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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20
LANDER'S FIRST DAYS
AND LIST OF GIRLS
Mr.. A. J. Sproles Finds Old Newspa-
per With Roll of The First
Students.

(The Greenwood Ipdex.},
Mr.. A. J. Sproles found some time;
ago a copy of an old newspaper of
the year 1872 which has some very
interesting items in it about the VIII
liamston Female College, in early
year. The clipping will be read
with much interest. 1t follows:
Spring Session, 1872.
The exercises of the Williamson
Female College were opened on
Monday, Feb. IL, 1872, in two
story brick building on Spring
street, which belonged to Messrs
Earle, Blythe and Shumate, of
Greenville, and had been occupied
for years as the principal hotel Of
the village. The premises were
leased by the stewards of the Meth
odist Church, as their contribution
to the support of their new pastor,
Rev. S. Lander, with the under
standing that he should look to the
income of the institution for the
remainder of his living.
The Faculty consisted of Rev. S.
Lander, President, assisted by Mrs.
L. A. Lander, Miss A. M. Hagan,
Miss Sallie Mauldin, Miss Maggie
McNinch, and Mrs. M. H. Swygert.
The pupils for the session were:
Misses Ruth Acker, Pet Allen, An
derson; Fannie Aston, Winnsboro;
Madora Anderson, Dempie Boaz-
man, Wallace Boazman, Ella Brad
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20
BAPTIST REVIVAL.

Next Sunday a revival meeting
is to begin at the Baptist church in
this city. Prayer meetings have
been arranged preparatory for the
same at the following homes on
Thursday evening beginning at 7
o'clock:
At ]. W. Bakers home on Maga-
zine street, led by Mr.. J. F. Ed
monds; at Mrs. Stephens home
near the shops, led by w. D. Barks-
dale; At ]. Y. Turman's home in
Fort Pickens, led by R. M. Burts
at R. C. Philson's home North Main
street, led by w. A. Rowell, at
A. H. Barnett's home, South Main
street, led by C. E. Williamson; at
]. M. Ogilvie's home near High
School, led by Otto Bristow. All
Christians areurged to attend these
cottage meetings without regard to
church affiliation that a real revival
spirit may be quickened in our civic
life.
The prayermeeting on Wednes"
day night at the Baptist church will
also be evangelistic and prepara-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20
A GOOD SUGGESTION:
PUNISH THE CRIMINALS

The Commercial Appeal OF Men,
phis, calls attention to the sugges-
ton made by a lawyer of that city
to the effect that as the Zeppelins
recently captured in France had
dropped bombs on undefended cit
les and country districts, the men
in these Zeppelins should be indict-
ed in England, extradited from
France and put on trial for murder.
The case should be prosecuted un-
der the law, and the men defended
by the best obtainable counsel. The
courts of England should then de-
eide as a matter of law if these men
in the Zeppelins committed an act
of murder, and if they did, then
under this decision the measure of
the enormity of the act when the
Germans sunk the Lusitania could
be ascertained.
off," says the Appeal, "that act
was murder, then the prisoners
could be indicted for murder, and
the Kaiser, under whose orders
they were acting, could at the end
of the war be tried for his life"
This is a good suggestion, for un-
less the Kaiser and others can be
tried for murder, or under the mill
tary rule which will then prevail be
shot, or hung, civilization will have
failed in critical hour. The men
who as the rulers of great nations
become wholesale murderers, as
have the Kaiser and those connect
ed with him, should not be saved
from punishment merely because
they are rulers. They should be
subject to the same law as the in
dividual murderer, and then future
rulers will be less inclined to send
their own people and millions of
others to death merely for their own
ambitious undertakings.
The Manufacturers Record would
strongly urge, as it has repeatedly
done, that there should be a deter
mination on the part of this coun-
try and the Allies not to treat with
the Kaiser and his cohorts on any
other basis than that of criminals,
who should be caught, tried by civil
or military law and punished to the
last degree that the most outrage
Gus criminal that the world has ever
known can be punished. Anything
short of that would be crime
against civilization itself, and the
very babes that have been murder
ed and the women who have been
ruined should from their graves cry
out to Heaven against a civilization
that would not punish the criminals.
Manufacturers Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20
THE PEOPLES VOICE
Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam
NV dear Uncle-I wish | could
Buy a Liberty Bond before l die,
And in this way 1 would help my
land,
For am poor negro man.
Three cents for stamps I must now
pay,
It went into effect the other day;
And postal cards they, too, have
advanced,
And now I must write only by
chance.
I bought a ticket from the agent,
you see,
And he took eight per cent from me
NV seat of course was the same,
For the addition who is to blame?
Cotton of course is 80 cents pound,
But sugar and coal can't be found;
And I am wondering what next
they'll do
Before the colored man can make it
through
The corn is fine and they don't make
wine,
The horse is tired and the cow is
blind
Twice are and one makes nine,
But the condition will keep me
behind
sent my application to pray for the
men,
But my age was in the way, could
not win.
The next time I will ask for a gun
For I am a negro mans son.
Rev. Jas. H. Walker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20
LIEUT.. HILTON.

