The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 19, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1917.
Harry K. Thaw has again attempted
suicide. Some day he will cut his
throat good and deep.
The recent peace proposals have1
come to nothing save that there has
been a decided impetus given to war
activities. This is a very natural result
of the movement. The prospect
for an early close of the European
war is very remote.
It is to be hoped that the bill introduced
In the house last Friday by Representative
Neuffer of Abbeville to
enact a measure making the terms of
the Mann national "white slave" law
applicable to South Carolina will be
carried. It is a move in the right direction,
and should receive the support
of the good people of the State.
There is a disposition on the part of
many \vell?meaninir neonle to shut
their eyes to the conditions that prevail
in the towns and cities, and often
in smaller communities. A close observer
of the police courts sees many
evidences of conditions that would
lit>rrify many of the "righteous."
.
The supreme court of the United
States has upheld as constitutional
the Mann White Slave law. The court
holds that the law absolutely prohibits
the transportation of women for
immoral purposes, whether commercialized
or not. This decision of the
court was made in affirming the con
vicuons ox xuaury l,. uiggs, urew
Caminetti and T. L. Hayes, for violating
the law. There are hundreds
of cases under the law, held up pending
the decisions in these cases, that
will now be pressed. It is going to
work a revolution that will be welcomed
by every man and woman in
whose breasts there abides the spirit
of reverence for womanhood. The vile
reptile that fattens upon the sale of
virtue or that contributes to the down
tall of women through his own evil
passions, is deserving of no mercy.
He is but receiving his just dues when
the arm of the law falls heavily upon
him.
VVe have no word of1 condemnation (
for the business men who have established
mail order concerns. It is prt
sumed that they have a perfect right
to establish such enterprises and to
operate them. They go out after business,
and they get business; otherwise
they would soon fail. They must
find customers, for without patronage
they could not continue to thrive.
How do they get the business? Huge
catalogues are mailed prospective buyers
and the use of magazines and
newspapers as advertising agents
carry the information to the public.
Circular letters llood the mails. It is
in the use of printer's ink that the
results are attained. It would amaze
some of the Union merchants if they
could know just how larpfe a sum of
money jroes out of Union and to some
distant, man ortier nouse ior articles
(hat the local merchant would sell for
less money. This same merchant,
perhaps, feels that he would be robbed
if he bought advertising space in his
county paper. He feels that "the
money is thrown away." He was never
more grieviously mistaken. Much of
the money that should go into his
till goes to the distant mail order
house for the reason that he will not
see the value of advertising.
The roads throughout the county
are in suen a state mat 11 is witn
difficulty one travels over them. The
wagon and buggy, to say nothing of
the automobile, is almost out of commission.
The season is one that has
been exceedingly hard on the roads.
Mud is king of the roadway.
Several citizens who voted against
the bond issue last year have expressed
their regret that they did so.
There are probably many others who
have changed their mind upon the subject.
The objections raised to the bond
issue, we honestly believe to be not
well founded. So often one hears
the expression: "I don't believe in
putting a Duraen upon succeeding generations."
Why not? Must we turn
over to succeeding generations a completed
world? Must we turn over to
our children and their children the
comforts and luxuries of life and give
them nothing to do? So to do would
Out damn them. There is no sense
in putting upon the present generation
all the cost of building the roads for
future generations. Particularly is
this true in the light of the fact that
the present generation, or many of the
individuals composing it, have not a
great while upon the earth. Their
need for good roads will soon be at
an end.
There is no more reasonable way to
build roads than by bond issue. It is,
to our mind, the best way.
But there seems little likelihood of
the county as a unit voting bonds for
building good roads. It has been tried
twice and met with defeat. We would
suggest that it be tried by townships.
Union township would vote for a bond
issue. Jonesville would perhaps do
tne same thing, were it a township
question. This would soon work to
the same results in other townships.
We would be glad to have our delegation
give us the opportunity to vote
upon the question of bonds for good
roads by townships.
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COTTON CONSUMED
DUKINO DECEMBER
Washington, Jan. 18.?Cotton, exclusive
of linters consumed during
December amounted to 536,5S7 running
bales, and for the five months
ending December 31, 2,7(53,962 bales,
the census bureau today announced.
In the previous year 555,005 bales
were sold during December and 2,533,640
bales during the five months.
Cotton on hand December 31 in
consuming establishments was 2,362,960
bales, compared with 1,852,046 in
lUlo and in public storage and at
compresses 4,005,178 bales compared
with 5,195,653.
