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1 ^ |j| From ||? Autut m Dodd' i|| attrac ^ are as H varie< HI please || balan fH on w ||j finish P qualit HI highe ||S . footw || prised I ? ' 1 A nur H come 1 The LOCAL LACONICS. Happenings of Interest About Town. Mr. M. B. Crigler was in Union last week. Mr. G. M. Wright was in the city last week. Mr. Eugene Banders spent Bunday in Bedalia. Mr. J. P. K. Bryan, of Charles wju, cuiiu: up rnuay. Mr. Roland G. Hill, of Carlisle, wa* in Union last Monday. Col. J. H. Sloan of Spartanburg was in town last Thursday. <C Mr. T. H. Rennie, of Graniteville, was in town last Sunday. Mr. E. \V. Robertson was registered at the Hotel Union last Sunday. Mr. H. C. Fleitman, of Glenbrook, N. J., cauio to Union last week. Dr. M. W. Chambers is still alive ' and the chances for recovery are now good. r Mrs. L. D. Childs and her little son, of Chester, are visiting Mrs. C. T. Murphy. Messrs. Dan H. Wallace and S. Means Bcaty are in Georgetown on a hunting trip. ' Messrs. Stanyarne Wilson and -JBP' S. F. McCravy of the Spartanburg bar were in town this week. Mr. J. O. Proctor, personal rep resentauvc 01 Mr. K. F. Hcrriek, president of the newly formed Holding Company for the Union mills, is in the city. * Rev. G. W. Painter, formerly of Virginia, a returned missionary. wiiP preach at the First Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and in the evening at 7:30 (jj Now is your time to subscribe foi ' 7f The Union Times and the Metro. pohtan magazine, both for one dol lar and eighty cents, the price ol Hp* the magnzinc alone. In this waj you get The Times free. Don't forget, Monday, Tuesdaj and Wednesday nights of nex week, at popular prices. Don'? \ miss it. You may never have thchance again of seeing these plays, which have made such a good im ptession in the lajger cities. L lis zsiwssBSisaa^sasa e B? V every viewpoint our nn models of "Doi ' Shoes are striki ,4-:..^ nri ^ * .uvc. i iic new toe sr 5 handsome as thei 1. The new heels ; you. Each fits ces to a nicety the hich it is shown. , the shoemaking, y are so suggestive o st priced custom r ear that you will be I at the moderate pric DO and $3J nber of new models in. Bailev - CoDeland m m Good Show Coming. c The Corrinc Runkcl Stock Company will appear at the Union Opera House on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights of next week, and the lovers of amusement in, ^ Union will then have an opportunity of seeing some first class plays presented by this excellent com- ^ pany. For the past week this com- i pany has been playing at the Co-1 lumbia Opera House and the papers \ of that city have been filled with' praise and favorable criticism about ^ the company and the shows pre- q sentcd by it. | The repertoire is an excellent one .j and consists of many new and upi to-datc plays. A different play is' e( ' given each night and thus for three ^(( nights the people of Union will have a chance to see good plays by a first class company. The members of the company arc u, all artists in their lines and many ; specialties will be introduced, as will a number of new and clever topical songs, which never fair to amuse the most critical audience. The plays presented by this company are unlike those which have C been here, and command the interest of the spectator from start to finish." Tragedy is mingled with comedy and serious and ludicrous (i( situations fill almost every act. j If you love a good show ?if you want to laugh as well as be amused ? ?if you want to sec a good play " played by good players?if you want *, to get tip-top shows at popular prices?go to sec the Corinne Runkel ^ company. $2500 REWARD! R The Ledger of 1903-4, the Cur- ^ rent ledger and the Current Journal of the Union Cotton Mills having heen reported missing from the office of the said Mills, in the city of L Union, 8. C., on tho 18th day of October, 1005, the said Mills hereby offer a reward of $500 for evidence leading to and resulting in the re- N iL ! .1 1 1 ? 'AA 1 eovery ui mu saiu oookb; $ouu additional, or $1,000, for the rcstora- ^ tion of the said books, unmutilated, to the custody of said Mills, and $1,500 additional or $'2,500 for the | restoration of said books, unmutilated, to tho custody of said Mills with evidence to convict tho person or persons purloining the same. v Union Cotton Mills, By Edwin W. Robertson, < " i'roaiJokt. h K ' d&SsmZ. "'* * flfctx?-' : ->)L> ???? fcw MMW???? ' new H the *Othy g nee ing'y M & i apes ?2| ?