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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor Registered at the Postofftee in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $1.00 Six Months .50 , Three Months -2R " 1 ADVERTISEMENTS 1 One square, first insertion $1.00 ( Every subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. 1 LEGAL NOTICES The regular legal rates are charged for all notices published according to law, which rates are as follows: ( Matter to be set in 8 point, solid 1 type?first insertion per inch $1.00; ' each subsequent insertion per inch 1 50 cents. J Citation to Khldred and Creditors, f 3 inches, 2 times $4.50. < Final Discharge, 1 3-4 inches, 4 1 times, $4.50. 1 Administrator's or Executor's no- ' tices, 1 1-4 inches, 3 times, $2.50. Obituary notices, tributes of re- , spect, resolutions and cards of thanks strictly one cent a word. < , ( FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 13, 1914. ) i Grover C. Welch was reelected 1 mayor of Kershaw by a majority of { one vote. That was winning "by the s skin of the teeth," so to speak. l C. Hunter Raine, president of the , Mercantile bank of Memphis, Tenn., ' has defaulted for a sum ranging right about one million dollars. Speculation is the cause, rather the occasion, of the defalcation. It is the same old story of the gambler's untimely destruction, FAITHFULNESS IN SERVICE. The application of the word "faithful" to ideas embodied in religious life is a common enough experience. We think of the faithful man being rewarded with the crown of life. The - faithful steward is held in high es- r c teem by all ministers, for he affords r a good field for emphasizing the nee4 1' for care in spiritual things. Faithful- J, ness in religion occupies a most ? prominent place, as all will admit. ^ But there are not many who realize r that business prosperity must rest ^ largely upon the same foundation? a faithfulness on the part of employees ^ is as necessary in the physical world r as it is in the spiritual world. There f are mure wreens m uusiuuss aiiairs ^ by reason of unfaithful servants than t for any other reason. Recently a bus- a iness man, a man of experience, and 0 who is even now the employer of f quite a number of people, said to the n writer: "I have reached the conclu- ? sion that no business can succeed P without the pood will of those em- ^ ployed to carry on its affairs." That k is just the heart of the matter?the * pood will?that means sympathetic f cooperation, a renderinp of honest ^ service: a soirit of faithfulness to the 1 interests of the concern. By this is * implied more than mere honesty in e handling of the cash. It is true that ? one thief, stealing two dollars a day t out of any business would in a year ^ take out of the enterprise six hun- ^ a^a nru?* t ???-u uv/unio til tviu tanu. 1 uat is, such a rogue would steal in a year J sufficient money out of a business to } c pay a 10 per cent dividend on six t thousand dollars. Such a thing would t come near wrecking about any small * enterprise. But it is not of this pos- t sible drawback to a business that the ^ gentleman was speaking. There is a spirit of rebellion, of surly insubordi nation, of indifference and carelessness that is equally as destructive of prosperity in any business. It is of- * * \ ten seen in the inattentive, rude man- f ner and utter neglect on the part of 8 i employees. The marked difference of 8 attitude may be seen upon visiting a a number of mercantile establishments ^ and carefully observing the reception. ? In one store the customer is made to c ? feel that he is welcome; in another r he is made to feel that his absence 1 would be more acceptable than his f c presence. The business that is in the ? ? , ; hands of clerks of the latter establishment is in a fair road to destruction. More than that, -such clerks are no better than thicrve? They are stealing the employer's money by indirection, for they are ,not rendering the faithful service, the only kind that is of any value to the establishment. Truly, the gentleman who said, 'Any business must have the gpbd will of its employees," was speaing a profound truth. If a man is not willing to be faithful he should have the grace to get out; if he has not the grace to get out, the employer :annot do better than put him out; and the sooner the better for the business. SANTUC Santuc, Feb. 9.?What! January ?one already? It seems so quickly that we had hardly got a grip upon it, but I, myself have done a goodly amount of work, the best is, getting in some oats where I was unable to ?et them in Inst fall i??n _ \ ?