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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
SOUTH CAROLDNIAN
why RIDGE HERO

Private McMichael Returns to Gran.
\ fhville Home. In Canadian Forces.
\ aiken County Soldier, Wounded
Three Times, One CO -Four Survivors
OF His Company.
Aiken, March 1G.-Private Henry c.
McMichael of the Fifteenth Canadian
Regiment, wounded at the battle of
Vimy Ridge and invalided home with
an honorable discharge has returned
to Granitevillc, Aiken County, where
he has lived since boyhood until six
years ago when he entered the service
of the United States army. Serving for
three years with the United States
army, during a part of which he was
stationed on the Mexican border
Nhile Hucrta held sway over the des-
tinics of the land Of the Montezumas
after overthrowing Madero- -NIcMich-
ael was discharged and in 1915 went
to Canada. joining regiment OF the
Canadian overseas forces. He was two
years and three months in Europe,
seven months of which he spent in
England, while his regiment was un-
derSoing intensive training to fit the
men for the strenuous work of hand
to band fighting with the bochcs.
Private McAIichacl has wonderful
story to tell. He has been through
the fire and though he came out bad
L.
being one Of the four left alive out Of
his original company. Except for four
himself and three other comrades
oN the brave Canadians of his com
9anE who crossed overseas with him
ahd went into action so fcarlcssly in
Flanders and Belgium lie beneath the
lilies Of France.
Private McMichacl was wounded
three times in action. Twice at the
battle Of Yprcs he sustained wounds.
which. being slight, sent him TO the
hospital for only short stays at the
end Of which he went back to the
trcnchcs. For IS months he was in
the front line. in the thick of the most
fearful fighting that the world has
ever known, in France and in Belgium.
Thon. at the battle Of Vimy Ridge, he
was shot down and if the bullet that
tore through his face did not ncApac-
itate him for further fighting. the
wound in his leg from which he will
never fully recover brought him his
honorable discharge
Hack bone, among his own people.
Private McMichacl has little patience
With those who erumblc because Of the
hardhSips ihc war has brought to
them, for. as he says, he has seen at
first hand what the people OF Eng
land, France and Belgium arc forced
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
LEMONS WHITEN AND
BEAUTIFY THE SKIN
Make this beauty lotion clenply Tor
NNUr fuCE. neck. arms and hands.

Make this beauty lotion chenply Tor
your face, neck, arms and hands.
At the cost Of small jar Of ordin-
airy cold cream one can prepare a full
quarter pint Of the most wonderful
lemon skin softencr and complexion
bcautflcr, by squeezing the juice of
two fresh lemons into bottle con-
tanning three ounces Of orchard white.
Care should be taken to.% strain The
juice through fine cloh SO no lemon
pulp gets in, then thisflotion will keep
fresh for months. Every woman knows
that lemon juice isNsed to bleach and
remove such blNhishcs as frecklcs,
sallowncss and Van and is the ideal
skin sOftencr. whitcncr and bcautificr
Just try it. Get three ounces OF
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint Of this swectly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage il
daily into the face. neck arms and
hands. 1t is marvellous to smo0thcu
rough, red hands.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
sufficiently to return to his home and

