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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
DESTROY CORN STUMBLE
Farmers Can Reduce Damage from
Corn Stalk Borer by Turning
Under StubbIe In Fall.

Corn stubble should not be allowed
to stand in the field all winter undis-
turbed. The corn stalk borer Is one
Of the reasons" for this. This insect
Is one Of the most notorious corn
pests. of the South and evidence OF It's
work can be seen in practically any
corn field at harvest time. 1t Is the
cause of the holes that may occur In
any portion of a stalk.
The corn stalk borer remains as a
larva, or worm, in the base OF corn
stubble beneath the ground during the
winter. Farmers do this insect q
great favor, therefore, when they let
their corn stubble stand u~ndisturbed
in the field during fall and winter.
Destroying corn stubble Is not very
easy, except on modernly equipped
farms where there Is sufficient horse
power and the stubble can be turn
ed under thoroughly. There Is, there
fore, some temptation to leave 1t IN
disturbed. But the advantages OF
turning stubble are such that a farm
er cannot well afford not to do it.
Turning it under helps very much IN
reducing the corn stalk borer for
the next season.
Where thorough turning cannot be
praoticed, there are other methods
such as busting out" the stubble and
hauling it to the compost heap for rot
ting. By another method, after the
corn is gathered, stalks, stubble, n
everything else may be busted out"
raked into heaps and, after a few
weeks for drying, burned. In expert
mer.tai work a very large percentage
Of lori stalk borer larvae (Worms)
was destroyed during winter where
the stubble was plowed out and left
exposed to the weather.
But when these methods are prac-
ticed by farmers only here and there,
it will not help the situation very
much. The control of the corn stalk
borer depends upon the cooperative
action of the farmers of a community.
The fact must also be borne in
mind that it is an eXtravagant prac-
tice to let corn fields lie idle and ex-
posed during the winter months, not
only on account of these insect pests,
but also on account of the loss from
washing and teaching of soils.
A. F. CONRADI,
Professor of Entomology,
Clemson Agricultural College.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
APOLOGIES TO 1.-THE STATE"

A man on Upper Main went to
Atlanta last week for a few days
stay and returned On the evening
train, when he was informed that
a function was about to be pulled
off in town and that he and his
wife were invited. While he hur-
riedly dressed upstairs his wife
dropped her gloves into his overcoat
pccketyTin the hall below.
When the time arrived to go,
and they had gotten fully started he
ran his hand in his overcoat pocket,
and felt a pair of kid gloves. He
eased them up, and took a side-wise
glance at them, and saw they were
white. Having a brief suspicion of
Just whose they were and when
they got there, he dashed them be-
hind him at the first dark place, and
proceeded towards the party. When
they were about to arrive, his wife
asked for her white kid gloves. He
swore he didn't have them and that
he hadn't seen them.
And he swore some more when the
new pair cost him seven dollars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
EXECUTORS SALE.

By virtue of the authority conferr-.
ed upon US as Executors of the Last
Will and Testament of James Evans
late of Abbeville County, deceased
we will offer for sale at public out
cry, within the legal hours Of sale,
on Monday the Ord day of january
1916, being salesday, all that certails
tract of land lying and being ma
Smithville Township, AbbeyiIe-
County, and known as the Adams
tract, containing Five Hundred and
Twenty-seven (527) Acres, more or
less. This tract of land will be-:
subdivided and sold in two or more /:
tracts. Plans Of same will be e1-
hibited on day of sale, and In the
mean time parties desiring to see the:
plats can do so by calling on R. E..
Hill, Master.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH. Pur-
chaser to pay for papers.
W. ]. EVANS,
C. D. EVANS, Executors
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
ENTERS A GENERAL DENIAL.

