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Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26

, ment are to be found the ventilating
rooms and the ventilating equipment
which is strictly modern. The air is
admitted to the basement from the
roof and then heated by being forced
thru n series of steam coils. The air
vent is by feet and is controned
automatically. From THESE heated
coils the air passes into the spray
bath where it is given bath and
then again passed thru nother series
Of heated pipes where it is brought
to the proper temperature before be-
ing forced by fans into the various
rooms of the building. The fan which
is used to force the air is run by
steam power. Here in the basement
is located the meters for both light
and heat. In the east wing of the
basement is located the girls general
toilet and in the west wing is locat-
ed the boys general toilet. On this
floor is located the commodious gym.
nasi'-in room AZ by - ieet equipped
with all the modern needs of a gym
nasium.
The Second Floor.
In passing from the basement and
the main floor to the second floor
one is impressed with the concrete
stairways found in all parts of the
building. These stairways are indie
pendent of the building, that is, do
not in any way depend upon the
building for their support Mason
safety treads are used, back of which
are Scotch cork carpet. The corri-
dors are covered with battleship linol-
cum. After reaching the second floor
one is impressed with the large study
and library room in dimensions %
by so feet. This is calculated to seat
85 pupils and is equipped with book
cases, chairs and tables, modern in
every respect. On this floor is locat.
ed the class room for the work in
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26
Oh You Sucking Pig

the bills before the present session of the state legislature
action, prohibits killing
sucking
thought
border that nobody need suffer- who has the
Bootggers pedds The world better
Legislature that
of
medicine will
a sucking
pie of honest
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26

certainly we'll arranged with refer
ence to supervision Of all the work
and is equipped with the very best
of furniture necessary for this
particular work, which requires large
desks and plenty of room. The west
wing of this floor is given over to
Domestic Science and Art. Here is a
dining room. pantry and a cooking
room. The location of these rooms
are modern with reference to pre-
pairing and serving food from the
Kitchen to the dining room by means
of built-in buffet. In connection with
the sewing room is a fitting room
and lockers for each individual pupil
where they may keep their thread,
scissors and other working apparatus.
Here is model domestic department
where the girls may learn under the
most favorable circumstances the do
nestle art of sewing and the science
Of cooking and art of serving meals
properly.
On the third floor is a small stor-
age room for general convenience and
also teachers room. On this floor
IS the moving picture booth which
is fireproof.
The Fire Escapes
Each outside door of the second and
Chird floors have panic-proof doors
!eading to fire escapes. These doors
open automatically and there is no
possible chance for the doors to re,
main closed in case of o rush. There
are four exits to escapes on the third
tloor and two on the second floor.
Then there is an escape from the au-
iitorium and stage to the roof of the
swimming pool room and an escape
rom this roof to the ground. Then
here are two stand pipes on each
,ioor with full water pressure and at
land rubber hose and other fire ap-
3aratus. Every precaution has been
.sed in constructing a building that
will insure safety to the children, no
matter where they may happen to be
n the building, in case of fire.
The Engine House
Some distance from the building on
The north part of the site is built the
engine house containing large coal
room sufficient to hold some four or
i've carloads of coal. There are two
tubular boilers each Of 125 pounds
pressure. There are three pumps in
the boiler room for taking care Of the
from the radiators and
also the air pressure in the radiators.
They work automatically and are of
.he latest and best on the market to-
lay. The boiler room floor, as well
as the basement floor, is of concrete.
The people of this section may well
be proud of this building which takes
second place to none in cities under
10000 population and there are but
lew cities in the entire country or in
any country of $4,000 population that
san boast of a building equal to this
building. 1t is the comment and
wonder of all tourists and visitors. It
IS the pride of the San Juan and will
amply serve the people of this sec
lion SO far as academic training is
Not only is the building
in class by itself but the Board
Of Education has taken much pride
in keeping one of the ablest superin-
E. E. Smiley, in the country
who has with him one of the ablest |
corps of high school teachers in the
west.
"a - - -
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26
10 AIRPLANES ARE
BROUGHT DOWN

