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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-08
AIRCRAFT WORK
FAR FROM RIGHT


Washington, May "a report on the
aircraft situation compiled by the in
ycstigating committee Of the Acronau-
ticnl Society Of America, fled in the
senate today by Senator WadSworih,
reviews optimistic statements on The
progress OF the building program at
tributcd to Secretary Baker and
brands them as false and misleading
The report does not attempt 10 Gx
responsibility for delays and failures
Of the aircraft program. but in a gen
eral way supports the published charge
made by Cutzon Borglum, the sculptor,
who under authority of President Will
son made an investigation and report
on the air craft situation.
Some portions Of the reports are
startling in their fiat charge Of inef-
fic!cncy. 1t charges that not more
than per cent Of the facilities for
building aircraft have been utilized By
the aircraft production board and that
recruiting and training Of men for
flyers has slowed down because those
in charge Of the program have given
up hopes Of great feet OF airplancs
in 1919.
Practically all statements by Off
cials Of the government regarding the
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-08
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as hc;'
cannot reach the seat OF the disease. Ca
tarrh is 4 blood or Con> litutional disease
ana IN order 70 cure II YOU must take in
tcrnal remedies Hairs catarrh Cure is
taken internally, aud acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface" Hairs
Catarrh Cure is lot a uiavk medicine. 1t
was prescribed by one OF the best Dhy-
SiCianS in this country for years and Is
a regular prescription. II is composed OF
the best tonCS known. CumhinVd with tho
oest blood purifiers. HcituE directly on The
mucous surfaces Tie perfect rNnlD!na-
ton OF the two ingredients is what pro-
duccs such wonderful results IN curing
catarrh. Send Tor Testimonials. free.
T.. j. CHENEY x co. Props. Toledo. 0.
Sold by nruEri3is rri"" zoe
Take lialls FANNY liiis Tor constipation.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-08

April IL, l0lS i mo a.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-08

rank with the strong business men of
| charleston, for eXample--and if
Charleston doesn't know i; til,,; i;
more symptomatic Of Charleston's
dcarth of information than of want of
senatorial timber in Laurens.
| Ex-Governor Blease, who has run
for office, we believe, every election
year since 1888, unless he was already
in office, has at times developed as
tonishng popularity and at times it
has astonishinsly waned, notably in
1914. Twice he was chosen governor,
once defeated by Governor Manning,
once by Governor Ansol with Mr. Man.
ming III second place, and he has been
defeated for lieutenant governor. His
chances to enter the second primary
are as good as are those Of some Of
the others in the race and no better
From the Charleston Evening Post
We reprint today an expression about
Mr.. Levers candidacy that will be ac-
ceptcd by thousands as accurately de-
scriptivc. Mr.. Lever is so we'll known
that nothing that any newspaper
would say would strengthen at this
time his hold on the voters.
What The News and Curicr says
about the agitation against Mr.. TILL!
mar% running again which was kept
up in Il part Of the press Of the State
last fall and winter" should be accom-
panied with n key. The intimation
came from Senator Tillman that he
would accept reelection if he should he
"conscriptcd". In ii he plainly chal-
lcnGcd discussion and response fol-
low"d What The News and Courier
intends TO say is that il was disap-
pointing that the expressions were not
unanimous and enthusiastic for Till
man It would hardly have objected
to an agitation" taking the direction
Of an irresistible Tillman drive.
How strong or Ohw weak Senator
Tillman is The State does not undcr-
take to say. fIc is an outstanding
figure in the Republic. he is stronger
with the press outside of South Car
olina than is any other South Caro-
linian and his name may retain its
coniuring uuality-or ii may not.
fractional lines have gone to smash.
For IS months profcsscd factionists
roarcd about capturing the State con
vcntion and the party machinery. The
effort failed miScrably and ludcrOusly.
The people everywhere arc thinking
for themselves They Will elect for
United states senator capable man
who believes in the American cause.
las always believed in it, knows that
TO have remained out Of the war would
ave been national dishomor as well as
coWardly folly, has faith in the prcsi-
dent may be relied on to support him
with zeal and single -hcartcdncSS. has
no past ut)CranCcS TO explain or
apologies for. who has wdrkCo with
apologies for. who has worked with
Wilson from the first and will stand
by him TO tn" last.
The state has no candidate for SEN
aior now II will support man whom
tho people want, believer in the war
ana the cause and Il SlStaincr OF the
american policies as they have been
and arc embodied in the Democratic
prcaidcnt From mon Of that Kind
lho poopic Will choose Let thcm
choose The State
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-08
The QuInlra That Does Not Affect tho Head

