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FOtM A Il; *)iieers L'le'ted and Plans Set -on Foot. for Providing Rest loom for Tent stlves and Shoppers. Yoting ladies of the town working ais clerks and stenographers met Thursday afternoon and formed an or ganization called the Iusiness Girls '.l)ub for their mutual benelt and for the benefit of shoppers visiting the ''ity. Plans were set on foot for the -l abilishmn t of a rest room for them :;elves and for the women and children 'vho visit the city. M\iiss Sadie Sulli vat) was elected .president ;' Miss Iienry Wright, vice-president; Miss Sara l)or ror, ecret ary, and bliss Fant ie (ar 'ison, treasurer. All of the women of the city engaged in business arO s'tked to join, a small annual fee be ng retiired of each mtttiithC'. In the club's first venture, the ex alishmtent of the rest room, much ncouragettnt has alre-dy been re iled. The tined of such a gathering and 'estinog place has been felt for a long time and the merchants are of fering liberai support. Two rooms in die court house have been turned over .o the club and the young ladies are ';lanning to <11lip one room as Ia kcitenl and (One as at sitting rooml. It proposed to have a responsible wo ,nan l'ft in charge of the rooms and orovision nuade so that lunches may be eaten and hot tea and coffee prepared. Com mittecs have been appointed to .,olicit funds for the eqitpment of the room and to secure monthly funds for -heir maintenance. These comlmittees will begin work within a few days andl the young ladies are expecting a g tenerouts re.ponse to their solicita n ons. A Big Tomato. The Garden (Editor is in the swim again. Several days ago he received another large tomato from one of "Aunt Kate's" flock, little Miss .Maud Wofford, with directions as to its use, wi clh were dily followed. 'Tisi- was one of the prettiest of the season and evidently requir'ed much skill and work to produce it. Writes Treaty by Hand. News dispaitches from 'aris report ed the old tradition that tneat Is shall be written by hand survives, an'1 Ilta Joseph Carlo of the F'rench miistry of foreign affairs, oftilcal caligra phist and painter, wrote the new peace -treaty. For 40 years the post of offi'ial lilu . ininator In the French ministry of for eign affairs was held by M. Garapin, according to the Detroit News. lie had one love in life-"the pen," to - 5quote his own words, "this simple tand marvelous instrument through -whlch human thought is transcribed .and forever preserved;" one hate -"the vulgar and unaesthetic typewrit -er; which prints without art pages that b .tne will not respect." Minerg Appreciated Books. Oflicials In charge of Iowa's cireulat e'tg libraries were afraid to trust a -:t of books to the people in a certain T'own mining district. They wet'e .afraid tire boks woutld not be cared 'der pr'opeely, and thtought thtey could ;ie placed where they would be iusetd 1md appreciated more than in the rmIn 'ing town. Through the efforts of the - home demonstration agent, however, -one -traveling library was sent to the - commnutnity on trial. The demontstrai - tion aigenit interested' the schtoblboys, wh-o -made a case in wineh the books 'were placetd. This stmall library led 'to mlt interest among tine peo~le of ---the town, and the demonstraition tagent treports that not a single hook has been 2ost or dlestroyedl. A Great Objection. "I don't take any stock in these 4ere paytent medicines," asserted Lafo 'Impp, a itanguid citizen of Watyover behind. "They're an enemy to lthe *human race. S'pose, now, you are gettIng along all right, unable to work - b'euz you're sick ; you're pretty mis -'eble, of course, but people sympa 4tlze with you and respect you. Anti fhen somebody persuades you to take :. few bottles of So-aind-So and you are cured and get youtr picture in the - amann('. And forever afterward ev erybody wants to know wuhy you don't - -so to work, dud-blame your ornery hde"-Country Gentleman. France's War Expenditure. Tn a speech before the chambner of d eputies at l'ars on Manrcht 12, Louis ilotz, mliister of flinance(,; gave somie iigutres ont F'rtnce's watr spendinigs. Amnong ot her it os wiere $2,225.00t0,t000 r'or pay of the troops. Thte totail ex gendit~ur'- of the ministry of watr wias $8,800,000.00)0. The navy cost wasl $1,125i.O000 ). What's in a Name? 'Jamesu, Rob anti Billie were playing -with a box of animal crackers; James "put in hris thtumb and puiied out a"--I thlacceros cookie. "Alt!" he shotetd, 'iok, Biob and Billie, at my r'hlnoster." Web is older, lie is the big hoy of the family. " 'Tttln't a rhinoster, Jimmie, :It's a rhinrost rudge !" "No, siree," sa id DillIe, "it's a rhinostrous I" Too True, Alas, Too Truel If you w~outld be classed os a good ; ellow all you have to do is to ap t Iand your fool friends.-Milwauken ISSUE 000 STAMPS Philatelists Are Enthusiastic Over Latest Curios. Small Nations of Europe Resort to Curious Experiment to Pro. vide Postage Stamps. London.-Stamp collectors, of which London has Its full share, are enthu siastic Over the curiouls postage stamps which are beginning to reach them fromn the sifller I, iropwan states. One exaitple fToth Itf hunia is of the first plermhaneit it' -e of that coun try. :t has beyn 'l hographlled on ienvy Sih titian gray paper formerly used for the prinii ng of bread tickets. Let l(and, ll itih nin's neighbor, print ed its first stamtps on the hacks of der mnan ordnance munps, but the:se proved i little unwieldy and nolw its stamps are printed on the flimsiest of cigar ette papers. ('z.eho-Slovalkin stumps r'cenfly re eelveil here iire simply Ili' nited armos of Bohemia. Moravla and Silesia with tie inscription "Veska-Slovenska S1n11111" pini ll oni the Milgyar stlm1ps. They were issued when Ile ('zecho Slovilk troops invaieli lingairy. The disputed port of Fiutuie hanbeen provided with a striking series of pilc torial sill ii , apparently Iii anticlpa tion of nn Italian Iialniate, for they aill hear the words "1"lumei prochtimna 1' an1ness io e all i alin," d11111 the date 30-10-1918. The four designs include the staine of omulus and itesmis fed by the shte-w'olt. the piazza of St. Mark, and ancient Vt'iienian galleon and the portralit of )r. ('rossich. WOULD FLY TO JAPAN Capt. E. T. ltickenbacker, the United States armiiy's greatest ace, says lie is ill 1vition to stay. Ile is endeavoring to perfect arrangements to y n'ros the Pacii, halpnlg first to Hawali 11nd thlen to .Japan. Tile photograph was taken at Baonff Springs, Alto., where Captain R~eken backer wais enjoying ai sho~rt vacation. Cat Scared by Tin. Can Raises Rumpus Stamiford, Conn.-A stray cat snarledl things here badly early tis morning. The feline hoho was dlesperately hungry, andi to its haste andi eagerness to sat isfy the hunger, thlrust its head Into a salmon can that ap peared to shrink. The cat was unable to get its head out and rushed about blindlly, knocking dlown babies in its efforts to free itself. People in the neighbor hood called the police and the fiDre departments to kill the eat. Tabby was very tame lafter the canf was pried off by a cop. 8 "LAON INFORMERS" TO DIE Three Others Are Condemned to Death by Default in French Court. Paris.