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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31
ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR
TO BE HELD FRIDAY
Bio Event of Year Draws
Large Crowds.
FOOD EXHIBITS
TO BE STRESSED
Ladies' Department to he In the Court
House, Grated Exhibits on the
Court House Lawn and Halter EX-
hibitS on Railroad Lot.


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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31
Does Not Favor New Title OF Pershing

Does Not Favor New lltic oi ftrShihS
Washington, Oct. 23.-.Commcntms
on suggestions that the rank OF Ficsa
Marshall be created for General FER
shing as commander III chief OF me
American cXpclitionary forces, sec
rotary Baker said today he was not
disposed to propose tho chahsc' ''
indicated q feeling that the govern
mcnt should preserve the traditions Oh
the service which make tho rank oi
General the highest. If inc cXpcol-
tionary force eventually conSiS'S "'
stcvcral field armies cach propap'!
will be commanded by lieulenaNi
General. Secretary Baker said INC
question Of naming Lieutenant ven
erals was not now under consideration
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31
'After he leaves
his mothers arms

Mothers
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31
Notice to Kings Daughters.

The Kings daughters fancy work
committee request that all. articles be
sent to Mrs. Eugene liudgcns. Mrs.
DR. Christopher and Mrs. Willie An
derson by October 31st.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31
Change IN Bank Officials.

AT a recent meeting OF tho FARMERS
National Bank Mr. Clyde IT, Franks
was elected cashier to succeed MT.
Earl Owings. recently resigned. MT.
Franks has been bookkeepcr In the
hank for some time and has earned the
deserved promotion, His place as
bookkccper has been taken by Mr.. Joe
Nabors formerly at the freight sta-
ton. Mr.. Owngs has accepted piaco
on the staff of tho Palmetto Bank.
Cant and Mrs. w. X. Rchey are eX-
pectcd in INC city saturday to spend
the wc<h mi Rl.h rcstt'vos'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
Fed. Troops
Have Been Sent
| To The Scene
kHERIFFS OF FOUR COUNTIES
| AND HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS
SEARCH FOR THE OUTLAWS; !;
DRAFT TROUBLES REPORTED
IN SEVERAL STATES
iBY Associated Press. J

Oklahoma City, Aug. 4 i-Reports
kceived by the railroads indicate
krredations attributed to draft
kgisters continued last night The
Ridge of the Missouri, Oklahoma
La Gulf railroad at Calvin. clghty
lies south of Muskogee, was
3rned and another of the Missouri,
knsas and Texas between Konawa
h Maud was burned The after
|dge was twenty miles from the
b. From Francis, Okla, comes the
bort that the Missouri, Kansas and
kas bridge at Tyrola was burned
h night. Sheriffs of at least four
mites and hundreds of men
rching for several of the bands
The disturbed area about one
bdred by ninety miles. Ihe
pgraphy is rough and is inhabited
tenant whites. negroes. hal1'
EDS and Indians 1t is reported
were forty shots EXCHANGED in
btoc county but no one was hurt
National Guards cavalry lef'
Noka for the troubled district
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
RAILROAD BRIDGES. BURNED
| IN OKLA. BY NET RESISTING
DRAFT; Will Be DEALT
WITH SEVERELY BY GOVT
STARTING FIRE WITHOUT
MATCHES-TTS EASY To DO

Port Royal, S. c., Aug. Allow
to light fire without matches is an
important part of the training given
to United States Marines at his sta
ton. The primitive flint and steel
used long ago by our forefathers,
and the old wood friction method
borrowed from the Indians, have
teen revived, so that the sea soldiers
may dispense with matches when
dampness renders them useless.
L. S. Marines in the tropics can
start a fire almost instantly bu using
a hollow piece of bamboo. This is
done by Sitting the bamboo, strffing
ii with dry moss, and drawing stick
to and fro across it as a violinist
uses his bow. These resourceful
worldwide soldiers are expecting to
find a substitute for the useful BAN
boo in France.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04

