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' % f W\ ? (fW > . .. if THE UNION TIMES. iB <* .Jr __-???==? ? : j ???^????, VOL. LVI NO 23. /? *?#c^h f UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. ?fe- - ' ??? W WE PAY 1 |j|^ ,.^v ON TIME D f Wm. A. NICHO g J FREE DELIVERY.- p Union lo Have Two New Rural Routes. x r Onice of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Washingon. June 5, 1900. The Postmaster, Union, Union County, South Carolina. Sir: You arc hereby authorized to exhaul rural delivery service from your office, to commence on August 1, 100b, with one carrier at a salary of v $702.00 per annum, including horse hire, the route to be desige~ nated No. II and to be served in aecordance with description inclosed. y- ? ; Your attention is especially called to the inclosed instructions in regard to further details of the service, which you will read carefully and keep upon the permanent files of your office. Due notice of changes in established service should lie given patrons in order that, where necessary, lx>xes may Ik; relocated. You are directed to see that rural carrier No. 3 leaves to deliver mail on route at 9:45 a. in., and rev turns with collections not later than J5'45 Pj**-4 'J yfry respectfully, <*- ^ J xj A.-'stanr l'osimnvie, . I ? - T f Sm 'VTV Sini'Tfl j Union, umu^ vA>tm , ....... ? V Carolina, Route No. 3. I\f Beginnings / the PostoHioe, the carries will g<> ' Miles. Thence So^thcastu. ud southwesterly V ford corner. ..ToWy. 0.5 Northwt^rly to rant corner 2.8 44 Northwesterly to Smith " corner 4.8 Northeasterly to McBride corner -.3 44 Northwesterly and west to Union Postoflice... 3 Length of route 23.1 Number of houses 21: Population served 1,0CX Union, Union Countx, South Cakollina, Route No. 4. Beginning at the Postoilice, th w carrier will go Miles Thence Northerly to MeKissick corner 3. 44 Northeasterly to Faucett corner 1 44 Southeast and south to J. Harris Farm 44 North and northeast to Adams corner 44 Returning southwesterly McCormiek Road... 1 Northwesterly toBelue Mill " Northwest, north and northeast to Belue corner ' 4 4 Easterly to McCorinack corner 44 Northwesterly to Smith corner Southwest to Scott corner 44 South and southwest to Belue Forks 44 Northwest and southwesterly to Bennett corner 44 Northwest to Ivcy corner and retrace to Bennett corner 44 Southeast and south to Union Postollicc length of route Nuinlx'r of houses Population served Mail must not l>e delivered 1> ral carriers to mail loxes er< within the corporate limits of a or town in which a United S postofhee is located except at < having Free Delivery service v the Free Delivery limits will lx w stitutcd for the corporate limits to those erected within a half NTEREST I EPOSITS. LSON & SON, ERS. ?jJSL ? of a postoflice in a town or village having no corporate limits. Service must not l>c withdrawn, however, from the 1m>x of any patron without the special authority of the Department. Farmers' Meeting. t The regular monthly meeting of the Union County Farmer's Association was called to order ir> U C<_J 1 vwv. vuuiu nuuac, oaiuruay, June 2nd. President Farr announced that he had been unable to hear from Harvie Jordan concerning his visit to Union. Mr. Jordan is just now in Jackson, Miss., in attendance upon the general conference of Southern growers. It is hoped, however, that an answer may be received on an early date and that Mr. Jordan may be able to address the farmers of Union County some time during the month of June. The matter of a county warehouse was discussed freely. The committee, composed of Dr. Culp. Judge Greer and Mr. Gregory, reported that it had nothing definite so far, but had received plans from Mr. F. H. Weston, of CqfUmbia; and that these plans would be submitted to the contractors as soon as possible. They ajso reported that the ware DOUgnV. - , , about five hundred bales. Mr: Abrams himself appeared before the Association and gave a description of the house, statins I that he would sell house and lo for $675. The matter was refer red to the committee which wa empowered to go ahead and se cure b; Js on a new house, the .v oViood mid submit a report a the July meeting. A report from New York we read, stating that the crops i South Carolina were hindered little by the cool, dry, weathe but that stands had been obtai: , ed generally, and in very few 1 , calities had a second plantii j been necessary. "Isabella." e Local talent presented t opera "Isabella," on Frid | evening to a fairly good hou: 1 Mr. L. Ouida Tyler directed t practice which was meagre, a himself took the part of Ki Ferdinand. As stated, very lit . 