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Subcription Price $1.50 Per Year Payable in Advance AD TW81 C r TI 0 COMPANY Laurens. 8. C. Adve tisung Bates en Application. Obitumries and Cards of Thanks: One Cent, Word. Eatred at the postotflce at Laurens, R. O, as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C., JULY 26, 1922 'ILAXURY TAXIES The errors that Mr. Lowe, whose coil munication is clsewherc in this paper. falls iI is the same that nearly all advocates of the luxury taxes fall in, viz., that luxuries are of no beneilt to anybody and that to reduce their sales by taxes will not bring hardships on some as good and law-abiding citi zens as there are anywhere. Take some of the items w-hich Mr. Lowe enumerates, cigarettes for in stance. The Advertiser holds no brief for the cigarette, -but cigarettes are made from tobacco and tobacco is a farm plroduct. -It is hauled on the railroads giving eeiloyment to work ing men. It is nade into cigarettes 'by more working men. It is freighted away from the factory again by more working men. It is sold .by working men and finally handed over the coun lei by more working men. -Mr. Lowe !would not say that the tobacco indus try in this state is not beneitting the faimers. Nor 'wouldli he say that the peach industry is not -benefitting the farmers. nor the celery industiry, nor the cantaloupe industiry, nor the as naragus industiy,. nor- iany other such inlustries Which . are elgaged pri marily in the growth and sale of lixii ries. We mniglIt go fuirther' and take our cotton mills, which m1,anu11facture01 ihe fiier grades of cloth foli (011otton. They are m1 iianufactirer.'s (if luxiiries, yet they are invaluable to tie state in furnishing (emp1iloymxeit to theii op erativcs and ill imilrhasing the cott on of the farmieris. leduace the conuIlm1p tion of luxuries and you do either one of two things to tihe farmer, you (1ith('r take away his Pimploylient 01' you add to his collipelition, for the m11aln ihoSe emllplo.ient is taken away fioil him mutIst get into somr1eLtling else. utistibi onhe' I l of the coiuntiy's 'wealth through assehcs'ssmelnt of' in herli tance taxes m1ay be sound pjol 1ey. 'Some ellilleit Veonom0lists loubt it. But, the laying of di.mriinilatol'y taxes of aIny kind will lead to 1111ist hardships nd the hardshiws will fa 101 alone onl the.rich but on the poolr. Taxe; are be11111ne01111' nilo only in the (ouniltr'y -bul 11 town. a w-ll. When anybody a(d11CO'; a plan ih1t will take tihe Stilg (oilt. (If them 01' Ih icl will tax tlose who are not already hearing- thi rprioniat share of the load. The Adlveriser will receive it w'ith open~ a rms:. Hut, when~i unsound1( '0conom1ic pol ielm' arie adiivancd( we will oppose theam f'or w:' knowly' that. iih armer1 as well as oIther' peleI will * * * itendor1s of Tlhe A'drtt 'ise1' will re 0ns has1 ]Ioint'xd (Im why thi' l"ord prxoposal foir the "purx~ichs ofi the iounad proioitionii'~ finaiaelly 11or' a just on10 m uany ('itiz/ens' of this coun. tr y. As is ofteni the ease, Thie A'dverx I iser hIas bee'n inl a dlee'lded m11ilnority. afewv 1erde ar1e be(g'innling 10oicm roiund to our i idea thait tile lFord pr io posal is not entire(ly what its liropa andists h lave lead tile country.13 to he lieve it is. lWe nlote that the (hreen Wood I ndex-Journzal, in a r'eenut is utle, ha's taken oni 80ome sk('pticism11 about tile projet, thlouigh it is 1101 yet readly to reject it enltirely. It says: The replort of tile 'I louse commlnittet on the Ford offer' to dlevelop Muscle Shoals .br'ings out one feature of thc Ford otffer whlichi had escaped us andi 'hich foi' 'is dlar-ing ori1.inal ity is pobahbly twithiout a partallel ini thl( Here it is: It will cost the Federal thovernmen .oif millio-a n doallar tc comlnelte the wvork as Mr. 'Ford wvantx It donie. 'le says5, "Do tils and I wil ipay you 'the sum of twenty-thr-el drdyears.'' lie dloes not expect t< ivthtlong 'but lie will create a cor poainwhichl Ivill assumne thle obli ''' gation. 