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Produce Market

New York, January 15.-Butter unset tled receipts 7790; creamery extras (92 score), 33c; creamery (higher scoring), 34c: creamery firsts, 30d32c. Cheese firm, unchanged; receipts, 2104 boxes. Eggs weak; receipts, 524S cases; fresh gathered extra fine, 44Q45c; extra firsts, 4Sc: iirsts, iOd142c; seconds, 36q39c. Dressed poultry quiet. unchanged.
 Chicago, January 15.-Butter unchanged. Eggs lower; receipts, 3577 eases; at mark, cases included, 25@351ac; ordinary firsts, 32@33c; sfirsts. 6@s6c. Potatoes lower; re- ceipts, 25 cars; Michigan and Wisconsin red, 35n40c; Michigan and Wisconsin white, 35n42c. Poultry, alve, unchanged.
 St. Louis, January 15.--Poultry and but ter unchanged. Eggs 321sc.
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Buzzards Cause Death of Hogs

Greenyille, January l5.--(special.)-A farmer of the eastern part of Butler county lost over so head of hogs by cholera caught from buzzards. The birds got the cholera germs from the carcass of hog that had died from the disease. Some prominent business men will re- quest Butler representatives at the legis- lature to introduce and work for the passage of a bill permitting buzzards to be killed in Alabama.
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Irrigation Bill Introduced

Washington, January 15.-The first am nual irrigation appropriation bill provid- ing funds for reclamation work was intro- duced today by Representative Smith of Texas. Heretofore the reclamation fund has been under control of the Secretary of the Interior. Congress, however, re- gently determined that it should be pro- vided by congressional appropriation. The bill introduced today carries $13,876,000.
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Wheat Embargo Urged

Washington, January 15.-A telegram reached the White House today from Mrs. Julian Heath of the Housewives' league who said that, speaking for S00,000 Amer ican homes, she urged President Wilson to embargo shipments of wheat abroad that the supply might be conserved to keep prices at normal in America.
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Fruits and Produce

Ffu1tS ana Produce Lemons-x3t0. Limes-75990c. Virginia Cabbage-2c lb. Northern Apples-Barrel. fancy. s30A Peanuts-61s09hc. Florida Oranges-$225. California Oranges. 32.2S. Grape Fruit-$2. .7603.2s. California Grapes-$275 per box. Catawba Grapes-17c per basket. Malaga Grapes-$6@6 per keg. California Empress-M keg. Tomatoes-S3@3.5 per crate. Cocoanuts. A per sack. Cranberries-Per box. a: per barrsl q. Rutabagas-1hc lb. Celsry-$A.50.. Walnuts, 16Q2Oc per 1b. Pecans-16Q30c per lb. Filberts-15c per fb. Almonds-20c per lb. Chestnuts--9c per lb. Lettuce-e1.25 and $2S hamper. Egg Plants-S3O. Green Peas-$2.75.
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Sugar Market

New York, January 16.-Sugar futures opened easy and to il points lower. but later rallied and at 12:30 was net to 5 points lower on active positions, With sales of 22O0 tons. Raw sugar steady ana unchanged. Centrifugal. 4.04c; molasses, 327c; refined steady.
 Futures closed easy; February, 2.Slc; May, 3.0sc: June, 3.14c; September, SSoc. Sales, 290 0tons.
 Refined grades of sugar were later ad- vanced 10 points; cut loaf, 5.9oc; crushed, 5 S5c; mould A, 5.50c; cubes, 5.S0c; pow dered,, 515c; fine granulated. 5.Ooc; dia- nlond A, 5.05c; confectioners' A, 4.soc; No' n, 4.s0c. + sale of 1G,00O bags of centrifugal for February shipment was made at 3.sSc. The spot price was unchanged at 4.0ic. Molasses sugar, 3.21c.
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Hester's Weekly Cot, on Statement

