The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, July 16, 1875, Image 2
Gorgeous Flower
Reeonstraction!
our very
|H ^Hi en
Coroner
This official iiiikIc appearance
a week ago, provide! by
upon the lately discharged
resigned.
from nioiintniii fastnesses of Saluda,
negro, quite black, apparently about
years^kage, is decidedly in gait
^^^^K^^itndrni incut,'iniil has a good countenance. It
is said that he is as unlettered as any Hottentot
that ever brought beads into Cape Town. As
H^^BT Sheriff, of course he must conduct the Sheriffs
B sales. At twelve M., there/ore, lie mounts the
court house steps nud, in strange tone and parlance,
summons an nu<liflgco The audience is
not ?|ow lo gather. lor Aw Is ' >< t ' I up?n the
' tainted breeze. Ya^^^pBkiiows that tainted is
the word! Whites aBBhgroos rush to the
spot. And now Sheriff Carroll waves an Advertiser
with a graceful semi-circular flourish
nnd says : "(jcnilcuiniis, how much am I offered
for dis fifty acres ob land?" Here Mr. John
I?. Addison modestly explains from the foot of
the steps that the defendant wishes further time,
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( !<? Dinv iiv, no I'luamiii o , ! "> Willing - and
requests llmt llio sale be discontinue*!. Of
tIt 19. tlie acting High Slicritl' umlvrstunds not a
single syllable, nod, raising bis voice higher,
again says: "licntlemuns, how much is I otiered
fur dis fifty acres oh lain! ?" The crowd smiles.
A voice says : Twenty-five cents.
The High Sheriff again says; ' (ienllcmuns,
how much is I offered for dis fifty acres ob land?"
A voice says: Fifty cents. The crowd sniggers1
and wags its head. The yellow boy from Ohio,
who stands behind the Sheriff, on the topmost J
' step, with an open account book and a pencil^
reminds one of tlie ambitious but . nfortunate
yoiitlt of Longfellow's "Kxcelsior." Again the
High Slicritl' says : "Gcntlcinuns, How much is
I offered fur dis fifty acres ob land ? How much?
How little?" The crowd explodes, with aloud
report, right and left. The High Sheriff's eyes
become two saucers, ami his good nuiured face
assumes the expression of a scared rabbit, lie
casts an expiring look upon John Jones, the
little yellow boy who is Clerk of the Court, his
preceptor, ami wrings the Advertiser intoalcaii
wisp. We feel deeply humiliated to gee what a
lean and dirty wisp it ean he wrung into! ?
Jesse has taught him according to his light ?
Jesse's lights!?ami of course the tuition is
feeble nnd unavailing. The crowd shrieks,
streams, kicks! Nothing so ludicrous has been
seen in Kdgeficld within the memory of man !-And
now stage fright seines upon the High Slier- |
iff, nnd he plunges madly down tlie lofty stone
steps and is quickly hid in the lower bowels of
the court house, oh, those bowels! What do
they not hide in these days! Oh, that dirty
nnd inexorable maw of Itmlical reconstruction.
The yellow boy from Ohio plunges after the
High Sheriff, and is also received into those
screening and pitying bowels. Jesse enters into
llie: maw and is swallowed up. The myrmidons
all enter into the maw ami play with corruption.
And the crowd continues to shriek, scream and
kick.
Hut under this irresistible hilarily--ainong
the white people?there is a deep feeling of indignatioq
and disgust?of unspeakable humiliation?of
very intense shame- that we have
c une to this, and must put up with it. Scott,
...........v.. ,.|U.1V.', ? 'U|iniin, l vII il K I(j t er fift '
ft f\l, ad infinitum, high uti< 1 low, small and great, I
in the past and in the present, (tut upon the '
ivholu set of dirty and alien thieves 1 Out upon '
the disgusting and sycophant io twnddlc that is]
now marking n great part of the press of .Smith j
< urolina. (tut upon everybody and everything |
in the remotest coniicetiou with such an infernal I
state of deviltry.
Railroad Pool Again.
The South Ciirnliiiu Unit rood Refuse* to he 1
Whipped into Homes*?.1 /.ireh/ l\ailron<l '
lf'ir is J'mbnhle.
^^fiScTriiffneakcii out in rEgnrd to a lnte railroad
meeting here pooling freights:
In the convention the South Carolina road refused
to pool Augusta with the Port lloyal and
the Charlotte and Columbia railroads, claiming
that these roads had no return to make,
A very harsh resolution, threatening to charge
local rates on all freight intended for the South
Carolina road, and discriminating against it in
other ways, was offered. The matter was referred,
by Superintendent Solomon, of the road,
who was in the convention, to President Maprath,
who was in Charleston, by telegraph.?
President Magruth promptly replied that the
South Carolina road rejected such dictation indignantly
uud defiantly. Then came a resolution
and threat in double-quick time.
