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BRODIE L. I)IJi(E DI S AT DURILAM Wealthy Tobacco Manufacturer and Financier Succuiiibs to Long Iblness. Durham, N. C., Fel6. 1.-Brodie L. Duke, retired millionaire tobacco man ufacturer and financier, died at his hohe hero tonight. H-e had been iII several months and was unconscious during the last three weeks. -Mr. 'Duke was one of the founders of the tobacco business that has made his family famous. Born in Orange county, N. C., September 17, 1846, and returning from tho Civil War in his 'teens. Mir. )uke began' peddling tobac Co. Wheti his father, the late Wash ington L. Iuke, returned from the war they went into the tobacco business, beating the cured product luto smok ing tobacco. From .this small business grew the W. i)uke and Sons Company, and later the American Tobacco and Liggett and Myers companies. lie was a brother of James 13. Duke and Ben Jamin 'N'. fluke, financiers-and tobacco magnates. After the death of his father, 'Mr. Duke sold a large part of 'his tobacco holdings, though ho leaves an estate estimated at more than a million dol la.rs Mr. Duke had been married four times. 'His first wife who .was Miss Mable McMannen, daughter of a Pres byterian minister of Durham, died about 25 yearp ago. A few years later At'. Duke married Miss 'Minnie-,Wood ard, of Pasadena, Calif., who divorced him. Mr. Duke's third wife was Miss Alice Webb from whom be obtained a divorce after they had been married only a few months. The divorce pro ceedings held in New York, created widespread interest. -Mr. Duke charged that through coercion and other meth ods his wife had spent a large part of his fortune, 1His fourth wife, rs. Wylamla Rochelle iDuke, survives him. TPhey were married in Washington, D. C., In 1910. Hesides his widow, Mr. )uke. Is sur vived by tlree children, 3Mrs. II. I. GoodaIll, of Iirhian; 'irs. Nathan 'l. Brockman, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and .B. Liwrence )ukc, of New York, all of his first. union. Don't 'Spoll a lood 3lead With a ild Stomach. If ia physician, -a specialist in atom ach diseases, canme to you and said: "I will fix ui1p that miserable, worn out stomach for you or money back. "I wil make it as good as new so you wil not suffer front any distress and can eat what you want without fear or suffering, or money back," & would you turn down his offer? And iwhen yotjgjt.,. rod .-Mi-o-na stomach tablets, made frQpi, a prescrip' tion bettor than many of the stomach specialisOR know how to write, are you goin- to be narrow minded and con tinue to suffer from indigestion, or are you going to be fair to yourself and try .I\-o-na on the money back agree ment. Mi-o-na stomach tablets are offered to you on this basis, that. if they (o not put your stomach into such good shape that there is no dizziness, sour stom ach, billousness, sick headache, and stomach distress, your money will be retu rned. For sale by Laurens i)rug (o., and all leading druggists. FIlE N('l it ETIIED TO'4 AVOID WAli Vii ani Discloses Frenchl W1ililulrew from Border to Preserve P'eace. Paris, IFeb. .--On July 30o, 191-1, the French~l government ordleredl Its t roops; to ret irie eight or t en k1iomieters from the fron Iter', having heard the German troops wveie moving towvard It. Ilone Vivian i, former premierm deelared In the Chamber gof D~epumties last night in the course of disclosures concerning 4 thle origin of the wvar wvhich never be fore has been nmade public. M. Vi viani was premier when, the wvar broke out. "It was on .July :30 that the gov' cranmeat of -which I was the chief, dc 3cidled that I' 'nch troops should r'etire oighjt ten k Ilometers from the fr'ontier," lie said. "1 requelst ed Paul Caumhon (French ambassadoir in Lonidoni) to wire to inform