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T " W| THE UNIfflN TIMES |1E ESTABLISHED IN 1850 ? OWING fl\ fHlfrlEWS 15LL THE TIME FOR 67 YEARS ,.> ,r>VOL^LXVTLyQ^JM^^^ UNJXTNjj-^C-^ 4, 1!)17 ?I..>Q A VHAH PATRIOTIC MEl HI Large Gathering of Citizens Assembled Here Last Saturday Under Conncil of Defense Movement?Stirring Addresses Show Patriotic Spirit. A large and representative gatherang of Union county people was held Saturday in the city park. The meeting was in the interest of the Council of Defense movement in this county and was the general meeting following quite a number of similar ones in the various townships. Chairman Lowndes J. Browning, presided, calling upon Rev. L. W. Blackwelder to open the meeting with prayer. Mr. Browning then, in a brief speech, explained the reason for the gathering. He then introduced Hon. David R. Coker, state chairman, who delivered an address which was very instructive and to which the people listened attentively. But the barest outline of the speech is as follows: There are three kinds of people: (a) Patriots, doing all they can to help win the war. (b) Indifferent people. (c) You can fill in for yourself this class. Our first work is the carrying on of a popular campaign to inspire all the people of the State and to inform them as to the needs of the hour. Some ask why are we at war? Because Germany forced us in. The V:. whole nation Dravs to be delivered from war. Now we are in and everyone must do his duty. The German people have been taught to hate the Americans and the English. For years this has been going on. They are a nation which lias been solidified by propaganda IsW v against us, and have been long waitwk to strike. For 30 years Germany J^|s been carrying, on a movement .among nations to wipe out the Monroe . s3(4 ago and told of how he . with another captive,- suffered in a German prison. The man himself was frightfully maimed by the rough handling given him. The companion, a sturdy fellow from the middle West, went to his death from torture because he Would not repeat, "God bless the kaiser," but would continue to say each time he was ordered to do so, * V1 TT 1 - CI ft " IjrOQ Diess uncie Ottin, matcau anu was tortured to death in consequence. This was in 1916 before war was declared to exist. Our government expects us to obey orders. The good citizens will volunteer for whatever service he can render. The good women are doing a great work in saving food and canning. One danger we must guard against. The fine promise of good crops and good prices gives the farmer his first chance to get on a solid basis. He must not throw away this opportunity." Dr. H. N. Snyder was next introduced and made one of his most striking speeches. He was at his best, and that is saying a great deal for Dr. Snyder always goes to the heart of the matter. He said, in part: "You are here because you wanted to come. Nobody made you come. We are fighting to keep alive the right to act and think as free people. "We spent a year trying to find out who started this war. But nobody stopped fighting. For two more years we managed to keep out. Now we are in?that's the main point, we are in. We are going to build a new world that's safe for men and women to live in. "Why are we in? What Germany wants she takes, or tries to take. Germany is absolutely without honor when it comes to international relations. Germany has no honor. A treaty is a mere scrap of paper. If all the world were to come under the German idea of honor it would be anarchy. Germany has violated the common laws of humanity, everywhere and every way that she could. A young man told me of one case of German bsrrbarism which he wit^U?aa sIawva nn/1 UCSncU. r VI nucc uajro auu waicc nights the inhabitants of a Belgian town were locked up in a church, packed in without food and water. On the third morning all the men, 631 in number, were ordered out and within a few yards of the building were shot down by, machine guns before the eyes of the women and children. No charge, no trial, nor word of warning. The 631 graves bear mute testimony to the brutality of the German machine. A Belgian woman was derided by a German officer: "Your king is a king without a country." To which she replied, "Your kaiser is a kaiser without honor." ETING ELD SATURDAY 3 "The German command to neutrals to stay off the seas is like a man who has a row with his neighbor across the road and orders all the neighbors to stay off the road. How would you like that? You would not stay off. You would go on. A young man came into my office and said, 'I don't believe in war, nor in killing people.'