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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-03-12
A SOLDIER.

IN remembrance Of my dear brother
Clarence Ilcllams, whom God in Ills
wisdom saw fit to recall to his better
home, on the night Of Dec. 3rd, 1918.
He was Il soldier Of Camp Sewer
Grccnvillc, and was one who was de-
voted to his duties and we'll loved by
all his comrades.
"a precious one from us has gone,
\ voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
And l can hear his voice now saying:
Father and Mother, Brothers and
sisters,
Weep no more for me,
For I'm in glory waiting for thee"
Sister Eula."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-03-12
ANA ELECTS
DEMOCRAT TO CONGRESS-

Greensburg, Pa, March 5.-For the
irst time In fifty years n Democrat,
John Wilson, has been elected to Con-
gress from Butler County, according
to late returns from Tuesdays spc-
cial election in the twenty second
congressional district. With the re-
turns, virtually complete, Mr.. Wilson
is leading John NJ. Jamison, rcpubli-
can, by i73 votes. He will occupy the
scat loft vacant by the death of l.. E.
Robbins.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-03-12

best methods, and profits to be expect
cd.
5> Feeding demonstrations; to en-
courage the practice of furnishing beef
icattle for market, to furnish market
for cheap coarse ronghpess produced
on farms, and to increase the quality
of manurcs for soil improvement.
6. Cooperative breeders sales; to
advertise and encourage worthy
breeders and help find market for
their surplus.
Z. Preparations Of cattle for eXhi-
,btion; to stimulate cattle shows and
breeding herds.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-03-12
CAMAUFLAGED GUNS
PROTECTED NATION
Many Large M0rtnrS, Standing on Con-
crete Emplaccmcnts, Hid Along L.
$. Coast. Camouileur Describes
Work AGninSt E-HOntS

crete EmplaccmcntS, Hid Along L.
$. Coast. Camouilcur Describes
Work Against U-B0nts.
| Ne wYork, March 7.-EIugc mortars,
standing on concrete cmpacemcnts
and abundantly supplied with half ton
prOjcctilcs, were erected during the
war among the flowers and shrubbcry
of rrivatc gardens in New York City
and elsewhere along the Atlantic
| Coast. ready to rcpcl the attacks of
milan Touch, one Of tho first Amcri-
can camouilagcrs told the Now York
section Of the American Chamical So
cicty tonight.
MIR. Touch. who directed several Of
the navy's important camoullagc pro
iccts spoke with the consent Of Sccrc-
jiary Daniels. lie described how
Ihon"ysncklc, morning-glory and ivy.
as we'll as paints, had been employed
TO conceal or lower hc visibility of
coastal Notifications.
Ambrose channel, the mouth Of
Now York harbor, was protected in
addition 10 tic guns in the regular
IafmY iortS. by mOlars having a range
Ioi twelve miles, said Mr. Touch
some Of these auxiliary cannon he
declared, We're placed two and a half
miles inland on private estates and
SO concealed by arrangement Of trees
! iShNihbcry and flowers that paSscrs-
hy were ignorant of their erection and
even aviators found little or no cvi-
dcncc" Of their Locations. They were
manned by army gun crews.
! The CamOullcur describes his work
! in Disgusting navy yards and docks
along the Atlantic Coast. notably The
Pensacola and Key West bases. which
were exposed to attacks by German
raiders and submarines operating in
the South Atlantic. The navy be-
! licvcd Mr. Touch asserted, that the
| Germans had a secret base on The
north coast Of Cuba, declaring that
rich German firms in Havana were
lnotoriOusly aiding the Central Pow
crs" and that there were "m0rc Ger
man spies and prOpagandiStS on the
Islands than in the United States"
Mr.. Touch declared the army did
not take kindly to camouilagc at The
beginning of the war and said that
| he had great difficulty" in convincing
army officers the necessity Of camou-
llaging Notifications adjacent to navy
yards.
Prior to the war Mr. Touch gained a
reputation as n camoullcur by lower
Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-03-12
TIME FOR BETTER
BEEF CATTLE HERE
knising OF Texas Fever Tick Ouaran
tine Opens Doors for Big Cattle Here

