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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-24

by "reclaiming waste! places with
proper cultivation" for the farmers
with easier and passable roads to
market to easily produce over twen-
ty billions of wealth ner annum-a
sum nearly equal to the total accu-
mutation of a century in the bank
ing resources in all our $4,000
banks"
Emphasizing the necessity Of Gov
crnment aid in the construction of
good roads, Senator Underwood said !:
'The whole history of the building of
roads in the civilized world has dem
onstrated the fact that there has
never been a great system of roads
built in any country until the govern
ment of that country stood behind 1t
| in some way"
Senator John Sharp Williams, who
has the reputation of being something
| of a strict constructionist, declared
that '''the constitutional power (of
Congress to pass this billy is un.
doubted, obvious, plain and palpable, "
and that wherever there has ever
been any people who ever ,proximated
a civilization, self-developed. clvill-
ztaion, characteristic civilization
of any sort, good roads have accom-
panied that civilization" "All the
roads of Rome were strategic roads,
and commerce grew up upon the
road. so that the road was the cause
of the commerce rather than the ex-
istence of the commerce the cause OF
the construction of the road. But,
with US we have not only the strate-
pic military reason, which is national,
the einterstate-commerce reason wnlcn
is national, the post-road reason
which is Federal, but the other rea-
son which I have mentioned, which IS
educational. There can be no inter-
state commerce of any great power
unless there be good roads for local
commerce forming connecting links
upon which the interstate commerce
is founded, nor can there be any
great international commerce except
for the interstate commerce of the
various countries which form the
family of nations"
1t Will be seen CnaC Cne DaahiiS"I
good roads bill is the work of sound
Craftsmanship and not merely an et-
fort to separate the Government
from it's money in the aid Of local en-,
terprises or to promote a doubtful
undertaking. The Bill is as big as
the great country it represents and
as broad as the humanity it would
serve. It's enactment will take the
public highways out of politics and
make them thoroughfares for COM
merce and industry instead of paths
to public office. Its administration
will be in the hands of the Depart
ment of the Government nearest to
the people in all their varied inter-
ests. 1t will strengthen the rela-
tions between the States and the Ma
ton, making them active partners IN
a great work for the common good:
It is assumed that the Senate Bill will
be agreed to by the House and that
with the beginning of the new fiscal
year the great enterprise of making
the paths of the country straight will
be undertaken with the sure hope of
success.
Raising money for road mainte-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-24
A King.

Pc rode on the observation plat
form of a cotton wagon. c! ~. s5a
His feecy staples had just brought
twelve cents pound.
The money was down in his pocket;
No man had an account against
him for dime. 5|!s l!E
The mules trotteed along over the
smooth pavement and now and then
a big red apple jolted out Of heap
ing bucket and rolled back and forth
across the wagon bed. Is
A neat bundle over in the corner.
contained dress pattern-ten yards;
of blue checked gingham for the
faithful wife. 5
The little bag was full of candy for
the baby. a
He whistled as Pete and Beck
turned their heads homeward. 4
It was near eventide. A few clouds
had gathered over the west and the
sun was cutting strange capers with;
these pillows of the sky. There were
islands of gold floating in a deep blue.
sea; there were mountains kissed
with the colors of the rainbow No
painter could have made a prettier
picture; no dreamer could have Wis.
tied a scene more splendid in all the
mysterious realm of slumberhood.
The occupant of the wagon enjoy
ed it. 3
The fresh evening breezes were as,
balm to his brow.
There was no enmity in his heart
against anyone. w
There was no political ambition
that had gone unsatisfied. '
There was no sorrow Of ingrati-
tude to stick and sting and poison.
He was a plain country man.
He loved his wife. ~e
He loved his baby.
He was going home to them-a
king wearing q royal crown Of kind
ness-a king, tender, Thoughtful, at
fectionate, bearing simple gifts to
his subjects.-Southern Woman's
Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-24
Making 1t Himself.

