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W ' " /' >, s ' /I n i- * . ; ( ( [ " ' ' % c . , ? , | TiieT^NOFwieS'MA8-| 3" H ' -w-w TT IT A'\ HI rgl 1 -* 1' ->a -? 11 I Two Cottou Mills, one the III ' B jl P' Hi k IP rel ^ H/l /I ^ I 1 efck 1 ( ' 'lll'rfest Knitting Mill and II H H largest in tho South. Two Fur- Eg hv Si Kg 4 ? p* fgi f|j VV $ &i ^/' S *? ,i( 'tye Plant in the State. An Oil (j Jl nlturo and Wood Manufuctur- J, || ? | | I N W w ? ^ % I B I I ffl ! ' (({ ;w:,l Manufacturing Co. that || k Seminary. Water Works' and ,i! Jl Jl BL -BL*J ^L_J -<k_ J JL -L J -B_ JL ^L. w JL JL.^c2 I !i( Throe Graded Schools. Arte- [| (f| Electric Lights. ,\ _ (fa shin Water. Population G,5U0. j| YOL. L. NO. 40. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER^ 1900. #1.00 A YEAR. ~ t " ~ H* *< -;x- :;> ?<:- -;^ ?sa- o *.* -; *> f F. M. FARh President. / * GEO. MUNR^, Cashier, J. 1 | Merahasls' and P?as 3 ? x a Capital Stock J Surplus JR Stockholders' Liabilities a a Total V i, Dihectohs?J. A. Fant, \V X T. O. Duucan, J. T. Douglass, I * T Win. Coleman. ;; We Solicit Ye * CATAPHORE51S. DR, H. K. <^DENT CrcAvn and ^ Bridge Work. t 1900 OCTOBER 1900 ; Su. Mo. JU We. JIl fri Sal 11 1 2 3 j 4 5 6 : _7__8__9_ 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 : 28 29 30 31 UNION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. "the PROGRESS^ of union. BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORG WTII OF A N UP- COUNTRY TOWN. Wonderful Advance of Union in the Last Ten Years from a Mere Village to an Embryo Manufacturing City, with 7,000 Population, with Four Cotton Mills, a Knitting Mill, an Oil Mill and Numerous Other Industrial Enterprises?Total Capital of the Mills Nearly Three Million DollarsAll the Work of Energetic and Far-seeing Young Men Who Ha ve Taken the Reins in Their Own f Hands and Instead of the Old Country Town, with the Piovcrbial Two Hotels, of Which When You Stopped at Either Yon Wished You Had Stopped at the Other, arc Building a Modern City with Electric Lights, Trolleys, Water-works and a Sewerage System. Charleston News ami Courier. Union, September 25.--Speui.ii: Ten years ago Uuiou was numbered among the dead towns of the State and a revival was almost an impossibility. The old fogies and mossbacks /t predominated; they were satisfied with the town and several of them were heard to express themselves to that effect. At last, however, the young ole ment determined to take hold oi the reins, and as a result there was a general shaking of dry bines and the old town began to bo awakened from its Jlip yan Wiukle slumber. The first industry to spring up in the county ^was the Union Oil and Manufacturing Company, which made little headway Tor the first two or three years, but our people had made a start and they were not willing to become discouraged, and soon there was an effort on foot to 'build a cotton mill at the famous i Lock hart Shoals, some twelve miles Trpm town. There was enough stock S'poon subscribed to justify the aolieitation of outside capital iu llio enterprise. This was soon secured, and the .work was begun. Not long thereafter it was determined to build a mill in the town of Union. A meeting was held, books of subscription wero openfed and a board of directors elected. I MR. T. C. DUNCAN, ^a young and progressive merchant r.f the town, who has since become famous as one oi the leading cotton mill men of this country, was eio.tul presi j dent of the company and instructed to \ $ fA A T -;K- -sn*- -:K- -wf- ^ ?**H. FOSTER, Vice President, y [). ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. '? sl-ars' Nations! Bank I >>/. H. C. X $00,000 X 60,000 y 00,000 A $170,000 i v . H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, ?!< i. r. MeKlssick, A. II. Foster, T & tur Business. X ?