The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, May 28, 1919, Image 15
AS ARGONNE LOOKS.
Stark Trees of the Forest Dead to the
Core.
(George P. Paul in New York Even
ing Post.)
St. Mllhiel, France.--It takes more
ltan sprIng rains and sunny days to
bring life back to the Argonne Forest
and the Valley of the lMeuse. A few
yellow flowers try feebly to make a
showing, but they don't deceive any
one, for over the entire region hovers
the dead calm that follows the tor
nado.
Whoever travels 200 miles through
this region, as I have Just (lone, visit
ing villago after village in ruins,
naturally comes to the conclusion that
this district is Inhabited by Germans
and A\mericans. As for the French
men, they are hardly to he found even
in their own country. There are
plenty of Germans, but In many caSes
they are utnder Aiericai gulards, who
see to it that the prisoners are kept
Imsy at their work of rolling up the
barhed wire, filling in ihe trenclics
and getliing rid of the chutick holes in
Ile roadbeds.
And the A ierica ns--one meets them
at every tiurn of the road. I Iund reds
of themu are doing roadwork in all of
this rlegion. for the It ige trucks that
still luitible heavily along these high
'Ways are highly destructive, especial
ly at this time of the year when it
rains nearly every day. Many negro
troops are being used for this work
and they are doing a good job of it,
even if they are thousands of miles
from home and front the warmth of
the Sunny South. Some of the stretch
es of road that they are repairing are
windswept, barren, forbidden, with
great langles of barbed wire on cither
side and a jagged skyline wherever a
battereil town tries to rear, its walls.
The real fighting of the \\ar may be
ove:r ai(d tens of thousands of Amer
ioans may be started on their way for
the States, but to judge from the
t housa Inds of Anericans that c.ant he
seen in a tour of this district one gets
th'll impression that Amteriea is still
oin the job and so busy that it will
hardlly know Maits 11111 anti oil tihe
sides of 'fill :"( ) wo i n't m na temt
a stray 'at to stop and drink f rom
them after' a thiiiiiing hint for rats
thr'ought the trenches. The tlrees that
on1c. lned thec roadside are.- +a d to
the v-ry core, and tuils, sir:1n1 to
say, icing (cad, Ithey know hettr
thaln to ury to Ihow anty signs of life
or to put (t t, l ie: t. tity bud with
the mnbiof spring. The h:t rihed
wir i 't mass of rust-a dead and
n 0 . (ttrivalce that oight to take
wlu' and fly away. l;vein the pill
boxev. that stand at commuandiig po
sititns at the (ross roads ar Iow as
harmlrp.st as th' guideposts that flank
The lil! sld hamtlets are reiarkable
for whai1t Itey do not 'tave. No bark
ing dos take delight itn chasing a
StrangeLI mo1tor. car fuill lnch of Alainl
St ret. No carlitg smoke fromi the
'himn y' tops tellIs thatt supiper' is onl
the way. No whiff of freshi bread
comes fromt thle wide sw iung hakhe
shop (d(or1 at thte corneir. No Children
('luck along the St reel in t heir wooden
sitoes anitd sitock frocks. NO itroud
tiltd roio'i~f of thie btar:n, tells a ga in
and~ agalin to all the valley rontd that
this Is thle recnownted viillage of
El':- a-Grianiide, antd eve ryone should
hte veil awuaire of that fact, ltiht now
it, is tnot the uill age of Erv ize-lIa
Grand, c.or aniy onteC of its hunliied d
cousti n uillhiges, that Stands1(1 it thle old
famtiliar' spiot, but only tdhantom ham
lets l ceed to deth in th le clatshi of
arms.
(onifederate Hlelies Wntedl.
'ro tite People of Laurens ('ounty:
W~lt introp (ollege htas a mu tseum i,
whli chi is goi ng to lie (one of thle best
in the State. Tiut, it catnnot gro(w
without gifts from you, the Ilatrotns
andl frieinds of the lnstIt ut Ion in which
it Is io('nted. At present, tihe gr'eatest
needi Is a o'olleet ion of Confeder'ate ar
t ielez. su'h as stamips, diaies, let trs,
old imoney, uin Ifor'ms, and any in teri
estitng irel IC of thle 01(1 wari. Tio yotu
peotiie wh'lo have these things, 01' any
othier souivenitir of the war, th Wi' ~'n
thriot Chapter Daughiteirs of the Con
federacy asks for your contributions.
All at Ides gIven will be earettully
marked andl kept it a gass case for' ex
hIbIt Ion. (Commencemnent time is nenrt,
an'l-d10 yotiuuwant vilsitors fr'om all over'
the State to see a C'onfeder'ate eoll('(
tlon, without a single article it it fronm
Laitriens County? I do not, and I, as
ia re(sidlent (of Lautrents, 11rge you to
sendi something for tihe Confeder'ate
colletion at Winthr'op.
Rlebecca Clark,
Pres. WInthrop Chaptor, U. D. C.
