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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-10
FROM y FISH DAM TRUSTEE.

MIR, EDITOR Il wish you to allow me q space
IN your columns, to answer q few questions of
H. 5. Thomas 8 in your issue Of July 20
l was q Trustee of Fish Dam Township last
year, and think it my duty when called upon
by those interested, to make q statement of nv
actions while acting in that capacity. With
regard to the two schools to which he has refer
ence: Mrs. Thomas was regularly employed by
the trustees TO teach the Beaver Dam school. nj
salary Of S25 per month. There are about
III or Is children In reach of that school, twelve
of these attended Mrs. rs school.
1 have been informed there was school
taught, one and q half or two miles from Mrs.
rs. school. in Santuc, very near the line of
Fish Dam know nothing of the employ ment
OF the teacher, the number Of pupils, the loca.
ton, nor the time taught, only from hearsay.
was asked by one of the trustees to sign q
pay certificate for q teacher of that school: l
stated could not do it. From the information
had the school was taught in Santuc and the
teacher not employed with my knowledge or
consent. lie then said, "if you (D did not he
would not sign it,
Some persons interested in school affairs may
want to know why that school was allowed to
run four months, while other schools closed in
two and three.
We decided to run the schools only two or
three months, in order to have funds for build
ing purposes. Out of the unexpended school
fund we allowed $50 for that school. Al n
meeting of the trustees at that point it was de-
cided not TO build and. at the request of some of
the patrons. we opened the school and ex pend ed
the money for educational purposes.
In conclusion, would say there is appa-
reDtly too much censure attached to our Com
missioner, when really il is the fault of the trus
tees have found our Commissioner ready
and willing to do what he thought best 10 pro-
mote the educational interests of his county.
w. T. JETER.
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The Crops---A Gloomy Prospect.

We have been trying for the past month initiate the
boy going through the graveyard t. inspire farmers
with courage and hope while passing through the terrible
drought and the other uni;ivorabc vicSsitucs which
their crops have encountered but whistliug is
becoming very weak and faint for the ghost of short
crops of both cotton and is becoming apparent
AMI alarming every day.
In this vicinity we have only hal three good rains
since the lh of May, while the winds have been almost
as injurious to the crops the drought and the
heat has parchCd the soil to prcvcn all kinds of
cultivated plants from growing Even in localities where
they have had favorable seasons the crops are now
suffering badly for rain. All through the County the
Corn the bottom lands is needing rain snabio
the cob, and few days of dry weather
viii cut oil that crop onc-half.
In all parts of the County the average the cotton
Is TOO small to give hope Of than half crop and
In some large sections il even do that Those
who have Travelled through the County tell us the out
look of the cotton in the fields is really sad There are
hundreds of acres of good land well worked with not
stalk more than six inches high the time is about
passed Tor 1t to come out" and make August crop
III has done about all il do is the EXPRESS ion of
ninety out of every hundred farmers talk to about il
NJ This time the clouds indicate rain but they have
disappointed IT'S 50 often this year, with even better
promises, that we have given up placing any confidence
in them.
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W TIHs
w. Nj. ENGLISH.

AMERICA AND SWITZERLAND PREPARING TO
SETA Coon ExAMPLE.-Lo London. Aug 2.-In the
House Of Commons this afternoon Mr.. EVELYN
Ashley under colonial secretary stated, that pa.
pcrs relative TO indemnity fer violence done to
American fishermen at Fortune Bay were being
prepared. Government. he said, had received
no answer from the United States concerning
the proposition for Joint measures to prevent the
recurrence Of similar troubles
MIR. Comings in a speech alluded TO the pro.
posed Convention between Switzerland and
America, for the settlement by arbitration of
any difference which nay arise between the
two countries, and asked il the government
would make treaties of a similar nature. Mr..
Gladstone replied that England was not pre-.
pared TO take such steps
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The Ice Cream Poisoning.

