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T II K U NION TIMES PI IIL1SIIED DAILY EXCEPT SIN DAY AND THURSDAY BY TI1K I N ION TIM KS CO. TIM KS BUILDING. M AIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. BICE. Editor Registered at the PostoiTU-e in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES < >i.e Year _ . *1.00 Six Months . 2.00 Three Months LOO \DY ERTISEM ENTS 'he ><|uare. first insertion . $1.00 i.m-ij >n" wquciu insertion .:>() MEMBER OK VSSOOl ATEI) PRESS lhc \ssnciatcd Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication ol all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1017. The rumors that the central powers will make an otfer of peace before December 1st. will be given little credence in any quarter. Germany has tried this ruse so often that it seems a shame that they should try to "put it over" again. We sincerely trust that the day is not far distant when every man in the State of South Carolina will be able 1 11 rom\ ;iml Wi'iln 1* <?- ? ?? *?.? , . V.... MUM I I VV. IV to 4? J.' U"(ll IIIIOfortune that there are so many who have not even the rudiments of an education. But schools are flourishing and it will not be Ions; before there will be not a single man unable to write and read. The 74th Regimental Hand is something line. The air is full of music hereabouts today. The band, foot ball players and quite a number of accompanying visitors came in on the 8:30 train from Spartanburg. A great throng of people are here from all over Union county. It is quite an inspiring sight. Hut we felt sure the people would come. The live music, the soldier "boys" and foot ball, and they are here to show their appreciat ion. If we mistake not, our soldiers will give the Germans another thought when they get over into France in ullicient numbers. The "boys" from i amp Wadsworth and from Camp Sevier, who are our visitors today, are as fine looking a set of fellows as we have ever seen. They look "fit as a fiddle," and it just shows what this great open air, disciplined life of a >oldier will do for a fellow. We feel sure there will he no need for this country to be afraid of Germany. I'he jrreat leniency this government has shown pro-German sympathizers up to the present is a matter of wonder. That the lines are being tightened and from now on it will prove to be anything but lenient is encouraging and it is right. In a time like this a "slacker" is despised. Why should there be any more toleration for an outright enemy? IJoth should be severely dealt with. Men convicted of blowing up bridges, destroying property and life should be lined up and shot. Patience is a virture up to a certain point. After that it becomes a vice. Some time ago there was an edi tonal in The Times headed "Thoughtless Women," in which was discussed the haldt -o many housewives have of waiting until the last minute, then ringing up the grocery store and or deiing a nickle's worth of something and insisting that it he sent out at once. Since the editorial appeared we have had one merchant to express his giatitude for the service we were attempting to render him. He said it was nothing more than thoughtlessness, hut was, none the less, a heavy EDISON IAI i TODAY Triangle Plays l DOROTHY DALTON ] j 'n "THE DARK ROAD" ! 1 A Vibrating Story of Passion and Intrigue ] ] < Admission: | 5, 10 and 15c < i t tax upon the groceryman, and fre- t quently caused poor service to be ren- ^ dercd. A little forethought and a ^ little of the spirit of kindness on the j part of the housekeeper would help a i very unfavorable condition to greatly improve. ^ c t , i Editorial Clippings J 2 The man who can love the truth that ' hits him also can love the enemy that A hates him. Thus he may eventually * win another friend.?Rock Hill Herald. s 1 When we consider how hard press- ' ed are our own transportation facil- y ities after only seven months of war, * it is easier to understand why Russia s should find her transportation system 1 utterly inadequate to meet the pres- 2 sure of these times.?Spartanburg 1 Herald. * t Personal. If the young lady, dress- I ed in a narrow guaire skirt and white c spats, who arrived in Columbia Wed- ^ nesday evening, and on leaving the Pullman met the eyes of young man in khaki with two bars on shoulders, in the mirror at end of ear, would be willing to accept the Hallowe'en omen, he is ready to do his hit.?The State. That linotype operator who exclaimed, "by gosh, that's me" when he came to his name in the conscription list and kept on working, is the