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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Cy PROF. CARL LUDWIG scHLEIcH.

They who return from the field of battle are
changed men, with peculiar expression Of the
face which has become characteristic of those who
are fighting for their country. Though there is a
uniformity of desire to serve the fatherland fur
Their after speedy a recovery may be pos
sible. the features of all these members of the
giant organism lies the stamp OF the horrors or
which they have witnessed. and this express
sion is in direct relation to the culture Of the
Individual
Notwithstanding their iron purpose to return
when their injuries shall have healed, these fight
intact tragic look in the deep-set eyes, an al
most stony rigidity of face characteristic.
pecially of the officers who come under observa-
ton. 1t seems as if all tie horrors of conflict had
impressed themselves upon the vision and had
given an expression first of establishment at the
enormities of destruction witnessed. Then grad
uaIly the eyes became weary and accustomed
to the sights of slaughter they mirrored the full
picture of the horrible.
This condition Is followed by one of uncanny
calm and fxity of expression, which, viselike.
tains its demoniac hold upon the face. causing
the eyes to sink deeper into the head to become
dimmed and the lower lid marked with the
shadow and WEAKNESS within. The eyes lie deep
in their bony sockets in those suffering from
insomnia or those who have been deeply touched
by LIES miser1es- This expression or the face
find even where the individual returns to his
home uninjured.
Under solicitous care the rigidity and look of
distress disappear in the course Of few weeks
but on their arrival from the field these men are
all slightly changed-as though they had learned
to shudder and no longer knew the unrestraint
of joyous laughter They have seen the Gorgeous
head. This changed expression of the face, this
deadly serious look this aging of the features in
a short period of time is well known to reIa-
tives and friends. It is the expression OF con-
dtion which the technical physician character
ICES chronic shock of the sympathetic system,
expressed particularly in the arteries.
pulse. but also the heart itself. Under the
constant impulse of its contracting muscle the
heart becomes dilated and hypertrophied. This
physical condition results in that psychic unrest
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Saw an Iron Kettle Walking Toward
Her.
and you will find basket of meat and
onions. Bring it here"
The little girl did as the kettle told
her, and when she had brought them
the kettle said: Put them in the ket-
tie and then put some leaves and dry
sticks under me, clap your hands
three times over and say:
Fire, fire, brightly burn,
Cook my dinner to a turn"
So the little girl obeyed and soon
had a nice hot soup. Look behind
the rock said the kettle, "and you
will find bowl and spoon. After this
when you are hungry come here an
clap your hands three times and say:
Kettle, kettle, come to me,
So shall not hungry be-
One day the wicked old uncle no
ticed that the little girl was growing
fat, and as he had given her very lit
tie to eat. he wondered where she goI
her food, and he watched her. He
heard her call the kettle and build
the fire and then find the food. The
next day he locked her in the house
and went to the place himself. First
he called:
Kettle. kettle. come to me,
So 1 shall not hungry be-"
Then he found the meat and 7ege-
tables and then he built the fire,
clapping his hands and saying:
Fire. fire. brightly burn.
Cook my dinner to a turn"
But when he stirred the soup II flew
up and burned him, and then the ket-
tie turned over and spilled the soup
and put out he fire
The burns panied him and he was
very angry and took a stick and ran
to the house. He unlocked the door.
Cole out here" he said to the little
girl. You made the kettle burn me;
now 1 viii whip you"
But as he lifted the stick a fairy ap-
peared and touched him with her
hand, and he became an old tree win
one branch, which looked like a stick
lifted in hand Now" said the fairy,
you can live happily"
The kettle came running along and
went into the house. You will always
have plenty to eat" said the fairy,
EOI you nave Tue IIdStC Kettle ana
you know the magic secret of building
a fire."
The little girl lived alone and gave
food to all who stopped at her door,
but the tree always made her feel sad
and she wished it was not there.
One morning the tree was gone and
in it's place was a big chestnut tree
and under il sat an old man with a
staff in his hand
viii you please give me a cup Of
water?" he asked. The little girl gave
him the water and also a nice break.
fast. Stay here and rest" she said
when he started to 60
NO" said the old man, ct must
walk on; have long journey before
me- ] must walk until find the river
Of kindness; l missed It In my youth
and now / must walk back and bathe
in it before I can rest"
The little girl watched him as he
walked away and wondered If the
fairy had changed the old tree into the
old man who was looking for the rive.
OF kindness.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
THE WORLD OVER

Americas 1915 cranberry crop ia es-
timated at 100000 barrels.
British COiumbia's annual mineral
output is valued at $50. 0O6. 900.
Two English physicians are expert
menting with parasite With which
they hope to exterminate the f5ies OF
their country within few years.
Poor fruit crops ars reported by
Scotland, where the weather during
the last three months has been very
raisy. With frsQaeat tkunde=stczms
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
WAS NOT IMPRESSED
Visit to Country Editor Resulted in
WiiIie's Turning From the Paths
OF Literature.

Into the room of a country editor
came a bluff old farmer with his
eighteen-year-old son.
I've come for a little information.
sir" he said hopefully.
Il shall be delighted to do what
can for you,' was the polite reply.
We'll, this son OF mine wants to
go into the literary business, and
thought you would be able to tell US
if there was any money in it It's
a good line, isn't it
''Ye-e-es," replied the editor, hesi-
tatingly. I've been at it myself for
a good many years and"
The farmer thereupon looked
around at the shabby office and then
at the shabbier editor.
Come on, Willie" he ordered.
Back to your blowing, my lad"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
GATHERED INFORMATION

An artificial eoffee has been invent
ed in Japan which is said TO have
the right flavor and large percentage
OF nourishment-
A woman is the patentee Of appli-
ances with which fruit and vegetables
can be canned in Jars In ordinary wash
boilers.
The discovery Of q gas having the
same relation 70 hydrogen that ozone
has 20 oxygeA Ia claimed By an Eng
lfsh scientist.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
He Meant Business.

Mrs. Bennett arrived at the conclu-
sion that the attachment Of Teddy No
Ian, the policeman, for her cook must
be investigated lest It prove disas-
trous to domestic discipline.
One morning she took Annie, the
cook, to task regarding the matter.
Annie admitted his attentions.
DO you think he means business,
Annie?" asked Mrs. Bennett.
Yis, mum, Oh t'ink So" replied
Annie. Anyway, he's begun to
complain about my cookin', num-
Judge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
New Swedish Explosive for Shells.

For many years a superphOspate
company in Stockholm has been ex-
perimenting with new explosives, and
now seems to have found one warrant
ing extensive manufacture. 1t is very
powerful, and one of the principal in
gradients is perchloride Of ammonia
prepared in some special way 'Kau-
solit." as it is called. has great ex-
plosiye power and seems especially
adapted for shells
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

to inhabit the section and modern irrigation sys-
TENS were first thought of. The bitches these
farmers made soon decreased the water supply IN
the Rio Grande so that further development was
impossible unless storage water provided
This resulted in many of the old bitches being
abandoned and thousands of acres were left to
parch till the coming of Uncle Sam with his en-
gineers whose work will turn the arid desert into
fertile fields, which will again be green with
crops, they were centuries ago. before the
white invaded the territory.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

When New Mexico De-
came a part of the United
States fully one-third OF
it's area was included in
Mexican and Spanish land
grants, which for years
afterward were uncon-
frmed and therefore paid
no taxes, and were not
available to settlers The
Indians and their Mexican
neighbors had been irri-
eating their few crops
through bitches construct
ed hundreds Of years be-
fore.
Little more than a quar-
ter of a century ago.
with the arrival of a rail-
road. new settlers began
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Jersey thrown in but with population of only
about 100000.
So many generations ago that no records are
left, mighty civilization is said to have flour
ished in this territory. When Coronado sailed up
the Rio Grande Indians leading the waters
OF the river their fields and blossoming gar
dens But with the coming of civilization, led by
the Spaniards, who sought only gold, the ancient
irrigation system abandoned, and for many
generations this land which will now be made
fertile was left idle
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

