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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

First Mermaid---what on earth M
Curly Locks so busy about when q ~
time for her TO be sitting here on the
rocks with her golden cornb7
Second I)ftto--Oh, she's got the
Hoover fever from some shipwrecked
humans. and she's down In the coral
cave putting up jeilyf1sh.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

He--Queeu OF my heart
, She--Queen nothing. Queens can't
pick their husbands. / cv1--and be-
iieve me. I'm some picker.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06

Large type. all new
easy on the eyes.
Full OF Information
needed daily In home and
office.
Illustrated with pages
and double pages of color
and duotoneS
Richly bound In ficxible
leather, deferred In gold.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-06
ACCUSED PHYSICIAN

CONTINUED From First Page
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13
Local News Items
From Central Town

Rev. Eugene Pendleton preached the
B~accalaureate sermon last Sunday night
at the high school here. His subject
was Unity Out of Diversity"
Mr.. Ralph Ramseur and wife and M.
Nj. Richey motored to Greenville last
Sunday afternoon.
Edgar Martin of Camp Sewer visited
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Mar
tin here for the weekend.
Mrs. J. w. Hopkins and little daugh
ter Ruth, attended the commencement
at Limestone College recently held at
Gaffney where her daughter, Miss Gre
ia graduated.
DR.. j. D. Bearden has %remodeled his
Ford. Now it has the appearance of a
racer
Henry Rowland was off of the road
Sunday, spending the weekend with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Rowland.
There was a call meeting of the quar-
terly conference of this charge at Law
renee Chapel last Sunday for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the district
conference.
The club roll book Of the Democratic
party is now open at Central Mercantile
Co. BE sure to get yonr name on the
roll if you want to vote.
w. Il. Earle says to side-dress cotton
with his guano is cheaper than labor.
Mr.. Earle ought to know-I think he is
trying both.
S. w. Clayton and Ben Leigh of Camp
Sewer visited the formers parents here
for the weekend.
Paul Clayton has not expressed him
self yet as to just what he will do when
school is out here.
No one appreciates the mar now who
talks against this government. The
The Town Council here recently receiv-
ed posters from the authorities to be
put up in town informing every one
what the end will be if he feels he must
fight the administration.
Mr.. j. f. Bridges our j.. of p. has
recently purchased himself a Ford.
Mayor j. II. Ramseur is in New York
for a few days on business.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13

There ttsSmore CatxSrh tn tlas section
put together. and for years &c was sup.
posed to DO incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly failing
70 cure with local treatment, pronounced
greatly influenced by constitutional con.
ditions and therefore reQuires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medf-
cine. manufactured by r. J.. Cheney e.
Co.. Toledo. Ohio. Is O constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
OF the System. Ono Hundred Dollars re-
yard Ia offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F:.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
sod by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13
Millers' Certificates

ne oeh.'hei oillcc has a small supply
OF Nlillcrs Certificates in stock which
are beng sold at doc per hundred.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13

Send the home paper to that boy of
yours in France. Several Sentinels
now 60 to France every week. There
is nothing else the boys over there
would rather have than news from home
"a letter first, the home paper next.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13

IT you van to insure your crop
against loss by hail, see w. L.. Mathe-
ny or Frank McFall at Pickens. They
have an attractive proposition for good
farmers.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13

OCA AND
personal
Miss Sunie Gibson is on a visit to her
brother, John Ed Gibson in Philadelphia.
Charlie Curtis, of Jamison, Orange
burg county, visited friends in Pickens
this week.
Married by j. 3. Newbery at his Of
flee, June 10th 1918, Miss Viola Hodge
and w M Kennedy of Liberty.
Secretary of War Baker announced
Monday that there are more than 7OO,-
600 American soldiers IN France.
Harry Robinson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. e. Robinson of Pickens, is very sick
with pneumonia at the G%reenville hos
pital.
DR.. T. A. Seawright of Pickens has
been appointed district deputy of Coo
saw Tribe No. SO, Improved Order of
Red Men.
Messrs. T.. l.. Bivens, Ernest Folger,
l.. Z. Thornley, and j. E. Boggs are
spending this week at Thornley's camp
in the mountains, trout fishing.
Or. +. 5. Porter attended q meeting
o. the state council of defense at Co.
lumbia last Thursday. He is Pickens
county's member of this body.
Bennett Powers spent several days of
last week with his family in Pickens
recuperating from an attack of measles.
lie ls a flagman on the Southern r. r.
with headquarters in Atlanta.
County treasurer O. r. Hinton has
sold his home with six acres of land to
f. II. Hopkins for q consideration of
So, $50. Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins expect
to move into their new home about the
first of August.
Word received from Louie Thornley,,
who is in the navy hospital at Ports
mouth, Va, suffering from pleurisy,
states that he is getting along as we'll
as could be expected. His father and
mother have recently bcen at his bed
side.
Nearly everybody in Pickens were
looking at the eclipse of the sun thru
smoked glasses last Saturday. The
eclipse commenced exactly on schedule
time, 6:2S p. m. and was nearly total.
AS an eclipse we would pronounce it a
success
Miss Marie Freeman carried the mai
on Pickens route 2 several times fol
her father last week. She is regular
substitute on this route, but this is tn,
first time a lady has ever delivere,
mail on a Pickens route. She makes
good one.
j.. Alonzo Brown of Cateechee an
nounces this week that he is a candidate
for probate judge Of Pickens county
lie IS no stranger to our people, but is
known thruout the county. He was ir
the race four years ago and received g
handsome vote.
r. II. Julian of the u. S. navy visited
his brother, j. w. Julian, in Pickens
this week. Mr.. Julian has made sew.
eral trips across the ocean conveying
, troops and seen several submarines.
He says he saw one submarine sunk by
a u. S. destroyer.
James ?. Carey, Jr., of Pickens is Sc
rlously considering entering the race for
congress from this district. He states
that much pressure has been brought to
bear upon him to enter the race and he
will make his decision in a few DAYS.
If he does decide to run he will make it
lively for his opponents.
The announcement of G.. Wash Bow
en- for probate judge of Pickens county
was received too late last week for To-
cal mention, but it really needs no other
mention than the announcement, as Mr..
Bowen is so well known to our people.
He has served this county most accept
ably as commissioner for several terms.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13

