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LIBERTY OIL &G< ING OIL SAND! Good Indications of Oil Their Well No. 2 at El Company Has Rem Over one 1 hz # l _____ ' i jji Taken from the Oil and Mineral h Journal, Billings, Montana. January a ! Ci Tite Liberty Oii and Gas Company's ^ ofSeia'fi are jubliant over the report a ; from tbeir well Xo. 2, at Elk Basin, I Ll and welJ. they need be. This com- 1 s pany feas 724 acres in the Elk Basin i c ^ ^oi! fields and are drilling in clos^ i proximity of producing wells in the i L natioaal-?nown oil field. The Elk ! a Basin for the year just ended pro- v <luced over $25,000,000. j tl The Liberty's Well No. 2 Is down ro ^ tl a depth of over 1000 feet $nd the in- ; tl dications of oil are strong. Judging ; t] from the formation of the oil sands, j a the company will not have to go over* j c four or five hundred feet to strike the , s< first oil and when this Is encountered p the company will certainly be i* the ; <rame strong. The acreage that they ^ > have guarantees putting down several j hundred wells on their own holdings and secare producing wells for years,; rfatt that adjoining territory would , soon "^e "m|lked dry'' by companies operatic*: in their vicinity. , ^ Tbe Liberty company, like all good a substantial companies, do not believe ^ la having their "ecrgs in one basket" j ? aid have secured over 46,-000 acre? B of leases in territory that has oil indic&tions, or in proven territory. They' P have four Standard rigs at work in rr four separa'te fields and will start ^ i other rigs in the near future. They 0 ||B "hope lo be able to put down forty ^ m, ?? * * A-< rt 19 It. rot nity wens aunng iuis. vvaen seen ^ at their new offices in the Northern Hotel block this week, the manager,, Mr. George C. Chrisman, said that he j ^ was too old to go to the front, but ^ " goincr to do his "bit" by furnishing *T all the oil possible to help win the H war. | V The company has over $100,000 0i worth of equipment, all paid for and ^ four rigs running night and day. 'Some is near pro_ iction and one which has 11 just "spudded in" and they should cer- y< tainly do their share towards help- iT1 ing to increase the much needed crude J ^ and refined oil that is so necessary ^ in carrying on the war to a success- ! n fal close. So far tne company has jir ^ only sold 12 jSer cent or its treasury " stock and so SS per cent is still in Ifel^the treasury. This is a wonderful -r record for any company and is due tl i? a great measure to the careful h management of the affairs of. the ! ei ?ame. Unlike most companies there > ni are no large salaried officers to eat t? ? into the cream-of the treasury sroc4c.; a. All money received goes to the devel- j pi opment of the company's holdings, n and that is why it is possible for; t( them to make such a good showing, j ^ To talk with Mr. Chrisman for only j a few moments would convince any tl and will make it a winner from start j n to finish. The fact that it has been j ^ jOB-sible to raise over $130,000 up to r> December 1st, and only coet the com- j pany leas than fifteen per cent means something to the careful investor, j They are putting on a' lar?:e of stocks at 15 cents per share for j t? quick results. March 1st the stock will be advanced to 20 cents per share iT ? J J.U Ml ? 1 ctnu trauu uiuuiu win see a raise until they hare secured an amount large ! * enough to complete at least forty or : t* fifty wells. The stock will then be taken off the market. As Mr. Chris.1 wan says: !"We have a good thing' ' and want t6 let the people in it at 1 this time. Had it not been for the fact , 8l] that the government needs the oil; r< so badly we would not hare attempt- i 6< ed to put down so many wells, but we | ^ feel that we must do our share at once, and at the same time make big * fc money for our stockholders while do- * . > Ing it. We are going to give the pub- |" lie fair warning that they can get In i ^ now?but not later?that is, after we , ^ "have secured enough funds to guaran- . tee the results desired." Had the Liberty company only just their