The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-02-26
Lavs-s-Hasssyl Preachers and Wimmins'
N 81 A-Ruinin' Union!

thought woulu seat mySeH anu urop your pa
per fae lines but I am mighty skeered lest
some of them fellers id Union might find me out,
and then they would git mad at me, and then
this would hurt me mighty much. Folks what
rites for papers tells me you has to tell the Edi-
tur who you is, but he aint oblight to tell no
body who it is, and knows you haint a-gwine
ter tell. Now, I amt no merchant, so if they
does find out nobody can't come in an sware
they aint gwine to trade wild me any more,
and just wind up their account and move off
forever, so aint skeered about that.
Well, l wish l was Preacher, so could
show amt skeered Of no body's saying they
won't 60 to hear me no more; an you know
that must hurt Preacher mighty, an make
him awful perticular, an feel all the time
like feller a-settin on pins, an it might make
some preachers quit. Well, my son John goes
to Union, he is a good boy, and he tells me
good deal about the town. and he says they hav
grog shops thar-one in the hotel building whar
Mister Wallace use to keep his store, an one
lower down, and one on corner,
an one by the rail rode, an things are
getting on mighty bad ; an he heard of big
man down there what said: The wimmins and
preachers is gwine to ruin the town. My
Lord thinks 1, wimmins and preachers ruin
the town? Why, never heard of such thing
know there use 70 be some mighty pirty an
mighty good wimmin in Union, an did not
think them wimmins could be the mothers Of
such chillerns MS would ruin o town.
An the preachers a-ruinin a town Well,
we'll! just laffed at the idec. / knowed the
old man what breaches for the Methodists q
good while, and never heard of his hurting
anything good, or of anybody's saying they
would not hear him preach, till he got to Union,
then heard sich. Thinks I, so much worse for
the man who shets hlsself off from such good
chance for hearing preaching. i know he 10
mighty agin the old sarpent an had fit him all
his life and that he has done n world Of good,
an was a eloquent an powerful man, and just
could not see for my life how he is a-ruinin' a
town. And then thinks /, ! never herd any
thing in my life agin Carlisle, from that one
what used to write an was famous (Mr. Ed-
tur, is he dead, an didn't he live in your
country y down to these ones here abouts.
And then always thought that all good Me,ho-
dists built up towns.
Now, don't know the man rs well what's at
the Baptist church, but know the church is n
building up, an gifts this mighty strait, and all
hear good people say of him is he Is mighty
plain, and awful down on wickedness Of oil
kinds, even to the terrible sin of msbehaving
in church and don't know n greater disgrace
than for anybody to misbehsve in Gods house
l never done it but once in my life an Won
forgit that night and that preacher soon He
was little Methodist preacher, mighty smart n
graderate of Wofford Collcdge. l tell you, he
could talk. i wants n preacher to be plain.
Well says l, that man is not ruinin' the town.
.l,ox n,I. rI,ath hal
that pirty church for the Presbyterinns built,
and don't think there is anything about him
to ruin a town; but what l hears about his
skool and the awful pirty girls there, thinks l,
that man is IL powerful help. He aint a-ruining
anything.
And the 'Piscopal preacher, 1 hearn they We
got n new one, and l .dond think he has been
want to ruin towns.
Then thinks of my powerful old friend
what is boss of the public skools-my good, jolly
| old friend, and just laffs to think that he
would ruin q town.
'well,' says i, John, if you can spare the
critter 1 will 60 to Union So goes. and
goes to see what is wrong an to find out what is
running things there. Well, in two or three
| hours we got there, an hiched the crtter an
it not long before sees what is the trouble.
1t was moro than year scnce / was in the
town. Then saw eight more hans working
on the streets, and q tall man with his buggy
IN horse standing near, and some strong fat
and putting it all over the walks, IN the shov-
els just a-aying, and they oil worked like we
do in fodder pulling times. did not sec any
body drunk either. But this time says l, My,
my John, this amt Union. l never saw han
on the streets, though looked around generally,
and everything looked so old and worn out-thc
town looked so sick and like it wanted doctor.
H. al. 49, a.
room up and down the streets q crowd what
looked like carron crows, what's eat as much of
dead critter as they eau hold, and is jump
ing and q picking at each other; and q Tapping
their wings and puking and n gaping around.
i won't write any about white wine and red
wine, an some other bad things what is known
about these bar-rooms. Speakin' of white wine
makes me think of what herd of tipsy feller
sayin on the train tother night. He said he got
some white wine outen the rail rode bar, an 1t
was the best corn whiskey he ever tasted He
said he asked for whiskey at the hotel bar-room
and the bar-keeper told him, there is doctor,
he will give you subscription and he got one
for quart. The bar-keeper told him he could
take half now and come back for the rest. Now,
this is just what he called them, 'bar-rooms
and bar. keepers 1t aint the pirty, sweet
wimmins, nor il aint the preachers what is q
running Union, but it is the awful whiskey shops
which have been so unlawfully opened in the
town. wants the preachers and all the good
people to cry aloud and spare not:
have hearn whiskey men say many time
that preachers ought to let politics alone and
preach the gospel. Jest like preachin agin
whiskey want preachin the gospel. Of course
they know what the gospelis. l says, aint there
no men in Union but what will jest set down
and let the town be ruined? Where arc the
City Fathers? Why don't they close the bar
rooms? That's what we country folks wants
If Union don't change it is gwine ter ruin the
preachers and wimmin and chilern, instead of
they ruinin the town. If its present condition
aint strong argument en- favor Of prohibition,
then you may shoot me. Perhaps the Solicitor
and Grand Jury will look inter the matter at
next week 8 court.
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