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:Inocriptmon Price is $1.09 rer Year Payable In Advance. Published b) .97riTISER PIlINTING COMPANY Laurens, S. C. :imtriising Ratea on A pplientint. Jblina.ries and Cird of Thatnks: One out a word, 01r a i- uuta \ , ., 313 CH~ 7, 1917. On 1!1(, !1(I'0 2:1 Tiiill (11.2 On 1.-11 nr 8.2 m Im t. <:1 '.1(1 oin i' Iue b ' V. -a, I :4:: . ; l it (III2) (I 111 I.-21 ~l 1 I la G in he s~eo o 1 ro a1 IS b al and w: in01 tOl - h' q':, baot b it'aI'1o.:21 ; 21) :2 1121 :-1. (01 MI.) ; jporI on1&c oif 1 G the - 21011 I e lll nl o l l22 i veQ !on~ M li le in 2::a ch' :o p oxilility to t o 188l21'i !. l n a t 81n t njiy enle!k or t l n i ! cont mlphal' d bI'm :h d V0' isla li 11:0 2hi 81. lii. would suneto imprllicar ahw:f thw-re h;In dic l 4)Ie is ro:w ii f- Inllah 2nie1 - to cro I he 1 m11 y s ve (' ralt 1: .I es inIl '1alh dire1tio an( 1) h'i;Ii 121nn etn 'a (' II kIed k,,- I011 ) t! l- !I. I Iy 1-w)8 12.1') 21t iI S wi th ;rilm. \ l ia y that till21 the icedea of the d igti av we be I h n(1 th emvIn a:1 it a r that v Ih)e la 11 is pIraIt i " - a I . Ien IIter ia r i ntv I.I o s11ide kiI Iation V12 I IVI' I ri'II I. i l IIf) , O b M I I la i I whe attk, eI pin I to II arri t I.1a de0-i 1; ' o t1 h I I ' sion. ' nfor tuat 1 ly all of uts haive bwen so imitzed with the idca that taxes are bulrdenome, Nha the mere lhought of a $:!00,ovo I:en-.d isu hs almost struck i s - -- Ib wh n a'; a mlat t(T 01r f'aCt Ihe' 1ax w ila I no! f'll 0o eavy as -somelv m2 ay leelieve. Tbl- Adverliser will not assumethe vole of advising in the m atter. but it will give Some lignli'S whiich :1nay give some light. The hanids are to I, islled inl wlal Is ca lled serial form. l.y this p..I 1 Ainking fund i ( reaned and atr a lolrt terml of yar2, about our year', the proceeds of Mhe sinking fund wvIll be ui ed to i e th '-ie first series of l'yds. The oldeel oIfthisiso tof w-old '-tirst to prevent the s'ilking f1 h. i1111 depreciated by unwise in vestm1ic n11t' mI wecvond, to dcrease the int resthe 'th. yiars no y. n11 ow te0(posed bond i:..ue, ir we nd rtas it vorre-tly, fn ri t e a I I:i\ $ tirei evI e y' Fomr 13' i ha'l' I( -) r,'.U ' '1111 mat y h , t ( hin in -e'!. th of 108 1 m121 I irI Sm I)' 1. " n w' a !2lio' 1'42 i he (0.e think 110W il !c i 1110 (!.mu :1.000 in \\t11(1 Whet tookoasiob rentc: t .01 o lieb:- 1 1 i::er-.ti har u11 m h1i hae r ~ te w-Vor 'Inel the1 1.0 0 111 - 3021' 1111 ir1 1 . : hdng I-e 1218 :ml 12111 s to :n- dloid < reAl etici. Trm 1.1 11108 w oi hw ot '> - redll f<ld I'l a l I m;.ner1 lla:: ilgere Cost. Tim18( rem.An i: 'rvit 'woeb im reded e. od e chngsrocld w:illry .hl.a the Lesvls:4 Mo:'o.l0 crhi Sundeay diterioon ar fori tax atvy oabockt four. Wal. I. iHulb llowingth athe. wril prhish mTe reubed to nearially min .vitc-l. n te hstssin o h $ SPECIAL NOTICES. S * * $ $ * $ *$*$ *$* In. Not ice-The Wat.l Mills gin will he run11 on eidy only unt1il I iturthie'r notice. R. Coke (Iray. :":;-it For (ent..