Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE UNION TIMES i ; PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY ' 1 TIMES BUILDING. MAIN STREET 1 BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor i . 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 Thro*1 Months .25 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 ' s ?a. s ? r n r,very subsequent insertion ,?u 1 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 191<>. It is with no small degree of pride that we make mention of the fact that we have added 109 new names to our mail lost during the past six days. How did we do it? That is our own secret. Hut the fact remains, 109 new names in one week. We feel quite much gratified over the achievement. At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday evening the spirit of good fellowship was very much in evidence. This is a good sign. When the whole people come together in the various movements for the development of our city, we will see great things accomplished. . The spirit of cooperation leads to the accomplishment of results. The people who are worth while to a community are not always the ones most conspicuous. The real builders are modest men and women?people who have little desire for glory and who fill faithfully the place in which their lot is cast. The foundation of all real progress is moral rather than material, it cannot oe estimated in dollars, nor reduced to any definite set of rules. Character, rather than actions must lie at the foundation of real progress, true prosperity. It seems likely that the legislature will pass the bill making it a straight chaingang offense for selling whiskey . illegally. That is the one string that is needed to make prohibition prohibit. The law will have teeth that will make it a thing to be reckoned with. So long as the seller of illicit whiskey can, by the payment of a fine, get out of the clutches of the law, just so long will unscrupulous men, dead to all ; moral sense, ply the trade. The straight chaingang sentence is the , thing. It will do the work. L } . GOOD ROADS' BOND ISSUE. The subject of good roads was again agitated at a meeting of the 'Chamber of Commerce Wednesday ; evening, and a committee was ap pointed to take the matter up with ithe county delegation and urge that rthe matter of a bond issue be left to the vote of the people at an early day. The consensus of opinion expressed at the recent meeting was that the bond issue would carry provided the bill was properly framed and the right men appointed to carry out the building plans. That there has been a v6ry considerable change in sentiment on this question cannot be doubted. Many who opposed the former movement have come to see the matter in a different litrht. Then. too. the obiec tionable features ip the movement before can be largely eliminated, for experience is a great teacher. That our people desire good roads is admitted by all. That the needs are gradually coming to be more fully realized cannot be doubted. The thoughtful people, both merchant and farmer, mill man and mechanic who thinks for himself, wants good roads. The man who (loes not want good roads is a freak or a fool. It is all a -question of how to get them and whether we are able to pay for them. I do not know just what plan is in the mind of others, but I would, personally, be in favor of allowing each township to settle the question for itself. If Union township wants good roads strong enough to vote and pay for them, let Union township go ahead and vote a bond issue or an additional tax levy and build its roads. So with all other townships in the county. Tt might be possible to allow the county to vote on two plans, one the town ship unit plan and the other the county unit plan. If the majority over the whole county vote for the building of roads, that would settle the matter. If a township here and there throughout the county voted for roads, then let those townships so voting go ahead and build their roads. There is no justice in compelling a township that wants good roads and is willing to pay for them being held back by a township that opposes good roads. It would be better to have the whole county build good roads. But if this is impracticable, let each township that desires good roads go ahead and build. Men who shake hands the hardest are the hardest to shake. Pride keeps more people down than actual want. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. I Charleston, Jan. 17.?The biggest C Sunday school convention in the history of South Carolina will be held in the Citadel Square Baptist church, this city, May 3, 4 and 5. The convention is an i'nterdenomina- I tional event, and will be participated c in by not less than 1,000 delegates, I representing schools of all denomina- ? tions throughout the State. Charles- s ton is making great plans to entertain 1 the visitors. At a recent meeting a program of preparation was adopted, t committees were appointed on enter- I tainment, finance, music, publicity and ^ other details. It is announced that i free entertainment will be provided i for one pastor, a superintendent and ? three delegates from every Sunday ( school of the State, and it is hoped ^ that all of the 3,000 schools