The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 07, 1899, Image 4
[THE UNION TIMES
Published Every Friday.
?by the?
UNION TIMES COMPANY
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L. G. Young, Manager.
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UNION", s. C , JULY S, 1S9J.
mm \faint heart ne'er wot
K^\ FAIR *<ADV"
Ih8b& ' lie County Recorder of Bishop
U I says:
wo underst and that there is some
hEB^B p in the oil mill business or
lint of the fenr entertained t>:
| of the subscribers that the;
HV 'incur liability for the debts o
I corporation. This is ubsurd
M law spee.'cliy provides that tin
HK 1 hoi dors of banks shall be liabb
. jiiii their stock for an equa
B^P^^amount, but there is no such require
* ments as to industrial enterprises.'
Bishopville, nor any other place
will ever become a manufacturin
place or prosper to any extent whil
they have such pessimists at the lieai
of affairs as The Recorder complain
of. The question never entered th
minds, of the movers in Union'
destiny of liability, for any per cen
of their subscription in excess of wha
was paid in, nor of anything but th
size of the dividend.
Let us tell our hesitating neighbor
a little story.
In 1893 a few of Unions wide awak
business men decided to build a cot
ton mill?ideas indelinite?but some
thing like a $100,000 mill. Our broa
minded mayor, Jno. A. Fant. ani
phenomenon in mill construction. T
> C. l>uncan. waited on our citizens to
subscription and secured about .$5H,
00U. Next week they made a contrac
for brick and material for a cottoi
mill?with a board of directors wb
/ had nerve to endorse the mill pape
for thousands of dollars, the buildinj
was completed and machinery in
stalled at a cost of about $150,000
The stock jumped to 125 and sul
ticient issued to take up outstanding
liabilities. In 1890 the contract \va
given for 4,000,000 brick for the ne\
78,000 spindle mill with hardly an;
subscription pledged ; only the direc
tors and machinery men intimated
that they would see President Duncai
through. He did some sweating
before he completed the largest mil
in the South, but he did it?ha
every dollar of stock placed and pnyin
good dividends to the lucky stockholders
(The regular semi-annual dividend wa
paid on lirst).
He is now making preparations b
build third mill, which will be finishei
in the next twelve months, though i
railroad will have to be built threi
miles to the site. When the nev
mill, "Bulfalo," is installed this com
' pany which started business in ISM
with a subscription of only .$114,(MM
/ /will have more spindles in operatioi
than any mill company in the Soutl
| and a capital stock of nearly two mil
f lion dollars.
This is no fairy tale but a tru<
synopsis of our development as a mil
town. It is within the reach of al
towns if they get the right men a
the head of the movement to approacli
us, but a wish-a-washy, hesitating
management does not inspire con
fidence in outside investors, am
without them no big enterprise car
be built up.
We challenge the South for anothei
such record.
RROGRRSSIVRNRSS.
? Our city fathers have risen equal t(
I the occasion. A sprinkler has been or
A dered, est1 mates have been asked, foi
V Macadamizing the streets and for sewer
age.
| If cost of sewerage does not go toe
high tbey will ask the people for monej
to put it in at once. The work will
have to be done in a few years anyways,
i to keep Union in the front ranks as a
* healthy place and besides it can be done
now at half the cost if work should be
delayed till after Macadamized roads arc
' built. We learn that their intention is
to buy a rook crushing plant aud do ths
r news of the new cotton mill which is
mentioned by the Headlight, State and
. Manufacturer's Uecord of last week.
- O i April 14 tli we wrote, while advooatiti*
the r. ihoal from I.ocklnut heio as a
. fealer to the Siutheru, "that the Glenn
Springs ro id would he commenced this
summer mi 1 a new cotton mill of at
^ least 50,000 spindles would be V reeled
alonj its line * " and a doubling up
at I.ockhart." Neither I'res, Duncan
* nor Pres. C.irey are given to blowing, as
some of the leaders of our adjoimug tv.iil
> towns and requested us to h^ffTon until
1 something definite iiad Ikk.ii accomplished.'
The cat is out of the bag on the
f new mill on Ihiltulo and we will let her
. out on I.ockliart hv stating that a corps
e of engineers will ride over the route
e from Crawford's, 'I miles below Union,
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to Lackliart's toilay and if the rights of
, way can be secured work will begin in
next thirty days on the railroad and the
p new mill at that place.