*?V *T ? jr ail ?ood farmers ought to do.) We are sometimes told that it^does not pay to sow oats after November 15, but according to some experience I have oeen able to pick up some of the best lats 1 ever saw a mule bite on, was raised from sowing in the last week >f January. There are various ways to practice rruelty to animals. I saw two teams jf mules, hitched to wagons, pass through here a few mornings ago. They came in sight trotting pretty rapidly, and they went out of sight :rotting and their nostrils were expanded until they stood out almost as jig as a man's fist. Now some people seem to think it is business to run uules almost to death, and seem pleased if one comments, "He Is rough." They seem to be trying for the praise, "He is a mover." They rertainly move the mules on the road jut you might fail to see where there nas been so much moving in the fields. Generally the mules are so near run iown when they set to the fields, they ire scarcely able to do much work. I think some men ought to be made to run their work sometimes. I heard a farmer say a few days igo, that he had worked hard, took noney out of his pocket to pay for work, and built up his land to a high ;tate of cultivation by rotation and >ther ways?and all of it is about imjosslble to hire hands for stated wages, and he is forced to hire "crop)ers" and they are making big crops, retting the benefit of his work, his noney expended, his husbandry of he farm, and it is not costing them >ne cent extra for making their big rops. They have a good thing. And iow it is just like that. The negro ropper getting half (nearly all, if iot quite all) of the white mart's ork, ^ Nought is & nought, and a igger is a figger, none for the white nan, all for the nigger. And it is retting now*where a man cannot get iny extra work done without paying l big price, and through the winter nonths furnish a horde of idle womn with fire wood, easily worth two lollars a cord and they would not do i iick oi iarm work for you before ifarch 1, not even to half finish scatTing cotton, unless there is to bo nade "big money," only gad around rom place to place, or as I said sit n the chimney corner and expect you o furnish trees for wood and teams o haul it. But quite a number of imes the men are at work, but they ire then inclined to charge you 75c r $1.00 a day for work done for you. ^hey are generally blind to all the avors, may I say, that the white nen are doing for them in season and ut of season. Endeavor to do as lltle for you as possible but strive to ret as much from you for the little lone. Now what is to be done. The armers need concert of action, I mow they, the farmers, do not wish o practice oppression?they are alPflfl \7 -Tar f An HKnvn 1 J.. 2 ? j wuciui aucaujr, III SO ar as furnishing everything but the ictual labor of working a crop and hen giving half of it. Now that is ?ig pay, but concert of action in compiling a cropper to do as much in >uilding up the land that he works, is you do, if he is going to get half if what is made. I saw a scheme that s not original with me to be honest, >ut when a man goes to the public vorks, he will likely come back some ime and ask you to pay him similar 0 the pay of those jobs?tell him to ake his family with him if he rents 1 house from you, he can keep his amily in your house fn idleness and 'ou are really giving them a stick to rack your head with, and it is better o make all public works men take heir familipc with thom ?