The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, July 18, 1879, Image 2
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She SHwhiir Inioit Sim ess.
R. M. STORES, Editor.'.
UNION, FRIDAJ^ JULY |8.'^9.
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Tltn., No new cases of Yellow Fever in Memphis,
at last reports.
Weston Challenged.
A man in this County thinks lie can beat Weston's
time and endurance in a walking match.
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Rain in the Mountains.
A private letter informs us that good rains
have fallen the past week at Aslicvillc, llcndcrsonvillc
and around those places.
Accident to Folly Dnpree.
On Tuesday last l'olly Dupree, an aged person
well known in this community, had tho mi'sfortune
to fall and break her leg while coming
from a spring with a bucket of water. It is
supposed she cannot recover.
A Warning to BathersAir.
llcury Daly, formerly in the Shoo business
in Charleston, died very suddenly in Augusta,
Geo., on the 10th inst., from apoplexy,
produced by bathing in cold water while in a
heated condition.
The lkfacarthy Horse Powor.
The advertisement of this admirab'e now Invention
is unavoidably omitted this week. It
will appear in our next. In the mean time, we
we are rrniiesled to snr Mr. 1*. T T.oinnslor will
canvass the Counly as Agent for the sale of the
Tower, and will give all information necessary, i
Tickets to tlie Mountains.
We are reqnested to state that Excursion
Tickets to the Mountains, good to return up to
the 1st of October, are now for sale at the Union
llailroad Ticket office. These tickets will allow
passengers to "lay over" at anj point on the
roads and resume the trip at pleasure, up to the
above stated date.
Gone to Hampton.
Our young and talented friend, M. D. McSweeney,
who has for some time published a
No. 1 paper at Ninety-Six, Abbeville County, has
removed to the County of Hampton, where he
will publish the Hampton Guardian. IVc congratulate
the citizens of the County of Hampton
in being so fortunate as to secure such a true
and worthy gentleman to conduct their County
paper. If they will give him adccont support ho
will give them one of the best papers in the
c.
.Mortality Among Children.
The present hot, dry and dusty weather has
-no doubt mainly been tho cause of much sickoiess
among infant children. We learn that, not
only here, but in many of the adjoining towns
and Counties flic sickness and deaths among
children have been greater than for many years
jiast. During the past week the following
deaths of infant children have occurred in this
.town :
On Monday, the 14tli, son of Capt. A. II. anil
Ilcttie Foster, aged 3 months.
On Wednesday, the lGth son ?f W. I), and
E:ninn D. Humphries, aged -i mouths.
On Wednesday, son of W. A. and Holt,
aged - months.
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Whow ! Ain't it Hot!
Didn't wc have a "heated term" last week,
<from tho morning of tho 9th to the night of the
12th ? The thermometer, in a shaded position,
ranged from 100? to 104?, and where only par tially
shaded it got up to 107?. In positions
where the reflection of the sun affected it with
force?not exposed directly to the rays of the
sun?it rose to 123?. A friend suggests that
-wo ndopt the idea of the Detroit Free Press,
and throw away all the thermometers- then, per'haps,
wc will not feel the heat so bad, as we
shall not know how hot it really is. That is, no
doubt, upon the principle that "ignorance is
bliss.'1
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The Henderson Barbecue.
On our first page will be found a pretty full
report of the proceedings and speeches at the
llnilrnad HarViPPiie nl tlpnflprannvill? r>n lti? 4tli
which wo takc'from the Columbia Rejittrr. We
were too unwell at the time to take full notes
and the report we give is fuller and better arranged
than ours would have been. Union was
represented by the following influential citizens:
Hon. T. 11. Jeter and Lady, Wm. Munro and
Lady, Maj. J. B. Ktcedman, J. T. Hill, II. L.
floss, W. A. Nicholson, Dr. B. F. Kawls, A. H.
Foster, II. II. Rice, Col. It. L. Coleman, and It.
Jt. Kawls.
Of the road, its prospects, &c., we shall speak
hereafter. It's too hot and dry to write railroad
articles now.
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Death of Bernard G- Bawls.
