The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 26, 1886, Image 2
ft he (ixilfthlu iilnion ftintes J
K. M. STOKES, Editor.
UNION, FRIDAY, FKHIIUAHY 20, 1880. 1
SUBSCRIPTION?82 00 PER ANNUM.
ADVERTISING.
All liyal itilvrrlis, iiu-tii.s ar?' | ?>I>i<1 at llic rate*
uI'MTilN ?| liy I.ih .
Tho Cotton Market.
! '? 11. I- Salt-> foi III" ni'i'li liiA l>.ilr? I'riri-* ;
'. jlow iukMIiii^, 7;? , i>i<I' 111ii^ > , gomt
iniHilllii^ S
JDs?" What about the Steam Fire Engine?
Union ought to jionsesit <ne !
lf*?i Aflir ('..url :iil 11 > 11 r 11 h tv? slinll ri'iliice
our subscription list i>y cutting oil all names
over six months in arrears.
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OMa- Wo understand thai the Town Council
of Jotiesville have indicted several parties for
selling whiskey tu that town.
[ CD' We are reiptcstcd to state that the Concert
for the henelit of the ltaii'1 of Hope will be
given in the Court House this (Friday) eveuing
instead oi '-dinnig Court week. '
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Mr. William U. Havis. und family, have
gone to Florida We are sorry to hear of Mr.
ltavis's removal from this place; but we hope
it is the best lor iiitu. as Ins health has almost
given away. Our best wishes follow them in
their new home.
JtaV Aiimtig the Proficients reported in the
Sophomore cla-- of the South Carolina College,
we are pleavrd to -ce the name of our talented
young friend. \. F. Mcki.-sirk. Foster i- a
good hoy, a g I -Indent and has all the iiialifunlion
in him i make a good and valuable
eili/en.
IItl*"h of key-, evidently helollgilig I
/? :i ^ . . ^I. .. ha- been left at our olliee for the
owner. 'I hey were toni;.| hy a colored man on
the eolloii platform at the railroad last Tne-day.
There are two keys and two Masonic emblems
on the ring, tin <>iiu of the latler is -tamped the
name of a hotel.
Mtr merge!!< \ottng merchants. Mc>r?. I
Sui tor A i t Iiiii* will again "come to the t rout
Io.iiuiitow or Monday. in their nmv store upon
liie old Htnii'l oil Mailt Street. Voil can't keep
Mieii young men in the rear very long. Fire
can't keep them down, nor can you dtowu
tlieiii out wuli water The tact is, li.ey are
lull nt' business from tiieir lots to the lop hair
mi their head-1.
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SIX?" .Mr. Tin-. 11. t lore ha* l-eeii appointed I
1.v the tin\erimr a N1.1iii v I'lildie. Tlii- givehrnllier
limr :i little advantage ever hi- competitor
in the matriniotiial tare, fer he i-i new
nrined ami etpiipped. net only to serve a friend
at. a moment - warning, hut in ca-e of a yum/
nihr he may invite the girl to the floor mid tie
the hymeiiial knot hard and fast I'or liim-elf, Infore
-lie ha- time to give a solior -eeetid thought
u poii the risk.
IPm. k ittle we ure always pleased to meet |
friends an I visitors in ottr sanctum, purlieu- j
lounging *
and talking. Printers cannot ttilk and set type
at the sanie tiiue. <?f course we do not object
to any one calling on our employes on business.
W lull we ask is, that they "transact their husiness
promptly and go ahont their business.'
Persons culling to pay their subscription are
always welcome.
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to th Concert.
Wv hope there will l>e a large crowd in the
I'otiri llo.l-c l" liiglit. to hear liie delightful
t ' iirei'i ! given l>y -everal of our most tie.
i-nopli-lie I lady performers and -ingcr-. \\ ?
know it v ill he a i h.iruling entertainment, for
we liiixo ? 11 li*louilig I" lite rehearsals, ami
we further Un-?\v iii.it tin* l.nlie* who aro managing
it never i-nuagc in an inferior performanee.
1 In! |*r??jiramine will ! ? varieil ami inter-1
??r r-t-> I wnli i ut -1 c-i in;; rr< it :i; i<m?.
Personal
Mentiou.
Ciij't. an 1 Mr*. J IV. Mel.lire liavc gone on
<i visit to t'liester.
Mn-iir ll rlieti Miitiro lias rctiirncil home
from iV,uniliia.
1 ley W. l-'uiit ivas in town this week, lie ie>
representing a i'rug Homo in t'mrloston.
Mr. lieorge II. ?'et /.el has gone to itrooklyn.
New York, on Iniiiness
Court Week.
Next Moinlay the March term of t'oiirt for
this county wii! tie eou.eno'i His Honor,
.lil'lge.J, li. Kei -1 nv to [iresiile.
We hear of vii'y one ease of hoiniciile to he
irie'l. hi.( there arc a niiiiiher of exciting eases
nj les-er '.'rile-! mI ii line.>:i I lit* docket, from
neiri v ail jiirt-i-f I lit* county, which will, no
doiiht. compel! a very largo at tendance during
ilic lir.-' week If | . tfrihu*, wo -h.ill eivo lull
report* <-i a 1 tiie :inj> 'rtit 111 ta,-oa tried on the
tesMolls docket.
