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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-29

courage from the silence, RE vontured
70 mise to Window and step within
Dut NJ had Mt gons two feet when
M11hout any warning. she was seized.
on0olded In the arms Of Z hulking crea-
ture who had been spying upon hez
from behind tree.
| = vtllain0uS reek Of alcoholic breath
half stransied the girl - her captor
bent his face toward hers.
sGot you!" he muttered thickly.
~G0t you, M lady, with the goods on
YOu win throw me down. win you
You viii leave me 60 to the devil
while you blow around with swells,
pretending you're what you amt, never
Was, never viii bel oh, I'm onto your
little gnme, Elaine, my beautyi And
I'm in on It Or I'll squeal 90. loud you
can hear me In the ONCE Of the prose-
cufin' attorney Stop strugglin' and
listen to reason, do you hearr
In the bloated and eonsested fea-
tures of the drunkard Patria rec0g.
nised tho man Edouard, the manager
a MAINE. who once before had mis-
tahea her for hls dancing. woman and
had suffered srissously Il PARIS hands
IN Consequences e that mlet1ke.
Let No sol" - pents n loathing.
Let ~ %. ! ptyl
ut eAancei |" - Jeered. .Dat H.
U dsarie 20 oDa't have % -
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-29

IKE Z naushfy child, abe had 1eart
70 own the truth about her overnight
adventure. But now the need Of con-
fesston was strong upon her.
From the haven Of her lovers arms
she stared thoughtfully OF into the for
est.
Something moved among the trees.
The head and shoulders Of . man rose
slowly from cover Of Z breast-high
growth Of underbrush. Patria looked
straight into the eyes Of Edouard,
bloodshot in q mask Of features that
worked with rage.
She drewa long breath. BY no other
sign did she betray the terror that MS
sailed her. Edouafd was lifting into
sight . pistol, but his anger and the
condition Of nervous system wrecked
BY prolonged debauches rendered fu-
tile all his efforts to level the weapon
and take steady aim.
It was her Donald whom this crea.
ture sought to kin.
Gently disengaging. ahe looked up
STEADILY into her lovers eyes.
Don, dear" she said in 1 small
voice, do something to please me-
a. 4 Jon needed to ask
Then. please please, Donald, my
Donald IWnnf 70 - alone for; i few
mln1tes = think over eomethfng / have
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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-29

crept down to the beach and launched
her canoe. 1t was matter Of several
miles, but she made nothing of the
cruise to the beach beneath the cliffs
crowned by her summer home.
Enfecting a landing there as secret
as her launching had teen, she dragged
j the canoe up on the sands, Rugged the
cloak more tightly round her, and with
n delicious SILVER Of daring sought the
private flight of steps that zigzagged
/ up to the grounds of the Claiming cot
! tage.
At the top Patria sought the friendly
shelter of the nearest shadows, then
made a furtive way towards the house.
There were on the ground a dozen
cOigns of vantage known to Patria
whence spying would be practicable
and safe.
In the nearest of these, close by the
wide veranda, she resigned herself to
wait with far less cOmpOsure than her
motionless pose might have been taken
to indicate.
Even so, her patience was not Sc
verely taxed. Within q very few min
utes the light in one of the French
windows Of the Lrawing-room was
twice eclipsed, as two people came
out and began slowly to pace the YER
anda, side by side-Elaine and the I'M
speakable Juan de Lima
Moonlight flooded the face and dg-
ure Of the changeling with unearthly
brilliance. Patria could have cried out
In amaze. 20 extraordinary seemed the
vision she gaxed upon.
De Lima wooed her after the manner
Of his kind, ardently, crudely, with
patent intention. Inching closer. he es-
sayed to kiss her.
But Elaine would not suffer him.
That's % far % you'll go!' she told
him, in the choice Of words that came
most naturally to her. I'm going to
marry you-yes! Marrying you is part
Of my contract with Huroki-I wish
to God It wasn't. I'll go through with
1t because agreed to. but-lay on me
whenever we're alone. Marriage is
one thing-kisses are something else
again I"
She swung brusquely back through
the window. With IN imprecation In
his native tongue. the Mexican fol-
lowed.
Patria stepped back and sought .
way round to point whence she
might zee through the windows. Taking
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-29