Col. A. M. Carpenter has written
to Col. Richard Sondley with re-
gard to the incident related to us
by him about Col. S'ondley and
the Correct time of day." in which
he enters a sweeping denial of each
and every allegation Of the COM
plant.
His Letter to Col. Sondley is as
follows:
Washington, D. c., Dec. II, 1915.
Hon. Richard Sondley,
Abbeville, s. G.
Dear Mr.. Sondley:I was much
astonished at an article in this
weeks Press and Banner, in which /
am represented as having told a Ger
tain outrageous story on you. l did
not co anything of the kind.
I saw Mr.. Greene while he was in
Washington last week, and he SEEM
ed to be sober at the time. can't
imagine why he should have gone
home and written such a yarn.
You may tell him, if you e him,
that I am as mad as a man ought
to be under the circumstances, and
that the next time / come to Able
vile I am going to have Col. j. D.
Kerr give him a whaling.
With assurances of esteem, | am,
Yours very truly,
A. M. Carpenter.
We can imagine two reasons only
why the Colonel now denies telling
us of the incident, to wit: First.
Several years ago we called on a
friend of ours then residing in
Greenwood, who believed that liquor
was made to drink, and who conse-
ouently had taken a little too much
on board. We thought he was
looking at US, as no one else was in
the room, but he stated that he was
not, and that he was looking at
"that fellow sitting beside" u.s.. Now
it may be that we understood the
Colonel to be speaking of the Incl
dent to us, when in reality he was
speaking to the man sitting beside
us.
Second. Being a married man
himself, it may be that the Colonel
thught it a shorter way out. of the
difficulty to deny to Mrs. Carpenter
that he was on Millinery row, rather
than attempt to explain just what
he and Col. Sondley were doing on
that beat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22

Abbeville, S. c., June 1, 1915.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
H HONOR ROLL

The following is the Honor Roll of
the City schools for the third month.
The Honor Roll for the first four
grades is based on perfect attend
ance and conduct. The honor roll
for the fifth grade and up contains
the names of pupils who have made
an average of 80 or more on scholar
ship for the first three months as
follows: First and second months
are daily marks and third month
grades are on examination only. The
first two names are the first and Sc
cond honorpupils except in the eighth
grade where Herman Wisely and
Ruby Mann tied for first place. Hell
en- Haigler gets second place in this
grade.
With the close of the third month
the first session closes. Parents
should very carefully examine their
children's reports and encourage the
ones who might be falling back in
their work.
We are convinced that some chill
dren are not doing the proper
amount of study, that some must
take the grade over as it is impossi-
BILE for some pupils to do the work
in ten years and that most of the
children now below can reach the
next grade this school year if they
are made to get down to work. To
do this the parents must cooperate
with teachers.
All the schools close for the holi-
DAYS from Dec. 23rd to Jan. 3rd.
1st Grade: Miss Calhoun-Henry
Culbreth, Horace McAllister, Roy
Nance, Thelma B%auknight, Elizabeth
Beeks, Ruby Brown, Elizabeth Cor
ley, Sarah Cowan, Annie Cheatham,
Vivian Copenhaven, Mary Hill Fer
guson, Margaret Flynn, Margaret
Harrison, Ernestine McCord, Mary
Emma McCord, Ada Perrin, Grace
Smith, Louise Uldrick, Elizabeth
Wilson.
list Grade: Miss Wham- Ruby
Beasley, Dora Campbell, Gertrude
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
Oriain of Knitting.

Knitting is a Scotch invocation of the
fifteenth century, and Scotch knitted
stockings soon found their way to
France. A guild of stocking knitters,
too, was soon formed, with st. Fiacre
as their patron saint. Hand knitting
was not long left without machinery
as a rival, for it was as long ago as
1889 that William Lee invented the
knitting frame.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
Average Normal Nation.

The object Of the average normal
nation is to have more prosperity to
raise more taxes to build more bat
tleships to seek more markets to
sell more goods to have more pros
perity to raise more taxes to build
more battleships to seek more mar
kets to sell more goods to have more
prosperity and so on until something
unforeseen happens.-Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
A Common FaiIinq.

A couple of visitors from a rural dis
trIct were in the strangers gallery IN
the house of commons trying to rec
ognize their member on the floor. u
can't distinguish him." said one, after
a hopeless visual observation. "Of
course not" was the honest reply.
He can't even distinguish himself"
-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
The DunGum Bullet.

