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RIALTOi TODAY THOMAS ME1GHAN : ?IN? "THE BACHELOR DADDY" ADDED "KISS AND MAKE UP" An Educational Comedy TOMORROW "WESTERN FIREBRANDS" Caesar Started the Trouble With Time Washington, October 11.?Julius Caesar, by his unscientific juggling ot' the "ldnr, has caused unnecet-l sary contusion for centuries, siy members of the International Fixid Ci-'cndar League, who advocate the adoption of a l.*> month year wi h each month containing twenty-eight days and an international holiday added each year to make up the 3t 5 days of .he solar calendar. There is really no reason why th-' calendar should be so broken u;>, j league members say. In the days of the ancient Egyptians, who origin ated the calendar, work ng with the shadows of pyramids and obelisks, the calendar was arranged with thirtei r> i months of equal length, with a five! days festival at the end of the year' to square things up with the su:>. '< The reason for the pyramids and obelisks was their use in astronomy and calendar making, it is said. In 40 R. C., Julius Caesar, dissatisfied with the moon-chasing calendar of his day. adopted the Egyptian system?with modifications. The Romans were superstitious about odd numbers, so Julius started to do with the calendar as he had done with the world and when he was through th-? equal length months were all broken up. and the five day festival was eliminated, and the months were arranged alternately with 30 and 3' days. So pleased was the Roman Senate with Caesar's work, it immediately named the seventh month in his calendar in his honor, and the system is known as the Julian calendar. That worked for a while until one of Caesarfs successors, Augustus bv name, changed his forebear's work, ii* B. C. 28, and when his heavy han 1 was through, the calendar resulted in its present state; the odd and even numbered months were changed around and arbitrarily tixed, Febru ary was given a little more liberty) than the other months, and the hali'j years were set on unequal bases?the tirst half getting only 181 days and the second 184. The Roman Senate retaliated by changing the name af the eighth month to honor Augustus, as that was his birth-month as July was Julius'. "Constantino the Great," says <i league publication, "conferred the ever-welcome Sabbath rest each 7th day on Europeans; but the unequal lengths of 28 and 21 day months imposed by Julius and Augustus have since forced the Constantino weekyearly to slice months into differ eat weeks, and at month-ends almos split weeks into parts, incessanth but needlessly confusing weeks and months." Tn 1852 another change was made. wnen rope tiregory All I found .Ju lius had been wrong in his arithmetic and made an error in computing leap years, and that as a result ten extra days had piled up from somewhere in the meanwhile. The sun and the earth, according to that time table, were not travelling on the same schedule. So he dug out ten days from one month?October of that year?and threw them into the discard, in order to readjust the 21st of March to the Equinox and the rest of the calendar to the seasons Since then we have been travelling under the Gregorian calendar. In consequence, the league complains. To A/T^ xo lfxuii^ i > Great< A banker's own experience lust of mere money?and mt man who values money accorc Money is the supreme servj is surpassed only by the infli And a goodly share of wealth leaves no doubt of its quality "Large Enough to Serve Any?S C1TIZ NATIONAL Gregory moved the Christian year's end (which ever since the establish* nent of the Christian era had been celebrated Christmas) from Christ- ?< mas to January 1st?one week farth- 1? er away from "nature's year's end, t] December 22nd." Russia and Qreece e stone did not .comply with that edict, s and continue as of old. o After several national and Inter* c national conferences during 1922, of c those interested in the new move- e merit, a final international conference t was planned to be held sometime dur- r ing the coming year. It will be held c here, at the President's call. Many I representatives of the world nations r will attend, to discuss a program ?" which includes: *> IxH-ation of the "Year Day," re- I moval of "leap day" to be a mid- 1 summer holiday, the best arrange- 1 ivent to fit the present 52 yearly 11 weeks into permanent months, a ' name for the proposed month "Sol," 4 "he hest permanent date for Easter ' the best date on which the begin the ( "yearal" or equal month year (ten- * ativoly set at 1928), and to "draft [ 11 uiTiiiiciiUaiiuns concerning inc ; hove into legislative form for adop- 1 tion by all nations and remit that ' standard bill to their respective gov ' ornments to insert their national hoi idays therein and together make i? 