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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
LIONS CLUB WILL HOLD
FREE-F0R-ALL ELECTION

Nominating committees being elimi-
mated, the Lions club will engage in
a "free-for-all" election during the
booming week. Blank ballots were dis
tributed among members Of the club
at Thursdays luncheon-meeting and
when each member has voted for his
personal choice for officers, the ballots
will be returned to the secretary at
next Thursdays meeting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
ITALY'S KING HoNoRED.

PARIS, Dec. 2o-Durfng the visit of
King Victor Emmanuei at the Elysee
palace, President Poincare bestowed
upon him the bravery citation insignia
belonging TO the third regiment of
Zouaves, in which the king Is an hon
orary officer. After the banquet ut the
Elysee palace last night the king con-
yersed with numerous guests.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
we conduct or business o. a cash basis. We buy for cash and sell for cash. We
have NJ bad debts no credit losses. This system enables us to offer vou a sb.
stantal saving on every purchase.
= SHOE co.
SO S. MAIN STREET
TWO AVIAT0RS BADLY
HURT IN LONG FALL

TULSA, Okla, Dec, 20.-Harold
Breene and B. L, Brookens, aviators
connected with r. private school here,
fell 500 feet here when their airplane
developed engine trouble, and both are
seriously injured. They were taken to
a local hospital, and are unconscious
Breene's leg is broken and he sustained
internal injuries, and Brookens has a
broken hand and arm. Breene is one
of the first flyers in the United States
and has been through all development
of the aircraft of the country.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20

WIS Srot TO Hog Island 10 exercise the
me matter Of direction and SUPERVISION.
ne " Is able TO increase the efficiency
Oh inc work and yet eliminate unneces-
SAT- salaries IN three departments and
rental charged for unnecessary equip
natil' thereby %eftecting a saving of
Jar approximation in other DEPARTMENTS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
SAYS LIABILITIES $3.50.

A voluntary bankruptcy petition filed
in federal court Thursday by r. NJ,
Davies places his assets at $3.50 and
liabilities at $3.50.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
Order More Ships.

on Oct. % the fleet corporation
placed an order for " additional steel
shipS, estimated to cost $l,65O, 900 each,
Gaining for longer ways and piers and
also more shop and storage capacity.
On NOV. " the contractor revised the
sslltaat" OF yard construction cost, add
ING ~, 100000 on aCcOunt Of the add
tlohal ~ ships, and 81, 256. 900 on ac-
count or untavorable subsoil conditions,
eostiy labor and necessary extensions
OF the plant, On May Z an order for
0O more ships, to cost $l,425, goo each,
was placed, All of the $50 ships were
TO be completed by Aug. 4, 1919.
Inc contracting Company's compen-
satlon for building both the yard and
me ships was fixed at a percentage of
the estimated cost of the ships, with
premiums for early deliveries or savings
III cost, and penalties for delayed deliv-
cries or increased cost. The maximum
Zee under this arrangement would be
w, 440 900 and the minimum fee 81 $780,
wv Mr.. Piez testified yesterday that
10 date the company had been paid
nothing.
Although the contract was made with
tne American International company,
the report says there was an unwritten
obligation publicly admitted by all par
ties to consider the engineering firm
or stone & Webster and the New York
S~hipbullding corporation as jointly in
t%erested in the benefits and burdens.
A separate corporation, the American
international Shipbuilding corporation,
was organized as the agency through
which the yard and ships actually were
to be built.
In a section on the status OF the yard.
later modified by the letter to the at
torney- general, the report says in less
than a year after the date of the con
tract S46 acres Of marsh land without
railroad facilities will be a complete
industrial city of 80, 1000 men, served
by two trunk lines Of railroad - = and
equipped to deliver to the government
two completed 7,500-ton steel cargo YES.
sells each week" Speaking Of difficult
ties encountered, a blockade Of cars
loaded with material extending from
sCribed.
The report tells in detail Of the. vast
work involved in the investigation, of
the questioning Of everybody from high
officials to taxi drivers and of the exam
nation of thousands of books, bills,
diaries and other papers. 1t ]recites AT
length the charges made against tho
contractors and answers on which the
investigators do not attempt to pass
judgment,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
Estimate Far Short.

