The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-05-06

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"a .bluc gum
.ss be- ,fxs ssns that Of raft g
ssSTS I-WV l<.sra,rvss mas been :hs supsrs'uiou
t< ePtS2ecn doubts about the existence
= 6 gun negro" Many people Know
<s31er people who have seen the 30 called
,6isouous negro, but few hayQssg<sf hesn II
found Who have actually sees such . per-
s,p. u
The fact that ssch an individual rssiy
exists end that his bite is poisonous has oeen
fully rstsb,ished among tho people along
Saline river. south Of Warren, Ark. For
several wears there has lived hmi OF
ntrroe, IN cabin on the banks Of the river
Who have eked out the usual poor negro s1-
i.tcnce by fishing aud hunting, the same a.
bundreds of other families have been doing
for wears. in the same neighborhood Tue
family has never been noted for any Pecu-
liarity, but recently therc has grown up
Young man who developed certain Viei'"s
iendencic. which were foreign to those OF
III, fan,;,y. lie has been In constant trouble
Nth his neighbors and with the authorities
on account Of certain thieving and hgthihS
tendencies lilo got to be looked upon rs
"b ,d Niger" and was II SOFT OF desPc'ad"
who was stunned by all right minded Peo-
pie OF his iace.
Recently he got into hght with ano'hsr
"bid Niger" who lived IN another ho'sn'
borhood and whom he met at dance. !"
the fight he bi. his opponent through the
band, with the result Tint the bitten man
became deathiy sick in IA few moments anu
in about three hours died from the poison IN
tho wound. Afterwards. when the negro
u.s.. --L~- 49, 49, -' 49, s""-'".'""
ing the wound. This strange inc'den'
uscd an examination TO he made, ana IL
was discovered that the negro was n Ver'-
table .'bluE gum negro. and the 'acI 'ha'
c,,lt
suddenly after the bite convinced the people
that thr man was not saf. Ia br left
alive AMI the result was Tint the night
following the deaths he was taken from tue
Jail and hanged TO n t.cc.
MoRE LialIr oS rnE GmoUI-."John VI
Payne" lives in Orangoburg county. W.
wrote TO friend there making inuui is u
10 who that individual was. The repl
justified the rather poor opinion wo hn'
formed Of the said "Johu NJ Payne" On
nfor mant said lhot the man in question wa
hnrl To locate, il Icing hillicnlt 10 find in
one knowing who he was and where he was
After considerable investigation il was fnun
tha, ~. ohm NJ. Payne spent u part Of hi
time in ateL ding to little mill IN remot
part of the county. His ncBhbors kne,
but little of his past life. lie came TO Soui
Carolina and to Orangrhurg ~ II camp fol
lower and hummer OF the Infamous Shei
mans nrmy--an Amy that destroyed on
croJs, burned our hnmes, iusuited on
womcn--iclls nothing of his former lito an
a.tociat ons. holds aloof from the people
his ncghhorhood, is rrpnt,d TO te an ,nhd
or an atheist, r.de temperance as II hoht
aud fails TO practice what be Irenchcs, an
gathers his ideas from tho reading OF nora
crn and western literaturc--an nnonalo'
character That seems 4" have hecn trnr
planted to sunny cline that presents
strange contrast 10 the disposition Of q
being. We submit that il is unhc coming IN
man like John NJ. Payne. or one OF l
stripe. TO crit csc OF abuse the record
Jane, ]. Orr, or any other OF Caro- I'M
honest sons.
The whole drift Of Payne's ctfusion is
nbortive and ssnscless effort to porsuh
somebody that the Junior James L.. q
should lie disqualified from being lead
Of the people because Le is the son of
-Sucb--a-- rsanasiiian -sttaWps.. Il
Some years ago, (that is to say in tho yca
OF good stealing) was in the city of Com
bia, etc. What was he thcrc for? Does,
that sentence suggest the key note Of h
eharactcr-Anderson MtcNyy,nc,r