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Babattlptfea Pr!?e ?? il.00 Per Tear Payable la Adtaace, Published bjr ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Laurens, 8. C. ALISON LEE W. O. LANCASTER ARTHUR LEB President vico-Pres. Sec. and Treas. Advertising Hairs on Application. Obituaries and Card of Thankst One cent a word. Entered at the poBtofllce at I^aureuo, S. O.i as second class mall matter. LAUREN8, S. C., OCTOBER 22, 1918. The Adrcrtlscr will be glad to receive the local news of all the communities In the county. Cor* respondents urc requested to sign their names to the contri butions.. Lotters should not be mailed later than Monday morn. Inf. Did you see the snow Monday? ? ? ? Now is tho time to begin to make plans for the next yonr/s fair. ? ? ? Tho Spartan burg Journal Is agita ting tho question of building a "cream atory." ? ? ? Did tho ground hog on OXhibtlon Friday have anything to do with the line weather? ? ? ? We see by tho papers that a group of southern bishops are to be enter tained while in New York with a ban quet at Dolmonlco's. Careful now bishops! ? ? * That the recent I.aureus County Fair was the Immense success that it w.is must bo attributed first of ali to the people of I.aureus county as a whole. It was their Interest in It: it was their enthusiasm: it was their willingness to participate that com bined to make the Laurons Fair the supreme success that all claim for It. Hut it would be Impossible ami inap propriate to praise the event without calling particular attention to Cue men whose leadership and unsurpassed energy and Interest Contributed so much to its flual succt ssful comple tion. To President w. i>. Byrd, Supt. J. 1). W. Watts. Sec. C. A. Power and \V. R. McCuon belong the congratula tions and the thanks of tho people of the county. Tho Advortlsor believes that it voices tho sentiments of the eiltlro county when to these four men In particular it extends thanks and congratulations for ?tho third success ful Laurens County Pair. ? ? * THE COUNTY FA IP. The annual county fair has come and gone. Taking the size of the crowd and the number of exhibits in to consideration, it surpassed these that have gone before, Nest year ?? btlll larger number and greater varie ty of county products should bo ex hlbited. To attain this end it vlll bo necessary to commence preparations right away. With tho cry now being heard on every hand that the South is being looked to for a large part of the bo?f supply of the country, it was disap pointing to see such a small display of Cattle. Willie tho exhibits of this department were excellent in quail y. number was lacking. It is to bo hoped that next year a larger display of cattle will he shown as this indus try needs encouragement In this coun ty. The display in the field crop de partment was very gratifying. If there is one thing that the county fairs should encourage most, it Is di versification of crops, for in this lies the salvation of the southern f:\i\ner. If it can be shown by a special dis play at a county fair that so many various crops can be successfully grown and cared for by one Industri ous fanner the conclusion is Inevitable that all the farmers of the county can do the same thing by proper ap plication. EspcOlally noteworthy in this department was the varied dis play of forage crops. At this lime, when imported corn and hay are bringing almost prohibition prices, the need and advantage of growing these crops in emphasized. The fanners making such displays Friday gave convincing proof of tho soundness of the arguments for planting these pro ducts in this part of the country, for the crops on display were as pretty as one would want to see. The county fair should be an edu cational institution for the encourage ment and enlightenment of the farm ing people. It is intended that this ehould be the purpose of the Laurens county fair and the display Friday fully c.v,.rossed that Idea. Many ?es sons could have been learned from the exhibits. Wo trust that Uie larg er part of those who attended wer? fully imbued with the spirit of the day and that they returned hdme de termined to excell their own past rec ords and tho records of their neigh bors. (NO CASE AGAINST CHESTER BOYS Accused of Taking Part In Robbery at Parr Shoals but Found Not Ulli!? ty. Winnsboro, October 15.?The pre liminary in tho case of the State against J. B. Fr?ser, Jr., and Blssell Blgham, of Chester, charged with rob bing the paymaster of $10,000, at Parr Shoals, was held today before Magis trate F. K. .Mann, and resulted In tho magistrate holding that there was a failure on the grant of the prosecution to make out