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Tje abertiser Subscription Price $1.50 Per Year Payable in Advance Published by ADVERTISING PRINTING COMPANY Laurens. S. C. Advertislig 11aki oi Application. 9ituarles-end Cards of Thanks: One Cent a Word. fttered at tie postollice at Laurens, 0. C., as second class nail matter. LAURElNS, S. C., NOV. 30, 19,21 Abbeville peo;le are looking forward to the opportunity of givinlg General Foch a little taste of real Ahbeville life when the great soldier stops at the Seahoard "shops" to change en gincs. A stoy at the Abbeville shops will be a great thing for the general. but just wait till he gets to Green wood and takes a look at the stand pnipe. TO WFI.COME F'OCII 'ot only Greenwood but the state of South Carolina will have the oppor tunity ri(ay week to welcome at Greenwoo( Ferdinand Foch, general isshno of the allied armies, in whose hands during the trying days of 1918 rested the hopes for eace an( dleoaey in the world. It is a fore goie conclusion that Greenw"ood will measure up to its respnibility that (lay an(1 do its part in iinpressing I;p on the distinguished visitor h honor it fdes in having him as a guest. The wekom to he xtelded, however, should be more than local and every patriotic citi:zcnii who can possibly ar range to be present should (10 so and lend to tle occasion that whole-souiled welcome that numbers alone can give. The honor of the orcasion is not Greenwood's alone. It is a state af fair; and eery South Carolinian is his host, SOME -FOlUD! SOM2E SPEEDI The 1e:>pcery e(itor of The Newherry Observer, exponent of Jacks township, has no fears for speed, speed cops or speed laws, judging by the record run he irade from Newberry to Greenville last week with a filend. We all know that-the War Horse of the South Caro lina iev.spapr fraternity has imorelI PeP in his system and more punch in his pen th mt of 1'trn aries half his .ge, but none of us thought that he could negotiate an au tomobile ride of 68 miles in eighty minutes and call It a "delightful i(e. Some speed buzzer, eh! This fiend on the road archly says that they only "met" eight cars on the road, naturally enough whizzing along for only CS miles at 51 miles per hour on the average, but he doesn't say a ,word abott how many ears the, "passed" g)ing in the same directica, We say the ld gentleman wa; hust ling scim'. lk'lowv is his ovwn story in bldek and wvihti. andl we call on the lawv offictrs of Nwvb er'ry county to ar rest him. flut we imagine that the I speed editor, x hen facing the offcers, willl du p!-ate the stor'y of the famous bird( hunt'-, wvhen the law foihadi the kIlling of more than fifteen birds per (lay. TPhis hunter was coming from his hunt 'and was accosted lby a stranger who nsked him how many birds he had killed that day. With' the 'ride that "gccth- before a fall'' :he rt ilied: "Tweny-five," "Very nice kill, son," caid .the' str'anger. "tt (10 you know ,who.I a? "Couldn't rwear that I do," said out' Nimrod, withI a feigned aiir of' suffer ance andl~ toler'ation. "I an the county game war'den," said the strange:' wvith some show of 'autho'ity. Not 'abashed by the new angle that affali's hadl taken, our friendl w~as ciu~ck to rep r: "WVel, do you know :who I am " "No,' said the game warden, "h I am the biggest iar' in the 'lier'e Is the' evidence In his owni wordls: The Obser'ver' man left New-herry at 12:25 We'dnesday after'noon with Mr.t' J. C. Poole In the latter's F'or'd for Greenvlille. Mr. IPoole being on his way to spendl Thanksgiving wIth the home fell:: 15 mlies northI of (Green Vylle, Tlhe Observer' mr'n to take thle interurb'lan at Greenville for' Spartaut 'hurg. It was a most delilghtfuil idel, the Ford I;:g on chock-aibv'rher's and traveling r~t the liheari ratt. al lowed by:, law. lut cihoek-absorbero were not needed, the reads were ito 'good. There were no had places itn the road, and, with Mr., Poole at the 'whetl, the speedomnotorn reghittered no steadilly that It seemed to bo 'Tmeetig--other' earn-anid in the whole dintance of sixty-eight miles not mere than a dozen c'ars were met. We r'olled Into the mountain city ~tt2: 15, having stopped by the r'oad sido somethIng like half alt hoit r to 6j9joy lelnotely a ntico lunmcheon, in ~uding somo~ exellenigeoffee that wvo di ptit in a thermos bottle at the s'Uy jIlo reot'traxitayh'y. WE' stst.rted . gfnd that was so hot *1hen the bottle , .'1S Q91d 'WQ had td jet it 9001 off somne bere drinking it, -it is wvorth a day's outing to enjoy a luncheon ,like thatI The Interurban came along shortly alter we reached Greenville. and I was in Spartanburg some time before sunset. Too much opraise cannot be given the roads, with a few exceptions In L.autcns county, one of these being this side of Clinton. There was a difference when we passed Kinards and again when we Imasis-d Fountain ' 11H COR I,' OF THI QUESTION IS 01 IINA. Lust for power and riches has been, the seat of nearly all wars since the beginning of time. In the wars of the -gyptians. the Babylonians, Persians and1 ldRomans, on down the line through the period of the modern Iuropeani nations, expansion of national domain for purpoe, of trade ha- been at the bottom of the cause of wars. The lat est great tragedy was the result of commercial rivalries between the great nations of Iurope. President Wilson, in an idealistic dream which failed of realization largely through partisan politics at hoie, sought to remove the Incentive of expansion by fixing the boundaries of the nations of the world and forming a leage of nations which would guarantee that these boundaries be kept intact. President Harding has called a conl ference of nations oi disarmament to prevent the cost of proparation for War. Success of his tlan is again en clangered by the same old lust for pow er and riches. China, practically the sole remaining field of exploitation in the world that is not able to take care :f itself either by arms or diplomacy, is the bone of contention. Japan, its miitarstic nieighbor. t lEgland and Prance have wrestled territory atnd toncessions from the vas*t but helpless L'elestial empire which they refuse to give iu), but which all the time creates the spirit of rivalry and distrust which lemanids of each a large militaristic r-ganization. The l'nited States, itn self defense and as a protection of its Dwi interest sin those spheres, Is rorced into the same positioni of rival Should the four great powers coin sent to act fairly by China, the Far Fastern question would be solved and Japan at least would have no need for great naval armaments. Likewise our iecd and that of Great Britain, making the three rival naval powers at this inie, would be diminished an(l the cost )f naval armaments automatically re luced. At the bottom then, after all, :he question of naval disarmament lests upon the question of an honest ttletmen of the Chinese situation. 'he question of land armaments Is ain >ther matter. A clear explanation of the Chinese iuestion is found in an article by .ishop Warremi A. Candler, of Atlanta, 01111d In Sunday's issue of The Atlan a Journal, a part of which follows: Why not all disarm, then, and go to votk instead of trying to be always 'caty to go to war? III one word, trange as it may seeni, the answer , "China." Why doles Chiia stand In lie way of dkarmar: ent ? Yat for atny ault of China, hiltt beause' the nuAn iEutrope atnd the emtpire of Jaan -have een for years trea ting Chitna witht itn tusti'ce. Their wvronig to thte 2holese ta; -been, andi it', a :nost cosly~ crimve. As far 1:aek as 1812. when China at im ted to ;.at an end( t, the nefarious; rade in10)1 oim, biy which her people vere beitng debauched, Great Britain ame forward to forbid the aholitlotn of lhat htorrible traffic. The sale of opilumt neantU millIions to Br itishi tradlers, atid to war was decclar'ed otn China. The ssuec of the "oplutm war" wvas certalin romi thme first; Chin~a .wan beaten; an ndetmnity of $4t2,000,000 was exacted;' tid Great Britaini took over lIIongkong. Seeing that mioney and land could lie aken frotm China so easily, France sooni stepped in and annexed Cochin 2hina, and titn e-xtendied a "protect >rate" over Cambodia. Still later the samue jowver pirovoked an unjust war I .1dth China and took Tokin and~ Atnam. Of course, Rutssia wanted somnething, chile "getting was eany,"' and she In urn took the Amuir river, wIth all Its! etmmercial advantages, and annexed ~ 'he entite coast of Manchuria to the rotier of Korea, and