No Move on Credit t
A lew i . o11:!i- :i *i? we indulged four or live '
j er?n!i* by sending then, the paper on credit, I
under iho promise that tiiev would pay us as I
soon tie tiiey : i cotton iti nearly every in- l
.- iijie ilic?e ge:tt?.eiut n tiavi kept tlieir }?roni- <
i?cs, in whole in j ut, very -ntisfnclurily to
u*. i ins Iviiieney < i, our j ni: opened the door *
|.<r a i.mill er in tti">e neighborhoods to get I
upon our ho d - under the same promise, hut <
wo iegret to -into the result Iiih not been at ?'
ail sad-fact uy. and having to tarry so many *
< } i names on our books who are greatly in a
arrears w? ate unable t iiicrcii*c the load l>v
ii'i<tiii^ tu ilit- j m:. payment, at least, will
ic iKju'.rctl truin nil new .-iibscriberi' hereafter.
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A Good Ono-horsc Crop.
Mm friend \. Franklin. "f t'ro-s Keys t
town lii|>, *! . ? I :t! "in -anctiim a I'etr ?Invs
ago ami. like iim progre-?ive farmer that he i<, c
renewed his subscription i ? ilio Tim as, making s
us happy to lint amount. In cour-o of convermilioii.
we lirt'W 1 rout liiin tin- result of ins last t
yeir's labor upon the one-horse firm lie culti- I i
rated. Mti.-.i Met-me. ler tar above the average I
and niioWK tout .Mr. I'ninkiii. is .1 working live I
at-home firmer. 'Jhu follow ing is Ins crop,
male by liim-e.f without hiring nny help . 1
1^ ball's of Cotton, I I loads of corn, .Vl bush I
ols sweet pitutoi's, bushels when ami 1*>" 1
to/., bun lien ' I cats.
?li l'i ink in 1 u-' tlrj: he ha 1 not bought
totu 'oil; v.'irici tiit o ?r 1
In Old Railroader.
F. 11. Counts, our excellent Agent at this
place, is perhaps anions it' not the oldest railroad
man now in harness in the Slate, lie
lias been continuously in the service <>f tlio
Spartanburg an I I'liiuu Railroad Company for
the last twenty-.-i\ years, entering the service
of the Company when a hoy of sixteen years,
in lhte', as assistant agent at Alston. He was
appointed agent at that -tat on in August, !> <',I,
which j osi'i >u he tilled until January.
when the fre-het and Sherman s rai 1 destroyed
that portion of the road between Alston and
Slulton. In February, 1 Mi.'i, lie was elected
Secretary ami treasurer ol the <out pauy to till
the vacancy caused by the death of .1. I>. Keinan.
wuicii position lie tilled until February.
1ST'-', when the 'ScotI Iting ' | nrchased the
run 1 ami moved the ollicc to t'olunibin, Mr.
Count a being then appointed comluctor. In
August, 1 S7-, an injunction was tiled against
the Scott ring ami the Company placed ill tlie
linmis of a receiver. The late lamented exCov.
Titos lb .leler was appointed receiver, ami
took Mr. ('mints into his ullicc as Hook-keeper.
In Fchy. 1>7T. the Company was again aohl ami
purchuse<l by Me.Wen, In man and Austell.
The new organization elected Mr. i'mints Secretary
and Treasurer which position he held until
they leased the I'.oad lothe Ciyde I'yndicate in
June ISM. when the Companies were consolidated.
Mr. founts then accepted the Agency
at this place made vacant by the '/ rmcr Agent
resigning.
Mr. Counts sats there have been many j
changes in Itnilmading since he I:r-1 entered
the service. It then took from m to ten days
to get goods from Charleston to Cnion, whereas
now they come from t'hicago ami New York
ill from five to -seven days. lie thinks llie
writing lie has ?lone in the past twenty-six
years would he C'jual to a "double truck'
around the glohe.
Boston Soldiers Paid UlF.
'I lie visit of the National I.nicer-', of Boston,
to the city ot Charleston la?t week was one of
the tinst brilliant and pleasant episodes in the
history <>f that proverbially hospital city.
After the l.aucers "fell in just before leaving
t'harl'-ston they were paid otF in tlie following
manner :
fit msi.kston . S. l-'ebruary 1'.', IhNl.
(iiihrut (>r>t>r.< A>>. |.I,? 1-1 .
'1 lie time ot service, la the Slate of South
t'arolma, of the National l.aucers of Boston
being about to expire, the piitrtertnaster of
the command will be furnished with funds to
pay the otlicers and men.
By command of t ite
i itizrs sin.i>ii k\ "i en Aiti.rsioN.
Approved : B. B. ^ . t'.
The funds which, by the way, were furnished
by Major I'l. Willis, were thereupon d.sliibnted
l>y Major Kmery?each idlieer receiving 5-otlO
and each private s-lOU in bright, crisp treasury
notes ot the < 'ontederale f-liiies of America.
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Firo in the Country.
Mr. I! F. Itay, who lire?" near Padgetts
'rook Cliiircli.in t'ro?s keys Township, had
the iiiiMt'oi'l tine lust fMtnday Dior it i n<r to hnvc
his dwelling, smokehouse nu<1 lumherhotise
burnt. It seeius tlint Mr. liny hud kindled n
lire just before lenvmg and locking up the i
louse went u? to the church ' ?*.tJVcov
ered to be on tire by a lady living near by : but
before assistance could arrive the houses were
all burned down, and with them four bales of
cotton. 'Ibis sad occurrence is a heavy loss to
Mr. Hay , and our sympathy goes out to bint in
bis trouble. We .lid not learn wbother Mr.
liny was insured or not
Tho Consus Bill Constitutional.
