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THE UNION TIMES riTBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor Roistered at the Postoffice in Union, S. C.t as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three Months .25 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1916. WHAT COMES TO PASS? And so the davs trlide bv. the swift months pass, A bin! upon a stem?a flower?some leaves upon the grass. The opal morn is crimson in the west So soon?so soon the soaring lark drops to its lowly nest. The hours have wings that bear the years around; A child?a man?a shape of clay to mix with common ground. O faltering tinie strength, poor paltry show, For such small meed thro' ways of pain to come and thus to go. Yet how brief sums of life, to thee we cling. And to thine idol-worshipping our choicest tribute bring. () world of sleeping ones, what comes to pass While moons and moons and suns and suns o'ersweep thy mantling grass ? What if some midnight hour when one was near A ghost should come to tell the tale, would that one stay and hear? What? Pear a gentle ghost all clean and white, To whisper things beneath the stars some dim and shadowy night? If it should never speak, just come and go, Our hearts were glad with comforting?tlfen we should know. Age-long the questioning?silence and stress? Do man's dream visions ever make the haunting mystery less? Life?Life?is wonderful, however willed; It yearning for the light beyond is half the hope fulfilled. ?San Francisco Star. The premium book for the county fair has been issued, and anyone wishing a copy may get it by writing to Mr. B. F. Alston, Jr., secretary. Many valuable prizes are offered and full information regarding tha fair is contained in the pamphlet. Write or call on Mr. Alston for a copy. As announced two weeks ago, Mr. J. B. Bozeman has become a copartner in The Times company, and entered upon his duties Oct. 1. He is a life-long frie.ul of the editor, and his coming is regarded by that particular "pencil pusher' 'as a most happy event. Gradually the business management of the paper will be assumed by Mr. Bozenian. He has al- , ready met many of the business men of the city. We bespeak for him the same courteous treatment always shown The Times' man, and we do not hesitate to say that Mr. Rozeman will show himself worthy of your conlidence. Mr. Bozeman's family arrived here this week, and have moved into the .Montgomery residence on East Main ' street. HAVE voir CONSIDERED THIS? We respectfully urge upon our mer- ( chants the necessity of liberally advertising with the newspapers. To thus stand by your newspapers is to stand by your community, for, after all is said, the newspapers are the 1 never-ceasing, alwavs-readv boosters. Other agencies may, and often do, ' "boost" mightily. But they are inter- ( mittent, spasmodic. The newspaper is always and necessarily "at it." To i "boost" is the very "breath of life" i to a newspaper. Nor does the advertiser lose by ad- ' vertisinpr. We respectfully call atten- ' tion to the fact that our circulation ! is over twenty-nine hundred. That , means probably twelve thousand read- | ers. The cost is less in newspaper < advertising than in any other method, i Your money will brinpc better results I in printer's ink than in any one apren- ' cy you can chose to place your bus- . mess before the people. It "p*oes to j the spot." I BOLL WEEVIL COMING. Governor Manning is not the first . one to sound the larm warning people of the boll weevil's aproach, but , the warning coming from the chief executive of the State gives added ] emphasis. For several years now, Clomsor Co'tetfc and the Agricultral Popartment at Washington, to say n?>thin;i of the numberless newspapers )f the South, have been giving out th?. alarm. And to think! The pest is now coming at the rate of ninety ini'c-s a year instead of thirty as formerly In one or two more years, according to schedule, Union county will receive a visitation. What is the remedy? It seems practically impossible to stop this on coming agent, of destruction. There is but one thing to do: We must do as Governor Manning suggests: "Sow wheat, oats, rye and clover and other winter crops." The governor further urges "our people to fix their minds on raising hogs, cattle and other live stock." In other words, we must allow cotton to "take a back seat" until some real defense against this calamity may be discovered. We say "discovered," for it yet remains fos the remedy to be found. win tne larmers ot Union county heed the warning? Will they give ear to reason ? Let it be hoped that they will, for it means devastation, ruin, if they do not. JITNEY DRIVER HELD FOR INJURING DOCTOR. Dr. I. E. Crinim, (51 East Eleventh street, was taken to Grady hospital Friday, after being struck by a jitney bus driven by C. D. Hazlerigg, of