The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 04, 1918, Image 10
VOLUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1918. NUMBER 20
EX-KAISER SEEKS
BLAME FOl
Copenhagen, Saturday. Nov. 30.
Fu rtiier revelations .howing that
former Einperor William of Germany
Is seeking to escape responsibility for
bringing oin the war are contained in
an article by Dr. George Wegener, ap
pearing In the Cologne Gazette, re
counting a' conversat ion which the
Writer had witi the empero r jlst be
fore he lied. In this interview the em
peror attempted to shift the blame for
the world Conflict to the shoulders of
Dr. 'I'lhOald von Betman iiiLi-ll weg,
former imperial chancellor ain d Gott
lieb von ,1agow, former minister of
foreigl atfairs.
"Against my will they sent me to
Norway," William is <(uoted as Iaving
said. "I did not wihto uindertahe
tihe voyair'To beallse gravity of th11e
sitlultiolill after the norder of Arch
duk11e Franlels Ver-dinland, was clear al
first sight. But Ihe chancelloir Ka id to
me, 'Youry nmtai tly ntji nlie this ''1 %Oy*
age il Oi'r ) to In intain peace. If your
muajety relmais here, it iinudnliedly
icnsW wa r :ni1d 1l40 \\ orld .w ill 11y)
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c. i Id c OI " I:~ ! :1 -,i S.
y e'~i h a r ilie.niiiy fr t
'o" \ , I f v I . M . ' 'illdl oi' y
pS uk w mM ii overninuet SOne inm'
I r r! h I i i n I
worIf! l in vi I rI ild ro of t e
r \dcW., N , v C la hE.
Elde rnor .olfo Ie a k1epes S-i
pmeSacrifice.
Columbia, Nov. 9.\ai.William
Sinkler tlai t ldest soen of Gov.
and At.Richard 1. .\anning, was Iin
sta tly killed on alt field of battle in
France, November G, five dlays before
the armisticei ts were signed, ae
cording to a r eceived e by tle
G)overnor from11 thle War I)eparltmlenlt
tonight.
Th. telegram to tie Governor fromil
Adjutant General of thie Army larriI
merely stated the hare fact that
lajor Manning had been killed and(]
expreTSsed condolen'Ice.
A letter was received here today b
J. S. 1vendley, of this fity, from h
brother, iteu. Helies ilendley, wrd
iself as wounded fin France, giv.
ing fuller details.
leut. endley said that a:, he wa
laying Iie hospital in France fron
woinds, another otficer Mas brough1
Inl kev ely wounded from shraplie
ald plac ed nxt to him in tle ward
After (ite wounds of the oillier at
- hen dressod, they fell into conversa
(lion, i ieI. Ilendley sta tin that hW
wasei from Siouthi Caol iia.io Tat of~
fler then~'o toll imln iin( he sami
hattlieinf wheh e areceie hlal g
woieliuis lhe saw thesna nlof Sou00t
a(olia's hgovernor, laor (t Manin
r(nstantly kiilled onithe lipl by a0( shel
whichl i ixpltde nar shti at haekw
attsemi to rl hi ofalen. nai
onfantryli~, 5tCballde'tl,l eventy-nI
dvson Caotf t iethlarmy atorp
I ioernori .\an last ofwek recethi
' vemberi i 1 1 indleatn tha h ha rcf'iu 'I a
bs e hh pooionl io moria shal
taikes.efore'n e aidyhie ceas. jYb
druit e isorootio and 1ant
thafloingo aine inl rommand tof trooe
yo rdinog dhtode wortd' the-at
TO SHIFT
1 STARTING WAR
me. On my orders, German ships re
turned at once to the security of Nor
wegian harbors. Later it would not
have been possible for them t o (o 0."
Tile emperor then mentioned decia
rations of Gen. W. A. Soukhomlinoff,
Russian minister of war, during tle
investigat ions ;whicli occurred after
wards, which lie later altered to tle
statenint that he had not ordered real
miiobilizat loun but only readiniess for
mobilization. 'Tle emitperor, however,
insisted oi the correcthess of tle irst
dleclaration according to which tle
eIar had beeln Induced by tle kaiser to
reenll his order fotr mobilization. lie
declared 16oo that Gei. Nicholas
.lantusilokevitch, chief of the lttlsshian
imprial genieral staff deeilved the
czar and tIle order was carried out, i
spite of him. Tis nmobilizatioll, the
li.etr would have it, was: the fitnal
reas:oni for the war.
"Thu lIussidan war party at the
comtff ." the kaiseir continued, "hald at
ready inl 1he Spring of 191 1 compelled
the o rI* lo ik preparati , ;,orI- war.
w~o "d~mmdravwo west",-ani. Tllw.
wm:-i'd thant maneu~qVf.-: wereY Ilw
( 11-y IF. i .to \')\i; -'.I
t'OiT FOR 5011101
.hny itt liturnlitng Troolis hauted i
South Carolina. 31ay be Tel Month,
Before All Arri-e.
