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VOLUME XXXII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1917. SENSATIONAL C EXPOSED Ger Foreign Minister at B xico City to Propose Al Induce Japan to Join in ( Light in Washington Wc Bernstorff Prior to His Dep Washington, Feb. 28.-The Associat ed Press is enabled to - reveal that Germany, in planning unrestricted submarine warfare and counting Its conseicnces, proposed an alliance with AMexico and Ja)an to make war on tie I'!inted States, if this country should not remain neutral. Japan, through Mexican mediation was it i'c urged t) abandon h aft.-es anid ja~in iII the alak on' the t'nte t States. .lexico, for her reward, waz ta re ceive general financial support from Germn ny, re-onqtier Texas, New Mex 100 and Arizona-lost provinces-and share in tihe victorious peace terips Glermaniy contemplated. Details were left to lerman Minis ter von iek'ilardit in the City of Mex teo, who by in11s111c ons signeil by Germa11n Foireigi .Mlnisiter Zimirmioan, at Herlin, .lan uary 19. 1917, was direct 'd to propose the allhinece with .\lexi to to Ge enral Carranlza and sulggest that .\lexlco seei to bring Jailn into the plot. These inst lict ions were fran smit - ted to Von) iekhardt through Count vont iHnlstorff, forimer G(er1 ,inmn aibas' sador her, now on his way holie to Germany under a safe conidu('t obtain ed from his.enemies by Ole couitry against which he was plottiig- war. Gveriany pictiureod to .\exivo by broad in timat ion, ingland and the Entente allies defeated; (Germany 1i lier allies triumphant and in world domination by the instrument of unr'e stricted submarine warfare. A copy of Zimmerman's instrietions to von Eckhardt, sent through von Hlernstorff. is in possession of the United ta.tes government. It follows: "Berlin, Jan. 19, 1917.-On the 1st of February we intend to begin subma rine warfare unrestricted. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeav or to keep peutral the United States of America. BOY SCOUTW' PART Value 3light be Incalculable in Case of Wia. "Boy Scouts Will Mobilize for War". i etdlines of this type ii the newspa pers have alarmed many parents whose boys are enrolled as Boy Scouts. But the alarm is needless, If you are a father or a mother of a Boy Scout, you need have no fcar, for your bey will not be called upon for any sort of fighting whatsoever. - An ofliclal statement published in "Scouting", the organi of the Boy Scout movement, tells just what the Boy Scouts will do in case we have w~ar with Gei'many. irist, it is saidi, wvhatever sei'vice Boy Scouts may ren der' to the country wilil be entirely vol untary on the part of the individual. Second, no Boy Scouts will take part ini any military opierations; none of them wili carry a gun. Hut in a na tional crisis there isi muchb work in which the IBoy Scouts can be very use ful---such work as the following: flender'ing first aid to the sick or in jured. Sending messages by wire, wir'eless, or semaphore. (hoperating in the protection of pr'o perty by acceptting defiite assign mnentst for the purpose of giving alarm in the case of danger'. Acting as messenger's and cooperat ing with agencios organizedh for' relief work, such as the Red Cross. There are one hiundlredi and ninety seven thousand offlciallIy enrol led Hoy Scouts available for such work if they should volunteer. There are also about three huundredl and fifty ilhous and boys or' young men who have had Boy Scout tr'aining, but who are no longer otltecially enrolled. No doubt thiousandls of these youths wVouild offer to serve their counti'y in a crisis, and some of them are now old enough to fight, Finally, there are about fifty thousand men, ten thousand scoutmnas ters, ten thousand assistant scouitmas ters, and thirty thousand other adult advisers of the Boy Scouts who have had some training of a sort that would make them uiseful to their country it war comles. Thus the Boy Scout move ment has already provided a great ERMAN PLAN IN WASHINGTON ?rlin Instructed Von Eckhardt at liance and Mexico Was Asked Zonquest---Messages Brought to re Transmitted Through Von arture. "It this attem)t Is not successful we iroose an alliance on the follow ing basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general finan cial support and it is understood that Mexico Is to reconquer the lost teri tory in New Mexico, Texas and Arizo na. The details are left to you for settleient. "Yol are instrueted to inform tlie president of Mexico of tihe above ir Ithe greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an1 cil break of war Willi the 'nited States and suggest that the president of .