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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 A DV ERTISEM ENTS 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 local 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.f>U. Administrator's or Executor's notiros, 1 1-4 inches, 3 times, $2.50. Obituary notices, tributes of respect, resolutions and cards of thanks strictly one cent a word. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 1015 If w.? do not reach the .'1500 mark on our subscription iist this year i' is not cointo be because we do not try. We are striving ior that, mini her in this Year of (Jrace. Mr. .las. il. Hope has been appointed County Superintendent of Education for Union County, and his appointment will please the citizens of the county. He is in every way well qualified to fill the position. There were other pood men in the race, in fact everv one of them were jrood men; lilt' thinj>' had to narrow down to oni1 man, and a worthier choice, in our humble judgment, could not have been made. Do not overlook our "S. O. S.". Many have responded promptly as you will see in another column. There are many more who could it* thej would, and would if they did hut realize that we have asked no more than is our due. If the siynal has been pick< d up by some ship in like distress, pay no attention to our distress rail. Those that ea , lot them respond, and let them respond quickly. One dollar looks small to you hut every dollar due on our mail list would pay every dollar we owe. It will not hurt you; the ayKreyate will help us. If the people of the State arc yiven an opportunity to vote on the whiskey question this year they will vote the State dry. If Union were to-da.\ yive-i the opportunity to vote on the question, Union county would yo dry. More and more we are i amine that profits from the sale of whiskey come hitfh; that the sale of whiskey destroys wealth, hut does not produce it; that it breeds lawlessness and crime and helps not one worthy cause, j Economically and morally the legalized sale of whiskey has been weighed in the balance and has been found wanting?there is not one thine to be gained by the kiiquitous business. The Times is very much gratified over the liberal advertising patronage received in the good year of Grace, 1S?1 1, and will appreciate a l|i]ke treatment for 1!M a. And let us say, we have earnestly striven to give value. Our list has constantly jrrown, is still growing. We put on six new subscribers this week. We intend going to four thousand. And if the citizenship continues to'grow naturally, we purpose growing tc? no telling what circulation. We trust that all the babies in Union county this year will live to be worthy men and women, and that as they come to maturity they will subscribe to The Times. We believe they will. In fact, they will have to do so unless they depart from the way of their father and of their father's father, and in some cases their father's fathers' father. The legislature will convene next Monday. We have no advice to give the members. We do not know what is the mater, if anything, and we do not know the cure, if there is one. We have a few remedies, but remidies and cures are very different things. A cure heals; a remedy paliates, possibly. We cannot even scare up at this moment a single time worn chestnut to hand out to the gentlemen who are soon to gather in Columbia. We don't care a rap whether they eat pinders or not. We don't care whether they wear long coats or short coats. We don't ea?-e whether they make bijj, lonj;winded and wise speeches or cut then remarks to the utmost brevity. We are willing they should have freedom in action, and we trust they may have wisdom. It is to be presumed that they have wisdom until they show up differently. Anyway, here's hoping that the year 11)15, fraught as it is with grave problems, .nay reveal the wisdom of the people in choosing as they have in the matter of lawmakers. If we might be allowed to make one suggestion, just one "teenyweeny-little one," it would be: "Don't be in a hurry, gentlemen to make more laws; but rather simplify those wo already have." THE COMMERCIAL SCAVENGER. Some days ago a certain man was heard to say: "1 am waiting for property to go to the bottom and then I am going to buy, I have been waiting for my opportunity." The remark seems harmless enough upon first thought, but is it as harmless as it appears to be? The position of scavenger is not a very enviable one, even when applied to physical needs of a city. When applied to the commercial needs of a community, it is even less attractive. The scavenger who gathers up the trash and carries it away to be burned is even performing a service, for he is ministering to the comfort and the health of the community. Hut the commercial scavengers perform no such good 1 turn. True, la- may fatten upon the j wreckage of business for a time, but 1 in the end. the diet upon which he | feeds destroys him; the decadence I which for a time enriches him, ti naliy impoverishes him. If one mat. owned ail the houses in Unin the\ | would soon he inhabited by bats and ' owls, rather than by human being.