rather than have their paper ue
laved any longer in reaching their
MANY readers, compromised the mat
ter ,esaerday, and after PERMISSION
boa been wired from washington
Withdrew their paper from the MS
s,mmee postoffice, and put !ars'
x,-co at work cutting out the on-
iectionable matter and remaining,
This affair and endeavoring to avolc
DELAY has been rather costly
kissimmee and osceoIa county are
patriotic to the core Already its
full quota of men are ehiis'eu'
trained and under arms, impatientis
awaiting the summons to embark Ioi
France and fight. Only one othei
county in the State can boast thH
proud distinction. And when tnes'
Crackers" get started. Kaiser bii
had best take TO the woods
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
CATS WON'T RECOG
NlZE CAPTAIN TALLAHASSEE
-. COMPANY ELECTED

Tallahassee, Aug 1 Insurgents
in the Tallahassee military company.
in number, have "elect-
ed new officers of the company and
yesterday presented them to Gov
ernor Cats and asked him to issue
them commissions John ID. Hopkins
was named captain; w. W. Wright,
first lieutenant and II. Clay Craw-
ford, Jr., second lieutenant
Governor Cats informed Secretary
BATTLES, who delivered the record OF
meeting to the chief executive, that
he would not recognize the election.
that the adjutant general and col
onfl of the regiment had placed
Captain Cats at the head of tho com
pany and that he would stand by
them The meeting was held yester-
day afternoon at the farm of Sen
ator Wells
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
Russians
Drive Back
The Germans
ARE VIGOROUSLY FIGHTING THE
ENEMY IN ONE SECTOR. BUT
NEAR DNEISTER THEY ARE
CONTINUING TO RETREAT
(By Associated Press. }

While there has been no moro
Anglo-Frenqh smashing tactics with
the continued bad weather in
Flanders, incessant pressure against
the German lines is telling in further
yielding ground. The British have
agan established themselves n the
village of St. Julian, which was lost
in a counter attack after a big drive
Tuesday Last night the French
made further progress west Of Ca
daret of Kortekeer
On the Arras front the British
renewed their grip on the old line by
taking positions the Germans cap
tured Thursday at Infantry Hill.
The Russians are fighting the ad-
vancing Teutons near the Galacian
border and in Bukowina, according
to PetrOgrad reports. They have
driven back the Germans who had
crossed the Zbrocz A battle is re-
ported raging near Kinpolung but
the Russians are still retreating be-
tween Dneister and Pruth. The Car
patnian retreat is menacing the Rus
f sian front
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
MUCH Of RUSSIA'S
TROUBLES DUE
TO RUSSIANS
WHO NATORAL|zFD
AS AMERICANS
(By Associated Press.)

Pacific Port, Aug 4.-Much of
II ussia's troubles since the revolu-
tlon are due to Russians naturalized
as Americans who hase returned to
spread the propaganda according to
Charles Edward Russell. member
of the American mission which ar
rived last night Elihu Root it's
head, declined 10 comment except to
say they were received Hospitality.
Russell said that Germany is carry
ing on propaganda that is ceaseless
but naturalized Americans are say
ing America has entered the war for
sordiG reasons for the most part.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
kernment to Check Troubles at
Once
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug 4 Persons re-
hg the draft law whether IN OK
ma or elsewhere, will be aough'
run down and brought Eefor"
proper authorities no matter at
cost, the department. OF justice
Ills announced. Provost Marshall
raj Crowder and Assistant AZ
" General Fits conferred at
h as to steps to check anti-dralt
kors in North Carolina, Georgia
Iona and other localities
leral troops may be sell 10
the anti-draft demonstrations.
s discussed at this morning
|ence and a probable deflsph
be reached within twenty-iouf
officials believe it hardly
they will be sent until IT pc
apparent that the civil author
be unable to cope with the sit
The intention is to dea'
and severely
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
shall | do?