Lieut.. R. C. Hilton spent a few
days with his brother, w. R. Hilton,
last week. Lieut.. Hilton is stationed
at Gettysburg National Park, but
will sail for France in the near fu-
ture.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20

The Elberton Star contains the
following cray" of truth:
When you are hungry,
And your purse is slack,
A dollar in your hand
Is worth two on your back.
E. A. A.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20

ulated" for higher prices. Why
work to make a big crop if it is al
lowed to spoil?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20

There were enough potatoes al
lowed to freeze and rot in Chicago
to have fed hundreds Of people.
These potatoes were left in freight
cars until the market could be Greg
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20

The Hartwell Sun says: "Do your
Christmas shopping early. This
means you, not us. Our coal bill
cleaned u.s." You should be a fresh
air fiend and then you wouldn't need
any coal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20

Now we may have to feed the
wives of the interned officers de-
tanned at Hot Springs. The German
line steamship companies are going
to cut off the three quarter pay
pensions of the sailors which pro-
vides for their wives support. The
women intend to invade the camp
and stay with their husbands. Why
not send them back to Kaiser Bill?
He's fond of women.
The government is yelling "Save
Food" at US, and still they are fore
ing food upon and down those hum
ger striking suffragettes. Looks like
a waste of both time and food to
bother with those old girls. We be-
lieve in votes for women, but the
punishment we would prescribe for
!aat bunch !. around Washington
would almost stamp our statement
as untrus.-Marion Star.
.. This is the opinion of our news
reporter and linotype operator who
are both real peace :. loving suffra-
gists. ~,.:c7z I .':.:,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-20
PLEA TO CONSERVE
WORKING ENERGY

Continued from Page 1.)
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People don't have to eat turkey
it is merely a luxury-so if the
price goes too high the people won't
buy. Twenty cents is the market
price here.
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Irish potatoes and cabbage are
lower in price on account of no
very great demand.
The only pretense that is pe--
missable is smiling when you don't
feel like it.-Ex.
One thing that is being advertised
in all of the papers is the mule.
They are being shipped in by the
carload.
A robber entered the home of
Edison from a third story window,
but was frightened away by the
screams of a maid.
Turkeys are selling here and in
Greenwood for twenty cents a
pound. Only in large cities are
they bringing a higher price.
Honor and shame from no condi-
tions rise;
Act well your part, there all the
honor lies.-Pope.
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BREVITIES.

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NV dear Uncle-I wish / could
Buy a Liberty Bond before l die,
And in this way l would help my
1opl
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
KEET BABY CASE
THREE MEN OF BABY MURDER
ARRESTED-CHILD FOUND
IN OLD WELL.

