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COUNTY TREASURIER The 'Books of the County .Treasurer will b* open for the colleption of State, County and :Commutation fold Taxes for fiseal year, 1917, at the Treasurer's oftice from October 16th to December 31st, 1917. After Decem ber Blt one per cent will be added. After January 21st, two fer cent will be added, and after February 28th, seven per cent will be added till the 15th day of March, 1918, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one township are request ed to call for receipts in each of the several townships in which the pro perty is located. This is important, as additions} cost and genalty may be attached. All able-bodied male eltizens be tween the ages of 21 and 60 years of age are liable to pay a boll tax of $1.00 except old soldiers, who are exempt at 50 years of age. Commuta tion Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. The Tax Levy Is as follows. State Tax .......... ..8% mills Ordinary County Tax . . . miills Road and lBridge .. .. ..3%/2 mills Railroad Bond .. .. .. .. .. ..1 mIll "ast Indebtedness .. .. .. ..I mill road Bonds .. .. .. .. ..I mIlls .lail Bonds .. ......A mill Constitutional School Tax .. . .3 mills Total .. .. .. .. .. .. ..22% mili Special School---Laurens Township Laurens 'No. 11 . . . . . .8% mills Trinity-itidge No. 1 .. .. .. ..8 mills Maddens No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Narnie No. 2 .. .. .. ......5 mills Hal Icy No. I .. ...... .. .. 4 mills Mills No. .. ... ..4 mills Oak Grove No.-; .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Ora No. 12.. ..........8 mills! Special Schools --Youngs Township Youngs No. : .. .. .. .. .. .4 mills Youngs No. 2 .. .. .. .. .. ...I mills Youngs No. 4 .. .. .. .. ..7% mills Youngs No. 5 .... .. .. ..4 mills Fountain Inn 'No. 313 .. .. ..13 mills Lanford No. 10 .. .. .. .. .6 % mills Ora No. 12 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..8 mills Youngs No. I .. .. .. .. .. ..3 mills Central No. 6 .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Youngs No. 7 .. .. .. .. .. ..8 mills Special Schools-Dials Township Oreen Pond No. I .. .. .. ..7 mills Dials No. 2 ... .. .. .. .. .8% mills Shiloh No. 3 .. ..........4 mills Gray Court-Owings No. 5 ..12% mills liarksdale No. 6 ... .. .. .. .5 mills Dials Church No. 7 . .. .. ...4 mills l"ountain Inn No. 313 .. .. ..13 mills Merna 'No. 8 .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Dials No. 4 .. .. .. .. .. ....4 mills Special Schools-Sullivan Townshtp Mt. Bethel No. 2 .. .. .. ....5 mills Princeton No. 1.. .. .. .. ..8 mills Poplar Springs No. 3 .. .. ..4 mills Hickory Tavern No. 17 .. .. ..8 mills Brewerton No. 7 .. ...... ..4 mills Sullivan Township R 'I Bonds 3 mills Morna No. 8 .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Special Schools-Waterloo Township Waterloo No. 14 .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Mt. Gallagher No. 1 .. .. .. ..6 mills Bethlehem No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..4 mills 0 kom No. 3 .. .. .. .. .....4 mills Centerpoint No. 4 .. .. .. ....4 mills Oakville No. 5 .. .. .. ....4 mills Mt. Pleasant No. 6 .. ..... 2 mills Mt. Olive No. 7 .... .. .. ..8A mills Special Schools-Cross 11111 Township Cross Hill No. 13 .. .. .. ..? mills Cross Hill No. 1 .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Cross Hill No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Cross Hill No.'44...........2 mills Cross Hill No. 6 .. .........3 millsi Cross Hill No. 3 .... .......2 mills Special Schools--Hunter Township Mounty'ille No. 16. .. .. ....9 mIlls Hunter No. 2 .. .... .......4 mills Hunter No. 3 .... .........4 mills Clinton No. 5 .... . ... ....11 mills Hunter No. 4 .... .........4 mills H-unter No. 1 .... .........2 mills Hlunter No). 