-<>t I lj?3 sue / |are Kg doo will ??1 & ma, !h", doo hea pat. fim tat' posi wag rusl our the bon was eecc opci but and wer Obit to 8 altli and sisti cott a fe ting the thr< fj Lo. || " Ask distinguished Missionary in Union. _ To Rev. G. \V. Painter, for thirty ?ars a missionary to China, is vising his class mate* Rev. B. G. lifford, in the city and will remain rcr Sunday, and it is very possible j^[r lat he will lecture on missions be re he leaves. John S. Adams Dead. I)(r:r ~ out, Mr. John Samuel Adams, of zje(j damsburg, died at bis borne on ftn(i undny morning. He was ill for i>ur veral months. Monday afternoon tjrjr le deceased was buried at Foster's wag Impel, the services being conduct- ^la 1 by Rev. A. H. Best of the Meth- wo , list church. He was fifty years of age. Three >ns and a daughter survive him. p|f JUr. Adams was a respected and jefnl citizen and will he greatly rissed in the community in which o lived. N CAITLOADLOTS. J. ciat leven Hundred Dollars ^ Worth of Heinz Ooods. ' of \ sigi The Union Grocery Company re- and jived a shipment of eleven hundred cott ollars worth of Heinz goods con- cott sting of pickles, preserves, catsups, tha: lincemeats, jellies, all of the latest the nd most delicious of the celebrated the [einz preparations. Housekeepers eve: iust he happy when they can got ing hat they want. L. L. W. is a one each. the; Advertised Letters i the emaining in the Post Office at Union arc . C., for the week ending Nov. 17, m. B John Black. G?Frank Garner. m' H?J A lloUingsworlh. Mrs M B onl, [all, Frank Hampton. ccn J HpIIai- Pinbono Tn(o? i K?Mrs L~M ~Kn ox"" ~ caK L?James M Long. M?Frank Miller, Llllie Macin^haw, Irs Delia McAfferty. N?Johnnie Nesbrtt. ? P?Hampton Pryhock, Pink Phillips, . 1 f H Po le. ties R?Lillie Roberts, Sallio Robers^n. Uftll S?Mrs Eda Smith, Laura Sanders. \tv illen Small, Willie Sansor, Wallace ,,*V anders. H M Sanders. no1 T?May Thomi son, Burt Tucker. n?? W?Minnie Winslow, Fannie Wood- inci >n. Mrs Nersis Watson, Mrs S A /orker. Persons calling for the above letters ill please say if advertised, and will l>e xju'ied to pay one cent for their de- lftW i P.M. : A Statement of Facts. 3n the*night of November 5th, about 12 o'clock, the undcrsigued t police headquarters on their ular round, or heat, going, purint to their instructions, down in street to railroad crossing and urning to police headquarters by y of Sharp's alley. Vs we approached the fire house lding, and when within a short tance of said building we disered a small smoke coming from top of said building, and sounda loud alarm with the view of iking possible inmates of the ise, but reeeived no response and immediately hastened rapidly to building and attempted to open back door, but being without essary implements, were unable ! lo so. Wo at once ran to the ! it of the building, but found h doors securely fastened, but cccdcd in forcing open a small r that loads to the second story, owing that one John Turner, wed, was usually in charge of property in the night time we tie a desperate effort to arouse i, which we only succeeded in ng after having broken open the r. We then rushed to police dquarters with all possible dissh and gave the fire alarm, jr this we rushed back to the nouse and with the assistance ohn Turner succeeded in resell the fire horses. We made every sible attempt to save the lire ;on, but without avail, and then led to the stable and exhausted efforts in an attempt to save city mules. After tremendous ibarding the front door, which also securely fastened, we sucled in forcing the main door 11, rushed in to the open stalls, the flames were so intensely hot the smoke so dense that wc e powerless to accomplish our let. .fter exerting our utmost efforts ave what property we could and lough giving an outcry for help, finding it impossible to get asincc, we rushed to the Union 011 mills where, with the aid of w parties, wc succeeded in get; tlic necessary hose to extinguish tire which at the moment was ?tening the town, 'his statement is given to the lie solely with the view that it uld be in possession of the actual s as they occurred and not carI away by untrue and unwarted. newspaper artich s cmanatfrom one who perhaps was ep at the time of the tire. J.T. Moselky, L. H. DavIs. wn in Distress?Wail from a Leading Lawyer. Union, B. C\, Nov. 15, 1905. John P. Gage, Editor Union Times, Union, S. 0. r Bir: he dispensary has been voted , the blind tigers have been inuz1 by the Law and Order League, the town water-wagon was nod in the recent tire. We can't ?k and can't get on the wateron. In the words of a former bama Congressman, "Where are \t?" Yours trillv "Nick William*." ins to Hold 3,000,000 Boles. iCW Orleans, Nov. 15.?Follow the arrival of President Harvie dan, the Southern Cotton Assoion today perfected plans for ing off the market 3,000,000 ;s of cotton by means of a scries >ledgos which the farmers will i themselves, stilting their name address and the amount of , on they will thus hold. The , on held will not he sold for less . n 15 cents a pound according to , pledges. A representative of | association is to be sent into ry one cf the 817 cotton produc- , counties of the cotton belt at e. When the pledges are signed , y will be sent to the central oHicc , he association in Atlanta. 