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- { . ft % ' . > ' . . ! r* ' ' ; ? f . * ' r ' * * THE UNION TIMES. YOL. XXVI.?NO- 38. UNION SOUTH CAROLINA SEPTEMBER 20,1895. $1.50 A YEAR. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. D. E. IIydrick, J, A. Sawyer Spartanburg, S C , Union, S. C. pj YDKICK& SAWYER, Attorneys at Law, Judge Townsend's 0'4 Stnnd. jYJ US RU A MUNRO, Attorneys at Law, No.'J. Li it Rauge. g S. STOKEi. A Warner at Law and Trial Justice, Office Rear of Court House. gCHUMI'EKT 4 15U l'LLIl, Attorneys at Lav, No. 3j Lav Rungs. DENTISTRY. J~^R. II. K SMITH'S Dental Rooms onr A. II. Foster A Co's. stove. Cocaine used in extracting teath. DENTISTRY. JQR. J. C. McCUliBINS, Office on the comer of Main and dgement Streets near the Court llouae. I Dridge and Crown work done when aired. Call and see me. . UNION MARBLE , ?AND? G ranite W orks.; OEoouE GKDufcS, * M. FARR, GEO. MUNRO, President. Cashier. Merchants and ?? i ii i Planters National BANK, of TTisriojxr. Capital Slock ffiO.OOO. Surplus |50,000. Stockholders liabilities, $tiO,(HK)?Total? $170,000. Officers?F. M. F?rr, Pies't. A. H. Poster, Vice 1'iea't. CJeo. Munro, Cashier. J. D. Artnr, Assistant Cashier. Directors?W. II. Wallace, A. 0, Rice, Wm. Jefferies, T. C. Duncan, J. A. Fant, J. T. Douglas, 1. (J. McKis.-ick, A. II. Foster. jot We solicit your business. ICE CREAM AND SODA WATER PARLOR. 8 the Oyster acajou is now over, I lievc couvortod my Saloon* into an KJH CREAM PAULO It. And the adies and gentlemen are respectfully in vited to call on uio when they want a cool and refreshing drink. Orders fit cream by the gallon will receive prompt and careful attention. I have one of the finost Soda Foun tainb in the up country, every thing nhall bo kept tidy. Ladies arc invited to make my place their hcadijuarterN while shopping, stop in and reat whether you wish to buyer not. If you have u head ache try my WINK COCA it will cure t every time. You will also find at my place the lar?0*1 and finest assortment of fancy and plain candies, cakes and crackers, fruits canned goods and general confections, ilso family grocorii s. I hanking my customers for their kind nod liberal patronage ia?t ^uiuDier 1 pectlndy solicit a continuance of the no this Hummer; gu- rrantcu u ' rompt and p dtlc attention to all I JOHN. XI. MAT HI J. i CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION "\V ;at They Are Doing. It ie almost impossiblo to tell briefly what the convention is doing from day to day. A mere mention of the features of each day would take several columns. Our last issue carried us up to Thursday the 12th., inst. The session on Thursday was a very short one occupying only about one hour uid a half. Ono reason no doubt of the shortness of the meeting was that the committees to whom the work had been committed were not ready to report and there was little if anything for the convention to do. The feature of the day was the introduction by Col. Aldrich of a whole constitution complete even to Articles and Sections. it contained some splendid provisions and is different in many respects from sur present cansftiiution. Perhaps the most startling provisions were contained in sections 12 and 13 of the article on the Legislature, giving the quali lications necessary for holding a seat in osnh branch of the Legislature respectively. Ouo of the chief qualifications in each case was eolor, the person mhst be white. As there is not a shadow of chance for Col. Aldrich*! constitution to pass we forbear th mention more of its provisions. , Friday. Friday was a day's discussion on rules. ? Nevertheless there were some matters brought up which will bo of hitertst. There was quite a discus* s >n pn ^ho matter of now counties ^ i many and varied were the rop Dions expressed. Nothing definite wM however. - vIn spitcof many expressions on the stump to tho contrary the liquor question was lugged in. Two resolutions in regard to samo were offered. The first one was by Mr. Efird, in which it is provided: That in the exercise of tho police power the General Assembly shall have the right to prohibit the manufacture and sale and retail of intoxi eating liquors or beveruges within tho State. The General Assembly may license persons or corporations to manufacture and sell and retail intoxicating liquors and beverages within the State under such rules and restrictions as it deems proper, or the General Assembly may pro hibit the manufacture and sale and retail of intoxicoting liquors and beverages within the State, and may authorise and empower State anu county oiBccrs, both, or either under tho authority and in the name of the State, to buy and retail within the State liquors and beverages in such packages and quantities, under such rules and regulations as it deems expedient. The other was by Mr. MeCown as follows: He it resolved by the people in convention assembled, etc., That the General Assembly shall pass no law granting license for the sale of alcoholic liquids or liquors, but may pass laws regulating tike trallic by jState control. Several suffrage plans were proposed, all of them more or less like the Mississippi plan, all aimed at the problem of how to got rid of the negro in the easiest and most practical way. When all of these plans are gone over and the good in each re; tuined and the useless and had elemi hated, it is to he hoped wo will have a good law, brief, and to the point. Mr. 0. it. Hodges introduced a rather unusual resolution tin' object of which was to disqualify ministers ofthetwospel from holding ofliee. it was couched in the following language: He it resolved and ordained l>v the people of the State ofSouth Carolina in con"Av,.''