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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AND THURSDAY BY THE UNION TIMES CO. TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor Registered at the Postoflfice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. % SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $-1.00 Six Months . _ 2.00 Three Months . 1.00 ADV ERTISEM KNTS One square, first insertion.. $1.00 Every subsequent insertion.- - .50 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS i I he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of al! news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. TUESDAY, NOV EM BTR 13, 1017. Cotton continues to iro higher. It will yet reach the 50 cents mark, or we arc greatly mistaken. Those who do not care to sell at present will find a commodious and well-conducted warehouse right here in Union. Home doubt is arising in. the mind of the average citizen as to the advisability of lending Russia any more money or of supplying her with any necessities of war until some sort of stable government is created out of the chaotic condition there so much in evidence. We have several times called the attention of our advertisers to the fact that we are "sowing down" the daily paper in Union county. We are always ready to show the fellow "from Missouri." A trial will convince the skeptical, if he has anything worth advertising. Mr. Hoover has two enemies in Union?our cats. They are ruffled up over the meatless days that have recently been multiplying. We do not blame them for their ill will. It is the privilege a cat has. With men it should be different. A man and a citizen who seeks the welfare of his country should show himself above the cat tribe, the dotf tribe and all other mere animals. Somehow, we could not jret it clearly in mind that Kerensky was down and out; now comes the news that he is leadinjr an army against I'etrojrrad. 1 here is hut one thiny that can be definitely stated as to the Russian situation?the whole country is in a had state. There is no telling what a day may brinj> forth. Only one thinjr is seemingly certain: a jrreat delupre of bloodshed is soon to sweep over that unhappy country. It is reported that Kerensky escaped from the new revolutionists and out of Petrojrrad in an automobile ambulance. It is said he was stretched out, apparently dead, and covered with a sheet and the ambulance driv- , cn at breakneck spec! out of and away from the impending death. * Anyway he not out, and is now leading a large army against the new j evolutionists. Wo would not he surprised if he should not yet prove to 1 he the "man of destiny," he wan hailed as being a few months ago. There is a matter of public interest that sorely needs stressing, and that j is greatly neglected by the people of 1 Union. Wo have a splendid public 1 library that offers without any charge whatsoever to the patrons, a splendid , assortment of magazines and books. | A sad part of the story is the fact 5 that there are so few, comparatively, 1 who avail themselves of the privileges of the library. People who get < SPECIA All our Energy, A but Shoes, which n tt i superior values WOMEN'S SHOES. Brown or Black, MILITARY LASTS Brown or Black, ENGLISH LASTS Black Kid, high heel Sh< $3.50, $4.00, $5.00 $6.00 $' FL something for nothing usually show pc just this indifference. If there was v" some charge, if it was a matter of ' fir difficulty to pet to be a user of the oll books and magazines?there would is probably be many who are now indif- r" ferent that would begin to show an he acute interest. The fact that it is free, no charges ,no restrictions, sa causes the general public to be indif ferent and careless in the matter of n using this fine opportunity. We can- ^ not understand such indifference. sh There should be a large patronage. It ov affords an opportunity for gathering ar knowledge that is wide open to the ^ lowliest as well as the highest, and a should not be passed up as a matter fr of small moment. ')U ru ^ Editorial Clippings Jo Germany has l'ought and continues to fight a wonderful fight because of . the systematic organization of the 111 whole country. As soon as the peo pie of America realize that both the man and the woman at home is a n1' necessary cog in the organization, and that each one must do his or her ^ part, so much sooner will the war be over, and the lives of thousands of ? Americans, and South Carolinians, . III and Sumter county men be saved.? Sumter Herald. a ca The fact that the government is (j seriously considering taking drastic j steps against enemy aliens in this country will meet with the approval (o of Americans. Within