A gentleman connected with the South Carolina
interests suggested that coercion, as was
suggested, could only be enforced through the
Georgia road, and that the convention had as
well understand that the Georgia road co-operation
could nut he relied upon by the convention,
as it was hound to the South Carolina road hy
an agreement, with stipulated damages, etc.,
and was interested $oO.(HM) in South Carolina
steamships. Whether this intelligence caused
it we can't say, but the convention became more
conservative, and buhl the resolution in abeyance,
while the whole matter was referred to
President Wadley, of the Georgia central, President
Magrath, of the South Carolina, and President
Wilson, of Hast Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia?the three to meet at Augusta this week.
It is said now that President Magrath did not
put in an appearance, and that the wires have
been busy tixing to fence the South Carolina in.
The superintendent of the Georgia railroad was
asked in the conventiou if his road Would help
whip the South Carolina into harness, nivl is reported
to have replied: "Wait and sec." Now
the rumor is that all, the Georgia included, will
unite to bring the refractory road to terms.
The South Carolina works to Atlanta over the
Georgia, and if the latter now goes into the combination
Atlanta ration! nninv anv benefit frnin
tlie war rates?in fact, no points can, save Augusta,
Columbia, ami possibly otic or two unimportant
points. President Magrath controls the
road to Spartanburg, but if the Richmond Air
Line isi in the pool, it will prevent the South
(. , .Caroliua frotn working into Atlanta by that
.route. Lively times nlic.ujLas far ns the South
Cafolffia road exTemls its influence, iiu\v seems t
probable.?Erchanyf.
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We learn tiiat Col. Thomas Francis (Jrcnckcr,
editor of the Newberry IlrrnUI, lias secured the
Agency for the Torpedo Chicken, which is just
now attracting so much attention among poultry
fanciers. This splendid invention is destined
to create a revolution in the chicken business,
and make the feathered tribe far more numerous
than ever before known, since it is a sure
and certain preventive agaiust the depredations
of poultry thieves. It ia an exact imitation, of
the chicken, made oI -Iron and tilings, and
whenever it is touched by the wrong person, a
torpedo within makes an explosion sufficient to
arouse the ^icighborhood. In one instance,
where an explosion took place, a certificate
states that "the body of the machine was blown
to atom*, but its two legs were found intact,
tightly grasped by a fTige black liatul, which
had beeu literally torn from the arm. Death
never held tighter to a dead nigger than this
nigger's dead hand grasped those two chicken
legs." Col. (Irenekcr is the only authorized
agent fir the State of South Carolina, and
wishes to dispose of county rights upon reason
able terms. Send him your name and post
olticc. and enclose a tl.rce cent postage stamp
for reply, wlien further particular# will he made
known. Exchanges please copy.
We copy, and claim a Spring t hicken. ? En.
TIM i.*.
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An exchange says: "Miss Clara Hose, of
1'hiladclpiiiu, had 7# expended on her Latin,
French and Gorman education, and then married
a man who has to buy his butter half a
pound at the lime." For our part, considering
iter fatal facility f?r snatching u husband baldheaded
in four different languages, we can't help
thinking that she mariied quite as well as she
had any right to expect.
Che Jc'ifflilij (Union.
K. M. STOKKS, Kdltor.
UNION, FRIDAY, JUI.V Hi, 187.Y
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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'i Copte* <inf year," " 1
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Any prrMin sending us a club of ion or more, the ra?h i
accompanying tin* "alrr, will bo entitled to a copy extra
for getting up I In* ('lull.
ADVERTISING.
One square or our inch, first insertion, - - - Slim
Kacli Milisripiriit insertion, ------- 7."> i
l.il>rr?l ilisrount made to merchants ami others advertising
for six monlNe or hy the year.
Obituary Notiees of ten lines or less, inserted free (
" orer ten lines, ehurged as Advertise
iiienta.
The re<l cross mentis "time near up the i
hlttc cross means, "time quite up on?I no more (
papers until paid for."
HMfc. There will be i? Barbecue nt IIchI/h Mill j i
on Saturday, the 24th inst. I
fay It is stntc'l in the Nov York papers that
Thcmlore Tilton attended Plymouth Church and
lislenc'l to a sennoii from Hccchcr.
fay We unilerstaml there is Flour from New (
Wheat for sale in town : hut as wc nre not an
t homed to say who linn it, tlie people must hunt
it up. All we say is, it's tliar or thnrnhouts." ,
Mr. Wheeler will he in town for a few '
lays only, ami will he glad to Iuitc his friends I
wanting pictures call immediately.
tlallery over Foster & Wilkins' store *
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jpftX. The Executive Committee of the Nation
al Orange have agreed to move their Headquar- ,
ters to Louisville, Ky. The next convention of
the National Orange is to he held at Louisville .
on the 3d December. ,
JJtEJfc.. All persons having hysiness with a Trial i
.Justice should demand of that functionary an J
itemized hill of costs. Without such a hill you <
arc not compelled to pay the costs. This is ac- '
cording to 'aw, and we hope it will be rigidly '
enforced. 1
IJflX. Our friend, II. II. Ihirgess, has our ^
thanks for a sack of Flour, ground at Beaty's
Mill front new wheat. We have not tried it yet,
hut it looks as good ns any we have used, lie
informed us that his Mill is now in perfect or- ^
tier anil prepared lo grind first quality flour.
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Jfciy The congregation of Plymouth Church ]
have unanimously raised Beecher's salary from t
$'-'0,000 to $11)0,000 for this year. ?
