Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I TO Thurs At "i Dr. Gee Iwu FIRST B I I Dr. Stewart is oi and a man of Nation coming to hear him. w lie 10 ti uiy a i i hearing him. Come I of National Prohibit | ject with telling for< I No Adn Soldiers as Souvenir J Collectosr ] Every Battalion at Front Develops a J Number of This Type ^ < Behind British Lines in France, No- , vember 10?(Correspondence of The 1 Associated Press)?In every battalion 1 at the front there are a number of confirmed souvenir hunters, and some- j times their influence is so potent that ] an epidemic craze for collection . spreads through all ranks, and the ] main topic of conversation is souve- ; nirs in all their varieties. 1 In every walk of trench life one ; meets the man with strong acquisitive habits; in civilj^n life he might devel- ] op his best into either finance, art. stamp-collecting or possible burglary. In the trenches the fully developed passion for collecting souvenirs is often a trial for the collector, for a collection of any kind sooner or later demands a place to put it in, and there is no place in knapsack and dugout life for a store of gathered treasures. The available war souvenirs are seldom of much value, but there is a considerable variety of things to choose from in most battle aTeas. In the early days of the war, the German helmets were valued souvenirs, for the old-style German was substantial and picturesque, brilliant with heavy metal garniture. There were also unusual variations, like the quaint Bavarian shakes, while one or two cavalry regiments provided a rare variety of headgear which has not been seen on the Western front since the first year of the war. The German helmet of today ha? depreciated even more than the German mark. It is no longer even leather, but a kind of light paper-felt The metal spike has given place to one of wood or composition. The solid brass regimental badge is now a tnin tinsel plaque. The true collector cares very little for the modern helmet and has no interest at all in the little round convict cap which so many German prisoners wear. If the German only knew it, a sure passport to warm an instant favor or surrender is a decent helmet. It attracts immediate attention and the fortunate owner is given cigarettes and other marks of favor by his delighted captor, instead of being merely herded to the rear without ceremony. The supply of helmets is seldo i adequate to the demand; indeed the market is dnly glutted on occasions of a big push or a large scale raid. Among lesser trophies, the ambitious collector finds great scope for his activities in the shells sent over by the NIG! day, Nov, r:30 0'el< >rae R. S lSpeakAtl APTIST d great orator and you c without fail, he will dis ion and he knows how t :e. lission C lostile artillery. Fuses and nose caps J n wonderful variation are to be obtained with little pain, and the collection of these is ecouraged by the General Staff, because the setting of the fuse may give the correct range c of a suspected battery, and there is ^ other information of useful character to be gained from the study of these trophies. The French soldiers have special- V ized in aluminum rings and jewelry made from the nosecaps of hostile ^ shell, and quite an ambitious industry has been developed in this way. The British prefer to work in brass, us- c ually the brass of empty cartridges . and shell case. With infinite patience J and few tools they produce what the Frenchman calls "peculiar objects of . miintolnip^P " T.iffl? mrvrlol 1 scuttles with legs made of bullets, a tiny coal shovel worked up from a ^ German ribe cartridge; vases oF curious surface mottling made by in- ^ denting the brass of a field-gun case; ambitious designs of allied bags and [ well known heroes, made from ration ! cases or brass?these are only a few j of the things which the collector is offered by his own comrades. There is J no end to the ingenuity and variety of the work of the soldier craftsman, but J his most familiar work is in inkpots, ? candlesticks and decorative paper- c weights made from hand grenades or ( the interior of shrapnel shells. = I No Advance ? in Price J Manufacturers Pay the War Tax and Protect Public For more than a quarter of a century the price of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has been 50c and t IM.UU per bottle. In i spite of the greatly in- r creased cost of manu- f factnre, the formula, quality and price of this ( popular remedy for constipation and stomach f ills will be maintained. t 50 cts (Two Size*) $1.00 1 All Druggists Following exhaustive research a Paris scientist has recommended a ^ diet equally divided between meats , and vegetables as the best for work- i era. "i HT I . 