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Evening star., 1915-06-24

believed too many educated men think of
their education as private advantage
rather than public asset
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 191;
CHILDHOOD'S PRAYER.

The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stiffness everywhere;
Like trolbled spirits, here and
there
The freight shadows uuttering go.
And as the shadows round me creep,
A childish treble breaks the gloom
And softly from a farther room
Come, "Now | lay me down to sleep"
And, some how, with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
My thought goes back to distant
years
And fingers with dear one there
And as | hear the child's amen.
My mothers faith comes back to
Crouched at her side | seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
Oh, for an hour in that dear place
On, for the peace of that dear time I!
Oh, for that childish trust sublime! !!
Oh, for glimpse of mothers face!
Yet, as the shadows round me creep
l do not seem to be alone
Magic of that treble tone
And Nov | lay me down to Sleep"
Eugene Field.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10

On Tuesday evening of this weeh
there was membership meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce. The meet
ing was large and developed great en-
thusiasm. Plans for Immediately be-
ginning the campaign for subscrip-
tions in membership fees were made
On the two days following this cam
paign has been pressed. And the re-
suits have been most gratifying. In
deed, it has been a sweeping victory
so far, and it may be said, with as
surance, that the Union Chamber of
Commerce is now about to be placed
upon solid financial basis. We be-
lieve this is one of the best moves
Unions business men have made in
many years.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10
CITATION TO KINDRED AND
CREDITORS.

State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
BY Hon. w. w. Johnson, Judge of
Probate.
Whereas ]. M. Gault has made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Ad-
ministration On the Estate and effects
of w. H. Gault, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said w. H. Gault,
deceased, that they be and appear be-
fore me, in the Court of Probate, to
be held at Union c. H., South Caro-
lima, on the 21st day of December,
next, after publication hereof, at II
O'clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they have, why the said Admin
istration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
Sd day of November, Ammo Domini
1916.
w. w. johnson,
Probate Judge.
Published on the 3rd day of De,.,
1915, in the Union Times. 1872
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10

and fears, the wild enthusiasm of the
generation which went forth to fight
the war of secession. But the hero
ism of those who took part in that
struggle should never be forgotten.
No prouder heritage is possible than
the South's memory of the men and
women who bore gladly and bravely
its dangers and losses, and last and
more than all its bereavements."
Captain Charles Boyd's portrait
hung in the South Carolina university
hall, but when Sherman burned Column
bia, this picture was destroyed.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10
The Herald and News. of NeWb

The Herald and News, of Newberry,
is to be congratulated upon the splen-
did special edition which was gotten
out last week. The paper contained
fifty-siX pages, and worthy thing
about it was that the reading matter
was most excellent 1t is boost for
Newberry and Newberry county that
will have: great influence. The edition
was in celebration of the fiftieth ami
versary of the life of the paper. Best
wishes to you, gentlemen!
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10
A WARNING.

We do not relish telling people of
their faults; in fact, we try to find
something good, rather than some
thing evil, to say always. We do not
now pose as a guardian of thought
less people, nor do we assume that
everybody is an idiot who does not
follow our advice. But we speak a
word of warning to the reckless auto
mobile drivers, and we speak it in good
faith and with good will There is en-
tirely too much careless driving, too
much reckless driving going on in and
outside of the corporate limits for the
public good. The public safety is
jeopardized by the fast drivers. The
danger is one that is increasing almost
daily, as the number of automobiles
increases. We feel sure that nine out
of ten owners of cars are blameless; :;
they use due care, and they are quite
willing to corporate in any movement
looking to the just regulation of speed.
1t is the tenth man, the hair-brained.
wild man, Indifferent to the rights Of
others, pc. haps vicious enough to care
nothing for others-he is the man
causing the trouble. He is fast trav-
elling to his downfall, and if he be
open to reason he will take warning
The public has reached its uttermost
limit of patience in the treatment it is
receiving from him.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10
OAKLAND

