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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY 1 ?iE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor Registered at the Postoflice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three Months .25 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916. A bi.d spell of weather preaches the necessity for {rood roads more convincingly than any orator or writer can do. One feels the need. From every side comes the cry: "Our roads are terrible." Of course they are, for. this last flood has wrought havoc. But there is just one thing that should be noted: There are places in the roads, many of them, that stood the test, even during the recent floods. On almost every road one finds long sections that are now good and that have been hut little affected by the rains. It is where the sand-clay road has been properly built. There are such section- between Union and Buffalo, a'nd, in .'act, there are such sections to be found in many stretches of the roads of the county. This is a lesson that will prove of real value to us for future effort. MORE ABOUT THE HOSPITAL. Union is to have the hospital unless all signs fail. The committees appointed to solicit subscriptions to the capital stock met with a hearty response from the physicia'ns of the city. A total of $2,500.00 has been subscribed by them. That is quite a good showing, and demonstrates their interest in the enterprise. It is the intent of the soliciting committees to make a thorough convass of the business men oi union, mis would nave been already done but for the state of the weather. So soon as a' fair week comes the committees will take up this work. Besides the subscriptions made by the physicians, the members of the committee appointed to reorganize subscribed $1,000.00. The can. vassing committees will subscribe liberally also. There is one suggestion which we feel moved to make. In transferring from eleemosenary institution to a joint stock company a new charter will have to be procured. It is intended that the concern be organized and conducted upon a purely business basis. There were many contributions, each one small, but the aggregate amounting to a considerable sum. Why not have it agreed by these donators that their contributions aggregating say $1,000.00, go to buy ten shares of stock to be held by a trustee, who will be instructed and required to use the dividends on this stock to help pay the expenses of charity patients? This would mean that if the dividend on the $1,000.00 should he 8 per cent for a'ny specific year, the trustee would have $80.00 to help some very needy patient or patients to jret treatment in the hospital. Without having inquired of the physicians, we feel safe in pledpdnjr that such patients will he fjiven professional service in such cases free. Some such plan as outlined above would preserve the donations for all time, and would be a perpetual relief fund as well. Those who made the contribution in the beginning, did so because of the desire to help the helpless. This plan will carry out that interest equally as well; yes, better thr'n the original plan would have done. Besides, every dollar contributed in that way will receive all the earnings it produces. A meetinir of all the contributors to the original fund might be called in the court house after due advertisement, and the matter there discussed. This, of course, in cases where a man subscribed less tha'n the amount necessary to buy one share of stock, and who does not desire to make it one hundred dollars, thus entitling him to one share. In other words, each subscriber whose contribution to the old plan was less than one hundred dol lars would unite with all other subscribers in like case. For the apprepate of all these let the stock be issued to a trustee as above suppested. We feel sure that under such a plan almost every one who contributed before would come into the new arranpement. This is merely a suppestion, but we believe it is a feasible one. It certainly pets rid of the use by private individuals of this money for their own benefit, and will be a perpetual help to the poor. HRAIN LEAKS Two American aercplanes have been purchased by the Dutch Indian povernment for Java. Hides of sea lions are beinp used for leather by Canadians. LOCKHART ] Lockhart, July 24.? Many visitor? from the surrounding country were here on Sunday to see the effects of the flood. ^ Mr. Terrell of Union was in town on Sunday. M iss Funis Hope, who has been vis-l iting her brother, Dr. Will Hope, ni Union, returned home tonight. Miss Maude Baldwin, who has been attending summer school at Rock Hill, will return home Friday. I M iss Helen Ragsdale of Greenville] is visiting Mrs. W. D. Dent. M iss Alice Baird of Georgia, who]' has been visiting Mrs. W. I). Dent, has returned home. 1 I.ockhaTt's winning streak was < broken on last Monday when she met defeat at the hands of Buffalo. The ' contest was exciting and hard fought from start to finish, but was really lost in the first i'nnning when three errors netted the visitors as many runs. The two other runs came by the error route also when a peg from first to second, which should have retired the ( side, went wild and filled the bases. < The home team played under a big handicap, due to the fact that the ma- ; jority of her players had been at work ( fighting the high water since Friday , without any chance for sleep. Long pitched superb ball and sent . 