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UEIlIAlNY (4lBANTi-:D RtELIElF Sill-; ASKEI.: Eifect of ieclslioi Takes liiparatio Q uie't ion n it( of 1l i(b. of ('omm1ils si . 3I nkes 111 it iiit r ofI Negt . Oti l ion, Par., ept 4.--The Irnchv~ (-.i lol. tohy simply "took cognlizaince of, the io o f t he o ilw itil ols .f the Germall moratorlIum eisti n 111ith1 r approvinig. nor disapl ,rovintg it .it spelVically reiserl v t IhowevIer , -i ie tir lib ty of, action" inl cast t laeinlc vht :rs mltade other actioll neces $11 1 bie t bh that ilnsuch a no( moran'.11riumi had14 beenj granlted Ger?, Inan1Y it coIt i onIly "rIecoIgmn ize t i sl i t t~it i t btl it in is te'd tt Con treny'. .uhilt be called. atteinded b% . " i I I alic s w\it l ullt exception" It which t hll.g til' tions of inIiI t vlt,' I It) I e itI <h'his andl replarations- should be fill ly conhimrei IPre:iaier l'(oincarev wa.s W0n over to Ilte - ett linellt yest v'(bly oilly a. f tor (th, d, tinite stalveent had bveen cir eula ecd inl al Iied i ircles; tha.1t inde(1 )wI,.. lit aclioll by P rattc. agLaiwst Cer. n::- ' thillr, sno juncture wotl b, c'onI-triued ill l,ondort Il (l | ome ao ,nu! itienlion ()f thll t reaty at \,(. saillets. T ir- t fet I f thI. Ithe decision is to :Ake the reparationis <iltestionl olit 40f ;h hn cmI f" t4Ihe commission fol l lt ',:.I seilt alid to limk 1t a nit m trerl forI It _ ) fle' Iiiati l (1di rvctl Iy b-t weenl Iho lIerH ln an lir11 ells1 l governmenli tst ; I0 I. :-ium ik left to) deterl)ine whIa t ,Inail anltets A ll lite deems tipcessary to (0,- ltl h Short term n i s, I i te 1uo ( 0111111ries failI t o 11r 1' iln the lor ssary gniara litees, Ger-mally is, thet1 relillired to deposit ;,n li'llixed ll t ofi g1!()(old ith somei for. In ':; k aIpitroved ,by I Igoium It Gaid, however. that a Speedy aree mnt ll bll reachied as Ilerr Schrood or, zhf- 'l "ma spok (Stnan,1 yesterday 1i1 : ly pro i d '.\I- I- libtero-0ixN. I.hek Il10!'ian re lpre t at~l1.1ive, t hat G ermIlany wol:Id -.vqe anly gitaranltees demillanded. T' ( lirision S kls a tic'il e(s an0 Il. lied ilnlrnc i h na future at wit aredulctionl ofi the indemnity to aboutI fifty hillioni gold marks and the setlemnt y cantcellation of the in terallied debts will be nnldertakenl. riTe reparationis commissionl prom ises to Consider at a later date Gr- , many'l .-4 retiue(st for' a1 m110 Iotorium Of se(V#eral years duration. This will be takenI up1 after a niew Scheme for radical refor-m of Germllany's finiances, inchliding- fthe onle Presenited I o th10 ll a r!!n _o e 4). menl 14,1t. Men The relief ranted at the pr eset ) tile is for tli purpose of giving the comiilssion tiie In which to com plete the new scheme of reforill ald * Geimany lhe O.portuntity of carrying it out. ('A I(BAtal-:SNAKE. EX('ITES INTE-:EST telraIIn (arrenlio0(d SNIampedled by Find 11nd4 are ('hnng1Ing D)IM. Green.wood. Sept. 2.--After several eairts of obscurity -i(the learsome (al) bake snak e has returned. A speciien Of tihe uncanny ser pent, ielieved by Somel( to (Uiis ilianut death if entein. has been captitred and aged in a pea nott hutter ia here, where it is being walcled will. . '1h interest by Cab hake con sume Is. Some insist that to eat thie thing imieanis death by poison ini. A few years ago the cahhage sonake cauiseI considerabie comoltion amngveetrinsof e-rtain dis Sricts of this state. 