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WILL PREACH ON PROHIBITION *.* _____ Rev. K. W. Cawthon will fill the pulpit again on Sunday morning and Sunday night, Rev. Mr. Wakefield being away conducting a revival in Lynchburg, Va. Rev. Mr. Cawthon will speak Sunday night upon the text: "Cast not your pearls before swine," and will discuss the question of prohibition. The public is cordially invited to attend. O "DISPENSARY OR NO DISPENSARY." Many who purpose voting for the reestablishment of the dispensary v -urge as a reason tnat conomtms are worse under prohibition than under the dispensary system. We have never believed this to be true. We feel sure there is more whiskey consumed when it is legally sold than when it is under the ban. But if conditions are bad under the prohibition law, it is the non-enforcement of the law that is to blame. The spirit of lawlessness that prevails throughout the nation is the trouble. Many honest men say they favor a dispensary and that if it has good men to run it the whole problem is solved. Granted, but you cannot get good men to run a dispensary. Some good men might undertake it, but it would be but a short while before the good man would quit or degenerate into a bad man. You cannot constantly sell whiskey without coming under its curse. It is an enemy that is sure to get in his work if you keep his company. It is all a question of whether the sale of whiskey is a good thing or a bad thing. Would you allow your son to run a dispensary? What difference would there be between running a dispensary and running an open barroom ? It's the same old problem. You might conduct the barroom just as the law says you must conduct a dispensary. What moral difference would there be in the two institutions? We expect to vote against the disDOnenrv Wo /1a nnf Vwilinvn if will help anything good. We believe it will pull down and not build up. A civilization that needs to be held together by profits from the legal sale of whiskey is standing upon a poor foundation. We believe there is a better way. Don't you? O TOM LAWSON OF "FRENZIED FINANCE" FAME. Thomas W. Dawson, of "Frenzied Finance" fame, has been before the Clapp committee which is investigatinir for fhr? flniforl Stofna Sonata tVio campaign contributions for 1904 and 1908 and the prc-convention funds of 1912. For some time thoughtful men have reached the conclusion that Tom Lawson was more or less of a humbug. His showing as a witness does r but confirm the conclusion. He is just a great big bluff, a monumental bag of gas, and that's about all there is to him. We can remember the wonderful "disclosures" made by this lfighty man of valor several years ago "wher he began writing magazine articles under the heading "Frenzied Finance." It was thrilling, it was amazing, and it was wonderfully entertaining?for a while. But one come to feel after a time that there was something lacking?that the man was playing a part?that he himself was just what he was picturing the greedy "money grabbers" to be. And it has now come to be fairly well understood by thoughtful people that Tom Law son, the great exposer, is just a common, flighty, word-painting hypocrite and humbug. Here are a few samples of the "testimony" given by the witness before the committee: "Whenever he was pressed to tell how he knew, Mr. Lawson had reference to the phrase, 'in a general way.' He used that expression as freely and as ridiculously to cover his retreat as Mr. Pickwick used the phrase, 'in a Pickwickian sense.' It got so that laughter went through the whole room, including the committee, whenever the 'general way' modification was employed?which was about once a minute. " 'When I say 'I know,' explained the witness in speaking of his principles as an author, 'I mean that I think I know, and when I say 'I think,' I mean that I guess.' Lawson asserted that sometimes he deliberately hedged his data about so that he could not discern its origin. He said that Secretary No. 1 might hand the data to Secretary No. 2 and Secretary No. 2 might give it to him (Lawson.) Asked who Secretary No. 2 was, the witness bl/indly explained that this second secretary was merely a 'figure of speech. Tom Lawson is a "bird" and there is no mistaking the fact. But he will no longer be hailed as a prophet and a deliverer of the down-trodden masses. Indeed it is just such men who are the worst enemy the people have. And we are coming to believe that just such men are largely responsible for the unrest and the dissatisfaction that is everywhere manifested. Just such tirades, impossible of clean, clear proof, has caused many people to imagine that the whole woyj)<i..h?^ to the devil and that iiImmmi *? a' ' Iutely no hope for the future. These I would-be reformers and livid wordpainters have lied so much and so of ten that they have come to believe their own lies themselves and have persuaded many to believe them also. There should be some way to get at such breeders of strife and discontent. A man who makes a charge should be forced to prove it or be made to "eat dirt." We believe Tom Lawson would have to eat a big slice, if he got what was his just dues. O A Visitor to the Fair Gives Account of His Trip. ' Kelton, Oct 21.?We have had plenty of rain of late. The farmers have been very busy gathering their crops. Cotton has been picked as fast as it opened, ginned and sold. The cotton crop is decidedly short. Manufacturers who need cotton and are not freely i : 11 n i il. ?Ai will suuii iiiiu me crop gatnered and sold and in the hands of the speculators, and when they get it they will pay for it, for the speculators know that the supply will not meet the demands. Last Thursday morning I pulled out to visit the county fair. I landed at the fair ground about 11 o'clock and found quite a crowd of men, women and children inspecting the exhibits. All seemed to be enjoying themselves very much. You could not have told that we had just a few weeks ago gone through one of the hottest political battles that we have had in several years. We were all shaking hands, talking and enjoying ourselves as good old democrats, as it should be. The exhibits were fairly Rood, but