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WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. XLVTI. NO. 52. UNION, S. V., THURgjgAY, DECHMliHIi 27, UM7 ,
President I
In)
Will Cut High Si
Increase Wag
RJ> DipDPl
W l/AA VVI
(By Ass<
Washington, Dec. 27.?r
nounced, will assume the
every railroad in continen
day, Deccember 28. M<
general
One of the first acts of tl
operation of the rialroads
. aries of the railway execi
measure the wages of rail
Securities to be issued 1
ment is in control will not
the President will ask Coi
ment to buy any quantity <
ings over and above the ar
to the government. Conj
propriate a large fund, pr
dollars for immediate suf
the food traffic which has
tor general will have auth<
ernment shall also assurn
the express companies. Ii
been in position to pass oi
'" It is held. It will also be I
, government will purchase
will prevent the rules of s?
the future issue of Liberl
|)M l [ the actual government fin
Germans Make Thre<
(By Asa
Paris, Dec. 27.?Three att
last night on the Vardun fr<
tempt the enemy succeeded ii
driven out immediately with
is officially announced.
Many German Social
Christmas Ev<
(By Ass
London, Dec. 27.?More t
German minority Socialists
Eve by the German military
dispatch given out today by tl
Depoty Warden Kills
Who Struck
(By As
Atlanta, Dec. 27.?Dr. Ja
Deputy Warden of the Fede
this morning when Dimitre
with an iron bar as the pris*
PopofTs only statement is:
was sentenced for counterfei
Washington Doubttul
01
(By As
Washington, Dec. 27.?Cc
posals for basic peace cause*
for their sincerity. There if
or the uerman representativ
as long as possible.
British Steamer Wr<
(By As
London, Dec. 27.?The Bi
hundred tons has been wrec
Africa, says the dispatches
two hundred and fifty-nine a
Announces Co
!ontinental Ui
ilaries and SlightlyEl
es?McAdoo Will
iavi cnnnv*ol
ivi uciici ciju | b
\v
sciated Press)
The President, it has been anpossession
and operation of tal
United States at noon FrijAdoo
is appointed director
IV!
ie government in beginning the
will be to reduce the large salutives
and to increase in some
way workers.
>y President while the govern- s*
be less than four percent, and c
igress to empower the govern
:>f new securities. All the earn- c
nount to be agreed on are to go ?
jress will be asked also to ap- fc
obably two hundred millions of ft
>ply of rolling stock to handle sc
swamped the roads. The direc- tl
>rity to decid ewhether the gov- *(
e the operation and control of ^
i his dual position McAdoo has ni
n securities and interest rights, p
tris duty to determine when the
y new securities, and this plan ^
icurities from interferring with nc
ty Bonds without necessitating *
ancipg of the roads. n
; Attacks On f
Verdun Front Last Night11
lociated Press)
acks were made by the Germans e
HITA i. iU? 1 A. ? A. n
Jilt cast ui lfxcuac* rvi uic at- ;
i reaching the French lines but was JJ
heavy losses, leaving prisoners, it h
I
_:o: 1
ists Arrested
> in Berlin, It Is Reported '
d
n
sociated Press)
han three hundred members of the 1
party were arrested on Christmas
r authorities, according to a Zurich (
he Wireless Press. t
?:o: *
i Prisoner !
Him Down With Iron Bar
T
sociated Press)
mes R. Brock of Trenton, Georgia,
ral penitentiary, killed a prisoner
Popoff, a prisoner, struck him down
oners were leaving the dining room.
"Was personal matter." Popoff
ting from Ohio.
_ :o:
I of Sincerity
German Peace Proposals ;
I
isociated Press) i
>nditions surrounding Czernin prod
officials here to feel apprehension
i a disposition to feel that the object ,
es is simply to protract negotiations
?: o:
;cked;
Lives and Cargo Saved
isociatea Jt'ressj
itish steamer, Nagpur, eighty-three
;ked in Delgoa Bay, Portugese, East
from Lisbon, passengers numbering
nd the cargo were saved.
ntrol All Ri
lited State!
leven Austro-German i
Brought
(By Associa
Rome, Dec. 27.?Eleven A
rought down by British and Ita
hich developed when the Teuton
> bomb Treviso, sixty miles no]
ar office report today.
SOME HUSTLER
rs. A. R. Fripp Sends an Additional
Forty-Five l>ollars for Red Cross
Proceeds From Box Super at
Westley Chapel School
Mrs. A. R. Fripp, teacher of Wesy
Chapel school, and who recently
int 23 news names for the Red
ross, with the $1.00 from eacW
ime, has sent Macbeth Young,
ounty Chairman in the drive for
in million new members of the
ed Cross,, another check, this time
>r $45, this sum being the proceeds
om a box supper at Wesley Chape!
