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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
I'm here with my army blankets,

I'm here with my army blankets,
As thin as a slice of ham,
A German spy, I think, was the guy
Who made 'em for Uncle Sam.
w do I sleep? Don't kid me
My bed tick is filled with straw,
I'd Jumps and bumps and big fat
humps.
That punch me till I'm raw.
Ne and my two thin blankets,
As thin as the last thin dime
; thin: 1 guess, as a chorus girls
dress
Well, I have one heck OF a time.
: pull 'em up from the bottom
my nighties' my B. V. D.'s),
A couple of yanks to cover my
shanks,
And then my tootsies freeze.
You could use 'em for porous plasters
Or maybe to strain the soup;
My pillows my shoes, when I try to
Snooze,
And I've chilblains and cough aud
Group.
Me and my two thin blankets,
Bundled up under my chin,
Yes, a German spy, I claim, was the
guy,
And, gosh, but he made 'em thin
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
ALL. CHILDREN LOVE
"SYRUP OF FIGS" FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
Give 1t When Feverish, Cross, Bill.
GUS, For Bad Breath or Sour
Stomach

Look at the tongue, Mother! If
coated, it is a sure sign that your
little c'ne's stomach, liver and bow
els need a gentle, thorough cleans
ing at once.
When peevish, cross, l~istless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act nat
urally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath. bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give
a teaspoonful of "California Syrup
of Figs" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, undigested
food and sour bile gently moves out
of its little bowels without gripping,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
FREE OF CHARGE.

Why suffer with indigestion, dys-
,epsia, torpid liver. constipation,
sour stomach, coming-up-of-food-
afte--eating, etc., when you can get
sample bottle Of Green's August
Flower free at P. B. Speeds drug
store. This medicine has remarkable
curative properties, and has demon
strated it's efficiency by fifty years OF
success. Headaches are often caused
by a disordered stomach.
August Flower is put up in Is and
rs cent bottles. For sale in all civil
lied countries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
LEMON JUICE is
FREcKLE REMOVER
Girls! Make This Cheap Beauty Lo.
ton to Clear and Whiten Your
Skin.

Squeeze the juice of two lemons
into a bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white, shake we'll, and
you have a quarter pint of the best
frcekle and tan lotion, and complex
ion beautifier, at very, very small
cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for a few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles and blemishes disap-
pear and how clear, soft and white
the skin becomes. Yes! It is harm
less.-Adv.
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and you have a well, playful child

and you have a well, playful child
again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit laxative"
they love it's delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent
bottle of california Syrup of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the geuine, ask to see that
it is made by "California Fig Syrup
Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
WHEN YOU WAKE
UP DRINK GLASS
OF HOT WATER
WHh shs poisons and toxins from
system before putting more
food into stomach.
oayo sassds-bathIns mekse any
ore look and fssl clean.
sasoet aad rsfrsshed. q

Wash yourself on the inside be-
fore breakfast like you do on the
outside. This is vastly more import
ant because the skin pores do not abb
sorb impurities into the blood, caus-
ing illness, while the bowel pores do
For every ounce of food and drink
taken into the stomach, nearly an
ounce of waste material must be
carried out of the body. If this waste
material is not eliminated day by
day it quickly ferments and gener
ates poisons, gases and toxins which
are absorbed or sucked into the
blood stream, through the lymph
ducts which should suck only nour-
ishment to sustain the body.
A splendid health measure is to
drink, before breakfast each day, a
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in
it, which is a harmless way to wash
these poisons, gases and toxins from
the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels; thus cleansing, sweetening'
and freshening the entire alimentary
canal before putting more food into
the stomach.
A quarter pound of limestone phos-
phate costs but very little at the
drug store but is sufficient to make
anyone an enthusiast on inside-bath-
ing. Men and women who r &C.
customed to wake up with a dull, ach
ing head or have furred tongue, bad
taste, nasty breath, sallow complex
ion, others who have bilious attacks,
acid stomach or constipation are as.
sured of pronounced improvement
in both health and appearance short
ly.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
FREE OF CHARGE.

