The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-06-25
Presen TIM emit Of tho Grand Jury.
STATE OF Souri, CARoLINA,l
County OF UNION.


Circuit Court, for the year 1880. The Grand
Jury for The County Of Union beg leave to
make The foiioping reports:
That they have duly and deliberately consid-
cred the several matters brought to their con-
sideration by his Honor aud herewith recon-
mend 10 the good citizens of this County the
great propriety and necessity Of giving up the
lawless habit of
CARRYING DEADLY WEAPONS CONCEALED ufoN
THEIR PERSONS.
1t is apparent to every good citizen and man
of sense, that any gentleman would blush and
feel deply ashamed to be caught parading the
streets on q public occasion, or, for the matter
of that, on q private occasion, with n revolver
swinging around his neck like powder horn,
or sticking vulgarly and threateningly out of
his hip pocket, making hin picture of pi-
rate. Why not blush more deeply AMI be smoth-
cred with shame, when he carries those i'm
plements vf lawlessncss and death concealed into
communities aud associations of civilized and
innocent community. 1t is more Objectionable
than CARRYING weapons openly, because equally
dcmoralizing, equally barbaric, and more i'm
measurably dangerous when the warning, "bc-
gool citizens, men of sense and gentlemen,
would give the surly dog all the needed space,
and old Tiger would most probably turn into
dust and ashes without once tearing tho flesh or
spiiug the blood of single citizen. Whereas,
if people were not put their guard, the surly
bloody dog, most probably would tear and lacerate
some Of our best citizens, or our sweetest and
most promising chHiren. The experience of this
State with two legged Tigers, has most indispu-
tably demonstrated the last proposition to be
fact, in so far it relates to them. Why do
men object to carrying weapons openly? 1t is
because they feel it to be wrong and unmanly
because their observation shows them that the
best. most honored, bravest and most intelligent
acquaintance, condemn it as ridiculous, and
unnecessarily dangerous TO the peace OF the
State and the lives of individuals
The carrying of concealed weapons, is prina
tacie evidence of mind uncultivatcd, unmanly,
malicious, unlawful AMI irreligious. Let our
people, for the sake of their own good, the gen
eral cause of human civilization, and the gene
raj cause of u refining, elcvating christianity,
| give up this infamous habit, aud let them rely
upon the weapons Of brotherly love, reason,
justice and christian charity, and then the crack
of the pistol will have terrors for none but the
| burglars, or their conircres.
But leaving the ground, the high ground, of
moral, civilized and christian manhood, it is
greatly, boundlessly Objectionable, on the ground
of dollars and cents. Thrce-fourths of the ex-
| pcnscs Of this County, in the Court of General
Session, has flowed directly from carrying
| 90 pI Loft lip ink
| of that, and stirred by the one or the other or
| both causes, bring the resistless power of their
| condemnation, boldly, firmly and constantly ex
pressed, to crush this amentabe evil.
In furtherance Of these views, we recommend
| the Municptal authorities of incorporated
! towns In tins County to pass ordinances against
the evil, and as Grand Jury we recommend to
our Representatives to support zcalously, any
law against this evil which may be introduced
| in the Legislature, or introduce it themselves;
and we recommend to the people to urge the
Members of our Legislature to pursue such
course.
81 ie by side with this great evil and al
lied to it, runs the still greater evil OF the sale
and unnecessary use of spirituous liquor. The
cry of the State, the cry of the nation, the
cry Of the civilized world, is, "God deliver
US from this evil, and yet it grows. Since
man was created, he has not done, nor could he
do, any act more hatcl 10y his Creator than to
use spiriuous liquors to excess. is the love
of money the roct Of all evil?" Not now it
may have been 5000 years ago; but the truth
of the provcrb, is cxplo lei by the experience
of this day and this people, and the wise men
OF to-day will wiue the provcrb, "The love OF
wLiskcy is the root of all evil" 1t makes of
man Il brute, an inhuman icnd. q conscience
less devil and Il soldering imbccilc. 1t is the
Sihc q"a NON to the devil. 1t is the most indie
scribahlc and damnng curse to man, for it in
fallibly destroys his happiness in the State,
County and family relations well as inlvd-
ually, and prclcslinates him to indcscribablc
terrible and eternal suilcrings in the future
The two evils cor bincd, when allowed, will
check the growth Of II State and County, in
prosperity, civilization, morality and religion,
and will consequently block all the avenues of
true happiness.
We, therefore, recommend to the incorporate
towns to pass ordinances forbidding the sale of
liquor therein.
We recommend, strongly, earnestly, that the
County Commissioners grant no license to sell
liquor IN this County. We regret that they have
granted n license since or last report We re.
commend to our legislators the passage Of a law
prohibiting the sale Of liquor in this State.
We have examined the Trial Justices Books
before us and find them satisfactory and cor
rectly kept.
We recommend TO the County Commissioners
to have the fence on Lcuchcrs place, about IL
miles from town, moYc,l bnck ns he hns en-