the past few ( weeks several million dollars woi'h ()( of foodstuffs have been destroyed in j the East and it is believed the loss V>J was caused by Germans or German sympathizers. ^ It is conservatively estimated that t|? there are nearly a million enemy aliens in the United States and Presidont WiUnn h:i? lipnn vnni Inniiinf ar with them so far but the great dam- j((, age which has been inflicted within un the past few weeks is jrettinjr on his nerves and it is stated by the press |jtl that he has several plans under con- ^ sideration which will doubtless bring about a change.?The Chester ov News. ar This country has been sitting on a so powder keg and good-naturedly re- vi< seating any suggestion that it could th blow up. We have permitted our en- so emy aliens to go and come with eo little or no hindrance. It was cer- he that they would kill Americans and destroy American property at the be precise point where killing and de- th< struction would most hamper Amcri- th cans on the firing line. The Haiti- be more fire appears to be another item w> in their long and ghastly course. They to have destroyed shells and food. They have just so much risked the lives tu and safety of our men in France. sh< There is a short and simple rem- ch edy for the whole situation. That is coi to intern all enemy aliens resident to here. The rules of war authorize or< this measure. It is just and right as well as obvious necessary common sense. By sequestrating their sei property the burden of internment soi would Ik borne by the interned.? New Co York Tribune. coi thi There is a new public spirit com- die ing after the war. People arc going of 'o be more neighborly and say the bo things that lie closest to their hearts of more kindly. There are so many peo- In( pie carrying about in their hearts ha hings that might make their neigh- dis >ors mad and undoubtedly would if ge ingrily expressed. There is not go- Co ng to be so much of this after the sci var. We are going to be more can- hoi lid, because we will feel mor| than doi ?ver a common purpose. There arc of MM Shoes For Shoes For bility and Resoi i added to the in Style, Fit, W MEN'S s: Brown or Black ENGLISH Brown or Black STAPLE 1 3es, Kid or Gun M( r.00 Shoes, $3, $3.5C -YNN-Vl "Where You'll ople in this town who have nohl< ews and arc thoroughly sinoen iout them, hut they keep them con ied. fearing that if they are le it they will irritate some one. Tha a fairly good motive, hut this ir :ation is not going to be as wide read as it was. Men are going t< neighborly and generous towar( e another as a result of the grant orifices they are enduring. Th< eat trouble is selfishness and sac ice is a cure for that. Referring to this situation an ex ange suggests that the peoph ould get together and talk affair: er, using perhaps the school house: id churches for the purpose. It i: is getting together in the propel irit where the good is to come tc community. That proper spirit i: iendship, a friendship that is im led by the sentiments of the goldet ile, and which inclines to agrei ther than argue.?Ohio Stat< uroal. We saw a letter from a young sol er in a training camp "Somewheri South Carolina." It had a piteou: te. He is quarantined in a base ispital for 21 days on account of th< easles. He has entirely recoverec far as his own condition is con rned, but he must not be permittee carry the germs to otherr. The soldier is not one to complain e is serving his third enlistmen the National Guard and withou murmur gave up his college edu tion for the sand storms and pneu onia of El Paso last winter. Hi >es not rail at the "sick folks' food' ven him at the hospit?\ but h< os make an appeal for his friend: write to him. He would nathei digging trenches or going througl her severe physical strain. Hut hi confined to the hospital, during con lescence. There is one insatiable, constant mand from soldiers in trench am lining camp?the demand for let rs and more letters from home urn on mis aim canuy and tonacct e fine?only letters soothe tha rely ache that sometimes sneak; der the khaki. It is not soldierly to talk of lone less?so there is never a word o! at in the letters from camp?bui e longing is expressed in the plea? er and over?"write often?letter; e best of all." Mothers and sisters and friends o) Idiers can perform as great a ser :-e for them with the pen as wit! e knitting needle. Sweaters am cks at best mean but physica mfort?while letters strengthen th( art. If our soldiers are to fight theii st. we must keep them secure ir fir faith in our appreciation ol eir sacrifice, and aware of th? auty and worth of the homes foi lose freedom and happiness they g< battle. Letters to soldiers