Mother always heard little Jackie
do his lessons. One day the small boy
was going over his reading lesson,
which was the story of "Goldilocks
and the Three Bears"
'Goldilocks jumped right out of
the window" he read slowly.
"No, no Jackine," protested his
mother; "you know the book doesn't
say that. You should read more care
fully. The book says that Goldilocks
jumped out of bed"
II know, mother" explained Jack
lie promptly, "but wanted her to
Jump far enough to get away from
the three bears" -Pittsburg Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-24
July, August and September Forage.

Midsummer to dairymen and
other livestock farmers, is about the
worst time of the year to keep the
stock supplied with sufficient green
feed. Every possible effort should
be made right now to get in crops
for this purpose. Cowpeas, soy
beans, sorghum, millet, ETC., are all
good for this purpose. Enough
Should be planted to last until the
silo has been filled, or later. Farmers
without silos should plant root crops,
such as turnips and stock beets to
furnish succulent feed for fall and
winter months. Succulent feed will
keep the milk flowing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-24

nance is more difficult than raising
it for road construction. Taxpayers
do not expect their clothes to wear
forever without repairs but they of.
ten think that roads should withstand
hard usage without any money being
needed for their maintenance: In
some states large part of the money
spent on such work is raised by tax
ing automobiles, but automobiles are
by no means the only vehicles which
grind away the highways. In West
Virginia lumber hauling has worn
away some of the roads and so the
legislature recently enacted a law re-
ouiring persons continuously using
a county road so as to cause more
than usual wear to put repair men on
the road and to assist in keeping it
in good condition under the direc-
ton of the county court. Refusal to
obey such an order is punishable by
imprisonment or fine not exceeding
$50 or both.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-24
Something Wrong.

Something Wrong.
"I have come" said the old sub
scriber, "to complain about your re.
port of my daughters wedding"
"What was the matter with it?'
demanded the editor. ...
"Well, her name is Gratia, but you
printed it Gratis"
"That's not so bad. She was given
away, wasn't she?"-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-05-24

In these days everybody likes to
have a reputation for efficiency and
takes pride in encouraging efficiency.
So it is interesting to notice in fam
GUS book on the subject, by Harring-
ton Emerson, a leading American
authority on the subject, what he con-
siders the value of good roads as
agencies for efficiency. He says:
Railroads, high-roads, by roads,
bridle-paths, mountain climbs! The
unlettered mountaineer of all coun-
tries is the best man for the last, and
it takes the best kind of trained climb
ing expert to emulate him; but as
the road is improved shoes are ex-
changed for horses, horses for bicy-
cles, a change from one kind of mus
cular effort to another; bicycles for
automobiles, automobiles for rail-
road trains both these latter using un-
carnate energy instead of muscular
or incarnate energy. The all-round
skill of the mountaineer becomes the
sub-divided, specialized skill of many
different men, who are supplemented
with increasingly complex equipment.
The philosophy of efficiency is to be
used to build roads along which any
organization can travel with the least
friction and the greatest advantage,
and the more ramifed and involved
the business, the more is the philoso-
ply needed"
A rich man has voluntarily worked
in a convict road-building camp to
find out if such methods Of highway
work were desirable. The facts were
these. A special course of lectures
to create an understanding of the du.
ties of citizenship among educated
persons is given annually at Yale
through the generosity OF
the late William E. Dodge. The
Dodge lecturer recently was Thomas
Mott Osborne, the famous New York
authority on prisons, who has shared
the life of convicts to learn person,
ally of the conditions which are good
and bad in our penal institutions.
This is what he said about his expert
ence in the convict road building
camp: 81 was member of the camp
in good and regular standing in the
summer and fall of 1914, and was IN
close touch with the camp during the
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Attend the dance at the armory
Sept. % and 20. Music by Watzke's
orchestra. adv.
Mrs. C. o.. Hemming and daughter
returned last week from a short visit
with Mr.. Hemming's relatives at
Rockwell, Ia.
Something everybody should take in
The Stevens county fair to be held
in Morris September 81, %, 20, 80.
1t will be good.
Chas. Leaman, one of the we'll
known pioneers from Chokio, was a
county seat visitor Monday. Mr..
Leaman appears to be as active as
ever although his health has not been
the best during the past several
months.
Miss Gale Eddy left Sunday night
for Minneapolis where she will study
pharmacy at the state university. She
was accompanied to the cities by her
sister, Miss Josephine, who will visit
relatives and friends before returning
to open her school near Morris.
Ralph Clark came down from
Werner, N. D., the first of the week
where he has been engaged in the land
80 &O
crop conditions in his section business
has been very quiet lately but he has
managed to dispose of a fine farm
occasionally.
D. T. Wheaton was given an auto
mobile ride to the town of Horton
Tuesday afternoon where he did lit
tie surveying for parties interested in
county ditch dispute. Mr.. Whea-
ton is the pioneer surveyor in Ste
vens county and there are few farms
in the county he has not surveyed
at some time or other.
Being cheerful and pleasant when
he had every reason to feel grouchy
brought distinction to George TAFT,
Great Northern station agent in this
city, several days early this week. A
troublesome molar aided by an attack
of neuralgia swelled Tait's right
cheek to abnormal proportions anc
made life miserable. In this condi'
ton and state of mind the genia
George was obliged to do the AL.
phonse- Castor stunt several hundred
times day. His troubles have sub
sided and matters are running smooth
ly at the depot today.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29
NOTES OF LOCAL INCIDENTS
AND
AND
NEWS OF LOCAL INTEREST

