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!VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH- CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1919.NUBR1 GERMANY Al Captain Glenn Talke Interest The Common Folks are I Crops This Year. German people-that is the ordin ,ary classes-appear to have taken 'their defeat as matter of course and display few indications of regret or disappointment but have settled down to that humdrum, methodical existence to which they have been accustomed for years and years, according to Cap tain Robert H. Glenn ,who stopped ov er in Yorkville Friday, to see his mother, Irs. W. D. Glenn while on route to Camp Gordon, At'lanta. He is the latest local man to retira from service in Germany, having been with the American Arm yof Occupation for a number of months owith the veterin ary corps of the First Division and having left Germany for the States on August 26, after being overseas exact ly twelve months to a day. Capt. Glenn expects to get a months' leave of ab sence within the next few days, al though he is not at all sure about that, having been transferred to the veter Inary corps of the Fifth Division which rumor has going to the Mexi can border or to Siberia. Captain Glenn's service in Germany extended over quite a bit of the em pire and his duties brought him in more or less contact with all classes of theperwan people. "They do not appear to be worried over their de feat Very ' much%-that is the ordin ary working classes dont," he said Friday evening, "but they wear a rath er nonchalant air, ready and willing to fight again if their leaders should so decree, or on the other hand, per fectly content to spend the remain der of their lives tilling their little fields oi rye and poiatues or working in their shops or at whatever might be their ocoupatio nfor the balance of their days. "The old military fear is in the com mon folks still, and they quail and quake before any person bearing the least authority as they have been wont to do all of the lives, despite the fact that a government conducted some what along republican lines has been set up among them. It is my observa tion that they are not much interested in that government-that is Mr. Aver age Citizen as we know him in this country isn't. One hears from time to time the peasants talking of the now regime and the special rights and pri vlleges that they will have under the now regime that they didn't have un der Kaiser William. One hears others say that the old monarchistle order was quite good enough for them be cause there was always peace and plenty and that is all they want. 'Still, from what I have seen and heard my self, and from reliable second hand Information that I have obtained from American officers and enlisted men who have visited all parts of the em iire and from other sources, that au tocratic power shall never hold away in Germany in the way that it d1id whiien Kaisers were popular, and~ while t here may lbe quite a lilt of tron'ble be fore the new order gets to working good it is going to be a new Germany after all, liow much trouble there is going to be andl along what lines I don't know sInce I am not an expert ons economic and political affairs. My bulsiness over there was keeping a iportion of the horses of Uncle Sam in the best shape possible and that was a pilenty too. "Nobody is going hungry now in those sections of Germnany in which I sawv serviend saidl Captain Glenn. "The harvest this year is not going. to be .a bountiful one due to the shortage of labor and 'soasomital . Na'ditions, 'but t'he georman .people are going to hmiv6 enough to live on comfortably 'with some outsidle assistance. They do not appear to be wvorrying. Lots of them still go to church all (lay Sundays andl drink .wine and beer Iind (lance all of Sunday nights as of 0old. There is little repentance for their sins in the way of Rnekelot h andl ashes, Still, there is ipienty' of crepe and mourning colors in evidence throughout the landi andl that Glermnan home that is -without somep evidee of mourning I have y'et to Ree. "Tihere wais neOver apparent to mec imuich if any indlication of intense and bitter feeling toward the American Army of Occupation' or toward the Itroops (of the other Alliles. Possibly they scowled and made grimaces at us in the secrecy of thnir homes or S IT IS NOW ingly of Present Hunland ionchalant---Will Make Fair after we had, passed; but I never caught any of these glances when I looked back. "The common people of Germany, the women and children especially, are beginning to hear stories of the horrible atrocities