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VOLUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1918. NUMBER 14 TOTAL BOND SUB PROBABLY PM Full Report Is Not Yet Possible LAURENS COUNTY OVERSUBSCRIBES Treasury Departm.nent w11l not Vlve Out. Figures Until Full lIeports sire Heard From All Sectiis of tle Country. Twenty-two 3Ii1'llis or More v Ine Sub1 scritlliolns. Washinlgt on, Oct. 21.-After 'reading a number of late reports oi- the olut come of the Fourth lLiberty laoan cai palgn, which closed Saturday, treasury oflicials declared ton31 ight that there is little certainty at this tilie eiher of the total volumn of the subscri pt ilons 0i the number of subscib;rs. They still felt nlo (OUb1)t that tle loall had Wele oversubscribed, but. ex plained that many earlier messages appeared too optimistic in tie light of actual 1igres. n1ow being compiled by every bank and local committee ov er tile coilt 1ry. Sone cilies which at first reported they wee heavily over'sibcribled now (liscove r that ti(hey irly Wet 0VeI' their mrs I'.1iurens countly easily wenit "over. the toll" inl it i bscri lit ion3s to the oall. Duing the campalign a glealt deal of uneasiinss was felw a; to the linal olitcome1, biu subscriptions began to potiri inl ding (he int (1ays of the 'amlpaignl and1( Fatur11day night saw flte lilota about $100.0011 ove1rVslbscribed. The follom finlg table shows the re suilts of the camlipaign in tile coullty: Allotment Subs cribed Laurens City (six banks) . $. ..$303,-l00 $1,250 Clinton (four banks) . . . 1-1,700 233,05o cross H.ill .... . . -18,900 62,000 aray Court ...0,000 60,000 Owings .. ...... 10,700 25,000 Iountville...... 11,700 22,500 Watorloo .. . . . . 15,300 16,000 1or portions of County without balks ........255,300 Sent out of County to other banks .. 47,000 Total for County $8-10,000 $9.16,80) The town of Ora, whlieh as no bank, made a fine showing. \llss 1lessie hlyr(l n(d hr Capable heliers sold $17,000 Worth of bonds in that conmmunity. Ora an always be conted oi to (o her ruil (111' and( then some fotr gool, ecriptitr-al, me1(astitre. Chairman Aiken, whlo workedq lilt aeasingly in Ptiing the campaign ov r, has issued le following slatement mI the otcolkle of tile resift: "The people of 143ureils coun1ty have uiiccessfiuly3 comlpileted i i' largest If 1an3cial task ever assigned bhem and fl'eri (lays of dot111bt and hlard wor'k omelIs sat isfacl 103 and~ rest. Of coilrse ill wh~o were ('cncerned abiot I le ma11 ler' feel good. Th'le Indifferent malike up 1)13 a15121 sm liercent o f 011r POla11tion. 'here has1 not1 been time1 to tabuiaht e hle numblller of bend buy1er's bitt it is a arge total. I am31 51atisiIed that res'i 21 'lts of 1,1auren'is ('0unty.3 have sub l ter' ibed5 l)I 01 foron million 1 dliiars wor01thI >f Iai bert y Ilinds. We doI not1 rep'iort luilte a1 mlillin because of pleulir lo rai conldit ions. Iauren i(35countliy has1 oiirte(n ban3ks in) Its boundiis. J135 OitsIde o1ur1 (olinty hines are( i'ighit othi P3' bank1 s w ho hav~e many313 good custom3 (2rs Iivinig inl Iliiiirons ('ounty. They 2113)b(3cribe for bonds throu'IighI thi r 1)1n1ks. Some (If tho 'se su bscrip tions w. 1i(ar' (f. many113 (others wi' neverii hear13 oIf unless the ("ederal Res('rvi' Iank wil 3'eflire 13111n11'3 aayii ofrdeis 'sent in11o h~emI by all1 banuks. A strang1I.er Iilut S' that a1k ig theii State