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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-08
UNIVERSAL DAY OF BAD LUCK
In All Ages Friday Has Been consId-
cred a Period Of General
Ill Omen.

The French call Friday "Vendredi'
Venus day.
Scandinavians regard Friday as the
luckiest day of the week.
Our ancestors believed that eggs
laid on Friday would cure collie.
Friday face" still fingers as term
Of reproach for a sour-visaged person
Friday Is the United States lucky
day. Columbus discovered land on
that day; the Pilgrims landed on q
Friday, and Washington was born on
Friday.
The "unluckiness" Of Friday owes
its origin. Of course, to our Lord
Jesus Christ's death on Good Friday.
Friday marriages are "for losses,
and superst1tious couples who are get
ting married avoid this day.
Shipping returns of all countries
show a much lower sailing rate on
Friday than on any other day Of the
week.
The Talmud, the book containing
the civil laws Of the ancient Jews
says that Adam was created on a Fri
day, sinned on Friday, and wai
thrust out of Eden on a Friday.
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Down, Down He Guided His Machine.

Down, Down He Guided His Machine.
ITO tell the truth, didn't expect
you; but you are welcome, all the
same" she said
II have come to say good-by," Ro-
land told her. 81 am going south, to
train for the flying corps"
How splendid and brave Of you"
she exclaimed, genuinely. "You will
make splendid aviator, am sure"
"Tll try to make your words come
true But tell me all about the tulips
and what you have been doing all this
time. I was afraid the tulips would be
dead"
"The early ones are, but these are
the late ones-the beautiful Darwins.
They are the finest variety and last
the longest. See these pink Gretchens
Just Ike q rose, and scented, too.
Aren't they wonderful"
'sWonderful!" ,he agreed.
One by one, she described the diff
ferents varieties in her seemingly un-
/ limited garden The 5mauves, pinks and
other delicate, shades blended with the
reds, puppies and even blacks of some
of the blooms. AS only nature can
blend. Belle, too, seemed to, be part of
themrhalf their glory would have
been lost without her. Roland could
do nothing hut stand and admire.
1t was hard tosleaye1 just as, they
we're really. getting acquainted AS his
car sped away he took one glance back
and saw her standing among the tu-
Nps--making the most beautiful pic
ture he had ever seen.
It was fall. Once more Roland's car
stopped In front of the Willard home.
He jumped out, brushed the dust from
his otherwise immaculate uniform-a
full-fedged av1ator's- and vaulted the
hedge. One glance caused him to stand
still and stare. Fhe house was empty.
The flower beds were black with stubs
Of frozen plants. Desolation prevailed.
Belle had moved. Roland sat down on
the steps with sigh of regret. The
disappointment was of his own maxi
ing. he knew. He should have written
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-08
WISCONSIN

