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11 THE UNION TIMES (If yOLLXV. NO. uxiox, 8. C.. FUtDAY, Al(il S|->-, HM3. ?n^Uhro? " ~ ~ SAM J. NICHOL IN THE FOI * AI most Complete Unofficial Returns Indicate Nomination of Spartanburg Man for Congress by Majority in Neighborhood of 575. Spartanburg, Auk- 24.?The election of Sam J. Nicholls of Spartanburc over his nnnnnnnt R A Moi-imh of Greenville, as congressman from the Fourth District to succeed Joseph T. Johnson, is indicated by nearly complete unofficial returns from the second Democratic primary held today. With only 11 small boxes .in the en- , tire district missing, Mr. Nicholls has a lead of 575, his total being 9,494 against a total of 8,919 for Mr. Morgan. ' | The vote in the second primary was considerablv heavier than in the first primary, when only about 16,000 votes were polled in the entire district. Mr. Nicholls led Mr. Morgan almost two to one in Soartanburg county, and Mr. Morgan led Mr. Nfcholls by about the same propor uon in urenville county. The unofficial returns from the vavious counties show the following votes: County. Nicholls Morgan Greenville (54 out of 59)__ .2,119 4,098 Laurens (29 out of 33) 1,473 1,131 Spartanburg (84 out of 86) 4,583 2,033 The following is the complete vote in Union county: Precinct Nicholls, Morgan. Union, Ward I 35 41 Union, Ward 2 36 78 ' Union, Ward 3, 40 54 Union* Ward 4, 167 70 Monarch 187 81 E. K. Mills _ 69 76 Buffalo __187 40 Santuc 29 43 Carlisle 13 37 Cross Keys 79 61 Kelton __ 71 71 f, Lockhart 109 68 L I Adamsburg v - 33 26 \ Meador _ _ -> 6 15 , Black Rock.. ? XT A Gibbs JTzZ -T7-7. ? - 32 12 Coleraine 1 28 10 I West Springs - 48 49 Jonesville . 139 140 J_ 1319 991 DEATH OK MRS. DORA POWELL. In the death of Mrs. Dora Powell, at her home Friday afternoon, Union has lost one of her most belovtgi citizens. Mrs. Powell had been in ill health for sometime, but her death came as a jrreat shock to her relatives and friends. The funeral services were he'd Monday afternoon at Grace Methodist church, of which she was a member, and were conducted by Rev. L. L. Wajfnon. The interment bein>r in the Methodist cemetery. Mrs. Powell is served by four children: Mrs. E. L. Henry of Asheville, Mr. James Powell of Mansfield, Ohio, Mrs. F. B. Culp and Mr. W. T. Powell of this city, if or beautiful christian character and devotion to the Maseeh's ause is a rich inheritance left her children. While her place in the circle is vacant, still the memory of her jrentle disposition and sacrificing spirit remains. The deepest sympathy is extended to the bereaved loved ones. CHANGES IN MILL CIRCLES. M. G. H. Fairbanks, of Winnsboro, but formerly with the Wallace Mills at Jonesville, will on September the 1st, take charge of the Granby Cotton Mills, at Columbia. Mr. T. M. McNeil, Sujf rintendent of Ottaray Mills, has been elected superintendent of the Olympia Mills, also at Columbia, and the vacancy at Ottaray made possible by his resignation, will be filled by Mr. Green, of Greer. A FINE FARM. Mr. Walter Sanders has just returned from a visit to his brother. Mr. Frank Sanders, in Macbee, and says he has "some" farm. He has 200 acres planted in cotton; 200 in corn; 100 acres in peas; 25 acres in tobacco; 5 acres sweet potatoes and is raising 40 hogs. Judgin from this, Frank expect to live high next winter. Union people will be interested to hear of his good fortune, as he is e former resident of this place. Mrs. Richardson, of Laurens, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. F. Caudle. M iss Hess Hamby, of Columbia, is visiting Mi's. J. F. Mcl.ura. LS WINNER URTH DISTRICT BRITAIN DECLARES COnONCONTRABAND Official Announcement Is Made U. S. WILL MAKE PROTEST England Says That Steps Will Be Taken to Prevent Disturbance in the Price of Cotton?France to Follow Suit. Great Britain has declared cotton absolutely contraband. The announcement was made officially by the foreign office, where it was learned upon inquiry that the French government will Issue a similar notice. The text of the British an uuuut-riQvut. ioiiows: "His majesty's government has declared cotton absolute contraband. While the circumstances might have justified such action at an earlier period, his majesty's government Is glad to think that local conditions of American interests likely to be affected are more favorable for such a step than they were a year ago. and, moreover, his majesty's government contemplates initiation of measures to relieve as far as possible