Oakland, Dec. Amid the hard.
ships and cares of this life there is a
time when the tiniest streak of light
will do world of good towards glad
dening sCul whose inclination and
environment seems to be nothing short
of melancholy or dependency and. no
better time is to be had than Christ
mas to impart to your friends and ac-
quaintances some token of your friend
| ship So the time is not long off and
| why not try and make it convenient
to gladden. as many hearts as we pos
sibly can by letting them know in some
way or other that we still think of
them. 1t doesn't take the costliest
presents to bring the sweetest joys of
Christmas to person. No, not in
the least, for, if it did there would be
but few homes made happy. The re-
cipient of valuable presents sometimes
value them for their worth only and
not for the source from whence they
come.
The Upper Fair Forest Sunday
school is making preparations to have
Christmas tree again this Christmas
and it is hoped that all parties mi.
tually concerned will come together
and make it the best yet.
At a meeting held at Oakland school
house last Thursday night in behalf
of the School Improvement associa-
tion two very interesting and bene-
flclal talks were presented to the small
crowd present by Mr.. Brown of New
berry, who is State organizer of nigh.
schools in the mill villages and Super
intendent of Education James H. Hope
of Union. Both these gentlemen dis
cussed most every phase of the school
and school life and in conclusion spoke
very favorably and encouragingly as
to the schools future.
There is quite bit of moving being
done in our community this fall. Mr..
w. c. Fincher, who has been a resi-,
dent here for the past 33 years and
whom we esteem most highly as one
OF our best neighbors, moved yester-
day to his new home near Bonham sta
ton. Mr.. Fincher is one of the coun-
tvs best citizens and we regret very
much that he has moved from our
midst, but still we are pleased to
know that Mr.. Fincher has not moved
entirely away from this section.
Mr.. j. E. Hord and family from
near Buffalo moved to this community
today and will tend the plantation,
owned by Mr.. ]. D. Arthur of Union.
Mrs. F M. Barnett of Union is hav
ng quite lot of new repair work done
to her old home, preparatory for NOV,
ing into it in short while.
Mr.. e. Gault has bought Mr.. w.
c. Finch's interest in the Oakland tel
ephone line and will install phone
in his residence this week.
Mrs. j. B. Miller, who has been
suffering with rheumatism for the past
two weeks is still in a very helpless
condition.
The many friends of Mrs. ]. w.
Adams will be pleased to know that
she is able to be up again after suf-
fering a several weeks illness.
All, now, Moxy. my dear friend
please don't get it into your hear that
| am "quitter"; not much of that yet
Neb
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10

President Wilson's message to con-
gress, delivered Dec. 6, is master
piece. 1t is the expression of prin-
ciples and ideals that are fundamental
in our Democracy. So impressed are
we with the message that we will pub
lish the whole message in next weeks
Times, thus giving every reader an
opportunity to read it for himself.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10

You will see by our "S. o. S." col
umn, published elsewhere in this issue
of The Times, that many of our friends
have remembered us. There are yet
many more, who could renew and not
~ = ttks-hurt. We feel sure. many will
do so during December. The united
little sums will make up big sum,
and that will help us greatly.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10

Instead of trying to dodge tempta-
tlon some people worry because it
lodges them.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10

If it is true, as the st. Louis Post
Dispatch asserts, that woman is now
"the equal of man in every particu-
lar" it certainly was the deuce of a
comedown.--The State.
But the hen that sits on a china
egg is better off.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-10
NOTICE
To Undertakers and Others

Notice is hereby given that in fu-
ture no one, whether owners of lots
or not, will be allowed burial in the
Methodist cemetery without special
permit from trustees of church prop
erty.
S. M. Rice,
J. d. Arthur,
J. Wesley Greer,
l.. j. Hames,
M. B. Sumner,
49-tf Trustees Grace Church.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
CITY OF WARSAW CENTER
or RUSSIAN RAILROADS.
Has Population of 100000, Third In
the Entire Empire.

