The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 29, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
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FRIDAY OrTORKR 90 Kiir.
A PERFECT DAY.
W hen you come to the end of a perfect
day.
And you sit alone with your thought
While the chimes rinpr out with a earo!
U'ay
For the joy that the day has
brought,
!>o you think what the end of a perfect
day ;
Can mean to a tired heart.
When the sun p;oes down with a flaming
ray
And the dear friends have to part?
Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey, too;
Kut it leaves a thought that is hip:
With a wish that is kind and true;
For mem'ry has painted this perfect
day
With colors that never fade.
And we find, at the end of a perfect
lay.
The soul of a friend we've made.
?Carrie Jacobs Bond.
The German army which crossed
tiie Danube at Orsora has united with
the Bulgarians on Servian territory
and this gives them an open road
through northeastern Servia and Bulgaria
to the Aegean sea to Constantinople.
It seems that Germany has
outstripped the allies in this move
more than in any one great movement
they have yet made.
Do not let the high price of cotton
and cotton seed deter you from sowing
grain. Oats, wheat, rye, barley?sow
grain. You will find that you can
meet conditions better if you sow
grain. It will help your land; it will
help to keep the price of cotton up
to a paying level and it will help you
to produce the cotton you do produce
at a lower cost, thereby iflgreasing
your profits. [:
OUR COUNTY FAIR. 1
]
The Union County Fair association
is face to face with the problem of .
existence. Unpropitious weather con_
ll
oitions, more man any outer one ,
thing, have combined to make each of
the last two or three years exception
ally hard ones. The directors of the
fair, fifteen in number, with Mr. B.
F. Alston, Jr., secretary of the association,
sixteen men in all, have individually
endorsed notes to the extent
of more than five thousand dollars.
The loss this year will be
about four hundred dollars. This puts
a debt of five thousand, four hundred 1
dollars on organization. The individuals
endorsing the paper are responsible
business men, but it would
be a shame for them to have to pay
these notes. They acted in good faith, (
with commendable public spirit and ]
the cause is a worthy one. We sin- i
erely hope some plan can be devised
by which this debt can be raised. We 1
understand the directors will meet '
Monday, N'ov. 1, to go over the situation.
We will willingly further and
emphasize any plan they may launch ,
for the liquidation of this serious
debt. In the mean time, we say em- <
phatieally, it will be little short of
a calamity for the fair association to 1
die. There is no estimating the value
of this movement to the county. Every
line of advancement?schools,
farms, mills, merchandising concerns
? finds in the county fair a stimulus.
We sincerely trust there may be
enough of public spirit and of gen- |
erous aid to put the fair on a solid j
oasis.
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Wll.l. CELEBRATE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Crosby will. '
on Nov. 10th. celebrate their golden
wedding at their home seven miles
east of Union. Mr. and Mrs. Crosby
have a wide circle of friends who are
showering them with congratulations.
The Times is glad to be among the
number of well-wishers.
The People's Undertaking Co. have
recently gotten in a white funeral
car. The car has hand carved sides '
and ends and is one of latest design,
and is operated with convenience and
ease.
The greengrocer is in a position to
make but didn't a lot of ripe experience.
The bald man is anxious to part
with his comb and brush?but he can't.
Some men couldn't hear the small
voice of conscience through a megaphone.
COTTON GINNERS' REPORT.
Number Bales Ginned Prior to Oct.
18 was .">.713.347 Bales, Says the
Report.
Washington, Oct.. 25.?The third
cotton pinning report, of the season,
compiled from reports of census bureau
correspondents and agents
throughout the cotton belt and issued
at 10 a. m. today, announced that 5,213.347
bales of cotton, counting
round as half-bales, of the growth of
1015 has been ginned prior to October
18. This compared with 7,019,747
bales, or 47.9 per cent of the entire
crop ginned prior to October 18 last
year, 0,973,518 bales, or 49.9 per cent
in 1913 and 0,874,200 bales, or 51.0 per
cent in 1912.
Included in the ginnings were 54,422
round bales, compared with 15,f.89
last year. 49,030 in 1913 and 41,745 in
1912.
