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Im THE UNHJN TIMES H VOL. LXVII. NO. 4. UNION, S. ., FRID^f", JANUARY 2(5, 1917 ?1.."?(> A YKAIf ' , ? iW'" i SUBMITS DATA NEW E The Finance Committee of the Carolina Rapid Transit Company Met in Spartanburg on Wednesday?Authority to Get Rights Way Given?Engineer Submits Four Routes. (Spartanburg: Journal) Authorization that the remaining: rights of way for the construction of the electric railway connecting Spartanburg, Union, Laurens and Clinton be immediately secured and that a commercial report of the proposition be drafted by the chief engineer, is sufficient indication that the leaders ' in the movement for the new railroad mean business and will continue to push matters to a close at the earliest possible moment, said one of the ' members of the finance committee to- 1 day, immediately following the adjournment of an important meeting ! held at the Chamber of Commerce. A msiss of (lain enlnlivn In tint m-n_ liminary surveys, estimates of cost of ' construction and equipment and oth- 1 er information was presented to the members of the finance committee today by Reid Tull, engineer in charge " of the work. ' The meeting was opened at 10:.'10 1 o'clock and adjourned at 12:-10 . o'clock. . J. Ferdinand Jacobs, chair- | man of the finance committee, was present, and the following other * members: Paul V. Moore, secretary; J W. D. Gray, Laurens; A. M. Law, Spartanburg; T. B. Thackston, Cedar ( Spring; Dr. W. B. Patton, Cross An- . chor; R. P. Morgan, Union, and J. 1 W. Copeland, Laurens. Other citi- ' /.ens interested in the new road were j present as follows: O. W. Harrison, Walnut Grove; J. E. Minter, Sedalia; , J. Cohen, president of Union Cham- \ ber of Commerce; A. B. Calvert, B. ' H. Brown, F. H. Knox, Dr. N. F. Walker, McEowen, secretary of the . Laurens Chamber of Commerce and others. Prepare Commercial Report. I' The preparation of the commercial | report is a necessary step in order toL put the matter before inMtftfNMM seekers. This report will snowthe ] probable business to be done by the j ^ railroad and other information will ( be given which will necessarily be j demanded by those who place their ( investments with the new railroad company. The detailed report of Chief Engi- J neer Tull includes the four prelim- , inary surveys, the cost of construct- | ing each line, as a whole and by sec- j tions, the cost of overhead and . ground work, the purchase of equip- |( ment, the erection of depots and oar ( harns, etc. Each of the routes will cost something over ?2-000.000. in eluding everything. j Balance on Hand. , As to the report on the payment ( of subscriptions to th# preliminary t work, it was announced that Laurens , and Clinton had paid up their sub- ? scriptions in full. Spartnburg has ; paid $2,358 of its $3,000 subscription. The expenditures to date were report- 1 ed, showing a balance on hand. A sufficient amount was on hand to inI sure a continuation of the work, such i as securing rights of way and pre- I paring the commercial report. < A committee of J. F. Jacobs, W. L. Gray, A. M. Law and R. P. Morgan 1 was appointed to provide for the ! printing of all facts and figures rel- i ative to the railroad for distribution i to citizens and moneyed interests. It was a harmonious meeting. All j are encouraged over the progress on < the outlook for the future of the proposition . Four Routes Submitted. ' At a meeting of the board of cor- < porators of the Carolina Rapid Transit company held in the chamber of ( commerce rooms Wednesday morning, Reid Tull, chief engineer, submitted a report on the cost of constructing an j electric railway connecting the cities of Spartanburg, Union, Ijaurens and ( Clinton as determined by preliminary ( surveys and estimates. ( Route No. 1?f>.r>.92 miles, connect- , ing Spartanburg, Union, I.aurens and Clinton via Cedar Springs, Golightly, Pauline, Brown's Store, Cross Anchor, | Poole's Cross Road and the Bailey , place; branching at Pauline to Union via (Jlenn Springs. West Springs and Buffalo; branching at the Bailey place to I.aurens and Clinton via Watts mill and I.ydia mill. Estimated cost of mis roiue Route No. 2?(?