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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AND THURSDAY BY THE UNION TIMES CO. TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor > Registered "it the Postoftice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. srINSCRIPTION RATES One Year . .$4.00 Six Months 2.00 Three Months 1.00 ADY ERTISEMKNTS One square, first insertion... $1.00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The \ssociated Press is exclusive!} entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1917. The unspeakable Turks are on the run, and it is to be honed that he is on his "last legs." The civilized world has long since ceased to wonder at any outrage perpetrated by these heathen. One of the signs of Germany's degredation and folly lies in the fact that she has Turkey for an ally. But what has for centuries come to be a monster in the eyes of all the world is coming face to face with its doom, we venture to prophesy. Turkey will fall into utter and eternal ruin. There is no sufficient moral base left to build a civilization upon; even after the catastrophe falls upon them. Bestial, immoral and without passibility of regeneration; that nation will perish, and perishing will leave but a monumental wreck that may warn all nations for all time that destruction waits upon the people who fail utterly to measure up to a reasonably true standard of manhood. The county fair, even from the financial standpoint, succeeded quite well this year. The exhibits were better than usual, the attractions were above the average and the gate receipts amounted to $400 above expenses. This, for a year like the present, when "everybody /eels the high cost of living, is a most creditable showing. The directors will have a sufficient amount to meet the interest on the debt, and the general effect of a successful fair will be good for another year. In passing, it may be said that B. F. Alston, Jr., the secretary, worker! untiringly for the fair this year as he has on every former occasion, and L. M. Jordan, one of the directors, was not far behind him in ( trying to bring about success. Mr. < Jordan gave eight whole days just prior to and during the fair, to the work. Others helped, but to these , two gentlemen, more than to anybody ( else, the credit for a successful fair ? is due. FAREWELL! BRAVE FELLOWS. f The first three American soldiers killed in the trenches in France were ( buried in that sister republic on Nov. { 7. The names of the three men are: s Knright, Gresham and Hay. A French ' officer, commanding the division in ^ that section, paid a tribute to the dead soldiers that will live as a mas- f ter piece of oratory on such occasions. <">ne paragraph, in particular, is most stirring, in this funeral oration: s "They ignored nothing of the Circumstances and nothing had c been concealed from them?neith- n er the length and hardships of ^ war, nor the violence of battle, j nor the dreadfulness of new weapons, nor the perfidy of the c foe. Nothing stopped them. They accepted the hard and strenuous life; they crossed the ocean at j great peril; they took their places 0 on the front by our side and they have fallen facing the foe in a hvd and desperate hand-to-hand fight. Honor to them! Their a 9 families, friends and fellow citi zens will be proud when they ! learn of their deaths." I It is for men like these that you are asked to contribute money to conduct Y. M. C. A. work among; it is for these that we contribute to the Red Cross fund; it is for these that wc knit and toil and sacrifice, for they are worthy, and, when they fall in battle, they are dying for us?our firesides, families, all our sacred In stitutions. It is our way to "do our hit," and it should he done well, nohly by us, for they are worthy. ' ^ Editorial Clippings We see from The Keowee Courier r that the the recent term of the Oco- ' nee court at Walhalla quite a number of persons were prosecuted and found guilty of violating the quarta month law. In all there were half a dozen or more cases of this kind before the court, and upon conviction the Judge gave the parties jail sentences. This speaks well for Oconee _ county. Her officers arc on to their [jobs, and as the result there will he ] some mighty cautious liquor violators in that county. While Oconee is after the quart ( |a month people, in some places they .seem to have a regular walk over. (The offices of the Probate Judges are overrun with people who are getting |liquor permits. These Judges seem unconcerned about the violations of ( the law. induced we presume by the F [permits, and the administration of o oaths. It strikes us that any officer p who knowingly issues a permit to a v party not entitled to it, is himself as ii gumy as the party in whose behalf a he issues it., It is no excuse for him h to say it is none of his business to 1< become a detective. He is all the ii same a party to the crime.?Green- h wood Journal. ? s: Corn is the American crop. Not C only does this country raise more of a it than does any other country, but ^ it raises more than do all the other ci countries. Moreover, corn as we know w it, had its origin here. In this show- si ing Connecticut has an interest. In is the large average its acreage of corn n is small, compared with the broad il corn acres of the West, but