should he picres of home, and letter writer; ould spare no effort to make their eerful and inspiring. The veriest mmonplaces of family life are deal these exiled lads.?Columbia Itec I. A new uniform of late has beer E?n in Greenville of a color that me, at a distance, have taken foi nfederate gray, but as the year; me closer, it. is perceived that it is ? sky blue of France, whose solars in their superb valor remind us those "upon whose gray! coats tht rd (lod Almighty laid the sword His imperishable knighthood.' leed, the heroism of French blood s nowhere been more splendidly iplayed than by the Louisiana Tirs of the Confederacy. In the nfederate army a French nobleman on of one of its most ancient uses, Camille J. Polignav, wore the uble star of a major-general. Three the Palmetto State's galaxy of [ON:- ? Men, Women an Work - Shoes irees are concentr; volume of busin< orkmanship and C HOES BOY! T aqt? Heavy Wor LjAblb Light I LASTS or ?tal Blucher In both B >, $4, $5. $6. $1.75, $2.25. :ncent Eventually Buy i brigadiers, Perrin, Villespigue and 3 Huger, were of French descent. II - was Gen. Huger's father who suffered t imprisonment in Austria for assistt ing in the liberation of LaFavette - from the Fortress of Olmutz. The - Palmetto state owes much to the sons "> of France and their descendants who 1 played a notable part in the history 1 of this commonwealth. From the J French colony at Abbeville came gen erations of fine citizens and patriots, among them Jametf IJouis Petigru, - the greatest lawyer and one of the i ablest men this state has brought i forth. s Greenville honors the eight soldiers 5 of France who have come here to r instruct our fighting men in modern ) warfare, honors them not only for 5 their mission, but even more because they represent the glorious army of 1 those whose incomparable valor will 2 shine as the stars forever and ever, 4 of those who have gallantly fought and gallantly died not alone for France but also for civilization. These - officers are not, in the broadest sense, j of a foreign army, for with their 1 live;} they have defended not only j France, not only England, not only 2 Italy, but America also. The assault 1 of the Hun, like his hatred, was di rected at us. The soldiers of France 1 constituted our uttermost line of defense?they, with the remainder of . our great and intrepid allies, ret ceived the brunt of the blow that was t coming our way. Soldiers of France. - the liberty-loving descendants of a - liberty-loving people who fought be2 side your countrymen almost a een' tury and a half ago for the free2 dom of America, salute you! God s grant that the eagles of victory may r soon again alight on the Tricolor and 1 the Stars and Stripes, proudly wav2 ing side by side over the fields eon secrated by the blood of immortal heroes to the cause of human liberty.? t Greenville News. ' Your Soldier Rnv's Best Friend. t (Copied from the Independent, Eli/.a; beth City, N. C., November 2, 1917.) What would you give for some - one to follow your boy in his camp f life and in his trench life, keep a t friendly arm about him, entertain - him, amuse him, keep him in touch 3 with you and keep always before him the pure, sweet and noble things of f life? I say, what would you give - to have such a friend follow your i hoy in his camp life and in the trench1 es? I believe you would give right 1 much; therefore, I am using this space ; this week to tell you this week that our boys?your boys?have such a r friend and that that friend needs i help from you. F The National War Work Council > of the Young Men's Christian Assor ciation of the United States is the > friend of whom I speak. This wonderful organization is doing for your soldier boy everything that mortal ; man could do to make him conifortai ble, happy, contented, clean and in t touch with You. When I heard that the Y. M. C. A. . wanted the American people to give it $:ir>,000,000 to maintain its work among our soldiers at home and i abroad for the next nine months, and t that North Carolina would be asked to give $200,000 of this sum I thought t the Y. M. C. A. was asking too ? much. At a sacrifice of valuable time and , sleep I attended the War Work con; ference of the Y. M. C. A. held at I Charlotte last Friday. I heard emi' nent authorities on Y. M. C. A. work I tell of the Association war needs. I - went with other delegates to Camp Greene and inspected some of the > work being done there. I was deep, ly impressed, but not altogether sat, isfied. ! Instead of coming home from : Charlotte, I went to Camp Lee, near ' Petersburg, Va. I spent a good part / Theme of ( Specialize on: d Children For Dress ated in Selecting I ess we do enables Quality. 