holdings at Elk Basin, it would j a be a safe investment. Their lines of ; aro Ttice + V?or? Cft J- *?? ?? ' ^ ??? ~ ~ bimu ov iuus iruai yrw. j ducing wells and the formation of " their holdings makes it a certaint? j ^ that thev are hound to get Droducer? ' V | in a very few hundred feet where j they are nov, drilling. ?TCth the com- i S( pany's other holdings in good fileds ^ where oil indications are very promsi isins: they are doubly good as an investment. The fact that they already s have Ttearlv SfftO OftO 1-n pfuHnmont oil l e ? paid for. and busy at work, make !r them something verv substantial to 0 tie to. The stock sellir.s at IS cents for thirty days means that they will Tiave a rush of buyers that will carry n them off their feet, so to speak". v And well they should?deserve r? * the success that is attending them - j ^ 4S CO. NEAR- I' Sj IN ELK BASIN. Are Showing Up in k Basin Where The zhed a Depth of msand Feet , i. t 1 1 Is this class of stock that has on, . earty endorsement. We like action ,T nd a run for our money and With a ? ompany as financially well fixed as ais one is, there is no uncertainty ' bout what they will accomplish iii 11 i tie long run. Nothing succeeds lilcc access?and success is sure in tlicir 'r ase. ~ 1 i On another pa^e in this issue the j1 libetrv company have a full page d that will interest the careful in- : estor. and they go into more details j ban we are able to do in the space ^ fiat we have at our disposal. Read . lis ad carefully and write them for lieir prospectus. It. is one of the best: rid most up-to-tne-mmuie in ueut;;s < oncerning the oil situation that ha?, , o far been published by any oil com- f any in the northwest.?Adv. I. i ? mm | J >R. GEORGE B CROWER SPEAKS AT McCOttSIICK < . i g i harleston American. !s } MdCormick, March 4.?Saturday t at? rkofv;nt?r> in "VTr-Cnrroick and day that will Ions be remembered 'o an audience filling the auditorium y f the high school building. Dr. Geo. f Cromer, of Newberry, who was in- ? \ s oduced as "one of Carolina's most atriotic sons," delivered one of the lost brilliant speeches that has ever een heard in McCormick. Speaking . ? the war and comparing it with v le Roman legend, he said that a great rj hasm had been opened up by the erman p-overnment.and the only way ) close that chasm was to cast into r the most precious thing in all of , t le allies in this war and especially.} i the United Stages?her young men. ^ e spoke of the -tancy of the j nited States to ^ter this war and ^ illed to the mind of Sis hearers how j le Urited States had shook the^Span- : a j ;a ;h shackles from Cuba and thelPhil- J >pines 18 years aeo?told how on e?terdav the American soldiers no^ e t France had driven back an attack . a y the Germans and reminded his s earers that they would come to t, ?alize more and more that we are , 1 this war when our boys come back p ome lame and wounded. la i He recited how, for three years jr !ngland and France had held back ; t lie. invasion of the Germans?told : ^ ow England headed by a German 0 lector. King George III., had hired .1 >.000 German Hessians to fisrht the \ nited States durin? the Revolution- * * pv war?reminded his hearers that ^ n Englishman by the name of Kan- , * fn<r srperested the Monroe Doctrine > President Monroe?how the fleet of 1 ensland had defended us and made j s lat doctrine what it was?referred to ' ie incident in Manna ?av, wnen a.a ^rrpan boat got between Admire! s >ewey and tbe Spanish fort when j *?wev was about to ooen fire and T r>^ at that time th* Powerful TCng- ' ? ? I ? had prevent0^ Germany from ^ nteri"n<* the wrr with vc. He snoke ^ p "Bonnie" Fran re. of the assistance ^ T'a'^^e rerr'ora^ ns tr> onr war?of f le 7o?Tf fi-orr* "RYa-n^e tr> h*?Tr> us 0"t ^ i our war and said fo?