*? ELECTRICS. SMITH, 1ST. | Union, S. C. - ) to work, which ho di 1 \vith*i will aud a determinati ui that couM 1 ut load to sueccis. result ho a; Id the required amount ol'atock, t?o0,<>00, :;U'I Lagan the buildiog of his m i), pushing tho work eo rapidly that he had it liniihod ami was making cloth bethre tho L>ckhart Mill was completed. It was a great success a id before it had been iu operation two yearn Mr. Duncan had determined to L . 1 1 . .1 * ? 1 .. l\ . I . :? .im4i:f uut'i' miviug 1:1 creased 1110 capital Htock of the ii: at mill to 8150,000. The success of the first mi!!, under Mr. .Duncan's excell-3.iL management, lml become so will uuown that ho bad not tho slightest trouble in securing all the stock he v i'iit.l for the building ol a 8850,01)0 mill. This mill was rushed to completion with tho samo indomitable push ar.d energy that has characterized Mr. Duncan's work ever since lie entered tho mill business, r.ud in eightceu months from tho time the dirt was broken lor tho biggest m il under one reef in the Southern Stati3 the mill was ready to go to wo'k inanufrcturing cloth. Lrjckhurt Mill had been completed in the meanlime and there was a large quantity of cloth being daily turuod out from the ce tton mills in Union county as the result, ol tho enterprise of tho yourg tutu who had taken hold of the reit s. OUIt SISTEK TOWN JONE3VILLK, some ten miles north of Union, realizing that there was money to be made in industries, broke tho ice by the building of an up to dato knitting mill, which has been in tucce^sful operation ever ticee. Union, seeing that .1 <.nf-Oi?i!lo !\o/l cnoK o r?/vAil Win r? I ? U Vilt.O V ii.u UUU CUV/il C% LUllljj i LI her knitting mill, doterminod to have one a!s>, and a stock company was formed, tho stock was rapidly taktn up, and soon the Union Knitting Mill was whining its machines merrily, It paid, of course, and when Unit u sscs a good thing these days tho is ready to push it along, so the next thing was to extend the knitting mill plant. More machines were ordered, h buildii g three times as large as tho old one was erected, a new engine put in anu now Union has a Sot).000 knitting ruiil, which is considered 01 e of the finest in tho South. Jonesville determined to reach out further iu tho industrial field ami a j >int stock company was organized ftr tho building of a cotton mill iu that growing town. Tho stock has been taken and the building is almost completed and tho machinery is arriving. In the meantime Jonesville had huiit a fiue plant fur making flour, which is receiving largo patronage from all parts of the county. But Union did not have enough cotton mills yet and Mr. Duncan begun to bestir himself ior another large mill. As usual all he had to do was to take hold and capital was waiting for him. He located this last plant some four milc3 from town on Buffalo Creek. To facilitate matters he said it would be necessary to build a railroad to that point. He did it and tho ground was then broken for TII12 BIO BUFFALO MILL, which is now above tho second floor. It will be run by electricity furnished from a large electric power plant to bj built near by, which will also supply the motive power for tho cars on his railroad and the exlonsion which isti run through town, giving Union the advantage of an electric street cat service in the very near future, -Fifty operatives' houses for this mill have already been finished and one hundred end fifty moro are g?in.]j up I litown is t > In ma 1-j a modern nsl! ti.wj, Mipplicd iviih electric Jigii'8 waltr-worha and fewvrag) hy-v ?a. which will connect iviih every houjo in the viliuge. 1, iCbharL M.'U.-', Hiding that the C;ii i'.te.o d'tlu ro ids in winter v? re j .such a3 to len hr the hauling of !h :r product lo the r abroad v. jy espon I nvc, ?!ct rnsiiicd to build a railroad I from their ruiil to the Sou tier a iti'I roa-J, wtiioh tho company did, tapping the Southern at. a paint panic ni les above Union. Kvorycno aim its that it v.