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VOLUME XXXII. LAURENS, SOUTI CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917. NU D[WY'S [JM[RAL ATT[ND[O BYMNY Body Laid to Rest at Ar. lington. NATION HONORS MANILLA HERO Simple but Impressive Ceremonies At. tend the Last Voyage of America's Great Naval Hero and Patriot. All Departments Shut Down During. Ceremony. Washington, Jan. 20.-Admiral George Dewey, hero of the battle of Manila bay, and the world's ranking naval ofilcer, was buried today at Ar lington national cemetery after sol umn ceremonies reflecting the na tion's final tribute of honor and af fection. Two services were held, the first a private home ceremony and the sec ond an impressive service in the ro tunda of the capitol where the presi dent, the supreme court, the cabinet, the senate and house, the diplomatic corps and others prominent in official and civil life went to honor publicly the dead officer. Afterwards, through streets lined with thousands, the notable company and a large escort of military and na val forces followed the casket to Ar lington. The midshipmen from Annapolis remembered by the Admiral while he was on his deathbed as "my friends," were given the signal distinction of honorary escort in compliance with his request they alone accompany the body from the residence to the capitol and later were tho Only military unit to enter the cemetery in orgapisation formation. Though arranged with cai'e to ex press a national tribute, the funeral and burial ceremonies were both sim ple and brief. There was no funeral oration at the home or the capitol. Both services were conducted accord ing to Episcopal rites, the .first being read by Dr. Roland Cotton Smith, the family minister, and the second by Chaplain J. B. Frazier, who was the Oympia's chaplain at Manila bay. Chaplain Frazier also conducted the committment service when the body was laid in the mausoleum. During the services the entire ma chinery of the federal government hero -was halted. Private business was suspended for an hour . and all flags were at half mast. Observances of a similar kind were held on every American naval vessel afloat and were emphasized by the firing at noon by every senior ship of a salute of nineteen guns, two more than the regulations prescribe for an ad miral's salute. The imposing procession moving at half step from the capitol to Arling ton entered the cemetery grounds tvo hours after it had started. As it wound slowly out of the city, across the Potomac and began the approach through the Virginia lills, the batter ies at Fort Myer began at minute in tervals a 19-gun salute. Later' when the casket wvas placed in the vault, the salute was rcepeated. At the hleadl of the proccssion through tihe cemetery, marchled the midlshipmlen and their band. As they nearedl thme vault they diivldedl into two col umnus, between. wvhich passed the flag-draped caisson hearing the casket, followed 1)y C'haplain Frazier and1( Drm. Smith, the President and cab inet and raniking ofllcers of thme armny and navy. Twelve sailors from thme presidlentiaul yachlt Mayflower and theC Seamanm gunners school bore tihe casket to the vault and placed it as the midlshlp men's hanid played "Nearer My God to Thee". The last service was read,. and -lhe stluad of midshipmnen fired three sharp volleys and (Chlef .\aster-at . Arms Charles .\itchlell, who was with Dewey at Manila bay, sou~ndled "Taps". Only dne floral decoration, that of Mr's. Dewey, was placed on the casket. It was selected by (George Jpowey. only sonm of the admiral from among thme hlundredis bankcd against the vault and carpeting the groundl around it. One huge gold crescent holding hun dreds of American beauty roses was presented b~y thle officers of the At lantic fleet. STeretar'y Daniels had invited all (Continuled on Paen ight. 8. 8. WORKRS TO MEET TUESDAY Sessions at First Baptist Church. ALL DENOMINATIONS ARE REPRESENTED Anionf the Speakers on the Program are R. D. Webb, general Secretary, Miss Agnes Ravenel and Dr. William A. irown, of Chicago. Public Is in. vited. Sunday school people of Laurens Township and of the entire county are looking forward with considerable Interest to the District Sunday School Convention to be held at the First Baptist church of Laurens, .January 30. It is expected that every school in the township and many schools throughout the county will send large delegations to this convention. Ses sions will be held at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon and at 7:30 at night. Mr. A. C. Todd, District President, has charge of the meeting, and is inviting to it all business and professional men and all church and Sunday school peo ple who are interested in better child training, better Bible study, better Sunday schools and better citizenship. Among the speakers on the program ~ff - Dr. William A. Brown Missionary Superintendent of the In ternational Sunday School Associa tion, Chicago. A charming speaker. On the program twice. are R. D. Webb, General Secretary of the-South Carolina Sunday School As sociation, and !Miss Agnes Ravenel, State Elementary Superintendent. curing the last eight months, each of these State Workers has gone into thirty-five counties of the state, made more than one hundred and fifty ad dresses, and spoken to representatives of 1,050 Sunday schools of all denom inations in the state. It is announced that the chief speaker at these two 'B. D. Webb General Secretary, South Carolina S. S. Assoc'iation, S"partanburg. Ilias madn~e miore t han 150 addresses recent ly. Will miakelfwo at the convention. meetings will lbe D~r. WVilliam A. Brown, of Chicago, who is .