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Hr| THE UNION TIMES |1E ESTABLISHED IN 1850 ? GIVING ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME FOR 67 YEARS VOL. LXVII. NO. 23. Part II?Pages 9 to 12 UNION, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1!>17 Part II?Pages 9 to 12 *1.30 A YEAR /*! n/?fll/! CVCD/"ICCP I"'rt ? J? VLVb/IIIU L.ALr\\ UNION Interesting Commencement Exercises Held Last Week?The Graduating Class Consisted of Ten Young Ladies and One 1 Yonng Man. The closing exercises of the Union high school were held Tuesday evening, May 25. Ten young ladies and one young man were graduated in the '917 class. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge of Limestone college delivered the address before the class, and quite an interesting program was carried out by the members of the class appointed to perform certain duties. A full report being as follows: SALUTATORY. Lillian Malone. Dear friends, one and all, in the ? most impressive way I am to show i you tonight how absolutely impossible < it is to welcome friends. My ambi- ( tion to make you feel that you are * where we delight to have you, casts upon me a task too stupendous; for 1 my lips cannot frame to speak the un- ^ seen, restless and troublesome hope c of my heart. Years ago Tennyson ? expressed it well when he said: c "I would that my tongue could utter, 1 The thoughts that arise in me." c The word "welcome" is every man's v "Shibboleth"; for no man has ever t said it in such a way that its full s meaning was conveyed to them whom I he would welcome. I borrow the F words of that clever hostess who pro- f posed the enigma: f "My first I hope you are; My second I see you are; My whole I know you are!" f For after all our fine words, our h lofty sentiments, and high sounding h phrases how much more can we really b put into this greeting to our friends, d We hope you are well, we see you are f come; and we know you are welcome! To you, dear friends, this may be 1< indeed a pleasant occasion, for we t1 shall certainly do our best to make it tl llte||fl|vbut ^.baat^it, will |be siftly,_one n ment to you, while to us it is and must o be the climax of all our past experi- a ences. Tonight we feel that we really s plant our feet upon the summit of c the Mount of Vision of which we have o dreamed and for which we have stead- * ily climbed! F We ask then, dear friends, to be c glad with us and for us, as we enter e upon the program of the hour, know F that we are all most earnest in assuring you of our joy at having you with us. Know, too, that I, in the warm inspiration of your presence, am most sincere in telling you, in the name of my classmates, how truly glad we j are that you are here. We hope that r you may all feel that it has been good ^ to be here with us tonight, and may ^ see in all we do and say some assur- , ance of your welcome, even while j realizing that, as a class we cannot well ask you to "Come again." WOMAN'S PART IN THE PRESENT CRISIS. Lizzie May Estes. Never in the history of the world have woman's opportunities been so great as at the present. Never have her responsibilities been such as the nrncnnf nvioio 11~\ ?*n of c? U^? T ? |/4vovuv Vt IOIO nil unvo UJJUU liCI. XII the distant past woman was held in absolute subjection. She was even yoked to carts by the side of dogs and oxen. The pagan idea of woman was that she was the slave of man, his inferior; but with Christianity came the idea that woman is man's equal; and as never before she has the opportunity of proving herself worthy of the place in which Christianity has placed her. Ths present world crisis is woman's opportunity. . Woodrow Wilson, our great President, has the right conception of national duty. He appeals to the farm vii, isaurici, iiierciiuut, miner, railroad man, housekeeper?one and all to help in this great conflict. In his broad idea of conscription his appeals should come as direct to the women as to the man who must face the shot and shell. It is true the woman cannot go to the front and fight, she cannot man ships, dig trenches and command armies, but without going beyond her own doors she can render service to the nation which is as real as that rendered on the field of battle. Woman can stay at home and send husband, brothers and sons; she can do home nursing particularly among 1 the families of wage-earning parents, where the father has enlisted and wnere ine motner must