Hutchinson, Kan, June 20.-An-
nouncement was made by the police
today that they had arrested Dick
Carter of Springfield. Mo, against
whom a warrant charging first degree
murder has been issued in connection
with the mysterious disappearance
and death of Baby Lloyd Keet.
Springfield, Mo, June 19.-Dick
Carter, reported to have been arrest
ed at Hutchinson, Kan. today was
the first man against whom a war
rant was issued charging the murder
of little Lloyd Keet, the 14-month-
old son of j. Holland Keet, wealthy
banker. whose body was found in an
old we'll on a deserted farm about 10
days after the baby was abducted.
Two other men. previously arrest
ed in connection with the investiga-
ton of other alleged kidnapping plots,
later were named in warrants similar
to that against Carter. The two are
Claude Piersol and Cletus Adams,
whom authorities took last night
from the county Jail at Kansas City
to ST. Louis to be questioned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
DRY in GERMANY
CROPS ARE DRYING UP FROM
LONG DROUT-WORST
SINCE 1915.

Copenhagen Wia London), June
19.-Throughout Germany. accord
ing to reports here, all valuable grain
crops are burning up as they did in
1915 in an unprecedented heat wave.
The prolonged drought has not been
broken since early in May. Berlin
on Sunday experienced the hottest
June II on record in the 10 years
experience of the weather bureau.
Tropical temperatures were also re
ported everywhere west of the Odor
river. Many horses were scratched
on the opening day of the Hamburg
derby week, because the track, built
on a marshy corner moor, was baked
too hard for safety.
The effect of the drought on grain
crops around Berlin where only eight
millimeters of rain have fallen since
May l is described by a neutral who
arrived here on Friday as almost
catastrophal.
The Sunday sermon writer in the
Berlin Kreuz Zeitung. who recently
INDUCED in a startling blending OF
religion and politics. declared on
Sunday that the drought was sent as
a punishment for the sins of the peo-
pie for listening to the editors of ir-
religious newspapers, and asked how
long it would be before this divine
chastisement would bring the people
to a sense of their iniquities.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
SQUIRRELS HIDE POTATOES.
Oregon Man Will Increase His Plant
inqs Of Tubers by Three Pecks.

Hood River, Ore.-Luhr Jensen will
increase his paintings Of potatoes by
three pecks.
Recently Mr.. Jensen scattered poison
ed wheat around the burrows and run
ways Of a colony Of troublesome dig
ger squirrels near his barn, The poison
was apparently fatal, for all of the
squirrels disappeared. Mr.. Jensen out
OF curiosity decided to investigate the
underground tunnels Of the rodents.
As his excavations progressed he un-
earthed seven dead diggers and three
pecks of fine seed potatoes that the
squirrels, forewarned perhaps of the
impending food shortage. had stolen
from the rancher's granary and had
boarded In the storage retreats of their
underground home.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
GUILTY OF ASSAULT
GUILTY OF ATTACK ON GIRL
ONE OF THREE MEN INPII-
GATED Is GUILTY.

Miller. June 20.-Tony Walton.
n of the three young men connect
ed with a criminal attack upon the
13-year-old daughter of John kra-
mer. a farmer. was convicted in state
circuit court here. George Pike was
to have been tried for the same Of
Tense, but he asked for a change of
venue and will be tried at Highmore
on June 26. John McGill, the third
of the trio, Is now on trial. 1t was
believed that Pike had nothing TO do
with the assault itself, it being claim
ed hat his share in the crime was
simply to drive McGill and Walton to
the Kramer farm in his automobile.
He was held as an accomplice in the
crime, with McGill and Walton ac-
cused as the principals. The latter
two now claim that 1t was Pike and
Walton who attacked the girl and
that it was McGill and not Pike who
left the Kramer house before the
crime was committed. 1t is stated
Walton will take the stand and testi-
fly that Pike remained in the house
with him and joined in the attack on
the girl.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
NOTICE OF BIDS FOR SEWER
CONNECTIONS.

