The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
In the Matter Of 4 PREFIX.

tho Po.tofiee the following sign hcsp. lttii &
Cor. STOKEs, UsIox, q. G.. ~
Dear Sir IL don't like The siigM way ID
which you mentioned my pbme In eonnlefySn
with that Of Maj. HcRsniek, Of the Ners
and Courier. ] can't imoyine why you are
Inclined TO speak Of me in . Haht mannsr
The ah"~- - eatea 8, my ateeDfion by
strerai Of my friends. nm neifher "Capt. or
KJ.." and all that 7 want IL tho pIsin
"1v." Please send me statement OF amt due
f,r your paper "up to dstc." and ! will ere,
mi,." In the future will not trouble yoS
rih my presence while Ia ''yopr Town. -
Respectfully,
W. J. SnELros,
Ag't W. Ii. Co.
10 order u put the who'c matter plsin'y
before our readers, We re-publish the odsnd-
ing article;
JOURNALISTIC CALLS We received q call
this week from Mnj. n. =. McKis,ick, Of the
Ners and Courier, nnd ". J. Shelton, Of the
Char 'c>ion World.
They look "fnt and fouris5ing." and say
the Journals th,y represent nrc in the same
couditiop.
Shelton may net he - fat, himself, but
says he sent the World two inches OF solid
9:', fr, m Laursns, iu the shape OF IS new
subscii ibe's.
And to convince Mr.. W. J. Shelton and
his "s-versl fiends" that in pre,uming to
81 cak OF bim in n pleasant, and, perhaps,
too familiar manner, We did not intenl 10 in.
suit his jispi'y by "mentioujng his name in
connect n with that Of MAJ. McKissick, in
n ",iiaht udu." and TINT we arc net inclined
| TO speak r him in iyht mnnver, md CIV,
him and "scveral Of his friends" full sntis
| faction for our offence in ON ting tho pre-
| fix, MIR to his nnmc, We re.publish the
srtic,c, with the necessary correct ons.
JrruxALI.rlc CALLS We received n cal
this week from Maj. T.. L. McKissick, OF th
| Ners anil Courier, and Mr.. w. j. Shelton, 0
| the Cha. lesion World.
| They l"ok "f.t and hourishing," AMI s,y
the journals they represent are in the SAM
| condition.
Mr. W. j. Shelton may not be SO fat, him
| eel but says he cent the World two inches
| OF solid fat from Laurens, in the shape 0
75 new subscribers.
We would also inform Mr.. Shelton, that
We are neither Coi., Capt, or Maj, and We
shall not f. cl that our social, military OF
| professional dignity Is the least bit tarnishcl
| ifhc omi,s all titles, aud even the customary y
prefix Of Mr., to our name, when writing n
us. All wo want is our plain chri>tenct
| name, Robert NJ. Stokes, or, simpler still
II. NJ. Stokes, Bennett and Dana, of View
York, md vii iams, IIemphill and Cohen
Of South Carolina, wc believe would no
raise any big fuss, if they did not &c
mere Il ON Journalistic brother.
We honestly thought We were compli
menting Mr.. shelton and helping to '.bcom'
the paper lie represents, but 10 and behol'
'sevrrai Of his .fricnd,' discover that ouI
intended compliment was an insult ",
arc truly sorry that Mr.. Shelton will Civ,
our sauctum the go.by hereafter. We Away
found him II genial sort Of n man, and was
glai TO meet him. Good bye, .W. Shelton
we believe you have n heap more sense thar
"r"rM Of yomr friends who discovered the
mares net for you.
We have no statement to send TO brother
in the same drng-nct.