Sea Island cotton included numbered
40,275 bales, compared with 20,078
bales to October 18 last year, 31,139
in 1913 and 15,900 bales in 1912.
Ginnings prior to October by States
with comparisons for the last three
years and the percentage of the entire
crop ginned in those States prior
to that date in the same year follow
:
Alabama.
Year. Bales. P. O
l9lo 55(i,272
1914 810,295 46.8
1913 830,899 56.6
191 2 591,954 44.6
Arkansas.
1915 281,190
1914 379,261 39.8
1913 322,181 31.0
1912 300,351 39.0
Florida.
1915 32,161
1914 43,313 47.8
1913 35,956 53.9
1912 23,575 40.1
Georgia.
1915 1,178,398
1914 1,367,916 50.2
1913 1,296,911 55.3
1912 793,143 43.8
liOuisiana.
1915 223,894
1914 225,274 49.8
1913 164,034 37.5
1912 203,127 54.2
Mississippi.
1915 421,688
1914 474,788 39.0
1913 435,690 34.8
1912 347,130 34.5
North Carolina.
1915 264,6665 31.0
1914 301,108 31.0
1913 252,193 30.1
1912 356,226 39.3
Oklahoma.
1915 65,905
1914 451,449 36.A
1913 391,258 46.4
191 2 898,345 39.4
South Carolina.
1915 ? 581,978 ? 1
1914 693,444 44.4 1
1913 619,720 43.7 1
1812 540,319 44.1 '
Tennessee.
L915 79,247 ___ !
191 4 102,177 27.5 1
L913 131,933 36.0
1912 nw... 66,719 24.9
Texas. I1
1915 2,007,211
1914 2,7l5,77il 61.9 '
1913 - 2,451,279 65.0
1912 3,229,621 69.5
A11 Other States.
1915 20,657
1914 36,950 22.3
1913 32,464 27.0 !
1912 23,696 26.3
The next ginning report of the census
board will be issued at 10 a. m.
November 8, and will show the quantity
of cotton ginned prior to November
1.
PEACE TALK IN GERMANY
WHILE GREAT WAR RAGES.
Berlin, Oct. 18.? (Correspondence of
;he Associated Press).?"By spring we 1
Drobablv shall have neace." This re- '
mark by one of the most prominent
state officials to the Associated Press
correspondent may be taken as indicative
of the view on the probable duration
of the war held in German gov- '
ernment quarters, at any rate in certain
influential circles of the government.
The person quoted occupies a
position which lends weight in his
upinion on this subject and the remark
was made incidentally during a discussion
of certain future possibilities
in the Balkan situation.
Pressed to give a reason for the
opinion, the official said that he based '
his expectations largely on "the sound
business sense of the British," which
would lead them to move for peace
as soon as they saw nothing was to
be gained by continuing the war.
"We now hold in the West," he continued,
"a strong fortified line inclosing
a great enclave of French and
Belgian territory. We soon shall have
a similar line fortified in the East.
Behind the two lines we sit tight and
rlefy all efforts of our enemies to break
through.
LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS.
List of advertised letters in the
postoffice at Union, S. C., for the week
ending Oct. 29, 1915.
A?Miss Ixiis Ahhott.
B?Miss Willie Brown, J. A. Brock.
C?Miss Ellen Carter, Miss Delia
Childs.
G?Mrs. May Gault, Mrs. Susan
Cage.
H?Mrs. Lillie Henderson, Miss
Annie Belle Hinson, Mrs. R. C. Hill.
K?Mrs. Lizzie Kinner
L?Mrs. Birtie I^ee.
M?Bealon Mathews, Henry Miller.
P?Mrs. Mary Pendergrass, Mark
Phillips.
W?T. W. White.
B. B. James.
Postmas'or.
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POSTOFFICE SAFE ROBBED
AT WOODRUF
The safe in the United States poL.
office at Woodiutf was blown open 1]
professional yeggmen last night abort
11 o'clock and $200 in money and
stamps of the government secured!
Reports from Woodruff this morning
advise that the "job" was well done,
the condition of the safe clearly showing
that nitro-glycerine was used.
