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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 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. .JUNE 1. 1010. One of the problems of the summer 5o thn hnv. The nine vatavivu ?o v?.x/ . months of school is a period of discipline. The three summer months of vacation is a period of utter lack of discipline. This is not written to add to the burden of the boy. He has his troubles, to be sure. He must have recreation, entertainment. Hut he must have some responsibility. It will be good for his body and good for his soul if he be put to work. Work is a great safeguard, a great opportunity for a boy. To be idle three months in the year will do much to undermind both his character and his reputation. Your town is, so far as you are concerned, largely what you make it. ; The same may be said of your busi. ness, your home life and every other .relation. The citizen who constantly * j- i? KTIOCKS me town IS unumiauic in more ways than one. He is not only a bore, he is a degenerate, or at least, exerts a malign influence on the community. The business man who has a '"grouch" is the biggest load his business has to carry. After all is said, the man who refuses to join the pessimists, who boosts, smiles and fights wins. The average business, through the indifference and sullenness of its employees is hardened but by these conditions than by all other adverse hindrances. We have been notified by the paper houses of another advance of half a cent per pound for newspaper. The price now is almost double what it was three months ago, and the end is not yet. All we can do to protect ourselves is to call earnestly upon i the subscribers, one and all, to send us the money for a renewal. We particularly beg that those subscribers ' who are considerably in arrears come to our aid. We will find quick and real relief if all will do this. Some papers are advancing the price. This does not appeal to us. We have for so long sent out a paper for a dollar a year that we would not know how to begin the raising of the price to one and a half dollars. Kind friend, look at your little yellow lahel and if you find you are in arrears, send us in your renewal. Do this and help us without hurting yourself. UNION COUNTY LANDS. We do not, as a rule, make it a concern of ours to call attention to advertisers in The Times. We realize that there is no need to do so. But we cannot refrain from remarking upon the advertisement of Mr. E. F. Kelly, which may he seen on the eighth page of this issue. Time and again we have called attention to the point brought out in this advertisement, the remarkably low price of Union county lands. Mr Kelly makes the further point that these low-price lands are being pur chased by outside people. It is just another case, all too frequently found, in which people discount the advantages that are to be found at their very door. Anyway, if people from other counties come in and buy up these farms, it will give us an influx of population. Rut, it is really a pity that our own people cannot see these things. And it will soon be too late. DO YOl KNOW THAT? Life-is a constant struggle against death ? Dirty refrigerators may make sickness ? The United States Public Health Service issues free bulletine on rural sanitation ? The defective citizen or today is ofttimes the unhealthy child of yesterday. Every man is the architest of his own health? Its the hahy that lives that counts? Tuberculosis is contagious, preventable, curable? The full dinner paid?the open window, the clean well, make for health? Efficient muzling of dogs will eradicate rabies? The protection of the health of children is the first duty of the nation? Bad temper is sometimes merely a symptom of bad health? Insanity costs every inhabitant in the United States $1 per year? Untreated pellagra ends in insanity? * - ? . MISS RUTH COHEN . WINS SECOND PLACE. (Continued from page 1) will be found. I can remember in the earliest years of my school life, pe?-haps in the 4th grade when history was brought forth as a new object of interest to me, among the illustrations was an imaginative sketch of the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. We have no sketch of the birthplace of Davis. Though it means but little the thought is large. When his name is spoken the faces around me become serious as if solving some problem. A writer in beginning e sketch of Davis' life, placed the following words as the prelude: "To speak kindly of Jefferson Davis even a half century after the events which he helped to bring about is an exceedingly risky thing." Why this? Because an innocent wow Uoe Koow niol/n/1 mif ao o oow _ spicuous individual and made to bear the burdens of shame and guilt for the great calamities which have come as the result of general sinning. In 1843 Davis emerged from his seven years of study as a candidate for the State legislature of Mississippi on the Democratic ticket from a Whig constituency. He was even re^idy to debate with the great Sergeant Prentiss, which was, however, forced upon him. Even though he was not a successful candidate the reputation which