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m THE UNION TIMES M $ ^????????? ?????? ? ??^ )>foiiuto ?_____ YOLi. LiXIV. NO. 32. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7,1914. $1.00 A YEAR. COUNTY CAH OPENED Speakers Given Respectful Hearing?There Was No Disorder ? J. L. Woodward Was Chairman Of Meeting?Rain Interfered With Ball Game. The Union county campaign opened at Buffalo Saturday afternoon. The candidates were given a respectfu. hearing and there was no disorder. Indeed, the whole meeting was a "love feast," a sort of Fourth of July holiday. Rain interfered with the ball game which was to have been playeu immediately after the speaking. Mr. J L. Woodward was chairman of the meeting and was successful in maintaining the best of order. FOR SUPERVISOR. The first speaker introduced was OUie Robinson. This was his home precinct. Expressed his appreciation for support he hoped to get. Would ** if elected do his best to conduct the affairs of the office satisfactorily. Dr. J. T. Jeter was next introduceu and says he will borrow money at lowest rate of interest. Would not borrow money from any bank in Union at 6 per cent if it could be gotten in Baltimore or any where else at 4 per cent. Wl G. Puckett, next fintroduced, says: "Glad to be before you offering myself as a candidate for an office in Union county. Have been Magistrate of Onion township. The office of Supervisor is an important office. My two opponents are good men; I will leave you to say if I am not also a good man. I will do mv best to fill the office well if I am elected. The road question is misunderstood; some people say the Supervisor is to beheld resDonsible. but there are mem bers of the board from every township.^ I am in favor of widening out the main roads to at least 30 feet. For the past six or eight years I have wanted to be Supervisor; I have studied the matter, and will do my best if elected to act so that you will not regret it. J. J. Davis, offering for election as township commissioner for Buffalo, says, "Have lived here and woilced here among you. You all know me. I will do my dut? if elected." V. E. Lawson wiys next introduced as candidate for township commissioner. Thinks the office shou^i o\ filled by men who know the needs o. the township. "I w|ll see tha* my township and county qets the best service. I claim to know something about the work. My platform Is tK. building up of my township and cou* ty." F. S. Sumner was next introduced. "If elected will do my duty as I see it, to the best of my ability." FOR TREASURER. J. H. Bartles was introduced. "I am a candidate for re-election to the office of county treasurer; have been in oKonrvo flR ?* | ? ? V.I1CVI blllO VIIIWC AUI a IIUIIIUCI of years. If there is anything wrong with the affairs of the county I do not know it. I have been checked uo for 18 long years by the State officials and they have never checked me wrong one cent. This office used to be a small affair, but it has now come to be one of big affairs. It is really the banking business of your county. $200,000 is handled in this office now. The office is different from anv other office in the county. The bookkeeping is. as far as the county treasurer's office is concerned, more complicated. I think the people, both my political enemies, as well as my friends, say I have made a good treasurer. I have tried to accomodate the patrons of the office. A great many say that I have had the office long enough, but l a fVia nftino oiiffnvinf* 9 T Vi / i Ann nirni* o VIIV VIIIVV OUUVIIIIPS IViU UIIV t know a business that puts out a tried man for one that is unfamiliar with it? All earthly bqsiness is hunting for experienced men. How long have you worked at your business? What is your experience? These are the questions that a business concern asks. I am not ready to die vet< Educate your Koys, be educated." Wade H. Howell was the next introduced. "I feel that I am before the people around my own fireside. There is no issue in this campaign. I have supported Mr. Bartles more than any other man. I realize that there is a difference in the treasurer's office. Mr. Bartles did not show he knew much about the Supervisor's office; I could not run the office just like Mr. Bartles. 