* three v^ars ^ ^anre had to^d the Germans at Vernr?: "Voiv shall ?r?t. nass here," and ^ 'ev had not passed. j ^ The speakei believed that God had v ilsed Woodrow Wilson to bo presient of the (United States at this t me. in his hour of trial and trouble ; ad paid a glowing trinute to WooJ)w Wilson and was loudly applaud- ,1 3. He told how Woodrow Wilson j arl suffered everything possible to bo . eat>ed upon America but disgrace be- j >re we entered this war. Told of be- j ig full blooded German on hi3 fathr's side and of his mother being half j4 German and that he himself was a full j [)0 per cent United States, although , e was a Lutheran. He said that tho j utherans?that Martin Luther had j I ways hated three things, viz: The ? - 11- T> 11 J XV/.1. ope, tne Tuns ana ine i'evn ana uiai > is faith was the same as that of ! fartin Luther. Mentioned the fa^t- ] I lat V/. J. Bryan had tieen howled j own in Canada, hut said that W. J. j rvan was 0. K. now and that Bryan I lid the only way out of this war was ; ) go risrht straight through. Told of ; le number of American ships de- j troyed and lives lost by the German J nbmarine before the United States j - * m? t> ? j . I nrereri into ims war. me neu v;iu?s nq termed "An Agency of Mercy," nd told of the great good they were oin&. Dr. Cromer was several times interim nt^d by and hic' speech 'as a master^v ppo ^<weral other j ~o>viine"t sr>??Vor?3 n*s-? made ad- ! resses here to&iy to larger audiences. ' [i.tvi: SIX SONS ON TiiE ALT AII OF PATRIOTISM lirave >fofher of Heroes fomes to I'nited States t<> Kiss tIio Flag at ])eiul .Son's Request. (By C. A. Clay.) Seattle. Wash., Mar. i'.--From what olemn 'l^ops in woman's nature rises | "?: i, :o-'*! ie pair;ou>ui mm iruu^- i r <^ eve.] mother love? VVh-ti is it that sustains nor whenivr .<o;:s arc l>roi:ght back upon tlieir hieMs: that defies all sorrow, so that he nation may he presoived ai ' *ien ] c e ] t free? Mrs. Emmn Wilkins. 4$ in years, [ ut age-old in grief, has it In supremo | neasure. J ihe has lost six sons, a husband, i i brother and four other relatives in \ | ivai. A sacred mission brought Mrs. kVilkins here from her Canadian horns ?the fulfillment of a promise to one )f her dead sons. And she has re- s nained to be an inspiration to Amercan womanhood soon to know thv* personal griefs of war. Hear her story: "My three oldest sons," ,she said, | "had been in English territory regi-' nents, as boy recruits. They crossed j rom Montreal with the second Cana_ lian contingent. I saw them at the j )ier there the last time on earth. 4!V:iiliani and Geor-e, the two old- i ?st, were killed at Mons, and'their J ;tep-brothers with them. The third j ;on, Edward, my brother, and , a >rother-in-law, Lieut. King, fell at j he battle of Ypres. "The instant my three youngest ions, Arthur, Albert and Edward, . > i leard of the death of their brothers hey came to me, standing very traight, and the oldest said: ! I " 'Mother, it is time we were go-! ner Will vnn rnmp alnnfr nml hpln is through?' j! "I packed up for the journey and ; ve sailed for England, our old home.. rhere the boys said farewell and I ^ vas left alone. j "Gcinsr to visit relatives, I found J ^ ny sister brrnded a raving lunatic by j he war. It was her husband, Lieut. # ting, who had fallen with my older j' >oys. i "While I was in Kent I was struck . >y a flying fragment during a Zeppe- j ^ in raid and so severely wounded that j ^ n operation was ncessary. "Then I hastened to Devonport,! vhich was filled with the wives, moth- j1 rs, and sweethearts of British men ! 1 it sea, and there I wait<H vainly for 5 ome word of my three remaining ( ?oys. "Words are not vivid enough to >icture the terror I witnessed here ! is the news of the "battle of Jutland j eached Devonport. Streets around j i he admiralty office were jammed 1 rith weeping, shouting women clam-'s ring for news of their loved ones 1 1 hroughout the night. 