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The union times Publish eo every emoAY Y THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES 1UILIHNG, MAIM 8TREE1 bell phone no. ?. LEWIS M. RICE Edltoi Registered at the Postoffice in Un <od, s. c., as second-class mail mattei subscription rates: , One Tear $1.0 Six months 9 Three months a advertisements: One square, first insertion $1.0 Every subsequent insertion 5 Contracts for three months or longe will be made at reduced rates. LEGAL NOTICES. The regular legal rates are chargei for ?U notices published accordlni to law, which rates are as follows: Matter to be set In 8 point, brovle aolld type?first Insertion, per Incl il.OO; each subsequent Insertion, pe Inch, 50 cents. Citation to Kindred and Creditors 3 inches, 2 times, $4.50. Pinal Discharge, 12-4 Inches, nnoes. m.uu. Administrator's or Executor's no ticos. IVi inches. 3 times, $2.50. Obituary notices, tributes of re teot, resolutions and cafds of thank U-lotly one cent a word. UNION. S. C.. JAN. 12, 1912. LETS ORGANIZE AN ASSOCIA TED CHARITIES. For several weeks we have beei urging the organizing of an assoeia tion for the collection and distrihu tion of money in cases of deservini oharit3*. So far there lias l>een littl response to our appeal. One reade this week expressed his approbation He says it would l?e a good move fo Union; he further told of ease: where appeal was made to him fo help which he willingly gave, ant that he afterwards found that he hat t?een sadly imposed upon. That'i just it; the public is imposed upoi under the present conditions, and i should he protected. Then, too the most deserving cases of charity go frequently without help for tin reason that such people shrink fron asking help. Again, it often hap pens that a case comes up where i few dollars, at once, is of vast ait to some deserving case. "YVhat'i everybody's business is nobody': business," and before help can b< given it is too late. We need an or iiaHnn . ir* ^ f hwutM?l.lVU . , I A 111 vua*|^v UI suti an organization should servo withou pay. The merchants and husines: men generally would be willing t< contribute annually to such an in atRution. It would save then money and it would protect then from unworthy applicants. Will not the ministers of the towr call a meeting some Sunday after noon for the purpose of discussing this matter and of organizing an as sociation? NO PRIZE OFFERED. Kach day we are receiving renewals of subscriptions and also letter* from sul?scrif>ers who wish us success in our effort to have a linotype added to our plant. We feel grateful to each and every one of these kind friends. We have offered no prize, gotten up no voting contest, offered no inducements to the subscriber. Why should we? The subscriber expects to pay for bis pal*T. He will do so sooner or later. When we make known our intention try to improve our plant lie pays just a hit more promptly. That's all there is to it. The prize contest has about worn out. There is nothing to it. Suppose wo offered to give away a handsome piano. One you tig lady, and but one, could get the prize. All the other contestants would be disappointed. Moreover, the three hundred dollars which goes to pay for a piano or some other prize would leave us just that much b-sa to put to gdod use in a way that the sulwcriber would get some real ' benefit. The subscriber will bt txoe'filed by having a better papei co toe to him fifty-two times a year. That's where he comes in. We fell eure we could take our subsoriberi into our ocnfidonce?toll them just what we are striving to do? and wt ha^.uot been mistaken, as you maj . sa glance at our report ,oc v farm, '.Ttufato. kind friends, ' Ottoond all. r|* FURTHER WORD TO ADVER-Ibi TISERS. oi ; . sa Now and ag&in a man gets the jft r idea that be can find a better adver tising medium tnan the newspapers u( 1 and that too at a lower cost. We ? do not believe it. Many people pay " as little attention to a circular letter ? r ft - which comes under a one cent stamp ^ " as they would to a falling leaf. Even ^ if they did pay attention it would pile up cost. The Times going into w o 2,400 homes, that means perhaps o 12.000 readers. A man for a small y< 5 sum can reach 12,000 people with a message that sent in a circular would 0 cost 8120 for stamps alone. For "V c reasonable price and a stroke that it r hits the mark the newspaper is about ir the Best. But The Times, earnestly tl desiring to render faithful service, ti 1 takes this high ground: Vi 5 We want no "wild cat," whis- tl r key or otherwise doubtful ad11 vertisements. Wo can live without h them, and, we believe, in the long b ' run win a more lasting success. 4 We wish to say to advertisers this h word: We are daily increasing s< and perfecting our mail list. We - have to-day a clean, well-paid-up ^ 8 list of 2,400 names. That's going - some. It cost effort and it cost money, but it has proven a wise in- ^ vestment of both. We feel justly proud of our record in this matter. a We do not propose stopping. There :l are additional worlds to conquer, _ and we are "'going after them," but j' . we do feel a just pride in the present , r. status. 5 jl B Just one thing more: It pays to r advertise. We have proven it over K and over again. Wo can further r demonstrate that newspaper ad vertising is the least expensive and SI r the most effective way to reach the s \ public. If you have nn organ, 1 piano, mule, horse, cow?in fact o B anything that has value which you a , no longer need, be sure there is t some one, unknown to you, who needs just what you do not. The t] newspaper can get these two parties h e together. We have brought hun- w ^ dreds together during the past year, . and we are now better prepared than tj t ever before to bring about this re- w \ suit. U p LIVELY TIMES AHEAD. U * " CI B That there will be warm times in \\ * State politics this year seems to be || 1 the expectation of those in position p 1 to know. There will be little chance r< 3 for sitting upon the fence. The tl * lines are drawn as completely as u " ever in the history of the State. ^ 1 There is one thing, however, that a( 1 every sane man can do: he can re- a! frain from vituperation and abuse, aj 1 He can take a sane and logical view " of men and measures and then he 5 can vote as he pleases. That's what p " we advise everyone to do?vote as you please. But in doing this you h must give the other fellow the right w to do likewise. There is little use ej for you to pull your hair out in your a . frenzy for or against any candidate; fr little thanks you would get for such a? , asinine conduct. That does not ('1 mean that you will refuse to discuss , men and measures. The fullest d is- ^ ( cussion, in the spirit of self-control, Ix is a wholesome thing. of We are going to have lively times , in town and county politics this year us well as in State politics. The indieations are that there will be the p< liveliest time known for many a P , year. Let it come, hut let sensible, ! irev, imriKing people exercise at pi least the semblance of self-control. bl Such a course will help one to main- h, ( tain self respect and to exert a id wholesome influence. j| ARE POOR LANDS GOOD IN- Jj 1 VESTMENT? i Some time ago we were discussing with another man the question of a i young man who intends to devote ^ , his life to farming buying lfind. of I The writer stated that such a ypung * ; man should buy cheap, poor land M r and improve it. The other man T . took the opposite view and presented ** t it so logically that we had to own w ? that he had the better of the tt L argument. If a youpg man buys c< ) a piece of land at 9^0 per acre r and it produoes a half bale of i cotton per acre he would have come ? , opt better had he jjaid 920 an acre u tor land that would produce one tt ?????wyn ilc to the acre. 