The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 11, 1918, Page 4, Image 4
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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1918.
Uncle Sam is not disposed to look
with complacency upon an idler.
It appears most probable that luxuries
will be taxed, and taxed with a
right good will. We have not many of
these blessings, and do not feel any
personal resentment against the proposed
plan.
It is greatly to be desired that the
right move to help Russia be made.
But, the caution with which the United
States government approaches the
question shows that, as yet, no one
really knows just w"hat to do that will
help. Russia must bleed yet more be
tore ner salvation comes.
Cotton throughout the county is
looking fine! Corn is not so pood.
The best land, as a rule, has been
planted to corn. Pretty bad, hut you
can overcome the defect in part, if
you will. See Mr. Carbery, secretary
of the Union County Chamber of Commerce
and Agriculture. He can give
you some very valuable suggestions.
LOOK AFTER ENROLLING
Have you enrolled for the Democratic
primary election? If you have
not, you will do well to look after the
matter. You have until July 30, but
you should not put it off. Delays are
dangerous. Everybody has to enrol
this year. What you did some year or
two ago will not count. This is a call
for the enrolling of every democratic
voter. It is a state law, and if you
do not attend to the matter you cannot
vote in the primary. If you are
left out, blame no one hut yourself.
Co to your nearest voting precinct and
put your name on the roll. You cannot
send, hut must go in person.
With regret, yet of necessity, quite
a number of our subscribers will be
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this issue. The postoffice department
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or INTEREST HERE
Chas. P. Wilson pharmacist for
H. M. McAmis Drug company, who
enlisted in the U. S. Navy last week,
is leaving Friday for New Orleans to
assume charge of his service as hospital
apprentice.
Dr. Wilson has met the demand in
his capacity with this popular drug
firm, and has been found efficient in
this line, and his hosts of friends,
while they regret to give him up here,
appreciate his ambition to respond
to the call of the colors and are assured
of equally as valiant service
for Uncle Sam. We wish him God
speed and this work and hope his return
home will he safe and soon.?
Daily Corinthian.
INDIANS MAKE DANDY
GOOD SOLDIERS
Washington, July 10.?(Correspondence
of the Associated Press)? "
The deeds of Indians who have enlisted
in large numbers in the mili- /
tary services are hardly more inspiring
than those of the women and
children left behind. This is a partial
account of the answer made by g
the people on the reservations when
the "Great White Father" in Washington
called to the tribes and races 1
inhabiting this land of freedom to
rise in its defense.
Reports received by Cato Sells, /
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, from
about one-third of the Indian reservations,
indicate a total Red Cross \
membership of close to 20,000, contributions
in money amounting to
more than $50,000 and further donations
of thousands of hospital garments
and knitted articles. That is j
not a full measure of the Red Man's
generosity, however, for the reservations
do not house many Indians, in- p
eluding the more wealthy, whose
charitable activities are listed with ^
the general population.
Resorting to methods of the white -j
man to raise money, the Omaha tribe
recently held an auction for the Red
Cross which netted $2,000, including
$300 for a prize goat.
The boys of a school in the north- ^
west gathered 2,000 pounds of Sphagnum
moss for surgical absorbent
pads. Some 400 Christmas boxes j
were reported, which is incomplete,
as nearly all of the 120 boarding rj
schools have service flags with stars
ranging in number from a few to ?
| two hundred, and the pupils of these
schools are very mindful of their sol- ^
dier representatives. One of the
larger schools reported a Students'
Friendship War Fund, with $750 on
hand and twelve war savings socie- j.
ties. This school in four sweek
bought 1,000 thrift stamps and 14 ^
Baby Bonds.
On a small reservation far north,
where the winters are long and severe
and the Indian must struggle
for the necessaries of life, more than
one dollar per capita for every adult
was paid in cash for the Bed Cross
and other war relief purposes. In
the Southwest where the parched
desert gives scant returns and sheep
raising is the chief means of support,
many of the Indians have each promised
a fleece of wool for the Red
Cross and the Superintendent plans
the experiment of spinning this wool
and knitting it into socks, sweaters,
etc., by the Indian women.
