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Ebe Ibbertier Subscription Price Is 61.00 Per Year Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PHINTING COMPANY Laurens, S. C. dvertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of Thanks: One Cent a Word. antered at the postotice at Laurens, S. C,. as second class mail matter. LAUtENS, S. C., AUG. 20, 1919. i i iG i cosTr O1- LIVIN(G. Let's bring the Iligh cost of living probletm righu down h1om1e and see hlow it works out. We find C'larence Poe, editor of The Progressive Farm er, writing in the Augist 2nd isslie of that paper about the co-operative shipillents of hogs fromt. 8outhIi Caro lina. lie savs "Forty-one cars of hogs shippet co-operatively in Souith Caro lina dluring th past year nelted, it is estimated, 2 to 6 cents a poond above local buyer's prices." Now, what does this men other than that South Carolina butchers had to pay this 2 to tI cents a pound more to get the moat for local constimplon and pass the advance on to their custom eIr or that we muist charge these butchers with taking an extra profit where they were able to buy at the local prices. Insofar as South Cara lina is colle''rned, then, the issue as to the hi1gh price of beef is be Iween the producer of beef and the butcher, for the -packers, those who have pai the 2 to I) cents advance In price, could ilot be charged with beat Ing down local prices to the producer and taking an unfair advantage of the butchers at the same time. Whether 1he South Carolina producers or the South Carolina butchers are getting too. much for their wares, we are un able to sa'. but plainly the alleged high cost of pork at least is- not due to outsi'de profits in hogs. Discussion of the high cost of meat naturally brings %ip the packers, now indicted for profiteering and monopoly. If we are to admit that tile packers can pay more for livestock on the lo cal markets, ship it off, turn It into edible meat, bring it back on the local market and undersell the local butch ers, we are forced to conclude that they have liade m1(ore eliicient use of the raw products or that they are making a simaller profit on the fin ishied pro duet. The proposition then is, wolld we rather lose the preselnt bniletit of 1111i Illcien(ly becalise we fear a fu ire 111onopoly or1 Vill we lisu1111it the gan,g now allrl lose the benefits of that efficienlcy. To us Ithe h igh cost of living ap ilars to he 1mote a inatter of tile cost of highr living. The standard of living ini this (01111try has been raised and we buelieve fewer Iteoiple are ill 'want than %.r before. The stillg gle is nlot for existence but for mfore'()1 ti on nice's and(1li l i s olS f life' hor11 to attlain tem. Th'le natura il conl 5('ttuEncl(e is a hiigher' price for' the ipro (dtcts which t hey Illrn ot. The fact that rlt'(tically all of usM are4 doinlg theii sam thi? in g has1 resul td ini all oif our iprodulicts Iiadvaning and1( tiS has ibeenl made1? (151lit poss ~ ibb ast' (If lack of ('om1 of 1ieo(ple( gel to woir< inl 1-:urop4 and an1 outiilet is soughtI fior thei' Iaboirs, hpri(ces iinless aI tarliff wa:ll is stI lil to ma11inl~IIiin turpris (iS iiI N t C tl i ii .\( hit; 't').li lookinug itoii':i iresur from the Norih iio woirds oif Thlie (Chiiangt Tribuneii, Ithe pa pcir of all! (Ihers pehtilaps whiich has been't tspokend'l'i ill its ilheisms of' nlegr ii ond111itions1 ini Ihe Southti. Il in ii ('ditorlil tfolloin'Vg the race4 liots' inl (iiniso it sa Id: '"We frantkly admtiit that1. it Ittlit l e11 quai~ llly had(1 mean'ti and1( al majority of negroes in the city (oilined li th whiltes wolId not1 halve' toti siioiiItuld i'r to th nii' egro4es is tha1t1 IIroi' ; rifli- hty Iin workiin . (if thilr own11151 saivty wher 1the r b n T hire is mo e to be i le t ('lthanl fai'ted byt plit:ial~ acivi '. .ty and as muc more It' 4b ' 11ained i by a i recogii lit'nI of 'n - d iin as they ex.i s ti.'ol Ili' itt InrIi' in to R i' w l wh t ilne(the(hi have managed to live without much prejudice. There has been good feel ing. The negro has had political equality. There has been an attempt to give him a fair representation in public affairs and not to resent his presence' there. We admit frankly that if political eluality had ineant the election of ne gro mayors, judges and a majority of negroes lit the city council the whites would not have tolerated it. We do not believe that the whites of Chicago would be any different from the whites in the south in this respect. We have been able to extend the es "entials of citizenship to negroes free ly becatilse the whites are dominant in numbers. All the essentials are in the possession of the negro. Ile is not Jim Crowed by law. A line is drawn by usage. The law in fact forbids what actually is done. It has been an illegal, nonlegal, or extra legal. Legally a negro has a right to ser vice anywhere the public generally is served. lie does not get it. Wisely he does not ask for it. 'T'here has been an illegal, nonlegal or extra le gal a(justient founded up11on1 coml mon sense which has worked in the past %1id will wor kin the future. Tihe fact is that so long as this city is (o) iia I naed by whilts whethe be (allse of tleir numnibers without force or' by force if tIhey were in I tle min1or ity there will be some limitations placed upon the black peolde. They wil be limitations which will not. work an iniitstice to the black people who have a right to their own deveolpeiln'it. 'T'lere is no objection to economic equality. There is a decided objection to the exploitation of black labor. Diaring the war many negroes were brolugit from tle F'ou th. Thousand of them went into lie stockyards. Tie wAr shut off the siu pply of common la bor'. 'le South sp111)1)id( tie wanit. Tuis the -*lopilationl of tle bhacks doibled dutring the war times. Coii cerns which brought hle negro here to expfloit iii'a damaged the commiutilty by throwing the race question onl it. Concerns which needed the negro and It himt upon an equal basis with the whites, without Importh i chealp labor to take the place of whiit , were legit imately supplying their need for labor. The race issue in California grew out of the fact that the Japanese white labor supplante dhome labor. That will produce race troubles as quickly 'as anything. Concerns may have been dereict in not considlering the house problem. The important negroes could not live in the streets or vacant lots. They had to get under a roof and getting inl dler roof they suddnly established new contracts with white neighbor hoods. In this change there was boun( to be troube unless precaution were tak en, In the present case there is nto evidence of precaution and some of provocation. It is )ossible for that question to adjust Itself. Such realty movements cannot take place without friction, but the friction need not lead to riots. The eity is steadily shifting in residential char.cter. Some of the ieoplc affected by the shifts do not. like it, but in normal dties the read justient is not distirbing to the coil imuity. A spread of factories may change the character of a section. A spread of neogres may do the same tin11g.. A writer onee summed uip the iegro (luestioln by saying "tlie North i has tie prilicilles and the South has the ne groes". We are coming to have the negroes an( We wanit to keel) the prin ciloles so far as they ar( appllcable. Indistrial radicalism, expiresseod in tile I. W. W. propaganida amiion; the ng1roes will not help us to keepI 1lcthe. A rebellion by tle nI eg roes aai nst facts which exist. and will persist will not help us5 to keelp thiem, hbut we arme (oiidlent that thie situlation