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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
No Wonder.

Virtue IL Its own reward" quoted
the wise guy.
mo wonder a man hates to be
known as a good thing" replied the
simple mug.-Phfiadelphia Record.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
rHE sECRET TERROR

The haunting fear Of Sickness and
heIplessness is tho secret terror Of the
working man. Health is his capital.
Kidney diseases sap a mans strength
and vitality. They lessen his earning
capacity. Foley Kidney Pills bring
back health and strength by healing
the disease. They are the best medi-
cine made for kidney and bladder tron-
bles. They act quickly and thoroughly
You can buy nothing better. John
McMasters, Streator. Ill, says: 81 feel
better and a great deal stronger than
have for many years, and Foley Kidney
Pills did it, No harmful irugA
Sold by all druggists
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
AL Richt.


A story which d Boyd Carpenter has
been heard to recount concerns an oc-
Casion when he was to perform the
ceremony Mt a very smart wedding In
a London church As usual, a great
crowd of people stood about the doors
and lined up on either side Of the strip
of red carpet Magnificent carriages
and motorcars rolled up and disgorged
the splendidly dressed guests, but at
the end of a long string Of e%quipages
came a deplorahle ramshackle old four
wheeler. 1t drew up gloomily opposite
the strip of red carpet.
A couple of policemen dashed at the
cabby
Here, hir' they shouted. "You can't
stop here, The bishops just coming!"
The old cahman regarded them with
a scornful eye.
keep yer air on! I've got the hold
durer inside!'
And DR.. Carpenter opened the door
and stepped ou%t.-Strand.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
Al the Library.

II want to get some works on cleo.
tdcity."
Try the shelves MARI ed Current
Literature "-E1changs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24

Read tho Classified Ads. on page a.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-24
Rough On Father.

'I'm sorry for pa"
"Whyy y
isis Is going to marry a man who
makes more money than he does
Detroit Free Press
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
WHY HESITATE?
An Offer That Involves No Money Risk
II You Accent It.

We are 80 positive our remedy will
completely relieve constipation. no mat,
ter how chronic it may be, that our offer
to furnish it free of all cost if it fails
CONSTIPATION is commonly caused by
weakness of the nerves and muscles OF
the large intestine. To expect cure
you must therefore tone up and strengthen
those organs and restore them to healthier
activity.
We want you to try ReXall Orderlies
on our guarantee. They are eaten like
candy, and are particularly good for chill.
dren. They seem to act directly OH the
nerves and muscles of the bowels They
apparently have neutral action on the
other organs They do not purge or
cause other inconvenience. We will re-
fund your money if they do not over
come chronic or habitual constipation
and thus aid to relieve the myriads of
associate or dependent chronic ailments.
Try RexaIl Order les at our risk Thr T.
sizes, 10c, 25c and soc. Soil only at our
store-The Rexall Store. The Rice Drug
Company. .
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Cupid Plays Prank in Department
Store.

Telling her friends that she was
going to pay visit to the fortune
teller Miss Annie Bates and Glenn
Foster, both popular young people
of the city. appeared before J. J.
Burnett Saturday afternoon and, Sc
curing license, were at once mar
ried. Miss Bates is employed in
the suit and ready-to-wear depart
ment of the Aug. w. Smith store
aud is liked by all with whom she
comes in cortact. She had kept the
secret from her closest friends until
her return from the probate judges
office, when she made the announce.
m-nt herself. The affair created
quite an excitement in the store
Saturday afternoon and she was the
recipient Of best wishes throughout
the day.
Mr.. Foster is employed with the
Armour Packing Company of the
city and is q prosperous young man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster will make their
home in Spartanburg. .-Spartanburg
Journal.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Junction News Notes.
Cleft over from last week. }