14 of the visitors back to their benches J with sad faces. The hitting of Tinsley and the star fielding of Hampton ] and Caboness were also features for ] the home boys. The entire Buffalo team played air-tight ball, the play- ^ ing of Frank Johnson alone standing out above that of his team mates. , The great "Pacolet Flood" of 1903 has now paled into insigni'ficence, ?.'nd henceforth when high water is men- ! tioned the "July Flood of 1910" will < be the record, for the waters of i Rl'nml I'ivnr rnso Vinro r?r? Siindov X/.. I VF I . | ing to a good three feet above the , marks made in 1003. From Saturday evening until Monday morning, the entire town was in a state of great excitement, for the waters threatened to break over the 1 banks and enter the town in spite of all that a large crowd of negroes and a' good per cent of the white population could do-to prevent it. In fact, ( only the breaking away of a large section of the spillway of the new dam under the tremendous pressure prevented the flooding of the town. The gates leading into the race were < dosed early Saturday evening; but all day the water steadily climbled up until before dark it reached the top of the last abuttment, 12 feet above the normal water tnark, and splashed against the rows of sand bags placed ' there, still it climbed until it reached . a depth of three feet against the sand bags, and swept them off. The gang of workers were then transferred to he embankment at the lower dam at ; the edge of to vn. About 3:30, when ( the water had rea'ehed the top of this embankment, the dam above gave way , and the water receded about 12 . inches, which it never regained. On Sunday afternoon the town was again thrown into excitement by the < report that a large dam above Ninety- i nine islands had given way. Many ] of those living in the flat moved their household goods to the hill, and work , was begun on a coffer dam upon the j embankment which skirts the race bank along the road leading out of ' town. This work was carried on ] practically all night, but the water j < never reached the heighth it had on < thn nrpvimiQ nio*V?t * The damage to the company from the flood is considerable. Both wheel rooms in the old and new mills were filled with water and the pump hows were overturned. The work of cleaning up and repairing has been going ' on steadily all day and it is probable i ihat operations will begin on Wednes- ' day. A considerable section of the new dam was carried away. The large company barn was washed off its foundations ,and the water surrounding it ruined, about 1"?0 bushels of corn indoors and about 400 in the t field. These are the outstanding dam- l ages. t. DOTS FROM NEAR WHITMIRE. 0 Editor The Union Times: Will you please allow me a little ' space in your columns to add to the \ last of Union county damage to 1 bridges. We have had three small bridges between Mr. W. N. Brock's home and Beaty bridge, which has been re- . placed here. ' Mr. W. N. had on his farm about a thousand or twelve hundred dollar damage. ( Mr. Jack Wi'x had his farm almost totally destroyed, only leaving about two acres of cotton. \\ IV I. T) WtitUnc Klc corn crop and some of his cotton was ( badly damaged and three other farms ( being damaged badly. On Sunday evening Messrs. J. I). Brock, .1. C. and B. F. Wix and L. I). Watkins took a boat ride across Tiger river at its highest point, getting in the boat in Mr. W. N. Brock's yard, riding across the river, landing j near Mr. ('. H. Peake's plantation near Tinker Creek bridge, which wa's j about two miles. Mr. Brock saved all his cattle. t'llAf.ljfAK I 3 "I've got a letter from my son out West." * f "What is Tom doing now?" i "That's what I can't make out. He 1 says he is engaged in the destruction I of weeds. Now, that may mean he's r smoking a good many cigars or that 1 he fs trying to induce some widow to make a second venture or it may mean that he's doing farm work."? New Orleans Times-Picayune. a rHE LEGACY OF A WONDERFUL WOMAN Charlotte Observer Rarely Places Cuts of Individuals on Front Page?Mrs. Joe Person So Honored. Chapter 6?Valuable Points. Grown persons suffering from a chronic trouble of long standing, especially of indigestion, nervous prostration, rheumatism and eczema, should make up their minds to take a dozen bottles before starting on it, knowing that it will take from one to three dozen bottles to effect a cure, but when the cure is effected it is absolute and permanent. We had much rather such cases would not touch the Remedy than to "try one bottle, and if it does any good will get more," but when used as directed we are not afraid of the result. We have frequently known a half dozen bottles to be taken before any benefit was felt; a great many tell us they have felt better from the first dose; most report benefit on second and third bottle. wnen one only needs a little tonic, of course one or two bottles will be sufficient, and it very seldom requires more than one or two bottles to cure a child. One-half dozen bottles have cured numberless cases of indigestion, rheumatism, eczema and other serious troubles, but they were of recent standing and had not become chronic. RHEUMATISM ERADICATED BY THE REMEDY. Gentlemen: Several years ago I suffered from rheumatism all over my body. I would have spells of it for weeks and sometimes months. The muscles of my arms, legs and back, and it seemed like all the muscles of my body were drawn, and it caused me intense suffering. Six bottles of your Remedy cured me; at least, I got so well that I stopped taking it, but felt the trouble again, and took six more I bottes and it cured me.. I use it in my family for everything? indigestion, eczema, prison oak, = and even the sores on the children's legs can be cured in a few days by the Remedy. Use <he wash in connection with the Remedy, and I believe that it will cure anything that can be cured. I call Mrs. Person's Remedy my saviour, and I can't say bow much I do think of it. I will sanction anything you can say for your Remedy, and I will be willing to sign my name to anything that you may say in regard to it. It has absolutely :ured everything that I have Bver tried it for, and you may :ell the public that I said so. Yours truly, Mrs. F. O. Cox. Wake Forest, N. C. At all drug stores or direct From us. PERSON REMEDY CO.. Charlotte, N. C. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that on Satirday, August 26lh, 1916, The Union ind Glenn Springs Railroad Co. will ell at public auction, for freight and >ther lawful charges, an accumulation if unclaimed and refused freight. >ale to be held in the city of Union, >. ('., at the U. & G. S. depot, comnencing promptly at 2 p. m. An itemzed list of articles of freight to be old will be furnished on anDlication. D. E. Clement, Agent, ('nion, S. C., July 13, 1916. 30-4 :alomel dynamites a sluggish liver Crashes Into Sour Bile, Making You Sick and You Lose a Day's Work. Calomel salivates! It's mercury. Calomel acts like dynamite on a sluggish liver. When calomel comes Into cntact with sour bile it crashes into it, musing gramping and nausea. If you feel bilious, headachy, constiv.itcd and all knocked out, just go to four druggist and get a 50 cent bottle >f Dodson's Liver Tone, which is a larmless vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful ana f it doesn't start your liver and it -aighten you up better and quicker ban nasty calomel and without maknnf xtaii oinlr tfAII tlicsf f*A Koolr on/I /*of "S J"" Oiv-rv, JfWM junt UttVA aiiu ftCV four money. If you take calomel today you'll be lick and nauseated tomorrow; besides, t may salivate you, while if you take Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake up 'eeling great, full of ambition and eady for work or play. It's harmess,pleasant and safe to give to chilIren; they like it. Chicago postoffice uses ninety-six lutoroobile trucks. Let US Be YOUR ( We Are Alway From every quarter and from many cities cry of distress is going up, owing to disrupted uries and often the very staples of life can n have taken advantage of the scarcity of necei normally. So far no customer of ours has wanted foi way of Food Supplies or Stock Food, and v items in our stock for less than we can replac been made at all except on just such items as vanced market prices. It pays to do busines Now is the time to plant Turnip Seed and be glad to supply any variety and any quantit New Crop Dependable Seed. Also limited amoi Irish Potatoes for second crop planting. Bett< ment is higher in price than the last shipment. Fresh supply Famous Hudnut Grits. Non Our Famous Pansy Flour is better than it the best by any test coming to South Carolii Full line Chase & Sanborn's Coffees, Chai for pound, any price you pay, if not better thai where else any time, we will give you the pou the test. Full stock Fresh Cheese, Fresh Macaroni, ders, Extracts, Spices, Vinegars. Finest Pea Green Alfalfa Hay, Horse and I Peanut Meal, Hulls, Cotton Seed Meal. See us today, tomorrow and every day in THE UNION GRl GOOD THINGS TO EAT, AT R] Phone 100 or 80 ". ??* TO THE P The Southern Power Company wishes to ; to express its grateful appreciation to the pub! which it has borne the inconvenience occasioned past week. We also desire to express our heart for his loyalty, devotion to duty and heroic effo While^it is true that our losses have beer in fact have not yet, nor can they be determinec less indeed gratified to announce that beginning able to restore service to all points on our lines, 1 to these exceptions, every effort is being expen inf/ exhausted to hurrv the work, and we he points before the end of the week. What effort this has entailed can be slight calls that in addition to the injury to our plants the Catwaba River seven eledtric circuits out o has been swept away, railroad transportation h CW 1 and all communication by wire has either been s destroyed. Added to all this have been the severe w prevailed every day since the waters began to r( toration'of service'more difficult and in some i as soon as it was installed. When we look back upon what [we have degree of nride. not onlv in resuming service, bin ience which has been occasioned through our dis Again let us express our gratitude to you event of any slight interruptions during the nex on^account of temporary work to resume promp our forces are'at work using their best efforts which distracts their attention only serves to dc Southern P01 July 22, 1916. jrocers I s on the Job I > twice the size of ours, a great 1 railroad facilities. Many lux- i ot be had, and many dealers I ssities to advance prices ab- I r any luxury or staple in the I /e are selling today half the I :e them, and no advances have I we have gotten in at the ad- I s with the Old Reliable. I Fall Irish Potatoes. We will I ;y of Turnip Seed, guaranteed | Lint of Lookout Mountain Seed fl 2r get them now; each ship- | e like 'em. I ever. We believe you will find I na. i se & Sanborn Teas. Pound | n the same money will buy any- I nd you buy from us to make B Jello, Jello Ice Cream Pow- 1 dule Feed, Sound White Corn, | the year. | )CERY CO. [GHT PRICES I ' J UBLIC: | avail itself of this opportunity lie for the patient manner in by the catastrophe during the felt thanks to each employee rt in the restoration of service i nothing less than enormous, i for weeks, we are nevertheMonday, July 24th we will be with only four exceptions. As ded, and every resource is be- j >pe to resume service at these Ay appreciated when one rewe have had destroyed across if a total of nine, every bridge ias been absolutely suspended eriously deranged or absolutely eather conditions which have icede, making the work of resnstances destroying it almost passed through we feel some t in the minimum of inconven aster. for your patience, and in the t few days, which may come t service, rest assured that all to remedy and that anything day the work of restoration. wer Co.