Mr. Iliu ton :?Thus far. thete being no further
development of the third division. I return
to the second, which claims 'that the lull is not
only uuconsiituiiou i! but i- not as etlective in
point ..f time, .\c. The constitutional objection
being investigate 1 under the t'.i st division, there
remain* t i be t...t.. .-1 t!... ..I.>?.. : .. ... . ..... r
I into.
'1*ins objection seems t>? have originated from
the belief by sumo that the a r( i > it in?- it t could
bo lawfully made in ilio Spring or curly enough
to have tiio representation of counties in the
next Legislature according to utt enumeration
after lite manner of the <'oustitutioii This i.the
strange!"! objection of all. Whether it nrose
front tin! desire to take from t'harle-ooti or to
give to up-countics at the enrliesl period possible,
I cannot conjecture. The constitution
reads, as tvo have seen, that the representation
shall be made in a certain proportion 'by act of
the tirucra! Assembly, at the session immediately
succeeding every enumeration.'
According lo this it could only be by an extra
session that an apportionment could be made,
so that each county would have it correct representation
at the next regular meeting of the
Legislature. This, however, couM he done with
the I rate I States census as liar basis of apportionment
. for the I'uitc I States census is
tlready taken, and if there ivern an extra sesliou
it would only l>e necessary to use the
1 titled States evnsu- an 1 make the apportion- ;
ncnt as in tin* former cn-o.
Therefore, Mr I lit or, I vriil say of the bill
.vliich makes tin* I' n it <*>1 States census as I lit*
msis of ftp J rtiouiiuMit, tbnt: Is!. It isconsrituionnl
: *_M. It is effective in point of time .'J.I,
t accomplishes the enumeration lit the lens?
:uxt |>.?->-. an i l:!i, It accomplishes it ns
sorrcetiy a* t*.
This writing about the constitution is not
?uly unnecessary but superfluous to the ir.irueil: !
nit it is not nnlten for them, it is written for
lie honest voter who iloes no! know about the
oustifitioti that he may not he misled by those
vie. wish to jiiare political funds out of the
icti"iis ot the I i-t Legislature. M.
(.Tubs
Keys Farmers' Club.
Mi I'.fiion A few ??f the fanners of this
own*hip met at t'ross Keys nn Saturday, the I
:!i . f. r the purp< -e of organizing a Farmers j
lub.
tin motion I1 timhaiii was callel to the
hair and ' l> llobo was requested to art as
ceretary.
'i'lle chniniinii briefly ma'ed ilio object of
he luceiin^. \ c->iif*i 11?it o 11 w av i lieu read
vii i 'j'j lllllllcs (iii ! .vll.
a i'criniiiirnl oi^miiuim on- then firmed
i?y cli'ciiit}* < l"? llotio ;'ii ?iu ..i .1. i' itniloy
intt\ icc 1'ics., 11. 1! s cw.vr: \'n 1 \ ice i'ro., !
i*. 11. ijul i> see \ > i". d> irea*. an executive
column ire delecates 10 the c nuiiy
club were n|i|>oinu- i
the club will meet ill i'a l^ou'.s t'reeu hi
:':i in i |:v\ i!.v ' *!i i m :il'i_ll. ill ? ih'cii i' m .
i' 1" . tv. t : i
Law?-a-Mai?ey ! Preachers and Wimmina'
A-Ruintn' Union!
Mi.-rm Kiuti n :?If yon won't loll on me, I
thought I would *eat myself ami urup your paper
a file line* : hut I am mighty sheered le-t
some of thetu fellers in Union might find me out,
and then they would git mad at me, and then
this would hurt me mighty m ch. folks what
riles for papers tells me you has to tell the IMit
ir who you is, hut he aint ohlight to tell nobody
who it i-. and I knows you hnint a-gwine
ter toll. Now. I aint no merehntit, so if they
does find out not aidy can t come in mi swnre
they aint a gwine to trade will me any more.
nii< 1 just wind up their account and move oil'
forever, so I uiiit sheered aliout that.
Well, 1 wish I was a I'reaeiier. so I could
slmvr I aint skcered of no hody s saving they
won t go to hear me no more; an you know
that must liutt a Preacher mighty, an make
hi tit awful pellicular, an feel ail the time
like a teller a-svtlin on pin?, an' it might make
s??me preachers ipiii. Well, mv -on John goes
to Union, he is a good hoy, and he tells me a
good deal ahout the town, and he says they hav
grogshops that- one in the hotel huilditig what*
Mister Wallace use to keep his store, an' one
lower down, and one on a corner,
an one hy the rail rude, an things are
getting on mighty had ; an' lie heard of a hig
man down there what said ; 'The winimiiis and
preachers is a gwine to ruin the town.' My
Lord ! thinks I, winimiiis and preachers ruin
the town ? Why. 1 never heard of such a thing.
I know there use t^ he some mighty piitv an
mighty good v\ i in in i ti in Union, an' I did not
think them winimiiis eottld he the mothers of
such chillerns as would ruin a town.