Suillclenlly 10 return 10 MS nome ana
family.
Misses Fannie and Salie Brownlee
Vena and Ethel Martin and Mr.. Joe
Brownlee, spent esveral hours in Lau-
rens Thursday shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Curry and Miss
Jewell Curry, were recent visitors in
Greenville.
Mr.. Brooliter Abercrombic and Mr.
Charles Mccall spent last week in
Laurcns where they were in attend
ance as jurors.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Brooks were
business visitors in Laurens Tuesday.
Mr.. Claud Armtrong, after an ex-
tended visit with homefolks here re-
turned to Baltimore, Md.
A very delightful social affair of the
recent past, was the lovely Valentine
and Washington's birthday party Civ
cn by Miss Jewell Curry on the even
ing Of the 23rd Of February, in honor
of the Young Peoples Society of which
she is president
In keeping with the patriotic as well
as sentimental spirit OF the occasion
the rooms were effectively decorated
with miniature flags and red hearts
Contests, together with pleasing musi-
cal selections, were enjoyed through
out the evening. In the meantime de-
licious rcfrcShmnts, consisting Of pop
corn. ambrosia and crackers were
served by the hostess, assisted by Miss
Cecil Owings. Among the number
present were Misses Kate and Eileen
Curry. Cecil Owings, Maggie D.> Curry
Clara Campbell, Maudc Owings, Clara
Mccall, Lilly and Jeanette Thomason,
Dewey Armstrong, Mcssrs. Leonard
Owings, |. NJ. Owings. Gloon and Clyde
Willis. Ernest harris. Bob Mccall,
Ralph lIcllams and Claud Armstrong
and others
Mr. Glover Henderson, son Of Mr..
Robert Henderson, Of this place, has
Joined the coast artillery and is now
stationed at Fort Scriven, near Savan-
nah, Ga Young Henderson IS The
second one OF Mr.. IIcndcrson's sons
TO Join the army. Mr.. Converse Hen
dcrSOn, tho Older son, is already "Ovcr
there, having been sent to "Somc-
where in France" in the early fall.
Rcd Cross auxiliary society wa;
organized at Dials church Sunday
morning. March 10Th, with an enroll
mcnt Of about 20 members. There was
mo preaching service on that occasion,
the pastor, Rcv. G. G. Harley, kindly
giving over his hour to the compile
tion Of the organization. Mr. i. D.
Bolt, Of Gray Court, had charge Of the
work. Mr. Ho!t, together with the
yRcv, &. G. Harley. presented the claims
Of the Red Cross in very intcrcstina
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-20
Step Lively! Corns
Quit with "Gets-It"
The Great COrn.LOOSc.ier OF thr Are,
Never Fails. Painless.

Watch my step? What's the use.
l go along right side up without
care even with corns, because | use
"Gcts-lt', the painless, off-likc- a ba-
nana-pccl corn remover tried 9th
er ways galore, until / was blue i'm the
race and rcd in the toes. No more FOR
me. Use "Gcts-Ip. 1t mover fails
Touch any corn Or callus with two
drops of Gets If', and "Gets-Ir does
the rest. It's n relief to be able TO
stop cutting Scorns, making thcm
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
FOUNDING 0EA PAM
.PAC|F|GCOMMERCIAL
college PROTECTED
Steps Are Being Taken To Estab-
lish New Educational Inst
. tuition Mong NogsAHneS Y
BRINGING TOGETHER or
=, !. MANY RACES IS IDEA
College Of HaWaH, Mid Pacific In
stitute and ]. B. Castle Estate
Cooperating In Movement

II Is announced that active steps are
to be taken ito establish in Honolulu
a new educational institution to be
known as tho Pan-Paeife Commercial
College q project which has been one
of the great aims Of the Pan-Paciic
Union and the Mid Pacific Institute.
As outlined at present It is intended
that the College Of Hawaii the Mid
Pacific Institute and the J. B. Castle
estate are to cooperate in founding
the new school, which is to have its
special departments for the technical
and manual training of Hawaiians,
Filipinos, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese
and all the mingled races Of the Pa
cifc.
Is Business Vortex
1t is held that nowhere else in the
world save in Honolulu could a Pan.
Pacific Commercial College be establish
ed in the actual business vortex of the
various races. It is pointed out that
already in the public schools of Ho-
nOlulu race prejudice has been set aside
and it is held that a brotherly coopera-
| ton of Pacific races might be made to
radiateJ from a college Of the kind pro-
posed to spread abroad the creed Of
' business understanding among all Pa
cifc peoples.
1t is intended that every CONNER
cial country in the Pacific shall send
its carefully selected business repre-
sentative competent to fill chair in
the college and lecture to the students
on the commerce Of the representative s
! country.
From the four corners of the ocean
then would be, brought together young
business men of PanPacifc races.
| Both boards Of trustees Of the Pan
| Pacific Union, and the Mid Pacific In
stitute have unanimously approved the
uniting Of forces to establish the pro-
posed college and the College of Ha-
wall will cooperate. As the Mid Pacific
Institute owns ninety acres of land in
Manoa Valley adjoining it's great edu,
eational buildings, and the College of
Hawaii has as much more, it is pro,
posed here to set aside a site for the
new college.
Mullgardt Is Guest
Louis Christian Mullgardt, the Great
or at the San Francisco Exposition Of
the Court Of Ages and architect Of the
commercial center to be, built here will
be n guest of honor at the Pan-Pacifc
taunehson at ttsslVd D'cfock tomorrow
at Laniakea, when the proposed Pan
Pacific Conference which Hawaii has
been asked to call, and something
about the building of a Pan Pacific
Commercial College on the grounds
either of the Mid Pacific Institute OF
on those of the College Of Hawaii will
be discussed.
, The project of a Pan-Pacifc Com
, mercial College has been discussed
quietly for some time, and recently tn
boards Of both the Pan Pacific Uniol
and the Mid Pacific Institute have ap
pointed committees to promote the mat
, ter jointly.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
a Satisfactory Ans,Uer