1 "Children, lost and* crying, stumped about the streets with no one , \ iut the tired nolice paying any atten-! ion to the tots. I "And when the news came in that, j 5,000 British sailors had been lost, I aw at least 20 women go mad. *'\T\r fK Kavo * AW* T VUI c* nciu AiliCU 1UL lltat f I - # / ctTon?my three youngest, my merry t ailor lads. 1 "I went to France to see the place 1 I'here thev sleen. *0h, *hat vast field ( if the dead in France, where the brave t ad^ lie in immortal glory! A field c? adness. yes. But a field, too. of splenlor and hope undyinsr." The price hpy naid that neace and joy and (reedom shall not be trampled under he brutish boot! "T have riven my all to my country. Tv hn?s'hnnd fell at JVTodder river in he South African war when our : ( oungest son was but a year old. "And now I havr* co"ne to America ' i 3 o fulfill a sacred rite.' J < She naused a moment to compose , lerself. j? # I "There was a girl who had come i * 1 ' B by not sminotoi |;;SElellHYi[ |:. A poiincl makes .48 r rhotels Tia }.' thai there is tin from onc-ihird c '.. ' | . ;V.' : MM i V r gpiaiilillllimilii iTW I Proof thi do Avoid Mrs. Etta Dorion, of ( ' I suffered from female trc . like a knife through my bac strength so I had to go to bed but I would not listen to it. ! Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable bottle brought great relief and All women who have femal Lydia. E. Pinkham's Vegetab I How Mrs. Boyd Avoic Canton, Ohio.?'i sufferedf H caused me much suffering, ant II would have to go through an get well. "My mother, who had been h nam's Vegetable Compound, a fore submitting to an operatioi my troubles so I can do my lioi difficulty. I advise aiiy woman female troubles to give Lydia table Compound a trial and j for them."?Mrs. Marie Bo N. E., Canton, Ohio. Everif Sick'V LVJAU.U Before Su nto the life or one of nir sons," slio j ixplained. "My oldest sailor lad loved ' ler?poor little 'Lady Anne/ a girl | Tom the United States who lost her life on the Lusitania. It was her death is well as tnat of his brothers that tiad hastened him away to the colors. "His last words to me were: " 'Mother, if I don't come back, and ;he United States comes In to help us, alease go down into the States and iiss the Stars and Stripes for me.' "I have fulfilled my iad's wish, and i sweet peace has come upon me. "(Now I shall go?home, I had al- j nost said?back to the little farm i :hat the rest of my lonely years may j 3e spent in the place provided for j ne by my immortal boys." ^ As long as there are mothers like white-haired, blue-eyed, rosy cheeked, raliant Mrs. Wilkins, with sons to j rive, freedom will not perish from the j sarth. A Card of Thanks. i I We desire to tha/k our friends and aeighbors who were so kind and lelpful to us in our afflictions and the j ;ad death of our dear wife and j nother. And to our physician, Br. J SVyche, for his faithful service. May the rich blessings of God' rest | ipon each of you. L. A. Bobb and Children. COTNTT BONDS FOR SALE Sealed bids will be received by ths mdersigned until April 1, 1918, for ;he purchase of $68,000.00 coupon jonds of Newberry County, S. C. Proceeds to be used in the erection )f a new jail. If interested, address , ;he undersigned ior run lmoriuauuu J. C. Sample, County Supervisor, C. C. Schumpert, County Treas. J. B.. Halfacre, County Auditor. Mar 7 and 14 Newberry. S. C QUARASTI\E NOTICE. , All schools and churches in the I jounty that have been closed on ac- j 'ount of the meningitis situation will j ie permitted to open Monday March j llth. All persona quarantined on ac- j ?ount of beinir exposed to meningitis i patients will be released 3 weeks :rom time .of exposure, unless examined before that time by State Board ? hi* T*- rn T"*1 x r;- :if j mprnK u jltichto each person j | $| ^ )UAL PORTIONS. '1 me-i.hinior;iepicccs! vc i/carncd:, : Jcasi waste > j i ounce pieces. J s N: - 'i ? J | x j at SomeWc Operation 3gdensfeurg, Wis., says: ubles which caused piercing pains ft k and side. I finally lost all my ^ . The doctor advised an operation (I [ thought of what I had read about 3 Compound and tried it. The first litiTTfl mif i T?il \7 PliriJll ino ?i.\ uumco uaro mvjivij vuiw. uiV> 3 trouble of any Mn "should try ie Compound." fj 11 led an Operation. rom a female trouble which / \ \ 1 two doctors decided that / Oj^ operation before I could { | V.\ elped by Lydia E. Pink- / J lfj ,d vised "me to try it be- / i; / J j n. It relieved me from ') V- .?/ ij ise work without any J { \\ V ij who is afflicted with"/ \ w E. Pinkham's Vege-/ * it will do as much / sf -f-} f yd, 1421 5th St., / /// L?