The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-02-28

few houses, and they the bigger kind
Why is this? have looked over tn,
Auditors books and saw such place.
that | knew. You can too if YOU
look. If there was no tax dodgine
taxes could be cheaper.
Some of the roads across the bot
toms are very bad and "foot passen.
gers can scarcely get along at all.
The streams are filled, some have
changed their courses and running
broad cast" over the bottoms.
"Rafts" are in the streams. Every
year the County Supervisor ays for
an advertisement warning the people
to clean out the streams as the law
says. Yet l know there are some
who utterly ignore this warning, l do
not think giving 1t any more atten-
ton than they would the croaking of
a frog in one of the ponds in these
bottoms. You can ride along the
road and hear the water pouring over
these distractions. Where does the
blame lie? There must be some.
The jury law being unconstitu
tional the legislature passed new
law in which they say there must be
so many men of good moral character,
&c. Ay, if they could always draw
meE of good, moral character, intelli-
gent, conscientious, there might be
great difference in the findings, and
with that kind of men everyone on
the g;and jury, violation of the law
would become less. but when there
are violators, immoral, unprincipled
men on either, what heed the people
to expect? For men to sit in a grand
jury room and fud true bills against
men for assault, for carrying con-
cealed weapons, gambling, especially
with negroes, is inconsistent and you
need not expect much from them.
Yet | have seen grand juror playing
cards with negroes, carry concealed
weapons and was guilty of as bad an
assault as any tried at Union in quite
a while and probably would have
committed the 'battery" if he had
not been so much of a coward. This
won't do.
In THE TINES of Jan. 31st in his
article speaking of the Editors
travels, Telephone said: eff there
is anything enjoy it is a trip in the
country, visiting hospitable farmers
homes, and there are plenty of such
homes all over our county" 1 feel
like thanking Telephone in behalf of
the plain country folks-farmers.
Farmers have always been the butt of
jokes in city papers. He is considered
greeny with hayseed in his hair,
slouched hat on his head, sunburnt
skin and hands as rough and horny
as crocodile's back, aud withall
dictionary of bad english and gram
mar, rough and uncouth. This may
partly be true, but under that
slouched wool hat is very often a
good brain, under that rough shirt
is warm patriotic heart beat ing, and
under the rough skin is as good
strain of blood coursing as can be
found anywhere, and for genuine
hospitality and thoughtfalness of ones
comfort, you can always End in th'
country in the farmers homes, ant
the city and town men going into tn,
country will find and say so. If 20,
happen around you are going to b,
invited to dinner, and can find vel
come lodging at night, receive tn
best there is at the place and can Sc
how one is tried to be made com
Portable, and then 60 away with no
a cent charged to him for board o.
lodging. You are welcome if 8
farmer can possibly do 50. If one il
not it is an exception and not tn
rule. Often entire strangers ar
given lodging and no charge. Thos
men know the country people like
to see them come among them, ant
of course they appreciate it. They
are gentlemen and like good com
pany in their rough rural way.
HEY DENVER.
TRUE, true, every word Of it 70
genuine, whole-souled hospitality
give us the Union county farmer
Among the greatest pleasures it ha