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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02

was that Of the stable puppy who
lor. Not thrice in his life had Verman
been within the doors of white folks
house, and, above all things, he felt
that it was in some underlined way
vital to him to get out of white folks
house unobserved and unknown. 1t
was in his very blood to- be sure of
that.
Further than this point, the proc
esses Of Verman's mind became mys-
FERROUS to the observer. 1t appears,
however, that he had definite
(though somewhat primitive) concep-
ton of the usefulness of disguise; and
he must have begun his preparations
before he heard footsteps in the room
outside his closed door.
I. These footsteps were Margaret's.
Just as Mr.. Schofeld's coffee was
brought, and just after Penrod had
been baffied in another attempt to
leave the table, Margaret rose and
patted her father impertinently upon
the head.
You can't bully me that way!" she
said. Il got home too late to dress,
and I'm going to a dance. 'Scuse."
And she began her dancing on the
spot, pirouetting herself swiftly from
the room, and was Immediately heard
running up the stairs.
''Penrod!" Mr.. Schofield shouted.
"Sit down! How many times am
going to tell you? What is the mat
ter with you tonight?"
Il got to co." gasped Penrod. Il
got to tell Margaret sumpthing."
what have you got to tell herr"
'It's-it's sumpthing 1 forgot to tell
her."
"Well, it will keep till she comes
downstairs" said Mr.. Schofield grimly.
You sit down till this meal is fin
ished."
Penrod was becoming frantic.
II got to tell her-it's sumpthing
Sans mother told me to tell her," he
babbled. Didn't she, Sam? You
heard her tell me to tell her; didn't
you, Sam?"
Sam offered prompt confederation.
Eyes, sir; she did. She said for us
both to tell her. better go, too, l
guess, because she said"
He was interrupted. Startling upon
their ears rang shrek on shrek. Mrs.
Schofeld, recognizing Margarets voice,
likewise shrieked, and Mr.. Schofield
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02

there must have been sumpthing kind
of inside of it!'
Mr.. Schofield shook his head slowly,
in marveling admiration.
"Brilliant-oh, brilliant" he muir
INJURED, while Mrs. Schofield ran to
support the enfeebled form of Mar
garet at the top of the stairs.
In the library, after Mar
garet's departure to her dance, Mr..
and Mrs. Schofield were still discuss
ing the visitation, Penrod having ac-
companied his Unconventional guest
as far as the front gate.
"No; you're wrong" said Mrs. Scho-
field, upholding theory, earlier devel-
oped by Margaret, that the animated
behavior of the cape could be salts
factorily explained on no other ground
than the supernatural. ''You see, the
boys saying they couldn't remember
what Mrs. Williams wanted them to
tell Margaret, and that probably she
hadn't told them anything to tell her,
because most likely they'd misunder-
stood something she said-well of
course, all that does sound mixed up
and peculiar, but they sound that way
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
Iris Bath Luxury of Japanese.

Each year on May s the Japanese
public lighthouses furnish their guests
with an iris water bath. From of old
it is popularity believed that bathing
in water in which is immersed the
leaves and roots of the iris is eff
cacious in preventing colds. When
placed in warm water the iris leaves
give off volatile oil having an agree
able odor. This oil penetrates through
the glands of the skin of the bather
and stimulates circulation. The thin
film of Oil left on the skin after the
bath prevents an excessive loss of heat.
Bathing for too long a time is to be
avoided, however, as the great stimu-
lation brings on feeling of drowsi-
ness.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02

