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PATRIOTIC MEETING HELD SATURDAY (Continued from page one) clared war on Germany. We have not ; declared war on Germany. Your congress has not declared war on Germany. We have declared that a state of war existed between Germany and the United States. It did not take senators and members of the house to come to this conclusion. "Any man that had two grains of sense knows that when our citizens ire being murdered and our property destroyed a state of war did exist, and therefore it makes me tired, sick and disgusted when oeoole iro over this country stating that your representatives should not have taken the act'on which they did. "The proposition is simply this: Under the law any neutral nation is entitled to the use of the high seas. Citizens of the United States have as much right to travel them as you have to travel the roads in front, of your homes or the streets in your city. Germany has never been able to deny that this is the law in the case. "When, however, we sought to use the right given us under international law Germany said to us there are certain streets and highways that you i can not use, even though you have the , right to use them, because you are engaging in commerce with our enemies. "Let's get the proposition down to a plain case: Suppose any of you had business with one of your neighbors, end suppose in order to transact this business you wished to use the public road, when there was no question as to your right to use, and suppose some oan. who did not like your neighbor with whom you were doing busines?. stool at the side of the road with a shotgun and told you that you could r. t pass along this load, because he was an enemy of the man with whom ye wanted to conduct your relations. "What would have been the result': Knowi:rg you as i do, I know you would have said to him: 'I have a right to use this road, and you have no right to stop me, and I am going to army myself and protect mv rights. ar.d if you interfere with me we will shoot this thin}; out.' "That is a rather crude illustration, hut that is exactly what we have told Germany, and we are arming ourselves and we are going to shoot it out, and when we get through the shooting you may rest assured that Germany won't block any more roads. "War is a terrible thing. None of us wanted to get into it. I opposed it as long as there was a chance for us to avoid it honorably. The cost in men and money, the broken hearts, the bloodshed, the suffering of those at home who do not have to go, is appalling. I could not but shudder and sigh when I cast my vote as I did. "This war was brought home to me two years ago, when the only brother I had, realizing earlier than we have realized the ruthlessness of these German tyrants, went to England to do his bit to stop them in their murderous course. He today fills a soldier's grave on the battlefields of France. but I do not feel that his work was in vain. I only wish that he could have lived to have served his own country in this time of stress. I hope you will pardon this personal allusion. I merely mention it to show to you how well I knew the suffering that this war would bring to our people. "Your ancestors and mine fought for the liberty which you and I now enjoy. Your ancestors and mine, by their blood and treasure established a government that has ever since held the respect of the world. Will you stand quietly by and let a brutal gang of murderers take your liberty away from you, kick you around like a football, and make you the laughingstock of the civilized world ? "I know you will not. You are not bred that way. If I thought you would, I would resign my seat in congress tomorrow, because I would think it was a disgrace to represent you. "Some people are making statements criticizing the administration for declaring a state of war. Some people are criticizing congress for its action. They have a right to their opinion as to whether or not we should defend our national honor, hut that is past history. ' "The congress of the United States has decided to defend its national honor. There is no looking hack now. We are in this war and any man who does anything to hinder our success at the front or at home is a traitor to his country and is not worthy of the respect of a patriotic citienship. "Before war was declared we all ( had a right to our opinion, hut since a state of war exists there can he no halfway ground. Every one of us is either for our country or for Germany. There is no dodging the issue. "Robert E. Lee was opposed to secession, but when his mother State declared for it he resigned his commission in the United States army and drew his sword to carry out the mandates of his people. You can't make me believe that the people of this country are any less loyal today than they were in 177(5. You can't rvt ql/o *v>/? ~ * 1 ** .tunv .!?