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The following letter has been, re ceived during the past few days by Mr. 'L. S. Dolt from I1s son,' 'Lieut. Leland Bolt, U. S. A., who tw'as recent ly sent to Manila, Phillipen Islands, with the 45th Infantry: Vt. McKinley, Manila, P. I., April 21, 1921. -Dear Papa: I'll write a few lines to let you know what is going on in this heathen world over here. We landed 0 K from the good ship Logan after twenty-eight long days on the hiigh seas. The weather iwas fine all the way, no storms at all, and It was a very delightful trip and quite a revelation to ic. It is just imnpos sible to conceive of the Pacifle till you try to cioss it, and then after spending weeks in the journey it Is (ite a mystery to know where all the water comes from, but I tell you land was lie most pleasant sight that we saav in the entire trip and it was hke a Ih to a gold mine getting off when -We lhially docked at Manila. I wrote .home from Hi onio11llu, blt that's -ver .a m1onth ago n1ow and seems longer for j haven't reeive any malil exc(pt The Advertiser. You might inform all tile congregation that the seven thousand miles on sea did inot make nie sick, as everybody was telling me the hurors of seasickiess. A good ilially of tihe passen:2;ers got tort ibly sick, esipecial ly the ladi a, but I think they thought about it so muchi that .tIey got sick. We stopped at Guam which is the most desolate Uod isolated .lace in creation, a little island about live by iIx mile; sitting out in the middle of tle ocean. I am glad that the army has n o post there, for it would be terrible to spend two years thcre oin t L1AURENS I "Put Away Fresh eggs are prob will be this year. Ptat ti PRATT'S EG( while they are cheap, a winter when they are sc We Sell It * Putnarm'sI 108 ME To Build Y To Pay Of f To Improve And You. Can Pay it E A penny held too el the sun. If you hope t while you should own at the earth's surface. Opportunmty knocks door. See me and let rr . W. T. Teleplh ARMY OFFICER a 1-ittle spot of land liable .to, be swept away by a..big wave. Hawaii, though, Is the garden spot, it can't be Improved upon. After leaving Guam our next sight of land was Samar, one of the Philli pine Islands, and it was quite a beau tiful trip coining through the San Bernadino Straits -which took a day and ni-ght. I thought that these is lands roere small, but they are seat tered all over 'the ocean and it takes about four or five days to go through them. 'We landed in Manila iBay Just outside of the city Saturday night too late to go ashore, but we got off next morning as soon as possible. Manila is certainly a queer -and In teresting old .town with many signs of Spasish ownership. Part of the city is closed in 'by a great wall and is called Intro-Muros. This was a defense :built .by the Spaniards, and all the buildings are very old and out of date with narrow alleys for streets. The main part of the town Is built around this wall an looks somewhat like a 11. q. town exeept fnr the population which i., a little of everything-most ly dark. The .big business places -though are run by Americans as you would naturally expect. I think most every nation is represented except the Israelites, and it must be too hot for them. These natives are certainly curiosi ties and it surely makes one appre clate the I'nited States when nthey get a glimpse of their mode of livmg. T'heiri house: are ibuilt of hamboo, cov erecd with grass and high off the ground. They are very socialistic, es pecially kind to animals, allowing them the same ;:rlvileges as their children, and the house is open to all comersfl hogs included. It is a puzzle )RUGI CO. Altoion Tourists an-d ('ampers You should have one of 0Iur "Touriists Sp) ec Ial Tentoloed" large enough121 for three people $7.