uttered various sounds, but PenrOd
and Sam were incapable of doing any
thing vocally. All rushed from the
table.
Margaret continued to shrek, and
it is not to be denied that there was
some cause for her agitation. When
she opened the closet door, her light
blue military cape, instead of hanging
on the hook where she had left it,
came out into the room in manner
which she afterward described as "a
kind of horrible creep, but faster than
a Creep" Nothing was to be seen ex-
cept the creeping cape, she said, but,
of course, she could tell there was
some awful thing inside of it. 1t was
too large to be cat, and too small
to be boy; it was too large to be
Duke, PenrOd's little old dog, and, be-
sides, Duke wouldn't act like that. 1t
crept rapidly out into the upper hall,
and then, as she recovered the use of
her voice and began to scream, the
animated cape abandoned its creeping
for a quicker gait-"a weird, heaving
flop" she defined it.
The thing then decided upon third
style of locomotion, evidently, for
when Sam and Penrod reached the
front hail. few steps in advance of
Mr.. and Mrs. Schofield, it was rolling
grandly down the stairs.
Mr.. Schofield had only hurried
glimpse of it as it reached the bottom,
close by the front door.
"Grab that thing!" he shouted, DASH
| ing forward. "Stop it Hit it!'
1t was at this moment that Sam
Williams displayed the presence of
mind which was his most eminent
characteristic. Sans wonderful in
! stinct for the right action almost never
failed him in a crisis, and it did not
fail him now. Leaping to the door,
at the very instant when the rolling
cape touched it, Sam flung the door
open-and the cape rolled on. With
incredible rapidity and intelligence, it
rolled, indeed out into the night.
Penrod jumped after it, and the next
second reappeared in the doorway
holding the cape. He shook out it's
folds, breathing hard but acquiring
confidence. In fact, he was able to
look up in his fathers face and say,
with bright righteousness.
1T was just laying there. Do you
know what think? Well, it couldn't
J have acted that way itself. think
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
Interned-A Near Tragedy
Military Necessity Lead Penrod and Sam Into Strategy
Which Almost Acts Boomerang
By BOOTH HARRINGTON
Copyright, 1917, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)

After such rigorous events, every
one comprehended that the game of
bonded prisoner was over, and there
was no suggestion that it should or
might be resumed. The fashion of it's
conclusion had been SO consummately
enjoyed by all parties with the nat
u.al exception of Roddy Bitts) that a
renewal would have been tame hence,
the various minds of the company
turned to other matters and became
restless. George Bassett withdrew
first, remembering that if he expected
to be as wonderful as usual, tomor-
row, in Sunday school, it was time to
prepare himself, though this was not
included in the statement he made al
leging the cause of his departure. Be-
ing detained bodily and pressed for
explanation, he desperately said that
he had to go home to tease the cook
which had the rakehelly air he thought
would insure his release, but was not
considered plausible. However, he
was finally allowed to go, and, as first
hints of evening were already cooling
and darkening the air, the party broke
up, its members setting FORTH. whiS-
Ting, toward their several homes
though Penrod fingered with Sam. Her.
man was the last to go from them.
"Well, l got git at stove-wood f.
suppuh, he said, rising and stretching
himself. Il got git at liz soap-box
wagon, an go on ovuh where's at new
house buil'in' ON Secon' street; pick
up few shingles an blocks layin
roun'."
He went through the yard toward
the alley, and, at the alley gate, re-
Numbering something, he paused and
called to them. The lot was a deep
one, and they We're too far away to
catch his meaning. Sam shouted,
Cant hear YOU" and Herman replied,
but still unintelligibly then, upon
Sans repetition of Cant hear you"
Herman waved his arm in farewell,
implying that the matter was of little
significance, and vanished. But if they
had understood him, Penrod and Sam
might have considered his inquiry of
instant Importance, for Herman's last
shout was to ask if either of them had
noticed where Verman went"
Vernan and Verman's whereabouts
were, at this hour, of no more con-
Germ to Sam and Penrod than was
the other side of the moon. That I'M
fortunate bonded prisoner had been
long since utterly effaced from their
fields of consciousness, and the dark
secret of their BaStille troubled them
not-for the main and simple reason
that they had forgotten it.
They drifted indoors, and found
Sans mothers white cat browsing on
q desk in the library, the which coinci
dence obviously inspired the expert
ment of ascertaining how successfully
ink could be used in making a clean
white cat look like coach-dog. There
was neither malice nor mischief in
their idea; simply, a problem present
ed itself to the biological and artistic
questionings beginning to stir within
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
A New Proprietor.

$50 you own your own house, Wig
gins?"
"No."
"Why, you told me so last month !"
eyes. We had no cook then"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
Would Let Him Know

Perlins-If I'd known you were go
better dinner.
Hawkins-Don't mention it, old man,
but the next time I'll let you know.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
From the Chestnut Tree.

Vaccination is no good"
"What makes you say that?"
"My cousin was vaccinated and three
weeks later he fell out of window
and was killed."
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02

More of Same Goods Wanted.
"You are charged with kissing the
young lady,"
"Good I'd like to have the charge
account kept open indefinitely"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
Prelude to a Joyous Evening.

Anybody getting a real laugh out
of this shown" asked the surly citizen.
eyes," replied the sardonic usher.
"Who?"
"The ticket Spectators"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-02
The Remedy.

