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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 Postoffice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three Months .25 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 Contracts for three months or longer will be made at reduced rates. . J 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 59 cents. Citation to Kindred and Creditors, 3 inches, 2 times $4.30. 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 20, 1011. "Union Suits,"?we will help you. "Union Suits?and that aint no lie." "Everything is all right," it certainly is. "All cotton"?that used to bo the story, hut it aint gwinter he that way nc more. We sincerely hope the federal reserve banks will not he too reserved with us. It is gratifying to all lover of peace that there are now strong indications of real peace in Mexico. Once again, and will all the earnestnest we can command, we urge the farmers to sow grain. It is not yet too late. Thank God for peace in this broad land; thank God for a president who stands for peace; thank God for a people who seek peace and pursue it. ff some of that one hundred and thirty-four million dollars will just find its way into Union county, somebody is going to pay us $1.00 on subscription. The opening of the cotton exchanges in New York and New Orleans will, we believe, advance the price of that i:* * 1: . *u~ rum iiiiKii ty, im ?l \% 1 l iiM am 11 n ja uk* prophecies to the contrary. The Pickens Sentinel says that "possum and sweet taters are getting ripe." Brother you are behind the times, they have been ripe. We have had one invitation and expect another soon to an 'possum supper. We venture the assertion that no city of its size can offer better bargains in seasonable merchandise than Union merchants are offering in the advertisements appearing in this week's issue of The Times. The nation's foreign commerce, from recent report, shows daily improvement. Thus again is the wisdom and foresight of President Wil son being vindicated. After all, his policy of watchful waiting is decidedly better than butchery and increasing poverty. The same commendable spirit that sent the shipload of Christmas gifts to the children of the war desolated countries of Europe, will most assuredly manifest itself for the care of the poor at ho ne. The man who gives to foreign missions liberally, may be counted upon to care for the church at home. According to the returns of the recent State election, Ellison I). Smith, Democratic nominee for the United States senate, received 112,950 votes, James H. Roberts, Socialist, received SO votes. From one standpoint tbis is a good indication. Where the socialistic vote is heavy there will usually he found great discontent among the people. It is said that Ahbas Hilmire, khedive of Egypt, has been in Constantinople since the outbreak of hostilities and that he has declared his loyalty to the sultan of Turkey and will accompany the Turkish army which is marching by way of Palestine. We make the prediction that when the smoke of battle clears away Turkey win ?e m iven out 01 iMirope and confined to Asia. Should the allies, in the end, conquer there will he an end f the Turkish Empire. There will be few tears shed anions civilized people when that day cooies. We wish to commend our city ai thoritics in their recent campai); against "blind timers," gambling den and other disreputable places. Evei thoughtful citizen, every God-fearin man and woman in Union and in Ui ion county owes it to himself and h community to stand with the author ties in their efforts to uproot the: destructive agencies in the cotimui ity. The various orphanages of the stal are sending out appeals for financi: aid. This apeal should not go ui heeded. Every church in Union coui ty should take up a collection durin November and send it to the denom national children's home. The chit thing the business world needs i confulince. Nowhere may confident be so readily encouraged as in forge ting self and helping others. We have for some time believe that it was a waste of money to 1 building drcadnaught and supei cireaunaugni naniesnips. i lie <i? struetion of the dreadnaught Audi cious otr the north coast of Irelan vindicates our humble judgment an when a barrel of dynamite droppe from a flying: machine some day-soo sinks another one of these big ship we will be still further vindicated. Let us not forget that the merchar as well as the farmer has been goin through a season of depression in bus iness. The Union merchants ai meeting the farmer more than ha way. It will work to the bettermer of both farmer and merchant and e\ erybody else, for that matter, if thosfarmers who have one or two bales t cotton that they can dispose of t take up the liberal offer the Unio merchants have made, allowing a exchange of goods for cotton at 9c. The agricultural department i Washington and Clemson college an Commissioner E. .1. Watson have a advised farmers throughout this se< tion to plant less cotton and moi oats. We believe the farmers ha\ done what they could to carry 01 these instructions. It is going t mean our ultimate independence, county made up of worn-out, rui down farms cannot