ini (Chi ('ngo~ is suiscept ible of beI'ing hiaiidh-d in the fashiioun it has always been bain Thei animladversations oIf Ithe 1,au1 r'ens Ad veriser(1 on thle mlat Ier of lix - ing bridges is repiroduceed ( elihe and1( it. wvill lbe easily sein that Thie Adl us on the matter' (If " tde aiid ('omi fort. itself thdeeby. oEver Salulda river has no( dir.Ect illa br'idge at l'iicke'ttI '(Fery. Tii'hihbide at, l'tickett Is Firryv is niefided andi the. ing of ti)'he bidges~ will not1 Efft lthe i mjake unneceI~lssary I le biitl in oIt I he biridges may13 keep "'triade" from wan I not1 for lon1g. Alirship m~ iay he sop ('heal) ini a few yearis Ithat roads and1( bri'dges will lie If sum11'l ose'tuenced. It. will thlen ble uip tol Greenwood(lll to in ''Ile Foirk"' wilo wili Io ((ome) 'Thle unldersignled heirs at -Ihiw of lenie I .';dwardls, d(elaed, aill sell i., at iIEoi'clo I'. .\l. on the th d1(ay 11land, lyiO-. htin ianSd '1 iat e in is enhs ('oiunty, Younl ll25 ownsitip. ('r1o le.s, bounded( I by hu.1ls of A. 's. Edwalds. . W . Patton,~ I,:11 .le W. 141 EW.IYN . I. .A.. 2!W\ 8 S* S * S * S * S e -S * 5 ' $ * S $ SPECIAL NOTICES. '8 Land for Sale--218 ac $30. per acre. Level and well -l ted. Apjply to deo. C. Riser, WVhitilre, I1oute 1. Wanted-You to bring y ur es to the 'City Vulcanizing Sta 2i, to be inlspected by factory expier need imeni. - osite Childres' stable. .. 5-It For Itent-2-horse faril 11 miles of AMountville high school, on Cross 11111 and Laurens road. Ont 4-rooni, one 2-room dwelling, barn, well *nd pasture. Apply Mrs. J. W. Foiche, Rt. 5, box 41, Greenwood. 6- 1t-pd Wanted-Let us cure a RIbbld te tread on your worn tires, g ar ed $2,500 miles. Factory e tence. City Vulcanizing Station, opposite jildress' stable ' 5-it Lot-Ladles' blue serge coat on road between -Couity Home and 'Clin ton. Finder return to J1. R1. Todd at i'dgar Todd's store, Clinton, and get reward. 5-1t-I)d Lost-Many (ollari's by not havh'ig your tires repaired in proper itme. let its add nany thouisands of i lies to your worn tires. City ' caniziling Station, 1l9st .laini stre , opposite Childress' stable. 5-It For Sale--Iiagging and TIies: 4o0 rolls 2 1-2 lbs at 10 4eits _Vwd; whole ties $1.'75. Cash 'der. I. K. Aiken, Merchants F,armers Ware house. 5-tf Weinl-ted--Y1ou to know we are Opwn ing a first class viulcaniizing sJ101 len with factory experience. AL," work garantfeed. Citly Vutlcanizin ~Stationl, 'h'asl lain street, opposite childress' Shiable. 5-It Wanuted-To buy bleyele for girl about ten years old. Give description and best offer first letter. 1'. 11. Willis, Gray Court, S. C. 5-11-n( Wanted To Leae-A 25 or 30 acre farm, well improved, for general farm anti trucking. Not over four miles from city. A. L. 'White, Alointville, 11. F. D. 1. 5-2t-epd Notlee--I will sell at auction before Court House on public square on Trhirsday, August 21st, one 1914 model -Ford touring car in perfect con dition. A. L. McDaniel. 5-It-pd Wanted--You to consult us about your old tires. City Vul an zlng Sta tion, East Main street, ID site Chil dress Stable. 5--1t For Sale-600 acres two miles from railroad, in Laurens county. Seven tenant houses, 50 ac 'es under wire fence, fine pine timber nd cord-wood; ten horse farn open, 25 'es creek bottomis; One mitle frl school. Rents for 20 bales of cotton. For price and terms, write "Owner", Box 85, Lau rens, S. C. 5-ti For Sale-.'70 aerea one mile from railroad station in Laurens county. Four tenant houses, good pasture un der wire fence; w 1 cut quantities of pilne tihnher and c r wood. For quick eash sale, $1.5.00 ,r acre. 'Communi cate with :lox 25 , lAnturens, S. C. 5-tt For Salt'--Chandler auto11noh!!N, sport model, practically jeiV, corN tires; at bargain. Apply G. W. Shell, Laurens, S. C. 5-It-pd Notlce--A dark hay mare strayed to muy lot. Owner come, with expenses. P. P. McGovan. 