The Enrased Lover Attacks the Girl.
to the wall. her face CHASTITY beneath
the rouge.
Dropping her beach wrap, Patria un-
covered her pistol.
"Be good enough" she said coldly,
ITO let me have that costume you are
wearing. I give you this chance of es-
cape, but warn you not to waste time.
The police will be here in ten min
utes!"
Dumb in despair, Elaine began to
tumble with the fastenmgs Of her at.
tire.
The door was tried; from the hall
way the voice Of the maid became
audible:
Miss Claiming. do you need me?"
"NOt in the least" Patria replied.
"Go away and don't come back for half
an hour"
Patria moved across the room and
picked up the costume out Of which
Elaine had just stepped, Spanish
dancers dress.
But it was far from easy to manage
the change and pistol ut one and the
same time. On sudden decision Patria
unlocked the door.
'Put that beach cloak over your un
derthings," she ordered Elaine, "ant
go!"
suDmissiveiy' hia'ne PICKED up tns
CLOAK ana went 10 the door. fatE'a
crossed 20 Z enevaA giass On tne ia1
sue OF the room, on tne way putting
"el pss'ol On = nt''o .soae - tle se'
~. =. 'le wln. n. .A.e1'
w"ie nooAns w .1.e u1S oe.oe LUG
Jus sue saw A''alnS nlns .ns oooE
~ .1 49, 49," - -
.t1,a movou' uut I..'n. 80 moveo
wv 4u.eAv -. 1os s c'oseo
Spon '.e p'seo
Slmultaneousiy mans nana was
thrust IN oet"een the WINDOW draper
.es' noiolns Ie'olver. Inns last was
ulscna1seu VII" wnAt: IL .nat saul'
$780, seeu uea1enlns ue.onauo :.
w. Mi'nout = mucn - = ssn Alalne Ie'''
quo wa ueau Oe1ole sns ny u lest'
Anousn.less VI uanser' ratf'a
seacneu .ne Willow 10 t,ms 70 see :
$1,000. 49,. s,,a 80. En-. - 1870. 49, 1870, "s
svp'o". A~ue Aeo.eu W lug "Auio"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-29
Dr.. ]. Clarence Berwick

Physieiaa and Sturgeon
ONCE hours 81 .. m; 4-6 p. N.
ONCE 1T the Peoples Drug Co. On.
postte New Depot. sCalls answered
day or night. Office phone No. {.
Residence s21, Morgan City, La.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16

rain interrupted only by deadly
flashes of light. The rain continued
far into the night. At daybreak the
disheartened farmers viewed the
once golden hay now Shiny and
drenched lying fiat on the ground.
At intervals tall, naked poles stand
in the open fields. There lies the
ruins of a shattered barn. Fences
hav etoppled over. Cotton plants
look like wet grass, and beaten bolls
lie upon the ground.
But, 10! over that distant steep
covered with pines the sun comes
out in his richest apparel whether
promising q new day or smiling in
derision at this havoc, one cannot
tell. Margaret Cox,
Tenth Grade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
THE Y. M. c. A. MEETING.

1t is to be hoped that the people
of the city will attend the meeting
in the interest of the Y. M. c. A..
work in the army, which meeting IS
to be held in the Court House this
evening. The program will be in
teresting and instructive, we have
no doubt. But the people should
not attend only on this account.
The War Department and the offl-
GERS of the army have put the stamp
of their APPROVAL on the work being
done bv this association for the
Young men in the camps and at the
front. Just what it is doing for
the men in the army, and what II
promises, can best be learned by
attending the meeting this evening
Of course it needs money for Its
support and every man, woman ano
child in Abbeville should give tc
the worthy cause. No man in Alb
beville has yet given as much 1ol
the cause of the war as he has pro-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
A BREWERY CHANGES
TO A SUGAR REFINERY

An interesting bit of news comes
from Tampa to the effect that the
Florida Brewing Co.'s plant will be
remodeled and turned into a sugar
refinery, equipped for a daily capa-
city of 100 tons of refined sugar.
Thus an institution which has help
ed to bring poverty and death, is
now to produce a food product es-
sential to the welfare of the people.
May the time not be distant when
every other brewery and every whis-
key distillery in the country will be
turned from it's present work OF
human destruction into some occu-
patton which will make it factor
in human progress and upbuilding
Manufacturers Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