ANY adult suffering from cough,
cold or bronchitis, is invited to cal!
at the drug store of P. B. Speed, and
get absolutely free, a sample bottle
Of Boschee's German Syrup, a sooth-
ing and healing remedy for all lung
troubles, which has a successful re-
cord of fifty years. Gives the patient
a good nights rest free from cough
ing, with free e~xpectoration in the
morning.
Regular sizes, rs and rs cents.
For sale in all civilized countries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
KING CONSTANTINE URGED
KAISER TO ATTACK ALLIES
Messages Between Rulers, Hitherto
Unrevealed, Falls Into Hands of
Greells.

Athens, Oct. 30.--Among the mes
sages exchanged between the royal
palaces at Athens and Berlin and
which have fallen into the hands of
the Greek government was one in
which King Constantine urged EN-
peror William to attack the allies on
the Balkan front, promising that
Greek forces would attack General
Sarrail's army in the rea
In another message Queen Sophie
alluded to the allies as infamous
pigs"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
RHEUMATISM

Why will 20 usuffer from this most
dreaded disease, when L71Rheumo has
proven the greatest remedy for the
past rs years? Thousands Of people
testify to its wonderful cures.
This prescription should be in
our home. Take It when you feel
hat first pain. Demand the bottle
18th big "L". 1t will cure you.
FOR SALE BY
J.. H. BELL & SON, Due West, S. c.
HODGES DRUG CO., Greenwood,
S. c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06

Count fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogged
lostrils will open, the air passages of
Jour head will clear and you can
breathe freely. No more ,snufling,
hawking, mucuous discharge, dry
ness or headache; no struggling for
breath at night.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply
a little Of this fragrant antiseptic
cream in your nostrils. It penetrates
through every air passage of the
head, soothing and healing the swol-
len or inlamed mucous membrane,
giving you instant relief. Head colds
and catarrh yield like magic. Don't
stay ~stuffed-up and miserable. Re-
ief u sure.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-06
~. CT THE BLANKET"
~,UT:G AT FORT SHERIDAN

">rt Sheridan, ILL.,, Oct. 3O-Those
w:oicn C ntonments occupied by the
G7inois, Wisconsin and Michigan
troops are still unlined, ~draughty,
summer shacks-and how the wind
blows! They're trying to face it
through by Stimulating the noble red
mar wrapped up in a blanket, but
en- the army blanket has it's draw
backs.
Read what one of the barracks
Yards has written between chills un-
or the caption "Me and My Two
hin Blankets" .
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick
Glossy, Fluffy. Beautiful-No
More itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after IN appli-
cation of Danderine you cannot find q
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after a
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at first-yes-but
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou.
bles the beauty of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded. brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw 1t
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is amaz-
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance of
abundance; an Incompatible luster,
softness and luxuriance.
Get a 25 cen bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-that it has been neglected or
injured by careless observation-disclosures
all-you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots Of it If you will just try a lit
tie Danderine. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
MAKES HOUSE OUT OF STRAW
Colorado Ranchman Builds Six-Room
Residence at a Cost of $270,
Exclusive of Labor.

Bricks without straw are bad, pro-
verbally, but q house made Of straw
without bricks might seem worse than
one made of bricks without straw.
Nevertheless, a Colorado ranchman
has built a siX-room residence of
straw, at a cost of $270, exclusive Of
labor, and finds it warmer in winter
and cooler in summer than an old
fashioned log house or a modern brick
or concrete house.
The straw for this residence was
baled. The bales were laid as if they
were bricks or blocks of stone. Wall
building with large and easily handled
units proved easy work compared with
handling large blocks Of stone and
very fast work compared with brick
laying. The walls were coated with
cement inside and out. Pebbles were
added to the final outside coat. The
house presents the appearance of peb-
b~le-covered concrete. 1t has plenty Of
windows and is well lighted and ven
tilated. Popular Mechanics Magazine,
which tells the tale of this unusual
house, predicts that 1t will last q long
time and prove exceptionally comfort
able in extreme Of winter and sum-
mer weather.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
Wasted Power.

