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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-01
OAKLAND.

Oakland, Dec. 29.-The old year is
almost passed from us never to be
numbered as the days Of our future
lives again, and no doubt, but that
many of us have failed to grasp the
great opportunities that were placed
before us for no other purpose than
to make better men and women of US.
If this be true with many of us. then
why let us go on in the same old rut
pleased with what we are doing for
ourselves and fellowman, and at the
end of another year the same ola
thing be said of us again? An op-
portunity once lost to us is never to
be recalled again. We should all be
more devout and aspire to the bright
er and more uplifting Saorals of man.
kind. The great tSouble 18th so
many men is that thet sinS &ralit,
and everything pertaining to Aecency
and do not seek opportunities that
will make better men of themselves
and without first seeking an object we
are not fit to find it. The new year
which is just at hand will come and
find many little diary with it's first
pages filled with resolutions anc
pledges which the party fully intends,
TO keep and as the time glldeS swift
ly by they forget themselves and are
back to the point where they were b.
fore the pledges were made. Of
course it is all right for person to
make resolutions if it is for the bet
terment of their condition and can
keep them but to pledge ourselves to
do a thing and then fail to comply
with it is worse than making no start
at all.
Christmas was passed vory quietly
but pleasantly around here. Every
body seemed to enjoy the real Christ
mas Joys despite the cold and rainy
weather. The Christmas tree was
rained out on the evening of the
25th but came off on Saturday after
noon at three o'clock. A large crowd
was present and many complimentary
comments were heard about the beau
tifully decorated tree with it'd brilliant
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-01
.JONESVILLE

JoneSville, Dec 29.-Christmas was
quiet one in our town-we had to
be quiet for the constant downpour of
rain kept the people in doors and
many were the good dinners served
while the rain was pattering upon
the earth. Everything was quiet and
went off well until late Saturday af-
ternoon when two negroes met on the
street near John Gilmore{s barber
shop and whipped out pistols and
opened fire on each other. Severa}
people were on the streets and two
young ladies, Misses Marie Fowler,
daughter of Mr.. Coleman Fowler. and
Miss Myrtle Coleman, daughter of
Mr.. Robert Coleman, happened to be
on the side walk just a few PAGES dis
tance from the shooters and the bull
lets gew thick and fast about the
young ladies' and they were both
struck each by bullet. The ball nhat
struck Miss Coleman grazeG her
breast and only made a slight wound
but ball passed through across
Miss Fowler's breast from left to
right, going through the flesh across
the breast near the breast bone max
ing an ugly and painful wound. The
ladies screamed and ran back to the
store OF the j. j. Littlejohn company
and the negroes emptied their guns
ran IN the same direction one after
the other and they ran into the other;
they all ran into the j. j. Little John
store which made bad matters worse
but the young ladies were soon taken
across the street to Mr.. Huiett's store
and by this time a crowd of men had
gathered at the Littlejohn store and
they gave one negro, Crawford Thcm-
son a good beating, but for some rea-
son Will Hames, the worst of the two
escaped without a clubbing. The ne
groes were rushed into the lookup by
Chief of Police Gill Fowler. Sheriff
Fant was phoned for and came on No
Al at seven o'clock and the conductor
held the train a few minutes till the
sherlH, like stone wall, walked
over to the lookup only about ten
steps and took charge of the negroes
and rushed them back to the train and
went to Pacolet with them and 90,
on and waited for the train going
back to Union. He carried his pris-
oners to Union and locked them up
Of course for while just after this
ugly occurrence there was good deal
of excitement and few men were
heard to make threats of violence, but
it was soon quieted by some cooler
heads, and law and order was restcr-
ed for which Jonesville has been not
ed for many years. We have for the
most part a quiet communicative
abiding citizenship. Miss Coleman
was carried from Mr.. Huiett's store
to her home in the town near the Bap-
tist church and Miss Fowler was car
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ried to the hotel nearby where she is
yet. Both of these young ladies had
prompt medical attention. Miss Fow-
lew is still at the hotel and is doing
well. | saw her yesterday evening
and she talked of the affair and rave
a very thrilling experience of the
while they were under the reign of
pistol balls.