-, j If one man owned all the land ii Union county it would not be worth lifty cents an acre. If one man owned all the stores in Union they I would not rent for enough to pay taxes and insurance. This would be true beyond question if there hat: been the withholding of money the1 producing of the stagnation by the very man into whose hands the property had finally come. In othei words, if there had been design, purpose, wilful planning to bring about the condition, the commercial IIO'IM* VV'MllllI litnl hiltw.lt' it, I1IU. session of trash, not property; dead 1 carcasses, not living things. Whether men will it or do not will it, there is a great, a wise and eter- j nul law that has been put into opor- | ation by an all wise Providence. There is such a thine: as compensation, a process of adjustment, equalization. There is an interdependence of business a.d well as of society.. There is a sharp, clearly defined line that marks a community for future | growth or for the silent tomb. Stagnation. decadence and death mark the community that is dominated by the ! commercial culture as surely as does I the dead carcasses reveal the vultures that gather to pray upon it. This latter comparison breaks down, L or rather, is utterly inadequate to ; tell all the story, for the bird that preys upon the dead carcasses had nothing to do with the death of the animal; but the man who withdraws j his holdings and gathers his resour- ' cos for the hour of opportunity, in so . doinjr kills in order that he may fatten. 11'- helps hrinti about the earnival of death in order that lie may fatten upon the destruction that follows. Such a man is worse than the foul vulture that surfeits itself upon the chunks of putrid flesh from the dead body of an animal. And a just (iod, wise as well as just has ordered it that a man, doinj; the Iik?-, will find himself in posession of bones wreckage, rather than value. The law of compensation comes in. In the moral sphere it resolves itself into selfishness or unselfishness, and works there with the same precision. NINE ARE FREED BY THE GOVERNOR! Three Mnnslayers Among Those I'a- j roled Yesterday. The governor granted pardons, paroles and commutations yesterday in nine cases, bringing the total number of cases of clemency up to 1,021. Following is a list of the cases: John ilaynes, manslaughter, Orangeburg, May, 11)07, .'10 years, pa roled. Joe Bowman, attempted criminal assault, Orangeburg, January, 1007, life, reduced to 11) years, 11 months on rhaingang, February, 1014, paroled. Edgar Owens manslaughter, Anderson. Januarv. 1012. seven vesirs. I paroled. Arthur Owens, manslaughter, Anderson, January, 11)15, seven years, paroled. Simpson Williams, errand larceny, Edgefield, August 11)1 'J, reduced to three years. Buck Coats, grand larceny, Edgefield, August 11)12, 'reduced to three years. John I. Miles, forgery, Richland, June 11)14, pardoned. Dan A. Livingston, violation of dispensary law, city court, Newberry, April, 11)13, $75 or 30 days, pardoned. (Jiles Anderson, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons, Laurens, September, 11)14, two and one-half years, paroled. BILLY SUNDAY OPENS UP IN PHILADELPHI "Come on You Forces of Evil i Philadelphia," He Shouts Leaping to a Table?Twenty Thousand Cheer World Famous Evangelist. Philadelphia, Jan. 5.?The faste: base runner the National League ev< saw leaped at a bound to the top ( a table on the stage of his, Bill Sunday's brand new tabernacle ? Nineteenth and Pine streets Sunda morning, smacked his hands togetlu with a report like a rifle shot an raised his voice to a shriek: "Come on, you forces of evil i Philadelphia, that have made tli church a door mat to wipe your dirt feet upon; come on, you triple e> tract of infamy. "Come on, you assassins of chai acter! Come on, you defamers of Go and enemies of His church! Come 01 you bull-necked, beetle-browed, ho^ jowled peanut-brained, weasle-eye four-flushers, false alarms and exces baggage! In the name of Almight God I challenge and defy you! I'l here for nine weeks. Come on, an I'll deliver the goods express pr< paid!" A Tremendous Roar. Bill Sunday's voice died away to whisper. His breath came in gasp: The sweat streamed from his fac lie let himself down form the tabl top, caught