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FRIDAY, AFRIL 3, 1914. iv v \cu ovT wnm nt Aprain we come out with a lt>-pap:e paper. It is a sort of habit we are jrettinp: into, and it pives our readers their full money's worth. The generous response our subscribers are making to our appeal for renewals is responsible for this advanced movement. The subscriber who pays promptly for his paper is helping us to make improvements. It is astonishing how these small amounts tret together and make a bip sum of money. If every subscriber now in arrears would pay up one year in advance there is no telintr what kind of a forward move we could make. Kind reader, look at your little yellow label and see if you should not semi us a dollar. LET THE FORCE HAVE AUTO. We understand*!, ttyat there is ? s ? movement* on foot to *iiurcnase a patrol motor car for the city of Union. ti,? :,i?? :? 1 t-u i tie iuca as it ^uuu uue. i ne iiiuliiiiii: would not cost much; its operation would cost but little; the saving of hack hire so often necessary in making arrests and, best of all, prompt results when making arrests are some of the advantages. We have no axe to grind in this matter. We have nc old or new car to sell. We do not get a copper cent on any automobile sold in the State of South Carolina Hut the idea is a good one. We cheerfully give it our support. It if worth of consideration on the part of the city authorities. I.et the police force have a car?it will help them to do better service; and it will not hurt in any direction. WHO SAID ABOLISH CAMPAIGN? Who said abolish the county-to cuuni-y anyway : oome crazy Zekc who knew not whai he said, perhaps. Let the people heai the candidates. Let the candidates speak and speak and speak. If yoi do not care to hear, you have the un questioned privilege of staying at home. There are those who do desin to hear. Besides, do not the candi dates pay the costs? Are they noi assessed, and that heavily, for this same county-to-county campaign"! Let no one grudge them a minute o! the time so dearly purchased. If yoi do not care to hear, you can staj away. And the same may be said for th< campaign caried on in each countj from township to township. It is tru< that it is hard on the candidate?phy sieally and financially; hut if he car stand it, the rest of us should not oh ject. SPEAK OUT, MR. CANDIDATE. We do not claim that we originatee the idea, hut here it is: We will give space to any Union county candidate to give his views, express his platform, say whatever he desires to sa> upon general ann particular questions This we will publish free, allowing each one from a half to a whole column to ^et his views before the people. The only restriction we put upon each one is that he confine himsell to issues and leave out personal attacks. So, Mr. Candidate, write youi views, prive us your platform; let the people know where you stand. We will put your views before the people of this county more thoroughly than you will have opportunity to do in the campaign this summer. We f?ot this idea from The Columbia State. That paper has made a similar proposiv... i > the State candidates. We make it to every Union and Union county candidate. This is an honest effort to give each candidate an opportunity to reach all the people. Let us have >nr expression. We will gladly publish it free. THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT. In our humble judgment President Wilson is right in the position he has taken and so ably defended on the question of repealing the tolls exemption clause of the Panama ?canal act. It is true that the party platform adopted at Baltimore stood for such exemption. It is equally true that the Baltimore platform stood squarely against special privilege bf all kinds. The two ideas are not capable of being made to fit in one platform, and this republican plank that by > some hook or crook got into the democratic platform had no business there. Why should ships owned by private parties or corporations doing business for their own gain be allow?'l r?n f V?