The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 09, 1886, Image 2
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11. M. STOKES, Editor. ;
UNION. FRIDAY, APRIL 9 1880.
SUBSCRIPTION?$2 00 PER ANNUM.
ADVERTISING.
All!<v?l advertisements ore published at the rates
prescribed by law.
EFiJU Any one intending to buy a good Fanning
Mill may savo some money by calliag on
the Editor of the Timus before purchasing.
You can not expect your children to thrive
when they are being destroyed by wcrtns. Give
them a few doses of Shriner's Indian Vermifuge
and they will be restored to health.
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jjOjr- we nau nnottier heavy rain last Monday,
with considerable thunder and lightning.
Farm work is getting ver/ much behind hand.
Ifyou want a delightful smoke for > cents,
try Sartor & Arthur's "High Tide" cigar.
We regret that it is impossible for us to
publish this week two or three communications
now in our drawer. They will not spoil by
being laid by one week, and shall appear in
our next.
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Spring is at hand, and "lovers of the weed '
will bo delighted with the "May Blossom,'
Sartor & Arthur's "> cent leader. Try it.
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s?9u A V armors Club wns organized at 1
Goshen 11 ill last Tuesday, and Col. D. 1*. Duncan
unanimously elected its representative in the
State Convention. Our inforiuaut closes his letter
with, "We arc not going to have any politics
in curs."
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"High Tide" is an excellent cigar, wrapped
with fine silky Sumatra tobacco, o cents, at
Bar*.or & Arthur's.
If you want to see the handsomest
Easter Cards ever brought into this State, go to
J. W. Posey's Drug Storo and look at his
large and elegant assortment. The people of
Union never saw such beautiful cards before.
Ladies call and see theno.
Just teccived, a o thousand lot of fine cigars.
Havannh filled for f> cents, at Barter & Arthur's.
An old and intimate fiiend of mine is Parker's
llair Balsam. I have used it for 5 years, ,
nail could not do without it. It has stopped
My linir from falling, restored its natural black
color and wholly cleansed it from dandruff?
inisi Ppfirl A? tan T
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of tlie prettiest, most useful anil
handiest little articles for the dinner table, is
Hurr a IVpper Cruet nnd Mill. With it you
gri nd the jeppcr from the grain ns you use it,
preserving all the rich and pungent qualities '
in the berry, without fenr of adulteration. Our
friend Mr. John K. Young has them for sale. 1
He gave us one, and we think it is just the
trick for housekeepers. I
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A. 11. S'lOKHS & CO., Imve received
.mother tioreo of those delightful llama,
Shoulders and llrcak fast Strips, and they
are selling last.
Local ItemsThe
building on Church street just being
completed is the property of Mr. Ira Harris,
an<l when finished will make quite sin addition
to the attractive residences of ourtewn.
Several new residences will soon he erected in
Union.
For cheap and good Job Printing, go to the
Tim us OHicc.
Union has n curiosity in the shape of ahorse
with a moustache.
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Hotter slop your cough while you can: Hyc
nnd bye nothing will do it. It is worth heeding,
that Parker's Tonic is the best thing known for
coughs, colds, torpid liver, kidney troubles and
weak lungs. You risk your life waiting. Take
it while there is yet time.
Trial of B.C. Bishop.
Hubert C. Uhchop was tried last week ^
at York villi*. f.o- the uiiii-.l.-v ..f
Turner, of Mack's Station last November,
lie was ilcfetnlcil by Messrs. Bion \ .McKissick
anil Jim. I-'. Hart, ami the State was 1
represented by Messrs. Solicitor McDonald, \V. 1
B. Wilson, mid J. Jclferics.
The jury found a verdict of manslaughter, ?
with recommendation to mercy, and accord- "
ingly, Judge Hudson sentenced Bishop to ini- *
prisonincnt in the i'cnitcutiary for the term of '
three (>l)yctlN.
Vkbv lU.MAtiKABi.r. Ukcovkry.?Mr. Geo. V* n
Willing, of Manchester, Mich., writes: 'My j
wife has been almost helpless for five years,
so helpless thut she could not turn over in bed
alone. She used two bottles of Electric Bitters,
anil is so much improved, that she is able now
to do her own work.'
Electric Bitters will do all that is claimed for c
litem. Hundreds of testimonials attest their A
great curative powers, Only fitly cents a bottle (]
ut J, \V. l'osey's.
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Cbildrens Day, Picnic. C
The Sunday Schools of Jonesvillc circuit will I
all meet at Jonesville oil Saturday, the 1st day t
of May. bet nil come and bring full baskets, t
l>r. J. II. Carlisle mill favor us witli nn appro- t
printc address. n
The following pieces of music will he used: t
Songs of the Kingdom Nos. IS, II:} and 12.'?. h
I?ct an iiiv schools leant and sing tliein well. "
We would lie glad to have the schools of other
Denominations join us. D. Kowki.i.. >
l'astor. 1
Personal Mention.
