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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
SAFE FARMING FOR
SOUTH ADVOCATED
Government Issues n Circular to En-
courage the Production OF all Food
StuiiS at Home.

Washington, d. c., Oct. 3I.-A pro
gram of safe farming" for the South
is outlined in circular which the
United States department of asricul-
turc has sent to bankers, business
men and farmers in the Cotton states.
Tho history Of agriculture in the
South, IL has been said, has been one
OF lean years and fat years. Short
crops and high prices have almost in
vaHiably been followed by big crops
ana low prices and, in consequence,
the farmer has experienced much dis
trcss. The increased attention which
has recently been given to support
ing the people upon the land has al
ready resulted in much good but
there is some danger It is pointed
out, that, with the price Of cotton
rising, there will be tendency for
farmers to return to the old system
OF gambling on cotton. If the people
OF the South produced their own liv-
ing, the circular points out it would
S'N"u' VIC "iolc SS Slcll. ana Keep the
boat from rocking. The safety meas
urcs recommended are as follows:
Safety Measures.
J. Produce home garden for
every family on the farm. the year
round, paying special attention to a
polt of Irish or sweet potatoes suni-
cicnt to supply the family with food
of this character Where feasible,
have patch Of sorghum or other
cane to produce syrup for the family.
2. Produce the corn necessary to
support all Of the people on the farm
and the livestock, with absolute
safety.
3. Produce the necessary oats and
other small grain to supplement the
corn as food. Pay attention to win
ter grazing.
4. Produce hay and forage from
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Take notice that on the 18th day OF
November. 1918. will render a final
account OF my acts and doings as Ad-
ministrator Of the estate Of Mary p.
Armstrong, deceased, in the Office of
the Judge Of Probate OF Laurcns
County, at II O'Clock, a. m. and on
the same day will apply for final
discharge from my trusts as Admins-
traitor.
Any person indc btca/to said estate
are notified and rea1Ncd to make pay
ment on that datG and all persons
having claims against said estate will
present them on or before said date,
duly proven or be forever barred.
B. G. ARMSTRONG,
Administrators.
October 13. l9l5.-l mo.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
And For Three Summers Mrs. Vim
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any Of Her Housework.

Pleasant Hill, N. C.-"I suffered for
hree summers" writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst.
had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able 10
walk about. Could not do any of my
housework. ~
! also had dreadful! palms In my back
and sides and when one OF those weak,
sinking spells would cone on me, |
would have to give >ub and lie down,
Until It wore off.
] was certainly In a dreadful state Of
health, when finally decided to try
Canssl. tho woman's tenic, and | firmly
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe ! would have died If HADN'T
taken 1t.
After | began taking Cardui, was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-
lieved me entirely.
| fattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, felt like an
other person altogether"
Cardui Is purely vegetable and gentle
acting. Its ingredients have mild, tonic
effect, on the womanly constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength.
improves the appetite, tones up the ner-
vous system, and helps to make pale.
sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardul has helped more than a million
weak women, during the past so years.
1t will surely do for you. what 1t has
done for them. Try Cardui today.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'. "A.
visory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn, for Special IN.
Strncho'is on your case and 6f-paao book, "Hos,,
Treatment for Women" sent In plan wrapper. Id
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
EAT WITHOUT FEAR
OF INDIGESTION OR
SOUR, ACID STOMACH
"Papc,S DinpcpSin" for sour, acid
stomach. heartburn, dyspepsia.

stomach. heartburn, dyspepsia.
Time 1t, In five minutes all stom-
ach distress will so. No indigestion,
heartburn, sourncss or belching of
gas, acid. or eructations OF undigcsted
food, no dizziness, bloating, four
breath or headache.
Papc's Diapcpsin is noted for it's
speed in regulating upset stomachs
1t is the surest. quickest and most
certain indigestion femcdy in the
less.
Millions Of men ahd women now eat
their favoritc foodF without fcar-they
know Papc's Dia Fepsin will save them
from any stomach misery.
Please, for Your sake, get large
tifty-ccnt case OF Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store and put your
stomach right Don't keep on being
miscrabc-life is too short--you are
not here long, so make yours stay
agreeable Eat what YOU like and
digest it; enjoy it, without dread of
rebellion in the stomach.
Papes Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one of tho fam
IL eat something which don't agree
with them, or in case Of an attack OF
INDIGESTION. dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach dcrangemcnt at davtime or
during the night, it is handy TO give
the quickest, surest relief known.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
COTTON BELT, IN 9 YEARS.
Present Attitude and That of 1861
COntrastcd.

