The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 03, 1886, Image 2
?hc aStthli) elmon ?imcs. 1
K. M. STOKES, Editor. 1
I. P. McKISSICK, Local Editor.
UNION, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1880.
SUBSCRIPTION-^*? 00 PER ANNUM.
TERRIBLE DES1EUC110N IN CHARLESTON.
DKTKF.CN firr* AND UNK 1IVNDRKD PERSONS UKL1F.VLU
TO HAVE LtKKN KILLED AND B*VEKAL
HUNDRED wnimrirn
1 be ucwb from the carthquako in Cha&lcston
Is truly appalling. That city seems to hare
b??u the centre of its force. It has been hard
to obtain news f'orn there as the telegraph lines
were down, aud we detained putting our paper
to press iu order to obtain the latest and most
accurate account. Wo condense the following
from the sad report received by yesterday's
mail:
The buildings iu llrond, Meeting, King, East
13ay and Queen streets are nil more or less injured.
Tho portico of the Hibernian llall was
torn completely out. The SiatioDkouso and
Courthouse were budly wrecked.
A number of fires broke out in different
parts of the city, but were subdued before
serious damage was done.
A large number of persons] were killed and
a still larger number were seriously wounded.
While the detraction of lifo and properly
was great, we are pleased to find, from the ac- i
count in the city papers, that it is not so bad as
tuuior reported it to us. >
Not a single place iu the city was open the i
next day, save a dtug store, which was busy
preparing prescriptions for the wounded.
The calamity is fully as serious to Charleston
as the cyclcno which did so much damage just
oue year ago. Nearly every house iu the city
is badly damaged. Loss by earthquake and
fire, 55,000,000.
Mr. N. G. Gonzales, (lie brilliant resident,
corespondent of the Xewt and Courier, nt Co- 1
lumbia, passed through here Inst Wednesday
on his way home from Flat Rock, N. C. Mr. '
Gonzales is well known in South Carolina ns
being one of the few first class newspaper men
in the South, and he has well earned his reputation.
In the last number of "Recollections of
the McKissick Rangers,'' tho wicked printers (
put our good friend, R. C. Fnrr, in "a soldier's j
grave." This is not true, ns Mr. Farr is abun- 1
dnnily prepared to prove, orally, and in every
other way. In speaking of Mr. Farr and Lam- |
arline Feake, the writer of "Recollections" said ,
"the latter fills a soldier's grave."
?o? ,
There is a constant wnrfnro being waged between
tho varicusspecies of the animal kingdom. 1
Think of the horribleuess of on army of worms *
storming the citadel of life. A dose of Slirincr's
Indiau Vermifuge will destroy them.
The Primary election Inst Friday passed
off quietly throughout tho county. While tho a
ticket nominated is not quite ns many of us e
wished, it is a good one. Kvery man on it is \
worthy the united vote of the people and will t
fill the position they aspire to with credit and h
at not being elected, but it could not be other- a
vise. Borne had to be left out, for all who went f
hsfero the people could not be possibly ohosen.
Come as good men as can be round in the
bounty are defeated ; but it is folly for them to 2
suppose their defeat comes from personal dislikes,
and tbc result should be considered ns an
independent expression of a majority of the peo- j
plo of the county, as to their honest convictions
of wbp tbey think would seryc the county best.
Death of Mrs. Goudelock.
This venerable and much beloved lady died,
at tho residence of licr daughter, Mrs. C. 11.
Boyd in this towD, last Friday morning, aged 81
years. She was the widow of Davis Goudelock,
Esq., who was for many years Clerk of
Court for this County.
Personal Mention.
Dr. B. F. Foscy, of Laurens, was in town this
week.
Messrs. D. C. Flynn, II. M. Sparks, J. E.
Hunter and J. D. Smith started for New York
last Saturday to buy goods. We wish them a
pleasant and profitable trip.
Hon. R. W. Shand, of Columbia, was in town
last Friday. IIo. was on his way home from
Saluda.
Mr. L. B. Rodgcrs, of Marion, was in town
this week on a visit to his brother-in-luw, Maj.
Townscnd.
Mr. John Geddes has been on a visit to his
son in this place during this week.
Mr. Dudley Jones, accompanied by Mr. Fred
Stacy, came down last Tuesday. Mr. Jono* is
improving very fast and is now able to walk with
a stick instead of his crutches. We welcome
him back to town.
Mies Grace Gage has gone to Xacoochee, Gft.,
on a visit to relatives.
MisH llcttie Murphy has returned home from
Hendersonville, where she becu visiting her
friend, Mies Sallie ltice.
Quay ltice hns returned to Union from a visit
te his home "in the mountains."
Miss Ncely Gulp, accompanied by her friend
Miss Moorer, has gene to Haluda on a pleasure
trip.
