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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Intcrrupted the Firino,

1t is told Of Lieutenant General LIE.
onidas Polk Of the Confederate army
that he rode into the midst of an In.
diana regiment late in the evening al
Perryville. He had observed a body
of men firing upon his troops and sup.
posed that those firing were Confed,
crates and were shooting by mistake
He rode over that way to order the
firing to cease and found himself con.
frOnted by HOosier colonel. General
Polk wore a dark blouse, and the dusk
Of the evening saved him. He was
asked as to his identity when he or.
dered the firing to stop, but. making q
threat to show them who he was, rode
away. AS soon as he reached a copse
of wood he put spurs to his horse and
rapidly drew away.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
You Arc Cause and Effect.
ou are the effect Of n cause.

You are the effect Of n cause.
You are yourself that cause.
You are an acme of things accom-.
plished and an encloser of things to be
What you We're yesterday, plus your
efforts, is the cause Of what you are to-
day. And it depends upon yourself
whether you will treat your present
self rs mere effect, resting in that
consciousness, or as cause to be
worked for and with, to the end that
your future self be greater and more
powerful for good than it is now or has
ever been in the past.
1t is up to the man. And no amount
of sophistry can absolve him from the
obligation to choose the highest each
and every day, choose to do his best
under all conditions.-Elizabet Towne
in Nautilus.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
NO SLUMS IN NEW YORK.
Verdict of an Expert After a Search
Through the City.

i have made an amazing discovery
1t is the result of three days and
nights of going to and fro in New
York-sometimeS alone and sometimes
with wise but not cynical detective
And the amazing and disccncering dis
covery is this: There are no slums in
New York.
You can find crime and criminals:
you can find vice. poverty. drunken
ness, disease. but you cannot find Il
slum-Such SlumS as blacken and
tester in Antwerp. Genoa. Naples.
Paris. London and many another old
world city. The reason is that you
cannot have a Slum without filth, and
New York is Il clean city. Neither
crime nor poverty nor crowds make Il
slum. You must have filth us we'll.
and that is what New York hasn't got.
/ looked for it cast and west and
north, from river front to river front.
Everywhere. anywhere, were crime.
vice. mean poverty. Everywhere
thieves, rogueS. outcaSts men and wo
men isolated from their kind by sin or
mere suffering, but no SlumS.
Dirt. of course, is relative, but the
tenementS--cvc the old nests of low
houses lined with fire escapes-werc
habitable human dwelling places. And
the night going detective declared he
could show me nothing worse. | want
ed to see the fctid caves where wretch
edneSS lay moaning on garbage heaps.
the windy garrets where it starved,
and there were no fetid caves.
In the old streets and the dingy
courts of Paris YOU can still find hun
dredS of them; YOU have but to walk
pceringly through the street of the
Three Gates or the street Of the Iron
Pot: YOU lave but to go into the
suburbs that lie outside the fortifica.
tions--for year by year the centrifugal
force that Stirs in every great ag-
glomeration of human atoms has
thrown Partisan beggardom into that
dreary circumference.
But in the washed and lighted un-
dcrworld of New York there are no
slums. There is not one slum that
half deserves the name. Wretched-
ness ali you please: hunger in the
streets and on the housetops. it may
be, but none of those ganGrened holes
of filth without which no real slum
can exist
! speak almost with the decision of
an expert. for i spent many years
prowlingly Investigating the slums
that rot and blacken the surface of
Europe from Moscow to Lisbon.
Vance Thompson in New York Sun.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
THE WORD "YEs."
We Arc Charged With Rarely Using Il
In This Countrv

