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EDUCATION WAS THE ONE CONSTRUCTIVE NOTE Legislature Just Ended P1assed Severad Educational Acts. Next in Import aice was "Lemnon Extract Law." essoin's Outstanding Fallure was on Good ionds. The general lsselll:l)ly, In the ses slon which has Just closed, accom plished several outstanding things. The most momentous piece of con structive legislation was the compul sory education act. The greatest achievements of this session were along tho-line of education. In addi tion to the comupulsory school law, 'which requires ill children between eight and fourteeni to aitteind school at least four colisecutive months inl a year, the assemibly enacted logislation approprilat ilg $.50,000 for vocalilonal edluicatiol, whclh ilso entitles tie A at( - to $36,000 of federal aid, and passed ant act appropriating m1loley for the sup port of wcak schools, making it pos sible for thet to have seven months in a school term. The new Citadel bill was also passed. Next in importance to the educa tion law comes possibly the "lemon extract bill," prohibiting the sale of tonics, extracts, toilet articles and such drugs that contain sufticient al cohol to cause intoxication. What has been called the "out standing error" of the 1919 session was the failure to pass the good roads bill. This measure got by the house and passed the senate, and then when It was sent back to the house for con currence in amendments was killed. This happened on the last day save one of the session. On the final day an attempt was made to revive the -bill, but this, too, proved vain. The general assembly brought about several legislative accomplishments on the negative side. It refused to en act the bill that provided for the abo lition of the tax commission. It re fued to pass a bill to allow the pur chase of a gallon of whiskey a month Instead of a quart. Another class of ldgislation that did not get far along the channels of legislation were the measures looking to an eight-hour working day. There are many mem bers 'who say this will come next year. The work hours for fire-fighters were limited to 81 a week. Tle legislature passed a State game law, to take the place of the one recently declared unconstitutional. Richland county got a new rural police system. Several counties were au thorized to float bonds for road im provements. The salaries of most State officers were increased. In addition to the "new Citadel bill" Featuring J JULIA ARTHUR - CAVELL CASE* The Shot th Children : providing $100,000 a year for three rears to erect new buildings for the 3tate military college, a building bill was passed to atppropriato $100,000 acli for a memorial to the white sol :lers of the world war and a memorial to the colored soldiers. S * o*e * * * * * * *****e ALBERT 1UG1iES. * S e On the 21st of January past, God saw lit to take from our home our dear hus band and father. How much we miss hin--the home is so dark 1without him. But God giveth and He taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Ile will not only be mnissed by his loved ones but by all who knew him. A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vaeant in our liomes Wh ich never can be filled. We shall meet, but we shal miss hin, There will be one vacant chair; Yet in our aching hearts we know We have no "Papa" here. How we miss thee In our home, dear papa, A shadow o'er our life is cast; How we miss the sunshine of thy face, We miss thy kind and 'willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care; Our home Is so dark without thee, We miss thee everywhere. "ris hard to break the tender cord, Where love has 'bound the heart, 'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the word, "We must forever part." Dear loved one, we must leave thee In the peaceful grave's embrace, But thy memory will 'erb be cherished Till we see thy heavenly face. Wife and Children. Like a Let-ter Front Home. Editor The Advertiser: Please clange my Advertiser from Facevill, Ga., to Climax, Ga. Your pa 'per Is looked for with interest. It Is like a letter from home. tRespecfully, J. C. Blurdette. Climax, Ga., Feb. 25, 1919. Card of Thanks. We 'wish to extend outr heartfelt thanks and gratitude to each of our friends who -were so kind to us dur ing the recent illness and death of our darling baby, James Walter. May God's richest blessings rest upon each of them. Mr. anid Mrs. C. F. Beeks. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fnils to cure Itching, Blind, Blecding or Protrudiag Piles. Instantly relieves Itchlnit Piles, and you can get restful tsICeI after the first fpl)iatio(it. Price Geo mARAI ULIA ARTHU A IiiLiLETUR)PCUSniili at killed EDITH ADMISSI4 20 cents. Don't Let It 13 UNSOLVED MYST~ltlES. * p* Dear Advertiser Friends: I am the chief cook and bottle wash er at this house, so in order to answer Lhe many queries in regard to the story recently published in your col uinas, "Truth is Stranger Than Fic tion," that has conic to me, I have decided to tell you friends in this let ter when and how I heard that Iragic story. First, get the Impression off your minds that the event happened in L,1a rens county or in South Carolina for that matter. It did not occur in either. but the fact reminis it did happen just as