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Dr. T. L. Timmerman DENTIST Laurens, South Carolina 9)coe in Peoples Bank Building. . 1. DIAJL, A. C. TODD DIAL & TODD Attorneys at Law Enterprise Bank Buildings, . Laurens, S. U. PRACTICEC IN ALL COURTS Long Time Loans Negotiated. A batracts Prepared. UNDERTAKING KENNEDY BROS., ndertakers and Embalmers aVIs ansivered any hour day or night. Slimpson,Cooper & Babb Attorneys at Law. Will Practico in all Stat. Courts FrmPt Atention Given All Business Blackwell & Sullivan ATTORNEYS AT LAW ftompt attention given to all business Koney to Joan ou Real Estate CUc., Phone I Residence Phone I oft 'nons 'Building *, ., Featherstone W. B. Knight FEAT1tMST'AONE A KNIGJT Attorneys at Law Laurene. S. C. Al Busin sa Intrusted to Our Care W4l Have Prompt aid Careful Atten tion. Office osor l'ainutto Bank aZr. Feather-stone will spend Wednes day of enea week in Laurens.) W. M. NASH SURVEYOR Terracing Leveling Drainage NOTARY PUBLIC Gray Court, S. C. Hayes' Heating Honey Stops The Tickle Heals The Throat Cures The Cough Pride 35c. GROV E'SOPElN-TRATE SALVE (Opens the Pores and Penetrates) For Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup, is enclosed with -every bot tle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY You get the Cough Syrup and the Salve for one price, 36c. Made Recoamended and Guaranteed to Paris Medicine Company Manufacturers of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ths Oulnino That Dos Nlot Affct the hoen TLVE 3R(CM QUN IN is ijetter ilai orlisny iigit g itt <c(1 Rea r e ne iustn ai d Mok for the signature of Ei CV. GRAOVI. 30c. Clyde T. Franks Agent For AS IEPOO FER ILIZJ.R FEW(E1 ALS NO SUP RIORS ALSO F W FAR FO~I SA) List Y our rims With Mye For Sale Farm -rs! See Me at 'armers Nat anal Bank FOR THE BENEFIT OF ILLITERATES Bill Introduced In Senate and House In Their Behalf---The Church Organization Will Also Give Practical Aid. WILL PROMOTE EDUCATION The Significant Movement of the Times Is That of the Centenary of the Methodist Episcopal Church South---Will Spend Mil lions Among the Uneducated. The fact that several thousand sol diers were unable to understand the orders given them from their superiors and that many, many thousands could not sign their own namos to their questionnaires brought to light a con dition so serious that two Southern Ropresentatives at Washington are now introducing bills to promote the education of Illiterates throughout the length and breadth of America. Sena. tor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, has intro duced a bill in the Senate "to promote the education of illiterates, of persons unable to understand and use the Eng. lish language, and othbr resident per. son' of foreign 'birth," and the same measure has been introduced in the House by lion. William B. Bankhead, of Alabama. The introduction of this important bill means a great deal to the South, which, because of its negroes and mountain whites, has long borne a reputation for illiteracy out of propor tion to that of ,the rest of the coun try. Just what steps will be immedi ately taken as the result of the passage of the education of illiterater bill at Washington cannot be stated at this time, but, certainly, practical meas ures will be put into operation for the establishment of schools in both rural districts and cities. Other organizations besides that of t,he govergmnent are at work on the saipe problem-the establishmont of schools in the heart of tenement dis. tricts and rural communities being a matter of first importance with all of them. One of the most significant movements of the times in this con nection is that of the Centenary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, because that denomination will expend within the next five years over $3,000,000 among the uneducated classes in the Southern and Western States. The church it to raise a fund of $35,000,000 in an eight-day drive in April, the financial campaign being a part of the Centenary Celebration of the denomination. The money is be ing raised with a view to putting the work of the church on a business basis, the church considering its duty to the illiterates here in America to be among the matters of first importance which it should undertake. A survey has been made and the result of the campaign will be the apportionment of $3,000,000 among the various illiterate population as' followvs: Mountain pop ulation, $750,000; immigrant, $900,000; negroes, $500.000; Indians, $150.000; cotton mill population, $150.000; Chris. tian literature for all at them, $100.000. With the definite step undertaken at Washington. wvith one deonomination already completing its plans for fur thering the work among them, and with other churches and organiizations getting ready to join hands in their behalf, iit is more than possible that the illiterntes of the South are in a fair way to soon heeome edlucated citi sens of the United States. METHPP'"'T I.EADERS RETURN FROM FRANCE Three prominent le~aders ef the Methodist E -opal Church, South, have just 1- .I in America, after spending tw- 'Iths in Europe, where they went f' " purpose of investi. gating actu-m litions and dlecidling upon a pro" *r tihe expenditure of $5,000,000, 'umn will be allotted to Europe. 