An' the preachers ii-ruinin a town ' Well.
tvi*l 1 ; I just luffed at lite idee. I kunwed tlie
iiM man wlial preaches for the Methodists a
good while, and I never heard of his hurling
anything g I, or of anybody- saving they
would not hear him preach, till he got to I'niou,
then I heard sich. Think- I, so much worse for
the man who -liels himself oil' from such a g I
cliatiee for hearing preaching. I know lie i*
mighty agin the old snrpent an' had tit him all
hi- life, and that he has done a world of on,,,)
iin was a ehojiient an' powerful man. and I just
eould not see for my life how lie i- u-ruiuiu a
town. And then thinks I, I never herd anything
in mv life agin a Carlisle, from that one
what used to write an' was so famous i Mr. IMiIin*,
i- he dead, au >1111111 he live in your
eoiiulry'.') down to the-e ones here ahouls.
A nd then I always thought that all good Met ho.
di-ls huilt up towns.
Now. 1 don t know the man as well what- at
the llaptist ehureh, lutt I know the ehurch i? a
huihling up. an 1 git- tlii- mighty strait. an>l all
I hear good people say of him i- lie i- mighty
pin in. ami awful down >>ii wickedness of all
kinds, even t<> the terrible siti of mishehnving
in ehureh : and I don't know a greater disgrace
than tor anybody to misbehave in (bid s Ionise:
1 never done it littt mice in my lite : an 1 wain t
fulfil that night ami that preacher. smut lie
was a little Melhodi-t preacher, mighty sniart. a
gi!i<lerate of Wofli>r?l t'ullcdgo. I tell ymi, he
Cniihl talk. I wants a preacher t?> be plain.
Well, s.avs I. that man i- tint a ruinin the Inwu.
IV ell. I has hearn that tuan preach what hn<l
that pirty church for the I'resbytcrians lutilt.
ami 1 don't think there is anything about hi hi
to ruin a town: hut what I hear* ahont his
skiml ami the awful pirty girls there, think* I.
that man i- a powerful help, lie aim a-rtiiiiing
anything.
Ami the l'isCnpnl preacher. 1 hearn they've
got a new one, ami I ?lon't think he has heen
'.sarin: ariif I don't flunk AM.s r|*.A (lJ"eV<Mf
want to ruin towns.
Then I thinks of mv powerful old friend
what i' hoss of tlie public skuols?uiy good. jolly
?dd friend, and 1 just lull's to think that he
would ruin a town.
Well, says 1. John, if yott can spare the
critter 1 will go to Cuion.' So 1 goes, and i
goes to see what is wrong an to find out what is
ruiiiuing things there. Well, in two or three
hours we got there, an' 1 Inched the critter an
it was ma long before I ?ce** what is the trouble.
It was more than a year senee I was in the
town. Then 1 saw eight or more bans a working
on the street*, and a tall man with hi- buggy
an horse standing near, and some -trong fat
mules an earls ju-t a haulidg piriv w liit? sand
and a putting ii all over the walks, an tin- shovels
ju-t a-tlyimr. "id they all worked like we
do in fodder pulling times. ! did not see any
body drunk either, lint this time says I. 'My,
my John, this aint 1'niou I never -aw a hau
mi the streets.though I looked around generally.
anil everything looked so l?I ami worn nut ?the
Innii looked vo <ick ami like it wanted a doctor.
<>ii tlie streets I siw in front of the corner harrnnm
up ami down tlie sireel* a crowd what
looked like earrnii crows. what's eat a- tmieli of
a dead eritter as they can hold, and i* a junipitijr
and a. picking at each other; and a Happing
their w ings and a puking and a gaping around.
I won't write any ahoul white wine and red
wine, tin some other had things what is known
ahoul these har-rooms. Speakiu' ?d white wine
makes me think of what 1 herd of a tipsy feller
?ayin on the train totlier night, lie said lie got
Some white wine outcn the rail rode har. an it
wa? the best corn whiskey he ever tasted. He
said he asked for whiskey at the hotel bar-room
and the liar-keeper told him. 'there i? a doctor,
he will give you a subscription.' and he got one
for a ijUnrt. The bar-keeper told him he could
take half now and come hack tor the rest. Now.
this i* just what lie called them, liar-rooms
and 'har keepers." It aint the piny, sweet
w iiiitniiis. nor it aint the preachers what is a
ruining I niou, hut it is the aw ful whiskey simps
which have been <n unlawfully opened in the
town. I wants lite preachers and all the good
people to cry aloud and spare not.
I have liearn whiskey men say many a lime
that preachers ought to let politics alone ami
preach the gospel. .lest like preachin agin
whi-kev wan t preachin the go-pel. t M coiir-e
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Ill I \ U llill III JM I I S - , .1 I Ml I .III *
I ii" men in ('iii>ni hut what will je-t set down
jural 1?* i tlic town ! (' mined \\ here are the
t'iiy Father- Why ili'ii t iltey cb-c tlie barroom?
11,;,i s wliui wo country folks wants.
It I iii->n <l"ii t change it is gwiuc icr ruin ilit*
proa< her- and winiiiiiii ami chillern. instead "i
ihcy ruiiiiii tlic town. It ii-' present condition
aim a -1r? i?_c argument cii fa a or of |il>iIi<>n.
liiciiyoii ma\ shoot inc. I'd hap- (lie Solicitor
ami lirainl Jure will look inter the mailer at
nest w eek - coin I.
