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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-01-24
Observation-Disclosures
= LONG CANE. \
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. =
LONG CANE.

Long Cane, Jan. 22.-During the
past week we have had some very
disagreeable weather and the roads
are in bad condition. -.
Mr.. w. D. Beauford spent Mon
day with Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Bosler.
Mr.. R. q. Stevenson was a bust
ness visitor to the city Thursday.
Mr.. Willie Beauford Of Bethia,
spent Sunday with Mr.. Thompson
Beauford.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. W. King spent
Wednesday in the city with their
Mrs. W. 3. Beauford and daueh.
ter, Miss Nina, spent the weekend
in the, city. 3
Mrs. L. F. Finley and children and
Miss Eppie Beauford spent Sunday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. w: D.
Beauford. Z
I Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Mcclellan Of
the city, spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Bosler.
MIR. W. D. Beauford and daughter
Miss Nina, spent Saturday in the
city with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Nickel.
lar. &. 81, ,.l - :.
Miss Fannie Mae Stevenson is Wis.
iting friends and relatives in Ches-
ter this week.
We are sorry to report that the
infant daughter Of Mr.. and { Mrs.
Evans Hunt is on the hick list z at
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THE PRESS AND BANNER, Abbeville, S. g.

production, with local exceptions, j!
connective, as a rule keenly so
/ Competition becomes still more Wig
orous in it's struggle between differ
,ent regions in selling lumber in the
main consuming markets of the
country.
Lumber retailing was studied in
all of the Middle Western States on
ly. In that region the Service
found it to be competitive for the
most part, although its competition
is less rigorous than in the cast OF
lumber manufacturers. The re-
straints upon trade in lumber dis.
tribution, however, in the Central
States studied, are judged to be To-
cal rather than general; and devel,
opments in recent years have tended
to increase competition.
The rising cost of lumber to con-
sumers, which held generally up to
1907, is attributed by the Forest
Service primarily to the exhaustion
of the supplies of timber nearest to
the bulk of eastern consumers, and
the necessity of transporting lumber
from greater and greater distances.
Railroad freights now take a fifth
or more of the consumers price, re.
.tailers about the same amount, and
manufacturers, on the average, lit
tile more than one-half. The high
cost of lumber is thus due in large
part to local timber shortage, result
ing from the rapid using up of for
ests without provision for their re-
newal. Other causes, according to
the Service, lie in the greater de-
mands for specialized service made
upon the retailer by the purchasing
public, in higher labor costs, and
in the decreasing purchasing power
of money. Since 1907, however, the
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billions of feet of timber acquired
cheaply a few years ago from the
public domain. Lumbermen in the
West are carrying vast quantities
of timberlend beyond all possible
needs of their present sawmills and
logging camps. Widespread specu-
lation during a few years of sudden
development carried timber values
very high, and many western stump
age holdings have been over-capi-
talized.
The business of making lumber,
says the report, has thus been load
ed down with investments in timber
land. The productive branch of the
industry has been interlocked too
largely with speculations in its raw
material; and instead Of standing
on it's own feet as manufacturing
business, has tended to be the tail
of the dog, made frequently to serve
the exigencies of timber speculation.
According to the report, pressure
from an overload of timber is the
first cause of the general instability
of the industry. For one thing, it
has led to building mills beyond the
demand for their products. At least
a third of the saws are now idle.
On the other hand, the Forest
Service reports that social and eco
nomic changes in the United States
are reducing. its proportionate use
of lumber. Uses taken over by
other structural materials within the
last ten years are estimated at one.
fifth of the present yearly cut OF
lumber; and in the same period the
per capita consumption of lumber
seems to have passed its peak and
dropped nearly one-fourth.
Caught with it's burden of timber
land on the one hand and these
changes in the country's use of
wood on the other, the lumber in
dustry, the report points out, has
been between an upper and neither
milestone. The combined result is
an ill-adjustment of lumber produc-
ton to market requirements, with
frequent, almost chronic over-pro-
duction. Ups and downs have been
the rule with most manufacturers in
the West and South. Occasional
years Of high earnings have been
followed by usually longer periods
Of small profits or loss. The latter
reached their climax in 1914 and
1915, although 1916 brought some
what better conditions.
In the regions studied by the
Forest Service, it found that lumber
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LUMBER INDUSTRY
CONDITIONS REVEALED
BY FOREST SERVICE