*; IICIICVC lllitl. LI1C peUPIC OI this country are any less loyal than i we Southerners were in 1861. And I know you well enough to know that you will do your duty. The man that , deters his country at this time for any reason is the enemy of every patriot who lives in our broad land. Suppose that they should succeed in blocking in any way the early termination of this war. Every day will mean thousands of lives lost, every day will , mean millions of dollars spent; and can you tell me that a man who takes this position is a friend of his country? "There have been differences of j opinion as to the way of raising the army to fight this war. I personally believed in and fought with all the might that I possessed for the volunteer system. I gave my reasons in a speech which I made and which 1 mailed out to you for my attitude ir this matter. The majority of the house and the administration differed witli me, and as between the draft system and the volunteer system voted foi the draft system. "After I had been defeated for the volunteers I voted for a bill which followed the ideas of the majority. It was a question of voting for this bil or not having an army with which tc fight this war. "It was such a case as would be ir our election system, when in the primary I could not win for my man and, although I thought that he shoult have been electee!, I voteel in the general election for the candidate whom I had opposed. I think this explains to you my position. After the drafl bill was passeel it became the only law in this land for raising an army and I propose to uphold the law ir every way within my power. "I have talked to you longer thar I intended to. I hope I have giver you our reasons for getting into this war. We may have been wrong. ] ilo not grant that, but, right or wrong I am for my country, and I have nt respect for the man who is not." A very pleasing feature of the meeting was the presentation to the audi ence by the chairman the boys recent ly returned from training camps, eac! name being called and whether pros ent or absent, the crowd cheered. At the close Mrs. J. W. Mixson county chairman of the women Council of Defense, made a plea foi the women of the county to cooperate ir this great work. WOIll.D FACES COTTON I AAll.M'i, > Sl'iN. SMITH Washington, Aug. 21.?"The work faces a cotton famine. There is not enouirh for America alone." Senator E .D. Smith, of South Carolina, the cotton expert of the senate made this statement this afternoon 01 the floor. He was replying to a recent statement in the record by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, that far too much cotton was finding its way to Germany by way of the neu trals, and was being made into German shells with which to kill American soldiers. The statement came tc Senator Ijodge from cotton goods manufacturers and the Massachusetts senator had it put in the record. "The milk in the cocoanut is this,' said Senator Smith. "The productior in 1916 was 18,000,000 bales. Th< surplus of 1913 and 1914 was used ir the years of 1915 and 1916." He said with great emphasis thai the neutrals had received in 1916 foui million bales less than in the prewai years. "The figures in the record were en tirely wrong and misleading," said th< South Carolinian. "They came from t suspicious source. They emanatet from the cotton mill centers of Nev England. Cotton is high in price. Il an embargo is put upon its export th< price will drop to American manu facturers. The senator declared that despit? the fact that cotton was now sellinp ior zd ana vi cents, double any pric< since 1869 ,coton mills were making larger dividends than ever known. Hi said he had heard some Southern rnilh had made 100 per cent. PETAIX PRAISES AMERICANS. American Training Camp in France Sunday, Aug. 19.?Gen. Petain, com mander-in-chief of the French armies paid his first visit today to the American troops in France and expressec himself as delighted with what h< ;aw. "I am exceedingly pleased anc gratified with what I have seen dur ing this inspection," he said. "Train ing has progressed so well that I fee certain the American troops will fornr an excellent fighting force in a ver> short time." The French general was accompanied by Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing the American commander, and hot! left this afternoon for the French front, where they will remain several days. They had a very busy day motoring a hundred miles or mori anil inspecting almost every villagi in which Americans are billeted. Ir addition, Gen. Petain held a review of the famous chasseur division which has been training the Americans for the last month. Addressing the nflfienr-c Af *K!?. a: vision, Gen. Petain said they had ren dered a notable service both t( P'ranee and America and that theii battalions had become sister bat talians to the American contingent The Americans, he added, had ex pressed the hope that some day the] would have the privilege of fighting alongside their French instructors and of proving what apt pupils thej can be. AN ELEGANT DINNER. The canteen committee of the loca A. R. ('. chapter gave an elegant din ner Wednesday in compliment to th? new officers recently returned from th< various training camps. The dinner was elegant in all its appointments and was served on th< lawn which was gaily decorated wit! United States flags and vases of rec and white roses. The canteen committee, of whicl Mrs. F. M. Farr is chairman, is com posed of Mrs. C. H. Peake, Mrs. I). N Tones, Messrs. R. P. Morgan, J. 1) Arthur and Dudley Reaty. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor of Spar tanburg spent Sunday with their aunt Mrs. G. S. Gregory. QUIET MARRIAGE. Mr. H. B. Ewart and Miss Mildred Johnson of Manning were married Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Edgar. The ceremony was performed by Rev. L. L. Wagnon in the presence of a few friends. Mr. Ewart is manager of the Western Union Telegraph office at this place and is a young man of splendid ability. Mrs. Ewart is a charming young woman and will be quite an addition to the social set. Mr. and Mrs. Ewart are at home to their friends at the residence of Mr. H. W. Edgar, E. Main street. COME TO THE RAG TACKING. Come to the Red Cross headquarters Friday afternoon, from 5 to 7 and bring needle, thimble, scissors and a bag of rags to sew. We want 100 lbs. of rags by Sept. 1. Please come and help; we need you. Mrs. C. E. Storm, Chairman Ways and Means Com. TO VISIT UNION. | Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Bowen, of Shanghai, China, have arrived in ' America and are expected daily to * arrive in Union to spend sometime with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Edwards. Mrs. Bowen is known - and loved in this county as Miss - Johnnie Saunders and has been a misi sionary in China for many years. MUST NOT WEAR UNIFORM. ' Numbers of people will be inter. ested in the ruling just announced to , the effect that no civilian may at any tinm wear any part of a soldier's or sailor's uniform. Heretofore a number of young men have been wearing I army hats and army shirts, but from this time on the practice will have to I cease or the offender may fin.l himt self in serious trouble with the authorities. SERVE IN HOSPITAL COUPS. Mr. Sam G. I.ayton and Mr. Stewart Smith have stood the examination and t have been appointed to srve in the , base hospital corps. They will be called about Sept. 15, and will probably leave Union in January or February. | RED CROSS BENEFIT. 5 The musical talent of Union will ( give a Red Cross benefit Thursday evening, Aug. 30, at Edisonia theatre, 1 the admission price is 10c. Popular 1 choruses and solos and other delightI ful features will be given and a pleasant evening is guaranteed. Coire and II bring some one with you, have a delightful time and help the Red 3roas chapter. - TWO DEAD AS RESU>LT_^il_ i OF AN EXPERIMWr i i Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 20.?Charles r A. Wall, Jr., and Richard H. Mead f were burned to death here late today i when an airplane in which they were - experimenting with smoke bombs caught fire in the air. Both men were s dead when the destroyed airplane fell r to the ground. 5 Wall was a civil engineer in trainr ing for aviation service. Mead was i aviation instructor, who came to Bufs falo recently from the training camp at Mineola, L. I. Wall and Mead had gone to a height of about 700 feet to make tests of the new bomb, which had been of? fered to the United States government for work in spotting gun posi tions. Circling the field, they released one 01 me Domos, wnich burst into smoke at a safe distance below the machine. Then watchers on the ground, among them the inventor of the bomb, saw Wall lean over the side, a second in his hand. He dropped it, and almost immediately there was a flash and the planes were ablaze. When the flaming machine dropped the men were found burned beyond recognition. S. O. S. CALL FOR KNITTERS. To the Women and Cirls of I'nion County. The Red Cross commission has issued a call for 1,500,000 knitted articles to be forwarded about October 1st, if possible. The quota assigned to Columbia is 1,000 sets, each comprising a sweater, a muffler, 1 pair mittens, 1 pair wristlets and 1 pair of socks?all knitted of woolen yarn. Spartanburg's quota is 800 sets. Union county's is 300 sets. Five hum red knitters are needed in Unjon for this work of 1500 pieces of knitting. The r work is very simple, sweaters are all : sleeveless and without collars, mas terials, yarn and needles are furnished r by the chapter. Rut your name at once upon Union county's roll of honor for women. You cannot carry a gun nor fight in the uciicnca, women 01 union county, but ' you can and must pick up your needles " and work for those who can and are 1 doing things. s Just write a card and send in your name to Mrs. B. G. Clifford, Chairman Red Cross Knitting Comi mittee. i m 1 GEN. WOOD TRANSFERRED TO FT. RILEY, KANSAS i Washington, Aug. 16.?Assignment of general officers to the army