Spindles active during December
numbered 32,804,474 compared with
31,745,772 the previous December.
Imports were 34,339 bales compared
with 43,724 and for the five months
7,784 bales compared with 123,585 in
1915.
Exports were 737,502 bales including
linters, compared with 558,278
the previous December and for the
five months 3,232,385 compared with
2,421,593 in 1915.
Tenters during December amounted
to 69,010 bales compared with 76,932
in 1915; on hand December 31 in consuming
establishments 100,627 bales
compared with 110,222 in 1915, and
in public storage and at compresses
1 12,472 compared with 149,042 in
1915.
T.inters exported amounted to 10.0H1
bales, compared with 11,029 in 1915
and for the five months 90,912 bales
compared with 59.194 in 1915.
STAND TOGETHER
ON REVENUE BILL
Washington, Jan. 15.?Chairman
Kitchin of the house ways and means
committee after a several hours' conference
today with Secretary McAdoo
aver the revenue situation, announced
that "the ways and means committee,
the secretary of the treasury and the
administration will be in perfect harmony
on a revenue bill."
The rnnimittno llomncriilt: will
tomorrow to a^ree upon and formulate
a policy for the first time and will
meet practically daily until the revenue
measure is complete, with a view
to passage by the house by January
!'() at the latest.
Mr. Kitehin said a bond issue was
certain, that there would be no tax on
tea, coffee or other foodstuffs and
that there would be no lowering of
nit; exemption uncier me income nix.
"The committee majority members
will be called topethed to consider several
alternative propositions." said Mr.
Kitchin. "We will pass the bill in
the house the last of next week or the
first part of the following week but
what it will tax I can not say yet.
"There is, however, certain to be
an authorization for a bond issue to
take care of the Mexican border expenditures.
These border expenses, it
is estimated, will reach $102,000,000
by next June. The bond issue wil'
also take care of the purchase of the
Danish possessions in the West Indies,
to cost $2">,000,000; the armor plant
protect, to cost $11,000,000. and the
Alaska railway, to cost $01,000,000."
Some Democrats on the committee
are known to be considering seriously
a new internal revenue tax of from
H to 8 per cent on corporation profits
of over 8 per cent of capital stock.
This would be calculated to raise approximately
$200,000,000 a year. Re~r
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vi.-?iun \*i uiu uiiit'iumirt? in a i?y increasing
the rales also is under consideration
and there has been talk of
issuance of treasury certificates of indebtedness.
to run from one to three
months at .1 per cent interest, to take
care of the treasury until the end of
the fiscal year.
BILLY SUNDAY TELLS
BOSTON MANY THINGS
Boston, Jan. 15.?Here are some of
the hard-hitting shots and telling
points given by Billy Sunday in his recent
sermons here:
"Among all the human crafts, none
is more wonderful than that of the
potter. It is a mingling of the vision
of the mind through the functions of
the fingers."
"Remember that you are the raw
clay, inert and unbeautiful. But remember
also that you are the very
stuff God needs to do His work with."
"Man is peculiar among the animals
in that he has the power to
originate and create. Also he is the
only animal that has a thumb. The
combination of these two peculiarities
is what permits man to build anything
from a wrist watch to a mogul
engine."
"If you choose to go to hell you are
going to hell; if you elect to go to
heaven you can go to heaven; God has
given you your choice; it's up to
you."
"I can put myself in submission to
and in harmony with God Almighty
and then I'll have all heaven behind
me giving mt* support. If I set myself
against God, all heaven is my opponent."
"If I place myself in submission to
and in harmony with the government
of the United States, the will and
power of 90,000,000 persons is behind
me. I can back that government if I
want to, but then I have 90,000.000
people opposing me."
"I suspect there are a lot of booze
hoisters leaning on the bars of this
city whom God could have made bishops
except for the fact that they resisted."
"Make yourselves plastic to the will
of God so that He can mold you in
perfect form. I expect that God Almighty
meant to make Corinthian
vases out of a lot of you, but you've
thwarted Him, and the best He could
do was to make cupsidors."
"This old Bible is God's phonograph.
In it He sent His message ringing
through the ages to us."
"God has a plan for each life. He
alone knows the possibilities of each
human life."
"In this campaign God has given
the churches of Boston a chance to
show whether they are any good or
not."
"I believe Boston will soon be on
its knees and will be as happy as
when the fans go to see the world's
series.
"TV.:- >
iiu.1 tivy iiitsn t seen a WOrK Of
grace for 40 years. God doesn't pay
such a visit to a city more than once
in a generation."
"If I had my way I'd have every
pack of cards and every drop of beer
in hell before midnight, and it's now
three minutes of nine."
"When a man wants to make a hog
of himself by getting on a street car
with a boozy breath, let him ride with
the hogs."
"You must be proud of your record.
Boston, and you devils, especially, who
voted for the God-forsaken whiskey
gang in the last election."
"Too many churches are like groundhogs.
They always keep their noses
under the ground during their work,
instead of coming out on top and helping
the community."
"I know men of Boston who are
afraid to come to this tabernacle for
fpnr fKnv will ~ 1 J 1 *
w.v-.t im?c iu ue ueceni ior
once in their lives."
"The fellow who leaks most from
the eyes is not the most religious."
"I can't understand how you can
keep still when God offers so much and
hell is so terrible."
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BLACKWOOD TOOK OATH
OF OFFICE TUESDAY
(Tuesday's Sptg. Herald)
I. C. Blackwood, of Spartanburg,
left last night for Columbia, where he
will today take the oath of office as
solicitor for the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
Mr. Blackwood succeeds Albert
E. Hill, of Spartanburg, as prosecuting
attorney for the State. The
Seventh circuit is one of the most
important in South Carolina and embraces
the counties of Spartanburg,
Union and Cherokee.
The new solicitor is a native of
Spartanburg county. He was born
at Blackwood postoffice and is 38
years of age. Mr. Blackwood secured
his early education in the public
schools and later entered Furman university
at Greenville. He completed
his education at Wofford college, and
then took up the study of the law.
He studied in the nffiee? r?f llv^r-ielr
& Wilson and later in the office of
Sease & Hoke, lie was admitted to
the bar in 1902.
The first political office ever held
by Mr. Blackwood was that of Representative
in the legislature. He was
elected to that position in the same
year that he was admitted to the
bar and was one of the youngest men
in the lower house. He served for
only one term.
Mr. Blackwood was appointed revenue
apent for South Carolina in 1914
and held that position for about 18
months, resi^ninp: to make the race
for congress.
The new solicitor is active in Masonic
circles and is also an active
member of several other fraternal orders.
For the last six years Mr. Blackwood
has been alone in the practice
of his profession, but for several
years before that time he had associated
with him several well known
Spartanburg lawyers.
Mr. Blackwood is a man of pleasing
address and enjoys the reputation
of being a splendid lawyer. His
friends predict that he will make a
splendid solicitor.
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McLAFRIN ALI.OWEI)
TO WITHDRAW FROM HOAR))
House Accepts Former Commissioner's
Resignation?Calendar is
Cleared of Hills.
(Wednesday Columbia Record)
Without a dissenting vote or vlebnte
the house this morning accepted the
resignation of John \? Mcl.nurin as
warehouse commissioner, kilted the
Idles dequinquent tax bill and refused
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10 recuii me rvieiiey uirugni pruhibition
hill from its committee. rhe
house calendar was cleared of the few
hills upon it. As the committee nas
been very slow in reporting, the house
calendar so far has been very light.
Scrap Over Liquor.
There was a minor parliamentary
"scrap" in the house this morning
when W. R. Richey, Jr., of Laurens,
author of the "airtight" prohibition
bill, attempted to have his measure
recalled from the committee on police
regulations and be recommitted without
reference. After some debate, the
Richey motion was tabled.
Mr. Richey said that his measure
was of extreme importance and should
l?e acted upon and not "tied up" in
committee. He was satisfied that the
members had made up their minds
how they would vote, regardless of
the report of the committee. Mr.
Mauldin of Greenville and Mr. Toole
of Aiken agreed with the remarks of
Mr. Riehey and announced that they
are in favor of the measure.
The house this morning without a
word of debate and without a dissenting
vote concurred in the senate concurrent
resolution accepting the resignation
of John L. McLaurin as warehouse
commissioner.
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South Union Lodge No. 142, F. ().
O. F., requests that all members be
present Tuesday night, Jan. 23. We
have some very important business
to come before the lodge.
(?. W. IFollingsworth,
Secretary.
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Miss Alberta Harris has returned
from a visit to Mrs. E. G. Quattlebaum
in Columbia. She saw Sarah Bernhardt
at the Oolumiba theai-re Friday
evening.
Krupp gun works in (iermany employs
13,000 women.