The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
Correspondent for the Union TIMES.
Amelaugs from Kolton.

KxLToN Jan. 1S.-Good morning, hr. |
Editor AFTER being absent from your |
columns for some time havc concluded to
pencil few lines I" give the readers what
little news have gathered the past week.
Presiding Elder J. NJ. Boyd preached at
Foster Chapel yesterday from Luke 3, chap
ter and 9.h verse "And now also the axe is
laid unto the root Of the tree; every tree
therefore which bringcth not forth good fruit
IS hewu down and cat into the fire.
Such suother wall Of hard times | have
never heard deb unpail and nothing to
poy with.
Sir. Editor, interviewed q Secretary Of
the Merchants Protective Association this
morning and found that their Association
was far better than it has been reported to
me. 1t is nothing more than putting man
Jus, where he stands, so far rs honesty and
| dishonesty goes. When a man can and will
not pay then he can expect to be put on the
back list but wheu man does all in his
rover and then falls 10 pay out, he gets
| credit for it; and il would have teen far
better for the merchants ana farmers both,
| if this movement had been star ed years back.
| l have far better opinion of the Assoca-
ton than had before talked with one OF
| its Scores aries.
Now few words about the Jonesville and
Lock hart Shoals railroad. In the first place
is it right fsr the voters Of Pinckney Town
| ship to vote n tax upon ourselves and chill
dren and perhaps our G audchildren, for the
benefit of n private corporation IL IS true
that tho tax the road and factory would pay
when built would come very near balancing;
but that being the case Whist benefit is there to
be derived from the tax on the proposed road
aud factory. Now fellow citizens Of Pinck-
ney township, remember, if you vote twenty
Thousand dollar subscription tn this ROAD,
you will have iu tho ne e'ghborhood of miles
Of railroad tax to pay-not on this one road
but you are already paying heavy tax on
the Spart ,nhurg and Asheville road-and ii
you have to pay on another one YOU will cry
out high taxes, sure enough. You can rest
, assured that Kclton will cast but very few
votes for the railroad, unless they are brought
from the lower part of the Township.
Now, if John Smith wnnted to build girls
: mill or put up cotton ginning machinery ant
was,to ask the people in his neighborhood t.
subscribe liberal sum of money to build th
, house for his works, they would say, "Joh'
3 Smith is the biggest fool we ever saw"
rive have no intention to take sides in tn
Lockhart Shoals railroad discussions but w
9 can't hep thinking, right here, that if th
"pcople in his neighborhooi' wanted q girls
o mill or Cotton Gin near them they woul
: be fools il they did not subscribe lberall.
q towards putting up the building, if Johl
c Smith would put in the machinery. JoE
:, Smith would make some money out OF tn
.s york done for the people by his machinery
e it is true. but the people would be more tha
1t repaid for their outlay Of money, in the tim
y and labor saved, aud the great convenienc
which the Grist Mill and Gin would be
=. them Enron
e. Our friend ]. E. Kelly has moved to IL
V. city Of Spartanburg.
le There is a great deal Of sickness rouu
nl and about Kelton.
he We arc having very uufavorable wealth
'o for farm work.
ID DR.. W. I. Dalton and wifo paid their p,
of Ridge friends a visit week before last. T.
DR.. says practice is very good in the ci
at ofSpartsnhurg.
i. Any brother Alli,nceman that m.y wi
st to visit Keton All aucc will find it in sessi
at OF O 'closk, =. NJ, on the third Saturday,
&c. each mouth, if not prevehtsi by provident
h bindrance.
Brother Alliancemen stand up to The rae
ut fodder oT nc fodder. We have got n ha
90 S-,t to make md We h.ve got TO make
W long pull and strong pull AMI We must
III pull together. KELToH WnkaL.