Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r T INSURANCE All Kinds-Properly Written. See Me. W. C. BAILEY, Clinton, S. C. THE FAMOUS Dixie Portable Drag Saw “The Saw With the Clutch* No need to ever stop your engine to stop the saw. There is a positive clutch controll ing the movement gf the saw blade. A husky 4 h. p. motor can be used for any other purpose about the farm. A pulley is supplied with each outfit without additional cost for belt work, such as pumping water, threshing peas, pulling mills, etc. See the Dixie—they are. wonders. Write, phone or wire for territory. Deal ers wanted. . . V 9 Ellis Motor Company Distributors for the Southeast Clinton, - - - South Carolina r v- of Chocolate Your Nose All foods are flavored to make them palatable. All smoking tobaccos are treated with some flavoring for the same reason. But there is a big difference in the Quality and kind of tobacco flavorings. Tuxedo, the finest of properly aged hurley tobacco, uses the purest, most wholesome and delicious of all flavorings— chocolate! That is why “Your Nose Knows" Tuxedo from all other tobaccos—by its delicious pure fragance. Try Thu Test: Rub a little Tuxedo briskly in the palm of your hand to bring out its full aroma. Then smell it deep—its delicious, pure fragrance will convince you. Try this test with any other tobacco and we w|l] let Tuxedo stand or fall on your judgment. “Your Nose Knows" CONGRESSMAN LEVER CLEARLY INDICATES HIS POSITION TO WARDS MISSOURIAN. SOLDIERS ALL FAVOR LEAGUE Will Support No Man Who Will Say That a Conscript is Synonymous ' With a Convict. Washington.—The fight on Champ Clark for Democratic leader of the house is becoming bitter. He has de nounced some of his opponents as liars. Three North Carolinians, Messrs. Godwin. Doughton and Robinson, all of whom are away from here now, are •said to oppose Mr. Clark. Representative Lever of South Caro lina, announced that he would not sup port him. He said: “It is my firm belief that the over whelming majority of the people ol the country are in line with the presi dent in his wonderful fight to mini mize to the very limit the possibility of wars in the future. “The million, three hundred thou sand soldiers who have.gone through the brutal murder of this war,-* return, ing to this country, are as certain t'» give their support to the idea of a league of nations as it is certain that the sun will rise tomorrow morning. “Democrats cannot allow personal relationships or sympathy to stand in the way of party success and they are not going to do it. Personally I will support no man .who will say that a conscript is synonymous with a con vict.’' AMPLE FOOD SUPPLIES WILL PROBABLY BE FURNISHED TO v RELIEVE HUN SITUATION. DEFINITE AGREEMENT WANTED Decision of Associated Powers Will Be Announced by Admiral Weymss at Conference at Brussells. 270,000 TONS OF FOOD IS PAID FOR BY GERMANY Copenhagen.—Germany in conidera tion of a-deposit of £11,000,000 in gold at Brussels, will receive an immediate delivery of 270,000 tons of foodstuffs, according to Berlin version of ths agreement entered into between the German delegates and representatives of the allied powers at Brussels. Germany wjll further be entitled tc purchase monthly 370.00 tons of food in enemy and neutral countries, be sides fish f?*>m European waters and vegetables. The restrictions on fishing in the Baltitc will be removed, the dis patch adds. AMERICAN ACE KILLED BY FALL FROM HIS AIRPLANE Seabreeze, Fla.—Maojr David McK Peteften, one of America’* officially recognized “ac#s” was killed In a fall of his airplane at, Daytona Beach. Maojr. Petersen’s address Is Hones dale. Pa. The Tair plane piloted by Major Pet ersen. and in which Lieutenant F. X Paversick was a passenger, dropped nose forward after reaching a height of about 75 feet whilst ascending from the beach. Major Petersen was'killed instantly and Lieut. Paversick was in •jured seriously. Berlin.—Under Secretary of Statt Von Braun, before leaving- to par- tifcipate in the conference at Brus sels regarding the, turning over by Germany of her mercantile fleet and securities in exchange for food, re ceived- the correspondent and inform ed him that Germany was prepared tc begin immediately the surrender of her entire fleet and conclude an agreement covering the other condi tions in return for a definite agree ment specifying the amount of .food deliverable until the next harvest/ Paris—Admiral Weymss at Brussells .will inform the Germans of the asso. ciated powers’ decision in regard to the supply of foodstuffs to Germany. Your correspondent understands that the associated powers, on the grounds of humanity, will again express fheii intention to supply food and that the quantities they propose furnishing are 300,000 tons of breadstuffs and 70,000 tons of fats a month until September 1. Payment for these supplies will be made by various methods, by freight by credits to neutral countries, the •ale of foreign securities and proper- lies abroad, by advances against the issue of foreign securities and collat eral and to a limited extent by gold. WEBB, KITCHEN AND OTHERS TO VISIT PORTO RICO SOON Washington.—Twenty members of the house of representatives will visit Porto Rico in April to stydy pqlitical and economic conditions with a view to obtaining information for solving legislative problems affecting the isl and which are to come betore the next congress. The party will leave New York April .12, but the length of the stay in Porto Rico has not been de* terminedr’"" Delegate Davila. Porto Rico’s rep resentative in Congress. Who extended the invitation at the request of the legislative assembly of Porto Rico', an nounced he would introduce a bill to lx definitely the future policy of the United States toward the island. THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY IS SEETHING IN KOREA THOUSANDS DEAD AND DYING OF STARVATION IN CAUCASUS New York.