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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-12-19
GOVERNMENT no HELP
INCOME TAX PAYERS

These Liable to Pay Income Tax Must
ASSESS Themselves or be Pennlizcd.
! Columbia, Dec. 12.--You won't have
TO figure out your own income tax all
4 by Yourself hereafter. The govern
mcnt is going to send out men to help
YOU. IT will he up to you to hunt up
these mon. Who will be sent into every
county seat town. and some other
Towns resides, to meet the people.
PostmastcrS. bankers and newspapers
will be able to tell YOU when the gov
crnmcnts income tax man will be
around, and whore to find him. lie
will answer your questions. swear you
to the return, and save you a great
deal Of time and annoyance. Returns
OF income for 1917 must be made be-
tween January and March /, 1918.
The Government recognizes" Col
lcctor Of Internal Revenue ID. G. Hoy
ward said today, "that many persons
experience Il good deal Of difficult in
filling out income tax forms. 1t rec
o2Ni2cS too, that taxpayers resident at
points where collectors Offices arc not
easily accessible find ii hard to get
proper instruction in the law. Next
Tca| whom every m0vriCd person liv-
'n| Witl ~ifn or husband and having
4 ne income Of $1,000 ana cvcry un-
H#rr.d D@w0N NOT thN head of \ Cnm-
iiH anH IfnEinr = ,.t innsrgp nr ST 900
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-12-19
WOOL SERGE DRESS GOODS.


Blue black. green, wine gray. 36-nch wide
AT -. -. 1Sc, 69c, 75c and Csc
These goods worth % per cent more
}. c. BURNS & co.
Special Ladies Coats. $500, $7.9s TO $3.50
Buy your coat now and keep warm
}. c. BURNS g. CO.
Big stock Of Underwear Hosiery. going at
moncy-savng prices. 80. -. soc to Sl.iS
j. G. BURNS e. CO.
BARGAINS IN THE BASEMENT
Big stock Tnwarc, Glassware Crockcry
Enamclcd Ware, Rugs, Window Shades, Soap,
Soda, Matches, Washing Powders Sulphur
Salts which YOU buy now and save % to
80 per cent. Don't wait--thcse goods arc 60
ing fast.
j. G. BURNS & co.
Red Iron Racket-Carolina Hustcrs
SPECIAL-SAyE 25 PER CENT.
All $l.O0 bottles of Medicine, our Red Hot
price 80. -. -. Sic
Wine of Cardui, Ycrk's Cod Liver OIL,
Wampoles Cod Liver Oil, Hoods Sars-
apparilla, Warmers Safe Cure, Mrs Joe
Pearsons Blood Medicine Lydia Il. Pink
hams Compound and all other Stand
ard Medicine
j. C. BURNS e. co.
Two Big Stores in Laurens
Big stock Of Boys Suits at special sale
prices $l.0S, $2.is, $2.9s, 1915, 1925 up
j. G. BURNS & co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-12-19

Special values in Mems and Boys Hats and
Caps. our hats and caps cover the heads Of
the people Of I.aurcns county like the dew
covers Dixie.
j. G. BURNS & CO.
TWO Big Stores in Iaurcns.
TWO BIG SHOE STOCKS IN LAURENS.
Ahont 1000 pairs OF shoes. Buy your bill Of
shoes here and YOU will save 2jc to 81 90
pair Buy all of your wintcr shoes now and
save the difference. Bring the whole family in
and VIC will fit them up while times are good
j. &. BURNS g. CO.
SPECIAL VALUES.
Special values in Ladies' Coat Suits Sport
Coats Long Dress Coats, Dress Skirts, Shirt
waists, House Dresses, Undcrskirts, Baby Caps
Sweater Goats, Underwear, Hosiery, Corscts
Ladies' Hats Everything TO wear
j. G. BURNS & co.
Tobacco, Cigars, Cigaretts Candy Chewing
Gum, School Tablets, Lead Pencils. Box Paper
and Envelopes, Bibles, Memo Books Shoe Pol
ish, Jcwclry, Watches. Clocks Is day. Guitars
Alarm Clocks, Notions and Racket Goods by
the thousands.
j. G. BURNS e. co.
MEMS OyERCOATS.
At under todays market prices. Buy now
and keep warm this winter. $1,000 to $500
j. G. BURNS e. co.
Two Big Stores in Laurens.
MILLINERY SALE THIS WEEK.
ladies fine Felt Hats .0Sc, Sl.4S. $1.9S
Drop in and get You new Fall Hat.
j. G. BURNS e. CO.
The place where thousands buy their Hats
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-12-19

