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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
Early Irish POtatOcS
them.

Just as other people are scratching
in action. The Advertiser has received
a few real, though small, now crop
Irish potatoes. They happened to have
sproutcd underneath the house where
the seed were put last fall to keep for
spring gardening. In their ambition
to get ahead Of some other seed Of
champion gardeners hcrcabouts, they
Just took it upon themselves to sprout
out bcforctimcs and make n big record
while about it. They were brought in
hy Mrs. r. B. IIumbcrt. who has al
ready served several dishes OF thcm
this spring.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
POTATO WAREHOUSE
IS NOW ASSURED
Stock Subscribed to Company Which
will Erect Potato Warehouse in
Time for Fall Potatoes.

Capital stock to the amount of $4,000
has already been subscribed for po-
tato storage house to be erected Inf
Laurcns this summer in time to take
care Of the fall crop Of sweet potatoes
grown in Laurens county. The ware
house has been talked Of here for
several months and was strongly
urged by the county farm demonstra-
tor and others who had observed their
success III other places. Monday
morning Mr.. w. l.. Gray and Mr.. Fl.
Terry circulated subscription pcti-
tion with the result that in few
hours the minimum amount was sub.
scribcd and the warehouse assured.
announcement is being given the pro-
ject by the c. & w. G. railroad which
has offered a site adjoining it's tracks
where the building may be erected
without cost for the land The ca
pacity Of the warehouse will be be-
tween twelve and \hfteen thousand
bushels, unless the plans arc enlarged.
Mr.. Gray stated yesterday that more
subscriptions are desirable and the
larger the amount OF capital stock the
larger will be the Warehouse Sub
scriptions in as small sums as S25 will
be accepted.
The exact method Of operating the
plan has not yet been decided upon,
but the expense Of storage will be very
small ii is understood. Those behind
the project hope that the farmers Of
the county will atke advantage Of the
plan and plant large acreage this
year in sweet potatoes. Mr.. Moore,
the farm dcmonstrator, will very
probably start campaign at an early
date to assure a large crop for this
purpose.
Those who subscribed to one share
each Of 500 are as follows:
w. L. Gray, Hunter Bros, Fl. Terry,
]. w. Dunklin, Wells Clardy Co., Min
ter Co, 8. M. &c -. II. Wilkes e Co.,
Switzer Co., c. F.. Kennedy, T.. E.
Burns, j. G. Shell, Jones-Taylor Hdw.
Co. +. p. & J. r. Childress, Albert
Dial, Swygert-Nickels & Co., ]. w.
Todd, II. X. Aiken, c. NJ. Miller, Ow-
ings & Owings. Davis-Roper Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
HOGS SHIPPED
TO MARKET
First Carload Shipment OF Hogs Made
out OF Laurcns County Monday.
Fine Showing Of Pork.


| For the first time in the history OF
Laurcns carload shipment of home
pred hogs was made from here Mon
day morning under the direction OF
County Farm Demonstration d. NJ.
Moore The shipment had been ar
ranged for several weeks before and
early Monday morning wagons and
| trucks from all over the county com
mcnced 10 arrive. Farmers from the
extreme edges Of the county were here
with loads varying from two TO ten
hogs, the shipment being made to
| Richmond on consignment to Kingan
u Company, who had handled several
other shipments for county demon
strators in other sections Of the state.
The shipment was made i'm the name
or the Enterprise National Bank.
which institution will receive the
check for the hogs and distribute the
money out among those who were in
terestcd in the shipment.
According to the records kept by Mr..
Moore, 76 hogs were shipped by 81
farmers, the total weight being 1922
pounds. OF these twenty-five graded
NO. |, thirty-six No. 2, and twenty
| eight No. 3. AS the first and second
grades weighed much more than the
| third grade, the average grade Of tho
| shipment was rather high Mr.. Moore
stated yesterday that he is already
laying plans for other shipments in
| the fall, when he hoped to make car
load shipments Of single grades.
a large number Of people were at
the freight yards all day watching the
| weighing and loading OF the hogs and
a great deal Of enthusiasm was arous-
| cd by the unusual sight Of so many
Laurcns county porkers. Chief inter-
est was centered in the two wagon
loads OF hogs brought here by Mr.. w.
III. Hatton, Of Clinton. Mr.. Hatton
had nine large porkcrs, all from one
litter and having a total weight OF
3,444 pounds or over fifth OF the en-
tire shipment. Mr.. HattOn stated that
he raised these hogs on homegrown
corn in Jacks township. They were
greatly admired by all who saw them.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
COMMON PLEAS COURT MEETS.
Judge Prince to Preside over Term
Which Begins Fourth Monday I'm
thiS Month.

