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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED U\Lk\ FKIDAt ...HI MIL'.... UNION TIMES COMPANY | SECOND FLOOR TIMES BUILDING | BELL PHONE NO. 1. j L. M. RICE - - - Editor. Registered ;it the I'ostofliee in ITiion . S. C. as second class mail matter. HCBRCKH'TIOV K A IKS One year - - - - $1.'* Six months .... .Fs Three months ... .35 ADVKKTISKMEN'IS : One square, lirst insertion - $1 <> : Every subsequent insertion - .5' ! Contracts for three months or longet will be made at reduced rates. laicals inser'o'd at K I-I5 cents a line Rejected manuscript will not here* ? 01 : t elliiitnc llir i respect will be charged for at hub rate*. UNION, S. C., A !*l; i I. -7. I Another school district in Marl Intro county has refused to rccciv dispensary money to run 11 o-i s-hools. If Marlboro keeps on w .shall all have t*. give her the palm She has never had the dispensary and the spurning of dispensan money speaks well for them. It i- j bio > I money no matter how nuiel j men may refuse to acknowledge this 1 fact. The doctrine, of salvation by blnm is sometimes ridiculed by those wh* oppose the religion of Jesus. It yet remains a fact that the advancement of humanity has at every step of \\> | progress left the foot-prints of blood. Tlii- is true in commercial and industrial affairs as well as in matters of n_or.il progression. The great 1-ss of life and property in Han Francisco will eontril ute to the world's knowledge of architecture. Future generations will receive the blessing purchased at so great a price in hlood and money. | j.| |u*:ie>> unliif kiilil on/1 one to give way to the depression an 1 pain wrought by strife. The years are too swiftly passing for one to allow the spirit of resentment and spite to enter the life. The great world of endeavor offers too in viting a lield of action for one to he content to stop and allow life's energies to go to waste in the follies an 1 shams of a tnorhid, sellisli and foolish spirit of bitterness. There are too many fragrant Mowers to he had for the gathering to admit of our gathering the foul-smelling, noxious ! weeds. A heart that feels, a hand that lielns. a mind that rests in tin peace of conscious well-doing that , is the life that is worth while. It is one that is open alike to rich and i poor. It is true that the trumpet I call to this life is not heard. The: Hare and noise of the world-life often drowns the gentle voices that j calls to this blessed way of life. Hut ! we do well to attend faithfully to this same still voice, for it is the ; voice of God. INDIFFERENCE OF CITIZENS. It is a difficult matter to get our J peopl to give adequate thought to | matters pertaining to the public welfare. This indifference manif-ajts it- it' in a very pronounced degree in all matters pertaining to the j exercise of the elective franchise. It is hard to get nion to look after , their registration certificate, and of-J t-n when they are registered they] manifi st so little interest that they neglect to vote on the day of election. It is often not the lawless el- ; enicnt that is thus careless, but the ; best class of citizens?men of intellb i geiicc, industry and thrift. Infact, many good citizens are so absorbed in their own affairs that tin y do not give the necessary time to these questions of public interest. They should not complain when eondi-j tinns are sueh as to cause them re- ; gret. It is the law that our county : registration hooks he opened the; first Monday in each month, up to i?0 days before the general election! in November. Yet it transpires that j numbers of our citizens have notse-i cured a certificate. They should! not complain when they are refused the privilege of easting their vote. A mnn owes it to himself and to the I, community in which he lives to show at least sufficient interest in i these matters to get out a registra-A tioti cut'fficuun j* ? * * * HELP FOR SAN FRANCISCO. While the prop- rty loss in Sai Franeiseo e.