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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
PACOLET MILLS GETS
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

The commencement exercises of the
Pacolet Mills school were concluded
Wednesday night with the address be-
fore the graduating class by Prof.
Frank Evans, superintendent of the
Spartanburg city schools.
One of the largest and best classes
in the history of the school was
graduated and officials and patrons re-
port one of the most successful years
in it's history. One of the best things
recently accomplished by the people
of this enterprising community was
the circulation of petition for the
voters to call an election to vote on
the question of whether the district
should have compulsory education.
The law provides that if 25 per cent
of the people sign the petition an cleo
ton will be called, but the Pacolet
people secured majority, which, ac-
cording to the law, will give them
compulsory attendance without calling
an election. 1t is reported that only
four refused to sign the petition who
were approached on the matter
Spartanburg Herald.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

ual raise on the property and guild
good roads as we are able. Our coun-
ty and State are too poor to go into
big undertakings. There is not a
sound business man but that will ad-
wise man to keep out of debt. Well,
if it is good for the individual, it is
good for country or State. Look
and you will see the men who are
making success and they are the
ones who keep out of debt unless it
is for something they can turn into
money any day. Of course some men
make fortunes specializing, but that is
very risky game.
All the young ladies and girls of
the Ridge who either have been off
teaching or in school, are at home for
the summer vacation. G.. T. G.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
STORM IN CHESTER
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
Sections of Feasterville Community
Visited by Wind, Hail and
Rain.

Chester, June 6.-Certain sections
Of the Feasterville community, in
Chester county, were visited by ter
rife wind, rain and hail storm Sat-
urday afternoon. For time it looked
like it had developed into cyclonic
proportions. Trees, both large and
small, were twisted from their roots
an' hurled through space. A large
negro church, known as New Hope,
wat blown off it's pillars. The heavy
metal roof of John S. Stones big barn
was ripped off and blown a distance
of 90 feet. The hail was about the
size of a partridge egg.
A unique feature of the storm was
the lifting of the porch of James Stew
enson's high in the air, which then
struck the chimney of his house,
knocking part of it down.
Despite the fact that many trees
and loose timber were flying in the air
no one was hurt.
Those having their crops badly
damaged were John S. Stone, James
Stevenson, William Boulware and
George Widener and other crops were
damaged, but those mentioned suf-
fered the most.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
TIRED OF RAISING
THE YANKEE FLAG
EDGEFIELD REBEL WAS READY
TO GO BACK HOME.
Fact That He Pulled 1t Down Every
Day RecOnciled Sam Fields to
Senate Job.

Washington, June 5.-The follow
ing story relative to the time when
Gen. M. c. Butler came to Washing
ton as senator is carried in The Pos,
and is decidedly interesting:
when the late Gen. M. c. Butler
of South Carolina came to Washing
ton as United States senator in the
'70s the passions born of the Civil
war were still considerably in evil
dence around the national capital :"
said j. B. Ezell of South Carolina.
"The men higher up, men of Gen.
Buffers calibre, had, indeed, made up
their minds to let bygones be bygones,
but among the rank and file, both
North and South, considerable
amount of rancor and prejudice still
fingered. AS reward for faithful
personal service the senator brought
along with him from his home county
a most bitter partisan and unrecon-
structed rebel by the name of Sam
Fields. Through the senator's in
fluence place was secured for his
trusty lieutenant among the employees
of the senate. A few days rolled by
and the protege sought out the sena-
tor and the following dialogue en-
sued:
"'Gen. Butler, | am greatly obliged
to you for bringing me up here to
Washington and giving me govern
ment position, but | reckon as how
I'll bid you goodbye and go back to
old Edgefield county"
Why, what's the matter, Sam p
replied the general. Is your work
too hard?'
No, sir; that amt it. I wouldn't
mind 1T if it was twice as hard AS
matter of fact, general, about all
/ have to do is to raise the flag every
morning over the senate building, and
TO tell you the truth, sir, / am sick
and tired of hosting that doggone
Yankee flag every morning of my
life
We'll, SAM quoth the senator,
'supposing you do raise Yankee flag
every morning, don't you haul it down
every night? 1t looks to me as though
that ought to even up for your morn
ing performance
Sam swore by the bones of An
drew jackson that he had not thought
of it in that light before. The matter
when thus presented bore an entirely
new aspect, and history records that
he nevermore quarreled with his job. +"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
KELTON