Miss Nellie ilaile, of Morristown, Tennessee, *'
is visiting lies sister, Mrs. W. II. Miller. 1
I'rof. Iluilcy, accompanied by bis son, Wallace,
went down to t'o'anihia last Friday, and returned
Monday. ^
Mrs. I-'. M. Farr has leturned home from j,
Vorkville. " r
Mrs. JSelina hi. Means, of Spartanburg, is
visiting friends and relatives at this place.
Mr. li t'. tloss, of Norfolk, Vu., is in town on ^
n visit to relatives. ^
Our yoiiiij friend, liuiniic I loss, who has I
been clerking in Fn'i licld (smnly for the last '
t'.tree years, is in town on a visit to friends and 't
relatives. >
Mis.i Sal lie Thomson, of Joiicsville, i? visit- J
ing relatives at this place.
l>r. J. Nott Moore, of Spartanburg, paid '
Union i flying visit ibis week.
V"iir neigh ?or has used Westmoreland's U'alia?ya
I'.mio. ask him what ho thinks of it ?s a
Tonic and luoigorator. None genuine cut thai "<
juade by Westuiorowad urtcuviOc, 5. C.
theFarmers Meeting Last Saturday.
We are somewhat at a loss to know how to t
lesignnte the niectiug held in the Court llouse |
last Saturdny. Was it a county club, as our es- I
teemed friend. Dr. Pant called it; was it the <
Union County Farmers Association, as the Secretary
styles it or was it an executive committee,
chosen by the representatives of the Township
Clubs. It, however, seems to have assembled
with plenary power to do or undo anything the
members thereof saw fit, either in or out of the
meeting. Not being engaged in farming nor
owning farming laud, we felt a little delicacy
about whether our presence would be accept- i
able there, and, thrrcforc, did not nttend tho
meeting. M'c regret to learn, however, that tho <
meeting was a very slim one, with but about I
eight or teu simon-pure farmers in it. We
sincerely regret this, because if the farmers I
wish to make the present movement a success, I
for their benefit, they must be on the watch to I
keep political cliques and schemists from taking
full possession of the organization for their
own advantage and advancement.
IV o have said that the meeting last Saturday
assumed plenary powers in what it did, and in
order that we may be understood in this respect
we will state that at the meeting previous
the club, or association, passed a Constitution
and By-laws for its government, nnd article
VII. of that constitution reads as follows :
The club shall be authorized to enact nnd enforce
such lly-laws as may be deemed desirable
to its successful operations and permanent usefulness,
reserving the right to change the said
By-laws, or amend this constitution, by a twothird
rote of the acltre members at any annual
mcrtiny ujicr ixcu mum 113 jtcuivux nonce.
This nrticlc of the constitution was adopted
by the Club or Association at its former meeting
?one month ago?and in the face of it, without
even giving the required two months' notice,
but upon the motion of a member, in a
small monthly meeting, the following important
article of the By-laws was summarily stricken
out:
Art. V. "So religious or political questions
shall bo introduced into any address, essay or
discussion in the meetings of the club; nor
shall personalities be indulged in, or harsh language
be used in regard to individuals, organizations,
public officials or newspapers. The
sole object of the club being improvement in the
knowledge and pi-emotion of a successful ngri- '
culture, all personal and political differences 1
should bo ignored in seeking this eud." ,
Again: Immediately after the meeting ad- |
journed last Saturday we were provided with ]
the list of delegates elected to tho Farmers Con- |
veuiion, but we find in the Secretary's report of
the proceedings that a change in the delegation t
was made after (he adjournment, by dropping two 1
names and insertiug others in their places. t
Now the gentlemen whose names were drop- t
ped and those inserted arc all good and true t
men, and there could be no objection to them ; t
but the question lias been raised, who assumed <
the authority of making the change, after they i
were duly elected by the meeting ? j
The Court House King, the Stato House King, t
lie Legislative Kiug and the Charleston King, t
lave been so often and persistently held up to 1
he people as offensive cliques who govern \
he State and control its official patronage, \
hat we nrc inclined to be very suspicious, t
tiii'u we see politicians ami capitalists more 1
linn ordinarily zealous for the welfare and hap. f
liness of "nn oppressed and idown-trodden |
leople,*' and feel it to be our bounded duty, t
is a public journalist and one whose interests c
ire closely identitied with the interests of the t
oppressed," to raise a note of warning when, *
iver we see reason for believing that an organzation,
formed hy a respectable class of citi- t
ens for the public good, is in danger of being ?
liveried from its original purpose and made c
lubscrvient to the wishes aud opinions of a few ,
individuals or a ring. t
Understand us, we do not charge any person. 3
lersons or cliques with an attempt to obtain j
:ontrol of the present movement of the farmers: j,
>ut wc do say that the action of the last meetng
was, to soy the least, "outside of the consti- a
ution," and the changing of the delegates, a
Iter the meeting adjourned, an act of presump* ^
ion on the part of some parties. ^
If these innovations upon the Constitution n
md Uy-laws are not guarded against, the Far- T
nets' organization will be like "jumping out of
he frying-pan into the fire," because they will f
ie jumping on' of one ring of politicians into a
not her; and we are decidedly opposed to polit- j
;al rings and cliques of any form; and it is n
nth this feeling, together with a desire that (|
he organization shall be controlled by the
'arniers for the Farmers' sole an I permanent j
;ood, that we have presumed to show them the
lecessity of keeping a steady rein upon their f
eaders.
