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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

armament consisted of four 11-inch
guns, Id 6.7-inch guns, number of
pieces of smaller calibre and six TT
inch torpedo tubes.
The Frauenlob was small German
cruiser displacing 2,715 tons.
The German battlecruisers Derf-
fiinge rand Lutzow, one of which the
British officially announced tonight
was blown up. are vessels of the same
class. Each ship displaces 26,6OO
tons, is $50 feet long, 95 feet beam,
with draught of 27 1-2 feet. The
Derffiinger was completed in July,
1914, and the Lutzow year later.
The ships carried eight 12-inch guns,
IL six-inch guns and IL 24-pounders.
They also were equipped with four
torpedo tubes each.
The Derfflinger once before was re-
ported by the British as sunk when
she participated in an engagement in
the North sea on January %, 1915.
A later report said that she had been
badly damaged in the fight and was
drydocked at Hamburg for repairs.
The German cruiser Wiesbaden,
mentioned in the German official an
nouncement as having been sunk, is
not listed in the naval annals.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
EIGHTEEN VESSELS SUNK
ACCORDING TO BRITISH

London, June 4.-The British ad-
miralty tonight issued a statement
saying there was the strongest
grounds for the belief that the Brit
ish navy in the battle with the Ger
mans off Jutland last week had &C.
counted for total of 18 German
men-of-war and that there was moth
ing to add to or subtract from the
original announcement of the British
losses.
The statement gave the German
losses as two battleships, two dread
nought battlecruisers, four light cruis-
ers, nine torpedo boat destroyers and
submarine.
The pessimism which prevailed as
result of the admiralty's original
statement of losses, which now is con-
sidered to have been needlessly can
did and conservative in underestimate
ing the extent of the German losses
as compared with those of Great
Britain has been greatly lessende by
the latest statement.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
rumors are current in Hamburg that
two additional German warships than
those announced in the German COM
munication-the battleship Westfalen
and the battlecruiiser Lutzow-were
sunk in the battle. A wireless dis
patch received here Saturday from
Berlin said the German admiralty ad-
mitted the loss of the Westfalen.
The admiralty statement tonight
declares that the German losses in
the fight were not only relatively but
absolutely greater than those of the
British. Maintaining its practice of
caution, the admiralty still refrains
from giving the names of the lost
German ships.
The official list of the casualties
among officers shows that hardly a
single officer of the line escaped from
the British cruisers sunk in the battle.
An additional casualty list of petty
officers shows that 43 of them were
saved from the Queen Mary, Invinci-
BILE, Fortune, Arden and Shark. None
was saved from the Indefatigable
Defense, Black Prince, Tipperary,
Turbulent, Nomad or Nestor.
The list gives the names of 65 men
killed aboard the Warrior and of 27
men wounded. On the ohter ships
engaged in the fight 115 men were
killed and 85 wounded.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
GEORGE w. TIDWELT,
NOW SERVING SENTENCE
was convicted OF Manslauger and Given Years for Kill
ing R. Emmett Walker in GreenvIIe in 1914
Gives Out Statement