5-lt-pd Free Demionstratiton of 'C'ocoaI Pud ding at Davis- Roper's Store-now on1. 5-2t-pid Netlee-All persons at'e herely fou hidden fro I hiring or1 harborlig my, wife, Sallh Young, who has left ler heiiitn without cautse or provocationl. Will Young. 5- 1t - Ju ned - -'ur '1or five more 1111sic mppil, will begin teaching September th. Fnilces Kennu edy, Phone I1. 5-21 -pd For Sa'u- -1'nderw~ood 13y iewr'iter' in (o(od conittion. A hargain at $.1t0.00) .\lr'S. II. It. TIodd, l irksdale. 41-2 t lhic i('' l'1(an1 selected '( bicks, just t he tinii'. for' bulildling. We have purch'Ias :d aIll th br'i'ks at C amlp Sevier' andt ingi as wl4l as~ fotiqdatin work aitul It'e1 inehausi' (ena1bles us to off~er t hem tor $1 2.5(1 tin gr'oiunds 01ther campilt liit iir pince Vyiur order quick, 41hey -art' 4,ind, fast. Figlurei what ynu1 eeni sbve (4: the thiopSand( *-$ ft.0it- -then Icef us Imuow iiow iman you' noorpI'e Amier'icn s''ompaniL~y, G;reenvilIl, S. C. :3. imotiiitedl (in wheeols, ready fot' 'hk. I he.ap. Soiiethinitg like 2003 .\b o thr'ee i'X;:a'x femiale' pi1s forl I reedingi Ilurploses. * iyrdville iDailry & se'comined;1'( I wo( idid bedstea:ds; .':o "iinuii tales and othier' household \laini Street. 4-2t drop~~I's Iaraa .c\illnday e'vein g. lFinider' Fo4r Smde 15 DuiroC-.ier'sey tig-s - i hig fromi ''' to 90 poiundts. Enti ti'd to registraitjion. Priicie $20,001 each. ('im son ('oier Ni eed -Cr' imson 'ov cir 5e'd miay tbe bough1Ii tough tye ait 14; I-2c I". (i. i 1. ChIiarlest1oil. This is have your1 rset'd se'ui dIirec(t liili of Foir Sne Ii -On'e -191t I --2.1 mod(1 l i' lar I e ' J.tiI(I, H ii. Sw it , t nel w(it t elimb Caro dl h I undersi (4ned*l\oard o (431 33 4 1 r.orator ( ' t. l ' s tor ofi i . * ' I 34 4t 1 I' ;l Stock tof Iarmes * W-BITUARY. * In the quiet of the evening of Au gust 7, the death angel claimed for his own the spirit of Claud Washington Wasson. le died In the thirty-fourth year of hip age, having been born Oc tober 1, 1885. The place of his birth and the home of his bntire life was in the Friendship community. (ie united with the Fridhdship Presbyterian church in early life and continued a loyal member to the end. le was in stalled as one of Its ruling elders a little more than a- year ago. 'In his death this community has lost a kind, quiet, ieace-loving citi zen; a most prominent farmer and one who believed in the betterment of the community in every way. Besides his wife and three children he leaves a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death. They sor row not as those who have no hope. Itisihig Suit Chapter No. 6, It. A. M. A regular convocation of Rising Sun Chanter No. 6. R. A. M., will . be held on FiRIDAY ligHt Aug. 22nd, at 8:30 o'cloc.k. 'T'he- will he work in the M -..1. P . dc grees. Alson oil 3I )ND, lit 6:30 P. 31. there w% ill be it .ee convocation for the plurpose of 'v g the M. E. .11. and It. A. degrees. 4his- is the last chance for those wl expect to go to tile Sllrile lleeting in Oct. to receive these (legrees. S. T. Lanhan , Grand iligh Priest, and 0. F'rank Ilart, Grand Secretary, will be 'present Monday night. ,Members are requested to .be liresent at both meetings and to be on hand at Ihe appointed time. By order of M. L. SMITH, H. P. H1. TERRY, Sec. NOTICE OF LOST STOCK. Notice Is hereby given th)r Certifi cate No. 3-1 of the pavalu . of $100 of the capital stock of the I urens Glass Works issued to on oJ uly 24, 1911, has been lost and I a will make ap plication to tile .4 Laftrens Glass Work for a new c dificate ill lieu of same on Sept. 11, 1919. L. S. FUILLER. 