The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, June 30, 1916, Page 8, Image 8
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are satisfied with mer
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ture programs. "The
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"plum pudding" featui
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lected for discriminate
week's program andfor
yours.
I THIS WEEK
THAT TEXi
The Southlan
THURSDAY
"The Mysteries of Myr
and specially selected pi
gram. America's Grcati
Mystery Serial.
FRIDAY
Viola Allen and Rich a
Travers in "The White S
tcr."
B SATURDAY
M "The Iron Clawr "He
flB ards <\f Hcldn," "Loiicsoi
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WILLIAMS VULt
N. Pinckney St.
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I ICE CREAM X
V None but the Purest in
but Scrupulous Cleanlin<
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| MILHOUS
Special Orders for You
BUY THE BEST
Save TIME. ICE and
ENERGY, and make
BETTER CREAM.
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re program we've been servrom
the open market, seing
people. Look over next
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THIS WEEK
VS QUARTETTE
d's Favorite Singers
MONDAY
a" Harold Lockwood and |
o- May Allison in "The Come>,st
hack," a Metro Wonder
Play.
TUESDAY
rd Henry B. Walthall in
is- "The Raven," a Romance
of Edgar Allen Poe.
WEDNESDAY
iz- "Excuse Me," a Pullman
ne Car Pleasantry in Five Secic
tions by Rupert Hughes.
One long, lingering laugh.
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[OW THEM TOO
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eed doctoring.
At Reasonable Prices
*te Vulcanizing Plant.
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Near Foster's Shop
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INTERESTING LETTER
FROM J. D. ARTHUR, JR.
To the traveller just landed in
Colon, making: his firs?c trip across the
Isthmus of Panama in a car of the
Pacific Railroad company, the
glimpses he gets ^f the canal must
be disappointing. Imagine Broad river?just
about as muddy, just about
as wide?running along in the midst
of tropical jungles, with hills rising
on every side, and you have an idea
what the canal, as such, looks like,
Then, too, in places, you'll see water
lillies floating on the water, and
where it traverses the low land you'll
see dead trees sticking up, and an
occasional island, but that island is
probably floating. Not a very prepossessing
sight, eh?
But, of course, you realize that this
first view is purely superficial. Now
let us look closer; let us see whal
there is here that makes this canal
the greatest engineering feat of th?
world, and something of which everj
American has the right to be proud
Let us go first to Miraflores Dump
Here we see a pile of earth about th<
size of the town of Union and aboul
20 feet deep. All of this came out oi
the canal. Go to Fort Grant, om
of the strongest defences of th?
canal, you'll see quite a large town
and it will be hard to believe that this
space was once the ocean?land thai
has been built from earth taken from
the canal.
Go to Gatun, where we have buill
a dam that encloses the largest artificial
lake in the world. But wher
you get there you'll have to lool
closely to see the dam, it seems as ij
it might be just a big hill that Nature
put there. But all that eartl
came out of the canal also and millions
of cubic yards dumped in midocean.
So much for the digging
which aside from the necessary organization
for handling all this earth
was a small part of the job. And, bj
the way, all this may give you ar
idea of the dimensions in which th<
heads of this work learned to think
For example, it was necessary to hav<
more track space near some of th<
pieces. A hill happened to be in th<
way, so they put the steam shovel:
to work and cut it away. There was
no appropriate site for an administra
tion building,' so they built a good
sized hill and erected the building 01
that.
There's no use in detailing the sys
tern of the canal, that's commoi
knowledge. Just a short sketch o:
the main scheme. When a ship enter:
Colon harbor, on the Atlantic side t<
pass through the canal, it proceed:
along at sea level to Gatun
some eleven miles. There it enter:
Gatun Locks, and is lifted to the leve
of Gatun Lake, an artificial lake fee
by the Charges river. Here let m<
mention that it has been accurately
determined just how much the deptl
of this lake, under minimum rainfal
and maximum lockage, will vary
This knowledge of course necessitatec
a thorough study of the water basir
of the Charges river, a matter of some
years of work and study.
From Gatun Locks the vessel pro
ceeds through Gaillard cut to Pedrc
Miguel. Here it again enters the
locks, and is dropped to the level oi
Miraflores Lake. Then it reaches
Mi'raflores it is again lowered, this
time to the level of the Pacific, anc
from here it can steam directly oul
to sea. There were two reasons foi
this system of locks. First, to havt
made a sea level canal would havt
more than doubled the amount of die
ging in crossing the Continental Divide,
and second, the level of the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans is not the
same. In the Atlantic, the tide
the Pacific the tide has a variance ol
as much as thirty feet. Imagine the
varies by only a few feet, while ir
current that would have been pro
eluced had these two been united
Some scientists go so far as to sa.v
that it would have changed the Guli
Stream enough to actually change the
climate of the United States.
