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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
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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.