Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f" 1 X Coming and Going I | Mrs. J. A. Brown is spending sometime in Brevard, N. C. I J. P. Belue of Spartanburg was a business visitor to Union Wednesday. Mrs. W. W. Wood and Mrs. Jeffries of Jonesville were shopping in the city today. Rev. J. F. Matheson will preach at the Presbyterian church, Sedalia, at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. 1 Mrs. Fannie Lancaster and Miss < Helen Linder of West Springs were shopping in the city yesterday. I miss Liucue Tracy, who is attending : business college in Norfolk, Va., has \ almost completed her course in stenography, typewriting and bookkeeping. Ottis Going of the Aviation Corps at Pei.sacola, Fla., arrived today to , spent a few days with his pranest, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Going on S Church > Street. There will be a picnic and patriotic speaking at Farr school house Saturday. TJie public is invited to attend and some good speakers will be on hand for the cocasion. UNION MILL NOTES Earle Thackston of the U. S. Marine Corps is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Thackston. , Wiley Cooper and Robert Crow visited friends in Williamston this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sullivan, who have been visiting relatives in Rockingham and Shelby, N. C., have returned home. J. Y. Keisler is out of town on business this w'eek. Mr. and Mrs. J. Forest Gibson of T1 lln l?lo O**A f VI? n??i/\nfn ?> ??v n.iun v II1C, A ic*., aiC VIIC f;ucoto Ul Supt. W. H. Gibson. Mrs. Clyde Sprouse was operated on at the city hospital Wednesday and is doing well. Mrs. Bert May has returned from a visit to her parents, Mr. and MJs. Frank O'Shields in Spartanburg. The ball game Saturday between Pacolet and Union was quite an interesting game; the final score gave , Pacolet one the advantage. Mrs. J. B. Bozeman is visiting in Atlanta and other points of interest preparatory to the interest that will be taken in behalf of the mothers in our community. Clyde Waldrop from the camp visited his sister, Miss Florence Waldrop, Sunday. Misses Freda and Deaver Sprouse of Lockhart spent Sunday with their uncle, Mr. McGowan. Mr. Cuttino is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. D. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Goddard of Greenville en route from Charleston, stopped over with their uncle, W. Lester Davis. The meeting being under the leadership of Rev. Hames is growing in interest. Valmar. AMERICAN BANKERS ENTER FAR EASTERN FIELD New York.?Announcement is made ;] of the organization under the laws of t the state of New York of the Asia Banking Corporation with a capital of 1 $2,000,000 and a surplus of $500,000, all subscribed, for the purpose of engaging in international and foreign hanking in China, in the dependencies : and insular possessions of the United States, and as soon as the Russian situation clears, in Russia itself and Si- 1 Dena. /\niong tne stocKnoiaers in the 1 new company are the Guaranty Trust 1 company of New York, the Mercantile Bank of the Americas, the Anglo and London Paris National Bank of San ! Francisco, the National Bank of Port- | land, Ore., and the National Bank of ] Commerce, Seattle, Washington. English and Continental banks principally have heretofore financed transactions between the United States and I the Far East, and the establishment of an American bank in China w*ith branches elsewhere in the Far East , is looked upon as an important atep ( tnu'nivl f ho /Jnirnlnnmnnf A mnvlnn r? foreign trade in that part of the world. The organizers of the new company 1 believe that the increase in trade be- 3 tween the United States and the Far ( East makes greater banking facilities 1 ' necessary and justifies the establish ment of local American banks and in- . vestment companies. The capital issues i committee of the War Finance Cor- < poration has approved the issue of the capital stock of the Asia Banking Corporation, the position being taken that the investment of capital in this enterprise does not mean a diversion of capital for new purposes, since a large amount of the business proposed to be transacted is now being conducted by American banks with their own resources through their correspondent banks. There will be no public offer iii^5 UA otwn. Your friends tell you pleasant fiction and your enemies tell you bitter truth. The friends are more pleasant, but the enemies era more useful. OLE BOLL'S COLONY Norwegian's Dream of Model Home Now Scene of Ruin. Recalls Misplaced Confidence and Made All the More Tragic Because of Splendid Ideals. Only the rnln of the villa "Valhalla" remains of the Ill-fated Norwegian colony established by Ole Bull in Pennsylvania in the late '50s. The story of the colony, says the Kunsas City Times, is one of mispluced confidence, made all the more trugic because of the splendid Ideals that led to Its establishment. The great Norwegian violinist, alwnys an admirer