|
COntrasted.
| (From the New York Evening Post.
In 1862 just before the War Be-
| tween the Sections, the United States
produced a cotton crop of 3,S00,0C0
DaleS; the third largest then on rec
| ord, and surpassed only in the two
preceding seasons The price had been
cents pound; it was only 10 cents
| at the end Of 1860 With the outbreak
or the War Between the Sections. in
The spring OF 1861, Southern ports
were blockadcd and the planters
went to the front. Nobody knows how
much cotton was produced in this
country between then and 1865; but
inc price at New York, in the result
ant scarcity, rose to 2S cents in 1861
to ol in 1862, and to $l90 before the
war was over. 1t was as late as 1883
before the price got down to 10 cents
a pound again.
How curiously the circumstances of
the cotton belt are reversed in the
present war may be Judged by this
weeks government estimate on the
cotton crop, and by the South's recep-
tion Of it. Between 1861 and 1865 the
most urgent efforts were made to
raise cotton, run the blockade and
get the enormous current prices. Out
| break of last years European war
found our cotton crop at the largest
recorded figure, but withoutside mar
kets, for both Industrial and military
reasons, largely blockaded. The New
York price. which nearly trebled in
1861, broke in 1914 from ii 1-2 cents
a pound to Ia. The whole South
joined in an excited demand TO re
duce the acreage"
There was carried over unsold, from
last years crop, 2,S00,000 bales-much
less than the 1000 ,0O0-balc surplus
predicted last autumn. The new crops
acreage was actually reduced Is per
cent though organized effort had been
made for an acreage % per cent or
even 90 per cent less than in 1914. On
'op VI liiio Nuiiic Dttu NSulueI Ill tuc
cotton belt. Last Mondays Govern
mcnt forecast of the cotton yield
named lO,95O000 bales, as against the
100000 of last year This would be
reduction of 81 per cent.
| The somewhat paradoxical cnthusi-
asm in the South, over this bad show
ing for the crop, is explained by tho
fact that the price of cotton rose in
consequence to - l-2 cents pound,
the highest since the war began, com
pairing with 10 a month ago, and "a
in January. But how about the cot
ton trade itself? In the last cotton
year" which began with the war. in
August, 1911, the worlds consumption
OF American cotton was 1859 900
bales. or moro than the crop now pre-
dictcd by the department OF agricul-
turc, plus the "carry-ovcr" from the
last crop.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03

some forage crop, sufficient to supply
all of the livestock on the farm. Use
legumes such as clover, cowpeas, vel
vet beans, soy beans and alfalfa for
the production of hay and to enrich
the soil with nitrogen and humus.
D. Produce the meat necessary to
supply the people, through increased
attention to poultry and hogs, esDe-
cially. Plan to increase gradually the
number OF cattle and other livestock
SO as to have sufficient number TO
consume the waste products of the
iarm and make the waste lands pro-
ductivc.
D. After all Of these things have
been amply provided for, produce cot
ton for the market
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
CAPT. BEN MONTGOMERY
OF WOODRUFF DEAD

Father OF 'Jno. +. Montgomery, Out.
side OlerSecr at the LnurcnS Mill,
Capt. Ben Montgomery, known by
many of the older citizens and espcc-
tally the Confederate veterans of this
place, died at his home in Woodruff
last Friday afternoon. Capt. Mont
gomery was the father of Mr.. John F..
montgomery, outside overseer at the
Laurens Cotton Mills The following
account OF his death appeared in the
SDartanburg Herald under a Woodruff
dateline Saturday:
Capt. Ben Montgomery, one of
Woodruff's most prominent citizens.
died at his horse on South Main street
last Friday afternoon He had been
In failing health for some time and the
end was not unexpected. Capt. Mont
gomcry was a brave soldier in the war
between the states, 2 successful bust
ness man, a consistent member OF the
First Baptist church. and a southern
gentleman of the old type. His inilu-
chcc, advice, charity and example
will be greatly missed in Woodruff.
lie was "a years Of age His family
have the sympathy OF the entire com
munity
Capt. Montgomery is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Montgomery, two
daughters, Mrs. J. +. Rogers, Of
Woodruff Mrs. +. NJ Pearson of Due
West. and four sons, Dr.. D. II. Mont
gomcry, of Union, Joe Montgomery
OF Woodruff, J. B. Montgomery, OF
Pacolet, and J. f. Montgomery of
l.aurcnS.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
GET RID OF THOSE rOIS0NS IN
IDJ'R SSSTENt

