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* - - 4 *N /44*1~xxxiI - LAURI3NS. SOUTH CAROLINA, WINE2SDA.DCME 0 96 UBR2 - --- ---- - -- -- NUM ER 2 P[AC[ PROPOS4LS 4R_[fORARD[D Washington M a k e s no Comment in Transit. LOYD-GEORGE IS CENTER OF INTEREST ('oncensus of London Press Is that Peace Propo)4sitls should not, hie 1g. nored. Itussian Opposition AttAets (reat, ifterest. .ledia1o0n to Wall. Washington, Dee. 16.-T-lhc for wnarding today of 1li' cen tra1il powers rI'oposa l' for ieac(' reonovcd t he col ter of im reet in I tin, Iri e l imnoe 14 the allied capill'.!s, parlitilariyi Lan don,1) wher lh\le ;:nit l tiluu slon. th th: e mmnIWa i'.1;, \ li r l (t.( I -(' I () 2)( It 1 i ii( the time i in!s to what lr'ie r LW d. ) trade of the al\ld n:1tion.; w n h The Ithree' v()'erim Of the( pro!)')x;1; d(ffering slighiy her laU:ice of the IraiL hation. i made in Iicrlii, Viennaa mil Constantinople were harmonized into one logical Amlerican translat lon, a. single copy of w' hiclh was sent to the American ambassadors in the seven belligerent countries where the United -States represents Germany, Austrian or Turkish diplomacy. The actual of fleial texts will probably be forwarded later in order to preclude any chance of error or misinterpretation. Whet her any suggestion or offer to mediate will be made by this govern mlient until it is indicated ulnmistaka lily that such action would be welcom @I ....y both.. sidea. remains undetor minled but. President Wilson is known lo be anxious that. the United States shall not impair Its usefulness as a mediator by premature action. The two day delay while a uniform trailslation of t lie peace notes was be ing preimred here may, in the belief of some diplomatists constitute in it self a hint. to the helligerents of the weight that. is attached by American ofilcials to any peace proposal. LONDON iIAS NOT 'IIE('EIVEl) TilE NOTES Consensus of i'rilss linion Is That Pcee Ovtuires Shiouild Not he4 Ig.. nored. Onu ly NorthelhiYe Papers Op. .1 , pose. Lomdon, Dec. tI.---The fo''ig n e 'ce anilnonlied before closing totday that It ld not yet received the imace note and the i ominent o't cial ( i. elimedl:'know vle . e of its cant'. Ius 1 r - yonld w\halt the newsp;tapers had;c pri, fished. 'I'he I i'ench victory at Verdn : Is (hlaiimed l'y alil the" I4)hndoni Pal''r*; a the F~rench reply to the German (em Pe'rou's spch''l to Il hi tp in Alace and1( Chlancellor von ilithmanniloIl. weg's ('timi of the inv'ineility of The oniion; 0. the Brithirh 'res.< as retlected ini the1 latlest editorials are the. leasi the governmen( t can do is to make a statemenut on thue allies' alms al objets or ask for the pre nentatIion of thle (Ireman terms. The weekly reviews including thle finaneial organis take the same line as (10 also the provincial papers. The only notable "eept Ion hia~s been the Northel itfle group wvhiich lmnmediatel y urged thart Ireat Britain shiould ig none the overtures. Tihuere appears to lie a concensus of oinhiolnht the allIes shiould not coni sider entering into a conference until they knowv app~roximlately the central plowers' p)olicy and( unless they con sider thant that pliclly contains the seeds for agreement. The Rtussian rojeetion of the overtures was pub * lished. too late for comment by the e norning papers. All the afternoon pa ) alisw reftratn tronu bxpressing itheir opinion thereon. o -Clapt. W. -T. Adams of Grenvill was here yesterday on business la con.. .nection with the building of new hous es at Watts. .