. I said to him, 'Nor do I. Young man, you exercised the great right of personal liberty in coming here, you chose to exercise that great right. Now you say to me that you do not believe in our country's cause when we are fighting for the very privilege that you engaged in coming here.' "Every man that makes it less easy for the cause we represent is something of a traitor." Hon. Sam J. Nicholls was next introduced and in part said: "When I received an invitation from your committee to speak in Union county at a patriotic celebration, I was not at all surprised, because so far as the record shows Union county is the only county in the United States which furnished more than her quota of men before the draft law was put 1 into effect, therefore you can see why ' I was not surprised that patriotic 1 meetings were to be held in your county. "I have spoken with much pride to 1 cabinet members, to senators and to members of the house about your record and before I start my discussion of the war proposition I want to again congratulate you upon the splendid record that you have made. "I feel that it is my duty today to tell you why we were brought into this war, because I think, possibly, holding the position I do, that I am more familiar with the situation than some of you are. You know, and 1 ' know, that no man has fought harder 1 to keep this country out of the terrible ( conflict across the water than our no- 1 ble president. Congress was behind 1 him in this matter, and to be perfectly 1 frank with you some of us thought that we had imfTiiefl hill nunhiiufnn li' 'Hold! If there is any reasonable way for Germany to explain this terrible tragedy, let's (five them a chance to do it.' They tried to explain by saying that American citizens should not travel on ships of a belligerent nation. We never conceded this proposition for an instant, but we did, upon their assurance, absolutely sworn to by them, decide that we would await developments and see whether or not they would be true to their pledge and not let the thing occur again.. Numerous other cases of the same kind happened and still we took their explanation in each case, hoping almost against hope that Germany really was not trying to force us into the war. "In the meantime Germany had the effrontery to deliberately inform our government that they intended to sink, not only the ships of belligerent nations, but the ships of the United States, if they were caught in certain zones, and immediately after this notification they started a wholesale I slaughter upon not only the property of American citizens but the lives of ( your people and mine. Even then, 1 although the whole country and the whole world knew that we had every justification for declaring war our ' president desisted, but informed Ger many that if these depredations continued we would have to declare a state of war. "While all these murders were being perpetrated our secret service men had of course been trying to keep up with Germany and find out their real i intentions. At this juncture it devel- ' oped, not by guess, but by direct written testimony, that Germany had made a proposition to Japan and Mexico to invade our country, murder our citizens and take our property. They had even gone so far as to promise , Mexico the States of Texas, California and New Mexico in case Germany, with the assistance of Japan and Mexico, could conquer us. "Have you ever heard of a more dastardly attempt to stab us in the back? Here was Germany professing to be our friend and at the same time trying to employ other nations to make war upon us. Even then after knowing these facts, the president gave Germany an opportunity to explain. He went a great deal further than I would have gone and a great deal further than the patriotic citizens of Union county would have gone in order to avoid this war. "South Carolina has never sought a conflict, but no man can tell me truthfully that South Carolina ever went so far as to allow her most sacred rights to be invaded without rising up to defend them. These matters which I have told you about are what forced us into the war. "I do not want you to overlook the fact that this country has never de(Continued on last page) TO OUR We Are Coming a tfi to Make thk For Chri (Manufacturers Record) The world must be made safe fot civilization. This has a broader significance than even the splendid statement by President Wilson, in which he said that "the world must be made safe for democracy." It is conceivable that civilization could exist without democracy, but civilization could not possibly exist if the world were overrun and dominated by the barbarism of Germany. We are, therefore, fighting for more than world democracy, fighting for mo?*e, infinitely more, than the necessity of i making the world safe for democracy. We are fighting to mak" .