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S HE UNION T1 ME sl Ddir Eu?ft Suk4?r By <tfc UNION TIMES COMPANY <? d lie* . . . Editor ? rUtrrrd it the PostofBce In Union, M. C. mm IMODd ?Um matter, I Inn MMIm MiU Streei Ball Telephoate No. 1 subscription Urates Una Yaar U.lvl Hi* Months . . t.O' r*irn Months ADVERTISEMENTS Ou Sqnara. Irst Insertion .1100 Fvery rubitqurnt Insertion SO Obituary notices. Church and UHfc .oticrs and notices of public iiieetin*s. an rtairimenta and Card<> of Thanks will b? e')urged for at the rate of one edit a word, oil accompany ir.tf the order. Count the ?.irds and you will know what the cost t!l he. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATF.D PRES."! The Associated Press Is e*.Mu?ively en 4<tled to the use for republication of r. *? i credited to It or not . jf dited in thin paper, and alto *^e Wcl r-wc oublithed therein. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1922. CHRISTMAS GREETING TO ALL. We send our Christmas greeting to each and every subscriber. We have decided to take two days, Monday and Tuesday, for our holiday. You will get your next Times on Wednesday, December 27. The fact that after the Christmas rush the business houses will not be advertising on the day following Chris*nias day, and the fact that our men have few holidays during the year, It-ad us to the idea that we may as well take two days otf us not You will get your next paper Wednesday, December 27. We sincerely trust that every one j hi uui auusiiiucra will nave n vfry happy Christmas, and that none will be neglected fcy old Santa Claus. The year has been trying for many. Farmers, merchants and textile workers have been face to face with adverse conditions in unsatisfactory business and low wages. We are now in the very midst of our battle against the boll weevil. We are rapidly adjesting ourselves to the new conditions, and, in the end, we will find great improvement in agriculture and all business. Trying years, such as the one we have just gone through, develop much meanness, much littleness *? human nature. Debtors are not al ways fair to their credvorcredit ?s are often harsh and unjust and us picion and mistrust are much in evidence upon such seasons ;;s we have gone through this year. Much of the trouble is psychological ? a thing that is created in the hu*mah mind. One ' TTirfbrtufffffc? '.TW^wi1 pressed business man, in the run of a day, puts the fear of failure into many others. One harsh, unmerciful act on the part of a creditor throws confusion into many debtors, and so it goes. Taking it all in all. Union County has much for which to he thnnk-ful I this happy Christmas season. We have an abundance of food. Most of us have reasonably good clothes. We have a community that is noted for its spirit of charity. Union County is a good county in which to live, ar.d the condition grows better year by year. If there can be brought to pass the multiplication of small farms; if the diversification already begun can be carried forward, our future is one that may well bring joy to our hearts. The Times editor has much for which to give thanks, not the least of the seasons being good health and a will to work. "The old man" has, or will, in a few days, have reached his 63rd birthday. The work as editor is one of real joy. If he could choose his occupation in heaven, and they have newspapers there, he would choose to edit a clean daily newspaper six days in the week and preach to a real, live church every Sunday forever and ever. Who knows but what they have newspaners in heaven? You cannot prove that they dc not. It may be a wireless, paperless intansri- ' ble sheet, but it will be an agency ' for distributing the news, we believe. Anyway, for this mortal life we ask for r.o better employment. Of courre, 1i when the money runs low, and we i have to scuffle about for the "dough" j * to make the wheels go, it sometimes , j grows a bit irksome. Sometimes. I when wo inadvertently get upon' j somebody's toes, and tret therefor a. "tongue lushing,' it does not feel so ( good. But that does not often hap- j. pen. If we listened to suggestions we | h would be fore\er firing away at some I grievance that somebody has and * wants us to vent. But we steer clear H of such, as much as in us lies. As we a grow older we have less complaint s and more praise for people. We find . a that the experiences of the years jus- J1 tifies the conclusion that it is often a better to wan a victory by diplomacy ^ than by open war. ; Ci The Times is not all that we desire v i to make it. Our income is so limited that wc dare not put forward many real plans for making a better paper. ^ But we realize that all our friends p< know thla, and that it really does