-Oue 5-roomi house on1 Vast! \1ain stret. lE'lectrie lI ghts <anI nd wa ter'Woiks. Apply to I. 4.min.1 Smith, at DavIs-lIoper ('o. ::1-1 1 Netiee--l have .301 Iushels of Weber 1"I.! 14>o1lon staple cottonl "('Id for .:ile for planting, at$.5 rhu b , It b-at; Me.4an hig holl i sg/d cot (et and bIro.ght !:-' froin (,!-2 to S r1t tore per pouni. all o ille or write ml. M. A. S Im irl, .. F. 1 .) . 33-- t "onry'4 ' to I ':: '1 f4 m n t : Ia:ulreos co"1illy 11 '11,101111 wf -, t i 11 1 & Trihi, .\,,a w . . r p F . ilur b".. 0 ; m:-j o ' I, M. . :. T . '. 4't4.4. . . ). %::'' , :', 'o n l . 1 : 1- p p s . 4. axuri i 4.4h ' 4ar. \ ei , ..' r ".4.' ('. I; - 1 4 ' -'xI I 1 4 1 .' - 1mou1 '. 11 ( ' ihw 4.' r '4 abb4.. ' and) tractor( en4 b 4,.\ o .i a4 nd' 42 i l i '4'esen ' 4.e4. In '- on I :I J)II. o'I I i, I hIps .i ' & o W r! ': n. ('tro:.; I.' . S'. C. 2! - PU111'0 L) ODGE NO. 19, A. F. 31. .\ special conununl iliaionl of 'altetto oi dge No. I !, .. 7''. .\I. wIll be iel 'ITu - day ni l March 1:3, 19 17. al 7:-1.~> o'clock h re w l ho work in thle V-. C. d( re..\tnhr a,.I urved to attendi. \l ing reh n By order of E. O). Anderson, Th'los. 1. SwygerIt, Secretary. W. M. k illh 4entl'ianl Who Will Ie l1(ere Tomorrow. Frank Mlutyrv. onev of (he fork meIII1 Comed(.ians onl thet stage, Vnke his motion plictu1re debut inl the 1''a mo1; l'layers adapation of hi best known lseess "Te Tr'naveling Sales " itn whicl lie toured tie cour 1y1. y for three seasons. It is an Interet ilg coincidence that Mr. MeInltyre's firs; appearance onl thle svreenl should be ml4ade Iln anIl adaptation of It W-ay inl which he scored his first greatsi eess. "I'he Traveling Falesmall ki, II I'arami oun picure a1 Il Idle 4 I r Theal re'. tii wk.t. . It is at I'nllrka h. Ilmixture w, com.4 ed1 y and dram11a, ill which tIk .Jovial comeitdianl isthi ou'ghly al homw, 11h111vin play d inl 44e Ilery k o n frft tical.r11 n it heavy r . Alt Intyre h i 2' ha 1 4 4.a .ie a . : wh (la' (4.th a'. sa4.1l:efann i . 4.414. 4.ir a44l4 ll 4.v. r 4.41 Ibormanoi a11 compi4. 414 reaity.a' .41( The.) s1.11..ory .4.1. h- l ithse I Iravelin" reai:wdy toe have lt4.hlw moi'aw Inweof hi lfe ai' to dm o E ede. 10ut4 bfor hic hI' heen.I' 45 In the P0111we1 en m4.'iinuset 1h1 igs beyi She ap 114 h'im, l ill forel he4.111 know i he is1(1 1i1I1' and fur441ius, wt the drum.105 ineri il Iig for her with a01ll s hear1 t and.1( Among44..1 thos 'in143 support.1 of(1 M. 54e-11 Deas4011thefollowiEmm Esie.1,( MlIe'iss Emma4I anldge daughter of Mr.' md10Mrs. .. N. lieldge, diy411( .ed alh ioof heron II arents(in.1 the Pop110110 lar leorigs o seci'o k una. hesle was(.5 hah 10. '' em ter the11l' eri'es en Hadd yndumrous iendx wh d ko a ndal boveds hier toin therl it aboe. Miss galedge h sed ritces mayne esly hownd, butth hal oIis and lgtheart~iuedness Ito other thande~n thewn mistce ond the seto.ofrensadtltis FUNERAL OF J. J. PLUSS. Large Assemblaige Attended Last. RIItes nI thlie hauIrelns Cemetery. A ag as011emblage of people at tended tihe fu ncral .ervIces Wed n: (lay over tlle reml'alei s of the late .1. .1. Pl\ss. who died at his honie in this eilty Tuesday. A nukImiber of pleolic w\ere here froi Clinton, Greenwood ald oil:er' to4w , Imlalkinig 1one of the( large.i ;.iherings at 1 flleral in tills city lit nayI. yeas'. The services. were vorineted b.,):- v W . .