committed by their troops in Belgium and in France, and it Is hard for them to believe the stories that are coming back. I talked much with a nun in a convent near which I was stationed, a sdintly lady who asked much .of me concerning the Allies and the Americans, our people back home and our homes. This God ly woman too hIad heard of the cruel ties by the German boys and it wor ried her greatly. She often spoke to me of them and discussesd the matter with me, expressing the belief always that German lads could not be cap able of such crimes as had been charg ed to them. You may be sure I didn't do any white-washing. "The German people are pretty shy on meat right now although they have at least enough spotatoes and rye to do them. Horsemeat is mighty good eating for them now. On one occasion I found it necessary to kill thirty-six horses on account of incurable wounds or disease. There was no other way for it. I gave orders to my assistants to dig a trench, stand the horsos be side the trench after it had ;been dug, shoot the animals and roll them in. One horse I recall, was suffering from a leg disease which caused great sores and abscesses. I shot the horse and rolled it into a trench. An old woman was watching and as shoon as the hor:se was kiiied and before i was covered up, the old soul came running up with a basket, asking that I allow hert to cut off some of -the meat. I gave orders to my men to cut a hind quarter off for her and this they did. The last I saw of the old woman was when 3he has slicing that leg into steaks, all smiling and happy while she was doing it. A few sores meant nothing. There is no question but what even horse meat Is at a premium in Germany just now. "No matter what kind of a govern ment they have it will ibe a long, long time if over, in my opinion, before those people forget their fear of au thority or any semblance of authority. Every official in Germany from the town burgomaster down to the game warden wears a uniform. Let the game warden walk down the street or out into the country and there is such a bowing and scraping on every side as you never raw. Kaiser Bill has cer tainly planted the fear and respect of any kind of a uniform or any authori ty into or linary folks. "Germian military olicers and the higher ups generally realize that they are lickedl andi licked 'badly. hmowever, and tihe way they hate the Allies great Scott! And they realize that their own Ohicee in the sun has set for a while anuyhow. This hunch I guess is now going to have to go to work since soldiaring isn't the high and mighty callin g that it once was in Germany.".--Yorkville Enquirer'. CAAItRl VANISHES. Her j'oe reatm5r Thait M'i Suif. fedrs anRely Upop. 'If you want to drive Catarrh and all its disgusting symptoms front your system in the shortest posslble time, go to your dIruggist and ask for a hily on4i outfit today. .reathe the air of Hlyomel and let it,'.ld you of catarrh and chronic head colds; it gives such quick roli-et that all who use it for the ~lrst time are a~lonished. 'Ifyomel is a pure, ple4 .'nantisep tie, which is breathed thrlIgh t'he nomo amnd throast deep into the head and lungs; it. soothes the sore, inflamed membranes, reduces swelling andl qunickly heals all inflammation. Don't suffer another (lay with ca tarrh; the dliesaso is dangerous and often ends in consummption. Start the Ilyomel treatment today. No stomach (losing, no sprays, or dlouches, no dan gerous dirugs or narcotics. Absolutely harmless. Jumst breathe it-that's all. At Laurons Drug Co. and leadhing dlruggists' everywhere. Production of Jade. P'racti iniily alli (le jaul' nihow imned comes' fromi lHruma , thou'mgh New Zen. tnkes pration itly the entire output. In Iturma Iihe privile'g. of imiuning it hss bien hel byv thei simem Ind in or' Shnni relhis o re iim ny emiu~ iaomns. ON PROIIlilIlTION After Three Weeks Deadlock Between Senato and House Conferees JBrok en. Provides for Strict Enforcement of the Federal "Dry" Law. Washington, oct. 1.