clemson College, March 5.-rhc
raising of the Federal quarantine
against the Texas fever cattle tick in
December |, 1918, opened wide the
ooor for more and better cattle in
South Carolina. The rapid increase in
interest in dairy cattle and the i'm
provGnent being right in breeding
stock by means Of bull associations
should be followed and will be fol-
lowed by similar development in the
beef cattle industry.
10 specialists in live stock of the
extensive service. in order to aid in
ms development. have planned scv-
eral lines of beef cattle endcayor to
be undertaken in 1919 through the aid
ol 0lStrlct and county agents, cattle
breeders organizations, and indiyid-
ualS, as follows:
|. Development OF pure bred bccr
cattle industry; TO place pure brcd
beef cattle on definite constructive
basis promoting certain breeds in
certain counties and sections.
2. Pure bred beef cattle records;
TO record the number and kind of pure
bred animals available at any time
and to find market for surplus.
3. Buying pure brod cattle; to
promote community breeding enter
priscS and aid in buying economical
ly the breeding stock needed in va
rous communities.
4. Herd management dcmonstra-
tiOnS; to secure and demonstrate def
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-03-12
Grovo's TasteIess chilli Tonic

restores vitality and energy by purifying and en-.
rching the blood. You can soon feel It's Strength.
,ning, Invisoratna Effect Price 80c.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
What Overwhelmed the Hun

Not the actual strength of the
American Army in France, says a
writer in Power-Plant Engineering
(Chicago, March -, though that
could perhaps have forced surren-
der of large numbers of German
troops. but the preparation under
way which insured overwhelming
defeat of Germany in 1919 was the
cause of the sudden ending of the
war. He goes on:
"If the Germans had not known
of the great stream of shells, gas,
tanks, and other munitions that was
ready to flow forward they might
have fought on through 1919, and
the battles would have cost the lives
of 100000 American soldiers. But
we were making more mustard gas
than Great Britain, France, and
Germany combined. Our tank pro-
gram called for one tank for every
seventy-five foot of front; artillery
and shells were under way that
would have blown the German army
off the face of the earth. And they
knew it. So that, although We are
paying for a great mass of material
that never reached the front. it is
really a payment for the saving of
100000 lives of our boys, and wounds
that can not even be estimated"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
HOLIDAYS TO RELIEVE GIN
TELLECTUAL INDIGESTION
GFrom the Literary Digestl

-HAT the holiday has it's place in
medicine is editorally asserted
- by The Journal of the American
Medical Association (Chicago, March
~. The concentration of effort and
the speeding up of schedules" due to
the war, with the assertion of some
efficiency experts that such concen-
tration should become. standard in
the future, lead the editor to protest
against what he terms the new mil
itarized procedures" More than one
of those, he says. who have observed
the actual working-out of these
plans in practice have seriously
asked themselves whether in the
long run such wartime measures
can secure peace-time benefactions.
The fact that every hour of the day
is utilized does not guarantee that it
is most advantageously employed.
There is such thing as intellectual
indigestion resulting from inordinate
concentration" He goes on:
The efficiency of mechanical
or automatic performance can
doubtless be increased in large meas
ure by persistently continued prac-
tise; on the other hand. there are
more distinctly intellectual process
es which become impaired unless
a reasonable period for reflection
and mental recuperation is allowed.
Let us hesitate, therefore, lest
we adopt a machinelike scheme too
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05

rashly as the basis for the further
development OF American higher
education. The physician has a
special concern in the threatened
abolition of the institution of holi-
days. To him who watches the
mode OF life of his fellow citizens
the beneficence of an occasional holi-
day has not escaped notice. 1t need
not be debated whether there has
been inordinate waste of time in the
past; whether the life of many of
our citizens. young and old, has not
been extravagant in authorized idle
ness. The institution of suitable
holiday periods is for the most part
more than likely to make for good.
The right use of a holiday is one
of the sovereign secrets in the prac-
tice of the noble art of keeping
alive Let us bear this in mind in
the discussion of the projects of re-
construction, frankly admitting that
leisure is valuable in the long run
only IL 1t improves the quality of
work. A change of work may be-
come a holiday in essence. The best
holiday, is not one spent in languid
idleness, but one that contains the
largest amount of new experience
The physician needs such holidays
and in selecting their routine he will
do we'll to observe such holiday eX-
perts as the naturalist, the traveller,
and the historian, rather than the
golfer"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
PULLING TOGETHER