One report was heard and this implosion
was sufficient to completely
wreck the safe. JAt
5 o'clock this morning * few
miles below Woodruff two white men
were seen going by foot across w.
plowed field, travelling southeastward
in the direction of Nesbitt's bridge.
Their clothing was wet to the waist
and one carried a small leather
satchel and the other had a Winchester
rifle. This trace of the supposed:
"yeggs" was reported to the Woodruff,
authorities and the clue has led to
investigations which may terminate in
the arrest of the men. The yeggmpn
had cleared the boundaries of ifhe
town before Police Officer McAbee
and Police Officer Copley and a cij^wd
of citizens had gathered about the
scene of the robbery.
The report of the safe blowing]
reached Sheriff White this morning at
3 o'clock and immediately a detachment
of rural officers was assembled
to begin the search. These officers
were assisted by the town officers of
Woodruff.?Spartanburg Journal.
THE STORY OF A CRICKET.
The cricket is an innocent little
bug or creature and has never been
accused of any meanness except cutting
holes in the old womdh's stockings,
when they hang them up about
the fireplace. I never kill a cricketi'
and I think they are entitled to 4
little warm booth about the hearth.
Well, here is my story of the
cricket. Several years ago there was
a young man a telegraph operator at
a certain railroad station and one
night after he had closed his office,
gone home and retired there was a
cricket that commenced singing and
chirping in his room and for a time
the young man paid but little or no
attention to the noise of the cricket,
but the cricket kept up the chirping
and it finally arrested the young man's
attention and he could plainly intei
pret the noise of the innocent little
cricket as like a call upon his instrument
and the more he listened the
plainer was the call to his key until
lr? finally yielded to the call, got up
a..J dressed and hurried to his office
only to hear his instrument calling
him sure enough and on answering it
the operator at the other end told
him he had been calling him for some
time; that there was a wreck on the
road at a certain place ahead an^ that
a passenger train would soon be along
and to hurry up and get out hifudanger
signals and stop the train or
would be a serious wreck t
placed ijra stfgmra stopped zhe tFL.n<
as it came thundering along at a
high speed and averted a bad wreck
md perhaps the loss of many lives.
=5o much for the little innocent cricket.
Telephone.
JENKINS JURY COULDN'T AGREE
And the Second Mistrial of the Term
of a Capital Offense Case Resulted.
After remaining in the Jury room
from 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
until 9 last night, the jury trying Henry
Jenkins for the murder of Louisa
Kemp at Eeri'rne several weeks ago,
and Slater Ellison as an accessory before
the fact, failed to agree and were
discharged from further consideration
of the cause.
Several of the jurors said the vote
showed that six favored acquittal,
while the remaining six were divided
in their opinions, some desiring a verilict
of murder in the first degree, and
others lesser degrees.
Following a visit Thursday afternoon
to the premises where the crime
was alleged to have been committed,
the court at the opening hour yesterday
morning resumed the taking of
testimony.
George A. Worley and J. Herman
Swink defended and State's Attorney
John C. Gramling prosecuted, Mr.
Swink opening the defendant's arguments.
His appeal was so touching
that judge, jury and defendants were
in tears when he told of an incident
which took place while the jury, court
officials, judge and defendants and
attorneys inspected the house and environments
where the murder was
said to have been committed.
When Jenkins' little son, a child of
tender years, saw Jenkins, he ran to
him and threw his arms around Jenkins'
legs, crying:
"Papa, you will come home soon,
won't you?" in pathetic tones that
touched the hearts of all who heard.
Mr. Swink dwelt on this incident so
effectively that his argument had
much weight with the jury, besides
bringing tears to Judge Branning's
eyes.?Miami News.
BOX SUPPER AT ADAMSBURG.
There will be a box supper nt
Adamsburg school house on Saturday
evening, Nov. 6. Several prominent
speakers will be on hand and make
addresses. Music will be furnished by
the Lockhart band. Oysters and other
good things will be served. Proceeds
will go to the benefit of the school.
As long as you pay compliments
only you will not be forced to eat your
words.
