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..v* PART II . PAGES 9 XO 12 H THE UNION TIMES If] VOL. LXV. NO. 4*2. UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, (XTOKE1! 15, 1915. #1.00 A YEAR GREAT CROWD EXPECTED AT STATE FAIR ? th to According to Reports From All re Sections of State the Attend- ei ance This Year Will Prove a b? Record Breaker?Many New ? Features This Year. th ca m Columbia, Oct. 11.?What promises *h to be a record breaking attendance he upon the State fair is indicated each a day by the unusual activity in pur- c0 chasing concessions of space for exhibits and the general report from all sections of the State of plans to come s' and bring trains. From Darlington ^ county alone, President J. N. Kirven M predicts an attendance of as many as ea 4,000 persons. The schools of that Pa county are to be closed, and an esti- ln mate has been made that more than 'n 2,000 of the 4,000 school children in m the county will come to Columbia for one day. Similar interest is being: th manifested in other sections. g. Charleston, too, is to bring: its "special," promoted by the Charleston Ad Club. Charleston's commercial organization. The City by the Sea is to get a raptuous boost from the effort that will be made that day. .D. F. Efird, secretary of the fair, *e says there has never been such a .?' crush for exhibit rooms and such a ^general application for information. 8 A Bond of Sympathy. K? unusually attractive and comprenensive feature introduced this ^ year is the Harvest Jubilee celebra- ? tion. This novel plan is statewide in cQ scope, and establishes a bond of i'nti- ac mate relationship with each of the ? 44 counties in the State, which have . been asked to nominate a young: lady in the queen selection contest. Prac- . ^ tically all the counties are participat- . ing, and the coronation ceremonies on ^ the statehouse steps will be one of the big features of fair week. The 12 g? yound ladies deceiving the highest . number of votes next to the queen are w ttui tts inaius ui iionur. Natural Resource Parade. Another feature, which approaches * State fair interest from the local an- , gle, will be the natural resource pa- ^ rade Wednesday afternoon. Already 17 counties have indicated their desire on to enter "floats," in addition to seven w< or eight of the larger cities. A distinct effort will be made to have the "floats" represent accurately the industrial and natural resources behind * the State's wealth producing capacity, and some unusually spectacular en- ,al tries are being built. "South Carolina Hay," which will st' be observed Thursday, will be the "big" occasion, and will be characterized by the most gigantic of all "caravans" that will file in slow proces- ar sion through Main street. The Trades Display will be a distinct feature, a" when many of the different business ^ enterprises of Columbia will enter tic "floats," varying in phases of beauty m) and attractiveness. The contingent m< of the South Carolina federation of na labor* will greatly swell the body of se the procession. Another increasing bulk will be provided by the 1(> com- ^ parties of the national guard and coast ll^. artillerv. which will be one of the brilliant spectacles of the week. Mil- fe< itary day will be observed Tuesday, Pr when the militiamen will spend the st< day in competitive athletic events, Cc prize drilling and other singular con- $3 tests. Many prizes have been of- th fered for these exercises. $6 Punting the Pigskin. fir The week's bill for gridiron con- ac tests is unusually full. In addition re to the supreme contest on Thursday Pa between the rival contenders, Clemson ex and Carolina, two other games and possibly a third will be played on the ar fair grounds athletic field, while two other contests will be fought out on ln ... . ?i the university athletic park. v* Porter Military academy and Baylor preparatory school of Knoxville, ?f Tenn., play the initial frame Tuesday on noon. Wednesday the Presbyterian College of South Carolina and the Citadel fight for supremacy, with Clemson and Carolina bring the series to ea a conclusion Thursday noon. Carolina meets Davidson in Columbia that tr] week also, and under-classvnen from ov Clemson and Carolina also contest for ha honors. This is the heaviest football sei schedule that has ever characterized wi a State fair week in Columbia. Conventions to Swell Fair Week ca Crowd. CI A heavy program of conventions fei have been scheduled for fair week, ac These more than ever before will swell to excessive