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After Every Meal WmRIGLY SealedT(hit Kept Ripht wIfuIf WRIGLEY'S has steadily kept to the pre-war price. Aind to the same high stand ard of quality. No other goody lasts so long-costs so little or does so much for you. Handy to carry-beneficial In effect-full of flavor-a solace and comfort for YOung and old. THE FLAVOR LASTS B10 Why don't 'you useASEPOO FERTILIZERScfoal T HEY will help you get back to pre-war costs of production and enable you to sell your cotton, tobacco, truck and other money crops at a more substantial profit. 'The American Agricultural Chemical Co. Ashepoo Fertilizer Works, Charleston BUP to astanDard SOLD BY to a price M. J. OWINGS, Laurens, S. C. CLYDE. T. FRANKS, Laurens, S. C. Prompt evica. Reliable goods. Real mechianical condition. EVER BILTOUS? Charleston, Miss.-Mrs. R. V. Heins, of tis place, says: "I have niever had to usc very muCh medicine, because if 1 felt headache, dizziness, or colds, bad taste }in the mouith, which conmes from torpid liver, I would take a dose or more of Black-Draug~ht, and it would stralgghten me out and make me feel as good as ncw. We have used in our family for years THEDFORD'S and it certainly is the best liver medicine I ever saw, It has not onlly saved mec money, it has helped keep my system in shape, and has never weakened me as so many physics do. I recommend it to my friends and am glad to do so." Black-Draught i5 the old, reliable liver medicine which you have doubtless heard much about. When you feel badly all over, stomach not right, bad taste in your mouth, bilious, or have a headache, try Thedford's Black-Draught. At all Druggists. Always Insist on the Genuine! Lu FRANCE'S SURPLUS OF GIRLS OverwhelmIng Preponderance of Sables Born to Wives of War Vet. crans Are of Female Sex. French physicians see in tJe 'nerv 0u1 renetlon following the trials and perils of war the explanation of the epidemic of girl bables which has swept France fi the last year. They base their conclusion on the reimarkable fnct that, while over 80 per cent of the children recently born to men who served under fire are girls. (30 per cent of the babies of war prof iteers, slackers and ien physialtly unfit for conhatant service have been hoys. Soelologists looking into the future predlet that it the present dispropor tionail fenilni'e birthrate continues over half of the girls born in Franee in 1919111id I920 will be doomed to silllist erilod. The proportion of -young annl niiddle-aged married mnen in France wh-I -vtw no sevi-vce on the front is so small that the hoy libles born in their families nre outnuim hered more than two to once by the in fan t <hi urghters of the war veterins. While at a Ioss to (xpnlin the wvork ings (if the iinysterlious influenle pre d ertnning thre sex of the children born1l to ex-sohliers, Frzchcl iiyslals :lgr'e fhlt the rilaXtioll of meni'tlsq nerIves, Sulld($ly relieved fromt lthe iiIgh teistonl of constant perlis and 1111disips, is at the hotto n of the )uz ZlIng (uiestioln. So Iong as tilt' wnr continued and 1mien reininied keyed to i high irvoius pitch iheir cildren were iore often hoys Ihn gIrls. Sixty-five pe(r ('(lit of sidiers' hables born (iring tlie wnr weri boVs. Now tlit tile lI('tic Ialy S of shot anid shell fire over tile peIr(ll Iinn of gra vty h is swung to t ie (it hewr extrena', arid th% pares of Franii'"s birth regselrs are tilled iargcly wIth til11111s of iow-horin gir bhiies. A 1liflroe News. HELP TO FILL FAMILY PURSE In City of Johnstown, N. Y., Three quarters 6f the Wives Are in Gainful Occupations. In a survey of family incorneS in invarly ono huirleid cit ieis of tile Unit ed( Stat(', the del11tmirelnt of inh or folind 11ht lin .loistown, N. Y., three 11111rtrs of the wives earn money. The Iiholr lIeview exlla inis that this reinarkalble coIllition prevalls in Johns town beenis glovetlailking is tlie pin elml indlistry thri aind flrnmlishes w%-ork which woriir Van do at hoiie. 