Habitual Constipation Cured
In 14 to 21 Days
"LAX-FOS WITh! PEPSIN" is a specially
prepared Syrup Toinic-Laxative for Ha bitual
Constijpation. It relieves promptly but
should be token regularly for 14 to 21 days
to Induce regular action, I Stimulates and
Reguiatea Very Pleasant to Take. O0c
per bottle.
COMIESS ASKED
FOR OREAT FUND
Illiitys Need More Than One Billion
Doiars For Operatling Losses.
Washington, May 24.-ro finance the
railroads for the remainder of this
year and to iay tle government's op
erating loss for 1 m;onths up to this
Imonth, al avipriation of $1,200,000,
601 was asvkedi of congress today by
Director General Hines. lore may be
soughte later if the gove'i'nnient con
tiltles to lose heavily in operation.
h'ie $1,20,0,000,000 is in adlition to
the $~00,000,000 appropr'iated by the
last congress, and includes the $750,
00.000 whitIch failed of appropriat foi
when tile Session ended inI a filibuster.
Out of this a p propriatiol which
colgress will be hsked to expedite,
railtrad will be paid the suis (u1e
thetni mion tIs ago as tnldard (om1
pensation, and for which they have
(ceptd tle railroad administration's
certificate--; of inudelt edies. Oil -e
1urity of' hese certilleates they have
horrow.ed froml banks aInd the aril
IllInCe ('0'poaItioI to nmeet their eur
rent eorpor'ate obligation1 In recent
In0nth1s. This temporary system of
finanticiig will be clin)liated as soon as
(on0gre('ss Provides funds.
Approx iniately $186,000,000 repre
Sivs the gOvernmient's los inl Opert
ing i the railroads fron Jautiary 1,
I whe(n private control ended, and
3Lay 1 last. Thi1s is the difference be
t ween the sunis for which the gov
erinniit is obliged to pay the roads
oin contracts and the net actual op
erating Income from operations. The
balance, or about $1,211,000,000 of the
$1,700,000,000 now appropilated or
sought, represents working capital to
be paid to the government eventually.
This was explaiied by Mr. Hines in
his request for the approprliation sub
mitted to congress through Secretary
Glass.
The deficit last year was $236,18.1,
000 and in the first four months this
year, the povert'nlent's loss was about
$2,,0h(10. These, said Mr. Itines,
".are clearly losses duo to the war
and ought to be treated as such. By
reason of the atew r the war factors
lnding to important changes in the
situationt the estiliatc herewith sub
tmlitted dot's not attempt to forecast
rev 1ults beyond the first four m1tonths
of this ealendar year'."
Thlis commelnt of the( director gen1
or'll promllptcd belief that. the adlinini
'r-alton ligh-lit have to call on Con
r-s for 1ditional Ifunds to mnake 1111
a fuiture dll(it. Such a situation
mihlt lbe mt by raising rates, but
ihe director genvral has stated recent
ly t hat lie does not wish to consider
tlhi 1111til opporuity has been1 given
foir gneraI business comditions which
are tOeflected in ttraflic to be restored
to a iiiore normal basis. This Is inter
11re4ted aIs me1anling that there prob
111y will Ie no rite advances before
next faIll and tle director geleiral's
1a.titud(1 is that it alty ilien) be unt
ne(Ce1e3y to raise themt.
I ar-load of Iron _dxs t receved.
Thlis inc(luldes all the latest patterns
anid (olorsx, single, regular anid chii
S. M. & 10 I Wi \l lS & CO.
CHICESTR SPILLS
PiY~' in RedI~. an<d Gold inetanlic
.., oxes, seiulc~ with Iuo Ribblon.
.i Take no of her.tIu of,0 :
'' liren a. Atk for.E -f -TER'. f
, 9* yearsknownascesSafstAtways Retlal.te
--SOLD BY I)RUGOISTS EVERYMhERE
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Aadden, MIay 26-Exercises at
Children's Day was attended as usual
by a large congregation.
In the crowd -were the faces of those
who had "come back homc"-many
having tatken part in former programs.
Among those we noticed were: Mles
daies Ral ph Terry and Ernest .loore,
of Laurens, Alma itell and Neil .3ad
den of Greenwood, .\Misses Juanita and
KathIi!een M.artin of Hlich mond, Va.
iAmong ihe visitors none was more
gilly woleolemd than iMrs. W. 13.
C'ompton, of creenwoodi, her -hirming
dautghter, .Iss NlamIn Ic and her siturdy
sons, 'rlest lid the two preaicher
boys, .1. It. Parrott and J. 1). Plittag. It
wvas a greatl pleasilre to See aga in the
face of this splendid mother and to
knlow that ie had Ilf butI few traces;
oil tle beatitifill face.
This corrIesond(lit w.as riek and left
early but. we wer delightIed to greet
so t1:any friends while we (did stay.
Mrs. 11. Goodman, of 1iarrs S prn igs,
.IMrs. Glithrie and (Nliss Goodman, Air.
and .\ls. John ITurn er, Mr. Arthlr,
Worlnilnla an1)d sois of Cross HTill,
Messrs. II. Terry, Rtalph Terry, .Mr.
a111d Mrs. Ludie Iloyd and Mrs. Swyert,
.\lr. and .Mrs. C. A. Power ind Miss
10ulle, of Lau renis; Col. Wtrton. of
Waterloo, and hosts of others whom
we (Id not get to greet, butl whose
presence is always a source of pAeas
u Ile.