Mr. G. II. Hinnant, of Spartanburg, was in
town this week, on a visit to friends and relatives.
Mr. T. B. Aughtry and familiy, of Columbia,
are on a visit to J. C. Hunter nt this place.
Mr. Davis, of Florida, is visiting rela
fives in this County.
Mitt Moy Uailcy, of Columbia, in on a visit
to ber brother, 1'rof. Dailey at this place.
Mrs. Knox, of Davidson, N. (J., is on a visit
to ber sister Mrs. It. (J. Clifford at this place.
Mrs. W. II. Sartor has returned home from
Saluda, N. C.
Misses Mamie Townseud and Emms Sartor,
after spending their vacation in Union, have
returned to Iho Willinroston Female College.
Miss Stccdmnn, of Charleston, is visiting
Miss Agnis Hill at this place.
Mr. Lewis N. Kodger, who bos been suffering
for sometime from acute Hbeuinatisui, left hore
for the Hot Springs, in Arkansas. We wish
him a pleasant trip and a speedy restoration to
his usual health and pristine vigor.
During winter the blood gels thick and slug-J
giah. Now is the time to purify it, to build qpl
your system and fit yourself for hard work, by *
using Dr. J. 11. McLean's Htrengt honing Cor-1
dial and blood Purifier. For sale by all drug- J
giots. 20-3ui. I g
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Fearful Earthquake 8hoeka. '
A few minutes after ten o'clock lost Tuesday
light the citizens of this town were terribly
alarmed at fooling a fearful shock of nn earthquake.
The Bhock was preceded by a rumbliug noise
like the passing of a heavily laden train of cars,
and immediately after the eurth trembled and
shook, the houses and everything in them began
to tremble and vibrato with such rapidity and
force that everybody quickly ran out of their
houses, expecting them to fall and crush them
in the ruins. Children were dragged from their
beds in tlieir night clothes, grown persons who
had retired quickly sprang to the floor, and
without waiting to dress rushed into tho open
air terribly affrighted. The shock lasted about
two minutes, and was felt with equal force iu
every house in town. Even the rock-built jail
swayed to and fro as if about to fall. Some
gentlemen who were standing on the railroad,
in front of Mr. Wm. Munro's residence, at the
time tell us that they could hardly keep on
their feet, the ground vibrating like a railroad
oar in motion, nud they saw the tall trees swaying
to and fro as if in a gale of wind, although
there was no wind to stir their leaves.
After a few minutes intermission a second
shock was felt, but of less force, and again
others followed during the night until eight dis
tinct shocks were sensibly felt, the lost coming
about 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning.
Many persons claim that the earth was in
trembling motion from the tinio of the first
Bhock until G o'clock in the morning, when it
became tranquil until a few minutes before 8
o'clock, lint few persons went to bedthnt night,
and all were anxious to seo the morning light.
It is very evident tlint animals instinctively felt
the danger and were greatly alarmed,for wo hear
that horses stood trembling in their stalls, cows
lowed pitcously, dogs crouched, trembling, in
secluded places or near their ownets, and oven
chanticlear did not announco the midnight hour
or proclaim the break of day. The colored church
bolls were rung and affrighted congregations
gathered, praying and singing hymns till morning.
It cannot be denied that it was a solemn,
anxious and watchful uigbt for all.
Wo have heard of no greater damago being
done than cracking of the plastering in several
houses and dislodging bricks from some chirnnics.
We were on our piazza?which stands due
Eist and West?at the time, aud the first effect
of the shock was distinctly at the Eist end, and
it seemed us if the earthquake rolled to the
West end, for the whole house did not tremble
or vibra'e until after the rolling sensation
reached tho centre, so we concluded that the
course was from East to West.
The night of August 31, and the morning of
September 1, 1880, will bo remembered by nil
row living in Union as the awful night of the
tarthquake.
A friend writing from Goshen Hill says:
* Houses in this section were fearfully shaken
?y an earthquake last night."
While writing a despatch, at 5.2-3, Wednesday
iftcrnoon, another shock occurred, that shook
very house in town very sensibly ,- and again
vhile the clock on the manllcpiece was striking
he midnight hour, wo were aroused from sleep
v tliA tremhlintr and rnckinc of tlm linnvn fiv
J .... ? o ? ~ o 'V -'J
tcd grca^onstcrnatioinimonj^mi^^m^^fff '
earing (hat perhaps the worst has not come.
The Narrow-Oauge Extension.
Luqvsta, Edgefield and Newuexuit Bailboad
Company,
Office of President,
Auousta, Oa., Aug. 17, 1880.
Jr. Phi/er, Esq., Newbtrr;/ C. //., S. C. :
Pear Sir:?I hare read rcry carefully your
etter to Col. IVm. Munro, ami 1 agree with
mu that the time has come for prompt action
in our part. 1 have written him to that effect.