You can get The Sentinel 8 months
for 81 90.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13

K. II. Julian of the U. S. navy visited
his brother, j.. w. Julian, in Pickens
this week. Mr.. Julian has made sew.
eral trips across the ocean conveying
troops and seen several submarines.
He says he saw n submarine sunk by
a u. S. destroyer.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-13

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

was present, though they did not
know it, and he secretly told about
the scheme to Dick .Sondley, who
telling Foster to keep quiet, and he
would give him a furniture factory,
at once got busy. By night Dick
had an option on every cat on Will
son Hill over which he executes,
and he had wired to every livery
stable in Georgia and Alabama, ask
ing for the best prices on Rats in
car load lots. This news getting out
the prices on rats and cats jumped
skyward, and Col. Calvert after
working out the scheme to perfec-
tion suddenly saw his chances of q
fortune cast to the ground.
He has, therefore, determined to
keep right on in the buggy and wa
gon business as well as the furni-
ture business, and to e continue to
give to the pepole Of your county
some of the biggest bargains to be
had as he has always done in the
past. He will likely branch out
again one of these days, but when
he does he will go down on Long
Cane fishing and think the matter
out in whispers. -. = ~
I should say in closing that I told
one lady in Abbeville about my
trouble with my sweetheart, and two
or three days later she informed me
that she didn't believe I was tell.
ing the. truth. I hope no one will
deny the truth of this report. ]
know Mr.. Calvert will not. hope
there will be no GOODNESS between
Mr.. Sondley and Mr.. Calvert over
the matter, and it would be great
misfortune if an unsophisticated
little boy like Foster .Cromer should
be blamed for talking too much.
If you have any other matters
which you want worked up, or il
you are in need of a man to work
up evidence in any of your cases
at any time and I can serve you
wire me and I will come down by
flying machine. Z
Yours for the truth of history,
~1 Paddy, the Irishman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Governor Beckett of North Caro-
line advocates no campaign this
year. He says that the sons of DEM
ocrats and the sons of republicans
are falling side by side and going
over the top and that he hasn't the
stomach to stump the state trying
to explain the difference. The big
task is winning the war. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Henry Martini, superintendent OF
the Citizens Coal Company mine at
Springfield and his two sons were
made to kiss the American flag and
were paraded through the streets.
They were afterwards put in Jail to
prevent any violence to them. They
were pro-German and it would not
be tolerated by the miners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