encircled with tulips. Crash! his ma
chine shot into the branches Of q tree
1t seemed hours before he regained
consciousness. He opened his eyes
dreamily, but closed them again. There
was terrible ache all over his body
and the pain in his head was almost
unbearable. Suddenly voice sound
ed In his ears. He couldn't open his
eyes to see who it was, but it was
some ones he knew
Roland" he heard it quite distinct
ly now. "Roland, open your eyes. II
is 1, the tulip girl you have talked
so much about all night. am here
in my mothers native land. am your
nurse, Roland. Here are the tulips.
the pretty Gretchens." The touch of
their waxy petals against his lips
seemed to revive him. He opened his
eyes and recognized Belle leaning over
him.
"My tulip, girl - was all he could say
before he went off into doze.
Before long Roland was on the road
to recovery. 1T seems like dream to
have you here" he told Belle as she
prOpped him up in bed for the first
time. what part Of England am
in?"
"We are in Holland, the land of tu-
lips she told him. "How nice it Is
that you are interned here instead of
q prisoner in Germany"
Uniformed ~ no cried In 6iCannO{nt-
ment. Twill l have to stay here until
the end Of the WARP"
Perhaps not, but even if you do,
just think of the tulips that are here !
By the time they are through bloom
ing you will perhaps be allowed to go
home on parole"
1.-The tulips are nothing without
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Belle as he promised, and then he
would have known where to find her
It was all because Of the girl he had
met while in training. He, had realized
too late that she was tickle and I'M
worthy Of his affection. Now she was
married to a major and Belle had gone
he knew~nOt where. 1t was dOleful
Roland that started on the homeward
Journey. To make matters worse he
was going overseas in the course Of
"a fewudays and would not have time
to make inquiries to find Belle.
Roland was lost in the spring mist
There was no use denying II. There
he was, thousands of feet in the air
and without a knowledge of the land
that lay below him. He had been In
d France, for seven months and it was
+ the first time he had been lost. Some
thing had gone wrong with his COM
pass. Everything had failed him. He
didn't know how long he had been in
the air, but 1T seemed hours. His gas
soline would not last much longer. It
was best to make a landing before
his engine went "dud." What If he
was flying over Berlin and landed with
In the walls of the kaiser's castle
Heavens! A church -steeple would be
preferable to that. Down, down, down
he guided his machine. AS he neared
the earth he expected every minute to
hear bullets whizz about him. Just
as he imagined he was within landing
distance a pleasant odor came up
through the mist and reached his nos
tr1ls. He recognized it almost imme-
d1ately-the scented Gretchen-the
fafrests of all the Darwin family. Then
before him came the picture of Belle,
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In Tulip
Time
~0
BY GERALD ST. ETIENNE
1918, by the McClu
per Syndicate.)

Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
There was a ten-mile sweep Of even
road before him. and Roland Dodd put
on every drop of gasoline his engine
would take. It was the last ride he
would have In his little car for some
time and he was making the best Of
it. Then, too, every mile brought him
nearer his Tulip Girl" He smiled at
the thought of her. He hoped the
tulips would still be in bloom, but he
expected they would not be. 1t was
four weeks since he had made her
acquaintance. Some Of her tulips had
been at their best then, so it was hard
~ likely that any would be left. She
would be charming without tulips, but
just the same he would always picture
her before background Of those glOr,
iOuS blossoms. He had never known
how beautiful tulips could be until he
had seen hers.
AS his car stopped in front Of the
large country home Roland shifted the
fragrance that greeted his nOstrils.
One glance over the hedge caused him
to cry out with joy. The tulips were
still blooming,and there, filling her
arms with a large bouquet, serenely
stood Belle Millard his Tulip Girl"
"Ho, hop Roland called out, as he
-vaulted the hedge. "You didn't think
you would see me so soon, did your"
Belle looked up. in surprise, but
came forward with a hand Of well
come extended, as, she recognized him.
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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL

sThese trains stop at WATERFOWL
Junction only.
Train No. 33 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at 8:3S
a. M. except Sunday.
Train No. Z arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 1929 p. m
daily except Sunday.
Train No. 423 arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 700 p. m
except Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 1850 p. 10. daily.
Train No. 40 arrives from Madison
at sos a. M, except Sunday.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 10:C2 a. m. and goes
through to Madison, returning at $40
p. m.
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you" he exclaimed impatlen1y.
But 1 am here, too" she smiled.
'In your 'delirium you called out for
your tulip girl and 1t has made me
so happy to think that you had not
forgotten me-"
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN.
South.


chicago nger--------- $50 q. m.
Chicago passenger-------- :07 q. m.
Chicago passenger---- 1880 p. IA
GAINESVILLE passenger------ g'15 p. m.
500 a. m. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
Junction.
Both HOT a. m. and 7:16 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
fersOn Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
Green Bay passenger-------7:66 q. M
Green Bay, Sundays only----8:10 a. m.
Green Bay senger-------2:42 p. m.
Northern Michigan 80 p. m.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertown at $40 a. m. and goes no
farther.
The 1856 a. m. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 1870 train south makes connec-
lions at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
tran goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
*Daily. ~
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J. G.. Draeger
Electrical Contractor
PHONE NO. 621.J

We Take Care of Everything in the
Electrical Line-Repair all Kinds OF
Electric Apprenticeship and New
House uWiring-Prompt Service Ever.
Office -116 N. THIRD ST-Watertown
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14
IN LEAGUE
OF NATIONS

