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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-19

think best. However. it viii be no
disappointment To me IL action on
any or all of these suggestions Is
deferred for the time being as |
well know the resources Of the city
win be strained in an attempt to
| care for contracts recently made.
The location OF the city pump
station is such that it IL fire
heard. Should it burn during the
| progress Of another fire and the
| water in the stand pipes be ex-
hausted, the machinery would be
| imperative and no water could be
pumped into the maine. The build
ing should be made fire proof in
order to guard against such a con-
dition.
To me It seems but right for the
city 10 own all meters end meter
boxes. The water works is the only
business knew Of that requires
the consumer 70 furnish the
measuring device for the thing pur-
chased From inquiries recently
sent to eight cities it was found
that six of this number owned and
controlled all meters. The consum-
or now pays the city $500 for the
tap. $3.50 for tie meter and $3.50
for a meter box, making a total
Of $14.00 paid the city before pipe
leaves the main. The city then
las no control over a meter except
to repair same whom needed and
make the consumer foot the bill.
Meters owned by the city could b.
so protected by lock boxes that
kreakage ard upkeep would be
minimizea. A nominal charge
could be made for tapping the main
in the future and Il plan worked
cut whereby all meters now in use
could be taken over by the city
without embarrassing the water
fund
The extension of water and sew
or lines as fast as finances will
allow is only fair to those who
are denied the privilege Of pro
teoting their health by access to a
wer. There is not sewer line
on BuIlard Heights and very little
water main. A number of thick
" popnlated streets in other parts
o. the city are without either
The council saw fit at the regu-
lar March meeting to reduce water
rates; the minimum rs cent charge
being reduced 10 so cents and the
rate of 80 cents per one thousand
gallons reduced to 40 cents per one
thousand gallons. In view OF the
Immediate heavy expenses forced
anon the water department in eX'
tending and lowering MAINS re-
placing the main on college street
;, hicb is ruined by elee.roiysis. and
doinr such other things made neees-
sar4 bv future street paving, 1t
did not seem to me an opportpne
time to reduce rates without max
inr provisions for revenue to care
Tor The known expenses of not less
than 100000. The annHaI -oss
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-19

made OF the places where lighAs
are most needed and that same will
be submitted to the council at an
early date.
There being no further business
TO come before the council it adj
journed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-19

Read the Light for the news.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
BY LILY HAXWORTH WALLACE
National President Associated Clubs of Domestic Science

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-13
SEVEN
ALL CHILDREN LOVE
"SYRUP OF FIGS" FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
Give it When Feverish, Cross, Bill.
ious, for Bad Breath or Sour
Stomach.

Look at thetongue, Mother! II
coated, it is a sure sign that your
little ones stomach, liver and bowels
need a gentle, thorough cleansing 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 q
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 it's little bowels without gripping,
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 1t
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-upss
plainly on the bottle. Beware OF
counterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the genuine, 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, 1917-06-13
DRINK HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST
Says you really feel clean, sweet
and fresh inside, and
are seldom i'll.

If you are accustomed to wake up
with a coated tongue, foul breath or
a dull, dizzy headache; or, if your
meals sour and turn into gas and
acids, you have a real surprise await
ing you.
Tomorrow morning, Immediately
upon arising, drink a glass of hot
water with a t%easpoonful of lime
stone phosphate in it. This is IN
tended to first neutralize and then
wash out of your stomach, liver, kid
neys, and thirty feet of intest!nes
all the indigestible waste, poisons,
o ur bile and toxins, thus cleansing.
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary canal.
Those subject to sick headaches,
backaches, bilious attacks, constipa-
ton or any form of stomach trouble,
are urged to get a quarter pound OF
limestone phosphate from the drug
store and begin enjoying this morn
ing inside bath. It is said that men
and women who try this become en-
thusiastic and keep it Up daily. 1t is
a splendid health measure for it is
more important to Keep clean and
pure o1 the msi .e than OH RE ont
side, because the skin pores do not
absorb impurities into the blood.
causing disease, while the bowel
pores do. >.
The principle Of bathing inside is
not new, as millions OF people prac-
tice it. Just as hot water and soap
cleanse, purify and freshen the skin,
so hot water and a te%aspoonful of
limestone phosphate act en- the stom-
ach, livre, kidneys and bowels. Lime
stone phosphate is an inexpensive
white powder and almost tasteless.
ADV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-13
For Sale

The Lawson place,
containing 81 IA acres,
just 2 miles from the
center of h city of Ab-
beville. A good dwell
ing, two tenant houses,
large barn a d good
stables. A good pasture
and fine farming land.
639 acres land about
10 miles from Able
vile. Good tenant hous-.
es and we'll improved.
Can give good terms
Price $780,
1853 acres about two
miles from city limits Of
Abbeville, IS to 80
a acres in cultivation.
Abundance of w o d
and plenty saw timber,
two running streams on
t h e plantation. Lies
we'll. Price $4,000 per
acre.
1913 acres about IL
mile outside city limits
Abbeville, three
horse farm open on The
place e, fine pasture,
plenty wood and water,
Price $4,000 per acre.
[ have quite a lot OF
farming lands and city
property listed with me
for sale. Come to see
me, I feel sure 1 can
please you if you wish
to buy any kind of real
estate.
ROBT. S. LINK.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-13

shall accept as authoritative the
standards and classifications of cot
ton established by the Federal Gov
eminent"
For all cotton stored in a State
Warehouse the Commissioner shall
issue a receipt "under the seal and
in the name of the State of South
Carolina"
Every bale of cotton stored in a
State Warehouse must carry a tag
showing that it has been Legally
weighed" by the manager of the
warehouse and that it has been grad
ed by "a Federal or State Inspector"
The warehouse receipt issued for
the cotton must state the location
of warehouse, name of manager or
agent of the warehouse, the mark on
the bale, weight, grade and whether
long or short staple, so as to be able
to deliver on surrender of the re-
ceipt the identical cotton for which
it vas given"
"The said receipt carries the alb
solute title of the cotton" the re-
ceipt is transferable by written as
Segment and actual delivery"
"The weights, classes and grades
of cotton on storage are under this
Act only guaranteed by the State in
favor of those who loan money or
buy cotton stored in warehouses;"
Cotton represented by the ware
house receipt is deliverable only on
a physical presentation of the re-
reipt which is to be marked cancel
ed when the cotton is taken from
the warehouse"
Any manager or other employee
of a State Warehouse who shall
fraudulently issue a receipt or a
duplicate receipt for cotton, or who
shall "deliver cotton from a ware
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-13
THE STATE WAREHOUSE
SYSTEM. ANALYSIS OF LAW

The law providing for the Cotton
Warehouse System for the State of
South Carolina" was passed at the
extraordinary session of the General
Assembly in October, 1914.
It was entitled can Act to Regu-
late the Storing, Grading and Mar
keting of Cotton"
Its purpose was "to protect the
people of this State from irreparable
loss, to provide some general plan
for warehousing, and to finance the
CROP by converting cotton into a ne
gotiable security which will com
mand respect in the money markets
of the world" ,,.,
1t was designed to establish a
Cotton Warehouse System "Wlthln
the police powers of the State ana
for the general welfare"
The administration of the System
was placed in the hands of the State
Warehouse Commissioner who was
elected by the General Assembly Tor
the term of two years.
The State Warehouse COMMISSION
er is required to give "a bond to
the State of South Carolina in the
sum of fifty thousand dollars to
guarantee the faithful performance
of his duties"
The Commissioner is empowered
ito acquire property for the ware
housing of cotton" and to supervise
the operation of warehouses through
bonded managers.
The cotton stored in a warehouse
connected with the State Warehouse
system is at all times and automatl-
cally covered by insurance.
"The Warehouse Commissioner
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-13
AMERICAN MISSION
REACHES RUSSIA

