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THE UNION TIMES! PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY TIMES BUILDING. MAIN STREET! BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor, Registered at the PostofTice in Union,! S. C. as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.50 Six Months .75 Three Months .40 ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertion $1.00 Every subsequent insertion .50 /?!.' lOU/WM I'lTH t.n I i?i ij.ti m,i\ w i . \ nn \ r\ i \ i i't l 9 | lv r. ?"> r> The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Til URSI >A Y, NOVEMBER 8. 10IT. .1 ust as we had begun to feel good over the situation, and, indeed, had frequently remarked upon it, we must needs ret"*iet some of it. Several 1 times lately there have been cases of drunkenness upon the streets here. Somebody is probably undertaking to pull oir the blind tiger stunt again. But those who believe they can do this and get away with it for any great while will find themselves mistaken. The blind tiger is up against city law and State law ;but this is not all of it: the blind tiger is for the first year of the present age up against also the Federal law. The man who attempts to sell whiskey now is playing a game that will land him in the penitentiary. Since tfie Southern Railway has taken off the mid-day train going East, it has played the mischief with our mail service. We are just about bottled up, and if there is any remedy we feel that it should be applied. The early morning train benefits very few people. It comes too early to get letters off on it through the postoffice. Besides, it works against the public in almost the entire county. It cuts I.ockhart off from the rest of the county. It shuts off those below here who have business to come to Union, for as it now is one from below must come here and wait for the niirht train to get back home. The Special does not stop at points below, even when on time, and that is very seldom. We hope the very unfortunate situation may be remedied and that right early. If the Union Chamber of Commerce will take up the matter we believe the Postal Telegraph company will connect up with Union. A line is to be built from Greenwood to Spartanburg and will touch some intermediate points. We understand that the Postal people have already made some inquiries as to coming by Union, and we feel sure that when this line connecting Greenwood and Spartanburg is constructed, Union can get in on it. The proposed line will come within a dozen miles of Union, perhaps closer, anyway, and it would be a good thing for us if we can get this service. The Western Unon here is closed at x o'clock each night. The day business usually has a congestion that causes delay, and works discomfort and hardship upon the public. bet the Chamber of Commerce get in behind this matter and we believe we can get the advantages of an additional system here. We sincerely hope the business men of Union will, between now and the next fair, press the matter of good roads, particularly the matter of a good road from Union to Cross Keys. We do not know one single thing that is working against the advantage of our town as is the miserable apology \ for a road that now reaches from Union to Tijrer river. It is some fine road; there is one hole in it from Union to Tiper river?that's all the way; it is nothing but a hole. There would have been more people in attendance upon the fair hut for this road proposition. There would have been many more bales of cotton sold in Union this fail if there had been a reasonably jrood road from Union to Tiger river. There would, in consequence, have been more money in circulation in Union township and in Union county. It would have been an easier thing for you to pay your taxes. The money you spend outside your county helps pay the taxes of other people, but it helps pay not one cent of yours. So it transpires that a bad road has made it harder for you to pay your taxes. It is very probable that the people of Union have lost more through this bad road than the taxes to keep it in pood repair would amount to. And the tax on vehicles, stock and your own selves has quadrupled what you lost in taxes. It's a had proposition, and, unless we are very much mistaken it is a condition that the people of the county will insist upon beinp remedied. w ' ' | Editorial Clippings J There is some blockading beinp done in this county. There are a number on occasions who could not pet drunk so often on a quart a inonth. A little vigilance on the part of our officials might bring the guilty parties to the bar of justice.?GafTncy News. i ne .-\naerson .>ian nas located tnai honest man Diogenes was looking for. In 189!) he bought on credit a gun in Anderson for $1(5. Last Saturday he dropped into the store and handed the salesman a check for $25 to settle the bill, saying that he had been wanting to pay the account ever since the debt was contracted, but that he had not been able financially to do so before. He could have avoided payment according to law, but he is not one of those sorry people who, although able to pay, use the law as an excuse for not meeting their honest debts.?Greenville News. There are a number of politicians in South Carolina who are not willing to stand back and risk the draft. They are afraid they might not be called in time, and so they are volunteering. Several of them are in the training camps, going through the daily routine so as to be prepared for the conflict when the first gun is fired. We are in no sense a politician, but it strikes us that it is best not to wait on the draft, but to volunteer early and let the people see one's patriotism. Who doubts the grit of the men who are out for governor? The folks believe in them and they are going to get their share as it is being handed around. This is no time for a fellow to sit in his tent and wait to be drafted, but he should be in some training camp.?Greenwood Daily Journal. Food Administrator Hoover has re quested i no inquirer to help promote a keep-a-pig movement. "Such a movement," he