notj mutter so much after all. Our aim, I our chief aim is not the piling up of j dollars, but the rendering of service. We feel that a man should be ashamed to live for himself alone; that his chief reason for living should be to serve others. This is, and has been, our aim. Life is too short to be given up to dollar chasing. There are so many poor people, so many cases of real need in the world that we do not feel that we could be happy to live in affluence and ease while the suffering abounds. Rather, we feel 'hat we must take our share in the hardships of life. We again extend to all our friends Knot iim jUao fnr n \f nrnr PKriotmuc May God bring to each of you great oy, good health, many friends and a heart at peace with God and man. fc '? im >? Our cat says he can't stand it if he j g"ts much more of the Christmas j spirit. .... i Our cat says he hopes no little boy or girl will be missed by old Santa. * . | Our cat says it is a fine old world, | after all. Our cat says Merry Christmas to ail! ? Our cat says an empty stocking at Christmas time is a sad. sad sight. Our cat says do not blame your misfortunes upcn others, blame yourself. * Our cat says interdependence imore vital than independence. ? ? Our cat says the nation builded upon honor is secure. Gasoline Tax Suggested to Meet Michigan Highway Cost Lansing, Mich., Dec. 23.? Enactment of legislation to remodel the state's taxation system, cut down the cost of state government, develop he state as an agricultural center, tighten the "blue sky" laws and broaden women's lights will be asked -j .... -> iA-onosed chpn^es In nfc *ja\vs,f^r the "Michigan legislature when it convenes!. in regular session in January. Outstanding in the prospective legislation are the following proposa's: To provide a gasoline tax to finance highway development and maintenance without a real property tftx. m -1. - * iu maite more compact tne centralized state government which was inaugurated two years ago, by curtailing and combining departments. To make the furnishing of poisonous liquor punishable as manslaughter. To tighten the motor veh'cle laws by prescribing more specifically th lighting equipment on automobiles, and increasing the penalties for speeding and reckless driving. To delegate to the state agricultural college much of the work don.by the state agricultural department. To provide what amounts to a literacy test for voters. To provide a bill of rights for women, which will put them on an equal standing wilh men in business and welfare matters. To enact a land certification law which will enable non-residents of the state to invest in Michigan's undevelopel lands and to provide that the state encourage reforestation of die lands not suited to agriculture by, reducing taxes. The reapportionment of the stat?-: legislative district, which comes be fore the legislature by virtue of the 1920 federal census, stands high in state interest. Other measures include provision for a eugenics law: to devise ways and means of raising money to retire the $01,550,000 state bonded inedbtedness without adding j to the tax burden of real property; ! and to make insanity grounds for di-1 /orce. An attempt may be made to revive the income tax, which was initiated by the 1921 legislature and d:>"eated by the voters. Feeder Lines Needed by U. S. Railroad in Alaska ( Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 22.?Feed r lines are needed by the United States government railroad in Alas^. :a, according to General. Wiles P. tiehardson, who, as representative of Secretary of the Interior fall, made i n inspection tour of the road. Rail spur tracks and wagon roads, ccording to the general would re- i ult in development of the mineral nd agricultural lands which lie ad- ! icent to the railroad. 1 Eventually the government must 1 dopt a colonization plan for A1 tska < leneral Richardson said, so that the ountry can be settled and fully deeloped. i * I In the early days of the American etroleum industry the crude oil sold 1 the wells at the rate of 50 cents | er barrel of 40 gallons. I 1 New Constitution Before I A Texas Assembly Austin, Tex., Dec. 22.?A consti| tutionul convention, radical changes Jt in state tax laws and the educational J system, reclamation and flood control, alteration oi highway laws and V relocation of the state prison, arc among the matters that will come be- & fore the Texas legislature at its Jan- ^ uary meeting, according to state- JT meats from leaders of the two f branches. W The attorney general already has prepared a measure for the creation A of a new constitution, designed to ^ replace the present one written in JL ls76* i Proposed changes in the state tax jr laws are due to a deficiency in the *8* general revenue fund this year at times amounting to more than two A million dollars. Many Texas schools ^ may be forced to close early next Jt spring because of the shortage of J state funds. An emergency appro- ^ priation and an increase in state ailotnient for the schools are advocat- <8 ed. A Separation of the state banking and insurance departments has been J endorsed by the state bankers asso ciation and other statewide bodies. V Klood control measures are advised ?8 by Governor Neff. who recently led a A movement to work out such propos ^ ais' ?