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I Ixi Bi HHHHHHHBNIHBIIM ATLANTA READY TO BUILD ANEW AFTER BIG FIRE Atlanta. May 22.?With relief work under way and $50,000 subscribed for immediate aid to the sufferers from yesterday's $*3,500,000 fire, predictions were made tonight that work of rebuilding the burned section extending through the northeastern section of the city would begin in a week. Telephone linemen went through the devastated district today, cutting away wires that might endanger lives, while the street car company began to clear its wires anr city wagons began to move the rubbish from the streets. With the clearing of the streets, which made good progress in the outskirts of the buTned area, relief organizations were busy untangling the human maze. All during the day families who had become separated were brought together through the work of the local Red Cross, and furniture was hauled away from vacant lots and from sidewalks around the fire lines. A hail storm and heavy rain in the afternoon caught much of the house noia enects sun unsneitered, and added several thousands of dollars to the loss. Many Builings Burned. The flames destroyed 1,563 buildings, according to calculations of real estate and insurance men who went over the ground today. Most of the structures weTe homes, ranging from lowly negro cabins to substantial residences. Apartment houses, several churches and a number of retail stores * were destroyed. It was impossible, however, to estimate the number of people who had been burned out, as many did not apply for relief at Red Cross headquarters, either providing for themselves or being cared for by private individuals. Over 10,000 Homeless. Estimates today were that from 10,t)00 to 15,000 persons were homeless as a Tesult of the fire yesterday and last night that swept through approximately seventy-five blocks of residence property, ranging from negro shacks to homes of influential citizens in the northeastern section of the city. FC ImmKmammimmm m c HE NOV EE ly What Yo HAIL STORM AT CROSS KEYS. t n Union, R. F. D. 2, May 23, 1917. e Editor Union Times, r Union, S. C. v Sir: 11 We were visited yesterday afternoon a about 4 o'clock with a severe hail storm and wind. The hail lasted only about 15 minutes but was very heavy, " doing considerable damage to wheat 11 and fruit; at least half of the fruit is gone, and wheat heads have the appearance of a brush. Cotton that had n been chopped out is in bad shape; J there was not a pood stand anyway. It is very fortunate that it came this v early for if it had been July 22nd in- v stead of May we would have had very u little left in way of growing1 crops. There was another hail later but did c little damage here; the hail stones that fell from the first cloud were as large * as hen eggs, and on down to the size of buck shot, and about 8:30 o'clock we had a trfimpnHniis roin wVii^Vi v washed the land badly. I am sending v a sample of peaches that you may see * how bad the fruit is hurt. I am not writing this article for s publication specially, but as an item of , news you can speak about. The hail beat some paper roofing so it is worth- c less; also knocked out quite a number r of window lights. H. B. Murphy. * CONSERVE THE WOMAN-POWER. 5 The following letter has been sent out from State Suffrage headquarters to the chambers of commerce in the citeis and towns of South Carolina. All suffragists have aroused as one woman to oqer their service to their j country in this war emergency. The a special services offered by them are s the increase and conservation of the ^ food supply, and the registration of women workers. The conservation of these same women is one of their most urgent considerations. 1 In England and. France, in all al- J lied countries, the women offered their services without condition. In all, f< their governments acknowledge that I without the women the war could not be carried on. But woman's service J | is one 01 tne resources of the coun- J " >R IN] >1X1 F ? i V GOI >11 Want ai ry and should not be wasted. The ations have found out by sad experince that to accept woman's self-sacificing service in the matter of long rork hours and irregularity of living leans reducing the women's efficiency nd ruining their health. After over a year's sacrifice of the ealth and lives of their women, th?. ations have reduced the normal ving of the women, as far as possible. As president of the State Suffrage sague, I wish to beg the business len of this State to take warning from he experience of their warring counries, and to retain for their women workers the usual work hours and the isual conditions of life in speeding ip work to meet this war crisis. The men are being called to the amps, many women will have to bear he double burden of homekeeper and amily supporter. I beg, in addition, hat the business men of South Caroina will not discriminate against vomen on account of their sex and vill not lower industrial standards hv >aying women lower wages than they ire accustomed to pay men for the ame work. Business men all over the country lave promised their cooperation in :onserving the woman-power of the lation. May we not hope that the nen of South Carolina will do the lame for the women workers of their Jtate? Harriet P. Lynch, Pres. S. C. E. S. L. VETERANS, TAKE NOTICE! Aiken, S. C., May 21, 1917. The headquarters of South Carolina division in Washington, D. C., will be it the St. James hotel, corner Pennylvania Avenue and 6th Street, N. W. vhere all members of the command ,re requested to register their names. No. 666 Thi* la prescription prepared especially or MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. r: a ?in i ?