Through a long course Of legislative
f~atuousness our country has lost mil
lions of dollars in wasted power, and
less the present situation is remedied.
The fundamental economic principle
about hydraulic power is that every
cubic foot of water that plunges down
ward unutilized, Is a sheer waste of in
herent national wealth. II you do not
dig up your coal or cut down your
wood its fuel value remains, while in
the case Of unusual water powers, the
water Of the present runs to absolute
waste. The thing of vital Importance
to the country at the present time is
that all the sources of hydraulic pow
er, which r economically available,
should be brought quickly into uSs SO
as TO give modern industry a fair
chance. The water which is not used
today is lost capital. We need water
power legislation which shall give en-
couragement toward the immediate dc
veiopment of every horse power worth
the while, with provision to protect the
government In its ownership, il you
like, by regulation of prices and by
limitation of charter rights, but still
constructive instead of destructive as
at present. The electro-chemical in
dustries need more power at Niagara
and legislators should see to it that
these great industries are taken care
of.-Metallurgical and Chemical En-
cheering.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
Unquestionably.

In San Francisco there was a promi-
tent lawyer who prided himself ON his
a%stuteness in questioning Chinese wit.
nesses. He was very nearsighted, so
failed to note that the dress of a Chi
nese witness was of finer texture than
worn by an ordinary coolie.
Instead of asking the usual ques-
tons rs to age, occupation, ETC., the
following dialogue ensued:
Q.-What is your name?
A.-Sell Lung.
Q.-Do you live in San Francisco?
Ayes.
Q.-You sabe God?
AIR. Attorney, if you mean do /
understand the entity Of our Creator, /
will simply reply that on Thursday
evening next / shall address the State
Ministerial association upon the sub
iect of the Divinity of Christ, and shall
be pleased if you will attend.
To the day of his death the celebrat-
ed lawyer will lev escape the ques-
ton: do you sahe GodT-Case and
Comment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used for ffty-one years in all
towns in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and other countries, for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung trouble. It
gives the patient a good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy expec-
toration in the morning, giving nature
a chance to soothe the infiamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health, assisted by
pure air and sunshine when possible.
Trial size 25c, and 75c family size.
Sold in all towns in the United States,
Canada, Australia, and other eoun'
tries.-Ady.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
MULES DEATH ARMY RECORD
Red Tape Causes Difficulties In Prov
ing Gcnevievc's
Demise.

The precision and discipline of the
army are exemplAied by the receipt at
National Guard headquarters in New
York OF two long ears, once the prop
erty of Genevieve, an army mule, who
came to her end ut Camp Whitman re-
Gently. A report of the animals
demise was sen In due course to Capt.
Joseph w. Farrell of the Quartermas-
ter's department Mt headquarters.
There is a rule ia the National
Guard that physical evidence must be
given of every article broken. lost or
belt, minus the buckle, must be pro-
duced before the loss can be recorded
on the books.
SO with Genevieve. Definite visible
evidence of her ultimate fate must be
displayed before the housekeeping and
accounting departments were permit
ted to write her obituary. After long
consultations OF important officers in
structions were forwarded to Camp
Whitman, in accordance with which a
package arrived at headquarters,
which was found to contain the follow
ing items, to wit, one fuzzy ear, extra
long, suitable for use on the right side
of q mules head, and one similar ear.
for use on the left side Of the mules
head.
Genevieve's death was Immediately
recorded on the books.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29