Because OF its tonic aud laxative c!fcc; I.A%h.
TlNI; DROMO QUiNlNE is better than oIdin1ry
Quninc and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing III head Remember the tul aatuc and
iook for the signature Of l.. w. GROVE. 51C.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-08
ABBEVILLE-GREEN MUTUAL
INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
Organized 1892.
PROPERTY INSURED ss,5Oo,OoO.
Organized 1S9.

WRITE OR CALI. on the under
signed for any Information you may
desire about our plan of insurance.
We insure your property against de-
Struction by
Fire, WtndStOrm or lightning.
And do so cheaper than any insurance
company in existence.
Remember we are prepared to prove
TO YOU that ours is the safest and
cheapest plan Of insurance known.
Our association is now licensed to
write insurance in the counties Of Abb
beville. Greenwood, Mccormick, Lau-
rcns and Edgeficld.
The officers are:
GEN. J. FRASER LYON, President,
Columbia. s. {.
). X. BLAKE, Gen. A"t-, hecy. Il Treas.
Greenwood, $. {.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
THE EXPERTS SAY.

The average owner has formed the
habit of disposing of old tires for a
few cents and is not aware of the fact
that the casing can be utilized for
ma king blowout patches for the in
side of casing. These homemade
patches serve even better than the
cheap ones sold at supply stores. The
patch is made simply by ripping off
the tread and one or two layers of
fabric The thickness of the patch
should be equal to about two or three
layers of fabric, and of course cut to
the right length. 1t is possible to get
ten blowout patches from a worn-out
casing which probably would bring a
dollar or SO from the junkman.
In many makes of cars using battery
! ignition it is possible to keep the car
running without the use of the bat
terry. The systems referred to are
those in which the generator feeds the
| load above certain engine speed, the
battery being used merely for car
speeds under about fifteen miles per
hour If the battery should fail the
engine cannot be started in the regular
way, but once started by means of a
tow or by running down hill it can be
kept running OF course this means
that the starter cannot be used and
that the engine will have to be operat-
ed at a fairly good rate of speed, but
then this is better than not running
at all.
In fitting an inside blowout patch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

should be soldered as soon a. they
are made. In soldering these parts
care should be taken to keep the solder
except the terminal as the heat tends
to make the wire brittle and likely TO
break. In doing the work hold the
timed surface of the soldering iron
close to the place where the juncture
is to be made. Hold the iron steadily
in the one place, SO that the solder
flows freely on the connection. and
after completing the job test with the
battery to see that the current flows
properly. As a hux for this sort OF
work, powdered resin dissolved in
grain alcohol to a thin strip should
be used, rather than the ordinary mu-
riatic acid fux. which tends to de-
stroy the insulation, besides being .
conductor of electricity and likely to
cause shorts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Motor Aids War Work,

With the motor car a willing serv-
ant every man Or woman can give in
finitely more time to philosophical
work than without the means of speedy
transportation. And the business man
who has trucks can loan them for pub
lice service many times where he could
not loan horse equipment, which must
have rest after it's ordinary days
work is done.
There is no doubt that a realization of
the patriotism that is inherent in the
, employment of a means of personal and
goods transportation that relieves the
hard-pressed lines of rail commune
cation. that sayes fuel vital to the con-
duct of the war, that wastes nothing
essential to war work. but makes avail
able a greater portion of the service
of public-spirited men and women, is
having an influence upon the growing
demand for cars and trucks. This ele-
ment relieves the scarcity of vehicles
and is worth taking into consideration
when the prospective purchaser is con-
sidering whether to buy now or wait.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
JOSEPH P. sKELLY DIES.
Member of I. B. Jones Co., Local
Distributors for Dreadnaught Tire.

Joseph p. Sicily. co-partner with I.
B. Jones in the /. b. Jones Company,
local distributors for the Dreadnaught
tire, died at his residence. 1874 street
northwest, on Wednesday,, after a
months illness.
Zoe" Skeliy, as he was popularity
known throughout the city, was a
Washington boy. and before entering
the tire business had been connected
with the American Tobacco Company
for more than twelve years He left
the latter company two years ago to
enter the tire business, and had made
a host of friends among the men of the
automobile fraternity He leaves a wife
and sister.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Trade Notes.