Comparisons are to actual dates not to close of corresponding weeks
 In sight for week, 6l5000; same seven days last year. 3S2.0o0; same seven dayl year before, 259. 600; for the month, 1,14S 000 samedate last year, TABOO; same date year before, 667,O00; for season, S,9s5000; same date last year, 11,z71 900; same date veal before, 10,S25,000. Port receipts for season 5,57s, 900; same. date last year, 1,S37OW same date year before last z, ,765, GOO Over land to mills and Canada for season, 534,- GOO; same date last year, 7l1,000; same date year before, 17.O0O. Southern mill takings for season, 1,744,000; same date last year. 1,9c5s000; same date year before, r. 674,0O0 Interior stocks in excess of Au- gust, 1.1s4. GOO; last year, 75S, 900; year be- fore, 669,000. Foreign exports for week 41,000: same seven days last year, 300.000; for season, 30e6, 900; same date last year, 5,S7S,00d, Northern spinners takings and Canada for week. S5,000: same seven days last year, 62,000; for season. 1,372,OOo;I to same date last year, 1,785, ,000
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City. January l5.-Wheat: No hard, $1 39a1 .s9ia; No. red, $ .4oia. Corn: No. ? mixed, $7im7l1sc; No. white, 13@
 7s1ac. Oats: No ? white, 541sd55c; No. mixed, 51@52ihc.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery. January 15.-(Special) Shot cotton was quoted here today as follows: Good middling, 1hc; strict middling, 7ssc; middling, 7%c. strict low middling, 67sc; low middling, 6%.; strict good ordinary, 5ssc; good ordi- nary, 5Nc; market quiet.
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Interior Cotton Movement

f Houston Middling. 15-16e; receipts g 754; shipments, 1s,960; sales, 32S3; stock, 203, 45S.
 Memphis: Middling, 71zc; receipts, 2727; shipments, 6249; sales. 4700 stock, 261, ,139.
 Augusta Middling, 7Mc; receipts, 1448; shipments, 2S0; sales, PISA; stock. 1505s9. St Louis: Middling. 71ac; receipts, 40s9; shipments, 4614; stock, BLAST.
 Cincinnati: Receipts, 1Ss5; shipments, POST; stock. 927S.
 Little Rock: Midding. 5-16c: receipts. 1913: shipments, 957; stock, 6o,10e.
 Total today: Receipts, 34,516; shipments, 35097 stock, 722, ,0o7.
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Chicago Grain

Chicago, January 15.--Wheat: No. red. N. .4sl4d1. 45a4; No. ? hard, s1.42a4@1. .45ia Corn: No ? yellow, 711s@73Ac. Oats, 3Ss4@ 341sc. Rye. No. 9 S.22. Barley, 70@7Sc.
 Timothy. s6Gf7 to. Glover. SIP .50a15. Pork 1 ST. Lard, $10. 45. Ribs, $9.12@9.S7.
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small decline of yesterday afternoon. Tn

small decline of yesterday afternoon. The market here opened higher. met some southern hedge selling and eased off to about last nights prices The selling from the south soon ceased and the market advanced slowly on further west ern investment demand and some buying from houses with eastern connections. closing around the best prices for the day.
 <. The volume of business was small and the local feeling is rather against the market, anticipating further pressure from the south. We do not altogether agree with this view. as we think the action of the market in the past six weeks has shown that the producer who holds the cotton this year will market slowly on each advance and that he does not follow the natural reactions which from time to time appear in the mar -ket
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Fish

Perch-Sc.
 Salt Water Trout-10913e. Blue Catfish-1hc. Red Snapper-T1k@Sc. Gray Snapper-466c. Mullet-5c
 Spanish Mackerel-121kc pound. Fresh Pompano-2002xc Delaware Oysters-Standards. s1.W gAl. lon: selects, $1.40 gallon; extra selects. $1.50.
 Gulf oysters-ss0s.5o per leoe.
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Woman Charged With
 Beating Child to Death

Tacoma, Wash, January 15.-Mrs. Bertha Difley. housekeeper for Amos R. Hall, was arrested today on complaint of neighbors that she had beaten to death Halls 3-year-old son Clarence.
 Hall was absent at the time of the child's death and burial
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St. IAuis Grain

St. Louis, January .15.-Wheat: Mo- red, $i.42a11. .45ia; No. ? hard, $1. 4S@1 A; May, 1.4e. Corn: No ?. 701ac; No. white, 7sa74c; May, 7Stsa7Ss4c. Oats: No. 2, 54c; No. white, 55c; May, 56lac.
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New Orleans Spot Cotton

New Orleans, January 15.-Spot cotton
 steady Sales on the spot, 2250 bales; to arrive 2400. Good ordinary, Sc; strict good ordinary, 61ac; low middling, 7c; strict low middling, 7ssc; middling. 7s4c; strict mid- ding, Sc; good middling. Satc; strict good middling, SAC. Receipts, 9oos; stock, s6o.-
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hubbard Bros. & Co.