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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13

as light to be handled, it will be some
days before the drug store gets thor
oughly Strengthened out in it's new
quarters. The soda fount and cigar
stand will not be moved from the To-
cation in the Suwanee block until the
latter part of the week.
Lewis Grocery Also Moves.
The G. C. Lewis Grocery is among
the new enterprises occupying the
new building The stock was moved
several days ago into the new quarters
from across The street in their former
location in. the Webb building, and
the business is now well established
in it's new place. The location also
gives considerably more floor space
to- this concern than it had in its for
mer location.
II. f. Corbett has established his
plumbing shop in the location yocated
by the Lewis Grocery in the Webb
building. improvements will be made
on the location and Mr.. Corbett will
install large stock of plumbing fix
lures and supplies
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
MERCHANTS OCCUPY
NDW BRICK BLOCK
LEWIS G. THOMPSON, STEAD'S
DRUG STORE AND LEWIS GRO
Gerry HAVE UP-To-DATE LoCA-
TIONS-CoRBETT LOCATES IN
THE WEBB BUILDING.

Lewis & Thompson have moved
their stock of merchandise into the
new Whipple & Mckenzie building,
their store fronting ON Seventh street,
almost directly in front of the store
room formerly occupied by them in
the Webb building They expect to
have the stock Strengthened out and
we'll displayed by the latter part of
the week The new location permits
great deal more floor and shelve
space than the concern had at its
former location, and consequently will
allow the stock to be shown off to
greater advantage.
Messrs. Lewis & Thompson will
make additions to their stock and will
also install new fixtures.
Stead's Drug Store on Corner.
The Suwanee Pharmacy, or Stead's
Drug Store, is moving this week to its
new location in the new Whipple &
Mckenzie building. The store room to
be occupied by this concern is stu
ated on the corner of Seventh street
and Ninth avenue, and the location
was arranged and constructed espe-
cially for this drug store. From a
standpoint of appearance and conven.
fence it successfully compares with
any other drug store in the city. Plate
glass show windows, tiled floors and
general up-to-date appearance are
provided.
With thousands Of articles to pack
and move, and heavy articles as well
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
CITY BOARD EDUCATION
ELECTS NEW TEACHERS
THREE TEACHERS FOR GRAMMAR
GRADES o'NEAL SCHOOL AND
TWO FOR NORTHERN HEIGHTS
SCHOOL CHOSEN AT TUESDAYS
MEETING.

The city board of education met
Tuesday afternoon in a special session
at which time an election of teachers
for the public school system to sue
coed teachers who resigned was held.
The elections complete the corps OF
teachers in both the O'Neal and the
Northern Heights school with the ex-
ception of a science teacher in the
former school to succeed Miss Morse,
who resigned to accept position in
the Albany schools.
The board voted to transfer Miss
Emma Hartley from the second grade
of the Northern Heights school to the
first grade of the O'Neal school, TO
take the place of Miss Annie White,
who resigned to accept position at
Fort Valley. ''''
Other teachers elected were as fol-
lows:
Miss Ruth Taylor of Thomasville,
second grade Northern Heights school.
The selection or MISS Mamie Clem-
ents for the fourth grade Northern
Heights school was ratified by the
board. This selection had been left
with Miss Annie Ault, principal of the
Northern Heights school.
Miss Agnes Seay Of Camilla, was
elected for third grade in the O'Neal
school to succeed Miss Elsie Monk,
who resigned to accept position in
her home town, Moultrie. Miss Lou
Use Powell of Monticello, was elected
to the fourth grade to succeed Miss
Eunice Roberts, resigned to accept
position in her home town.
Miss Mildred Fakes was reelected
to position as teacher of sight singing.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
POST Names OF
ALL Who REGISTER
ANY PARTY WHO KNOWS ,aNOTH.
Err BETWEEN THE ACES OF
Fl AND 81 WHO HAS NOT REG
IsTERED is REQUIRED TO RE-
PORT SAME TO COUNTY BOARD.

