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VEllV FEW TO HE EXEMPTED. Civil Service Men Not Excused From Draft. Washington, July 28.?Very few employes of the civil branches of the government will be exempt from the draft, according to an official ruling published today by I'rovost Marshal den. Crowder. At tlic White House, Secretary Tumulty is the only employee named as exempt. He was over the registration aire anyway, but all other employes of military age are liable for service. The line has been drawn as closely in sill other depar' icnts. In sill the executive departments none but the executive heads are exempted by the ruling. Clerks, stenograhpers and many others who expected to be exempt because of their government service will be disappointed. CLASH BETWKEN NKCltO TROOPS AND POLICE Waco. Tex., July .'10.?All of the negro soldiers of the 24th United States infantry who took part in last night's clashes with the local authorities have been accounted for. Six were arrested not long after the disturbances took place. Fourteen others who escaped the enviroes of the city reported at their camp today and were placed under guard. There has been no repetition of shooting, and the police, co-operating with army authorities, believe the incident is closed except for the trial of those taking part in it. Will Jones, a negro trooper, was shot in the head and Patrolmen Todd. Edgar William and Neal Harris, all white, were sloghtly injured. Cause <?F Trouble. The trouble started shortly after t? o'clock when the negro troopers, massed before a negro picture theatre refused to permit whit eciti/.en< tc pass. Police reserves cleared the street and the disorder subsided. About two hours later hostilities broke out attain when a group of 1 I negro soldiers left their camp for town. Enlisting the aid of a provost guard of the negro troops, Night Captain .lames encountered the rebellious soldiers before an alley on North Second street. A volley was fired into the group by the police and members of the provost guard with the injury of Jones, one of the recalcitrants, the invaders fled at the first shots. The police sought further aid from the military and were joined shortly afterwards by Captain Iligginson and Lieutenant Cromley, officers of the 24th infantry to aid in the rounding up of the rebellious troops. A posse with five motor cars took a route down the Brazos river while a detachment of troops under Captain Iligginson proceeded to best the outskirts of the ritv Following institution of the man hunt the streets were cleared of pedestrians and quiet was restored after a night of excitement. GODMOTHERS FOR ORPHAN SOLDIERS OF UNITED STATES Washington, duly "28.?Introducing America's first two volunteer war godmothers for our Sammies in France: "Mrs. A. N. Schweitzer, llf>2 Third street, Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. Bessie B. Mendenhall, 12011 Avenue G, Birmingham, Ala. They're the first to offer to write to the "lonely boys in khaki," who stand aside "when the mail is handed out 'way over there where the guns are never still." The two first god-mother volunteers names will be given to Adjt. Gen. McCain. Before long they may receive the names of their new god-sons among America's Sammies at the front in France. Others Hoped For. Army folk here hope Mrs. Schweitzer and Mrs. Mendenhall are onlv the advance guard of an army of big hearted American mothers who will volunteer to write their Summie prodsons letters. There'll he hundreds of these army orphans in cantonment camps in America this fall and the leaders of training camp activities is interested in the pod mother idea too. The Y. M. ('. A. and the Knights of Columbus, both of which will have big buildings at each cantonment camp, may be offered the handling of the draft Sammies jrod-mothers. The plan would be for any lonely Sammy to give bis name and address to the proper authority at the camp. A volunteer god-mother would be notified and "adont" that Sammv. Roth of the first volunteer trodmothers have boys of their own, hut they're ready to take on some more "sons" for Uncle Sam. "I would like to he ^rod-mother to one of those lonely hoys," wrote Mrs. Schweitzer today. Sons Too Voun'jj. "My two hoys, 10 and 1", would he in the army if they were old enough. Rut as they are too younir they think | and so do I, that the next host thing would he to adopt a brother Sammy." "I would he so triad to write to some American hoy in France without a mother," wrote Mrs. Mcndenhnll. "1 have four of my own, hut I love all hoys. And I certainly would appreciate havinir some irood womnn write to my hoys if they were away from home ami motherless." "The foundations of our national policy will he laid in the pure and , immutable principles of private morality." ? (ieorge Washington's First Inaugural Address. "The man who does not give his fullest cooperation to his country in this hour will die unhappy."