The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-03-12

pheu ID. Lee. '"hn Dunnovaut, Il. s. Rip.
Icy, n. G. Evans, Barnard Bee.
Teacher: Micah Jenkius.
The above may prove interesting reading
to those who think that lawyers are toe
prominent III these piping tunes OF peace
who think that lawyers are public enemies
that lawyers have no patriotism, but only
want the offices for private grccl aud per,
sonal and professional asgrandizemcnt.
Can anybody point out any bad lce:sla'
ton or maladministration that lawyers ar,
responsible fo;.? How could such thing
be when they have always been in a minor
ity in the Legislature? And in looking
over the lis: ;! State Off GERS, the only law
yers We fiod there are lieutcnant-Govcrnol
Sheppard, who is simply President Of tho
Senate, and AttorncS-Gencrll Milcs-this
officer must of necessity BE- Il lawyer So
that if there is any mllalmin istratiou the
lawyers are G:Tt responsible for it. Then
why this Wholesale dcnuncation of lawyers
Let every mar. stand on his own Individual
merits. Thee is no sense in trying to ar
ray one class of citizens against another
And it is Ncmbcr,y OJscrrcr.
\ BLOODY TRAGEDY. - Green vile,
March 2.-Ahorriblc tragedy occurred at
Piedmont this morning. James W. King,
n resident of Piedmont, after accompanying
to the depot his brLthcr-iu-aw Phillips
who took the up-ireight train, returned to
his dwelling in the village, murdered his
wife by stabhing her in the breast and
throat with knife, and after this bloody
deed cut his own throat.
Parties who suspected something wrong
broke open the door Of their room aud
found Mrs. King lying on tho floor in a
pool Of blood and her husband lying across
her, both dead, and the knife lying in
Kings breast. What lcd to this dreadful
event seems to be wrapt in mystery. Evil
IDENTIFY King and his wife did not live ami
cably together. y circumstance creating
this belief is that King had recently noti-
fed merchants of Piedmont not to let his
wife have goods on his account. King
earned his living by ditchinS and some of
his children worked rs operatives in the
Piedmont Factory. But little can be
learned 9Th 7eopls' They came to
Piedmont&s strangers from North Carroll
ma. 1t is Trriscd that King had some
fuzzy trou! T. md haa tccum- ius1uo when
he committed the awful tragedy. King
was about ftrty-fve or fifty years Of ago
They leave, i. is said, nine children, scvc-
raj Of them very young.
BARN-YARD MANuEE.-Th chief value
Of barn-yarl manure, an exchange says
very truly, lies in the manner in which it is
saved. If allowed to be drcnchcl and
washed by rain, its soluble portions are
washed away, and these contain about all
there is of value in any fertilizer IT, on
the ether hand, moist manure is thrown
into pile, aud allowed - heat, its valuable
constituents are volatilized, and pass immc-
diatcly into that vast s;orchouse Of fertility
the air Hence, under the action of water
and strong fermentation the valuable cons
stituents Of manurc may be dissipated until
SO little remains as to be practically worth
less. In the fccding of animtls in the
fields or in pasturagc this fertility is not
lost. The soluble portions arc washed out,
and descend into the soil, and are held for
future use. The practical saving Of manure
Of yards and stables therefore becomes a
matter Of importance. Two means are con.
slant and simple the prevention of fermcn.
tation in heaps, and the washing of the
soluble portions out of the yards. The
first may be prevented by spreading where
it may be trampcd under the feet of ami
mails and the second by forming the yard
dshing and with n clay bottom that will
hold the liquid.
~ DAD hbN EhSb of IOR MI III
other day | met on the street man, now
old, gray and rather seedy, who has had
some curious variations Of fortune. lie is
descended from one of the oldest and
proudcst families in the South. in earl,
manhood he was Professor in University
along with a friend who now holds dis
tinsnished political position. Then he Lc
came a popular and learned minister of the
Gospel. When the war broke out he join
ed the Confederate army and attained higt
command. After the conflict he affiliated
with the Republicans aud, for year O.
two, led factional fight, in a reconstruct