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THE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THIE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING. MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor Registered at the Postoflice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.50 Six Months .7" Throe Months .40 \ DVERTISEM ENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Everv subsequent insertion .50 FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1017. Gardens in Union and all over thr county are showing up to fine advantage. There will he plenty of vegetables in a few weeks. The only trouble is that they will last but a few weeks unless a succession of crops be planted. Let's plant beans every two weeks; and, do not stop at that. Plant plant again; then plant again. Aftei every good rain it will be an easy matter to get the seed te germinate Keep on planting in your garden and you will keep on reaping the reward. One does not hear anything said tf the effect that the United States wil "eat up" the Germans in a few weeks There does not seem to be any spiri of bluster and brag in the presen mental state of our people. This i: one of the best signs revealed in th( circumstances. There is a grim dc termination; a willingness to serve th< country and a stern resolution to de fend our liberties and to help othei nations defend their own. That w< are not fighting for conquest is a guar antee that we will fight bravely for th< safekeeping of liberty. We highly commend the public spirit and unselfish attitude revealec by Dr. G. W. B. Smith of Glendale Dr. Smith owns lands contiguous t< Rocky Creek, on the highway betweer Union and Jonesville. Dr. Smith noi only gave the right of way for the new road bed, but also gave top soi for surfacing the road; he has alsc given the top soil for the roadway ir the approaches to Rocky Creek bridge and for surfacing the road beyond that point. Such public spirit is worthy ol commendation. We doubt if Dr. Smith will, himself, use this roadway twic< a year; he lives in an adjoining coun ty, and these facts make his public spirit all the more noteworthy. A spirit like that will build up a community, and will at the same time build up the man who manifests it. Wt venture the assertion that Dr. Smith has lost nothing, when we rcmembei the increased value that will attach tc his lands. We do not endorse the attitude oi many newspapers who are putting up a spiei: "i-must now, so as not to bi forced in by conscription." We do not feel that the selective draft is any disgraceful process. It is, rather, a scien tific and sane method for handling th< situation. We apree with President Wilson in his refusal to allow Mr Roosevelt to pet up and lead a larpt volunteer force. It was just the fact that the whooped-up volunteer bodj of soldiers would have created in th( minds of many the feelinp that to h< selected by draft is disgraceful. Many very many younp men have not vol unteered. They are not burninp tr (fpt in Tf fhn notlAn nn/\/lo ? .... vv MUVM/II IICCU3 Llll'Ill however, they will po, and po wlllinply. And they wall stay as lonp ant fight. as faithfully as anybody else We honor the younp fellows who hav< stopped forward and offered them selves to their country. NTovv that th< selective draft is to he enforced, w< feel that those chosen to po will prov< themselves equally as faithful. We se< no disgrace in beinp called forth undei the "ctmscript act." , We do not protest against the proposed heavy increase in postal rates the newspapers will have to pay pro, vided the act now before congress tc passes. Everybody and everything ,a will have to bear a part in the heavy p burden that is falling upon us. We jr kick at nothing save the effort to have the newspapers muzzled, and that ^ phase of 'the matter was thought ?.] to have been already settled, and 11 we were to have a free press. The trour ?.,.i tj ? 1 ?. I ?mv *>iiu \ a-| iiiiiu \ tinu ivu.^Mti cliiu ;y] many other tyrannical governments tl ! lies primarily in the fact that the pa- ^ i pers are muzzled. The greatest agent C1 of despots in the world today is the u T suppression of free speech and free m thought. To our mind, if our own country had been put under such con- ir ditions we would have lost our best . f( reason for fighting. To Germanize pj ourselves would be almost as bad as to be Germanized by Germans. w But to go back to the question of higher rates: The tremendous rise in B the cost of print paper which fell ^ upon the newspapers more than a year ago, put many of them out of exist- s< ence. The heavy increase in postal " rates will put many more of them out jp . of business. The necessary thing for pi . the newspapers to do is to increase . subscription and advertising rates so jn as to get in position to keep buckle in and tongue together. The delinquent ^ . subscriber is one of the heaviest taxes , the newspapers have to meet. The low price of advertising rates is another . menace. The newspapers must help \* r themselves by increasing their rates and by insisting upon subscription be- tf I ing paid in advance. a 1 _ ui LOC K Ii A RT J U N CTION } Lockhart, May 23.?As I seldom see 1 anything in The Times from our thriving village thought I would scribble a few lines that small places like Jones- R< 1 ville and Union might take pattern ni t from a nice town like ours. al The Lockhart high school came to a very successful close this week. ? On Friday, the 18th, the school and ? . patrons enjoyed an old time picnic 4 on the river just a mile below Lock- 5 hart. The day was an ideal one and $ the crowd large and good things to r eat and to spare. Judging from the A ; dinner one would hardly realize that g iticoc ai c nai tillica* in Friday at 8:30 p. m. the declamation Z ? contests were held in the hall over the 4 store. The following boys contested 5 for the medal offered by Prof. C. F. 4 Sims, Gaither Worthy, Claud Inman, 5 Fred Neal and John Brasington and 4 : the following girls for the medal of- S 1 fered by Miss Inez Nelson, Misses 5 Josie Worthy. Maggie Baldwin, Katie 5 Carter and Lillie Douglass. 4 ' Rev. J. T. Dittlejohn, J. Roy Fant l and Miss Edna Hope were the judges 4 L and after carefully going over the S points made by each awarded the 4 i medal for the boys to Gaither Worthy 2 1 and for the girls to Miss Katie Carter. 4 Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the 2 Baptist church Rev. J. T. I.ittlejohn V 1 preached the commencement sermon 2 > from the text. "Render, therefore, unto 4 y Caesar the things which are Caesar's J nrwl nntn thn thiricre am m God's." Ho impressed upon his hoar- ^ i ers the importance of being loyal to A our country, and also stressed the fact 5 that we should ho loyal to God by giv ing him our hearts and lives while we A ; are young. ? Monday, 8:80 p. m., at the hall came A. the literary address before the Pal- * metto literary society by Mr. E. P. ? t Grain of Greenville, and let me say that I consider it quite a treat to hear Mr. Crain. I have often heard Mr. ? Crain spoken of as a great speaker and must say that he fills the bill exactly. ' Tuesday, 8:80 p. m., graduation exercises which brought the close. Six pupils having satisfactorily completed the course of study in tho tenth grade ' were given diplomas. The following received diplomas: Missee Katie Car) Anr.5^ TI ? 11 XT 11.1 1 tv-i, iiiv mm; uniiiriaiit muuiru * Hope, Messrs. Gaither Worthy, Maxcy t Thornton and Fred Neal. There were eight gold medals prcented to the winners on Tuesday even ing, q,s follows: > Scholarship medal, open to the en, tire school, won by Mr. Gaither Worthy of tenth grade. A scholarship medal open to the > fifth and sixth grades, won by Miss Mamie I.ou Hallman of the sixth grade. ' A scholarship medal open to the . ninth and tenth grades, won by Mr. Gaither Worthy. A medal for general improvement in , the literary society won by Mr. John . Rraisington. A medal for proficiency in athletics ' won by Mr. Fred Good. T m nt'APOmont morlol f nr r\vi rv? n rtr /]?_ . partment won by Verda Mailman. An expression medal won by Miss Katie Carter. The declaimer's medal was won by Mr. Gaithor Worthy. This is Prof. Sims' last year with us, as ho has planned to enter the seminary at Louisville. Ky., in September to complete his education, after which time he means to enter into the full work of the ministry. We all roprrot to <rivo Mr. Sims up r as he has been a prreat force in our community for prood and his pupils have boon very much devoted to him. t Miss Edna Baldwin, who has been r aching at Arcadia, S. C., came home aturday to spend vacation. Miss Edna Hope, who has been s aching in the lower part of the State, k i spending her vacation at home. Mrs. J. O. Sparks' mother, Mrs. eeler of Gaffney, who has been spendig a week with Mrs. Sparks, returned > her home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. .T. O. Sparks ran up > Star Farm Sunday afternoon and c fjent the night with Mr. Sparks' v lother, returning