1 will, if you give me a little time do as well as Mr. Bartles. The money the treasurer pays out is done on warrants issued by the commissioners and others. I am asking for this office on my own merits. The books of the county board and those of the treasurer came so near to balancing that he O. K.'ed them both. Mr. Bartles would find that the supervisor's office has grown as well as that of tru treasurer's. I will endeavor to make as few mistakes as anv man you could elect to that office. I come as a working man; I ask you to give me a , chance. We should not get it into our minds that only one man can run an office. I feel that you can get numbers of men to fill the place. I ask for a trial. If I make a failure, I and my bondsmen would be responsible. Union county would not lose anything. We will never have any one to get experience as long as Mr. Bartles is treasurer, for he employs a lady. But do you not know that If (Continued on page 8) 1PAIGN AT BUFFALO MEETING IS HELD AT CHESTERFIELD About One Thousand People Hear Candidates Wednesday at Chesterfidld? Bleafae Demands Action on Charge Made By Pollock. Chesterfield, Aug. 5.?An audience of about 1,000 persons today at Chen ' terfield heard the candidates deliver < their usual addresses with a little new matter injected to relieve the monot- : ony. The meeting was called to order in < the county court house by M. G. Hough, the countv chairman, after i an invocation by Rev. B. S. Funderburk. At the conclusion of the speech of ? Senator Smithy who was the first speaker, the audience of 600 people adjourned to the front of the cour* I house, where there were 400 persons i unable to pet entrance into the building. Senator Smith, when he com menced his speech, was greeted with " "multuous aoplause. He departed from his usual cotton speech and told 1 of the disaster which the cotton Dlan- 1 ter of the South faced because of the < war between the Triple Alliance and < the Triple Entente. He stated the people of South Carolina should drop < partisan differences. He urged an unification of all the interests of the 1 State that they might appeal to the betterment of the government for re- : lief for the farmer. Senator Smith : said: "I am going to Washington Saturday night, not as a candidate 1 for the United States senate, but as a cotton grower who has been fighting 1 for those who produce the wealth of the world." Blease Next Speaker. I Governor Blease, the next speaker, addressed the audience from the body of a wagon and reiterated his former attacks on the record of Senator Smith. The chief executive claiming "70.000 free white votes," admitted having a machine of "his friends" at ' his back, but stated that "not a man < in the organization gets a dollar." I Governor Blease started his speech 1 before the newspaner men got out of 1 the courthouse and he told a reporter of this paper that he prefaced his 1 remarks with the following: 44 I uo- i derstand that it was charged from i the stump yesterday that parole con victs are beinir held in npnnnce oil i over this state. I now hereby, as gov- 1 ior of South Carolina, demand of ' the United States District Attorney Francis H. Weston that he summons before him the party making said statement and require him to swear an affidavit before a United States commissioner and that # he have said parties arrested and prosecute them to the full extent of the law. And I will pardon the convict or convicts so held in order that they may testify in the case. In case the district attorney does not do this, then I demand that the United States marshal go before a commissioner and swear out a warrant for information and be- . lief and arrest the parties and require the party to appear as a witness. If there is no peonage it is the violation of the United States law, and the^? are the proper officers to prosecute it." L. D. Jennings and W. P. Pollock, as usual, excoriated the record of Governor Blease. Both were well received, but the latter received an ovation, as Chesterfield is his home county. PLANS ON FOOT TO GET BASE BALL < Plans are on foot to have Union take up Anderson's franchise in the j Piedmont ball league. There will be ( 15 more games to come off here if j this transfer is made. A mass meet- i ing of Union citizens was held here * Wednesday night and a committee 1 appointed to solicit funds to purchase ^ the paraphanalia and to improve the j grounds. If this committee is sue- t cessful, a committee will go to Spar- i tanburg Friday to close the deal with i the directors of the league. There were three fames played here this s week between Anderson and Green- c ville for the purpose of giving the c people a taste of the sport and thus t see whether they wished to go in for t baseball. The result of the three games play- I ed here this week is: Monday. Ander- ^ son, 3; Greenville, 2. Tuesday, Anderson, 9; Greenville, 10. Wednesday, Anderson, 5; Greenville, 1. . m i Death of Mr. H. C. Rice. ' s c 7 t Mr. H. C. Rice died in Columbia j Sunday and his remains "were interred c in the cemetery of Grace Methodist \ church on Monday afternoon. He had J been