^he world i safe for civilization, honor ofi womanhood, for the the ha- 1 bies and the childred^^ftvery land, for the honor of natand for all < that makes life wortlffying. < Infinitely better woura it be that life | should cease to exist on this planet i than that this world should be domi- < hated by the unspeakable barbarism i which has marked the effort of Germany to wreck and ruin all that man nas accompusncd in his upward strug-1 gle toward the light. We are coming into the fight, awakening gradually, but nevertheless awakening, to the real meaning of the struggle, and we are coming with all the power of this mighty nation, whose land has been more richly endowed by the Almighty with natural resources than any other country on the face of the earth. Therefore, upon us rests the greater responsibility, for "unto whom much has been given, of him shall much be required." The marvelous wealth of this country, undeveloped and developed, is a heritage from Almighty God to be used in this, the supreme hour of the worldff4hisWhen we speak in terms of |gHnal fBor^mnounctng that Dieut.-Coi^aj rer Sarratt has been offered the cPA >nelcy in the new National army aV>l would return to the States at an tatpy late. Col. Sarratt has been stationed it Panama and was fort commandjer >f Ft. Sherman?the ford that guarjds -,he Atlantic side of the canal. Col. Sarratt was born at Tulehoma, Union county, and graduated from|< ;he University of South Carolina ir^ L891 and entered the Military Acad;my at West Point in 1893 and after graduation was assigned as 2nd lieutenant to 3rd Artillery. He joined his i i. ? *. A1 i T-1 1 O i L-^nufui at naatia^ idiuuu, oaii Francisco harbor, and it was here luring target practice with the big guns that he made the highest world record at hitting the target. During liis service he has been stationed at San Francisco, mouth of the Columbia river, Philippine Islands, West Point as instructor, Ne wYork harbor, Washington, D. C., Fort Monroe, Va., Fort Sceven, Ga., Fort Greble, Newport, R. I., and Fort Totten, N. Y. Col. Sarratt was married to Miss Charlotte Jane Norton of San Antonio and New York. Union county is proud of this son who has attained this rank, but it is carrying out her policy. HOW UNION WOMEN WORK. An appeal-was sent out from Red Cross headquarters last week for help to finish making the garments which the committee had cut out. No sooner than it became known that help was needed than dozens of workers offered their services and the garments placer, and the chairman, Mrs. L. J. Hames, said many more could have been placed as the women were eager and willing to help in any way. The committee purposes sending a box of supplies this week and sent out this rush call. Mrs. Hames says there will soon be work for everybody as the cutters are busy every day and if you want to work communicate with her or any member of the committee. The women of Union are to be highly commended for the noble way in which they responded to tVe call for help, but it is characteristic ;* the Union people to do their part in e^ry thing and is no surprise. THE SCORERS. Miss Blanche Garner entertained the Scorers Monday in compliment to her cousin, Capt. McGowan Littlejohn, and a merry crowd of young people gathered to play bridge. Summer flowers <r/ere used in profusion on the porches mnd in the rooms and a delicious -jdncheon was served at the card tajpns after the game was over. The Scir .rs decided to change their club frdm# a card club to a knitting club and work for the soldiers. ALLIES ifdred Million Strong jYorld Safe ligation. ages of this country, we marvel that could be a section on earth so orS^yfully blessed above all other &ds ih material resources out of fich to create the wealth and power h which to meet the situation that ow confronts us. We have about one-third of the aclamulated wealth of the world. We have resources in raw materials, fiving us advantages for industrial ' levelopment beyond anything else mown to mankind. Here is to be found ten times as large a coal area as that of all of Europe. Here is nearly one-third of the railroad mileage of the whole world. Here is produced more than twothirds of the world's cotton crop. Here are the world's greatest developed resources in coal and iron and copper, in oil, and in many other things which make for the upbuilding of business and in this hour of struggle for the maintenance of civilization. We are throwing into the battle the power of more than one-half of the total iron and steel production of the world and more than one-half of the world's coal output, and we have natural resources which will enable us to increase the production of iron and steel and coal as rapidly as furnaces and steel works can be built, iron ore and coal mines opened, and coke ovens constructed. We have vast timber resources, with a sawmill capacity, fortunately at the moment, greater than the needs of the last few years, and, therefore, available at this moment to increase the output of lumber for shipbuilding and all other activities which mav be needed in connection with the war. As rapidly as we can adjust ourselves to the situation we can vastly increase our food supply for ourselves (Continued on page four) ^o?