up a pitcher of water an drained it at a gulp?then the quit was smashed by a tremendous roa Nearly 20,000 persons rose up froi the raw pine benches and eased the feelings with a shout that must ha\ jarred Father Ponn, so high an mighty on his high perch on the Cit Hall tower. It was such a crash c heavy vocal artillery as is might seldom heard outside of a nation; convention when Mr. Bryan, let u say, or Colonel Roosevelt, swings int the convention hall at the well know and the keenly calculated dramati moment. The way the 20,000 e> pressed approval of Billys', or to giv him his more dignified and propc churchly title, the Rev. William / Sunday's method of preaching tli Gospel and berating the evil one, wa more than interesting. It was starl ling for this old city. i >ui. un* tiling mat counieu?inti explained the Rev. Billy's presence i Philadelphia?was the palpable satis faction, joy and even exaltation c the hundreds of scholarly faced, ger tie spoken clergymen scattere throughout the congregation. Ther were 400 of them representing mos of the Protestant churches of th city and the "Aniens" and their fei vent cries and gestures endured Ion after the uproar of the laymen ha dwindled to a murmur. Why Sunday Came. Do you understand now why Bill Sunday has exploded from the sma towns to beat the old Nick around th bush for nine weeks in Philadelphi and to emit language that seems at tually to rise up and curl like blu smoke among the rafters? If you ar in any doubt, the doubt can be resolv ed speedily. Billy won over th preachers of the city long before- ii ventured to come here and essay th job of awakening Philadelphia to sense of their sins. * Along last March, when the one fast centerfielder of Pope Anson' Colts, and now speedy, very speedj evangelist, was dinning the echoes i Scranton at his business of convert inn sinners and making teetotalers, good many very thoughtful person in this city (and they included man levelheaded business men and arder church workers,) came to the cor elusion that the City of Brotherl Love ought to examine the state of it soul. A lot of people decided that th churches were not exerting the righ sort of influence with the masse: There was not any team work an tango parties were considerably mor popular than prayer meetings. Th Protestant ministers had heard c Billy Sunday, of course, hut to put i frankly, they had not any very stron regard for him or his methods, for a they could see at long range Ihei ?....u ,,i WHS* LUU 111 UV. II tlliU <iv ? w?mn; about the evangelist to suit them. See for Themselves. One of the newspapers suggestet however, that a delegation of clergy men travel to Scranton and study th Kev. Billy?look him over and heur out if his sincerity and forcefulae* wouldn't he good things to inject .nt Philadelphia's lackaduisc.nl religiou attitude, and if they wouldn't oul weight his slang and detonating mar nerisms. The clergymen decided t make the test, they went to Scrar ton, fded into Billy's gospel tabernr cle, listened, and were impressed When they returned to the city an talked things over they decided thu Philadelphia needed a dozen of Bill Sunday. They took up the proje< vigorously. Nearly four hundred cor gregations organized for the revivr that was to wake up the city. Bus ness men got together under Josep M. Steele as chairman of the genen committee of the evangelist campaigi They divided the city into district for the purpose of getting out tl ni'Oiile Thcu linilt ji (nhcrnswle th: r i * - ? .? "v*,,v * - * can scat more than 17,000 person and can squeeze in more than twent thousand. (They were squeezed i three times a day, morning, afternoo and night, when the evangelist e: horted hardly less than 00,000.) An when Hilly came to town yesterda nobody was actually amazed at tl immense outpouring in his honor. Vi iting presidents of the United Stati have seldom brought out a bigg< crowd, and champion prize fightei have often drawn less. ft was the biggest job at evangeli: ing Hilly Sunday ever took on. II former triumph at Pittsburgh, Serai ton and in the west, were dwarft by the experience of the first da of his annearanee. Udall, Kan.?II. C. Hall, farme unearthed a petrified human skull c his farm near her?. Experts say it moie than 10,000 years old. CORN CLUB PRIZES ' OFFERED FOR 1915 Scholarships and Cash Given by H. G Hastings in South Carolina ;t and Other States ;r Atlanta, Ga.?(Special.)