provide. Thousands of women will be compelled to go out to work if the husband is called to the defense of his country. Their children will be left to themselves unless some patriotic woman comes in and cares for them. Woman can encourage the soldiers at the front by sending them encouraging and inspiring letters. This is * I HIGH SCHOOL no time to make sad the men at the front by our tears and waitings, for conquering navies cannot float in tears. The soldier cannot do his duty knowing that at home his loved ones are sad and lonely because of his absence. Woman can encourage the development of the nation's resource. Not only can she have a garden of her own but she can teach children to cultivate vacant lots. She can practice sonomy. The secretary of agriculture has issued the following: "Every woman can render important service to the nation in its present emergency. She can help to feed and clothe >ur armies and help to supply food to ihose beyond the seas by practicing jffective thrift in her own houselold." "Save every ounce" should be ,he slogan of every house-wife. A very, very effective way the wonan can help is to go to the front inder the name of the Red Cross. All >ver the United States women are mlisting in this great work. If thpro s not a Red Cross society in your :ommunity get to work and organize >ne, and then give your time and ensrgy to its support. The greatest immediate and per>aps the most important service the voman can render in the present :risis is the encouraging of the Libsrty Bonds. Surely if a negro cook in tur own State can buy a Liberty 3ond, the women of our Southland x.uld buy all the bonds that are now vaiting to be purchased and call for he government to float others. In a ermon preached recently by the Rev. Jewell Dwight Ilillis, in which he ?aid a tribute to our forefathers who ought five bloody wars in wrenching rom the hands of tyranny the elornus freedom we enjoy today, he said, 1 'Not to buy these Liberty Bonds is or us to be the ignoble sons of no- 1 ile fathers." Just as truly he could ' lelp in the sale and purchase of these 1 onds is for you to be the ignoble ' aughters of noble mothers and ' athers as well." I appeal to you, women of our be- 1 jved South, in the name of civiliza- J ion and humanity, in the name of hose who have gone before us, in the 1 ame of those .who wilL come after us. f Kings to rally to the posts of duty J nd do your part so that it may bo aid of you, "She hath done what she ( ould." When this bloody carnage is . ver, methinks I see a white dove 1 iringing the message of love and teace to all the world?when autocra- j y and monarchy shall have passed iway and democracy shall reign su>reme. STATISTICS OF CLASS OF 1917. Sadie Barnado. At the eleetinn Viol/1 ligh school voting precinct on May ill, 1917, and all the eligible members >eing present and by just and fair >allot honors were conferred upon the nembers of the eleventh grade as 'ollows: Prettiest?Elizabeth Garner. Most conceited?Jamima Wilburn. Cutest?Pearle Kelly. Smartest?Gertrude Orr. Handsomest?Sadie Barnado. Most talkative?Lillian Malone. Wittiest?Jennings Alford. Sweetest?Lizzie Mae Estes. Prissiest?Pearle Kelly. Biggest Baby?Jamima Wilburn. Biggest flirt?Marie Wilburn. Laziest?Jennings Alford. Biggest loafer?Elizabeth Garner. Jolliest?Lillian Malone. Most sensible?Thelma Hart. Most studious?Gertrude Orr. Most sensitive?Perlie Johnson. Biggest gigglers?Marie Wilburn and Pearl Kelly. Most tirmd?Lizzie Mae Estes. Brightest?Jennings Alford. Most accommodating ? Thelma Hart. Most ambitious?Gertrude Orr. M 4. 1! A 1 " must Kermmeniai?I'eari jveiiy. Most sarcastic?Sadie Barnado. Neatest?Perlie Johnson. Most dignified?Marie Wilburn. Best dancer?Pearle Kelly. Best all-round-girl?Elizabeth Garner. A CIRCUS DREAM. Perlie Johnson. Ah, the year has seemed so long, But now we hear no happy song, For a lingering sadness gently tells, That each must soon say a sad farewell. i I know that when within each heart, We see our paths must lie apart, The golden cord of memories' love, Will make us hope to meet above. Each has carved for herself a name, That leads, we hope, to highest fame, The circus brings the music gay, Before me like a mystic spray; The peacock struts and all do see, In tha tfowl our sweet Marie. I Playing in the tent so true, I see a kitten with eyes so blue; ? in jr uca I, IUI nine ciaws, That Pearl has hidden in her paws. There stands