proportions the attendance this fall. be The.South Carolina Press associa- of 'ionwill hold an informal meeting th< then. Headquarters for these will rni be provided at the chamber of com- re< merce rooms. Also a booth will be pr ' equipped for their use in the South be Carolina building. Col. E. J. Wat- an son, for many years an experienced $4 newspaper man, and by virtue of hie be State wide interests in agriculture, atf MAY CLOSE CANAL. ngineer in Charge Recommends Official Order to Continue in Force Till November It. Panama, Qct."4.?Lieut. Col. Chesr Harding, engineer in charge of le Panama canal, has sent a message i Secretary Garrison at Washington commending that President Wilson sue an executive order officially osing the canal until November 11. Col. Harding explains that it will ! impossible to clear the channel here that date and perhaps not then, e favors refunding the tolls to ships at h-ve paid them to transship the irgoes of the vessel so that arrangeents be made to forward them to eir destination. It is estimated, iwever, that it would require at least month for the Panama railroad to mpltfte transshipment of the cargoes the 90 vessels awaiting passage. The conditions caused by the new ide are the worst in the history of e canal, according to Col. Harding, ore than 1,000,000 cubic yards of rth must be removed before ships n pass. The dredges are maintaing a high point of efficiency, and durg the month of September removed ore than 1,000,000 yards. Canal of:ials are optimistic that eventually e danger of slides will be overcome. JLLIVAN RECOVERS HIS DIAMOND BELT. Chicago, Oct. 7.?John L. Sullivan :ain has his diamond belt, oresented - friends in 1887. He left it here as curity for a four thousand dollar an. Sullivan redeemed it from a welry firm yesterday for ^5,300. It is 350 diamonds and 14 pound? of Id. The self-made man forgets to list mself when the assessor calls. mmerce and industries personally quainted with them all, will assist making their stay in Columbia a easant occasion. Plans will be coniered by the newspaper men for e next summer's meeting, when a int session will be probably held ith the North Carolina association. Another large group will be the >uth Carolina federation of labor, ing to Columbia a large company allied trades workers. Sixteen mpanies of the national guard and e coast artillery will advance upon e capital city, bringing with them eir coast artillery band from Fort oultrie. Military features will be e of the pleasing incidents of fair ;ek. A convention of horsemen has also en called, as well as a "fiiddlers' nvention." Prizes to the amount oi 00 are to be offered to the best fider who enters the1 concert. Other rge aggregations will be some of e schools from which the entire udent bodies will attend. The Mayor's Breakfast. An attractive incident to be introced this year will be the mayor's eakfast at the Jefferson hotel, tenred by Mayor Lewie A. Griffith to 1 visiting mayors and their wives, ipplemental to this will be their paripation in the large parade. Each ayor will be provided with an autosbile, on which will be displayed his me and that of the city he reprents. Corn Club Boys Coming. The corn club boys are to have an .'i^rtant, nlare in-the fair wppIt foe. 'ftV' this year. Recently entry Bs nyMje cancelled and additional ize money offered that the young?rs might be encouraged to come to tlumbia fair week. Previously only 7.50 had been offered in prize >ney. This has been increased to 8, distributed in three classes. The st prize of the greatest yield per re, combined with the best written port of production, the best profit ying investment and the best 10 ear hibit will be $15. A second and ird prize of $10 and $5 respectively e also offered. For the 10 year exhibits alone, $23 prizes will be given, these being 0, $8 and $5, respectively. For the single ear exhibit, $15 worth prizes are offered. The first, secd atid third premiums are placed at an/I roe nnnf iirolt' j yv ??"u yw ivopuv mvij. L. L. Baker, State supervisor of e corn clubs, believes that he can sily produce 100 exhibitors. The boys are to be a prominent enY in the parade. Each will wear eralls, a broad brimmed palmetto t, thus emphasizing the harvest ason idea. A huge stalk of corn 11 also be carried by the boys. Supplemental to this will be the nning club girls work of the State, emson college will have three difrent "floats," indicating the varied tivities of the institution. The King's Sport. Horse racing this year will again one of the large