The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-04-30
Union as a Market.


think they will not be disappointed. sfhe busi-
ness Of tho town Is steadily ana ely sinoreas-
ing every year. Customers who &alS- their
cash purchasesin other markets during the years
when money commanded 20 per cent. and buy
ing on liens was not only tho ruling business
but concentrated oil the trade in the hands of
those merchants who could command the capi-
tai to enable them 70 give long credit, and for
which they were. in o great measure, compelled
to charge unusually high prices on goods sold,
those custom ers are now returning to our mar
ket, finding that they can 10 as wen in their
purchases, save time and DO sure Of honest
weight and measure, by trading with the mer-
chants In thsirsown county town.
Confidence and good feeling Is being restored
between the people Of the town and sountry-
This good has resulted from the strictly hon
orable and business-like principles upon which
our merchants have always based their transac-
tion with customers. They may, perhaps, have
been charged with demanding too high prices
for their goods |; but we have never heard any
one charge them with giving short weight or
short measure, or substituting an inferior arti-
0'' ior tne oue purcnxsuu ,s-sS pfnoticcd
no kind Of double dealing; the quantity and
quality Of goods you bought you were sure to
get, and at the exact prices agreed upon.
few men in the County, whose unbalanced
accounts upon our merchants ledgers and, in
many cases, for other legitimate reasons, made
their oreditdoubtful, o few years ago raised hue
and cry against the business men of Union and
lost no opportunity Of entioing their friends to
try other markets 10 buy and sell. For . time
this went on swimmingly, and the new market,
like new toy to child, was great attraction;
but when money and business came down to n
solid and sound basis when cash purchases was
tho rule instead Of the exception, and the
prices Of goods fell with the prices of everything
else, tho merchants Of Union were among the
first in this State to gladly adopt the decline
and mark their goods down to the lowest living
profit. To-day they invite q comparison, in
quantity, quality and prices Of gosdy, arith any
market in the State. Their sound financial stand
ing, in oil the wholesale markets Of the country,
enables them to buy entirely for eashS or upon
the most advantageous terms ON credit, and
1t is their interest we'll as inolip asivs
the people Of Union County every advantage in
price and accommodation that any other mar
ket may offer, and this they are doing. i,
Nor should it be forgotten that last Winter
the Cotton market Of Union was the highest of
any above Columbis-and we have seea Il even
higher than Columbia. For this tho merchants
are entitled to great credit, as they purchased
most Of the Cotton sold here. Everything that
can safely be done to keep up the good charac.
ter Of the town and secure to the people Of the
country the best home market, the merchants of
Union are doing; and being citizens snd large
ta1 pa, ers Of tho County they have right to
expect that the people Of Union will recognize
their claim to public confidence and patronage
TO II. H. Robinson, County commissiSbsr.
1t was not my intention to mako personal
attack on you or any member of youn Board, for
my regard for every member, as on upright hon
est man, forbids it. s'.%
Now, in regard TO the charges, / will say that
the books Of the Commissioners Office show
that rs yoL state, Carriers contract was Si41 80
per mile, and not $l.474 per 100 rails; also,
that Mr. Kennedy was a sub-con,ractSr under
Carrier, therefore the charges that a count of
10000 rails per mile had been allowed and that
you lad paid one man $4,000 per mile and au-
other $47.60, on the same, &c., are untrue, and
I am glad that they are.
In explanation as TO how those charges arose:
Carrier said repeatedly TINT his oontrsaet was
$1.473 per 100 rails, and when it was sesSby your
published report that he had been paid $l.474
per mile, the conclusion was that no was allowed
10 count 10000 rails to the mile.
In regard TO tho other : Mr.. Kennedy's name
ia Dlv nfE - b
peared in your published report. That report
showed the amount he and Carrier had received.
Now, as to the other two charges: would
that they were not co. The fence is its own
witness. II is there to tell any and every man
who wishes to see it, that IL is very sorry con-
Germ to pay $l47.50 per mile for. You saidto me,
last Saturday, that you came very near not re-
ceiving the fence. 1t is pity you did so. That
all hands may know where this fence is, will tell
them: 1t is the fence pretended to be- built by
Carrier from the West bank Of Fair Forest
across the lower part Of c. B. Hammett's land to
the corner Of his, J. T. Hills and the Whites
land.
Now, if you are still not satisfied about this,
send Goudelock or Jeter to ne, and will show
the fence, and if they call it fence, then will
say untrue again. - .eya -.
As to the charge that fence and waterrncks
had been received and paid for which Aever
have been put up. II ought ID hAve been
(Which had not been put when received"
mean by "wben received the day you finished
the measurement Of the line. Now. on that day
this semblance Of fence was not all up, nor the
rack. Carrier requested me to meet you that
day. went over but failed 10 catch up with
you. ] went all along this fence and found It
as state, not finished, nor was Il fnished
for aoma time aft erward and the raok WAS nevar