The dumdum bullet is n that Is SO
made that it split or flattens upon hit
ting it's mark, thus producing a much
uglier wound than is made by the
s%teelcased bullet such as the present
rules of warfare are understood to
call for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22
Failure.

Whatever may be said of fail" the
lexicons of a coroner's jury in Micht'
gan certainly contain the word rail
ure," as witness the finding: I'VE, the
jury, find that the deceased came to
his death from heart failure, super
induced by speculation failure, which
was the result Of failure to see far
enough ahead."-Modern Merchant
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22

STOLEN:-From my yard Dec. the
End, Black hound dog with white
breast. Will give suitable reward
for return or information leading
to recovery. William Wideman,
Abbeville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22

FOR SALE:-Charleston Wakefield
and Succession cabbage plants, Is
cents per 100. $1.25 per 1000.
You will find them at the Keller
House. H. S. Dellinger. ct
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-22

WANTED-"For a Square Deal, and
the protection of all honest buyers
and sellers, The Blue List. Sub
scribers protected against Beats.
We want a young man to represent
US in this locality. Will pay him
we'll for his spare time. Address:
The Blue List, Crisfeld, Md" ct
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

Eighteen conferences dealing di-
rectly and forcibly with rural prob
lens in Oregon will be held during
Farmers Week at o. A. c., February
1 to Z, according to R. D. Hetzel, Ex-
tension director, forming what is un-
doubtedly the most important series
ever held in the state. The following
leading industrial forces Of the state
will hold sessions:
State Dairy Association.
Oregon Jersey Cattle Club.
Holstein Breeders Association.
Willamette Valley Editorial Asso-
citation.
School Superintendent and Super
visors.
County and School Fair Officials.
County Judges and Road Super
visors.
Rural Ministers and Religious
Workers.
Home Makers.
Potato Growers.
County Agriculturists.
Farmers Organizations.
Drainage.
Commercial Club Secretaries.
Seed Growers.
City Markets.
Brick and Tile Manufacturers.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
GOLD BRICK BUILDINGS.

skyscrapers. New York Finds, Are Not
Paying Proposition.
In New York's skyscnper belt, where
the buildings run from n to ffty-6ve
floors, their average height is under
SIX stories and a half. Only half a
dozen skyscrapers In all the city mag
fairly be called beautiful. though a
larger number are admirable feats Of
engineering,
All the more noteworthy. then. Is the
calculation Of the secretary Of New
York's height Of buildings commission
that, allowing for depreciation. the
skyscraper's investment return is but
21a per cent. Nor does this class Of
edifce profit the community more than
the individual. The cost In light and
air is supplemented by the fact that
skyscrapers burst sewers with their
outflow and force the city to install a
high pressure system for fire fighting.
One often hears arguments against
the construction Of. high buildings
based upon aesthetics. The most ap-
pealing argument is likely to prove
that Of dollars and cents. Unless as
an advertising proposition (Which need
not greatly concern us) s%kyscrapers
don't pay. New York has found this
out rather extensively. The results Of
the experiment are respectfully refer
red to all those growing cities In
which, rs a matter Of local pride. sky.
scraper construction Is now SO earnest
ly proposed. New York Tribune,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

PITCHING THE SPITBALL.
Collins Says There 10 Only One Real
Master, Ed Walsh.

master, I'd Walsh.
In the American Magazine Eddie Col
Inns Of the Philadelphia Athletics
writes about pitchers | Have Faced"
Following is a part Of what he has to
say about Eddie Walsh. whom he re-
CARDS as the best spitball pitcher:
walsh is the only real master Of
the spitball l know Of. He was the
first absolutely to perfect and control
1t. Most spitball pitchers are wild.
and they have trouble especially to
make their splitter a strike and usually
have to resort to the fust one. but not
Walsh. Many times | have seen him
give a batter three balls and no strikes.
and then three spitters would 90 swish.
Ing across the plate knee high, and the
batter would sit down. Walsh invari-
ably aims his splitter Mt one spot on a
batter-namely. between the waist and
the knees. l have never seen IL good
splitter that broke above the waist.
walsh was not a pitcher | dreaded
to hit against, because it was never a
battle Of wits. You always knew what
to look for 1.-The splitter. 1t was sure to
be In the sa MI place-waist to shoe
tops-and 1t was not like the spitters Of
some pitchers, at your head one minute
and ut your feet the next. In spite of
this It was mighty hard to hit safely.
Although there was almost a foot
break on Walsh's spitball. Sullivan.
who always caught him, said he could
do it sitting In a rocking chair. his con
troll was SO perfect"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
London Full Of Confidence Men,