In the United States "yes" is pre-emi-
nently book word. though ii is also
scattered somewhat thinly through the
conversations OF everyday people and
is employed habitually by negligible
number of individuals who are both
highly cultured and careful of their
speech. Furthermore, as compounds or
set phrases tend to preserve old forms
and old sounds, Yes" regularly occurs
In all stock combinations. That is why
persons whose habitual affirmative is
ordinarily ''yeh-a." or "eh-a," "eh-up."
"yeh-up." never say "yeh.a, sir" "eh-a.
to be sure yep. madam" "eh-up, in
deed" or ''eh-a, thanks" for example.
"Yes, SRA group which in various
states. but especially in New England.
is occasionally employed as an emphat-
ic exclamation land without any hu-
morous intent in addressing girls or
women!-"yes, sir" has several strik-
ing variations; first. yes. sir" an ac-
centuation as common and illogical as
that in II hadn't any reason to CO." or
in Hes married man" Then what
is "yeS, sir-ee|" Well. like mo, stree"
it is as characteristically American as
yes, sir-rah" is Elizabethan; but that
final "ee' is mysterious-pos de-
cayed remnant of "ye" or thee" pos.
sibly nothing but an emphasizing vo.
calic appendix. like the 80" which
cheerful Britons often add to right
Richard T. Holbrook in North Ameri.
can Review.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
POLLUTED WATER.
Two Simple Tests by Which It's I'm
purity Bay Be Noted.

Two Simple Tests by Which It's I'm
purity Bay Be Noted.
Every one knows and admits the ne
ceSsity for pure water When you are
away from home and are not sure Of
the character of the water supply 1t
would not be a bad idea to make few
simple tests. The results may prove
that it was decidedly worth while to
take the trouble. says the New York
Sun. Here are two tests that you can
make very easily:
Fill tumbler with water. drop in n
lump of white sugar, cover it with a
saucer and let it stand overnight on
the bricks at the side Of the range, on
the kitchen mantelpiece or. in fact.
anywhere where the temperature will
not sink below 60 degrees. If next
morning the contents are clear the wa
ter is pure. If, on the other hand, the
liquid is cloudy some source of con-
tamination is indisputably proved.
The second test is to drop few
grains of permanganate of potash into
n tumbler of water. cover and let it
stand for an hour. If the water is
still Of the bright rosy color to which
the chemical turned it. it is perfectly
safe for drinking. II it is of brown
ish color it is impure, although the i'm
purity may be of the kind that boiling
" robot it's power to harm.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
QUEER STYLES IN HATS.
The kokosohnik of Russia and Winged
Headdress of Alsace. -

The kotoschnik of Russia and Winaed
Headdress Of Alsace,
In Russia the maiden who Is fancy
But not so the wife. She must hide her
hair. So. as a. recompense for this
sacrifice. she dons hat which may
well be called weird. In shape It is
not unlike II bishops inter. and it Is
adorned as the fancy or the purse of
the wearer dictates. Gold, silver and
even precious stones have been used In
decorating this kOkoschnik. as 1t is
called.
In certain parts of Spain hat slmi-
lar to the Russian style is worn. Par
ticularly is this popular with the dan
GERS among the Toledo peasantry, al
though it must be very hot and un.
comfortable for this purpose.
The Dutch maiden Of Amsterdam
pins her faith-aud her head-to q hat
which resembles in shape an inverted
f1owerpot. 1t may not be the style
most suited to her round, placid face.
but she would not change 1t for the
latest thing" in millinery. ~
On the island OF Marken, in the Zuy-
der Zee, the fashionable hat\is again
of the miter shape. but with the >addi-
ton Of wide. Tapping wings. Farther
north. in Norway, a maiden on shef
bridal day dons traditional erection
which can best be likened to an eccen-
trio castle
In the province of Alsace-Lorraine
the women wear huge winged head-
dresses. The wonderful thing about the
Alsatian hat is-how is it supported
Are there concealed wires? And how
does it stop on" in a high wind?-
London Answers.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
No Sourness,

Assistant Professor Charles II. Cope
land had reproved his students for
coming late to class. "This is a class
in English composition" he remarked,
and added with sarcasm. Tm not con-
Quoting an afternoon tea"
At the next meeting OF the class one
of the girls was twenty minutes late.
Professor Copeland waited until she
had traversed the room and found her
seat Then he remarked bitingly.
How will you have your tea, Miss
Brown?"
without the lemon. please" Miss
Brown answered gently.-Lippincott
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Old Things Are Better.