We hope the land owners along the
j route, will give the necessary right of
way. promptly, otherwise Jonesvillc will
^ secure the road, as the rights of way h we
been secured aloug tlut route. Under
s tlie contract with the Southern the mill
people will have to secure the right of
* way and grade the road. As the road
e will open up that particular section ol
the country, with convenient stations for
8 the farmers to got to town or to the mill
with their produce, we hops the individe
ual will rise above self and do a good
i- deed lb his neighborhood by giving the
)- mill people the right to run through their
u lands. It would be au act pro bono
il publico, to say nothing of the naturally
enhanced valuation of the land with
r the adition of convenient railroad facil.
ities. This is probably the only appalls
tunity the people in the corner between
n the S. U. A C. H. 11. and the river
0 will ever have to get a railroad: for
should Lockharl Mills decide to build
r
to Jonesville or Orr's instead of Cra vford
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3 and Union there is nothing ehe to ever
( cause another road to be built, for should
' Xeul Shoals ire develoi>ed the natural
route for a railroad will Ire Carlisle or
" down the river to the G. C. A. N. road.
s Now is the time. Meet Pres. Carey half
v way and you can cet a railroad and a
y maiket value for your land. The citi*
/ens and land owners along the route
i should come- together and contribute
n some assistance in work or money.
I While the Union route will be shorter
1 tlian that to Jonesville there will be
s several bridges to build which will cost
g big money, lu ten or fifteen years there
. will be 30U,0(K) spindles buzzing at Locks
hart and it is woith a great effort and
some sacrilice to any community to get
0 in touch with such a place.
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i PREPARE AOT TO WEEP.
B "Capt.Wm. McGowan has a splendid
r set of young fellows in his company
- here. There Is pretty strong talk
among theiri about going to the Phil,
ippines. If the stalwart captain
were to say the word and take the
1 lead there would be more than one
i fair Spartan lady whose heart would
- go to the Pacifiic islands. The
peculiarity about this company is
that, from the captain down, they
3 are all handsome bachelors."
' The above is clipped from the Spar'
tanburg correspondence to the State.
t Woni.niin.lo, .1-. n 1
?. V *%*v/ vauuvt iui|iiunnivii lllUl uupt.
1 Mctlowan had enough experience in
* the late war to know that the society
of the fair ladies of Spartanburg and
1 Glenn Springs is preferable to service
1 in camp, though ho may feel satisfied
he has their hearts with him. The
r fair ones can rest easy?there is no
Philippine service for that company
if they follow their leader.
' The rei>orts of the high waterj in
Texas get worso and worse. The latest
r reports state; that over 100 lives have
l>ceii lost, 2.10 railroad and 400 county
bridges washed away and the estimated
> loss of property is now about $10,000.'
000. The half has n>t yet been told.
I It is said that the disaster is so nppaling
that a description is impossible.
! The dangers of a malarial atmos1
phere may be averted by occasionally
taking Dr. M. A. Bim/nons Liver
Medicine.
anm mi ? hmmM
Makes tiie food more tie
ftQvAl GAKIKtt rp-A
w?>rk of Macadamizing witli chain gang.
The council is cn the right track. The
school bonds have been paid off atul we
can stand another small issue for sewerage.
It may come a livlo heavy on this
generation hut it is like any other im>
provement that n i>erniancut, our chil*
dren will get the b .'ne.it.
Let the food work gj on.
SUPPRESSING Tillv NEWS.
We iriead miiilv to snnnrpssinr tlio
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^ Powder i
^URE
ilicious and wholesome
Death at Carlisle.
Mrs. Nettie Ilill, wife o' Itoluid Hill,
died on July 4 and was buried at Fishdam
old graveyard < 11 the 3th. She
! leaves two infant boys an J a host of
j friends and relative'.
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j jjjj maintenance of heaith; it is S
E an easily assimilable form of ?
tz nourishment in illness, and si
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? shattered nerves and in con- g
S valescence. A doctor writes: 5
S 441 have found it especially =j
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2 nursing mothers. lam high- 5 J
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1$ DI TORI Ah BRIEFS.
Who wants to enlist for the Philippines?
Don't all speak at once.
llalloting for candidates at the
general elections of New York city is
something of an expensive atlair. It
costs about $ 100,000 to the taxpayers
for the casting of the half million
votes of Greater New York.