1 practice was had and the cc pany clearly demonstrated t <s fact to the audience. - The part of the newsboys i <? woli parried out and the audie showed its appreciation by lc .3 ly encoring them. The li girls, is usual, were the b Little school girls they were, 1 they sang well that popular s< "I can't do that sum." 1 .5 The chief characters w Mr. Tyler as Ferdinand: ] 1 Frances Whitmire as Isab Miss Cornelia Greer as Jo 1.3 and Mr. Benj. F. Townser Columbus. The costumes and general pearance of the whole com were good. Tinsley-Stevcnson. I <5 Mr. Jones Evans Tinsley ? Miss Carrie R. Stevenson i . Cafinvinv pvfininer s mauicu uubui u>.j ? o home of Rev. L. M. Rice. 120 Evans Tinsley is the son o Tinsley and is well knov y rn- Union. ctcd Miss Stevenson is from . city more and has for some time tatcs the milliner in Mies M. E. cities ley's establishment, k'herc The marriage was quite 5sub- .prise to every one, but the n<>r est wishes of their host of f mile KO with the young people. JONESVILLE HAPPENINGS. School Closes?Woodmen Unveil a Monument?Miss Cornelia Greer Reads a Poem?Personal Mention. Jonesville, Juno 5.?Tomorrow will 1k> three years since the flood in the Pacolot River when so much property was destroyed and so many lives were lost. On two or three occasions in the last few days our people have been reminded of that awful occasion by hcayy rains but no flood has come dotvn the water courses as it did three years ago. It seems today os though Die rainy spell was at an end. Lands and crops have l>een considerably damaged and farm work considerably set back. Last Sunday was an all round day of events in and around Jonesville. In the morning there was regular services at the Presbyterian church, and at the Methodistchureli' Rev. D. E. Camak preached the commencement sermon forthegraduating class of the Graded School. The sermon was well suited to the occasion, and was full of thought, and much new thought, to the whole congregation as well as to the graduating class. There was preaching services at" Gilead church in the morning and in the afternoon the granite shaft erected over the grave of Rol>ert i N. Leonard was unveiled by the Woodmen of the world, Camp of Union, of yrhich Mr. Leonard was a meml>cr. Quite a numl?er of other Woodmen joined the Union Camp beaded by a band of music from Union, and the piW Vv marc hed from the depot to the cemetery three-fourths of a mile where i?i iIlVlTr,1K ceremony was conf ii .?0n* Jos?Ph T- Johnson came all the way from Washington - -ihr. iTrClai r,cqu,e?t aml invitation by i of Union, reml^a - and Judge J. M. Greer pullfiTthe J eorcl and the curtain dropped that t covered the shaft. There was the - largest crowd present that ever asS sembled at the cemetery. The closing exercises of the gradn cd school were to come off Monday it and Tuesday nights hut owing t< the downpour of rain Monday even IS ing there were no exercises, hut al in were performed last night, in th a presence of a large audience at th r, graded school building. The p\i n- pils performed their parts well 0- Mr. oi Louis* die, Ky., mad lg the literary address which ws thoughtful and edifying. Miss Marie Blair, of Boekton,. visiting her sister, Mrs. D. K. Can ak. he Mi ss Mary Perry, of Columbia, the guest of Misses Mary and Ball Mobley. he Mrs. N. Harris and Ira j Harris, of Union, spent Sunday l_ Jonesvillc. !"j| Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Betsill, J Cross Keys, spent Sunday in ( his P)Wn< Miss Mae Mitchell a brother, Marion, of Spartanbu