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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-10-09
NOW HER FRIENDS
HARDLY KNOW HER
But This Does Not Bother Mrs.
Burton, Under the
circumstances.

Houston, Texas.-In an interesting
letter from this city, Mrs. S. c. Burton
writes as follows: 81 think it is nv duty
to tell you what your medicine, Cardui,
the woman's tonic, has done for me.
Twas down sick with womanIy trouble.
and my mother advised several different
treatments, but they didn't seem to do
me any good. fingered along for three
or four months, and for three weeks, |
was in bed, so sick | couldn't bear for
any one to walk across the floor.
My husband advised me to try Cardui
the woman's tonic. | have taken two
bottles of Cardui, am feeling fire, gained
ID pounds and do all of my iousework.
Friends hardly know me, am so WE'LL"
1t you Suffer from any of the ailments
so common to women, don't allow the
trouble to become chronic. Begin taking
Cardui to-day. 1t is purely vegetable,
its ingredients acting in a gentle, natural
way on the weakened womanIy consttu-
tion. You run no risk in trying Cardu.
1t has been helping weak women back to
health and strength for more than so
years. 1t will help you. At all dealers.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies.
SdVisory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for Special
lnStrnctt0pS on your case and "a page book Home
Treatment for Women. sent in plain wrapper. Eoe-B
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of $50 in cash offered by the State
board for making the most improve
ments in years time.
BY this time all the one-room, one
teacher schools in the district had
been discontinued except one which
is still maintained for the accomada-
tion of an isolated corner of the dis
trict where there is small children.
During this same summer an election
was called for the purpose of voting
another extra levy of two mills. The
issue was lost by one or two votes.
This was discouraging for time, be-
cause the funds were not quite suffi-
cient to run the school, but the trus
tees managed in some way, partly bv
subscription, | believe, to keep things
going.
Professor Pitts remained throuon
the 191O-1911 session, when II. C..
Wilburn, also a Clemson graduate,
was elected as principal. New assist
ants also came in at this time, except
in the primary department
During the session of 1913-19l4.
another advance was made This was
the addition of a music department.
BY means of subscription. entertain
ments, bazaarS, etc, supplemented by
State aid, splendid piano was plac
ed in the building and paid for. A
first-class teacher was employed. be-
ing paid by individual subscription.
AT the beginning the auditorium was
used for music class room. But al
the present there is under construc-
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expected from such a system.

SNPeSISu lTo.H SUCH system.
In spite of this poor state of affairs,
there were few live souls who ap-
preciated the fact of education, and
it was these who had kept alive the
spark from which has grown the zeal
and enthusiasm that has resulted in
the mighty fact of high school advan-
tages for every white girl and boy in
the township
With the passage of the State high
school act in 1907 there began to be
talk of cooperation and consolidation
for the purpose of securing state aid
AS result there was special tax of
two mills voted for school purposes,
and the township divided into two dis
trlcts, Cross Keys and Sedalia, each
receiving its respective proceeds from
taxation and having its own board of
trustees. At this time Cross Keys
district elected as its trustees: B. G..
Wilburn, A. j. Hill and T. C. Carter.
Mr.. Hill has served continuously
since. Mr. B. G. Wilburn was sue
ceeded two years ago by w. II. Will
burn. T. c. Carter moved from the
county and y. f. Betsill was elected
to succeed him. On Mr.. Betsill's
death this year, Mr.. J. M. Bennett
was nominated for the vacancy.
Cross Keys had all the while main
tained the best school in the township,
and had reasonably good building
near Wilburn's store. The term was
now heightened. Miss Nan Wilburn,
who had just graduated from Lime
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S1O0 REWARD SlOO

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the natient
strength by building up the constitu-
tion and assisting nature is doing its
work. The proprietorS have so much
faith in it's curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for list OF
testimonials.
Address: F. j. Cheney & Co., To
ledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipation.
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CROSS KEYS HIGH SCHOOL.