a camel large and strong, Waiting for those who pass along, 'Tis Gertrude in the same old path, Who bore us o'er the sands of math. Behold I see a handsome mule, ? I Prancing along as if to school, At once it stops, a fatal time, Jamima's fault we all do find. i Now tripping gayly in the way, A chattering parrot brightens the day, So Lillian still the life of the class, Cheers us daily as we pass. Next I saw a modest mouse Moving slowly through the house. To me the thought came like a dart, That it was surely Thelma Hart. Above a roar of lions so loud. Above the wrangle of the crowd, I hear the mocking so gay, Sweet Elizabeth charms the way. Plintrincr fn o nnln "> U:_U c puis OVJ mK"t Many monkeys I do spy, Just like Jennings day by day, Neglecting better things for play. | A little dove admired by all, We see beneath the canvass wall, Reminding us of Lizzie Mae, Who always walks the better way. In the last cage I did see, A tiger as it seemed to me. But lo! I opened quick the door, And found our Sadie Barnado. On a perch pole I did sit, 1 And watch my friends stroll in the pit; * Suddenly I gave a howl, i For I was just a big old owl. i CLASS PROPHECY. 1 Marie Wilburn. ' On a summer afternoon I was sit- ' ting by my desk admiring a beautiful 1 vase of roses that had been placed < there for a surprise to me. Charmed ] by their fragrance and beauty, I fell ^ adreaming of happy days gone by and i looking with blind eyes into the un- j inown future. j Of course in thi3 melancholy speli my thoughts hung in clusters about my class-mates and school experiences. When I learned by actual count that there were eleven roses in the vase, [ pressed them to my bosom thf* jr !ruYy tne'^ta^rance anS^Tweetness of | ,he eleven roses made me feel that ' )ur class was meeting by proxy. Just then >1 noticed a movement < in the petals of one of the roses * that I had thought reseimbled our golden haired and musical Elizabeth 1 Garner. The petals opened wider and ' wider apart. Like a flash there ap- ! peared in the rose a beautiful little ' fairy which said, "You are dreaming 1 of Elizabeth?I am her guardian spirit and can tell you what the fu- ' ture has in store for her." Because of her charming manners her suitors are almost without number. Alas! Cupid will interfere and her heart will be won by a tall, slender fellow with dark eyes and hair who has ever been near her during her school days." With a smile and a sigh of content I dismissed the little fairy for well could I guess the rest. I picked up a second rose and out stepped another fairy. "Ah, tell me," I said, "of Gertrude Orr, she who possesses the 'Math" brain of the class. The little fairy, without saying a word, pulled back the curtain of time for a moment and I saw Gertrude, a dignified and successful teacher in a Southern college. Just a3 I placed this rose into the vase, another little fairy stealthily stepped from a bud and signaled me to be silent. Speechless I stood while I listened to this bright prophecy? "Just a few more years shall pass, and a bride shall come from this your class." "Pray tell me,".I said, but the fairy broke in and continued: "Her name will still be plain, old Pearl, but then she'll be, a wealthy banker's girl." This jingle said, the fairy disappeared so that another might tell of Thelma Hart. "Her quiet manners has fitted her to be a minister's wife and a minister's wife she will be." And now from the fifth rose came another little fairy walking slowly and indifferently gazing about. "Why," said I, "you remind me of the only boy that is in our class, Jennings Alford. Can you tell me of him?" "Yes," she said, "if you could follow me to a large church, I should show you there a stately minister in his robes of dignity pouring forth words of inspired instructions. He shall grow more and more hand.some as he grows older, and more useful as he grows more handsome and wiser." The sixth little fairy appeared. "Of whose future are you going to tell me?" I asked. "Of your gay little blue-eyed brother Tom in your class play," she said. "In seclusion she will live for a few years ever growing in sentiment and developing in soul and mind; hut suddenly she will come with a hound from her seclusion like a strong prisoner who breaks his chains. For a few years she will watch a world of admirers laugh and weep as they read her matchless poems. It sulficeth to say tnat in the halls of fame will be f written Perlie Johnson's name." ^ And now appeared the seventh little fairy which said, "I shall tell you of Sadie Barnado. She will let her light shine in the dark corners by teaching a crowd of little brownskinned, dark-eyed children in China who will come daily to be benefited ?"1 by her helpful instructions." wa The eighth little fairy came forth and voluntarily told me of the always rf r happy Lizzie Mae Estes. "If you could follow me to New York city ten on< years from today there in front of one of the large theaters you would see a Kio < :? ?