''What did the doctor do for. your
wife when he found her in such paint"
"Oh, he eased it off at once. He
gave her an epidemic intersection"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
REGISTER WITHOUT
SHOWING REC EIPT
Persons Otherwise Qualified Have On.
~ to be Able to Read ana Write.

Owing to the fact that some per
ihcE must show tax receipts in order
to register for the genera! election
even though they arc able to read and
write, article >, section 1 Of the con
"tituiion OF 1879, which outlines the
Qualifications for registration. which
arc as follows and will be Of interest:
"Qnalillcat!onS fer registration after
January, 1898. Any person who Shall
apply Tor registration after January ;
1889, if otherwise qualified, shall be
rc&iStcrcd. provided that he can both
read and write any section Of this
constitution submitted to him by The
registration officer, or can show that
hc owns and has paid all taxes col
lcctiblc during the previous year on
propcrty in the state assessed at $500
or more"
From the above il will be readily
understood that If Il person can read
and write any section OF the c0nS,i-
tuition submitted to him by the regis
;rar$ he is entitled to register. If.
however, hc cannot read and write.
he is required 10 show by Il receipt
that he has paid taxes on at least
$500 worth of property in this State.
Later, when person goes to vote,
20 will hayc 10 show tax receipts, but
oOt when nc goes to rcpiStrr
The books of registration are opcn
nj The registration boards Office in
he court house and will remain open
until the last day Of August.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
Taylor.

Mr.. Geo. f. Scruggs, Of Greenvillo
county, and Miss Estelle Taylor,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Tay-
lor. Of Princeton, were happily mar
ried at the parsonage OF the ofnciat-
ing minister, Rev. j. b. Connolly, at
Princeton, July 18th. On account Of
recent bereavement In the family,
tives were invitd to witness the cere-
mony. Mr. Scruggs has been engaged
in farming in Greenvillc county, but
has been called to the colors during
the past few weeks His wife Is a
young lady OF attractive personality
and Is admired for the fine qualities
70 Aer mind and heart.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
ALLIES STILL HAMMER
RETREATING HUN LINES

en- several lines Of trenches, captured
a fairly large number of prisoners and
inflicted heavy losses on the enemy
during counter attacks. Near Cav
reil, which lies northeast Of Arraa,
Canadian contingcntG likewise have
carried out a successful enterprise
and taken prisoners.
Unofficial adviccs arc to Tho effect
that diScord has arisen between Ger
many and TurkcY and that rcla,i ions
between the two countries have kecn
severed. While there is no conlirma-
ton OF the reports. rumors have been
current for some time that bad feeling
existed between Turkey on the one
side AID Bulgaria and Grmany on the
ether. owing to the ccssiOn Of the
ICohrudia region OF Eumania TO Bul-
garia.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
Church Directory Issued.

The church directory, recently COM
piled under the direction of Rev. j..
NJ. Stcadman for the First Methodist
church, has been printed and copies
were distributed to members Of the
congregation Sunday morning. Bcsd
the usual subjects treated in such a
the men from the church who have
gone to the front. The directory IS at
tractivcly arranged and Is well worth
keeping for future reference. Rev.
Steadman will be glad to. furnish one
to any member Of the congregation
who has not yet been supplied.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
TO Hold Union Services.

Pastors Of the Baptist, Methodist
and Presbyterian churches announced
from their pulpits Sunday morning
that the three churches would hold un-
ion services during the month Of Au-
gust. only one church being open each
Sunday. During the month the minis
tcrs will take their annual vacation.
The services next Sunday will be held
in the Presbyterian church. Mem
hers Of the congregation were advised
to carry their envelope offering to
whatever church the union services
arc held at and after being taken up
they will be distributed to the proper
churches.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
CLASS ONE Is GETTING SMALL,
And tuguSt Calls on Hand for Nor,
Men. Same Local Boards Alrcad,
EXhnuStrd.

Washington, July 27.-The rapid cx-
haustion Of Glass One to the extent
that some local boards may be unable
10 fill The August call was indicated
by them today.
CrOwdcr declared that he would be
unable to place further August calls
until all the men who registered Juno
are finally examined and classified.
lie ordered boards to halt immediate
ly all releases Of Glass One men to
tho navy and Marine Corps and EN-
crgcncy Fleet Corporation until
enough men arc in sight to fiji calls
until August. 81 urge district and To-
cal boards 10 exert every effort I
mako ii su.ncicnt number of men
available to nll the August calls and
instruct medical advisory boards to
speed up examination Of rcgistrants
as yet uncxamincd." Crowdcr said, re-
Questing that boards advise him at
once whether they will be able to .
August calls.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
Sen .tTNRlAL MEETING
HERE NEXT WEEK
congressional Campaign Thruughont
Next Week and Srna!oviHl Nartinn
or Thursday.