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Among the number recently pardoned
by the governor wo notice the
name of John Dill, who some live
years ago killed an oftlcer of tho law
who had him in charge. We arc
curious to know the grounds upon
which the pardon was asked.
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The Spanish government will take
steps to ascertain how many Spanish
rnci/1 nr? o /xf f"1 ? i ^ -1
~~* .. ivomuuwui vuuu imunu runilillling
loyal to the crown, by opening
registers at Havana, Manila and San
Juan, same to remain open one year
from date of treaty of Paris bearing
on the matter.
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The light weight championship is
now held by Frank Erne, of Bulhilo.
In a hard fought battle with George
Lavigne, of Baltimore, in which both
received severe punishment, Erne
showed his superiority over the heretofore
light weight champion of the
world. Lavigne was badly beaten.
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July Urd was Schley Day, being the
tirst anniversary of his great naval
victory at Santiago. The day was
celebrated in New York, Philadelphia,
Omaha and several other large cities.
Rear Admiral Schley and Mrs. Schley
spent the day with Col. A. K.
Clure, editor of the Philadelphia
Times. A reception was given him
at night at which over two thousand
wern nro?r>nf
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Special to State.
"Rock llill, July 1.?A moat plensing
sight to our citizens is the street
improvement so long needed and
which is now in active operation on
Kast Main Street. The street is being
thoroughly macadamized and the big
7">00 pound roller, lately purchased,
is doing the work beautifully. The
wide-awake street committee deserves
much credit for this innovation."
When can a similar telegram be
sent from Union? Our street coini
mittee wont even sprinkle the streets
J though they have muddy water lit
for nothing else.
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The big coal combination which has
been on foot for sonic time, of the
| mines of the Pittsburg district seems
] to have come to a focus, tho scheme
I having consummated in tho formation
i of a gigantic company of $80,000,000
capitalization, 10,100,000 of which is
prciuticu stuca wiui u u per cent,
gun run teed dividend. It is said (he
price of conl need not be inerensed by
this combination in order to pay
dividends us only the bost paying
plants will be run. Jiut a rise in
price is the usual result to the consumer
of all these trusts and coinbines,
but we shall see later. Wood
is getting scarce and the demand for
coal Is increasing.
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Dr. W. F. Brnuner, who has ^
recently resigned liis position as Sanitary
Iuspector of Havana, reports a
gloomy outlook ' for health in Cuba.
Ha suys the ligures that have been
published to show how healthy
Havana is as compared with former
years arc misleading. lie says it is ^
fortunate for the Americans thut ll o ?i
rainy seusoti is lato this year, as the
fever is sure to come with tho rain. *
Ho is not at all pleased with tho san- .
itary conditions of Cuba after an
American occupat ion of many months. s
He says that while it is a loss, pecuniarily
to give up tho place, there are
other things beside money to consider
in this life.
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The thanks of our citizens are due
tho young men who were instrumental
in the organization of the Union Ath- <
lelic Club. They have afforded us a
great deal of pleasure, recreation and *excitement
by the games they have <
so far pulled off in Union, and the
prospects are good for plenty more ,
during the summer. We can now 1
realize what we have been missing
all these years, and wonder why this '
thing was not (lone long ago. It is J
very pleasant to note how the-7tiling
men of Union have been stepping to ]
the front in the lust six or eight year,
and the result is a perfect revolution t
of the old Union of former days.
1IAPPEX1NGSON THIS 4TII. ]
Two Ladies Were Hurt. Another 1
Slightly Bruised.
There was a fourth of July celebra- ^
tion at Lockhart Tuesday and quite
a number of young ladies and gen- 1
tlemen from the Union mill attended
in vehicles. They spent a very
pleasant day at Lockhart, enjoying ]
the festivities of the occasion, and (
started back on a night ride homeward.
One of the vehicles, a surray^
contained live persons, Miss Jessie Jester,
Miss Addic Pruitt, Miss Daisy
Barfiehl, Mr. W. A. Jister and Mr.
L. Woodruff. While descending the .
hill approaching Little Brown's Creek
the wheels ran into a ditch on the 4
roadside partially upsetting the con.
veyancc and dumping two of the
young ladies, Miss Jessie and Miss
in 4 li n (li 4aIi ttrlii 1 a \(iao
ill tllv UUV/ll IT 11 lit i'llOO X A U*
itt jumped out on the opposite side
as also did the two men. Miss Barfield
escaped with only a slight bruise,
while Miss Jester received a hard fall
tho shock of which rondered her unconscious,
in wich state she still re- .
mains at her home on factory hill.