With deep sorrow we announce the death of
this most excellent young man, which occurred
at the residence of his Father, Dr. II. F. Kawls,
on Friday evening last, the 11th inst,, in his
2.1d year. Bernard was one of the most amiable,
moral and promising young men in this
community, ana wan sincerely lovea Dy everybody.
Only a few weeks before his doath he
graduated with great credit at WofFord College.
No young man could have brighter promises for
a successful future in Otis life thnn he. Highly
educated, with pleasing manners and governed
by a high sense of integrity and pure moral
and social principles, he bid fair to be one of
the leading young men of the community, and
we can but think his death is a great loss not
only to this County but to the State at large.?
It Is very rare that wc find in one so young so
many of the essential qualities of character that
go to make up the truly perfect man and citizen
as was possessed by our departed young friend.
"Whom the Oods love best die yonng."
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Hott Dryer"Nercr
wWe thirsty pgeple worse die^ppoistcd
than the citizens of this noil tunny other parts
of tWs Oouoty,**las^ SunBay evening. During
* the whnfe of the morning' fhe clonas .sheared
to be gathering*ovcrmAt<Vound\is for* genef
ralvnin, affd the hop^was ralsed'thet the droughtwas
at' ok end. About 3 o'clock the drdfs commenced
to patter down, and it seeiued^tbat ioi
every direction a'generous rain was falling.?7
The wind 'ullcd, the atmosphere became cooler,
and u grateful feeling pervaded the whole community.
Hut our hopes were of short duration.
The raiu fell very slowly for about nn hour,
when the wind again rose nnd scattered the
clouds, leaving us barely enough rain to lay the
intolerable dust.
In Goshen Hill, Santuc and Joncsville Townships
and generally through the Tea llidge region,
we lenrn a good rain fel' but in other
parts of tho County they either had no rain at
] all or about the same as at this place. Around
Fair Forest, particularly, from Uibhes' store to
Murphy's Mill, the crops are suffering sadly.
Upland corn is now beyond redemption, while
that on the low' lands is beginning to fail.?
From what we can hear and see it is now almost
impossible to make half a crop of corn
or cotton in this County.
The Gardens are completely ruined in this
vicinity, and unless rain comes soon it will
too late for winter vegetables.
We also notice a number of forest treos dying,
while young fruit trees arc shedding their leaves
and look sickly. The gloom deepens around us.
At present writing wo can see no indications
of rain, except tlint the wind lins somewhat
changed,
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A Narrow Escape.
Mr. W. A. WixJ^our Town Marshal, made a
narrow escape from being killed last Saturday,
lie had started for homo in a buggy drawn by a
mule, and in hoisting the buggy umbrella, the
niule look fright and ran away. He dashed
down the steep hill beside our office at a fearful
rate, and when about half way down, Mr. Wix
was thrown from the buggy among some old
logs and lumber. He received some severe
injuries, but they arc not dangerous and he is
now on the streets, on duly. }
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For tbo Times.
Letter from Big Iko.
Goudkysvillk, July 8, 1870.
Mu. Editor :?There being no correspondent
from this community to the rimes, that wo are
aware of, we have thought perhaps you would
like to hear what we arc all doing and the gossip
generally. Well, in the first place, we arc
nlmost tickled '.o death over that last note little
Jetms wvotc about getting only twenty-five cents
for sitting on the Jury at J. M. Greer's Court of
Trial Justico, and wonder if he ever got that.?
Tho rest of "us think it good fun; as we then all
get together to talk horse talk, swap mules,
discuss the great benefits of the Fence Law (for
it is working in this community like a charm)
and, last of all, talk politics?that is, who we
will run, North of Pacolcf, next year. We nr^
inclined to think that Jccms intimated in his
article that he does not enjoy the fun like some
of us ; but we sincerely hope that the next Leg
ialuture will make more Trial Justices, givethein
big pay and. above all, raise little Jcems' wages
at least to thirty-seven and a half cents every
time he sits as juror. We hope he?that is, little
Jecins?will not get riled at. what we say,
hut we do hope that ho will always be prompt
to imenu me court, wnen he is drawn for a juror.
