The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-10-05

croakecs AID prophg.s of evil, w.
pre- l.c.ei all sorts oF calamity a4d &c
fused to believe that lhero was taa
leass chance Of resurrection. T. 'ar
Unj0l hos pDpIi&,ipI Ct 1909 wl
there ia al 'urSoN. demand Cor h,~s :
% rent The dead town he's c.. 80
life a&&in, Tic crj.Lcr3 have djsap
peared, the people ara full e H,p,.
ana capital can b. had fnr ;I:o askill;
indeed, The Outsiders have hcel g.
impressed with ;h3 spirit oE thu pop
pla Ihat they are hunting for Unjon
chances and not wni;;Yg for the pa).
pie of Union 20 huat them.
How was the iuforma!iln wrough;?
BY begging others to 10 f1c them
Whist they would not try to do for
themselves? By harpiag on heir
natural a1vautago5,' aud believing
that tie world could not get aioag
without them and had to take them ~
their own value and not at what tho
world took them TO 5e worth? No.
IL Tho fret pace, Uuion las no 'nA.-
ural advaItages' that are not common
10 nearly al the towns OF the Piel-
mont region. 1t has a good climate,
good wator, a fac back-country aud
u thrifty and intelligent population;
but in ali these respects i: is exactly
like the rest of the up country, 0Id
hao enjoyed 40 special opportunities
on account % special pos.cssioas. It
has had only orc raiiroad, which gave
the town no advantages in rates; j.
has not had the benefits of water
transportation, and has not had aay
largo number Of riGAN men with big
bank balances and unlimited credit.
It's present marvellous progress has
54en the result of we'll directed efijrt
On the part Of lis own people, and
their employment Of their own IN saIs
for the promotion OF their own iutcr.
eats. ~ handful Of men with faith in
themselves and regard for tho town
have made Union, in the course of
ten years, one of the most progressive
and hourishing communities ia the
South. I. G. Duncan has led in the
work OF building up the town, and he
has had the assistance. in all that he
has undertaken, Of Jno. a. Fant, w.
r. Walker and others of like public
spirit and business senso--we wish we
could give the names Of all who have
helped in the work Of rec0natruction,
They deserve we'll not only cf their
neighbors, but of the pooplo Of the
State, because in rebuilding Union
they have contributed to the material
welfare and progress of the State,
Read the story our correspond .nt
tells today, and think if there is not
encouragement in it for somo other
communities in the State which are
going at a limpiug gait, and are put
ting their trust in natural advan-
tages, which are unimproved from
year to year. Catch the spirit Of
Union, if you can. Stand by your
town; talk against those who talk
against i. and help it with your
money.
About tea years ago cotton oil
mill was started in Union and it had
q hard time to keep going it didn't
pay; loat money, but the people stuck
to il and made it successful. The Oil
mill was followed by cotton mill,
aud another and another, until from
an unpromising beginning in indus
trial development, the town has
pushed ahead until the whole country
has been stirred by the spirit cf pro-
gresg, and Lockhart shoals, Jones'
Vile, Whitmires, Buffalo Creek and
Carlisle have joined in tho move.
ment, which will result in Union
County becoming one of the most I'M.
portant manufacturing counties in the
State. With its seven cotton mills
representing an investment Of 50, 800.
900, and hardwood factories, ETC.,
etc, and its knitting mills and cotton
oil mill, there can be no doubt of the
future of the town and county.
The splendid recovery of Mobile
and the revival of Union, when the
hand of death was strong upon it, are
full of encouragement to those who
are despondec. in other communities
about what is to become of them
The fittest will survive. This is true
of towns as well as of individuals
Union helped itself and the world
is helping it, and this is the lesson
of the story.
The Department Of State has been
informed that decree of the emperor
and empress orders the degradation
of four princes and deprives Prince