(ept. Adams was recewnt 17 elected couainanding omeer, of -the Greentille Coapny. P'A(1 NOTES DELIVEI{') IN CAPITALS OF ENTENTE (Germanii Protters of Negotiations In End War leceived. Not, Speritle and Not A ccompilnied by Comment Froii the Nations ''ransmitting The'm to Helligertuts. London, . Dec. 18.-The peace not1 of the central power:, was handed to the British government today by Walter IInes Page, the American am hassador. The 1) res 1,en1,a Ion of tihe German note to the entente allied governments now has practically heen accoiplish ed. Whitlie Ihe lIritIsh l foreign office was r'"ec lvIig tile doetinlenI from .\mi l'assador Page short ly after nloon, ii ais hellev''(d that a sintilar delivery wa takin tplace in I'aris. T atI I I H : e 1., !'':Se'ntedl the note of thle central you .\ . d ih n comm ':. :tt tT h t; 1 . r, Ii n!l e i4 the deli44 erh 0) tan y 10l11:11 and other l co;untrit,;; 11' *'arit (1' -1'I co4n {.N I t ' ih prto\' '1ih:::nial' thea'.1m' F e 11 t';'' j 'e eic li 111:1(1d Inl the reiclh by ('haucll or vonlI ht :i1na(nnl Ilollweg and without cointaining an1d4 speeilie ind leation of the teris. It also lr being observed in olicial cireles that the note was uniformly plresenited without comment. This is taken to indicate that Germany fram ed the communincation so that the neutral intermediaries would act only as forwarding agents, at least at. the outset. Premier Lloyd-George's speech In the house of commons Tuesday is expected to show tl~e general attitude of the British government. , 'here after exchanges betweeni the entente allies will determine the nature of the Joint. reply but Informal conferences already have prepared im uch of the ground. It is uinderstood the assertion lade in the (erma n note that the war was t forced upon Germany will not he per illied to go unclhallengecl. What I:, term ed by hiritish o'lleials as ( r mani's 1 inethod of conducting war a1gainal a civilian population, partie ularly in tne recent Belgian deport a tions, ahl:o is1 likely to hm pointed out While the note, as5 presented, makec no refierence to a conIferenee there contlinus to be indlieations that (er litany is seekin,g a coliferelce. I'resent'd ii Pa'tlris. Pia'ris, 1Ie, I 1.- --The Aimu'rleai er:I hI;i:'ts ta I)O1ln itted the (ierman p1a:( note to tih' French forvign ollice Io (bay. Hf. A. C'(OOPEli HEi-EL~.t;"I'EUl. (1(1'.l 011 r n Io g fSao y .Yi''1&(ting (in harlst on lurnst WerhI. .\t 11he meet4)in1 of the G;rand4 Lodgme, .\nvi''nt O)rder of lFree .\asonsM, haiI in 4 uharlestion last week'4i, lIIon. it . ('o0ner, oif this City, was for the 0me 44nd4 time0 et4ted as Grand Master oif thle lodge. .\r. C. .\. Power of this13 <il , was5 ( IppoIitedl Pursuilvanitand.\1 r. F'. Ii. ioland, of \Vare Shoals, Stew ar d. Olheirr.a whol attIendied thle mieet - inlgW(I were ho. I. Swygert, D). .\. Nor' woodl, (of this cIty, J1. WV. Wells of Gray t'ourt, W. S. K(ing of llrewerton, F. II. I oland, W\are Shboals, 19. E. S~ison, of Princeton, ,1. ('. Smithi, of WVaterlo1o, J. M. S'Immons of Cross lIl111, 1tev. i'. L. Ightfoot of 2linton, W. A, .