In compliance with government in
structions, j. A. Littlejohn, clerk OF
the Crisp county board of registra-
ton for the new draft law, has post
ed the names Of all men registered
in the county on a board al the court
house The names are posted sepa-
rately for the respective districts.
1t is required of all who know the
name of person within the specified
ages of Il and 81 who failed to reg
lister to report this matter to the
county board of registration, which
is composed Of Sheriff John Ward, Or
binary w. p Fleming, Clerk Superior
Court j. A. Littlejohn and County
Physician NJ. r. Smith.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
INVITATIONS FORWARDED
FOR POLICE CONVENTION
LOCAL COMMITTEE ON ARRANGE
MENTS URGED MORE THAN
FIVE HUNDRED OF THE BLUE
COATS TO CONCENTRATING
PLAN FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

More than five hundred invitations
of Police and Marshals to be held in
Cordele July Is and 10, were sent out
Tuesday by the local committee on ar
rangements, of which L. M. Sumner,
former chief of police of Cordele, is
chairman. Mr.. Sumner was originator
of the movement for the organization
of the chiefs of police and marshals,
which eliminated in the present as
sociation being perfected three years
ago. Chief of Police w. l.. Sheppard,
Mayor Jones and other prominent cit
liens are on the arrangement com
mittee.
Chief Sheppard has received re-
sponses from a number of the chiefs,
stating their intention of being pres
ent at the convention. The "blue
coats" will bring their wives, sisters
and sweethearts.
Among the plans for entertainment
is an old-fashioned barbecue and fish
fry at nearby resort. The visitors
will be given an autmobile trip to
some of the county's most progressive
farms where they will be entertained.
other excellent features are being pre-
pared.
So far as possible, invitations have
been sent to every police chief and
town marshal in the state, and if the
local committee has failed in extend
ing an invitation to some, it was an
oversight. All Of these officers in the
state are invited and expected to at
tend.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
CORDELE PARTY ON
A FISHING FROlIC
ABOUT FIFTY LEAVE TUESDAY
BY "JlTNEY ROUTE" FOR At
KINSON ON THE SATlLLA RIVER
AND WILL BE THERE FOR A
WEEK OR TEN DAYS.

One of the largest and most con
genial fishing parties from Cordele
this season, composed Of young and
middle-aged lnone of them old es.
pecially III spirit left Tuesday morn
ing early for Atkinson on the Satalla
river They went by the "jitney route
there being about fifty in the entire
party. The entire party are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. King, an
excellent couple who reside in one of
the most commodious and attractive
colonial homes of that section, for a
ten days camp. 4.,.t~ esr
Among those in the party were, Mr.
and Mrs. l.. A. Parker, Mr.. Parker's
sister, Mrs. Dean of Belmont, S. c.,
Miss Mary Parker, l.. A. and Edwin
Parker; Judge and Mrs. U. V. Whip
pie, Miss Alice Whipple and U. V.
Whipple, Jr; Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Can
con, Misses Lillian and Elizabeth Can
non, Master Joseph Cannon, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. l.. Robuck, Misses Evelyn
and Mildred Robuck, Masters Barn
we'll and Edwin Robuck, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. J. Hill, Miss Evelyn Hill, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Diffee, Miss Lucille Diffee,
Messrs. j. Slade and j. J. Williams,
Taylor Conrad McGougan, Allen
Churchwell, j. H. Fem, Cecil Jones,
Jim Ward, Carl Cannon, Fred Cults,
John Stroller. Miss Cortez Whitsett,
Mrs. A. l. Webb.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
CRISP DEFAULTERS
WILL Be HANDLED
COUNTY BOARD GETS INsTRuc-
TlONs TO SECURE COMPLETE
LIST OF ALL WHO FAILED TO
COMPLY WITH REGISTRATION
LAW-BOARD AT WORK.

The Crisp county board of registra
iton has received instructions from
Provost Marshal Crowder, Washing
ten, d. c., through Adjutant General
Van Holt Nash, Atlanta, that the Pc
rod of leniency towards those who
have failed to register has definitely
passed. Every sheriff, warden, deputy.
police officer and all officers and
agents Of the federal government are
instructed to use every effort to de-
tect and arrest persons subject to
re gistration who have failed or refus-
ed to register, and to bring each case
promptly to the attention of the near.
est representative of the department
of justice.
II there is man within the ages
fer registration who failed to regis
ter, he knows it, and vigorous and
effective enforcement of the penal
clauses of the selective service law
against those who failed or refused
to register will find that man. The
military department emphasized the
fact that ample notice and every OPP
portunity had already been given and
that no non-registrant can any lon
ger have an argument in his favor.
In cases where there is doubt about
the ages OF persons who have not reg
istered, there may be some record in
the county with reference to their
ages which record was made by those
every person. Data with reference to
ages may be obtained also from the
bureau of census at Washington.
There are porbably some who swore
that they were twenty-one in order to
get liquor from the express company
under the two-quart package law.
Such RECORDS as these will be used.
The registration in Crisp county
was nearly 200 more than the govern
ment estimate. 1t is interesting to
know that the number of men requir
ed from each state and county will
be in proportion to the government
estimate and not in proportion to the
registration.
The government estimate for Crisp
county was 1896. The registration
was $3.50. Added to this number will
be eight or ten whose cards came i'll
late but the board was given tele-
graphic instructions TO register them
regularly.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
COPPEDGE TRIAL
SET FOR JULY IS
WILL BE HELD BEFORE JUDGE
MATHEWS OF THE BIB SUPE-
lRoR coURT-coPPEDoE RE-
MOVED TO MACON ON "SHoO-
"FLY SUNDAY MORNING.

