. A. I'uii..l. T. l'ju^las. 1. tl. McKt.-i-u-k. A 11. I'o.-ior. t'/i'MVc ?< licit vi>i;i liu-iru-rK'.E CREAM AND SODA W.ATEJI \ >A UL( >lv \S the Oyster -eas mi is now over, I hare converted my Saloon into an 10K C'llKAM I'AKi.Oi:. And the a die* and pcntlennn are respectfully invited to call on me when they want a cool and refreshing drink. Orders f< r cream by tin* gallon will receive prompt and careful attention. 1 hare one of the finest Soda I'kiuntiiii!1 in ti e up country, rverythiii"shall he kept tidy. Ladies aie invited to make n.)' jdaet m ir Isv:i??iju:srtors while shopping, stop hi amJ r. st win llit i you wi-11 to iiuy or n ?r. If \nti I avo * headache try mv W IN II ('(>(! A it will cure it every time. Vou will also liiol.it mv place tlie lar ^est ami finest assujl'in nt of fancy am] pi a n enolics, cakes mil r: cl.t rs. Inilis e iniied floods ami ^aural con lections, also f imily grocorit-s. 'i'ii insniy .|. or< for their kiml ami li'minl pair o , (si Sun -m r | espoctlully smlieit a conliiiu.nej of the siiio. tliis .'"uniuier; guu:aiu t iu^ prompt and polite attention to all. JOHN. R. jvTATHIS MOVING SOUTHWARD. i ' s boon observed that in the past ? \ months there has boon a decided increase in the number of people moving into the South from other sections of the Union? more particularly from the West and the Northwest. These newcomers have moved sometimes in companies, showing their eh a ? go of residence to have been made only after consultation and after some comparison of the attractions of dill'erent portions of the eountrv. Ilosidcs those, mini hers of heads of families, each possessed of some pioperty at least, have come into the South, here to make their homes. The circumstances <>1' this coming of people from other sections into the South must interest us chiefly as suggesting the endeavor, on the part of the Southern people, to prevent, as tar as their elforts mav prevent, the operation of anv of the causes which, in other sections, have induced these people to "plit their homes. They should find prompt and full performance of our 'nouiise to give all such immigrants a hearty and honest welcome. They should he made to realize their expectations of perfect freedom in business a:ul in polities. They should stiller none of the isolation which the reserve o! lli'> Southern people is t??<? much eah'ulated to hrinjj ;i|> hi outsiders enuiiinjr to live aiii'ini; them. Nut that, there Ii:i3 heon any lallini: oil'in Southern hospitality, hut that the course of events since the war lias made Southerners sensitive la the extent that before making friends of strangers they must ho assured that these latter are themselves friendly. Above all. there should he the determination to treat these settlers with the utmost fairness in every transaction. Any apparent tendency to -peculate either on their necessities or on their lack of ae-juaintanee with matters in this part < the e.omtry would soon have it- etfeet in keeping away people who mi^ht otherwise come anion"; us. It is cs I?t*c::i 1 ly important that ail our people so demean tliciu^elvt*s t < strangers that the-e latter shall experience none ?the hardships of politic.i! intolerance. 1 here should lie accorded to all men, ami uiore especially to the men who may hold political \ iews ilillei'eiit iroin tln?se ol thcgre.it ! ?xly I of Southern whites, the utin?<st freedom of thought, speech ami action. Anv other policy must he fatal in its effects upon any effort to bring desirable settler.- into the South. Anything like intolerance, in matter- of opinion, would go far to e-tahlisii. in the minds of the very classes of people win m we would have among us. the truth of the charge made by some papers and politicians?that the Northern or the Western man is not safe here who has political convictions of his own. It is to he notcil that in the ?jcneial movement of new population into the Southern States, there is practically 110 part of it directed towards South Carolina. Causes for this condition must bo found elsewhere than in any lack of inducement in the shape of natural advantages. The principal of these ea uses i> the absence of proper advertisement of those advantages. Such advertisement is properly within the sphere of the State ooveriiincnl. Citizens and eorporationsstand ready to do all that they cat:. I>111 tInstate government should at least provide the agencies which enterprising companies or citizens niav employ. '/'//< Stdtr. A 11>\\ii in M iimesotn li;is :i< 1<?)