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I > A f UJ Night Wort UU VYd BELGIUM STANDS * ALONE IN GRIEF n a .Never Has Country Been So Stricken, li Nation of Inactivity 1 o New York, Feb. 14.?The war re- a duced Belgium's population by about b 100,000 and her condition presents a ^ situation without parallel in history, a says a report issued tonight by the e Rockefeller foundation from its war relief commission sent to Belgium last November to observe the effect ^ of the war on noncombatants. The agricultural regions are tie vastated and the food supply practi- ^ cally cut off. The report says: ^ "Yet if one is to understand the Bel- ^ gian problem it is perhaps necessary r to emphasize not the destitution of u j few hundred thousand people to the suddenly enforced inactivity of a strong and healthy nation of 7,000,000." The destruction of stock is of great t er importance than the destruction of j houses, the report declares. "The , peasants," it continues, "are in the ^ greatest terror that the few animals that remain to them may be taken." Regarding the agricultural situa- j tion the commission found that autumn planting has been done some- . how, and that it is conceivable that Belgium may continue to raise most of her own potatoes, fruits and fresh vegetables. "In France," says the commission, i "we found that it was clearly the policy of the German occupation behind the fighting lines to promote the planting of next year's crops and to spare milch cows and breeding animals." i ne (lerman occupation nas requisitioned {rrain, canned goods, food supplies, live stock and horses from towns and countryside. It is also requisitioned such things as cotton and woolen stores, copper fixtures and implements in some factories, motor cars, gasoline and any machinery that can he used in the manufacture of arament. In smaller places and in some larger towns it appears that nearly all the remaining houses have been looted, the report says. The collapse of the hanking exchange, the commission found to be due to the fact that reserves of coin and negotiable securities were re moved in advance of the invasion. "German requisitions are paid for not in money but by receipts which are said to be often of the most informal sorts," the reports declare. "Commerce and industry are at a standstill. The only trades people who do any business are those who sell food or clothing." In connection with the alleviating iafluences, the report concludes: "The disaster is shared by all. The mergency has summoned every ourageous virtue into expression. Futhermore the universal condition of o [1 For c< Work FJ : 5 Nia llac eJ O he community automatically distrib- 1 tes the burden. There is general loratorium for the very poor. Tennts pay no rent and though the andlords are thereby impoverished, he tenants are not evicted. The sale f distilled liquors has been stopped nd alcoholism has been reduceu. .lights are out at night, places of musement and concourse are closed nd every one has to be at home arly." The readers of this paper will be ileased to learn that there is at least ne dreaded disease that science has leen able to cure in all its stapes, iiul that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh ^ure is the only positive cure now mown to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease ' equires a constitutional treatment. Iall's Catarrh Cure is taken interlally, acting directly upon the blood ind mucous surfaces of the system, hereby destroying the foundation of ;he disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constituion and assisting nature in doing its .vork. The proprietors have so much r-.uu :M xi a. i LAiin in ii? tuiciiivf jiuwurs mat tuey )ffer One Hundred Dollars for any :ase that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address: F. J. CIIENNEY & CO., roledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. GREENVILLE PLANT TO MAKE UNIFORMS Judson Mills to Weave Cloth for Dresses of VVinthrop Girls. Greenville, Feb. 11.?The Judson mills of Greenville will make the goods for spring uniforms at Winthrop college. B. E. (leer, president of the mills, received a letter today stating that his samples had been adopted by the college. Some time ago Winthrop began investigating the advisability of having its uniforms made in ."^ouih Carolina mills. A number of manufacturing plants submitted sam pies, but the Judson mill goods was selected. The order will be for J,000 yards of reception voile finished in pure white. Croup and Whooping Cough Mrs. T. Neureuer, Eau Claire, Wis., says: "Foley's Honey and Tar Com I'WUIIU Luifu ?ny i?uy ui ct very s^vcn* attack of croup after other remedies had failed. Our milkman cured his children of whooping cough." Foley's has a forty year record of similar cases. Contains no opiates. Always insist on Foley's. Sold by all dealers everywhere. Owing to the dry, cold atmosphere, there are no infectious diseases known in Greenland. What a fine place Greenland would he for "keep well clubs" of various kinds! IN & of Co l on P] lAPER ;hts Gei APPL e C( NES VI COTTON STATISTICS TO I 31ST OF JAN IF AH Y Number of Bales Used During the Past Six Months 2,591,098?Ex- C porta 1,372,175 Bales, Washington, February 15.?Cotton used during January was 468,877 v bales, exclusive of linters, compared s with 517,299 in January last year, the c census bureau announced today. Cot- c ton used during the six months end- a ing January 31 was 2,591,089 bales, P against 2,816,625 last year. Cotton on hand January 31 in man- c ufacturi'ng establishments was 1,515,- b 390 bales, against 1,764,561 a year