1 lt.i|>o nobody will git 11: - I at liii- letter, nit
tlic tnitli. I wants icr write a;in ?ooii ami
I'etcli "lit soinc More tiling-.
I S< I I St.
Santuo Farmers Club.
Mit. lint in is.?At tlic cill "f the 1'resi lent
pro'.fH. Mr 1'. t' Ihivis sereral of our fanners j
met ami organized t!ie Young Fanners ('lull of j
Sanluc. on tlio k'ntli inst. The in oc ling was I
callc 1 to order l>y Mr Kavis, ami I'. Fleming j
was chosen societal v / / >, >. ?.
Alter opening the hooks for -ubsciibers we 1
went into an election of officers. which resulted
as follows :
J. \V. tiregory, l'rcsident, Ivldio Jeter Vice j
l'rev J. II. Knmlnlph. Treasurer. .1. I> Fleming !
Secretary I'm-ntu (vmiiHft". the President, !
Vice I'resi leut and Secretary
i>r. .1 I'. Thomas. J. Sartor, .l imes Jen
kins and the President were elected delegates
to the meeting at ' nioti on Monday 1st of |
M arcli.
The meeting then adjourned to meet next !
Saturday We hope t > report one of the !nr?.
I csl c!uls ii the c unty soon.
' I>. i t.r.:tiNi- ec t.
For the Timks.
Watchman. What of the Night
A third of a century ago, tlie producers of
I'niou County gave me their trust, anil mnde
me their Watch nnd Ward, in I lie legislature of
the State. When 1 returned from Columbia,
last Christmas eve, to acquit myself to theui of
the trust they bad so long confided to rue, the
question which heads this article was put to
aic--"Wittclimnti, what of the Night?"?and
replied to the 1st of Jan. last. When I had
hoped for the dawn of biigiiter days, shadows
fell, and in place of tlie light of morning,
darkness fathered and thickened over the conn
ciIs <>f the last (lenerai Assembly. For the
first lime, tlie mandates of the constitution in
this State, the will of the people plainly ex.
pressed an l the principles of constitutional
right ignored, as in one of my previous communications
has been indicated, as also the remedy
therefor. We cannot hope that though the
shadows hide, the good angel will guard and
protect our future, hod helps them who help
themselves. The pro Slicing classes (farmers
and mechanicsi must help themselves by organization
and united effort. They must rouse
themselves from the slumber and the dreams |
of a quarter of a century, break the chains
which have, and are now fettering them, rush
up the high grade which sej araies them from
other purscy sand professions and stand abreast
if not in front of the first and foremost among
them.
Our remedy is self re'iance. Confidence in
self is the vital want of the farmer. lie has
been so uccuslonicd to receive aud submit to
the treatment of a poor man ai a frolic, and
look on to the scene of passing events with
o| en mouth and gullible .simplicity that he has
become very much of an auto intoti and slave
to frivolity aud iinpertinancc. From this degraded
acquiescence in inferior position he
must rouse himself to the assertion of his manhood,
his imp irlatico, his usefulness, his prov
l'lence, ins itidispensiblc necessity lo the
movements of society ami the very existence of
civilization, and place himself in :lie attitmlc of
a thinking, intelligent and irrepressible element
and factor in all the relations of life, instead of
the submissive creature, beast of burden-like,
yoked with the hrute and fettered to the soil.
In life preservation of both human and animal
creation. how long would the world exist without
the tanner.' Not only the sound of the telephone
and the tlasli of the telegraph would
cease hut the breath in the nostrils of its operators
would stop, and many of the heists of the
held and the birds of the air would fall down
forever. Again, let the retleelive observer turn
back through the tide of time and mark il? revelations.
They will see that every amelioration
ami liberation that has relieved humanity and
disenthralled servitude, ha-, procecde I from
the roused up energies of that honest, humane
and conservative class. The followers of Alfred
the tireat, the l>.irons ol Uuiiuymedc. the
Ironsides of <'roiuwell, the followers of Washiiigton
were all of that class. They all submitted
to wrongs until wrongs were intolerable,
they then asserted their rights and, as they
thought, secured tlieni by charters and constitutions:
hut human institutions alas are perishable.
And human oaths and human obligations
ar. con nine' tlie- fires x>f huunui aurbi
or s waiicfai \-a up. in irrr given ot liii'iriu avarice.
Tanners of Union, behold yon* condition
now?rimki- 1111> until ical inn of il>?
?I I - I'O
teaching* of history to yourselves. Are you
not in want, are you not depend lit, is your industry
rewarded, are your rights of property,
arc your taxesjusi; are not your public servants
your masters, are not the great curses of humanity.
ignorance and poverty, impending over
your children ? And who is to li'atuc Whose
fault is it ? It is not only the otliccrs of government,
hut it is the corporal ions, mi l ns-ocialiuns
and professions.ami all the artificial pursuits of
men recogni/.cd by legislation : each and every
one eiigineere I by a wiley and unscrupulous
ageni : each and all living on the same victim,
the farmer ! iie knows it, but not to its full
extent : neither does he think <>f his remedy
and his power: nor has lie resorted to it. Is it
not lime that lie had l.'an lie not profit by
the example of others .' t'vn lie not be impelled
by lite same faith thai others are ? t'au lie
not be fired by ihe same love of freedom his
fathers were , t'an he not be supported by tho
same hopes, and inspired by the same God,
feeling as he inns' in his very soul that he is
innocent and honest, and knowing as lie docs
that lie has the power to enforce his will and
overwhelm his enemies whenever he will unite
with his brothers of the same calling.
farmers, llnnk. resolve, act oreanixe n nrc
compel! ft convention <>f the - did men of vour
State. Demand a new charter of your rights ,
ti new constittiiion to suit your own rice, your
own color,your own condition, true r.nii faithful,
which belong to you by inheritance, sanctioned
by the deeds of your lather.1, and a sacrc l deposit
with you. to tr.inviiit to your children.
