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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-07-04
LAND SALE.
State Of South Carolina,
County OF LaurcnS.
IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Annie Davis, ct al, Plaintiffs.
against
Dorroh Davis, ct al, Defendants
Pursuant TO Il decree OF the Court
in the above stated case, | will we'll
der at Laurens, c. H.. S. c.. on sales
day in August next. being Monday the
9th day of the month. during tho legal
hours for such sales the following de-
Scribcd property. TO wit
All that certain lot, piece or parcel
of land situate, lying and being in the
City of Laurcns, County and state
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-07-04


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drawers, Hperlal .... ....... 4oc
Athlete Summer undUwcar, Shirts
and Drawers ~. . Csc and 45c
Mems Union Suits special 69c and CSC
700 yards fancy Lawns for summer
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Special Table Of Remnants -Pcrcalrs.
Lawns, Bleaching Calico, Cling
hams short lengths, , to yard
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Special June Sale Of Mems Knit IN
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Special lot Mems Palm Beach Suits
at . ..,. .. .... .$5 90 TO 81 SO
Get your summer suit now and enjoy
life
1900 pairs cNln' Pants going at $125
SLAB up TO S438. Old time prices
while they last
Special June sale Of Men s Straw Hats
at .... KILL. 25c, 48c, 98c, $15O, 81 SO
Panama Hats 1871. ST. to Sd .95
Now is the time TO buy your hcadwcar.
June sale Of Millinery special lot Ia
dies Hats. fine shapes. your choice 98c
These Mats are the latest creation
and are special values
Ladies' Hats . .... I'LL. 81 48 to $2,98
Special sale Of SILK Ribbons at1Oc, 15c
ana .... .,.. ... . -. 25c
BIG line TO select from
Mems Dress Shirts special values, get
en- while they are hot 39c, 48c, Csc,
Mons f'onr-n-Iland Tics 1oc, Csc and 45c
Special lot Mems Odd Coats. light,
cool Coats for summer, gong at Red
lOt Juno prjccS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
"CUT 1T OUT"
From the Cochran Journal.

We notice from the metropolitan papers
and magazines and from administration
sources that the war slogan has been COM
pleteIy changed. Our original understanding
was That we went to war with Germany be-
cause she had denied us the free, use of the
sea, and repeatedly murdered our men, wo-
men and children and destroyed our proper
ty. Now we are told that we are fighting
for democracy against autocracy In other
words, we are fighting to give the German
people the same form of government that
we have, and to destroy the autocratic gov
eminent of Germany that it may cease to
De menace to democracy and freedom
throughout the world.
To lose sight of the real cause of the war
and to create the impression that we are
hghtlng to democratize the world is a great
national blunder It may be lofty idealism
but it does not appeal to the average man
Tell him that Germany has run 'amuck: -
that she has murdered by the hundreds our
men, women and children indiscriminateIv
without cause, destroyed our property, vio-
lated all international laws, and like mid
night assassin, creeping noiselessly in the
dark to plunge a dagger into the back of
ms victim, the Internal submarine the most
dlsreputable instrument of war that has ever
been invented by man, creeps up under COW
er OF the sea and sinks without warning
Kills without conjunction and disappears
INT an eNIA SplrC from Cne dungeons of hell
Tell him that Germany, the first great now
er that has ever discarded every vestige of
civilized warfare and international obliga-
ton, for fifty years has been teaching her
people that might is right and preparing
them accordingly. Tell him that the wild and
extravaganza desire of the bloody kaiser for
world power included America in his itir-
erary. and that he was about to Law his un-
holy hands upon this great but unprepared
republic when Austria Hungary declared
war against Serbia
Away with this idea that we are fighting
for democracy against autocracy, or even
with France because they helped us out a
hundred and forty years ago We did not
pay them back in 1870 and we are not nav
ing them back now. Show Georgia Crack
er" that he is fighting for home and native
land individual honor and national integri-
~; that it is up to him to help preserve the
life and liberty Of the republic. and he will
shoulder gun and march into the very laws
- nell If necessary. Away with this dem
ocracy against autocracy business; it doesn't
appeal to him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
MINIMUM WHEAT PRICES.

Generally speaking the growers will be
pleased and the consumers dubious over the
fixing, in the food control bill, a minimum
price of So bushel for wheat What the
masses are interested in and had a right to
expect, if the matter of prices was to be dealt
with at all, was reasonable maximum price
and not high minimum price. But, as usual,
the consumer was ''lost in the shuttle" in the
passage of measure ostensibly for his pro-
lection.
The fixing of the minimum price of 50 was
clearly due to desire to placate the North
ern farmer. If the course of the senate is
GOncurred in by the house, as seems likely,
the logical result will be the stimulation of
wheat production next year, with assurance
of profitable return for next years crop
regardless of what may happen.
If the price fixed gives the grower the ad-
vantage as compared with the consumer
the consumer may solace himself with the
reflection that flour at high price is prefer
able to no -four at ALL
If the government regulation of wheat is
restricted to fixing a minimum price there
will be no assurance that the quotations will
not go we'll above that figure, and in all
probability will.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
DESPISE NOT THE PEANUT.

According to some gentleman, who has
looked into the matter and thinks he speaks
with authority, the prospective crop of pea
nuts in the South this year is seventy mil
lion bushels. This will be about twenty
quarts for every man, woman and child
white, black and Indian-in the entire coun-
try.
In Texas 100000 acres have been planted
to peanuts, and Georgia is second with 42O,-
600 acres. Here in Southwest Georgia the
crop is very promising, and will soon be on
the market
In 1914 the United States imported L.
332,1O8 gallons of peanut oil and 44,549,-
7S9 pounds of nuts. These importations
went mostly to Chicago, and were used in
the manufacture of oleomargarine and soap.
The oil brought more than cotton seed OIL
One manufacturer of peanut butter last
year worked up 200 carloads of shelled nuts
into his product
Prices will be unusually high this year be-
cause of war conditions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
A SERIOUS SITUATION.

1t is not pleasant admission, but the
truth seems to be that the German under
sea boats are destroying more ships every
month than most of us have been thinking.
In telegram to the New York Herald Mr.
Grasty, staff correspondent, says it is ad-
mitted by the British authorities that the
u-boats are destroying tonnage every month
to the amount of 1,650,OOO tons gross He
says that not half that amount of new ton
mage can be built in a month to replace the
ships destroyed. He goes further and says
that if the allies are to win the war some
way must be found to put the U-boats out
of business, and that soon. Obviously, the
situation is serious, and the American peo-
pie need to be aroused to the gravity of the
task ahead of us
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
THE NEVER ENDING CYCLE.

In every sense of the word summer is at
last here 1t came quite slowly, finding it's
way through an array of dismal spring
storms and cold waves. And soon the days
will begin to reveal a noticeable shortening,
and almost before we know it we shall ar.
rive at the gate of autumn
Thus do the seasons come and 90. The
close of one marks the beginning of an
other in cycle that never ends. The weeks
and months and years which we look for.
ward to, desiring their arrival and depart
ure, finally bring US to old age with all its
aches and pains-the long winter from
which the world has no lasting relief.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

And now we are having little by
play between those old rivals, Hoke Smith
and Clark Howell. Hoke reminds Clark of
that historic occasion when he took dare
to run for governor, and Clark hastens to
make another-that Hoke resign from the
senate and run for vindication Not being
as accommodating as on former occasion
the senator firmly refuses to entertain the
proposition. Time changes men and issues,
and stranger things have happened than an
other contest between these two old antag-
onists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
The Upkeep of Roads.
From the Dalton, Cissxe0.

Many road officials seem to believe
the building of a good road completes
the job. This fault is especially true in
the management of sand4clay and earth
roads.
If we are to have the most miles of
the best roads for the money we spend
we must learn, as the Farm and Fire
side says in discussing this important
matter, that the principle expressed in
the old adage, "a stitch in time saves
nlne," applies TO roads as well as to
other human affairs even the most su-
perticial road observers will not deny
this truth.
However, when the, public protests or,
crIticises or offers suggestions it too
often hanks back to, little piles of mend
ing material at intervals along the road
side instead of using the drag to do the.
work The drag makes unnecessary the
handy piles of material, for it gathers
as it goes along the material needed for
the patching. The drag is easily the
more efficient in addition to being the
more economical procedure for main
tenance.-Dawson News.
The drag of course is essential to roa,
but on the other hand tber
are other essentials. There are times an,
conditions when a drag will not do the work
when 1t is necessary to use scarifier an
roller. In this county now are some road
where few men in few days with a scar
fer and roller, intelligently directed, conf
put in first class shape several miles of roa
that is now almost worthless, so infeste
with sharp stones is it. Such roads are de-
structive to all kinds of vehicles that travf
over them, and if not repaired soon will
in as bad condition as before they were orie
inally improved. e
Good roads are economic necessities hr
they can't be built and maintained win
proper and adequate machinery. When IN
is obtained, and the lesson of how to bn;j
and maintain them is learned, then we WI
nave traversable roads twelve months yes
at no more expense than we now have 4
che roads which wear out faster than the
are built. '''e
There is no more important question b.
lore our people today than that of roa
building and road maintenance-far -
great and important to become in any eve,
messed up with pestiferous politics. ~
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
POLITICAL CAPTAINS.

1t is said that great pressure is being
brought to bear upon the war department
at Washington to appoint colonies and ma
5ors from civil life, to command the newly
organized army, without such appointees
having taken a course of training at any of
the military training camps. In other words,
such appointments are urged for political
reasons, and not on military merit When
the government training camps were insti-
tuted the government made a pledge that
officers for the national army should, with
out exception or favoritism, be selected on
the basis of merit as demonstrated by three
months training under the observation of
regular army experts. The excuse is that
the training camp was for commands under
the grade of major, and the politicians have
taken advantage of the alleged limitation tc
urge the claims of themselves and theil
friends 1t is to be hoped that the politician
Will be ignored, and that the trained appli
cants who have been willing to work 70,
eheir commissions, and who may have showI
merit and capacity, will not be set aside t,
crafty the ambitions of those who are look
ing Tor quick title and fat salary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
SPENDING THE MONEY.

From the Savannah Press.
'The Georgia Legislature Spent $3.50
to Save $4O,' is a newspaper headline.
Wrong. 1t didn't cost Georgia a cent.
Georgia would have had to pay the
$3.50, anyway; and the probability is
the time of the legislature would have
been spent at something less profitable
than saving $40.-Dawson News
Of course, with Rainey sitting up sO
close to the legislature he knows whether
it is frittering away the peoples money OF
not, but we believe his logic in this instance
is sound.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
GEORGIA BISCUITS.

Our new flour mill continues to turn
out good -four. Only a small acreage
was planted in wheat last fall, but it is
safe bet that there will be plenty of
wheat planted on every farm this fall
We are fast learning the good sense of
raising what we need to eat even if cot
ton does bring twenty-five cents a
pound.-Ocilla Star
Wherefore, Editor Sutlive, of the Savan-
nah Press, is reminded of the good old days
when he did chores and lived like a king on
farm, and he exclaims: "There is nothing
that beats Georgia biscuits, made of Geor-
gia wheat, prepared by a Georgia woman,
cooked in Georgia stove and spread with
Georgia butter; they are a treat fit for a
king. When we think of those Western fell
lows who talk about eating alfalfa biscuits
we feel sorry for them"
Don't youfi though? Terrell farmers have
been growing much wheat for several
years, and the crop this year, in point of
acreage and yield, was the largest in the
history of the county. The editor today ate
at dinner as good biscuit as ever tickled
the palate of any person that was made
of flour from Terrell county wheat that was
ground by Terrell county mill in 1915
and kept in a 50-pound sealed can.
Come up to Dawson, Sutlive, and have
with US real biscuit buttered with the prod
1ct of Jersey cow, and also country ham,
specked gravy and hot corn hoecake.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

An advertisement on this page announces
that the fall term of the Third District Agri-
cultural and Mechanical school will open on
September 3rd. Professor J. NJ Collum has
been principal of this school since it's es-
tablishment ten years ago, and under his
wise management it has, perhaps, been the
most successful of all the district schools.
It's usefulness has steadily increased
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

You might have thought the president
could not find a solution that would please
both Goethals and Denman, but he did. Goe-
thals is delighted to see the slids under Den
man, and Denman is tickled to death to see
Goethals shooting the chutes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

Between President Wilson and members
of the senate and house there is one serious
difference of opinion. The president holds
that single man can be held to greater
responsibility than three men on a commits
sion can be. He would have food director,
and his opponents food commission Die
tatorship or beaurocracy is the issue. Eth
er is bad enough
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
THE BEST IN GEORGIA.

From the Christian Advocate.
Rev. T. B. Stanford, our pastor at Daw-
son, reports church affairs as doing well in
his charge. He says that he has about the
best appointment in Georgia. statement
we are not disposed to question-and his
people say they have about the most efficient
pastor in Southern Methodism He adds,
"aIl the boys down here are busy, and for
the most part happy in their work.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

Cheer up! The navy, or the navy's press
agent, or somebody is still on the Job. An
unnamed American steamer which arrived
at an unnamed port at date which is not
given reports that it may have sunk an I'M
identified submarine in unnamed waters un-
der circumstances that cannot at this time
be revealed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

Automobile wrecks with their manned vic
tins and deaths are everyday occurrences
The speed devil who tries to out run the
train is responsible for many of the acct
dents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

If any of the boys whose names were
lrawn in the 10000 block, for instance, feel
too keenly the humiliation of having so
many others chosen before them they car
steal march on the cOcky bunch up al
the top by calling on the nearest recruiting
officers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

Hogs and cattle raised by Southwest
Georgia farmers have been shipped to pack
ing house centers and the meat sent back
A piece of bacon is sold to the farmer at
40 cents pound which he sold in the hog
for Is cents. Something is wrong with that
system.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

An electrician who was asked why a door
bell battery would not produce light replied
that it takes 500 times as much power to
produce light as it does to make noise.
Which affords very apt basis for the com
parison of some Georgia politicians and
newspapers
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

A few weeks ago the question, "Aren't
we going to have any summer" was COM
mon, but now, when the thermometer has
been registering around the 100 mark, the
old greeting, ''Is it hot enough for your" is
in vogue again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
REAL WAR ECONOMY.

