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NEWS PRINT PAPER [c BATTLE CONTINUES \ BIG PUBLISHERS AVERSE TO G PLAN OF GIVING UP PART OF THEIft CONTRACTS. Prefer Financing Mills?Committee of Publishers, Manufacturers and ' Jobbers Meet Again Next Week. Washington, Dec. 18.?The Federal Trade Commission, in conference today with committees of newspaper publishers, paper manufacturers and 2,' jobbers in an effort to work out a ^ plan for relieving the news print pa- ai per situation, addressed inquiries to all the interests concerned throughout , 1 the country to ascertain if an actual ae news print shortage exists. Publishers of the larger papers were asked if la they will relinquish some of the pa per they have contracts for during 1917; small publishers were asked the ^ extent of their 1917 needs; manufac- P* ?.??? J: t-J A- - A trl iuicio ncie uirecieu to lnionn me corrimission concerning 1917 contract? and their next year's production and jobbers were requested to furnish general information regarding the amount ar of news print paper they will handle. a' The conference discussed a plan pro- . nosed by manufacturers under which large publishers would give up per ^ cent of their 1917 contract supplies to fill the needs of small publishers. There was a growing objection on the s part of the large publishers to this av proposal. The contention was advanced that no actual shortage exists ^ and that manufacturers are to blame if there is a shortage next year. May Finance Mills. Plans of the publishers for financing paper mills to help take care of news- Pa " paper needs, it was said, are rapidly ar taking shane. Some publishers are of the opSTV,u this is the onlv wav to increase their news print production and that the publishers of the country must arrange to care for their own needs or go out of business. The committee of publishers, manufacturers and jobbers will be called : into conference again, probably next ^la week, to discuss the situation. It is expected the replies to the inquiries will have been, received bv them and se details of the plan of distribution proposed wil lhave been worked out to ^ some extent. 'v A statement issued by the committee today nt the conclusion of the conferences, after referring to telegrams sent by associations of publishers. manufacturers and jobbers said: "The commission finds, however, that many publishers, and narticularlv or the smaller publishers of the country, ar are not affiliated with associations and therefore will not be directly reached ar through the telegrams sent out by the publishers' committees. Such publish' ers are requested by the commission m to send full information concerning their present situation as to supply "J and their minimum requirements for "* next year direct to the office of the commission in Washineton.'' List of Questions. The questions were sent out to pub lishers in a telegram by L. B. Palmer. *r manager of the American Newspaper m Publishers' Association. It follows: re "Answers to the following questions or are earnestly desired bv the Federal Trade Commission: The executive U1 committee of the committee on papc P1 urge you to renly fully and correctly IS by wire and believe that vour cornpliance with this request will be in your f>,( own interest as well as that of the as public. "First?Tonnage of paper used by *? six months' period. January 1, 1915, to December 31. 