Items from Fish Dam. ^
Mu. Stokks.?Mr. fieorge Kirkpatrick, n '
rirgc planter, of JInlscville township, Chester r
ounty, lost a very fine pair of grey mules, "
vhile crossing Fish Dam Ferry, last Saturday, 1
n the flat. The flat was not more than a e
ragon body's length from the hank on the '
Chester side of ,llroad llivcr, when the mules 1
iccaine excited and backed the wagon off into *
ho river. The two front mules were saved by '
he wagoner cutting the hairic strings, thus let
ing them loose. The wagon and two hind v
diiles went down. Mr. K. managed to recover '
he front part of the wagon and one pair of 1
larucss, hut one of the mules ami the hind part
i ilie wagon lias not neon seen since.
Ungues are getting very numerous nn l dnrup
in this vicinity. hist Saturday night Mr.
V. K. Thomas had his smoke-house broken into
,ml robbed of nil its contents. I
On the same night, the family of Mr. J. It.
^ctcr was aroused by some one trying to break j*
nto the smoke house. As soon as a light was 1
nndc in the house the vogue escaped without j
ceuring any booty. t
Stealing is getting very burdensome with us. e
Nothing is safe unless placed under lock and '
;ey, but even those safeguards can't keep the
uscals out of the smoke-houses. Fisii Dam. 1
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List of Unclaimed Letters
Remaining in the l'osl otticc at Uuion. South
Inrolinn, fir the week ending April 10th, 188?'r J
. W. Ilunson, Mrs. Caroline Koon. o
I. It. Darwin. Wni. McLure. I
allies Dillingham. Mrs. Jen?y Morris. n
1 \l l Vlll.k.l
I
ilbert Fensier. [George Nasli.
>1. C. K. Foster. 11. 8. Mexico. j
lias IVx'tiui GmnJIook. Mrs. K iser Pratt. h
avis llcringlon. Hen 8i?voge.
lias Fannie Hill. Willis Shelley.
" 8i<rali Hawkins. Mrs. K. Smith. I
" Alsesle llatnlon. Miss Alice Tee. f
Alice Mejing. |Hubert Wis. C
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Persons calling for above letters will please R
ly ibey have been advert iseJ.
pAViu a tiitr, r, u. i
Ma. Euitob: The ladies are always ready
lo lend a helping hand in the promotion of any
good cause. It is the noble women and not the t!
men who are leading in the grand effort to lift t
up the fallen, and remove the tomptation over p
which many others stumble and some fall. $
The hope of the apoBtle expired on the crpss u
with Christ, but the women went to t^ie tomb i
on the morning of the first day, end were lion- c
orcd in boing the first to see a risen Saviour. I
Then l'eter and John came running in doubt to q
the grave, and had their hope renewed. So, (J
when the ladies shall have achieved a victory o
over this "hydra-headed monster," os in the (
providence of God they will, the men will then e
some to the front, saying, "Bettie and I killed {
ibo bear." Under the same trials of faith, r
when men too often waver, lose heart and suf. j
fcr defeat, women are inspired with a zeal that t
lends to victory. Already men are saying, we l
fought the prohibition battle and won, but whis- 0
key is sold all the same; men daily get drunk; c
we have lost the fruits of victory, and we will t
LVMhI, n,l> liflnila Ik. k...:., 1
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whiskey may Use or temperance succeed with- \
out our help. Not so with the ladies. They p
go right on, noping as it would seem sometimes, j
without any ground for hope, as in the case of c
the women who went to Joseph's new made t
tomb. It was with some hope that our tern- t
ptronco men might be induced to foltotf III#' t
ladies in the thickest of the fight, where they i
had carried the flag, that 1 appeared in c
you paper a week or so ago. I am glad that c
some of onr meu are iuterested iu the success r
of this work, and that Uncle Si and Uncle r
Billy are pulling steady together to reach the 1
top of the hill. But wasn't that a ludicrous s
scene that took plnce on the way. AVell, as t
these two old men were slowly inching their f
way up the hill, ever and anon stopping to tako c
breath, Uncle Sam came up smelling strong i
with coru whiskey, which somebody in our c
town nick-named '-white wino"', and says, see c
hero boys, I can roll that thing down l.tho hill c
easier than you aro pulling it up. And suiting I
his action to his words, he took hold of the c
front wheel to push the wagon down the bill.