years from the time the water was turned into
the gigantic reservoir. the entire flow Of the Rio
Grande will be required to fill it This artificial
lake is forty miles long and from three to six
miles wide. It will hold 650000,000 gallons,
enough to 100000 acres of land with water
to depth of foot.
The work the dam started in the spring
of 1911. and more than thousand workmen
have been employed the construction ever
since that time When the project is finally
pleted 10000 acres of land in New Mexico, $4,000
acres in Texas and 25 900 in old Mexico
will be irrigated. Five hundred and fifty thou
sand cubic yards of solid masonry will have been
put in place. This masonry forms mass, which.
II placed on a tract of land of the dimensions
of an ordinary city block, would cover the tract
to a height equal to that of Is story building.
This masonry has been placed at the rate of
1925 cubic yards daily
All the gates of the dam have been put in
place and the water in the reservoir stands at 81
feet above the old river bed. When it is filed
1T will have an average depth of approximately
IS feet.
The Elephant Butte dam project far surpasses
in magnitude the Assuan dam on the Nile in
Egypt, which has in the past been regarded as
the climax of possibilities in irrigation AS a
matter Of actual figures. the Nile dam holds only
half as much water will be contained back
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
HislModest Wants

taking the ideal book. bough, jug
snd maiden OF Omar Khayyam as one
side Of the solid comfort picture. turn
the canvas over and squirt at the lux
my desired by the British soldier who
writes: Gould you post each week
the Spectator and a small can OF In
sect poEder2"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

"a GACpAdnI Butte Udm.
The dam itself is 1,2O0
feet long and will be BOA
feet high at the highest
point. A permanent road
way 16 feet high is being
constructed on top. The
dam gradually widens to
the base, forming a con-
crete foundation. against
which the raging torrents
from the streams of the
Rocky mountains will beat
for centuries without eff
feet
In the construction OF
the reservoir it was nee
essary to wipe out three
small towns; and although
the population was not
large, the property values.
which were made good by
the government, repre-
scented in the aggregate n
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
He Had No kiek COMM.

That's awful pitching"
whats the matter, my dearT
That's the second man he's giTss
a pass to first this inning"
Il don't see why you should COD
plain, George That's the way yO1
came into see the game."-DetrOfB
Free Press
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
AL ONT

Does not the illimitabIe ocean vista
take you out of yourself?"
mo, it is the motion Of the boat
that does that
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

What a fresh complexion Miss
Gladys hasi"
Yes; she's just put it on"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Point Of the Situation.
The place was so still you c0ul9
have heard q pin drop"
Did anybody drop it?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Happy Is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used Sure TO please. All
grocers. Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
ProfeesIonaI Hahlt.

why do you snub that young den
list who calls On you so?"
Because he gets on my nerves"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

It's hard to forgive man who lets
rs do him an injury.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
FRANCE AT WAR IN TUNIs.

Of
o
zoo number
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

While passing a saloon the water
wagon has TO hold tight
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Z the valley of the Rio Grande
river, on the border between the
United States and Mexico, eng1-
neers of the United States have
almost finished the greatest
reclamation project ever at
tempted. At a cost of 100000
600 the Elephant Butte dam in
New Mexico, which will turn 80
square miles of almost worthless
desert into fertile farms, has
been constructed. For three
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Piles Relieved by First Application
And cured IN to II days by PAZO OINTMENT.
the universal remedy for all forms Of Piles.
Druggists refund money If II fails soc
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closes huh With the van 70 which It Is fastened ida
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13

Best gallon bur clover seed, 1st arC
End prizes, ribbons.
Best gallon vetch seed, 1st and 2nc
prizes, ribbons.
Best bundle millet, German, 1st anc
End prizes, ribbons.
Best bundle millet, cat tail, 1st anc
End prizes, ribbons.
Best pumpkin, 1st and 2nl prizes
ribbons.
Best half bushel sweet potatoes, Is,
and End, ribbons.
Best half bushel Irish potatoes, ISL
and End prizes, ribbons.
Best peck apples, any variety, is.
and End prizes, ribbons.
Best peck pears, 1st and End prizes
ribbons.
Best peck peanuts, 1st and 2nd
prizes, ribbons.
Best half bushel turnips, 1st and
End, ribbons.
Best peck cotton seed, 1st and 2nd
ribbons.
Best stalk cotton, 1st and 2nd
prizes, ribbons.
Best collection of garden seed, 1st
and End prizes, ribbons.
Best sow pig, purebred, 1st and 2nd
prizes, ribbons.
SSS booi, any DIccO, ISL anu ZnV
ribbons.
Best pair pigs, purebred, 1st and
End, ribbons.
Best pair pigs, any breed. 1st and
End, ribbons.
Poultry.
Best pen of five purebred. COM
posed of one cock, one hen and three
pullets, any breed, 1st and End prizes.
ribbons.
Best cock, 1st and 2nd prizes, rib
bons.
Best cockerel, 1st and End prizes,
ribbons.
Best hen, 1st and End prizes, rib
bons.
Best pullet, 1st and End prizes, rib
bons.
Best exhibit of mechanical work.
1st and End prizes, ribbons.
Best exhibit old relics, 1st and End
prizes, ribbons.
Boys Corn Club.
Best bushel seed corn, yellow, 1st
and End prizes, ribbons.
Best bushel seed corn, white, 1st
and End prizes, ribbons.
Best 10 ears seed corn, 1st and End
prizes, ribbons.
Best single ear seed corn, 1st and
End prizes, ribbons.
Boy making highest average score
on all four points laid down in Boys
Corn; Club catechism or Bulletin A "a
nlpe fnlsss 1et md End prizes,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13
MRS. CATHERINE JETER
DIES, AT HOME IN SANTU(