it has more than any of the other New Eng- si land states, and its corn crop value c< exceeds any of the others in its sec- r' tion. w Hence, it is greatly to the interest A of the United States in general, and C of Connecticut in particular, that the hi food experts are exploiting corn as H a complete food. Some generations o1 ago, when there wasn't as much room tl for choice in foods as there is now, it s< was discovered that corn as a grain di offered much sustenance and not a ai little variety. Since then, and quite tl recently, it has been discovered that 'r corn makes a high-class starch, that H it is a basis for excellent syrup, and ol that from it can be extracted a very 'a useful and palatable oil. M In extremity, we can live on corn, 'y though most of us decided long ago tl urn. <in exclusive corn met was mo- r? notonous. Hut we are finding out to d< our profit that corn is capable of more variety than formerly we st thought it.?Hartford Times. m it E. H. Blake to Vigilantes. = Shows by Sons of Gov. Manning That This is by No .Means a Rich Man's War. ? Mr. Eugene H. Blake has written $ Lhc following to The Vigilantes, a ^ publication whose object is to arouse the people of America to the tragedy >f the war: $ "When a few days ago, John Ad- J| ^ar Manning, scarcely 18 years of J ige ,cut short his college education ^ o join Battery A, 31(5 Field Artillery, his made the fifth son of Governor md Mrs. Richard I. Manning of f South Carolina to enter the United Jl states Army. His next older brother, ] ibout two years below the age re- ^ luircments for the draft, is serving is a private. The three other sons ? >f the governor, Wyndham, Bernard w;n;?rv> ..n * >uu ft iiiiuui, an mai i it*u, are in ine service, two of them sacrificing a 4 land.some salary to volunteer. | "And they say this is a Rich Man's ^ iVar!"?Greenwood Journal. * ? riovcrnment Contract for Over 10 Million J 4r* Norfolk, Va., Nov. i>.?The largest $ ingle contract for government work ^ t. this point was let today to James ^ itewart & Co., of New York. The ? ew contract is for over ten million ollars' worth of improvements at 'ig's Point, facing Hampton Roads, nd will include barracks for soldiers, oncentration station, warehouses, >iers, railroad yards and a railroad onnecting with the Atlantic Coast ;ine. The improvements will occupy ver 323 acres of land. Work will be tarted immediately. I Subscribe to 'the Union "Daily TimeR nd get live news. EDIS 0 NIA TODAY METRO Presents Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in 'Their Compact" i ????? s f rhis is a Special 7 Reel J Feature I __ r Admission: 5, 10 and 15c ? C floods in China a Do Great Damage 1 Ireat City Under Water?Railways 0 Damaged?Traffic Greatly Hindered. P t (By Associated Press) ? Tiensin, China, September HO.? 0 Correspondence of The Associated 'ress)?At least 200,000 square miles s f land in the southern and central n ortions of Chihli Province are under {' .'ater as a result of torrential ains 11 c a the mountains of Shansi, Honan nd Western Chihli provinces which s ave poured their floods into the shal- n >w streams of the Chihli Plain, driv- a i>T 1,000,000 Chinese from their ? omes. These streams converge, to- c ether with the Grand Canal, at Tien- a in, the commercial port of North v hina, and the distributing center for population of more than 10,000,000. a lore than half of the area of this a ny or i,uuu,uuu innanitants is under rater varying in depth from one to ? ix feet. Rains are continuing and it a i estimated that the flood water will tl ot subside for at least a month, even v ' the rains cease. a The Pei Ho, which is the single Lream through which all the water- c >urses centering at Tientsin ordina- a ily discharge toward the ocean is v 'holly inadequate to carry off the ^ ood water. It is estimated by the 11 hinese Conservancy Board that the 1 ead of water delivered to the Pei ^ to by the Grand Canal and various ~ ther streams is forty times greater lan the river can accommodate. Con- n jquently all low land within a ra- c ius of 30 or 40 miles east, south " ad west of the city is flooded. Along ' le Puto llo, the Hon Ho and less f1 nportant streams feeding the Pei " o, there have been terrible losses p life and property. Hundreds of vilges have been wiped out entirely, ore than 100,000 refugees from out- ^ ing districts have already made leir way into Tiensin on sanpans and ifts, and all bring stories of terrible \Vl ivastation. S] The Yellow River, a tremendous ream which now enters the sea 100 niles south of Tiensin formerly had si s mouth only twenty miles from this c. ? COME TO We have a splent Goods, Dress Good i ing and Notions. Why Pay Your Money WITH The Ras * Busy Bee's C fcjyAiTAATi ATA JTA ATA jTAATA ATA ^ $ "^T V|T Cold Weather Dema We use our best endeavor market affords in Beef Stes Veal. Mutton, Fish and C please you. E. R. GODSHA1 Opposite Po( / f _ ;ity.t Through breaks in the dikes tlonjt th? Yellow River floodwater Voni hat stream has found its way nto* ie Grand Canal by the way of >he 4l|ei river and is adding to the .remeidous torrent now delivered by :he Grand Canal to the Pei Ho. Farmers on the south side of the bellow River are reported to have :ut the dike on the opposite side of he stream to protect their own land. Government engineers have been una>le to make any extensive survey of he flooded districts as yet because >f the difficulties of transportation, liarge and small streams are all so swollen that travel overland is impossible. 