*ss an oversight ia not tapping the Sou!him at Union. While Mr. Daucan was meet: ig with ho much success its mill lntilJing Mr. .7 ohn A. Fant, another of our c iplulists uud solid business men, determined to do some mill building hhustif. He organized a Block company, sold his stock and began building HIS MONARCH MILL, jnst outside the incorporate m, 0:1 the ea;-t side of town. This mill has been rushed rapidly, the main part of the building has been completed, the 11) >rj, of beautiful seasoned imple^ lmvc been laid aud the machinery is being set up a:i rapidly ss it ariives. This mill will be run by steam p)\ver. The south aide is weather!) oarded preparatory to the extension which is to tVlow soon. Jt is upon an eminence* and commands ;n excdlcnt bird's eye view of the surrounding country. Union's latest industrial enterprise is iho Union Hardwood Mauuf.ictur : ing Cimpauy, with a capital stock of ?l> (Klrt v.-LiMi l-.n-* inst. hiwr* nrvnni/ ! this wee it, with Mr. S. M. Rice prot-i lent and treasurer. lie has associated with him, among other , T. C. Duncan, A. 11. Foster, John A. Fan', and \\r. K. Walke', who arc am >ng the lurg.st capitalists in Uniou. The success of tho enterprise is assured with such men a. tho back oi it. As to projected iuduslries: A moveincur i.i un loot, but uot yet indefinite shape, to build ANOTHER COTTON MILL on tho Buffalo, or Union and Glenn Springs Railroad, for the manufacture of a coarser grade of cloth. It will he capitalized at about 8150,000, as near as I cau learn, and 1ms strong men behind it. Auother mill is to be built at Whin mire's. This is pretty well assured and the work will no doubt be began in a very short while. The people of Carlisle are also contemplating the building of a cotton mill. There are some very energetic men at this little city, fourteen miles below Uniou, the point at which the Seaboard crosses the Southern Railroad, aud if they get at it in earnest a mill will no doubt be the result. The capitalization of the mills mentioned above arc: Union, No. 1, 8850,000, 00,000 spindles; 13offal >, 8000,000, do,OOO spindles; Locklur., 8500,000, 25,000 spindles; Monarch, 8200,000, 10,000 spindles; Alpha, at Jonesville, 880,000, 5,000 spindle*; knitting mill, at Jonesville, 812,000; knitting mill, Union, 850,000; oil mil!, 821,000; mill, at Whi tome's, 8800,000,15,000 spindles. Besides th?se incorporated induetries there are NUMEROUS INDUSTRIES in Union of minor importance, and to cover ihe entire development of the town in improvements, etc, would require pages and more tunc than I huve to devote to the subject. I will, however, mention a few of them. Ail ot this progress has taken place in the last ten years, while our town has grown from an insiguiticaut village of some 15,000 inhabitants to the re 6pectable little city of some 7,000 souls. Some of the other improvements are: A board of health, a real estate agency, several new series of building un<1 Inun a oanr>i a t ? niia a finA trmnArv I WUVt AvMlt MVJWUV?l?V*V??WJ w ^tuuv* J J furniture manufacturing plant and fuixcy wood work, furniture repair and fanny scroll work, telephone system and long distanco connections, two iiue graded sohools, water-works, electric lights and a sewerage system to go in at once. Union has an urgent demand for houses to rent. Her greatest need now possibly is another railroad outlet. We will soon have one to Spartanburg and possibly to the Seaboard. It is being worked up. J. R. M. The following is an editorial comment by the editor of the News and 1 Courier upon the above article: , A STORY OF PLUCK AND PROGRESS, "'Ten years ago,' says our corre spondent, 'Union was numbered among the dead towns of the State, and a revival seemed almost an im possibility.' Itha.1 a p>}v;!a';oi < about 1 500, and w.u li'lel v.ii croaker* and prophets of rvli, v. n | prelcto 1 all sorts of cahuniry a -d :u | Aiied to balieva that 111c? 3 w s toI Irnst chance of roar recti',n. To 'a* | Union has a ;v>:> iln'i a < f 7.0 ) : : I j ilia re ia an 'u go.t .v.;jn.J f-r h : $ j to rent.' 