But he touched the heels of the saddle horse J
and Uncle Billy began to kick, and before Un- t
ele Sain knew what struck bim, he was flat of 1
his back in a mud-hole. His comfort, however, c
was in knowing that he was not the only drunls- r
man who was ever seen in such places. Uncle a
Pete then came up and said: 1 am net-much at I
pushing, but I cin beat the world driving. So i
he mounted, popped his whip and made two or v
.hrce di gs with his heels in the flanks of his I
101 sc, and let fall from his mouth strange words a
hat sounded like the mutterings of n coming n
hunder storm. Uncle Si and Uncle Billy said a
hat Uncle Pete's dialect was so mixed np c
hat the team did not know whether he snid wo li
>r go, and they did not go. Uucle Pete said, t
f wo can't understand each other, I will leave s
rou, so good by. Then Mr. Hobby had some- a
liing to say in your paper, and his style was c
hat of An iuverted cone. Verily, he must tl
iovo written that piece standing on his head, L
villi his brains in his heel?. If he will in- s
rcrt his statements they will sound more like b
ruth, "No whiskey in Union since the war!"' I
iVhile those words were beiDg put into print,
'our b arrets of whiskey could be seen on the h
>htlform at the >depot( and if that-ib * fair cehj ^
erion by which one may judge of the quantity b
:onsumed weekly in Union since the introduc- a
ion of white and red wine beer saloons, it li
hows how recklessly and with what impunity n
ncn violate l$w. 1 heard two drummers, 011 ai
he train a few days ago, discussing this al' w
ibsorbing question that is now sweeping the 1>
ountry from Maine to Mexico. One was for '
vhisky and the other for prohibition. When
hey left the cars one wcut to merchants to ni
ell merchandize, and the other took a bee
ine to the nearest beer saloon. He wanted, 's
mwever, only a little red wine. 1
Drunkenness is shamefully common ou our ^
treets. and pistol shots and boisterous noises t'
,re alarmingly frequent at night. Kvidcncc is
dentiful, if needed, to prove that Hobby's
(icce is remarkable, most of ail for misstate
iianfs. I hope the next time he writes, he r
rill be on his feet. u
Some time back a peddler drank what he "
ras told was while wine. It made hiin drunk, ?
nd he was put in jail and fined ten or fifteen 0(
ollars. Did that reach the conscience of the w
tan who violated tho faw and made liiro *8
riink? ?
Next we hear the bugle blast from Brother
!li'a wet horn. Alas! alas! what folly to talk
,bout votes deciding anything in municipal
ilections where there is no back bone to enforce g
ibedience to the verdict of the ballot box. '
Vere it. to decide dry ever so many times it
v on Id be wet all tho same, so long as honorable |(
nen in office walk unblushingly in a bar-room,
md call for corn whiskey with a tail to it, and ^
n the next breath declare that the law is not
in forced because the violators are not reported,
s it then, surprising, that men say if this thing y
s not stopped I am wet. Yes, Mr. Kiitor, it is y
urprising. 1 had just as well declare in Q
avor of murder, because it cannot be stopped,
den who I bus talk are at heart in sympathy w
villi the whi skey traffic. Men who are light j
rom principle are not the men to compromise f,
villi wrong. Pnui. j,
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News in Gbnoral.
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A lirmiminrincr w !>? ! ?#? .
k - n ? ...w IMVOI irvivuill'll j
if ft .school in Spartanburg. ?'
Tlio canvasser for (lie <Newberry it tl
.aniens railroad is meeting with great success, p
Nearly all the grain in Fnirfteld county was
lilled by the cold, but the second crop is rtoursliing.
So far the clerk of court of Horkcley county
ins supplied only two disabled soldiers with
lie blanks furnished by the comptroller gen- **
ral for ascertaining the condition of mnimcd
!x-< 'on federates. 0I
The Green wood, Laurens and Augusta railoiul
has carried to and from Laurens Hi,000
Musengers during its first year of existence. ^
I'hia is n good report. 01
R. J. West, of Spartanburg County, a few 01
lays ago, cut n poplar tree on Mrs. Ilettic Fos- o
er's land. lie used up 72 feet in length of o
if this tree and made 20,21ft shingles and '100 ai
eet of lumber. The proceeds of the tree were p
ibout $80 The shingles covered oiie house, fi
he roof containing about 2ft squares, for the t<
limpsmi Brothers. ?t Glenn Springs. Mr. West ci
mid Mrs. Foster about $1 ft for the tree as it l>
tuod, including the JWIO feet of lumber y
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Bucklrr's Arrica S.\Lvr.--TiiB Br*t Sai.vr in
he world for Cul?. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt fi
theum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hand*, ft
Ihilhlains Corn*, and all Skin Eruptions. and
loaitively eurea Files, or no pny required. It ia
uaranteed to give perfect eatisfsct:on or money d
efundi J. l'rtco 26 oeuta per box. For Sale S
1/ J. W. 1'oaoy. ty-ly J
Unole Si Agaia.