'But tis small sum, $23,363 wlloly aimount to $46,726 for eact yeradin. one hundred years woli 'i~ amotmt to only four million, six i..: .dred and seventy-two thousand, sib hundred dollars, ($4,672,600). to paa ': off a debt of fifty 'million dlolirs. He're is wherc 'Mr. Ford's 'wonder!" offer comes in: -He proposes that th ~overnment shall take the semi-an nu flal payments of $23,263 and at onc nyiest them pit ,four per ceht. interes ~nd by cqnupounding the pincipal an< hnterest :the $,672,606 'which the Fort bxpany wiV-pay to the govprnmbn ~'&~oi~ebidred yeai's will anmouxt. -t 936,. .93 r" 4 th caian of the cornmitte< j ndeed a, very shrew< 6iMtt y unihque -'ay of iQay ing a debt of ifty million dollars with the comparatively :Isign1ficant sum of four million, six hundred and sev enty-two thousand and six hundred dollars. The Ford company does not concern itself about how. the govern ment shall invest this money and keel) on compounding -principal and inter est. It would take, as he says, a small army of clerks to keep track of' this special 'fund in the Treaasury and a bad investment might cause the gov crinment to lose both principal and in terest though it would be possible for the government to lend the money to itself and, and-but when one 'begins .to figure on this one gets so iiuddled no end can !be seen at all to the pos sible complications. it is a wonderful scheme, however, and is not unlike that one about get *ing the boys out of the trenches by 'stimas. \ e still insist that the Lproposition is best described by saying Ford of fers to let the government pick 'black berries for hinm on shares, and the ber ry patches are all on government land. 'lnt still it were better to turn it over to lienry even on such terms as he offers than to let the project fall through or 'be giveni away through political jobbery to somlle private con cern as the public fears may yet be done. It seems to us that it !would be cheaper for the government to give the :roperty "to some private concern" rather than give it to t\ir. Ford with $50,000,000 besides. BELIEVES LABOls WILL ItPREVENT WAll Prenier of Sweden (ives ills View iI Nobel 'Peace Prize Address. Stockholm, itly 24.-The strongest hope for the abolition of war is to 'be found in a universal league of nations and the Labor Internationale of Am sterdamt, is the opinion of 'ijalmatr 'lranting, Sweden's social denmocratic preimier. lie expressed this idea re cently in his Nobel peace prize ad dress before the University of Chris tiania. -Mr. Branting divided last yeir's Peaece prize with Christian IL. Lange of Norway. According to the terms Of the Nobel foundation, the 'wiinier must deliver an add ress before the :niversity of Christiania on the Sibject of peace. F'or years l'remier lira nting has been closely identified with tie labor move Ient as represented by the interna tional onions and of late years he is iproved alt implacable foe of liolsle visi in -the ranks of labor. in his .i :Iech Ie stresselt iportince of tihe rlole that entlighetteied labor could play as ieacIaker. fie declared that the agne of nat-ions was now weak be caus. e of "the absence of President Wilson's own country as vell as that of tle great defeated powers, Germininy and Ruissia," adding that the linita l0ion and hori teomn ings of the league luist be eiliminated it' our clvilizaition isto entdure. Nevertheless," declared \Ir. IBrant in.. "tm leaule opens for. tihe first time, after it huge inilitary eatastro , perspeCtive: of peace, unltderstand ing and justice betw\'( I tle free and self-goven ing people of tle wVorld'. "Aithbough recet years have seen :a1ty ilhisonlts sJIatterecd as regl'rds w~'il ldeemt thet Yearts 'we have niow live'd thr oit~ only a11: ai t peiod of dlestrute tion andi retrogression. VTe sir es of ntew hcoe ate too manly, too ntiumeroui and too ( prtomisinig for that. We muttst I o~t ailtther' forget tiai out ot tis hxard tra':va'l a ntew l'uropie has emiterg cd. PTe lea gue ot' tnations shtit herotti uinversai. No people is too great it: kh y ot ide of thle lea gue. "0e0ore the' w orld1 war) miany hioped that the wvorkeris of thle wortldi wouild neve: tp(rmtit at war. We know no. :tat this hiope did1 0 notmate rialihze. bit will la'hio be powe'l ess now th at pubh i' olinttin against war111 has been SC iii tch Strtenigtheneepltico?'im 1) la Il in terntIiontale toay at present be wealk ened byv dissension s intI1 trdet'ed intIc the ranoks of iabor by loilhevismi, ibul theo TIahor I'n ion I nternationale in Amt st erdamn, repriesentinlg 20),000,000 work eta of all coutr ies, stands(1 st ronget t han evet before. ItIs hutge member' sip ii s a power to lbe reckonedl with and~ the propagandca against 'wvar it be'hig incessantly carried on amtont these masses. The situation may soot be such that when the (question It asked: "-W~ho has (lone most for th< cause oif peace in the~ spirit of Alfre( Nobel, te replhy wvill bp: "The A-n sterdamn '1Interitationale."' 