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flTHE UNION TIMES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING, MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor Registered at the Postoffice in Union, S. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.50 Six Months .75 Three Months .40 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1917. i = F The Boche is some fierce animal. f - ? o Buy your Liberty Bond. Do It to day. a a Swat the fly, let him die; if yon don't you'll wish yon had. ^ ii Old Bill Riser is a praying man. So t is the Unspeakable Turk. So is the Buddhist in Africa. ^ P Plant more "truck" in your garden. gi The good rains will enable you to get v a fine start for a late summer garden. ^ ; P This scribe has traversed Union It county in several directions recently. Saw sweet potato fields, gardens and p corn fields more in evidence than ever ^ before. n ^ a The fine rains throughout the coun- ^ ty recently were very beneficial to the ? growing crops and gardens. Every- ^ body, save the constitutional grouch a is in a good humor over the prospects. a " a One of the blessings of civilization a that is in the reach of all is screen j* wires for doors and windows. The p better your home is secured from j fties the less will be youT doctor's bill and the greater your comfort. 0 ~ v The time for purchasing your Lib- e erty Bond expires Friday, June lh. Ji With the liberal arrangement made w by the banks to help you purchase a bond, it will be no difficult matter for you to help in this great movement, a ii me uoerty L<oan totals more than l the required amount, it will po far a to show the world that we mean what ta we say in this war, and it will have a is most helpful effect all round. rr i. h The atrocities perpetrated by the S1 German soldiers apainst the Belpian n women and children and apainst the ^ women and children of France are so a repulsive that one cannot think upon n' the subject without dispust, loathinp. s< And these same atrocities will come to the fore whon Germany must 01 stand before the bar of future judg- v< meat. Nothing excuses, nothing pa- 'e tiates the damnable conduct of these ni barbarians. P II Several times we have called attcn- S> tion to the fact that Union merchants 01 have sold and are continuing to sell ei goads at remarkable low price, considering the heavy advance on all mer- W chendise. The fact is, Union mer- S< ' l chants have not taken the profits they might have taken, if they had been (^' disposed to grasp all they possibly comld. Dry goods, shoes, clothing and (1' heavy and fancy groceries are selling ('' today in Union at less than our mer- s< chants would have to pay to replen:-1 1HI1 HIKIT SIOCKB. ! pi The account of the ferial and conviction of a man in a neighboring city ai upon the charge of bigamy recently tc appeared in print. If we remember / aright, the man was turned loose bi upon his promise t? get out of the ?* State in a specified time. He was alleged to have had a wife and sev- w eral children somewhere in Georgia. c< C( It ia presumed that he will go t? his p) amily in our sister State. But how J bout the wife number two? ' The lan should have been sent to the haingang and made to suffer for his ? erfidy. There is entirely too much axity in the enforcement of the laws gainst this crime. It should be made farm for these debased individuals. ^ i ?o The movement to' raise in Union * ounty six thousand dollars for the led Cross work should appeal with s orce to all our citizens. It is a work ^ f mercy, one that nobody can afford a o neglect. Let every man, woman p nd child in the county help a little nd this humane work, so far as Un- u jn county is concerned, will be done. Vith our some twenty-nine thousand 0 y ^habitants it should be no difficult q ask to raise the six thousand. Twen- ii y-five cents per capita would total ? hat sum. It is probable, more than j robable, that some of our own boys, a oon to be fighting in the great war, ? rill be in need of the very service that his money will go to secure. Do your a art, and do it ungrudgingly. I The German kaiser and the German 1 eople pray fervently that the God of ^ eaven will give victory to the Ger- s lan armies. In this country many f re praying just as fervently that the ^ ide of battle will go against the t ierman armies. This seems to trou- n le some people, but it should not be t cause for serious worry. "Ye ask nd receive not because ye ask amiss," * aid the Great Teacher. Which is ^ nother way of saying that there is a f ight and a wrong way to pray, 'rayer, according to the teaching of esus, must