\eCiln tock of Ora, and GeCo. 11. ilankeey of IEnoree. DECLARES DJVID)END). Farmiers National iBanuk Presenits Stocholdlers ithi Chirlstmais Money. At a meetIng of the dIrectors of the Fiarmern Natiouial Blank held last week, a semI-annual dividend of three [indl one-half per cent was declared. Trho bant' Is In fine circumstances as Rhown by the fact that the annual ilvidend has been Increased by one per cent. The bank is the youngest in Laurens, havIng been organIzed In Mfarch 1914. At the s1etingslast week It was decided. to hold the annual ItoopeJde4r, m~etppg 1Japuary .9% 1917. -. E' ('OLIM BUS U. W,1 LIA('E ('LAIMED BY IEIATHI Well Known ('itizen of Youngs Town. ship, Former . Ligislator Passed . waiy Sunday. Columhns It. Wallace, at different times a member of both the upper and lower houtses of the General Ass embly p1assed away at his home, Wallace iLodge, in Youngs township, Sunday at noon after at lingering ii lness. Ile had been in a precarious ondition for some time, so, his death was not un exp'cteI. lurial services and inter 1unt took place yesterday at the Wal lace bmrying ground, adjacent to his home, tihe services being 'collutelrled l. the' rt'esidingi, chle(Pr of tis dlist rict of thn .\Icetholdist confe'renen", Ikc v. P. I:. Tt rnipseedc, im iM l 1,. Itt \,':emi, \1 iller, liarmtlon and F' rd::7. TPhel _cer i cr i u ire ttnd by~ a -. i ,! r i t.! pow ..es.,!! " + . I. .+ th ii -i b !:',(1 : 11. tl~ V i'l. '! C 1 ?12ll,.+ -11d ('li ':1,1 a'al was ::n el" si ve't reader and sIItdelt dar i it is life imeI. His in leC nc inl p lie an111 i ri VPle affairs extended ovetr a wide see tion of the county and his activity in litl promotion of IIa public .welfare lead him Into political life. In 1S88 he was a snecessful candidate for the 1lotse of Representatives and serv'ed oti two terms as a member of that body. Ile served one term In the 'mnate and then retired to private life. Ilt was always a popular iman, both in pu blic and private life and his elee lions were by large majorities. In the religious life of his community he took much Interest, serving for many years as an ofllicer in the iHramnlet t Metho di:t cullrh and as the Sitperintendernt of the Suinday school. Iis ii111111ece on the religious life of the commutini iv was a strong factor in st renigt heni in the work of thle (lhurch.l .\ r. Waliace wtas a successfuol farm r and liusiness moan. For stome years 1h was 'presldent of the IBik of (ray 'ourt h)III resigned that position to huskl after hi,, fainm, Ill- was upright and square in all of his hu::ines rel1 tions and h:111 the highesl cst pen yf his bntsine:;s associates. .l OllC5IiS';t 1,0l S5. tl1''(\ .\NOTl!'J I. O N A SOf 't TON. Fatt~rm hn+an issor~htfin+ 1 :ormed + TIhutrs day. W. I. Gria l''reside'rt. .\lother farm lo n .. S'iiat tlln, tle tbird in Ito e c ttiy was i :' y !Thu l-. cday n (rnin-- with \'.'. G. :y ipre i ( it, l'. 1'. .\iner. , Vic" pre:-!XCent am \. ). lray :rt 11' aI r and' .rca urr. The focllow:iing directom: is r elet"Ict : 1. 1. callir an, '. I'. i-tr ii, . .l. Ira .T . ,. a . .el , . 1 ,. a , 1 : . '. (ray Woel Cf. ai'. .