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ing generally are indications that yo;i
need Dr. Kings New Life Pills. Take
dose tonight and you will eNperi-
cnce grateful relief by morning. 25c.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
Is The Chamber Asleep,

Elsewhere in today's issue will be
found an article stating that the Re
public Mills at Great Falls will double
their capacity Hero is another i'm
portant illustration OF how badly
Rock Hill needs The Scaboard ana Ca
tawba Valley connection \ repre-
sentative citizen said to the writer the
other day that he was unable TO un-
dcrstand Rock Hill business men and
the Chamber Of Commerce here: why
they did not drop everything else and
go after this particular thing until it
was secured He said if the Chamber
Of Commerce did not do another thing
Tor the next two years. but sec that
this connection was made, it would do
the biggest piece OF work that it had
| ever attcmptcd--Som that would
really be worth while to the business
interests Of the city.
And we arc Obliged TO say that
we think he is exactly right Rock
Hills business men have slept on
this matter of bringing the Scaboard
| in here for more than twenty years,
and it is only seven and a half miles
away. Let us wake up and do some
thing, gentlemen of the Chamber Of
commerce. Rock Hill Record
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03

Only woman can understand the
paralyZing effect Of disorders in the
female organism: the misery OF it
and its depressing influence on the
mind. Many women who formerly
suffered from those disorders owe
their present health TO DIR. SIMMONS
SQ' NV VINE WINE. 1t exercises a
powerful restorative influence on the
!cmaic 2cncrativc system. builds up a
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nv ana promotes chccriulncss and a
clear rosy complexion. Price $l.oO
per hott'c. Sold by all druggists.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
County OF I.aurcns.

BY o. G. Thompson, Probate Judge:
Whereas Mary II. Harris has made
suit to me, to grant her Letters Of Ad-
ministratiOn Of the Estate and effects
OF T. f. Harris.
These are therefore, to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the Kindred
and Creditors Of the said IT, e. Harris
deceased, that they be and appear be-
fore me, in the Court Iof probate, to be
held at Laurens Court Uousc. Laurcns,
S. c., on the 4th day 3fNovcmber, 1915
next, after publication hereof, at |
o'clock in the forenoon. to show cause
II any they have, why the said Admin
istration should not be granted.
Given under my hand this 2lst day
OF October ammo D0mini 1915.
o. G.. Thompson.
1a-2t j. p. L. G..
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29
When the Band Played "pixis."

Wnon tn0 6ano Fidy0O Ss~sos
One Of the bands in recent Me
mortal day parade in Chicago started
ND "Dixie." The tune didn't catch the
ears of the crowd at first. A negro
NANNY" who was selling hot tamales
was the first to notice it. Snatching
her handkerchief from mysterious
pocket, she began to cheer. The Phil
ippine veterans in their khaki suits
came marching by.
"Do you remember, Bill" asked
Files" "how the Rial orchestra used
to play that down in the old Luzon
cafe when we were just back from the
provinces"
I'VE used to stand up on the table
didn't WEI" said Bill.
Then, with shout. the khaki troops
Joined in the chorus. A group Of Japa
nese boys caught the inspiration Of the
song and waved their handkerchiefs
The veterans down the long line be-
gan to cheer. The little southern boy
in gray whose grandfather had beer
"also veteran" tossed his cap into
the air.
THAT tune makes the north ant
south one. doesn't 1t, .motherr' he
asked.
And his mother bent down and kiss
ed him on the forehead.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29
SIX REASONS WHY SHOULD
JOIN THE NATIONAL ASSO-
CATION FOR THE ADJ
VANcEMENT OF COL
ORED PEOPLE.

