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NAMES COMMITTEE FOR GOOD ROADS SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CON-' ORESS HAS MANY ANGLES. Meets in Charleston?Chairman of Important Department Tells of Various Features of Coming Convention. A. C. Kaufman, who has been chosen chairman of the good roads committee of the Southern Commercial congress, sends the following: as everyuouy in aoum varonna knows or should know, the Southern Commercial congress, the most potential organization in the South, with headquarters in Washington, will hold its annual conference in the city of Charleston, December ld-17. "Senator Duncan U. Fletcher 01 Florida is chairman and Clarence J. Owens is managing director. On the board of directors are two representatives from each Southern State, those from South Carolina being E. J. Watson and A. V. Snell. "Various measures of a practical nature will be discussed, and active subcommittees of prominent men have been appointed from the general committee, of which Mayor John P. (irace is chairman, the most significant of which is a committee on peace, this being the semi-centennia! of the termination of the struggle between the Northern and the Southern sections of our county. Its significance lies in the fact that this peace demonstration will be celebrated on the spot where the first gun against the Federal army was fired. Happy, indeed, will be the event, which in Charleston, "the hot bed of secession," 50 years after the termination of this fratricidal war, finds this divided and distracted people again united, prosperous and dwelling together as brethren. Leading men of the United States are expected to make addresses on the occasion. "Some of the other subjects to be given place will be cotton, drainage, foreign trade, rural credits, rivers and harbors, education, etc. "It was found in giving place to other subjects that the subject of >rood roads, in which every citizen of the entire country, farmer, mechanic, business man, the man of pleasure and persons of every walk in life, is interested, had been omitted. This being brought to the attention of Managing Director Owens and of Chairman Grace a good roads committee was at once ordered and an active canvass will be made for it. Distinguished men thoroughly familiar with the good roads question will be invited to attend the conference and _si>eak on necessity and value. We can not afford to let this congress adjounV' without securing its approval on this widely agitated subject. Ellison A. Williams is secretary of the good roads committee. "Besides the business matters before the conference there will be much to attract and divert during this conspicuous week. Secretary Daniels o> the navy has promised to send as many vessels of the United States navy as he can possibly spare at the time to be present in Charleston harbor during this great week. "Adjt. Gen. W. W. Moore of South Carolina promises to have the National Guard of the State under arms in C harleston for the gala week. Lhe parade of our State troops will make an inspiring show. "We vvant every one in the State who can possibly leave home to visit Charleston December 13-17. The people here want their relatives and friends from the country to see old Charleston. A warm welcome awaits those who come. "The railroads will help in every way they can to bring crowds. The rates will be so low as to make a citizen stand and consider. Those who lose this peculiar chance for study and enjoyment will have no one to blame but themselves."?The State. AUDI) LANG SYNK. It singeth low in every heart, We hear it each and all? A song of those who answer not However we may call; They throng1 the silence of the breast, We see them as of yore? The kind, the brave, the true, the sweet, Who walk with us no more. 'Ti< hfiril tn tnlffk thn Knrrlon nr* When these have laid it down; They brightened all the joy of life, They softened every frown: But. oh, 'tis trood to think of them When we are troubled sore! Thanks be to God that such have been, Although they are no more. More homelike seems the vast tin. known Since they have entered there; To follow them were not so hard, Wherever they may fare; They cannot be where God is not, On any sea or shore; Whate'er betides, Thy love abides, Our God, forevermore. John W. Chadwick, in N. Y. Times. Doctor?How do you feel, Colonel, when you have actually killed a man? Colonel?Oh, not so bad. How do you??London Punch. Hokus?Flubduh seems to have a wonderful opinion