The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1917-1918, November 10, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Page 2, Image 2
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Now that prosperous times have
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pay up your subscription?pay a year
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eiprht years this paper has been seeking
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y in every good movement. For sixty
eight years it has been the medium
for communicating new ideas and the
instrument that stood for good morals,
good schools, clean politics and
upright living. Do not turn a deaf
ear to the call that comes to you
now to pay up and pav ahead.
Many false doctrines that have been 1
preached by would-be reformers are'
going to he shown up in their true,
light before this great war is ov?r.\
The socialistic teaching of the past
will be purged of much of its folly
and the smug advocates of established
law will also learn some very
wholesome lessons. The private
ownership of property will be a more
firmly fixed principle than it ever
was. but it will also be more emphatically
shown that the property owner]
must himself respect the law. He will!
moreover, learn that mere possession
is not sufficient, but that with ownership
comes responsibility and opportunity.
We venture the assertion that property
ownership will be more firmly
fixed than ever, but stewardship will
have to render a stricter account
that it has yet done, when this mighty
upheaval among the nations is over.
And it will be over before a great
while, although many people have
about concluded that there is to be no
end to the fearful thing.
The County Fair had a very fair attendance
on Friday. This was
"School May", and the occasion drew
a very inrjre crown. I he flay was
pleasantly spent !?y the many younir
people and the alder ones too, for
that matter. In passinpr we must say
that the officers of the Assoeiatio
used their utmost endeavors to mak
the fair a success. It was a success
in many ways, hut can he made of far
creator value as an educational force
and also as an institution to amuse
and entertain if the directors will pet
together, line tip with the city authorities
and move the fair to the city
park. Everything except the racing
htat the fair now has could be had as
,vell and better in the city park. And
:here is just on ethinp that can be
lad should the fair be moved into Unon
that it will never have located
where it now is?a bipr attendance eviry
day, and at far less expense. We
sincerely trust the fair directors and
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iiit; iny uiuiirn ? HI uim; U|? ciiir* MUUter
and have the next fair held within
the corporate limits.
A man said to us yesterday: "I)o
you intend to continue to issue a
daily?" We answered: "That was
settled before the venture was made,
we have crossed the Rubicon!" We
have enquired news service for a year.
We have been received as a member
in the Associated Press; we have alalready
1180 bona tide subscribers; we
have distributed not less than two
thousand copies of every issue save
two. Several times we have distributed
twenty-five hundred copies per
day. We did not make the venture
with any idea of a possible retrogression.
once the venture was made. And
the happiest thing about it is that
our friends everywhere are taking to
the daily. It is true the size is miniature,
but the news is live news?
news before it is a week old. There is
no fake about it. It is real news, and
it is about all a busy man has time
to digest. Our expectations have been
more than met in the venture and we
are driving for two thousand regular
paid-up subscribers between now and
Christmas. We feel that we have already
passed the hardest hill and that
plain sailing is ahead of us. Thanks
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MOKK ABOUT TIIK CITY BONDS.
As published yesterday, the city of
Union owes $80,000, and the city
council proposes the issuing of $50,000
in bonds to provide for a part of
this indebtedness. Why not provide
for the whole debt The money is
owing, and settlement must be made.
The bonds could be floated at 0 per
cent and the total debt met in that
way. Then let it be stipulated that
this indebtedness must be retired at
the rate of $5,000 a year instead of
$2,500 as is proposed under the $50,000
proposition. It appears to us
that this is even a better way than
that proposed by the city council.
I.et us start with a clean sheet, pay
every cent owing and then everybody
will know just what we owe and
just how it is being paid. Then, if we
may mane a further suggestion, let
it be made a law that the city be allowed
to spend no more than its annual
income, levying a tax. of course,
to raise in addition to necessary
operating expense, a sulYicient amount
to take tare of all outstanding bonded
indebtedness. It would be a good
move, it seems to us. Then there
will be no spending the income before
it arrives each year, and when the
bonds are retired, there will be no
interest whatever to pay. We trust
, the council will think this matter over
I and make the bond issue eighty instead
of fifty thousand dollars, at the
same time taking steps to have a law
passed forbidding the City of Union
creating any further debts except by
the vote of the citizens.