writes, "would nesessarily require some chargi\ in v 11 lage and urban ordinances; hut the national welfare would be warrant ample for such course of action. Germany," says Mr. Hoover, "is raising 4,000,000 pigs from her garbage refuse." We copied the above from the Yorkvilli* Enquirer. There are many places in Newberry where a pig could he kept without detriment to health. We had something to do with driving pig pens out of town, but in these meatless clays we would not object to seeing the ordinance modified so that those who really have large lots might keep a pig if they so desired. And there is enough waste in every family to feed a pig and that would mean a whole lot of meat.?Herald and News. More evidences of prosperity this year among the farmers and some who have been employed at public works than in many years past. The wise will look ahead and take care of their money and the unwise will soon spend it for things they do not absolutely need. I'erhaps there are some who have made enough clear of all expenses to carry them through another year. The strictest economy is just as essential as if they had made just a little above expenses. War is on and crops may fail next year. The man who has plenty now and wastes it is not to be pitied and he should be ashamed to ask help from his friend or neighbor. There are lots of people who are in good circumstances and they are going to keep that way, but there are some who must be reminded "not to waste." Invest in something that will pay. Don't spend your money foolishly and come to want after you have been well fixed.?Tribune. Beans Bij?" Southern Crop. "One of the most important crops the South has adopted in its growing diversification is the bean," remarked H. A. Stewart^ a farm expert of Georgia, at Raleigh. All varieties of beans have been planted in the Southern States this year. The soy bean in particular has been popularized, and the acreage sown to this crop this year is many times that of any preceding years. The common navy, or white, bean has also taken its place in the general scheme of diversifica tion. The farmers are beginning to learn that of all the vegetation cultivated for human consumption the white bean has sustained the human family for a longer period and under greater variety of conditions than almost any other character of plant growth. "The ancient (greeks and Macedonians grew the bean for food and appreciated it not only for its value in this capacity, but as a soil fertilizer. The Chinese were the first to cultivate the soy bean. That was something like 5,000 years ago, it is said. "Here in the United States, while the white bean has been in universal use_ it has not been grown to the extent its value as a food product and soil builder justifies. It is gratifying, therefore, to note the awakened interest among Southern farmers in the production of the white hean as well as the soy bean. It will prove a firstclass substitute for cotton in those sections of the South where the boll weevil has attacked cotton."?Washington Post. Football Stars. "The work of Gee and Bartles were the 'big' Clenison features. "Gee has been suffering with an injured knee, and it surely takes something more than the love of playing to put up the fight that he put up, not only in this game, hut in every game that we have played. The loyal Tiger was on the job at every minute of the game, and he could always be seen where he could do most good for Clemson and most damage to Carolina. No man on the Tiger team put more 'pep' and more earnestness into the game than did this sterling center. He always gives every ounce of his strength to Clemson's athletes though, and he is a fair example of a true, loyal Tiger. I "Bartles was our mainstay vancing the oval, and he advanced it by every conceivable route. He skirted the ends as if he thought he was running at 'late,' and he made holes in Carolina's line just when and where he desired. "Jim, our dashing half-back, is one of the fastest players that has ever donned a Tiger uniform. He is entering on his football prime, this being his second year of playing, he is continually adding glory to the Tiger's old record. We predict for this player a place on the 'All-Southern Team' before his departure from the gridiron."?The Clemson Tiger. Silver Tea. The May and June Circle of Grace Methodist church will have a Silver Ton ?it I hn hnni/? af VI ??o I A !)?/?.?.? j ? %-w WW tllV IIVIIIV Wl ATA 1 o. / . n. U1VWII on November 10th. A musical program by the best local talent will be furnished and refreshments served. COULD HARDLY STAND ALONE Terrible Suffering From Headache, Sideache, Backache, and Weakness, Relieved by Cardni, Says This Texas Lady, Gonzales, Tex.? Mrs. Minnie Philpot, of this place, writes: "Five years ago I was taken with a rain In my left side. It was right under my left rib. It would commence with an aching and extend up into my left shoulder and on down Into my hack. By that time the pain would be bo severe I would have to take to bed, and suffered usually about three days ...I suffered this way for three years, and got to be a mere skeleton and was so weak I could hardly stand alona Was not able to go anywhere and had to let my house work go...I suffered awful with a pain in my back and I had the headache all the time. I just wu? uuauio 11# ui/ u liuiiK. My 1110 was a misery, my etomach got In an awful condition, caused from taking so much medicine. I suffered so much pain. I had just about given up all hopes of our getting anything to help me. One day a Birthday Almanac was thrown In my yard. After reading Its testimonials I decided to try Cardul, and am so thankfnl that I did, for I began to Improve when on the second bottle...I am now a well woman and feeling fine and the cure has been permanent for It has been two years since my awful bad health. I will always pralBe and recommend Cardnl." Try Cardul today. B 79 Death of Mrs. W. H. Stokes. Mrs. W. H. Stokes died at her home in Florida Sunday evening and the body was brought to this city Wednesday morning for interment in the Presbyterian