this Month.
The jury commissioners met in the
Office OF the clerk OF court Monday and
drew the vcnirc of Jurors for tho
court of common pleas which convcncs
here the fourth Monday in his month
judge Geo f. Prince of Anderson
will preside. There will very prob-
ably be the usual two weeks session,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
PostOiiicc Examination Announced.

The postofice department at Wash
ington has announced an examination
for the misunderstanding Of Laurcns to
be held on May 2lst to fiji the vacancy
caused by the death Of the late post
master, Mr.. James a. Clardy. Appli-
cations for the place have not been
made public, but it is understood that
a number Of applications will be fled
The appointments are made following
a competitive examination, but it is
understood that the congressman and
senator's may WELD considerable innu-
cncc to prevent appointments if they
choose to do so.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
AMERICAN FLAG 4
VICTORY LOAN pRIy

American Flag which Flies over Na-
tionN Capitol to he Given State
which AttainS Largest Pcrccntawr
OF O,cr-SubScription.
Columbia April Word from
WaShington was received today By the
Victory Liberty Loan committee for
South Carolina announcing that the
large American flag which noatcd ov-
er the dome Of the capitol during the
inaugural ceremonies and other his
tOric occasions would be awarded the
state which attainS the largest per-
ccntage of vcr-subscriptions of its
quota in the Victory Loan campaign.
At the recent conference OF the Fifth
Federal Reserve District held in Rich
mond this State was CONGRATULATED on
having the most complete organization
TO date and the Liberty Loan commit
tees predict that South Carolina will
keep in the lead in the coming drive
which opens April 81.
This flag Of honor was presented to
the United States Treasury Depart
mcnt by Elliott Woods, Superintend-
cnt of the capitol. 1t was first noatcd
over the capitol dome on March ..
1917, when President Wilson was in
auguratcd and again when the Prcsi-
dent delivered his war address to Con-
gross April 4 and 5, 1917. This flag
was also flown on the occasions Of the
visits Of the various foreign missions
to the capitol and raised proudly the
day the armisticc was signed.
The Bureau OF Publicity Of the
Treasury announces that this price
less flag will be presented as a per
mancnt souvenir to the State making
the highest record in the Victory Loan
Drive. The attention Of the chair
men Of the various counties in South
Carolina will be called to this offer
and ovcry effort made for this State to
win the contest.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
NEW VICTORY STAMPS.
Local P0StOiiicc Receives Supply OF
New Stamps Sold Only TO Those Who
Ask for Them.


Ask for Them.
The local pOStollicc announces the
receipt OF small supply OF the new
scent Victory Stamp issued to COM
mcmoratc tho successful outcome Of
the war.
The design presents a standing fig
urc OF Liberty victorious with a back
ground composed Of the flags OF the
five countries which were most active
~ engaged in the cause The figure Of
Liberty is hclmctcd, the upper part
Of the body is cncascd in scale OF
armOr, and a flowing skirt falls to the
feet. The right hand grasps a sword,
the point Of which rests on the ground
at the feet Of the figure; the left arm
is partially extended and the hand
holds a balance scale representing
Justice.
Back OF the figure appears The
American flag; at the left are drapcd
the British and Belgian flags. and at
the right tho Italian and French flags.
AS the issue Of the Victory stamp IS
not Sufficiently large to take the place
Of the regular scents stamp they will
be sold only to patrons who request
them.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
BAPTISTS no HAVE REVIVAL.
Special Meeting starts mt the Baptist
Church June Sth.

