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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23

Wealthy m
who have never
d @ settlement:
work, enter into the
Santa Claus spirit
and visit the alley
and tenement dis
tricts Of the large
cities on the night
before Christmas,
t h e automobiles
heavily laden with
toys, turkeys and
good things to eat.
They employ inves-
tigators to canvass
the sectit.n in which
they are interested
a week before the
holidays, and the
distribution ;c modo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23


according to their reports. Oftentimes
small trees are sent to the homes,
with glass balls, trimmings and candy
toys, and the donors, with the aid OF
their chalffeurs and the parents OF
the children, fix the tree while the lit
tie tots ara asleep.
Though little known, Santa Claus
work in the slums of the big cities
is carried on along systematic lines
to overcome any overlapping of the
multitude o. good intentions. In days
gone by, ch~aritably inclined women
would leave a large basket Of pro-
visions in a house in ignorance Of
another basket hidden in the closet.
And it was not unusual for two or
three workers to meet in the same
kitchen at the one time, each bur-
dened with good things for the one
family. ID. ..s
This Is an error of the past; for
now the Christmas giving has been
systematized. Settlement workers OF
the various societies and representa-
tives Of the wealthy private givers
compile a list Of those they will as
sist, and all go over their lists care
full together.
Although the Christmas giving is
all cut and dried a few days before
the time, Santa Claus secret is not
given away. Half of the pleasure
would be gone If the families knew
that the visitors were coming with
food and toys in abundance. 1t Is
true that those who are visited and
quizzed by the private workers have
a shrewd suspicion, after they have
told their tale Of woe and received
the sympathy Of the visitor, that
something substantial Is to follow.
The regular settlement workers know
their ground pretty we'll; they know
which families have had a hard ROAD
to travel and are putting up a good
battle against the tide of misfortune
The settlement workers have little
Investigating to do before the holi-
days; their entrance into a home or
tenement Is always greeted witt sur
prise, for they generally make 1t q
point to go where they are least ex-
pected. -
"The poor are always with US" is
doubly true at Christmas time. Fam.
lilies who a barely exist, who do
not know where the next days bread
Is coming from. a certainly not af-
ford any extras for the holiday sea
son. Thew consider themselves for
tunate if they have a loaf or two of
bread and a small piece of meat for
the Christmas dinner and coal for the
kitchen fire.
No one appreciates this seamy side
of the bright Christmas story more
than the charity worker. She knows
that tribulations exist at Christmas
time as during any other part of the
year. Years of experience have shown
her how to use tact and good judg.
ment on her travels and where she
cannot leave good cheer, she can
at least make the sorrows and
troubles easier to bear. The "An-
gel of the Settlement" knows.
more than any one else, that there
are many cases when the word
Merry Christmas" would sound like
a mocknry; where the hand of death,
for instance, has been heavily felt
when It takes away the chief provid.
er of a large family.
She knows, also, that the Christmas
spirit IS cherished by the poor as we'll
as the wealthy. While they cannot
spend the day in feasting and merry
making, they can at least forget olo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
Will Have Hearing on congaree Claim

VIII Have Hearing on Congaree Claim
Neutrality-suspicious. have been per-
fected for a hearing here on January
7 before the secretary of war to de-
termine whether or not the waters
of the Congaree are still being i'm
pounded as recently alleged and who
is responsible for such a situation If
this is still being done. A short
time ago officers Of the Parr Shoals
company were directed to come to
Washington and make a satisfactory
explanation as to why they were then
impounding these waters, but was
asked to extend time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
New Charters Just Issued.

New Charters Just issued.
The Trust Company of Cheraw has
been chartered by the secretary of
state, with a capital stock of $4,000.
The officers are: R. T. CASTOR, pres
ident; G. w. Duvall, vice president;
J. L. Craig, secretary; c. K. Waddill,
treasurer.
The Southern Audit and Adjust
ment Company of Greenville has been
chartered with a capital Of $4,000.
Albert S. tombstone is president, Sec
rotary and treasurer.
The Ureka Development company
of Spartanburg was given the right to
increase it's capital to $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
Better Than Cotton.