3aotingfu, the capital of Chihli Provnce ,and many other important cities ind towns in Central Chihli, are also looded. But the railway south from 'ekinp to the Yangtsze river is vashed out in many places. Consejuently North China is wholly with iuc ran connection ana river commulication with Shanghai at present. What Germany is Eating. There are contradictory reports recarding the economic situation in Jermany. Some say she is starving md others deny it. That the unnusual iving conditions of the last few years ire telling on the health and vitality >f the people there can be little doubt. In a recent issue of The Atlantic Monthly, a writer who has spent much ime in Germany since the war began ^ives some interesting observations n the food situation, as follows: "Chunks of dried sea lion meat were hipped into the country in the manler of jerked beef. Soaked for a number of hours and cut into small pieces, t was made into a stew with onions. !ome people thickened the gravy and erved it with petzel, a South Gerrian dumpling made of flour, but, las, no eggs, as in the past. After ne or two attacks of nausea people ame to like the concoction. It filled i vacufum, and that is everything /hen one's head is light from a still ighter diet. The same meat corned nd canned Robbin's Fleisch was sold nd served in slices, at four marks a ound. It was a very good imitation f corned beef, better than stewed, nd could be eaten cold on bread. As he potatoes became scarce, the bread /hich had been doled out on allownce began to deteriorate in quality. ls long as it was composed of 20 per ent of potato flour it was not bad, nd served to satisfy the children /hen spread with malt extract, in lace of sugar or syrup, or the faious Kriegs-Marmalade, a marmaide made of saccharine beets, tomaaes and turnips, colored red. With ty* reduction of the potato flour in the reaY, coarser grains were added, but ow 5 per cent sawdust and 5 per ent floi^r ground from straw are sed. In consequence, people are suf*ring greatly from anemia; stomach roubles are on the increase, especilly ulcers of the stomach, and iread worms." Flow can a people fed on sawdust nd straw he expected to fight on forcer at the behest of their rulers? /ill they??St. Louis Republic. When friend wife and friend husand have a scrap and friend wife ays: "Well, if you don't like it you now what you can do!' Friend wife leans that friend husband can go '.raight to the bad place for all she ires. SEE US! | V iid line of Dry tjjt is. Shoes, Cloth- *? More ? ? t Goes Far Y : us | ior Co. | Ud Stand V I ^yry taT WrT^r^Vf fy tat yVy fV? fVrTvf inds a Meat Diet to provide the best the ik, Beef and Pork Roast ? >ysters. We strive to j X MARKET it Offic* OUR PART IN FEE (Special Information Servlc?, 1 ALL FORAGE PRODUCED ON TH PROTECTED AND U7 WAGE WAR ON ORCHARD PESTS Fruit Growers Can Do Most Valuable Work During Fall and Winter Months. SPRAY AFTER FOLIAGE DROPS Destruction of Eggs of Insects More Easy Thep?Advantages of Planting Better Seed Corn?Save tfre Farm Wood Lot. In order to Increase the production of trutt ft in essential that fruit prowem wage a contltrr is fight on orchard pests. Some of the most valuable control work can be accomplished during the fall and winter months. Certain destructive Insects are held In check only by spraying during the dormant period of trees, when stronger washes may be used than when the trees are In foliage. Many Insects spend the winter on the tree In the egg, larva, or pnpal stage, and their destruction In the course of pruning and other orohard work Is practicable and Is of much Importance In keeping them reduced. Certain fungous and bacterial diseases, particularly pear blight and apple canker, are best worked upon at this time. Practically all <rf the orchard scale Insects can be successfully controlled by spraying the trees after the foliage has dropped. This work may be done either In the fall or during the winter when the temperature Is above freeaIng and In the spring before the buds come out. During these periods a strong solution of llme-snlphur Is used by a great many orchardlsts In controlling San Jose scale and many other serious scale pests. Other scale Insect pests, such as the cherry scale, oyster shell scale, etc., can usually hte held In check by the dormant spray with llmo-sulphur wash. The treatment Is also effective against the pear loaf blister mite, which Is universally present on pears, and In many localities becomes a serious apple pest. Same plant lice that are destructive especially to young apple trees winter In the egg stage and are destroyed by this treatment. One thing that must be remembered In applying the dormant spray is that the solution should cover every part of the tree or It will not be effective. Exposure to weather often causes greater destruction to farm Implements than using them. Avoid this loss by ?*orlng all machines and tools properly under shelter before winter sets In. In marketing frnlt and vegetables a nrriilnct ?f 'MS, nnnlltn rvo?l>n.l In ...?B" KnLnru in uilractive packages usually will bring highest market prices. 