TN dealing. with after-war prob
lens. the business Interests of
the United States are manifest
ing a sanity which is encouraging
and reassuring as to the future
1t must be realized by even the most
casual student of the signs of the
times that the business man has
been subjected to tremendous pres
sure during the last few years, es-
pecially since our entrance into the
war. That he has kept his head
and has managed to maintain a rea-
sonable amount OF American opti-
mism illustrates the character of the
men who are back of the industry
and commerce of the Nation. They
have had enough to upset ordinary
confidence. but with persistent faith
in the country and it's future the
business interests have continued to
meet the problems which have been
arising at every turn with a courage
and intelligence worthy the Nation
which determined the world strug-
gle.
In all communities there are ques-
tions popping up at every turn which
are likely to disturb local conditions,
but with sanity Of attitude and a
constant disposition to overthrow the
spirit OF unrest and disorder which
comes from the other side OF the
ocean there is reason to believe that
the readjustment OF the after-war
conditions will proceed toward the
normal without serious disruption
of our ordinary activities. 1t is the
duty of every man-employer and
employe-to cooperate in solving
the big problems which are newt
able as the aftermath of war. All
alike are interested in bringing
about normal conditions as quickly
as possible and with the establish
ing of peace at Paris there must be
also the maintenance of content
ment in the United States.
Every effort is now being made to
provide for any unemployment that
may follow the demobilizing of the
armed forces of the country and
who had been regularly employed
during the war. This is an import
ant phase of the restoration of peace
conditions and it is creditable to the
employers of the country that for
the most part they are doing their
utmost to act with the same spirit
of patriotism which actuated them
in the midst of the war.
But there must be a constant pull
ing together OF all classes of our
population If we are to have the
sort of peace that will assure tran
guilty and prosperity to all the
people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
THE HOSTESS HOUSE

u NE of the best pieces OF war
work conducted in Harrisburg
was the hostess house activi-
ties OF the Civic Club which came
to an end a week ago with the clos
ing OF the house after six months
OF most excellent service. 1t was
operated along the lines OF the Red
Cross and cared for thousands OF
uniformed men, from the visiting
French Blue Devils to the private
soldiers OF the local camps.
Much OF the work was under the
direction OF Mrs. Edward F. Dunlap,
chairman of the Hostess House COM
mittee. and Mrs. William Hender-
son, president of the club, assisted
by scores of volunteers who gave
literally OF their time and money.
Everything was free, entertainment
being provided by the talented peo-
pie OF the city and every Saturday
evening a dance was held, carefully
chaperoned, at which the young wo-
men OF Harrisburg were asked to
meet the men in UNIFORM. Ine sun
day evening meetings, with supper
served by the canteen committee
under the Craftsmanship OF Mrs. ].
Nelly Jones. were another pleasant
feature much enjoyed by the SOL
diers.
The hostess house had a far
reaching influence for good. Men
away from home were brought into
wholesome surroundings and made
TO understand that the people OF the
city had an interest in them. Friend
ships that will last through the years
were made there and a spirit of
service developed in those who
worked to make il success that
will not die with the passing Of the
hostess house.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
CANDY IN THE ARMY

