The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 24, 1905, Image 4
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UNION, H. C., NOVKMBEU 21, 1905
We have heard of. rend of. am
even placer, Minds ami obscure
out-of-the way, well arranged, seercl
places w hero whiskey was sold b\
what is now known as Minn tigers
but never before has it been knowi
t ? man or thought of by the most
ingenious and fertile mind of man ti
sdl whiskey in a church. It has
been left to the negro sexton of tin
Kpiscopd church in Vorkville tc
carry on this illicit, cliauoiieat irunic
in tlic church in tliat town.
The holding company of the
I'tiion and .Huffnlo Cotton Mills
proposes to satisfy the creditors ol
these mills by issuing 1st preferred
stock at d percent. This of itsell
will iuci,',a>o the capital stock to the
extent of such issue of stock to
creditors. If the old organization
should by this lie forced to go
through bankruptcy, and the new
organization and holding company
huy at the bankrupt sale, that will
leave the original stockholders out
in the cold, and the mill properties
'-T-lntii tlui lunula Ail stranger*,
Northern capitalist. Phis is what
ha* bepu aimed at from start to
tinish.
Arrangements arc now being
mule by the Southern cotton mills
to ship the output of the mills dit
to foreign markets and thus
out out tin: commission merchants,
through whom sales of the maim t
i it t .? ?
iaoiureu goons nave nerotoiorc oeen
made at the enormous expense of I
per cent, com missions. In this
way the Southern cotton mills have
lx?en at the mercy of the merciless
money sharks and have paid nianj
hundred thousand dollars. All ol
this could have been given to the
consumer- i 11 the reduced price ol
the cloth, now it will be. The
question of commissions is one ol
the causes of the breach between
Lucas ami Milliken.
THAT DAM DAM.
By injunction the Columbia Eleetrie
Street liailway Light and I'owei
Company purposes to compel the
Cnion Manufacturing and Powei
Company to let an<l continue to let
and not cut oil' the natural tlow ol
water in the channel of the Broad
river, by any arbitrary measure or
means in its power at the Neal
Shoals dam. f 11 other words tlx
Vn ion Manufacturing Company
must give to the Columbia Electric
Street Itailwav Light and Power
Company all of the water the river
affords, even if it he necessary to
open and keep open the gates, regardless
of the conditions at the
Neal Shoals electric power plant,
and in case of a protracted drought
and utter lack of rainfall so that all
of the water above tho dam is not
sufficient to supply the demands of
the Columbia Electric Street, lhiilwuy
bight and Power Company,
then the president of the Union
Manufacturing and Power Company
is and will he required to cause it
to ruin until that stream will alVord
a aulficient supply of water to satisfy
the demands of the Columbia Electric
Street Railway Light and Power
Company, otherwise the Union
Manufacturing and Power Company
will he held for damages, whereby
the arbitrary i>owcr alleged to be
ticru-cd 'O' the Union Manufactur
ing and Power Company will l>o
transferred to the Columbia Electric
Street Railway Light and Power
Company. And further, ii this
does not satisfy the Columbia Electric
Street Railway Light and Power
Company the reorganization committee
and holding company and
the Southern Railway Company,
then the Noal Shoals electric power
plant is to Ik- turned over to those
corporations as assets, and if this
docs satisfy all of these corporations
then the Union and Clcnn Springs
> railroad must go in tin; same way,
' all of which will <)oubtlcss bo regarded
by these corporations as a
very modest demand. The little
j l>oat ought to join in this complaint
because it ran not go from Columbia
to Ceorgclown unless the Union
Manufacturing and Power Company
i give it water from the Broad river,
f Now it must be observed that for
the past three months there has
been less rainfall than for many
years previous at this time of the
I year. For this the Columbia Eloe.
trie Street Railway Light and Power
t Company holds the president of the
Union Manufacturing and Power
, Company responsible?and justly
i so?because he is expected in his
t alleged exercise ??f arbitrary power
? to do this, therefore liai.? been guilty
> of a breach of trust and derelict in
; his duty to himself, Ins company
> and his neighbors.
While the attorneys for the Columbia
Klectrio Street Railway bight
and Power Company were present*
i ing their case before Judge Towni
send asking for an injunction Mr.
