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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING. MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE.. --Editor J. B. BOZEMAN Manager Registered at the Postoffice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three Months .25 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915. The Ford peace party is not receiving the kind welcome that might have been expected. This is the best sign we have yet seen that some good may come of the venture. We feel sure that President Wilt son's "watchful waiting policy," as applied to Mexico, has been fully justified by the outcome. Mexico is rapidly coming to a satisfactory situation, and the United States has firmly established her attitude of kindness towards other nations. A glance at the published "S. (). S." list this week will convince you that there have been many responses to our appeal. Thanks, kind friends, for your timely help. There are many others who could, and we feel sure, will renew their subscription between now and January 1. Every dollar helps us to make a better paper. Every dollar poes into the making of a paper. A well-paid subscription list helps wonderfully in the production of a pood, readable newspaper. We are glad to chronicle the fact that more than three thousand dollars have been subscribed by Union citizens for the running of the Chamber of Commerce the ensuing year. Business men, professional men, clerks, workingmen?everybody is coming up splendidly to the support of this most worthy institution. We congratulate Secretary A. G. Kennedy and his coworkers upon the results achieved. We do not hesitate to tell both sides of any question, if there be two sides. We have boasted considerably over the fact that our "want ads" brought great results. We know of many cases in whi<;h this has proven true. But to keep the facts straight, we must tell the other side: Mr. J. Clough Wallace advertised "good pine cord wood, delivered, $3.00 a cord," and got but one call for a cord of wood. He has 50 cords ready for delivery. We hope those in need of wood will 'pohne Mr. Wallace. The word is pood dry pine, and the delivery is prompt. We trust he will sell the other forty-nine cords before Christmas. The Maryland vice commission appointed by Gov. Goldsborough in .January, 1913, has made public the results of its inquiry, and among other sensational features of the report is the alleged traffic in babies. It is said there is an institution in Baltimore to which a mother of an illigitlmate baby may consign her offspring, provided she pay a certain sum. Of the hundreds of babies taken by the institution 80 or 90 per cent die In one plot. 55 feet square, it is estimates that 5,000 babies have been buried since 1880. It is to be hoped that the persons guilty of this hideous crime will be brought to the bar of justice. Exposure and punishment, severe punishment, are the only remedies for such diabolical crimes. Mayor Hyde of Charleston has taken the oath of office. He has before him a great opportunity and a great responsibility. He comes out firmly in his inaugural address fot the enforcement of the laws. It is to be hoped that he will not swerve from that determination, even though it will probably mean his defeat at the end of the four years' term. It appears to us that hi's best political move, as well as the best move he could make for the advancement of the city of Charleston, lies in the direction of the law's enforcement. There is a great opportunity for Charleston to regain her position as the chief, business centre of the State. So long as the people of Charleston set themselves up as superior to the laws that govern the State at large, she cannot come into her possession as the Queen City of South Carolina. Charleston, we nredict- is nnnn tVm tlirooliftl/l nf a i ffreat awakening commercially. THE FRIEND OF MAN. Jesus is spoken of in the Bible as the "Son of Man." I wonder if that means to convey the idea that he is the Friend of Man? Certainly he was wonderful in the breadth and scope of his friendships. He actually visited and ate with people who were considered by the priests as past all hope and as being beneath their attention. I am of the opinion that he is today broader and deeper in his sympathies than are many of the present?day advocates of his Gospel. This is not to be held too severely to the account of the preacher. He may be and is doing a big work. His value to a community cannot be measured in dollars and cents. But has anyone, even preachers, caught the full throb of the great heart that enevloped mankind? To the followers of this Great Teacher, I may say: Christmas to you, whatever it may be to others, is a season not for revelry, debauchery and drunkenness, but one in which you may broaden your sympathies and widen your love for men?all men, good, bad, indifferent, of every race and of every condition. Jesus, in his final message, was truly cosmopolitan, True, he came to the "Lost sheep of the house of Israel," but his vision of world conquest embraced the dweller of Patagonia as well as of Palestine. Great Friend of Men! IIow many of thy disciples are poor in vision and dark in soul! How little do thy servants really heed! They do not know, they do not understand the "Friend of Man." "PREPAREDNESS." I do not know very much about army and navy matters, nor do I believe the average citizen knows much of these matters. But common sense forces me to the conclusion that our country is not in a position to offer any serious opposition to an invading army, such as Germany or any one of the great nations of Europe could send against us. It has been said that the city of New York has a police force almost as great as our standing army. If this be so, our standing army is but a skeleton of what it should be. Certainly with an increasing population, with the vast increase in wealth, with the fact that we are already occupying an unenviable place in the eyes of the other nations are sufficient reasons for us to at least make a fair show of being prepared. When the present conflict in Europe is over, if we continue to remain out of the conflict, the very fact that we have gotten rich upon the conditions existing in those warring countries will place us in a still more serious position. Our treasures, unguarded, will tempt the nations of the world. We may not be wise in it; there may Vid nr\ comaiio --2 ? ? - WW ?iv uvuvuo icaouu ill UUI View OI it, but we are most assuredly in favor of national preparedness, and we believe in making haste in the preparation. Yes, let us be "wise as j?<jrpents and harmless as doves"?it is not unchristian nor unreasonable. THE LITTLE CHILDREN. The Times editor greets each one of the dear boys and girls who have! sent in a "Santa Claus" letter. Each letter, not published last week, is given here this week. None has been left out except two or three that were written as a joke and one that some little fellow forgot to sign. I trust ! "Old Santa" will bring to each one of I you just the things you have asked ' for. Already your letter has reached the proper authorities, and your good friend, Santa Claus, knows your wishes. Dear little friends, the Times extends to each of you hest wishes for a Merry Christmas. Your father, mother, bit; brother and sister, your friends?indeed, everybody wishes you a Merry Christmas. It would be a lonely world without you, and a very unhappy world. Yes, we wish you prreat happiness; Tin horns, drums, firecrackers, dolls, doll carriages, candy, nuts, fruits, raisins?we trust all will have the greatest abundance. I wish to caution you about one or two things. Do not try to eat all the candy, fruits and nuts in one day. It might make some of you sick. That would be too bad. Another thing: Don't forget that there may be some little boy or girl that Santa Claus will overlook. See to it that you divide with any such little people that you nay know of. And, without meaning to preach you a serman, let me say that I hope every one of you will be obedient to your parents during?the coming year. I hope you will grow up to be good men and women, and it is a very fine bepinninp for a boy or pirl to be a pood boy or pirl. A pood boy or pirl is a fine prospect for a pood man or woman, Cod bless each of you. IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS? Is there a "real, truly Santa Claus"? This old time question keeps coming up, year after year, Christmas after Christmas. It seems that the matter will never be fully settled. Some folks say: "No, there is no such person." Others say: "Yes, there is a Santa Claus." Now what are we to do about it? If we say "Yes," some selfish, smart fellow will say: "Have you ever seen him?" Or he will say: "I never saw him, and I don't believe there is any such person." Is there a Santa Claus? That's the question. When pressed for an answer, I say: "Yes, there is a Santa Claus?for some people." It is true, there is no Santa Claus for some peo- _ pie. I'll tell you why; they put him T to death?killed him, and that's the reason there is, for them, no Santa Claus. Who is Santa Claus? Where does he stay? What does he look like? Does he come in a sleigh? Is he a little round man, loaded with toys and covered with fur? Well, let me see?I must use some big words, so as to seem to say something when really I have not. I am reminded of the definition a friend of mine gave of a ghost. He said: "A ghost is cnmnf Viinrr fhnf unvfViinf* xmf WV...W?.....6 Vl-v ???? V "i?J V1?1I.R, JVV I ( goes around scaring: the life out of everything." That's it. Santa Claus is something: that is nothing but goes around making everybody happy. Yes, there is a Santa Claus. He does not always wear the same clothes. He does not always fulfil the expectations of everybody. He is the Essence of Good Will, finding expression in the j heart and life of those who are unselfish and kind. He finds his best | wishes running towards the children. V They are his chief pets, and so it j should be. Yes, there is a Santa J Claus. v ]| THE BURDEN OF THE MASTER. We hear much about the burden of the servant, little about the burden \ of the master. The employee is often j spoken for and finds a friend in the politician, the philanthropist and the reformer. But the employer has to j fight his own battles, bear his own ) burdens, keep his own counsel?and his task is not an easy one. He may get more money for what he does, but the demands upon him are proportion- | ately great. He may not earn his ! bread by the "sweat of his brow," lit- i orally; but he does earn it by the burden which his soul has upon it. I His responsibility never ceases. He J cannot turn away from the store, shop, j mill or farm with the same care-free i mind that the employee feels. For he ' knows only too well the dangers that ] lurk in the shadows ahead; he realizqj}, j too, that misfortunes, when they come, j fall directly upon him. A broken plow* ' , ?it is not much; a load of hay al- J lowed to spoil after being cut?a wil-, i ful cow or horse trampling down the '!j grain?these are small; each in it-. ^ self is a minor loss, but in every j .case the loss falls not upon the la- ( borer, but upon the landlord. A few. rotten apples in a barrel?a dozen bananas "gone bad?a half-dozen cans of meats spoiled?a few busheb j of corn that gets musty?each thin? j a minor thing, but in every case it 5 not the loss of the clerk; the whop loss falls upon the proprietor pt t?J store. A damaged piece -111 j JaX < caused by the peiky rat^a few of shoes grown to be a bit out .of style?a yard of ribbon soiled by too careless handling?these are njinor things, and each item is of small value ?but the loss, if loss there be, falls not upon the clerk, but upon the owner of the . usiness. A few bad accounts, each small in itself?but not one falls upon the clerk; the aggregate falls upon the concern. I have reached the deliberate conclusion that it is more often the employer than the employee who deserves and needs commiseration, comfort and help. He toils without ceasing. His vacation is not with- ' out the constant remembrance of possible disaster at home, if, indeed, he has any vacation. Most men who are today carrying on the world's enterprises and the world's commerce, the men who are bearing the full brunt of life's battles are not the employees; _ it is the employer; not the wage earner but the wage payer. It is true the I working man has his woes; he has, 1 also, at least sometimes, a very much I magnified idea of his hardships. He ?L j often feels that his lot is hard and longs for an exchange of place with his employer. lie often feels that he could step into the said employer'-; shoes and run the "shebang" far better than the "bone-headed boss" runs it. Poor fool, he little knows to what stern battles that same "head man" is often put. He does not realize, as . one really informed knows quite well, that he would have the whole thing in a seething sea of trouble in two winks were he entrusted with the directing of affairs. It is hard for the porter who washes the windows to D Took without envy upon the bank president sitting at his desk. He probably wonders why the porter gets 01 six dollars a week and the president P1 a hundred. "There's a reason" and a very good one. And the whole advantage does not rest with the president, even tnen. M sepiyaiatfnmaetaocm I even then. He is payinpr a price which the other man has not the capacity p to pay. But it is a price, neverthc- J less. Ii1 ? ai Union, S. C? Dec. 20, 1915. m Dear Santa Claus: tc Please brintf me a Meccano, cost one dollar and a air frun cost one dollar some caps one necklace some shots d cost one neckle. Yours truly, Ned Wa^non. ? cl Union, S. C., Dec. 20, 1915. a Dear Santa Claus: .ai I am a little fcirl nine years old. Pj Please bring me a pretty doll and car- 8' riage and fur set and all kind of fruit al bring me some Xmas picture*. Sarah Farr. Established 1884 Thirty-two Ye To the PeopU Union | We thank yoi patronage you ha past thirty-two ye, to deserve it. W ness for the nex We will try faithfi please you. Our prices and teed and we will your money if any us does not pleas( [ Bailey Furnitui T. E. BAILEY, Pres. Mgr. Fur. Dept. ? Friends 2 Both Old and New A Merry Christmas A and a V Prosperous New Year <|? We Wish To You t Yours truly, <! McClure 10c Co. I I V A^A ^4. A^A Jl^A A^A A^A AL f^T V^T T||y ; T PTTFD Q T/^Y Union, S. . JLlHi X X EiXYO X My clearest Santy Had you though ) so near. I was I had bettor write <?v^ boy five years old _)r' yT TV dergarten and I li ~?jr ,/^xfjt 1 Miss Brown is so s U 1 an(' * have tried ^4 so you would corr jf\C a little waggon w harp, a horn a ho mules in it and Sedalia, S. C., Dec. 17, 1915. like to bring. I wi ear Old Santa: and nuts and dor I am a little girl nine years old. I |ives 'n the cc ) to school sometime. I want some ae** Xmas. Wish anges, candy, apples, dishes and a ana a nappy new ano. I want some raisins, a big doll ' our ith curly hair, a little stove, doll bed id Christmas book. Don't forget my . ttle sister. Good by, Santa. Union ,S. e. ,, , Dear Santa Claus Stella Bobo. n. , . Please bring m Sedalia S C Dec 17 1915 bed brinp me a { Sedalia, S. C? Uec. 1/, 191&. of frujt ftnfJ nuts ear Santa Claus: ery (jay an(j fn I want you to bring me a harp, a seven years old I 1 ttle gun, apples, oranges, candy, nuts er8 bring them s< id raisins. I also want you to bring forget to bring e a sweater and something to wear something. Your 1 school . Hoke Bennett. , Cross Keys, S.. C., Dec. 17, 1915. Dear Santa Claus ?ar Santa: Please bring m I want a bicycle and some fire an^ some overshoe lackers. I want my little brother BOJne "ribbon f?r wapon and a ball, candy, raisins, or- sc|100 ve,y ( aY 8 W<s and all othe^ things, a slave to month' ?y ball with. Brinp: my little cou- *? ( *om? Its a dolly, a little bussy and horse, ?" klndfl* !a ball too. Your little friend, A black eye in Pierce Bishop. natufe?the other I Incorporated 1901 ars in Business < ? of Union and County: 11 sincerely for the Me given us in the 3rs. We have tried 'e solicit your busit thirty-two years, illy and honestly to | w '1 goods are guaranF cheerfully refund thing you buy from ; YOU. -e & Lumber Co. R. L. McNALLY, Treas. Mgr. Lumber Dept. ?*?"***| - ^ > - ' ? I *? | ..YOUR.. | CHRISTMAS | GIFT :|l IS HERE! V If it is for a Man or Boy. ? Suits, Overcoats, Shirts, Col, CM Dec. 20. 1915. lars, Neckwear, Combinaafraid tyoinduibeam\ tion Sets, Umbrellas, Walkand go to"the^kin- ing Canes, New Stetson ke to go so well for , . , r , weet and kind to mc Hats and lots ot other useso hard to he good . ?i le. And now i will ful presents. The time is nt. First is a drum, dth a horse to it. a short, so call early and let us x of all kind of an- . # anything else you assist you in making your ant all kind of fruits it for pet grandma Selection, luntry. I am to see you a Merry Xmas as.. inymii Marvin Mack well. 11 la E Vllivil C., Dec. 20, 1915. le a little doll and 01 OTUI^O easet and all kinds wLU I H I lv 0 I go to school evne first grade I am lave too little broth- OA >me thing too don't 1 II father and mother \ ||Ui friend, Lucile Farr. __ ... D. W. Mullinax, Mgr. te a pair of gloves is and a bracelet and ? my hair. I go to tj ind get on the honor 1 Please don't forget ^ I i nuts and fruits of IMKaI ngly, M3$ t roline Whisenant. J dicates a revengeful fellow's. HttMRMl \ / ' . I v