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The Detroit times., 1916-04-27
BY THEDA 6ARA.

written Especially for The Times.)
Often receive interesting letters
from convicts.
II seems the vampire type of
woman has a strange fascination
for really intellectual prisoners.
have never told before that i
became so interested In one pris-
oncr I helped him secure pa
role. This prisoner wrote me. but
did not say he was prisoner.
bad his address looked up and II
was the street number OF the war
den's ONCE.
At first this man sent me unusual
poetry that slowed scholarship.
This puzzled mo Then learned
the prison knew nothing of his real
identity. had him write me all
about himself with nothing hidden.
Drink, he said, caused his down.
fall and made him a wanderer. He
forged a check He had been the
member of college faculty. He
figured as one OF the accusing wit
nesses In the famous University of
Pennsylvania Babylonian tablet
case which stirred college and In.
tellectual circles
In the thick OF this case was my
strange convict friend. That will
indicate how important he was In
the world OF culture.
Since he has been paroled he Is
filling his proper place In society
and am sure he will never again
be placed behind prison walls. He
has written a scenario for me.
based on the ancient Babylonian
hieroglyphics which so Few OF us
could decipher.
had intended telling you about
other convicts. but Just as began
10 plan this article there came to
The Detroit times., 1916-04-27

comes from a ball in the knee
Charlottesville. This thumb was
shot OF AT Gettysburg. and | lost
the tip OF my ear at Spottsylvania
Dear me- said the stranger,
how interesting You have indeed
seen hot fighting. But tell me, how
cid YOU get that long deep murder
Gus dent down the side Of your
nose? A cavalry charge-hand to
hand engagement"
The veteran ignored the ques-
ton and begged TO talk about the
heat. However, his wife inter
rupted.
Go on. Bill, she said impatient.
ly Tell the gentleman how you
got the dent in your nose
"'You shut up. Hannah said the
angered veteran under his breath.
81 won't Mother said the old
woman. For II just about rifles the
skin off me to hear your braggin'
and braggin' about the marks you
got In the war, whilst you never
oIen your head about the finest and
most noticeable mark OF all - the
one give we with the fire shovel
Dick had TO smile even when he
WINGED at the application.
IL didn't mean to hit you with the
fire shovel, Dick" | said. IL con
fess at one time wanted TO hurt
you very much but not in the way
| have done, and ! want to tell you
that differ from the old lady OF
my story in not being proud of the
The Detroit times., 1916-04-27
FIREMEN GET
SALARY INCREASE

The council committee on salary
equalization held a meeting.
Tuesday night. and boosted the
pay OF the iremen to 1850 after
five years service, placing them on
a salary level with policemen Fire
licutenants will draw sl,i00 a year,
an increase OF 800.
The coramittee expects 10 COM
plete its report in time TO have the
new scale of salaries become effec
tive July |.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-27
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEDA BARA?
SHE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU.

What do think OF Theda Bara the vampire of the SCREEN?
want
telling
answe igned n er owl handw
you want a 10 "a to
II
forwarded
The Detroit times., 1916-04-27

Kappa Alpha chapter OF Beta Phi
Sigma fraternity will give dinner.
dance Friday evening. in the Hotel
Statler.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05
THE RIVERS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA

The following verses from Z. an old
book once popular in the South have
been resurrected from, the Clemson
library by Professor Morrison. and
published in the ''Tiger." Professor
Morrison belongs to Winthrop, as ne
has been for years a member OF the
faculty of the summer term:
By the rice fields and the. sand
hills, run the rivers small ana
great, -,
From the mountains to the oceans IN
the grand palmetto State,
From Savannah on the westward TO
the east-most WaccamaW;
Rv Catawba, where the red man
once untroubled kept his squaW;
Bubbling, hurrying, foaming, splash
ing, gently, smoothly, then they
flow.
Once they find her sunny borders
ne'er across them do they 60.
Pacolet, Saluda, Pee Dee, Tiger,
Broad, Bush, Enoree,
To Savannah, Chauga Little, Seneca,
and Tugaloo,
Keowee, and Toxaway, and the rat
tling Rocky 60
To the ocean Coosew-hatchie, lazy
Lynch and dark Cheehaw,
Ashley, Cooper, these, in Indian,
Etowan and Washmasaw.
Eastward flowing is the Coosaw, by
the lands of Edisto;
By the Salke-Hatchie, and the Poca-
taligo.
By the countless fields of cotton,
spread the small and great Pee
Dee;
Here the sea-waves kissing, Sampel,
Broad, May Wrights and Chic
kasee.,
Here are Taulee, Bull and Rarbon,
and the wayward Wadmelow,
Morgan, and the small Kiawah,
Sleepy Stone and New,
Combahee and Sluggish Wando and
the narrow Ashepoo.
From Savannah west and southwark,
From the east-most Waccamaw
To Catawba, where the Indian still
is living with his squaw;
From the rich hills to the barrens,
busy rivers, small and great;
Run by factory and plantation In
the grand palmetto State"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05
SMITHS NITRATE BILL
is FAVORABLY REPORTED
South Carolina Senator Believes it
Will Insure Fairer Prices for
Fertilizers.