[ said to him that as only about twenty-one
nilcs of the road from Augusta to Newberry
-emaincd to be surveyed, located and staked for
he grading forces, nnd I have two complete
Engineering Corps in the field, I could soon use
>nc of them to project the road to Union C. II.
[ also stated to him that I had a grading force
>f about GOO men between Augusta andNcwbor y?Twiggs'
force of 250, a Company gang of
perhaps 180 beyond Edgefield and ltice & Coleuan's
working south from Newberry. Trestles
ire being framed aud will soon be put up beyond
Hamburg. In fact, the road is in course
>f rapid construction. Steel rails and rolling
itock for the entire line have been bargained
for, and only wait a telegram to be shipped as
needed. I cannot see any good reason why the
road should not be completed to Newberry in
welve months from this dato.
If Township No. 4 or Union County wish any
guarantee from me let them state it, nnd if it is
i fair requirement I will not hesitate to give it.
[ will not fail to make the guarantee good if 1
give it. Very truly yours,
11. M. Mitchell,
President.
Bccki.kn'h Arnica Salve.?The best salve in
lie world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores, tetter, clmpped hands,
shilblains, Corns, and all skin eruptions, and
positively cures piles, or no pay required. It
s guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
noney refunded, Price 25 cents per box
For sale by J. W. Posey. jly. ly.
.
Fate or a Mibceoenationist.?Shrevesport,
La., August UG.?llumors have been iu circulation
of the assassination of Capt. T. J. Lusk,
in old and wealthy citizen, at a point in this
[Caddo) parish near the Arkansas line. It was
learned thnt Capt. Lusk was murdered on Sunjay
morning by a gang of men who surrounded
tiis house and called him out. As he appeared
>n the back gallery he was literally filled with
buckshot, some fifty or sixty having entered his
body.
Lusk was known in the community as a miscogcnationist.
lie had abandoned an estimable
wife some time ago and taken up with a negro
woman. His wife was a Virginia lady and is
still alive. He was warned by a written notice,
posted on his gato, to leave the country in a
limited time, which expired on the Friday night
before the killing. He appeared to be indiffer:nt
to the sentiment of his neighbors on the
uihject, and was brazen and audacious in his
uiinorality. Immediately after the killing of
Lusk his black partner was notified to leavo the
tounlry, and she stood not upon the order of
ler going but left at once.
Coknekixu Mr. Bi.aixb.?During Mr.
Slaine's speech at Sebago I .eke Her. John Colins,
a leading prohibitionist, asked him this direct
question : 'Mr. Blaine, is tho Republican
party a prohibition party?' To which Mr.
[ilaine replied : 'No, the national Republican
party of Maine is.' Mr. Collins then said to
tiira . 'Mr. Blaine, is there a State Republican
party distinct from tho national party ?' Paries
are not State but national, are they not ?' to
which Mr. Blaine made no reply.
Animals are often afllicted with a disease
sailed the mange. The same disease in hurann
>eings is called the itch, and is highly conta;iou?;
to cure it, mix flour of sulphur with
>r. J. II. McLean's Volennio Oil Liniment,K
?th it thoroughly, and take Dr..). II. McLean's
Jvcraiid Kidney Balm. For sale by all drugists.
20-3m.
Local HewsThonow
stores which have jubt been finished,
form, by far, the prettiest blook of buildings
that are in Union. Each store has a different
colored front and this,combined with the handsomo
nppearanco of tho windows and doors,
makes the block a very pretty one indeed.
Fnnt, McKissick & Co., have moved into one
of the new stores and will keep, as usual, theif
line of groceries, etc.
W. D. Dcwley will move into the Foster
building about the loth of September, and O.
1\ Garrett will move bis bookstore into the
storo now occupied by W. D. Uowlcy on the
siime day.
Dr. Qibbs now occupies his old stand with a
new line of Drugs, Medicines, etc.
Graham & Sparks have moved into the
beautiful new store formerly occupied by Cohen
k llro., and will keep a full stock of Dry Goods
Clothing, etc.,
Sartor k Arthur still occupy their stand "on
the corner" and nro keeping a line of groceries
both heavy and fancy.
Our town has ample causo to be proud of this
block?it is decidedly very handsome.
A good many of our citixens, both old and
young, turned out last Tuesday night, and,
headed by two drums and n battery of light
artillery, manned by tho veteran artillerists,
Allen and Dolick, went down to tho residence
of Iion.'Wm. Munro and called on htm for a
specoh. Mr. Munro responded in a very happy
speech and was saluted by the artillery. D.
Johnson, Jr., was called out and responded in
a short speech full of enthusiasm. The crowd
then adjournod to the residenco of Hon. I. G.
McKissick and called upon him for a speech.
Col. McKissick responded in his usual vein.
