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OAKLAND Oakland, Feb. 2.?Very little is to be said in connection with the present a condition of affairs that now con- y fronts the farmers in making pre># n a rations for planting the new 15)15 f crop, which is unquestionably must b begin at an early date. Every year in February the farmers are begin- tl nig to place their orders for guano (, and some even get it hauled home j in this month, so that when the pretty spring days come they can start n putting it in the ground, but now this j a fertilizer proposition is receiving j j. very little attention and occupies but | M a very small space in the minds of i c some farmers. Now is the time to. a every farmer to set apart a large acreage to be planted in corn and b if this is attended to now 1 am sure ^1 the all-talked-of cotton will not hold such a permanent part considering g the amount of land that already is s, growing some grain crop. The ad- tl vaneing prices on most all eatables a and especially flour, is enough to a make a farmer r?r any* r?rr?fe,sc!/>nal man stop and think for a while just f; what the future is sure to bring, if Ii there isn't more food stuff raised on p the farm. Just as long as our food supply continues to be shipped to the a warring nations who are giving very h little attention to agriculture, iust so long will prices advance here. So jr every farmer should take this into consideration when he begins plant- it ing another crop and see that every- ,1; thing that he needs is raised at home and it will not be a bad idea to have r< a surplus to be placed on the market. \V I do not believe the people, as a <| whole, would get mad with the com- jj missioners if they would put forth m an effort to have the culverts re. t< paired that crosses the public roads, a: Sonic of thorn are in a very bad con- n< dition. which is very dangerous for v. the traveling public to drive over. Sj If I give the neighborhood justice tl T am sure I can't boost it up as far e; as health is concerned, for at this (M writing, we have several cases ot h sickness around Oakland, though not serious. Perhaps it is due to the h continuance of the unfavorable weather. .Ji For the benefit of the library, :? ho\ supper will be given at Oakland hool on Friday, February 12th. ]j Instead of the customary program tl ten of the pupils have challenged ten p, other scholars, (non-attendants of i Oakland) to an old fashioivd spelling | sj match, the words to be chosen from in Progressive Speller for first choice and Paynes common words com- !( j< monly misspelled for second choice. I h; Also to ciphering match i:i rapid cal- I .M dilations in rules, addition, subtrac-l tion, multiplication and division, tc Those wishing to accept the challenge in will please notify the teacher, Mrs. : a L. (). Belue, as tlie first ten appli- h? cations will he accepted. Girls will ! bring boxes and the boys are urgoo (' to bring their pocket books, not w empty though. The next Baptist Sunday School S convention will be held with Duck Pond church on May :50th, that being the fifth Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Fincher of the Cedar Bluff section was visiting rel- j ei atives here for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Gallman came 1) over Sunday to so her father. Mr. I X W. A. F. Black, who is verv sick. D Neb. ! P. . ?? 1 SI Time will h <al most of the broken jnlaces of life; but if they are to grow stvii"ht and strong we have t<> ' lie careful how the bandages are put on. ! en i bktval-ue is i NOW x j-. ~ ? ^ wM. . ' ... '/ " : Biig VaSue For IT WILL TAKE ONLY A L BIG BUNDLES OF THINGS WHOLE FAMILY FROM US N WHEN WE LOWER OUR LOWER OUR QUALITY. WE KIND OF MERCHANDISE YO THE TIME. COME IN AND RIG OU YOUR HOUSEHOLD RIGHT N L. S. TOW TOWNSEND BLOCK OFF SANTUC NEWS Santuc, S. C., Feb. 1.?I am in i ; hurry, are you? | If one sits up and takes a survey of things, he will note that we hav done very little work the past montli January had a rainfall of 6.57' hut about a normal mean tempera ture of 42.3. February started witl first days rain of 2.19" in abou twelve hours and streams