One hundred American soldiers
are convalesing at the base hospital
in New York. Their presence here
was not known until it was decided
to give a concert for their benefit
as the music reacts benefcially upon
the shattered nerves of the men.
They were wounded in France.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22
DUE WEST.
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Due West, Feb. 1s.-On last
Thursday morning the announce
ment of the not unexpected death
of Mrs. w. A. Markham came to all
of our households. This sad death
occurred at 1920 that morning.
This good woman has been very i'll
for quite a long time and was a
great sufferer the past few months.
The unwearied devotion Of husband
and family, attention Of skilled ply
sicians and ministries of kind friends
could not stay the fatal malady. The
burial took place at Due West last
Thursday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The funeral was conducted by her
pastor, Rev. Jas. p. Pressly. Dr.. F.
Y. Pressly offered prayer and the
pastors address was beautiful and
comforting. Mrs. Markham was
sixty-eight years old, was born in
Laurens county and came TO Due
West with her parents when in her
girlhood.. Her father and mother
were DR.. and Mrs. Nathan Henry.
Mrs. Markham was beautiful
Christian character, meek and unas-
suming; loved her family and her
home. She was married to Mr..
W. A. Markham thirty years ago, on
Nov. 5th, and he with three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Ballinger, Mrs. Chapman,
and Miss Mary Markham are left to
mourn her loss, also a sister, Mrs.
Strange, and a brother, MIR. P. 4.
Henry.
DR.. Oliver Johnson Of Winnsboro,
is to conduct the annual evangelis-
tic meeting at the Woman's College
this year. The meeting begins in
a. few weeks and will be held for a
period of one week. We have not
vet heard who will conduct the Frs
kline Y. M. C. A. meeting.
Miss Lucille Kennedy spent last
week with her parents in Due West.
She teaches in the Abbeville school,
which closed for a weeks vacation
on account of meningitis in that
community.
Lieut.. w. L. Brownlee from Camp
Jackson, and Mrs. Brownlee are IN
Due West for a few days visiting
relatives. They also visited in An
derson during their stay.
The Ladies' Missionary society OF
Due West congregation is observing
this as the week of prayer and self
denial as appointed by the Union
of the Second Presbytery.
Rev. J. P. Pressly goes to First
Church, Tampa, Fla, to fill the pull
pit there for four Sabbath's. His
pulpit here will be filled during his
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Paul Chapman has been sentenced
to die in the electric chair some
time in April for shooting a Brook
lyn bookkeeper while he and two
others were attempting to rob the
store. Chapman is sixteen years
old. He says, 81 know myself and
my God knows that I did not shoot
to kill anybody"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22
COTTON SEED FOR M;
LAST SIX MONTHS

Washington, Feb. 19.-Cotton-
seed received at mills for the six
month period ending January 31st,
amounted to 3,544,509 tons, crush,
ed, 2,7O7,OOO tons and on hand, TO.
8OS tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The hide of a two-headed calf
was brought to Elberton this week
by T. J. Norman. The heads were
perfectly shaped and each separate
and complete. The tail protruded
from between the heads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

R. A. Riley of Atlanta, and Mr..
Moorer of Greenwood, were here
Wednesday and a part of Thursday
assisting Mr.. Anderson and Mr..
Landell with the Electric Range
Demonstration. s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Trotzky sent wireless message
to the Austria-Hungary officials ask
ing if they are still in a state of
war with Russia. Germany did not
even give the Russians the seven
days previous notice. He hopes a
practical agreement can be reached
as agreed on at Petrograd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22
THE JOHN DE LA HOWE SCHOOL

The Governor has signed the act
creating the John De La Howe
School and providing money for its
maintenance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

A Bankers Syndicate Of promi'
nent bankers from. all over the
country was organized in New York
for the purpose of financing the
Cuban sugar crop. A loan Of $780,
100000 will be provided.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The Georgia farmers are very
much interested in whether water
melons will be classed as non essen
tials or as necessities. They have
written headquarters asking if cars
will be available when they are
needed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

A prominent merchant Of Chatta-
nooga died leavinG bis entire for
tune to his housekeeper. His ,wife
had already died and there were
several children who were left out
of the will. The estate is valued at
100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Miss Sue Dorsey is the most valu-
able woman to the government. She
is assistant pay master in the navy.
She looks after 1,500 pay officers
and assigns them to their various
ships. She knows just how well
each pay officer does his work. She
is the only woman that MCGOWAN
ever recommended.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The Sheriff Of Ragan County,
Texas, killed James Belcher as he
was boarding a train and then
turned the weapon upon himself
and blew his brains out. Financial
difficulties is the reason given. Both
men were millionaire ranchmen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The aims of Wilson are Identical
with those of Albert Thomas, a
French Socialist. He says that it
has been his dream to get an Eng
lish and a French delegation to
visit Wilson and tell him Of their
aims.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Mrs. Howard Gould in talking to
Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
said that she thought the lands OF
the rich should be turned into fields
of grain and that women should be
drafted for farm work as well as
the men. She continued by saying
that she frequently pitched hay as
we'll as doing other work around her
farm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The first consignment Of machine
guns to the government will be de-
livered sometime in April. Deliver
les from Colt and Westinghouse
plants will be made in May. The
Westinghouse plant was working on
100000 rifles for the Russian gov
ernment until the overthrow of the
Kerensky Government. These RI
fles will probably be used in the
training camps or turned over to
some of the allied armies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Camp Gordon is to get Identity
Tags on February %. It is the plan
to number every man in the United
States Army on the same day. An
Identification number will be assign
ed to every man in the army and a
tag bearing the same number will
be given each man. This will help
greatly and keep many soldier
from occupying the grave Of an
unknown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The schools, churches, moving
picture shows and other places of
public gatherings are to be closed
in Newberry for two weeks begin
ming on last Tuesday, February 10,
on account of two cases of menin-
gifts in that city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

