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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.
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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
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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
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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.