\. Fairy, ass,;is;t -, edb I.. I 11. T1mph.'an and llov.' ('. 1P. Phinkin1. The MoralI tribuites. W41r1 11mn1y and beat iul, thle grave beoing fairly covered with beau:fill flowevr. (! i fresp);, le t;ct to h 1e m ilnory of l the d.ni who h."d bieen idenltifie'I withl tin- t1ness suere!t of the1 townl filr Y (al , 'f t he 1) n3 . 1 hoi l .11, .IL ih t in (3 dlta i 'o ru ' I' iday ' af rltroon l. \1. . I.a ca( - ter opwne1d b)idl n- con. :3.p Ir 1. , H. ' 1,. ~!oper .1A .\ 4d y . \arlin wer WC! rd fdte contrac, on'., lilknnm. w I h-- 3' the haOh styeof acli withi chnelts, etc. Power In Miniature. That hie ('111 pro(llce ono lorsepowerl for- eacb pould his 1 nginle weigh' is the Issertion1 of ih 1 -'rench Inventor of n 11motor. (elending upon1 to explo sIve force of gunpowder for power. GREATEST WASTE OF MONEYS Proper Maintenance of Public Roads Is More important Than Building -Lax Methods Used. (By E. 1. MOUSE, Colorado Agricultural College, Port Collins, Colo.) Tie greltest Waste of putlie mlloleys that Is being committed today is in surfneing our country roads and thniii alpparently abandoning the same. No couity that engages in real road uilling (-.Iln alford to lisinss its workmnen whent the rond has'beenl conl structed. 11 rarely ever happens that the( in titIt wxork on3 tile road is done wisely, Rad nNtoa se ak Rei od cndNational Estee ardck. holos are sure to form) anrd thlese must bie I'llled or the road soon1 goes tol lpices'~. 'JiThes things should b~e p~lnned for anld done quickly if the Imrprovedt rond Is to dto the fullest serlvice', andl~ tils is the one ting that1 It seems1 to mei sorce' of cour countly 'o~lI~misioners5 are neglecting. 'They b3come3 so) Imhued3'( with1 the idea't of huilding good rends- thai't they2 full to) prepareI' feor 1the ma3in1tennnee3C o)f rondsl aliready (const1ructedl. NEGLECT SEEN ALONG ROADS Many Farmer8 Fail to Clean Up Strip of Land 1: c i f flozd-iKcep It seededl to Gr'ans. : ia surprIsing howv many folk have not31 gotten llroundl to alleking up te st rip of landi by tihe sido of tihe rondt th11t belongs to) them. 'That is a part of their domai ('1 "r to tihe center of tihe highway, andt it is their right, as ,well as thteir du1tye to put it ini tile finest shape pos sible. It malses the farm look so much bet ter to clear out the old hedgerow and sand It donwn to grnss Spring OutfitS For Men and Young Men Are Now Ready a-tu I i h n r. b I i sI you.' 'lim I' envyvigl Ii he" are ()nt( of the noth~: po'll fel u ch o- in keepin- w6i theao n in NewN\ p ~ ~ ~ a I' 1'' en I h1's whlywe wanlt o, l vII .ou a n w sp ing ontilit. New Shirts New Shoes New Ties A r' h ~i' !' .vn eti I I enr u l I ion. 11)I yOl I~inY rest tlnriI that I a' nten ''14 wer n' . 