Church June Stli.
The First Baptist Church Of I.au-
ronS is planning for three weeks re-
vival service, which will begin June
s. The Rev. John Marvin Dean, d. d..
Of Chicago has been secured to con
duct the meeting. He will bring with
him a song service director and a pcr-
sOnal worker DR.. Dean is a rCnown-
ed preacher and evangelist. He has
been chaplain in two wars, the Span
iSh-Amcrican and the world war
While with The American army Of oc-
cupation in the Philippines he was
captured by the Filipinos and held a
prisoner for aomc time. When Tie
European war broke out in 1914, Dr.
Dean was in Switzerland, and when
he started to return homo he was ar
rested as a spy but was soon released.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
TIME NOW RIPE
FILIPINO FREEDOM
Secretary Baker Tells Spe.
Cial Mission.
WILSON FAVORS
THE PLAN


Well to Deny 1t to Others. President
Wilson Writes to Mission. Cites
Record OF Loyalty of Filipinos in the
War.
Washington, April i.-Membcrs OF
the special mission OF the Philippine
legislature here to urge immediate in
dependence for the islands were told
today by Secretary Baker that he spoke
President Wilson's mind when he said
he believed the time had come to grant
the complete independence desired by
the Filipino people.
The war secretary also said he be-
lievcd the mission would be able 10
carry home word that the American
people loved liberty too dearly to deny
ii to others.
francis Burton Harrison. governor
general Of the Philippines, followed
Mr.. Baker with the statement that his
experience in the islands had convinc-
cd him that the obstacles to indcpend-
cncc that appeared TO exist a few years
ago had been cleared away.
llc read letter left by President
Wilson when he went to Europe ex-
pressing the hope that the mission
would result in "bringing about the de-
sirable ends set forth in the joint reso-
luton Of the legislature.
The mission including forty prom-
ncnt Filipinos and headed by Manuel
Quczon. president Of the senate, on be-
ing received in Secretary Bakers Of
flee today, presented formal memorial
asking Independence and pointing par
ticularly TO the record Of the Philip
pines in the great war.
In replying, the secretary read Pres
idcnt Wilson's letter. addressed to him
under date of March 3rd. It was as
follows:
"WIll yon please express TO the gen
ucmcn Of the commission representing
the Philippine LEGISLATURE my regret
that shall be unable 10 sec them por-
Sonally on their arrival in Washington.
"'' '''' "'l'', ''l", '''c'' MISSION
~ . ~. u H"''H''c''oh 10 th"m
and that it will result in bringing
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'',' Wv n'n"'''S u '''c coh'''''S-
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tho constant
NV ''''S'""' H"p''or, ana encourage
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
LARGE MEETING
COTTON GROWERS
One Of the Largest Conventions Ever
Held In south, Held in Columbia ON
lOttOn SituntiOn Inst ThmrSInN.

biggest ever held in the South An
proximatcIy one thousand representa-
tive planters were in attendance, rcp-
rcScntng every county in the state.
and a spirit of determination that does
not know defeat was stamped on their
faces.
The convention chccred to the echo
an announcement by the central com
mittcc Of the South Carolina Cotton
Association that the cotton acreage re-
ductiOn in the entire cotton belt would
DC "l,OS per cent and that the rcduc-
ton in South Carolina would be 3l.15
per cent. 1t was estimated that the
fertilizer reduction for cotton would be
at least 81 per cent
Resolutions denouncing as SLACK
ers' all farmers who do not reduce
their cotton acreage were unanimously
adopted as were resolutions condemn
ing the circulation by some parties in
an effort TO hurt the movement, of re-
ports derogatory to the members of
the central committee. A resolution
calling for an investigation OF the war
industries board was also adopted.
The convention was stirred by clo-
duchl addresses. Congressman j
Thomas IIcilin OF Alabama told his
hearers that they had the weapon with
which to win the fight and he trusted
that God would give them strength TO
use it. The farmers were deeply stir
red by his talk. Senator Smith told
them that Southern boys had broken
the llindcnburg line and that the
Southern farmer was going to break
the line Of the spectators and gamb-
lers who have been holding the price
Of cotton down. w. b. Thompson, of
New Orleans, delivered splendid ad-
dress on "The Cotton Republic. Gov
ernor Cooper assured the farmers he
was standing back OF them in their
fight for their rights Congressman
Lever made an eloquent speech intro
ducing Congressman Hcnin.
The total acreage to be planted in
South Carolina for 1919 was cstimat-
ed at 2.O62,0o3. The acreage rcduc-
tiOn Is 932 ,9i2 acres. This pcrScntagc
will he increased as reduction com
mittces arc still very actively at work
in every county in the state.
The percentage reduction by states
follows: Virginia 3@ IS; North Caro-
lima "a; South Carolina Bills; Georgia
33 l-3; Florida 2;.5; Alabama 80 Ia;
Mississippi 33 ID; Louisiana %;
Texas 33 49, Arkansas %; Tennessee
l6; Missouri 6; Oklahoma 33 1-3: Cal
fornia 20: Arizona %. This makes an
average total Of 3l.OS per cent
Some Of the counties OF the state
have not contributed their pro rata
share Of the expenses Of the campaign.
Money contributed by the different
counties follows: Abbcvillc, nothing;
Aiken, 3d. Allcndalc. $40; Anderson,
SIS; BambcrG. 1888. %; Barnwcn,
$495.10; Beaufort, $25; Berkeley. 1928 !;
Calhoun, $5ol 30: Charleston. $l.o23 :;
Cherokee. So Chester. SIS: Chester
field. S75; Clarendon $ll7.!5: Collcton
$ll; Darlington $2G5; Dillon $500 ::
Dorchester $3.50; Edgcfcld So;
Fairfield $3.50: Florence $l47.50:
Georgetown $52G Grccnvillc $l5;
Greenwood $3l; Hampton $l95.5O; :;
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
VIC Wednesday, Cluh.