**- ? ??- ? ? v...j oik??? miss ja.ii7.aoetn ttstes, The Famous Young Dancer Here Tonight.' It is said that she will be a second Mrs. Vernon Castle." Wl. Before I could recover from my Pn surprise the ninth fairy hurled me through space as it seemed, until I was standing upon a bloody French battlefield. "There she goes." "Goes or^ who?" I asked. "Your school mate, ' Lillian Malone, staunching the flow of blood, binding the wounds and administering to the needs of mankind. As you see her now, so will she con- an* tinue as long as there is need of her ... smiles and cheering words among the ' stricken soldiers." * r( I now took up the tenth rose confident of learning the future of Jamima. Reluctantly the fairy came out and handed me a paper from which I read: "Jamima Wilburn. the French teacher and stump speaker of ' your class, is soon to become the me wife of a progressive farmer of Cedar Hill community, but he will always progress in the way that Ja- sat' mima suggests." "Does that not complete the futures ^ee of all your class mates of '17?" she s?v asked. "Yes," I answered," and I c'a1 thank you". "But wait." she said, ^hii and from the eleventh rose stepped t^1.e the last little fairy. "Do you not wish to hear of your own future," she sair. to "Yes," I replied, "but I was so inter- ^ia ested in what I had just heard of the ^ee others I had forgotten myself; but do ren tell me what my future might be?" Belue. we 4th. I, Marie Wilburn, do will my wh melodious voice to Jesse Humphries, grc ,&.h. I, Sadie Barnado, leave to ing Tt^nice Douglass my memory of flat- ( tering phrases and promise to give tog her the necessary instructions for tioi their proper use if desired. niu 6th. I, Pearl Kelly, do bequeath oth unto Willie Hawkins my great and Sev valuable secret of "How to become oui great though small," a secret of iin- SUc told value to those of diminutive big stature. has 7th. I, Jennings Alford, do will my mo executive ability but not my beauty, wh *nto anybody who needs it. Apply tea early and avoid the rush. be 8th. I, Elizabeth Garner, will to We Elizabeth Lemmond the care and we keeping of three of my beaux as one thi will be sufficient for me in the future, sep 9th. I, lizzie Mae Estes. do sol- tha emnly will my habit of blushing unto eul Francis Reeves and I trust it will dre cause him as much embarrassment as fea it has caused me. 10th. I, Jamima Wilburn, do give he and bequeath my elecutionary pow- 4 er to Sarrat Hames. sm 11th. I, Gertrude Orr, do bequeath all unto some benighted member of the ths tenth grade my troubles as class sec- Kn retary, also my fondness for study mo unto Joe Humphries. me 12th. I, Thelma Hart, do hereby cor bequeath my amiable disposition unto tirr Harry Arthur and my dignity and hri timidity unto Kathleen Humphries. the 13th. We, the class, do will unto ma Miss Alberta Harris, our efTicient and pa: l?eloved teacher "The Bell" which has ly called us so often from play to work Go and we truly hope that she will be as wil attentive to its call as we have been, fro 14th. We, the class, desiring to res leave in the surest place the choicest vei possessions of our lives and knowinpr J I from a year's fruitless effort to en- ! Snare Mr. Fuller by our seperate and ! Collective charms, do hereby leave to 1 |im our undivided love and affections , rith the request that he be satisfied ajr; frith these hearts and not try to break jrr< 111 those of next year's class as he did bai My dear, she answered, "Can you Pre nnf Tlipf nrn n 1 !ii1 _ i_ . f Uo , v, ? luyciy nine nome with the blue sky and waving trees above, b'a and'the green grass beneath. In this ^ar' ideal little place you will happily keep house for your ?er mother. mei mo: CLASS WILL OF '17. f?r vidi Pearl Kelly. tifu V SUC ala vwhoby, tA Union ,he* c&unty of Union and 3rcittfc-'of SoiLth Carolina, being of sound mind itf'v.memory, do