The sad, but expected, news was
received here yesterday evening that
the Hon. II. G. Little had died at two
o'clock at his home near Kelton. Mr..
Little had many friends in Jonesville
as well as over the county and state.
Others will write of him who are bet
ter Informed of his life than myself.
Quite number of our young peo-
pie who are off at other places in bus
mess and schools are spending the
holidays with their relatives here. A
great many visitors have been the
guests of our town folks but | am not
posted as to their names.
Mr.. ID. l.. Mclaughlin and Noah
Fowler of Pacolet were in Jonesvills
yesterday on business.
After all the talk of hard times our
merchants had fair Christmas eve
trade and our people have all feasted
not one of us will starve the incoming
year; but many are perishing over i'm
the war zone of Europe so let us quit
complaining of poverty and hard
times and help starving Belgians.
Miss Pearl Foster of Newman, Ga,
is expected to arrive in Jonesville to
visit relatives and will go thence to
Durham, N. c..
i bid the editor and ali mis- force,
the readers of The Times goodbye
for the old year, 1914, and wish them
happy, prosperous new year.
Telephone
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time-another novel refinement On
,he !aw) Governor Slaton, who
sSould hc familiar with the case ard
who doubtless would have commuted
Franks sentence because of the sha-
dow of doubt of his guilt arising
from the circumstantial character
of the case, will have been succeeded
by another Governor, possibly by
more than one successor, and the
only thing that can be contfdentialiy
predicted now is that Frank will
never go to the electric chair or to
the penitentiary and, in all prob
ability, that justice will be whip
sawed all around, made a laughing
stock and brought into still further
public contempt and disrepute.
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SEDALIA

Sedalia, Dec. 2S.-The weather has
been quite gloomy and the people are
not enjoying Christmas very much;
the reads are in rather bad condi-
tion for travelling and on that account
the folk are staying close around
home.
Mr.. c. H. Bennett has returned
from the Presbyterian college to
spend the Christmas holidays with his
parents.
Mr.. Brooks CLANCY was visiting in
this community last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Wilburn and
little son, William, are spending the
holidays with relatives in Union.
Mr.. E. S. Bennett has returned
from Marion, S. c., where he has
been teaching school to spend some
;or time.
1t is possible to be an idol of the
people and not be able to land many
votes when running for office.
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List of Advertised Letters.

Robert Browning, Miss. Bessie
Brown, Miss Bulah Burnes. Mrs. Alice
Claton, G. N. Dayton, Rev. p. Dogan,
Miss Elmiley Duncan, Mrs. +. f. Farr
Agnes Garner, Mrs. NJ. j. Hoard, Mrs.
Frances Means, Sam Jackson, Miss
Julia Laton, Mrs. jamie Moss, Mrs.
Drusilla Pendergrass, Mrs. Witter
Rice, ID. j. Smith, Mrs. Lena league,
Union Guano Co.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-07-15
PROLOGUE.

Nowhere has Booth Tar.
kingdom done such finished,
exquisite work a. In THE
story of boyhood. The full
flavor Of hts story 70 not
only for the grown man or
woman. but for any one who
enjoys the comic muse. II
IL a picture Of a boys heart,
full of those lovobis, In.
morous. tragic things which
are locked secrets to older
folks unless one has the giJf
Of understanding. Booth
Harrington has It snsinently,
and Penrod" will stand a.
a classic Interpretation Of
the omnipresenf subfietyC
BOY.
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ton from the Child Sir Lancelot. as
conceived by Mrs. Lora Rewbush.