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^ Editorial Clippings j
This winter is going to be "hand
to mouth" with the local situation
with some people. Heretofore there
has been plenty and it is going
to be hard to get along on ho
coal.?Tugaloo Tribune.
The United States Food administration
will henceforth handle all
exports of flour to European countries.
I jet us hope they will pinch
out a loaf or two for AmericansCharleston
Evening Post .
.Major Snow of the regular army
testified that when his negro soldier
pointed their guns at him he (lodged
behind some tents. Now what would
Major Snow do if some German soldiers
point their guns at him.?News
and Courier.
Dilly-dallying will not win the war.
This is no time for namby-pamhy.
Build a big stockade and intern all
who are not earnestly with us in this
war. Some of them might become
incendiaries or murderers?in their
Kaiser frenzy?Columbia Record.
Some queer things do happen in
this world. We never expected to see
the time come when Now York poli
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Presents wh,
Francis X. Bushmai Jjj.,
and Beverly Bayne ret.
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"Their Compact" ^
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5, 10 and 15c soi
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ticians would be soliciting votes in !'?
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Spartanburg?Spartanburg Journal,
Nothing strange about that, for New
York politicians have often before ^U"
. rco
been accused of getting votes out of
a graveyard.?Greenville PUiedmont.
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Don't call it slow and old and dreary,
Don't sneer and jeer about it;
Don't think it aught but live and ln>J
cheery, an'
Don't let the cynic doubt it.
Don't criticise its lack of "sand". ^a
Don't doubt its strength to grow
Get busy! I.end YOUR helping hand * 0
It's YOUR town, you know! aia
?Martin Keet. u
but
It is the business of all Christian ?.n'
citizens of this country to fight the
devil whenever and wherever they
find him or discover evidence of his ,
machinnations. The devil is incarnate
in the world today in Germany. Therefore,
it is the business of every Christ- ar<
inn citizen to aid in the fight against 0,1
Germany until the greatest victory of '1a
k - r\
the ages has been gained in the bat- '
tie agtainst the devil. If anybody ^
wants to know how a Christian citi- .
zen of tlie United States can conscientiously
support his country in
this war, here is the answer.?ltock s*'
Hill Herald. he)
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Farming in Chester?and the same ta<
is true everywhere else?has become
an industry of most important pro- ou1
portions, the farmers having realized tcr
that there is more money in the calling
than ever before in history, and ^
beintr also inspired by patriotic ino- co1
tives to increase production as urged
by President Wilson and other lead- '10
era. The farm is a busy place these aa
days, and with emphasis being laid on tui
the sowing of the fall grain, the cut- lu<
tine" and hauling of wood, and a thous- ' "
and and one other things that pertain :m
to the farm the farmer is going to be
as busy a man as anybody, and let us
hope?and we believe it will be the ''0
case?th;it his labors will be ade- '^
quately requitted, as has not always he
befallen in the past.?Chester Re- ?h
porter.
se:
When one is filled with ills and lli
groans, when one has cares and ach- an
ing bones, when every scene pre- 111
sents to view but woes and bills far
overdue, in short when all the world's k'11
a nlace of fret fulness and sorrv ease.
then what a solace one can find if he lo
will only call to mind the words that s("
some one used to say, "Thirt too,
will pass away!" They seem to have ':l
the proper ring, a heap of comfort Sl<
they can briny and when the day is
drah and drear they somehow seem
to please the ear; when in a wretched nt
circumstance they may not make you m
siny and dance ;they may not fill
you full of ylec and make you joy- ra
fill as can ho, they may not, seldom |K
fail, to please. So when you have no 1,1
shirts to wear or when you're losing n(
all your hair or when you're filled vv
with aches and moans or when you 01
can't, collect from .lonos, when you are
weak with toothache's ills and when
you cannot meet your hills, when all
the weary world's askew and you, in w
short, are really blue, here is the lit- st
tie piece to say: "This too will soon
pass away."?Illinois State (teyister. 1,1
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Race Horses Named
From Current History p,
?! >l
(By Associated Press). ^
London, October 2.">.?Racehorse nomenclaturc
is peculiarly sensitive to I c.j
current events. Horses are named I ,i
largely after events or people who p,
are in the public eye at the moment.