c ago, and in independent warehouses d 4,689,956 bales, against 2,839,942 a b year ago. i Exports were 1,372,175 bales, ag- t ainst 1,052,277 last year, and for the c six months 3,978,329 against 6,489,- J 752 a year ago. i Imports were 39,229 bales, against 19,624 last year, and for the six s months 139,529, against 63,523 a year ^ ago. ? Cotton spindles active numbered < 30,565,479, against 31,098,178 a year I ago. . I.inters used 18,136 bales, against ' 23,611 a year ago, and for the six months 156,123 bales, against 157,- < 565 last year; on hand in manufact- ' uring establishments, 120,440 bales, against 87,217 a year ago, and in independent warehouses 93,573 bales against 49,923 a year ago. I.inters exported 23,486 bales, and for the six months 67,981 bales. COLDS & LaGRIPPE fS or 6 doses 66G will break any case of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe; it acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. Price 25c, ANTI-SHIPPING LIQUOR BILL BECOMES A LAW Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 9.?Delivery of more than one ruart of whiskey or other intoxloa'ing liquor to any one person in Alabama will be prohibited after June 30 under the Denson anti-shipping bill which became effective today. The measure became a law automatically, having remninod nn?i(mnd hv flnvprnnr IT#?n_ derson for seven days after i'ts passage by the legislature. The law directs transportation companies not to make liquor deliveries oftener than once a month. A bill which would prohibit newspapers in Alabama from publishing liquor advertisements was returned to the legislature with the governor's veto. It has been made the special order of business Wednesday when an effort probably will be mad(! to over-ride the veto. The statewide prohibition bill recently was passed over Governor Henderson's veto. ?-? tton M Lain W LOOK t Pay F Y TO Ittoi LLE, S. 5VER SALIVATED BY # CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! [ Calomel is quicksilver and acts like | dynamite on your liver. Calomel loses you a day! You know /hat calomel is. It's mercury; quick ilver. Calomel is dangerous. It rashes into sour bile like dynamite, ramping and sickening you. Calomel ttacks the bones and should never be iut into your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, onstipated and all knocked out and lelieve you need a dose of dangerous alomel just remember that your Iruggist sells for 50 cents a large ottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which s entirely vegtable and pleasant to ake and is a perfect substitute foi alomel. It is guaranteed to start rour liver without stirring you up nside, and can not salavate. Don't take calomel! It makes you lick the next day; it loses you a day's vork. Dodson's Liver Tone straightins you right up and you feel great. 3ive it to the children because it is jerfectly harmless and doesn't gripe. SMITH TO DELIVER CLEMSON ADDRESS South Carolina Senator Accepts Invitation to Make Commencement Day Speech. Washington, Feb. 12.?Senator E. D. Smith of South Carolina is today in receipt of an invitation extended by the faculty of Clemson college, through president Riggs, to deliver the commencement address there on June 8, next. Senator Smith accepted. Half Your Living Without Money Cost A right or wrong start In 1915 will make or break most farmers in the Cotton States. We are all facing tt crisis on cotton. Cotton credit Is upset. The supply merchant cannot advance supplies on 1915 cotton. You must do your best to produce on your own acres the food and grain supplies that have made up most of your store debt in the past. A good piece of garden ground, rightly planted, rightly tended and 1r ~ ?- J J - |iiai;i<;tj nm year round, can DO made to pay half your living. It will aavo you more money than you made on the boat five acres of cotton you ever grew! But it must be a real garden, and not the mere one-planting patch in the spring and fait. Hastings' 1915 Seed Book tells all about the right kind of a money-saving garden and the vegetables to put in it. It tells about the (laid crops as well and shows you the clear road to real farm prosperity, comfort and independence. IT'S FREE. Send for ft today to H. Q. HASTINGS A CO? Atlanta, Qa.?Advt. D! ill Help hite G AS or 6 N ? Mi c. iarden Seed! We have just the kind ? ' di you want and they are pi just as tresh as can bedi bought. Be the first 3( to have a nice early,: garden. Get your seed ' now from the i PALMETTO DRUG COMPANY f THE MONEY SAVERS UNION, S. C. 5S8TBB? [TOMWfl For Full Information j Concerning the I 1915 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Call on or < write us r i THE J 9 "*9 _ ' union limes ' Write for Catalogue 1 ] n i > For oods ights ills] Notice of Final Discharge ;ate of South Carolina?County of Union?Court of Probate. Notice is hereby given, that on thw Ith day of February, 1915, at 11 clock, a. m., in the Court of Probate ir said county, the undersigned will ake his final settlement as guar* an of the estate of Gilliam J. Bratin, and that thereupon he will apy to the Judge of said Court for is final discharge as such guaran. S. G. BRATTON. This 19th day of January, 1915. Published in The Union Times for ) days. Dr. Virgil R. Hawkins DENTIST 3FFICE OVER MUTUAL ?]_ _ Q p DRY GOODS COMPANY UII1UI1, O. American Queen CORSET Every Corset beariner the 'American Queen" trade nark is sold under a bindng guarantee. Quality, workmanship and uaterial the very best. Both ?ront and back lacing. Eaeh Dorset is fitted to the indlddual purchaser. V1RS. H. A. 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