'resident Jordan says that half of crop has already been sold at an rage of 10 cents and the spins must have all the remainder. believes that 10 cents fur the , minder is a fair price and it will y average the spinners 12 1-2 tw while they have based all their ;ulation?fcfm 14 cents cotton. Uniform State Laws. is the once separate communiin the several states have gradly become fused in one commun* almost effacing state lines, but abolishing stab* authority, the d of uniformity in the laws has rciiscd. Congress exercises liml powers. It may pass a nationbankruptcy law, but may not ke rules for the admission of yore to practice their profession. may SgBSSHSMHSBSBSSlS I Now We^ IThe Besl Cook J Sold on 55 years Sizes and Prices The Cha Stoves an 1 There is a difference in Ranges but the Charte than the next best. Nc be "just as good" as IP "just as good" a Stove gg ALRIGHT. Don't fail want a cook stove or he | BAILEY FURI A Handsome Present R ^ amounting to ? Ml I I VEHICLES Ar 1 IMPLEM |i. We have just r< shipment of Wa |]| D'sc Harrows, S m, rows, two=hors< ? Middle Bursters, m Wire and Staple || in large quantitii fe low price which !|| position to sav 1 We invite every 1 terested in the al fe items to call to s Peoples S the states, but may not interfere V with the marriage laws. It may t provide for national organization of .o the militia, but it may not pass a! t: prohibitory liquor law. v Since it is not easy to increase 1' the powers of Congress by amend- e ing the Constitution, agreement 1 among the states is the only way to t Keeure nnifnrmitv <?f ? vv? v'? u^ioiatiuii. | * Arrangement? are now making fori l a convention of delegates from thejt various states to meet in Washing- * ton to draft a marriage and divorce law for adoption throughout the f country. The convention has hccn g called hy the Governor of I'cnnsyl- f vania in obedience to instructions , ^ from the legislature of his state. Through the activity of state l>oards of medical examiners many states have practically uniform reg- 1 illations governing the licensing of ? physicians. The Nations] Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association is ittcmpting to secure a uniform liq- ( nor license law; and the insurance mperintendents of certain states are considering a uniform law for the > control of life-insurance companies, t Taxation reformers have urged uniformity in tax laws, on the ground that under the oresent. sv?.i' KT - V " torn of diverse laws a njan may be 1 dapiuwl of 41 ipooipfe irucu \mV /e Got It! j >tove on Earth. 63 ? record. Styles, j? to suit all. jg rter Oakl (' Ranges. 3 the price of Stoves and 3 r Oak costs no more m > Stove or Range can MB the best. None are 3 is for $7.50 THAT IS 8 to see us when you H ater. |jg KITURE GO. I with every purchase g $10 and over. ^aBjgjgiiaESiw8 MD EARM1NG | ENTS. I eceived a large fj| igons, Buggies, at moothing Har= ? i Turn Plows, SVl car load Barbed 1| ;s. We bought ? es and at a very % places us in a e you money. f| one who is in= k bove mentioned W, ee us. m upply Co. I ????? ??????? ?? >roperty. The Into David A. Wells, he tax export, once cited the case f a widow whose property was nv<>d tViriui Snw.o ? ....w iiiiun, once ill me StiitO /here is was situated, once in the ionic state of the executor who iiad hargo of it, and again in the New England state where she went to live o educate her daughter. When he third tax was paid there was iraetieally nothing left for her of he income of the property, and he had to leave New England. Economically, the need of uniormity of practice in taxation is reat; socially, the need for uniorni marriage laws is imperative.? fouth's Companion. When Iten Franklin stayed out all night discovering lightning liis wife gave him thunder 011 his return houie. Foe'hail should be good nrnetiee He man who wants to go through life >u liis face. It is suspected that a purt #? tiie ,vork of the sugar trust is to sweeten he campaign funds. Some women get inurrie<l because hey think it is a good idea to have a nan about the place if they should vaut to discharge tiie cook.