We hope this action of the Church will not t
tempt other ministers to follow his example. |
We don't like the precedent. .?
IllUX,. Itain, rain, rain 1 Grass, grass, grass 1 1
is the ur<lcr of the 'lay in this .section. For '
over two weeks we have had hcavv rains so near
1
together that Iho ground lius hoen always too
wet In work, and in the very best condition for '
tlie prags to grow rapidly, so that now nearly
evcVybofly is "in tlic grass" badly?ami still it "
rains. *
i
Strfi" N lint bus become of the ?p"wfy Tax <5
I'ni n ee hi uicetj ^
lugs of tic lax I nioti' in-, iw'd n-gulurly.? t
When first organized, wo umlerstood that it was u
to be a permanent organization, ami while there j
may not lis much business to ilo at present, we ?
think it wonM be us well to keep the assoefu- u
timi in work in phonier.^
Tion of Ccnrral Asia. Ibipliiu^looksanxiouslp "
upon ninny recent acquisitions of territory by n
ltussia in the direction of Central Asia, There
is some anxihly felt, lest a war between thhAe ^
two great nations should grow out of the present ''
unsatisfactory .state of affairs. '
e
jJtjy T he Columbia Convocation of the Epis- I ^
copal Chnrcli of this diocese will convene at this
ii
place in tiro Church of the Nativity next
Wednesday and continue during the week. lit. j,
Itev. Ilisliop Howe will preside. Hivine scr- p
vices will 1>? held every iH?y, ami ot> Sunday
the solemn rite of confirmation will lx? ailinin- J.
istcred by the Hishop. ~
I" the case of the State r.?. Arthur I ^
Glover, for killing two n:eir hy the name of Go- /,
tnillinn?father and sow? st Edgefield C. IE, i
tried at Newberry lasS week, the jury, after
lieing confined from- about dark on- Thursday j
evening until nine o'clock Friday morning, >s
could not agree, nml were discharged. We arc
informed that the jury was the most intelligent v
of any
tfcttX,. In rcsponsC^I^Bwc request of the citizens
of Cross Keys a^Btogansvillo Townships, I
made !>y our corrcs|U^^^L last week, the Committee
waited upon cf this town and 1
raised a liheral suh^RptiaSlo aid in rehuilding '
the Murphy's Mil^jBridflM. We suggest that a (
Com mi l tee he nppijmHJPrthc meetings on the '
1 7th, to receive the subscription. 1
fl*#' We learn thuHjaR:nioti League la about I
to he reorganized in t?jluu?hia, aud wo have t
reason to believe the satao mischievouf political (
movement has been secretly set ou foot In this (
County. Some of the leadings RadijflLh*r? (
already taken to night riding. Jt niarSK be (
for that purpose, hut it will be rOfnetnbcw^Rhal (
the Leagues were organized at niglrttUttijflPnic j
deviltry was concocted in their ntgln nfeetiogs j
jR$0U A flrr weaffwl at the tomgley Cotton <
tfllls, in K-lg. field County, eaosed by lightning t
striking the wai-ehowe ami then spreading it8i-lf
over every bole of cotton, attracted by the
tics. The total losa is fOO bales of cotton and
f>6 bales of manufactured good*. The damage
to i lie building was about $1,000.
A colored man, named Wright, Tost his
life by over exertion in trying to save the property
in the building.
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An iafkinoiis outrage urns committed
upon a colored atem-wi named .Jane Bates, by n
coloMNl man WMfe'l .1 ??l?n Gibl>?. on Sunday
last, about throo auU-s from this place.
Tha woman was on her way to tow n in a
wuggfc And team driven by Glhbs, to remove her
daughter, who was sick. When in a lonely '
place and at a great distance from any dwelling '
the villain committed the deed. The woman ^
was l>adly injured, especially about the face and
neck, (iibha made his escape and bad not been
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arrested when our paper went to pros.
L
Mr. Geo. 11. Hancock, representing the i
"Sunny Sovttb," a new and beautifully illustra- ,
ted paper, published at Atlanta, Geo., spent
four days in our town the past week, canvassing
for that paper and the Greenville .Wk\?. 'J'he (
"Sunny South" claims to be a true exponent of
the literary, social and political tastes and talents
of tin* South. It is the handsomest illus- i
trateil paper ever published in the South, and
from the sample we have examined, is cmiiicn tiyl
worthy the Southern patronage. We shall speak
more fully of it when we become better acquainted
with it.
Gov
Chamberlain'* Can*e.
One would suppose, on rendtag the fulsome
laudations of Oorernor Chamberlain which have
lately appeared in a number of our State exchanges,
that certain Conservative journals are
opposing the action of the Governor in his efforts
to give the people of South Carolina fro
yrarn of fair government. So far as we have
read our exchanges wc have not found a line or
word in any one of them that warrants such a
conclusion. On the contrary, without any
exception -have cordially endorsed his course.
so fur as I lint course affected t lie State nt large;
l>ul some of u.i have iivt fallen down an<l wurshipped
liim; we liavc not filled the columns of
our papers every week with fulsome adulations
uf the Governor and those conservative journals
that ussunic the chntiipionship of his adminisI
ration. We have dared to speak and write of
fnrral t'haniherlain ca^ply anJ according
to ottr own convictions of what is due
lo the people and Mr. chamberlain himself.