( >.:!?' miles, connecting Spartanburg, Union, Laurens and Clinton via Cedar Springs, Glenn Springs, Brown's Store, Cross Anchor. Poole's Cross Roads and the Bailey nlace; branching at Glenn Springs to Union via West Springs and Buffalo; , branching at the Bailey place to Laurens and Clinton via Watts mill and Lydia mill. Estimated cost $*2,738.06. Knnfe No. 51 AO A7 miloo necting Spartanburg, Union, Laurens | FOR LECTRIC ROAD DEATH OF MR. VIRGIL E. CROSBY End Came Saturday?Young Man of Exceptionally Fine Character. Mr. Virgil E. Crosby died at his home in Darlington Saturday at noon. His death was very sudden, for hardly had the news of his illness reached Union before the message announcing his death was received. Mr. Crosby was a native of Union county, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Crosby of the Beulah section of the county. He was an expert jeweler and had for several years been engaged in the jew eiry ousiness in Darlington. Mr. Crosby leaves a wife and four children. Mr. Crosby was a young man of exceptionally fine character. He was upright in his dealings and modest and unassuming in his bearing. Wherever he was known he was rated as a man jf sterling character. The burial was from the Baptist church in Darlington, ivhere Mr. Crosby held his membership. Although cut off in young manhood he has loft to his loved ones the record sf a life worthily lived and a name untarnished. ind Clintton via Arkwright mill, stone station, Walnut Grove, Brown's Store, Cross Anchor, Poole's Cross Roads and the Bailey place; branching at Stone Station to Union via Pauline, Glenn Springs, West Springs ind Buffalo; branching at the Bailey place to Ijaurens and Clinton via Watts mill and Lydia mill. Estimated :ost $2,714,472. Route No. 4?70.89 miles, conneetng Spartanburg, Union, Laurens ind Clinton via Arkwright, Stone Station, Walnut Grove, Nesbitt's jridge, Hobbyville, Cross Anchor and :he Bailey place; branching at Stone Station to Union via Pauline, Glenn Springs and Buffalo; branching at ,he Bailev nlnco T o / <!:_ ^ w i viio auu v_/li:I:on via Watts mill and I.ydia mill. Estimated cost $2,850,029. The estimate of cost in each instance, includes excavations, con:rete, steel bridges, timber treaties, nhgwav crossings, main line track, large depots, five small depots, 10 lag station depots, three car barns, hree 60-ton electric locomotives, six nterurban passenger cars, six flat :ars, six lever cars, etc. Chief Engineer Tul'. in his report jays, "There are other route which :an be worked out very nicely to eonlect the four cities mentioned but as Lhe four routes suggested above are n my opinion the economical ones. I im not going: into the details of the ithers at this time unless it is decided to cut out one of more of the Mties. Instead of proinp from Cross \nchor to the Bailey place and branding there to Laurens and Clinton, we .vould po direct to either Laurens or Clinton, and then build a line between ;hese two points. This would cost a considerable sum more and at the same time would increase the miieitfe." _ DEATH OF MRS. J. H. LINDSAY. Mrs. .1. II. Lindsav died at her in Jonesville January 18, and was buried the following day at Gilead cemetery. Mrs. Lindsay was r>8 years old. Her maiden name was Miss Nancy Huitt. She was a native of Spartanburir. She is survived by her husband and five ihildren, all grown. Mrs. Lindsay was a member of the Methodist church, and was a woman if high character. NICHOLLS TO FILL WEST POINT VACANCY Competitive Examination to lie Held in Spartanburg for West Point Appointment, Feb. lb, 1917. A competitive examination will be aelcl in Spartanburg Friday, February lb, 1917, beginning at 2:.'!0 p. in., and dosing Saturday afternoon at 5 p. m., to fill a vacancy in the Military Academy at West Point, and the vacancy must be filled by Congressman Sam J. Nicholls by March 1st. The examination wiil be conducted by Professor Frank Evans of the City schools*, Professor H. T. Sheckley, headmaster of Hastoc school, and Pro fessor George I). Clinkscales of Converse college. Applicants must l?e residents of the Fourth Congressional District and must be between the ages of Hi and 20 years. (.FORGE-BROWN. Miss Ksther Brown and Mr. K. F. George, both of Buffalo, were unite*! in marriage by Rev. I>. I,. Wagnon. at his residence on South Church street, union, ?. *J., Saturday afternoon, January 13, 1916. Only about a dozen friends of