sort of man that makes good fighting material. He knew he was in for it, hut did not turn a hair when he j found he would have to go with the first increment.?Abbeville Medium. The sugar famine is another case of inability to head off a smart man. The sugar magnates urged the housewives to do a lot of preserving in the early summer, knowing that in order to keep the stuff from spoiling a lot of sugar would he necessary, and a lot of sugar was used, and of course, that has helped to make it scarce.? (Jaffney Ledger. On the 1st of October three thousand saloons in New York city went cut of business on account of the State surtax, which, added to the increased price of whiskey, made the sale unprofitable. Economically, and otherwise, this will he a good thing for New York. When liquor is selling fnv in .. ..?n< i._> > r* . y/nw ii ^uiiuii w iiuit'.sait', il is not 1 a poor man's privilege.?Columbia ] Record. 1 William Jennings Bryan, in an ad- 1 dress in Spartanburg the other night. 1 declared the people of the country 1 were behind the army and wanted the 1 army to have all the support it needs 1 at the hands of the president and con- 1 gross. Mr. Bryan was right about ' that. He was also light when he said that a tax on incomes and property is not as great a tax as that on human lives, and that those of us who are not in the army can not complain because of taxes that we have to pay in order to support the army. Mr. Bryan might have gone further and said that the man who is trying to make money out of the soldiers, 1 out of the needs of the country, is ' just as much an enemy to the country 1 as the man behind a German gun. We have too many men of this class in this country. They do not seem to realize what is needed at this time. They seem to be devoid of all pa tnouc spirit, ail love ol country, all ' decency. J There are not many of this clas*. ' it is true, hut there are too many even 1 with the few that we have. They are 1 to he found in nearly every com nu- 1 nity. < The comforting feature of it all is that the people are beginning to find ' these men out and to appraise them c at. their real worth.? Anderson Daily f Mail. > - m - i Mrs. J. T. Jeter of Santuck was a t Fair visitor today. |t The Johns [By Mrs. L. J. Hames, William Wal- i lace Chapter, U. D. C.) 1 ( Today our country is in war, and \ the patriotism and courage ^hown 1 low gives me much pleasure to tell i i something, of our heroes of the past, \ sarticularly of the Johnson Rifles.* j In all the history of our beloved Palmetto State, no part or section has ] lone more to add to its glory than f Union county. In the hard struggle ( 'or independence, the patriots of Un- v on established our homes and laid t the foundation for this prosperous \ rounty of today. t The Johnson Rifles were organ- c zed in 1852, by some authorities > 1847, for service in the Mexican war. a However, they did not go to Mexico, , is only one regiment from South Car- j >lina was called. Two members of \ .his company, James M. Faucett and1 t Solomon Alexander, went over to c Chester and succeeded in getting into v Hie Chester company. They served \ luring the entire war, and so dis- ' inguished themselves by their reck ess daring and bravery, that Gen. Shields is reported to have said, "If j [ had a regiment of men like Faucett | ind Alexander I could charge h s ind capture it." c The Johnson Rifles were named in c lonor of our distinguished governor, ], )avid Johnson. Mrs. Julia Rainey, i >ur esteemed honorary member, and t nother of our president, then a very i /oung lady just home from college, ,vas in Union and witnessed the orionization. She says the company f vas organized in a large grove where t jJrace Methodist church now stands, I ind there was a handsome stand } leautifully decorated for the speak- ? irs. The little town was crowded y vith visitors from every section of i he district. At this time, Gov. John- > ion was living at Limestone and was s inable to be present at the organi- a :ation. However, to express his ap- ( ireciation for naming the company r "or him, he sent on excellent rifle I o Col. Thomas Hawkins for the com- f >any. States Rights Gist was first s aptain and organizer of the Johnson !h Rifles. Col. Dawkins presented the t ifle and it was accepted by Capt. Gist s vho said, "Say to the good old man f ' accept this rifle as captain of the s rohnson Rifles, and I will keep it as s he Spartan sons did their shields, I h will return with it or on it." It is h well to mention here that States U lights Gist did not go out with the j rohnson Rifles, as he was appointed L general by the governor of the State.l^ Capt. Dick Johnson said that^u/t/ff die war closed, the Johnson Rifle?