'aw for their respective nations." ' Interested in the movement, accord- ^ ;tvr to the league are: international hambers of cvommerce, internation- 1 ? inferences of European calendar advocates, the International Astronomic Union, International Roman 1 Catholic churches (through the Vati nn). The government of Canada, the Royal Society of Canada, and the ] international conference of United S ates and Canadian Calendar Asso- ' ciations have all unanimously endorsed the "International 'Fixed Calen- ^ dar* Plan." as the best thus far dev sod to remedy the defects in existing calendars. Practically, it is said, the revise! ca'endar would aid in agriculture in preventing crop failures by planting at incorrect times because the calendar calls for it. It would be of value to labor and capital alike, it is 'aimed, and would aid industry gene-ally. It would equalize dating systems throughout the world, and. final ly, the 28 day month would free hout 9 percent of monthly money now held for 30 and 31 days. House Shortage in Rome Being Relieved by Subsidy Rome. Oct. 11.?The "house hun ger," as the lack of dwellings is call! ed in Italian, is increasing in Rome. According to a statement by Dr. Raimondi, Municipal Councilor, Rome, a city of 660,000 inhabitants, needs 1 100,000 more rooms to house its population. The surplus of people is now living in unhealthy and immoral conditions, Dr. Raimondi says. There are some quarters of the city where each room is occupied by from six to eight people in the greatest promiscuity, and at Porta Metronia, one of the poorest districts of Rome, 28 1 persons are living in three rooms. Also at the very gates of Rome a rortion of the population has reverted to the troglodytic period and lives in grottoes excavated in the hilis, v hile others have built straw huts to e | i uunc UICII i ?i in?i icra. This state of affairs is a conse0 uence of the war. On account of the rise in the price of building materials. ;he oenstruction of houses ceased * 'cai'y entirely for about eight yiars. The government has tried to i.ieet the situation by appropriating soo.noo.nno lire (at part $160,000, 00) to be loaned at three percent t> workmen, civil servants, etc., for the purpose of home building. Such n amount, however, is not enough, 'ccording to Dr. Raimondi, for it provides only for the construction of about 110,000 rooms. This, together with 10,000 rooms which are being 1 uilt by private individuals without I state subsidy, makes a total of 40,(00 rooms, leaving 60,000 more to he built within the next three years. \ further subsidy of 600,000.000 lire h being agitated. Laminated baseball bats built up ^ f short pieces of ash poined with waterproof glue used in airplane prorellers are said to be as resilient, dur ^ able and satisfactory as the one-piece kind. itl\f :M ...I- _ .u A ? ? Dincaiuiu in me oin /\meru*an sense meant "elegant." 1 f the 1; est Goal i r s teaches him to despise the >re truly to appreciate the ling to its worth. b r< *nt of mankind. Its power .j lences of religion and love. y is a mark of character that j] tl T L."'.. l A- n--i--i All II mivuffa 10 itou'ci Alia" S t\ ,ELNv3 " .. BAN K- f. hi ?_____J th J 1L1 Rout* One Lo?! J Th? entertainment given at Carem rhool house on Tuesday evening of nt week was quite a success, though he attendance was not so large as xpected. Dr. F. M. Ellerbe, county uperintendenc of education, was prea. nt and made a practical address conerning the school and school work in eneral. Miss Jeter, the newly electd principal of Carem school, was intoduced and expressed pleasure at neeting those present and asked for (/operation of the community in the x>wer Union County Fair, which' leets at Santuc the latter part of the nonth. A l'ew boxes containing eatbles were sold at auction (De Aurey Gregory acting as auctioneer) 'ltd the proceeds, together with addiional amounts received for ice cream tnd a large cake made by some of the adies, netted a neat sum for the benof the school. Good music was urnished on the piano bv Miss Gie<' >ry of Santuc and also by Mr. E. H. 