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| had long had substantial monopoly
in these processes. In It's original con-
dition the sealskIn looks nothing like
the fur you see in the market. The
skin Is a yellowlsh gray with an outer
layer of what are called guard hairs.
The actual fur lies within the guard
hairs and close to the skin, and on
the removal of the guard hairs looks
like a rather curly, soft, silky wool,
light brown in color. The process con-
sists In removing the hairs without In
Jury to the fur that lies beneath, In
the tanning and dressing of the skin,
the dyeing of the fur, and finishing 1t
| by machining process. There are
$50 separate operations on the skin
before 1t reaches what we know as
seal furs, and the process takes about
three months.
"In the United States there was
nothing adequate of the kind. We
arranged for the establishment or a
Undressing, dyeing and finishing In
dustry which should be the equal OF
anything In the world. We made this
arrangement with a contractor, who
established factory in st. Louis. 1t
employs something over 800 hands
and Is the largest establishment of Its
kind on earth and gives US the
| finest product in the world. During
the last year of the closed season,
with the limited amount of furs we
were able to obtain from the natives
and which we sent to st. Louis, the
factory was able to get its hand In for
the larger business that was to follow
and train its men for handling the
processes on larger scale. A number
of experts from Great Britain volun-
tarily came over and took part in the
organization of the factory and the
training of the hands.
"Then in 1918 we renewed the COM
mercial killing of seals. The quota was
fixed at $4,000 and we took S4,SS3
seals. In the next year, 1919, the
quota was $4,000. and the total num-
ber at the end of August. practically
the close of the season, was 25,3S1.
"The result has been an immense
saving to our government in the cost
of handling its product, and very
much greater return to the govern
ment In the shape of profit"
Here MIR. heunelu Illustrated MS
point by giving the figures of a single
sale held Oct. 7, 1918. The number of
skins sold was 1902. The gross pro-
ceeds were $777,931; the expenses. in
Guiding cost of preparation of skins,
transportation, agents commissions.
discount for cash, etc, aggregated
S233, 1852. Thus the net proceeds on
this single sale of 12,OO2 sealskins
were S544. 4.735.7s. At this same auc-
tion the government contractor sold
fox skins numbering 600 blue and 10
white pelts. The gross receipts were
S5S.179.5O. the expenses were $6,2S0.s8,
and the proceeds were s51 ,S9S.54.
"On that same island" resumed the
ex-secretary, "the government owns
the finest herd of foxes in the world.
We feed the foxes with the offal of
the slaughtered seals, supplied from
our new by-products factory. We
found that the carcasses of seals con-
tained a lot of valuable material
which was being thrown away. We
set up a rendering plant at first for
trying out the blubber. The plant
cost $4,000 and paid for itself in the
first year-paid for itself in oil. 1t is
the Intention of the department to de-
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Poser for Mother.

The subject of the Sunday school
lesson was the golden rule, so during
the next week when little Anna was
naughty and her mother had to use
her stick real hard and put her in a
chair to reflect, she asked Anna what
she thought about 1t. Anna replied ::
"Mother, do unto others as you want
them to do unto you. You don't want
me to whip you, do you?"
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vorce and marriage which enunciated
many views then considered very radi-
cal but now widely accepted. No other
novels than his were published by
native American until the appearance
of "The Spy" by James Fenimore
Cooper, in 1881.
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First American Novelist

The man who is usually referred to
as the first American novelist and
whose claim to the title seems to be
undisputed, was Charles Brockden
Brown, who was born in Philadelphia
in 1771. and died In 1910. His best
novel, "wieland," is morbid horror
story. based on ventriloquism. and
while improbable It contains scenes
of great power. He published several
other novels, and in 1890 book on d.
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arating them. The former is mostly
lowland. with extensive sugar planta-,
tions. while Basse Terre, despite itA
name, is rugged, with cloud-cappedi
mountains that show modest signs Of
volcanic activity. Not far to the south
Is a bunch of small islands which, be-
ing regarded as one of the strategic
points of the Antilles, are formidably
fortified.
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Islands Of tho Antilles.

Earthquakes and hurricanes are ia
miliar phenomena in Martinique. Like
wise Guadeloupe. which is really two
islands, called Grande Terre and Basse
Terre, a narrow arm of the sea sep
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Perfectly Lovely.

What impressed us most yesterday
In the course of the ten or fifteen
minutes which we spent In our listen
ing post, attentively overhearing the
conversation of the neighbor women.
was the remarkable elasticity of the
word lovely. which seems to apply
to almost anything. from zinnia to
the scar left by major operation.
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Teachings of LaSalle and Marx Therefore
Take No Hold on Americans"
By DIR. CHARLES W. ELIOT. Harvard University.

The Pilgrim expedition in search of religious
liberty organized a commercial stock company
Most of the shares taken by British men of busl
who invested in it money only and were properly
called the Adventures; but every man that 'went,"
that is encountered the hardshps and risks of the
enterprise had share of the stock (value f1O) as
signed to him without payment of money, and an ad-
ditiona share for his wife and for each child over
sixteen years of age This method of organizing a
stock company remains to this day highly suggestive
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Lost Motion.

did Mrs. Gadder do much travelling
during the summerT
"wen, going back and forth,
should say she Travelled hundreds Of
miles"
"what do you mean by back and
forthr"
"She put in seven hours day in a
rocking chair on the veranda of a
summer hotel" - Birmingham Age
Herald.
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Those who went called the Planters They ultimately bought out
all the Adventures The feed othe and build shelters
for all the Planters and be entitled the proceeds of their labor
during four days of every week. the product into the cmpans
AT the of the whole of the
divided Planters
with the company was to terminate.
1t took the Pilgrims only about and half to learn that even
specially selected and would well for the
they would for their families when the colony
threatened with scarcity of food allotment of land
the product work that land directly
which provided the labor. their
The Pilgrims quickly their experience that the doctrine
of private mpraccabe community bound
together by religious To this day. people of American stock
believe heartily private property individual and family thrift and the
savings The teachings of LaSale and
Marx therefore take no hold Americans
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How Do You Known

Yes, Herman, 1t is a true saying
that If you put the two men in the
same bed, one with the toothache and
the other In love, the man with the
toothache will 20 to sleep first.-Ham-
ilton Herald.
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their hands In horror over the threat
ened extinction of the once enormous
seal herds in Alaska. Now, 1t appears,
the seals are increasing greatly in
numbers and probably will become as
numerous as ever.
Moreover, new American industry
has been created. There never was
any seal fur industry in the United
States, though the United States was
the greatest fur consumer In the
world; now 1t has the largest and
best, conducted under government d.
rection. Along with 1t the government
has been building up by-products In
dustry of which oil and meat are
the chief items, and is making use
of the seals on the Pribilof islands to
maintain and increase the gray fox
herd and enlarge the fox-skin business.
Along with that goes the probing of
| the Islands for seal bones for fertilizer,
nlso profitable industry, and the gov
ernment has found ways to get far
greater yield of furs than ever before
while at the same time greatly in
creasing the herd.
, When one says that the government
has found means to increase both the
yield and herd 1t may not strike the
reader as SO astonishing as 1t would
be If put In another way. If forestry
could manage conservation SO as to
increase the amount of lumber taken
out and at the same time increase the
number of trees, that would be match
in conservation for what conservation
30
| The chief credit for these achieve
ments lies at the door of DIR. Hugh
n. Smith, the commissioner of fish,
cries, one of the foremost authorities
on fish culture in the country. So
says former Secretary of Commerce
William c. Redfield, who took DR..
Smiths Ideas and carried them out.
Mr.. Redfield tells the story thus:
1--WE took hold of 1t in 1913 and
found existing the fye-year closed
season, which forbade the killing of
any seals except the small number
needed by the natives for food. That
gave us plenty of time to plan for
the taking up of the production on n
large scale. This country was the
largest producer of sealskinJ and the
largest consumer Of seal furs. But the
process was that we would take the
skins and ship them down to San
Francisco or Seattle, send them across
the continent. cross the Atlantic ocean
with them and land them In London.
There they were dyed, dressed and
made into finished furs, and then
were sent back again across the At
lantic ocean to the United States as
an imported article. paying 80 per
cent duty, to be consumed by our own
ipeople-one trip across the continent
and two across the ocean.
"The economic wastefulness Of that
process needs only to be stated, the
product being ours originally and the
market ours. There was no adequate
plant in this country for dyeing. dress
ling and machining sealskins. London
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Exemplary servlee.