kelton, June cit has been rain
ing today and looks like we will have
more today. Today is the anniversary
of the great flood on the Pacolet rive.
when so many mills were washed
away and so much property was lost
and many lives were lost | got up
this morning between and 3 o'clock.
1t was lightning and laundering con-
tlnuously up the Pacolet river and |
wondered if it was going to be a
repetition of that tremendous rain
that fell a few years ago.
The farmers are very busy now.
Gen. Green is here in full force and
should we have few days of rainy
weather they will be swamped in the
grass, as lot of the cotton has lust
come up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Cromer have
baby desperately sick and is not
expected to recover.
Mr.. Marvin Alvin and Miss Nelly
Gault of Kelton were married last
Sunday evening.
| see in Moxy's last letter in The
Times that after his visit to Charlotte
in car he is almost, if not alto
gether, convert for good roads His
conversion, though late, is better than
never. / have been a good roads man
for over 40 years, but am not one by
voting bonds that the next generation
will have to pay. believe in a grad
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
TOWNSVILLE

Jonesville, June 5.-FarmerS have
about got good stands of cotton and
there is no time for lettering about
the towns now. Every hour is worth
something now. There is work for
me and there is work for you. Yes!
there is work for each of us to do"
Children's Day services were had
at the Methodist church Sunday even
ing at 1870 o'clock. The committee
of ladies who had charge of the deco
rationS prepared the altar and choir
loft in beautiful style and the chill
'dren were well trained in the program,
which they rendered well. The time
was when we had no organized Chill
,dren's Day service and when it was
first organized it was quite different
in the performance to what it is now
and of course the difference is an i'm
iprovement in some respects as | see
1T and no improvement in other re-
'spects. This, of course, is matter
of opinion and we all have a right to
Iour opinions be they what they may.
MesdameS Addie B. Hames, Ber-
nard Lybrand and l.. j. Fowler have
returned from their Birmingham trip.
They took in the reunion, visited rela-
tives in the city and then went on
to Childersburg and visited other rel
atves and friends and had nice time
Found all their relatives and friends
doing we'll Mrs. Fowler stopped over
in Atlanta and visited relatives and
friends in that hustling city.
DR.. NJ. w. Chambers has returned
from his visit to Atlanta.
Mrs. DR. Hamilton of Converse is
visiting her sister, Mrs. r. B. Smith.
| am often asked how long do
think the European war will last
] don't know, because | got badly
fooled about the war on this side of
the waters, so ! scarcely ever ad-
vance All idea, but if the Confederates
could hold out long years against the
United States | see no reason why
the Germans and allies could not hold
has just been on two years | look
for at least two years more.
Mr.. Marvin Altman and Miss Nellie
Gault were married Sunday evening
by w. II. S. Harris, notary public, at
his home in Jonesvile. The young
couple is from Kelton, where they
have many relatives and friends who
wish them success in life.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Alman spent
Sunday in Kelton.
Mrs. w. ID. QUITS of Edgefeld has
been spending sometime with her
brother, Mr.. T. ]. Stehle.
Miss Inez Spears will in a few days
start on a trip to Alaska. She will
be accompanied by some friends from
another part of the country.
Protracted services will begin at the
Methodist church here next Wednes-
day night. Rev. E. S. Jones of Union
will assist the pastor and do the
preaching. The meeting will continue
for several days.
Miss Lucy Palmer of Mount Tabor
is visiting the families of Mr.. Sam
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
LIGHTNING STRIKES
CHURCH AT NEWBERRY.
West End Baptist Completely De-
strOyed by Flames, Only Piano
Being Saved.

Newberry, June 6.-During the
storm this evening lightning struck
the West End Baptist church and set
it on fire. 1t was completely con-
sumed, nothing being saved from it
except a piano. The value of the
building was about $500. 1t was
partially insured.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
WORLD NEWS.

Forty-six thousand citizens of Chi
cago paid income tax last year.
The United States public health
service has trapped 615,744 rodents in
New Orleans in the past eighteen
months.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09
Palmer and Mr.. James Petty.

