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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 Postoflice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. { SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three Months .25 A D V ERTISEM ENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 . Every subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months or lonirer will be made at reduced rates. > LEGAL NOTICES The regular legal rates are charged foi all notices published according to law, which rates are as follows: Matter to be set in 8 point, solid type?first insertion per inch $1.00; each subsequent insertion per inch 50 cents. Citation to Kindred and Creditors, 3 inches, 2 times $4.50. Final Discharge, 1 3-4 inches, 4 times, $4.50. Administrator's or Executor's notices, 1 1-4 inches, 3 times, $2.50. Obituary notices, tributes of respect, resolutions and cards of thanks strictly one cent a word. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914. Much cotton and little corn?therein lies the trouble. But we know better now. Indications are that Mexico is again forging to the front on the news columns. If the people of this State were given the opportunity to vote upon the question of prohibition it would carry by a handsome majority. Union's county fair may not have been all that one could desire;but the having of a fair was worth no telling what. It showed pluck and enterprise that promise greater things in the future. We feel sure good times arc near at hand; you see our paid-in subscription list for the past two weeks published in this issue. Thanks, kind friends. There are many others that we hope to hear from in the near future. Every little helps. The City of Charleston has declined a legacy of $5,000, the bequest of Amelia B. Southall of Harper's Fer ry, W. Va., for the purpose of erecting an ornamental fountain in that city to the memory of John Brown. The host thing to do with John Brown is just to let him remain in his grave. The Charleston city council acted with good judgment and good taste in turning down the bequest. Governor Colquit of Texas, it is stated, declines to call an extra session of the legislature in tHnt -State to legis'ate upon cotton acreage re J duct ion. This year, while South Car oiina was noiuinjj cotton, iexas wu.s selling as fast as possible. Guess they will plant two acres additional for every one South Carolina reduces under the new law to reduce in this State. The cotton acreage reduction law will prove of no benefit to South Carolina except in the fact that we will grow more grain. That will help t remondously. JONESVILLE Jonesville, Nov. 10.? A most enjoyable occasion was the "Tacky" party given ny ine memriers or ine ivpworm League Inst Friday evening. A large crowd was present, a number of whom were invited guests, and everybody had a good time. By special request. Miss Grace Fai r gave several humorous readings, after which a magazine contest was engaged in and after this refreshments were served. Misses Clara Spears and Marion Littlejohn will entertain' the members of the tenth grade of the high school at the home of Miss Spears next Friday evening. This is the largest class for a number of years, being comprised of seventeen members and they anticipate many social gatherings during the present school year. Mrs. J. L. McWhirter leaves todo' for the U. I). C. convention which is to meet in Savannah. Mrs. McWhirter is first vice president of the South Carolina division. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Spears left last Friday for Greenville where they will be the quests of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cunningham for a few davs. They will also visit relatives in Gaffney before returning home. M isses Woodward of Georgia* and Vivian Sarratt of Union were the guests of Miss Elizabeth McWhirter last Thursday. M isses Huey of Rock Hill and Jackson of Gaffney, who have been visiting Misses Miller and Dobson. have returned to their homes. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Littlejohn of Clemson college will spend next weekend in town- with relatives, after which Mrs. Littlejohn will l'o to Virginia to visit relatives and Mr. Littlejohn will go on to New York where he is to attend a meeting of secretaries of alumni association. Mrs. W. W. Wood returned last Tuesday from a month's stay with i her mother at Crozet, Va. Children's Hay services will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday morning. The young people are being trained under the supervision of Mrs. H. T. Humes. [ The W. M. U. of the Baptist church, ^ which did not meet last time on ac- . count of inclement weather will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. y Rheuhen Coleman. . Mrs. Ida Whitlock and Miss Gladys j returned Sundav