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VOL. LXVII. NO. 32. UNION, S. C., F|{| DA* AUGUST 1?, 1917 ?1.3II A YKAB
OFFICIAL DRAf
FOR
Continued From Last Week?
The Following Members
Will Come Perhaps in
the Third Call.
401 James Treson Gregory, Union,
1919.
402 Oliver Falls Stone, Jonesville,
1339.
403 Tom Henderson, Buffalo, R. F. 1).
1 C 1 A
j.,
404 John Thomas Bentley, Kelton,
1175.
405 John Roberts Jamieson, bockhart,
1070.
400 Otto Gleen, Buffalo, 738
407 Robert Worthy, Union, R. F. 1"). 5,
1167.
408 John Bovd Plaxico, Lockhart,
1097.
409 Paul Traywick Harris, Union, R.
F. D. 5, 1191.
410 Allen Belue, Jonesville, 1234.
411 Thadeus B. Strange, Union, 1781.
412 August E. Webber, Jonesville,
1360.
413 Sidney, Walker Bailey, Kelton, R.
F. D. 1, 848.
414 Lewis Taylor, Union, 2323.
415 Charles Eugene Tinsley, Lockhart,
1118.
410 Bennie Sartor, Santuc, 121.
417 Tom Jeter, Carlisle, 221.
418 Sam Fowler, Union, 1537.
419 Arthur Thompson, Jonesville,
1474.
420 James Garfield .Tones Jonesville
1414.
421 Robert Cheek, Union, 2283.
422 Gilliam Hughes, Union, 2300.
423 John Westley Proctor, Union,
161G.
424 Kelly Trammell, Whitmire, 292.
425 Timothy Jeter, Buffalo, R. F. D.
1, 822.
426 Jesse Wright Lancaster, Jonesrille,
504.
427 James Franklin Howell, Lockhart,
1064.
428 Ernest Gist, Kelton, 1205.
429 Milton Dawkins, Union, 2286.
430 Eddie Edwards, Union, 2152.
431 Obediah Boulware, Union, 1510.
432 Oscar Thomas Mr Dado, Lockhart,
* 1091.
433 Wade Blackwell, Union, 2139.
434 Loomis Rice, Sedalia, R. F. D. 2?
470.
435 Arsie Glenn, Whitmire, R. F. D.,
312.
436 Madison Ernest Becknell, Union,
1507.
437 John Franklin Hart, Union, 1729.
438 Charles Maxwell Scott, Union,
1626.
439 Horace Franklin Horn, Jonesville,
1284.
440 James Hughes, Santuc, 90.
441 William Gist, Carlisle, 191.
442 Lewis Jones, Union, 2204.
443 Charley Sheltcn, Cross Anchor, R.
F. D. 1, 477.
444 ' uke Gregory, Kelton, R. F. D. 2,
1187.
445 Calvert Farr, AdamsburR, 1179.
440 Munro Rice, Buffalo, 753.
447 Sam Farr, Union, 2158.
448 Nathan Sims, Jr., Santuc, 130.
449 Paul Revere Eaves, Wilkinsville,
R. F. D. 1, 858.
450 James A. McWhirter, Union,
1996.
451 Johnson Parr, Carlisle, 108.
452 Robert Thomas Broome, Lockhart,
1023.
453 Eddie Cleveland Harris, Union,
R. F. D. 4, 1932.
454 Charles Long Ray, Union, R. F.
D. 2, 1774.
455 David DeShields .Cross Anchor.
R. F. D., 424.
450 Claude Adams, Kelton, R. F. I).
2, 840.
457 Ross Newton White, Jonesville,
1347.
458 Howard Boulware, Union, 1511.
459 Noah Gregory, Kelton, R. F. D. 2,
1188.
400 Uiiascs Grant Young, Union, 2279.
461 Walter Richards, Union, 2234.
462 Walter Morgan, Union, 2213.
463 Ezra Daniel Pridmore, Buffalo
657.