of the State will be represented. The con- < vention was brought to Charleston 1 through enthusiastic meetings of local 1 Sunday school workers, the invitation i being extended through J. D. Cappel- < man, president of the county asso- < ciation, and Mayor T. T. Hyde, super- 1 intendent of the Citadel Square Sun- 1 day school, who is also president of' < the the South Carolina Sunday School j association. Reduced railroad rates have been applied for, and negotia- 1 tions are on for the operation of spec- i ial trains from the upper section ol 1 the State. The convention will hold morning, j afternoon and night sessions. The morning and night sessions will be mainly inspirational; the afternoon 1 sessions will be devoted to "schools of < method" for the practical discussion t of every phase of Sunday school work. The convention will carry out j the purpose of the association, which ] is to develop in a cooperative way, ^ more efficient Sunday school work. 1 Among the prominent speakers al- j ready announced for the convention is W. C. Pearce, of Chicago, adult division superintendent of the international association. He is one of the 1 leading Sunday school men of the country, is a forceful and brilliant speaker, and will appear at every session of the convention. It is stated j that under his leadership more than | five million men and women have been , brought into Sunday school work. ( PROVERBS AND PHRASES. The noblest mind the best content- i ment has.?Spenser. He is at no ends of his actions blest ' Whose ends will make him greatest, ^ and not best. , ?George Chapman. Silence is the perfectest herald of j joy; I were but little happy, if I could say how much.?Much Ado j About Nothing. ^ Unless above himself he can erest 1 himself, how poor a thing is man!? ' Samuel Daniel. An ambassador is an honest man I sent abroad to lie for the common- ' wealth.?Sir Henry Wotton. O woman, perfect woman! What distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil! ?John Fletcher. Smile was an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes.?Burion. Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness is goodness.? Athenaeus. SMALL FIRE. An outhouse belonging to the residence of Mrs. B. F. Foster, near the Presbyterian church, caught on fire early Sunday morning. The building contained nothing of great value, but was very close to valuable buildings. The fire was extinguished by the fire company before any serious damage was done. A drunken man riding in a crowded car rose to make way for a lady. A well-dressed young man standing near made a rush for the sea being vacated and got it instead of the woman. The boozy man started a moment at the fellow who had taken the sea, and then blurted out loud enough for all in the car to bear, "Young man, I am drunk, but thank the Lord I'll get over it. You are a hog, and you'll never get over it." SILVER TEA FRIDAY. The U. I). C. circle, of which Mrs. T. ('. Duncan, is chairman, will give a silver tea Friday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. W. I). Arthur on East Main street. Music by the best talent in Union will be furnished and refreshments served. Remember the date, Friday after noon, January 21st, at the residence of Mrs. W. D. Arthur. FINE BUILDING COMES DOWN. The pencil factory in Atlanta, in which little Mary I'hagan lost her life, and for which Leo Frank was lynched, is being torn down. Shortly after the murder, the pcnciV factory was moved and since that time the owners have been unable to rent the building at any price. Last summer j while on a business visit to Atlanta we passed the building in company 1 with an Atlanta business man, who remarked that it was "hoodooed" and 1 would never be rented. It is a hand- ^ some five-story building about the size 1 of Hotel Chiquola and is located in the I business district. Apparently the \ building is comparatively new and ] probably cost $100,000.?Farmers Tribune. i* JANDIT CHIEF SHOT TO DEATH. 3oL Bar a Valles Shot by a Firing ^ Squad?Bullets Penetrated His N Heart. 11 El Paso, Jan. 18.?Colonel Miguel 3ara Valles, bandit chief, who was aptured at Palomas, south of Colum>us, New Mexico, was executed at 5 'clock this morning by a firing squad it Juarez. Two bullets penetrated his leart. Bara Valles arrived last night on he train bearing the body of Jose Rodriguez. Valles was known as /ilia's executioner at Juarez. He was narched through the station where nany slept. Little interest was 5hown because executions were so 'requent during the final days of the /ilia rule. Proceedings were brief. The pris>ner declared he was not responsible for Villa's acts and begged to see Lhe general. The officer commandng the^firing squad said he had orlers to kill. He and the soldiers stepped close to Valles, firing pointblank at his heart. Hi's body was earned back to the station and lay uncov?red until after dawn, among sleepng men, women and children. Lieutenant Colonel Enrique Cisne os, captured last week with Valles, s being marched overland with eight "ollowers caught with him. Mexican officials say he will be sromntlv executed. No Quarters Will Be Given. General Jacinto Trevino declares all I mndits will he vigorously hunted I lown and no quarter given. He claims