The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, May 29, 1920, Image 4
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SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920
Our cat says a wise man is never
jealous.
Our cat says it is small comfort to
reflect that you have been a fool, but
such reflection often results in an
amended life.
Our cat says thorns and thistles
have a way of growing without cultivation.
Our cat says it would be a calamity
to misjudge a child a dullard when
the trouble wa3 neglected tonsils.
Our cat says it will be a great day
wh.cn men can play like piny was
work and work like work was play.
TllE SOUTirS BUYING POWER
The "New South" visualized by the
immortal Henry' Grady has become a
reality. "King Cotton" still is en
throned in the South, but the fact that
today the South has a greater buying
power to th i population, perhaps,
than any other section, is due largely
to the fact that, awakening to some
extent at least to our resources and
possibilities agriculturally. Southern
fanners turned some time ago, to diversification,
and there likewise has
been a splendid development industrially.
The key to a nations prosperity is
its agricultural production. The same
key opens the door to the SouthV
great wealth and cash purchasing
power of today. Of the nation's $15,790,289
agricultural production, the .
South's part was $6,427,607, or nearly
one half of lie whole for the entire
United States These convincing fig
ures are emphasized *n a pamphlet,
"The tlreat Southern Market," issued
by the Southern Newspaper Publishers
Association, for general distri- :
bution throughout other sections. It
is apiece of literature that is bound
to make a lasting impression, carrying,
as it does, a better appreciation
of the South's unquestioned ability to
buy and pay l'or anything and everything
that its people need for their
comfort and their luxury.
But, as is made plain in the pamphlet,
the great purchasing power of
the South is rot limited to its agricultural
resources. The enormous production
of its mines, forests, manufac
burin^ enterprises, live stoeK, and
fishing industry, swell this power to
a staggering total. While the South
is and will always remain principally
an agricultural section, the value of
its manufactured products last year
totaled in excess of $0,000,000?about
the same value of its agricultural products.
Perhaps w.? of the South are richer
than we realize. For so long a time
did we, through necessity, look to the
Fast, which was our banker, for financial
assistance, the impression may
have gained ground, both here and
there, that the South was not sharing
equitably in the general prosperity of
the country, f.n impression that may
have hung '.n after the old order
changed and a new spirit took hold '
of the Southern people. But now the
South has come into its own.?Columbia
Record.
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SKOAL ADVERTISEMENTS J
INSIDE TIRES stop punctures and
blow-outs and double the mileage.
Flynn will order them for you at
Kelly's office in Bank of Union.
Money back if you are not satisfied.
See him, D. C. Flynn. 774-2tpd
MONEY TO LOAN?We have on
hand money to loan on farm and
city property. Barron, Barron &
Barron, Union, S. C. tf
WE HAVE ice cold water in the summer,
a red hot fire in the winter and
bargains nM the time. Jolly-Austell
Co. 775-6t
FOR RENT?A beautiful 5 room
cottage with fertile garden and
fruit trees and garage; good neighborhood
and every modern convenience.
Apply to the Wonder
Store. tf
FOR SALE?Several cars rough lumber?framing
cf all kinds and inch
boards. W. T. Jones, Santuck. S. C.
719-tf.
AGENTS for Columbia "State" daily
and Sunday. Storm's. tf
25c/o off on all coats, coat suits and
dresses for 10 days only. C. Allen
Co. * 770-6t
THE COLUMBIA STATE?Dailyj
Our cat says the truant never gets
the fun out of his escapade that ho
thought he would.
WEATHER REPORT
For S. C. Fair tonight and Sunday.
Gentle to moderate north and
northeast winds.
NOTICE
A special communication of Union
? Lodge No. 75, A. F. M. will
be held the 31st day of May
in the Masonic Temple.
The E. A. Degree will be
conferred.
Visting brothers welcome.
By order,
Ben. L. Berry, W. M.
Win. C. Lake, Secretary. 2t.
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR COLLEOE MEN
Secretary Meredith Urges Summer
Farm Work to Speed Up Production.
Clemson College, May 27.?I)r. W.
M. Riggs, president of Clemson College,
has received a letter from Secretary
of Agriculture E. T. Meredith,
in which he seeks the aid of college
students to help prevent curtailment
of food production b yspending their
vacation in helping on the farms.
Secretary Meredith writes as follows:
"Dear Mr. President: Our country
faces a possible curtailment of
food production due to a shortage of
farm labor?a shortage that prom-'
ises to increase as the summer ad
vt'nces.
"May I urge that you brinp this
situation to the attention of the
you rip men in your student body with
the suggestion that, if possible, they
spend their summer vacations helpinp
on the farms? A considerable
number of college men already make
this a practice. This year there is
special need for such help on the
farms, because of the importance of
maintaininp a normal production of
food. I hope that not only students,
but business men penerally, will lend
aid, as so many of them did. patriotically
and effectively, in the summer
of 1918.
