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THURSDAY. N'OVKMIiKK 1.".. 117. '
Our cat says: "Hoover is a hum- 1
hup." The fact is, our cat is a 1
"slacker"?never worked a day in his '
life, and accordinp to the rules of 1
the pame, he should neither be allowed 1
to eat. Rut, then, he is only a cat, 1
and one does not expect much of the '
feline quadruped. '
The followinp from an editorial in <
the Nepro Review, edited by Rev. A. :
A. Sims, is pood advice piven to the i
colored people, and, it contains some i
suppestions that mipht prove helpful
to white people, if they would heed
the message: <
"The Germans have captured a few '
Americans and the Americans have 1
"Von a few Germans. A few have
killed on both sides. This means
rfiiu the war is being brought nearer
us in reality. Soon we must hear of
numbers of Negroes dying in the
trenches or being captured. Let us
not wait for this to realize that the
war is at our door before we do all
we can to help our men. They must
be fed and clothed while they fight.
They are depending on us. We all can
help by cultivating the soil, raising
more meat and then saving it all with
care. Let every home have a splendid
garden and raise a nig. Let there
be no waste land nor idle hands."
We di<l not know just how ignorant
of the geography of the world
we were until we began the publication
of a daily paper. We are earnestly
applying our best efforts to that
much neglected subject, and hope soon
to be able to distinguish a river from
a certain district; a mountain from
a village and one thousand other
things. Palestine, Turkey, Germany,
if?i? r>.ir AH?
, uu.^aici, lici^ium, i lanii", niuunia,
Mossopotamia?there is no end to
the list. And think of all the towns
cities and villages, the rivers, mountains
and valleys?it is no wonder the
small school boy feels the task ahead
of him an impossible barrier. And
such strange names?who can ever
master the spelling and their pronunciation?
Its a big task, but we have
determined to attempt the fight. Some
of the spelling we have allowed to go
in, through our ignorance, would make
a dog laugh, no doubt. Our cat says
he could have beaten it; but we expect
to improve and don't you forget that!
Ton my soul, I am beginning to
believe that this government is going
to get in behind its defamers, spies
and bad breed of biped who go about
preaching against it, abusing our institutions
and betraying our secrets
to our enemies. One?an editor, was
convicted last week in Ureenwood, and
another in Charleston yesterday; this
man Herring who was too free with
his talk here upon our streets was also
convicted in Greenwood last week.
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and all three have been sentenced
to spend some time in the federal
prison at Atlanta. After all, there is
some spirit in our people; they have
been lon^-sufferinp with the alien, the
jtskopen enemy, the secret plotter,
ho while eating the fruits of the land
nd enjoying its privileges, has, like
ie craven coward that he was, plotid
our ruin. There should be mo\t
f them in the Atlanta prison tVann
re now there. It is no tirn^ for f00l;hness;
this day is a stern day, and
ur enemies sho'^gt be made to feel
he heavy Uarul of our laws. If wc
n is take not, the time has come wher
uch will be the case.
lleres hopmp tnat every iarmei
vho fails to at least try for plenty ol
rrain, plenty of forape crops am
)lenty of vegetables will have to paj
hree dollars a bushel for corn am
lfty dollars a ton for prass. Am
hat's about what he will have to paj
f he does not pet busy and plant sucl
rops another season. Better plani
some wheat, better plant much oats
nuch corn, much peas, much sorpum
Better look ahead, for if you don'i
you will sadly look back?when an
Jther season rolls round. This is n<
joke. To save himself, the farmer wil
have to save the country.
