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VOLUME XXXI. LAURENS, SOUTHl CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1915. fMID1 Allies Would Like to Have ' Their Influence. CHINA'S ATTITUDE NOT YET DEVELOPED Not Known Exactly Where the Idea Originated but 31any Believe that China Herself is iesponsibe for In. augurating the Move to Join with the AlIes in (realt War. it became known that in 'order to insure friendly relation between China and JipanII, conversatios and ex changes had been proceeding in Pc king and the Htiropean capitals look Iig to the formal eitrance of Chiuna on an etqual footing with Japani into the alliace that now includes GIreat Ulritain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan and Serbia. Military participation by China in the war would not be expected but the Politieal necessity of adding China to the allies is looked upon by them a. Of va .i importance. It was learned today that recently several .apanese warships were placed at stretgic points along the Chinese coast and that the possibility of Internal revolu tion in China through the proposed change from republic to parliamen tary monarchy had caused some Jap aniese officials to believe munitions of war should be husbanded for emer gencles. When the recent Japanese Oh inese iegotiations were In progress, .Japan sImilarly felt complielled to hold her ammunition supply for develop ments, a circumstance that is known to have embarrassed Russia consider ably. So far as Is known Ijore most. of the conversatIons have been conduetd at 1king, and It is not clear how far the proposal has beeni discussed with the Japanese government at. Toko. The beliIf is generial, however, that Great liriain, on accolilit of the obli ga Ions of her alliance with .apan, probably has con;ulted the Tokio government freely. Cin a's attitu1deI has, not yet (level oped but in some quarters here the view is held that thg Peking govern ment is favorably inclined to the En tente proposal since the move would guarantee the integrity of China dur ing the present disturbed conditions of world politics and safe guard her Interests at the peace conference. In fact, some rumors have reached offi cials recently that the plan actually originated In China. The feeling in ChIna against Japan has been growing on account of the recent negotiations and the possibility that a more friendly spirit might 1e ddveloped between the two Oriental countries also iN said to ho a factor in favor of Japaqese approval of the plan. Secretary Lansing declIned to comn ment on the situation. JON ES FOUNDI NOT GWIlTY. Anderson Mani Cleared of Murder Charge. Anderson, Nov. 19.- Ater deliber ating about one hour the jury hearIng the Feaster I. Jonen~ fiurder case re turned a verdict of not guilty at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. Judge Moore warnedl the audience in advance against any demonstration and the verdict was received silently by a pa(ked court room. Counsel andi friends of Jones seated near by extendled congratulations and lhe then hurried to an Anderson batik where his aunt, the widow of Dr. Li. 0. McCaia, for' whose murder Jones was triedI, was awaiting himt. lie and his aunt left the city In Mrs. Me Calla's automobile for the McCalla homne at Starr. Tihe unwritten lawv was the plea, Jones (declaring that lhe killed Dri. McCalla because tho latter invaded the' sanctity of hIs home. Jones is a nephew- of Mrs. McCalia and Is hor foster son. The case was atended with a groat deal of Interest throuighout the coumn ty because ~of the prominence and wealth ol' Jones and M(c~Itla. .About