good old days of our forefathers
passed when mans duties to his
lamlly and loyalty to them come first :?
am here today convicted according
to the laws of South Carolina and
sentenced to serve a seven wear form,
In the state prison. No man ever on
tered the walls with a greater de-
termination to abide by the rules and
regulations of the institution. I am
no outlaw and don't feel like a Grim
maj, and when | put on the stripes
l look upon 1T as an honor rather than
disgrace to wear them; because T
was man enough and had the moral
courage to walk out in the open and
raise my hand when my home had
been desecrated and my heart Law
torn and bleeding.
Would to God there were more
, men who had this moral COURAGE
"A man who is not loyal to his family
IS not loyal to his country. But the
laws of this state do not sustain n
man in avenging wrongs where his
nome has been destroyed Therefore
| must suffer the penalty.
Seven years is equivalent to life
tlme for man of my age, as I am
now fifty-four years old. For over
tltty-two years I lived life beyond
reproach, and no man could show q
cleaner record. People say, Life is
what you make it. but in nv case it
Is what others have made it for me.
God knows how soon some other good
citizen may have the same bitter cum
paced nm. No man can place himself
beyond 1T when it comes, and be y
man. God protect the innocent wo-
men and the young girls from the
hands of the seducer. The seducer is
far more dangerous in a community
than the negro ravisher upon the high
way. tie enters your home, takes ad-
vantage of your hospitality and conf
dence, and under the cloak of friend
ship robs your home of its richest Jew
els and fairest flowers and leaves YOU
an exile from society, a ruined home
and broken heart.
where is the man who with a gun
In one hand and a rope in the other,
would not go forth at midnight to seek
ravisher who had desecrated the
home of neighbor? Yet, where is
he who raises his voice to assist the
man who defends his home from the
seducer? Yet the seducer is the curse
of the nation.
Il have troubles enough of my own.
but l say to you, I would shed the
last drop of my hearts blood upon the
streets today to protect one pure girl
from the hands of seducer, and as
long as God lets me live I will stand
for the same moral principle
IF the good people of South Caro-
INA can see me suffer I can stay
here and fight it out and I want the
world to know am not ashamed to be
here and to wear the stripes for the
cause. I would be glad to see some
OF the good men and the good women,
too, who have daughters to raise, and
| don't believe they will find me the
bad man I have beer pictured to be.
because | have protected my home"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
THE BEST SHOW.

A politician trying to find out Ole
Olson's politics, asked: "What do
you think, Ole, Of Wilson's running
again for PRESIDENT"
"Ay tank Wilson bane guide presi-
dent. Ay tank he be elected"
"Well, what do you think of Roose-
velt's running for third term?"
SAY tank Roosevelt bane guide pres
ident. Ay tank he be elected.
But who," asked the politician, "do
you think has the best show"
cay tank Ringing Brothers. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
NOT SUCH BAD NEWS, Ell?

Short skirts will continue to be
worn next fall, according to report
of the style committee of the National
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers
association, adopted Saturday at the
annual convention at Cincinnati. The
report says the short skirts "smart.
ness and youthful appearance makes
its popularity universal" That means
it is popular with the men as well
as with the women. We'll, we should
say so.-Houston Post.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
EX-OFFICIO.

In a recent examination paper for
boy clerks post was this question:
IF the president and all the men,
bers of the cabinet should die, who
would officiate?"
Robert, a boy of IA, thought for a
time, trying in vain to recall who
came next in succession. At last a
happy inspiration came to him, and he
answered:
THE undertaker."-New York Jour-
nal
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
A SACRIFICE.

Did you hear about the deface-
ment of Mr.. SINNERS tombstone ?"
asked Mr.. Brown few days after the
funeral of that eminent captain of in
dustry.
No; what was it," inquired his
neighbor curiously.
Some one added the word friends
to the epitaph"
what was the epitaph?"
He did his best philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
MERCIFUL DISPENSATION.

A guest called upon to return
thanks for the distinguished strangers
at public dinner said:
This is quite unexpected; in facs.
when / came into this room felt
much like Daniel in the lions den.
When Daniel got into that place and
looked around he thought to himself,
"Whoever's got to do the after-din-
ner speaking, it won't be me!-Se-
attle Times.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

During the last year 79,281, 1856
short tons Of sand and gravel, having
a value of $23,846,9 ,999, were dug out
in the United States.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

Six million miles on the Atlantic
highway without shipwreck is the rec
ord of Howard Ernest Hinsley, purser
of the American liner st. Louis. He
crossed the Atlantic 1000 times.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

Baboons are said to have a remark
able instinct for locating water, and
are used for that purpose in Africa.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

Prof. Robert Grimshaw, or New
York university, was for twenty years
an efficiency expert in Germany.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

An African frog sounds a call under
water that can be heard for long dis
tances.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

The death rate of persons under 45
is decreasing; of those over 45 it is
increasing?
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

A new gasoline engine uses only
one-twentieth of drop of fuel at a
charge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
A writer in the Moving Pict