\ee d> the tirst estimah three times over, the loss of life i not nearly s<> great. I'p to Sunday five Inn re i I todies hail I teen feeov ercd. 1*'.Xperts estimate that tli property loss will oxeeed three hint dtvd millions of dollars. Front every tef,tio:i of the I'nited State money and provisions have poiiin into the stricken city. The whol nation has responded to the need of tie | eople in the w reeked eitv Thousands and hundr<ds of tla at! ands and even millions of dollai were poured into San Francisco Iwire -lady front generous heart* Train load after train load of pr< visions were Inn l ied thither, the d? nuti ns I eing prompted hy genet o :r hunts responding to the sor lie d of f. Mow-brings. It is in ju? su It sad tines that all our peoph of every ereed and every elass feel 111 >-t strongly the ties of universsi br ilherliood. It is just such a tim a this that seems best t?? bring mi th - fart that with :>) 1 tin* distinction as to class and wealth our people su redly one. One of the surest sign that ei\ilization is going forward,ut backward, is this ready, abundai an I inunedi ite response to the cr of human need. Every American feels just prid in the indomitable spirit ivf the pet pie of San Francisco. As soon ; tli lire swept city begins to cool o the business men will begin to ole; away the rubbish and rebuild, is this spirit of courage and entci prise that has made the I nite States a great nation. So long si this spirit is manifested by our pec pie our onward inarch will be tr umphant. It is to be hoped tils with the rebuilding of a new Sa Francisco there will he also forevi established a higher standard < morality. It is said that it was a , exceedingly wicked eify. May tl I ires of a lllict ion, so grievous to boa j prove also a source of nuriticatkij \f y (he rilv t h-li Well-ill fell 111o< 1 turn to 11 im with reverence at faith. Iiicli, powerful and beautif it certainly will be; may goodne also be one of its characteristics. I rilC EMANCIPATION OF THE FARME At no time since the war has the | been so good a day for the farm J of the South as has now come. Tl '< present condition of prosperity h: about emancipated the farmer. 1 is in a position to advance materia ly in a way he has never before n< vanecd. He is no longer obliged sell his crops as soon* as they a harvested. lie is in position to hi more cheaply than he could forme ly, for he has money with which 1 bliy. lie has learned to farm mo: scientifically, and consequently tl saiin* labor expended on tin; sail land proiliuts more than it once dii Evidence of this advancement of tl farmer are seen in newly planted o charils, new barns and redaime fields. The well-tilled erihs, tl sleek stock and the newly purchase farming implements sire further m idencs of the prosperity of tli times. It i> a great day for our Souther country that thi> condition exists No people can long prosper if tli farming population is on the dow grade. The wealth must come fro the soil. When the farmer pro! pcrs so prosper the merchant, mm ufaeturer and professional mai Moreover, the liest sab guard a coun try can have is its prosperous farm." The stability and general well-Item of the South is assured when "Pro* purity'' is written over the gatewa leading to our farmhouses. While our farmers are advunuin along so many lines, would it n< he well for them to give a little mm attention to tin: raising of poultry A score of farmers in I'nion count couM at small expense lit up ayar and raise fancy hirds. The cgjj ami fowls of such 1 reeds almost al ways sell, and they sell at haiulsom prices. There will he little. ?Iillicul ty in disposing of the. eggs and fowls A small amount spent in advertis ing will bring customers from al parts of the state, and considorabl results could l?o obtained locally. The State Itanki rs Associ vrioi meets in Greenville, S. (J., Alnj U-lif. . { ! BEAUTIFYING EXPOSITION GROUNDS. i A Southern Woods to be Transformed ; Into a Paradise?More Than a Mil- j s lion Plants and Trees Used. y *" * (l*Y Fit AN K KUEltl.E.) Norfolk, Va., April 27 .