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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
GOOD ROADS NOTES,
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The Problem Solved.

"wc want good roads," the cvclist cried
Said tho farmer. $50 do we:
With you of tho wheel and saddle
l Do we ruraiites agree
Wow, what shall we do to get them?
Here's II plan that's simple. quite
We men of four wheels, you OF two,
Each one claims an equal right
To half the track; that Is Lowell,
And each ought to have his share
A road-bed should be- wide enough
For us both, with room to spare;
1t should be both hard aud solid
With u gently rounded top;
In short, it should be perfect.
And Well build it so-but stop!
Such fine highways cost money
You are asking half the road
When ii comes to paying for them,
Will you carry half the load?
There's a growing army of you,
Some say half Il million strong,
Will YOU each chip I'm dollar,
For to help Good Roads along?
III you WILL and do it yearly
Wen have solved the problem quito.
Ev.ry time you pay your mighty
We Will also pay our mite.
Which we'll pay instead of working,
As our habit is to do
And when your side Is finished Up
You'll find ours finished too
VIII Tenplc-, in American AGriculturist
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
For a Fred Douglas Monument

Tho Department of State, at Wash
ington, has been informed by Minister
Powell, at Port an Prince, Haiti, that
the iatien Republic has donated the
sum OF 81, 900 toward the erection of q
monument by the citizens of Rochester,
\. T.. IN that city, to the memory of
the late Frederick Douglass. at one
time Minister Resident and Consul
General to Haiti.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Pertinent Pointers.

A Chinaman eats twice as much meat
as japanese.
Bootbacks are seldom seeu on the
streets of Berlin.
In the whole Of Greece there are onIv
1872 newspapers.
A kaflir's religion consists mostly in
singing and dancing.
In India there is n fly which attacks
and devours large spiders.
1t is estimated that at least / 600, 600
pounds of rubber is annually used in
the manufacture of bicycle tires.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Chance for More Volunteers.


Governor Ellerbe, who has been
watching the work of examination very
closely, makes tho announcement that
anyone who desires to volunteer in the
South Carolina regiment, thus making
up tho full quota for each company.
would write him Immediately, and he
would arrange for their transportation
to Columbia and for their return to their
homes In case OF rejection The United
States government pays all the expenses
OF transportation i'll all such cases.
This is the opportunity that many have
been waiting for. 1t Is not anticipated
that there will be any trouble whatever
IN getting all the men necessary to fill
up the ranks of the several companies,
which, as mustered in, lose their local
names and become known as company
"A, company "B, etc
The main camp is called Camp Eller-
be, in honor OF Governor Ellerbe. The
two branch camps have not yet been
named, and probably will not be given
titles unless it is found that the tents
cannot be gotten for some time.
There is very little complaining and
the mon are taking everything as it
comes i'll good humor Some had to
eat breakfast out of the basins in which
they washed their faces, but they took
it as n good joke, and said that later
they might get no breakfast at all.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Robert T.. Lee, .Dr.. Drntur

Mr.. Robert T.. Lee, Jr., Of Fairfax
county. Va, n son Of Gen. VIM. II. T..
Lee and grandson of Gen. Robert T..
Lee, has accepted an invitation to he
the anniversary orator of the Abbevillo
Is. Co. County Confederate Survivors
Associations Mr.. Lee is said to be an
eloquent speaker.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
SDaiu'S Emil EinbtcrS

SPANS bull fighters made money last
year. Mazzantini. in sc fights, killed
1GS bulls, and made 396, 900 pesetas;
Reverte's score was II fights, 100 bulls
and 21G, 600 pesetas, while Guerrita,
with IS fights and l41 bulls slaughtered,
earned 4jG, 600 pesetas, or $91 900.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Smallpox Situation improved.

The Columbia State says the small
pox situation IN that city is considered
to be much improved; that vaccination
continues, and that a number of patients
have been discharged
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13

Arrangements have been made to
send ont five parties of teachers from
Clemson College simultaneously to
held farmers institutes during the sum
mer. \ number of places arc booked
for meetings and if any community not
already provided for wants meeting
President iiartZog will be glad to hear
from thgm
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
First to GoUp the Spout.

