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/ " % 1897 . 1907 * ....A HAPPY.... ^ AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Is assured to all those {who jl buy their SHOES from the OLD ^ RELIABLE SHOE HOUSE in 1907. We THANK YOU for your trade 11 in 1906. We can assure you FAIR and HONORABLE TREATMENT. ....OUR MOTTO.... | J SOLID LEATHER SHOES - ONE PRICE TO ALL I I ! | Yours for Business, Union Shoe Co. Phone 41. Main Street. 1 ^ i LOCAL LACONICS. j Miss Ruth Wilburn is visiting in I . Cross Kevs. Happenings of Interest ... " , . ? Miss Pearl Gofortli is at home About Town. this week from Padgett's Creek. Miss Marv Sartor is visiting Mr. Charley C.alvert, of SpartanMrs. Fant Gilliam. In,r?' v,s"?l lh<- c.ty Tuesday. Attorney Preston D. Uarron Miss Douglas is visiting spent Monday in Chester. :Mrs v- E- Ucl ass- Mam strcctMrs. Julia Rainey is visiting her: .' L"'s Spears of Gaffuey is daughter. Mrs. F. M. Farr. "*',""8 Mrs- hr?l CarMrs. Richard Morgan spent last a week with her mother at Santuc. * rs- * .u&* . . Smith, of Spar tanburg, is visiting Mrs. A. G. I Mr. J. H. Gault is building a Wardlaw. two-story dwelling on Gage ave-i ... _ nuc. " | M iss Carrie Belle Foster re-1 v i m d i A,r turr|e(l ruesday to her school work Mayor Young and Mr. Paul Mc- at Roebuck Nally spent Tuesday in SpartanAburg. an(' Mrs. J. E. Lipscomb ,, T- m at i i ^turned Monday from their trip MfV E\w1;,'Matthews has ni?ve(1 through Florida. i into the Wallace cottage, on Mam _ , street. ^r* Beverly has been added ' M tt r M-ii r^-Uoin to the office force of the Excelsior Mr. H .C. Miller, of Car isle, knitti mi? was a visitor at this omce on Wed- i nesday. Mr. Black well, of Dar-': int si?. it . , . c lington, spent several days in Un- , I he Winthrop students from ? ,?o4. , .4. f : , t- . . / . ,, i*r * ! 'on last week, visiting friends. Union returned to college Wed- " nesday. Mrs. J- H. Parties spent last \f nu , i c wr cx i wce^ with her parents, Mr. and 1 Mr. Charley Austell, of Woftord \r_c i M c \ . r- ] * , | -Mrs. J. I), (jraham, at Cross Keys. 1 college, was at home during the \ holidays. Mrs. Joel S. Aiken, oi Green- ( Oi, ' tt , T, . : wood, was in the city this week vis-:! Mr. Herndon-Thomson return- lt- \. * v- , x, . , Af , r _ ' it MT. ,tinK lur sifter, Mrs. \ . I. Masters ed Monday from Horner Military ; academy. " j Mrs. Mary E. Dickerson, of Messrs. Smith, Nicholson and at "" ,h?'"V , Osborne returned to the citadel |Mrs-C. Feaster, ,n east Un.on. 1 \licc Rcci? --1 vvcuiicsuay. !, ?- -a.mv.s .cu ^uwu./i ,, ~ u ,. . M for Orangeburg to spend some| Mr. Dan H. Wallace lias re- tjnie with her sister, Mrs. Walter moved into the Wallace home on $jms i Main street. Miss Willie Manning, who re- | ^ev; f * ^wen and family centjy occupied stenographer's pomoved Wednesday to their new shjon at the Excelsior, is now with home in Gafrney. ^|le jonesville Mfg. Co. Miss Gussie Dickert, after a few c T Bovd who has been with days visit to her brother here, has M w Bobo as bookkeeper and j returned to Newberry. salesman for quite a number of | Mr. R. E. Sanders has been ap- years, resigned his position Jan- 1 pointed deputy sheriff, vice Mr. T. uary ist. 1 T. Vinson, who takes magistrate's ^ ^ce The new board of the county j commission, composed of Supert/ Miss Annie Rodger, after spenr-| visor Betenbaugh and Messrs. Bo- , ing a few days with Miss Melljbo and Sanders, will hold its first Kaminer at Gadsden, returned meeting next Monday. home Monday. Mesrs. F. S. Harvey and HAyes Mrs. Cora N. Murphy, president Holcomb have given up their po- < of the Union County Teachers' as- sitions with the McLure Mercan- i sodation, werit to Columbia Mon- tile Co. Mr. Harvey goes to work nay V? attend the educational meet- for the Hardwood factoK Mr. ing in session here. Miss Murphy, Holcomb is yet undecidedwhat hep will read the report foj this county, .will do. Death'of Mr. IP. Clemeit Mr. A. P. Clement, of Spartanburg, died last Monday morning eg after several weeks' illne?ft He he wa*S fiftjf-seven years of\tee ^nd da hasmeen living in SparttftibwjLior es the last ten years, having i^ted wi there frorti iBoiling Springs. *The p? funeral services were held Tues- u day at Boiling Springs, and the body laid in the old