'le niewly discovered post is a loig, sallow, thread of a worm that appea'rs to be weary of life. Some Ilink it is merely an attenuated earth worm1 that got into a cabbage in its youth and faded Others veheien itly insist that it is a true Cabbage snake and t ley issue solemn warnings against (ating cabbage. So C(Oil - st ri'natllIon reigns ailong cahag(e Con Si Mils and even kraut is taboo In >)lace s. SIN. SM.1ITH .\ADVO('A'T ES ABANDONIN ('O'l'ON PILANTIN FOR YEAIt Washington, Sept. 5.---Tle pro osatl for a1 0nv yearl sulspenisionl of cotton planting ill the t'ilted States ;Is a mean.111S of eliminating the holl weevil was stiggested In th Senate todav by Senator Si ith, IDemocrat, Southl c'arollia. who predicted whole Isale abaldonmilleilt of cot ton farms throughout tile sou0th unless govern mental action w(ere taken to aid ill desIcItetion of' te parasite. 'le Soul th I Carolina Sen ator an nlounced he had Written to thle cief nitoiniologist of, the Department of Aulriculturo, asking that. a stidy he ml.ade to determille whether a year's lay-off inl ('olttoil growiIng would eradi (ate the weevil. He sild the eiltoillo! gis t had expressed in a telepholl con versat ion today the beloif that such action wotuld result lin destroying tlie post. Engraved Invitations and Cards Advertiser Printing Company and W If ex-Governor Cole e of governor of Sout whose duty it is to ~ There were about 5( Joubt seriously if 10O,( A majority of the pe 1ajority of them who' >ther candidates. A d against him if they riselves to go to the p Surely, there is enou Les and agitations sinc >Ae of South Carolina so decisively again, a t -want him. This is no time for r< the time for hard, pra The majority of th ~rnor will not have toi o11s Next Tut Supp 'OTTON EST3 iTE - IS 10,575,000 BfALES Souit ('arolina and l(eorgia Show Lowest ('ondl.Iin lieporit. Yeld for State I-:stlw od at 687,000 Bales. ('oion 4'ondit1,.i 57. Washington, Sept. 2.--A reduction of 871,000 bales of this year since the forecast of a luonth ago was shown in the deplartment of agriculture's September cotton report. issuted today forecasting the total crop at 10,57,5,000 bales. The condition oi the crop (10 clined 13.S points (u ring August as coiared with all average declile of 7.7 points ill the previous tenl es, the condition having been 57.0 per c(nt of* normal on August 25 compared with 70.8 on Juily 25. This year's cottol crop was fore cast today at III.57,l000 bales by the department of agriculture being its (Stimauh te oil tile cond( ition of th1e crojI on \ugust 25 whi ich was 57.0 per cent., 1 15.2 poinds per acre. There was a decline of l.1.8 points in the Condition during Augist. Tle condition of tle crop on Alug. 25 anid the forecast of production bya states follow: SVirginia, condition 6S, forecast,23, 000 bales. North Carolina, 63 and 750,000. South Carolina, -16 and 687,000. Georgia, .11 and (1)68,000. Florida, 611 and 21.000. Alabanma. ;o aInld 826,000. Nlississiippi, 66 and( 1,003,000. Louisiana, 60 and411,000. Texas, 50 and 2,6 1.000. Arkansas, (;: ald 0,0. Tennessee, 65 and 278,000. Alissouri, 70 anid 76,000. Oklahonm, 63 and 78*6,00. California, 1 and 120,000. Arizona, 87 and 55,000. New Mlcxico, 85 aid 21.000. California forecast includes 79,000 hales from Lower California which are not incilded inl United States total. In a special report, in responise to a senate resolution the department of agricultuire annouueed tile acreage of cotion abandoned betweein June 23 and August 25 aiounted to 367,000 acres or 1.1 per cent of the area in Cultivation Jie 25 leaving 3-4,445,000 acres in cultivation on August 25. "As the condition figure of the reg uiar Se, temnbe r I cotton report is af fected by tle acreage abandonment," said the department's statement, "'no additional deduction for tle abandon ient. here shown nieed be made from the present forecast of 10,575,000 bales based uon the Augus! 