She seems to be suffering considerable
pain. Miss Pruitt in jumping
from the surray struck the whoel <
which caused her to get a hard fall.
She was slightly injured and severely
shocked. She is also confined to her
bed, due, tho doctor thinks, to the
severo shock to the nervous system.
Both ladies were taken to a houso
nearby until medical aid arrived.
They were brought home a little later.
Both gentlemen escaped injury. It
is to be hoped that the young ladies
will soon recover from the shock.
DON'T.
Buy your coal till you have seen us.
We are strictly "in it" and will give
tho trade the benefit. Bear in mind
that when jtou buy coal from us you
will not get dust and dirt.
Respectfully,
MoLUBE Sc GILBERT.
Childrens mid-summer frocks made
wi mu uuu iimsiiuu win
give more satisfaction from a wash
and wear standpoint than any fabric
we could recommond. Price S cents.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All |>ersons having claims against the
estate of K. M. Littlejolm are hereby
notified to present the same properly attested
to tlie undersigned, and all persons
indebted to said estate must make
prompt settlement.
Leila C. Littlejolm,
24-4t. Administratrix.
It's no U:
To get anything to take
There's more durability and sol
seat you can get; besides they c
taste and refinement, and no ho
We have the nicest line to
Union, and we are holding dow
economical buyers can enjoy th
There are "no flies" on thes
your house if you use our sere
here at one-third less than the
elsewhere?and we handle the
Freezer, the best made.
BAILEY FURI
When Jul
The average dealer usually
he time Til IIS STORE makes
:CLEANL\G UP" summer sto<
rufits. We know that if we ^
he mid-eummer months, you
?all needs are on ?you will nat
tore that each and every day
CASH TF
lust a few hints to you fo
?.1 j i i 1.
^uil iimsiicu yuru-wiuu uieacuci
our price
STice quality check Nainsook o
soft finish
Unbleached Domestic Shirting,
Fine printed Summer Lawns, 4(
stripes
F. C. Summer Ventilat d Corse I
40c
L<adies French Ribbed bleached
10c
beautiful line of Japanese Foldi
nations of Oriental colors..
Sxtra fine Sheer White Lawn,
our special at
31cached Table Damask, 58 inc
special
Fine French Organdies, printed
Skirting Duck in White Navy,
all good fast wash colors....
Fast black glossy 13iilliantine, I
lood Linen Huck Towel, no
our price *..
When you ask to se
jlauze Fast Blaek Hose,
" enter, but tbe nrinp in n
The Old 1
A. H. Fos
POT THIS IN
If you have anytli
the country produ<
it to
The Parloi
L. s TOW
will buy It at the highest cash
in the grocery line, heavy or fs
The Parloi
L. S. TOW
will sell it to you and yon wil
till we meet at the counter,
L. S. TOWN;
cp to trv
J
the place of Rattan Rockers,
lid comfort in them than any
:arry with them an air of good
me is complete without tnem
select from ever brought to
n the price so that the most
em.
>e goods neither will they be in
en doors and windows, made
pirce j ou pay when ordered
; White Mountain Ice Cream
NITURE & L
/
ly Sets In
''lets up" a little, but July is
extra efforts?the time when ^
:k, means more to us than
ivateh your interests through
will remember us when the
urally pin your faith to the
makes prolitable buying for
^AULKb.
r your July Trading.
d Long Cloth, value Tc.
5 c
r small cross-bar Muslin,
5 c
7-8 of a yard wide, only.. 2 c
) inches wide, plaids and
5 c
L in white, all sizes, value
25 c
Cotton Undervests, value
5 c
ng Fans, in many coinbi
5 c
linen finish, value 15c.
. 10 c
lies wide, worth 50c, our
. 25 c
in beautiful floral effects..12?c
Military Blue and Black,
10 c
ine lustre 10 c
fringe, 18x30, value 25c,
10 cT ?
te No. 4?7?Ladies Fine
you will think it a 25
nly lOo.
Reliable,
%
ter & Co.
YOUR HAT. '
ling whatever in
:e line to sell take
aaa'aaSa
r Hrnrprv
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i/NSEND
price3. If you need anything
incy, go to
r Grocery.
/NSEND
]l'A.bc glad you came. Yours
SEND, Mgr.
nBK- vfl Hl 1
.UMBER CO. "
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