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.
AT THE BRITISH FRONT. July
23-Forty German airplanes have
been brought down in five days. This
is one of the indications of the ner-
vousness with which the Prussians
are trying to learn what General
Haig is doing.
The complacency of Chancellor
Michaelis is not apparent on the wes-
tern front. All along the front the
Germans are lavishly using shells.
Every night they attempt raids which
cause them heavy losses.
"a IA Ia Ea
EVERY STREET IN nIIRANCn
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26
Speaker Boon Best Barely Escaped

program the radical members
Democratic when they undertook Speaker Best after
p A ,h % - N @ @ 70 @ his ~ scIn % Tyenvtwo Democrats went into an
agreement This of all the members
When the time for the vote only
10 Democrats voted to Republicans they
particularly Best would
be into such proceedings for reasons and there
y him Because of the fact that the Dem
good workg majority required practically all the Repub
hcan save the Speaker from humiliation.
concerning published world
individual think for himself the such
proceedings extra session means that the Democratic party are
third element that distinct
finds itself working of the time with and part the time with the
lar radical elements other parties On the other hand there strong
similar the conservative element
these is the normal class which
hold the balance the The normal element
knds work at times with the radicals Then again hn
necessary work with the conservatives
of the they
elected majority
Republican party usually divided
years known Conservatives and Progesse While there
still remains the general dividing Ines they are not very distinct at TINS
of this fact the Republicans generally working in
Republicans working armonou with the normal wing of
the Democratic party. l.. .- - .
this permit the food
take decisive action remedy existing
conditions Our flour told being sold England around 50 bar
against SIG barrel in this country How can we ahod to ship
sell it for about half what asking
long that such conditions
due the Republican high protective tariff In these piping days OF
however it must be due to? I? +?
-
We McDev employ few boys to
of fellow
find kid to sell him
Wit the newso of wreck.-Ignao Chieftan
the fellow whom refer however,
Monday then took the home to
the day bargain sales
and when he loaned out took
The Herald premium isn't that the way to have them
available Herald Monday including
be repenhed thru the kindness of
cleaned they beat for home
quiet them sell the shirts of their backs
did IL the about It,
merely M te natter outside friends advertise for us Thanks
ewfully.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26

English in which is large cupboard
containing books and supplies. To the
right of the main entrance from the
south is the Superintendent office
with a waiting room in connection.
This Office contains fire proof vault
Z by feet with steel cases and
shelves. To the left of the main en-
trance is found the class room for
Latin and other foreign languages.
10 the east of the Superintendent S
office is the office of the Principal
Of the high school. North of the Sup
erintendent's Office and in the central
or main part is the beautiful auditor
ium which has a seating capacity of
700, The stage is equipped with val
our curtains ana the scenery is of the
very best. There are four scenes, the
general one, which will be ordinarily
in use, the parlor scene, kitchen
scene and the woodland scene. The
equipment is the very best for ex-
hibiting moving pictures. In connec-
tion with the auditorium is a large
balcony. The stage is equipped with
the latest and best lighting apparatus,
using DINNERS which will show all in
tensities of light. The color of the
walls is in buff, the ceiling in ivory
and the wainscot in brown. The audi
torium chairs are of Circassian shade
of walnut with steel supports in
Vertigris green. Occupying the en-
tire floor of the west wing is the
Chemical and Physical departments
of the school. This is one of the very
best in this country and is the same
as has the famous Soldan Height
school of st. Louis. Here are the
labratory and lecture rooms for these
sciences. One Of tie chief features
of this system is that there is hood
on each table for the escaping of gas
es which are carried down beneath the
floor and then by electrical fan is
forced out at the top of the building.
All furniture in this department is
in solid oak, much of which has been
made in the manual department. 1t
is certainly fine.
The Third Floor.
On passing to the east wing of the
third floor we find it given over to
three general class rooms for history
and the languages. Also on this floor
is located q girls toilet. The central
portion of the third floor is given
over to the Commercial department
and consists of three rooms with glass
partitions, and are for typewritinR,
class work and bookkeeping. This =
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26
EFFORT TO BLOCK
FOOD BILL DEFEATED