have in it more than mere s esire; it must be clothed in the spirit p f submission. Here is the trouble p rith war prayers?they are prone to s xpress self-will, greed, selfishness, f [ence they can find no response in the r 'ill of heaven. _ n s Union county came up well to the n lark in the matter of registering p uesday of last week, and it is ? worthy thing that it thus j] ranspires. The grim war that ( i now to us a reality, not a ^ lere possibility, is brought closer a ome to us. There is no boastful pirit manifesting itself in this move- ^ lent. It is a solemn and trying time i lat confronts us. We had rather be ? t peace, prefer that there should be Q o war. We are not allowing our- j| ?lves to be blinded with the mere t< appinps of war to the really stern, ^ -uel and friphtful facts that are in- a' nlved. But we are men?free, fear- v cr iss and patriotic. If our country eeds our money, we are willing to 2 lac? our treasures upon the altar. ri ' our country needs eur service, this ? icrifice vre are willing t>o make. If e Lir country needs our lives, we make /en that supreme sacrifice. But it is uly a prim business, is this thinp of ar. It is a time that will try the yuls of men to the very uttermost. r< e et us pray that it may be of short n uration, and that the clouds now so e ark will pive place t? a briphter a V ay. In the meantime, let us as men ^ a our duty, whether it be that we si jrve at home or on the battle front. n WOULD FURTHER PROHIBIT. u A new hill to conserve food suplies, which would prohibit their manfacture during the war into intoxiiting beverages, both distilled spirits ad malt liquors, was ordered reported sj day by the senate agriculture com- a littee. w Another provision of the proposed a ill, which Senator Gore of Oklahoma, I lairman, was authorized by an over- c< helming authority to requisition n (isting supplies of distilled spirits a hen he should deem it necessary to 1} mserve food supplies or to secure al- h >hol for hospital or other war pur- si ises. fi [eTaMMI H SLACKERS TO BE ROUNDED UP ?T" lust Face Penal Provisions of Law as to Registration?Governors Called Upon to See That Law is Carried Out. The period of leniency ended Tuesday night for men between the ages f 21 and 30, inclusive, who failed to egister for the war army last Tueslay. Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder ent to the governors of all the States . message asking that "to inaugurate rom tomorrow a vigorous, aggressive ,nd effective enforcement of the tenal clause of the selective service aw against all who have, by their ailure to register, brought thempelves inder the provisions." The penalty for failure to register m June 5 is imprisonment for a ear and enforced registration, but len. Crowder immediately after registration day, recommended the local ioards provide further opportunity or delinquents. The department of ustice today notified United States ttorneys to release those already areSted for failure to register providng they have now registered. Gen. Crowder has nearly completed , daft of regulations to govern exmptions and exemption boards, and xpects to lay it before Secretary laker in a few days for approval, "he general believes no class should e exempted as such, but that local oards should decide on the circumtances in each individual case. He avors use of some device such as a ury wheel for drawing the names of hose to be examined by the exempion boards. The regulations will be nade public in detail after Secretary laker and President Wilson approve hem. A few more States reported regiaration totals to the provost marshal ;eneral's office today but indication^ irere that all would not be completed or nearly a week. Gen. Crowder's message to goverors said: "Quotas are to be assigned to the everal States in proportion to the opulation as determined by the bueau of the census and not in proortion to the registration. The reult is that everv nprsnn rntiA Vioo I ailed to register is seriously increasing the burden of those who have egistered. "It is requested that every effort be ow made to detect and arrest perons subject to registration who have ot registered and to bring each romptly to the attention of the nearst representative of the department f justice. Care should be taken that he lists prescribed in paragraph men registered) are promptly posted nd all registrants should be asked to ssist in bringing non-registrants to ttention of the police." Among States reporting so far Ohio tands first in the proportion of regisration to the census estimate with 13 per cent. Washington is the lowst State with 50.9 per cent. When