Some of our exchanges tell tts "Governor
rhaniberlairi is a necessity.*' Wo do notcnlorsc
that, in full. Gov. <'haniherlain's courtt
we grant, was a necessity, not merely for the good
of the tax-payers of this Stale, bn| more especially
for the perpetuation of .the Republican
parly in the coyntry. The wires were worked
in Washington, and he responded. The condilion
of .South t'nrolina hegan to open the eyes of
I he people all over the couuJj!^H|(ScortK|ttion
of the Republican parly, and ueu rounded fears
were entertained that unless a change was made
- even a temporary one?in this State, that pary
would surely lose the next Presidential clccI
ion, and perhaps South Caroline also. We have
no idea it was any love for tfce people of this
hate that prompted the leaders of the Republican
parly to demand the reform, although we
icknowlcdgc that we are greatly Wiiefitted by it,
ind arc pleased with it -even if itahould prove
:o l?e tut a respite front t he former ^tfhmous rule
rt'o would not plucc :i .straw artChambcraiu's
path so loug as he continues in tho course
ic has marked out.
Other journals say the timesel^ulfed for speakng
of Attorney-General (Jhamberthin's errors
a-as inopportune. There we differ tridely. We
bought then, and still t link, thl^Tftjje.was most
propitious fur reminding him andihis. friends
lint the odium of l.is former associations was
aill clinging to hint; and as arrestfe of some of
hose nssociutcs were about to commence, an opportunity
would be offered him to prove his asicrtiuu
that he was innocent of %ny of the fraud
uid corruption imputed to him whit# he wofe Atorncy-General.
For our part, wevlere sincerey
desirous that he should prove bflSself guiltess
of actual participation in those frauds'and
lis champions said he could do so. Hut how
Hands the case now. Parker, one of his nssociites,
has been in jail for some weeks, awaiting a
rial.^J^^^B^^mmmcnccd last week; the cvileii
eft flpnaHnm has been closed; in tliut evilence
it Ss (bund that in the division of tiic rciult
of what is very avldeutly a fhm#nlcpt ?pecilation
in bond Coupons, $.30,(W)iv was "set
iside" for Attorney-General Chamberlain. It
s true that the aame witness says, -klrc was not
ware that Mr. Chamberlain lines* anything
bout the transaction, or whether the received
hrWr1 of ff, tlaTtnfiis
feme would ha mixed up with it. w^.v tho'fol>wing,
which we take, filial the Tcharleston
m ics and Courier of the I'-hli. is- ar ? informed
iat Mr. ChamberffelfiBphs, nnd is still absent
rum the State: and ptrf.are led to infer that lie 1
arcs but tittle abontHne trial and the effect it
fill have upon hltt official character, or the |
meresis 01 ins oinic ;
Governor Chamberlain is not here fu speak for
imsulf, ami \vc feel warranted, therefore, in
minting ail extract from a private letter,(dated
lay 11, 1875, when the charge that Governor '
'liambcrlain was mixed up with die qbupon v
rands liad not been nmde/^ln t l?f lest er in (l
incstion. Governor Chamberlain ?*id : "The
/,<>/< coupon business, for which 1'inker is now
itfld, was new to ?/(< 'till lust Februaryf J never 1
eard of such a transaction 'till then. Who were
n it, 1 cannot tell, but I do bno-w vb) is not. j
Now, we would like to take Gov. Chamber- <
ain's statement as truth; but it docs seem 1
trange that he should absent himself from the t
State, just at the time when he knew his name
vould be ' mixed up with the coupon frauds" <
indcr the solemnity of an oath.
When we consider the utter indifference dis- t
daved by tlie whole Radical gang when charges 1
if fraud and corruption are made against them, t
dr. Chamberlain's indifference to the case now
in trial ami his apparent dont-care style of
renting all notices of his connexion with those 1
vho we must believe did commit fraud?, naturaly
compels us to place him in the same schedule
>f crime with them.
Like Leslie, Whittemorc, Crews, Hurley. <7 iit
mac genus, he appears not to care a whit for
ho accusation* made against him, and w hile he
nay ndt, like then*,- smile with childlike blandtess
at the frauds they have been sccenory to,
tnd claim pvtris* for their shurp practices, lie
>ertaiu!y does not seem the least dhttrbed at
lis name being placed in the sara#category.?
Re evidently aims to have two yeavi of good retard,
* flavwmorjp the wipe
wt ail trasbs of the many prcviou?|^^of bad
' cord, and we don't object to that/^fc
What we complain of most is the HftT -we
nay say premature?and fulsome dtOsnsc of
3overnor Ohaniberlaiii, by some of .llgfcfcpers
n the 8tate. w hile they are earnest snff persist;nt
in their demands for the arrest and conviolon
of every other official who acted with him
when the frauds wore committed.'j Let us dcuaml
of him also to cloar up, as far anThe can,
lie mystery which shrouds his former course.