\ex leo, on i s own iiialive, sloul(l comn Im1unleate wftli Japani suggesting ad hieranive at once to Ih is plan: at. 'he saineu ilme, offer to mediate between Germ11ain and lapall. "'lIase call to the attentillon of the president of Mexleo that (Ie eiploy ment of rithiiless suimiarine warfare ,flow prom1ises to Compel iE.ngli 1 to miake1 peace in a few msonths. "(Sianeits 7.immermnn.'' This documilieit has bn~een inl the hands of Illh. givernmiint slice Pr(.-i (et 0 Wilson broke otf diploliatic rela tions Wi liGermany. It has been kept scre f. Whili e file presideit has lbeen asking Congress for full auithority if) deal with Germany and while conl gress has beenl hesitating. It was in ' the presideit's hliands While Chancel lor von BethIi mannuui-l loll weg was de claring that ihe 1'riled St ates haIl placed an interpretation on Ihe sub marine declaration "never intended by lermany" and that lerniany had pro moted and lionored friendly relations with the United States "as an heirloom from Frederick the Great." Of itself, if there were no other, it is considered a sufliclent answer to the Germnan chancellor's complain that the United States "briusqtuely" broke off relations without giving "authen tic" reasons for its action, reservoir of human resources whmos value might be inealculable if we go to war.-Fditorial in lThe Outlook, Feb. 28th. ATTAiCK ON GOVElNORI. Fergiisoni of Texas Faces Impeach ment Charges. Austin, Tex., March 3.-Charges which may be made tle basis of 1imi peachient proccedings against Gov. James J.". Ferguson were presented to the Texas house of representatives to (lay by Representative If. P. Davison. Action was deferred until Monday af t e roon. it is allegedl that Gov. Ferguson mis a ppropriated publie fiund(s for miain~ tenance of the excuitive mansion andl nmisaippliedl funds in signing vouchers for rewards. CGov. Fergusoni is further dlelared1 to have violated the State banking laws. lie has explained this matter several times before the house. Vi LLA IEPOWITED)I ILL, S4aid to llave Ceased to T1e Factor, San Anitonio, Tex., March 3.-Advic es receivedI by Gen. Pershing tend to confirm the r'eported Illness of Fran cisco Villa. Army oflicer's here think Villa has ceasedi to be a factor of imo poertance in the Mlexican situation. NEIW ItEPItISAIL STEP'S. Oermaniy Acts Against 11er P'risoners oif W1ar. Berlin, March 3.-Lieut. Gen., von Stein, the Prussian iister of war, annodunccd in the reichstag today that reprisals had boon taken by the Glerman government against what the minister termed tihe mistreatment of Germans taken prisoner b~y t-he entente allies. Quit. So. The ocultst is naturally optimistic, there being lots of money in sight for him, On the ether hand, the dentist is not necemsarily plessimistic because he often looks down in the mouth * * ** * 4 * * * * * * * ** L ('(LD POINT NE WS. * * * * * *' * * * *~ * * * * * * * * Cold Point, March 5.-Mr. II. F. Wheeler was in town Saturday on bus iness. Mr. Guy M. Moore of -Cold Point visited Laurens Saturday. Mr. John II. IHunter of lirksdale visited his% daughter, .Mrs. T. 1P. Dun can last week. After the four days' rain we are hav Ing some .\larch wind. Mr. Dollis Nelson visited Laurcns Monday. The haIlth of (1he coimunity Is very well. .JAPAN IS STANDING IY ENTENTE ALI1ES Ilopes4 0th1er Nationts W111 ave ('on. fidence inl Intettri-ty ofi Its Pur11pose. Tokyo, .'lreba ::--\ -oldhional statement Issued by the Japan ese for eln ofer-c today refr to fre(quent aI'1emii11.; of Ger-many "to ow seeds of ti.-trat-i Ih we n .tapan ; d (Irt'It Nritlain and to cause il teesr 'em n of iapan and Ithe 1'nited Flates" and adds: "I'he governi en t is coifleIIt hat I the [popl .ind v( t:i-O n'4 s ofr the (,I) telI \ will con i , ! to baseo conl - , Ilence lin .1.apan's% loyalty an its1.1)1 do torminationl to ext-11d ;1il .11b11ai anld hretho di'llilttiv. andf hard Ilanw anl i Gernani ereltli . endI tt L N ..A: (A HASN'T ItECEIVEID 1i1lA N PItO)F1FE -3pexelin Forekign . Ister Issils For. 111tl StatteIIrenfit. No AllIaince Inv1Itel --Gnlatdalajara, .