The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-03-30
PITHY NEWS ITEMS


Big Stone Gap, Va. will build can
ming factory for fruits and vegetables.
William >Eades, of Paducah, Ky,
wants zoo, 900 feet of elm logs.
A cotton mill will be erected at
Carrollton, GA, this summer.
Th" Mercantile Insurance Agency of
Richmond, Va, has been chartered.
The Jefferson Insurance Co. has been
chartered ut Charlottesville, w., with
800, 600 capital.
The Lutheran congregation Mt Lin
colnton, N. c., will erect brick
cdiiice.
A Tarboro IN. c. firm want to cor
respond with manufacturers of cheese
frctory machinery.
The Abbeville Is. c. Cotton Mills
Co. has been formed with capital stock
Of $1,000
A little colored boy was killed by
freight engine at Charlotte, N c.,
Friday.
1t is rumored that Lord Roseberry,
Prime Minister of England is to marry
Princess Maud, daughter of Prince of
Wales.
A movement is under way to organ.
izo bank Mt Burlington, N. c.. w.
H. Carroll and G. A. Bray are among
those interested.
The First National Bank of Wades-
boro, N. c., recently opened, hns $780,
600 capital. James A. Leak is prcsi-
dent; Charles NJ. Burns, vice president,
and 5. w. Norwood, cashier.
The Economical Building and Loan
Association has been chartered at Or
angeburg, S. c., with 5000, 200 capital
Ivy 4. &. Wnnnumaker and others.
The Farmers Bank of Edgetield, 8.
c., has declared n dividend of 8 per
cent. for the year ending March 10.
1t is estimated that there arc 10, OOn,-
600 bearing and non-bcaring orange
trees in Florida. California is credited
with having 5000, 600 and Arizona
about l 100000.
The business of the Pensacola and
Havana steamship line has increased
so rapidly that another ship has been
added to the service.
The Aiken, S. c., County Loan and
Savings Bank wns closed by the United
States Marshal under an Injunction or.
der from Judge Simonton.
A. l.. White has been elected cashier
of the Merchants and Farmers Bank of
Spartanbnrg, $. c., in place of l.. G.
Cannon, resigned.
The Raleigh IN. c. Wagon Works
have earned n profit of 0 per cent
from the business for the past nine
months.
A Richmond WAY publishing house
propose to organize a $50, 900 stock
company to publish Southern school
histories.
Tn. Virginia Midland will add eight
10 wheel locomotives to its rolling
stock They arc of the most modern
type and weigh 201 900 pounds each.
The First Presbyterian Church, Char
lottc, n. c., is to be enlarged and i'm
proved at Nh expense of $4,000.
The plans Of Charles G. Wilson, of
Roanoke, Va, have been accepted for
the Rock Hill Is. c. Presbyterian
Church which is to cost $15, 900.
The State Of South Carolina will
want plumbing material and ranges for
tn" new college building mt Rock Hill.
Address B. II. Tillmau at Columbia.
Fire Friday afternoon at Money
Point, near Norfolk, Va, destroyed
lumber mills, planning mills, lumber,
etc, to The amount of half a million
dollars.
The Bank of Johnston, s. c., has
decided to increase it's capital to 800
900. 1t started with $4,000, but
raised that sum to $50, 900.
The Columbian Building & Loan
Association of Richmond, Va, has de.
cided to increase it's capital from $780,
900 to $40, 100000
1t il currently reported that the
Branson gold mining property in Ran
dolph county, N. G.. has been sold to
Ohio capitalists, who will incorporate
n $50, 600 company to develop.
The Kenmore Shoe Go. is the name
Of the new concern organized at Fred
erlcksburg, va. TO manufacture shoes.
A new brick building 90x3O feet, three
stories high, will be built at once, and
from 100 to $50 hands will be EMPLOYED
nt the plant.
The Wytheville (Vn.) Wooden
Mills, after an idieness since the fall.
has resumed operations. 1t is said
that the company expects to make con-
siderable engagements to its plant
during the a;.inmer.
The Atlantic Coast Line has lust
built at Washington, N. c., steamer
called the Aurora, which will be one
of line of steamers belonging to the
Styron transportation Co, to run be-
tween Washington, N. c., and eastern
North Carolina.
a charter has been issued to the
Fairfield Granite Co., which will de-
velop quarries Mt Blair's Station, near
Columbia, S. G.. The incorporators