464 Joseph Marcus McMillan, Union,
1995.
465 Thompson Cureton, Carlisle, 175.
466 Kelly Cohen, Union, 2147.
467 Wallace Barnett, Sedalia, 300.
168 Andrew Jeter, Carlisle, 278.
469 Charley Henderson, Union, 2177.
470 Ernest Grady Reynolds, Union,
1622.
471 John William Blakeley, Jonesville,
1240.
472 William Perrin West, Pauline, R.
F. D. 2, 524.
473 James Grant Purcell, Union, 2111.
474 Walter Askew, Kelton, R. F. D.,
911.
475 John Ambers Adams, Adamsburg,
1172.
476 Abraham Gist, Pauline, R. F. D.
2, 532.
477 Fred T. Buckner, Union, 1517.
478 William Fred Couch, Union, 1851.
479 Clarence Eugene Greer, Union,
1924.
480 Jake Brown. Ixickhart. 1139.
481 Robert Jeter, Kelton, 1214.
482 Charley Osbie, Santuc, R. F. D. 1,
336.
483 Crawford Thompson, Jonesville,
2342.
T LIST
UNION COUNTY
484 Leonard Justus, Union, R. F. I).
3, 1952.
485 George Jeter, Carlisle, 212.
486 Robert W. Hamilton, Jr., Jonesville,
1357.
487 Bothwell Gregory, Santuc, 49.
488 Davis St. Clair. Meador, 8.
489 Charles D. Blalock, Union, 1707.
490 Lonny Edgar Spratt, Union, 2039.
491 George Simpson, Lockhart, 1160.
492 Jim King Inman, Union, R. F. D.
2, 1192.
493 John Wiley Wood, Union, R. F. '
D. 1, 1660.
494 Walter Cheek, Whitmire, R. F. 1
D., 305.
495 Fawney Campbell, Lockhart, 1143.
496 Basil Coggans Smith, Buffalo, R.
F. I). 1, 557.
497 Walter Robert West, .Union, 1652.
498 Ligon Meng, Jonesville, 1433.
499 William Brandon, Union, 2143. 1
500 Edward Tucker, Union ,1640. i
501 Joseph Cunningham, Union, 1798. I
502 George Glenn Dawson, Buffalo, 1
622.
503 Harley Gordon Davis, Buffalo, i
585.
504 Almann Jeter, Union, 2191. i
505 Humphrey Wright, Union, 2071. <
506 Eddie Steen, Jonesville, 1464. 1
507 Ezra Fowler, Jonesville, 1257. i
508 Adolphus Clarence Lawson, Lock- <
hart, 1077.
500 R?n r.iet RiiffnU 70 1
r>10 Samuel Rubin, Union, 2131. i
511 Will Jordon, Jonesville, 1415. * i
512 John Harper Cranford, Lockhart, J
1035.
513 John Stepp, Union, 1(534. 1
514 James Keenan, Kelton, R. F. D. 1
1, 958. 1
515 Andrew Hunter, Blairs, R. F. D., 1
323. <
516 Robert Milford Queen, Jonesville, {
1343. r
'517 Spencer McCluney, Jonesville, c
1439. * S
518 Yancy Jeter, Union, 1804. t
519 Mardis Hovey Eaves, Kelton, 857. <
520 Willis Jasper High, Union, 1554. >
521 Lacey Gossett, Jonesville, 1401.
522 Charley Sims Mason, Jonesville, 1
1303.
523 Tom Dogan, Union, R. F. D. 4, I
2151. o
524 James Means, Kelton, 963. v
525. Walter Griffin, Cross Anchor. R. <3
526 Olearman GarnVr,'Mellon, ft. ft. D. C
1, 878. ?
527 Richard Jeter, Union, R. F. D. 2. 1
441. 1
528 DeWitt Talmape Garner, Kelton, 1
R. F. D. 1, 880.
529 Clarence Smith, Union, R. F. D.
2, 1776.
