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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22

that no neutral shall import from
America more than enough food to
feed her people, after all her native
produce has been consumed at home
This, Of course, cuts off any ex.
ports to Germany.
Van Reppard says this is unjust
because Holland must have coal and
iron as well as food, and the only
way she can get them is to pay Ger.
many for them with perishable food
products. He also claims Holland
sends dairy products to England.
One interesting and little-noted
war result has been the commercial
annexation of the ricr Dutch East
Indies or the United States. The
three big Dutch steamship lines which
used to carry the products of these
islands to Amsterdam for distribu.
ton to the world, now land then
cargoes at San Francisco.
The voyage to Amsterdam is
through the submarine field.
The diversion of this traffic has en-.
abled America to draw off many Of
her Pacific merchant ships to the
Atlantic. $685..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
Columbia Candy Kitchen

The volunteers are becoming, accus.
toned to the soldier life. They are
a splendid looking set of men capa'
BILE of "high heart, high speech, high
deeds" May God bless them and re-
turn them to their loved one and q
city who holds them in honored> es'
TEEN.
The soldiers present were: Capt
R. B. Cheatham, Lieutenants, Joe V
Elgin, Albert A. Morse, W. W. Har'
ris, H. Owen Speed, Carroll Sweten'
berg, of the Fort Oglethorpe Camp
and Lieutenant G. A. Neuffer, Jr.,
Sergeant w. D. Wilkinson and the
following others from Camp Sewer
F. B. Longshore, Will Jones, Hubert
Cox, John W. Calvert, W. o. Steven
son, Caspar Little, C. E. Armor, l.
Kirby, Charley Evans, Charley Lyon,
Wardlaw Lyon, Claude Wilkinson,
Jack Elgin, Tom Sherard, Jack Stone.
Kempton Billings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
PUBLIC RECEPTION FOR ......
ABBEVILLE'S SOLDIER BOYS

The city of Abbeville gave a pub
lie reception Monday night to the
young men who have volunteered
for service in the great val. This
reception was held on the plaza in
front of the Court House and City
Hall from half past eight till ten
o'clock and an invitation was ex-
tended to every family in town to
be present.
The plaza. was beautifully decor
ated with flags, lanterns and electric
lights, while the flower beds which
were in full bloom, made a fitting
background for the beautiful scene.
Over a thousand people attended the
reception, mingling in good fellow
ship with each other, and listening
to the music which was furnished by
the Greenwood band.
At the appointed hour the Mayor
announced that the soldiers would
Icome forward and they marched up
two abreast and stood at attention
while addresses were made by VIM.
P. Greene and Judge Frank B. Gary.
The response for the soldiers was
made by Capt. R. B. Cheatham, who
thanked the city in a pleasant man.
ner for the welcome and the high
words of praise bestowed on the
boys.
Rev. H. W. Pratt then announced
that the local. chapter Of the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy would pre-
sent the young men with Comfort
Bags and each young man was given
a present which the Daughters hope
will prove useful to them.
Punch was served throughout the
evening by a committee of women
and a bevy of pretty girls, which was
refreshing and pleasing to the large
crowd present.
After the reception a large dance
was rendered the young men in the
opera house, which proved an en-
ioyable affair to all who attended.
This reception was a fitting COM
pliment to the soldiers. The young
men from Fort Oglethorpe will be
leaving in a few days for their diff
ferent companies and commands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
DUTCH BETWEEN DEVIL AND
DEEP BLUE SEA SUES
Holland Is on the Horns Of the Di-
lemma, Eight With the, Allies
. or Eat With Germany

