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m THE UNION TIMES H - .v xv Johnson. Coin,). VOL,. LXVI. NO. 66. UNION. S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916 A YEAR WORK OF CO GEN Convened August 29 With Judc James Peurifoy Presiding anc Solicitor Hill Representing the State?Cases Tried. The court of general sessions o ened Aug. 29, Judge James Peurif< presiding. Solicitor A. E. Hill wi on hand to represent the State. T1 following cases were tried: The State vs. Clarence Smit charged with assault and battery. Ve diet, "Not guilty." The State vs. M. W. Hutchinso Luai^cu wim resisting an orncer. uai nol prossed. The State vs. Jas. (alias Ed.) Ric charged with assault and batter Verdict, "Guilty of assault and ba : v of a high and aggravated n; '.ure." The State vs. Coleman .Jone charged with assault and batter Verdict: "Guilty of assault and ba tery of a high and aggravated n tore." The State vs. Will Carter, chargi with assault with intent to ravis Veidict: "Guilty, with recommend! tion to mercy." The State vs. Fred Lyles, chargi with violating the dispensary lai Verdict: "Not guilty." The State vs. David Sims, chargi with murder. Verdict: "We find d fondant guilty of manslaughter ar recommend him to the mercy of tl court." The State vs. Elsie Sims, chargi with violating the dispensary la1 Verdict: "Guilty." The State vs. Ernestine Adam charged with violating the dispensai law. Case nol prossed. The State vs. Frank Sims, chargi with violating the dispensary la' Nol prossed. The State vs. Robert Lyles, chargi with assault. Nol prossed. The Stat^ vs. Johnnie Worthy ai Cyrus Williams, charged with pel larceny. Plead guilty. The State vs. L. M. Charles and \ J. testes, charged w%h aggravated a aault and battery. Verdict: "Guilty The State vs. L. M. Charles and \ J. Estes, "under a rule to show causi why the sentence under which th? were out upon good behavior, shou not now become operative. Verdic The judge ruled that the suspend* sentence, on good behavior, had ho become effective for the reason thi the defendants had violated the tern of the suspended sentence. Grand Jury Presentment. State of South Carolina, County of Union. Court of General Sessions fcr the Ft Term of 191(5. To His Honor, James E. Peurifo Presiding Judge: We, the Grand Jury, hnv.* passed < all bills handed us and made our r port on same. Our committee on the Poor Hon reported that everything was in gc< miapc, litc tiujia um kuuu; 111c inruav are being well cared for and tl houses in which they live are neat kept. We recommend some repai on the porch and elsewhere needed < the superintendent's house. Our committee on the Sinking Fui Commission reports that they fou, everything in good shape. They foui that the Commission had retired bon in the sum of $10,000, on July 1: 191G, and had received a dividend < the Union-Buffalo Mills stock in t1 amount of $400.00. We recommei that the Comptroller General che up the Sinking Fund Commission c fice annually at the same time 1 makes settlement with the Coun T reasurer. Our jail and court house committ report that the jail is in very go< condition and that one carriage hou nends covering. We recommend th this be done. The court house w found to be in good condition wi the exception that the grounds shou !>e cleaned off and we recommend th it be done. (>ui committee to inspect the vai ' ? - county ottlces report that each a every one was neatly kept. Our chaingang committee repo that they visited the chaingang ai found that some of the mules, wago and harness are in had shape; ah some of the prisoners are in need -hoes. The wagon beds are being d stroyed hy feeding the mules in the fp.l ve recommend that troughs used for that, purpose. Several do are being kept and fed hy the count I' ha. been reported on good author! that some of the guards have he '.retting drunk and neglecting tlx duty. Four prisoners have recent escaped. We recommend that, t Founty Hoard take immediate actii in this matter. It has been reported to this hoi that automobiles frequently exceed t speed limit at Monarch mill villa and we recommend that the pron officers have speed signs pjnced at th noint so as to warn the public again this offense. I URT ERAL SESSIONS At the Winter Term of Court for 1916, one Bertha Thomas was tried, J and convicted and sentenced hv the Presiding Judge to "Be confined in the county jail of Union county at such labor as she is able to perform for a period of 24 months," and it hus been brought to our attention that the said Bertha Thomas has been working in P" and around the court house and com}y mitting a nuisance. Therefore, we as recommend that the said Bertha 1e Thomas be confined in the county jail to comply with the terms of her sr.n tence. r" We thank the Solicitor f ?r his aid to this body. n? We wish to thank his Honor tor the 3,= courtesies shown us and ask that w* be