?Woodrow Wilson, President of the United GOVERNOR OF TEXAS INDICTED FOR FELONY Grand Jury Charges Misapplication of Funds?Other High Officials Under Indictment. Austin, Texas, July 27.?James E. Ferguson, governor of Texas, was indicted on nine charges of felony by (he grand jury of Travis county late today. The indictments were not made public tonight when Sheriff George S. Matthews notified the governor. Seven of the indictments charge misapplication of public funds, one diversion of public funds and one embezzlement. Churchill J. Bartlett, secretary of state, was indicted on six counts, charging misapplication of funds; C. O. Austin, commissioner of insurance and banking, on four counts on the same charge and C. L. Stowe, State superintendent of buildings and grounds, one count charging misapplication. The speaker of the Texas house of representatives called a special session for August 1 to consider wheth UI ell ta ics III I III JJUilUil IIIL'II t SIIUU1U I)t presented against the governor. In his call the speaker said the most important matter to consider was the governor's veto of appropriations for the University of Texas and alleged misrepresentations in the awarding of the West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College to Abilene. The indictment charging embezzlement contains only one mention of the sum involved, ?>'5,000. The charge of diverting a special fund refers to the fund provided by the legislature for the purchase of supplies for the executive mansion. It is charged that the governor applied this fund to the purchase of "various goods, wares and merchandise not authorized by law." Of the seven charges of misapplication of funds, one refers to the sum of *10> collected by (lov. O. II. Colquitt, Ferguson's predecessor, as insurance on the building of the West Texas Normal School at Canyon City. The governor is alleged to have received this sum from Colquitt and to have placed it in the Temple State Hank. Immediately after Governor Ferguson had been served by the*sheriff in his ollice he gave bond in the sum of $5,000 in one case and $1,000 in each of the others. Governor Ferguson late tonight answered the nine charges of felony placed against him late today by indictments returned by the Travis county granu jury i>y announcing himself as candidates for governor of Texas for a third term. In his statement Governor Ferguson attributed the indictments against him to "contemptible politics inspired by contemptible men." The basis of the indictments, he declared, grew out of a deposit of $100,000 insurance money collected in 1913 when the Canyon City (Texas) State Normal School was burned; that the money was deposited by his predecessors and that when he became governor he withdrew the money from certain banks and placed it in other banks and that the money was paid out promptly subject to builders' estimates for the rebuilding of the Canyon City Normal. Recause he did not deposit the money in the treasury, he said, he is charged with a felony, while no charge is made against his predecessor. PEACE TALK WILL NOT GO IN THIS COUNTRY Washington, July JO.?Germany's proposals of peace will be considered by the allies when the Teutonic war machine has been driven to the wall, and no sooner. This, in brief, is what the State Department today thinks of the three German peace incidents that have come to the front within the last 4K hours. Chancellor Michaelis' utterances that "the war will end sooner or later in a peace by understanding"; Foreign Minister C/.ernin's declaration that Austria is fighting with Germany because she is forced to do so by Germany's enemies, and Matthias Erzberg's appearance in Zurich as a peace negotiator, are regarded by official Washington as propaganda. To Weaken. Germany hopes to weaken her enemies by stirring up peace sentiment in various other countries, the State Department believes. The direct effect of such a policy has been seen already in the United Stales. The American Union Against Militarism yesterday asked Senator Stone to introduce ai resolution in the senate declaring! America's peace terms. Today the same organization appeared at the State Department asking that their position be transmitted to the reichstag. "I can think of no place less likely to communicate with the reichstag i nun mic i niicu mares rstaio Department," said a high official, after the demand had hecn received. "It will not ho forwarded." Allied diplomats see an attempt on the part of Germany to cover up weakness of her principal ally, Austria. In Harmony. Another view is that Germany also hoped to impress upon the Russians, on the eve of callintr their constitutional convention, the thought that fiormnnv finfl hor .?* /? I? mony with the Russian pronouncement of "peace without annexations." Leeds, Enjr., has a coal tar products plant. Suez canal rates have been advanced. Costa Rica has one electric street railway. SAVE YOUR TINFOIL. Mrs. C. E. Storm, chairman of the ways and means committee of Red Cross chapter, is daily receiving packages of tinfoil from interested friends and a good many people have notified her of their willingness to help in this collection and from various parts of the county they are saving tinfoil. Miss Lillie Mae Gregory has donated some beautiful crocheted lace which will be sold for the Red Cross work and several other contributions have been made for this work. Mrs. Storm wishes to ask that you save everything you can for the rummage sale and sent it to the Edisonia theatre or The Times office. Don't forget that chickens, eggs, fruit, vegetables, lace, tatting, hemstitching, embroidery, crocheting and anything of that nature can readily be turned into money and the chapter needs the money to buy material. The demand for hospital supplies is very great and the time is short for us to work. "Help the Red Cross and down the Iron Cross," should be the slogan for Union county. "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE." (K. C. B., in Atlanta Georgian) In a little while your boy may be "Somewhere in France." You won't know where?you'll only know That somewhere on the firing line, Side by side with your neighbor's boy, ir? ...:n l.