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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
MISS GRAY AS FIELD WORKER

The Illiteracy Commission of
South Carolina has obtained the SER
vices of Miss Will Lou Gray as Field
Worker.
Miss Gray was chosen because of
her extraordinary success in this
kind of work in Laurens County.
For the last year she has been a
county supervisor in Maryland. Now
she returns to accomplish great
things for her native state.
Miss Gray will take up her work
in about three weeks. For the pres
ent, communications may be address
ed to The Illiteracy Commission,
Columbia, S. C.
Patterson Wardlaw, Chairman.
Sept. II, 1918.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
EASY TO DARKEN
. YOUR GRAY HAIR
You can Bring Back Color and
tLustre with Sage Tea
and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it's done so naturally. so
evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home is mussy and trouble
some. At little cost you can buy at
any drug store the ready-to-use prep
aration. improved by the addition Of
other ingredients called "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" You just
dampen q sponge or soft brush with
It and draw this through your hair.
taking one small strand at a time.
By morning all gray hair disappears.
and, after another application or two,
your hair becomes beautifully dark
ened, glossy and luxuriant.
Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is a sign Of old age, and as we
all desire a youthful and attractive
appearance, get busy at once with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
and look years younger. This ready
to-use preparation Is q delightful toi-
let requisite and not a medicine. It
is not intended for the cure, mitiga-
ton or prevention Of disease.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
# BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat and take q glass Of
Salts to flush out Kidney
Drink plenty water.

Uric acid in meat excites the kidneys,
they become overworked; get sluggish,
ache, and feel like Jumps of lead. The
urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is irri-
tated, and you may be obliged to seek re-
lief two or three times during the night.
When the kidneys clog you must help
them flush off the body's urinous waste
or you'll be a real sick person shortly,
At first you feel dull misery in the kid.
ney regior., you suffer from baekache,
sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel rheu.
matte twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four ounces
of Jad Salts; take tablespoonful
in glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids in urine, so
it no longer is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and active. Druggists here say
they sell lots of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
GOVERNOR MANNINGS
PROCLAMATIOfI

"Whereas, more than 100000
American men and boys will spend
the coming winter under war cond:-
lions on foreign soil, away from
home and family, and working under
many unavoidable discomforts, and
WhcSeas, the Young Mems Christ
ian Association has achieved such
wonderful results in keeping healthy
the body, the minds and morals of
our troops that General Pershing has
declared 900 soldiers and the Young
Mems Christian Association to be
more powerful in battle than 1000
soldiers without the influence of the
Red Triangle, and
Whereas, with ever increasing calls
upon it's organization for service, ir-
Guiding official requests from for
e;gn governments associated with
the United States in the war, the
Young Mems Christian Association
is becoming daily more understaffed
in proportion to what it must accom-
plish, and
Whereas, this condition presents a
real need in the conduct of the war,
Now, therefore, I, Richard I. Man.
ming, governor of South Carolina, do
designate Sunday, September 15,
1913, as. Young Mems Christian AS
sociation recruiting Sunday in South
Carolina, and call upon the minis
ters of the State to devote at least
one sermon on that day to the work
of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation overseas, and the tremen-
dous needs for big men to carry on
that important work."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
MR.. GEO. GAMBRELL HERE.

Mr.. Geo. C. Gambrell, who has
been working for some time IN
Bridgeport, Conn.,, arrived in the
city Sunday, to the great joy of his
wife and friends. He is en- route to
Alabama on government business,
but will be among us for a short
period.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
VITAL STATISTICS.

During the month of August in
Long. Cane Township, there were
three deaths, one white and two
colored and six births, one white and
five colored.
E. R. Miller, Reg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
THE INAUGURATION.

