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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27
ONLY A VOLUNTEER.

Oh; why didn't I wait to be drafted,
Then led to the train by band,
Or put in a claim for exemption,
Oh! why did 1 raise up my hand?
Why didn't I wait for the banquet,
Why didn't I wait to be cheered-
While the drafted men got all the
credit
While l merely volunteered.
An no one gave me banquet
And no one said a kind word
The grind of the wheels of the en-
gine
Was all the goodbye that I heard.
Then off off to the seas for four long
years
To meet all hardships and danger,
And not an eye was wet with tears
But all were turned to the drafted
ranger.
And then in the scuffle I was forgot
ten.
I was only a volunteer.
I saw the drafted passing
And heard them wildly cheered.
And maybe some day in the future,
When the little folks sit around
And ask me what I did in the con-
flict
While their bright eyes fairly bound
/ will have to look back, blushing,
While the eyes that so strangely
peer,
And tell them I missed being draft
ed,
I was only volunteer.
But proudly we ride the blue ocean,
The roar of the big guns to hear,
And Uncle Sam, in deep devotion,
Say: "Boys, he's volunteer"
Written by Robert p. Colson.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27
THE MOTHERS PART
Published by request of mother)

published by request of a mother)
How do the mothers whose bows
are in the army and on their way to
France feel about this war asks an
exchange. Maybe you have asked
that question. A mother who has 8
sons in service handed the following
clipping yesterday as an answer:
Edward Markham the poet, under
the unpatriotic title, al did not raise
My Boy to Be Soldier" wrote this
stanza:
"Oh mothers, will you longer give
your sons to feed this awful thunder
of the guns. What is the worth of
oil these battle drums if from the
field the loved one never comes.
What all these loud hosannas to the
brave if all your share is some for
gotten grave?"
DR.. James l.. Hughes, of Toronto,
who lost son in Belgium, replies as
follows:
God gave my son in trust to me:
Christ died for him, and he should be
A man for Christ. He is is own,
And Gods and mans, not mine alone.
He was not mine to "give." He gave
Himself that he might help to save
All that Christian sould. rever,
All that enlightened men hold dear.
"To feed the guns!" All, torpid soul,
Awake and see life as whole.
When freedom, honor, justice, right
Were threatened by the despot's
might,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27
TO OUR ADVERTISERS

We sincerely thank each one for
the liberal patronage given US dur
ing the past year, and will appreciate
continuation of this patronage in
the year that approaches. And we
believe we are able to give value for
the money spent with US in advertis-
ing, both in direct and in indirect re-
suits. There is something more that
may be said in regard to the advertis-
ing proposition than the detailing of
the mere visible results to the ad-
vertiser. The advertiser helps keep
the newspaper alive; the newspaper
helps keep the community alive; a
dead community will show first signs
of life in the coming of the news
paper. The merchant who advertises
is helping to keep his town live
town. The very things that attract
the settler in community are the
things that newspapers foster, boost,
emphasize and urge in season and
out of season. When you refuse to
advertise you are refusing aid to the
one agency that does more to keep
your town going than any other
agency. If all concerns were as
some are, it would not be long before
these same shortsighted concerns
would have to seek other fields in
which to operate. The progressive
business man stands by the newspa-
per; both together boost the town.
That makes a good town; makes
business good in a town. The selfish,
shortsighted man who refuses to ad-
vertise is enabled to thrive, not be-
cause he is shortsighted and selfish,
but because he is in a town held up
and made progressive by others. The
money you spend for advertising is
not thrown away, even when the di-
rect returns are small. 1t would put
money in the pocket Of every concern
in Union if each one would 20 to the
newspapers on January and say,
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And so, the Russian Bolsheviki
have and are truly sending men and
money to this country to be used in
furthering their doctrines? And, be
it noted, straight to the I. w. W.
camps they move. This government
will not, We feel confident, allow
these propagandists to move about
with freedom. They should be Gagged
just as soon as they begin operations.
They out herod Herod in their bold
doctrine Of anarchy. The chaingang
is a fine place for such people to
have opportunity to reflect land, if
we mistake not, that will be the des-
tination of these spoilers of utter an
nihiliation of every institution that
we hold sacred. However, we pre-
dict that the foolish reign of these
madmen in Russia, even, is nigh to
its ending.
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Notice of Sale.
State of South Carolina,
County of Union.