6 .... .........4 mills Special Schools-Jacks Townshuip' Odells No. 6 .... .........3 mills llurrIcane No. 15 .........3 mills Shady (Grovo No). 2 .. .......3 mIlls Jacks No. 3 ........,,.....5 mills Jlacks No). 4 .... .........3 mills Special Schools, Scuffletown Towvnship I.angnton Church No. 3 .. .. ... mills Meu filelown No. I .. .........2 mIlls h.anford No. 10 .... .... ...% mills Ora No. 12 .. ........ .....8 mIlls Scutllietowvn 'No. 2 .. .........4 mills Scufmetown No). 4 .. .. .......4 mills Prompt attention wvili be given those who wvish to pay their taxes through the mali by check, money or der, etc. Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off are requested to send thorn early; and give the township of each, .as tho Treasurer is very busy during the month of December. 1OS8 D. YOUNG, County Treasurer. FINAL S4ETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 9th clay of January, 1918, 'I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Ad ministratrix of the estate of A. Y. Thompson deceased, in the office ot thme Judge ot 'Probate of Laurons coun ty, at $1 o'clock, a. mn. and on the sam'e day will apply for a final discharge f rem 'my trust as administratrix, Any 'person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, dumly proven or ae forever barred. Mary 10. Th'mpson, Administratrix. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Tako Grove's. The Ota Standard Grove's Tasteless chili Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUINJIit and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, I~znriches the Blood and BIuds up the Whole Systen. 60 cents * HAUE4>NY NEWS * (Left Over from Last 'Week.) * e " " " " . . . . " " " " * . Harmony, Dec. 17.-Oo-oo! If I don't freeze this morning I will give you a few dots from this corner. This is the roughest spell of weath er we've had since Christmas. Our school (-lrewerton) was suspended during the greater part of lust week because of rough weather, but ve yet have plenty of good wood. If you run out of coal an1d wood come up and w~arin. h'les siow was just lIhree ine'h es deep utp here. The boys have been killing a great niany rabbi Is. Some claiin the snow ('2amle inl a good time to make ileat hold ot until hogs were killed. 'it is not ily pturpose to convey the idea It) you' mind that hi*ere were no hogs killed up here last week, (ltre have been and ia great. miany more will be ktilled before Christmas. MAiss Silde -.\ledlock was the -week end guest of her brother, .\Mr. .ales T. .edlock. .Miss 'isssie Adams Is visiting her sis Ier, .lrs. Olin ('arlyshe, of Spart an h1 rg. lhle Misses Jessie and Antie Taylor, of Princeton, were the guests of .liss (ornella. Wood Saturday night and Sunday. .\r. I l ury. lilIt'llen iue, of (rt'enville. is spending a while with his parents. .lr. and .\Mrs. .o111 le ry aie 1 4ine. .\' IDavi iteien has phurlciased1 a toe ing car. .\isse Frances I luight's ami .laie R 'eeves were the guests of .\is :'usan IIutihes Saturday nighl. Soime of the young pe('oiple intvr been having a gay time sleigh-riding amd snow balling. .Mr. .olin iValentine, of thasionia. N. C.. Is here to spel the holidays with the widow and children. .\Mr. .John A. Davis came with him to be with his parents, .lr. and .\lrs. .iohti 11. Davis. Mi'. and lrs. C. W. I~lodgc, of !'op lir- Springs, were theguests of the lat ter's parents, .lr. and AlMrs. 11. C, Reeves, list Sunday. Should you not hear from 11 me a gain -before ('hristm.ts, I wi =h Ihe (Iit t(.i' of the Advertiser, 'if.; staff a1ndl all ,hiM rrt ;ders at mer:y and hapl'y C:.:" -t mas. * FilIENiDSiIP NEI'S * * e e** * * a e o * * a C * F'riendship, ')ec. '.