- ? iic win i?e iigiiwug on Toward the goal th?lt must be reached r.efore the war is dona And here at home you'll wait, and pray That he'll come back, And God grant that he may: And God grant, too, that he'll come back Just as he went away With shoulders back, and head erect, And in his eyes the lijrht that comes Into the eyes of those in whom there is no fear That future days, or months, or years May point to them and say, "They heard, and answered not!" And while he's prone, unless you're brave Beyond the strength of human kind. You'll dream of him, and wake, And in those hours of the night The darkest ? just as morning breaks? You'll take the hand that soothed his brow In babyhood, and hold it tight, And wonder how it goes with him, And where he is when morning breaks On that same day "Somewhere in France." . And, then, if you have "aon# your bit" Back home, while he is over there; If you have sent across the seas A Red Cross nurse and what she needs? A surgeon to hold back the life That looks down where the valley lies And shadows lurk? There'll come that light into your eyes, And you will know no one can point To you, and say, "lie heard, and answered not!" TTV/"'1 TA n * ?a*ci f u.ivLiii o;im a rKUl'tild'Y," York, July 28.?Employed at a local pressing club are two negroes, "Mooch" and Arthur. Both negroes were drafted and will probably be in the first national army. Another negro who works at the pressing club became incensed at Mooch for some reason a day or two ago and made as if to strike him. "Don't you dare hit me, nigger," said Mooch, as he faced the angry one bravely; "Pse ain't to be hit by everybody now ;I'se de property ob Uncle Sam!" FIREPROOF. The clergyir\t?n was engaged in that unprofitable occupation of giving advice to the woman who had just painted her own husband in vjry dark colors. "Suppose you were to try to keep coals of fire upon his head?" he suggested. " *Twouldn't do no good," she returned. "I've thrown a lighted lamp I at him several times, but he is just I as bad next day."?New York Times. Miss Trene McDow returned Tuesday afternoon from a ton days' visit to Mrs. T. Mac Lean's at Hawthorne. Miss Elizabeth Cobb, who has been the puest of Mrs. |>. Arthur, returned to her home at Greenwood Wednesday morninp. Ik'fore marriape a pirl wants a man to write love letters, but after marriape nothinp but hecks will do. When a man tells his wife that he is stayinp downtown late in order to pet a balance he is likely to lose it f\ n li r? u/ nv hnmn No man is so strong Or great that ho is not afraid of somebody. The chances being that the somebody is a woman. When the nuts of life are passed around the pessimist hollers bloody murder he is so angry if he doesn't get a worm in his. The way of a ship at sea, the way of a serpent upon a rock and the way of a man with a maid set old Solomon boy a-guessing. But 'the way of a modern maid would fair astound him. J SEN Clear MB A fine opporti goods at less t prices. Palm Cloth Suits. $ 6.00 and $6.50 Value 7.50 and 8.00 " 19.00 and 10.00 " 15.00 and 16 50 " I All Men's Wool Boys' Cool Clot' All Ladies and ] Straw Hats redi These reductions ; that they Sale Begins July J.Coh( ?> j Kuril *3^ i A Oar ] The "Minute Man Six" a car for every day in t we can demonstrate, if Shop Phone 66 UNior IF your business keeps busy, there's just one not using an Internatic j You Don't Know Y/feat I Tl .i ?/ i nat s true. It you kr^ cash it saves, you would b\ motor truck because you a better paying investmer twenty-five cents a day to y would be better than 10 the price of a Model M. An International motor tnii that for any man whose worl That is not all it does, by any be enough to interest you, ab our complete figures on motoi Two Models?Two H, 1,500 lbs. capacity, (cl I-, 2,000 lbs. capacity, (cl All prices cash, f. o. b Add &j0 to alinve nrir^c (r\t International Motor Ti R. H. Nesbitl 13 Main St. m-ANNl ance unity now foi han the prese Beach, Mohj :s reduced to 44 44 44 Summer Suits 20 h and Palm Beach Men's Low Quarte need to Cost Price. are made with th are Strictly Cash 27, Continues Tl m Union's I * nalon IINUTE MAN SIX For Women,' sets the pace for all o ,he year. To drive it you will allow us. f MOTOR COMP two or more horses reason why you are mal motor truck: ItWiiiDoForYou! v how much actual jy an International could hardly make it. If it added only our net profits?that per cent interest on ck will save more than c keeps two horses busy. mean3, but that should usiness man. Write lot r truck saving. Low Prices : i..\ t ooe ia^3i3uniy; i lassisonly) 1,500 . Akron, O, ' pneumatic tires rucks Are Sold By I Auto Co. Union, S. C. IAL ] Sale * you to buy nt wholesale 4 rir and Cool $ 4.75 5.75 7.50 11.00 I % off. I Suits 10% off. r Shoes 10% off. e understanding i Prices. hrouglt Aug. 10 Best Store ?yjMKzr ' ' ' ' ' Mvflr jLH^^HV f ^ YW!t[1^iTH Too? thers to follow. It is is a real pleasure, as ANY Res. Phone 87 SEVEN STARS! Here They Are NANCE O'NEIL SHIRLEY MASON GEORGE LE GUERE ANN MURDOCK HOLBROOK BLINN H. B. WARNER CHARLOTTE WALKER -IN"The Seventh Sin" Is an entirely different sort of a photoplay. Never before have so many stars of world fame been seen in a single production. Never before has such an ambitious attempt been, made to tell upon the screen a story of human interest. ^ ONE DAY ONLY Wednesday Ann 8 ??xg. v AT THE EDISONIA