The Wednesday Club will meet with
Mrs. p. a. Simpson, Wednesday after
noon, April 9th, at four o'clock.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
Meeting Of ID. 4. II.

The Henry IIaurcns chapter, d. A.
r., will meet with Mrs. w. p. Childrcss
Friday afternoon at o'clock
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09

American Flag which Flies over Na-
tioniSl Capitol to he Given State
which AttainS Largest Pcrccntamr
OF Ovcr-SubScripti0n.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-04-09
EASTER MAY FIND
PEACE SIGNED UP
Lloyd George Is Now Opt.
miStiC.
LARGEST TASK
EVER ATTEMPTED

No divergence of Opinion Among Al.
lied Diplomats, Lloyd George Tells
French Newspaper Men. Council Of
Four Agree Upon Principles Of tho
Indemnity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-17

s S. Dercum, a noted specialist in
ervou diseases. Lower left. DIR
"a. Sterling Ruffin, famed as a dag
nostician. Lower right, DIR. Georg
e E. de SCchweinitz of the University
of Pennsylvania, a specialist n ophth
almology, who has been h presi-
dents oculst for man wears.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-17

WASHINGTON.-The central pi
cture is Of DR.. Cary T. Grayson,
rear admiral, U. s. N, who is Pr
esident Wilson's physician and con-
slant companion on his travels.
Upper right, DR.. E. r. Stitt, e
admiral, U. s. N, and chairma
n of the medical examining board of
the navy. Upper left, DR.. Franci
The sun., 1919-07-27
SHElKs OF TIC ARABIAN NlNGOOM