----The Christnas holidays are here again and everybody is, planning to have ia good tni visit flig and going to entertainments. We all are looking forward for good weath er dtiIng the holidays. Alr. and Mrs. J. A. -Pitts and! family spent Wednesday with their mother, Mrs. .1. L. Pitts. .iss Li(dle 'croats is spending this week with home folks. Messrs. A.larion and Ed Ills, of Camp Sevier, visited home folks Sat urday night and Sunday. Mr. and 'll's. lHate Davis, of Prince ton, spent Sunday at .Mrs. A. -11. Pitts. Mr. WV. If. Pitts and daughters, Miss es Lelia and Onie, motored to L'urens Satur'day afternoon. Messrs. George and Walter Pitta and sister', Mtiss Lucile, visited at Camp Sevier' Satur'day. Miss Lila Wilson, teaehci' at this place is spending the holidays with her' parentll s ne2' ari Laurens. .\liss Arkle Coals is expec(ted to be0 at home1 tis wee0k to spend a wh'1ile with her1 miother', Mrs. Lou Coals. AMss .\nnie Nic'hols, oif Kenltucky, in IlRON ltE - W P4 THREE POWERFUL FORCES IN ONE A Comnbination of Nux, Iron and Paw-Paw. P'UT UP IN LIQUID) F0ORM If youI desire to preserC1ve your youthful vim and vigor to a ripe old age, you must supply the iron de fleiency in your food by uining 'some form of pr'epared Iron. just is you use0 sal-t when your fodd has mA enough. iron Is absolutely necessary to en able your blood to change food' into living tissule. (Wtihuot it no matter iow muchcl or what you eat, your food Iloos you no good. You cannot get the strength out of it, and as a conse (Iuenlce, you become anaemic, weak, pale and sickly looking. If you wIll use0 Ironized Paw-.Paw, 1 tablespoon ful three times a day before meals you will very quickly find returninij strength, digestion normal and the ner vouis system restored. Everywhere you go someone nn be found who has been benefitted~by its use or known of a friendi Wile has found the desired relief; all areo pralsing 11, and each 0110 expresses0 sur1 lurise that eures' (of tile mlost stub hor'n cases of inilgestionI, ner'vous ness andi800) (leep 110nes coul1 d be brought aubout 0 sipeedlily. 'A ayateml that ta4 over'worked or runif dlown rirelIsi a hiarmluess sliu Pant. Alcohol lif4s, ibut lots youi fall Irontised Pan- Paw lifts and holds you. YOur diruggiat -probiably keeps It; bult if 110 doesn't It is sold by Lauriens Driug '~, lrnlnn 5. 0. expected to spend a few, days with her sister, Mrs. iMatthew McDaniel, during Christmas. Mr. Matthew McDaniel and family were in Laurens Saturday. Rev. James M. fDallas, our pastor, filled his regular appointment at this place Sunday and preached a very ap propriate serm11on. I to ptoJped for din net at Mrs. .1. L. 'itts on his way home. U'NION 310E':TING. The lii ion of the Fourth Divisilon of the Iau rens 'Inlit ist Assoclation \will meet with Cross lfill llapfist church, Saturday. Dec. 29. 1917. l'rog-ramii. . 1:00--Sermon, by Rev. ldward Lou of Clinton. 12:00 Organization. Intlermission. I:00--. (eniueral subije't for disenssion: "l'atrioti t 'hrisianity in the Ser vicee or the IAor('s \ingilom". 1. \Iotive and'reparation for Any I'ndelinking"'. Neheiah. Chanit lors 1, 2 andi :. W. C. \harton. (. I'. Smith. 2. "I low o .\leet Oppo~sition anld I :nemuies WihinIi and Withont". The The past heart ful ward det WE' Sells to 35 1918 A DEAR SI In E Grumbing~ want fulfil did not hai The ness, no nm is not whar ownt carria yetrs, alld them all. "W\e will (lse. The11 Joy tIorsit ever saw, ait home, 2 Evel I hat as yo spirited ar tle lamb); I and you wv are a huski you. Give andl~ bonbo he is the 1 pie with a crazy for you are m NOT like; to eaeh otl limbs, and look for. other to a to get you ARE BRUT iIHEIR M the dusty1 Vt S ward Long, L. D. Bass, W. "P. Cul bertson. Nehemiah, Chapters 4 and 6. Ed 3. 