The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 01, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
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FRIDAY, JANUARY !. 1015. ;
Try and pay your bills promptly,
during 1015. It will help husim - and
it will help your own feelings.
One New Year resolution we respectfully
urge upon our county commissioners:
"Resolved. I'll at we will
make the year 1015 a good road-|
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year."
Better times are coming; And we
neueve mere are aireauy eviucuces 01
the change. Our people are standing;
together, they are planning to carry
on the business of the farm, the store
i
and the mill. They have pluck and,
strength of heart. "Everything is all
right."
If the money that went into the dispensary'lhe
day before Christmas had!
been used to pay debts it would, by
this time, have passed through many
hands, wiping out one debt after another.
Hut as it is, the debt remains
unpaid, and the liquor is gone! Likewise
the money?it is gone too.
, - ll_Jhis State are almost
sure to i.ave a vote on the whiskey
question this year. Petitions are
being gotten up in every county of
the State asking the legislature to [
give the people a chance to express
r >,iliaIifoo An Itio nnnctwin Tf itin I
HIV IIIOVI * VO Wll I liv ?|U V'V 1VJI I* 11. HIV |
matter is left to a vote, the State will
jro dry.
HTUTY N vA Y FA K : .
Yes, the New Year i.-> neivr ,\*o one,
knows what he brings to the world.
Certainly he has arriveii in troublous
times. War anil rumors of war, panics
and rumors of panics cast dark shadows
over the path of the new-horn
infant. Let us trust that connnjr in
like a storm he will jfo out like a
lamb. Let us pray that there may
speedily come happier times for the
world. Anyway, let us each resolve
that we will make the host of it, doing
our uttermost to make this year of
grace all it should he.
A happy New Year to each and all
of our readers.
LET I S <;<> A 15(11 i OI U TASKS.
To ho aide to work is one of the
host rifts of Ciod. To he a part, even
an humble part, in the great, ceaseless
activities of the world is a very
great privilege. There is no room
for the idler, no happiness for him, no
place of refuge. God has willed that
th< best of life is for the man who
thinks least of himself. The crowns
of glory are for the head that seeks
no crown. The true treasures of life
are for those who give. The greatest
man in the kingdom of God is the
man who is servant of all. In this
spirit let us go into the year 191").
Let us thank God for health, for
work, for action. Never mind about
th?> silver and gold, the houses and
lands?earth's treasures. I.et rich
and poor, great and small, learned
and unlearned have a mind to work.
Let us thus he a part of the world of
action. Let us thank (Jod that we are
accounted worthy to help in the great
world struggle. Soon tin- day will
come to its close. The setting suit
A ? i* ?11 'P 1 1 i
most, iuiih* ior <tn. in nave worKea
through the years, to have eontributed
what we were able to the needs of
I he world, to have valiantly stood the
test of the years, will he very satisfying
to the man whose eyes are closing
for the last sleep.
WHAT TEAR 1914
GAVE TO MANKIND
Chronological Record of Mosl
Important Events of the
Twelve Months.
EUROPEAN WAR STANDS FIRST
Mexico's Muddled Affairs?Pope Piui
and Ec.rl Roberts Among the Illustrious
Dead ? Disasters
and Sports?Financial and
Industrial Happenings.
COMPILED BY E. W. PICKARD.
EUROPEAN WAR ~j
\rehduke Francis Ferdinand,
heir to tin- Austrian throne, and Ids morganatic
wife, the duchess of HolionberB,
shot and Killed l>y a student in Sarajevo,
capital of Bosnia, after a futile attempt
had In en made to blow them up with a
bomb.
h'h Austria sent peremptory nob
t" S< rvia demanding punishment of all
.i? ; in - in miiiuL-r ??i arnuniM1 r run*
i l"i rditiand and suppression of all so< '
which liml fomented it'tH'llitin in
llonhltt.
.1 'I'i ions mobilized l>y Austria.
I: ssi i .mil Montenegro. Servians
m their capital to Nisli.
1 . s Austria <! eland war against
S> via.
i iI\ Aiisiriaris Invadnl Sorvia and
s ci' i! | '..igrado.
' . \ . Kais a demanded Um-sian ntoh';:it
.... a\il ?-.:ar refused. Mania'
1 i ci laiincil in Germany.
s c. M'luiavcs In nearly all <-iti s of
tie world closed.