Local counsel in the case of the
state VS. T. d, Coppedge, charged with
criminal assault on young woman of
his city, have been notified that the
case is set for hearing in Bibb county
Henry 7. Mathews.
The Coppedge case was transferred
to Bibb county on change of venue
r. Crum of The Crisp superior court,
and Ccppedge was removed from the
local county Jail Sunday. He was taken
in custody of officers and carried to
Macon on the "shoo-fly" Sunday
morning.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
.PIERP0NT WILL
Deliver ADDRESS
SAVANNAH MAYOR COMES TO
HELP ENLIST INTEREST IN So
CIAL WELFARE WORk--MAYORS
OF NEARBY TOWNS TO HEAR
ADDRESS.

Mayor w. ]. Pierpont of Savannah
will speak at the court house at eight
o'clock Thursday evening. June 81. He
has not definitely announced his sub
ject but it will likely be municipal
Welfare" as he comes in the interest
of the welfare work just organized in
this city.
Mayor Jones has sent personal in
vitations to the mayors of fourteen
nearby towns and Judge Crum has
also written several personal letters
to his friends, in other counties urging
them to be present on this occasion.
The program and reception committee
to meet the mayor will be announced
in Sundays paper
Mayor Pierpont's letter to Miss Nc
Kinna in which he consents to come
is as follows:
Il appreciate very highly the lnvl-
tation to speak at the mass meeting
to be held in Cordele for the purpose
of awakening interest in social SER
vice work and the kind offer to have
the meeting on such night as would
best suit my convenience.
at would not be possible for me
to leave the city for this purpose the
coming week, but if Thursday night,
June 81, will be satisfactory to your
committee | will arrange to be with
you at that time"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
Haze You Bought Your Liberty Bond9

$50; Holsey Gilbert $50; John Gray
$50; s. L. Ryals $50; Mrs w. H. Lit
tie 500; c. A. Crowell $50; w. R. Bar
tee 500; A. s. Dennam $50; Theo Err
win $780, Herman lsaacs $50 VIM.
Greer $50 L. G. Booth $50; j. G.
Jones $50 l.. c. Averett $50; j. R.
Everett $100; Louis Miller 500; l..
Z. Fem $50; J. NJ. Witherington $50;
George Miller $500; G. E. Holmes $50;
j. f. Mccarthy $50; r. D. Minis 500;
A. e. Jackson $50; p. VanDeven-
der $50; F. L. Bartholomew $500;
Whipple & Mckenzie $1,000; j. M.
Diffee 5000; Cordele Electric Co.,
$1,000; Churchwell Bros $4,000 S. j.
Harrington $500 G. ID. Hartshorn $50;
r. A. Bland $50; H. B. Stinson 500;
A. Smith $50; O. o.. Bray $50; w. L.
Sheppard $50; A. H. Smith $50; A. l..
Macarthur 500; J. w. Sheppard $50;
Miss Louise Bercaw $50; W. F. Mar
kert $1,000; L. W. Newell 500; A. II.
Edwards 500; A. E. Jordan $50; H.
A. Harder $50; w. NJ. Jopling $780,
w. w. Miller $50; A. S. Miller $780,
Butler Ray $50; Mrs. India H. Carr
$50; j. W. Bivins $50; Lee Bridges
$50; Ike Perlis 500; L. Cohen $50;
]. w. Elliott $50; B. F. Sheppard Bro.
$500; Dekle Bros. $500; w. Fem 500;
S. ]. Culpepper 500; o. T. Cook $500;
W. H. Westbrook $3.50; j. T. West
brook $1,000; w. w. McCollum $500;
T. E. Bradley 5000; r. M. Cocker $50;
f. E. Fem $1,000; j H. Coin $50; w.
O Roberts $500; j. A. Lasseter $50;
J. S. Mckenzie $780, James Tiller
$50; S. c. Byrd $500; S. W. Hardin
$500; j. H. Brown $50; G.. E. Brown
$50; Sam Clegg $780, P. l.. Williams
500; |. G. Williams 500; d. ]. Will
liams $500; r. c. Boulware 500; e.
b. Mann $500; D. A. r. Crum 5000.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13