_ vi bia uu?v? win uicaK any cik, ana f taken then aa tonic the Fever will not eturn. It acta on the liver better than Calomel and doee not gripe or aicken. 25c EW A JM /I 1 y% fee E. F. I t G $ NG OP "id Save Yo A camp of tents will be found in the park opposite the Union depot at .Washington. All Veterans who desire free lodging and meals are directed to apply there for such entertainment. Advices have been received that in consequence of the demand upon the War Department for supplies for the troops now being mobilized, all Confederate Veterans who expect to be entertained free of cost are advised to take their own blankets, as none will be loaned by the government to the reunion committee. The Southern Railway Co. will run a special train to Washington for the Veterans, leaving Augusta and Columbia, Monday afternoon, June 4th, arriving at destination next morning. All who live along the Southern Railway are advised to leave their homes in , time to connect with this "Special." Veterans living along the line of the Atlantic Coast Line or the Seaboard 1 Air Line can ascertain from their lo' cal agents the railroad rates nnd train ' f O 4" O Irn f rt ?? T* Ivvr Mine <_\J icuvil liamuu^iuil UI1 1 Ul'Sday forenoon, June 5th. Remember to wer your prey uniform if you have one. ' If your camp has a larpe U. S. flap, i take it with you and each one take a > small U. S. flap. 1 In anticipation of this reunion, preat ! preparations are beinp made by the " committee on arranpements for the entertainment and comfort of the Confederate soldiers. Be sure to attend. B. H. Teapue, Major General, S. C. Div., U. C. V. S. E. Welch, Adjutant General, Chie of Staff. MERCHANT U-BOAT PERFECT ANSWER Philadelphia, May 21.?The Philadelphia Press will publish a story tomorrow to the effect that "America lias found the perfect answer to the German submarine terror." It is say! to be a merchant submarine standardized at about 7,700 or 8,000 tons dead weight of such speed that it can when submerged easily elude any surface pursuer and is nonsinkable. r OR r 1 n KELL ? i\\ sJ AT urseli IVIor SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE Of Spartanburg District, Upper South Carolina Conference Now in Session Here?Interesting Programs?Meetings Held in Grace Church. The seventh annual Sunday School conference of the Spartanburg District of Upper South Carolina conference met here Wednesday, May 23, and continuing through Tuesday, the 24th. Quite a large gathering of delegates are in attendance upon the meetings and a number of excellent addresses have been made. Convention opened at noon Wednesday, with devotional exercises led by Rev. R. L. Keaton. This was followed by a stirring address from Dr. A. G. Rembert, after which the organization was perfected. Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock two elementary conferences were held, one al Grace Methodist church, led by Mrs J. W. Speake and one at the Firsl Baptist church, led by Miss Bennett. W. V. Martin discussed the topic "Understanding and Dealing with tht Teen-Age." R mi nrJ f oV*1a ^ YT 7 C Awuiiu vcai^iOj ivu V YY \j. uwens. "Fixing Our Wesley Class Goal' was the subject discussed by R. E Stackhouse. "The Workers' Council," was discussed by Rev. G. C. Leonard, aftei which the business session was held. Wednesday evening theTe was t song service by Grace church choir after which Rev. D. E. Camak spok< on "The Ideal of the Wesley Bibl< Class Movement." Rev. W. C. Owens delivered an address on "The Church School." Devotional services were held at * o'clock Thursday morning, after which R. E. Stackhouse discussed the subject, "Our Solution and Open Par liament." Rev. W. C. Owen spoke on "Oui Methodist Standards." This address was followed by one from Rev. J. W Speake, pastor of Grace church; his subject was, "The Sunday School Getting and Holding the People." This address was followed by one from Dr. C. R. Waller on the subject "Making the Sunday School Go." US] lIRIVI v LE ley This, as we are going to press, left several interesting discussions to camp Thursday afternoon, as follows: "The Reason for Denominational Sunday School Work," by Rev. J. W. Frazer; "Our Board, Its Plans and Its Needs," by Rev. J. II. Brown; "Our Elementary Plans," by Miss Bennett; "The Graded Lessons," by Mrs. J. j W. Speake. , GIRLS! LEMON JUICE 1 IS SKIN WHITENER } 1 How to Make a Creamy Beauty Lotion for a Few Cents. | The juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole \ quarter pint of the most remarkable ? lemon skin beautified at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of ; the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp ' gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used-to bleach and re, move such blemishes as freckles, sallnurnaoc J ?1 1 ' .v....vaa uuu utll allU IS Lilt! Uleal 8K1I1 ' softened, whitener and beautifter. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra1 grant lemon lotion and massage it [ daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. Carl Hanson and George Fitch re' turned to Redortdo Beach, Cal., from ^ a fishing trip bringing with them a , large black cat which they found riding an empty keg miles out at sea. - The feline was famished and had undoubtedly weathered the fierce storm . when the wind blew at the rate of 50 miles an hour. It had tenaciously ! clung to the keg during the gale. On a brass plate attached to a leather collar around the animal's neck was ; the word "Utanica," presumably the , name of the boat upon which the cat was a mascot. ED [S * V m