were re ported to he very high. No doub land has been badly washed, I havi not yet been out. Many of the latter fall sowing o oats was killed by the freezes am that necessitates much to be sowei 1 over if the weather will permit ii time, and is so very wet now, tha it will take a week at least to dr off sufficient with plenty of sunshine One of the truest sayings extan is "idleness is the devil's workshop" This holds good even with mules an< ; horses, if however, Satan ever tempt: ! a dumb brute to do bad things. The} are mighty hard to manage after s few days idleness. But when i comes to people, especially younj people, chronic idler or dead beat the devil has a field rich unto harves and he certainly runs his mowing machine. One can see young negroe; idling around and going from plav to place, never trying to get a jol ] and often hiding form the officer! I of the law, that ought to be doinj. I service on the gang. But the worsi thing of all is for the young whit? people to become trifling that thej will not do a lick of work and who trj to be too genteel to turn tramps oi who wear out their welcome as deaf beats, and when one can no longei furnish money and food to supporJ ! them, then the devil takes a ham JONESVILLE Jonesville, Feb. 1.?The wind blew stiff and cold gale from the north unday up to bed time, but Monday lorning it was blowing soft and hot rom the southwest, which soon rought thi> usual downpour of rain. There is a report about Jonesville hat the Southern Railway is going a run their train through from .ockhart to Jonesvile. The streets and roads are getting luch better, Monday morning one utomobile came in from the country ist week, the only one I have seen loving for several days. The motors ycles and horsepower vehicles have hard time to get about. Our cotton weighed up about 100 ales last week, the price being for he best 8 cents. Some of the curious say today is round hog day, but I never could ee any thing in it. I don't suppose here is a ground hog in the country nd if there is he knows nothing bout the weather. Mrs. J. H. Templeton and her Either, Mr. J. II. Nelson of Fountain nn, have been visiting Mrs. Elliotv "arr. Miss Pearl Foster of Newman, Ga., fter spending a week with relatives ere, left this morning for Durham, i. v., iu visu. a sister ana nrotn?*. i that town. Mrs. Sallie Lindsey left this mornlp for Marion, N. C., to visit her auphter, Mrs. Huph Little. Our people are discussinp the pood jads problem just now, which is no onder for the roads are in bad conition, but they will always be bad i the winter time when we have so luch rain as we have had this win- i >r. The roads were almost as pood j 5 plank roads last summer and fall, ] a trouble to pet about then, and they 'ill be in pood condition apain in the irinp when the rains hold up and le winds blow. No amount of mon0 can keep all our roads in poo<\ ondition such winters as we have ad. Mr. Louis Humes of Lockhart was 1 our town yesterday. Mr. Jim llcluc of Bonham, was in rmesville a short while thi'< morn. Mr. ami Mrs. M. M. Lawson and I (tie son Wesley of Columbia, are te truests of Mr. and Mrs. J. \\V ates. Rtv. .1. A. Cook of Spartanburg, lent Saturday in our town on busess. The Farmers Hardware Co. ol mesvillc has been placed in the amis of a receiver by Judge Sease. [r. C. N. Alexander is the receiver. Miss Kathleen McWhi'rter leaves tday for an extended visit to friends i Xewberry. She will also visit i number of other places in the Slate | Tore returning home. Miss Bank Harris of the Browns ! reek neighborhood spent last week ! ith relatives in Jonesville. Mr. II. T.ee Kelly of Buffalo, spent unday with his family in Jonesville. ; Telephone. List of Advertised Letters List of advertised letters for week uling Feb. ">, Rufus Gregory, Gilliam Hopkins, oek Jeter, Martha Lawson. Mrs. ora Love, Miss Mary Milium, Dr. . II. Montgomery f'2). Post Office n\ i7. Mr. Lucas Robinson, ('. F. aton, Mi-s Francis Williams, Miss ! thel Williams. L. G. YOUNG, Postmaster, i The D u-ble with the man who can' it anything is that he does it. J Little Prices I 1TTLE MONEY TO BUY \ VOU NEED FOR THE ow. PRICES WE DO NOT SELL THE SAME RIGHT U CAN COUNT ON ALL T EUERY MEMBER OF IOW. 