Phoner-"Hello, Central Get me
Blank 5497-and, say, get 1t quick, like
they do in the movies. boston Trans
cript.
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The Ono Absorhina TopIe.

The One Absorbing Topic.
The reason some people don't talk
more than they do is that they can't
think of anything to say about them
selves.-Boston Transcript
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AVOIDING Maanificence.

"A mans house is his CASTLE" re-
marked the ready-made philosopher.
Don't say that" protested the ten
ant. "The landlord is liable TO think
it over and make extra charges for
castle"
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1t pays to be good; If you get into
the penitentiary it shortens your term.
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1t is always better to shake hands
than to shake friends.
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NCLE Sam is apparently q

NCLE Sam is apparently a
success as a furrler. This
is n pleasing bit of news
in these days when the
hoi polloi seem to delight
in taking a whack at the
federal government. Any
way, 1t was only a few
years ago that the conser-
vationists were holding up
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Optimistic Thought.
Troubles are but so many instruct
ors to teach men wit.
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IOHutT
II teaspoon salt
II cup shortening
cold water
Slft flour. baking powder
and salt: add one-half
shortening and rub in
lightly with fingers: add
water slowly until of right
consistency TO roll out.
Roll out very thin: put
on in small pieces re-
naming shortening; fold
upper and lower edges In
to center; fold sides in to
center: fold sides In to
center again: roll out thin
and put on pie plate.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
AMIR MADE HIS OWN RULES
Probably Other Golf Players Have
Wished They Might Exercise Like
kingIy Prerogative.

IInbibullah Kahn, amir of Afghan
istan, became Il golf enthusiast and
during the year 1910 and for three
years, played the game almost daily
He had links built nt both Kabul and
Jclnlabad He lost II bah ono day
In the ncfghborhood Of some store
sheds that bad recently been erected
for storing electrical machinery that
was arriving. He sent some com
panics Of soldiers and had an tho
machinery removed and the go-downs
torn down that sane day. ITc told
me once that whereas the year before
he only played four holes at golf in
day. he now played as many rs six.
He often drove Off ard then rode to
the ball In his rickshnw
Once. a. G. JcWctr writes in Asia,
when he was playing against his cid.
est son. Prince InuyRtUlah, his ma
jcStys bail lodged behind bunch OF
camel grass. He asked the Scotch
engineer, who was acting as instruct.
or and coach, what the rules were, and
whether the ball could be moved out
from behind the grass. When told
that the rules prohibited this, he asked
if The rules could not be changed;
and told that this might be done, said:
eve will make 1t rule that when
ball falls behind a bunch Of camel
grass it can be moved out" A little
later The princes ball lodged behind
bunch Of camel grass, and the amir,
noting it, said eve viii change the
ruling; the ball cannot be moved"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
Pistons Act Also as Valves.

An internal combustion engine,
which outwardiy differs little from the
familiar automobile type, but which Is
peculiar for It's lack Of either poppet
or sleeve valves, has been developed,
says the May Popular Mechanics Mag.
aZine in an Illustrated article. The
pistons are made very long, with tho
combustion chamber recessed In tho
head, and the lower end works through
a ring with external teeth, which en-
gage worm wheel on shaft In the
casing The gear rings run on steel
balls in oil, and the piston actuates
the connecting rod through q ball joint.
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n. \. Stock Exchange In Lockwood
PlnY