?t?*<1 a "curlew law. " lien nirfcw lin^s all children have l<> yet ??ll (lie street. Whether such a law is strictly l>oiioeratic is <jiiestioiiable, hut lucre are .* sjileieli'l I'viiures about the law. Matty ti hoy has been mtulea criminal ami many a yirl an outcast by i ciii" a 1! iwc'l to ream <*n t!. street alte ni. htfall. TIIE HOME AND STATE, Discussed by Miss Elizabeth U. Yates, ot' Maine, an Advocate of Woman Suffrage. If ever the old granite court house of Union was perplexed and amazed and halting between two opinions, whether itself were beside itself or the people had gone crazy, it must have been last Friday night, w hen a well dressed, handsome lady teok her position on that part of the room which lias been set apart, exclusively, for the wisest of the wise ami the sugest of the sage, and commenced to "talk in public" to the fair sex, the business men and the elite of the town generally, who occupied promiseuosly, seats that are accustomed to groan beneath a weight of , ignorance or blackness or crime, or perchance had accommodated honest , jurors or even astute and sharp counsel. It was the occasion of the address of Mi<s Yates to the people \ of Union on the question of Woman's t Jlights and every available seat in ] historic old room was occupied, and even the aisles were filled with eager ( listeners. The l^rge turn out of the best ladies of the.town showed that they were not. entirely indifferent to the cause thai Miss Yates was advocating, although many came no doubt from purr euriostiv. j Wo would n<?t attempt to give till j ..r Miss Yates' speech as it was quite j j lenghthy. It was mainly a reply to j the arguments that are generally ( made against woman suffcragc and must necessarily have been subs tan- j tially what many of us have heard ) before. They wcr^iyjfc stale however j when she gave them t?? us, as she had i t dressed tlietn out in new colors and I , by her sparkling wit and keen hu- ; iiiour showed them to the very best advantage. She was applauded again ; and again, the novelty <>1 a woman , i speaker soon passed away, and by > iho time -he had gotten well into her ; I >nOr>'!; siiehad I'llliI 1 \':l t ? ! her :i liil:?' I > < ( ami had it well u inter out it nd. J] She i:i;nle a _ ?<I speech. I lor j t voice wa^ iloud Imt <|iiito tlistinot , , aii'l lineiy ino luJnlcd. 1 ler postures i | wore true t-? nature. m> made as to | | i aid tlie voice ami impress her points I j I without attracting attention. Her I sentences were well turiio'l and well ^ timed and hud n?> dotihi been well . studied. ^ r*In* laid a -no 1 1'Mindition for her , discourse bv ?jti<?!ini: from JMackstuiic c. as to the re juisius of p?od govern- ? ment and lVoiuently in tiie course ol' , lie." speech she <|iiotod from the saint ,| author, who is everywhere recognized v as authority. She tlien took up some j ill' tin. Im'.v< i.I' vii'i.i'u St ..( tl... - ' ' 111 " l"c j i I'liion and showed how they operated . in favor of the man and against the ;| woman as she considered il. Tlu;ti p she considered some of the laws of our i (l own Stale and rousted them lor awhiie She did not forget, to ]?;iv us men a t, delicate compliment hy saying that , she was sure that we d d not intend to |, do woman an injury and that it was not our fault hut the fault of the'-.,, law. Then the main point eame She wanted in the new constitution. which we eomtemjd; e making, a '' clause providing for woman's suffrage: | not absolute lntt with tin educational) i|Halitieation. She su^ested that this would settle for u- the vexed ; * ne;rro proldein, us the enlVanehi-moid of the educated woman would "ive the whites a decided majority over "^j1 the negroes. When Miss \ ates had linisited, a collection was taken and the jingle of it.,. 