State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
BY virtue of authority contained in
Power of Attorney executed by Mrs.
Othella Lee Whitmire and Mrs. Eoline
Lee Mobley, will, on Monday, the 7th
day of January, 1918, during legal
hours of sale, before the Courthouse
door in Union, S. c., sell the following
lands, to wit:
All that certain tract of land living
in Goshen Hill Township, said County
and State, containing 148 acres, more
or less. Bounded on the North and
East by lands of Mrs. Victoria Cole
man, South by DR.. R. r. Jeter and
West by lands of E. v. Going and
Miss Mary Lee, being the home place
of the late Green J. Lee.
Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers, stamps and recording.
w. w. Johnson,
Attorney in Fact.
Dec. II, 1917. 51-3
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The greater toll, remember that in one
Has centered all my loves epitome!
Adger Bowen of Vigilantes.
Summons For Relief.

Complaint Served).
State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
Court of Common Pleas.
Duncan Sans, as Trustee, etc., Plain.
tiff,
| against
Carolina Hill Hughes, Defendant.
To the Defendant, Caroline Hill
Hughes:
You are hereby summoned and re.
quired to answer the complaint in this
action, of which copy is herewith
served upon you, and to serve a copy
of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscriber at his office at Un-
ion, South Carolina, within twenty
days after the service hereof, ex-
elusive of the day of such service
and if you fail to answer the COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the
plaintiff in this action will apply tc
the Court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
Dated Union, S. c., Dec. 19, A. D.
1916. j. Ashby Sawyer,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
r. c. Williams,
Clerk of Court,
(SeaD BY ]. w. G., d. C.
To the Defendant, Caroline Hill
Hughes, and to any child or children
or the husband of said Caroline Hill
Hughes, if any such living and she be
now dead.
Take Notice: That the complaint in
this action, together with the Sum-
mons, of which the foregoing is a
copy, were duly filed in the office of
the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas
for Union County, South Carolina, at
Union Court House, South Carolina, on
the 10Th day of December, A. D. 1917,
and are now on file in said office.
j. Ashby Sawyer,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Union, S. c., Dec. 10. 1917. SIG
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THE ONLY SON

Nay, tell me neS my sacrifice is less
In that I have but only one TO give:
That my torn heart is not so sensi-
tive
Because love counts its yearning by
excess.
Doth deeper love in wider bounja-
ries live.
And its commandments less impera-
tive
Where there is only one to serve and
bless?
Dear God, it ofttimes seems my heart
must break
So do / live in him, my only SON
So he has grown a very part Of Inc!
All! ye who think that greater num-
bers take
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27

consistent in these matters; refusing
to sign petitions, save on the rarest
occasions, and have never played
double-face. I have never signed a
petition and then written the COVER
nor to pay no attention to it, and I
have never promised to write one
thing and then, having promised, sat
down and written something differ.
ent. Once or twice, Governor Man
ming has granted requests from me,
and I sincerely hope he will this time
feel inclined to exercise his power to
extend clemency. In justice to the
friends of law, and to my own friends
as we'll, feel that should give the
reasons that impelled me to write
in behalf of Estes, for realize full
we'll that many will be quite ready
to offer criticism of the action, no
matter whether it be with or without
result. First of all, Estes, I believe,
has already been severely punished,
having served the sentence imposed
upon him for conviction upon the
charge of assaulting Magistrate
Mann. He has just entered upon serv-
ing the suspended sentence for SELL
ing whiskey. To a man of his ma
ture, the punishment has been as
great as it can ever be, I should
judge. Again, Estes emphatically
asserts that he has learned his les
son, and is for all time done with
the whiskey business and with drink
ing, as we'll. I believe he is sincere
in this attitude of mind; that he is
really penitent, and will, if given the
chance, make good. These are the
prime reasons that led to my writing
in his behalf. There are other very
good reasons, as we'll: his wife and
six children, themselves guiltless, are
in sore need of his help; his mother is
one of the best women 1 know. He
has brother, a manly young fellow
who was one of the first to volunteer
at the call of his country, and who is
making good, Estes, himself, has the
making of man in him; in fact, if
he had given his attention to legiti-
mate business there would never
have been any occasion for his get
ting tangled up with the liquor busi-
ness. Weighing all these things, r
concluded that he should be given an
other chance; and this led me to write
in his behalf. 1t may not, as have
said, have the slightest effect. But
my friends throughout the county
have right to know why I took the
course did, and I am herein telling
them. I just cannot play double in
anything, least of all in matters per-
tanning to the laws enforcement.
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With heart aflame and soul alight
He bravely went for God to fight
Against base savages whose pride
The laws Of God and man defied.
Who slew the mother and her child,
Who maidens pure and seewt defiled
He did not go to "feed the guns"
He went to save from ruthless Huns
His home and country, and to be
A guardian Of democracy.
what If he does not Gomez" YOU
say,
All, we'll! My sky would be more gray,
But through the clouds the sun would
shine,
And vital memories be mine.
Gods test of manhood is, I know,
Not "will he Gomez" but "did he go?"
My son we'll knew that he might die,
And yet he went with purpose high,
To fight for peace and overthrow
The plans of Christ's relentless foe.
He dreaded not the battlefield;
He went to make fierce vandals yield.
If he comes not again to me,
| shall be sad, but not that he
Went like a mana hero true
His part unselfishly to do.
My heart will feel exultant pride
That for humanity he died.
Forgotten grave" This selfish plea
Awakes no deep response in me,
For, though his gave 1 may not see,
My boy will ne'er forgotten be.
My real son can never die,
'Tis but his body that may lie
In foreign land, and I shall keep
Remembrance fond, forever, deep
Within my heart for my true son
Because of triumphs that he won.
1t matters not where any one
May lie and sleep when work is
done.
1t matters not where some men live;
If my dear son his life must give,
Hosannas I will sing for him
Fen though my eyes with tears be
dim,
And when the war is over, when
His gallant comrades come again,
I'll cheer them as they're marching
by,
Rejoicing that they did not die.
And when his vacant place I see,
My heart will bound with joy that he
Was mine so long-my fair young
son,
And cheer for him whose work is
done.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27
WHY?

/ wrote Governor Manning a letter
yesterday, asking him to exercise ex-
ecutive clemency in the case of Will
j. Estes, now serving sentence on
the county chaingang. OF course 7
do not know that it will have the
slightest result, but if it should have
any influence upon the governor it
will be because I have always been
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRES.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27

"Here is $50, use it boost Union, make
better newspaper, a bigger, broad
er newspaper" 1t woud pay every
one of Unions business men to do
this, if they never put one single ad-
vertisement of their own in a news
paper during the year 1918. 1t was
reasoning along this line that led us
to make the venture in the daily field.
We got enough of having Union prac-
tically out of touch with the outside
world save through newspapers pub
lished in other communities. We feel
that it would benefit every concern in
Union to have a daily. And We are
yet of that opinion. Yet we have
asked for advertising patronage from
some of Unions business houses and
met with absolute refusal; others
have given it, yet expressed the
thought that it was sort of charity.
This erroneous view is far from the
real truth of the situation. If there
was not for the next two years a
newspaper published in Union, it
would dry up and blow away, or be
tackled on to the coattail of Spartan
burg or Santuc.
Every business man and every cit
izen, rich and poor, in Union, should
subscribe to the papers, thus giving
them moral and financial support. If
there were not another newspaper
published in Union for a period of
two years, you would find Union
poor place in which to live. Oppres-
sion and lawlessness would run rife.
Your property values would shrink
up. You should subscribe to your
local papers, even if you never read
line in one. 1t would pay you, even
if you never saw one. We believe you
should subscribe to our daily paper,
not alone for the reason that it will
help us, but for the further reason
that it will help you. We believe
Union merchants should give us a
larger advertising patronage, not
alone for the reason that it will help
US, but for the reason that it will
help every one of the merchants.
Spend less in the way of foreign ad-
vertising, if need be; buy less of CAL
endars, buckets to give away and
such advertising propositions, and
give this to your newspapers in the
way of advertising patronage. It'll
will pay you directly and indirectly. |
You are, Sitting your own throat |
when you turn away from your own
newspaper to some distant agency to
advertise your wares. If the Times
should go to Spartanburg and Sc
cure advertising patronage from
the merchants, the very local mer-
chant who has refused to give us any
patronage would be our severest crit
ic. We are not writing these things
to fill space; nor do we feel called up
on to assume the attitude of beg
gar. We believe We have a right to
expect the support of Unions busi-
ness houses; and We believe they
will get value received when they
give US liberal patronage. We believe
the merchant who refuses to adver-
tise is standing in his own light and
that if all were as he is, the town
would die of starvation and dry rot.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27
NOTICE TO COLORED PEOPLE!
Use NOah's Hair Dressing

Noah's is most superb hair dress
ing and intended to preserve, beautify
and restore the Hair and keep it in
smooth, glossy condition; elegantly
perfumed; at all drug stores. If your
dealer cannot supply you send 25c in
stamps to Noah's Products Corpora
tion, Richmond, Va, and we will send
you liberal sized can.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27
THURSDAY, RECEMBER 27, 1917

Several of our friends have sub
scribed to our daily to be sent a year
as a Christmas present to some
friend or relative. We like that fine!
Maybe there are others who will be
willing to do the same thing. Here's
hoping.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27
Stockholders Meeting.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Merchants &
Planters National Bank of Union, S
c., will be held in the directors room
at IL o'clock on Tuesday, January 9th
1918. j. ID. Arthur,
51-tf Cashier.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-12-27

Leave out hate and heaven and hell
in the human heart
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
NORTHERN PACIFIC NOW REPRESENTED
 IN THIS SECTION

The first regular representative of the Northern Pacific Railroad to be stationed in Alaska, arrived from the south last night in the person of l.. T. Jacobsen, who ar rived on the City of Seattle.
 MT. Jacobsen will make his head quarters in Juneau but will work the entire Territory. His appoint ment to the Alaska field and the effort which will now be made by his company to get their share of the Alaska business lis the direct outcome of the visit made last summer by MT. Clark of the same company who spent several months in Juneau and vicinity investigat- ing conditions. MT. Jacobsen is an old timer at the railroad game, knowing both the freight and pas senger business thoroughly and makes friends wherever he goes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
TAXES MATERIAL FOR \ RAILROAD
 TO COAL LANDS
Large Shipment Is Aboard Admiral Watson for Coal Company Building at
 Controller Bay

On board the steamer Admiral Watson which passed through Jul neau one day last week, were seventy men under the leadership of George Nelson, bound for Control Ter Bay to complete the work on the railroad construction by the Alaska Anthracite Railroad company, and which will extend from Controller Bay to the Boring River coal fields.
 The Watson also had a, large ship ment of railroad equipment and ma terial and it is expected that the road will be completed this year. The company will then be in position to deliver coal to tide water. The railroad will be seventeen miles in length.
 The Alaska Anthracite Railroad company owns the first patented coal claim in the Bering river district. the patent having been issued last November. and consists of 16O acres of what is considered an excellent quality of anthracite coal.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
ARLlAMENT TO BE . EXTENDED; TROOPS y.
 BEAT EXPECTATIONS

LONDON, April IS. - Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the EX- chequer, moved, in the House. of Commons this afternoon, the sec 1nd reading of the bill to extend &he life of Parliament until the end 4f November.
 \ The Chancellor said that the British troops were now engaged in the greatest operations since the commencement of the war and were meeting with such success that exceeded all expectations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
GuardSmen in the East Prepared To Answer the Call Says
 GOIdStein.
ALL CITIES GUARDED
Business Is Good in the East but Materials To
 Take Sharp Advance Before the Fall.

Ready for instant cal, all cm- ployees of the large stores, whole sale houses and factories through out the United Etates, who are members of the National Guard, and are working at their Yoca- tions in their regular uniforms, ready should they be summoned, '' said Charles Goldstein, of Gold stein's Emporium, who returned last night from an extended visit through the South and East.
 MT. Goldstein visited New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago and other large Eastern cities while away, and reports that the business of all sections is booming. The fur market is in very good shape, con- sidering the times and conditions which confront the country, he reports.
 "Ali kind of merchandise, par ticularly leather goods, woolen goods, cotton goods and food pro- ducts are scarce and hard to ob- tain. The country is facing a scr ious food shortage and every line of merchandise will take a big jump before fall.
 All bridges, tunnels, large build ings. railways and important struc- lures such as munitions factories, ship building plants and in fact every kind of industrial plant. is under guard, night and day. At night the tunnels, bridges and buildings are illuminated by search lights. This especially is true through the East and Middle West although the Western section is also well patroled and guarded, he said
 Mrs. Goldstein, who accompanied her husband on the trip, returned last night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
CUBAN SUGAR CROP IS GREATER THAN
 DURING YEAR 1915

HAVANA, April 18.-Total crop o1 sugar in Cuba this year, accord ing to the Cuban official government estimate, will be 2.S50,000 tons, some what less than 1916 but greater than 1915. Cane burned by rebels is set at 5,000,000 tons. The Bureau of Gu ban government in New York says that 12S sugar mills, shipping their
 product from six principal ports of Cuba, and manufacturing 60 per cent. of the total sugar crop of Cuba, have not stopped operations even for a sin gle day since the disorders in Cuba
 began, These mills are grinding now and the receipts to date at the six principal ports aggregate 950,000 tons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
TOBACCO. WHlSKEY
 AND VARIOUS OTHER
 THINGS TO BE TAXED

WASHiNCTO April 1S-Various measures providing additional Unit. ed tates revenue are being consid cred, including additional taxes on wh skey, tobacco and other articles The mass of data relating to the in cone tax has been prepared by ex- pc, ts, showing the effect of various DO sible extensions of the law.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
AMERICAN FLAG
 FLIES IN ACTION
 FOR FIRST TIME

OTTAWA, Ont, April IS. The Stars and Stripes went into battle for the first time during the world war during the recent En- tente storming of Vimy ridge, in France, according to an unofficial dispatch re- ceivcd here from Canadian army headquarters in Eu- rope.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18

Dunsmuir Castle, which has ar rived here, reports she was shelled while rescuing Herman Hausen, only survivor of the Nova Scotia barkentine Helen James which has been sunk by a German sub- marine. The crew of the Duns- muir Castle got Hausen aboard then raced away safely.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
GETS FIVE YEARS

Jim Blaine, who was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon committed on a native man and wo- man at Yakutat. and from the effects of which the woman later died was today sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary at McNeils Island by Judge R. w. Jennings.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
GERMANS PLOTTED DESTRUCTION OF A
 BIG SOUTHERN DAM

FL PASO Tex, April 1S.-An at tempt to dynamite the immense Ele- phant Butte dam by German plot ters was frustrated by troops, it was announced today. According to q telegram received from the dam, the plotters were arrested
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
IMCENDARISM WAS CAUSE OF BLACK
 TOM ISLAND FIRE

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Incen- diarism caused the Black Tom Island explosion of munitions for the Allies on July 30, according to the report of Col. E. W. Dunn to the govern ment.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
WILSON TO OPEN SHOW.

PORTLAND, Ore, April IS. - President Wilson, through Secreta- ry Tumulty, wired E. E. Larimore, president of the Portland Rose Fes- tiyal, that he will open the festival on the night of June Is from Wash ington. The President will press an electric button that will turn on the flood lights on thirty-siX- foot replica of the statue of liberty which will be built especially for the occasion.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS RESTORED

PETROGRAD. April IS. The Russian Provisional Government to- day repealed all laws actually in force regarding creeds and religions
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
WILSON NAMES JUDGE.

WASHINGTON, April 18.-W. R. Smith of El Paso,f Tex, was nom- mated by the President to be United States district judge for the western district of Texas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18

Anyone who wishes wood from the school house may call at Juneau Transfer and have it for the taking. If