530 Eddie Worthy, Whitmire, R. F. D.,
357. c
531 Arthur Jeter, Meador, 23.
532 Lonney Furman Adams, Adams- I
burg, 1173. a
533 Rufus Lipscomb, Whitmire, R. F. I
D., 331. 5
534 Shea Flemming, Union, 1881. i
535 Charles Furman Sims, Lockhart,
1108. ,
53G James Hewey Gladden, Union, j
1910. j
537 Furman Pearce Bogan, Jonesville,
R. F. D. 2, 492.
538 Cameron Crawford, Union, R. F.
D. 5, 1201. ]
539 Charles Melton Meng, Union,
1978.
540 Samuel Jeter, Union, 2199.
541 Rufus Lawrence Rice, Pauline, R. <
F. D. 2, 565. ,
542 John Webster O'Shields, Buffalo, ?
R. P. D. 2, 800. <
543 Boyd Blackman Gilliam, Union, <
1747. j
544 Spencer Rice, Jonesville, 1447. |
545 Aubry Arbry Gregory, Lockhart, /.
1049. j;
546 Herbert Porter, Jonesville, 1442.
547 George Frost, Buffalo, 715. i
548 Archie Lindsay, Kelton, 961.
'549 Paul Jennings, Jonesville, R. F. '/(
D. 2., 539. ]
550 Tavlor Sims. Whitmire. R V
349.
FT>1 Charlie Hill Moss, Union, 1593. ]
55? James Hugh West, Buffalo, ,">(>2. |
553 Russel Hughes, 1107. 1
554 Boyce Thomas Hyatt, Jonesvil'e,
R. F. I). -2, 501. ;
555 George Jeter, Santuc, 102.
550 John Wiley Sanders, Union, 2025.
557 Furman Calhoun Gregory, Union, ?
R. F. I). 4, 1915. ,,
558 Frazier Jimerson, Jonesville, 1411. |
559 Edd Meng, Union, 1979.
560 Victor Simeon Gallman, Union,
R. F. D. 4, 875.
561 Sheffie Columbus Stines, Union,
1780. i
562 James William Boling, Buffalo,
714.
563 Russel Crocker, Monarch Mills, (
1528.
564 Allen Hampton, Santuc, 86. (
565 Thomas Nance, Union, 1997.
566 Samuel Gillard Broom,. Lockhart,
1024.
567 Robert Lee Kelly, Jonesville, 1291.
568 Willie Howell, Kelton, R. F. I).,
871. i
569 Jonah Tessany, Jonesville, 1341.
570 Luther Isaiah Hinson, Union,
1556.
571 Furman Fincher, Union, 2159.
572 Frank Mitchell, Union. 2212.
572 Lewis Jackson Faulkenberry,
Lockhart, 1043.
(Continued on pape three)
FINE SPEECHES
MADE WEDNESDAY
County Chairman L. I. Browning
and Co-Workers Organize
Council of Defense at Gibbs.
Big Parade and Speaking HereL
Planned. I
A crowd of representative men andfll
women met at Gibbs on Wedncsdaw
and organized a Council of Defensor
The threatening weather kept maiwof
them away but the audience wtnFi
both attentive and interested. I
Speeches were made by Hon. Lowndqp j
J. Browning, county chairman, ouaft
lining the work of the council anKlt
by Mr. W. M. Jones, Hons. J. Ck[t:
iiu^nvo, ifiacuctii i uun^ ana A. iJ?p
Carwile, showing the absolute justiceJy
and necessity of the United States en-If
tering the war. At the conclusion of if
these addresses Mr. Jacob Cohen of I*
Union was called on as a business mail I
and made a strong talk.
If there was one person at the meet-j*
ing who had any criticisms to makajr
af the government on account of ew-l'
tering the war with Germany, he diajf
not express his sentiments. On
ather hand, every one expressed a
die that we proceed quickly and raiKv
idly to give Germany what she needeF
namely, a good sound licking that wU|&
make her want to sit still for the
ance of time. j
The county chairman proposes
nave a meeting in every township U}J '
he county during this week and tWl
following and on Saturday, AugqflBjfl
IMll, ho exports to i>:,\ o :i o 1 rally |5
)f the entire emintiy at I'nion city I'
aark and wants every man and wo.-?i'j
nan, both white and colored, in th??y
ounty to be present. Some of tfl S
state's most gifted orators will speaE *
o the people that day on the greB i
luestion of international' politics iri '
vhich we are all so vitally interested ? \
State politics will be absolutpjH 3
The county chairman, Hon. L. J.. '
drowning, requests the automobile j
iwners to decorate their cars in red,,
vhite and blue and assist iu thisfb
swassaa'i?
an help in any way please do so. Mr. il
Browning proposes to have a mam- 'I
noth parade on this day and every- I
jody must help to make it a success. 1
ENVOY CUDD RESIGNS.
Envoy W. C. Cudd and wife, of the
Salvation Army, left Union Monday,
dr. Cudd resigned his position here
>ecause of his having disagreements
vit hthe superior officer at Spartan)urg.
Envoy McAbee, who formerly
served in Union, resigned for the same 1
eason.
Mr. and Mrs. Cudd made themselves
iseful during their stay here; and it
is with regret that they see them
eave Union. 1
HURT BY HIS HORSE.
F. G. Potts Slightly Injured When!
Charger Falls on Him. i'
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 8.?Frank l
G. Potts of Battery 7, Officers' Re-lf
serve Training Camp, was hurt today R
when his horse fell upon him during k
i review for General Roop of the Rus- U
dan war mission. The horse was oneffl
>f a number of green Westerns is-fl
i*ued to the artillery since the Vir-ffl
ginia battalion's equipment was rt'-H
:eived. The animal became excited uj
while the pieces were passing at an]
gallop, reared and fell backward upon|n
the rider. Mr. Potts, soon to be Lieu-0
tenant Potts, was taken to the hoaoit
hospital where first examination led I
to the belief that the injuries were I
serious. It was determined tonight. If
however, that the injuries consist of j
bruises and possible sprains but no I
hones were broken. I
Mr. Potts is professor in the mod-1
em language department of the Uni-1
versity of South Carolina.
Prof. Potts married Miss Annabellel
Johnson of this city and their friends
here regret to hear of his accident.
PURELY PERSONAL.
Mrs. C. L. Smith of Kinards is visit-1
inpr her sister, Mrs. W. W. Summer, 8
on South street.
Miss May Smith has returned from 8
r. trip to Denmark, Barnwell, Lexington
and Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Murrah and
Miss Anna Lou Murrah motored to
Anderson to visit relatives.
Miss Kathleen James, her house
guest, Miss Letitia Keys ,of Chester,
and Miss Mary Jones are spending the
week with Miss Vera Murrah.
The Martha Washington Council,
No. 14, Daughters of America, gave a
banquet Saturday night, August 4th. (
Delightful refreshments were served
and speeches were made by Prof.
Davis Jeffries and Miss Alsie Smith.
Both addresses were of high order and
highly appreciated by those present, i
RAFT FORCES 1
CALLED TO COLORS
>ver 200,000 of the Selective ]
Draft Forces Must Respond
[September 1st ? Governors
&Told to Get Men Ready By
H That Date.
ij^Washington, Aug. 8.?More than h
100,000 men of the selective draft c
'o*ves will be called to the colors Sep- y
*mber 1, to go into their divisional y
raining cantonments. This will bring a
She strength of the United States c
tfmy on that date up to practically y
ine million men. Brig. Gen. Orowder. j
(^ ovost marshal general, dispatched ?
