The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-05-28
The Rains---Immorality.
MEApoR, May 10Th, 1886.

hADVh, Huey loth, looo.
MR. EDITOR I'VE have been having very
gloomy prospect for crop, 1t has been so dry
that secd could not germinate. Our wheat and
oat crops are showing up badly Tho farmers
are we'll up with their work, aud, as a general
thing. labor is good. We have a few loafers
amongst US, and il is q mystery how they i've
There is not as much commercial fertilizer used
this year as in former years more attention is
being given to making compost We have some
young men this vicinity who have deserted the
counter and engaged in agriculture, and must
say they have the earnest wishes Of all for their
success in their new calling, They only need
help-meets to encourage them in their labors,
and to comfort them in their mistakes and
blunders, to make their calling and election sure
Yesterday we had terrific rainstorm creeks
were higher than have known them in fifteen
years. Some low lands are irretrievably ruined;
uplands badly washed, and it is still raining.
Over half o century ago this neighborhood
Was known as the Nation, Clashburg, Lick
Skillit, SO. 1t abounded in still houses and
other infamous dons, and was noted for great
immorality-all kinds Of gambling, cock fight
ing, horse racing, &C., but from some cause un.
known to IL it has been gradually purged and
purified Of most, if not all, Of these vices, so
we'll calculated to dcmoralize mankind. Since
the war it has been one of the most moral and
desirable communities in the country, but for
the last few months it looks as though the
bottom was knocked out, and we are about to be
overrun with vices, such as gambling at cards,
chuck.boX, drinking, fighting, violating the
Sabbath, sc. Not less than thirteen days ago
two colored women engaged in deadly combat !;
one came out badly cut. Sunday night Dr.
FAINT was called on to dress gunshot wound
which he says may prove serious. 1t was the
result Of gambling one won the others money
and because he would not pay it the other drew
a pistol aud shot him. This party and two
others, oil colored, were seen on the highway on
Sunday, and from their actions it is believed
they were engaged in gambling There are
several secret resorts in dense pine forests, off
from the highways, where they meet every
Sabbath and spend the entire day gaming.
am sorry TO soy that few white men are the
leaders of these vile habits. \ man was seen
at the church drinking whiskey aud soliciting
others to join him. May God forgive him of SO
horrid o sin.
few Sabbaths ago team was seen going
along the public highway loaded with cotton
seed, owned and driven by white men. On
last Sabbath one of these gaming parties were
caught gambling, one of them was white man
and q professor of religion. l am credibly
informed that the colored people can't have o
social party without these white men being there
with their cards and chuck-boxes, and the re-
spectacle colored people complain about it aud
say they can't help it-ne,ther can they. They
are intimidated with pistols aud the old slavish
fears which will exist throughout the present
generation.
1t seems that our laws ore imperfect to stay
these vices. The landowners can control and
prevent most Of these evils, if they would only
try. 1t is q duty they owe their country, and
ti~--i-;-e-e---r-.i~...f ..f-----L>aad.to to pnhlipi>
the above facts, but think it my duty as citi-
zen, hoping it may stir up every citizen who
may possess the least spark of patriotism to make
every effort to suppress these vices.
SLEEPY DAVE.