Eight or nine Years ago there was
for white people in Cross Keys town
ship six buildings called school houses
all one room, mostly unpainteG, un-
sealed and unappreciated. They were
each presided over, for the most part,
by lady or girl teacher, as i'll pre-
pared and fitted for the work in hand,
and probably less appreciated in the
respective corners" of the township
as the unkempt buildings themselves.
-Four to six months was the limit of
the terms. Individual attendance was
as Indifferent as the general interest.
and probably the work ACCOMPLISHED
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stone college, was elected teacher,
with an assistant for the primary
work. This was a great gain, and
served to prepare the way for more
expansion which was soon to come.
For the 19O9-191O session the build
ing had to be enlarged, and more
teaching facilities provided. Accord
lngly, two rooms were added and the
old one remodeled, making a tolerable
three room building, and something
bordering on greatness for country
school house. w. C. Pitts, then a re-
cent graduate of Clemson college was
elected principal with two efficient as
sistants both college graduates. The
term was now heightened to eight
months and the attendance was good.
Work through the ninth grade was
undertaken and vigorously presecut-
ed. A small library was added, and
both pupils and patrons began to
realize that they had advantages that
previously were thought to be had in
towns only.
But the goal was not yet reached.
Enrolment increased and interest
grew. Professor Pitts remained in
the community during vacation after
the close of school in 1910, and led
the movement for a larger building
and teaching force. A mass meeting
was called and every patron and cit
iZen was asked for subscription in
material, labor or money. AS a re-
suit all rough lumber was furnished,
labor to erect the building and some
funds with which to provide dressed
lumber, ETC., were secured. By the
middle of September, when the ses-
sion opened, five room building, in
Guiding an auditorium, and meeting
the requirements Of the State high
school board, was ready for occupan-
cy. Another assistant teacher was
added and work through the tenth
grade undertaken. This year there
was enrolled in the high school de-
partment % pupils and about $50 in
all the grades. Here | may mention
the fact that the school won a prize
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the county trophy cup. The biggest
thing however that resulted was a
Splendld high school spirit and spir-
1t OF friendly rivalry that means
much. not only for this school, but
oil others in the county. 1t would be
a splendid movement if every school
IN the county would participate and
every phase of school activity were
respected in the contests. That is, a
medal offered for the best speller, the
best reader, the best mathematician,
and SO on through all the subjects.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-10-09
Positively Masters Group.

FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound
cuts the thick choking mucus, and
clears away the phlegm. Opens up
the air passages and stops the hoarse
cough. The gasping, strangling fight
for breath gives way to quiet breath
ing and peaceful sleep. Harold Berg,
Mass Mich. writes: eve give Foley's
Honey and Tar to our children for
Group and it always acts quickly"
Sold by all dealers everywhere.
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School ODeninp.

Cedar Hill school will open on Oc-
tober IL. The patrons and pupils will
please govern themselves accordingly.
The teachers for the ensuing year are,
principal, Miss Irene Snead of Gaff-
ney, and Miss Georgie Parks of
JoneSville.
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Bradburn- Southard.

Mrs. Nellie Southard and Mr.. Err
nest c. Bradburn were united in mar
riage by Rev. l.. l.. Wagnon at his
residence on Church street, this city,
Saturday morning, October 2. Only a
few intimate friends and relations
were present
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-10-09
ClTROLAX! CITROLAX.
CITROJ AK

Best thing for constipation. sour
stomach, lazy liver and sluggish bow
els. Stops sick headache almost at
once" Gives most thorough and sat
isfactory fiushing-no pain, no nau-
sea- Keeps your system cleanSed,
sweet and wholesome. Ask for Cit
rolaX. Sold by dealers everywhere.
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More Bales Ginncd This Nnnr

me ginners, report sent out by the
department OF commerce, gives this
year up to September 25, 1867 bales
gihned; last year the same date show
ed 7O7 bales. This report was re-
ceived this week by Mr.. Orus r. Be
lue, special agent.
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Children's Day Service.