A writer in the Moving Picture
World says there 10 danger that chill.
dren's eyes are injured BY frequent 1t.
tendance at motion.picture shows.
especially under conditions subjecting
the eyes to severe strain. He declares
that 10 place seats within less than
twenty feet Of the projection screen
In motion. picture theaters 10 . crime
against humanity and should be pro.
hlbited by law" II this 10 true, It IL
Of great Importance. The matter IL
ono for vigilant attention by health
commissioners wherever there are
iuch oficials and motion.picturs
lhows.. 1t Is also . matter worthy Of
thoughtful consideration by parents.
Where peril Of this sort exists young
folk never will realize their danger
TIL too late.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
errYiNo Up IN MORNING.,

me old Athenisns and the stsrdy
pomaus Of the republic LETT their
Nd, at d~aybreak. II has bssn 70.
u,rksd that they needed no eandlss.
and it has been inferred that . Day
living race IL superior = . aisAt.
u,,ns race. Those who work vhsa
y is light and sleep whsn II 10 dask
A seern 10 follow the natural order
# things. In Rome when Nero and
commodus and Heliogsbaius took to
diving midnight banousts the decline
a, the worlds mistress was we'll I'M.
a,r way. Old Cato. We may b sure.
,,vsys went to bed with the Roosters
and needed no rooster TO rouse him
=, dawn. Al civilization has advanced
there has been . constantly Increasing
tendency to turn night into day. There
Il, OF course, more to live for now
than there was when Aicibisdes plsyed
II, FRANKS In snoring Athens. Day 10
not enough. We must have day. and
vs must have part Of the night, too.
Men and women who really work
cannot AFFORD to sQusnder too much
AZ the night. Tho actual work per.
formed by an individual may usual.
" DO measured by the hours he keeps.
The men and women who consider
midnight as merely tho shank of
the evening" r not tho mon and
women OF useful productiveness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

An %electrolytic process has been
patented In France for converting or.
binary cast iron into iron In . very
pure state. The cathode 10 made to
rotate In q solution Of iron salt 20
n to have q layer Of iron deposited
on Its surface. Tho iron produced in
thl' way Is very hard at f1rst and con.
hlns some gas, but when anpealed II
becomes soft and malleable and 10
valuable for stamping work and for
ne In the manufacture Of electrical
machinery. Iron pipe Of unusual
strength can be made In this way. u
lag Z rod as q core.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

In the early days Of the English
stage there were no actresses. Even
in Shakespeare's time womsn's parts
were played by boys. But tho whirl.
igtg Of time brings its %revenEss." An
English actress now in this country
says the war 10 making serious In
roads on the histrtonic profession and
the number of English actors who
have enlisted and boon killed and
wounded is 80 great that II 10 posi-.
bic women will DO found playing most
Of the mems parts before long. She
admits that there ara masculine roles
in which none but me- can succeed,
but adds In tho hero and Juvenile
parts. women would do Just as we'll as
men. They could mako up SO that It
would be dificult to tell their SCI
ACROSS the f%ootliShts. They would
make wen better lovers than some OF
the men who have played the parts"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

Interesting facts, and important.
concerning the progress of safety-nrs,
principles in the operation Of Amer.
can railroads were elected At the an.
uusl dinner Of the American Museum
Of Safety. The museum has been
keeping tab on tho railroads for nine
years. In that period. and unQuestion.
ably for oil tho years Of railroad his
tory preceding It, there has not been =
year In which any railroad could boast
, clean slate in the matter Of fatal &C
cldents to smployees--not . year un.
III 1915. In 1915 six lines came
through without . death BY accident.
II would be absurd to attribute this
10 good luck. 1t must DO taken ~ Z
most striking proof Of tho great id.
vance In provision for safe conditions
Of work that has marked tho last TOW
years In all spheres OF industry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

1t Is commonly known that points
Of the compass can be determined by
the use of . watch. By pointing the
hour hand toward tho sun, a bearing
half way between the hour hand and
twelve O'Clock on the watch 10 true
south. 1t Is not generally known that
time can be told by the compass with
equal facility. Take the true aximuth
or bearing Of tho u and subtract
from It $50 degrees: multiply the re-
mainder by the fraction lis. and the
result will be the hours before OF
after twelve o'clock noon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
Sanitation is a desirable thing. but