spent Sunday with Mrs. L. J. Fo iVJio nee er' >ud- Miss Fannie Li t tie job n, of ttje bury, was in town Monday to t tend connneneement. ami llvv- Jno? Farr, ot Keiion, tended the exercises at the Gra ?' School last night. Mr. Joseph -Sanders, of Uni Ui<sa slK>,d il 'n Jnnesville last w< 11 The Methodist. Sunday school ' have their annual picnic and < i ' drcn's day next Friday, the 1 inst. at Glendale park. I an Mrs. Mahala Thomson, of ( JP" ney, is the guest of the fami pany N. B. Bison. Mr. R. J. Kirhy, ofSpartanl visited the family of Mr. It Coleman last Sunday. Mrs. J. L. Mc\Vhirter is an(* quite sick. Drs. Blake, of Spa were burg, and Knowlton, of Colin tt the have been called in consult Mr. with Dr. H. T Hamcs in th f Mr. fjve days and it was thought ;i m in able for Mrs. McWhirtcr to . the Columbia hospital for trcal Baltl- which she will do. ! been i Mr? Annie Williams, M. I Tins- 0f Spartanburg, sinters of M L. McWhirter, are with her. a sur- Miss lone Littlejohn, of I f kind- ja spending the week with h riends ter) Mrs. Carrie H. Foster. Tepepjk I I 6000 DETEGjlfe WORK. Policemen Evans and Gregory Rc cover Lost Watch. '? ' .? Monday afteinoon, the 28th of May, a young lady while walking near the store of Mr. W. Newell Smith, dropped- her watch from tan: belt. It was advertised, but that brought no results. The case tyas put into the hands of Polioertian Calvin B. Gregory with absolutely no clue or suspicion as to who had picked up the watch. Mr. Gregory associated with him Sergt. Milo Evaift, and they together, by quiet watching, listening and inVeRHoffltinir rrnfl /m. tL , w.0v,v?..fet 5VU vii Licnjrv ui tilt: . watch, ana .by fast and vigorous | following ud of the clue, secured the watch tne third day after the case was placed with them. A litle negro boy by the name of Eubanks saw the young lady drop the watch and picked it up, and by some means, Mr. Gregory heard of this, and went immediately to the home of the boy and there saw the" boy's mother,* who said that her son gave the watch to a young lady who was passing at the time. But Messrs Gregory and Evans did not believe^ this tale and asked the mother where the boy was. She told them, and they at once went in seach of the boy. When they fouricl the boy, he told them that h? Jrj 1 given it to one Clayton. Tmefi- Gregory.and Evans went to Clayton, and in a judicious way got the watch from Clayton. ;This we regard as a very clever piece of detective work on the part of Gregory and Evans, and they were only two days at it. Union Graded Schools Close. ^"^restinp: event came ?iast ^iday. ?/Dr- R- P. Pell Co4e?P? delivered a fine address, after being introbvCPmf aqe^Lwed-chosen words Pi _Piof< Spehcvj* M. Rice Tr by different music class showed commendaoRi progress. Rev. D. M. McLeoc delivered the prizes?a gold med al to Mr. Albert Oliphant and \ scholrsrhip in Elizabeth Colleg* ' to Miss Virg* ^ia Briggs. Thi ? class prophecy, by Miss Louis - Murphy was original and enter 1 taining. The schools, under th ' able management of Prof. Jefl c ries and his co-workers ha\ ' made a fine record for the yea I and it is with pride we may poii !?' to our schools and say: "Th( are second to none." is Telephone Linemen Strike. i The International Brotherho< of Electrical Workers, an orgai lie zation which covers the Unit States and a part of Canada, h S. ordered a strike on the part in the Bell Telephone linemen tl covers seven states, includi ??f South Carolina. Our local E ?ur Telephone linemen, Messrs. J. nd Kirby and W. B. Irby were i'K, dered out Monday and quit w< ivl- Monday night. The salary T ' <?1A r;o nor wi Mr. iruy wus ?p?v/.uv pv?. .. As- ten hours per day. Mr. Ki :?t- received a salary of $50.00 month and ten hours a day. ' :?t- strike is for higher wages d?'d shorter hours. The union, p their men during trouble $ '<>?. each per week. The union ,(,k- sessed the entire brother! will sufficiently to bring them hil- $3,000 per week. -D. orkv hvfi- ? I.V of i The "D. O. K. K. V oni ' Union Wednesday night and >urg, ated a large numher <?f appli lh , into the order. This is a bran | the Knights of Pythias. The ! still didates for admission u> uns < 'tan- were driven through the s uhia, Wednesday afternoon in a ntion style and appeared to like <; last captivity. idvss- ^ ?