Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ PURELY PERSONAL | ! Rev. ,T. F. Matheson is spending , sometime at Montrcat, N. C. Miss Mary Perrin is the guest of Miss Margaret White in Chester. Mr. Miles Storm spent a day or two : this week in Columbia on business. Miss Dora Whitlock of Gaffney is spending a short while with friends in Union. Mr. Warren Douglass DePass of Columbia is visiting friends in the city this week. Miss Carry Young has returned from a visit to college friends in Darlington Miss Mary Flynn left this week for a fortnight's stay with friends in Greenville. Miss Myrtle Parks is spending several days with Miss Mittie Ruth Wood at Kelton this week. J, i Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Powell and childen of Columbia are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Culp. ( Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bryant and children of Spartanburg spent Sunday with relatives in the city. Miss Mamie Hughes and Miss Margaret Young are the house guests of Mrs. Fred H. Garner on South street. Mrs. N. Shapiro and little son Lewis returned Saturday from an extended visit to relatives in Baltimore. Miss Lois Gregory of Santuc and her house guest, Miss Young, of Columbia were visitors in the city last week. Miss Irene McDow will leave Saturday for Hawthorne to spend a fortnight with Mrs. MacLean and other friends. Miss Frances McDow returned Saturday afternoon from a week's visit to Miss Amey Nicholson at Montreat,N. C. Mrs. M. B. Summer and Miss Maude Kincnnon left Thursday morning for Arkansas to spend the su imer with relatives. Mr. Ernest Green and Dr. Leon Banks of Aiken spent the week-end with friends in the city, making the trip by motor. -"V ? * ? Mrs. R. W. Hughes and children of Beaufort are visiting at the home of her father, Mr. W. A. Moorehead, at Mt. Tabor. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barron have moved into the cottage on South street recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Byers Greer. Misses Frances and Edna McCurry, who have been the guest of Mrs. J. H. Bartles for a week, left Saturday for* their home in Florence. , Mrs. Robert A. Easterling left Wednesday afternoon for Pittsfield, Mass., to spend sometime with her father and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Patton of Washington, D. C., spent the weekend with Mrs. Aubrey Rice, on their way to Cross Anchor to visit relatives Mr, P. C. Whisenant, Mr. Hoyt Whisenant and Misses Lilian and Caroline Whisenant spent Sunday in Spartanburg with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Whisenant. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilburn and children left Sunday for Effingham to spend sometime with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gillespie. Mrs. Gillespie was formerly Miss Ruth Wilburn. Miss Mary Gist Fleming has been in the city this week attending the short course given by the county demonstration agents here and assisted by experts from other counties. Rev. L. S. Shealey is assisting Rev. J. M. Trogdon in a series of meetings at Tabernacle Baptist church this week. Mrs. Shealey and little child accompanied him to Union and are the quests of Mrs. J. M. Trogdon. Mrs. Backman Richardson of Prosperity and Miss Eunice Adams of Pomaria stopped over Saturday night with Mrs. G. B. Sligh on their way home from Asheville, N. C., where they have been for a week or more. Mrs. C. E. Franklin and daughter, Miss Irene Franklin, of Kissimee, Fla., and little Miss Lillie Ray Hill, of Hattiesburg, Miss., spent Wednesday night and Thursday as the guests of 1 Mrs. G .B. Sligh on S. Church street. Mrs. Herman P. Wray (Aurelia 1 Gallman) and little son, Herman, of Macon, Ga., spent the week-end with 1 their mother, Mrs. Katy Gallman, and 1 left Wednesday morning for Chininev Rock, N. C., whore they will spend : the summer months. 1 Miss Stella Uhele and Mr. Andrew Kraft of Savannah, Ga., returned to their home Wednesday after spending 1 several days at the home of Mrs. J. J. Purcell on N. Pinckncy street. They were accompanied home by Misses ' Ijouise and Elizabeth Purcell, who ! will spend several weeks in Savannah. 1 Mrs. M. E. Rritton of Spartanburg i is visiting her daughter, Miss Lillian 1 Markham, who, since leaving Virginia Beach, has taken an apartment in i Washington, D. C. Miss Eva H. Orr 1 of Norfolk, Va., formerly of Spartanburg, is also the guest of her aunt, 1 Miss Markham. ' Dr. Harry Storm, who has been at Chesnee for several months, has resigned his position and accepted a similar one in this city with the Peoples Drug company. Dr. and Mrs. Storm are making their home with their parents, M. and Mrs. J. T. ?