If lie docs that, or even makes an honest and
liold effort to. defend himself, 11/naif* will be
more willing than we to try and forget the past;
but until we have more reason for recalling the
iccusations made against him before be was
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those accusations were false ami unfounded.-IVc
endorse Wis course toward the State, asUovbut
we object to his course toward many of the j
Counties, for we think it shows^ conelusirely i
ilmt the reform he professes to gtve is in* !
tended more to aflfcet the minds of outsiders than ,
to restore, practically, an honest and acceptable
g. vernnicnt to the people of the Stale. In the!
language of the Xrusand Courier to Comptroller j
Dunn, "no public officer is too high for criti- (
cism." ,
A tragedy occurred in Athetilh, N. C.? on
the 10th. A man named Hall hnd heett com- ,
milted to jail for the murder of his uncle.' Two j
of his lirothers went to the jail and attempted
his rescue, when t lie guard shot one of &cm
dead and snapped his gun at the other, who escaped.
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A Severe Storm.
Tlio .Spring and .Summer of this year will be
long remembered for the frequeucy and severity
of storms all over the country?in fact, nearly
all over the world. Nearly every week the
Timrs has chronicled one or more severe storms
in this County ami republished accounts of similar
visitations in other sections.
Mr. C. K. bong sends us an account of a scrv
i-,; storm of wind, rain and hail, which visited
his plantation and neighborhood on .Monday of
last week, lie says the wind was so terrific
that it blew down all the shade trees around his
house, except three, which were sheltered by
the corner of the dwelling. It unroofed four
houses, while Ilia dwelling rocked to and fro so
perceptibly that lie expected momentarily to see <
it demolished. In this situation, with the trees |
falling around, it appeared as dangerous on the
outside as within tho house. His spring and i
the road to it were completely blockaded by i
falIon trees of all sizes, and it required nearly
two days of hard work to clear them out. The I
hail was light at lii.s plantation, but it entirely
destroyed two acres of cotton belonging to a
neighbor a short distance from hint. 1
rtfl),A Hoard of Honor settled a difficulty
that was getting very serious between I). MeLucas,
Kditor of tho Merchant and Former, and
\Y. J. McKcrrall, Kditor of the Star?both papers
published at Marlyf^*'. If. >
We have often thought if it was necessary to
have two papers in one County town they should
be Edited by one man. Hy that arrangement
the Editor could abuse either paper to his heart's
content and to the satisfaction of the most qunrrelsome
of his subscribers, without endangering
his corporeal safety.
Couldn't we raise an excitement in Union,
under such an arrangement? Wouldn't we get
the two papers so near to fighting that no Hoard
of Honor could prevent a clash of arms? And
then wouldn't we divide the town on the merits
of the two papers. Wouldn't it be fun to get
into one crowd ami hear them extol the abusive
powers of the Editor of the %tl*cace Maker, and
then to hear another praise the finely drawn
and elegantly writ ten* instills of the Editor of
the Battle-arc. Wc just think we could get" up
about twenty fights a week among the people
and keep clear of danger ourself. It would bo
glorious nil round.
A mau may acknowledge himself to be a liar, '
scoundrel, a coward or anything else not conifdered
polite in ganteel society, but he would
net ?ny one else to tell him of it without
a fight or a foot net?and 0110 is about as bad
as the other this sweltering weather.
?*
. -V change seems to have conic over the
minds of tlie negroes of this town lately,^
Something or somebody is stirring up
of suspicion and animosity against the tdmt
people again. For some j^ears we have been
gliding along together smoothly and ki?^-All
bitterness of speech and act has been stffaiously
avoided by both races, and the utmost
good feeling existed. But of lato we have seen
and heard acts on the part of the colored peoplo
which incline us to believe that some devilish
scheme is on foot to break up this desirable^
stateof^ncHnj*. Again we hoar colored jeaw'
:rr ^
sing much unnecessary ill feeling.
1 here is an undercurrent at work t/- Jr V
' c peace prospsrli of our c
Amnry, which will require the greatest amount ^
>f forbearance on the part of the white people j
0 SlCUV/
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jfca)"' As many enquiries have been made of 1
ts as to whether any of our County funds were '
leposited in Solomon's Hank, when it burstcd, 1
vc made the necessary enquiry and learn that 1
1 small amount is in the wreck ; but it is coufi- 1
lently believed the County will not lose a dollar
iventually. 1
Great inconvenience will be felt, however, '
tecauso it will delay the payment of County '
:Uiros until the Receiver of the Bank, T. C. 1
Dunn, unlocks the vaults and allows the Treas- <
trer to draw the County funds. 1
We hope the failure of Solomon's l.ank will '
:ause ? law to be passed compelling County 1
frcaanrers to deposit all County funds in some 1
aound bank in the County to which they belong;
or if there is no bank in the County, then in
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We iton't know that our readers will
care muck about hearing it, but finding the following
despatch in tire daily papers, wc take
the liberty of inserting ft, to fill up the space it
occupies:
Loxo Hit a x?:(i, July II.? Mrs. Algernon .Sartoris,
daughter of 1'resideiM Oram, gave birth,
at 8.1") this morning, to a fine boy, weighing
ten and a half pounds.