he won pointed him out to the "boss" of the State. Robert J. Walker, 1843, brought to him the honor of being the representative for presidential elector. Now his slender, angular form became known to the people of Mississippi. Voting for the successful candidate prompted his pary to give him a favorable seat in the senate. He was a follower of Calhoun just as Calhoun had been a disciple of Jefferson. He (Davis) was essentially an aristocrat but was a Democrat in politics representine the interests of the lower South. From the beginning he was an active member in congress. A well known writer classes the Mississippi of 1844 as the South Carolina of 1812. A very wise politician in the senate was Robert J. Walker of MississiDni. Amone his co-workers was Jefferson Davis. The greatest wish of Walker and his co-workers was the annexation of Texas. The result was war with Mexico. When* the war broke out Davis resigned his seat in congress to become leader of the Mississippi Rifles. Throughout the war he rendered distinguished service, and for honors at Monterey and Buena "Vista was offered the position of brigadier general hut declined. Honors were growin gon bushes. Governor Brown appointed him senator to fill the then vacant seat; his ambitions were realized, he was young, flushed with victory and just beginning his life as a political leader. What was the secret? He wove his character into his work and it came out a glorious success. Davis had distinct opinions of his own, perhaps this was the result of his seven years' study and his brother's influence. It need not be explained that his most important work was to formulate distinctly the southern position with reference to slavery. He admired Calhoun, hut in many ways their points and views differed. Moreover, Calhoun's policy was considered the wisest. He argued in favor of the restoration of Mexico and annexation of Ne wMexico and California, realizing the struggle which would ensue over the vast territory on the slavery question. Davis, on the other hand, said that the allowance of West and South as slave States would insure against dangers of the abolitionists and promote the deeper interests of the South. The new president (Taylor), though the father-in-law of Davis, proclaimed California a free State. Davis was bitterly disappointed; he was making mental resolutions of never becoming a political leader when Pierce appointed him secretary of war (1852). At the head of this department his actions were most successful. No abler man could have been chosen from the South nor served with more enthusiasm. Tall, upright, slender, manly with bulging gray eyes that pierced into the heart of things; irregular but strong features and a spare man of forty years of age. He was not physicallv strong and was known to have often arisen from a sick bed to render a long and difficult speech. He seldom walked about Washington during his eight years' residence there just preceding the Civil war, but everybody knew him and everybody liked him. Davis did much to improve and enlage the department of the army and built an aqueduct to bring water into the district of Columbia. Also a suitable route was provided for the Pacific ?"? ? 1 ? 11 1 o ?>f o r?At in vain for at the end of the administration he was elected to the senate. He led the southern senators on the slavery question. From the first he was opposed to slavery and to secession except as a last resort. For the president and himself he formulated the policy which he was to follow until 1961, but Stephen A. Douglas took a " top forward which changed the plans. Douglas his Middle West and Davis his South. The building of the Southern railway, acquisition of the Panama Canal zone, purchase of Cuba, opening of Japan and C'n.r.a to American trade and the cultivation of closer commo'-iia! relations with South America were included in the policy of Douglas. Davis announced a part of the general plan but he was predestined I to defeat. The final crisis was coming near which would decide the question of the two parties. No one dreamed that war would come as the result of the break of the leaders of the North and South. Davis thought property rights and slavery would be far better than secession: he voted against any steps that might lead to a break-up of the Union. It was not his telegram that fired the first shot. He cherished the hope of reunion until Sumter was fired upon?then he took leave of the senate and came home to Mississippi. He was made major general of State troops. In the secret chambers of his heart he cherished the desire of the presidency; he was thinking of the Soutn in his hope for the presidency, not the honors it would bring him. Davis, Douglas or Lincoln. The presidency stood "between the three. Not all who lose fail?Davis lost but did not fail. Davis advised the people of Mississippi and the governor against secession. He longed and hoped the union would last. All hopes were in vain. Mississippi' in her turn seceded and with her Jefferson Davis, though his long year of effort wasted and his country and people in trouble he took up the circumstances with a calm and steady hand. He