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1=1 THE UNION TIMES . I ?????? VOL. LXV. NO. 12. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH l<>, 1SI15. *1.00 A YEAR U. S. GOVERNM, EXPERT HE, r Mr. R. F. Easfham, Government Engineer, Has Made Trip Over County 1 Studying Conditions? Will Next Deliver Addresses on Road Build- j ing. I a Mr. II. F. Eastham, highway en- ^ gincer, representing the United f States Department of Agriculture, j ovce of Public Roads, is in Union j s county looking over the public high- j .. f i ... 4.. 'PI J 1 ...A ways ui tnu county. 1 no ut'parimt'ia j which sends out the experts to in- j ,, <|uire into the road situations 1 j throughout the county,, making par- 0 ticular inquiry into the adaptability of different material, cost of construction, cost of maintenance, decreased cost of hauling, the increased efficiency of schools, improvement in social conditions in the community, f land values, and every and all phases of the good roads proposition. The road building materials found in Union county, Mr. Eustham says, are similar to that found in the Piedmont section of the United States, extending from Georgia on the South through South and North Carolina and Virginia 011 the north. In numerous counties where the roads have been improved with this class of material, the improved roads have been a success and from the experience of other counties in the Piedmont section, which have improved their roads, it is possible to estimate the increased benefits to the farmers, merchants ar.d corporations. The estimated annual tonnage on the roads of Union county of cotton, fertilizers, lumber, flour, and groceries, cord wood and like commodities is 60,000 tons yearly. This tonnage is hauled an average of 6 miles to and from the farms and towns. The average cost of hauling on roads unimproved and similar to Union county roads, is N 'about) 30 cents per ton per mile Vlnillorl If IhaAti ntaSu a? mmrAvoS / the cost of hauling one ton per mile ( " sihould be 15 cents instead of 50 , cents, because of the ability to haul j double the loads now hauled and to use the roads every day in the year ] instead of only in good weather, a? j is the case now. The saving of SCO thousand ton , miles each year moved over Union j county roads, would be over $50,000 | a year, against this saving in hauling | cost there would be a charge of $15,000 a year for interest and sink- , ing funds on bond issue, annually j for 27 years. The increased efficiency in education by increasing the average attendance in the schools by children being able to get to | school every day during the term | instead of losing days when wcathe. and roads would not permit them going, would amount to about 25 per cent?a value of about one-fifth of the total amount now spent on edu- j cation. I Mr. Eastham says that it has been ( iw. i,? 1 1 vuu v:a|/ciiciiv.u ul illf IUdU ruilMrur- ( tion where the management of how1 < issues for the improvement of rondc j lias been in the hands of a comrnis- , sion of business men and experienced ] road engineer, as provided for i 11 our . present special act, the results have j been more satisfactory than art ] other method. Union county i | spending now something like ?r>fl.00.l a year on roads, and when the road- ] are improved the cost per mile pe?year will not be half what it now j is if roads are maintained in proper < shane throughout the year. I Mr. Rastham was accompanied bv | Secretary A. G. Kennedy on the ] made throughout the countv, and | together they have made the follow . inn schedule for a series of addresses ( to be made. I Buffalo. Saturday, March 20th, at j fi p. m., hall over Riley's store. ? West Springs, Saturday, March . 20th, at 8 p. m., in school buildim. , Cedar Bluff, Monday, 22. at 12 J o'clock noon, at school building. i Cross Keys. Mondav, 22, p. m., at j Cross Keys High School. I Sedalia, Monday 22, 7:20 p. m., at , Ifinh School building. ( Fair Forest school Tuesday, at 10:30 a. m. Sard if) school, Tuesday, 1 p. m. Monarch. Tuesday, 7:30 p. m., school building. ( Carlisle. Wednesday, 1 p. m., High ' School building. Santuck, Wednesday, 3:30 p. in.. ' front of postoffice. ! Excelsior Mills, Wednesday, 7:30 I p. in., at Reading Room. Mt. Tabor, Thursday, 25, 12 noon, 1 at school house. ' Lockhart, Thursday, 25, 7:30 p. m., ' hall over Company store. Adamsburg, Friday, 2f?, 11 a. m., < at Adam's store. Kelton, Friday, 2(5, 7:30 p. m., at school building. ) Jonesvlile, Saturday, 27, at 2:30 I n. -n., Town hall; at 7:30 p. m. at Bowen's store. 