of his knowledge. Pokus?1 should say he has. Why, I have actuall yheard attempts to arKue with his son, who is in his freshman year at college.?Birmingham A pre-Herald. THE BIRTH OF A NATION." This is One of the Greatest Pictures of the Arc and Will Be at Harris Theatre at Spartanburg, Oct. 21, 22 and 23. "The Birth of a Nation," the greatest spectacle now in its eighth month at the Liberty theatre, New York, will play an engagement of three days at The Harris Theatre, Spartanburg, beginning Thursday night, October 21st, with matinees Friday and Saturday. This is the mighty combination of music, motion pictures and stage realism that 1). W. Griffith evolved from Thomas Dixon's great story of the Reconstruction, "The Clansman." This engagement will be the first 1 for the spectacle in South Carolina J and it will positively not be seej vi'thin 100 miles of Spartanburg th season. Seats are now selling at the box office of The Harris Theatre, Spartanburg, S. C. "The Birth of a Nation" is an inspi'rinp story of romance, love and patriotism culminating in the "times that tried men's souls", the times of Civil War and Reconstruction. Sup rested by Thomas Dixon's "The Clans- % man," it covers a far wider scope and imparts a vastly preater thrill. New York, Chicapo, Boston, San Francisco, c I,os Anpeles crowded for many months f the theatres where it was beinp g simultaneously played. c: For the first time in theatrical his- ^ tory a motion spectacle is heinp pre- j sented as a repular attraction at rep- ( ular prices in first class playhouses. a The success speaks for itself. Ths. t Griffith drama comes here with a bap- r pape equipment of two fiO-foot cars, a t, complete staff includinp mechanical experts and stape crew, and a larpe symphonic orchestra repularly carried on tour?a company of 50 people altopether. ? The story embraces beautiful ro- ^ mances of the Blue and the Gray, Ben Cameron, the Clansman, and his * Northern sweetheart Elsie, Capt. Phil ? Stoneman, U. S. A., and sweet Mar- 4 paret Cameron, the South Carolina lassie. * 4 TO THE LIVING FROM THE DEAD. We who were once such men as you * are, brothers. 4 Have one last word for you ere we are sped Upon our journey throuph the silent * spaces, 4 The dim and shadowy places of the ^ dead. Scarce can the souls of mortal men ^ discover Strength to disperse the veil 'twixt * us and you, ? Yet we, by this desire that lies with- ? in us To speak that word, have rent that veil in two. We fought and fighting: fell in France * and Flanders; * Giving all we possessed to stem the ?. flood, The hellish flood of hell inspired bar- ' barians Who sought to win the world through seas of blood. I We penned it in and checked it for a moment, Seeing through sweat as we lay down to die The first mad surges ehb, but also ii hearing a Thunder of greater surges down the t sky. t We know that all we did was very jj little a Toward the sure safeguarding of )i our race, r And, knowing that, we cry now from h the darkness t 'n L :* i ii n . i A. _ l. inis last up|)t'ui:?vm you, aim case a our place! o ?The Spectator. f THE CLOSED DOOR. J \l Love knocked: Youth heard and listened, but n Was busy with its gold that day; ^ She knocked again, the door was . shut, J Then sadly turned away. r Love knocked once more in after 1 years, But Fame was calling up the 1 height: t With broken heart she left in tears, 1 For it was almost night. ^ Time bore the Youth to green old age: She gave him wealth and fame and more, But somehow life was like a cage, For love had closed the door. ?H. E. Harman. 1 f CITATION TO KINDRED AND I CREDITORS. \ State of South Carolina, r County of Union. e By Hon. W. W. Johnson, Judge of Probate. . Whereas, Geo. W. Going, G. V. Going and J. T. Going have made suit to c me to grant them Letters of Admin- ( istration on the Estate and effects of ' W. (J. W. Going, deceased, These are, therefore, to cite and ad- J monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said W. G. W. Going, deceased, that they be and ap- v pear, before me, in the Court of Pro- e hate, to he held at Union C. II., South s Carolina, on the 30th day of October, next, after publication hereof, at 11 ' o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this V 14th day of October, Anno Domini o 1915. . ii W. W. JOHNSON, J 43-2 Probate Judge. d U. S. Battleship 3IG DOINGS i CI DECEMBER 13t The Southern Commercial Congress vill be held at Charleston December 3th to 17th, 1915. This is an assoiation of prominent business