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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-08
THE COMMERCIAL SCAVENGER.

THE COMMERCIAL SCAVENGER.
heard to say: 81 am waiting for prop
erty to go to the bottom and then
am going to buy, have been waiting
for my opportunity" The remark
seems harmless enough upon first
thought, but is it as harmless as it
appears to be? The position of
scavenger is not very enviable one,
even when applied to physical needs
of city. When applied to the COM
mercial needs of a community, it is
even less attractive. The Scavenger
who gathers up the trash and carries
it away to be burned is even per
forming service, for he is minister
ing to the comfort and the health of
the community. But the commercial
scavengers perform no such good
turn. True. he may fatten upon th2
wreckage of business for time. but
in the end, the diet upon which he
feeds destroys him; the decad2ncg
naliy impoverisheS him. If one mar.
owned all the houses in Unin they
would soon be inhabited by bats and
owls. rather than by human beings.
If one man owned ali the land in
Union county it would not be worth
fifty cents an acre. If one man
owned all the stores in Union they
would not rent for enough to pay
taxes and insurance. This would be
true beyond question If there haC
been the withholding of money the
producing OF the stagnation by the
very man into whose hands the prop
erty had finally come. In Other
words, if there had been design,
purpose, wilful planning to bring
about the condition, the commercial
scavenger would find himself in pos
session of trash, not property; dead
carcaSses, not living things.
Whether men will it or do not will
it, there IS q great, a wise and eter-
nal law that has been put into opcr-
alton by an all wise Providence.
There is such thing as compcnSa-
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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-08

Mr. Jas. II. Hope has been ap-
pointed County superintendent Of
Education for Union County, and mis-
appointment will please the citizens
of the county. He is in every way
we'll qualified to fill the position
There were other good men in the
race, in fact every one of them were
good men; the thing had to narrow
down to one man, and worthier
choice, in our humble Judgment,
could not have been made.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-08
A Kind Letter.

The Union Times, Union, S. c.
Dear Sir: In response to your S. o. S.
signal, | enclose you herewith one
dollar, subscription money for The
Times for another year. / hope this
will save the ship. With best regards,
- Truly yours,
John Gary Evans,
Spartanburg, S. c.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-08
Notice.!

Maple Camp No. 323 w. o. w. are
to have public meeting Monday
January IL to install officers for the
ensuing year. Several speakers are
to be present, among them are p. d..
Barron and j. X. Hamblin.
Eugene Gregory, Clerk.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-08

Panama City. FLA printer found
chunk of ambergris in the bay here
the other day. 1t weighed 8 pounds
six\ounces and sold for $1,000.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-08

Udall. Kan.-H. C. Hall, farmer,
unearthed a petrifed human skull or
his farm near here. Experts say it is
more than 10000 years old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
New Opium and Cocaine Law

While public attention is focused on the lawmakers at Montgomery, druggists and. physicians of Alabama should not overlook the new federal anti-narcotic law which goes into ef- feet all over the United States and it's possessions March 1.
 It is a law regulating the use of "opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives or preparations" and is regarded as one of the most revolu- tionary statutes ever enacted by the federal government. It requires every person or firm handling these drugs to register with the internal revenue collector. Every order for such drugs must be made on numbered blanks furnished by the internal reve- nue collector, and every sale must be recorded and turned over to the gov ernment. Physicians cannot write prescriptions for these drugs without having obtained a permit from the revenue collector and even when ad- ministering them to his own patients he must keep careful record of the time, place and person, all of which data must be available to the govern ment inspectors.
 It has been estimated that there are four million people in the United States who use these narcotics, so that the consequences of the new law are sure to be far-reaching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18

retailers, while the other concern caters to the wholesale trade in all parts of the country I have been engaged Tn the broom business here for almost five years, and am thoroughly acquainted with both the sales and manufacturing ends of the industry.
 "A broom factory under good manage ment almost invariably proves profit able investment, and comparatively small capital is required to begin business. The most important factor to be con- sidered in this business is distribution facility. This must be developed to high degree, but in a good territory such as the Birmingham district op- stacles of this nature are easily over come by man who is thoroughly Ia miliar with the business. In fact, believe there is now ample opportunity for another factory or two in this local ity. The manufacturing end is rather simple It consists chiefly in assembling the different parts from the maker wno is best equipped to give the best TOT the money invested. Several machines are required in assembling the dlHeren' parts into the finished product ana skilled mechanics are necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
The Panama-Pacific Exposition