'ling by the Cente nary Conu the denomination. The thre' church headers are Bishom ins, Chairman of the Coent' unission; Blishop Walter l,. o has been in I~u rope for nir in the interest of his clh m r. W. W. Pinson, General of the Mission Board. Dr. 'P1n alshop Atkins re turned it 'arters of the deo nominat. 'le the latter part of the w. op Lambuth went directly 'm- t Oakdale, Call. fornia. While for the European work ha innounced as yet, the retuo 's of the commis in say ive mapped out a very Sr . gram and that five mit. ,f the Centenary fund to 'd in upbuildin8 schools ein the devastated lands of i y and France. SAVING AS A HABIT. Habit is stronger timn precept or morality or prudence or almost any thing. We get the habit of doig cer tain things, and go ahead, doing the same things day after day, year after year until the end, says Florida Times Union. Something will break into our routine and we may be forced to make .-nanges, but whatever we are required to do or desire to do a)1d are allowed to do for a space of time-more or lead -becomes flxed in our systems and we !ake pains and work hard to comply with the impulse that comes it a cer tain time of dlay or week or minute and keep up our habits. During the wiar period we have gotten Into the habit of saving soiethiing. It tuay not be a great amuount or we may not save it every day, but once it week or a monti we feel that some0 money must b)e put aside to pay for LIberly bonds or Witr Savings stamaps. A greiat inany Of us ithave had a real hard tine trying ,.0 t1ake the money we received buy sufliemnt food for the famnily anad sone thing in the way of clothilg. But in spite of that we have saved a little, somehow, to pay our Installments, and obligations ninde to the government mnd for war work of various kinds have been Imlet. Very little has been sai( as to the probable attitulde of the peace confer-. ence toward the submarine. It seems rather surprising that so far there has been no agitation for its absolute albo lition, says Philadelphia Record. There are many who think the nations should ogree to scrap the tin devil fish. In the control of unprincipled people it is a potent instrument of wrong, and no decent fighters should be asked to sub ject themselves to the danger of fright ful and ignominious death for the sake of its doubtful rewards. The experi ence of a British submarine which was almost destroyed by depth bonibs dropped by a fMiendly destroyer, a watchful American mistaking it for an enemy U-boat, is enough to sleken even stout hearts. Some agreement surely can be reached to put out of commission such soul-searing, devilish devices. Newspapers and newspaper men are sometimes accused of failure to prac tice what they preach, but this can never be said about the people who work on thie newspapers of London,' England, says Winnipeg Free Press. This striking faict in connection with recruiting was mentioned in a recent speech of Sir Auckland Gseddeis: Of 10,000 men and hoys employed by Lon don newspaper olles 5,000 joined the colors, aind at the imiomtient of the airmiis tice being signed there were not thirty eii fit for general service in all the London newpapeipr oflices. That was a record, said Sir Auckland, whleh pIlaiced the press ahead of every trade group in the matter of recrulting. From all parts of Framce have come tributes like this. They have fallen) as thick its tih ilowers showered on our passing regiments by the hands of women, little clild(reni a"(n alI tile weaker, more helpless ones left in war's brutl waike. "I minor genitlemien, all of thema!" Sur ely that is the cap sheaf of all tile laurels our splenudid fellows have won I Men they proved themiselves~ in all t heir contaciit wit h Sthose tomward wVhomtl al cout eous respect anad hmelpIing klndi Iness are rights no real mant ever yet has tfailed tio honor. Hlow~ much of the spreadc of infIlu enza is clue to entrel essly washied (1ishleS in public fiatinag places and to unsterilizedl glasses at soda fountains? Cleanines~as is the Price of safety; anicl thoseii permliitted to dIspense focod andic drintk to thle pub11Ice shaoul b(Ie re qli ed to dev~ote af smaiill port io n of thelir generally exorbitIant profitsH1m t the obaservanmce of such rule is as comiiimn decency miai sanitat ion requIre. 'Ph' headl of a fatally who has ani in come of $5,000,000( ai yearm will hmiave to pay an inc~ome tax of $3,783,030, whaere as a head of a family with ain inicomie of $2,500 will have to paty only $80. 1 low fortumnato it is for one to bie pioor. It is imerely because we so earneistly dlesire to help our coutry that we wish we were in a position to pay the $8,783,030. Russia is to be permitted to manage her own afl'airs. IBut she is to under stand that if sihe persists in mamking bonfires of her domestic reconstruction material the conflagration must bo con fined to her own borders, or the suir rounding nations will be ready to turn on the hose. E0nemy aliens who conspired to make a farce of our neutrality or later to 4heip our enemy, cant't comliaIn much if they aire depjorted and permna nietntly debarrnted ftromt retuirning. A pure atmaosphere is in valhmble to ainy republic. German war profit cers have taken their toot out of (1-onanay by airpla ne. 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