Mrs II. L. Owens called upon us last Friday
feeling much aggricvc at the charges made that the late
unfortunate poisoning in this town from gross" and
culpablc carccSsncss the par, of those who pre
pared the ice crcam''
Mrs o. informed MS that she prepared the custar in
the same way and in the vessels that she had pre-
ptrd it for weeks for sale at her saloon from which no
injury came to any on,
She requests us to that 1T Is NOT TRUE that the
cu'tar, or any part of it, made one or two DAYS
before freezing and placed in tn, churn ho remaining
there until it was frozen, that it boiled In brass
or copper kettle that the curns were not carefully
cleaned.
She says the cuSarl not made or cooked until
II O'Clock on the day of the Hop was then put into
white carihcn pitchers and placed water to cool until
the freezing commenced, about II O'Clock at night 1t
was cooked in perfectly clean tin pan that had been
in use for tmc rather than risk new vessel The
custard was at no time put into either brass copper
Kettle She was compelled to borrow churns from
families in town, and the night before the Hop she had
them filled with clean water from the hotel we'll and on
the next morning they were thoroughly cleaned and
afterwards all the parts well dried Mrs Owens
also states that one had anything with prsnr
ing the cusard but herself and rather than risk It in
careless hands, she remained at the hotel to tho
churn frozen which about o'clock i'm the morning.
Mrs Owens is much distressed as any one in the
community at the sad result from eating the ice cream
but Indignantly denies that the sickness was caused by
any ca:clcssncSs want of cleanliness on her mart
Shc however, is at loss in attempting explain what
! ca iScd the sickness.
AS similar case Of poisoning has occurred since at
an Ice Cream festival given by the Ladies' of the Bapst
church ut Camden, where sixty persons were seri
ousy affected and the authorities oI that town have
sent some of the ice and some Of the Vanilla
extract used in hlvoring TO Charleston bc analyzc
we in hope that the will be discovered and
Mrs. Owens fully cXoncratcd from all blame As il Is
no one cntcrtainS the slightest idea tha; there the
least criminal intent on the part of any one
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FOr the Tim
Answers TO Mr. r. 8. Thomas.
Townsend.

Mr.. EDITOR PLEASE allow It's space in your
Columns to answer Mr.. II. S. Thomas concerning
the School, which has caused the controversy
between a. B. c. the School Commissioner an d
X. S. Thomas, and in which the latter asks the
trustees to Explain, sc.
Our board held a meeting early in the year
of 1857 TO make arrangements for opening the
Public schools. Mrs. Dr. Butler made applica.
ton to our board tor the school which is n line.
school, between Fish Dam and Santuo Our
board had Information that there was another
applicant for the school and deferred action,
and made arrangements for u Joint meeting
with the Fish Dam board, and found that thew
had already employed Mrs. Il. S. Thomas. Our
board acquiesced in their action.
Later in the season Mrs. Butler made applica,
tion again to our board to teach school near
tho residence of DR.. Rutler, because, she said,
there were several children who would not
attend the school taught Ivy Mrs Thomas. Our
board rcfcVed the petition, upon the ground
that the school Of Mrs. Thomas was near enough
for all the children to attend. We learn how.
ever, that she was employed by the Fish Dam
board Mrs. Butler had taught the schools
several years previous to 1882 and held q first
grade certificate of qualification.
Our board paid Mrs. Thomas Ten (SlO) dol
lars per mouth, and the School run months.
}. c. SiRTOR Clerk b. T.
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The Sunday School Convention.