Mrs. Catherine Jeter, aged 78, died
at her home at Santuc at II o'clock
Wednesday,. She was taken ill the
night before, and was in her usual
health the day before.
She was Miss Catherine McJunkin
daughter of Joseph McJunkin, Jr.
familiarly called Square" McJunkin
and granddaughter of Major Joseph
McJunkin.
She is survived by five sons, Mr.. E.
w. Jeter, Mr.. r. G. A. Jeter, Mr.. w
o. Jeter, DR.. E. C. Jeter and Mr.. T
B. Jeter.
The burial was conducted by Rev
A. McA. Pittman at Salem Baptist
church, Of which Mrs. Jeter was a
member, and the burial was in the
church cemetery there Thursday, Oct
IL.
Mrs. Jeter was woman possessing
rare graces, and was held in the high
est esteem by all who knew her. She
was a devoted Christian, a loving
mother and a kind neighbor. Her life
was benediction to all who came
under her influence.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
MET NIGHT OF OCTOBER S.

? On last Thursday night, October 5th
the ladies' missionary society of Green
Street church met at the parsonage
and enjoyed a few pleasant and profit
able hours together. S.sssl u
Mrs. Summers and Mrs. Culps Of the
.Gfaces Methodist church society md
Rev. E. 8. Jones, the pastor OF Grace
church, were among the visiting
friends. They gave inspirino addresses
on mission work, that were enjoyed
by all present. Mrs. Summers talked
on "Our Work." Mrs. Culp talked or
Glow to Do More for Missions" Rev
E. S. Jones talked on omissions ir
General" followed by short talk by
w. F. Gault on Foreign Missions.
Mrs. Mildred Lybrand, the presi.
dent, presided over the meeting, anC
at the close of the addresses secured
five new members for the society. AT.
ter which all enjoyed course of ligh:
refreshments.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13
SEVEN STEAMERS SVT 1T 'I'"''" COMP
BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
MISREPRESENTATION
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Jonesville Township Interdenomina-
tional Sunday School Convention
Will Be Held at GauIt School
House Oct. Is, 1916.

1910 Ga. m.-Devotional service by
Rev. Mr.. Thrasher.
1O:15 a. m.-"The Devotional Life
OF the Sunday School Worker" Dr.
G w. B. Smith.
1926 a. m.-"Good Records; What
This Point of the Banne. School
Means, and Their Value to a Sunday
School" T. NJ. Littlejohn and J. VI.
Cunningham. >
l1:O5 a. m.-"The Banner School
Standard, What and Why?" w. II.
5. Harris, r. ID. Webb.
11:15 a. m.-"The Banner SUNDAY
School" Robert Adams and l. q.
Johnson.
40 a. m.-"Measuring the Sun
day School on District Chart" Bv f.
NJ. Ellerbe.
II disappointment of committee
to secure promoter subscriptions. civ
ing out statistical report blanks TO
each school. Adjournment for din
ner.
l D. m.-Devotional services by T.
II. Gore.
1:45 p. m. THE Organized Class
for Adults Rev. w. b. Justus, K.
ID. Webb.
2 p. m.-"The Growing Teacher"
W.. p. Leister, J. F. Altman.
2:3O p. m.-"Our Township Aim for
the Year b. w. Whitlock, VI. c.
Gault.
All lovers and workers of Sunday
schools are urgently requested to at
'ehd. j. w. Scott,
Township Sunt
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13
TO TEMPORARY QUARTERS.