In a Montana district where the
Indians are nearly all full-bloods
they voluntarily held meetings and *
each one who has a growing wheat
crop promised to donate one sack of
wheat for war relief work. On an- ^
other reservation where the Indians
are very poor and have little ready
money, they donated an abundance ^
of handsome head work and other
. . , , ? ., ? , ? t
j curios to do soia tor tne lteci cjross. '
One of the smallest schools in
Oklahoma reported a Junior Red
Cross membership of 17f? members,
being the total ehrollment of the '
school.
The superintendent of one of the
boarding schools for girls of Five I
Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma declared
the girls are deeply interested 1
in all war worjc and respond readily
to requests for additional garments.
The very small girls knit up the n
scraps of yarn into refugee caps,
afghan squares, etc. Also they uti- I
lize the scraps from the hospital garments
making quilt blocks. Larger
scraps are used for small underskirts
for the refugees. Gun wipers have
been cut by the hundred.
From a northern Minnesota reser- I
vation, where it is believed the first
Indian RecJ Cross auxiliary was
started in the spring of 1917, the J
president of the auxiliary writes:?
"The auxiliary numbers 48 and this
p :ip l xi _ 1
iruiri u community ul ie?? tiiaii u ?
hundred adults. Some of these women
have walked to the weekly meeting
places across the ice from Old
Agency when the temperature was
twenty degrees below zero. They
have sewed on hospital shirts and
socks and learned to knit the various V
garments just as their white sisters t
of the cities have done." J
"One evening recently an Indian ^
and his wife, living seventeen miles 11
away, came to the home of the treas- 11
urer and inquired about the work be- 8
ing done, the woman bringing her ^
dollar for membership, saying: 'I 8
want to do something for my coun- '
try.'" J
Commissioner Sells believes that e
the national spirit which President e
Wilson and other statesmen foresee 11
as a result of the war will he splen- a
didly exemplified hy the Indians. ^
A woman will go to the funeral of c
a stranger for the pleasure of having v
a good cry. ^
The man who carries a pistol is always
looking for a chance to be insulted.
e
_ v
Down in the low country they don't
consider a man lazy unless he hires v
some one else to do his courting. 8
"LIBERTY BOND? YES!"
(By Jas. L. Carbery) '
Liberty Bond," did you say, sir? , v
Why yes; we have one,
Lnd feel we should take another
For the sake of somebody's son;
fes, I suppose I'm a widow,
Poor Tom left us here years ago ? D*1
!o me and the children just fought
hard
To keep the wolf from the door.
'om w"as a fine, manly fellow *
Till drink dragged him down most
to hell, an<
Ind had it not been for hard work, sir, ^
We'd had our small home here to an
sell. pel
Vc hunted the whole country over? wh
But never could hear of poor Tom, 14C
ret, each night we asked the Good bei
God, sit,
To help us and keep him from hartfi; ^
don't know what we'd have done, sir, ^
Had it not been for God's watchful
care wa
'rotecting us each from the dangers* Bn<
And helping to lessen despair. del
md I feel He'll continue to help us? tro
To do our part for the "All"? *
'hose boys in khaki are giving?
With backs against the stone wall. ^r'
res, I have one boy in long breeches?
One died that was just in knee p0!
pants? ma
ind Roy, my oldest dependence? coi
Is writing from "Somewhere in pui
France." Wc
lut I thank God I am a mother,
Ready and willing to give? j?'
'he joy of my life and my idol,
That he may help others to live. pa{
t's been mighty hard on us all, sir? He
Since our country's entered the war, am
ind one night I slept and dreamed till
sweetly? 'ow
I must tell you some things that I th
saw.