Mem 6ers New York Cotton iixcisnss.
 N Orl1anA Cotton Exchange. New Srk PrQduce Hxchanke. AsSoqlate
 Jiers Soiiclfed fpr. tlie purcha1A and ko,of Cotton and Cotton Seed on s4of, lure delivery. Special ateenfion md St % sotson % fcs 'dsliS cssss1SSgi Y
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, January 15.-The active tone continued in rough Honduras and Japan and clean Japan rice today, with clean Hondvras steady. Quote: Rough
 Honduras 2.50@4c; Japan, 2.5oo4e clean and polished and bran unchanged. Re- ceipts: Rough, S61; millers, 63S: clean, 2926. Sales, PIP sacks rough Honduras at 3. 75G9. 90c; 437 sacks Japan at 397c: 3O96
 pockets clean Honduras at 25a@5hc; 923 pockets Japan at 3tG14c.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Spot Cotton
The Iron Market
Poultry and Eggs

Hens, 13C. Live turkeys, 1ec; dressed turkeys. aoc Fryers-1A-1h lbs. average. 15c. Ducks-1sc ID. Guineas--00c. Roosters-36c. Geese, 75090c. Eggs-Candled. 23c; extra graded can, dled, 2sc; candled carton eggs, aoc,
 Heats Extra Ribs--11isc. Beliles-20-25c: 121ac. Boston Butts--l4c. Pork Loins-14c. Breakfast Bacon-2la Spare Ribs-11xc. Regular Hams, 163kc. Skinned Hams, 16c.
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New Orleans, January 15.-Cotton opened steady: January, 7.63c; March. 7.S0c; May, S.05c; July, S.25c;- October. S.52c.
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Weekly Cotton Statistics

Liverpool. January 15-Weelkly cotton statistics: Total forwarded to mills 125,- coo bales. of which 114,000 were American; stock. 9s2,00o: American, 65s.00o; imports, l7S.000; American, 153,0o0; exports, 21.0O0.
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Metal Market

New York, January 15.--Tin quiet; 5-ton |ts sss. 1od S3. 50; 25-ton lots, s33d33. .5O Cop
 Pr steady; electrolytic, 13. 62Q13. SIC; cast hg, 13.50Q13 .62c. Iron quiet and un- banged. At London: Spot copper, f60
 Y Cd: futures, ECO 5s. Spot tin, s152 [kures, E145 los. TNew York, Jaiuary 15.-Lead quiet, s. .65 R3.7o. London. E1S. Spelter quiet, $6@ e10 London, a29 15s.
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Police Indicted

Chicago, January 15.-Police Captain James O'Donnell Storeen, Detective Ser geant Michael weisbaum and Fred Roth. former policeman. were indicted today on conspiracy charges by the grand jury Investigating alleged graft in police offi- cials of the Maxwell street station.
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Wool Market

Boston, January 15.-The wool market s been buoyant and farily active again
 fs week, demand keen. although some
 hat spot for woois suitable for army Irposes.\ Tices are bit higher for the |v edge Of clothing wools. Saless zof
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Dry Goods Market

New York, January 15.-Cotton goods were more active today. Sales of print cloth yarn goods for early and late de- livery were large Wool markets were strong. Silks continued to show improve ment in demand
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Live Stock Market