a's( a whleI(, 5eves hut we have 1no banks 13n (1ur (2ounlty nlear' th' lhie (If (1ther (counities >ro'(vQ I' I 0111 bond1 ii p'urchases ar'e thle Iiist Iinvestmfient w 1e 111ave ever' mlade. Nowv for just (one sliggestion13 to cv (.ry 1b(nd( buyer. (het youriI bond(s2 i~d for as s~oon as yotti can-own them 11nd( t hen hohl( thei m. Ther ~e Is noth1 nlg (luite so good~l. Oimitt ig unn13eeo-g 51y d3 (eta11Ils, a governmentu 1 bond Is a 111me((1 cetlenat e of dl(po(sItI issued by he Treasury (of thle I. f. 51ayiuni thalt yon 1hav~e d1epi'ited so many d10olaris inI (ContInued oni Local Pago) SCRIPTIONS ISED SIX BILLIONS BELG (IAN COAST CLEAR (Xreat 1,Sweepinter Movemlent I is Com meneed t Clear Germans from North lielgium.11 With the Allied Armies in France and Blelgium, Oct. 21 .---The great battle in Flanders and northern France passed into its secold phase today. 'Tlie first phase was completed whenl Ile bille salient was elliminateld and 10he (Germans were driveni out of wvesl en HIelgini, so that (lie Inlin all tle way from tle frontier of Holland to 1he Oise canal Is virtually a stra iglh onle. This having been accomplished, tle Btelgians, Blritish and renlich in the north started a sweeping movemnit today pivoting oil a point about east of Courtrai. The obj ect of this ap pears to be the clearing of the el emty from hiis front in northern Itel gium and at the same lime to Ii.ieaten his extlremI' right liank. The key po Aition at the solih is in tihe region le low Valenciennes. At both places the exhaus.t-ed Cerinai divisions whose railhs have had great holes chopped ino Ihelm by terrific blows, are ighi ilng with lit, grIatest e(I IpeIat ion. Tho Germn couiallers are sacritie in mn! ill n i n 01) ith Moir lledeavors to hold Ilir groumii, but in both rections the allied troops have siiinled intbo Ilhe onenl1y all mlade appreciable gains. S( ores of additional villages haile i iti reclahn(d and numeriioii us prison (rs ari rd 1 iantitles of suplplies ! lm1v been i :ip1i ted. The Gorlimis have their cannon close to the roads and on them, so that when it becomnes necessary to witl draw the gus, they call get them away in a hurry. In their retreat, thel Germans have resorted to every known means to delay tile bringing up1) of the artillery, but withouit effect. At. the present time however, the Al lies are not hIampere(d In the least for tihe Germans were put to such hultrrled flight that they had little tlime to take their artillery and vast stores of am munition with them. INFLUENZA ON DECIEASE HE11E. Liautretis 31111 now in Operition aid Schools May Openi Next Week. WhIle the Influenza epidemle throughout the nation remains a very seriouls menace conditions in this state and ti.s city are report ed to he ma terially improved. Camp Jackson Is reported almost free of the disease and le same itay le said of many cities and towns. The disease, however, is spreading in rural districts. In the city of Laureis a decilded i provmlentI has been noted duIIring file past. few days. Very few deaths have been reported and1( n1ew cases are ont ile decrease. The ILaurens inmill vil lage, where there wete 1)os. Vbly a huiind red eases at one timue, niow'liardly has over t welvye or lifteeni.. On accoutt of thle impr ioved cond I tins thle boa11rd of trluste~es of the city schools will proba11bly ask for perm Is sloon to openi the schools next Monday morniing, if' that Is done, noi doubt the clhurelies, movIig icture show andti gaithering Places will be thr OWnL opien as before. leth of1) lIr. lolowers. Dr. WV. F. lo~wers, formierly of Icas Icy, buti for thle pasL~t t wo) yearus a resi - dent of Iaurenus and who is well knowin ini Atidersoni, where lie had( imaniy warm friendsd, died lFriday from infl utenzia. I )r. h'~wer.