The exclusive agency for the Little
Giant truck has been taken over by
Forst Bro. Inc, with showrooms at
1915 New York avenue.
This firm will have, besides the Dis
trict of Columbia agency, all of the
territory in Maryland and Virginia. 1t
is the intention to open branch sales
rooms and service stations in all the
larger cities throughout this territory.
A large fleet of trucks consigned to
the firm is now enroute from the fac
tory, in Chicago.
Samuel Luttrell. president of the Lut-
trell Company. local distributors of the
Packard car, has returned to Washing
ton, after two-week visit to Atlantic
City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

few seconds. The conclusion was i'm
mediately reached that there was an
intermittent short circuit. An exam
ination of the wires under the cowl
board showed that the vibration Of the
car over the rough road caused q poor
ly insulated lighting wire to totch a
metal bar. which also was in contact
switch.
When wire carrying electric cur
rent is to be attached to a terminal
or to another piece of wire. the COM
ton, wrap it with tire tape and call
it a job. The connection serves very
well until corrosion of the parts sets
in, when a resistance to passage of
the current is set up with increasingly
detrimental results. As a matter of
fact. all connections of this kind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

there arises the difficulty of keeping
the patch in a fxed position. for should
it move around the hole in the casing
will be uncovered. The use of a piece
of inner tube against the casing at the
point Of blowout will tend to hold the
patch firmly in place. and if left there
long enough will practically vu1canize
itself to the casing and to the patch.
In a recent run the driver of car
was surprised to find that his engine
had stopped for no apparent reason
and then suddenly STARRED up again.
1t was noticed, of course. by the &C
celerator response. Going bit far
Their, the driver was at a loss to I'M
derstand the trouble. when, upon strik-
ing a piece of rough road. the engine
stopped and started at intervals of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
o. S. Auto Truck Industry.

Motor trucks IN use
United States. ..... $4,000 .
Estimated y yearly
haul; tons. ..::..... 1,20O,000.090
Cost Of truck haul II
age 49,. .$l,oou,oVV,VVo
used ...... sI44o.o 900, 900
Horses in u nil ed
states 24,000,000
sustain them. -. 10000. 900
Horses now displac-,
ed BY trucks. -. 100000
Acres released for
food pr 0 d u ction
t h ough use of
trucks instead of
horses .......... 100000
Horses and mules
exported = in past
three years. ....... 1,232,959
Commercial cars ex-
ported last fiscal
year .............. 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
WEST AND SOUTH
LEAD AUTO DEMAND
Heavy Orders From Those
Sections Threaten Shortage
&
of Supply in East.
MANY sT0RER0oMs EMPTY

Reports that have been brought to
Washington from the motor car shows
that have been held recently in Chi
cago, st. Louis. San Francisco and
other western centers emphasize the
statements that were made by manu-
facturers at the New York show early
in January. that there is an extraor-
binary demand for motor vehicles all
through the west and south. and that
the supply that the factories will be
able to turn out will not equal the de-
mand.
There We're reports current at some
of the shows that the manufacturers
would cut down the allotments of cars
assigned to the east, in order to at
tempt to satisfy the buyers on the
Pacific coast and in the farming
regions of the west and south.
Motor car dealers have long been
telling their customers that this would
be the case, and it now seems certain
that there will not be an overabund-
ance of cars and trucks in the east
this spring. The manufacturers of
motor cars. many of which are engag-
ed in producing trucks. airplane en-
gines and parts and other war mate
rails for the government, cannot turn
out much more than half of last years
production of vehicles for the domestic
trade. At the same time the country
appears to be ready to buy almost as
heavily as was the case in 1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Local Dealers Aroused.

The situation is serious one for
the local dealers They have been
unable. because of the congestion of
the railroads, to accumulate their GUS
tomary supply for spring business.
Generally at this time Of the year
motor car and storage warehouses in
all cities in the east contain large
numbers of motor vehicles bought for
the spring demand. Today there are
almost none to be found in the ware
house. for the dealers have been doing
business in a hand-to-mouth fashion
all winter. getting a few cars by
freight or express and driving some
over the road.
What this means is that persons
or firms who put off buying their new
cars and trucks until spring is here
will be extremely likely to meet with
annoying delay in securing deliveries
of any make of vehicle, and will have
their range of choice considerably cur
tailed by reason of the fact that the
limited allotment of most popular cars
for this territory will be nearly sold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

In fitting an inside blowout patch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Motor Travel Is Patriotic.