Washington, June 3.-Safe ar
rival at a Russian port Of the Ameri-
can commission to Russia, headed by
Elihu Root, ambassador extraordi-
nary, was announced today in a des-
patch to the navy department.
The commission left Washington
about May Is, charged with greet
ings to the new democratic govern
ment of Russia, and authorized to
pledge unstinted aid from the United
States not only in the prosecution Of
war against the common enemy, but
in the rehabilitation of the democrat
lied country. 1t was preceded by a
special mission of railroad experts,
whose arrival already had been an
nounced.
After a final conference between
President Wilson and Mr.. Root the
commissioners travelled overland to
the Pacific coast and there boarded a
fast naval vessel for the voyage to
the Orient. Under the voluntary cen
sorship, at the request of the navy
department American newspapers re-
Trained from publishing anything
about their departure Or the points
through which they passed along the
way. While no German submarines
are known to be operating in the Pa
cifc it was deemed wise to print no
details until the voyagers were safely
landed.
The arrival of the mission at Petro-
grad is awaited a~nxiously, because
it is confidently believed here that
the assurance it brings from the
American government and people
and the counsel of its members will
do much toward steadying and
strengthening the hands Of the pro-
visional government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-13
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

"A Vt OS&I1AA
County of Abbeville.
Probate Court.
Citation for Letters Of Administra-
ton.
|By J. F. MILLER, Esq, Judge of.
Probate:
Whereas, ]. Harvey Clinkscales,
hath made suit to me to grant him
Letters of Administration of the Es-
tate and effects of ARA G. Clink-
scales, late of Abbeville county, de-
ceased.
These are therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kind
red and creditors of the said ARA
C. 'Clinkscales, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, i'll the
Court of Probate, to be held at Alb
beville Court House, on Monday, the
18th day of June, 1917 after pub
LEGATION hereof, at II o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Admlnlstra-
ton should not be granted.
Gwen under my hand and seal OF
the Court, this 4th day of June, in
the year of our Lord n thousand
nine hundred and seventeen, and IN
the 14st year of American Indepen-
dence.
Published on the 9th day Of June,
1917, in The Press and Banner, n
on the Court House door for the
time required by law.
J. F. MILLER,
Judge Of Probate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-13
Notice of Settlement and
Application for Final Discharge

INOLICc Vi
Application for Final Discharge
TAKE NOTICE, that on the 3Oth
day of June, 1917, I will render a
final account of my actings and do
ings as administrator of the estate
of Mrs. Helen Louise Jaques Thomas
deceased, in the office of Judge Of
Probate for Abbeville County at 10
o'clock a. M, and on the same day
will apply for a final discharge from
nv trust as such administrator.
All persons having demands against
said estate will present Them for
payment on or before that day,
proven and authenticated or he for
ever barred.
A. S. Thomas, Administrator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-05-25

aoor, the statues 81 the State viii
DC carefully eXa nined to firL all the
laws concerning v.grancy. Every
man able to work VINO is not at work
will be listed and steps taken TO make
him work. if authority can be found.
Another feature Of the work Of
the council will be tod urge every
woman in the STATE to subscribe 10
the following pledge:
In view of the pressing necessity
OF conserving the food supply of the
nation, l hereby pledge myself to do
my bit as follows: Il will use only
those amounts of food required for
adequate nourishment. will endcav-
or to control the waste in all kinds
Of materials in the household and to
live simply. l will begin now
Local councils of defense are being
former in every county in Virginia.
These councils will be saked to CO.
operate in every way possible with
the central council at Richmond. Lists
will probably be announced in few
days.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-05-25
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US
TO TAKE PART.

In the great war in which we are
now engaged, il seems that no one.
however poor or whatever their sit
uation, is shut out from taking some
part i'll contributing to the success OF
the great struggle.
The Liberty Loan opens an ave
nue. for the men of small means to
help the cause. Instead OF impos-
ing an extra tax and burden the
plan is devised to borrow money from
the people, paying interest on the
loan, and eventually returning the
original amount loaned. Govern
ment bonds, in small denominations
bearing 8 1-2 per cent. interest. the
money so raised-2 billion dollars is
the amount wanted-to be used tc
help in the struggle for liberty and
freedom of the world.
You can buy bond OH the install
ment plan if you prefer. There are
hundreds of men in this county who
have surplus-money lying in bank,
subject to deposit drawing no in
terest, which could easily be sparcJ
IN this great emergency. 1t is Il
duty us well as an investment priy-
ilcge to come to the relief of the
government. These bonds, bcarinp
IL per cent interest, are not tax
able, and are more profitable than
bank deposits, at 4 per cent, which
are taxable.
But no one is thinking chiefly now
OF the investment feature, but only
OF patriotic duty it should be a
pleasure to perform.
Apply TO any bank in the county.
They will take your subscription
free. Buy one or more of these bonds
and do it quick.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-05-25
BURNED TO DEATH.
..uci.e Niillcr Came To Dealt, By Ac-
cident. Saws Bluciieid Hurry.

