The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-08-03

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1swfaifehcein Union County and yo,,will apre
Win me when L tell you that a fence. I,
De- lawful, has to be five feet high. stsked nm,
'ridered, and as high rs four feet withoue a snac
exceeding four inches 'fNN
nave heard another objection 10 the stack In w
Sn that If II Is enforced, we will have Il go !,
our railway stations TO get our horses and 6ous
Oecause growers will not run the risk of prose
cutions for trespass. Let us see and dsts,n,;n =
by asking and answ ering some ouest;ons :. Wha
time 90 droSers come into sur sections First in
lS a0k aRr VI ret asisstssasaered
5 Yes. ls not our corn cribbed? Yes. HaySwe
Putin any wheat or oats Not much What
crop is in the fields I? Cotton only. Has not
the frosts withered the leaves and tender lint s?
Yes. Do horses and hogs trouble it thcnf No.
what is the difference between expenses OF dro-
yers in town and countryr Twice as much in
Town. Whichis to the interest of drovers, to stay
IN town or drive into the country? The latter
of course. Why? Because his ex penses are less.
He sells out at once foDenough more than he
could get in Town to pay all expenses. Then
others will follow his example, as did the News
papers when the first paid one the postage to in
crease its circulation.
Besides, they trade largely in our State and
pay nothing for protection in person and prop
erty, which they get as speedily as do we who
pay taxes for the same benefits, without their
enormous profits.
with cross fences. Take one hundred acres un-
der one fence, and in one week it is rendered
worthless by the droppings of the cattle, how
ever luxuriant the growth; cutths into FIVE tracts
o. twenty acres each, which you could easily do
N you did not have to fence the crops, and your
pasturage BY rest would all the time be rst class
and then, too, the woods lands would spring up
with rich pasturage and you would only have to
move your pasture fence. 1t is useless to talk
OF pasturing wheat and oat stubble, for the far
mer who docs not known that he loses by it is too
much of hard she'll to spend breath on
Then comes the increased value of stock kent
pure. As the matter now stands, q farmer may
buy Jersey or AldeIney or Guernsey COW, and
here comes Browns or Smiths spiked rumped,
year-old "buck Of the water bull calf, and
away goes the pride of the islands in On igno.
mlnious unnatural embrace. In like manner
white Chester" becomes, spotted nuisance and
ebony Essex" becomes the piebald pest. with
soiled stock comes sluices of manure; with
magnificent manure heaps comes manifold crops.
How can we feed themf With German Millet.
turnips. cotton seed, luoerne and clover.
Horses and mules have never been allowed to
run at large Why Because. frat, they arc
in constant demand, and men know il is a waste
Of time to hunt them up when wanted Second
ly, they are fence breakers aud are too valuable
to lose.
Because q man has no fence around his land
is 1t right that anothcr's stock should eat his
aoorns, chestnuts and grassf If so, it is right
If q man lose his purse on unenclosed land that
the finder shall DO the owner If 90 upon
lands, after notice not to do so, am liable to be
fined and imprisoned. Not SO with o razor back
shoat or spike rumped yearling, because they
are superior to the genus homo, as the law now L.
The people are confused, they need enlighten-
ing, and when educated they will see that the
passage Of the stockaw is the first frm step tow
ards material prosperity, as our predecessors
In agricultural science have proven it.
few small landholders oppose it. Why?
Simply because they think they will have to feed
their cattle, as they have not suffciency of
Japan clover",lots to make the requisite amount
OF "blue john" worth in the market cent per
Gelln2s % feed pigs -thay~ dasira to have
them well filled on the grass belonging to their |
neighbors. Neighbsrly, is it not? One thing
want to impress upon the people and 1t is this,
we who are in favor Of the stock law do not wish
or intend TO take one single right from any man. |
any mans right to keep up as many and as high |
fences as he may see fit. We only ask that eve
ry man shall keep his own and the stock of his
tenants on his own place. Is there anything
wrong in this.
One word to the colored man and am done,
for the present Through whom do you get your
living? ''am homes boss de Ian owner?' eyes"
Does he aot now pasture your stock p ''Sure,
sir. "Does he charge you" "No sir."-
"Weii, If you were merchandising in Union
Village and had twenty clerks, and those men
who were not in business would propose to tax
you enormously to build useless wall around
the town and your clerks should vote with them,
what would you.do" "De debil, Pde turn dom
off, just so. Well, why would it not be right
then, II the tenants vote to keep on the land
Swnefs this enormous fence tax, that their stock
should be turned into the lanes Winter and Sum-
mer? II so, soon the fence corners would be
bare, the starving cattle would break fences
irate farmers would kill them the tenant be with
out stock and no way to help himself. My col
ored friends, out of the land holder you get your
living. The "carpet-bagger' has gone with the
pickings. Do not allow yourselves to be per-
suaded again to go counter to your own interests,
by men who have only their own axes to grind
Hear both sides patentl;, and then vote as if
you were free men, bound to nothing save q
conviction Of right and Hampton. Then tenant
and landholdcr will alike flourish like green boy
tree-peace will reign and hard times will come
again no more. JOHN w. TENCH.
Important to County Auditors and Tax Payers.
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