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THE UNION TIME! PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDA BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING MAIN STREE BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Edit. Registered at 4w Foetoffica la Union. S. C mm second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Om Ymt M C fca Months l.C Three Months |.? ADVERTISEMENTS Om man. Brat Inssrtloa B1 -< Evsrf subsequent Insertion J OMtunry nticn, Church and Iad|* n Hcaa. and notices of public meetings, ente talnmanta and Cards of Tbsnks will I charged for at the rate of ooa cent a wor eaah accompanying the order. Count tl words aod you will know what the coi arlll ho. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively ei titled to the use for republication of i news dispatches credited to It or not othe wise credited In this paper end else tl local news published herein. SATURDAY. MARCH 15, Cotton is beginning to show deeit ed signs of advance in price. It wi not, we believe, be long before thei will come a very great advance. I the mean time let the farmers hoi cotton. You cannot afford to give u the battle. The shipping board plans for tli establishment, in the near future, c regular passenger and freight stean ship service between the United Stati and South and Central America countries. This, to us, is a momer tous and promising event. We ha\ all along felt that one of the resull of the war was going to be the buih ing up of closer relations with otht countries, not only in South Americ but unto the uttermost parts of th earth. We certainly rejoice in th prospect of having the fat beef an mutton that is certainly going to b brought to thip country. Bananas grapefruit, lemons and all sorts o tropical and semi-tropical fruit should come to be plentiful and a reasonable price. i Secretary of State Lansing deliver ed a speech before the Inter Allie< Pi ess Club at Paris recently in whicl he took the position that the only wa; iu mt'OL cue ueiuge ot anarchy that i spreading westward, having alread; taken possession of Russia, was L provide Germany with food and peace There is certainly much that may b said in favor of this contention. I will not do to countinue to shut foot out of Germany, nor to face the Ger mens to continue inactive in the mat ter of industry. We believe Mr. J.an sing is right in the contentful that th present situation must be changed a soon as possible, not through pity fu Germany but to sacc ourselves fron the Red Terror. lhe railroads of the country hav< inaugurated a bureau of safety, th< purpose of which is to educate tin public and the employees of the road in matters that make for safety. W< give publicity to one of the letter: sent out to the newspapers am ministers of Union asking for thei: co-operation in bringing to the publii mind the danger of certain nractice: ar.d the need for caution. It is j very good movement, one that lead t< real prevention. Most of the acci dents both to employees and to tin public in general come from von great carelessness or from wilful dis regard of danger. Certainly we arc willing to co-operate in this move ment. Anything that makes for th< safety and welfare of the community will find us ready to be enlisted t< help. FARMERS READ THIS The folowing article upon the cot ? ???-s A -- 1 VVII .-tivunuiull IS SU |ICI bllll'lll, SO WCI said, that we urge the farmer! throughout the county to read it, am to ponder well what it says: "Liverpool is expecting to buy tin 1919 crop of cotton at 10 cents pei pound," said Commissioner Harris to day. "Believeing that, the South wil plant a large crop or at leats a nor mal this year Liverpool, which is on< one of the largest markets in th< world is counting on a very low price This information is reported by i Liverpool dealer who has just conn from England. And this is just ex actly what will happen if the eottor planters of the South do not heed th< warnings of those who know condi tions. "Time and again it has been prover clearly that a ten million hale croj has brought more money than a fif teen million bale crop. Why shoulr the farmers raise five million bales ol cotton for nothing? Just look at the waste of time and energy and oi money too. "In 1918 the government urged the farmers to plant a large acreage ir food crops. It was necessary in order to win the war. In spite of this great o ? ? I opportunity and disregarding Ihe ap j peal of the