University of South Carolina Libraries
W . 1=1 THE UNION TIMES pi ESTABLISHED IN 1850 ? GIVING ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME FOR 6? YEARS VOL. LXVII. NO. 10. UNION, S. G\, FRIJ>kY, Al'lUL 20, li>17 ~ ? _ lCAll 1 u'*ou U ^ ^ I riuffi in Li/iivi OVER P/ House Military Committee Insists on Call for Volunteers. Woodrow Wilson at Capitol Says That Draft is Necessary For the Safety of the United States. wasmngton, April IN.?The lines were drawn today for a great fight between the administration and opponents in the house of the plan to raise the war army by selective draft. While President Wilson was at the capital telling senators and representatives that no compromise between the volunteer and draft system could be accepted with safety to the nation the house military committee by a vote of 12 to 8 adopted the amendments to the administration bill authorizing calls for volunteers in increments of 500,000 and providing that the draft shall be applied only in the event the president decides that the force needed can not be raised and maintained under the volunteer plan. Chairman Dent headed the antidraft force and will introduce the amended bill in the house tomorrow with a view to pressincr it for nassairo I Monday. Representative Kahn of California, ranking Republican member of the committee, is preparing a report to be signed by the minority and will join in leading the fight on the flcoT for the administration. The senate committee formally voted 10 to 7 today to report virtually without change the bill as originally drafted by the general staff and approved by the president and will present it tomorrow. The measure may be passed by the senate without, waiting fnr action in the house. Appeal to Country. The president made plain to those with whom he talked his determination to have the staff bill enacted. There seems no doubt that he will appeal directly to the country, if nec??ssary, and tell the people that in Mi *1T the military advisers oFthe government as well as admin, istration officials national safety demands that the army be provided under the plans prepared by the army expertc after long study and consideration of lessons learned from the war :n Europe. The war department holds that every weakness of the volunteer system would I e perpetuated under the house committee's scheme. A feature of the amendments providing for the selection of officers from local units is regarded by officials as particularly obnoxious to sound military principles. They say the task of providing competent officers under this restriction would be rendered ten times more difficult and the efficiency of the army to be built greatly reduced from the very start. The president thinks that full opportunity for volunteers is offered under the staff bill, since there will be room for 724,000 voluntary enlistments in the regular army and National Guard for the duration of the war. In addition, the uoor is mrown wide open to men who are qualified to become officers. The chief amendment of the house committee follows: ''That the president be and he is hereby authorized to call for 500,000 volunteers under and in accordance with the act of congress, approved April 25, 1914 (the army reorganization act) .... "That in the event it becomes necessary to raise an additional force of 500,000 men . . . the president be, and he is hereby, authorized to call such additional force by vounteers in the same manner. Such volunteer army shall be apportioned among the various States and territories and the District of Columbia according to population, raised in regimental units or parts thereof. . . . "Provided, That such volunteer forces shall be recruited in local units as far as practicable and company officers may be appointed from such units upon passing such reasonable and practicable examinations to fitness a sihe president may direct. "And provided further, That upon the completion or the enrollment as provided in this act, and in the event 'he president decides that such additional force or forces can not be effectually raised and maintained under th*? ct.11 for volunteers as herein presided. the president be, and he is hereby, authorized to raise and organize the same by the selective draft, as here'n provided." A CONCERT. Prof. Carver of New York cit' will bo in Union in the near futirre and pive a concert under the auspices of the Guild of the Episcopal church I'rof. Carver is a gifted musician and /he people of Union are to he congratulated upon securing him for thin concert. Prof. Carver will arrive the latter part of this week to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox on South street. / RESS .AN FOR ARMY GREAT COUNCIL REDMEN MET. Gathered in Aiken April 10-11. Next Meeting Goes to Seneca Next Year. Two Union Men. The Great Council of Redmen met in Aiken April 10-11, and about ISO delegates were in attendance. The , following officers were chosen to serve the ensuing year. Max G. Bryant of Rock Hill was elected Great Prophet, and