Choking upon 1t, Penrod slid down
from the fence. and with slow and
thoughtful steps entered one storied
wing Of the stable. consisting OF sin
gle apartment, hOored with cement
and used as a storeroom for broken
brio -brac. old paint buckets, decayed
garden hose, WORKOUT carpets, dead
furniture and other condemned odds
and ends not yet considered hopeless
enough to be given away.
In one corner stood large box,
part of the building itself; 1t was eight
feet high and open at the top, and 1t
had been constructed as sawdust
magazine from which was drawn ma
terial for the horses bed In stall on
the other side of the partition. The
big box, 80 high and towerlike, so COM
modious, 30 suggestive, had ceased to
fulfill its legitimate function, though
providentially 1t had been at least half
full of sawdust when the horse died
Two years had gone by since that pass
Ing, an interregnum in transportation
during which Periods father was
thinking" the explained sometimes) Of
an automobile. Meanwhile, the gifted
and generous sa wdust box had served
brilliantly in war and peace; 1t was
Penrod's stronghold.
There was a partially defaced sign
upon the front wall Of the box; the
do,4o~, doo, hod tnouu morca ntila i'm.
pulses:
The o. X. RaBiT co.
PENROD ScHoFiELD AND co.
INQUIRE FOR PRICES.
This was a venture of the preceding
vacation, and had Melted at one time
an accrued and owed profit Of $1.3S.
Prospects had been brightest on the
very eve Of cataclysm. The storeroom
was locked and guarded. but twenty
seven rabbits and Belgian hares. old
and young. had persisted here on sin
gle night--through no human agency.
but In foray Of cats. the besiegers
treacherously tunnelling up through
the sawdust from the small aperture
which opened into the stall beyond the
partition. Commerce has its martyrs.
Penrod climbed upon barrel. stood
on tiptoe. grasped the rim of the box:
then, using a knothole as stirrup,
threw one leg over the top. drew him.
self up and dropped within. Standing
upon the packed sawdust, he was just
tall enough to see over the top.
Duke had not followed him into the
storeroom, but remained near the open
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doorway in a concave and pessimistic
attitude. Penrod felt In dark corner
of the box and laid hands upon n
simple apparatus consisting Of an old
bushel basket with few yards OF
clothesline tied to each Of its handles.
He passed the ends of the lines over
a big spool. which revolved upon an
axle of wire suspended from a beam
overhead. AMI. with the aid Of this i'm
provised pulley. lowered the empty
basket until 1t came to rest in an up
right position upon the floor Of the
storeroom at the foot Of the sawdust
box.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

NHY WASHING soiled paper
* money We save the Gov
l. eminent $500 every day."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03
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Miss Thomas has supervision Of all
this work. She has six women working
under her, and is personally respon-
sible for all the money which is
washed. She has been at the head
OF this branch VI work ever since its
inception. Before taking charge of
this work she was an expert counter
OF the old money that is destroyed.
When the laundry was started she, as
one OF the best counters Of the divi-
sion, was chosen tn supervise the
work.
Miss Thomas was transferred from
the bureau of engraving and printing,
where she first worked. to the issue
division of the Treasury. She holds the
distinction of having handled $4,000
900 in one day in $1,000 and 10000
bills.
by this practice of redeeming
money by washing it," said Miss
Thomas, I'VE also have an extra
means OF checking up on the counter
feiters. cur expert counters spot
counterfeits, as soon as they are sent
in with the Government money from
the banks. They pass these bills along
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

Admiral MCGOWAN himself is .
product of civilian training. When ne
secured his appointment in the pay
corps in 1894 he was a South Caroline
newspaper man who had worked his
way through college and law school
by running n brick yard and serving
as "A ticket agent at a a i.way station.
Maybe there he got the training which
has made him a great business
executive.
The fact that he has spent most OF
his naval career at sea accounts for
his in%SistenCe that the fleet and not
the bureau is the thing ever to be kept
in mind. He is the only Paymaster-
General ever appointed straight from
sea duty. and the only pay officer who
has served on two cruises as fleet pay
master. That means he has had wider
experience than any other, and that is
why he VAS appointed.