'I ho dead t>w>i h^3 c *: ' life r.{; -.it!, l'-.c cr; .Lerj have d;<.:p pea red, the j topic ur? ,'u'i , j hp?, and capital c - 1 ba had !' r tho aski ; iudeul, the c-utsldcrs have hco 1 t; impressed \vi hike spirit of iho [..) v pii ihat the/ era huut:ng for Union chances an I not v/uiior; for the petolo of Uui >n to hunt them. How was tho informal! >n wrought By begging others to do f>r them wh;t thoy would not try to do for t li r\ *v%ao 1 tt ^ li ? !? n m?* ?? - k ' ? bugai jui vo;. . x? j U.I tilUil 'natural a lvautago?,' and l?3?i^ving that the world could not get along without them and had to take the n a* their own value and not at what'hr world took them to he Werth? No. In tin iir. t p'aee, Uuiou low no 'natural adva i luges' thut. arc not enmrnan to r.ciriy all the towns of the Pieltncmt region. It baa a good climate, good water, a Hue back?ountiy and a thrifty and intelligent population; but in all theae respects it is exactly like the rest of the up country, aid has estj >yed no special opportunities on account ot' special posav.ion?. It hua had only one railroad, which gave tlie town no advantages in rater; i ,uaj not hud lijo benefits of water transportation, ami 1ms uot halauy largo number of ria^ men with big bank balance? and unlimited credit. 118 prejent marvellous progress bis been the result of well directed elibrt on tie part of its own people, and their employment of their O.vn mtvis Ibr th? promotion oi their own iutcr csts. A handful of man with faith in themselves and regard for tin town have made Uaion, la the ourss of te.i year?, ouo ot the most progressive and flourishing commuuitiea ia the South. T. C. Duucan has led ia the work of building up the town, aud ho has had the assistance. ia all that lie haa undertaken, of Jao. A. Faut, \V. H. Walker aud others of liko public spirit and business senso?wo wish we could give the name3 ol all who have helped ia tho work of reconstruction They deserve well not'ouly of thei; neighbors, but of the* peoplo cf the State, because in rebuilding Union they have contributed to the material welfare and progress of the Stale. Read the story our correspond out tells to day, aud think it there is no' encouragement in it for soma othoi communities ia the Stato which arc going at a limping gait, and aro put ting their trust ia 'natural advau tages', which are unimproved fronr year to year. Catch the spirit ol UaioUj-if you cau. Stand by youi town; talk against those wh o talk against i'. and help it with youi money. About fen years ago a cotou oi mill was started in Union aud it had a hard time to keep going ; it didn'i pay ; lost money, but the people stuck toil and made it successful. The oil mill wa3 ioiioweu ay a col ton mm and another aud another, until fro a an unpromising beginning in industrial development, the town ha^ pushed ahead until tho whole country has been stirred by the spirit cf pro grea?, and Lockhurt shoals, Jones ville, Whitmires, Buffalo Creek ant Carlisle liavo joiued in tho move meat, which will result in Uniot County becoming one of tho most im portant manufacturing counties in tin State. With its seven cotton mills representing an investment of $2,500, 000, and hardwood factories, etc. etc , and its knitting mills and cotton oil mill, there can be no doubt of tin future of the town and couuty. The splendid recovery of Mobili aud the revival of Union, when tin baud of death was strong upon it, ar full of encouragement to those win are despondent in other communitic about what is to become of them The fittest will survive. Thia is tru< of