Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rviviv?i?iiii7j ^HyFm^^^wffwwutJiiiiHiiiuiniiiii| ! A OP UNDER 1 I A'iA ^A\COVE R N M E NT | MMsupervision : A %, M?MUER BANK UNDER I ' rlA 1,' |/ \ L qrSfR VE ACT I : ?the#? j I Merchants & Planters Nat'l Bank "The Old Reliable" The Oldest and Largest Bank in Union County 5 ;>? On Jan. 1, 1915, we pan! our 6 per cent, semi - annual ! jC Dividend No. 81, making a total of $'291,(500 paid to our V| stockholders in Cash Dividends since organization. ' r; > v [iiii* tiiu ciiivi uujcci ui mid uciiirv id iu awcuiuuittvc d pf> profits for its shareholders, it is ever mindful of the rights 3 fc of its customers, and its constant aim is for the advanceit ment of the community in which it is located. Its manage- 5 * ment is liberal, pursues a progressive uolicy, and adheres J 5 strictly to legitimate lines of banking. jj] K It this appeals to you ju | LOCK FOR THE BANK WITH THE CHIME CLOCK And deposit \our money where it will he absolutely sale ^ ? I\ M. FAKR, W. F. GILLIAM, J. I). ARTHUR, President. Vice-President. Cashier. Sj, I 1 1 i J | Vrff iMdMrtf YkMiYi" t VY>r<ilfcfifttMillfi1iTili"ifi TipfBT IiTiffc liTi' f i" lff TT"nTjfjY?i1<f H ill ^ ^ ^ ?4 t 1 I VN'VVSNN^NNVNNXNNNNNVVVSNNVVV^VVNVVNVVVVS^VSV-XS ~? X X I These Buggies are Guaranteed | % A With fair and reasonable use FOR ONE YEAR. X I ?|> If any part of the vehicles fail, by reason of !< X imperfect material or workmanship, and said x ?* :< X parts are returned to us, we will replace same ? < ?|> without charge. ?|< 4 4 4 Come and Look at ThemJ 4 t y 4 T k ?1 Q) ifV aTfc 5 <T* Oaa?^Ev?%l?f n^v ^ * i beg routes eujJU!) bU. i TO CHICAGO Through Sleeping Car Daily Beginning November 22, 1914. FROM Charleston, Columbia, Spartanburg Tryon Hendersonville, Ashcvill Hot Springs, lvnoxville.?"Queen & Crescent Route," "Rig Four Route." CAROLINA SPECIAL Greatly improved Service from the Carolinas and Georgia to ?Chicago and the West.? SOUTHERN RAILWAY Premier Carrier of the South Reave Charleston __ __ __ H:'>i> a.m Arrive 9:40 p.i Leave Columbia __12:55 p.m. Arrive 4:45 p.i Leave Spartanburg __ __ 4:00 p.m. Arrive ? 1:45 p.i Leave Tryon __ __ . __ __ 5:10 p.m. Arrive 12:25 p.i Leave Hendersonville __ <5:55 p.m. Arrive 11 :R0 a.i Leave Asheville _ ______ 7:30 p.m. Arrive ? ? _.9:20 a.i Leave Knoxville -- -.12:05 a.m. Leave f>: 10 a.i Arrive Cincinnati . 10:55 a.m. Leave (5:35 p. i Arrive Indianapolis __ __ 3:20 p. m. Leave -- 2:55 p. i Arrive Chicago .. __ -- 9:00 p.m. Leave 8:55 a.i Excellent connections made from and for Aiken, Augusta, Charlotte, Sali bury, Greenville, Greensboro, Goldsboro, Raleigh and Intermediate Points EQlHi'MENT?Observation Drawing-room, open section sleeping Cars Chariest.?n-Cinrinnati, Drawing-room Sleping Car CharlestonChicago, < oaches Charleston-Cincinnati, Dining Car Service. II. C. COTNKK. Traveling Passenger S. II. McLEAN, District Pass. Agm Agent, 113 W. Main St., Spartanburg, Main St., Columbia, S. C. S. C. STORE YOUR COTTOft - WITH Farmpps' Ikmdpil Wars>hmiei> fa a. ??a. aabvc ru)' -* *. M*. v H Vh*\/li5UV/ \./v\/o tiome Entepppisc Bonded Custodian. CcMon fully insured, an when you jjet ready to sc51 you get your ow cotton and sell to whom you please. R. P. HARRY, - Custodial Lawrence G. fiouthard BARRON & BARRON ATTORNEY A x. LAW Attorneys at Law UNION, S. C. Practice in all Courts. Moi win practice in all Courts ey to loan on City and Fari Ollice Opposite Post Office Property. AN OBJECT LESSON IN HIGHWAY lMl'KOV EMI.NT (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot) Something less than four years ago Wise county, in extreme Southwestern Virginia, inaugurated under circumstances particularly adverse, a well designed plan of good roads development, which included the construction of modern highways, steel bridges and concrete culverts. The results to date, as described by E. J. l'rescott, chairman of the county's board of supervisors, in an article contributed to the current issue of the Manufacturers' Record, constitute an object lesson which should at once serve as an inspiration to other counties in the mountainous sections of the state and shame into greater activity the larger and wealthier counties in the Valley, Tidewater and Piedmont where highway improvement is not beset by any such difficulties and expense as have had to be met by Wise. "Road building in Wise," says Mr. l'rescott, "is, 1 believe, the most difficult in the State of Virginia. The county is almost entirely mountainous, and the valleys for the most part narrow, the mountainsides steep and rocky." Futhermore, it is pointed out that the county had scarcely any roads to begin with, such as there were, being extremely rough, "with numerous fords impassable in high water, and with heavy grades on which only a half of a fourth of a usual load could be hauled." Yet in spite and in the face of these difficulties, the road building campaign I has been carried forward with such vigor and determination that today the county has lf>." miles of improved highways of which 79 miles are graded and drained, !