Few men appreciate their freedpm
until they find themselves in jail or
married.
The fools that rush in where angels
fear to tread are lucky if they are able
to crawl out.
!
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~A LETTER FROM BUFFALO.
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?Jditor Union Times:
Would a' letter from Buffalo be pernissible?
As principal of Buffalo
graded school, I desire to say a few
words by way of introduction. Although
I have not been at Buffalo
long enough to speak with any marked
degree of intelligence as to the true
status of conditions:
Of course, first of all, I am studying
iiie school and educational conI^itions,
and my letter will be with
1 pecial reference to these matters.
I have been delightfully impressed
Ivith the hospitality accorded since
1'casting our lots among the people of
[Buffalo. However, we have hardly
felt ourselves at home yet, as we have
had to accommodate ourselves to doing
light housekeeping in two small
rooms; notwithstanding the fact that
we have been fortunate in being associated
with one of Buffalo's best families.
Our new home will be completed in a
very few days. With its completion,
Buffalo Graded school will have one of
the prettiest principals' home in our
knowledge. That the mill authorities
under whose supervision the heme is
being erected have taken a length
HteP forward in improving the school
Conditions at this place can not be
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this is the first step of many steps that d
are to be taken in the way of school _
improvement until the people of Buffalo
can boast of one of the best graded
mill schools of the State. Judging
from the interest the trustees and
others are taking in the work of the
school the day is not far distant when
much of our cherished hopes may be
realized.
We have recently organized a Rural
School Improvement association, but
'"Vve taken no active steps beyond
planning for an entertainment for
raising funds to be applied to school
and community improvement.
It is our purpose that the school
spirit reach out and take hold of the
life of the community, otherwise the
school cannot be said to measure up
to* its possible best. The school of all
things, can least afford to remain isolated
from the life of the community
in which it is located. The school
spirit should be so developed that it
should be made the center of not only
the educational but the social life. But
more along this line later.
Having spent 14 years in the school
work among our mill people and having
seen in my own experience many
of our mill boys and girls enter greater
fields of usefulness and mount to
higher rungs upon the ladder of success
as they have been willing to take
advantage of just such opportunities
for an education as were put within
their reach. I am convinced that
| trained mind means more to our mill
boys than to any other class of boys, i
The time has been when most of tho
people who moved to our .'"udustri^l
centers come only to their
sjpryjcial condition. At thaK time verv '
Tu^l) stress, ^tftrrwts placed
upon schools at the mills. \But the
schools have so much improved at
our mills that you frequently hear
people say they move to the mills to
[get better school advantages. Why
not? Most of our mill School? continue
nine months and the shortest school
terms at the mill are longer than
met country schools.
With the improvement of school
conditions at our mills has come the
true idea that all honest toil, wherever
it be, is crowned with true dignity,
and that the only ignoble things are
sin and ignorance.
In order that the people of Buffalo
may have still better educational advantages
we are considering opening
a night school. The idea seems to
be a new one, but there is no reason
why Buffalo should not have as good
a night school as any mill town in the
State.
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ttu tan nui nunc mis an
lengthy communication without commending
the school, the teachers and
all the people of Buffalo for their noble
efforts in having Buffalo Graded
school to be represented at the county
fair. Although the judges for reasons
,of their own made no honorable mention
of the school float from this place,
they feel amply repaid for their efforts
in knowing that no committee
has the power to rob them of the high
estimation in which their efforts are
held by an appreciative public.
PROMINENT LEXINGTON MAN
SLAIN AT HIS HOME.
Charlie Roof Killed by Frank Griffith, bo
Both Well Known Citizens. va
Lexington, Oct. 27.?Charlie M. t0
Roof is dead and T. Frank Griffith is ac
charged by a coroner's jury with hav- hi!
ing killed him.
