davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Elizabeth Ogilvie has re-
turned from visit to her sister, MRS
W, E. McCord, in Greenwood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

w, J. Mckee and w. n. Jordan,
of near Due West, were In town on
Monday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs. v. D. Lee Of Elberton, j
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

J. R. Winn of Due West, was il
the city on business Monday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Julia. Brice spent the week
end in Due West with home folks.
Mrs. F. E. Harrison and children
spent Saturday and Sunday IN
Greenwood with relatives.
Mrs. R. O. Edwards spent the
weekend in Monterey with Mrs.
Mamie Lanier.
Mr.. ]. E. Hicks of Laurens, spent
Sunday in the city with friends on
Magazine Street.
Mrs. J. D. Miller spent a few
davs of last week in Atlanta with
Mr., and Mrs.. ]. Lowry Beacham.
Miss Lillian Swetenberg spent
the weekend at Peaks with rela-
tves.
Mr.. Joe L. Maxwell and little
Evelyn Maxwell, of Greenwood,
were the guests Of relatives here
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Blount, who
have been visiting relatives here,
spent the weekend in Johnston with
Mr.. Blount's parents. They return
ed to their home in Portsmouth, on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Lou. Vose was called to
Georgetown Saturday by telegram
on account of the illness OF her
sister, Miss Mary Burns, who SUI
fered q stroke Of paralysis ON Sat
urday.
Miss Rebecca Edmunds visited
relatives for several daya OF last
week at Blair and Jonesville.
Miss Lillian McNinch returned to
Charlotte Tuesday after q weeks
stay in the city with D. E. Penney's
family.
Mrs. v. D. Lee Of Elberton, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Lee.
Miss Elizabeth ogilvie has re-
turned from visit to her sister, Mrs
". E. McCord, in Greenwood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Julia. Brice spent the week
end in Due West with home folks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Wallace Harris came up from Col
umbia Sunday for the day to be
with his mother, who is recovering
from pneumonia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Mary Quarles Link returned
last week from a delightful visit to
friends in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Lillian McNinch returned to
Charlotte Tuesday after q weeks
stay in the city with D. E. Penney's
family.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Albert Rosenberg spent Sunday
in Greenwood with relatives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

A. M. McCord came down from
Greenville and spent Sunday with
his home people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs. F. E. Harrison and children
spent Saturday and Sunday in
Greenwood with relatives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss "Tweetie" Miller is here
from Columbia and is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. j.
E. Pressly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs. Jas. s. Cochran returned on
Saturday from the Northern mar
kets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Rebecca Edmunds visited
relatives for several day. OF last
week at Blair and Jonesville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Sarah Haskell spent Saturday
and Sunday in Greenwood with the
Misses Featherstone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Douglass Featherstone came over
from Greenwood last week and spent
several days with his friends here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs. W. L. PEBBLES left Monday
for a weeks stay with her parents
in Greensboro.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mr.. T. v. Miller, of Due West,
was in the city Saturday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Norwood Graydon came up from
Columbia this week and spent sew
eral days with friends. He was the
guest of his uncle, Mr.. j. l.. Nc
MILAN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs. A. B. Cheatham and little
Miss Marietta Cheatham came down
from Charlotte last week to attend
the Stillwell- -Cheatham wedding at
Mccormick.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Prof. William Thomson OF WIN.
throp college, was weekend guest
of DR.. s. G. Thomson's family.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Cochran were
in the city. Thursday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

The mid-winter examinations at
the schools are over and the child
rem are breathing easy again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mr.. Raymond Stillwell has re-
turned to Abbeville after attending
the marriage of his sister, Miss Still
well to DR.. Cheatham last Wednes'
day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Dotsy Evans, who is teacher
of the Monterey school, was in town
Saturday shopping in our pretty
stores.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Caroline Graves is spending
this week with Mrs. F. B. Gary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs. F. ]. Sutherland and Miss
Zula Sutherland of Prosperity,
spent a few hours here on Saturday
shopping in our stores.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs, W. r. Hargis Of Atlanta, was
IN the city for q few days this week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Prof. George Crowther and Miss
Ruth Crowther of Sharon, were
among the business visitors to the
city on Saturday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs. Ella McIlwaine Of Clinton,
ia visiting Mrs. r. E. Cox for sew
eral days Of this week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Miss Mary Hill, after pleasant
weeks stay with homefolks,. return
ed to Darlington Sunday, where she
is doing High School work in the
city school.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Mrs. Luther Highsmith is in the
city spending some time with her
home people. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-28

Furman Longshore spent Satur-
day in Atlanta attending the Auto
Show.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
BIG RED CROSS MEET
Delegates Gather at Wichita to Plan
Raising of Districts Quota.