drawing cards i the fair attendance. In addition to e usual 'scale of premiums, approxiitely $1,600, the State fair officials ently designated two additional izes. One of these was $60 for the ! st saddle stallion, mare or gelding, y age. A model class premium of 0 was also appropriated for the st stallion, mare or gelding, any e. I HARVESTS SHOW FINE PROSPECTS $ WILL BE MOST VALUABLE IN HISTORY. Corn Still the King?Indications Point to Crop of 3,026,159,000 Bushels. Wheat Yield the Largest. Washington, Oct. 7.?American harvests this year will be the most valuable ever produced. With the wheat crop exceeding a billion bushels, the largest ever grown in one season by any nation, and a corn crop which also may prove to be the largest ever made the government's October crop report, issued today, announced preliminary estimates which indicate record harvests of oats, barley, rye, sweet potatoes, rice, tobacco and hay. Corn still is king of crops with indications of 3,026,159,000 bushels. That is 98,000,000 bushels below the record of 1912 but the final production may more than make up the difference. tu. kuk.. .v.:., i mv iii^iiti |;i acn tuiA J" trill USSUie the most valuable corn crop ever grown. At prices to farmers prevailing October 1 the corn crop is worth $2,133,000,000. Wheat prospects increased as the growing season progressed and the government's early season forecasts moved up month by month so that today's preliminary estimate was placed at 1,002,029,000 bushels. Wet weather at harvest time, however, reduced the quality of winter wheat so that much of it will be available only for feed. At prices prevailing October 1, the farm value of the crop is $910,644,000, considerably more than ever was paid for a wheat crop. September weather was particularly destructive to potatoes, causing a reduction of 37,558,000 bushels or 10 per cent in the forecast of production. Tobacco also suffered from unfavorable conditions, which caused a decrease of 21,345,000 pounds in the production forecast. Tobacco, however, promises to exceed the record crop of 1909 by 43,000,000 pounds. Oats will exceed the record crop of 1912 by almost 100,000,000 bushels. Barley will exceed its record by 13,'000,000 bushels; sweet potatoes by 5,000,000 bushels; rice by 500,000 bushels and hay by 8,000,000 tons. GREAT BRITAIN IN THE WAR. _. : The Ubserver has frequently heard the question asked: "What is Great Britain doing ?" In fact, it ^ias been requested on a former occasion to give some light on the matter and it undertook to do so with such facts as were in its possession. But we feat The Observer fell a little short of giving England the proper measure of credit. We feel that way when we compare the exhibit it made with that presented by The Wall Street Journal in answer to an identical question. The Journal sets forth that Great Britain's navy, her financial credit and a small expeditionary army were all that were asked for by the allies. "They would have been entirely contented with these," the Journal proceeds, "but Great Britain gave infinitely more. Her navy wiped the German menace from the seas. It locked up the vaunted German navy, without Great Britain's participation, could have battered France into submission is a fortnight. It has removed the submarine peril far more effectively than any of the wordy admonitions of Washington." The Journal goes into details in support of this general statement. It says that instead of her first expeditionary army, which totaled 180,0011 men instead of the 125,000 expected, "England has placed upwards of 1,000,000 men in the field, without counting the Qolonial and Indian troops, and has 2,000,000 more in readiness. The relatively small length of her line in Northern France is quoted. But it is curious to hear from German sources of captured Highlanders in Alsace. Relatively to all the others, Irish, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and Indian, the proportion of Great Britain in this contribution is overwhelming. But her service, in this instance voluntary, merely begins here. She is the principal guarantor for a credit here of $1,000,000,000. But she has lent already to her allies, Russia, Italy, Serbia, even Rumania, more than $2,000,000,000. This is twice the credit we are extending, mainl> for the benefit of our own commerce with our best customers." The Observer believes that is a fair summary of British accomplishments. It may be overdrawn, but it is rounded ofT with a pointed question and one that is calculated to give pause. It is simply: "If it were not for the British mastery of the seas, where woul^i our own export tra^e be?"?Charlotte Observer. Agitation is the antidote for stagnation. A little change is a good thing, but a big roll of bills is better. It does seem queer that most of the "good fellows" have a lot of bad habits. Perhaps a man can write a sensible love letter, but he never does. If every man were taken at his own valuation there wouldn't be half enough halos to go around. ] * STATE WAREHOUSE SYSTEM IS PEST GOVERNOR WRITES OF ALLEGED WAREHOUSE MERGER. Act Needs Amending?Is Concerned for Welfare of Cotton Producer. System Must Be Independent. (Monday's State.) Gov. Manning in a letter made public yesterday expresses his views on the suggestion made recently that a warehouse combine was being formed to destroy the State cotton warehouse system. The matter was called to the governor's attention by D. W. Robinson of Columbia, a stockholder of the Standard Warehouse company. The charge that the combine was being formed to destroy the State sys tem was made by John L. McLaurin, commissioner, in a statement to the press. No definite steps have been taken as yet looking to such a merger i of warehouses, although it is said that a proposition has been submitted. It was said by those interested in the concern that no thought was ever given to the State warehouse system. The governor's letter follows: "I). W. Robinson, Esq., Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir: I am in receipt of a copy of your letter of the 6th to Mr. T. B. Stackhouse, president Standard Warehouse company, and thank you for the information contained therein. The subject covered is of vast importance to the State, and I would be glad to have you keep me advised of any developments in reference to same. "The success of any cotton warehouse system depends, in my opinion, on its independence of any other in- i terests than that of the producer of the cotton, and any move that would place cotton under the control of the spinners, either domestic or foreign, or any other move inimical to the man who produces the crop, might bring disaster to the farming interests of our State. "The prosperity and peace of our 1 land depends, to a very large extent, on the success of our farmers. The I State warehouse system, when the < law is perfected, will, in my opinion, i go a long way to solve the problem i oS the gradual marketing of the cot- i ton crop. Cheap insurance and a low rate of interest on cotton stored are < essen'tail to successful warehousing of cotton; and a State system can secure > these results better than any other. j "If it is true that an effort is being made to block the purposes for which the State warehouse system is created, it is of the utmost importance that ] whatever steps are necessary to pre- i vent the scheme should be taken without delay. ''Of course there can be no objec- i tion to any corporation, firm or in- , dividuals, engaging in legitimate cotton warehousing, even in competition ] with the State, if they wish, so long 1 as that competition is fair and open. 1 My only desire is that the man who, i Kv IQKAI* nvArliiooo fnrnn oK'lll I , secure the greatest protection at the least cost in the storing of same. ( "I agree with you that the warehouse has become an important factor < in this State, furnishing means by < which the producers are enabled, when the market is depressed, to hold the < cotton and obtain loans on it at rea- ( sonable rates, until the market is . such as to justify them in selling same, instead of forcing the sale on a glutted market. i "I, of course, know nothing of the i plans of the corporation, of which I , presume from your letter, you are a , stockholder and I sincerely trust that no steps will be taken looking to the 1 blocking or tearing down of the State ] warehouse system. Perfect the law , creating it and give it as a fair tr:al and it will in mv opinion prove a great asset, not only to the fai m.erS of South Carolina, but to all South Carolina interests as well. 1 shall certainly lend every assistance in my . power to perfect it and make it a success. I am, ti\T^x?xr f rulir unit *?e VI JVU.O, "Richard I. Manning, "Governor." m ! T/S SO. Apropos of Luke McLuke's verse: "There's one thing1 tha\'s certain j Says old Mr. Peck; "A boil on the stove is worth two on the neck." a valued contrib. horns in with this , trio: , "Another thing sure," "Says old Mr. Kelly; "A pane in the window's Worth two in the ." ' ' "But joking aside," Remarks