After this tho crowd went up to the Hotel,
where the shock of the earthquake put nn end
to their serenading.
We had tho pleasure of again visiting "Carolina's
favorite health and pleasure resort" last
week. On lost Thursday night a grand Masquerade
Hall was given at the Hotel. The
Proprietors had made ample preparations for
tho entertainment and enjoyment of the guests.
They have secured a splendid band for the entire
season, and this band furnished tho music
for the occasion. About one hundred persons
of both sexes took part in the Bail. Dressed
in every conceivable costume imaginable the
young people formed a "raro nnd radiant"
spcctAcle. The prettiest costumes were worn
by Miss Wright, who represented "Minne
halm' and was dressed in a beautiful costume
of variegated colored silks and trimmed with
beautiful beads,Miss Uughcimer,who represented
"morning" wore a beautiful costume of white
matcrinl trimmed in gold stars, Miss Clay, with
"quaint nud curious" costume, represented
a water girl distributing the famous Qlenn
Springs water to the masqueradcrs, and Miss
Whitney, who was dressed in a costume hard
to describe, and represented "Night" The
handsomest costumes were worn by Messrs. II.
8. Simpson, W. II. Luzonberg, Sam McQowan
and Col. Silas Johnston, who represented different
characters. The dances wero very enjoyablo
and during the dances many of the
masques wero tried to be penetrated, but nearly
all penetrations were failures.
After a few dances the masks were removed
and the dancers were ushered into the large
V'V?"ih It'" rhfflTH1l'i|L.
generosity of the Proprietors, ice cream and
cake was served in abundance. After partak.
ing of the refreshments the raosqueraders returned
to the ball room where they danced far
into the small hours of the night.
The Hall was a complete success in every
eensc of the word. Unbounded praiso is rendered
to the Hall Committee, to tho Proprietors,
and to the ladies, for making the Hall such a
grand success. Again we desire to return our
sincere thauks to the Simpsons for their
thoughtfulness and kindness to us, and also we
tender our thanks to Mr. Epps Tucker, one of
Union's truest sons, for his courtesy and kindness
in placing his splendid horse and buggy
at our service.
The people at Glenn Springs are enthusiastic
over tho late Hail Road election, when $15,000
was voted to tho "Glcnu Springs Railroad" in
that Township. From what we could learn,
the people aro confident that the Road will be
built at once. It will ccrlaiuly bo a great thing
for that section of the Country.
The time for closing ?f the stores was ended
last Tuesday, the last day of August.
Of late pistol shots are heard every night in
different parts of the town. It is a dangerous
as will as annoying practice. We are satisfied
Hint it is the work of the colored loafers who
do nothing in the daytime and have a good
time at night. It is almost an impossibility for
cur Chief of Police to stop this nuisance, and
our citizens should join him in trying to find
out who does the shooting. There is an ordinance
of our town forbidding the firing of any
firo arms within the town limits, and those who
otl'ond against that ordinance should be brought
before tbe Council and punished to the fullest
extent of the law.
? .
Water-Spout in Noiitu Carolina.?Raleigh,
N. C., August 20.?News has just been received
here of a wstcr-spout in Wilkes county on Sunday
night. The people living ou North Leigie
Fork Hivcr were awakened by loud noises fltod
were thrown into a panic by the swell and overflow
of the water, which cunic in n rush, sweeping
everything within its reach. The water
stood in dwellings two lect deep, while enormous
drifts of timber from the mountains floated
against houses. W. S. Hall's house was surrounded.
He sprung from the door and was
swept against the stable where his mule was.
He got 011 tbe back of the mule and was carried
safely down the stream until the island was
reached. His house was swept away. William
l^iwcs and family and Franklin Parsons and
family went into the woods, fleeing from the
waters und leaving their wrecked bouse, Huch
devastation was never seen by the oldest residents.
Spruce pines, wilb the bark peeled
and shining while, nre lodged in the valley.
They werejoru up by tho roots nnd washed
down from*the mountains. Home of these trees
are three and four feet in diaraoter.
The cloudburst occurred in a field of H. H.
Church, on the sido of the lllue Ridge Moantains.
Such a body of water fell all at once
that great cavitiea are out in thb side of the
UIMU III nilin J1 ll |VII Vt?U l/w IIIMU II I1|0|?UU?
of eight miles. Strange to say, in all the mad
rush of water not n life was lost.
Vkky Kkm ttiKAiu.p. UECOvr.ny.?Mr. Geo. V.
Willing, of Manchester, Mich., writes: '*Mj
wife liAi been almost helpless for five years, so
helpless that she could not turn over in bed
aloue. She used two bottles of Klectric Bitters,
and is so much improved that she is able now
to do her own work."
Elcetrio Bitters will do all that is claimed for
them. Hundreds of testimonials attest their
great curati vo powers. Only fifty cents a bottle,
at J. W. Posey's.