\lint. I aThr e tuwinir !ofn lcom inith . wasue bluted i W1. '. l1(0ar rphs. .. Di anttletd 3'. ait.U l'dy, lhe detuih aofl~i orano Min will( oe ge into(a lain 1)ut1 ure smhl tee he-.o atthe I)h'stnutl Silh a ine ihuc ofa-li urdaliy afton , whenry P .3l1r: Iselle11 rWoalty.agtr f.l.ad \r.Go Bhroau sein. wlijer ntdi mArlag.vTe bide cas -an aecur prised ttmandyen friunds ay bol Ilng a/e~ atdurtnvateurodayolaeg lauger ofars. aMr .n i. ono sounti'y and tavr oa nhis counym-.nwo Brlisi~~ own-diopr. Iohr . Aoor omatrig h cit amoe iasll a r 're To hebire many freend wsin ion 'mize dwme at Spartanhug atrdygf er oon where thesceremony Brwa, aughtrerdo Mr. and Mrs. J.pQ. rn Roer, of tha city, wereay happing mar re nqowreceli4g typo ongratqlations ,f theite many''frins. WON"I' WELCOME . . T~ltKISl! ENV\OV A meriea Not 'usistut. Upon Iving One. Washington, Dec. 18.-Americann re lations with 'i'urkcy are so unsettled, it became known today, that the state department does not. plain to take any action toward the Conftirmation of Fua(d' Bey, named by 'T'urkey as aml bassador, tuntil that. country gives considerations to American represen tations and interests. lRefusal of the 'irks to allow near ly' 2P0 AmeICricanus a u l naturalized Almericanis to leave 'l'uirkey at .laIfh, the condutI of the Turkish atthor! 1i(s in their tireat nt( II! of the Syrian:s and! .\ 'frn lia ; alnd the aul'; p1 t-:m 19 ?!i :I, ( h.' c'apittilatiolls or (xti'1 ; !r :1 It!1i ",a h'Iit"b is :o.-: n1:- ,. n. by , ir ne T * h w .sao unl V. isl ~ III .r, l 1 1; tt ;. itllowed IIo pa SS thet alied'( linesa. Th'es lFrench have mi:tained I hat Turk('ey by n't' ii Arl ila. by iip14riomIilleIt of French and other consuls and "i vilianus, and by general disriegard of' the dietates of humanity, has placed itself outside the pale of diplomatic intercourse. It. is said to have beetn largely for this reason that the allies refused to grant formally a safe con duct to Count Tarnowski, the nw 'Austrian ambassador, as it was not desired to establish a precedent wh ih could be used in the Trkislh case. EA1LY SUNDAY MOiRNING' FIM. IHayes' 5 and 10 Cent. Store inuered Daman ige by the' Ptlumes. Fire of unknown origin, discovered by the police shortly after six oel ee'' Sunday n'ornin, did' exte!'4iv: da"' age to the stock of the Ilaye's . amd Ith Store and cauis^(d co11 mideralii damage to the btildiing which Is owned by Mr. L. 1':. hturns. \\'len Ihe fire was dis('overed smoke was rollini out of the basement grating and through cracks in the front wall. T'he lire a;p parans, just across the street, was4 liasiily gotten on the ground and wa:; iseil effeetively in preventing th1w1 sprcadi of the tire to all paris of Ih store and to adjoining hiblings. .\! Iholigl s !el difficulty was expe'ri('ee e'd In g~ettingl water co(nne'tion s. Miilo tilne was lo-t in etin' w:t4'r into Ihc building. The0 tie( ori' ginates! in Ihc Las. menIt and was coltinedri largely to that se ti'a1 of the (4 P hu ''a r. althou'1h 1It flates succ 'ded in reachin, t'e mlain floor several 1 .' The)1 (' moke.1 , how'd'I - Ilver.( r e u i n'1~tI real V(tne - to tic' Il thenet .lli. oinrigath the waiihter1 tnrew t e I leuos i moOh tanaPlt Thae~ tuli lon. an e f t1111'heav ocn-. '1t1e a:V1im t . 1:fil n formeriln recormfa ie, i' : 1t~ai Ct ed unf lie t~harva o t!s city -uas aceteds They i'coi'sl-i poitgi an ity. te'~ inf iis nitirsterai ('l:!t lo. Ile har iot moved is fam-:y --ene yhe tc 1)11t thats ti'(isoamout he it. ao th yit. vale. 1 holms w0*i ' als fereth mohu'hs ato Thew.ety aonid Vlarttoe lyev ohrsms oodesbc to ibigstre-' frnd fOr'awhichg wsex'et toa beein thea nxtiday. omin ya the inobeor tueoimeall reeeived in hril01(learsh lakes thei fries ee.aleayoe r.evMs.moS IAm., fnonrmae retre o theirhsomae iChuranta of-h toaphny of ths week, wha rceted chu'ches atNher ry and Wirs.tMn. Mrne. an'r.JmsA annhv 1IU'SSI. POS lP3llI 1., I N 111:1{ O'I'lSI'rION Petrogradl Foreign Oficwe Saks Ge'r. mi 's Offer lDoes Not Merit Serious 4( ou.iIelr on. Objects t o '1k mtomi Methodus. I 't' i'(gradU~, D cc. I G;.