WASHINGTON, July 90. = An eff
.ort by Senator Trammel of Florida
20 have the food control bill brought
oack from the conference for a recon-
liberation of two dollars bushel for
he minimum price of wheat. The
provision was defeated in the senate
Jy vote of 81 to 8.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26
J. B. WHITE RESIGNS
FROM SHIPPING BOARD

WASHINGTON, July 90. - Cap
tain j. B. White of Kansas City, a
member of the United States shipping
board has resigned and his resigna-
ton is to be accepted. Captain White
constituted the odd vote on the board
which gave Denman the balance Of
the power over General Goethals.
- - - -
RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE AGAIN
BADLY DEMORALIZED
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26
"a u pa Ea
CAN NOT VOLUNTEER
AFTER EXAMINATION

WASHINGTON. July 20. - Ad-
jutant General Mccain has orrered
recruiting officers to refuse to enlist
drafted men for any branch of the
service after they have been summon
ed for examination by the local ex=,
emption board. This order has been
telegraphed all recruiting stations.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-26
FRANCE is PLEASED
WITH COURSE OF WAR

PARIS, July 23.- France approves
Of the way the war is being conduct
I'd. 1t is announced the senate in
secret session voted confidence in
PREMIER Ribot. The vote was unani
nous. Premier Ribot expressed his
appreciation of the vote.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
He Lost Ills Penny.

The pcrters Of the Pennsylvania sta
tion, although usually merely attentive
and servfceable, are, in many instances,
equipped with a regular sense OF
humor, and some Of their remarks are
genuinely amusing to the travellers
who encounter them often, says a New
York news letter: One Of them stopped
for a moment to watch huge and un-
comfortable looking man weigh hSm'
self. The man was a foreigner, and
inasmuch rs he placed penny In a
scale which clearly demanded five
cents for service it did not work. BE
stood after the coin fell, looking re-
'markably indignant. Then, seeing the
porter behind him, he turned to him
and told him that he had put cent in
and that nothing had happened. "What
must do now" asked the victim,
struggling his shoulders. The negro
looked at him with a smile, meanwhile
taking off his hat and scratching his
head speculatively. SWELL he said,
"when you put your money In to learn
what you weigh and then nothing hap
pens you just 60 right on wondering
how much it can be you weigh"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
ALASKA BUGS BUSY AS BEES
Mosquitoes Also Are Numerous and
Make Life Unpleasant Tor Farm
ere In the Far North.

Reports from every corner OF the
town, where the little garden has
been nurtured into healthful life By
master, maid and 1nilady, are constant,
" appearing to the effect that the gar.
dens are being completely wiled aut,
or rather cut of, by diminuiye I'M
sect, apparently at first blush, harm
less, the Anchorage Democrat states.
The. lettuce and cabbage seem to af-
ford the best food for the pestdferous
little bug and the only barrier that
will stop him is quantity Of I've wa
ter sprinkled around each Individual
plant. The homesteaders, too, are
troubled much In the same why, and
unless some means may be developed,
and one more practical than the lye
water for big crops, the seasons re-
turn will not be as ample as expected.
And the bug is not alone proving q
pest to the farmer. The mosquito this
year is making life on the farm any
thing but pleasant, and, In fact, the
swarms of them appearing day and
night not only retard much Of the nee.
essary farm work, but practically
make Some Of It impossible. This year
more than any other in the last three
years the mosquito has proved q most
harassing little winged devil.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
WORLDS LARGEST MERCHANT
Claim Made by II. B. cIafin In the
Seventies Was Substantlated After
Inquiry by Rivals. ;.

The Incorporation Of "Clafins, Incor-
porated," recalls an incident connected
with the founder Of the business,
which has borne the name Of "Clafill"
for upward Of half a century, says, the
Wall Street Journal. In the early sew
enties, when the import duty on cotton
prints was considered excessive, a
number Of importers framed a petition
to congress, drawing attention to the
fact that the high tariff was practical
1y a duty upon domestic produce, inss-
much as the cotton grown in this coun-
try was merely sent to Manchester to
be spun, woven and printed, and that
they were actually being taxed upon
American cotton upon its return after
manufacture.
When the petition In question was
presented to 81. B. Claflin for sigma
ture, it had already been subscribed by
A. T. Stewart, q. 8. Jaffrey, Durham,
Buckley & Co., Arnold, Constable &
Co., and others, which hurt the pride
of Mr.. Claflin. He could not well re-
fuse to sign the document, as he was
the largest importer Of prints, and,
therefore, the person most affected.
BE showed his chagrin at not having
the petition presented to him for first
signature by writing after his name,
'aThe Largest Merchant in the World"
This asseveration was questioned by
A. T. Stewart and several Of fhe 9TH
ers, who took pains to test 1t. After
careful and worldwide investigation It
was found that b. B. Claflin was then
'sthe largest merchant in the world"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
SLATE ROOFS DEFY WEATHER
Same Covering Still Protects OLD
Saxon Chapel In England, Which
Was Built In Eighth Century.