11. >> it ? m "nv coining up 111:111 fully with their | moms to help women out ul" the do- 1" grading position thnt Miss Ysites said ' 1 she was occupying. Kor herself Miss Vsites undoubtedly mado nnny friends hero. Whether ' 1 she made any voters for woman's ' suffrage, however, remains to he seen. ,|( ts THE OTHER SIDE. Some Women Prefer Their Own Sphere. A prominent lady of our town requests us to publish the following extracts from a long article against Woman Suffrage 111 the New York Sun: "Some New York women have for-, mod an association to onnose the wo k k man suffrage movement, and to ascertain so far as possible the real attitude of the women of New York State toward the extension of the franchise. Meetings have been held at the residence of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt and Mrs. F. L. Stetson. 'The association has not yet adopted a constitution, but it has chosen an executive committee for the management of its affairs, and is fairly and openly in the field. Mrs. Francis' M. Scott is the chairman of the executive committee, and Mrs David II. Greer, Mrs. Schuyler Van liensdealer, Mrs- Everette l\ Wheeler, Miss luorcnce .Lockwood, and .Mrs. i Elihu Root arc her assistants. Mrs. George White Field is treasure of the association and Mrs George l'hillips secretary. It is the purpose of the association to establish branches all over .New York iState, and arouse the interest of the women who have hithciio given woman suffrage little consideration * * * * * 'If women "ain the right to vote o o ;hc irksome, obnoxious duty of going ;o the polls will be forced upon all the hoinckeepers, wives and mothers in tho land, because it would never lo for Bridget and Maria and .lane O . . iYnn to vote and their superiors in ' ntellectand judgement to abstain) [V 1 ' 1* . _ ^1 * 11V roiu uoing so, ior uiiugs wouui n a sad state then. We h'ie"goin?; <> try to arouse the interest oi the ; a omen at large in tlivital iptestioii J * Hi ''The idea seems prevalent among ; lie suflragists that we, who are ??j?- > ?ed to their views, wish t<? relegate j vonieii to the home sphere exclusively i mil har her out from all the ptides- j ions a ml vocations in whieh it iia> )een ilenionstrateil she may win sue-j ess. Such is not the ea-e. V> e ap- 1 rove of every woman working "lit a areer for herself ami making the | e.-t use of her intellect ami abilities! n whatever direction she chooses i What we ohjeet to is the idea of. somen entering the toil, strife an 1! itnnoil ?.?!" pulitieal life- The >ui!Va ;ists claim that voting will oe.-npy , 11fin only oliv day in the war lite , listing of the ballot wjll oeciij-. 'lie day, but look at the time t!u\ u use iake to lit themselves !'?<? tlia | lay;i the endless discussion ami i I'raiiglin^s they must eii^am' in! I itch they will not be content wi-i; ' hat; they will-want olliee and ail the : ( i|>jiiirteiiaiiees of jiolitieal life Kvcn i Iiiiilc will teml to we.ui tlieiu awayj, i'oiii the ) 1:11 ui'ii I sphere of uomau. , lei ili'ey will shirk tiie duties aim j OpuUSibilities thill hi loii" pet tdiai iv . i; their sex. \\ hen tho riitorino wed^c , s oiiee inserted there i* no 1>n o\ rny |'| o\v wide the lireaeli niay become. j, 1 don t ? iclicve the s:i:Vrn^ri?ls j ionise' \ cK ai ail rcaii/.e wliat tjiev I i'(: trying to do in thiii attoniptiiiir I i revolutio li/e nintter-? j I * ' A !< .111:1! .'sis < I* (l 1 u' l.l w :i-> i.I slul.ii ' 1 i"Vr> tiiiil. llit*. ];iw luiiui'r-' :.rc c iiv;iiro'i^ ;iii I ( " nricMii- in ii> i inl li.r \v?linen. W liy ?i?? ssjH'i m n isn I r Krc.ik iloim *ih< <?* . ir: u l.l |illl llll'IHH'lvCfS cm il |i'\V?lr : <1 i:i:I iiiim 11:ivi'lliM:iV I f < *?\ jIit i??n 'jhimi* anvil,uii.r ,t !i i'MisiIim! tin- fimi'.; 'lii/\ ( i.'Mi'ii <!' iruto'.'t tilt* Wink SIMM lr>: I t ly- I < -s Illicit. H otiicn iii \ iiM*rit*:i are' i ( irctoii. Mpr 'Vi'viHlitlu' ii??:iif in | I < " thai [i liiiMx-x-'Iri-c hi i* X fullt't'il ?'l VV ! f i ?"1 f 'I In*\ mIi'IIi i III f.