Chicago, January 15.-Hogs: Receipts, 900; market firm. Bulk, $6.65Q675; light, 65@6.90; mixed, $6.6OQ6.95; heavy, S6 50 9.90; rough. $6.50Q6.60; pigs, $5.o5@675. :. Battle: Receipts, 200O; market steady. ative steers. $5.65G94O; western, A.s5@ s0; cows and heifers. $3.25QS.1O; calves, | 50Q1O.50 af..fs Sheep: Receipts, 12,OOO; market weak. heep, s5.5oq6; yearlings,' $. 4o@7 15; lambs. 50QS15.
 Ft Louis. January 15.-Hogs Receipts, p0; market steady. Pigs and lights. S6. 10 \; mixed and butchers. $6.s0G7; good favy. $69OG7.
 Battle: Receipts, 27OO; market steady. htive beef steers. $7.50@$10; COWS and Fifers. $5Q9.75; stoclkers and feeders, s5. .p5 .25; Texas and Indian steers, S5.7o6l7.7 .75: ws and heifers, $4@6;- native calves, G lO.25. rfsS ':-' /. Sheep Receipts, 800: market steady htive muttons. A.75@5.75; lambs, N,25d f5; yearlings. T.25G7.S0.
 Kansas City, January 15.-Hogs: Re- ipts 3100; steady to strong: bulk of sales 65QS S5; heavy, s6.S0Q6.S5 light, $6. .G5
 80; pigs. SC. .4O0I6.60 .
 attIe: Receipts, 400 steady; prime fed Pers, S.75Qs.25; dressed beef steers, S7.3;
 .50; southern steers. $5. .5Of7. 50: cows bO@7 .S; heifers, $6.25@S.50; stockers. s6G kO " fheep: Receipts, 24OO: slow to weak |mbs, $7.S0MS. 25; yearlings. sG.50a7. .H others, &6Q6.6Q; ewes, 35ai5. GO: stockers
 q feeders. A. .50q7 80.
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IF Oysters-$30S.60 per 1oeo.
Flour and Breadstuffs

Self-rising flour. $755; Tennessee flour,
 ss.s5; Michigan flour. ss.O5; Idaho flour,
 s7; Indiana flour. T25. spring wheat flour. $7.75: hard winter wheat flour, s6.S5. shorts, $32; pure wheat bran. $s2; c. S.
 meal 7ls per cent. $26; Cremo meal. per ton, $22: c. S. hulls, $10 ton; No. timothy hay. per tor. s24; mixed alfalfa and Jchn- son grass. ger ton, $lS: pea green alfs lfa. western, S25; mixed feed. per ton, Ss1: oats, per bushel, 7Oc; corn, per bushei, s3c; cornmeal. $1 10 per s6 pounds.
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Crsamery Produefs

Creamery Butter-S20S6hc; process but ter. a0c: oleomargartns. 1so1c.
 Full Cream Cheese-17c; imported swiss s3c; Pimento, dos, $19.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, January 1b.-( (Speciai.) )-Ca- blcs this morning were rather better than due, as Liverpool failed to meet ous
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To Ship Red Cross Supplies

Washington, January 15.-Fifteen hun- dred pounds of ehloroform, many cases of serr:rns and antitoxins and thousands Of yards of adhesive plaster and bandages will go forward to Ambassador Page at London tomorrow from the American Red Cross.
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Spinners' Takinss

Statement of spinners takings of American cotton throughout the world:
 This week, 439,O00; same seven days last year. 39SO00; same seven days year be- fore, 3S0,000: total since September l, 5.sS4,- GOO; same date last year, S,04s.00o; same date year before, 7,544000.
 Statement of worlds visible supply:
 Worlds Visible Supply
 Total visible this week, 6.256,0O0; total visible last week, 6,009.0OO; total visible same date last year, 6,1OS,OOo: total visible same date year before. 6,17,000. Of this the total American this week. 4.972, 900; last week. 5000; last year. 4,547,000; year be fore, 4,6S8, 900. All other kinds this week, 1,2s3, GOO: all other kinds last week, 1212, 900; all other kinds last year, ,561 GOO; all other kinds year before, 1,2S9.000. Visible in the United States this week. 3,06S,c00; visible this date last year, 1915; visible in other countries this week. 3,lS7,00o; visible this date last year, 4.191.000.
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Liverpool Cotton

steady; good middling. 5.12d middling. 4.s0d; low middling, 43Sd; sales, 5000; for speculation and export, 800; receipts, 27,- 651 Futures steady; May and June. 46slzd; July and August, 4.72i1d; Octo-
 Der and November, 4.S21sd; January and hFebruary, 4.87d.
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Hides and Tallow