That about explains the canal itself,
and it would require too muct
'space to explain all of its adjuncts. As
you know the Panama Railroad company
is also run by the government
as a vital part of the canal itself
Then there is the commissary department
which feeds, practically at cost
every one who lives on the zone, and
in addition, all ships that touch at
either end. This department has its
stores, its steamships, its farms, its
dairies, its purchasing agents in all
part of the country, its hotels, its res
taurants. And this is only part ol
the whole.
Then there are the schools, the
hospitals, the insane asylums, the police
department, the fire department
the doctors, the shops; in fact, everything
that youTl find in a city government,
except on a vastly larger scale,
department, which has charge of
And in addition there is the sanitary
keeping doing mosquitoes.
The number of men employed is
still quite large, and each and every
one, black and white, is provided with
quarters, light and heat free of
charge. The wages paid are excellent,
and it will probably make you
jealous to hear that every employee
is entitled to sixty-one days leave
out of every year.
Perhaps this will serve to make you
appreciate and be proud of the work
that has been done. And when you
hear someone say, as some people do,
that "The Frenchmen, he furnish the
trains and the idea, the American,
he furnish 'the money, and the poor
Jamaican, he dig the canal," don't
believe it.
Time to Re-tire?
' (Buy Fisk)
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WMHUIiMdi
PERSONAL MENTION.
2
1
, Mr. D. Lester Gault of Kelton \
? a visitor to Union Wednesday.
Postmaster J. L. Hames of Lo
- hart was a visitor to Union Thursd
1 Miss Vera Murrah has gone to O
gj^ree to be bridesmaid for one
her college friends.
f Miss Edith White entertained Tu
3 cay evening in compliment to 1
) aunt, Miss Pearl White.
3
Miss Virginia Briggs, who teacl
j in Columbia, returned to the city 1
I week for the spmmer vacation.
1
j Fedei
Rail
>
: Faced by deman
u -
. mdi wuuiu impose on 1
$100,000,000 a year, tl
i reference to an imparti
. With these emp
s have no differences tha
' a public body.
Railroads 1
The formal proj
the controversy is as fol
i "Our conference* have demc
t matters in controversy must t
proposals and the propositior.
1. Preferably by submission
r accumulated information bea
. lion to consider and protect t
necessary to meet the added i
reasonable; or, in the event t
that we jointly request Congr
promptly dispose of the quel
, 2. By arbitration in accordai
Leaders F
Leaders of the tri
York, June 1-15, refuse
j or Federal review, and
authority shall be given
? The Interstate C
public body to which tl
No other body with ouch
' of railroad conditions has su
tion in the public confidence.
The rates the railroads m
transportation are now largel
orient board.
> Out of every dollar receive
the public nearly one-half is
A <
The railroads fei
$100,000,000 a year to
one-fifth of all the emp
shall determine the mer
The single issue be
impartial Government inq
Natioi
' ELISHA LEE, Chairman
P. K ALBRIGHT, Gtn'l ASooafarv
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
L. W. BALDWIN, Gtn'l M t matte.
Central ol Georgia Railway.
C. L. BARDO, Gtn'l Mtntgtr,
New York. New Haven * Hartford Ri
B. H. COALMAN. VU, Prttid.nl.
I Soothera Railway.
S. R. COTTER, Gtn'l Unnmfe.
Wabash Railway,
r. B. CROWLBY, Aut. rUn-truUm*,
; I Nsw York Costrsl Rsiltngr.
k Comp
J These I
| of Fisk Grey Non-Skids
1 styles of several other st
3 x30 . . 10.40
3?x30 . . 13.40
4 x 33 . . 22.00
Then you will begin I
Fisk users consider
The Best Tire Buy c
* I 'HIS year Fisk Tires are making
* than ever before. Fisk Service
Fisk Branches?dealer and tire use
promptest attention and service.
\ ganization is the most complete
v \ whole country.
||\ The Union Ha
H?r\l Fisk Branches in More
Mrs. Wilcox and family have moved
XT.-iL ' 1? rr
tv> inu uiuuiiicAiiis ui iNurta Carolina 1
va3 for the summer months. v
Misses Fraley and Wilson of Bates- J.
ck- v*lle, Arkansas, are the quests of
ay^ Mesdames Lindsay McNally and Macbeth
Young,
on- F
0? Miss Lizzie Gaillard, a teacher at j
Cedar Springs institute, is the house Q
guest of Mrs. Herbert Smoak, on E. *
es" Main street. _
her ?
Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth Young gave L
a oance at their home on E. Main a
hes street Wednesday evening, compli- R
ast menting their house guest, Miss Wil- ii
son, of Batesville, Arkansas. c
ral Inqu
road db
dt from the conductors, cngineci
the country an additional burden
le railroads propose that this waj
al Federal tribunal,
loyes, whose efficient service is ac
t could not be considered fairly ar
Jrge Public Inquiry and
3osal of the railroads to the empl
lows:
>nstrated that vre cannot harmonize our difference* c
>e pasted upon by other and disinterested agencies,
i of the railways be disposed of by oae or the other <
to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only
ring on railway conditions and its control of the revi
:he rights and equities of all the interests affected, a
cost of operation in case your proposals are found bj
he Interstate Commerce Commission cannot, under e
ess to take such action as may be necessary to enable
itions involved; or
ice with the provisions o( the Federal law" (The N
lefuse Offer and Take IE
lin tervire hrnfhfrKnnds
_ ?K fc illV JUII
d the offer of the railroads to subri
I the employes are now voting
these leaders to declare a nation-*
Commerce Commission is propose
lis issue ought to be referred for tl
ii intimate knowledge ployea ae wagei; and
ch an uaqueetioacd poei- can come from an n
by the public.
ay charge the public fnr Th* Interatate Con
y fixed by tbia Govern. #ver ratM| iu |a
iaveitigation and rea
d bv the railroade from tact the intereita of tl
paid directly to the em- of the railroade, and
Question For the Public to D
el that they have no right to gra
these employes, now highly pa
loyes, without a clear mandate frc
its of the case after a review of all
fore the country is whether this contr
uiry or by industrial warfare.
,.i ?? o * "
mwm wvuiwi ?uwo woimiiieo ui me i\
a. H. BMRRSON, Gtn'l Veeeawi
Great Nertkara Riilatr.
C. H. SWING, Gtm'l Afeaeyar,
Philadelphia A Raadiaf Railway.
B. W. QR1CB, G??'lSufi. Trmmtp..
iHreaA Ckaaayaake A Okie Railway.
A. 8. GRBIG, Ant. la ladMri,
8t. Lauia A Saa Fraaolaoe RallreaA
C. W. KOUNS. Gtm'l Mammgtr,
Atekiaen. Tayaka A Saata Pa Railways
H. W. MeMASTBR. Caa7 tfeeapar.
Wkealiag A Lake Bria RailraaA
. ... .. A
>are
^ces
with the plain tread
andard makes:
4*x35 . . 31.20
4^x36 . . 31.55
5 x37 . . 37.30
x> understand why
>n the Market
j miica^c icuuiuo
at more than 125 Direct 5
it alike are assured of the
The Fisk Branch or- I
and widespread in the
rdware Co.
Than 125 Cities
Mr. Pope Nabors left Union last
'hursday for Fort Slocenn, N. Y.,
inhere he was ordered for enlistment,
le will be held there till July 1 an J
hen assigned to the Signal Corps.
Mr. F. W. Moore arrived in Union
Viday and spent several days visitng
his brother, Mr. M. A. Moore and
ther relatives and friends here. Mr.
loore has been elected superintendent
f the graded schools at Mountville fn
.aureus county for the coming year
iiu movea mere tnree weeks ago.
Ir. Moore was a successful teacher
a Madison, Ga., for several years preeding
his move to Mountville.
liry or
*ike?
s, firemen and brakemen
in transportation costs of
*e problem be settled by
knowledgcd, the railroads
id decided justly by such
I Arbitration
oycs for the settlement of
>f opinion and that eventually the
Therefore, we propose that your
af the following method*:
tribunal which, by reason of it*
cnue of the railways, is in a posind
to provide additional revenuo
f the Commission to be just and
sitting laws, act in the premises,
i the Commission to consider and
ewlands Ad).
Strike Vote
it conference held in New
lit the iuue to arbitration
on the question whether
ude strike.
d by the railroads as the
lese reasons:
tha money to pay Increased wages
ther source than the rates gnid
imcrce Commission, with its cona
position to make a complete
der such decision as would prate
railroad employes, the owner*
the public.
ecide
nt a wage preferment of
id and constituting only
>m a public tribunal that
the facts.
9versy it t? bt uttlfd by an
ailways
N. D. MAHRR, TU+rnH4**t.
Norfolk A Wnttri Railway.
JAMBS RUSSELL, Grm'l Mmmmfr.
Daavar A Rio Orai4< Railroad. ,
A. M. SCHOYBR. Imidm VU+twrn*
Paaatylraaia Liaaa Watt,
W. L. SBDDON. VU-rrm..
So aboard Air Lisa Railway.
A.J.STONB. ttwAwddkMb >
Brio Railroad
O. a. WAID. rio-fta. Gm'IMrn
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