191fi. "Second?Tonnage you want to con- . tract for 1917. *P "Third?Tonnage you can get along tl( on for 1917. ' G' "Fourth?Topnage contracted for aT 1917 or any part thereof, with date of to expiration of contract. ce "Fifth?Tonnage assured or prom- m ised but not under contract for 1917 jj or any part thereof, with date of expiration of sa'd assurance." NOTICE. In To the Citizens of Union County: ei Since many applications were made to the undersigned delegation from . Union county in the general assem- ,n bly for recommendation for appointment as Master we deem it only right ,e and proper that they and the public should know that the delegation was fr not consulted in any way in reference ,r to the recent appointment of Master ol for Union county. The appointment, e' so far as we know, was made by the ?j governor merely upon the authority the law gives him. We make this "J1 statement without criticism, but for the reasons stated. J. G. Hughes, State Senator. T. C. Duncan, .. Jno. K. Hamblin, M Members of the House. ^ CUBAN SUGAR YIELD WILL BE RECORD-BREAKER New York, Dec. 18.?Cuba's sugar yield for 1916-191" will be a recordbreaking one, according to cable advices received here by the Federal Sugar Refining company. The current crop will amount to 3,466,000 tons as compared with 3,006,000 tons last year and 2,1)82,246 in the previous season according to the messages. The large output is attributed to favorable " weather. . ? si The president of the German food rc regulation board says that the Ger- cc man army has captured 60,000,000 tli bushels of wheat and com in Ru- fc mania?enough to last the Central in powers till the next crop comes in. in iREATER ACREAGE IN WINTER WHEA OVERNMENT REPORT SA^ AREA OF 40,099,000 ACRES, A31 INCREASE OF 887,000. ondition Below Normal?AmericJ Farmere Sowed With Idea of Continued Big I>emand From Europe. Washington, Dec. 18.?AmericJ irmers foreseeing a continued heai ;mand on them from the warrir uiupcan iiauuns iur wneal, piant* i acreage of that grain this fall se id in point of size in the nation story. But poor weather eonditioi int .this crop into winter dorman* per cent below the condition * st December and 4.5 per cent belo ie ten-year average. A statment by the Department * griculture summarizing its first r >rt on the winter wheat crop, sa at the increase in the plantings e South Atlantic States was fro to 10 per cent. Winter wheat was sown this fall c l estimated area of 40,099,000 acre i increase of 887,000 acres ov< e revised estimate of the area sov ttie fall of 1915, the Department < griculture today announced. Condition on December 1 was 85 a normal crop, with 89.7 last yea !.3 in 1914 and 90.2 for the ten-yei rerage. Rye sown this fall is estimated i 214,000 acres, an increase of 740 i0 acres over the revised estimate * e area sown in the fall of 1915. Condition of rye on December 1 wi 1.8 per cent of a normal crop, con ired with 91.5 last year, 93.6 in 191 id 92.9 the ten-year rverage. LOSSES OF ALLIED ARMIES. ^lin Says 4,900,000 for French an British. Berlin, Dec. 18.?(Via Sayville).le losses of the French armies I ite have been 3.600.000 and of tV itisli 1,800,000. according to compi nt military authority, says an Ove ns News Agency statement today. On the same authority the Frenc sses on the Somme up to the e?i November are estimated at not le? an 250 000 and those of the Britb {>50,000. The statement says: "The total French losses since IV ginning of Ihe war have been 2?0 0 and the British losses 1.200.00 altogether 5.100.000. These figure e based on most reliable data. The 1 not includ^ the losses of the co ed troops of both the French an ritish armies but as these colore ixiliary troops are always used r uch as possible in great attacks, tV tal of French and British loss* obably is several hundred thousar gher. "In the engagements of the Somrr nee July first 140 French and Briri? visions have been employed. The< ere drawn from all parts of the fro? om the ocean to Switzerland. T1 ajority of these divisions, after sho sts, returned twice or even thr* four times to the front. "The French losses on the Somn > to the end of November are est ated as at least 250,000 tand the Bri h at 550,000 men. Thus the tot ' French and British losses on tl imme are conservatively estimate i at least 800,000 men. They, ther re, exceed considerably the Germs sses as estimated by Germany's ei nies at 690.000 men. As a matter ,ct, the German losses were mue ss than 500.000 men. At the san me it must be taken into consider! sn that about 70 per cent of all tl erman wounded, after a short tim e able to return to the front, thanl the excellent medical care they r ive and the hiprh .standing of Ge an surpery." OW TO LIVE LONG STUDY THE SQUIRRE Washinpton, Dec. 18.?The publ >alth service, which has been pat. inp statistics on nervous disease id their tendency to shorten life, t ly issued a bulletin apainst worr fc. "So far as is known," says the bv tin, "no bird ever tried to build mo ?sts than its neiphbor; no fox ev etted because he had only one ho i which to hide; no squirrel ever di< f anxiety lest he should not lay 1 louph nuts for two winters instei f one; and no dog ever lost at eep over the fact that he did n ave enough hones laid aside for h i?clining years." A KIND LETTER. Newberry, S. C., Dec. 18, 1916. [r. L. M. Rice, Editor, Union, S. C. ear Sir: Please find enclosed $1.00, oi jar's renewal for The Union Time just simply cannot do without \s always "news from home." Yours very truly, T. S. Humphries. A KIND LETTER. Austell, (la., Dec. 17, 1916. ditor Union Times, Union, S. C. ear Sir: Enclosed please find $1.00 for n ibscription. We are having son sal winter weather, sleet, snow at >ld North winds, but most of us lis section are pretty well prepare >r it?with corn in the crib, fat hoj the pen and a good pile of wot the yard. M. L. Haynes. t CATTLE TO TAKE U THE PLACE OK COTTON n Mr. Fred Jones, secretary of the ^ Sumter County, Alabama Livestock association, in a letter to his local p paper, "Our Southern Home," shows ^ that cattle may be made to take the ln place of cotton. He states that in 20 days $45,000 of cattle money had passed through the banks of the town of Livingston, three-year-old steers ' selling for an average of $04 a head, ln two-year-olds for $52 per Jiead, and CI calves under a year old for $40 each. One train load of eight cars consisted a(j of high-grade Hereford, Angus and Shorthorn steers weighing from 900 ;?a o mds to 1,410 pounds. ^ nR He closes his article with the fol,y lowing pertinent question which all farmers in the sections recently in- ln| w fested with boll weevils should con- Pr sider carefully before answering in 0f their farming operations: e_ "Can we afford to attempt to 44 grow one bale of cotton worth jn $50 on ten acres of land, when m we can grow ten steers worth str( $500 on the same land? The )n farmers of Sumter county have ?n ,s tried the first?now let them get lrb sr pure-bred beef bulls and good rn oooitc i.uw.1 miiu try me latter." As throwing light on the situation trr in Sumter county, and the same ap- an' 7 plies to the other counties recently wo r infested that are in the southern half 1:01 of the Cotton Belt, the following ginning report obtained by the govern- nic ^ ment is significant: "The govern- 1") i ment cotton ginning report shows 812 Wl1 jf bales ginned in Sumter county up to October 18. Up to the same date last ls year, 1915, the number was 2,816 ?n . bales."?The Progressive Farmer. ? ? an< GIFT FOR FAIR AERONAUT. frc nit New York, Dec. 18.?For setting a '' new record in her flight from Chicago ?| 'd to New York. Miss Ruth B. Itaw tonight received a gift of $2,500 at a I1'1 dinner given in her honor here by J" ? the Civic Forum and the Aero Club to of America. Rear Admiral Robert E. te Peary, Capt. Raould Amundsen, the ?- explorer, and many army and navy of- . r- ficers and aeronautical men, were ^ among those present at the dinner, h Announcement was made of a gift 1 id of $-10,000 by the Chamber of Com?.. merce of Erie. Pa., to be expended by ' ;'i the Aero Club of America in a proposed transcontinental airplane contest. , m ad 10 Jos. T. Mills, the man who wrote a A number of popular songs, including 1? ' "There'll be a hot time in the old time : ., tonight," died in Santa Rosa, Cal., i Friday night, aged 70. He was an hr actor, and was known on the stage as Joe Hayden. T 1" in Hundreds Find Sloan's Liniment In *e . < Soothes Their Aches. Hi as The shooting tearing pains of neu- ? ,e ralgia and sciatica are quickly re- ^e( lieved by the soothing external appli- an, ,e cation of Sloan's Liniment. ^ei Quiets the nerves, relieves the COI ,e numbness feeling, and by its tonic ef- ] r* feet on the nerve and muscular tissue, Ur ;o gives immediate relief. D. Sloan's Liniment is cleaner and eas- So \e ier to use than mussy plasters and Joi !" ointments and does not clop: the pores. Lo Just put it on?it penetrates. Kills pain. You will find relief in it from 10 rheumatism, neuralpria, sciatica, stiff m( neck, toothache, etc. ov e" For strains, sprains, bruises, blacktn and-bluejspits, Sloan's Liniment quick- ^u, r1" ly reduce the pain. ^ It's really a friend of the whole ? 'h family. Your druggist sells it in 25c. fC] :e 50c and $^.00 bottles. - ? ie lR e, 1 | cs M V. 1 I I ^ MBm will :r miai 11 iTcj?ii i? l ? r The treasurer of Lexington county W ic found in his mail Saturday a check I h- for $"24,119.24 for taxes of the South- Vj Roll * ?-- ? * " ca ???ii?T ?jr kuiii|iailjr klie lltr)?t:SL | o- check ever paid for taxes in the his- B y- tory of the county. 3 t Quick j ? r-Cold Relief-i 1 3y ia usually found through the prompt R u | administration of a mildly laxative, [I dispersive tonic?one that will scat- II y ter the inflammation, remove the fl waste, and help Nature to build up IV resistance. IS Peruna is Thai Tonic. ^ Its action is prompt, usually very ft effective, and its use is without harm- K ful effects. Every household should rj keep it at hand for this purpose, and I every catarrhal sufferer should reg- H ularly use this reliable remedy. V ne The tablet form will be found very S ?Sf convenient. A tablet or two at the #5 jt' very beginning of a cold will fre- m quently prevent its development, Wi and these tablets may be taken reg- fl lllurlir nritk konofiniol eonnl M?MI Ijf ?>tu A U}Ut bo* I A the& A 1 ' i\t\ "hioh for nearly /} ' ] V U I /( I half a century haa // I \> i (V ' 1 been tbo reliance M ' t of the American . J Home. J Both are good. q^pr'is^t 3d perunaco. 1 *s Colambui, >d Ohio , ^ E ALMOST LOST HOPE IN REPEATED FAILURES harleston Man Declares He Was Up and Down All Night Long. II,MOST DROVE ME CRAZY" larleston Railroad Man Declares That at Last He Has Conquered His Troubles. "Tanlac has done a great deal for ?. Since I began taking it I have ined ten pounds in weight and 1 do t suffer with any of those distress? ailments and I am steadily imoving in health and strength." In these words, W. H. Lewis, a uthern Railway section foreman, of Drake St., Charleston, summed u;> e great relief Tanlac, "The National nic," had given hint. Mr. Lewis' itement follows: 'My system was generally run down (1 out of Jone before I began takr Tanlac. f was a sufferer with inrestion and nervousness. I had contded with indigestion and stomach >ubles for about twenty-five years rl it seemed that nothing I took uld give me permanent relief, and nerally I failed to get relief. I ve taken a great many different dicines and have been treated by ysicians, but I continued to suffer th my stomach. 'Gas formed in great quantities on * stomach and I was troubled a at deal with pains around my \rt. At night I was very restless, 1 my sleep was broken and unreshing, and I was up and down all rht long. Pains in my abdomen 0 added to my troubles and discounts. 'I was subject to severe attacks of vousness. and when my nerves were that condition, any noise, if it conned a while, would almost drive me izy. 'The Tanlac advertising had caught ' eye. and finally T decided to tnk-> even if so manv other medicines 1 proved disappointing to me and ! done a lot to? kill my fa'th in dieipo. Put Tanlac proved the "\>tion to this rule. Tanlac has dorm great deal for me. I have g\5nod i pounds in weight and I do not for from any of those distressing meats as T did. Mv appetite i ?1 and 1 digest what 1 eat and T not have those pains after eithI once did. At.. i i . i ' \ :irru-s wvc IIUU'UMI t?v inSHltr ! Tanlac, and 1 wis also imnrovod much that T ran sloop well now and p-1 much bettor and more refreshed the morning now than T used to. every way T feel a whole lot better. 