* 1 .WW " .VII va iv/iii VI l/IICjr OWIJ' ' vith the families. It is no interest t? l farmer or the consuming public for| he farmer to furnish houses for wonen and children and cannot hire the abor of the men. Hey Denver. JONESVILLE Jonesville, Feb. 9?We are passing , hrough the coldest weather of tho vinter but this is not unorecedentert or February is a treacherous month ind can never be depended upon for nuch Rood weather. Jonesville is luflfering the loss of some of our Rood md estimable women.i Two in one lay last week. Notice of which has ilready been published in the papej^j tnd this morning at 8 o'clock still an>ther of our good women passed iway. Mr9. T. A. Liitlejohn, a full lotice will be found in another colimn of this paper. Our people last week had much 'ood for the tongue in discussing the >partanburg infanticide of whom two ,'oung people, the alleged parents, JJ v* .O % / 1 ^3 are accused and are in the lock up. Many opinions have been advanced and they vary much, and it is not often that anv two are exactlv of the same kind. Some say it is not murder while others think the young mail is altogether to blame, while othert the mother is equally guilty with the father. Report is that the young couple had been stopping together at boarding houses, and claimed to be man and wife and that would make them so and one idea advanced is if they are man and wife, that the law prohibits the wife from testifying against her husband and all such ideas have crept into the people's minds which is enough to make one believe there is a lack of information ind a proper understanding of law and equality even in this nineteenth century. And then it is reported that the Spartanburg folk are giving different phases of the affair and while one is going to convict, another is going to clear the accused and place the crime on other parties than the two In jail. Quoting what the lawyers are going to do brings to my mind what cmr Savior said to the Pharisees and others, "Woe unto you lawyers," he pronounces this woe upon the lawyers in several places in the new testament scriptures. Whenever a lawyer declares he is going to clear his client or convict the defendant "nolen volens" he is slapping the juries of our country in the face. The Methodist and Baptist churches were served by their respective pastors Surday and the congregations were large and they were well entertained by the speakers. Dr. G. W. B. Smith and Miss Grace Fair ft tended the Sunday school at Cross Keys last Sunday. Some of our Sunday school workers will go up to Anderson this week to attend the State Sunday school convention Mr. Thos. G. Johnson of Greenwood spent Sunday in Jonesville. Five hundred bales of cotton were sold in this market last week, prices ranged from 11 l-2c to 13 l-2c. The Methodist will commence the erection of their new church in a short while with the expectation of completing it by the first of July. Telephone. NEW HOPlf 4 . > i New Hope, February 19.?Well Christmas is still in our heels?Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Scott invited th?? ^ young people of our neighborhood to their home last night, and all, everyOP P. thprp pninvo/1 ^ - ? V..JVJ vvi UIVIIIOC1VCO IU tilt; fullest etxent. There were about 18 couples. Not boasting, but New Hope can show as many pretty girls as most any community. Mrs. Scoty made all enjoy themselves. Thepe were a lot of games played. Refreshments were served, and after theQf 1 | were served, all bid their hostea*: good night, telling them what si ' pleasant time they had enjoyed with I them in their happy little cottage. ^ | The Old Maids' club will lose S<7^>l 1 of its members ere long, watch, listen, the widowers are going to make 1 a haul before long near Lockhart 1 Junction. The autds, double buggies, j single ones, and motorcycles are . hummminc everv SilhHnv anH i the week also. One s&ys if he makes poor progress at all other places, as ,] Ae made with one not long since, he j will have to stay at home. Well, as the fortune teller says, "We all have enemies." There was a large congregation at New Hope last preaching day, our new pastor is drawing the people out by his fine sermons. I was sorry to hear of Mr. John Inman's death, also Mrs. Tom Littlejohn. Mr. Littlejohn has the sympathy of his many friends in this dark hoqr. Mr. Albert Gossett's little child is.. much better. Two of the teachers from Kelly attended church on last preaching day, the Misses Eargle and Hollman. Mr. Cornelius Garner brought tTle young teachers. Glad to see you all at our church. Come again and bring some of your friends with you. Mr. Goforth and son from Cherokee visited at the home of Mrs. J. I). Brown last week. Miss Eflie Faucett is teaching the Rocky Creek school. Smike. LOCKHART JUNCTION Lockhart Junction, Feb. 9.?The weather has been cold for a few days. Some one told me last M011-. dav Was cr round hoc* Hotr onJ >>? ' V try ? ??