1 Mr. Eastham has mado many con- I verts to the good roads idea, and has < ENT ROAD ' RE THIS WEEK . '.ITIZEN OF JONESVILLE CONDEMNS PEDDLER'S BILL Vill Have No "Yankee" Show u m Us how to Build Good ta tr Roads. Si at Joncsville, March 15.?From time 'a mmemorial there has been intcrtational and interstate laws govrnng traflic and trade between nations md states, but not until the other lay did I ever hear of an interounty law prohibiting the people (><! rom carrying their produce from ] me county into another county for ale, without first procuring a (j( icense to do so, paying $50 for said t)( icense which seems to be law now, * iccording to an act passed at the (.f ate session of our legislature, known is the Wagnon Act. Joncsville is . icar the line of Cherokee county and ve really get a large trade from that ounty. We gin their cotton, buy heir cotton, buy their produce and ^ ell them much goods and merchan- . lise. It suits them to trade with us j-n ind it suits us to trade with them. Cf >ut for them to comply with the late nter-county act is just putting tm id on and shutting them off. and hey will turn their trade from us md we will be hurt. If the town of Jnion wants such a law why Jones'ille says let her have it?just let heir town council pass an ordinance or the town of Union and leave ? >ther towns out, Jonesville especi illy. There is some difference of ' pinion as to the construction of the ict, who dealer, peddler and venders ire, hut. a very reasonable construeion of a dealer is one who deals or ^ >ells anything, whether he buys th ji irticle or raises it on his farm. It night, however, not have been the ntention and purpose of the bill to ^ nclude such persons as those who <r jell their own produce, but th > wordng of the bill shows for itself. . Seems to me there are some doubts ^ ilong that line and the doubt will lave the effect. s. Farmers have started out with ' louble dilligence this Monday morn ing, as the ground is in fine shape for the plows. The* gardeners are ^ equally busy putting in the seeds, ' some of which should have been ir. 1 the ground long ago. ^ I see in the papers that some yantee is coming around to tell the people about good roads and how tt . build them. Yes, the vankee's arc 1 constantly throwing it in our teeth c< that we arc an illiterate and ignorant people and yet we keep "kissing the hand that smites us," but mind you. . 1 don't do it anymore, fact is, I never lid. We have plenty of sane folks ? in the South to run our institutions. 11 W. II. S. Harris. g (For Mr. Harris* information we 11 bee* to snv tlmt Mr ltnhf IT P'ocl. I u ^ fiam, the good roads export, now inspecting the roads of Union county s' is a native of Virginia, and is not ;i "yankee." His father* was shoi ^ severely while serving in the Confederate army, and carried the scars to the end of his days on earth, his :leath occuring recently. However, even if Mr. Eastham had been a g 'down easter," it certainly seems sj that after fifty years of christian \ experience, Mr. Harris should have jc learned to be charitable?"The greatest of these is charity." Moreover, jv if Mr. Harris will inform him-elf. \ he will find that he is far wrong on j, the question of illiteracy as he is on Mr. Eastham's pedigree. If he will j] look into it he will find that the United States census for 1010 put-- ., South Carolina right at the top of /, the column of illiteracy, there being >ut one State, Louisiana, that has a jr larger percentage of illiteracy. Mr. i; Harris makes a good news writer vv hut as an editor ho certainly would (j, soon run amuck. There is not a sne-horse newspaper in this State that would not hold me up to ridicule f I were to publish as my editorial sayings the articles of Mr. Harris hi is given above. His attack on the b peddlers bill is as wide of the mark ir is is his attack on the government L road expert. There is not one thing e: n tne l>i11 to keep farmers of Cherokee selling their product> in .Tones- hi t'ilTo. or any where else in Union b< ounty. Lewis M. Rice. Editor.) n \V. O. W. Unveiling. S( M The Woodmen of the World, For- f \st Camp, No. :>(>, will unveil a nion- ]] iment to th<> memory of Sovereign 0. It. M. Estes at Rosemont cemetery sj irre on Sunday afternoon, April 4th it I'. M. All camps throughout 0| :.ho county are urged to be present r( o participate in the exercises. Mr. n( Kstes was t.hr nlr1o?f in ,,<-?!?