Warsaw is the railway heart Of Rus
sian Poland. From 1t the arteries of
supply and transportation go forth to
the great fortresses Of the N1emen and
Bobr, Vistula to Ivangorod and Brest
Litovsk, and into it run the veins Of
communication from interior Russia.
It is a center OF concentration.
Warsaw is city of 100000 tnhab-
itants, the third in the Russian empire.
1t is protected by Novo Georgievsk, the
fortified line of Blonie, the line of Gro
jec to the south and finally by 1vango-
rod, all at distances varying from TWEEN
ty to fifty miles. 1t has a second cir
Gle of seventeen forts swinging across
the Vistula, then q third circle of fif-
teen fortresses, all of which have as
their center Alexander citadel, just
north of the city, and Fort Sliwicki,
Just across the river from it.
According to the military attache of
a neutral power who has just arrived
in London from Berlin, where he spent
several years in his official capacity, the
effort which Germany Is making on the
eastern front is expected there to prove
the supreme deciding factor of the war.
No doubt is entertained in German mil
itary quarters Of its success. Every
other military consideration for the
time being is being subordinated to the
Importance Of giving Won Hindenburg,
who is in chief command of the whole
operations, an opportunity Of striking
q crushing blow.
The German plan Of campaign on the
eastern front is admitted even by Brit
ish military writer's to be on vaster
scale than anything yet attempted in
the war. Along the whole front from
the Baltic to Roumania, not far short
Of 1000 miles, German and Austrian
armies are in motion with the prime
object of encircling the Russian armies
and compelling a surrender, by COM
parison with which that of Sedan
would be a small affair. and, If this
prime object should not be attained, of
compelling the Russian evacuation of
Poland.
With Poland on the one side and Bel
GUM and a part of France in their
hands on the other, the kaiser's boast
that the war would be over by Oc-
tober certainly might not be verified,
but at any rate Germany would be in a
position to offer terms of peace that
would have the appearance of magma
nimity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
Tho Fate of the Oneida.

One of the most extraordinary ca
tastrophies that have befallen vessels
of the United States destroyed the
sloop of war Oneida in 1869. She was
bound homeward with jolly ships
company eager to see wives and sweet
hearts and native land once more,
when not far out of port she was
struck by the British steamer Bombay
coming in. The stem Of the Bombay
cut off the stern of the Oneida. The
ship was sinking rapidly, and guns Of
distress were Immediately fired, but
the Bombay steamed on her way and
left the vessel to her doom. She went
down, and all but one or two of her
crew were drowned. The captain of
the Bombay gave no other reason for
his conduct than that he had Lady
Eyre. the wife of distinguished Brit
ish satrap, on board and did not wish
to disturb her nerves with scenes Of
shipwreck. He was mObbed when he
reached Yokohama dismissed from the
service, socially taboOed from that time
on and died in disgrace year or two
later,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29

In the constitution Of our nature
limit has been fixed to the triumph Of
evil. Falsity in theory is everywhere
confronted by the facts which present
themselves to every mans observation.
A lie has no power to change the or
dinances Of God. Every day discloses
it's utter wOrthlessneSs until it fades
away from our recollection and is num-
bered among the things that were.
The indissoluble connection which our
Creator has established between vice
and misery tends also continually to
arrest the progress of evil and to rem
der odious whatever would render evil
ttractive.-Francis Wayland.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
THE NEGRO AND THE BANJO.
There Was No Affinity Between Them
In Old Plantation Days.

To represent the negro in his comic
aspects and in his sentimental moods
was what the Ministries pretended to
do, but the pretense was often only
hollow mockery. Even the musical in
struments they affected, the banjo and
the bones. were not as characteristic of
the field hand or even Of the town dar-
ky as the violin.
Indeed, the bones cannot be cOnsid-
cred as in any way special to the
negro they were familiar to Shake
speare's Bottom. who declares: II have
a reasonable good ear in music; let us
have the tongs and the bones" And
the wise recorder of the words and
deeds of Uncle Remus declared that he
had never listened to the staccatO pick
ing of q banjo in the negro quarters Of
any plantation.
Il have seen the negro at work" so
Joel Chandler Harris once asserted,
land l have seen him at play; l have
attended his corn stockings, his dances
and his frolics; have heard him give
the wonderful melody of his songs to
the winds; / have heard him give bar
barrie airs to the quilts Chat is to say,
to the Pans pipes; l have heard him
Scrape jubilantly on the fiddle; have
seen him blow wildly on the bugle and
beat enthusiastically on the triangle.
but I have never heard him play on the
anjo."-Brander Matthews in Serb
ners Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
THEY SAW THE GHOST.
Easy to Recognize the Woman Who
Had Haunted the Place.

