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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREE1 BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE. Edito Registered at the Postoffice in Union S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.5 Six Months .7 inree .uontns .4 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.01 Every subsequent insertion .51 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1017. We bep that all subscribers wh have not renewed their subscriptioi will hear our "S. O. S." call, and wil respond to the urpent need. So fa we have been greatly blessed in hav inp our friends renew. And it is turn inp out just as we said it would. Wi feel the relief every day. You hav< no idea how fast small sums appre pate a poodly sum. < The war trumpet has not yet sound ed. The startling blast may be hear< at any time, and, again, we may es cape this seemingly inevitable catas trophe. What is the use of living ii constant terror? Why not go aheai with our several tasks in life's strug gle? Not one thing is gained by giving way to fear and to constant dreai Let us go about our work with a wil Let us push business, build school: improve our farms and build up ou churches. Every one of these force accentuated do but combine to mak us capable of being better soldiers, i soldiers we must needs be. THE PAY OF THE TEACHER. One cannot escape the conclusio: that our school teachers, as a class arc very poorly paid. The presen high cost of living, about which w hear so much, is working a seriou hardship on many teachers in ou schools. The salary is small, even fo times of low prices, but now it ha reached a degree of meagreness neve before seen, save in the long ago whei a school teacher was considered of s little use that his pay was a mcr trifle. The teacher receiving $."5.0 per month for nine months out o twelve finds it hard to get througl the twelve months on i? 110. Board i higher than formerly, and every iter of dress has come to cost more thai formerly. We do not pay our teach ers enough. Hut there is a feeling "It is only a school teacher." A sehoc teacher, in the mind of many is a soi of necessary evil and at best not o any great value. I.et's see about thai f\r ..ii < u \/l .III LIIU WUIIUUI IUI UJHIU! lUIlllU'S I * service to humanity, a teacher ha al)out the best. To stand day afte day before a class of hoys and girl and mould their characters?is ther any greater responsibility on thi earth? To lead the plastic mind on into the wonderful fields of truth 1 it not worth while, a big thine. Tli more one thinks over the subject tli more the conviction is reached tha we do not pay our teachers half thei worth. Money is not everything, to b cure, but it is a necessary thing, am our teachers should he given sufllcien pay to enable them to meet the need in this particular without constant!; jh<11i 11111 v; iiuii\u iiiuut. vv u pa; pood brick layers three and four dol lars a day. We pay our teachers on and a quarter to one and a half dol lars per day. Do you not think ; teacher entrusted with the shaping o your child's destiny worthy of as muel pay as the mason into whose hand you put the building of your house? MOKE \ BOl'T THE CITY HON I ISSUE. Wo have driven space to Col. T. C Duncan's article on the front page o this week's issue. We intended n reflection upon him or any one els. in the article published last week. Ou intent was to conciliate all partio and keep down contentions. We em phatically deny any malice as charge* by Col. Duncan. It is a matter of in umercnce wnn us wnetner tne cut; issues bonds or levies an additiona tax to pay that debt. The one thin) that we face is the fact that the debt must be paid. Even Col. Duncan ba not said that bonds voted for one spe cific purpose could be used for anothe i r BLACK WHITE 1& f*- . r TAN \* 'JT EQ9 \ a 11 purpose. We might enter into a lengthy disr cussion of Col. Duncan's article, but ( we do not care to do so for we do ! not consider it worth while. His ' ^ article speaks for itself. Your last r week's Times has the article we wrote and also the letter signed by the commissioners of public works. The only thing we feel impelled to do is to refute the charge of intend' ing to mislead the public and to mis- ; represent Mr. Duncan. Neither Mayor * Wharton nor Clerk Arthur gave us ( 1 advice not to publish the article. All ' three of us expressed regret that the matter had ever gotten to the public in the papers. ' The statement that the city owed 1. Ann - d?on AAA * vi.i,vuu iu .t>ov),uuu wnen me present administration came into office was r made in round numbers from current " report, and was not intended to be a c statement of absolute fact; it was merely an approximation. Since Col. Duncan's article has been received by us we have prone to the statement issued by Public Accountant C. L. Vann, 11 covering the period from June 7th, 1912, to June 2, 1914, the latter date 1 being the date upon which Mayor Dune can turned over the city to Mayor s i Wharton. This statement shows the 1 following: r Accounts payable $ 7.910.92 s Notes payable 03,648.39 ; Total $71,595.21 1 n i Exhibit "D" in the same report shows the following cash on hand: U Citi/.ens Nat. Hank Fund __$* 244.00 Casli in Hank? ' General Fund .. 