Washington, Nov. 29.-Boston, Ne-w
York, Newport cNews, Va., and Char
leston, S. C., are the ports the war de
partment has planned for use for tle
return of the army from overseas
I.ven with this wide dist ribut ion of
the strain on port facilities and trains
portation, however, and with German
shilps ntow idle in German harbors em
ployed on the task, careful estimate:
show that the last of tle army coulh
not possibly reach the United State:
in less tlan eight months. Conserva.
tive caleulat iotis ipon which l'prepara
tions by tle department probably wil
be based, fixed ten montlis as the mini
Tlhese estimates have been mad
wholy oti tle basis of the physic
d(lcitlties to be overcome and do no
take into consideration the question 0
1 (ite retention in EIurope for some tim
- of an American force which may b
agreed upon at the peace cotnferenet
-If thle retuttrtn moi~vement alrteadly I
progress is cotintued at futll speed, thi
Ilast division itn all ptobability(3 coulI
not retach the linitedl States befote O0
toher~l, 1919.
Dnjiecision to rottte the troopls to thet
homes thItrough the fottr ports mel
tioned is undioerstiood to have liee
based on two main cotnsidlerationt
ir st , they have been cqti ppedI I
I handle the t ranusports and the mce
- atnd, secondi they a re thle natuiti
- galteways to t he cout try, each fed I
.t n idepetndet i' l sytem('i ra mlfyil
.. bac th~C( rough geogtapiIcallhy intd elle
Seni sections of thle ttnited 8 int es. I
n load ig the ships as5 far as poss5ihl
.withI umeun from I le samte genertal se
ion,* it ;w ill be possibIde, a rmty olhice
Ssty, to avoid tross ca rryintg antd di
sruipt Ion of normal t ralhie ini getting tI
IIoliers fromt the shilps to Ilheit hoimti
tin eiating tranit rt itonnafl
.a aalale~ foriltul thimoveettei:
lehving ol tooedSitI slhead ao the
bfte demllobliliz onpridbyte h
pinra ft.oad hu(i' albse upont il (h rat
shI ipsly tield tin iiwo tilwl. u v
el arryoo liesitehricd to hae hanoel
e hemaonyw ra lnr r
FOUR DIVISIONS NAME1I)
TO IBETUIRN lt1EiIIATELY
Washington, Nov. 30.-Four divisons
In their entirety and major units of
eight other divisions of the American
army in3 lrance have been designated
by Gen. Plershing for an early return
home. These .troops, Witi other spe
cil un'ts, (en. March, chief of staff,
announced today, total 3,-151 otlicers
and 79,66;3 men.
The complete divisions which will
return at. an early date, Gen. !March
said are the thirty-ninthIi, seventy
sixth, eighty-seventI and ninety-see
ond. Imporltalt. lements of the fol
lowing divisions to return as soon as
transportation facilities are available
are the thi irty-lfi'st, thirt y-four t,
(ighty-lifth, eighty-sixth and eighty
ei 'h1th.
'ow ligu res on tile American army
(asmiulli(s, announced by the chief of
:latY, which exceed.; that Imlade pub
lie a wvee-k apo by 2'i0, cover's all
to Nov. !0. Te princiipall clanlg' in
Ille revised list :,th '.1lii 'on of I:,
1011 Men m a i lli action. Gen. Per
:shing, It was ifl, Ias tilus; Ilar for
warded Io explaimlion1 of the increai s
under Ithis h atd1ing and it v ia as m
(I tHat.1n error o \ enrrd i in th
tran mi~ion of, ilho p ev . fi!-, ires.
k i i
d i I 1 ) !
t 0 t It I ?I ' A
i i-o i I w I1 o114' , wi 4 l
( 1. ' i I li - 1 l l A l
3)o )4iumte IAI~y 41.:1 o er mid)4 meno ini
. nd ofr ii cember , G n. .' \larclh
3m11m1i of 1hw ExIpedfitionlry Foren
wvill have revtulined to his co,mtr11y. Ho0
said the \'ar lepartment Ilo( inl
1tin1e to pr'ov'i(le transportation for,
300,01100 men a m11onth.
0 0 Al . * 0 0 0 0
* Ilonie Ilemonstration Department.
* *
Thler are so mally boys .1and girls
of tile cointy out of school this fall onl
account of influiiaeiza that I cannot
easily see all of you. I want to ask
any boy or girl who Is interested inl
joining either the canning of poultry
clubi) to write to me at ole', and( 1 shall
come to see you or send you diirectiom-I
as to work.
Thos' joining tile Canning ('1l
t 0should select 011-tentl a(re of ground
which should be plotighed and sowr
down this fall. If this is not possi
ble, break plot and broadcast .wil
stable man'ure, so that ground w%*il
be( in be(st condit Ion for' sprlinM plant
Inug. Di1rect Ions for hot beds. etc. wit
lng P'oultr IClub111 should secure a f'v
purei'-brledl fowlis tis fall.
A reccord( of work{ Is kept by3 memI~
hiers and1( onl these records are awarde(i(
-'he shimmer scho01lasips) to Winltirll)
College.
We~( were sorrIy (on account of (1inar
0o11 anine not to be ale1( to exib lit som)
Iof t he work done by club mlembier's ti
sunluer "'ii54l'd till sany thed worl
between'I ag's of t welve to (i'te4
11y3 30oin thel(se (1lubs. If ''ou3 are i
' teres'ted wr'ite' to mel.
'LEMON JUICE IS
FRECKi E RE1MOVEI
to lear mu wheie 14our3 hil. .
.or'chard 31 whtite,' lshak3' , tt, and
*halle: (a <1)art 'r 4int of th Il :t fr'
1)441 314n 1141ion, and4 ('l iph i(on '1
-I 'tifier, a l l er-,, 114' ' very smal co . ~
of Your lilee r has11' t' blan i tl
for' a few 1'en1~S. .\1lassane t his swe'e
13' fItgrant~ I on)1 inlto th' faoce, n)'
arms311 and ha n;b each day andI 54ee he
to free and1( 141'iisles (liappear:1 a1t
howv clear', soft and1( whito thle sk
bnnnmn, es Voni Tit harmless.
VICTORY IS HERE
We have arrived "Over
There." Our boys have done
a g'orious work for humanity. We are
proud of them. By way of celebrating
this world event we are going to make
some special December offerings to our
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11 I .. .... .. ....$1.50
1 1S 2 to :2 1 1 .... $1.50
510-1 -- h) )2en: 25c
Ski in . w rt -10 y nl ony . .25c
101:-111 1-1e1es Er~ IAie I'"h..fo
I I ir ii'. .il -Ilv vacil eol lw l of5 Ianliis' Sliies, si/es 2 1-2 It)
5, la-e. hi-Ih or low heel. buttn.
p1;lai or 4ap toe~s. vaus$I.00 to)
1(0 p s ('ot t P~'anev P~laid~s fr $ . nl .... .... .... .... ..$2.95
1h-esss. wiri h:15v ya a.<. iur i n-iec . .25c
'NTRl\ VAIX'ES IN (ANVAs. S1l0E
5 /ozii hlack 'inlerskirt s. worth $1.00 EXt ia v1iles ill idi(ie aid (hildel'5
em-i, hig spevial, only ......... .75c Whit C ( i Olovs.
__________________________________________________ I_9-ich I01) Whiite Canvas..... .$3.00
/oz e11 ah k S a I ven I I iee Ienk i r .s 9-ilc to ) hit C loih e $3.00
worith $1.25. wi- eI)eeember price ..$1.00 8-in ( q1 tO1 vdiiii 111(1..........$2.50
_______________________________________ 5 1-2 t() 8 White Canivas Shoes ....$1.50
110-0 bhl-k Silk lose, worth 50c, oily 25c
11 1-2 to1 2 'While Canvas -Shoes .$2.00
2 1-2 to 5 ht Canvas Shoes . ..$2.50
No. 125 lisses' high grade IIlose,
hla-k, woirth :35, our picie iliy ....25c 50 pir I tivr's l~ak Diamond latell
No. 477 Woonlerise for Ioys and girls,
"' ~~ I ~ le ~ l~Icc....-in5ch sktop se Whte nvs ....ii r..$30
Ladie' Wotlerioxe blak an hi'wii-inchw top. chit iinvas, low heel $3.00
- ~ vo~t I 3Si . in p i cc..........25c inch~(X top11 melii hee.. ....el le.25
(51-2l~ toWte atnvas...ho.s.......$3.5
- 1 l-t Iio 11iWhsit eatowasstho(s(. .V.'.$la7t
week, 11v1-2 to 2+Whitei Canvad Rhoes ....$2.00
5 parsw S'et-rs ii hlou. DiWem hatc et
vam lct lh s top gini mta li vonlu
l Joi lelothetopnitain tooetireal2.lressyiwoltt
......$:..5.,..nly........................$27.5
worth 45I. I)e ImberIprice .... ..35
Lolies''. Woo.ehose lacki muitl. brwn, ih-own vam. el't top . o hel ls
wo1 : . ,ou price.........$.25c r1 v hol *lt . .-rec hel.
entire lot at ... .. . . . . . $3 4
wek or 225 m $2. our
Ie mbrpie.... $75 a i$00
itot~le ut ut eev l
wot 5.0 hIseilony .$50