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VOLUMLAURNS, SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13, 1919.XXXV. WARE SHOALS PR From Wilderness Well ( Up and Busy Manufc Where Water On That valuable water powers going to waste on Saluda Iltiver at Ware Shoals could be utilized for .a large manufacturing establishment was pre dicted thirty-eight years ago by W. S. Knight, In an article he sent to loie and Farm, a publication of Louisville, Ity. The clipping has been recently unearthed by .ins. F. Mac10nroe, assist ant treasurer of the Ware Shoals Man utfacturing Company, who sent a copy to The Advertiser several days ago and pointed out that the prophecy had been fully realized. Mr. Knight still lives, said Mr. Maclinroe, and has seen the wilderness grown to he an ideal mill town with paved streets and all modern conveniences. The following is the contribution avbicli Mr. Knight sent to the Louis ville paper In 1881. Development of this thriving manufacturing village was Initiated by Senator N. 13. Dial and was continued by the present management under the direction of Nir. B. D. Riegal, of New York, and asso clates. The plant is now one of the most up-to-date to be found in the Country: The Ware Shonki. I have traveled over a good portion of the country very recently, and find that the crois are shorter than they hatve beenl since the war between the States. According to what I have seen and heard of the general crops of this county, there can not possibly be over 0110-fourth of a crop. We had no rain from the 17th of March up to the 1st of July that Would stop anyono from twork ont his farm. All kinds of crops 'have been a failure this year. Wheat, oats, potatoes, all kinds -of fruits and cotton have been cut 'off from one half to three-quarters; but ouir bot ton tanas are neavy iadeti witii inae corn, where they were planted in due time and well worked. The cotton cro) will not, pay off the guano and uirovislon bills that have been con tracted oil this crop. These are the Conditions of the people of this and many other counties of this State. Laurens cotily is situated very near the northwestern jpart of the State, bordering on 1Salida river oil her west, whlch affords a vast amount of very valuable water imower that has neve r ibee u11tilized. The most tl aable falls on the river ate the Iamois Ware Shoals. These shoals are abIlout tlhree 11iiles long. witi sutliielit fa-Il to run a largo factory at any point on the shoal.A, and there is only two 01r thbroe little on1e horse grist bill oin it. There is a siledid ( opening for %ery large capital ill thcse shoals. 'The nearest railroad, the C. & G. railroad, is about eight mles from here. The coutntry is as healthy as any in the United States. No malaria or chills, with good water, good society and a genetouts hearted pleopile, who swelcome all honest lpersonls thlat tmay wishl to comel and settle amongst us, and help build upi Ourt (otunty, hut F DIR Opera Hous OPHECY REALIZED )rdered City Has Sprung icturing Establishment ce Went to Waste. more especially those with plenty of capital to improve ou* water power. The land of this county will compare favorably with any In the State. We 'generally make as nutch as we can gather any seasonable year, and we are not any more liable to diiths than any other county or State. Land can be bought at from $5 to $10 per acre with improvements, but not a great deal to sell, from the fact that no one here wishes to leave for any better country. I think those that (1o not take "Ilome and Farm" would succeed much bet ter it they would subscribe for it. I would like Mr. S. J. Matthews to give a list and description of all the grapes that can be successfully grown in the cotten belt, as I wish to set out a vineyard. And I would like for Bar ney LIllard to continue to write, as his letters are of much interest to the farmers of the cotton States. W. S. KNIGHT. RIII'TS OF CIIINA ARIE I1E('OUNIZE1.D Japan Not Seeking to ain Advanitage. Statement by Chida. Foreign Min iter Siays Territorial Sovereignty of China in Shanaitung is SIfe. Tokyo, via London, Aug. 5.