any abnormal depression which might temporarily disturb market conditions." A dispatch from Washington says: It is certain the United States will protest against the British action in declaring cotton contraband. It will cite the previous consistent policy of treat Britain In holding cotton free of restraint. A long course of diplomatic Interchanges undoubtedly will follow. It is understood the British plan Is to steady the cotton market through actual purchuses if that becomes necessary. Probably cotton factors will be commissioned to keep the commodity above a fixed minimum price. ?M???MU9Mi tilli year, it is said, will make to ? n because open markets unaffected by the Allies' action are more than able to absorb the entire production. WEST INDIAN STORM. Great Loss of Life and Property Along Gulf Coast. The West Indian hurricane, which for two days blew its breath of death over a wide section of the gulf coast, cost the south a toll of 2114 lives, as far as can be learned, and approximately $18,000,000 damage to property of all kinds, to crops and to equipment in its oil fields. Estimates of the total loss of life run as high as 400, but these are not based on reliable reports. The heaviest loss of life probably will be found to have been sustained by shipntnir Af .ill I'tiwL. i _ I |?iiife */* on iviuur* in iiit" vainous 11:irbors and the open sea. The exact number, however, will not be known for weeks, if then. Galveston suffered most severely in the way of property losses, the (lain* age there belli*; estimated at $15,0(10.000. but the loss of life in the ei'y proper was not believed to have exceeded fourteen. That many bodies have been recovered. Houston's hiss in property was $2,000,000, and in lives, 5. WILL IN HIS SLIPPKR. Great-grandchild Found It Quite By Accident. When Thomas II. Sestel, pioneer resident of Filmore township. Michigan. died on May .'{0 there began a search for a will disposing of his estate. which is valued at upward of $80,000. A justice who drew up a will and the men who signed as witnesses testified to the existence of such a testament. but a search failed to reveal the missing testament. The estate was taken into probate court to he divided among the heirs according to their rights by birth. As a probate judge was about to I f ilL'P tliiv <1 on alut s\f t l?" great-granddaughters was busy aiding In giving thu home of Mr. Scstel a thorough ('loaning. Stic found an old pair of carpet slippers, frayed and torn. As she threw the slippers away a piece of paper fell out. It proved to lie the missing will. Killed Himself On Son's Orave. K. O. Kberhart, 40. millionaire, [ philanthropist, shot liiniself to death at the grave of his son. Harry, in a suburb of South Bend. Ind. He had grieved over the death of his son in an automobile accident in 1000. At a meeting held before the Reichstag convened in Berlin the Socialist members decided to vote for the new war ioaa. | IALLY LY ATTENDED chapter W. ('. T. U. had charge of the program anil the songs and recitations which tlie little children gave, had a great effect on the audience. Mr. Stewart is a forceful speaker and kept the people keyed up with interest, and again and again drove home some of the most powerful and convincing truths ever advanceed here on the prohibition subject. Both of these gentlemen are in the business world, and the arguments against the use of liquor, coming from the business man, carried a deal of PROHIBITION I LARGE] Mr. J. K. Breedi?i, secretary of the State prohibition organization, delivered three very fine addresses in Union county last Sunday. He spoke in I he morning at the Jonesville Baptist church, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at the Buck Pond Baptist church, and in the evening at Tabernacle Baptist church. At all three points he was given the most earnest attention and large crowds heard him. He will probably come to Union for another engagement before the 14th of September and will be given a most cordial welcome. Hon. Oliver W. Stewart, of Chicago, vice president of the "Flying Squadron" of America, delivered two addresses in this county on Monday. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock he spoke to the Jonesville people and at nipj? in Union. Before the lecture, the "Willard" NEUTRAL COT WO Washington, Aug. 24.?Cotton cargoes for neutral countries will not be confiscated under the recent decree of the allies declaring cotton contraband if within the normal consumption of those countries. This assuance was given cotton shippers today in a statement issued from the British embassy. ( The statement reads: "It is a misapprehension to suppose that the declaration of cotton to be contraband will further restrict those consignments of cotton to neutral countries which are proved to be exclusively destined for the normal conQiimnfinn nf oAnn^nioo TLrt bassy has no authority, however, to give any assurance as to thejmmu-nity of particular shipments, hut un- ' dfr the ronrung to ev?*t< dence of ultimate enemy destination will be necessary to the condemnation of cotton as lawful prize." The declination of the British embassy to give any pledge as to what will be done with any particular cotton shipment is understood to b> based upon the fact that it will be for the home authority to determine what is the normal consumption of the neuLETTER WRITERS HARD TO PLEASE Threats Fly in Connection with Frank Case. Anonymous Communication Menace Death of Officials Do or if They do Not. Atlanta, Ga.. Au^. 25?I'ostoffice officials announced here today that an investigation was being1 made of anonymous thretHening communications received by officials and others from different parts of the country in connection with the lynching of Lev. M. Frank. Gov. Harris, Former Gov. John M. Slaton, who commuted Frank's sentence to life imprisonment, Mayor Woodward of Atlanta, Josiah Carter, editor of the Marietta (Ga.) Journal and Recorder, and Herbert Hass of Atlanta, who was one of Frank's attorneys, are among those to whom liil 111 ea nAafK?????? ?* VV\ I o miiu fywovv,tt UD Iiavu UQCII acill. II. B. Berry, local postoffice inspector, said that the communications appeared to come from persons in both sides of the case, some threatening officials unless members of the mob were punished while others warned against any effort to arrest the lynchers. Failure to comply with the advice, some of the letters said, would result in death for the offender. A large number of such letters have been received by officials of Marietta, near where Frank was lynched and where Mary Phagan, his alleged victim lived. While recipients generally have not regaded the communications seriously, several of the letters and postcards have been turned over to the postoffice officials. Pointed Paragraphs One good deed points its way to another. Cheap notoriety costs more than it is worth. A woman who is dressed to kill ought to be arrested. It is surprising how little it takes to encourage a '/>peful person. And the early tomcat sometimes spoils the circulation of the early bird. Having a way of vour own may enable you to keep out of the way of others. If a girl doen't out up a struggle the first time a man attempts to kiss her, he feels as resentful as he would if his partner had trumped his ace. weight. The meeting Monday night was he'd in the tent of the Salvation Armynear the court house. The Captain of the Army gave the tent free of charge and the Union county prohihi(tion committee wishes to publicly thank him for this great kindness. TON N T BE SEIZED tral country to which the cotton is consigned. Warships probably will continue to stop cotton ships to make sure of the neutral destination of the cargoes and their cases may be sent to the prize court. No formal notice has yet been served upon the state department of the issue of the contraband decree, and it is expected that the department will take notice of its publication in the official journals of London, Paris and Petrograd. Nothing has heen done yet towards preparing a protest against the decree. It was indicated at the state department todav that obiection wnrrM be made io the requirement under the coptrabapd order that American eot,Von ,<ihi4per8 assume the burden of xria, and that in amount they^ not in'excess of the normal consumption of the neutral country to which they are consigned. It was explained that this same object was sought as to all classes of goods, including cotton, by the orders in council, to which the department has objected. This will be sought in a note to Great Britain on neutral trade now in course of preparation. GOES TO ATLANTA. Mrs. C. E. Storm, manager of the Kdisonia Theatre, left this week for Atlanta, Ga., to arrange for a series of pictures to be presented at the tiieatre this fall and winter. Mrs. torm expects to visit the offices of the various film companies and select ers have begun to pull their fodder 'movie" public. DISTRICT NURSE APPOINTED. Mrs. Clarence McEachern has