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EhJ~e Ebbertisir Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year Payable in Advance Published by AfDylEIRTISING PRINING COMPANY Laurens. S. C. Advetising Rato on Applileatiou. Obituaries and Cards of Thanks: One Cent a Word. tered at the postoffice at Laurens, T. C., as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C., APRIL 20, 1921 What The Advertiser force considers a real tragedy was enacted on the main floor of the establishment last Tuesday night just at press time when its mem bers suffered the loss of a feast of ice creun and cake, besides a few mo ment's association with a committee of young ladies from the Business Wo men's Club, who came over from their social meeting with refreshments to appease our appotites after a hara day's work. The whole force was iwith the big press in the basement at the time and no amount of ingenuity that the ladies could command availed them to got a hearing from the work ers below. : There was great lamenta tion the following morning when the news of what we had missed was dis covered and .plans at once were laid to prevent such a loss again. Certain ones in the shop .who were more (its consolate ovor the failure to see the ladies than to miss the feast avowed that such a thing would never happen again and wanted themselves ,:mtt oil record as being in favor of leaving somebody on watch every night to pre Vent ti1 repetition of such an affair. We thank the ladies even though we mlissed their presence and what they t brought. * * . TIlM ALLIl1D DIBIT In t'he ablsence of a comnplete report of Gov. R. A. Cooper's speech in Spar tanburg, where he advocated the can eel'ation of the Allied dobts to this c evni.ry. an w Itt ()only the repoIt to the dit'uly 'aper; a4 arried in The Ad vertiscer lart week at hand, we are in clined to believe that those who have taken id;ssie with the Governor on his 1;'osition have mlisinterpreteI 'his re mark . As we raad the excerpts of hiJS )spe:'. Wi understood tihat lie 'based hii position no! on the question of cliarity or good fellovship but on that of sound business. lie is not alone in his views on this subject, hav ing conllderable cornpany among large men of affairs Who (oubt the ability of the Allies to pay Iheir debts. Gov. Cooper woul d cancel the debt as a mcartt're of relief to tax burdenc( pe plie with a view of reviving Industry in those nations so t hat we may profit ourselves froli the trade which would follow. 'Th1e Governor woild apply the same pri ei :44 to theim as we apply to bankrupt individuals. remove the sihackles that prevent themi from he0 comcing pfli : i. and i eful ci tiz'en s and make uip thle loss from the etieiency gained by more freedom of act ion. Tihe Allies owe is a tremenlO~dott m im of money andl there is no (lueCstion as to the justice of the de-blt, but we may gain more .b~y eaneelling it than we would 'by holding ouit for its payment. The question is certainly -worth argu ment. NO PRfJCJL'DICE The Advertiser rceprints in another colucmnc of this . nge a repcly frocm Thie Cl inton Ch ron icle to 'The Advyert iser's rerksii cf I' aZtt wee:< in reference to the defeated .\luii grov~'e ro):td bonr! , atill labor.; unti'), thle impre'ssion that grove p:''j''t we: (n.-t t n motives of lprejudi('e. The 11' 'bri'4 ' ignlore; (our compari-- j~ i;on of tih' .