built the fort oft Vladilvostock with Its valutable port. Tfhetn Germany came In for her ' 'sp~hete of influence," and, making at retext of the killing of two German nitssionaries, b~y ChInese fanatics, she threatened China with .war unless the harbor of Kinchow were leased to the Kaiset's E~mpire~ for tintety-nine years. Such a gi-ab game was -bound to aroutse the cutpidity and fears of Japan, and she began to take notIce with a view to having a htand In It. At first she plrofessed great love for Korea, and gave sympathy to a Korean revolutot' ,or indlepend~en, wvhich brought on the war between C~lna and tihe Empilire of the Miktado. China was beaten in the cotest atnd a large Indemnmity was ex tor'ted b~y Japan. China havitig been thus~ put out1 of the way, a wvar with Ruissi!a wayii briought. on, and na. the end of that contest, JIauan ;.nnexedl Korea with neverI a thiought of Korean inde penidence for which ml' l'rofessedl sitch concern whetn she wrint to war wllh China. Beicndes annfexng Korca, Jeamn undertook to - acqtuire the Llaottung Peninsula, Formnona, and the Pesea dotes ,Islands after her prtevicous war with Chi)m, and this effort wait the pr6b vaking causo of the war with Ruttia. Klachow, (a forced lease from China), When Germany leased the harbor of Kiachow, Great Britain compolled Chinr to give her a lease of indefinite lontgth to the gre~at h-arbor of WVeihal-j wel, and site (phtained also a leabe oft four hundred squtare mies of territory In the Peninsula of Kowvloon, profess lng to have need ,of it fgr~the mIligry dofense of Hiongkong.2 - Subsequenthy Great fBritain extended her "spheo-e of infittence" up the Yangtze valley, and France, not to be outdone by her neighbor across the lEnglish Chanel, threw her "sphere of influence" around the P1'ovince of Yu nun. It was not surprising that after the European powers had thus continued to loot China for years "the Boxer war" broke out in 1900. It was a rebellion against foreign injustice, although it was attended with such brutality that the nations of Europen, with our own country, united to put it down, which result they accon:lished in short oi (dei. After the "Boxer war," the nations exacted indemnities from OCtina, of course; -but be it said to the honor of the United States that the indemnity paid to our country was returned to China, and I snow being used by the Chinese governmet as an educational fund for educating students in Ameri ca. Japan and the 'nite( States got nothing out of the "Boxer war"; but when Japan made war against Russia and whipped the forces of the czar, she took all the holdings of Russia, includ ing the L-iaotung Peninsula with Port Arthur and IVaiy, subsetiently ab ;orbing ManchurIa and Inner Mongolia, and annexing Korea. During the World War Japan oustedZ Germany from Changtung and took ver the Kaiser's ninety-nine-year lease )f Kiaochow. And Great Britain vir tually annexed Thibet by the Young Ilusband Expedition and "unveiled Lhassa." But in all these rapacious schemes >f the E'uropean Powers China was giv-'. mn nothing for the things she lost. She was systematically robbed, and then orced to pay indemnities to cover the 'ost of the robberies. And poor Korea was treate(d as badly is the Kaiser treated ilelgium, and vith far less excuse, although with roreucess. So Ciinma has been despoiled of her nheritance and Korea deprived of her nd(epenidenice. Thcse facts show the very core of the lisquieting "question of the Far East." If the nations will deal honestly with 'hina and restore to Korea her right.. il inheritance, there will be no such tuestion left, and disarmament will be implifled immeasurably. - If they will not treat China with lonestv and Korea .with justice, it is nly a question of' time when there will >e the most awful war that ever human melfishness inspire( and human skill lirected. Bishop Candler speaks plainly but rulv. For the futtiro peace of the Vo.ld the I'nited States might well *all for an open and above-board dis ussion of the Chinese situation and et the world know whether this men ice to peace is to be removed and if lot, who is to accept responsibility for t. SPECIAL NOTICES. I * *8 * S a S Truck For Sale-Ong and a half ton )efiance truck in good condition for ale cheap. Sumerel Alotor 'Co., au ens. ' .. - 20-It-mid For Salt-Jersey cqA, fresh in milk. dis. M. E. Roland,,Jlaurens, Route 2. 