i ;o have 4,300 men in this vicinity. lv Bandits who looted Magistrate, an {A solated mining camp, near Rosaris, V Durango, took all visible supplies and \ varned foreigners that many would >e killed if they did not abandon the Mace. = TO PAY MAIL CARRIERS. PI Bill Introduced by Representative As- ^ well to Pay for Services 1860-61. or wi Washington, Jan. 18.?A bill direct- ea ng the treasury department to pay ar the amounts due mail contractors for th nail service performed for the Unit- pe id States in Virginia, North and co South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas from July 1, 1860, to May 31, 18(51, and in Kentucky, Mis- St souri and Tennessee from July 1, I860, to June 30, 1862, was introduced today by Representative Aswell of Louisiana. The bill appropriates ?225,000 for the purpose. Doctor Aswell's bill provides that ^ the amounts paid by the United ^ States and by the Confederate States governments and by the State of Arkansas out of the money belonging to the United States, as shown by the ^ ecords of the auditor for the post- co iffice department, shall not again be "J, Paid- _ Mfcy OWN YOUR CROP I INSTEAD OF OWE IT cit Food And Grain Crops Will Make bu Agricultural South Independent, 29 Says H. G. Hastings fQ Atlanta, Ga.?(Special.)?The credit system under which the agricultu- ar ral south works and stays poor is analyzed in a striking way by H. G. yt Hastings of Atlanta, chairman of the agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the executive council of the Southeastern Fair. He does not mince words in talking about the situation. "Every season during the last fifty years," he says, "there has been trouble in the cotton belt whenever the crop was large and the price low, or the crop short. Each time the cry of harH fimttu cnou tin *_j rwl tVin roe Am back of it is that the farmers cannot xr get enough money to pay their debts .. out of their so-called cash crop?cot- 13 ton. It is disheartening because it is so absolutely unnecessary. n? "A cotton farmer's debts are large- M ly for food and grain, charged up in against him on the merchants' books he at two to three times tile price that ce those same items could be produced sc on his own acres, and usually without serious interference with a crop of cot- M ton as large as he now makes. "The trouble is that most cotton y{ farmers owe their crop instead of sp owning it when made. . to "The credit way looks the easy to way, but it strangles most farmers before they get through life. "I have said repeatedly in public addresses that no state or section of any country can be prosperous that is regularly dependent on another . section for its food supplies. What a is true of a state or section is true ('i of the individual farmer. de "The great exhibits of grain, hay and food products shown at the South- in eastern Fair held in Atlanta in November, give the lie to the statement that these things cannol be grown here at home successfully and profitably. "A good big home garden kept planted and rightly tended through P* tne season win produce nan or ine living besides furnishing an abundance for canning or drying from the surplus. "When we make our food and grain we will have few or no debts at the store; we will own instead of owe our crops when made, and farm , wealth will accumulate in the south instead of farm and crop mortgages." - t be ro Drive Out Malaria in And Build Up The System rake the Old Standard GROVB'8 th r AST BLESS chill TONIC. You know w] that you are taking, as the formula is >rinted on every label, showing it is e(1 Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. . the Quinine drives out malaria, the ron builds up the svstem. 50 cents . he The bigot is usually pretty small. so f? Ed. > UNION CLOTHING CO., Union, Gentlemen:Following the < wish our old custom< Coat made by us dur has not given satis: their shape. We wi put in new fronts, i Coat free of charge, Largest Tailors ir JEACH AT FAIRVIEW SUNDAY. Rev. Mr. Bozeman will begin his borate at Fairview Baptist church i next Sunday, the 4th Sunday, and ill preach there the 4th Sunday of ,ch month during the year. He is ixious to meet the entire church at e first service that all may help irfect plans for the year. The entire mmunity will he cordially welcomed. A VERY MEAN MAN. ole Communion Table From Nail i Creek Church. Atlanta, Jan. 18.?Papers north of i tlanta are pouring hot shot and coals ( fire upon the head of the man who ole the communion table from Nail eek church. In their editorial columns they are pressing their views as to how mean man would have to be before he uld get the consent of his conience to steal a communion table, rule in many of their advertising iumns appear small notices offerg a reward of $25 for the capture , the individual. , m i I JE UNION COUNTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The Union County Teachers' Assoition will meet in the High School lilding, Union, on Saturday, January ', 1916, promptly at 12 o'clock. The , llowi'ng program will be carried out: Devotional exercises. I "Results of Compulsory Attend- i ice Law," L. G. Blakely, Sedalia. "Needs of the High School," Dr. P. . . Ellerbe, Jonesville. 