The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 27, 1915, Image 1
11 THE UNION TIMES (If
yOLLXV. NO. uxiox, 8. C.. FUtDAY, Al(il S|->-, HM3. ?n^Uhro? " ~ ~
SAM J. NICHOL
IN THE FOI
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.