A": ' < ; rm.iny dc larial war on Hits
i .mi n idiil./.i'd its army. Czar declared
i 1 ' iv and France Issued decree of
n .i . iizaCoii, Italy declared Its noti.tralliy.
Any lierman troops advanced on
I-'ranee through neutral l,u\omhoiirg.
I.'"ssi i began invasion of Hast Prussia
am! I'osen.
Any. 't ili'rmati.i started throe armies
toward prance, through Rolgium. violating
i In* iietti rallty of tliat country.
French troops crossed German frontier
In Vosyes mountains.
a i. -'treat Britain demanded that
fe rmaiiy withdraw Ivr troops from I'oleium
Germany and Hngland declared
war nit. ich other and Germany declared
w ir on liclgium. France declared war on
Germany. #
i'niieil States proclaimed its neutrality
Any. ." Germans repulsed at l.tego by
Itelyians.
Pi M Marshal Pari Kltelieper made
Pr'tish si i-retarv of state for war.
I'residi lit Wilson offered the services of
tin Pnited States tis mediator
Any. ?>.?Austria-Hungary declared war
on Russia.
Itritish cruiser Amphlon sunk hy German
mine.
Any. 7.?Germans entered I.lege.
Aug S. ?Twenty thousand Knglish troops
landed on French coast. French Invaded
Alsaee-l.orralne and captured Altklrch
and M itolilhtl IKMl
Italy reaffirmed Its neutrality.
Aug 10.?France hroko off diplomatic
relations with Austria-Hungary.
Any. 11. French driven out of Cernay
and Muelliatisen.
Aug. 111.?Germans occupied " lTasselt,
Tongres and St. Trond, Belgium. France
ail.t l.'iinl'inil .i,...i..-?.i ,... * -I
Auir. 1." Japan Issued ultimatum t< Gornianv
demanding withdrawal of Ocrman
warships from the Orient and evacuation
of Kiauchau.
Aug 17 Belgian scat of government
was transferred from Brussels to Antwerp
It.'ginning of five days' battle In Lorraine.
ending in repulse of French across
frontier with heavy loss. Beginning of
five days' battle between Servians and
Austrlans on the Jndar, ending in Austrian
rout
Aug '0 llrussets occupied by the Germans.
the allies retiring to Antwerp.
Servians defeated ^0.000 Austrlans at
Shabats. forty miles west of Belgrade.
Aug. Fr.-neh reeaptured Muclhnusen.
AIsaee. hut were driven hack In Lorraine
Aug. 21 G.-rmans Itegan bombardment
of N'dimir forts and levied war tax of
J|0 iHHMVin on Itrusseis and $10,000,000 on
Lie ge.
Aug 22 Gei^unns occupied Ghent and
Bruges.
Aug 23 Japan declared war on Germany.
I.unevil'e, France, occupied by the Germans
Bussians drove hack the Germans from
tlio eastern frontier.
Any "I Tin- allied armies along the
linn from Mons tr> the Moselle defeated
ami driven back hy tlie Otrmnrs,
OormnnH i nptnred N'amnr, drove the
French <>ui of Alsnee ,-in<l advanced from
I.orrainc !nt<> France.
Japanese wai ships began bombardment
of Tslng Tan. f.tifT- ?1 seaport of Kiauclinu.
Any 2.". ? Anstria declared war on Japan.
nermann levied n war lax of $00,000,000
on tlie Helgiaii province of Hrnbnnt.
Any. 20. French cabinet resigned and
new cabinet formed by I'remler Vlvlanl.
missions mm; .Hiinf'iniirjf UPrman Island
of Yap r Huom seized l>y Japanese.
Austrian defeated Russians on Oalloian
frontier. I.ou\ain sacked and burned
by Oprmans
Aug. 27. British cruiser Highflyer destroyed
Oertnnn armed merchant cruiser
Kaiser Wllhelin der Orosse off west coast
of Africa.
Aur. 2S. ?British fleet sunk five Herman
warships off Helgoland.?
Allies checked the march of Hermans to
Paris and terrific battle was begun at
Arras and one near Nancy.
Austria declared war on Belgium.
Aug 21'.? British fore. - from New Zealand
seized Apia, chief town of Herman
Sa moa.
Russians defeated near Tannenherg.