3-6t-A ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Organized .1892. PROPERTY INSURED $4,268,300. WRITE OR CALL on the undersign ed for any informati h you may desire about our plan of i surance We insure your pr perty against de struction by FIRE, VINDjSTORM OR LIGHTNING, and do so 9heaper than any company in exist . Iemember, we are p ~npared to prove to you that ours is to safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the, counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, .dgefleld, turens, Saluda, Lexington, Ilichland, Calhoun, and Spartanburg. The oflicers are: Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C.; J. R. lliakep Gen. Agt., Secty. and Treas., G .reenwood, S. C. D)IIIECTORS: A. 0. Granl".. .....Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gam brell . . . . A bbeville. S. C. .r. ii. Blake .... ...Greenwood, S. C. A. WV. Younlgblood .. . . iiodges, S. C. J1. F.raser Lyon . . . . Columlbia, S. C. It. ii. Nicholson . . . .Edgefleld,S. C. W.. Ii. Whlarton .. .. ..Waterloo, S. C. WV. C. Bates .. .......Ilatesburg, S. C. J7. Ii. JLAKE, Gen. Agt. Greenw~ood, S. C. Land For Sale1 12(1 aces 1-2 mtile of Mount v'ille. (90 acres Inl cultivat !on, I5 inl pasture, 17' in woodland, good dlrchlar'd , 2-storyI,, S-rtoom dw(I.eli lng, ba.rn., 2 tenlant houses, well and1( living s'tream~i. Prtice right for 'iuick sale. -1111 acres3 a mii. of'T4 Lauren, att liadd~ens Sta ion, 2 03 acres ini Iulivalion11, l100 aer' ini wood Iaand, icie 2-story 7- >om1 dwell 3 branchles an3d well. Terms. Davis Realty Co. Farmnets Nat. Banik lullding Phone 120. Paint Your Car Make i look fresh and clean, here is no use in ridling 'n faded car wheny an have it freshened nd brighten edl up for a very si al amount. HaLve it pa~inlt Ollr Work is as good as tile Best -Waldrops Garage Near- Depot The high, cost of deliveries is reilly a myth Lots of PeoPle have been telling you that all grocery deliver les are expensive. That they greatly increase the cost of your food. That you ought to save this cost by carrying your groceries home. On the contrary our customers find our delivery system really economical. It doesn't add to the cost of their groceries and provisions. It saves their tie and energy-which they can- more Iproflt ably devote to their homes or to various outside Interests. We feel that it is part of a grocer's business to make dellv eries. Our wh.ole organization is built to serve you in this, and other ways. For example, em ntain a telephone for your convenience. We carry the hi esp-finality groceries we can buy. And we sug gest to you var hings we know to be especially good. We take al Interest in what you buy-when we sell you the ingredients for a cake, we like jo know low it's going to turn out. That's why we recommeaid to yu RYZON, the Perfect Baking lPowdrer. Tihere's no uneertainty about IYZON-success Is a fo*e gone 'oncl usion, for it is ti ->roighly dependable and at -1c pdr pound it Is dowiriight econjIy. Ask us about the RYZON Baking Book if you haven't one al ready. You'll wonder how you ever got along without it. FOWLER. & OWENS Laurens, S. C. New Fall Veloue and Felt Hats You'll bury that Straw, quick and deep, just - as soon as you can see these New Fall Hats--they are beauties. Just the kind that make a good looking man like yourself, look better than ever. Come in and look them over.4 Black, Green and $5.00, $6.50 and $10.00 S-O-F-T C-0-L-L-A-R-SI Soft Ones--The Hot Day kind fo'r August. They '~ won't melt down and they ~ecomfortable. We are showing many styles in ~ Soft Collars in white and fanc. All sizes. a e 25c.,35c. and 50c. NEWTHINGS IN NECK WEAR Thydon't "Scream" either. Happy patterns, cheerful colormngs, and you'll be as happy as a new Papa with the ones you pick here. 50cts, $1.00 and $1.50 - MEN'S UNDERWEAR We are displaying a full line of Men's Under garments, Night Shirts, P~ajamasq, Union Suits, aud separate Under Shirts an~d Drawers made irn Namnsook. Wells Clardy Co. Laurens, S. C. WAA GOOD PLACE TO. TR ADE