The Buena Venture is destined to
prominent mention in history. She was
the first vessel to 60 through the Suez
Canal after it was opened for traffic,
and the first one TO go up the spout in
the IIispano Cubo- American war
Charleston IS. G.. } News and Courier.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
WIS d Mistake.

The item published in our issue last
week stating that 81. David's Episcopal
church, Cheraw, an ante te-Revolutionary
building. would be moved from its
present site to site nearer the center
Of the town is Il mistake.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
The Number of DistiilcrIes.

The number of distilleries in opera
tion in the United States in March was
5o2 OF grain and nine of molasses, pro-
ducing 3"l, PA gallons of grain spirits
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Cotton Mill Chartered

The Secretary of State has granted a
charter to the Victoria cotton mill of
Rock Hill. The capital stock is So,
600. The directors chosen are Jno. Il.
London. w. l.. Roddey, II. 4. Eewell,
\. Freidheim, o. +. Ruff and 4. f..
Smith
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
PENSIONS being PAID OUT.
The Pensioners Can Call on Their
Clerks ofCourt.
THE WIDOWS MORE NUMEROUS.
Considerable Increase In the Total
Number i'm the Sta'e- This and Last
Years Figures Compared.

The widows Of veterans of the Con-
'ederate army seem TO be very much in
evidence this year in the distribution
IF the State pension fund of 800, 600.
The State pension bOord has complet-
ed it's annual work OF distributing the
pension fund of the State, reserving n
sufficient amount to meet incidental
accessory expenses and few cases
still being held up. The total amount
aow being paid out as fast as the war
cants can be issued isS95. 555. so. Each
pensioner in Glass A will, under the
disbursement, get So, each in Class
B, $3.50, and in the different grades
Of Class &, Sl3.S0.
Last year Class got So each,
lass b, 81. 80 each, ard Glass G, SIG. 30
each.
The total number of pensioners in
The State is 6,6ll this year against
',S4S last year. Theprincipal increase
in totals Is i'll the dasses devoted to
;he widows of soldicss-C3 and CA.
The following shows the divisions of
the pensions in the entire State
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Refused to Grant An Injunction.

An Atlanta Judge refused to grant an
injunction TO restrain the city from en-
!"rcin% the ordnance requiring can
vassers for orders III the city TO pay SD
license fee
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Offer Their Services to Government.

Five Clemson graduates of the elec-
trical department have reported to
Washington to secure positions as cleo
tricians on warships. President Hart
Zog has received advices from Wash
ington stating that there are more va
cancies. If any Clemson graduates of
the electrical course desire positions
they should go at once to Washington
md call on Senator Tillman for further
information. A graduate of the me-
chahical course at Clemson will find no
trouble in passing the examination.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Enrni Mail Deliver, md Cool En..ls.

Ht'' - prospect ll0l thc National
Government may get behind the good
roads moVcmcn. in Il peculiarly eii'rc-
tive way. If the pkcc of free mail de
livery to the farmers is to be the con
struction and maintenance OF mnc
adamizcd country highways Is is be-
lievcd that the thrifty agriculturiats
will not hesitate to pay il.
The indifference of Congress to aD-
peals tor Interstate highways and tie
'disinclinGtion of farmers to conatrnc.
roads FOR the benefit OF the city
vheelmcE" have opcraYcd rs scrions
nndic&p& to The good roads move
ent in this country. In spite OF
te&e obstacles. however. substantial
pGrcSs has been made IN road BALD
lh,in STATES where the farmers have
aWkcncd tu the fact that while smooth
hiSway% may add to the rlcasdrcs Of
WhNllng the greatest benefit is rcapcd
ny sgricuturists in being brought
close TO profitable markets.
hlu th" strongest stimulus to road
puildn% is yet 20 come If the en-
perIm.nts in free raral mail delivery
lh"llgItWtcd by the postal Department.
are success, they will establish Il
aS!S OF cooperation and reciprocity
notWecn the Government and the
iafm"ra that will lead to q general
movement in the building of inter
"rnnn highways all over the country
with the view of testing the eff
ciency of different styles of roadbcd
postmaster General Gary has, author
lZSd th" opening Of routes for free
rural mail delivery through portions
nj New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
which embrace macadamiZad. gravel.
clay and common dirt roads. The
routes arc intended to be experiment
tai, and will show relatively upon
what character of roads the best re-
suits can be obtained in the way of
prompt and efficient service.
There is little doubt s@nt free mail
dohvery Is Just as practicable in many
OF our more thickly populated rural
communities "a it is in England. The
contmuanca of the service. if success
ful. should he dependent upon the
proper maintenance Of the roads. If
the farmer wants his mail delivered at
his door he must contribute his share
to the buiiding of plssabIc highways.
Chicago Times Herald.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Recommended i'm Rhode Island.