1 tint tempt" 1 to n >!'. tiie comments and
sugires;iv>ns of the newspapers and their correspondents?
"M," f>r instance, which may
gtiiud for Minion. Myttnidon. Does lie not
know that the eonsliinlion of the 1'uiled States
provi-les spheres ot not.mi for each separately
and independently, an 1 what the constitution
of the State deurin I- that of the I'niied States
cinno' countermand or excuse the fulfillment
of, and that taxation without representation
is alike ahhutrmt to both constitutions, r?n 1 (be
creation <>t a pri\iligo-l class gnarled against
.specially by bub, and also that where the
rights of the ps >pb? are involve I the saving of
cxpcir-xt in their defense t?y the at I of a friend
instead of an enemy. The lender cin never ho
sulhcicnt excuse for any ?>ne to whom i public
trust is commute 1 to turn from a path or uio\e
from the po.-t if dtuy.
tit "t alauius and his coiiimani.-ni.oi I
vvoul I 'ay iti.it his ooi/i / j'lmtii rrinimls me of
(*:illiiit 11 -, n- i rcmr ly for cliolic in cliiMrcn,
ami h ih?r t^imy jicncrally, an l is also too signilicin)
of <lownf;ill ami 'lisnstcr as well, ami
|iiigorniicc ol Mr. Calhoun's place of e lticatli'll
ai hlJ Vli'liilie thrill of higher e lite itioil,
loftier tli an tlie if", ami only coiiceivuMc in
(lie iintiiC'i Ircaui'i, in tlie *1 reams 'if a learncil
visionary, convinces me that he is a I topian
professor of I kt employment in some 'Iciiominatioti
il college of learning. 'lie rose-c ilorivl
iilca j' farmers clirn having nothing to ?lo
witli politics i< so tnconccivalily alisnr l ami
riiliuuloiis an I s p transparently ilm wish nf
those who arc n >t their fncmls liuat no comment
from mc t- rc'iuirel. 15. II. Ilnr.
()v;-tor SupiKT :u tin; Union
i lot ^ 1. Tncsil;i\ . Mitreli lM. at
b.oO 1'. M.
'Subscriber' te 'M.*
JoNBsviLi.r, Feb. 2', lx^C.
Editor Union Timet:?It would seem to n
close observer that your correspondent 'M.'s'
most promioent faculty is that which impels
him to give names of ridicule an J sarcasm to
those who have chosen to disagree with him on
the census question. This time he cnils them a
'Howling Mob!' Or, what is about its equivalent,
he says their opinions arc such ns one
might expect from a howling mob. It wouhi bo
well for '.M's ' spirit of fairness if lie would tell
your readers that this ' Howling Mob is composed
of a majority of the best journals in the
Mate, logctlier witu senators and ttcpresentatives,
among whom is our own It. II. Ilice, with
an experience in the legislation of the State of
more than twenty years.
For perspicuity of style your correspondent
does not regard himself with confidence, for it
will nppear on examination that his last article
is a recapitulation of his first, with afew quotations
thrown in to save appearances, while loth
his articles leave everything about as ' clear as
mud, except his proposition, and that is veiled
in great obscurity.
There arc but three points which have been
developed in this discussion by those to whom
our friend refers in such dignified terms : 1?
That the Constitution has not been complied
with, by reason of the failure te provide for
taking the census. 'J. That such failure of compliance
was due to sectional influence. 3. Thnt
this influence was exercised with a desire to
maintain tin lue advantages. Our friend takes
issue and claims that the Constitution has been
complied ".vith. We will now take his arguments
from the labarvntb of obscurity in which lie has
placed tlicm i?nd subject tlicin to analysis.
In ilie lirst place lie says a great deal about
some bill being passed by the Legislature enabling
the State to adopt the United States
census. Will our friend inform us where we
may find such a bill ? We know that the Legislature
passed an act provi ling for an amendment
to the Constitution authorizing the apportionment
of Keptescntativcs 011 the basis of
United Stales census. This, then, must be what
he means when he says so much about a bill,
for I take it for granted that he knows the difference
between an act providing for nn amendment
to tho Constitution and a statutory law.
Well, taking this view of it. how docs iiis
argument stand ? it is as follows : The Constitution
has been complied with, because the
Legislature at its last session provided f r an
amendment to it. which amendment, when
sanctioned by the people in general election,
will make it lawful to adopt the United States
census as the basis of representation. I?id
anybody ever sec a more illogical conclusion
than this ? Tlmi 10 jirori'h fur <m iimrmlmrnl to
th, I'ciitrlihiliun 11 iiiuinilrnt hi ruiiiiilinurr nit},
itu rsjilirit rtquirtm>ul v f that Constitution.' An J
yet this is just our friend's conclusion when
stripped of its obscuring habilamcnts. This is
like declaring that a debt has been paid because
some change has been proposed in the stipulations
of the original contract !