>torm on S. Church street. Among the two hundred and forty recently appointed lieutenants in the marine corps now at Port Royal and other stations who have been ordered to the training school at Quantico, Va., the names of Robert P. Jeter, Santuc, and James E. Hunter, Jr., of Union are mentioned. A SURPRISE PARTY. A delightful affair of Tuesday afternoon was the surprise birthday party given by Mrs. Ben L. Berry, in compliment to Mrs. J. A. Chambers at her home on Gage avenue. After the buests arrived Mrs. Chambers was invited in and met the pleasant surprise. She was showered with gifts of every description and many expressions of good will and long life. The table held the birthday cake with the 71 burning tapers and the hostess served ices and cake. MAMMA! DON'T YOTT see your child is sick, constipated Ix>ok at Tongue! Move Poisons From Liver and Bowels at Once. Mother! Your child isn't naturally cross and peevish. See if tongue is coated; this is a sure sign its little stomach, liver and bowels need a cleansing at oncew When llstlwfc, |>nlc, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, remember, a gentle liver and bowel cleansing should always be the first treatment given. Nothing equals "California Syrup of Figs" for children's ills; give a teaspoonful, and in a few hours all the foul waste, sour bile and fermenting food which is clogged in the bowels passes out of the system, and you have a well and playful child again. All children love this harmless, delicious "fruit laxative," and it never fails to effect a good "inside" cleansing. Directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups are plainly on the bottle. Keep it handy in your home. A little given today saves a sick child tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a fiO-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," then look and see that it is made by the California Fig Syrup Co." cross" keys Cross Keys, July 16.?Daying-by tim is here. Some farmers have put their last furrow to the 1917 crop, while those who had to plant their crop over are going to pull the "bell cord" until the August sun drives them to the shade. Crops generally are good, looking more promising than was expected three weeks ago. With cotton at 25 cents and Kaiser Bill about out of business the future looks pretty good. Picnics, fishing parties and camping out is getting in full blast for the farmers' summer vacation. Mr. T. J. Fowler is very ill at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cooper of Union, Mr. Claude Cooper of Cherokee Falls visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. II. E. Brewington of Simpsonville visited friends here Sunday. Miss Clara Jackson of Cross Anchor spent the week-end with relatives here. Miss Louise Betsill spent last week with relatives at Woodruff. Mr. .Lawrence Starnes visited friends at Woodruff Sunday. Mr. Brooks Bobo went to Cross Anchor Monday on ubsiness. Miss Jessie Puckett of Union visited friends here last week. Mr. Bascom Ramsey of Union visited friends here last week. Miss Annie Stevens visited friends at Cross Anchor Sunday. Mr. Edd Stevens visited friends at Cross Anchor Sunday. Mr. John Sumner of Cross Anchor visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. Jessie Starnes of Charleston is visiting relatives here this week. Mr. Barnum Lawson visited friends ut Coss Anchor Sunday. Kit X. EXPLOSION IN NAVV YARD. San Francisco, July t>.?Two storehouses at the Mare Island navy yard, r>n San Francisco bay, were destroyed by an explosion this morning. Whether any lives were lost has not been determined. Twelve of 15 magazines were badly damaged by the explosion, the force oi wnicn broke thousands ot windows in Vallcjo, half a mile away. Fire started in the wrecked buildings and desperate efforts were made to prevent its spread to other buildings where explosives are stored. Several buildings, used as sleeping rpiarters for detachments of gunners, were wrecked. Whether any men were in these buildings is not known. Naval officials at Vaiicjo said about 200 men were employed in or near the buildings wrecked, but whether these men had reported for work at the time of the explosion was not known. The explosion occurred at 7:44 a. m. The concussion was terrific. At the Southern Pacific freight sheds in Vallejo, two miles from the scene of the explosion, doors were torn from their hinges. SECOND SERIES OF OFFICERS TRAINING CAMPS OPEN AUG. 27 A second series of Officers' "training Camps will be bejrun Aufrustj27th. No applications for these will b? considered later than July 15th. South Carolina is allowed a quota of 25< men for the second camp for this dfetrict which will be held at Fort Oprletlorpe, Cla. The War Department is arxious to have men between the aires of 31 and 44 years in this camp, though many younger men will, of course, be accepted, and all eligible men are urped to apply at once. First Lieutenant H. T. Pillans, Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. A., is the examining officer for South Carolina and applicants should address him at the Citadel, Charleston, S. C. Application blanks will be sent to men requesting them, and also