The next thing that will exercise Grandpa
Grant, will be to find a position for him. Fome
olftce will have to be created, for more "pap"
will be needed. We hope to hear that he inherits
the military genius of his grandfather by
storming the Sartoris Breastworks vigorously
ad successfully, ? At j
?. <? . '
The Hotel RentedWc
are pleased to announce that the Hoard of
Directors of the Union Hotel Company have
rented the Hotel to the .Messrs. Weiiu?father
and Sons?of Ncwocrry, who will take possession
on or about the 1st of Septe mber.
We understand these gentlemen know how
to keep a Hotel" in the best style, and will
come to Union with a fine record of their abilities.
They hare a fino field to work in, and it
will only require strict attention and energy on
their part to make it a pleasant and profitable
undertaking.
No More Election Money
For the information of all whom it may con- j
ccrn we publish I lie follow in" Idler from State I
Treasurer t'ardozo :
CoLt MHia, June JO, 1X7"?. j
lion. II'. //. Wallnte
Snt :?In reply to yours of the 27th inst., 1 i
liave to inform you that I have only been able to
pay one-half of the Warrants for Flection expenses,
ami will not he able to pay anything
more until the next collection of taxes.
Very respectfully
F. I,. < 'A It I)()/.(>,
Treasurer S. |
( en. Frank I'. Illair, <lie<l at his resi- 1
deuce in St. ^.oitis, about midnight Inst Friday, :
surrounded ny his family and a few intimate !
friends. A few days before his death he fre- J
(jnently rode out. Ilis death was very sudden. |
Doing* in a Trial Justice's Court.
Not long ago a young man was arrested for
throwing a clod of dirt at a co'ored woman who,
he had reason to believe, had stoleu his chickens,
and who, when lie forbid her coming on his
premises, cursed and abused liim in a most infamous
manlier. The clod lie threw did not
even strike her, but she took it before Long, no
doubt expecting to scare the young man into a
compromise. This she failed to do, and after
two trials, which cost the County nearly twenty
dollars, a verdict of not guilty was rendered.
Another cose was that of a young mun ar
rested for assaulting a colored child who struck
him with a switch while he was quietly sitting
in front of a store. ltut one slap was given the
child which left no mark, and in tivc minutes was
forgotten by her. This was not the first offensive
act of this samp child towards the young
man. The ease had to go before Justice Long,
and a verdict of not guilty rendered. The
lather of the child acknowledged that lie would
not have prosecuted the ease, but lie was advised
to do so by other parties. Now, who were
those other parties ? Did Long advise him to
do it, when lie took tho trouble to ride a mile to
the quarry where the father was at work, lire
day the assault was said to have been committed?
That c:isc cost tho County five or six dollars.
Tl.crc have been a number of just such
unnecessary cases lately, and tfe'lhe people have
to pay the costs in altftofltcvery one of them it
is lime to enter a protest against it.
We have no personal ill-feeling against Trial
Justice Long. On the contrary, wc have been
his friend, and when he received his appointment
from Gov. Chamberlain we were highly
pleased at it. ltut wc cannot help thinking,
from what we see and hear that ho is more anxious
to make his office pay him well than he is
to preserve the peace and harmony of the community.
From what we can learn, his Court is a perfect
farce and a resort for all turbulent ill-tempered
colored people, through which the County
will be called on to pay enormous nulla bona
costs.
.?
For the Union Times.
Mr. Editor :?We as a people arc very much
disposed to complain and, if possible, to shirk
responsibilities and let them fall on others
shoulders. Now, sir, wc do net in the least ohiAJtM
tf% ft ill?# Anil foil* rwllolam Kiif u-o iln not
think It fair or just to bear the burdens that
property belong to others. In a late number of
your'paper we And an article over the signature
J. It. J., in regard to that ^ mark on his paper.
I should have thought your correspondent
very reasonable and just in his complaints if
he had not flown off at a tangent in the midst
Of. bis complaints and found such serious fault
(said to be within your knowledge) with the
roads and bridges.
Now, if we locate your correspondent correctly,
from his place to Goudcysville there is
about a quarter of a mile of public highway?
of which your correspondent is the overseer?
the balance of the way is a country road, partly
through his place, formerly kept up by his good
father. As to bridges complained of, we are at
a loss to answer. If any subscriber crosses a
bridge to get to Goudeyjvillo we are not aware
p ^northern portiou^*lllc Countt and they?
arc all in good conditionTo far as we know ?
So much in answer to TQiJi nm' ~ ??ictn
Now sir. tl-- nttcntio 1 to an order
ri this issue from the County Coinmission:rs'
office for the repairing of roads. No
'ounty can have good roads, on our system, uness
all the good citizens, both old and young,
vill lend their aid and mfluence, and stop
hrowing obstacles in the way. Such as those:
'Say, arc you going to make us work the road
iow V My hands have not the time to spare;
ny hands arc too busy." "O ! the roads are
inssable?they'll do. I can go over them." ?