' K. N. Chisolm, engineer for the
1 city of Columbia was at the Neal
; Shoals dam making investigations
: in support of the allegations of said
, complaint, and while there he saw
Hie water running over the dam and (
when he got hack to Columbia he |
found that there was no lack of
water. The only time at which
the water below the dam could have
, been lessened was during the tilling
of the dam, and after full the water
floNVwl \?v?* itra <lu.ia uiwl it?o wvvy?V^y '
vt<in lAiusu 10 null, prior 10 100 CI08i
ing of the gates for the purpose of
filling of the dam.. Another thing
is obvious. There are more and
; larger tributaries to Broad river
i below the dam, that is between the
dain and Columbia, than there is
i above the dam, so that the water
supply is greater by reason of these
tributaries between Columbia and
the dam than above the dam, so
that practically very little water is
i held by the dam, so far as Columbia
; is concerned. The Neal Shoals
> electric power plant is about ready
' to furnish power for the running of
F the machinery in the Union cotton
! mills but no steps are being taken
i to attach the transmission wires,
: localise the reorganization committ
tec have not the control of this
i power plant, and control is what is
wanted, and must be obtained at
all hazards.
"LIVE AND LET LIVE."
This is a trite saying, hut neveraII
* ? * ?
11it'K'km a goou motto lov every one
to adopt and practice, to live and
lot live. We have followed with
pleasure and increasing interest and
have Wen in full sympathy with
and aided in our feeble way the
now perfect organization of the
Southern Cotton Association. It
has been truly gratifying to note
how so nearly .-olid have the fanners
stood to and earned out the
purpose <?f this movement. Cnder
the instructions and advice and hv
virtue of their pledges the cotton
acreage and use of fertilizers in
) ltK)o were reduced, eotton held for
J 10 cents, all of which worked out
j according to predictions and us desired.
Again in I'M >5 cotton was
held fur 11 cents and the farmers
got it and a little more. The farmers
have not followed blindly, hut
(intelligently and have reaped the
i reward of reason. Now President
! Harvie Jordan says cotton is worth
15 cents and advises the farmers to
I hold for 15 cents, and join in holding
threo million hales from the
' market until that price he paid for
. it . Wc should he and generally are
; content to follow a leader as long as
the path through which wc are led
is uot beset with Snares'. When'
??W?1?fc ?? ????i
these appear we begin to feel that
we are misled, and cull a halt.
This is the way wo now feel about
the leadership of President Jordan '
when he advocates and advises the
holding of eotton for 15 cents. This
we regard as unreasonable, l>ecause
we cannot and do not think eotton J
is worth 15 cents a pound, and at
this price the manufacturers could j
not survive, as at this price they,
would be forced to put the price of j
their product out of the reach of j
the masses of consumers, and thus (
leave the output upon the hands of
the manufacturers as unsalable.'
even should they risk buying cotton 1
at that price and'making it into '
cloth. We Ijelieve in getting a !
reasonable livinc uriee for our!
products, but do not believe in ex- J
tortion. Tliis move of President
Jordan looks too much like n trust, '
making a corner on cotton. Hut it
may be. just retaliation on the cotton
speculators who for years bought
the cotton of the Eolith for less than
the sost of production; but again
wo in doing this strike at the progress
and prosperity of our home
industries, which are dependent
upon the fanners for the raw material.
We believe in fair and just
dealing and treatment of all parties
concerned and interested. Let us
endeavor to carry out in our lives
the motto, "Live and let live."
Jonesville Jottings.
Jonesville, Nov. 20.?A much
needed rain came to this community
last night and today is much cooler.
The good weather all along this fall
has caused most all the cotton bolls
to mature and open and after all
the cotton crop in this section is a
fair crop and at 10 cents and sometimes
more the money crop may be
considered a good one this year.
The corn crop has turned out much
better than was expected and all
things counted it is a good year and
Union county would he in good condition
if it was not for the condition
of the Union and Buffalo cotton
mills and the had effect cast over
the county. It seems there is some[
thing sure to happen to upset the
jrruapciiVj ?'tiitiy ulvn> ? ">
get into a prosperous way. How
sure are the words of holy writ
whan it says, "All is vanity and
vexation of Spirit."
