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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-20
MIR. w. P. Bowie

wishes to advise his friends that
he is now connected with
HOWARD A. FRENCH & CO.,
424 9th St. NV, where he will
be glad to serve them, as in the
past.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-25
Why We Are Hghting.' Hoosier
Novelist Tells HOW America Was
Forced Into War. SaysBOysKnOlU

States-once on the coast of Venezuela
and once in Manila bay. While Ger
many was in state of friendship with
England, he proposed to Russia that
Aussia and Germany attack England;
and while Germany was in a state of
friendship with the United States he
proposed to England that England and
Germany seize Mexico and destroy the
Monroe Doctrine. His agent thinner
man, asked Mexico to propose treach-
cry to Japan, that the two together
might dismember and plumber the
United States. His diplomatic agent,
resident in Buenos Aires by courtesy
of the Argentine government, makes
treacherous use of the Swedish leg
islation to send word to Germans how
to destroy Argentine ships, with which
no trace" This message, with which
we are familiar mainly through the
and of old-time dime novels and
melodramas- "leave no trace" mean
ing sink the ships and murder every
soul on board"-this message is not
that of a stage or movie villain"
Not at ALL 1t is a German govern
mental message regarding ships be-
longing to citizens of a friendly power.
and is sent by a German nobleman in
the German diplomatic government.
More, it is a characteristic work of the
German government kind. And it
is an actual snapshot of the person
ality of the German government.
Peace Impossible.
The government of the United States
and the governments of the world are
literally unable to make peace with the
people thus revealed. How can treaties
be made with men who not only be-
lieve in breaking treaties but also be-
lieve that killing is glorious if they do
the killing and can retain the property
of the slain?
The people of the United States
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-25
Housing of Workmen GiUen
Consideration by Government

allied what a sound investment NUM-
cipal housing was and at an expendi-
ture of over S15.000,000 Birmingham
was cleared of its slums. and this hous-
ing reform has proved an excellent in
vestment for the municipality and has
more than paid back the original 31z
per cent bond issue created to carry
out this work.
10000 Houses In London.
The London County Council has
raised money for years past at rates
varying from to per cert. 10 provide
homes for working men and their fam
lilies. Some idea of the magnitude of
the work undertaken by the council is
shown by the fact that they house ov-
er $4,000 people. and the gross annual
rentals collected amount to over ST.
100000. Just before the war started
they were planning further housing in
volving an expenditure of $4,000, 900.
This is all the result of 20 years of
hard work and housing education.
IN addition to the government and
municipal housing, there is a great
record of private enterprise such as
the houses built by the various CO.
partnership tenant societies which, in
the past Is years have built over r.
900 houses. with land and buildings
valued at over $4,000, 900, and all the
different estates laid out on garden
oil II I;ra
are about so of these estates, varying
in size from six to 1000 acres. and
comprising a total area of about $1,000
acres, of which only about 5000 acres
have been developed, with over $4,000
houses, representing a capital invest
ment of s17,OOO,OO0. A large proper
ton of all this money for housing has
been loaned by the British government
at low rates of from 312 to 4 per cent,
and this aid has been largely the cause
of the successful housing results
achieved in England.
Sweden Building
"Other European countries have not
been slow to recognize that industrial
housing as a national obligation. The
city of Stockholm for some years has
been building and financing houses for
its workmen. Frankfort-on-the-Ma
has spent many millions of dollars on
industrial housing and when the war
commenced it had just started a
scheme for a new harbor at an outlay
of s1S.0O00O0. which included a sub
stantial appropriation for working
mems houses. The city of Ulm has
made provision to insure all its citi-
zens shall have the opportunity to live
in improved homes. It has acquired
so per cent of all the available build
ing land in the city limits to sell or
lease to its citizens on easy terms for
building homes.
mo less than 1900 homes have
been built in Hungary within the last
few years by aid of government loans.
In Italy the problem of housing re-
form has received the attention of the
government for many years"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-25

