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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY ? C flMES BUILDING. MAIN STREET d BELL PHONE NO. 1 ti . 2 LEWIS M. RICE Editor t< d Registered at the Postoffice in Union, d S. C., as second class matter. w J SUBSCRIPTION RATES a One Year $1.00 e ^ix Months .50 o Three Months .25 t ADVERTISEMENTS c <>ne square, first insertion $1.00 e Every subsequent insertion .50 j; FRIDAY. APRIL 11. IOIGT t Villa has been reported shot to pieces and now it is reported that he ? is dead. We must have the report connrmeu Deiore we accept it. we seriously doubt his having been 1 wounded. n We trust our pood friend, "Moxy" will send us a news letter next week. We miss his valuable contributions to f our columns, and number of Times readers have missed him, as is shown 1 in the inquiries cominp to the oflice. Send us a letter next week "Moxy." Your letters are preatly appreciated by us and by the readers of the paper. One man told us: "The first thinp I *! look for in The Times is 'Moxy's' letler-" I Governor Manninp has so far refused to sipn the two-quarts-a-month act. We are inclined to apree with the stand he has taken. He says: "The pallon-a-month law will stand as r the law repulatinp the importation of liquor into South Carolina for personal c use. This was the law enacted by the lepislature at the same time as the t referendum act ordering the prohibition election, and was in force when the election was held. This law has I made a distinct advance for prohibit-on by limiting the amount of liquor ? used, and I deem it best that it should stand, unless something occurs to change the situation. To retain the gallon-a-month law is to keep faith with the people and, in my judgment, j will go a long way to promote temperance so long as it is rigidly en- t forced. I shall continue to direct a e vigorous enforcement. I will not, b therefore, at this time sign the two- ^ quarts-a-month act, but will hold same ' in abeyance pending any change in ^ conditions that may occur." The voting Tuesday clearly shows v that the people are not going to vote a bond issue to build roacis in the t county. The majority against the bond issue was greater this year than it was last year. We are not disposed to censure those who voted against i be bond issue. They were led to do mi because they believed it would reatly advance taxes. That it would increase taxes there is no denying. <; I'.ut to build good roads will cost n money. To maintain good roads will s likewise cost money. There are many j t who would be willing to have the: ,-pecial tax levy for roads each year ,f ?ai.-:e?i. One man, an opponent of the hond issue, says: Let the county 'J raise by direct taxes an additional *12,000 to be spent on roads. This, added to the present road tax, would enable us to have good roads 111 a few years, and there would be no bonds to redeem when it was accomplished." Another man says: "Let L'nion township vote good road bonds C and build the roads in that township." II We do not know which is the better advice. But we are all where we began; everybody is in favor of good 1 roads. That is comforting, and wu, soon lead to a solution. HKKOIS.M OF FRENCH PEOPLE. (; The French people, men and women. are said to be covering them- B selves with glory in this struggle with Lrmany. ?Ti A recent letter from a resident in S New York City, addressed to his mother, says: "This afternoon I heard a cry interestin gtalk at the Y. M. C. S \. made by an Knglishman who was F wounded in France recently. His account of the French people is wonderful. The heroism of these people la - hernial the most vivid imagination, lie ays that every French soldier O i"i> mat no is to i>e killed in the trenches. hut they are a very happy, (? . heorful lot of fellows for all that. ?