hope to increas in wealth or in any line of activit; The multiplication of rich farn means wealth for all. Considerable cotton is now bein exported to England and German; This fact together \vith the openin of the cotton exchange should advani the price after a few days. Tri there is a big crop, but even so, co ton should bring nine cents. We c not advise people to sell; neither d we advise them to hold. Every ma will have to use his own judgment, we had to advise?sel a little and eas up with your creditors. Many of the; same creditors are just as hard presi d as is the farmer. Get it be "gi\ and take" proposition. Everything all right; and it is going to be y? more perfectly right. We do not mean to pass judgmei at long range on our Capital city i the matter of law enforcements, In from the reports prevalent, heret< fore, blind tigers and gambling joini have been much in evidence ther Recently there has been a decided e fort to curtail thse nuisances, and hoe r? ..r..i u i .1 ..i.., .. ..niiui mini UlllOIIg U law breakers. I5ut then, this is notl ing new. When a community sets i self to stamp out the lawlessnes therein, every thug, every law breal cr, and ofttimes some well meanin people begin at once to kick ai squirm. Why is it that people canni realize laws are made to be obeyed These laws are for the protection < the innocent and the well being of tl many. We have no sympathy I waste upon the man who brings dow upon his head retributive justic Civilization without this quality lacking in the chief element it shou possess. KEEP VOL K MONEY AT HOME The people who trade with tV home merchant are the people wl are building up their community, dollar .spent at home leaves the pn fits on that dollar to become a pe manent force for building up the cor munity. A dollar spent elsewher with some mail order house, perha] a thousand miles away, goes to lea^ its profits in that community. The] is a big digerence. If we wish build up the town, improve 01 schools, churches and increase the va ue of our real estate, we must tra< at home. Keep your dollars at hon and you are helping yourself. We recently heard of a case whe a certain party visited a neighborir city and purchased some article i wearing apparel, and upon returnir compared notes with another pan who had purchased the same artic here. Both purchasers had gotten tl same make, quality and style of goo< hut with this difference. The 01 purchasing elsewhere had paid great deal more than the one pu ' chasing at home. Trade at home, ai so build up your own town. asKintf lor the lowest cash price, c make his purchase and then pay Ic cou pons. ['s The first British case of foot-ai ne mouth disease was Rt. Hon. Winst a Churchill, who announced so cor r" dently that the navy was foinjr to < 1<' the Germans out like rat3.?Tha ( lumbia State. J. THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION ve Money is an essential thing in the ig development of a community, but it ke is not the prime essential. The spirit at cf cooperation, of good will and of >le clean morals are of far more necn essity. Indeed, these thre,. factors will ly produce wealth in any community, u- They would revolutionize many runof down and seedy communities and turn 'd. them into modern and improved surpn roundings. There must exist the spir?y it of cooperation between the inhabibe tants of the town and the county and on between the individuals of both town b- and county, if there is to be any real iy advance. Anything that really helps or one, helps all; anything that really ve hurts one, hurts all. THE SAI) HEART. ?w There arc some hearts that are ir- heavy, some tear-dimmed eyes, some ur faltering feet and nerveless hands at iw this happy Thanksgiving season, er With stricken souls they have looked j . I(v> ..,,,1 ?T??ii :r :i. u. - ii- WE ARE COUNTING UPON YOl 'n We have an idea that so soon as > s? get "through the woods" in payii T for our plant we will be able to ma 'K a paper that is worth while, one th will be of great service to the peop ls of Union county. We are of the opi ion, in fact, we see ways constant by which we could make real ii v provements. But the question money has always to be consider* ^ However, we see a streak of gold* j dawn which is predictive of a di i soon to come when our dreams will ( realized. Every dollar paid in < renewal, every dollar in new su ? j script ions goes to help. That is wl , We keep on and on and on calling f the .