Gaffney.-E. v. Phillips, a success
full farmer, a few days ago killed a
pig II months old which weighed $40
pounds Sold on the market, 1t would
have brought more money than a bale
of cotton, ~ ,..s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
New Enterprise Authorized.

The secretary of state has issued a
commission to the McIver Bros. Of
Columbia, with a capital stock Of ST.
900, to do a general lumber business.
The petitioners are M. C. McIver and
F. j. McIver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23

cred this in t%elegraphing news from
London to his paper n Italy. At the
beginning of the war he used Italian.
Then when all languages except Eng
lish and French were forbidden he
took French. Later, finding that
French, though accepted by the post
office. seemed to cause delay, ha
changed to English, and to his sur.
prise he finds that he is saving quite
a lot of money in telegraph fees owing
to the superior brev;ty Of the Eng.
fish language as compared With
French or Italian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23

lied world as Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Berlin and other cities of to-
day. Indeed it Was a splendid city
when Berlin was a mere hamlet of
half-civilized Slavs.l
1t was in the days of the commercial
greatness of Venice that Ypres attained
the summit of its prosperity. 1t was
an important dis .uting center Tor
the traffic which cs{ae up through the
Adriatic by boat, Twas carried over
land and then scattered from Belgium
to England, France, Holland Germany
and other countries.g II also a great
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
More and Better Home Live Stock.

~~
The annual meeting of the South
Carolina Live Stock Association will
be held in Columbia January 13, IA
and Is, according to an announcement
by the officers.
In preparing the programme those
in charge have attempted to have
the papers and discussions devoted
principally to the. way in which live
stock and allied industries a aid
the farmers of the state in getting
'eady for the coming Of the boil
weevil.
The annual butter scoring contest
of the association WI be held at the
same time. Those e,haring to enter
the contest should ne4S&J. M. Bur-
CESS at Clemson College.
James L. HcIntosh, Of Doversville,
is president Of the association and J.
M. Burgess is secretary and treasurer.
The increased cost Of live stock has
caused many farmers to turn to the
industry and this years meeting of
the association will be n Of the most
notable ever held.
The newest of the live stock organ.
cations in the state is the Greenwood
county association, which was organ
lied recently under the direction of J.
o. Williams, live SUCK demonstration
agent for Clemson ' College. Sixty.
three farmers attended the organiza.
ton meeting.
Announcement from Clemson Col:
lege Is that similar associations have
been or will be formed under the d.
rection of Clemson College in all those
counties of the state that are free
from the cattle tick"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23

the compound ais separate words. But
in international telegraphing there is
a word length limit (or, as the Ger
mans would print a wordlengthlimit).
Ten letters is the maximum allowed
for a single word. Any word longer
than that counts as two; or as three
If - gets beyond the second ten, as
some German words do.
When it comes to counting letters
or making up ineligible t~elegraphese,
English. it seems, is the tersest Ian
guage in Europe An Italian news
paper correspondent has lately discov-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
4 REA cHHS7IhA5 nDIMCW