night from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. It. P. Whitlock at Lan- c drum. j Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Littlejohn returned Friday from a short stay with relatives in Gaffney. The news of the marriage of Miss . .Teanette Gore and Norman Beaty. s both of Cross Keys, was received here ^ last week. The contracting parties ^ were formerly residents of this place and have the best wishes of their jfriends here. Prof R. O. Sams spent last Satur- ^ day at the State Farm on business. Misses Dobson and Miller entertain- ? ed a number of their friends last Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. L. j .T. Fowler in honor of their guests. Misses lluey and Jackson. The occasion was enjoyed immensely by all present. The visiting young ladies made many friends during their stay v in our town. ? M r. and Mrs. Lipscomb and Miss I y Eva Lancaster spent Sunday in Spar- j tanburg with Mr. and Mrs. Robert tl Lipscomb. c Mr. R. B. Roger returned Sundav a from Rock Hill where he went to at- ] tend the funeral of his mother. y Mrs. Lou Crawford and Miss Pau- y. line Crawford attended the fair in y. Spartanburg last week. v buffalo ! i Buffalo. Nov. 10.?Mrs. Harriet ^ Cault and daughter, Mrs. Ledbetter. 8 and Dr. Ledbetter of Glendale are j spending this week with Rev\ W. F. ^ Gault, at the Methodist parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Ilendlev and Master Paul visited Mr. and Mrs. .1. y B. Williams at Union Sunday. y Mrs. J. C. Swygert, one of the nor- y ular and efficient teachers in the Buf- ( falo high school, spent the week-end ^ with relatives at Peak. ? Mr. W. M. Higgins, formerly of this t place, but now a traveling salesman y for a wholesale firm in Chicago, spent y several days in town the past week ; shaking hands with his many friends y who are always glad to see him and y to learn of his success in the business \ world. < Mr. John R. Smith, who has been a ( very popular and accomodating sales- ) man in mo luiirnio companv store t since its organization, has resipned to c onpape in the mercantile business for \ himself. He and Mr. Sam Gilland c constitute the firm, and have pur- c chased the stock of eoods an(j fixtures j of Mr. H. L. Davis, who has been con- t ducting a very successful business on ? West Main street for some time. The t new firm will conduct business at the c same stand. Both members of the j firm are deservedly popular frtuntr men of exemplary habits, and the pre- <dictions are they will enjoy a liberal 1 patronage. We welcome such enter- 1 prises to our town. t Mr. F. M. Willard, who has been critically ill for several davs is some- t what ..convalescent at this writinp. 1 His mnnv friends wish for him a 1 speedy recovery. The revival which has been poinp i on :it. the Methodist church for the j i?o wress cioseu Minuay mirnt. The pastor, Rev. W. F. flault, did th? I preaching. and it has been said bv t those vvhc wciv so fortunate as te he:.- him that lie never did better. Tlis sermons went straight to tlv iiearts of his hearers with groat effect, and put the blackslidcrs and sin cis to thinking as they had neve ! efovo. The meeting as a whole was glorious success. The cooperation of the Baptist and Presbyterians add- * ed much to the services, and it is ear- 1 nest'v hoped and believed that much i and lasting good was accomplished. i Mr. J. P. McCravey, who has been the very efficient foreman of the ma- , chine shops here for sevnrnl has resigned. and Mr. IT. M. Toney succeeds hini in that capacity. Th? Cheerful Man. "Is this train ou time?" asked the restless passenger. "No." replied the conductor. "We're two hours late." "That's good. I'd rather be here than In the town I'm going to."? Washington Stnr. The Patriot's Feed. "I think I will take a little flsh. waiter." "Yes, sir. Blueflsh or whlteflsh, sir?" "Bring me a little of each and also a portion of red snapper. I'm nothing If not patriotic." ? Seattle Post-lntelllgencer. Proper Place. ' "Pa, shall I put tills book on medlcTnl tortures on the llbrnry table?" "No. son: yon had better put It on the ruck."?Baltimore American. Very, Very Different. "So Jack la engaged, la he? And In Fanny the bride to be?" "No: she's the tried to be."