J COUNTY AT PRIMARY ELI
IKSKJITATIVES. P.J. TRKASl'RKR. AUDITOR. j
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O _ci >-? ^ tj >-; is 8n is
i129 117 4a 408 120 222 138 852 134 ~80<
1 80 85 5 128 61 40 66 94 62 I*
t 8 16 6 09 29 18 23 61 19 01
I 80 11 3 80 80 19 83 02 25 71
I 90 136 20 202 60 24 122 09 133 17;
102 44 10 160 14 90 02 70 93 7<
! 41 28 ..... 87 2 32 9 12 81 21
I 90 83 47 162 45 19 102 70 98 12
. 95 103 24 208 43 78 166 124 165 13
i 22 27 1 87 20 31 39 72 23 6'
I 39 58 1 70 16 9 49 18 65 5'
I 84 40 7 03 53 4 0 5 69 4
. 69 93 14 135 18 4 114 27 112 8
! 46 01 8 72 80 8 41 11 08 41
1 49 100 2 154 20 11 130 68 99 11
1 87519951 UK)I 'ZTTo 604 009 l078 1101 1160 167
oocratic Exccutivo Committee of said County, do c
number of votes, according to tlio above statement.
General Eleetion, to-wit: For Senate, Win. Munro
ge, Jos. M. Gee ; for County Treasurer, J. B. T. S<
imissioncra, C. C. Sartor, J. T. Douglass, T. L. Ham
gust, A. D. 1880.
1800, the State appropriated ?75,000 for licr
public schools; in 1885, throughout tho whole
r State, $147,792 was cheerfully paid for so
OFFICIAL VOTE OF UNIOI
' Senate. House or Reps
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Union ? 800 H8 409 316 84{
Santuc...- 88 60 77 46 lit
Fishdatu 00 11 66 66 63
Goshen Hill- 60 37 74 69 74
Cross Keys 90 106 126 118 74
Gibbes' - 63 116 107 74 71
Coleraine 12 00 16 7 22
Jonesville 109 60 1\'2 62 33
Kelton 204 73 218 161 123
Hughes' 81 16 83 01 64
Glandyburg 69 14 63 35 2d
Draylonville 24 41 j 46 14 18
Wilkinsville 106 34 106 69 3C
Timber Ridge 61 28 69 24 23
Sarratt's 120 87 121 118 3C
Total... 1481 '759 1710 1204 112(1
State or South Carolina, 1
Union Countt. j
We, the undersigned, members of the Dec
gentlemen (they having received the greatest
dates of the Democratic parly at the ensuing
A. A. Sarratt, J. P. Thomas ; for Probate Jud
Commissioner, W. M.Foster; for County Con
Done at Union, 8. C., this 80th day of Au
Attest: B. F. Arthur, Sec. and Trcas.
For tlio Times.
False Assertions.
Mr. Editor.?A charge has been frequently
made within the past year, and therefore prob
ably not unheard in Union County, that the
democratic administration of our Slate govern
mcnt has effected no reduction in out taxes
Were the charge true, it could not thenco hi
argued that the chaDge of parlies had not bcci
for the public welfare ; for government and iti
administration involves far more than tho col
lection of revenue. An enumeration of thi
beneficial results of the revolution of 1871
would occupy too much space in your columns
?would furnish subject matter for a hnlf-doxec
stump speeches.
But is the chargo true? For, besides th
large sums realised by our radical predecessor
from the sale and hypothecation of Stat
securities, taxes were necessarily high ii
the years 1868 to 1876, to meet the appropri
ations of public money fur Legislative expenses
printing bills and other items of lcgnlicsd rot
bery; a failure, therefore, ti bring expendi
tures, and the taxes collected to meet those ex
pendilures, within proper limits, would hav
been grossly culpable in our State Legislature
And if the past five Legislatures have been s<
oulpable, whither may we turn for relief? Fo
no one can name better men than those tlia
Union and other Counties have elected to thos
Legislatures.
But the charge is no*, true and the tax act
bIiow it. In making this examination, th
railroad subscription taxes will be omitted, a
they are not chargeable to the administratioi
of cither State or County government. W<
will take the last three years of radical admin
istration, and the last three of democratic, and
compare them one with the other.
^^nal878^thelevy for Stale purposes wai
Tosyry .'1-ljUl 16
15 Stat. 515.
Ia 1874-5, the Slate levy was 7.03 mills
school 2.75, county 3?total 13.38. 15 Stat. G57
la 1875-6, Slate levy 8 mills, school 2, countj
5?total 15. 15 Stat. 867. 999; 1G Stat. 9.
Average for the three years : State levy 8.5'
mills, school 2.25, county 8.GG?total 14-46.