From the Fort Gaines Georgian.
To ''give until it hurts" won't do with
some people. They are awfully easy
hurt.-Dawson News.
That's saying mouthfuI in the shortest
possible time and with the least expenditure
of words.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

With the gentleman from Bibb the hon
orable Hall, sitting on the lid of the states
money box as chairman of the appropria-
tions committee there is fear and trepida-
ton on the part of certain institutions and
interests that they will not be able to grab
as big bunch of the peoples ''long green"
as heretofore.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

All the merchant shipping will be sunk,
at the present rate, in forty-five months, ac-
cording to the Bremen Weser Zeitung. All!
Then England is not to be starved to death
by September, after all.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

If you are pining for real thrill and
can no longer get any excitement out of
rocking the boat or lodging automobiles
you still have the opportunity to go to the
European trenches
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

1t is to be hoped the Germans will con-
form to the sportman's code, and under no
circumstances advance farther than the Rus
sian line as it stood before Kerensky start
ed things
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

1t is not of record that any flags wer'
hung out in Berlin in observance of the be
ginning of the fourth year of the great war
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

With those income tax requirements il
view the hired man of the future may have
to be a bookkeeper as we'll as worker.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

Will an embargo on cotton exports to neu-
trail countries have the effect of depressing
the price of cotton? That is what is fear
ed by some growers and cotton men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

The Georgian who is seen returning from
Jacksonville with an extra heavy grip" lays
himself liable to suspicion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

A Canadian polygamist has been sentenc-
ed to service at the front line where his reg
iment next goes into action. But why should
a polygamist mind that?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

The Savannah Press thinks the legislature
is frittering away time Well, let 'em frit-
ter. 1t is harmless pastime, and it's doing
the state good service in not passing unnec-
essary laws.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

Not all the eyes of the world are upon
Europe. Quite a few optics are watching
the chickens that frequent Whitehall street
In Atlanta.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

Won't the 1917 picture of the thin grand
mother in overaIls look cute?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

Whether 96 in the shade seems high or
not depends on whether it comes after 100
or 80.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

1t is rare that Terrell county cotton does
not get the kind of weather it needs be-
fore John Frost gets in from the North.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

The consumer looks at that So wheat
through the business end of the opera glass,
while the producer uses the instrument
with the lenses reversed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

The man who asserts he does not believe
in advertising is usually the most ingeni-
Gus in inventing schemes to get it for moth
ing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07
RATHER PLEASING

From the Savannah Press
Graves Station, Ca, reports farmers SELL
ing their cotton now for future deIiverv d.
twenty-five cents pound Then the outloo
is anything but grave
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-07

For the second time during the war the
Russians are out to win a Marathon cham
pionship.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-03
10000 SOLDIERS TAKEN
PRISONER BY RUSSIANS

Petrograd, July british Admiralty
per Wireless Press, via London) -
The official announcement today
reads as follows
Western (Russian) front: In the
direction of Kovey (Volhynia) in the
region of Rudkastovichskaya our
scouts, under command of four Off
GERS. after destroying the wire en-
tanglements by mines, penetrated the
enemy's trenches, killed some of their
occupants and captured a number of
prisoners. According to the testimony
of prisoners, the Austrians knew of
our attack from two deserters, Senior
Non-commissioned Officer Karsokin
and Private Kolotuinov. An investi-
cation is being made by the authori-
ties of the government to which the
soldiers named belong.
"In the direction of Zlochoff, after
two days. artillery preparation. our
troops attacked the Austro German
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-03

positions in the Koniuchy- Byshk
front. After severe engagement
they captured three lines of trenches
and the fortified village of Koniuchy
and advanced to the Koniuchy stream
to the south of the village of the same
name.
AS a result of the engagement on
Sunday. 1874 officers and S,400 SOL
diers have been counted so far as
prisoners. We also took seven guns
and seven machine guns. Prisoners
continue to come in.
Southwest of Brzezany, after artil-
lery preparation, our troops attacked
the strongly fortified positions of the
enemy, and after stubborn fighting
occupied them at places. Germans
and Turks made counter-attacks and
formidable positions changed hands
constantly.
"On Sunday we captured on this
front nine officers and 100 Ger
mans, Austrians and Turks. Some of
our detaohments sustained severe
losses, especially of officers.
Altogether, on Sunday we took
prisoner 173 officers and more than
10000 soldiers. We also captured
seven guns and seven machine guns"