} lad target shooting in the grove, and t .he best shot could keep this rifle >ne year. Finally, it was won by Mr. J Sogan Gist, son of Thomas Gist who ^ ived in the West. When Mr. Gist re- | .urned to Arkansas, he took the gun j with him, and that was the last ever < leard of it. i After the passage of the ordinance i Df Secession, the legislature of South ] Harolina authorized the governor to < organize ten regiments of infantry for < State service. In answer to this call ] in '61 a company of "Minute Men" 1 was organized for six months' service ( under Capt. James M. Gadberry, in t what was then Union district. After < the six months' service, on their re- i turn, at the call of the Confederacy, < they were reorganized under Cant. 1 Wesley Goss. It gives me especial 1 pleasure to relate the following incl- < lent, as Mrs. Eison, the witness to iLt- * ^ mis pretty scene, is the aunt of my i husband, U. J. Hames, and the Culp i residence mentioned is now my home, i Mrs. Ann Hames Eison says, "I < think it was in April, 1861, that the 1 presentation took place. The flag was ] made by the ladies of Union. It was made of blue silk or satin; on one i side was a Palmetto tree and a cres- < rent. The other side was white with j the inscription, "Presented by the la- < lies to the Johnson Rifles." It was finished with gold fringe and was a < most beautiful flag. The company, j commanded by Cupt.. Wesley Goss, ] marched to the Gulp residence, i formed a line in front of the home, i The presentation speech was made by Mr. B. Dudley Culp, of Mexican war ] fame, in behalf of the ladies. Mrs. Madison Wallace, later Mrs. J. Thomson Hill, then handed the flag to Capt. Wesley Goss, who received it for the company. Mr. William Sanders was color bearer at this time. 1 was a school girl and boarded at i Mr. Gulp's from 18.rifl-'f>0 and pnrt of i '61, and witnessed the presentation. The ladies assembled on the long veranda and circular stair steps , downstairs. Those who helped to i make the flag are all gone except ' Mrs. Ann Jeter." A remarkable in 'ident connected with the presentaion is that the train for the soldiers , vas held until the ceremonies were i >ver. j Mrs. Sallie Townsend, another dear lonorary member, gives this sad in- I ident- After the tumults and hard- i ihips of the war, Capt. Wesley Goss . vas to he married to a young lady in i Virginia. On the afternoon hefora bia lep&rture to be married, he cam* to ell Mrs. Townsend good-bye, and nat- 1 MS * ton Rifles irally was very happy and cheerful. ?or convenience he left by private onveyance for Chester. Upon ariving at his destination in Virginia, le was taken desperately ill and died >efore the ceremony. His remains vere brought back to Union and rest n the Presbyterian cemetery. In the summer of '61 the Johnson tides offered a handsome silver cup 'or the best shot in the district. This up was wou by Mr. Clough Lewis Sims, brother of Mrs. Rainey and incle of Mrs. Farr. Then young Sims md just graduated from Davidson ollege. In December he joined the ompany and went as first lieutenant vith Capt. Wesley Goss. Lieut. Sims, ifterwards adjutant, tented with Rev. \. A. James, the chaplain of the regment. Adj. Sims and his company vere just over the crater at Peters ?urg, and he was blown up and fell >n the breastworks, then was shot inder the arm. He was nursed by lis friend, Father James, until death, rhis cup is now owned by Mrs. Rainty. Upon the return of the Johnson lifles, Col. Alex Rice presented a landsome loving cup for the best hot. Mr. Lewis Schappaul, brother f Mr. Jim Schappaul, was the last ine to win this cup, and I do not ;now where it is at present. Mr. Tiny Murphy gave a gold medal for he best drilled platoon, and Capt. J. r. Walker, Jr., now has this medal. Mrs. B. G. Clifford, the beloved organizer of our chapter, preserved the lag of the Johnson Rifles. It is said, his blood-stained banner returned to Jnion, over the casket of Lieut. Ed. JcKissick. Years afterwards, Ed. dcKissick, nephew of Lieut. McKis;ick, framed the flag to preserve it. drs. I. G. McKissick sent the flag to Jrs. Clifford and it was first publicly hown in Union in the old opera house it the first presentation of our 'rosses of Honor. The romance coniccted with the flag is that, Lieut. Cd. McKissick was in love with, in act, reported engaged to, Miss Dindey, afterwards