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*'* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SHIiLOIH NEWS. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Shiloh, Miarch 2.-The continuous rains have seriously interfered with the farmers. Most of then are badly behind with their work. Mr. and Mrs. Townes Curry and Mr. and Mrs. .J. 13. lellams visited friends in the Itabun comnmunity Sunday af ternoon. Miss Edna Owens of IRabun spent several days last week with Mrs. J. C. Hellais and family. Mr. and Mrs. James Chestein attend ed preaching at Hendersonville church Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Armstrong were the guests of Mr. and 'irs. Luther Armstrong Sunday. Miss Fay Ilellais Is very sick at this writing. Her friends hope she will soon be upi again. -iMr. John F. Gray has purchased a new Oakland six touring car. -Mrs. H. 1. Abererombie has been very sick for the past several days. She is slowly improving now. Mr. Anderson Abereroipbie sient Sunday with his son, Mi. 11. I. Aber crombie. MOTHER! GIVE CHILD "SYRUP OF FIGS" IF TONGUE IS COATED If Cross. feverish, siek, bilious, clean little liver and h 1111s. Children love this "fini laxalive" and nothing else cleanse* the tender stoinniel. liver and ho1wels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playing to empty file bowels, anad t be resul i is, they become tigl iy clogged with waste, liver gels silugpish, stomiach sours; then your little on' hecoies cross, half-sick, fevrgrili. don't eat, sleep or act niatutrally, breath is bad, systlm full of cold, has sore throat, atolnael-aehe or diarrh'lioea. Listen, Alotlier! See If tongui' is coated, Ithen give a taspool 'ul Itof "california Syruinp of l'ips", ant in a few houlirs all the constipated wi stv. sour bile and 1111digesled food PaI ses out of lie sys iem1 and you have ,I well, playfli chlild again. Alillions of iothipir give 'alifor'nia Syripj of Pigs" beluse if is perfeclly iiarmIies; cdhibire love it anid it Inever fallsi to nl oni the stotiacli. liver and bowels. Ask your' druggi.i for a1 .''l-eeint ))of fie (A, "('alfor'iia Syrup of Figs' which his f1 diretions fIm halies. chiliren of 0'I an's and ii l'or 1 pla il y priltiild on tile botlI. I'lewart'. or coutn t'IefiI:: :;il here. tIet thlie geultine, made by '''aliforlna ig Syrup Com 11.11 "'.' [litfuse anly otler kind w%-ithl conI(tempt. * * * * * * * * * WY . *1 * * * LANFlOlD Ni'S. * Laiford, .lareb i..--We ar haviig plenty of rain. The fariiers are fet ling very lueit. over tile situnation. Airs. Nannie' M.lartiln is splen(ing som time li'e w ithI hot'r( daugh er, .lrs. .1. R. Patterson. Mrs. 0. ". "owler and Mrs. W. I. Drummond visited in Greenville last week, tle glests, of .\1rs. Ieli Marl ti. MT'. Iowle lanford and Samuel D~ru mmnond spent several day13s last 'week In Greenville and Spar'tanburg. Mlrs, lluth P'oole spent flfhursday night here with Mi's. J. 11. Patterson. Mr'. P. A. Thomnas and family spent the week-end here with .1, 11, Franks' family. 'Miss fRobin Paltteron is spending Ihe week with her father, Mr. J1. II. Patterson. Mrs. 0. F. Fowler is visiting in Laur'ens. Messi's Clyde and 10oy Deshlelds spent the week-end( here with their rparents. Mr'. andl Mrs. J1. Ht. Owvings spent t$S"day here with relatives, * Mr'. Talmage Pal terson who has been critically ill wlth measles,, i'e are glad to report, is very much i mroved. T AKE! "CA SCA RETS" IF HEAD~ACHY, BILous AND CONSTIPATED Best for 'lier and howe 'lsihabreth,~ had col ds, sour11 stomach. Gct a I10-cent b lox. Sick h~eadaicchbiliou sness, "oatled tongue, head andl nose , cloggedl up with a cold --al ways trace thIs to 1(or 1p( id lvet'; delayed, fertmentIng food in the howels or sour1), gassy stotmach. Poisoans inntler' clogged in t he in testines, insteadl if being east (out of the system is ic-ah bs(h'ed intoI lie blood. Wh Ien tis pt son teaches thei del iente bra in tissue Al enauses ('onges I ion anad t hat dull, hri obibintg, sicken - Ing hetadache./ Caseart'(s immiiedi 'tely ('lparnse Ithe totftpeh'1 remot(ve I e sonur/und41iigestedi food anad foul gas .s, I e Ithe excess bile from the live carry' out1 all the( 'onipaiited was ,maiti' and piols Ofns in thie howels. A (Caseart lIoni ghtI wviil surely straight en y'ou out1 by mornling. They4'3 workl while y'ou sleei)-a I 0-centI box from yourt