*?miorh frpp? Tf the POV VV1 l-v F,V H.'VUfS-- - CI crnment owned the ships there might be some justice in the claims for exemption. As it appears to us, the people have nothing to fear from the fact that American ships as well as all other ships must go through on the same regulations. President Wilson has again shown himself worthy of the high honor placed upon him by the American people. He is a wise statesman, and a continual pozzle to demagogues and crooks: he is zealous for the triumph of right falters not in the day of trial. tViese silos are good ones. Concrete and Cement Structures Are As Lasting as Any. i Clemson College, March 31.?R. H. Mason, dairy expert of the United States Department of Agriculture in cooperation with Clemson College, has received an anonymous circular which has apparently been distributed ' in this State, showing pictures of i the circular apparently being to in, fluence the mind of the reader against . concrete and cement silos which have | broken down or cracked, the idea of i these two forms of silos. I Mr. Mason states that he recom ,1 mends cement and concrete as ma terial for silos and that when properly constructed such silos are as serviceable and lasting as any type. It. fact, he said, conditions in some parts of South' Carolina make this the very best type of silo for farmers. "We wish," said Mr. Mason, "to remove any impression to the contrary that this circular may havs t created in the minds of South Carolina farmers." Clemson College will at any time be glad to assist any farmer who has ; the material to construct a silo, ' structure. Further information may be obtained by addressing Mr. Mason at Clemson College. So strong has been the demand > for cwpies of Circular No. 10 of tli* , South Carolina Experiment Station, ( "Home Mixing of Fertilizers," by J. i Coke Rampley, of the fertilizer dc'jpartment of Clemson College, that ' a new edition of the circular has been , printed. It contains numerous for, mulas for the home mixing of fei . tiiizers with full directions which ! any farmer can follow. The demamf for this publication is taken as at. ' indication that South Carolina f.-ivm. i ers intend mixing more of their fertilizer at home than ever before. I Copies of this circular can he obtained free of charge upon application to Clemson College. Wants Correct Roll. Editor Union Times: Allow me to say to your readers that errors in the proper names given in Maj. Steedman's diary are due to r the fact that in old-fashioned script ? the capital letters "I" and ".J" are 1 identical. We wish to make a per. fectly correct Roster and shall be glad to receive correct tons. I am sending you some selection. 1 from letters received too late for the " issue of March 19 and ask that you t will give them to the public, j I also wish to say that at the resi > dence of Dr. Dogan in January, 186.->, p Maj. Steedman was examined, baptized and received into the commun1 ion of the Presbyterian church by ' Rev. A. A. James and Elders C. Gage and Wm. Perry. ; On Jan. 31 he received his first f communion in Dr. Dogan's parlor ar> has been stated. ' Rev. A. A. James was chaplain of the 18th Reg. S. C. V.. and pastor l of Fair Forrest and Salem churches . during tne entire lour years of the war. He came home twice each year to hold his communion services. The Presbyterians of Union were withoin a pastor and "Father James" held the communion service for them in May, 1863. The church was situated in the ' "Village Cemetery" and very slowly J and painfully Maj. Steedman made > his way on his crutches from Dr. Do. gan's residence to the church. After the service* Mrs. Wm. Keenan took him in her carriage to her home to dine with Mr. and Mrs. James. In those days the Keenan home, now the residence of T .C. Duncan, wa." one of the 'show places" of the upcountry. Mrs. B. G. Clifford. Card of Thanks. We desire to express through the columns of The Times our appreciation of the many kindnesses shown us during the illness and death of our mother, Mrs. W. M. I.awson. i Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gregory. No trace has been found of the robber who held up an express iries senger on a .Southern train near Coj lun.bia. I I Sprir^ is Uni P???? I During sands of i for any tol A signific stant appeal who had h something e These wh haps the m< Convenient Size 5-Cent Tin, the and Half-Pound Til Humidor. Says the Chicago Daily News: "Tin sidelights of Napoleon's life that an injected into this superb picture play add much to the interest and help tn : j " ? iuai\c ii/ a maasive pruuuciiun. ueor^C Kleine's "For Napoleon and France." Six reels. Edisonia, Friday, April I'd. HOUSE PASSES REPEAL BILL IN SPITE OF CLARK'S APPEAL (Continued from page l). Signal for Cheers. This was signal for the opponent' of repeal to onen their strongest hat teries of applause and the chamhei for several moments rang with t Ik din of cheers and shouts. Holding the interest to the end, th< speaker remained a commanding fie ure interrupted by applause as h( , proceeded. A lmnof nlli? V*O /1A?