is a perfect example of what a resolute will can endure and accomplish in spite of the most repressing and incurable maladies. In a few weeks he was elected president of the Confederacy, the president of the Confederacy, the most wonderful and touching construction of the ape. During the long years of the South's suffering Davis lived with his cause and the South. He considered the South a part of him?when it suffered he suffered. Lincoln's death came. Jefferson and the South watched with agony the last friend. He could only watch. Why? In a dark, cold and damp prison the president of the South was accused of plannnig the death of Lincoln. No trial, no aid to prove his innocence, only two suffering years in a prison of the lowest order. A man of means, a man of character, could he endure this? In olden times if an emperor or any of the nobility were harmed without cause, at death the flowers came. Davis had no flowers. His cause loved him more, if that could be, but his name was not what it should have been. We need more flowers, more monuments in the name of Jefferson Davis. When he returned to his home after the two years' imprisonment he was of course a physical wreck, though his spirit was equal to any storm. Peering into his latter days we see but little after this; only a few years of relaxation, travel and writing and then his soul was wafted to the great beyond. He wrote the "Rise and Fall of the Confederacy." A small mound of stone in historic Jlollywood cemetery represents resting place of Jefferson Davis, but it represents a great deal more?a human being who sacrificed much for his cause, a statesman with clean hands and pure heart who served his people faithfully from budding manhood to hoary age, without thought of self and to the best of his great ability. LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS. List of advertised letters for week ending June 2, 191(5: B?Mrs. Lillie V. Brown. G?Walter Gregory, Miss Lelia Gist. H?Mrs. R. L. Harvey, W. G. Harrison. J?Miss Maggie Jeter. K?Jim Kirk. I.**?Miss Krelia Lyles. M?Jim McCarnel. O?S. A. Orr. P?Miss Ionie Papher, A. C. Parker. R?Miss Tola Ray, Miss Jessie Redford, Miss Manard Ransures. S?Miss Angela Sarlars, Miss Minnie Sloams, Miss Florence Scott, Gadberry Smith. W?Mrs. Estelle White. Y?B. F. Young1 NOTICE. All persons holding claims against the estate of I. Smith Vaughn, deceased, must present the same, duly proven, to the undersigned and all persons indebted to said estate must make payment to me. William Vaughn, 21-3 Ex. Est. I. Smith Vaughn. Says She Was From Brother and Sister Both Relieved by Simple Remedy Available to Any One. In her gratitude for a remedy that cauorl hop from the oossible necessity for an operation, Mrs. Carrie Heflin, of Coats, Kans., writes: "Had it not been for Fruitola and Traxo L might have been on the operating table by now. It relieved me of at least one hundred anql fifty frail stones. It surely does work wonders. My brother also had suffered for years and has been greatly benefited by Fruitola and Traxo." Fruitola is a powerful lubricant for the intestinal organs, softening the congested masses, disintegrating the hardened particles that cause so much suffering and expels the accumulation in an easy, natural way, Traxo is a splendid tonic, acting on the liver and stomach with most beneficial results and is recommended for use in connection with Fruitola to build up and restore the weakened, run-down sys NOTICE TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF UNION COUNTY. The books of enrollment for your club voting precinct will be in custody and control of your enrollment committee of whom your secretary and your county executive committee man. They will be open for enrollment of your name as a member and voter for 1916 in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, June 6, at 8 o'clock a. m. The books will be delivered by the county chairman to your executive committeeman before that date. Macbeth Young, Co. Chairman. RESOLUTIONS ON DEATH OF SOV. H. M. MILLWOOD. Whereas the divine providence in His infinite Wisdom has deemed it fit to remove from us our most worthy Sovereign H. M. Millwood makes it fitting that we record our appreciation of him; before, be it resolved: That in the death of our Sovereign the ('amp has "lost a very able man, and the community in which he lived a good citizen, the State a patriotic and noble son, the family a devoted husband and loving father. Resolved, That we extend to the ?i - ??i ?J? ?< ,u? .j i reiaiivva auu 11 icuuo ui uic Aicttsttodi in their bereavement our heartfelt sympathy, and express our earnest hope that even so great a bereavement may be overruled for the highest good, and these expressions of our condolence be spread on the records of this Camp, printed in the paper of the Order, arid in the county paper, and a copy sent the family. Approved by the Buffalc Camp, No. 167, W. O. W. \V. A. Henufrson, Cler!:. Buffalo, S. C., May 29, 1916. A woman can adjust her figure to show up best at the point she wants it to. _ AN ORDINANCE Prohibiting Livery Stables, Motor Vehicle Oarages or Gasoline Filling Stations and Such Like Business on Main Street. Be it. Ordained, Etc.: Form and after the passage of this Ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation: Section 1?To carry on the business of a Livery, Feed or Sale Stable; an Automobile or Motor Vehicle Garage Sales or Display Room in any building fronting on Main street between Church and Judgment streets; Section 2?To construct, erect dr bury any pumping-station or tank for filling Motor Vehicles with gasoline or oil on Main street between Judgment and Church streets. Section 3?Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Ordinance upon conviction shall be vtined in any sum not exceeding orttf hundred dollars or sentenced at hard labor on the chain gang for a term not exceeding thirty days. Done and ratified in Council Assembled this 24th day of Mary, 1916. L. C. Wharton, Attest: Mayor. W. D. Arthur, Clerk and Treas. 22-3 ? _ i Bailey Undertaking Company ANNOUNCEMENT With our new arrangements we are giving our patrons in the ; county the same quick professional service as in the city. A phone call will bring our I undertaker and embalmer to | any home in the county, where f his services are desired, in less than an hour after we receive the message, without extra charge for either services or delivering casket. ; S. J. HARRIS, T. E. BAILEY, P. I). & I>. E. Pres. & Treas. Phone 106 aved Operating Table tern. Fruitola and Traxo are prepared in the Pinus laboratories at Monticello, 111., arrangements have been made to supply them through representative druggists. In Union they can be obtained at Milhous Drug Co. KfcEP 1 ijj A large assortment of :j Kloth Suits Tropical Worsted, silk lir jf. Everything in Footwear Panama and Leghorn h ^ New Furnishings; in fac \ dress up and keep kool. G ' ?! make your selection. We 1 Union Clo | g . D. w. mull: 8 When You Fit for the Hi Let Your Or to THE UNION 6 When you want food not fit for your stock it, and if price is the oi you can be sure that yo than you pay for. If you buy the Chea you can rest assured the Cheapest Stuff m take any argument to result, just watch your own feelings and see i1 not the dearest you e\ Still selling Guaran 75c, 80c, 85c and 90c th Still selling Good C( 15c the can. Still selling Good Pii can, better grades 12} 35c the can. Still selling Good P and 10c, 15c, 25c, 30c, J tie, according to size j Still selling Fresh ( 3 for 25c. Full line: kinds, 10c to 25c pack; Still selling Pure G $2.00 per 25 lb. bag; $7 bags; $7.90 per hundre Still selling Pure F Snow Drift Lard in all or less than it costs wh When others fail, ca Pink Beans, White 1 Pinto Beans and Wh Wholesome. Choice Rib Meat frc "1-1 J T-% 1 1 J rat rsacKS witn pieni^ Good Syrups of all ki 10c, 20c, 25c, 35c, 50c, the barrel. If it is Good to Eat 1 it fresh, with prompt line with any reputabl same goods. THE UNION ( GOOD THIN Phone 100 or 80. We Put Tntrk jm. m r r The funeral service for our pa- 1 . s trons not only 20 years' experi- j ence and the best equipment in < the city, but also an intelligent j appreciation of what ought to j be done at such a time. f Bailey Undertaking Company service satisfies?always and in ? every way. Phone calls are served and J caskets delivered anywhere in j the county without extra charge. l Bailey Undertaking ? Company Phone 106 j S.OOL! I 1 Palm Beach and Kool ! \i: $6.00 to $8.50 jg ^ ' # led $15.00 to $18.00 ; 5 for the whole family. j: i r ats ? $1.00 to $6.00 i! t, everything you need to i! if: rive us a trial before you J will be glad to show you. | thina Co. I IN AX, Mgr. I **socxssxjt3sxstxs3t3ss?3?e)s*?? Want Food jman Being 'ders Come IROCERY CO. ' for the human being, to eat, we won't sell lly thing that counts, u never get any more ipest Stuff to be had, that you are getting ade, and it does not convince you of the doctor bills and your F the cheapest food is rpr honcrht teed Plain Flour for e 24 pound bag. )rn for 10c, 12Vi> and ik Salmon for 10c the />c, 15c, 20c, 25c and ickles 10c the dozen, 35c up to 50c the botand quality. Quaker Corn Flakes, 3 Fresh Cereals, all age.* ranulated Sugar for .95 per bag of 4 25 lb. ;d in barrels. 'resh Leaf Lard and size pails, for as little lolesale today, ill on us for plenty of Beans, Lima Beans, ite Peas, Cheap and ish every week, Good j of grease still in it. nds, in all tins, from 65c, 75c, $2.50 and by for Man or Beast, get service, and price in le concern selling the iROCERY CO. GS TO EAT L. L. Wagnon, Mgr. NOTICE OF OPENING BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pusuant to a commission issued by don. R. M. McCown, secretary of itate, to the undersigned, dated May 10, 1916, books of subscription to the capital stock of Wallace Thompson dospital will be opened in the offices >f Nicholson Bank and Trust Com>any, Union, S. C., Saturday, June 3, it 12 o'clock, m. The proposed corporation will have i capital stock of Fifteen Thousano Dollars ($15,000), divided into On# hundred and Fifty (150) shares of he par value of One Hundred Dolars ($100) each, with its principal dace of business, Union, S. C., and vill be empowered to own and operate i hospital. Emslie Nicholson, R. P. Morgan, 2-1 Lewis M. Rice. J