make, publish and pjn, icjS.re this to be our last will and we ,e"2*p.ment, to wit: tea, 1 st. We do will and bequeath unto Qft( uhe class of 1918 our special privi- 0ft( leges of being dismissed at 1:20, of jea, sitting on the front seats in chapel ^jvj and tete-a-tetes with Mr. Jeffries in jea] the office. s0 2nd. I, Perlie Johnson, do hereby lea will and bequeath my love and admi- we ration for Abraham Lincoln unto whi Frank Williams and I truly hope that wh he and his future history teacher will tra be somewhat more amiable in the dis- vcr cussion of him than Miss Harris and of I were. voi 3rd. I, Lillian Malone, (the noted to coquette of the class), desire that my rifi art of flirtation be willed unto Tvn nnr iERMAN KAISl WITH yg by his looks and winning L5th. We, the class, will to the th grade all f Mr ^ y to us and we trust that "On i Occasion" or other they may get ie automobile rides in the Overland In that moi "f 'arm?re ^rtnl it he hna flattennK compliments it he has given to us. 16th. We, as a class, do lastlv ic"pnaY a0"/ be,0.Ved superintendent, ncipal and teachers our sincere alliens, our deepest respect onr irtiest gratitude and our whole . mited wealth of our eternal memn witness thereof, we, the class ot ' th? testators, have to our will our hands and seal this first day une, one thousand nine hundred vfSes?' m thG PrCSCnce ss Alberta Harris, )f. Davis Jeffries, E. A. Fuller. VALEDICTORY. Jamima Wilburn. rhe honor has been conferred upon eUng ofeSSth* y? at this the finaI nes with ? r f8, This honor ors with it a feeling of joy and J^y be^ause we have reached poal for which we have so long n striving; sadness because of the ??* :L 'T an<1 em'ne"t assoags" to tho I1*8 J8 an end to a11 EL' . , shortest path and "to ngest lane there comes an end " fill onW StudentR- we welcome you hI1 our vacant places. and hope t oui lives and influences have J as make each of you hon fKUl m the yea,s to come ciate vo3 y?U WU1 enjoy and aPciate your opportunities more Bv\,rr com"' aMrKCh aPe?'' f?r th? time tl and nyri -I"" y?U tor the comCS and privileges you have proil an/l n by us this beau! 11 equipped building and h excellent teachers. And we Lemea^^Lyoui tha^^wilK#^, many uns^sTr" made for our comfort and hapbehalf of the class of 1917 bid you farewell. Most beloved chers at whose feet we have so m ;tat'iWbose Patience we have so -n tned, it is with sadness that we ? you to go into lives full of acties or to higher institutions of 'fi'ilhf nr Whk'h you have labored faithfully to prepare us. As we e you we feel in our hearts that omeweah,npr f,'.iends?1rri*nds upon on we haV? depeaded' and from Mng bave received permanent ning Dear teachers, we have a vouHn5n?i ai" fee,inK for each you, and the good-bye which we heart y?w??fh Ts ?ut from hcai t neart. We thank you for the snc(es ^ou have made for us. We not repay you, yet we trust that can reward you, by our lives, iff n lopc w'" be centers of uter influences for good for havat at your feet. Good-bye Mass mates: We have met here ether for the last time. Our relast he hint800131'?"8 38 cIass mates be luoken and we must bid each er farewell. It is sad indeed to er relationships as pleasant as s have been, yet we know that h relationships contained in the ger life for which the smaller life 5 been designed, would become notonous. Truly we are slow to see y triumph should be crowned with rs, why continued happiness should cut short by parting sorrow; but must know that only those who ep have a right to laugh. May s last experience of heart-rending aration bring clearly to our minds it life has in store for us the diffit realities as well as the pleasant iams, sorrows as well as joys, deis as well as victories. Yes, class tes, catch the vision of Byron when said: 'Thou man, a pendulum betwixt a ile and a tear." Know, too, that sorrow is nothing more nor less in the divine way of purification, ow, too, that real affection is made re certain when tested, even as n become holy when tried. Then nfort yourselves once and at all les with the happy thought that the ght stars can always be found in ! edge of the darkest nights. Class ,tes, "Look not mournfully into the .f a ~L ' ? tumcs not oacK again. Wiseimprove the present, it is thine, forth to meet the shadowy future ,hout fear and a manly heart." Go >m this life of preparation into the il life of activity with this old pro b ever before you. Sow a thought, reap an action; Sow