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THE UNION TIMEi PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY / r THE UNION TIMES COMPAN' TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STBBE BELL PHONE NO. I. LEWIS A. BICE Edit* Registered at the Postoffice in Ui (on. S. C.. as second-class mail matte SUBSCRIPTION RATES: une year fi.t Six months < Three mor.ths s ADVERTISEMENTS: One square, first insertion $i.< Every subsequent insertion J Contracts for three months or long* rill be made at reduced rates. LEGAL NOTICES. The regular legal rates are charge for all notices published aceordln to law, which rates are as follows: MiHar h? Rf?t In R nolnt hri'vtp solid typo?Qrst Insertion, per inc $1.00; each subsequent insertion, pe Inch, 50 cents. Citation to Kindred and Credltori 3 Inches, 2 times, $4.50. Final Discharge, 13-4 Inches, times, $4.50. Administrator's or Executor's n( tlces, 1% inches. 3 times, $2.50. Obituary notices, tributes of r? reot, resolutions and cards of thanh strictly one cent a word. ONION. S. C., FEB. 2, 1912. LET'S CUT DOWN ACREAGE. The movement to cut down th cotton acreage this year is a raovi moot to 1)0 commended. Whetln wo fall in with the "Rock Hi I'lan," or some other plan?just e we reduce?that's the main thin* Let's look over some figures: Th eighth cotton ginners' report, put fished Dec. 30th, although there i one also published on Jan. 23rd will serve to illustrate. In 191 Union county ginned, up to Der 23rd, the total of 17,739 bales. U to the same period of 1911 Unio county ginned 21.7G7 bales. Thi means the difference of 4,028 bales there being that many more bales i 1911 ifcan in 1910 up to that period Buppose the farmer got an averag of 13 cents for the crop of 1910. J the bales averaged 500 pounds h received for his cotton the sum c $1,153,035. Now the same rule applied to the crop of cotton i 1911, if sold for an average of cents a pound would not $979.51.1 which is $173,520 less than the tc tal received for the year before That means that Union count raised 4,028 bales of cotton mor than in 1910 and got for the whol $173,520 less?a sorious loss at bot ends of the game. What is true ( Union county was true practical 1 throughout the cotton belt. L< the farmers of Union county an throughout the cotton districts rea i?e the lesson taught in the abov roasoning, and let them gover themselves accordingly. Let's cu down the acreage. Let's make good job of it. There is a country church locate four miles south of Union, Hebro by name, which has for years plant ed a ''pastor's cotton patch," rait ing upon the small piece of groun< a cotton crop. This year they ar arranging to plant this same field ii corn. In other words, they are g<i ing to reduce to nothing and thu set a good example to the farmer of Union county. Of couise, Mr Farmer, you need not cut to zero hut if you would cut down one fourth or one-half you would h joining in a movement that mean much to the cotton country. I Ail it l>e stilted thus: The whol crop to Deo. 23, 1910, was 4,02 hales short of that of the same dat this year, yet it brought to the pro ducers of Union county more than the crop of 11)11. I'onde these figures and you will bo wel paid for your trouble. We would l>e glad to have thecit, authorities get out a trial halanc sheet. The report published las week gives no information. It doe not include the open accounts owe* by the town. It does not realh how assets or liabilities. We shook very much liko to have the towi make a statement that would shov assets and liabilities?a trial balano sheet. The one last week is goo< as far as it goes but is not a repor in the strict sense of tho word. = WHAT OTHERS THINK * That's the Question. Y ?i _ How can a decent i>eople tolerate !< such a creature in the chair so long H _ an emblem of dignity and honor? ? ? Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. ir Which ? ~ Are those Kentucky legislators e taking on too much mint juleps or t r do they want to get back to the feud ( days of the Kentucky mountaineers? t They have asked both Hearst and t *? Watterson to address them.?Wil- > ^ ruington Dispateh. 1 Nothing Doing. ? x> If Cole Bleasc didn't see red every k jr time he thought of a newspaper he ; .r might have known that he couldn't c curtail the liberty of the press. _ Bigger men than he have tried it, " namely, T. Roosevelt, and T Roose- 1 d velt got gloriously licked.?Winston- r g Salem Journal. J IT There Are Others. h _ 8 ir It is not going to injure our hap- ^ pines* or retard our progress, we are | ' glad indeed tosay, if South Carolina # 4 re-elects Blease governor, but for the t interest we feel in civilization we , >- would hate to hear about such trans- . piring.?Wilmington (N. C.) Dis- \ ? patch. j ( - Amen! ( Members of tho South Carolina 1 legislature declared that Governor * Cole Blo-ase's message bearing on a new libel law ho wanted contained ie words "unfit for publication." But 3- South Carolina made its bed and ;r ought to be willing to lie in it till ,. Judge Ira Jones can be elected.? Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. ? J. Right, Too! 16 Part of the message of Governor >- Blease, of South Carolina, has been is expunged from the record by the | legislature because it was unfit to go q there. By this time the people of South Carolina must l>e filled with chagrin ths^t they elected such an unp fit governor.?Chattanooga (Tenn.) n Times. is , 'Tis True. >1 n The South Carolina House of Rep[ resentatives passed a resolution pro^ viding for the dispensary investiga tion. tiovernor Ulease vetoed it ' " Then tlie House overrode the veto * e by a vote of 104 to 0. It seems ? >f that South Carolina is rapidly be- v >8 coming to regard Rlease in the light H ho has long been viewed by the rest ? " of thecountry.?Birmingham (Ala.) ' * News. '* 1 * A Safe Proposition. !* Governor Bleaso, of South Caro- ' y lina, consumes most of his time ( e cussin' out the papers of that State. . [e He might find occasion to try his ] ^ hand on the papers of this and oth- j er States, for about all of them < " "skin" him on occasion. When a 1 y man winces every time a newspaper ] 3t criticizes him ho is a small potato. < d This is a safe proposition.?Greens- I I boro (N. C.) Record. Btcase and "The Best People." ^ n t ^ Because of our statement that "Blease is typical of the great body J a of the people who elected him to the office which he continues daily to d disgrace," The Gaffney Ledger pron j teats that if wo feel this way , i we should let poor old South ; Carolina severely alone and at- c tend to our own State, "which in 1 d time not ho far removed from the J e present, has had chief executives < who for ignorance and prejudice f were worthy rivals of the executive" J " of whom we have spoken. That, f 8 however, has nothing to do with s the present case, we should think; ? >. and when we are told hy The J ( laalger that " Mease's election would t have been impo-sihle without the t votes of Home of the host people in t the State," we do not feel that we ' s have spoken despitefully of our V neighbors, and when it admits thai i 0 in saying " Itleaso is typical of those s s who elected him," we were "inak- 11 ing a statement that is calculated to Jj e do no little harm to the people who >- are ready liowcd down under a I 0 burden which is almost too heavy to w r{bcar." "We know," says The 'H . >Ludger, "what he (The Observer) c I nays is largely true, and it galls us * [to have it thrown tn our fact'*." H We do not think any com men t is * y required from us in so plain a rase v e as this. At the risk, however, of ? I being charged with a meddlesome t H disposition, wo would remark that ! "without the votes of some of the H I best people in the State," it will !>e t V t impossible for Governor Blease to t i j be re-elected.?Charlotte Observer. lJ i ? v The White Man's Choice y f, "Governor Cole Blease war not h I loaded upon South Carolina by the votes of the ignorant negroes; no negro, ignorant or otherwise, had v any say in the matter. He's in v I V. Vade Hampton's chair becat South Carolina white men?voti ill by themselves in a Democra State primary?put him there." This is the very just comment Hie Hartford Courant, and it is t icverest thing that has been said mybody about the situation of thin n Lower Carolina. It does not i lect so much on Governor Blease t reflects upon the people?t vhite people?of South Carotin ind if they do uot squirm under hey are, indeed, lost to all sense lecency. But for their votes Bleu vould not have been elected Ge ipnAi? r\t tlioir #??? < ?i?^t vra vuv ii ?yv?v^ , VU O 1*/I VII' rotes Please will not be re-elects ralk al)out the primary system ihoosing candidates for public ofti ifter the experiences the people Jouth Carolina and the people Vlabama have had with this devi >f the Devil 1 What will South Carolina ? ibout it at the next primary eh ion? We are continually receivi sports that Blease will be re-noir mted and re-elected. What fo de had a great chance, the best a Governor of his State has ever ha ind what has he done with it? H ie been an honor to the State? H ie promoted its welfare in any 1 pect? Has he advanced its rep ation among the States? The fi >r six hundred?or is itathousatv ?convicts he haH pardoned doul ess would acclaim him as (he b? md greatest Governor the 8tate h ?ver had; hut what about the i jpectable people of South Caroliti f there be any such left in th Commonwealth, what do they thii .1 ..A :?o nru-4 it ? ? muuv in tviiai are uiey going lo about it? .Will they suffer t nschinery of the dominant party >e manipulated in his interef Will they not insist rather that or iualifted voters shall be permitt o vote at the primaries? Will th lot insist that there shall be a ft tote and i fair count? Why shot: hey yield always to the manipu ion of their political nffiirs in t nterest of the men who handle t 'lection machinery? It is hi ,ime they were thinking about t lext primary election and how it o be conducted. The Legislatv >f the State is now in session. I t pass a law requiring that only t lualified voters of the State sh ake part in the p. imary electic f the Governor should veto such neasure. as he probably would, t jresont Legislature is strong enqp x) pass it over his veto, and th\ .he time of all times to assur^ ho >sty in Democratic elections , in ih State. If the white people of t State cannot he honest with thei elves then the Republican form government in South Carolina is ailure.? Charlotte Observer. Adrertised Utters. Advertised letters remaining in Uni xjstoflice for week ending Feb. 2. 