-^Artistic i landscape engineering and garden-i ing is rapidly transforming what was hut a rough scope of woodland s into a paradise of beauty. Art has, il been brought to the aid of nature in accomplishing the great landscape work of the Jamestown Exposition. Natural forests are utilized where availahe and massive trees > are being transplanted to carry out s the plan of the work and conform i v to the general arrangement of ' streets, buildings, and other Expo-j sition improvements. " j More than a million plants,! shrubs and trees are already in' -' place on the grounds, covering many varieties, from the budding ( plants just opening into life to*j j , irinot liveoak whose acre is estimated | at Hourly a thousand yours. This | votoran oak, tlio king of the'transit < formed forest, was a largo tree' r i when America was discovered, and its spreading hranehes will aiYord shade and shelter to thousands of s Exposition visitors. ? The arranging of the grounds neis oessitated the draining of more than .a thousand acres of land to guard t against any possibility ot malaria. I Streams had to he bridged and y j great tre.es had to Ik: transplanted I and in many instances had to he u [ carried on rafts across tide water j. I for many miles. An old apple orchard, which occupied part of the ^'ground near by the Exposition had A to be renfoved. Instead of being ir destroyed it was dug up and tieIt trees transplanted around a thirtyr_ live acre drill ground to provide shade? and add beauty to the sur' rounding"*. IS The Exposition avenues are to he )- rendered attractive by live rows of j. trees, two of apple, two of red (t maple and one of pin oak. All open spaces are to bo covered with " trees, shrubs and llmvers; and llow r ..,-c .1,1(1 uIiviiIk will I|(> rtldiitod llonr* afithc walks. The creamy white n , magnolias ami lillies, the bright I golden-rods, roses and other llowcru ing plants and trees, will mingle r' | their colors with the various shades It j in'e 'HrtliV'1 lift* pWA ^YAo tile ,,1 bay trees. tij j Ferns in dndless variety are to he seen along the beds of flowers, and .luxuriant palms will play an important part in beautifying the j landscape. Towering high above " the roses, lillies, lilacs, jasmine, : magnolias and multitudes of other re j shrubs and trees stand groves of cr pines along the water courses. ?,| The tree growth had an importi ant influence on the building of tin,l'" I Exposition, for the streets and road'(>' ways on the grounds have been 1- made to conform to a great extent 1- to the location of the trees in order lu that an attractive landscape setting j may be given to the building" wherever possible. Some of the >' walks will be bowers of beauty unr j del* natural arbors of scuppernonfc to! grape, Virginia creeper.- and other r(l i trailing vines. The fence around the ground.1('; two and a half miles long, is in itself 101 a thing of great beauty. It is eight I. feet high, made of farm wire and l(. barb wire. The entire fence is covered with Japanese honeysuckh blooming all Summer, with trumpet ( vine with their long scarlet Hower.10 and with the magnificent crimson (1 rambler rose. Thus the beauty ol ! the Exposition grounds may be seen [(l j on every side, even the fence being a sight to arouse admiration. ?; Agricultural Exports. ie' Agricultural products arc now j, making their highest record in th? ^ exportation* of the Vnited States, and, should the present rate con ) tinue during the remainder of tie >- fiscal year, the total exportation ot i. | such products will in lff(H>, for tie first time, cross the billion dollai line. In the eight months ending with February, for which the De & parturient of Commerce and Labor. *- j through its bureau of Statistics,fury I nishes the detailed figures, thevalu< ?f agricultural products cxpos&ce imounted to over 8700,000,000. ^ which is a total considerably in excess of tin; figures for a "similar pe'<*!>'iodin any preceding year. This ? growth occurs in all of the thre< .. i great grohps which form the hulkot j agricultural sexports, viz., bread -tuffs, cotton and provisions, tie latter term including meats am - dairy products. The largest in e crease occurs in breadstuff*, ii . wmco ilie gain is *>< 0,000,000, pro visions show n gain of $33,000,000. and cotton a gain of $30,000,000 each comparer! witli the correspond1 ing months of the immediately pro i* ceding year. The increase in exports of wheat h chiefly due to the shortage in out i own supply which existed in 1905 r and a return to normal condition?