Palmer and Mr.. James Petty.
Mrs. Bette Foster and son, John
Adam, and daughter, Miss Irene, of
Asbury, Cherokee county, and Miss
Bertha Love of North Carolina were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Lit
tlejohn Sunday.
Mr.. E. l. Eison and family of
Gaffney are spending few days with
Mr.. Eison's father, Mr.. N. B. Eison.
Telephone.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

The Chinese government has en-
gagged French expert to establish a
military aviation school with twelve
aeroplanes of three types.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

The girl who pins her faith to man
should use one of the safety inven-
tons.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-09

We all like to be reformers when a
chance is offered to interfere with the
other fellows fun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Thomas A. Edison, on Music
Technicalities and Mechanics

An interesting sidelight upon the ac-
tivities of Thomas Alvah Edison Is
thrown By Paul j. Morris in an article
in The Musician" for May. 1t is not
generally known, despite his invention
Of the phonograph, that Mr.. Edison Is
keenly interested in music, yet his in
terest in the technical and mechanical
side of this subject is enormous and he
at present spends much time in working
on a device TO record the exact pitch
of a voice or instrument. lie is also
striving to perfect various musical IN
struments so that they no longer shall
make discordant noises foreign TO the
music itself. In talking to Mr.. Morris
Mr.. Edison recently said:
"Haye you ever, while listening to
music, heard discordant noises foreign
TO the music itself which are produced
in the process of making musical
tones? For instance, a cultural sound
in the throat of a singer, the harsh
scraping of violinists bow improp-
erlv used. or the hard metallic sound Of
the humping of the hammers OF a
piano on the strings which In the
highest octave and a half seems to be
almost as loud as the musical tone
produced. Did you realize that the rat
Ting of the mechanism in the manipu-
lation of the keys of an accordion
makes a noise almost as loud as the
music which that instrument produces
The mechanical side OF music is not
what IL ought 10 be. There is TOO mucn
noise and too little music
Mr. Edison is true American IN be-
ing no friend 20 the tremolo, and TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Are Americans Really
Music Lovers ?

A somewhat pessimistic view Of
American musical conditions is ex-
pressed in a recent number Of 1.-THE
Bellman," a weekly magazine published
in Minneapolis The article deserves TO
be read by a larger audience than would
naturally come its way. Its ideas are
well considered, and, alas, IN the main
only too true. This is portion Of
"The Bellman's" article:
"One of our most popular fallacies is
the belief that we are cultured ma
ton. II is true that we spend layishly
upon the arts, but we do not realize
that for the most part we buy foreign
productions. The leading musicians of
Europe have become rich from their
American tours; the highest salaries
are paid to foreign stars in our opera
we have three established operate
companies in the entire country and
the music which forms the programmes
of our half dozen symphony orchestras
is almost entirely that Of foreign COM
pOsers.
mo, in spite Of the fact that each
year sees millions spent for the in
diligence of our musical taste, we can
not be called a music-loving people.
We have no social appreciation or de-
sire lOI UluHlt DtA bIu rag AliitFs ~ iH
not in our national psychology TO
gravitate toward musical recreation. as
do the Welsh, the Germans, the Poles
and Scandinavians in their choral So
cieties. We Americans do not feel the
need Of expression through music, al
though we are proud of the fact that
we are the worlds largest purchaser Of
musical instruments largely phono-
graphs and pianolasi The only time
that music comes to US in any vivid
personal way is during church service
or on the rare occasions when II IS
necessary to stumble through the ma
tional anthem, madly cropping for the
words from our neighbors' mumblings.
Music in our public schools is for the
most part fit subject for a Gilbert and
Sullivan travesty, and, in spite of the
fact that the country is honeycombed
with musical colleges and an army Of
teachers, there are fewer and fewer
among our young people who play any
thing but ragtime.
"Worse than this, however, all Of
which is negative. is the obliteratlon Of
the musical instinct among the foreign
born. No matter how crude or litter
ate the immigrant may be, he still has
for heritage a tradition in which music
is vital. It is among the day laborers
that the real love Of music is to be
found in America to-day"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
ode Walkure" in the Yale Bowl
an Impressive Performance

