The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-01-08
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ARISING at . o'clock a. m. they tonk th.,
canoe and went off into the marshes
! , "in returned mt o'clock for breakfast
Wl'h 81 mallard ducks. After breakfast
tnc MOUNDS were turned in the deer
~. iNcS ana they returned to lunch wifi
,hrcc handsome deer and four wild turl
keys. After lunch, ut , o'clock :, tr;n
was was made to the Snipe boys, and rn-
S ain,nS TO dinner at & o'clock they
,"t'''c" Twelve woodcock, twcuty-siy
nnniiH ana TWO marsh hens 4 negro
tmn , nIcii gwen hilf dollar and he re-
,urhcu from the Owendah river Win
thrce barrels of oysters and = h,.kntnt
lhullet. After dinner a coon hunt nn
arranged, and before 10 o'clock nmr
party returned with four racoons onJ
lMo opoSSilmS. Every negro raises his
rice, corn and potatoes bv simplv nl,nt'
lhS them, as nature does the rest Vnr; {
~ thiS Is the land of milk and honnv 1
nc pastures are ever green and hoo. d
III" cattle are fed only to keep them
Il u'llc. hcSc lands can he bought from Il
- - 10 - per acre, and the pine ridge is =.
- ilt"i'hF rs the Piedmont section. No
;i;.iS possesses greater natural fa-
mites i4r producing grasses, hay md I
I'VE stock, and their products of m"at Il
utter and milk. d
ms IL also the home of the li,mouJ s
ack tcrrapin, SO toothsome to thr en;. S
urp. Inc development of Port Ror,I ID
III Hooi, make tins the garden SPOT of
ie world. This section is ulsn r;nh III
l'l phosphate deposits South Cnrn. lC
hh, WI II these phosphate deposits ol
u fertilizers than any ID
II Will thus be seen that one takinr -,
% ,r"ih III the early morning nj I'll
nih or Fort Royal, arrives M p'
'limDlu Mt II and at Spartanburr q. . re
wing brcakfastcd in the tromics W.
hched III the plains and dincd on th, dr
TheSt -, peaks east of the Rockies.
ne taxes III South Carolina are lower tn
th any IN the Union. We spcnl ah
're Tor education in proportion to our an
nitii than any people of the Union trt
lr state debt is about 81. 800. 600. rr. Sc"
lded Mt u per cent and is being, do. no
sSca every year by sinking fund IN
4fiherS, although severely on m 'ii
tSou ny low prices, are making no ~. 0I
,.s ooo nin Increasing. their old ones. ;na
io9V 3I, 'ne per capita debt of the State s, ae
, e. - @l.oo' to-day 1t is less than 81. n W Wiio
cent. vi VI poi
! 1870 the taxable property of tbe 'sc'
20 was, IN round numbers, SI5O 600
III 1914 1t was nearly $l14, 600. 600
Increase of SD. 600, 900 i'm n perioj
'hS winch the wealth Of most sec i
. oi lhe country showed decrease Nov
increase IN property i'm 1891 over dc
was S3,3Oo, 900. Our sister Stnte
ieorgia for the same period showed mo, '"t'
crease of over so, 600 .c' n.'
ic annual products of the State for grn.
were valued at S42, 600, 600. two. ave.
> VI when was in manufactured sDG,
ucts. In 1896 the value of o~r;cnI 80 %.",
products nlone amounts TO Sid '''"'
~ ~! more than all products com
u IN 1870, and cotton is one.tbird Ii
IN value; No Southern State con sine,
'"re with South Carolina in the nd. n ma
tiiat has been made since 1870 dress
assessment OF property for the past
VIII VIII snow slight decrease over Wo
on in the assesssment nf ';io re- agree
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