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A MESSAGE TO EVERY PERSON IN LAURENS COUNTY Frorm the Bottlers of the World's Greatest and Purest Soft Drink We have purchased the Laurens Coca Cela Bottling Plant and as a "new citizen" in your midst we adopt this form of getting acquainted. We have studied this city from every angle for some months past, and as studies have come to know Laurens as she really is---a live, industrious city; located in the center of a thriving community where health, prosperity and good cheer go hand in hand. We Have the Utmost Faith in the Future'of This Section as was demonstrated by the price we paid for the Laurens plant. Our First Object Here Is to Make Laurens Bottled THE BEST IN THE OlRLD No plant can make better drinks than we can. No is e.e pure or better adapted t the manufacture of soft drinks than Laurens city water, 'ec y when filtered and carbonated. ';' Our bottles are thoroughly cleaned and sterilized, and we use the genuine Coca Cola syrup accu ;,I 1, r rately measured which assures always a uniformity in taste, strength and flavor. While we came here to bottle Ccca Cola, we came also to put our shoulders to the wheel in any and all activi tGes for the betterment of this. cty and ccrmunvity. We Want The Business People to Feel No Hesitarcy in Calling Upon Us to do Our "BIT" in the Devclor irni of Laurens Ccunty. We war,* you to feel that this iristitutien be n:o Laurens and as such may be relied upon to do its part in making a BIGGER AND BETTER LAURENS. FVISiT OUR PLANT = LA9UIRENS COCA COKLA BOTTLI T. P. KENDRICK, Manager Stars 1n1tt Stripes. In to Hreeze to from Elf*I 'e Tower, -,I (ts Salute. An Add ress by Sh1arp. Paris, April 22. -T e ;tar a jI(nd Stripes were flun to th I briez(e ro Eiffel Tower at 2 'c lock this after mflar'ked th(' opjnwin oft the (r mies of "I nited States llay" in l'ai. The French ti-colors and the Siar Span nloon and( 1a1td Y 21 lun. Thi gled JDan ner were at. the saint- hour unfturled ogether from the residence of Williati (. Sharp. 1he Amerieat ambassador, in the .\vnIe lIiy!aI, from th .\m e 'riani ebihassy, fron -the citY hall and Il fromi oter inunici Pal governineIInt biilding"s. It was a great day for the red, white and blue. Over al th calpital, street venders did a thriving trade In the colors of hoth allies, while forty thousand Amterican flags, handed out gratis by the coimiiittee, wer wa\-ed by the people wlo throngted tleo vI cinity of the imaniffr'stations. Jules ('amblnrt, general sretary of the ministry of foreign affairs; (;en. Dutllal, alinitary governor of Parils; the mnemnbers of tle comimi it tee, and others, were recived at 1:30 by Ai hassador Shirp at hi Is residence, whence tle) l)rocr'eded to the Place d'Iena, where a bronze palmin was de posited at the foot of the eqlestriatn statue of Washi:'nton. While eannton bootmed in hotnor of the America n vo!ors floating from Ile top of EIlffel Tov ir, and aviators, fly ing over the spot, waved both I"renhelt and American flags, "Te Star Span gled Batner" was sttng by .adenol selle Nina May, of the Opera Coniqtue, and "The Alarseillaise,' by .eain Note, of the opera. Meibers of the American Lafay ette flying corps, a delegation from the AmerIcan ambulance at Niully and the Anerlcan field a mbutlances, with a large representation from the Association of the Veterans of the Marne, were the guard of honor be fore the Lafayette statie of the Tii Herles gardens, where the offlelal pro cession halted to deposit a bronze palm. Ambassador Sharp and his escort were received at 3 o'clock at the city hall by the members of the municipal council; by Marcel do Lanney, pre feet of the Seine; E. Laurent, pre fect of pollee; Premier Ritlot, Georges Desplas, minister of public works; Jules A, Steug, minister of public In struction; Cajt. Andre Tardleu, high eoImIIissio ner in te1n te.t ts a4d other ( istin ishe pI e trsons. Adrien Withoiuard, preshileit of the uiiilicipal court of Pari, in a :;eeic i respond'd briefly, acklowlefdging Ihe honor! Iaitl to the t'i'tead States by tho people o f PaIs)IH. Theanbs dor'; specelh was gre((ted with great applaust., partiular!y w.hen,. addres - Ins he loil of Paris, he said: "Citiens of Paris: .\lay I say to youi un tis holy day you have with a.uich fien -('it ililient .(t apart to honor y "(ointr,'. that AmI\ueriCa remains n)0 loi(er content to express to Fra nce Il eroly her symI pathy, in :a cause whicb she believes, as verily w.:iou helieve, to be a sacred one, she Will consecrate all her power and the bWood of hi'i patriotic Sols, if neces sary I to achieve a victory that shall for at) time to colie insure the doimii nat ion of right over wrong, freedom over oppression, and tle blessings of peace over the brutality of war." A-plaqtette representing liberty en lightening the world, after the statue of hartholdt, proteeted by the Aier! van eagle, was presented to Am bassa dor- Sharp. GIRLS! DRAW A MOIST CLOTH THROUGH HAIR, DOUBLE ITS BEAUTY Try this! Ilair wets 'ilck, glossy, navy,1 and bauitil at once. limimiediate?