Green salt hides. 16017c; green ealt hides (half cured). 1sGl6c: green hides. (fresh), 14615c; dry flint hides, 2o62sc: dry salt hides, 26@27c: damaged hides. half price; sheep skins. Ssy60c. horse hides. 32@3; sherlings. 15@zsc: goat skins, sod35c: kid skins. 10c; tallow. 5&6c: bees wax, 2Gaoc; washed wool. 2e9zsc: clear unwashed wool. l7021c; bury
 weol 1c0a2e; ginsens. SAeoQkM
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Coffee Market

tNew York, January 15.-Coffee futures bowed some srregularity at today's open
 g. March was a point higher in sym |hthy with the steady ruling of the spot Ctuation, while later months were 1 to 1 bints lower. There seemed to be some Adgo selling of July. There was nc hange in the general character of the ews. but March eased off in the later hding with the close showing a net loss to points. Sales, 34,G00 January, NAG; February. 8.19c; March, 6. 29c; April |2c; May, 6.47c; June 6.3Sc; July, 73Oc fugust, 7.39c; September. 7.4sc; October
 b4c; November, 7.6Oc; December, 761c; bot steady; Rio No. :, 7ssc; Santos No
 97sc. sz4 :.
 Rio and Santos unchanged. Rio ex- Range unchanged. Brazilian port receipts
 100; Jundiahy, 5000. Santos reported
 clearanee of 10000 bags for New York.
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New York Shot Cotton

New York, January 16.-SpOt cotton quiet; middling uplands. S.10c; no sales. New York, January 15-Cotton futures opened firm February, 7.85c; March, S.12c;
 April, s.15c: May, s.3Sc; June, Sssc; July, S56c; September. 8.7Oc; October. 8.57c.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, January 15.-Cotton closed steady at net gain of 12 points.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, January 15.--Cotton seed oil was firmer on revival of export busi' ness, advancing crude markets and fresf buying for long account, helped by the strength In grain. Final prices were to Ii points net higher. Sales, 17,900 bar. .rels.
 Spot, 6.35Q6 COG; January, G.3SG6. .45c February. 6.5016 .55c; March. 6.6S@6. .64c April, 6. 7O6i6. 7sc; May, 6.s4@6. .s5c; June 6.s0M7c; July, 7.os7 .06c; August. 7.14d7 15c
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Naval Stor0

Savannah, January 15.-Turpentine firm, sA14 944skc.r Sales. 14o; receipts. 229; ship Ftrents. 251; stocks. s577s Rosin firm; 3seIes, 545; receipts, 6os; shipments. 21O4; F4kocks, sS0l. Quote: A, B. $3.20; c, D, sS:3o; F, c. &3.so03. 321z: H, $s.s2h; I, 3@s.4c;r K, $3.%; M, 3s.4o; N. @5.30; .I!!Gs;' l6.7o wv $s.p. 2r
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Chicago. January 15.--Grain and rro- visions
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New York Cotton Futures New York, January 15.-Cotton closed steady.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-09-08
The Ohn Mhceze.

The world is eternaliy plagued by a
class Of estimabln people who dread
the new. Their instinct is to club it
over the head. Since that primitive
implement went out OF fashion they
have carried an antique nintlonk pis-
tol known as an old wheeZc. With
this they take deliberate aim and the
noise which follows is: "Of course
there is some truth in what ynu say.
but you can never change human ma
ture." Now while old campaigners
like Columbus, Darwin, Cromwell and
Gicrdano Bruno could view thie weap.
on with cquanimty, 1t did oftel terrify
amateur rebels into silence, r',til one
bolder than the rest looked unflinch.
ingly into the bore. The reward Of
his courage was this damaging dscov.
cry: The Old WhceZc Is loaded with
nothing but blank cartridges -Sey.
mcur Deming, in Atlantic Monthly.
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RAEuN VIEWS.