Governor Cooper is to be fully in
augurated as Chief Executive of the
State sometime after January 22nd.,
when he will sit in game of set
back at the Mansion with Furniture
Kerr as a partner and having as his
antagonists Col. J. S. Stark, of the
Baptist Church, and Col. VIM. P.
Greene.
1t all comes about in this way. On
his last trip to Abbeville as Solicitor
he played a game with his same part
ner against these opponents, in
which having the greater part OF
the luck, he and his partner held
the lead at the finish. Col. Stark
was not satisfied with the result, so
ne challenged the Governor-to-be
to conclude the game at the Cover
nor's Mansion as soon after his elec-
ton as possible.
Accordingly, when it was deter
mined that Mr.. Cooper had secured
the nomination, the following tele-
gram was sent to him, at his home
in Laurens:
Sept. 4, 1918.
Hon. R. A. Cooper,
Laurens, S. C.
Having been declared the nominee
for Governor, Col. Stark and Col.
Greene renew their challenge to
conclude set back game against you
and Col. Kerr at first opportunity
Governors mansion. No excuses
given and none taken.
J. S. Stark,
VIM. P. Greene,
J. D. Kerr.
Col. Stark has just received the
following reply:
Laurens, S. c., Sept. IL, 1913.
Messrs. J. S. Stark, j. D. Kerr and
VIM. P. Greene,
Abbeville, S. C.
Gentlemen:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of
your telegram of September 4th, and
note with pleasure that you rem
ember our agreement to conclude
our game of setback in the Cover
nor's mansion.
I beg to advise that I shall be
ready to comply at any time after
January the 22nud, 1919, and from
and after that day the Governors
Mansion will be open to you, and l
further pledge that no business, Ell
ther of public or private nature
shall interfere with the game.
Let me express to each of you
my appreciation of your interest in
my candidacy for Governor. My
election is due to the support of my
friends.
Very sincerely yours,
R. A. Cooper.
Col. Kerr asks us to state that af
ter playing in the Governors man
sion he will refuse to play at any
body's house except his ow2, :l..!eas
considerable refreshments are serv-
oJ'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
STOCKHOLDERS NOTICE.

The regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Calhoun
Mills will be held at Calhoun Falls,
s. c., On Tuesday, October Is, 1918,
at 3 o'clock P. NJ, in the office of the
Company.
E. NJ. LANDER, Secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17
NOTICE, TEACHERS EXAMINA.
TION.

The regular fall teachers Exami-
nation will be held in the Abbeville
County Court House on Saturday,
Oct. S, 1918. Examination will be-
gin at 9 A. NJ, and close at 4 P. M.
All wishing to take the exanlina-
ton will please take notice and
come on this date.
w. j. EVANS,
9-17-3t. 1w. Co. Supt. of Ed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-09-17

Engraved Cards and Invitations
The Press and Banner Co.
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Next Wednesday Gala Day for Fishermen Of the District

falls. From there an the way up
to the headwaters Of the Potomac
and Shenandoah, the sman-mouth
bass is the rivers chief inhabitant.
Above the dam at Great Falls there
is a stretch of more than a mile Of
slack and comparatively. quiet water
which IL good fishing ground early In the
season. before the bass depart for
the rapids farther up. This water can
be reached easily by trolley on either
side OF the river. and boats and. gen.
orally. scale bait may be had there.
Fishermen who can take the time
for longer trips will go by train.
There are scores of places along the
Potomac in Maryland and West Vir-
ginia and along the Shenandoah in
Virginia where the angler may pro-
cure Accommodations. including bed
and board, boats. boatmen and bait.
and where he will find good fishing.
Harper's Ferry, at the Junction Of
the two rivers, is a favorite place.
chiefly because 1t Is convenient, but
equally good accommodation and
equally good fishing are to be had
For plymouth bass the sport is
closer at home. II you can't do any
more. take your rod and reel and a
bucket Of bait and go down to the
Tidal basin. 1t is full Of plymouth
bass, and some beauties are taken
there. both on live bait and on spoons.
Evening star., 1918-05-26

just held council. and they have au-
tkorized me to come to you and tell you
that If you will pick out what you con-
slider to be the greatest gift in the world
they will give 1t to you"
"Finer said Sir Walter Raleigh.
"Fine Some angel that. And what did
you tell her you wanted, the earth?
NO" said Napoleon. 81 didn't have
time to tell her what 1 wanted. Old
DR.. johnson came along with that siren
sneeze of his just at that critical mo-
ment, and 1 never had chance to tell
her what wanted"
well. guess it would have been the
earth if you'd had the chance to tell her,
SO what's the odds?" said Raleigh.
There's another guess coming to
you, Walt" laughed Napoleon. There
was a time when I wanted the earth.
but I'm cured. 1 wouldn't take it now
IL old Pop Atlas himself were to lift
it off his shoulders and hand 1t to
me on a golden platter.
Me neither" said Alexander, ap-
provingly. My Zeus! Think OF hav-
ing to pay taxes on that old bail at
the present rates"
Precisely" said Napoleon. And
consider also how everybody hates
the fellow who even admits that he
wants it,"
Evening star., 1918-05-26
The Greatest Gift. i'm the World