We find il is impossible for us to pulish the
Directory arranged by the committee ut Jones'
ville' for billetting the delegates to the county
sunday School Convention to be held in that
town next Wednesday anl Thursday. OF course
committee will be appointed TO receiIe the
delegations and arrangements made to conduct
them to The places to which they are allotted,
SO that there will be no confusion.
We can say to the delegations that it appears,
by the Directory furnished us, the hospitable
people of JOncsviilc will open all their doors
to receive them, and will give the convention n
m'st hearty and sincere welcome. There will
be no lack of hospitality, and no effort will be
spared to make all who attend comfortable.
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STRYchNINEIN THE COFFEE EEPoT.-Spartanbnrg
D. e., August 6.-On Friday last diabolical
attempt was made to poison the family of Nh
Andrew Daniel, thrifty and respected family
living three miles from the city At the family
breakfast cup of coffee was tasted by Mr. Dan
iel. who at once detected something wrong.
Others tried the coffee with like result. To
make fresh coffee, the coffee pot was emptied
into the slop bucket. Two dogs drank from the
slops and within few minute, were seized
with severe convusions, which would have
proved fatal had not the poison been diluted
and partially ncutralzed. This aroused suspi.
o'on, and on searching, vial of strychnine, pro-
cured some time ago for rat poisoning, was mis-
sing. Two negro men and the colored house
girl were arrested and are now in iail, The
coffee grounds are undergoing analysis by
Professor Duprc. Special 10 Loi. Register.
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STORMY MoNrH.-Somc people still have
faith in Vennor. and Tor their solace and conf fort
we print the following predictions telling us
what sort of weather we are to have this month:
o-1.-warm to sultry entry Of month"; changing
to cooler, cloudy and stormy weather at end of
week. with general rain falls and wind storms.
8-l4, changeable weather. with frequent rain
and wind storms and abrupt changes of TEN
perature. Close Of week warm to sultry, with
severe thunder and hail storms in the minority
OF sections l5-2l-sultfy heat, rains and
thunder storms Of daily occurrence. Great deal
of rain so far this month. 2l-3l.-storms con.
linue with intensely hot and oppressive periods.
The month ending cooler, wet and with high
winds and gales.
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Sent up for Trial.

U. S. Commissioner Bolt has been kept pretty
busy for week examining cases in this town
for selling whiskey without license.
The result Of the examinations so far, is two
persons, j. W. Smith, white, and Jack CoGeld,
colored, sent up to the District Court now in
session at Greenvilc for trial The commits
sioner has a number of other cases in view,
which he intends to investigate.
Col. Mckissick is now in Grccnvilc MS the
attorney for the Gilmore boys, to be tried for
counterfeiing, and will also defend the cases
sent from here for violation ofthe Revenue laws
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The State Road Law.

Below we give the section Of the State Road
Law that was incorporated in the General Stat.
utes which went into effect May, 1882
Sec. 1889. All able bodied male persons he
tween the ages of sixteen and fifty gears shall
he liable annually to work on the public high
ways and roads not less than three nor more than
twelve days under the direction CT the Over
seer of the district in which they may reside.
In warning men to work upon the pub lie roads
the Overseer shall make list for the warner.
requiring him 10 give notice to oael. porson the
KIND of tool he shall use in working upon the
highways and roads. And it shall be the dut y
OF any employer TO furnish TO the overseer n
list containing the names Of all persons in his
employment liable to road duty whenever tho
same shall be required of him by said overseer.
upon failure of any employer TO comply with
such demand, he shall be deemed guilty of n
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before
any Trial Justice shall pay n fine of ten dollars,
or ten days imprisonment for every oirense
The above section is so very plain, that we
hardly deem it necessary to say anything by
way of explanation.
We feel convinced lhat if those liable to road
duty would be more willing to comply with its
requirements and not try so hard to dJdge the
duty requi ed by law we would have better
roads.
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The Church Herald.

By the last issue of this interesting and val.
liable church paper, we see that its publication
oilIce has been removed from Sparlanburg to
Winnsboro, and it will hereafter be under the
editorial charge of Rev. Frank II:.'lam, who
the retiring Editor, Rev. J. ID. McCo!lough
says, possesses special aptitude for this
work"
Mr. Mccullough deserves the highe;t com
mendatiOn from the whole membership of the
Episcopal church of this Diocese, for his enter
prise and great perseverance in establishing n
church paper for them, and for the marked abil.
ity, untir;ng and Vnselfsh zeal he has dis isplaycd
in making it n welcome visitor, q pleasant
and an efficient worker for the cause of true
religion, at ne homes Of the few who have
aided and encouraged him in his labor Of love,
MIR. Mccullough is n man Of indomitable energy.
and has worked harder and done more in the
upper sections of the State for the Church he
loves than any other Episcopal Minister in his
diocese and we have often thought he was
taxing bis mental and physical capacities too
severely in adding to the necessary labors of
his Divine calling those of conducting the
church paper. We are confident the change
will be beneficial 10 oil interests concerned.
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The Tariff Issue,