-Rentence's were delivered in the case known as5 thle "1Laon inform ers" after a trial of more than sixty days. Of the twenty-elgght piersons aiccused, eight were condemnned to death, two of themi being women ; three (Ithers were condemned to death by dlefault. Siz were nflutltted and tile remalinder re elved sen fences of fron one to twenty years' imprisoJnent. The chartge against the aceused was denouncing compaltriots to the German authori t ies I drtng the oiccupa~itioni of plane of Frenchi soldiers, who hadl esO caiped the G~ermalln, l aane, were pit-t ed out, wvit1y the result that a large numbiler of soldiers were e'xecuted. Son Gives Job to Father. Woodland, Cai.-WV. (4. Legg has just arr'ived hlere from Los Angeles, He is ninety-two years5 old. le found time han iginig too heavily and1( asked his son, Jag1 es Legg for a plosition and is llyv .anlufactumring vineyaird trays His wi. e is also halo and hearty, mb, AUC'T'ION AT KINARDS. 1). L. Boozer Property lought by lion. A. J. Betheia to be Sold at. Auct:oii Monday. The ). L. Boozer property on the Piedmont highway near Kinards be tween Clinton and Newberry will be sold at auction next Monday, Sept. 1st, at 10:30 A. .l. The property contains nearly seven hundred acres and will be subdivided Into small tracts to suit the tastes and needs of farmers desir ing to own their own homes. A brass band and free lunch are being adver tised and a big crowl is expected to be present. On account of lack of slace The Advertiser was unable to carry a large descriptive advertiae ment brought in yesterday too late ,or insert ion. No 'nion 3ecting at friendship. Wlhereas, tie 'pro'grait i (lit iee has not been able t) meet, and arrange a program for the l'nIon Meeting, which was to he held with 1riend ship (huttrch and Whereas, this Union wil. onlilet wvitht revival meetings yet to he held, the iretliren of the several chii vies composing the Second 1)1vIsion, ..re lereby notified that. your co itt1ee deei It wise not to have a U'nion Mleeting on Fifth ?Sunday in August. ''he next I'tion will n ,'t w th F riendship rchurch on Novembeur :;o. .1. It. 'Vi1laAAMS, C. W. 11001'. (ICO0. iOl'KINS. C. I5. V I'it.\l1,11,10\. ('ommlit iee. To sell .Jones 'nlace. .Ir. D. D . 'T'odd stated yesterd:y th-at lie expectd tco have an action sale at an early date of the .lones property of about 200 acres .which he liouhtdIt some time ago. 'lhis pr 'erty is on the Lisbon road Just across the over head bridge ahount two miles fro'mn town and, is well locate d. 'Jc ' Two Red Are now receivin was bought We Larg Our stcks~ will bie large of Red Troni Raeket. Oiur thing the whole family nleet to foot: Clothing, 1fats, C Shirts, Collars, Ties, Suspe: 'P tons.okSitOeae fabries; coat Suits, Silk an< andt wealves; Millinery of iI c'hildr'en, made in our worl Baljt]i Oir-worni everywhvler Dress Goods5 ini wool, silks, ('ales', latids, C liambray s, Flannel';, Outings, Blankets ings, Sheets, Tab'hle Oil Clot Towels, WNindowv Shades, Ru Trunks, Baga, Suit Cases, C We will have S our Stores youl J.C.BI TWC No. 1 Store 210 W Still Thinks of Laurens. Ile still thinks of Laurons, says Mr. Percy W. Moore, former farm demonstrator of this county, in a let ter recently written o Dr. Aiken. ".I am liking Tennessee mighty well," he says, "but not so naich that I do not think over old times in Laurens coun ty and of the most splendid backing of my work there by one of the finest set of business mon in all the South land. I get assurance from time to time from my brother that you all are continuing this boosting policy with him. "With best personal regards, 1 am, "Very truly yours, "P. W. MOORE." MICKIE SAYS 1F TE9s O 1:$ESE m yN JRWINoOW , wNa%' JEST REMEMBER 'fMAN /oun. SOLOIER So's GO-T SOME SPARE 1IME WHEN HE SvTS 'ROUNo AND WONDERS wwe %S cONn' ON aACK b4Or-. 