3* SHOES CI k, W )ress, style *- j ATAcuiuni *v client, uren iutton or Lace. are , $2.50, $3, $3/25 marl SHOE C Your SHOES" of last Saturday at Camp I.ee and in vestigated things for myself. I an here to tell you that if you do no give the You tip Men's Christian As sociation every cent it asks you wil he disloyal to your country, untru< to your religion and false to you: own flesh and blood. Slacker is ai odious name these days. The man o woman who heeds not the call of th< Y. M. C. A. in these trying limes is t< be branded the worst kind of slacker Let me tell you something of Camj Lee. To begin with, it is one of thi biggest cantonments in the Unitej States. On a tract of land five mile: square your government has throwi together more than 2,000 woodei buildings designed to house 50,000 t< 70,000 men and 20,000 horses. It i: typical of all cantonments. Ilere you government is frantically trainini great armies of men in the barbarii liusiness of soldiery. From 5 o'clocl each morning till 5 o'clock each after [ noon the boys are put through thei paces. From 5 o'clock in the after noon to f? o'clock in the morning th< government isn't doing anything witl the boys. Here the Y. M. C. A. comei in. If you will stand on the hill a the very center of Camp bee and lool about you at the miles of gray roofei and unpainted buildings you will ob serve one note of life and color abou it Jill. Here and there in every di rection you will see certain building painted green. There are fifteen sucl buildings at Camp Lee. They are Y M. C. A. buildings. They call then "huts" a name given them in th< trenches of Europe. In the Y. M. C. A. Hut you wil find all that keeps the boys true t their home ideals. Here are seats am tables and stationery for all \vh would write letters; here is a pho nograph, a piano and a library fo those who like reading and music here are checkerboards and domi noes for those who would play games here is a big comfortable loungim I You Wi How It Ca The Price Still I IToo Great To 1 All we ask is an op THE < I made on the principle ol j definite grades?the scie I lowest cost. Styli 'I Have remained at $17.00 j because of this principle. And the fabric art i tailored and a very fine f from. A New Selection ol Just I a. cc | THE HOUSE ( )ur Success Shoes Alone i SHOES, Nothing i us to give you IILDREN'S SHOES e have a wide range of s and prices in (Phils' Shoes, all of which far below the present <et price. XX - room with a big, cheerful home-like 1 fire place in one end; here arc movt ing pictures, lectures, amateur theat ricals, musical entertainments, Bible 1 classes, classes in English and French 2 an deverything it is possible to der vise to keep the boys entertained and i away from the embrace of the Scarr let Woman. For the boys who like ? rugged sport, there are baseball, j football, basket ball, boxing, quoits . and other outdoor athletics. i And over all the trained Y. M. ? C. A. secretaries and their many as1 sistants who endeavor to know each s boy personally and to be his friend, i I tell you it is the greatest thing in i the world of war today, with the pos3 sible exception of the American Red s Cross. The Y. M. C. A. in the can r tonments in America and back of the r trenches in Europe is the most powc erful friend your soldier boy has t today. If he comes out of this war - true to his home ideals it will be ber cause of the work of the Y. M. C. - A. And it will cost only $35,000,000 e (less than 20.00 per soldier boy) to i carry on this great work for the next s nine months. It costs $50,000,000 a t day for your government to carry < on this war. 1 There are hundreds and hundreds w - of reasons why you should give to t the Y. M. C. A. war work and be pre- >' - pared to give cheerfully, freely and / s abundantly when the call comes Nov. v ti 11th to 19th. I have mentioned only a few here in an endeavor to put you i in a frame of mind to consider the a demands that will be made upon you. There is a deadly love of the ScarI let Woman for our soldier boys or o the ennobling love of Christ expressed J through a humanity that cares. Which a love shall enfold and guide and shape - the destiny of our Khaki Clad men? r You will answer by the reception you ; give the Y. M .C. A. call for help - which will ring from one end of this ; continent to the other within the ? next few days. II Marvel I n Be Done! temains The Same. Believe You Say! portunity to show you :lothes f concentrating volume on ntific way to manufacture ??m? ? n pnliic wr'wi*| during the last three years ; guaranteed all wool, hand selection of models to select I TRENCH OVERCOATS deceived )HEN OF BIG VALUES 'Jtijpr ' -U