The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-02-17

;talize. Boys, its ridiculous th
y. way > you did Mr.. Sherlock Holmes
the Progress man, and now o,
top OF it comes two Of your car
respondents, with articles whicl
are g rank persecution of sith,
peoples paper" the champion o1
all that is good and holy.
One OF your correspondents
suggests that, like charity. Prog
ress war on denominations Should
begln nearer home. Let be. giye
her q Chance and maybe Prog.
ress may yet do the county,
great good, and if she does moi
wind up as the Judge of the
twelve tribes of Isreal, she might
get to be the DR.. Parkhurst OF
Union. No doubt she will prompt.
iy act upon the bills of indict-
ment against the various evils of
Union, presented by one of your
correspondents. No doubt, if
you give her a chance, she will
hew to the line and let the chips
fall where they may" We have
no doubt thgs she would not hes
itate to take UP the cudgel against
the money-sharks and usurers
ana tax-dodgers. a war on the
former of which would be an
propriate at this time, as a re-
fight, is being made on
by the newspapers of Charleston,
Columbia and Charlotte. While
Progress is having her cuts of
the chicken fighters made, let
her secure the pictures of the
tax-dodgers and usurers from
Dan to Beersheba. We suggest
for a text that Progress preach
on the following subjects:
He that putteth not out his
money to usufy nor taketh re-
ward against the innocent: he
that doeth these things shall
never be moved" Ps. Is: 5.
Thou hast taken usury and
increase, and thou hast greedily
gained of thy neighbors by ex-
tortion and hath forgotten me,
saith the Lord Cod" Ezekiel
%: IL.
Hath given forth upon usury,
and hath taken increase: shall
he then live? He shall not live,
he that hath done all these abom-
nations: He shall surely die"
Ibid. 18: 13.
Eft TIE BRUTE! And you, Mr..
Editor, saw fit in a recent issue
to compare "the peoples paper"
to a Police Gazette, because il
had published some vulgar ex-
pressions unfit for decent people
to read. / submit to you, Mr..
Editor, that in the very next is,
sue Progress did the AMENDE
HONORABLE and made a confess
sion in "open court" so to speak
cHonest confessions are good
for the soul"). The law books
say: "A confession, when the free
prompting Of a guilty conscience
unincited by hope or fear, is ev
idence. / am sure, while look
ing up the law on chicken-fght
ing, Progress will go further ant
publish Section 1893 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
States, which says:
Every obscene, lewd, or laciv
ious ''' print or other publication
|of an indecent character ar,
hereby declared to be non-mail
able matter. +@* And any person
who shall knowingly deposit, O
cause to be deposited, for mail
ing or delivery, anything de
clared by this section to be non
mailable @'' shall, for each an,
every offense, be fined upon con
viction thereof not more thai
five thousand dollars, or impris
oned at hard labor not more thar
J five years, or both, at the discre
ton Of the court"
PLYMOUTH Rock
P. s. / am opposed to chicken
fighting. but it is a pity tina
Progress was not content wit
washing Unions dirty linen 9
home, without airing it in tn
| Charleston and Columbia news
papers. P. r.