Better raise more hops, more chick
ens, fewer cats,.fewer dops. Bette
?ount the cost, before it is too late
Better sow turnips, plenty of them
Better plant potatoes, many of them
hoth Irish and sweet potatoes. Bet
ter put in a thunderinp crop of oats
you will need all you can prow, am
more too, and your neiphbor will nee<
wme, too. This is the preatest perioi
for the farmer that has ever come t<
this earth, but it will benefit him no
me whit if he is too shoi t-siphted t<
move forward in a bip way. I an
jivinp you, not my own ideas, bu
the ideas vour government is sendini
jut broadcast. Those ideas are beinj
promulgated by every agricultural col
lege, every farhr paper, every studen
of current history and every man o
iverage intelligence who is in a po
itition to know the real situation. All ar
sending out the same warning. If tlr
war should stop today, -.high price
would still go on; in fact when it doe
stop, that's just what will take place
To be forewarned is to be forearmed
Take this advice or let it alone. Mos
of you will let it alone. But that'
where you lose.
COUNT IT A JOY.
Count it a joy that you are privi
leged to serve your country, eve
though you cannot yourself go to th
front. Red Cross; Liberty Bonds; \
M. C. A. War Fund?friend and brotli
er, count it a joy, a great privileg
that you have an opportunity to servi
Big things are at stake in thi
war. Momentous issues are at stak
in this war. Liberty and slavery ar
in a death grip. The Negro shoul
take this war to heart; if German
should win he would find himsel
bound to the chariot of the victor wit
chains that would not he broke
throuph the centuries to come. Ai
tocracy would delight in the prospei
of the millions of black slaves to ti
its fields and prather its harvests.
The Jew should come up to the need
of this hour, for autocracy, not demoi
racy, is his enemy of old. Autocrac
has driven the Jew from pillar 1
post; it has scattered his people t
the fourquarters of the heavens!
today tramples with the foot of tyrar
ny upon the very land that markf
the birthplace of his race; ar
there is 110 hope for the Jew i
the world that-flermany would buili
Autocracy will despoil the Jew of h
wealth, cheat him out of his birtl
riprht, damn him to a life of pilprrir
apre and of uncertainty. Autocrac
in Russia has trampled upon him; ai
tocracy in Germany has despoilc
him; autocracy in Turkey has butche
ed him. The Jew, of all men, shou
say, "down with autocracy! down wi
autocracy."
The Christian should do his bit f<
there is no hope for the teaching
Jesus in the despotic domain of t
tyrant, autocracy. The religion of J
sus is democratic, not autocratic. J
sus was the world's first and gre?
est democrat. He discovered the i
dividual and said to all the worl
This is a king, this man, every man
a king, or has the privilege to be one
The Christians to the world's ei
used to fear autocracy as they fe
the devil, for autocracy is the devi
mightiest 'weapon to destroy the doc- 8
trines rjf religion. Democracy is the 1
in which religion may come to t
fruitage. It cannot live under au- '
1 tocrntic rule. *
1 The poor man should arouse himself, 1
' for democracy is about all a poor 1
' man has; it is the one door that opens *
' to him the rich field of the earth, and s
! bids him come in and gather treas- t
1 ure. - *
The rich man must needs arouse I
himself to the needs of the hour, for i
the onlv real value his money brings ^
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j is the power to act with freedom, 1
to use it as his heart dictates. Au- 3
tocracy says: "Let me have charge of 1
' lk.1 ? 14L- Jl. 11? 1-1 !
wiiiL wectiuij it reany Deiongs to ine J
State. You are but the puppet of I
the State." Yes, the rich man had 3
better look well to his own necessi- 1
ties. Autocracy will despoil him,
' chain him, corrupt him, make him lie '
and sneak and hide. Democracy is
the only safeguard for wealth. j
Our women had better heed the '
* calls of democracy. Autocracy enslaves
women; considers them mere 1
chatties. Chooses their husbands and .
then puts the whip-handle into the :
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hands of those same husbands. Yes, 1
all women, of all nations and of all
colors and of all degrees, will be wise
' to heed the call of democracy. De- ]
moeracy is the best safeguard woman i
will ever have on this mortal sphere. '
Ye men, women, fathers, mothers,
sons, daughters, heed the call today.
