The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-03-27
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Gathered Here and There and Con-
dense for Quick ReaIin;.

notes the Boston Post, ''if the wcrst
case of smallpo cannot be cured in
three days by the use Of cream Of
tartar.
"One ounce of cream of tartar,
dissolved in plat of hot water, and
drunk at intervals when cold, is q
certain, never failing remedy. 1t
has cured thousands, never leaves a
mark, never causes blindness, and
avoids tedious lingering"
The News and Courier, locally.
confirms the statement made in The
Record recently that a large number
o. white men have applied for Jobs
under Crum. The number is placed
at as many as $50, and the insinu>
alton is made that if the names arc
printed there will be sensational
eyc-opcning in the oil civ. We
hope the names will be printed
every one of them. Ifthcrc are
those on the list who have hereto.
fore been considered decent and re-
spectacle they ought to be known.
Public sentiment ought to be such as
to run them ou: Of the city and
Statc.-Colum5ia Rec,rd.
Mark Hanna, of Ohio, AID John
kean of New jersey, is the latest
Republican ticket launched on the
political sea by the self constituted
President makers in the Senate.
' Aiyices from Havana which are
considered reliable state that while
in Cuba recently J. Pierpont Nor
gan, representing tac American t.
bacco Company, closed negotiations
Tor the purchase Of all the lands in
HhohI IS gporh A0tie ties aSsEFj fSEFjc sraae saQn 81
leaf tobacco in the world.
Ten billions of dollars for a CONT
mental system Of dcep-sea canals and
the creation Of 50,000,OOO horse.
power is the latest dream Of indus
trial promoters. The United States
has at last reached the billion uni. as
the basis of calculations where the
whole country is Concerned, New
York World.
~
Los Angeles, Cal, March o.
Three masked robbers attempted to
hold up a Car on the Los Angeles.
Pacific Electric Line, running be-
tween Los Angeles and San'a Mon
leo, about mile west of the city
limits, last night and, after pistol
duel between G. w. LENDERS On, one
of the passengers, and one of the
robbers, the other two highwaymen
began shooting right and left through
the crowded car. One passenger
was killed and three wounded.
n dispatch from New London,
Conn, to the New York HerAld
gives an account Of a collision be-
tween the steamer Plymouth, Of the
Fall River Line, and the freishter,
City Of Taunton, in which six per-
sons lCs. their lives.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Ncwberry is making an effort to
have Union depot built by circu-
lating petition for signatures. If
the people could only sec our little
shack of a passenger depot, they
would be more than contented with
their depot, it is an elegant affair
compared with ours. But We live
in hope of getting a modern structure
in the sweet bye and bye.
The State Supreme Curt last
week affirmed the Judgment of the
lower court, giving Mr.. J. G. Shum.
pert, an engineer, a verdict of $l0,-
600 against the Southern Railroad
for injuries received in a collision at
Bolton on Feb. 19. 1901. The suit
was brought for $4,000, verdict
was given for $4,000. The Judge
cut it to $4,000. Schumpeit ap-
pealed to Supreme court with above
result. Even $4,000 Is u pretty
healthy pile.
NeHberry has put up hitchine