NEW YORK, Nov 24-"Manufactur-
ers and heads of big industrial con-
Germs are gradually realizing that it is
important 10 house their workmen as
i! is to house their machinery and ii is
gratifying that the United States go
eminent has been asked to give imam
cial aid to industrial housing"
Such is the opinion of Gerald TRAIT
ford Hewitt of the British Garden Cit
ies and Town Planning association
who is now in this country. In a state
ment to The Associated Press Mr.. He
witt thus briefly summarized the
spread IF this movement in Europe:
This idea of governmental aid in
industrial housing is. nothing new.
Very many countries have for years
assisted in the building of working
mons houses. In the United States it
haA been left to the mercies of the
real estate speculator, with the result
that the working man has had to paw
exorbitant rents, for bad housing and
pay II per cent for money to build
workmen's houses today instead OF he
ing able to borrow it from the govern
ment at per cent, Ii means that the
rents have to be higher and the work
man has to pay.
ireland Sets Example.
1.-The most brilliant and extensive eX-
ample of housing reform achieved any
where is the building in Ireland dur
ing the last fifteen years of 10000 cot
tages through government aid.
I'm 1914, just before the war COM
menced, Mr.. Lloyd-eGorge came for
ward with the most comprehensive
housing program ever announced by
any responsible statesman. This pro-
gram, put forth officially as that of the
British government. was the proposal
to make a survey of urban and rural
housing conditions throughout Great
Britain and then, by government loans
at low interest, by government sub
sides and by rent and wage commits
sions, to see that a constructive pro-
gram of housing reform which shall
supply the needs disclosed by this sur
vey, even to the possible extent OF
building 100000 houses, now estinat-
ed to be needed shall be carried out at
cost estimated to exceed $1,000, 0OO,'
900. Housing reform on a national
scale has therefore become a matter
of national policy in Great Britain.
England Spends Millions.
Quite apart from the national hous'
ing program, there is the enormous
housing reform that has taken place
by British municipalities. In 1864 Liv.
erpool possessed the worst slums in
England, but since that date it has
spent millions of pounds in eliminating
its soul-destroying slums and rehous-
ing its citizens in model tenements anG
cottages. The death rate has been re-
duced from 81 to q thousand. Be-
fore 1910 typhoid fever was never once
absent in the years medical return
and since then there has not been a
case. tuberculosis declined from to
l per thousand, and police precautions
for crime have been reduced 70 per
cent The cash saving to Liverpool
under their re-housing policy is esti-
mated at s35O.000 year. or double the
cost of providing decent homes for
working men.
In Birmingham, as far back as in
1875 the late Joseph Chamberlain re-
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-25
CONSOLIDATED ARIZONA.

The Consolidated Arizona Smelling
company in October produced at Hum
boldt 100000 pounds of copper of
which 100000 pounds came from the
compsny's area and 100000 pounds
from custom ores. The profit from
the month is estimated at s94.976.
with copper at 231s cents per pound.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-25

would have borne almost anything
from Germany if they could have be-
ieved that the Germans cause was
originally good one or that the war
was ''forced upon Germany" But.
knowing what we did, when the Ger.
mans. after numbering great numbers
of our fellow citizens and quibbling
for many. many months about these
murders-when they told us to keep
our ships in port or they would sink
them; we found that Germany's con-
duct toward us was not to be dis
tinguished from making war upon us,
and we decided that our citizens should
not be killed continuously by coun-
try which was 'at peace" with US,
and we would not take orders from
Germany to remain in port and away
from the high seas. Germany does not
make and enforce the laws OF and for
the United Statesmen without encoun-
tering some resistance from Ameri-
cans. So We disobeyed Germany. and
would not paint the commanded yellow
stripes upon the hulls of the one ship
a week which was to be permitted upon
the Atlantic ocean.
Why We Began.
We found ourselves in a state of
war because the German government.
having forced war upon Europe with
the object of dominating that conti-
nent and subsequently the world, in
Guiding the United States, and having
carried on the war with unnecessary
cruelty and the employment of treach-
cry wherever it considered treachery
useful. we found ourselves in a state
of war because the German govern
ment was killing our citizens as a
means of enforcing its will upon us.
to make us obey-no? American citi-
zens have their own government and
prefer to live under their own laws.
That is why we began to fight.
We continue our beginning because
the German government is the same
government that it was a few months
ago VIXEN we found that it was making
war upon us-and We have no choice
but to fight it until either it is thor
oughly whipped or some better kind oil
Germans-Germans of good sense,
good feeling, and of an honorable, re-
liability-get control of Germany.
Peace will come as soon as they do
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-25
Advocates Treachery

The Kaiser twice played wantonly
and without the slightest provocation
on the verge of war with the United
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
A LIVING COAL CHUTE.