Lockhart Junction, Feb. .6.-The
weather has been fair the. past week
but it is very cold.
No farm work has been done in
this section yet. Getting fire wood
and keeping fires has been all that
one couid'do. r ' r*i
The talkis cutting the acreage of
cotton, what the Legislators are do
ing and trying to do, and how many
candidates there are going to bs this
year for Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Fowler enter
tanned several of the yourg people
and a few older ones at candy
pulling and pindar eating at their
nome on the night of the Ord inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. White had a
social gathering of the young folks
at their home last Friday night.
Mr.. John Brunson and wife, of
Parksville, s. c., are visiting their
grandson. Mr.. w. G. Edmonds, of
this place.
Mr.. A. d. Plexico went to Lock-
hart today on business.
Miss Freda Trefzer, who is a
trained nurse, is visiting her moth
or, Mrs. w. G. Gault, of this COM
munity.
Mr.. j. B. Lancaster, Jr., and Mr..
w. M. Lancaster, of West Springs,
has bought the Oliver Eaves place
and is moving to this section.
Mr.. J. G. Gault, who had a stroke
uf paralysis a few weeks ago, has
improved very slowly.
Mr.. Paul Free and sister, Miss
Belle, OF Jonesville, visited their
uncle, Mr.. j. G. Gault, Sunday.
Mrs. J. G. Garner, who has had
la grippe, Is better. Moxy.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Notice of Sale of Stock of Goods

BY virtue Of Bill OF Sale given by
Berlin Brothers TO Citizens National
Bank bearing date of 3rd day August,
1909, and recorded in Clerks Office for
Union County on 9Th day of June, 1910,
in Bill Of Sale book H 10 page 202, / will
sell, at the store room of Berlin Brothers
in the City of Union, s.. a., during the
legal hours of sale. on the Goth day of
February, 1912, the following stock of
goods and fixtures.
AL stock of merchandise, consisting of
gents furnishing, shoes, hats, clothing
and other stock.
All fixtures, consisting of iron safe,
show cases, tables, counters, mirrors and
other fixtures.
The right is reserved to sell as whole
or in pieces at the option Of Citizens
National Bank.
This stock OF goods is in good shape,
and for fu ther particulars az to amount
of same act. call at Sh,rifrs g Office.
Parties interested i'm buying can see
stock by applying to Sherif's Office.
Terms of Sale: Cash.
J. G. Long,
Agent for Citizens National Bank.
EFT 80.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
RAPID AMERICANS.
An English Critic on Our Barber Shops
and Rocking Chairs.

An Gn9ttsh Crtrtc on Our oar0or Shopo
and Rocking Chairs.
cannot find that quickness is an
American characteristic. What Is mis-
taken for quickless Is a kind of nerv-
Gus fidgets, for the American is In
finitely restless and neryo 1t Is
shown in his passion for doing many
things at once. The barber shop, a
thing enthusiastically American, af-
fords a wonderful example of this sub
stltution Of restlessness and circum-
stance for real rapidity and economy
of time. The business man, still In
his dramatic character of n locomotive
pressed for time. hurries into the bar
ber shop and extends himself In a
chair, feet and hands outspread.
boOtblack engaged on each boot, a
manicurist on each hand and the bar
ber himself operating on his head.
But such are the seductions OF the
barber shop that he probably spends
twenty minutes or half an hour there.
as against the Englishmah's four or
five minutes.
1t is time simply wasted, from
business point OF view: that is to say,
It is spent in sheer luxury. For the
Americans. being among the cleanest
people in the world. have Roman
sense Of luxury in everything that ap
pertains to washing and care of the
body: and their lavatories and barber
shops are like temples raised to some
goddess Of health and cleanliness. And.
finally. it was America that invented
that triumph in the achievement Of
two opposite things at once-the rock
ing chair. SO restless is the Ameri-
can that even when he is resting he
wants to be moving. and consequently
he has achieved this Internal engine.
the rocking chair. in which (when he
is obliged to remain In one place for a
time) he can indulge in a continuous
movcment which yet does not advance
him an inch. He can thus be busy
even while he is at rest-Filson Young
In English Review.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
ANIMALS WITH. HANDS,.
ksnsaroos Are Fond Of Using Their
Fore Feet In Feeding.


Fore Feet In Feeding.
Kangaroos use their hands very read.
lily to hold food In and to put It into
their mouths. As their fore legs are 90
short that they have to browse in a
STOPPING position. they seem pleased
when able to secure a!large bunch Of
cabbage or other vegetable provender
and to hold 1t in their hands to eat.
Sometimes the young kangaroo. look.
ing out of its mothers pouch. catches
one or two Of the leaves which the old
one drops. and the pair may be. seen
each nibbling at the salad held in their
hands, one. SO to speak. zone door
above the other. '"t'
The slow. deliberate clasping and
unciasping Of a chameieon's feet look
like the movements which the hands bf
q sleep walker might make were be
trying to creep downstairs. The cha
meleon's are almost deformed hands.
yet they have superficial resemblafda
to the feet Of parrots, which more than
other birds use their feet for many Of
the purposes of q hand when feeding.
To see many Of the smaller rodents
ground squirrels. prairie dogs and mar
mots-hold food. usually in both paws.
Is to learn a lesson In the dextrous use
of hands without thumbs.
Nothing more readily suggests the
momentary impression that pretty
little monkey is "a man and brother"
than when he stretches out his neat lit
tie palm. fingers and thumb and. with
all the movements proper to the civil
lized mode Of greeting. insists on shak-
ing hands.-London Graphic.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
The Irustful Aviator