-*Ins si"'abed, ^r^md" will lend them^awandrobe, press or chest, or anything- that will lock to keep the finished garments in. If you have any such article please 'phone Mrs. Elias Prioleau, chairman, and she will send for it. The chapter has been lucky in securj" g everything they have a.,ked for tyr certainly do not want to be disf ppointed in this instance. Please **jak in the attic or store room and ttee if you cannot spare a trunk. It is too bad to need one and then it is too bad for all those nice garments to get dusty. Just too bad! THE EUTERPEAN MUSIC CLUB. The Euterpean Music club was delightfully entertained last week by Miss Edith Smith and an enjoyable program was given. Miss Mary Jones g^e a piano solo, "Thinking of Hu*?ne" and Miss lAitie Jordan sang, "One Hundred Years From Now"; Miss Fanny Duncan sang "Longing for Thee"; Mrs. W. T. Beaty gave a "Study in Black and White." The accompanists were Mrs. Donald Eaves, Mrs. R. A. Jones and Miss Mary Jones. The hostess served a salad couise with tea. KNITTERS ORGANIZED. The Padgett's Creek ladies have organized a knitters' club and have given their names to Mrs. B. G. Clifford, chairman. They are: Mrs. P. B. Bobo, Mrs. R. W. Chaney, Misses Clara and Leila Sparks, Misses Bettie and Sallie Bobo, Mrs. Wm. Jackson, Mrs. Walter Bishop, Mrs. J. E. Minter, Mrs. Julia Smith, Mrs. Liles Bobo, Mrs. G. T. Moseley, Mrs. Sallie Bobo, Mrs. Amanda Dukes, Mrs. John W. Bobo. As soon as the material which has been ordered arrives, it will be distributed and Union will forward 300 of the sets apportioned to her. ACCEPTS POSITION AT SHELTON. Mr. Victor L. Fowler has resigneo his position at Sanders Bros., and has accepted a position with the Shivar Springs company at Shelton and will assume his new duties on Monday, the 27th. Mr. Fowler is courteous, efficient and has many friends in Union who regret to see him leave to make his home elsewhere. SIMS SMITH REPORTS TO GREENVILLE AT ONCE Mr. Sims Smith, nephew of Capt. and Mrs. F. M. Farr, received orders. Tuesday to report at Greenville immediately. He is a member of the ambulance corps and will probable see service in France at an early date. Mr. and Mrs. Perry, Mr. Terry and Miss Elise Babb of Laurens spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Caudle at the Central House. u \ WILL NOT CALL INCREMEN COURT CONVENES ( MONDAY, SEPT. 3 Judge S. W. G. Shipp Presiding?List of First and Second Weeks' Jurors. First Week to Be Criminal Court. Second Week to Be Civil Court. Court convenes here Monday, Judge Shipp presiding. The criminal court opens the first -week and the civil court the second week. A list of the t jurors for the two weeks is as follows: t FIRST WEEK'S JURORS. I (Criminal Court) i J. W. Gregory, Jr. Santuck t Robt. Glenn Cross Keys t S. W. Vinson Jonesvillc j. i'. noicomo union ? W. D. Sartor Santuc i R. A. Lybrand Jonesville A. R. Morris U. S. D. 1 I'. B. Stewart Cross Keys A. L. Cabiness Lockhart c W. G. Puckett U. S. I>. i E. B. Sanders Cross Keys a Elsemore Thomas U. S. 1). 1 J. B. llolingsworth U. S. I>. 1 Jack Askew Pinckney c J. M. O'Shields Bogansville H. J. Kitchen Lockhart t J. F. Starnes Cross Keys c J. A. Wilburn Union ' H. G. Bailey U. S. D. a J. L. Wodward Bogansville s ,R. J. Little Goshen Hill Clarke Garner U. S. D. t R. C. Bishop Bogansville e G. C. Vanderford Pinckney ii II. S. Brandon U. S. I), f W. S. Vaughan U. S. I). ' B. F. Kennedy Jonesville a E. A. Mabry Jonesville t J. C. Mobley, Jr. Goshen Hill W. H. Lawson Bogansville 1 J. B. Davis Bogansville 1 W. P. Duckett U. S. D. t J. E. Hughes Union f Elias Prioleau U. S. D. J. L. Jolly U. S. D. t i SECOND WEEK'S JURY. (First Week's Civil Court) e R. J. Jenkins Santuc * James C^nnupp ...?Lockhart * aftfAu _ A. D. Sims ^ |jt J. L. Hodge Jonesville ? G. W. Hollingsworth U. S. D. 11 W. J. Jolly U. S. D. I Henry Brock Goshen Hill ^ W. M. Stevens Cross Keys 8 F. G. Austell Jonesville 1 G. P. Godshall U. S. D. W. J. Betsitl Bogansville < T. W. Hollingsworth U. S. D. 1 1 W W Innocvillo T. M. Tweed Jonesville 1 R. W. Adams Pinckney 1 J. P. Iropkins Bogansville "Victor Prince Cross Keys 1 J. F. Estes Cross Keys * R. B. Smith Jonesville ^ J. L. Wyatt Jonesville 1 Nimrod Trammell . Union W. D. Evans Bogansville Geo. W. Peake Bogansville E. C. Ramsey U. S. D. J. H. Riley Buffalo 1 J. F. Fincher Cross Keys T. J. Smith U. S. I). J Jesse Hyatt Bogansville ' John W. Palmer Jonesville J. W. Taylor Lockhart C. C. Rochester Goshen Hill V. E. Lawson Bogansville T. C. Jolly U. S. 1). T. A. Bailey Cross Keys , LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT. Mrs. B. G. Clifford wrote a letter to President Wilson some days ago calling to his mind the old days at Davidson college when he boarded with her mother and pledging to him every atom of Union's strength. The following reply has been received and very much prized by Mrs. Clifford: THE WHITE HOUSE Washington, Aug. 8, 1917. My dear