There will be childrens day SER
vice at Putnam Baptist church Sun
day. There will be two services with
dinner on the grounds. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
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COLDS & LaGRIPPE

5 or 6 doses 666 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
q LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not
eripe or sicken. Price 25c.
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her claim TO Wilmington possessions
is concerned. Just here a detective
complication comes up. Algernon sgd
ney Dubbs, young theological student,
sets out to solve the mystery of Horo-
skopskis incarceration in the safe de-
post vault, the dancer having been
found dead therein three months later
when Wintrington'S vault was opened
by the surrogate. Dubbs is a very
! clever fellow, and pursues the trail
very quietly right up to Sandibelles
door. She is on The very brink of
ruin when Algcrnons heart begins to
fiivver. About to make a sensational
revelation TO the world, his heart
makes sensational revelation to him.
HE Is IN LOVE WITH SANDI-
BELLE! And then confronted with
the conflicting demands of love and
duty he stands before Sandibelle and
speaks"
The Idiot drew long, deep sigh.
Well" said the Landlady, excitedly.
go on-go on. What does he do? For
goodness sake. Mr.. Idiot, don't keep Us
waiting-go on to the finish
Il don't know what he does" said
the Idiot I'm going to leave it right
there SOS everybody will get fighting
over it. Columns of letters will ap-
pear in the daily papers in the con-
troversy and every morning between
7 and 9 o'clock a little coal wagon
loaded with double eagles will drive up
to my front door and slide a ton of
royalties into my coal bin
Some story-some storyl" vouch-
safed the Doctor. "And when are you
going to begin writing it?'
"As soon as my Chiropodist will let
me-" said the idiot.
your chiropodist," said the Bibii-
omaniac. What under the canopy has
a chiropodist got to do with it?'
why" said the Idiot, that's the
kind of novel that ought to be writ
ten with the feet, and nowadays mine
arc bit too tender for me to risk
lit without medical advice"
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Total output. $1,000. $4,000 word:
Now, twenty-five thousand words a
day for ten days would come to-let
me see-seven from nine is two-four
times eleven is forty-four, minus eight
leaves thirty-six, which divided by
twelve"
% boshp said the Bibliomaniac
Writing twenty-five thousand words
a day it would take twelve days to
write three hundred thousand words,
so the Poet is right after all, even
granting your preposterous reckoning.
The thing couldn't be done"
"Ah. but you have forgotten" said
the Idiot. $50 far We have provided
work only for his hands and feet. We
have not counted in his vocal powers.
II in addition to the work of his feet
and hands he were to dictate fifteen
thousand words day to stenogra-
pher, it would bring the daily output
up to forty thousand words. and that
would enable him to finish his stunt
of three hundred thousand words in
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Crankhurst. She is the daughter o
Millionaire manufacturer of water
proof chicken coops with weakness
for Russian dancers, and late suppers
While taking afternoon tea with Mile
Delphine Horoskopski, the St. Peters
burg Tangoine Queen. the old mai
drops dead, and it is found that in
mad moment of infatuation he ha
given the dancer the key to his SAT-
deposit box so that after the hnancia
coroners get through with the autopsy
it appears that the deceased assays onl!
about forty cents worth of promissor.
notes given him many years before b!
the worthless son of an old friend wh'
has disappeared from public view no
less than thirteen years before the stor,
opens. This leaves Sandibelle-Im &C
ing to call her Sandibelle. because o
her unusual combination OF. b. .dty ant
,, griffin terrible straits. she is shovel
off the lap of luxury on to the knee.
of poverty, face to face with want
and with NJ . other accomplishment
than certain proficiency in the knitting
of flossy ear-tabs, and the cooking Of
lob. la Newburg. neither of then
adequate for keeping the wolf off the
front steps. So she studies stenography
and under an assumed name strangely
enough is employed by no less person
than the Russian dancer herself as :
sort of social secretary"
Some plot. that, Mr. idiot" said the
Doctor, approVingly.
Yes" said the Idiot. "And isn't il
queer-it's come to me like a flash right
out of the dark. No thought, no moth
ing. but just plain inspiration, and I'm
getting terribly excited over il. / have
not the slightest idea at this moment
how the thing is going to turn out. SO
please don't interrupt: me any more I'm
simply crazy with suspense TO find on,
what's going to happen. Well then
here goes. Sandibelle takes up her
duties, and very shortly discovers the
truth about the sudden disappearance
of her fathers fortune through his
reckless act in handing over the key to
his safe deposit box to Mile. Dclphine
and how Horoskopski the Tangoine
Queen, has robbed her of her inherit
ance. Singularly enough Sandibelle re-
joices in the situation Thank heaven |
am at last a working girlp she cries.
We're | a billionairess l should be
naught but a social parasite, living
lugsuriously upon the toll of others.
But now, as an humble stenographer
stenogging alone on eight dollars a
week and my lunches, / have the joy
of knowing that l am myself making
my place in the worldr"
Noble sentiment said the Lawyer.
"Yes," said the Idiot. Il intend to
sprinkle lot of that sort of copybook
stuff all the way through, so that when
some minister gets up in his pulpit
and denounces the immortality of my
work | shall be able to answer him
with a column and a half of moral
maxims from the book itself. But to
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Copyright. 1871
ssTHEY tell me-" said the Idiot, at