( Is sitrvivedl by his: wife, whoil before maiiage was .\iSS Anntie (rom) er, <htuighter of A. W'.. ('iomer, of thel ''dar 1'Gr ov section near I felI on. The dnd wa Sl "1s abloulit years of nc.. It , ill bei (comnforting new\\s to his friendsi to kno that1111 severail da~y; b~etre hie diled lie ahnnounied~ thait everythlin g was; ing~ to jo21 i his sister. .is. I lodge, whoII (died 5) lia.iey ai f'ew datys aigo.~ Aiidei Mrs. Frii s C. Iiloar id (lied at lier homie at 1711 Pine streit. at the Grin n ood\il Ml hi tnighit. She is surivivedl biy her hushnd, .\l u:. .l. II. IIonard, a birothier who lives here, II. It. lirner, amid for othe brilothiers, t wo of whmni arie in ilitaryI servle iti (amipls in this cotuntry3. Thei fiineralI of M.l 5 loar d wvIll be hield ii ('lintoin tOiiiriowv, - I reen wonnlex.n Field Marshal H Praise to Old . Twenty-Seventh and Thir Work With Fou Troops of the Thirtieth Division, composed largely of ineni from South Carolina, Norti Carolina and Ten nessee, and of the Tweity-seventh DIlivision, coilpoed of troops from New York, have come in for high tiraise from 'ield Marshall 1 Ialg. comniander in chief of the h Iritish armlies in Fra nce, becauise of their tine work with the Foutih Iritish army dtivin tho recent advance in northern France. In tlhe Thirtieth )ivision. eve ryb ody around here of corii-se knlows, is a large part of the old South Carolina National Guard, including the coipaly from Lau rens. A retiune of the l ield .larshall oil the, Amer'e (-an operations as given out from ioridon. is a; follows: "In the course of tihe past thre weeks the Tlenty -evelt h anld Thir Hith Iiviszioln of, the Second Ameri can corps, op;erati ng with the Wovioh its eIarnliy have taken palt with great 1attil ir an( suicceas in thre( 8tac. of.. -r copteatons, bids au hern enam!ina !;mnber of, le-sser :Mi' ki. I )!thcouriew of tisk fihit !n"!, they dia,1ph:.odj ;olldierly <11ualities of a ih oif!r :md Lur materially% Thse II;( )id Not Obne It Laast Sa11itulrdy 3111y lo So'4ex.t Satuir. dlaly. The conlmllnietion below was giv enl The Advoltier for publienItion last week and was omiltted. Rev. Stead man states that the call is the same nlow as It. was then and he urges all those who did not observe the day SaItu rday to do so next Satulday. Tle appeal as to Methodists, lie states, applie s well to other conlgregations an1d lie llopes that a gelerous re sponse will be made by all deolia flons. The communication Is as fol lows: "Satuirday, October 19th Is 'Work )ay' for the orpilanages of the State. The Idea is that everyoine as far as possible give ithe income of that day to the orphanage of his or her chui rcli. I walt to appeal to youl In behalf of ottr oriPlIaniage, tihe (lpworthi, at Co lumbnhia. There is danillger' in the many eallk made oi uIs that we will leglect Ihese leedy litt le ones. Rev. T. C. O'Dell, a liaurens county man, who wrote tlie fi rt, artitle tha.t led to the founding of the oriphianage is super