>?i assembled and by ntu thority "fthe same. That ''reused minister of the Hospcl -hall he allow. * I to hold any office of honor or trust in South Carolina. Many other resolutions were in j troducrd most of which will probably I never be heard froin ugain. SATUKIMY. Saturday will bo remembered as a bigduy in the convention on account of the formation and naming of Butler County. The matter bad been before the convention y.ud the committee for several days. On Friday u majority and minority" report was made. It seems that all were in favor of the new County but some thought it should be nrmcd liutler in honor of the Butler family, while the others thought tha. it should be called oaluda. Hence tuc two reports. Thero was quite a debate over it in which some spicy speeches were made. The Butler men won however, and that will be tho name of the new county. Other matters of interest were the awarding of the printing to Mr. Calvo under the scalo provided by statute, and the resolutions and discussion in regard to a Bureau of Labor statistics, which it is proposed to create for the protection of the laborers. Monday. Monday was the day when the first clash crime. It has been matter of comment that the convention during the first week of its session exhibited remarkable harmony and conscrvn tism. Everything was working smoothly and it hud como to be the opinion of most people that the work would be gotten through with in short order in consideration of the good feeling that seemed to prevail. All this however was d $kcd to the ground on Monday, vitfln the first clash came, ur.d thcco; ,yption was thrown into a political iViirlpool of invective and personal tydemies. It all came about 011 account of the naming of the new county The icsolution forming it had called it Butler County, and when it passed its first and second reading Senator Tillman was away at home to see a sick daugh;er. On Monday the resolution came up for a third reading. Senator Tillman present, it was after the Journal had been read and an announcement and a resolution of minor importance bad occupied tbe convention that {Senator Tillman opened the battle with an amendment that the name of Butler be stricken from the resolution and the name of {Saluda he inserted in its stead. This brought "Uncle (Jcorge Tillman," who had 1.1 it.. 1. a 1 r... -1... icu me ligiib un ciuumuj ilm inu Butler mime, toliis foot, with a, tie inaml that a reason ho given for the amendment. The Senator was ready tor such a demand uud ids reply was the first of <juito a serious of impassioned speeches, lie wanted the county named Saluda beeaause lie said it wi s the wish of tiio people, lie did not want it named Duller because ho Ha.d that (Jen. M. C. liutlcr was looked upon as the present representative of that family and for a Deform Convention to thus honor Con. Butler would he to slap the face of the llcform Legislature that had so turned him down in the last election of I11 ited States Senator. The Senator used some right bitter language m the course of his speech about exSenator Butler. Ilealso took Senator Irbv pretty severely to task for the part he took in the proceedings on Saturday. Long before he hail linished it was manifest that he had trodden 011 several toes that would have to kick hack and evphiin themselves. ( hie bitter word provoked another, crimination and recrimination was indulged in l?y scveial ?it" the niein tiers. {Severn! times the president's giiv?l failed to restore order and the service of the sergeant at sums be came neeessarv. /hey wrangled for a long time hut the Senator swept the hoard and the convention eln ist ( tied the young county "Saluda'* by i vote of NO to ?4. A wotnati's sufl'rsige sehenie was presented to the convention i'i Mr. IViHct* ?urt'rage i>l:?n. Section :>reads ;e follow. ?: Mverv female inha! itair ! ;.c .Sat- ot South Carolina of the age of WM- A. Nicn BAN I ujstioit Kcspcctfully solicit y REPRESENT COMPANIES W. twenty one years and upward, who own in their own right, property to the value of three hundred dollars, and who are possessed of sufficient education so as to read the Constitution of South Carolina as a whole, or in part and can write their names shall be possessed of the right of registration and of selecting an agent o o with written authority to east their ballot at all electious held by the people. JL ii LTJ/.l i . The session on Tuesday was very brief, lasting only about halfan hour. There were no truces to be seen of the storm of yesterday. Alter the sett, ling of the county question all the the passion and feeling seems fo have subsided and the former serenity and harmony again prevailed. Among the new measures proposed was one proposed by Mr. D. S. Henderson whereby it is proposed to get all of the Counties of the State on a cash basis as to their ordinary ex" penscs. To do this he proposes that the counties issue eoupon bonds bearing interest at four per cent, and that the State pledge its credit for the payment of same. Mr. \V. F. Clayton proposed a law forbidding tli? hiring out of convict labor, on the ground that it was un