fte following telegram to the gov- (
fVnors of the States today cautioning j
teem to make certain that the first ,
nLie-third of their quota of the first in- '
njtement of registered men is ready in ^
l^'New regulations governing mobili- ]
[ration and the certification of men j
'lorn district boards to adjutants gen- ,
#al will be mailed to you on August
O In the meantime, local boards
ftlould certify to district boards daily
nose whose names have been called
npd who have not been exempted or
Jischarged either because they failed
p file any claims or because their
paim has been decided adversely,
r/j Call Comes September 1.
ft "Strict compliance with this rule is
>n&T>essarv since on September 1. the
iar Department will call for not to
ceed one-third of the quota from
ch State to be entrained for mobilition
camps between September 1
id September 5. Unless we wish to
'' j put in a position of not furnishing
,en as fast as the War Department
! ready to receive them, each State
tould have accumulated by SeptemBr
1, a minimum of one-third of its
1 aota not exempted or discharged,
his can only be attained if local
oards certify these lists up with
b reat expedition." _
l HE COAST ARTILLERY
GOES TO FORT MOULTRIE
i*- _
H Aug. 7.?The South
Fj UtAlrihy;
onesville and Greenwood companies,
kive been ordered to Fort Moultrie
Ihursday morning, according to a disIJktch
received tonight from the
Southeastern Department by Major
V illiam F. Robertson, commander.
T le Greenville company will leave
T lursday morning at 7 o'clock over
tie C. and W. C. Railway, joining the
Spartanburg and Gaffney companies
1 at Columbia, from where the entire
' organization will proceed in a body to
Charleston. They are scheduled to arrive
at Fort Moultrie before night.
STATE MISSION'ANI)
HOME-COMING DAY
The Woman's Missionary society
and the church will cooperate in observing
State Mission and Home-fom|ing
Day. Every member is urgently
I requested to come and bring lunch.
All those who have been members of
this church are cordially invited to
come and worship with us that day.
The program is as follows:
Place: Sulphur Springs Baptist
church.
Time: 10:00 A. M., Sept. 2. 1917.
Hymn: "Children of the Heavenly
King," etc.
I Devotional?Miss Hannah Montgomery;
alternate, Miss Alice Stribling.
Opening Address?Dr. Derieux; alternate,
Pastor A. B. Kennedy.
Hymn.
Short talk on "The Importance of
the Work of the Baptist Hospital" by
Mrs. C. M. Scott.
Song, "Offering for State Missions."
Prayer by J. W. Carroll.
Two hours lor dinner.
Short talks on "The Work" by
Brethren J. C. Lawson and C. B.
Prince.
Hymn.
"Importance of Training Children"
?Miss Eunice Thomson.
Solo?Mrs. R. E. Adair.
An address on "Woman's Work" by
Mrs. Fizer.
Hymn, "Blest Be the Tie," etc.
Benediction by Rev. C. B. Prince.
NOTICE.
The chairmen of the various committees
of the Union County Woman's
Council of Defense will please leave
the signed registration cards at The
Union Times' office by Aug. 18th, so
that they may be forwarded to Wash
inpton Dy aur. 21st.
Mrs. J. W. Mixson,
County Chaimian.
SERVICES AT FAIRVIEW.
There will he services at Fairview
Baptist church bepinninp Sunday,
Aupust 12th. Rev. A. T. Finch will
do the preachinp. J. M. Tropdon,
Pastor.
Deposits of coal estimated to contain
180,000,000 tons have been discovered
in Iceland.
if
VIANY IMPROV
HA
rhe Municipal Electric Ligl
New Machiney?"Tin
Plant and Finds M
The appearance of the municipal
ilectric light and water plant has
ieen wonderfully improved by practially
doubling the size of the power
louse and remodeling the front of the
milding so that the front of the new
tnd old buildings appear as one large
itructure. This new addition was
>uilt to house condensing equipment
'or the new engine recently installed
ind other auxiliary apparatus and
he rear and the front of the building
s used as a supply house and repair
?hop. The building is perfectly fireproof,
the walls being of brick and
the floor and roof of concrete. On
the top of the concrete roof is installed
the distributing tower and the
high tension transformers for the
pumping station so that as near ai
possioie an nign vonage wires win tx
out of the way to prevent accidents
All electric wires in the new buildinj.
are run in conduit imbedded in th<
concrete floor and roof and there i;
not an exposed wire in the building.