'This appenin'lr to 1thier1, beeaise they ar'e ibe toI V.arti gool wnges itholt li'aving t heir household. Ii aniriost one-sixth of the New Yoilk city h1411ries vlsit wonill cntrlitiId ca rninlrgs toward (Ile support of tire hoille. In HIIstol. oile tf out of ln works; in Tbilalr. one in twenity elight ;in iCv'lvelatl and Cliiinrati one in sevven, Anrd Iin Pittsburgh only one i fifty. It is tntercstling to note thalt investig:ators foriri tit a surprisingiv ilarge pe(rtage of town dwellrs do rvi sorne inrinr froin gardens iand poiltry. Ninety-tl hroee wr cent of tho ise visited lin (lvelind hait a garden or Fresh Egqs. The pert pioprietoir of a grocery In EaIst Twnty-liih street, is notihng if riot gooal ait reparte c. The oilher dlay, rat her early in the tflirn oon, '1114 of thle good wvlves in "A ny real fre'sh eggs?" ((Great em tlrisis 0On till "'real fresh4."') "( )i, yes, niii'nin," h' ie l'li ed. "Somie IlSt htIii tis iloring." A (liy or' two lalter, somewhat earl ''ir in thre forenoon thanir be'fore, the gotaln wife rignir droppedi('( into theo store andl iniqirer: "Any mrore of thlose real fresh ('ggs?" Whceruion the grocer (-rie'd to his c'lcrk: "'Ituin to thre hinerk room, hloy, and see itf this moin~lIig's ('ggs are cooIil enrough yet toi s('ll."-I rrdintmripolnis News. Famous London Tree Gone. A~ fir louis oldr iin mlheriry I roe inr north yeairs ago it is sahd tire Amriinn I lr hirint ion (if TIndepicn'lce was flrst re'ad in iha t ('(11ntry', hras firlen tr1 I r' theC we'ight o(f Its argi. Amrenn'i boy20 scouilts alt 1n'linlrg thi irrterrnatioli til'e tre'e only3 a few days brefore It ('rnshed('(l ilIts historry wats tol to :tt0t uof themr. whlo had i thlir rlhot ogrphrs taken'I breeathI its branrrrcs. Ther tree'I mray3 con(renc'''ie halrlI. Alan ry rel igrlius drlir its atupleir shne'e. I hundreds oif re-' trieel aire' binji. recei ve']. No Gr'eat Harm Done. .Jurnnirti, knoiwing tirirt hr' pinrymite onei~ <1ay whlenu i starte'id to follow hr md. ~ ming !t overi to .inr(k, sold It to I hin for' fie pei'iies. Iing' out whnat shle huml donei' "d'tiot youEi kno1w youIt have no' l right to 5sell or evi'n yve away a kitty t hat isn't your1 "Well1," srid h e i young husr.,ess woinmrn, "'I guelss it ('nni go hiome whien It gets rendy 13. cr1nn't It 'C' immersion Heater. ane0(1 for ia moitheri is iit elec(t rienrt imn willi heat waiter orr miilk for till hlahy3 orr invall'd inl ai momenllt t, any23 t lin'. dy13 (or niiht . Thllis c'ylhleis . u si 3 plun.-)Zed anl.tO the' Ilird and thre pluir makfi e tire Maid ilhlln hot OLDEST OF STATE Mo1TOES That of Maryland Was. Adopted in 1648-Enshrined In HIstory of the Commonwealth. The Maryland suffraglsts who pro pos altering the state's niotto, "Fattl Maschy Parole Fewinne" (to use the old spelling), are proposing to put rough hands to what should be sacred. The offensive translation, "Deeds are itisculline, words are fetinine," is not the only one possible. The secretary of state could readily be directed to give ofilcial approval to "manly deeds and wotanly words," which would give women a recognition they enjoy in no other stato motto. But the best reason for jealously guardlng Maryland's motto is that it Is the oldest the nation can boast-the (late of its adoption Is placed In 1048 -and Is enwrapped with Maryland history to a remarkable degree. Throw away the Baltimore motto and Mary land might as well turn the portrit of George Calvert, first Lord BaltI more, to the wall. There are other state mottoes that are open to attack. Alabtina's "11ere We Rest" suggests an obvious joke. So doles Washington's "Ily and By." V'lrginlia's iotto recalls John Wilkes Booth, Now York's the rather tawdry dennlaatiion by Longfellow whieh It Inspired, and those of several other states-like Kansas' "Ad Astra l'vr Aspernt"-the rhaetore of commence ments. Wilie tlese. states Cleave to their mottoes inrylanel may well be bolastful of hers an11d Its assoclations. -New York Evening Posl. HOT "SHOT" FOR NEIGHBOR Probably Woman Wished She Had Not Irritated Mr. Dobson While He Was Worried. Mr. )obson came hone enrly in Ujie evenling. but 17 sheets In Ole wind. Ife negolinted the steps to hIs front door on hIs hantIs and kiees. Filiidly, when le rea'he'd the top, be flshedl his keys froin his pockot wi(hout much (11ill culty, but the keyhole, of course, could not he found. After several attempts to ie to It, In whleh he failed miseribly, he hap li'itel to look over hits shoulder, unwl <ltseovered the wouImiti next door watchIng him. "Vamsh you inn'?" he lematlled. "I don't winnt anythin," site repietd, but illdn't go away. The m1an moade iaotiher attempt to fintl the keyhole, blt be'ing again un sinersSful tined l ills'2ut 0li nse'd the' iigllhbor If she hld horrowe'l the keylole. "()f eourse not. I don't know nny thinz abo11ut your keolecle exe)t that yol, ennl't finld It," salshe. "WNell, you've horrowe-tl everytOlhing elh wve've got. sho I tholit ItnItyhe you111 borrowel uri keyhol caie the relly. Peter and Paul Were In Rome. Aecording to tihe vlence and dis 'overits of two fitnous nreln'ologists ref I"t otIe, I l'rofes'slrs (1r'e'isi Coldl an1d Orzlif I.Nlittlrilthi, hitere not lolger e ttinins tiny (llt thaflit flit ApoItles Ple. t111r 1n111'au both wetto 161oni an sc'hooles ' nrchatologists. "The A Ipost les Pet(' eri ai lnel Pat,'' tro fessor j .lru(clhi sabl. ''cud get I t'ett. I hv fountltd trae's of ther burIal In i a etne(ombi~ hi'wnt out1 of thlt rotck en hth A lhin Way, bell the nne'letit liurIchI of Mt. MehIsti a. "'TIct'rt arte graive's in tIs ittintler grouil httryling ltlne', wuhteh of eout-se proive ntt~hintg. hiut I th're are also wrIt tngs on the wvalI, titithetse writings all Invokhe (lie 01b of Ptter andtt Putl, tle s('rlhed as ly ig t hei'." Famous MIne May "Come Back." Th'le I ''tisteek lode', ett-e knotwin na~ the rir hlest sIIve'r min tin te woreld. antd from wIth illionts of elolliars were't ltken duing the height oef Its fniine, Is tihiout to ('tnte l tek tel Ps own. l-'tr yeatrs te lode was almoest ailnig in ai hethnriciz thait Itetneel the slow~ erumbtllig of Its hbleltings antd he rot t ing, e'f Its sielewaIks, uintII what waus ee of (le theest c'olorfiil. lalzling. Utt'l Stte's, ben'e~iir n mouent to eetd htole's andi a mtckhe'ry of' Its feor mer' se'C. It lots be'ent dli scove'red theat thiou snands ofl teonis of lo'w-gr'ee't tnow art' sinning In giant elles, atid ytt othler thoutsit ges of tins rest Iing In the mintes I'tese'lvt's, ettna he imacde to y Ilebl as hIgh ats $10 ti ten unde'r mnodlern miethttds (If extc el(tt. Bulrushes Found of Value. As ai re'sult Or a ;e'riloni preofe'ssuor'i tdis''overy, thaiit t eerots f' thie ordit niiry blen ruish cotin~l as tichl at, :3o ifcn t of ennci e sutgar, spe'-cal drtedules. are now bll"e inelg butilt fet' the purp'oese eef harve~tst ing t hetm, r'e'piort ste lot'a .e tcte's Min gnz, ie. 'lhe rotots groew h; thlek hto'lzontil tiiisses, atdin I-a Ipatrt of f ittnony iarie he'lle'vted to Ilt tlerlIt' evertywhe're n Irnt m ar Crit sit' Ihtiuut'l oinpislnug 500.000t cteres. 'ilThoug( sugai is' sthet' priluet ltly selu gh: secemtltirty processes' yld alitohitl ne ti ntitive enttle fetl. I''rtin thie jic't thlerte in mie, tilso, a strong beet resemlin tg poi'ter. FrIvolous PersonalItIes. "I~ wo~e:tler If M'ers. (itier knowv' "Yout'dl betteri tnotimetion the sale ject to her." "Why'1; not1?" e.She. may thInk you are talking abOta ::,meting tat cani hee rnmde ii at chie lng elIsh,"--Birmnglhr. Age. IMnrnlu GINNING DAYS We Will Gin Friday and Saturday Until Further Notice. Laurens Oil Mill C. E. Kennedy & Son UNDERTAKERS ...and... EMBALMERS Motor Equipment LAURENS, . . . S. C. SEED PEANUTS FOR SALE Choice unshelled White Spanish Peanuts for planting purposes at 4 cents a pound, f. o. b. our shelling plant, AIlendale, S. C., 60 pound sacks. Cash with order. We advocate planting peanuts in the shell, based upon experience of South Georgia farmers. We advise planting RUNNERS, except for stock feeding purposes. White Spanish peaiits aregpreferred by Con fectionery and Peanut Butter Manufacturers, and OiJ Mills pay more for White Spanish than for Runners. If interested, communicate with us immediate ly, or if you prefer, you may send your order through the Laurens Oil Mill Co. Southern Oil Company Allendale, S. C. Come To Us For Tire Satisfaction I Thee i st~ n othin bii ut dhap-Iy made~l~ fIres, t hat arc annonn 101Ceed ii wonderfu l balrgauins' atafw dollars 4ach uandl Ihent fall after brief termIIls oft se ri ce. W~e wuant You enn1 i&el 4ecetiaf1111li mie Ili II(X4 hatex ril lo I co. (~ st fromii (Goodnlyeaur TJires, TIube and.. Ae14 .. ((M.soies, bbiit I if ( oda -e-~~ heed .1 snat rlii anduu ith Eoodl. year sk1 i(l dere. TIhait Is why lie SEll them'I. Mo people rie on (Joodyear 'fihres than ent any othier sklind. (Come to our Serihee Station for them. ERNEST W. MACHEN BUIC& DEALER OPPOSITE POSTOF~FIE LARES.S.C