an action, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character, reap a destiny And if we never meet upon earth ain, may we upon the shores of the sat beyond meet again never to disnd. Where we can cast our tro :R FREE FELICITATIONS Congratulates Himself and Ally on Failnre of Entente Offensives?The British Have Captured Over 50,000 Prisoners Since April 1st. Although Field Marshal von Hln? denburg and Emperor William assert that the Anglo-French offensive on the Western front has failed after seven weeks of effort, a French official statement declares that the Germans lost more than 52,000 prisoners alone during the French and British drives against the German lines. Emperor William writes the German empress that the fighting in France has reached a "certain conclusion." Since April 1, the British have advanced on a front of 20 miles from Loos to south of Bullecourt, to an extreme depth of six miles east of Arras. Field Marshal Haig's men have taken Vimy ridge, dominating the plains to Doual and have virtually surrounded Lens and St. Quentin i anu nave neid their trains against desperate and repeated German attacks, while inflicting heavy losses. In the same time the French have advanced alontr a 15-mile front north of the Aisne and seized the heights dominating the valley of the Ailette river, the last natural defense before I.aon. In Champagne the French troops in intrepid attacks have gained the heights of Mont Carnillet, the Casque, the Teton and Mont Haut, to the east of Rheims. All the French gains have been held. Repeated attacks by the German crown prince against the captured have been made without avail and he has expended thousands of lives in fruitless efforts to regain the lost ground. More than 1,000 officers were included in the total of 52,000 prisoners captured. Enormous quantities of material were taken from the Germans, including 446 heavy and field guns, 1,000 machine guns and many trench guns. Emperor William also has conpyitulat^^i^eror^t^arles on ridge and have made important advances on the Carso. The Italians added to their gains on Friday by taking Austrian positions on a front of one and a quarter miles to a depth of 400 yards south of Castagnavizza on one of the main roads to Triest. An advance of 400 yards along a mile and a quarter front by Italian troops on the road to Triest, announcement by the Germans that the., had captured a French position 1,000 yards in length northeast of Soissons and a British air raid on German bases along the German coast constituted the chief news developments in the war theatres Saturday. Aside from the battle fronts, occuranccs in Brazil and in Southern Russia bear important relations to the war. Forty-six merchant vessels aggregating 240,779 tons are restored to the wnrlO'o L~ - .. vu.ijinjf irade a ta time when they are urgently needed hy a decree signed Saturday hy President Braz of Brazil, enabling that country to make use of the German vessels now in Brazilian ports. Thirty-three of the German vessels are of more than -1.000 tons each and one is of 12,3.r?0 tons. This action was the first step taken hy Brazil after revoking her declaration of neutrality in the war. In consequence of Russian royalists riots in Tiflis, in the Trans-Caucasian government of Southern Russia, the Grand Duke Nicholas, formerly commander in chief of the Russian armies, is reported to have been arrested.?The State. K ARUM A SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE NEAR SPAIN New York, June 4.?The British freight steamship Karuma of 2,985 tons gross, was torpedoed and sunk hy a German submarine. April 27, jnear the Spanish coast, according to Chris Thornton, an American seaman, a survivor of the ship who has arrived here. Thornton said the ship was attacked without warning while on the way from Malta to a British port. The second engineer and a j sailor lost their lives, he declared. I The Karuma, built in Sunderland in 11910, was owned by the Unison Stpamohinnin" " vwmptiuy, 01 i.ondon. When supk she was in the service of the British admiralty carrying supplies. The Russian hark Imberhorne, of 1,958 tons gross, from Mobile, March 28, for Greenock, Scotland, was sunk by a German submarine on May 1, off the west coast of Ireland, according to American members of the crew who have arrived here. The crew escaped. phies at His feet who will then scatter His gifts of priceless rewards as shining sands.