discharged from further attendance e> on this term of Court, y* Respectfully submitted. l* E. W. Stone, a" Foreman of Grand Jury of Union Co Sept. 1, 1916. IS, i ^ i y. STARS ANT) BARS CHAPTER. t a- The Stars and Bars chapter, Children of the Confederacy, met Wedad nesday afternoon with Miss Kathleen h. Humphries and a delightful meeting a- was held. The broad porch was cov- j ered with rugs and decorated with ; 3d bowls and vases of golden glow and >v. it was here the meeting was held. Miss Kathleen Betsil read a sketch of ed Timrod and gave his poem, "Carolina." e- Other appropriate readings were givid en. The hostess served ice cream, cake and delicious grapes. ^ SILVER TEA. 1S) The Young People's Missionary soi v ciety of Grace Methodist chur'h will 'have a silver tea at Hotel Union on Friday afternoon, Sept. 8th, from 5 to 7 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to come. ed A GREAT CONTRIBUTION. On last Sunday evening the Buffalo Baptist church raised a contribution ^ for Spartan Academy, located at Groce Station, of $150 for the girls' dormi, ,, tory, and also raised a large part of y a necessary $100 to send a girl to that g,\ school for a year, paying all her ex'-mses. The balance of the hundred dollars necessary to do this has per. haps already been raised. The pasi(j tor of the church, Rev. A. T. Stoud" endimer, is a horn leader and his peoat pie do not hesitate to follow his lead, for he is wise as well as zealous. REVIVAL MEETING. A revival meeting will begin in the Jonesville Baptist church, Sunday morning, Sept. 10th. The preaching will be done by Rev". W. M. Whitesides, who is an evangelist of the State Mission Board. Y* The public is cordially invited to attend, in ? . e- POSTPONED MEETING. se The Jefferson Davis Chapter, Chilli dren of the Confederacy, will not hold es their regular meetings until further he notice on account of the infantile ly paralysis scare. The notice of the i'S meeting will be given through the pa>n pers. ld GAULT-GREGORY. ?.d ~d Miss Beulah Gregory and Mr. C. L. Gault of Lockhart Junction were marJ* I'ied Slinrlav II f t fprnnnn Sunt 't " 5n the residence of Rev. D. P. Boyd, the he officiating minister. LEAVES FOR BORDER. ^ Lieut. John A. Hollingsworth will . leave Monday afternoon for El Paso, Tex., to join his company at border. Lieut. Hollingsworth has just recovo(j ered from several weeks' illness and se resumed his post as soon as his phyphysician would allow him. a* ICE CREAM SUPPER, th ''a The public is very cordially invited a- to attend an ice cream supper, to be given at Gault school Saturday night, ri- dnnt iUV, TU. ... ..vii. i >ic ?up|jci is j^ivuii unuer n'l the auspices of the liural School Improvement association, and the pro,r* ceeds will go toward the continuance n(' of their work, ns ? >o. A QUIET HOME WEDDINCi. of le- A quiet hut very beautiful wedding J., was celebrated Monday evening at be k;:U) o'clock at the home of Mrs. S. A. gs Clement, when her daughtetr, Mrs. .y. Anna B. McEachern, became the bride ty of Rev. Qoorge I'. White, pastor of en the First Baptist church. The cereMr mony was read by Rev. Lewis M. Rice ly and witnessed by the immediate famhe ilics. on Mr. and Mrs. White have numbers of friends here and throughout South rlv Carolina who are interested in the anhe nouncement of their marriage and *p wish for them unalloyed happiness ei md long life. at They flre at home to their friends st at the Baptist parsonage on East Main street. LIQUOR RING II "My deliberate opinion on the political situation i the liquor ring and the ba the election," said Senator want a man in the governo that they may run the go to see is a knockdown, dr? who stand for good goveri be influenced by the liquor crat. If they are in the have it. But I don't beli people of South Carolina i State so debauched. We'll out." rri _i-i i * i ne siaiemeiu was voln man, who spent last night i ing a meeting of the trust* Florence yesterday.?Wedi UNION COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Held With Fairview Church Aug. j :i1?Excellent Reports aiui Enjoyable Meeting. I The Union County Baptist association held its forty-first annual session with Fairview church, five miles east of Union, Aug. 30-.'U. The meeting was composed of representatives from Imost every one of the 21 churches in the association, and the reports sent up were most gratifying. The contributions for the past year ran far ahead of any figure yet attained, and the churches of the association show a net gain in membership of 200 1 for the year. The association reelected the officers, as follows: Lewis M. Rice, moderator. E. W. Jeter, clerk. P. E. Wilburn, treasurer. The association adjourned to meM the .last Wednesday in August, 191% [ with the Jonesville Baptist church. t, ' JOLLY-flOWMX Union, S. <$., Dear Union Times: On Sunday afternoon, Sept. 4th. the following parties