was also selected a delegate to the Great Council of the United States. Cannon G. Blease of Newberry was elected Great Sachem. D. W. Smoak of Greenville was elected Great Senior Sagamore. R. N. Leonard of Union was elected Great Junior Sagamore. W. M. Allen of Greenville was elect- ( AAT vu mi cav ivcujjcl Ul ?T ctiupuill. ( R. Ij. Cromer of Union was elected Great Chief of Records. Otto Klettner and Max G. Bryant were chosen representatives to the , Great Council of the United States. The two Union men chosen to a ' place in the State organization won out over strong opponents. CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP CAMPAIGN < Another enthusiastic meeting was held Wednesday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, by the 1 boosters of the "clean-up and paintup" movement, and big cleaning and painting campaign will begin the week of April 30th. During the month of May the grand lodges of orders of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias will be the guests of our city, and these hosts of vi? itors will see a clean and healthful little city. Union does not do things half-way, and this "clean-up and paint-up" campaign is an assured success. Everybody will cooperate with the working committees. The school children will play an important part, the ever faithful and loyal Union women will be the main boosters and Iheloera, and these, together with the business men, will see that Union is I made a "spotless town" indeed. , The committees aDnointed at WpH nesday's meeting will be notified by the general committee at once. Everybody can help in this movement, and "knockers" are asked to please throw away their hammers, and get a horn free for the asking from anv of the boosters. This campaign is merely a working unity of a great national "clean-up" wave which is sweeping the whole country, and it not only does good here in Union, but it makes a good impression for our town away from home. Be a "booster." Get in line right now. SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES. Beginning with next Sunday, April 22, and continuing through the following Friday. There will be worship at the First Presbyterian church. The preaching will be by the Rev. Rollin T. Chafer, a wonderful Bible teacher. Mr. Chafer'has had a remarkable experience in religious work, especially in Philadelphia and New York with striking success among men who are usually hard to reach. It would be well for employers to attend, and give those in their employ the chance to attend. Now at a time when God is speak| ing to the world, le tus hear and heed. nours or worship: Sunday morning at 11 o'clock; night at 8 o'clock. On the week days: 4 o'clock in the afternoon; 8:15 at night. May all conflicting engagements he annulled for next week, with its precious chance. DEATH OF LITTLE GIRL. Louise, the two and a half year old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. S. P. Hair, died Wednesday afternoon at Fountain Inn, and will be huried Thursday. MRS. CORNELIA C. BEATY PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY Mrs. Cornelia C. Beaty died in Cross Keys township Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock and was buried the following day at Mt. Vernon^yRev. _T W Qnoolro ~ 1 ?. ??. Mp^ctrv^ Luuuuciisi^ me xunerai services. Mrs. Meaty was 77 years of age and was the widow of the late W. J. Reaty. She is survived by one son, Mr. W. T. Reaty of Union and one daughter, Mrs. E. II. Jeter of Jonesville. Mrs. Reaty was 77 years of age and consistent member of Grace Methodist church, and her life has been one of faithful devotion to her church, her children and the community in which she lived. She was of a quiet, gentle disposition, and had the good will of all who knew her. If she had an enemy in the world it is not known. The gentleness of her heart won all to her. "They sat on the steps at midnight, But her love was not to his taste; His reach was thirty-six inches. While hers was a forty-six waist." 125,000 OUT 0 STRIf Part of the Munition Plants are Walk-Out of Laborers?Croi -t Copenhagen, April 17, via London, April 18.?The number of strikers in Berlin is placed in even the semiofficial report at 125,000 and is distributed, according to The Tageblatt through machine works, some electrical establishments and part of th? munition plants. The latter statement is interesting in view of a dispatch from the official news bureau denying that the munition factories were affected. The Tageblatt, says however, Hmt- fhA frrnu f mnnifiAM J -?i. V..W . UIIIVIVII HIUUMIy ttl Spandan has not been involved. Reports in all the Berlin newspa? pers which have arrived here agree that the demonstrators were usually orderly although roughs resorted to occasional window breaking in the Unter Den Linden, the Friedrich and I-riepzic Strasses and other central thoroughfares. Soldiers as well as police, were used in cordons thrown about the Unter Den Linden and the imperial castle. Crowds Were Bitter. Great crowds gathered in the