8TORE ONLY BEST SEED CORN. Good Seed Versus More Acres as a Means of Increasing Crop. B7 planting better seed corn larger yields can be secured without any more labor except In harvesting larger crops, says the United States department of agriculture. This nation has iftnnted and cultivated over 100.000,000 acres of corn annually during the past ten years. The average yield per ocre has been less than 27 bushels, and below 80 bushels every year. It Is very probable that the demand for corn will continue to Increase and we should place ourselves In a position to meet the demand In the best and most practicable manner. As demands for corn Increased we have planted more acfea There Is an easier and better way, namely the growing of more bushel* to the acre. By planting 10,000,000 more acres of corn, according to the average acre yield, we could expect less than 270,a<wo/to K....V. ~i_ wuiwv uivic UUSUC18 ui corn, wnerens by Increasing the acre yield by only four bushels on the 100,000,000 acres w? now plant, we can expect 400,000,000 more bushels. A little more care in the fall in the selection of Rood need oorn and to the winter In caring for It property will Increase our 1918 crop more than much hard work next spring DING THE NATION 1. 8. Department of Agriculture.) . ..wt> AM ' ^. V V V'i E FARM SHOULD BE PROPERLY ILIZED AS FEED. V nnd RUinnicr und the planting of additional acres. Sufficient tests have been made In vnrious parts of the United States to prove that by proper selection and care of seed corn, the average acre yield can be easily raised to 80 or even 40 bushels. Varieties that have repeatedly yielded well In a locality and have become adapted to local conditions often yield 10 or 20 bushels more per acre than unadopted varieties. In the many field tests which have been conducted, field-selected seed has yielded from 5 to 18 bushels more per acre than crib-selected seed. The results are conclusive, for In no test has the crib-selected seed yielded more than the field-selected seed receiving proper care. Farmers' bulletin No. 415, "Seed \ uuru, gives i uii miormsQoa On account of the scarcity of coal there will probably be a large amount of wood used as fuel this winter. Use all the waste timber, dead and dying trees for this purpose and be sure te conserve the ashes for garden fertiliser. They are rich In plant food, particularly potash. Straw Is too valuable to be allowed to remain unused. Fresh oat straw, as well as wheat straw can be used as a roughage in wintering stock. It is also advisable to use It liberally as bedding for farm animals, as it adds to their comfort and absorbs the liquid part of the manure, which Is the most vainable portion. SAVE THE FARM WOOD LOT. Remove Only Undesirable Timber for Fuel Supply. The permanent wood lot Is an essential part of a well-equipped farm, and in many cases it is the source of the winter fuel supply. In heavily wooded states, especially, formers are likely to overlook this fact and recklessly cut, misuse, or clear up their forest areas. No doubt more wood will be used for fuel this winter than is usually the case, but It Is never advisable to allow thrifty, Immature trees to be used when It Is possible to get Inferior, mature timber. This Is a good season to clean up the wood lot. Improve the timber land, and {rather the winter wood supply at the same time. All dead trees and large, dead limbs should he made up Into cordwood first, then the trees that have dead or dying tops. Remove those which are too crowded to make satisfactory f?rowth, keeping In mind always to leave those trees that will mnke the best salable timber. Look up at the crowns of the trees In deciding which ones to thin out In a crowded group, and take out the Intermediate trees which are lielng encroached upon by the more dominant ones. Do not make the mistake of overthlnnlng, but leave the small trees which have practically no effect on the main stand of the wood lot to develop Into timber of the future. Leave the trees as evenly spaced as possible. Cut out all vines from the standing timber and remove the varieties which have little value in the wood lot or on the market Corn Stover for Feed. With the increasing price of land, feed, and the higher cost of labor, it Is becoming necessary that the farmer eliminate, as far as possible, any waste. * He must make use of all the by-products of his business much the same as the manufacturer does. Corn Is produced In practically every section of the country, primarily tor the grain, unci irequeutiy tno sb.ver ?.s dl. regarded. I'roperly cured stover Is relished by IIv*? stock, but that which Is left In the open during dlsagrrenble weather Is far from being palatable or nourishing. Stover protected from the time It Is out In the field Is a valuable feed for young stock. Idle horses and cattle that are being carried over the winter on a cheap ration. The best way to handle corn stover Is by means of the shredder. This method makes It possible to get It In the barn before the feeding qualities have been Injured by the weather. Enough room should always be reserved In the barn to accommodate a good supply of stover. Hay may be safely stacked out, but It is unsafe to stack shredded stover. Care must be taken to give the corn ample time to cure before It Is shredded, for It may heat In the mow and become worthies* through subsequent molding. * ?