Patsy McSwair; "A wheel on your auto's Worth two in your head." "But then it is certain," Remarked Mrs. Nance: "A hole in the doughnut's Worth two in your pants." ?The State. The real secret of many a man's success lies in doing a thing today and talking about it next week. . *, ? POET HI LEV SPENDS HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY. ' Notables of Iloosier State and Entitv Nation Join in Honoring Beloved Author?Unique Gifts. Indianapolis, Ind., t^ct. 7.?Jame; Whitcomb Kiley, aided by the State and nation, today celebrated one o." . the happiest birthday anniversaries ; 1' ' his life. He was the honor truest at a theatrical performance in the afternoon and tonight attended a banquet Riven in his honor. 4 More than 2,000 of the poet's friends greeted him at the theatr*. Some of the most prominent men in the world of letters spoke at the banquet tonight. The flood of congratulations which has poured in on Mr. Riley for the past two weeks reached its crest today. There were cheery messages J from people in every walk of life. The ^ poet evinced a keen delight at each of these tributes. Cake Like Pumpkin. One of the unique presents received 1 at the Riley home was a birthday cake shaped and colored like a pumpkin. Crowning it was a layer of frosting. It typified Mr. Riley's poem, "Th* . frost is on th' punkin." A card bore t the message that the donor desired to j be known only as "Old Aunt Mary." Two blacksmiths sent gifts. One was a handmade silver horseshoe. The . other was a tiny hammer to which a ^ card was attached saying: "This is big enough for all the ( knocking you will ever want to do." Letter From A. A. A. L. A letter felicitating him on his ^ birthday reached Mr. Riley today ^ from the American Academy of Arts " and Letters, the organization which three years ago acknowledged the Hoosier poet as the greatest living ^ poet and presented him with a gold medal in testimony of that fact. The letter follows: "In behalf of your associates of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, we send you our heartiest felicitations on your birthday, and on the j festival with which it is celebrated t by your native State. The academy is a deeply gratified by the honor thus i accorueo you, anu naus it as a recog- s nition of the lasting worth of poetry a as an influence in. the.jiati.onal life, v We wish you many happy and tran- C quil years." ii The letter, dated New York, was signed by William Dean Howells, pres- p ident of the academy; Wm. M. Sloane, t Robert Underwood Johnson, Edwin a Rowland Blashfield, William Crary b Brownell, Thomas Hastings and Wil- e liam Rutherford Mead, directors of v the academy. v Honored While Living. This year was picked for honoring a the poet because the citizens of In- r diana wished to pay him tribute b while he would be fully able to take part in and enjoy it. In addition to the weight of years, Mr. Riley has t felt the burden of ill health. He has e reached that season of his life "when the frost is on the punkin', an' the b fodder's In the shock," and the state j of his birth and life-long residence a felt that it didn't want to delay long- ~ er the complete and formal expres- a l e? l: ? niwn wi nn iuvu iui mm. | n Governor Samuel M. Ralston re- ! rently issued a proclamation asking S every community in the state to set s aside the day for the honoring of "Indiana's most beloved citizen." His a plan was to have business suspended ii as much as possible. The proclama- v tion is being generally observed in n every city, town and village, from In- | tlianapolis down to Greenfield, where n Mr. Riley was born, and Carleton, the tiny hamlet, under the name of Tail- > holt, the praise of which the poet sang I with the lines: / "You kin boast about yer cities, and j their stiddy growth and size, , And about yer county-seats, and busines senterprise, And railroads, and factories, and all sich foolery? Rut the little Town o' Tailholt is ( big enough for me!" a Greenfield took particular interest <1 in the celebration. Many of its old? N er inhabitants remembered James Whitcomb Riley as a little boy, un- t known to the world except as the T son of Captain Reuben Riley, a high- h ly respected citizen. Also it recalled F that it is situated on the banks o? the Brandywine, the little stream whose joys the poet chronicled in ?TI.' oi.I 11~i- > ?J ' I in v/iu uv* mi linn uuie, ana 01 which he had said, that, wandering up and down it, he "had more fun to the square inch, than ever anywhere." Notables Present. Governor