>2 miles graded, drained and macadamized (limestone) _. eight miles graded, drained and macadamized (sandstone), and an ad. dilion.nl miloju?-o vpjuIv 1m he nuno'l ami zed. On these improvements expenditures thus far, including proceeds from the sale of bonds, county appropriations and state aid, aggre- j gate the sum of $1,100,000. What returns is Wise receiving for this outlay? Summed up by Mr. Prescott, they are: increased and increasing value of farm lands and farm earnings; reduced and reducing cost of transporting farm products to market, "as well as reduced cost in all kinds of hauling;" increase in population and in the number of home-owners; increase in the enrollment and attendance of public schools; a new era of agriculture, in ! dustry and commerce, and a new imj petus to civic and social progress. I The farmers, we are told, are building better fences and painting them, jj j farm buildings are being improved j , and the whole county is putting on j i new life. Since the inauguration of i j the road-building program enrollment in the public schools has m f creased from less than 7,00^ ^ Qvcvj j 8,500, while attendance has gone up] from 45 to t>5 per cent. Four years ago there were only two automobiles in the whole county; today there art between ">00 and 400, and the number is growing almost daily. More important still is the broadening of the spirit of neighborliness among the people which has taken place, the development of a sense of common needs and common opportunities ? which has ces-.nl tori in the ,, .. t ing niul successful prosecution of public enterprises which would not have been so much as thought of a few years ago. Especially marked have been the benefits of the coal 1 mining industry, which is one of the county's most important assets. <>n this point Mr. Prescott says: . "Officials can reach the plants ir. one-fourth the time it formerly took; and even more than this, the improvement in the living conditions of the employees has been of great value tc the operators. When a workingman is so situated that ho can own his home, he is worth two of the class of men who change about from plant to plant and never really get settled. Hundreds of men working at the coal mines have purchased small m. tracts of land several miles away, in. have built their own homos, and foul m. time to cultivate a small tract of m. land in addition to their daily work." m. What this little mountain-locked m. county has done and is doing in the face of enormous obstacles, every county in the Tidewater section cm do at a great deal less expense, in proportion to area and population s-i and in the certainty of reaping In ui# ofits fully as varied and fully as great. Not only can each and every one of them afford to follow the example of Wise, but there is not on; i that can not afford to do so. | Si AT VMtff DRUGGIST. . > - '.'ji -i .-r. A (iood (i uess. I*i>:- IJy the way, who is, or rather was the god of war? !)ix?Iv'o forgotten the duffi r's name but I think it was Ananias.? ? Iii'.'.ianopolis Star. d ? n EBisnsstsstz. |j JjZiND FOR f KEK Catalog-Circular .4 H Fashion Plate No. 1, copyrighted, Sj M and t!ie I'mhous 90 Ooy? Trcatmr.nt and a I: McKISSICK'S METHOD (t Si of Jrer.ting lt>r Si nlp, Miiirr.nd Sl-.in v/ith No. I 1, 2 Ar 3 ''frparalionn ' ? W. T. McKISSICK & CO. - M P. O. Box 102. Wilmington, Del. _ifv Thaw Agrees. If the courts wish to turn Thaw loose 1- And let him go. we're willing; Ho only killed a man we thought Deserved a lot of killing. ?Houston Post. | READ Once, or possibly opportunity to bu the very heart of variably you hav< death of someone, I you wanted on tl found it to be ent any chance on ea: know it! Then w property situate i of a city, the enh; rapid that the ow years he will hav NO | An Opportunity | I have the "3 | between the Pos will sell as a wh A t* #irv^?Tf ~\T |xiv,i nu w ; i uu portunity to buj E. E. B?HEHH??n i j&itfc/r! Is Child's | Stomach Sour, Sick? If tongue is coated