-x /JOth in who oight uioutha \ ... -jrrc-y? ?a?ai I 1 i I SE^lil^!?P - >rcp-'~?\\r% r-'^?wiS^f / A\\ \ 11 leather required ) \V 1 demand for "Qv \ w4# ?S I /' figures, but you 1 11 1 nil' preference for "( K tintI *?'e a8ency* I it 1 I LARGES" ing with February, 11)08, only 4,19(5,000 bushels of wheat, were i*v ! ported, while in the same months lending with February, 1006, the nuniher of bushels exported was 27,467,288. Of flour, the exports for* the corresponding months of 1905 and 1006 were 5,856,507 baraels and 0,785,699 barrels. Of corn the quantity exported in the eight months ending with February, 1905, was 50,968,160 bushels, and in the same months of 1906, 88,261,903 bushels, while of oats the total exports in the eight months of 1905 was 959,941 bushels, and in the same months of 1900,32,714,452 bushels. Cotton shows an increase of 860,000,000 in value of exports during the eight months ending with February, 1906, compared witlrthe corresponding months of last year, but a decrease in quantity, the total number of bales exported in the eight months ending with February, 1906, being 5,399,055, against 5,879,227 in the same months last year. The increase in value of ex ports by countries occurs in movement to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Russia and Canada, and a decrease in the movements to Belgium, Japan, Netherlands and Mexico. In quantity, however, the furores show n fl?.?-1in.. id movement to all the principal countries except Franee and Canada, the increase in total value being due co the high average export price per pound, that in 190(> being a little ver eleven cents per pound, while Hio average (flotation per pound in he eight months ending with Febuary, 11)05, was slightly more than line cents.?Dun's Kevicw. General News Notes. All the hank vaults in San Francisco were found to he in tact.The money and papers 011 deposit are therefore safe. Close friends of President Roosevelt think he will lie a candidate for the Senate from New York after he retires from the president's office in 1909. vviumm U. Uoroty, of Youge'aj Island is said to Ik> the largest "hip- | per of cahhago plants in the world. Hi* recently shipped one million plants?a ear loa I ? to the State of Iowa. He has f equently sold as much i s thirty-five thousand dolU <W* | % j i PBI IwLII i | s be more striking evidence of the iremende |uccn Quality" Shoe than these amazing fi; rcat factory consumes the shine and hides of 7 Kids and Coats 300 Horses and C 300 Calves * 425 at herd of cattle being corralcd every o'ay I for each day's output, and you have a concrc jeea Quality" Shoes. You may not be inter arc interested in the reason toby women shov 3uecn Quality" Shoes over all o'.hcrain the wo New styles now ready?priced mostly at SI UAL DRY liOODS m r SHOE FACTORY"m THE | PLOWS S "P. D. F. Co." C ^ Middle Bursters * ^ t. \ LOWEST ? PRK s 5 PLANT ATION !S \i 8 OETZEL HAE SBIKKH I THR m ^ The men who have a W business world as succfs 38 strangely?men who began SB stances. The study of their live 53 instance the story of a pi 88 his career with the most i is, however, quick to app 0B discovers that money is gg| factor of the age. The mai JJ lesson of THRIFT in this ( g& road to power and distinct HI way by which the foundati ^ that is by Thrift and SAVIh PS Our Savings Department Off the peopl Sm| The Bank That Pays 4 Per Ci f I ^r^tta//'f(pJ)J! 4 L^EbtEEFI PSPKl >us popularity ;urcs? Et>ery \uLBStSkL Steers sj(^ o provide the } ftc idea of the ^ f.N n eated in these N~?'.[( \ v so marked a I irld. We have " LOO and $3.50. | WORLD Mi?M ' 4VzCents jjj ^ Per Ponrirl h ? orrect Shapes | $3.50 TO $5.00 ^ ^ :es ofl ALL fe */ * hardware. ? Q ? * .. JDWARE CO. ? 8rar?sr.*rarar*rj9r? KW'BiWKimw*"?'""" "? 1 im W& 8B 08 1 F T! i J ttained distinction in the p| isful financiers are?not i life in humble circum- p| s reveals in almost every oor boy who starts upon r?j meagre advantages. He ^ reciate values. He also |l power, that wealth is a M n who has learned the :ommercial age is on the Pj ion. There is only one H j on of wealth can be laid: || ers You This Opportunity H ^ _ES BANK. 1 * | ent Interest on Deposits. H 3