—Thousands of .men, wo men and children are starving to death in the Caucasus, according to the first report from Dr. Janies L. Barton chair man of the committee recently sent tc that region by the American commit tee for relief in the Near East, re cevied at the headquarters of the com mittee here. “There is no bread anywhere,” sale the report. “The government has not a pound. There are 45,000 people ir Erivan wholly without bread and the orphanages and troops all through Eri van are in terrible condition. "There is not a dog, cat, horse camel or any living thing in all the Ig dir region. W’e saw refugee women stripping the flesh from a dead horse with their bare hands today. “Thirty deaths a day are reportec from Ashtag; 25 from Etchmiadzin Ixeir and Sadabad certainly more Another week will score 10,000 livei lost. v * LETTISH TROOPS CAPTURE THE CITY OF FRAUENBURG Stockholm.—Lettish troops captur ed Frauenberg, northeast of Libae from the bolsheviki several day* age and took a great quantity of waf ;ma terial, a lar^e number of machine-guns and many prisoners, a dispatch »<roni Libau said. The bolsheviki retired in the direction of Milan. The Letts also advanced west oi Frauenburg and drove the bolsheviki fro..: the region pf the Baltic port of W’indau. GERMAN U-BOAT ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE AND IS SUNK Washington.—Official advices' re ceived by the state department from the Orient described the independence movement in Korea as a spontaneous one which had assumed large proper- tion>i. No effort' at organized resist ance to Japanese authority has been undertaken, but demonstrations and meetings have' bfeen held throughout the country. , ' Many of the demonstrations were reported by the Japanese authorities, but it was said the Japanese later adopted a more conciliatory attitude and that they might treat the aspira tions of the Koreans with more sympa thy. Immediate demands of the Ko reans, included freedom of ships, right of petition and the teaching of the Korean language in the schools, with ultimate independence for the country. The demonstrations at Seoul and other poitits were planned to take place on the day of the former em peror’s funeral, but after learning the Japanese had ordered gendarmes in from the outlying districts the lead ers launched the movenaent two days earlier. CLEMENCEAU’S ASSAILANT IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH Paris.—Emile Cottin, the anarchist who recently made an attempt upon the life of Premier Georges Clemen- ceau, was sentenced to death by the court-martial which was trying him. The verdict of . the court-martial waa unanimous. > . Grove’s Taateless chill Tonic reetorM vitality and energy by purifying and en riching the blood. Yon can toon feel its Strength ening. Invigorating Effect. Price 00c. The Quinine That Dees Not Affect The Heed Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets) cube by anyone without causing nervousness or * UVES Paris.—The Gerpian submarine U-48. while attempting to escape- from Ferrol, Spain, was chased by a de stfoyer and sunk, according to a Ha vas dispatch from Madrid. ^, The U-48 took refuge at Ferfol it March, 1918, and was interned. Tlu attempted flight of the U-boat was oh served and the torpedo boat destroy er Anttla pursued .her. The German boat was sunk outside the Fermi uj auyune wunuui CTwiiug uervomDCBS or irniiux l. In the head. E.W.GROVER signature oo boxTlOc. n»d». The grew wa» sarod. RACE PREJUDICE FRUITFUL SOURCE 6F DISCONTENT New York.—Action by the peace conference to eliminate race prejiulice which he termed “a fruitful source of discontent and uneasiness among na tions in the past,” was urged by Vis count Ishii, Japanese ambassador to the United States, speaking before the Japan Society. Nothing would con tribute more effectively to the founda tion ■ of permanent peace, he de clared, than, application of a proper remedy, i • FRENCH PRESS COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT’S RETURN r—* \ Paris,—In commenting on the return of President Wilson to Paris, The Matin says: * - “The alliance with the United States is necessary to the peace of the world and to the existence of France. It seems forever a precious help against possible aggressions. France looks upon Mr. Wilson as the powerful friend who helped her to win and will now stand by her when she is to make her legitimate demandsjieard.r . \ Greatest Name in Goody-Land .•?/ r *• ■ : 4i i REAL ESTATE j _ j- 0 We Offer the Following for Sale: 5__ : 1 i-..' ; ' # • 178 acres of land situated on road from Clinton to Laurens on C. N, & L. R. R. about two miles from Clinton, known as the J. G. Wham place. 132 acres of land being a part of the J. G. Wham place. 151 acres known as the old Workman place, 2 miles from Clinton on main road and railroad. 156 acres known as the old J. A. Ferguson place. 1.1-2 miles from Clinton on main Laurens road. 600 acres known as Jhe <?ld W. H. Workman place. Two nice settlements with six orseven room house, first class barns; stables and out houses. 16 tenant houses. Land in high state of cultivation. Known as one of the best farms in Laurens county. 60 acres known as the Charlie Gary place. 126 acres known as old Add Boyd place. 7() acres known as E. C. Brigg’s lands. 60 acres in one mile of Clinton, known as part of W. E. Nash estate. f • — ,# * •» , . $ • ' j ■ . - , : » 600 acres near Renno known as B. F. Copeland lands. ✓ * A 200 acres nearJRenno known as the old Watts Copeland place. One house and 'lot in the town of Clinton, known as the old Phiiwiy place. . / One house and lot known as J.' C. Harper • placer .. ' , 71 . acres known as the old George Blakely home place. 52 acres 2 miles from Clinton on main road and railroad being a part of the old Jno. A. Fergu son place. . % , . ' . * 158 acres two miles from Clinton known as R. M. League place. 152 acres known as Geo. Boyd place, good houses. 65 acres known as G. W. Bailey land, about 1 1-2 miles from Clinton.; * ' 44 1-2 acres known as T. W. Wesson place. . SUMEREL & STONE Real Estate Dealers ■ . 1 Bk. ■ *.