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Subscription Price is $1.00 Per Year Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Lauren., 8. C. Mdvertising Rates on Application. "Jtuaries and Card of Thanks: One Cent a Word. ENtered at the postottice at Laurens, 8. 0., as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C., JULY 30, 1919. The five great packers of the coun try may be in a dark alliance to fnonopolize the meat and grocery bus Iness of the country. They may even be trying at this time to wring ex .horbitant profits from the people and may in time become a great menace to the nation. They may be very bad apeo)le, so far as we know, but It ap pears to us that those who are trying 1to''place the blame upon tlie packers rfor the high cost of living right now - are on the wrong trail. The Federal Trade Commission, with all of its staff of lawyers and auditors has not yet been able to disprove the packers' claim that their profit is but two cents on the dollar of business done and we all know that this small profit rep resents but a small part of the total cost of meats. Judging from newspaper accounts, as well as local conditions, there is a demand for houses in nearly every sec tion of the country. People are put out of rented homes 'without having - cther homes to go to. No one seeins to offer any satisfactory solution of the problem, though the reasons for It may -possibly be laid to two causes. One is the natural increase of the poulation in towns due to the desire of country people for better educa lional facilities and more social ad vantages. Increased prices of farm lands and farm products have made this possible. Increased values placed upon city real estate and the advanced cost of building, due to high labor costs and building material profits has kept the investor from building for rent. Profits on rented .property have always been low, according to landlords, and new costs of houses make it impossible to build at a profit. All of this will In time adjust itself, as It is already doing, and rents will be raised to a point where building will again become -profitable. Unpleasant as this may sound to renters, it is nevertheless to be expected. WORLD COTTON CONFERftEN'Cl;. Newspaper reports from Atlanta several days ago indicated that .T. S. Wannamaker, president of the Soulth Carolina Cotton Association, had witi drawn his ooposition to tile so('alled World Cotton Conference to he held in New Orleans next October. \Ir. Wannamaker gave out an 1i1terview, the substance of whbich was that there need be no fiet ion betw'een thie two bodies as the(ir alims werie aPp~arlent ly simiilar'. We believe t hatI (oton 03 fa rm er l eaders coitld( look fur the ii'lino ib is World Cotton Conflerence( btfore gir' lng it theirm final endors.emenit . It a - pear's to us that wh ilie their aias miay be similar the results (of the two or ganizations wvillI hardly be tI -4 mune. TIhe objec(t of the organ iratio w341hichi hvir. W~arinamaker le'ads iln tis3: state cotton raisedl in the Sot. I tow muchel this remunerat ion should he we ar"e niot preparedCi to sy, thioui):h 3ta fir This W\orld( ('otton11(3 Coferen'1ce, on3 the other hand, avowedly stai;tes its purpose as bei'ng in thle inlter'est of3 the "'cotton trade'' which, of' courise. the p~roduicer. Th1:-( d'l2ale will n~ ii - resent many corie bs ofI tin- norb1l4 wvhere not a stalk{ of (nitn 3 aiml but where aL great dl ofi stalei matnufactured into Cloth. 'i~il rom thir publicity shleet.s we3 gath) r ih mai facturers will priedlom~inate in the Th'ie Ad(ver'tiser4 co(le' 13oint om: eral 51ugges'tedI 1000 (C 4)f ', d i 34on vhmichi are not calcuilata to1 3advanc33 the interests11 ofl the Souther farm- 1 13 showv thle sent imeint whl iib will li prv ail in Ih meet11,3 inli. Quiutinfl 1he p rb lem s l:!te? lh i 1 lieptrti ty of I' -1 , Whei1ther'i or 33 nti ('bi do 3 ( li1(ely dliCsen : e (43 or 11 h 4'r cuiiiion wvili n *ul inan men't (If the' ((etton 4e' . 