Washington, January 24.-That
unstable and partly speculative for
est ownership in the West and South
is the cause of frequent over-cutting
Of the market and waste of forest
resources is announced by the Forest
Service in report just off the gov
ernment press. Too large stocks of
timber acquired from the public do
main and too much timber specula-
ticn mixed with the manufacture of
lumber, says the Service, underlie
the present instability of the indus
try.
All this, the Service points out,
concerns the lumber user. Many
states are paying dearly for lumber
because their own timber is largely
used up and outside supplies can be
obtained only at high costs for
transportation. With little being
done to grow forests on cutover
lands, more widespread shortage
of forest products is threatened in
the future.
The Forest Service advocates var
ious forms of openprice cooperation
among lumber manufacturers to
make the industry more efficient
and check wasteful over-production.
But it is strongly against changes
in the present competitive character,
of the business through combinations
to control output or regulate prices,
even though advocated in the name
of conservation.
The report contains the boiled
down conclusions of a study of tim
Der owenrship and the lumber busi-
ness, undertaken by the Forest Ser
vice to find out how this business as
conducted today affects forest con-
servation and the interests of the
millions of users of wood in the
United States, and to see whether
the public policies for conserving
the nations forest wealth 60 far
enough. It is also sought to help the
industry solve the serious problems
which confront it. Added weight is
given to the report by the concur
renee in its publication of the Fed
eral Trade Commission, which. COZ
operated with the Forest Service in
the Investigation. The Commission,
however, reserves its specific conclu-
sions or remediese for a report of
its own to be published later.
The Forest Service finds that the
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SCHOOL TEACHER
Wards OF Nervous Break Down

E AIburtis, PAT am q teacher IN the
public schools, and I got into . very ner-
vous, rundown scondi ition. I could nc8
sleep and had no appetite. I was tired
all the time. My sister asked me to try;
Yinol. ]. did 80, and within q week my
appetite improved and + could sleep all
night and now I feel well and strong.y
Rosa NJ. KEILER, Alburtis, Pc. MS 4.
We guarantee Vfnol which contains.
beef and cod liver peptones, iron and
manganese peptonates, and glycero-
phosphates for rundown conditions #
P. B. Speed, Druggist, Abbeville, s
c. Also at the leading drug store
in all South Carolina towns.
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80 BIRTHS. 80 DEATHS
IN LONG CANE, 1915

E. R. Miller, registrar for Long
Cane township, announces the fol-
lowing vital statistics figures for the.
year, 1916: i.si5a sst.sl5g
Birtha White, 81; colored, SO.
Total, SO. .ssi.:i
Deaths-white, 8; colored, %.
Total, 80. 5:,tts
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LADIES YOU CAN EARN BIG

MONEY-Selling our beautiful
line of fancy and staple wash fa-
brics. Exceedingly enjoyable
work. No money required. EX-
perience unnecessary. Our goods
are in demand-our prices low
Our representatives are enthusias'
tic over the results. Secure your
territory now before it's taken
Write for particulars Immediately
Reference necessary. Old Colony
Textile Co., 29413 Broadway,
New York, Il
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NOTICE
CITY REGISTRATION.