\ IiS erove' piroect and thte Ormings: proja-t! as coulnty (1nterpr41ises refus'ng to be eonivic('d butt tht' the Owlngs pro(j(ct was a Ilet eniterprise; of our's ic lihe face of the cleat argn menut; toa the cntr iary*3. i'Te Chrtoiil no doublt kn~ow's that good roads: t~o Or'enville have a.lcc:tuly ma::de clpossifale the inaucgum.ion ofa 1 an auitomlobiile truIck line (out4c '4'envilile which nmaike's( Il- GevillIe competC iiion stron)g er in the wholesale line here and it *imst be appacrent also that the im *provemcent of' Ithis roadl willI make Greenville easier of access for Lait ronsj county traders'i. Surely, thean, if we had been bound by sordid mfotives5 of trad.el we would14 have vole oi icai nst this proe'. W!'h thi:; in minid, it musit be asolumedi that thec large vole wich thli rSioadl receivedl was easLt 0n *its nmerits; as a go no ra Irtoa 'I prop oM". tie)n and( on its advanitage 44) tile counity an Ra whole. WVe have lhearid no atrgu-4 tuent 'hy VTe Chronicle 01' anlyone els"e to justify placing the t~wolt prooiions Ofl an equal11 basis. The Ciontieleo gives very good trea eons why tihe lower par't of the (cunty voted algainstci both !.lects,4 Int ir lthe Mu (crv(e projei(ct woculd hive bieen of1 :witch ir t 'rtn' o ton the 1 (wer part ar part of the county would have made it substantial showing in its favor. It could not be expected of Laurens to carry the election if the lower part of the county could not rally a rea soable support. The Chronicle pass es very lightly over the Ilopewell vote, saying that Hopewell, which Is on the oxppoite side of Clinton from Mus grove, "sat down" on .both issues. lopewell did sIt down on both issues, but It sat very much harder on the Musgrove issue that it did on the Ow Ings issue, as was pointed out in our issue of last week. The Chronicle hints of certain as surances which had been received in linton that Laurens would vote for the Musgrovo project. Except on the ontlngency that something was -prom ised in return, and we would mcf. :harge that Clinton attempted to trade Aitli any section on this election, as iurances of support in the election, whother the support 'was realized or lot, disclose no motives of prejudice. l'he Advertiler, of courso, could not ay whether or not such assurances vere givoin, but we loan to the opinion hat our Clinton friends mistook an mpressioa of opinion Or a phophecy on le returns for an assurance or pron se. No one, we are sure, would care o promise a delivery of the Laurens rote. Outside of Its charges of prejudice n Laurens against Clinton, we believe ho main contention of our Clinton ,ontemporary Is th1at since Clinton own pays one-soventh of the taxes of he county that it should receive a arger share of the benetits from the 'oad bond issues. To determine this ;hare, of course, -would be a dilicult natter. Acceptiig The Chronicle's es .imate, how ever, that 51 miles of high vays have -been Improved and then .ountinig three miles of the highway etween Laurens and Clinton as Clin on's share and adding to that about ive or more miles between Clinton ud Kinards, we have about eight niles of road leading directly into 'linton giving it over one-seventh of he top-soiled roads, which is not a ery bad percentage as compared to lOlie other sections of the county. To prove the existence or lion-exist mee of prejudico Is a very diflicult natter, but The Advertiser is quite 'onfident that the Laaurens vote in the )lection was not a prejudiced vote and hlat, moreover, many local voters, ,trained their conseieices a poiit. or .wo Iin order to be sure they were 'ivinlg Clinton a fair d(eal. 