* go to Before the Magistrate. tment Agent Shealy, of the Sou Bailey Railway at Santuc, was 1 Irs. J. fore Magistrate Johnson r. day afternoon for a prelin Jnion, hearing upon the charge o er sis- ing and selling whiskey. case was dismissed upon )ne. ficient evidence. F. M. FARR, President, ' I T t Merchants and Plan Successfully Doing Busir IBBH is lin> OLDKST Hank in lias a capital sim<1 surplus is tliu only NATIONAL 1 g Iiiis |>iti<l dividends hiho jg pays HU H per cent, ii K is the only listnk in L'nio has liurtrlur-Proof vault 9 pays more taxes than A I WE EARNESTLY SOLI f ? ROOSEVELT URGES REMEDY FOR EVILS Which Huvo Been Disclosed In Beef Scandal. 6PECIAL REPORT TO CO.NCRESS Tuberculosis Germs Mingle With Filth, Dirt and Grime and Grease from the Floors Are Made Into Product La- i I < ! beled "Government lns|...cled." To tho senate and house of representatives': I transmit herewith the : report o? Mr. James lironson ltey- ) ! noids and Commissioner Charles P. Neill, the special committee whom I olnted to investigate into the conditions in the stock yards of Chicago and report thereon to me. This report is of a preliminary nature. I submit ; it to you now because it shows the ur- ' j gent need of immediate action by the 1 congress in the direction of providing ! a drustic and thorough going inspee- ' I tion by the federal government for all 1 stock yards and packing houses, and 1 1 of their products so fur as tlie latter ? enter into interstate or foreign com- t ; merce. The conditions shown by even v i this short inspection to ? xi. t in llio c Chicago stock yards are revolting. It a ; is imperatively necessary in the in- a terest of decency that they should d be radically changed. Cnder the ex-1 v i lBtlng law it Is wtmHy Impossible to a I tho dcpaYffi^Airy results. When my n the preliminary statements?mr p vestigation were brought to my nttcn1 tion they showed such defects in tho 2 law and such wholly unexpected cone dltions, that I deemed it best to have e a further immediate investigation by men not connected with the bureau, e met, accordingly, appointed Messrs. F_ nmi Neill. it was impoasl rG blc under the existing law that satisr, factory work should bo done by tho it bureau of animal industry. 1 am now, ?y however, examining the way in which the work actually was done. Before I had received the report of Messrs. Reynolds and Neill, I had directed that labels placed upon any package i of meat food products should stat( only that the carcass of tho anima' from which the meat was taken liac ? ! been Inspected at the time of slaugh iES ^er jf inspection of meat food prod Of I ucts at all stages of preparation i iat| not secured, by tho passage of legisla ng tion recommended, I shall feel con tell pelted to order that inspection label E. and certiiicates on canned product or- shall not be used hereafter. The r< irk port shows that the stock yards an 0f packing houses are not kept even re 3ek Bon&hly clean and that tho method t _uv handling and preparing food produc ~r Is uncleanly and dangerous to hcalt the V"*!! existing law the national gc i ernment has no power to enforce I spectlon of the many forms of prep! ; od moat food products that are da o-Bv going from the packing houses into 1 as" terstato commerco. Owing to an lOOd adequate appropriation the departm< in of agriculture is not even able to pit ! Inspectors in all establishments des log them. Tho present law prohll olili.mtint nf nninsnrcted meat IUD Ouipii4v?*v K foreign countries, but there Is no i l(. vision forbidding the shipment of iuiti- Inspected meats in interstate ci emits morco' an(' thus the avenues of in c'li of ?tato commerce are left open to tr? lu diseased or spoiled meats. If, I , ). has been n'loged on seemingly g ' ' authority, further evils exists, * ! ^ as the improper use of chemicals ipti\e (iyOKi the? government lacks powe their remedy them. A law is needed w ; will enable the inspectors of the i era! govern?1:. t > inspevf ami si i vise from the ! oot to ih- e:> th.