London has never before harbored 80
many skilled opponents Of the conf
dence trick In all Its guises than at the
present time. Indeed. the invasion OF
foreign confidence tricksters alone has
become so serious that the Scotland
Yard detectives stationed In the west
end are organizing Il new and drastic
campaign against the fraternity. An
EnSlishman and an freshman working
together in partnership under various
aliases still hold the record as the most
consistently successful tricksters IN
London, and despite all the efforts Of
the police they have been making In.
comes believed to run into several thou
sands Of pounds. London Express.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
POISONING Cases,

Send for "A physician at once.
/. While waiting for his arrival
give the patient IN emetic-the
) nearest thing at hand to produce
vomiting. One glass after an
other of plain water Gukewarm
Is hestl until six or seven have
been taken will always cause
vomiting. While the patient Is
drinking water prepare aIbumen
the whites of four eggs to a
quart Of warm water. stirred
well through the water. This So
luton Is a chemical antidote to
many poisons. Two teaspoonfuls
; OF mustard in a coffee cup or
a tumblerful Of warm water
makes an excellent emetic. Act
rapidly and quickly and you may
save Il life by so doing.
a a 4 a.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
Who're O'ConnelI FOUGHT.

Arrangements have recently been
completed by which the Earl Of Clon.
nell has disposed OF bis irish estates,
the transference Of property including
the residence Of Bishops Court. ira
dltionally the birthplace Of fox hunt
Ing In Ireland. together with the OK
tensive stud farm there. and the his.
toric Hill of Oughterard, with Its an.
cient and picturesque round tower. 1t
was on this hill that the famous duel
between Daniel O'Connell and DIES,
terre was fought, In which O'Connell
shot D'Esterre.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
WANTED AT ONCE-A whea

WANTED AT ONCE-A WHeat
ranch. If you have a good first-class
wheat ranch anywhere from 500 to
500 acres, we'll improved, with water
on it, to trade for Willamette valley
land or income property in Eugene,
write to me at once. l can handle
something up to 100000 or $4,000.
| will not consider any inflated prices
as | know land values. II you mean
business write me, giving full de-
scription, location and prices.
w. B. SHELLEY,
TIA Willamette St., Eugene, Ore.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
Smokeless Powder Visible.

An important discovery has been
made by the bureau Of ordnance OF the
navy department us a result Of a series
Of experiments and investigations
which have been conducted by order
Of Rear Admiral Strauss, A certain
color Of glass has been found to serve
the purpose Of rendering visible the
smoke from the "smokeless" powder
discharge Of q nle.-Army and Navy
Register,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

| have $50 acres of land near Port
land which Is surveyed in 20 and 40
acre tracts. The same is being sold
at $40 per acre. l will exchange this
for general grain and stock farm at
cash value. Write for further partic-
ulars to Claud Cole. 1872 46th ST.,
S. E., Portland, Ore. st.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

STRAYED-From my Rood Hill
farm, a sucking mule colt, black and
was gentle. Had nc brand. Finder
return to or notify me. Reward.
FRED ASHBAUGH, Hardman. Ore.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
800 REWARD,

I will pay 800 for the arrest and
conviction Of the party or parties
stealing my cattle. My cattle are
branded M c on right side, and have
right ear split.
II. JAMES CARLY.
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NOTICE.

