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VOLUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1918. NUMBER 20 EX-KAISER SEEKS BLAME FOI Copenhagen. Saturday, Nov. 30.- 1 Fuirther revelations showing that former I-Imiperor William of Germany is seeking to escape respolsibility for bnligling oil the wa"lr, are contiailled in an article by Dr. George Wegener, ap pearing In the Cologne Gazette, re counting a collversat 1onl which the Writer had with the emliperor jitst be fore lie fled. In this interview the, em peror a itteipted to shift the blame for the world coilcte( to the shoniders of Dr. Theobald von Ilethllman-liollweg, former imperial chancellor and (,ott 1leh von .lagow, forier in ii ster of foreign affairs. "Against my will they sent me If, Norway," \Williail it quotld as iavinig said. "I (i( not wish to hitderiala' the voyag e hw'eauise gravity of the situatioiiti after the n1 iuirdir of Arch (nk1(v l'ran'is Ferdinand, was le:ra first sight. Bsut Itie eli ntellor said to mi , 'Yoll r 111.1je:a'InA h %c1: 11. -lo e age ill ordir to iinaiital peace. I yoii mlajeszty ho1ais lre, it 1ilnd~m l d iea Wa a1d ril world -%11 l o wa r., I~i ''\'l ,i iUn tr O I b ~i' tv ~ iI Durin 1 hu t'n II end l n it (e:;oftba Nov b...Mij illiaw pSI k n r Maimnv.eldetnon * mieon. and,'en - ~ emi . Ma l ng sin work tl on i leldnofeda tile In WiiL,, oke(ber \h. wov (ly bfore tE rdesi Slt) of owernor 31akges Su prInme SacriIey. Columbia, Nov. 1Y9.-.\aji. William Sloemr \lmint, Wldest Sol) f Gnov. and .rs. Itichard 1. .\lning was in stantly killed o f the ld of battle In France, November G, five daysi before tihe armistiae thrms were signed, a cording to Information receilved by the Governor from (le War Department tonlight. The telegraml to the Covernor from Adjutant General of the Army Ilarris merely stated the bare fact that Major Manning had been killed and expressed condolence. A letter was received here today by J. S. lilndley, of tis city, froml his brIIother, Lieult, lleinms llendley, who hlimself was wounded. In France, giv Ing fuller details. Lieut. Ilendley saId that a:, he wi laying in a hospital In France from wounds, aniotlie oicer was brought In severely wounded from shra-pnel and placed next to him in the ward After the wou nds of the oflicer hat been dressed, they fell Into conversa aton, Lent. I entdley stat11ing that h( wvas from SouthI Carol ina. 'lThat of fleer thIien told limn tat In thle sami hattle In whieh lie received hI: woiinds, lie saw the son of Soutl C'arolinia's governior, .\ahlor Manninl ntatykilled on the field by a shiel whsl expoded near himi as he wa: attecmpinlg to ratl his men. Major M\anning was with the 3 1 t'1 Infantry, 1.58th brigade, Sevent y-nhnt1 dlivIsIon, (of the lifthI army coirpl Glovernlor .\lanning last week receive a letter from him i, iiunder dtate of Nt ~' ember 1, ludicitling that he had ri celved his priomoit ion to miaj~or a shim time beinfore and lie said lie was jiih 1auti over hiis promoitiloln anid th cheance of at Ive'l y part tel pat in g C the tirinig line In coimimand oif troop DOCTORS SAY CALOTAB ARE BEST FOR COLD According to thie world's greate phiiani~is and medical (experit, cal 11e( is the bl and on( (ily dnepend~al ,rtieedy for breakiing lip a (0old OV nilght or el ling shoirt an at tack hais liiuril e tvanlo (i'f all Its naus of tcalomieil, enlledt Talotabis" Is (v 1m1r1' pop~luilar thani ihn old style. One Cai tah oin theii tonugiie at h' tIme wahi a .illoiw (if water,--thal all. No sa liv, no nausea nlor slItghte (st iinter(fierencei with yiour di work or pleiasiuries. Nbt ximornt yllmr cotld has vaished~ and~ you r w h RystemnI im urIfled and1( refrcshied. Cal taba~ are'i sot liloly in oiinial seal packages, prnice thirty--lyve cents. Yo druggist rcommiends5 and guiaranit. C.alotahs and wIll refund theo pice you are not delighted wvith them,-at TO SHIFT t STARTING WAR ne. Onl my orders, German ships re uirned at once to the security of Nor wegian lia0bors. Later it would not inve been possible for them to do so." The emperor then mentioned decla rations of Gen. W. A. Soukhomflinoff, Rissian miinister of war, during the ill vest Igat ions wihich occurred after wards. which lie