~ be expected that the health OF the
animal will not be effected even by
breathing the foul air only one night.
Horses are the most expensive ami.
mails on the farm and the most suscep-
tible to disease; hence, the first con
sideration in a stable should be to pro-
mote the health of the horses.
A horse stable should be cool and
airy in the summer and it should be
warm and well ventilated in the win.
ter. The floor should be made in such
a manner that it will not absorb the
liquids to pass down beneath the floor,
there to ferment and eventually pol.
lutte the air throughout the building,
One method of construction consists
in the use of a double thickness of
flooring. The bottom thickness is laid
in hot tar two thicknesses of tar build.
ing paper are placed above it and well
mopped with hot tar and then top thick.
mes of flooring is placed. Stable ceiling
must be high enough to allow the
horses to hold their heads up. If the
stable is built as it should be, the body
heat of the horses will set up q good
circulation of air.
Men who keep good horses will ap.
p~reciate the design shown in the &c.
companying illustrations. The ar.
rangement of stalls is good and there
is a large carriage room in which to
keep vehicles away from the dust.
With this carriage room and the har.
ness room there is no excuse for dirty
buggies or an unsightly harness.
A feature Of this barn which should
attract special attention Is the tool
room. 1t is 8 feet by IL feet in a front
corner of the building and there are
two windows to furnish plenty of light.
A work bench with wise on one end Is
called for, placed so that the light will
strike 1t from two directions. Boxes
to hold tools and supplies are placed
along the dark side Of the room.
The granary will be large enough or
not according to the other buildings
on the farm. Where there is a large
grain barn for threshing, a smaller
granary in the horse barn seems to an
swer every purpose. The granary is
placed in a good position m this plan
since it is entirely shut off from the
stable and yet it is near enough to be
convenient in feeding.
There is room overhead for a good
quantity of hay and straw. The hay
carrier will bring the stuff from the
back pretty well through to the from;
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29

work. They will keep four horses or
six horses the year round. In either
case, the stables should be built to ac-
commodate just the number Of horses
which will require housing.
In cold weather the Importance of
the matter of size is especially evil
dent. A stable big enough for six
horses will not be warm enough if only
two are stabbed. If, for any reason,
the stable is too large, it is a good plan
to fill it up with cows during the win
ter for the reason that without heat
there is no ventilation. OF course it
is not wise to design the barn with the
intention of housing horses and cows
together in the same stable. If they
are in the same building, the horse
stable and the COW stable should be
definitely separated. The best posi-
BILE scheme Is to have horses and cows
in separate buildings.
If possible, a horse barn should con-
tain a carriage room which will be
reasonably free from dust. Every man
who has a good horse should have a
rig which will be a credit to him. Even
now in the day when farmers are buy
ing automobiles to do most of their
running around" the horses and car
riage has its important place. What
Is true of the buildings, the machinery
and the farm wagons is also true Of
the carriage-the appearance is one
means by which people Judge the char
acter of the owner. The farmer owes
1t to his family to provide horses. har-
ness and vehicles which will present a
good appearance on the public road.
All horse stables should be well VEN
tilated. The problem should be worked
out for each particular stable In order
that the best possible conditions may
be obtained. Every farmer knows that
there is a great difference In stables
with respect to their ventilation. Some
stables are built So that it is impos-
sible to keep them clean. The smell
Of ammonia is always present and
when the doors r closed 1t is very
~disagreeable. Wien a valuable horse
Is placed In such q stable 1t can hard
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
A Lucky Bullet.

Hussar declares that there is no
mascot to compare with the bullet
with which q man has been wounded.
AT the Battle of the Marne." he says,
II vas struck by a bullet which lodged
in my right thigh without doing much
damage, When 1t was extracted /
drilledia hole through 1t, and supend-
ed 1t by q string from my neck. And,
although l. have been through dozens
the hottest fights on the Somme, and
have seer my comrades fall in hun
dreds, i have come through them all
without a scratch, thanks, / firmly be-
lieve, to my bullet mascot."-Tit-Bits
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
Give Them Music.

Youth Graves music and light and
laughter. The tactful mother can sup
frowns on too much company, the talk
ing machine makes her head ache, and
she is going to have company on the
evening her growing son and daughter
wish to entertain friends, soon she will
find herself alone evenings with no
young laughter to bother her Tor her
friends) If they call.-New York Eve
ming Telegram.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
Inventors Luck.