-Vis count Uuchida, the. Japanese foreign minister, in a statement issued today declares that Japan does not Intefd to claim any rights affecting the ter ritorial sovereignty of China in Shani tung. Ile promises that the Japanese will withdraw immediately an agree ment is concluded with China. The Japaneso government statement adds, Is considering the establishment at Tsingtao of a general foreign set tiement instead 62 a pJ;xy Japanc-c settlement. Viscount Uchida begins his state ment by saying that It appears despite the official statement of the Japanese delegation in Paris. May 5, which he fully indorsed and announced Japan's policy with regard to Shantung was little understood or appreciated abroad. The foreign minister then recalls that Japan by an ill imatum in Au gust, 191-1, demanded the surrender by Germ'tna ny of the entire leased tIerritory of Kino-Chanu without condition or compls'ensat ion, within a month with 'I w of its ' ny I r'estoration to China. "'The terms of that demand never clicited any protest on tihe part of China or any other allied or associated power, says the foreigni minister. "Pollowing the same line of policy Japan now claims as one of the es sentlial conditions to peace tle accom - plishmcent of that surrender without enAndhi ion or compensatilon. '"At the same time abiding faith ful 13' by thle pledlge she gave ChIna in 1915 she is (tiite willing to restore to China the whole of the terrlitory in ~shot ILULAM POX /presents AR NUN IDERSufthie JRPLE SAGE BY-ZANE GREY ECTION OF FRANK 1.LO'YD Next Week (Iluestion and to ilter 1pon negotia tions with the government at Peking regaI'(ding the necessary arrangements to glic effect to that pledge at the earliest possible time after the Ver sailles treaty has been ratif0ed by .la pan. NOl' AN ISOLATED CASE. 3Mnny Simi'hIar Cases in Lanrens and Vieltnity. This Lanrens man's story given here Is not an isolti ed case by any means: week after week, year after year, our niihbors are tIling similar good nws. Ask youri neighbor! .1. W. Hlenderson, S. I lar)ejr St.. lbanriens, says: ".My kidneys were bad ly disordered andI I suffered from pains in the small of my back across my kidneys. T felt. nervous and out of sorts, and iy kidneys didn't act as they should. T would hvae dizzy spells and. a dull ache in the back of my head. There was a sedinies in the secretions, too. I surel 'as In pretty had shape. T re, of Doan's Kidney Pills and on a box at the Iaurens Drug Co oan's immediate - relieved me an soon fixed me up in fine shape." (Statement given Novem her 2;3, 191-1.) On March 26, 19.18 Mr. Henderson said: "I have hai no use for a kid ney reimedy since. Doan's Kidney Pills eured me. I know Doan's are just as represented and am gjad to give an other endorsement." Goe at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Biffalo, N. Y. The Way Out. If a man or a machine Is unable to accomplish a task It should he turned over to a woman and a liairpin.-Lon don Answers. #1* grains> "dritff mean ood-yto. Haiar nar tuenrnno rnthera'the U life out of the hair roots and j eventually brings baldness. , aWildroot is guaranteed to clean A up dandruff and remove it-but it does mor ; it cleanses soften,; and loosens e scalfand stimulates / thehair norma),healthygro.wth. Fsaere under a Hn ack SuaranteC Laurens Drug Co. Wiliroot Shampon Sonp. when usIl In connoetion ith( %% ldruut. witl hasten tio truatmont. n ti . N THEl GUARANTEED "All? TONIC ANNOUNCEMENT! I wish to announce that I have taken the Laurens County Agency for the Owen Light and Power Plant. R. M. Owen, the man who brought out the famous Reo and the wonderful Owen Magnetic Automobiles, now fathers the Owen light and Power Plant. He knows each system intimately. He appreciates each advantage, each limitation. No man is more able to judge. And it was because Mr. Owen believed that an improved unit could be built--more satisfactory than those heretofore offered that led him to study and work out a better way. Here, indeed was a fertile field for an imagination and aknowl edge like his. It meant new ambitions, new successes. All over the country he is noted when automobiles are men tioned. First with the Reo. Then with his own named car. An Owen Plant gives three times as much light as lamps for the same amount of fuel. And The Owen Plant reduces household drudgery. It takes its place during this shortage of man-power. No man now can conscientious withhold this great Owen Plant from his family. Even from a selfish standpoint, tepdrn farming demands the propei- lighting of buildings and yards, and labor-saving power. And light such as this means everything to the women-folks and children. Merely press the button on the wall and the magic of electricity brings to you and yours new joys, new conveniences. An electric light and power plant that starts and stops iiself. In no other plant can you obtain the Owen advantage. Write or Phone B. R. T. TODD, Laurens Phone 346. Mail Address, Barksdale, S. C. We Buy Libert Bonds We Buy and Sell Real Estate. We Loan Money on Real Estate. We act as Administrator, Executor and Trustee. See us at Enterprise National Bank. Home Trust Company LAURENS, S. C. N. B. DIAL, President C. H. ROPER, Sec. & Treas