Washington, Aug. 19.-"No thank
God, there is one article I don't have
to IVORY about" said Cheveliar Van
Reppard, the wearied minister from
the Netherlands, who had just been
asked if the Dutchmen were getting
tobacco from America.
His explosive remark no less than
his tired look told how Uncle Sans
embargo is tightening the moose of
starvation about Germany, and driv-
ing Holland onto the horns of the
dilemma Eight with the allies or eat
with Germany" 49,.
Washington is a city of worried
men-but the tall, lanky Dutchman
probably has the toughest job. Daily
the cables tell of food troubles along
the Amsterdam canals, of potato
riots in Rotterdam, of expensive
dairy cows slain in Tristan meadows
for lack of fodder. Holland has
been drained of food to feed Ger
many, but the Teuton octopus still
demands more. g.
Across the boundary are roosting
German troops and German guns.
The open threat of cutting off Hol-
lands iron and coal is terrifying
enough, with winter coming on, but
the yelled threat-of these guns, en-
phasized by the starvation and masa-
ere just a few miles south in Bel
GUM, is more terrible.
While Holland writhes in doubt
and hunger, 70 of her ships loaded to
their gunwales with food and fodder,
are smokeless in American harbors.
Fifty are fenced about in New York
harbors by American ~destroyers.
Twenty are scattered between Bal
timore, Boston and Philadelphia.
They have on board 100000 tons of
wheat, rye, barley, and linseed cake
for cattle.
Allied statesmen assert these these
ships were given free passage by the
German subs because they would
help feed Germany.
The Dutch point out that some of
the ships have been in American
ports six months, afraid to go out
because of the subs, ever before the
American embargo, and that hum
dreds of Dutch ships have been sunk
and hundreds of innocent sailors and
fisherman murdered by submarines.
But the Dutch ships sunk were
hauling for the allies, and Holland
by tieing up her ships did exactly
what the German admiralty demand
ed of America, when ruthless war
fare vas proclaimed. 1t has been
asserted that Germany is paying the
owners of idle Dutch ships when they
refrain from carrying freight to Brl-
tain.
Since the American embargo was
laid, not one export license has been
granted a ship carrying food for Hol-
land. Whether any will be depends
on the duel of wits between Herbert
Hoovr and Van Rppard. Hoover has
the final say.
The president has laid down the
rule that no food will be sent to a
neutral until the needs of America
and her allies have been met, and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22
\ GIRLS COMPLETE EDUCATION

To be gentle.
To value time.
To dress neatly.
To keep a secret.
To learn sewing
To be charitable.
To be self-reliant.
To avoid idleness.
To study hygiene.
To darn stockings.
To respect old age.
To learn economy.
To know how to mend.
To know how to cook.
To make good bread.
To better the world.
To keep a house tidily.
To be above gossiping.
To control her temper.
To know how to buy.
To make a home happier.
10 take care OF n SICK.
To dress economically.
To take care of the baby.
To know how to study.
To sweep down cobwebs.
To make a home attractive.
To be interested in athletics.
To marry a man for his worth.
To know thevalue of fresh air..
To understand the rules of diet.
To read the very best of books.
To take plenty of active exercise.
To keep. clear of trashy literature.
To understand character building.
To take an interest in the schools.
To understand emergency nursing.
To be light hearted and fleet foot
d.
To be womanly under all circum-
G.. r. News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-22

tnere was q uQe cOliecCOQ OF OlQ
Georgian silver here. May I see it,"
Certainly" Dorothy led the way
to g table on which was an array that
made Alex fairly jump with astonish-
ment.
"It's splendid" he cried. Whose
was it? Where did it come from? l
never saw anything like it."
1.-THE silver is mine-all I have. But
the boys must 60 to school, and it
must 60. 7 won't let anyone else sell
it. That was one stipulation I made
to Berni, that I must approve the pur-
chaser. When anyone else comes
along, 1 double-treble the price,"
But I must have it! Do you ap-
prove Of me?"
She nodded.
"But the collection isn't complete.
There is something else that will have
to 60 with it before I take it."
what is that"
"You. I always know what I want
instantly, and I could have told you
that last night. You're the loCeliest
girl I've ever known" He reached for
her hand.
Dorothy did not draw it away, but
instead a deep, steady light dawned In
her eyes and the dimple Alex so longed
to see appeared in her cheek.
Il wonder if this is really true, or If
I'm just thinking it is," she said.
81 hope it's true for us both," he
whispered.
copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21