Strip yourself to the bone, turn your 1
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feet out to the bare ground, eat corn- '
bread, give, give, then give again, to
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the calls of democracy. If democracy <
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dies humanity has lost its last prop
and hell has possessed the earth.
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? COME, NOW, LET'S DO IT. \
romorow, Friday, is the day set for
the great drive to raise $ 3,500 in !
f
Union county for the army Y. M. C. A. '
work. If every citizen of Union coune
ty had heard the speech of Dr. Beav- ;
B
ers in the court house a few days 1
s
hgo, a canvass of the county would be
S , i
unnecessary, for the money would be
contributed before the committees got
started. It is to be hoped that everybody
will come up to the needs of
the hour and get the amount aimed
at in the one day canvass. It is a ,
most worthy course, fellow citizens, j
and it should lie close upon your heart,
i- Oakland community, Tuesday evenn
ing, raised $32.50 for this fund at a
i mass meeting and immediately started
a committtee to canvass the whole
i- community. What this progressive
<i community did, every community in
the county could do, and the task
s would not be a heavy one.
e Do not say: "This concerns me not,"
You would speak falsely if you so
d said. It concerns you vitally. These
y soldiers are not out to fight their
f own battles, they are fighting your
h battlese. If they had not gone you
n would have had to go. If they fail,
i- you will have to go. If we all fail,
?t there will not be left on this earth
11 anything worth while for you and for
me. This Y. M. C. A. fund is to
Is go to help bring some of the home
comforts and home safeguards to
y your boy, now far away, or at least
bo situated in strange surroundings and
o in great need of comfort. You are |
it the guardian, the co-worker, the home i
l- guard, while the boy from your com(d
munity is out on the firing line. Do
id your part, and do it without complainin
ing. This fund is poinp straight to
[1. the mark, every dollar of it. Nobody
is pets any "rakcoff." This money will
h- carry cheer, comfort both mental
n- and physical, to the boy who has
y left home, comfort, friends and native
i- land to stand for his country and his
>d country's institutions. Don't imagine
r- that if you fail someone else will conId
tribute the money, anyway. Even if
th this were so, but it is not, you would
he the loser if you fail to give. And
or don't pull out your nickles and dimes,
of let it be dollars and five and tens?
he more if you can afford it. If we lose
e- this war your money would be worth
e- no more to you than a handful of
it- oak leaves; nor would your homes and
n- your land and your merchandise be
dr worth anything. You may not have
is ^realized it, but your country is in a
death struggle?at least, all that you
nd prize as being of value, is at stake,
ar Your chatties are not the only thing
l'a at stake. Your liberty, your family
ind even your life is at stake. You
nay not know it, but it is so, nonehe-less.
Better prize yourself loose
rom some of your "long-green", for if
ve lose, you lose all that you prize.
11 put it even stronger: If you will
lot do anything in this crisis, if you
efuse to help, if you flatter yourtelf
that you are under no obligaion
to give you are* criminal. Such
gnorance is a crime. "Yes, but I
lave had so many calls, and the calls
cecp on coming." That's so, and they
vill continue to come, don't forget
;hat; and you will continue to give,
res, you will grow in the spirit of
iberality, for the light will come to
rou more and more, and you will be
?lad, glad, glad in your heart that
rou measured up to the measure of a
nan.
Let's roll up the $3,500_ and do it
so quickly that it will look like magic
Editorial Clippings |
The Union Times urges, "Ruy your
wife adress." Don't do it; instead of
hat. give your wife the money to huy
t. A man knows as little about buying
a dress as he does about holding a
jaby.?Newberry Obeserver.
The United States does not despair
if Italy, it does not even despair of
Russia, but it realizes that the situition
in both of those countries could
ae hotter and that it may become
worse.?Bristol Herald-Courier.
Three newspaper correspondents
aave left Russia because they found
the country unfit for any human being
to live in. When a reporter balks,
facts must be indescribable.?The
State.
