The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-20
A REVIEW
Unions Business Changes
and
New Enterprises During
The Past Eighteen Months.
The Record Speaks For Itself.

! a good deal IS being SAID aiQnj
now both at home and ameAl, cu
neighbors about the development ant
growth of. Union-industrial srowtl
and growth in population. AS t,
the latter it will be remembered tha
the census was taken last SUMMER ans
the-result showed that the poptilatior
had almost doubled since 1896, anl
the population now is in the neigh
borhood of of 5000 inhabitants The
figures need no comment, Ne: are
evidently growing in NUMBER. Al
to our industrial development, t6ai
Is perhaps even greater then our
growth in population. Notices OF
the new enterprises have appeared
from time to time, both in tn ecoIumns
of the Times and other papefs of he
State. To us however the ncwtkings
have become familiar and we Esed to
be reminded of what we weris and
what we are. Let's review theye6are
the changes, the additions, th3s&6w
enterprises, that have taken place in
the last eighteen months. You re :
member when we were at school
after we had toiled through qlarter
We took a "review' before wa were
examined. The teachers knew that
we didn't know much about the sub
ject until we had scanned it as a
whole. Let's review Union that way.
10 begin, wehave in Union forty
eight retail stores, several ofwhcii
wholesale also to some extent. Of
these, sixteen have originated with-
in the past eighteen months. They
have filled up in the main the empty
rooms tha. used to yawn at US as we
walked down the streets, and. those
failing, new stores have been Built
and az are being built to eesSlss s,sag "a fbe ats
people. Eighteen months. ago there
were eighteen store rooms on main
street to let. There are now, only
two and ore of those is very large
and is in actual use as Warehouse
and the other has not been vacated
long. These new enterprises are not
small affairs either. Some are on a
small scale, but others that will COM
pare favorably with our older estab-.'
lishments are less thana year old.
Among the larger establishments
that have commenced op eras,ens with
in the period may be mentioned the
General store OF A. G. Floyd and
the Furniture store of j. F. Floyd,
both under the management'of Mr..
| 10. Wray, the former established
in the fall of "a and the latter in tue
spring of this year. The Cannon
Company also came down last winter
at first as an experiment in shoes and
clothing and later rented larger
room and have continued business
| ever since. Mr.. Jno. T. Roses
| grocery store originated last fall, ,-too
and as he took unto himself better
half about that time he met the in
crease in his family by an increase
in his business. The Carolina Drug
Co., POOLS beef market, Humphries
general store, The Green Front un-
der the management of Wallace
Austel, are all children of the fall of
'94. Another change last fall was
the exchange of business quarters be
tween Mr.. r. II. Gee and The Pur.
cell Cash Company.
This year there has been almost a
stampede of new firms. AS usual
most of them came in in the fall, but
even now they have become so firm
ly established that we look upon
them as home folks, as indeed they
are, as much as anyone.
Among the larger ofthcse may be
mentioned the general store of Mr..
S. s. Smith, who for several years
has been running II store in tic
country. Then there's the book
store Smith y Nicholson. 1t ha
been opened up only month o,
two, but is full of goods and they arr
displayed in a very attractive style
The Smith Clothing Company, to
has large store well filed will
; clothing and Gents furnishings go3ds
ANY more Smith 81" You say
Yes, more still, Ness Smith 4 Lony
have just opened a new store beol
the Jail on Grog street Anothe
acquisition to the town is Mr.. Eugen.
Evans and his grocery business
| the cnrnnr where ScniEa nnI ca,