'I'he Ad eriwsr Explaills Our friend Editor Lee, as olicial tIpokesmillan for. I.aurna, has gone intio1 I legthy dlisCSSiOln Of tIlie ma1,ktteri' as rou will -'ee, yet there 01r0 seVerall hings lie ment.ions; that ve want to all atteniIon to. At the oits;et, 'we xoul d say that neithelr The Chron icle ior thet pjeople of Chltonl, aep u liced a tile article cha'l ev. and our ote inl the riinl bold ('CtiOl, LS e(l a.i 1t two piroject las: u'lelday, mb).:1antiatles thlis -onitenlt ,on1. The: S ( hinton and tis ection of to county are askinig for. a squarel ye ha't C1 got-ten it. ThAe. CI oile e 10olds no -prejudice or dislike algainst jaltr'tns1, hut after viewingi thleir atti uide towards ClintIon as ex: ressed( ini heirt vote. we feel that La:u r no fell lowni on us5 andt ha'; 1not given) ts a quaretI') dealI. Thlle refo re we a:oke in utnvarnished" language, not for a ontrover'sy, but hecauise .v e felt it vas time to say somet1h ig in ce Lau11 'ens v'oted just the ol~posite to whlichl ye had been given) assuiranlce tile I'd ult wvould be. Furlthelrmlore, we werec lot urIgdl 01' drtiv"en on1 by any ( o- but tlok4 v-ha't we felt and( aIpolog ies arev lot iln otdert. 'The Advertiscr 5fayst 'that Lauitrers leeds to make no ex planat ion of its; ole" Probably 3 not, for* th-i roi Ion c-an't be exidainied. Thie Advet - iser inl its len:ohy, illuminating ar he Musgrove road0. It .ay thai t I"the m the t heory' that ti ished jobs 1) ~ houlId .he coml)Iet ed or providtedl for )efor'e niew~ ones are he;(un." Whtere IidI tis nmv alrgumel(nt sp'rin" freomu? t wasn't hleardl beforeC the 'I '.4eo, mlt rather, alssutrance had been given'L >Orited. Wh iy was tsuch Sent im:)enit ((:1n 11ned ailonie (o Lauriens. wvheni the ot her >re('in'cls of the coutnty not favoring 'urthtetr r'oadl construct ionl vo td a l 0 nost solIdIly against 'hoth bilIls ''it Is <possible that these I2' y eo non1 ,were inf1 1luced by' rejudi( igain11st Cl intonl,"' 'rie Advertioetr aIs ets. Why ? Why arie out-r Lauren", leighborsi w'ilirp for II. o 10 , lay ection yet 111nwilling to helpi ipay for ltch) imt)pr'ovCIet effnet ing i~nlon? jaureins, above1 all othier ':laces Ina tile 'C)inty13, 11hou l have voted' wit hout ;1re udico'0on l' I t' propot ions :: 'eam 4: I Is tile Center' of the countytj andl was Mfected -b~y the r'oad e xtelnsion1 to both1 ioints. We are muaking no( '"oitibur.tl >f prejuitce"~' aga inst thle fify--ive vol - itr.i 11 hovted for til'e~ Musgrlove road,. i'i the I3 who V. ile'd uIp the bliggest IS I tht. we 1'1re(I quest Io nng. 1liad the.C5( oterI regstered1( 11h~eiI potr gin; hel uppe roadv itt we0tOlIhl a-l0 a us -e 'ulie d v nrttood : theIr? ' arica Ian neta) 1s''kom M;h'i'el'o T Top, Tn ens was to be ('x-lhcted: hiecouse of hli drnettct Liln 01' n11m it.i h.....('' vote for the Owings road, excapting Clinton, came from their box, and hi the original 'bond issue the largest af firiative vote cast in 'the county canic from this same box. Why should thil precinct now be expected to pile uil an opiposition vote? Tihe vote is the ans-wer, Clinton' was involved. As regards Clinton and its adjacent territory to which The Advertiser r'e fers, the vote is easy to understana, For instance, the vote at Renno was -ozd a-gainst both projects becausc the people in that section feel that they h.ave never gotten a square deal in the matter of roads and they are about right. The difference 'between Ljaurcas and Renno is that 'the former is in faor of highway improvement (if it doesn't 'touch Clinton) while the latter opposes highway construc tion anywhere and voted consistently on both bills Tuesday and -in the samc proportion against the original refer endum bill when it first came up in the county. In a large measure the same in true of llopewell because the folks there are mad, feeling that thi territory has 'been neglected, and they sat down on both projects. The Lang ston i'ecinct, which is four miles from the Musgrove road, voted for the Musgrove road in the lower end, while the opl)osition camne from the ul)per edge of the township which was not affected. These sections like many others in the county, had derived lit tle beneilts from the bond issue and