No. 265 East Hunter street. An X-ray examination showed that Dr. Crimm's loft foot had been injured. County Policeman M. L. Baker saw the accident at Peachtree and Forsyth streets, arrested Hazlerigg and had him locked up at the police station. Baker said the jitney driver was on the wrong side of the street, and that he drove away after running over Dr. Crimm's foot.?Atlanta Georgian, Sept. 24th. LINCOLN ASSASSINATION W as Revenge for Broken Promise to John Wilkes Booth. handsome, cultured young man of the old Southern type, who lived in Winchester, Va., where he was born and lived; educated at the University of Virginia, where he graduated at the commencement of the Confederate war. Being near Washington City he made frequent visits just before the war began in the winter and he formed an acquaintance with John Wilkes Booth of Washington, an actor, a younper brother of the noted actor, Edwin Booth. He was in some respects preater than his brother Edwin. He was of a melancholy disposition and was especially suited to the character of Hamlet, a melancholy Dane. John Wilkes was more brilliant and dashinp than his brother Edwin and superior to him as an actor playinp Richard the Third. It was said that some of his lines in that play on the stape were startlinp and would almost take the breath of his audience. He was one of the handsomest men, with the most praceful fipure and cultured manners that ever lived. No lady could ever look at him and not love him, he was so handsome and attractive. He became acquainted with the beautiful dauphter of Senator John It. Hale of New Hampshire, and they became lovers. She was so infatuated with him that s)ie would marry him under the pallows. Deal ,after enterinp the Confederate army, went up to the city of Buffalo, r>n Lake Erie, and captured and destroyed some northern vessels. He was captured and was placed in jail and was tried by court martial and was sentenced to be hunp. Booth loved Deal as he did himself and determined to make an effort to save his life. So he saw some prominent Republican senators and military officers of the povernment and amonp the number was Senator Hale, his sweetheart's father, who went with him, with prominent Republicans to see Mr. Lincoln and asked Mr. Lincoln to pardon Heal. Booth made an earnest plea in behalf of his friend Heal, on his knees before Mr. Lincoln. Booth being an actor, threw his whole soul and efforts, made a plea so pathetic and earnest that he overcame the sympathies of Mr. Lincoln, being a sympa thetic man. Mr. Lincoln promised to pardon Real. The next day there was a meeting tif the cabinet and Ll . president told the cabinet that he had promised to pardon Heal. Mr. Seward, secretary >f state, arose from his seat and paced the floor like a mad lion and told Mr. Lincoln that if he did pardon Real that he would resign his seat in the [ amnei ana wouiu denounce him on the stump as in sympathy with the rebellion. Seward said that if the govsrnment could not hang such traitors ind pirates as Heal he had as well turn the government over to the rebels. Mr. Lincoln did not have the nerve to resist this threat of Seward's so Heal was hanged. Now, it was natural after being deceived by Mr. Lincoln in sacrificing the life of his Criend, he should seek revenge. So Booth organized a plot to kill Mr. Lincoln and did do it. The details of the assassination are so well known that it is not necessary to repeat them here.?W. B. Fort in Scottish Chief. An expressman says that spinsters ire uncalled for packages. Some women put on airs and some nthers try to whistle them. Satan's best servants are people who ove money and hate work. J Lockhart Junction, Oct. 5.?Rain i yesterday and last night in this section. but it looks like it will be fair i today. Cotton is opening very fast and prices seem to be still good. From the outlook it will go higher. Iw . I am glad to see people in bett^H spirits. Last year there was a great i falling off in prices, and it hurt all business. It will take 15c this year for the farmers to get over the loss , of last year. Wouldn't it be nice if the speculators and others would stop to think, but the most of us don't care who sinks, just so we can swim. Is that not a fact ? I guess some one will > always be in need and want help. I - think some time when there is a col lection being taken in the Sunday . school and church for missions, or, phan homes and other things there is very little given. I think and ask myself the question, "Who is it that has paid?" And then I think, who is it that hasn't given any? And I kana koowl ?r>L * J ' i.utv ncuiu me icumi n, v-m, 1 uom believe in missions; we have them at home." And again I have thought that if that fellow was asked to give for one needy at or near home wouldn't he probably be making another excuse, just to find some way to