The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 18, 1915, Image 3
FRENCH EXPENIT TRACES ITS IN.
PLUENC! IN LITERATUR.
Shows PossibliIty That the'Institution
of the Nomad Troubadour Had
Its Origin in the Country
of Wales.
Anatole le Braz. of the University
of Rennes, Brittany, In a lecture on
the Celtic influence in literature, at
the University of Cincinnati, dis
tinguished between two classes of
Celtic populations, those Celtic in ori
gin, but with an intermingling \or
French an English blood, and those
more pure y Celtic. The second class,
he said, is found in France, among
the Bretons, and in England, among
the Celts of Cornwall, the Welsh, and
the Irish. To it we must look for any
remains of the Celtic genius and for
the means -by which Celtic influence
was brought to bear upon European
S-literature. Ireland, which M. le Braz
chose as his starting point, possessed,
at the time of the Scandinavian inva-.
sion, an old civilization that had been
little influenced by Rome or Germany.
Christianity, however, left a profound
Imprint upon the Gaelic soul. It is in
the religious domain that Ireland first
Influenced the European world. Her
saints evangelized barbaric Europe;
and it was at the time of her religious
awakening that she produced her
artists. and philosophers. The influ
ence of her epic poetry was no less
felt than that of .her evangelization.
The Celts of Cornwall and Wales, he
continued, superior in culture at the
time of the Saxon invasion, refused to
be absorbed by their more savage con
iquerors. The two chief Celtic pas
sions, love of country and love of in
dependence, found expression in the
legends of King Arthur, who, they be
lieved, would reappear to free them
from the Saxon yoke. Through poetry
and music those legends were kept
ever fresh in the Celtic mind. Music
and song were an essential part of
theii' education, and the bard was a
privileged character among then,
from the sixth century through the
twelfth.
Grddually, as the Celts and Saxons
united, the latter learned to appreci
ate the Celtic poetry, and the Celtic
literary themes passed into Saxon
possession. But, as the new social
stato evolved, formed of this alliance,
the art of the bards ceased to be an
official institution, and they were com
pelled to find a means of support.
'They became wandering singers, go
ing to assemblies, feasts and abbeys.
"I should not be surprised," he
marked M. le Braz, "if it should some
day be discovered that the institution
'of the nomad troubadour, of the
jongleur, so popular in Europe during
the middle ages, had its first origina
tors in the country of Wales.", Through
the nomad bard, then, Celtic poetry
was disseminated, sung in the three
,languages-Celtic, Saxon, Roman.
Xerxes and the Hellespont.
We can imagine our sailors apply
Ing alliterative epithets to the Darda
nelles when one of the weather inter
ruptions occu's, remarks the London
Chronicle. But we cannot imagine
Admiral Carden doing that sort of
thing ofilcially, as Xerxes did when a
storm wvrecked his bridge of boats
from Abydos to Sestos. Not content
with hraving the engineers decapitat
ed, he ordered the infliction of 300
lashes upon the strait and the letting
down into it of a set of fetters. IHe
rodotus discredits the story that
Xerxes also sent irons to brand the
strait, But the historian does give
the pon-Hlellenic and blasphemous
ternms which the scourgers were or
dered to use: "Thou bitter water, this
Is the penalty which our master in
flicts upon theo "because thou hast
wronged him though he has never
wrionged thee. King Xerxes will cross
thee, whether thou wilt or not; but
thou deservest not sacrifice from any
man, becauso thou art a treaciherous
river of salt water."
She Gently Swore.
One of the new skeleton-trimmed
hats wora by women caused merri
ment in a New York subway train
and cost one man tike price of a new
pair of eyeglasses. The wearer of the
hat, a short, stylnshly gowvned, good
looking young wvomnan, was seated be
tween two tall men, both of whom
wvore eyeglassea with a cordl atta'ched.
Every time the woman fIdgeted
around the timming would catch the
strings attached to the ey-eglasses of
the twvo men. Suddenly one' of the
mn started for the door as the guard
called his station. WVhen lie arose
he jerked the girl's hat almost off
her head, and as the hatplns pulled
her hair she gave a little cry of pain,
The man confusedly murmured an
apology, at the same time clutching
at his glasses, which had been loas
-ened by the concussion ad which fell
to the floor and were broken. The
.young man beat a retreat for the'
door, while the young woman adjust
ed her headgear and gently swore be
neath hear lireath.