cIdcnt, Says BIuciieid Jury.
Blucficld. w. Va.-Lucile Miller,
the fifteen year old orphan, who was
80 seriously burned when her cloth +.
ing became ignitcd on Stony Ridge
early Tuesday morning of la;l week,
that che died few hourg later, came
to her death as Tie result o., an ac-
oidcnt This was the verdict Of = cor
uners jury after half dozen wit
ncsscs had been heard and the ccee
was thoroughly investigated by the
county and city authorities.
As Il result of the verdict, Fred
Profret, the dead child's sweetheart
and his older brother, John. were re-
leased from custody. They had been
arrested on warrants charging them
with contributing TO the delinquency
of u minor. Mrs. Alice PROTECT, moth
or of the boys, was fined twenty-five
dollars by Justice of the Peace -
Frazier Showers on IL charge Of as
Sault and battery on the girl.
The charge against Mrs. Proifct
developed when witnesses testified at
he inquest that Fred Protfct and Lu-
ellie Miller were cncampcd on the
mountain SHE Monday night in order
that the girl might escape the wrath
of the mother. Mrs. Pr offet, the tcs-
timony showed, strcnuously objected
to the attentions her sen was paying
the girl. Sunday afternoon she or
| dcred the girl from the PROTECT home,
across the mountain side from this
city, when she learned that Fred and
Lucille proposed to get married. The
mother made her demand so cmphat-
| ic, it was borne out at the inquest,
that the dead girl mad to jump from
Il second story window of the farm
!housc i'll order TO escape probably
serious injury 1T Mrs. PROTECTS hands.
The child was afraid TO return TO the
PROJECT home and the couple decided
To- spend the night together on Stony
Ridge ard early Tuesday morning
they were to 20 to Tip Top and b"
married. The boy had already pre-
| '.'' w Il iipilc nor nlS prospective
bride. The chil winds OF The nigh;
ncccasitated tire in ord,! that thc
sweetheart might keep warm. They
fell asleep and i'll some unknown man
nor Lucile's clothing caught alire.
Thu boy was awakened by the girls
screams and tried to pnt ont the fro
with his hands. la thi, liz failed
however, and she was so badly burn.
ed when assistance arrived she WI.
found to be past medical aid. She
1--we long CROUCH to eAoncrate Fred
iho!trt fto;n all blame in connection
with the accident. In statement &c
Special Constable Winfrcy and Pc
liccman Dillow, the girl rccited the
same story as that told by the boy
and said she welcomed death rather
than be parted from her sweetheart
on this earth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-05-25
BUY 4 BOND!

lie still for moment, D wars alarms
And listen you Yankee bands;
This isn't clarion call to arms;
It's wholly a call to hands.
Americas flock,
Your Golfers unlock.
GOMEZ open the golden dam!
lio! get out the sock, the COOL old sock
And buy from your Uncle sam.
You lank New Highlander, look you
back
To the days of the minute men,
Who titled the land for your golden
stack,
Your prosperous citizen!
Your patriotic stock
AT money could mock;
Are you, their son, but Il sham?
Come, get out the sock. the wcll-fllcd
sock,
And buy of your Uncle Sam!
You city millions, whose family trees
i-S"N up W oie lOTcDeaf-WO fk,
Your moneys good as the best of
these,
q carter, or cook or clerk,
You slave Of the dock,
Dig down in your frock
And don't be as tight us a clam!
jus tget out the seek, the long-kept
sock,
And buy from your Uncle Sam!
o butcher. baker and boss ut the bar!
q farmer and fiddler folk,
There's one line test of the man you
are:
Will you for the Flag go broke?
Columibia's knock
Should stir like shock.
So answer. "Yom' son I ann"
AND grab up your sock, your golden
sock,
And buy from your Uncle Sam,
New York World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-05-25
THE RED CROSS NIIRsE