< There is also some agitation for "x the presentation of a soldiers' bonus measure. ^ Hang Lamps in i J| Church to Perpetuate Memory of Deceased <5 Papeete, Tahiti, Dec. 23.?A curi ous custom exists among the natives ^ of the island of Kaiatea (the chief island of the Leeward Group of the Society Islands) to preserve the memory of deceased relatives. In the ? large church at Uturoa, the princi pal settlement on that island, will be seen a great number of brass hang- gj ing lamps hanging from brackets all about the building. Each of these i has been presented by some native family in memory of some beloved jj member of the clan who has died, and they constitute a memorial such as a bronze tablet or a stained glass window would represent in European ? countries. > Al Physical Handicaps no Obstacle to His Success 2( Washington, Dec. 23.?Nature's handicaps are no obstacle to many people and the most shining example is that of B. A. oJnes of Burlington, Mo., who, born wihtout legs, has driven a rural mail delivery route ^ouc _ of that twiv-V nauly4?Mity,yjtoa -t*. and never complained. Jones' route was a standardlength one of 25.6 miles out of Burlington, and since 1901, when he was appointed, he has missed only four days from the job, and those because 1 < of illness. So interested were Post Office Department officials, who only recently had his case called to their attention, that Assistant Postmaster General Billany wrote him a letter of con gratulation for his efficient service "performed in spite of a physical de ? feet that well might have discouraged a person of less fortunate temperament, and with less determina tion to succeed in life." Before becoming a letter carrier, Jones was a farmer. "It seems to me," Mr. Billany wrote Mr. Jones, "that your success may be not only interesting to all carriers, but an inspiration to any one wh > may feel that he is laboring under unusual or insuperable difficulties and r an encouragement to them to press | on in the performance of duties whi h ( choice or circumstances may require [of him." \!1 I Hospital For "Wounded" , Mail Has Many Stories Washington, Dec. 23.?A hospital in which the next-of-kin seldom, if ever, are visitors; a hospital where casualties multiply at Christmas ' time when all the rest of the world is presumed to be glad?such is th.- (J hospital for "wounded mail" main ( tained at every postoffice of importance. ( Patients at these hospitals are the innocent victims of those who arc ^ supposed to love them most?even though they are sending them to oth (J ers. They are the ties between i. friends and relatives, yet because of t a little carelessness on the part or* b the senders, they fail to complete th? t link, and broken themselves, often hecome the causes of broken hearts '"O for those who fail to receive them r Some of the packages are repaired e .vumi uick nuuiesses alter c Christmas. Others must be returned e to the senders for re-packing and re 8 addressing. S'ill others, and far too 11 many, must be sent to the morgue-- * in this case the Dead T.etter Office? ? destined never to perform th" serv- ((? ice for which they were intended. The department's phrases of warn ing evidently have become to many e mere meaningless phrases, it was 8< naid, for no other interpretation can be advanced after a visit to a post vflice hospital where stack upon stack ^ >f love tokens remain as mute evi lence of lack of care. All this, also, it was added, means nore and unnecessary work for thrt ostal employee. ^ , m ntf Plants, though without special di- n,''? yestive orpins, perform a similar ; >rocess by means of their cells. cent f ; ' : f : 1I h< : J B< * : * ci I ^ good ( * 1' ? U leai > I | stores * I ^ Sham] * t(| price. * y/ farhiv I m 'ECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS \.NK STOCK FOR SALE at bar Kain prices. E. F. Kelly & Bro. 1524-tl FATHER v.UODS?Collars, bridles, saddles, back bands, wagon lines and heme strings at n cioac price. Peoples Supply Co. l.