Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE The Time Has Co to a People Who Fact and Keep Man Power inn || PHONE 100 or tion of the Chinese government, wni'cn ?flo ~ f o'nf^i^rtiv. ' ? gnnn J'-'TQfin'L ?1C i has decide'T to mfte paffcr-ffiJiKflTjc GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT a < of To Ilia Honor, T. J. Mauldin, Presid- Th ing Judge: '"1( ' We, the grand jury, have passed on at. nil bills handed us and made our re- < port on same. 1 ( Our committee appointed to inspect * 1 the various county offices reports that * they found all to be neatly kept. ^ \\ e beg to recommend that additional shelving be installed in the Clerk of Court's office to take care of the live (records now kept dowr. fairs. Wo also H< ' -rvomniend that cfjuipnient be fin- "V nished this office to fde records sim ilar to that kept by the Judge of Pro- oil bate. Our- committee on the vim gang oi rcnort- that I hey round ov< i vthinu' in in yroorl -hape except the hfddinp and ree- w > mniead that, new hedd! i_ l?e furnished \> for the prisoners quarters. a Our courthouse committee reports fc that the building is badly kept and a bops to call attention to the follow- )> ing: c The closets are. in a very filthy con- h dition and recommend that they he ' given a thorough cleaning. That the ? : plastering in the hall on the second ' . floor he repaired at once. That a door 1 he placed in the place of the window r in the boiler room, the window hav- f ' intr been broken out. That tbe attic 1 Vie cleaned out arid all the loose, records and books of any value be tiled and t those of no value be destroyed. That t I MEET ME AT WILI SP , 5 Each departing g chandi.se on display ?2 u'unl in out' vast si ! Our Millinery 1 just the Hat to sui Children's Hats is Ask your friei customer whether WL1 : tii me When Every Consumer C i the Most Serious Question Up to the Productive Point We realized someti Our only fight is for ex croods as the markets o1 demands of the people < for months selling" twoany market at wholes? the tidal wave of high There is only one an extra foot of groun Garden Truck of ever\ and by having somethi those from whom we h what the other fellow 1 he won't, and this is tl inal prices to which th We invite you to b or Provender for Cattl more than to try to m? perous time, and we urf stuff at the fabulous pr sold stuff for, and you or other Seed that you living hack within reac tide is not stemmed. We have big stocks Seed Beans and all srm you to get your Seed Pc Sooner the Cheaper. Remember, we can buy the same aticles at We want your busi cannot live without we, ,T VfVII 1 VUUll^lilUlltO tllC Call on us every da Service Superior. UNI 80 POU* VilX 'tISheSaiMi'Uiib tV/liclnu\V. v*L. mspidor he" pl?i.ed at tne lhnoing hr the steps leading to the gallery, in is place is in a very dirty condition in 1 we recommend that it be cleaned st once. Dn the outside of the building under C( . window in the superintendent of tr .ication ottice snows mat a cuapiuui s been emptied against side of build- h X and makes a bad place both as to h >ks a.id odor. We recommend that o is be cleaned at once. The a;rand jury visited the County f mic in a body and found the build- 11 gs in a very poor shape. The inates are made as comfortable as pos- 1 hie under existing conditions. We recommend that a competent col-1* ed nurse be employed to care for the mates as the superintendent has no | oman assistant to help care for same. ,re recommend that more adequate ' nd comfortable quarters be furnished >r the inmates as the present houses re in such shape that they cannot e repaired so as to make the inmates omfortable. Would advise one large ouse to take care of all whites. Wo ecommend that more suitable bedding nd clothes be furnished as some of the nmates appear to be short on both. Tat an itemized report be furnished luarterly to the grand jury of the re eipts ard disbursements of the Couny Homo and chain gang. It has been brought to our attention that labor agents are in our county inducing labor to leave the State, BURN'S RING' nt is now ready and have tl ; that they can depend on s tvwing of Millinery, Suits, ( Department will be in char t you. A complete showing the largest in the city. id-, to meet