shake hands with their enemies and
wish one another good luck. .
How many reunions and reconcilia-
lions take place then Is known only to
these good women. The hearts of
many men who have been separated
from their wives and families be-
come softened' as the holidays draw
near, and 1t isn't uncommon for the
settlement worker to find them to-
gether when she comes with the
Christmas basket.
Many prodigal sons return on
Christmas eve. A striking case Of
this kind that occurred two years ago
was run across by a settlement work
er in Philadelphia. She said that
she had never witnessed a scene on
any stage that could equal it. It
was a real case Of where the Christ
mas prayer Of a broken-hearted moth
er was answered by the return of her
boy.
The son ran away from home sever
years earlier, when a youth of sixteen
years. He had a good home and the
family consisted of his parents, an
older brother and a sister. His father
was a hard-working man and used all
his earnings for his home. The young
er boy, being the baby Of the family,
a the pet Of all; but he had a wild
disposition, and he wanted to see
something of life. He decided to run
away from home and 60 West.
When he reached the ranches Of
Arizona he found that the cowboy life
wasn't as bright as 1t was painted.
He longed for home many a time, but
vowed that he would not return a
failure. He persevered until he had
made good, though it took v years
for him to do II. His fearlessness and
daring attracted the attention of the
owner Of the ranch, and he placed
him in charge Of another place. When
the young man had a goodly wad Of
bills accumulated he decided to re-
turn in time for Christmas.
He reached the old house to find
that another family was living there,
and ne learned from neighbors that
his father was dead; that his sister
had grieved so over his disappearance
that she died shortly after he had left,
and that his brother had been killed
in an accident. The mother, doubly
aged with grief. had been left alone
and was subsisting as best she could
in a third-story room. The son lost
no time and arrived in the room just
after the settlement worker had
reached there with her basket of pro-
visions. The mother had just finished
telling her story to the sympathetic
listener when this latest ~prodigal re-
turned.
"No one can really appreciate" said
a settlement worker in another city,
how happy one feels ,.fter visiting
the homes of the poor on Christmas
eve. The gratitude of one woman
alone last year was enough to recon-
pense me for the work I did. This
woman's husband was in the peniten-
tiary serving an 18-year term for MUIR
der. 1t appears that he and a COM
panion were working in the cranberry
boys. They qu%arreled, and in a scuf-
file this mar stabbed his, opponent. He
made his wife promise she would
never allow the family Of six to be
separated. She not only kept them
together by taking in washing and
working until all hours of the night,
but she refused to accept outside aid
in any shape or form. There would
have been no Christmas celebration
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
Assist Vital Statistics Bureau.

T. L. Watkins, M. D., of the nation
al bureau of vital statistics, will
come to South Carolina about Janu-
airy 1 in order to assist the state bu-
reau in putting the law into effect.
DR.. Watkins is deputy state registrar
of vital statistics of Mississippi, and
his services were assured in a letter
received recently from William J..
Harris, director Of the bureau of the
census. Previously he assisted the
states of Arkansas and Tennessee in
putting their vital statistics laws into
effect.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
Griffith Wins Roddey Medal.

J. D. Griffith, of Saluda, a member
of the ~Clariosophic Literary Society:
won the annual Roddey medal debate!
at the University Of South Carolina;
The query was Resolved, That IT
would be for the best ~interestSof the
South to eliminate totally the cotton
o during the coming year. The
Judges also decided the WANING team,
and this decision went to Raymon
swartz and the winner Of the medal,
who upheld the affirmative. The de-
baters on the negative were 81. o.
Hanna and L. B. Harrison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
charIeston's Exports Increase.

Charieston's Exports, increase.
Ch~arleston's exports increased near
ly s21, OOO, 900 between 1906 and 1914
according to a statement issued from
the state department Of agriculture.
The exports in 1906 were $661,2S5,
as compared with s20,s2s,5 s1 in 1914.
The imports in 1913 were S4,774,155
and s5,343,S6 in 1914.
The exports in 1913 were Sl3,5l1,-
857, which shows that the increase for
1914 was over 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23

But the young fool Is not exeusable
on the ground that there is no fool
like an old fool.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
WHooPiNG COUGH ALSO TOO
LIGHTLY REGARDED BY DOC.
TORS AND CITIZENS.
PALME ITO CAPITOL NEWS
General News of South Carolina Col.
Iected and Condensed From The
State Capital That Will Prove Of
Interest to All Our Readers.
Columbia

! With 1920 cases of measles and
1886 cases Of whooping cough report
ed in South Carolina for the months
of January-November, inclusive, Of
this year, James A. Hayne, M. D.,
state health officer, writes in his re-
port that ""as usual little care was
taken to prevent their spread"
1T is hard" he continues, ITO i'm
press upon the laity as well as the
physicians the seriousness Of these
diseases, yet mortality statistics show
that the proper safeguarding against
these diseases does more toward low
ering the general death rate than
any other sanitary measure. Whoop-
ing cough, especially, has a death rate
Of over 35 per cent in children I'M
der n year of age, and measles
through its sequal, broncho-pneu-
monia, kills its thousands annually"
The following shows the. number Of
s Of measules reported to the state
board Of health from the several
counties: Abbeville 217, Aiken sS,
Anderson 6, Barnwell At, Beaufort 1,
Berkeley IA, Calhoun IL, Charleston
rs, Cherokee 70, Chester 10, Ches-
terrified 4S, Clarendon IA, Colleton 81,
Darlington 5, Dillon 62, Dorchester II,
Edgefield 38, Fairfield A, Florence Is,
Georgetown 6, G~reenville 1856, Green
wood 119, Hampton 20, Kershaw 81,
Lancaster 2, Lauress "a, Lee 10, Lex
ington 81, Marion 10, Marlboro 80,
Newberry 316, Orangeburg 339, Pick
ems 10, Richkand IT'S, Saluda %, Spar
tanburg 24S, Sumter 5, Union LAT, Will
liamsburg 10, York 500.
Whooping cough was reported from
Sc Of the A counties in the state,
totaling S36 cases. OF this number
317 cases were reported from Char
lesion county alone. Orangeburg
county came second with 81 cases and
Greenwlle third with At cases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
Road Work in South Carolina.