towns as well as of individuals Union helppd itself and the worl< is helping it, and this is the lessoi of thb story. The Department of State has beei informed that a decree of the empero and empress orders the degradatio of four princes and deprives I'rinc Tuau ot his salary and official sei vants. He is to bo brought for trin before the imperial clan court. Western freight men, not only ( the railroads proper, but of the fat freight lines, have received iustruc tions to immediately restore all rati to tariff and maintain them on tl; ' established basis, or, in other word general agents who have been oflerin > bargain sale tariffs must absolute! ' restore rates. ' -wm. BANKS ,! RESPECTFULLY 'Banking Business and And promise you the the best s rrg-ATrrr^apo* mcnyumj- ciijcyyjc rr "syv-K , i ? tp-x xujq LOGKIiAHT JUNCTION. Mr. E lit -r:?AfUr a taw week's ib.e ici I write aj'i'.u as I h*va oar.i j hard at work gathering up ih? Utile whito sluft you ci'.I catt>u, and tiie ] other en xt crop3, a'ter this wchavej gathered a few dots from this ,i I-.-, j I'll 3 cjtt >'i crop ia l!i is seadoi is! to -ufc one-third *?f a crop. Wo have ;c i*n?l u good rain at lad, Ir.j too into : to do the c oltoa and corn any good. j ^ Toe weather has bo 11 sinn c > >'ci 1 sine"1, which has improve 1 the Deli ig 1 of man, as tha past weather has been | v so hot. | ? Wo have heard too rioting of him-1 a ni.ve at .his p'aoc on t'l : building of j? I a now stor i li vise hero for 31 r. J. It j Hughe*. Mr. ilagh(8 is a gom c'ti' !. >:? of Che r do e c r.ui'y, near (J iwdeyu i ;iii?;ho lias b.mi s.i.i ig goods at;1 ! that p!".cj. lit cornea to this place.' [ to do buaioea) as a merchant. Weiwe'ojins Mr Mushes here aa l other3 h ; w.i) may co.na. 11 i The lumber una matt rial h.u boon laid d iWL' hero to build a depot at *> j this place. ' Mr. Dm While Inn conic horae j j ironi lira work ii Spartanburg. Ho p1 I lias been working with the Trolley j Car Company, lie any a it i> doing a i c.ood bnSiu?33. Mr. John Pickens lias gouo to * , | Union to clerk. c The Four.h Q mrterly Conference w.ia held at 1) 'thlehem church Sept. 22. ' Mr. L. .). Guilt has completed his uew dwelling house. Moxv. 51 SEVEN WEEKS OFF. I, i . The Confederate Veterans Reunion, ; Georgia Division in Augusta. ' I I Tho second annual re-union of -the Georgia Confederate Veterans will bo ; t, held at Augusta, Ga., November 3-1, 1 t 15. Id, 1000. 1L is now just seven weeks bof jre the )' ? re union of the.old Confederate veto* 1 . rana of Georgia and South Carolina. . Xhi3 ;c-uniou should be a memorable i oceas.-i ;u from the fact that many of f tho old comrade a'o growing ripo in I c old age an 1 it may be toe la-t time ! : they will have au opportunity of seeing ! p tho-:o whom they stood shoulder to ] shoulder with during the trying days ( | of the bO'a. 1 [ Another fact worthy of mention is 1 l that they will have tho opportunity of ( r meeting the comra Is of old South Car| oli.ia, the state in which secession was ' born, and no doubt there are many i South Coroliniaas who now leside in . Georgia aud many Georgians who re- 1 , aide in South Carolina, all of whom wiil 1 j have an oppotuuity of meeting aud 1 . mingling with each othor on the . banks ot the Savannah river, at Au- 1 1 gusta, during this year's re-uuiou. Another fact that should lend en- 1 i chautinent to this occasion is, that . the people of Augusta are noted far 3 aud wide for their unbounded hospitality to their guests. And they in* . teud bunding every effort to make this a long to bo remembered occassiou I o t for tluse whom wa love, because it a may be many cf in will have flic pleasure of doing their part in makn ing life pleasant for our old comrads. 