can. tonments, announced today, reveals . that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding the Southeastern department, is to be transferred to corn mand the Eighty-ninth National , Guard) division, Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas. M SPECIAL I ATTRACTION H America's Best Kn B Photoplay Stai I PEARL WH B The Entire 5 Reels ii B tiful NATURAL CC 89 Tinted by Wounded B Soldiers in Europe. H| ALSO 1 BE "LONESOME LUKE" I BB COMEDY mm t Business men are b When a progressive busin goes back to horses. Some of the most effic ence depends upon safe, si icing their delivery and ha That is one reason wl being tripled this year, ai the International. - Now is the tine, and thi International We sell International M< Model F of 2,000 pounds capaci give our customers the kind < show you the International Mo R. H. NES 13 MAIN STREET FINDS DOST TOY SOLDIER. (London Chronicle). The latest batch of recruits were giving their sergaent an unbelievable amount of trouble. He was an old soldier of .'10 years 'experience and the poor attempts of his new squad to understand the mysteries of army drill nearly drove him frantic. At last in desperation he called the men to stand at ease as he wished to tell them a little story. It was this: "When I was a tiny boy," he said, "I had a box of wooden soldiers. Ono day I lost them and cried bitterly. They told me not to worry, as they'd turn up some day, and now, to think that after 40 years, I've just found the little devils." CITATION TO KINDRED AND CREDITORS. State of South Carolina, County of Union. By Hon. W. W. Johnson, Judge of Probate. Whereas, Robert Jeter has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration on the estate and effects of Addie Gist, deceased, These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Addie Gist, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union C. H., South Carolina, on the 27th day of August, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 11th day of August, Anno Domini 1917. W. W. Johnson, Probate Judge. Published on the 17th and 24th days of August, 1917, in The Union Times. 33-2 Miss Annie L. Sinkler and Mrs. Harry Mazyck and children spent Wednesday with Mrs. Elias Prioleau. They motored from Eutawville and are on their way to Saluda, N. C., for a month's visit. SATURDAY a Pearl White (Pathe) EDISONL "YOUR THEATRE" he Truck \ uying motor trucks in consta; ess man has once used modern ient concerns in the country ? ire, economical distribution of tl uling equipment with Internatioi ly the capacity of the Internatio nd why careful business men a s is. the truck, to buy. Harvester Companj I Incorporated ) Dtor Trucks in two sizes ? Model H ity. We can supply any kind of a bo ot service a motor truck owner app >tor Truck. Telephone or write, ana IBITT AUTO C< UNIO i '* Ik SERVIC can be used as an Ambulance, for del sions. Especially adapted for Ioiir dis where within thirty miles of Union FI BAILEY UNDE Office Phone 106 WOMAN FINDS HUMAN ARM. Mrs. Walter E. Conrad, of Lexington, Razed upon an amputated human arm last Friday when she opened an v/\pi voo J7?v r\d^c UIUU^IU, iu CUII tit III cabbage plants. The gruesome find bad no description to indicate from whose body it had come. The husband, later expressed the conviction it was the arm of his son, Raymond Conrad, and investigation disclosed it had been shipped from Mercer, Pa. The name of the sender could not be deciphered from the way bill. A few days ago Raymond Conrad wrote a friend here that he was working as brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad between Mahonington and mmmmmj! G. I USUAL PRICES & I 5c and 1 Oc Charming Story of Rolance and Adventure "yctay blossom" This is not a Serial Superb Story Complete in 5 Reels ^ ALSO '\ "LONESOME LUKE" ' ^ COMEDY eitigtisS^ ~ MOTOR It: TRUCKS . llllllmm-???>->, 2 :: San to Buy ntly increasing numbers, mechanical power, he never ' firms whose business existteir products, are stjindardaal Motor Trucks. nal Motor Truck factory is nd farmers are purchasing r of America of 1,500 pounds capacity and ! dy jour business requires. We reciates. Come in and let cm we will come to you. E ~?.ju.~~. Jjj ^kI Sgig I J 'S3^MfcB^Bg&^g1^gS^flSpS^M^^:?^^^B r IE CAR I I iverinpr Caskets and on Funeral occa- ;; tance calls. Wa dalive- r..w.fg any. * jjJI IEE OF CHARGE. RTAKING CO. Residence Phone 88 J| Oil City, Pa., and making his home in JBh' Mahonin^ton. The arm was embalmed and shipped^ in a typewriter box. The fact that it bore the street address of the fatheraB here ffives weight to the belief thafejy? something dire has befallen the soiy A telegram sent this afternoon to ti^^E wife of the young man, who is livinMCf at Mahonington, Pa., had not been swered late tonight. The arm appeared to have befljC^j^ severed at the shoulder.?Monroe (jjT. | Mrs. John Rice and Mrs. MorriiflM Rice and children of Jacksonville* F^H^H passed through Union Friday on thflH] way to Asheville to spend aometifl^^R