1 Music. Address by prominent educator. tfame to be announced later). Business meeting. (< Davis Jeffries, For Com. OF INTEREST HERE. The following news items of inter- i t to Union folk is taken from the ?e t .i?* i C ** 1UJI\ 1 lllicn OA ICtl'Ilt UUIC illlU as follows: "Lt. Joseph D. Arthur, Jr., Enpi- . sers will report to Lt. Col. Jay J. orrow, in the Canal Zone, for examation for promotion. Before this > will report to the commanding offit, Carozal, Canal Zone, for the preribed test in horsemanship." Mr. Arthur is the son of Mr. and 1 rs. J. 1). Arthur of our city and is a >unpr man of brilliant mind and dendid enerpry and it is no surprise i his friends that he is Koinf* to the P- m CARD OF THANKS. We desire to express our sincere anks to the many friends who so lithfully rendered their assistance irintf the illness and death of our sar mother, Mrs. M. A. Nabors. Each one shall ever be rememebred our prayers. Her Children. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Geo. P. White, Pastor. Sunday, Jan. 23, 11 a. m. and 7:30 n.: Morning: "The Cry of the Cross." ( Evening: "A Study in Conscience." ; Lord's Supper at morning service. MAKING IT ALL RIGHT. Kathcrine and Margaret found 1 emselves seated next to each other i a dinner party, and immediately i Came confidential says The Wash- < gton Post. "Molly told me that you told her at secret I told you not to tell her," hispered Margaret, "Oh, isn't she a mean thing," gaspKatherine. "Why, t told her not to I 11. you!" i "Well," returned Margaret, "I told r I wouldn't tell you she told me? i i don't tell her I did." 1 T. price & Com chicago, u. s. a. > C . custom pursued by us 3rs, as well as our ] ing the past season factory wear or the .11 be pleased to reor if this cannot be Yours very tr ED. V. 1 the World of Good Mad The t 5c and A1 MILHOUS Cod Liver Oil Emulsion, ? Cod Liver Oil Emulsion, 2 Simmon's Liver Regulator, Bloodine Liver and Kidnej Kennedy's Laxative Cough Pineacura Guaranteed Lin Pineacura Guaranteed Lin Syrup of Figs, 50c size, 2 f White Pine and Tar Couglh California Tarina Salve, 2E California Tuna Tablets, 2 Bloodine Kidney and Liver Kalmazoo Celery Tonic, $1 Sodium Phosphate, 25c siz< Rexall Tooth Powder, 25c 75c Toilet Water (Elaine Violet Talcum Powder, 25c Good Toilet Soap, 10c size, Sanitol Soap, 25c size, 2 fo Best Rice Powder, 25c size, Tooth Paste, 25c size, 2 for Hair Tonic, 50c size, 2 for 50c Stationery, 2 for 25c Stationery, 2 for Violet Extract, Ounce 50c, Rose Extract, Ounce 50c, 1 Rexall Cold Tablets, 25c si: Cherry Bark Cough Syrup Wine Cod Liver Ext., $1.0( Beef Wine and Iron, $1.00 Come to the Great Adv Bargains for you. Miliums PH IN BANKRUPTCY. United States of America, ?Vestern District of South Carolii ?In the District Court. In the Matter cf W. H. Burris, Bankrupt. ?In Bankruptcy. Notice is hereby given that on t 18th day of January, 1916, the si W. H. Burris was duly adjudicated bankrupt; and that the first meeti of creditors will be held at Uni< South Carolina, in the office of S. Barron, Esq., Referee in Bankrupt on the 81 st dav of Januarv. 1916. at o'clock in the forenoon at which tii the said creditors may attend, pre their claims, appoint a Trustee, ? amine the Bankrupt and trans* such other business as may propei Home before said meeting. S. E. BARRON, Referee in Bankruptcy. Union, S. C., Jan. 18, 1916. J The dead one whp imagines that is alive has to make a lot of noise attract attention. The gay birds of night generally i tire at the time they should be o looking for the early worm. PANY Jan. 5, 1916 j \ for many years, we new, to return any In which the lining fronts have not held line the garment and done, make a new 'f 0 uly, PRICE & CO. e to Order Clothes J Great 10c Sale r THE DRUG CO. I for_^ 60c t -? - _ > lur? $1.10 , 25c size( 2 for 30c j Tonic, $1.00 size 40c i Syrup, 25c size, 2 for 30c iment, 50c size, 2 for 55c iment, $1.00 size, 2 for $1*05 'or _ ? 55c 1 Syrup, 25c size, 2 for 30c ?c size 10c 5c size 16c Pills, 25c size 10c L.00 size, 2 for 00c 3, 2 for 30c size, 2 for 30c ) 39c size, 2 for 30c 3 for 20c r 30c , 2 for 30c 30c 55c 60c 30c 2 for 55c 2 for 55c ze, 2 for 1 30c >, 25c size, 2 for 36c ) size, 2 for $1.10 size, 2 for $1.10 ertising Sale. We have Great Drug Co. ONE 76 PACOLET, ROUTE 2. Pacolet, Route 2, Jan. 17.?There na- will be a box supper at the Line school house next Saturday nifrht, Jan. 22. Everybody is cordially invited to come. There are 33 pupils on roll at this school and there are more to come yet. One can see how badly a school has been needed in this eom.? munity. The people certainly do ap*ld preciate tha kindness of both Profs. 1 a J. H. Hope and B. S. Haynes in giving us this school. Before another session we hope to have a new school building. We would like for the supcy? erintendents from the counties to visit t our school at an early date. me Miss Ada Conrad spent Sunday ,ve night with Miss Jennie Smith. !X" Miss Myrtle Coleman spent Sunday ict with Miss Minnie McBride. *'y Misses Bertha Hart and Bessie McBride spent Saturday with Miss Myrtis Tweed. Mr. James Ward was a visitor at !"1 Mr. W. A. Tweed's Saturday. , Solo, he | m , *? LOST?A small black and tan dog be,e_ tween Union and Cross Keys. Ani swers to the name of "Shoestrings."' Notify the Union Times office. %