The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-04-05

Dear friend on the farm, il you have
any butter to sell, bring it on to
Union. The townsmcn are having
butter famine these days.
The bascballists are getting ready to
do things in this 1907 season, and the
sportsman editor is coming up-to
slang whereby to describe the game.
Andrew Carnegie has made a speech
and denounced the Wall Street gam
blers; We are glad OF it, even though
akin to this.
The railway commission has ordcd-
ed the Southern Railway to put down
heavier steel rails between Shelton,
and Spartanburg, Columbia, and Au-
gusta and Aston and Grccnvile.
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There is freak chicken come OFT
OF its egg shell at Chester There are
legs beneath and one on its back. And
we all write about it in the newspapers
just as we would killing, hurricane,
or an earthquake. Suhc things are
called news"
The Times force is jubiant over the
prospect OF getting day current. The
town authorities assure us that by May
1st this happy result will be attained.
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The Duma is in session in Russia for
the second time. We hope this infant
democratic organization OF the auto
cratic country may attain more real
results than it did last year, but it is
doubtful. The people threaten war
If the bureaucrats crush the Duma as
they did last year
The millinery stores sold hats last
week to beat the band. And then to
think it rained and blew on Sunday
till not winsome lass or comely dame
could don the new "creation' and de-
murely sit with other brightly bedecked
fair ones demurely in the church pews
while on the Easter Sunday the minis
ter preached! To think
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Andcrson's court house tower has
got six inches out OF plumb 1t is a
fine, new building. 1t is an excellent
thing for Andersonians 10 look at and
talk OF when business is dull And it
gives us something to write about
The tower has clock in it, by the
way, and it has struck the hours for
generation or SO. Wonder what can
be the matter with the tower now
Its case for every man to diagnose
Z. Fl. Hartman, railway magnate
and president, claims that at the re-
quest of President Roosevelt, he help
ed raise a $25o,ooo Republican cam
pagn fund in the last presidential cleo
ton. President Roosevelt says the
Hartman claim is false. Some more
dirty linen is therefore to be washed
in the front yard Of newspaper columns.
The general belief is that President
Roosevet's Characterization OF Harri-
man is justified.
In this Issue Of The Times we pub
lish notice OF the opening of the
books OF enrolment OF democratic
voters of the city OF Union. For fear
those who enrolled just before the
last municipal primary election may
think that they will be required to en-
roll at this time, for their information
we say that they do not, as their names
are already on the roll and that the
books are only opened for the pur-
pose of enrolling those who have come
of age since, and those who have be-
come citizens and are entitled to be
enrolled under the rules and regula-
tons governing the democratic primary
election 1t is the duty Of every citi-
zen to be interested in this matter,
as we regard it OF vital Importance to
secure a fair and pure election.