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VOLUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1918. NUMBER 17 U YE _R O_ _ ENDS DRIVt IS ON FOR WA WORK No Relenting of Effort Con sidered DRIVE ENDS SUNDAY NIGHT War Work Canpaign Inaugurat4d at Luncheon Served at the Laurens Hotel Thursday Afternoon. Colored Workers Hold Enthbusiastic Meet. ings. "No armistice has been signed in the United War Work Drive" saild R. I. Nickels, chairman of the Uinite( War Work Campaign in this county, ycs terday. "The necd for funds, now that the war is . practically over, is great er than ever, for the soblr'ers at the front, without the thoughts of battle to engage them, will need the uplifting influences of the seven great religious and educational agencies if they are not to be enmeshed in the snares which surround an ari y at rest. While armistice terms have been sign ed and peace is practically here, tihe army of the United States is not yet (isbanded and will not be for months and possibly a year or two to come. If the Y. M. C. A. and the like organiza tittis were valuable in war times they are Invialuable Willle the roldiers are yet under arms but not untider the re straint; that war entalls". The campaign in this county was formally launched at a splendid lunch eon served at the Laurons 1lotci Thursday afternoon. Addresses were made by Director Martin. in charge of -the industrial department of the (riv by 'Mr. \B. L. Parkinson, formerly of this city but now in charge of the ViC tory Boys campaign, and by I)r. llen ry Fiyder, president of Wofford Col lege. At t h is meetn Chairn Nickels stated that as the goal set fori the nat ion had been raised to $2;50, 000,000, the (1uot, for Laurens coun ty had been raih,ed to $31,000. The town ship and school district chairmen present were urged to start to work at once and put their respective dis tricts "overl' the top" at the earliest possible moment. Following the meeting of tile Wilte cominit teemen Thursday afternoon, Josiah Itunter, chaiiman of the negro committiitteC, held an nia ttsbti I'C lmle'et Ing of his workers in the court house. lie'e plans were discussed for a thor ough caipaign among the colored 'people. 'Again 'Monday afternoon the colored workers, mostly from this vi cinity, held a ieeting in the coulrt house' where Dr. T. C. Miler formerly president of the State Normal and In (dtttrial 't'ollege, at Orangebtiurg, mad a strong appeal to the negroes to suit port the seven Worthy caluses. Josahl Hunter. who had w~or'ked ini~dfat i'aly3 to seenure a ilarge auidhen cc, had thle eourit house packedi to ritandin g roomi p hen the meelting begani. A fte isl ad (1ress: in regard't to the W~ar' Work ('amn patign, In whleih lhe ictutredi ed ut(nt ion ali attd recligiouts work{ hinitg doneW by t he Sevent orgiz~iiations. Drt. Mlill'r iause whclile a collect ion was ta keni for' the catmipalgn and then1 spoke se riouisly to hothl whtite and colrd (,A'l 0' ple,.presenit as to racial conittions af tr the war. lie uirgedi a mutual study of thle nee'ids and~ d~iflieul t Is of ''a c 1 race and forehenaance under untusual ('ond11tions which preva~l for ;u'' i o thle end thait bot h r'aces may comli to kntow anid 'apprtecite each othm' htettetr. Of thle whlit e people h le inr'c as a mat tert not only of justice butt ci adlf ite rest. tht thle wel fare of th(~ niegroes lhe advance('td an~d in iretun hi uirgedl thle negroes5 to "hear antd for heart, give and take, labor' and wnalt and have faith in the future. Afti' lils addr1 ess, mniiuy people bothi wli and black went up to express to hin t heir a iptrechiu ti of htis addr iess. Tb' .