Watch YOUR door knob and one of
these days you will find nickel hang
ing there. adv.
DR.. and Mrs. Pearson of Peever, S.
D., and Miss Ruth Hakes were guests
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Pearson. They made the journey
by auto, returning the same evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. johnson and
son came over from Elbow Lake in
their auto Saturday evening and spent
the following day at the home of
their son, DR.. O. T. Johnson and
family.
Business and shorthand courses at
Concordia College, Moorhead, Mimi,
will cost you 800 week for first
class board, room, use of fine gym
nasium, band privileges and instruc-
tion for year.
Mrs. Ella Everts, of Knoxville, Ia,
was here several days the first of the
week visiting friends and looking
after her farm interests. Mrs. Everts
owns a fine half section in the Maloney
district near Morris.
Here is chance to take spelling,
penmanship, grammar, arithmetic or
manual training and carpentry. Board,
room and instruction $500 a week.
Write for catalogs, Concordia College,
Moorhead, MINI. adv.
J. W. Skinner, of Minneapolis, is
spending the week with Editor Norm
and family and while here will dc
some shooting. He accompanied some
of the local sportsmen into the fields
several days this week with fair re-
suits.
Harry Olson and family enjoyed
an automobile ride to the home of
Mr.. Olson's sister near Osakis last
Sunday. Fine roads and pleasant
weather contributed to the pleasure of
the ride. "Corn in the vicinity of
Osakis appeared to have escaped the
heavy frost which did some damage
here" said Mr.. Olson.
Morris veterans of the Civil war
and their relatives are interested in
a new law recently passed providing
for pensions for widows of veterans.
Hereafter veterans widows who were
married previous to 1905 are to
receive twenty dollars per month. All
widows now on the pension last at
twelve dollars will have their pension
increased to twenty dollars under the
new law.
Editor E. W. Nobbs, editor of the
Hector Mirror, came to Morris Sun
day to spend the day with his wife and
parents. Monday morning he extended
his happy welcome to new son and
assistant editor who chose this city as
his birth place. The young man is
fine specimen and appears to be in
perfect health. While here Editor
Nobbs took occasion to celebrate the
boys arrival by distributing some
choice cigars among this friends.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Mrs. Herman Morken returned the
first of the week from a pleasant
visit at the home of relatives north
of Cyrus.
The Hogan Decorating company
has the contract for painting and
decorating the interior of the Browns
Valley public library. A crew of
artists will be put on the job next
Monday.
Miss Florence Danielson ended her
summer vacation Sunday night when
she returned to New York City
where she will resume her duties as
instructor of music at the New York
College of Music. Most of her vaca-
tion was spent at the home of her
parents in Norris
Farmers at Beardsley have taken
on new and apparently profitable
side line. Last week forty cars of
Montana sheep were received at
Beardsley and were turned into the
stubble fields and pastures. When
fattened the sheep will go forward to
the packing plants in South st.
Paul.
High cost of Learning, living and
loving has very little edge on high
cost of hunting this year. Prices
of shells have SCARED from 65c of yes
teryear to 9Oc per box of %. Prices
of guns have climbed all the way from
$500 to $1,000 over prices of two
years back and accessories essential to
the successful pursuit of the feathered
game have gone up in proportion-all
on account of We war and the demand
across the pond for shooting iron
ammunitions. The only consolation
left to Mr.. Geo. w. Nimrod lies in
the fact that there is mighty little
game left to hunt, as the chix have
retired westward.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Roy Lang returned to his home at
Lushton, Neb., Tuesday morning af-
ter having spent two weeks with
friends and relatives in Morris and
vicinity.
The kind of education that pays is
the kind you can use to earn money.
The education you get at the Little
Falls Business College is the kind
that brings in the dollars. adv.
Miss Dimple Hays left Tuesday
morning for two months visit with
relatives and friends at York, Ne
braska. This will be ner first visit to
her home town since the Hays family
came to Morris three years ago.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Bearl, of Framnas
township who has been i'll with
paralysis, is recovering rapidly and
will suffer no permanent affects. The
other children in the Bearl family
are all in perfect health.
In a state land sale conducted at
the Itasca county court house in
Grand Rapids, the state of Minnesota
disposed of 600 acres. The biggest
price paid was $25 per acre for
one small fraction, and SIS per acre
for another. All the rest was sold in
small tracts and brought SIS. per
acre. The total eipts brought
So, 436.O5.
Mrs. Kathryn Mccarthy under
went surgical operation at St. Paul
hospital Wednesday Of this week.
News received IN Morris yesterday
from St. Paul indicates successful
operation and Mrs. Mccarthy may be
expected home in a short time.
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Stever haC
as their guest last Friday and Satur'
day Mr.. R. W. Boughton who was
returning home from the Philippine
islands where he had spent sever
years in educational work. He was
on his way home to Fargo where he
will spend the winter. Speaking Of
conditions in the Philippines Mr.
Boughton said the natives were be-
coming Americanized rapidly under
the splendid school system started
after the American invasion, and thai
politics were being played there a
keenly as in New York city where Mr.
Broughton spent fifteen years before
going to the islands.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Miss Ella Prince, of Herman, is
the new saleslady at the Lime
bakery.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Editor A. L. Bragg of the Chokio
Review came over to Morris Friday
to look after business matters.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Fire was discovered in the base
ment of the Zalkind clothing at%GIen-
wood one day last week and before
the flames were extinguished a loss
of about So, 500 had been inflicted.
Mr.. Zalkind estimates his loss to
stock at about $1,000 while the
damage to the Kruger drug store is
estimated at $1,000 Only a small
insurance was carried. The fire start
ed in some boxes near the heating
plant and it is believed sparks ignit-
ed the rubbish.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

