The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-08-10

PITHY NEWS ITEMS.

A $40, 900 box works has been char
tered at Norfolk, Va.
Another tobacco factory will be built
at Roanoke, Va.
A company is to be formed ut Lynch
burg, Va. for the purpose of manufac-
turing agricultural implements, wagon
skein, farm bells, iron fences, etc.
Fire destroyed quarter of the bust
ness portion of Marion, IL. The loss
will exceed 100000.
Orange Page, the celebrated murder
CT, WAS hanged privately by the Wake
county sheriff vt Raleigh, N. c., Fri
day.
g. W. rords;s, naaa:6s a move
ment to build cotton mill at Louis
burg, N. G.. Franklin county, of
which this is Che county seat, grows
some of the finest cotton in the South
and generally a bale to the acre.
f. III. Fries, of Salon, N. c., has
been appointed receiver Of the Reids-
Vile IN. c. Cotton Mills, judgements
against which were obtained for $25,-
600. 1t contains COCO spindlcs. G.
Clarke will continue to supcrintcnd
the mill.
The Chester Is. c. Gingham Mill
will start up Sept. ], under the super
intcrdency of Geo. w. Daughcrty,
who also hns under his charge the Ca
tawba Spinning Mill, same place. The
latter mill has commenced running
night aud day.
Tho Gaf1ney IS. g. Cotton Mills
have declared an annual dividend of
70 PEI, J g ,seDt,.ssX Gid e a meet,
at the completion Of their nrst year of
operation. Thcipclothshays acquired
wide reputation.
ton Mills will c W;own for a shor.
time this month VIII puttinsxahotfier
story, so feet squari on their picker
building. In thii addition will be
placed 2 twisters, 4 balling machines
to produce fancy col III drug twines
and 6 rope machines, 20 whole product
of which will find n ready sale, with the
superior finish they know how to put
on their goods.
G. r. Makepcace, of Providence, r.
l., will bo the designing engineer for
the New Bath IS. C.) Cotton Mills
mentioned several months ago in the
TEXTILE EXCELSIOR. These mills are
to cost at least $500 900, and work will
be begun this comi. 81 jer. Ableach-
cry may also be bT WI the property,
Which isiollstho ~ S,sroiina railway
between theto&s ikon and Angus
tn, Ga. there was developed and used
on this property by the old Bath paper
mills which buroed down, GOO horse
power from the Hcrse creek, which
flows into tho Savannah river. A far
greater power will be developed here
for these new textile enterprises. The
dams must ali be reconstructed rs the
old onos washed away.
Rich, tho Republican governor Of
Michigan, has been renominated.
Jno. S. Henderson, congressman
from the 7th N. g. district. was renom-
mated Mt Salisbury, by the Democratic
convention unanimously.
l.. i. Livingston was renominated
for congress by the Democratic con-
vcntion Mt Atlantis, Ga, which boldly
declared for free g Image, 16 to 1.
The Pullman Cn ks, near Chi
cago, about which ,,WEc trouble oc-
caSioning the big stTFI resamedwork
Thursday.
J. G. G. Black, Democrat, and Tom
Watson, Popnlist, will oppose each
other for congress in the Augusta, Ga. /,
district. Mr.. BLACK has just been re-
nominated.
M. E. Crowe1l, of Goose Creek town
ship, Union county, North Carolina,
has six acres of corn that bids fair to
make sixty bushels m acre. One gen
tleman who has seen the field says that
it will make at least seventy-five BUSH
els per acre.