But one thing he says, wherein his head
is level, and that is, where he intimates that we
all should tako the Timet. Well, Mr. Editor,
we know we ought, but how can we, when we
can't raise enough spondulix to run the old women
and children ? But some of us will take it
next year, if it breaks us. Be assured, Mr. Editor,
we will help yo i out just as soon as we can,
for wo have always bcon charitably inclined to
home institutions. If Trial Justice Orccr will
draw us as a juror eight times and pay us twenty-five
cents each time, then we will be able
to take the Timet. Now, Little Jceins has
never thought of how easy he could, in that
way, nay for a newspaper, or he would not have
struck for higher wnges. We don't think we
could raise enough money to buy a drink of
Blockade Sweet mash if it was not that we have
some pious people in this corner who persist in
going to law, not to get justice, but simply to
pay some of us broken down aristocrats a quarter
now and then to sit ns jurors. Little Jeems
may any what he pleases, but we say hurrah for
the man who is so happy as to get his quarter a
day for sitting still and listening to some Josh Billings
talk, and, more than all, being instruinen"
tal in adjusting the little difficulties existing
between his pious neighbors. ? Now, we mean
when we have nothing very particular to do,
anil just now we have not, as wo nre all pretty
well up with out crops.
By the way, the corn and cotton crop is about
nn average?but badly in need of rain in this i
immediate neighborhood. The wheat crop is
better than last year, averaging about seven to
eight bushels per acre, which is a fair yield for
the land around here, and especially the
way it is put in. A New Englander would
' be surprised at our doing even that well if he
would come down here a few days before Christmas
and see how we hurry up things to get in
our wheat. He would simply call it a farco.?
Of course there are some exceptions, there be
ing n few individual!) who give thoir attention
to this important crop.
The dam?that is, the mill dam?question, is
now being discussed, and excites a good deal of
interest to outsiders. Every man in our community
has an opinion of his own about it, and
of course everybody is right. One says the
dam is the cause of ruining the Bottom lands
above it, and another says it is a curious thing
how a dam whioh has been standing over a hundred
years has just been found out as bring instrumental
in destroying no much tine hottoms.
One man raid a few days ago lie hoped the /Jam
Question would be settled at the October Court,
one way or another. itlti IKK.
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The pastors of the Methodist nnd Presbyterian
churches nre in tin* mountains.
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For the Times,
unty Fair and Pomona Orange.
Th*ttduT tip week Wended, ami my teem is now at feed
l.auiVsor work has finished, und now aits down to read;
Our hOate U Very quiet, the children are all at test,
Aa I write the homely letter to the brother 1 lore beat.
1 have mucttthat's new to tell you, so do not think it
strange V'
To learn by vita bit of writing, I'm Master of a Orange!
Tts true tnaecret aoeietitui <i|i|M>sc<l I've alwavs been,
l>y t this waa before the good of co-ope rut ion I'd seen.
We meet otma furt night now In romoiia Hall,
Aa we cttUJM|tonil*hed upper rooms in the house of
lkn?j ilMHSAB*mnnen<, who there cah tako our wlres,
And hy work and conversation harntoiiixu our lives.
Wo ask each other questions In a social, kindly vein ;
Learn ItiAv to lesson taxes and increase the yield of grain;
To whittle dowu our troubles, to build up for us joys.
To beautify our farmer homes?educate our girls and
boys.
We look In eaeh other's faces, we grasp eaeh other's hands;
As farmers and as neighbors we protect tweh otIter's lands:
We watch cacli ether's lambs from (togs and wolves that *prowl,
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And as Patrons vote together wlillo the politicians howl.
We aurce no more to lUten to the grand spread-eagle
speech
Of the ring and monopoly agent, who takes all In his
reach.
We are learning to live in harmony, and as flowers from
the sod
Grow to meet the sunlight, so we're growing up totiod.
Our home is now far huppior than o'er it was before,
Again the bloom's on lamra'scheek, as in thedars of yore.
Our house is belter furnished than It was when you were
here,
For co-operation a profit left for all of us last year.