'Knowledge, Uluity land tfRigb(t Methods in -the 'Prosecuuton of any 'atrotlc or !Rellgious Work". No hemnlah, Chapters 5, 8 and 9. J. 41. WVhartonl, WV. 1. 'Turnler, '11. dJ. WVood. 51111uday 3lorninr, Dee. 80. 10:00---Sunday School, 'Supt. ;W. 1N.. Gritlln. 11:00--.\Ilissionaltry Song and Prayer Service. V. '. ('ulhertson. I I:1.:- -issionary Sernion, by Riev. Q. I. Smith. V %S'1' (El10AN Sil' L'IA I' 1 \ '.: I'.l'I I; I) Information Was ('on'3 id to (er mantiy Th'Irougch Systemu 't'nde'r umInl' ('hancls. Spies I'sed in %is1ile 11nk 141 'onvey lieports. Washin ton, lIec'emlber ,.----Opera tion of a system of regular co mmullni caltiln between the l'nited Statle:; and G erm11an11y. .\nstria and11 I'"ur1ope'an non1 .trals were dlisclosedl today by an FAREWELL 1 Year 1917 has passed out upon ti is now history; the future lies bef l of energy, with light feet, and b ermined to make 1918 a better a WISH YOU A HAPPY 1918 NEW YEi THE HOU RED IR( ;ame Goods 15 Per Cent Less SMILE A Buy Your Good: and Happy New R: leaven, there are no grumblers-that ma is the characteristic that belongs to I led; hlad every privilege accorded to him, *e that, and his grulmbling cost him Para< first thing a baby (does is to raise a ho0 atter what that business is. To hear mei t it used to he, he is losing money every go, and1( have a cottage by the sea-side. nonl in every profession. Then, the Corn If the0 season is dryw, " We wvill not1 make n)ot get anything for our stutf, theQre i T[here are grambler' in Oeiver vocatLion a man in biusinoss ha< to be a gent leman: say it is a1 haird lot to bie shuit upl within I iand1s andt pulre ir1. Yo'ti goi: when you tI the foodii is stal', Ite littl roem whee1 tI)'C 1 r'ybody k nows how a work ought to bie u imiprove, everybiody el-ie andl everyt hin, iIare someW pr'ceripitions for chronic gri 1(d gentke is to live right. When D~avid w 10 himself had taken another man's wvi ill have the ehnrllity, thait surfereth long, and, praise your wife, praise her looks, her the same love-like attention that yo ns, and wr'iting her reams of poetry on gi est husband you ever had, no matte)' hov crisp on top, a soddon one. beneath, and ack of sleep. It wants fresh, wide-awal iserable because you have not something to have. Be like the old woman who had mer. I never pass a cripple or a blind mn eyes that can see. Get the habit of The Bee and the Buzzard hover tog'e dead rat a mile away. Look for sweetni r feelings hurt, and you will always get 11HT. CHFJRFUL,, AND) HAPPY, ARE? IGHT. Forget yourself. Try to make t pilgrims along life's highway. WISHIJN( YOU AND YOURS A 'om a Friend to a Frlendl nouncement of customs ofilcials that within the last two weeks they have found scores of letters containing in scriptions in Invisible ink or code phrases in the clothing or personal ef fects of ship's crews bound to or from Scandinavian ports Swedes and Nor wegiai wre tiost 1 promllinett in the I tratlle, and 111o11t one-lifth of IIe letters Were of suspielols character. Scores of the letters now are under w run It y. and in vest igaIiotns beilg mlade probably will result in arrests of a numb11er of personsII on charges of violating provisions of the I trailig Wilth the eiemelt f( 03orb idd ing tIrans mis:sion of (con1nutinientions to or from 1he c 1(ontry exctrt in lf reglitar c"ontse- of mail or 11nder) license. by n113 sIo s i t hriis ('or Ihe wal' tra(il 11(r)1.11" 111 Ii C tta v 1.