Now look nt .the figures for the last three
years of democratic administration:
Ia 1883-4, the levy for State purposes was
mills, for schools 2, for couoty 4?total 11
18 Slat. 502.
Ia 1881-5, the State levy was 5.50 mills
school 2, county 3?total 10.50. IS Stat. 933
In 1885?G, State levy 5.25 mills, school 2
county 3.75? total 11. 19 Stat. 258.
Average for the three years : State levy 6.2
mills, school 2, county, 3.58?total 10.83.
Lest it may bo ignorantly said that while thi
rate of taxation was higher then, property i
now assessed at greater figures, we will nex
turn to the Comptroller General's reports fo
the above mentioned years. For the year end
ing October 31 1870 no report was made, s
we will assume the valuation for that year t
be the same as that for the next preceedin|
year. The present valuation was not male ii
1886, but in 1886, and is not yet in print, bu
is fixed and may be found in the Auditor'
Duplioate. Wo omit from this table the valua
lion of the railroad, as ioorense in value causa
a decrease in freight charges and vice rerta
and indeed but slightly afreets the result.
The figures then are: In 1873-1 $4,007,420
ia 1874-5, $3,253,995 ; in 1875-0, S3.258.995
Average, $3,525,130. Apply rate of tvx levie
to valuation, and we have tlio tax levies ii
Union County, as follows : In 1873 4, ?61,011
in 1874-5, $10,238 ; in 1875-6, $48,809. Avei
age, $50,019.
For the democratic years wo have : In 1883
a co o'in am . luai co ion mui . iocs
I IU , 111 1 ooo
0, $'2,850,010. Avarage ?3,070,200. Appl;
rates to valuation, and the tax levies iu tliii
county for those years are: In 1881-4, $35,
038; in 1881-6, $82,874; in 1885-0, $31,350
Average, $33,287.
Compare these averages and we find 14.46
10.83 : : 1 : 75?that is, a reduction of 25 pe
cent, in the rate of taxation ; and 60.01 'J : 33.
287 : ; 1 : .00?a reduction of 84 per cent, i
the tax levies. He who asserts the couirarj
asserts what is untrue, and what lie woul
learn to be untrue, if he consulted the records
Manifold indee i have been the blessiugs of oui
State government as administered by the demo
cratic party for the p'St ten years. For, if w<
confine our attention to taxes levied for 8tat<
purposes only we will see that the rate ha
fallen from 8.64 mills to 5.25 mills, a reduclioi
of 30 per cent., and the amount paid hy Unioi
County to the Siale Treasury has fallen froc
$80,104 to $16,118, a reduction of 47 per cent
Our taxes now are higher, it is true, thai
they were before tho war, but necessarily so
We have now no negro property to bear it
large share of this burJen ; no bank to emptj
its profits into the Stale Treasury. The govern
ment of the eulire population now is by Htati
laws and their enforcement; before the war,
two-thirds of this population were governed or
their own plantations, at the expense of the in
flieidual proprietor. Our State debt was noi
then so great, and Union County was not called
upon to pay interest on railroad bonds, it
laudable an object.
! We heard the people of this County warned
from the stump, in the cnthusinslio campaign of
1870, that if we wero successful in overthrow0
ing the radical regime, they must not expect
1 any considerable [diminution in the amount of
5 tlu- tax levies; that the necessary expenditures of
public money would forbid a reduction of more
8 thantictnty-fivepercent. Buttliotthey could,with
? certainty count on this ; that what they did pay
> would not be misapplied or stulen?that the
' proceeds of the school tax wculd go to the
public schools, of the County tax to their roads,
0 bridges, court expenses &c., that large deficien9
cies arising from spoliated State taxes, would
0 not bo yearly piled up to be met in future by
1 increased taxation.
Will any man recall the financial condition
' of State and County in the year 1870, and
** compare it with that of 188G, and then dare
say that these prophecies have not been fulfilled
? If he docs, it will be by mcro asscr6
tion ; he cannot prove it by the school teachers,
'* the bridge builders, the jurors and witnesses of
' Union, nor by the judges" and other officers,
r employes, and creditors of the State govern*
1 ment. Truth.
e
Tiik Earthquake at Oaklky.?Oakley, Au8
gust 21.?We had a touch of the earthquake
reported in your issue to-day as having occurred
c at Summerville yesterday morning. A lady
s residing at " The Barrows," a pincland settlei
ment about two miles from Oakley Depot, tells
e me that this morning sho was awake between
four and five o'clock and heard a rumbling
noise apparently from the southwest, and felt a
I distinct shake. " The sides of the houso vibrated
and rattled," was her expression. A
, gentleman living in tlio same house, who occu^
pies i? chamber on the samo^fcoi-, gives the s^ue
account. AnoitiiFgClUluillfn in theeame bounty
Bleeping on tho second floor, says that the shave
, was sufficient to cause a brush hanging on the
wall of his chamber to sway back and forth.