29th tewart rhe HURCH ? \ j J^/XV4 V-LV/X AAA V1U VVJMJ D all not regret the | an t afford to miss I. I jcuss the question! | o present the sub- ( I harges I Norway is Having Exper-l iences with German Spies Christiania, Nov. 17.?(Correspondnce of the Associated Press)?Norvay during the last half of thin las had the same experience of Gernan methods as the United States rent through before it entered the rar, spies working everywhere under he direction of espionage centres in he neighboring countries, Sweden and Denmark. Thanks to the work of the police, (specially in Christiania, many of hem have been caught, some sent to ail and others expelled from the counry. Several mysterious fires in great ndustrial plants and storage houses lave aroused a country-wide suspicion tgainst every German, Swede and ( 'inn. During the last half of the rear there have been twenty-one such ires here, two or three occurring together. The great store of provisions n Trondjem belonging to th British mporting Agency was burned with a oss of several million dollars. It iroved to be of incendiary origin, rwo canning plants with great exjorts for Great Britain were burned, md a condensed milk plant with ex:lusive export trade to England was lestroyed with more than a million ans ready for shipment. Three planing mills in different >arts of the country were burned, rheir output was being used for boxes ind crates for cxp > The other day mother planing : 1 vicinity >f the government's fir ii ' manuactory at Kongsberg was r ned durng the night and while attention was lirected toward this fire a burglar vas detected in the fire-arm factory. The press states that German ploters in this case tried to blow up the government factory. Foerigners have sought and in :ome cases obtained employment at he government munition plant, and atcr have been discovered to be Gernan citizens, some of them even oficers in the Germany army. The press is warning the people o look for a criminal spy in every lerman in the country. In order to keep such undesirable r\incfa nuf /?ah??%J , vuw U1 MIC LUUI1H jr mm JJI CVtlll/ he increasing number of foreigners >f a poor quality from drifting into Norway, a short bill was passed by parliament forbidding foreigners who lave arrived since August, 1914, to stay here more than two weeks withput a special license. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, DROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC.drivesout Malm in.enriches the blood.and huilda uptheavstcm. A true tonic. For adults and children. 60c News From the Junction. Ix)ckhart Junction, Nov. 27.?Well, we are having some winter weather now; it is cold and clear and is pood hop killinp weather and some few have been killed. There seems to be more home-raised meat and corn in the country now than has been for years before; every one responded to the call of the cuuntry to piant ana raise food stuff and they have made it sure. Now do this again next year, don't stop the good work, plan to plant wheat and not so much cotton. You see plainly what the short crops does?make the prices pro sky high and it looks like the move for sowing more wheat has affected the price of flour already. If we make our own wheat next year, flour will get back normal in price, like it was when you could buy a barrel for what you pay for one hundred pounds now. It is mighty nice to I have everything in the way of foodi stuffs at home and have none to buy. j There will be many that will witness , that the coming year that a fellow can | go to his crib and barn and get his I own feed forhis stock and say, ..this | is mine." He has none of it to buy. I like that idea. This is more than can be said of last year's farmers, fpr they had much to buy and they paid two prices for it, because there was not enough made for the demand and then some speculation got into it, too. Well, dear people, I never saw a time just like this when everything was running along so close together in prices, cotton is of course a good price. If you have any cotton you : can hold it for a few months, and now i is the time to hold it for there is T | no reason for it not going any lower, i f and I believe it will po hipher. Soon i it will all be out of tbe farmers' band-; } and then the speculation will rally, f see if I am not ripht. ? Dr. Thrasher and the writcn spent a few hours with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parks of the El ford Grove section ^ Sunday where we had dinner and sure c enjoyed it. Mrs. Parks prepared many pood thinps to eat and Mr. Parks j is a pood farmer. He tolls me he is . makinp this year off of bis two-horse i farm 21 bales of cotton, between three i and four hundred