A Spartanburg lady who has been
visiting her son in the training camp
at Fort Oglethorpe, says that he is
working hard and getting plain grub,
while the German prisoners at Hot
Springs, N. C., whom she saw as she
passed through that place, look wellfed,
content and seem to have all
the comforts of life. They are playing
golf and tennis and enjoying
life. Wonder if that can be said of the
13 American soldiers captured by the
Germans ?Greenville News.
The grandest opportunity now ex
ists in union county lor our men to
buy land that has come to the race
sitae freedom . Every colored man
vrho ever expects to buy a nice little
farm had better do so now. The land
is selling most reasonable and it is
the chance of a life time. The man
who buys a little farm now and cultivates
it properly will have a little fortune
in the near future. A great many
of our people have money now and
lots of it and whatever you do, buy
a home, and one that will help you
make a living. Don't invest lots of
money in town lots that will make you
nothing, liuy a farm and prepare to
live.?Negro Review.
It is time for the government to
quit Handling the dark and stealthy
destrftyers of our national war supplies
by lires?these fires that suddenly
break out in half a dozen
place|? as if they were but offenders
against the civil law relative to incend?rism.
Sentences of a few years
imprisonment do not faze the enemy
orgioization that is plainly still operating
within our country.
Let the men caught setting fire to
food supplies be shot, precisely as spies
or any other sneaking enemies
of our country masked . as friends.
Destroy them and rest of the gang
will show 4 more wholesome respect
for the government.
Better tha a hundred of these infamous
enefties within our gates j
should die tftm a single honest solflier
at the Iront should perish for
lack of the tings destroyed by these
lires, which aft occurring with alarming
frequency! I,et guards be doubled
and trebled i^necessary, every sus
ipicious cnaracor do arrested till he
can clea.* himllf and for those conivicted
of settlir the torch?let the
penalty be des? and that promptly,
i -Spartanhurg^erald.
li>tice.
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Union Countl Colored Teachers' ^
Association willlold a special meet- ?
ing Saturday, A\ 17, at noon. A
special prograrrfcias been prepared ^
and other impor^it business will he 8
attended to. II <v?ch teacher be n
present, please. I A. A. Sims, P
President. ^
I wish to ly to the Col- t
ored People ci Union that I p
am prepared b supply your "
needs when ti Grim Reap- *
er comes youiray. Caskets, it
Coffins and Rpes.
A. JETER, Undertaker
No. 37 Gadberryl., Union, S. C.
I 23-6 2:
1 GOOD PARI
121 Acres 9 miles from Ui
white neighborhood, near sc
farm open, very good dwelli
ings. Lays well, several acr
ture, quite a good deal saw
George Barnett Place. Pric<
150 acres 1-4 mile from
the place lays well, has a go
2 good tenant houses. If yoi
neighborhood see this place
Betsell Place." Price $4,00(
218 acres 4Va miles Sout
good dwelling, 1 good tenant
ings, good orchard, well, 2-h(
running water. Known as
Price $10.00 per acre.
260 acres 5 miles from Joi
ris Place," fine large 2-story
houses, (4 and 6 rooms) ant
5-horse farm open, 75 acres
ture, healthy locality, good la
163 acres, 4 miles from W
mail, 1 mile to good school, i
ing, furnished throughout, ?
house and all other buildii
house, all buildings are pr;
house, 2-horse farm open, 3!
torn lands absolute safe fro
of timber with about 150,0(
This place is a beauty. Pri<
130 acres 4 miles from Un
tenant house, an abundance
fine bottom lands, known ai
and joins the "Nick Harris
$2,350.00.
910 acres 10 miles from U
houses, 2 large barns, 4-hor
acres very fine bottom lands
Price only $6.50 per acre .
63 acres IV2 miles from
1-horse farm open, 4 acres 1
tenant house. This is a fin
per acre.