Uncle Sam likes his boys to have
plenty OF candy, and hands it to
them by the carload. The author
OF a special article prepared for The
American Journal of Clinical Medi-
cine (New York, March }, from ma
terial furnished by the Quarter
master-General's office, tells US that
since the Government has been hand
ling the purchase of sugar, through
the Food Administration (Septem ber
1, 1910, approximately 200,000,00
pounds has been used by the Army,
exclusive of the depots and camps
on our west coast, where they have
been using raw sugar from Manila,
having it refined locally. A con-
servative statement of the total
amound of sugar consumed by the
Army is 225,000,000 pounds. 1t is
found that about 237 pounds of
sugar is eaten by 1000 men at their
meals in one day.. We read further:
Lemon drops (the candy) are SO
popular in the Army that consider
able difficulty has been experienced
by the Subsistence Division of the
Quartermaster Corps in obtaining the
quantity and quality desired. About
100000 pounds of lemon-drops is
used each month at the present time
constituting about fifteen per cent.
of the amount of candy furnished to
the Army. Samples were secured
from practically all the candy-mak-
ers in the United States and the
lemon-drop that was thought best
for the men was adopted as the
standard. The formula was then
secured and distributed among a
number of candy manufacturers,
with the result that at present the
Army is being very well supplied
with the CONNECTION. The lemon
drops now being supplied to the
Army are made of pure granulated
sugar and are favored with an
emulsion made from the rind of the
lemon. 1t is found that an extra
sour lemon-drop is the favorite with
the soldiers. The product made from
the formula used has the thirst
quenching quality of lemonade.
Care is being taken to see to it
that manufacturers do not use un-
developed cacao- beans in the manu-
facture of chocolate and candy for
the Army. 1t is found that, among
the beans used in making these
products, there are many undevel-
oped beans. This is caused by the
dense shade of the cacao-tree. The
taste of chocolate made from the un-
developed bean bears the same re-
lation to that from the developed
bean as does the crab-apple to the
winesap apple. Candy, when made
from the poorer product while pure,
is very different in taste, being some
what bitter and unsatisfactory.
Steps are being taker to see to it
that this substitution is not made in
Army products"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
TRADE BRIEFS

An American company about to
open up an industry in Honduras
proposes TO reconstruct the present
wharf of re-enforced concrete to
reconstruct and maintain the road
bed of q railway. to build a new rail-
way line, to erect one steel bridge
and to open up new lands.
Shipments of wood pulp from
Sweden to Germany, which were
stopped by the British blockade in
the Baltic, have been resumed.
Consul Alexander W.
Weddell of Athens has transmitted
the name of a new business recently
organized at Kalamata, Greece, for
the expectation of figs and currants,
especially those produced in that
section. The name of the firm may
be obtained from the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce or
its district and cooperative offices by
reference to File No. 1883.
The Landmandsbank, Holstebro,
which since January l, 1917, has
worked with a capital stock of s67.-
900, is now doubling this capital.
This bank was started in 1887 with
q Cdpltdl STOCK OI SS,VUV.
The normal consumption of gaso-
lene within the Union OF South Afri-
ca is said to be $4,000 cans monthly.
The consumption Of coal in Brit
ish India by railways, steamers and
Indian industries and exports to for
eign countries accounted for 5,24S,-
900 tons of the 1S,21S,000 tons pro-
duced in India in 1917.
FTNI, h-a L. 60 [-A Atnrfa
trains, which has undergone the
most severe tests successfully. is not
only going to be introduced on all
German railroads, but also on those
of ria-Hungary.
Aktieselskabet Maraker Bruk in
Norway are building a lumber raft
to be towed across the North Sea.
The raft is being built in Kommel-
vik, Norway, and is considerably
larger than the Refanut, the 2,100
standard timber raft which was
towed from Finland to Copenhagen.
Mica of excellent quality is stated
to have been located close TO the
Rhodesia- Portuguese Africa border.
High cost of tins has been ham,
pering the new industry of con-
densed milk manufacture in the
Cape and Natal. according to the
British and South African Export
Gazette" The milk is said to be
richer in butter fat than the i'm
ported brands.
A. B. Forenade Kopman, a Stock
holm corporation doing a general
merchandise and agency business, is
increasing it's capital stock from
ss04,O to s1,2o0,Ooo. The COM
pany was started in 1916 with a
capital of s174,200.
The factory at the Rand for the
treatment of crude phosphates from
Saldanha Bay is to be located next
to the Ferreira mine, says the Brit
ish and South African Export Ga
zette," and when it starts opera
tions something like 1000 tons of
fertilizer monthly will be produced,
with about 13 per cent. of soluble
phosphates.
The Governor of British East Afri-
ca is appointing an officer to or
ganize the statistics of the protec-
torate's agricultural, dairying, in
dustrial and pastoral productions.
Considerable interest is being taken
in the vegetable oil industry in the
Straits Settlements. particularly CO.
coanut, rubber seed and castor oils.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
THE AMERICAN
ter seeing a Doug" Fairbanks

latter seeing a Doug" Fairbanks
The last kiss faded out; the bright
ness thinned.
Hands clattered in a tempest of
applause;
"a thousand white leaves pattering
in the wind)
Glory turned garish in the fol-
lowing pause.
The audience shrank with it, looked
and grinned
Sheepishly at itself, then turned to
What the next number on the bill
might be
A fat man sang II hear you calling
me-"
But something still persisted, some
thing crude;
Childishly boisterous. palpably alb
surd.
And yet it spelled America in rude
Large letters; told without a word
The essence of our boyhood, the
young spirit
Surer of naught than what we
may inherit;
Intrepid faith that does not stop to
pray
And strength that springs from a
child's love of play;
Reckless. spontaneous, prodigal, i'm
mense,
Taking no thought of cost or con-
sequence.
Again life flickered from the shining
reels
A lady vampire posed with a pet
snake.
Six odd sized clowns, late of the
burlesque wheels"
Dressed as policemen, fell into a
lake.
A lisping tenor, painted to the eyes,
Came out and squeaked We're
going to smash the Hun"
And still the spoil remained. Out of
the lies
And cheap hypocrisies it rose and
spun
Its kindred strands Of fantasty
and fun,
OF gaiety uncomfortable and wise.
OF the brash boy in us that never
dies,
But keeps us better than text or
truth,
Bound to the bright democracy of
youth.-Louis Untermeyer in
Contemporary Verse.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
Psychology of the Flu

IA Physician Writes to the CONT
mental Edition of the London Times1
The great ones of the medical
profession have been discussing in
fiuenza and have disagreed, as usual,
regarding treatment and prevention.
Not unnaturally the public is feel
ing bewildered. 1t is almost inclined
to wonder whether the medical pro-
fession knows anything at all about
influenza. Perhaps the great ones Of
the medical profession don't. But
the general practitioner does. He
if he is any use-realizes that,
though he can not treat the disease,
he can treat the patient.
How does he do it? His methods
are quite simple. He bucks the pa
tient up. Either he makes the pa
tient laugh or he makes him very
result is the same.
In either case the patient is pro-
vided with something fresh to think
about. Either he talks about the
doctors affability or he growls about
the d@ctor's brutality. and threatens
to report him." Then he goes to
sleep and wakes refreshed.
Influenza is really a most innocu-
Gus affair. The percentage of per-
sons affected who develop serious
5ymptoms is ridiculously small; and
the percentage would be smaller
still if there were more general san
ity knocking around.
Here is a truly scientific exposition
of what happens. There are certain
germs waiting about with their tails
up. seeking victims. No. 1 germ pro-
vides the headache and the pains all
over. No. 2 germ hands out the
pneumonia which kills.
Neither germ has much chance
with the person who is not prepared
to welcome him. If you are fit, the
germ-he has a nice long name
will drop his tail and let you pass
by unscathed; but If you are not fit-
and particularly If you let the germ
know you are afraid of him-he
will go for you.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
EDITORIAL COr1r1ENT
By BRIGGS

The Hun always maintained thai
envy OF Germany brought on the
war. If lie was right, here is one
cause of war forever removed
Greenvillo IS. c. Piedmont.
The future peace of the world de-
penos largely on the policy of the
Yer. allies conference. Is it "interna-
tionalize" or international ?"-
Manila Bulletin.
Tho magnitude of the problem Of
of getting Mexico on her feet" Ia
test appreciated by those who are
familiar with the spectacle of the
Mexican recumbent in the SUN. You
can get him on his feet, but you
can't keen him there. We should
say ,hLt the only way to get Mex
leo on her feet" would be to tilt the
axis of the Carth.-Chicago Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-05
GENERAL WOODS MEDAL
IFrom the New York Sun

ltrom the New Gork SUM
News comes from Washington
that the War Department announces
its award to Major General Leonard
Wood of the Distinguished Service
Medal. If it is permitted to put an
inscription on this medal, we sug-
gest at least the. outlines of some
brief explanatory matter, as follows:
Presented to Major General
Leonard Wood as a token of the
Administrations burning desire to
indicate to the people of the United
States that it really and truly loves
Wood and that 1t kept him from 60
ing to France becaues of its solicit
tude for his health and not because
it feared that General Wood, II sent
to the battlefield. might enhance his
professional reputation and the af-
fection in which so many Americans
hold him."
This. as we said, is only a sugges-
ton. That the head of the War De-
partment. Mr.. Baker. who has a lit
erary touch second to only one in
all the Administration. could do bet
ter with the inscription we are sure.