Road Work in South Carolina.
A project that should result in a
continuous series Of model highways
between Washington and Atlanta has
been undertaken during the past year,
according to the annual report issued
by the director of the office of public
roads. The maintenance Of these Sec
tons is under the direction OF engi.
neers from the office of public roads.
The engineers are: Geo. C. Scales,
w. L. Spon and D. H. Winslow. All
South Carolina counties, through
which the road passes; have Joined in
the movement. .
The plan as finally adopted by the
national Office of the highways in
wolves the payment Of sums for the
upkeep Of these roads by the counties
through which they pass on condi-
ton that the federal government will
provide engineers, who shall supervise
the project, so that it may be an OBJ
ject lesson in the maintenance Of
eood roads on a sufficient scale to at
tract general attention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23

homes Of the poor and the suffering on
Christmas eve can realize the pleasure
of bringing happiness and sunshine
into these homes. Many settlement
visitors, who have given up the work
for some a or another, but who
return to assist with the Christmas
distributions, give generously from
their own purses that the baskets may
be larger and more families aided.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-23
BRINGING TIE HOLIDAY q
SPIRIT TO THE (QG44b

T IS a question whether the
families helped or the work
ers helping them get most
JOY out of the Christmas dis
tribution. A real settlement
worker, one imbued with the
right spirit, will tell you that
only nna who has Yisifad the
Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-09
Loss Of Life Continues Heavy, Because Of
Heavy Firing by Artillery.
king ALBERT is REPORTED AS HAVING FLIGHT
Belgian Sovereign According to Another Report is Leading
Force of his Picked Men Join the Allies Forces in French
Russian Forces Declared to Have Been Driven
Back by the Austrians edid

artillery pounding the remaining
while the continue
the sruqqe ewithth French inc British allies
France Antwerp doubt The censorship which
fighting Belgium compelled
to still continues
yesterday
morning earlier. N>
Belgian
intention probably effecng uncture
having selszaete village
Refugees
much damage
The bombardmen of Antweps
said the
city. 6t
statement by the office said the
Nh
madeh
along
artillery continuing
nothing Importance
French
Montenesrns ad
saraveyo, report
daily days
office reported
the Mnnesrins decisive
invad of at vishegrad
marching
Cacla.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-09
CLAIM ELECTION FRAUD

Denver, Colo, Oct. 9.-Benjamin G..
H.lliard, democratic nominee for mem
Der Of congress from the First dis
trict, today filed in the district court
his answer to the contest prosecuted
by George Allan Smith. Hilliard, in
his answer, charged that the ballot
boxes from several precincts had been
lorened after they had been received
by the election commission on which
Smith a member Of the ballot do
net show the same results that were
reported by the election judges.
billiard charges they "have been
changed altered or substituted and
do not now show the vote as the same
was actually cast
Smith in his contest asked for re
cUonnt of ballots in 20 precincts. Hill
lard, in his answer. contended that
lif any ballots were to be re-counted
lcount of ballots in 20 precincts. Hill
Ecinct in the district
Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-09
AustrIans Claim Victory