Mistur Editur.?Sum people may Ibiok
bat 1 is seised whith what the ote Latins use co
er call Caeoetha Scribendi, which John aais, tr
ut inter plain English, means, "an itch fur "
cribling but they is mistaken, 1 rinl got no th
;ind of itch. I got my share of a very bad kind w
a camps during the late onpleasantoees, which ai
oade me scratch an paw powerful. No, sir, in
aint got the riting itch, but I just cant keep p<
|uiet when I sees things in sich a bad fix in le
[oar ole Union, on so I is forced up to the pint m
if riting for your excellent ptper, of whioh we tl
sountry folks is mity proud, an then my nabors T
lais they likes my riting, au you knows, frieud tr
itokes, that folks what is as fur along the jur- n
tey of life as wcuns Is, likes fur our friends ter
iraise us an our doings. John was ter Union e:
other day, an he sais that lie heard that a fcl- ai
er dowu there what use ter keep a grog shop, st
in what runs one now, as a silent partner, in tt
luhootes with others, said that Unole Si was ii
un out of something ter rite about, ao so ho si
it that awful thing sincd Uncle Sam, to which ol
Jnole Si was gwine ter reply hisself, so ester oi
icep ou riting. I must say that it hurt me it
lowcrfui ter think that nnyhody ever had it to is
inter his mind that I would rito sich a fulish
hing as that was. John said, ef any man was 8]
or lay that thing ter his father in dead earnest ai
hat he would make it hot for him. The ole tl
roman sais, whoever rit that thing can't go si
razy, fur it takes people of some scnce to go T
razy. I sais it is mity bad on tho man what n
it it, au cf it ever comes out on him he is hi
uincd, an it will be handed down ter his chil. f?
cms chillerns an will hurt two giueralions of tc
in. I did feel so sorry fur them men what he S
ricd lor praise. I know it made em feel mity ti
oolish. I would not have noticed that piece di
if it had not bin laid ter mc. Uncle Si dont tl
vant sich a disgrace on him. No, No, Mister hi
lahoot, Unclo Si aint run out of sope. He tl
sould rite on an on, an cf he wcro ter briDg ja
tut half of the bad things what is done in pi
Jnion town, I dont knowi when.or whar he ct
sould stop. S
Well, jest let mo tell of a lectio thing what ei
fulin sais he heard a man say on the train rj
other night. Three respectable young men ai
'roin the couutry was in Union a fue weeks h
igo, an as they was a comin down the street a m
luccr looking teeue toiler runs out an stops em
in sais, "Gemmens, I is gwine ter open up a vs
tcor saloon in the back part of niy store, an I B
s gwino lor sell whlto wine, which means corn a
vliisky, an red wine, which means rye whisky. B
is gwino ter havo n plenty of whol is good, an h
s I understands the bisness, I wants you Gem- si
sens ter call around." John sais this is a fact, m
n these young men will swar ter it in open tl
ourt. An I bclioTcs that John is gwine ter gti
and nil their names in to the Grand Jury, as m
hat body of honorable men so feerlessly precntcd
several parties at last court an called on ai
II lovers of law an order to help them in their R<
ffort to surprcss this terrible tratTic, which lj,
hey said they believed to he going on in
Inion town. Aint this proof that whisky is y\
old in Union ? I tell you there is more than ei
eer nn wine an water in the barrooms in
Tnion. in
I know tlint our Depot Agent is nn honest pt
onorablc man, an ef whisky comes in large as
uautitieswver the rail rode to dreg stores am hi
eer saloons, I kuow he wont deny it. 1 has 0f
lways hearn that he is in fur the rite, an 8({
beral with his money fur a good cause. That ht
tan would not tell a lie fur ali the barrooms to
nd dreg stores in Union. If he sais they gits
hisky they gets it. One more thing. John {n
rought me a printed subscription fur a dreg \\
.ore in Uniou which reads, "I hereby cer- c;(
fy needs gals. qts. pis. for Lj
ledical purposes." Gallons ! gallons N gal- p,
ins ! ! ! Don* that prove Gineral Foster what to
i what ? Now, how can wo git around what w;
hese three young men sais, au what Uncle Si to
elieves the depot Agent will say ? An what
liis blank certificate sais ? The conclusion is ?,
icvilablc. The Bible sais "In the mouth of tb
>vo or three witnesses evry word may be es- tr
tblishcd." Uncle Si calls on evry man on ou
ea Kidge an crry man in Jonesvillc ten rise th
p an lets go down an help Union wipe out 0f
lis dirty bisness. What d> you say ter it, in
ineral Foster? John sais when the election to
jmes off the critter wont plow that day but we tb
ill spenu it in Union no matter how bisy we
i. Come, brave rneu, we can nn we will, by
od's help, seethe rite en fair things dun in
Ic Union, Uncle Si.