13,S02.04 li Less Outstanding I ( hecks 993.00 12,809.64 n I Cash on hand 1,324.56 J 11 Total $14,378.20 : We presume the $11,.ITS.20 cash on ,1 hand was income from taxes and lit ' censes due in May, and payable in f May, the month preceding the date I. of the statement. If this be so, it i would be tine that the city owed s $*71,595.21 prior to the receipt of the i-! $14,378.20. This would mean that s when Col. Duncan turned over the ofc> fice, but for the incoming taxes and si license fees, which it is presumed l | would be required to keep up the , running expense of the city governe ment the city ower $71,595.21, and . t had the prospects of the incoming t*ax, t all of which would be needed to run l the eitv frovernment- not fn rmlnoo ( ' debt. Should the deht have been reijduced in the sum of $14,378.20, it is t presumed that immediately the city s j would have had to borrow that sum y for running expenses. So it is as y broad as it is long Who put on this debt, just how long p it had been on the city we do not - know. We have never said Col. Duna can put it on during his administraf tion. The records should show who h did, and we presume that it can easily s be procured. We do not feel that anything else in Col. Duncan's article calls for any ) reply from us. NOTICE, MASONS! A regular communication of Union a Lodpe, No. 75, A. F. M., r> yA&L will he held on Friday, c March 2, at 7:30 p. m. All ' /vHyy members are urged to be r / present as business of ims portance will be transacted. It C. Wharton, 1 Ben L. Berry, W. M. Secretary. v < COOPER FURNITURE EXCHANGE UNION, S. C. S We Buy, Sell and Exchange Furs nit lire. Trunks, Stoves and Sewing Machines. Cash or Easy Payments. r ____________________ mm LITTLE GIRL IIAS ACCIDENT. Eugenia Grace, the 18-months-old laughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Godshall happened to a very serious accident Wednesday by falling and cutting an ugly gash on her cheek. K. OF P. MEETING. The Knights of Pythias will hold a meeting Wednesday evening, February 21st, at the hall at 8 o'clock and will have with them Ixauis J. Bristow of Columbia, grand prelate, and possibly a supreme officer. In addition to the regular work there will be work in the rank pf Esquire. All Knights are ur;V?d to attend this meeting. At the close of the business session refreshments will be served. A STATEMENT. A few facts about an article which appeared in The Union Times January 20th, 1017, headed, "Pacolet River Association Defends Its Position." Desiring to have peace, we thought at first to not have anything to say, and let our good brethren in the Pacolet River Association, who have caused all of the past eruption of our peaceful relation to all of the churches in Union county, to continue their abuse. But for fear someone may be misled, or fail to form the correct opinion from reading the above named article concerning the Pacolet River and the socalled Union Baptist Association, we thought to state concerning it the following facts: For the reasons stated in their article, in taking to themselves rights as prelatical dictators of the internal and external workings of our Independent Baptist churches, are the cause of the heeinninr* of nil of +hia disturbance. Whereas, had it not been for this mistaken idea on the part of the Pacolet River Association Board, the churches all today would have been nt peace. Now we take it for granted that every intelligent Baptist knows what church he or she would like to be a member of; and should be allowed to make his or her own choice, without being ordered to do so by the monastic members of the Board of the Pacolet River Association. Friends, the real truth is, every regular organized Baptist church is independent and should not be interfered, and disturbed by unscrupulous intruders. Our pood brethren should learn to attend to their own business, and not be busy-bodies into other people's affairs. We take the liberty to say that the pastor, deacons and members of the Corinth Baptist church have tried, in the lipht of conscience, law and ommon sense, to do their whole duty, although we are not perfect, and leave ourselves subject to any rightful *or reci ion. nut i no tacts are simply these: According: to the principles as found in the laws trovernintr the Baptist church in Hitchcock New Directory page 335, section a, any number of Baptist churches can form as many associations as they wish, without injury to themselves or others, and not hoinii* linflpr nnv rtlilinrntinno ters, or permission from any church, or association. But it is not true ".n the formation of churches, for befor-i a church can properly exist there must he individuals who have been converted, and become like little children and taken into the fellowship of the church hv the votes of the majority present and pro out the same. No