"a certain lady and her family"
says Sir Mountstuart Grant-Duf in
his DIARY" "hired a place in Scotland
which was haunted by the ghost of
woman, who was to be seen constantly
at night wandering through the rooms
and passages. When the family arriv-
ed the lady was much struck with the
place and said, I must have been here
before, for l know this place SO well.
only there ought to be two rooms here,
and there is only one.'
1.-THE agent replied that within few
weeks the owner had caused a parti-
ton to be taken down and made the
two rooms into one. Still the lady was
puzzled at her knowledge of the place
till she remembered that it was a
house she used to go to in her dreams.
"Well, some time passed, and the
agent was up at the house again. when
the lady complained that one part of
the contract had not been fulfilled.
They had hired house and a ghost
for the summer, and no ghost had she
seen.
1.-THE agent replied: OF course not,
because you, madam, are the ghost.
We recognized you the moment we
saw you"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
First Indian West Pointer.

The first Indian to receive an APP
pointment to West Point was David
Moniac, Creek. He was born in Ala
bama and was a cadet of the Military
academy from Sept IS. 1917. until July
1, 1922, when he was graduated and
appointed a brevet second lieutenant in
the Sixth infantry. On the expiration
of his graduation leave on Dec. 81.
1922, be resigned from the army to be-
come a cotton planter in his native
state. During the war in Florida in
1886 against the Seminoles, Moniac be-
came captain in regiment of mounted
Creek volunteers and became a major
in that regiment Nov. 10, 1886. He
was killed six days later in the battle
Of Wahoo swamp.-New York Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
ARABIAN HORSES.
Ancient Stories of Their Care and
Training Are Mere Fables.

Training Are Mere Fables.
So far as we know. the Arabian
breeders have no patented system of
training their horses different from
those prevailing among peoples of a
similar degree of civilization. Natu-
rally the lack of pasture results in
young Arabian horses being fed con-
siderable quantity OF barley and, so the
story goes at least, a not inconsider-
able quantity of the fruit of the date
palm, fresh and dried, by way of sue
culence
The colts are broken, usually bare
backed, at two or three years old.
Their subsequent handling is much like
that of all other horses, with perhaps
the difference that as early in life as
possible the young animals are accus-
toned to doing without water for in
creaSing periods of time in order to ac-
custom them later ON to the scarcity of
liquids in desert Journeys.
The ancient stories about the Arab
steed being kissed and bawled over by
the sheik's whole family. kept in the
living tent and fOaled on the best silk
rugs are picturesque fables containing
about the same measure of truth as the
one which dates the pedigrees of Ara
bian horses back to the mares owned in
Biblical times by King Solomon
Breeders Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
LOST CITY OF PETRA.
May Have Been the Resting Place of
the Children of Israel.