;hool, the same to be turned over to
le Red Cross to be used to the beai
ivantage. Mrs. Fripp is some hustr
r, and that's a fact. If every comtunity
can develop a leader in this
lovement like her, Union county will
o far over her quota.
Mr. Young requests that we urge
pon all communities the necessity.
>r pressing the solicitation for new
tembers right up to January 1, ah
phich time the canvass is to closer
fa doubt there era mejfry conimun>es
that have rallied nobly to this
ist call of the Red Cross, but Mrs.
'ripp has, we judge, outstripped
nem all.
Death of N. H. Hawkins
N. H. Hawkins died at his home
ight miles above Union Monday
ight and his body was laid to rest
n Hebron cemetery yesterday. He
?as 66 years of a pre and is survived
y five children of his first marriage,
lis children are: N. H. Hawkins, Jr.:
lennie Hawkins; Guy H. Hawkins;
irs. Nora Burgess; Mrs. Douglass
Lancaster and Bryan H. Hawkins.
Ie was a member of Hebron Baptist
hurch and the services were contucted
by his pastor, Rev. J. M.
Vogdon and Rev. States Jolly.
Burial of W. Farr. Gilliam
The burial services of W. Farr
William, who passed away Monday
jvening at 7 o'clock, were held at his
lome on E. Main street, Wednesday
norning at 12 o'clock, conducted by
Hev. J. W. Speake, pastor of Grace
Vfethodist church.
Mr. Gilliam is survived by his wife,
who was Miss Hunter Young, two
*mall children, his mother. Mrs. Mary
William, two brothers, D. Fant Gilliam
and R. R. Gilliam, prominent
business men of this city. Mr Gilliam
bad been for years one of Union's
leading business men and his sudden
death has brought sorrow to many
hearts.
City Offers $25 Reward
The city authorities have offered
a reward of twenty-five dollars ($2f>)
for information leading to the discovery
and conviction of the party or
parties who, on last night turned in
a false alarm. It should be $50, or
three months on the gang, for it was
a pretty scarry trick to have the
whole fire department running out to
a supposed fire when there was nothing
to it but the silly prank of some
silly fool.
At Hotel Union.
Wednesday, Dec. 26th.
E. 0. Steinbach, Salma. Ala.; II. B.
Jennings, City; R. S. Mclver, Green
ville, S. C.; Boyd Farr, Lockhart, S.
C.; Thos. Roberts, Camp Wadsworth;
E. H. Holdeji, Camp Wadsworth.
It is hard to down a man who doea
not know when he is whipped.
Selfishness is a canker that eats
the heart out.
lilways c
; Tomorrow*.
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Urplanes
Down on Kalian Front
,ted Press) n*
ustro-German airplanes were ^
dian flyers in an aerial battle ei
is made an unsuccessful attempt
rth of Venice, according to the w
Ci
th
Pittman-Pitts
ti ? i i i . i Ci
jveverena ana rars. Alexander mc- j
Arthur Pittman announce the
marriage of their daughter
Mary Elizabeth
to
i? to
Mr. Wesley Capers Pitts
?fn Wednesday the twenty sixth of
December nineteen hundred and et
seventeen nl
Carlisle, South Carolina r(
The ceremony was performed by h
the father of the bride, Rev. A. McA.
Tittman and the young couple left mi
immediately for a bridal trip after il
which they will be at home in Conway,
S. C.
Mrs. Pitts is the eldest daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. A. McA. Pittman of
Carlisle and is a young woman f
high Christian character and charming:
personality. She is a graduate h
of (ireenville Woman's College and r(
K taught successfully for several
? I _
Pitts is a graduate of Clem- 11
i|u ^College and of Carolina and is
ln?i .highest esteem liy his
frfetads and business associates.
Mr. and Mrs. Pitts have the good
wishes of the community for a long
and happy life.
Notice to Fourth
Grade Children 1
The fourth grade children of Cen- 1
tral school who were invited to the
j home of their teacher, Miss Kathleen
! James are asked to postpone this
I i.:i ^ 4.1 ? if: ?
visit until luruitT nutice as miss
James was called out of town to- a
day.
Miss James asks that the children s
pardon her for postponing their par- f
ty, but she pot a messape late today _
callinp her away, and had to respond
to the call.
20,000 Graduate Nurses
Will be Required in
Army Hospitals j
With a continuance of the war, in
the next year at least 20,000 nurses
will be needed at army hospitals at
home and abroad. Of the 80,000 praduate
nurses of the country only 3,500
have so far assipned to duty in
army service, and of this number 1,500
are in France.
Any army nurse must be a praduate
of a traininp school for nurses
and must have served for two years
in a hospital. They are assipned to
duty in the United States or abroad,
and preferences are pranted when
conditions permit. Nurses who prefer
not to have service abroad will have
their preferences respected.