Mi*, no -Hermans w uplerl Amiens
Sept. 2.?Seat of l?>< i.-h government
moved to Bordeaux.
Russians captured l.< tnherg. Austria,
after seven days' hatfte
Sept. Hermans captured Rclmfe
Kept. 0 British cruiser Pathfinder sunk
bv t< i pedo In North sea
Sept 7. Allies victorious In a hattle
along the line from Nanteull to Verdun,
the Imperial guard under the Herman
crown prince being nearly annihilated by
the British.
pTermuns destroyed I>i11..rit and captured
Maub' litre,
Sept R.- -Allies pushed tinek the entire
line of Invading Hermans
S< pt '? Rrltlsh forfcil rmnns to rotr<-;it
nlonjt tlio rlvor Mnrno.
S' pt II Russians drovn I ho O. rman?
frfini iv i;i| fortIflort positions In Russian
T'o|:ip<l. ii"c r?'piilso'l with heavy losses In
I'nst i'liissin.
SV ??t I - Rrltlsh warships from Australia
took Ilcrlior shoolii- ?< .->' -if govotn
ment of the florman Blsmarcn archipelago
and the Solomon Inlands.
French trooius rdoccupled Lunevllle and
Solasons.
Sept. 13.?Tdlle evaluated by Germans
and occupied by allies.
Steamer Ked Cross with American Red
Cross nurses und surgeons sailed from
New York.
Sept. 11. ? Retreating German army
halted In strongly intrenched position
along the Alsne river. Amiens reoccupled
by the Frerrh.
Sept. 22.?Three British cruisers were
torpedoed and sunk by German submarine
In the North sea.
Sept 26.?British troops from India
landed at Marseilles.
Sept. 29.?Germans began attack on defenses
of Antwerp.
Oct 2.?Germans defeated at Alt gusto wo
and forced out of Russia.
Oct. 5.? Belgian government moved to
Ostend.
Oct. 9.?Germans entered Antwerp.
Russian army occupied Eyck. East Prussia.
Oct. 10.?German army of 20,000 was repulsed
at Quatreoht, east of Ghent.
Oct. 11.?Germany imposed war fine of
fioo.ooo.ooo on Antwerp.
Russian cruiser Pallada sunk by German
submarines.
Oct. 12. Ghent occupied by the Germans.
Oct. 13.?Belgian government moved to
Havre, France.
Colonel Maritz and his troops in the
northwest of Cape province. South Africa,
rebelled. Martial law proclaimed throughout
t'nion of South Africa.
Oct. 15.?Germans occupied Ostend and
Bruges.
Oct J6. ? British cruiser llawke sunk In
the North sea by German submarine.
Oct. 17.?Japanese cruiser Takac.hlhrS(
sunk by torpedo in Kiauchau bay.
British cruiser 1'ndattnted and four destroyers
sunk four Gorman ilrclmvoro In
North son.
Oct. !?.- Allies recaptured Arnientleres.
Oot. 10. Desperate fighting along Heln
cu i i. British warships taking part.
Oct. 25. French p-took Altkirch, Alsace,
ill 'lie point of |ho ba\ onet.
Oct. :'l Ten (lays' battle before Warsaw
ended iii Herman ilefat.
Oct. L'.V Hermans crossed River Yscr
and ;ilmv i prcsscil toward the south.
Oil. Hermans bombarded Xiouport
but r checked by allies.
M i-ilz and Ills rcln-l foree defeated by
IVi'i, ,,r South Africa troops. Vl?.
Prier.lp slayer of Archduke Francis
l'i r-'i. and and his wife, and 23 others
feiii'd guilt > of treason.
V.Hi I'.ilkeiiha vn, Herman iiiintster of
war. n ad. ehief of staff to succeed Von
Moltkc
'ti t. Oe Wet and Beyers Joined In
South Africa revolt.
British dreadnought Audacious sunk by
mine
Hussions rooccupicd T,odz and Radom,
Hermans retreating.
Oct. 'Js. l'r.nzip was sentenced to 20
years' imprisonment; four of his accomplices
sentenced to death and others to
various tortus of imprisonment.
Botha reported the rout of the rebel
Boers.
Herman cruiser Fnulen torpedoed Russian
cruiser and French destroyer In Penang
harbor.