accepted the position of district nurse for the Monarch Cotton Mills and the Excelsior Knitting Mills, and began her duties on Monday. Mrs. McEachern is a young woman of splendid ability and will fill acceptably Unimportant place. A CYCLONE. Last Friday afternoon there was a cyclone which did considerable data age in the Meador community near l'eulah. Mr. M. B. Meador had a part of the roof on his house blown off and several outhouses damaged. His crop was also considerably damaged. The same afternoon the storm was very severe in the Western part of the county. The severity was felt ? u At A : t t i inert: in me i ruspeci iit'i^iiiiuruuiMi, near the home of Mr. Wiley Humhpries. A wooded field for half a mile in length and a hundred and fifty yards wide was stripped hare of the timber, large pine trees. A PICNIC. There will he a picnic at Elford Grove school house on Friday, September 3rd. Everybody is invited to come and bring a well filled basket. Emmie Hames, Teacher. Wooden Head. Sergeant-?Now, then don't you you know how to hold a rifle. Recruit?I've run a splinter in my firger. Sergeant exasperated)?Oh, you 'ave, 'ave you? Bin scratehin' yer 'sad, I suppose??Exchange. GERMANY ASK TO WITHH( 25 DEATHS DAILY FROM STARVATION Sad State of Affairs in Mexico City REPORT OF RED CROSS At Least 8 Per Cent of the Mortality in Mexico City Due to Lack of Food?Carrunza Doing Little to Relieve. Dontlis by starvation continue in Mexico City, ami uiost conservative estimates place them at twenty-five a day. A visit to t|n> various hospitals l>y a representative of the American Red Cross disclosed that for the first three days of August twenty deaths from starvation were recorded." This number did not Include the many who died in the streets from lack of food. During the month of July, 1,856 deaths were registered In Mexico City. According to Clin t ies .1. O'Connor, of the American Red Cross, 8 per cent of the deaths occurring in Mexico City are due to starvation. Such supplies as were brought in by General Gonzales when Carranza forces reoceupied the capital on August 'J are nearly exhausted. The situation is such that only large supplies of provisions from outside the capital can prevent un increase iu the number of deatlis from starvation and allay the misery among the lower classes and even the middle classes here. LIKE A LIVING DEATH. Russian Woman's Banishment to Eirtl of the World. Tin* abode of Mine. Catherine Breshkovskaya, known as "the grandmother of the Russian revolution," in not to be Yakoutsk, the Siberian exile settlement, but Ruluse, 2,000 the icj^ frontier* , region, according to a letter received by Miss Alice Stone Black well, of ^ Ch 11 mark, Mass., from one of Mine. ( Breshkovskaya's most trusted friends. A previous letter from Mine. Rresh- 1 kovskaya herself contained the news that she was to be sent to Yakoutsk. It now develops, according to latest f information, that the noted exile's , stay iu Yakoutsk i- to be preliminary ( to her lWinlshinent to the end of the world. She recently was sent to \akoutsk for trying to escape from a prison in Siberia, where she had been sent for life. Bulune is a hamlet of fifteen Indian huts, a post of Cossacks and a Russian church. Only two political exiles have been sent there, it i- said, in the last tweii ty years. Both were 1114*11. Mine. Breshkovskaya is 71 years old. and is losing her si?rht. For seven months of tin* year Arctic snows cut 1 tul 11 lit* oil' from communication with the outside world. FINDS RUIN OF OLD MISSION. Years of Accumulated Debris Had Buried New Mexican Church. Six to eight feel under debris of decades, Jesse Xoshatlin. of the School of American Archeology, .struck the well-preserved floor of the mission church at the I'ueblo of I'eeos. twenty miles east of Santa Fe. Ilere he found also beautifully carved beams and brackets, so badly decayed, however, that drawings of the design were made on the spot as the wood can last only a few days. The drawings were made by \V. Tetupleton Johnson, the famous architect. Fifty-four skeletons were taken out. Former Mayor of San Francisco Is Paroled. Abo Keuf. former mayor of San Francisco, sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment in oonnoot ion with tho bribery scandals wbicli followed the San Francisco earthquake, ha* boon paroled, lie bad served half his sentence, which made him eligible to parole. Keuf declined to make a statement relative to bis future plans. Peath of Cieneral Manager. I'. It. I'leasants, of