Then, again : Our friend, with a show of argument
which is absolutely overpowering, gives
us a quotation from the Constitution on this
point, cither overlooking jhe fact that it desIika
validity of oil ~ - a?
anil spikes his cannon, or supposing that his
readers would fail to seo it, surrounded as they
are by so vast amount of smoke as lie has in
some way succeeded in producing. Wc will
repeat his quotation, and sec how it serves
his argument : * An enumeration for this purpose
(apportionment) shall be made in iSt'.O
and again in ]8N.">,' and shall be made in the
course of every tenth year thereafter as shall
he by law provided.
I>y this clause of the Constitution it will be
seen that the census should have been taken
aud apportionment made in 18Sj?last year.
The fact is, the census was not taken then because
the Legislature failed to mako the necessary
appropria'ion. In (he face of this fact our
friend concludes that the requirements of the
Constitution have been complied with becnusc
tlie Legislature lias provided an amend meat to
the Constitulion which, in case the people
should sanction it, the I'nite I States census
may he adopted nnd apportionment made about
tho year 1S8S.
Our friend says ij* his lirst article, and repeats
it in his second, that the Constitution is def-nitc
as to the fimt of taking the census, and knows
that the titno has passed ami that the cenaus
hat not been taken, and yet claims that the
Constitution has been complied with ! Hut
then there has been an amendment proposed !
(), my ! It is amazing that a writer with so
little logical acumen as our friend has here
manifested should have the audacity to apply
such an epithet as 'llowliug Mob' to such men
as our venerable representative, who has more
than twenty years experience in the halls of the
House of Itepresentutives, and to Statesmen
and Ivlitors in all sections of our Commonwealth
who have complained that tlac Constitution has
been disregarded, and a breach made in the
wall which is the only safeguard to human
liberty. St'ii"iKinrn.
Jottings
From Kolten
!>?:.\tii or .4 lioon man.
Mr. Hampton Huckaby died Sunday, "1st .
about 1<) o'clock n. m.. and was buried at
Skull Shoals on Monday. The funeral was
preached by llev. 11. !\. 11/.ell to a largo and
attentive congregation.
Mr. lluckahy w.a? 7'? years nnd 1<> months
old. and died within a mile of where he was
raised, lie was a hard working substantial
citizen, who thought that to pay one's just
items was preteraiue i ? rryut ; to Keep |>:icc
with style nnd fashion at ilie expense of some
one else. lie provided well for liis own house,
was benevolent and a good neighbor.
He leaves a second wife and daughter, and
many near relatives, with whom their many
friends north of Par ale!, and elsewhere, will
deeply sympathize.
k m.thn i anmk.k.i ri.rn.
Last Saturday. 'JOfh inst., the farmers ot this
seetion met and organize I tho Kclton Fanners
Cltth, and elected the following officers.
I?r. Pobert Little President. T. N. Kelly Vice
President. .1. II. Spears Secretary. \. A. tlault
Treasurer.
! About ! "> names were enrolled, and many
others will yet, no doubt, be added, as the
matter was not generally known and understood.
The next meeting will be lud l the 1st Saturday
afternoon in March.
Mr. Howell, of the lirni of our enterprising
young merchant-. Spear Howell, is now in
his new house, with his new and accomplished
young w ife, and he smiles and looks happy.
(Ml to market goes!he cotton, and back comes
the guano. It seems that the people are going
f ??ry en* ton a?jain even at (iie low juices
it I MSI.V.
Jonecville LocalsHymen.borne
on wings of lleetness, pai l our
little town ti vi>it a f"w days since. .Mr. J. S.
Crawford, formerly of Union. 8. but now of
Uonhatn, Texas, made a flying trip to his nutive
town, and while here conelti led not to return
alone, and took from our midst one of tlio
best and most popular young ladies. Miss I.oula
Liltlejohn. Word* are inadequate to express
the regret which her many friends feel on
losing such nil cstitnnh'e young lady. They
left for the "bono Star ' .State the I'dth. Our
best wishes attend them.
Miss Carrie Sartor, of Santuc, has been
spending several days with Miss Lula, and is
now visiting iicr friend. Miss Nannie M ood, of
l'acolet.
MlHS S.llllP 111* of Vttir Inwit liau .*
ing school here.
Messrs. t>.i\vfor<l \ Long have recently
opened up a ucw drug store.
"muinosrttk.''
[Me hope ".Mignonette"' will give "locals"'
from Juiiesvillc every week. Fn Timi's."]
-
Bivki.kx's Anxiiw Hvi.v::.?The lies' Salvo
in the world for Cuts, llruises, Sores, Fleer,
Salt Kheum, Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped
(lands. Chilblains, Corns, and all skin Kruptions,
and positively cures l'iles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
or uiouey refunded. Frice "Jo ceuts per
oox. For sale by J. \V. Foscy <S: llro. July ly
Sah Dkatii <>r tiir h int or Fkok. \Vali>?.?