of Amerlcu, wished to obtain a location for a model colony of his countrymen. He bought a thousand acres of a firm of laud dealers and soon afterward brought to this cuuniry several nunured Norwegians. A clearing was made, the vlllnKe of Oleana built and, in an address to the townspeople, Ole Bull set forth the hopes that had Inspired his mission. The address follows: "Brothers of Norway! From the clime where the north wind has Its home; where the maelstrom roars, and where the aurora for half the year takes the place of the genial sun, we have come to find a home. When we were among our mountains, and war was bringing want and famine upon us, we heard there was a country in a milder climate where liberty dwelt and plenty reigned. Upon looking over our records, we found thut our countrymen, under Thorfin, had discovered thnt land more than eight hundred years ago, but that they were met by cruel and suvnge Indians, and had left no record of themselves, except some traces of their sad history engraven in the rocks of Full river, and one temple which they raised to God on an island at the mouth of Narragansett bay. All other record of them had passed away. "How different Is our reception from thnt which Thorfin and his followers received. No savage Indian startles us with his war whoop, but kind friends meet us on everv side, tiiklnc ?a i?v ti>.? haud and giving us welcome to our new home. "Brothers of Norway! We must not disnppolnt this confldence, but by lives of Industry and honesty show to our new brothers that they huve not misplaced their friendship. "And now, to these gentlemen of New York and Penr\sylvania, who have so kindly assisted by their counsel and advice In tills work, I return my most sincere and hdartfelt thanks, and casting ourselves upon the goodness of our heavenly Father, resting secure upon his promise, let us go on In the dally performance of every duty, and he will bless us." There was a pathetic aftermath. Hardiy had the pioneers got well under way with their homebuildlng when it was discovered that the violinist had been victimized. The company that sold him the land had no valid t't'e to It. The people of Oleunu scattered, some of. them penniless and with few friends in the new country. Ole Bull, with splendid loyalty to those he hod brought to this pass, gave public concerts to raise money for their relief. A Pacifist. The newcomer bad hardly seated himself In the railway compartment I.AfA.A ' Kciuic iic ui'nuii iu inik, reiaies London Tlt-Blts "I an? n pacifist," said ho In a voice as if ho wanted to disarm all Interruption. "If we can't beat the enemy In three years it's time we started waving the olive branch instead of the sword." Just then a severe feminine face Inserted itself at the carriage window. "Is there a JohD Tamson here? Aye, there he is. Cam oot o' that smokln* carriage, ye heathen, before I tak' yo by the lug. Dae ye think your wife's a haddie for the ctjrln'?" John Tamson left, and the astonished silence which followed was broken by one passenger remarking: "I'ulr fellow, nae wanner he's a pacifist. It's mair nor three years o' war he's had, I'm thinkin'." A Handy Utensil. "The soldiers In the trenches wear gas masks, and near the front the French children go to school with them on," mused a citizen of Periwinkle, who was of unusual width betwixt the eyes, observes the Kansas City Star. "I believe if I could Ret hold of a practicable pas mask I would wear It to the town hall tonight, where the handbills announce that Hon. Brappln Mow will talk on the patriotic flutles of the hour, but where in reality he will with many words permit as to learn the glad news that at the earnest solicitation of his many friends he has reluctantfy consented to become a candidate for re-election to congress." The Smallest Cartoon. A certain small boy has drawn a caricature picture of President Wilson jpon a single grain of cofp. He spent ibout a half hhur In doing the work, for which he used water colors, says rihrlstinn Science Monitor. It is said that some time ago he drew a similar picture upon a single grain of corn ind, upon sending his work to the presdent,, he received an appreciative accnowledgment from Washington. This 8 believed to be the smallest cartoon picture in the world, for it measures >nly about a quarter of an inch in he longest direction. The likeness is n profile. \ BRINGS OUT LATENT TRAITS War Develops Hidden Qualifications of Many Young Heroes Now in Government's Service "It takes all sorts of things to bring out Intent trnlts In us nil." The speaker in the club cnr rolled his cigar to the other corner of his mouth. The | other occupants sat silently, surmising that n story was coming, recounts 11 writer In an exchange. "Knew n young fellow over East. Father had lots of money. Sou did not seein Inclined to add a great deal to ' It by working, but made several dents In the family purse by his spending. Not that he was a bad boy at heart? only