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The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
Human Nature at lite WORT,

Truman Nature at lte Worst
The young woman who was cast OF
BY her iance when he discovered her
drinking in the unsavory evidence at
a murder trial earned what she got.
The morbid interest In filth that
crowds such court room is about as
revolving an instinct as the world
shows. It makes one wish to apollo
gize for being human being.
A certain amount of morbid curl.
osity is present in the most whole
some of us. The instinct to stare at a
cripple or hang about street acct
dent is pretty widespread. But every
right-minded man or woman recog.
nizes the unhealthy quality of the
instinct and tries to choke 1t down.
To the credit of humanity be it said
that only the very weak specimens
yield-New York Tribune.
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
borax Water for staIna

Keep upon your toilet table bottle
Of borax solution, made by dissolv.
Ing teaspoonful Of powdered borax
in pint of hot water. When the
first suggestion of soil appears upon
any Of your light cloth gowns rub
the spot with piece Of absorbent cot
ton wet with the solution. This sim.
pie operation will remove dust, mud
spots and Precipitation stains. It 10
better than gasoline or naphtha, a.
Its application does not leave the ugly
circle Of stain that 80 frequently fol.
lows the use Of other cleaning fluids
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
DOES. THE WORK OF Cement
Substitute Used In Turkey Has Been
Found to Give Really Excellent
Results.

Cement is almost unknown in the
vicinity of Harput. Turkey. There an
excellent substitute has been found
that has met with rather good results
when applied In exposed places, in fill.
ing crevices in water pipes, covering
joints in stone floors, In fountains and
for numerous other purposes where
cement would be required. The mix.
ture is as satisfactory in water as In
exposed places, but it must be allowed
to become thoroughly dry before it lie
submerged.
The mixture is slaked lime, linseed
oil and cotton fiber. Generally a hol.
lowed out stone is used. although a
fiat. hard surface will enswer and the
process is started by pouring the oil
on handful Of cotton, after which the
lime is busted in. It is then kneaded
until the whole is thoroughly mixed
and about the consistency Of dough.
The more it is kneaded the better it
becomes. This compound has under.
gone q severe endurance test at the
American consulate at Harput. Two
years ago the stone floor in the bal
cony on the north side Of the consul.
ate leaked in several places and rotted
the woodwork supporting the balcony.
The floor was finally taken up, new
timber added, and the stone flags
again put down. Between each stone
this mixture was forced in and
smoothed over the joints. It took sew.
eral days for hardening. The oil
spread out on the stones for about half
an inch from each joint. leaving a
slight mark, but the compound soon
hardened like cement, and now the
surface over the part where the stones
are Joined is as hard and smooth and
watertight as IL cement had been used.
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
HI. Newspaper Good for wr.pplns

HIs Newspaper Good for Wrapplna.
The proprietor Of the local paper
at Eberswalde, a small Prussian town
not far from Berlin, does his best to
make his paper useful as well AZ In.
structive. Two days q week he has
the General Anzeiger printed on only
one side Of the paper so that It can
be used for wrapping up provisions
without any danger Of contamination
from printers ink. On these days thu
paper II twice AZ large az on ordinary
days, % that the public loses NOTHING
IN thu Wv Of reading ma&tse
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
STRENUOUS IN HIS PLEASURES
British Author Takes Chances With
Life and Limb That Would Not
Appeal to Many.

Ian Hay, whose carefree Happy Go.
Lucky" has soothed an hour for many
a reader, not to say reviewer, may
have need himself of the easygoing
traits of his hero, for Mr.. Hay has
lately taken up two dangerous pas
times, motoring and politics. He
writes as follows to an American
friend:
Il nearly ended my literary and 9th
or careers about three weeks ago by
capsizing my motor on the way back
from Oban. was driving along q
Highland glen and rounding a sharp
corner when suddenly realized that
I was going much faster than ]
thought. Next moment the car skid.
ded right across the road. tire burst
and the whole thing rolled over side.
ways. I was thrown out on the road.
quite unhurt, with my luggage all
around me. Luckily the car did not
turn right over, as the glass screen
stopped 1t, or might have been penned
underneath. Ultimately another car
came up and we succeeded in getting
my car back on its legs again. The
extraordinary part Of it all was that
It had received no particular damage
beyond the broken screen, and in
three-Quarters of an hour Of the acct
dent / was on my way to Edinburgh.
Il have lately become a politician
and have been adopted as prospective
Untonist candidate for Kirkcaldy
Burghs. It is quite hopeless seat
there has been radical majority of
5000 or SO for the last 20 years, but
It should be useful experienca."
The Irish standard., 1914-01-31
KNEW TRICK OF ADVERTISING
Book Publisher Of the Year 1867
Would Have Had Little to Learn
From His Brothers Of Today.

The advertising of children's books
does not seem to have advanced in
ingenuity since the time of old John
.Newbery. Here is a specimen of his
art, from the London Morning Chron-
icle in December, 1867: This day
was published Nurse Truelove's New
Year Gift, or the Book of Books for
Children adorned with cuts. and de.
signed as present for every little
boy who would become a great man
and ride upon a fine horse. and to
every little girl who would become q
great woman and ride in a lord
mayors gilt coach. Printed for the
author, who has ordered these books
to be given gratis to all little boys
and girls at the Bible and Sun in
st. Pauls churchyard, they paying for
the binding, which is only I'd each
book"
John Newbery. who SO ingeniously
advertised his children's story books,
used them in turn to advertise other
commodities in which he was inter.
ested. One of his side lines" was
tho famous Dr.. James Powder, In
which Goldsmith placed such faith.
and illusions to that specific are plen-
tifully sprinkled through the pages Of
the books. In "Goody Two.Shoes."
for instance, the heroine's father dies
miserably because seized with q
fever in place where DR.. James
Powder was not to be had"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-24
FrilIs
among
novelties.

Tailored suits have changed. The
feminine silhouette. is. becoming more
and more of the homeless kind.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-24

Fashion has oecreed that there
shall be all sorts and shapes and sizes
of jackets.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-08

Design for a gas lamp post that
recently won first prize In competi:
tion at ST. Louis. There is no reason
why each lamp post should not be
source of improvement to the ap.
pearance OF the city. None can uow
be erected in Philadelphia without
the approval of the art jury, in ac
cordance with its amended lowers
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-08
Open Places League "a Paris,

"A league for open 4aess has been
organized in Paris. h recent
pamphlet is discuss I'd the question OF
drainage and spor' s asid the work that
needs 10 Dc oon . in the conversion OF
tue ola iortiin attiota into open places
Is described gsyn the National Mu
nic!pai rev Few. Il is shock to some
OF tue Il ~ ;R.d incredulous of us to
se' ~ q diir noodles that Paris never
Iseo' - milking itself more beautiful and
ore 'sanita.y. A repetition OF such
kshocKstis sure to produce vigorous &C
Scion on this side Of the water sooner
yer!tster.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-08
Home ( kllJn||
7 7 Helps Y |
TO BE EMuLATED
.Netz York Sun Thinks That City Miska
We'll Follow TO Exasnpao
Of Her S&ssea

Here In New York the growth Of
cities has bean 90 swift and the Dzob-
ssms Of building them have been 30
new that the buildings were scraDtng
the ak1ss along every thoroughfsre
that commanded high rentals before
the sacrifices that congestion od sky
lscrapsrs entailed upon the public be-
fcams apparent, says the New York
Sun.
Reforming New York in any es-
Isentiel particular is too colossal for
the city planning committee to tackle
lover night Instead the mirror 10 held
!up to us so that we can see many OF
oar most giaring faults.
The nearest example that we ought
ito study is Boston, and the plan OF
Boston's new zone system are the first
thing the visitor sees. There, follow
ling the system Of some German cities.
they have enacted laws forbdding the
erection Of buildings tsllsr than 125
feet in large area extending from
the river docks 70 the commons. In
this area there are only two buildings
violating the law, the Ames building.
! built before the law went into force,
tand the new United States Customs
building. which, in spite of all protests,
is 400 feet tell.
, Copley sGuare, on which Trinity
church and the Library front, Is pro.
reected by q height limit, and so ie Com
fmohwsSlth avenue. A building on Cop
ieey sHaare, the Westminster chambers.
Exceeded the legal height and wsa cut
ldown to thl lawful limits the city pay
ling damages. Boston also proudly ex,
,hibits plans OF her great 1-2Gofoos
docks, her great dry dock, and the fao
lrnoas fish dock.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-08
Sellino by Rule.