in the world anyhow" said Aleibi-
ades.
Speech. the golden gift Of Ian
vehicle divine for the expression OF
your inspiration serves not only your
own age but all the ages to come"
Sure" interrupted Nestor. "A
command of winged words. golden ar
gosies of thought, sailing through the
rivers of time on through the sunht
waters Of"
Rot" calculated Napoleon. "Thom-
as j. Rot, of Rotterdam. What no
tion-asking the gods for vocabu-
larry in va day when. the free coin
age of hot air has become SO viru-
lent that you can buy a dictionary
containing 100000 words for dime!
Words? Why they are a drug on the
market these days. doctor. You can
buy a billion Of 'em from Kaiser Bill
for a pfennte. and be m-fiammed at
Il was not referring to worthless
words, with made in Germany
stamped all over them," said Doctor
Johnson. But words Of real power
and sincerity"
NO good" said Napoleon. value
less auxiliaries no doubt. but in an
age requiring action sometimes a
detriment. At any rate not the great
est gift in the bestowal of the gods.
Wherefore. as Delilah said after she
had finished cutting SIMPSONS haiN.
next! Caesar. what would you con-
slider the greatest gift in the world?"
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Enghshwoman Tells Of Zeppelin Raids on London and Vicinity

has been most difficult to introduce
the British woman worker is agricul-
ture, according to Mrs. Smith But
that is now largely overcome. she
says. TT has been a long. hard bat
tie to induce the farmers to try the
farmerettes,'" she declared. but they
have at last won the day. and the
men are now asking for them"
Great care is taken OF the health
and physique of the woman farm
workers. and they are forbidden TO
do some things. They may net han
die a horse plow, and they are not
allowed to toss bales Of hay and
straw to the top of hig ricks. With
these exceptions. they have proved
quite as capable as men OF under
taking serious farm work.
As Mrs. Smith stood before her
listeners in one of the lar audi
toriums in Washington she begged
her hearers for leniency IL her voice
faltered or nerves gave way. She
spoke to those hundreds of men aad
women on a day of one of the oiS
battles and husband and sons were
on the battle front. On later DAY.
when the reports told that the Tight
ing was less strenuous and no III
word had come to her. an interview
was granted to newspaper writer
1t was In the nome OF hI S6ti WV
man, assistant secretary of agricui-
ture. that the Englishwoman received
her caller. She said:
what I do feel Is quite understood
in this great country: IL is that here
stand the last reserves between CIVIL
ization and the evil thing that 10
seeking to destroy it. America has
vet to realize to its uttermost cor
ners the omen of these words, the
solemnity of the hour, the greatnsss
of her tragic destiny. Her woman.
hood must mobilize for the nght.
must consecrate and dedicate ITSELF
for service in every department. must
stand solidly behind the fighting men:
Not until every unit grasps ana
fulfills its individual responsibility
can we dare to expect. because We
shall have earned. the victory which
will make the world possible dwell
ing place for our children and our
children's children. Though we IN
dividually fall in the fray. what mat
ter? God has made us creators. ouiia
ers, conservers. Let us be true 70
our heritage and leave the mark ..
our great giving on retuvenateo
world"
Evening star., 1918-05-26
=. DREAMED rHAr.Ax ANGEL CAME TO Me- SAID NAPOLEON