tips Of two tall trees, it can be I'M
derstood why there was lent TO the
proceedings a quiet dignity which in
the City College Stadium had been
hopelessly lost. In addition, there
was the dignity, even the majesty, of
the Bowl itself, an auditorium which
might well have been placed upon
the Roman Campagna at the period
Of the Antonines The position of
the stage allowed the use of only
sector Of these seats, yet a sector
capable Of seating a good 10000 per-
sons.
Now, Richard Wagner never intend
ed one of his dramas to be presented
in such colossal surroundings, yet it
is doubtful, had he been able to be
present at the New Haven "Walkure,"
whether he would not have approved,
or at least been keenly interested.
In these surroundings, and given as
it was, "Die Walkure" became music
epic, rather than music drama.
There was in the action strange
sense of impersonality, sense far
other than that dreamed Of by Wag-
ner In Segmund and Sieglinde, and
Brunnhilde and Wotan and Fricka we
had little personal, friendly interest.
They all seemed so far removed from
personal experience, from the fevered
life Of the century. from the strug-
giles and joys and sorrows of suffer
ing. SHINING humanity. They were in
truth pagan gods and goddesses'
spirits utterly alien TO our heritage
who moved about, evocations from the
misty haze of a half remembered
world.
Far otherwise did Wagner consider
them. To him they were his children
children Of flesh and blood, express
sive. perhaps. Of the new Germany,
expressive certainly of the turgid
passions Of his own soul They were
of the stuff of drama. Their
clashes and loves and hates must be
responded to b. the audience. They
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

tried. and when | have finished my
present experiments with opera they
also will be practical.
The operas of Verdi appeal 20 me
most. Verdi and Beethoven were the
greatest of all composers. wagner n&'
written some things that are wonderful
and some that are well, 70 me, any 20
way. they are atrocious. Some OF De.
bussy's music | like, but not mucn OF
il. Verdi was the last OF the great ere
ative musicians. Among composers ne
was the greatest inventor. / take or
NV hat to him. He invented more real
melodies than all of the composers
after him put together Since him there
has been no great originator OF really
musical effects.
These modern composers have FOR
gotten that melody exists. lhey are
working along a perverted cublst idea.
have listened recently 10 fifteen hun
dred waltzes written by living COM
posers and only two Of them were real
music possessing at the same time
originality There have been no great
inventions or Improvements MADE In
music lately. The composers OF to-day
are all imitators or perverters. Ihey
have no real sense Of melody, and con-
sequently they have 20 resort 20 otner
things 10 cover up their deficiencies.
"For myself" suggested Mr.. Morris,
81 prefer Strauss opera 'RosenEaV-
alier' TO Verdi's III Trovatore, ne
strauss tone poems TOD und Nerkla-
rungi and Elm Heldenleben' have an
extraordinary charm. They say some
thing new and to me something Deal-
tful" a..
Nevertheless" Mr.. Edison added, ut
;s q perverted taste. For myself ! IKE
% chow tobacco. but still know 10 - a
Rad habit. which ought TO leave bad
t9ste in nv mouth. There was a tlmc
when tomatoes tasted badly. One can
acquire a taste for almost anything, no
matter how unnatural 1t may be.
~ have no doubt but that peoples
ears can become accustomed 70 listen
with pleasure TO the hafshest OF music.
But I don't believe in acquired tastes
Italians and Americans have the best
natural voices, Mr. Edison believes.
"Italy and America show up the best
on my records. Russian voices are
very bad. and II some people think
badly Of the Germans on account OF
the war I wonder what they would
think If they could hear now pad most
OF nv German records are. Germans
are not fitted for singing. They make
cultural sounds and their notes all be-
gin wrong.
zone of the things that have i'm
pressed me most in my three years OF
musical study and experimenting rs the
inefficiency Of orchestra players. Listen
carefully TO even the greatest Of sym
phony orchestras. and you Will hear
host Of noises foreign 20 the music.
Nv method for eliminating these
sounds is 70 have orchestra players
make monograph records. You can tell
a player that ne is making false tones
or noises that are not part Of the
music and he may or may not believe
YOU. But il he makes record of his
nlaying all Of the blemishes are record
ed along with the pure music. lie can
hear them for himself and will there
after make an effort 20 eliminate them.
"Not long ago several members Of
the string section Of the Boston Sym
phonv Orchestra. which IS generally
conceded 20 be the best In the country
and by some Is called fhe greatest IN