The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-05-25
payr Now that u County Commissioners

- Poiut 10 MurPhy VIII oe 50
changed fas to escape the rough and steep
hill and the worse crossing of Tiuker's Creek
on the Beaty's Mill route.
Some years ago we suggested to the busi-
ness men of this town that it would pay
them handsomely to subscribe u good round
sum for the improvement of that very road,
and now that they arc beginning to learn
that they must do CO.. siderable more than pur-
chase goods aud wait behind their counters
for customers to come aud buy them, if they
expect TO do more business than will pay eX
pcUscs, we again call upon them to do some
thing liberal toward improving all the roads
from all directions leading to town, but
more par icularIy the Murphy Mill road,
because the largest portion of business from
! that thrifty section of the county is actually
| driven from This town to avoid that nlscrably
| bad road from Murphy's Mill. We are inform
| ed that a team can haul almost twice rs much
from Cross Keys to Spartanburg, Laurens or
| Clinton, as it can TO Union. in consequence
| of the few miles of bad road leading to this
! town. Come, gentlemen, if you are really in
| earnest about enticng the old customers to
| return 10 town, 20 to work and invite them
with Printers ink and good roads to cone
BeI}" Upon what we can gather from Gov
ernor Tillman's letter to Hon. I. T..
| Mitchell, in response TO the questions pro-
pounded by the State Alliance to candidates
| for State Offices, We think Governor Tilman
is crawling pretty squarely on to or reform
| platform. He is opposed to the sub treasury
scheme, 50 are we. lie opposes the outrage
Gus demagogical proposition that the govern
mcnt should absolutely own or control all the
railroads, telephone and telegraph lines in the
| cCuntry,-so do we. Now, all the Governor
| has to do to secure our cordial friendship
and forgiveness, is to quit swearing, sell out
all the whiskcy in the dispensa"ics and close
out the whole business, stop playing his
ridiculous Fart in the Darlington farce, coax
Senator lrby TO resign and use his influence
to induce tie Alliance to go out of poll
tics and return to first principles, for the
moral, material and educational welfare of
its members.
# he will do all that he may go to the L. 5.
| Senate, for che term, ~ lclst. We Enow it
is asking considerable Of the Governor from
the first demand" to the last, but the re-
ward offered is more considerable.
|
ssS" We are requested to state that a
Collection will be taken up in the Epsco-
pal Church at the morning services next
Sunday, for the sufferers on the sea coast.
Never was necessity more urgent ac=ST
was there n call that appealed with more
| force to the sympathics and sclf-slcriieing
| liberality Of the people of this town. county
| and State, than the destitute, starving con-
| diton of the white people in the storm
stricken section Of our coast. The reports
! we receive through the papers of the truly
| pitiable condition of the white people at
and around Blulton, calls for prompt and
generous help.
We suggest that not only through the
churches but by private personal cOntribu:
tons we should send help to our suffering
fellow cstizens, as God has given us the
means to do so. We have no doubt the
| officers Of either or both of our banks will
gladly receive and forward contributions.
s>1y" We are not fanatical in our notions
about selling whiskcy, hut we are 50 i'm
| pressed with the iunumerab!c instances
which have come under our personal OBJ
| Servat;on, that money obtained by selling
| ch.Sh'g rs Il bcrcrHgc does not last long and
eventually entails curse upon the person
| getting ii from that source. in one way or
another, that We have conscientously OPP
! posed the State dispcnsary law, for tie Sai.
! Of tie State, and have frequently warned the
| advocates Of that law that the same result ;
would no doubt lie cntailed upon the State
which have invariably followed individuals
! from tho same cause.
y few days ago Governor Tillman boasted
that the dispensarics had made 100000 foi
the State, in about nine months. Last Tues
! lay the State lost So, COO in two hours, b.
| fire.
Es.?" In his speccn at the laying Of The
! corner stone of the Woman College. a
Rock Hill. Gcvcrnor Tillman said
LIT them thc women of the Statc) tax,
hold CT the work in carncst-go to al tn,
campaign meetings i'll full force to make
their fathers, husbands and brothers behave
| themselves and 1T the end Of the summe,
we viii have something better than prohbi
! lion or the suh-trcasury:
Peace in all our hearts.
Peace in all our homes
That sounds all right, and perhaps the
women would take the Governors advic,
If he would, first nni foremost. assure then
that he would not shock their sense o
Tfopricty AMI insult them by telling vulga>
anecdotes and making vulgar illusions il
| his speeches, he did at the campaign
meetings in Grecnville and this place il
1902.
EsIY" We return cur sincere thanks t,
our kind AMI cou.iicrate young friends
| Misses Douglas. Foster an Beatty, for an in
! vitation TO- attend lhc Ihirty.sccond Annua