Onr neighbors now call socially, when contra the eventide,
As pjacc, friendship, prosperity, docs with us now abide.
This letter tells tlie story, so, brother, think not strange
If I ask you soon to visit us, and then to Join the Gr?nge.\
As I laid down your last issue, containing a
notice of a meeting of tho County Fair Association,
I accidentally took up nn old agricultural .
paper containing the above poem. Thcro is not
much poeli^ in it, but ift llierc.not a good deal
of truth t ,1 have, therefore, taken tho liberty
of forwnrdiiig it to you, Mr. Editor, with the
hope that you may find room for its publication,
together with a few remarks herewith appended.
1 am well aware that you have many and varied
valued correspondents, who keep us posted as to
the various "bits" of County news ; some are
busy exposing (lie many "bonanza frauds" from
which tho County lias, is, and will suffer; others
are "showing up" the failings, shortcomings
and inefficiencies of the many county officials ;
then, again, are we shown how one parly can
villify and abuse another and prove to us how
thoso wo always thought good nnd honest citizens
are asses, liars and scoundrels; whilst some,
regardless of their accustomed modesty nnd retiring
natures, conscienco-strickcn, arc rushing
to the front, 'tho much ngninst their wills, exclaiming,
with a slight paraphnse..on the words
*of another, "Woe, is rac! If I save not tho
country, I perish."
> I say, with so many valuable interests to be
thus ventilated, it Is asking a good deal of our
for space fora reference to plain every-day business
matters. Yet I venture to nffirni that if
these correspondents of yours will change their
tunc?will "pick on another string?" (this
may be bad slang but it has the meaning) and
then dip their pens in the other ink and then
let good words flow from them?words of encouragement,
of exhortation, of enquiry, of information,
"pro nnd con '?as to all ngricultu- (
ral af|l mechanical science and nrt relating to
a farmer's business, you would see evinced an
interest in our matters never before experienced;
a waking up of our people to try and realize
some of the brilliant possibilities of our noble
calling. Hyi would witness a most successful
Fair; you would see tho old love renewed ngain
in these (Granges. And why shall we not have
a grange or agricultural society ; an association
for our mutual benefit? I care not what name
you give it. Why, 1 am told, when the .Spring
Meeting bf the society was called and an effort made
to reorganize tho Pomona Orange?under
whose charter tho Fair property is held?there
was one party present besides President nnd
Secretary.
The chief Motto of our grange was, "In essentials
unity, in non-c?scntials liberty, in nil
thin&rs charltv." If I Vhvk h h..??.?-<..ti .utui. ;
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is, that this poor pen might from this text, upon :
thia page, Ivace n sermon that would rouse cvevy (
sleeping PAron or Parmer from the lethargy
that note seems to bind liiui hand and foot?
he quietly (hugging the delusive phanioui of
Hqpe?hupbkfySttKA "better time coming," a
better crop, something to "turn up," instead of
rousing himself up to will, to do, to bo some- i
thing, to be some use in his daynnd generation
and some advancement to the business of his
life. We have a society intended to dcvclope a j
better and higher manhood and womanhood <
among ourselves; to enhance the comforts and (
attractions of our homes, that nouo might be 1
more attractive than our own ; to strengthen our (
attachments to our own pursuits; to faster mu- I
tual understanding and co-operation ; to reduco *
our expenses, both individual and corporate ; to (
buy less and produce more, in order to make ]
our farms self-sustaining ; to diversify our crops i
and orop no more than we can cultivate ; to (lis- I
countenance the credit, system, the mortgnge I
system, the fashion system and every other sys- I
tern lending to prodigality and bankruptcy; <
each taking for his own individual motto "puy 1
as you go." Meeting together, talking together, i
working together?buying together, selling to- ?