men rom all over the South and meetings ire held each year for the purpose of liscussing business welfare, both of he manufacturer and of the farmer, ^ast year the Congress was held at )klahoma City and the year before it Mobile. This year the meeting is 0 he held at Charleston and very nany men of prominent business, soial and public life have already ac1 McClure Tc t ! Flowerir t We import our Bulbs direc ^ care is taken in selecting frt $ is guaranteed to produce Flo t t Hyacinths, white 1 A J and colors, 8 for -LvC/ ^ Dozen, 40c J Crocus Mixed, 1 A _ dozen AUC ,n , X iunps, Mixed, 1 dozen Xtlv^ ?4 Why Pay More? f - We will be glad to receivt ** filled. We pav postage. f McCLURE So ;* "THE RED ER a4A A^A A . t PHYSICIAN OF NEWBERRY MISTAKEN FOR YEGGMAN. )r. Mower, A Practicing Physician, has Unusual Experience on His Travels. Dr. Frank D. Mower had the exeitng experience of being arrested for , yeggman while travelling in his auto hrough North Carolina on his reurn trip home. He had left Norfolk, fa., alone in his car, his family havng taken the train for home from mother point. Reaching Ilillsboro, le lost his way, and went into the ailroad station to learn the direction le wanted. Seeing two young men here, he inquired of them the way md distance to Greensboro, N. C. One f the young men, D. L. Elkins, asked or a ride, as he was going in that diection. The doctor granted his reluest, and they proceeded on their vay. Upon leaving Gibsonville, they :ot lost by taking the wrong road, rurning around to get the right way, hey stopped right at the store where i robbery had occurred, the yeggmen laving blown the safe to atoms by litroglycerine, getting $f>00 and leavng only $H0 behind. Of course Dr. dower didn't know of all this at the ime, and being in the night he awoke he people at the store to again find he right road. After going about our miles he ran out of gasoline. He nanaged to phone to Greensboro, 11 niles away, for gasoline. While waitng for the gasoline, an automobile ame from Gibsonville with the sherff, looking for the yeggmen. In the neantime the young man Elkins had eft I)r. Mower, when the car stopped or gasoline, and had walked on ahead, ["he sheriff and his posse had picked Dlkins up and brought him back to vhere the doctor was; but Elkins was 10 more of a yeggman that Dr. Mow;r. When the sheriff drove up with lis other prisoner he searched Dr. flower's car thoroughly. Not all the etters, papers, etc., in the possession if Dr. Mower availed with the officers if the law?the two alleged yeggmen nust go back with them. To make a long store short, the irisoners succeeded in being identified, ind Dr. Mower again took the road lome, and is once more in Newberry, vhere his friends are enjoying his xperienee in being mistaken as a afe-blower.?Newberry Observer. ANOTHER MAN WHO CAPTURED JEFF DAVIS DEAD. Washington, Oct. 18. -Funeral of Villiam P. Stedman, former private f the Fourth Michigan regiment durng the Civil war, and who captured efferson Davis, was held today. He ied yesterday, aged 79. "South Carolina" \T iARLESTON h TO 17th. 1915 cepted invitations to be present. At least four members of the Cabinet of the President of the United States will be present at the meeting. A squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, Torpedo Boats, Submarines and Torpedo Destroyers, as well as Dreadnaughts, will be in Charleston Harbor, open for inspection of the public, December 14th and 15th, and visitors at this time will also have the pleasure of seeing a magnificent carnival. Southern Railway is arranging special fare tickets and excursion trains. * * ^ ;n Cent Co. f t ig Bulbs > t from Holland and France; ;sh, healthy Bulbs and samt nvers. J Y Paper White Narcissus t Grandiflora; 6 -J A _ i for lUC Y Dozen, 20c Y 1 Ornatus, very fra- Y frant, dozen onIy_ JLUC/ Y Bulb Bowls, "| CT _ Y glass IOC Y Y ; your orders. Mail orders Y 7 7 and lOc Store Y ONT STORE." Y .V THE SOBER SOUTH. Somebody?we think we know his name, though it isn't signed?hss a poem in the Columbia (S. C.) State, headed "Southern Politics." That may or may not be a very good title, but it certainly is a mighty good humorous poem. It has to do with the passing of liquor from the South. There is a fascinating owing to the thing, and there is a touch of fantastic rhyme making, not quite so quaint, perhaps, as Ted Robinson's, but mighty clever. Get it in this: "By the still side on the hillside in Kentucky all is still, For the only damp refreshment must be