'NSEND OSITE EXPRESS OFFICE I and loads them into rascality, straight I to the ehaingang or the penitentiary 1 1 guess our own country has some ol that class and they must ho an in , cuhus on any community. I was < taught better than to loaf and I fin< it is an uphill job getting anything ; done when one puts in full time, al j the time. I have my mind on moi\ j than one young negro who are can didates because of idleness, hut w< have none of those young whites with us. There is an outbreak of cholera in this section now and is assuvnii quite a formidable aspect, .lust af tor Christmas Mr. Travers Jeter had a young Berkshire sow to get sic! and lie tried to get the State vetinary hero to diagnose the case but ho would not come. A short while after another one was taken sick, no one thought it was cholera. Saturday morning a 500 pounder and a fine specimen of the Berkshire hog died. And the fact that Mr. Stark Austin had several sick in town, they got busy to get the veterinary here, they had to ask the governor for him, but the county Demonstration Agent, Mr. F. W. Carnell, came down. The dead hog was cut up and examined and the case was pronounced cholera. Then it seemed that some ining was providential, for the porter of the special Xo. 27, got a passenger off here for Union through some mistake, a Mr. Goodwin, a graduate of Flemsnn and who had studied vetcrnarv science and he visited the Austin herd of hogs and pronounced the affection cholera. We can hear of more hogs sick and dying all around us. Some have heen thrown to the dogs and buzzards and this malady may clean up the hog business in ;nis section. People are preparing to inoculate, but many hogs already have the germs in them. There are some fine hogs in our country. My next door neighbor, Dr. Jeter, has a line sow with kix as pretty three weeks old pigs as one need wish to see and they are on the adjoining lot to where the other Mr. Jeter's hog died and in easy reach by the germ carrier, the english sparrow, an easy medium to spread the disease to every pen in the community. Since writing the above, Mr. Davis, Mr. Allan Nicholson's farm manager came down with Mr. Carnell and is inoculating hogs and there may be about a bundled that will receive the treatment, but as has been said many may already have the germs in their systems and will die. Hey Denver. SEDALIA Sedalia, S. Feb. 1.?As the weather is so bad and so much rain I'm compelled to say something about it. The farmers are getting out of heart about their grain crop, a it is getting so late and no prospects foon of the land getting in plowing order. There are some few farmers in this community that have not got their wheat in and also other grains as well. The relatives and friends regret very much to hear of Mr. Brooks Hobo's sickness. Misses Flossie Wilburn and Mollis Fincher are the quests of Missed Initio and l.iz/.ie Hollis today. Mr. Claude Sparks and James I'.en^ nett, Jr., went "bike riding yesterday afternoon a little while. The residence of Mr. W. N. liobo came very near getting burned up recently; the house caught fire near the chimney and the fire was thought to have been from it. The house was damaged very little, and nothing destroyed. Violet. Witticisms How old is a woman born "21 years a pro? u r,. 1 u .it i ? ?n: .-.iuiii miuw t-.irn oiner oeuer when the myths has cleared away. "What are you going to call your stock company?" "Peninsula, because it's almost entirely surrounded by water."