The City Books of Registration
are now open for registration OF
qualified electors, and will remain
open until April 1st, 1917, at the
office of the City Clerk.
T. G: PERRIN, Registrar.
Jan. 16, 1917. l7-2
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this writing. We hope for it an ear
ly recovery. III
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. F. Finley were
shopping in the city Wednesday.
Mr.. Bob King was q business visi-'
tor to the city Friday. p
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FOR SALE-Pure Georgia Cane
Syrup at wholesale, in barrels and
cans, direct from the farm. Wrlte
for prices. W. d. Davis, Augusta
Ga. l-o-lo.
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For the first time since we have had the
Ford agency we have on hand several Of
the various model cars, including the new
model runabout and touring car. We
have been unable to get deliveries to sup
ply the demand and the only reason we
have these cars on hand now is because we
received two big shipments at once last
week.
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FOR SALE-Several second hand
automobiles. Various makes, all
bargains. Courtney Wilson's ia
rage.
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FOR SALE-Cheap, several second
hand Ford cars in good condihon'
The l.. w. White Co., 1-17-f.
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FOR SALE-A few good plug mules
and horses. The L. w. White Co.
1-17-tf. .t". r5..
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WANT ADS

HIDES-HIDES-Bring them here
if you want highest cash prices and
true weights. We buy all kinds OF
hides. Maxwell's Market. If.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
PENNA. OFFICERS
ARE GIVEN HIGH
RANK in ARMY
Major General Clement, Brig
adler Generals Price, Logan
and O'Neill to Serve

Washington. Aug. 15.-Major Cen
eral Clement, of the Pennsylvania
National Guard. who has been com
missioned a major general in the
United States Army, will remain for
the present at the head of the Penn
sylvania division. but in the event of
that body being broken up and it's
units scattered. General Clement will
be assigned to some other command.
BY the same order that commits
stoned Clement. william A. Mann. St
John Greble, Joseph L. Kuhn and Pay
ton c. March are appointed major gen.
erals also. Samuel w. Miller and
Frederick FoltZ are made brigadier
generals.
w. A. Mann is chief of the bureau
of militia affairs; and was born in
Huntingdon; Edwin st. John Greble
is a Philadelphian and in artillery;
John l.. Kuhn is an engineer officer
and formerly in this State and Peyton
C. March is a brother of the editor of
the Philadelphia Press and member
of the famous March family of La
fayette College. Samuel w. Miller
is commandant at Fort Niagara and
a native of Huntingdon and Frederick
Foltz is a son-in-law of the late Major
John b. Keefer.
The following National Guard brig
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
ALLIES WILL
REJECT PEACE
STEP BY POPE
Proposals Not Received by Washington, But Officials
From Outline Assert Entente Will Refuse; May Re-
state War Aims in Answer; u. S. Has Not Changed
Stand For Democracy; Received With Degree of
Difference

Washington, Aug. 15-Pope Benedicts peace proposals
had been received to-day by the but Secretary
Lansing said the published by the Associated Press
substantially accordance with the unofficial outline he has
before him.
There change in the first impression that the allies
certainly will proposal present form and probably
refuse consider all There is growing probability that
in making clear the world the refusal they will restae their
aims.
In discussing probable channels of communication Mr.
Lansing said that the Vatican without diplomatic
Embassy.
u. S. Stands Unchanged
Declining discuss the aims of the allies the ground
that they might change frequently Mr. Lansing said there had
been alteration in the aims plans of the United States since
his speech at Madison Barracks.
Because of their Popes proposals certain
be received with degree of Difference and consideration which
would be accorded similar from other
source from combination of neutral states.
Some Degree of Success
This is the judgment of the diplomatic representatives of
powers here to-day after close scrutiny of all that
could be gathered from the dispatches The embassies and
legations generally have been advised by their foreign
offices of the
Preferential treatment of the proposals said be certain
above all countries France essentially Catholic nation
population the document will command respect.
There idea however that marked change policy
will follow the reception of the Popes communication On this
point the diplomatic representatives of the allies unanimous
although admitted that the less argumentatve
replies that be made there be disclosures of the
of the allies further than have already appeared
i'll the speeches and public of their public officials
To that extent, therefore, degree of may
claimed for this latest effort.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
Senate Takes Up Most
Difficult Sections of
New War Tax Bill