Modern politics" said an English
clergyman. who Is visiting this coun-
try. sis worse than modern business.
You here in the States are SO used to
political corruption that you joke about
it. l heard joke about it on the
boat coming over. An aviator-the
joke ran-descended in field and said
to rather well dressed individual:
"'Here. mind my machine a minute,
will your
What" the well dressed individual
snarled. Me mind your machine
Why. I'm a United States senatorr
"'Well. what of 1t p said the aviator.
I'll trust you "-Washington Star.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
A Kind Letter.
Macbeth. 8. c.,
Jan. 81, 1912.
Mr.. l.. M. Rice.

Mr.. L. M. Rice,
Union, 8. G..
Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find
post office order to the amount of
$500 in payment for The Times.
This pays up for the past two years,
I believe. Will send my subsrrip-
ton for this year later on. Wish
Ing you success in YOUR recent un-
dertiking and thanking you for con.
tinuing my paper when in arrears,
I am. Respectfully yours.
Mrs. c. J. Harvey.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
A Kind Letter.

Editor of Union Times.
Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find
three dollars (S3) for my past in-
debtednesb to your subscription list
and one year in advance.
Respectfully,
Mrs. G 0. Allen,
2O9 Irvine St.,
Greenville, s. G.
Feb. 3, 1912.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Tho Last Resort.

Matrimonial Agent-Yes, sir. I think
We can suit you perfectly. All. CUT
preliminary fee Is 5 guineas. The
Client-Five guineas! My dear iaddis,
don't be farcical. Why should I want
to marry II I possessed all that mo ..
ey2London Opinion.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16

The following is the honor roll of
Mt. Tabor school for the month of
January:
First Grade-Harold Askew,
Frances Simpson.
Third Grad--Pinckney Calvert,
Askew Stands and Carrie Simpson.
Fourth Grade-Lucy Byrd, Faris
Ask-w and Annie Willie Johnson.
Sixth Gradr-Benj. Calvert.
Seventh Grade = Eliza beth Askew,
}. V. Askew, Jesse Byrd, Alice
Brennecke and May Calvert.
Ninth William Askew,
Eliza Byrd, Foster Calvert and
James Oates.
The following are the banner
spelling match pupils:
Tenth Grade -Thorne johnson.
Ninth Grade-Eliza Byrd.
Fourth Grade Faris Askew.
First CHARACTERIZATION Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Butler, of
Springfield, Ill.,, are guests of the
First Baptist church this week. Mr..
and Mrs. Butler are singing evange-
lists of national and international
reputation. They have been on
campaigns in leading cities of
America and England with such
noted evangelists az Torrey, Billy
Sunday. Chapman and others. Mr..
and Mrs. Butler were heard at the
missionary mass meeting at the
First church on Wednesday and
Thursday nights of this week, and
to all who heard them it will be a
pleasant announcement that they
are to remain over Sunday, and
sing for Doth morning and evening
services in the First Baptist church.
-Asheville Citizen.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
How Cold Affects the Kidneys

Avoid taking cold if your kidneys are
sensitive. Cold congests the kidneys,
throws too much work upon them, and
weakens their action. Serious kidney
trouble and even Bright's disease may
result. Strengthen your kidneys, get rid
of the pain and soreness, build them up
by the timely use of Foley Kidney Pills.
Tonic in action, quick in results. Jones'
vile Drug Co. Glymph's Pharmacy.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16

James w. Howle, a prominent
merchant of Darlington, was found
dead in his store Monday night.
His absence from his home caused a
s-arch with the above result. He
had not been in good health for
several months. r.s,'-fnt!, 81
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
pedaeoeue at His Worst.

An OHIO schoolteacher has declared
that both the declaration OF inde.
pendence and the Constitution are
lacking IN literary style II would bs
TOO great risk TO truN that maa
with either the first chapter .os
Genesis or the Getiysburs spssch.---
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Hard Work.