inteideit. lie is trying to make the institution what the .lethodists of the State have a riht 11to (xpect it to be. Ife is making Iilproveieits even uni) der the ialndica) of wat conditions. We maly not1 he alle to havec setrvle nextI Sundi~ay, I have 21(t 'Work D ay' env(Ilpes whlichi wil1l be distribuited to1 t hose wvho will call for them. Put youir conit 1ion ini one of t hese or a Itlain envelopte and haiid to mel ori any si 'lowar (If the chuiirch piivat ely if we do( not1 havey servite. Lot everyonle, youn g and1( old, )1nake a iberal011 contrii butionl~ to thits wort hy (cause(. "J. .\I. Stead lmn, "Pastor."' been applojinted a I'niteid Stateos (o-1)1 moissioinii, withI juii s ( elion1 ini thIe wester dil(istrtie, if Ithis state, of which .l. 1. J1(l iohso is the pr-a '1id i itJud e. .'I Isabbi's dou lit will be Iargelty of a loa naturilci, the oalie bIeing proided ii bine (ifnll1 t fealdl i cout. 'The uin mi bforatI eli ia 'm auiar. 'lom Itiol Wa, het ha-:iall li~oer tof tne corelitm.inare ind over and reli0eve1 stiondo (ldertan i~tlsat ool h aig Gives High Hickory Division ieth Divisions Do Heroic eth British Army !ilavinhg fought wNitlh .lie iiltmost dash and bravery inl the fgr'eat. attack of Seftember 2!) in which the Ilinde(n bu'rg lie was broken, and having On tIiis occasion captiured the villages of lHellincourt and Nauroy, with a large onunber of prisoners on October 8i )h( troops of thie Second Aierican a rIly corps again attacked in the neighborhood of Mont brehain. "I ih I ree Inys of successful tight ing, the4y coipleted an advance of ten inui!s froim .\lontbrelhainl to St. SoI ulet oveiermlling determinled resianlce ando captue id several sronigly defeided vii 1 lag(' an1"d woods. Throluglout te a' II I'te <a vis the two American divisions hmve aainatacked dlaily and onl each ouc.eiiln wvilh coinplete su1Cces,N thiioulg h ItIe eiiniy's resistanicv \t:; tit,'00 -4bsinate. " h ': the1'ir way forwa'"(d fromd St. in to the high grotund west of !t I h enna! t hi'' have broetn St 'o' 4'. relsi:,vtance al all 8oi . l '- 1 i-tlmy e n inernat ikl In mile.~ ~ ~ ~ .I~ fl.".!mprsnesad nn I ('1 1 tIiken; by the I wo Aio :Gi diisins inl theseo .-sevvrad ~ . viI sii I I t0W i('(08. '41i't Vi."h of inf1lueza l':pidentlic While Niursiit: in Asheville, N. C. Alis:; Killy Owings, a trained nuri'se, dahtehr of Frank .J. Owings, who lives' nlear1 (Ile city, died at a hospital in As nheville, N. C., Friday a fte Inoon as a resulIt of an attack of intluenuza and imenumon ia. The body was brought to Laurens SItirday aft ernoon and taken out to Chestint t idge church, where funeral and burial services were liid at 6 o'clock. 'T'le following account of her death appeared in the Asheville Times: Miss Kitty Owings, a registered ntrse oii the nurses' staff at the Mleri wethier hospital, (lied last night at 7:30 o'clock at the hospital after a week's illniess froni influenza and pieurniotinia. Mliss Owings had been conioct ed with the ieriwether hios pital for six or seven years and was widely known and m11iuch beloved by Asheville people. She carried 1ito hieri work it personal ity tha.1t. brottght cleeirfuliess to lier patients; in her tpi'oft'8 5101 SIhe was <ievoted aid uin *Iis g'onie w.as at Ialtrenis, S. C., and the ody will be taken thI(ere oday. Site is survived by her faiher, P. J. Owings. of latirens; it bro hier, who is stationed at Caip S0 vier. and a sister, .Miss Mattie K. Ow Sigs, ofi AshevillIe. M\iss Ow.injgs ri't((Ivedl her trin in ig She hadt~ iecetn tly voluiiit ecred for ov erseas duty and was waiting for word to replort foir that tility when the i demii broke out in thIs city. 1n hl trs irvoilved( by3 homie folksa in thle 10ast few da~ys, it is learn'!ed that l'earice .