thoughtless. Sometimes I think the rich father was attempting to make a business man out of a man never Intended for that sort of life. The boy did not seem to be able to find his niche. Said to me one day when he had gotten confidential: 'You know, my only fear is that I am not going to make something out of myself that will make dad proud of me.' And the two surely did love each other. One day the boy asked the father for several thousand dollars. It was forthcoming. Then he asked the father to cash a check for some money left him by his dead mother. lie got that. Then the boy sort of dropped out of New York life. "Next thing I knew he was a lieu- ' tenant in the aviation section of t>i<? i army. He had bought two airplanes, ' taken them down into the country to 1 one of his father's farms and learned to fly. Guess those that knew him . thought It was another of his money- 1 burning ways. But when he thought 1 himself competent ho went to the gov- i eminent nnd simply said: 'Here I urn, 1 ready for any service you may have for i me,' and the government took him up In a hurry. lie may be in France. But 1 you should have seen that father's face t light up every time he mentioned that i boy. And When he does get back from i France he nnd his father are going to i be greater pals than ever, If that be possible. "Now I am not going to say that many young men ure going to have ] about $20,000 at their beck und call to demonstrate that It only needs the occasion to make men out of them, but I do say that there are scores of young ( meu doing Just as much or more." Switzerland Like United States. ; Switzerland is the only European , example of u federative and demo- j cratlc republic of the American type, observes n writer. Switzerland, as the United Stutes, was born from a desire for emancipation from autocratic despotism; like the United States, Switzerland never believed In the divine right of kings. The very past which the ancient federates, on that oidet spot, the "Rutll," on the classi^^ike of Lucerne on August 1, 1291 .n^vore to, embodies that great prtncijrol for which now, 62G years later, the United States is fighting, namely, to quote President Wilson's own words, "For the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice In thoir own governments." There the old Swiss i/iuuiiiiiiii-u stii-suvunimeui against uie autocratic rule of the iiapsburg, i? the following words: "We ordain and direct with unanimous accord, that in the above-mentioned valleys we shull recognize no judge who shall have bought his rights with money or in any other manner, or who shall not be a native und an inhabitant of tlnse districts." q Futile Disputes. In stating prudential rules for our government in society, I must not omit the important one of never entering into dispute or argument with another. I never saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many, on their getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another. Conviction is the effect of our own dispassionate reasoning, either In solitude or weighing within ourselves, dispassionately, what we hear from others. standing uncommitted In argument ourselves. It was one of the rules which, above all others, made Doctor Franklin the most amiable of men In society, "never to contradict anybody." If he was urged to announce an opinion, he did it rather by asking questions, as if for information, or by suggesting doubts? Thomas Jefferson. German Schooling. German schooling has proved antagonistic to co-operation, although de xuuuuiiiK unity ui utuuu iiuuuhu uiusn obedience, Winthrop Talbot writes in tho Century. It has failed to foster real co-operutlon, for co-operntion Is a method by which persons of their own volition and by no compulsion may work together harmoniously. Only when traiuing and schooling are the common privilege of all Is that state of civic development possible which permits society to become co-operative In Its action. In other words, a socialized society becomes more possible only as all Individual members acquire each the widest vision, and'thus the power to co-operate harmoniously. Pay of Our Marine Chaps. The pay of officers and crews of vessels in the American merchant marine Is as follows: Captain, $250 a month; chief officer, $140; second officer, $130; third officer, $120; chief engineer, $100, first assistant engineer, $140; second assistant engineer, $180; third, assist ant engineer, $130; carpenters, $751 boatswain, $70; oiler, $60; coal pass ers, $50. In addition to the regnlat , wages the officers and men now recelvi I bonuses, which materially incrwuM i their earnings. MEDIATION IN WAR Roman Popes, From Earliest Time Deemed It Privilege. First Instance Date* From 409, When Effort Was Made to Arrange Peace With Goth Leader. From the earliest time of papacy, popes, as the religious heads of the Catholic church, have considered it their task to Intercede as mediators In temporal disputes, observes a