\l issionary3 Superintendent of' the International Sundlay %chool AssoclatIon. Dri. Brown's work carries himii all over North AmerIen, and wherever he goes, ho is regardedl as one of the most ef fective andl delightful speakers on Missionary training in the S~unday' school. It is believed that his coming 'to Laurens will mean a great. uplift Fill In Picture Puzzle No. 2 44 ~ .5 .4 4,9r 56 X8 .44 6 .,53 r *"252 .69 -q 7 S .5 5 . /r - 2.+ . .oo ? 4. 8 * % .16 9'00 % "32 '89. "82 " 24. IS' 08 e25 .6 87 pg .27 .' e9 y A S you have found out already, you drew an elephant when you drew picture No. 1. All you young people no doubt have seen him at the circus or In the zoo when he is tame. When angry his great strength makes his keepers tremble for their lives. It is fascinating to watch this animal sweep up articles with his trunk. Now, here is another puzzle cut. Start at 1 and let your pencil move to 2, 8, 4, 6, etc., and the picture of another well known object will be your reward. A FIVE DOLLAR PRIZE The Advertiser will print nine puzzle pictures like the above during the next nine weeks. Every boy and girl in the county is invited to fill out the puzzle pictures as neatly and with as much artistic effect as they can. When all the pictures have been published each child who sends in the nine pictures with a subscription to The Advertiser for one year will be entitled to com -pdte for the prize. Now, of course, the child is expected to solicit the sub scription from some present subscriber or a new subscriber and not pay it himself or herself. A committee of judges will decide on the best set of pictures sent in. $300,000 BOND ISSUE FOR ROADS Bills Introduced in Both Branches of the General As sembly. Also Bill for New Jail. Bills providing for a $300,000 bond early (ate. The bills do not provide issue to secure funds for permanent for an election on the question. The road building in Laurens county have delegation is of the opinion that this been introduced in both branches of all of the main arteries of traffic in the the General Assembly by members of county. the county delegation. The bill pro- ills have also been introduced pro vides that the bonds shall be sold by viding for a minimum appropriation the County Commissioners, $100,000 at of $25,000 to provide for a new jail at a time as needed. The bills have been the county seat. The bill is so framed referred ti the proper committees and that if as much as $10,000 more than will b brought before the two houses the $25,000 is required, the commis for further disposition later in the ses- sioners will be empowered to spend sion. Unless unexpected opposition that much. To the county supervisor develops, it is more than likely that and the two county commissioners are the bills will pass and the commission- delegated the work of supervising the ers empowered to sell the bonds at an erection of the building. delegationessenfationponionithatnahy houss wil gret r. fu-ow at sumt Swatl bJewhr suffleietti to oIemfo sessionsl of thecnetoosrae moin artisof trie ih The flio~ing rogrm ~vi 1 t Bl-lTs h~avre alotn beeardched pr;o 3:00p. .---DeotinalSCP ics. 1evof 25t 0 r tio praodel forachews jIn at W. 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Templman pasto of i~ hirs gSt h ie o ; t *.M. o is ap irst ofhusrieh. u io pudhu.Teryl rhdge ilb :15O ur ta ti irrm of,'l Seve iny oieril r cig ryn ~ I h8:1wi-lhe gien Dach Sundtray nihtoll epeett sitI h c fork nx Sth warolina monier. WILL AMERICAN ISOLATION UNI TOOK PRlECA U 'IONS AGAINS'T A "iEAK" Wilson's Address was Sent to Warring Nations Over it Week Ago. Open Message to World. Washington, Jar., 22.-President Wilson's address was sent to American diplomats in the belligerent countries last Monday, two days before the Unit ed States received the note from Min ister Balfour, of the British foreign of flice, supplementing the Eintente reply to his peace note, and on the same day that German Foreign Alinister Zim merman declared it was impossible for the Central powers to openly lay down their terms. ''he p1restdett's address was inIend I ed as ani open message t) the world of the condition under which he would urge the I-nited States to enter a worlid federation to guarantee future pcace. 'There is nothing in the address or in the instructions which accompany its presentation that will of itself necessi tate an answer, according to the ad ministration view, blut some response nevertheless is expected from both groups of belligerents. Fear of a "leak" surrounded the sending of the address abroad with such secrecy as has seldom been equalled in the state department. Only President Wilson, Secretary Lansing and the men who transmitted it are known definitely to have been aware if it. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing expect the present move will provoke indignation in the foreign press as was the case with the Presi dent's original note of Dec. 18. They feel that in a statement of pisition as full as the President's both sides tay feel they have been unjustly at tacked and as a result they look for bitter outburst in the more violent press. Officials also expect antagonism in this country to any abandonment of the traditional policy of American isolation. ROBlREIII A. COOPEI PRIVATE CITIZEN After Serving Twelve Years as Soliel tor, Mr. Cooper has Retired. Columbia, Jan. 17.