'Improvements put . ( 1 the poor land will help, )>ut the .me improvement bul on'the better . , nd will help more. We feel now, i at the time of the argument with ir friend, that he was correct in , is deductions. It is a betjter payig proposition to buy good , land at reasonably high price than very i aor land at any price. It can be gured out logically that if the very oor land were presented to you it "I ould not be as good as paying a iod price for good lands-'-provided au have the money to buy. - -- - ?-- ' * We wish to congratulate Senator oung upon his spoech in the senate i favor of passing the bill appointlg an investigating committee over in governor's veto. The legislate passed a bill appointing an inestigating committee to investigate le old State dispensary at the last ission. The governor vetoed the ill on the ground that the mem??rn <?f tlip worn r?r?f K.e iends and he would not submit to e investigated by his enemies. The mate, on last Wednesday, passed le bill over the governor's weto iow if the house will do likewise lere may be Homo startling revelaons. It is reported that Seuator 'ourtg's speech in favor of passing lie bill over the governor's veto;was great speech. j Hub Kvans, now under indictlent for receiving rebates during lie dispensary days, has announced liat he will be in the race for attorn ey general next summer. This is liout the limit. Jonesville News Letter. Jonesville, Jan. 9.?The l>eautiful now came one and a half inches aturday night oh a surprise but .it ?emed to lie welcome by most every no, and now the sleet is hanging nd shining in the Ireautiful sunght, which is a lovely sight in this ew year. Mariah Epps, a colored woman of lie old issue, died at her home here ist Thursday. She had that loatbime disease, pellagra. ^ I enjoyed very much the letter p lie Times last week under the cap/ on 1S501012. I remember well hen Mr. R. A. McKnight came to fnion in 1850 and started the pa- er, the first in the county, The | fnionville Journal. My father immenced taking the paper fjom | s first issue and continued to -take , a6 long as he lived. I worked' in " le office of the paper in the. yetftS59 and have been a regular corespondent for the paper for-the last lirty years and it is perfectly nat- ral that these associations with the aper would make it feel ndair and ear to me. I could well follow the . ccount given of its history all ' long through its life of sixty years nd remember every event of its fe, many of which were not men- * oned in its letter last week, and I' ish for it the success in contemlation and which it well deserves. The merchants have made but :w changes in Jonesville. Farmers have had no weather to ork this new year, but this weath , uncomfortable as it is, is doing good work for the farmers. Rain,' eezing and snow all helps the land id puts it in better condition for a op. The Bank of Jonesville paid a mi-annual dividend of 4 per cent, le first of the month and Everyidy's Bank paid its usual dividend 3 per cent. Telephone, a Paper Plates for Animal Pets. Using paper plates lor animal pets 11! )>? round lo lie a good plan. Soms ^ eople do not take tho care to waafc * lates Kept Cor dugs mid cats, al- " ioukIi thoy 'should be Kept scrupu ^ >usly clean and be iistd for no otber 8' impose. Paper plates, which may n a botiKhi by ihe hundred for but lit- a e money, may be burned after they ^ live been used. it la also a good lea to have a ploi'e of sloe put on t< i? t?ack porch, where the pets are * kely to he fed. and place the <tie??4? e a ttila for them. 