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
DOCTORS PLEDGE SERVICE.
In Meeting Monday Morning Doctors
OF the County Oifer Their Services
to the Country.

In Meeting Monday Morning Doctors
OF the County OHcr Their Services
to the Country.
At the meeting of the County Mcdi-
cal association held in the office Of
DR.. r. f.. Hughes Monday morning, a
RESOLUTION was unanimously passed
profering the individual services of
the entire medical fraternity OF the
county to the government in whatever
capacity they may be needed. The
resolutions were passed following a
patriotic discussion in which most Of
the doctors present took part
Two interesting papers were read
before the meeting, one by Dr.. w. d..
Ferguson on Diets in Bright's dis
ease" and one by Dr.. j. l.. Fcnnell on
Typhoid Fever"
The association accepted the invita-
ton from Clinton to hold its next
meeting there.
Those present at the meeting Mon
day were Drs. j. II. Miller and Hugh
Sem, of Cross Hill; r. Il. w. Bailey,
OF Clinton; G. Il. Rodgers and w. r..
Pace, Of Gray Court; j. l.. Fennell, OF
Waterloo. and II. E. Hughes, c. p.
Vincent. w. ID. Ferguson, j. III. league,
A. j. Christopher, w. II. Dial. and r.
L. Walker, Of Laurcns. lDr. NJ.
Bearden, the only Laurens doctor not
present, was out of the city.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
WALTER c. DAVIS SHOT
BY WILL PINSON TUESDAY
Davis recovering From What was
Once Thought Would Prove n Nor
tai Wound.

Walter G. Davis. farmer OF the old
Mountvillc section Of the county. was
shot and seriously wounded near his
nome Tuesday night by neighbor
VIII Pinson Both parties arc white
men, Davis being married and in tho
thirties while Pnson is unmarried and
a few years younger. Davis received
Two bullet wounds, one in the right
breast aAd the other in thc foot. Davis
was rushed to the hospital hero and
Tor awhile it was thought that he
would not live but he showed signs of
improvement Wednesday and is now
thought to be out Of danger.
1t is understood that the two mon
had not been on good terms for some
time because Of trouble which follow
cd the employment Of some of pinsons
relatives by Walter Davis. Fuel was
added TO the trouble brewing between
them some timc ago when Davis had
PiASon searched for carrying a pistol
1t having been reported TO Davis that
pistol was found on him a. that time.
but Tuesday evening Davis rode up
behind PinSon. Who was walking in
The road and saw pistol protrudny
irom his pocket According to Davis,
who talks freely about the occurrence
now, PinSon turned upon him and said
y on have caught me but you'll never
live to tell it," Continuing his account
OF the shooting, Davis says that Pin
son thcrcupon icrkcd his pistol from
MS pocket and began shooting. One
Shot struck him in The right breast
ana another in the foot. The mule
which he was riding jumped some dis
tancc and as he Sid off of him. he
tod linSon not to shoot the mule as
he had already shot him. Pinson shot
the mule, however, and it died the ncXt
day. rho mule belonged to his broth
CT, Marion b. Davis. who is a soldier
at Camp Wadsworth Davis, accord
ing to his statement, was not armed
and did not have even pocket knife
III HIS POCKET. NO weapons were found
upon him by those who went to his
rescue after the shooting.
PinsOn. who is in the county Jail
now. was asked about the occurrence
by The Advertiser reporter yesterday
but he replied that he had nothing to
say.
Davis is from North Carolina anI
has lived in this county three years.
He is hard working, law-abding cit
iZcn, according to his ncighbors. He
has wife and several small children.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31

govcrnment-ha yet reached Wash
fngton, officials expressed little sur
prise tonight at the Copenhagen dis
patch received from London. saying
that Germany and Turkey have severed
relations. In official circles here for
some time past. 1t has been realized
that Germany, in her efforts to serve
both Turkey and Bulgaria in the divi-
sion Of the spoils resulting from the
enforced treaty Of peace with ROuma-
MIA, had incurred the i'll will OF both
her allies.
Following the conclusion Of the
peace treaty with Roumania at .Iassy,
both Turkey and Bulgaria laid claim
to much of the territory which Rou-
mania had been forced to ccde to her
enemies. Included in these claims was
the title to the railway running from
AdianOple to Dcadeagatch and this be-
came the source of the greatest con-
tentiOn between the two allied nations
Germany for some time endeavored
to induce the two countries to settle
this dispute amicably by suggesting
that the nation which failed to obtain
the railway should receive other COM
tinp
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES
SPOKE i'm CHARLESTON
MORE COLORED
REGlSTRANTS CALLED
Fifty Men To be Sent to Camp Wads.
. Wo!th on August 5th.