'Mr. Branting closed his address with thist (Iuotation from .lames Iltyce: "'I the people~is do not try to anihiati themi.". Unusual. A baby weighing only two pounds and one ounce wa born in a New York htospital. It is described as the small e.. iturectly formed r~eormal baby on record. This baby's diminutive size is due to sonme peculiarity of its pitu , ' a npized lumtp of tissue a it the lnabe os tihe brain. TVhat is -knowledge thtat has been discovered -within the last few years. Gradu Sally we are learning about that most intricate of all machines, the hu t mnan body, Piles Cured in 6 to 14 De e C. . MOSELEY IN BIG INSURANCE DEAL Purchases General Insurance Agency In gartanburg with J. M. Zinuner IM.A Friends here of Mr. Carlos R. Mose ley, formerly of this city but now of Spartanburg, will be interested in the announcement that he and J. M. Zim inerman, another young Opartanburg 'business man, have 'bought the general agency for the Union Central Life In surance Company for this state and will -be in charge of the business after August 1st. iMr. I.Nloseley, who is a son of LMr. and Mrs. C. 'D. Moseley, of this city, has had striking success in the life insurance -business for the past few years and his friends pre dict that with the advantages of a gen eral agency business he will make still further strides in this line. The nnouncement of the business deal was carried in Theu Spartanburg JIlerald Friday, as folloAws: E. ID. .Hyers, general state agent for South Carolina for the Union Central Life Insurance company, has sold the business to M1essrs. C. It. tMoseley and J. M. Zimmerman, the change to be come effective August .1. The new firm will be known as Moseley and Zimmer man, and WIr. Blyers will be associated with the new flrm. Mr. Byers has been connected with the Union Central company for a (luarter of a century, having been gen eral agent for the past 16 years. The agency is one of the oldest and best known in the city, and the change announced yesterday was of general interest in business circles. -Mr. By ers said his only reason for selling was to get ivw blood into the business so that the company might plan a more active and intensive campaign in this section. Mlr. Moseley anl .ir. Zimmerman are two W0l known and poiular young mPn of the city, and both have had successful experience in the insur anceO usinCss. AIr. Zimmterinan is a mem ber of tle city Council. IYEltShIINI.0 S~iIullTS Ii1 NSA ISO I 1410P PLANS FoltTiOP Woildhi Hold "Natioinl Position n Rltdinless" for l'ossible Outbreak. Wasnligton, uily% 23.--Steps to estab lish "a natmial position inl readiness" for the army as a development of tle ntatioinal military policy are forecast in a temoriandumi recently submitted by General Pershing to Secretary Weeks aud made public todaly at the war department. Details of such plaits as may have lbeen airealy prepared by (eneral l'ershling are not disclosed. The gein eral natiire of the project, liowever, ('oiit(it pinates assign eit of National uarid divisionts to specific defeinsive 1poSitiofls iot coasts and l)orders to .kIECI A INOIES Lost-Onie hmun i dog, colo r, ted wit'hi wilet~ face, feet and(1 lhite ingi necuk. About two ines cut oft tip of ail. AnsHweris to nite of I uck. Last. seen a few. miiiles below '\\aterloo. If found please notify 'iTm ilinnett, nu rens. t-lt-pd mont)2n i.4 Old. liritile ando white spuot fu reitwardI'. \\' I. .\leott s at la rchant Io ini i Is tor' roomt for tet, on; t nort side of lie stinarite, I imaiin reiin . Lo cat in biest it' Laurens11. Se L. 1I kurns at J1. (C. ftirns & o. Laurens.i' 2-tf I.n die'llem.o;iflch anil picot foi y-otrel ani 'md o't heris. At tochmtent fits anv make sevwiing imacihitne. $2 lost 'ahId. i ent ion k itnd of manch in. .\le iior SNah-leihoouighbred il 'land1 Clinati Shioat s. 