bushels of corn, ~>0 pallons of molasses, HO bushels of peas \ and will kill enouph hops he thinks ( to make meaT to do him for another year. Now listen, be said he would make six bales off of 4 acres and be only had three repuiar workinp hands to make this crop. I think that is hard { to beat and Dr. Thrasher and I did < enjoy his kind hospitality. Tt does ( me pood to report farminp like this < an dit should encourape others to do i [likewise. T attended the hot supper Riven at I Pishop school bouse last Friday eveninp and evervthinp in the way of pood thinps to eat was prepared by the ladies and a very larpe crowd was in attendance. Amonp the visitors from a distance wer four soldiers from Camp Wadsworth. These younp men were Corn. Stape, Corp. Sehriner, Privates Wood and Miner of Co. M. 10th Infantry. They are four New York boys and seem to enjoy themselves very much and spent their money freely, buyinp cakes and were lucky enouph to win a cake at the cake walk. One of them sanp de?i - ?tj. ii^iiliuiiy <i huiu. it Wii> fine for he has a trained voice and pave up his career to answer the call to the colors. These younp soldiers were nice and entertaininp and one of them was a newspaper man in his home state. He said he was the only son of a widowed mother and could have been exempted but never asked for it and his mother told him to pro If he wanted to, for she had some support and a little money and he hejirs from her every week and writes to her often. He expects to pro to France and we pray he may be returned well and stronp. He invited me to his camp and said he would make it pleasant for me and I am poinp.x These soldier boys are very dear to us all and they are courteous, kind hearted and very appreciative of any attention shown them. We must treat them as we wish others to treat our boys. When it comes home to a fellow, when his very own is at the front you will want to take every soldier by the hand and invite him in your home for someone may be will do the same thinp for your boy. These northern boys have had to sacrifice fine posi tions, home and accustom themselves to different surroundings, new customs, new climate and everything new, so be kind to them and invite them to your homes. They like us, for they said so and we like them. Already the Union people are having them come down every Sunday and eat dinner with them?giving them a royal southern welcome and those fellows like it. Ask them sometimes how they like Union county and see what they will say. Pardon a personal touch, I had a letter from my son and he said: "I am enjoying good health and a soldier's life. I think of the old home? the dearest spot on earth to me and the fire side where T was raised and hope to return to some day. I will | THE UNIVER | | | It is most important whet g mechanical attention that lj 5 the authorized Ford deale j j;j| sure of havinp repairs and ij|jj genuine Ford-made materii ' |j| about Ford cars. So brinj 1 J satisfaction is guaranteed. :1| at all times and Ford cars j| about $.'145; Touring Car $1 | j | Car $595; Sedan $645; Out |j| ?all f n V> jj j. l. n [ r p.'b.'o >c a better man physically, mentally, norally and financially than ever beore." This may not be news to you St; >ut it did me pood to hear it and t was pood news to me. Pardon mo 'or this reference but it boosts the irmy and i am a booster not a knock;r. , ] Remember, Friend, i am after rour subscription to The Times, daily on ?r weekly. dm i am sorry to know that Telephone the s not able to write any more for we SCl ill miss his letters and his place will )e hard 'to fill, but hope he will soon j ^ >e able to take up his pen npain. s'| j My letter has been very lonp but 1 ;n, lave enjoyed writing and hope you as ;njoy reading it too. Moxy. ho SHERIFF'S DELINQUENT LAND 'lo SALES FOR TAXES. t an By virtue of Sundry executions <u- un rected to me, I will sell before the Court House door in Union, Union an County, S. C., during the legal hours tj1( sf Sheriff's Sales, in December, 1017, p,.( it being the 3rd day of the month, the p,. following described property, to wit: One tract of land jn Union school district No. 3, belonging to Adams & Floyd, containing seven hundred acres more or less, and bounded as follows: Bounded on the north by lands of J. B. Betenbaugh; on the West by Abraham Humphries; on the east by Mrs. ^ Sallie Davis, and on the South by j ^ Mrs. Bernice Edwards. ,1. r ?i Iuo Also Cn One tract or parcel of land in Co shen Hill township containing seven j0 acres more or less, and belonging to J. S. Spearman, an island bounded by sj( the waters of Enoree River. ?n "Also One lot of land in Fishdam Town- f0 ship, belonging to Willie Porter p. known as lot No. 0, said lot running at stake on Chester Avenue, running jn east 90 feet, thence south 400 feet, j( thence west 90 feet, thence north ac 994 feet, said lot situated near town jn of Carlisle, S. C., known as the Wil- cf lie Porter lot. pj Also? ar One bay mare mule belonging to J. B. Miller, levied on and to be sold for taxes for fiscal year 1916. Terms of sale, cash. J. HAY FANT, Union, S. C. Sheriff. November 17, 1917. 