a memorandum of information setting forth full instructions and information repardinpr the camp, the pay, etc. Accepted men will receive transportation to and from the camp, subsistence while there, and pay of $100 monthly during the three months of training. It is important that interested men apply without delay as the time limit for applications is July 15th. It is believed that the poor showing so far is the result of a lack of understanding on the part of the public of the purpose of the camps, the chances offered, and the method of procedure to apply for admission to the camps, and not due to any lack of patriotism. South Carolina will not admit, and should not admit, that it is less patriotic than any other State in the Union. The submission of an application to attend these camps is a patriotic act. All red-blooded men with proper qualifications should show their patriotism by sunibittim? their applications at once. To provide officers for the drafted forces of the National Armv. the War Department has adopted the policy of commissioning all new officers of the line (Infantry, Cavalry, Field and Coast Artillery) purely on the basis of demonstrated ability for three months observation and training in the Officers Training Camps. Thus, the appointment of the officer? of the new armies will be made entirely on merit and free from all personal or other influence. As an emergency measure to provide officers for the first 500,000 drafted troops the War Department has put in operation 1<> Officers' Training Camps with a total attendance of about 40,000. These 10 camps correspond to the territorial divisions in which it is planned to raise troops under the Draft Act of May 18, 1017. These camps, which began May 15, 1917, are expected to provide line officers well qualified as to character and training and sufficient for the first increment of 500,000, with a reserve for that increment. Following the policy of commissioning officers on demonstrated w&fh, it is intended that, after the first increment of 500,000 has been organized, officers will be obtained by promoting officers and men already in the Regular Army, National Guard, and drafted forces, thus giving to those who have volunteered or have been drafted for military service full opportunity to earn promotion to the exclusion of those not in actual military service. The period devoted to the organization of the first 500,000 must therefore be devoted to training anil selecting officers for the second 500,000 to supplement those promoted from troops in service. To meet this situation a second series of Officers' Training Camps will be held beginning August 27, 1917, with the definite mission of producing u body of line officers (Infantry, Cavalry, Field and Coast Artillery) capable of filling all places in the grades nlinvp luMltcimnr nnd mnnir nf fVio places in the grade Gf lieutenant in the second 500.000 troops. The training camps to be established for this purpose will afford those not in the military service or drafted in the future the last opportunity to become officers. Also, in connection with these camps it is to he noted that mature and experienced men are needed to fill the higher grades (first lieutenant, captain, major and a few lieutenant colonels) in the second 500,000. The date for all camps is August 27th to November 2f>th, 1017, and successful applicants from this State will he sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The maximum age limit for applicants, except those noted in the special classes in the memorandum of information which is sent to all those requesting application blanks, is 41 years. In the excepted cases referred to, it is 50 years. The minimum age limit for all applicants is 20 yoavs and nine months. However, in order to obtain the experienced class of men desired, preference will be given to men of over 111 years of age, other things being equal. Itecause of the anticipated large number of applications, it will be difficult for men under the age to qualify except in instances where the applicant has preeminent qualifications or unusual military experience. This applies to the training camps described herein. Men who applied for the first series of camps must reapply whether or not certified as suitable for the first camps. Right to enter camp, if selected, is not affected by the fact that applicant is drafted before or after camp opens. aii accepted applicants arc urged, however ,to provide their own uniforms in advance as follows: 1 hat, service. I 1 coat, service, olive drab. 2 shirts, flannel, olive drab. 2 breeches, service, olive drab. 1 pair leggings, canvas. 1 pair shoes, marching ItMh | SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS j ^\\\VV\\\V\V\V\V\V\\N\N \ > MONliY on real estate on ionK ant easy terms. J. K. Minter, Finan eial Cor. Union County. FO<< S a LK ? Leal her collar? and t*ri?.ies. viii'tii viiliu s at 'tie price I i-ople'i. Supply Co. tf FOR SAI.E?Lumber at a savin? price. Write J. T. Spears, Union S. C., R. F. D. No. 1. 