gathered at the Baptist parsonage at Monarch: Mrs. Amanda Floyd, Mrs. Emma Barksdale, Mrs. John Eubanks, Mrs< Flor- ' ence Webb, Miss Fannie Howell, Miss Mamie Howell, Mr. G. P. Godshail, Mr. A. H. Howell, Mr. J. W. Proctor, Mr. Boyd Tucker, Mr. Arthur Howell aiT^- , Miss Bessie Jolly, Br. Louis Crocker ] and Miss Marie Hewitt. Mr. Arthur Howell soon produced the necessary j papers and requested that words bo j said to bind his and Miss Bessie Jolly's 1 lives together until death them do , part, which was soon done by D. W. Garvin. The groom is a son of Mr. j and Mrs. W. M. Howell of Ottaray. j The bride is the pretty daughtter of Mr. and Mrs. W .R. Jollv. So amid congratulations and good wishes from , all this young couple enters upon the duties we trust of a long, useful and happy life. I). W. Garvin. LOWER FAIR FOREST POUNDS PASTOR I On Saturday, Sept. 2, while at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scaife Wilburn's, about 8 p. m., several young < people came in. We had beei informed that there was going to be a singing at Mr. Wilburn's. They began singing in a few minutes and the people kept coming. We noticed that several older people had dropped in but did not suspicion anything. About 9 o'clock we were invited into the dining room. We found the room decorated and crowded with people. We were then informed that Lower Fair Forest church and Sunday school were "pounding" their pastor. The pastor was so surprised that he did not know what to do or say; however, he managed to get his thoughts together enough to speak a few words of at)preciation and to offer a prayer of thanks to God. After prayer J. F. Ttir.hop delivered an address in behalf of the church and Sunday school io the pastor, informing him of their kind feelings towards him and his family; saying, that they had done what they had to show their love and appreci.t i:on ior tnem. The "pounding' 'was a very heavy one and was composed of all kind* of good things to eat. We certainly 1> appreciate this kind 5jct and pray th 4 blessings of God to rest upon every one. We thank you again and again. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Trogdon. JOINS WILSON CAMPAIGN PARTY lion. A. E. Hill will leave next week for New York to join the Wilson campaign party and travel with then fo?* several weeks in the interest of Wilson. They purpose touring the North and Northwest. This is quite an honor for Mr. Hill to be chosen as a speaker and he will do good service as a campaigner. V THE MARKET after getting my bearing in South Carolina is that rrooms are trying to buy Tillman last night. "They r's office they can control, vernment. What I want igout fight between those iment and those who will interests. I am a Demomajority?then let them eve the majority of the will stand by and see the win if we get the people mteered by Senator Tillin Columbia, after attendees of Clemson College in nesday's State. CHARLES AM) ESTES TRIED. Matvin Charles and W. J. Estes nere tried in the recent court upon the charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, the laige referring to the attack upon Magistrate Mann recently by Charles, and in which Estes was charged with aiding. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty. Judge Peurifoy sentenced them. The sentence of the court was that they be confined in the State penitentiary, or upon the public works of Union county jail for a period of two years at hard labor. Let 18 months of the said sentence be suspended during good behavior. The judge's order in the other case was that as the conditions of the sentence imposed by Judge Thos. S. Seaae had been broken, they serve a period of six months each at hard labor On the county chaingang, or a like Miiod in the State penitentiary and bay a fine of $300. The former (ent#ia? in the matter of the Mann effective immediately hpon the -eirpifation of the completion ) Both men were committed to jail, pending-the raising of a bond of $1500 each, and upon the appeal to the supreme court made in both cases by each defendant. J. C .Otts, Esq., attorney for the defendants, gave notice ot appeal. NEW CONCERN ORGANIZED. Union County National Farm Loan association is a new concern organized here this week. E. L. Littlejohn is president; Thos. McNally, vice president; R. P. Morgan, secretary and treasurer; G. B. Barron, attorney. These four, with P. D. Barron, make up the executive board of the organization. The concern now has ten members, and there are in hand some $30,000 application for loans. All those desiring membership will see R. P. Morgan, secretary and treasurer. REV. T. E. MORRIS TO PREACH SUNDAY Rev. T. E. Morris of Bennettsville will preach for the congregation o! urace Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Morris is well known and much beloved by the people of Union, having served Grace church as pastor for ' eight years and his friends will be pleased to hear him preach again. Rev. E. S. Jones, pastor ?f the church is away on his vacation and wishes us to announce that there will be no services in the evening. COUNTY FAIR NOV. 8-10. The directors of the Union County Fair association have decided to hold the fair this fall as usual, the dates being Nov. 8, 9 and 10. It is planned to make the fair this year the best yet. BREMEN ON THE WAY. Expected to Arrive Within Next Ten Days. London, Sept. 6.?It is reportetd here that the German submarine merchantman Bremen may be expected at an American port within ten days, probably at New London, Conn. PERSON A LMENTION. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gentry of Spartanburg motored to Union and spent pveral days with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ilames on S. Church street. MnstPV Strothor pAr?n nf PaIm the truest of Dr. S. S. Linder on E. Main street. % The Jonesville Farmers Union Clin company ginned their first hale of cotton this season on the 4th of September for J. A. Fowler. Mrs. J. M. Mixson and Mrs. (leortre T. Keller will entertain Friday morninpf at a farewell party for Mrs. J. Frost Walkter ,.Jr., who leaves soon for El Paso, Texas, to he near Capt. Walker, who is with the South Carolina soldiers. HUGE ZEPPEL T BREVARD WOMAN FOUND DEAD WITH PISTOL IN IIANU Mrs. C. M. Gallimore, of a Notable Family, Suicides?Body Found in Clump of Weeds. Brevard, N. CM Sept. 5.?Lying ir a clump of weeds, with a pistol still clutched in her fast stiffening hand Mrs. C. M. Gallimore, 60 years of age, and one of the prominent women o. Brevard and Transylvania county, was found dead yesterday afternoon, She had been shot through the mouth, the bullet penetrating the 'brain and killing her instantly. The verdict of the coroner's jury was suicide. Rev. A. W. McDaniel, pastor of the Brevard Baptist church, who had called to pay a social call, and Mrs, Corn, who lived in the house with Mrs. Gallimore, found the body. When the pastor called, he was met at the front door by Mrs. Corn, who stated that Mrs. Gallimore had been present but a short time before. She volunteered to find the missing woman, and the pastor accompanied her. After an unsuccessful search in the : ;nity of the house and yard, the minister and his companion, widened ir circle of search, and finally found the dead woman lying in a clump of weeds a short distance from the house, where she had evidently concealed herself before taking the fatal step. CAROLINA LADS MAY APPEAR IN MOVIES Photoplay With Theda Bara as Star Likely to Be Filmed on the Border. In Camp with the South Carolina Troops in the El Paso Patrol District, Sept. fi.?South Carolina soldiers who are now encamped along the border may have the opportunity of seeing Theda Bra, the "Vampire of the Screen,' 'in person and taking part with her in a thrilling screen production. Whether the soldiers will take part or not has not yet been definitely decided but there is every probability that they will. i. Theda Bara. it is said, is to l>e heroine in a play which will be filmed in this section along the R:o Grand?. The production is to be staged by the Fox Film Corporation and will set forth scenes on the border, raids by puesdo bandits, and a reproduction of conditions as they are and they might be under war conditions. The picture people wanted to stage this along the Rio Grande between El Paso and Juarez, and have mimic battles along the river, but Gen. Bell is said to have .1 i: i A - -ii * * - * * 1 * | uvcuneu 10 anow mis maKe-oeueve fighting carried on at the boundary for the Mexicans might mistake it for the real thing and trouble will result. Now it is said the movie people will jro up alonfr the Rio Grande between Texas and New Mexico, and all in American territory and removed from the border, and pull off the fightintr there. One man who is assisting in fretting the location and paraphernalia for the actors and actresses said that the Pennsylvania and South Carolina troops would be asked to take nart in the make-believe fighting and be filmed in a very important part of the play. Likely to Take Part. Unless the commanders object, and it is not supposed that they will, the Palmetto boys, will undoubtedly like very well to be movie actors with Theda, for the star and some of them don't care how many times they and Theda will appear together in the same scenes. A part of this picture, it is sate, will depict the Mexican bandits and the Mexican women and children, and already 100 Mexican saddles have been secured for the use of those who will impersonate the men of the trouble nation to the south. Of course, the movie people would like to use actual border territory, but everyone realizes the wisdom of the authorities in declining this privilege for the situation is such that it might result in real trouble. A Mr. McNairy, who