'My wife also took Tanlac, and it ye her just as satisfactory results it gave?me. 'I am triad to recommend Tanlac. ;ause of the results it gave my wife d myself. Tanlac has been of great lefit to both of us, and I highly renmend it." For sale by Palmetto Drug Co., lion; Buffalo Drug Co., Buffalo: K. Bailey, Carlisle; B. G. Wilburn & n. Cross Keys; Jonesville Drutr Co., nesville; Lockhart Mills Store, ckhart; R. J. Fowler, Monarch. A Housewife's Reague has been ornized in Spartanburg city, and the smbers pledge themselves not to pay er 35 cents a dozen for eggs and t over 20 cents a pound for live rkeys. Congressman Aiken has introduced bill in congress asking for $125,000 r a federal building in Anderson. The papers say that Adjutant Clonal Moore will ask the legislature for 0.000 for the state militia. O. J. Smith, a young man clerking a store at Travelers Rest, lost fifty liars in Greenville Thursday. It said he was "seeing the town," and is robbed. pCur?r| i Mrs. Jay McGee, o! Steph- M \ enville, Texas, writes: "For nine (9) years, 1 suffered with A womanly trouble. I had ter- jf rible headaches, and pains In K my back, etc. It seemed as U Ml 1 would die, I suffered so. At last, 1 decided to try Cardui, ftl f the woman's tonic, and it ? i helped me right away. The 9j full treatment not only helped WA ft me. but it cured me." TM TAKE L| Cardui I The Woman's Tonic US Cardui helps women in time 4] of greatest need, because if 91 contains Ingredients which act Ej specifically, yet gently, on the weakened womanly organs. E So, if you feel discouraged, K blue, out-of-sorts, unable to E do your household work, on ' account of your condition, stop A worrying and give Cardui a m trial. It has helped thousands X of women,?why not you? w Try Cardui. E-71 M ' I Work - Lab ?* What good will it do ; |> reach seventy and you A provident while your e A was at its best? j? 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SOUTHERN BELL TELE AND TELEGRAPH C01 I We t Absolutely Guarantee Luzianne Coffee will satis you in every respect. V further guarantee that o pound of Luzianne will go far as two pounds of cheap rr rr _rv - ? l-uiicc. n, aiier using me e tire contents of one can a cording to directions, you a satisfied on both these p< empty can away and get 3 from the grocer. He will gi out quibble. Buy this bel coffee today. Write for p tpziAi The Reily Taylor Go. UNDERTi In All Its Brai | FINE FUNERAL FURNISJ hFPAPTMl Up-to-date Equipment?Cast fessional services rendered anj ?same as in town. Phone oi where in the county promptly, Phone 106. Bailey Undertakir mm UNION DRAY C AUTOMOBILE /. LET US DO YOUR HEAVY ANl H. W. COX, Manager I % or - Toil f y you when you V have not been arning capacity V day v ccount hen physically you won't be ilciren or char f y< ur savings helpmate free )w to live. x tri<il Dnnl/ v rilCll UailA f C. C. SANDERS Cashier ^ y Depository J V )wners hone Lines t all lines owned by th us are kept in such t service. Where the isible for their upkeep, ;m. igh overeauling occato be obtained. We onnected with us be , and that at least one st in this work. The among all the patrons t paid by each man re than offset by the lone lines in this secith their service, we matter over with our We will gladly do ou improve the con PHONE ifjj|b\ VIPANY ^g|r re not absolutely | Dints, throw the | wm iiiuncy UdlK ve it to you withtter and cheaper remium catalog. MB CQFFEE New Orleans V K I N G1 riches | 1INGS IN EVERY SNT J ;et delivered and pro- \ rwhere in the county rders answered anyday or night. ig Company :OMPANY DRAYS ) UCHT HAULING /. Phone 23