reason the Leaf Tobacco Association, of
which DR.. X l.. Burwell is president,
is waging its campaign.
1t was pointed out that the farmers
will be the losers in the long run if they
divert their tob accos from the State
warehouses in Baltimore. The associa-
ton declares that in the event that the
warehouses are closed the big tobacco
companies will be a lie to dictate their
own terms and that the farme will no
longer have the opportunity Of sending
their tobacco to Baltimore and then to
have it stored for indefinite periods
while tn " seek the customers who will
pay them the most money for their
products
Efforts are being made to have all OF
the growers of tobacco pack their hogs
heads uniformly. A majority OF the
growers, it is said, do so now, but some
pack their product in such manner
that is is sold at a lower price than
could be obtained otherwise. There
are, ordinarily, three grades of tobacco
on each plant and the farmer who
separates these different grades gets
better prices than if he packed all three
grades in one hogshead to save time
aud little labor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
Hold Back Your Hogs.

A warning to farmers not to ship
hogs, but to hold them back for the
present in order to avoid falling prices
has been sent out by J. e. Cotton, head
of the Meat Division of the Food Ad
minlstration.
In written statement, he said:
"Hold back your hogs. On Novem-
be Bird 1 stated that the prices of hogs
80 far as this division could affect
them, would not fall below about SIS SO
per hundredweight for the average of
the packers droyes on the Chicago
market until further notice. That
statement / make again.
1.-The packers inform me they are
doing their best to aid up in that policy;
but largely owing to transportation
difficulties in the East there is now a
glut of hogs on the Chicago market and
more hogs than the packers can kill
and handle.
1.-The farmers and commission men
in this territory must help by holding
back hog temporarily, and especially
from the Chicago market. If theirs is
cooperation the minimum will be main
tanned: Do not sacrifice your hogs by
dumping them On a overcrowded mar
ket"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
ORDER OF OBLIGATION
JOHN J. SULLIVAN, Complainant
MINNIE E. SULLIVAN, Defendant
Tn the Circuit COurt for Prince
Equity Nc. 1885

Equity N|. foSo
HE purpose and object of this Bill
] is to secure a divorce vincuLO
mdtrimonii by decree in favor of the
Complainant against the Defendant
Minnie E. Sullivan. The Bill in sub
stance states:
/. That John j. Sui van, Complain
ant, for more than two years last pas
has been resident of Prince Georges
County, Maryland; and that the Defen-
dent, Minnie E. Sullivan, is non resi-
lent of the State of MARYLAND.
Q That the Complainant and Defen-
dent were married at Baltimore,
Maryland, August Gath, 1914
3. That the conduct of Complain AM
towards Defendant was kind and duti
full, and that the Defendant without
just cause or reason abandoned and
deserted the Complainant on or ab III.
September 7'h, 1914, and that said
destrtion and abandc nmeLt has coniinL-
ed uninte:rup tedly for more than three
years last past, and that there is no
reasonable expectation of reconcilia
ton; and that th"r" were no children
of said marriage; and that the Complain
ant and Defendant are adults.
The Bill prays for decree of divorce
viacuLo matrimonii; and fer further re-
lief; and Tor an order of publication
against the nonresident defendant.
1t is thereupon, this 10Th day OF
November, 1917, ordered by the Circuit
Court fir Prince Georges County, in
Equity, that the Complainant, by causing
a copy If this order to be inserted and
publish,d in some newspaper publisht d
in Prince G 'orge's County, Maryland
once in each of four successive we, k
before the 22nd day OF December, 1917
give notice TO Minnie E. Sullivan, the
nonresident Defendant, of the obj Ct
and substance of this Bill, and warnin g
her to be and appear in this Court. in
person or by solicitor, on or before the
18th day Of January, 1918, to show
cause, if any she has why decree
ought not to be passed as prayed, and
to abide by and perform such decree or
order as may be passed herein.
s D. HA IL Clerk,
&C. for P. G. Co. Md.
True Copy-Test:
S. D. HALL, Clerk Nov. 1G
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21

naire should be sent to such per-
son. Provision is made for ex-
tension of time for filing Cues
tionnaire in Section SO OF the
Regulations and District and
Local Boards are instructed to
allow a reasonable time for filing
in accordance with distance the
QUESTIONABLE has to travel. Re
gistrants concerned are urged to
send lheir QUESTIONABLE to per-
son whose affidavit they wish to
get as quickly as possible with
request that the same be return
ed at once. Registered mall
should be used if Registrant does
not wish risk of loss and conse-
ouent liability of penalty for fail
ing to meet requirements of law
in a reasonable time.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
NOTICE TO MEN OF MILITARY
AGE.

All men of Military age should
be on the lookout for their ques,
tionnaires. The Local Board be-
gan mailing them on December
18th, and each day will mail
questionnaires to five per cent.
of the registered men until all
have been sent out.
Registrars, who desire assist
ance in answering this question
naire, may receive the same free
Of cost at the Court, House, in
the Court Room, at Upper MARI
boro', between the hours of 9 A.
M. and 9 P. NJ. on all week days.
The QUESTIONABLE must be an
swered and in the hands of the
Local Board at Upper Marlboro,
Md, within seven days from the
date it is mailed. Exclusive of
Sundays.)
When it is necessary for a
registrant to obtain supporting
afidavits from persons at a dis
tant point, the entire Question
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
SOME ANSWERS BY DRAFT REG
ISTRANTS NOT OPEN TO
PUBLIC.

Answers of registrants on the
selective draft questionnaires re-
lating to health and answers un-
der the head dependency"
with the exception Of the names
and addresses of persons claimed
to be dependent, will not be
open to inspection by the public
without the consent Of the regis
trants.
Imprisonment not to ex-
coed one year will be the penalty
imposed on anyone connected
with the administration of the
selective draft law who shall
make this information public.
More than half of the 1880
colored men who completed the
course at the reserve officers
training camp at Fort Des
Moines, Iowa, have been COM
missioned as officers in the
Army. Nearly 100 colored
physicians and surgeons have re-
ceived commissions as officers in
the Medical Reserve Corps. A
full fighting force of 10000 COL
ored soldiers, including repre-
sentatives in all branches of
military service will compose the
Ninety-second Division, to be
detailed for duty in France un-
der Gen. Pershing.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
Nv Dear Mr.. Editor:


The liberal purchasing at this
time of War Savings Stamps Tor
sale now at all banks and post
Offices in Prince Georges county,
is not only a patriotic duty, but is
also a wise provision for the hard
times which are almost certain to
follow the war.
With the ending of hostilities
and the withdrawal of public money
from the support Of many occu-
pations, business will be more or
less disorganized and many will be
likely to feel the pinch of hard
times. During this period of re-
construction many people of mod
crate means as we'll as those IN
good circumstances may be saved
from want or actual ruin by sacri-
fees which it is the duty OF every
one to make at this time.
1t has been said upon good au-
thority that the people OF the
United States have several times
over wasted more than can be
spent in this war. If as a conse-
quence of the present terrible
struggle we can only make the
world safe for future generations,
but can also correct the habits OF
waste and extravaganza for which
Americans are noted, this second
advantage would be a splendid by
product of the war. And nothing
could be more appropriate at this
time than the presentation Of
"Baby Bonds" as the war stamps
have been named, as Christmas
gifts for old and young. 1t woulo
be a realization upon our part OF
duty we owe the Nation without
whose protection our lives, l1ber'
ties and property would be worth
less; it would arouse in others a
sense of duty, and desire tc
save and serve; it would afford IN
SEPARATION to our boys at the front
to know that we had denied our
selves comforts and luxurles IN
order that they might be properly
equipped; it would shorten the
war, save thousands OF soldiers
and make happy millions OF peo-
pie the world over.
No child who hears the story
of the starved homelss Belgian
children, many of whom have had
their hands cut off by the Ger
mans will not mind giving up toys
in order to buy a few thrift stamps
at 25c. each and no adult who
invests in a So. IL Savings Stamps
will have cause for regret, even
though his table be not quite sc
we'll set at Christmas Day. 1t
may mean the difference in the
near future between bonds and
bondage.
los. H. BLANDFoRD, JR.,
Director for P. G. Co. War
Savings Stamp Committee.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
Sta Die Price for Tobacco.