Oct. 21. Turkey began war on Russia,
the cruiser ltrcslau bombarding Odessa,
Theodosia and other places on the Black
sea.
Nov. 1.?British cruiser Hermes sunk by
Herman submarine In Dover straits.
Five Herman warships engaged four
British warships off the coast of Chile
and stink two and disabled a third; the
fourth escaped
Nov. 3.?British and French fleet bombarded
the Dardanelles forts, and British
vessels destroyed the barracks of AUnbah,
Arabia. ' t
Hermans abandoned left banlt olirthjK ^
Ysor lie low Dlxmude.
Nov. 5.--1'ranee, i treat nnimiwniMByM
sin declared war on Turkey. Qtteat^J it- ^
ain annexed Cyprus. \
Nov. f..?Tlie sheik-ul-Tslam ordered a
holv umr II !?)? inol TT. ? ol.. ?
.>.<.?->><1. 1'inui.cana r.ng- j
land.
Nov. 7.? German fortress of Tslng Tno, |
China. stormeit by Japanese and British j
and captured.
Nov. it.? Belgian troops penetrated to
Ostend.
Vpres set tire by German shells and fie- !
at roved
German erniser Emden driven ashore j
on ('urns islands and destroyed by Australian
erniser Sydney.
Nov. 10. Itnssian tleet in Black sea sank |
four Turkish transports.
Nov. 11.?British gunboat Niger sunk by
a torpedo off Drill.
Russians occupied .lohiinnlsburg, East
Prussia.
dermans captured Dixrmidc.
Nov r. - derma ns forced from all post- j
tlons on left hank of the Yser.
British destroyed Turkish fort at entratio
to Red sea.
Nov. hi floods in West Flanders cut |
off a large number of dermans.
Pone issued encyclical urging cessation
of warfare. i
Nov. lv Russians cheeked by Germans
at Soldau after four days of bloody flglit
Ing.
Nov. 22.?Vpres bombarded by Germanstown
hall and market place being destroyed.
Nov. 22 Russians won great vlrtorv :
over Hermans who were advancing on'
Warsaw.
Nov. 21 Hermans opened a terrlfle attack
on iho allies frofn Yprea to I..a I
Basseo. I
Naval l>.i?o of Hermans'at Zcebruggo do-1
molished l>\- shells from British fleet.
Nov. 20 British battleship Bulwark destroyed
hv explosion off Shoerness.
Nov. 27 Hermans renewed tierce bomhnrdnient
of i;. ins.
Two British >hips stink off Tfavre hy
Herman submarines, and one off Grimsby
hy a mine
Pee. I Hermans rut their way out of
the Russian trap in Poland hut with groat
losses
He ra mi I Wet, Boer rebel leader, captun
d.
Pr-. > Hermans In Poland resumed the!
off* nsi\ e
Belgrade, eapital of Servin, occupied hv
the Austrians
Pee 0 Hermans occupied Ixidz, Russian
Poland, after severe bombardment.
pee 7 Hermans defeated Russians 5
north and south of T.odz.
Pee s Herman cruisers Seharnhorst j
Huelser.-ni l.eip/.ip and Nuernberg, under
Admiral von Spec, sunk by British squad |
ron under Vb-e-Admiral Sir Frederick
Hturdei off the Falkland islands. Tie- j
Dresden. badly damaged, escaped.
Kmpcmr William 111 In Berlin.
Hem i a I Beyers, rebel Roer leader, re [
port< <1 ad
Turkis" forces at Kurna. at head of Per
sian gulf, nrrendeved to a British expedl
tionart f< ? <- front India.
I tee a Terrific lighting around Ixtwicz.
Russian I'oiaml.
Ttec \ilies captured Routers and'
A mo at jercs
Austria* in Sorvl.a compelled to re
treat
Pee 11 Russians checked three of tie
five Herman columns advancing on Warsaw.
Alllc r-pulsed violent attacks .of Her
'I 1
Herman submarine attack on Dover re
pulsed.
Dec. 1* di rman barracks at Kiel de-j
stray* d l?v lire.
Dovrnor rjoetlials asked that destroy-1
ers be sent to Panama canal at once *o
enforce ne'itrallty.
