The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-12
For ,he Ttxrs
For the JisEs
We must have the Lockhart Railway and
Cotton Factory.

DEAR NR. EpIToR: am not a scorrsspon.
dent and have never becb contributor 10
ary Newspaper or Jourbs', but would thank
you Tor small space in your coIumn'.
1 suppo.c everybody in Union County feels
interested ia the Welfare and progress o!
their County. and they must admi; thai The
present CONDITION is very gloomy indeed. l
think the time has arrived when the differ
ent Townships sh Dud look to their inli-
! vidual interests aud act separately or tcgeth-
err, rs may seem besI take steps looking
! 10 their own Advancement and prosperity.
Ii /, welt known tina, tie Townships Of
Ione,vills enl Pinckney already. have plans
| by which they feel sure. ifcirriei ou', will
institute tie beginning of prosperity that
will be bcni;icially ftlt throughou. the length
and breadth OF Uaion County.
Every body IN these two townships know
! that on Tuesday The 10th inst. is the y APP
! pointed for the voters TO record theic votes
| for or against suhs;r.t ing 0,OOO each 10
| the capuai stock ofthc Lockhart Shoals Rail
way. which l. t. run from Jonesville by Kel~
| ton TO The ShoIls, and il is q clted fact, well
asccrtsined taat the sub. .criptor will b,
carrie 10y an overwhelming majority.
| The writer i, infor med by q gentleman in
n position t, know that The money is already
secured ($j0OOO0) I, erect the first Cot III
! Mill at Lock hart Shoals, Whenever Railroad
transp' citation t. tia, point is assured aud
| the most OF that amount will come frJm
abroad. Now, Mr.. Elitor that amount OF
| money from aorca il NJ small thing 10 Oe
dumped down at one time in our stricken
| County, to say nothing Of the 100000 to
| come Iom abroad to com plete the Railroad,
provided the $4,000 in each Township i,
voted. and am we'll informed this is just
| beginning, rs every horse power 1T the
| Shn.Ia will m ufiI,zol md ibnrn IL pn, Iul,
power to run 100000 spiutes AMI accom-
p,nying looms.
Dill you ever hear, Mr.. Editor, Of any one
before IN he history of Uuion County that
ever inro uced single dollar Of foregn
| capital into this County, or ever trici TO do
so? But. on the contrary, havn't you cor
recily heard that may thousands, go, 60 or
| SIJ.0OO0,j have hccu sent out Of The town
of Union 10 EiTgina, West Virginia, Tea
ncsscc and kcutucSy, in the last twelve
months. to b. l,ccd in The most risky and
uncertain inv,smentS in the mushI ooui
towns of those states.
The man who wi re ord his vote on the
10Th Inst. agsiast the la lrotd (ani am
proud TO say III y are very fcw) shoall ,hink
well before 'i'r"g -, he may have cause
to rcproaca h m.elf,u after year: because
he will not nj: &c upyos NJ Railroads Hut
also the bulldog uf Cotton Mi |. AMI other
| Manu!act lies aad fvrc,Sn capital, and i'll
that way roStpou, and dl'y indefinitely
tAnt era % pros g., y 20 crruc.tly wishc
f.r and loYg ,ctlc III our or county. y,
,ho contra ;, those WOO will record their
votes for thcS- eater, rises, especia y the
young men, Nut an toI quite uumler
of them vii CAS- Jhsic mi dtu tcs, can III
s;cc ears, 70 ui tse hAGtrs.s If III u.
sands Of s. iuu Z, Nul r,us hue school; 81, ,.
chur che; and lac 0 uiluu sai stye..l
thousands OF la +! . eCa'iycs IL ,Gejr cAnl.
fJrahlc homes =, l. ckhut SGOli:. zee f:gu,
barr oms Al o'Ecr teml II. ,o.s l. yt:s. lG.l
proudly say my vote helped t. big a50I,
this pros cr!ous ST t. II ttaHss.
Mr.. Editor tn Township, Of Pin :kney
and JoncsvilIc wi hive cau>e 10 be pr ud
and ri ice at wig achieved 81 r.uch TO,
'hcmScl cS ngInst the vigor Gus opposition o
most of your merchants aud some OF your
prominent lea fraternity We can sly I,
the otrCr t3"nShip', 50 AID do likewise.
PUBLIC SPIRIT.