London, Oct. 9.-"The Austrian war
Office made the following official an
ncuncement, dated October s." says
a dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
company from Vienna coming by way
of Amsterdam:
"'To the already announced success
against the Montenegro troops now
is added a decisive blow against the
Servian troops who invaded Bosnia
at Vishegrad. Their northern column
from srebrenitza, moving against Bal
ma and Basta, already has been re
pulsed and driven across the Drina
with the supply of their supply train
1.-The main Servian forces who ad-
lvanced on Roumania and Planina un
der command of General Mylos Boja
movie, former minister of war, were
routed by our troops in an engage
ment which lasted two days and only
escaped capture by hasty flight. One
battalion of the Eleventh regiment and
several quick fire guns were captured
"'(signed) POTIOREK. Field Mar
\ shall
Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-09
SITUATION IN FRANCE, WHERE THE
BATTLE Of THE AISNE IS RAGING,
IS REPORTED AS NOT CHANGED

still operating to the north of lille
and of Labasse and the battle con-
tinues along the line marked by the
regions of Lens, ArraIs, Bray-Sur-
Somme, Chaulnes, Roye and Lassigny.
"On the center of the Oise and on
the Meuse, only actions of minor I'M
portance have been reported.
"On our right, in the Woevre dis
trict, there has been an artillery con-
test along the entire front.
"In Lorraine, in the Vosges and in
Alsace there has been no change
'In Bosnia, Montengrin troops have
continued their advance in the direc-
tion of Sarajevo as far as the fortified
line which protects the city at a dis
tance from it of eight kilometers."
Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-09

ANTWERP, BURNING, DEF|ES THE
Boston Takes the Opening Game
Lustrians Defeat Russian Invaders
PRECEDENT |NREMOV|NG PITCHER
GERMANS TERRIFIC ASSAULTS
INTERSTATE BILLIARD LEAGUE

Chicago, Oct. Arrangements
have been completed for the opening
of the season of the Interstate Three
Cushion Billiard league next Monday
night. Thirteen cities are to be rep
resented in the league this year, the
circuit having been doubled in size.
Chicago, st. Louis, Cleveland, Pitts
burg, Detroit, Milwaukee, Indianapo-
lis and Buffalo were the members
last year. Chicago and Cleveland will
each have two representatives.
The new cities are Kansas City,
Cincinnati Toledo, Rochester and
Buffalo, Johnny King, former Chi
cago baseball player, and who will
represent Kansas City, and Jerome
Keough, former champion pocket bill.
lard player, are The most noted of
the new players. although. Pierre Maui
pome, the Mexican. who will repre-
sent Philadelphia, is almost as well
known.
Chicago will be represented by Chas
Morin and Jess Lean. another Chi
cago player, Charles LeGros, will be
seen in action. He will play for Gin
cinnati
The tournament this7 year is ex-
pected to be the biggest dhree-cushion
event ever staged. last GEAR the prize
money appropriated $S0a, This year
| it will total nearly $4,000 The great.
est portion of this amount has beer
donated by the roomkee pers of the
league. An additional saQQ has beer
Iadded for fni-aia "a a. ts slz as5Ez gfls
winner to challenge the holder of the
worlds threecushion title. August
Kieckhofer. who won the champion
ship last year will again represen'
Milwaukee.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-09

London, Oct. 9.--The official com
munication Of the German general
staff, given out at Berlin the even
ing of October 8. is con aimed IN a
dispatch to Reuters Telegram COM
pany from Amsterdam. 1t says
From the estern scene of war no
facts of decisive importance can be
mentioned Small progress has been
made near st. Mihiel and the Argon-
mes. Before Antwerp Fort Breendock
(to the south of Answerp) has been
taken and the attack on the inner
fort line has begun Herewith. The
boBbardment of the quarter of the
town lying behind was begun after
the declaration of the commander OF
Las Vegas optic., 1914-10-09

the stronghold that he took the re.
sponsibility.
THE airship hall at Dusseldorf has
been hit by al bomb. The roof of the
hall was practically destroyed and an
airship was demolished.
I'm the east the Russian column is
marching from Lomzea (Russian Po-
land) and has reached Lyck lin east
Prussia just by the frontier and al
most directly west from Augustowot) y
Paris Makes Statement
The following official announcement
was given out in Paris this afternoon:
'The general situation has under
gone no change. On our left wing the
two opposing bodies of cavalry ar,