druiggisl mea ns yourm head cear, sItocht sweel anad yourt lve r and bowels i'egular' for months. A 'itate of Angl~ety Exists. The paper's ever'ywher'e are sayitng that in coInseluenIce of the decstruetionI of thre'e of the [Tnited Stales ships by -the Geortans that a state of war nowv -oxists between the United States and Germany. This is one country with whieh ours has not been in contaet len fore. We have not sought the wvar. 16 has been forced upon us. The Anorl can peoplo do not want war even now, but they can see no way out of it. All of this is having a disastrous effect up on our home enterprises. Efforts to raise money for religious and charita blo causes and even for the promotion of education will surely have cold wa ter thrown upon them. low will it be witI the Thornwell Orphanage? We have aided and are aiding Belgian, Syrian, Armennian Orphans. We must not omit to aid our own. Three huin dred of these are at the Thornwell Hoie and Schools for Orphans, Clin ton, S. C. There will ble trouble for thei unless our people realize the necessity of the case and send their gifts prompty, so as to prevent any fear of want. The orphans at Clinton are mainly from all the leading denominations. Ten dollars a month covers the ex ietnses of each one, including board. clothing and education. Contributions may be directed Thorn well Orphanage, Clinton, S'. C. VIlI OF NE(ilO. Shot Iy Onie of Six [enl Uider At. est. at. (41imblint1 Denl at, Butler. Macont, Ga., .ircli 21.--iln a pi1 toed battle between netroes and 1)olice and the sheriff and , is deptietis at Illut ler, in Taylor cu nty, late tonight the sheriff was shot twice lbhrough the sloimacht. The vounded sheriff, .oltn t .\leCants, is being brought to a hospital in lthis city. Seven negroes are said to have taken part in the fight. Five ate said to have been ar rested. Two tttiade their escape. Feel ing is iiniitg high in Taylor county. Vire service to Huitler stoi))e(i shortly after the shooting. Sheriff MeCants is believed to 1be fatally woitnded. .\Marshal G. L1. Iart had raided a gatiblig game at Butler, according to tite inforiation brougirt. to tis city late tonight, and the sheriff was called upon to assist. One of the ne groes was turned over to the sheriff alld ie stood holdlig hii while an other iegro shot hitm1 from the back. Several shots were exchanged. Six negroes have beeni art'ted. TWo ttgrt)oes refuse to say which onte did tlie Isootlg. Sieriff .(Catns was said to llavo beent Ile tuost pottlar t1tnan inl Taylor ( Ilt. lls frietnds have given I lie neotroes ut1ti0l daylight, to give the ie of ithe otte wIo Ir ted I the shotls Ithat struck the sheriff. er 1as is 1narried and hs "evenl chil1drenl. Stalvineti of file Condititoi of tile H11-ii OF OWIN(IN, lo'tled at. Owlings, S. C., at t ie (lose of butsitness March 5, 1917. loais and Discounts .. . M.K$ 4.i51.73 Overdrafts ............ 1,297.12 littrin itte atnd ixtures . 1. i 5.t;2 ianking llouse .. .. ..1.. .,287.5 1 D)te froti lanks and Bianik (tturrency . SIvet anid Ot her C'ol in.. II2 1,1AIIAl la'li ES: Ca pital Stock P'aid Ir .j,. . .$ I1.70)0.00 Sitrpluts Fuindi..-. -.. .. ....3,300.00 Untdivided P'rofits, legs Citr rent I~Etxnes and Taxes, Paid...... ...........88.83 Intdi vidual D epositIs S'tubject to Check . ..4453 Time Cert llecates of Do Comit .. .. .....gkl9.00 CashIer s Checks 2:1.4 1 20,034.38 1111ls Payable, inclutding Cer I ticat es for M\oney Bor' rowed.-.-...............1 1- ,200t.00 Other iabilitiles, viz: . . . . 10.82 Total. . ... .... ,, ,. . $ 52,034.03 State of South Carrlia, Countty of L.aurens, ss. Ile~ore me camne .J. M. liryson Casth ier of the above named bank', who, bie.. lng dluly sworn, says that the abhove and foregoing staletnetnt is t titlO 001).. (ditioni of said hank, as shown by the b)ooks of said batnk, J. \1. 1tR YSON. Sworn to and n0hserlbed btefore tme this 2::rd dlay Of March, 1917. R. M. liryson, Notary Pitbilic. Corric t Al test : G. W. Owinigs, F. it. Owitngs, 11 .\. litysoti, Directors. TAKE NO ALCOHOL P lEVENTS Colds, La ippe, Rheumatism A pleasant inut effe~tfive etuils in, whtICh I rebi I s the,-'t issutes, trevives lie systemt, a ~Idx tettgth atid stimi iilates te ne4 - us system. It has absoluitely tno ltol, aind is iti ev cry sense a tottic. $1.00 PER BOTTLE Ask Your Druggist Malnutfactutredl Solely By THE FERROL Co. Columbia. 