Ralston, Mayor Joseph 1'. Bell, Charles Warren Fairbanks, Meredith Nicholson and George Ade had charge of the celebration in Indian- f apolis. In order to lend nation-wide s interest to it, they invited celebrated p persons from all over the country to p attend. Many Accepted. p William Allen White came from ^ Emporia, Kas.; Dr. John H. Finley. p and Colonel George Harvey, from p New York; Ellerby Sedgwich, from p Boston and Young F. Allison, from p Iiouisville, Ky., to help honor Mr. ? Riley. < The list of Indiana citizens taking c part in the celebration is big. . In I \ CHARLESTON DISPENSARIES ARE CLOSED Governor Manning Wires Special Orders to Gathcart?Constables are Directed to Rp "Unusually Vigilant," Active and Impartial. Dispensaries in Charleston county vere ordered closed until further noice by Gov. Manning last nijrlit. tl s presumed that this action was taken )ecause of the municipal election to >o held in Charleston tomorrow. The following telegram was sent by .he governor to W. C. Cathcart. chief nonstable: "Charleston county dispensaries mlered closed immediately until furher orders from me. Dispensary onstables must be unusually vigilant n the enforcement of dispensary law. 5how this wire to them and tell them expect them to do their duty actively md impartially." The jrovernor addressed the fololwnpr message to C. I.. Wilson, J. V". Yallace and John Marshall, members if the Charleston dispensary board: "By virtue of authority vested in ne under section 85(5, code of laws if South Carolina, 1912, volume 2, I icreby order you to close at once (very dispensary in Charleston couny, said dispensaries to remain closed intil further orders from me. See hat this order is strictly enforced."? ine state. JOGS WERE ON A DRUNK ON SORGHUM SKIMMINGS. A citizen of Newberry went to his ilantation last week and while going hrough the pasture saw a hop acting is though something were wrong with t. As he examined it and found it haky in the legs he cast his eyes iround and discovered another in a vobbly condition, apparently dying. )ther hogs on fhe place were Simla rly affected. Leaving word with the overseer to tut the hogs up and look after them, he citizen returned to his city home ind family for the night, and went iack to the plantation next morning, xpecting to find the hogs dead. He yas surprised when told that the hogs vere all right. They had just been on a drunk that ifternoon, having swilled the skimriing of the sorghum molasses.?Newlerry Observer. Politeness is like an air cushion: here may he nothing In it, hut it ases many a hard jolt. When a small boy begins to wash lis face without being told he is passng through the ordeal of his first love ffair. ddition to the members of the coninittee of arrangements, there were 'ormer Senator Albert .1. Beveridge, Senator Kern, Vice-President Mar, hall and others. The program of the day called for 11 entertainment in a local theatre. 11 the afternoon and a banquet at irhirh Mr Rib-v vvac to t ,T * " V..V f- WCW if honor in the evening- It was exacted that the poet would read a lew poem at the banquet. At the entertainment, several of >lr. Riley's poems, including "The taggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Vnnie," were set to music hy Mr. Vard Stephens. Dancers from Anna 'avlowa's company interpreted a lumber of ihe verses. Hundreds who had hoped to atend the banquet this evening had to ie disappointed. The committee in harge have been compelled to reject cores of appeals for accommodations s there are seat for but four hunIred. Former Vice-President Chas. V. Fairbanks will be toastmaster. The coming of his birthday in Ocober has a peculiar happiness for Mr. tiley, he said the other day. It is lis favorite month, as he attests in his loem, "Old October." In it he says: "I love Old October so, I can't bear to see her go? Seems to me like losin' some Old-home relative 'er chum? 'Pears like sorto' Kettin' by Some old friend 'at sigh by sigh Was old friend 'at sigh by sigh Was a-passin' out o' sight Into everlasting night." James Whitcomb Riley was born at Ireeneld, Ind., October 7, 1853, the on of Captain Reuben A. Riley and Elizabeth Riley. He first began conributions to Indiana papers in 1873. lis dialect poems brought him his :reatest fame. His first book appeared under the pen-name, "Benj. Johnson, of Boone." Among his test k*Viown poems are "Little Or>hant Annie," "The Raggedy Man," Leedle Dutch Baby," "Th' Old Swimmin' Hole,', "An Old Sweetheart >' Mine," and "How John Quit the 'arm." A