Dribs!, submarine passed under mine*;
In Dar-i-ineltes and torpedoed Turklah
t.Htt!e:i j|, Mensudleh. , ,
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DISASTERS
Jan. 5.?Oil tank oteamcr Oklahoma'
annk oft Sandy Hook, 25 of the crew per- j
Ishing.
Jan 10. ? Great storm on the Baltic'
caused submersion of several villages and
drowning of many persons.
Floods in Belgium did millions of dollars*
worth of damage.
Jan. 11.?Terrific storm lilt northwest
Russia und 150 peasants lost their lives In
snnw.
Many thousands of persons perished In
southern Jnpan when volcano of Sakura
Dec. 14.?Servians retook Belgrade after
fleree battle.
l)eo 16.?Oermun cruisers bombarded
Scarborough, Hurtlepool and Whitby on
the Yorkshire coast, killing about one
hundred and fifty persons and escaping.
Dec. 17.?Great Britain proclaimed a
protectorate over Egypt.
Allies with aid of warships entered Ostein!.
Russians retreated In Galicla and Poland.
Deo. IS?General Potlorck, commander
of Austrian army, defeated In Servla, removed
from command. *
Allies made advances at Dlxmude and
Midd? Ikerke by desperate bayonet
charges.
British appointed Prince Hussein Kamel,
uncle of the ex-khedive, sultan of Kgypt
Russians captured Bowles.
Dec. 19.?The kings of Denmark. Norway
and Sweden agreed to act together In
war matters and to remain neutral.
Two British mine sweepers sunk by
mini s.
Dee. ??>.? German army in Poland reached
new Russian positions and battle for
Warsaw opened.
Germans evacuated Dlxmude.
Dec. 21. Desperate battle In front of
-Warsaw continued.
FOREIGN
Feb 2.?City of Gonaive. Haiti, burned
during ti battle between rival rebel forces.
Feb. 4.?Gulllcrmo Billlnghurst, presl
dent of Peru, captured by revolutionists
ami his deportation ordered.
Feb 14. ? Chinese government issued
proclamation decreeing the death penalty
*or i.pinm smokers.
' Ji?ai< ii !G.?Wife of French Minister of
Filnasi-c CaUIaux killed Gaston Calmette.
edit' r of Paris Figaro.
Rtny 6. House of Bonis defeated woman
stii'fr gc measure. 101 to 60.
M iv 19.?Revolt broke out in Albania.
6.01- - umrters of Kssad Pasha attacking
King W illiam's palace at Durazzo.
IVi lT>.- Irish home nilc bill passed its
thirl and final reading in the house of I
Commons by a majority of 77.
Jul; r?.?Carlos Mcmloza. liberal.
el< t< ?l president of 1'iinanin.
.1' i: % 2"v? Mire. 1 lonriette Cftillnux
noi guilty t ho murder of tinston
C dinette in Pitris. on the ground of
tfcBjj'"i:iry Insanity. ?
S'l't. 3.?Ciirtllnal Glncnmo delta Chiosu.
archbishop of Bologna, elected
pop** mi?1 assumed name of Benedict
XV
pt ?William of Wied. prince of
Albania, abandoned that country to the
relf 1-.
Sept. 2S.?Albanian senate elected
Prior. Btirhnn-Kddin, son of the former
saltan. Abdul llumid. to be prince
of Albania.
Ort 12.?Ferdinand, nephew of the
Int. hint? of Roum.-tnia. took the oath
as his successor.
Oct 23.?lliiitien rebels formed a
(government tinker presidency of (ien.
Daviimar Theodore.
MEXICO
Jan. in.?Mexican ri'bels under Villa captured
ojinaga, many of the Federal troops
and several of the generals taking refuge
on American stdff of the Rio Grande.
Feb. 3. ? President AVilsott lifted embargo
on exportation of arms which was
applied to Mexico by President Taft.
Feb. 20.?Mexican situation brought to
new crisis by slaying of W. S. Ponton,
rich rancher and a British subject, supposedly
by Villa.
April 2.?Villa raptured Torreon after
days' of bloody JJghting. Villa's
once*kkl,,ed nnd 1.?? wounded and that
, _ Serais much greater.
I Afl flk C . . ? _ , I
v.at *#? An
iJSijaiketsH^f federal atitlioritles at Tainplco
brought demand from Admiral Mayo
that Hllf'rtii nnnlnirlTA nn/1 !???? Vmo?ioo?
flag !>c saluted.
