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PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAbE (Continued from last week) r Photo by American Press Association PRESIDENT WILSON'S ^ATEST PICTURE. (From snapshot taken on Nov. 26.) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR GREATER NAVY. Always Looked to It as Our Firat and Chief Lina of Defense. /' The program which will be laid hefore you by the secretary of the navy la similarly conceived. It involves only a shortening of the time within which plans long matured shall be carried out, but it does make definite and ex? pUcit a program which has heretofore ' fteen only implicit, beldlnkhe wtufteof ?-> the committee* on naval affairs and disclosed In the debates of the two. houses, but nowhere formulated or formally adopted. It seems to me very | clear that It will be to the advantage of the country for the congress to adopt a comprenensive pinu ror putting tne f navy upon a final footing of strength ] and efficiency and to press that plan j to completion within the next five j years. We have always looked to the , navy of the country as our first and ( chief line of defense; we have always ( seen it to be our manifest course of prudence to be strong on the seas. Year by year we have been creating a navy which now ranks very high In- * deed among the navies of the maritime nations. We should now definitely de- j termlne how wo shall complete what , we have begun and how soon. , The program to be laid before you ; contemplates the construction within ( five years of ten battleships, alx battle f cruisers, ten scout cruisers, fifty de stroyers, fifteen fleet submarines. ^ eighty-five coast submarines, four gun- | boats, one hospital ship, two ammunition ships, two fuel oil ships and one ( repair ship. It Is proposed that of this { number we shall the first year provide t , for the construction of two battleships. ( two battle cruisers, three scout cruisers. fifteen destroyers, five fleet submarines. ] twenty-five coast submarines, two gun- ] boats and one hospital ship; the second j year two battleships, one scout cruiser, \ ten destroyers, four fleet submarines, j fifteen coast submarines, one gunboat \ and one fuel oil ship; the third year ? two battleships, one battle cruiser, two \ scout cruisers, Ave destroyers, two fleet < submarines and fifteen coast subma- t rlnes; the fourth year two battleships, 1 two battle cruisers, two scout cruisers. < ten destroyers, two fleet submarines. < fifteen coast submarines, one ammunt- ; tlon ship and one fuel oil ship, and i the fifth year two battleships, one bat- t tie cruise*, two scout cruisers, ten de- 1 stroyers, two fleet submarines, fifteen i coast submarine!!, one gunboat, one am ; munition ship and one repair ship. ; The secretary of the navy is asking < . also for the immediate addition to the personnel of the navy of 7,500 sailors, < 2,500 apprentice seamen and 1,500 ma- 1 rlnes. This Increase would be suffi- s ciertt to care for the ships which are ' to l?e completed within the fiscal year ' x 1917 and also for the number of men * which must be put in training to man ' the ships which will be completed ( early In 1918. It is also necessary that 1 the number of midshipmen at-tHf Na- * \ val academy at Annapolis should be * J Increased by at least 300 In order that ' / the force of officers should be more 1 rapidly added to, and authority Is ask- j ed to appoint, for engineering duties 1 V, only, approved graduates of engineer- * Ing colleges, and for service In the avl- * atlon corps n certain number of men 1 * taken from civil life. If this full program should be carried * out we should have built or building in 1 1921. according to the estimates of sur- * vlval and standards of classification ' followed by the general board of he I lepartment, aa effective navy consistok of 27 battleships of the first line, G mttle croisors, 25 battleships of the tecond line, 10 armored cruisers. 13 tcout cruisers, 5 first class cruisers, 3 tecond class cruisers. 10 third class misers, 108 destroyers. 18 fleet subnarlnes, 157 coast submarines, G moutors, 20 Kun'>oat9. 4 supply ships, 15 'uel ships, 4 transports, 3 tenders to torpedo vessels. 8 vessels of special ypes and two ammunition ships. This ivould be a navy fitted to our needs md worthy of our traditions. But armies and instruments of war ire only part of what has to be conlidered if we are to consider the supreme matter of national self sutllclen:y and security in all its aspects. There are other great matters which will be thrust upon our attention whether we will or nut There Is, for example, a very pressing question of .ruuc ana snipping invoivea in tuis jrent problem of national adequacy. < It is necessary for many weighty rea- i sons of national efficiency and devel- 1 ipment tiiat we should have a great i merchant marine. The great merchant 1 ieet we once used to make us rich, i that great body of sturdy sailors who used to carry our flag into every sea. i ind who were the pride and often the 1 bulwark of the nation, we have almost ' :1 riven