> >f service in the county, and was <nown by all Woodmen. The Camps will march from Forest Camp hall at 3:00 o'clock. p, , ... . n' i^one thoroughly into the question p Prom Union county's standpoint. He oi should receive a full and attentive w hearing upon the question he now e' has to preiint in his series of adIresses. a' OE JOHNSON IS Gl resident Names Fourth Dislric Newly Created Federal Filed Against H Washington, March 17.?President rilson today gave a recess appointent to Joseph T. Johnson, of Sparmburg, S. C., as United States disict judge of the western district of auth Carolina. The district was crc;cd during the closing days of the st congress. The News Here The anouncement that Congressan Johnson had been given a recess jpointment as judge of the newly eated western district of South arolina was received with the greatit interest in Spartanburg, the new idge's home. While it had been anjunced that President Wilson hau' finitely determined upon the apnntnient of Congressman Johnson ir the new position there had bemi insiderable speculation as to whetn the appointment would be made iring the recess or whether the esid'-nt would wait until the next ?sion of congress. The action of the president mean^ int the appointment will be effective;nti on nlfltAiiMU ^ ? ? > ? * t v* i f tiii,in/u^ii it vamiui ui? cun mod until next December when mgres meets again. Johnson to Resign. * It is expected that Mr. Johnson ill tender his resignation as conressman from the Fourth district at ice in order to qualify for the posion of judjre. This menas that an el-_ tion will be hold in the Fourth dis>ITerson Davis Children of the Confederacy. The JofTerson Davis Chapter of the onfederacy held a meeting Monly afternoon at the home of Miss oberta and Clough Wallace. The president, Miss Alice Arthur, resided with the ease and dignity a grown-up, and a charming proram was given. The roll call was isponded to with quotations from imous Southern generals and 22 lembers answered. Sarratt Hames gave a brief setch of the life of Robt. E. Let nd Ted Garner sang v?jxy de-, glitfully "Bonnie Homes i?veral choruses were r^Wr coue tiss' Pansy ' Watson \ qA ccompaniment. < . ' -/' Mrs. F. M. Farr, president of the a .ghters graced the occasion with er presence and made an addreSs ncouraging and praising the work cing done and pledging the hearty ^operation of the Daughters. The directress, Mrs. J. W. Mixson ave a history of the organization of r.....* i.'i-1 ?i ~i? IC 111 L ^ II I ill I vm ell ill ill^U >ld them that this chapter was the nly one in the State bearing the ame of Jefferson Davis. At the close of the meeting the nests were invited to the dining' :>oni where delicious refreshments 'ere served. The room was fragrant ith daffodils, violets and other pring flowers. The next meeting will be held 'ith the president, Miss Alice Ariur, at her home on East Main St. Death of Mr. W. C. Hughes Mr. W. C. Hughes, formerly' of 'nion, but for the past 8 years reading in Americus, (la., died on larch 10th and was buried in Amer us the following Thursday. Mr. Hughes leaves a wife and on-, rother, Mr. Julian E. Hughes, of -nion, and on" sister. Mrs. F. N. ahnson, of Columbia. He is also irvived by his mother, Mrs. M. J [uvhes. of Union. Mr. Hughes was "7 years of age. nd was a nv mber of the Presby nan church. He is well known throughout (Jain county, having snent his early fe here. He has many fricvnd- here ho are grieved by reason of his rath. Death of Mr. John C. Thomson. Mr. John C. Thomson died at his ome near Unupi, Saturday. March 1, and was buried Ihe following dav i Rosemont cemetery here. Rev. ewis M. Rice conducting the burial zeroises. Mr. Thomson had been in poor ralth for several months, having ren stricken with paralysis. Mr .Thomson Wna novfr in-i-rinrl is father was tho Into Isaac Thomtn. II e leaves three brothers, fessrs Andrew, Isaac and W. E. homson, and one sister, Miss Sallie . Thomson, all residents of Hnion, <cept Mr. Isaac Thomson, who redes at Pncolct, Mr. Thomson was a man possessed f a genial spirit and was r.lwavs *adv to lend a helning hand to a eighbor. lie was 65 years of ape. Services at First Baptist Church Rev. George P. White, who has sen ill for several weeks has recov ed sufficiently to resume his duties nd will occupy the pulpit of tht i'rst Baptist church at the services ri Sunday. The morning service ill he held at 11:00 A. M. and the rening service at 7:H0 P. M. The public is cordially invited to ttend these services. 