in ill health for a number of years. The funeral services were con- i ducted by Rev. L. L. Wa*non. s ' ' v Theatre Party. f j t Misses Etta McDow, Mary Jones r and Kathleen James entertained in luiuiiiiiueiii. tu me vi8iiin|( gins on r Thursday evening at a theatre party, n They met at the home of Miss McDow and about thirty couples were entertained at the theatre and after- j" wards served delicious ices and bon bona. Dainty souvenirs were given each guest in memory of the happy \ | occasion. ^ v PLANS GREAT COUNTY FAIR Union County Fair Will Be Held October 21-22-23? Officers of the Association Plan For Biggest and Best Fair Yet Held? Good Racing to Be Had. Union's county fair will be held October 21-22-23, and those in charge of its affairs are planning to make I this year's fair the biggest and best fair' yet held. The officers of the as- I sociation are: S. R. Aycock, president; R. P. Harry, vice president; B. F. Alston, Jr., secretary; A. G. Kennedy, treasurer. It is understood that there will be county races, the famous Roman and chariot races, and many other attrac- | tions. The exhibits this year are expected to be the best the fair has ,yet had. The premium book will soon b?> issued, and the committee is hard at work to get everything in cood shape. New Garage Will Open. The Union Garage, a new concern, will soon open in Union. The prorm* ters of the enterprise are J. F. Burbank and W. Porter Whitaker, each of them owning a half interest in the concern. The building now being erected by J. Ben Foster on Gadberry street, next door to Smoak Quality Press building, will be the home of the new concern. The building will be 40x90 feet and will be thoroughly equipped for the business. They will carry a full line of accessories, and will be headquarters for the Ford car. Mr. Burbank has sold a large number of these cars in Union ?county during the past year, and he will carry these cars in stock when he gets into the new building. ENGLAND AWAITS NEWS OF NAVAL BATTLE. London, Aug. 5.?The first day of the war for Great Britain has been a day of suspense and rumors. Every half hour a fresh "extra" was shouted through the streets with some startling rumors. The sum total of the rumor was that cannonading had been heard off ' all the coasts of Europe. The nation's \ mind and heart are with the ' so it is proud in its confidence, 'and every one awaits a bulletin of a great battle. But concerning the navy's whereabouts, plans or strategy the newspapers do not even speculate. The first fruits of the war are several German vessels brought into harbor by British cruisers and others impounded in port. This was the day's >nly news so far as British naval and , military operations were concerned. ; The vote of $500,000,000 for war mirK?ses and the appointment of Field < arshal Earl Kitchener as secrctarv r?_ ?? lvfi wot were two government ceuo ares of great importance. The German embassy has been granted a special train and cruise- to take the staff to a Holland port. i A notice on the door "Ameriea?. i embassy" was posted this afternoon i .vhtr. the American secretary, Irwin R. Laughlin, temporarily assumed ;harge of the premises. No War With Austria. Neither Great Britain nor Austria 1 ias declared war on the other as yet, ; *nd the Austrian ambassador has re- 1 reived no instructions to leave Lonlon. I Every important newspaper in England has announced its wholcnearted support of the government. . Even the Irish press has joined in the . :oncord. |; The Frince of Wales is about to -j ssue an appeal for funds to relieve , ;he distressed. A commitee composed , )f members of the house of commons las been formed for the purpose. It ' ncludes the Rt. Hon. H. L. Samuels. . fohn Burns, Augustin Birrel and SValter Long. . A naval action was in progress in ;he North sea this afternoon, accord- j ng to The Standard, which adds that ' his news was confirmed by a high . authority, who, said the action was lot of decisive' importance. Earl Beauchamp was appointed to tucceed Viscount Morley as president ' if the council today, and Walter Run- , :iman to take the place of John Burns } is president of the loval government * >oard. (, Field Marshal Earl Kitchener has >een appointed secretary of state for var. Panic is Allayed. Symptoms of a panic over the quea- { ion of food and money supplies sub- i ided greatly today. There is general * onfidence that measures undertaken ? ?y the government will meet the cris- t s; that the money market will not < ollapse and that the Atlantic route t vill be kept open for shipments from America. The fact that the Cunard liner Lustania was allowed to sail had a reasuring effect as indicating that the * idiniralty is certain the navy is in a ' >osition to keep German cruisers off he area of the north Atlantic trades ( oafos. * Miss Pearl Gross, who has been vis- c ting Mrs. E. C. Crawford, left Wed- > tesday for her home in Alabama. ( Miss Louise Rollings of Kershaw, ^ rill arrive this week to visit at the tome of Mrs. E. C. Crawford. ( Mrs. L. L. Mitchell and children of i Vhitestone will arrive next week to i isit her sister, Mrs. E. R. Godshall. MRS. WILSON IS VERY ILL All Hope For Her Recovery Is Practically Abandoned ?Condition Has Been Very Unfavorable Many Months? Trials Weigh Heavily Upon President. Washington, Auk. R.?Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the president of tne United States, tonight lies an the point of death. Four months of almost unbroken illness, a complication of nervous ailments and Bright's disease, have sapped the vitality of the first lady of the land. The end is regarded a-, a matter of days, perhaps hours. Ifer husband and three daughters are at her bedside and relatives have been summoned. Physicians have been in consultation for days, but it was admitted at the White House tonight that hope for her recovery had almost vanished. Late tonight Mrs. Wilson was resting easily, but it was sometime - necessary to resort to oxygen and other stimulants. Conscious only at intervals, Mrs. Wilson has been cheerful and called constantly for her husband Every spare moment that could be spared from urgent official duties has been devoted by the president to his wife. At the side of his constant helpmate and adviser he wrote the tender of good offices appealing to the European monarchs to stay their conflict. From the sick room he has given directions to the various department heads for the relief of thousands of Americans stranded abroad. The press of domestic legislation, the European war and Mexican situation and the flurry over financial conditions throughout the country have weighed heavily on the president, as :_*?: 1 ?-j_ J? iis nao luaiiiiiuni'ii ins uay ana nignt. vigil. Hope All But Vanished. For several days it has been known to those in closest touch at the White House that hope for Mrs. Wilson's recovery was slight. The president has clung desperately to the hope that she might survive the crisis, ouz her fnftl constitution, drained by months of never-ending illness, has been unable to withstand the battle. P -L?8t March Mrs. Wilson slipped on A' tug at the White House, injuring her spine. An operation was necessary. After weeks of convalescence she finally rose from her bed, but the burden of a winter's activity at the White House, together with charity, brought on nervous prostration. She was well enough to attend the wedding of her second daughter, now Mrs. William G. McAdoo, but her recuperative powers were not lasting. Stomach trouble addel to her nervous ailment and Bright's disease developed. _ Vinson-AUred. Miss Racine Allred was married to Mr. Bea Vinson of this county, at Union, July 30. These young people were married by Rev. L. L. Wagnon at his residence on Church street. Wood-Brown. Miss Delia Brown and Mr. J. E. Wood of tbis city were united in marriage by Rev. L. L. Wagnon of Union. at the residence of the bride's father, Sunday night, July 26. UNION ICE FACTORY IN FINE CONDITION The capacity of the Union Ice 61 Fuel Company's plant is to be doubled before the next season and work has begun on the extension already. The five lots adjoining the ice plant have been purchased and the residence next to the plant is being movsd next to the houses belonging to the Citizens Real Estate company, in jrder to make room for the addition to the building for the new machinery. The present plant has a capacity of fifteen tons of ice per day and i dunlirate hnvinor tho oomo r. - r? 8 to be added, giving the plant a capacity of 30 tons per day. With this iddition to the plant Union will be in i position to supply ice to every town vithin a radius of twenty-five miles, rhe plans for the new plant have already been received and work will commence on the building within a few weeks. The contract for the machinery has been made and same will >e installed as soon as the building is ready. Mr. W. H. Sartor is president and ;reasurer of this concern, and Mr. R. Easterling is vice president and lecretary. The concern has prospered from the beginning, and these genlemen and their associates are to be congratulated upon the success atained. ^ Says Condition Very Serious. Columbia, Aug. 6.?Commissioner >f Agriculture Watson has received he following telegram: "New York, Aug. 3.?E. J. Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture?Farm:rs of the South facing great crisis. Jnless holding movement is immeliately put in force cotton will be rery cheap this fall. Better sell 7,100,000 bales at 12 cents than 14,000,K)0 at 6 cents. You, with your cool udgment, and he, in his enthusiasm, :an make a holding movement sue :easful. This is the judgment that nany Carolinians here hola. If I can issiat wire, care Hotel Astor. "Lewis W. Parker." WAR IS DEC BY BRIr THIRTY-NINTH CONVENTION The Union County Baptist Association Will Hold Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting With Putnam Church?Year's Work to be Reported. The Union County Baptist association will hold its thirty-ninth annual meeting with Putnam church beginning Wednesday, August 26. The introductory sermon is to be preached by A. McA. Pittman, with A. O. Allison, alternate. The missionary sermon is to be preached by George P. White, with .T. L. Hodges, alternate. The following committes are to report at this meeting: State Missions?R. C. Williams, Davis Jeffries. Home Missions?H. B. Murphy, J. L. Hodges. r*? r? um. i uici^n miaaiuun vieu. Jr. Willie A. O .Allison. Sundav Schools?J. W. Sanders, A. 0. Allison. Orphanage?N. M. Carroll, J. E. Johnson. Christian Education?J. T. Jeter, L. G. Southard. Aped Ministers' Relief?Theo. Eison, E. L. Clark. Observance of the Lord's Day .S. R. Jolly, J. C. Gregory. Public Morals?H. E. Hill, J. F. Bishop. Religious Literature?J. A. Anderson, J. C. Cudd. Woman's Work?Mrs. Ora B. Fant. It is hoped that all the churches of the association will elect delegates and prepare reports to be sent up. Those who have been appointed to Iropare reports are urged lo give earnest effort to having the reports ready when the association calls for them. If for any reason one of the appointees cannot fulfill the duties pjaced upon him, he is requested to notify Lewis M. Rice, Union, the moderator, so that another brother may be chosen to do the work. WILLIAM G. COUNTS DIES IN PRIVATE SANITARIUM Popular Journal Man Leaves a Wife and Five Children. William G. Counts, for the past seventeen years a linotype operator for The Journal and one of the most popular men in its composing room, died Tuesday night at a private sanitarium. Mr. Counts had been in ill health * il * ' " iui more man a year uui not until Monday was his condition thought serious enough to cause him to stop work. He was an indefatigable worker and was highly regarded for his zeal and earnestness. Mr. Counts was forty-five years old. He was a member of the Typographical union and lived at 934 Highland avenue. He is survived by his wife; five children; Mrs. B. W. McCay, of Los Angeles, William, Louise, Aline and Bunnie Counts; two sisters, Mrs. D J. Gregory, Union, S. C., and Mrs. Fred Holland, of Atlanta, and three brothers, Jeter Counts, of Atlanta, Charles B. Counts, Union, S. C., and Hamet Counts, 01' North Carolina. buneral will be held at Druid H;l's. Bantisl church Thursday afternoon a* 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be at Decatur, Ga.?Atlanta Journal. Mr C. B. Coui.ts left Wednesday it. tcsponse to a l< Ire jam to attena the funeral of his biv/ ier. The co:r.tri r.ity sympathizes with the relatives in this sad hour. RUSSIANS ARE INSULTED BY GERMAN CROWDS St. Petersburg, Aug. 5. (Via London).?The Russian ambassador in Berlin, M. De Sverbeew, and his staff are reported to have heen subjected to much abuse after the declaration of war. Some members of the ambassadorial suite, including Princess Belosilsky, who was Miss Susie Whittier of Boston, and the first secretary of embassy, M. Charovitski, are alleged to have been struck by persons in a crowd that followed their motor cars to the railroad station when they were leaving Berlin. According to an eyewitness, the embassy was surrounded, and when the ambassador, who was escorted by mounted police, departed for the station in an automobile, the people hurled abuse at him. The police had the greatest difficulty in protecting him and members of his staff. Friends of the ambassador who followed him in motor cars also are said to have been forced to run a gauntlet of nostile Germans. The occupants, throwing stones and striking both men and women with sticks and umbrellas, it is said. M. Charovitski was struck a severe blow on the head whidh cut his scalp. He is said to be under medical treatment in Copenhagen. Princess Belosilsky was hit on her back and shoulder, and other persons in the crowd spat at her. Other members of the party are declared to have been similarly treated. The children were placed in the bottom of the automobile for protection. Services at First Baptist Church. There will be preaching at the First Baptist church Sunday morning nr.d Sunday evening by the pastor. Mr. VVhite has been granted a month's vacation by his congregation but will not be able to leave until next week. LARED riSH EMPIRE Decision That World Has J Been Waiting Plunges All Europe in War?Germany Causes War by Reflieinn D A ?