out of existence by inexcusable neglect and indifference and by a hopelessly blind and provincial policy of ' so called economic protection. It is tilgh time we repaired our mistake and resumed our commercial independence :>n the seas. With a view to meeting these pressing necessities of our commerce and wailing ourselves at the earliest possible moment of the present unparalleled ipportunity of linking the two Americas together in bonds of mutual interest and service, an opportunity which may never return again if we miss it now, proposals will be made to the present congress for the purchase oi construction of ships to lie owned and iirected by the government similar to those made to the last congress, but modified in some essential particulars, t recommend these proposals to you Tor your prompt acceptance with the : ' more confidence because every month ; that has elapsed since the former proposals were made has made the necessity for such action more and moro manifestly imperative. That nee(i was then foreseen. It is now acutely felt ind everywhere realized by jhose for ivuom iraoo is waiting, but'wbo can Ind no conveyance for their goods. I im not so mnch Interested in the pariculars of the program as I am in afetng immediate advantage of the f*eat opportunity which awaits us if ve will but act in this emergency. In ills matter, as in all others, a spirit of wmnwn counsel should prevail, and rat ot It should come an early solu- < ion of this pressing problem. .1 ftfiBEE .QN.*0UPY*r INTHE PHILIPPINES. iMomantnd* Early Adoption of Measures Giving Thom Fuller Justice. The president recommends the early idoptlon of bills for the alteration and reform of the government of the Philpplnes and for rendering fuller polit,cal Justice to the people of Porto Rico, cvhich were submitted to the Sixtythird congress. The president refers to the increased cost of carrying out the plans for the armed forces of the ration and tells of the fiscal problems xrafrontlng the government. On the 30th of June last there was iu avuiiituie uuiiuice in rne general fund of the treasury of $104,170,105.78. rhe total estimated receipts for the rear 1010, on the assumption that the emergency revenue measure passed by the last congress will not be extended beyond its present limit, the 31st of December, 1915, and that the present 1 iuty of 1 cent per pound on sugar will be discontinued after the 1st of May. . 1910, will be $070,305,000. The balance rf June last and these estimated revenues come therefore to a grand total it $774,535,005.78. The total estimated llsburBements for the present fiscal i pear, including twenty-five millions for i the Panama canal, twelve milllona for | probable deficiency appropriations and i PO.OOO for miscellaneous debt redemptions, will be $753,891,000. and the bal- | ince in the general fund of the treasary will be reduced to $20,044,005.78. , rhe emergency revenue act if continaed beyond its present time limitation would produce during the half year then remaining about forty-one millions. The duty of 1 cent per pound >n sugar if continued -would produce luring the two months of the fiscal Fear remaining after the 1st of May about fifteen millions. These two sums, amounting together to fifty-six millions, If added to the revenues of the second half of the fiscal year would yield the treasury at the end of the 1 year an available balance of $70,044.- ' 105.78. 1 The additional revenues required to 1 ?arry out the program of military and laval preparation of which 1 have ' ipoken would, as at present estimated. 1 >e for the fiscal year 1917 $93,800,000. 1 rhose figures, taken with the figures 1 for the present fiscal year which I ( lave already given, disclose our flnan- ' dal probleip for the year 1917. As- ' turning that the taxes Imposed by the 1 mergency revenue act and the pres- ' int duty on sugar are to be dlscontln- ' led and that the balance at the close 1 >f the present fiscal year will be only 1 120.644.005.78. that the disbursements 1 'or the rnnaraa canal will again be I ibout $25,000,000 and that the addl- 1 lonal expenditures for the army and 1 lavy are authorized by the congress. < be deficit In the general fund of the ? reasury on the 30th of June, 1917, < vlll be nearly $235,000,000. To this 1 mm at least $60,000,000 should be add- I d to represent a safe working balance I 'or the treasury and $12,000,000 to to- < ;lud? tiie usual deficiency estimates In 1017. and tlicse additions would makje i total deficit of souie $297,000,000. it be present taxes should be continued hroughout tills year and tbe next, lowever. there would be a balance Ijn the treusury of some $70,000,000 at ;bo end of tbe present fiscal year and i deficit at tbe end of the next year df inly some $50,000,000, or, reckoning in ?02.000,00<> for deficiency appropriations and a safe treasury balance at :be end of the year, a total deficit 9f lome $112.000.000. Tbe obvious mnrpl yf tbe figures is that it is a plain coup- I sel of prudence to continue nil of tbe present taxes or their equivalents and confine ourselves to the problem of