000 w I r 1 !n.e 11 : r not ol. bost <!riSst4I New Spring Hats ()i' 1ll the atit r ive w arnble we have w Ie lalost prolld of oui tusitial display( Io Ien'S p41lrinllg I'' i 1kts. T rle4I. i ll the nobby colors :111 cdt e.signls. Smith & Little "EVERYTHING FOR THE MAN" All cI4'11A 3l US11' SiTA ND FOR ENDURlING PEACE have furnished the whiskey on whiclh selves so boisterously that they severe Conti nued from Page One.) tle otle' iegroes became intoxicated, ly frightened Mrs. Knight. Mr. Knight FtriI' spirit of this great Ipeople. I were bound over to the higher court arrived on the scene W1ile the (is aill thevir heorviallt alnd can " teee all I e t' el rat ad~a 51('cC onl thle Chatrge of sellIinag Wh iskey. The ii rbllce 'was a1 its heiht and put ollly as they sustain all 11" d meb ial took lace betoi gi .ate the negros to flight with Ile butt end thirl volliidllce andi Iheir tl is l Oiel' '40t)44'lO 01(1 Iher (4 Walker,.~ who Is Nerving 1114; tlo sl 4)1o his guni. Ile4 kiloeke(l one( over w 1ith The II1m., I S11ll ('(011) up4411 O le ( i t- 111C4 91gun, thrashed another with his thing v.ith1oul which neither counsel ll. fists and took tle ho t54 and liggy 11m.r elion will avail, is he111 unity of 11)4' arests of 111v negroe laway from them. ing. in pourpose4 and in its vii on of!~l 4 a ~) ctl * lrrt de I1'11't t a e a hy wr ty.~ of oppo4llnity atuit 01 serv'ic0.I~e. , Mt ii :n la(Wl ~ r W'e''aI 'drelst lo'ii 1h' logwalerhe ohof het toliltoc men 1r4swho tt wol ti11rn the4 tasks atnd n~er-1c ra.''le1114sian onth elngteliuroesh(hIh te of1 th4 nation to1 t4 1hellr own pr1 iat' of 14irl4 i4)(t h l fo r' Ihat buidin tup111 ,ttd ttls 1114 o aso)ii I144 ~hw' tal'tlelns(otlaa haI onylol r mbarra:11'5 lhe slpirt' of I'111'ad te otlltd 1141- ti ' 4 101 '41!lt all its 140ris. I'nited1 alike in the' ( 4n the oter neg oes beame inoxicatdy yfrightnediMr.1Knig t.lMr.Kntgh ,POV't 4!1!'l tlttl ae o t h ch re f lln wh ky.T e ura e wa atis h ih an p t 0 't ak t hll ms 1)w s tra too 1lc1eoe .fgsrae tengost lih ihtebt n hadWo'alye bg30't l ker, wh a sevn thstwsl fhi u.lekoke n vrwt Ic, 'OiI'('ilIt I~tC1,an y tin fst n too t hoebgy 111110The aid.sTheoshadownethatesowelieaway fromsthem. made yk )e uty0S eriff)oon nd R --tWh n theoilleroonabetodrre raleP licem n Aneerwen s.all twalktwwithentthlethigwer crlledabouttrbanesaing we Sbe bitte twone'usewetoaresle fo roadleresekltolyaourserlfvhes hasbeome ntavened. .\sh-s d tob kn w Inte C llsl of t e sai at at a el a op i trt Wak rm d th ne c m ar . wolfnrn h h u ht fal t o nseft eh m f .l.an \r.1.tv l iht st e n g s w r p WO l e liet an jste an t he tm n hy cnutd te -lr ftercmut It is iofl01ou r and uin re m high rsleTo Muhfor a n.efceol men.i 4le~ hos deat urelves knos the ' o'reat tgsk t whih wemt ill bet , ourI hand.4 to r mystel f ' li~I beg tyourgtoi rance, you Wioutenan ecead your untigtewa ai Te bhaow t h o lie 11C otl I1 dare upoour lasth wilk sontl ieds OVIet lted d weld wlkn wih weht lh hil aboutau. lIa ebenpt red tooi ur-~Y ~ V M N Y sevsto hourselvieskn and haeny ish-h w yo w y Tdrto begknown in ted conssofdr Wehvthe cpe f'~or' oen ehd' wolhn n te ahogh Wil Mriwoe tyaekp.Call orphnose oe f Ted$4 each fo Man.t al wIn a ipnsed $2or al theresl oan ADETSEtoNTN o omrueend sprowI th w lon kn o n theI OUR hneSRES .C 'of the ounty latyoweekoJohceCmicehods and Heurr :oydewhoctrtoaloegedoto