The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-06-01
PITHY NEWS ITEMS.

Governor Carr reprieved Dick Broad
max, who was under sentence 10 bt
hanged at Milton, Caswell county, N.
c., in June until July6.
The construction of water supply
is talked of at Wallhalla, S. G..
The Greenwood, S. c., Oil Co., j.
building ginnery, and machinery
consists of eight 70 saw gins with
handling and cleaning apparatus.
The Pocahontas, Va, Cotton Mfg.
CO., is adding $4,000 worth of new
machinery to it's cotton mill
The Grand Lodge at Virginia Odd
Abingdon.
The Lndson Presbyterian Church
Columbia, S. c., will erect new Cd
flied to cost about $4,000.
The contractors for building the
Pickens & Easley Railroad, South
Carolina, will soon commence track
laying. The roal will be nine miles
long.
Governor Carr set July l3 as the date
of execution of Calvin and Thomas CO.
ley, the negroes who murdered the
pcddler Tucker, in Franklin county.
Louisbnrg, N. c., is tho place of exc
cution.
Fire destroyed the lumber dry kilps
and co, 900 feet of lumber ct George
town, $. @
Large deposits of Begsemer orc have
it is reported, been found in Stokes
county, N. c., on the property of tn,
Carolina Iron, Mining e. Investment
Co.
The agent of European colonial
ton company is said to have decided
to make Fort Worth, Texas, the center
of extensive colonization work.
Church & Malone have obtained {
bond on the Newell mine, in Cabnrru'
county, N. c., and will Mt once put il
machinery to develop same. Churcl
~ Malone are said to be agents of VIM
Malone, of Petersburg, Va, and Jno
p. Jones, of Gold Hill, Neb., boil
members of Congress.
Fire at Spartnnburg, S. c., de
| stroycd the warehouse of the Port Roy
al and Western r. r., with gunno ant
| 20 bales of cotton.
Another cotton mill to be built at
South Norfolk, Va, Mt cost of 5000,
900 is being talked of.
The Powhntan Mfg. Co.'S knittin,
mill Mt Lambcrt's Point, Va, nea
Norfolk, is working OH full time, EN-
ploying over 200 hands.
The Hermitage Cotton Mills
Reidsville, N. c., after 3 months idle
ness, have resumed. G. Clarke j
Supt.
The Greenwood Is. C.) Cotto,
Mills have declared 8 per cent. semi
annual dividend and reelected w. L
burst MS president.
The Green Hill Wooden Mill, lo
Gated near Mt. Airy, N. c., will be pu
in operation again very soon by NJ. }
Hawkins, of Wnrrcnton, who recent
purchased the plant. The entire ma
chinery is being ovcrhnuled.
Ground was brokon this week o
Coddlc creek, near Concord, N. G.
for the new cotton mills of the G.. "
Patterson Mfg. Co. They expect I
have everything completed and tn
machinery i'll readiness for the comm
cotton crop.
The Union IS. C.) Cotton Mill
made its first shipment Of cloth Ia.
Friday. The mill will be run nigl
and day, orders having been receive
to keep it constantly busy six month
ahead.
1t is reported from Columbia,
c., that Aretas Blood, of Mancheste,
n. H., and other stockholders interes
ed in the new cotton-du mill Mt CO
lumbin are preparing to organize
company to build another mill at til
same place.
Active preparations are under wa
for the early commencement of wor
at the Newport News, (Va.) ship var
on the three vessels to be built for tn
United States Navy. Some of the III,
tsrinl for these boats has already n
rived, and the work of constrnctio
will, it is expected, be begun With
the next few days.
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