the provost marshal general's ffice closed tonight 33 States had sent i complete returns. They showed a 5tal registration of 6,358,388, comared to census allotments totaling ,063,482. The returns during the day bout kept up the percentage of preious reports and predictions as to the rand total that would be shown by j 11 the States?from 9.000.000 to 0-1 50,000. In the 33 States reporting tha white egistrations were 4,817,980, colored 30,580, aliens 482,439, and alien nemies 58,304. The possible exempions indicated were 3,439,527. BAD HUSBANDS. Among the thousands of letters eaching the provost marshal genral's office these days from wivea, lothers and sweethearts asking exmption for their men, officials were mused today to find several from rives recommending that their husands be conscripted. One woman aid her husband did not want > war, but had no good reason for ot going, and "tipped" the war deartment that it would be just as well > make a soldier of him. U-BOAT REPORTED SUNK. An Atlantic Port, June 13.?Detraction of a German submarine by n American armed merchantman ras reported by the vessel upon her rrival today in an American harbor, ler officers refused to discuss the enounter except to say that by agile lanoeuvring the merchantman manned to ram and sink the u-boat shortif after two of the anderwater boats ad made an attack, one from either ide. The merchant ship lost a blade rom her propeller. i KELTON Kelton, June 11.?We had a heavy rain on last Saturday and more Sunday evening. I think now that all replanted cotton will come up to a stand. All crops are in a fair state of cultivation and if well worked with good seasons we will yet make a fair crop if we have pood stands. I returned last Saturday from the Washinpton reunion. There was a pood crowd of jovial Veterans; they all seemed to enjoy themselves the very best. There are many Southerners at Washinpton who are employed by the povernment or who have moved there since the Civil war and are doinp business there. You can almost tell every one of them as soon as you meet them by their kind greetings, especially the ladies. Every evening our camp was thronped with their smilinp faces. We were treated with much respect by all the people, both North and South. Those who had the reunion in charpe did all they could to make us enjoy ourselves. What I saw and heard would take hours to tell. I will only tell of a few places I visited. I went into the literary buildinp where several million of books and pamphlets are stored. It is said to be the finest buildinp in the world. I went to the Smithsonian buildinp; it would take a week to see only a part of what is in it. Every species of animals, fowls, insects, fish, the skeletons of animals on land or in the water from the least to the preat whale. Jonah could have stood erect in the one they had in there. The Australians are blacker than the Africans. I went to Mt. Vernon, the home of George Washinpton. I went all through it. In one rnnm ia f Ko Kn/1 WocV?ir?rff/v? i.wwm au VKV WVVI TV UOIUIlg VUII U1CU UII y another room the bed his wife died on and the room and bed of LaFayette. There is his old carriage, his gun powder horn like my father used to have, farming implements and the flax wheel, spining wheed, loom, reel, etc., his flower yaTd with the beautiful flowers. How I was tempted to pluck one of them, but it is positively forbidden. I went to the barn where his old war horse was kept. I tried to take it all in. I can not express my feelings while passing through his mansion when my mind was carried back to the time that the great hero and father of our nation who had walked in and out on the very floors that I was walking on. I went to his tomb and took a view of the vaults of him and his wife, Martha. The mansion is built on a hill right on the banks of the Potomac river. From his home is a beautiful view of the river and the capital. In conclusion, I will sav he was rrmeh hettei up than any of the Pea Ridgers. The next place I visited was Arlington. The Custus Dee mansion built 1802 by George Washington Parke Custus, adopted son of George Washington. Here Robert E. Dee was married. In the grounds is now a national cemetery and many of the great men of our country are buried there. I went to .many of the monuments erected to their graves. One of them was Gen. Sheridan, a cavalry commander of the Union army in the sixties, the one that Wade Hampton and M. C. Butler and our boys gave him and his men a good thrashing today and tomorrow 53 years ago. I stood the trip very well. I aimed to go to Gettysburg but badked out. J. H. Foster of parade and saw Wilson. The unveiling of the wianument to W. H. Barnes, W. O. W., at Foster Chapel, last Sunday was attended by a good congregation. Rev. Mr. Littlejohn of Lockhart was the orator of the day. * /" UIl.l ?