77 acres 10 miles from Un
pasture, good 5-room house,
good pasture, a bargain at 5
425 acres fine chocolate or
of Jonesville, on West Spr
good school, 8-horse farm c
pasture, 30 acres very fine c
houses, 4 good barns and
Price $17.50 per acre.
244 acres in Santuc To
dwelling, new 2-room tenan
sary out-building, 40 acres
timber, 2-horse farm open.
50 acres, with good tenant
ville, known as "The Dave (
quick deal.
50 acres, 1 mile from Kel
known as a part of the "F
$37.50 per acre .
200 acres, less than 1 mi
Springs road, will subdivide
at reasonable prices on easy
The above is only a partis
exactly what you want. II
farm you had better "get bm
to realize the value of Union
E. F. KEL1
UNIO^
Notice.
There will be entertainment given
t Bishop school house on Friday
ight, the 23rd inst., for the benefit
f New Hope church; plenty of good '
hings to eat. Come one; come all.
Mr. L. G. Bishop,
Mrs. J. I). Brown,
Mrs. T. J. Bishop,
Mrs. James Whitloek,
Mr. M. C. Gault,
Committee.
Nov. 13, 1917. 23-2
Notice.
Opening Books of Subscription.
In pursuance of a commission isued
to the undersigned board of cororators
by the Secretary of State
f South Carolina, under date the 13th
ay of December, 1917. Notice is
ereby given that the books of subcription
for capital stock in the Piedlont
Undertaking Company, a proosed
cornoration^ will ho nnonoH Jr.
he office of John W. Beaty, in the
!ity of Union, South Carolina, at 5:30
'clock, p. m., November 15th, 1917.
'he authorized capital of the said proosed
corporation is $3,000, divided
ito 120 shares of par value of $25
ach; ami said proposed corporation is
> conduct a general Undertaking bus- '
> 8S, retailing coffins, caskets, etc.
H. K. Rates, j
Jno. W. Beaty,
Wade Hampton,
3-2 Corporators.
MS CHEAP!
lion on Public Road, in good
:hools and churches, 2-horse
ng, barn and other out-build
es branch bottoms, fine pas'
timber. Known as "The
b, $25.00 per acre.
Cross Keys, on good road,
od 2-story, 7-room dwelling,
i want a nice farm in a good
quick. Known as "The Joel
).00.
h of Union on public road.
; house, barns and out-buildirse
farm open, pasture with
the "Byrd Vaughan Place."
lesville, known as "The Nordwelling,
2 real good tenant
1 all necessary out-buildings,
fine bottom lands, good pas,nd.
Price $32.50 per acre.
Tiitmire, on good road, daily
i corking good 6-room dwellin
elegant barn, crib, cotton
rigs, a good 4-room tenant
actically new except tenant
5 or 40 acres fine creek botm
highwater, an abundance
)0 feet of good saw timber,
ce $30.00 per acre,
ion, good public road, 1 good
of timber, 5 or 6 acres very
? "The It. F. Harris Place"
Place" on the West. Price
nion on public road, 3 tenant
se farm in cultivation; 100
(, fenced and cross fenced?
Jonesville on Bishop Road,
fine branch bottoms, 1 small
e little farm. Price $30.00
; ?
ion, 1-horse farm open, good
good well and out-buildings,
j>1250.00.
dark red land 5 miles West
ings road, daily mail, near
?Den. balance in timber unit
reek bottoms, 6 good tenant
all necessary out-buildings.
wnship, with good 4-room
t house, barn and all necesbottom
lands ,25 acres pine
Price $13.50 per acre,
house 3*4 miles from .Tones3rr
Place" at a bargain for
ton with good tenant houje
rank Hames Place." Pr'ce
ile from Jonesville on West
1 to suit purchaser and sell
' terms.
il list. We have, or can get,
: you ever expect to buy a
*y," for people are beginning
1 County Dirt.
Y & BRO.
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