The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-12
Our Now York Lattar.

NEW YORK, n. T., April 9.-When per-
son has been residing for long time in
one small community. surrounded by the
familiar landmarks Of childhood, jogging
contentedly along in the old ruts that Grand
pas wagon made (and some of us wear
ing Grsndpa's hat, too,) it is revelation
., well as q surprise to 60 abroad, seek
some largo and modern city, pull out our
spyglass and "take in the situation" as it
were.
To great many Of very good, honest,
going people, Union is the center of the
Universe, and everything Of lesser impor-
tance revolves around it.
As good old lady down on Browns
Creek once remarked, after she had been
having some misunderstanding with her
neighbors: "Union is the worst State in this
country, certainr' However, 1 know by
personal experience, that the ignorant old
lady was mistaken in more ways than one
But v.sss you ! you can't imagine how small
aid insignificant VIC all are until you put
on pair of long distance spectacles and
gaze in on dear old Dixie through q North
| ern window.
know one or two men who often made
| the remark go, Union never will amount
| to anything, so I'll invest my money in
| Spartanburg factory" Or Union is a good
enough place to live in, and that is all we
| ought to expect" Those men are the bar5
naoles of prosperity! So long as they
| flourish the town will decay. Do you know
that enough Union county capital is invested
| in Spartsnburg factories to build a cotton
| factory in your own town? Union is un-
| doubtcdly "a good place to live ill., but
Giving" is very little compensation to a
| man who wants 10 thrive! Our merchants
and farmers don't want merely to exc out
precariou, living; they want to make i'm
provements, increase their facilities for
trade and production, and better their con-
ditions by successful efforts. You can give
some colored men (and white men, too, to
their shame be it said) a "yaller' hound
dog, meat and bread for subsistence, and q
bale of cotton to spend at Xmas, and, in his
opinion, he is wealthy and prosperous"
but always on hanl again the first day of
January to be "run agin on de credick."
Gov. Lee said lately in this city (aud created
q great deal of harsh commcnt) that "this
isa white mans country" but it bids fair
to become "poor mans country" if we
don't help ourselves more; and you know
poverty knows no distinctions
| l see that Abbeville aud Laurens are
going to build small factories to begin with.
l think this the best plan. am confident
enough capital could be raised iu Union
County to build yarn mill, and eventually
it could be enlarged to any size that its fu-
ture success might admit. Several North
ern men of capital informed me recently,
that investments in cotton mills in the South
were considered very profitable, and stock
was not readily to be obtained on account of
the great demand but they could not be
expected to 60 down there and invest in
factories unless certain Of the full CO. op era
tion Of the citizens Of the South aad suifi-
cient contribution of capital from them 10
show "a cvideace of "meanlng business"
1t is hard to believe that millions of dollars
are lying idlo in savings banks up here,
bearing from to per cent. interest, when
money is hard to get at 10 per cent. in our
own section. With proper iuducement
and encouragement m@oh Of this capital
will some day be invested in Southern en-
terprises, and Union must be on the alert
to receive her proper ratio.
will close by just stating the fact that
Harrison's Inauguration has not heralded
in an era of prosperity yet, bul there is no
reason to believe that his administration
will have any appreciable injurious effect
on Southern prosperity. On the whole, VIC
! must credit Mr.. Harrison with "shelving
Blaine" and if he is independent enough
| to face party disapprobation in that score,
it is not to be fearei that he will be inhu-
enced by the "bl 'ody shirt element" At
| all events the South will wait and see"
and hopo for the "good time coming"
| political schemes to the contrary nttwth-
standing. JAY,