Governor Dyer, of Rhode Island. is
thorough believer in good roads. and
has done much to aid the good work
for them III his State. He comes out
in favor of q Highway Commission and
continuous work, i'll his message to the
legislature, as follows:
''The question OF improved high
ways has ceased to be one that can be
-disre@nrded. Every educational and
material intercst of the State requires
it, Better rural schools, increased
value Of FARM products, increased value
of property, possible rural postal de-
livery, chcapeTt transportation en-
ter rs important factors into this uues-
ton. IN short, the welfare of our
people demands that good roads should
be made and maintained throughout
the State. The presence here OF Mr..
T.. G. Harrison, Government Road En-
gnecr, AND his work of road building
at the Rhode Island College of .Agri-
culture aad Mechanic Arts. has been
mos, helpful to the cause. During
the fall and carly winter months meet
ings to consider the subject have been
held III . great many of the towns and
the greatest intcrcS. has been mani
tested
"under the provisions of CHAPTER
73 of the General Laws, three sample
halI-mil"S Of macadnmiHed road have
been completed during The past wear,
making total of twelve. which have
been built ut Il cost of $50. lJt. 90. and
applications for seven more have been
made TO the Highway Commissioner.
The agitation of the subject of good
roads has brought out the fact that
the present law for the Improvement
of highways iS defective and expcn-
sive. The State wishes no more sam
pie halfmlcs. II cannot ailord to ap-
propriata amy more money simply for
obicct-lcssons.
"tnUcr u commission proceeding
upon carefully considered lines. the
work ui improving the principal high
ways Of The State &hould hc made con
tinUou". li%ccma 10 he the feeling
throughout In" State that, in The inn
provcm"N; ui these principal high
ways. IL" state should assume three.
quarters AMI thrtowns through wnirh
the highways run omc-quartcr. of thc
eXp2uS".
by making the work unpn the high
was continuous the State Will be IN n
position 90 secure more favorable bids,
and from a.gc contractors. well
equipped with The latest road maclin-
cry am appliances. In the general
improy c!G"nt OF our highways the
rough labor. the manual work. should
be given 10 oar own citizens ani Il:
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Mcdonald Lieutenant Colonel.

Lieut.. j. b. Mcdonald, recently in
structor at the South Carolina Military
Academy, has been appointed Lieuten-
ant Colonel of Il regiment in Alabama,
his native State.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13

Alaska has its public schools. But
instead Of large. finely equipped school
buildings, which accommodate several
hundred grade scholars. the school
children there study their lessons in
rough frame houses. The missionary
who is often the teacher. also lives in
part of it. There is only one room i'm
the school, and. except in Sitka, the
capital, there is only one grade. the
primary. For the Eskimo children are
just beginning to understand our
language. The behavior OF the schol-
ars during school hours is absolutely
correct. They rarely have to be re-
proved They are obedient to their
parents as well as to their teachers.
The Eskimo boys and girls never want
to play hockey" In fact. they are
very much disappointed if anything
prevents their attending school. They
like to work, and they are naturally
industrious. They prefer writing and
drawing to anything else They have
n natural taste for both. Many of their
drawings are excellent, and far better
than those executed by the average
American child of the same age. They
draw the objects that are near at hand.
Their sledges, dogs and the queer lit
tie huts they live in. They are, as
we'll. fond Of mechanical pursuits, and
they invent tools to uce in their worl,
or Dlay
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Rejected Continue About Onc-Tbi