Wilmington, N. f\. for twenty-live years chief engineer of roadways for the Atlantic Coast Line railway, died of apoplexy on ids private ear at that place. He was 0.1 years old. With his wife and t wo daughters. Mr. Pleasants left Wilmington last Saturday for itlue It id go Summit, l'a. The body probably will be senl to Itnltimore. Insurance Up to $100. After September 1 parcel post mall inay be Insured up to $100. the postofflep department announced. Heretofore the limit lias been $.10. S AMERICA )LDJUDGMENT Urges Against Any Hasty Action Now, But Seeks for Time to Prove Facts?Declares Early Accounts of Arabic Sinking Are Not Correct. GERMANY'S PLEA. "So far 110 official information available concerning the sinking of the Arabic. The German government, trusts that the American government will not take a definite stand at hearing the reports of only one side which in the opinion of the imperial government, can not correspond with the facts, but that a chance will he given to Gemany to he heard equally. Although the imperial government dees not doubt the good faith of the witnesses whose statements are reported by the newspapers in Europe, it should be borne in mind that these statements are naturally made under excitement which might easily produce wrong impressions. If Americans should have actually lost their lives this would naturally be contrary to our intention. The German government would (Jeeply regret the fact and begs to tender sincerest sympathies to the American government." Washington, Aug. 24.?Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador communicated to the state department today a message from his government expressing sympathy if American uves wore lost on the Arabic, ami asked that the United States delay taking a definite attitude until Germany could be heard from. This was the first word from an official German source concerning the Arabic, on which two Americans perished. No attempt was made either at the state department or at the White House to interpret the ambassador's communications. Officials merely said that the American government, of course, would await the German explanation of the action of the sub- ?i yne ^^ndey u ' Uijuo the * Count von Hernstorff telegraphed ^ the state department from New York the text of his instructions from Herlin : Reports Not Correct "So far no logical information avail-able concerning the sinking of ihe Arabic. The German government trusts that the American government will not take a definite stand at hear ing only the reports of one side, which, in the opinion of the imperial government, can not correspond with the facts, but that a chance will be given to Germany to be heard equally Although the imperial government does not doubt the good faith of the witnesses whose statements are reported by the newspapers in Europe, ii snouiu i>o norne in mind that these statements arc naturally made under excitement which might easily produce wrong impressions. If Americans should have actually lost their lives this would naturally he contrary to our intentions. The Herman government would deeply regie the fact and begs to tender sincerest sympathies to the Ameican overnment." Secretary Lansing indicated he did not intend to reply to the ambassador's message now. lie agreed to its publication with a statement that he had no comment to make. PACOLET. ROUTE 2. Pacolet, Route 2, Aug. 22.?Laying hy time is most over and the farmers ha*. begun to pull their fodder. Mr'/I-i. T. Kirbv gave a singing at her honm Saturday night. (Juite a number were present and all had an eniovable time. Miss Ada and Mr. William Puckett, of Union, are visiting at Mr. S. T. Kirhy's this week. Protracted meeting will begin at Paeolet Methodist church next Sunday morofng and will continue through the week. Rev. Mr. Peeler will do the preaching. There will he no more Sunday School at the Mabry school house until the first of September. Mr. .1. W. Cunningham, who is superintendent, is away on his vacation. Miss Ella .Tones and little sister. L'.lim. of Skyland. N. <".. are on an extended visit to their aunt. Mrs. W. E. McBride. Messrs. Fletcher Brown and Luther M?llard, were the guests of Mr. T. B. Bland, Sunday. Mr. Fletcher Hames of Wilkinsville, visited his sister, Mrs. 1). M. Black, O 1 uii numiay. Miss Hestine Bland was a guest at Mr. McBride's this week. Miss Myrtle Tweed spent Sunday with Miss Bertha Hart. Solo. To talk is ft.000 per cent, easier than to find some one willing to listI en.