I described. One day I sat in my home in anoth er state. it ws a 1 dreary day outside, bItt tle cerful fire witlhin dispeIled lhe dampiness and Cold outside. A stranger in tle place, my mind often came back to the friends mid the old red hills of Laurens, "to the friends of them that's living and the graves of them that's dead." There came a gentle kntock at the door and to my suinunons, T''ome In", there entered a little woman I had never before seen. She soon explained, however, that she was a sister of one of my nearest neighbors on a visit for a short while. The children had been over the even ing before playing and knew that I was not well, so as it did not suit the neikhhor to come that morning the little stranger had come In her place. The drizzling rain outside had turned into a down-pour and her call was lengthened into hours. She was so refined and cultured and proved to be charming company. We were soon chatting like old friends and our con versation ran from "cabbage to kings". I should have mentioned at the proper time that I had heard her sister speak of her so often and so lovingly that I felt like I knew her and her chats always led me to think she 'was a widow. In the conversation I inno cently asked law long her husband had been dead. She hesitated for a moment and then answered in a voice of sadness I can never forget, "I wish I could answer that question. I do not know whether he is (lead or liv Ing." near as I could remember after 19 years I repeated verbatim to you. And so when I hear a cold winter rain fall and dash against the window panes I see again the face of that dear little woman with blue, blue eyes, I sweet, sad face framed by the soft est bIown hair which the dampness FIOUO Ras EDITH4 CAVELL wa and Rased'a 3NPIE4I andSaisd Tan Y had caused to cluster in ringlcts a about her face. I hear again that 11 voice full of heart-breaking sadness, l ais shte reieated the query "Whatever 1 li this world do you suppose did be- 1 come of John?" y And now I'm going to relate anl ii CIldent that is not. so tragle, yet it con cerns a Laurens county man and is (uite singular. A good many people of this county 'will remember Preston 11. Allison, who was raised at the Old Cuiluni nIgliaml) home. He was a Ilirst cousin of mine and a great favorite with lle, for as I had no older broIter, in my childhood days Prews was that to mile. Ile was wihl--full of life and flin and IIsomne mntI who may read tIhese' linies mlay recall soite of his wild !''ranlis, yet the mlnemory of himii is deal.; to Ie. le left here for xass jl INSI. Thel then avstl bflainis and theI wild life or a cowioy appeall to him3 as it did touisands of other soutrnl-' youth n111d he went West. For folr yeats he wrtote regularly to is all. Inl ISSX his last letter cane to the little coushi3 who loved hlim. Ile had go1ne still further, wat then in Arizona. 11v described for her the scenes of that frontier coltitry. The coyotes were howling alout fihe camp while lie wrote. Thinkhing possibly I might le abrid he added, "Don't think they w' hurt me. 1hey are cowardly beasts," and he did dispise cowar'dice li either man or beast. That twas 31 years ago and not. a line in all these years. Iis dear. old whi e-haired mother till hert death hoped for a message out of the years of silence. We had all given hitn up as (lead. Now listen at this WHEN YOU SUFFER FROM RHEUMATISM Almost any man will tell you that Sloan's Liniment means relief For practically every man has used It who has suffered from rheumatic aches, soreness of muscles, stiffness of joints, the results of weather exposure. Women, too, by the hundreds of thousands, use it for relieving neuritis, lame backs, neuralgia, sick headache. Clean, -efreshing, soothing, economical., quickly effective. Say "Sloan's Lini. ment" to your druggist. Get it today. 30e, 60c, and $1.20. S Nei Mar ELLC ZAVELL, The WFA lWF lf/WFFb /MM4 A[RTHUR~ CAvr L L 'B' CAS"AA he Dramatic and A Noble Woman, who the Shot Whic Army Over Nigh IE So MAE BOTI u Die. ot See T EmBELM . ud surmise with nile. Not long nce coty O1 Is It merely a strange co I readlng' a casualty list of boys Ill in cldeent a lil investigation Jrovo rance fioil Texas, was given the to be merely a stranger bearing that ame of Preston 13. Allison. It could familar naine? We are where we ot be ou- Press, for he would be 60 were at the beginning of al Ithis writ ears 01<1. Do you suppjose that was ig. Truth Is stranger than iction. son of tie boy raosed In sAurens "AUNT KAge" SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY BRINGS SURE RELIEF F'or 200 yearn COTA-1 MPf~j)T, lui n i ii are tie rerin veig ao n p. ro 'M1l has Piabled 3:lifferiIi a to blneI. mr y tor a", stra "er ealling ,00 la dl l( it M k S (werilley, I o ILa18 into ti Ceiil _fal lhiin - of 111141n tM101110 lrotheb t r' :11- il t'I k lieys a n ge I rivws out thle pfionS. son e, ( od Witt 11 111 11 Nv,- lifo tnhei bioy riaisduely follow. 0 ., ha al to build l111 l ( o ur nor::,l e v zLr 1- ,8 bTee h ei ;II ith organts weakenei by (I i ' e I cont inue treatrM n t for .1 whmilo - v ms t U lnior:ant or:'ans t ist e 1. !'e'p yourseIf i u m in an pro - , becaur I t h y ter, I . n111 1i rf, \ t Il r I'lr (.r t . . 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