mean to write sermon on this
text some time" said the prettiest wo-
man in the group. I'VE are all going
crazy nowadays over novelty - new
fashions. new inventions, seeing new
places. But tell you the old things are
half the time better-the old friends
always the good old furniture, which
Is so often discarded for newer pat.
terms not half so really nice And 4
love good old dress that / am used
to and that has become sort of
part of me. And old shoes-is there
anything on earth quite so comfortable
and delightful as pair of soft, fiex.
ible old shoes ?"-Leslie's.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
THREE EMPIRES.
Monarchies That Practically Sprang
Into Being Overnight.


Prior to Jan. Is, 1871. the German
empire. as we know lit today, had no
existence Instead il was a tumble
OF kingdoms. states, duchies. grand
luchies and principalities, ali Joined
together by II like language and com
mon political aspirations, it is true, but
otherwise quite separate and distinct.
Then came the historic ceremony in
the Hall of Mirrors ut Versailles. Par
is had just been captured by King
William of Prussia. and it was held to
be fitting time and place to proclaim
him the first German emperor. Never
since the dawn of history was an em
pire born more dramatically.
BY strange irony of fate. too, its
birth took place amid the ruins of the
French empire, itself the creation of q
day. or, rather, to be strictly accurate.
of Il night. France went to bed on the
evening of Dec. /. 1851. republic.
When it awoke next morning it was
an empire. During the hours OF dark
ness Paris had been occupied by
troops. and the prince-president had
become Napoleon III.
Equally sudden and almost as SenSa
tional in its way was the birth of the
modern Greek empire. After the yoke
of the Turks had been thrown off in
the war of independence the country
became n republic. But the people
soon tired of that democratic form of
government and promptly proceeded
to aSsassinatc their first and only pres
ident. Then they met together, elect
ed king and settled themselves down
to he ruled by him in a quite orderly
and cOntented fashion.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
THE HUMAN SKIN.
Its Evolution Forecasts tho Coming o
an Ultra White Race.

Its Evolution Forecasts tho Coming Of
an Ultra White Race.
Professor Daniel Berthelot, eminent
French specialist. declares that the
skin of the human race has undergone
great changes since our primitive an
cestors. He finds notably that, while
the whitest of modern skins reflect al
most all the colors of the spectrum, the
skins of the more primitive races alb
sorb the colors of higher and finer vi,
brations and only reflect the stronger
colors at the spectrum's lower end.
For instance. the skins Of the primi-
tive negro races reflected practically
no colors ut all. The red skinned races
reflected only the reds ut the lower
end of the spectrum and the SO called
yellow races only as far as the yellow
in its center The white skins of the
races of today are able to reflect not
only the blues. but also the violets at
the top of the visible spectrum, al.
though the strength and clearness of
the reflection vary with each individual
skin. %
But no skin has been found so War
capable of rejecting the ultra vi6let
rays. which, althoaele pres AtS ihjfi
most all light. vibrate at a rate I'd
high to be visible to the human eye.
1t is therefore believed that the past
evolution Of the human skin fore
shadows the existence in the distant
future of an ultra white race, which,
in addition to it's other capacities. win
have skin capable of rejecting the
invisible ultra violet rays.-Indianapoli
News. Il
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
High Cost of Living Again.

Prosperous eX-German ION visit to
observation-disclosures und bitten, what
are you givin' us? Forty pfennig for
this sausage. When / went away a
few years ago / used to pay only 20
pfennig.
The Water-They was different
sauSagcS.
The p. eX-G.-Preciscly the same.
The Watcr-No you're wrong there.
The old ones was bigger.-New York
Post
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
A Dear Doc,

Fred Kelly was negotiating with a
street dealer for an Airedale pup.
How much?" asked Kelly.
Three dollars"
well. III be along this afternoon
again, and | may buy him"
Better take him now. He'll proba-
bly, be So by then"
why the raise"
"Oh." said the dealer. probably I'll
become attached to him by that time
Saturday Evening Post
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Stories of Shaw

d, One of Bernard Shaw's dramatic crit
icisms Is the shortest on record. It
was about Il play called poor Jona-
than" and Shaw's notice was simply
Poor Jonathan"
After the production Of his first play,
"Widowers' Houses" he met with so
mixed reception that he wrote. II
became infamous in a single night, and
if the play did not achieve a success it
created an uproar"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Eoroiqn Relations.