Motor transportation not alone means
relief from transportation difficulties,
ut it is patriotic step to take. Every
passenger taken off railroads means
the greater availability of those rail-
roads to fill the nations war need in
transporting supplies and manufac-
tured articles absolutely essential to
the successful prosecution of the war.
And every passenger and every pound
of freight carried by gasoline power
means the saving of many pounds of
steam coal for the railroads and indus
tries. The person who uses his car for his
necessary personal and family trans
portation and employs motor-driven
trucks to handle merchandise is as
sisting in the war.
In another respect there is real pa
triotism in the use of motor vehicles
That comes about through the power
the motor car possesses to enhance the
users capabilities for service. 1t is
incumbent upon every man and woman
in these war times, who cannot serve
in the naval and military forces to
keep the wheels of industry turning
and to devote all the time possible to
the works allied to the war, in pro-
noting the liberty loans, the Red Cross
activities and the innumerable other
agencies that, taken altogether, will
intensity Americas power to make war
successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Dealers Advice Ignored.

Some buyers look askance at a deal
er when he urges an immediate order
to assure delivery, thinking that. as
the dealers have always been able to
secure sufficient cars to meet the de-
mand, they can continue to do so this
year. But conditions are entirely diff
ferent now. and the dealer who ad-
vises an early purchase is talking
sound business.
He knows that his factory and all
the others cannot reach last years pro-
duction by any means. And he also
knows that aside from the heavy de-
mand in the west and south, the whole
country is waking up to the possibili-
ties of the motor car and truck as a
relief from the transportation troubles
on the railroads and street railways.
The message sent out from here re-
Gently that there is an ample supply
of gasoline and that there is likely
to be no scarcity. because much gaso-
line must be produced along with the
fuel oil that warships must have. has
had a strong effect in turning the tide
toward larger purchases of motor We
hicles.
The Washington times., 1918-03-26
DOOMMUSTERROLL,
BANE OF COMPANY
COMMANDERS LIFE

The muster roll, that time-honored
bi-rnontfly bane OF the United states
army company commander, has been
doomed by the War Department A
general order will shortly be issued
upon the recommendation Of Adju-
tant General Mccain, doing away
with this and numerous other returns
which have heretofore resulted In a
lot of unnecessary work for the lin
tied clerical force OF army line Of
icers,
The muster roll is a history Of each
officer and man in the military service
issued twice 9 month. 1t is made up
In tripIieate, and Is compiled by MAX
ing note OF the daily records Of each
mar, such as sickness in the hos
pItal, furioughs, court-Inartial, ao-
0ence either with or without leave,
etc. Most OF this data is already con-
tanned In the morning reports made
out daily and the monthly pay rolls.
The new plan will be TO have a daily
report sent to the adjutant generals
ONCE from which the changes VIII be
noted.
The Washington times., 1918-03-26

merry Baroness Lily, Won ;winckler.
-
Miss Murray I.edyard entertained
at luncheon yesterday in compliment
TO the Misses Stebbins. OF Casenovia'
n. Y.
Mrs. Newton d. Baker. wife OF the
Secretary of War, was the guest. OF
honor at dinner last evening OF Mrs
Charles Russell Richards. OF New
York, an Frank Mahlhauseri oil
Cleveland. Covers were laid for ten
and the dinner was served at the Ho
tel Lafayette. They afterward went
to the Red Cross benefit at the Be
lasco.
Mrs. Robert L. Strawbridge and her
daughter, Miss Anita Strawbridge, OF
Meadow Lodge, Bryn Mawr. Pa, are
in washington for an Indefinite Pc
riod and have taken the house. liz
Rhode Island avenue. Mrs. Straw
bridge g. actively interested in the va
rious relief societies, and in the Y. NJ
q A. work in particular. Captain
Strawbridge is stationed in Washing
Ton in the remount department OF the
United states army.
The Washington times., 1918-03-26
Dinner for Miss Smith.