One of the most pleasing feat
ures of the entertainment at the
Opera House last Thursday night
was the drill by the Red Cross
nurses and the Boy Scouts, though
there was noticeable lack of def
erence shown the Star Spangled
Banner. 1t is customary and pro-
per that the audience rise and stand
during the playing and singing of
our national air and Abbeville
should conform to this beautiful
custom. Thursday night only the
soldiers in the audience stood until
requested.
The proper attitude for a man is
to stand facing the music with his
right hand crossed above his heart,
a woman should stand at "atten-
tion," that is-with both hands held
straight to her side.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
COTTON CONSUMED DURING
OCTOBER SHOWS INCREASE
595,332 Bales and 100,136 Linters
Used Against 550,655 Bales and
67,22S Linters Last Year.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Cottor
consumed during October was 595,
332 running bales, and 100,13t
bales of linters, the census bureau
today announced.
Consumption for the three month:
ending October 81, was 1851, ,41s
running bales and 26s,193 bales Of
linters. Last year in October $50,
655 bales of lint and 67,228 of lint
ers were consumed, and during the
three months period, 1,636,72s
bales of lint and 2O1,295 of linters
Cotton on hand October 81 this
year in consuming establishments
amounted to 1,085,770 running
bales, and 69,S87 bales of linters,
compared with 1,721,990 of lint and
67,435 of linters a year ago, and in
public storage and at congresses
3,O30,455 bales of lint and 1921
of linters, compared with 3,667,S4O
of lint and 77,207 of linters a year
ago.
Cotton spindles active during Oc-
tober numbered 33,576,922, COM
pared with 32,557,717 a year ago.
Imports were 1852 bales and for
the three months 29,475 bales.
Exports during October were 555,
565 bales, including 1892 bales of
linters, and for the three months,
1 ,449,379, including 94,166 bales
of linters, compared with 796,588
bales in October a year ago end
7,43O bales of linters, and
1,761,613 bales, including 75,O9S Of
linters for the three months period
a year ago.
Statistics for cotton growing
states.
Consumed, 334,888 a year ago,
and for the three months, 965,124,
compared with 935,773 a year ago.
On hand October 81, in consum-
ing establishments, 53s,4S0 bales
compared with 1,024,O29 year ago
and in public storage and at COM
presses, 2,867,365 bales, compared
with 3,469,542 a year ago.
Cotton spindles active 14,162,-
179 compared with 13,440,937 a
year ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
Y. M. c. A. MASS MEETING.

A mass meeting of the citizens OF
Abbeville will be held in the court
house this afternoon (Friday) at
seven-thirty o'clock in the interest
of the army Y. M. C. A.-work. Mr..
T. v. McCaul of Camp Jackson at
Columbia, and other speakers will
be present and present the Y. M.
C. A. cause to the people of Able
vile, explaining the work which the
association is doing for the men in
the army. Mr.. A. B. Morse has
been appointed chairman for the
city of Abbeville to take charge of
the work here. He will shortly ap-
point the names of the committee
which is to solicit subscriptions for
the thirty-fve million dollars asked
of the people of the United States
for Y. M. C. A. work in the army.
Among the features of the meet
ing this evening will be a roll cal
of the soldiers from Abbeville Coun
| ty.
Parents and relatives of the sol
/ dlers who are in the service of the
Government are especially invited
as are also the Confederate Veter
ans. The cooperation of the pas
tors of the city is also requested.
Prof. Edgar Long Of Erskine Col
lege, is the County Chairman in thu
Y. M. C. A. movemoa, in A5bevillt
County. I!c will likely be presen
and have charge of the meeting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
South
LIEUT.. HARRISON.