Wichita, Kan, June 9.-Delegates
are here to attend conference to lay
plans for raising this districts portion
of the national one hundred million
dollar Red Cross fund. The following
members of the western finance COM
mittee are here:
William H. Crocker, president
Croker National bank, San Francis
CO: Judge George B. Taliaferro, San
Antonio, Tex; Ford Harvey, Kansas
City; Lawrence c. Phipps, Sr., Den
yer; John B. Miller, Los Angeles,
president of the Southern Edison
company.
With these came Lyman l.. Pierce
or San Francisco. executive secretary.
There will be about $50 in the confer
ences from the states of Kansas, Ar
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and part of
Missouri. w. ]. Leppert, director for
the Gulf division, with headoua rters
at New Orleans, is here as the confer
ence includes a part of his jurisdic-
ton The conference will continue ali
day today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
DEPLORE GAY STYLES
Dunkaris Take Rap at Women Who
Use Face Powder.

Wichita, Kan, June 9.-"Some wo-
mems faces bear so much powder God
Almighty can't see them when they
pray" declared DR.. A. ]. Cutler, pro-
fessor of theology of Mcpherson COL
lege. Mcpherson. Kan. who contrasted
spirituality and worl6iness before the
annual general international confer
ence of the Church of the Brethren of
Dunkards. Tho in the way of an an
achronism the conference was of the
opinion that the war will do more than
any other agency to bring about SIM
plicity in styles.
Mrs. ]. w. Lear of Pittsburg, Pa,
speaking on the topic the price of
fashion," commended that the idea of
adaptability is a negative factor when
it comes to being in the race for fash
ion. Utterances of the speakers were
greeted with approval.
The morning and afternoon sessions
were taken up with a-Bible institute.
There are about 5000 delegates in at
tendance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
SALIVA ROAD MEETING
Automobile Club of Saline County
Makes Plans for Summer.

Salina, Kan, June 9.-The Auto
mobile club of Saline county held a
good roads meeting here last night for
the purpose of considering plans for
building a few miles of hard surfaced
roads this year under the new Kansas
road law. ]. Frank Smith, president
of the Kansas Good Roads associa
ton; E. R. Moses of Great Bend
member of the highway commission,
and others, addressed the meeting
At the close the chairman was author
lied to appoint a committee to select
one or more sections of road to be
improved and take the necessary steps
to get the contracts let. The Senti-
ment favored importing about five
miles out from Salina in four direc-
tons to cover parts of the Meridian
and Golden Belt highways as they
cross at Salina.
1t was brought out in the talk by
Mr.. Smith that the people of Saline
county were spending each year on
their bridges and earth roads $73,-
305. Also that the people of that
county were spending each year
about $500 for upkeep of automo-
biles and vehicles and teams used on
the roads and it was estimated that
20 per cent, or $1O8.O0O, could be
saved annually with so mileS of hard
surfaced roads and that fully s25, 900
of the S73,305 could be saved in up
keep of roads if the county had $50
miles of paved roads.
A number of farmers were present
and most of them expressed a willing
ness to do their bit in building 365-
| day roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
BIG BULGE IN CORN
Up 6 to IS Cents During Week
Wheat Also Gains Heavily.

Chicago. June 9.-Suoden establish
ment of maximum price limit on
corn proved by far the most important
feature this week in the grain trade
The effect, however, instead of being
sedative as in the case Of wheat was
notable expansion of trading and big
bulge in values. Corn today was a
to 169s higher than a week ago
Wheat showed gains of 13 to 26 cents
oats were up % to 2 Is and provisions
off II to 80 cents
Upward flights of corn seemed
largely due to the fact that S1.65
bushel the maximum set by the board
of trade, was much above the quota
tions that previously had ruled I'm
faVora BILE weather, unusual HghtneSs
of receipts and increasing demand
were among the reasons assigned for
the heavy purchases and the excited
upward rush of prices North Amer
lean available supplies of corn were
estimated at 4,856,000 bushels as
against 16, 96S. 900 bushels year ago.
Efforts TO buy small amounts of
wheat on a market bare of offerings
had much to do with covering of
breadstuffs products. 1t took place
after announcement that the govern
ment intended to protect growers in
marketing their crops. oats hardened
in response to the strength of other
cereals.
Foreign advicos were not encourag-
ing to ahOlderS of provisions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
COCKTAILS FIRES THEM
Discharge of Two Assistants Follows
Charge Against CHIEF.