government, the farmers of the South planted the largest acre^ age in cotton that they ever had; and if the good Lord had not cut the bales r the South would have been ruined. It r has been well said that He has a special providence over children, drunkards and fools. ?o "I hope the farmers will do the right ^ thing this year. Our farmers have Keen warned of the disaster that will U! befall them if they do not give heed o. to the advice of those who have been l'r watching the ebb and flow of condid tions for many years. Now, what is ? tl c right thing for the farmer to do? _ Here ifc the advice of the combined thought of the leaders of the South:? "Hold your 1018 crop until the r- prjce reaches 35 cents and even then sell sparingly; cut your acreage 33 ? and 1-3 per cent; and reduce your fertilizer under cotton from 33 and I 1-3 to 50 per cent. If this is done, we U v. ;11 win the fight and save the South ^ irom bankruptcy and slavery. "Investigation shows plainly what I the South has been losing annually by ^ the slipshod method it has had for selling cotton. The South has been losing annually $180,000,000. I can ie prove this and may do so at nnother ,t unie wnen space permits. Can this system of selling be changed? It .s can, How? By organization and coil operation of the farmers, bankers and i- business men of all classes. e "Have we ever had over-production ;s of cotton? I would answer "no," but 1_ we have bad under-consumption, as ,r I will prove. There has been no overa production so long as our people in 1 ie the South have not enough clothing e when the weather is cold and bad. It J was not over production of cotton that e caused the price to be low?but the under-consumption of cotton goods. It i f is a fact, strange as it may seem, that s the farmers who produce the cotton t and the labor that spins and weaves il into cloth are the most poorly clad people in the country, as a rule. There - has not been one family in 500 that 1 could have used three times as much h cotton goods if their real needs could V have been met, but the price of cotton ? was so low, the product selling at cost V of production, that no money was left u to purchase clothes. I have known many a farmer to have not enough e money left to buy even one garment t apiece for his family after he had 1 sold his last bale. "When is the system of cotton go i. g to bj changed? It is starting now - 'a lint), nrd in 1D'.?0 the farmer will J : VP t! > n ivilei'/. of snvmrr '<? - orId 'Y;:a will give me my price.' \ i ,.ow is t'r.is going to be brought t i "lv i<{ ? Hy the organization and eo- ' operation which I have pointed out, and by sticking to it. D "I will say to the farmers, when i this is done you will break the Hin? d< nburg line. The bear speculator, or S the Hun, is about ready to sign the ? armistice, as he must have cotton to deliver to the spinner who is calling for cotton as the supply of the mills is very, very low and they cannot spin wind contracts into thread and cloth. * New, when he puts cotton up a little bit, don't take the bait. Sit steady in ' the boat. Have patience and determination and it will come out all right. r Our cat says he is hungry for a f j chicken bone, not having had one for > quite a spell. , I.HAVE OF ABSENCE ' EXTENDS TO GREECE ( Coblenz, Mar. 14.?The leave of * absence aera for the American army ( 1 of Occupation was recently extended r ) to include Greece. Under the present v plan officers and men of the Third t Arm, in cases where leave is granted, r may visit Paris, Belgium, England, j, f Italy or Greece, leaves being for two r > weeks, except in exceptional cases, j r f Get your money's worth. Buy the ( best. Put your savings into Wa? ! Savings Stamps. , ? c Thrift stamps stop little wastes \ Get the saving habit. It pays divi- i ' dends. I TERROR OF LONDON'S POOR London, Feb. 18, (Correspondence of The Associated Press.)