The Tariff Issue.
we have not heretofore thought it neces sary
Tor us TO make public avowal of our personal
convictions upon the tariff question We have
carefully placed before our readers for their iu-
formation the most striking AMI instructive arti-
cles from abier and better informed men than
ourseif' upon that paramount question. We are
OF the old school of anti.pre,ectionists, and we
nave carefully considered the question ir couaec-
tion with the changed state of affairs in the
South, but can find nothing in it to shake our
belief in the old democratic doctrine of ga
tariff for revenue
The democratic party has always lost caste
and foot-hold in porizing with parties and
principles, and we have never lent our aid to
any such belitling sycophantic movements.
90 strong are our convictions upon the tariff
question and so important do we believe it to be
to the best interests of the people at large, that
II we had father or any other near relative OF
friend who wished to be q candidate for con-
gress and was in favor of continuing the present
iniquitous system of 'tariff for protection" VIC
should feel it our bounden duty to oppose him
with all our power; and we cannot see how Mr..
protection principles with their vote for Mr.
Randall, an avowed protcctonist, for Speaker
of the House of Representatives, thereby Civ
ing to the protectionists the control of the most
powerful element in Congress, the committee OF
ways and means, and the formation of any other
committees that may be at all connected with
the tariff question. When Congressman sac.
rihces one of the vital principles of the party
that elected him to personal, friendship, he is
no longer true and faithful representative of
his constituents, and, in turn, deserves to be
sacrificed by them.
We hope to see wise but emphatic tariff
"Iarff Reform" plank in the democratic
platform of 1884. The longer that question is
kept from the decision of the people, the stron.
ge, will the protectIonists fortify themselves, at
all points in the government, against the people.
In another Column will be found a concise
and admirable review of the tariff question, over
the signature of ii. NJ. Thomson, to which we
invite the attention Of our readers
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CoLORED PREACHERS IN TRoUDLH.--Columbia.
August 6.-Three negro preachers have been
immured IN Jail here within n week. First there
was preacher Whitaker looked up TO, larceny :
then preacher Aldridge confined for burglary,
aid released on o "not proven" decision and
now preacher Cato is committed to n lonely cell
for breaking the Seventh Comman dment The
Rev. Peter Cato, colored, and Maria Jackson,
colored, were examined and committed to Jail
on Saturday night in default Of 5000 bail, by
Justice Chretzberg, to be tried at the next term
OF court The Rev. Cato is very black. As
the parties live in the country the details of
the narrowing affair are not known here
NewS and Courier.
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J. C. HUNTER & co. X

EDUCATING THE NEGRo.-Nashville, Tenn. :.
August 2-Dr. A. G.. Haygood agent Of the
John I. Slater educational fund, delivered, At
Mount Eagle Sunday school assembly on Cumber-
land Mountain to-day, an address on the educa-
ton ofthc negro. IL Is the strongest appeal
for the cause Uf education of the colored race. y.
based on the necessities of moral and good cti :.
zenship. humanity ard Christian duty, ever de-
livered by Southern speaker. lie stated rs q
practical proposition that every child, white or
black, should have from its parent or from the
Government equal chances for elementary edu,
cation in common schools, which to be efficient
and reach the case must be hacked by the Gov
ernment. '' -
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goes Heavy for Railroad.