Koiv expressions like these are very common,
tnd they are disatfecting in their nature, and
io long as the proprietors of the farms continue
lo use these and like expressions, and for every
Frivolous pretext excuse themselves from road
lull/, shifting the responsibilities on to other
and less interested persons, our roads will never
be good. The Commissioners have endeavored
to nppoint good inen as overseers, so far as they
could, and if they have fnilcd to do so at any
point, information will be thankfully received
and the remedy at once applied. In the forthcoming
working they respectfully ask that all
citizens who love to travel over good roads, will
manifest a lively interest in the work, by their
presence, influence, judgment and, above all, by
the faithful performance of their men dull/. Let
us for once redeem that character which has
long stuck to us: ' Cnioti is noted for bad
roads." ONE OF THEM.
On
a norm kn Attack kd.?Lai-urns, .Mass., July
Id.?A met attacked Orangetncu returning
from a picnic. A dozen Orangemen with ladies
and children disembarked from the steamer at
the landing, and a mob of several hundred Irish
followed, shouting -and jeering, and finally
throwing stones, tine tauy was sitiick inrec
times andjbadly hurt, while others were more or
less injured during the half mile walk to the
station house for refuge. Four of fie men wore
the regular regalia of tlnferJer and one of these
was severely hurt and had'his sash torn off.?
The mayor, with a squad j>f police, attempted to
escort the fugitives home, but bricks and stones
were showered upon them as soon as they left
their shelter, and wounded every person of the
party except the mayor, some of thcin seriously.
The mob made a furious assault, Nearly "all
the Orangemen and policemen were knocked
down, when the latter drew their pistols and
commenced firing upon the Irish, who shouted,
"Kill the d?d Orangemen!" The mob scattered
before the revolvers, and none were killed
outright; but two men, one woman and a boy
were wounded. The riot lasted two hours, along
a rente extending a mile through the most populous
portion of the city.
? #?
Nkaiu.y a Riot.? Louisville, July 13.?A
special from Chceksville, Tenn., says: Two
Irishmen attacked a negro with knives. Next
morning twenty negroes attacked the Irishmen,
who took refuge in a grocery store, from whence
they were taken by the police to the station for
o,Tim nii/lil 111 ? ni'trroes assailed the
grocery with pistols, axes iiikI stones, an<l nearly
demolished it. Several disreputable houses
were mobbed. In the meantime the friends of
the Irishmen haltered down the doors of the
calafrppf a and liberated them. A general riot
WM Iwied but all is quiet now. N*ono were seriously
hurt.
The Beech er case has been a Big Bonanza for
the lawyers. Mr. Kvarts received $'2"?,t>0<), Mr.
Tracy ?IU,(HH>, Mr. Ilill !? ">,IW, Mr. Bench S">,IKKI,
Mr. Fullertoii Mr. Morris :?2.n00
and Mr. I'ryor ?2,"?UO. Mr. Shearman refused
to accept money for his services. 0
In Burlington, Vl., three churches recently
were struck by lightning, and a number of persons
who were at prayer meeting were knocked
over. The lightning rod man should visit Burlington.
Sparc the rod au l spoil the church.
Meeting of County CommisaioneraCoom
Commissioxfus Orrion,
Union C. H., July 13, 1875.
At a regular meeting of the Commissioners
for Union County, held in their office this day, Hi
there were present : Wm. Jetferies, Chairman,
I>. 1'. Duncan and J. L. Strain. f0|
f^e following accounts! wore ^nrolued,
Audited ted paid : 4 vEjI
James flfihr. hlnrUsmlthtlM* ft?f Pnnr
II I! Turor and Witness TickJ.
M. Fnnt, 'onSiebles fcee... 6.25
H. S. Heaty, Inqt&st 20.30 ^Kj9
Spears & Colton, Stationery for Audi '"Kfl
iter's Office 11.10 fl
J. N. Moore, Medical attendance, pris- ^
W. A. Unit, ('nroner's fees !.<?(>
A. W. Churlcs. db ncct. Poor House.... 16.26
Solicitor's fees, June Term, 1875 175.00 '
Jolm I.. Young, Surveying Poor House j]B
Sheriff's fees 432.05 Yjfljjl
Sheriff, Dieting prisoners 77.50 "Al
Charles Bolt, Clerk's costs 106.60 JHH
George Green, Constable's fees 60.90 S \ I
P. A. Cunimings. Trial Justice 85 25 ?i3U
J. II. Williams, Witness Tickets 3.12
" Trial Justice fees 8.50
B. A.'Gregory, Constable fees 12.40 *T^H
Charles Wade and others, Con. fees.... 9.60 H
M <1 Long, Trial Justice fees 36.50 <9
A W Thomson, Medical Bill for Poor 'fl
House, 1874, paid by W llill, Cl'k, 92.00 jfl
A W Thomson, Supplies, Poor House, 240 02 jH
J L Young, acct. $50.00, $25.00 paid, 25.00 /
John Tinsley for services ns Coroner,
old account, not paid 100.05
A W Charles, hands, Poor House farm, 59.45
Foster & Wilkins, (paid by Hill, Cl'k) 76.48
The Clerk was instructed to grant Tavern License
to Cornelia l'uckctt, (the Grand Jury having
recommended that she be granted Tavern JIH9H
License) upon her filing sufficient Bond, and S|^H
paying License fees. Sho lias complied with
the requirements of the Law and pnid $260.00. ,
Bond of W E V Estes for Quart License, ex
nmincd and approved. License granted. ?