M staken Influence.
*"Pops w y doesn't the anticruelty
society get after WVall street?"
*"WVhy sh 111d it?"
"Don't I icy have bull fights and
bear'pita tere?"
*omething of One.
"Is your son anything of a sprinter
since i'5 vent to -ollege?"
"Well, in holds the family record
for runuirbrg -up a bill."
Effort to Secure.Fair Price of Cotton
Object of Conference at Galveston.
Galveston, Texas, -August 14.-Rep
resentative bankers from eight cotton
growing States here today pledged
themselves to stand solialy -behind the
producers in an effort to secure a fair
and uniform price for cotton,'and in
this they were pledged the support of
the four Southern Federal reserve
banks.
The meeting of bankers resulted in
the perpetuation of the Cotton States
Bankers' Conforbnce, the next meet
ing of which will be called for No
vember or December. Joseph Hirsch,
of Corpus Christi, Texas, president of
the Texas State Bankers' Asociation,
proposed the conference held today.
The means by which it is proposed
to secure to the producers a fair price
for their staple is the gradual market
ing of cotton. The bankers agreed to
advance money to the farmers on cot
ton securities and the Federal reserve
bank representatives agreed to dis
count this paper. Thus they hope to
offer no more cotton than the market
will instantly absorb. The purpose of
such graduated marketing is not spec
ulative, it is pointed out, but for the
benefit of the producers.
In the meeting today presidents of
flive State bankers' associations, repre
sontatives of three Federal reserve
banks and numerous prominent clear
ing house representatives took part.
Unanimity of opinion marked the dis
cussion and the opinion of the bank
ers, as exiressed, was that the finan
cial South is solidly behind them.
There were seventy-two bankers pres
ent.
That the reserve directors are in
sympathy with the movement was in
dicated by the interest shown by W. P.
G. Harding, chairman of the Federal
reserve board. In a telegram to 'Mr.
Il irsch Mr. Harding expressedi a will
in1gness to meet with a committee of
Southern bankers in Birminigham on
August 26. Pursuant to this expres
sion, a committee was appointed and
will confer with Mr. Harding on the
general subject of cotton marketing.
The committee is composed of one
represeitative from every State and
nearly all the members are the presi
dents of their respective State bank
ers' associations.
The formation of an association of
Southern bankers had been one of the
plans of the leaders in calling the
meeting held here today, but after
tite delegates arrived it was decided
to abandon this plan.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cte nuy'case of Itching,
Blind, Bleed ing or Protruding Piles In6 to 14 days.
The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c.
- WOO) ON VOIUNTE' Eli A t.311.
Says I'tledSlates lilts Plenty of 31
terial.
Plattsibu rg, N. Y., August J1 .-The
liiIted States has plenty of material
for a volunateer~ army of 1,250,0010, and1(
all that is needed is a plain for utiliz
lng it, MAajor Geni. Ieoniard Wood said~
here todiay ini a statemient on t he na
tion's ipreiparedness for war. The
chief need, lhe declaredl was oflcers.
lieI advoca tedi training college s tdens
ini their junilor and senIor years along
thle same lines ats now arec being used~
at the millIary camatp of inistruttion
here.
Gein. Wood says thle couin Iry has
three sources from which to draw of
fleers fronm privatIe life. Frirst of thlese,
lieasserted, were mina who had been
in thle regular service or il11Ita. See
ond,1 lie would obitain oflieers from a
li st of men kept by thle wari delpart
mtent andt~ would have (tualil led by ex
am inations. ''Te third~t sourcec would
be~ froin schtools or inst itution s int
whir- som011e iitaryv traIining is given.
For any army of I,250,000, Geni \Vood
Mid, Ithe nat ion would need 40,000 of
fleers. From these 1,u should be
chosenr each year for special gradles of
the service. Tihese men, '' evenaly he
wouuld have become the higher gradle
of otlcers for volunute ers.
Referrinog to mIlitary service Gen
Wood said:
'No one has a right to consider his
discharge of (duty as a soldier as vol
untary. Th'is ditty is an obligation
that is binding upon all whom are
mentally and pihysically fit, and with
in certain age limits. A man has no
more right to speak of volunteering to
dischar'ge his dlutties to the nation as
a soldier than he has to talk of vol
unteering to obey any moral law or
i'ay his just debts."
aen Wood also took a strong stand
against waiting until Iiac of w~ar to
organize a voiluntteer army. He as
serted sucht a plan would be ab~out as
effective as waiting until a fire broke
out to organuize a volunteer fire com
pany. Soldiers enlisted at such times,
lie said, wonld iiot know what was ex
pceted of them.
