The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-08
Por the TINES.
Another Farmer Replies to Farmer"

Another Farmer Replies to Farmer
JoxEsvrLLs, Jan. 4. 1892.
Mr. EDiroR Pc, nit me to probe the vui- |
nerable snti-progressiye effus:on OF your |
correspondent, FARagR, in the llst issue oi |
the TIMES. in opposition to the bn'i ling ot
The Lockhart Shoas railroad by the people |
living in the tlwushir. Of Joprsvi'le and !
Pinckney. through which IL viii pass.
FARMER ictroduc 8 his opposition by ailud-
ing /, the great blunier committed by the
people Of Union some fifteen years ago i
vo ing a subscription Of .SlJO,OOO TO '"a
Spart ,n hurS apd Asheviile road, and gives
an awful showing of the result Of some calcu-
Iations he has ma ie of the csmpouni inte'-
est mt 10 per cent. which he claims the peo-
pie have ,ai on the bonds. No one in Union
think will deny that q grave error WAS
then mmt; ed But that caunot be cl'in-
ed as u, parallel csc with the LoeShart
Shoals rOai,
We 10 not propose to build roai n
Spartauburg County and the State OF North
Carolina, but ii ,ht in our own mils., for the
benc6: Of oar Own people; to increase the
vslue of their property aud give new life
and prosperity, directly and iadrcctiy, to the
pcoplc who hui!i it; TO increase the wealth
aud taxable property Of the County at
large and the individual property owners
of Joucsvilc agd Pnc<ney tDwnships in
particular.
Asarractica, cyiitnce Of what can surcl'
be expectel 10y the farmers aud iaud o"nprH
in these townships, from the bull iihg oil the
| road atone. without considering the greater
beuifi : 20 he secured by the bulldog of a
| 5000, 900 Cotton Factory, we refer 10 tAe
enormous advance iu the prise OF laad lying
for mics aleng each side If the :. aud a.
road. Fifteen years ago those lands c,u'!
have bsrn bought iro % cents to 81 IN
acre, but to-day the prices ranges iton - 70
$50 ana; c. ruat is the natural result. oil TN
builling of that roa !, and ask FARMER ie
it is not probable that the building OF ths
Lockhart Shcal, road viii benefit the farm
er5 along is lie equally rs much ana
woull ask FARMER to put on his calculating
, can. and figure ont how much min owning
100 acres of land on the Loaahart Shoal'
rond would lose IN fifteen years, at tn rat
orincreasc. If the road is not buii. Try y"u
rulc of compound 10 per cent interest on 1t
| friend, and sec where you woui &c to. VI.
| oIrtce Ia yJu is. ftar TIC road IS bun |. you
laud la.d wal DC worth ~ or 50, psrhap
% an acre more than II Is now, anu IA yo
n will no, he cnilci on for the taxes on the raj
q road b,n.lsuatl Dee. 1898, sell out befor
that date AMI move TO where you think yo
will not b. within many miles OF rElroi
4 OF n Cotton Factory.
c Bat il j. not the rCa only that the moan
subscription nill bring. With the roai
the assurance Of u $5DJ,0O0 C'tton Mil,
b bo bulls almost entirely with foreign Capita
/, start with, and the "rcni"g up % the fac
i water POWER in the South to aitra
N millions of dollar, more from all parts Of Il
y, CJuutry. TO dcvclope It's immense industr,'
we ,l,h- producing power, increasing IL
t,xlblc property 81 Jnncsvile ami Pi"cAn'
townships in Uliun County not less thln
million dollars, aud pr0b'biy many milton
, il all the p twcr l. utilized All the otnen
- and aivautl .s"s the road will goto bull
inc up the interests Of these who buld
~ Ths oad and the one Mill already asst'
- cd, IL tie roali IS Luii, viii create $0jO,OOO
Sc taxable properly il the C,unty, mlost OF
-, from foreign capital, and a very large pa
of it vii be distributed among h. people
Z these two t.wnshi; $, fvr labor, tcams, co
y; Ties, lumber, Nc.
m FARMER il mistaken in stating that not
no cent of the :. and y, togdS have been ra'
% | am iufJrmc by the County Com mission;
!" thai Sl5.0OD of til lsc ondS have tecn
tired.
IN AS to Union rs n Gotten Market, LEI,
ali that t. tbs merchants of that trwn TO trc
w But If the C,tt"n Mills lon't raise tio rr
ali of C.t,on, We ask FAnMrN whS Is it. I?
IS NILS Ani further, why is it that /
%, price always ;all Hfier the home Mills In
id bought th,ir sarp.y9
1 have known buyers for distant Mills .,
Vt Tor cXror t. leave tie MA kct un il the no,
C. Nj /. c ascd huyi s, simply b'canss th
Ii Nils
w FARMER say. "dDn't understand IN.
10 opp si'g raiir'ais and factories, | wa
y st cI.olders TO build all they can. but don
v, thlnk those shonld be made to help who