'VEN APPOINTMENT t Congressman as Judge of the District?Two Protests 1is Appointment. iriet probably this summer. There are several announced and several probable candidates for congress to succeed Mr. Johnson. Those who have positively announced are S. J. Nicholls and R. J. Gantt, of SparI tanburg, and B. A. Morgan, of Greenville. Washington, March 17.?Ropresenttative Johnson was today formally nominated by President Wilson to be judge of the Western district o* j South Carolina. The nomination was made without the president having I consulted Mr. Johnson. A conference between Mr. Wilson and Mr. Johnson will take place tomorrow, according to present plans. Until after this meeting, Mr. Johnson will make no statement whatever in regard to his nomination. Recommendations and protests are made public under the "Cullop amendment" to the bill creating the judgeship. Two protests were filed, one signed jhy F. L. Wilcox, of Florence, who is I not a resident of the district, and one by Emslie Nicholson, of Union. The basis of Mr. Wilcox's objection was that Mr. Johnson was not experienced in law, while Mr. Nicholson's protest was a brief telegram, stating his belief that a better appointment could be made, and that [ Mr. Johnson could not now Le elect j ed to any office. I PROMINENT MEN TO SPEAK 1 Union is (o Hoar Address on Live* Agricultural Questions on March 27th. I On March 27, at noon, in the courl! house, the public is invited to he pro1'sent to hear addresses by Coram i sioner E. J. Watson; .J. Whitner it id ; State secretary of the Farmers' i union; B. Harris, ex-president of the I State Farmers' union and possibly others. All who are interested in ' the agricultural welfare of our coun, ty are urged to be present to hear j thege addresses. ^ Jrhere never was a time when the j" ^u^ers of the state needed to be .yft'Ztr -to Aenue i .of . their,oppor1 Cflfftles as is now upon us. Loundes J. Browning. Death of Miss Janie I'arham Miss Janie Parham died at her home in South Union on Wednesday, and was laid to rest in the Presbyterian cemetery on Thursday. The funeral service being conducted by her pastor, Itev. J. F. Matheson. Miss Parham had been in ill health '.'or some time and everything that loving hands could do was done for her comfort. She was the only mem her of her family living and made her homo with Mrs. W. W. Xoland. She was a consistent christian ami possessed a loving, gentle nature. Her death is deeply deplored by numbers of people. Concert at Buffalo. The concert given at Buffalo Friday evening was quite a success. It. was under the ciinni-iMim,, Mesdames J. C. Swygert and W. I'. Johnson, and tho sum of $25.00 was realized. This is to In- divided among the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian Orphanages. Mm. W. N. Iliggins of Claffney, who is visiting at Buffalo, gave several vocal numbers, which delighted the audience. She has been studying in New York for some time and has a voice or rare sweetness and power. Prayer and Praise Service The prayer and praise servic. v. held at the First Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon and a la rite congregation attended. On next Sunday afternoon the service will bp held at the Church of the Nativity and the choir of th. t church will have charge of the music. Rev. Harry Chesslcy, rector of tinchurch. will preside, and the public is cordially invited to attend. Prohibiting Skating. At a meeting of the council Wednesday night, a resolution was passed prohibiting skating on the streer-\ except from 4 to 6 o'cloek in the afternoon, and the law will be strictly enforced. Moves to Buffalo. Mr. C. B. Sparks and family left this week for Buffalo, wh-re they will reside in the future. .Mr. Sparks has accepted a position with the company store at that place and will bepin his duties at once. Numbers of people repret their leavinp, but wish them much success in their new home. There will he a conference of the I.ower Fair Forest