\. || t ;s?*. !; \'?m iii>:r ?\ i'i,' >( < lu-ii n m ' .'i? liuir vo'i ii.i ! > m'I licit in . I l i ? . ;riven f">r, awl tins ;i i?i I,,- ! ! ? troyol if w omen :if<* jhjsIu <1 oil! to j i l-iift ii t l.i- Iuii'In I in ly of j oli'.io- ; Cost Of a Halo Ot Cotton. Mr. John \Y. JSiarnes, one of Tipton's farmers, cultivated thirty-five acres in cotton lust year and made twenty-one bales. The total cost, including rent, feed of team, labor, picking, ginning, hauling to market, etc., amounted to 3H50.50. lie sold his cotton in Memphis and received 3525?thus losing 31-5.50 on the year's work. .'dr. ^tarries nlaces | Lis land rent at ?-1 pel* acre, which is entirely too much if cultivated in cotton. Xow if the land is actually d>vorth the amount paid it must be for some other crop, and being a tanner he should learn what that crop is, and devote his labor to it. But we fear our friend & tunics will continue to raise cotton on bis 4-dollar land and loose another S12o. The casual reader will conclude from the foregoing statement that Mr. S. was actually $125 behind on the year's work, and lie is if he only made the 21 bales of cotton, lie says nothing about the corn, peas, potatoes, sorgum, vegetables, butter, milk, hogs, etc., that his team and labor made while niakinir the cotton?ail of which went to feed 11is wile ami children, and which was worth fully the $125 if he had it all to buy. Summing the whole thing up, and comparing his Condition with thousands upon thousands who arc not fanners, and who are dependent on the business prosperity of the country (of which there is none) for a living, Mr. Sturnes is hound to admit that lie still belongs to the favored class?and all because lie has an occupation by which he can make a living.? Covington Leader. Tlit? Devi! 111 TJ Le Cit i es. - . . A dislinguisncu reionncr said during the week that unless something i> done at once to save the log cities tlicy will go straight to the devil. 'J his is not at all profane. It was a clergyman, i>r. i'arki.urst, who said it, and he knows no re about it iiian even the p< It iscortaiiih in.onfth I i j cities. It is also ihc small cities. 11 applies not 1. di \ i:? thevillage-:. Kvi.'ti v. lure c ; ilatioii noes not exece-; tv.ii Mpiar;: uiilu it i- still operati-. . i i is a good tiling got hold of a lilt ;ul, tiHtMid'rru fi'tli ofthis kind an ! i ilio'.v yon. l'!?;s | ai'iii'i . i!' must take von tii tin cnii V.s.t : .at everything I VCt'V wheiV N li' ? I .1 to till' ill-?11 if si?iiii'ili:i.v at unco iii?1 ail tin* t . ' i ?if -cent if Avermis i- I.. . a tin- jiout. lie tin an; tit.. .1 .. wo/M in ixiiich liic tluv11 ,ii : i ! wn-nill pnll. It is a very - a i. neve,'the-, i less, and tlio v .'.u - ! y n > means :liu worst |1 '.i ! > i!: a s"U.c revjioi'ts they ii'o ; iv t !iey arc liisi work si I e.s . . ! ,i Wild lias >nl k to do and is a i ; to d i it i iturallv iiritis i.11 ; i key live liim 'i ; o o and Ins iiiituria!. ! i' ho . : . i ln:a ho nis tlic ojiji ii.H' i st:i j it j.i. Teased a lntndt; i- ! m : I it v. i '. . !. :. . i < 1111;i 11111 ci_'. .; < - i ' m : i r. * \ 11. flint is in ver in !i" v ;!y liclpiil. It call I"' i'c r'tl.i . . i IV ever. s?> lint pM.nl will in* i 1 Itw v. To jjivc tin* I" !- ; i' |?i:?y t<? 111' OO! Ill pllVjM M -lie . .|j ! . ;ti m <?!'wliii'h i m :i y *.i i :i i itics < till' ]4 I I I!11 ji.\ riiiicii t, of politics in : !! j ; i.i.'ciil,-, I'rcl'^ioli in all chip . ' fctliics, f sociology. 'flic iTK'.-it city . ?liinax f modern life .It * . .'torelottSit of iiite'lcciiinl cvi y ii re-pro-* iMits the siini of . ;i" ' ..rtivo l)ciCVoloilCC of I ll4* ; t'"' V.I' .-lljipoft I. it also lopri s>- : :u miiii ol heir i ' i11< vit;iI^ 1 <.?. I lio Vh'vi: is i i .tn j;ivc ip liis ritv n - not Ml II lin'i'S ' 11 ,V" " nllow linn i rim in town. '..in lie ever o .'h e !<?.{ .;, . . . i really a rue* t op ?.<> .mi. The lie//./.