New Haven. Conn.. February ?The wife of
Frof. Leonard Waldo, of Yale Observatory,
while labor tig under a lit of temporary insanity
this m rning. escaped from her nurses and
left her home on 1'rospect street. For a long
time Mrs. Waldo has suffered from various
troubles, and last night she passed without
sleep until 4 o'clock this morning.
iSho was first missed about i o'clock. A
hasty search revealed the fact that the lady had
scantily attired herself in a wrapper and, with
nothing hut slippers ou her feet, had left tho
house. Frof. Waldo was informed and with
lti<j kprvvuilt Kc.irclitv 1 tln? oliSFiYiiltirv i*rou ml s_
Ily o clock litis afternoon nearly six hundred
students and at least two hundred citizens were
searching in all directions for Mrs. Waldo.
About 4 o'clock one ol'the searching parlies
found her at l'iue llock, a few miles from tlio
Waldo rcsidenee. As the party approached
her Mrs. Waldo was trying to ascend the face
of a rock which is nearly perpendicular, and
they called to her to hold on until they could
conic to her ns.sistnuce. .* t that moment 6hc
was seen to slip on the rock and fall headlong
down the precipice striking among the rocks at
the feet of her friends.
Hie lived hut a few minutes after being
picked up. Mrs. Waldo was thirty-live years
of age and leaves two young children.
IjOok orr fun iVi.'sTEitirt r Sii.vku Dollaus.
? Lat'rosse, Wis., Fcbuary I1.'.?Teller lleudcrsoii,
of the I.a' rosse National I'ank, has discovered
a counterfeit silver dollar that is pronounced
by all bank people in this city absolutely
the most dangerous ever seen. It is a standard
silver dollar 1S>1. The outside is silver and
the die is in every substantial particular as clear
a-- (he original. It stands all microscopical
tests, and the only possible means of detection
is by weight, it being exactly forty-seven grains
short of the standard, ami is estimated about
fortyithrcc grains short 11" the average.
31AKKI I :JL>.
KlTl.'llUN ? McNEACK. Married, nt the
residence of Mr. 1>. W. Owen, at Santuc, on
T tursday, the lMh inst., I?y llev. J. M. Friday,
M.. is .. ... \i:.? .iivitciiuf. -
* * am/j' v 1 - < .J
BUSINESS LOCALS.
HciiieiiiLer licit JAS. II. KOLMjlMl |'>.VS 'be
highest cash prices lor dry 11i l?v-^.
?
?! ? will lmy a first class N<?. 7 Ci><?k St<?vo,
complete, with piece*. from JAS. II. KODGEK.
Yam Potatoes.
\I.< ?T ol" nice sound Yam Potatoes for sale,
. Apply to T. L. II AMES.
Feb, i!ti, t- Hi,
SPECIAL NOTICE.
DKSItilXG to make a change in ottr bit'ine.'s
we offer our present stock of General Merchandise
ut cost, to cash buyers, from this date.
111'NTKll CO.
Feb 'Jo > i in
CONCERT!
\ T iii i:
COURT HOUSE,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 7.30 P. M.
i?y the Voting Lulu'* ami Leruemeii of I'liion.
?
Admission, - - - 25c.
o
11 cut'I - ?;?!? :it the 1 moil II ilcl.
Meeting at Jonesville.
r 111II eiii/.cns til' ,lt)iicdvil!o Township are to
_I_ tjiicslctl to meet i\! - o:?osvilc on Saturlay
?to-uiorrow? 'JTtli February, to organ:?. i :m
Agricultnr il Sioiei v. by rcpiest of
t. i.. ii a m i;s.
Fol?. b It.
TWO YOUNG HORSES
FOR SALE.
3 II AY 15 two Into y?niiii boiuses which I will
1 noil ;ti toil* price- lur rash or approved
pap r \\. A. Mi'lli >l,Si ?N.
Feb l'.? 7 -_'t
Grand Republic,
CIGAUR< >! *,
? -and
OUR TRADE MARK,
at A. 15. S'i't >KF.S \ t'tt.'s.
A Iiit tit
Very Superior Flour
ju*t receive! l?y A. I! STOKI'.S ?S: *'<).
Tltt' State of S?>n111 (Jurolinii.
corsTV OF rsms.
|5y JAMKS M OKI-:. Iw| .!'ft.I?:it.r .In
\ \ 7 11 lilt I'.AS, .1 oh n IV Th una* lii- in ile
\ V unit tti 1110 It) grant bint loiters of A'1 minis trillion
on tiie list ate ol ami cllecls el' liii/.aItcllt
F. Slriblilim?. ileeet-e.l.
These :?re, therefore, 10 cite ami n<liii)itii*li nil
and singular the kimlrrl anil cro'lilur* ol I In- s:iitl
Kli/.ahelh F. Si rilililing.ilccraso'l.lhat I hey beau I
appear. before me, in ho Court of I'robale, I >
lie hold at In inn <' IISouth Carolina,on the 'J<?i li
I y of March next, after puhlicaiioa beteof,
al i 1 o'clock in ihc forenoon, lo shew cause,
if any they have, nliy the sa". i .Vloiinm: ruiioi)
.should ti >t he granted.
<liven nmler my hand, this 'J'Jd ilny ol February,
\iino 1 > o in i ii i, 1 SSi>.
,iAMI.S \i ni:i:,
Judge 1'r.iliate.
I'ii! !i?he 1 i :> the "J -tit 1.?v of I ebrusry
in :h?* Weekly 1'iiioii liin-s.
KvbU'. S -i.