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m _ ? .. _ ' L' (TMICMAELS ?STERN J,1 VALUE-FIR ST J-Sf CLOTHES J These suits were half sold before we received them Wouldn't do to say the same thing about shoes, but with these suits it's so. They are so attractively styled and stunningly I patterned that all our salesmen have to do is to dig up your size?direct you to the mirror?find out where you live and thank you for your purchase. No sales talk necessary?the models speak for themselves. No long boresome explanation of conditions? the values deny that Uncle Sam ever got mad at the Kaiser. You'll wonder at the wonder of finding such likeable garments at such convenient prices. And we won't blame you for a choosing like i this is rare indeed. $35, $40, $45, $50 Michaels-Stern Value First Spring Suits. t n - j. v><oiieii O. i The House of Satisfaction ? IT IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM TO FURNISH THE HOME Our experience is at your disposal in this connection. We believe we can take from your shoulders onehalf the responsibility and worry of proper selection. We know you will be pleased, delighted with our service and suggestions. 17 ??^ THE FOUNDATION IS ESSENTIAL Every building that stands the tost of time is erected on a stable foundation?else it totters of its own weight. ! A FIRM FINANCIAL FOUNDATION Is a necessity for any hank that is entitled to the confi- h dence of the community. The public at large is invited to investigate the standing of this institution. Its financial statements, published at intervals, tell the story. THE SF.RVrrE OP tiitq re a mp I Is ever at the disposal of its clients. Any one contemplat- , ir.pr making an investment in stocks or bends is invited to confer with the officials of this hank. Our expert knowledge and experience are yours for the asking. fiy made SOME INVESTMENTS ARE SAFE; OTHERS ARE UNSAFE. You want to know what you are buying. You have o j right to know what is behind the security. Prudence requires that you inquire intelligently into values before paying out a dollar of your money. Certain investments ^ ?like Liberty Bonds and Treasury Savings Certificates, for instance? are as safe as the foundations of the hills. | Others are distinctly of the wildcat variety. We will be ? glad to explain the difference and will help you make your I money make more money. j? NICHOLSON BANK AND TRUST COMPANY I EMSLIE NICHOLSON, Pres. J. ROY FANT. Vice Pres. ' 'Cm* M. A. MOORE, Cashier. gjgll %/$* ? I '/Q V I ^ ^( ' \ FIRED FIRST SHOT IN OUR WAR Judge Simkins for Years Has Bcei in the Law Faculty of th? University of Texas. [ (From New York Evening World.) Austin, Texas.?Judge W. S. Sim i kins, who fired the first shot in th civil war, has been a member of th law faculty of the University o Texas since 1S99. He is knowi throughout the south as an authority on certain phases of the law. He ha published several books that ar familiar to lawyers throughout th' country. It was on Feruary 10, 18G just 59 years ago, that he fired th fi-ct a a:-t. ti mob nnwv ill wiiv mcni CUIIUICI. 11 \VU on the anniversary of this memorabl day that Judge Simkins indulged ii reminiscences of the historic incident Me said: "In December of 1860 South Care lma had just seceded from the Unior ar.d Colonel Anderson, of the Unite States army, was in charge of th federal troops at the government pos of Fort Moultrie. Goevrnor Pickens cf South Carolina, made a demand o him for the surrender of the fort t the state. The fort was in Charles ton harbor on Sullivan's Island, an was easily accessible from the lan side. Colonel Anderson, fearing th fort would be taken from the lan side, at night secretly transferred hi whole force to Fort Sumter. Thi was a move for greater safety, ro Fort Sumter was situated a goo< ways from the mainland and was en tirely surrounded by water. "In the meantime South Carolim had collected her army with a vie\ toward driving out Colonel Andersor and his troops. About the first o February, 1861, the United State government tried to send men an< provisions to reinforce Anderson, s< that he could stand a siege. Men an< provisions were sent from New Yor] harbor by the steamer Star of th West. On February 10, 1861, th ' Star of the West attempted to ente the harbor and make the channel b \ the fort "I ,vrns 18 years of age at this tinv and a member of the cadet corps o the Military Academy of South Caro lina. The men of this cadet corpi were the only ones who could handli the big guns commanding the htfrbor We were sent down to Murray's Is land on the south side of Fort Sum ter in order to protect the channe into the port of Charleston' and pre vent aid being brought to Fort sum | ter. We built up stmog fortificationi and mounted a battery of four Li* guns which commanded the channel "On the morning of Feruary 10 1861, I was on post as a sentry pac ing back and forth along tho fortifi cations we had thrown up. In th< early dawn