Three cheers for the girls that wa,r
the Red Cross,
ratfiotlsm you do not have to enforce
Voluntarily they all forward come.
Ready to serve at the tap of the drum
When soldier are wounded that go
to war, %
They are brought to the rear by the
hospital corps,
On stretchcrs they are hurried TO the
rear;
Both surgeons and nurses are wait
ing there.
The wounded is examined nj once bv
surgeon
10 see If I'm operation is urgent;
me nurse with antiseptic washes it
out
So the surgeon can see what he is
about.
After the surgeon has dressed it and
gone,
She is in charge of The case from
then on.
Taking his temperature from time to
time.
Calling the SURGEON if his pulse does
decline.
Oftentimes, night or day, she has no
time to sleep,
wounded ones come in so fast il
makes her heart weep.
Yet she never nurmurs nor does she
complain;
To help the unfortunate is hire sole
aim.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-05-25
Your Patriotic Duty-to Subscribe
TO the Liberty Loan Fund.
FORGET n.

we mean Il recent, deplorable
dreadful tragedy which has occurred
IN this State. May the chief partici-
pants be able to Forget it," Two
things more should be said, however.
with no sort OF desire to add feath-
ers-weight to burdens already heavy.
viz: If the faculty of that Institute
had taken cognizance of the habit
ual indulgences of one of its lead
Ing professors, which, Of course, must
have been known to it rs it was 10 tbc
students, and hauled him up and dis
cipiined him-stoppcd him, this trag-
edy might have never occurred
And, while there can be no sort of
1ustiflcation of the course of the I'M
fortunate woman in the case. it de-
veloped that she was more sinncd
against than SHINING. She was bctwcen
iS HieS. one went down.
But, IN the going she showed that
much Of the true woman and wife ro-
NAMED. She told the truth ON the
witness stand, when a lie would have
cleared her unfortunate husband Of
the charge Of homicide, by SAYING
that The pistol was discharged acci-
dentally in the struggle! She didn't
Shield herself-she told all the truth.
Her conscience now should be clear
She should have the sympathy of tbe
public-given another chance TO re-
build happy home. She has made
what atonement she could. Will her
sisters, wherever she goes, help her
up or push her down? Men will SYM
pathize-mem and women will sym.
pathize and receive the man, but wo-
men are uncompromising, and in too
many instances unforging. An ur-
fortunate woman finds her chief him
ORANGES in attempts at reformation nt
the hands of those who have the
greatest opportunities TO help. VIII
the women forget it,"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-05-25
NOTHING IN FAMINE PANIC"
TALK IN THIS COUNTRY

Chicago-Thc grain world is eth =
or acquainted with Il. w. Snow, the
we'll known statistician of Bartlett
Frazier company or know him by
reputation. Mr. Snow says that the
famine panic which has swept this
country in the past six weeks is the
ailliest exhibition Of national hys-
terra ever known, that there is no
famine i'll this country and that
there never will he as long as the
present relations between producer
and consumer is maintained.
He continued: "rhis wave Of hys-
terra is one Of those unaccountablc
things that sometimes sweeps even
thoughtful people Off their feet.
CAS- a MATTER of fact, there is
ample food Of all kinds to 20 around
and meet our requirements until the
new crops are available. 1t is not
in the least probable that another
season as thoroughly unfavorablc rs
last year can be experienced and
therefore in all human probability VIC
shall produce not only enough food
for our own supply, hut surplus
beyond the needs of export trade in
everything except the standard grains
wheat in particular, with the result
that in many forms of food, low ana
Improbable prices will prevail be.
fore the end of 1917"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-05-25
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT SELECTIYE DRAFT.

Here is the way the war depart
ment will exercise the draft-how a
man now a civilian may become a
soldier within the next few months:
l-One June 5 he registers in the
election precinct in which he resides.
lie goes on about his business.
AFTER delay of several weeks,
perahps a month or more, he is mott
fled by the war department either
that he has been exempted from SER
gice or that he has been selected. If