This is to notify the public that
on Nov. 8, 1914, Louis c. Garner
took over the business formerly con
Quoted under the name of Castle and
Garner and Louis C. Garner assumes
all Indebtedness upon stock and fix
lures.
r. w. CASTLE,
Irrigon, Oregon.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

Take a look at the Gillian & Bis
bee store windows; there is some
thing there for your inspection.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

Before buying your winters sup
bly, Of oil you had better investigate
the prices offered by the Heppner
Garage. II.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14
STATE INDUSTRIAL
ITEMS Of INTEREST

Springfield tax levy reduced "a
mills.
Eugene improvements for 1914 to-
tai $4,000.
Irving farmers are boosting the
sugar industry.
Lane county is promising the SUI
gar beet industry.
Baker spent 100000 on new
buildings in 1914.
The Cottage Grove tax levy is ~
mills less than 1914.
Baker county mining output for
1914 was $500. 900.
w. B. Glafke established a branch
wholesale house at Albany.
Bids are being taken for a new
Congregational church at Condor.
Tax reduction in Polk county
amounts to s110,901 below 1914.
Cut in wages at single mill at
Prosper leaves plant short of help.
Drs. Sanders and Eastland will
build a general hospital at Richland.
Socialists at Eugene are initiating
a bill for a large municipal market.
Lane county tax levy reduced 3
mills and $1OS,399 cut from budget.
Three new bridges on the Column
bia highway to Astoria will cost $40,-
900.
Ed. Stocker will remove a sawmill
plant from Philomath to near New
port.
Guy Lafollette is the new owner
Of the Crook County Journal at
Prineville.
The Southern Pacific shops have
re-opened at three places, employing
1900 men.
Crown-Willamette Paper mills at
Oregon City have made places for 33
more men.
Central Oregon Irrigationists will
ask state to appropriate $1,350,000
for projects.
Three new residences are under
construction at Candy and three
more + planned.
The local brick manufacturers at
Eugene won out on the armory con
tract over convict made brick.
Seventy men with families at Sa-
lem have been set to work digging
sewer bitches in North Salem.
The North Bend Manufacturing
Co. is getting out $4,000 myrtle
wood novelties for the Panama Fair.
Oregon c~anneries report a good
market for their products, but will
ask relief from restrictive legisla-
ton.
Plans are complete for the $780,
900 hotel to be erected by Mayor
Simpson and associates at North
Bend.
The Oregon Blue Sky law, II of
the clubs to keep capital out of Ore
gon, has been upheld by the Supreme
court.
One of the plausible things to
come before the legislature is a state
institution for the care of crippled
children.
The program of the Multnomah
delegation to cut Off a million dol
lars of fixed charges will reduce state
one mill.
The resources of Oregon and agri-
cultural education are to be advance
ed by an O. A. College quartet going
east to give concerts.
The attempt to collect nearly $50
liability insurance from a mar erect
ing a $1,000 house at Portland shows
what a state system costs.
Grants Pass is pushing for three
new industries in 1915-a beet SUI
gar factory. a custom mill to crush
Dre, and a plant to prepare lime rock
for fertilizer.
A Pendleton manufacturer of tot
let preparations makes a house to
house canvas to introduce her line,
md gives q free treatment at an up
beauty parlor to each pur-
Farmers Week Conference.
Eighteen conferences dealing di-
,ertlv and forrihly with rural nrOb-
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

We still have many dainty and use
full articles to select from that might
please you. HAYLOR.
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FOR SALE.

Pine wood and tamarack posts
Buy at ranch or l will deliver.
I'm. r. H. WEEKS, Hamilton Ranch,
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YAKIMA POTATOES-Car just
received. Phelps Grocery Co.

Go to Gillian 4 blsDee S snap table
for china ware.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

Why go to the trouble OF baking
when you can buy the best of bread
at the Heppner Bakery.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

5000 Posts For Sale. Phelps Gro
Gerry Co.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

Have you seen that New Patrician
Pattern OF Community at Haylors
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-14

SHOW CASE-8-foot show case
cheap. Phelps Grocery Co.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-27

ADDITIONAL SUB scRIPTIoN
MADE TO THE FUND DURING
THE PAST WEEK.

The following subscriptions were re-
ceived by the committee in charge of
the New Cathedral Debt Fund" since
we went to press last week: