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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 L.KWIS ftl. KICK Editor Registered at the Postoffice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year. __ .$1.50 Six Months .7.". Three Months .40 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 FRIDAY. JANUARY 12, 1017 We respectfully surest that all the women of Union join the Equal Suffrage I.eapue. Then they will have to take off their hats at the picture show, same as the men do, and one sitting behind will have a chance to see the pictures. We will thank the city authorities to send out a split-lop drap or a road scrape or sonic other invention and remove the hip, sharp rooks scattered up and down Church street by the rock wapons. These said loose rocks interfere with the operation of our "John Henry," and we do not think that is fair. Word has reached us that the splitlop drap is heinp freely used on the road between I'nioa and Ke'ton, and in other communites of the county. Tt is a pood work, and we sincerely hope it will be put into operation throuphout the entire county. If this work is' done at the right time, it is the best and most inexpensive way that can he found to put the roads in reasonably pood condition. A mountain of feathers, ribbons and felt, lodged upon the head of a fair woman and located between you and the screen will shut out the picture from your view. But it does seem that the process is unfair since you paid your dime to see the pictures same as did the fair wearer of the said monumental mass. But it would seem that the said fair lady, having bought the headgear to be seen is determined that you see it and nothing else. The supreme court of the United States has upheld the Webb-Kenyon law, and this is regarded as a great triumph for the prohibition forces of the country. It was prophesied by the liquor interests that the law would be declared unconstitutional. It takes some people a long time to realize that the liquor business is doomed. Hut for ten years, and more, it has been apparent to close students of the question that it was only a matter of time before the death knell of the evil business would be sounded. Kind reader, you would be surprised if you could take a look at our subscription books. There are just $2<>00, pood sound dollars now due us on our mail list. That fine sum would work wonders in pivinp us a lift in these strenous times. The hiph price of newspaper would trouble us not a whit. If you are one of the delinquents, which fact may be determined by a planoe at the little yellow label on vour conv. fret vnnr homt ricrUt and send us a remittance. Twentysix hundred dollars?that is a big sum of money. How about liquidating your part of this debt? Thomas W. I.awson is again in the limelight. He asserts that "there is a leak," referring to alleged leaks in the state department by which certain, unnamed financiers "clean un six ty million dollars." But this famous "hot air" artist fails to specify just who is guilty, although he was given a hearing. Truth is, this brazen bluffer is again seeking notoriety. If he knows anything why doesn't he specify; he need not fear the consequences. But then, nobody fears him. They have heard too much "hot air" spouted from the same mouth. I It is now an assured fact that Union will have a street railway system. The franchise has been granted and the men behind the movement are capable of carrying through the proposition. Come to think of it, Union is a Rood town, a real good town, al- 1 though we do not waste our time in , boasting. The new opera house, just completed, would be a credit to any in the State. Fact is, we do not know of as handsome and convenient play- ( house in the State. When you see it. 1 you will say the same thing. New ( residences are so common that one j scarcely takes notice of one starting ? up. It is a fact that Union is show- ) ing a steady, wholesome growth that is extraordinary. C The question of amending our State \ prohibition laws is scheduled to come ^ up in the legislature. We hope the J law will Kn n wnn/Jn/1 cn n c 4-? ? .. ....I k/v uiiivnuvu ov c*o w auuw (] two quarts, or even one, a month, in- v stead of the gallon-a-month shipment ( now allowed. To one who has no use a for even a quart a year it does seem s that a quart a month would be all J that anybody could need. The fact s is, it would ho a pood thinp to wipe c out the whole thinp. It would he a Ij blessinp, not a curse, if there could v not be a drop broupht in. And we 1 sincerely hope that the movement to ^ allow considerable shipments of beer N will be throttled. We can see no dif- c ference between the evils of whiskey j. and the evils of beer. Both make peo- } pie drunk and neither is necessary. I 1 ________________ 11 a A WOMAN'S IIK ART. I "" v A woman's heart is a savinps bank v Whore the love you deposit lies, flathorim* intnrncl ,l?iv 1>\- .1-n From the sunshine of the skies. There isn't a safer place, my lail, a To bury the treasure you'd keep ^ Than down in its beautiful vaults of y dream 1 Where the tenderest blossoms sleep. s A woman's heart is the place to hide P Whatever you'd treasure best; For she'll pive it hack as the years * fro by a In a love that's more than rest. " A woman's heart is a storape vault, ^ Where nothinp breaks in to steal, 0 Except the honor you fail to pay And the love you forpet to feel. 1 A love you have placed there once c remains, J And you may forpet, but she Will pive it back, if you want it so, r And smile as she hands the key. Smile, but never forpet, my lad, ^ That a smile is the saddest thinp r When it's over the ashes of some- 8 thinp dead 1 And the heart is a broken winp! ? A woman's heart is a fortress stronp, 8 Where your foes may never come, * With prancinp steeds and pleaminp *sword _ And the rat-tat of the drum. ...V.: -1- a * ?ui tiuti which you treasure sne will defend, And as loud as the puns may roll, She'll stand in the breech to the very f end? s And then she will fipht with her a soul a A woman's heart?I would rather trust y My all unto that, I know. j, For love in the keepinp of such a r place Will prow as the blossoms prow. n ? lt WATCH YOUR STEP. | u Watch your step on hoat and train. h Crossing the street and down the lane, H Hanger is lurking everywhere. o Watch vour step, beware, take care. t Watch your step, where'er you are f From auto and trolley car, Down the stairs or up a flight. Watch your step both day and night, s r Watch your step, when you leave c home; t Down yonder nath, do not roam. r You know well, to where it leads, t Watch your step, avoid misdeeds. / Watch your step, both night and day. r Don't let your feet lead you astray, t Keen to the rieht. hear that in t mind, f Watch your stop, keep it in line. t *1 Watch your step, says the hoiy writ. I Don't udpe others, you are not fit, t You are hased, you will find. a Watch your step, your business mind, t c Watch your step ere 'tis too late; Stop, think, at temptation's pate. s Then turn hack while all is well. i Watch your step or you'll po to h?. t \ Watch your step, all will he well, c Tn happiness you will dwell, r To that poal your efforts bend. 3 Watch your step clear to the end. ?Douplas Wier. Baltimore, Md. o I JIJST SO. r \ "Stop, look, listen." F The reflective man stopped to read the railroad warning. t "Those three words illustrate the 0 whole scheme of life/' said he. H "How?" "Yeu see a pretty jfirl Y>u stop. ? \/ 1 1- A /i * ** i fin num. nuei you marry ncr you 1 listen."?Life. ~ t u - s President Wilson was sixty years r old December 28. Jle has been work- " in^r like sixty for several years. ? DARING YOUTH LOOTS HOUSES. i'oung Rock Hill Roy Robs in Broad Open Daylight. Rock Hill, Jan. fi.?With a cartidge belt of cloth with oilcloth cover, he upper part of a shoe for his lolster, into which was thrust a .41 alibre revolver of ancient make, a file ind a jimmy, together with a huge >unch of stolen keys, barefooted and idmittedly "desperate," a half breed ndian. Frank Killian. has been nillair ng houses here for some time, acording to his own confession. The lad, only 14 years of age, has (vidently been reading novels telling >f the deeds of bandits. His outfit vas as picturesque as that of noted outlaws and that he was trying to mitate the action of bandits and rob>ers as described in cheap fiction is wident. His bold and daring deeds vere performed in broad daylight. For some time the police have revived complaints of homes entered >nd various articles taken. Evidence ecu red from time to time during the >ast week led to the belief that a >unch of white boys were involved ind the officers have been on the look>ut. The home of T. W. Whitesides, tear the city, and the residences of T. W. Huey, A. C. Izard, A. L. Baldvin and Mrs. Cathcart have all been noken into during the past 10 or 12 lays. That of Mrs. Cathcart was enered yesterday afternoon and the boy vas surprised by the sudden return f Mrs. Cathcart. Nothing daunted, le drew his revolver, which seems to lave served its best days unless a new lainmer spring is secured, and almost lightened Mrs. Cathcart into hyseria. She managed to give the alarm ind the intruder took to his heels, "he officers tracked him easily and cere within 100 yards of his home! chen darkness stopped the pursuit, his morning a few inquiries in the| neighborhood led them to him. The oy lives with his mother and brothers nd sisters at the Aragon village, the amily having come here only a few feeks ago. Why he went barefooted s not known, because the money he ecured during his housebreaking exleditions would have purchased sevral pairs of shoes. The remainder of he family expressed ignorance of the ctions of the lad and surprise that ie had been robbing houses. Little of the loot was found in the ionic. Killian confessed readily to the fficers and told them of places where ie had huripd stnlpn arlirlpa Ru via. - ?