?Corn clut jf prizes for Southern boys in Soutli Car olina and nine other corn-growing y. states of this section have been renew 1 ed for 1915 by H. G. Hastings, gen y eral chairman of the Georgia corr :r show committee and chairman of the id agricultural committee of the Atlanta chamber of commerce, n The prizes amount in all to $1,200 ic in cash and scholarships, and will be y awarded under the direction of the c. government corn club agents in each state. [t_ In South Carolina Mr. Hastings has , offered $100 to be divided into tnree 1 c.ish prizes of $50, $20 and $20, or tc 11? be awarded in scholarship form, ac> ?" cording to the wishes of the South d Carolina corn club authorities. >s in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, y Louisiana, Texas and North Carolina, ii in i . uaouii^n uiiui s .j> LUU ill eai'll sunt', id either in cash or scholarships, accord j- ing to local arrangement. In Georgia, his home state, lie offers a $250 scholarship in the State College of Agrlculture and two additional cash prizes of $2.0 and $20, respectively. '' The great educational value and [ ' constructive force of the corn club c> contests, in addition to the marvels (' they are accomplishing in increased corn productions, are emphasized in r* an interview given out by Mr. Mastin s in connection with his announceir pe nt of prizes. Mr. Hastings said: e The interest now being taken in d corn production, by the federal govy erunent. by state officials, by leading >f ot in'riations and individuals, is. in y m opinion, the greatest construenve ff/i < now operative in agricultural 1S at in America. For too long tne 0 t< de'icy of education in the rural s< . ol was to draw h vs away from [C tl farm, hut the corn clubs are now c-( n Idning w ith true agrieulturfO edu" cation to influence tin- hoys to form m w ideas and new ideals of farm :1 life The corn club work is growing in value and importance with each ie successive vear." is l" OAKLAND. n (wHand, Jan. r> .'? other new ytv-r .. is now greeting us with its bright sunny days and let us trust and pray that it will bring sunshine and happiu ne.-s into every home and that the de e prossion that was so keenly felt by th' multitude in litl-l will be entirely e blotted from the great new wheel of projrress that will tide us over the p. days of the new year. The machinery of progress and prosperity is sure to grow and magnify itself as long as the world stands and therefore let evy eryone look forward to the good ll things that this new year surely will e bring. It will not be regretted by a a few if the talk of "hard times" is left behind. The majority of the people do e not know anything about hard times Or can fully realize what it means to .J"pf><rin a destitute condition, but still e the murmuring of unthankfulness is e heard all around. It could be much e wors- for us than it is. We could be a brought to the point where food and raiment both would be withheld. We e ought to be thankful for the blessings s we have. . Every effort is being put forth to n advance the work in our Sunday school. Superintendent W. G. Bobo a has asked that the parents take more 1S interest in the work and cooperate y with him in making this a record year for Sunday school work. P"iz3s have been offered to get the children y more interested in the work and the s ones getting the highest average e i mark on lessons and for regular attt tendance. Some boy and girl will win s. J and the honor is worth a dozen prizes. ,1 Rev. I). W. Garvin filled his regular >e appointment at Duck Pond church last Sunday. Not a very large con,f gregation was present to get the benit efit of the splendid sermon which was ^ so forcefully delivered. II ! The most important social event of v j the season was the entertainment giv-s en by Mr. and Mrs. L. (). Belue at their home on New Year's day. Many i games were played that afforded 1 ! much pleasure and amusement. At I ..r tu. : ? 1 i i/iic tiuac ui iiil* fv^iiiiih rt'in'jsiiincm^ I daintily prepared wore served by the e I host and hostess. The most amusing cj feature of the evening was the new o year's tree in which each boy and girl is was given the end of a string which was to be traced through several i- rooms before reaching the tree where o was found a new year's gift attached i- to the string. I am sure that the rei membrance of it will long be stamped I. on the minds of all who were present. <i Another entertainment in this secit tion was that given by .Miss Katj y | Miller. Many of her friends v.ere 't treated to some very fine music by i- Miss Rucker of Union, who was visit ing Miss Miller. Many games were 1 played that delight th<> boys and tfirls especially when it comes to partner? l' on the floor. I must congratulate J1, myself on having the pleasure of at tending such attractions as above " mentioned. V Mr. J. E Gault returned home lasi / Wednesday after spending severa N days with relatives at Blackshurcr. "Neb." hi , ^ A Kind Letter. The Union Times, Union, S. C.? |( Dear Sir: In response to your S. (). S signal, I enclose you herewith oik , dollar, subscription money for Th< Times for another year. 1 hope this will save the ship. With best regards ^ Truly yours, f. John Gary Evans, is Spartanburg, S. C. 