$1.00 renewal. That's why i is so gladly welcome a new subscrib* t We are Hearing our goal. We expo soon to make a "touch down." A f* more months of close economy, of u (j gent appealing, and we will have o )e plant paid for. We will then she p_ you what a county weekly newspap should be. Thank you, kind frien j. for the dollars you have already se in. Thank you, kind friends, for t (j dollars you will soon send in. Eve ,,j dollar now due on our mail list wou n wipe out every dollar we owe. V s are counting upon you! BET US GIVE THANKS. The spirit of thankfulness is inc ^ cative of faith in the Almighty Gc It embraces the spirit of reveren .e and of unselfishness. A selfish hea If cannot know the spirit of thanksgi ing. The heart of unbelief cann enter into the thankful spirit. T . vainglorious, self-centered sould cj ,f not get into the merits of thanksgi () ing. Humbly, trustfully, joyous n the believer draws night to God ai n pours forth the praise of a believii heart. So let us come, good peop Let us draw night to our God and n Him give praise. Truly He has 1 id us wisely; truly He has dealt with 11 graciously; truly Hei has extendi mercies numberless. e In this day of harvest, with the ft 'e barn, with the well-filled table, t it well clad body and the comforts t o numerous to be counted, let us gi A thanks. For daily bread, for raimei i- we give thanks to our God. se For the friends we love and t y. friends who love us, for the ties is sacred kinship, and the sacred ties home and fireside, we give our heai felt praise to our Heavenly Father. K For spiritual vision, for faith a V- hope and love, we praise our God. T K God of our fathers and the Gre -e Ruler of the universe is worthy, te "The Lord reigneth; let the peoj t- tremble; he sitteth between the che lo ubims; let the earth be moved." In "The Lord is great in Zion, and o is high above all the people." If "Let them praise Thy great ai terrible name, for it is holy." ?e "Exalt the Lord our Cod and wc s- ship at His holy hill; for the Lord o re Cod is holy." ' ;'t NINE CENTS I'OK COTTON. A plan to help the farmers of Unl county as well as themselves has be inaugurated by thirty-two busine j. corcerns of the town of Union. T plan is a very simple one, yet, shon help both farmer and merchant. The business houses in Union agreed e sell any article of merchandise r_ their establishment for credit on a it count or for new goods at cash pric< le And payments made in coupons, gi en to the farmer for his cotton at t price of nine cents per pound will s accepted by the merchants. There a no strings tied to the proposition, is simply exchanging cotton for li 1(j ished product in merchandise, payii ^ therefor at the rate of nine cents f 9 the cotton. The merchants ha' agreed and publicly advertised th le they will accept these coupons f 0 goods at strictly cash prices. Th ,n have further advertised that they w 0 accept these coupons in payment is accounts at face value. Each farm 1,1 in Union bounty is allowed to sell t' bales in this way. We can see one fine feature in tl idea. It is this, many small farmc have put off the buying of winter m essities because there has been pn 10 ^ tically no winter so far. Now th the cold weather has come they w D- . be obliged to purchase these articl for their families and themselves. ( the other hand, the merchants ha ' heavy stocks of goods purchas when prospects were bright for "1 business," and these stocks have hai ly begun to move. This coupon mo> ment will enable the small farm j r who is holding his cotton to come 1 the town and turn his entire bale cotton into seasonable merchandi and in large degree do away wi the noeessitv nf - j - ' money in the transaction. Such farmer can go into any one of t stores advertising this scheme, a iff . - - - US up *11 in ii icu, r UIIII'I , 11 it ue pussint ble, let this cup pass from me." Yet he the hitter cup has been drained to its ry drgcs. If these dear hearts can but Id go another step, side by side with the k'e Great Teacher, and say, "Not my will but thine be done," then will the fast rising rays of a brighter sun be seen. Soon there will come the calm after li- the storm, comfort after pair, tears d. will fade into smiles and the night be ce turned into day. rt After all, it is a world of many v- trials and of many thorns. The smile ot of today must fade into the frown of he tomorrow; the sunshine must give an place to shadow; the halls of festivity v- must give place to the chamber of ly mourning. So goes this strange, nd eventful human life: so falls on! <Vn'c ig tali' that it being tolls. Yet must we le. smile we may and in the darkness to that gathers we must beaj- ourselves ed in a manly fashion. After all, we us need but to remember that we may ed stretch forth our hand and place it in the hand of the Father, and like a ill weary child, come at last to the twihe light hour; we may pillow our heads oo upon the breast of the Infinite, the ve merciful God. "Have faith in God," it, said He who was able to walk along the pathway of death unafraid and he undaunted. As humble followers of of his, may we not also bravely bear of life's burdens and in the end die like t- he has shown us men should die? ?d VILLA IS MARCHING he TO MEXICO CAPITAL at f American Consul Says Actual Hos,i? ' tilities Are All But InevuO itable. Washington, Nov. 18.?Gen. Franhe cisco Villa, commanding troops of the Aguasealientes convention, is marchn(j ing on Mexico City. His army today reached Leon, the first important railroad centre south of Aguasealientes. ?i- uen. I'UDio uonzalez's Carranza ui forces are at Queretaro and Irapuato, where the first important clash between Gen. Carranza and the convention probably will occur. These facts were reported today by on George Carrothers, American conen sular agent, accompanying Gen. Villa, ss Consul Carrothers declared Villa was ju. well equipped for the trin. I American Consul Silliman telc1 " graphed that conditions were far