'Weighm from it) to .50 pounad.-- each, $5.00 each. Also fen nli(e beef cows. J1. T. 1 lollingsworth, Cross Hi11, S. C. 2-1i.-i Los)t-MILght looking J1ei ey cow, nc horns. Dry cow. Stra d Frid1ay itighit. J1. W. filenderson, Jr-. 2-1i lFor Sale--teef cattle; also one young .Jer'sey cowv fresh in milk Mary 1F. l'Tmpletont. 2-1 t-pu Harbee'li Hsh--,For dinner Friday Send your pail or phone 300. 10. RI Bllakely. 2-1i Lr-s-One bundle of dry goods er Chestnut street. '1Finder eplease r'eturi to McDaniels Vulcantizing iPlant an( receive reward: - 2-1t-pt Bngging andi Ties-B3u" our selectet Isecond hand machinery re-rolled bag gigandl ties. All prices and grade: guatranteed. Phone 380 our expenise U!. S. flagging Co., Greenville, S. C. 47-t Bttons of all Rizes covered. Hem itching and picoting done, aillyer an< gold thread a specialty. Your tra4 solicited. Sirs. Jf. M. Wiggins, Souti Harper street, JAurens. 49-5 Ooodl Tires-Cheai> at Counts' Sta ible. 48-t * MIoney to Loan-Onl Improved farn and city property for a period of years at seven and one-half per cent Inter est. Bomnar, Osborne & Brown, 'At torneys, Spartanburg, S. C; 34-t Government Wagons--For Sale, 0: offered ini exchange for corn, oats, ha: or. lumber. 'Wagons in good condi tion. Disie Ice and~ 1uel Co., Olin toh1. 2162t him' Repalr Tarts-A'dr all niake0,o c.ra,' Rim bolts, wedges and olaapi City VulcaniAng Ststion. '40&t Molney to Lepsn on Im roved farr which they would be rushed in the event of war, "Un4er this plan," General 'Pershing said, "the military organizations re quired to secure critical leading plac es won the coasts and favorable lines of advance -upon our land frontiers can be definitely formed and prepared. With such initial organization assured, the additional lilitary units required for the full -prosecution of a serious war can be mobilized at once and brought to full strength without dis turbance or interrunption. 'With our territory thus -protected against landings )in force at the start, and with the machinery for further military expansion fully or ganized, our fleet will 'be free to deal with the hostile naval forces without concern as to possible invasion." The plans are practicable, Gen. Pershing said, "if we can count upon a reasonable development df the economical military system sanctioned by the national defense act." NOTICE TO ORFDITOitS All -parties holding claims against the estate of Mary A. Jeans, deceased, are hereby notified and required to present them, duly proven, to the un jdersigned, on or before the 16th day of August next, at 'l o'clock A, 'M., or be forever barred. T. P. JEANS, NANCY 114. -A IRSTON, E.xecutors. Jiuly 2-1, 1922. 2-3t-A Notlee of Sile in Bankruptcy Pursuant to an order of the court in tihe matter of J. 'B. Kilgo, trading as the Laurens Cash & Carry, Bankrupt, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auction for cas'h, at the place of business formerly occupied by J. R. Kilgo, IlAturens, S. C., on Friday, July 28, 1922, at i t o'clock A. M., the entire stock of goods and lixtures of s.id Bankrupt. Stock and fix'tures will..'be sold in parcels and as a whole. Fur ther information can be obtained from the Trustee, at Greenville, S. C. .1. P. Abernethy, Trustee. 4E'T' RlI OF 'i'ilAT COlN STIWAlRT'S 400.001N Absoluiely ( uaranteed If used as Directed For Sile at Laiurens Drug Co. * * * POLITICAL ANNOUNCIDIENT'S* Charges for Political Announce ments $5.00 in advance, except Coun ty Commissioner $3.00. For Congressman I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election to Congress from the 4th Congressional District, subject to thi rules of the Democratic primary clec; tionl. J. J.. leSWAIN. Fr!ends of W. L. Gray hwreby an niounce him a candidate for the Hlousi .f Representatives and pledge him tc abide by the rules of the Deinocratii priimary. The many friends anl sulpporter. of I lugh D). .