DR.. Harrison received a letter
from his son, Frank, who has been
in the training camp at Camp Upton
Long Island, New York, saying that
he would arrive in Abbeviile today
He will spend a short vacation be-
fore he is ready for active service.
He stood the examination and has
received a commission as Second
Lieutenant in the Regular Army.
We are proud of our boys tor
they are doing well.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
ABBEVILLE COUNTY
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

The Abbeville County Teachers
Association will hold it's next meet
ing on Saturday, Nov. "a, at II
o'clock.
There will be demonstration les
sons in Reading by Miss Epting of
the AbbevilEe City Schools and by
Miss Kennedy of the Due West
schools.
Miss Williams of the Sharon
school will discuss the teaching of
History in the grammar grades.
The address will be made by DR..
Patterson Wardlaw of the Univer-
sity of South Carolina:
All teachers are urged to be
present.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16

fitted on account of the war. If we
are really patriotic, let US attend
the meeting and respond to the call
of the men who are making the
great sacrifice for us and ours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
11-16-3.

Elihu Finley and his son, Johnnie
Finley, of the Bethel neighborhood,
spent several hours here Saturday
afternoon. Mr.. Finley says he
doesn't like to see his name in the
paper but we think he must be
joking.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
STAMPS FOR SOLDIERS.

While the soldiers were in town
yesterday there was such a demand
for stamps to mail cards to their
home people that Postmaster Min
shall supplied them with twelve
hundred. The soldiers said they
were very grateful for rhey could
not break ranks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
Friday, November 16, 1917.
WHEAT GROWING.

It has not been so many years
ago that the farmers of the county
produced all their wheat at home
Forty years ago it was an unheard'
of thing for a farmer to buy all the
-four used on his farm. Of late
years, however, the farmers have
not been planting wheat, chiefly for
the reason that the yield has not
been satisfactory and it has been
more profitable to grow cotton and
buy flour than to attempt to grow
the wheat itself. =
The war has changed the situa-
ton at this time. 1t is not now a
question of what it costs to grow
wheat so much as it is question
of being able to get wheat or flour.
The demands Of the country and
especially of the allied armies for
wheat is so great that the supply is
not sufficient to meet it. In this
condition of things there are but
two things to do. The one is to use
less wheat and flour, and the other
is to produce more. Both are worth
while in helping the government
supply the food problem at home
and in the army.
Wheat may still be proftably
produced in Abbeville County by
intelligent cultivation. The fact
that so many men are being called
to the army will cause many acres
of land to lie idle until the end of
the war unless these lands are SOW
ed in grain. The whole acreage of
the years gone by cannot be farmed
next year nor the year following
unless the war shall end before that
time. The farmers then are con-
fronted with an election between
the two questions, the one of let
ting the lands lie idle or the other
of sowing them in small grain. 1t
must appear more profitable to sow
some of the lands down rather than
allow them to remain idle.
To meet the condition confront
ing them, and to revive the interest
of the farmers in wheat growing
and to show them that wheat may
still be proftably grown in Able
vile county, Prof. W. W. Long has
appointed several meetings in Abb
beville County, which have been
arranged by County Agent Rowell,
at which speakers will be present
to discuss the matter of wheat
growing by our people. The meet
ings are being advertised in the
several communities, and we take
this opportunity to emphasize the
importance of the movement and to
urge the people of the county to
take an interest in the matter, and
that they not only attend the meet
ings but arrange now to plant a
certain acreage in wheat during
the fall, fertilize it properly, and
undertake to take care of the bread
supply at home and help the gov
ernment in furnishing the necessary
supply at the front.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
Masters Sale.
State of South Carolina,
County Of Abbeville.
Court of Common Pleas.
D WA AYDrry-1 -


j. R. VANDIVER, Ex.
against
FANNIE T. ALLEN.
BY authority of Decree Of Sale
oy the Court of Common Pleas for
Abbeville County, in said State,
made in the above stated case, will
offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at
Abbeville, c. H., S. c., on Salesday
in December. A. D. 1917, within
the legal hours of sale the following
described land. to wit: All that
tract or parcel of land situate, w.
ing and being in Abbeville County.
in the State aforesaid, containing
Sixty-Five (s5) Acres, more or less,
and bounded by Josiah Burton, Mrs.
Mary Black, Estate Lewis Bosler,
ct al.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH. Pur-
chaser to pay for papers and Reve-
nue. Stamps.
R. E. HILL,
11-16-3. Master A. c., S. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Galloway of Ten
nessee are staying with Miss Maggie
Brooks for a couple of months. Mr..
Galloway is connected with an ad-
vertising agency.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16

What are we poor people going to
do with a shortage in everything!
The coal and the wood is the fore
most in our minds now.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16

