The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-01-23
For the Things.


For the Things
1t must be gratifying to every WsOnnian who
has spark Of pride i'll his breast to mark the
public sentiment in regard to making . parole
over the ex.Prcsidcnt. 1t was u wise stroke of
policy in his managers to let him as little o
South Carolina as possible. They knew but too
we'll that time had not healed the wounds he
had inflicted upon the State. If Grant had been
in power Hampton would never have been Gov
crnOr-thc "NaIlaec House" would have been
marched out between ixcd bayonets, as his hire
lngs did in Louisiana, and the horde Of hungry
carpet .baggers which had grown fat and saucy
upon the spoils would have been fastened upon
us for another struggle 1t is very notifying
TO know that the Mayor of Columbia, above all
other places, should have offered him the free
dom of city wherein he kept his myfmidGns
garrisoned to protect the robbers and usurpcrs.
1t is all bosh to talk about the respect due 10
him as an ex-Prcsident or an ex-Geucral. In
either capacity he was friend Of ours, and
as private citizen he deserved nothing but to-
be allowed to pass unnoticcd.
lie gave us his exact measurement when he
went to Beaufort and embraced the wards of
the Nation" But General Grant had no right
to expect courtesy from any Southern people
when he had as part of his family that miss
crcant, Phil Sheridan that fellow who burned
out the Valley of Virginia, who denounced the
Louisianans as q Banditti and asked the Prcsi--
dent (Grant) only to give him leave to make
| short work of them who murdered the poor
| Pioche Indians
| But Augusta-didn't it go wild over Grant?
| They have way Of their own in Georgia.
There is no accounting for the somcrsaults of q
people who follow such leaders as Toombs and
Stephens. The big men and lidlc men in Geor-
gia always have axes TO grind and keep their
eyes wide open. 1t is a very independent State
in more ways than oue But the Grant boom
seems to be rather drying up. Blaine and Conk-
ling Sherman and half dozen other smaller
fry arc holiEg that dark horse may yet come
upon the track, WHO KNOWS?
Tur FENCE LAW IN LAuRENs.-Dr. w. A.
Shanl and Mr.. 4. Y. Thompson two of the most
successful farmers in Laurens county, inform
us That the Stock Law works like n charm in
| that county. Everybody is satisfied with it
tenants, laborcrs, landowners, and all, even
those who own neither land nor cattle. These
! gentlemen say that neither they nor their ten
! ants would be without 1t for any consideration.
This is tho universal sentiment in all those coun-
tics where the law is of force S)ortsmburg
| Ucr0id
| INCREASE OF CRIME IN ADBEvILLE.--Thc Grim
| innl docket at the coming session of the ours
will be heavy. large number of prisoners
have recently been arrested and committed for
trial for variety of offences. There are Mt
present fifteen prisoners in jail, large portion
of whom have hccn committed on capital char
gcs. There has been n very alarming increase
of crime during the last three or four months.
THE IIuRRICASE SHOALS FACToRY.-Thc Spar
tanburg UcraM of the l4th says II is gratiry-
| ing to know that Mr.. Converse has succeeded III
! raising over 800 600 for the proposed mill al
| Hurricane Shoals. We venture to say that ncv
| CT before in South Carolina has so large II sum
been raised Ivy individual subscription in so short
| n time. The first name was signed TO the SUBJ
scrip,ion rarcr Monday morning, and before
Saturday night tniS amounthad been subscribed
GENERAL PonrEn'S C,sE.-WashngtOn Janu'
arv 1.-THE House Committee on Military AZ
fairs nj Il meeting to-day agreed upon their re-
! port to accompany Representative Bragg's bilr
for the restoration of General Fitz John Porter.
! 1t provides for his restoration to the service
with the rank of Colonel and awards him S75,-
o)o in lieu Of all llpay to which he may have
! lecn entitled.
IrEG Dy \ MtsEEn PNUTy.-Richmoni Va,
January l?.-Arthur Jordan, n married negro
who had Induced respectable white girl
daughter o: Nathan Ardcr, to clnpc with Him
but had been caught and lodged in the county
Jail ut Warrcnton, was this morning taken from
Jail by m&skc party and hanged OH tree in
ncighboring cemetery.
| WOMEN VoTEEs.-Mr. Ferry, scna'o or from
Michigan, on the 18Th. introduced joint rcso-
luton proposing amendment To the Federal
constitution that suffrage shall not he restricted
on account of sex any other reason that does
not apply to all citizens of the United States,
which was referred to the judiciary Committee.
|
A CoTToN EXcmANGE IN GREENvILLE.-Thc
! Merchants and Cotton Exchange organi zcd
on Monday last, with the following officers
Col VIM Bcatc. president. Board of Dircc-
torS-Co. |. +. Hunt, J. &. Smith, Henry Briggs,
A. s. Duncan, Theron Earle. G. L. Yutcs, sca-
rctary and trcasurer.-Ntws.
! MURDERED BY 4 TRAMP.-Avcrs, Mass, JAM
uary lS.-Alnra L. Crew, the wife of farmer
living near here. was brutality murdered ycstcr-
day. The murderer is supposed to be 4 tramp
seen in the same day.
Colonel William Wallace of Columbia, ar
rounccs that he will be n candidate for Congress
from The Third District, at the next election.
List of Lotters
Remaining in the Postoiicc, at Union, S. G.
for the week ending Jan. 18th, 1880.
Colcy, Mark: jew, James
Horn, Junior Rice, President;
Jctcr, f., (3) Sadie, Rev;
Held for Postage, Montomgcry, Mamie, !.
JAS. II. GOS$, p. NJ.