the contracting parties were apprized of the happy secret of these yountf people and were present with theni. President Pod To Service j Lays Peace Plan Before to Prevent Wars?CM Honor Remain AItHr. T! Washington, Jan. 22.?Whether th* \ United StateB shall enter a world i peace league, and, as many contend* I thereby abandon its traditional polipjF I of isolation and no entangling: alU- I ances, was laid squarely before coh- I I gress and the country today by Prea- I | ident Wilson in a personal address 1 I to the senate. For the first time in more than a 1 hundred years a president of the United States appeared in the senate i chamber to discuss the nation's for- > eign relations after the manner of^ a Washington, Adams and Madison. The effect was to leave congress, all offl* 8 cial quarters and the foreign diplo- ? mats amazed and bewildered. Im- j"v mediately there arose a sharp division II of opinion over the propriety as weU'W as the substance of the president's Jl proposal. vi "Startling," "staggering," "astound- & ing." "the nobles utterance that hae lo fallen from human lips since the f Declaration of Independence," were c among the expressions of senators. " v The president himself, after his ad-' e dress said: Seems Possible Now. "I have said what everybody has ^ been longing for, but has thought im- _ possible. Now it appears to be pos- a. sible." The chief points of the president's _ address were: ^ j That a lasting peace in Europe can ^ not be a peace of victory for eitHar J That peace must be forwarded by aw definite concert of power to assuitfB the world that no catastrophe of waf j& shall overwhelm it again. j , That in such a concert of power,j ^ me unueci states can not * withholds ,~j its participation to guarantee peace and justice through the world. ., And before a peace is made tfte w United States government aboul? * frankly formulate the conditions. up>??: -which It would feel justified in wmTaland solemn adherence. ? "It is clear to every man who c thinks," the president told the senate, "that there is in this promise no w hreacl. in either our traditions or our ? policy as a nation, but a fulfillment a rather, of all that we have professed y or striven for. "I am proposing, as it were, that h the nations should with one accord, adopt the doctrine of President Mon- 8' iuf tut; uocirine 01 me world; tliat P no nation should seek to extend its ? policy over any other nation or peopie, but that every people should be ? left free to determine its own policy, its own way of development, unhin- s dered, unthreatened, unafraid, the lit- a tie along with the great and the pow- e erful. ^ To Avoid New Dangers. g "I am proposing that all nations ^ henceforth avoid entangling alliances which would draw them into competitions of power, catch them in a net of intrique, and selfish rivalry and ^ disturb their own affairs with influence intruded from without. There . is no entangling alliance in a con- ir cert of power. When all united to act ei in the same sense and with the same purpose, all act in the common in terest and are free to live their own P lives under a common protection. P1 "I am proposing government by the consent of the governed, that freedom ,r n,f tku < " t/x viiv ovao wumi in miuniaiionu'. conference after conference representatives of the United States have urged with the eloquence with those rr who are the convinced disciples of rr liberty and that moderation of arma- ti ments which makes of armies and tv navies a power for order merely, not ki an instrument of aggression or of c< selfish violence. g: "These are American principles, ai American policies. We could stand tl for no others. And they are also the ft principles and policies of forward "< looking men and women everywhere di of every modern nation of every enlightened community. They are the ei principles of mankind and must pre- st vail." While the president was speaking |>? copies of his address had been for- n< warded to American diplomats in all a the belligerent countries for the in- s< formation of the foreign officers, and f< were being prepared for repre- ai sentatives of neutral governments e< here. Hack of the fundamental pro- e< posal for some sort of international w sanction for preservation of the fu- t( ture peace of the world, now already a accepted in principle by both sets of n belligerents in their replies to President Wilson's peace note, lies the pos- o: sibility, which the president today op- rr enly expressed, that thereby may be ei laid the ground work upon which an si approach may be made to an end of p the present conflict. w I.aut Von* ?*??-?*. I <1 I 4 t * 111 n Mm t' In public utterances the president has hitherto expressed the- conviction hts Path Ifor America tnate?World Must Join fed States Cannot in f Prom Great Task. r 1 1 that the present was the last great ' war in which the United States could \ te a neutral; that it no longer could 1 remain in the position of being "half h and half out" of world affairs. In lis speech accepting his second nonii- r lation and in other public addresses |e had touched upon the same senti- 4 nent which found its ful ldevelopment ! n his address today. I "The American people," the presdent told the senate, "can not in honor withhold the service to which they ire about to be challenged." "They owe it to themselves," he ' aid, "and to the other nations of the world to state the conditions under which they will feel free to render it. am here to attempt to state those , auditions. The present war must | irst be ended', but we owe it to coo- j loy and to just regard for the opinon of mankind, to say that so far as ur participation in guarantees of uture peace is concerned, it makes f great deal of difference in what t&y and upon what terms it i -1" nded." I - White the United States would I ' ave no voice in what those terms ? light be, the president said, it fould have a voice in determining whether they should be made lasting y guarantees of universal covenant. t "No covenant of cooperative ^ eaee,*' said he, "that does not in- j lude the peoples of the new world j an suffice to keep the future safe c Slttt' war, and yet there is only c , sort of peace that the people ^ merica could join in guaranteeing. u dements of that peace must he B elements that engage the confi- ( inea and satisfy the principles of the j .merican governments, elements con- s istent with their political faith and ath tha practical convictions which le peoples ofy America have once for II; embraced and undertaken to de- g KiiMigiurtpM ient's hearers drew their common I oaclusion that he was holding out ? o the old world a warning that if it rould command the potent influence ^ f the new for the future peace of * 11. the settlement of the war must in- * olve concession and sacrifice, equal;y of rights, freedom of the seas and v is own words "inviolable security of I 11 fe, of WOrshin anrl nf ilc x- v. .I.VIUOH 1UI (111(1 ' ocial development ... to all peoles who have lived hitherto under r he power of governments devoted 1 i a faith and purpose hostile to their r wn." c He specifically mentioned that the tatesmen of all the belligerents have greed that there should be a "unitd, independent and authonomous 'oland," but his words were con- * trued to apply to Alsace-Lorraine. " lelcrinm T*.?1! ? - itanan portions of v lUstria and the mixed nationalities ot' (> he Balkans as well. V Some of the senators who disagreed rith the president openly referred '<> lis portion of his address as "an atimpt to parcel out Europe" and an y iterference in the affairs of the East- v rn hemisphere. ^ Nevertheless the president went ex- 0 austively in that phase of the pro- ^ osal, saying "the world can be at ,j eace only if life is stable and there in be no stability where the will is ^ i rebellion, where there is not tranuility of spirit and a sense of justice, f freedom and of right. Dealing with the question of anna- ' lents, which he declared to be "the 1 lost immediate and intensely prae- 1 cal question connected with the fu- ^ ire fortunes of nations and of r,,,.., > ind," the president declared there I >uld be no assurance of safety if reat armaments were to be built up r rid maintained and that difficult as ie question mijrht be "it must be ^ iced with the greatest candor" and lecided in a spirit of real aceomnioation." Previously the president had touc'n1 upon a collateral point when he lid: "Mere agreements may not make r eace secure. It will be absolutely * ecessary that a force be created as * guarantor of the permanency of the " ittlement, so much greater than the ^ >rce of any nation now engaged or ny alliance hitherto formed or pro:tcd, that no nation, no probable imbination of nations, could face or . ithstand it. If the peace presently > be made is to endure it must be peace made secure by the organized ^ lajor force of mankind." This declaration called lo the minds ' f thG nrOsiflftnlV' linn ?K-. lent of Arthur Balfour. British for- * i#2Tn minister, in his recent note which *' lid an international sanction for . eaee should he hacked hy a force 1 hich "would give pause to the hard- ^ s* aggressor." The president, in his address, said: s (Continued on page six) c SUNDAY TEAC DEATH OF MRS. CLAUDE SARTOI End Came Suddenly Friday Aftemoo at Her Home Near Union. Mrs. Claude Sartor died at her horn :wo miles south of Union Friday af Lernoon and after a brief illness. He ieath was a jrreat shock to her fam ly and to her wide circle of friends. She is survived by her husband Claude C. Sartor, and four children Claude Sartor, Jr., Melton Sartoi Thomas Sartor and Miss Mary Sartoj ina Dy one brother, Kev. Reuben Hum ihries, a minister in the South Caro ina Conference, and located at Moll dill. The funeral was held Saturday af ernoon in Grace Methodist church .he services beintr conducted by he >a.-tor, Rev. J. W. Speake. The buria ,vas in the church cemetery. Mrs. Sartor was a woman possess np a loveable character and was hel< n hijrh esteem by all who knew her lor father was the late Melton M lumphries. Her mother was, before lor marriajre to Mr. Humphries. Mi dary Gee, both parents boinn wi.lolj onnected in Union county. Mrs. Sartor was active in the w< r! >f her church and her influence wa i threat blessing to all with whom >lu ame in contact. Her sudden ileatl las brought sorrow to many heart* STARS AMI HARS CII AFTER DELIGHTFULLY ENTKRT AIN KI The Stars and liars chapter, Chil Iron of the Confederacy, was enter ained on Friday afternoon, January 9th, by Miss Myrtle Harks at a Lee Fackson day. This beinp; the birthdaj >f the younjr hostess also, she invitee ther friends to be present. The house vas decorated with Confederate llajr. meKflowers. The roll call was answered with quo ations from the Lee Memorial Ode bj lope. Miss Elizabeth Smith jrave ti ketch of Lee and this was followed y a discussion as to traits of characer. Readinc. "Tho S?jnp<i nf t ?? ? m:? ^ 0| . . ?. vx iJCC, 1U1S& kathline Betsill. A description of "Traveler" was Vmndatiori," the favorite hymn of oui rreat leaders. A sketch of Jackson was read by Jiss Kathrin Sartor and Miss Estelle laile read "The Brigade Must Not Cnow, Sir." The chapter was favored by several iolin solos by Miss Kathrin Thomson md the national airs were sunjr with pirit. The younjr hostess, assisted by her nother, Mrs. W. 11. Parks, served deicious ice cream and cake, the refreshnents carrying out the color scheme f red and white. BOY SCOUTS ENTERTAIN. The Boy Scouts of Union, Troop No , entertained their younjr lady friend* n Friday eveninjr at the Chamber oi Commerce rooms and a delightful ev ninjr was spent. The rooms were defeated with the national colors, red chite and blue and bowls of cut flow rs were placed on tables and tabou ettes. Dancinjr was enjoyed for several lours, after which a delicious repast vas served by Misses Kathleen James Jary Jones and Vera Murrah. The haperones were Mrs. J. I). Arthur Jrs. W. I). Arthur and Miss Irudie ordan. A M. WALLACE CHAPTER TO MEET MONDAY Thn Willinn, ci ? ? >' - .. ...liiiii m (liuivv V ll?l jHVI, I. . ). C., will meet Monday afternoon at o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce ooms and the hostesses will lie Mrs. V. E. Thomson, Mrs. I?. B. James, drs. C. 11. Robertson and Miss Sallii 'homson. The annual dues will be paid at thi> neetinp-. Mrs. F. M. Fair, drs. Macbeth Younpr, President. Secretary. sF.YY BANK OPENS AT SHEI/I'ON The Bank of Shelton opened its oors last week for business. The conern occupies a new building near tht Southern railway station, and within :i tone's throw. The hank has eonven'nit and well-appointei! quarters. Mr V. E. Bates is cashier. SI ND.U SCHOOL l>AY. February 11th will l>o observed it Jnion, this heinjr "Sunday School hiy" and Dr. W. A. Brown, superinendent of the International Sunda> Ichool association, will he one of the irincipal speakers. Rev. .1. F. Matheson, county