(colt(ectiont taken at the mneetting wa' ov('r $000. An address was also maide biy JT. A. ( r ime". e ('olored Y. M . ('. A worker'. After the meeting here Jo a.* IU----'- enrid his ceakers ti VICTORY A? 4ilitarist ic Class Hands of the (Associated Press, Nov. 12.) 1 Victory-and peace. After more than four years of :truggling the rights of mankind are served. The greatest day in the his tory of nalIons has dawned. The German militaristic classes- f arrogiit beyond expression-are inl defeat. . 1 Kaiser and crown prinpe are in t flight-refugees in an allen country. ;erianic kings and potentates no longer hold their sway. 'rite allied armts are triumphant. Im perialistic Germany has met the fate that ultimately must come to any country that seeks to rule the world. 'Deserted by all her allies, Germany, on her kntes, is ac'cepting terms of capitulation -which amount virtually to abject surrender. 10xcept for ac tual hostile m iitary invasion, the uonce great Phuropeanl power, the amlbi tion of the monarch of which was to dominate over all, is in complete dc feat. Deaten on the field of battle, ihe edict of the allied chief command is that the German armies .shall retire into their own homeland from all lit vatled territory. Impotent as the GCr-1 Clinton, where another meeting was lield. The big canvas in the city of .Lau runs will take place Thursday. Ina the ii aitilie, howeVer', a (uieL campaign is going on aiong Some of the con Ir'hutors who want to get their naitte in before the big campaign starts. These contributors are giving from $50 up. Chairman Nickels stated yes terday that any one who would like to join this list before the campaign Th lr sI.day may (10 so by seeling 1imlo to day. Township and school district chal r mn1(1 who desire speakers should apply to .\ir. W. P. Thomason, chairman of the speakers' bumeau. Some very fine speakers are said to be oii this list. Victory Boys. Rtealizing that twelve to seventeen years ol( boys must be brought into iropel reilationship to the war or suf fer from its doloalizing affects, the Seven 'nited War Work Organizations I hae'(! (lee ilded upon thoi *e 'V ict oiy Boys" im1oveimen.t or the "arnii an1 Give" caiimp'iynm, as a stiale1 miethlod foir brin hging t hese bloys in to lproper' rela I iion to the war. The State Goal is; a Soth Car';iolinal V l'ictory Boy beltindtc every Southb Cario lina fighting nman. The pllan is that (eery btoy wvill plan to earnli and give a stuim of not) less thn $7,.00 to priovide~ t he piv ilecges of the sevein organtliations partInleatinlg for one ~ Amiuerleant,-'lghterci fori at least tihriee mothsi 1. Somoe wvill want to lhedge' to colver th le expenCOse for a six mont Ihs or a y ari of pri1vileges. To sho(w what . ,$144.44 (4r $20.404 will doi, will be4 to enit st largeri numbers of thiese thei hash;1 otf the: total numiiber of men ru ini he ' lerie fromt thbat coun tty. Thtetre are 1 ,558 men'i in thle service fromt Lau1 r'4ns4 4. uney. Youri apporitltinmenlt is .7"Vlctor'y 1oy3s'". Padymienlts are' toI be imafde it full ori int three equtal installments, att te sam' Iime14 as payle~i11 ini thle imiin's camiupaign. No boy shoulmd be allowed toreer gifls for any part.1 of his .ple dge. lie maIIy uitiliz' his savings, . roided~l'( fhe.''!' r 1eset htis ownt earn ings. To every hov who'enroila to ea ID. PEACE I ST If Germany Subm Allies and Accep1 Drastic oil Ill iarmies sliall be, alo 0as impoteL E hall he the Cerman fleet. 