?Coal queues, the teA>r of the poor of London, have again made their appearance because of an acute shortage in the coal supply, and thousands upon thousand of persons have been daily standing in line in the hope of getting enough coal to keep some kind of fire going in their humble homes. A coal queue is an interesting sight. Early in the morning the number of customers appearing at some distributing point exceeds the number being disposed of by the coal merchant. So they line up, in the order of their arrival, and patiently wait until they are supplied, or are told by the merchant that he has no more?by no means an infrequent development. They buy in small quantities for two reasons?some of them have little money to invest in coal at existing high prices, while the second cause is the lack of means to remove quantities. Often perambulators provide the vehicle, but more often the purchaser tucks his "black diamonds" away in an old basket, and hurries on his wny. If the dealer is so fortunate as to have a ton or two of coal the queue will be maintained for hours in the biting cold. If his supply is short, he is soon sold out, and the queue dissolves, only to be reformed at some other place in the hope of finding more coal. It often happens that persons of means approach the dealer and offer high prices for quantities out of all proportion to the supply, and it is often recorded that the dealer will refuse the temptation, because he knows that his trade is among the people who are his regular customers, the poor of the neighborhood, and they will not forget him when he has abundant coal to sell if he discriminates in favor of a casual but richer person. So poor and rich alike have been suf fering and shivering, because no one really expected the temperature to drop as sharply as it has within the past few days. The winter to this time has been open and wet and sickeningly chilly, but not so cold as to muse actual suffering, even with a short fuel supply. But with the mer:ury hovering around 20 degrees above zero, '12 degrees of frost" they ^all it here, coal is a necessity. The shortage of coal is ascribed to a number of reasons, chiefly the dilatory work of the miners who have demanded a six hour working day, and the scarcity of railroad cars. Coal supplies in all centers of population are far below normal, and there is no prospect of an immediate improvement in the situation. Many persons aave sought other means of keeping ?varm. One old man and his wife they are over eighty, have been in bed for a week because they have no coal n the house, and their daughter cares ror them. Children also are being <ept between blankets with success, jut the sturdy of the city must bear ;he burden as well as t'/ey can, with mighty little prospect of relief until he railroads are in better position, >r the balmy days of spring come to rhase atfay the necessity for artificial leat. NEWS FROM CAREM We are having some very pretty veather now, I hope that it will continue this way, for awhile any way. rhe farmers are going to be late this /ear about starting their crops, any vay, I hope it will be a successful /ear for the farmers. The farmers here are still holding their cotton for thirty-five cents, I lope they will get thirty-five cents, is it is really worth it. Mr. M. W. Gregory and Master Virgil Gregory were visitors at the lome of Mr. W. M. Gregory Sunlay. Mr. W. W. Nix was a business visi,or to the city Saturday. Mr. Woods Mitchell and Prvt. Geo. Vaughn were visitors at Carem Sunlay. Miss Mae Lillie Gregory spent the veek-end with Miss Leila Gregory. Mrs. S. Ezell Gregory and daugher Miss Estelle were shopping in the :ity Saturday. Mrs. W. W. Ni:f, was shopping in ;he city Saturday. Miss Wilhelmina Grimsley the eficient teacher at Carem, was in the :ity Saturday, Miss Grimsley has harge of the entire school this year, ind is doing splendid work. The r,arem people think that. Miss Grimiley is one of the best teachers that 3arem has ever had. Mr. John Kirby is building more to lis home 'here, it will improve- the ooks very much, Mr. Ben Goforth 'rom CowDens. S. C,.. tin* the r>r?nfrn/?t Mr. Lee Tate Kirby, was in the city Saturday. Mr. Henry Foster, was a business visitor to the city Monday . Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rutledge of Orangeburg arc visiting their grand >arents, Mr. and Mrs. John Foster. J. 0., I think that you are mistaken ibout me living near Ada D. I am lot acquainted with her. Perhaps you < vill receive a letter April 1st. I don't hink that you are acquainted with ne, nevertheles, I would know your , ?and writing if I were to see'it. You nust remember that you have a 'riend that is my friend too, she is rom Kelton, I saw her in Union a few lays ago. I enjoy reading all of the corresponlents letters, we welcome each new vriter. Kindest regards to all the eaders of the Union Times. Adieu. Annie Laurie. \ Amcknt'0 Smmstala ^ * Moat atrikuif ?