> y] MM. Vl/UlUil A* i-Yi) .i. bmitting To An LYOIA E.PINKHAM I of Health and released. I wish to thank the people of the county for the hearty co-operation : they have shown in this matter. 3-8 2 Cannon G. Blease, Sheriff. LitfLiilk OIL DRILLING* BEGAN LAST MONDAY. > Actualy drilling operations began on Monday morning by the Liberty Oil & Gas company on their property near the coal camp, 10 miles nrrth of Wilsall and according to reports received yesterday satisfactory progress is being made. The drilling operations areHn charge of W. E. Adamson, an expert driller, who has had several years experience in the Ohio oil field. The company has installed a j modern drilling plant,' equipped wits the latest machinery. Sneds have been erected so that cold weather Better Farming Will The America! Kill The Kais /> A iiil . Cf4linm?l Manan^r i>nas. ?. nnimc, n.~. >u. The farmer can win this war. j Only by famine does the Kaiser hope to conquer?famine by force of the submarine. If the submarine brings England and France to their knees, begging -bread in the humiliation of defeat, the Kaiser will then turn upon the United States. England and France can be saved from famine by the farmers of the United States and Canada in spite of the submarine, if they will. The submarine will sink food that England and France 90 sorely needs but the submarine can not sink enough to starve our allies, if the firmer of the United States will raise maximum crops, raise every pound and save every pound of foods he possibly can. It's a fight, therefore, between the farmer of the United States on the one hand and the gaunt wcilf of the Kaiser, famine, on the other hand. If the American farmer can raise enough to allow for the submarine toll and enough more food to place "over there" to feed those who are fighting, then victory is ours. But it's a narrow margin. The whole wo?M is on the verge of starvation. If even a normal crop is produced in this country it is not going to afford, eoougfc tt> feed everybody '-*Y MMHj |HHHH : ' J Operation1^ 9 MEDICINE CO. LYNN.MASS. 1 j| will not interfere with the operations. The length of time necessary in sinking the-.well will depend entirely on the formation of the rock encountered and the depths it will be necessary to go. According to Mr. Adamson, the tip nth attained may ran^e from 25 ? - w to 100 feet each day. The development of the oil re| sources of the Shields valley has been I awaited for a number of years witb considerable anticipation. Governnent geologists who have inspected he field pronounce it as having every ^ication of being oil bearing, 'hrough the untiring efforts of Edir Potter and associates, a strong ompany has been formed for the pur>se of determining whether oil debits exist in this section.?Shields illey Record, Jan. 24.?Adv. ? g in the South . j a Farmer ser's Wolf?Famine , Farm Service Bureau, Atlanta, Ga. dependent upon this country, a full ration. At/best there is going to be lack. The American farmer must awaken to a serious realization that this is no small task, in fact, it is only a fighting chance. If the American farmer will oniy realize this, then he must recognize that every b?ow he makes must count for the utmost.' Maximum yields must he striven for as never before. This is no time to leave anything unemphasized that will count for f greater yields. Efficiency must oper-j evprv nrrt on farm from I breaking tlie soil deeply to garnering the crops with a saving hand. Thorough preparation of the seed bed may be accomplished with less labor than is customary, by the use of labor saving farm machinery. Liberal and rational applications of plant food should be made this year. Fartners who never used commercial fertilizers before should certainlv do so now for the nation's sake. The same modern, labor saving farm machinery that will euable a farm hand to plow two rows while plowing one heretofore?and plow them better?must be ma>de use of. It's a Iiard fight all spring, summer and fall for the American farts : Will be win? > *