1<U2. Mrs Stella Gwin Anderson, Rev P jaldwoll, SSyll Carter, Morgan Clai Walter Caldwell, Lula Cohens, W Faulkner, Ella Hardy, Minnie Hunt dieter Hughes, Estelle Kelam. I tad tCeenan, Lula lews, Lewis Lyles, A Charlie McClondie, Rosa Mauld, Hei Vfills, Manning Murphy, Anna R F ner, Delia Ray, D K Reeve, E Legist &;v J W Handera, Alice Sfceen, Mat hinders, Carrie Thomas, Addie Tho >son. Hnion Eur. Co. L G. Young, Postmaster 4ELPFUL HINTS ON HAIR HEAL >calp and Hair Troubles Genera Caused by Carelessness Dandrufl* ia a contagions disease caul >y a microbe which also produces ba ions. Never use a comb or brush beloi ng to some one else. No matter h :leanly the owner may be, these artit nay Ik; infeetrd with uiicroltcs, wh vill infect your scalp It is far easier :ateh hair microbes than it ?s to get ?f them, and a single stroke of an eeted comb or brush may well lead .vtldness. Never try on anyixsly els tat. Many a hat-hand is a renting ph or rnieroltes. If you happen to be troubled w laitdriiir, itching scalp, falling hair tahhiesa, we have a remedy which M-lieve will completely relieve th roubles. We are so sure of this that tli'er it to you with the umlerstandi bat il will cost, you nothing for the tr f it does not produce flu* results laiin. This remedy is called Rex '!>;?" Hair Tonic. Wo honestly l>cli< t to Ih; the. most scientific remedy calp and hair troubles, ami we know inthiug else that equals it for effectr icxs, lierause of the results it has pi lured in thousands of cases. lb; Mall Hair Tohic is devised laiush dandrufl', restore natural co rhen its loss has l>oon brought about lisease, anil make the hair natura ilkv. soft and elossv. Tt .loon this I atne it stimulates tlie hair follieles, < troys the germ matter, and brii I tout a free, healthy circulation of blot diich nourishes the hair roots, eauai hem to tighten and grow new-hair. \ .ant .everybody who has any troul ritli hair <?r scalp to know that we (hi hat Kcxall "1M" Hair Tonic is the t? utir tonic and restorative in ex intern ltd no one should scoff at or doubt ti tateinent until they have put our claii o a fair test, with the understand! hat they pay us nothing for the rente f it does not give lull and compli atisfaetioii in every particular T< m-9, 50 cents and $1.00. Keinemt mi can obtain Rexall Remedies Jnion only at our str.ro?The Rex tore. The Rice Drug Co. Miss Florrie Wilkes, of B'airs, tailing at Clifford .Seminary tl reek. ^ jfjl v ^ I as Sw V % be 1 * a, ^ if ?f a &jf "A ; >: *1 t a .. i# of rffo ,.<?* ' fie 1 * of ^ f ic<i ' ' *P ^ "wr - ? -* - - do m if es, tnose tantalizing, hyp- ii|? ak . r? are in town. II I, J J "SMILE" hats?from Roelofs, Philadel- || ; ?! :jj? ** phia?greatest hatter in the world. ^LT. J^lt)ifp'fiflK re ^ Just got 'em off the dray this morning? juFV^ ^ H u" got 'em in our cases now. And in ^ our windows. flh jPHllijg , S ?t- Many bright chaps will have "SMILES" T ^ @ on their heads and on their faces to- ?i H- ^ morrow. We have many different styles, you know. But all of that un- p_ ^ ^ "k X varying Roelofs "SMILE" quality. W # _wRMk J f s S Mutual Dry Goods Co. f ',y ^ * jj ''V ^ ^i ? rap !ld - W t m T S- OA ^ ::; n w ^ # -?# - II ?? | ? S f. ' . .,. ' :-?[ 4 riliT/\Iiri\Ffc?Tinnl amuvvvKii1 I \ FOR ALL COOKING El ' $ S.dw <5?35iKlSi^ Mammy Snow says: "Use for vr~ Covered , Baking Cake in Place of Butter** I m ally Sealed Q Because, Snowdrift is 100 per cent shortening, equally Cans as ^e^cate *n Oavor as butter and absolutely pure. Use yil Only about one-fifth less than of butter. Add a little salt as By All flSnowdrift contains neither salt nor water. 4 Snowdrift is a wholesome shaftening, adapted to every branch of cooking. Most grocers sell it. If p Cotton Oil Co. w' ???_,mmmmm^____mmMMMM ?? ? Z^IZZL_M_MaMMMMMmmnMMMM ? ^HtitffW W0###0####fffffe ft U JONESVILLE, S. C., JAN. 26, 1912. ^ ? IS? $1,500.00 <8? IllH n ! I / n r? ?r ? m > ? ?- ? ? ifi Um iveceivea irom l. r. iveiiy, Manager Jonesville, 5. U. Agency X dy ?* for the American Home Fire Insurance Company, Fifteen Hundred ^ ? Bte tv / wo ($1,500.00) Dollars in full settlement of Policy No. 186 (without dis*r wit SL count). 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