\exico, 1,a1r.h1 :,,. Gen. Candido Aguilar, the provislonal 111iniser of forevign relationls, today frinaly denied thiat thef .\exican gov.. ernlilt had been appioach'ed by Germoany with Ihie ol.ie(t of forming an alli'njee hostile to tile lnited The sin cilent given out by the .\lexicaln foreign mlinister' says. "The governiient of .\lexico has not ieceived InI behalIf of the govern ment of Ct'rmanv any proposal for an al lianev looking toward% war with the Vinited States" SICh WIFE' S TS'OIY S1'11. l'HISEs L,.U'RENS The following Is surprised LaII rens: A husines - man' wife suffered 'froyu and conl tipation lor' years. Ahu I lidt dieted -he was so Moalf-d h10r cloth I I would1 not Ilit ONE l'OONVlb buckit 1ornbarglycerinev, ele.. as miIjed ( .\tiled--kn -elieved Ie r INSTANT '. I a ne Adle- i-ka epti t lO' Iwe and smai Intes till" it relieves, ANY C.\SE constipa tion. totir tIlmach or gai and preveits .Ipenldiit(f ii . Ii has QI'ICKEST action of aniything" WO evVrs'd0hVrk Drlvcs Out Malaria, -luilds Up System Tei Old atntintirr-ml stia I icntittaitg tonic, (ROV t 'A. i T . '> chill T 2. dr':es out The uit St l<4 O UR Extensive ass leaves nothing t as well as the mosi; desil showing. Our suits show a distinct ready made garments. tion paid to the smallest you would look for in the price. You owe it to yourself t the assortments are still know that they cost n qua lily. Suits $9.95 up \Davis, Roj Where You Se When They Ai Japan llegards (AerIian Seline as ( rot esq lie. TPokyo, Friday. Alarchl :.-ThIe de laration of the Japanese governni(nt (h rough Foreign Mi n.biteri Viscou nt Alotono, that Japan its Ieeive(d no Si'oiosition from .\iexleo or Geria ny tI join in a possible war againt the litel SItes was IIIpleie1ted today in i state 'nient IIlade to the Assoelated Press oil bel.al f of lhe goverin mncii by KiroO Shideliara, vIee foreign 1 mninister. 'We were greatly surprised to hear of the Geiniizi proposal," le sidi. "we (.aI not imagine what (ermiiainy is thinking about to conceive that she cof,!H[ posrlbly involve us in war with O ie Uited States merel by asking .\iexico. This Is too ridleie no s I'm. 31ildredian filir H u lted) .N r FIails To re iore g ray hair to its Iatural color and beauy. No m1attir how old 1n1d fIded your hir looks, mf- ho - lon. oul have been gral . it will w,rk wc ditrs f'or youl, kieep *you)I lookingyl n h cII. v i xirin i I o o I eh - ih i or W hn. \\ i l ot m . vil you he r1'. s nlot I yo., Holwse al s0u 1 al~~~( Itrn 1r o Rop~tlerc Smartest of .s Are R ortment of Suits, Coats and o be desired. Every stylist aibleC ma'1terials6 re icu ,ion dnd individuality rarely Their correct style lines--Th< detail of construction are tailored-to-measure suits a o see these suits and dresse completor'And it's interes more than garments of a Dresses $9.9~ ~er Co. e The Styles 'e New .1. A. Coburn, made Ils annual pi gim age to Laurens Saturday evenling with his band of minstrel sini ers, danCers, Jugglers, illsicians et cetera. The Coburn reputation for e.semblo singing, black face comedy, sceni ef feet and specially acting was noi dim Iled by this year's performia nce. but the coipany. did not shtow upt) to best1 iltiva1niage ill solo work. The mu iea director fhis year has gone in too 11111ch for "freak" singing, to the deirimenlt of ti progran . Charlic ano. as Sisted by Tom1 Post ;)(] C1arlio \-er ml1ontf, fovrl d a Iri) aro i0 ( \% w lhih most of 1lin' fln of t evcnin:L rv Volved and)( they keptl the hlousv loar ing iduring the lile they ocupir th11 e4' SIage. Local theatre goers wer -had Io se4 young "lula" M4lvtle'' he Ilter of, fihe smailldi and v ,mbnals, who is a Greenilvill4 proldlet and hiown iei - 5)nally by mny here. A bout CoilSti pit! lilt), ( lin t1ie!-s of liet tel nd to m'heek vmement of thewe. Tho 14L-d 0Io111non ofu thIse arei 14 he(' tena nd: heh'd l i k. On he wherv 1. ta. o ;r a I d !holo h ! .c \ ';hen (1 r. 1 .1 d c i XuI . h n . r lo in a!w Or u lea n. eady Dresses i model seen in atten such as t twice s whileI ' J ting to ' ,i lesse > up :I~i b~