The greatest inventions do not al.
ways bring the larger financial re-
wards. Roller skates are said to- have
brought their inventor $3,OO0,000,
while nearly S5,000,O0O was realized
by the man who first devised boot
laces. The inventor of the safety pin,
who took the idea from a reproduc.
ton Of a Pompeian fresco, made $10,-
100000. On the other hand, Charles
Bourseul, who discovered and de-
scribed the principle of the telephone
in 1855, died poor. Michaux, the in
ventor Of the bicycle, ended his days
in the utmost penury, and Frederick
Salvage, who is credited with the in.
vention Of the screw propeller, was
imprisoned and died bankrupt and in.
sane.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
Beauty OF GAY Head.

Examination Of the brightly hued
cliffs Of Gay Head on the island of
Martha's Vineyard, Mass, with the OBJ
ject Of taking about 100 acres around
the lighthouse for a state reservation,
has been begun by the Massachusetts
waterways and public lands commits
sion. Hitchcock In his geology Of Mas
sachusetts says: "The height of the
cliff Gay Head) from the shore is $50
feet, with a richness of color that rem
ders 1t a striking and even splendid OBJ
ject from the ocean The clays are
red, blue and white; the sand white
and yellow, and the Ignite black. All
of these ere arranged individual strata
without much order. There is nothing
to compare with 1t In New England,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
Wealth Of the Nations.

The wealth Of the United States is
estimated at $1S7, 739, 071,0 9O, that OF
Great Britain and Ireland $50, 100000
600, Canada $7,O00,OOO 600, and India
$15,OO0.O zoo, 1000, making the total for
the British Empire, including posses
sions for which figures are not given
here, $13O, 0O0, 000, 200. Germany is
third, with q total Of $SO,O0O,O 00,O 600
France, $5O,OOO,OOO,OO0; Russia, $40.
000,OO0,000; Austria-H hungary, $25,O0O..
100000; Italy, $4,000, OOO, 1000; Bel
GUM, $9.0O0.O00,0OO; Spain, $780,
100000; Netherlands, $4,000, 200
Switzerland, 900; Portugal
S2,5OG,OOO,O 600.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
Candles Hiuh in Paris.

Candles have risen in price in
France since the adoption of numer-
Gus measures respecting the consump-
ton of gas, electricity and petroleum
for illuminating purposes. Retail gro
GERS throughout Paris generally now
charge seven TO eight cents for tallow
candles that previously sold for three
or four cents each. Small solid can,
dies five inches long, which formerly
retailed at two cents each, now cost
the consumer six or seven cents.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29

Of the barn. 1t would probably be adj
visable to put a concrete floor in this
building the full size Of the stable part
and the carriage room. On the farm,
the carriage washing is done outside of
the carriage or barn. A wooden
rack may be placed on a sloping area
convenient to the hydrant, where the
work may be done much better. At
the same time the dampness is kept
out of the horse barn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
onicia,iy Classified.

In the bureau of the census at Wash
ington acts against the law are record
ed under a few general heads, such as
murder, burglary, etc.
An officer of the bureau tells of a
woman clerk who was puzzled by an
entry she encountered in one of her
slips. The crime as set down was
Running a blind tiger" After due re-
Election the woman placed 1t under the
head "Crucity to Animals"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-29
In Georgia.

ben JASON"
"Yes, subj"
Accused of being under the influ-
ence of liquor on Christmas eve."
Yes. subj"
profanity"
II might er swo-yas, subj"
Resisting ofiicer?"
81 sho' tried ter lick dat Irishman,
Judge"
Petty larceny"
Count dat in, too"
"Ben-the law must deal heavily in
your case. Is there anything you left
ont on your holiday spree?"
The negro scratched his head.
"Yas, sub eff yo' could femme out
fO' a few minits, I'd like ter beat up
my Of m fo' 'ceptin' presents from
n Macon barber."-Case and Comment.