Notice of Sniirimihiircr Connl.w bavins vo1a,1 in I
favor of .Subscription to Spartanburg and-Ashe- "t '
ville Railroad, by a uinjority of 1,0*26 rotes, re- , ,
ccivcd. Filed for reference. . JK
The Board adjourned to meet again on the
second Tuesday in August, 1875. '
W. Hill, Cl'k. W. JEFFERIES, Chr'n.
For the Times. v
Mn. Editok :?It will not be denied that the <
agricultural condition of the Southern States is it'
worse than it was at the.close of the war. The
farm buildings are in a more dilapidated condi- ;
tion, the fences in a worse state of repair, and
the soil more injudiciously cultivated than un- >
der the old system. Labor is scarcer and more ^
unreliable ; millions of acres have been turned ,V,, /.
into Common ; less attention is paid to the coin- ?
posting of domestic fertilizers, while millions
are annually paid out for Quanos, Phosphates, V-j!
Cotton focd and all manner of fancy fertilizers,
We rniqgf' fewer horses and Mules, yet send ' v
thousands of dollars every year West, for fa*. '
jdiocp. Tv c'grovj Je?s jL-nrfaTood
'care of what weilo goSHF1*11 Mlluu.We are * VX
Jess?Mfhtoin The beginning of the year to the ' ."V
end of it. We work hard, give liens n?r vu. Pm
supplies, live high on INestern bacon, corn, and
Hour; buy gew-gaws, jimcracks and fineries jftM
from the merchunts at long profits; drink
whiskey at ten dollars a gallon, pay high tuxes,
and when we close up at the end of the year
without a cent in our pockets, curse the hard retimes,
and say that the farmer is the worse imposed
upon man in the world. Now, who is to
blame for this state of things? We have no
right to complain of the merchants demanding
long profits, where he runs risks. If we were
to pay cash for all we buy, the merchant could
afford to sell at lower profits, and it would be
all the better for us ami him. The "credit ays- (
tcm" is nml ever will be one of the greatest ob- *
stacles in the way of agricultural improvement.
One of the most difficult lessons for the Southern
people to learn is 10 save what they make.
This is the outgrowth of the credit system,
which has always prevailed in a planting community,
where the proceeds of the year's labor
always came in bulk, not in small amounts, like
it does where people practice a diversified in- i
dustry. We have not learned the useful lesson,
"take care of the dimes and the dollars will **
take care of themselves." We have not realized
the fact that the plantation system is a thing of
the jHitt. We have not realized the fact that we
arc a poor people, and that the road to prosperity
will never open before us, until wo practice
the true principles of economy,?not to spend
our money before wc make it. It is an old say- c'wE
ing, that "any fool can uak? money, but he is a 4 .
wise man who can save It." "I have found the
Philosopher's stone," StM Mr. Randolph?"It
is pay as you go." It should be the motto in- ^
scribed upon every farmer's banner ; it points
out the only road which leads to thrift and independence.
"PAY AS YOU GO." +
y.
Thcni?ek asi> Liohtsino.?We hear of an unusual
number of accidents?unless lightning hits
accidentally on purpose?resulting from thunder
storms and strokes of lightning. Within
the last week, Mnj. Kirby, has had n horse,
Capt. Trimmicr a cow, and Hev. James Smith a
cow killed, and several trees l?avc been rent by
tho lightning, all within the incorporate limits.
We hear that three cows were killed down at . ^
Maj. Stroblc's, and Mr. David llolcomb, whir?
riding a mule, near Cross Anchor, had the mule
.1 1 1 1.: ...kiln I... xunu ik.nx.
H111UM 'U'tlll UUUVI JIIIII, "HIIU nv ???? ununu
some twenty feet and arose unhurt, or at leas^Bj^BM
able to gel away front that place in n hurry
Collector Carpenter, of the Third South
liua District, reports to the Internal Kcvenue B
office the capture of five illicit distillers, the
seizure of four distilleries and the destruction I
of one still, lie says that within the past forty B
days, he has seized fifteen distilleries, captured I
ten men and destroyed u large quantity of illi- 9
cit whiskey. I
And all this was accomplished without theaiti jfl
of Federal soldiers and without a fight. B
. - -? ? / iB
Business is very dull in New York. There B
arc more emplv stores on Broadway than have . B
' ? 1 - H
nt*rn kiiown n?r }i-ms jum, uiiu vwu mv ^wui- .
missioncrs of Emigration ore suffering from the
prevailing torpor. Tlie ininiber of immigrants
wlio Inivc arrived there during the past six
, months is .'?<>,.'iOH, a falling off of lift,60'2 from
j the corresponding period of last year.
There are indications of a serious outbreak in
i t'hina against foreigners. The American Mission
at Kit-kiting was attacked and sacked by a
I mob on the 1st of May. The trouble arose from
the disappearance of a boy, whom the t'hiistians
were accused of spiriting away. The boy
has nut been found. . 'i