economic eompetion with honest labor. More suffrage schemes were introduced, all different and containing their own peculiar details, hut all mollifications in a more or less degree of the Mississippi plan. Mr. Otts introduced a resolution about County government and the I ?r mat ion of new counties. Section f)ur of same provides for county j courts and reads as follows: Each county shall elect a county judge for a term of four years, win shall have jurisdiction in all mutters testamentary, dower, partition, home stead, minors, persons 11011 compos mentis and jurisdiction in all oritur nal prosecutions below the grade of felony, under such rules and limitations as may he fixed by law, and shall also electa sheriff, county clerk an 1 county solicitor for a term of four years, whose respective duties shall be prescribed by law. There were other measures intra (lnr.Oil. sttirt! nf who'll will <l.inlitl<>^ be heard from again. Tiik Night Session*. A night session was held in order togiVo the woman suflYagis's a ehnnec to present their views. Mrs. Young, Miss Clay, end Mrs Neblet addressed the convention in behalf of the cause they represent. They were given a patient hearing and their speeches were loudly applauded, hut when it was moved that the special Committee he instructed to submit a leport providing for woman sulVrage, there was considerable objection and the lesolution failed. >o fai as is known the suilragists have received 1 i11!? encouragement liom members of the convention. They are still at work however, arid presumably, still bopnig for success. ('wtihved h$>t t' f ~ Ab ut tobacco. In portions of three or lour counties hi the I'cdce ."section of the State ' the tanners expect to realize ahout $100 to the aero on tobacco. The money lor that crop begins to come as early sis August, 'I liev planted about I.*>000 acres last spnng. They | will, perhaps, increase the acreage-' 0 . per ecu*, next season. They sire de- ! lighte I with their success. 4 About l"ii years ago several S; ar* tonburg 1'iriiiers began to plant tnII . c< . of I bent inw-tcd n.ueli money and tune .n .h. 1 v.s'vess OLSON & SON, I CERS T , s. c. | our FIRE ISURANUE. ITH $40,000,000.00, OF ASSETS. Tliey abandoned the enterprise and their barns were used for other purposes or torn down. Much of the soil of this country will make thefine grades of tobacco. The culture should succeed as well here as on the Podee. Mr. Shelton, who was one of the pioneers of tobacco growing in Buncomde count}*, advised beginners to plant very little and increase the acreage as tney learned How to cultivate anil handle the crop. lie said that any one who began with ten to twenty acres would fail. Less horse power, in proportion to hands, is required in the cultivation of tobacco than for cotton or corn Four or five acres is said to be as much as one hand can set out, cultivate and look after. That would require five hands to each horse. lleavy manuring is required if the land is kept up. Any cultivated crop that is entirely cut from the land exhausts it rapidly. If one raises tobacco he should add 400 to 600 pounds of commercial fertilizer, or its equivalent in barn yard manures each year. Then this is an exacting crop. From the time the plant bed is sown until the last barn is curod it needs special and constant attcn* tion. The market should alwuvs be at homo. People who ship tobacco to distant markets arc generally uissappointcd.?Spartan. Itoad Congress To Meet In Columbia. A call has been sent out for a rond QUigrt*! wln*!i will meet in Columbia on the 24th of tho present month. Reduced rates will be granted and a large crowd of supervisors, road commissi.meis nr.d others who are intercatcdin good roads will e.s\< lulile than* on that da^. 'I ho uici-tiug v:is lob ' held in the ilall of Rcpiv*chiuwvM> but as the place will be occupied by tho constitutional convention, the county court house will be used in* stead. This congress has been dellayed for a long time for various reasons hut those interested have found that something must be done to get better roads. Otlur States have had these vicetings with gonifcrcsults and now South Carolina will try her hand and see if better roads cannot bw provided in vnrlalN u<>?.liniH4 A l:ir,n. prnu-il iv * -m ""nw v ' v* " expected and much good will uoubt loss result from tin- meeting. 3:g Fire in AbbevilleThe worst fire since 1873 visited Abbeville Sunday morning. The alarm was sounded at '1 o'clock. The lire commenced in a planing iniil owned by Mr. .1. Allen Smith. The mill had been running all day Sat" unlay, biuat G oc'oek was shutdown and every precaution was taken to guard against lire. In ten minutes after the first alarm the streets were filled with people running to and fro, not knowing what to do but willing to do anything. A building owned by J. Allen Smith ami occupied by .Sir. Hubert Mabry was next to catch. Kverv effort was made to stop the fire here, but there was no use. The flames seemed determined to wipe out the whole block, Good work was done in saving, with little Iojs, Mr. Ma^bry's household goods. The fire ran from one building to another until seven r eight buildings wore destroyed, and among them the magnificent residence of J)r. S. G. Thomson. The cause oft he lire is not known. .\ groat many th.nk tli.it it was incendiary. though nothing is certain as yot. The fire lasted from 2 o " f ?ck to o:60 a. m.