Washington, March 29.-Special:
By an almost unanimous vote the Sen
ate committee on agriculture to-day
favorably reported to the Senate the
important bill recently introduced by
Senator Smith, of South Corolina,
ooking to the establishment of nitrate
plants by the Government to furnih
materials for munitions of war and
for fertilizers. 81 believe the passage
this bill, which now seems assured" "
said Senator Smith, " will guarantee
the farmers fertilizers at fair and
just price. When the. Government
shall have established it's plants it
will be in a position to determine
the cost price of nitrate and potash
and will then, though it may never
produce a pound of munitions of war
or fertilizer ingredients, tb factories
established for it will be the means
of holding private corporations to
fair prices"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05
FEAR DRUG FAMINE .
WITHIN IL MONTHS

In a bulletin issued by the Penn
sylvania Pharmaceutical association
it is stated that if the war in EIu-
rope continues for another year the
present high prices of drugs will look
like bargain counter rates for many
drugs and chemicals will not be OBJ
tainable by that time and. substitutes
will have to be found, says The Pub
lie Ledger. Many chemical and tex
tile industries, it was stated, are al
most crippled by the high prices and
scarcity of materials.
All of the vegetable and animal
oils have risen in price enormously it
was stated, because glycerine can be
made from them and then be con-
verted into explosives. This is espe-
cially true of cod liver oil, which is
taken by Germany from Norwegian
sources of supply. Castor oil comes
from seed principally grown in In
dia, and Great Britain which con-
trolls the trade, has placed an embar-
90 on the product, it is said, because
it is one of the few oils suitable for
lubricating aeroplanes.
The compounds of mercury are al
so scarce, because it is used in max
ing illuminate, which are indispensa-
BILE for the caps used for exploding
cartridges and shells. Potash salts
are high and scarce because the
worlds largest available supply is in
Germany. Coal tar dyestuffs are ra-
pidly becoming unobtainable, be-
cause Of the blockade which England
has enforced since March 1915, pre-
venting their importation from Ger
many.
Many of the vegetable drugs, con-
tinues the report, come from Italy,
Serbia, Turkey and Bulgaria. Quin-
inc is expensive on account of the
high figures obtained at the recent
auction sale of cinchens bark, held at
Amsterdam, Holland the worlds CEN
ter for this drug. Paris green and
other insecticides cost much more be-
cause of the scarcity Of the crude
products from which they are made.
The prices of 'licorice root and stick
licorice have risen to hitherto un-
heard of figures, and are still going
up, as the Spanish and Italian sourc-
es of supply are exhausted and the
Russian product is not available, ow-
ing to the closing of the Dardenelles.
The report further states that the
members of the Pharmaceutical AS
sociation will work at their coming
meeting in Reading, Pa, for a re-
vision of the patent laws and the
tariff. pertaining to medicines and
chemical industries to become estab-
lished without competition from
abroad when the war ends. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05
THE SOUTH AWAKENED.
From The Washington Post.