cemetery. Mr. Clement was well known here in Union on account of family connections here, and all who knew him respected and loved him. re Mr. Clement is survived by a! widow and ten children, as follows: j (<K Mrs R. E. Bruce, Mrs. R. E.jpC, W hite, and Miss Ida Clement, of:-p| Union; Mrs. T. G. Cooksey, of Sa- ia, luda;. Mrs. Sidney Cantrcll, of ^ Coiling Springs; Mrs. Elliott, of aj, Rome. Ga.; Air. D. ELClement, of (ju Council Grove: Mr. A. E. Clem- m; ent, of Greenwood; Miss Anna wj Clement, of Memphis; and Miss Lola Clement, of Winthrop col- p? Br Auditor Lancaster. ra; , ,: a Mr. J. B. Lancaster, elected au-l^, ditor in August, took charge of m. his office Monday. He keeps Mr. T. C. Jolly as his assistant, as Mr. ne Tolly is well acquainted with the i._ duties of the office, having had "QJ entire control since Mr. Farr gave jJU it up. |^r The Barred Plymouth Rocks. Ten years actual experience in ex- 1 elusive breeding and rearing of this ^ "Famous, Favorite Fowl," ^ftnd the , Cherishe^ First Choice^MfcnaCT^^me to say. without' 1l! vain bowing or for the I truth, that 1 have four pens of ten 1 'n' hens and a cock each of the finest i u* strain, the hardiest and most uniform 1^ selection ?>i the Barred PtMSputh Rock'l chickens ever exhibited Union , n iSn county. 1 For a limited time I am offering'^ those who wish to improve their stock i 4,1 ( of chickens, either |>y wa> of purchasing fowls in pairs 'or trios, oi filing I 7?' tlieir orders for settings of eggs, ex- fau ceptional opportunity to do so, if theyp*' will call at my chicken yard, in South1*4 Union, or writdMne as to their wishes. i')l' First conies will have unbrokenlan 1 flocks to select from and will get the 1111 rjlost choice specimens of tjjis magnifi- so cent bird. |,ia Call or address i1"' ?-?B K. DAVIS. -JJi n.-? ' Union, S. C. to . Rev. Mr. Dargan at Jonesvflle. Jonesviile. Jan. i.?The holidays: ? closed and wejhad no trouble, n<>! accidents and all went off peacablyjp and quietly; only two or three a* rests for drinking were made. The new year comes in with fine weather. The negroes have had a big time i?i Tonaoirilln i? /> ^1 f ? in juuvsviac; luncx v , lcici/i emancipation day. They paraded 11 the streets in great nuiyibjfrs, with a hand of music, and at oiWof their churches they had some sort of service and dinner. I * The first quarterMfcranference _ for this cliarge \y?s "hehf lieH? yes- ^' terday. Re\.+ Marion Dargan, pre- a| siding elder," presided." Mr. Dargan I lias just come to us as a presiding! * 1 elder, although lie has been here; L,( before and preached several times! and was. therefore, not altogether a stranger. The hoard of stewards! for the charge met yesterday and I made the assessments for the pas-1 at tor's salary, which they raised one j hundred dollars a hove last year's) salary. The charge paid out on all $?( claims the past year and had a sur-j I>1 ns of forty dollars on pastor's sal- 1 ] ary. Rev. Mr. Cainak is very pop-i ular with all classes of people In. his charge. Miss Myrtle Hedgpeth and Mr. j Haves Webber. l>otli of our town i were married la>t Sunday. Mr. J. Ma F. Farr and Miss Lilian Gault were (jr married last week at. the home of the bride's father, Mr. Wm. Gault. ' near Lockhart Junction. 3 , ? Str Old Shop Tools. Sa Until a few days ago there were | in use in The Times shop an old Shi mallet and planer. These two ga tools have been in use here about / twenty-five years at least; for Mr. "a C. B. Counts, foreman, says they Wl Acre used by his older brother when he first came here, and adding to this the years of his own n?' foremanship, twenty-five years is the least estimate of the tune. These tools are r^atfc of the hardest Wood ^urf$fc$lculated to last . .any " Thl** yjjfcpof others, 'if \fti | voupP^yve'Irthers think*\\$^ Of iou' Big 'Possums for Sale. The biggest o'^fstmh of Union unty v be S6et^jfr|rsthe court >Use grOlimis next MoTiday, salesiy, and will be sold to the hight bidder. Two more large ones 11 be sold also. Those who like ossum meat must be on hand at o'clock sharp. Edd Thomas. * Firemen's Relief. The Union Fire company has ceived its commission under lich it reieives the 2 per cent, tax I all fire insurance premiums ndled by companies in the city, lis is by special act of the legis.urc, providing a fund to care r firemen who are sick or disled in consecpience of firemen's ities. Ghifti, O. JiL; Smith estiites that the Union fire company II receive about $900 each year. iggy Burned?Mule Stood Still. Jonesville, Jan. 2.?One thing ther novel happened in our town iristmas eve. A negro from the untry drove to town in a nice w top-buggy and lie left his bugwith the mule hitched to it ar the depot and went into a use to warm, and his buggy by me means caught on fire and rued up, but the mule didn't run kick. Changes at Jonesville. Jonesville, Jan. 1.?Mr. John P. ihields has moved back to his me in Jonesville. Dr.