"Reports received by the United
States department of agriculture
show that the present supply of
hired farm labor is 15 per cent less
than last year and approximately 72
per cent of the normal supply?
which was almost exactly the situation
in 1918. The farmers and their
families arc doinp their utmost to
keep up production, but they cannot
secure the hired help that they formerly
have had. In consequence,
the food supply may be measurably
reduced unless assistance is given.
If within the next fortnight the business
men and students of the country
will declare their readiness to
riiH H ii in no* orvniinrr Qiimmor
niers will be more likely to make normal
plantings.
'"Unquestionably there is sufficient
man power in the schools and cities
to relieve the farm labor situation
this summer. I believe the men will
respond when they learn conditions,
and so afford another pratcical demonstration
of the neighborly and cooperative
spirit which characterized
the country's war ^iForts.
"Many stud- .its have relatives or
friends in the country to whom they
can offer their services. Others interested
should write the director of
agricultuarl extension at their state
agricultural college, stating their
qualifications, the time when they
can go to work, etc. The director
will put them in touch with county
agents who know farmers in need of
help."
NOTICE OF MEETING.
We, the undersigned hereby call a
mass meeting to be held Monday afternoon,
June 1st, at the Home Service
office for the purpose oforganizIng
a Business Woman's club for
Union County.
Every business woman is urged to
be present at 6:15 o'clock.
Mamie Oetzel,
Mahala Smith,
Maude J. Mabry.
775-2t-pd.
and Sunday. Now sold at Storm's.
tf.
FOR RENT?3, 4, and 6 room houses
for rent; modern conveniences,
price reasonable. Excelsior Knitting
Mills. tf
THIS "12-20" tractor?the latest addition
to the Twin City Line?
comes to meat the demand for
a three plow tractor with surplus
power and so constructed that it
will stand up under the most strenuous
farm work. For sale by Gilliam
Light & Motor Co., 773-6t
"The TWIN CITY" has just arrived
in Union from Minneapolis, Minn.,
and is anxious to meet all the people
more especially the farmers of ,
the county, for it is interested in
agriculture. "The Twin City" expects
to make its home in Union
County, upon the better class of
farms. If you do not know "The
Twin City," inquire of your neigh- ;
bors. 773-6t ,
ja
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Said a Clerg
friend of our
"The only bad thing
economy is the effect that
tion plate."
And that's what start<
True economy doesn'
teaches us to get the mos
tor whether it is a serrrn
are buying.
In church it is possible
sermon worth a dollar,
clothes you can't lay do'
with a garment worth $.r
Good Clothes at fail*
Poor Clothes at any pric
Our prices start at $1?
% And so does your econ<
Our Economy Sale is
big reductions on Men's
fords.
J. Coh
Headquarters For F
FOR SALE?One wood burner stove.
No. 8 Dandy Crescent, in first class
condition. First $2F gets it. For
further information see M. A.
Jones, Porter street. ltpd
WANTED?Young ladies to enter
training. Apply Supt. Pryor Hospital,
Chester, S. C. 775-6t
FOUND?One automobile tire and in
ner tube. Owner may get same by
describing and paying for this ad.
G. C. Vanderford, route 5 775-6tpd
LOST?One cardboard paper folder,
contaning blank checks and other
papers. Finder please return to
Times office and get 50c. Lost between
Free place in Jonesville and
West Springs. M. C. Gault. 775-3t
THE OLD TIME SUNDAY
My mother was born and reared in
a little country village in western
New York. On the farm where my
grandmother lived it was the custom
to begin Sunday on Saturday night at
sundown. The "hired man" came in
irom ine chores, grandmother put
away all her work in the kitchen, and
then the entire family gathered in
the best room and studied Sunday
school lessons, or had a reading from
the Bible, led by grandfather, and all
the family retired not later than 9
o'clock.
In the morning after doing none but
the absolutely necessary chores on the
farm, the team that had not been used
the day before was hitched up to the
big four-seated wagon and the entire
family, including the "hired man,"
went to church. There was preaching
service in the forenoon, and then
we adjourned to a lunch for ourselves
and the team. Then we went in to
a Sunday school service, and after an
interval ther? was another preaching
Bervice, after which we hitched up
and drove slowly back to the farm.
That was the way Sunday was kept
in western New York a little more
than fifty years ago. I can remember
hearing my mother say that when she
was a girl in this same New York
state village she was not allowed to
walk, except to the cemetery and
back, on Sunday, and was not allowed
to read any books except the Bible
and "Fox's Book of Martyrs."
Colombia's Share.