I spied the masts of th< Star of the West as she made hei way toward the channel. She wai clearly outlined against the red skj of the early dawn. I called to th< sergeant on guard and the men wer< soon mustered out. I was relieved o] sentry duty and was placed as gun ner on the No. 1 gun of the battery The Star of the West steamed int< the channel. As she got opposite mj gun I opened fire. Scon the otheri joined in, and *he Star of the Wesi turned back and made for the oper sea. It was in this roundabout waj that I had the honoi^f^Rj[RM^i shot the Judge Jlplfii / - ?? - v. (.?;>& r ' _ V - V A /ss v - ~ -*"> ^ V /Z'kZ'^y^ ' ? \> 6M mW(%-^ ^ A v wMm v^WI the civil war as a first lieutenant of f ^ the field artillery. He graduated SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS ' from the Military Academy of South _ Carolina in the first year of the war . ..r. .--.TDrn .u * -J J J a o o ,. , WE HAVE SECURED the agency foj?' r.nd joined the South Carolina troops _ _ _ . _jr _v. e tor* s.et. the Jordan car for Union and Che?m December of 1860. After the or- , , .JTj ... ... ? , , . o. i kee counties. If interested caJJ^and gamzation of the Confederate States v * _ . . . . ../JT _ ... , . - , . . see us. Gilliam Light & Moibr Co. of America he was transferred into *? p its service, and fought through the " war, surrendering with Johnson's e army in North Carolina in April of N0TICE OV FINAL DISCHARGE e 1865. t After the war Judge Simkins took ' r " up the study of law and was admit- gtate of gouth Carolina/ ted to the bar in ,1870. He practiced County of Union e law at MonticaUrf, Fla., from 1870 to _ _Comt of Probate. e 1873 In the "fetter year he,removed Notice ia hereby given> that Qn the l to Corsicana, Texas where he con- 15lh day of Junfif im at n 0,c,0ck> e tinned the practice of law until 1899, a in the Court of Probate for flaid when he accepted a professorship in County> th<j undersigncd will make his law at the University of Texas. He final 80ttlcment aa puardian of the n has continued m this work ever since. egtate of Rowland G Hill, m<- or, and ;. I that thereupon he will apply to thel Canon William Sheafe Chase, of Judge of said Court, for his final dis-I Brooklyn, asked Assistant District charge as such guardian, i. Attorney Smith to lay before the J. P. Jeter, el grand jury, certain information about This 14th day of May, 1920. 0 the Walker boxing bill, awaiting the Published in The Union Times for t signature of Governor Smith. 30 days. 4t. 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The grouch, the slacker, the loafer, tj^e |H teer, the man with a chip on his shoulder, the rhan who ^1 works three or four days in the week, when there*is urgent demand for his full six days, the clock watcher^; and the man constantly looking for shorter hours and more pay, is I the enemy of prosperity, therefore your enemy and mine. . i He is the cause of the high cost of living. He is the breeder, ' of unrest and suspicion and the cause of unhappiness. ^ t 4.u u:? ? i- t _i._ r j- ? i -? t -i- m uiiuw ximi uui, x-rtjLM lruwn uuwn un nirn. i^eia 11 show him a bigger, better ideal. Lets invite him to get on | j the job, six full days in the week, every \yeek in the month^BM and every month in the year. Lets invite him to have ^BBj part, a worthy part in keeping prosperity smiling on us, doing better work, constant work, regular work, and cheer^^^H ful work of worth while production. To do this, and do his |Ha best, a man must know he is appreciated. He must feel that he is getting a square deal. He must realize that he is getting his money's worth. That is our business- and^liTir^- ?pose in life. It is our aim and desire to give you a square deal. No man, great or small, that has a man's spirit, but that will find us his friend, ready to stand by, as truly his friend in adversity as in prosperity, and we constantly challenge any market, any where, to give its patrons better merchandise or more of the same quality for his money than we do daily. ^ ( If you want to prosper as we want you to prosper, lets get closer together. Lets fight the common enemy, get better acquainted with our people, with our stores, with our merchandise, and best of all, with our spirit of get together, stick together and bring things to pass. vimTT/vmT mirmv a inv vn nmanrn uraium-BurrALU mills siukls L. L. WAGNON, Manager Union Store, Phone 74. Buffalo Store, Phone 9 \ / Reasonably Contented and Happy! WENT to HIS Sunday School^ f V an<* "tudied about SAMI <?H UEL and the victory over jUJm ^ Philistines ,?hen hi* church services. Had p good dinner. It) figuring f qHpVB IWwF*w how pleasant it is to bo YET BEFORE MONDAY morning he may be feeling like the Israelites when they asked SAMUEL to get the HELP. f , WE LABOR WITH AND FOR OUR FELLOW MEN. SIX DAYS AND NIGHTS FOR INSURANCE. ONE DAY AND NIGHT FOR ASSURANCE. j ' I J. E. MINTER P. Q. Box No. 1M. tyytelJSE .> ^^^^^Union, 8. C.,J)fflce2J^aMS|