keep from giving. Is that not the i case with some people who have plenty to give? Now I am not judging. I know whereof I speak. Have we ever stopped to think? Are we any good in this world anyway? Have we ever thought? Will we be missed when we are dead and gone? What will it be?for the good we have done t< or will it be for what we have not c< done? Now let us stop and think h and see if I am not right. L This writer attended the Sunday T school convention at Wesley's Chapel o; Sunday. There was a large crowd a present and the program was carried n out nicely. Everyone seemed to en- p joy the day. We met many good ^ people there. It was an all-day meeting. Good singing was given by the choir, mostly made up of young la- T dies. Dinner, which was prepared by bl the good ladies of that community, tl was served on the ground and there >'* was plenty and to spare. All enjoyed hi themselves. There is no one who en- P? joys the meeting of good people any w more than does the writer. ni Mr. R. L. Lamb and Miss Emma Hyatt of West Springs were visitors si in this section last week. Mr. J. L. McKinney has a horse he is training for the fair. Has him in hi the hands of an expert trainer, who or is driving him on the track occasion- "( ally. in Let us all attend the fair and swell th the crowd. st Miss Amanda Little has returned s> home from a visit to Greenville, c0 where she has been visiting her W( daughter, Mrs. W. Newell Smith. pi I forgot to mention in my last letter fil that Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Palmer came up in their new auto to see his sister, Pi Mrs. Amanda Little. * co The Messrs. W. A. L. Kelly, T.;&vhs Kelly and J. L. McKinney are Having some fun fov hunting these moon w< shiny nights. Moxy. ac m hs BARNUM & BAILEY w' Have Hundreds of New Features ?p( This Spnsnn The Barnum and Bailey Greatest m Show on Earth, which conies to Spar- co tanburg Monday, Oct. 25, claim to present this year "A Circus of All Na- la tions," meaning one that is filled with cu all new features shown now for the tr first time and presented by 480 world- m famed artists who represent every na- he tion in the world. The entire world of has been scoured by special Barnum br and Bailey agents so that practically ou all the arenic stars that are really pr worth seeing take part. st The time-honored custom has al- re ways been to refer to each successive ad year's circus as "bigger and better w; than ever," but the phase has become ot so hackneyed that, this year, Barnum va and Bailey hesitate to use it, despite ar the fact that it absolutely describes th the entertainment. More railroad cars I < are required to transport the show, th bigger tents are raised, more area is or needed to accommodate the show than ca ever before. In fact, the circus has fo reached a point where it is the despair be of many of the smaller railroads and a taxes their facilities to the limit, for g eighty-five cars are needed to convey tii the gigantic canvas city from town to ou town. er There's material enough in this ra year's circus to make a dozen circuses co of the old days. A "big op" 680 feet long, nearly 1,500 employees, m three rings, four elevated platforms, th acres of aerial apparatus, the biggest m stage ever erected for a dramatic pre- th sentation, a 110-cage menagerie, 750 kr horses, forty elephants, a street pa- of rade three miles long. w< Among the novelties offered this of season are the "Six Hiding Hanna- tr fords, "The Paldrens," balancing, co pyramiding and head jumping on the ar tops of burning lamps. "Palleberg's in Wonder Bears," "Adgie" and her m den of nine performing African lions, vi Barnum and Bailey statue horses, th Madam Branda's Angel Horses, Three be great herds of war elephants, trained m and shown by the first and only lady cu elephant trainers. Besides these, are he <10 aerialists, 60 riders, 60 acrobats and th 60 clowns. pr A wonderful prelude to this great nc circus is the presentation of the new, fo magnificent, spectacular pageant, to "Lalla Rookh" in which more than th 1000 characters take part. Everyone to should get an early start on circus St day in order to be there in time for the be parade which starts at 10 a. m., and which is said to be three miles long. . i&t'' V The "THE S Shoes All the We feature the "An viei kid and gun metal le the world at $3.50, our pi We feature Leonard Co., in Union for the past Shoe made in the United , The "THE ? S. KRASNOFF, Manager BLACK COTTON. The claim of a South Carolina cot>n grower that he can produce black < atton by the selection of seed process < aving been called to the attention of < uther Burbank by the New York imes, Mr. Burbank gave it as his 4 pinion that black cotton is "not an i bsolute impossibility," but he would 4 ot undertake its production at any rice. Mr. Burbank's telegraphed an- * iver in full follows: < "Santa Rosa, Cal., Sept. 11. 