While the greater part Of "a Man of
d1onor," the Harold Lockwood feature
which comes to the Opera House The
atre on Thursday, was taken on an
island in the Pacific. off the California
coast, many Of the strongest scenes
of the gripping plot are vivid glimpscs
Of the operations of the New York
Stock Exchange.
Tor the shooting of these scenes.
Metro. who releases the Screen Class
les, Inc, feature in April, after much
difficulty succeeded in arranging with
the directors Of the famous money
market to allow Mr.. Lockwood's cam
era man on the floor and balcony pro-
tected by screen so as to not inter
fere with the stock transactions dur
ing the busiest time of the short day.
When all arrangements had been
made, Harold Lockwood, with the
principal members Of his cast who are
concerned in the manipulation of the
stocks to crush out the small stock
holder. appeared on the floor and min
gled with the real bulls and bears
without their knowledge.
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would go to swell that particular fund
labeled wedding trip expenses" and
on his wisdom In spnring Janey the de-
tails Of his business.
Then In came Jnney, softly, allur-
ingly gowned in old rose tnfTctu with
quaint draperieS which emphasized her
slenderness. If her wistful gray eyes
were bit tcary rather than laughing
Bnyley didn't observe 1t, being much
more concerned over the deXterlty with
which she cvaded his engcr arms and
customary kiss and slipped over to
prim, Strnight-backed chair instead of
sinking down into the blue velour
depths of the other corner Of the tnv-
cnport Oh which he himself had been
sitting
IL say, Janey dear!" he said. dis
turbed 'nothing's wrong?"
"Oh, mol" returned Juney, with a
promptncss and sweetness of cmpha-
sis which would have warned Il more
experienced man. Then. "Whcrc we're
you around two o'clock, Baylcy?" She
nskcd-Quite casually.
"NIc? Oh, l was out"
"Alone?"
"No-o-- that Is. you see, an cut-of-
town buyer happened in. And YOU
know how II is. I've explained, d,Wr,
that when people como on, it's often
UP to nc to put them in pleasant
state Of mind and eating is always. Il
sociable way of spending tho time, and
So" : ii'.a.Y,.
what buyer was in?"
Jnney'S artlcss questions couldn't
have boon more involving If She had
deliberately planned them for his un-
doing.
"Dobson," he said desperately, dob
son, OF BoSton."
"M-m,m," said Jnncy. "NIiss or
MrS?"
1t was no use. GLOW the deuce"
he began.
ooh, Baylcy" walled Jancy. "Why
didn't YOU tell me? It's not the thing
Itself but the conccamcnt that | mind |!
You soc, father said l could have the
car dowatown this afternoon, and
waited until ! was sure you had re-
turned from lunch. Then tclephoncd
to sec If I could bring YOU home at
five. The Stcnographcr said YOU had
gone out at one, saying YOU wouldn't
be back until three.
$50 brought dad home instead, and
he said he had seen you hurrying along
as. If to keep an appointment. And
when 1 reached home Bill Edwards"
sister was here and said she sat three
tables behind YOU at Dantinl's and
wondered If the sporty looking girl
you we're With, with q caracul coat and
large bouquet Of double violcts, was
your sistcr And if could only have
explained 1t put me In such false
position and what's the mnttcr?"
For Bnyley was regarding her, not
with guilt or contrition, but with OPEN
eyed admiration.
""Tell 'cm nothingn" he murmured.
Good Lord, YOU don't have to! They
find out without being told"
Then, some inward recollection Of
the foolish doggercl which had been
his undoing, recalled the words, Treat
'cm rough Rising, he strodc over to
the girl futilcly dabbing her eyes with
her handkerchief, ana took her in his
arms.
"Janey, my darling, I won't even
apologize. 1t isn't worth 1t, but I do
promise hereafter to tell you every sin
gle thing every single time. Now lift up
your lips and kiss mel"
And Jancy mppkly did
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romino tbnoro,icolI, nro ,,hola 90 ~.
main ac{uolly t,yn ,,,i,o,
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torn,s nf tho "trodn" rho to,ogron an.
,,a,,nooL tho ,.,tonIn1 yis,t of h,,vor
frnn, ono 90 tbo ,no.+ ovclusivo sbnns
- Wow, rn.1on1,s Ioroost citv viI1t
n.hich ,,nulI ,rohohlv cr,minoto IN on
ordor mounting vol into thc thou.
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nav,ov lno,y thi. h,,vor nod ,,nor,n
non 1,. e.. ynors az tnn,y ho. tor noTahIo
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TELL 'EM
NOTHING
BY HI. LOUIS RAYBOLD