Tho people of Rutherford county are deter
mined to have railroad, aud KIN owing that il
requires money 20 build road, they called an
election last week and voted to appropriate
So0,OOO to the railroad enterprise. An addi-
tional tax of $4,000 has been voted, making
the whole amount subscribed by that county to
be 500 COO. But little opposition was mani
tested by the people to the appropriation and it
was carried through by big majority. They
are not-particular about how the railroad is to
come, but the 100000 offered is open to bids
from the Carolina Central, Union and Gaifney
City line, or any other that will accept the
contract. With 100000 awaiting it in Ruth.
erfordton, it is not going to take the Carolina
Central long to reach that place Charlotte
Observer.
The only links now missing in the chain to
oring the road this way those of Drayton-
vile nd-Union Townships.
1t will be seen by the above that the Carolina
Central is expecting to take the SlOO, 900 sub
scribcd by Rutherford and make connection.
But the people of Rutherford prefer coming to
Union and arc watching with great solcitude
for some movement here that will encourage
them TO decide upon this route. So far we have
called in vain for some action TO be taken in
this Township. We have found no one willing
to second our efforts to arouse the citizens TO an
appreciation Of the advantages this road would
give to very large majority of the citizens of
the County and its great Importance 10 this
township, and if the road is built on another
route, leaving this town out in the cold, the
loss cannot be laid at our door
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RAILROAD TRIUMPH.- Galveston Aug 2,
"A special from Laredo says: The rebellion
in the stlto of Tamnulipas, Mexico, has been
1ueled by troops forwarded recently from New
Leon The success of the operations is due in
measure to quick transportation by railroad.
The authorities arc much gratifed at the success
Of the new method.
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LYNcHiNG IN LoUIsIASA.-New Orleans. Au-
gust last night n crowd assembled at the
jail in Mnyersville and demanded the KEYS from
the sheriff, who refused to surrender them.
They then broke in .he door and took out D. w.
Pressell, who was under arrest for outrncine n
girl nine years old, and hanged him in the court.
house yard. ~. s':''
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FROM FISHDAM TRUSTEES.

Mr. EDIT.R We have seen the recent con.
troversy in reference to Schools and will state
that, ms Trustees in Fishdam Township, we
employed Mrs. Butler to teach in 1882. and
approved her certificates, as stated by the
School Commissioner in his recent article in the
Times
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The New and Old Meet.

Our esteemed friend Mr.. J. G. Harris, has
sent us fine specimens of his growing Sweet
Potato crop, accompanied 10y fine one of last
years crop, as sound and sweet as we'll kept
potatoes are upon the first opening of the bank
BY this Mr.. Harris has confirmed the testimony
of many others that sweet potatoes can Ue
kept good and sweet from one crop to another
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Going into Business.

Mr.. McB. Sloan called on us last Tuesday and
badc us long farewell, he having determined
to settle down to business, like n good business
man, in the City of Columbia. Nc. will 20 into
the Fancy Grocery, Fruit, &C., business with
Mr.. Robert Blakely. this Fall, and says the firm
would like to do good business with the peo-
pie Of Union. We most cordially wish them
abundant success.
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TERRIBLE INSTANCE OF IcE CREAM Polsov-
lNG-Camden August 6.-On Friday afternoon
the ladies of the Baptist Church served ice
cream in behalf of their church, and number
of our people attended and partcok of it.
On saturday physicians were summoned to
attend about thirty Of those who partook of ice
cream the previous afternoon, the patients
having been attack ed with severe pain in the
stomach, vomiting. headache, SC. Yesterday
our physicians had fifty nine patients who were
tax cn ill from the effects Of the ice cream taken
on Friday, and to-day there are sxty.fve cases
in hand. We have only three practicing ply
sicinns here and they have been constantly on
the go night and day since Saturday. A con-
sultation was held yesterday morning, but the
conclusion arrived at wa. merely theoretical.
From what l can learn the doctors seem to
be of the opinion that this dire calamity which
has hefallen our community has been caused by
arsenic poison, the symptoms indicating that
such is the case. But one death has thus far
occurred. little daughter Of Mr.. G. d. Shiver,
engineer on the Camden Bra nch died ester
dav morning from the effects of the poison.
There are several others who are extremely i'll,
and fears are entertained that they cannot sur
vve. This is n terrible blow TO our people.
pail hangs over our town.
Mr.. Averill, of the South Carolina Hallway
telegraphed here yesterday that should any
medical assistance from abroad be needed he
stood ready to furnish special train to bring
it here free of charge. Our people appreciate
this kind offer. The town council Of Camden
will likely take this matter in hand and have
some If the ice cream and the vanilla extracts
used in lavoring the cream analysed. - Cor.
Necs and Courier.