gether, and, In general, acting together for mutual
protection and advancement, ns occasion
might require. For our business interest we
desire to bring producors and consumers, farmers
and manufacturers into the most direct and
friendly relation possible. Ilcnce we must dispense
with a surplus of middlemen, not that
we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need *
them, and tliey might do as we are forced to do. i
We did not propose to wage any aggressive war- 1
fare against any other interest whatever. On <
tl,a -It ir??_ ? * 1
...? ???. . J , ... uur ciiwrm, BO Mr R8 DUB in CSS
is concerned, are not only for the benefit of the 1
producer and consumer, but also for all ofher 1
interests, and intended to bring these two parties i
into speedy and economical contact. I
This, Mr. Kditor, was, in part, our "Magna t
Charts." What hare those given us who ]
laughed it to scorn, threw it overboard and called i
the granges humbugs and a failure 7 Would we i
have a Fair Association, or would there ever be I
a county Fair lisid, if it was not for 'the exer- I
tions of a few 7 Is this right or is it to be de- <
nied 7 la this not AdM^pji iliat aU ougiii/and
should bf intefesterwnWfl share a part 7 I
Hut I um talking tbf long to get to my main
question, which is, "&??/> many atiA icho art going i
to attend the meeting nf the Union County Pair
Auociatwn, to be held at Union Court House, on
Saturday the 26th July. 1879 7" Now, if I am
rightly informed, tHTa ii a meeting of the Agricultural
society, for tho free and easy discussion
of all matters of interest to farmers, as woll as
for making arrangements for thq next annual
Fair. Won't every wido awake farmer consider
it his duly as well ns privilege io join this society
and do nil in his power to push along Slid further
its objects and interests? Thereby building
up and honoring his own avocatlob. *
For the Times.
PUBLIC SCHOOL8.
' Mt Joy, July 7; 1879.
Mr. Editor :?i'leape Allow us a small spAce
your columns to Iny before the public (he
lull I ion of the public Schools among tho colcvl
people of this County,
lu 1872 this County was employing a large
imber of teachers for the education of the col^ed
children ; this continued about three years,
liM theu tbojfeujuber has been considerably
is for a fuw causes, some of which are Utue, .
hers wo cannot Vouch for :
1. Teachers had to Ucvoto till their time in
aching and never received their pay at tho
n.lnr limn .l.i- S- ..< ?? ?
Tor tho Time*.
The Homestead?Crops, &o.
Cnoss Kfcvs, July, 1879.
Mu. Edituk ;?1 ma glad thai Cross Koys was
tot represented last week, and therefore did not in
ioutribule to that over-dose. Well, "after nsiorin co
here is generally a calm," so 1 can have the or
vhole field to myself this week?
According to promise i now propose lo review nt
he Homestead law. It will be remembered Hull 'ijjj
n the year 18l>8 a convention' met ut.ColuuiBia. ??
or the purpose of amending bur Stale CuiidU- 1e:
utiou, or, we might snv, to frame u new one, ?(
letter suited to the changed condition of affairs,
t will, also, bo borne in mind that the honest, 'c
nlelligcnl voters had but little voioc in selecliug P>
he men who composed that Convention. That hu
Convention (iustigatcd by tho Devil no doubt) he
aw proper, iu their wisdom, (?) to incorporate ftt
u that constitution, n law exempting from levy bo
,nd sale real and persoual property to the
mount of $1,600. Thus, by an organic law tc
if the State rendering null and void all laws ior ft*
he collection of debts by civil process, from the Ti
act that few ntcu owned more property than co
ras exempt. Property being the best collateral of
ecurity upon which credit was based, it struck u<
i death blow to tiie credit system, 'lhe people,
n their impoverished coudtiious, were not pre- th
tared for a change so radical and sudden. The
egishuure, in attempting to remedy the evil, g!1
>usscd the Lien law?the legitimate offspring o,
ho Homestead. .Many know, to their sorrowf tli
low badly it has worked. Hut the greatest ob- r<
ection to the Homestead law is its tendency to 8,1
iorrupt aud demoralize our people. Men will '<
uake fair promises to obtain credit. They "will g'
>ay out of (he first cotlju sold, or bring you the 10
rcry first money they can raise," It is a lament- to
ible fact that a great many men, alter they ob- cc
ain credit by lying and dissimulation, become I'1