'Colonies rt. lost, and the hand that sought to I mach out and attain additional terri >ry is withered by the rulilg of thei upreime iar council at Versailles. A Reparation and restitution, in fact,l 1all compensation of all kindi is to I e made by GCrmany for all the dis that hIs follov.'ed her nr:uue.; an.1 hose of her allies throughout th (orld war. The handwriting was on tht will for ormlany. lIer- trcops had fought aliantly throughout the more than I our years of warare. Hut. what had I 'en cosidverod in Germany ani inl-I Icible army was heaten in feats 01': .1ms by the allied powers. Even be- I ore Ger ut mny's allies deserted her k thei trength of the entente allies had be 1 ome apparent. Unprpiared, they had 'esisted for more than Ithrve yars the t:'saults of an (enemy iwho had beenj >reparing for combat since the Fran o-Prl:slan War. With a determination that could lever recognize defeat, Holgiua, -rance, Italy and Serbia were over -tin. -Iard days were experienced by lie allies, but the smile of hopefulness -of satisfaction in ultimate success iever faded. When finally the t'nited At the Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mr. RI'uires, who is in tac-n on a two days' "leave" from his work at Camp Jacksoit, anniouniacc t hat he expectu to be back it Lau retis T'lhanksgiving. The pulpit of tile Pros byterian cltureh will be supplied next 2abbath, both morning and evenig, by the Rev. I,.. Ioss I,ynn, I). D., of Jacksonville, Fla., but now president [f Tholirnell Orphanage, Clitton. This wIll he Dr. 13n's 4irst visit to Lau rens and no doubt Ie will be greitedi by a large (on:;)regation. For the fo!!oin.ig Sabbath, Nov. 2-1ith, (lte Rev. .1. 0. Reavis, i). D., of Columbia, will o'ccupty the ijpulpit. All who have ever heard Dr. leavis k no.' that he Is a preacheri of magutIc iow eri and they count it a privilege to have the prospect of hearing him again. Sabbath school, 10:15 A. .l.: prmea'hing, 11 :30 A. M. and 7:00 1'. m. Mr..\.F. hanlerDead. Mr. A. M. Chandler, who mtiarricd .l iss iannah Tol-hert, dauglhter, of Ai'. andi i.. JT. F. Tolhert of this Ji. (ied at hti htome, Victoria, linbt C'olumiathd, on October' :t v. lie is vur 'vi b~y his wIfe andi a little son fourt years o1ld. Iis only b rotherci hius Ieni a irisoner inli (emaniy for sonie tim but ant effort will ii' o'idI- to aet ht. earily rel ease In oirdei' tha t he may re a urn hiome to look a ftetr his own and~ hiis deceased br-othei's a ffalirs. , , .*. , . .OeO S S e * * * ON Q~I'l:STI'ONN \lliEl. * 6 Was~himartoni, Nov. 1g.- -No more* * que'stimaeires wiill lie sc::t or:1 * *i bylte draft boar'ds of the coun-* * f iy i. was ex pinedi by ft'he ro- * * ln:i a sh Al ' o il uto 'h t eal. *n Thive ni bie gvt ha bte i enlt ot * * hlie ' r t t unlsy~* widted, muth * li'liid on amul turnd tot ithe' drai * am iv wl be given a uia ctin thraee RIFE AND I it to Overwhelmi: t Terms Which ar Record. aswIa a into tle war by Ger- C any's cotii "d violations of inter at lonal law and of the precepts of 1 .:nanity, the gleam of the dawn of ictory for world deiocracy rose in I hI(' sky. C Oi the fIeld of battle in France and i leigitin tie Gerian,; vere fast being l'feated wheva they flew the white I ofiubmission and asked for teris I lpace. Everywihere. frot the 3el- < aIl coast to the Moselle River, the 1 i were prring thetm. It w.as I m:'ly a matter of time when 1thr arim- I e- iwould he decisively beaten on the< aittle field. Their great fortilled liin, >f revsistance had crulpled sucices- 1 ively ut ndle r file imapetius of the at acis of their foes. They were being m-rtied everywhere from pillar to post. 1 -ven the great Rhine fortiflcations, it as forseen, would prove no barrier 0 tlie onward runh of the victorious irmies. 