The homicide occurred at about 3:15 Ba
o'cloc kthis afternoon while Mr. Roof to
was on his return home from Lexing- fir:
ton and almost wtihin sounding dis- ret
tance of his home and the home where coi
Mr. Griffith has been making his home mt
during the past few months, he hav- un
ing been engaged in farming with su
Roof. ro
The dead man belongs to one of th<
the most prominent and well known
families of this county, being a brother on
to Austin Roof, for many years rural
carrier on Route No. 3 leading out ey
from this town. Mr. Griffith is no CQ
leas prominent. He is a brother of ^
Capt. D. J. Griffith, for years superin- ^c<
tendent of the State penitentiary and ^a;
who prtviou8 to his election to that .
position had filled the highest offices rn
within the gift of his county, that of '
clerk of court, treasurer and State
senator. ca
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The bet you intended to make but w<
didn't is always the one safe bet. ad
A gentleman always agrees with pr
you but a crank never does. ?
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? We are offering this week, Fresh from the j?
Roaster, Five Pounds Coffee, in Nice Milk Pail ?*
Sf for $1.25, which is Extraordinary Value. The *jf
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>! aroma and drinking qualities are hard to equal;
? it is t;risp and fresh, and in the cup you would be
surprised at its goodness and richness at the price.
X Less than a dozen pails left, of this high grade
FnflFpp nt $1 r^oJl
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Phone 100 or 80
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WE CAN SELL YOU THE BEST
$10 and $15 Suits for Men
that can be found in the State. We feature Suits
at $10.00 and $15.00 and one as good elsewhere will
cost you $15.00 and $20.00. Make us prove it. j
New arrivals of Stetson Hats, Cheney Neckwear
and "Stronger Than the Law" Shoes. We
are sole agents for this Shoe and can fit the whole
family. Unless the name is on the bottom of the
Shoe you are not getting the genuine. Don't be
fooled and take substitutes: there is none sn o-nnrl
Everything in Underwear, Sweaters, Overcoats
and Rain Coats.
We can also fit the Boy in all his needs. Give
us a trial.
Union Gothing Co.
D. W. MULLINAX, Mgr.
>RN CLUB BOYS CAITj I INI TOO AY
TO ATTEND STATE FAIR. I-VrU/% *
If we can not show you more
L. L. Baker, State supervisor of the than 50 varieties of Dainty,
ys' corn clubs, was one of the ad- Fresh Cakes, Crackers, Recepnce
Kuard of State fair exhibitors tion Wafers, Staples and Specreach
Columbia yesterday and bejrin ials and the Cake and Cracker
tively the supervision of fair ex- Line, we will present you with
jits for this department. the Finest Pruit Cake we can
An announcement made by Mr. buy No use to worry, work or
iker yesterday, of particular interest rUn the risk of failure With your
corn club members, is that the Cake, we carry fresh from the
st county to report in "uniform" will daintiest plain Pound Cake to
lefve first place in the parade. A the Finest Genuine English
ntingency is that there shall be as Fruit Cakes, Specialty of Citiny
as 25 boys in the corps/ The ron> Marble Raisin Light and
rr VYr1? ?/ ?v Vand Dark Fruit Cake. Sugar Wafers,
n hat. Each boy is to bear a huge ?,i , . , . ?i j A i J
rn stalk as the potent insignia of ?" ^,nd?j. a,a? (ia'nty llnc
B order. Mints, Chocolate Creams and
E. E. Hall and W. T. J. Lever, dem- desirable Candies that are pure
stration agents in Richland county, &nd best Of all the price IS Wlthomised
Mr. Baker yesterday that in reach of all. Don't fail to
ery corn club member in Richland give US your orders for Thanksunty
would attend the fair. The giving Cakes of all kinds, and
chland county agents have guaran- Christmas Cakes of all kinds;
sd the bovs their ffate fee to the r? \xr?u: r> x; ?j
m, j,. . "?. . iui yyeuumgs, rvecepiions ana
I'b. ^OT^.t=??r4^ at Special Functions of every kind
0 boys Will attend. We Wl" supply every dainty and
Recently the state fair official, requirement if you will just
nceled the $10 entrance fee re- P'ace your order in time.
ired of all com club members who THE UNION GROCERY
>uld place exhibits. In addition to COMPANY
mitting the entries free, funds for 1AA OA
fzes were raised from $37.50 to $68. JrflOIlC lUU Or OU ,
The State. Everything Worth While to Eat.