historian. Following are a few Instances: As early as 409, when Alarlc I declared he would withdraw from Rome only on condition that the Romans should arrange a peace favoruble to him, S. Innocent I went with an embassy of the R^hans to Emperor Honerius, at Raveana, to try, if possible, to make peace with him and the Goths, but failed in his endeavors to bring about peace. More successful was Gregory I, who played the same part an the occasion of the invasion of Italy by the Lombards. Owing to his friendship with the Lombardlan queen Theudulinda, he actually inedluted a favorable, peace. When northern Italy was devastated by Attlla the venerable bishop of Rome, Leo I?the first of the great popes?by a personal encounter with the king of the Huns, prevented ! him from marching upon Rome. Ho went in 452 to upper Italy, and met Attlla at Mlnclo, In the vicinity of Mantua, obtaining from him the promise that he would withdraw' from Italy and negotiate peace with the emperor. This pope also succeeded In obtaining another favor for the inhabitants of1 Rome. When in 455 the city was captured by the Vandals under Geneserlc, the "scourge of God," Leo's lnterces-j Blon obtained a promise that the city should not be Injured and the lives of i, the Inhabitants should be spared. , ( Another pope, Benedict the Twelfth, I who from 1334 to 1342 occupied the 1 holy see, was as unsuccessful as a I mediator as the present supreme pon-f tiff. At that time Charle3 IV of France hc.d died wit*1""1' lonvlncr en heir, and I when his cousin, Philip VI, put the | crown on his head, his right to do so < was contested by Edward IH of Eng- i land. Benedict XII, who wanted to mediate, was not listened to, and there ensued hostilities lasting, with some Interruptions, for a hundred years. The popes mediated successfully between Christian opponents lu cases where It was imporiuul to unite them In the common cause of Christianity against Turkey. jruyu varegory \LZti1-12715), Tor the sake of a crusade against the Turks, worked Indefatlgably upon a reconciliation of the princes In Italy and Germany, and Paul III . (1634-1549), nearly three centuries later, tried to prevent a war between Spain and France. Clement IX aided Venice against the Turks by mediating the peace between Louie XIV and Spam, etc. What You've Been Waiting For. | Masculine readers are not usually Interested In pictures showing feminine fashions, notes the Outlook, but certain halftones In a Brooklyn furrier's catalogue are calculated to awaken a somnolent intellectual activity In the j man who has been leisurely conning i the rise In coal and milk bills. On the first page Is shown an evening wrap made of chinchilla; Its price is $10,-1 000. The next page Illustrates a wrap I which Is made up In various furs to | suit different sized purses. The hum-: bier seeker for borrowed warmth may get this moleskin for the trifle of $850; j more fastidious tastes may call for one of ermine at $2,000; those who prefer , Hudson Bay sable may secure their, choice for $15,000; while the ludy who desires "the real thing" may have her wrap made of Russian sable at a cost of $75,000. An inferior garment of Russian sable, It may be added, will be furnished at $25,000 for anyone of economical taste*. Overalls and Petticoats. The bloomer Idea Is going out among the French women employed In factories, especially munition works, do cording to a letter from ono of the industrial centers over there, and return has been made to the skirt that ever has been the badge of femininity. Only where working closo to certain machinery would make skirts dangerous have they been discarded for bloomers, or, in most instances, overalls. What was taken up as a fad, says a correspondent, has given way to the older and stronger dictates of modesty. And after work, in spite of the fact that it has been work amid grease and dirt of the exceptional cort?or perhaps because of it?there is recourse to the powder puff and the other appurtenances of frill that in some form or other are synonymous with woman the world over. Paper Money's Nicknames. Now that paper money is a permanent part of our pocket currency, we await the inevitable nickname for the notes, which is sure to come, says the London Chronicle. If we follow the precedent set across uie auuiiuc in wnen "greenbacks" first made their oppearanee, we might be satisfied with "Westminster," with reference to the very admirable lithograph of the palace which adorns the reverse of the new notes. Something better than that 5a sure to come along. In the army the notes are known as "C8's," In Jocular allusion to the remarkably narrow chest which the artist has given St. Oeorge. who Is in con fllct with a verx robust dragon. :/ "" m I The business o; \ TRUST COMl'ANY We invite your | and efficient on*an our customers co-o] Let us help yo Come in and see u Eiuslie Nicholson, ''resident. SALE OF FINE MILCH COWS AND DAIRY FIXTURES On Saturday, the 27th day of July, 1918, at 10 o'clock A. M., at Alameda Farm near Union (the late I)r. S. S. Linder's Dairy farm). 