|aacei of gallantly ft which the DwtinguiaheSenrle* ^ Crow has been -rarded No fiction he, ^rter. presented more Jam axing t$ ofj physical prowess and gaUcury under fire than are disclosed i the following official reports of fads of American fighters in Froln for which the Distinguished Sefho Cross has been awarded. TySe were selected by General PershYi's staff out of hundreds of repek telling of remarkable bravery ,\l fortitude displayed by America soldiers in action. SIDNEY E. ANNING, Corporal, Co. Q 17th Infantry. Corporal Munnli received the Distinguished Service oss for conspicuous gallantry near: mvannes, France, July 28, 1918. Coi pral Manning was In charge of an ai tmatlc rifle squad during an ansanlt *- his hnttnllon on the strongly fortlflft< heights overlooking the Ourcq rlvef .or the purpose of exploiting the suacrssful passage of the stream. Durlo; the advance on the hill his platoon commander was killed and Just"' is thff^ crtest was reached "Hxe platQui efergeaht was wound*#? Corporal Handing then assumed command oflthe platoon, which was near the cental of the assault'ag line and was meelltg with desperate resistance. Though he himself was severely wounded ind was the only survivor of his sqi ?d, this soldier led forward the 35 ^Ktives remaining in the platoon ag^t an enemy strong point which warred. Intrenched and defended by macljiie guns and dominated the entire Ol-cq valley. He was repeatedly woundd, but he succeeded In getting a .foo^nld at this strong point to^h Oaut wtn men jc/njUplug with him. ? consolidated (heir position! jjler his direction, wi'h the platoon tpie flank, he- held oil a considerable! fber of the enemy 50 yards away )r\tT from his automatic rifle. Har1 rreuajl in this position until the eaf.ni^fflfe had been cons'hldated, when he crawled back to shelter, having received nine wounds. Mrs. Lizzie Manning, his mother, lives In Flomatln, Ala. ?ffc-? JOHN C. VILLEPIQUE, Corporal, Company M, 118th Infantry. For unusual bravery displayed in action at Vaux-Andigny, France, October 15, 1918, Corp. Vlllepigue was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Having been sent out with two other soldiei* tj scout through the TiHm&K+ot - lStatfrAnd^tny, Corp. Villeplgue met with atro'ng resistance from enemy machine gun tire, which killed one of his men and wounded the other. Continuing his advance, without aid, 500 yards in advance of his platoon and In the face of artillery and machine gun fire, he encountered four of the enemy in a dugout, whom he attacked and killed with a hand grenade. Crawling forward to a point 150 yards In advance of his first encounter he fusliejd a machine gun nest, killing four and capturing six of the enemy, and tijfcing two light machine guns. ?/pfl!n?lfelng Joined by his platoon, he *plo9,frere,y wounded in the arm. C<Sd r>VeP'Kue's 'lf),ue is with his motBgn-flrs. P- T. Vllle.pigue, 1517 LyttCrt wsireet, Camden, " ... jg? .... . GEORGE DILBOY, J Private, Company H, 103rd Infantry. Private Dllboy won the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous gallantry near BeHeau, France, July 18, 1918. He died from wounds received at that time. After his platoon had gained its objective along a railroad embankment, Private Dilboy, accompanying his platoon lender to reconnoiter the ground beyond, was suddenly fired upon by an enemy machine gun from one hundred yards. From a standing position on the railroad track, fufcy exposed to view, he opened fire at once, but faJJlr to silence the gun, rushed forward Wltn his bayonel fixed, through a wheat field toward the gun emplacement, falling within twenty-flye yards of the giin with hi? right leg nearly severed above tht knee, and with several bullet holes it his body, with undaunted courage, h( continued to fire into the emplace ment from a prone position, killing two of the enemy and dispersing tin rest of the crew. Private Dilboy'j home was in Bostop, Mass. JAMES C. DOZIER, First Lieutenant, Company G, 11311 Infantry. For conspicuous bravery after belnj wounded near Montbrehaln, France October 8, 1918, Lieut. Dozier wai awarded the Distinguished Servlci Cross. In command of two platoons Lieut. Dozier was painfully woundei in t!yc shoulder curly in the attack but 1k> continued to lead his men. dis playing the highest bravery and .skill Wiien his command was hold tip h; heavy r.achine gun lire, he dispose) his men in the best cover avuilnbl and with a soldier continued, forwnr: T / ^ ^ j1 THE THREE CROSSES The iron cross is black as death ant hard as human