>/?1??/L.-1 lowering his heavy voice to say: "Now may the God of our fathers wlu nerved 8.000,000 backwoods Amor.' cans to fling their gage of battle int< the face of the mightiest monarchs ir the world, who guided the hand oi Jefferson in writing the charter o< . liberty, who sustained Washington am his ragged and starving army ami( the awful horrors of Valley Forge and who gave them complete victorj ? on the blood-stained heights of York town, may He lead members to vot< so ah to prevent this stupendous fo 11 \ ?this unquestionable degradation oi the American republic." Speaker Clark had finished. lb had defended his position; praised th< president whom he opposed; expresed admiration of his colleagues fron whom he differed on this question; chided those who had assailed hin: and sugar-coated instead of tan-im the situation. As he walked from hipU ce the house arose en masse. D")., ocrats, Republicans and Progressivealike cheered. When order could he restored Representative Adamsor took the floor to close the long ele bate. A Mere Subsidy. Representative Adamson devote,] himself largely to a denunciation o'. free toll legislation as an economic policy, characterizing as mock $ :! Creeping S8? Whenever These warm, Jrl pS? real Spring v Jjyfc IM the corner; oi IjMf) Ar prepared to r V Iff New Suits, I 1 iW I Stetson Hats AVRO tides were s< lM|i| from the bes thing we sell SB^jsj^ money back. on Cl< Lost! the past year, by 1 smokers, all inclim Dacco but STAG. tant fact is Stag's into old smokers?men )ng settled down to use. se old critics are per3st enthusiastic of all. : Packages: The Handy Halfi Full-Size 10-Cent Tin, the Pound i Humidors and the Pound Glass iFor Pipe and Cijjare "EVER-LASTING-LY G P. Lorlllard Co. ? Est. I76C ! sid> to special interests those who | have lobbied steadily before the inter! state and foreign commerce commit1 tee of the house for seven years. The 'ihcuse was in an uproar and Representative Underwood had difficulty in restoring order. Later Speaker Clark resumed the chair and strenuously sought for order, but although Representative Adamson spoke for about half an I hour the house was in such disorder : that little of his speech was heard. When he concluded Representative 1 Adamson called for a vote. A hush ! swept the crowded floor and the ] packed galleries as Speaker Clark announced a vote on the "third reading and engrossment of the bill." Republican Leader Mann demanded i a roll call, and the first record vote I on the bill was forced on a preliminary legislative stage. The administration's strength made its appear; ance, however, and the bill was adj vanced through the third reading bj ' a vote of 247 to H50. The Next Move, i A sound of cheers and applause f greeted the announcement ~bf this r vote and scarcely had it subsided when I Representative O'Shaughnessy ol 1 Rhode Island presented the motion to recommit the bill, prepared by a r conference of leaders opposed to the . measure. It read: "I move to recommit the bill H. R 14385 to the committee on interstate and foreign commerce with directions to that committee to report said bii1 back to the house forthwith with the following amendment: "Strike out all of section two and i insert in lieu thereof the following: " 'CJpp 9. Anrl pnnesrooo /lo , clares that in its judgment the United States, which at enormous cost ha.; built and fortified and owns the canal without any expectation of pecuniary i profit to itself from its ownership and which has the duty and expense ol i protecting the canal with its troopand warships and by proper sanitation, may, as the owner and defendci of the canal, by virtue of rights ol I sovereignty, rightfully provide prefer' cntial tolls or no tolls for its own wai * eesels and for vessels of commerce belonging to it or its citizens flying [ 'Round tl you're ready, we're in NEW SPRING A sunny days are only a leather?it's on its way i ily one more Sunday, tl ueet your every requiren jow Cut Shoes. Shirts, / Panamas and Straw Ha fV? +K A *11 LIXW WVI TTltU 1/11V/ UU11VOI it houses. We absolute] to be as we represent COME AND LOOK UI >thing A1 :hou- ill /?