~5, or on large (11ough- for two $70. Rlleuires no poles or stakes, can -h* I -set up in live to eight l mittesi. itolls up - feet 6 inches long and 9 inche.s diatmeter in wa ter-proof cover. C 31 iPA N V 83 West (erval Streej Colui ibia, S. '. Eggs Now ably as low now as they iem away with PRESERVER nd have fresh eggs next arce and high. ,50c a Quart Drug Store in Street 4 Per Cent ou a Home a Mortgage Your Property ack on the Moni~hly Plan ose to the eye shuts out o remain on earth for a least a few square feet of but you must open the le explain. Moore one 427 to' nextO'etuthb*W th)"Sitlit 8' soldiers are about :the only ones to get a square meal regularly, I rounded up Mr. McCarley and he was quite surprised to see me and nwus very interested to know what was goinig on in the old home .town. ,He is in the Philippine-American 'Drug Co., the biggest in Manila, and Is quite sat isfied after being here eighteen, years. I also met one of my old friends from Camp Grant and another one rrom San Antonio; they are in the govern ment service over here. This world is not so large after all, for .ten thous and miles. does not -separate all ac duaintances and everywhere I go I meet some one I have seen formerly. We are stationed at Ft. McKinley just outside of lanila and it is a very pretty place. 'We have the Philippine Scouts, and they are the best soldiers I have seen anywhere. Their only trouble -is understanding Eiglish, and it is quite a job to met much out of some of them when it comes to 1lg lish. They are iproud of their uni form and will do anything for us, and too, they don't bother about boozel which is unlimited over here, thus the attraction for the booze hounds. If anyone should ask you whether it is hot over here just ask them if fire burns. for it certainly is. How ever. It is not the same heat as ave have and a sunstroke Is never heard of. One good thing though it is cool at night. whch makes it very lne. It Was (quite a change in climate for me, for as you rcnlemnber it was snowin: win I left home and I almost burilt up when I first got hcre, t.1ll I 1couldI get whle uniform.: which are very (,(,l .,nd comfortable. )on't worry if yol do not hea r1 from. im. often for the boats don't rull reg ularly, sometilles there are towvo a week and then l'ay be two weeks be fore anoth er one. I P.:ot I' p romotioll to ist Lieu(lItenI ant just after landing. ''ell everybody that I am getting along i:ne but for themi to tay in the 'nitcd S.tates if they want to live inl ,'r.o'perity and a civilized country. Love to all, -16th ll. (P. S.) P t. hIcKinlley, ltizal, P. 1. (Iil 1 I.; the province, as our,county.) NEWBERRY BUILDS BETTER HIGHWAYS 1111s onl link From Ci) io l)eadfall. Bonds Alreadi Sold. Newberry, \lay 26.-Several road builders and contractor; werei here today to put in bids for building the iighway from Newberry to 'll'eadfall, .S5 nilles. that being the distance from the cit' Eimits to Deadfall. Half of the actual expense for tilfs blghway will be paid by the federal govern. muent, because it is a portion of a county to county higlway. )eadfall is on the highway between New-berry and iSaluda, anld it is also 011 the hi1gh way -botwveen Newberry and (reen wloodi. At l)eadfall the roadh forks, the left fork going to Saluda, the right to Cihappellis, an~d presulrmably' on to the Salud(a rive r near thI ie Southern rail road bridge. but the contr'act for' builidinug beyond D~eadt'allI is not ,on ('LrnedC~ in the bids lput ill today-only that .:'ortion betwee'n Newerrmy and i)t'adfall. After thle bid~s were inl and were' bintg considered it w.as~ decided by the county highw'h~y commlilssioner, .\r. 11ou:1 Aare, and .\lr;. Sloan, repr'e sentinl the state highlway comissh5ion, to ecarry thle b~ds to (Colum:ibi a for fur Iher conlsideration and for mlaking the Newberr'y county sold its issue of $ i00O,,l0 of r'oad -bonds at few dalys ago to J1. S. iiillarpan, of Atlanta, thirough the Nrewber'ry National 1:ank, re'alizlng $:h!2,000 not for them'n. Thle bondls are 4 per' cenlt. -t' yecar Mads.