dipped up from the rill. N'th C'lina's stately ruler gives his cola glass a shove And discusses local option with the South C'lina's Gov." We have been serious about this matter a long time. It is timely and good that we smile a little, now that the victory is won. And th^re'c nr? better way of stating a serious fact effectively than to state it humorously. Can you beat this for driving the point home that the South no longer drinks ? "Lay the jest about the julep in the camphor balls at last, For the miracle has happened ano the olden days are past. That which makes Milwaukee famous doesn't foam in Tennessee, And the lid on old Missouri is as tight locked as can be; For the eggnog now is nogless, and the rye has gone awry, And the punch bowl holds carnations, and the South, 'by Gawd, sir, 's dry.'" Ye.;, the South is dry?drier than any other section of the country. It eats the kernel out of a good many honorable old chestnuts, but they had served their dajj and ought to be dead, anyhow. It never was true that we drank more down here than the people of other sections drank, but maybe we talked about it more.? Nashville Tennessean. COTTON SEED $50 TON. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 15.?Cotton seed for the first time in Alabama's history sold today for $50 a ton. This price was offered and paid by several concerns, but prospects for higher prices kept most of the planters from offering their seed. New uses of seed for war purposes, better export prices and more extended use of cotton seed ? ? products in the North are assigned as the reason for the advance. m mi Some mothers spare the rod and sh< spoil the slipper. ric | We Cannot say too ? RmucKj^HiGH ART 1 I STYLE CLOTHES i ff* X ^ v/\? i eao A A, ag y y ^ ^yv/u itava uuj a- wll P ^ ^s *nv* /di$Uh*d 0 E press you?we have jffffleSmL K i "BrfkJtecT wm3 1 jj JSfeflkfi5ifce.s lPlfP&3| g g GUARANTEED |/Jgf* M lg This season sees us II II = jf^ equipped with these best B jl MJ clothes?in such a range 111 PVj |j*5 of models and sizes?that fll l3 fcj you, no matter what your Si y 3 B build, can come to us as ONE of the many ? s ?o _ 1 1 high art models s g=a w c uu vc a una gil model that v?ill fit j)ou and please 3)011. ?|? H HIGH ART Style Clothes are built on Honor and F=i as for style?no one can take that title away from == *== tHem?they are "there." ?== = Come in toda^?you and HIGH ART will be pH 5= inseparable ever after. ||| I J. Cohen i The House of Satisfaction '"** ? ^SSaiiillillIKIllilllCS2Eg3C =====^^==?=2======== DR. CRIMM ; The Well Known Eye Sight Specialist, will be in his Union office ! UNTIL TUESDAY, NOV. 2nd ^ Twenty Years' Experience ^ | as the leading sight specialist assures you of absolute satisfaction in Spectacle and Eyeglass com: fort. We solicit the most complicated cases. Our i methods of eye examination without drugs, drops i or danger comprises a combination of the most 1 modern scientific optical discoveries of the twentieth century. Glasses fitted by these precise methods give our patients that comfort and eye ease which distinctly places our optical service beyond comparison in this State. OFFICE: PEOPLES UNDERTAKING CO. ! (OLD FOSTOFFICE STAND) If you suffer from headaches; if your eyes are weak; if you are nervous, don't fail to have Dr. Crimm to examine your eyes. For sixteen (16) years Dr. 1. EL Crimm has been fitting glasses to the best people of Union and County with great satisfaction. __ THESE LETTERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES Miss Carrie J. Cullman, from Jonesville, writes under date of Oct. 21, 1911: "Dr. Crimm, the glasses you fitted me five years agt. have cured my headaches and have given entire satisfaction." Ex-Sheriff Long: "The glasses you fitted me are all right." Mr. J. II. Riley, from Buffalo: "The glasses Mrs. Riley and I bought from you give perfect satisfaction. We are well pleased and take pleasure to recommend your work." Mrs. T. J. Alverson, Union, R. F. D. No. 2, says: "I received my glasses all O. K. Am very much pleased with them." Don't send your children to school unless you have their eyes examined, which is FREE. Dr. Crimm Will Save You Money, Time and Eyes. Dr. Crimm has no agents, neither does he call from house to ^ 1 C1-. t-i -A. ? nuuse. r>ee mm at nis omce. ^ Consultation Free At sixteen a girl declares she will The Best Hot Weather Tonic irry only for love, and at twenty-six OROWSTASTHLtMchlll tonic enriches the . 1. *?n J? 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