Washington, ID. c., Aug. 15.-The
liquor and income tax sections of
the war tax bill were taken up when
the Senate resum ed debate on the
measure to-day. The latter section,
together with the war profits and the
publishers tax sections, are prob
lens of the most difficulty ahead of
the Senate.
Approval of the soft drink. to-
bacco and most of the public utilities
schedules already has been given.
The House ways and means COM
mittee will meet August 20 to con-
slider the question of raising part of
an additional $4,000, 900. 900 asked
for by the administration to meet
war expenses for the remainder of
the fiscal year ending July /, 1918,
including further loans to the Allies.
1t is expected that a bond issue of
between $4,000. 100000 and $4,000
100000 and authorization of an ad-
ditional S500,0O0.000 in taxes to be
added to the war revenue bill now
pending in the Senate will be pro
posed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
PUBLIC SERVICE
STARTS TRACTION
INQUIRY HERE
Moves to Obtain Data Which
Will Lead to Betterment
of the Service
JITNEY ROUTE LIMITS
None Between Market and
Division, River and Rail-
roads Hereafter
JITNEY ROUTE LIMITS

The State Public Service Commits
sion to-day took steps to secure bet
ter street car service for the City of
w. d. B. Ainey to take up with the
officials of the Harrisburg Railways
Company proposition for changes in
schedules, rerouting and other details
which the State authorities hope will
bring to the State capital more ac-
commodations. This action. which was
taken in connection with the disposal
of number of jitney complaints and
applications for State certificates filed
from Harrisburg and vicinity, is in
line with the recommendations for a
survey made last spring by the HAIR
RIsBURG TELEGRAPH, and which is
now in progress. A report on this
survey. which was made by a Chicago
firm. is expected almost any day.
The commissions action is the re-
portation in Harrisburg on the part
of commissioners. who began to OBJ
suit of personal study of the trans
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
Country Club Asks
Crossing Change

The Country Club of Harrisburg.
which has just completed the fine
new clubhouse on the spur of the
mountains overlooking the Susouo-
hanna near Fort Hunter, to-day ask
ed the Public Service Commission TO
order abolition of the dangerous
grade crossing on the Fishing Creek
road which goes east from state
highway route No. l at Fort Hunter
and skirts the property of the club
and numerous farms on the way to
The petition points out that the
crossing, which has three Northern
Central tracks and one of the Read
ing, is dangerous in that the road is
now much travelled by resident of
Middle Paxton and other townships
and will be still more travelled when
the new clubhouse is opened, while
the approaches are of such a char
acter as to increase the risk. The
petition suggests an overhead cross
ing and also points out that such
means will enable closing of Hecks'
crossing half mile west, the road
on this crossing being one which
parallels the railroad for distance
and then joint Fishing Creek road.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15

TO BE CONSIDERED
in THE NEW ARMY
Trained individuals
Will Be Given Correspond
ingly High Positions
By ASSoeidted Press

Washington, D. c., Aug. 15.-Army
officers who will organize the ma
tional army divisions. face the task
of making the best possible use of
the men selected for military duty
by the local boards. They will come
from all walks and conditions of life.
Among them will be highly trained
individuals, specialists in particular
lines and efficient mechanics. 1t is
the intention of the War Department
to get the maximum advantage for
the nation out of each mans special
qualifications and his previous occu-
patton will be carefully considered
in assigning him to duty.
To accomplish this, it was pointed
out to-day, descriptive lists of all
drafted men will be made out as soon
as they reach the training canton
ments. They will contain an abstract
of the life history of the soldier.
showing what occupations he has
been engaged in From these a pre-
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
Reading Man Member
of Gun Crew Captured
by German Submarine
By Associated Press

Washington, d. c., Aug. 15.-The
personnel of the naval gun crew, be-
lieved to have been taken prisoners
by the German submarine which de-
stroyed the American tank steamer
Campana, was announced to-day by
the Navy Department. Names of
the men, their ratings, next of kin
and home addresses follow:
James Delaney. chief gunner's
mate, commander of the armed
guard, wife, Elinor Delaney. Maiden,
Mass; William Albert Miller. sea
man, second class. mother, Elizabeth
Grebock, Chicago; Fred Stephen
Jacob, seaman. second class, father.
August Jacob. Pittsburgh. Pa; Raw
Roop. boatswsin's mate, second class.
mother. Elizabeth Garn, Boyne CITY.
Mich; Charles Lovan Kline, gun
ner's mate, third class, father. Henry
c. Kline, 240 West Buttonwood
street, Reading. Pa.
Captain Oliver, master of the Cam
pana, Is also prisoner on the
U-boat.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
CITY MAY NOT
GET BIG FIRE
INSURANCE CUT
Harrisburg Man Says Com
merce Chamber Should
Have Waited