you at Wilburn's or not you buy. BURN ME >an Appreciate Better Than That Has Ever Faced This and at the Same Time Ke me ago that there can be i istence, and you can rest a f this country afford, at pri ind at same time stay in bu thirds of the goods that \v ile prices. We are still do prices swept completely o e? uwjjc in icuti iui tut; pres d to plant Food Crops of r conceivable kind, or ever; ng to live on at hon e, we ave to buy; in other words las to sell if he will sell it ; he only remedy or relief f e common necessities of li uv anything and everything le or Stock of any kind fr ike expenses or to stay in re you to Buy Seed, have a ( ices we are now having to ] can be sure that every gan plant in Union County th :h of the great masses of i ; of English Pea Seed, sellii ill Seed, many of these wh vaim> TTnnfKnV. 1 , (yuui i_/11 l^llOIi J still supply nine out of ten ; wholesale, many of them ness, we can't live without or others in our line, look ? hundreds of items that y< ,y, we will do our best for ; .ON < UNIO iq we mat . -1 auv.n?H?M vestigate this at once and if same is violation of the law take the proper eps to bring the offender to justice. The last grand jury requested the >mptroller general to send an audi>r to make report on the books of le Sinking Fund Commission which as been done. This report is in our rtnds and will be filed with the Clerk f Court. We beg to call attention to the fast nd reckless driving of automobiles 11 the county and city and request hat the proper authorities take steps o stop same. We thank the solicitor for his aid o this body. We wish to thank His Honor for th< ourtesies shown us and ask that \v< >e discharged from further attend mce at this term of court. Respectfully submitted. G. C. Perrin, Foreman. March 1. 1017. There were 23,500,000 persons at tending schools of some kind in th United States in 191G. A state-owned hydro-electric plai has been proposed for erection i Niagara Falls. Telephone lines in use in the Unit* States during the year 1912 amount* to 20,248,326 miles. riME ie most Interesting Display seeing and buying somethin 'oats, Hresses, Skirts, Wais ge of a competent milliner of "Lazarus," "Hart" and i. We believe you will find BRO HAS Ever Before the Bulwark of L Country, That of Getting Suf ep Self Respect, by Paying for tio question of trying to make a ] ssured that at our store you < ces, made not to make profits, \ siness. Out of our mammoth e sell for less at retail than the ung mis on everytning we nav ver this country, ent oppressive prices, and that i some kind, plant English Peas, y conceivable plan, on every ai can force some semblance of r< if we raise enough to live on ut a reasonable price or we ci or our people from the almost fc have gone. sr that you have to have in the om us, we will not try to mak( business to serve you at a bette iarden or Truck Patch, you ca pay, but you can be sure of the don and every truck patch, eve lis year will be one blow you people who will soon face star ng for less than wholesale cost, en sold out can not be replaced a Peas and Seed Beans, the Soom a t* ? * 1 . liems ior your taoie at retail 1 in car lots. it. We want to serve you well, out for your interests, to procui on take as a matter of course, ^'ou every time. Our Best Mea GrROC N, S. C. P^C0?ns<?^iliLG.PROGRAM.J,?l '131 * * -?~ >v,p nurj-Di' Mr. A. B. Carwile, recently appointed farm demonstration agent for Union county, urges the people to read &t the following letter which he has re- ceived from Washington: "1. A home garden for every fam- y,a ily on the farm. From one-tenth to ca one-fourth acre, well located, well fu tilled and tended as carefully as any i,t other crop on the farm, planted in ro- fa tation to time the vegetable crops so ni as to have a continuous supply for the CI family table as many days in the year as possible. To this should be added vv 1 one-fourth of an acre of potatoes, eith- a er Irish or sweet, or both, to be used s' ! as food for the family. An acre of } sorghum or sugar cane should be pro- s - duced to supply the family with syrup v if means can be found for grinding v the pane and making the syrup. f "2. Produce enough corn on each jfarm to last the family and the live- t stock with certainty for one year, with j a little excess for safety. c > "3. Produce sufficient oats and other ie small grain to supplement the corn : 1 food for one year with certainty, re- , membering that these small grains ^ it conserve the soil in winter and provide . it some grazing for livestock. i "4. Produce the hay and forage 1 crops necessary to supply the liveid stock on the farm one year, with a litsd tie excess for safety, not forgetting the legumes which add fertility to the AT Wll r ever offered by us. Our patr< ,g worth while. The most disc ..4- w\?t/?Aci f Uof o \in f Vi 3LS ?