two "y6Avg 'kf4tr iiluttake, oonamets an 'obahiryvU writer .In 'thq phztoinnatI Entfrk~ WIt :y:Wf Sizes up Plend Husband and4'onders what she way smnoking whe She Im *gined that be was anide WOlAN'S HIGH PLACE ,IT 18 HER'S BECAUSE SHE CAN KEEP A SECRET. slas Margaret M.. Hanna Is One of the Most Trusted Employees In Office of the Department of State. There is only one woman in the United States who has knowledge of international events before they hap pen. Her name is Margaret M. Hanna. She is the confldential secretary and assistant of the second assistant secre Itary of state, Alvey A. Adeo, who is the only permanent official of high rtrak in the department. No matter who may be the executive head of the department, and regard less of whether the administration is Democratic or Republican, the courso of the foreign ofllce is stewred by Mr. Adee. All of the diplomatic affairs are managed by him. The complex unwritten code caIled intcrnitional law is to him familiar in its every par. agraph, and ho has all precedents at 1I1s fingers' ends. I Dut It goes without saying that such business involves an ininenso amount of detail. Which is whero the peculiar and exceptional talent of Hiss Hanna cones into play. She takes all that part of the work off Mr. Ado's hands. To him she is like a card catalogue to a librarian-and quite a bit more, in addition. Not until the present generation, Istrango to say, was it discovered that women are the great systematizers of; dbtail. Even the cleverest men are not 'in the same class with them at that sort of thing. Hence the fact that nowadays many captains of industry prefer to employ as their confidential secretaries women who, with special capability in this line, know how to relieve theni of all bother about the petty machinery of their oillco busi ness. Thus they are at liberty to do vote their entire attention to affairs of major Importance. Such is the function that Miss Han nia performs for the second assistant secretary of state. Incidentally to her duties she helps to preparo mainy state papers that are In the last degree con fidential in charactor. She Is the custo (an1' of miny al important seeret af fecting the welfare of the country; but, front her point of view, this is merely a part of the (lay's work. Sho forgets the secret automatically when' she leaves the oilco and goes home. It has often been said that a woman cannot keep a secret. Perhaps most women cannot. Holding that belief, wrongly or rightly, the department of state prefers not to employ them in confidential capacities. Too much is often at stake to make the taking of any risks advisable. But the rule is broken in Miss 1anna's case. She knows how to keep a secret, and the government of the United States is willing to bank on her reliability In this regard. When the Workers Quit. To the number of men under arts .a &those engaged in making war mu nitions except food and clothing though a great deal of war clothing is wasteful in that it is used up far fast er than If the wearers were in a civil occuIpation. Economically considered, all these men are idle, for they are producing no wealth. For Great B~ritahi their number has been calculated at some thing like half the total working popu-. lation. The proportion is probably about the same for the othoer belliger ents, except Russia, where it is some. -what lower. Suppose somethling like half the gainfully employed population of the United States struck work, sat down and twiddled their thumbs for two or three years, being supported in idle ness by the government during that period. Suppose thlere was some