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BUNCO MEN ARE STILL HOT AFTER THE COIN But New Securities Offered by Government Are Calculated to Qo Far Towards Ending Their Business Farmers are a great deal morel prosperous than They were a fewyears ngo. Nobody knows this any better than that suave and oily gentleman, the "bunco man." The farmers' prosperity has made him a shining mark In these gentry. The fake security man, the stock company promoter and the wily sharper are mighty busy persons Just now and a great many of them are "working the country,' 'and working It hard. Do you recall the "miracle wheat" proposition of a few years sgoT MayBe not by that name, for It had a ?00-1 r.y One of its aliases was 'Jerusalem wheat." Another was "Egyptian wh?t." How?T*r, th* nam* doesn't matter much for it was all th* sain* thine. Most farmers will reoall It. anyway. When th* farmers would not fall for the story any other way they were told that If they would give flO or maybe $20 a bushel for the need they eould sell th* whole harvest back In th* fal' for the same price per bushel that thfcy paid for the seed. L * court*, some people bought and paid for th* seed. And they went ahead and sowed it and waited a year f?ll of trustfulness but the sharper who was to take the crop off their hands failed to show up. They found that they had a very poor grade of wheat, anyway, and It dawned upon them that they had been stung and gfrrry hard a-<d Might now a goi*i many farmers are being offered all sorts of Investment*. oil stocks and plantation stocks and a whols lot of other stock*, home of these are offered In exchange far War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds. Some of them, too, are Just about on & par with the "mlraol# wheat" that came from Egypt or Palestine. It will pay about such dividends. It la likely not to pay a cant Ma way or another. In a law yeara It will ba valuable only aa waata paper. The aama United 8tatas government that more than a year ago promised the American farmer 92.19 Car hie wheat, and la making goad every day, la now offering the farmer n investment that la juet aa safe aa he wheat that he grew on kla farm thia year after It le atorad la hta granary. Maw Treaaury Saving Certlfleatee, atmply a develepment ef the faaalllar War Savings Stamps, aaa he had. Theee oartlfloetee are offered hi denominations af |1H and 11.90# oa the identical teams ef the War Savings Stamps. ffHghty-feor dollara and twenty oeate Invested la a fit# Oertlfleate will grow Into a 9109 hill by January 1. 1924. Multiply these figures by ten and the words will apply to a 91.000 eeetlfloste. Or the youngsters, or the person with limited means to Invest, may pay 94.11 for a War Savings Stamp and on January 1, 1924, It win ha a 98 bill. Theee seourtles draw tour per oent Interest, compomnded quarterly. War flavlags Stamps do more than add dollar to dollar. They begin to Multiply. Vitalise the htM| habit. Buy War Barings 8tamps. Ty?nd money to your gorernraeut. Boy Thrift and War Barings Stamps. Own a part of the United States gorernment. Buy Thrift and War Barings Stamps. stamp la time sares dimes. Bay W. fc B. ppsrtunMy knocks. It's ksooktag MTV. Buy W. B. B. ! NL Sti i w, t ? T A a nave aT f % Every article A 4 Dry Goods, Ores f T I Y X X | jtA A^A A A4A A^A A A A A A #VAA BANKS GAVE SPLENDID AID IN LOAN DRIVES Publlo Should Now Help Them la Their Effort* To Mak* Country Ev*n Mora Proaporouo. By Carter Olaas, Secretary *>f the Treasury. No group of men in the United States measured up to the test of the great war more admirably than did the bankers. The suocess of the United States Treasury Department la floating over 131,000,000,000 In Ldb*^ ty Bonds and Victory Notes during the last two years was due la no small measure to the patrlotlo oo-operatloa of the banks. They took a most aotiv* part In each of the loan campaigns. They subscribed generously tor themselves, made loans to their customers In order that they might buy bonds, and sold bonds on Installments to accommodate those having smell savings. In other words, the banks did everything possible to promote the sale and distribution of government securities. The banker can render an equally great service In reconstruction by cooperating with the government In Its movement to teach the people of the United States the lassoaa of sound finance end wise investment In promoting this oeuse the banker will aid his institution and the financial