1 will sell to the highest bidder, for cash, seven (7) fine milch cows, llolsteins and Jerseys, a heifer and a young bull, also some fine sows, pips and a boar, one horse, and dairy fixtures and outfit, including wagons. The sale will take place promptly at 10 o'clock, and will be made under authority of an order of the Judge of Probate. Terms of sale, Cash. J. A. Sawyer, Qualified Executor of Will of Mrs. Mary E. Linder, deceased. July Uth, 1918. 28-3t-w. \ SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS % FOR SALE?My weinie stand on Main Street, second door from W. D. Arthur's. Will sell for $110.00 or will rent to responsible man, stand and fixtures, for $15.00 per month. Buyer or renter can take charge Monday, July 15. Reason for selling, have accepted position with Southern Railw'ay and will leave the nit*- M;I? TI T.' oo o FOUND?One baby knitted sacque; owner may recover by paying 2oc for this ad., anil applying to me. L c. Wharton. it. WANTED?To rent a small cottngi contains.' four or five rooms and bat it l*. O. Box T!'?, Union. S. C. 10S)-fl FOR SALE?One Overland six; has been run 8.~?00 miles. Is in good shape. New rear tires For further information write or phone 1'. i'? O'Dell, Whitmire, S. C. 1 -pcWANTED?To buy a Union Count > Farm. Give description of proper'j and the low'est dollar tint will pur chase same. P. O. Box 2W>, Union S. C. 187-t vIONEY TO LOAN from 3 to 2( years on city and farm property Terms right. Barron & Barron. 18St ndttt'n t * nn a* - - rivu11 ?Vinson's lruit jars a a bargain. Pcopie's Supply Co 18G-! SEND YOUR KODAK FILMS to Pal metto Drupr Co. to bo developed Promptness and satisfaction puar anteed. HUIET'S PINK BLOOD PURIFIEF is what you need to fill you witl new strenpth and enerpy. Sold a1 Palmetto Drup Co. IF YOU KNOW of anyone liavim; Real I s tate for sale, drop by and tell us about it we will appreciate it. E. F. Kelly A Bro LIST YOUR REAL ESTATE WITH US No sale, no pay. We pay all expenses including advertising. E. F. Kelly & Bro MONEY TO LOAN at 7 per cent, straigh' interest on business and residence prop erty in amounts of $2500 and above F. J. Parham, Union, S. C. WANTED?Younp ladies to po ii traininp for nursinp at The Pryoi Hospital and The Cluster Sana torium, Chester, S. C. 27-2-v CLEANLINESS AND ACCURACY do not prevent promptness in fill inp Prescriptions at Palmetto Prut Co. FOR SALE?Fifty bushels of King's Cottoi Seed; 15 bushels of Mitchell's Early Im proved King and seven bushels Big Bol King Cotton Seed at $1.50 per bushel f. o. b. Sedalia. J. E. Minter. 17-t SUMMER COLDS are disagreeable Cure them promptly with Dr Huiet's Cough Syrup. Sold at Pal metto Drug Co. HICHOLSON IANK&TOUSTCO un/on. s.c.ya 1 R BUSINESS , f the NICHOLSON HANK & is to help you run your business, mtronage, our complete facilities ization enabling us to extend to aerative service of unusual value, u by tfivinp YOU this service, s today. " J. Roy Kant. M. A. Moore, Vice President. Cashier. 1 y/if j /1wmTTsJTjk^t^ F*/y y/^J NEW CANDIDATE'S CARD | We, the friends of E. W. Tuna *' anj nounce him a candidate for election ! to the oflice of Township Commissioner for liogansvillc Township, I'nion i County, and pledge that he will abide I the result of the Democratic primary : election. Vote for the man <vho will serve you faithfully. Friends. NOTICE 1 have taken up one brown .Jersey heifer, about lv months old. Owner | can tret possession of same by proving ownership and paying costs. Has been in my possesion since June 20, 1018. W. T. Wilhurn. Santuc, R. F. I). 3. 1-pd LITTLETON COLL EG E Hot water heat, electric lights and other modern improvements. The 37th annual session will begin September OCiU Write for new illustrated catalogue; also for particulars concerning our , specml offer to a few girls who can not pay our cataiogue rate. Address J. M. Rhodes, Littleton, N. C. 28-13-w NOTICE We are now grinding wheat and corn 6 days in the week. Our mill has Keen put in first class condition and B. F. Porter is the miller in charge. . i Let "s do your grinding. Kennedy's I Mills. It-pd. .MONEY lu LEND , on FARM L.\NDb I io ^ 10.UtM)? years time. See .1 NO. K. I! i.MBUN I, iwut [ PORCH ROCKERS 11 t?ii- very reu.siMiauie prices, solid j Maple, well made and well finished. .'Comfortable and durable. COOPER FURNITURE CO. - 27 Main St. Union, S. U. , 2r>-3t. f DR. 1. MURRAY HAIR Dentist f Office: 507 Chapman Building Phone 1569 t SPARTANBURO, S. C. ' RUB-MY-TISM - Will cure Rheumatism* Neu. ralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic - Sprains, Bruises, Cuts. Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm. Eczema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne. ' used internally or externally. 25>c 1 ~ ' IF YOJ NEED ANYTHING IN DRUGS Rubber Goods, Toilet Articles and i Handinc UUIIUIUO You Can Get What You Want At r Palmetto Drug ; Company - Phone No. 7.