do. struction of real property by blowing up brIdges, throwing explosives into factories, burning villages. Suppose there was a very high 'casualty and *mortality rate among the idlers. Our economic position wvould then b~e about like Europe's. -The government would be borrowing imnmense sums to sup port its millions of pensioners, and our problem would be to offset the drain as much. as possible by levying -on labor that is not normally emplod productively--the surplus labor of 'women, children, the aged and the halt' -and by economising in all possible 1ways.-Saturday Eivening Post. HIER SON SUBJECT TO CROUP. "My son Iedwin is subject to mroup," writes Mrs. E. 0. IrwIn, New Kensing ton, Pa. "I put in many sleepless hetars 'at tIdtht betere I learned "of Qhamberln's Cough Rtemedy. 'Moth ers need not fear this disoane'if 'they k4f at'bottle of Chtberlain's -Oontl directed. It always gave mny boy re-I Itef." Obtain1able #verrwhero. IThanks At H I We're migh you have he that we are customers a line of bargi FOR THE LADIES. Quality Shoes. Il yolt desirea shoe that ranlis first in izalit,' style anl fit, you will vertainily try a pair. of, ourl shoe(s for woen)i $1.50 to $4.00 Underwear. We are prejprl -~better thanl ev er be'ore to oiler vou I lhe very best of "Set-Mu " winteir underwearI P at imloderate prices. Hosiery. I Iyou want pretty silk hose or cliapeI d 11mimore serviCeable host, Weve got .inst w\ hIt you are afer - --in p icell most lit tible. Blankets. You will finld hecre :In exvellent line of wma-mi winiter 1blanklts. ptr $1.25 amd $2.50 (GETl IT' .tT U. TERRiY'S BY PARCELS POST LAND SALE. fee in the < an attorney State of South Carolina, pers and at County of Laurens. are not cor IN COU.RT OF COMMON PL10AS. resold on Allen ). Barksdale, Individually and salesday on ats Administrator of the 10state of the former W. J1. Barksdale, Mceceased, Plain tiff. C. C. C. against Dated this C. 1). Barksdale, lIdividually and as Executor of the will of Dr. .uio. FIN A. Barksdale, Deceased, et at, De- Take not fondant. 1)ecemuber, Purusuant to a, Decree of The Court account of' in the above statedl case, I will sell at ecuitor's of public outcry to the highest hidder, at bles, deccea Lau11rens, C. II., S. C., oni Salesda3 in jiudge of I December next, bieing Alonday thle 6th Iat 11 o'col day of the mionthi, (luring the legal day will a huouurs for such sales, the following de(- fromn our I scribed property, to wit: Any plers All that tract of land situate in the are notified] County and State aforesaidl, just north- ment on thW west of the City of L~aurens, contain- lug claims~ Ing fouri hundredl seventy fiye and 80- pre.sent tlic 100 (475.86) acres more or less (ex- duly prove cepting one fourth of an a re for each graveyard on said) pr'em es and the rights of wvay thereto) , bounded on tihe north by lands of 1. J1. Owings Novemberci and 1llenry Kenne< y, the east by i lands of J1. D). Watt dI 1ittle iver, on the South by Ia i fo merly the estate of Dr. JIno. Wiarksdalec, de0 ceased, no0w owvned /. Dr. W. 1. Dial, St of SC lands of the estate of Dr. TP. F. Todd, C'ounity deceased, the 0old public highway lead-. IN lng from Laurens to Greenville and 0. P. Goou land of J1. J. iDendy, and oil lie west tile esi by3 the public highway leading fromn deccam Laurens to Greenville, andi thle road leadling to the old WViliams mill1 whiichr W. P. Cumi dlividles it froml the 17 14-100 acres now 11y yirtut owned by Rufus D). Armstrong. Thie r will sell above tract of land wi'll lie surveyed rens, C. 11. and cut into suitable lots or tracts comber, 1i1 and plats of same w~Ill be on