Proo?eding? of the Farmers Association.
The Union County Farmer* Association met 111
aturday, .Ird April. No business of importance
as attended tocicepl the eleciion of Delegates cc
> represent tho County Associntionat the meet- "
lg of the State Convention to bo held the 2'.?th. y<
If
he following gentlemen were elected delegates:
[on. Wm. Jeffcries, Robert Hamilton, Al- |e
jrnnte; Mr. U. 11 Jeter, P. P. Hamilton, Alternte;
Dr. R. Litilc, T. L. Hemes, Alternate;
laj. D. H. Rico, Dr. D F. Walker, Alternate; n<
Ir. James Rcnuett, M. S. Varner, Alterth
ate.
Rule V, prohibiting Politics and Religion
ras on motion, stricken out by the by-laws. "
he Union County Farmers Association is now
ree to discuss those mid other subjects pertain- m
ig to, (or thought to be of interest) to the
ssocintion, and the advancement of the Far- '1
tors' cause. The meeting of the general osso- 811
inuon whs iicci'ie i 10 ne neui Saturday, April
4th, nuil All member* of nil township clubs and * '
ie County fssooiation nre requested to be w
resent. b. P. MURPHY. 18
8BC. P. A. U. CO. ,h
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Now is the time for White Washing. .Use ra
labnstine insteal ofliine. It is as easily op- 111
lied,-and as cheap, nu t will not rub off. Ia ?
Iso a good disinfectant. Can lie had in White Pc
r Colors, at P08TKII k WILKIN8. co
, w.
The Edgefield Chronicle snys: ''Edgefield
in boast of four large men. One is mi editor, d<
lie tho county sheriff, one the coroner and Die f9
tlier the comity auditor. The sheriff and corncr
weigh 21*2 pounds each, while the balance
f 1M?7 pounds is divided between the editor 1,1
ud the nuditor. Tho auditor's weight is 229 th
ounds. The weight of the editor cannot.he Wl
;nind out, for the scales will not draw enough .
> weigh him. The sheriff and tho auditor are "
rippled, while the coroner IkmsI* of being the
est looking, ami the editor claims to be the m
oungost." p,
? I)r.
J. C Maxwell, of (Srecuwood, lost over
fty cord* of wood last week by an accidental J?,
re. "1
tlj
Dr. Jos. If. Carlisle, of Hpartsnburg, will .
ebrcr an address at the close of <lie Johnston 1
lale ui'd Ecuialc tic hoc io about the lual of
uiic. Wl
Am Appeal.
Mk. Editor.?Your columns bare, of Isle,
ntained several artioles relative lo the liquor
affio in our town. "Undo 81," "Uncle 8am,"
Billy" and "Pete" and others, have had
ielr say, pro and con. llumor and sarcasm,
ills faot and argument on one side, and poetry i
id puerility on the other ; all showing that an
iterest, deep and general, exists among our
iople on this subject. And this is well. It
ads to thought and examination of the
alter, as to its character and effects, and "by
le attrition of t'tougbt, truth is evolved.*'
rvth is what every lover of himself, and conny,
and kind, should desire and seek after, and
ot simply to carry a point in anything.
It is apparent that a difference of opinion
lists among us as to this traffic. Not ho much
i to its character and effects, as to the legal
at us thereof. There are some who seem to
link that if a thing is covered by technical
iterpretation of law, its effects are not to be con
dered. Selfishness and avnrice make some
triiviouv to all consideration of public good,
r the morality of the thing. The law allows
and I will do it, no matter as lo consequences,
i their motto.
That the publio sale and promiscuous use of
Jimuuuo jujuurn arc uarilliui (O individuals
ad tbo community, will not be denied by any
loughtful and observant person. No one will
ly tbey are better than the prohibition thereof,
he evils they cause are too patent to be deicd.
The community, families, individual?,
usiuess, religion, yea, every good thing is afictod
by them. And shall the evil be suffered
? continue, without an effort to put it down ?
ball we do nothing because there are difBculcs
in the way ? Shall we drop our oars and
rifl because there is a tide against us ? Will
le good people of our otherwise beautiful and
igh-toned town make no effort to get rid of
leevil? Is it possible that publio sentiment
so low and debauched, that this black and
oisonous river of death shall continue to flow,
trrying on its bosom all that should be prised f
urely not! Surely not! ! I believe there is
aough of true manhood and self respect left to
id ourselves of the curse, if proper measures
re employed. And I think the time is at
and wbeu the sentiment and will of the comlunity
should be tested.
Cannot some movement be inaugurated that
ill do this? There is a W. C. T. U., and a
and of Hope in our midst. These arc doing
good work, and we hope they will continue,
ut what are the men doing? What aio the
usbands, fathers, sons and brothers doing to
lape opinion, or secure protection and delivcracc
? Nothing, so far as it known! Shall
io work be left to the women and children ?
urely not! Can no leader be found, no moveent
be made ? Surely, surely, there can be.