\loorie anid ('harles liemi ((ntly recivedr priomot ions as Seconid I.iint enats. Th'ley have') bee'n at tond has h'-.n di(etained4( ini thle s:iune cam ip or' ,iwir.- T ien1 1 andI will h:atily re loin I: obt 4'omnind. lotht ieuten atn lem4Iinl and111 Liunan .\oore war t''g1'n and, m11my' r'epor4ts have4 :r1 Geo l, lo.e .\lr- . ii !i('4'1 rbt'' \l am eS \''fe oft nello. . 0lo !r : die' ofi t:tttmoni ti I. iiheit( fin th y Laurvii:. .lili villa3 rV:-ildreno bhisg otnly buiftnwiv GERMAN REPLY 1 EVASIN T11. EV 1ElT BABH D Hi). One of tle Miost Popular Yoig Hitsi. nless 1en of the ('ity Passed Awniy sinilay 3Morningf. T. l'verett Uabb, familiarly known as "Itlett", one of the m1ost popular you nig businiess men of tle city', died at the .11 ia Irhy saiitarittm carly Sunday miorning of pneuim1on1ia following an at lack of influenza which developed j usi a week before. \hile he hilad been erilically III for several day;, reports froi iis beds i(e lie da3 befo re ga ve Ipes of his recovery. The news of his death Sinidi morning was received Witi sadness through'out the cily. .\lr. 1,i0Ab was :1' y'ars of' ,!-e, be - ilg ithe youngesl soil of 1hie late .\lesser ; ibb and .s. I atfra IHahb, of whmla the lattei su11rvives. lie Was,; Iilecd ini DI ials township and caile to Laiiureis with the fatilyk abuvighIteenl years, ago. .\( the ti ne of hiis deati hIlie was a mem11ber of the" firml of .Alimer.1 Com pan 'v, haviing bween emii ploy el with fi. $Ii firm of J. I,. .lini(er & l-ohei r foi a numbeillor of years before the formia 1Im of, lh uc (Conier. I lie was a ici1eimbler of Ihe First Alethilidisl chillch a nd of*!:l e . Lodvv No. : A.. P-. .\l.. ::I hoth of v.hich i- tool; p inter Ih- idc.s his nllother, I(e i: slr vived by hi:; wife. who wa--. .::s .\arie )rulinnmho:1l of this Cily oa'i chil, and lite .\Hler' Companly; .\M N.1)nnh, i abb \\'yatt, of i-:asley; .\liss .\l:ry Iel lhil. teachri in the Lauiriens chiool, and .\liss Barah Habb, who is teaching in Iinibriidge, (. Following short services at. (he holin .\lonihly afternoon, tie finerial Was held ini the IaIrens cenietery, the seivices being condlte b( his pas lor, Rev. .1. \. Stleadllan, assisted by Rtev. Wilmot S. llolines, rector of tIh lipiscopal chlirch, . large inumber of sorrowing friends ald relatives follow ed the body to its last resting place. The honorary pall hearers were Dr. J. II. Teague, lion. R. A. Cooper, 'Col. II. Y. Simpson, Ilon. N. B. I)ial, C. F. llrooks, G. A. Fuller and .1. II. Means. Tihe active pall bearers wer T. C. Switzer, John Switzer, . 1>. Minter, Fred Walker, J. Arthur Taylor, .1. W. lenderson, Jr.., al Claude 11. Habb. ONE SERIO'S CASE. T,1hornw11eli Oriluitniage Fortunate in Fig.'ht fin Splinih infinenza.$ Clinton, Oct. IS. --Not witlstanding tIl- fact that there have ieen 215 cas (s of Spaniish influenza ill ''llornwell Orphianiage. but ole case, that of one of the miat rons, has develo.edl into ilnionia. Ily permission of the slate board of health the orphanage' sh)ool opened last Moinlay. lI r. Binen oins(11 IIlea lih Serviler. Dr'. .1. .