(11 h;ard.. Otlicls us eethat rws of ie. y15splig th b heo n God macitd Slate ad norteprn erous neutral yortr have1. ( 11ried nm ny" letters f'romn (;rr mn1,1 sp ies in this ("ountr1y, the1 dloeni men'tts berini "(.ul Ii) (iermIanyV frIom the neuttl port, at wih t hey are iam(Il. O0 1917 eo white fleeting wings of Time. ore us. Let's all gather up a big y the help of God march for.. rid more prosperous year. AND PROSPEROUS R 1918 SE OF BARGAINS )N RACK Sells for You You ND BE HAPPi s of J. C. Burns & Company You'll Be Happy Year Letter kes Heaven. In Hell, they are all gr mniversal humanity. The first man in thi but the eating of the fruit of one tree. uise. vi andl make a kick. We are all born kie talk, they aire all losing money. T1he di year; he wears fine clothes; his wvtfe wer Stilt he is hosing money. It is the sat er, the man you think wouldl he content, seedl this year;"' if the heavens pour' abi no0 use having it."' Nobodiy wanits his s; nd( location. There are more grumbkersi at honme he dioestn't have to be anything. trick walls thiatI it woub Itbeh delightfl t< 70~' there'(. the pilace is bteastly , the31 pl)Q3e icy have pult yo3u is anI (oh4 garr'et I, and y done13, e'xcep't the poor' wretches who are i els9 seclms to impirove 't the same1 tim<l imbling:---T'ry to live right. The boat, wi as not living right, he was ready to kill fe, andi ktied the man be'sidesq-that mai mdn is kindi. hlave the home as beautifu even if she is rather homely. Praise it gave her wvhen you were handing her' it It-edged paper. If you are a wife, pr'a many you ever had, lHe careful of what imtok) horrors between. Take plenty of :e people in the habit of being tnatnkful that other ' people have, think of the only two teeth, but said she was thank f sn that my 'heart is not lifted in thi ooking for sweetness and light. People ~her in the air; one goes straight to a ros, ass and light and you will find it everyv bhem hurt. Got to work, get a move on ALWAYS THOSE WHO ARE DOING he world brighter and bettor, give refrei HAPPY NEW YEA R FULL OF GOt Sincerely yours L. E. BI -Until regulations were promulgated nelveral wooks 'ago, ithe prohibition against such communlcation had not been enforced strictly, although cus ?omus 'lnspectors and secret servioo agents had seized many commnsunica tions of dangerous nature on ships on arriving at American ports. Extra pre c'autions, under the new riiIes , how ever. resulted in the rountd-up of many more litters than it had pre viously been thoght I. wer: carried by I':vidence ;athe'red thus far leads olliheils to belitv,'i n ul at sub jeels, aided by Amtttericans, have nade money byv prtntintg thse Iadestine trtlie in entui tinetionsi to eade th liritish c'ensorship 11f tamils b~efore and after the ('nited (-tat ( -nred 1.ho -vat. i'ltese a re n A .ubiet. to eti niii:tl I ruseen i ii n. Wit h ittill ies Of $ig 00 line ;nd11t t 1,n yeats it tl-rison mtent. Gt rat( pantities of entn inl om muunientions>,' called sihi 's and con signers nutil an, car'riedl by v'esselts not, in regular maill channels andi most of this has b1ceen licensed by enstomtts of lic'ials. :ET Cash and Gives r Money's Worth 1918 to All amblers -that makes Hell. e Garden of Eden had every Hie grumbled because he kers-nobody likes his busi y goods man says business ,rs diamondis; they own their with the doctors, the law is the greatest grumbler of ndlance andlh the barns burst, II i to fllow the sameli line of' n the home than anywhere 4 geltl fftsomewhetre andti en -art thet motist vuligar you LIu jutti wish ytou hadi stayed ding it. is it nt strange, ty in the worldi to bie sweet - the mian who had siilai lit e him savage. live right as you can make it. If you her coo0king though it choke and out, sendling houqueta se your husband:--tell him you e'at. Ileware of mince sleep. The world is going for what you have. When things they have you would ul that they were opposite nk fulness that I have sound usually find just what they a garden in the distance; the ,here. - o arouud expecting you. THE PEOPLE WHO SOMETHING WITH ALL hing cups and bouquets to ID CIIEER IRNS, . IURNS & COM PANY,