results. Those who have subscribed
feel that it is the only way that they
can effectively enlist and they do this
| to make it possible for their individual
l.. Bartholomew, J. M. Diffee, w. H.
Mckenzie and w. W. Espy comprise
this committee membership.
A dollar a week for fifty weeks
makes it possible for the individual
to own one of these L. s. bonds. 1t
is not a contribution to the war. but a
IL per cent loan to your government
and your security against the borrow
ed money is the best on earth. A Lib
erty Bond is not one whit different
from fifty dollar green back, except
that the bond earns interest for you
and the greenback will not if you put
it away among your papers. You get
your money back, the bond being re-
deemed in gold.
The American National Bank has
orders for above forty thousand dol
lars in the Liberty Bonds for its Gus
toners. The other banks are coming
along at a rapid clip and will be able
to place a creditable number. Mrs.
Max Land, regent Fort Early chapter,
D. A. r., with members Of this organ
ization, is working for interest in the
purchase of more bonds. This organi-
cation bought two fifty dollar bonds.
The local U. D. C.'s have likewise
taken two fifty-dollar bonds and are
working for a wider general interest.
The list of subscribers with the
business mems committee up to this
afternoon is as follows:
Heard Grocery Co. $1,000; Miss Jes-
sic Hughes $50; j. w. Brown $1O0; B..
A. Heard $780, S. F. Summers $50;
Oscar Summers $50; Tom Skinner
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
ANNUAL MEETING TO
CLOSE TOMORROW
ELDER w. 3. SCREWS, PREACH
ING AT PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH, ONE OF THE ABLEsT
PREACHERS IN DENOMINATION
IN THIS SECTION.

The annual meeting of the Cordele
Primitive Baptist church will come to
a close with the sermon tomorrow
night by Elder w. B. Screws, Of Clax-
ton. who has been doing the preaching
throughout the meeting There will
be preaching services tmorrow after
noon at $3.50 as we'll as at the even
ing hour.
The services have been more large
" attended than any annual meeting
held within recent years at this
church. Elder Screws is one of the
ablest preachers in the denomination
in Georgia or this section of country
He has been preaching powerful and
instructive sermons during the meet
ing here and has awakened an I'M
usual interest among the members
and friends of the church.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
BARN DESTROYED
LIGHTNING FIRE
DURING HEAVY RAIN TUESDAY
BARN ON p. S. BARBER PLACE
STRUCK-COW KILLED land
QUANTITY FEEDsTUFF DE.
STRoYED-FIREMEN SAVE GA
RAGE.

During the rain Tuesday afternoon
lightning struck barn at the home
place of p. s. Barber, just south of
the city, killing a COW and completely
destroying the barn together with a
quantity of corn, hay and other feed
stuffs. The loss is estimated at be-
tween $500 and 500.
An alarm was turned in to the fire
department, but the blaze was beyond
the section where a water supply is
available. The firemen, however,
saved a garage. adjacent to the
barn, from being destroyed by form
ing bucket brigade.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
TWO BROTHERS GIVE THE
POLICE DESPERATE FIGHT

Officers Estes and Hobbs OF the
police force had desperate fight Sun
day night with two young men, broth
ers, who had become involved in a
drunken brawl in which pistol shot
was fired on Wall street The officers
succeeded in locking the two men
in the city Jail after number of by
ISLANDERS had been deputized. The
brothers are out under BOND.
The officers state that mean brand
of liquor is being sold in Cordele, and
that they have some straight dope
as to the guilty parties who are put
ting it out among imbibers.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-06-13
FARMERS EXCHANGE
MAKES AN ADDITION
NEW PART TO WAREHOUSE
BUILDING CONSTRUCTED CT
ERlCk-WILL INSTALL MACHiH-
cry FOR PURPOSE OF re
CLEANING SEED.

Work was started several days ago
on an addition to the warehouse of
the Farmers Exchange on Fourteenth
avenue. The addition is being con-
structed of brick on the rear of the
building, and the dimensions of the
new part will be sixty by seventy
five feet.
Machinery will be installed in the
addition for the purpose of recleaning
velvet beans, wheat, oats and other
grains, thereby procuring the best
seed for planting. The work on the
building and the new machinery will
cost between $4,000 and $1,000.