April 12.?Huerta refused to render a salute
to tlie American (1:ik In Tamploo.
April 11 President Wilson ordered Atlantic
and Paeifie fleets to Mexican waters I
at once ! > enforce Ids demands on Iluerta.
Federal army routed by Villa at end of '
nine days' battle at San Pedro.
April 1" Huerta refused to ay roc to the '
demands of the tTnlted States for an unconditional
salute of the flay, and Presi- 1
lent Wilson drafted bis message to eon- 1
gross and two proclamations declaring a
"hostile" blockade of Mexico ports and
harbor. '
April 20.?President Wilson personally
asked conyrss for support in action 1
against Huerta. '
House adopted resolution giving presi- (
dent free r. in. after debate in which ids
policy was assailed. Senate postponed
action for a day.
April 21. American marines captured
part of Vera f'rur. after a tlyht in which 1
four Americans were killed and twentyone
wounded and iihnutP 200 Mexicans
were killed Head Admiral Badger with 1
five ship3 arrived at Vera Cruz.
April 22. -Senate passed resolution justl- '
tying the president In usiny the armed 1
forces of the nation to enforce his de- !
mands on Huerta.
Taking of Vera Cruz completed by marines
and bluejackets, supported by the
guns of the warships, twelve Americans 1
being killed and fifty wounded.
April 23.?President Wilson ordered the
Fifth brigade. General Fuuston In com- 1
mand, to embark for Vera Cruz at Galveston.
The embargo on shipment of arms to 1
Mexico was restored.
April 24.?Fifth brigade salV-d from Gnl- J
veston for Vera Cruz.
Congress passed the volunteer army bill
April 26.?President Wilson accepted the
offer of Brazil, Chile and Argentina,
through their plenipotentiaries, to mediate
the Mexican trouble, stipulating that
Huerta must resign.
/ Apr!' 2X.?Fifth brigade arrived at Vera
Cruz and General Funston assumed the
supreme command there. Robert J. Kerr
r?f Chicago appointed civil governor of the 1
city. A thousand refugees land -d at Galveston.
May 1.?Si < rotary Garrison ordered General
Funston to establish complete military
government In Vera Cruz, displacing
the civil government.
May 11 American nnvnl forces seized
T,obo8 Island as a base for operations.
May 11. I'uneral services for marines
and sallofs killed at Veen Cruz laid at
Brooklyn nav\ yard, President Wilson do- 1
nviTiim iKiiiross. I
May 13 Constitutionalists raptured (
Tamplro.
May 2" Mediators nirt at Niagara '
Falls, Out Mid outlined program Includ- 1
tnff elimination of Huerla, Ciirranza and 1
Zapata and tin- holding of a Tree election ]
under the auspices of a provisional gov- ,
ernnient.
June r>. Iluerta accepted the N'Iiicrura
trails pea< prntcram. !
June 23. Zacatacas taken hy Villa's (
tirmv. 1
July 2 The A. B. f. mediators left i
Niagara Falls after Issuing a statement j
that "all tl.ut remains to he none is ,
to organ iz. , nd establish a provisional .
provernni' id for Mexico."
July ' Iluerta received the major- '
Ity of vote east In the Mexican presl- 1
dentlnl el. tion and Blanrjuet was rho- I
ren vice-president. I
July l Muevta resigned as presl- ,
dent of Mexico anil left the elty. Fran- .
elsco Carbnjal was sworn In as presl- '
lent. '
Julv "e iluerta sailed on the Qer- I <
man era r Dresden for Jamaica. I I
S
t '
Jima burst Into activity, following repeated
earthquake shocks. Fargo city of
KuKoshlnia partly destroyed and several
villages blotted out.
Jan. 16.?British submarine A-7 with
crew of eleven, lost during maneuvers o(T
Plymouth.
Steam whaler Karluk. flagship of Canadian
government's arctic exploring expedition
under Vllljalmur Stefansson.
crushed In the Ice and sunk northeast of
Siberia.
Jan. 17.?I.oss of the German stenmer
Acllla with passengers and crew of 98 of
the coast of Terra del Fuego confirmed.
Jan. 19.?Three hundred Japanese refugees
from the volcanic eruptions on Snkura
burled under falling cliff and killed.