owns a nip ranch up in New Mexico on the Ric Grande, said that the movie people wanted to stage the picture on his possessions and would probably do so, This Mr. McNairy has become a great favorite among the South Carolinians for he solicited business for the Fi/st National Bank of K1 Paso, of which his brother is cashier, and in thi way he met a great many of the men from the Palmetto State. It i>- possible that a number of the South Carolinians will witness the filming of this ni-tiire. Several houses for the movie nronle to burn in the course of taking their picture will have to be built on Mr. McNairy's ranch and :n ell it will be very interesting to see the actual making of one of the movie films. Master Earle Wilburn has returned home after spending three weeks with his cousins at Clinton and Newberry Mrs. Preston Boho of Sedalia was in the city on Thursday for a short while. INS 0 CARRY MAIL , To Fly Across Ocean?"Double" Airships, Unarmed, to Make Berlin-New York Trip in Seventy-two Hours. Chicago, Sept. (?.?Two "double" Zeppelins, unarmed and each with a carrying capacity of sixty tons, have been built in Germany to carry ' mail between Berlin and the Unit id j States, according to a statement iieic \ by Morris Epstein, agent of the Ger, man-American alliance, who returned , from Europe yestetrday. Epstein said the Zeppelin had been , christened Amerika and Deutsch11 land. He was permitted to view them, he declared. Their engines are 1 powerfully e<|uipped and they can make the aerial voyage between Ber, lin and Nw York in 72 hours. "They are so constructed," said Epstein, "That they can rise higher than any aeroplane and thus escape hostile aviators. They also can des end to the water and travel there , under their own power." Epstein said the postage charges for this service had already been arranged and would be the regular international postage plus one mark, or 25 cents for each letter. PUT COTTON^ PRICE AT TWELVE CENTS FARMERS' UNION PRESIDENTS FIX THAT AS MINIMUM. Discuss Arrangements for Handling oi .>outn s .Money Crop on a Sound Basis. New Orleans, La., Sept. 6.?The annual meeting of the Association of State Farmers' Union Presidents, which has just closed here, fixed 12 cents per pound as the minimum price of cotton and urged that all bankers, merchants and business interests of the South cooperate in maintaining y this price in order that the cotton in- J dustry of the' South may be placed ' upon a stable basis. Peter Radford 3* of the Texas warehouse commission was appointed chairman of the committee having these matters in charge. - J Mr. Radford immediately called a meeting of his committee at Houston for September 19, and invited leading ! officials of the union in aP cotton States to attend. The committee will discuss with the business men of Houston the warehouse, financial and shipping facilities with a view of determining the percentage of the Southern cotton crop which can b? stored, financed and handled through Houston. The organization of the entire South into marketing units with farmers' locals as a basis will becin as soon as suitable men can be put in the field. Henry N. Pope was elected president of the association and I. N. McCallister of Louisiana, secretary. The union has State organizations in 13 States, and President Pope will make a tour of all States at an early date and the work of organization will be rapidly carried out. GERMANS MAKE LARGE WAR LOAN. Berlin, Sept. 4.?A total of $31,752,000 already has been subscribed to the nun iicrmun war loan as follows: The cit yof Berlin, $15,000,000. Krupps, $10,000,000. General Electric company, $2,500,i 000. Continental Guttapercha company, of Hanover, $1,875,000. Bochum Corporation for Mining and Steel, $2,500,000. The following appeal has been issued by the government: "The war has reached a stage when events of a decisive character are to be expected. The efforts of the en, emy have approached the high-water mark, though its numbers have been increased. The rnnnhu'? uiromril must be employed to the limit of all possibilities in order to insure suc; cess in the fighting to come. > "Formidable as are the demands - made upon Germany, they must he met. "We must remain victors in every : way?in arms, technique ,organiza! tion and, last hut by no means least, in the matter of money, i "This loan more than the previous ones will decide the length of the i war and the enemy has great hopes of financial exhaustion of Germany. Every one must help to the utmost so that the new loan he a glorious victory to us and a scattering blow to the enemy." EASI.EY'S FIRST HA I.E. Easley, Sept. (5.?The first hale of this season's cotton was ginned 5 n<* sold here this morning. It was o.vned i by C. E. Whitlock and weighed l.Tt pounds. It was bought by the Easley i mill at 15 1-2 cents per pound and the customary premium of $5 was given.