-Breaking three weeks' deadlock, Senate and House conferees reached an agreement to day on the prohibition enforcement bill. Quick approval of the conferees' report is expected iby leaders and the measure may go to the President early next week. The Ibill, which establishes one-helf of one -per cent as the maximum alco holic content of beverages, was passed by the house July 22d and by the Senate September 5th. The conference report w411 be acted on first by the Senate, to which It will .be reported Friday and then sent to the House. The bill will be returned from con ference without fundamental changes in its plan for strict enforcement both of the war-time prohibition law and the constitutional amendment by the commissioner of internal revenue and department of justice. Provisions for manufacture and sale of industrial spirits and of spirits for sacramental and scientific use are retained but rig ourous safeguards against manufac tuer and sale of drinks for any other purpose are provided. The Senate conferees, however, sue ceeded in retaining virtually every one of the 285 liberalizing provisions ad.opted by the upper house, which comprise mostly administrative fea tures. The principal "liberal" amend ment of the Senate permitting home manufacture and consumption of cider and light wines was approved as well as another Senate amendment extend ing application of the constitutional amendment to the Panama Canal Zone. In this principal conference dispute over imposition of the "burden of poof"ni th VIAate rAan agers were successful for the bill as agreed on provides that the govern ment must bear the burden of proof that the profits case in prosecuting those selling beverages by showing that the beverages concerned contain ed more than the alcoholic limit of one-half of one per cent. M1anufac-: turers, however, as provided both by the House and Senate bills, must bear the burden of proof that their pro ducts contained alcohol only within the amount prescribed. No change 'was made by the confer ees in the provision whioh would al low a man to have and consume In his own home liquor acquired before the law goes into effect. * COLD POINT NEWS. * * Cold Point, Oct. 6.--Mr. Robert 'Mad den, of Florida, is visiting relatives here. AIr. fyon Nichols went to Spartan burg Saturday to see Mrs. Nichols, who .is at the hospital. We were glad to hear that Mirs. Nichols is getting on nicely. Mir. If. F. Wheeler visited relatives in Saluda county last wyeek. Mirs. John M1. .Jones has been ill for the past wveek, but Is better at this writing. 'Mr. Gary Cunininghanm and .\ iss 14z ztie Walker, of Miadden, were married last -Sunday. Alr. Cunningham is a. farmer andl ex-soildier. Yliss Walker was a student nurse at tihe Jtulia irby hospital. We hope for them a long and htapply life. i. ike Hill, of Greenwoodi, spent Sund(ay with Mlr. 11. F. Whteeletr. Mfr. Guy A. -Moore is visiting rela tives in Augusta. 'Mr. Clifton MIadden, of Greennvood, spent Sunday with his fat her, 3Mr. Tiom Aladden. 'Mr. 0. 'C. D~uncan's health doesn't improve, lie wants to thiank the good peCople of tihe community for the good thlings they bring him to eat andi for thle kindness shown him since he has bleen in abad health. SAETINS ONL.Y - - 6ATY & G~cces MMRLLHOUSE (CTFEE Mr. allg Mrs. J. Harry Goetz spient the day Suniday with ir. and MI'.S. Tom Coleman. \r. Pope Chapman weint to New berry today on business. Mr. '. IT. Nelson, of Etowah, Tenn., l on a visit to relatives here. Famous Eniglish Novel Dramatized. Captain Houghton Townley's strong ly dramatic and emotional novel por traying high soewty life in England, "The Bishop's Emeralds," has been photodranatized by Virginia Pearson, Photoplays, Inc., and 'will be presented at the Opera 'House Friday of this week. The Photoplay version features Aliss Virginia Pearson, who haa been chris tened "The Velvet-Eyed Lady of the Screen," and gives her ample oppor tunity to display those talents for which she is justly famous on the American screen and stage. Her ex ceptional popularity in motion pic tures will be largely Increased by her s)lendid acting in this emotional cre ation, wherein she fills the eye as a statues(lue beauty and an enchanting sartorial symphony. 'Miss Pearson splendidly achieves domination as a great emotional art iste--a consummate comedienne who fills the lighter phases with elegance and enduring charm -and a tragedienne who rises to a tremendous cllmax with natural and entirely convincing ex pression. "The Bishop's Emeralds" is a )ho toplay which all motion picture fans should see. TH E' U N IVE R SAL :CAR The Ford truck is reilly a greater necessi ty to the farimer than is a teain of orses. Cer tainly it is a greater utility and economy for him. It saves tiie, it givnes prompt and almost unlimited service along the en Every tire line of farm wo* fro" Fcarrying tie milk to marketing Ne d the products of the farm. Tt O is not expensive to maiitain One and has all the Ford simplicity in inehanisi tlit mnakes it easy to operate. The price, too, is attractive, about the price of a teai of horses; $550, with out hody, f. o. b. Dertoit. Warop's Garage Laurens, S. C. 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