'The liner Laplaiid, tundier chtarter to
he White. Star Line, sailedh for Liver
1)ool yesterday with 273 passengers.
The carried a full cargo.
Young Greenville Candidate ALmost
Starts Something.
Greenville, Aug. 6.--The only ex
citenent of the race for the vacant
seat in tile Greenville delegation to
the gdneral assembly occurred tonight
when Marvin R. Reese, recent grad
uate of the University of South Car
olina, essayed to denounce the legis
lative delegation. Mr. Reese said he
would prevent "rascality" when ihe
got in the house. T. P. Cothran, mei
ber of the delegation, asked what he
meant by the remark and the speaker
replied that he had reference to the
actions of the Greenville county dele
gation. Thereupon MIr. Cothran called
him a "liar and a dirty puppy."
The speaker was flabbergasted, but
finally said he would not resent the
remark as Mr. Cothran was an "old
man." Then Senator Earlo arose and
said, "I am a young man, Mir. Reese,
and I tell you that you are a 'liar and
a dirty iui)y."
The meeting was held in the opera
house here.
Swine by Old Londoi.
We hear much today of the dangers
of '.ie Lonidon vtreets, but. we are
sparrd some of ..he perils of an ear
lier Ige, says thi London Chronicle.
The recently i'u lished Calendar of
Coro.iers' Rolls fo.' the City tels how
the lany swine vandering about the
stret>s were onca Loidon's greatest
nuiptnces. In 1: !2 an inquest was
helI on a child v ho was attacked in
her --radle by a :;ig which had wan
dern't in through tile open door oi' her
parenits' shop. A -d a little earlier
lett.- a patent werE !ssued to an infant
who Icst an c-ar fre;n the same cause.
Thet tetters certilled the cause of the
accl er t, lest later' c.a the uncharitable
shov'd sy that the 'ar had been cut
off it tia pillory b3 the knife of the
law.
CONI)ENSED PASSENGER
SCOETULE
PIled mont & NorthephI liHway Co.
Effective J 6, 1915
Grecenvi 0, S. C.
Arrivals from )epartures to
Spartanburg Spartanburg
No. Time No. Time
3 7:55 A M 2 7:00 A M
5 10:00 A 11 4 8:10 A M
7 11:35 A l G 10:20 A M
9 1:55 P M 8 12:10 P M
Il 3: 10 P Ml 10 1:45 P M
15 5:11) P M 12 1:15 P M
17 7:40 P M 14 6:30 P I
1.) 11:25 P M iH 10:50 P M
Arrivals from Depart u res to
Greenwood and Greenwood and
Andierson Anderlson
4 8:05 A M 1 6.00 A Ml
I; 10:10 A M 3 7:55 A M
3 12:101 P Ml 5 15:00 A Ml
10 1:15 P M 7 11:35 A M
12 41:10 P M 9 2:00 P Ml
141 0:301 P M 15 5:10 P M
16 1(1:50 P M 17 8:45 P M
C. S. ALLICN,
Tr'aillc Manage'.
2 Stores in Laur
Sells Sal
Clothing, I
Glass, Crocker:
Poles, Lace Cu'
Watches, Jewe
Cigaretts, Stati
And remer
Goods for Less
Don't spend a I
J.oC
[1000 BARGAINS
Any Time
Post To
These Superior Corn P
only a delicious breakfa
make an appetizing lunch
the day.
And how the kiddies d
After play time---for lunel
the crinkly brown flakes ju
Post Toasties are ma(
selected Indian Corn; st
daintily seasoned, rolled an
delicate golden-brown.
Post Toasties reach yoi
serve---just add cream or n
no sugar is required as I
cooked in. Also mighty g<
kind of fruit. Ask your gr
Post Toasti
Notice of Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Peoples Loan & Exchange Bank
will be held at the banking office on
August 24th at II a. in.
C. W. Tune, Cashier.
2-3t.
Whenever You Need a General Tonk
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properticsof QUIN INl9
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
NOTIl('I 01" EI.E("''l0N.
S11114 of Souith ('arol'ina,
('ountly (f latuirens.