to Lockhart Mon- ' ay morning. , C. T. Clary visited his mother, Mrs. lary S Clary, Friday, who is sick at ' le Steedley hospital in Spartanburg, j Quite a crowd of ladies from the lissionary society of the Baptist lurch here attended the missionary nion held at T'hilipi church Sunday, hey report having an interesting leeting. J Charlie Bell Littlejohn made a busless trip to Spartanburg Friday. ^ J. Roy Fant left Monday evening j. ?r a business trip to Washington, n W. R. Hill, .T. R. Parks and Carl [ pal are attendin gcourt at Union this * eek. v Misses Louise Westhrook and Jessie f ell Hughev. who have been in school (j t Huntsville, Tenn., are at home for s ication. ' On account of the commencement irmon at the Baptist church Sundav a orning there were no services at the [ethodist church but at nicrht the J ev. Mr. Cunningham of Spartanburg reached. Quite a number of Tttckhart's K. of .'s attended the Grand Lodge meet- J ig at Union this week. They all sneak r i high terms of the hospitaltiy of the 1 nion people. "C." d ? c W. O. W. UNVEILING. J t Sawyer Camp, No. 47, of Lockhart. ' ill unveil a monument to Sovereign ' I. II. Barren at Foster's Chapel on le second Sunday in June. An invi- a ition is extended to sister camps to ' ttend. The public is invited. The c nveiling will be at o'clock. c NOTICE. c r There will be a call meeting of ' oplar Camp No. 80 Friday night, ( [ay 25, for the purpose of initiating >me new members. All Woodmen c ad especially members of this camp ] re asked to be there early. Bv order of Tov G. Murphy, C. C. c W. N. Bobo, Clerk. * i I" MILITARY BOYS I have photos taken of Main Street to Depot on tl lumbia. Three different v this work may be seen in Photographs wanted. I J. S. WESTM< Phone Tomato Planl I have Westmoreland'; smooth, perfectly coreless. to each customer for 50 ce J. S. WESTMC Phone Party Line The quality of se is largely dependent tion of the subscriber! T 1 M ? ino subscriber sh< for long periods ot til elusion of others. When a party lin use, hang up your r< While it is off the h interfered with. Each neighbor 01 titled to a reasonable i service, and should n have the privacy of h fered with. The Golden Rul ular force to party lin< When you Tele tr*** vriv%mt w 3UU 1 MtKlN DC.L.L. 11 AND TELEGRAPH .H - A ..." .^JKL rRYIT! SUBSITUTE FOR NASTY CALOMEL starts Your Liver Without Making You Sick and Can Not Salivate. Every druggist in town?your druggist and everybody's druggist has noiced a great falling-off in the sale of alomel. They all give the same reaon. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its dace. "Calomel is dangerous and people mow it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is >crfectly safe and gives better reults," said a prominent local druggist. Godson's Liver Tone is personally ruaranteed by every druggist who ells it. A large bottle costs 50 cents, ind if fails to give easy relief in overuse of liver sluggishness and consti>ation, you have only to ask for your noney back. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant astinc. nnrelv vocrotnliln romoitn larmless to both children and adults, ''ake a spoonful at night and wake up eeling fine; no biliousness, sick headiohe, acid stomach or constipated bowls. It doesn't gripe or cause inconenience all the next day like violent alomel. Take a dose of calomel tolay and tomorrow you will feel weak, ick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's i-ork! Take Dodson's Liver Tone intead and feel fine, full of vigor and mbition. ESSE J. SPARKS DIED AT CLINTON Clinton, May 23.?Jesse Jones Sparks, well known Laurens county nan, passed away at the hospital here ast night at 8:30 o'clock. His wife lied just one month ago today. Mr. >parks had been in ill health for nonths and for two weeks his condiion has been critical. His only son, be Sparks, of Columbia, was at his icdside. Funeral services will be held today it 12:30 at Landrum, the body to be aid beside that of his wife after funral services in the Methodist church if which he had long been a member. Mr. Sparks was a native of Union ounty, but until recently, when he noved to Landrum, he had made his lome in Daurens. He was 03 years ild. Mrs. W. O. Southard of Jonesville '.ient Wednesday with her children, Jr. and Mrs. L. G. Southard. Mrs. S. S. Linder, who has been luite sick for several days, is slowly mprovinpr. I, READ THIS! j the Boys' March down i* he day they left for Co- ;? lews taken. 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