8. (. 'BUILT BY 'PERFIDIOUS ROGUE' Oeorge Downing Had Building Con. structed in Which' the British Cabinut Now Holds Meetings. Downing street is narned after Sir George Downing, whomss Pepys clled a perfidious rogue," and of rogues hie was a pretty good Judge. Downing was the son of a P'uritan gentleman who 1111d eillgrated to Salemt, in New Englhnd, wis horn lin 1028 and was see nd lin tie graduate roll of Iaryard In 16-12. Soon after this he returned to Ensgland with inl accommedating con selence and it boundless ambition. 113 got to know the protector, Cromwell, by whom lie wits appointed chaplain to the regiment of which the regiIle, Colonel Okey, was commander, then he graduated as scoutmaster general of the parliamentary army, becoming eventually England's ambassador to the Netherlands. But Downing was not so prejudiced in favor of Puritan Ism (though he had "done the lackey Ing to Cromwell'4 conch") as to be un able to accept a post uider the govern ment of Charles H, with the result, as 'Mr. i'asvoe says, that lie at tained to "diploinatle rank, knighthood, hironet cy ; all thut parcel of bind now named Downing street . . . a 'd ill the houses thereon erected by himself; and tle last, not list ?80,000 (so we are told) iI bonds and good sterling 1iglish." Upon this parcel of land lie buitt some houses, fit one of which lie lived, aild It is probhle that lie dining room of thiat "perilols rogue," George Down lng, Is no0W tle Calbinet room of No. 10, Downing street.--Londi Today. QUEBEC REALLY FRENCH CITY People Cling to Language of the Land of Their Forefathers--Little Noise on the Streets. Quebec is th seemingly impreguable stronoghld of France lin America. It is true that Wolfe defeited Montcalm onl the plilins of Abrihami, and the British - flag replaced the French oil the clta5del, but to all inteits and purposes It Is i Fressch city still. Four-lifthis of tie people are French ; French is taiught In the scitools, an51d spokeni everywhere, Quebec is not only dlfferent from citIes of the United Stites, but It Is ut terly different from the rest of Cana(isda. It is much older and looks even older bectuse it is buil largely of gray stono. Quebec triives a grows, hut not noisily mi(d obviouisly like 1hot'r A merlessn cities. Tle additions are sill so perfectly Ii ha1irmssonmy with wllat Is ailready there that you can se' -ely Ide teet them. .Jist. is the city seesis to grow Im perceitibly, so It see55s to be huisy withoit being sit fill n 3oisy or ceIfu5sed. The lirrow streets, inuisy of (hen' stve ep as 14u41og.an Slides, Ir'e well filled with people ; hlt. tO din of street 514i1ies Is strili igly ibsenit. The peo pie sire toft-voiced wl4l 1do slot shout tsbout their business ; there sure few sils lolobiles, 14d lo ;;'It venders. Es Iecilslly onl Ssiturdiy nilghts you are struck by the fict tlst .lle streets ire packed, aind yet silssost sileit, except for a low Imi of conversation and laughter. Hot Shot for Daddy. Jane Iid been inuch Interested in tho prepsiritions Iesr ying aunat had Iee makin~g sill week for the' b ig eharitIy ball. She sked her fsathier 5o many113 questlos about t his aft'asir thait sat laat lie said they would 1play3 they3 wes'e go. lng to the bsill. .Jstsse wsas sill excite.. ment whIle issothier dressed her for the bsall. TIhen she wsas whirlIed off In thut maake-helieve auto, of whIch dasddy w~as the chsauffe ur, to the make-belIeve ball i'oomi. They had1( a regular bsali. Jatne'a car was called, she tripped otut aS bilg as you plese5, cllsubed upl in the big fim chir, and npstled down asmong the cusshilons for the rIde lhluA "All rIght, babyv ; It's sleepy tIme now ; como nn'd ldlsa daddy goodI night," saild her fauthier, and1( to his greait sti-prise the little laidy threw her head up asnd saId, "Hulh, ladies don't kIss thecir chau feurs good snight." Daddy wna~ squelched. SBuffalo III eIrel in diari. 'Col. WVilliam F". Cody tells In his book, "The Adventusres of Buffalo 11111," publhishued by thie Harpers, the story oIf Ihis first fight wIth Indians. It was In 1857, when lie was onily eleven yeasrs old, that hie killed an Indian. lie was accompa)5ny ig som5Cesattle-herders whlens they were4 attaciked osn the Sousth Pln,tte river. Th'le Insdiins stamspeded the cattle, killed three meon and~ thesi chariged on the rest. A volley stopped themi for thie msomsenst and1( Ithe herd~ers took refusge in thie rIver, wsndinsg be hind thle bansk on thieir way to Fort Kearnuey. hlusifalo 111ll fell binlsd and whsesn lie susddesnly looked isi sat thle bank above lie sa'w ass hldlir,'s hend. ie aime54d and1( fired aind the nsext mo1 ment wsis terrified to see "abloust six feet of dead Indian comle tumbslling in to the river." lFroms that trie for waird, lhe sass "I beenmsse a hero and an Indian-kIller." All Activity Should Count. Th'lere is a vasst (1eal of nietlvity In the world thaut (does not contibte to any reail progress ; theure Is sabout it only a tesmplorsal illusIon of progress. Nine-tenth s of our enidesavor Ia of this sort. Our study shsould be to do only the tenth thast Is (of reil vailu9 and1( do it very slowly aind ini hsarmony with h the greast slow msovementls (If thie cos mos. The nuie-tenths oft our timse thst is now wasted ins frusitless and hasmpesr ing nectivlty sould be devoted to rest ad to obiservinig the cossmos so thast we can be susre that the other tenth is used discrimi~natimrily. AMAZING VICE CONDITIONS Revealed Through Tragic Suicide of Pretty Jennie Wins low, as Shown in the Remarkable Photo Play at the Opera House Tomorrow "The Little Girl Next Door" The Following recommendations Will Prove the Moral Strength, the Interest and the Value of this Great Picture: STATIC' OF SOIlTH CAROLINA, Office of Attorney General. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 9, 1916. "I Cannot say too luch in praise of thie hid 1* 'The Little Girl Next Door' alld I feel sure that when It Is put on In South Carolina it will Create (itle a sensation and will be of bencilt to those who have fihe privile, of set(ing it." (Signed) ''hos. ii. Peeples, Altorney General, South Carolina. ,,MAanning. S. C., Feb. 6, 1917. "I have just returned fr n1 wit nessing the presentat onl of 'Thle Little Girl Next Door', which was iml on this afteri on. I an writing tills to S(y that it Is a chaste presentation o' a most delicate and dificul subject. It is a terrii'presentation of tile methods of awful traile I hmli ian souls. seeing tile play patrotits and young people mnay realize the fear (Signed) Dr. Watson ';. Duncan, Pastor, elethodist Epilseopal Church South. Orlando, Fla., Feb. S. 1917. The Little Girl Next Door' is a ve- v commendable pictuire and is calculated to (10 good In an educational way, as well asj to a eal directly to the moral natire." (Signed) J. W. Simninons, Principal, Orlando Iligh School. This Picture Will Be Shown at THE OPERA HOUSE THURSDAY, MARCH 29th. No Person Under 18 Admitted Admission 25c A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE th the advent of the New Year you are well, strong, vigorous, able to do a day 's work ind Io enIjoIy l ife. 'Yo have had a reasonable degree of eess and so you are now _.are-r lee You ha v< .tle worry ofi what n1ext week or'emonlth miay brn g forthI. - Do You Know That Ninety-five per' cent of the men01 who engage in bulsiniess evenul ly fail ? Thle estate you are building lup for youril family miay melt like the snow in /e spring sun? NothIing is permlian t in private fortuneIIs or ini pri('ate business. If you really want to insur'e the comifoi't of yo itr falmily youi miust (1o it t hroukh protect ion ca rried ini some e'stabilished 01ld line 3isuraniice compa y. This Is An Old Story---/ \Ikui have been1 wane1 thlat life is unieift'iin and the 0only way to play safe is to be0 pr'otectect. - Carelessness is the gr atest cause foi aickc of protection1 as miost men01 really bielieve in pro. Yor Own Insu ani Policy is one of thec best remindlers againist carelessness. This is to urge you to take advantlage of irte('t ion whiiile y'ou ('al get it. Mly eonipany issueOs one0 of the best policies0 beenutse it is sond, saf and1( sure. Th'le cla imi II youri' ' mi 1y upon yout should be c onsideried and y(1 ugh~ git to on reful Ily in vest igate whaiit [ can (10 for' yout inl thle way ofi protect ing your1 loved ones agai inst wanlt, if', when business 'a ilIs, y'ou shiotild also be Iakeni from thiemi. 1 l FO? 1 1 A D)1)1NG TO TillsE i'l GT I('TION AIl1IEA D)Y CAl fi D Ol F I) 1 F YOI' Al i NOyT INql , D 31)0 TilII IIONOI? 01" MAKING INQIl[liY lNTO)011 Otl POTI'E TION PlaAN CARLOS R. MOSELEY, SPECIAL AGENT * For Missouri State Life Insurance Company Laurens, S. C.