waving all minor questions Of con-
troVersy, the outstanding fact Is that
the agents summer and fall estimates
of 81 900, 900 and its Nov. q estimate
Of $21 900, 900 have been so far exceeded
That the probable. cost Of the yard will
be about $6l 600, 900 (including Sc, 600, 900
for recent additions made by order of
the fleet Corporation.) Such q discrep-
ancy must be due to some fundamental
m~iscalculation In the original estimate,
TO s~upervening conditions, Including en-
largement OF the plant, to ~mismanage-
ament In operation, or to a combination
Of these factors, A discrepancy of such
magnitude would seem to call for a
clear, explanation from the agent, but
his has not been furnished,
considerable effort has been made
by the agent In the hearings to stultify
is W estimates by claiming that
they were mere guesses that nobody
could rely upon. But the fleet corpora
ton did rely on them; and there Is no
contemporaneous evidence iu%stifying
ter Of the agent transmitting the re-
vised estimate of Nov. 81. made after
two and a half months of actual con-
tact with the work. in nowise fore
shadows anything except the normal
variations Of cost which might be ex-
pected in a job OF this magnitude. =,
The most significant single fact in
DEBATING the point of view at Hog Island
was that bills for material, largely lum-
Der were prepaid land properly pre-
paid to the extent Of over $40, 900, 900,
but no effort was made by the agent
until our investigation to prove whether
prepaid bills were in fact followed by
actual receipt Of the material paid for.
Another fact of strong significance
is that while the contract provided in
express terms that the agent should
keep a detailed plant cost account, and
contained very careful prpyiEipps ia
filming cost, yet the agent at an early
date took the position that since the
government paid for everything that
went into Hog Island 1t was unneces-
sary to comply with this provision.
Hence, at no stage of the work since
last December could it be determined
what any unit Of plant construction
Il, was certainly possible to super
wise the undertaking from the stand
point OF cost without detriment to
speed. In February, Admiral Bowles
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
No Criminal Acts.

This is the conclusion as to criminal
liability:
In response to the question submitted
by the president, our conclusion is that
the facts do not justify criminal pro.
cess; that no fraud or secret profits on
the part OF the officials Of either the
agent or the fleet corporation has been
established; that while there were some
minor frauds on the pay roll which have
been prosecuted, the labOrers, laborers'
timekeepers and pay roll supervisors
were in the main honest.
One Of the accountants employed by
our chief accountant criticized the lat
ter's method as inadequate. These crit
icisms were submitted to two leading
firms OF certified accountants who re-
ported In writing that the criticisms
were unfounded and that the methods
and scope Of the accounting, taken in
conjunction with other lines Of inquiry
were so laid out as to bring to light
eXtravagances and Irregularities, If n
such existed
This investigation was conducted by
us In the midst AZ other official labors.
II was given precedence until we were
satisfied that excepting certain minor
frauds no. grounds existed for criminal
process, and there probably would be
no delay in the delivery Of ships II steel
and labor were forthcoming. Those be-
| ing the vital points we represented oral
ly our conclusions In regard to them
ana thereafter proceeded In the normal
course to consider the issues Of fact and
law involved in this complicated record 4"
Stating conclusions as to alleged
waste and acknowledgement, the report
proceeds;
"In what we have next to say we do
not wish to minimize the boldness OF
the plan Of the agent and the courage
and success Of the undertaking, but
we are not able to find a~ffirmatively
that the agent has satisfactorily ac-
counted in the hearings before us for
the expenditure Of so large a sum OF
money in the construction Of this plant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HURTS
Take a glass of Salts to flush Kidneys
if Bladder bothers you-Drink /
lots of water.

Eating meat regularly eventually pro-
duces kidney trouble in some form or
other, says a well-known authority, be-
cause the uric acid in meat excites the
kidneys, they become overworked; get
sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts of
distress, particularly backache and mis-
cry in the kidney region; rheumatic twin
ges, severe headaches, acid stomach, con-
stipation, torpid liver, sleeplessness,
bladder and urinary irritation.
The moment your back hurts OF kid
neys aren't acting right, or if bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful in a 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
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them
to normal activity; also to neutralize the
acids in the urine so it no longer irri-
tates, thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful efervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
SOME SHIP BUILDERS
TO BE CALLED TO FIGHT

Philadelphia, July 3.-New draft
regulations which take from the ex-
empt classifcations thousands Of
men employed in ship yards r. be-
ing prepared at Washington, &C
cording to Lieut.. Col. j. S. Easily
Smuth, representative of Provost
Marshal Crowder who is in this city
investigating ~selective draft condi-
tons. The new regulations, it is
said, are designed to place in mill
tary service men who T now ex-
empt simply because they are. work,
ing in ship yards and whose places
can be taken by men in other de-
ferred classes under the work OF
fight" order. Actual ship builders
and technical men will not be af,
fected by the new rules.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
\ \
COLD SPRING NEWS.