t9. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. !
"A bit of advice to you, George, old
man: cried Bill Edwards, waving his
napkin to attract attention, "and it's
summed up in these words: Catch em
young (Which you did); treat 'em
rough, and tell 'em rothlngn"
e.. ,tieur! hear" cried the crowd gath
cred in the dining room Of tho West.
took Lawn club to bid George Evans
goodby us bachelor and godspced as
a benedict,
Baylcy Robinson watched the pro-
cecdings with amused eyes His turn
at this sort of thing would arrive pres
emily, for his Wedding day and Janey's
was set 4 brief six months away. Con-
Stduentiy he wasn't avcrsc to gather
ing any random scraps OF advice and
slowing them away FOR future use.
This little catch phrase doggercl he
had just heard for instance Spoken
In jest, would 1t bear serious consd;
GRAFTON? ,.ss. !a|
Catch EN- young" Jancy was just
past twenty young enough certainly
FOR thcSc days wh6h many a gill man-
aged TO reap in Il college course and a
career before marrying.
Treat EN- rough"--wcll hardly,
considering his siN-foot-onc and
Jancy'S scarce fvc-foot-fvc
TEL 'cm nothing" There now,
might be point. For Iancy was the
most inuuisitivc Hide soul on the face
Of the earth "NNhrrc did sou cat
lunch today Bnylcy?" "Whut made YOU
zen minutes late, dcnr?" "What are
you thinking about--husincss or mc2"
That was Janey Middleton.
And the question WAS. would ii wear
of with married life, being merely u
sentimental interest in him and his do.
ingS altogether cOmmcndablc or would
he, hereafter, be accountable to that
slip of fcmininity for every thought OF
his BRAIN every moment of his time?
Raylcy decided then and there 10 start
right with Jancy. SO many marriages
were wrecked nowadays because Of a
failure to take Il firm stand ut the be-
ginning, he told himself. The thing to
do was not SO to merge ones own in
dividuality with that Of the loved one
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Card of Thanks

Whole-heartedly do we wish to ex-
tend our deep gratitude and apprecia-
ton to those who have proved to be
so faithful to show their loving kind
ness and respect during the recent
illness and death Of our darling moth
er and wife. We pray that Gods rich
est blessings will rest on each and
every one.
w. l.. Garrett and Children.
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Notice of application for charter md
Of subscribers meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned will apply to the Secretary
of State for charter of Martin, Dendy
& Burns Motor Company after giving
notice required by law. The principal
place Of business of the proposed COR
poration will be Ware Shoals, Laurens
County, South Carolina. The general
nature Of the business will be to buy,
sell, and exchange automobiles, farm
tractors, trucks, accessories, and to
engage in general repair business.
A meeting Of the subscribers to the
capital stock OF the proposed corpora
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
Servant Girl Wouldn't Go In Cellar
Fearing Rats.

Mrs. Topper, Plaintield,/N. j., says,
Rats were so bad in our cellar the
servant girl would ldn't so there. Bought
some RAT-SNAP apd it cleaned all
the rats out" RKT-SNAP destroys
rats and mice. Absolutely prevents
odors. Comes iH cake FORM no mix
ing. Cats or dogs won't touch It..
Three sizes. 25c. soc, $1.00 Sold and
guaranteed by Laurens Hardware Co.,
Putnam's Drug Store, and Kennedy
Bros.
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tion will be held at Martins store,
Ware Shoals, r. F. ID. No. /, Laurens
County, S. c., on June 10. 1920 at ten
o'clock A. M. at which time the books
of subscription to the capital stock
will be opened.
j. PAUL DENDT,
M. HERBERT BURNS,
June 10Th, 1920.
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drove's Taste1ess chill Tonic

restores vitality and energy By purifying and on
riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength
'ninG, Invi2or,.tins Effect Price 6nc.