~why do you insist SO strenuouslS
oa my placing MY order right now? i,
:'I have taken course in schoo'
oe scientific salesmanship, and accord
ing to Eli rules and theories this il
the psychological meiaent for closing
this sale"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
CONTEST.

The South Carolina Exposition
Commission is putting on a contest
for the sale of South Carolina medals,
for the purpose Of raising money for
our States representation at the PAN
a ma Exposition The medals are made
of bronze, with the seal of South
Carolina on one side, and that Of the
Canal Zone on the other. They sell
for s1.OO each, and round-trip ticket
to the Exposition will be given to
every young woman who sells 1'ooo
On sales exceeding 500. but less than
1000, 10 per cent will be paid. write
to the Sonth Carolina Exposition
Commission, Columbia, S. c, for par
ticulars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
COTTON CONGRESS Or
CANNED

About 800 farmers and business men
met at the Court House Monday for the
purpose of organizing q Cotton Con.
gress.
R. E. Cox was elected president, E. c..
Horton, secretary, Messrs. 1. A. Keller
John U. Wardlaw and S. J. Wakefield
elected vice-presidents and ]. C. Thorn
son, treasurer, and the following elected
delegates to attend meeting in Colum
bia Tuesday: Messrs. R. E. Cox, J. A.
Smith, Sr, DR.. F. E. Harrison, w. D.
Barksdale, S. J. Wakefield, 1. A. Keller
w. D. Morrah and W. j. Ammons.
The initiation fee was placed at sc
cents and practically all of those pres
ent joined the organization and paid
the fee.
The following committee was ap.
pointed to look into the warehouse fa
cillties of the county: DR.. J. A. And
erson, R. II. Mosely, and W. Nj. Nc.
Intosh. Township members of the Elk
ecutive committee were also appointed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02

forces of Germans advanced to the
district of Rocreoy (in Ardennnes).
marching in the direction Of Rethel.
Now a general action is taken place
between the Meuse and Rethel, and
Is is still impossible to see definitely
the issue of this.
neutrality-suspicious. in the north:
The Frenc hand British forces orig
inally took up positions in the Dinant
and Charlerol country and at Mons.
They endured several repulses and
the forcing of the Meuse by the Ger
mans near Givet, upon our flank.
compelled our troops to retire.
"The Germans seek continually to
move toward the west. 1t was under
these conditions that our English al
lies, attacked by the enemy in great
ly superior numbers in the region Of
LIE Coteau and Cambria have with
drawn toward the south, at the mo-
ment that our forces were operating
in the district of Avesnes and Chi
may. The retiring movement was
prolonged during several days.
"In the meantime a general battle
took place in the region Of st. Quen-
tin and Vervins, and at the same
time in the Ham-Perronnes district.
This battle was marked by an i'm
portant success by our right, where
we have thrown back the Prussian
guard and the tenth army corps into
the Disc.
Owing to the progress Of the Ger
man right wing, where our adversar-
les have united their best corps, We
have had to mark new retirement"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
Long Cane.