When he left the Atlantic fleet IT, go
ashore as laymaster-General his com
handing officer. Admiral Badger, said
Of him. He has made of the pay de-
partment of the fleet a smoothly
working military machine
That is the ideal he old up to his
bureau and corps: make II "A smooth
running military machine
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J yards and are combination washers
and roner Two girls work at a ma
chine. which is operated by electricity.
One feeds the soiled money To the
washer and the other catches the
clean money as it leaves the ironer.
The bills are laid on a moving belt
Of vet blanket. which carries them on
to meet another moving blanket from
above. Thus secured between these
two blankets they pass over and
around a number OF rollers in a tank
Of soapy suds which cleanses and ster-
ilizes them, Then they pass through
rinsing water and on to heated rollers
which dry and iron them.
They drop out at the end OF the
course into the hands OF "A girl. who
s%crutlnizes each bill to determine
whether it is ht tn he sent out into
circulation. As she asserts the bills she
stacks those which she considers per-
feet into piles ready for the expert
counters. When the counts are veri-
fed, the laundered bills are made into
packages containing 1000 of one de-
nomination and kind, and sealed for
redistribution among the banks.
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before the beginning of the leasing
season. October /, whereas in the old
days when horses had to he relied
upon to do the hauling the resour,cful
householder made his plans 50 that
he would he moved weeks in advance,
thus ohviating the chances of being
left in the lurch at the critical time.
The legal rate far a motor driven
vehicle having tan INSIDE floor space of
at least seventy squar" feet is Sl.I5
an hour. and il must be propelled at
not less than eight miles an hour;
while the rat, for a motor driven
vehicle with an inside floor surface of
at least ninety square feet Is $50 an
hour. This vehicle also must travel
at the rate II mt least eight miles an
hour. In both cases drivers must be
included in the charge.
While the legal rates are adhered
to in some cases the owners Of auto
vans are getting more than the legal
rate for their vehicles. OF course they
are within their rights in making
agreements with those who consider
moving. The better class of moving
men are charging 81 an huu for TIE
largest auto vans and some charge 81,
The number of men employed on a
Job whore the above rates are con
Cerned does not exceed four, including
the driver. II more men are required
they are supplied at the rate of 80
cents an hour for each man.
That the moving fever has de-
seconded upon New York in earnest is
apparent from the fact that for the
past several weeks it has been almost
impossible to hire a van or wagon of
any sort, even though a fancy price
were offered.
My first open date is October s.
said one moving man. "Recently
have been refusing 100 calls a day.
In the high class apartments be,
tween Central Park and the river .,
per cent, of the l~easeholders NOV,
every year. In other sections tn,
percentage of yearly removals Is abou
40. As for those sections where In,
tenants rent from month to mont
less than 20 per cent, remain for mor'
than a year. Literally there are hun
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Or the bunch OF cards making III a
ships company also il producible on
the instant.
Machines have reduced the mOunt
Ct work in the accounting section
more than so per cent. There are re-
finements Of cost keeping in a military
establishment that are not known In a
private establishment. for all expendi-
lures must conform to some specific
item Of an appropriation bill, and APP
propriations for h naval establish
ment are found in phree different APP
preparation acts.
The fund appropriated for coal may
not he used to buy potatoes. And
stili potatoes may be bought out OF
any one of several items of an appro-
priat!on. dependent On the ultimate
purpose. Hence complications are in
volved that are not found in private
plants.
Roughly speaking. 5000, 900 separate
accounts must be kept properly to
meet the requirements OF the law and
to furnish the information as to costs,
gross and detailed, needed. Imagine
a ledger with 5000 900 accounts!
Here the cards and mechanism have
come in to the extent that half the
number Of men needed fifteen month,
ago are now required t do the work
In addition a great deal OF new work
has been taken ON.
The use Of new card punching ma.
chimes is responsible for the large.
economies. These machines. first used
in the Census Bureau in the compila,
ton of statistics, have been improved
and refined until they lend themselves
to such bookkeeping methods as are
necessary in this bureau.