Tho servants in the yard report the same state
r of things outside, their house shaking and rattling
iu the same way. Upon inquiry I found
1 that the same noise and shaking had been felt
by others in the neighborhood. One gentleman
told me that yesterday he heard, between 8 and
' 8.30 a. m., a rumbling noise in the southwest.
Still anothor mentioned that at Oakley Depot he
5 was seated in the piaxza reading. He bad his
chair tilted against the side of the house, and
heard the rumbling in the southwest and felt
the house quiver to such au extent as to cause
i? him to look around to see if there was any
movement about the house, but all was still.
From Mr. lleyward's Wappahoola plantation
' oomes the report of two distinct shocks felt, one
yesterday morning about 8 o'clock, and the
5 other this morning not long before day-light.
In both instances there was the rumbling noise
before spoken or, and tho shaking or bouses.
From Orimesville I hoar the same report.
9 At Pinopolis, & village six miles from the
t Barrows, I bad accounts from reliable parties
r of three distinct shocks felt. The first was
. Friday morning about 8 o'clock. The second
was this morning not long before daylight, and
0 a third was felt to-day about 1 o'clock.
j Excitkmkxt in Tkxas.?Oreat excitement has
a been caused in the vicinity of Paris, Tex., by
the remarkable reoovery of Mr. J. E. Corley,
who was so helpless he could not turn in bed,
or raise his head ; everybody said he was dying
of Consumption. A trial bottle of Dr. King's
8 New Discovery was sent him. Finding relief,
he bought a largo bottle nnd a box of Dr. King's
' New Life Pills; by the time lie had taken two
boxes of Pills and two boftles of the Discorery,
; he was well and hod gaiucd in flesh thirty-six
, pounds.
Trial bottles of this Oreat Discovery for Con
9 sumption free at J. W. Posey's.
1
; Complimentary to Coi.. Coward. ?At a mect..
ing of the State Teachers' Association held
August '27th, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted :
'* Whereas, It is eminently proper that the
i- faithful discharge of official duty should receive
v some fitting acknowledgment nud recognition ;
and
Whereas, In the judgment of the teachers of
- the Stale Col. Coward has discharged the duties
. of State Superintendent of Education with an
eye single to the public welfare; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the South Carolina State
* Teachers' Association, in annual session assemr
bled, puts on record its heurty appreciation of
,, the able manner in which Col. Coward has pern
formed the complex and responsible duties of
his office.
f Resolved, That the Association regrets to lose
<1 him as State Superintendent of Education, and
. that, in retiring from the office, he will carry
r with hint the best wisbos for his future health
and happiness.
During Thursday's session of the State Nor9
raal Institute at Greenville the officers and pui
pi Is presented Col. Coward with a handsome
8 silver goblet and rose, in testimony of the
esteem in which the Colonel is held by thorn.
1 A Ruhawat Match im Virginia.?Harrisona
burg, Va., August 27.?Lost nigbt Algernon
Daingerfiehl, son of Foxhall A. Daingergeld,
and nephew of James 11. Keene, of New York,
eloped with Miss Tele Thomas, a Rich'*
rnond, Vs., lady, who has been here visiting
s the Hon. C- T. O'Ferrall. The pair attempted
j to takethe midnight express for Washington on
Monday nigbt, but the groom's parenia arrested
him. They were successful last night,
# and were married in Washington. The groom
ia lit, and the bride 18.
i ? ?
I'll attend to it soon." Don't cheat yourself
in that way. Your hair is growing thinner,
1 dryer and more lifeless every day. Kavc it and
If restore its original color, softness and gloss by
i I using Parker's llair Balaam while you may.
ECTION, AUGUST 27, 1886.
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Icolaro and certify that the following named
for the several oltlces respectively,) the caudi;
for Houso of Representatives, I. 0. MoKissick,
:ott; for Auditor, N. 11. Morgan ; for School
08.
S. 8. FAR RAH, Chairman.
J. C. SARTOR,
Y. 8. BOBO,
WM. SMITH,
T. L. IIAMES.
Nkoboes as Farmers.?There has boon much
I written of late about the negro as n tenant and
laborer, and many positions taken by the various
writers, and ns a sample of his industty and
thrift the following speaks for itself: Within
the past week I have seen numbers of them driving
into town in all kinds of vehicles loaded
with fodder, and I make it my business to investigate,
when about the following dialoguo ensued
:
'Old man, what aro you going to do with that
fodder ?'
1'so gwine to sell 'em.'
'What for ?'
I needs er little meat, and thought I'd bring
this hero fodder up and sell 'cm.'
'It seems to ine, old roan, that you will need
that fodder next winter and spring.'
'I knows dat, boss, lut ycr sec I must have a
little meat to work on.'