file in the (lay of thi Clerk of Court's oflee for [aurens hours for County for public inspectIon. Sala of E. Y. C land to be0 sold first by the tract as Seufflletowni surveyed and mapped and then be ty, containi sold as a whole the bid the most ad- more or 1 vantageous to the parties will be ac- R. B. Bell eepted, ninghamn k Terms of sale: One-third cash, one Y. Ouiining third, one year from date .of sale, and Terms e1 one-third two years from date of sale, pay for at the credit :portion to be sdered 'by teW'ifl bt isa bond and inortgage 6t' the' tit'chaser the' land to over, the said premise4 beklng8 per sit6lsekueht c. t,4itprest'.fri d't 'f sale, to be ter'ms, at 't 6hsed to pay bi ente bid' in cash. Said mo ago also to provide ten per emnt of a iann~t Ada 'nattoeas )Nov. 16, 11 iving Offer erry's ty thankful for the pr iped to give us and we still able to offer our n unusually varied an xins. Some Recent Arrivals. I l nie': all-wooel erge skirts ini hhn-k and1( $2.50 nnd $3.00 l dali's' slk shirt vaists. inl pink. fle'.hl- ilor, itavv. while. Ilek --mlae i1f wawish ,*k at $1.00 L.alis' I ilbiti silk shirt \ waists in .1i Ie. pinik and while at $2.50 lInga silk waists inl all colors at $1.00 'lhe are in ('hristiias boxes anl Imake eXcel len1t gifts. Material for Making That Christmas Gift. Ihose prelty lite 'ilts 1hat are so unn-hel ;apprevinltvlina .11 mn1:1e, have mel~wed~ their. ui1euiriials lre. \\'E' h1ave. 1 Id ;v Y yur inspiectionl cro(Iloel tlr'e:ll in all colors. ivoryI \ . Ls, rbbons Ines alal eveyth*in.' A SI- ( 1 1 I.\l, _-1"111 vnll. plated hat1 pins :2 l'or 25c A\ I I'-('Il ML aist lin sets 3 I'mr loc. SH. TERRY ase of silt or collection by LAND SALE. Purchaser to pay for pa amps. If the terms of sal) State of South arolint, iplied with, the land to be Coty of Lanrens. samt o some subsequent IN COURT OF COMMON same terms at the risk ot flank of Cray Court, Piin purchaser. agaist C. A. POWER, 1). 1). Stoddard et al, Defei P. and G. S., Liaurens, S. C. Pursuant to a Decree of Nov. 11, 1915. 17-3t in the above stated vase, I public outcry to thle highest AL SETTLEMENT. ' .1iills, C. If., C., on S ice that on tie 10th day of -,. I.- - , i d 1915, we will render a finl ayl t h ioit,(u~n our nets and dloings as E'x he~ x state (of LoAret ta Grulm - sile u'i~'Y0wt sedl, in thle otllce o ~- the id g a (1 itiiI('ii I) I 'robatec of [Lurens unty, oinyadSiaeaors1( :k a. mi., a idontjt'i same 1.Altaloorpc pply for a afl ~IIscharge kona h ) ) t ruists as exCel to . Ieeonaig5It-i'( on indebtedl I aid estate liI~(312 ceio' and~ rettir i d make pay- lOill( i h o' ib it date and all persons hav- ~Oiis nte(1t13 against said estate will OinsndI.I tod m on or before said (late, or be forever barred. suhb id fI...~o P. 1I. (Grumibles, e.a. Jessie Vaughn, 2 l ht Exctiors. otaiii it.1 Iic 10, 19 I5.-1 mo. S IIars 'fr rls LAN N A LE. d ~,aid.A nrltI uthI Carolina, ddO h etb iid oif 1auirens. tollai. I'itOTA'TE ('Or'liI'.AlThtta. rpr :1win, as Ad min istriat or ofkiwaasIleMltict ate of E. Ya. Cuninlighami, iiet Icinur ole ud, Plaintiff o h otcs.adsu against o 1 .lu 'c nlws ) iinghamn et al, I)efendants. l~ti' en nw st of a dtecree in this actionMilta. at public a'ictioni at. I au- 'IeiisoSa:On-lf S. C., on ~alesday In lDe- ictohpadtel' i( 15, beIng 1Monday the 6th(lt ofse:tecrlt 0 mnoiih,~i ithin the legal scrdb 11( n ot iuch ale , the real estate Prhsroe'tesi uinnln Ai ~, dceased, in haiglglItrs io TVown~l p, Laurens Coun-laotoprhsro Y ig eigh ty-eight (88) acres, bdI ah 0prcn ess, b)ounfded by lands of fei aeo uto o~ Mrs. 8. E.