27-4 LOST?A bunch of keys between Unio nand Union-Buffalo mills. A tap with initials "J. E. II." on thr rin?:. Finder please leave at Timei office or notify John PL Harris. 291 j FOR SALE?One nice building lot oi South street, 80x226. See J. Wes ley Greer at M. & P. Nat. Bank. 19tl BOTTLES! BOTTLES for the Ret Cross. Send or brinR, them today Ways and Means Committee A. R C. I HAVE a limited quantity of SoutV Carolina raised corn in shuck, whicV I desire to sell. Call on Mr. R. P Harry at the Farmers' Bonder Warehouse and he will serve you T. C. Duncan. 22-tJ MONEY TO LOAN on improved rea estate for 20 years. See John K Hamblin or myself. J. E. Minter. CAR LOAD OF MULES wanted ai once; mules from 950 to 120< pounds; apes 5 to 11 years; gooi prices paid. Bring what you hav* to sell to Peoples Supply Co., A. 11 Brannon, A. B. Bailey or Aycocl & Deaver, Monday, July 23. Davi: Bros. Mule Co., Anderson, S. C. 28FOR SALE?One Ford touring ca as pood as new and with ever; modern equipment. First check fo $200 pets it. Act quickly. F. E McGwinn, Box 272, Union, S. C. FOR RENT?An apartment of fou Tooms, hall, kitchen and all moder: conveniences. Apply to Dr. J. II Hamilton, East Main street. 25-t AN APPLICATION of "Huiet's Lini ment" will convince you that ther is none better. For sale by Pal metto Drup Co. WANTED?Tin Foil, Bottles, Rub bers, Junk?a little bit from eacl family would make a pile as bi| as the courthouse. iJets try it an* see. Ways and Means Committee A. R. C. FOR ALL ACHES and pains, us "Huiet's Liniment"; it works lik magic. For sale by Palmetto Dru; Co. FOR QUALITY and service Phoni No. 7. Palmetto Drup Company. WANTED?Southern Railway com missary department, eight commis sary clerks. Apply in own hand wi.i+;n?> ?*< 1 A a t.i ?V1II^, t ItlVltllV-CO |M U1C1 It'll. -f\ll dress R. D. English, Grcensborc N. C., Box 847. 29SERVICE AND QUALITY is para mount at the Palmetto Drug Co Phone No. 7. FOR SALE?Six-room cottage wit sewerage and electric lights. Wi! sell on easy terms. See Mr. an< Mrs. J. B. Greer. South St. 21-i FOR SALE?Bed springs and mat ti esses. Apply to Phone 184. YOU CAN ALWAYS GET "jus what you want, when you want it at the Palmetto Drug Co. WANTED?Material for a rummag sale. Until quarters are seure leave at Times office or the Edi sonia theatre. No one will call o: you for this, it is purely voluntar; giving?not begging and the mono; made goes to help your hoy or you neighbors. Help us get this sale uf Ways and Means Committee A. Ii C. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our apprecia tion for the many kindnesses showi us by our friends and neighbors dur ing the illness and death of our soi and brother, Brady. May God bles each of you. Mr. and Mrs. Horn and Family. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE. State of South Carolina, , County of Union. Gnnrt nf Prnhnte Notice is hereby given, .hat on th< 15th day of August, 11)17, at 1 o'clock, a. m., in the Court of Pro bate for said County, the under signed will make her final settlemon as Administratrix of the Estate < f (I T. Hollis, deceased, and (hat there upon he will apply to the .fudge ol said Court, for his final discharge as such Administratrix. Mary Pitts Hollis. This 14th day of July, 11)17. Published in The Union Times foi 30 days. 29-< The government will provide all nec essary arms and equipment and th( necessary drill regulations and othei publications used in the course wil be issued to accepted applicants ii the camps. / I fit .?Bra J=j '. iiif*" You Can Sen H by living economic. J H make sure of your < > B This strong, safe , Ol savings deposits in - and will pay you 4 pounded twice a ye; ^jg^y NOW is the time ?H\ Emslie Nicholson, J. - ' fc t SERVICE j !, can be used as an Ambulance, f - on Funeral occasions. Especia e tance calls. We deliver Casket Lr miles of UnionFREE OF CI _ and reach destination within tv ' call and give our patrons throug - service as in town. Phone us a ; BAILEY UNDER Office Phone 106 ? >i - * [ | I HAVE : | Studebaker " That I am se' ; ? OLD PI V - Y See me for Pric( II V I I M IET 1TJL# JL t T > B I ESU RVE ACCURATELY AND < * you have any work of tl h you. Call on 01* Phone i 5. L. O. YC Phone 1 1 [CHOLSON NK&TRUSTO? UN/ON. S.C. ?ta \' c Your Country illy?and you can also iwn future happiness. bank will welcome your amounts of One Dollar, per cent, interest, corner. to open an account. Roy Fnnt, M. A. Moore. | Vice President. Cashier. I CAR or delivering Caskets and lly adapted for long diss anywhere within thirty TARGE 70 hours after we get the fhout the county the same ny hour, night or day. TAKING CO. Residence Phone 88 t ? SOME % f T Wagons | lling at the ? r RICE ? < is and Terms '? ER, JR. I ? *** * * * *y -r T T V V ? V -V i ' YING QUICKLY DONE lis nature let me figure me at my home, Union, " )UNG 23 ___ v. . II i