'What are you doing on the farm now?'
'Well, yer see, wo's dono laid by dor crop and
dar ain't nutiin now to do.'
'While you ore doing nothing at home why
nnt ornrlf nni Ku ll>n ilnu ??w1 -1- a*
-V. " V. ? V?V OS J ?MV V...JT l?UVI lUttbU OUUUgU (U
buy your meat ami other provisions ?'
'Well, I's work hard nil dis yer and 1 wants
some rest.'
Then you intend to sit at home idle all the
summer and eat up what you hare made and
what you will need so much next spring?'
1 can't work all the time and 1 must have
some meat.'
This is the way they all do. Before they will
hire out for wages they will sell the last thing
they have around them, including chickens,
except the dog, which must bo kept in the family
at any cost. When the 1st of Januray, 1887 ,
comes these same darkies will pounce down on
tho landlord for credit, and he will have to buy
corn and fodder for them. They will trade off
the last bushel of corn for tobacco or flimsy
toggery and useless articles.?Abbeville Cor. -4ugutta
Chronicle.
. .
Goon Advick.?Tho Teoria (111.) Democrat,
of Dec. 30, 1885, makes the following deliverance
:
" Those nfHicted with any poisonous conditions
of the blood should wasto no lime, but go
at once and get a bottle of tho greatest blood
puii&er on earth, 8, S. S._ Leading physicians
prescribe it." ~ . v.
Rbmarkadle Recovery.?I was two months
in a hospital in this city under treatment for
blood poison. When I left there I had no appetite,
was thin, weak and could scarcely walk.
The unrelieved disease lind the treatment had
so reduced me that 1 could soarcoly put one foot
before the other. I began taking S. S. S., and
the first bottle even had a telling effect upon me.
My appetite improved with the first do9e, and
I gained flesh and strength rapidly. The disease
began to pass away, and very soon every
trace of it was gono. Swift's Spccifio is a wonderful
remedy. It invigorates and builds up
the system generally while effecting a cure, instead
of reducing ono to death's door and only
giving temporary relief, as the old line of treatment
does. To me there was new life in every
dose. Gf.o. F. Johnston, 313 Seventh Ave.
New York, Jan. 20, 188(3.
Treatiso on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drnwer 3, Atlanta,
Gn., 157 W. 23d St. N. Y.
July 2, 1880.
a-,.r* - w?i.1? ? ? 1
A^UU UlAlb VAUAIflO.? If iMUIUglUll, aU^UOt
30.?Tho second comptroller, in a lengthy opinion,
has just decided a question of some importance
relating to claims for the use and occupation
of real property in tho border States during
the period of the civil war. He has held
that the accounting offioers have no jurisdiction
to audit and allow such claims, unless it is shown
that there was an express agreement en the part
of some duly authorized officer or agent of the
Government to pay for the use of the party, upon
tho faith of which possession was surrendered
by the owner.
It is also hchl that in tho absence of nn express
agreement a cnctract cannot be implied
where the military authorities on account of
the necessities of the service are compelled to
take possession of and use real property in the
territory which is the theatre of war and where
occupation is essential to its successful prosecution.
Property is not taken in such cases by
the exercise of the right of eminent domain, but
through the lawful exertion of the war power,
whioh inheres in every civilized Government,
and which rests upon the right of self-preservation.
The decision will exclude from tho consideration
of the accounting officers a very large
olass of claims now pending, estimated to in*
volvo half a rnilion dollars, besides a large number
of cases in which claims have not been filed'
' The world was sad,
The garden was a wild,
And man, the hermit, sigh'd
'Til Woxah smiled."
It was not until the days of Hippocrates, four
hundred yeurs before Christ, that tbo disease
peculiar to women alo.ne received separate and
distinct consideration ; hence there was a gnat
deal ot suffering among them ; but a wou an
who has womb troubles of any description,
painful or suppressed menstruation, leucorrluoa
or whites, pnins in the side, haok, etc., can cure
herself now by using one or two bottles of Dr.
J. Dradfield's Female Regulator, a purely regetable
female tonio. All druggists sell it. Ad- m
dress The Rradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Qa,f
for book on Female Diseases, mailed free.
July 2, 1880,
.
Hold 1Uiboi.aky in Ciirstbr.?Chester, 8. C.,
August 28.?While Mr. I. J. McNinch and
family of this city were asleep last night a burglar
entered the be I room through a window
and carried off Mr. MoNinoh'n clot hoi. After
taking from the pocket what money there was
in bis pocketbook, the thief returned the clothes,
the pocketbook and all the notes and papsrs
therein, with the exception of a few notes which
had been dropped on the pavement. A lamp
was burning in tho toom, and this doubt.ess
enabled the burglar to gel in his work. There
i Is no suspicion or elne to tho borgler.?Cot,
Register.
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