\cl. Ilearden has received 11o liie oft hiis appholitmenut as speclial phiianil iin thie 'nitedl States llealth 8'ric e iiuier l)r. A\ken. oft (iolumbia whoi has charge oIf the Southfl C'aroimna distrlilt. I)i. lhceardenl (xpeirts to lCeave the' city3 immiiid ilily to take iup his new wvoit-. Th'le a 'hointt uti is for Uan iniiIte peri and will I:i7. at least ding theIc inl'uenuza e idemie. Thei cityvI har gamnh i hi Un a :Leve 0f Ila'Ice as hiealI h ifliCer dur11ing Ithis :11; iln resmc!le thlis: ervice. .ilrs, ll i'le iny for lla;ii. .\tre. lI I tti Tlaylori liaIt:', wvife of ii Sv l'.C tla tte, a' ', - re l 'i m :i ar d ia. .ls. lIha' ir wa a nti o oe the I t lihl siectiol where 1:~ of V - r r iat stide. She: i: .sur;Vbed by' ia r l n ;ttl e , I V i~ A l : i . r . \ir i-vy Taylor \\'nd.t and fu r' i b th ohit 1I. TalorI. F'lor; Show .1 (.ri eii l''iu. '1i. 1 1. ldverybodyiI is- eil ly~ i n h itled to (tmne; andti lbr'!. alt kindi eti flowers, finescy workll(U or ine (dttotd. Redi ('ross and School limprovemnii~ 0 WILSON E IN EVERY LINE No Expression From Wash ingtoni Yet PRESIDENT MAY DEFER A REPLY Ophidion .M0ost (nierally if(id tibt If ieply is .1 nude On1y Suep issiblle Would be to $anct t'iol A rra mifem en ts ~o be Diefa1ted bly -ield .Marshall F-erdinland Foch, Washington, Ort. 22.- Ti oic-ial te-xI ofGerrlty'stoae:Prnol-:4ng dent Wilson was eived bY cAbl)e !"day at th Swi le Igvaion. yn", d-. crick Ovdleriin, ilil(wi cjhargie, Wr ranl.!id to <b-live- it to r t ry i a. sing at so00n i'J., ld be d 'ood. 1. l'resident Wt".sonl i.-.p.io el proinl!Wy oi th w tIa n ]lot(,. Oih ofllieal text of wvhi h FrOlb -by ill bi dhalitvred totlay tno iuh. II I I lit'\- I (Ie rlt.'"ii w .t lltzi1.)!Ii"i do' SUN loaatlt ion The un ea ver.--ion, a: reet- ived yt( br y tiv 7ircc.S tittlild! ,IV Wtzktti\ti-'' K wi'ireye~ from th'inanyl w( Oh 7 is). 4 t 11 p .-bh-it anvl :11ri aII I letmr'n fiorn mera!hour ( andlei I I ; l l : i e ii i bn no jI ia 'a .\r Wit' atitov I gh er <I t a (i :I t t' o' enls !o is: 'an.r h s a w a i'd at teihi11li to f flthto i 'fllt1 5 li io~'ii b II t' i '5i(I~par \\ t~j51 o ol tosc'ah, l01 ronam: ' 0b and to enis n' o mtore desirucn I in r'tilling fromi l''ralice and el-iuminl th'n is reluired by tuilitary n ec(1eto sity. sAtioug wt first part of the lier manjj note is r-egarded as anl awkward a empt to meet. the conditions laid down by President Wilson for Col sideration of an armistice, no one htr blieved that an i'mmediae S ces sation of hosti it iys is in sight. Gen trally (he opinion isn that the onlyT sltep 'os'ile' at this ti ue would be to sanctioll with approval of the allied goverinents, arranm m "'ilenti to be dicated by General och in' teil field for the eacuation of France and Bel. gium. Aniy such arranlgemenclts neec essarily would safegutard the supore maey ntw h ioed by the allied ariies, anI an aritiise virtually would mitttan surrleider by the Gleriialls. The gnieral tonie of tile note to gether with the signiic ill t 't w that "the offe of peace anid an ar mitice has comle fromn ' vrment which is free fr anly arbitrI' a nd11 i sp Id ibl influi enc " it h thle belief hlire that there is it a gun Iline des ire- for, pea:Ce. 1,kv the- bre. note, thlit one is regtarded in some i;the u iti t iol t( rrender it which mo(itot xcep to iew the