were not enthusiastic over building a road for Owings, Laurens or Clinton. The Advertiser says "that the fav orable Laurens vote wats probably east to give Clinton an arithmotical share of the benefits derived from the taxes it pays." While we are ready to ad mit that the policy of returning to tho territory the iproceeds of taxes paid could not be completely, adhered to, we feel that this section should have received more than we have. The town of Clinton pays one-seventh of the taxes in the county, and in re turn, .w'iat are we getting? Includ ing the $30,000 voted for the Owings road, and the $50,000 for the comple tion of the Kinards-Laurens highway, $582,000 has 'been ilaced in the hands of the conmission and apl)roximately 51 miles of roads built, the cost per mile averaging over .$ 11,000. This ex p)ensive Cost of iprodiction is in a very lar['e imeasulre, the reason for the otrong_; opptiosition expressed over tite conity against the two bills. In conciusion, we are glad ,iwe can .tate that Clinton has always voted for road imiirovement in the county though we have realized little of the benefits. The issue for the Musgrove roai was forced from here as The Advertiser asserts and outr commer cial organization uinanimously adopt ed the two .pirojC.ct;i when t hey were ordered by the legislature. Why didn't the Ibatrensa Chanither of Con mimerce do lkovise and work for the two bills as we did? 'T'lie roadl had been iromised at tle beginninog of the bond is.;ne atid wvi.tHi fli t he money spet, had tiever been touiclied. It was for this reason t hat Clinton took the initiative and :'!)t a comiittee to C'olimbia to con for with the (Oilnty delegation, and had such action not been taken the . rove road wotild never have been iv ationed and in all irobability the (h a ~road woui f never have 'been '- lil pon. The referendui of t-lt Iwo ill was due to the vouinty sena tar who oppeose'd a direct alpro)pria tien on the gronitds of econonmy, yet "' :1tohwed'" a $50.0(1) aptor iittion to 14 through wit'hout. a referenduni for fi: r'hri' road dlevelopment. Te Clinton vote for the Oivings 1-!I lealing into L aurein; was 175 21 no. '['the Lanu'ris Vote oi tile s;' rove' road leading into Clinton v%,. : ~, yes, 123 no. \Ve illleae i tothe public. as to vail in thte greatest prepond oer'ance --in ('lintonie or 'Lauirens.-The Cli ntoin (Chrioniele. __________________ LAND) SALE state of Soth Caurolna, Coity of Laurens. IN COAJl'IT 01" COMMON i'iCAS J. D). COATS, P'laiintiff, against S'lW\0 SilfElt, .JACKl SU Bll'it, LOU) sLEi!Olt, AlOSIES sil1i101, 31.Ahl Sii'1it, and NEAl4 S4UHii~i, l~efe'nt.. ants. P'urn'uant to a Decree of the Cioutrt in the above stated case, I will sell at iblic~i utcry3 to thie highest biddori, at Laurens, C. ii., S. C., on Fsilesahay ini M' y next blin g M\onday the 2nd day of th im' ionth du. iring the legal lhouris for suih e lesi ', the folio wIig deiscribed broperty, to wit: All that certa in parcel , picCe or tract of iaatd coniitalining fou rteen ( I-It acr , more 01r 1lcss, bounded by. lands of Du)nckI Young, Arthuir Youing, Rhbett Crawfor d St:1, he'i a g thle pi 'a' of iand deeded to ilar-ga ret Sn beor 1by the 'Trus t ees of W.adhiworthi hat.. said land heing, lin.; a'id situat- in Ceuntty of L'iuirens. ~State of .Souilth ('arol in a, and forme riy owned by Margaret Subher; A.r o all bhat. certalin piece. ;iatreel or lot~ of land, lying beinig and situnate ini L aurt ens Coun ty, Sonuth Cariol inau. ec. tainling niine (9t) actes, mor'e or' less, bioundod by lands of Rhett Crawford, I uck Younrg a 1nd the fourteen acres of Alar.::;ret Sior. Tesrmns cf Sale: Cash. Pitrchtaser' to pay for' pa per's anid revenute s:tamips. If lbthe tems of sale arei* not Comtiplied with, the 1and to be re-soid on sanme - tuotne giuiuqtent Saleuday' on same termis, at tick of default'ng paurchasoir. C. A. POWJ'it, C. C. C. P. and 0. S., Lanirens,. S. C. Dated, thin April 11. 