or if cross, feverish, constipated give "California Syrup of Figs." Don't scold your fretful, peevish child. See if tongue is coated; this is a sure sign its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with sour waste. When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stomach-ache, indigestion, diarrhoa, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the foul waste, the sour bile and fermenting food passes out of the bowels and you have a well and playful child again. Children love this harmless "fruit laxative," and mothers can rest easy after giving it, because it never fails to make their little "insides" clean and sweet. Keep it handy, Mother! A little given today saves a sick child tomor row, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown ups plainly on the bottle. Remember there an. counterfeits sold here, so surely look and see that yours is made by th<"California Fig Syrup Company.' Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup. ? The Farmer's Creed. (Home and Farm) I believe in permanent agriculture; a soil that will grow richer rather than poorer from year to year. I believe in 100-bushel corn and in 50-bushel wheat, and I shall not be satisfied with anything less. I believe that the only good weed is a dead weed, and that a clean farm is as important as a clean conscience. 1 believe in the farm boy and in the farm girl, the farmer's best crop, the future's best hope. 1 believe in the farm woman and will do all in my power to make her life easier and happier. 1 believe in the country school that prepares for country life, and a country church that teaches its people to love deeply and live honorably. I believe in community spirit, a pride in home and neighbors, and I will do my part to make my commu nity tho best in the state. I believe in the farmer, I believe in farm life. I believe in the inspiration of the open country. I am proud to be a farmer and I will try earnestly to be worthy of the name. Five Cents Proves It A Generous Oirer. Cut out this ad. enclose with f> cents to Foley At Co., Chicago, 111., and they will send you our trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs, colds, croup, bronchial and lagrippe coughs: Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold by all dealers everywhere. and THINK I twice, in a lifetime you have an I y the most desirable property in I the business block of a city. In- I 3 to wait for a failure or for the I , and very often the very property 8 le death of the owner you have 8 ailed on the next of kin, without I . rth to buy it. These are facts; you hy? Because when a person owns n the heart of the business district ancement in value is so sure and ner prefers to hold it so in after e an independent fortune. W LISTEN! is Staring You Right in the Face R2GGS PROPERTY," situate | >toffice Lot and Major Flynn's? ole or will cut to suit purchaser, may never again have an opr such desirable property. | KELL ^V. i i A :*k ?U , -T1 ~?/"Cx "" " ..fr -a1-:. > & A*-*?4 A* 7 ,%nc A *v:V% i?'rwr hX i ^ oL od uii <a ^oc t.ji l.j? ^ v\>r* %i? w 8 The cost of wiring your home for electric lights I B will return to you many times over in convenience, I 8 cheer, cleanliness and increased illumination. ? * We are making a special effort to get Electric | I Lights in everv home and the cost of the insfnlla- I Ition varies from $10.00 up including all labor and material. Call and let us give you further infor- j mation. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WATER WORKS R. A. Easterling, Supt. I BAILEY UNDERTAKING CO. | v , V V Fimprai nimptnrQ and FmhalmoKo V h miiviui Mil uuiuiu Utlll H.IIIUUSIEIUI O % Y Y Having combined the resources and equipment of the ?? Wagnon-Bradley Company and the Bailey Undertaking Company puts us in a class with the largest and best concerns in the South and it will be the aim of the officers $ X and manager of this Company to furnish this community X V with service, equipment and funeral supplies that cannot Y he excelled by any and equaled by few. Our undertakers are attentive and capable, and when f desired and necessary we will call in a lady assistant ?* with whom we will arrange for these occasions. Our charges will be reasonable and consistent with the times. Our parlors open all the time. Phone calls to any of ?& the officers of the company will receive prompt attention anywhere in the town or county. I BAILEY UNDERTAKING CO. I Y L. L. WAGNON, J. T. BRADLEY, T. E. BAILEY, jf Vice-President. Secretary. Pres. and Treas. ^