juitc law-abiding. Wlieu you attempt to get be
vhal is justly due you, they pretend to get an- ul
;ry and tell you "to help yourself; 1 claim the cli
ictiefil of the law," thereby adding insult and
lishoticsty to lying. A man that nets thus ccraiuly
feels himself degraded in the eyes of all H'
louest men ; he must teel despicable and mean; vv
ic knows he has acted dishonestly. In fact lie ' )
ins made a long stride toward the Penitentiary, b'
iVhen a man steps from the exalted plane ul ^
ruth, honesty and virtue, his duwuwuru course 'y
u vice is often rapid, bringing liiui to a disgrace- 1,1
ul end. Cursed with a taw upou our statutes g'
or eleven years past which gives license lo the ?1
icoplc of South Carolina to lie, nnd steal iudi cctly,
we need not be surprised at the long list 8'
if criminal cases iu our Courts. tli
There is a notion among fur people that so w
ong as they keep within tiio bounds of the law &c
hey arc shielded from reproach ; it matters not
iow unjust the law may ho. Fatal delusion ! w
tight und justice ever remain the same. They 18
imeuate from Him who holds the scales of jus- 1,1
ice, aud lie will reward every man accoruiiig ol
o his ijecds. * ot
1 remember an expression made by nu iutel- w
igeut farmer, soon after the passage of the 111
loincstead law. Says lie, lake away the law
o compel men to pay their debts und precious 01
ew will pay." I thought lisrhily of it at the 11
its.e, bui have found it to be true.
A recent writer says: ''Some men have ahel- 11
ered themselves behind homestead and bank- tti
upt laws. l>y nil sorts of fraudulent practices,
hey have conveyed their property to others.? sc
I'hey arc clothed in purple aud tine linen ; faro
iiinipttiously ever day; drive fast horses ; ride in w
lie finest vehicles ; revel in luxury, while their
louest creditors, with their wives and little ones, l>(
shoaled out of their hard earnings by lying and
ill sorts of sharp rascally practices, arc sutlerng
for the necessaries ot life." Now, Mr, Udt- co
or, if the law wurks badly, and tends to corrupt 8C
uid demoralize our people, which 1 think no caniid
honest man can lieny if lie has thought serious- 01
y upon the subject, let us call a convention this 88
Kali for the purpose of amending our Coustituion.
The sootier we return to good old ante
bellum times in this respect the better it will be
lor us. Then tho matt who refused to pay a
just debt, was regarded as dishonest. Well do
I remember how careful those good old citizcus w
tvere to lay up and he prepared to meet prompt- P'
ly the demands against them as they became due. tc
lint few waited to be dunned even. Uut sad to ] ni
relate, uixst of them have passed away and their | fe
sons are demoralized, front living under diller- pi
Bill laws, and have ceased to follow in their footsteps.
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As I said in a former article, "some men v<
attribute this state of affairs to the late war," '
and even try to excuse themselves, and quiet their ^
consciences in this way. Many of your readers ni
remember the ready excuse of the soldier, when
lie did a mean act during the war. "Well, boys,
it 8 war tune*, you know." liut it is too lute it1
now, we must look elsewhere for the causes of 01
our present condition. 'j
A few local Items and I close. Haiti is badly
needed. A ligat shower fell here last night
(Sunday) which has livened up vegetation; but tn
uuloss mure comes soon early corn will be al- 1)1
most a failure. While writing, I learn that in ''
portions of this Township a heavy rttin glad- 111
dened the hearts of the farmors last night.? 61
Cotton is standing the drought well. It is very ')
small on red lands. Some complaint of lice.? P
riie new comer, mentioned by your corresponilent
IIooan, made its Appearance in this sec- ^
tion carl/ in the spring and still persists in 11
sommitting its ravages, defying hot sun, dry r<
wonthcr nnd everything else. Hope some of w
Mir scientists will give us n history of the pest. 8<
it is much lurger than the common bud-woriu, n
ibout J of an inch in length, covered with dark ?'
brown spots. In its movements it appears to "
be endeavoring to crawl through itself. Glad "
to see such flattering accounts of a largo yield
>f small grnin throughout the County It speaks
well for our farmers. Lot us rayiy all wo conmine
at honio, then wlint Cotton wo. oan, and e'
>ur independence is securod. m
c. n. b. ?