(From The washington POST.
References to the south as the
great cotton-producing area of the
nation, have been made so frequently
and for so long a time that the rest
of the country has gained the impress
sion that cotton is the basis for all
southern activity. AS a matter of
fact, however, the south, according
to recent figures collected by The
Manufacturers Record, produced
$4,000, 100000 of all agricultural
products last year, and of this only
about $3.50, 100000 was represented
by cotton. Cotton, therefore, COM
prised but little more than one-fifth
of the total agricultural products.
The south has awakened. 1t is
alive industrially and agriculturally.
It is not merely keeping pace with
the rest of the country, but is begin
ming to set the pace. In 1915 the
gain in the value of all farm crops
in the United States over 1914 was
$526, ,O7O,0OO. Of this gain, $317,-
100000, or a little more than 6 per
cent, was in the south, an amazing
lluSCrdLlOu VI tIlS lIlCi case III VIC III
vcrsifcation of southern agriculture.
The gain in the entire country out
side of the south was $208,861, 900,
or $108,400,000 less than the gain
in the south.
To make the matter plain, the per-
centage of increase in the south in
1915 over 1914 was 1885 per cent,
while the percentage of increase in
the rest of the country in 1915 over
1914 was only 5.25 per cent.
The south is growing more corn.
1t is growing more live stock than
ever before in its history. It is ad-
vancing industrially. Not only is it's
own future assured, but the south is
adding to the prosperity of the whole
nation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05
AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS

Washington, D. c., April Re
uoyss from the agents of the Agrl-
.s1,askrral Division of Southern Rail-
war company for the calendar year
1915 bear out the government sta
!, sfssscs as TO agricultural progress IN
xl9 South and show the accomplish
-ren! of substantial results IN the
Hgek being carried on by the rail-
kuaR. :,
By personal visits to farmers and
by talks at farmers meetings the
agents of the Company gave advice
as TO farm methods to approximately
ZEN 400 farmers. AS in former
years demonstration work was done
sson = large number of farms all along
The Company's lines, the greater
oart of it with cotton and corn, The
reports of production on these farms
show an average yield of 1,l701
-.oca,nds of cotton per acre, compared
with averages ranging from 59l to
7A pounds on similar lands in tne
zsRne localities where the improved
fnrthods advised by the agents OF the
Company were not adopted. Re
;.,nrts on corn show an average pro-
.dlxtion of 46.7 bushels per acre on
farms where the methods advised
were adopted as compared with an
average yield of less than % bushels
uu similar lands in the same. locall-
ties - .
Advice was given as to crops of
all kinds and especially to the grow.
Ing of legumes and the planting OF
ssipter cover crops. Seed selection
sas encouraged and many farmers
rsseI,e assisted in breeding improved
;seefis. The Importance of drainage
Has emphasized and assistance was
given in tile drainage, ditching, and
seyracing. ,.
With the rapid progress beng
made in the eradication of the cat
tsle tick and the control of hog chol-
,exa, in the South, farmers in all the
SKATES are turning their attentlonto
spgre and better live stock. The
agricultural agents report the loca-
, Hrn .along the lines of the Company
.xiuring the year Of 2,743 pure-bredd
fssf:cattle, $3.50 dairy cattle and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05
TO CHECK RISE IN GASOLINE
Two Measures Are Offered in Nation
al House.

Washington, March 29.-Two mea-
sures looking to put a check on the
rise in the price of gasoline were Of
fered in Congress to-day.
Amendment to the Federal trade
commission law was proposed by Rep
resentative Steenerson, of Minnesota.
His bill would require certain dealers
in petroleum, gasoline, kerosene and
fuel oil to post prices, file them with
the commission, require them to be
just and reasonable and empower the
commission to prescribe just and
maximum prices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05
Much Wood Flour Used By Dynamite
and Linoleum Makers.

Washington, March 29.-More
than twenty thousand tons of wood
-four, valued'at S300,000, are used
annually in the United States in two
widely different industries, the man
ufacture of dynamite and the manu-
facture of inlaid Linoleum.
Wood flour is also used in making
composition flooring, oatmeal paper,
and in several other industries. 1t
forms one Of the means by which
the huge waste product of our lum-
Der mills is beginning to find some
better means of disposal than the
burner. Since a total of 36,000,.
900 cords of such waste is produced
each year at sawmills in the United
States, of which about one-half goes
into the furnaces as fuel while the
rest is burned as refuse to get rid OF
it. there is no lack of raw material
for industries which can develop
ways of turning this waste to ac-
count.
All wood flour-using industries re-
ouire q white or very light cream
colored flour having good absorptlve
powers. The wood species that may
be used are confined to the light, con-
resinous conifers, and the Wnlte
broadleaved woods like poplar, spruce
white pine and poplar are the spe-
cies most used. Mill waste, free
from bark, furnishes much OF the
raw material for making wood nour.
For use in dynamite, the trade de-
mands are said to require Wnlte
wood flour, since the fresbmenss OF
dynamite stock is indicated by a
lisht color. Dynamite flour must
also be very absorptive, so there Will
he no leakage of nitroglvcerine from
the finished product. Wheat nouL
mill refuse and infusorla! earth
have also been used in dynamite max
inc. but wood flour has practically
replaced them in this country.
In the manufacture of hnoleum,
either wood or cork -four. is used.
The flour is mixed with cementing
material, spread out on burlap ana
roIled ar pressed to a uniform thick
ness. The cement is the expensive
constituent. Cork linoleum IS the
cheaper because less cement IS nee,
eSSary. Inc poC'ciHS :1;l
on, leaving dark base. For lnlaia
or straightline linoleum, wood hour
is used exclusively. Cork hnoleum
is always dark, and slightly more
elastic than that produced from wood
-four. The wearing qualities are
about the same. s
Two methods of producing WOOD
-four are practiced; one using mill
stones, the other steel burr rollers
to pulverize the wood. The latter
requires only one-fourth as much
power to operate as the former and
was developed on the Pacific Coast
to handle sawdust as a raw material.
The mills of Norway which produce
much of the European wood flour
are of the stone type. ,,
Wood flour mills are scattered
over the country from Maine to
California wherever the proper COM
binat;on of wood and water power
is available, and the domestic wood
flour completes with the Norwegian
product which, before the European
war, was delivered at Atlantic
ports for $3.50 to SIS per ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05

S.O38 hogs. When the agricultural
work of Southern Railway began
silos were almost unknown in many
parts of the South. They are now
10 be found in almost every neighbor-
hood and approximately 900 were
built along the lines of the Company
during the year.
:: In all parts of the territory the
efficiency of the work being done has
been due in large measure to the
close cooperation between the
agents of the railroad and those OF
the State and Federal governments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULE

Arrival and departure on trains
effective January %, 1916. Sched-
vie figures published only as infor-
:..sHzGon. Not Guaranteed.
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
No. Arrive From:
-.In9 Charleston-Gr -Greenville go m
1I7 Charleston-Colum $40 p m
-Y15 Greenville-Belton 8:02 p m
No. Depart For:
-E3SS Charleston-Greenville 9:55 m
ai2 Belton-Greenville 3A5 p m
.1I4 Columbia Charleston 6:35 p m
Trains 100 and ia connect at
Hodges with Pullman sleeping car
go f"" and from Columbia and
. %Ychaileston.
-. ..Iete information call on
Ticket Agent or address:
W. r. TABER, TPA.,
Greenville, S. C.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-05

Patron-I say, waitah, is this
peach or.apple pie?
Garcon-Can't you tell by the
taste?
Then what difference does it
make?-Judge.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-05
FAIR BOARDELECTS
SAVAGE PRESIDENT.
Board Raises Salary Of Secre-
tary From $4,000 to
$4,000 Annually

At the annual meeting of the Oregon
state fair board yesterday Afternoon,
W. H. Savage, of Corvallis, was elected
president for the coming year and A. II.
Lea, reelected secretary. at this tire
the secretary's salary was fixed at So
900 year Up to this time it had not
been fixed regarding AIR, Lea. The
amount given Mr.. Lea is an increase
of $1,000 year over that given Frank
Meredith or AL Jones occupying the
same position.
w. H. Savage was elected to succeed
Nj. l.. Jones, of Brooks. a. c. Marsters.
OF Roseburg, was chosen vice-presidcnt,
and A. N. Bush, of this city, treasurer.
At this meeting, Mr.. Lea was given
authority to attend meeting in Den
yer, Colo, of the western facing ascsci;.-
tion, which convenes in the near future.
1t is expected that at this meeting a
western racing circuit will be formed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-05
Prepare This for a Bad
Cough-If's Fine
Chenply and Easily Made, hut
Does the Work Quickly.

The finest cough syrup that money
can buy,-costing only about one-iifth az
much az ready-made prcparations,-can
easily be made up at home. The wav il
takes hold and conqurrs distressing
coughs, throat and chest colds Will
really make you enthusiastic about It..
Any druggist can supply YOU with
2l2 ounces OF Pincx $50 cents worth
Pour this into pint bottle and fill the
bottle with plain granuatcd sugar
syrup. Shake thoroughly and il Is
ready for use. The total cost is about
"a cents and gives you a full pint-a
family supply--of a most elfectual,
pleasant tasting remedy 1t keeps per.
fectly.
It's truly astonishing how quickly &
acts, penetrating through every air
passage of the throat and lung--Ioosens
and raises the phlcgm, soothes and heals
the infiamed or swollen throat mem
branes, and gradually but surely the
annoying throat tickle and dreaded
cough will disappear entirely. Nothing
better for bronchitis, spasmodic Group,
whOoping cough or bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a special and highly concen-
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, combined with glaiacol
and is known the world over for its
prompt healing effect on the throat
membranes.
Avoid disappointment by asking your
irliggist for "2l2 ounces OF Pinex" with
lull directions and don't accept any.
hing else. A guarantee of absolute sat.
Isfaction or money promptly refunded
goes with this preparation. The Pinex
20, TT. Wayne, Ind,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-05

was held in the normal chapel at II
o'clock Thursday morning with a larg,
attendance. Prof, j. b. V. Butler lee
the service, the order of which follows
Music, Normal Glee club; reading OF
thanksgiving proclamation, Miss Han
non; scripture reading and prayer Rev
+. NJ. Fisher; offering; music, Normal
Glee club; sermon, Rev. w. A. Elkins;
uQSology, a large chorus of girls oc.
eupled the stage and sang under the di.
rection of Miss Hoham. The sermon was
optimistic throughout; Mr.. Elkins civ.
ing instances of many things for which
we as u people should be thankful.
Friday morning of last week Mrs
Theresa Castner, of Hood River, presi.
dent of the Federation of Women g
clubs, of Oregon, spoke at chapel. civ.
ing her views of the work being done
by the clubs of Oregon and telling of
the great convention held this wear in
New York. From her talk the students
| gained a better understanding of club
work and thorough realization of its
Importance, She urged every one to ioin
in the work with the local club. Mrs.
Castner was guest ut Normal hall
while in Monmouth; Miss Todd giving a
dinner TO members of the faculty and
the students from Hood River in her
honor.
The women of the normal who live at
the Griffo Rooming house which has
recently been so nice;v minished and
equipped, are so proud of their abode
that they recently gave tea and open
house to their many student friends and
faculty women so that they might see
and appreciate the comfort and con.
venience which they enjoy
Mr.. Ingram, president of the student
body, represented the senior class at
chapel Monday morning taking for his
subject Vocational Training As An
Aim in Education.
On Tuesday night thc girls baskct
bali team of the high school met team
from the girls of the alumni in the
high school gymnasium; the game was
n lively one, resulting in victory for the
present high school tenn the score be-
ing II to g. Immediately after this
came a mix-up by the boys team and n
team from the boys of the alumni. This
also resulting in victory for the school
team, the score being 23 TO Is.
There will be no meeting of the Pa
rent-Teachers' association Tuesday
night, it having been thought best to
postpone same one week.
Next Saturday, December 9. will he
the regular meeting of the grange. All
members are urged to be present as
there is special business 10 attend to;
the plans of the Woman's Work commit
tee for the New Years iolIification
will be disclosed and the special com
mittee named. Students Of the high
school win furnish entertainment for
the open session.
Monmouth city council met in regular
session on Tuesday night. the main
question under consideration being the
election Of the new Officers, consisting
of mayor, recorder, marshal and three
councilmen: this election is scheduled
for December lS 4 committee consist
ing Of II. G.. Ostein and G.. 4. Boothby
was appointed to engage the local the
atre building as meeting place for the
nominating convention and 10 fix the
date for same. On recommendation Of
the city engineer, the time for the COM
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-05
Willamette Valley News


doubt spent the four days vehy pleas
sntly. On the afternoon of Thanks
giving day they were given reception
in the dormitory by Miss Todd, dean
of women. Refreshments were served
and very pleasant and enjoyable aft
ernoon passed.
On Friday evening the girls of the Y.
w. c. a. gave party in the big gym
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-05

nasium for all the girls who spent their
vacation in Monmouth.
President and Mrs. Ackerman spent
their Thanksgiving vacation in Salem,
the Misses IIoham, Taylor, Greene and
Parrot in Portland, and Miss Butler in
McMinnville. The other members of
the faculty remaining in Monmouth.
The usual union Thanksgiving service
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-05
Monmouth News

Capital Journal Special Service.)
Monmouth, Ore, Dec. 5.-About 125
students Of the Oregon normal school
remained in Monmouth instead of going
home for Thanksgiving vacation; how
ever these were not forgotten and no