A large -four mill at Sioux Falls,
8. Dakota, was closed on account of
ground glass being found in the
-four. This town is the home of a
large number of Germans and Rus
SLAMS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Representative Denton of Indiana,
has introduced a bill in Congress to
authorize the coinage of 2-cent
pieces. The move is backed by
newspaper publishers who hold that
the general increase from 1 cent to
2 cents makes the coin necessary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The men in the trenches under
General Pershing are well satisfied
On an inspection trip General Perish
ing found them all we'll contented
and getting plenty to eat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Unless a vote of confidence was
given by the House of Commons as
to whether Great Britain desires to
proceed along lines it has pursued
as demanded by Lloyd George he
said he would resign. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The much talked of German drive
is expected soon. Sixteen air
planes were accounted for Sunday
by the British.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The Germans are preparing fol
the big offensive. Big tanks and a
new mysterious gas will be en-
ployed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

A Bill providing for the construc-
ton of a bridge and tunnel across
the Bosphorus has been approved by
the Turkish Parliament. This is
the connecting link between Asia
and Europe. A Budapest firm has
the contract and work will begin in
April.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The Jews Of Atlanta have pledg.
ed their support in restoring Pales-
tin as q state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

Representatives Of the manage
ment of the majority of railroad
lines in the United States see the
necessity for more pay for some of
their employees. This is the state
ment made before the government
railroad wage commission in Wash
ington.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

A negro named Cosby, after at
tempting to rob the home of Mrs.
Elwaney Of Fayetteville, Ga, drove
Mrs. Elwaney from the house and
ran away with the two year old ba-
by. The baby was found next morn
ing in a briar patch unharmed. The
negro was caught and hung to a
tree near the spot where the baby
was found. The husband is in the
army.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The shortest man ever accepted
at the Charleston recruiting station
was four feet eleven inches high.
A waiver on his height was asked
and granted and he was accepted
for the Ninety Second Engineers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22
GENERAL NEWS


The aims of Wilson are identica
with those of Albert Thomas,
French Socialist. He says that i
has been his dream to get an Eng
lish and a French delegation tt
visit Wilson and tell him Of thei
aims.
The Sheriff of Ragan County
Texas, killed James Belcher as HI
was boarding a train and ther
turned the weapon upon himsel:
and blew his brains out. Financia
difficulties is the reason given. Boil
men were millionaire ranchmen.
Trotzky sent a wireless message
to the Austria-Hungary officials ask
ing if they are still in state o!
war with Russia. Germany did no
even give the Russians the sever
days previous notice. He hopes
practical agreement can be reached
as agreed on at Petrograd.
A Bankers Syndicate Of promi
nent bankers from. all over the
country was organized in New Yorl
for the purpose of financing the
Cuban sugar crop. A loan of $780,
100000 will be provided.
One hundred American soldiers
are convalesing at the base hospita
in New York. Their presence here
was not known until it was decided
to give a concert for their benefit
as the music reacts beneficially upor
the shattered nerves of the men
They were wounded in France.
Unless a vote of confidence was
given by the House of Commons as
to whether Great Britain desires te
proceed along lines it has pursued
as demanded by Lloyd George he
said he would resign. y
The Germans are preparing fol
the big offensive. Big tanks and a
new mysterious gas will be en-
ployed.
Paul Chapman has been sentenced
to die in the electric chair some
time in April for shooting a Brook
lyn bookkeeper while he and two
others were attempting to rob the
store. Chapman is sixteen years
old. He says, 81 know myself and
my God knows that I did not shoot
to kill anybody"
Henry Martini, superintendent OF
the Citizens Coal Company mine at
Springfield and his two sons were
made to kiss the American flag and
were paraded through the streets.
They were afterwards put in Jail to
prevent any violence to them. They
were pro-German and it would not
be tolerated by the miners.
Governor Beckett of North Caro-
line advocates no campaign this
year. He says that the sons of DEM
ocrats and the sons of republicans
are falling side by side and going
over the top and that he hasn't the
stomach to stump the state trying
to explain the difference. The big
task is winning the war. ...
Representative Denton of Indiana,
has introduced a bill in Congress to
authorize the coinage of 2-cent
pieces. The move is backed by
newspaper publishers who hold that
the general increase from l cent to
2 cents makes the coin necessary.
Mrs. Howard Gould in talking to
Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
said that she thought the lands OF
the rich should be turned into fields
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-22

The deteck came in on time, and
apparently, and so far as the public
knew, he went to work in our print
ing plant as a printer, but he was
hunting bigger game than the people
knew. He stayed with us about four
weeks and then informed US that he
was ready to report on big "find''