Time is the assessor Of roofing ma
terial values. Few, very few, roof COW
scs can stand the harsh, exacting tests
Of old father time. Slate meets his re-
quirements. Nature made 1t strong
and sturdy, says an exchange.
In Harford-on-Avon, England stands
Old Saxon chapel which was built In
the eighth century. The builders COW
cred it with q slate roof. There the
church stands today, still protected by
the same slate, moss-covered but good.
Year after year this slate roof has
defended Saxon chapel from the suces-
sive assaults of rain, hail, snow, wind,
sun and frost. Twelve centuries it Las
served. It complains not and it has no
misgivings about the future-it is a
slate roof.
The British in particular are rich in
evidence Of the long life Of slate as a
roof covering. Slate was quarried In
Wales centuries before America was
discovered. There is in England today
slate roof over 300 years old, and still
is good.
The first recorded use Of slate in
America was on a building in Philadel-
phia erected in the year 100, which
building served as the seat Of govern
ment for William PENIS domain. There
is no evidence that this roof was re-
moved or replaced until the building
was torn down in the year 1857.
In the New England states there are
many houses and barns which have
been covered with slate go and 70
years and which are still in excellent
condition. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
PRICE OF PRINT PAPER FIXED

New York, Nov. 26.-News print
paper manufacturers, representing
85 per cent of the print paper out
put of the country, will sell news
print to publishers at three cents a
pound until April 1, after that a
price to be fixed by the federal
trade commission, under the agree
ment reached today between the
government and six of the seven
manufacturers charged with viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law.
Federal Judge Mayer signed de-
cree under which the News Print
Manufacturers association, whose
executive committee included five of
the seven defendants, was dissolved
This decree, however, doesn't take
away from the defendants the right
to cooperate between now and
April 1 in placing the facts before
the federal trade commission as a
basis for the price to be fixed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
A Stars Lloht Year.

A stars light year means the length
Of time as measured by our years that
q particular stars light takes in reach
ing the earth. Light travels at the
rate Of about $4,000 miles second,
yet even at that speed some Of the
fixed stars are so distant from the
earth that it takes their light several
years to reach US. The sun is 93,OOO'
600 miles from the earth and its light
reaches in less than nine minutes, but
the light from Sirius, sometimes called
the Dog star, is eight years in reaching
us. The Pole star or North star, has
q As light year, that is, its light Is 45
years in reaching the earth. If one OF
these ineonceivably distant fixed stars
should be blotted out Of existence to-
night we should continue to see It for
years to come from its rays Of light
already on their way to the earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
She Has Skill with a Skillet

Where we are living at present we
have no gas range, only a two-burner
plate, and the coal range is so large
that It requires a great deal Of fuel
to heat the oven sufficiently to bake
even few mullins or biscuits, 80 that
I have tried to find satisfactory sub
stitute that could be cooked In a skill
let. By using the skillet dry and
sprinkling it lightly with -four, bake
very enjoyable biscuit, cake or scons.
For these I use simply biscuit bat
ter, made a trife sitter, patted or
rolled to about quarter-inch thick
ness. One must be sure to have the
fire or gas low enough not to burn the
outside Of the scone before the inside
has time to cook sufficiently. # gas
is used, a more even distribution Of the
heat may be obtained by using heat
ed lid from the stove under the skillet;
or a heavy piece Of tin or sheet iron
will serve the purpose.-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
SOCIETY WOMAN IS MAYOR
Leader Of Philadelphia "4oW Accepts
Offer of Job az Chief Executive
= Of Florida Town.