the Children of Israel.
Petra, lost city and called by the
few white travellers who have seen it
one of the wonders of the world, lies
in the Arabian wilderness. shadow
Of its once princely self.
Almost forgotten, it is believed by
historians and archaeologists to have
been the place where the children of
Israel fingered foT twenty years when
they were on their way from Egypt to
the promised land. Although it is be-
lieved to have contained at one time
a population Of 100000, it is now one
Of the interesting places of which ex-
plorers know comparatively little. 1t
has no modern history, and, strange as
it may seem, it lay absolutely forgotten
as far as Europe was concerned for
fourteen centuries.
In the centuries long passed Petra
was an important trading station for
the caravans that moved between
Persia and Egypt, and India and the
holy land and Syria. 1t is built in a
colossal bowl of pink, and its palaces,
temples and tombs are carved out Of
solid rock. Certainly some of its cary
ings are 5000 years old. Its walls pre-
serve the history of architecture, for
its structures date from the days OF
cave men to the magnificent buildings
of Greece and Rome.
Today Petra has about thirty In
habitants. They keep few goats, go
beyond their city into the desert to
trade with passing caravans and, alto
gether, lead a miserable life. They
have made trouble for many travellers
who attempted to visit them, for q
legend survives that a Pharaoh OF
Egypt hid his country's treasures In
the Kazneh, the beautiful building
which is today known as Pharaoh's
treasure house.
For many years they tried to keep
white travellers from entering the city,
because when the treasure was found
they said 1t belonged to them. But to-
day they welcome visitors. NOminally
the city of Petra is a personal posses
sion Of the sultan of Turkey, and it is
theoretically against the law to re-
move anything without his permission.
But there is nobody to stand watch
and guard the historic treasures. Every
traveller helps himself and the natives
assist him in his search, hoping to de-
rive a few cents for their labor
ArgOnaut.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
TEUTONS IN AMERICA.
Census of 1910 Showed that 8,e83,891
Were Living In United States.

Census of 1910 Showed that 8,o83,891
Were Living In United States.
The census of 1910 showed that there
were then in the United States 2,501,-
1873 natives Of Germany, 1.174,973 ma
tives Of Austria and 495, 600 natives of
Hungary. This makes a total Of I'LL
915 natives of the central empires in
the United States. In addition there
were 709,070 American born persons
both of whose parents were natives of
Austria, 3,911,S47 native born persons
both of whose parents were born in
Germany and 191,O95 native born per-
sons both of whose parents were born
in Hungary. There were also in the
United States at the time of the 1910
census 117.565 native born persons one
of whose parents was born in Austria,
1,S69,59O native born persons one of
whose parents was born in Germany
and 1865 native born persons one of
whose parents was born in Hungary,
The total number of Germans, Aus
TRANS and Hungarians and native born
persons both of whose parents were
born in Germany, Austria or Hungary
was 1888. S91. The figures given above
include women and children. In addi-
ton there were 2,O00,723 native born
persons one of whose parents was of
German, Austrian or Hungarian birth
in the United States in 1910.
By geographical divisions the natives
of Germany, Austria and Hungary
were distributed in the United States
in 1910 as follows:
AnS%rfa-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
Frigga.

Frigga, from whom Friday is de-
rived, was either a god or a goddess,
according to time and country. As
man he was a great hunter and war
rior, always represented with drawn
sword in one hand and a bow in the
other. In the Scandinavian countries
Frigga was called the Venus of the
North" and the sixth day of the week
was consecrated to her worship.-Lon-
don Mail
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
When Turtles Were Big.

OF the turtles it may be said that
they represent the most ancient type Of
all vertebrates, resembling closely as
they do the reptiles Of their kind which
existed SO far back as the mesozoic
era There were sea tortoises during
that epoch which measured twenty
feet in spread of fippers, while some
tertiary tortoises were not less big, in
body, measuring twelve feet from head
to tail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
A Rival to the "MarseiIIaise."

Writing in Musical Opinion, Gerald
Cumberland says: 1.-The records Of his
tory contain but few examples Of great
works Of musical art created during a
time of war. The 'Marseillaise' is one
such example, and Sir Edward Cigars
'Chantons, Belges, Chantons,' is an
other. Greatly as 1 admire the former
undyfng melody, do not believe it is
In any respect greater than the latter"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
One View of Love.

do you think there is anything re-
markable in love at first sight?' asked
the romantic youth.
Not at ALL" answered the cynic
Its when people have been looking
at each other for four or five years
that it becomes remarkable. Pear
sons Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-07-29
Odd Tomb Inscriptior.

There is at the entrance of the Church
of San Salvador, in the city of Oviedo.
Spain, most remarkable tomb, erected
by a prince named Silo, with a curious
Latin inscription which may be read
270 ways by beginning with the capital
"S' in the center.-London Express.