A tropical snake two feet longs
believed to be highly venomous, was
killed at Cyrus one day last week
when it's presence was discovered in
a bunch of bananas which had been
suspended from the ceiling at the
Cyrus meat market. Ed. Koch, meat
cutter, saw the snakes head protrud-
ing from the bananas and immediate
ly went for pair of gloves. Then he
grabbed the snake by the neck and
brought it fourth. A fruit jar filled
with alcohol was secured and the
reptile was preserved. How the snake
came into the bananas is not known
but it is believed to have entered be-
fore the fruit was taken off the stalk,
and that it had travelled all the way
from the tropics where the bananas
were grown. Snake authorities at
Cyrus believe a sting from the snake
would have been fatal. Kock has
the reptile on display at the meat
market where it is creating some
thing of a sensation.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

The kind of education that pays is
the kind you can use to earn money.
The education you get at the Little
Falls Business College is the kind
that brings in the dollars. adv.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Roy Lang returned to his home at
Lushton, Neb., Tuesday morning af-
ter having spent two weeks with
friends and relatives in Morris and
vicinity.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Miss Dimple hays left Tuesday
morning for a two months visit with
relatives and friends at York, Ne
braska. This will be ner first visit to
her home town since the Hays family
came to Morris three years ago.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Mrs. Herman Morken returned the
first of the week from a pleasant
visit at the home of relatives north
of Cyrus.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Dispatches from South Dakota
state that sportsmen are very scarce
this fall owing to the cold Matching
season for ducks. Morris sportsmen
are complaining over the same con-
ditiors here but up till late yesterday
County Auditor Wollthan had issued
426 licenses in this county.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Attend the dance at the armory
Sept. % and 20. Music by Watzke's
orchestra. adv.
Morris tribune., 1916-09-29