Mrs. Ffoulke Smith will entertain in
formally at dinner on Saturday evening
for her daughter, Miss Gladys Chap
man Smith, who II home for the Das-
ter holidays, from Foxcraft. Va
where she IL . student.
Miss Elisabeth Young will arrive on
Thursday trornfng, accompanied By Miss
Dorothy Roiph. Of California. 70 spend
the Easter holidays with her mother.
Mrs. John Hervey Young. Miss Young
and Mia Rolph are both students at
Smith College.
William wallace Nein, OF New
York and California, has been APP
pointed assistant to the Secretary Of
Agriculture. Mrs. Mein Is the eldest
daughter of Gardner +. Williams. OF
Washington, and the return OF this
interesting young couple will be most
welcome.
The Washington times., 1918-03-26
"TICKERS" GET ORDERS
TO GIVE UP DESKS

seventy-five per cent Of the slick
srs" IN washington will be out OF
the city on active duty by April o,
and the remaining IS per cent VIII
fallow them out by April is. accord
ing TO an order which is being pre-
pared by the war Department. It
was Gnnounced today.
Many Of these officers, who have
vorn uniforms while serving behind
ne desks, will go to France. others
viii be sent to places in this coun-
try, where they win be forced to
soil the immaculate primness Of their
uniforms.
Older officers will take their
places, where needed, and civilians
win al other OF the jobs, where the
work is of a clerical nature.
The Washington times., 1918-03-26
ARREST FOLLOWS FIRE
AND MYSTERIOUS BLAST

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 20
Paul Pecusak is held by tho Federal
authorities following an explosion
which wrecked the dry kiln and water
tank at the plant Of the Gress Manu-
featuring Company. Pecusak, an EN-
pioye about the yards, is said to have
been seen running away from the
scene Of the explosion.
Wood products being turned out by
the kiln are used in the manufacture
OF army airplanes..
The nature Of the explosion indi-
Gated that dynamite was used.
The Washington times., 1918-03-26
Miss FasseHand
Ensign Mevin
Married Today

Miss Jennie Louise Fassett, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs.. J. sloat Fassett.
of New York and formerly Of Albany
and Elmira. N. Y, will be married to-
day to Ensign Ethelbert Paul Nevin.
NevIn. OF New York. The wedding
will take place at $50 o'clock at the
Vanderbilt Hotel.
Miss Fsssett will be attended by
Miss Rosamond Starr. Stanley Evans
will be best man. The ceremony win
be performed By the Rev. William T.
Henry. OF the Fret Baptist Church,
OF Eimira- A small reception will
follow, and there will be q. BRIEF wed
ding trip before Ensign NeVin re-
turns to the United States transport
on which he is stationed.
Miss Fassett has many friends In
Washington. her father, who was for
a long time Republican leader in New
York and was Republican nominee
for governor In 1891, having been IN
Congress here. II. was through her
friendship with Mas Doris Nevin. her
classmate at the Cathedral School,
washingtons that her acquaintance
with her fiance began two years ago.
Mr.. Nevin is the son Of the late Ethel
bert Nevin, the composer Of songs.
-
Mrs. Marshall Field has gone to
New York to pass several weeks.
-
Mrs. Manning Visits Parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Beale R. Howard have
as their guest their daughter, Mrs.
Francis Bartlett Manning, OF Cam
bridge. Mass. who viii be with them
until after Easter.
=
Mrs. Henry MeChesney, of st.
Louis, is visiting Miss Sophie Sic
bert. at 1900 ] street.
John EIwin RehI, until recently
American cnhsul In saloniki. and
Mrs Kehi are in washington for q
short visit Ar. Kehl IL waiting az
isignment TO another post.
This being Holy Week. the regular
weekly tea at the headquarters OF
the National American Woman SUN
rage Association, 1925 Rhode Island
avenue, will not be held on wednes-
day afternoon.
Mrs. J. H. Lull. who has been the
guest OF Mrs. Ezra Koon for several
days, left town today for her home
in Dubuque, Iowa Mrs. Lull visited
Washington on her way from Au-
gusta, Ga, where she spent several
weeks.
The Washington times., 1918-03-26

Every Plant on Exhibition Is a
Product of Our Own Greenhouses.
The Washington times., 1918-03-26

Flowers delivered by tele-
graph to all parts of the
world.