II want you to understand that I
got my money by hard work"
"Why. thought 1t was left you b.
your uncle''
80 1t was, bat I had hard wort
getting 1t away from the Iawyers."-
Boston Tran .cript.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Think O. IL!

Two brothers. each Of whom is near
ly six feet and half tall. were one
day introduced by an acquaintance to
a young lady. AS she sat gazing up
at the pair Of giants in wonder and
awe she exclaimed:
Great heavens. suppose there had
only been one Of youp-Philadelphi
Ledger.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Rstort DIscourteous.

An Englishman and O Weishman
disputins In whose country was the
best living. the Weishman said :
There Is such noble housekeeping in
Wales that have known above Q
dozen cooks employed ct one weo
ding dinner" "Ay." answered the
Englishman. that was because every
man toasted his own cheese" !.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16

Rober; Brown, colored, and his
mule were drowned in Turkey
creek, Saluda county, on Monday
afternoon in attempting to cross.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Supply and Dom and.

The Wife Pig checks for dresses
will not be IN demand this season.
The Husband-Thank heavenp ~ Bait.
more American. 8
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
cn~ attusA0kasS.

Maud-Miss Oldun thinks that hotes
clerk Just lovely. Ethel Why sof
Maud-He wrote opposite her name
on the hotel register. "sulte 1a"-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-16
Charleston and Cincinnati
EAsTBOUND NO. 8


Northwest.
coapman P&G. H. Hsrdwick P. T. NJ ME. Cary g. a.
IT, Meek As.P.A We Mcees DPA
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-21
HAvEMEYER METHOD TO
DESTROY COMPETITION

New York. May 2i.-A copy Of n
telegram sent by Henry o. HaVemeyer
20 samuel q. Hooker, his personal
agent "a Denver. WAS introduced IN
the governments dissolution suit
Ne0in4t the fO-caiied sugar trnst hy
Assistant District Attorney Knapp toe
ret 90 support the charge that MT.
hAVemeyer had prepared 20 crush BY
competition the Independent sugar
plans of the Greeley Sugar cgmpany,
then building
The telegram read
"tlo 60 Greeley and secure a good
site on options"
Chester q MOrey OF Denver. chief
agent oi HnVfmyer in acquiring con-
troll Vt Colorado companies, testified
thnf the site WAS procured and NOT
ipng after this Mr.. Hsvemeyeg bought
an Interest in the Greeley company
a letter from Hooker 80 flayomoyer
written November 22, 1909. WAS then
introduced II suggested that Mr
daVemeyer rent the site for pnHturage
for "a year and said that four pet
cent net Feturn could be- realized il
this was done.
"a n probably AIS favorable an Op'
poriunity as can be obtained "a tbs
present time, the letter concluded
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-21
DARROW TRIAL HELD
UP BY LACK Of
JURYMEA
Officers Find Difficulty in LO-
eating Those Drawn in Sec
ond Special venire; Case
Continued Till Tomorrow.

tK,v EveuinE Herald A. r. Leased wirs)
LOS Angeles May si.--Thege was
uo session OF the Barrow triei to-day,
owing so the inability OF the court
officials 10 secure service on AL Of
the new veniremen drawn yesterday
when the first special yonire was ex-
haueted.
There Is a probability that the jury
thus far secured may be depleted by
one when the trial Is resumed fOmor-
row, Paul Ritter, one OF the first
Jurors selected, told Judge Hutton
yesterday that he WAS subject 10 vlo-
lent headaches and that he had suf-
fered greatly By the confinement.
The court announced that VI ne feit
no better when the trial wns resumed
he would be excused.
Illness now has served to handicap p
the defense In keeping Judge Cyrus
McNptt from the court room. Judge
McNutt was associated with parEOw
~ law expert la the Mcnamara de-
fense. on account Of his advanced
age Il II feared that hts illness will
be serious.
the special venire OF ten yesterday
| failed to yieid a single juror, although 8
ihfee peremptOry challenges. tive oy
the defense and one by the state,
were used IN exhausting the venire.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-21
TO CARRY AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOL 70 THE FARMER
sECRETARY's PLAN