III T IS an modifying thing, to, say the least, to
i witness such an effort as has been made to
secure draft immunity for young Selwyn Robin
son son of Aubrey Robinson, millionaire planter
and rancher of Kauai. 1t has been sad example
TO set before the other youths of Hawaii.
Those competent to judge, after reviewing all
the evidence in the case have decided unanimous
" that this young man ought to bear as great a
part in the defense of America and of the world S
freedom as every other physically fit, unencumber-
cd American youth. Efforts to secure him free
dom from this responsibility are certain to be fail
ures in,everything except in earning for him and
for those assisting him, the seorn of his fellow
Americans.
The Robinson case had become more than the
question whether certain youth should or should
not be made to serve his country as soldier, the
same as every other young man. 1t had become
a question Of whether wealth and influence are to
prevail in keeping anyone out of the danger that
Ill others equally able to serve as soldiers are call
ed upon to, face. 1t had become a question in Ha
wall as to whether family with wealth enough tc
keep an island tabu from outsiders is also wealthy
, enough to draw q sacred circle around its young
men and tabu the arm of the selective draft.
This 4morning Captain Field answers, and his
answer is that there is no influence and no amount
of wealth sufficient to deter him and the officer:
OF the draft in Hawaii from the performance o
their full duty. And that answer is very satisac
tory to every Ioyalist of this Territory
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
SCHULTH SUCCEEDED
BY WALTER R. c0O |.|!lI 5
= y. ."s..-. l.. ,tr,;,I H.
Further Step Taken In American,
ling of HackfeldS

Walter r. Coombs succeeds Herman
p. F. Schultze with H. Hackfeld &
Company, Limited. Mr.. Coombs re,
signed his position with Levers &
Cooke several days ago and yesterday
he was beside Mr.. Schultze at Hack.
field & Company, picking up the strings
preparatory to taking over the duties
of the latter.
Following the reorganization meeting
when the plans of the custodian of en-
envy property were put into effect
which was not attended by Mr.. Schultze
in spite of the fact that he was mott
lied both before and at the time of the
meeting, it was announced that the
services of Mr.. Schultze would be dis
pensed with as soon as a satisfactory
successor could be secured. The tender
of the position was made to Mr.
CoOmbs. Thus the name of another en-
envy alien is stricken from the roster
Of II. Hackfeld 4 Company and sup
planted by that Of an American.
Mr.. COombs has long been with Lew
ers & Cooke where he rose to the posi-
ton of cashier. He is Iowan by birth
and is in his thirty eighth year.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
.Pa11-PGc;fic Progress

n proposal to found in Honolulu, in coopera
"A ton with the MidPaci6c Institute, Pan
Pacific commercial college, appears to be taking
definite and practical form. If the ideas of those
behind and endorsing the plan can be brought to
fruiton it will be notable contribution to the
cause of international friendship and the promo
ton Of that bettet mutual understanding between
the nations. facing onthe Pacific that is the ncen-
tive Of 80 much already under way in these Isl
ands.
Honolulu, at the Crossroads of the Pacific, is
already an interracial experiment station for the
Pacific, where many peoples mngle and where
there is a noticeable absence of race prejudice
Here such COMMERCIAL college could carry into
a new and broader field what is being done at the
Mid-Pacihr Institute and could supplement in the
commercial field what is Being Carried forward by
other institutions in the social and religious fields
Il The movement is one that deserves considera
ton from a number of standpolnts, the least OF
which is the benefit Honolulu would derive direct
ly from the establishment Of such institution
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
GENERAL ]. P. WISER
is BACK FROM TRIP

General J. P. Wiser, department
commander, who reviewed the Maui
battalion of the National Guard at Pun,
meme last week, has returned. accom-
panied by Lieut.-Col. C. &. Mettler,
ordnance corps, and Lieut.. +. ii. Wis
ser, aide, and reports that the organi
zation is Just fair" This refers to
care of arms and equipment.
The Hilo guarlsmen. as we'll as those
who assembled at Kealakekua, made a
good impression upon the commander.
At Hilo the general and party were met
by Maj. George Desha and Lieut.. Colo
mel Don Bowman, who saw that the
officers were entertained, and mOtored
them up to see the volcano in action.
Professor Jaggar accompanied the gene.
raj to the pit. On Maui the party was
entertained by Senator Harry Baldwin
and Harold Rice. The general looked
over some of the big stock ranches.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
The Tide May Have
nv .ls4 3 ~ = %FsEs& ,

