The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-02-26
Laws-a-Massey! Preachers and Wimmins'
A-Ruinin' Union

MISTER EDIruR IF you won't tell on me-
thought would seat myself and drop your pa
per a fuc lines but | am mighty skeered lest
some of them fcers in Union might find me out
and then they would git mad at me and then
this would hurt me mighty IN ch Folks what
rites FOR papers tells me you has tell the Edi-
tIr who you is but he aint ohlight to tell nc
body who it i, and knows you haint a-gwinc
ter tell. Now, aint no merchant, so if they
does find out nobody can't come in I'LL sware
they aint gwinc to trade wid me any more,
and just wind up their account and move off
forever, so nint skccrcd about that.
Well. | wish ! was u Preacher, 81 ! could
show | aint skcercd Of no h"dy's saying they
won 90 to hear INC no more: AN YOU know
that must hurt a Preacher mighty, an make
him awful pcrticular, an feel all the time
like fcllcr a-sctin on pins, an 1t might make
some preachers quit. Well, my son John goes
to Union, he is Il good hoy, and hc tells me
good lea about the town, and he says they hav
grog shops thar in the hotel building whar
Mister Wallace use To keep his store, an one
lower down. and ono corner,
an one 10y the rail rode, an things are
getting on mighty bad an he heard Of n hg
man down there what Sail The wmminS and
preachers j. gwinc To ruin tho town. My
Lord thinks |, wimminS and preachers ruin
the town: Why. never heard of such II thing
know there use y he some mighty riity an
mighty good wimmin in Union. an | did not
think them wmmns could Toe tho mothers Of
such clillerns NJ would ruin town.
An the preachers a-ruiniu town Well.
well Jus, latfed at the idcc. | knowcd the
old man what breaches for the MsthodiSts n
good while, and | never heard ot his hurting
ANYTHING good, ur Of anyhodyS saying they
would not hear him preach, till he got to Union,
then heard sich Thinks |, 50 much worse for
the man who shctS hlsself "tf from such Il good
chance for hearing preaching. ! know he is
mighty agin the old sarrcnt an hal fit him all
his life, and tha, he has done world Of good.
an was Il eloquent an powerful man. and | Just
could not see for my life how he i a-ruinin Il
town And then thinks |, never herd any
thing in my life agin Carlisle. from that ono
what used To write an famous MIR. Eli
ur. is hc dead. an didn't he live in your
countrv?) down to these ones here ahout4.
And then always thought that all good Mctho-
di>ts built up towns.
Now | don I know the man as we'll what's AT
the Baptist church, hut know the church il a
building up, an gifts this mighty strait. and all
| | hear good people say Of him Is he l. mighty
plain and awful down on wcke,lu"ss of all
| kinds, even to the terrible sin of mShchavng
| in church and don't know greater disgrace
| than for anybody To msbehavc III Cod house
| | never done il but once in my life: an | won
| furgit that night and that preacher, soon lie
| was little Methodist preacher mighty smart. II
| gradcratc of Woforl tollc'lgc | tell you, he
| could talk. | wants preacher I" lie plain.
Well SAYS |. that man il not II runin tho town
Well. has hcarn that man preach what had
that pirty church Tor the Prcshytcrians built,
and don't think there is anything about him
to ruin n town. but what hear about his
skool and the awful rirty girls there, thinks |,
tla, man j. II powerful help. lie aint t-ruiniug
anything.
And the 'PiScopnl preacher. | hcarn they We
got II new one, and | don't think he has been
sarm and don't / iinS -1apc ls ls,ttI! T." "Sstesf Sstesf
want to ruin towns
Then | thinks of my powerful old friend
what is hoss of the public skools-my good. Jolly
| old friend, and Just lan,s to think that he
would ruin town.
Well says l. john. if y"i can spare the
crittcr | will go to Union So goes, and |
goes to see what is wrong an TO find out what is
| running things there. Well, i'll two az three
hours we got there, an hichcd the crittcr an
1t Was more than n year scncc | was i'll tho
town. Then SAW eight or more hans II working
on the streets, and tall man with his buggy
| an horse standing near, and some strong fat
! mules an carts just n haulidg pirty white sand
and putting il all over the walks, an the sh"v-
clS just a-iynr, "ui they all worked like We
,lo in fodder pulling times d not see any
| body drunk either. But this time says |, My,
my John. this aint Union. never saw han
on the streets though looked around generally.
| and everything looked =" old and Worn "ut--thc
town looked sick and like it wanted doctor.
On the streets saw III front of the corner bar
| room up and down the streets crowd what
looked like carron crows. what cat a. much OF
| 4 dead crittcr As they eau hold and j. a jump
ing and picking at each other: and iiappipg
their wings and n puking and gaping around.
| went writo any about white wine and red
wine. nm some other bad things what is known
about these har-roOnS. Spcakln oi white wine
makes me think of what herh of "a tipSy fellor
Sayin on the train tothcr night. lie said he got
some white wine outcn the rail rode bar, an il
the best corn whiSkcy he ever tasted. He
said hc asked for whiskcy at the hotel bar-ruum
anil the bar-kccrcr told him. there j. doctor.
he will give you subscription and lie got one
for n Yunrt. The hnr-kccpcr toll him he coul,l
take half now and come back for the rest. Now.
this is Just what he called them, har-r""!ns
and bar keepers. 1t ant the prty. sweet
wimmins. nor II amt the preachers what IL a
running Uni"n hut it is tho awful whi>kcy shops
which have been unlawfully opened in the
town. wants the preachers and al the good
people to cry aloud and spare not.
have hcarn whi>kcv men say many u time
that preachers ought t" let politics alone ami
preach the gospel. jest like rrcachin agin
whi>kcy want rrcachin the gospel CT course
they know what the %">pcli~. | says, aiur there
II" men in Union but what will Jest set down
and let the town lie ruined: Where are the
city Fathers Why don't they close the bar
rooms Thu's what country folks wants.
II Union don change il is gwinc ter ruin the
preachers AMI wimmiu and cIillcrn. instead Of
they ruiniu the town. II iiS prc>cnI condition
ainr strong argument en- favor Of prohibition
then v"u may shoot Iuc. Perhaps tho Solicitor
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