1 '3 let outI. th thi e~11' promoter3) of-. (4 ference hiave such1 an3 3) 311or2 ))''3 a1 resulltanTt lowerinW of tile Cer Tlhe proam' (3f then ('on" for the di'cusion01 of' var on4 tha inee .'h cto idrectly..' activities will tend to lower the price of cotton will benefit the Southern farmer. BIG SINGING Al3ET IN (GLtENVILLE SOON Singers of Five Coutites to Meet in Textile Hall, According to An nonncemeit Carried in the Green. Ville News. (Greenville iNews, July 13.) Plans for a great singing conven tion for people of five counties of the Piednont section, to be held in the Textile Hall in this city this fall, were decided 111011 at a representative gathering of singing convention lead ers of the section Saturday afternoon at the Chamtuber of Commerce. This gathering of singers. which is to be the largest ever held in South Carolina, without a doubt, is to be held the first Saturday and Sunday in October, running two days and one light, it nyas decided ait this miieetintg. The affair w\Ill be olicially kiown as the District Sunday School Singing Convention, and will be attended, it is planned, by several thousand -peo ple from all parts of Greenville, Spar tanhurg. Anderson, 'Laieiis and Pickens counties. At the meeting Saturday, in addli tion to fixing the date for the big singittg meet. otlic(rs wer elected aid variouts details of the niect iug planned. The otlicers are .1. 1,. I1lhodes, Gr11eenville, president ; .1. M. Bsolding, Pickens, vice president, and John Ii. Williams, Grteeniville, secre tar'y and treasurler. The object of the convention is to improve the musical talent. of the tive counties, and publishers and composers of various musical works will he urtged to attend tlie coivetn tion and take part. in the programs. \It. Williams, who Is taking an active interest in the plans for 1.1e cotnven t ion, has agreed to fitrnish four ,pianos and four of the best organs, ill tuned together, for the occasion, and players for these instruments. The effect will he to give a wolider full volume of music that will reach to the furthest corners of tihe vast auditorium. In addition to these piyers, there will be cortiets. violinsw. and other musical instruments, and a number of noted singers. An execu tive committee, composed of leaders of the county conventions in the five counties involved. will 1e orgailzed to look after various details of the coming event. This singing convention will be the first affair of the kind ever held oti this great scale in Greenville. It is lanned that the event will he held every year herafter, hiouglh after this year the convention will prob ably be held in May. J. L. Ithodes, who was elected president of the con venti lon. hais for som 1 time b enh making efforts to at r'antge for the tive-cout aty silginig ('on ventiont iere, andI it is due in a large iteavtsurt to his interi'st anti worik that the plans have litei wort'kei out S'uc c(essftiily so far. The Gr eenville ('ham he(r (if (Cotmml 'te is lend~inig its aid to wvard tmakinjg thle vetnet. a sutccess, and~ it is tunder'istooItl that. otrgatiizatio't will defray the (xpn:ii'te(s of the( conveniton fotr onO dlay. .tA N Y C'A'Ili':S IN ('Iii(AG4O ItITS (Continuted ftrom Page One.) thle bodtiy or a negroC wa - takena froCm also wasi reporCItd h'I it I d drCI t CCA a t . With the poli1cC sta ions1 etie otClf) rewrCt'v's and1( s(CoresI oft CotherC.; rutsi:Cd artny3 of tpoluticmn sitC'c'Cededlin brng i about a ta ir semablanc ofC ' rCh-r 4ante (CnC lit the C rtrC' s f C i t . di, arit wheret, dliaCC(-i' orCCCdC W~r C:l fairly wvell till('d w'ithI peopICe. buti no more' troubleIICC was~i!' tiipCCC II. iltiot o t he number s!ia iC W ) id heiai iaC wounded<C Ci:uCfa pol i a ihi inCh in 0CC' v:ble wonmiCtCCCC, viC CI', hy'. iC . iii'S. A rit!e hCol!