VIere('as, petitions signed by a legal
nubiher of the Ejiiaiild electors and
free-holders lre iig in ullivan
11oo1 ditIct No. I, lIn rns ounty,
Southi (arolina, askinlg for ani ('EotIont
upIon thle qu Eest lin o voing anl addi -
tional 4 tiill tax upon11 the prIoperity in
sadsho disirictI to lbe utsedl for
scoo aupss hae been ti !ed with
thle' counEty bEoad( of (Eucat ion, ani ('ICe
ion Is lher'ebyE ordlered uiponl sad quEies
lion, sid el(ection to lbe hel (En the 1st
dayc of Ietember, 195 at Priineltn
me Goods
-lats, Shoes, Dry G<
y, Enamnetedware,I
rtains, Trunks, Sti
try, Standard PAt
onary, Tablet Ver
n ber we Sell More (
Money all the tim4
Red Cent until you,
will be glad
.* BURNS
ALWAYS BUSY. TI
Vest Laurens St. Next to Brarn
Square, 0. B. Sim
.R~ive
AV,
asti*es
lakes are not
;t food---they
at any hour of
:enjoy them!
k or supper
t hit the spot.
le of choicest
eam - cooked,
d toasted to a
1 all ready to
ilk. Little or
aure sugar is
)od with any
Dcer.
es---the Superior Col
school house. in said district, nde
the alnagellent of tihe trustees of
said school district.
Only such electors as retuin11 real or
I'ersolial Iplroperty for taxation and
who exhibit their tax r'ceipts and ieg;
istration certiflie tes as reiuired inl the I
general election shall be allowed to
vote.
Those favoring the -1 mill additional
tax shall vote a- ballot containing the
word "YNlS" writell or printed there
o0n. Those against tile inill addition
al tax shall vote a billot Conltaini ng
the word "NO" writfen or printed
t'le1voln. P'oll* sha J opell at tile 110111
or x o'iock in\ th IforTnooI andl shllI
revi'il tt open u i il the hour11 of 1 o'clock
In thIe' afteInoptil wheln they shall be
vlosvd, and thilt ballots collited.
Ilie 1uIlstees shall replort the result!
of, the ilectioni to the co nllity aliilor
and county sup1erilteldent of dua
tion within ten days thereafter.
.JA.\li-S if. Sl'LLIVAN,
lBy ordwr of C'ountly lloar.
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NOTICE(' Oh'' El11TION.
S'~infe of South (Cariolinni,
( ony of lII lurens.
Whlerleas, lietitions signied by a legal
nu111nher otf the <talitied eector's andii
districet Noi. ;3, Laurens counlty, South
Slaus
for Less
ods, Millinery, Noti
Rugs, Window She
t Cases, Table Oil (
nt Medicines, ToL
icils, Envelops and
ioods for Same Mot
get to the Red Iror1
you came.
& COMPA
HIERE'S A REASON
tiett Shop. No. 2 Store Sout
m~on's Old Stand
9
t
n Flakes!
'arolinta, asking lor' an election upon
he question of' voting ana additional
mill tax upon the property in said
ichool distriet to he used for school
wI rposes, have been iled with the
!ounty board of education, an election
s hereby ordere( u1pon said question,
;aid election to be held onl the 1st (lay
>f Sepetber 1915, at Shiloh school
iouse in said distriet, under the Man
igemnent of the tI'ustees of said school
listrict.
Oly such electors as return real or
iersonal property for taxaton and who
x hi hit (heir tax recCei)t s a11(d regis
ration certificates as required in the
enteral elction shall be allowed to
Thos favorin g thw :1 mill additional
Xord "YEiS" writtenl or p)-intedl lhere
M. Those against flyo :1 mil!1 addl
ionl1 tax Shall vote Ai hall containl
ig the wor'd "NO' /Written or printed
Iiercon. I ' oils SI l I ope at the hour
if' s o'clock inl the f'orenoonl and shiall
'Itmatin n util t hI e hour f1 1 o'lock
ni the zuternoon whenu they' shall he
'losed, and thle hlilots ('ounted.
Th'le tr'usteu's shall repiort (lie result
>I (lie elect uitn to thei 'outnty auditor'
ion wit hini ten days thetreaftert.
Iliy ordlet' of ('oiinty I oard'.
~htering PricesI
onis, Tinware,
ides, Curtain
loth, Clocks,
sacco, Cigars,
Racket Goods.
iey and Same
Racket. You
NY
1000 BARGAINS
5 Side of Public