--~ V IU Lon~ofl. .\ frther i' \liosltionl of the Itls~:i ; (,emlpi )'(' (t' ''Olosal is (iinlaine":I in tile A\:soeelatid I'ie.4s fiomi thet Ibis ,;!n i foreign a~ttic:: ".\ (OiiipieleI( anid ei1)l1ihi(" rI( (" tio 1: ' 'tu i of' '' II' u11 '- off r' call: I ir a e 3' 1ite';~lt In ')1 11 . :1 1 C . 1'11 ill ii "(,i,1. 11 iiioniV of the l'russlain lyp~e. anI olli)I'i'yii who li.s p~i'oeilu ed i himi self the victor. Pule l'ejettion of Uei thU thy's lirop~osal in nto sens.-e !,lace.; Iltissia in the jiosit ion of a nat iol 11o1 desir ouls of a duibl l' iaee orI inIseni sile to the tirgenl neee:slty of resell - ing; Europe fromthe calamUhiity' thigh has cast its sihadow over the en tiret world. Iliut IRussia will t eltihiiie to stiller this calamity and add Iid'fla itely to the ic(rites which Slic has alrteadhy made r'allier than submnit to the greatfer c'ala trotlihe Iiireatetbil by Whlat i~thissia, Ii ("011111,11i Wvith her t i desire, is not .1 (ilsi i'oyedl(i !o1:!t, ihit th lt 1 P Il!I l al of ( it v e 1iii I gint at in s.'' il , i;ioe lon eatid' l11te llie rift for p( ave'e haw' held heir p anti ee:''ion)1 of o;' P3' Ilie ,t e :1,v i . 11.u 1'. 1' l . :: el . \1., 11tg ' Av . ''A-lt .1.\'.. I. ('oilier, :: tylr~:11r News Letters F-romk Many Sections. CORRES1PONDENTS (lIVE LOCAL NEWS Iun;;ienints of interest to ln!1y People \11 O er th. ((ountv and to flhoso Who haia -.lft the 'Family Hearth. stone, n the liii th t' i . \,. \ V. ' ""n i ll. .\Ir. :nl! l . '. ( Iuncan visited ol R'ulay at Ite h .:.! (;thi.sn 1lleury. tteo r iw-ave!ran. In the past few u 'wel s several lino hogs have been hiled. Only last week, .\Mr. O. C. I ) iean report ed ltro. finh' Itotors eighing about 150 each, and \Irs. I( ake. one weighing about :150. We are all (xp\ectiug a hailppy Christ nas and wish that wv might he able to extend over the entire world such ftiling of pea< ( and good will that. all riv:' ing naioin s in ig look for guld. ::ne to I Ilit who ha-" taught us to h)'v. :' ne~r1t h'ors, 1! ourselves. ; W\o 1vouN! i' E ve i'ta iI'i .,:) inl I ntly " - l... ""sti!I rlng.: vok~e" an \.ait Ao c' Id"i. 1' E1::' ott pituring of the Iloly Th that they might (atcbh tilt' inspiration of thle angol choir :s '! ta t ''P 1- o n rth, (lood wil t) m .ait ( ' t E!EI\ NEWS. FI lb n. Dr c". 1. . (;, : \\-am Mcl' how-% Imlmy c:t icc e it I: t 1 mo'O week I ( ".r i: . 11I \\ !c h I know ne.: \ ! C' 1 t q I1 1I Itetrv ( 2 !1: t!ilas tll ;! 1: . \ '14C ' \'t ;ll .\ v. I-',! I. i I of it ' Ii 'I )11 Cl:( C 0 - (t a t it > ' ri ". ' tlt . i n o m y i . in I fuentn .\-I. an *\!''l.R Crsi lle. 18. The O;t t: he T.AtinS~Ci. Te xrtdt eert theu day ni;giat ly ' " by havin thde elivs and finds. iU them.\ in. th.e. Ctifr th '.e t:casIn at owing) to the tseriuailns o .\l . Aust in's si ter, Asin. y C. 1oyce, the toy hich.at tuh n acelebratein- myghabing wasch rtivoe therf ioupleI tI in s Hil wheveng a 1ld togehe so longtArs for ty-y hear ofsn marint oIe and tn upod aleha the esres anot mor (Continued cn Pagra 1I11aMt,'