1t teaches that race prejudice is
the most evil thing in the world to-
day and that "Jim Crow" cars. race
- segregation. anti-intermarriage
laws and all other manifestations
of it are unchristian and cruel eff
forts of the stronger to Cypress
the weaker.
1t combats in the courts. state
legislatures, the Halls of Congress.
the government departments and
everywhere the spirit of persecu-
ton against the Colored People
which grows out of race prejudice.
>. I. aims to bring about such a
healthy public sentiment in this
land that Colored People will be
accorded all their social. civil and
political rights and will receive
exact justice in all the relations OF
life.
!, 1t believes in and teaches the doc
trine Of the Fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man, and the
equality of all races in our Amer
lean civilization. .
J. It aims to uphold the honor oi
our women by opposing the pas,
sage of anti-race inter-marriagt
laws. s...
5. It is composed of members of botf
races and sexes on terms of com
p1ete equality and as brothers anc
sisters in this holy cause of free
dom. "
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29
THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO
LIFE.
Home Training Most Important.
Says Miss Mamie H. Burroughs.

~~~~-~>~o
Says Miss Mamie H. Burroughs.
The moral phase of the Negro
problem is the most serious part OF
the whole aggravating question. TIC
improve the standard of the life of the
masses is the only solution.
AS with other races, the standards
in the homes are set up by the women
who preside over them. Therefore
to bring about a reform the woman
hood of the race must be taught
how to instruct their children in
those virtues, that have made the
most advanced races what they are.
We are prone to think that the
Negro is by nature religious and
therefore moral. He is both; but he
is not enough of either when it comes
to living up to fundamental principles
every day life. Because of his crude
conception of what the Christian re-
ligion really is he too often practices
one thing and breaches another.
Often the foremost woman in the
church.is so far from model for her
less ambitious sisters that they look
with contempt upon her and dis
credit religion. This misrepresenta-
ton of the genuine article takes many
forms and sometimes the one woman
is a combination of all. She allows
beer drinking, card playing, and rag
time music in her home. She is loose
in her conversation. Her language is
often smutty. Her demeanor be-
comes a woman of the street. Her
home is a hangout for sliding elders"
and loafing, hungry preachers. Her
house is poorly kept. Her children
are too young to be men and wom-
en- and too old to be children. They
are theregore the freshest things in
the neighborhood. They run the
church. They sit in the front heat,
chew gum, talk and keep their gang"
gigg1ing. To speak to them is to
throw a match into a magazine of
powder.
These wise and talented youngsters
of the leading sisters, get into the
choir and start trouble for the Choir
listers. They get religion and start
trouble for the deacons. These chill
dren of too many of those who aspire
to leadership in our local churches
presume too much on the standing
and influence of their mothers and
give our churches all kinds of trouble.
What we need is a new type of
women in our homes as mothers,
and new type of women in our
churches as leaders and examples for
the young. ... ........
The wig wearing, gum chewing,
beer smelling, mouth running, street
trotting, home neglecting, convention
fever type of women are out of style,
and from them may we soon be de-
livered.
The Worker.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29
Grants "Bia Contract"

IrancS big SontfaCt.
While the Union army was at Cul-
pepper Court House, getting ready to
deliver the terrific blows which were
destined to end the Southern COnfed-
eracy, General Grant wrote the follow
ing letter to cousin in st. Louis:
Headquarters Armies Of the United
States, Culpeper G. H.. Va. April "a
1854.
Dear Cousin-Julia has gone to New
York city and will probably remain a
couple Of weeks before going to st.
Louis. In the meantime l shall not
hear from the children unless they
write to me direct. wish you would
urge them all to join in letters to me
every week. l feel anxious to hear
from them always, and then 1t i'm
proves them quite as much to write
letters as to study their lessons. How
do Buck and Nellie progress in their
German?
Jess has cut his eyeteeth mingling
with Washington society. He has be-
come independent and great favorite
with both ladies and gentlemen at vii.
lard's school. He is still very anxious
to get back to st. Louis to go to school.
kiss all the children for me. and the
young ladies, too. If you like. l should
like to see you all very much, but