> ' 1U01UK iw lvcnpcci Dl'Igium's neutrality. London, Aug. 4.?Great Britian deI clared war on Germany tonight. The momentous decision of the "British government for which the whole world has been waiting came before the expiration of the time limit set by Great Blitain in her ultimatum to Germany demanding a satisfactory reply on the subject of Bel gian neutrality. Germany's reply was the summary rejection of the request that Belgian neutrality should be respected. The British ambassodar at Berlin thereupon received his passports and , the British government notified Germany that a state of war existed be. tween the two countries. The British foreign office has issued the following statement: "Owing to the summary rejection by the German government of the re, quest made by his Britannic majes ty's government that the neutrality of Belgium should be respected, his majesty's ambassador at Berlin has received his passports, and his majes. ty's government has declared to the German government that a state or war exists betwen Grat Britain and Germany from 11 o'clock p. m., August 4." All F.lirnnp i? in ni-mo On the one hand Austria-Hungary and Germany are opposed by Russia, France, Great Britain, Servia and Montenegro. Italy has declared her neutrality, but is mobilizing. Belgium. Holland and Switzerland have mobilized. The German demand that the Belgian government should permit the free passage of German troops through Belgium was answered by hasty preparation to resist such an advance across Belgian territory. Sweden has m: 'e no answer to inquiries from R sia and Germany regarding her atti Aide, but is preparing to defend her neutrality. Japan is making ready to live up to her alliance with Great Britain in case of certain eventualities. Spain is reported to be preparing a proclamation of neutrality. Austria-Hungary for the moment has retired from her campaign uKauiKi oervia xor me purpose or holding back Russia, and Servia has mobilized with the reported intention of invading Bosnia. Great Britain declared war on Germany at 7 o'clock tonight. The announcement that Germany had declared war on Great Britain was due to an error in the admiralty's statement. Thousands assembled tonipht before Buckingham palace until the kinp and queen, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary appeared on the balcony. The statues of military heroes throughout the city are beinp draped with flaps. A mob pathered outside the German embassy in Charlton house ter race luuigru. i ne aemonstrators groaned and hooted and finally stones were thrown which broke windows The German ambassador, Prince Lichnowsky, with the members of his staff, was in the garden, but quickly withdrew to the house. A force of mounted and foot police reinforced the regular guard and drove off the crowd with difficulty. In the event of war Great Britain will take over all warships now building in England for foreign powers. Work is being pushed on all British vessels in the hands of builders and repairers. The British admiralty officially announces that the frnvernment has tnl. en over the two battleships?one completed and the other nearly completed?ordered in England by Turkey and two destroyers ordered in Chile. The battleships have been named the Erin and Agincourt. Veterans Meet and Transact Business The Confederate veterans of Union county met in the court house here Mcndey, for 'he purpose of electing the pension board for 'tis county for the ensuing year, according to the 'call of the chairman, W. H. S. Harris. S. G. Howell and I. S. Ivey, members of the old board, were present. It was moved and carried that J. G. Long, Sr. be made chairman. The ob ject of the meeting was explained by the chairman, and the call being read, nominations for membership on the board were in order. The following veterans were elected: J. G. Long, Sr., A. G. Bentley, S. G. Howell and I. S. Ivey. Dr. J. G. Going was recommended by the veterans present as Ehysician. There being no further usiness the meeting adjourned. J. M. Greer, Secretary. Fine Peaches. "Uncle" Mose Martin brought The Times folk some delicious peaches on Monday which were among the largest and finest we have seen. "Uncle" Mose usually has an abundance of fruit but the drv weather cut the crop short, however," he' had enough to divide with us and we are very grateful. _ Dr. G. B. Mosely of Cross Keys spent Monday in the city.