Jan. 30.?Old Dominion liner Monroe
sunk In collision with the steamer Nantucket
off the Virginia coast and 41 per"sons
drowned.
March S.?St. T>ouls Athletic club destroyed
by fire: 40 perished.
March 15.?Quake and volcano killed
many on Tlondo Island, Japan.
March 16 ?Many perished In hurricane
and flood in Province of Stiivropol, ltusciu.
March 19.?Fifty drowned when boat*,
collided near Venice.
March 31. Sixty-four lives lost in 1<!irxanl
that overtook Newfoundland scaling
fleets.
April ?. -Fire in St. Augustine, Fla., destroyed
live tourist hotels and the county
court house: loss. J.VO.000.
April .'X. Fx plosion in mine at Fccles,
\V. Va? resulted in the entombing of 172
na n and hope of their rescue was givt n
up. Fifty-nine men. severely burned,
saved.
May 4 Fire In commercial center of
Valparaiso. ?*hl|e. burned over two and a
half a'T> mil est more than fifty lives.
May :: <'anadiun I'aclllc liner Fmpress
of lieland : uuk in collision with Danish
collier Siorstjol in St. I.awrcncc river:
1.* "' lost, af whom 79'> wore passenger: 17.7
sav. I, of whom 216 were passengers, l.attrenee
Irving. Kndlish at tor. and his wife,
arid Sir I h-nry Scfon-Kerr, noted tiig 1
game hunter, among the drowned.
June 4.?One hundred villages in Japan
devastated by terrible storm. ,
June 19.?Min? explosion at llillcrest.
Alberta; resulted in the death of about
20') III i Here
Iiiiii 2-V Nearly ltiilf t!io city ?if Salem.
M iss , ilcs! loveil by lire. V s.-i helm; about ,
$10.0(?"i.Of1n. Most of tin' historic buildings
were savotl.
Auk. r>. ?Thirty-eight persons killoil
anil 2." injured in train collision near
Joplin. Mo. "
Ansr. 20. ? Steamer Admiral Sampson
sunk by steamer Princess Victoria 20 i
miles from Seattle :ynl 11 lives lost.
Sept. is.?Steamer Francis II. I.oggett ]
sunk In a gale off Oregon coast. 70 lives '
beinpr lost. . 1
Oct. :t.?Earthquake destroyed Ts- '
bart.a and Hurilur, Asia Minor. 2.500 .
lives lieintr lost.
Oct. 17.?Earthquake In Grecian prnvInces
of Attica, Moot fa a n?1f Peloponnesus
killed many persons and wrong-fit
great damage.
Oct. 27.? Kxploslon and fire In the
Franklin company's coal mine at Royalton.
111., resulted In death of 50 men.
Prv,, 2.?Sc-v'ca rr.illlon-deiier are in
plant of Edison company at West Or- I
iinge, N. J.
DOMESTIC
Jan. 27.?President Wilson ordered per- |
mancnt government of Canal Zone into
iporntlon April 1 and appointed Col. I
Jeorge W. Goetlials the first governor.
Feb. 24.?Court of appeals reversed death
verdict lit ease of Charles Becker, former i
police lieutenant in New York.
April 1.?Col. George W. Goetlials as- I
uinied Ills duties as governor of Canal j
r'one.
April 5.?Secretary Daniels issued order '
prohibiting use of alcoholic liquors for
h i liking purposes on vessels and In yards
:?f the navy.
April 12.?Four gunmen electrocuted In
Mew York for murder of Rosenthal.
May 7.?Eleanor Randolph Wilson,
youngest daughter of the president, married
to Secretary of the Treasury W. G.
Mi-Aitoo in the White House.
May III. Colonel Roosevelt returned
South America.
May 22.?Charles Becker, former pollre
lieutenant, found guilty a second time of
murder in the first degree for Rosenthal
slaying in New York.
June 11.?Kermtt Roosevelt and Belle
Willnrd married in Madrid.
July 1,?Twelve persons were killed
and more titan 000 injured in Indepen- .
deneo day celebrations.
Aug. 1 ?Panama canal formally
opened to commercial traffic.
Sept. 4. ? David J. Palmer of Washington.
Ia.. elected commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Sept. 10.?James Gordon Bennett,
owner of New York Herald, married
Baroness George de Reuter in Paris. |
Oct. 17.?Robert Taft. son of the former
president, married Miss Martha
Bowers.