Slir Id wvard Grey of, the measurie taken. "E~ngland," I said. "will reaiize that if France is firim, it is not sho w~ho is taking nneasu res of aggression, Al though) Gei'many has niovedl her troops u p on her bat t he li no the gov crnmenA of thle French republic in tonds ~4demonstrate that F'ance as w'ell as llussia bear's no r'eap ni'lt fi' the Jut tack." Th'ies remiinisceces of the imomen tous d ,aof the lhst of July, 1914i, caused 'the deputies .to arise and cheer the former .premier. M. Viyiani'continued: "Couih we risk a nmurderous war upon the chance meeting of patrols? 'We dlesiredl to proclaim high before the world that if France wvere forced 'to fight she would (10 so foi' right andl justice and1 not take advantage of "Thei (withdroawalwas carriedl out without meeting an yobstacle either technical or military. "had we m(;t with an observation from (General JIoffire to .the effect the menasur'e might eiidanger the faute of the country, we should have iiot lies t4 ted, .but wvould 'have kept the watch t ho frontier. 'No objection came from the gener'al." * MADDEN NEWS. * * * * C C * * * * C * * * .C C * * C Madden, Feb. 2.-Thero was more than one person noticed if the sun caine up clear Sunday morning. Why? It was ground-hog day, you know, and upon that important hogship depends the weather for the next forty days. An "ism", possibly, but the calendars now carry conspicuously "ground hog" (ay. To you who are so far superior to old fogies and never think of such things, I beg to tell you the ground hog did not see his shadow when lie first came out of his den,'but if lie was kinder slow about trotting down the inountain side, lie did in a few mo menits. What the outcome will be the -writer is not prophet enough .to foretell. Let us all hope he got a move on him right at the start! Our community was saddened on Tuesday last when news caie that Geo. I. .Brown was dead. Funeral ex ercises were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Jas. R. Williams Wednesday af ternoon at 2 o'clock attended by a large concourse of relatives and friends. George was an exempllary young man, of high ideals. BesikpaiPl fmmediate family lie leaves many friends hwho grieve hIs early death. iiss Marie Madden left Saturday for Piedmont College, where she enters school. We wish her success. Misses Sara Bryson, Grace Finley, Louise 'Dean and Mattie Sue Wofford and Messrs. Paul Finley, Claude Brown and -James !Dean were callers at the home of Mrs. Alay Madden Friday af ternoon. They went (own to bid their former schoolmate, Miss Marie, good bye and to wish 'her gpod luck at col lege. Mr. Todd Thompson who s)ends a good portion of his time in FlorIda, is here with homefolks for a few days. Mrs. Ella Moore and daughter, Miss fless, were the Stunlday visitors of their son anldbrothier, Mr. Thad Aloore, and faimily. Friends of Mrs. John lTrown are very much concerned over her condi tion, though she is some better. Hier daigjhter, Mrs. Herbert RoIper, is now with lhe. \Ve trust sle will soon be up again. 1lias I-ettile Cunningham and Mrs. .1. A. Wofford called at the home of Mrs. lrown Friday morning. Miss Janette Maefarland, an old friend of 'Mrs. Brolwn's, came also to spend the clay. Mrs. Evie Bailey and little daugher, Mildred, of Sedalia, sl)enlt severaldays here last week with her mother, Mrs. -1. C. Cunningham, and sister, Mrs. Thu-rman Finley. Messrs. Wise Martin and Thurman Finley are erecting a substantial ten ant house on the farm of Dr. G| W. C unnilnghIiaml). 'The family of Mr. W. it. Tiudgens. of Laurens,'spent Sunday withl his fa ther, Mr. T. S. Lilrgstol. Mr. alnd Mrs. Z(nis Traynhain, of \\'ool row\ Wilsoni, visited thelir brother an 111 is Ieri, Mr. J1. ii. Power' and .\is. Allison. Th'ley brought t heir miot her, .