-After serving twelve years as solicitor of the eighth judicial cir'ciut, Robert A. Cooper, of Laurens, today retired to private life, being succeeded by Mr. Homer S. Blackwell of Laurens. .\Mr. Cooper will practice law in Laurens. He leaves in the morning for his home, having been in Columbia since the convening of the General Assembly with tie other solicitors in the en grossing department. When the eighth judicial circuit was formed twelve year's ago out of the couinties of Laurens, Abbeville, Grteenwoodh and~ Newberry. .\lt'. Coop er' was elected solicitor, deffeating sever'al strong optponents. Previouts to that time lie 1'ervedi in the house of t'ept'esentat ives fronit Lauirens. 'The st rengt h and( ability with witicht .\r. Cooper' llled thle office of solicitorI is s 'hiown by' thle tact that sinice lie was -lirist ele ctd hei t has htad nio oppo4(sition1. 'Three ities lie was chtosen 1 ti succeed imnselfI, and he r'etir fr om tliiiIhe tflinc .\lri. C'ooper I has al1readiy aniinounced that he will be in the race foir thte D eitocra tic tnomi nat ioni for goivernlor nexty yeari. IHe (does tnot plan tt biegin aity ('anlvass thuis far away but will d1e vot'e te ntext. fe w monthIs to thle irae ti('0 of htis priofe'ssiont and( (one ye~ari bteiee wil take up the0 fight which he and( his friends ho0144 will land~ himui it tie governzor''s elta ir to soniceed tGov. IAanniing when the latter' re'tl(es, Ott Ithei tirdit 'Tesday it .hinauiry, 1 91 At 'Thie Hloslal. .\lrs-. hElberit W. ('0ohean w11 as oper' atd onl 1 ye'ster'day for apipendi(el(1tis and~ the latest retports shtow that she is dlo inlg lne. \lrI. itro(ks G(o'idmani, the ptoputlat' ( d oin ye'st(rday for aippendicit is. 'The oper~ ~atIion was5 a suessful one1( and1( the pat itnt is in fine shape. Mliss Saraht Saxon of Clinton ai' r'iv~ed .\loniday to undier'go tieat ment at itn hospital. POLICY OF DERGO A CHANGE Wilson Puts Momentous Question to the Nation. SPEECH CREATED GREAT SENSATION President A ppears Before Senate ati Propounds Far-leaching Query. Would Hlave All Nations, United Stattes Included, Aiold Entangrling AlIliances. Washington, Jan. 22.--Whether the United States shall enter a world peace league, and, as many contend, thereby abandon its traditional policy of isolation and no entangling all ances, was laid suarely before con gress and the (ot it ry today by 'resident Wilson inl a personal ad dress to the -enate. For the first. time in more than a ltandred years t p reside it of tho 1:nited States appeared in the Senate chaiber to discuss the nation's tor lig n relations after the manner of Washington, Adams aid .\ladison. The effect was to leave congre;:;, all official qnarters and the foreign di plotats amazed and bewildered. Im mediately there arose a sharp divis ion of opinion over the propriety as well as the substance of the president's proposal. ',Startling,' "staggering," "Astound ing," "the noblest utterance that has fallen from human lips since the De claration of Independence" were among the expressions of senators. The president himself, after his ad dress, said: "I have said what ev 'everybody has been longing for but has thought impossible. Now it appears to be possible." The chief points of the president's address were: That a lasting peace in Europe can not be a peace of victory for either side. That. peace must. be followed by a definite concert of power to assure the world that no catastrophe of war shall overwhelm it again. That in such a concert of power the United States cannot withhold its par ticipation to guarantee peace and jus tice throughout the world. And that before a peace is made the United States government should frankly formulate the conditions upon which it would feel justified- in asking the American people for their formal and solemn adherence. "It is clear to every man who thinks," the president told the senato "that. there is in this promise no breach in either our traditions or our policy as a nation, but a fulfill ment rather of all that we have pro fessed' or striven for. "I am proposing, as it were, that the nations should with one accord, adopt the doctrine of President. .Aou roe as t he dhoctrinie of the world; that no nation shotuld seek to extendl its po)i1 IYovert any ot he r nat ion or I eo Idle, butt. that e vetry people shouIil be left ftree to determine its own policy, its ownt way oif )l" velopmen~it, e'nhin tered, tinthireatenetd, -nafraid, the litItle along with the great ada wer futl. I aml t'topin~tg that) all nrioins whlicht woultd draw themi into (o:'ceii Iltins of lIower, catchi th olin B i. t of tur t h e i iun affirs ntith i d ht nce Sitwer. \\t'hen t il uijte j o t:.. la ah . tte Ot 1 and wlir t h f** a m~ tte otnset of the s~ovrned:I ta freedloi. oft lhe s;eas wh ilh itt in *in htave utrgedl withi lthe (lotniente of th ose wvho ar e the (On vinceed d~epe of liberty; tn I that mnodleat ini oft armamttet s whuich Ittakles of a liies andli taieils a Itower for order~ ttei ly,' Amterican plieie".At.W (ul d lstnd f1(1 thler. 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