EXULTANT Germany, sweeping down the con
II quered slopes of Mount KENNEL, AushedBwit
the expectation OF completing its victory Of Ypres,
has been dashed back, staggering before the blast
Of fire from the trenches Of the gallant polus and
the doughty Tomnlies. While the blasphenlies OF
the Kaiser we're yet sounding, with his impious
thanks to the Almighty for the help He had given
German aims ms soldiers were being slaughtered
bv thousands and beaten along miles OF battle
front. gt'e,reh III
The British fight never better than when under
the rules of the game they should acknowledge
defeat The latest hattie in Flanders demonstrates
this historic fact anew. For the time being, at
least the Flanders drive has been checked, and
The bloody repulse of yon Arnim on Monday and
Yesterday may mark the turning OF the tide. The
Tommfes and the gallant poius are willing to fight
an unequal battle. The Germans are not. They
must have odds and every prospect of victory, and
the machine guns AID bayonets OF the Allies are
cutting down those odds and dispehng that pros
pect.
German, dead heaping up in France and
Flanders and German wounded are overlooking all
the hospitals OF Belgium. while the world reJoces.
To-day for every Hun who falls the cause OF civil
ization progresses; in every graycoat wounded or
killed the hope Of humanity is Frightened To kill
Germans on the battlefield has become the high
est duty of the champions of freedom and demo-
cracy, and when enough Huns have been swept
from the earth and the Kaiser brought to the bar
OF outraged Justice. the sacrifices being made to-
day by the men barring the paths to Paris and
the sea will be shown not to have been in vain.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
LOCAL AGENCIES FOR a.
W RAILROADS CLOSED

Owing to the fact that the govern
ment has taken over control of the rail
roads, competition for passenger bust
ness between the various lines has been
discouraged in all parts of the United
States. As result of this condition
the local Office Of the Santa Fe and the
Southern Pacific Railroad were closed
down here yesterday.
H Z. Vernon, who has been the Local
representative of the Santa Fe Rail
road has been appointed head of the
steamship department of TheO. II. Da
vies and Co.; taking over the position
that has been held by Wentworth Blu
rhanan for a number of years. Mr.. Blu
chanan has been given a position with
the collection department of Davies 4
Co.
L. E. Thompson, who has been II
| charge of the Southern Pacific Office
| here for a number of years, expects
| shortly to enter a mercantile firm II
this city.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
HE ADVERTISERS sRM-WEEKLY
An1erica-the Symbol

.IIyHAT does the term American signify
wv First of all it embodies the hope--yes
more than that--the definite intention for a Word
Detnoctacy.s In the wide free spaces of North
America men have become purified Of druss Ivy
the n-drenched winds Of Liberty. Granted tins
is large statement, nevertheless 1t stands. Con-
slider for a moment that for something better than
a century America has received and clarified the
dregs of Old World civilization = '...,.
This was no light order; yet, as IN chemistry,
a murkv mess is rendered clear by one drop Of
the proper reagent, 50 has this human conglomera-
tion thrown into the crucble of Liberty precipi-
tated that golden button to which, mankind now
looks to redeem it from social turpitude. America
stands in the relation of big brother to the World
and the ultimate smashing blow for world peace
is up to u.s. Freedom to think and do has brought
us to this high estate and it is to preserve it for
all mankind that we have drawn the sword. Each
of us individually, signifies America, hence each
one NAV see where lies the responsibility.
Here are two well authenticated instances-one
of them documentary-whch may crystalize the
foregoing and make it hit even a casual reader
square between the eyes.
First: Forty eight years ago John Lothrop Mot
lev while American minister to. Great Britain,
wrote to Bismarck, who was his old college mate,
friendly and avowedly unofficial letter recon-
mending clemency for France. The more moder-
ate the terms on the part of the conqueror at this
supreme moment" he wrote, ''the greater would
be the confidence inspired for the future, and the
more secure the foundations for a durable peace
and the more proud and fortunate the position and
character of United Germany. This letter was
dated from London, September 9, 1870.
Bismarck wrote the margin of the letter
,"DAMN CONFIDENCE.
Here's the other instance. Bob Evans, standing
on the bridge of his flagship as Cevera's fleet was
being torn to pieces by American gunners, raised
his hand to silence the cheer of victory which
burst from the threats of his meh and said
Don't 'cheer-the poor devils are dying!
| Our own President has expressed in all his
statements this same sentiment. We all know
what the sentiments-save the mark OF official
Germany have been in this war, just as they have
been in the past, the sentiments that issue from
bullet head, narrow between the eyes, fiat at the
back and bugng at the nape of the neck; senti'
ments worthy the gizzard Of vulture cock OF hell
1 p, De,we want this bird to rule US? Do we want
to suffer him to exist at ALL Do we want him to
say of America as he said of France: Damn con
fdence" To feel his foul talops in our vitals
We do not We're going to justify the confidence
righteous humanity reposes in us today by each
individually throwing his weight into the fight te
make confidence the watchword of the world, fol
without it there can be no peace on earth.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
PERSONALS