repre entative, urges a full attendance ant sks your cooperation in this work. Full particulars of the coming meet ng will he published in next week's tapers. Mr. T. M. Marchant of Greenvilh pent a few days in the city this weel in business. \Y. W. HER'S MEETING [i Grace Methodist Sunday School n Entertained all the Methodist Sunday School Workers of ! Union in Chamber of Comr merce Last Tuesday?Feeling i of Good Fellowship Prevailed The officers and teachers of Grace ' Methodist Sunday school entertained in an unusually helpful and pleasing way Tuesday evening at the Chamber of Commerce, where they had invited all the Methodist Sunday school workers of Union. The ??<> guests present l' came from the Sunday schools of 'j Green Street, Unity and Hethel. I'.uffalo was disappointed in not being represented, but the roads were in a conI dition which made it impossible. i Bethel Sunday school was give: ' lousing cheer for having the largest 'I number of teachers present. ' 1 The .'lie-! . Were received by ti e teachers of G,-aee Sunday schoo' a 1 | invited into tlie reception room. v. a a general handshaking wa in male Refreshments wen served a; j after which the nuio-ters and >>' j made stirring talk . \ feeling of <? 1 j fellowship pervadt 1 the entire body ' and everybody enjoyed the repaitee and wit of the speakers j Rev. .1. W. Speake of biae cll'i ch made the address of welcome, the k >vnote of inspiration for the evening. This was followed hy an address bv , Rev. J. H. Hrowi of Hethel on "Sta 'd ards of Efficiency " He asked, 'litis , your Sunday school these tin Cradle Roll. Home Department. Registered Department. Registered H ide Classes, Teachers' Training: Class, Graded Lesson. Missionary Instruction with offering". Decision Day, Chilr dren's Day with offering:. Workers' ; Council, Session of Sunday school evI ery Sunday. He urged all of the Sunday schools to take on new life and get these things. Mr. J. B. Chick, pastor of Green Street and Unity, made a short talk on "Advancing the Work in Our ^ Town." , -Mr. A. H, Ortttngham, superirrtend; ent'of Rethel Sunday school, suggested thaf these meetings he held reg, ularly and invited the body to his , church next. Rev. J. H. Jtrown made a motion that this he made an organization with pastors and the aim of the meeting to double Sunday school attendance. Superintendents of various churches , to serve as an executive committee. The meeting to he held quarterly. Mr. Brown also moved a rising vote , of thanks for the entertainment. The meetinc wjk .. ;.u > . ... v.w. VM "llll IIU* singing of the doxology ami a short prayer. It is a coneensus of opinion hv those present that nothing has hap. pened in roeent years that will eonr tribute more to the increase of ef. ficiency ami enthusiasm in the Meth. odist church here. Some quotations * made by t . present: "It is good to have been here." "The best meeting 1 ever attended." I "Inspiring." "I never felt as much like work in my life." I). I K \>1 KKTl'KNS TO UNION'. Mr. 1>. Fram, who was in misi-ies-* several years ago, has returned ?o l"nion and has opened a dry goods, shoe and notion store next door to RradleyEstes Co., on Main street. Mr. Tr im says he has returned to Union to stay, as he found this the best, town yet. lbwill conduct a tailoring, cleaning and pressing estahlishmcn* - <- > tint i with his store. KF.ISI.KK-MCM:\? i: Mr. Russell Kei-ler ami Miss Clara McNeace, both of th's c?unty, were united in marriage by "iev I.. I.. Wag non, at nis residence <>n S"ith Church street, this city. Saturday afternoon, .January '20, 1017. All good wishes of many friends lol' olw these young poop! a- the." < mbark on life's journey togethc. 1U VS Ol T ( Al l Mitchell Kicsidis has bough >>ut Spencer's Cafe, and will condi.< t a cafe at Spencer's old stand. : h nam of the new concern being the Royal I Mr. Kicidis has neon employed l?y the Dixie Cafe and has had a consid r erahle amount of experience in the business, lie has already taken over Spencer's and is open for business under the new name, the Royal Cafe. JCSTK K-l KANM.IV . Miss Mary Franklin and Mr. Milas Justice, of Union, were united in marriage by Rev. 1.. I,. Wagnon, this city. ? January 20, 1017. The ceremony was ; attended by only n few intinvito friends of the contracting parties.