The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-14
Correspondence Of Union Times.
Riyersldo Ripp1aa.


Mr.. EDITOR: would like to compli-
ment my friend and ncighbor, Mr.. j. w.
Hughes, on tho Architectural plan. work.
manship and general construction Of his log
cabin, just completed. Mr.. Hughes had an
eye to solid comfort aud durability. Hs
builds his house on q solid foundation. II
is not a "cabin in the lane" or by the lane,
but like the "city set upon hill" it stands
to-day monument 10 the cunning skill and
good workmanship Of the "boy that follows
the plow."
A word of advice to house builders, Just
here. When building house, or cabin, or
stables, or thing else, make O good job OF
h,-and not too small n job either. There
is no economy in putting up half dozen
poorly constructed stables, barns aud cribs,
to take the place of one good barn, well put
up, roomy aud convenient.
Mr.. W. V. Chappell, Of Fairfield. stopped
n few days on Riverside with friends and
relations, on his way to Woford college.
Mr.. Cbappcll thinks of entering the minis
try when he com pletes his regular college
course, and will be sbundantly and phys-
emily able to proclaim aloud the "unscsrcha-
BILE riches ofthc gospel The Drawn and
muscle acquired by the hard ioks and sturdy
blows Of the farmer boy will furnish solid
base on which to build life Of christian
labor and self-denisl for an eternal dwelling
place.
Mr.. 7. X. Palmer has the finest looking
field of grain on the road from this place to
Union. This beautiful field is q pleasant
relief to the eye, after surveying for miles
bare and gully washed hills and dales. Mr.
Palmer knows from "a" 10 "izzard' how TO
reouperate worn out farm. If there is n
down, washed into gal,est, and loo PodF Fqp W
make a living on, let him sell out to Mr..
Palmer at So per acre, and buy II back
again after three years at $40 per acre,
improved from 200 10 800 per cent. L. were
better TO own so acres Of good cult;vateable
land than 1000 too poor to sprout peas.
"E. W. j." and "Vox" both make a
the whiskey traffic. We did not say
the wagons haunted this vicinity, but
the Southern portion Of the County.
Friend "E. w. j." ought to know something
about the fate Of moonshiners in this part
Of the county. One Of them did venture TO
strike camp about half mile from this place
a year ago, but the party found themselves
in tho hands of Capt. Greer and on their
way to Jail before they were aware of the
fact. We bol,evc it is pretty well known
among the scooner tribe that Riverside will
not tolerate the inonstrous crime of selling
intoxicants. The law to prohibit it does not
prohibit Something mightier than the
strong arm Of the law must predominant,
before the matter can be got under control.
Truth" said Lord Byron, lis stronger than
felton," but this is the truth, but why is it
thus Put the friends Of Temperance and
the friends Of liquor in the scales, and sec
which will 60 up?
According to official reports, the people
Of the United States used four gallons of in
toxicating drinks per capita in 1910, and
twelve gallons per capita in 1888. During
the fve years preceding 1884, while the
population increased about Is per cent, the
consumption of distilled spirits increased
14.5 per cent. and that of malt liquors co.,
per cent. The production of the latter has
risen from ,62S, ,934 barrels in 1868, to 49,
998, GIG barrels in 1884. DIR. Strong says,
"reader stop just here and think for o
moment JoE.