It is an interesting sight to see
bear down upon a ship as it ap-
proaches the shore, says the WASH
ington Star, and as soon as it comes
to anchor q rough ladder. is placed
between the vessel and the foremost
barge. On each rung q girl takes
her place. To the sound of q mo-.
notonous chant, men in the barge
quickly shovel the coal into shall
low baskets that hold half a bushel
each, and the women pass the bass.
kets from hand to hand up the iv=
ing ladder with marvellous celebrity.
Each girl as she seizes a basket
swings it with one motion up in
front of her and above her head,
where the next girl catches it and
passes it on. IS
Down a second ladder, likewise
packed with girls, the empty bas-
kets pass in similar manner back to
the barge to be refilled. Barge af-.
ter barge is emptied in this way.
The monotonous chanting never
ceases, and the living elevator goes
on hour after hour, with never end
ing stream of baskets, until the last
bunker is full, when the ladders dis
appear as if by magic, and the ship
proceeds on her voyage-Youths
Companion fI.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25

statement of the condition Of the
roads in the 20 National Forests in
that state. They have an area f
l9, 100000 acres and contain about
$500 miles of roads and $500 miles
of trails They form the recreation
and vacation grounds of a large
number of Californians, and as
they are reached only by roads the
condition of the latter is of inter-
est to many persons This is also
true of many states which do not
have such large Fairgrounds, where
the recreation of a considerable
part of the people is obtained by
short trips over the roads radiating
from their homes. These trips are
often made disagreeable instead of
pleasant by unexpectedly bad road
conditions, known to the state road
authorities but not to the public
If the authorities were
to send weekly to the newspapers q
brief statement of the roads which
are in poor condition and of the
opening of new good roads, the in
formation would be of service to
those who find rest and recreation in
driving over the neighborhood high
ways.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
WINTHROP COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIP AND
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

The examination for the award
of vacant scholarships in Winthrop
College and for the admission of
new students will be held at the
County Court House on Friday, July
6, at 9 A. M. Applicants must not
be less than sixteen years of age.
When Scholarships are vacant after
July they will be awarded to those
making the highest average at this
examination, provided they meet the
conditions governing the award. Ap-
plicants for Scholarships should
write to. President Johnson for
Scholarship examination blanks.
These blanks, properly filled out by
the applicant, should be filed with
President Johnson by July 1st.
Scholarships are worth $10O and
free tuition. The next session will
open September 10, 1917. For fur
ther information and catalogue, ad-
dress President D. B. Johnson, Rock
Hill, S. C.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
HOGS AND VELVET BEANS
A GREAT COMBINATION

For the farmers of the lower
South who, because of the boil wee
vii, are seeking a substitute for cot
ton, velvet beans and hogs offer one
of the best combinations we know
of. We have never advocated the
entire elimination of cotton, but as
a supplement to it, corn, beans and
hogs are probably more promising
than anything yet found. In fact,
we believe, if the Iowa corn and hog
farmer could add velvet beans to his
combination his lands would be
worth $500 to $400 an acre, instead
of $3.50 to 5000, as they now are.
Last year at the South Mississippi
Experiment Station velvet beans,
despite severe July storm and ex-
cessive rains, produced from $500
to 5000 pounds per acre of beans
in the hull. It is certainly safe to
say that an acre of land that will
grow Is bushels of corn will, at the
same time, make 1000 pounds per
acre of beans. These beans, in the
hull have a feeding value only 10
per cent less than corn, 50 the ton
of beans is equal to 1900 pounds of
corn, or so bushels. This added to
the Is bushels of corn made on the
acre, gives US a total yield Of feed
like this means a low cost, and es-
pecially is this the case where the
hogs harvest the crop; which they
should by all means do. Another
consideration that should not be lost
sight of is the fact that the bean
vines add a very considerable
amount of nitrogen and humus to
the soil.
With eight or ten brood sows,
forty or fifty acres in corn and beans
a permanent pasture Of Bermuda
grass, bur and white clover, and a
succession of grazing crops for the
spring and summer, the farmer in
the lower South has an excellent
supplement to his cotton crop. In
fact, he may make it a substitute in
stead of a supplement, thus whipping
the boil weevil by starving him.
Hogs and beans are putting many
boil weevil-ridden sections on their
feet again, and we commend the
combination to our readers.-Pro-
gressive Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
From One Source Only
Did Scott Receive Aid
WIFE SAYS AFTER MANY DIS.
APPOINTMENTS, HE HAS
MET SUCCESS.

"The only medicine that ever
helpedi my husband is Tanlac, and
when he began taking it he had been
in bad health for about twenty-five
years and had been doctoring him
self all the time,", said Mrs. NJ. 8.
Scott, of 204 Church St., Sampson,
Geenyille, in statement she gave
March 22nd. "My husband suffered
from kidney, liver and stomach trou-
BILE, and he had spells of stomach
trouble so painful that he would al
most 60 wild, and he had headaches
so bad he could hardly stand them.
His kidney trouble was very bad and
his whole system was out of order
and weakened.
"These spells of stomach trouble
started like an attack Of collie and
the pain spread over his back and
hips. He had spells of kidney collie,
too, the doctors told him.
"Mr. Scott took six bottles of
Tanlac, taking the last about eight
months ago. He doesn't have those
spells now, and he has had only one
since he started taking Talnac and
that was the lightest he ever had
since they became severe. He doesn't
suffer with indigestion now, either,
and the Tanlac gave him great
appetite. He was relieved of those
terrible headaches which used to al
most drive him crazy. He will tell
anybody that Tanlac did him as
much good as all the other medicines
he took put together"
Tanlac, the master medicine, is
sold exclusively by P. B. Speed, Alb
beville; A. s. Cade, Bordeaux; J. T.
Black, Calhoun Falls; J. b. Bell &
Sons, Due West; Cooley & Speer,
Lowndesville; R. M. Fuller & Co.,
Nc Cormick; J. w. Morrah & Son,
Mount Carmel; Gown & Leroy, VIII
lington. Price, 81 per bottle straight.
ADV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
NEW JERSEY EXPERIENCE
WITH GUARD RAILS

A phase of road building in north
ern New Jersey which has occasioned
no little trouble arises from the
needles erection of guard rails. In
many places a slightly greater ex-
penditure would have produced much
better results, for b. INCREASING a
cut at the top of a hill or on the in
side of curve and using the ex-
cavated material to widen the fill
where guard rails were erected, the
latter would be unnecessary. Such
rails should be used wherever re-
quired, but too often they encroach
upon and narrow the roadway. Guard
watched, will set the posts within
watched, will setthe posts within
rather than beyond the required
line, which is usually at least Is
feet from the center of the road in
that part of the state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
ROAD PUBLICITY

The necessary red tape of the ma
tion's business methods is sometimes
said to suppress the activity and ini-
tiative which, in private enterprises,
finds expression in forceful public
ity. But it has remained for the
United States to undertake a form
of publicity that is much needed and
can be carried on by state highway
departments with very little trouble
and expense, to the advantage of
many users of roads. This innova-
ton by the government takes the
form of furnishing weekly to news
papers, hotels and other distributors
of information in California of a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
GARDENING IN BARRELS.
C. P. Hammond, in The Spartan
burg Herald.)

was talking to an expert garden.
er on the train this week and he
gave me some ideas about gardening
in barrels and boxes which I think
will be helpful to city folk who have
little or no garden space. We can
raise potatoes, onions, tomatoes, eel.
cry, egg plants, etc., in boxes.
He says you can plant and grow
Irish and sweet potatoes in barrels
and make more than you can in your
gardens.
His plan is simple, inexpensive,
reasonable and believe it will work.
I saw a gentleman today who lives
on South Church street and he says
he grows Irish potatoes in barrels
and you can grow one and a half
bushels in a flour barrel.
Take a barrel and cut air holes
around the barrel about one to two
inches rich dirt in the barrel and
plant the potatoes about four inches
apart until you have covered the en-
tire space in the bottom of the
barrel.
When the plant gets up about four
inches put more dirt in the barrel.
Do not cover the bud. As the plant
continues to grow forllow with dirt,
fertilizing in the meantime, until
the plant grows out of the top of the
barrel. Potatoes require, a lot of
water and you water the plants as
needed.
The plants will finally grow out of
the top Of the barrel and bloom and
be an ornament in your back yard.
Potatoes will form and make all the
way up the vine and fill the barrel.
Sweet potatoes can be grown in the
same way. I do not know whether
they will keep through the winter in
the barrels or not, but if they will
we could roll them under the house
and have our crop harvested with
little trouble and have potatoes
banked for the winter. This sounds
good, doesn't it?
Take a cracker box, or any kind Of
box, and fill it with rich dirt and
sink an ordinary flower pot in the
center of the box. Cork up the hole
in the bottom of the pot. Plant the
seed all around the pot. After the
plants are up and take root, fill the
pot with water and keep it full. The
water will seep through the pot and
supply moisture to the roots of the
plants and you will have cucumbers
all summer, and grow more than an
ordinary family will use.
This man says you can grow more
onions in a wooden trough eight
inches deep and ten feet long than
you can from several rows in a gar
den. Plant them close together and
use very rich dirt and you will be
surprised how many onions you can
grow.
Tomatoes, celery and eggplants
can be planted and grown in pots
and nail kegs and grown to perfec-
tion.:
This plan appeals to me as have
no garden spot, but can grow them in
my front and back yards. You can
easily cultivate and water your crop
and save expense of plowing and dig
ging in your garden. The only tool
necessary is a small trowel or table
fork and you will have no grass to
contend with.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
RED CROSS WORK.

The ladies of Unit No. 1 of the
National Service League, served
sandwiches and tea at the court
house arcade Saturday for most of
the day and realized the sum of four
dollars which they will utilize for
war work.
Some of the ladies in town have
also formed a knitting unit, under
the direction of Mrs. Frank Gary,
and they hope to have a good collec-
ton of scarfs for the boys in the
navy by the coming of winter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25
THE BOOK CLUB.

The book club was most pleasant
ly entertained last Wednesday by
Mrs. Allen Long at her home on Ellis
street. A good crowd of members
and several visitors were present,
and the time'was enjoyably spent.
The club will have no more refresh
ments after this on account of the
war, though the salad course served
by Mrs. Long was greatly enjoyed by
ell present.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-04-25

MIS-. ~. "A. fLOSeTS auu llttlC mAoo
Annie Rogers, went over to Atlanta
last Friday and spent the day.
Mrs. Agnes Pennal, Misses jamie
and Julia and Ernest Pennal Forded
to Mccormick on Sunday and spent
the day with Mr.. Charley PennaPs
family. II
Mr.. A. B. Cochran and young son,
Bonner, of Monroe, Ga, came over
last Friday and spent until Monday
with Mrs. R. H. Cochran and family
on Magazine street:
Allen Robertson is spending a
week with his sisters, Misses Mae
and Eugenia Robertson. Allen is a
travelling salesman in the western
states and makes his headquarters
at Dallas, Texas. He is looking
handsome and this shows that the
west agrees with him.
Mr.. E. M. Anderson returned on
Sunday from Macon, where he at
tended the Tri-State Water and
I light Association.
Mrs. Henry Nickles of near Due
West, was in town on last Saturday
shopping.
Mrs. A. L. Harvin has returned
to Abbeville from q pleasant stay
with relatives in Sumter, Manning
and Charleston. Mrs. Harvin will
spend awhile with her parnets before
she returns to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Mcmillan, Mrs.
Otto Bristow and Miss Mildred Coch-
ran motored down to Mccormick
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Gertrude Sign goes to Gran
iteville Friday and will spend until
Sunday with DR.. and Mrs. E. E.
Platt.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. G.. White and
Mrs. D. H. Hill went to Spartanburg
on Tuesday and spent the day pleas
antly with friends. They Forded it.
Miss Victoria Howie left on Tues
day for Carey, N. c., where she
goes to be present at the graduation
of her sister, Miss Ruth Howie, one
of Abbeville's pretty girls.