have a big contract on hand to COM
plete before can expect to indulge in
such pleasure. q. 8. GRANT"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29

! TWoscoRE AND TEN YEARS
AGO.

Fifty years ago the great strug-
gle for our national existence, to
; which SO many heroes gave
their lives and those who died
later their best days, was ended
in victory.
We do not rejoice because Of
the victory Of the north over the
south, but because Of the vic
tory which marked the last step
in the governmental progress Of
the human race and demonstrate
cd that men can govern them
selves.
We meet on Memorial day at
the graves Of those who died In
the days Of strife and Of those
who survived that struggle and
yet have reached their last rest
ing place, the bivouac Of the
dead.
Upon them the government
leaned as upon pillars of safety.
In the days when they might
have been preparing for the fu-
ture struggles Of life they were
serving their country; they were
fighting her battles; they were
doing their duty as patriots in
striving for the advance Of the
human race.
Amid the roar Of artillery, the
crashing Of shells, the malicious
whisperings Of the little mimic,
the cleaning bayonets and flash
ing sabers they bore the shock
Of battle in defense of their
country. Aye. more than that,
their heroism and the heroism
Of their comrades through four
years Of bloody strife lifted their
country high among the nations
Of the earth, where she stands
today, the sovereign Of them all.
Twoscore and ten years ago
the tramp Of armed hosts home
ward bound was heard through
out the length and breadth of
our land. Guns were stacked.
ranks were broken and then be-
gan another march. the march of
citizens who had left behind
them the tented field, to their
homes and the boundless. unpeo-
pied west, where they and their
descendants yet live and add to
the strength and patriotism Of
our great commonwealth.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29

STAR ~ADs--BRINo RESULTS
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29
The Old Vets.


They march adown the dusty street.
A little squad. whose Tagging feet
Heed not the drums loud rhythm.
And, mark, q cane supplants the gun.
Twas not like this in sixty-one,
When youth and health were with 'em.
The squad was then a regiment,
The forms were straight that now are
bent,
While Gettysburg Antietam.
Were quite unknown and mimic ball
And gaunt disease and prison pail
Had not essayed to beat 'em.
The boys who wore the Union blue
Are now "oid vets" and comrades true
Beneath the sod are lying.
But DER the living and the dead,
Ger crumbled skull and silvered head,
The stars and stripes are flying.
Edwin L. Sabin in Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29
THE RETURN OF THE
COIORS.

The return of Confederate flags
captured by Union soldiers Is an
other strand to bind together the
north and the south In an un-
broken union. There were some
who thought that all the oppos-
ing regimental flags should have
been buried with the honors Of
war at the close of the conflict,
nevermore to have a resurrec-
ton. But they have been kept,
and now the Union soldier thinks
fondly Of his own colors, rent
and stained. hanging in shreds
and patches. but still the royal
emblems Of glory and ultimate
victory. Let him see them, and
he will press them to his lips
and rain tears Of Joy upon their
tattered folds. His heart inter-
prets the feelings Of his COnfed-
crate comrade who fought so
CALAMITY under the standards he
had surrendered in battle.-Bish-
op Fallows.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29

UNTO THE CHILDREN WE TELL TIL
TALE"
And all through the hours the incense
Of flowers,
OF prayers and Of praise 10 swung
From a censor Of gold that the children
hold
While the storied past 10 sung.
The censor 10 memory's storisd urn
That holdsth for love and rue
The ashes of those whom each heart
knows
Fought for the gray or the blue.
Fewer each year az the end draws near,
When mono will be left, not one,
Who saw the sorrowful sights OF war
Or shared in the brave deeds done.
But unto the children we tell the tale,
And once In each twelvemonth long
We honor the mon who died for us
When the soodIy land went wrong.
Selected.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29

READ THE STARTS NEWS
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-05-29
Rows GRANDPA Soldier.

I brought blue violets from the dell
For grandpa's grave today.
For grandma says he loved them vel
Before he marched away.
The other grandpas all are old,
With thin hair almost gray.
But he has curls that shine like gold
And blue eyes full Of play.
Grandma showed me his picture. hung
Upon o chain OF gold:
How strange that he should be 30 young
And she should be 30 oldi
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