~>59-tf PPlSjIE^GHUM and Red Rust lhx)ofj|AwyU)>fat3. Red May and Leap'MProlifvi Wheat. J. L. Calvert, Mnesville, S. C. 1554-ti }?. awko ui a DHrgam; new i-rooi> dwajfe, plenty of timber, 40 acre of gqptbranch bottoms, a good pa.tura^'i a good section. $10 p< acre t\ a quick deal. E. F. Xell & B*Union, S. C. 1624-t ^Hitnrarjinf fig^ Shoals nd Some Adjacent Fami lies," h ' Rev. J. D. Bailey. Pric? ">0c. S ifripa or money order. Th? Times. Jiion, S. C. 1540-t: JR SA] E ? Dining room chairs Iiockinj chairs, hat /tack, whit? enamel ted, spring apd mattresses looking glass, combination writing desk, c< isi3ting, of bureau, book case .an ^tok, all in one; also a 3-bume^^Bstove. Inquire at the Wondei^Ph#. 12-19-21-23 UNEY TO LOAN?An unlimitec amount of money to loan on city oi country property on from one V five years. This is quick money am can be secured in 10 days' time S. E. Barron. 1644-M VPITOIA FLOUR ? ask anyone using it -as to the quality. More and bi tter bead. J. L. Calvert. i/.rw.aviiL* r r 1 nrwi-tf POUND TIN LARD CANS with top. 75 cents each. Peoples Suppl., Co. 155? i1 SS DIXIE FLOUR ? Self-rising. If you have some special baking to ! try it. You will be delighted. I L.. Calvert, Jonesville, S. C. 1554-tf 'it UK NT-?Downstairs flat, all nodern conveniences, close in. 1'ernis reasonable. Apply to Mrs. Virginia Estes. 1563-6tpd R SALE OR RENT?S. W. Mitchll's home on Church street. Will < !! one fourth cash and balance in !<r?i years. Will rent furnished r rmfnrrrtshed. S. W. Mitchell, 2229 fail A vo., Charlotte, N; C. 1665-61 P. SA LE~?A Majestic range with ot water attachment and hot water ank. in Srst class condition; has eon used very little. Inquire at lie Wonder Store. 12-19-21-23 R RENT?Large, commodious g? age located on Gad berry street quipped with lights and aewerage onnection^ Has lathe machine with lectric motor. , Surrounded by treets except on one side. Gat 'ink and pump, also stand fori 'ashing ears. For terms and rental <V w s. tleLnre. f427.8aATit.tr USE FOR RENT?6-rooir house ith bath, hot and cold water and lectric Ifchte. Located on Pine Lreet; close in. See W. S. McLure. 1681-Th&Sat-tf I RENT.?Four-room bungalo on "rth Church street. Just ^tmpletI. Has water an d lights. W. U. cLurc. 1568-Ti'S;i,.tf tilled workers in the manufacture end of carpet, upholstery and d induatrlea in America/are re. ing wages from 175 to 20C per above t|wtfS in pre-war tinea. i * OW TO HA eautiful H Don't scour your scalp and hair py. soaps. No-scalp or hair, hows m stand the free alkali in ordinal nes the scalp and makes the hair *ittle. Yet the hair must be kep to be beautiful and healthy. hen your hair is dry, lifeless and ihampoo with Caro-Co Cocoanut res the hair clean, fresh and lux the lustre and color, natural wa u will be delighted with Caro-G >00 or your druggist will refund Four ounce bottle 50c, at drug, ed by tOUNA REMEDIES C UNION, S. C. 1 Turks Bring Their Fidget Beads to Lausanne Lausanne, Dec. 2.?"Fidget beads" ?- .V-J uutc mauc lueir appearance in IDC I^ausanne conference, ami are assisting the poets, philosophers, historians, antiquarians and statesmen of Levantine delegations, in solving . Near Eastern problems. Djellaladine Arif Bey, representaI tive of the Angora government at Rome, constantly carries a strand of large red beads which he lingers ner vously while discussing how the Bosr , fhorus and the Dardanelles should be disposed of. , . Other members of the large Turkish party carry similar, beads, and to a leaser degree they are used by othsr Near. Eastern delegations. ( Levantines cannot relieve I their '1 'elfhokssn.by twirling thehr^tnumbr ir- playing with their watchfobs after the manner of Westerners. They must have their hands engaged before 'heir brains can function, or at least' hey think they must. Consequently j 't is not unusual to meet Near' Eastern representatives wandering 'hrough the hotel lobbies of Lausinne in an aimless way with bright , colored beads in their hands. j , Russia Favorably Inclined To Return of Emigrants I i Moscow, Dec. 23.?Ludwig Mar- J tens, former Soviet representative in | ' America, has become chairman of a j special commission organized by the \ Soviet government to assist in the j return to Russia of Russian -Ameri- | cms and Russian "doukhobors" fnom , Canada. More than 20,000 Russian-Americans already have come back to Russia from America during the last two years. The grea'er part of these men are agricultural workers, and hey have bought with them agricultural implements valued at $50,000. A big scheme is now on foot to bring from Canada between 30,000 and 40,000 "doukhobors," men wh? under persecution were forced to emigrate from Russia in 1895. These families intend to bring with thent their entire property, consisting of agricultural implements, tractors and livestock. The Soviet government is assigning to them 25,000 acres in the Ukraine. In addition to the existing Soviet laws exempting