church Sunday morninp immediately after Sunday school. A man isn't necessarily polished because he casts reflections. A lovers' quarrel and a small boy's trousers are soon patched up. DECLARES BLi OF C ROMANTIC MARRIAGE OF POPULAR YOUNG COUP LI Miss Elizabeth Foster and Mr W. C. Sibley of Spartanburg, Married at Jonesville. A marriage which came as quit* a surprise to the people of Unio: was that of Miss Elizabeth Cestui and Mr. W. C. Sihley of Spartannur-. which occurred Thursday afternoon March 11th. Mr. Sibley came t' Union on the noon train Thursday and procured a marriage license am drove out to the Cohen school whici Miss Foster was teaching. She dismissed the pupils and the" drove t( Jonesville and the ceremony was .performed by W. 1J. Justus, pastoi of the Methodist church. Although their engagement ha< been an open secret, the marriag* was not expected until summer. Mrs. Sibley is the daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Foster, and is ar unusually bright and attractiv* young woman. Mr. Sibley is bookkeeper at the Saxon mills in Spartanburg, and n In Id in high esteem by his friends and acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley will mak< their home in Spartanburg and art receiving the congratulations am good wishes of hosts of friends. Death of Mr. S. V. Foster. Friends and relatives were painet to hear of the death of Mr. S. Victoi i'omi'v, oiucst son of .Mrs. Uetti< J. Foster of the Asbury section o! Cherokee county, which occurred al the home of Mr. Ik F. Bonner :ii Trough, on Tuesday evening: of tVti week. Mr. Foster was stricken will pneumonia about a week previous t< liis death and was seriously ill i'ron the first. While, only in his His: year, it may lie said that he had pu: more into life, and received moii from life, than many men of that a*re. He had lived from his earlj youth a consecrated, examplary christian life and held the confidence and respect of his fellowmcn in bus iness, social and church life as well Indeed, it may be said he wms a mat in the true sense of the ward. His youncr wife, who was Mis: I.ona Green, preceded him to thi ejrave several years af:o, after a shor married life. Mr. Foster was a memocr of th< mercantile firm of Ilonner & Fostei at Trough, and has many relative: in Union county, lie being: a nephev of Mr. T. 1\. Foster of Union and nl? of Mrs J. It. I.iltlejohn of Jonesville The interment will he hel 1 a Goucher cemetery on Thursday. Fnoree Presbytery Meets April fitli The annul spring meetiner o Enoree Presbytery will !> held ii the Presbyterian church at .Tonesvill Ani-it lUli It 1 i. iAj?- ii'ii uiiii anou seventy delegates will bo in atlen dance. Knoree Presbytery is composed o Presbyterian churches in Creonvilk Cherokee. Union and Spartanburj counties. Kurman dee Club. The pupils and teachers of th Hierh school are lookiny forward I the eominy of The Fuvman Univer sity Glee Club Monday niyht. Th Club this year is composed of four teen members and is recommcndo I by the faculty as the best in th I history of the University. The pro 1 eeeds are to yo to the High schoe I Athletic Association. Th Club i I to ho entertained by son e of th j members of the Association an others of the Tliyh school. The public is uvyed to lend thei support to this event by speakinjr word about it. and most of all b; j their att ndance. Admission, 20c and TV. Married. Miss Mary Rontz and Air. .T. T Taylor of Otlarav wore married 01 Vn'roti 11(V> i" '' ..... > . 11V irn >l'IUT Ol Till families and a few friends. The cer emonv was performed by magistrate Joseph Sanders. Form Partnership Messrs Shands and Hartlett havi entered into a copartnership and wil conduct a general repair, wood work blacksmith and upholstering busines They have leased the building ownei by Mr. Ambrose Hughes, on Gad berry street This building was slight ly damaged by fire a week or twi ago, but has been recovered and pu in good shape. The new concern ha already moved into the building an< have begun operations. W. O. W. Circle llnveli Monument The W. O. W. Oak Grove Circle unveiled a monument last Sunday t the memory of Mrs. M. M. Strom in Rosemont cemetery. There wer present perhaps, two thousand peopl Addresses were made by Col. T. C Duncan and Hon. L. L. Wagnon. OCKADE iERMAN COAST z Britain Announces Stopping of All Trade Between Enemy and Neutrals?Will Pay For All Goods Seized Unless Contraband ? Definite j Terms Announced. London, March 15.?Great Britain , made known to the world today in a ( formal proclamation sitxmd in council by the ki'n^r and issued from Buckimrt i hant palace, how she proposes to j cover the arteries of sea commerce to * and from Germany de.rimr the war. The term "blocckud< ' is not used, I and no prohibited a< ra is defined , Nevertheless, the text of the order makes plain Kmrland's purpose to P nievent commodities of any kind i from reaching: or leaving Germany , durinjr the war. British officials tonight frankly , called the movement blockade, the foreign office describing it as an ef, fective blockade, diiT< ring from the ffectivc blockades of history only in , that the property seized will not be , confiscated outright, j hut soid, the j proceeds eventually ironist to tins owners. Hits Germany Only. The last clause of the proclamation 'contains the proposal most interestl' ing to neutrals. This is a flat agrecr I ment to lift the "blockade" in ease * | any nation will certify that the ships f flying its flag shall not carry goods t ; to Germany or goods originating L | therein or goods belonging to ton , I subjects of the German empire. It 1 | is ivotablo that the order declares no > j intention to capture ships proceed1 ing to and from the countries of t Germany's allies, Austria and Turt key, the reason being, no doubt that > the measure is avowedly a reprisal L against Germany's submarine warr fare. , A cordon of ships will be main> tained to shut off the commerce of - German ports and regulate trade in . the war zone, although ships voyI ag'ng< eastward (across the Atlantic will, 5t is expected, be ij^ized befor* they reach the North seaT To Seize Cargo Alone. c i When a neutral vessel is held up, * in all cases except where there is a * j false declaration of destination or r other attempt at subterfuge, the cars go only will he seized. v A copy of the order in council was j handed to the American ambassador !. tonight. t The foreign office emphas'zes the fact that wide discretion is allowed prize court officials handling neutral -'.aims and that instructions will be "ivon these nun to act with the f reatcst di-patch consistent with the II o arer noi formance of their tasks. R The foreign office has called attent 'ion from the first announcement of " die reprisals policy to the fact that the regulations are not inflexible 1 where the rbrhts of nnnlrab ?ro />m,. ' cerned. * While the order is absolute in so for as ships to and from Gorman ports are concerned, using the word "must" in stipulating how freed, shall he discharged at English no:" . u (he provisions concerning cargoes ? destined for neutral ports set forth that they "may he required to dis? charge" at British ports. " This language is typical of the general attitude of British officials toward neutral trade. " The text of the order in council '' follows: Blame on Germany. ' "Whereas, the German govern 1 ment has issued certain orders which in violation of the usages of war, 1 nurport to declare that the waters :: surrounding the Linked Kinirdor.: .u v . militaiy ac ra in which all Hritish and allied merchant vessels will he destroyed irrespective of the 'IV'; and the lives of the nassengei an.? the crews, and in which neutral shipI ing will be exposed to similar dan' gor in view of the uncertainties of 11 naval warfare. "And, whereas, in the memorandum accompanying the said orders, l> neutrals are warned against minister en w.i, passengers or goods to i.ritish or allied ships. "And, whereas, such attempts on ^ the pait of the enemy give to his I majesty an unquestionable right of retaliation. < A ?.l ?__i? v mm, tviivi('n?, his miljl'siy I1HM , therefore decided to adopt further measures in order to prevent commodities of any kind from reaching or leaving Germany, although such ? measures will he enforced without risk to neutral ships or to neutral or non-combatant life and in strict observance of the dictates of humanity. "And, whereas, the allies of his majesty are associated with him in J the steps now to be announced for' , frustrating further the commerce of ^ Germany, his majestv is therefore; I pleased by and with the advice of hisi o privy council to order, and it is here: by ordered as follows: ; To Stop Them All- ! (Continued on last page)