Loy had then gone to the trenches, ^
One cow bought a Liberty Bond, Wft
'he Red Cross and Y. M. C. A., sir,
We were to help with the calf com- gte
ing on. ' wa
is I dreamed, I saw Bob a plowin' ero
And soon after came gentle rain? chs
'ollowed in due time and season a<Jr
By the finest of ricn golden grain, *er
)nce more my heart beat with pleas- ^ef
ure~ cha
We felt rich, and told Kate Maloy, ,j
Ve now might send food to the sol- Ma
diers . in
And perhaps some would go to my tlm
boy. wb
'he haVvests seemed ever abundant 1x01
The cupboard was filled to the dJ '-f. cre
Vith canned goods and other pTOwi- TTe!
tne
ions - * trMuch
greater than ever before. thli
t seemed the good angels from Thi
heaven? wh
Were sent to protect us from want, bUf
ret there remained in my bosom,
A thought which somehow would "n<
, . bo>
haunt. evf
dreamed that amid so much pleasure gp,
My boy had returned safe and sound, Cln
^nd told how the war had been w"on, stli
sir, fief
And Old Glory had never come
down;
^nd, as I pressed Roy to my heart,
sir?
SO
There also stood a strange sight, t ,
*oor Tom had returned from the evil tJl0
And wanted to do what was right. <
le was haggard and worn from ex- but
posure? "
.ana sougnt, forgiveness from me? his
""here in the dusk of the twilight por
We stood where God oply could see
thought Tom came as the penitent?
Filled with remorse and pain
Asking God and myself to forgive him, ,,
And each to receive him again. onr
Vhy, sir, your eyes are weeping. Stc
What? Is it really done? Ide
las the love of Christ enthused your "
heart? ?Pl
Has your love again been won? *be
^hank God; the faith that saved poor , A
_ lati
Tom ice:
Has also saved our boy, jon
""hat trusting faith that knew no jn
bounds?
Rewarded at last with joy.
? 1
MEET YOUR PLEDGES! the
lea
Charleston, July 11.?The State cm
Var Savings Committee urges that by
hose who pledged themselves in the 8rfl
une W. S. S. campaign to purchase
Var Savings Stamps during the renaining
months of the year should ^.p
lot wait until the last minute but for
hould cooperate with the government to
>y purchasing the specified amount of hni
tamps at the earliest day possible. da
"hat is, if stamps are pledged for mn
uly, the subscriber should make
very effort to purchase them in the
arly part of the month. This will wo
nake the work of the postoffice and 0fl>(
gents easier, and will enable the der
>tate to make a better showing at sta
Vashington in the campaign. The
dmmittee points out that the pledges
vere made to the government, and, ^
herefore, all should cooperate to the Rhc
ullest extent in fulfilling the pledges.
Home is a place where you can get
nough sugar for your cornflakes fihc
without having to bribe a waiter,
An old-fashioned man thinks that a J^P
/omen who wants to vote would ^
moke cigarettes if on one was about.
\ ? 1 <
IRST WHITE BOY '
uth Accompanied Columbus'
Expedition in 1492.
tailed at Helm While 8uperlora
Slept, Youngster Was Blamed
for Wreck of Santa Maria.
ilany phases of the life of Columi
offer mysteries that the hlstorli
have never been able to clear
ay, and one student of the life of
> great explorer has come across
Incidental mystery that has an apillng
Interest It relates to a boy
0 accompanied the expedition of
>2?the only boy among Its mem-8,
and consequently the first white"
r to set foot In America.
rhe contemporary accounts of the
it expedition of Columbus mention
> boy In question only once and
it briefly. They Indicate that he
s the only boy In the expedition
1 they place on his young shoul 8
the blame for the great catasphe
that befell when the Santa
rla was wrecked on the coast of
ytl. To be sure the story of the
eck shows that the boy was less
blame than his elders, but It was
ty enough to make him the scapeit.
It was the night before Chrlsts,
1492, ten weeks nfter the dis'ery
of the land, and Columbus was
thing his search for gold among the
?8t Indies. The flagship, the Santa
rla, was skirting the coast of Ilayand
late at night, as the wind was
tit and the ship barely moving, Colhns
went- tn hie ?M?hln fn. I
?sed the helm over to the captain.
, too, soon felt the need of sleep
1 went below. His successor at the
er was n sailor and he shortly folded
the example of the admiral and
i master. Before he went he awaked
the lad in question and dd hira
mind the helm.
