The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 28, 1916, Page 4, Image 4
THE UNION TIMES
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1 ?iE UNION TIMES COMPANY
TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET
BELL PHONE NO. 1
LEWIS M. RICE Editor
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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
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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
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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
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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.