What will be in many respects the greatest international exposition ever held will be opened in San Francisco next Saturday. The Pan-Pacific show is one of the few worlds fairs that has been completed on scheduled time.
 Saturday will be carnival day in San Francisco. Governor Johnson has declared February 20 as legal holi- day and all business houses will be closed. President Wilson, standing in the rotunda of the capitol at Washing ton, will press the electric button that will officially open the great event. The President will visit the exposi- tion.
 San Francisco is prepared to enter tain vast throngs of visitors, and it is believed that the gate receipts will mark new high record in the annals of worlds fairs. The foreign pavil- ions are said to be particularly attrac- tive, and many of the states have erected large and beautiful buildings on the grounds.
 Alahama is one of the few states
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18

that has no building at the exposition. When the Panama-Pacific exposition proposition was presented to the Ala bama legislature four years ago the enterprise had not crystallized fully, and it was too soon, it was thought, for Alabama to make an appropria- tion. The fact that this state will be conspicuous by it's absence should have prompted the new legislature to pro- vide for a building when it met in January. Three or four months would have been required in the erection of creditable structure, but even so it would have been better than having no building at all Alabama's neigh bors-Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida-have attractive state buildings at San Francisco and they will get much good advertising there from. But in the absence of an Ala bama house on the exposition grounds some kind of a headquarters place should be provided even now, for Ala bamians will be seen in San Francisco in large numbers.
 The exposition will be kept open un- til December.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
MEALS OF A sALEsGIRL.

Esther Packard in the Survey.
 When I pay ' cents for lunch, I'm extravagant," remarked a girl clerk ;n a large department store in Buffalo.
 D. 6, or 7-cent lunch. day in and day out. month upon month, year upon year! A sandwich, perhaps washed down by cup of coffee. every day in the week! Can those of us whose lunch is seldom so restricted comprehend this mode of living? Can our minds grasp in the faintest degree the meaning of this pinch ing economy? If we sxperimented with a 7-cent lunch for a week, just to see how it really felt" should we even then comprehend? Is 1t not the psychological reaction of hopelessness and grubbiness that we cannot sense rather than empti- knowledge. which cents in ones pocket hook brings, that lunch can never go beyond the limits of bread and butter and a cup of coffee?
 Sometimes I just long for a good 30- cent meal" said one girl who was earn ing s6 a week. But I never have the price of it in my pocket-book. get SC tired of those 2O-cent dinners year in and year out, that often I think I'd rathe, not eat at all."
 It was this hopeless attitude towarus | life-the feeling that expenditure mus i forever be hedged about by petty saving which to me stood out most prominent!s ir the stories gathered from working girls by the New York state factory in vestigating commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
Distress In Poland