*? ??? VOIIIC out and saw his shadow and went back for the next 40 days. So we will Jve a good deai of bad weather during that time says the prophet. The writer after going to Lockhart Saturday and on our way back stopped at Adamsburg. We spent the night at Mrs. Gist Farr, who lives I near that place. We were treated * 'loyally by the family and attended 1 the box supper and oyster supper at ' ' Wesley's chapel school house where < */e enjoyed a nice time. There was a ( large gathering of people and every one seemed to enjoy the program 1 of music, which was furnished by the '' Lockhart string band. Miss Garner ' the teacher, reported to me the ' amount taken in as twenty-eight dol- 1 lars which will go to the painting of 1 the house. They have a nice new l building, just completed, which adds 1 much to the community. These peo- i pie are interested in education. I Mr. E. M. Farr tells me he has im- ' proved two acres of land by first put- I | tins 80 loads of lot manure on this land Kbd then sowed it in clover, making two tons of hay, then planting long staple cotton, using two hundred pounds of 8.33 guano to the ere. This same place made a bale to''the acre, each weighing five hun- v dred pounds, getting 14 l-2c for his cotton. We see why land is still advancing in price, if we can realize a bale of cotton or 50 or 70 bushels of corn to the acre, we can afford to nav good prices for land, as we can make everything in the way of produce in his county. ? Mr. M. L. Hyatt from Walnut Grove in Spartanburg county, was a visitor in this section Sunday and attended Sunday school at the Gault school house and others from other communities and sections. I failed to get the names of all of them, but we hope they 'will come again, we were delighted to have them. We find The Union Times in almost every home we go into in this county and in^other counties and the readers tell us they like to read the letters from correspondents and that they- read every letter before reading anything else. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Scott gave a social at their home"Monday night, in honor of Miss Effie Faucett, of Union. All enioved a delightful tmo We are grieved to hear of the death of Mrs. Tom Littlejohn. Mr. Littlejohn has our sympathy. Miss Mabelle Vinson spent the . week-end at Pacolet the guest of I Miss Bertha Hart. Moxy. | SOUTH UNION DOTS We are having a cold wave at pres- \ ent, which is more disagreeable after enjoying such pleasant weather for a ^ spell. February is often spoken of as the worst month of the year. 1 remember the week containing Feb. 8, 1905. We had one of the most severe blizzards I have ever witnessed; after snowing till it was several inches deep, it began to sleet and rain forming a smooth coat of ice over the snow. It was several days before a horse could travel and very difficult ^ t " *vi aujuiiCi as everyming was in tne grip of the "Ice King." f Miss Olivia Eison, who has been quite sick with grip is convalesent. ( Miss Maud Keith, a young lady I from North Carolina that boards at " Mr. C. H. Cunningham's, has diphtheria. The board of health flagged the house and the family are #quarantined; it is to be hoped the patient will soon be improved and the disease j will not spread among us. Miss Janie Hollingsworth spent tha week-end in Columbia visiting Ffctiva. " ' 1 Mr. Will Gilliam, who is employed J by the Southern Express company, is messenger is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lela Gilliam on Cottage avenue. , ivir. w. jej. noinngswortn is visiting J High Point, N. C., this week. Mr. B. Wardell has resigned his H position with the Gault Manufactur- I ing company and is back in his old place at the Excelsior; he has moved lis family back on Hart street; his H many friends are glad to welcome lim back among us. Mr. and .Mrs. R. F. Turner anlounce the birth of a daughter, Suniay, Feb. 8. . Mrs. Robert Clark and children from the county, spent several days it the Excelsior last week visiting friends and relatives. I enjoy reading the correspondents tfiat give information on farming and g gardening. I am very much inter isted in gardening, but am not capable of giving any helpfi^. points on ;he subject, but would be glad to gain iny information. An operator. / bounty Dispensary a Money Maker. A news item going the rounds, contains the fololwing: "The Aiken :ounty dispensary system, as a mon>y maker, comes up the expectations >f its most ardent advocate." Well, ;nat