Little Miss Ethel and Master James Nc
Kinney spent last week In Prosperity witt
their grandmother, Mrs. Will Scott.
Miss Nina Beauford spent Tuesday with
Ter sister, Mrs. W. s. Bosler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Wilson, Of Prosper
ity, spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Mckinney.
Mr.. w. D. Beauford was business visi'
tor to the city Tuesday.
Miss Linnie Beauford spent Wednesday
in the city with her brother, MIR. w. h
Beauford.
Mr.. Tom Mckinney and Mr.. w. S. Bos'
ler were visitors to the city Tuesday.
Misses Linnie and Clara Beauford spent
Thursday in the city with Mr.. and Mrs. j.
NJ. Keller.
Some Of the farmers Of this community
are busy picking cotton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Scott, Of Prosper
ity, spent Friday night with Mr.. and Mrs
Tom Mckinney.
Mr.. ]. NJ. McKellar, Of Abbeville, spent
Sunday with Mr.. W. D. Beauford.
Mrs. Tom Mckinney and children spent
Monday and Tuesday in Prosperity with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Scott.
Mrs. W. D. Beauford and her twins, little
Misses lone and Viola, spent last week In
the city with Mr.. w. q. Beauford.
Mr.. Hamp Stevenson was visitor to the
city Wednesday.
Mr.. Fred ElIenburg, Of Lowndesville
spent Sunday night with Mr.. and Mrs. j
NJ. Ellis.
Mr.. John Stewart, OF Cold Spring, spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Earle Stewart.
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. q. Long spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Ellis.
MIR. George Wilson, Of Abbeville, spent
Monday night with Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Nc
Kinney.
Mrs. j. NJ. McKeller of the city spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Bosler.
Misses Nina and Allie Beauford and Miss
Tener White were the guests Of Misses
Lena and Louise Smith Friday evening.
Misses Linnie and Clara Beauford visit
ed MIR. and Mrs. j. NJ. Faulkner, Of Able
vile, Friday.
Mrs. Maggie Stevenson, Of Anderson, if
visiting her sister, Mrs. Shirley White.
Miss Tener White was visitor to the
c,tv Wednesday,. Nancy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
Robert A. Cooper States
He Will Vote for
Manning. =

Laurens, Aug. 21.-Robert A. Coop
er, accompanied by his little daugh-
ter, left Sunday afternoon for the
mountains Of North Carolina, where
he will spend few days resting, after
the strenuous campaign through
which he has just passed.
Mr.. Cooper was asked Saturday
night by a representative of the press
if he cared to make a statement in
reference to the recent election, and
replied as follows:
"I am deeply grateful to the peo-
pie o fthe state for the magnificent
vote given me in the first primary.
The support given me in my own
county and the other counties In the
Piedmont section where I am best
known is amply sufficient to take the
sting and bitterness out of my defeat.
I can never fully express my graft.
tude to the thousands Of friends who
rallied so nobly and unselfishly to
me, but I shall endeavor to so act
in the future as to show them that
their confidence was not misplaced"
Do you propose to take part in the
contest between Messrs. Manning and
Richards? Mr.. Cooper was asked.
II shall cast my vote for Richard
I. Manning, and do what I can to
promote his election" he replied. Con-
tinuing, Mr.. Cooper said: Il believe
Mr.. Manning is in a position to better
serve the state than is Mr.. Rich
ards.
my slogan throughout the cam
paign was Vote for your state and
I shall follow the advice given to
others.
IT do not for a moment think that
I could deliver teh vote cast for me
to any other candidate, and have
no disposition to do 30, but If I should
at this time refrain from stating my
position I would be misunderstood,
and I make this statement, in order
that there shall be no doubt now o r
hereafter as to where I stand"
OF course there was great dfsap-
pointment in Laurens when II be-
came known that Mr.. Cooper had been
debarred from making the second
race for governor, but all have Joined
in congratulatins him on the magnih-
cent vote he received from all parts
of the state. He has been overwhelm-
ed with kilograms and letters from
friends throughout the state express
ing regret and at the same time Of
fering congratulations on his manly
campaign and great vote for the high
est Office In the state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER THE 9TH.

Chicora College opens September
the 9th at 10 o'clock. II any pupils
who expect to attend have not yet ap-
piled, they will please notify the
President at once.
The summer has been spent on the
campus in painting, ealcimining and
general repair work. The buildings
have been thoroughly gone over and
every room freshened up. The College
has never been in better condition for
an opening.
A full school is expected, as usual.
A very large per cent of the pupils OK
last year will return and about the
usual number of new applicants have
been received.
Nearly all of the members OF last
years Faculty will return and In ad-
dition to those there will be, Miss Lii
liam E. Swygert, Of Columbia; Miss
Mary Eppes Robertson, Of Virginia;
Miss Ida Patrick, Of Clinton; Miss
Pearl Reeves, of Ridgeway and Miss
Jeanne Perry, OF Greenville.
The prospects are good for a very
pleasant and successful year. Chicora
has had remarkable growth and is
limited in it's number Of pupils only by
limitation of It's dormitory capacity.
When 1t moves into the new plant on
large campus as it is hoped will be
done soon, 1t will continue to grow
and Increase in usefulness.
The College Is on II unit basis for
entrance and is the only college for
women owned and controlled by the
Presbyterian Church IN South Caro-
lima.
1t has a loyal constituency, loyal
student-body, loyal alumnae and Is
looking to the future with great prom
iSe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
PATRIOTIC CITIZENS
BUILD ROADS.