situation In general at the earn* time. Now that the war Is over the people should be Impressed with the wisdom of holding their government securities end also of purchasing more, from time to time. The more goner j ally the people of the United Stetee absorb government securities the greater will be the ability of the commercial banks to devote praetioally all of their resources to famishing adequate credit to the commerce and industry of the country. Providing short-time credit te commerce and industry is their normal peace-time funotioa. The sale and meremeat ef farm cropc. manufactured products and other commodities, as well as the continuous and efficient employment of labor, la fact, the whole ladustrlal process will be promoted by permitting the eomaaerolal banks te devote all their resources to thla function. The people od the United Mates should, therefore, be encouraged te pay off their installments and borrowIngs en bond collateral aa rapidly as possible, and alee te purchase additional go-verm stent securities as insued from time tn time or In the market If this la dans the people ef this oeuatry will be benedtted In n twofold way. Tbey wiM free material and labor for the pmdaetlen ef oemmedtties which are new ee desperately needed the wcrtd ever. At the same time they will be etnaitleshg themselves flnaaclally. HOW THEY GROW Plant a arap. Nothing Nothing that oaa tu Ba patlaat. Tkt a?ad aprouta. Tha atalk pmshaa lta way through the aarth. 8UQ ao algn of fruit. Ba patient. Leave* coma oat. Buda open. Barrlaa haglh to form. Btltl no harveat Ba patlant. Tha fruit Alls out It rlpaaa. It maturea. Harvest at laat?miraouloualy lnoraaaad from a llttla handful of aaad. But tha War Savings Stamp haata thla. Thara ?* ao element ?f riak. Thara ta m way to loaa. Toa must win. Taur money worka far you. It makes mora moaay a'l rha tlnoo. War Savings Stamps work haali ? > eouat wonder* i A A A A i>^ii jj^ii A A A lapiro' HERE DC *ut The Knl in the store has 1 s Goods, Ladies Read) IM. ? f^r Ty "THE FATHER *?*HIS IS "Jlramy." towheaded, with I * and as winsome a laddie as ever ki of mora than 25,000 homeless or poor ch Army In tho United States, and he lives "Send me a papa and mamma 1" Is "And?and, God bless the Salvation Ar The Salvation lassies find fully as i and his thousands of brothers and slsti doughboys and marines In France. 11 arguet the father must have a good b Bflvatlon Army orphanages, day nurser fMMM >4 I* VVMl IV WOIU LOCKHART JUNCTION I want to thank the Times supporters for the stand they are taking?almost every one renews for the paper without a word. This is your county and as a citizen you ought to support . your county paper. Union ought to be proud to have a daily paper?many county seats have only a weekly but Union has a booster at the head of the Times. I have been highly pleased and encouraged with the many renewals I am getting every day. Money is getting a little scarce in some places with some people who really want the paper and they have no kick about the paper going up?nobody kicks any more about the advanced price of things, they simply pay or say they cannot. I find people who are called poor, who are always more ready to lending a helping hand than those of larger means. However,, I expect every citizen of this county to be taking the Daily Times before many months. Remember how the editor boosted the price of cotton last fall, so talk up the paper that helps you up. I hope the editor will allow me to say this; he is a man who wants to see the world go on in a successful way in the right way for the benfit of all people. We need more men running the press like this man and in all business; we need men who will help advance and defend the principles of law and order. We never stop to think for a moment what am I worth in dollars and cents but what am I doing in speaking words of kindness and lifting up and cheering the fallen and broken heart. Remember friends, to stand by your daily paper?the editor stands by the farmer and the farmer of all people ought to stand by him. Not long ago I went into a home to get a renewal for the paper and I met the lady of the house on the porch and told her I could not come in as I was in a hurry, but heard a s Dry? )LLARS [fe In Old H ken marked doi -lo-Wear, Shoes, Clol Tm/ -* OF THE MAN" . i in eye that meet* your* unswervingly nelt for bedtime prayers. Jimmy Is on* Udren yearly cared for by the Salvation In one of the Army's