The Edisonia Theatre has moved
INTO temporary quarters next door to
Flynn-Vlncent Shoe company, having
made the move without lnterruptinp
the service single day. 1t Will re-
qulre some two or three months to
get the quarters formerly occupied re-
modelled, but wnen that is done the
building will have seating capacl,
OF some 600, and will be a modern
and convenient theatre. The audi
torium will be made up of the room
formerly so occupied, built several
feet longer and the space in the rear
OF the store room east of the old audi
torium. The building will have a
width of about so feet and depth
of about hundred. Just in front
OF the section to be added to the
auditorium is the new store room
which will be occupied by Tinsley's
JeWelry store. This store room is
quite attractive in appearance, the
front being one of the handsomest in
Union. These improvements will add
much to the appearance of Main
street. Upstairs, over both buildings
Will be some of the most up-to-date
offices to be found in Union. The man
who is behind this building enter
prise Is j. Cohen, one of the city's
most progressive citizens, and who
believes that to build up town the
property owners should be wlhnr 10
build to their capacity.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13
MR.. WIX APPOINTED AGENT.

Mr.. Sam Wix has been appointed
express agent here succeeding Mr.. ].
A. Brown, resigned. Mr.. Wix has
been with, the express company scr
several Years and has ~ close apoli-
cation and hard work merted this
promotion. He is, moreover, always
courteous and his promotion is a
qualification to the patrons of the Of
fice. Mr.. Eugene Gilbert has been
given the position of delivery man.
Mrs. Mabry, who has for several
years had charge of the cifice unde,
Mr.. Brown, and has also conducted 9
grocery business in the same huildine
That the express company was op.
Grated in, will no longer be connected
with the Express office. She has alsc
moved her grocery store into two Of
the new buildings recently erected by
Mrs. w. Newell Smith, Just west OF
the Express office. 1t was talked that
the Express office would be n.ovat
from the present quarters, but this is
mistake. The Express company
has leased the building now occup;et
Tor another five years of Mr.. J. A
Brown.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13
WILL BUILD NEW CHURCH.
Congregation of Jonesville Baptist
Church Decided at a Recent Con-
ference to Make This Move.
Building Committee APP
pointed and Plans
Adopted.

TIE congregation of the Jonesville
Baptist church recently decided to
build new house of worship. There
was not a dissenting vote when the
question was presented in the con-
ference. Immediately large part of
the money was subscribed to the en-
terprise. The building is to be brick
veneer, and will be modern and well
equipped edifice, and with Sunday
school quarters conveniently arranged.
The building committee is: J. w.
Lipscomb, w. P. Leister, C. A. little
John, j. E. Johnson and C. G. West.
The committee has already chosen the
architect and has decided upon the
plans for the building. Work will be-
gin as soon as the material can be
gathered and the preliminary details
settled.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13
NEW CAFE AND FRUIT STORE

Mr. Paul c. Baker and Mr.. Ernest
kerhulas have leased the store room
on the southwest corner of Main and
Pinckney streets, recently remodeled
on the front and interior. Mr.. Baker
has handsomely equipped cafe 2
one side of the building while Mr..
Kerhulas has an un-to-date CANDY and
fruit store in the other side, both ten
ants occupying the building. Both
these gentlemen saw they will give
Union the best in his respective line,
and they have certainly made a fair
start, judging by the neat and attrac-
tive furnishing and the evidence of
scrupulous cleanliness in the new
store
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-13
NEW FURNITURE CONCERN

Mr.. A. d. Cooper of Clinton has
moved to Union and will engage in
the furniture business, the name =
the concern being the Cooper Furni-
ture Exchange. Mr.. Cooper has been
IN the furniture business for many
wears, and is interested in like estab-
llshments in other cities in the State.
The Union store will have Mr.. Coon
er's personal supervision, and he will
nave associated with him here two of
ms sons, Mr.. ]. P. Cooper and Mr.
A. d. Cooper. Jr.
Inc new concern has opened in the
SCARE building on the corner of Main
and Mountain streets.