The machine is so arranged that i
sorts the punched cards. arrange:
them in proper groups, ascertains th'
totals Of the figures indicated by tn.
punched holes and prints on a shee
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THE OhSerNant person doubtless
has noticed the large number
of moving vans. trucks and eX-
press wagon backed against the curb
In front of apartment and flat houses,
Tn" explanation is that the leasing
scason in New York is gradually
changing from May | to October /.
Realty agents Will confirm this. The
men who have their fingers on the
pulse Of the city-thc moving men
also admit hat the time for the leas-
Ing of new homes is shifting from the
middle of the year to the autumn.
Consequently the May removals have
been falling off. while the October re-
movals have been gaining.
AS n result of this shifting the
streets recently have been crowded
with every sort of vehicle which can
hc pressed into service to carry furni-
turc from one location to another, In
fact. so numerous have been the vans
in the residential sections of the city
that there is warrant for the impress
sion that the old town is on wheels
and about so per cent, OF the popula-
ton is shifting from one abode to
another.
At one dnor may be seen a big, horse
drawn van ready to start ON It's jour
ncy to a destination in another part of
the town Harlem pcrhaps-with a
wire h~odspring and n mattress ropeG
onto the rear; AT another door Is a
van waiting for the fellow ahead tC
PUN away after receiving his load OF
household furniture. one cannot helI
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the results. It Is accounting reduced
to mechanism.
or course the usual machines. such
as adding machines and the like, are
part OF the equipment. In fact the
whole trend OF the reforms in this
section has been To reduce everything
to a mechanical basis
The result Is great economics in OPP
Grafton. increased efficiency, increased
accuracy and increased speed. To the
casual observer the striking thing !s
the disappearance Of books. Few in
deed are the books in sight. remark
ably slim the files. In other words,
the acCountancy system has been re-
duced to the simplest dimensions. but
still il carries IA better and more
graphic presentation of naval co~ts
than EVER was had before. Machinery,
loose leaves n cards are the cause,
Ask any man. officer or civilian. In
the establishment how the whole
organization has been made over in
such a time, and he instantly will tell
you hat Sammy MCGOWAN did il,
And then he will grow confidential
and tell you what he esteems is the
secret Of the whole accomplishment,
the spirit that MCGOWAN has put into
his entire force. I'VE don't tolerate
~grouches,' ycnr informant will say,
we all belong to the Don't Worry
| Club and MCGOWAN Is its president
Another thing this paymaster-Gcn-
eral has done IS TO establish in Wash
ington. with the approval of the Sec
rotary Of the Navy. "A school for navy
paw officers. These officers are ap-
pointed from civil life on a compcti,
tive examination. They go into III,
service equipped with a good academi,
education. but with no Knowledge of the
navy and its needs. Hence the new
service school, which has in this years
class fifteen young officers who are be-
ing trained in their new profession.
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To the secret service detectives, who
usually never fail 10 trace them to
their makers.
"A counterfeit hasn't a chance to cs-
cape US. From the time the banks
packages are opened hy the counters
To be verified To the time the money
leaves this division finally It j.
watched 10y expert eyes, When the
washable money Is separated from the
rest and is turned over To mo to rut
through the laundry | give it 10 the
operators. They look at 1t carefully
at the time il enters the washing
machine and when il comes ont. NJ
ter this my counters 20 oyer IT,. by
this time YOU may Nc sure any couu-
tcrfcit is discovered.
"It is a remarkable SiGht t. watch
the sixty expert counters. who yer
age 20,o0o notes daily. ran lightly
through a bunch Of bills and stop short
suddenly when thcN ON to "A cuun-
~tcrfcit in their hands. Thcy Identify
these notes, almost perfect rs they
often are. 10y the 'frcl' Of the paper,
Under their trained Vigilance counter
fcits seldom get as far ~ the laundry