< The army is very Democratic, men and officers associate freely. The ofTt- 1. rer is the big brother of the men and the general is the father. "lie told of one woman in the hospital whose third and last son had died, her husband two sons had been killed before in battle. When she said rood-bye to the man, she said, "I only rs wish I was the last mother to suffer fi in this way. w An officer was attempting to break ti sail news gently to another woman 11 when she said, "Tell me that you will C save France, and I won't grieve." 0 : ll Miss Helen Finder of West Springs ai arrived Tuesday to spend sometime g with Mrs. S. S. Finder on South street. p tl Never write a popular novel. The "i public may expect you to do it again. g< AN IMPORTANT MEETING. Last week we announced the meetly of the Spartanburg Sunday School inference at Pacolet, to open Thursay morning, April 20th, and coninue through Friday morning, April 1st. This week we wish to call atention especially of all the Methoi'st readers of our paper. It will not o for any earnest Sunday school worker to miss this conference. Every lethodist pastor and superintendent re ex officio members of the confernce, and each school is entitled to ne additional representative?a eacher if possible. The following subjects will be disussed by speakers assigned. All art arnestly invited to take part in tht general discussions. The Great Forward Movement ol he Sunday School. The Sunday School Ideal. District and Conference Sundaj School Plans. Our District Goal for 191<>. Each School's Part and Place it ..u: ?ti>? i- 1 vuatiiui); nic viudi. The Sunday School Teacher: The Imperative Need for Traine< reachers. How We Shall Meet This Need. Our New Teacher-Training Cours< ?f Study. How to Organize and Conduc Peacher-Training Courses. Wesley Bible Classes: Wesley Bible Classes: Plans and Methods of Organization Dealing with the 'Teen Age Boj ind Girl. As an Evangelistic Force. Lateral Growth, or Reaching th< Jnreached: Through the Cradle Roll. Through the Home Department. Through Wesley Bible Class. Through the Junior Department. Through the Intermediate Depart nent. Throi'"h the Senior Department. The Place of Music in the Sundaj School. The Sunday School and World-Wid< Evangelization. Children's Day. Practical Sunday School Books am Equipment. Combining the Church and Sundaj ?_i 1 n >cnooi services. Our Motto: All the Sunday School in the Church VII the Church in the Sunday School.' How Shall We Attain It? Open Parliament and Round Tabl( )iscussion Whenever Convenient. While it is a great disappointmenl hat Miss Kilpatrick cannot he pres nt, she having surprised her friend' y her sudden marriage on March 11 lev. W. C. Owen, field secretary ol he two South Carolina conference' /ill be present and hopes to have witr i'.;u some of the speakers of the Gen ral Sunday School Board. The following plan of organizatim /ill be carried out: (a) An executive committee, witl he presiding elder chairman ex officio (b) A district secretary. (c) Department superintendents: (1) Elementary. ( J) Home department. (J) Teacher-Training. (4) Wesley Bible classes. There are ><> Methodist Suudaj chools in Spartanburg district witl ")2 officers and teachers and 10.01) 1 lembers. During the past year sub tantial progress was made in the dis. rict, and during the coming year s till greater development and growth i expected. No phase of church work rtday gives larger returns upon th< ivestment than does that of the Sunay school. HONOR ROLL SARDIS SCHOOL. First Grade?Mabel Clark. Second Grade?Inez Young. Third Grade?Ralph Gregory, Nina betenbaugh, Sara Sims. Fifth Grade?Sudie Betenbaugh, harlie Betenbaugh, Ernest Gregory, ley Young. Sixth Grade?Josie Young. Seventh Grade?Lola Gregory. Ida regory, Grace Young. Eigth Grade?Walter Jolly. CEDAR HILL HONOR ROLL. Ninth Grade?Smith Williams, Sue reer, John T. Wilburn. F.ighth Grade?Fred Bishop, Joe ishop, Louise Rishop. Seventh Grade?Albert Lawson, ulia Rishop, Jacob Gregory, Gertrudd mith, Mattie Rishop, Herman Rishop. Sixth Grade -Lewis Lawson. Fifth Grade?Mattie Going, Mary mith, Louise Vinson, Coline Greer, arnest Johnson, Mattie Smith. Fourth Grade?Sallie Rishop. Third Grade?Russell Smith, Walice Dupre. Second Grade?Nellie Vinson, Lona oing, Viola Greer, Farr Bishop. Advanced First Grade?Frances regory, Ryan Vinson, Minter Law?n, Sulala Dupre', Claude Rishop. First Grade?J. T. Rishop, Guy awson. MORRAII WITH THE P. & N\ ommercial Agent at Greenville, Succeeding Pelt us. Greenville, April 11.? D. W. Morih, formerly connected with the ofce of the Seaboard Air Line railay in Atlanta, has accepted a posion as commercial agent of the I'iedlont <Kr Northern railway, succeeding . 11. Pettus, who was transferred to harlotte. Mr. Morrah will assume is new position May 1, according to nnouncement today of C. S. Allen, eneral traffic manager. Mr. Morrah is recognized as a caable commercial representative and le news of his connection with the interurban" will be received with eneral interest. A LETTER FROM BUFFALO. Buffalo is a modest little mill town ' of 2,000 population situated among the hills four miles west of the city of Union, the county seat of historic Union county. One has only to live "out at Buf* falo" and mingle with her good ppo pie in order to appreciate what Buf- . falo really is as a mill town. Whatever may have been said in - the past in a dubious and uncertain way as to Buffalo's moral reputation, it now remains that no more law* i abiding, church-going and God-fearing people live anywhere than in this quiet little town. s Buffalo has two good churches, each i supporting a pastor of its own, full time. These churches have a comf bined membership of perhaps 800. From an educations point of view Buffalo is making steady progress. 7 Th n cphnnl hnro ic ? ..-v nv4 v iu iimvvu ivi vuuavc in having a board of' trustees that realizes that a pood school is one of * i the best assets that a mill town can] " have and is willing to support evegy measure looking towards furthering 1 the interest of the school here. One has only to look back no farther than the beginning of the present c school year to say nothing of the past to note a number of changes that have t been made and steps taken looking towards the improvement of the school. Only a short time ago the citizens, without a dissenting vote, de* cided to levy a special tax for school * purposes. Owing to the crowded conditions in the school here, the board of trustees ? found it necessary to elect an additional teacher to the faculty of Buffalo Graded school. Under the direction of the principal of the school here and his corps of teachers several changes have been - made that have greatly imprved conditions both as to the school house1 and the grounds. A basket ball court T for the girls has been provided for and under the leadership of Miss - Green an excellent team of girls has been organized and is now being trained. Other athletic features are 1 being planned for. Recently a night school has been o\ > anized in which the people seem to be interested. It is hoped that the school will increase the educational ; opportunities of th epeoplc of Buffalo. In all these efforts to secure better educational advantages for the * Buffalo people, it is just to the mill company to say that they have not t been unmindful of these efforts and - are supporting them in a material 5 way. It is to the credit, also, of the = managers of the Buffalo manufactur- , " ing company that there is located on . ; the school grounds of Buffalo Graded ) school a pretty home for the princi-| - pie. . There is, indeed, a brighter optj^ 1 look for this little town in miiity-.xspj 1 "Citizen." ;"M A KIND LETTER. Mountville, S. C., 3-27-1916. t Dear Bro. Rice: Please find enclosed ?'1.00 for your paper. We look forward every Saturday for the best weekly paper in the f State of South Carolina. j With best wishes for you and yours i from me and mine, beg to remain, [ Yours very truly, J. T. A. Ballew. t Mrs. (Jeorgc King and children, who 1 have been the guests of Mrs. A. H. Cottingham returned to their home in s Columbia Thursday morning. ? A friend who is not in need is a surprise indeed. v Skilful men should know how to disguise their skill. No, .Jane, it isn't the bad eggs that J produce tough chickens. If a girl in love becomes thinner it is a case of "loved and lost." A man who thinks the world is growing worse imagines he is growing better. A girl is often called "giddy" be- ^ cause she makes the young men's c heads swim. * m ti It's a poor brand of religion that doesn't cause a man to try to treat his neighbors decently. c | ...EDISC T V TODAY?THURSD V "Geraldine Farrar in Ci > Case of Mary Page." Thi 5c and 10c. Don't miss it. V FRIDAY. APRIL 14?F y Fannie Ward in "For the ] X SATURDAY, APRIL A Charlie Chaplin and Weste MONDAY, APRIL i7 Steger and Grace Valentir y Love.,v % TUESDAY, APRIL 18i Gray," featuring Constanc & WEDNESDAY, APRIL ?