'l Notice! iv Maple Camp No. 323 W. O. W. ar to have a public meeting Morula; January 11 to install officers for thi r, ensuing year. Several speakers an >r. to be present, among them are I'. II U Barron and J. K. Hamblin. Eugene Gregory, Clerk. ? 0 * DOLLAR LIMIT! ' McGure 5c ANIVUAL AND JANUARY W Begins Mond Months ago we began t We bought to snlonHiH ? ! may you. Come and see the big v ; wear, Embroideries, Lac< . that await you here. Night Gowns, Pettico; Princess Slips, 79c and 98c of fine lingerie cloth, sh finish cambric. All taste: ported embroideries, to Absolutely fresh and clean I styles. ? Nightgowns, Petticoats I ers, Brassiers, etc., 19c to | felled seams, trimmed with 1 e:ies, with beading and ri Our entire stock of lad I fresh, special Monday, 1 y Beautiful Boudoir Caps. & 15c Curtain Nets, a yard! Ladies' Silk Hose, special 50c Scarfs and Shams onl; 'i special mon Two cakes Octagon Soap 1 a 25c can or more of La cleaning. I Other items at spi through t1 Economize on the hi) offerlna von. It is d I save by spending. Th cost less right now. IMcClure's 5c a "The Place foi ! ? CLOT I | AT ANY X 7 we are forcea to cm V of Men's and Boys' i coats. If you need V clothing line, it wil 1 here and inquire. V must move, price V will be glad to she T V you buy or not. f :l Union Cio D. W. MULI, I Free Flower Seed. Hastings' Catalogue o Tells You About It If you are engaged in farming, or if you plant only vegetables or flowers, you cannot afford to be without the big catalogue published fresh and new every year hy the great South- ? ; ern seed house, H. G. Hastings & , Company, of Atlanta. Ga., and sent absolutely free, postage paid, to all who ei write for it, mentioning the name of a; this newspaper. hi I In this catalogue we tell you of a f I splendid offer of free flower seed to w all our customers, flv? magnificent ^ varieties that mean beauly about your sj home and a pleasure to wives and p daughters that nothing else can give, vv This catalogue tells you, too, about d our big cash prize offer to the Corn u Club hoys of your state. It tells all about our fine yielding varieties of c, s corn and cotton?the kind we grow on t; , our own 3,200 acre farm. It tells d about the best seeds of all kinds for V planting in the South. It should be b in every Southern home. Write to- r< day and let us send it to you.?H. G. ' HASTINGS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.?Advt. e e !' Panama City. Fla.?A printer found ^ , a chunk of ambergris in the bay here ^ tha other day. It weighed 9 pounds g six\ounces and sold for $7,000. c I ' _ - . DOLLAR LIMIT! & 10c Co. GREATEST HITE SALE ay, 10 A. M. 0 prepare for this sale, dvantage, and now, so alues in Muslin Underss, Neckwear and etc., its, Combinations and . Value to $1.50. Made eer nainsook and soft fully trimmed with im rchon and val laces, in twenty-five exquisite , Corset Covers, Draw49c. Well sewed, with 1 fine laces and embroidbhon 8 ies Neckwear, new and J Oc each. 25c and 50c. g price 19c I DAY 3 P. M. I <>ee with a purchase of 0 y-dust, fine for house- ej ECIAL PRICES ALL ? HE STORE | [j bargains we are S iistinctly a time to | ings you will need | ind 10c Store I * Bargains" | HI IMG--! PRICE 1 )se out our stock V x ' Suits and Over- ^ anything in the jf x I pay you to call > This clothing * no obiect. We / >w you whether ^ i T ? thing Co. | NAX, Mgr. V STAPLES IS MISSING. flicer In Revefitte Service At Columbia Said To Be Short in Accounts. Columbia, Jan. 1.?Federal aulorities were today searching for William (i. Staples, chief deputy in ?e oflice of collector of internal rev sue for South Carolina, whose disppearance followed the discover^ of is alleged shortage of about 1,000. he statement of collector Heyward 'as that Staples was suspended from is position Monday, and had not been ince seen. Though "rumors of Stale's shortage . and disappearance 'ere circulated in Columbia Tuesay, confirmation was not obtained ntil today. Collector Heyward declined to disU88 the matter, further than to say hat he immediately informed the epartment of internal revenue at /ashington of the alleged shortage. Inited States Commissioner Sloan efused to say whetheV a warrant had een issued for Staples. Staples was in the internal rev- ? nue service about 10 years. He was eputy in this State under Collector licah Jenkins and was later transerred to Raleigh. After Heyward ecame collector for South Carolina Itaples was returned here and made hief deputy.