Tho stretch of public highway, lead
ing northwesternly from Due West to
the Anderson county line, now begins
to look like a piece of national high
way. New grades, cicling the hills Of
Chicssaw and Hog Skin, have been
made, bridges built and the road bed
widened to thirty feet.
For nearly a hundred years the
wheels of traffic have been rumbling
over this historic old Keowee road,
but progress and civilization in on
ward sweep have, for several years,
called for a wider road bed and lower
grades to facilitate transportation in
this thrifty section of Abbeville
county.
Thus it was a few days ago, this
old Roman spirit Of road building
slumbering in the breasts Of Due
Westerners-always ready to take a
step forward in the cause of church
or school or state,-burst forth in this
latest effort at community road build
ing. All along the lines, the move
ment found a ready response from
other patriotic, rural Romans. Some
Of the progressive citizens along the
line, and at the western end Of the
emile stretch of the road building,
who contributed their labor, teams and
money, In cooperation with the liberal
financial aids of s156.oo by the town
of Due West, and Messrs J. R. and ].
v. Pruitt, J. Walter Clamp, W. D.
Thomas, Hugh Simmons, R. o. Bran
yon, T. H. Taylor, J. L. Branyon, Jas.
Kerr, VIM. Kerr, J. C. and F. K. Ash
ley, John McClain, L. Fowler.
Supervisor Stevenson will complete
, the Job when he sends the county
teams and road scrape, following al
ter the work already done.
This effort of Due West and the en-
terprising citizens Of this section is
highly commendable and should be
an incentive to other good citizens OF
Abbeville county to come into line on
the good roads movement. Only last
week the governor of Missouri, to-
gether with 100000 Of his fellow citi-
zens went out for day Of road build
ing. The governor himself put on his
cveralls and superintented squad OF
25 derelicts from the State prison IN
road work. Some months ago tho gov
ernor, every state and county ofhcia'
with men Of law and high degree. all
over the state of Arkansas, stepped
out to the highways and gave day OF
hearty, good labor in the interest OF
humanity and Of our noble dumb
friends, the horse and the mule. Even
the good women went out from city
mansion and country home, and did
the cooking; while they all met IN So
cial, civic and economic converse
along the great highways Of Arkansas
When will some governor of South
Carolina call his fellows out for road
working day? I know AbbeVilllans
we'll enough to know that they would
heartill respond from every section
In our civic program 1t would be a
great day. 1t would be a good day.
L. C. Branyon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
THE MILLION
DOLLAR MYSTERY

The first installment of this powerful
story appears in the Press and Banner
today, and we want every one Of our
subscribers to read it. The first install
ment of the pictures will be shown at
the Opera House on Thursday night.
The story will run for twenty-five
weeks, and is by far the greatest story
of the age. Read it in the Press and
Banner every Wednesday, then go to
see the pictares at the Opera House
every Thursday night
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
WILL BULLETIN RESULTS.

The Medium and The Press and Ban
ner will on next Tuesday bulletin the
results of the second primary. The
board will be placed in front Of Mil
ford's Drug Store, and no doubt all of
the boxes will be heard from by not lat
er than $50, as so few officers are to be
voted for.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
Card Of Thanks.

I desire to thank the voters OF ADDe-
Vile county for the overwhelming ma
jority given me in the recent primary
election. 1t will be my aim to serve
you faithfully in discharging the duties
of, the Office to which you have elected
me.
Respectfully,
J. F. Bradley.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
Clinkscales-HOdges

Mrs. Eva Myrtle Clinkscales announ-
ces rhe engagement of her daughter,
Lillian, to Thomas Alexander Hodges OF
Portsmouth, Va. The wedding to take
place the latter part of October.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
STRAYED

From my residence on Friday night
August 28th, a light fawn colored Jer-
sey COW.
Any information regarding her will
be rewarded.
R. NJ. Haddon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
For Rent.

Five-room house on Pinckney st.
Water, lights and bath. Apply 70
T. j. Douthart.