The Leaf Tobacco Association OF
Baltimore has started movement to
bring about greater stability in the SELL
ing price of tobacco in the leaf as well
as to improve the packing Of the pro-
duct and to stimulate Baltimore as the
market for tobacco grown in Southern
Maryland.
The movement has had its origin
largely in a new practice among South
ern Maryland growers under which they
have been disposing of their uninspect-
ed crops in their barns. They believe
that this practice will not only impair the
stability of the market. but will also be
fraught with the danger of injuring the
good reputation of Maryland grown to-
bacco because of the absence of in
spection.
Because of the war and shutting off
of importations of Turkish and other
foreign.grown tobaccos the demand in
this country for the home product has
increased out of all bounds Maryland
tobacco, most of which was ordinarily
exported to Holland. Germany and
France, is now being sought by domes-
tic tobacco companies and as conse-
quence of the work of the agents of
these concerns 600 hogsheads of the
weed last year were diverted from Bal
timore as a market or clearing house.
Anne Arundel, Prince Georges. Cal
vert, St. Mary's and Charles couHties
raise annually about %, 900 900 pounds,
or about $1,000 hogsheads of to acco.
This total crop is worth between
S., ooo, 900 and Sc, 200, 900, and is sent
to Baltimore. where nine large concerns
compete with each other in tr.> !. efforts
to buy up this product The tobacco
grown in the State is only exceeded in
amount and value by wheat, corn and
rye in the order named.
Farmers of Maryland are privileged
to send their tobacco to the warehouses
in Baltimore and they may keep thar
hogsheads there for indefinite periods
without paying storage. The buyers
pay what is called an cottage" when
they purchase tobacco, and this makes
the State tobacco warehouses self -sus-
tanning. Governor Harrington had in
timated that the State will close these
warehouses in the event that the farm
ers divert their to racco to such an ex-
tent that the warehouses would no
longer be self-supporiing and for this
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
$100 Reward, $100

The readers of this Taper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrah. Catarrh being great
ly Influenced by constitutional c"ndi-
lions requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts thru the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System there
by destroying the foundation of The
disease, giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The pro
prietors have 50 much faith i'll the cur
alive powers of Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine that they offec One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cule.
Send for list of testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by all Druggist, 75c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
Friday. December 2lst, 1917
THE KEYNoTEs OF CHRISTMAS

Peace and and goodwill are the
keynotes of Christmas. It is a
hallowed thought that through
out the Christian world at pres,
ent there is d spirit, expressed
or implied, acknowledging that
love is the browning glory of ex-
istence.
To the child mind sweet gentle
peace and love comprise the en-
bodiment of all that is good and
pure. Therefore, in the inno-
cent life of children will be found
the noblest conceptions of Christ
mas. Mirth, joyousness, thrill
ing anticipations of the season
sparkle around the hearth stone
as visions of Santa Claus fit
through their young minds.
To the mature mind Christmas
suggests a spirit of peace and
goodwill, as the fruition of low
ing and tender mercies. Cares,
worries and anxieties may, at
least for the time being, be
thrust aside and pleasures and
hopes be centered around the
child life.
In the busy bustling world,
amidst the rivalries and conten-
lions of business, illwill is so Of
ten engendered that, but for the
recurring seasons of peace and
goodwill, mankind would grow
very cold and heartless. The
melloving influence Of the mem
DRY of the Christ Child and the
holy alteration that the season
inspires, turning the gaze of err
ing man to the Star of Bethle-
hem, are potent fcctors in keep
ing individuals and nations con-
scious of the Divine Redeemer,
and in enforcing the precept
that right not might must rule
under the new dispensation.
"Peace on earth and goodwill
towards mankind should be the
wish and prayer Of evey Christ
ian heart on Christmas Day.
To our readers we tender the
compliments of the season with
the hope that unbounded joy and
happiness may be their portion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-21
STRAYED

A White Male Pig about 3 months
n old. Owner will please come TO
ward, prove ownership and pay charges,
or otherwise it will be disposed of &C
cording to law.
WILLIAM QUEEN,
Goodwood"
Upper Marlboro
R. F. D.. Md.