other form is recoprni/.ed by regular intelligent Baptist (New Directory, page 81, note II) and all of the present divisions in our churches and associations in Union county are caused by the disregard on the part of our brethren of this one simple fact. By the aid of an honorable and most ecclesiastical and efficient council, we had agreed to settle all existing contentions with all concerned, except two who influenced other to disregard all rightful appeals into a bodv. called a church out of disorderly and excluded members. This we regret very much, but in the discharge of our duty we must endeavor to stick to the principles which individualizes our denomination and preserves the honor and dignity of the Baptist church. T. C. Phillips, Pastor of the Corinth Baptist Church, Union, S. C. 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People's Supply Co. tf BREAK YOUR COLD or LaGrippe with a few doses of 666. 50-3 mo. FOR RENT OR SALE?Several Union County Farms. G. B. Barron. 42-tf ?">.00 MEN'S SHOES at $2.49. $3..">0 Ladies' Shoes at $1.00. Talk of the town. How can we do it? Come and see. At the Wonder. EGGS FOR SALE?Buff and White Orpington, Buckeyes, Barred Rocks, Buff Leghorns. Gilliam Poultry Yard., D. Fant Gilliam, Jr. G-4 32-inch wide 25c Shepherd Checks at 15c during the Clearance Sale, at the Wonder. NOTICE?I will not be responsible for any accounts made by my wife, Ella O'Shields. B. K. O'Shielcls. 7-1-pd FOR THE BEST SERVICE, focleanliness and promptness, call upon us. Our shop is in every way up-to-date. White barbers only. We are no cut rate, second class concern. We give you your money's worth. McMillan and Cannon. 39-tf SELL US your old paper, magazines and books. We pay highest cash prices for all kinds of paper. The Reliable Junk Co., rear of Progress Office; Phone 322. 6-4 IFOR RENT?The Corrie B. 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Harry at the Farmers' RnndoH Warehouse and he will serve you. T. C. Duncan. 5-tf WAR DECLARED on disease. Help your physician fight it by having his prescription filfid at the Palmetto Drug Co. An English patent has been issued for a process for rolling hollow steel bars from ingots that are drilled and filled with heat-resisting sand. ISH< PCLIS "EASY TC Give a quid shine and p: ^ the leal HE F.F. DALLEY CO. OF BUFFAL a There Is No 1 of all the year when meal time ii than in winter. After hours of < or play to even the jaded appe mealtime. And even then the n important. We Offer the For All the THE WOI "The Growing S ANNOUNCES Tl Mid-Winter Clear Will Continue for Ai Ending Saturday, Feb. 2 Here, Good Friends and Patro portunlty for you to save 1 soon, come all, and don't mis One lot Men's All-Wool and L1 Worsted Suits, broken , yy UU1 sizes, worth $15.00, Clear- Pop and Sale $2.98 $10. Any Ladies' Coat in the house, your choice $5.00 ZZ Z One C One lot Men's Sample Shoes, values up to $5.00, Clear- ai ance Sale Price $2.49 7 32 in Any Ladies' Coat Suit going Che at $5.00 this THE WOI "The Grnwinn 5 S. Krasnoff, Prop. GOWDYSVILLE M* * | this wri Mr. C. H. Powell of Butlar spent a s001? few days in this section last week. v Mr. Ernest Morris has been confined ^r* " to his room for several days with ty- ^?vJ?n(U phoid fever. We wish him a speedy ' recovery. J?wSV,i Harold, the little son of Mr. and . r* * Mrs. J. W. Gallman, is very sick at Union this writing. We hope that he will soon he better. jt] Mr. I.ee Ivey of Cowpens was the reiiui0;(| guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Morris Lnn(.(fr last Sunday night. ^d Mr. Boyd Ivey of Butler spent a day or two last week with his mother, An ac Mrs. J. F. Ivey. ranged Misses Georgie Parks and Ruth its Frei Scott spent the week-end with their stale. parents of Jonesville. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Blackwood of Rcsen Jonesville spent last Sunday at the new dc home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Black- baskets wood of this community. handles. >E MES > USE" k lasting reserve ther. NEW YORK Inc.. Q. N Y. VMk . C A??IO "TK ^Wl/?ce>Aat?^l 'ime 3 more appreciated iither snappy work tite comes zest at latter of quality is Be& Year MDER lore" HAT OUR ance Sale lother Week 4, at 11 P. M. ns, Is another optig money. Come is the last chance. VDIES' DRESSES Serge, Silk and Silk lins, values up to 00, Clearance Sale at $3.49 (Come quickly). bluett $1.50 Shirt, one i's $2.00 Hat and one i's Vest, all yours for $1.00 ches wide Shepherd VIIOI ?? V/X VIA XJL/V y UU1 1 I I Sale at, per yard 15c NDER tore" Union, S. C. lenry Proctor is very sick at itinjr. We hope that he will ! able to take up his work ant Ivey was a business visitor ;ville last Saturday. 1. M. Morris was a visitor to le Saturday evening >. i. Morris was a visitor to ast Friday and Saturday. X Y. Z. iventor has patented a small I disk to be attached to a aph needle to :ntensify the iroplane with seven planes arin a semi-circle is claimed by rich inventor to be perfectly lbling a pair of ice tongs is a tachable handle for lifting of fruit of vegetables that lack