The boy did not go to sleep. He
s doubtless a live lad and he felt
> Importance of being trusted to
er the ship. But he was in strange
ters and the currents were treachus
near thart coast, says an axtnge.
The ship struck a reef. The
nlral and crew rushed on deck In
ror. Of course they blamed the
r. That was the way of the world
ore 1402 and the fashion has never
inged.
?hat wa8 the end of the Santa
rla. The crew reached the shore
safety nnd made a fort from the
ibers of the wreck. In that fort,
lch they called La Navldad in
lor of the day, about forty of the
w remained while their companions
at home to Spain on the Pinta and
Nina. One historian mentione a
dltlon that the boy remained with ?
3 number, but it is only a tradition,
p fate of the forty is a mystery, for
en the second expedition of Columi
reached that island a year later
re were only a few charred timbers j)(
1 bones to be found. Perhaps the
r perished there. His name has not
n come down to us, but the brief
npse that we have of him is a fnsxtlng
one. There is something to {Jc
nulate the Imagination in that jlc
ting picture of the liny who stuck
his post while his superiors slept.
in
Concealed Weapons.
Did you hear? The Crosbys were sp
generous as to give their sedan Je
the Red Cross. I wonder what was
matter with it." ^
My dear, you do knit hee-ntlfnllv *
: what la It?"
The major looks so formidable in
uniform, doesn't he? Too bad, the w<
>r man never wore it at hpme."
Here comes Miss Verlplaln In her ^
l-whlte-and-blue hat. Who would
re thought anything could become ar
so well!"
'You will go from house to house da
ivasslng for the Liberty loan, Miss
ut. My dear, you have the right
a "
U
You put down 20 quarts of beans?
endld! Splendid! I do so hope ^
y'll keep for you this tlnle." c0
The Red Cross Is to be congrntu- ot
Ml, my denr, In securing the serv- pi
s of a woman of your years and
g experience."?Edmund J. Klefer a
Life.
Overcoming Camouflage.
In American physicist believes that
( advantages of camouflage?or at
st certain kinds of camouflage?
1 be overcome by an opposing army
providing Its airmen and other
tits with colored glasses or screens ( u
contrasting colors to use with field ar
SSPR. nntpy P/mnlor "\f n I (\a
gazlne. When the colors of these
eens nre properly selected, unl- I
ms and other objects may he made 0c
appear In contrast, instead of In se
mony, with their surroundings, he
lms. Camouflage as practiced in .
ny cases is accomplished largely by 1
< use of paint, objects being given m
ides, that blend with the landscape. du
spite of certain difficulties that br
uld arise, It Is believed that such be
>rts at concealment could be r?ned
quite ineffectual by the means
ted. F
8hould Est Mushrooms. ^
Vlhl mushrooms nre a food that *
uld bfe more largely utilized in this
intry now that food Is scarce, ncding
to William A. Murrlll, assist- co
: director of the New York botan- B1
1 gardens, who thinks the people
uld be taught bow to distinguish yi
polsonons from the wholesome va- $e
tlee. Wild mushrooms are eaten
this country almost exclusively by
foreign-born population. w:
A
"I would'not think of
clothes in the summer time
"Rllf Vir\\\T nan o mon l/-k/-vl.
?' v* v iiv ?? vuxi u man iuur
featherweight clothes."
"Buy
KEEP KOOL
in genuine Palm Beach and
I started last year and foui
splendidly and as for comf(
enough for you to try them
me a good cirgar out of ap
One of our customers des<
to us yesterday. He bouj
Beach and Mohair?need w
Another thing for hot w
Leghorn, Bangkok and Pi
per cent off the regular pric
a. co
THE HOUSE OF S
I. i
SANTUCK NEWS
Santuck, July 11.?Miss Elizabeth
jake has returned' to her home in .
nion after a week's visit to Miss attie
Gregory. I
Mrs. W. C. Fant and children of An- j
rson are spending sometime with
r parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1). B. Fant.
Mrs. Wise of St. Matthews is visit- 1
g her sister, Mrs. R. C. Bolen. j
Mi?a p.-nn^n.. M/>TV...r I
ient the past week with Mrs. L. B.
ter, Jr.