later altered to the itateit'lelt that he had not ordered real Imobilizati lon but. only readiness for mobilization. The emipertor, however, isistd ol on the Correctiess of the first declaration according to which the e.xar had benl induced by the kaiser to reenll hits order for mobilizat ion. lie declared too that. Glen. Nicholas .Ja isclikevitch, chief of the l~lissian lmperial general staff deceived thlie czar aInd Ohe order. was car-rie-d out i spite of 111111. This itoiiliz/atioln, the kaiser wouh litve It, was tih linal reason 1r the war. "Telussianl War party at the4 coufro. ," he aiser continuied, "hind al read:1y inl the spigof 191-1 complledci Er i l oa ;1ilk ' 1il.r1.l "eil ' .I we m c'd 1li1i 11i lol' VIrS w i'rt' 11w h I h V in r. 1 on t II v ~i 1l0.i*. iON N.11.0~ l'OllT S I I EO LI -.ts 311n11y 10 l illriIl m I oI I S lIIled in ou t ( (CarolI ha. 31 ity he Tel 31oliltls lefore .All A rrl ie. Washington, Nov. 29.-Iloston, New York, Ne.wport News, Va., and Char leston, S. C., are the ports tle war de partllent has planned for use for thet retuIrn1i1 of the army from overseas l0veni with this wide (ist ribuition of the strain on port facilities and trans portation, however, and With German shi ps low i(le in German harbors em ploye( on the task, careful estimate, show that the last of the army coulb not possibly reach the United State. In less than eight monthis. Conserva tive calculations upon whileh prepara tions by the delpart ment. plrobably wil be based, Ilxed tell nionths as tie minii 'I'hese estimates have been ma(d wlholy Oil the iisi of the phlySiCa dilliculties to be overcome and (o n1o take Into consideration the (luestion o I tle retention Il Irope for some (lilm - of all American force which may 1) % agreed up11on at tile peace conferelei -f the retuiirn movemenlt al ready I1 a prog'ress is cont inuted at full speed, th a iast dilvislon in alil probabil it y coulI not reachi the Unitedi States before Oc l ecision to rou t lie troops to thei Ihomes through the four ports mefl Stioned Is undlerstood1( to have bec a based on t~wo malin consideratilonl . First , t hey have been erluipiped d handle tile tranisports anod the mel0 a and, second. they ar e the naturii Sgateways to thle counft ry, each fed 1 -t ani independentI ra ii syst em ram ilfy i1 |- ck thriouigh geograph11ically Inudepen en 1n sect ions of the (iited St atIes. I ni loadiing the ships as far as po08sih s* withI men from thle samie general Sc tion, it ,will be possible, armiiy (111100 S Saly, to avoiod cross carri"l ai"o 'I rullpt Ion of normal t ratic in gettIng i soiliers from thle ships to their hiomc in est imatIing trami1Por0t toinnas avaliiib l or tile moovemienit, itlein h-i hav not(1 only lookel(d aheadi0 to I le nly lrllships widchI w ii he deliveed duril ofi th demobli a~tioniil piody the shiatl ig boardtIiiile~ u e also iipon Idle Gernii shipst. Iinclingt I wa oure anud urn dlp 1le lyx10ept1 mer aom ideail carr f:ooth Impeso bleos as lir Iv. Thecinwonyw ra lnr r FOUR DIVISIONS NAMED TO IETURN IMMEiDIATELY Washington, Nov. 30.-Four divisons in their entirety and major units of eight other divisions of the American army ii Prance have been designated by Gen. Pershing for an early return liomie. These troops, with other spe clial units, Cen. .larch, chief of staff, announced today, total 3,.451 ollicers and 79,663 men. The complete divisloils Which will return at an early date, Geni. IMarch said are the thIirty-ninith, seventy sixth, eighty-sevelith and ninety-see on1d. Importal. elements of the fol lowing divisiolis to return as soon as transportation facilities aire available are tle thirty-ttrst, thirty-fourti, eighty-fifth, eIght y-sixth and eighty ow ligures on the American army asAlallies, announced by the chief of staff, will(h]) exceeds that made pub lie a week avo by 2s,010n, covers all to Nov. 24). TI'l principal change In the revise! list . the. i .. dil'on of 1:, 1111 men minin inl action. Gen. P'er shing, it wais aid, has thlu1s far for wal'deod nll exilllailin of ileh i'c a t onder this hecalinlt! and it wasasum ml that, anl rror, occurred It th)I'eI trnm~inof theo pwrviousz figures1.I', n\eihal lach a iopunofed i hive rie v n m s i - () d ! I... I ! ho0'T : IL i h:,h f ii l i . i l- the ndl of lh'eui ri. ( n. .\--rch im ic. t 'd, probably 4.7 1 1 7 11 membe11rs of fltw Expodiilonr y Fl''oce vill have rett iruewl to his coitry. 1It, said the \\'ar Delmrtiivl liojd inl 1imC to )Iroivid tranispor1Itationl 1 or 300,000 men a month. IN II * 1i1me Dieiionstration Deirtment. * I * S e * * *e e e e e 'lereA are so mally boys and girl" of tle couity ouit of school this fall on accoiulit of Intluenza that I cannot easily See ill of you. I want to asi any boy or girl who is interested in Joining either the canining of poiltr13 Club to Write to ie at once, and I shall come to see youi or- send you direction as to work. Those joining the Canning CliI should select one-tenth acre of grouid hvllich should be ploughed and sow] down this fall. If this Is not Possi ble, break plot and broadcast witl staleh manure, so tlat ground wil he In best condit ion for spring pl1ant I i. Di1rect Ions for hot. beds, etc. w il lie given ini early sping. Tlhosie jini ing Poiiltry3 Clubi shiouild secure a fca puiire-bred fowls thmis fall. A record oIf Work is kept by memi ho'rs and1( oni these' records arie a warde1 he sitmmer schiola rshi ps to WNIntIto ~'College. S We wvere sorry oin account of rjial 0 antine' not to be able to exhibit sonm Sof the work done by (hlub miemblers ti isiiunler. *"oilod will save thle world DyI o your pall with ot01her club muen 'ec''. oft thei stte. .Join In withI ~ oh miembilers andm' 1make Laur'ens oine he han lner coiunt ies ill food hiraldnet if andi conu'evai Ion. Anly bodty or gi be~ftween'~i nus o 5f t:w elv l c o cighit rs Ioiy join thse clbs. If you are ii Sterestedi write to mle. If. I;ll iSY C. IIAItiIIM. -I lomte )'em. Ag- ni. .s LEMON JUICE IS FRECKl-E REMOVE ., leb:' llikl tI' hie e beanis! lieb tocerru hte yr i.. A~ 'u w t the j it c it of i t I N!l'-mo .i of ti a bott))lefi cont ini ;t og'ne i halivi au clu t u r int of thle uI fr Ii ndtani h(ei in. moil emnpheeion hiva ~ foU fe'w ('ents . .\iassage I hissw ly fragraint lot ion ito the fae, ui' 11( armls andl hianr' 01ach day andr see hie tofreckl1es and bilemi Ishes (lisa ppecaru a to1low clear, soft and1( whlito the si beomes, vos It Io harminss, VICTORY IS HERE We have arrived "Over There." Our boys have done a glorious 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 custonlers. 1 ..0 - n' .'V .75c . > . . . . $ 15 h nif. n h thI u 12 V.*........... .. ..50 .fi. . .: . .h.Wi.. "'yGtri e ............ TI .il 'x Il I f': I I I' I5 I l ( I ol'Iaili s' SIt s. sizes 2 1-2 to 11) Ipi(e' oltoti PallN Pi d"i I'm$5.00, oil. ... .... . .$2.95 d resses, worth :,5v y i, our priice . .25c ETiA \'.\I'ES IN CANVAS' M0EM 5 <dozen hhm-k I'tleriskirts, worth $1.00 Xr valvil nd s ld Ch dels 'ei-h, hig spe'ial, only ........ ..75c \V lie Canvas Shovs. ______________________________________________________ 9-iloch top i k Cail ' vas;..........$3.00 :1 <ozenl blb-k Sa t v(.1n I'llderskirtN. 9-iii ch I op Whit Canvas. low heel $3.00 worth $1.25. (1ur' D ei her price . .$1.00 8-in'l to) ilimn heel.......... $2.50 No. 11.2 to While issvas h h lo . ... $1.50 h'-k . -2 to 11 W huire p ria s Seh ons .l$ 1 .7 5 o.110 black interhose fo boys mils, 111-2 Ca 2 Whie (nnvas S hoes .$2.00 2 1-2 too 5 White Canvas Shoes ....$2.50 No. 123 Milisse' lih -li rae 11lose, h'.ie 1 to 11wort Whit l miasl So e . ..$ 7 vaip 1loth .op. gull metal v np 'lotIh top. plaili toes. real ins.-x*y, wort $:.50, oly ..... .... .... .... ..$2.45 oH 47I IWo' I )rcI ' .......35cAsk t o see these n umbers I . '-1 I'A IlIs8DI OlI \llC 1NI A (I I11l,8. L11ie' Womdlrose. blio-'l( brhownt, irownt vmnp. clothI top. low~ lhee also - worthl :85'. 01ur prlite...... .......25c greC~v hoot, clothi top). l'rech' heel. Worth $4.~1.50. We will stll t Ihis en'lt ir'e lot at .... .... .........$3.45 - 1 I i i:li'~ ('ont just etreeiveul last 0' ~~wee(k. wth'~ $ 22.5(1 awl $25.00). our S)eo'emiber pr'i'e . . .....$17.50 ai $20.00 \'' av ltiaiolIW)lii i'lpie 1 lot Iadlio''' S4its, just rece ivt'dl. . j 'l..........$29 worth $50.Oi). hig sp'o'laI (only\ . .$35.00'ol ilfal iiiK ot ilii. iOi 1 loIfle' nN oth$25 m $35.0. hs spcia fue 1)e mbe You i l h liniiltptn. u notlt n anIk _ _Yo il i~