The new generating unit, consisting
of steam condenser, uniflow, engiw
and dynamo, has a capacity of r>0<
horsepower and is considered one o
the most efficient units of its size op
cratinp in the state, if not the mos
efficient. The enpine was furnishei
hv Harrisburp Foundry & Machin
Works, Harrisburp, Pa., and is of th
Uniflow type, this beinp the most ef
ticient type enpine on the market to
day. The steam condenser was pur
A. H. COTTINGHAM GOES WITH
VICTOR M ON AG HAN MILL!
A. II. Cottingham, for several year
superintendent of Monarch Mills, ha
resigned to accept a position as gen
eral manager of the Victor-Monagha
Mills, with headquarters in Gre'envilW
His duties in the new position will b
to look after the manufacturing an
iwMt m aitfafpt. Dlants, nartii
wularly at Victor, Greer, Apalach
Wallace, Ottaray and Monaghan. H
will visit Union and Jonesville prof
ably once a week. The position is
very responsible one, but Mr. Cottinp
ham is a young man of fine trainin
and of exceptional ability, and wi
make good in his new position. Dui
ing his several years' residence in Ui
ion he has won for himself an enviahl
reputation as a mill man. He is, aisi
a man of very high moral qualitie
and is interested i- building up th
community in which he lives. Hot
Mr. and Mrs. Cottingham have a witl
circle of friends who regret that th
duties of the new position will nece:
sitate their moving to Greenville.
CARLISLE BRANCH ORGANIZE!
Mrs. Macbeth Young, chairman c
the Union County Red Cross exter
sion. went to Carlisle Tuesday and 01
ganized the Carlisle branch with th
following officers: Rev. R. L. Dog
gett, chairman; Mrs. W. B. Mays, vie
ciinii mini; ivirs. n,. Hi. neming, secre
tary, and Miss Sadie Gist, treasure!
The Carlisle branch will have jurisdiction
over Fish Dam township.
This is the first branch to be or
ganized but several other communi
ties are planning to organize and it i
hoped before long to have the count;
thoroughly organized and much worl
will be accomplished.
UNION COUNTY HONOR ROLL.
Mrs. B. G. ClitFord is preparing a
honor roll for Union county to b
framed and placed in the Carnegi
library. She has the roll of the John
son Rifles, the Jonesville Coast Artil
lery and a few of the Union boy
serving in the navy. Will you no
help her complete Union county's rol
of honor? If you know of some bo;
who is in the army or navy from t hi
county, write Ms. B .G. ClitFord o
leave at The Times office and assis
her in completing the roll.
PICNIC AT TINKER CREEK.
The Community club of Tinke:
Creek school will give a picnic Friday
August 10th, at the grove at Mi
John Keisler's on the Apalachiai
highway. There will be some notei
speakers present. Public cordially in
vitod
WELL! HOW IS THIS?
Liberia Has Declared War on (ier
many.
Washington, Aup. 7.?Liberia, th<
ne^ro republic on the coast of Africa
has declared war on Germany. Som<
time apo Liberia broke off diplomats
relations. The declaration of war nov
Rives opportunity to intern Germar
merchants and others who have beer
accuse<l of unneutral activities. Th<
United States was advised today ol
the little republic's action.
EMZ'ziZ"
1IE BEEN MADE
H and Water Plant Adds
les" Man Visits Their
any New Features.
chased from C. II. Wheeler Co. and
is of the surface type, and in connection
with the condenser a cooling pond
has been provided and spray equipment
installed so that the water for
operating the condenser is cooled by
the sprays and used over and over,
thus economizing in the use of water.