1921.V 39-t A TONICi Grove's Tasteless chili Tonic restores Eniergy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, Invigorating effect, see how it brings color to thte cheeks and how it improves the atppietite, you will then ap~preciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply iron find Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasatnt eveni children like it. The blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malariaul germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Inuvigor nring Efnfet C~a. - -- - -- - SPECLU NOTICES. S I S RAGS WANTHDAvoe will buy clean white rags. Advert ser'Ofice. Lost---One bunch of keys on south side of depot Sunda April 17th. Find ar vlease return to 1. W. .11111, 223 Sil ver St., 1eaurens, S. C. 401t-pd For Sale--60 cori s* of. wood. Mrs. Itufus T. )unlap. 40-1t Cotton Seed-Wannanaker'E Pedi greed Cleveland Cotton Seed secono year from originator, $2d69the 100 lbs. at Mountville Will ex nge for 'lgs. A. P. Fuller, .lountville. 40-2t Notice-O-wing to decreaso in busi ness, offlce hours save boon changed from 8 A. M. to 7 *1. M. daily; Sunday hours from 9 A. A -to 10 A. Mf., and 5 P. M. to 6 P. M. Western Union Tele graph Co. 40-1t Eggs-I hare pure Rhode1 sland eggs for male at 75c for I5. Ilghty cheap to get a good start 'wi good, pure stock. Mrs. J. F. Matin, Laurens Rt. 3. 40-It-pd Potato Plants-Porto Rico, Nancy Hall, Early Triumph Swept Potato plants, $1.50 per 1,000. Grohtpr halti more Tomato Plants, $1.50,'per 1000. Large orders, proiniptt ahibmont. Dorris Plant Co., Valdosta, Ga. 40-5t-pd For Rent-Sulto of nicest offices in town. See Dr. 'W. H. Dial..- 40-2t-pd Men---For this week only you can buy Blue Buckle Overalls ja all sizee, for 98c a pair, at Cohen's Dept. Store. 40-1t-4pd Fine Tomato Plants For Sale-"Pay for what you got, get what you pay for." Strong, vigorous 'plants, 2 dozen for 25c. J. G. Sullivan., tLaurens. 40-it-pd For Sale--Ear corn In shuck, car tots 90c -per bushel f. o. 1). Dunbarton, S. C. B. F. Owenn. 39-5t Plants For Sale-Salvlas, 25c per dozen; Pansies and Atsers, 50c pet, dozen plants. Mrs. J. G. Sullivaa, S. Harper street, Laurens. 40-it-pd Fms-From my Barred Plynouth Rocks at just half price, since April Ist, $1.25 per 15 egga delivered. Mrs. Grover C. Roper, lAturens, S. C., I. F. 1). 6. 39-5t-pd Men-S:!e the new stylb Spring Ties that 50c will buy at dohen's ept. Store. 40-1 t-pd Notice-This is to notity the public ,that on account of all supplies being sold on a cnsh basis 'I will be forced to demand cash of my patients who do not pay ii full their accounts this spring. if I can collect tho accountts .'ltt( me I will be in a position to con Sinzue serving as a physician but if I lo not, it will he nocosary. for me to go on a cash basis also fMr my ie vice. Those interested will take due notice 1nd not ho disappointed if they arle refused furt-ther credit. J. L. 19on nion, M.D 39-3t-pd( Bitildinig .lint erlttl----See tmle for all kinids of building matetial. .1u-t rv ceived shipment of brick, Itime and cement. C. If. Duekett. :0-.t-pd Notlee--I have arrated to be in Laurens two days each month. If your plino needs tuning leave order with S. M. & E. 1-. Wilkes & Co. 0. M. Tully, Piano Tuner. 