"What does the committee on foreign
relations have to do?"
81 can't exactly say. But II It has
to keep track Of the foreign relations
that our rich girls acquire by mar
riage IL has some respcnsibilityr'--
Washington Star
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
In Good CnmnanX.

contemporary wants to know
what's become OF the old fashioned
man who used 30 say, II says, says L."
When last seen be was standing on
n street corner in close conversation
with the old fashioned man who says,
"Sezee to me, seZee."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Ancestors Burned.

Bacon-He says his ancestors were
all cremated Egbert-Why, thought
cremation was method of recent
years?
ut is. His picture gallery. though.
was burned up only month ago.
Yonkers Statesman.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Useful Proverb,

do you" he asked. "believe in early
marriage?"
We'll" she replied, II used to, but
am willing to say that at present be-
lieve better late than never may be
applied to marriage as well as to some
other things "--Exchange.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
HOne SecretS.

Teacher-Tommy. next time you are
late bring an excuse from your father
Tommy Who? Pa? Why he amt any
good at excuses; ma finds him out
every time.--Boston Transcript.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Cold Feet.

"They say that a man who has cold
feet is pretty sure to have an active
brain" 4
"Yes. either that or a well filed
purse."-Chicago Record Herald,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Posted.

However did you hear such dread
full things about Mrs. Huber?'
You forget she was once my dearest
friend Fiiegende Blatter.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Doesn' tSound Very Warlike.

The following advertisement APP
pears In the Fayetteville Observer:
"Wanted-To trade good army
rifle for pair of running shoes. See
S. S. Skelton."ePee Dee Daily.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
Welcome Color.

"a streak Of yellow is all right some
times"
Flows thatT
"In gold mine. for instance."-
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01
A Familiar Note.

Once more familiar note is heard
in the land. "Have you washed those
feet, Jimmie? Well, go right straight
land do it before you are too sleepy
then go to bed" You know the rest.
|-Spartanburg Journal.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-01

The world does not require so much
TO be Informed as to be reminded -
Hannah More
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-18
TRAMP 4 NO. |" NOW RTs
A CRADLE At HOME
NOTED HOBO HAS MARRIKw AVE-
SETTLED DEN

Many Americas people w3s reenlT
the visit here of "A No. l." sfe m0sE
noted gentleman tramp" in the world.
will be interested in knowing sRzt he
has quit "the road" tn rock gaes era
die. "a No. L" is known NH over thks
country. When in Amrericzs he doEe&
his tramp suit and Appeared i'm d nzftsr
costume, with diamonds IN his shirt
front. The same night he rode TIM
rods of Seaboard freight tn Mont
gomery.
The following article from am Erie
paper is concerning the birth Cd fiskh
child:
''The man who for thirty years IISeg
the life of a tramp. not thrGagk
necessity but because of the dsssire
which he called '+wanderiusf -wila.
finally settled in Erie iusT befDrs
Perry Centennial week last year and
who was married to an Erie girl ia
January, has become a father L.
daughter was born at St Vincent,z
Hospital this "wednesday morning.
to Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Ray Livingston
246 East Sixth street
ga No. /" has devoted all his time
since he became u resident OF th'S
CITY, to writing books, the firth one CE-
which is now on the press
I'm glad 1t was girl" said fAw.
famous rambler. "Had it been a boy,
would always have haa the TsErr
that he would run away and usaS
such a life as lead for SO IORrg"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-18