The war has hat! a marked effect in
this respect. The racing at Newmarket
this week, for example, was featured
by horses bearing such war cl
names as Armapreddon, Verdun, Bap- M
aume, Jutland, Grand Fleet, Home o'
Service, Kntente Cordiale, Bij? Push, d<
and Dawn of Peace. ei
Henri R. Goinpr, who is visiting his
father, G. W. Goinpr, will return to
Mt. Pleasant, tomorrow morninp to re- ti
sumc his duties. p
[onastir a City of Ruins. ||
ilian Writes of the Destruction
Seen on Every Side.
(By Associated Press)
lonastir, Serbia, October 7.?Staff
respondence of The Associated
ss)?This martyred city of the
bs, under continuous bombardment
tn the Bulbar batteries only two
es away, was visited for the first
e today by a civilian, on orders isd
by General Grossetti, Commandn-('hief
on the Monastir front of
Army of the Orient. It is seldom
t a press dispatcn goes irom serthese
days, for practically the
[>le country has been swept clean
the Aust o-Bulgar hordes, and only
* little corner in the southwest,
aken last November, is holding out
linst the terrific bombardment.
It is worse than Verdun," said
utenaut Colonel Dosse of the staff,
0 was on General Petain's staff at 1
rdun during the worst days. s
donastir lies in a cup-like hollow.
1 by reason of its being on Serbian
1 it is the center of the bitterest
ife between Serb and Bulgar. It
s one of the last points abandoned
the Serbs in their exodus before q
rush of the Austrians in 1915. The
lgars held it last year through Aust.
Then the new Serbian army,
organized, gave their first attention
getting back this city. But their
vness was against them and they N
re badly repulsed. But in Octo
the Serbs got their revenge, mak;
a mass attack with the French J
I Russian divisions.
Ihis fight of Serb against Bulgar
s one of the bloodiest of the war.
e Serb took the strategic key of
iunt Kaisnatchkalon. which today
rks the burying place of 10,000 '
lgars. Monastic was again taken *
t the Austro-Bulgars still held on
y three miles north and west of the ^
y. General Grosetti cleared them i
>m the northern hills in a brilliant t
ack last March, when the famous r
II 1,248 was taken. But they clung t
the western hills, and there they *
? today, raining down their shells J
the old Serbian town. It used to
re 50,000 population; now it has
00 living in cellars. ,
Entering the city, by the street t
ough the poor quarter, there were <
ns of life, despite the rumble of \
; guns, l/ittle girls ran along the 1
eet with pans of water on their '
ids, carrying fresh water to the '
sple imprisoned in the cellars. All
1 shops were closed or abondoned.
my of the front walls were ripped <
t, and the abandoned stock scat- 1
ed about. Almost every third
use was down?a mass of debris,
osc between were askew, with a
mice or wing blown off, or the upr
story torn out, or a huge round
le in front showing where a shot
d cut th:cugh before exploding. A
mbled down cafe showed several
?n at the tables. "They take
anccs," said Col. Dosse, "but when
explosion comes they scuttle to the
liars."
The business section had lost all 1
mblance to streets with houses,
was one long . tretch of blackened
aps of debris, with a jagged wall or
imney sticking up here and there.
Besides the destruction, the killed,
uttered through the past summer,
ns into the hundreds^ Shell-fire
d falling walls have not been alone
running up the death list, for the
ilgars send a wave of asphyxiating
is every time the wind is favorable.
The run from Army headquarters
Monastic gave the opportunity of
eing the vast military preparation
i this front. Four American ambunce
cars also were passed bringing
L-k and wounded from the Monastir
ont.
The camp of equipment and engi ering
supplies stretches for fou>iles
along the route, with vast stores
munitions and stores, trench and
ilway material. Soldiers, prisoners,
>rsese, mules and camels were sendir
lin ere;it clouds of dust, and the
?ar-by cornfields had turned grey
ith the dust of this legion of works
who keep pushing the supplies
7 to the fighting front. The np oaeh
of winter is evident, for winr
harracks are being constructed of
ood and corrugated iron, and great
acks of fue lare being laid in.
Everything on the Monastic front
dicates tliat the Entente forces are
re to stay. There is no evidence of
ithdrawal and every evidence of
>lding what they already have and
iishing further forward. Monastic
self has l>een freed of Bulbars but
10 city is still under the fire of their
uns and the task still remains of
earing them from this outpost of
u* Serbs?the last they left and the
rst they recovered.