(I L(rCd by a nK C - of v ih a C . * l'''C ' '' C'-' C Iir Ill r C-~(a ' ' a U. S. WILL BUILD LARGEST 811PS Shipping Board Announces Plans for Two Gigaitic Liners Larger Than Aniy Yet. Washington, July 24-Two gigantic ocean liners, larger than any ships now afloat and designed to cross the Atlantic in four days, are to be built by the shipping board. They will be 1,000 feet long and of 30 knots speed and will be equipped for use as com merce destroyers in event of war. Announcement was made today by the board that plans for the ships had been completed and that work on them would be started lit the near fu ture. It is proposed to provide a special terminal for them at Fort Pond Bay, Long Island, and it may be constriutetd later. The ships, which are to be built un der the supervision of the navy de partment, will he 50 feet longer than he fanutts Leviathen, now the largest ship afloat, and will have a gross ton nage of 55,000. Their draft will be :35 feet, depth 71 feet, beam 102 feet and aceomimodat ions will be provided for 1,000 saloon passengers, and 1,200 steerage passelgers. The crew will n umber 1,000 officers and nmen m (and the ships will be the oil burning type, with a crusing radius of 7,000 miles, which will enable them to C01mle)1te a roind trip of the Atlan tic withouit loading fuel over seas. They will be driven by four propellers on which will be thrown the strengtih of 110,000 horsepower. I lot of Men's Dress SItraw 1lats, sale price 50c and 7.c. Worth up to $2.00, clearing out at .J. C. Ilurns & Company. Sullivan R1eunmon. The annual reunion of the Sullivan family will be held at Lebanon church on the 7th lay of Augtst. Relatives and friends are invite(l to meet with us and come prepared to spend the daly. The Committee. 90 men's Palmin Be.j''h anti rool Cloth Suits, worth $10.00 to $15.00, el(e:i'nug out sale price $5.!S, $7.50 and $9.00, at .1. C. hums & Co. S* 8* *$* e e S I SPECIAL NOTICES. p * e S Witn't1-A few shares of Woodruff Cottoni Mill stock. Write ".Mill Stock" Box 95, Laurenis, S. C. 2-It-pd For Satle--One registered Hiamp shire boar, 15 mon ts old, weighing about 100 Ilbs. 11amup A. loore, Lau renus. S. C. 2-It--pd Notice- -T am now offering mny 10picol registered Berkshire boar for service at my home in lAum'ens. A boar of goodl form and size and large bone, I''i carries full Berkshire marks. T. 13. Sumerel. 2-1 t-pd ('ars Walshed- am now ready to wash and oil your ear. Washing $1.00, emlasilg and oiling Iltoroughly Oc. T. It. Sumet'r('l, next dioori to Owings & Owlings store. 2-1 t-)d T'ir's F-or Sale \\'e now have a fresh 111ine of new lisk Tirge for sale. i'ord siz e 1 ant :!1xi and also !!2x-i. '. II. Sunitear'l. 2-It -144 ('aras For' Sial-- -One new A Il erason Overlandi 85--i ttouing 'ar', niid onet ('hevrolet r'oadsteri. All iln goodl t'tn alit Ion. TI. ii. Sin'arel. 2-11-4d 'i'el'phmo n' OpernforIis Waniitedt PTe Ihrece tniag ladies t) wvork in) the tel as5 antyone( enn I litr in kf~~w dag-s s ied pal at4j~ the) Slice w1 4ithou de'Lly. '''' n Tres. 12'1..10'i.414 O~(4 (ll er .\p. ly al' ; m 4) 4 tlo 1-m.11)1'' hb reur I i nformat1 Illion him .l \\. orb . .r. 2--) t ' *Th ed one o1 I 'aseI'd 1-.. l 'i ' fi ti. r on 2u n 0:I e wantyour it. / laebenbyng 4 4 4 ' I 4 1.'' t-l'o ! I- ai ;. r, a . rF no1' n on to a U t C. C. Featherstone W. B. Knight FEATHEIRSTONE & KNIGHT Attorneys at Law Laurens, S. 0. All Business Intrusted to Our Care Will Have Prompt and Careful Atten tion. Office over Palmetto Bank Mr. Featherstono will spend Wednes day of each week in Laurens. 12 HOUR KODAK FINISHING All rolls developed 10c; packs 20c up; prints 21-2c, 4c, 6c; enlarging 35c uip. Speclalists-we do nothing but kodak finishing. All work guaranteed to 'piease. Eastman Kodaks, Films, Supplies. COLUMBIA PHOTO FINISHING CO. 1111 Taylor Street Columbia, S. C. 37-tf NOTICE OF LOST STOCK State of South Carolina, Countv of Laurens. Notice is hereby given that 'Certifl cate No. 29 for two (2) shares of the coummon stock of the Laurens Bonded Warehouse Company, of Lau rens, S. C., of the par value of One Ilundred Dol lars ($100.00), issued on Sept. 20, 1898, to Mrs. W. W. Jones, has been lost or destroyed, and that the undersigned as owner of said stock, will apply to said La urens Bonded Warehouse Co. at its pace of business at Lauretis, S. .. oil the 21st day of August, 1919, at. 10 o'clock a. ni., for a new certificate in lieu of said lost certificate . It. F. JONES, l'Ited. .1111 ' I. 1919. 