*I1U <11/ JM itco mat ctic vvitu , Miss Dansey, from the North other well known Hats alway H- 1 our display of Spring Goods 1 H3k> ' - mi >S. - II COI >ependability That a Concern 1 ficient and Suitable Food to < What You Have to Eat. profit on our business. :an still buy as good )ut to try to meet the stocks, we have been iy could be bought on ? 1 /-V-P4 c icii/, uen ve is for every man with Beans, Potatoes and mailable spot of land; 5ason in dealing with at home we can buy in let him keep it if prohibitive and crim: way of Food Stuffs,', j a profit on you any r day and more prosin't hope to sell yo :r i best prices you ever ry Pea, Bean, Turnip have struck to bring vation if the present J -r?_ i._ -i , occu ixisii .rotaioes, t any price. We urge ir the Better and the for less than you can for we know that you *e and have ready for ns Money Saved, and ERY L. L. WA il and produce the beat hay. plus II CuwWM ^ jpV1 t-ilal "5. Produce the necessary meat; *s and milk for the family. The nec< ?at should be produced by increased ^ar] tention to poultry and hogs because ca8. the rapidity with which these can i produced. Every family should tve at least two cows so that one r in be in milk all of the time. A sut- ? ient number of brood sows should "ee i kept to produce the pork for the ?<jj( imilyJ with some excess for sale. The iimbcr of laying hens should be inleased and carefully tended to pro- ^ uce eggs and poultry for the table ith a sufficient excess for sale. The 1 verage number of poultry per farm '|r< hould be gradually increased to at ^ ?ast fifty. The livestock on the farm I hould be gradually increased as a /hole so as to consume the otherwise P? /aste products of the farm and make ! he unprofitable and untillable lands an iroductive. This means attention to an he breeding, care and feeding of otl loultry and hogs, beef cattle, milch an :ows, etc. im "6. When the living has been am- so lly provided for, grow cotton for the a^ nain money crop. Where the boll ^a sveevil has recently invaded the farm and cotton raising is somewhat unccr- 18 tain until farmers learn how, reduce the normal acres planted to cotton and tli plant such crops as soy beans, peanuts sj and velvet beans, as cash crops or to in feed live stock for cash sales. hi "7. Plan to sell or exchange the sur- b< MEET IV! i m idi )ns know that when we ann< riminating persons can find p in reason. , and we feel sure that you a s on display. Our line of unt nost interesting. Courteous I ? I* , lie iAtuiej ME I Like Ours Means I r? i H uonserve neaitn CO. GNON, Mgr. | i ? ? s and the feed crops, to cover the jssary running expenses of the ti and save the cotton as the real h crop. "Bradford Knapp, "Chief." It will be well for the people to :d the above advice.?Editor]. 3NE DRY" BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT NOW LAW Washington, March 3.?President lson today signed the postofiioe apjpriation bill, containing the "boneprohibition provision, rhe "bone-dry" provision became ef tive when the President signed the stal bill. Six Southern States, Virginia, North d South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama d Mississippi, and at least eight hers are added to "hone-dry" States, d hereafter it will be unlawful to iport liquor in any quantity forpernal use. Arkansas and Tennessee ready were bone-dry tmder State w. Florida, Louisiana and Texas are it affected bv the "bone-dry" pro ion. The same bill prohibits delivery in le mails of any publication or correlondence bearing liquor advertising i States which by their own laws proibit such advertising within their arders. 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