- j oration of t to ?-.i* I > ' ithern evti nor jp be- ta'e of 'Ire ri < i . Thurs- Fale Of ( riinary r?"luc". . f stor- pense c' f ; , The by a ft- \r insuf-11 "r r; " I MITT) re Qf (! \r / J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. I I J3 1 iters National Bank, | less at the "Old Stand." lTnion. i of $100,000, Hunk in Union, iintinK to $SW.400. it ores t on deposits. II inspcetcd l>y an oliieer, . ami Safe with Time-Lock. ,1. the Hunks in Union combined. err YOUR BUSINESS. ihhhihhhhhhhuhrhhi be dercnted tnrough an insufficient appropriation; and whenever there was no particular public interest In (lie subject, it would not only he easy, but natural to make the appropriation Insufficient. If it were not for his consideration, I shotlid favor the rnvnmmoM* ? ..i e_ #. ? ....on, i>ti>iuK ior n. The alarm expressed In certain quarters con. 'erning this feature should be allayed !>y a realization of the fact that in no ase, under such a law, will tho cost of nspcctlon exceed eight cents per head. I call special attention to the fact that this report is preliminary, and that the investigation Is stfil unfinished. It Is not yet possible to report an the alleged abuses the uso of deleterious chemical compounds In connection with canning and preserving meat products, nor on the alleged doctoring In this fashion of tainted moat and of products returned to tho packers as having grown unsaleable "* or unusuablc from age or from other reasons. Grave allegations are made In reference to abuses of this nature. Let mc repent that under the pres out law tliero practically is no meth ad of stopping these abuses%lf they should be discovered to exist. Legislation is needed in order to prevent ;he possibility of all abuses in the 'uture. If no legislation Is passed, then he excellent results accomplished by he work of this special committee f vrill endure only so long jjs the memory of the committee's work Is fresh ind rescrudescence of the abuses la bsolutely certain. I urge the Imme ZchZTCn\ J"'0 ,aW ?f P^vislona rrfcuitVrl "I IO the d?P?rt?nent of mat?ni Z ,ul0(ln:,tely <o inspect the ito ii n , a' f00fl "ro(lucts entering \to interstate commerce and to ," urge the CTWlUuiJs of preparing the the provisions known as .JliViii< Amendment No. 2i), to the Act making appropriations for the department of agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1007, as passed by the senate, this amendment being commonly known as the Beveridge amendment. Theodore Roosevelt. White House. June 4. 1000 Commencement Clifford Seminary. ; The Clifford Seminary closed > one of the most prosperous years 1 the institution has ever had Wed1 nesday evening, June 5. On . . Sunday, June 3, the sermon was s preached before the graduating l* class by Rev. A. G. Wardlaw, D. g D., pastor of the First Prcsbytes rian church. a- Monday evening a splendid ,l musical Recital was given. Miss MarieS. Clifford and Miss Mamie . ovn the instructors in mu la UCliiVl UIV h-; sic, and their work had evidently* i ly been well done, nr. The graduating exercises were ly held Tuesday evening, Rev. I). !? M. McLeod, pastor Grace Meth,n-! odist church, delivered an in-nl structive address to the class. The following are members of ,r* I the graduating class. 't^ Miss La Grade Walker, Miss )ro Bessie Summer, Miss Ruth UIV Spears, Miss Hattie McCutcheon, om. | Miss Eva Britton. ;;;; Almost a Tire. as ;ood On Wednesday night about >uch nine o'clock, a lamp was overall turned and set fire to the resir to dence of I)r. Going on Church street. Mrs. Going immediately !l rang in the alarm, then threw a ",Pr blanket over the burning oil. A " little help from the fire company ' " completed the work of extinguishing the blaze. A curtain and picture were burned. Little Paulette Going, in moving the niano cover, upset the lamp. v The fire-wagon was on the way , ?? to the fire in less than a minute i after the alarm was sent in.