The first week of camp lfo for South
Carolina troops ended with last Satur-
day. BY afternoon every company
of men that wGs needed from the State
militia and citizenship p of the State had
reported on the grounds ready to .obey
orders. The Palmetto Rifles, from
Aiken filed the entire quota, so far as
the number of infantry companies arc
concerned. All of the rs infantry com
panies are now here, and all who come
will have to take places In some one of
the companies already ION the hill"
The proportion of rejected continue
about one. third.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-20

about fifteen feet high and its extent to the
rear at least thirty feet. 1t shows signs Of
having been lived in. There are little holes
or pockets scooped out of the walls, and
here and there on the walls you see rusty
nails which We're once used by those who
have lived here in the past. 1t is said that
the cave was the resort of the buccaneers
who once ravaged the coasts and ships of
this part of the world. The nails may have
been driven into the walls by them, and
from the same source probably comes a
stone oven which has been built in the
rear of the cave. Other caves are covered
with ferns and the vegetation is SO luXuri-
ant that it is easy to imagine that Selkirk
might have set out hedges about his caves.
which would soon have become walls of
trees and have hidden them from view.
a Chilean Penal Settlement.
At one time Chile had penal settlement
on Juan Fernandez More than thousand
criminals were kept here under the charge
of a governor and guards. You can still
see the ruins of the Notifications of that
time. One of the sights of the island are
the damp and fern-covered dungeons which
were dug out of the bluff facing the har
Dor. These dungeons were among the most
horrible ever constructed by Spanish cruel
ty for the torture of men. They were en-
tered by vaulted passages which led from
one damp chamber to another. They were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-20

From the Woman's Home Companion.
The bellies Of the island often bedeck
themselves with frefies, In lieu of costlier
nearly four times as large as the lightning
bugs in the United States and emit a
beautiful glow from their breasts and
wings. The young women dearly love to
imprison them in the gauzy folds of their
summerland costumes, and enmeSh them in
the hair in mock cOronetS. Sometimes a
senorita will wear brilliant FREELY or two
imprisoned in a tiny cage of gold silver
wire, hanging as a bangle 10 her brace
let. 1t is astonishing sight to seen q
light-bedecked southern beauty shimmerng
in the soft night as if clad in a thousand
gems, but having no other adjournment than
this economical one of frefles. The poor
use them in more practical way for light
ing their houses, by putting them under
wire screens or in bottles, and they prove
quite successful in this office of utility. AT
one time the laws Of Spain forbade the poor
In Cuba using any other means for house
lighting than firefiies, and the practice is
still a common one long after this strange
law has been abolished.
The life of the women of the upper classes
is very narrow enc, and the average girl
has little else than marriage to look for
ward to. 1t behooves her to make an early
marriage, too while the charms of youth
abide. for she will likely begin to fade at
thirty. Handsome matrons are nfrequent
as in all tropic lands. Her mother teaches
her very little else than in the way of per-
sonal accomplishments and the natural re-
deal more regarding complexion powder
than she does of baking powder, and her
lack of other useful knowledge is in much
the same proportion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-20

north of the island. OF late, however. l am
disappeared, the cattle are allowed to go
wild and there are now on the island wild
sfeep, wild goats and wild mules. l give
this statement on the authority of Photog-
rapher Spencer.
The Riches of Juan Fernandez.
There is no doubt but that Juan Fernan-
dez is a rich island as far as the soil of the
northern part of it is concerned, and with
this new colonizing scheme it may support
quite large number of people. The hills
are covered now with wild oats, and there
is good grass in every open spot. The fruit
trees planted more than a hundred years
ago by Selkirk and others have reproduced
themselves, and there are many wild fruits
There are peaches, pears and ounces grow
ing wild. and also wild vegetables A pecu-
Har plant is the panga, which has leaves
forming cup as big as an umbrella This
nils with water when it rains and STAYS full
as long as it is cloudy When the sun
comes out it begins to wilt and the water
flows out.
Seikirk's Cave.
There are number of caves on Juan
Fernandez and several are pointed out in
which it is said that Alexander Selkrk
lived. One of these which lies in ridge
of volcanic rock, is as large as the average
parlor with a roof from ten to fifteen feet
above the floor. The door to this cave is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-20