\eCravy respectfully an nounce him as a candid~ate for thb I louse of -Representatives, subject t< he rules of the Djemocratic primar: election. I hereby announco myself a candli date for the IHouse of Rnpresentative! I rom Laurens county and pledge mn: self to abide b~y tihe result. of the D)em oeratic -primary. - JAMIES L. BIROWNING 1 hereby announce myself as a can didinate for re-election to the H ouse o Uepresentatives fr'om Laurens count, and pledge mnyself to abide by the r'dle: of the Democratic ipriimar'y. CARIOL~ U. NANCE. Tihe fricad(s of WV. D). Owens her'eb: annloun(ce hiim as a candlidalte for th< 1 louse of Rtepresen tatives, subject 1t tile rles~ of the (Demflocratic primary I hlereby announce myself for' re eletion as Counity Comumissioner' e ,'auri'.'na county' and pledge myself ti abide by the rules and& regulations .o tile De~mocratic pr'imar'y. I hereby ann~oun~ce myself for rec elciion - as County Commissioner c haurens county andl pledge myself t abide bye the rules and regulations o the .Den'ocratic primary. ' .A. Ii. BLTAMKILY. IWe aie authorized to announee til name of40. G. Thomipsu as a candi da'~e fom'. re-election to the oflice o Probate~ udge, subject to thme rules e the DenWgratic primar'y. ~or County Treasurer I hler y announce' myself for T( Ielection ~as Treasurer of mLaturen Icounty d~d pledge mnyself4sto abide bi the ruleg of the Democratic primar': v- ROSS -D. YOUNG. I heresy announce myself a candi date for t me omeie of Treasurer of Lau rons conty ujider the rules of thm Democratic primthary election. 7-For Auditor t I hereby announce myself a candi - date fur re-election as Auditor of Lat1 frons county and :pledge myself t Saidi -by the rules of the 'Democrati I primary. J. WADDY THOMPSOI For Supt, of Edneation Frind of Prof. W. P. Culbertso rhereby pnnounce him a candidate f0 the ofce.of Superintendent of Educi .tion of 74urens cou~nty and niedli . him to abide by the results of tU j Derotretic primary. f I hereby announce myself a canid .date :for tho office -of. Superlatender of IaditegIon of 'Lourens ebcunty ati r ple 4 aytelf to abide tSy tihe ruljes in I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Superintendent of Educatign of Laurens .cotinty and pledge anyself to abide by the rules of the Democratic .primary. BE0N. A. SULLIVAN, Jr. 'I hereby announce myself 4 catil date for the- oillce of Supe1rint4delbt of Education of Laurens county and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. E. SHAV JOHNSON. I hergby annotince myself a candi date for the office of Superintendent of Education of daurens county and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. (MISS) MARGARET DUNIjAP. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Superintendent -of Education of Laurens county and pledge myself to abide iby the rules and regulations of the 1Democratic 1primary. (Miss) KATE V. WOIT1ORD. For Supervisor Friends of ,Mr. '11. B. 'lumbert an nounce him for Supervisor, subject to the rules of the Democratic pri mary. - I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-eleotion to the office of Supervisor of Laurens county and pledge myself to aubide by the rules of the Democratic primary. JOHN 'D. W. WATTS. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-electon as iagitrate of Laurens township and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Demo cratic primary. JOHN N. WRIGHT. Dr. T. L. Timmerman DENTIST Laurens, South Carolina Office In Peoples Bank Building C. E. Kennedy & Son Funeral Directors and Embahmers. Motor Equipment LAURENS, - S. C. Simpson, Cooper & Babb Attorneys at Law. WM Praclice In all State Court Prompt Attention Given All Busln-+ W. M. NASH SURVEYOR Terracing : Leve iA NOTARY PUBLIC Gray Court, S. C. THE CORD TIRE YOU HAVE WAITED FOR Low First Cost Strength, Wear, Durability High Quality Good Looks - Real Economy Standard Warrnty Buy Goodyear Cross-Rib Cords for Cord Tire Satisfaction at a Lower Price 30x23% Olicher $13.50 0 32x32 Straight SIde 19.75 32x Straight Side 25.45 33x Straight Side 260.80 32x4% Straight Side 31.45 :33x5 Straight Side 39.10 0 Q McDaniel's Vulcanizing Plant Lauirens, S. C. Phone 402 WOOD SEPARATOR STORAGE BATTERY An Underpriced Battery The CW Battery (Wood Separator) has quality plates, selected cedar wood separators. Built right, of all new, high-grade materials. 6-volt Easily the best low. 11.-plate priced battery you can buy / -$16.15 SizesIto fit all cars. Other sizes at slightly higher y price. Laurens Storage Battery Co. West Laurens St. Phone 440 Representing Willard Batteries (HREADED RUBBER INSUIATION) and[WBatteries