ridicule and humiliation BY his
thoughtless cotemporaries. He was
indeed wise. and IL had a hat to take
off I'd take 1t of to him."
NO. no. no." said Noah modestly.
"It is very good OF Socrates to speak
so kindly Of me but really he does
me too much honor. The fact ID was
the worst offender Of the lot"
"You?" cried Socrates and Solomon
in one voice.
Yes. l." said Noah. shaking his
head sadly. for IL I had known
enough to think right and to do right
at the right time 1 should have saved
the world from its worst catsstro-
phe"
'I don't quite get 1t. admiral"
said Napoleon. I've always regarded
you as the supreme wise guy of your
time"
Nevertheless" said Noah. Il lost
as the rest OF you have done. II
had thought right. and done the
right thing at the right time I should
have kicked those two Huns on the
Ark into the sea the minute dis
covered they were on board. II I had
done that the breed would not have
been perpetuated."
Dear me" said Kidd. 'T didn't
know you had any Huns on board"
Yes" said Noah. IF you will read
your history you will fnd IL recorded
there that I had two of every kind
of beast in my zoo."
And the old man wept bitter tears
as he thought Of the great oppor-
tunity he had lost through his failure
to think right. and to do the right
thing at the right time, and nobody
in all hades blamed him.
Copyright. 1918. by Mcclure syndicate.)
Evening star., 1918-05-26

the same box I didn't think right
at the right time either. Suppose I'd
gone to a decent barber shop and
paid a quarter like any ordinarily
Of letting Delilah do it-would l with
all my strength have come a crop
PERI
I'm afraid you would. Samp."
laughed Napoleon. You really aren't
In on this. When mans strength is
all in his hair whether he thinks
right at the right time or not he soon
gets out Of the izzer into the wazzer
class. I've known a lot of warriors
who were all name and no might. The
woods were full of 'em in my day.
Generals with hair like Ophelia's was
the day she jumped overheard, and
except for their corsets they had no
staying power. You can take 1t from
me. Samp. that in this world of sin
and woe it's what a man has got in
on the outside that gives him his real
standing in the community"
I'll take you on right now.' said
Samson. somewhat miffed.
"All right" said Napoleon. I'm
ready. You fight with your weapons
old jaw-bone, and I'll mobilize my old
guard and we'll give hades a mill
tary show that'll be a corker."
Il must say" said Socrates. that
while. as we have seen. the rest of US
showed a lamentable inability to
think right, and to do the right thing.
at the right time. our good old friend
Father Noah, who has made this wise
suggestion. is the only one OF us who
does not seem ever to have erred for
lack Of right thinking at the right
time, He had vision. foresight and
prudence. He was the original ad-
vocate Of preparedness, and I regret
to say that like all men who can
see beyond the present, and who warn
the SNUG and the satisfied of evil
things to come. he was subjected to
Evening star., 1918-05-26
Confused.

~EN. LEONARD WOOD said at
VI luncheon:
There are SO many rewards Tor
bravery and devotion on the other side
that a poor soldier naturally gets
confused among them.
There's the v. c.. or Victoria Cross;
the NJ. NJ, or Medaille ldiiitaire; the
D. S. O., or Distinguished Service or,
der: the C. G., or Cr6ix de Guerre. ana
SO on almost indefinitely.
"a doughboy had a grudge against
his captain, who WAS bit OF mar
tinet. Well, in the Y. NJ. c. 4. one
night a waitress said to the doughboy:
.-.Did you know they'd given your
old captain the c. G.?
"The doughboy laughed aloud:
".Served him darn well right, ne
said. How many dAys."
Evening star., 1918-05-26

