The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-01

WHITES AND BLACKS.
Effect Of the Lod 90 Bill...The Measure, IL
Enacted and Enforced, Will Cause Trou-
BILE In tho South.

Effect Of the Lod dse BfIL..The Measure. II
Enacted and Enforced, VIII Cause Trou-
BILE In tho South.
New YORK, July 24.-When asked
for his views of the probable effect on
the industries of the South of the
passage of the Lodge bill, General
Roger A. Pryor said: My opinion is
that the enforcement of the bill, if
enacted, will invitably provoke coils
ions of violence in the Southern States,
and consequently capital will be with
drawn from the South, or at all events
1t will no longer be sent thither. Re
lations between the races in the South
are at present perfectly pacific and
satisfactory to both, but any attempt
of the federal government to infu-
ence the electoral franchise in the
South and so to disturb the equilibrium
OF the races will provoke resentment
and intiame passiQpRv inconsistsns
with public order and tranquility.
No man, whatever his political opin-
ions, can travel in the South without
being favorably impressed by the
contentment and prosperity pervad-
ing colored communities.
'sIt is to the peaceful relations be-
tween the races and their cordial CO.
operation in industrial development
that the present extraordinary pro
gress is attributable. 10 set the two
classes in hostility, as this bill would
do, would infalibly arrest the course
of Southern prosperity. It is a nota-
BILE fact that collisions between the
races in the South have invariably
and exclusively been caused by politi-
cal controversies. On every ether sub
ject the harmony between the races
is complete, At present there is
nothing in the political contests of
the South to exasperate one race
against the other. But this bill will
undoubtedly array the factions in i'm
placable antagonism.
It may as well be understood, once
tor all, that the whites of the South
do not intend that the blacks shall
acquire the ascendency, and in so far
as this bill tends to the accomplish
ment of that ascendency it will chal-
lenge resistance. If the races be left
free from Federal Intervention, they
will work out their pacific and in ear
nest cooperation, not only to the
benefit of the South, but to the well
fare of the entire country. It is la
mentable at this iuncture, when every
thing is SO quiet and prosperous in
the South, that a measure should be
introduced which cannot but result
in discord and disaster"
Hon. j. Simms, president of the
Fourth National Bank, took differ
ent view. He thought the South
would acquiesce in the operation of
the bill it it was made law. 49,.
.sare not the dsSs s. WI NJ !, - s a &c
South is law-abid ding; ~ l6t while
there may be sofde4 f6sent ntment 1t
will not occasion any serious disturb
ances. I don't believe In the bill. I
am not apprehensive of any violence
on the part of the South in case it
should be enforced. Of course mil
lions and millions ofNorthern money
have gone South for investment in the
last few years, and that very connec-
ton will be an influence tending to
control any outbreak that would en-
danger the enterprises that Northern
capital has built up"
A Meteor Dropped into His Wagon
Versailles (Ky.) correspondence
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat: John
Whitaker, of near Oregon Bend this
county, was driving home last night
when a meteor flashed across the
heavens, and the next instant O huge
stone, measuring about eight feet il
diameter, came through the air, anC
with terrific force crashed into the
bed of the wagon directly behinC
him, grazing the seat he occupied az
it fell. The horses were wild will
fright, but the heavy stone pinned
the wagon to the earth, and as they
could not break the heavy chair
traces they were unable to run off
Mr.. Whitaker says he heard the
meteor whizzing through the air, but
had no idea what it was until he was
jolted out of his seat by the crash
A number of sightseers visited the
spot today and inspected the won
derful rock.
Corpulency Cured by Fasting.
.PoUaHKEEps1E, July 24.-Dr. Chas
X. Barlow, one of the leading den
fists of this city, has taken no food o.
any kind except glass of milk or {
cup of coffee each day for forty-fvt
days. When he began fasting he
weighed 245 pounds and measured
4O inchea aror1nd the bodv. He nOv