\lrs*. Power, who is to spendi~ awhile withu Mrl. P'ower and Aunt Mary. 'T'le flu eases are all better, aind theure are nio netw ones. \Ve t rust that lie 'yorst is ,over and th(igs wvill soon be niormail againi. Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE B3ROMO QUiiNINET Talete remove the cause. There is only ono "D~romo Qninine." E. W. GROVE'S 8ignature on box. 30c, Not ice is lhereby given that an elec lion, uipon thle quiestlon of entering in to a contract with the Recedy River Power Co. for a pieriod of ten years for lhe sutpplyinug of elect ric power to the City of hau rens for li ght(ig and oth er .pu rpores, at. thle rate of 2 I -2 cents per kilowatt hour per' mouth, withu a minImum paymenit for mionthi of the lowest amounmt ((ue in any month of first six months of cont ract, will be hcld in the City of Laurenis on (lie Ith (lay of Mar'ch, k. 1). 1919, The 1)olig placl's and manuagers of election are as ro 'lows:, Fo adOnet th Opera IHouse; Mainagers : Ch arh as hIcks, .Johnj $mithi F~or Warad T V,. at lR. W. Mart in's Stable; Managr's : l'. \V. Martain, John Cunninigham aid .Jeff Chanicy. For Ward Three, at Orr's Store; Managers: Scott Templeton, Erskine lihikely and WV. P. Powors. For WVard Four, at Finney Hotel; Managei's: George llopkins, J. M. hF jicy and Johin ILngston. For Ward Five, at Hicks' Stable; Managers: B. M. Wolff. Henry Wright ando Ed hicks. For Ward Six, at the City Power Co.; Manager's: PhIl Hu'ff, T. Mac Rojior and Erskinme Todd. 'rho polls will 1be oponeed at the hoiur of eight o'clock in the forenoon and closed at the hour of four o'clock in the afternoon. All electors vnting In favor of en tering hlo, such rontract shall dlenosit -In the box pirovided therefor a ballot on which ther shlill lie printed em' written' the word- "Shall the City of T-aur'ens enter in'n 'h" eoiitract wIth the Reoedy HRver ''" Co. for the purchase of poe' ' r lighting and other pu rpo; e - ' ' "'n for a terms of ten years? ' All electora ' ' ' "Thut entering into auch~ contr--' ' -"~ "nosit a bal-. lot on which th - 'i' he lrinted or writton ha1 war" "C"' " m theity of Taurens enter into the contract with the Reedy River Power, Co. for the purchase of power for lighting and other purposes of said town for a term of ten years? No." No person shall be allowed to vote at said election who has not been reg ularly registered as an elector ac cording to law. Books of registration for the regls tering of voters will be opened by R. F]. Babb, Supervisor of Registration, at his ofilce in Laurens, South Caro lina, on the 3rd day of February, 1919, and shall remain open until the 21st (ay of February, 1919, at the hour of twelve o'clock noon, wlien the same shall be closed. The production of a certificate of registration from the Board of Regis tration of Laurens County, entitling the applicant to vote in the polling precinct within the incorporate limits of the 'City of Laurens, shall he a con dition prerequisite to obtaining a cer tilleate of registration for this election together with proof of res dence of the applicant within the: limi of the City of Laurens for four mont ISa precedIing the date of this election And the pay ment of all taxes assessed against him due and collectable for the previous fiscal year. The managers conducting said elcc tion shall make their return as to the result thereof to the City Council of the OQty of Laurons as required by law. Dated this the 30th day of January, A. D. 1919. C. M1. BABB, Attest: Mayor. J. R. WOltKMAN, City Clerk and Ti'easurer. LIcenso Fee for Traffic in Seed Cotton and ITnpacked Lint Cottn In the County of Laurens, S. C., for the year A. 1). 1919. State of South 'Carolina, County of baurenis. Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of the State of South Caro lina approved ile 18th day of Febru ary, 1905, therefor providing: lHe it resolved -by the County Board of Commissioners of Laurens County, in the Stato aforesaid, in regular an inal meeting assembled, That the li conse for traille inl seed cotton or. unI) paeked lint cotton within the limits of ai deounty for, and during I he period beginiii!g the 15thI day of Au !ust, and ending the 20th day of De @loer of the year A. D. 1919, be and the same is hereby fixed in the sumn of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars. All licenses to be Issued by the Clerk of Court of said County, as pro vided by law. Done and ratified at Laurens Court House, S. C.. this the 9th day of fJan uary A. I). 1919. , JNO. ). W. WATTS, Supervisor, Attest: Chairman. J. 1). .\lC, Clerk. 3M FOOTER'S Cleaners and Dyers of Wearing Apparel and House hold Furnishings of All Descriptions. WE DYE AND LEAN ARMY CLOTHES Parcel Post andFhpress Shipments Given Immediate Attention. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS, Cumberland, Md. DR. CHAS. A. CROMER GRADUATE VETERINARY SURGEON and DENTIST' Service Day and Night Charges Reasonable Will Appreciate Your Patronage. Office at Posey's Drug Store GOSAILD CORSETS PiCTORLA, PATTERNS Are front lIIeling. niey are comfort.- . 'a "Ii"tA' AkERN able aid Ildd so niiel to the style of .re carried li stoek. Ask for P I your dress or stilt. Price $2.50 to $5.00. torial Patterns-prices 15e, 20c and 25c CLARDY'S New Spring Suits and Caps. Drop in to-day and Take a Try-on of these- New Garments. They are Nifty Styles for Spring. Ilave you sceel the new Itiffelgs for Coenars and Confs. nhey add to the Ladies' Sui~ts!. looks of your Serge Dress.S We are displaying fifteen or twenty New Spring Suits. We have received our first shipment They are nifty in style and just the Suit you want for early of Lades' Spring Silts. These Suits see styles and at reasonable Spring wear. The colors are Navy, Tan and Grey made of and P arle r. Serges and Porie Twill. Prices $27.50 to $45.00. Have youl tried the Dove UndeLIIIriis-. llins,. (Aiiiwns, Skirts, and Envelope Chemise. Our first shipment is now The New Cape Coat freid it ailed--Takes the lead in Spring wraps. They are new and stylish. Theliu'r's We are showing Cape Coats in Navy, Tan and Grey at Boy's Wash Suits in stripes an11d plain1 co'lors, sizes from :1 years to 7 years. $25.00 and $35.00, 1Tub0 Proof. Fifty I'le-ces of nenl Dress 44inghiami s lin spring patterns, larg-e p1laids and1B ys a h Su~s* stripes for ladies and children's dress. Inspris at s Jxordshae arrl1(ed. They "Mothers Friend" Boys' Wash Suits now on sale. They 3.1". hiths flirst shipment. of Laides, came in stripes and plain-t03ors for Boys from three years 1,11111114 111141 Oxfordus hiaive Irllit'uI.4 'lvy to six years, and the colors are absolutely Tub Proof. Price atre ntifty stylti's lit black 1114 taii kids,II Iith0 low and high heel. $2.50 to $5.00. Dove Undermuslins! Dove Undermuslins Gowns, Skirts and Envelope Chemise made from Long Cloth and Nainsook. Dove Undermuslins are made by the best Undermushn Manufactories in the United States and are sanitary. Ladies' Gowns, price $ 4.50, $2.00 and $2.50 each Ladies' Muslin Skirts $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 each Ladies' Envelope Chemiee $1.50 and $2.00 each Ladies' Muslin C irCovers 35c., 0c. and 75c each' Dress G ingham! Fifty piece/N~w Spring Dress Gingham in large Plaids for Ladies' and Children's Spring Dresses. These are the best quality and the colorp are "Tub Proof and Sun Proof." WELLS CLARDY' For- JMae aulCire.Oron Hos. L~5AURENShJ S. C. --0'~OTT0m. lery Ia hosing of lie better kInd. Wear 11D Y~ iiitii~wt t31 o ou Wear lie best-silk A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE -e~ The~Lhc~riarfn-' .