Mrs. Clifford: The President has received your kind letter of the 6th of August with . enclosure and he asks me to thank you wariniy ior your courtesy hi wining him. He deeply appreciates your patriotic interest and your good will. Sincerely yours, J. P. Tumulty, Secretary to the President. Mrs. Mary Scofield Clifford. RECEPTION TO NEW OFFICERS. The Red Cross chapter pave the new officers recently returned from the training camps an informal reception at headquarters Tuesday evening and a large number of the citizens came to give the soldier boys a wftcome. The officers for whom this reception was given were Capt. Thomas A. Hollingsworth, Capt. Hunter Harris, First Lieut. Herndon Thomson, Second Lieutenants William McLure, William Feaster, Boyce Whitehead. Hoods Worthy, Dan Mangum, John Wilbanks. Fruit punch was served throughout the evening by the Red Cross chapter. <? SECOND T TILL SPRING )pera1ions of First Draft Will Be Studied by Provost Marshal Before Next One is Arranged?First Increment Will Fill All Training Areas. Washington, Aug. 22.?A full staistical report on the operations of he draft law will be prepared by the irovost marshal general's office as oon as the mobilization of the first ncrement of <587,000 men of the naional army has been completed someime early in October. Pending preparations of the report ind the careful study of the analysis t discloses, no steps towards calling i second increment to the colors will >e made. General Crowder said today he ailing of the second increment had lot been considered at any conference it which he was present and he had 10 indication that it had been taken ip in any way by President Wilson >r Secretary Ilaker. The first increment will till all the raining areas, 1<5 national guard amps and 1(5 national army contonnents, to capacity, and there will be i surplus of men besides those asigned to the regular army. The regilars are now 12,000 above full auhorized war strength by voluntary nlistment and the national guard is n a similar situation. The training acilities already are taxed to make eady for the front men now available ind it is regarded as verv unlikelv hat organization of an additional >00,000 men of the national army pan >egin until early spring of 1018. Neither quarters nor personnel to rain the force will be available be'ore that time. Inequalities of an unavoidable na,ure will be shown in the statistical Report. There probably will he some -ended regulations, based on actual sxperience with the first increment ind some amendments in the law may >e thought desirable by congress. It is Possible that some provision ?v*? TO ado whereby all the sons of felffn 1 ti on of The s ta\uiT'oVHJf?Jl tied men nay be one of the things acted upon, 'resident Wilson's letter to Senator Veeks is taken by many to indicate t feeling that a more liberal policy nay be found desirable. At present, under regulations, a condition of actual dependency must ae established to obtain exemption. The condition of marriage in itself is not considered. Another matter to be ivorked out is the status of aliens. Still another is the status of men >vho have passed beyond draft age dnce bing drafted and that of those .vho have become of draft age in the neantime. PLEA FOR NEW MEMBERS. We want everybody in Union county ;o bleong to the Red Cross. Doh't wait Lo be asked. Give your name and fee :o B. F. Alston. Jr., county chairman, ir J. W. Mixson, secretary. A PICNIC SEPTEMBER 1 The Brown's Creek Sunday school and the Fair public schol will give a picnic on the grounds of the ! /tor Saturday, Sept. 1st, to which th< /.>uic is cordially invited. SERVICES AT BEILAH SIM) AY. There will be preach ing at Bear.; Sunday at )/ o'clock, Baptizing of candidates will be at 2 o' loci-. Dinner will be served on the grounds. MRS. W. M. JONES IMPROVING. Mrs. W. M. Jones of West Spring* who has been critically ill at Steedley's hospital in Spartanburg, is improving. Mr. Jones was in the city for a short while Tuesday and said she was considered out of danger. This is very gratifying to her many friends in this communitv. GIVES TO RED CROSS PICKLES AND PRESERVES The window is crrndimllv tillincr tin with p arties, preserves, dried fruit, soup mixtures and other goodies to he sold for the lied Cross. Nearly everybody has promised a jar of something good from her store room and we are expecting it every day. Won't you bring it the next time you come to town and leave at The Times office? Mr. W. D. Arthur donated a huge pumpkin to the lot but it was sold before it got in the window safely and some young lady will eat pumpkin chips this week. They certainly are good. Mrs. C. E. Storm, Chairman Ways and Means Com. Capt. and Mrs. James Anthony Sarratt have returned to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., after a few days' visit to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hames on N. Mountain street.