GTHEY tell me-" said the Idiot, at
i tracing the Poets attention by
appropriating his breakfast roll, "tha,
publishers nowadays are so prosperous
that they no longer reckon editions by
the thousand. or by the carload, but by
the ton. Mr.. Robert w. Fountainpens
latest work, dealing with the secret his
tory of the Four Hundred. entitled
THE KITCHEN SET, has just gone
into its seveny-eighth ton. although
ever Fountainpen himself Acknowledges
that it is about the sudsiest production
that has ever flowed from his efferves-
cent pen"
1T is sad. but true" said the Poet
"Fountainpen is on the crest of the
wave just now, though the quality of
his output has been getting thinner and
thinner every year until it has slumped
off into the merest froth.'
well. that's the place for froth,'
said the Idiot, and by and by the wave
itself will go to smash on the sands of
time, as it were, and the froth will be
forgotten. What interests me is not
the literature ITSELF. but the par value
of the stuff. They :ell me that Foun-
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tainpen assays ten thousand dollars to
the ton gross at the least, on which he
receives royalty of 20 per cent, or two
thousand dollars to the ton, which on
A simple calculation would seem to
bring his profits up TO SI56yooo less the
cost of pen, ink, and paper. Reckon
ing the cost of production on liberal
basis, and assuming that he spills twice
as much ink as he uses, this could
hardly come to more than S7S,52, which
leaves him a net profit on The Kitchen
Set of SI55.92I.6S. That's some profit
for ten days work, eh?" "Ten days.
cried the Poet. Nonsense, Mr.. Idiot
1t takes Fountainpen at least three
months to write one of these novels
"Tee-Yew-Double Teew retorted
the Idiot. Otherwise Tut, my dear
fellow. Three months! Why, l could
write one of those novels in eleven
days, and Fountainpen oozeS words a
great sight faster thar ever l could
1T would be a physical impossibility
10 write novel of three hundred thou
sand words in ten days." persisted the
Poet
Not if a man is ambidextrous, and
is also a master of The science of am
photography" said the Idiot.
"Ambiphiwhat? cried the Poet.
"Ambipedography," said the Idiot,
complaceqtly. Don't you know what
autobiography isl" .-.s4.
There is no such word" interrupted
the Bibliomaniac.
Five minutes ago there was not"
said the Idiot, 'but from now on the
word lives, and for the very good rea-
son that it not only fills the mouth that
speaks it, but a long felt want as well.
As its inventor l am proud of it. Am
piperography, sir, is the science of
writing with both feet simultaneously,
and if an author combines, as l under
stand Fountainpen does, both ambi-
dexterity and ambipedographic facility
there is no reason in the world why he
should not write three hundred thou
sand words in ten days, unless he falls
asleep over his work Figure it out for
yourself Take one days work, for in
stance. and tabulate il as foIlowes:
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resume. Horoskopski turns out to be
not only Tangoine Queen, but a pro-
fessional key hunter as well. Sandi-
bellies father was not her only victim.
Getting ahead of executors in the
emptying of safe deposit boxes is her
long suit She cares nothing for men,
but she'd hirt with the key OF safe
deposit box on the brink of spouting
crater. Suddenly Charles Wilmington,
the famous Juniper King of Texas,
looms up on the scene. Wilmington
has discovered process by which