a probable case against the defendants who therefore, were discharged. The attorneys for the defence ex pected to have tho hearing In Winns horo and a largo crowd had gathered to hoar teh testimony, when W. II. Kyles, attorney for the prosecution, made the point that Magistrate Mann wus without Jurisdiction to hear tho case In No. 7 township, when he was magistrate of No. 11 township. He was sustained in this motion by the magistrate and tho ofllccr stated he would go within his territory and have the preliminary. At :: o'clock the crowd assembled at Ashford's Cross Heads, 10 miles south west of Winnsboro, and the case was called. The prosecution offered only the tes timony of Ii. W. Mahan, paymaster of the .1. C. White Company and A. T. Hancock, CEimp boss of the construc tion camp at Parr Shoals. Mr. Mahan testified in substance as follows: Pay muster's Testimony, lie was on train No. 13 that left Co lumbia about 1.20 o'clock and that he arrived at Parr Shoals at '2:.)Q o'clock, I that it was after be had receipted for Hie money and started towards the camp that lie saw three men with blackened faces; that they came up and ordered the negro, Bill Henger, to beat it,' and drop the money he car ried in a canvas bag. The men. he said shot twice over his head and shot Joy ner in the hip, when he moved his hand toward his hip pocket. The wit ness could not identify tho persons, but stated one of tho men was of the build of Fraser and one about the size of Blgham, Witness would not swear either of them was the guilty party. Says Recognized Them. Mr. Hancock tos titled to having seen Frnscr on Hie works at Parr Shoals in February and June and saw Blghaim in i the month of June; that he was about eleven feet away when he saw three men near the mail crane and heard them hollering at the paymaster and his assistants. Their faces were black ened, he said, hut the disguise had rubbed off their hands and lie knew they were white men. Witness said he recognizod Blgham as the man on the right when they came up to him, and the stout man in tho centre ns Fraser. Witness said he went to Ches ter and after staying there four or five days took a seat in Wylie and Ander son's stables, where he was told ho would probably see the man he was looking for. He said he thought Mr. Wylie knew whom he was looking for because he was in Chief of Police Sander's olllce and heard the purpose of Iiis trip. Witness recognized Fraser when he came through the stable. Would Svioar lo identity. Asked the question whether he told his employer that Fraser was the per son who held thdm up, the witness answered he had not. Said I- saw Blgham in an eating house and that Blgham went out when he came In and left his meal. Witness stated he would swear positively that Fraser and Blgham were two of the persons who held the men up, regardless of what a number of citizens of Chester would say as to their being In Chester at the time the robbery was committed. The attorneys representing the de fendants were j. k. McDonald, s. J, MacFadden, Oyles Patterson, A. L. Oaston and Malcolm Marlon. After the decision was announced the large number of Chester citizens who had journey od to the hearing in automo biles applauded the magistrate and a nun'.!.er shook bis hand. Box Supper at Bailey School. A box supper will be given al the Bailey school on Friday night, Octo ber 24th, to raise funds for school work. The public is Invited to attend and the ladies are requested to bring boxes. Minister Praises this Laxative. Rev, H. Stubenvoll of Allison, la.. In praising Dr. King's New Life Pills for constipation. ? rites:?"Dr. King's Now Life Pills are such perfect pills no home should be without them." No bettor regulator for the liver and how els. Fvory pill guaranteed. Try them. Price 25c at Laurena Drug Co. TWENTY-EIGHT PERSONS KILLED When Dirigible Balloon Explodes end 1 alls Nine Hundred Feet to the (?round. Berlin. Oct. 17.?Twenty-eight per sons were killed today near Johan nisthal in the explosion and fall of Count Zeppelin's latest dirigible bal loon, tho "Lj-H." The 28 men rep resented tiie entire personal of the admiralty board which was to eon duct the final trial of the dirigible, loklng to Us acceptance by Hie gov orment as a new unit of the (Jerman aerial navy, the pilot and crew and invited guests. 