- ? tinp: these places many of the artiles were recovered, but some had ieen sold and the money spent. He lad secured a plentiful supply of am- I nunition for his revolver, several 1 azors, a sword, an ample supply of i :eys, a ^un and other articles as a 1 esult of his raids. Strange to saj i ill the robberies were committed dub- : nsr the day and while the occupant) ! >f the houses were away. Art^clal i lave been missed by other resident? ' ind it is expected that a further invesipation will disclose other activities 1 ty the youthful marauder. i flcADOO IS URGING TAX ON LUXURIES i Washinerton. D. C.. Jan. 8.?In the uture, when you drink an ice cream , oda or a glass of ginger ale or eat i nut sundae you may have to pay 1 , federal tax. When you buy your phonograph ou may have to pay a tax, and when ] 'on play your favorite record you nay also have to pay tax. When you drink a cup of coffee you nay have to pay a tax not only on he coffee, but also on the sugar you : ise, if any. When you buy an auto you may ! lave to pay a federal tax. When you blow out a tire you may 1 lave to pay another tav to get an- 1 ther tire. When you put on the woolens in J he winter vnu mnv have tnau a ' ederal tax. 400 Articles Mentioned. At least, all these taxes will he asessed if the ways and means eomnittee of the house an<l the finance ommittee of the senate fallow in deail the various methods of raising evenue that have been submitted to hem by Secretary of Treasury McUloo. It was learned today that the secetary mentioned in his letter more han 400 different items not already axed which might be taxed in the uture to raise the revenue to meet he threatened deficit in the treasury. ^ The whole list could not be obtained, ; >ut the above is a fair sample of ( he kind of things that would be taxed i ind the extent of the researches of reasury experts into the problem >f finding new things to he taxed. If all the things mentioned in the ecretary's letter were taxed accordng to the rate mentioned by him, a otal of more than $2,000,000,000 vorth of revenue could be raised in ?ne year. This would exceed the leeds of the government by about 1350,000,000. Dislike to Raise Kates. Of course, it is not settled that any if the things mentioned above will le taxed. It may be that the comnittonc. ...:n r.?i *i J mvbvvn ?in iii ki i/i lit i/ niuy ran ?u without a tax on soft drinks and on < >honof*raph records, but it is believed , o be certain that a number of new axes will be imposed because rates . >n present taxable commodities have ] bout reached their limit. I Secretary McAdoo and others are < pposed to a further increase in the ate of existing internal revenue axes and believe that new taxes t hould be imposed before present 1 ates are raised. However, many i ricmbers of the committee have the i pposit'e opinion. 1 IN THE SADDLE. (Charlotte Observer) The New. York Sun has made the belated discovery that the South is "in the saddle" at Washington. In order that it may thoroughly convince the public of this fact it submits an array of evidence, to wit? "In the committee on appropriations seven of the thirteen majority members are Southern Democrats. "In the committee on claims the chairman and five of the seven other majority members are Southern Democrats. "In the committee on flood control me uiau iiiuii uiiu nve or ine eiRDt other majority members are Southern Democrats. Tn the committee on postoflire and post roads the chairman and six of the other twelve members are Southern Democrats. "In the committee on public buildings and grounds the chairman, Frank Clam of Florida, and six of the other ten majority members are Southern Democrats. "In the committee on rivers and harbors the chairman and six of the other twelve majority members are Southern Democrats. "In the committee on roads the chairman and ?even of the other twelve majority members are Southern Democrats. "In the committee on war claims the chairma nand six of the other eight majority members are Southern Democrats. "And in the committee on rules, the carburetor of the machine, the chairman and four of the six other majority members are Southern Democrats." All of which The Sun would exploit in the nature of a scare-crow. These Southern Democrats, in the few months remaining until the next i-'jii^ress control, are trying to break the treasury. To use The Sun's rather inelegent Inniuage, they "are riding like the devil in a fierce raid of pork." The Run views with alarm the discovery that "the South ern Democratic machinery for getting ? and spending other people's money is at this moment perhaps the most powerful organization of the sort that the capital ever saw.' It makes the 1 reluctant admission that "there are Northern Democrats with the same green of appetite." There are a few things The Sun has overlooked. These Southern Democrats got into the saddle almost four s years ago, and in this short time they g have given the country the federal } reserve bank system, which is ac- ] knowledged to be the greatest insti- r tution ever provided for fostering and t safeguarding the financial interests of | the nation. They have given the j country the farm loan banks and rural credits, and within the space of c leas than four years they have given the agricultural interests more of de- j ^eloping and protective legislation c than the Republican party gave in all j Its history. They have regulated the / oppressive trusts and they have clean- ^ ed the national caDitol of the nerni- i - ? A? cious influences of the lobby. The t spirit and efficiency of labor have ^ been quickened under the legislation of these same Democrats, and the j whole country has been feeling the ^ benefits of the progressive and con- r structive legislation given it. And the ^ record the South has made in the saddle has received inforsement by p over 9,000,000 voters of the country. a The people have nothing to fear in v the diverting of a raid on the pork s barrel by a congress that has given a the country a record of safe and sound legislative policies, and that ^ has given the country a record of j safe and sound legislative policies and j, that has been particularly successful v in the management of the finances of a the nation. The Suns concern over the r safety of the treasury is not well v founded. It probably grows out of a recollections of how the pork barrel a was raided and wrecked when north- ^ srn and eastern Republicans were in c the saddle. It can not understand why the Southern Democrats would not take advantage of an opportunity the c ivi |iuimicans couki noi resist. W AS LAST SURVIVOR 5 OS HISTORIC BODY !1 o Iudge J. A. I*. Campbell, One of Orig- K inal Confederate Congress Delegates, Dead. . i Jackson, Miss., Jan. 10.?Judge J. f A. I'. Campbell, said to be the last of 1 the 40 original delegates to the Confederate States congress who signed the constitution of the Confederate 0 States of America, died at his home s here tonight. He was 87 years old. T Judge Campbell was licensed to practice law in Mississippi when only s Vl years of age, according to his auto- ^ biography. When 21 he was elected to the Mississippi legislature and was ^ speaker of the house of representatives five years later. He was a mem- * ber of the constitutional convention which adopted the Ordinance of Seces- * don and was an officer in the Confederate army for three years, serv- 8 ing as captain, lieutenant colonel and colonel. For several years he was circuit ^ judge and later was appointed to the 6 3tate supreme court, serving for 18 r years when he retired. k He was one of three commissioners ippointed to codify the statutes of [ Mississippi in 1HYU and in 1878 pre- 1 pared a new legislature code of nearly J >00 sections. 0 t The Laurens Glass company is said h 0 he running nijjht and day and not a >eing able at that to keep up with s ts orders. The past year has been k 1 very prosperous one with the com- t >any. - a Jl > Anything In the line of good thii the year when it can be and green goods out of Let Us Know and if they can be me buying facilities, you wi I'O EXPLORE NORTH POLE - WITH USE OF AEROPLANES \dmiral Pearvs Aid on Several Expeditions Plans Through Observations. (By Capt. Robert A. Barttlett.) Washington, Jan. 10.?Equipped for i scientific study of the Polar regions, (00,000 square miles of which never lave been sailed or trod by man, the 3artlett Polar expedition, the first >urely scientific expedition to enter he Far North, will sail from the Jnited States during the summer of .918. Scientific research, rather than disovery, will be our first object. I will take but 10 men into the 5olar belt with me, including ship's :rew, mechanicians ana scientists. Cach will be a man of tried caliper, or once set out there will be no reurn ticket to the civilized world, at east under three to five years. Each nan must be capable of supreme entrance and versatility. rn ? * iwo or tnree scout-type monoilanes ,an innovation in Polar expediions, will be included in our equipnent to supplement the customary logs and sledges. These will be used for observation turposes from the base of operations, .lways the ship, and might prove inaluable in returning to civilization ' hould the expedition meet with dis,ster. How the natural forces operate at he pole; whether the perpetually r.iovng ice-floes of the Arctic sea swirl n a continuous circle about the pole; rhether their movement is directed by i constant east wind?so frequently loted in former expeditions ? or whether by ocean currents; just what itnlosphereie conditions prevail ?these ,re some of the questions we hone to ?e anie to answer before the (rip is I oncluded. Charting New Lands. A careful study of the fauna life >n the ocean-floor of the Arctic, with oniparisons with the animalcilao exstence of other waters, will aNo form i part of the research work. Charting f new lands?if such exist?ami oundings of the Arctic ocean in vaious latitudes are further objectives. Wlmiral Peary, making deep soundngs at the pole, probed for 0,000 eet?nearly two miles?without findng a bottom. Our ship, which we hope soon to lave under construction, will be built if toughest live-oak, with special contructive features to resist the terific impact with ice-floes naturully to >e expected on such a trip. It will be imall, to permit of quick moving. vnicn is onen imperative to escape >eing caught and crushed like an egghell between rapidly approaching ice ields. If caught in such a cul-de-sac, he only recourse is blasting out a berth" with dynamite, or abandoning he vessel to her fate. The ability to sense danger from ipproaching ice, and to act swiftly and lecisively, is one of the most necesary requirements of Arctic explorers, rhe ship will carry a most complete iquipment of scientific instrumentsnany probably supplied by the United States coast and geodotic survey. unnen iooos 01 ail Kinds, tea, coiee and chocolate, will he carried to >rovide a varied diet for the lontr >eriod in which we shall he distinctly iut of the pale of the menu card and he warm bath. Our principal food, lowever, will consist of seal, walrus ind polar-bear steaks. We can. at ome convenient place in the Arctic. ;ill several thousand of these and pile hem up on the ice. covered with snow is our food reserve. They will keep, You Want ngs to eat in seasons of * produced. Most fruits season. Your Wishes t by up-to-date grocery II be served. J of course, indefinitely. Cold to Be Met With. The average winter temperature we will encounter will be 35 or 40 degrees below zero, this slightly moderating in the brief summer. Starting out from some port on the Pacific, probably Seattle, in July, we will pass through Bering Strait unci proceed north around Alaska. Arriving at some point off the American coast in September, we will "set" the ship in the rapidly forming ice-fields, and resign ourselves to a continuous drift with the ice, wherever it may lead us. We expect to come out at some point between Spitzbergen and Greenland. In thus drifting with the ice, we will be able to note its trend and just what forces are operating in its directions. Whether it is moved principally by the water currents beneath, or is driven by a constant wind, is yet to be determined. Numbers of important scientific theories may be either blasted or substantiated through these ob servations. Frequent, hourly, if possible, soundings will be taken of the sea bottom and specimens of the fauna from the sea-floor collected. The theory that at some former ape, the earth's equator was located at what is now the pole, and chanped to its present position by a "flip-flop" of the earth, may be somewhat cleared up by a study of dead fauna life of the Arctic ocean, if any can be obtained. The exDedition will include some distinguished meteorolopist. in order that an intensive study of the atmospheric laws obtaining at the pole mav lin mn/ln in tKn 1 nt *+9 ence and navigation. MASTERS SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Union. Court of Common Pleas. Sallie J. Betenbauyh, et al.. Plaintiffs, against Marie Gault, et af., Defendants. In obedience to an order made in the above stated ease, I will sell at public auction, at Union, during the leyal hours of sale before the Courthouse door on Salesday, Monday, Feb. 5. 11)17. the following land to wit: All that certain lot of land situated about one and one-eighth miles south of Union Courthouse, said County, bounded by the lands of P. C. Whisenant. I. M. Sumner and Hart street, beiny the lot conveyed to Effie Betenbauyh and others by J. L. West by deed dated November 6, 1900, and recorded in office of Clerk of Court in Hook X 4, paye 325. Terms of sale: Cash; purchaser to pay for papers. E. C. Howze, 2-3 Master. OFFICES OF MILLS TO FOLLOW SMITH Greenville, Jan. 10.?Headquarters for the Brandon and Poinsett cotton mills of Greenville and the Woodruff mills at Woodruff will be opened in (ireenville with the removal to this city of Aug. W. Smith, of Spartanburg, it was learned today. Mr. Smith is president of these mills and in addition to his mill connections he is president of the Aug. W. Smith company, of Spartanburg, which owns and controls at Spartanburg one of the largest department stores in the State. Mr. Smith stated that "future developments" would control his decision of whether or not he will open a department store here similar to his establishment in the Spartan city. Mr. Smith sold his home at Spar lannurff for $;jo,uuu and he plans to buy or build a handsome home here. FOR SALE?Piano on reasonable, terms. Apply to Times office.