is one way or putting it, to be ^ lure. There are various and sundry weaknesses of human nature that ^ night be commercialized and made n vastly lucrative to the city, county or e itate treasuries, undoubtedly. p But a few crimes, due to whiskey, 1' nay easily entail more cost to the * :ounty than it gains in profit on the ^ tales of liquor. Who keeps the books o show what liquor costs the county ^ >utside altogether of the prices paid y for the stock of liquor sold? Where h s the ledger in which are charged d igainst this dispensary system all ffiose costs to the people of the coun- c iy, seen in degraded manhood, de- * jtroyed efficiency, wasted resources, a iroken hearted women, neglected 0 children, chained criminals, crowded a court dockets, p In the name of God and our counlom.? * i. ? VA J aw MO IICTVI mp.-?c 1U1 a IllUIIICIlt into thinking that from the public viewpoint the liquor business is a 'money-maker." Whenever we are ~ willing to sell our manhood and the happiness of our women and the 11 rights of our children for cold cash p wherewith to fill the public treasury, in that day will our doom be written ,J by the Hand that has executed sentence upon many a people during-the t long ago and it at this stern work c iven now.?Spartanburg Journal. i | Winte T FOR MEN AND BOYS Z Very Near \ All wool Suits that were $ ones for $9.90 and the $16 are all new goods?No old Our new Stetson Hati v soft and stiff. New Shirts, ? Women, all styles, all Ieath< JT for Vindex Shirts. Barkei JL for 25c?and "Stronger thi tCall and look?we are you through whether y | Union Cl< V D. W. MUL & VtU y vy Are You a Graceful Dancer 7 Would You Like to Be One / 7 Would you like to see he Latest Dances as lanced by Professional )ancers? THEN SEE KALEM'S "Motion rv# i ricture Dancing Lessons" rhe Latest Novelty in Motion Pictures T?6i5onia theatre 3NE DAY ONLY MONDAY, FEB. 16 in Extra Attraction at Regular Prices Free Flower Seed Hastings' Catalogue Tells You About It ii you are engaged in farming, or I you plant only vegetables or flowrs, you cannot afford to be without tie big catalogue published fresh and ew every year by the great Southrn seed house, H. Q. Hastings & comany of Atlanta, Ga., and sent absoiitely free, postage paid, to all who rrlte for it, mentioning the name of his newspaper. In this catalogue we tell you of a plendid offer of free flower seed to ill our customers, Ave magnificent arieties that mean beauty about your ome and a pleasure to wives and laughters that nothing else can give. This catalogue tells you, too, about >ur big cash prize offer to the Corn ;iub boys of your state. It tells all .bout our fine yielding varieties of orn and cotton?the kind we grow n our own 3,200 acre farm. It tells bout the best seeds of all kinds for ilantlng in < the South. It should be a every Southern home. Write tolay and let us send It to you. H. Q. HA8TINQ8 A CO., Atlanta, Ga.?Advt. The paper used by the government Tinting omce each year requires apToximately 126,000,000 pounds of ag pulp and 490,000,000 pounds of ulp. To Cure Cold In One Day 'akel^XATIVBBROMOQnlnltie. Itatopathe lough and Headache and work* off the Cokl. Iruggiata refund money if it faila to core. C. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. Sc. 't' . - * Suits | ARE STILL GOING AT * , Y Half Price | 10.00 now $7.75?the $13.50 Y ! KA Q?U? *10 op mi l riuv ouius iux ^x^.2o( inese stock to work off. & i are here for Spring?both Low Cut Shoes for Men and ;rs. We are exclusive agents y p Brand pure linen collars 2 r ? in the Law" Shoes for Men. always pleased to show A V ou intend to buy or not. ' )thing Co. I LINAX, Mgr. , A^A Do You Carry Life Insurance? And, iff so, do you carry enough? Compare your present social standing with the income [which your insurance would produce and ask yourself how would your dependants fare if you were to die, V i. : / J Vr I \ * -r H Carry Enough life Insurance?if s a Good Policy. Let Us Explain Ah?I OA VU1 6V x cur Cila dowment Policy Whitaker 9 Van Buren Realty ? r S. R. LYBRAND J- F. CHEEK -FORFresti Meats vuunu^ rruuucc Staple Groceries TRY Our New Market WE DELIVER PROMPTLY Phone 116 Lvbrand & Cheek 41 West Main Street UNION, S. C. PAUL K. SWITZER, M. D. UNION, S. C. Office over Rice Drug Co. Day Phone 76 Night Phone 166 ?????^ Clinton has planned for a Chautauqua for one week either In May or June.