Drs. Douglass, llanos and Ellvrbe
amputated a finger of a negro man's
hand yesterday name Huston Johnson
who accidently shot himself
through the hand with a shot gun
Saturday evening. The operation
was a nice job of surgery and the
wounded fellow is doing nicely.
The county treasurer is here today
gathering the taxes for this
year year. He says collections are
better here than any place he has
been and this finishes his round in
the county.
Union Progress said last week
Jonesville would have a new depot
soon, which is news and good news
to <Air people, for we have been
without a new depot since the 9tli
of July and there are no visible signs
of a new depot here to this date.
We only hope Progress is right.
Mr. John T. F. (!ault has an
apple tree that has borne two crops
of apples this year. It is a horse
apple tree and the second crop is as
large as turkey eggs and about mature.
Mr*. W. T. Jones and little son
of Santuc spent several days in
Jonesvillc with Mrs. Jones' mother,
Mrs. S. A. Porter last week.
M iss Wickham Ellerbe, of Klor- I
ence, is visiting her brother, Dr.
F. M. Ellerbe and is the guest of
Mrs. T. L. Haines.
Mr. Cornelius Holeomb and sister
M iss Bertha Holeomb of West I
Springs spent Sunday in our town
and attended services at the Methodist
church.
Rev. D. E. Camak Idled his pulpit
here yesterday morning.
Rev. IJ. K. Ezell was unable to fill
bis appointment here yesterday
morning on account of a hurt lie
received a few days since and his
congregation worshipped with the
Methodist congregation.
Mr. Roy Whitloek who is at
Furman University ran over Saturday
and spent Sunday with his
parents.
Miss Sallie Bertha Blair, sister of
Mrs. D. E. Camak, and Mrs. A.
M. Blair, sister of Rev. D. K.
Camak, lx>th of Rockton, S. C.,
have been visiting at the Methodist
parsonage.
Messrs. W. W. Wood an<I A. J.
Wright will leave here this evening
for Oklahonio to attend a big land
sale. Telephone.
Happenings at Qrindall. j
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Kev. L. It. Gaines preaehed the <
funeral of little Eddie Petty Sunday |
to a large and attentive audience. <
School opened at the Holmes ]
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school house lust Monday morning
Miss Maud Whitlock of Jonesvilh
is the teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Milliard Mitchel,
of Asbury, are rejoicing over tin
arrival of a boy at their home.
Rev. L. R. Haines and J no. Bent
le.y of CJaft'ney spent Saturday nigh
with J. G. Hames.
Misses Mildred and Margarc
Foster of troudeysvillo visited Mrs
R. J. Harris Sunday.
Messrs. Hayes Webber and Ar
thur Hedgepath of Jonesvillc, at
tended services at Rehoboth Sun
day.
Miss Pauline Pettit of Ravinna
the teacher of the (lowdeysvm
school, is boarding with Mrs. J. A
Haines.
Mr. "Ran" Spencer, who wa
attacked and seriously injured l>:
Abe Smith, a colored rowdy, is get
ting along nicely.
I failed to state in niy last com
municntion that Mr. (iaines ha
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una uie interior of the church nice
ly painted.
None can help from feeling prouc
of the new school building erectec
near Mt. Moriah, hut there art
many of us who will continue tt
cling Jto the memory of Mt. Morial
as to that of a departed friend
Every foot of ground around thi
old building is hallowed with swee
or bitter memories for many.
Annie Laurie.
The Oldest Inhabitant.
it is our peculiar pleasure to ac
knowledge the receipt of a pictur
of the oldest inhabitant on the lint
of the Union Pacific railroad, ai
immense buffalo: the last of hii
race, mighty, majcstice. 4'He is i
type of par excellence in thcanima
kingdom; type of courage, power
nobility- For centuries he liai
dominated plain, forest, mountain
and canon, free, fearless, pioneor.'
lie has witnessed all of tho advancements,
encroachments and innova
Hon of liin foe?man, while h<
fought for life, land and liberty;
but at hist succumbed to the advancement
of civilization, the building
of the Union Pacific railroad.
Harried
At the home of Thomas Jackson
in the Cross Key House on November
12, 1905. Mr. Richard Jackson
and Miss Iba Davis, both of
Spartanburg. Just a few friends of
the immediate family witnessed the
ceremony, which was performed by
Magistrate John W? Gdre?
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