conscientious objectors from military serv- 5 ice, the central executive commlttea of Soviets has given to the delegates of this sect, who recently came to Moscow to carry on negotiations,* a ^ signed undertaking exempting their whole community from military serv- j ices and all other duties connected n with the bearing of arms. Wireless Comes to Rescue of Lonely Island Sydney. N. S. W., Dec. 23.?Wire- ei less has come to the rescue of lonely 9: Pitcatarn Island, which loomed large a in fiction and history as the refuge of 01 the mutineers of the British sloon s< Bounty, years ago. pi Until now the islanders have been d compelled to depend for their news of x\ the outside world upon the occasional t? visits of ships. A wireless plant has p< just been landed and will do much to tri relieve the.isolation of the island.resi- nt dents, according to advices reaching or here. Some of the young men of th& wl Island have been . learning the Morse th code. The men who boarded the ship {r which landed the plant seemed to have a good knowledge of money val ?h ue and obtained a good price' for # their goods, according to tha ship's 00 officers. ' fth " 1 wi "Pedigrees of the Arab horse, said lie to bf the oldest known domestic breed, th lVE foil- ?11 lUff give it I Oil Shampoo. J uriant and re- IjJUj^HB ! v and beauty. ? Cocoanut Oil I the purchase ji^jjfyTTtJ stores. Manu- * OMPANY ~ OmtCTIDK Lisl Fruit Ca * round Rais , LAYER m fU&ffiht, Chocot I Orange I I If there is any betti I this city than oars we! I and you get ours chea] no exyress to pay. Our bread and rolls be made?BAKE-RITf UNION BAKE-RI /ttBk Egos Fr< and real money-mnkera a . makes early layern of yi produces fast growth in young chirks. 2 1-2 Wo carry a complete line of Curu-Vet Star Hogs and Poultry. We will gladly refund yo1 results from the use of any Caro-Vet remedy ? AUTHORIZED DEALERR I J. K. Fowler Union, 8. C. II Htorms Drug Store Union, 8 C. X J. Mobley Jeter Union. 8. f. X fc.mt Hide Drug Co Union, H. C. (Ilympli'a Pharmacy Union, 8. C , ?uwnr? rn?rm?cy Monarch v J. R. Bvd?nbougb, Route 4...Union, S. < I, ichools in Swritt y Runia Show In create Moscow, Dec. 28.?The number of ^ ublic schools in Soviet Russia shows n increase under the Soviet regime Q s compared with pre-revolution mes, according to recent announcelents of A, Lunatcharsky, commis- . 1* ir for education. he During .the first two years of th? ex evolution, public education was giv- *ri n much attention by the Soviet gov- an rnment, and the number of public n hools was brought up to '80,000 wiLh d staff of 70,000 teachers and 2,260, du )0pupils, ac compared wiht 22,000 le :hools, 82,000 teachers and 1,300009 o iiplls in 1911. But in 1921, with the hi lange of economic policy and the jolition of the non-monetary sysira, came the first reduction of excises in education and curtailment ' public schools. In 1922 a further imber of schools had to be closed, i account of budget difficulties, hfle'many schools were deserted b7 >eir staffs owing to insufficient and regular pay. At the present ttme, according to Official figures, there are 28,000 hools, 48,000' teachers and 1,635,0 pupils. But 1928 Is expected to &w1 a decrease, for- the goreiimieat ill place the cost of upkeep of pubschools upon local authorities, an J II ess are notoriously short of funds. ? j IS 1 i II I ten I ' ke I I ^>_1_ _ I i ^*dKe | j in Cake I / cakes I JL ate, PineappW, I Filling. 1 jP sr cake shipped into I /" v have never seen it? I V per because we have I are the best that can I HE COMPANY I ? i =a v ????????a??mmm >m Every Hen 'or a loafing ben. You can make layer* ut of every solitary ben you own. Egg Producer >nlc, develops the egg-producing organs: sung pullets; keeps noultry healthy aol lb. box, SO cent*. iderd Remedies for Horses, Mules. C .Klo, or money If you fall to get satisfactory t IN UNION COUNTY ? I. T. Hlftfrlns Buffalo, S. C. eller's Drug Store Buffalo, 8. C. . It. Brow:; Buffalo, 8. C. E. Mlnicr He da He. H. C. lutusl Supply t\y Carlisle, 8. C. urllsle Cash Co Carlisle, 8. C. 'troth's Phnrmncy .... Jonrsvllle. 8. C. .ncsville iH-ug Co Joncsvllle, 8. C. . -11 Woolen Good* Require ireat Care in leaning We have been very successful la aaning woolen (roods and other avy fabrics?you can profit by our perience. We sterilise every piece th live steam and drive out all dust <1 dirt. Why take chances on ha v. u' your suit clicked up and scorchby the old way? Phone 167 and st-proof motor cycle wilP call and liver anywhere. Special attention parcel post. Agent for two largi dye houses in the South. HAMES PRESSING and REPAIR SHOP Nicholson Bonk BdMbf Phono 197 H. W. EDGAR Uid?r(?kti|; PatUvi Calls aMwrrtd dsj sMl sight Prompt ud KMurt Ssrvftt or PkoM lit?Nlskt Horn til