shall | do?
Nothing at all about it for the
time being. The board will try and
get it's quota out of the first call. II
II does not succeed it will call more.
1t will post a new list and if you are
Included this time it will notify you
both thru the newspapers and by
mail
Is | am way down near the bot
tom of the whole list and way outside
the first call But a friend insists
that il ever expect to claim exemp-
tion | have got to do 1t now.
Friend is wrong. Your case is not
before the board at all and won't be
until it reaches you in subsequent
quotas or drafts. You can't file q
claim for exemption that the board
will recognize until it officially calls
you by posting your number. All the
numbers are drawn to determine the
order so as to be able to notify all
approximately when they will be
needed by the government so they
can make plans accordingly. IL you
are near the bottom of the whole list,
i. will take a long. long war to reach
, you.
l6. | am out of my home city tenn.
/ pcrarily and was drawn. What can
do?
Find out first that you were drawn
for sure in the first call and then ash
the local board to transfer your cast
t to the city in which you are now 10
:, Gated. Then appear before tha
/ board the same as if you were home
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
CAMP GORDON TO
BE A GREAT CITY

Atlanta. Ga, Aug 4.;Camp cor
don is the name applied to the great
military cantonment north OF Atlah-
70 where $4,000 to 10000 men oil
the selective army are to be traiheo
for service on the firing inc III
France
II will be a city in itself with prac-
+icauv every up-to-date convenience
os the modern city Its popuiatioi'
will be equal to the white adul.
male population of Atlanta ~ VIII
hovo Southern Bell Telephone ex
change as large as any exchahse ~
Atlanta and will have men for teie
phone operators, the members OF the
signal corps having been pressed III
tc service for this work
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
MEETING
HELD AT K1SSIMMEE

mmee. Fla. Aug. 4-The dove
|e has once more silently
her wings and quietly ncstled
br a while, at least, in TINS
kity. The old, rusty mnsket
kin been replaced on its ac-
b hook over the fireplace. and
weet, gentle peace-once
dgns supreme.
Meeting scheduled for Wed
night at the bandstand on
", in the heart of tho CITY,
Alleged purpose of consider
question of petitioning Con-
repeal the conscription law
materialize. The vicinity
- and dreary, deserted save
~ curious ones.
aders, yielding to argumeni
b m almost universal sentl
1--we indefinitely, if not per-
~ postponed any such meet
blishers of the Valley Ga
- of the most patriotic pa
Z - south, whose publication
|1[ up at the local postoffic'
~ Ueek for alleged publishing
- natter, as printed in thes'
- last Monday afternoon
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04

probably would rule that your family |
could live off the income from your
Investments and you could go as
soldier. The mere fact that you are
married doesn't count.
TO- We are just back from our
honeymoon My husbands number
was at the head of the list. Does
he have to serve? | have seen stO-
ries in the newspapers that anybody
who married after the war was de-
clared would not be exempted be-
cause they should not have married.
The fact that you have been mar
red since war was declared or even
since the conscription law was passed
dosn't effect your status at all.
There was warning against slack
crs" who were marrying to evade
service, but there never was an Offic-
ial order the local board isn't con-
Scerned about the date of your mar
riage if you are solely dependent on
your husband for support. II so he
can file his claim for exemption, and
the board will pass on it. That holds
true of persons married up to the
date notice of call is given. What
ever may be the local boards per-
sonal opinion as to your husbands s
marrying you, possibly to escape mil
itary service, it will decide the cas-
solely on the question of actual de
pendency.
II. My wife and | have to make q
lot of hurry-up arrangements II | an
taken for service When will know
if | am accepted or have been reject
ed or given an exemption?
The local board will decide ever!
/ claim in three days after you have
! filed your affidavits claiming exemp
ton. If you are rejected because o
T physical disability you will get Gel
tificate telling you just what to dc
. On exemption claims, if the govern
t ment believes you have been excuse
Y without reason, it will appeal you
{? case to the district board. That boar
d has power to take your exempuo
I. certificate away from you. You ais
4 have a right to appeal
e IL am engaged in work | b.
: lieve more essential to the govern
s ment than service i'm the army. Whi
II shall | do?
g. You just appear before the loc'
4. board and go through all the proce'
IT there on the day notified the san
m as if you didn't expect to get an
1t dustrial exemption. If you are &c
s. tilted to the district board as qualifi'
It for service. then you will get noti
ir of it by mail You then have fl
IN davs in which to send an industri
,n appeal You can get blanks from Z
local board for all this.
II 13.-Will | have a chance to wo
an up to a commission in the natior
an army?
x You will Every opportunity "
be afforded you to do so.
SIS IA. My number wasn't in the fl
mt call. but is only few numbers aw
ey according to the newspapers. WI
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04

Brandford Products Company is
the name of a new corporation or
ganized at Brandford by some of the
leading business men of that good
town. the principal business of which
will be the grain warehouse and the
of fruit and vegetable
canning factory.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
Questions About The Draft
Answered; Many Matters
Made Clear By Provost Gen.

IN this issue Of the Telegram, on
pages 9, 4 and 8, appear the drat'
list in full of those who are called
first, and the days on which each are
to report Notices have already been
r,aied to each man drafted, giving
him the exact hour and day on which
he is to report at the court house in
Barlow
A change has been found ne yes-
sary in the personnel of the board
because DIT. Cecil Wilson was with
in the age limit and therefore could
not serve. In his stead DR.. J M.
Oglesby, Of Barlow, has meen named
and will be assisted by DR.. J. F. Will
son of Lakeland. DR.. O. B. Lewis of
Fort Meade, DR., r. e. Ackley and
DR.. J. A. Garrard of Barlow, and per
haps others may assist.
Here are sixteen questions selected
from among the hundreds of inquir-
les relating to the draft received at
the Provost Marshalls Offices and
their answers If you are seeking
information about your own particu
lar case perhaps you can find II
among the answers to these ques
tions:
l. | was among the first drawn
What shall now do?
Your local board will receive the
official list of numbers soon They
will Immediately post the official lis
and will mail you notice at the ad
dress given on your registration card
telling you the day and place to re
port for physical examination. How
ever, the official posting of the motto
is sufficient, and should your mai
containing your notice go astray tha
isn't the governments fault.
2. Will all the men taken in tn
first call appear the same day?
No. The regulations instruct tn
local boards to divide the list rougl
. ly in thirds, telling the first third
:, report five days after the notice
mailed out; the second third on tn
sixth day after the notices were sci
u and the last third on the sevent
day That is to avoid compelling a
{ to stand around several days waitin
: their turn. Each notice will tell ii
young men the hour to report.
> 3-What if am sick and can
j.. come on the day and hour set?
, You are supposed to come at tn
=, time if it is humanity possible to {
!, So However, you have ten days
ter the official list is posted at yo
district to report for examination.
you haven't reported then. the &c
ernment agents will begin inquiri
., after you.
- Al am near the top of the l
and certain to be drawn. Can | nj
enlist in the army or navy?
Us Yes. You can enlist in any bran
u, of the service you desire up until
.iy last day the official list of numbC
or called is posted in your district.
er erything is timed by the day that
MS tice is posted, not when you get "
sse notice by mail. After that notice
ill posted that you are called. it is
late to enlist Roughly you have |
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
ALL MERCHANT
VESSELS NOW
Being BUILT
RfQUISIiI0NED
BY THE Govt
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Aug. 4.-The Emer-
sency Fleet corporation has reGuis-
toned all merchant vessels of more
than twenty-five hundred tons now
in the American yards
Double and triple shifts are being g
put en- to speed construction
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04