Henry Zienkiewicz, the famous au- thor of "Quo Vadis ?"and other novels, like many of his fellow Poles, has been driven out of his home by the war and is now a refugee in Switzer- land. He is staying at the Grand ho- tel, Vevey, with members of the com mittee for relief of victims of war in Poland, of which he is president. He gives an appalling description of con- ditions in Poland, which has suffered as much, if not more, than unhappy Belgium from the horrors of the European war.
 But while substantial aid has been given to Belgium, Poland, on account of its geographical location, has been cut off from neutral help to large extent and the suffering there has reached an acute stage. Although Poland had nothing to do with the war, the novelist points out that million and half of her sons are fighting fratracidal battles in the armies of belligerent powers. Poland has been made the cockpit for the battles of Europe, and has been de- vastated from end to end. At pres ent 75O,OOO Poles are fighting in the Russian army and an equal number are bearing arms for Austria.
 In the kingdom of Poland alone 15,- GOO villages have been burned or dam aged, says Mir. Zienkiewicz. One thousand churches and chapels have also been destroyed, while in nine out often provinces. seized by the Ger mans everything has been taken, even to the peasants chickens Homeless people have sought shelter in the for ests where it is said that women and children are dying of cold and hunger by thousands.
 Of the 127, ,500 square kilometres of territory in Poland, it is said that 100000 kilometres have been laid waste. More than 1,000,000 horses and 2,O00,O00 head of horned cattle have been seized, while in the 100000 kilometres of territory invested, not a grain of corn, drop of milk or a scrap of meat was left for the civil population. This statement seems al most incredible, but is made by man who is at least entitled to respect ful hearing. No fewer than 00,00O workmen have lost their means of livelihood, declares MT. Zienkiewicz while in Galicia the situation is just as bad.
 Belgium has enlisted so much sym pathy and aid that the American peo- pie are prone to overlook the shocking state of affairs that prevails in more remote Poland and Galicia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 "HE Russian Duma has been figur-
 ing conspicuously in the dispatches
 in the last few days. It has been addressed by ministers and has adopted resolutions approving the conduct of the war much like other legislative bodies. Also it has announced various demands for the extension of popular rights as a condition of it's agreeing to the budget.
 The Czar still bears the title of auto crat but his power is being gradually limited by the growth of representative government. The Duma has nothing like the power of the British House of Commons, for instance. But it is becom- ing a real factor in Russian affairs.
 Representative government was insti- tuted in Russia in 1905 to meet the dissat- isfaction that resulted from the failure of the war with Japan. Of course po- litical liberty is something that cannot be conferred on a nation by decree of benevolent dsspot. It must gradually be won by the people themselves.
 The first and second Dumas were un- able to work with the administrative off, ficials, and so were dissolved. Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace. the English authority on Russia, has told of a conversation he had with a liberal leader. in which 7 he suggested that the liberals had made a mistaker in not cooperating with the gov ernment on the basis of compromise in stead of trying to kick the table over and get all reforms at once. "In the course of 10 years,' said Sir Donald, your party
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Public opinion is never tongue-tied. Some coming events cast their shadows in all directions.
 To have a good time is easy if you have a vivid imagination.
 But one-half the world knows exactly how to work the other half
 The young doctors profession is usually better than his practice.
 You can't judge woman's religion by the bonnet she wears to church.
 Some people will never be popuiar-and there's no reason why they should be.
 Probably new born babe cries because it discovers the mistake it made in get ting born.
 Woman has an advantage over man in buying hats. When she finds shape to suit her she can arrange her hair to fit 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
DRIVING VICE UNDER COVER

From the New York World.
 In the suppression of vice in city like New York it is never to be expected that either the law or moral agitation will be wholly effective. What the committee of fourteen shows in its annual report, by a review covering a period of ten years. is that a considerable number of noto- rious resorts have closed their doors or been driven out of existence. There is more of the outward order and decency" Mayor Gaynor used to advocate than pre- vailed in 1905 in certain sections.
 To restrain the open traffic in vice is easily within the power of the police, when public sentiment demands it. But the committee of fourteen is forced to admit that a situation exists where it's old plan of operation fails to serve. After all that has been scattered and sought new places to thrive. That was the re- suit of the Parkhurst crusade and will be of all such campaigns. For city, through reform agencies. to keep up out ward appearances and to enforce private morality are two wholly different things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
TEN YEARS OF THE DUMA

would have become an important factor in advancing the cause of democracy Ten yearsr' exclaimed the Russian, i've can't wait that long,
 But Russian politicians have been learn ing by experience, and of late the Duma has been making progress toward getting control. While the Czar has the same power as the German Emperor to retain a prime minister against the will of the legislative body, the power is to some extent limited by the necessity of having a minister who can get on with the Duma. The Czar can dissolve the Duma, and so retains the supreme direction of affairs But this is done only as a last resort.
 All varieties of the population are rep resented in this legislative body-business men, peasants, workmen. priests. Cos sacks, Mussulmans in their oriental robes. But they are learning to work together and to meet the governmental problems with intelligence.
 The great weakness of the Duma has, been and is still, not in its constitution& but in the ignorance and inexperience o4 the mass of the people behind it. Thts will be gradually changed. The numhhr of schools is increasing, and a degree Fof compulsory education has now been made part of the compulsory army service.t high percentage of the recruits canHot read or write. They are taught the ruili- ments after entering the army. Gradually Russia is being swept into the drift of the civiizing influences of European culture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18

Jephson O'Connor, Beside the Blackwater,'' John Lane. Over sthe dunes the ducks are flying, And the sea breeze brings their gentle
 Over the dunes. Out where the seas white hair is blowing, The long dark line of ducks is going
 Over the dunes. The leafless trees are straight and spare; The sea is singing an ancient air
 Over the dunes The marsh lies lone and dun and still: The fine sand follows the winds will
 Over the dunes. A gang of geese comes from the south, And heads the marsh at Mill Creek mouth,
 Over the dunes. My heart is glad for an open place The sea. and the sky, ana the infinite space
 Over the dunes. My heart is glad for the things that are; And yet I long for land afar.
 Over the dunes. A land where clouds of silver-gray Circle the hillstops far away
 Over the dunes. The sight of all in the world most fair Is the Irish land in the evening air
 Over the dunes. Turing my back to the silent sea go where the house-lights summon me
 Over the dunes. In the garden walk, by the patch of ferns A fair-haired girl waits my return
 Over the dunes. Sing her the song my lone heart sings, Wild duck, flying with beating wings
 Over the dunes. Over the dunes the ducks are flying, And the sea breeze brings their gentle crying su.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
BIRMINGHAM MOVIES