hate; The wooden cross #R wh?te and stil and whispers^tis "Too Late " But the Red Crossf sings* of life am love and hearts regenerate. The iron cross is * boastful cross am marks a war-mad slave; The wooden crois is a dumb, dca< ' ' 1 ' ' ' to attack a machine gun nest. Creep ' Ing op to the position in the face of f intense Are, he killed the entire crew with hand grenades and his pistol, and a little later captured a number of Germans who had taken refuge in a dugout nearby. Lieut. Dozier*s home Is with his father, John H. Dozler^ 524 1 AsnafTel street, Rock Hill, S. CJ. GEORGE G. M'MURTRY, Captain, 308th Infantry. Captain McMurtry received the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous gallantry In notion at Charlevans. In the Forest d'Argonne, France, October 2 to 8, 1018. Captain McMurtry commanded a battalion which wus cut off nnd surrounded by the enemy and, although wounded In the knee by shrnpnel on October 4, and suffering groat pain, continued throughout the entire period to encourage his officers and men with a resistless optimism that contributed largely toward preventing panic und disorder among the troops who were without food, cut off from communication with our lines. October 4, during n heavy barrage, he personally directed and supervised the moving of the wounded to shelter before he himself sought shelter. October 6 he was wounded In the shoulder by a German grenade, but continued personally to organize nnd direct the defense against the German attnck on tne position until tut* uioick whs defeated. He continued to direct and command his troops, refusing relief, and personally led his men out of the position after assistance arrived, before permitting himself to be taken to the hospital October 8. During this period the successful defense of the position was due largely to his efforts. His wife Is at 22 East 70th street, New York. HAROLD A. FURLONG, First Lieutenant, Company M, 353rd Infantry. Lieut. Furlong won' the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery In action near Banthevllle, France, November 1, 1918. Immediately after the opening of the attack In the Boise de Banthevllle, when his company was held up by severe machine gun Are from the front, which killed his company commander and several soldiers, Lieut. Furlong moved out In advance of the line with great courage and coolness, crossing an open space several hundred yards wide. Taking up a - .position behind the line of machine V'uns, he closed In on them, one at a lime, killing a number of the enemy with his rifle, putting four machine gun nests out of action, and driving twenty German prisoners Into our lines. Lieut. Furlong's home Is at 29.10 West Grand boulevard, Detroit, Mich. MICHAEL J. PERKIN8, Private, First Class, Company D, 10ls1 Infantry. Private Perkins (deceased) was decorated for conspicuous gallantry In action with the enemy at Belleu Bols France, October 27, 1918. He volun tarlly crawled alone to a Germnn "pill box" machine gun emplacement, from which grenades were being thrown at his platoon. Awaiting his opportu nlty, when the door was again opened and another grenade thrown over him he threw a bomb Inside, bursting th< door open, and then, drawing hlf trench knife, rushed Into the emplace ment. In a hand-to-hand struggle h< killed and wounded several of the oc cupants and captured twenty-flve pris oners, at the same time silencing sever machine guns. Michael Perkins, hli father, lives at 247 E street, Soutl Boston, Mass. CARL F. PAYSON, Sergeant, Company C, 125th Infantry Sergt. Payson (deceased) recelvet the Distinguished Service Cross foi conspicuous gallantry In action witl the enemy nt Cierges, northeast o Chateau-Thierry, France, August 1 1918. During the attack made by hli company on the village of Cierges Sergt. Payson was mortally wounde< i In the head by a machine gun bullet He succeeded In keeping his feet 1 however, and with the attacking wuve I encouraging them. By his strong wil i power he instilled In them all the spirl of fearlessness. Mrs. Minnie Timber man, his mother, lives in Monroe Mich. GARY EVAN8 FOSTER, Sergeant, Company F, 118th Infantr) , 'Sergt. Foster, whose home Is a ? Inmnn, S. C., was decorated for cor I splcuous bravery displayed near Monl , hrehain, France, October 8. 