'arter on thi violin. The trustees of i'arem have been fortunate in securng as teaehers for the coming- term, kvhich begins on Monday, the 10th nst., Miss Elizabeth Jeter, the daugh:er of Dr. J. T. Jeter, of Santuc, and kvho taught at Mt. Tabor last session. Irom which school she comes very iijghly recommended, and Mrs. DougI iss Edwards, also thoroughly capaI !e who, a.> will be remembered, sevtral years ago (as Miss Lily Adams) './on the William Munro medal then given each year to the pupil of the ninth grade who made the highest average in scholarship. The Meador school is now progresing under its new teacher, Miss Mary ?mith, daughter of Mr. Joe A. Smith, >f Route 2, who resides near Tiger river. Thos. E. Broome and Mr. Hill of [ ockhkart, four minute speakers for ' the reinforcement of the Baptist 75 Million Campaign, spoke to the con- , gregation of Beulah church Sunday ( morning and the good talks of these gentlemen were well received and an- N del- the loadevshiD of Mr. Judson F. 1 Meador and his assistants Beulah will, ' no doubt, make a strenuous effort to ' do her best. A sumptuous dinner was 1 solved on the grounds and a similar 1 meeting was held at Fairview in the ! afternoon of the Same day. Dr. Kdw. S. Reaves, pastor of the * First church at Union, was the speak- " er for the latter occasion and his ad- ' dress was most convincing. Dr. f Reaves took up the matter in detail; * f:?'st as to whether the Baptist leaders ' acted wisely in undertaking to raise ' 17.!>,000,000 for support of the great 1 interests of the Baptist denomination; ^ second, whether the results already 1 attained have justified the effort and, ^ third, what is best to do in the pres- v e it crisis. In the opinion of the winter v the speaker proved conclusively that. ? the results so far have far exceeded anything of the kind in the previous 11 years and that the right thing for those to do who have already pledged * is to redeem their pledges to date, if v possible, and if, for any justifiable reason, they can not pay in full, by all means to do the best possible. Also p concerning those who have not pledged at all, it is a splendid time for them to come to the assistance of the campaign and pledge now and thus the deficit, occasioned by those who 0 are not able to pay in full at this c, time will be covered. Fairviaw church hud many visitors at the B. Y. P. U. convention recently held and we hope each one present en- ^ loved th,? occasion and will come ' CI j jcain. The crowd was so lorjre we ^ understood afterwards, that a few present and some, that were a little -s .ate Retting on the grounds, failed to ^ pet dinner. For this we were very sorry as we tried to look after every ^ one. Mr. R. M. White (Ada D.) and some R< \\ members of his family, also Mr. Chalk (C. T. C.) were among The Times ^ CM correspondents that we were pleased j ro have with us on that day. ^ Rev. J. R. Moore, pastor of Pad- ^ pott's Creek church, a new comer to our county, attended the B. Y. P. U. R convention. Miss Flossie Wilburn and others of " Cross Keys were present. The friends of Mr. Will H. Chalk of this Jommunity who had the misfortune of having: his leg fractured by %v being run over by an automobile at . Union, are very much concerned over 1S lis condition, as it is reported that his n' limb may yet have to be amputated. ' Mr. Chalk lives on the plantation of Mr. Jno. K. Hamblin and is a very ndustrious man, having a wife and several young children. These worthy (' ieor'j have the sympathy of their 'riends who are anxious to assist them a' n nny way possible. al The Monarch mill village is to have fs its annual community fair on next ;aturday, the 14th inst., and we are ^ anticipating something worth while, v< f permitted to attend. Monarch sel- P1 lom fails when it undertakes any- n hing for the advancement of its peo- f t ile. I hear that The Times corre- nr pondents are expected to be there and in here are probably two at least that < A eed no urging provided they are to lit e as well treated as they were at the sii cent successful meeting of the Bap- do ist association which met with the ho Ion-Aetna church. How about it, be fey Denver? wi The boll weevil did not eat all of le cotton around here as expected, lie he crop hss been cut to half, though, in ome farmers are nearer ruined by th< 10 deflation of values during the past bri w years but all will probably work tio it for the best. "G.M ' ' *' lar The wood duck, threatened with tinction. Is now protected by the 1 ?deral migratory bird act. These the rds may not be killed anywhere in eve e United States. to _____ _ PACKS' BIG CIRCUS TENT RAIS ? ? bmm HEr. - : ^fl^^89h I ^ jfl p^ ??