cemetery. Mrs. Stokes was a former resident of this city and has numbers of friends and relatives residing here to mourn her death. Let Them Smoke. Previously acknowledged $8.50 F. J. Parham .25 Mrs. F. J. Parham .25 Total $9.00 See it grow! But not fast enough to suit us, for we want $50.00 and at this rate it will be next summer before the dear boys pet a smoke. Please help us send this bit of cheer to the brave boys who are fighting for us, won't you ? Fine Donation to Red Cross. ? Among the farmers' exhibits is that of Downdes Browning, consisting of 40 varieies of food stuffs in which are grains, vegetables, fruits and nuts, grown on his farm. In this collection are five varieties of improved seed corn, six ears each; a peck of Early |IVfay wheat (re-dleaned), one peck each of re-cleaned Fulghum and Appier oats; five varieties of potatoes: three varieties of turnips, a quart of Japanese cane syrup with seed of same, several varieties of fall apples and pears. This entire exhibit will be given to the Union chaptei of the American Red Cross at close of the fair. Philippine Postoffice in Healthy Condition Manila, P. I., Nov. 7.?Reports of the Philippine postoffice for the year 1916 are exceedingly encouraging, showing as they do that for the first time the service* was self-supporting, its revenues exceeding its expenses by $36,556.12. The improvement is all the more remarkable in view of the gains made in many other lines, for in that period 110 new postofiices were opened; 139 new mail routes were established; eight additional mu nicipalities were furnished with fretmail deliveries; between 700 and 800 miles of railway mail service were added; and automobile service was substituted in a number of places for slower transportation. of /Circumstance. ? r Surely the irony of circumstance could not have been carried further than at a luncheon recently given to Sir Edward Carson by the British Empire Producers' organization. Let the title be noted. Ijord Beresford was one of the guests and, in the midst of a speech full of characteristic energy and plain speaking, his eye suddenly caught the inscription on one of the plates, off which he had been lunching. As this inscription took definite shape, he was horrified to find that it read, Factory, Werden, Germany. "Here's a pretty state of affairs!" he cried. "We have actually been dining off German plates!" A moment's terrible silence was followed, almost immediately, by the sound of breaking crockery all over the room. There is surely a humor in the situation which makes it worth while from almost any point of view. ?Christian Science Monitor. Cranford-Fillyak. Miss Sadie Cranford of Union and Mr. Walter J. Fillyaw, of Fayetteville, N. C., were united in marriage at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. Lewis M. Rice, Wednesday evening, November 7. The ceremony was v/itnessed by the immediate family and a few friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr. W. D. Cranford and his a wide circle of friends who unite in wishing her great happiness. The groom is with the medical department. 4th Infantry, stationed at Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Fillyaw left on the train Thursday morning for Charlotte, where they will be at home to their friends. prof. Potts in France. Mrs. Frank Potts, who since her husband sailed recently for France, has been in Union with relatives, spent yesterday in Columbia and returned to Union in the afternoon. She has just received a cable from Prof. Potts announcing his safe arrival on the other side. Prof. Potts, who is associate professor of modern languages at the University of South Carolina, has leave for the duration of the war, and ; n A f ITnif W*\ A 1 ? A' to c* liiv.iiuci ui win*/ AW. i ui mu statistical department of the army, with the rank of first lieutenant.. Other members of the unit are two second lieutenants and two enlisted men.? 1 The State. Just because a wojnan's face is made up don't imagine that her mind is. mk. i&ifk SM&4MIS TOE it's a BI 4 t Myrtle Gonzalez ii jjj duction, \ "Obe (&vzc Five r !frii "THE GRA Admission; | Spccia X Ladies Coats I At Mcl X y We will save you X Coat or Suit if y ? the opportunity. Coats trom X Suits from y X Come and look th X mean money s J. F. McLurc D The Unde I G R E E 1 "i I wish to thank all my patrons M patronage that they have given m ? I have been in the Undertaking 1 tinued patronage, as I am prepaid N the Undertaking line. I am more 0 I have ever been. See me for pri< \\ 39 Gadbery St. There W Mass IV Oi the Citizens ot Cr Court Saturday, Nove . At One: Music will be furn Infantry Band, C; Spartanbi Dr. A. W. Bea Secretary, of Cam] make a Patriotic Ad is a man of charmi is an interesting as 1 ive speaker. Let Everyb And Let Us Show Our Pal The man who bra^s that he is boss in his own home is either a brute or a liar?usually the latter. Don't let your head get swelled. You think the world is laughing with you, but it may be laughing at you. It isn't always love that makes a man attentive to his Wife. In a great many cases it is fear. V , )AY uebird i a Masterly Pro- j entitled iter Caw" tcels ; >AY V GHOST" 5,10 and 15c il Sale | s and Suits | Lure's I V Yi to /3 on your ? ou will give us % X $3.98 up $4.98 up | em over, it will % laved to you. iry Goods Co. t n ^ srseners Y v A^A A^A A^A A^A TA^^y inHBHMBHMHBMHI 'INGS! and the public at large for their ie the two years and ten months jusiness and hope for your con;d to furnish anything needed in '< ! determined to do business than :es and terms. A. JETER. ill Be A ieeting lion County At The Hni 1 ?o mber 10, 1917 O'clock ished by the 74th amp Wadsworth, arg, S. C. ven, Y. M. C. A. p Wadsworth will Idress. Dr. Beaven ing personality and well as an instruct iouy V/Uiiie triotism by Our Attendanca If you do not believe that there are any men angels just marry a widow and listen to her tell of her first husband's virtues. Never trust the man who is so honest that he is always telling you how honest he is. Why is it that the worst dancers at a dance always seem to be having the best time?