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Pastors union of Birmingham had the movies closed on. Sundays. Bitter con- troyersy follows the action of the city commission in closing the places of moment in the address of Jack Wood, president of the Birmingham Trades Council, in which he said in part:
 "The Trades Council has taken no of- ficial action, but I know that at it's next meeting it will unanimously indorse Sun day shows, and it has been. forced into this position by the intolerant position of the clergy of this city. When we ap- preached this proposition it was for no other purpose than charity, but no soon- CT did this honorable board give permis- sion to operate the shows on Sunday for charity than the ministers of this city rose up on their hind legs and howled to the heavens. Perhaps they know that with the money we secured that day we fed 215 heads of families and close on to 900 people who were actually hungry and in need. And yet they held up their hands in holy horror at the undertaking. One
 
 opposition was asked to contribute to the aid of these poor people and refused, and if he were here today I would call his name in your presence. We can't come to you and get permission for a tag day and allow our women to go out on the streets and blackjack the business men into giving up money. We must ask you for the use of the picture shows for the aid of the unemp1oyed Then the preachers bob up and tell us what we shall not do; but they do 4not tell us what we shall do." . It is of course not our affairs, but we cannot refrain from g word of query Are the kindly, honored men of the cloth of Birmingham, by whose influence this thing happened, quite sure that by their action they have brought the thousands of workingmen of Birmingham closer to the crurch; or have they aroused the re- sentiment of these people so that they will go farther from the church?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18

Director Holmes of the United States geological survey, predicts that radium will be produced at one-third it's present cost. According to a bulletin recently issued by his department, the output last year was 43OO short tons of dry ore con taining S7 tons of uranium oxide and 22.4 grains of metallic radium, valued at $446,O00. 1t is thought that about nIne- tenths of the radium in these ores can be recovered by improved processes. The production of carnotite ores from the Henry mountains in Utah and the com mercial production of uvanite, which is a radium bearing mineral, has been started. The Standard Chemical company vas the countrys largest producer of radium last year and shipped more than half the total output. The war in Flu rope has seriously retarded the radium industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18

summer resorts. the railroads and the trolley lines, since "the war in Europe will cut off the usual rush for that con- tinent."
 There is a good deal of room in the United States for tourists to circulate and it is to be suspected that some of them in the past have been neglecting their own country in order to acquire information about Europe and other for eign lands. An embargo on European travel this year ought to result in a lot of money being spent at home which is ordinarily distributed among the various agencies which exist, in large part, for the purpose of separating American trav- elers from their money
 The United States is a great country. It abounds in health and pleasure re- sorts, and 1t is rich in scenic attractions Of historical interest. The tour ist is everywhere welcome-especially when he has the price of a welcome and, of course, those who have coin to throw at European birds will not lack the wherewithal to become acquainted with the flora and fauna of their native land. There may be those who will re- gret to forego the pleasures of foreign travel. but if continental United States Is too small for them, there are rivers yet to be discovered in South America and unknown country to be explored in the direction of the Arctic circle. If the tourists who have been throw ing millions of dollars annually into Eu- ropean tills will spend their money at home this year, they will accelerate busi- ness in all lines. Not only the health re- sorts the railroads and trolley lines will benefit, but the general prosperity will be enhanced and we shall cease to hear complaints of hard times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
HAD SOME LICK.

HAD SOME LUCK. Job had his troubles, yes indeed: That's what he was created for. But still he never had to read All day about the foreign war.
 Milwaukee News. Job found existence rather tough And led somewhat painful life. But he escaped the endless stuff About the current baseball strife.
 Louisville Courier-J ournal Job suffered many earthly ills And never did his temper lose: No "solons" then were passing bills 'Gainst everything, including booze"
 Birmingham Age-Herald, Job did have troubles, one or two, And had more trouble than was right But he had no problems to do Till after bedtime every night
 Houston Post. Job had his troubles, ah, for sure. For he was in that business, see? Save for his boils naught could cure, He'd long ago forgotten be.
 Memphis Commercial-Appeal.