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tFje Ebbertiger Subscription Price is $1.00 Per Year Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PllNTING' CO PANY SIatreIiIS. S. C. Advertisuin: Itates n. A.pplientiit Obituaittes aind ('ard of Thatks: One Cenit a Word. Entered at 11: st o:le at I,air-enls, S. C., a.; eold (lacss mal matter. (Isi(otte of, I uin tos be dristruted otIt in RES S.ut C'.,in by V 9ln . Chamers0 ers. The Iiidigei hast been't adop)lted by i t he Sothi ('arol inal Peparedness ('om ilmissin.t n 1Travellers3 on the trtains can do 2 S their "hit" in miakinig the life of the soldieris gnard intg thle railroilad mioreO pleasant by tossing newspapers to them as thle ecamtps ar p~assed. The boy~s ini most inistances are aw~ay froml I ostolliees and1( ntantttds antd no dloublt are gladl to get thle paipets at any time of day. Ilieteafter, then, in-h steadl of throwing~ away jiapetrs that ha ve been rea d, it wou (1ld e a ice I hing lo roll them tp and trow thtemt 19' to the boys a. the. a)Illms ate assed. ilTe stcae.ftul sale of hlil (iautu- ' oCiliton1) of t hi 1 'en 7mu11ity. ('otn trary t I e .1i-:m it h e tick ei Iom- t i miiit tees ovier.<;ih ltiw : : n :ia utaan teedi whuih kin l vn7r i -ry un-- ill dentrly the :r - of ti k rin ets :a r 10 0 w rith ti n 1mini g- :- le wife so tle wvlo sid it wluildi 0 Ib;as ec(Io omy to 1st of the b ts i of t. ai fo whl ' . b.v ill at insace r awiy fri1 pte i ' mi nd n e-l st an.1 i n d ..a 1io dorb nire ldt not the pelha (nr the of mui lry I h n I ouro I a lo I sfte of howu hlt paer tatr : t . een brin wo l ve The tino - of ti i hiI nimi 'I State i o tr o livdl l (-illin A )tarte . 1 n '. : 'ese :mm. yl i oni-i tidti d a'i i-av (it i tn o oqr teer y to ii otr iesoutr'es this wealth cnn be in-d wre nseid at a wa,41 !-v ttough to take :o care of tlh total yarl cost of the war. If we let downt in-ut buit s ttine-ss affairs and stop te wheels of o gress, we may not only have a dleflelt j on account of acturtal wat opieratlins, butt our natiotial wealtht mtightt lie re-I ditted ftrm insd 1(0s our ces. l No, while 1thi i a timo for truie economy, we ouighit to be moare alIve i I.,' than e!ver to our )13 buinessiOiil opotunI kE -ties so that the total1 of the country'sn at ivitiesi intay lbe inrased. iTre i no( reason for ala rm ion ac(4ount1t of thle htighi pirices of various1 ' a rtlel1es. Whlat we shtould do0 and, we bel ieve, are dlo-n Ing is to4 hltpI in reduiteing tese pie.. tI es by a greater prto~lution in ourt own inanutfactoes andl on our own farms. The southern farmer, mtost lI kely, tt wvill he a prosperouts man in the fall ut if lie has hIs owtn food su pplies tto grown for another year and a fair cropt or cotton to sell. n g Youngs School Closing. The Youngs school will hold closingC exercises at Wallace's Lodge next Firi- t day, the 11th. Prominent speakers, r aincluding Mr. R1. A. Cooper, Mr J. 'H. t 5 Sullivan, lMr. 'P. W. Moore and Mrs. .1 E. V. Frierson, have accepted invita- tl tions to be present and muake address- t' es. A picnic dinner will be served ont the grounds. The public is cordiallyc 1avited, c COTTON AND SWI It requires nearly 10 1 cents a pound to purcI canned sweet potatoe can be produced on while it requires from I to produce the cotton. 'D PE1'ltlFOY'S RlULING ON POWERt CO31PANY SUIT tenlographer Perrin Furnishes (Copy of Jtidge's ilulihtgr in I tuimportant ('ase Through the courtesy of Mr. .1. L. rrin, court stenograpiher, The Ad ortiser is able to print in full .Judge cuiIfoy's ruling in the case of the Wedy River Power Company vs the ity of Laurens, in which a verdict as directed for the plaintiff in full, Xcepting Interest. The ruling in full found below. The Advertiser's attention has been alled to the fact that the power coim any verbally waived its claim for unitive daimages when its attorneys Vad hI4 1r ('031111lainit, this cam1111 hav jg been set out in their original con laint from which The Advertiser lade 111 its story inl its last issue. 'tie Advertiser is glad to set tile rec rd straight in the matter. The following is the ruling of .Judge 4 'tirifoy in (irecting the verdiet: "Well gentlemen, I have listened as alieitly as I knew how to tile testi 1cny and the arguient. The plead igs are very long and tile testlimony as been very long and tie iestion new to mec. bull I have reached tills onclusion. The contract was iade et 'een the City and the Power 'om aniy based ("1n a 1peak syteml. Now helther that conitract is valid or in a d--I tin k IthaI the con trac t .1s a.11id. It was, agteed 4tiponC by b Ioth ar1'1 ies and lived up to by both ail. (',; for Som)5 eliitiV liki vight year . h1:11 beinlg tu and anld beig u dis turd'4 1 think thle defendantl wo l bll .lt( ;;4i to deny th1, valiiily o tlle 1llni1iret . I have alrelady hlc.d that it a1n' : 1bode I iidebi of the i1. tdt' . that hi go ou . 1i hI Cont ract. t herlhirn, is valid It : I1ht to he e'forced . "Io th hl e leu r1colu,.i If:a'k (4) that. part o! !' Con1tia4't w1itnx referen1(ce I) the 411 -vsiomi and ul h of' the te( ti- - oly i,; center d arol i 4 Ihat Iloilt. " n (h r i.; tostilnonv hire that fe Il-lnolor hlerantei nn e rae Ill'lly4)4 jul ' a wi'- (III it an(d 3he1 I '' oy'd is ih u lh at int i ' 07, ln d olt 011 11"'Ounti W, 1te wirv he III n . Nowx several info-rene na m dyi-vi r i h"i !l d hai it r..!:i 4 t r d rea Ivr n 4n ! !! 4-refor s 'i rw('nt of the .nV HnWY 11A 'v ll! il Oher% .\nt N il. nee w n on , "w . I :"tI!%- ;lil -1' i4' 1. 4 1 i h(- I !! u i , n h Th 14 un i4 u - '0-i ; v I h ink t1 it ! n 4 .:; 11 '1oca nsa~ ir Hab teti :!h-: it of. I li s i h e pu l4 it1 f alpule il off a. numbe of lie 4in 'de 1 to preen iit recordin theI' peak1 rhe nights in sucession and(:i(1 (4er1 ''4 k4ing3 th Obity liabe5 for l e ad-11 tia 1)3rse o wer.14 lie '1 it tift :at'e kept tha'('t. Iformation toe h im If for qite a wil e anld subsequenl~it lie 14ut 11th m1eber of tile ('ouncil( full ipossession of thlese facts and( ~at they from31 that iniforma1t ion it was t y necep"tted the misronst ru'tion3 of ,14thatithe city shlohii rnot have tam-I ':ak wats e stalt1ished( and tihe ('ity il, and1( hallving re(ogize i'A( t and1( 1a11 i4 itld the bill thenl they'3 are, un '3 my vtiew of' the4 law, 1'5toppted friom 'i0erting no0w that tils was4 not1 a ('ori (41 (4f till ('(4ntrac1(t and1 I thinkil it is' "Now as to wh4cth~er (4r not1 the city~ :111u1li e IpenlIized'( by3 ncepti ng t he 1 w hiigh r'ecordts when thley dlidn't ( ran4 down) low, thlat isnl't for me1 to" 'y, whlether It is right or wron1g, hIether' it was a goodl (ontr'act or' 01. Th'1e counelli thouight it was a 00(1 contract andi they signed it. 'Now tile testimony as t othe conten 011 that tile city had no power to iake a contract beyondl thle life of thle ~ rporaItion--I don't take that view of ,but be that as it mfay, I think whlen 10efnew council after 'passing thisv 3solutionl statign thlat the~y wouldn't h tke tile power and attemplted to re 3ind the contract, I think thlat reso ition was null and void, bult admit ng they did have tile righlt when they trned the current on and used tilev lat is undisputed and testified to by I [r. Adams thlat Mr. Dials notified the auncil thlat he would stand on the 0 entract. when they turned the cur ZET POTATOES? >ales of cotton at 9 iase 160 bushels of s; and the potatoes one acre of ground .5 to 20 acres of land 'ent back on, I think they would be iable to pay for the current under he peak established before. I think hey would be estopped now from1 de tying that the peak lunder which the (d council operated wouldn't he the >eak under which they must operate, he testillolny being undisputed that dr. IDaln, tle president of the comn many, notified them that he VWould land otn the contract. So it seems to ne that tlie motion should be granted. "I doll't think there is any testi ntony that could be regarded as suilli :ient to go to the julry of any fraud to stablish that coniter-claim. NowN as o tihe cireimistances upon which that s based. I don't think that would be :iflicient for ime to sit1))11 it to tile ilry. The