Miss Charlotte Hagerman began
teaching her school in Synnes Monday
with a fairly good attendance. An
inreased enrolment is looked for as
soon as colder weather sets in.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-14
PLANS OUTLINED
Witness Tells of Arrangements to
Wreck Entente Plans.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12-Louis
j. smith, principal witness for the
prosecution in the governments case
against Franz Bopp, German consul
general here, ana five others on
charges of conspiring to violate neu-
trality testified today that he had
been promised sS00 month and ex-
pcnses with bonus OF $500 for each
explosion in connection with plans TO
upset war muniton shipments to the
entente allies, Smith himself is under
indictment on the same charge.
Smith said he first met Baron
Georse Won Brincken. a defendant and
consular attache, ia n cafe in san
Francisco, May s, 1915,
Smith said he informed Won Brine
ken of Il shipment OF dynamite from
u California powder plant 10 Seattle,
from where II was 10 be reshippcd 70
Nladivostok.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-14
BRAND ANNOUNCES
HIS NEW CABINET
Premier Retains Place at
Head; Yautey Is to Be
Minister of War.

PARIS. Dec. 13.-G.15 p. M
The new French cabinet announced
by the premier is composed as fol-
lows:
Premier and minister of foreign
affairs. Aristide BRAND.
Minister of finance, AleNandre
Ribot
Minister of war General Hubert
l.. Yautey
Minister of marine, Rear Admiral
LaCase.
Minister of fabrication rationale,
including munitions and Transports
tion, Albert Thomas.
The five foregoing cabinet mem
bers will form a council of national
defense
other members of the cabinet are
Paul Painleve, minister of public in
struction Rene Niviani. minister of
justice and public works, Louis j.
Malvy, minister of the interior;
Euenne Clementel, minister of COM
merce and agriculture; NJ. Herriot,
minister of national subsistence apd
labor, and CASTOR Doumergue, min
lister of the colonies.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-14

for the welfare % nations Then why
prolong uwo and onc-third years Of
carnage has been decisive Of nothing)
an unnecessary ana useless conflict
that can only result in he cXhnus-
tion Of these gollsHmc powers ana tho
ccutury-lonR misery Of the great
masses Of all these peoples If Il
new Hague conference were 10 cit
continuously until the peoples Of
these counties compelled their rulers
TO submit their differences 10 It's de
cisions. peace might come sooner
greater role could America have than
10 be the first to take this decisive
step. and work FOR II iuccMhntIy
until itg nlfllmcut came" Mr Fish
baugh ulo many another cnthusI-
astic thcorst. has made the mistake
Of believing that millions Of people
can be converted In "a day 10 tine doc
tiinos of pncllism II is probably
true that the present blood Letting IT.
Europe will prove u useful lesson ana
hasten the progress of sancr ideas
bat II he cXpccta any Hague confer
cucc 10 'Ht continuously until the
warning peoples come 10 terms, ho
must credit the mcmbers Of such
conference with infinite patience
Some day people viii learn 10 dcspisc
war aud avoid .t but that day IS long
i'm the future yet America can. and
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-14
FILES SUIT AGAINST CITY
X. r. Schoficld Asks S5,OS3 FOR Land
Alleged Withheld.

Damages to the extent of S5.0SS.35
are sought by r. +. Schofield. who
Tuesday morning filed suit in the SUI
perior court naming as defendants the
city of Tulsa. j. II. simmons, G. $.
Nounkman, a. w. Brink, A. ID.
Walker, \. l.. Funk, +. y. Mccormick,
Tulsa Traction company. Pioneer
Telephone n Telegraph Co. and tho
Public Service company OF Oklahoma.
1t Is charged that lots / and in
block 80 have been withheld from
the plaintiffs possession by the de-
fendauts and that rents profits and
costs that should have been received
by him amounts 10 the sum named.