providing $112,000,000 of new revenue rather than $297,000,000. IIow shall we obtain the new revenue? We are frequently reminded Lhnt there are many millions of bonds which tbe treasury Is authorized under existing law to sell to reimburse tbe sums paid out of current revenues for the construction of the Panama canal, and it is true that bonds for the nmount of $222,432,000 are now available for that purpose. Prior to 1013 5138,000,Ot'O of these bonds bad ticLually been sold to recoup tbe expenditures at the isthmus, and now constitute a considerable item of the public debt. Hut 1 for one do not believe that the people of this country approve of postponing the paynifut of thfeir bills. Tlorrowlng money is shortsighted (innncc. It can he justified only when permanent things ore to be fcccomplished which inauy generations will certainly benefit l>y and which it seems hardly fair that a single generation should pay for. The objects we are now proposing to spend money for cannot lie so classified, except in the sense that everything wisely done may be said to lie done in the interest of posterity as well as In our own. It seems to iue a clear dictate of prudent statesmanship and frank finance that in what we are now, I hope, about to undertake we should pay as we go. The people of the country are entitled to know just what burdens of taxation they are to carry and to know from The outset now. The new hills should be paid by internal taxation. NATION'S SECRET FOES SHOULD BE CRUSHED. Gravest Danger to Country Comes From Within Our Own Borders. The president says that the precise reckonings of the problem to be met are set forth In the report of the secre rary or tne treasury. I have spoken to you today, gentlemen, upon a single theme, the thorough preparation of the nation to care for its own security and to mal^fsLT'e of entire freedom to play the fepai^tial role in this hemisphere world which w? all b??c been providentially assigned have had (In my mind no thoMgh^fof any immediate or particular danger arising out of our relations with othVr nations. We are at peace with all the nations, of the world, and there Is reason to hope that no question in controversy between this and other governments will lead to any serious breach of amicable relations, grave as some differences of attitude and policy have been and may yet turn out to be. I am sorry to say that the gravest threats ugnlnst our national peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders. There are citizens of the United States, 1 blush to admit, bom under other flags, but welcomed under our generous nuturulizatlon laws to the full freedom and opportunity of America. who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life, who have sought to bring the authority and good name of our i government into contempt, to destroy our industries wherever they thought it effective for their vindictive our poses to strike at them and to debase our polities to the uses of foreign fa- 1 trigue. Their number is not great as i compared with the whole number of I those sturdy hosts by which our as- I tlon lias been enriched In receat get- 1 orations out of virile foreign stocks, 1 but it is great enough to have )rougkt ' deep disgrace upon us and t> have 4 made It necessary that we should ! promptly make use of processesof law 4 by which we may be purged <f their * corrupt distempers. 1 America never witnessed aiythlng 4 like this before. It never dreoned it 1 possible that men sworn into is own citizenship, men drawn out o great ' free stocks such ?s supplied suae of < the best and strongest elements>f that ' little, but how heroic, nntion tlit In a 1 high day of old staked its veryUfe to 1 free Itself from every entanpament , that had darkened the fortunes>f the c older nations and set up a newituud- 1 ard here?that men of such orlgis and * such free choices of allegiance would c ever turn in malign reaction gainst , the government and people wk had ' welcomed and nurtured them ail seek to make this proud country one more a hotbed of European passion. A. lit- " tie while ago such a thing wool have Q jeemed Incredible. Because It ee In- ^ credible we made no preparatb for ^ it We would have been (most ^ ashamed to prepare for It aaf we _ ivere suspicious of ourselves, 01 own a omrades and neighbors! But tl ugly y ind Incredible thing has actuall.Oome ibout, and we are without ad]oate ^ federal laws to deal with It. urge ^ roa to enact such laws at the artiest m possible moment and feel that lifotng" v to I am urging you to do nothlr less ^ ban save the honor and self Apect Ci >f the nation. Such creatures c pasdon. disloyalty and anarchy m t be a] rushed out. They are not man but ^ hey are Infinitely malignant, a' the tc land of our power should clos >ver * hem at once. They have forme lots ct o destroy property, they have e red b< I Into conspiracies against tlie neutrality of tbe govern meat, they have Bought to pry Into "every confidential transaction of the government in order to serve interests alien to our own. It Is possible to deal with these things very effectually. I need not suggest the terms in which they may be dealt with. I wish that it could he said that only a few men. misled by mistaken sentiments of allegiance to the governments nnder which they were horn, had been guilty of disturbing the self possession and misrepresenting the temper aud principles of the country duriug these days of terrible war. when It would seem that every man who was truly an American would Instinctively make It his duty and his nrirtw tr? iro*?r? ?i?.? scales of judgment even nnd prove himself a partisan of no nation but his own. But. it cannot. There are some men among us and many resident abroad who, though born and bred in the United States and calling themselves Americans, have so forgotten themselves and their honor as citizens as to put their passionate sympathy with one or the other side in the great European conflict above their regard for the peace and dignity of the United States. They also preach and practice disloyalty. No laws, 1 suppose, can "each corruptions of the mind and heart, but I should not speak of others without also speaking of these and expressing the even deeper humiliation and scorn which every self possessed and thought fully patriotic American must feel when he thinks of them and of the discredit they are daily bringing upon us. What is more important is that the industries nnd resources of the country should be available and ready for mobilization. It is the more imperatively necessary, therefore, that we should promptly devise means for doing what we have not yet done?that we should give intelligent federal aid and stimulation to industrial and vocational education, as we have long done in the large held of our agricultural Industry; that at the same time that we safeguard and conserve the natural resources of the country we should put them at the disposal of those who will use them promptly and intelligently, as was sought to be done in the admirable bills submitted to the last congress from its committees on the public lands, bills which I earnestly recommend in principle to your consideration; that we should put into early operation #some provision for rural credits which will add to the extensive borrowing facilities already afforded the farmer by the reserve bank act adequate instrumentalities by which long credits may be obtained on land mortgages and that we should study more carefully \nan they have hitherto been studied the right adaptation of our economic arrangements to changing conditions. Many conditions about which we nave repeatedly legislated are being altered from decade to decade, it is evident under our very eyes and are likely to change even more rapidly and more radically in the davs lmme diately ahead of us when peace has returned to the world and the nations of Europe once more take up their tasks of commerce and Industry with the energy of those who mnst bestir themselves to build anew. REGULATIONS TO MEET RAILROAD PROBLEM. Needed to Make Lines More Useful Servants of Country. In the meantime may I make this suggestion? The transportation problem Is an exceedingly serious and pressing one in this country. There has from time to time of late been reason to fear that our railroads would not much longer be able to cope with It successfully, as at present equipped and co-ordinated. I suggest that It would be wise to provide for a commission of inquiry to uscertnln by a thorough canvass of the whole question whether our laws as at present Framed and administered are as serviceable as they might be In the solution of the problem. It Is obviously ft problem that lies at the very foundation of our efficiency as a people. Such an Inquiry ought to draw out jvery circumstance and opinion worth considering, and we need to know 1 til sides of the matter If we mean to 1 lo anything in the field of federal leg- 1 station. rvo one, i am sure, would wish to ake any backward step. The regula- ' ion of the railways of the country by ' 'ederal commission has had admirable ! 'esults and has fully justified the ! lopes and expectations of those by vhom the policy of regulation was 1 originally proposed. The question Is * lot, What should we undo? It is f vhether there Is anything else we ran 1 to that would supply us with effective 1 Deans, in the very process of regu- 1 ation, for bettering the conditions un- ' ter which the railronds are operated * nd for making them more useful serv- f nts of the country as a whole. It eems to me that it might be the part t wisdom, therefore, before further fglslatlon in this field Is attempted. f D look at the whole problem of co-or- s inatlon and efficiency in the full light |, f a fresh assessment of circumstance t nd opinion, as a guide to dealing with ^ tie several parts of it. For what we are seeking now, what l my mind is the slnjrle thought of n lis message, is national efficiency and t( Bcurity, We serve a great nation. c Ve should serve it in the spirit of its ecullar genius. It is the genius of E immon men for self government, in- d Sry. Justice, liberty and peace. Wo Id see to It that it lacks no in- (< nent, no facility or vigor of law, make it sufficient to play Its part 1th energy, safety and assured bucks. In this we are no partisans but 81 fluids and prophets of a new ace. v< ? LAUNDERED BILLS! Uncle Sam's Method of Cleaning Soiled Paper Money. WASHED AND THEN IRONED. This Work Is Done In the Treasury Department by Machines, Each One of Which Can Daily Make 35,000 Pieces of Used Currency Look New. "By washing soiled paj>er money we save the government $300 every day," said Miss Auipe K. Thomas, in charge of the "laundry" of the redemption division of the l ulled States treasury in Washington. "Soiled money," she went on, "comes to us daily from hanks all over tin? I United Stales to be redeemed. Uor merly all of lliis money was destroyed and new was issued in its place. Now we take the least soiled and worn hills and put them through the laundry to he washed and ironed. These are almost as stood sis new and are redistributes. with the notes which come from the bureau of engraving and priuting. i "We launder about JJ."?.ouu hills daily and call :his a good slay's washing. It costs :?o < i nls lis wash lust dirty notes and $l.."?n io pr'.nt the same iiuinl?er. Through (he laundry we sttvo J?! on lnp notes. Washing. : we do. an average of :',."i.Pro hills a <^ . of which many ate not lit to ?again, we estimate that our si\ inc. ainounis to at least $.:?!(?. "We wash in per cent of all the money that conies to he re?U?eiu$Mj.' ' Nothing higher than a twenty dolhtp -\ bill gsies through the washing machine. The small hills sire in constant circulation and wear out rapidly, so they have to he reissued more frequently than those of high denomination. Rills of high value are never laundered. 'Thinking opinion is divided 4 tills subject of laundered money. Some banks desire new money and will not accept any other, while many banks request the washed billSi saying that they are softer than the others and are easier to handle. "We have received this testimonial especially from men who have long payrolls and must handle thousands of dollars to fill many pay envelopes. These men tell us that the washed bills do not stick together as do the others and can be more readily coupted out- ( "The washing machines occupy a floor space.of about four square yards and j are combination washers and ironers. ( Two girls work at a machine, which Is operated by electricity. One fee<Js .the soilo<J money to the washer, and the other catches the clean money as it lenrife'the ironey. ? 1 . .. ... "The bills are laid on a moving belt of witt blanket, which carries them on to meet another moving blarfket*T?rom ( above. Thus secured between these two blankets they pass over and around ! a number of rollers in a tank of j^oapy suds, which cleanses and sterilizes * them. Then they pass through rinsing 1 water and on to heated rollers, which 1 dry and Iron them. 1 "They drop out at the end of the course into the hands of a girl, who scrutinizes each bill to determine whether it is fit to be scut out into circulation. As she assorts the bills she stacks those which she considers perfect into piles ready for the expert counters. When the counts are verified t the laundered hills are made into packages containing 4.000 <>r mm . tion and kind and son led. for redistribu tlon among the banks. \ "By this practice of redeeming: mon- i ey by washing it." said Miss Thomas. ; "we also have an extra means of check- t ing up on the counterfeiters. Our ex- *] pert counters spot counterfeits as soon ' as they are sent in with the govern- ( ment money from the banks. They c pass these bills along to the secret ( service detectives, who trace them to r their makers. t "A counterfeit hasn't n chance to es- c cape us. From the time the bank's I packages are o|tened by the counters t to be verified to the time the money \ leaves this division finally it is watch- t ed by expert eyes. When the washable c money is separated from the rest and is turned over to me to put through the a laundry 1 give it to the operators, r They look at it carefully at the time it I ?nters tlie washing machine and when o It comes out. After this my counters o ;o over it. By this time you may be f aire any counterfeit is discovered. 1/ "It is a remarkable sight to watch ho Klvfv oviiart * v^^it ivuuit'u, ?iio average JO,000 notes daily, run lightly through i bunch of I .ills and stop short sudden ti y when they come to a counterfeit in a lielr hands. They identify those notes. Ii ilmost perfect as they often are, by the r< feel' of the paper. Under their trained o lgilance counterfeits seldom get as o ar as the laundry."?New York Sun. a On# Kind of a Platform. ^ An American gentleman got acluainted with a Frenchman who was rery nnxlous to acquire the English I" anguage. The American, In order to telp hint, said that if he would send Pj its exercises to him he would willing- ,J y correct them. Nothing was hoard from the French- . oan for some time, but finally a let- ' er came couched in the following holce English: D, "In small time I can learn so many Inglish from his textbook and her ] lctionary as I think I will come at W1 lie America and to go on the scaffold I j ? lecture." m< lit Silence is a figure of speech, unan- Ku ^erable, short, cold, but terribly so- ini sr?.?Parker. * ha LANI) SALE. State of South Carolina. County of Union. Court of Common l'leas. W. W. Johnson, as Judge of Probate for Union County, said State, and as such Ciuardian of the Estate of Arthur E. Jeter, Plaintiff, vs. It. CJ. A. Jtjter, United State fidelity and Guaranty Company, and Arthur K. Jeter, Defendants. W. W. Johnson, as Judge of Probate for Union County, said State, and as such Guardian of the Estate of Fannie I. Jeter, Plaintiff, vs. R. G. A. Jeter, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, and Fannie 1. Jeter, Defendants. In obedience to an order made in the above stated cases. 1 will > 11 at Union, South Carolina, before the courthouse door on Salesday, Monday January '>, 101(5, the following landto wit: ill "All that certain tract or plantation of land, situated in Cross Kevs Township, County and State aforesaid, containing Two Hundred and Eight (208) acres, more or less, bounded t.v lands of J. R. Minter. Estate of T. Alverson. lands fnvmoi-lH .. * a i?.. Rice, deceased, and others. Said land* beinp known as the Wilson and MeJunkin Places, whereon the late (I. Coleman Shettlesworth lived at the time of his death." Said tra<a nein-j conveyed to R. (J. A. Jeter hy E E. Sanders on December <>th, litl'J; deed recorded in Book No. 4('. nape (2) "All that piece or parcel of lar. v containing Forty-Four and .'S-l(n? (44 .'18-100) acres, more or le--. situated in Cross Keys Township. Union County, about Twelve miles South of Union. S. C., and known as nart of 4he Jesse Graham land, bounded on No?*th by Columbia Road or J. E. A* E. P. Minter, on East by lands of J. E. & E. P. Minter, on South by lands pf E. E. Sander or Shettlesworth lands or R. G. A. Jeter, on West by Alverson lands. For other information see Plat attached to deed J. E. Minter and E. P .Minter to R. G. A. Jetei. bearine* date IWmlu , on, "" ) " Deed recorded in Book Nc. 40. page 117. (3) "All that certain tract or parcel of land, lying, heing and situate in Union County, Union Township, State of South Carolina, known as DuPree Place, containing Sixty acres, more or less, ahd bounded by lands of Mrs. Dora Powell, Mrs. Larry Moore, Alemeda Farm, Joe Eller, G. C. Perrin, J. C. Edwards and R. i. Berry." Being same land conveyed to R. G. A. Jeter by R. L. McNally.Jbv deed bearing date Sept. 9th, 1913; and recorded in Book No. 46, page 376. * The above tracts of land are sold agreeable to the two above titles. Terms of sale: One-fourth (1-4) cash, and the balance on a credit of One, Two and Three years from day af sales, the credit portion to hear interest at the rate of Seven (7) per cent per annum, and to be secured oy bonds of the purchasers and mortgages of the premises sold; purchasers to pay for papers, and recording, am? to have the privilege of paying all cash, should he or they so desire. R. C. Williams, Master. Union. S. C., Dec. 14, 191f>. .">l-3t MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Union. Court or Common Pleas. T LV1 1 *' ? ? uuwuiu aieng, Plaintiff, Against i Charlie K. Meng, et al., Defendants In obedience to an order made in .ha above stated case I will sol! at Jnion before the Courthouse door 011 Monday, Salesday in January, 15*16, hat certain tract of land known as Tract No. 2 and as the Meng-bond Tract, situatin in Pinkney Township, ^ounty of Union, State aforesaid and "ontaining Eleven and 74-100 11 74-100) Acres?on the headwaters if Bailey's Spring branch and boundid by lands of J. F. Garner and othts and hath such shapes, metes and >ounds as will appear by reference o plat made by W. N. Willis, Surreyor, dated Opril 10th, 15)15. Said ract sold at the risk of former purhaser. Terms of sale: One-thii. ince in one and two years . >er cent interest per annum. i y bond of purchaser and a nio. -i ..ge >f the premises and have the ption f paying all cash. Purchaser to pay or papers. R. C. Williams. l-3t Master. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that a petiion has been filed in the proper office, lleging that Ethel Hames, Earl [antes and Joseph Hantes are minors, esiding in Union County, South ( ar lina, and that they have no genera! r testamentary guardian; that they re entitled to a part of the real and rsonal estate of their grandfather, J. J. Hames, deceased, under the lat*r's last Will and Testament, <tnd tat no tit, competent or responsible arson can be found who will accept te guardianship of said minors, and raying that the Judge of Probate for jtion County be appointed Public uardian for said Minors. Mrs. Lizzie Hames, l-2t Petitioner. Jonesville, S. C., Dec. 10, 1915. ?ar Santa Claus: As Christmas time is draw ing near thought I wotild write anr tell you tat to bring. I am 5 yea s old but 2TO to school every day. Please bring e some nuts, candy, fru.ds and a tie train, and chewing gum. Well, less this is all for this time. Wisher you a merry Christmas and a ppy New Year. Morris White.