Mrs Mamie Page of Chester visited |
rs. Davis Gregory last week.
Miss Pearl Pittman of Carlisle is the
jest of Miss Elizabeth Jeter this '
eek.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bolen and Mrs.
ise motored to Spartanburg Sunday
ul spent the day.
Mrs. A. W. Gilmore is visiting her 1
lughter near Union.
On Tuesday evening Messrs. Car- '
ry, House, Hames and Alston of the
nion Chamber of Commerce met with :
e people of Santuck and organized a
mmunity club. There will be an- 1
her meeting in August w'hen definite
ans will be made.
Miss Polly Jeter has returned from
visit to her sister in Fort Mill.
Topaz.
PACOLET, ROUTE 2 1
Pacolet, Ruote 2, July U.?Another
>od rain fell over this section Monty
afternoon, with lots of lightning i
id wind. I haven't heard of any
image that was done.
Well the Fourth nassed off niuetlv
never heard of any accident that <
curred during the day. Everyone
ems to have a sad look on their .
ce. It doesn't seem like it has been <
it a little while since last year. But ]
any of a change has taken place
iring the time. Another year may .
ing about peace. Then we all will ]
! in harmony with one another.
Miss Janie Hart spent Sunday with .
ir grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. N.
' Fowler.
Sam Littlejohn was a visitor on the
iute Monday afternoon.
H. P. Evans and family motored ]
Gaffney Thursday. They were acmpanied
home by Mrs. Hydrick ,
lackwood. i
Miles Gallman of Kelton was a
sitor at Mrs. F. A. Gallm^n's Sun- i
ly.
Charles Littlejohn spent Sunday ]
ith relatives near Gaffney.
"Brown Eyes."
Discussion
wearing regular weight
i, any. more."
i neat and dress in those
CLOTHES
Mohair at J. COHEN'S,
nd they keep their shape
>rt?well, they are cheap
and see if you donU buy
preciation."
sribed the above dialogue
yht three suits of Palm
e say more ?
iather?all of our Straw,
mama Hats reduced 25
e.
iHEN
SATISFACTION
WE CAN
Dry Clean and Press your
Palm Beach Suits very
[|uickly these days. Phone
us and we will call promptly
and return your Suit looking
like new in the shortest
possible notice.
HAMES
PRESSING AND IvFPAIR SHOP
Phone lhT
NEWS FROM JONESVILLE R. F. I).
Joncsville, R. F. D., July 8.?Well,
ive are enjoying some rain this morn
iiik, which is very oaaiy needed. We
are hoping we will have a good rain
before it is over with.
Crops are looking fine around in this
section at present.
Mrs. Eatum Carter and little son
and daughter visited their aunt, Mrs.
D. J. James Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Joe Inman visited his cousin,
Mr. Burey Parks, Saturday and SunJay.
Mr. Allen Tweed and children w"ere
visitors at Mr. Lem Wyatt's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. James visited
their brother and family, Mr. C. J.
Parks, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Johnnie Reeves and Mr. Burey
Parks visited Mr. Joe Parks Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Willie Graham, Mr. Burey
Parks and Mr. Joe Parks and other
friends visited Mr. I>ewis Page SunJay
afternoon.
The many friends of Mrs. J. E.
Johnson will be glad to know after
several weeks' illness was able to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Ike White.
Sunday afternoon Miss Estelle
Tames and Miss Anna Parks visited
Miss Annie Page.
Miss Georgie Parks visited Miss .
Anna Parka nnp nftpmnnn loaf wottlf
Miss Ruth Gallman was a visitor in
Jonesville Saturday afternoon.
Miss Virgie Wyatt and little sister,
Mildred, visited Miss Estelle James
Friday afternoon.
Mr. Iiem Wyatt and sons, Johnnie
jnd Wallace, were visitors in Jonesville
Saturday afternoon.
The health of this community is
very good at present.
There will be an ice cream supper at
Mr. W. H. Pace's Friday night, the
12th. Everybody is invited to come.
Brown Eyes. ,
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