Evidently Harrisburg is not going
to get a big reduction in fire insur-
ance rates even after the eXpendi-
ture of 100000 to motorize the city
fire department, according to the
statement of a Harrisburg fire in
surance man.
Pointing to the rerating about
two years ago with the deficiency
charge because of inadequate fire
hghting' facilities, he gives the fol-
lowing explanation to the HARRIS
BURG TELEGRAPH:
THE reference to the adjustment
of fire insurance rates in the con-
densed report OF August II, 1917, of
the Chamber of Commerce is mis-
leading, for as q matter of fact every
mercantile risk and every manufac-
turing plant in Harrisburg is now
and has been rated under a schedule
since March, 1908, when the present
tariff of rates was put into effect. A
rerating under new schedules was
made about two years ago, but never
promulgated. largely due to the eff
I orts of local insurance agents, who
insisted that they be withheld until
the new motor fire apparatus be in
stalled, which would give all mer-
camille buildings a reduction in the
charge for fire department deficiency,
which at present is 16 cents. and
which may be cut in half as soon as
the motor apparatus is officially ap-
proved by the Underwriters -Asso-
citation of the Middle Department
Under the law governing rating
associations. the same basic sched-
ules must be used on all mercantile
buildings within its territory. and as
every commodity has advanced and
companies are being daily required
to pay 25 to so per cent. more to
adjust partial losses. 1t would only
be reasonable for the rating asso-
citation to increase the deficiency
charges on the new schedules to
meet these increased payments If
the insurance companies are expected
to maintain solvency. The Chamber
of Commerce should have waited for
the new rates before announcing a
saving of thousands of dollars to
the citizens of Harrisburg on fire
Insurance premiums
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
Man Held Under $500
Bail For Draft Evasion

oren Lands. of Boiling Springs,
was arrested this morning by Unit
ed States marshal, charged with evad-
ing the draft. He was held under
81 800 bail to appear at Scranton Au-
gust 23 for hearing. lands a few
days before the registration was
taken skipped to Canada. where he
remained until several weeks ago His
parents telling neighbors how easy
IL was to avoid army service caused
his arrest. The local board upon
learning the facts notified the United
States authorities, and his arrest re-
suited,
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Determined Crowds
Rip Suffrage Banners
Fast as They Are Raised

washington, Aug. Is. - Tearing
of banners from the suffrage pickets
of the Woman's party at the White
House gates ard attacks on the party
headquarters at Lafayette Park,
across the way, continued to-day.
Good -natured but determined crowds
tore down the banners as fast as
they appeared.
William Bayard Hale, one-time
special representative of President
Wilson in Mexico, who ventured to
address the crowd in behalf of the
women, was pelted with rolled-up
newspapers and other missiles until
he desisted and moved on.
No attempt was made to attack
the banner hearers, but the crowd
was determined that the banners
should not he fioated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-15
British Strike Heavy Blows;
Stronghold Near Lens Is
Stormed by Canadians
EVACUATION OF
LENS is NEAR
Kaiser's Position Becoming
Untenable; Entente Sol
diers Advance

The British and French returned
to the attack in Northern France
and Belgium last night and prelimiu-
ary reports indicate that they have
won considerable successes. The
principle blow was struck by the
British on front of 1000 yards from
the northwestern outskirts of Lena
to the Bois Hugo, northeast of Loos.
General Haig announces that his
troops carried the German first lines
at all points and are making salts
factory progress. Hill 70, German
stronghold northwest of Lens which
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