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for the Times.
The Heat, Drought, fto., at Skull 8hoala.
.july 16, 1879. ^
Mil. KniTon:?Unless iny thermometer be
juilty of freaks or my senses at fault, last week
jave us the hottest weather I fever experienced, m
Vly instrument, hanging in the same^daco with
I,n n.t ?<? iair i w
,,v owi,,v ov??. wuiium^d biiiuo io/u, nn? C(
icvor indicated a higher temperature than 102? ji
ill laat Wednesday, 0th inat., when the mercury, it
rose to 103?, On the 10th it tcao.jU) 104?, on
ihe 11th to 106?, and on the 12th to 107?. On r(
lhat day, af no time from 12 o'olock M. to 6 P, J'
M. wm it lower than 10t??. The sup produced
% scorching, blistering sensation. TKp very 01
lir, which was tonstantly in motion, fell hot as , "
Ihough it came from the bosom of some burning 8(
Sahara, and forcibly reminded me of 'V ,i
JenHij- oi *i"cn we reau.
Yesterday the air yelt delightful?thermometer
88? for the highest. /
We are very dry and withftift any prospect of
rain. Crops have stood the drought well to the ci
present, but will fail rapid)} without rain.? b
Now is the critical lima.
I hope eome sections got rain on last Sunday f'
evening ; we had only a sprinkle. tl
SCORCHED. f>
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Tits DnarOHT ik Emir.riKi.n.?The suffering C
of crops froin drought in parts of Edgefield 8
county, is deplorable. "
The Edgefield Adrniiier says the recent rain v
has come too late. Thousands of acres of corn c
are mined, and tomato plants nsrer sprouted ! ?
_r ?-IUIO 13 VI>?,UI mo "UlBl CV1IS WC
ive to contend with now?ahd the larger miinii
of tkein had to dispose of .their claims
reduced,rates, so they could liot afford to lair
for so small an amount.
'2. Some of the white teachers, employed., to
ach the colored children, were but a little betr
qualified than the colored touchers, and <lie
-uslees and the Commissioner would say they
uld not do any better, us the greater number
colored teachers who made application were
>t competent. 4."
d The schools nrc opened at such seasons of
e year itiut tho teachers who arc leally coiupeul
are oif at schools and the children are euigcd
on the farms.
4. The commissioner and trustees do not give
c colored schools proper attention. Now, ill
latiou to this subject, we would say that tho
nail amount paid and the neglect of paying off / ^
c school accounts, have been the causes of tniiny ; , .1'
iod teachers not coming into our County and
aching. They have a great anxiety to como
Union, and when they mako enquiries conriling
schools those who know-canuot say allying
to encourage them. ! We.have a large uuniir
of young men and women whoure now able,
id many more are becoming able, to give our
uldrcu just such instructitn us they should
ive. and they nrc always anxious to come.?
lartanburg is blessed with a large number of
esc young men and women. Last year tliero
ere fourteen colored teachers who hud been
uglit during the Winter and Spring at lliddlc
uiVcrsily, Chailottc, and Scotia Seminary,,C
, who taught Schools in Spartanburg Coun',
besides others t'rnin P.i??- H?1
tries, and nil ,of lliem on first and second
ades. Now, when Union becomes so she will
ten her schools, pay her teachers at the proper
me, and give the right attention to her schools,
le, too, can boast of such a tlcssiug. Then
io trustees would have no need to employ bucIi 4
liito teachers as ui'uko applications for colored
ihools.
It is certain we cannot now get white fcaclier*
ho will talcc the interest in teaching that colored
acliers will. Ten yeatS ago wc could, hut that
me has passed, for those who arc interested in
ir welfare at o beginning to think that wo
iglit to have tc&uliers among ourselves, and
e have tltcin, and as soon as Union County
akes the proper arrangement, (hey can be had.
If the schools would open about June or July,
id the teachers could receive their pay at
proper tiuie, wc would have no trouble in get'
ng competent colored teachers; for nt thai
me they are out of school and can be employed
teach all the colore 1 schools in our County.
Now, about the attention. We know of a
hool t bat has been in session seven years.?
lie first two years we bad ouo trustee who
otild visit our schools, but since then we Iiavu
>t had-a single visit. If tho trustees who are
>w appointed will uol visit our schools, why
>t appoint ono colored trustee in each school
strict, to see after the colored schools? Tho
unmissionertr have never visited a colored
hool-in I'inokneyvillc township since 1872.-?
mil we have better attention and better leach's
? It is for the managers of the schools to
iy by their actions. C. W. F.
t\ II. J.
For the Times.
Dots From Smith's Ford.
Friend Stokes : ? 1 have often thought that t
ould keep you posted with the news from this
irtion of the County, but I am such a poor Jet'
r writer that I have postponed doing so till
?w, nevertheless, 1 will attempt to give you a *?
w "uota," nnd will commence with the crop
rospccts :
Wheat wns good but not enough sown. Corn
id cotton are looking fine. Wc have been fa'
ned with partial showers up to this writing?
le 9th,?so our crops have not suffered ns yet.
re had cotton blo*?oius about the 20lh of June,
?d I think the crop is nbotU three weeks ahead
i any season lor o number of years passed.
Tlie Animosity arising from the Fence law is 4
rnduslly (lying out ; mid as soon an we enn get
ir pastures better fixod up I think it will final'
r die out. ,
On the 5th inst., some tenants on niy place ?
Irs. Nancy Wood and her son-in-law, Mr. Gilan
Fowler?got their house and content.*
urned, during the absence of the family, with
le exception of a few articles that a colored
an. named Green l'eelcr saved, by prompt an<l
nergetic action, and then he very uiagnaniroousr
presented Mr. Gil. Fowler with n shirt nnd n
air of pants. In the afternoon of same day
e were summoned to the death bed of Mrs.
lark, a very aged old lady, supposed to be about
inely years old,, but Bhe died before we could
;ach her house. About three years ngo sh<*
as cast off tiy her friends and relations and
mt to the poor house in this County. She was
member of the Haptist Church for a number
r years, and I being pastor of tbeCburoh oould
at feel satisfied to 16l her remain at the poor
ouse, so hod her removed to my own place, and
ave had her oared for evsr since, through the
olp of the kind Commissioner and a little
elu wo have obtained from others. Sabbntli
rening following, I preached her funeral ser011,
at her own request, to a large audience,
oin the text: "If in this life only we haver
ope, wo are of all men most miserable."
J. T.
Yellow Fever in Memphis.
n Official Acknowledgment by the Hoard of
Jftalth.
MKMPHI8, July 10;?The Itoard of Health I hi.4
orning issued tbe following order ;
"To the people of the City of Memphis we'
ould say, quietly retuovo your families to pln s
of safety until we can at least see whether
e few cases of yellow fever will assume an ep-""
leniio form.
"To the people along the lines of the different
>ules of travel we say, there can he no possible
anger of infection for many days to coine."
Five new cases are reported this morhlng and
tie death, an infant of Judge J. K."R. Ray of
le Criminal Court, who, together with another
in, is prosiraIed. tfvd ,l&m m? progress, A
e'trains being unable to oarry away the hun- fl|
reds who are ready and anxious to Icavo. ^
. LATP.H AMU BKTTSB H*WS.
M swains. July 11.?There have been no new
uses of fever to-day, and the paaio of yesterday
as greatly subsided. Everything this morning,
i quiet. The sick members of Judge Ray's'
iifafty are piVgressing favorably. No spread of
h* dteea'le is sntieipale-L If is ssid that fully
i.OOO people loft the city yesterday. T?e midlight
trains of the Louisville ami Memphis and
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/inn icoiuii. i\niiriNiiin ui.?i iii^ui wirw vriwuni 10
uffncnlion. Both roads sent out double (ruins,
md yet wero unable lo necommodeto nil who
rislird' tp lenivp, many being compelled lo remain *W
i?cr until (ordny. Tlie l.itlle Hick Railroad
lends out its last (rain at noon, the authorities
* .t jft 4 t