Christiania, Nov. 15.-( Correspond
ence of the Associated Press) Nor
wegian leaders in science, politics and
business have formed a society for
the purpose of enrolling Norway in
a League of Nations built upon a
democratic base, Professor F. Nam
sen, the famous Arctic explorer and
scientist, has been elected president
of the society. In this Introductory
address, Professor Nansen said:
"The dream of fraternity of ma
tions has suddenly come within
sight. 1t is the goal of which one of
the worlds greatest statesmen, Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson, is aiming. The
reason why America is now able to
make this Utopian dream a reality
is because the nation is young and
healthy. America went into the war
only to make future wars impossi-
BILE. 1t will achieve that end"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14

disregard precedents and attend the
peace conference. In days to come
the heads of our Allied countries, and
other countries, may likewise well
forget precedent and isit US. We
might with advantage revise the his
tories and teach our children the best
and grand things in the life of other
nations rather than so much of the
worst.
People are apt to base judgment on
their personal experiences. One un-
scrupulous exporter can poison well
of foreign sentiment from which
hundreds will drink. Never was a
time when high moral standards of
business meant So much for the fu-
ture as now. The man who for selfish
ends abuses the confidence of buyer
in another country, thereby betrays
his own country and is a traitor.
Such an opportunity for mutual
understanding and universal good will
has never occurred. The time calls
for the exercise of the highest i'm
pulses and sound judment, and that
same generous, farsighted vision
through coming years which the
trainers of our own Declaration of
Independence displayed. A spirit al
most of inspiration is needed if the
union of nations shall be so framed
as to provide bulwark which the
avarice and cupidity of any and all
nations shall be powerless to destroy
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14
EXTEND POWERS OF
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
(BY Associated Press.l

Washington, Dec. 13.-Legislation
to extend the powers of the Federal
Trade Commission so as to bring
all individuals and partnerships oper-
ating in interstate commerce within
its supervision is recommended in the
commissions annual report made
public today, outlining activities for
the year ended June 80.
The commission also again urges
enactment of Legislation previously
submitted to congress, designed to
prevent the practice of commercial
bribery.
During the year, the commission
says, it's work was chiefly devoted
to assisting other departments and
special war agencies of the govern
ment in matter concerned with the
prosecution of the war. The report
reviews many special activities an,
cost Investigations prosecuted, an in
Guiry into control of enemy corpora
tions, through which assistance was
rendered to te Alien Property custo-
dian and the intelligence sections of
the army and navy.
Inestigations into the cost of pro-
duction and control of foodstuffs 5
which had previously been begun were
continued and one of these culminat-
ed in reports on meat packing COM
panies made public in report to the
president. Several other food investi-
cations still are under way.
There were presented to the CON-
mission during the year many appli-
cations for proceedings charging un-
fair competitive methods under Clay
ton act. The commission disposed of
24O applications during the year and
has pending 283 cases.
American manufacturers and ex-
porters, taking advantage of the
Webb bill, filed with the commission
36 statements of combination for pur-
poses of export trade. Arrangements
are being made to oversee the activi-
ties of these combinations, the report
state, saying in this regard:
"The worldwide dislocation of
trade and industry incident to the
war is creating new conditions which
may vitally affect American business
in the future. The commission is
closely following new developments
in international trade, as they arise,
with view to ascertaining the bear
ing they may have on the foreign
trade of the United States"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14
CITATION TO KINDRED AND
CREDITORS

State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
By Hon. w. w. johnson, Judge of
Probate.
Whereas, Mrs. Lille R. Godshall
has made suit to me to grant her
Letters of Administration on the Es-
tate and effects of E. R. Godshall.
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said E. R. Cod
shall, deceased, that they be and ap-
pear, before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Union C. H.,
South Carolina, on the 2Sth day of
December, next, after publication
hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon.
to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
18th day of December, Ammo Domini
1913. w. w. Johnson,
Probate Judge.
Published on the 18th and. 21st days
of December, 1918, in The Union
Times.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Union.