many orphanagoa. the burden of "Jimmy's" nightly pleas, my 1" he almost Invariably adds, much enjoyment In caring for "Jlmnsy** jrs as they did In frying doughnuts for ! the child is father to the man, they ringing up. And so the chain of fifty les and children's hospitals that stretch voice inside saying "come in Moxy, I want to see and talk with you." I went in and found a dear old lady lying flat of her back suffering with that dreadful disease cancer which had covered one side of her face. I She was suffering a great deal but I talked with her and it seemed to do her good. A thought came to me that the strong and healthy did not appreciate their good health until it is gone and we do not think enough about suffering humanity or try to help in any way. I do not know the temperal needs in this case but I am going back in this community and1 find out and see if there is not some wqy to relieve. R. L. White is very sick. J. E. Gault and I visited John Hair.cs, of Cherokee county last week where we spent the night and enjoyed the kind hospitality shown by his wife and himself. I had a treat last week?heard Joe B. Free sing. I was glad to see this young man and talk with him, he reads my letters in the Times and says he enjoys them; he has a kind manner and courtesy that every young man don't have. Isn't it fine to meet your friends with a good warm handshake ? Some times the young forget to be polite, but boys and girls don't forget your manners. Educate your heart in the right principles of right doing and right living. Stand by your county paper for it is a booster, the best one Union county has. Moxy. A portrait of Charles 1., in an art gallery at Oxford, England, is com posed entirely of small letters. The ! dead and ruff contain the Lord's prayer, the Apostles Creed, and the Book 1 of Psalms. * Miss Mabel Hennesy has been en- 1 gaged to handle the advertising of i the Winchester Arms Company, of t New Haven, Conn. 1 A^A Goods DO DOU igh Cost Of w /vn 20%?you save thing and Every Item v pT - . I " \ s M / * mAT\ A XT A *trv ^ ?? 1WAI A IN i' JUL Kf.AU v jf'UK THAT TIME WHEN OPPORTU- B NITY WILL RAP AT YOUR DOOR. B 4 I New accounts came to Us today, making a total of B 1641 I THE FIRST REQUISITE OF A SUCCESSFUL BANKER IS AB- B SOLUTE FIDELITY TO TRUST. B MAKE THIS YOUR BANK. 9 "THE BANK WITH A SMILE." 8 THE Bank of Union I C. C. SANDERS, E. F. KELLY, W. W. ALMAN, H President. Vice-Pres. Cashier. B White House Coffee YOU KNOW ITS GOODNESS AND VALUE AS WELL AS WE DO. WE ARE SELLING IT Special This Week ALL SIZES For 55 Gents the Pound Listen. If we offer you the Best Goods Ten or Fifteen per cent less than the regular price. For one day or for ten days, or for as long as an add fctays in print, it is up to you to be progressive, read, your newspapers and take advantage of our offers while they are good. Don't wait a week or a day or ten days after a special has been offered and then tell us you want the article at that special price or at the price your neighbor bought it. Remember, all our offers are open to all our friends and cus- > tomers at the same time and under the same conditions, but if we offer gold dollars today at 75 cents, there is no obligation expressed or implied to sell them for less than $1.00 next week or tomorrow unless we renew or continue the offer. This you can always depend on, as good goods if not better, at as reasonable a price, often better than you buy them, where you get a square deal and full weight and measure. . . We don't know how to do business otherwise. If you like to do business with live wires, who have your interest at heart as well as their own, then come to see us every day in the week. UNION-BUFFALO MILLS STORES Union Store Phone 74. Buffalo Store Phone 9 L. L. WAGNON, Manager. A familiar pest is the tent caster- Among ~^thc botanical curiosities, >illar, which is destructive to all found in the Isthmus of Tehauntepec 'mit. trees. *?' ? * T' ' - 1d n uuuiiu^u cxuck. is a nower Miss Elsie Southgates England's which in the morning is white, at amous violiniste, has decided to ap- noon is red, and at night blue, and >ear in overalls at all her future en- the alternations of color are so regu;agements, in protest against the lar that the time of day can be told tigh cost of clothing. from the tint of the flower. a4A Ak Emporium | rsi-.tl. uu i y x Living Up The Hilt | ; money when you come here i * in The Store is Included in This Sale jf r o | - < ? N: - ^ ,