'Die sine la easily ? leaned. . ' ii Her Natural Occupation. I * Now and then live childish com " ent joes righi to the heart of a Ifflcult prob'.am or altuntloh. ' A Ifttie " ?y who longed tiu Stand oh the aeet ? * a car and look out of the window 9 aa sternly reproved by his mother. A What a 'frald-eul mamma!" exclaim 1 another youngster, seated near, ft Fee. I suppose she is nervous," pa# ft te adult reply, "but thon. yOil pee,' ft te hua to take care of her little boy ? ltd it keeps her busy." "Well, Isn't' ** tat what she's for?" waa the Inae- tl jot. pertinent question. ' ( m Oeme Easy to fttsy. - i tl I know of no easier or more dpilfcht- ft il occupation than that or mntfhglng * ther people's hualnoM at long idlemce and wltkmu respooHbiltiy; inr f te rgeulL?Rt<hAO?lk. 4,i ^ f , ^ 'Ml.' " i hj,?WMifji % ? j- jii ltl 1 ' I. .JJliS ^ | \ w&k M T Every hat's a hat, but not SS 1^1 every hat's a Roelofs "SMILE." 18 The difference between the \ea f>ji Roelofs "SMILE" Hat and $ 0 others is the difference be- ^ jwjH tn^n auu giuuill. ^ ? Put a "SMILE" Hat on your ^ 0 head and "SMILE" waves W 0 will break over your face. X There's no more chance for X 1 sadness in a "SMILE" hat 'A than there is chance for dis- 3K ^ satisfaction, because satisfacX . tion is guaranteed. 3? Roelofs "SMILE" Hats are ^ ^ good=-they're more than good. 0? Thev're exeat. ^ Try one on even though you ^ ^ don't care to try it out. W fa | MUTUAL DRY GOODS CO. 1 10 handcuffs in fbance High School Law Defective. . tome Ingenious Methods by Which 1 ? & he Police There Keep Prisoners The following is an extract from building better schools for a)J the From Escaping. . ^ report of the State Board of children of the State wherevei; tbey Saui'omIv dMT dooms without a Education prepared by Prof. W. H. may be. The insignificant high ' . ilcture appearing m the French pre.. Hand for presentation to the legie- schoolapproprmUon could not sopIjl prisoner being led off to the sta- lature which met Tuesday: port the high schools of the State; Ion by a policeman and the descrip- high school law defective., ^ *8 ueed simply as a stimulus. Ion. "The Apache being taken ??W "j cannot refrain from calling at- }'tl <* population andcuffed bp the agent.." a. a mat- ; more one , d twenty-flve placet. in the Mate and Z ? ?? '<* ? "f the high school law?tlie 3,223 white children (37 per cent.) >ot of date in Jfranc# tpd are navar linftf;ou onr| cannot dp rpnrnpH nnt?i*ttkatar#?#l?mA? _ . . ? w (cvvif tVIIUIWlUVIlllK uuwiov) oiau lidiUIIUI UlCHJnUlKltlUUIl .? rn . .? t * ^ v . / aaainst a certain class of hiuh the faCt that thc8e *ame Pl??? <?n- . Instead of th* bracelets ereTT po* a certain ciuss 01 mgn . . -gj fiofi ??> _* their school Iceman carries s "cabriolet." which schools. No more blatant dema- communities This i t very rough and massively made gogy was ever preached than that ?rf^ he rticlo resembling a huge watcb which fosters the disruption of the discrimination might be defended haln some ten inches long with a ties of a homogeneous people. If w?re it truo that to aid the larger toot wooden crossbar at either end. our State is ever to achieve that Pjucet! wo,ild be to rob the smaller in expert can clip this over the eminence which we profess to be- P'ftce*? or that to aid lioth would trist of an offender in a twinkling UeVfi ift ber>8 it mUBt come through 1 ma"?.the high school appropriation ^ *'Lh. ,'h* "0,,fthe united efforts of a nnited citi- ?"