This writer has no personal feeling against
ay member of the present council, lit mag
H judge their motivet,- but their acts, as pub0
servants, are open to criticism. When an
:t is performed it belongs to the public,
easures and not men are proper subjects of
lamination and ought to be.
Has the council rightly construed the existig
law ? Did they not, in granting license,
"onounce against the spirit of the law, as well
1 the belter sentiment of the community ? But
iving granted license have they, as custodians
' the peace and order of the town, taken any
eps to know if the condition* of such license
us uccn viuiKiuu . vonimon report, leading
common belief, is (hat these conditions are
olated. Is it not their sworn duty to look
to the matter and punish the violators ?
hat it the use of authority if it is not exerted;
of watchmen if tbey do not watch?
iw cannot execute itself, it must be executed,
roliibition will not prohibit unless it is made
do so; aHd it is childish to say it will
liile nothing is done by those whose duty it is
see that the law, whatever it is, it enforced.
But 1 have said onough. I am glad, Mr.
litor. that you allow the use of your columns
iat this subject may be ventilated; and I
usL personalities will be kept out of the disission.
I know you will join me in asking
egood people of our town without distinction
' sex or color, to look at this matter seriously
the light of what will be the greatest good
the greatest number, for the present and for
ie future. And God help (he right. *
IIazlxwood.
A Reply to "Plain Farmer."
Jomrsvilli, April 6.
To Editor or Union Tim km : With your perission
I will write a few lines in reply to
>ur correspondent, "A Plain Farmer." The
'liege question is where I join issue with him.
e reasons from particular premises to a unisrsal
conclusion, which is a common fallacv.
? J he
aiul his richer neighbor have sons attiding
the South Carolina College, tuition freo,
is a matter of course that, for the time !>eing,
icy are enjoying advantages which they would
it have under a change of the present policy
that institution, llut docs he mean to argue
at because he and his friend get tuition free
the State College, therefore all the eitiaens of
c State are recipients of like advantages and,
ercforc, the freo tuition policy should be
aintained? Hnrdly. Itut this is just where
s premises lead. Then let me ask "I'lain
armor" whether or not his ''heavily mortiged"
neighbor does not j>ay taxes on his
ortgaged land, in order to give free tuition at
>llege to his friend s son, which friend in
ortli ten thousand dollars of taxable property?
thin just? Is it just that the man who Is
saviiy mortgaged should he compelled to pay
xes to educate the stone of him who holds the
ortgage, at the name time that this "heavily
ortgaged" farmer cannot enjoy like adintages
at the 8iato College because of his
iverty ? Is this not compelling the poorest to
ntribute to the rich or more fortunate f It
ould appear so.
There are something over two hundred stu>nt*
at the Stale College, and to {my the tuition
es of these every citixcn of the Slate is taxed,
lerc is no possibility of even a respectable
imber of our people availing themselves of
e benetiteof free tuition, and it is, therefore,
rong in principlo to compel them to pay their
ird earned money to maintain those who are
ilc to pay their own tuition fees. Well, so
uch for our friend's figures, which only
-ore that while lie may be temporarily benetcd,
by getting free tuition for bis son, be eny*
the advantage at the expense of his <
teavily mortgaged'' neighbor and all others in
e Slate who pay taxes and do not patronise '
c South Carolina College.
It must not be iuforrcd, Mr. RUlvr, that we
m oppose the fires tuition feature of the 8. C.
* V
.A
College'are enemies to "higher eduoation."
By no means, Wo believe that lie who has the
inclination and determination, and whose
"higher education" would be a real benefit to
the State, will work bis way to an altitude of
proficiency, with the help wliioh our Church institutions
of high grade inny give him, as exalted
as ho would reach with free tuition at
the expense of the poor and rich tax-payers of
the State. He who lias the will can make his
way, and will do it.
Those who claim that the S. C. Collcgo is a
poor man's institution were silenced at the last
meeting of the General Assembly by those who
oppose free tuition. It was suggested that none
but poor men be permitted to enjoy tuition
free, but the advocates of the College as it now
is would not agree to this, and defended their
course by the assertion that the rich, who pay
thn tmr-H nlinuhl not he reniiired to nav tuition
fees for their sons. By this change of front
they have admitted what wc have claimed all
the time, that it is a collego mn at the expense
of the poor (it may not be intentionally, but
virtually) in the proportion that they pay taxca,
for the benefit of those who can afford to pay
from $1 2 to$25 per month board, besides appear
in full dress at their fashionable balls or "Germans."
In conclusion, Mr. Editor, this College question
and all other reforms arc going to be mado
issues all over the State in the next Primaries ;
and if, after all the light that has been given
them, tho people fcrpctuate the present Stato
policy, your "Subscriber" will urge no further
objections. 0. Walton Whitman.
Uncle Pete Called Into BanksMr.