We asked a negro severa days
ago if he wasn't getting rich these
days picking cotton at rs cents a
hundred. He said not so fast now
since the frost had made the cotton
lighter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
SNAP SHOTS FROM
ABBEV|LLE SCHOOL
A BALKY HORSE.

perating creature on earth, for if he
takes a notion to stop there are
very few things that can make him
start again. Abou ia year ago my
father bought a horse whose habits
! he did not know very well. On the
day after the purchase I decided to
go out into the country. reached
my destination all right and felt
like Dragging about the trade we had
made. On the return trip every
thing seemed to 60 very smoothly
until all at once the animal stopped
with a jerk. He could not be per-
suaded to start, and although I
whipped him for quite while, he
acted as if he were made of stone.
Then 1 tried to lead him forward,
but he would not bulge. Next I
got little pile of dry leaves and
set it on fire under him. He only
moved up about two steps and stop
ped, giving me the pleasant antici-
patton of seeing my buggy burn up.
After a few frenied efforts on my
part the fire was put out. I remem-
bered a house which I had passed
about a mile back, and I walked
there and got quart of corn. This
held under the stubborn horses
nose, always just out of his reach,
until l enticed him out on the side
of the road and hitched him to a
large tree. Remarking that if he
didn't want any supper it wasn't
any sign I didn't, began a two
hours walk back home.
At about twelve o'clock the next
day I walked back, and when L
reached the old horse he seemed
very gla dto see me. A chilly au-
tumn night had passed, and had, no
doubt, given him quite miserable
experience. When I united him,
he was very glad to go and express
ed his willingness to run all the way
home. I had no serious objection
to his haste, for I was still grouchy
on account of my walk of the night
before. i
George Jones,
Tenth Grade.
Mr.. Riser interested the members
of the ninth grade recently in the
Classification of the word "Come" in
the sentence, "The melancholy
autumn days are come" A small
prize was offered to the one who
wrote the best discussion of the
word. This answer, written by
Mary Stevenson, was judged to be
best: "Come is an adjective used as
a subjective complement because it
completes the meaning Of the verb
are and refers to the subject days.
Come in this sentence is used just
as present is used in the following
sentence: "The autumn days are
present" Present is an adjective
used as a subjective complement ,"
The Abbeville Chapter of the
American Red Cross has called for
one hundred and twelve Christmas
packages for our soldiers in France
and in the cantonments. Why can
not each grade in this school con-
tribute one package?
Miss Julia Bryce, former teach
er in Abbeville, was welcome visi-
tor in our schools on Monday.
The engagement of Miss Mary
Frances Poole to Mr.. Robert S.
Owens of Mccormick, has been an
nounced. The wedding will take
place in December.
! Once in the golden month of Sep
tember the freshly mown hay was
piled high in the fields. In the late
] 4 IL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16

The Elberton Star is going t.
adopt the cash-in-advance plan o.
it's subscription. Good idea. W
are using the scissors on our lis
every day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16
BREVITIES.

* * * * * * * * 4 4 4
Why not sell potatoes at fifty
cents a bushel and save the crop.
Don't we wish for a grand slice
of watermelon now. We think we
could be happy for short time.
Billy Sunday has deep sense Of
humor. He is authority for the
statement that Jonah made the first
successful trip in a submarine.
A good thing for the town would
be a very low heating rate and then
the wood and coal proposition would
be small matter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16

Only one big British ship was
sunk last week. The Germans will
have TO get new death dealing
device for the submarine is "on its
last legs"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-11-16

place in December.
Once in the golden month of Sep
tember the freshly mown hay was
piled high in the fields. In the late
afternoon a dark cloud which over
shadowed the village grew darker.
There was vivid flash of lightning
followed by the near roaring of
thunder. Between the peals of thun-
der, the silence was broken by the
rattling of wagon wheels. People
were moving in all directions; men
were busily loading the hay; women
from the surrounding farmyards
were calling in their children and
gathering the starched clothes from
the fences.
The bowling wind rose with the
nearing of the storm. Here and
there large drops of rain fell from
the clouds, which seemed not higher
than one could reach on tiptoe. The
flashes of lightning and the crashing
of thunder became more menacing
Then down came great torrents OF