'Every person that went aloft In the big airship Is dead. Twenty-seven of them were killed almost Instantly by the explosion of gas in the balloon or burned to death as the naming wreck fell to the ?round from a height of 900 feet and enveloped them. One mot), Lieut. Baron von IJleut of the Qnon Augus te Grenadier guards, a guest of the admiralty board, was extricated alive from tho mass of twisted wreckage. His eyes were burned out and he suf fered other terrible hurts. Hogging his rescues to kill him and end his sufferings he was taken to a hospital where be died tonight. The "L-II," had it proved success ful, would have been attached to the aerial corps of the navy, which after todays' fatalities now lias only two men trained to connmand airships. The official report of the accident says the explosion was due to the Ig nition of gas In or above the forward gondola, but not within the body of the airship. The navy was not the only sufferer today through aviation accidents, for tbreo army officers were killed In aeroplane flights?Capt. Haeseles, Lieut. Koch and Sorgt. Maute. SHOULD SEED A LARGE GRAIN CROP W. W. Long Fears Farmers Will For get the Necessity After High-Priced Cotton. Spnrtanburg, Oct. 17.?W. W. lx>ng, state agent for the farm demonstra tion work, is fearful that the farm ers of the state, with an average cot ton crop and a price that is remu nerative, will make them forget the necessity of seeding a large grain crop, especially oats and some wheat. Me calls the farmer's attention to the advisability of Beeding these two grain crops from the fact that the corn crop in many of the great corn producing state of the west is a fail ure. Mr. Long thinks that corn will sell next spring and summer for $1.25 cash, and $1.50 or more on credit, per bushel. Mr. Long lias given out the follow ing statement: "While wo have been blessed in this state with an average cotton crop in Im any sections, and with a price that la remunerative. 1 fear that the financial relief thi t is coining to many of our farmors will make thoi.n forget the necessity at this time of seeding a large grain crop, especially oats, and I would add, some wheat. I am calling the atten tion to the advisability of seeding these two grain crops from the fact that the corn crop In many of the great corn producing states of the WOSt is a failure. In many sections it is an absolute failure, ami the prese. f prices of corn In the western market: and re Hoc ted In our local markets, should make us realize the necessity of seeding a large crop of oats, and in many cases wheat, In order to sup plement the crop of corn that we are now harvesting. It is not too much to expect that corn next spring and summer will be selling for $1.25 cash, and $1.50 or more on credit, per bush el. Surely, then the possibilities of such prices Is enough to make us stop and think, and the farmer who has not produced a sufficient supply of corn for man and beast, certainly Will bo very much in bis own light if he does not seed as large a crop of grain as it is possible for him to do. I have mentioned the Seeding of wheat, not from the fact that It is a paying market crop In our state, but I am one of those who believe that every farmer should make all of his supplies at home, for it Is my observ ation that those who practice this mo thod of agriculture are generally the men who are prosperous. It wc 'd take only a few acres on each f to supply every family with flour enough for the home consumption." Suffered Eczema Fifty Years Now Seems a lonh time to endure tho awful burning. Itching, smarting, skin-disease known as "tetter"--an other name for Eczema. Seems good to realize, also, that DR. IIOIJSON'S ECZEMA OINTMENT has proven a perfect cure. Mrs. D. L. Kenney writes:?"I can not sufficiently express my thanks to you for your Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. It has cured my tetter, which has troubled me for over fifty years." All druggists, or by mall 50c. PFEIPFRR CHEMICAL CO. St. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa. Well. Knocking The Market. Over in Spartanburg the papers are publishing kicks against the Spartan burg cotton market. Ditto Anderson very much Oreenwood. The matter comes up for debate every year. Laut year The Index published weekly the market? at all tlic towns In the coun ty. Greenwood was nevor below the highest. It may be that a smaller town will find it a good advertising scheme to pay an eighth or even a quarter above the Greenwood market to some man who Is keen to appreciate such a difference and i-o far as 1 e is con cerned and many others tho Qroon wood market Is till to the bad. It is good business to keep up with the market, of course, and if a man can get a better price for bis cotton at some smaller place and it is just as convenient for him to haul there, he cannot be blamed for so doing. When ho falls to take Into consideration, however, tho time he consumes in go ing away from his regular market, over roads to which he Is unaccus tomed and many other things not necessary to enumerate for we do not wish to prejudice the interests of any adjoining town, 'it is more than prob able that while In his individual case he has received a half a dollar a bale more he has lost much more in other ways. The Abhcvillo Medium boats that wagons direct from Greenwood came to Abbeville last week because cotton was bringing so much more at Abbeville than at Greenwood. The Medium :is usually unduly enthulastlo in its statements. There are more buy ers on the Greenwood market than ever before and tho competition Is, so far as we arc able to judge, keen and genuine. Greenwood ought to be the best market in Western Carolina for everything the farmer has to soli; it Is admittedly the best in this part of tho State for everything he has to buy.?Greenwood Index. Attend the County Fair and while In the city call at S. M. & K. H. Wilkes & Co's store and buy some of thoir splendid values in furniture that they offer. They will pay freight on bills of ten dollars or over to your nearest railroad station. They Make You Feel Good. The pleasant purgative effect pro duced by Chamberlain's Tablets and the healthy condition of body and mind which they create make one feel joyful. For sale by all dealers. r?EClAL NOTICES. Notice?We are carrlitfg a full stock of sewer pipes and lnfctings. Laurens Hardwar Co. 13-lt Lost?Crocheted baby cap between Mr. Capers Heliums' home and tho bridge over Little River. Finder will be rewarded for its return to The Ad vertiser ollice of to Mrs. Willis Year gin, Barksdale, S. C. 13-lt (hlckcns Ten White Orpington hens for sale at $1.00 each. One trio of S. ('. White Leghorns at $3.00. Also trio of Indian Runner Ducks at $3.00. Mrs. J. S. Bennett. 13-lt Notice! Notice! XotRw:?Parties wishing to buy Terra Cotta can find same at Laurens Hadwayre Co. 13-lt Trespass Notice?All persons are hereby forbidden to enter upon any of my lands for the purposes of hunting, fishing, trap.ting, netting, gathering fruit, straw or turf, vegetables, herbs or cutting timber on sann1 without first getting my .consent. William Coleman, Whitmlre, 9. C. 13-41 Lost One bunch of keys on the grounds around the Union Passenger Depot. Finder please return to this ollice or to the Express Office. 13-lt For Sale Barred .Plymouth .Rock Chickens and White and colored In dian Runner Ducks. Apply to Lewis Anderson, Laurens, S. C. L3-2t For rent Six horse farm, situated Within one mile of Mountvllle, In good state of cultivation; about fifteen acres of line bottoms, one mile of Mount vllle. Will rent as whole or cut up to suit parties. Apply to John T. Stokes, Mountvllle, S. C. l2-5t-pd For Rent?Four horse farm In high state Of c ultivation, with good pasture, situated within three quarters of a mile of Mountvllle. Will ernt as whole or will cut tip. Apply to John T. Stokes, Mountvllle, S. 0. U-5t-pd For Sale Splendid 8-room home With water and lights on 1-2 acre lot, well and conveniently located at Lau rens. For further information and terms apply 1)>'. W. H. Dial. Laurens. S. C. n-tf For Sale A choice one-acre lot on South Harper St. A combination store-room and house at Oakland Heights. About 10 ac res on Main St. near Mr. Howard's store. All of these properties at a bargain. Call on E. P. Mlnter, Laurens, S. C. 9-tf For Sale acres. 2 1-3 miles north of Laurens on two public roads, about 36 acres In cultivation, one four-room house one tenant house, good well and s, ring. Apply to Oakland Heights Realty Co., or B. P. Mlnter. 9-tf For Sale?One corn and one wheat mill, situated near Red Iron Racket In city of Laurens. Good condition, good patronage, run by electricity. B, B. Martin, Ixiurens, S. C. 8-tf A good Lantern for only f)0e at S. M. & B. II. Wilkes & Co. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no mutter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, o'.d reliable I>r. Porter'? Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves I'ain and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.00 CANDIDATE RICHARDS DISCUSSES QUESTIONS States Hit* Platform on Many of the Leading Topics of the Day. Election lams Should he Enforced. Columbia, Oct. 17.?Chairman John G. Richards, of the railway commis sion, and a candidate for gubernato rial honors to succeed Governor Blease, In announcing several planks of his platform upon which he will make the race for governor, stated that the primary system must be pre served Inviolate and that he would plead for honest elections, favored making qualifications for voting as easily complied with as possible; sug gested amendments to the primary election laws, and emphatically ex pressed his hearty disapproval of any law which wauld handicap the hum blest white Democratic voter. Other candidates for governor hav ing expressed themselves upon state wide topics of major Interest at pres ent, Mr. Richards was questioned at length by the representative of The Record, and, In reply, Mr. Richards expressed himself generally as fol lows: "Yes, I am fully aware of the fact that our suffrage laws generally and our primary system of elections espe cially are subjects of particular inter est just at this time and are likely to be made issues in the campaign that Is approaching; and I have watched the discussions of these questions as they have progressed with a great deal of Interest. "I regard this question as of vital Interest to the people of our entire state and I am never afraid to take position upon any public question. Election Questions. "To begin with, I believe that every Ddaiocrat of voting age should be reg istered and fully equipped, as required by law, to participate In our general elections and that It Is his sacred duty to do so. I believe that the burden to so equip oneself for the ballot shiuld bo made as light as possible, and that the boards of registration of the various counties should tour their counties and that at least each town ship should be visited, and where the townships arc large, that even the school districts should be visited that the freest and fullest opportunity may be given for registration. "Our Democratic primary system for nominations is the best we have ever enjoyed, or likely to enjoy, and It should and must be preserved. "I am, of course, nl favor of honest election i, as is every other honest man, but at the same time, I am in favor of a free and full expression of our Democratic vote at our primary elections, and am opposed to unneces sary burdens or restrictions. Election Frauds.. "I desire to sta'.e that I am in hearty sympathy with the efforts to rejmove even the suspicion of fraud from our election. "What we need Is a strict enforce ment of the laws that we already have. There are severe penalties against vote buying and vote selling, against Intimidations of any kind, against voting more than once, agalast perjury?in fact our statue laws are ample, so let us enforco them. "I believe that our primary election rules should be amended so as to prevent the enrollment of a voter in more than ono club. If this is done the opportunity to vote at more than one precinct will be removed and at the same time, our primary system of elections will be very (much strength ened and the affections of the people of the state. "I want It clearly understood, how ever, that I am unalterably opposed to the adoption of any regulation or restriction that will deprive the hum blest white Democrat of his vote, ex cept those, of course, who are debar red by the constitution and the pres ent statue laws of this state." Mothers! Have Your Children Worms? Are they feverish, restless, nervous, I Irritable, dizzy or constipated? Do they continually pick their noso or grind their teeth? Have they cramp ing pains, irregular and ravenous ap petite? These are abLslgns of worms. Worms not only ca^use your child suf fering, but stunt its mind and growth. Give "Kickapoq/'NVorin Killer" at once. It kills aud >einoves the worms, im proves youf'chlld's appetite, regulates stomach, liver and bowels. The symp toms disappear and your child is made happy and healthy, as nature intend ed. All druggists or by mail, 25c. K1CKAPOO INDIAN MEDICINE CO. Philadelphia, Pa. St. Louis, Mo. CLIP THIS COUPON AND Nominate a Child To-day 1,000 NOMINATION BALLOT 1,000 flood for one thousand votes in THE LAURENS ADVERTISER'S Children's Voting Contest. Child's Name .. Parent's Name . Parent's Address Eaeli child is entitled to but ONE of these nomination bal lots. Under no circumstances will the person's name be divulged who nominates a chib.. VOID NOVEMBER 8, 1013. 25 25 FREE BALLOT GOOD FOR TWENTY-FIVE VOTES IN THE LAURENS ADVER TISER CHILDREN'S VOTIXO CONTEST. Child's Name You may send in as many of these coupons as you can get. Eaeli one will count twenty-live votes for your favorite. !.:: ;0< x >or>: :i x >: ;< :( aa.x.x.u n ,i .. .. /. :-, This Cold Weather Will Chap Your Hands, Face and Lips! Hinps' Honey and Almond Cre/m; Frostilla, Camphor Ice, MenthoJatum, Rose Water and Gly cerine, Witch Hazel Jelly, Enthvmol Cold Cream, Ponds Extract, Cold Cream, Colgates Cold Cream, DMgett & Ramsdell's Cold Cream, P. D. & Co.'s Cold Cream, Hudnot's Cold Cream, Elcaya Cold Cream, Palmolise Cream. Any of These Will Relieve Them. POWE DRUG COMPANY On the Square Laurens, S. C.