Editor: Has Unole Pete fallen off the
fence yet? I shall feel uneasy till I hear, for
when last heard from he was outside of a fence,
dangerously high for the old man?the fence
between Unole Si, Uncle Sam, et al. Uncle Pete
writes so like a demagogue that 1 am pursuaded
he is only looking out for the most numerous
side to fall on. Until he finds it he will have a
kind and, as Unole Si would put it, "an exousin"
heart for both sides. But when Unole
Pete takes his pen to write on the issue between
the people and the red and white wine
party, he loses his heart a bit and juat wades
into the devul, dogs, and that old "wommun,"
who has been a dead issue since the days of
Solomon.
But his kindness of heart will oome out a little,
and so he comforts those who get drunk on
unlicensed whisky, by laying the blame on the
"ole devul." They "hain't half as much to
blame as^thc devul" for their meanness a la Un
tie I'ete.
Uncle l'ete throws the other leg over the
fence and shows his colors fairly in his paragraph
on bar-keepers; and, as Uncle bi would
say "you can see who he is agin now. lis is
"agin" the "devul end dogs, and an old wornmun"
who lived in the days of Solomon. The
devil and dogs and the old woman are convenient
scape-goats?they are disfranchised.
Any abuse heaped on them won't hurt. 80
Uncle Pete gives them h?ail Columbia. It reminds
me of the story told of an exceedingly
pious and liboral church. Said church caused
one of its officers to follow the new preacher
to the pulpit and say to him, that it was hoped
he would not say anything about the Baptists,
or Methodists, or Presbyterians, or Catholics,
as there were some of each of these sects in the
house, but as there were no Jews around he
could give them fits. Uncle Pete defends the
bar-keepers and almost comes down from the
fence in that defence. But his defenoe is not
new or ingenious. It is the old, old argument
of the bar-keepers : "We don't go and persuade
men to come in and drink." And Uncle
Pete says "barkeepers hain't nothia like the
devulthey "don't go and persuade people
to drink." They only "sets em up." And
besides, he makes them pay ten cents for it.
No, bai-keepers "hain't half as bad as the
devul," for ho gave Eve an apple just for nothing,
and he begged her to take it. No. bar
keepers "hain't half as mean as the devil, for
they just watch and wait, like snakes for their
prey, and when the poor victim comes along
tliey only "sets em up*' and makes them pay
for it. The difference seeming to be that the
devil is the more liberal of the two. And the
bar-keeper is not half such a devil as the devil,
for the reason that the bar-keeper charges ten
cents a lesson for teaching the way to a drunkard's
hell, while the devil don't charge a continental.
(Dully for the devil, ought to come in
just here if I only had liill Arp's "cussin" man
here to write the words for me.) Well, stewing
thething down, it amounts to this: That the
bar-leepor is not half as mean as the devil, for
he charges ten cents for what the devil does for
nothing.
Mr. Editor, I submit that Unole Pete slanders
the devil, wheu he makes the bar-keeper outdevil
the devil. Uncle Pete, don't abuse your
old dog, and your old friend from Halifax, and
your old woman from Jerusalem in the days of
Solomon, anymore. Say something about the
question at issue. What we are after to the
death is this law-defying, Ood-hated white and
red wine busiuess. Are you for or against?
Show your colors, hoist your dag, give the
countersign, or stand from under.
Umcmi BILI.Y.
Fxcm-.MK.vrix Texts.?Orent excitement has
bean caused in vicinity of Paris, Tex , by the re
markable recovery of Mr. J. E. Corley'who was
o lielplena he could not turn in bed, or raise bis
head; everybody said he was dying of
Consumption- A trial bottle of Dr. King's New
Discovery was sent him. Finding relief, he
bought a bottle and a box of Dr. King's New
Life Pills; by the time he had taken two boxes
ofPills and two bottles of the Discovery, he was
woliandhal gained in flesh thirty-six pounds
Trial bottles of this Great Discovery for Con*
sumption Free at J. W. Poseys.
Augusta, (>a, canto very near being do.
luged with water last week. People went about
the streets in boats.
Lf.xtkn Disiias.?(dam Chowder, Shredded
tints, Fresh Mackerel, 1886 pack, and all kinds
of nice tilings lo cat at LAUHENS G. YOUNG'S
MARRBIO. '
Married, at the rcaidenoe of Mr. Win. 8parks,
on tho 4th iust., by T. M. Liitlrjohn, N. P.,
Mr. Barnes Sparke to Miss Anna Cook , all of
Union County.
Married, at the residence of Mr. Giles Smith,
on the '28th of March, 1886, by W. II. 8. Harris,
T. J? Mr. R. Hesly Smith and Miss Peeinah
llowell, all of Union County.
firs M; TS
Have made theirliendquarters at 8. M. Hire,
Jr., & Oo.'s store, where will also be found a
full end new stock of
D-R'U'Q-S.
Feb 6 * tf