The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-09
FIRST EVENTS OF 1891.
A Careful Compilation of Southern
State News.
The Year is Very Young, But the
Indications are That it Will De-
velop with Lively Occurrences.
NORTH CAROLINA.

, Il
The Winston Electric Light Compan
will commence mining the coal on Tow
Fork at an early day.
The Duke Cigarette Company of Dur
ham arranged Christmas surprise fo
their employees. Every employe was o.
amount of his or her Seeftlsr tlrshls sa4sf6ss a
The total pay roll was $1,000.
j; A. D. Stephens, Esq, an accom-
phshed mlneralogist of Statesville, is pre-
paring cabinet of North Carolina min
erals for exhibition at the Columbian Ex.
position at Chicago in 1892.
A four-y -year-old child of David Clam
living near Raleigh, was burned to death
wednesday from its clothes taking fire
while its father was burning brush
The Female Academy of Tarboro.
Prof. D. G. Gillespie, principal, was des.
tr'yed by fire Tuesday.
The Peoples National Bank Of Fayette-
yllie closed its doors Wednesday at noon
IL was organized in 1873 with capital
stock of ahundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
| DIR. Won Ruck, of AshevilIe. reports
favorable progress in the condition of the
young lady patient who was iEoculated
with the Koch lymph recently at his san
itarium for Tuberculosis of the throat
All symptoms as previously outlined were
apparent.
few months ago Joseph Berry, who
hved near Connolly Springs, was induced
ny Mormon Missionaries to sell out his
iarm and go with them to Utah Last week
ne returned to Burke, saying that he had
enough of Mormonism.
President Charles E. Taylor, of Wake
Forest College, reports progress in his eff
tort to raise an additional s., 900 for the
college. which amount, if secured bv
March LIST, will be supplemented with
*25, 600 by Mr.. Bostwick, of New York.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Col. X. c. Watts has been elected tn
the House from Laurens county to fiji the
vacancy caused by there's gnation of Sen
ator-clcct lrby.
A large new plat of land in the north
western portion of the city of Sumter will,
soon be laid off and opened to settle
mcut. !
"Ihe gamblers must CO." is the edi.t
ss'ea pisSes tas tSss g tssf
will horoafter be raided by the policeEif
found doing business.
The Secretary of State has issued
to the Great Fibre Company
of Charleston. The capital stock is $780,
600, and it is proposed to manufacture
into marketable shape marsh, grass,
rushes, Spanish bayonet bear grass, pal.
mctto and tilandsia remedies, commonly
called grey moss.
The whole amount of cotton received
at Charleston is now over 60, 900 bales in
excess of the amount of the same time
the previous year.
Another new bank to be known as the
Exchange Bank. with capital of $50,
600, is about to bc organized in Charles.
ton. II is said that Major George S. Ed
wards is to be the president of this bank.
Senator Irby will be tile youngest
among remarkably large number of men
under SO years who will sit in the next
Senate. lie is only 38. Delegate Dubois,
elected the other day as Senator from
Idaho, is not yet forty. Other Senators
so years old and under are: Wolcott, AZ;
Gray. so: Higgins, so; Spooner, At; AL
drich. 40; Pettigrew, ~; Danic,, 40, Al
len, As; Faulkner, 43, and Kenna, 40.
Two Charleston capitalists have made
a big purchase, for big money, of land in
Columbia, near the canal. Besides this
site the capitalists have bought another
extensive tract, on which it is reported
will he erected phosphate mill or an oil
mill. This is only one of great number
of Investments in Columbia real estate
made recently. The Columbia Land and
Improvement Company has invested hcav-
ily. On one Of the recent purchases II is
supposed to erect a $500. 900 cotton mill.
All this means hrppy new year for Co
lumbia.
GEORGIA.
DIR. jefferson Heard will build an in
| flrmary in Athens, which is to cost S.
600.
The work of opening the Chattahoo-
| chee river between West Point and Frank
! lin progresses, and boats will be running
between those points by carly spring.
Miss Allie Peach has come all the way
from England to Albany to become the
wife of W. r. Lloyd, a young en-
ploye of the Albany Electric Light Com
pany. Love laughs at winds, waves and
distance.
The American Association of educators
of colored youth convened at Atlanta last
| Tuesday. A large number of prominent
educators from all parts OF the country.
but especially from the South, being pres
ent Addresses were delivered by Mayor
Glenn, Prof. Kelly Miller, Of Washing
ton, and others. Steps were taken for
the establishment OF Chautauqua of
mental, and moral culture somewhere in
the South.
Gov. Northcn has vetoed two moro
new bills passed by the Legislature. one
of which was a resolution asking the
President Of the United States to pardon
all prisoners confined within the State
for violation Of the internal revenue laws
New Years day the State executed t.