Thanks for Supper
Union, S. C., Dec. 21, 1917.
Mr. Editor:
Please spare me a little space in
your paper to thank the Monarch
Mill Company for the kindness in their
pivinp such a nice supper. Everyone
present enjoyed himself, especially
Mr. Howard Roulware. Never in
my life have I seen such a pleased
man. Now he did do some ieastinp.
The only reason he didn't pet any
n ore his pockets were shallow and
there was another man made happy,
Mr. O. W. Shirley prove! to be in
pood form for eatinp everything in
sipht. He would like to pet a suppei
1 i:i?~ al.I T ?. i?
liivts inni evci y iiikiil. iri rcK?ru? iu
the company here is wishing them a
i merry Christmas and a prosperous
New Yeor and another supper at the <
i Hotel Union.
L. G. Tallone.
ENTRAl POWERS SOLEI
DECLARE WILLI?
istro-German Foreign Ministei
ment at Peace Confei
(By Associated
Petrograd, Wednesday.?The Cen
leir resolve to immediately sign p<
4.u^ ?
xlc me war on conditions equally j
zernin, Austro-German foreign mi
ice at Brest-Litovsk yesterday. T
icmselves to such terms without gi
ould recognize them and carry th
entral Powers. Czernin declared
le basic principles uttered by the E
isis for such a peace.
:o:?
locks Soared at Opening
Of M
(By Associated
New York, Dec. 27.?Stocks soare
; this morning, denoting the satis
unity with President Wilson's de
iads. The advance ranged from U
sts, all standard shares being bid i
; o:?
othing to Report of Impi
On th
(By Associatec
London, Dec. 27.?Nothing to rc
ostile artillery activity north and
eported to the war office today.
:o:?
ne Large and One Small
Steamer San
(By Associatec
Paris, Dec. 27.?One French stea
3ns and one under that tonnage w
tig the weed ending December twer
: o i?
Vooden Ship Building Pk
(By Associate
Washington, Dec. 27.?Wooden j
ured as almost a complete failure
istant general manager of the erne:
ying before the Senate Committee
BELGIUM'S HEROIC RULER
I iiiiiiif iiiiMimrvTB mtiiJ \ pi
New photograph of King Albert of m
Belgium, showing him in his field unl- m
form. ]y
ar
Daily Cotton Report, j ''
(By McNally Cotton Company) dl
January cotton opened at 30.80,
closed at 30.31. st
Local market 30 1-2.
Seed $71.00. Uj
MNLY
IGNESS FOR PEACE
r Czernin Makes Staleence
Yesterday.
i Press)
tral Powers solemnly declare
?ace terms which will termiiust
to all belligerents, Count
nisters told the peace conferhe
Central Powers also bind
larantee that Russia's allies
tern out honestly toward the
the Central Powers believed
Russian delegates could be the
arket This Morning
1 Press)
d at the opening of the markfaction
of the financial comcision
to take over the railvo
to eight points in railroad
ip furiously.
>rtance
e Yprcs Front Today ;
1 Press) |
;port last night except some ;
east of Ypres, General Haig ^
i
i
French \
ik During Past Week ?
?
1 Press) |
,mer of over sixteen hundred :
ere sunk by submarines dur- i.
lty second. j
in Declared a Failure j
i
rl Press) t
3hip building program is picby
Hear Admiral Rowles, as
rgency fleet corporation, testi- r
today. ;
Who's Stupid?
(Bristol Herald Courier.)
The following interesting little distch
from New York appread in
sterday morning's papers:
"Although he was a German sub:t,
Eric Hoeoker, a butcher boy,
ssessed an air of such profound
jpidity that he was permitted to
11 daily at Fort Totten in his
unds. Today he was interned on
lis Island after army intelligence
leers discovered that he had impornt
papers among his effects and
at he was an expert telegrapher
d map maker."
Hoecker wasn't stupid at all. No
M-man subject is stupid, not even ,
the nrt of appearing so, when
ere is devilment and dirty work to
done. Somebody else was stupid
hen this expert telegrapher and
ap maker from Germany in the
ifce of a stupid butcher boy was
ven free access to Fort Totten.
The government is anxious that
e people shall realize that America
at war with the greatest and most
cious and unscrupulous military
>wer on earth and that if the war is
i be prosecuted to a successful terination
they must stand by their
untry to the utmost of their enerv
and resources. The people are benning
to realize it. They are also
^ginning to wonder why the governent
does not adopt more drastic
easures which the emergency cleardemands,
in dealing with German
id Austrian spies, enemy aliens and
sloyal natives. *
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A joy ride often terminates in a *
Itch.
Star gazing is oft rewarded with a
.ubbed toe.
"Some stuck up"?a cat that steps
ion a sheet of "tanglefoot."
.