than weeks time in which to enlist
possibly only four or five days, if
you intend to choose the branch of
service you desire to enter by enlist
ing.
s. After am in the selected or
national army can choose the
branch of service want to go in?
No. positively An opportunity
will be afforded you to express
choice and the government will he
guided by that as far as possible, but
the final disposition is left to the
government 1t will place you in the
branch of service it believes you best
fitted for.
g. | have wife and two boys. |
was near the top of the list and have
to claim an exemption. How do |
go about 1t?
In that event you had better watch
the newspapers pretty closely and
see when your local board officially
posts the list of numbers for your
district Go and examine it to see
for yourself that you are called, al
though you also get notice by mail.
You have seven days after that list is
posted to notify the board OF your
exemption. You can get copy oi
the blank from the board to fill out
After you have filed this claim you
! have ten days more to get the affida
Wits filled out and presented that
are required Blank affidavits may bt
with instructions You don't need {
lawyer
: Z. | intend to claim exemption. d.
: have to report for physical exami
! nation on the day set in the motto,
t ! will get?
You certainly do. You must re
e port for physical examination jus
the same as if you haven't claime
e exemption. For that matter you ca
/. file your claim for exemption then
o il is convenient
S 8. My husband is drawn for tn
e army He is my only support. bu
It he says he won't disgrace himself
h claiming exemption. What can ! dc
II Your husband does not understan
g the spirit and intention of the Law
e Nevertheless, you can get copy {
the form from the board and file tn
t claim for exemption and get the ne
essary affdavits filled out. regardle'
at of your husband The board vi
10 then pass on the facts of your hu
f. bands case independent of his fet
IT ings i'm the matter The governme
If goes still further to protect you fro
" undue hardship and absolute wa
1g that would be occasioned if your hi
band were taken into the army.
st provides that a third party or yo
Nv neighbors can claim the exempti
and the local boards then will pass
eh the facts.
he 9. | have a wife and two children
RS work every day. although ] have
~ income from investments that c
10 support them Am | subject 20 {
,ur emption?
is The local board will have to p;
too on the facts and determine them,
ess under the regulations laid down, u
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
LARGE SHIP
'""'' Goes Gf ASHORE
OFF HALIFAX
(By Associated Press.)

Halifax. Aug IA large steam
or ran ashore off here this morning
in a dense fog The censor has no.
announced it's name 1t is the secoho
large steamer to ground on hei'
within a week.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
LLOYD GEORGE
DECLARES ALLIES
VICTORY MUST
Be COMPLETE
(By Associated Press.)

London, Aug. 4-'Vi3tory must
be so complete that our national I'D
ar,y shall never again be chal-
lenged,' premier Lloyd-George SAID
in his war anniversary speech
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
23l MEN ARE
ENTONbED IN
NINE AT
CLAY, Ky.
(By Associated Press.)

Clay, KY, Aug. Am explosion
of a mine of the West Kentucky Coal
company occurred here. 1t Is re-
ported to have entombed 23l men
mostly negroes who have been res
cued Many were badly burned
Smoke is coming from the mine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04
GERMANS YIELDING GROUND
TO THE british; LATTER
GAINING new GROUND
AND RECA|N|NC positions
SAVINGS BANKS PROSPEROUS
(By Associated Press.

Paris, Aug. 4.--Savings bank de-
drawals Balances to the credit of
depositors have increased more than
seventy million francs since the first
OF the year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-08-04

One demonstration plot of corn in
Gadsden County gives promise of a
yield of one hundred bushels to the
acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-24
FARMERS FOLLOW
The Statesmen
Druggists, by Keeping List Of Hog
Remedy Users in Vicinity, Make
Plan Possible.

TN the fall, when the Virginia far
mers set through with the busiest sea-
son, bunch OF them are going to be
asked to come out and stage some real
demonstrations Of the remedy which
they are so skilled in using" according
to Mr.. c. ]. Mains, one Of the several
Virginia gentlemen now here arrang-
ing for the distribution OF the Virginian
Anti Choleric Hog Remedy. about which
so much is being said these days.
These chaps. all users OF the rem
edy on their own farms, can teach a
lot of tricks about sanitation, quaran-
tine, feeding and narrowing. fattening
and keeping, and they at the same time
when pulling of this vacation stunt.
keep their eyes peeled for new ideas
themselves.
II have known Of some going into
a section literally alive with cholera
and with hogs dying like rats in trap
from sickness. and through little tricks
OF getting this remedy down the Threats
or hogs too sick to eat or stand. they
put them back on their feet. It is
a JOY to watch them work, and I only
wish they could come out sooner"
Virginian Anti Choleric Hog Remedy
is sold only through Mcbride & Will
drug store, Marshalltown: Ackley. Roth
Drug Co.; Alden, Ries Bros; Eldora.
~. D. Reed; Faulkner. F. w. Dentel;
Geneva, G. M. Lambert: Gilman, s.
Gregg; Giadbrook, H. Ciausen; Hamp
ton. C. H. Welty; Iowa Falls. Il. e. Ro-
maine: Tama. J. Bohacek.