The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-03-05

| land several days ago nominated Major Lewis
| Merrill, of the 9TH United States Cavalry, to be
lieutenant colonel. Merrill had already been
| condemned by retiring board rs unfit for SER
vice, however, and it was arranged that his
retircmeut should be postponed until he had
been promoted, so that he could retire the
pay of, the advanced rank, such arrangement
having been common heretofore. On Tuesday
last, however, the President withdrew the nom-
ination, and the Secretary Of War explained
| that this was done for the reason that il Merrill
were not ht for service MS n major he would
not be fit for service as q lieutenant colonel.
Tho Washington correspondent Of the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger states that the nomination
| Of Merrill was withdrawn at the request of
| Senators Hampt on and Butler and Representa-
| tive Blanchard, who wish to punish Merrill for
his work in South Carolina and Louisiana dur
| ing Reconstruction times II this be true the
South Carolina Senator's and the Representative
| from Louisiana have only performed n plain
duty, and their opposition to the promotion Of
Merrill, under any and oil circumstances, will
be approved ty the honorable and patriotic
people whom they represent. 1t is sufficient
for the people Of South Carolina 10 know that
it is the same Merrill who, because of hi, bru-
taity to the white people Of this State and his
delight in hunting down and harrying every
man, woman child whom his wrctched in
formants accused Of participating in the KuI
klu1 outraseS, won for himself the title Of
Butcher which title he fully confirmed when
he was summoned to the aid of Sheridan in
Louisiana.
| 1t is the same Merrill who lobbied an appro.
priation of $4,000 through the South Carolina
Legislature, in 1873, to pay the reward Of $500
offered by Governor Scott for the arrest, with
proof to convict, Of any person connected with
Ku-kluIism, the proportion claimed by Merrill
himself being about $2l 900. lie is the object
of the unqualified CONTEMPT and execration Of
every honest and patriotic citizen of South
Carolina, and his infamous record is disgrace
to the uniform which he wore while raiding
through the South eight years after the war.
| It would be far more in accordance with his de-
serts to degrade him to the ranks and expel
him from the service.-News and Courier.
Conn AND Corn MEAL. There is likely
to be change iu tho matter Of tho use of
corn or rather corn meal. While in former
years the corn has teen shelled aud the cob
cast aside or burned for fuel, recent expert
mcnts notably at the Kansas agricultural col
lege, have seemed to prove conclusively that
when fed to steers and hogs, better results have
been obtained by the use of meal in which
the corn and cob are ground together than
where the corn meal was fed alone.
Whether it is from knoulege of this fact
or otherwise We are unable to saw, but the
use o: corn and cob meal is coming into
more general use. Farmers are causing
their grinding of corn to include the cob,
and are we'll pleased with the results of its
use. In feeding to horses or cattle it
would seem that there would be much less
danger attending accidental overlooking
than where meal is fed alone. In these
days it becomes average farmers to practice
economy in every direction, and if he can
effect a saving by feeding the ground cob
with the meal it is his duty to do so.
CURE FOR SORE TnRoAT-Evcry one