At a recent school meetling Miss
NiMray was re-elected principal. Miss
Langstonl, after teaching several years,
(dd not apply for re-elect ion. The
place for primatry teacher ot New
l'rospeet !s now open for applient ions.
Corns Peel
Off Painlessly
There's Only One (4enune ('or4'-Peel
er-Thfill'S "(4ets-It"..
There's only one happy way to get
rid of any corn or (.nllils. anil that's
thle pailess-pcel-off way. "Get I-t"
Is the oily co (ru rnemedy in tlie worIld
' drops of 'Gots-WIt'-Corn 19 donnaed.'
thait does It thait way -effec'vtively.
horoligl Ily. \Wh%, get down oni the
floor, tie yoursehi' illf into a knot, and
have to foo! with "pack'agey" pla.ters,
gretsy oiimiluens that i1ub off', sticky
1.ates anid digging kiniives and Scissors,
whin you ean Iel off y(our11 con11 or
eallils inl onie otplite piece, peace
fully\ and surely, wiv. mgi,1imle
easy "Gets-lI"? If takes 2 or' ; see
o' 1 dtrops, andl thiat's all. "Ghts-Tit"
dloes the list !(Get ( rid of lhat COrnl
Ilainl at (once, so) that you1 (aln work andi
pty3 withou11t ('(1rn torlture. lie siurie
to uste "G(ets-it"'. It nievetr fails.
'"(e s-It'' thei guaranteed, monev
backt (Oii -orn-remover', thle on11y surle
way3, costs but it tihte at anyi3 drutg
storie. M''d by3 10. Lawretnce & C'o.,
('hicago, Ill.
Soldl inili lauens andl reconunlended
as the worbl's best corn r'emedy by
t'Iirekn luu Con Ioni'm. n..'n Co.
It was the conseisus of opinion of
patrons present that the pay for the
primary teacher be Increased and on
ly a graduate be secured for this very
important place--teachiny begincrs.
We feel sure that w;th so many splen
did teachers going out of war work
and so many Who "re put throu.gh the
four years of norial Ol cou.se at \Win
throp, we shall setcre one tha will
give good work.
..............ffee for
I LEMON JUICE -
FOR FRECKLES th h ak
GirI:s!Mk beaut y 1otion f >r.
It f -- % c ,,a t . - T r y t ! r A 1 a e b i e
. (?Iweze the Iiie( of t wo INDmIDnA in-TI ITI A
(o a holde1 containling thir< ouinces of
orchard wh-iite, shake wellI, and you
ha-a a b it' sh hn Lrlg 1et ofe
to:1 .o a ~ 11.1. 1' I a ii ol ,Iii 4 .' 01111 il A-X1v:~ 'l! ) StI N
and I n ioi and cIn bJ auti
lier. '!t vct' .-'~. r1' . o';t. ~ ~ k"' $ c-j I rj.i7 A
Ber;~~~~ ar vei-vr mn.)cot
dru tore or'oi!et Theonner' v*. ii . Conpany
ply thrie ondel s of orUchar:1 d while forAs
a f-U'.': e nts. ANaa e i Ie' fra
&rant 1)iion into r the fae, ne(k, arna'
a n d ia nds ea c h d a y I, if, ::te iA, m . vwA cAn te
freckles and 1 mhtii'e dh *:-:, ! up aacorndia, lo u
'pki.t and Yj cr '.pclim you rp notL
how e lear, soft and ro: h the . . 1111 i (-,. -,r\ i v Yu rrm or
'kin lbeoiles. Yes! It is hanle- r
Lnd uiner Iidsitttis.
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CoyIig ep utn loos Ri 's
evr3ieyufuhyu
?R.J. R.~yo:ld
It's neve r to lttohpiothel Piceulbrtplasre
pasure For P. nk A.istrg eray to ie You mor
Quickc as. youeo know Prince Albert- ieit down
cutsu out bieaand arh.r It' o whatl yfur ongue!m
Tpipyed basd tiyrets Mans poundhn and alf pondtinfy
hmasitors adlithatfuclever prciahound crstal glassy-fudr It
Itsonevmier top hat kp theit tbcc Pinch plert condition.
R.Jt eod obacco Companyuve ady insonsalemN.C
Like other things "made at
I e home" Karo Home- Made
Candy is best for Children
Karo is pr-e and rclh in food value; it is
whle__som e a-nd health building.
F 3 Fudg-ce'eate and creay; CrispTaffy
a.d [ride Panut Candy; Caramels and
I'- ma &.ocd Brk
-Fonda:nt -Karo makes many kinds of
f I home--mad goi es
V_ IFP% E Book tells you how to make the most
--elicous Karo Candies easily and quickly.
Sozau ifuluy illuatrated and it is FREE. Write us today for it.
Corn Products Refining Company
0- Box 161 New York City
- . ..- T. B. Norris, Sales Representative
II~l II I ItlLilding Atlanta., f
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