. WNvth on August 5th.
The local exemption board has is
>ucd calls for fifty more colorcd reg
'&'ronts Of Class to be sent to Camp
W"I3worth on August 9TH. II is cx-
pc"'cd that an increment Of fifty mon
VIII be selected from this number and
T"on! those lcft over from yesterdays
call. The following are the names of
th0%C callcd:
Griffin briggs, James Boyd TIasc
Griffin. Haywood Cleveland, Frank
Holmes, David Jones Wm. Booker. Ed.
Williams. Early Adams. Will Carter,
Dolphu$ Valentine, lrbv Sullivan. Eu-
gene Abrams, Larry Bailey, Arthur
Jacobs. John Smith, Azon Parks.
James Anderson, Arthur Scott Eugene
|u!!Hr, Tom lrby. John Dondy, Frank
Leak, David Pitts, Henry Bates. Sam
Young.
Sammic Agncw, Willie Miller. Joe
Davis. Sam Boyd Ernest Calhoun,
Grorcr cleveland. Clarence Parks. Dan
Young. Marcus Butler Anderson. S. II.
Cook, Will Ir6y, Farley Todd. Connie
'hcck, Marion Wilson, John Williams,
Butler Chandler. John Madden, Willie
Walker. Frank Lynch, BENJAMIN Cal
houn, Clarence Boyd, Griffin +. John
son, Horny w. Grady, Thos. Cannon,
Joseph Brown Henry Burton
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
BITTEN By MAD D0G
But KILLED THE DOG
Frank and Vernon Woods, OF Green
Pond Section, Eitten by Mad Dog
Inst Week.

Frank and Vernon Woods. OF Green
Pond Section, Eitten by Mad Dog
Lnst Week.
Not dctcrricd by a fierce attack Of a
mad dos, one day last week, Frank
and Vernon Woods, son Of Wonord
Woods, Of the Green Pond section Of
the county, succeeded in killing the
dog before he ESCAPED to attack other
people and made 1t possible to have
;hc dogs head examined for rabies.
The two boys were playing near their
fathers hO"Tc when the dog attacked
them. Frank Woods, the elder boy Of
the two. was attacked first and re-
ccivcd a severe wound He made a
grab for tho dog, however. and with
the assistance Of his brother succeed
cd in ninning the dogs head to the
ground while his brother ran for the
axe When Vernon returned the two
succeeded in putting an end to the
dogs life. Vernon received a slight
cash in the struggle. The head was
sent to Columbia the same day for
examination and the rcpOr: came hack
that the dog was infected with rabies.
The boys have since been taking the
pastcur treatment and it is hoped that
they will get we'll
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31

irwin James, a negro boy about %
years of age, living on Mr.. J. Lee
IJangston's place ibetwccn Waterloo
and Mt. Pleasant. was accidentally
drowned late Saturday evening The
10y was an cpilcptic and while going
10 his home was seized with an cpilep-
tic fit and fell in small branch and
drowned. Coroner Owings investi,.
findings.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
In Honor OF Miss Bailey,

Miss Maudie Mae lessee entertained
Miss Virginia Simpson, Elizabeth
Young, Carolyn Fleming, Alpha Bolt
and Frances Davis at lovely picture
show party on Friday afternoon in
honor Of her guest Miss Bailey, OF
Atlanta.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
On for EnncnuYnI

cornelius G. Jones and J. Gary Mar
tin left Monday morning for Van
couver B. c., where they were sent
by the local exemption board for work
in getting out spruce for the acroplanc
program. N&
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-07-31
Another Legislative Canjidatp.

The list Of the Legislative candidates
was increased during the past week
by the accession Of Nr. Jack II. Davis,
Of Clinton. Mr.. Davis, who is a sue
ccssful farmer, has his announcement
in tOday's paper.