State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
In the Probate Court.
By virtue Of an Order of w. w.
Johnson, as Probate Judge in and for
the County and State aforesaid, 1,
Jno. X. Hamblin, as Administrator
of the Estate of C. C. Weathers de-
ceased, will sell at public auction, at
the residence of the late C. C. Wealth
ers, in Jonesville Township, County
and State aforesaid, on the first day
of January, 1919, at II o'clock A. NJ,
the following described property:
One 1-horse wagon, 1 cotton plant
er, 1 Cole guano distributor, 1 Gee
Whiz Harrow, plow stock, 1 de-
fender, 1 Oliver turn plow, 1 moving
blade, hoe, shovel, 1 pitchford, 25
bu. of corn, more or less, so bundles
of fodder, / horse mule, 1 bed stead,
l bureau, 1 wash stand, 1 mattress,
3 pillows, / quilt, stove, tables,
l section harrow, plow beer, 1 trunk,
2 chairs, feather bed, set knives
and forks l watch-20-year case.
Terms OF sale: Cash.
Jno. X. Hamblin,
AS Administrator of the Estate of c..
c. Weathers, Deceased. 324-3-Sat
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14
DOCTORS ABANDON
HEADACHE TABLETS
THAT DEPRESS HEART
Adopt Aspitone, the New
Tablet in which all Heart
Depressing Qualities
Are COunteracted
by Heart Toning
Agents.

physicians and druggists who have
Kept up with recent discoveries in med
lcal science are now Introducing to
their patients and customers the new
pain relieving tablet called Aspitone,
which does not depress the heart and
circulation. They explain that head
aches and neuralgias as we'll as colds
and grippe are usually attended by a
fatigued heart and circulation and that
1t IS dangerous at such times to use
coal tar derivatives. In fact they are
claiming that all the cold tar deriva-
tives are positively dangerous, even to
strong hearts. They say that many
sudden deaths have resulted from TAX.
ing them and that there is no longer
any excuse for taking them except
under the watchful care of physician.
1t is explained that Aspitone is not
coal tar derivative, but is composed
of vegetable elements, which relieve
the pain of headache, neuralgia, tooth
ache, rheumatism, colds, grippe, ETC.,
at the same time supporting the heart.
1t is predicted that Aspitone will take
the place of the coal tar derivatives.
The product is new to this State, but
may now be had at Glymph's Phar-
macy and the Piedmont Drug Co.
Adv.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14

States of America have no business
to be fighting in France for England
you are a coward to stay with it. If
you had the courage to face criticism
you would get out and over the top
in no time to place where there is
some likelihood that you may see
home again.
What business is this war in Eu-
rope to you anyhow? You don't want
to annex anything, do you? You
don't want to give up your life for
the abstract thing-"humanity".
"If you believe in humanity and
that life is precious, save your own
life, and dedicate it to the services
of your own country, and the woman
who deserves it Of you.
Lots of you fellows are staying
with it because you are too cowardly
to protest, to assert your own wills.
Your wills are the best judges of
what is best for you to do. Don't ask
anyone's opinion as to what you
would better do. Do it and save your
life. Germany never did any harm to
you, all the newspaper tales of
wrongs were printed to infame you
to the fighting pitch, they were lies
you know you can't believe what
you read in the papers.
"If you stay with the outfit ten
chances to one all you will get out of
it will be a tombstone in France"
1t is sometimes claimed that it does
not matter what a man believes, that
it is what he is that counts. We be-
lieve a perusal of the above circulars
will convince one that it is Germany's
philosophy of life that has destroyed
her, and that "as a man thinketh in
his heart, so is h."
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14
Germany's policy of sinking vess,

Germany's policy of sinking vessels
leaving no trace to offer proof of their
guilt, failed, for it is an old story
that murder will out. The ruthless
enss of German soldiers in territory
occupied by them will likewise be re-
vealed, for many photographs and
even mutilated corpses, in some
cases, have been preserved for the
purpose of proving the charges
against the Huns. No use now for
Germany to say, 81 did not do it," for
the mute witnesses will confront them
and will give the lie to their denials.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14
Everybody should Shop early. no