- T">? wiinui ?_-n a uay was 10 come at Foster Chape] at night bat was postponed until next Sunday evening on account of the inclemency of the weather. _ G. T. G. NATIONAL GUARD RELIEVED FROM BRIDGE DUTY Charleston, June 13.?National Guardsmen of all the nine States of the Southeastern department will be immediately withdrawn from sentry duty wherever possible and assembled at their State regimental camps for intensive training, letters to this effect having been sent out this .morning te the governors ?f these / 1 1 *- * * utavca 41 uiu iicuiHjuarbers nere. rms order will not affect the proposed date of calling out units not now in the federal service, but simply means that as many as possible of those already called out and on sentry duty will be released from such duty and put into camps for training. About 7,000 or 8,000 men in these nine States wiH be affected by the order. ?The State. The artillery fighting on the whole Westers front was unusually severe | last Thursday mH Friday. ^ ?|L , It J |j?II IL H 1 WE PAY a Premium for your Casl the clerk; he will explain Cash Purchase demand d Coupon; it is worth n kind of Men's, Boys' Clot nishing for the hot weat Keep Kool. J UNION CLOTHI The New Way { / ill 1| =11 H UNIVERSITY OF SOUT] Entrance Examin Entrance examinations to the University < by the County Superintendent of Education Friday, July 13, 1917. The University offers varied courses of history, law and business. The expenses ar tunities for self-support are afforded. A larj available. Graduates of colleges in this State the School of Law. For full particulars write THE PRESIDE University of South Columbia, S. 1 UNION & GLENN SPRINGS RA Following schedule will be effective sn and i (Between Union, S. C. and Pri No. 32 No. 34 2:20 pm 10:00 am Lv. Union At. 3:05 pm 10:45 am Ar. Pride Lr. (Between Union, S. C. and Pri No. 5 No. 3 No. 1 4:15pm 1:15pm 8:00am Lv. Union Ar. 4:30pm 1:30pm 8:15am Ar. Buffalo Dv. J. S. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. the Cle for Uni (Complaint Not Served). Union ( May, A State of South Carolina, County of Union. Court of Common Pleas. Uniei Mrs. Delilah Jane Moorhead, Mrs. . Belle Goudelock and George W. XlfKUU,.!, T > 1 ? * A .* 1TV. .^02 ?y 111 uuuk, i tannins, against ????. F. G. Whitlock, W. G. Whitlock, Mrs. Edwin McGlasshan, Mrs. O. E. _ _ Smith, Mrs. J. W. Pollard, Mrs. C. II[\ f G. Miller, F. M. Whitlock, L. C. * ? Whitlock, Miss Flossie Whitlock, Franklin G. Whitlock, Mrs. H. C. LCf U Brown and Mrs. J. D. Johnson, De- j fendants. "Off I To the defendants, above named: You are hereby summoned and re- Th quired to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith r%nt\ served upon you, the original of which said Complaint and Summons were _ duly filed in the office of the Clerk of | j Court of Common Pleas for Union County, South Carolina, at Union Court House, on the 25th day of May, 1917, and to serve a copy of your an- aj swer to the said Complaint on the , subscriber, at his offices at Union, flfOOu South Carolina, within Twenty days two (J< after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you r?1i fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated at Union, S. C., May 25, 1917. J. Ashby Sawyer, Plaintiffs' Attorney. R. C. Williams, Clerk of Court. (Seal) Never To the defendants, Mrs. Edwin Mc- such c Glasshan, Mrs. C. G. Miller, F. M. ?? . Whitlock, Lt. C. Whitlock, Mrs. H. C. }.,''ed . Brown and Mrs. J. D. Johnson: Headac Take Notice, that the Complaint in $1.00 p this action, together with the Sum- ( mons, of which the foregoing is a ' copy, were duly filed in the office of NAT ft ir==ii a p YOU I h Trade. Ask i. With every il r? f a me register j loney. Every s hing and Fur- ! her. ING CO. L Store ?? i h carolina ations of South Carolina will be held at the County Court House. study in science, literature, e moderate and many opporje number of scholarships are i receive free tuition except in to ' n :nt Carolina C. 2^5 ILROAD COMPANY after May 12th, 19-17. de, S. C.) No. 33 No. 31 12:45 pm 4:05 pm 12:00 m 3:20 pm de, S. C.) No. 2 No. 4 No. 6 8:45am 2:00pm 5:00pm 8:30am 1:45pm 4:45pm CREWS, General Manager. rk of Court of Common Pleas ion County, South Carolina, at Dourt House, on the 25th day of D. 1917. J. Ashby Sawyer, Plaintiffs' Attorney, n, S. C., June 5th, 1917. 23-3 . Farmer: C have vnur cnhcsrin ** ? 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