Inv Essnias lsessla a. v. Leased Wireb
Washington, Mas 2i.---sccfptary
of Agriculture Wilson has announced
plans 90 be instituted for farm mnu-
agement study and work in the north
Tor Which both houses of congress
have made provision ln the Rgricultur-
al appropriation Oili
This plan, on which the secretary
ana Dr. GALLOWAY chief uf the Dnreau
0f plant industry. have been workinS
for several months, corresponds %
the cooperative demonstration work
SEA the south,
The federal government through ~
agents. who VIII Agt in cp-0perntign
with state and local inspectors, cx-
peeta 90 make 4 comprehensive study
81 the farms 81 the country with q
view especially ~ carrying a. the
farmer Information whieh viii show
him why q certain hranch Of the in
dusiry u unprOntabic and how b
san make lt pay, or N uqt. why ne
should drop that branch
we VIII carry the agricultural
school % the farmer" naid Secretary
Wiie0n- ''Orulnarlly only one man
IN q large number rau Is % school
a. study lnrminf. We must take tho
school 90 him."
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-21

binatlon discloses the fact that n tho
speaker makes this deal stick he viii
have eight more votes TO support him
than no had In the committee on ways
and fneana He viii not have weak.
enod his committee ON ways ana
means which sim controls the ~ iRe.
His steering committee can nl asa
come TO the reliof Of the committee on
ways and means whenever that or
gAnishtion gets tangled up on any Of
lta bills.
What the steering committee doea
and what the committee on ways and
means does are two entirely separate
Things and neither can be held re-
nponsihie for the acts Of tho other.
Ia other words the steering committee
viii always be ready 10 clear tho track
for the committee on ways and
means.
The Indications now are stronger
than ever that there will be little or
no legislation at thIs session.
The house judiciary committee yes
terdny did report favoBRhlv mum her
of the senate measures but most Gf
them had house amendments which
would put them back % the snnnte
eV0n should they be- passed BY tho
house. II ia exceedingly doubtful from
the outlook today N even a finance
bill viii eventually get by both the
senate and The house There appears
20 he nothing but politics IN tho air.
The action OF the house last nighs
has revived the talk that Mir. Andrews
~ still after the senatorship stronger
than ever and that he proposes TO
keep SIR Fall bottled np VI this Sos
sion ana the next session, So long
as this committee of shigty maintains
its power Mr Fall has absolutely no
chance and his supporters know H.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-21
Uprising Spreads Over Eastern
Portion of Island; Officials
Admit Conditions Are Grow.
ing Alarming. l
WHOLESALE ARRESTS OF
ALLEGED CONsPIRAT0Rs
Washington Assured Gov.
ernment is Amply Able 70
Restore Peace Without Help
From United States.

SWy Eveninw HeFnia a. r. Auaaea Wavaa
Havana, May 2i-The Cuban gov
ernment dlsclaims any further know.
ledge regarding the uprising OF tho
negroes, but the opinion is spreading
that conditions are becoming more
serious. II is credlsahly reported to-
day that two armed psrrlea are operat-
ing in the province Of Matanzas which
hitherto has been reported tranquil
Orders we're issued today Cor addI-
tional troops to be prepared to take
the field.
TIE newspapers complain that the
government is holding up ali press dis
patches from the disturbed districts.
A strong band OF negroes assaulted
the barracks Of the ruTal guards a.
Manguito. near Guantanamo, but the
rural guards were able 10 offer a sue.
cessful defense, although they lost two
killed. The loss 81 the negroes has
not been aacoFtained.
General Eyaristo Eateno. A Liberal
leadcf, and GensFal lyonee. are direct
ms the niovements 81 she negro insur-
gents IN the province Of orIents.
where the situation nas become mosG
serious, according to dispatches re-
ceived BY the government today.
The province of Matanzas and tho
district Of CamaEuey Ia the province
OF Puerto Principe. remain quiet. Two
small bands in the province OF Ha-
vana and pinar del RIO have been dis
persed BY troops Colonel Azcona,
leader OF the forner, has Deen ar
rested
/ The government continues TO re-
ceive from all quarters assurance Of
support Gen. Emilio Nunez. presl-
dent Of the Association Of Veterans
and Alfredo zayas. Vice president OF
the republic ~ leader Of the liberal
party, have both explained that they
depore the fact that tha anniversary
of the birth OF the nation should ho
marked by an attempt on the llfe OF
The republic and urge an patriotic Gu
bans to rally ioyally fn defense OF the
government.