meself" said Solomon. II never said
anything wiser" q,
"True-aias. how very true" said
when I awarded the apple for beauty
to Venus instead of to Minerva or
Juno. How much woe and misery my
family would have been spared II
had had thought and done the right
thing at the right time II had had
that gift I should have cut that rotten
old pippin into three parts and given
one part to each of the three ladies.
Juno would not been enraged, Min
erva would have been pleased. Venus
would not have invited me to meet
Helen. and Troy would still have held
its place on the map"
"A very true statement. sonny"
said Priam. "oh, IL had had the abil-
ity to think right and do right at
the right time! I should have beworn
the Creeks
Greeks?" roared Johnson.
L said bewern." said Priam. isn't
beworn the proper form of the verb
to beware that ] need?"
oh" groaned johnson. with a de-
spairing glance at Lindley Murray.
"I guess it's as close to nature as
your Greek. Doc. said Priam. But
anyway. as I was saying. II had that
gift should have been bewary of the
begreeks when they came bebearing
begifts. and have said. No. gentle
Pri II you happen to have second
hand fiivver you don't need in your
business I shall be glad to accept that,
but no Georgia pine Bucephaloi in
mine. It would have been more than
that"
Probably" said sophocles. 'It is
interesting to speculate upon che in
fuence Of wrong thinking upon the
worlds history"
*x
YES" said Napoleon sadly. Even
I thought wrong at the critical mo-
ment. should never have known
Wateroo or St. Helena II In my youth
1 decided to remain at home in Cor
sica, and raised goats for the South
down Mutton Market instead of going
in for imperial power. II had raised
a million goats"
MY getting one of 'em wouldn't
have mattered. would it. Boney."
wellington.
NO" said Napoleon. "and you
wouldn't have got that either Artie.
The other sss.sss of 'em would have
butted ye back clean across tho
channel with a butt SO hard you'd
have reached the north pole hun
dred years before old Doctor Cook"
I'm in the same hx." said Ajax.
'It makes me fairly crazy when
think Of my going out and defying
the lightning. shaking my fist at the
and challenging the thun-
derbolts to fight to finish. when
by little diplomacy of the Ben
Franklin order. and a piece Of cheese
set in a Leyden Jar. I could have
bottled it, and sold 1t to a confid-
ing public at fifteen cents a watt.
The idea Of a man getting a force
like that sore on him when by a little
coddling he could have made It eat
out of his hand-dear me! II I had
only thought right and done right at
the right time instead Of being
handed down to posterity a. . silly
Evening star., 1918-05-26
AIT THE H0(JSEEB0AT ON THE STYX 4 ls!gs Reported

"A hole-proof-hide." said Caesar
"One that Is impervious to the insidi-
GUS operations Of the. steel thrust"
Yours was impervious to shafts OF
criticism" sneered Cassius. If 1t had
not been so Brutus and 1 would not
est human porous plaster in history.
"Brutus and your" retorted Caesar.
contemptuousiy. "You haven't labored
under the delusion. all these years
that that little tin slat Of yours ever
touched me. have you?
81 sure have" said Cassius.
~
Caesar threw his head back and
roared with laughter.
You must have delivered your
thrust by long distance then." said he.
because II you had dared to come
within reaching distance Of my good
right hand I'd have taken your sword
away from you and spanked you with
the fiat side of 1t. I'd do 1t now for
ten cents"
"Tll put up the money" said Marc
Antony. "if so be the cadaverous and
ravenous Cassius can't raise the
stake"
peace. gentlemen. peace!!" cried
spike at Caesar and tripping the
angry Cassius as he advanced, and
sending him sprawling to the deck:
"why this unseemingly wrangling"
well, as for me-" said Noah. plac-
idly sittin on the gunwale OF
exist in the world today think the
greatest gift the gods could bestow
on man would be the ability to
think right and do the right thing
at the right time"
Spoken like a true forefather Of
Evening star., 1918-05-26

to be difficult one. and fishermen
who are planning trips up the river
over Memorial day will do well to
arrange in advance for bait at their
possible to obtain in Washington live
bait which can be carried any dis
tance. There will be plenty Of smelt.
and these can be carried by those
who will fish this side of Great Falls
and even above the falls. where the
trip can be made quickly by trolley.
but the man who tries to carry smelt
on long trip by train is almost GER
tain to reach the fishing waters with a
bucketful Of dead bait.
Madtoms are the only live bait that
will endure long confinement In a
bait bucket. and they are not to be
had in the city except in very limited
Quantities. The madtom is a species
of small catfish which inhabits small
creeks tributary to the Potomac and
bats for small-mouth bass during
the summer months. Formerly tackle
dealers in Washington had them
shipped here in large quantities and
kept them alive in tanks of running
water. In recent years several Mary
land counties have forbidden mad
toms to be shipped outside their bor-
ders. the idea being to compel CITY
anglers to do their fishing. and there
fore spend their money. In the par
ticular counties in which the madtoms
were plentiful. This was annoying,
but not serious. as madtoms still
could be procured from other Mary.
land counties and from Virginia. But
this year. 1t Is stated. the express
companies will not receive madtoms
for shipment. The only way they
could be gotten to Washington, there
fore, would be by private conveyance
of some kind.
X
Aside from smelt and other scale
bait. which will not stand long trans
portatton, the fishermen who insists
on natural bait Is limited to blood