The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1894-12-14
SOUTHERN FLASHES.
A SUMMARY OF INTERESTING
HAPPENINGS,
And Presenting an Epitome of tho
South's Progress and Prosperity

Barclay e Williams, furniture deal
ers, Mt Newport News, Va, have as
signed. Liabilities, $4,000; csti-
mated assets, $l2, 1000.
Tho Manchester spoke mills, at
Richmond, W., which have been shut
down ior some mouths, have resumed
operations with full force>jf hands.
The state liquor commissioner of
South Carolina, Mr.. Traxler, who was
appointed by Governor Tillman when
tho dispcusary law became operative,
hns rendered his resignation to Gov
crnor Evans. The cause of the resig-
nation is not known.
Notice of contest has been served on
Congressman elect JOS. Nj. Kendall
(democrat of the tenth Kentucky dis
trict, ON behalf of n. Il. Hopkins
(rcpublican) who charges conspiracy
with the county clerk to defraud him
hy issuing spurious tickets, emitting
his name from the republican ticket.
Thursday night terrible collision
occurred between n special and nu cx-
ira freight near Rockingham, n. G..
One engineer named Wells was scalded
to death. Tho other had his skull
fractured and one leg broken and is
not expected to live. Both firemcn
jumped and did not receive any in
jurics.
Fire broke out Thursday morning
in Parham's mattress factory in Chat
tanooga and for time confiagration
Il ~
however, responded promptly and sue
cce,lcd in getting the flames under
control before thoy could reach adj
joining buildings. The mattress fac
tory was gutted. The loss is about
$1,000, fully insured.
The Red Bank cotton mills in Lex
ington county, S. c., about twenty
five miles from Columbia, one of the
oldest cotton factories in the state, was
entirely consumed by fire on Saturday
evening. Most of the output on hand,
cotton goods and fclting, were saved.
The total loss will be something over
S75, 900. The amount of insurance is
unknown.
A sensation has been created in Co.
lumbia, S. c., by the publication of n
letter written by b. T.. Perry, n Caro-
iinian now in Washington, to Josh W..
Ashley, a member of the house, charS.
ing Ex- Governor Tillman with rcceiv-
ing ull kinds of rebates and other dis
honest transactions, and urging Ashley
to call on the legislature to appoint II
committee to investigate the matter.
Bank Examiner Cannon has made
affidavit charging William L. Bricc,
late cashier of the City National bank,
of Quannh, Texas, with cmbcZzliDg
$50, 600 by note on the Midland Nn,
tional BANK, of Kansas City, dated
October 8, 1894, and payable III thirty
days. Brice's cmbcZZ!cmcnt, it is
claimed, aggregates $37, 900, Of which
$40. 900 is ON Kansas City, $4,000 on
st. Louis and $1,000 on New York
banks.
In the South Carolina Legislature
Thursday house bill passed to n third
reading which makes intoXication and
drunkenness and the use of profanc or
obscene language misdcmcanor, pun
ishablc by fine or imprisonment. The
uso of an ordinary profane word will
cost from $5 to $50 under the law.
There was big fight, many Legislators
pointing ont the laughnble nature OF
such law, attempting to lcgislat,
morality into the people.
The directors of Clifton mills, Spar
tanburg county, $. c., have deter
mined to build new cotton mill,
which will make the third mill opera
ted by this company on Pnc"lct river.
The new mill will be built at Thomp.
sons shoals, which has IL water power
capacity of 10000 spindlcs and SOC
looms, without the aid of steam pow.
cr. The mill will be finished and il
operation by the 1st of next October,
and when finished this mill will Civ,
five cotton mills within II thrcc-mi!,
radius.
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