?Philadelphia Ledger. Don't be an egotist. No one ever did anything so well but someone came along and did it just a little bit better. \ McCLUl = | Ten Day "S i Date of Sale i Wednesday Mcciur, \ Feb 3rd you an J ti_ i_ the pei i Through counti. y i in ferenci t Saturday, 13 ?se. i J Never before has staple mercl t Ladies' 50c Muslin Gowns, r | Sale price 25c ? I Center pieces and Scarfs 25c t 1 values 10c each * 1 Rain Capes 75c k H Ladies' Union Suits, Sale , a price ; I Men's 25c Suspenders 10c ? I 25c Ruffling, new 5c yd. " 11 *c ^oz* j I "Save the I | Iwiwi iidi ii h id n n in Free Flower Seed. Hastings' Catalogue Tells You About It If you are engaged in farming, or if you plant only vegetables or llovv- r ers, you cannot afford to be without , ; the big catalogue published fresh and r j new every year by the great South- ] | ern seed house, II. G. Hastings & <; ! Company, of Atlanta. Ga? and sent ab| solutely free, postage paid, to all who write for it, mentioning the name of r this newspaper. > In this catalogue we tell you of a ( splendid offer of free ilower seed to j all our customers, five magnificent varieties that mean beauty about your home and a pleasure to wives and i daughters that nothing else can give. > This catalogue tells you, too, about 1 our big cash prize offer to the Corn i j Club boys of your state. It tells all ( about our fine yielding varieties of | corn and cotton?the kind we grow on 1 ! our own 3.200 acre farm. It tells ' about the best seeds of all kinds for * planting in the South. It should be 1 I in every Southern home. Write today and let us send it to you.?H. G. HASTINGS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.?Advt. * J 1 l I Hud | Starts Satut 1 Look For Pr [the RE TEN CE Save the Differe LETTER FROM HOUSE Atlanta, G Jan. 23, 1 3 Ten-Cent Co., Union, S. C. 3 authorized to offer Dpie of Union and adjc 3s a ten day Save The 3 Sale on staple merch Home Office McClure Ten-Cer landise (like we offer here) been sold at s Pearl Buttons __lc doz. Hooks and Eyes 1c doz. Dress Pins lc paper Hair Pins lc pkg. Tea Spoons lc each 5c Tablets 3c Men's Sox 5c pr. Lamp Chimneys, any size 5c Work Gloves 5c 5c Toilet Paper, 2 rolls for 5c Hfference" at IE PLACE FOR BARGAINS SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY From Columbia, S. C. New Orleans. La S91 ?Jfl Account Mardi Gras celebration. Pickets on sale February 9th to 15th .vith final limit February 25th ,1915. rickets can be extended until March L5th by depositing and paying fee o? U.00 Mobile, Ala. $17.70. Account Mardi Gras celebration. Pickets on sale February 9th to 15th .vith final limit, February 20th and an be extended by depositing anu laying fee of $1.00. Pensecola, Fla. $17.95. Account Mardi Gras celebration. Pickets on sale February 9th to 15tTi vith final limit February 2(5th and can ic extended by depositing and paying "ee of $1.00. Tampa, Fla. $15.10. Account Gasparilla Carnival. Tickits on sale February 9th to 15th with inal limit February 26th and can be ixtended until March 15th by depositng and paying fee of $1.00. Charlotte, N. C. $3.50. Account Laymen's Missionary dovtment Presbyterian church. Pickets on sale February 14th and aaymiimi mum 11 11111111?1111111 mii urn >uncei t Cleai Clean A f M. day Morning, utmmmBmmmwKmammKmmamu m m m m ices in Next We BAT! :nt co. I nee" Sale I Big Money I ?15 Saving Sale I 1o Wednesday, Feb. I lining' 3 to Saturday, 13 | ian-~ "Save the I Difference" I uch exceptional low prices: I 25c House Broom 10c H 50c Wash Tub 25c 15c Pails 10c I Tumblers, 6 for 10c 9 Butter Dish 10c 10c Graters.- 5c White Crockery, 6 plates, 6 cups and saucers, all for 50c Kitchen Ware, big values for 10c each McClure's 5." HnBOHHBnHHHHI 15th with final limit February 22ml. Proportionately low rates on accouht of the above occasions from other points. For detailed information apply local agent or address: L. B. Robinson, C. P. & T. A. Columbio, S. C., or S. II. McLean, D. P. A., Columbia, S. C. Notice of Final Discharge State of South Carolina?County of Union?Court of Probate. Notice is hereby given, that on th? 19th day of February, 1915, at 11 o'clock, a. m., in the Court of Probate for said county, the undersigned will make his final settlement as guardian of the estate of Gilliam J. Bratton, and that thereupon he will apply to the Judge of said Court for his final discharge as such guardian. S. G. BRATTON. This 19th day of January, 1915. Published in The Union Times for 30 days. .. D tir n_i uuiiicuuu; Willi u IVU)!Cr v*. DUIISOfl kind of mind dopes out that the U. S. A. will have a population of 100, 000,000 at 4 p. m. April 2. Don't anybody go and spoil the figures by having twins. 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