Colombia la said to bo annexing a
large share of the castor oil trade fee*
merty held by India.
iichaels-sterM
VALUE-FIRST
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about my sermons on
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this advertisement,
t preach stinting. It
t for our money ijo matron
or a safety razor we
to drop in a dime for a
but in buvintr snrincr
wn $35 and walk away
SO.
prices are an economy,
e are an extravagance.
1.00 this spring.
:>my.
now in full swing, with
Suits and Indies' Oxen
Co.
^eep Kool Clothes
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Look The Facts
In The Face
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Prosperity is here. Enough for you and the other fellow
too.
Why not enjoy and use yours to the fullest and he sport J\
enough to be willing for the other fellow to have some share
of it too.
The High Cost of Living propaganda is the most overworked
and misrepresented target of conversation, speechmaking
and muckraking that has come as an aftermath of
the ivar.
The cold facts are that necessary living costs have in- ' .
creased since the ascent began not much, if any, over 100
per cent, and the average wage scale has increased close to,
if not 200 per cent, and notwithstanding the increased
costs we pay for everything under the sun, you can't 'find
one man out of a hundred who is not a spendthrift who is
not better off, has more money and better working hours
and better working conditionn than ever before in his life.
It i strue as never before, that if you want to indulge in
needless luxuries, if you demand unnecessary service, if
nothing but the finest, (so called) is good enough for you,
you have to pay the price and you ought to. The world is
too'busy. There is too much necessary production needed
in every avenue of business and economic life of the country
for any one man or class of men to make unusual and u?v-"
necessary demands for his own indulgence. For it is these
things that deprive others of necessary service and attention,
and it is undoubtedly true that the use of men, means
and time for luxuries and extravagant indulgence is the
principal cause of labor shortage, high costs of raav mate
rial, low production and other sore spots in the general
scheme of our national life.
It is also beyond question that we think too much, talk j
too much and write too much of the High Cost of Living
and the supposed ills which we imagine afflict va, the truth
being that we are perfectly willing to accept more wages and ' ,
shorter hcnirs than ever before. We demand and get a
higher price for everything on earth de do*, make or sell,
than ever before, and we resent it if any man criticises us
for it, and. the whole trouble is that we are not willing for
the other fellow to have the same privileges or blessings
that we demand for ourselves. ..
We have overlooked the age old truth that we can't
"Have Our Pie and Eat It Too.' hi other words, we can't
have shorter hours, higher wages. better living conditions,
get more for our produce, time or service than ever in outlives,
and expect the ether fellow to work just as cheap as
he ever did, just as long hours as he ever did, and sell his
------produce
to you jtist as cheap as he ever did; and that is just
the milk in the cocoanut; that is just what nine out of ten
people are demanding or talking about fifteen hours a day
in this country; that is what about 75 per cent of the high
cost of living means and no more.
The remedy is so plain that he who runs may read. We
are prosperous, own up to it, and talk good times.. We are
all living better than we ever did before. Lets tell the
truth about. ' We all have more money than we ever had
before, if we haverCt spent it for automobiles, fine clothes,
fine farms or a thousand and one things that were not necessary
to our happiness -or well being before. Lets be
\ This brings us face to face with the facts, which, dorwn
\n your hearts, you will admit. 48 a nation, for it seems to
Y universal, our energies, interest and enthusiasm are afXcted
with a bad case of hook tvorm. In others we arc
tzy, we are not as thrifty as we could be. We are spendi\
our forces ir\ frenzying about imaginary ills and high
Pvcs, and we think entirely too much about what the other
f*\w is doing, when we need, and the wQrld needs, as never
be]a'e, energy, every man om his jobfetnd faith to believe
thfahat job is as good as any on earth, and it is if it is an
hoilmble or necessary service or production and we put
theVjht spirit into it.
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W\need to acknowledge the fact that work hds rarely, ' , j
if killed and seldom injured any one in this country,
and 2V idleness and indulgence is the worst enemy we have
to ourVace of mind, content, and prosperity. We need to
make Xre, produce more, and save more, and whenever
we rcaie that we can talk high prices and hard times until
we creiithe atmosphere and make our fears a reality, we
will all ft busy, get on the job, keep so busy in worthwhile,
profitabhnroduction, that we won't care what the other
fellow is\ing or getting either, and when we do, we will ,
acknowlelo that these are the best times, this is the best )
country, *\have the best jobs, with the best all found conditions
thorny people ever had in the history of the world.
Lets workore, save more, and thank and serve God better
for the \aings He has bestowed on us. ' / { J!
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I UNlON-ijFFALO MILLS STOKES 1
\ L. L. WAGNON, Manager
Union Store, PlL 74. Buffalo Store, Phoee 9