0 The railroads of Georgia aud South q Carolina are detormiud to do their r) parts manfully and aao to it that a b very low r.ito is given to all sections of tho two states that everybody may 3 bo plesaut on this festive occasaiou. (> The different committees iuteud 1 using overy effort for the eomfort aud 3 pleasure of all who will be here on the 14th, 15th, 16th of November. The Chairman of the following com! mittee will no gial to answer any 1 queries that may bo made by those " who wish information concerning the _B different departments, i Hon Boykin Wright, President. Jacob I'hinizy, Chairman Finance. P. H. Kick, Chairman Decoration. >f Ahram Levy, Chairman Advertis?t ing. E. B. Pilc'iier, Chairman Bureau '8 of Information. e A. B. Saxon, Chasrraau Camp 8. Fires and Hall. | ... Bubacribe for The Time*. ' LSBN & SON,? :rs. SOLICIT YOUR Your Fire Insurance, best protection and ervice. USED TO RUN a hotel Kiicmv How to Sympathize With a Landlord. Washington Post. 41 was up at Niagara Fallf the ithcr day," said a Washington man. 'The summer rush lias just begun. iVhilo I was in the cflico a guest enernd to register. Tho landlord sized h;: arrival up as a kicker while he vas writing his name in the register, ,nd b**anything could be said l?ou , r i rales or conveniences he b3ervvd:''. "l'Vr'i.ips you iiava made a mistake t lh: .ijti.1. Tilia ii the Great View i h . The Small View House is '.< < i ?c\s clown the street." ' i ..5 is the p'aie I want," replied he 4 ii .1 ur rooma are small and the i.'Is oulhi.ig to brag of." r.ial will be all right. 1'vo been ; in a hall bed room on a shelf past" -mere is no roaring to be heard tore!" 41 I'm glad of it." ,4And the meals are very plain." 4 Th.at suits no. I've got dyapepia. and Ll? ^ nliinnr th? mp#la ? >"? >etter." "You don't object to haud organs >y day and eqalliug babies by night?" "Not the slightest, I've roamed til over Europe, aud you cannot have mything hero to compare." The landlord saw that he had made i mistake in siziog the man up, but ie hated to admit it, and therefore jontiuued: "My rates aro $3 a day." "That's cheap enough for a hotel lere," replied the man. "Do you "look for the rainbows over he falls". "Not a bit of it. If they come tlo.ig ihl take my share, but any old )o\v will do for me." "Arc you afraid of typhoid fever?" "No, sir." "There's only oue cataract here." "I don't want any more. Give me Llse poorest, smallest room in the bouse and if you waut to put a man in with me all right, aud I'll use anything for a wash basin and furnish my own soap and towel. Your rates ire 83 a day. Here is 8100 to start in." "Lord, Lord, but what kind of a man are you?" gasped the landlord as his head began to swim, "I? Oh, I used to ruu a hotel here myseii ana l know now to sympathize!" smiled the guest. "Just let things run along the same as if I was not here. If it is handy give me clean sheets once in two weeks, but don't go to putting yourself out or worrying over me. Here's for thirty-three days in advance, aud in case you run short anytime just let me know and I'll lend you $500 to get along with." - m? Possibly tho President may have to send tho troops hack to China in a month or two to rescue the legation guard, hut meanwhile they are so badly needed at Manila that they have to he sent there; It seems pri .'.Ically certain that a definite break has taken place between oeciv'ary Ilay and President McKinley. Tho former, although he has been absent from his post lor months on a plea of ill health, is known to be perfectlv well aud strong. The politicians arc trying to guess the cause of tho break but so far have not produced a plausible explanation. The Secretary of the National Glass Company?the glass trust?has admitted to the Industrial Commission that the trust is selling flint glass abroad for 15 per cent, less than at home, despite the cost ot transports* tion. It is pleasant news that the Amorican consumer pays to supply the foreigner with his glass oheap. v / I