1lence Gerimany, deserted by let, allies, recognized that defeat tared ler in the face and capitulated. For Germany as a nation-shorn of, ecr imperialistic and militaristic ideas -he defeat may not. prove In the ong run of disadvantage. Already the f'volutions throughout the okoutntry irp ten(ling toward deiocratizat Ion w hlch may prove the salvation of a LYCEIW3M AT GRAY C'UlT. First Niinl r to be ti the Gray Couri 01Av.ig School lIonne .Mond"hiy Elea ig. The first number of the Gray Court O'ilngs lyceum course 1will be given :. the school house there next Mon day night. the 18th. As this Is the first of tle series the im anagers de Ire a large attendance. The first at ract Ion will be "The Chautauqua En tertalners" and Is said to be one of he ber.t that the course affords. The ;r:'!!lI!; corlia lly invited to attend. W~trCut OfN. Pteople of tile city who are accus '.:id to washing thieir faces and and (titing hlie afternon hours of tle:e cold days were very much disap iloitnted Tue'sday a ftvrioon whlen they wi I to make thier "ehbilitioiis" by 'he failuire of the water to "show up". '),I aeount of a seriots collisionI be IV.cen an auit oitobile and one of the fire hydrants! the aft ernoon before, Ile ire hiydriant wats coniderabt~tly the torse for' wear' and had to be re pair K d. WhIilet the sw ork was going on hie wat er had to lie cut ofl' from the n !re systemt ro that eniouigh would be lift for' toda~y's uises. (old wvater .h...;o :.ea cobdile befrer bireakfast had a pilenitiful suipply this Mr. and MIrsi. P. A.. Iliddle, of Gray C'ouirt, have received a letltr from an armiy chiallait ini l'rance announcing the (deathl of lthe i o, PrIivatet tiar ttvt. l'idhl. lI d~ iied otf dllieast in ''n armty hl.,il Private ltiddle was '''ont 21 yer o~l;(f agt' andit hiad been 'n tlle service near;ily a year. lit' was :itt:''hied to the artillery biranchl (of the se'rvilce. Tlondon, Nov'. 12. Ae lintral News 1* ltpitch from \'ienna r'ecetvetd todayi. ay' (If 'ipen hageni ( delaried t hat m':per'or IKar'l's ahidient Ion wac 1pro < tlimedI MnI~day. ine We'dnesdtay Clubtt twill me i Nits. M. Ia. ('opelanid \\A'dnesday after-' junia at he!r n jat thre 0''clock. C ag Defeat at the' k the Most oun11try (nce contirolled by war lords. Figliting onl the ba3Ile frolits ended .t 6 o'clock Monday morning, Eastern ime1, in tile United States. The arm Ls Oh the allied for'ces at that tihe venl to the second-we 1-e hard harry Ing tie elnemy'. The Ilritish Iroops were fighting heir. fo's acrss the ll elgianl froti r niet in The Fr-ench had all but, 'Iear'e the G erians from nolrth11 ern "iaiice. The Americans were driving ith-waId up the 11euse and Moselle ivers, th relatelling the eneiy with 'apit'latloll by envelopment. The hostilities ended on tile eleventh1 m r , hI ,(leven Idi (ay of t he leventh t.onh ol 1918. The Ameni !an ilnfant rymien, in tilue sportsman ike' fashion, keit the time. h'l ir. ,yes were on thir w'ist watches as they advanced up the ,Meuse and .