The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, October 12, 1922, Image 4
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THOMAS ME1GHAN
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"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.
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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.
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sense meant "elegant."
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teaches him to despise the
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lences of religion and love. y
is a mark of character that j]
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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<
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members of his family, also Mr. Chalk
(C. T. C.) were among The Times ^
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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 '
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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
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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. ?'
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HERE TODAY; r
ED AT CITY PARK
HEZ Hr
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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
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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?
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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. *
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; -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