The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-11
DIXIE NEWS.
The Sunny South Cleaned and Epito
mized.
All the News and Occurrences Printed
H-re in Condensed Form.

m en- were arrested for playing crack-a--
loo and fined $5 each.
A 2.year-old child of. Mr.. Burnett, at
Gladesboro, Va fell into boiler OF hot
molaeses the other day and was burned
to death.
G. G. b AZ ton, representing q Pennsyl-
vania syndicate, is in Columbia, 9. c.,
examining several large properties with
view of large purchases.
All efforts TO revive the Young Mems
Christian Association of Greenvilc, s.
c., and to put It ON sound financial
basis, have failed. The furniture of the
association has been piled away, and it is
kelly tn be long time before it will
ever be used again.
Tenncssce's capitol is without water,
the city of Of Nashville having cut off the
the supply, owing to the failure Of the
State to pay its water tax.
Ex Judge John Collier, of Atlanta,
was strikcn with paralysis Wednesday
morniog and is dying. He is a native of
North Carolina and n years CID.
The Rome, Ga, Rolling Mill went in
to the hands Of n receiver Monday. They
employed 800 hands. The company is
in debt to the employees $500. The
cause of the trouble is not known.
AT Greensbo o, n. c., drayman con-
veying barrel of brandy into Gorrcll's
saloon let it get away from him and ro
to the ground, where both heads fell out
and all the brandy ran into the gutter
except what was gobbled :up by spec
tators.
During 1891 about 1, 900 acres of land
in South Carolina were planted in tobac-
co and nearly 960, 900 pounds of tobacco
raised. This year it is estimated that
4,413 acres have been planted, and that
the yield will be over 3, soc. 900 pounds
George II. Allen, Of Louisville, Ky,
has leased for fifteen years n tract Cf
200 acres Of coal lands near Norton,
Va. Mr.. Allen proposes thorough de.
vel"pment of the property, and will
make arrangements for commencing
coke ovens will be constructed at once
and make about 500 tons of coke daily at
the start.
Messrs. Egan & Friday, who recently
secured the contract for completing the
Charleston Is. Co. jetties, have com
menced dredging, and will proceed with
the work as speedily as possible.
The National Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union convention, which has
been in session at Denver, Col. nd jourDed
Wednesday. North Carolina showed
.tLesgrcatest net numerical gain aud re-
cefveurneenrsvDS - y es,--ssES
Henry M Nein, the well-known stats.
tician. estim,teE the cotton crop of 1892
at Z 100, 900 bales, maximum, exclusive
of old cotton. In the event that the
Texas yield falls below 10000 bales
he believes the crop may not reach even
1000, 900 bales.
The new city directory Of Roanoke
Va shows over 10000 names, and the
total population of the city, estimated,
about $4,000. In the past two years
nearly 800 houses have been erected,
and 300 more are mow under construc.
tion. The residences average in value
between 81, 800 and 5000. Within
the corporate limits there are 3, ,069 resi-
dences occupied by 1855 families.
During the past few weeks there has
been unusual interest in real estate a,
Savannah, Ga, and it is estimated thai
since Sept. the sales have aggregated
over $1,000
An interesting statement as to the cos
of cotton growing is made by z. f. Fos
ter, of Greenville S. c., who plantc
six acres in the staple this year. IIt
rcckons fifty loads of stable manure, with
hauling, cost $41 so; five sacks of guano,
$11. 25; hoeing, $15 90; plowing IS 90;
preparing ground, $s. 90; picking, $40. 95
seed, $1.OO, making a total Of $l21.7O,
or $50 45 per acre. From this ground
nine bales of cotton have been secured,
averagi 6 $34 90 each, or S3HG, and in
addition $4,000 for seed, total of 1851 +,
or $5S so per acre, leaving a net profit
Of 1928 30, or $3S. .05 per acre. At this
rate cotton growing should be profitable,
but, unfortunately, thr, cent cotton is
oftener read about than seen.
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