ise mor,. serious in Mexico City than at to any time since the parleys for peace jn began. He regards actual hostilities as inevitable though some generals c~? are still trying to patch up differences 2s. Gen. Carranza according to mesv sages from Mr. Sillir-.an and Leon he Canova, special agent at Aguascalien. tes, declared that he had been misune derstood, that he never intended to rp deliver th,, executive power except to It] some man of his own selection. in_ I Officials here tonight believe Gen. I Eulalio Gutierrez, chosen provisional J1" ] president by the convention, had or01 I dered a general attack on Carranza ,re ] garrisons. Gutierrez control's northat >rn Mexico and Gen. Villa's advance guard is within 200 miles of the Mexor ican capital. py I Gen. Villa has taken possession of ill Leon, without the firing of a shot. He on is now marching southward on Silao, , en route to Mexico City, according to 1 ' a message late today from George C. vo Carothers, American consular agent. us WILL ASK BANKS TO BID ON LOANS ;c ic- State Financial Hoard to Borrow iat $150,000. The governor yesterday refused to 'es attend a meeting of the State's finan)n cml board, when the question of borve rowing $150,000 for the current exI penses of the Stat,, government was considered. S. T. Carter, State treas"K urer, and A. W. Jones, comptroller *d- general, attended the meeting. ,c_ The board decided to ask the banks ier of the ^Jtate for bids on the loan. The bids will be opened at a meeting of the board to be held November 110. of Comptroller General Jones said jse 'that hp would hold up any warrants that might be presented by the State department of education until the money was borrowed.?The State, a Contributions For Belgians. n(' Mr. Kmslie Nicholson has been apan pointed chairman of the Belgian Rein lief committee for Union county and contributions for this worthy cause will be received and forwarded bv him Mr. Nicholson hopes that there will be liberal tcontributions from the people on of Union county for the Belgians, ifi. Subscribe to this worthy cause. |io, ????? If advice could buy the necessities o-1 of life the faimcrs would want fOi nothing. |9c For ( Y l For the next two weeks w ? cotton either in trade or o cotton we have the most up& *ng> Shoes, Hats and Furnis our prices are as low, if not 1 V We feature "Alco" Systen ^ than the Law" Shoes for the celebrated Drew Shoe for I "Head Light" Overalls. I llninn P.lntl WIIIUII VIUII ? x D.W. Mullin A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^AA^4, A^A Why Hoj Your YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH No use to pinch your appetite More food or better food of the the kind we sell) will make few< fewer doctor's bills necessary. I How much more do you get than you consume at your tab economize but your food supplie try is the poorest economy you not stock your pantry generous ijood supplies, that make good ri< health, and the vim and vitalit the demands of life that these st ing on us. How about a bag of pure Who! genuine fresh Graham Flour; a Oat Meal, Puffed Rice, Puffed Whole Wheat Biscuit, Cream < Post Toasties, Rolled Oats, Gra] Instant Postum and Saratoga CI You can fill your pantry and h mew, cuunge every aay or ev< and the cost will hardly be felt the Old Reliable. Not a day in the year we don good things to eat. We buy ofl get rid of it at the earliest m have what you want today, it is it tomorrow or maybe in an hoi called. If Health, Economy ami Good L Pay a Personal V The Union Gi I "The People Who Appreci 4^4 A^A A^A I Thanksi I Greeti T Now that Thanksgivin |> wish to let our friends k ?? a complete line of eve ?? Thanksgiving worth wh A Just arrived all new pac ^ rants, Figs, Citron, Da English Walnuts, Alm< X Carolina Pecans. Stone' 'X and "Baltimore Baked" best that ever came to C i Sanders Bros Y j* "That's Our Bi STORE YOUF -WITI Farmers' Bonded \ ' Home Enk Bonded Custodian. Cottor when you get ready to sel cotton and sell to whom yo R. F*. HARRY, . 3otton!| % e will pay 9 cents for ? n account. For this ?|+ -to-date line of Cloth- <? hings in the city, and X ess than others. <|> n Clothes. "Stronger whole family and the X ^adies. T X liing Co. 1 x iax, Mgr. | 1 Money YOU?That is Certain. go hungry or half fed. right kind (and that is 2r clothes, less cover and out of the grind of life le anyhow. It pays to s, your kitchen and pan- j i ever practiced. Why A ly with pure wholesome 2h red blood, insure good y necessary to meet all ;renuous times are force Wheat Flour, any size; good supply of the best Wheat, Wheat Hearts, :>f Wheat, Corn Flakes, pe Nuts, Postum Cereal, hips. lave something for every ery meal if you want it, if you buy it here from 't get new and desirable ** ;en, we buy the best, we g oment, so if we do not a no sign we will not have 9 ir after you phoned or jiving is what you want isit to The ocery Co. ate Your Business'' giving | ngs: | v g is so near we ! now that we have rything to make lile. V ;k: Raisins, Cur- A ,tes, Brazil Nuts, A mds and South A s Wrapped Cakes A Fruit Cakes. The A fnion. A ? Grocers! asiness." ^ fc COTTON HI?^ XT X- ^ warenouse to. >pppise i fully Insured, and 1 you get your own u please. Custodian