Special Convocation.
Special convocation of I'oinsett
lapter, No. 16, R. A. M., called for
londay night. Nov. 12th, at 7:30
clock for work in the mark master's
egree. Companions urged to he presnt.
R. P. Harry, H. P.
E. W. Stone, Sec'y. Sa-Mo
I. Frank Peake has accepted a posion
with the Union Clothing Cornany.
IELPING THE MEAT
(8peolal Information Service. I
.'.S?V WMA '.y
THE PRODUCTION OF MORE ANC
PATRIOTIC AN
WORLD SHORTAGE
OF LIVE STOCK
onditions Such That Demand Is
Sure to Continue Long After
the War.
10 FEAR OF OVERPRODUCTION
)epartment of Agriculture Points Out
How Farmer May Help the Country
and Enjoy Permanently
Profitable Business.
Farmers In all sections of the counry
are strongly urged by the United
States department of agriculture to
>ay more attention to the production
if live stock, either for meat or uitlk.
Ill classes of farm animals are brlngng
unprecedented prices, and all In
llcauons point to a continued demand,
lot only during the war but for a long
ime afterward. There is believed to
>e absolutely no ground for the fear,
evidently felt by many farmers, that
lve stock may be unprofitable after
he war Is over. The shortage of foodjrodudng
animals is not confined to
he United States, but is world-wide,
aid would be hardly less pronounced
jven on a peace basis. The farmer
vho raises live stock is not only ulding
lis country but is engaging in a business
that should be permanently proftable.
Urgent Need for Action.
At the recent meeting in Washington
)t 100 live-stock raisers and dairymen,
nrought together by Secretary of Agri:ulture
Houston and Food Administrator
Hoover to act as a national committee
on-the live-stock industry, special
attention was given to methods
Cor bringing about a quick and material
increase in the production ol
meat and milk in the United States
l"he urgent need of greater supplies ol
meat during the war-has been generally
realized. It Is not bo well underatooc
that lurger numbers of all kinds of llv<
stock on American farms are requlsiti
for the period following the war, l>e
cause the European countries will l><
forced to continue to Import u larg*
part of their meat supplies long aftei
peace Is restored. A large export trad*
in grade mares, cows, ewes and sows
is expected, as only by such means car
Europe restore her commercial flocks
to their former food-producing capac
ity. Even without an export trade li
meats or live stock, the home demarn
will he sufficient to insure profltabli
prices for live-stock products. Thli
fact was strongly In evidence befon
the war, but Its significance has beei
obscured by the unusual prices of Vh1
last two years.
Supply Dependent on Small Farms.
One of the main points urged upoi
tire attention of the government au
thorities by the live-stock cornmittei
was the dependence upon the smal
farms for present and future iucreusei
live-stock production. Farmers in al
parts of the country can safely muk
live-stock raising one of their mail
sources of income. This Is true no
only because of assured good prices li
the future, but because u strong rell
auce upon ono or more kinds of 11 v
stock gives a better balance and greut
er economy to the entire farm busl
ness. The cotton and wheat-growln
states wlil no doubt continue to giv
these crops uu Important place us dc
pcndahle sources of cash Income. The;
can, however, maintain higher yield
and better distribute the risks of bu<
seasons by practicing crop rotation
that Include feed crops for live stocl
It Is true that crop yields cuu be male
tallied by the use of commercial fei
tillzers, but the fertility of the soil cu
generally be kept up more chenply b
applying munnre produced on the fan
or by growing crops to be grazed ol
by cattle, sheep or hogs. Furthermon
many lands that will not produc
heavy crops of grain will grow goo
crops for grazing, thus saving labor c
harvesting and at the same time in
proving the soil and realizing return
from the growth and fattening of Uv
stock.
8'jccesaful Farmer* of Future.
1 It can safely be said that the mot
successful farmers of the future in a
parts of the country will be those wh
study the production of one or mor
classes of meat or dairy stock. I
spite of high feed prices the present I
favorable time to Increase the fan
lire stock by retaining the best youn
females or by the purchase of boo
foundation stock where a start is y<
AND MILK SUPPLY
J. 8. Department of Agriculture.)
1
t BE I TtH r AKM ANIMALS IS BOTH
D PROFITABLE.