The dynamo was purchased from General
Electric Co. and is direct connected
to the e.igine shaft so that
there are no belts or other power
transmitting auxiliaries to give trou'
ble by slipping with heavy loads.
A new motor driven centrifugal
I pump for fire service having a cai
pacity of 1,040 gallons per minute
has recently been installed which will
' be a great help to the fire boys in case
' of fire. This pump is driven by a
* 75 horse power high voltage motor *
Hand can be thrown into service in less
. than one minute. The writer visited
r both the local power plant and also
1 the pumping station and noted marked
5 improvement of the property at both
places. Mention is made of only the
r most important improvements.
2 We note from the audtior's report
"I that the commissioners of public
f works, W. S. Mcl.ure, L. .J. I lames and
- T. I.. Estes, with the assistance of
t Supt. R. A. Easterling and his force
[1 have marie a line showing and same
e should be appreciated by the people
e of Union for they are building up a
great asset for our town. The report
i- is published in full in this week's
- Times.
i
IN HONOR OF MISS COLSON.
>
The Union County Red Cross chaps
ter opened their headquarters Mona
day afternoon for the first time in a
. social manner to do honor to Miss
n Julia Colson, a Red Cross nurse from
i. our own county, who will soon go to
e France for service,
d The rooms were bright with sunflowers,
golden glow and hundreds of
e, "TJhTteff States flags were effectively
e used over doorways and windows. Un>
ion is proud of Miss Colson and came
a en masse to bid her Godspeed on her
r. voyage. She is a gentle, sweet young
jr woman and goes to her work thor11
oughly prepared and with indomitar
ble courage. Two of her brothers are
i- already serving Uncle Sam in the
|e navy and it is not at all improbable
that she wj:1 meet hundreds of friends
.. "somewhere in France."
ie Receiving with Miss Colson were
h Mr. B. F. Alston, county chairman,
|0 Mrs. T. < . Duncan. Mrs. I,. J. Haines,
ie Mrs. Eiias Prioleau, Mrs. Ma?heth
Young, Mrs. C. E. Storm. Mis .1 nnv
Colson ami Dr. Theodore Maddox and
sharing honors with her was Mrs. B.
). G. Clifford, whom Union delig u to
honor.
,f Delicious fruit nectar was served
by Mrs. Lindsay McNally, Mrs. Harry
. Storm and Misses Mamie Oetzel and
e Netta Cooper.
~e PROBABLY GET COMMISSION.
Mr. W. L. Feaster. who went to
Fort Oglethorpe at the opening of the
first training camp, is still there, ami
reports from the camp indicate thai
I he will probably be one that will be
'.given a commission, although this will
j not be finally settled until August 15.
Mr. Feaster has many warm friends
* ' in Union and throughout the county
! who will be pleased to know that he
has made good. Mr. Feaster expects
to visit Union about August 20th.
11 PICNIC AT PH1LLIPI.
o
e There will be n nicnic Tuesday. At:
gust 14th, at Phillipi school grounds.
I Everybody is invited to come and
s bring well-filled baskets.
t ?
II ICE CREAM SUPPER.
j. An ice cream supper will be given
r at Wesley Chapel school house on Sat^
urday night for the benefit of the
school. You are invited to attend.
RED CROSS RAG TACKING.
The ways and means committee will
r entertain at Mrs. C. E. Storm's on
? Friday afternoon from 5 to 7 and a
cordial invitation is extended to every1
body to come and bring needle, thim'
ble, scissors and a bag of rags if vou
" have then and help work for the Red
Cross. These meeting have been
thoroughly enjoyed and much work
accom plished.
"Work for the Red Cross and down
the Iron Cross."
UNION SERVICES AT ENOREE.
J
There will he union services of
Methodists and Presbyterians at En7
oree church, beginning next Sunday
' and the services will be conducted by
1 by Rev. W. R. Minter, I). !>., of Aus1
tin, Texas, and Rev. J. W. Shell.
& m i
f Miss Nell Purcell spent the weekend
in Columbia with friends.