--Yes! Certain ? -Iha's the .Joy of It. Your hair becomles light, wavy, fluffy, abund' ni and appears as soft fi lustrouis and beattifil as a young girl's after a Danderine hair il eanse. .1 ust try this-moisten a cloth with a little I anderilne and care fully draw it throt 'h your ,hair, tak ing one simal st ran I at a me. This will cleanse the h< 1 of ust, dirt or excessive oil, and j st a few mn inents you bave doIt Ad the beauty of your ha 1i'. A delightfulI sui rpr'is'e awatts those whose halir has been neglected or' is scraggy, faded, dry, brittle oir thin. 13esides beatutfying the hair, Danderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifles and Invigorates the scalp, forever slop ping Itching and falling hai', but what will please you most will lie after a few week's use, when you see new hali-fine and downy at first---yes--. but really new hali' growing all over the scal,. If you care for pretty, soft hair, and lots of It surely get a 25 bottle of Knowlton's DanderIne from any drug store or toilet cotnter and jiist try It. All the WColonelox If all the male persons who answer to the name of "Colonel" could be mobilized In one compact body, the problem of military preparednes would be solved right there.-Puck. MiEN 'TiIEV GO NOlRTiI. .tIsarilded Nearroe ill -' Find .i11st ake Then. To the lditor of Ther State: "I wisl you 1 would please puihlish Ihe followng elipping from the NewV' York T imes, 'ith reacferece to tIhe n' grQes of the South moving North: ".\ number of men who had 1un 0hioI yes;terday at Downitown IDel luonico's at the invitation of George ''>tr ?Peabody,. Jacob C. Kliniek, Clinton L. IlossiAter, Lawrenev Smitlh HuIt ry and 1'. I lollIngswortl WVoo(I starteid a campa i Pn to rai.se $1110,0011 for eqluipping Ili lloward orphanage at Kings Park, 1L. 1., to care for the <end('i(ient childrten of legro famauilies, who have emligrated front tlie Soith in tle last year. The, meeting was ic CasUioned by tihe conditions among the negroes now in this part of the coun try who aswere d the call of hIgh wages and came North unprep).ared for cold weather and incapable of im-efling the requireutnints of living 'onditions here despiute the wages they received. "Williamn J. Doherty, depuaty com anissioner of charities, sald that 150, ill), negroes left the South an( came North in IMt, and that suffering was wideepterad among tlen. They prediet ed that 250,000 would coie in 1917 If the prirsent wages contintue, and point ed ot that private ageneles were need ed to Care for tile negroes bealuse the law' ureventcd public instituitions of the city and state froma taking charge of P15r1on who had not lived lin New York for a year." I wish to Call editorial attention to lhe aiboe iem ami endeavor to htve It reprodiueed in every colinty paper tin the Staite of South 'arolina, as it will do a great deal toward enlight ening Ilie good, honest, hardworkiiig iegroes of tle South as to what they iay expect when they move Nort Ii. Tlhe Souath needs the negro and the negro needs the South, and it Is far better for hii to live and enjoy the sunshine and sapl)liness of the South than it is for him to risk the eharity of a soup kitchen in the North. When the negro moves North, he necessarily enters into the keenest kind of competition, a competition that lie has never known and which he is not prepared to meet. The above article from the New York Times should be read and com mented upon from every negro pulpit in the South. Wade H. Cooper, President United States Savings Bank. GV ER.\011 WA I? NN AG.AINST V.MAit.\NTS I.,s ties Add -e-c to .311i elpail A tiiir - ti(s F'reit the Necessity1 of Enfore. ifir Vattriany 1,ulls. Loaifers Cause DlIsconIttenlt. ('oluial, A ril I s.-Through the prc- s of tii state (overnor Manning today issued an address to the coun Iy and mun1"icilpal autthor-Ities throuigh out the state Irgiig lipon tihem th( advisability of onforcing thie vagraney laws. In tihe C(ase of vagrants hanging aroind a town." said (Governor Man ning, "there is not only a large amount of waste going on through the litiIcn-ti of the towIs, but there is a large waste of labor. I believe that throh tih0 strict onforcement of the varalley laws, wlereby this state could be relieved of the unde sirable presence of a few trifling people, Ihere will lie a tendency to wa rds increasing the labor on farms. If feel also that 1much of the discon tent Ihat is reported and rumored co:ues from the idle minds of those who are not workling and who are making no effort to secure work. This is a tte when we should all work together, each person (oiig his utmot to suipport thp Ek-ivernment. ".The campaign for raisIng a large aiotunt of food crops for mnan and beast Is taking hold all over the state according to tie information I have at liand." Lift Your Corns Off With Fingers Tells how to 'loosen a tender corn or callus so It, lifts out 'witihout pain, You reckless Men and women whr are pestered with corns and who iav( at least once a week invited an awful death from lockjaw or blood polsori aro now told by a Cincinnati authority to use a dru ,' called frezovone, whihe1 the moment a few lro 4i are applIed to any corn o callu. the soreness if relieved and s on o entire corn ot callus, root amn(, lifts off with tli fingers. Freezonn drien the moment It IF ap plIed, and simply shrivels the corn or callus without Inflaming or even Ir ritating tie surrounding tissue or skin A small bottle of freezone will cosi very little at any of the drug stores but will positively rid one's feet o1 every hard or soft corn or hardened callus. If your druggist hasn't an freezone he can get it at any whole sale drug house for you. Advertise in These Columns---It Will Pay YOU $635 Now $665 May 1st -because of the increased cost of the high-grade materials used in the manu facture of Maxwell Motor Cars -and because the policy of the Maxwell Company will not permit of cheapening its product -therefore the price of the Maxwell will be slightly increas d as follows: Touring Car, fro $ 5 to $665 Roadster - fro 620 to $650 All prices f. o. . Detroit Buy YOUR Maxwell before MAY FIRST and save the increase Laurens Motor Car Co. 'Phone 268 West Side Square tos Motor Cars