The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
wh,. nigh, have been very serious difficulty

what might have been very serious difficulty
was avertcd.
Gov. 9illman resumed his speech aud went
on 20 say that he wanted to v, to Heaven.
and that he stood as good chance as some of
those who sat in the Amen corner aud then
went out TO drink and gamble
ne claimed tina. Orr had said that he was
rcsponsible for lynch law in the State: but
with Orr, he said, il was: IL am damned IL
| 10, and damned if I don, ), wS"n v%""cu Gu !.
filman finished speaking he took his seat
ami good deal of applause.
Ex-aov. SHEPPARD.
uovernor Sheppard said that he had mar
rIvd Union LAZY, and had been visiting
To! II off aud on for the last thirteen years,
aud he felt ii there was one place where the
ye'pIc would give him hearing. it would
be IN Unicn. He spoke of the railroad laws,
and said that he wanted laws passed to put a
check on corporations. Then he took up the
threc-dollnr poll tax and selecting an indi-
yidual in the au Sience, he assumed that the
man had no property. lie applied the
three dollar FOIL tax to him and showed him
how IA rich man wonld be getting tho benef,
of 1t while he would not lie said that when
Gov Tillmrn attempted TO put his handouts
on the negro majority by requiring quail
fcation of tho voters he would carry many
poor white men down with the negroes. He
said If Tillman's constitutional convention
was even held many who favored the meas
ure now will cast their Inst vote ut the next
election. lie said that when it was too late
many wou'd say that they were sorry they
had not taken his advice. lie then showed
why mnny people would be deprived Of vot-
| ing if there was an educational and q prop.
erty qualification.
Somebody in tho audience asked him q
nm Nvl,t tcl, rnrD a. l.: III.
dent If n bank.
Gov. Sheppard replied that farmer
bank was organized in Edgeheld and
began tc lend its money at 10. per
cent. Tue bank of which he was
president had been lending money to the
farmers at II luwer rate all the time. When
they heard the farmers bank were lending
money AT 10 per cont, the directors of his
bank held meeting and against his will,
raised their money to 10 per cent also.
Cav. Sheppard said that in the state of
Massachusetts, the factories required 309.-
600 horse power, while in South Carolina
they use only $4,000. He claimed that there
was no better wafer power anywhere than
in the Piedmont region, which ouly needed
capital to be developed.
| voice: Rich men don't pay no taxes
Sheppard: Gov. Tillmau did not tell you
that. Mr.. Mayfield told you so. The bank
of Edgeheld pays tax for every cent it is
worth.
Gov. Sheppard said that capitalists vii
not spend nor invest money here where tn,
officers of the government can't be reliet
upon.
Speaking of t,sation, lie said that while
had been carried out Would dnha ybiGa eiSau if
State its recent lawsuits.
Gov. Sheppard ended his speech by say
that during his ten years of consecutiv,
public service nothing could be brough
against him. lie took his seat amid larC,
share of applause.
HON. ". C. BENRr.
In the opening of Mr.. Benets speech, h;
spent part Of his time eulogizing the officers
of the administration, saying that Mayfield
had made n better SUP rerintendent of educa
tion than any man since 1876.
Somebody inquired after his record.
lie dcpiicl that he had been caudidat,
for office twice. Once he had been electet
and once he had been defeated. He though
that was pretty good record.
} Speaking of Gov. Tillman's criticism o
the judges he claimed that Judges were mer
. who had to be looked after as we'll as any
: 4, ~ ,t,r lie considered the pol, -!