will need strong, virile race to sus-
tain it.
"The failure of European civiliza-
ton grieves you. The sorrows and
the suffering of the innocent victims OF
the Great War profoundly shock you.
Your pity and sympathy are most
worthily and generously combined with
charitable relief contributions. While
your mind is on this subject will you
not consider the claims of the limo
cent victims of our own civilization
For we, too, have long daily list of
killed, wounded and missing
Men For Our Future Defense.
Yesterday about $500 unnecessary
deaths occurred-2,500 new and pre-
mature graves were filled-in the Unit
ed States. A similar calamity happen
ed today and will happen tomorrow
and every day throughout the year. If
these $500 premature deaths were
scheduled to occur in a certain city or
locality every day, the needless sacri-
fee of these lives would suddenly be-
come great tragedy, and the newspa-
pers would be overlooking with heart
stirring accounts of the pending dis
aster. Then you would open your
hearts and also your purses to any ex-
tent necessary to prevent the calamity.
THE wars of our country are fought
not with trained and muscular harden
ed regulars, but with soft and untrain-
ed volunteers, unused to duties calling
for high order of physical endurance.
They are taken from the ordinary
walks of life, and it is upon the
strength, vigor and physical endur-
ance of these men that the future of
our country may depend"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-18
GEORGIA. Terrell County:

GEORGIA., Terrell County
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, will be
sold at public cutlery on the first Tues
day in December, 1914, at the Court
House in Sumter County, between the
usual hours of sale, the following real
estate, situated in Sumter County,
Georgia to-wit:
The Northwest one fourth of lot OF
land No. 2O6, in the 26th District OF
Sumter County, Georgia, containing
50 acres, more or less, also AZ acres
more or less being part of lot OF land
No. 176 in the 26th District Of Sumter
County, Georgia, bounded on the north
bv lot of land No. $50, on the East
by of land No. 205, on the west
by a dividing line running through
the center of lot of land No. 179, and
on the South by a line running out OF
q pond on said lot of land No. 179.
Terms Cash.
ITCIUS LAMAR, Executor,
Estate of Kate Mccarthy, Deceased.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-18
TAKE SALTS TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat If You Feel Backachy
or Have Bladder Trouble.

Meat forms uric acid which excites and
oyerworks the kidneys In their efforts
to filter it from the system. Regular
eaters of meat must flush the kidneys
occasionally. You must relieve them
like you relieve your bowels; removing
all the acids, waste and poison else
you feel dull misery in the kidn ay
region, sharp pains in the back or sick
headache, dizziness, your stomach
sours, tongue is coated and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of
sediment; the channels often ges
irritated, obliging you to get up two CIR
three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for few days and yoIr
kidneys will tfen act fine and bladder
disorders disappear. This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes AMI
lemon juice, combined with lithia and
has been used for generations to clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys and
stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts is
inexpensive; harmless and makes a
delightful effervescent lithia-water
drink, which millions of men and wo-
men take now and then, thus avoiding
serious kidney and bladder diseases.
Hooks Pharmacy. advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-18
Legal Advertisements
sGEORGIA-sumter County.

sGEORGIA-Sumter County.
Will be sold before the court house
door on the first Tuesday in December,
1914, between the legal hours of Sher-
ifs sales, the following described
property, located at the ice plant of the
Americas Ice & Coal Co., in the City
of Americas, County of Sumter, said
State, to-wit.
"One Linde-Wolf 40 ton ice making
compressor, one Hamilton-Corliss en-
CINE, one % ton freezing tank, coils
and cans, one ammonia condenser, now
in operation, one Boyle Consolidated
Is ton ice making machine compress
zsors and engine; two "a 16 it. boil
.ers; also one 10 ton and one 5 ton ice
making, freezing tanks; coils and fit
tings; also all attachments, fixtures,
pumps, tanks, cans, fittings of every
description whatsoever connected with
the aforesaid ice plant which is now in
operation or which is now idle; to-
gether with a lease from the Central
of Georgia Railway on certain real
estate, situated on Plum ST., where the
Central of Georgia intersects Plum ST.,
also the buildings on said premises
which is located in the City of Ameri-
Gus, Sumter County, Ga, and on the
West side and along the Central of
Georgia Railway, and on the North