20-it-pd ('otton 25 ('ents r Pound, F. 0. B. ,olumibia, S. C., i hKeange for tuil ion. Act. quic Bowen's Business ,ollege, Columbia, S. C. 20-2t Not ice-Beginning Tpdi tsday, ,Dec. 1, 11 meat prices go d wu.- Steak 20c, oast beef, 15c, ste "10, and pork hops and pork roast 25c. J. A. Arm troil a. 20-1 t-!d Lost-AMonday, coupll,e of pointer bird logs, male and femal# , Male is black ndl white spotted. /Pmale is white. nd br'owni spotted. C. F. Bonham, Wai'nd-Salesman w th car to call ni (dealer's with a low 1Wiced~6.000 mIle abric and 10.000 mil ,'edrd tire. $100 week with extra c~ missions. Uni ersal Tire & Rubber Company, Mlicha an City, Indiana. .20-It-pd For !Rent-iHIugh Gl 4fOlp proper'ty sfor rent from iirm%6fJanuary, 1922. 'all on Alerchants Farmers Bonded W'arehouse, P. A. Simpson, Pr'es. .-20-tf For' Sae-H~ouse andfA pt on Sullivan 20-1t-pd For' ltent--2, 3 or 4 horse i'arm ini ty)per lpart of county, 5 miles north of Vare .Shoals, known a$ AJedlock farm. Aes well, good stat ,.df cultivation. tie lndlid community.' Appily at place, f. 'U. AMedlock, Greenville, S. C.. or i'hos. ID. Dow ney, Laurens. .20-5t-p Wanted-To swap mtft9o,-ight omr ten car's old1 for young fat mules -and gIve he differ'ence in cash. Se3e me at once. d Hicks. .20-It Trespass Notice-All p gsns' are )ereby wvarned against fJinting or >theCrwise trespassing up n my lands. iiolators of this notice willl be0 prose usted tunder the law. Albert W. l'eague. 18'-t-pd For Salo-500 gallons of genuine leorgia 'R'lbbon CaneoS rupy, 1 gal lon in cans 85c, 5 gall an cans at l0c, 30 gallons in woot 75c, 60 gal ons in wood at 60ce. MAail orders a'ith lashi to G. E. Ritter. Olar, S. C. 18-5t-p Not ice-A fifty pound all cotton mat tr'ess, heavy ticking, ,ma e- in Green wood, n'ine dellar a a quarter. Write for descript1e circulars and testimonials. John A. Holland, Gireen wood S. C. 17-5t-pd For)I Sale-Good dry oak nd hickory wood, cut and s;'lit ou grnte atl $5.00 per' cord dleliv r'. Will cut this wtood to fit eitherm grate or fire-place. Notice-Birds destroy2 1 Weevils, af my land!; under -nality of the law. Tr'1eapas' Nolr pr~n are House Moin am ready to moye that honse of yours. 12 years oXper! ence. C. A. Owens, Route 1, Clinton. Lost-Seveoral pairs of- wire stretch er's, leaned out to custoJpef. Sotno of those may htat ejoahod to otim oras. Thoso who n.w have them ivill pjoaso return ther~ at once. 'Lbok gtroundI your farnt apd 1if 1you haven't -fa!ied. td Meferathoi 4heK cwt re Cmpne herebyr notified not to hunt or other wise trespass upon lannds of Reedy River Power Company, in the, vicinity of Boyd's Mill, and also lands of Sul livan Power Company on Reedy River at Tumbling Shoals, including tracts ,known as 'Fleming and Watkins place. Violators of this warning will subject themselves' to prosecution -by law. Aieedy 'River -Power '%o., Per J. F. Harney, Supt. 19-2t-'pd Government Wigons-For Sale, or offcred in exchange for corn, oats, hay or lumber. Wagons in good condi tion. Dixie Ice and Fuel Co., Clin ton. 16-tf See us this week for engraved indi ,vidual Christmas greetIng cards. They must be ordered at once. Advertiser Printing Co. LAND SALE State of South Carolin, County of Laiurens. IN COURT OF COM1MON 1LEAS Bank of Gray Court, Plaintiff, against 'irs. Sallie 'McCall, et al, Defendant. Pirsuiant to a decree of the Court in the above stated case, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, at Laurens C. 11., S. C., on Salesday in iecember next, being Monday the 5th day of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, the following de scribed pro;perty, to wit: All that certain tract. piece or par cel of land, lying, being and situate in the county and state aforesaid, known as the home place of Alex McCall, de ceased, containing one hundred fity seven and one-half (157 1-2) acres, more or less and bounded on the north by lands now or formerly belonging to W. 13. Abercrombie. on the east by Graydon lands, on the south by lands of W. 11. 