Washington, June 9.-Major General
Goethals, general manager of the
emergency fleet corporation, today dis
missed F. A. Eustis of Boston, assist
ant general manager. and F. H. Clark
of New York, the two engineers who
originated the wooden fleet idea
The dismissal of Eustis and Clark
today followed their action of last
night in issuing a statement virtually
charging General Goethals with hold
ing up the ship building program in
the nations emergency.
The statements reveal that the fleet
corporation has just received offers
from ten firms to build IS wooden
ships within twelve months or 1856
within eighteen months General Goe-
thals has turned the proposals down
because the builders wish to construct
the ships on a cost plus 10 per cent
profit basis instead of contracting for
flat price for the ships.
Brands Statement False.
In Diminishing Eustis and Clark,
Goethals sent to Denman a memoran-
dunn in which he branded as false the
charge that he was shutting out con-
tractors who want to help in the ship
building campaign. Certain state
ments were given to the press late
yesterday by Mr.. Eustis and Mr..
clark" said the memorandum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
NEED BETTER HORSES
Kansas Farmers Should Improve
Quality of Their Work Stock.

Manhattan, Kan. June 9.-Better
farm horses are necessary in Kansas.
in the opinion of DR.. c.. w. McCamp-
bell, associate professor of animal
husbandry in the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college.
''On January 1, 1915, s2,150. 49,
600 was invested in horse stock in this
country" said DIR. McCampbell. ''In
spite of this enormous investment, too
little attention has been given to the
kind of horses raised, as the average
value in the United States on January
1, 1916. was only s101.60. Yet statis-
tics have shown that it costs S104.06
to raise the average horse until it is
8 years of age.
zone reason for so little progress
in improving the general average of
farm horses is the fact that most pro-
ducers are raising horses for service
on their own farms and are giving lit
tie attention to the cost of production,
cost of maintenance, and amount of
service rendered. Such producers
fail to appreciate the difference in eff
ficiency between different types of
horses and the difference in the cost
| of labor rendered by horses of differ
ent types. and continue year after
year to breed their mares with little
thought as to the kind of horses they
will raise"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
THEY'RE CONVERTED
OF 1873 SIackers Arrested MAJORITY
Have Signed Since.

Rockford. Ill. June 9.-The 100
men arrested here at their own re-
Guest after staging an anti-resIS9oI,1+
10 demonstration "Wednesday hls ~
W.. ranidIv being converted to the
idea of selective service today, in
Forty-eight hours conflnemeht IN M
the city and county jails here ana tme
county iails at Freeport ana SEWN +hor,7
bod resulted in the majority OF tHeI ~
s siS,, registration cards. Many OF
tbose Who signed were released, while Will
others were held for further inVe sit,r
cation. Seven who refused 70 sigh
go nIaced under heavy guard:
-1ors that 200 more anti-reglstra-
ton disciples would make anotheT,
demonstration last night led seve .S :
thousand persons TO gather about me
ian. The guard of deputies was " u
Irraosed and companies IL ana ~
Tbird Illinois infantry, remained on
Guard until early today but no as
turbance occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
How Fat Folks
Reduce Weight
Many Are Losing Several
Pounds a Month

Fat persons. particularly those from
ten to sixty pounds above normal
weight, will be interested to learn that
they may reduce their weight without
starvation diet or tiresome exercise.
This can best be done by getting
plenty of fresh air, by breathing
deeply and by taking a few drops of
oil of korein four times a day, also
in following the other simple rules
that come with the box.
Oil of korein may be obtained from
any good druggist in capsule form.
Even few days treatment is likely
to show pleasing eduction in
weight. The step becomes lighter, the
flesh more firm, the skin smoother in
appearance; work seems easier and a
more buoyant feeling takes possession
of the whole body and mind as super
fluous, unhealthy fat disappears.
If you are overstout and have tried
various methods of fat reduction in
vain you may now be very thankful
at having found a genuine system.
1t is safe. pleasant and healthful.-
! Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
BUILD TEN HIGHWAYS
State Commission Designates Roads to
Receive Federal Aid.

The state highway commission mas
DESIGNATED ten highways which will
receive federal aid. 1t will be impos-
sible, the commission announced, to
complete the building of the system
of proposed highways in a five or ten
wear period The commission, how
ever. will develop a basis for the dis
tribution of federal aid along the
proposed statewide highways, which
will Immediately receive government
recognition.
Preference will be given the roads
which have filed petitions from each
county thru which the roads will
pass. Such roads must be endorsed
thru which they will pass, with County
assurance that road work will be COM
pleted in the county in five years To
conduct a building system by the gov
eminent would require years, the
commission announced, while the deS-
ignated roads will be assured in a five
to ten year period.
Roads approved by the commission
and which will receive federal aid are:
jefferson highway or connecting
routes.
The King of Trails or connecting
routes.
Meridian road.
Rock Island highway.
The Midland Trail or connecting
routes.
The Golden Belt or connecting
routes.
The old Santa Fe trail.
The new Santa Fe trail.
The Ozark trail.
Fort Scott Wichita-Dodge City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
LOSE MANY AWATORS
German Papers Reveal Toll of Teuton
Flyers Is Terrible.