Bronx Cocktails can be extracted by a
tap direct from the trunk of the Juni-
per itself, and is accordingly fabulous
ly wealthy. On the side he operates a
rsiium mine in Mexico, the location of
| which is a secret known only to him
self. Its product he smuggles into the
United States concealed in set Of hol-
low false teeth which he wears, each
tooth having a capacity Of 100000
worth of that precious substance. In
this way. he eludes detection and gets
his radium 10 market in spite of revo-
lutions, tariffs, customs inspectors, or
other impediments to prosperity. When
ever he needs a million all he has to
do is TO go to Mexics, disappear for a
week, scrape up enough radium with
his penknife to fill his teeth, and re-
turn. Well, he meets and falls into the
tolls OF the Tangoine Queen, and as
usual, after very fcverish love scene,
she wheedies the key TO his safe de-
post box out of him on the night be-
fore he is to start for Mexico after an
other mouthful of rsdium By this
time Sandibelle has completely won her
way into Horoskopski's confidence, and
together they go down to the safe de-
post vault 10 empty it OF its contents
during the Juniper Kings absence
They carry fifteen suit cases down in
a taxi. and after making sixteen trips
have the Juniper Kings vault pretty
well cleaned out. 1t is a large vault,
more like stateroom on board man.
o'-war than anything else, absolutely
burglar proof, and constructed of solid
steel, with a massive door. Their loot
is fabulous in quality and character
bonds, stocks, jewels, ton and half
of radiunb and so on. Monte Cristo
becomes a piker alongside of the: treas
ures Delphine and Sandibelle carry
away with them. And then comes the
great moment. At the final visit to the
vault, while Delphine Horoskopski is
inside looking for any old thing that
they might have overlooked, Sandi-
belle suddenly pushes the heavy steel
door to, shutting Horoskopski up on
the inside, turns the key in the lock
and goes home wholly mistress OF the
situation. Three weeks later"
Three weeks later" cried the Bib
liomaniac You're not going to leave
that poor woman locked up i'll the safe
deposit vault all that time, are YOU"
Sure said the idiot. We haven't
any further use for her, and she'd
raise the dickens with the plot if she
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the automobile business and pay every
body from the sweep up to the gen.
eral manager hundred dollars day.
Finally, in desperation, she does all
Wintrington's property up in ten
pound packages and is about to drop
them overheard one by one from some
convenient ferryboat when, like a bolt
out of the blue comes the revelation
that Wilmington was none other than
the worthless son of her fathers old
friend, whose promissory notes for
fabulous amounts were for so long a
tine her sole inheritance. OF course,
that clears the situation up as far as
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ever got out. We've done with Horo-
skopski forever, and | don't know of
any easier way to get rid of her. Ne
mesis in the shape of an avenging safe
deposit key has brought penalty in
kind upon her. Ten days after this on
his way back from Mexico with fresh
supply of radium Wilmington is killed
in railway collision down near Waco
and Sandibelle finds herself in full pos
session of all his wealth, as well as
that of the Tangoine Queen. Horo-
skopski's winnings from her own
father, amounting to S7eoooyooo. she
feels she is entitled to, but she is con-