?Boston Transcript Going Too Far. "Why would not Jlggs patronize the i iuniiiie ii-uer r was ne nrraiu to nave i Ills future told?" j "Oh. no; he said he didn't care what j she said about hlR future, but she threatened also to tell bis past"?Buffalo Express. Literary Elegance. "Some of your hymns are very poor poetry." said the critical theologian. "That doesn't signify anything." re- ' plied the clergyman. "We all know of some very tine poetry that would make ATfPnHlnflu ntuir humno " U/oohln?f/*? |/wi J UIMJ7. iruouaigivu Star. S Mr. Cal Fincher was in Union Wed- * nesday. ( / OAKLAND. Oakland, Nov. 10.?The rain has omowhat checked the sowing of smat rrain and the gathering of corn gnd otton. Some farmers are entirely hrough picking cotton in this section, f next year's harvest proves to be in ordinary yield of wheat and oats, vhy there is no reason then that the 'armors will have to grumble at th;> ligh prices of food stuffs, for they ertainly have been giving this line >f farming their strictest attention. Hore wheat, oats and clover have al eady been sown in this section of the ounty than has been in many years, ind they are not near through with his kind of work yet. I am quite ure that this "all cotton" farming vill teach some farmers a lesson that vill never be forgotten. Raising otton at six and seven cents to pay nr Wnctorn pnrn lit XI nor hlicVinl s in my opinion a very poor policy. Phe farmers of Union county having >igs for sale should advertise them hrough the special advertising colimns of The Times so that the ones n need of pips will know where to ret them. You will not have any rouble disposing of them for they eem to be very scarce and most ev ry farmer wants to buy. If more vheat and corn and hops are raised ind less cotton we will realize next all what plan is best to follow. Well t is quite evident now that there will lot be such an overwhelming crop of otton planted in this State next year iccording to the bill passed in Coumbia a few days ago prohibiting he farmers from planting but onchird of their cultivated land in coton. Now if the other cotton States vill pass similar laws this idea is a good one, but if not, I say let all fare ilike. Some men say that such a lawis unconstitutional and that it will not itand, but I cannot say whether or lot these same fellows have ever been tccused of being very intelligent men. can only say that I'm not thoroughly ,'ersed in law and therefore will not irgue the case. The members of Duck Pond church leld conference at Oakland school louse last Wednesday evening accordng to the announcement given out at hurch last preaching day. Sonic 'ery important church matters were ittended to, and it is hoped that th?< ommittees appointed to look after ho various kinds of church work will ceop the church to its hiphest standlrd. Also, to show appreciation of he faithful service rendered us 'for he past year by our pastor, Rev. 1). V. Garvin. It was decided that on Saturday, November 7. compliment-, if the members of Duck Pond church >e sent to his home in Union and to his effect the decision was carried mt. We are in hopes of havinir srother Garvin to preach for us anither year. He has informed the hurch that he has jriven up his field n the lower part of the State and hat he will confine his work to a smaller territory. So this is quite mcouratrinp that we stand a chance >f having him with us for another 'ear- .. i Mr. and Mrs. O. S. . Mill era 4>>d. lauprhters. Misses Mamie, Katie 'ano Bessie, spent the day last Sunday at :he home of Mr. Will Inman's of Kelon. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fincher spent he week-end at the home of Mrs. " ""inciter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. iVilburn of Santuc. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Howell fromj iear Buffalo were the quests of Mr. ind Mrs. ('. G. Ivoy last Sunday. Mr. W. II. Taylor is in Spartan>urg and Cherokee counties this ,veek on very important business. ' "Neb." HUMAN SOLDER. rh? Reason Blood From a Cut Clot# and Plugs the Wound. Why Is it that the boy who outs his Inger with a jacknife making a wilow whistle does not bleed to deatii? is a matter of fact, he may if be is ivhnt the medical profession call a 'bleeder," a condition of things by no neans rare and one which every surjoon who undertakes to do even the most minor operation must Inform limsolf about. The bleeder or heinoihlliac, as the doctor calls him, is alvays in immediate danger of Just this kind of accident because bis blood is acking in the clotting principle known is fibrinogen This principle is n gift from good Mother Nature, or a kind Providence, f you choose, and exists for no other purpose than the saving of human life. When a wound deep enough to injure i vein or artery is made through the ?kin the blood pours out in considertide quantity, hut in a few minutes the current lessens and a congealing mass begins to appear. This means that the (ilirln is catching the blood orpusclos and holding them fast like tlsh caught in a net The semisolid .dot thus formed is the solder which a dumber fuses upon a leaking pipe. To lie sure, this Is not a perfect mechanism, tor if bleeding Is coming from a fair sized artery the blood will spurt out into space, and no clot can form since It Is too quickly washed iway. Here, however, by another con ?ervatlve process the blood pressure is reduced, as a result of which the ar Lery begins to contract owing to the jlastlcity of its walls and to Influence >f the nervous system, and in this win die hemorrhage will (lnally cease. The clot lelt in the wound soon be gins to contract. Water (seruroi is forced out. ami the remaining sub dances hold the wound firmly as If in i splint. Then come the blood cor [iuscIcs. bringing the muterials neces<ary for reconstruction of the "blood Pipe." and In a few days new tissue, penetrated hy line hairlike blood ves<els, which can be seen only by a high lower microscope, begins to form In ? relatively short time only a thin 'scar" remains.?New York World. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. White left for Spartanburg Thursday to attend the uneral of their niece, Mrs. Monte Gannon McAllister. I 1915 11 Horse] TEED < Gear Tr omatic Pump i! ft\(\P^firi V V xrviiiJ 1915 CAT The DESERT SIGNPOSTS. Rude Rock Heaps by Which Indiana Located Running Water. In traveling over the plains of western Texas, writes a contributor, 1 have now and then come on two little isolated heaps of rock that at tirst glance seemed not ait all remarkable. After a time, I noticed that one heap was generally about three feet high, and the other about a foot lower. The two were alwavs within a few feel- nf nnnh other, and usually on an elevation or plateau that had u view of the country for five miles or more. The rocks were roughly heaped together, as if left by children at play. I sometimes wondered If they could be the ruins of an ancient stone building; but that was improbable, for there was scurcely another stone in sight. Years later 1 learned the actual significance of these rock heaps from an old Indian whose mind was stored with all the legends and customs and deeds of his people. According to him, when the Great Spirit lapped up the mighty rivers of the plains, he left springs and water basins here and there for the untelopc and the Indian. These the antelope enslly found by scent, but the Indian had to search long and anxiously for them. Once found, they wero seldom lost?thanks til thoQA piiHa mnlf hnnna i I watched the old fellow crouch down behind the taller heap, sight over the low one, and mark the farthest object In a straight line, which In this case was a clump of hushes on the horizon. We rode toward these bushes and found?not water, as 1 had expected, but two other heaps of rocks. Sighting as before, and taking a rock faced cliff toward the southwest as a goal, we rode two miles farther, and there, trickling out from beneath the cliff's rocky brow, was a spring of fresh, clear water. The old Indian said that whenever a band of Indians came upon a new spring, they built these rock henps along their trail; since then 1 have followed some half dozen of these rude signposts, and found tlictn to lend either to water, or to places that showed traces of a former watercourse.? Youth's Companion. Heat of Match Flame. The flame of an ordinary match has a much higher temperature than Is generally known and will melt cast Iron or steel tilings. Try it by striking a mutch and sprinkle the tilings through the flame. Sputtering sparks will be the result of the melting metal. ?Popular Mechanics. 8arcasm. "I'm sending this communication to an editor. Would you wrlta/him that If It is too long bet might cut It down to suit himself?" "Indeed. 1 should. If you didn't uiruuuu 11 nucij an luea wuuiu never tccur to hlra.,v?iioston Transcript. Harley Da power GUji S Speed i ansmissio Mechanic] 5tep-Start( lements. S275.00 ALOGUE ON REq Union Tin . I TO THE PEOPLE OF 8V2 Cents Fo Realizing the Farm are forced to sacrific 1 cotton for almost notl going to offer our he: sible. We are young i our capital is small, raised in Union Count: Iiici. suns in Leresis a] fore we feel it our di ing to sacrifice our ] worth of Merchandise 1 farmers who care to t; this offer. We will take 10 BA allow 8'A Cents per pc in merchandise or on i guarantee we will giv< and cleanest stock of town to select from ar if not less than othe: stock is new and we he to dispose of. Rememt take 10 Bales of Cottc Yours tr UNION D. 1 I ? Mr. Ambrose Hupches returned to Union from the Spartanburg hospital Wednesday. He has completely recovered. 4 luml ividson IRANOl: Jkz JllUlllg n Autil Oil sr and / lUEST ies f . ' >; | UNION COUNTY! j r Cotton! I ers of our County I ze their crop of I ling, we are I Lp as far as pos- I n business and I however we were 7, and she and re ours; thereity and are willprofit oil $500 \ :o help those ake advantage of LES of Cotton and >und, to be paid account, and a you the best merchandise in id prices as low rs will ask. Our ive no old stock ier, we can only )n at this price, uly, CLOTHING CO., N. Mullinax, Mgr. j vcj P V. M/tfTopViAfn on/I QATi lent, spent the week-end in Co>ia.