- Bell, J. 8. Cun-casrtpyfoppesa id others, known as the E. fteersosaereo ham home place.wihthladoberod Bale:- Cash. Purchaser to sm usiotSlsa imps and papers. If the trs trs ffre u Ale ire .not gomplied with, C .P be' resold on same oE some C .C .ad0 . a stebdky to the sa atedthsN .1.19 . be risko th feI eri pur7-Weaedglina it 0.G..TOPS, -V nsal lw rm$.0 J. E.. L. C. ings >sperity that re thankful friendas and d atractive FOR THE MEN. Me-n's Shoes. i s seI(;t we I I' pe'ally well pre-cp al Io fit ymtir l'oot with shioe mi 11 bIth style a Ind pInlity at ri ghIt prices. leith and4 I'ratt. anl 16a shoes for mlenl at $2.00 to $5.00 Underwear for Men. We at ('espeeially proud of' our exv(Cllient line o' 1111's tine watrmt wiliter' Iltlderiwear. (all atl let is fit you ti1p to bck the hitter will er 4 weather. Sox! Shirts! Ties! outrl well-selc'cotol ilne oF lE'i 'S k:'-l, shirts .11dl il-, Ilim.dl, v\(TV thn lint Inlis fori t good var - t( l ':1t,1Y. dy o, h vni : 1 re:1sii _ sblet pih'. 'e rprn -INxiou I-) haIVe you all mAl j - on4 Io (.vo thin!'s ne inmen's w aabh-s. Tryu' its! UE'I', ii .vr If. TI'ElIRY'S RY PARCELS POST LAND SALE. State of South Carolina, I'AS 'ounty of LaurenH. IN COliIT OF COMMON PLICAS 1. N1. Lanford and S. M. Castleberry, 1.t1tL Plaintiffs t Ie Cour't a gaIf l insl. t vill sell at .m. (. Whittaker, I)etendant. bidder. t Pursuant to a Decree ot the court Atleday in inl the above slated case. I will sell Ir. ly the tilh Putt'lic outtry to the higiest. biddler. at the legail lautrons, C. II.. 8. ('., on Sale'sday. in lowitng de- t)i(t e i' ber net, behing Mlonday ow it h da~y oif thle mlothI, dutring th le gaI :und, lyinig, hours for 5iuchl sales, the Ito lowitng Tlowvnsip, describedhec tropietty, to wit: .followus: All t hat tract or' partcel of lan tlyI 1l of land ,ing. heitng, andl situate In Yocungs ard home 'i'ownshtip in Laur iens Connty in said1 and1( one- Staflte, conltaininog one0 hutndr ed and1( or less, I t'tly two0 (152)I aeri9A, more1 ori less5, ands of J. houndled by landq pf J1. P. (Ira, V.I.e wis ands of .1. IBailey, Einotee Irver' andl ot hers. rd, otn the Termsx otf Sale' cash. iPurthaseru to Idard, antd I'ay. ~ for paprs and ~ stimps. It thlie A. Hulctt termsn of sale ate n)1 oti tml ied withi, the land~ to be re-sold oin satme Or' someid I of land subsetuenit Salesday ion satme t'rmos, otne-fouthI at trisk of form'ter pitrchauset'. I, biountded C. A. tPO W El I. Stod- C. C. C. P. and C. S. Laiiuens 8. 0. the east Dated, thItis Nov. thit 191 !. Storidaird, 1l1.3t of J. T. ci of land BilltI) E TO'( ,ET'. Con'tiing IOn the 28jrd day of Novetmber, J1915, , hounded at I I o'clock A. Al., the Supeervisors or at by land Laitienis andtc Newther-y Coin wil the liIitch Ilet ('ontract for the erection of a Stoddatr d bidge over' .\ttludli eCee (on the line of 5aid (counft ies abont f'ourt 0 miIes ('ast cash, hal-- o: Vaughosville, PJ9rsuiaint to an Act othis from of' thle Gecnera I isembliy prov ~iing Ition to he thneref lor. Pl ans d ft speeitienItions will age of t he he ex hibilted ~IfiOh letting or al the premIses, oties of the si ervisotr after Nov. h.. daIt(e, with Witten cont rt and bond wIll Ibe re his entire itired to be executed within ten days. attorneys Successful hidder to dleposit cheek of stton. Puir- $10 to guarantee sIgning of coniract. id sta'nps. The right Is reserved to reject any or L compliedl all bids. en same or HI. Bi. Hlumbert on samei Supervisor for Leaurens County. .haser. 15-3t rena, 5. 0. - -- - Thre wilbea b6x dtjer at fleaa. re h'l of oreain chureh'6.n PrIddy night, Nov. rpriced26 for the jet~~iit' of'the church, The. a 2 rw p ublcsinvatuee