too few of them; but the farmers are largely to blame for the small show* ing. There were some fine race horses and the racing was the main feature of the day. I guess there was a good deal of sporting on the ground. The flyir.g-jenny, the ferris wheel and the shows were there for the young people, who seemed to enjoy themselves. Also there were games of chance to take in the young suckers' change, and some of the older ones, too, were bitten. The pickpockets were on hand and relieved some of our citizens of ineir pocKCi-DooKs and ^contents. They did not get mine, hut if they had, and all the rest they got had been like mine, they would have left in disgust. By one o'clock I felt like eating my dinner and went to the place where the ladies were serving dinner for the benefit of the hospital of Union. In the afternoon horse racing and ' MUTIL a4A A^A | School C *| Will find excellt f satisfaction: % Student's F< X X They are fully j r4-B*Wprt ?i "I'M jw | bedfesired. TE v sonable, only $1 X let us show yoi J&k. t T] I Union Im jafek T^T^f T^f "^jf "^y^T T^T y^yly motor-cycle practice was the feature until late in the evening a sad accident happened when Mr. Goodwin, riding a motorcycle collided with a cart driven by another man, and he (Mr. Goodwin) received injuries supposod to be fatal, which cast a gloom over the whole people on the ground. About six o'clock I boarded the Union and Glenn Springs train for Union to spend the night. After supper some one suggested for us to go to the moving picture show, and off wo went. When I ar rived at the ticket window I laid down a dime, but the lady looked at me and said: "Are you a Confederate soldier?" I said I was. She said, "You can go in free." I thought, well, are not the old soldiers respected and honored more than we deserve to be, but they are honored wherever they are known. But is it not a shame.that the towns and cities of South Carolina have denied the annual reunion to the few remaining old soldiers, which they enjoy so much ? What is the mattei ? Is it politics? I it is, then we are not honored and respected as some would think they are. If the defeating or electing of a man or men should destroy the respect and love of these old heroes, their love is very shallow, for every man has a right to vote for who he pleases; and allow others the same privilege. I saw two years ago at Columbia that they did not show the old soldiers the courtesies due them as invited guests, in that they did away with the decoration of the city in honor of the invited guests, which had been the custom at all other reunions; and I noticed the papers carefully afterward and I never saw any statement for the reason for discontinuing the same, and I thought then that jMMiuca must ue creeping into our re* unions. | But the ladies of Columbia treated us on the occasion just as kind as we could have desired and if it had been left to* them we would have had our regular annual reunion this year, and I am sure that all of them will join in asking Gods richest ^I" XL DM * ' Zhildren f T ent service and % in using our y Y Duntain Pen % % guaranteed and X ff rmiid y ie price Isrea-a L.00. Come and y L ?? X tie | Times. | blessings upon them because they have always been foremost in every gaod work. Yes, they were last at the cross and first at the tomb. We all remember how well they treated us after the great battles and in the hospitals during that terrible struggle. Brother Comrades, be not discour op,vw ix nt ucvoi nave uiiuiner OlSie reunion, for we will have our general reunions and all of us who love to hieet can do so, for these gatherings are to the remaining few of us who are left behind, like the love feasts of the old time Methodists fifty years ago. For Sale. Ten shares of Union Grocery Co. stock. Said stock belonging to the estate of J. Fincher Belue. Sale to be on November 4th, before the court house door at public outcry and to the highest bidder. Mrs. Ida L. Belue, i Administratrix Estate | "usy. r naay is me last day. 41-.'It J. Fincher Belue. Tribute of Respect. Whereas it has pleased the Almighty to remove from our midst by death the wife of our esteemed brother and co-laborer, Mrs. A. M. McWhirter, who has been in our midst several years, and who was beloved < by all who kntfw her. Therefore, Resolved, that in the death of Mrs. McWhirter, wife of our Brother A. M. McWhirter, a faithful member of Hines Lodpe No. 92, that we offer to his bereaved family and mourning friends over whom sorrow has hun? her sable mantle, our heartfelt condolence and pray that infinite goodness may bring speedy relief to their burdened hearts and inspire them with the consolation that hope in purity and faith in God give ever in the shadow of the tomb. Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the husband of our deceased friend; also a copy be published in the Pythian paper and county paper. S. S. McCullough, W. R. Hill. C. V. Robbing, Committee. Hines Lodge, No. 92, Lockhart, S. C. 1?* ? For Men and Womei roods as cheap as Gooc M. Our Shoes are the be; an fit your feet and su We can save you m nd Boys' Clothing. C< /ill be glad to show yo I GOODS HAILE'S SHOES Af YOUR FALL SV Shoes from the hands of the awaijt you here. Set your shoe price at any we'll furnish you the best sh< can buy. It will cost you only truth of this proposition. MEN'S SHC $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3. Choice Selected Stock, Ar Shoe-makir Every new last and toe sha] detail that enters into good s The feet of the men, who we best looking feet and the m< you'll meet anywhere. HAIL Main Street Un you wan ! The Union A^rHAKCOURT^ U Gl 1 MANUFACTURING I | Prices Quite as Reasonable as Consi, Ml HI Hill llllirTiWM rMIiaMMHBBMMi ? tr--? # 1 we sell Good I Goods can be st made and we it your purse. oney on Men's ome in and we u. i CO. IQES, SIR! s world's best makers figure you wish and >e value your money your time to test the >ES AT 50 TO $7.00. / / tistic and Skillful Lg. 3e that's right, every hoe building. ;ar our shoes, are the :>st comfortable feet E'S ? I ion, South Carolina l Times I i CO. Louisville, Ky I OUATID V* iNGRAVERkS M t stent with Quality. jj| < - &