Mr.. +. N. Smith Of san Francisco Il
registered OF Halekulani Hotel Wal
kiki. @
Circuit Judge Burr, of Maui, is
spending weeks vacation in Homo.
lulu. r." VI. "t w. ~
Mrs Annie Stanwood of Brunswick,
Maine, is a recent arrival at Haleku.
lani Hotel.
Il, George I'D. Russell, manager of the
Hilo Iron Works, returned to his home
in Hilo yesterday, i, < 4fa4g -
Gilbert J. Waller was A. departinR
passenger in the Mauna Kea yesterday
tor the Big Island. .'.,--'
DR.. Q. B. Wood returned from a
short visit TO the volcano yesterday
on the Mauna Kea
Land Commissioner Bertram Riven-
bur8h was departing passenger on
the Tenyo Maru yesterday.
Food Administrator J. +. Child left
for .Kawaihae, Hawaii, in the Mauna
Kea yesterday morning.
HI H. Renton, manager Of the Union
Min Co., Kohala, left for his home yes,
terday, accompanied by Mrs. Renton.
R. Won Tempsky, cattleman from
Maui, was an arrival yesterday on the
Mauna Kea from the Valley Isle.
W. H. Hill, a businessman Of Hilo
who arrived yesterday on the Mauns
Kea, is a guest at the Young Hotel.
James A. Kennedy, president of the
Inter.Island Steamship CO., returned
from a business trip to Hilo yesterday
Wallace r. Harrington was among
passengers leaving for the Big Islam
on the Mauna Kea yesterday morning
A Lewis, manager of the Bank Of
Hawaii. left on the Tenyo Maru yes
terday for a short business trip to thu
Coast.
p. T. Phillips, manager Of the HilC
office of the Inter-Island Steamship
Co, was an arrival on the Mauna KeG
| Yesterday.
Archivarian Robert Lydecker lef'
for Maui yesterday where he will col
lect number of ancient archives foI
the territorial archive bureau.
John Stone, a member of the Star
Bulletin reporterial staff, is said t,
have been selected by Governor Elect
c. J. Mccarthy as his private secretary
DR.. H S. Pearse and family of Mon
Clair, N. J., have taken a bungalow a
Halekulani Hotel. Doctor Pearse il
connected with the Equitable Life In
surance Co., of New York.
George R. Carter returned on tn
Mauna Kea yesterday from Hawai-
where he has been perfecting plans TO
the Territory-wide campaign for Re-
Cross funds which will be started Ma
g.
DR.. N. S. Fairthweather, a kamaain
dentist of Honolulu, was called to tn
Colors this week and left for the mair
land yesterday under orders. He
now q member of the dental corps o
the Navy reserve. On Monday evenin
he was the guest of the Dental Societ
of Hawaii at farewell dinner at tn
Oahu Country Club.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-03
LIEUTENANT WSHARD
AVIATION INSTRUCTOR

Lieut.. L. w. Wishard, aviation corps,
formerly of Kauai, is now at Park
Field, Millington, Tennessee, as an in.
structor. His wife, who was Miss Mary
RentOn, of Kohala, has been with him
at the different camps, and in a recent
letter to her mother expressed her opin,
ion about the fine appearance and
splendid behavior of the men of the
corps where she had been.
Lieutenant Wishard is a graduate of
Punahou Academy, and Ann Arbor and
spent a year in the Harvard Law
Schools. When war has declared he
went to San Francisco from Boston to
volunteer in a ground school for aVi
alton service, at Berkeley. He took
his flying lessons in San Diego. He
stood the highest in his class.