* Musty Suffer." Like Chs A success. Good for tired m Y THURSDAY, APRIL 2 ^ of Mary Page." Btoi "The '? ; *" :ntr to pi tures. By 1^8 ,x W- Grif1 v^i I y?u can bei our Pr'ces | 1 Reel Featu ^ B tiring Katl stone in t B K've you try a Triar STARTING i .?PgAIN.... v M?? - This is to notify my friends and parons that I have begun business igain in the store room next door to V. D. Arthur & Co., in the store room ormerly occupied by E. D. Hur.iihries. I have lost everything 1 possessed >y fire and appeal to my friends to lelp me out by giving me all the work hey can. With every 25c spent with me I cive a tick^ to the Moving Picture 5how. Mr. H. T. Foster holds a position vith me. B. Goldstein Shoe Shop Next to \V. 1). Arthur Co. nvlgoratlng to the Pale and Sickly 'he Old Standard general strengthening tonic, IROVK'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out lalaria.enriches the hiood .and builds up the syscm. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c The average man would rather AmnrAmicn tli'in fi<rht )NIA... | V AY?APRIL 13. Y irmen'. "The Strange ?*> s double attraction for A V Yiday Lasky presents j Defense." Y 15?"The Iron Claw," A rn. Six reels. A -Metro presents Julius le in "The Blindness of V V -"The Code of Marcia Y A f^nllipr I ? ^ ^ , 19?"The Mishaps of iplin, an instantaneous ortals. n 10?"The Strange Case I " TJYJti iffljy - ~ -1 - ~ >AY--THURS1 Girl and the G rilling than ever, if possible. In y Drama in Five Acts, "SOCIETY FRIDAY iture. William Farnum in "Till played by Nat Goodwin, in Five A< SATURDAY 1ROKEN COIN", Western and Co in and excitement. MONDAY of Good Comedy and Drama by Mu ease everybody. TUESDAY Photoplays. The last word in M the greatest players and direcl >n't take our word for it. Read 1 Th, Thomas H. Ince and Mack Senna it this bunch you will have to go som will be 5c and 15c and here is whi t Photoplay by one of the above di Triangle Keystone by Mack Sennate re for Tuesday is "THE WINGED I] irine Kaelred and House Peters, an wo acts featuring Fred Mace. W le best and have gone the limit. Co lgle Photoplay. V- A- A- A- /V A" iV A-I SS!?!^^ | ^jp| \%\\\\\\%%s\%% I Our Buyer has just n Markets and our stock < and Furnishings are coi latest styles and creati< just around the corner, Easter offerings. We fi Merchandise and can al novelties in Suits, Shoe Shirts. Watch our SI you wise to the latest a we will be glad to show } to buy or not. UNION CLi D. W. MUL mmmmmmmmmmmmmmam Mr. J. B. Padgett, who was hurt hen his horse became frightened at train near Ottaray Mills on March ?, has recovered sufficiently to he it again. He was on the ground ying to hold the horse which was itched to a one-horse waxon when the limal became unmanageable and irew him to the ground. DAY jt9g fame" Wm addition a / ^ I WOLVES." r/l E GILDED loving Pic- 4 lors in the t K^jJ/j the papers. 17/^ rectors and DOL," feat- I | d our Key- % M e strive to By jm me out and * 'f. iturned from the Western I of Spring Clothing, Shoes mplete, and consist of the 3ns to be had. Easter is so come and look over our eature only the up-to-date ways show you the latest ? s, Neckwear, Collars and how Windows. They put nd best. Come and look; ,rou whether you are ready )THING CO. I JLINAX, M?r. ? CARD OF THANKS. We desire to express our sincere appreciation of the kindness and sym, pathy extended us during the illness I and death of our daughter and wife, i Mrs. C. F. Miller. We will never for, get the ministrations of kindness | shown her. Mrs. V. L. Laughlin, C. F. Miller.