The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-01-27
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w ""o' WNne"SW<s WY R1Ht and
| why Don't the far'ners Of this county raise
Their own mules? They c,n he ra sed
cheaper th,n $4,000. Tint i, about tho
sum expended for mules every yer.
You can see how crop of mule, worth
S'o,Ooo can be readily so cv' ry year in this
connty,nnd every farmer knows that il would
not cost $40 - raise mute worth fr I'M
$lOo to $50, which nrc about the pric s
they bring.
| Wonli II not he better for Tic fnrmcrs t,
raise Their own farm anina md more of
the nee. ssitics OF lfo on Tho farm:
| Take, for instance, ths bacon thu, i.
b,ught by the farmer. That will be one of
the largest ic s Of expsnsc the farmer. will
have to contend with this year. aeon j..
now 10 cents q pound, and the chances aro
that Il wi continue /, 6 up until it reaches
perhaps, l5 cents. Far ners en- raise their
| own inc Il n cent?, and wi h y iitlo labor
We know young mao whosss.t year
ran three hor.o farm, raised enough corn
| to furni h his farm hands an stock ard ha
sDmc - soil. lie also raisel nca ly enough
mca. nj very lite cost, TO feel every hand
| on his Il,cc; aud now h,s a COOL bnnk
nci' "rt. iii' cotton cr,p va, almost clelr
profit. Try it, farmers, and see If you won /
DC mo Independent, AMI have les to ray
the md OF the yer, and Mt the same tine
h,v1 more r,a ly cash.
II is nonsrns. FIR farmerst o talk about be.
ing imposed on y other classes, cr looking
o'itics or politicians 10 better thci, condition
=, i,ng NJ they continue 10 depend upon tnc
single oP fr everything and exchange tn
crop for th:i farm stock md supplies. 1t is
like NV PIPING dollars, only worse fr the
f'rmcr', for one-half the time they don't gcr
- cents in exchange for their dolrr.
a letter u" "aNses.
TSYs.bcgau his great eutS.
these two worthy gent 'emeu make strong
| and poi ular tcau in the ft y i'y and pluuta-
ii II grocery line IF business.
| Mr.. Mathis is a good typo. and we think
he will make sPlen ld merchant. We can
not too highly recommend this firm 20 the
people of Union They are honest, hnri
ling III n, and always carry fine stock
Of fresh groceries
| sCoIT nRoriIEus.
This is II new firm, with IN old, fami lar
name at the h"al--J. Il. L. Scott, our former
County Treasurer. They bought out Rev. W.
ID. Bcwlcy's hardware stock in the rel front
store, ani have ,c,'cni,hcd tho sock with
everything yru could expect to tini in II
well stocked, first class har lware ttvre.
| Cnl' and see them. We know no men in this
town Who will treat yvu better, md we arc
| certain there rrc none more deserving v u
patrcnnse.
| This j. the "Old Reliable estab' 'i>hment
| W tn ncw rciiabr addition, and impro veinonts
to it. Everybody knows Capt Foster, the
| oldest aud m,st highly respected merchant
in Union, and we ull know that through his
| strict aud honorable business methods the
old Grm Of +, stor, wilkins < Co. maintain
| cd az high bu,incs. standing M any firm
in the county. lie is still ut the head,
with two of the most complete business
| young men in tho State, Geo. ii. Oezcl and
| Is. Flank Arthur, t. assist him and give new
| life to the establishment. 1t is firm OF
have the confidence of the people and deserve
every encouragement.
The Faotsry Moving.
| President duncan, Of the Union Cotton
| Mi Is, says that work will be begun on the
spur of tho railroad that is to run from thS
S. U. Il C. Railrond to tho factory site in q
very shor, while, lie is now only waiting
on Sup't McI}ee, of the K & D., to send a
surveyor and men b. loc,te the line.
Sup't McBcc has kindly consented to
build the road. All the cotton mill company
has to do is to grade The road. This will be
a great saving for the cotton mill men
The railroad will run from about the present
switch no,r the guam, house, across Presi
dent Duncans field. nnd .he terminus vii,
be at the factory 81 g.
One Year Ago
We Gel! 20 mind today, January 25th. ont
year ngo. 1t was sal day in this commun
ity. but particularly sid intwo o! its famlie
almost next door neighbers. On the 2i,h
January, 1892, Mr.. f. Il. Wallace died, ant
IS the funeral cOrtegc was preparing to move
the next day, the spirit of lite Arthur
Rodger took it's flight to the eternal king
, dom.
Dear little Arthur. lie was an affection
ate son and an obedient pupil, and 4 mutual
love existed between him and his teacher
| Prof Morrison. Both are now in the spir
land; and we are thinking of the swec
greeting Of the pupil when the Spirit Of hi.
beloved teacher entered the portals of Lcaver
and joined him in singing angelic praise,
to the great 81 am around the Great Whit,
Throne.