Soon this boat would sail for Odessa;
and when It did sail the engineer had
promised to take us as stowaways for
a consideration of $4,000. My object
In visiting Theodore's was to send a
living in Pera, SO that he might supply
US with enough funds to last us for
our projected journey to Siberia.
Theodore. however, continued to re-
fuse to take the letter, and finally !
could only give it him by handing 1t
over openly and then getting up from
, the table. SO that II he tried to return
1t he would be bound to attract at
tention.
Our Waiting In Hospital.
For the next week we remained in
hospital. waiting for money and for
news of the Ukrainian ships date of
sailing. Those were strange days. in
the prisoners ward of the hospital.
OF the seven British officers who were
patients, only one-old W., with his
wounded arm-had any real claim to
medical attendance. r., with nothing
| but healed wound scar dating back
to the Gallipoli campaign; NJ, with
weak knee that remained swoolen only
because he knocked 1t each morning
on the bedstead; c., with sciatica and
, late middle age-all these were trying
to make use of their unreal complaints
to be exchanged as unfit prisoners Of
war. Another man, formerly aide-de-
! camp to Gen. Townshend, wanted to
I remain in Constantinople because Of
its amusements, and he achieved this
wish by means of mythical hemor-
rhages. Jones, who wore a fez. spoke
only Turkish, claimed to be a Turk,
and said that his name was Ahmed
Handi Effendi, was shamming mad
ness SO as to be sent home. Hill was
dong likewise. his form Of insanity
being to sit up in bed all day, reading
the Bible and utterng never a word,
except at sunrise and sunset, when he
faced the east, bowed down, and prayed
aloud for twenty minutes without a
pause.
was performing occasional nervous
fits to justify my existence as a pa
tent. White, who was 10 escape with
me. had plastered his ankle with a
very hot poultice, and having shown
the resulting red mark declared that II
was tubercular. Meanwhile he and
I carried on our secret correspondence
and possessed our souls in impotence.
| The queer company was disbanded
late in July, when all but the two
lunatics were sent from the hospital
to Psamatia. To avoid a threatened
transfer to the interior, White and L,
who had obtained our funds, were
forced to escape before the Ukrainian
ship sailed.
| Two others-Fulton and Stone-got
clear on the same day. While White
and ] hid In the wireless cabin of the
steamship they walked to the German
airdrome at San Stefano. with the in
tention OF stealing an airplane. Find
ing this impossible they returned to
Constantinople. and by means of a
heavy bride persuaded Theodore TO
conceal them In his house.,
| All this while Yeats Brown had con-
tinued to hide In Constantinople dis
guised as girl. The necessary clothes
were lent him by Miss W., a very
piucky Engiishwonan, who was doing
The sun., 1919-07-27

bIuuSul all emu u IHo nightmare VI
Turkish domination and oppression.
The war government of TaIaat
Pasha and Enver Pasha fell and the
Turkish armistice was arranged three
days before Theodore was to have
been hanged. Fulton and Stone were
thereupon released, and twenty -four
hours later by means of threats they
obtained freedom for the Greek waiter
v7ho had helped them. He was almost
dying from starvation and i'll treat
ment but recovered after careful
nursing.
Theodore's, a little restaurant in a
side street OF STEAMBOAT, still fiourishes.
But Theodore himself has sold his in
terest in it. With the money thus OBJ
tanned, added to what he gained by
acting as intermediary and chief con-
spirator for the British officers in
termed in Constantinople, he declared
that he is coming to open a "Theo-
dore's" in London, thus fulfilling my
prediction made over the marble
topped tables OF "Theodore's" In SIAM
boul. When and If this happens he
will not lack patrons from among the
officers and ex-officers who so often
saw him, with his bent shoulders and
his blue glassed spectacles. Ticking a
secret letter on to ones plate under
cover Of menu card.
The English Arab.
When / was a prisoner at Nazareth
the German staff officer who ques-
toned me boosted that the Arab lead
ers cooperating with the British were
about to betray us.
That" 1 suggested, sounds like a
first class falsehood."
But Lieut.. Santal. the German officer
in question, insisted, and declared that
DJemal Pasha, the Turkish General
commanding the Fourth Army. had
already received from the Emir
Feisul, commander in chief of the
Arab army. a letter of submission.
Two days later there arrived at
Nazareth a British subaltern captured
in the Jordan Valley. He had been
taken to Djemal Pasha's headquarters
at Els Salb, where a member OF the
Turkish General Staff showed him a
letter in Arabic. supposedly from Fell
sui. In this communication, according
realized that the British would be
driven out of Jerusalem before long,
and the Arabs, having seen the error
Of their ways, wanted peace.
Now, the fact that this tale of an
Arab detection was current in two
places so far apart as Nazareth and Els
Salb. coupled with the evidence of the
letter, almost convinced us of the ru-
mored betrayal. Yet, knowing that
Col. Lawrence-the young officer who
for eighteen months. living as a
Bedouin among the Bedouins. had been
the soul Of the Arab campaigii-was
with Feisul, we found 1t hard to be-
lieve that the Arab leaders offer could
be genuine.
Months later. after my escape from
Turkey. met Col. Lawrence and asked
him about Feisurs letter to the Turk
ish commander.
my dear fellow" said he, don't
worry about that. l wrote the letter
myself. We happened to be in a tight
corner. and some form of diversion was
necessary. We chose writing TO