^l)ouglas s moved into the house, tli Mr. \y, V/i Wood. Mr.-T. FT ire has m^Vedv. into the Dr. uiglas house Alo'nzo Qjsmti I move soon to Mr. Smith's ice near Pacolet,'ahd^wr. ReuII J. Kirby wilUm0^^"^0^ from artanburg into the,?gi<juse vated by Mr. Quinn.* Mr. George cWhirter, of Newberry, wilful derstand, move to Jonesville 011. M cWhirter was born d raisecLnear Rocky Creek, just ree miles from Jonesville. Mr. Durbin LittlejoTin, of Spartanrg. will move to Jonesville soon d for a while will live in the use with Mr. J. J. Littlejohn, his n-in-law. Mr. R. L. White lias aved to his country home, two fces from Jonesville. Mrs. J. H. jmnj^ moved to Columbia today husband's home in that city. t Re not simply sfond.?be good r something.?'-Thoreau. OR PURE DRUGS And Chemicals or anything in the Drug Line go to HE PALMETTO DRUG GO. "V :* ' Where }on can find Jail line. j 5 . 7* carry a fall Supply of tatioiffc^y, Perfumes and I kindst of Toilet Articles. rescription work is our [>ng Suit. We are alays ready to fill any and 1 Doctors' Prescriptions t any time, and guaran:e everv nrescrintion that >es 6ut of iE PALMETTO DRUG CO.j SMITH'S PRICES ilaga Grapes on bunches 15c apes, small bunrbes and loose, llc b. Package Fancy Prunes - 10c i " Jk ? - - 25c ained floaty, per pound - 12 l-2c uer Kraut, per pound - - - 5c g-O-See, Try It, - - - - 5c redded Wheat Biscuit - 8c ^sin and Plain Pound Cake iCkerel 5c lite Fish Per pound tc rge Oranges 49c rring 6 for 5c 'f . . 1^. 1 lllo (A. - ?. I?/V? L IU3 1UI * I ESH LOT OF PACKAGE AND LOOSE CHOCOLATES AND BON-BONS. ^ I \ * . NEWELL SMITH. f - \ JHIfiNE \ti. >w? -i k ==F?====^======^=^S?-^? IjCOTTON BLOOM FLOUR. I 1" II |; 'I !> !| I FIGURE WITH US ON FLOUR. | H & ]? i| ! ^ ~ | ?l" >| |? Tun nrnni rr ninm 1 t ne\ ?! j: nicrcunxssutTLi tu.;t lA^r^DOF! 1 ORGANS 1 $ The finest ever shipped to Union, will be here in a yf yf few days. See them and get our prices before buy- y> M ing. There is a great saving by buying Organs in Car-load lots and our customers shall have the benV* efit of it. We will also have live fine & | UPRIGHT PIANOS I 0.0 $X0 c!v ,T I X At one half the regular price SJ g Let Us Figure With You || | UNION SUPPLY COMPANY, | J. H. SPEARS, Manager. |j heat without smoke or smell because it u 1J equipped with smokelew device no trouble, no danger. Easily carried around from room Ji to room. You cannot turn the wick too high mj A W or too low. As easy aod simple to care for | as a lamp. The PERFECTION Oil Heater (Equipped wltli Smokeless Device.) is an ornament to the home. It is made in turn finishes?nickel f and japan. Brass oil fount beautifully embossed. Holds ,, /, 4 Quarts of oil and burns 9 hour*- F??"i ........J ,t Do not be satisfied with anything but a PERFECTION Oil Heater. X If you cannot get Heater or information from your dealer write B A \ v|i\ to nearest agency for descriptive circular. r The Jnt makes the home / I V# | .p.mn bright. Is the safest X and best lamp for all-round household use. Gives a clear, steady light. Fitted 6$?^ with latest improved burner. Made of brass throughout and fir nickel plated. Every lamp warranted. Suitable for library, dining room or parlor. If not at your dealer's write to nearest ^ agency. STANDARD OIL COMPANY. m they are sold Dy reliance merchants I M everywhere. Be sure to ask for mBrl B M Riser's King $3.50 ShoejnF i A for men, and you will get your a money's worth. Made in 37 W styles and all the popular |M| Leathers, Patent Coft, Vici, ^Hj Gun Metal, Box Calf, etc. H \| H. C. Riser Company M |B Sty'? 375. ^ ' jpfanufacturTs Pat. Colt ^ ^ JtTlJtJlirJt, GEORGIA Blucher. j j t * IF ^ * * v ? ..