\o ;elle sctom in t he fear I hat lily would fire a shot after* the stipilat(d time for the cessation of hostiliiiies arrived. (Not one 'whit less exact. in hiir sportsmanship were tile Ameii (.a n atillerymen behind tile liies, who avwaited to the second tile time Cor 1he c Cal linig off of the fight iing and then loosed from ,their ibig gulns i thousand of theim-a rain of shells as a parting salute to the defeated foe. ' ink Aeicroimie Dead. lr. Frnk Abererolibie, a v /i known citizen of Youlngs towIlhip, died at h1ls Iloille Sa1turi'day afterniooln of pneumonia following influenza. Mr. Aberer101omb ie was'a 111eillberi of Bra'n letl's 1 leth ilod-it chu1rch and a citizen highly I-reaIded 'in his conulii ity. The burial services were held at iramlett's Church Sinday. The de evased, wvho was about -11 yveals of - ', '5is i'vived by hi. ilothelr, Mis. M. A. Aberei'olie, his wife and cight Iildrcin. 'le following brotheri's and I-Iter-s also survive himi: Alexandervi .T. 1., IToimer', of Yolungs towlship; Austiln and Paul, of 'liormlelk ioun ty; Mrs. 1i. W. Stewart -'id Mirk. E. Hi. cai'i'ett, of Younigs townsil p. To .fii'v ol uvy Walter !'. ':kman, an expol oil As froud the Diepar'tmleni of Agiicul 3 urc at Wahiitn, arrived in Ohe ,-ity. -everal:! d:ay.:- ag.o to make a1 ithor oligh stuldy of the soil ill this coun ty. 14' expecIs to he here tllrolgoil hie wlint ernd11 rioblliy some0 time Hie il makeni ai soil mapj oft thel counlty I tekman11 is not3 auithori'ized to stalt' exN ne(lly what u11lese t ic ill ad of 11 h lit 3ort yil' (1p113. med h t thel3 i nfi 'u tione wih he Secues ill beiput'n farmes ofthe ount in e e l *ilizer role. orPl)1t ('rOetrso YuCOn 'r A4PIIL FAR [ULP iolf Describes Conditions as Fearful 4UTINOUS SAILORS MAY RISK BATTLE 'ie'd 1ar11shal lihlenburg Is Said to hine .loin4ed t liiolutionary' Forc (Is 1111 has Asked New Government to Semid Delevntes to his Main Hlead quar11ter~s. b\sso(iated Press, Nov. 12.) )efeateLd on the battlefield, desert d i y their emperor,01 and subjveted to :r stantanmount to tincondition Sur -ender, lilt' Gertan people have inade tln app1tear to Pre vilent Wilson. z nd )r. W. S. Solf, th l'oreign e(,ri'amry, ays ill his appeal that mil Lons fact, sltarvation If the alflits do lot tak sltps to overcoiie the dani 'er. .l::in: u :ii:Jlors who :2' in control ) 1::2.:1 of tC units (f (Gernany's iavy iem ,y. even at this late v e risk _-:ve : is the allied flh'!,; rather ha1 strnLIder their vessels under the ermjs o;, th- armistice. WVirlesv!s mes aLlge;s to tht various units have been piied uipt calling upon the sailors to de' nl ',te connti .,inst this un he1ard of presumption." T; W.: directed that the naval uits :i-.mble in Sassnitz har hor, oil' 11th a . co:st of the island of 1ue;Ien. off th Priusian roast. IllHand is 'aid to be preparing to interni William llohenzollern ald his sithe formner crown priice, as well as other il 1:.iary otlicers wiho sought r'efuge witl them by crossing the 'iitch frontier. This action may pr. vent the foriller u1111terolr from Ireturi n im. to ;cromaiy, 'lhuld events take a suddenl turn, and following the exam rio ,!'o Namolt on in 1 I5. Alh-I Lwar-hips have entered the )aridannelaes and British naval forc t:- have' occupie(l Alexandretta. Fiel.bsa vonl llindenbumrg, who V: i I: Il' (I to 1ave fied to i 1olland with his roy* al mlaster, has1 .ioim ! tin, revoluill on:. "- forer i e has' :s ked to ' :l Iv';ti at on' i n I m in o vf r\ vIhere ;I ermany t0l. 1I1t of Ite rv ilition which wept the o 11!"' Li olut of plow sel em to be n ra ig T 10 gre.At IZ l'o Ish i1.iA i Htral r n w th:- :-ad Io)!!h rrds, while Potsdam anmd Doohllorl it tve tilrr itdered i to the forces w'ihich hav taken : over control ofl I riin. Theor \ are evidee of friction b0 Liw n* t m itry aulorilies a'nd1 the In mh i li n in northern Lirina y.tthe