4 "To the editor of the New York imes: It is somewhat doubtful if lack cotton will be produced during < lis generation, if ever. There are 4 ?llowish and brownish cottons, and 4 ack cotton is not an absolute imjssibility by any means, though I f ould not nndertake its production 4 yself at any price. ^ "My congratulations to the man who lall produce black cotton "Luther Burbank." 4 Since Mr. Burbank admits that ^ ack cotton is possible, it is not clear ] 1 what authority he states that it U ^ loubtful" if it "will be produced dur- 4, g this generation." Mr. Brabham, ^ le grower who makes the claim, is J ated to have gone about his work < 'stematically, gathering seed for all tton producing countries of the 4 orld and crossing carefully the 1 ants yielding the darker or tinted 11 )res. And in support of his claims progress, he is stated to have sames on exhibition in Savannah of th?> lored cottons he has produced. Wo ive our doubts regarding the matif, too, but if such a thing is possible s cannot see why it may not be hieved during this generation, which is already proved such a wonderorker.?Knoxville Sentinel. WARNING TO FARMERS. ) the Earners of South Carolina: I desire to call to your attention a atter that, to my mind, is of gravt ncern to every citizen of our State: The boll weevil has reached the Atnta district, in Georgia. The agriiltural committee of the board of ustees of Clemson college, at a eeung neui September and :iU, is considered the alarming aspects this matter, and has taken steps to ing this situation to the attention of ir farmers so that they can at once epare for this disaster when it rikes us. The government maps and ports show that the boll weevil has Ivanced between 90 and 100 miles toards us this season. They have anher month or more in which to adince still further in our direction. ^ n not an alarmist, hut together with e other trustees of Clemson college, Jo regard the situation as so serious at active steps should he taken at ice in order to meet this threatened lamity, and plans are now being rmulated by the Clemson college iard looking to this end. I will, at later date, give these plans and sugsstions to the public. In the meanioe.let me urge our farmers throughit the State to sow wheat, rye, elovS and Other winter rrnnc in nreno. ? -r-F i"^rM tion for money crops other than tton, to he grown next year. I urge our people also to fix their inds on plans for raising hogs, cati and other live stock. I urge this atter most seriously, and assure em that 1 will advise only what I ?ow to he facts. The increased price cotton and the spread of the boll eevil, still further reducing the yield cotton, will have a tendency to atact our farmers to the raising of tton in preference to other crops, id to fix their efforts on an increase cotton acreage. This, in my judgent, will mean disaster. I say it adsedly. Again, I urge that everying points to the appearance of the ill weevil in South Carolina within a uch shorter time than previous calilations would indicate, and it be>oves us as sensible people to give is matter our best thought and to epare for it accordingly. We must it regard it as one of those misrtunes which may or may not come us in a distant future. We believe at the boll weevil will soon be here, plant food crops and raise more live ock. I hope that this warning will i heeded. Richard I. Manning, Governor. Wonder ;tore tha t sells under" Shoes Shoes Newest Fall and Winter Styles IN LADIES' SHOES lejdcan Girl", "a shoe as good as its name", patent, athers, in the season's latest styles. Sold all over nn I IV^. ())U.UV/. IN MEN'S SHOES Shaw and Dean Shoes, handled by the Haile Shoe ; 10 years and need no recommendation. The best States for the price, $3.50 and $4.00. Wonder STORE THAT SELLS UNDER" UNION, S. C. i^A i^A ! __ . nr/\ ^ I i wu oiapies are ? | Coffee and Flour f F Y | We sell high grade, finely flavored Coffee y L at a price that will appeal. X f We sell Flour that has the creamy ap? pearance, the delicious Flour that Y |> ranks in every particular with the X 1 1 X uest. ?OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT? X The Washburn Co. f P, S.?We are still selling 25 pounds of ?|> [ Granulated Sugar for $ 1.45 Y jry ^ To the I.a*lies! I Call here and get the Boys' Outfit for Fall. We can supply his every need. Suits $2.50 to $10. Also ask to see our line of Drew Shoes for ladies. All styles, all leathers. We will be glad to show them to you. I I %%XXXXXXXXX*XNXX\*\XXVVVV*V*XXVVV%XXVVXV%XXXX* I We are Headquarters for the I "Stronger Tb?n the Law" Shoes I and can fit the whole family. I Don't take any substitute, see I that the name is on the bottom of I every shoe. We soil tbo Man's Suit on earth for $10 and I $ 15. Make us prove it. Union Clothing Co. D. W. MULL1NAX, Mgr.