The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-08-14

'"'"oh' embracing pS N Ser 4UU
,In"re miles, has pre ~ gem
"rnls aud five colonel ydnl war,
~" United States Sch iorsStHo Gov
rrors. two congressmen n andone Judge.
Ie' you do not seem to be prod Nike
"ther communities are ofiSe Rsa hies
hat havo sprung from your W5ips.
Frre you have n "Bntler churA3 aud
"Bntler postoflice. but not g to
perpetrate tho name of Travis o, Bon
nam, while the great State of TeYas has
named one of her finest countiesf Trav-
is' and one Of her most promising towns
"Bonham." Pardon me ir saying
this people ought to name some con-
spicuous object about here "Trfvis,
if it be only little park or street,
hill or even muddy branch. When
times shall have become better in uoney
matters, every man, woman and 9hlld
of Saluda county ought to be willing to
contribute something to erect II nepn-
ment ut the spot where Travis was
born. AS the nges roll by thousands
Of Texans travelling through tie cdun-
try would stop here to visk it, and
that monument should have nothing
engraved upon it but the words stre
Wis and Alamo" with the dates II his
birth and death. 1t would bS,a dong
story even if I had time to q par
ticulars, which L have not. the
truth could be ascertainsd, IN Fery
little doubt that Saluda also
claim to be tho birth place OF the
great Marshal Ney. ''The Ibravest of
tho brave" as Napoleon called him.
Besides much interesting and instruc-
when a boy, I remember hearing
Judge A. =. Butler just before his
death say that his mother, Mr.. Be-
hethlen Butler (herself very re-
markablc woman) firmly believed to
tho last that Marshal Ney of France
and Michael Rudolph of Saluda, with
whom she was we'll acquainted were
one and the same man. Every other
people except you all strive tyer-
tise and perpetuate the fact tby Som
munity was or is the birthplace of
as many great men rs possible.
George McDuffie WAS born in Geor-
gia and came to South Carolina when
but n boy, and ever aftcrward resided
and died hero. Having served in the
meantime rs n South Carolina Govern
or, Congressman and United States
Senator, still when Georgia came to
form new county out Of the territory
embracing the spot where McDuifie
was born she named the county for
him. Many similar instances could
be cited of the pride, jealousy and per-
tinacity with which other communities
boast of the great men Of their locality.
l wish / could dwell longer on the
"Reminiscences of Saluda, in which tho
county is rich, but L must close with
the remark that it IS not tradition,
but well-nuthent.cated fact, thai
most nVted combat on old EdgA
soil during the revolutionary war was
fongh5 within tho boundaries of Salu-
da, on Clouds c: eek, between the But
lcrs and other Snlnda Wings on one
side. and Bloody" Bill Cunningham
and hissIuadron ofTories on the other
SO much on laying the cornerstone Of
your court house. Now for the speech
you invited mo to make and left me to
select the subject. My theme is
TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT.
u
vision OF II county, and several town
ships constitute II county. Each town
sip ut the North generally, and in
New England particularly, has u local
government of it's own--legislative, ju-
cicial and executivo-all three OF the
departments of II regularly organized
commonwealth little State AS it
were. This brings not only the bene-
fits of local self-"o, er nment, but the
power of IT also home to every indi-
Nidunl i'll the community. The citizen
is consulted about his political rights;
b. does really govern himself with the
help os his next door neigh Sors, rela.
tivcs and friends. Neither strangers
nor men vino reside Il long way on,
with whom he has but rare mcqunint-
ance or 40 acquaintance ut all, ruIe
over him. While this is the case mt
the North whore township government
| prevails. how ~ 1t here ut the South
whc!c we hnvc only county govern
mcut? We have no such thing as
home rule or local sc!f-govcrnmett in
thc sens" /: is understood in New Eng
lnrd or Nll England. Onr people are
nearly ruled for tho most pa:t by of.
! tiCcr~ whose headquarters are either Mt
tn" :>intc capital "r Mt the county seat,
whcuce ihcy send ont orders to be ex-
ecutri by appointed deputies, whereas
| TIE New EnrlhD,,crs are governed
mainly Ivy local U!icers who reside in
! the township. elect Il Ivy the
! township, n;,l are responsible only
10 the township. AS result in II