Notice is hereby given that bids
will be received by the city commits
sion of the city of Madison. South
Dakota. on or before the Pad day of
July. 1917. at s o'clock p. m. for the
construction of sewer connections on
Egan n the estimate OF the city
engineer for the same now being on
file in the office of the city auditor.
All bids must be in writing and filed
with the city auditor and accompa-
MED with a certified check of 10 per
cent of the amount.
WIN. Rae,
City Auditor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
LIQUID fire
GERMANS FURNISH LIQUOR TO
RUSS SOLDIERS-DO MUCH
WRITING, TOO.

P%etrograd, June 20.-Germany is
using alcohol and ink instead of pow
der on the front. A propaganda of
notes and liquor is called upon more
than bullets just now to undermine
the strength of the Russian army.
Despite the plan of the officers of the
Russian army to wipe out the drunk
enness German liquor is in the Rus
sian army ranks in large quantities
and every morning there are thou
sands of notes near the Russian
trenches.
Reports from the front detailed to-
day an increasing betterment of the
morale of the Russian soldiers. Gen.
Brussiloff, commander in chief of the
army, who Is on a tour of the battle
lines. declares that the rigid disci-
pline that he is laying down is meet
ing with much enthusiasm among the
soldiers.
The congress of old Greek
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

State of South Dakota. County Of
Lake. SIS. In County Court. In the mat
ter of the estate of Kari =. Hegdahl.
deceased. The state of South Dakota
sends greeting To Abraham l.. Hegdahl.
Lars l.. Hegdahl. "a o. Hegdahl. John
s. Hegdahl, Bertha A. Hegdahl. Albert
\. Hegdahl. Juliu A. Hegdahl and Au-
gust c. Hegdahl. heirs at law and next
of kin of Kari II. Hegdahl, deceased, and
to all to whom these presents may
come. Notice is hereby given that
Abraham l.. Hegdahl has filed with the
Judge of this court a petition praying
for letters of administration of the es-
tate of Kari p. Hegdahl. deceased. and
that Saturday. the both day OF June.
1917. at 10 o'clock a m. of said day.
being a day of a regular term of this
court, to-wit: of the June term. 1917.
at the office of the county judge. i'm the
city of Madison, in said county of Lake.
has been set for hearing said petition.
when and where any person interested
may appear and show cause why the
said petition should not be granted.
Dated at Madison. South Dakota. this
18th day of June. A. D.. 1917.
"A. w. Sponholz.
Judge of the County Court.
Hans Urdahl,
Attorney for Petitioner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able TO cure in all it's stages, and
that Ia Catarrh. Halls Catsrrh Cure In
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
q constitution disease. requires a con-
stitutionAl treatment. Halls CalArrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing It's work. The proprietors have so
much faith In It's curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials. Address: f. j. Cheney
4 Co, Toledo o.. Sold by all drugs fsts,
f5c. Take Hail. Family Pills for ~on-
situation Ar
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
THROUGH window
COCCHu AIDS TRY TO KILL IN
FORMERs-FURTHER ENI-
DENCE FOUND.

New York, June 20.-Summonses
for two policemen. who are to be ex-
amined by the county attorneys in
connection with the murder of Miss
Ruth Cruger and the escape of Al
fredo Cocchi, indicted as murderer.
were issued this afternoon.
A oma giving the name of Miss
Consuelo La Rue, was found early
today in a vacant lot suffering from
injuries received i'm a fall from an
open window. She said she had
jumped from her room to escape two
men who attacked her because she
gave information which led 10 the
discovery of the body of Ruth Cru
ger. the 1~8-year-old school girl, for
whose murder efforts are now being
made to have Alfredo Cocchi extra
dited from Italy.
The men called her to the door of
her apartment. the woman said. on
pretext of having a telegram to de
liver. One grabbed her by the throat
and said: You are not going to tell
anything more"
Police searched her room, but
iOund no trace OF NlSltoTs OF Il slFus-
gle other than an overturned chair
and a broken window. The woman
said she gave Mrs. Grace Humiston
the information that led to the dis
covery of the body of Miss Cruger
and asked that Mrs. Humiston be
sent to her Immediately.
Among other details of the case
deValOppd to-day was the finding of q
dark gray chauffeur's uniform buried
in the tunnel that hid the murdered
girls body.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20

Pierre-A trip out over the prairie
shows corn coming up in most of the
fields, and the last breaking for flax
being done, quite an acreage of this
crop being put in. Small grain is
making a good showing, and winter
Y is Well headed out and will soon
be ready for cutting. Alfalfa cutting
is under way and some of il is al
ready i'm the stack, and while the
wild grass crop assures a good hay
supply, but little cutting is yet seen.
Pierre-Next Tuesday, June &c, is
the regular formal date for exami-
nations for admission to the bar, by
the supreme court.
Yankton-Mail stored in the bag
gage ROOF of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul passenger station
here awaiting the early south bound
train was stolen some time last night
and officials today are conducting a
thorough search. Much of the stolen
matter was destined for Sioux City.
Some of the sacks rifled Of their con
tents were recovered this morning.
Huron-Bankers of South Dakota
IA v III VII utGdQN
and Wednesday, June &c and 81, at
the 33d annual convention of the
South Dakota Bankers association.
The bankers of Huron are preparing
for the meeting in an extensive man
ner for the women as well as the
men, for it is expected that there will
be a large number of women coming
for their share OF the convention.
The Huron Country club and the
the Elks club have extended their
club privileges to the visiting bank
ers during these two days.
Peever - Deputy United States
Marshal Kirk, of Sisseton Indian
agency, assisted by Deputy Sheriff
Anderson, raided the home of James
Kelly, a Sisseton Sioux Indian, and
eonfiscated a quantity of liquor
found there. The Indian was arrest
ed on the charge of introducing liq-
uor on an Indian allotment. He is
held in Jail pending action on his
case by the next federal grand jury.
Vermillion-The present high wa
ter in the Missouri river is playing
havoc with farm land in the Charrlin
NioAA NJ vi Ill &OdJtJ II pld1t
where the buildings used to stand on
the Charrlin farm now is at least 100
yards out in the river. The river
now has cut to within a quarter of a
mile from the farm property owned
by Martin Erickson.
Rec Heights-Word has reached
here of the marriage at Bangkok,
Siam, of Miss Gertrude S~jearer, a
former Rec Heights young woman,
to the Rev. Paul A. Eakin. Miss
Sjearer, who was a school teacher,
left for Siam last August to teach in
a school for girls at Wang Lang,
Siam. There she met the Rev. Mr..
Eakin, a young missionary, whose
duty it was to teach her the Siamese
language.
Ravinia-George Weaver, a farm
err living seven miles from Ravinia,
had a narrow escape from death
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-20
YOUNG MEN FIRST
VERY HIGH STANDARD OF RE
QUIREMENTS SET-MANY
DRAWN. FEW CHOSEN.

Washington. ID. c.. June 1q-
Americas armies will be made up of
the finest physical manhood of the
nation. Army surgeons today esti-
mated that nearly 40 per cent of the
men will be rejected upon first phys
zeal scrutiny. so severe is the exam
nation. Nearly 1000. 600 must be
drawn TO get $3.50 for the first
levy.
After undergoing the severe test
the chosen ones will form the best
army physically in the world. The
qualifications are hard to meet.
Even Germany's men are picked on a
less stringent scale.
The qualifications include:
Height not less than 5 feet 4
inches, nor more than 6 feet.
Weight not less than 12S pounds
nor more than 100.
Lungs and heart must be we'll nigh
perfect. Any heart murmur" dis
qualities.
Hearing and sight must be good.
Color blindness is not necessarily a
disqualification.
Chronic disease or mental disor-
ders cause rejection.
Loss of fingers. toes or an ear are
disqualification.
Flat or deformed feet will cause
rejection.
The surgeons will keep a close
watch for any affection of the kid
neys.
At least four molars are necessary.
This war will be won by young
men, said one member of the army
surgeons staff. THAT is why we
will win"