Florida has crossed the Rubicon Of
woman suffrage, according to Moore
Haven (Fla.) correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Ledger. The population
Of this city has petitioned a Philadel-
phia society woman who has been
farming a 2OO0:acre ranch In the IA
nous Everglades to accept the may
orally Of this city. She has accepted
after the two man candidates person
ally requested her to take the office.
Mrs. George Quintard Horwitz, the
new mayor-to-be of this city, the first
woman to break through the stone suf-
frage wall on the solid South, is one
of the most widely-known women In
the North.
In Philadelphia she has taken the
lead in social, philanthropic and relief
movements. In Florida she has an.
swered the call of the nation for food
stuffs. She gave up her winter home
in Palm Beech and took up the devef-
opment Of her estate In the Ever
glades. As the result she shipped from
her farm more than fifty carloads Of
potatoes.
She will ship from that same farm
in a few months more than 10000
bushels Of corn, hundreds Of hogs and
many head Of cattle. She Is now pre-
pairing to plant hundreds Of additional
acres Of foodstuffs.
Moore Haven was incorporated sew
eral months ago and It is the only city
in the state with equal franchise
rights for men and women At mass
meeting two men were nominated for
the mayoralty. The. fight promised to
be spirited before the election,
The next morning one Of tho candis
dates asked Mrs, Horwitz to serve.
She answered that If the people want
ed\ her she would accept 4 petition
signed by all qualified voters was
handed her that night
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
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Due West, Noy. 2s.-On last Sab
bath night a meeting took place in
the A. R. P. church in the interest Of
the 35,OOO,0O0 fund for carrying on
Y. NJ. c. A. work in the camps Of
this country and in Europe. Prof.
Edgar Long, the county chairman,
persided. He introduced Mr.. David.
son, soldier from the camp at Spar
tanburg and also Br. E. N. Orr from
the camp at Chattanooga, Tenn.
These gentlemen spoke of the ur-
gent need of this large fund to carry
on this great work. At the close of
the addresses Mr.. o. Y. Brownlee,
the local chairman, took charge of
the meeting and after emphasizing
the urgent need, had cards distri-
buted to the audience. Between
$500 and S700 has been raised. This
with the $500 raised by the Y. M. C.
A. will make the $1,000 allotted to
this community. The colored church.
es have been visited and responded
gratifyingly to the cause, Prof.
Long has visited different sections
of the county. He also spoke in
Newberry last week.
DR.. IN. Orr, who is now located
at Fort Oglethorpe, has been spend
ing few days in Due West with
his family. DR.. Orr is Y. M. C.
A. worker and has great field be-
fore him. He spoke in a most in
teresting way on this work Sabbath
night. DR.. Orr spent a few days
last week at Anderson and in Char
lotte. He returned on Tuesday to
Chattanooga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Press
ly for a few days. They are cous-
ins of Mrs. Pressly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
Usina Inferior Fuefa.

Now that it is possible to convert
inferior fuels, such as peat and brown
coal, with a relatively high degree of
efficiency, into gas by generators and
to make practical use Of them as
sources Of power, the interest in them
is increasing. In northern Germany,
whose water power is not easily avail.
able, the high and low .bogs are de.
stined to furnish the fuel needed for
the generation Of electricity. The eN
periences Of the overland power plant
in the Auricher Wiesmoor have proved
that with a peat consumption Of 2
kilos IA pounds) per kilowatt hour
the peat bogs are an economically use
full source Of power Of great extent
and duration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-30
Why He Didn't Volunteer.

The army recruiting officer was SIT
ting in the Office when q f1ne-looking
young fellow stopped to look at the
war trophies through the plate-glass
window. The sergeant hustled outside
and asked the man to volunteer.
"Pll not volunteer" he replied. II
don't mind fighting, but no volunteer
ing for me-"
"Why not" asked the sergeant.
"Aren't the king and the kaiser
cousins" asked the prospect.
'sYes," admitted the recruiting agent.
swell, I volunteered last night in
q family squabble, and that's how 1
got this scratch on my chiH. Phone
me request If you want me. I'll
come but no more volunteering."-
Chicago Herald.