'Mahaffey, and on the west by lands now or formerly belonging to ,1. V. Holder. Terms or Sale: One-half cash, bal ance to be paid twelve months from date of sale; the credit portion to be secured by bond and mortgage of the purchaser over the said premises, bearing S per cent interest from date, with leave to purchaser to pay his en tire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for paipers and stanips. If the terms of sale are not complied with, the land to be re-sold on same or some subsequent salesday on same terms, at risk ot former purchaser. C. A. POWER, C. C. C. P. and G. S., Laurens, S. C. Dated, this Nov. 10 1921. 18-3t-A FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 9th day of December, 1921. I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Ex ecutrix of the estate of W. M. Pinson deceased, in the ofice of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at 11 o'clock, a. in., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to asid estate is notified and required to make 'pay fent on that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. NORA PINSON, Executrix. Nov. 9, 1921. 17-5t-A When in Greenwood Visit Us for Jewelry Watches Cut Glass China and Silver re Watch and Jewel Repairing a pe 'Ity H. HE'N LY 417 East Main Street Opposite Union Station A. L.ANDERS0 AR kITECT Apply El rik Maid 'Bake Shop . LAURENS, S.C. Opposite thbe Postoffice *FOR SAL-E/ BAGGING ND TI Speciasl ric a Selected machine re-rolIl pattern bagging and ties 45 1.2c per pattern. Greenvillif Any juantify6 Phone S80 expense, Cad ship Idy. NOTICE OF LAND SALE State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Pursuant to the decree of the Court of Common PleasAin the case of'I. L. Gray vs J. T. Wood, I will sell at LAu rens'Court House, South Carolina, on Salesday in December. IN921, the same being the fifth day of the month, atl public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the following tract of land, to wit: All that tract of land situated in the county and state aforesaid containing 4 forty acres, more. or less, and bound ed on the north by lands of J. 1). Gray do.n, on the east by lands known as the Abercromble place, on the southl by lands of T. It. Campbell and on the West by lands of James Armstrong and I Sam Armstrong, the said tract of land bling known as the Jim Craydon I place. Terms of sale: cashi. Purchaser to 1 pay for papers and stamps, and if the purchaser (toes not comply with the terms of sale, the land shall he resold i on the same or any subseiuent sales day on the asme terms, at the risk of 1 the defaulting purchaser. C. A. P'OWIVII, C. U. C. P. 18-3t-A Engraved Cards and Invitations. Advertiser Printing Co. F n e Order Yours 'For FOR SA PO1 DRU( ELECTRIK Sh s thl( MAID--s' A _ BAKE--''6erjo Electri B ake Laurens' Superio1 Postoffice C B. 0, Sanders Beatrice Wilson Plenty of Coe the better kir ORDER EICHELBER LAND SALB itate of South Carolina, County of laureita. PROBATE COURT Pursuant to a decree of the Court: n case of Sallie R. Sweeney individu tily, and as adininistratrii of the es Ate of Anderson Robertson, deceased,. laintiff, against Thad Robertson et ti, defendants, I will sell at publie Luction to the highest .bidder. at Lau -ens C. 11., S. C., on -Salesday in De emnber, 1921, the 5th day of the 'month,. luring the legal hours for such sales, he following described property, to vit: All that tract or plantation of land, ltuate, lying and being near Gray 'onrt, in Laurens county, State of 3outh Carollia, containIng fifty-two :,2) acies, more or less, and bounded )m the north by lands formerly be onging to Nancy Robertson; on the ,ast by lands of Mrs. .1. N. Leake, on lie south by lands of -R. Lj. Gray, and )n the west by lands of Bud Putunm, Terms of sale: cash. Purchaser to ,ay for )a)ers. If the purchaser falls o comply with his bid, the land to 'be 'esold on the same or some subse ient salesday on the same terms. and' it the risk of the former .purchasor. 0. G. THOMPSON, J. P. L. C. qov. 16, 1921. ,18-3t-A. F IS A KNOWN ACT That where Victrola is put in home all other iusical .instru ients are neglect d. Vhy hesitate as to rhat to buy? Christmas Now. LE BY WE It's the right way, r W hy not confess? sweetest beet'.dreseed. 8o neat. ie lives, aVan Street. c Maid Shop SQuality Bakery Ipposite Us W. N. Dyes. A. L. Anderson di on hand of. ~d. GER BROSR IE 33