testii)ony as to whether or mit the steamn plant was running in 911, ipon which there Is contradic ion, I don't think Is relevant here. le test itmony as I understand it to Ie and as I have riled or held was utilclent to establish the peak in De ember 1913 and the testinony as to vihal took place In 191.1, unless there ould be something else to go to the iry besides those inferenecs to be Irawnt from that couldn't prevaIl the ity after the minimum peak had al eady been established. Now as to ie tetsimtiony of Mir. llount that Mt. larney was seen going into the ma hine or behi nd it there Is an infer n-that he was tampering with If alt the testii imony fitheIlir shows thalt e had harge of hte machitne and it vas his liduty to keelp it up. Te took he elock 1o1ut oie time he said and xed it. I don't tlilnk that would be ny Iisintiathon of fraud Ilbecaluse the esiinotny shows that it was his dutty oi keep) it ut). The mtrdoes get outl >f order Sometimes. it was testifled 0. by ole oth ry 'wihtiesses. S'0 I lon ' think 1141re is any testI imny ore to go to the jutriy so I will grant he luot ionl." M-1eath of' 44-4. C. Biyrd. .\lt-. ( 0. C. Ilyrd. one of the oldest ud Itost prominent citizels of t le oullity, jla.ssed away Friday, A Iril 01h. at his old historie home, where o had slent his entire life at the it)1( old age of 75 years, loved and I peled by all who knew hii. I IC was nt elder of litayPresbyterian burii'eli and is survived by hIs wife, lo wa-,s .liss Allee flarksdaIle and the ollowingii children: .\Irs. Ilerbert lartin f ll utrins, .\lessrs Gena Imlula nd Il ssie I.lyrd. Th fnli ral r ivos ve.rv o011uc-lted by his pastor, !vv. .1. P. .Jicobs S-alrday af1ltOon t111ed.1hy :e t'icon o trse o r l- i iv:- and !friends.- Ilfl riment wa; lin * $ $ * $ * $ * 1 * * 4* $ *$. * $ Fe: Sny h-one actl aterl owi., It ~tt I tu . , . :. ;2..:nI l,4ed .\ 5ii of 11rigitrs. \\'il -ty sd<13' wage' I. Wrin\et or1\ieio sen-d 3w i'. y A. ii.re 'iloin., t i \\'em. (li d- I .12- 11 1%:' Sale- One .\tlel igk Pllowttr, i'oves cot. se. Ih.12-.A IaI , lott viase . rba lt nIa .o - 2til Nesday,--.\My 1.t' brme pli'gatt stand on willrtise tfte so atnery a'get vord A.le fro. Thomtes Laurettvi 4. For. aee-$I1.0. buselsig 1101 good roved Icoton see. . T. elA. Iaew Notlee-.\1 purve :obuels.\oga staei' on will maketltt hem eason at my2 tfarm ,vot mtie fro Laurensl on reev01' tdle tior'. e. A\. W. itt lella mts. I. I). 2.38-l t N~ort e--ha 0t tbushtels of edbier levelatid lng itohl Cotton seed for 11' for plantingats$t.. arer almset bteat0 liexhIgebi w oln the seso 011 Wntsmor (er od Cal ndma o rie muer M.lAkuel, Laon enf 11. .( Ms. . II 38-~,ofWilgtol forInGeeo Satnmkrday onedIgree 1.0 hoer buthm A.netn P.hFulero as ntvilee thS. rto C.tS-e-d ca'Norsei the eolv oura ern nary. to b'agher willth speasn this WI'.fo Albeto Canada.nte x arompweten pafrt of Dominion o supply a ehureh dt~rlag the sum mer mnonths,-reep ~oI Journal. THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY 33 1-3 PER -CENT REDUCTION All Millinery knifed to the core. Pattern Hats, Trimmed Hats for ladies, misses and children sold for three days at 1-3 off from the original price. Visit our millinery department Thursday and all week. You get choice of the lot at prices you can afford. This lot contains the best Pattern Hats and new est shapes this season has afforded. Your opportunity is here. Meet your friends at Clardy & Wilson's Mil linery Department Thursday, Friday and Saturday. CLARDY WILSON Laurens, S. C. "LAURENS' LEADING STORE" DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CAR S4 The number of those who prefer the Sedan for .use throughout the year is s diyincreasing. Th'le rea'Iso)l is easi y uyide'tood when you consxider h'ow adaptablo it is to the freq ilent weathler changI~'((e)ojlimon to all par ts of the~ coiunt ry. Alhnuost inst ant ly it can1 be I'Ifhnged1 to acPoun~Iodaitei itself~ to heat or cold, rain or shine. Touring Car or Roadster, $785. All prices f. o. b. Detroit Write, Phone or See J. HAMP STONE, Agent Clintn, S. C.