Copenhagen. June 9.-The death
notices in the German papers indicate
what a terrible toll the western bat
tie field is taking among German avi-
ators. Scarcely an issue of the Berlin,
Hamburg or other papers appears
without at least two to three and often
eight or ten notices of deaths in the
flying corps.
Occasionally there is noteworthy
one like today's announcement of the
death of Lieutenant Schaefer who was
mentioned in dispatches on Tuesday
for bringing down his thirtieth enemy
airplane.
Lieutenant Schaefer gained distinct
ion in the Travelling circus of Cap
tain Won Richthofen and lately was
given command of a new fighting
squadron on the Flanders front.
Death notices OF submarine officers
are as rare as those of flyers are fire.
quent. For several weeks none has
been noticed in the Berlin and Ham
burg papers.
1t is possible that the admiralty
has prohibited their publication.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
TEST STAMP LAW
Sperry & Hutchinson Co. File Suit
Against Legislation.

A suit has been filed in the district
court of Shawnee county against the
Sperry & Hutchinson people by Rob-
ert Carver, county attorney, calculated
to test the constitutionality of the
trading stamp law. Ever since its
passage the trading stamp adherents
have denied its constitutionality and
it has been believed generally that it
would not be obeyed until tested in
the courts. The action brought by
Carver is against l. F. Wilson, man
ager of the Topeka branch for the
Sperry & Hutchinson people. w T.
and E. H. Crosby as the principal
witnesses in the case. 1t is charged
that Wilson delivered premium
stamps to Crosby Bros. without taking
out the license as required by the
new law Under the law a license for
a county the size of Shawnee would
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000 a
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
Would Gust U. S. Firms.

Copenhagen, June a-The German
association of manufacturers of agri-
cultural implements has addressed
demand to Chancellor Bethmann Won
Hollweg for stringent measures
against the International Harvester
and Singer Sewing Machine COM
panies They demand that the Ger
man branches of these two American
corporations be placed under state SUI
pervision, deprived of raw materials
and that the exempted workmen en-
ployed by the companies be assigned
to German factories. No action has
been taken. The German manufac-
turers have started a press campaign
and also will bring the matter before
the reichstag. One of the articles
in the indictment against the harvest
err company is that it's Chicago factory
has accepted contracts for military
auto trucks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
KANSANS IN MEET TODAY
Big Mines Annual Carnival Staged
on Stagg Athletic Field.

Chicago, Ill, June 9.-Athletes of
the University of Chicago, ruled as ia
vorites to win the seventeenth annual
track and field championship of the
Big Nine today on Stagg field. There
were 169 athletes representing eigh-
teen universities and colleges in the
middle west, entered in the COMPETE
ton.
Every institution in the Big Nine,
with the exception of the Universities
of Wisconsin and Minnesota sent
teams altho nearly every squad was
crippled materially as a result of en-
listments for military service. Out
side the conference athletes were en-
tered from Missouri, Kansas. Notre
Dame, Ames, Oberlin, DebuQue, Grin
nell, Simpson, Nebraska, Superior
Normal school and Michigan agricul-
tural college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-09
SMASH GERMAN BASE
Aero Photo Records Show Ostend
Harbor and Ships Badly Crippled.

London, June "A series of pho
tographic plates of the recent bonn
bardment of Ostend afford a remark
able example of the development of
Photographic observation and record
by air planes They show in undeni-
able fashion that the British bonn
bardment of Ostend last Tuesday was
the most successful thing of its kind
vet accomplished, ensuring that Os-
tend will be crippled as a useful Ger
man base for weeks. if not perma-
nently.
First of all there is the harbor'
one is struck by change in the ap-
pearance of the great lock gates on
which all the activity of the haroor
aenends. Breaking down of the locks
prevents the retention of water IN the
basin and the canals which FEED IT,
incapacitating the entire port machlh-
erv. Equally effective in Gripping
the harbor is a hit on the opera'itns
machinery. tanning the locks so that
ingress or egress is impossible until
elaborate repairs are made
Half of Factories Wrecked.
Some Of the ships apparently are
bolf submerged The long wharf
lacks like a caricature of its former
self and two or three buildings IN the
backwards suffered badly e..-,.,
The pictures confirm the oItlC Ia
statement that more than hair o. the
buildings in the factory section OF the
town either have been destroyed Vi
badiv damaged 1t is easy to see that
there may have been heavy loss OF
life, altho the residential section was
apparently untouched. Some OF the
rllined factories necessarily operd .-e
night and day, while many men are
emnloyed at night on the shipping and
docks. eo,, n
height of miles by the high angle IRE
of the British monitors, located at d
fa1i Straight thru the roof of shed
or factory, blowing out great sections
of the sides and roof and hurllns
shrapnel-like shower OF spllhte sia
wood. steel and rock into the aoJa-
cent buildings.