Cold Springs, July 3.-Mr. Law
renee Hagan of near Due West
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with MI. Roy McCombs.
Miss Ruth Uldrick spent a few
days Of last week with Mr.. T T.
Uldrick and family.
Messrs. Horace and Marion King
spent Saturday night with Mesmk
Fred and Frank Uldrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Hagen dine1
at Mr.. R. S. Uldrick's Sunday.
Miss Bessie VIM spent a few
days last week with Mrs. T. n
Cochran.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Newell ana
son, Westfield, and MI. and Mrs c.
C. Kay and children spent SATURDAY.
in Bolton. with Mr.. Henry Niece
They all motored to Greenvine and.
reported a fine time. &
Miss Bessie King spent last veek!
in Abbeville the guest of Miss Rss.
Hamlin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and for years
it was supposed to be incurable.
Doctors prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Catarrh is a local dis
ease, greatly Influenced by constitu-
ional conditions and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Medicine, manufac-
,factured by F. j. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo, Ohio, is a constitutional rem
edy, is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hun
dred Dollars rewaru is offered fol-
any, case that Halls Catarrh Medi.
cine fails to cure. Send for circu.
lars and testimonials.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tion.-Adv. ' July '2-1mo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
STATEMENTS OF COOPER,
McLAURIN, BLEASE AND AULL
(Continued from Page ~

NSoAkAAASN
then has the idea of running for gov
ernor. Later he concludes he can
beat both Tillman and Blease, and
sets about feeling his way towards
an entrance into the senatorial cam
paign. Before the lists close. how
ever, he drops back into the guber-
material fight, and now in his latest
political address, if anybody can
figure out what he is driving at, they
can do more than I car. happen
to recall that in the campaign OF
1914 he sent Beard around the
State, in the interest of Manning,
telling the people that Cooper had
promised if elected to make me his
secretary, and that would simply
mean a continuation of the Blease
regime, when he has admitted to me
that he had ne idea that Cooper had
ever made any such promise, but
that he was doing it for political ef-
feet to secure the election of Man.
ming.
AS to Mr.. McLaurin's, reference to
my condition, there is also no truth
in that. I was taken by him into the
office of Capers in Washington; and
they took me up on the mountain,
and showed me all the valleys and
fertile lands below, and told me
they could be mine; but the old or
der of things down here in South
Carolina was at no time obscured IN
nv vision; and I came on back home
severed my connection with the
State warehouse system and with
Senator McLaurin, and have had no
connection with either since.
l have nothing to do with Senator
McLaurin's campaign for governor,
and have no desire to NEEDLE with
it; I have nothing to do with his
political record, and no desire to re-
fer to it; but while he is making this
uncalled for and untrue attack on
me, he might tell the people of the
State if he did not withdraw his cot
ton from the State warehouse sys-
tenn as soon as his connection with
it was severed, and if he has had
any cotton in it since.
I note the upbuilding of the sys-
tenn is one of the three reasons
which he says induced him to make
the race for governor.
l regret that the matter has come
up in this shape, but I feel that /
owe it to myself to make clear eX-
actly any connection I may have
had with the things to whcih he re-
fers. JOHN K. AULL.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
MISS ALLEN MARRIED.

The friends of Miss Eta Allen
will be interested in the following
announcement which has come to us:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick B. Allen
the marriage Of their
daughter
Eta Louise
to
Mr.. Raymond Montgomery Burke
Thursday the twenty-seventh of
June
nineteen hundred and eighteen
Woodbury., New Jersey.
Mrs. Burke was one of the fourth
teachers at the Abbeville
Graded School las tyear. She was
successful in every way, and her
regretted to see her leave
as did all the patrons of
the schools. All, however, join in
wishing for her a long life filled with
the best there is in life.
Mr.. Burke is in the shipbuilding
business, and is a man of promise
in his section.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
Mrs. Sudie M. Clinkscales, Lown-

Mrs. Sudie M. Clinkscales, Lown-
desville.
Ezekiel Clinkscales, Lowndesville.
Jas. F. Clinkscales, Abbeville.
J. M. Miller, Abbeville
Calhoun Mills, Calhoun Falls.
Mr.. D. Poliakoff, Abbeville, says
that his name was added to the for
me list by a misunderstanding, and
should be withdrawn. MI. Poliakoff
is a patriotic subscriber, but does
not feel able at this time to 90
"the limit"
F. E. Harrison, Co. Chmn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
GOOD PRINTING.

Mr.. W. E. Lomax, of Atlanta, has
come to Abbeville and connected
himself with the mechanical force
of The Press and Banner. Mr.. Lo-
max is a printer of wide experience.
For more than six years he was the
foreman of the Index Printing Com
pany, of Atlanta, a concern which
does a large job printing business.
He is, therefore, competent to do
all kinds Of job printing.
On account of the scarcity of
competent labor The Press and Ban
ner has been at times behind with
it's work in this department, but
with the help of Mr.. