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THE UNION. TIMES m VOL. LXV. NO. 53. UKIpy. S. CM FI^AY, DECEMBElt 31, W 15 #1.00 A YEAH. NATIONAL DEFENSE THE ISSUE I Roosevelt Believes in Preparedness?To Be Unprepared is to Invite Destruction?Might, the Servant of Right, Must Oppose Might, the Servant of Wrong. Washington, Dec. 29.?A paper by Theodore Roosevelt on "Social Values and National Existence" furnished a theme for an animated discussion today before the American Sociological Society in annual session here. It was read by Professor Edward A. Ross, of the University of Wisconsin, president of the society. "Infinitely the most important fact to remember in connection with the war and militarism in relation to moral and social events," wrote Mr. Roosevelt, "is that if an unscrupulous, "\var-like and' militaristic nation is not held in check by the warlike ability of a neighboring non-militaristic and well-behaved nation, then the latter will be spared the* necessity of dealing with moral and social values' 1 because it won't be allowed to deal with anything. "It seems to me positively comic to fail to appreciate, with the example | of Belerium before our av?<s tViof tVio real question which modern peace loving nations have to face is not j how the militaristic or warlike spirit wiwin their own borders will affect these 'values.' but how failure on their part to resist the militarism of an un- , scrupulous neighbor will affect them." Mr. Roosevelt referred to mediaeval Persia and Russia and to modern China, Korea and Armenia to show ; what happened to nations wkhich ap plied practically the theories fof pacifists. - ?l "There ae well-meaning people," read the letter, utterly incapable of learning any lesson taught by history, xf thfr 'country into an occidental China ?the kind of China which every in- ; telligent Chinaman of the present day is seeking to abolish. There are ) f plenty of politicians, by no means as we"-meaning, who find it to their pro fit to pander to the desire common to most men to live softlv and easily and vaoid risks and effort. Timid and lazy men, men absorbed in money . getting, men absorbed in ftte and luxury, and all soft and slouthful people naturally hail with delight anybody who will give them high sounding names behind which to cloak their unwillingness to run risks or to toil and endure. Emotional philanthropists to whom thinking is a distasteful form of mental exercise, enthusiastically champion this attitude." . Discussing the mental confusion of the average citizen who thinks war in itself is wrong, Mr. Roosevelt wrote that war could be defined as the use of force between nations and that the question of whether it, was right or , wrong depended purely upon the puroose for which and the spirit in which ( it was waged. "There are, of course, persons who , believe all force is immoral and that ] it, is immoral to resist wrong doing by force," he added. "I have never taken much interest in individuals who profess this kind of morality, and T do not know the extent to which thoy practically apply it. But of course if they are right in the theory, 1 . then it is wrong for a man to en- 1 f deavor by force to save his wi'fe or sister or daughter from rape or other , j abuse, or to save his children from ab- ^ duction and torture. It is a waste of time to discuss with any man a position of such folly, wickedness and 1 p* poltroonery." "At present in this world, and for the immediate future," wrote Col. , Roosevelt in conclusion, "it is certain that the only way successfully to op- < pose the might which is the servant ( t of wrong is by means of the might which is the servant of right." CHARLES-GOLSON. 1 Miss Vera Charles and John R. Golson, both of Union, were married ( Thursday evening in the presence of relatives and friends at the parsonage by the Rev. David W. Kellar of * the Green Street Methodist church. (. The bride has for the past two weeks ? been visiting her sister, Mrs. Miles ) Wood, on Barnwell street. Mr. Golson holds a responsible position with 1 the Union branch of the Southern ' Cotton OilV^ pipany and also has 1 farming interests near St. Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. Golson will spend the holidays with relatives of Mr. Golson in St. Matthews, after which they will , ?o at home to their friends on South. , street, Union.?The State. j These young neoDle have hosts of friends in this cify who wish for them ] long life and mqch happiness. ( ifeA... . * DIPLOMATIC BREAK IMMINENT. Austria's Reply Not Likely to Prove Satisfactory?Situation Grave, It is Said. Washington, Dec. 28.?Unofficial advices received here today conformed with intimations from abroad that Austria's forthcoming reply to the Ancona ^iote will fail to meet the demands of the United States, and Teutonic circles here were authoritatively represented as being prepared for a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries. Various developments, it was agreed, might avoid such an eventually k.it 4.U. i. 1 mj f *suv nunc vi buc luuiiitr prupusais which it has been intimated the Vienna foreign office might advance have been regarded so far as coming within Secretary Lansing's renewal or the demands for disavowal, reparation and punishment of the submarine commander who sunk the Ancdrta, with the loss of more than a dozen American lives. Now that the situation, after being dormant nearly two weeks, is again beginning to take on the aspects of a crisis, the status of the negotiations of the United States over submarine warfare against merchantmen, not with Austria alone, but with the Teutonic Powers as allies, is commanding attention. No Assurance From Austria. Although Germany has given the United States assurances that she will conform to the principle of visit and search before attack, the practices against which the United States so vigorously contended are being carried on now by her ally, and it has been charged that the Austrian submarines are in some instances furnished by Germany, and in others are officered and manned by the German navy. Such a situation, it is being pointed out, amounts to practically a defeat of the submarine negotiations with Germany. Furthermore, the impasse in the Lusitania negotiations becomes a factor in the situation. It .is admitted that the United States senreelv poll ronnoof A to conduct submarine warfare in its relation to the rights of neutrals in a manner different from that permitted to Germany. Meaning of "Liner"? Germany has admitted her obligation pot to sink (liners without giving warning and maKiR& provision forthe safety of passengers and crews providing there was no resistance. So far no agreement has been reached as to the exact meaning of the word liners. The Germans hold it is applicable to vessels carrying passengers alone and plying between certain ports on regular schedules. The State department's view has been that the terms include any merchant ship belonging to a regular steamship line, but no issue has been made of the differing interpretations because Germany has undertaken to use such precautions as may be consistent with the use of the submarine, to warn tnerchantment. and to insure thr? onfotw of the passengers and crew, provided these are not a part of the military establishment of the enemy. ^ The demand of the United States upon Austria in connection with the Ancona case is broader than any German admission, being based upon the contention that international law. The Hague conventions and the declaration of London all require warning before sinking a vessel, and insurance of the safety of the passengers and crew, even when the vessel is of belligerent ownership, and where she does not eomply with German ideas of the term liner. Austrian Submarines Active. The Austrian government has not admitted any such obligations and recent events in the Mediterranean iniicate that her submarine commanders are sinking merchantmen without warning and without inquiry as to whether they carry neutral passengers. So far no explanation beyond that of military necessity has been offered. Unless the expected note from that government snould amount to a sudlen and total severance of diplomatic relations, it is expected in official luarters that the Austrian foreign office will seek to justify its methods, perhaps adopting one of the original German contentions in the Lusitania case, that the appearance of the submarine as a weapon of war has introluced new problems and not only justified, but demanded a departure from the old rules. STOLE SET OF HARNESS. "Pluce" Hayes, colored, was arrestid by Chief of Police Evans Wedneslay, charged with steading a set of harness from Dr. McElroy some six weeks ago. The police found the harness in the possession of Cordoza Hampton, Hampton claiming to have purchased them from "Pluce." Both parties will be tried in police court. "I). A. R." CHAPTER TO MEET. Fair Forest Chapter, D. A. R., will meet Tuesday afternoon, January 4th, it 3:30 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. F. H. Gamer, South street. The hostesses for the occasion are Mrs. J. F. Matheson. Mrs. H. K. Smith ind Mrs. F. H. Garner. 7 . . V TWENTY ALLOWED | BY CONGRESS Number Battleships Recortmended by Congress During Past 12 Years Far Under Reqi^est of Naval Board, Which Asked for Forty-two During That Period. Washington, Dec. 29.?While th# navy board has recommended *he L construction of forty-two battleships (luring the last 12 years and secre- I taHes of the navy have reduced them to 29, congress has authorized on)? 20. These figures are disclosed in Um sumhiary of recommendations mad# by the board and by the secretaries published as an appendix to Secretaig, Daniels' annual report. In 1903 the general board lai'd dowil ' the policy that the fleet should cov? sist of 48 battleships of the first lioV by 1919, a policy to which it ha|j faithfully adhered to up to this yea* when they abandoned specific figui^fl and declared the fleet should equa the strongest afloat by no later thaw 1925. The board urged twp ships in 1903 and one was authorized. next year it urged three ships to mal(e up the deficiency jjnd two were auj$ thorized. In 1907 ft recommend* four ships, a figure to which it hWf. clung until this year when four dreaMf naughts and four battle cruisers orHfl total of eight ships, were asked for. 1 With the exception of three yotS during this period the Cyretaries hlti* ! reduced the board's proposals by q/m or two ships. With the exception?* five years, congress eliminated'** least one ship from each year's Magf ommendation by the secretary and.fB | wishes of the board have been in? four ship programs having been .jHu i to one ship each year on three.^H 1 casions'. A NARROW ESCAPE. 9 Mr. James A. McWhirter, maiMNK< of Ihc Union R?Mfr narrow ?s?ape from a senous aXcfW dent Monday morning when his cuj owing to imperfect brakes, collided 1 with a shifting freight train attheji Southern crossing. Mr. McWhirter L and two colored workmen who wotp I. in the car, jumped to safety. The car was slightly damaged. SALVATION ARMY GIVES CHRISTMAS DINNER. The Salvation Army, under the' leadership of Envoy and Mrs. D. T. McAbee, collected, prepared and (^>livered 35 Christmas baskets to^^s many families here Christmas day. To , each one of the 35 families a basket ; with tempting viands, ready for the table, was given out. A generous supply of fruits and nuts was included in each basket. The number of meals given was 1 875, the 35 baskets containing suf- < ficient food for a family of eight for , < two days. Each basket contained: One'? chicken, 1 can tomatoes, 1 can corn, 1 j J can hominy or pork and beans, 1 can ; < coffee, 1 can milk, 1 can syrup, 1 hot- 11 tie pickles, 1 jar jelly, 1 package 1 crackers, 1 package cake, sugar, rice. 1 sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, 1 loaf J bread, apples, oranges, nuts, raisins 1 an 1 1 "War Cry," the Salvation Army \ paper. The good work of Mr. and Mrs. Mc- f Abee has> the hearty endorsement of J the people of Union. 1 A ELKS PLAY SANTA CLAITS. t 1 The B. P. O. Elks of this city played 1 Santa Claus to numbers of families j T>l -1-1 - w..i.otmas uvc. incy proviuea sun- e stantial food, fruit, nuts and candies t for the Christmas dinners and filled the stockings of many little children c that otherwise would have been emp- t ty. This organization is very charita- s ble and every year spends large sums i of money to bring cheer and happiness t POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE WED TUESDAY EVENING. f Miss Ledbetter Becomes Bride of Mr. j Wiley Sanders?Honeymoon Spent s in "Land of Flowers." Miss Kelly I.edbetter and Mr. J. j Wiley Sanders were quietly married ; Tuesday evening, December 28th, at ( the home of Mr. arid Mrs fi R ^a.. T ders. The ceremony was read by N Rev. J. F. Matheson,' pastor of the t Presbyterian church. y Immediately following the* cere- )r mony Mr. and Mrs. Sanders left on N the evening train for Jacksonville and f other points of interest in Florida. t Mrs. Sanders is a young woman of j charming personality and splendid t mental endowment. She is of the ( blonde type and very attractive. 1 Mr. Sanders is a member of the , firm of Sanders Bros., and is much , esteemed by his business associates < and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders, after a honeymoon sojourn, will go to housekeep- ! ing on S. Mountain street. < . ' t SECY. KENNEDY'S NEW YEAR CARD > Calls Upon Business Men to Boost Their City?Urges That Everybody Unite in Efforts to Bring New Enterprises and New People. Make the Coming Year the Best Ever. Union. S. C., Dec. 29, 1915. tLet our slogan for 1916 be "Union "irst." Give your home business OUSeft th?? first onnnrtnnitir 4onnnli. VJ your wants before trying to buy elsewhere. Make your wants known to the home concerns, and if they can not supply you they may add the articles you want to their line and thereby improve their stock of floods. If the merchants have found it unprofitable to carry in stock the goods y0U want, then give them an opportunity to order the goods for you. The merchant can buy cheaper than you and make a legitimate profit and at the same time Bell you the same goods cheaper than vou can buy elsewhere. Give the home concerns all of your business so ; as to enable th'em to carry stocks of j goods you will be proud of. Let everybody start to "Boost Un- ] ion" New Year's Day, and say something good about your town every sue- j cceding day for 365 days. When we , say everybody we mean every inhabi- J tant of our town regardless of age, , sex or vocation. We want the mothsrs to tea<fh the children to tell the ] good things about their town. You | will enjoy it more, like it more, feel better, and be more prosperous if you , will speak well of your town. ( You are urged to use every effort tii yuur command to oring people to ] Union. You might interest some one in building a small factory of some kind or perhaps to purchase a farm in the county by telling some of the ad- < vantages of your town and county. If 1 very person in Union would cause < i?i*)ther to move here and do some- "1 wouldn't "Our Town Grow."? j of Commerce can . ^oFservice to you in any way do not njuftnte to call on us. J j A. G. Kennedy, 1 Secretary. OF INTEREST HERE. 9Frank E. McC.ravy is at home to ] Hfend Christmas with his mother, lie rived Wednesday from Campbellsvllle, Ky., where he has been engaged Hi) a meeting as evangelistic singer for mree weeks. For several weeks he vas in Louisiana on this last engage- 1 inent, and he next goes to Fairfield, < 111., thence to Valparaiso, Ind. He i Drill be at home only about ten days. I -Laurensville Herald. 1 ) MAY-VAN PATTEN WEDDING. ' * Of interest to a wide circle of friends in the Carolinas and Virginia occurred yesterday afternoon at '> >'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L E. Coniffee on North Caldwell street when Miss Annie May, sister 1 if Mrs. Coniffee, became the bride of i VIr. Earle V an Patten. The ceremony ; vas performed by Rev. W. M. Vinos, < lastor of the First Baptist chuvh In < ;he presence'of a number of the Cam- < ly and a number of friends of the ?ride and groom. s The Coniffee home was beautifully lecorated for the occasion, a color lote of white and green predominatng\ and being artistically combined vith the holiday note of ivy and mis- ' letoo. Mrs. Walter Myers at the ( >iano rendered the wedding march 1 'rom Lohengrin, as the bride and 1 troom entered the parlor and Pvorik's "Humoresque" during the cerenony. The bridal couple received an array t >f valuable and handsome gifts, tmong them a line cut glass water j ervice from the Southern Public Util- ( ties Company, with which company , he groom has been connected for sev sral years. Mr. and Mrs. Van Patten . eft immediately after the ceremony or Norfolk, Va., to visit Mr. Van Patay's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Van Latten. They^will return to Charlotte ifter the holidays and will reside here. 1 The bride is a daughter of the late s leorge C. May of Union, S. C., and ( drs. May ,who now resides here. Miss ( day has been in Charlotte for the mst two years, during which time she nade many friends. She is a young voman of marked beauty and atractiveness of the blonde type and of j vinning personality. She wore last l light a travelling suit of brown cloth j vith hat to match and a corsage bouiuet of Parma violets. Mr. Van Patei^ is a young business man of abil- ' ty and is held, in high esteem by mem- j >ers of the Southern Public Utilities ' <o., which whom he holds a responsiile position in the auditing departnent, and also a wide host of friends 5 vhich he made during his stay in charlotte.?Charlotte News. Miss Ina McNally, who teaches at i Sumter,, is visiting relatives in the 1 ;ity during the holidays. 1 DOUBLE TRAGEDY. / Supposed Murder or Suicide?Alleged Perpetrator of Crime a Pardoned J Convict. (News and Courier). Columbia, Dec. 28.?Ada Geddings, a white woman about 20 years of age, was found lying on Sumter street early this morning by Policeman Lee, with her throat cut from ear to ear. Her body was cold when found. In a rear bed room of this women's house the dead body of Ed White, the night fireman at the State House, was found ,a gash in the throat showing that the severing of a jugular vein put an end to his life. The theory of the police is that White killed the woman in p fit of jealous rage and then committed suicide. White was paroled from the State penitentiary on March 5, 1913, by Gov. Blease, after serving part of a life sentence for murder. He was convicted in the Richland county court un niarcn au, i?yy, ot the murder of a white woman, and on a recommendation to mercy by the jury was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was about 40 years of ape and in the past few months had served as nipht fireman at the capitol. The Geddinps woman had White arrested by the police on a charpe of disorderly conduct, and he was fined for this offence in the record's court yesterday morninp, which fine he paid. The woman said he had threatened her life with a pistol. It is stated that i pistol was found in the dead woman's trunk by the police today. The body of the woman was found in the street in front of her home about .*>:4o o'clock this morninp. The lead man was an inoffensive lookinp A-hite man and the double trapedy caused considerable interest here this morninp. It took place in the fiOO dock of Sumter street. White is survived by an aped mother, who is prostrated by the trapedy. ENTERTAINED IN HONOR OF REV. ANI) MRS. E. S. JONES. The ladies of Grace Methodist ;hurch entertained at a larpe reeep:ion Wednesday eveninp at the home >f Mr. and Mrs. J. Clouph Wallace, in onmnlimsnf in ??* ? r w vucti new JJUhLUl and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. E. S. J'*nes. l..-- - ? The home was artistically decorated For the occasion and receiving: with Rev. and Mrs. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, were the ministers of the different church and their wives. Delicious refreshments were served md number of people called during the evening to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Jones to our community. MOVES TO CHESTERFIELD. Rev. J. K. Hair has resigned his ivork at Cross Anchor and moved to Chesterfield. He bep^s work on his new field January 1st. Mr. Hair is well known in Union, liaving served the Second Baptist ^hurch for several years and his Friends here wish for him continued success. JUNIOR BARACAS ENTERTAIN. The Junior Baptist church entertained their Friends at a banquet Thursday evening1 in the church parlors. These young men have established a "c ustom if having a banquet during the holiiays and invitations to this event are jagerly sought. Mr. J. K. ,Hamblin is the teacher mil the class is a large one. ROOKUS-RHIXEH At * \ \v A > Mr. A. V. Rogers and Mis?. Annie Rhinehart of Buffalo. S. (\, were quietly married by Rev. I.. 1.. Wagnon it his residence in Union, S. (\. Wednesday, December 22, 1915. SELES TO SON. Mr. J. .1. Eison has sold out his in.erest in the J. J. Eison and Co. gio ory store, below Excelsior mills, to lis son, Mr. J. I.. Eison, who will ontinue the business at the old stand. Mr. Eison, after selling his nterest, H?ft for Florida to snend the winter. SHYTLES-FARR. Miss Myrtle Farr and Mr. B. II. Shytles of Union were quietly married it the home of Rev. L. L. Wagnon, ,he officiating minister, in Union, S. D., Christmas day, 1915. ALLEN-SIMMS. Miss Jennie Simms and Mr. Doss x lien, of Buffalo, S. C., were united n marriage of the evening of Deeemjer 25th, 1915, by Rev. L. L. Wagnon, it his home in Union, S. C. Rev. Leon M. Hall, of Trinity Colege, is visiting his father, Mr. J. N. Hall, for the Xmas holidays. Mr. Hall s now in the junior class at Trinity. Mr. I). J. Fant, railroad engineer md popular speaker, passed through Union Monday on his^way to Atlanta from an engagement in Columbia. Mr. Fant is in great demand as a speaker , md finds time now and then, from his work to make addresses. He has maintained a mission worker in China for i DISPENSARES OF "?iob ^r,n" ?LOSED Dec. 29, the Last Day?Closing Was by Order of the r" A? 11 * * < v^uumy ?oara ror furpose of Stock Taking and Because Their Commissions Expired on That Day. The Union county dispensaries were closed here Wednesday at <? o'clock p. m., Dec. 29. The county dispensary board ordered the closing at fhis time for the reason that their commissions expired on the 29th of. this month, and they ordered the dispensaries closed at that time. Stock taking and checkin gout the employees law allowed the dispensaries to operate. This closes out the salaried employees at the end of a month, thus avoiding additional expense in that way. The stock on hand is less than most people thought there would he. The stock taking has not been completed and it is not known just what amount is 011 hand. There will probably be seven or eight thousand dollars worth of liquor on hand. It will be a matter for the degislature to decide as to wnat will be done with the left-over stock. All obligations of the dispensary have been met; the money on hand will amount to some twenty-five thousand dollars, and after all expenses are mc$ the schools, city and county, will each receive a third. It was rumored here Wednesday that finvprnnf \1 pnn!"<> ?1 1 nau UlUCIVU the dispensaries close that day. Such was not the case; the county board acted in the matter, as above stater, upon their own volition. HOLCOMB-HETENBAlTC.il. Mr. Rufus T. Holcomb and Miss Mary lietenbaunh of South Union, were quietly married in the presence of a few intimate friends at the home of Rev. L. L. Wagnon, the officiating & minister, Frfday night, December 24, /1015, at Union, S. C. MOVES TO 1,1 M BURTON. Mr. and Mrs. I,. S. Townsend and family will leave this week for l,umberton, N. C., whore they will make their home in the future. They have heen a part of the church and social life of this community for a number of years and it is with regret that we give them up. The good wishes of the people will follow them to their new home. DEATH OF AN AO El) LADY. On Sunday, Dec. 2(5t.h, "Grandma" Brown, wife of Newton J. Brown, died at her son's home at Ottaray. She was aohut 7ft or SO years of ai;e. She had heen in failing health for several years. She is survived by her husband, one son and one daughter. Fun eral services were conducted by D. W. Garvin and she was buried at Mt. Toy. She had been a member of the Methodist church for about 00 years. The sympathy of the community is with the bereaved. APPROACHING MARIO \GK. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. T. Ravenscroft have announced the engagement of their daughter, Sophia, to Mr. George Royster, the marriage to be celebrated on Saturda yevening, January the Episcopal church. The bride is the eldest daughter Mr. and Mrs. Ravenscroft and is a young woman of exceptional abili and charm. Mr. Royster is a rising young business man and is held in hij^-h esteem. ROBBED WINDOW. A burglar smashed the plate glass in one oT the front windows of StoneJones Hardware Co. Monday and stole a revolver therefrom. The robbery occurred directly under one of the lamp posts of the "White Way." MOTHER GOOSE PARTY. The Jefferson Davis Chapter, Children of the Confederacy, held a Mother (loose party Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Macbeth Younjr. The directress, Mrs. James W. Mixson, was dressed as Mother Goose and the children represented "Red Riding Hood," "Little Boy Blue," Jack Horn, Ole King Cole, Mrs. Mary, quite Contrary and a great variety of gnomes and fairies were at the party and participated in the fun. All of Mother Goose's children sang Dixie and the Bonnie Blue Flag and little Red Riding Hood and Ole King Cole gave several recitations and songs. i Ices and cake were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Dan Wallace, Mrs. McNally and Mrs. Ella D. Rodger. Jl