neighborhood of the castle during the day and the temper of the crowd, particularly the women, is described as viry bitter. The strikers denounced the farmers, the wholesalers and the government in equal measure for responsibility for the food situation. Ever socialist leaders who opposed the strike made it evident to the authorities that a further curtailment of rations from any cause could not bt borne. Labor representatives interviewed Lord Mayor Wermuth and the Prussian food commissioner, Michaelis yesterday. They were given an assurance in regard to food which it is hoped will induce the workmen tc ahaandon the strike. People Want Peace. The Vorwaerts alone of the bip R. I. Wilson Kit Mr. R. J. Wilson, chief engineer at Ottaray mills, was so hadly injured by the explosion of a whitewashing device upon which he was experimenting Tuesday afternoon about 5 o'clock that he died from his injuries one hour and fortv minutec hitpr Thr? was a most peculiar one. The deceased had ripped up an oil barrel, attachinp a spray nozzle, a safety paupc and a tube for pourinp in the whitewash mixture. He then connected the barrel with a pipe carryinp compressec air. Havinp filled the barrel aboul two-thirds full of the whitewash mixture, which was composed of lime, plu< and rice meal, mixed with water the day before ,and havinp closed the openinp throuph which the mixture was fed into the barrel, he had a colored man holdinp the spray nozzle ready tc throw the mixture upon the wall When he turned the compressed ail into the upper section of the barrel Johnson Rifles The Johnson Rifles, Co. E, in the First Repiment, South Carolina, left frvr. -i- cii? ?? iui \ja:iip iuuuie at oiyx ivionciay at noon over the Southern raliway. The officers in charge of the company were: Capt. J. Frost Walker, Jr., first lieutenant, John A. Hollingsworth am! second lieutenant, Booth Hart. Orders were received Thursday by Capt. Walker to assemble his men in the armory and the order requiring married privates and non commissioned officers to be left behind took about men out of the ranks, but many recruits were received and when the t;ain pulled out for Styx, the company lacked only a few men of Having full peace strength. Hundreds of people gathered at the station to bid the boys' farewell and OLD FIDDLERS' CONVENTION. The Old Fiddlers' convention, which was held last Friday evening at the high school auditorium, was a success financially andln point of attendance. This convention was held under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was participated in by numbers of artists. The list of prize winners is published below: Violin solo: 1st, Mr. Creaseman; 2nd, Mr. J. F. Willard; 3rd, T. B. Fowler (only 14 years old). Duet: 1st, Inman & O'Shields; 2nd, Black welder & Jeffries; 3rd, Greer & Betenhamrh Solo on other instruments than violin: 1st, Gowan; 2nd, O'Shields; 3rd, West. Trio: 1st, White, Fowler and West; 2nd, Ingle, Alman and Brunson; 3rd, Kitchens, Parks and Keisler. Orchestra: 1st, Kitchens, Parks, Keisler, Bobo and 2nd, Lan ^ ^ -V N A IE IN GERMANY Declared to Be Affected By the vds are Bitter Against Rulers. , Berlin paper, ventured this morning i to comment editorially on the strike. It said that the demonstration was based not only on the food situation ; and the demand that internal reforms be no longer delayed but also on the i deep longing of the people for peace ; While claiming that the neaco seni timent has a decisive role in the ; movement the Vorwaerts argues that the strike cannot be regarded as anti, governmental since the "Austrian and ; German declarations justify the hope that the policy of the central powers is now on a path which will soon lead i to peace." ' The paper laments the fact that the i demonstration will have exactly the i opposite effect probably from that del sired by encouraging Germany's opponents to continue the war and dimini ishing the output of munitions. It also i regrets that among o'l'ier excesses a i crowd gathered in front of the vacant British embassv. vpllino- omi ??ii ? 7 J ? ?..u vuv-iailing. Trouble at Kiel. No reports of a strike movement in . labor centers outside Berlin have , been received as yet. A Kiel dispatch says that the radical anti-war party got control of the greater Kiel social( ist assembly and passed resolutions , against voting war credits. Another | sidelight comes from munich where a woman teacher was put on trial for , "pacifist* intrigues." She was acquitted on the ground that she was deI mented from over strain. Strikers Back at Work. London, April 18.?A Berlin dispatch to the Pilitiken, of Copenhagen ? as forwarded to the exchange telegraph company says that work has been resumed in most of the Berlin : factories. led By Explosion ; the barrel blew upwards for six or I eight feet, leaving the bottom and contents on the floor. Mr. Wilson was struck in the forehead by the rim of : the barrel as it ascended, and knocked backward, striking his head upon the ; cement floor. A gash was cut in the ? fnrolipntl Vnif If lo ,1 ? ai , uuv IV lil null Ul'UlI! resulted from the fall to the cement s floor. The tragedy occurred in the holier room of the mill. ! Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife, I who was before her marriage Miss ; Gregory, daughter of Simeon Greg ory. deceased, and three children. s The burial was at Fairview Baptist ! church, five miles east of Union, Wed nesday afternoon. The coroner's jury rendered the folI lowing verdict: ? "Said R. J. Wilson came to his death . hy explosion of a barrel on which he was experimenting with compressed I air." at Camp Moore the city school came in a body, cavrying flags and giving lusty cheers. It v/as a different scene from the one last summer when they left for the ! Mexican border, though the serious ' note was present. It is always sad to ; say good-bye, but we expect our boys home in a short time and trust this means nothing more than a trip to f'h:t hlpcfnn nr oAmn nniinlU. ?1. < ? -1 ?..V?VV?1 vr* OVUtC Cljuauy UUll^nii ill place. The hoys attended services at the First Presbyterian church Sunday evening, at which time all the churches in the city united and took part in the i services. The music was furnished by the choirs of the churches and a short address was delivered by Rev. J. W. Speake, pastor of Grace Methodist church. The patriotic songs wero sun}; with fervor and spirit. caster, Mays, West, Mays, Farmer, Gowan, Johnson and Lawson. Sjd, Colson, Pill, O'Shields, Pruett, Betenbaugh and Inman. Dancing: Johnson, O'Shields, Willard and West. Singing: O'Shields and Mays. Oldest fiddler: Eliphas Stokes. Best looking fiddler: L. W. Blackwelder. BAILEY-WHITE. Miss Pennie Bailey and Mr. Thos. White, of Indiana, were married Friday evening, April 13th, at the home nf fVin lirl/lo m C/vtul-U w. ?<.x/ ?/??uv 111 uuutll UIIKMI. The ceremony was? perfor.ned by Rev. J. M. Troprdon ,pastor of Tabernacle church, and witnessed by the family and a few friends. Mr. and Mrs. White have hundreds of relatives and friends in Union and throughout the county who wish for them a lonp: life full of happiness. - They are at home to their friends in South Union. COLORED HOLD I KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS MEET HERE MAY 22 Convention Will Enroll Three to Four Hundred Delegates?Local Committee Active to Secure Homes for the Visitors. On Tuesday, May 22, the delegates to the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, will meet here. There will he between three and four hundred delegates in the gathering and the local committee is already at work to secure homes for these distinguished visitors. They do not wish free hoard, but will pay their own way. The local committee. Air Iir T_1_ * * * ??. ??. .jonnson, cnairman, desires to secure board and rooms from the citizens here. The people of Union are requested to communicate with Mr. | Johnson, in case one or more delegates can he taken. Help him, by 'phoning him at once, stating how many you can accommodate. BOYS' CLUB WORK. The organizing of the club workers is just about complete. Below is given a list of those who have joined. While is list is not long as it should he, by any means, we feel that great work is going to he done. Saturday last the members met in the court house and elected the following officers of the Union County Boys' Agricultural club: President. Fred Parr. Vice president, Athens Belue. Secretary, Russell Burgess. Superintendent of Education J. H. Hope and Demonstration Agent A. B. Carwile were put on the steering committee as ex officio members. Also five club members are to be on this committee, two to be elected by the i organized clubs of Sardis and Oakland and three to be appointed hy the demonstration agent. Besides work to be done other things were discussed . by the members, such as organizing a ball team, trips in the summer to Clemson colege and neighboring points. , j If any names are omitted it; is done | >>Mtbt>tit*"1riU'ntlonr''?ftnf--Aii,!ii wwWifrs to be added will be gladly received: The following boys have already enlisted: Corn. Alton Adams, r>?4.?i L v/uai IIVJ iicu'liuau^ll) Athens Belue, Ben Belue, Earle Belue, Wilbur 01. Browning, Russell Burgess, Earl Clark, Malcomb Glark. Warren Pillard, Roy Faucett. Jessie Franklin. Earnest Gregory, Ross Gregory, Martin Hullender, Walter Jolly, Tom McNease, Willie Plexico, Reuben Sims, Paul Trammell. Oakland Pig Club. Athens Belue, Ben Belue, Earl Belue, Lynn Belue, Fred Parr, Earnest Younir. Gault Pip Club. Johnnie Grepory Haskell Vauphn, Harrell Vinson, Johnnie Vinson. Members at Iyarpo for Pip Club. Durant Hazzard, Major C. Anderson, Harry Tweed. Special Clubs. Athens Belue, 1-2 acre potatoes. Fred Parr, 1 acre cotton, potatoes and peanuts. MISS MARY WHITLOCK DIES AT MOUNT TABOR Death Came Sunday?Buried at Gilead Church Monday?Lived to Be 84 Years Old. Mice 1\.f ...... WUitl 1- ' iTKtl ty U IllllUl'ISt (110(1 at the home of her nephew, Mr. W. A. Moorhead, at Mt. Tahor, where for several years she has made her home. She was the aunt of Mrs. Moorhead. The burial was in Gilead cemetery Monday afternoon, Rev. C. F. Felmet, the pastor, conducting the service. M iss Whitlock was a woman possessing crreat nobility of character, and was a devoted Christian. Her kindness and gentleness won the hearts Of all Who f?nmn nn,lni- !" fluence, and her deeds of charity were many. She lived a life that is a rich inheritance to heT loved ones. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. The Cross Keys Township Interdenominational Sunday School convention will meet in the Cross Keys school house at 2:30 p. m., fifth Sunday in April. All schools are requested to send delegates and a full report. H. B. Murphy, Township President. PLE MASS MEETING Large Gathering in Court House Wednesday?Purpose to Enlist Colored People in Production of Food and Feed Stuffs?Speeches by Prominent White and Colored Men. Rev. C. T. Phillips, pastor of the Corinth colored Baptist church, has been appointed chairman of the* Food Stuff Commission for Union county, the appointment being made by D. R. Coker, chairman of the State Preparedness Committee, and his work to he the enlisting1 of all the colored people of the county in a movement to encourage them to plant food and feed stuffs. A meeting of the colored people, to which many white citizens had been invited and at which Rev. Richard Carroll .State colored chairman, was present and spoke, was called by the county chairman Wednesday evening. The meeting was held in the courthouse and was largely attended. Speeches were made by Rev. C. T. Phillips. Rev. .1. C. Tohin and Rev. Richard Carroll. Among the white visitors at the meeting, and to make a speech, were: i ol. T. C. Duncan, Judge J. M. (Freer and Hon. Macbeth Young. A mammoth mass moetnv ^or colored people has been called to meet here April 28. for the purpose of planning upon a large scale to m vv out the movement. Prof. Thos. K. Milier, ex-president of the colored State college, or Dr. J. .T. Durham, president of the colored Baptist State convention, is scheduled to make an address at this meeting. and some prominent white man will also be inv'ted to speak. At the mass meeting Wednesday the following resolution was adopted by the colored people present: "Whereas, the United States congress, in support of our President in his efforts to protect the diprnity and honor of our nation, has dec'ared itj self in a state of war, and whereas a , State,. pf.,,ygy ^Steady, exists, and whereas it is reported that various intrigues are being perpetrated to incite the negroes to rebel against our own government and since we deplore the circulation of such damaging rumors. and look with contempt upon (anyone who may seek to cause rebellion amontr our neople against the country of which we are a part and in which we live. Therefore. Be It Resolved. That we, the negro citizens of Union in patriotic mooting assembled do reaffirm lour loyalty to our courtly and renledge our unqualified support to tho Stars and Strines and all for which it. stands a* pointed out by the great leaders of this nation. "Resolver further, That we pledge ourselves to our President of the United States and to our Governor of South Carolina that we stand ready to play our part in any way that the dignity and honor of this groat country demands, for the protection of her institutions and the great principles for which she stands, "Resolved further, that these resolutions he published in our county papers and a cony also he sent 'o the Governor of the State of South Carolina. "W. II. Hampton, "J. C. Tohin, "Committee on Resolutions." This movement among the colored people has the sanction of the Governor of the State and of the chair man of the food commission, Mr. David R. Coker, and it is awakoninor | the colored people to a sense of their [onnortunity to help the country in this crisis. The county colored chairman. Rev. T. C. Philips, has called for all the (colored teachers of the county ' t1 I prominent colored farmers t* come to meet in the Corinth Ban. t church, Saturday, April 28. 1 o'clock p. m. This meetine is to organize the movement and enlist work ers. This meeting on April 28 is not to take the place of the one to he held in the courthouse May 20. WOMAN SERVICE LEAGUE. The Service League met last week and the organization divided itself into units with a captain and first lieutenant at the head of each. Dr. Theodore Maddox will comman 1 the First Aid society; No. 2 w"', he under the command of Mrs. Ora B. Fan!, chaptain, Mrs. W. H. Edcrar. lieutenant; No. H Mrs. Tv. E White, contain; No. 4. Mrs. Jacob Cohen, cantain, Miss Mary Flynn first lieutenant: No. f?, Mrs. Jenninprs captain, Mrs. J. F. Matheson first lieutenant; No. f>, Mrs. C. E. Storm captain, Mrs. L. I. Waornen first lieutenant. I The full ftroraniTdPftn ?ill ery two weeks on Friday afternoon and each member is urped to pay dues at the next meeting. The captain of each unit is asked to report at this j meeting in order that her detachment I may be put to work.