25 condition omen c, L. Blease should be n< h Carolina, it would b o to the polls and vote ),OOO enrolled voters v )OO of them had an e: ople of South Carolina voted in the. first prime jnajority, a large majo had voted, and will v< cills. gh in the record of Co e he vacated his office to a mighty and, conce s he was defeated in >cking-chair pplities. ictical work al along t e people of South C0 :ake him unless they la ,sda yand See orters of T1 Fiu4Qre ant the acreage in cultivation ni .June 25. 'Th1e cotton aereage abandoned be weei Juie 25 an( August 25, and the creage remaining in cultivation Au aust 25 by states was announced as ollows: Virginia, 2,000 abandonled and 49,000 n culi tivation. North Carolina, 11,000 and 1,587, 100. South Carolina, 33,000 and 2,197, 100. Georgia, 124,000 and 4,005,000. Florida, .1,000 and i18,000. Alabama, 12,000 and .,983,000. Mississippi, 22,000 and 3,178.000. illouisiana, 21,000 and 1,287,000. Texas, 62,000 and 2,83-3,000. Tenllessee, 5,000 and 811,000. Missouri, 0.3 per ceit and 156,000. Oklahoma, 43.000 and 2,797,000. nl ifornii, ione an(1 210,000. Arizona, none and 105,000. New ilexico, 2,000 anid 44,000. I/Jose Leaf Ledgers, Etc. Advertiser Printing Co. ANN Fancy We wish to ai cy grocery sto Company on.' We invite our an opportunil prices and bec Promi MOO! f Laur >minated in the prim e because of the ind ~. Get that straight. vho did not go to the: cuse that they woul do not want Cole L. iry ,registered their or rity, of those who fa )te against him next]' le L. Blease, in office in January, 1915, to ~rted action not only t 1918, as to put the It is no time for sewii he line. irolina who do not va y down on the job. that Your Fr bos. G. Mc] Shifting the Responsibility. Another sign that the ziuodern men ire Improving is that some now )ame 1 he federal reserve banks instead of heir wives.-Galveston News. ANNOU THE UNITE Consolidation of the W. G. Lancaster, L. G. I Adams, J. W. Todd,, and R. H. We Will Handle All Stocks, Bonds ai Office in Rear of Laurens OUNCEMI Grocery nounce that "we shall re next to the Ameri Saturday, September friends to call on us 'y to serve them w t goods obtainable. pt Deliveries Promi ZE BROTI PHONE 60 'enS ary next Tuesday for ifference of men and polls on August 29th, d publish to the worn Blease for their gove: >position to him by v< iled to vote would 'uesday, if they can ar and during his politics inspire the majority o o defeat him, but to d< world on notice that ag-circle, pink-tea po] mnt Cole L. Blease as The way to victory is c lend and Reig Leod To Cure a Cold In One Day ake LAXATIVE BROW QUININE (Tablets.) It top the (CouqIh and Headacheo and works off tha d01 E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c. NCING D AGENCY Following Agents: 3alle, W. H. Dial, J. J. Jr., L. C. Barksdale Roper. Kinds of Insurance ad Real Estate National Bank Building NT Store open a fan :an Express 9. and give us ith the best ised iERS unty the wo and A. rnor. >ting aave ouse Li aC f the sfeat we itics. their lear. hbor Does