Everybody should shop early, not
wait to the last, the very day before
Christmas, then rush around "like a
chicken with it's head off" trying to
find something suitable to purchase
for presents to others. If each one
would but give little thought to the
matter, it would result in consid-
cradle saving to the buyer, and it
would be a great help to the mer-
chant. You have all next week to
shop so as to avoid the great rush
just day or two before Christmas.
Take day or half day off and make
your purchases in orderly fashion.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14
LAND SALE

State of South Carolina,
Union County.
Court Of Common Pleas
Claude g Sartor, as administrator of
the estate u Mrs. Pearl l. Sarta-S
stc., p,s1 s1iA
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14
WHAT OF FUTURE WARS?
(By H. H. Windsor, in the January
Popular Mechanics Magazine

(By H. H. Windsor, in the January
Popular Mechanics Magazine.)
And what of future wars? Will ma
tion war against nation in the days
to come, and will the refinement of
cruelty in killing be still further de-
veloped from it's present advanced
stage? Just now, with the smoke
and smell of battle still lowering in
the air; with all its dead and injured
and sick fresh in mind, we find it hard
to imagine that another war could
be
1t is difficult to believe that any ma
tion is likely to deliberately make war
upon another nation so strong and
powerful as to almost insure the de-
feat Of the aggressor. Germany was
positive in her belief of her super
strength to win, otherwise she would
have postponed the day until she was
sure.
We preserve order in our cities
largely by prevention; there are peo-
pie aplenty who dislike other people
to the extent of wishing to assault
or even kill them, who nevertheless
refrain from doing SO because of the
presence of police and the fear of
punishment. Except for those tenn
porarily unbalanced, the great ma
jority are peaceably inclined. Even
were the police inadequate, there is
the State militia, and even the Nation
al army.
Theoretically, a system which suf-
fices to maintain order, and admins
ter justice and punishment, between
the citizens of any one country ought
to be capable of expansion to main
tain order between countries. Prob
ably the one thing which most stands
in the way is their lack of acquan-
tance, one country with another. It
is much less easy to understand what
a man whom you have never met
says and does, than after you come to
know him. A remark which sounds
offensive may prove on acquaintance
to be intended as a compliment. In
other words if an international board
to maintain order and administer ius
tice between nations is to succeed.
its member nations will have to know
one another better, and practice the
golden rule. A good start has been
made; the English, French, Belgians.
Italians, Portuguese, and Americans,
with representatives of all their sew
eral dependencies, have been thrown
togethr as nver befor.
American tourists bent on a holi-
day formerly returned to talk chiefly
about the gayety Of Paris until we
thought all France frivolous; the
English were considered bit distant
and naughty, and so on. In the great
melting pot Of the fighting trenches,
the furbelows were all cast aside and
the splendid manhood and ideal spirit
in each has stood revealed. Precon-
ceived ideas each Of the other have
been reversed. Even the Hun has little
to say about the American being a
dollar chaser since the marines chased
him out of Chateau Thierry.
1t is well that our president should
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14

We sincerely hope that the city
authorities will enforce the ordinance
against the shooting of fireworks
within the city limits 1t is quite a
worthless, useless and annoying Gus
tom. The only fun that boy gets
out of shooting firecrackers is the
jump that it gives the other fellow.
If it were not for the fact that people
are annoyed by the noise, there would
be little fun in the practice.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1918-12-14

S'F~ ~, ..t-H
Claude c. Sartor, Jr., ct al, Defend
ants.
Pursuant to an order of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County
aforesaid, the undersigned will, on
January 9th, 1919, being salesday,
during legal hours Of sale, before the
courthouse door in Union, S. c., sell
at public auction the following lands
and premises, to wit:
All that certain tract or plantation
OF land, lying land being in Union
Township, said County and State,
about one and . half miles from the
City of Union, and containing one
hundred and fifty (15O) acres, more
or less, and bounded as follows:
North, by lands Of j. C. Edwards or
Mrs. F. E. Edwards; East, by lands
OF j. Hay FAINT and T. D. holland; !;
South, by lands of Mrs. B. F. Kenne-
dy, and West, by public road, gen
orally known as the Columbia road.
Terms Of sale; Cash; purchaser to
pay for papers and stamps.
w, w. Johnson,
Probate Judge, Elk Officio Master.