< i lis flap: so long as the conditions and - charges of traffic established by it for . vessels of foreign nations are just and ? equitable; and may rightfully in time of war as well as in time of peace i .maintain its army and navy in the canal zone, including all necessary ! warlike material, both of defense am* . offense; and may rightfully provide ! preferential tolls or no tolls for the i vessels of the Republic of Panama from which republic the right to construct the canal was obtained and as s authorized in the act of June 28, 1902, i providing for the construction of the i canal.'" On this motion with its reservations ; of the right of the United States to control the Panama canal zone, the I anti-repeal forces polled their largest t vote. The motion was defeated. 232 to 176. The Democratic leaders, Speaker Clark and Representative Un derwood, carried 61 of their Demo cratic colleagues with them on this ' vote. All but 13 of the Republicans voted for the motion and two Progressives stood with the anti-repeal . forces. This defeat marked the last rally of the anti-repeal forces. The last roll call was on the final passage of the bill. It was given with the house in disorder and general confusion preva, lent. As announced by the speaker the result was: Ayes, 248; nays, 162. But a recapitulation of the vote . showed: Ayes, 247; nays, 161. , On this vote 220 Democrats ann swered the personal plea of President ? Wilson. With them were 25 Republicans and two Progressives. With I Speaker Clark and Leader Uunderwood,-52 Democrats voted aganist the . bill, 92 Republicans and 17 Progres| sives, making up the 161 negative i vote. An Invitation. I The Buffalo Baptist church will bo ' dedicated at 11 o'clock a. m. Sunday April 5. An interesting program has been arranged. Several visiting breth ren will speak. It is hoped that there ' will be a full turnout of the people locally and that many visitors from other points will attend. L. S. Shealy, : Pastor. I le Comer i ready, to fit you lPPAREL. little ways ahead of md only just 'round hien Easter. We are lent for Easter dress. Collars. Ties; Belts, its. All of these ar ; care, and gathered ly guarantee everyit, or you get your 3 OVER. Co. Bite, i Sting, Stores to Close at Six April 13. We, the undersigned merchants of Union do hereby agree to close our places of business at 6 o'clock each afternoon, beginning April 13th, and lasting through until September loth. It being understood that all stores will be kept open on pay days at the different mills and on Saturdays. McLure Ten Cent Co., Wi'burn Bros., Union Clothinir C!? c Co., Mutual Dry Goods Co., StoneJones Hardware Co., Haile Shoe Co,, Union Hardware Co., Fant Bros. Co., S. Berelowitz, W. D. Arthur Co., Bailey Furniture and Lumber Co., Peoples Supply Co., Mrs. Mf J. Mabry, Bradley-Estes Co., Piedmont Pressing Club, Union Clothing Co., S. M. McKissick, Norman Murphy Co., N. Shapiro. Geo. W. Going (May 1 to September 1), The Quality Shop, Simon Smith, M. E. Tinsley, W. H, Burriss, McLure Mercantile Co., T. A, Murrah, E. A. Eason, J. Cohen, Fari & Thomson, H. L. Gaffney?The Battery, The Union Grocery Co. (At six o'clock provided all grocers sign and close at six. Or at seven with all other grocers), T. B. Washburn (at six or seven), The Busy Bee?R. A. Jones, L. E. Morrow, Eagle Grocery Co., Union Plumbing & Electric Co., I. From. Public Meeting. Union, S. C., April 1, 1914. A public meeting of the legal voters residing in Union school district and returning real or personal property therein for taxation is hereby canen to assemble at Union coyrt house on the 14th day of April, 1914, at 11 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of voting an additional tax to supplement the general tax for the support of schools in pursuance of an act of the general assembly, approved December 24, 1892, with subsequent amendments. W. E. Thomson, J. A. Sawyer, C. T. Murphy, * R. L. McNally, G. C. Perrin, 14-2t. Trustees.