Sanitation Is q desirable thing, but
1t is a question how far It a be fur
thered by legislation. California has a
statute which declares that amy
housewife who xiveS to her servants
any part Of Undertaking, wearing
apparel or bed clothes ~ cloth to be
used for wipinE the surface OF win
dows or furniture, unless It has
been stertlized BY = process OF boiling
for 40 minutes in . solution containing
s per cent Of caustic soda. shall be
guilty OF . misdemeanor." But stat
utes are not self enforcing. What
is the practical value Of = law like
that, unless II goes on to provide for
a small army of inspoctors--and II II
did, how would the people like III
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

~ Article Of food universally popu-
iar In Japan is the Japanese pickle
made principally of garden vegetables
especially the large Japanese radisb'
Cueunoers. eggplant, small turnips,
and green's OF various sorts 20 to
make up this apparently vital acces.
sorry Of japanese meals, 1t is made BY
picking the various articles in salt
with . paste Of powdered rice, bran
and some vinegar. and to most for.
sisnsrs the taste and smell are alike
Objectionable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

Tungsten Is probably the most 70.
nafkable mineral known. Pure metal.
Tic ductile tungsten IL practically IN
soluble In any common acid; IT, mott.
ING point Is higher than any other
NEAL; Its tensile strength exceeds
mat Of steel; It Ia psrs.msgnstic; It
IN be drawn to q smaller size than
NY other metal, and its specific grav.
W Is 10 per cent greater than lead.
Aaa what Is more to the point, Colo
MOO contains more tungsten than any
aasr state or possibly oil other states
b The Union.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
Juat About.

A witty schoolmaster used to relate
tho story OF a g%overness who tried to
give her pupils some idea Of the rela-
tive size OF distant countries by say
ing: "CambodIa Is about as large as
SIAM" but when this information was
reproduced In q written exercise, n
Of the girls put It in the words: She
says Cambodia ia about as large as
she H."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
Book for Household Hints

A separate book should be kept for
household hints. These. too. should be
placed in alphabetical order. II the
housewife pursues this policy she will
md her scrap book a great aid and
comfort. for she can turn to it when
sver necessary with the assurance
that the desired knowledge will al
vays be there.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

Give me the money that has been
spent in war. and / will clothe every
man. woman and child in an attire of
which kings and queens would be
proud. I will build a schoolhouse in
every valley oyer the whole earth |
will crown every hillside with a place
OF worship consecrated to the gospel
Of pcace.--Charles Sumner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

American manufacturers of musical
instruments. with an annual output
valued at about 500, 900, 900, export
only $500. 900 worth annually to for
eign countries. American pianos are
chiefly exported to Canada, where
they constitute about 30 Dor cent of
the total imports of that class to
Great Britain, for reshipment TO other
parts OF tho world. and to Central and
South America. Our player pianos
are sent in about equal numbers to
Australia, England, Italy and Ar.
sentina, and in much larger quantities
to Canada.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
When q Book 10 Worth Sometime,

No book is worth anything which Is
not worth much; nor is 1t seryiceable,
until 1t has been read, and reread. and
loved. and loved again; and marked.
10 that you can refer to the passage
you want In 1t, as a soldier can seize
his needs in an armory, or a housewife
bring the spice she needs from her
stors.-John Ruskin.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

A tree remarkable for its long tap
root, sometimes measuring "a feet and
descending to a vertical depth Of 50
feet. has been brought to notice by B.
o. Coventry. 1t Is the jand tree, which
forms small forests on the arid allu-
vial plains Of the Puniab. where the
rainfall Is ten inches or less, and tho
taproot ia supposed to have developed
gradually as the ground-water isvel
was lowered by the lowering OF the
rivers through erosion of their BEDS.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

R~etrospection may be defined as
that form OF reminiscent indulgence
that enables n to swell up like a
strutting turkey gobbler when he
thinks Of the good deeds he performed
In tho year behind him until he passes
to the vast palpitating mass of NEAR
ness that no put over during the same
period.-Houston Post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
Fortune In Klein,

Tho kelp beds of British Columbia
are said to be capable of furnishing
annually 235.Oo0 tons OF potash,
which, figured at $50 a ton, would
amount to I'll, 100000. The iodine OBJ
tanned. at the rate Of 1855 a ton,
would amount to *3,68O,000, The total
calculated value Of these two by-prod.
ucts Of kelp tat pre-war prices) would
thus amount to SIS, 0OO, 1000 per annum
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
Promised Not to Repeat.