between Chile and Peru n number Of
TiheI icdhs bad Torn cd what was called
the PERUVIAN Company. They had bought
" the rights OF the heirs Of Cochet ana
Landreau and were attofuntina- Ia ,,slse
the PERUVIAN government pay back sor,o-
thing OF the enormous sums cla5f,aa nv
mem as helrs OF Cochet and LsDarear.
IL Is from the prospectus OF this cornpenv
winch was given me before leaving the
United States by Col Dick Thompson our
FORMER Secretary Of the Navy. thar 10
ABOVE statements are taken. This pr-s9ec-
tus was not intended TO be given 10 the
newspapers. and the extent Of the SCHEME
mas, L think, never been published. rs
advocates brought the matter before con-
Eress. secretaries OF State Fish ana
ENarts both made reports uDon II ans
PRESIDENT Hayes In one case called ~. A.
teHuoh OF Congress 10 il. II never rra4o
any headway cat here. and It il now. I
suppose. dead, for the guano ISLANDS were
gwen over to the Peruvian Ccrpora.lr,, an
bhsiish syndicate Years AGO as 3, mart
consideration Of fits assuming the Peruvian
roreisn debt Peru is practically a bank
lupi country but when the claim was
made 1t was rich. and the claimants OK
pected to get at least a large part Of the
nan billion dollars TO which they said they
were entitled under the law
The Guano Reds OF Today.
Guano is not worth so much today as 81
was years ago. The product is now COM
paratiVely nothing. Otnec fertilizers have
taken Its place. and fits price is less than
hah what # once was. There have been
tunes when this bird manure was sold for
500 ton Today it can be bought. / am
told, Tor $50 or $40 a ton. The frst shin
ment to Europe was made more than fifty
years ago. AT that time twenty barrels OF
suaho were taken TO Liverpool and tried on
a 1arm near that city. The result was such
mat oroers were sent back for more and
soon hundreds of ships were employed in
my sudho TO Europe. Often 200 ships
would be at the different islands al one
Tune Chinese coolies were imported to get
out the gEano. They We're horribly treated
dnu To-Day IL is not uncommon to find dead
Cinnamon mixed with the new deposfts
FOR long time the Guano Islands gave
feru the greater part of its revenues. Weld
ing about 100000 year for number OF
years. Now they are practically exhaust
ed, and Peru has fallen from great riches
10 poverty. FRANK q. CARPENTER.
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A DOUBTFUL STORY.
Too Good to BE True, Though a sober
Man Tells 1t.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Never had such a shock in my life
questioned for few minutes whether / was
In my right mind. I was sick, and good and
sick at that. I called up central, and was
informed in one of the most pleasant voices
/ ever heard that they We're busy on the
line of my regular physician. Just as I was
going to cut loose on a string of profanity
she said: You're sick, sir. I can tell from
your voice. I'll call physicians till l get
one. Meantime you'd better lie DOWN
Say, nothing but dead faint would have
removed me from that telephone. l listen
ed as l heard her ring for one doctor after
another, always quick and pointed in her
inquiries, hut patient and not lost note in
that fute-like voice. | forgot that 1 was
sick, and | was sorry when she finally
found d physician whom she told to hurry
to me.
"A little later she called up to know If
needed a nurse. OF course l did, just he
cause l wanted the pleasure of hanging on
to that receiver while she routed UP one
number after another until the desired arti-
Gle was procured. 1t was great. When it
came to getting drugs she was only one re-
moved from magician. | ordered dainties
that l never eat, just to hear her call for
them, for l pretended a degree of weakness
that would not permit of my standing too
long at the phone. The whole thing was a
startling revelation to me- When I'm well
the company is going to lose that girl or
she'll refuse what a good many mammas
regard a catch."
Then one of tha most desirable eligibles M
the town went to the telephone and aske1
the time though he had three clocks and q
chronometer, Ill on duty.