22-3t-Tues. in cc at Outdoor Workers ai are subject to exposure to all kinds ]a of weather, and strenuous outdoor jj work brings the rheumatic aches. You . can't afford to belaid up,so heed that first twinge of rheumatism. Use ?? Sloan's Liniment. Clean and con- ^ venient, no need to rub, no stains, S< no clumsy plasters and your pain b; disappears. Sprains, strains, neuralgia aehes and stiff. pi sore musclra are all relieved by the application of Sloan's Liniment. Sf Cenerout aire bottles at all druggists^ 25c.. 50c.. $1.00. a] |T?1 ?l?l 'i riiryiYnsYii r: What is LAX-FOS LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic and LiverTotiic. Contains Cascara Bark, Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black 01 Root, May Apple Root, Senna Leaves and Pepsin. Combines strength with pala- 01 table aromatic taste. Does not gripe. 50c ] w??TB?D ^c?' SAL CAR J i your Ford Car requires | you place it in charge of |||| r, because then you arc |||l replacements made with > ; lis by men who know all l|;j r your Ford to us where D ! Pi-nmnt -r?:?:_-i - Ll - ?vr*aapi. VIIIIIUIII StTVICC I if you wish to buy: Run- ! 1(50; Coupclet $;,0.~>; Town ! i '-Ton Truck Chassis $000 I OLTON. Union. | ' LIPSCOMIl, Jonesville. 'DELL, Whitmire. Notice of Sale. ite of South Carolina, County of Union, Court, of Common Picas. Jessie M. McKee, Plaintiff, vs. Ethel Hames, et al.. Defendants. Pursuant to an order of the said urt, in the above stated case, 1 will the .">rd day of December. P.>17, rinp the leiral hours of sale, before ? Court House door, in I'nion. S. 1 at public auction, the following ids, to wit: Ml that certain tract or parcel of id, lyint* and beinp in I "ion tnwup, said county and State, containr Ida acres, more or less, known the Frank or Duncan Hames place, unded by lands of Wallace Koon, M. Farr, P. D. Barron, and the hn Charles place. Terms of sale: One half cash, balce in two equal annual installments, paid portion to bear interest from ; date of sale at eijrht per cent, per num. and to be secured by bond of s purchaser and mortgage of the emises ;the purchaser to have the ivilege of paying all cash. W. W. Johnson, Special Master. November 10, 1017. -lt5-3t. Sheriff's Sa^e. Under and by virtue of power eoninc 1 in Executions ar.d directed to e, 1 will sell before the court house or in Union county, S. C.. on the st Monday in December. 1 i? 17. durpr the lepra 1 hours of sale, the folvviup: described property to wit: One tract of land Jyinjr, beinp and luate in Pinckney township. Union unty, S. C., containing one hundred res, more or less, and bounded as Hows: on the north by lands of Sam irr, on the east by lands of \Y. N. arnei" on the west by lands of G. C. man and on the south by lands of ?\vis Garner; levied on and to he sold t the property of S. O. Inman for the lprovement of Homstead at the suit ' the Union Hardware Company, aintiff, against S. O. Inman, defend)t. Terms of sale, Cash. J. Hay Fant, Union, S. C., Sheriff. Nov. 13, 1017. 46-3U Notice of Sale. tate of South Carolina, County of Union, Court of Common Pleas. J. Roy Fant, Plaintiff, vs. r. Farr Gilliam, et al.. Defendants. Pursuant to an order heretofore ade in the above stated ease, 1 will i the 3rd day of December. 1917, durg the legal hours of sale, before the >urt house door in Union, S. C.. sell. ; public auction, the following lands id premises, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of nd, lying and being in the city of nion, said County and State, conlining three and one-half acres, more less, bounded on the North and ast by lands of Mrs. Ora B. Fant, auth by East Main street and West f lands formerly of Capt. .T. T. ouglass and now owned by different irties, being the home place of the lid W. Farr Gilliam. Terms of sale: One-half cash, bailee on a credit of one year with in rest from date of sale, credit, poron to be secured by bond of the purlaser and mortgage of the premises, irchaser to pay for all papers ..nd i have leave to pav all cash. W. W. Johnson, Probate as Master. November 10. 1017. 46-3t. ??A CASH PRIZE $5.00 in Gold will be given the child lat brings the greatest number of ir Yellow Kid advertisements, either irds or newspaper cuts to our store i Dec. 24, 1017. .16-4mo 3AILEY BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.