^ 2 7 The small boy after weeks of preiminarjr expectation, heightened by a'ly colo'ed posters setting forth the wonders i"numerable were on hand o greet the Sparks Circus trains vhen they arrived this morning and hey werj not disappointed for many trange sights were to be seen?for nstance, two of the elephant herd narching majestically off to the cirus grounds at the City Park draw- i ng an entire string of cages. To the : viddies the coming of a circus means ? he unfolding of many new delights i tnd in the diversied program announc- i d by the Sparks management the ' riownups should find much to enter- I ain them. The street parade with its < >eautifkl women, herds of elephants, < lUiidT - f*f thoroughbred horses and I ounjj F her attractions left circus i croujl SX-1:15. This circus must have I airlT Il'-d the earth for beautiful 1 lorslj H the parade in its entirety 1 vrasd J. with handsome tableaux I vfJ* I * d cages interspersed with : :?'7 jr, X mounted men ana women, j l* t Ta# Msic, several calliopes and < i !rd of elephants bringing 1 i ; ; phe-evening performance 1 !> ' ' \t ^ o c^oc^ aT)d the doors 1 V | /ad one hour earlier to al- 1 o ; ; pUc time to visit the com- j VeyL! iid Local Wines Are Cheap in Russia AIo 'Oct. 11.?Pre-war stocks f French winse that thirsty Amerians would find almost priceless are j apidly diminishing in Russia. The * ewly opened government retail 'ine stores do a rushing business in loscow and Petrograd and soon, annisseure fear, only Russian wines ' 'ill be left in stock. After the Soviet government abol- ^ ihed total prohibition and placed the ountry on a wine and beer basis, 11 of the stocks of Burgundies, Boreaux and Champagnes which were ealed up when the Czar, early in the 'ar, decreed prohibition, and other rivate stocks which were confiscatd by the Bolsheviki, were placed in I r tie market. Some went to private ealers, but by far the largest share as been reserved for the government 1 hops. The principal one of these in t loscow is an elaborate establishlent, with uniformed footmen at the oors. Before it long lines of carri- ? ges may be seen at certain hours of le day and it is generally thronged ^ 'ith buyers. In these stores good French claret ? i still to be had at the equivalent of bout $1.50 per bottle, while excelint champagnes, some of them of articularly. good years, are so'd at om five to six dollars a quart. 8 Russian wines, produced in the ? aucasus and in the Crimea, can be u ad at from 50c a bottle for claret to aout $2.00 a bottle for excellent port ? id Mederia types. There are large M ocks of these on hand, and the South 0 ussian vinyards are producing more * lis year. It is still illegal to sell >dka, and "bootlegging" is quite revalent in Moscow. Occasionally drunken man is to be seen in the reets. The high power spirits that e sold surreptitiously are generally w ipure and have the usual disastrous recti, but those in the know have ^ tie difficulty in securing good Rus*n cognac at from three to four liars a bottle. The legal limit, ^ wever, is 20 percent alcohol, this incr rtlp RlMldail ^AnoantiAn i\t IK nes." In Petrograd the restaurants are ensed to sell wine to patrons, but P* Moscow it is openly procurable in te } shops. Restaurant diners either ing their own, or buy it surrepti- P usly from waiters at high prices. ce rhe Soviet government derives a ge revenue from the sale of wines. Pe ca Hindus are vegetarians and regard s cow as a sacred animal; in their si< is to kill a cow is a greater sin than in kill a man. ?' i HERE TODAY; r ED AT CITY PARK HEZ Hr k prehensivc menagerie which is of more than exceptional interest these cays. Babies are heie, there and everywhere and they range all the way from a pair of diminutive leopard cubs, to Sonny a two months old bear cub of the sloth variety. The real feature who holds the "spotlight" position among the kiddies is Mona Lisa, a genuine South African chimpanzee who sits at a table for her specially cooked meals, using a knife anrf forkis correctly as the most polished society debutante and in point of table etiquette is excelled by no human being. Mona just joined the circus last) week and will hold her first "At home" j the kiddies of this city in the spa-1 ;ious menagerie tent this afternoon | i;nd Manager Sparks extends an invi-1 i*muii mi yourgtr yeopie 01 union to make her acquaintance. This