52-t-A FINAL SETTLEXIENT. Take notice that on the 6th day of August, 1919, 1 will render a final ac count of M1y acts and doings as Ad ministrator of the estate of S. D. Ma haffey, deceased, in the ollce of the Judge of Probate of Laureiis county, at II o'clock, a. in., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay inent oil that date; and all persons having claim-; against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or he forever barred. J. L,. MAIIAFFEY, Administrator. .uily 2, 1919--A-50-4t . FINAL SETT"ILE3llENT Take iotice that oin t he 22nd day of August, 1919, 1 will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Ad ninistrator of the estate of Mrs. Fan ie '.. Stokes deceased, in the olilee of the .1idge of Probate of lautireis county, at 11 o'clock, a. in., and on the same day will apply for a itinal dis cla rge from my trust as Adinlnistra lot,. Any person indel)tcd to said estate Is not ified an(i requiied to miake payment on that (late, aid all persions having caims against sid estate will piresent them onl or before said date duly prov Cn1 or he forever baIfred. ". '. STl'Oi'E.S Adini stiator. .uily 22, 1919. l-t-A TIIE CITADEL The Military College of South Carolina Classed by War Departniit as a Distinguished MIlitary College. Fill courses in eng'ineering, scienc es ald languages. 1)1ays nearly all expenses, is vacant in Latt1r1oins County ald will be filled by -I com w ioii . < :1inimtlon to be held ''' A'nuwst Suh at tile coilinty seat. Thh ''t :11imin will he given on the followinig snb'hets: Algebra through 'niuadraties, I 'lanie G'eomnetry, English Gr anuir, C'omposit ion and~ lletoie. i iat ory an Ph 'ysical Geographly. A I llmit 'il4 muii n-ri or piay (.adets will 1" re('eivedl. Tiotal1 expieinses need not 4'xieed $ 100. Eaily application is ni' .sa ry. F~or catalog giving full in iiol. O. J. IfOND. Su1pern tendlen, Thiie ('it ad(1', Chialelstoni, S C. 51-it. INSI'IIAN('E ASSOIATrION. O)rgalnized I1992. iTPf lI'I'T I NS['11ED1 $l,219,3:00. WIH iTE O)lt C.\lbb on tihe uindiersgn (4d for ainy infoimatio 101you may dlenire Sonut (luri p1lan of insu rance. Wein sure~ your property a gai nt dle LI!. T~I'IN(. ad do ro (healper thamn 4n:: en'in::ny ill exi tane. 1 C me wher, we are r'eparnedl to prove toi you1 11hat our s is thle safest and1( < I:00 plan (of insurance knowni. Ourzj Asneint ion is now licenlsed( to Sin:'aneny in tie (ounatics of Abb vile, (Green wood. 3leCorm ick, 1 dl 1-I0 Laurena;, Saluda, Lexington, Th( ofilerq are : (en*. J. Fraser (r 4 nVood, S. C. D ).i iX'TOR~S: J. .\l (ambr'.l........~ Ahheillei. S. C. .1. I'. ilake ...i. r inwEo , S. ('. WV. 1i. Wh~arton.. ....aeloo, S. C. W'. (. i4tes .. ......ha1tiburg, 8. C'. FOUNDE~D 1785 When Its Stormy Phone Us Your Grocery Order Of course you don't want to get the phone lhabit. It's so much more satisfactory to come into our store and pick out things for yourself. But when it's raining or snowing or when something else keeps you indoors it's a comfort to be able to order things iwith out going out of the house. We take special care of phone orders. We fill them promptly and accurately and send them home at once if you are in a hurry. That's just part of the service we like to give you. We do everything we can to make you feel that our store is a place where it's a real pleasure to buy groceries. One of our hobbies is telling you about good thingq and new things. For example, rigit now we are suggesting that. you try RYZON Baking Powder. It's a good baking pow:ler, one of the best we've ever had in stock. It's everything a baking )owder should be; pure, eill cient and always of uniform strengilh an(j quality. Fairly priced, too, -10 cents per 'pound tin. Let us put a pound in your next order and we know you'll be glad we called it to your attention. FOWLER & OWENS Laurens, S. C. II0, No other purchase of a life time requires the care that should be shown in buying the engagement and wedding rings. We have chosen a stock which offers you the best variety and the most proper, correct selection. We can meet your requirements in these lines, no mat- ' ter what they may be. 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