/h,tant. Neither l* true; m renehip; it will never come through ,act- a "f the appropriation inlet the most excruciaUng pain . . * j Mionipinn nnd fcrffi4h overy year has been returned to the nd compel instant and lamblike nub- jealousy ana suspicion ana . selfish estate trpnsnrv ilsston. ness. If we are to develop a school treasury. Another common method of pre- system that system muat.be the Exhibit JO?Showing towns deentlng escape is to make the prle- fruitage of co-operation and justice, barred from high school approprianer place both his hands In his side The State is presumably engaged in lion. rouser pockets and then pass a 7" " ; trlng round his wrists and round his Town Total II Mill Tax 8 Mill Tax Hijrh School -.1.1 and bid him march. He can h?, ,T?W?' ponuty Knrollment. ralk at 51 vcrv gmTrt daoo Hut amv Ak)lxt\illc ......p 4,??lw.?il t f 1,?>80.00 7?> aiK at a very smart pace, but any Aikt>1| 558.21 2,643.50 - 8,914.71 57 ttempt to run out of a shambling \mierson 8,784.88 5.450M0 3.284.48 rot ImmnHlololw ?? J ? mm uuwii, Hi'iincttHvillc .. 3,111.57 1,861.51 1,250.06 80 03? to the pavement. - Camden 5,105.67 2,484.25 2,712.42 44 If no string Is handy all the brae? Charleston -- - 51.825.00. 38,530.()0 12,7S<5.00 005 uttons of the trousers are cut off Cheater .. 8,440.56 lb nd the_cu|i>rlt i, made again to put Cheraw . .h'.-koM ~i,4B0M "7700,1 54 Is hands In his pockets. As in the t;ohirnhiu- ' 30 540.41 16,862.98 13,677.43 .188 >rmer case, he can only walk, since Dari^on 5,227 00 2,459.00 2,708.00 114 o soon aB he frees his hands his Kaaley 1,045.34 092 80 052.54 61 ether garments fall about his legs Flonviee 0,441.14 2,562.00 3,870.14 81 nd he Is "entrave" in th? latest (iaiTney 6,864.71 3,149.99 2,214.72 71 ishion. , Georgetown ? .,70 P,? of U,e,. device ^MMO Soo ' - IS? > the casual passerby, who often !/Aurenf, 4,247.62 1,080.00 2,267.62 .j s-miV 83 onder* at the passive docility with Marion V."."/..J 2,770.68 1,725.00 1,045.68 ?r.: 86 hich some villainous looking fndi- Newberry .... 0,684.90 2,981.62 3,703.38 82 tdusl. under arrest follows hi* cafetor Orangeburg... 4,711.23 2,437.80 2,273.43 ' J45 it th? station. Sometime* on s ooun- Kock Hill 0,437.74 4,010.20 2,427.54 ' IjM ry road one may meet s couple or Spartanburg. 18,861.30 r'SS'nn l2'!S'rvl endarmes on foot or on horseback, ^wnwr-.y...,- /'rtS^'riS * 6095 00 l'fr?CH *?* mding a prisoner between them. l'nlon 0.022.06 6,085.00 . 1.927.C6 . .tti> ** This Is In obedience to * quaint h216.353.63 , *130,807.41. \ *H4,?36.T2 ' ' = 0 3,223 agulation whereby prisoners are ' 1.1'ji 1 ? liMaagrTn rr?ntT'lf ft 11'ill f ? ever sdnt by train from place to ' _ ' " . ' * _ ' ' , . ^,4 lace, As there are no funds-set apart A. Bunwtt Hhttt hsr -bton eject- V.^V. on >r railway fares. Consequently four ed nupertntendertt of tbenHyb^ooIH ^ r lee time* as muoh is spent In . in tm.r.l **gturwtmrsosy of assault >od, drink and lagging, for th* mcort of Chal*4>tort to adcoecd tlw J** H+hmUmtj Of a-high and aggravats woyld be for the ticket; but the Henty P. Archer. Mr. Khett has gj Qgfcure, in * fuss he bad With a Bgutatlons are observed. Ia such been principal of the Memooinger passenger, W. Y. Wilkins, on his sea the police often us# the eefiool. . train. Judge Gage sentenced him poucettes," though strictly speaking ? ,? to pay a fine of 1200 or serve .six Ills Instrument fa not legal. pfaJh ITtb ~ ? - - - it l* * sort of loOuo tbatnlmcrew ' ; ,,OreWd#d^M?n*i?tt?n. . .! . .. %?' ? Hff? rhleh Is 1 tod 4rdft>to koop tbo ttr? -<* ?????> P?tiuo of Manhattan. Hapeit Blue. ofMftrioti, 8. bumbs comfortably togeth?r?a? long 1 ! ,******', Ci. Imlillil) Mliliillhri'ltfriWiiiiiint b the m*u ,4ou?>U0t stragglo, but tbut uf ArtKtwm. or of P*1**?*- Tifl ?tr YtTT Ttf?II pilM Itl 01 ibc V 1 i?tot of ih? Mrl?g t>.H ?r >? of. aMiblitttoaoiwA^ma**-.feooalul ^iT ^ '"Tfi frr: S35E5S5?zsl u ?IMJltfc 1U UlW1 ? ?*e**l ' * ' ' '