28-tf ('itilon for Letters of Aditistration State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. BlY 0. G. Thonpson, Probate Judge: Vhereas Brooks Sw'ygert made siit to me to grant hiin Letters of Admin istration of the estate and effects of DeArcy 11. :-wygert. These are, therefore, (o cite attn admon ish all and singular the kind red atnd Creditors of the said 1D eArcy iH. Swy'gert deceased, that they' be and a ppear before mne, in the Cour tt of I 'ro hate, to Ihe hteld at 1Laurtns Coutc Iliose, LTiur'enst, S. C., on the 20th dlay of Apit'l, 1921, n ext, afteor pub )1licationt here(of, at 11l o'clock inu the forenoott, 'A show cause, if any they htave, why the .Said r.'buinistrationi should not be gratedcc. Giv'en uit 1ler my handc this 5th dlay of Ap:-i Anno D~omini 1921. 0. C. T'ilO.\PSON, 38-20-AJ. P'. L. C. 0. Langdon Long ATTORNEY.AT LAW Enterprise National.Bank Building All Legal Business Given Prompt Attention Dr. T. L. Timmerman DENT!ST Laurena, South Carolina Offlee in Peoples ilank ildinig Simpson, Cooper &r Babb Will Practice In all State Courts i'romnpt Attention Olveun All Itnsiness OASOLIJNE SYSTEMS Oil Tfanks and Putmps, Air Com pressors, Computing Scales, Floor Scales, Show Cases, Account Reg isters, Rebuilt CashReistrs slafes, Sitore Flxtut'en. THlE iAMII/LTON SALES 0C. - Coluinhn, S. C. C. C. Featiierstonf. W. B. IKnighit FEATHJERSTIONE. A KNIOIHTi Attorneys at L~aw Laurens, fl. C. All Iltsiness Intru.ted1 to (hur Care Will Jinvo Prompt and Careful Atten tIn. Offlee ov~er Panlm'etto Banik Mr. Fceatheratone wvill spend Wednes anv of neh wnee, in Laure.,. VULCANIZING AS IT SHOULD BE Bring us your old tires and let us add new life to them. All modern tools in use and first class work guaranteed. McDaniel Vulcanizing Plant' Next Door to Post Office Some -FACTS About FORD THE UNIVERSAL CAR Here are authentic fguires from the Ford factory at De troit. They show you just 'how many Ford ear" and irucks have been built each month since January 1, 1921, and how many havo been sold to retail customers, in the Tnite States. PRODUCEI) January .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 29,88:3 February. ............................ 5,305 Mareb.... .... ..................... 61,886 Total Production .... .... .... .... ....127.074 DELAVFARE I) TO RETAIL C UsIT) ME RS January. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 57,208 1F1e)ruary .... .... ................ .. 63,603 .larch .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 87.221 Total etail Sales .... ...............208,032 showing that actuial sales for the first t'hree months of' 192t ex(eeded production by 80,958 Ford ears and trucks! April reqIuisitions already specily 107,719 additional cat'S atid trucks and tle estintted April outpi t of the f'actory and asseImlbly plants combined calls for only 90,000! These facts clearly show that the denind for Ford pro duacts is yrowillg uch faster thant Ilan fuacturinm u facilities io proutive anlu w ere 11 )ot for tlie <IJealers i imited Stocks, which are flow being(' rapidly depleted, maflany mtore cust om-'s would 'have -been compelled to wait for t-heir ears. It will be only a ma-tter of weeks, therefore, until a big sulu)IS of or ders will prevent anyt'hing like prompt deliveries. If you would he Sure of havinig your. Pord Car or rctwk when you wanit it. you should place your order now. I ) 't I el ay. I'lone is or drop uls a card. W. C. WALDROP Phone 334 Laurens, S. C. WRIGHT-SCRUGGS SHOE CO. SPARTANBURG, S. C. Introducing New Shoes New Styles Brought to Your Very Door By Prepaid Parcel Post One Strap In fine grade of Brown and Black Kid or Satin and Suede umpS combinations; French or Ba by Louis Heels. Priced from $8.00 to $13.50 Satin Pumps Brown or Black Satin, fine quality, one strap styles; French or Baby Louis heels. Priced from $7.00 to $10.50 Full Line of Women's High Grade Silk Hosiery -In- All Leading Colors and Styles Write for Our Spring and Summer Catalog Wright-Scruggs Shoe Co. Spartanburg, S. C.