Nov. 2.?Twenty-one directors or former
directors of the New Haven rnllroad
indicted by federal jury In New
York for criminal conspiracy to violate
the Sherman antitrust law.
Nov. 4.?Chicago stockyards ordered
closed ten days to cheek epidemic of
the foot-and-mouth disease in the
middle West.
Dec. 16.?IT. S. senate ratified the international
convention for safety at sea.
If PI TAXT
Kelton, S. Dec. 28.?Christmas
ias come and prone and everything
massed off quietly, no fighting or accidents
that I have hoard of and not
i great deal of drinking. Christmas
s celebrated much different from
vhat it used to be when 1 was young.
In those days the young men would
father at some point with the older
>nes on Christmas eve with violins
ind shot guns with cans full of powler
for a serenade from house to
louse they would go. When they
cached a house the fiddlers would bofin
the music and around they would
uarch, emptying their guns. Soon
he heads of the families would be
jp and let all in; then the good woirnn
and the girls would be in. A
ittle talking and then the head of
,he house would go to the closet or
sideboard and get out a bottle of old
North Carolina corn whiskey, then
til were invited into the dining room
>r pass around plates of potato custard,
dried fruit, pies, cakes and some
places biscuits, spare ribs, backbones
and plenty of good locust and persimmon
beer. What a time we al! had
and then some music and then off for
the next house and kept on all night;
sometimes a fellow would get a little
too much tea and fall out by the wayside,
but it was very seldom the case..
On one occasion we crossed Pacolet
river and went to Uncle John Spears
just about daybreak and gave him an
old time salute. He had a large family
of intelligent and beautiful daughters
and they all gave us an old time
welcome which was very enjoyable
for without the good women this
world would not be worth living in. A
sad accident happened which marred
the pleasure of this occasion. Some
of the boys got to having some fun
with some negro boys, by running and
shooting at them and one of the boys
shot paper wads in one of the negroes
legs and maimed him for life. This
is the way we celebrate Christmas 50
years ago. The families that took
part on such occasions were the
TCelly, Gallman's, Hames, Frees,
Goings, I Fosters, McWhirters and
many others. I almost wish I were
young and could live over those
days again. But alas! the most of
them have, crossed over the river
death vand the * remainder of us living
are pcttinp old and feebl?- and
will soon follow them and 1 hope
we will live the few remain nr jears
of our lives in more obo Hence to
preal pleasure.
Misr.er. Elizabeth Little, Mary J HI'e.
Mabel Kelly and Fondvon a?rl
Kill Lit'.le, ell of Landrurn school are
at home for tl# holidays.
Miss Sarah Little of Limestone
school is at home.
The new mothodist preacher for
the Kelton circuit has moved with
his family to Kelton.
Miss Minnie Flemminp the teacher
of the McGowan school pave her
school a Christmas tree on last. Wednesday
at Flat Rock church and ihe
decorations were everpreens and
Christmas bells and red bantinp,
which made it very attractive. Th *
tree was well loaded with fruit and
toys and many little presents pivon
by the children's parents. Old
Santa Claus came in just as the
curtains were removed and delivered
the presents. If Miss Flemminp
takes as much pains in teachinp the
children as she did in tryinp to please
the' children last Wednesday, she' is
at her true callinp. Since writinp
the above I have heard of the death
of Hon. H. C. Little.
G. T. G.
Notice To Tresspasers.
All parties are notified that trespassinp
on the place known as the T.
I. H. Smith place is strictly forbidden.
Such trespassers will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.
It pd J. D. Smith, Executor.
To Gut Customers
M
uTE wish to thank the
* people ot Union and
|? r *
Union County tor their
liberal patronage and support
for the year 1914. While
we have made many mistakes
we have tried to serve our
Aiinlnmnrn L ?.-1 ?*
UUdlUIIICI 5 IU 1116 U6S1 01
our ability and always t6>
give as much for one dollar
as any other store, and when
it has been our misfortune
to make mistakes we have
always been ready and glad
to correct these errors.
Wishing one and all a
pleasant and prosperous
New Year and wishing tor a
continuance ot your business
tor 1915, we beg to remain,.
Yours truly,
Union Clothing Co.
D. W. MULLINAX, Mgr.
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