Mrs. McNally, who ad sewed the fringe on the flag. At' he presentation of Crosses a pretty cene was made, as the flag was ilaced in the center of the stage, a on of Mrs. McNally stood by and ang an old battle hymn, a tribute to lis departed mother and also to this lonored banner. In recent years Mr. r* j vutvi 1UC1VIOOIV.i\ ui Ult'CIIWUUU WIULU Irs. Clifford to send him the flap as le wanted it for the Greenwood relic oom. Mrs. Clifford wrote the flap iwTHnp/d to Unipn, and had it placed n the Carnepie' library, where it is oday. Another incident from Mr. J. G. jonp, Sr., is that when the Crosses vere delivered and the flap displayed lere, William R. Davis rose from the tudience and claimed the flap. Sanlers was color hearer for the Johnson Rifles until in Virpinia, when all were ehanped to the 5th South Carolina repiment. Col. Micale Jenkins ordered a rcpimental flap should be carried, and Wm, R. Davis was appointed color bearer. After the first aattle of Manassas, President Davis :ame out to review the army. Davis, ;he color bearer, was ordered 20 paces to the front, so the President could >alute the flap. President Davis did ;alute the flap and spoke to'our color aearer. Color Dearer Davis always told with preat pride that he was the >nly man the President talked with. When the flaps were chanped, Davis put the ladies' flap in his bosom, and kept, it until he came home. He was wounded at Seven Pines and :amo home on furlouph and broupht the flap. He was a member of Co. II, known as Pea Ridpe company. Time will not allow me to pive a sketch of the individuals of the Johnson Rifles, or of the many deeds durinp and after the war, of this brave company. "The noblest bands of men who ever foupht or who ever fell in the annals of war, whose plorious deeds history ever took pen to record, were fVio unl.li,.... ll ?* ...v 111 iiii" iti inn-.-; hi me great Confederate cause." Under a united flag, at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, the Johnson Rifles, under ('apt. James E. Hunter, were the first in the State to report for duty. When trouble with Mexico arose, this patriotic company of 81 men, now Co. E, 1st S. C. regiment, was again first to respond to the call for duty. At present, in this war with Germany, when Pres. Wilson issued a call for volunteers, Union county furnished more men than her quota. This splendid record was not surpassed in the entire United States. The Johnson Rifles, under the leadership of Capt. J. Frost Walker, Jr., are now at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. ('., loyal to their country's call. N'o longer under the "Stars and bars," but true to the traditions of Iheir ancestors they will do heroic service under the Stars and Stripes, now my flag and your flag. Hon. L. J. Brownipg of Union, rtoute z, was a hair viaitor today. j Cold Weatht Fresh r / We ore fully prej your w ?????????????? I Fresh Meats, Fresh Fif Let Us Have Your Orders, We 1 Dunbar's j rnone 3/d Main SI I | Power , :j: We are equipped to $ reasonable demand ? fer attractive rate; ? We pull every small / using power and if ? of starting any busi ? will need power, it1 | us. I Municipal El and Wati Established 1884 We have left Iron Rncinocc o ?^ UkJSAIViJvJ U Ideal Firele That we will s< you need one, b Bailey Buildei I TOE MYRTLE G ' ?1N"THE GREAr The Story ot the ( THURJ WILLIAM F( Bertha Kalick Supporte "LOVE AN Admission; FAIR VI! TAKE N Our Tremendous Stock disc Affords You the Oppoi ? Want. Best of it is, we < \ prices that are Below the I | We Bought When Merchar the winner if you spend yc Splendid Line of Dry Go Men's Clothing, Notions ai Come see us in our now r stand. Let us show you 01 visit the Fair call to see i Long Way at Our Store. The Ra: "Busy Bee's" bp Calls F\ip Vleats! >arcd to capo fop ants in sh and Fresh Oysters Will Give You Good Service. Markot tree! ^^Inlon^^^Jj Service take care of any a for power and of- / s for this service. y I industry in town ? you are thinking {. ness in which you ? will pay you to see ij; ! lectric Light J )r Works 1 Incorporated 1901 | ii our Furniture few more ss Cookers 11 AT COST. 11 elter buy NOW s Supply Co. .. r , )AY ONZALEZ TER LAW*' jreat North West 5DAY )X Presents d by Stuart Holmes in D HATE" 5,10 and 15c SITORS, I0TICE! of Seasonable Merchanrtunity to Get What Yon :an and will sell you at Vesent Wholesale Prices, idise Was Low. You are >ur dollars with us. ods, Dress Goods, Shoes, I id Millinery. quarters, R. A. Jones' old ir values. While here to is. Your Dollar Goes a sor Co. Old Stand.