There are more good stories to the
square inch in Doctor Macnamara's
book on "~SchOolrOOm Humor" than In
any other book of its kind, says an eI.
change. One section is devoted to
unconsciously humorous letters from
fathers and mothers excusing their
boys nonattendance at school. Per.
haps the best Of all Is the following
from a mother to the teacher: Please
sur. jennie was KEEP home today. ]
have had twins. 1t sha'n't occur
again,-Yours truely--"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

Cyanide Of potassium will remove
oil indeiible inks the bsse Of which ID
nitrate Of silver. Turpsntins ~ alec
hol rubbed IN hot removes the new
inks, using soda and soap treaty q.
bot Ests4 olteywas6. -
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

a penny saved 10 . penny earned.
Oa' the penny isn't inevitably saved
,uie 1t is in the owners pocket or
!" stocking. To put It beyond the
''sea OF emotional desire to spend
.aa protect 1t from accident snd from
w designs Of thieves who break in
~ steal' the thing to do 10 to d.
kat It In bank.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
GnvIed.

In proportion to tho extent Of his
acquaintance, the schoolboy whose
father runs . moving picture show
commands . larger share Of envy than
any other human being in the world.
~udEe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

Aman may b said to have average
..l'sence when he knows that when
.''uus he 10 certain to got the ton.
section Of the T.bone II no 10
S''satful enough to 20 into raptures
wv the hostess baby.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

The United States has secured from
Germany enough dyestuff to print our
money for . whole year. wherefore
thero should be much Joy; for sup.
pose u sreenbscks were to be ysl.
low!
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
UY-

"Hs's one Of the finest men I knew.
and Of course he's . good friend OF
mine. but" We're always hearing
something like that and probably sv-
eryone does more or less Of II. It's
too bad that there are very few per.
son In the whole world who will ever
appear to any person ~ perfect, but
It's one Of the things that Is likely to
hold good for human nature. There Is
. weakness or an element We don't
like In almost. II not quite, everyone
We know. Even in those VIC love most
We are able to sec faults. or what we
think are faults. BUTT doesn't make
us happier to Be dwelling on them in
IL thoughts. II doesn't make is
good. loyal friends to be talking about
them. We might be u%ntruthtui to
deny them. but there 10 no untruthful-
moss in not being tho ones to talk
about and publish them. When we
hear that phrase, "Of course. I'm q
friend Of his, but" We are generally
right in guessing that what co.'>s
after 10 taking = bigger place in the
speakers mind than tho friendship.
We don't covet that kind OF friend.
For there r always plenty OF par.
SONS In tho world to point to Che
faults in any mans character. The
part Of his friends IL to dwell on the
good things which mako him after all
worthy OF friendship. And people
know this pretty well: they don't take
much stock in tho man who 10 a friend
with = but"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
Daily Ihouaht.

There are some men and women in
whose company we are always at our
best. All the best stops in our nature
are drawn out by their intercourse,
and va hnd Z music in our souls never
there before.--H. Drummond.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

But even II tho most p%essimistic
views as to what 10 going to happen
to American business after tho war
are confirmed there will At least be
something new to talk about.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

hAode Island cook found . pearl
.uea 1t $1,000 in . qushos. Sounds
must be one Of those that had
"'a cast before tho swine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

II has developed that the sleeping
sickness 10 merely another nam for
the grippe, 90 when you're late some
morning spring II on the boss first.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14

The old-fashioned dime museum
freaks" have . hard time making Q
living nowadays. Some Of them have
actually gone to work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-14
Remarkable Echo.

4. : an extraordinary echo in
~ ueofal At Pisa. II you sing two
y. .uere Is no reverberstion. but II
snE three they are taken ~,
ls~oend prolonged into 4 besutifsi