Rabun, Sept. G-NIiss Edna Owens
visited Mr.. and MIS- John IIcllams, of
Shiloh section, Tuesday.
Mrs. Anna West, of Poplar Springs
section, spent several days last week
with her mother, Mrs Lizzie Check.
Misses Marie Mahon and Lizzie
Mahon, after visiting relatives in the
Piedmont section, returned to their
home last Friday
Mrs. Markus Owens and children,
spent Thursday with Mrs. Bob Bolt.
Mrs. Sid Ramsey, Of Anderson, and
her mother Mrs. Della Acker Of Will
liamston, spent last week in this and
Eden communities visiting relatives.
Mr.. Walter Nash and family OF Mer-
ma section spent Sunday with II. II.
Mahon and family.
Misses Vera and Allicnc Baldwin
visited Miss Cora League Sunday.
Mr.. Walter Baldwin visited Mr.. Bob
Bolt Sunday
Mr.. Hampton Roper and son, Char
lie. Of IIonca Path, are visiting Mr..
Jim Roper this week.
Mr.. Claude Wasson and family, OF
the Friendship section, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Rcbccca Owens.
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4 Medicine Chest for 25c.

In this chest YOU have an excellent
remedy for Toothachc. Bruises
Sprains, Stif Neck, Backachc, Neural
|gia, rheumatism and for most cmer-
!gncics. One 25c bottle Of Sloan's Lin
imcnt does it all-thisf because these
ailments are symptoms, not diseases
and are caused BY congestion and in
hammation. If YOU |doubt. ask those
who use Sloan's Eminent, or better
still, buy a 25c bottle and prove it.
All Druggists.
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Diarrh0cn Remedy.

81 advised the boys when they en-
listed for the Spanish war TO take
Chambcrla!n's Cole, Cholera and
Diarrhoca Remedy with them and
have received many thanks for the
advice given writes j. H. Hough-
land, Eldon. Iowa. mo person wheth~
CT travelling or at homo should be
without this great remedy" For sale
by all dealers.
Co.
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TEUTONIC BLOWS
LOSING THEIR FORCE
Either are being Held up by Russians
or They are Preparing for Winter.

Either are being Held up by Russians
or They are Preparing for Winter.
London, Sept. 5.-Either the driv-
ing power Of the Austro-German Of
fensive against Russia is nearly eX-
hausted or the German generals have
decided that their armies have pene-
trated as far as is safe and are pre-
pairing to dig themselves in for the
winter This is the opinion expressed
by military writer's here.
Little progress is being made and
at mony points the Germans and
Austrians are only rcpulsing counter
attacks. From the Gulf Of Riga to
Grodno Field Marshal Won Linden
burg's army is at q standstill, having
apparently made no attempt to cross
The Dvina after carrying the bridge
heads at Lcnncwada and Friedrich
Stadt
TO the north, southwest and south
Of wilma, whose fall has been pre-
dictcd for some days. the Germans
face strong Russian forces, who by
their offensive make it dangerous for
the Germans to push their way west
ward, north or south OF them.
Object Not Apparent.
The Germans on the other hand,
arc masscd between Grodno and
| ltobrin on the Brcst- Pinsk railway,
bat their immediate object is not OBJ
v!ous, unless they are looking for a
good defensive position
Farther south the Russians are Of
fcring fresh resistance in forti-
fled area OF which Rovno and Dubno
arc centres; while in Falicia they still
hold the line Of the Scrcth river.
With the rainy season few weeks
of, the opposing armies can not hope
to carry on operations much longer,
and some reports say the Germans
troops to the Scrvian, Roumanian and
| Western fronts.
In the West the heavy artillery Of
the allies still is bomDarding the
| vel !ii''i iiHCS, bul lnclc is no lnulca-
ton OF general offensive.
Turks tttnck In Vain.
Paris reports that the Turks have
delivered an unsuccessful night at
tack against tho British position near
the AnXac region.
There has been Il renewal of re-
! ports from AthGnS or diScnnsion ho
tween the Turks and Germans and of
depression among the Turkish troops,
who are reported to be fighting with
all their old stubbornncss.
Arthur J. Balfour, first lord Of the
British admiralty, in letter to thc
press, gives official recognition to the
belief here that Gcrmany.s promises
to America not 10 sink any more pas
acrGcr ships without warning were
brought about by the realization that
the submarine warfare against NOR
chantmcn had failed He again in
] Inmates that many German sub
marines have been accounted for
and adds that British mercantile ton
mage is now greater than before the
war in spite OF submarine activity.