;
to bo mnrto. The purchase of large
numbers of cows, sheep, or hogs Is not
likely to be satisfactory to farmers Inexperienced
In stock raising. The selection
of a few good females of a type
and breed sultnble to the locality, which
can be carefully tended, studied and increased
as experience Justifies, will
prepare the way for a successful business
and will constitute an Immediate
patriotic service.
Cooler weather should not mean lesa
care In the handling of milk and cream.
Even though the weather Is cooler,
summmer precautions are necessary If
a first-grade product Is to be delivered.
Fall storms and cold rains seriously
reduce the milk yield of dairy cows
which are without shelter. Once reduced,
the milk flow Is Increased with
difficulty and at the price of extra feed.
Protection pays well.
WINTER ROUQHAQE FOR SOWS.
Economical Rations Made Up Largely
of Home-Gro*m Feeds.
During the winter the brood sows
should bo maintained as cheaply as
possible, but at the same time they
must be properly fe<J in order to farrow
a large number of healthy, wellgrown
pigs In the spring. Best results
are obtained when sufficient food is
given to produce dally gains on the
sows, of one-half or three-fourths of a
pound. To do thLs the grain feed must
be Jtmited, and diluted with some
roughage, for unless the ration has
sufficient bulk, the sows will become
constipated and hungry, due to the
undlstended condition of the digestive
tract. Legume hays are the
chief roughages available nt this season,
and their use will cheapen the cost
of feeding. ,
Either alfalfa, clover, soy bean, or
cowpea hay makes an excellent roughage,
and when fed, little or no high- . f
priced protein concentrate Is needed to
balance the corn. Bright, leafy, al'
faifa hay gives the best results of any
of these roughages. Alfalfa mecl Is
c simply the best grade of alfalfa hay
r chopped Into a meal. Clover hay conl
tains almost as much nourishment as
^ alfalfu hay, and soy-bean hay, cut and
1 cured when the beans are almost ripe,
' Is a very nutritious feed. Cowpea hay
i should be cut when the tirst peas are
J ripening and consequently does not
r have us high food value us soy bean
1 hay. Great care must be exercised In
3 curing soy beau and cowpea hay, for
1 the stalks ure very heavy and succulent
3 and unless thoroughly dried, are apt to
~ mold. Under no condition should a
1 brood sow be fed upon any roughage
* which Is not bright, nutritious and free
B from smut or mold. She does not relish
3 or thrive on such Inferior feed. It Is
B very apt to cause severe digestive trou1
bles and muy lead to the loss of her litB
ter.
Scrub bulls to the number of 1,000,000
ate $40,000,000 worth of feed last
i- year und at the same time failed to lme
prove the calf crop. Good pure-bred
1 I. .. 1 1 .. ~ ? .1
? uuiia uuai uu muic vu nifj) nuu Wl'jr
i will produce calves that ure better than
1 their durns.
e
n Milk should be produced with the
t minimum quantity of grain, for grain
a Is costly, uud economical production Is
i- desired. With a ration composed of an
e abundance of corn silage and legume
> buy satisfactory results cun be ob1
tained with the minimum of grain,
g
I PLAN FOR FATTENING GEESE
y
s Keep Fowls Shut Away From Bathing
j Water, and Feed Corn, Barley
M and Beet Scraps.
L When the fattening season arrives,
'* according to ua experienced goose
raiser, keep tin fowls shut a v. ay from
II bathing water, and feed hnrleymeal,
y cornmeul and beef scraps and some
" chopped celery. Keep them In a subdued
light for three or four weeks,
when they can be let out for a couple
of days to enjoy the use of u pond.
^ Then return to clean quarters, and
feed on harleymeal and milk, and
1 chopped celery, for two or three days,
s letting them go 24 hours before klllL'
log.
Study Qualities of Fowls.
it IL'fnrnlnor nnnnolntcJ ?* ?
n mill 111C 1UWIH
U Is a flrat leason for the ambitious
o poultryman, and the learning of their
e qualities Is a necessary feature before
n the beet results will come.
is
n Careless Poultry Keepers.
g Home keepers of poultry should be
d ashamed to look an honest laying hen
it square In the face.
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