-, the intoeest to -be .paid sem11-an nually at the Na tiona&l Park banlk, New York. The ('ontr'actor's have al most com1 illetedh their contract for a top~soil (Moa b'etween Prospi)ty and Kinar'ds, a dlistance of I18 miles, not counting the two miles thrcough the city of New htr'ry. When thle work is completed, the portion of the Piedmont -highway that runs11 thriouigh Nd Vberrly counlty wvill comnpare favorably with any par't of the highway between Chlarleston and Asheville. Work Is going on alto 01n tile Appalachian highlway b~etwe'en Newthberry and Wh itmln'e, a distance or 18 miles, ando that plortionl is ex.:met 0(d to be0 :n1 fine fix before the summe111r travel towardi the mountains sets ill. T'ho Sparmtanbur'g boosters who passed over it Monday on their way to Chat' leston lpr~oounce0d it "nlot bad"now. In the city large forces of twork 1m1e1 are mlaking steady progress in pavIng Ma-in and College streets, tihe two langest and most traveled streets in tIle city. After finishing these two streets certain other' streets will ,be allowed to make application for pav' Ing. Trhe -paving Ia being (lone ulnder' thle pllan of havin.g the abuttin* lpro iperty on either' side of a street to .>zay one-fourth of tile cost, thus relieving t-he city of onne-hnalf tile exinelnsn ISO, Anniversary Sale Starts Thursday, June 2nd. This store is one year old this month. We take this opportunity to thank the people of Lau rens and surrounding territory for the splendid patronage we received during our first year in their town. Notwithstanding the fact that this has been a bad year to do business in, we have enjoyed a wholesome business, and at the beginning of our second year we are going to try to beat our last year's record by giving you better val ues for your money than ever before. To celebrate our birthday we are going to hold a real sale. You will find prices lower than they have been in several years. "An inch of demonstration is worth a yard of explan ation" is an old proverb, so come around and see for yourself. Here are a few of the bargains: Yard Wide Nainsook Men's Blue Buckle and A nice <iiality, fully bleacd Wi co Overalls (~~~~~ ~~ 8oeisAaaweis * 4ad Overallm, all sizes 10c a Yard oohhn's Anniversary Sale Prc 108c a Pair 9-4 Sheeting 81 inehrs wide. unlAIeached Sheeting Men'& Summer Union Suits Cohen 's A-universary Sale PMric. here is Yom P cheall c to III1 yon a' whole 35c a Yard I 'P1.00 Ulauozi Su1its C oheii *.s A li iversaIry 'Salle lPrice0 Buster Brown and Blue Bird Silk Hose 49c a Suit Ladies Pure Silk Hose, meamcd bac $1k,.50 1'aiion Snits all sizes oh I si e Cohen's Anniversary Sale Price 65c a Pair Chamrbray, Cheviot and Aia 1.0Sit o a 'mdFl u Oneta~l Ginghams ,het('hn' nnvraySl rc On al fall kinds of Gingham, Chcevich 10c a Yarhd reikShralsie Table Oil Cloth (~'l niesr aelrc White and Colors, bes.t (juality$49 Cohien's" Anniversaryai Sale PrieceM nsSl il ok 29c a YardWht 1elonGecread Ladies' H-ose, 4 Pairs for 25c ChnsAnvraySl rc Roo 'Soekngs'for every da' erbak 4brwnan witeC are theI colors. I ~25n'tai miss this opp1ortunfity to lay in a suply'. M nsM da hrs 13 (Cohen 's Aniiverisar'y Sale Pice\l 'j I(O hitalatclos 4 Pairs for 25c (ou sAr~~ ~elr Wirthmor Voile Waists $13 'ladlics' Wi rt hmor Waists kniown thbrough-..L de'LseT ra oe 5 iiut the. landh for' thir in e (piolity anid wor~k- .ul ecrzd seind bc, a ra man ishui p. Tlenu dIifferent styles to pick -froml. cva e Coe iii~'t' aeiieCohen's Anniversary Sale Price 95c 2caPi 'Fruit of the Loom Bleaching Yr ieSaIlnS (enuine Fruit of the Loomi Blleaching Afl adwd Cohen's Annivecrsary Sale Price Che'AnirsySlePic 15c a Yard Bleached Pajama Cheelis 5caYr 36 inl1ces w ide, fine for luderwear.lret tensji arvdaSc al. , Cohen's Anniversary Sale Price(Xle'sAnriay illiic lStand 2ardOvrd l ie LAURN'S . mrUio ut