1918. Whe , his company was held" up by violen , machine gun fire from a sunken roat , Sergt. Foster, with an officer, wen , forward to attack the hostile machln . gun nests. The officer was wounder , but Sergt. Foster continued on alon , In the face of the heavy fire and b j effective use of hand grenades and hi pistol killed several of the enemy an captured eighteen. WILLIAM M. FEIGLE, i 8ergeant, 5th Regiment, U. 8. Marin Corps. i Sergt. Felgel upheld the traditions c >, the murines and was decorated fc f conspicuous intrepidity at Benumon e France, November 10, 1918. While a i. ammunition train was passing throug 3 the town one of the trucks was struc , by a shell and set on Are. Knowln i- that It would soon explode and k! I all those in the vicinity, Sergt. Fefgl y Jumped on the truck and drove It t the outskirts of the town, therehv sm t Ing the Uvea of at least thirty-five pe< i pie. shallow grave, But the Red Cross reaches out it ' arms to solace and to save. ^ The iron cross is a kaiser's cross an ^ narrow in its clan. The wooden cross is a soldier's cro? and mourns its partisan, rt But the Red Cross is the cross of on who served his fellowman. j 1?By Edmond Vance Cook * " . I Break a Child's Croupy Cough II I with Mother's Joy Salve El Don't dose a croupy child with medicines that upset II ?' 9 the stomach and cause indigestion. When you hear II I the first croupy cough, the quickest and surest way to II I Mothers JToy II I %^iaSALVE JJ B It is an unfailing remedy which mothers have I been using for 25 years. It is harmless and I soothing. You just apply it externally, and I or more reliable treat- ^ Mass Maptinor VI U V V IVI W W 1 I II ^ Sunday P. M., March 16th 3.30 O'clock j 1 at =Z=ZZ=I Edisonia Theatre A number of ''Oversea" Soldiers as well as Ministers and other local speakers will make short Patriotic Addresses. Meeting Held Under the Auspices of Salvation Army Come One! Come All! \ and let's show our appreciation to those wlla have made the "Supreme Sacrifice." i J NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. |, ^ ! ?,aon,IXjaa. 11, 1919. WALLACE & CO. 9 We take pleasure in saying tha REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD ' Thrasher's Healing Fluid saved om Loans Negotiated :: Surveys Made * lives five (5) years ago and we had UNION, S. C. ' seven down with the flu and used the A ; Fluid and we were eoon relieved-,,11 Oppes.tr lolcl; Up,Llr. j of us. The four of the family who ZZZ!ZIZZZIZ!ZZZZIZIZZZZ^^ZZZ^Z t used the Fluid night and morning - missed the disease. ? f, Having used the Fluid five years, M. C. RAMSEY * we say that it has no equal. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Henderson Painter and Paperhanger f Estimates Cheerfully Furnished t NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE Plione 311W. ??? t- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, _? tt? n County of Union ' * court of probate Dr* Theodore Maddox Notice is hereby Riven, that on the PHVSIrIAV ANn alInfiEnN 28th day of March, 1919, at 11 o'ciock, j a. m., in the Court of Probate for said Office: Nicholson Bank Building e County, the undersigned will make his ()flrice |?hone,76 Res. Phone 97 y final settlement as Guardian of the s Estate of Mabel Coln^ and that there- . d upon he will apply to the Judge of said Court, for his final discharge as such g r-r-rrrrr7?j?j?3?g kunr"ion a. i? gaston. ? Barron, Barron & Barron $ t This 2f?th day of Feb. 1919. 5 ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ' Published in The Union Times for g ^ ti 30 days. # 387-4t.-Sat. 8 Wil1 Practice in All CourU \ ?r " " n JUST LIKE NEW r- , X Cooper Furniture Exchange How often we have heard such an MIOM Ol aea ,1 exclamation from our customers MIMM CLASS Iknir oaa tVlA VAOIllffl rtf PlPAlTl- Chean and Medina finds I |0 VTIICII WilVj uvc v*iv * ? - _ ? r ? WfWWV :o ing and pressing we give their gar- FURNITURE ip* n ents. We sterilize all garments > with live steam and drive out all stoves, Trunks, Eto. dust and dirt. LOW CASH PRICES or EASY PAYMENTS I Oiir equipment is the best we can 27 Main St. UNION, S. C. - buy. Your business will be appreci- .r ated. When can we call for a trial ' - - ?!?? 8 pockage7 J. CLOUGH WALLACE, Attorney C. C. Hames T- HAMILTON ihunro. Any.. Ami. d ALWAYS THERE. BUSINESS PUSHED d AGENT FOR BEN-VONDE DYER UNION S C Phone 167 Opposite Hotel; Upstairs Nicholson Bank Building ???????mmmmm e Men who have bought War Savings Dollars that work are the dollars stamps can look the returned "dough- that count. Money invested in War boy" in the face unashamea. Savings stamps is never Idle. I 4 ~ \ ./