circufi I ias always enjoyed an enviable repu-l ation for the excellence of its per-f Formance and leports gathered fron. the neighboring cities included in its L922 itenary pronounce it even superior to previous years. From the ipening spectacle, "Visions of Arabia" to the closing event, Caesar, champion lurdle jumper of the world, the petFor'.nance is Plied with wit amazing Features that vie with each other in point of excellence. Notice A regular assembly of Pinckney Council, No. 27, be held in the Ma3^'"' sonic Temple Fri& ^ay' ^cto^er 13th, 1*^2, at 8 o'clock p. m. The R. & S. >e conferred. By order, I If Rrpnnni'1/n >Vni. C. Lake, I. M. Secretary. It Secretary. 1507-2t THE HAT SHOP" We make new hats from the tewest materials. We make over hats to look ike new from your old ma~ erials. We reshape hats in the latist style, and clean hats. More Value, More Style? .ess Price. 1 Main St. Opposite Post Office Notice to Trespassers Notice is hereby given that all perons are forbidden to hunt, fish, walk r ride or in any manner trespass pon my lands in Santuc township, Jnion County, same known as the lolomon Gregory place. Trespassers rill be prosecuted to the full extent f the law. tpd. S. D. Mitchell. Degrees of ntelligence Oalton, the scientist, estimates iere have been 400 geniuses in the orld's history. "Illustrious men," he says, are proticed at the rate of one in a million. In general, there are four degrees f intelligence: Mediocrity, ability, ilent and genius. Under mediocrity are grouped those ...I. 1? ?* ^ >i|mc wnu i-uii uo oniv wnai every >dy else can do. I Under ability are grouped those I >ople who can do certain things bet : j r than the average. Under talent 'are grouped those iople who can do certain things ex-i ptionally well. f Under genius ara grouped those ople who can do what nobody else n do. Genius in one age might be conlered merely talent in another, and time might descend to mediocrity. ! Type Metal Magazine. I / ^ The Wonder's FALL OPENING AND DOLLAR DAY SALE IS IN FULL BLAST AND WILL CONTINUE IFOR EIGHT DAYS LONGER ENDING SATURDAY. 21ST There is * perfectly good reason for this sale. It is simply this?We want to develop more business during October and make more friends. We have # decided that now is the opportune time. Our Fall stocks are still complete and everything is fresh and new. The New Coats, Suits and Dresses In This Sale? ' H i II? : i The Coat and Suit season has practically just started and there is still a whole season of wearing time to look forward to, and yet this October sale brings prices that you would expect as late as January. The beautiful new styles and fabrics in this collection will delight any woman. Select your now Fall outfit now and get the benefit of these low prices without sacrificing the smart style and good self ice qualities expected. * ? ' ; -f Dresses : ; C~ Poiret Twill and Canton Crepe Dresses with' flowing panels in the very latest models in Black, Brown 1 and Blue. PRICED INEXPENSIVELY $4.98 to $19.75 Coats Made of the soft, pliable materials in graceful, wrappy models or straight, slender lines, with the new wide sleeves. VERY MODERATELY PRICED $4.98 to $24.95 Coat Suits All Wool Serge $9.98 to $14.50 Wool Velour $14.50 to $22.50 Poiret Twill $18.50 to $29.50 New Fall Sweaters In plain and fancy weaves, in a wonderful range of colors. 98c to $5.98 Seasonable Underwear All Styles For Men, Women And Children? men s good rieece Lined Shirts and Drawers, garment 59c Men's heavy Ribbed Shirts and Drawers, garment . . 75c to 98c Men's Ribbed Union Suits 98c Women's good weight Ribbed Shirts and Pants, garment 49c Women's heavy weight Ribbed Union Suits, special 75c Boys' and Girls' Ribbed Union Suits . . . .49c to 98c Good quality Dress Gingham, 10 yards for . . . .$1.00 Best 32-inch Dress Ginghams, worth 25c, Dollar Day special, 5 yards for . . I. $1.00 Men's Shoes $2.49 to $5.98 Women's Shoes $2.49 to $5.98 Children's Shoes 75c to $2.49 Infants' Shoes '. .50c to $1.49 The Wonder S- KRASS, Proprietor. .... Union, S. C. ???? There are from 100,000 to 800,000 Fresh String Beans, Fresh To- aliens in the country who wars smugmatoes, Pork Sausage, link and gled in, according to the Secretary bulk, arrived today. of TjiKnr tvi. n?aa? < * j * ? ?AT-r- bor also ballsMM then art M^OOO HARRIS-WOODWARD CO. China* in Cuba, * watching thair _ - chance to ranch tha Oulf mci Jt Good Things to hat |, argued that registration of aliens Would halt Smuggling' ill