1 WA cON'CHA SEND I-1M THE o..9 HOME PAPERT? WE oOT1 CHwARGE Anstwoo\N EXTRA T' SEND tI 10 RANCE !i t . il II I0 lurns8 Irm Racket Depar ig their huge stocks o many months ago on a n are fixed to save our Fall and Wint SStock this fall thanil (ever inl the history' sto(ks 'ompr)1ise veryV nlear every(' IS inl wearin P tg apparel I' fr'om head a ps, ShIoe s, I Umler'waa-r, I Iosiery', nder01s, C'ollar lButt ofis, Cuil' linit Panits5, Sweaters., Over'eoats, Ov ,n ltest. ('reatijons ini styles and1( I 'Saut in l)r'eses, C'oats, at! styles me Latest 'reait ion for' women and r'oomns inm lialtimor'e-(mamde in S) ; U~nder'wear,' .Gloves, '1Ilosiery, atinsi andcotton), (inghams,. P'er , onepns oforts, Shee't bi, T1able Damaisk, I ndker'ch iefs, gsu, Curmtaini Poles, Curtaini Goods, looks, Watches, Jewelry, Notions. iix Special Bargain Days e home while in Lauren huge stocks. Buy her< URNS & BIG DEPAI est Laurens Street; No. : LAURENS, SOU Capt. Featherstone Returns. tato during the Past few days: Capt. Douglas Featherstone, who A. F. Teag'ue's house and lot on served with the First Division in Sullivan street, to IC. '0. Coker. France and recently received his dis- C. D. Wilson, house and 26 acres of ' charge after returning home, came ov- land, 8 miles west of Laurens, to C. or from Greenwood with Alr. C. C. P. Wilson. Featherstono Wednesday and spent B. M. Wolff, 55 acres of land G miles the day with friends. Whil coverseas vest of Laurens, to Join W. Knight. Capt. Featherstone took advantage of . olcomb, house and lot at the government's offer and took a j i special course in law at one of the l large English universities. It is ufn- . t:. Thomas, store room at Watts derstood that his plans are to practice Mlills, to 1. W. Patton. law in Greenwood. tetity Dlst~l. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days lit lilt.Druggis.s refund money vif ikZO OINTMENT falls 13. M Wolff, real estate agent, re- tvurel eliing fl.ind, n lccdingorProtrudiag Ples. ports~~~~~~~~ th olwn ae nrtf-instant!ly relieves itching Piles and you can get ports the following sales in real estful ItI ater the firt Application. Pricn0c. FORD CARS We w 11 ave ten or fifteen Ford Cars in good condition to arrive Friday. They will be sold at attractive prices. Come and get one before they are all gone. F. P. & J. R. CHILDRESS LAURENS, S. C. Company s en! Steres in Laurens, S. C. f Fall and Winter Merchandise which much lower market price than today. customcrs money on their er Merchandise. In Our Basement 5(ee in otir huemet : Tilnware, lass, Crocke'Llry, Fiowver iPoits. MAlatch I~n dr ii 114y Soapl~ Star chl. Bluinig, Jllmps, Rhugs, WVin. d ow Shade(is. I higgy'\I Wi ps, TIobaceeo. C igarsx. (Cigatret tes, (Can. dly, Chewing Gin, Tilet Soulps, Taeieum Po I wders i. T iilt A. tieles, (Guitaurd. St1t linary, Io Pa Ilper, I'nlvelope.s, P enicils, 'Taletsl, InIk, Mullalge, Extracets, Shoe P~olish, Notin andS111( RIac!ket Goods, S4taple IDry Goods, D~omesties,, Standtared nnud Patent Medlicines. You ennt find ver'y naar1 everything you may need iln olur t wo big department stores in Lau!)'ens, and r'emiember - We sell the sImdei goods for' less mney. IBring the w~hol~e famluily andui buy your fall bill1 at. .1.( Burnslu & Co. anld you will be (ielIightedi w~ithI your 1)1prchases. each week this Fall. Come and make 8. Feel at home. -Look through our , smile and be happy. COMPANY'S LTMENT .STORES. 2 Store Northside of Square in Burns Block. TH CAROLINA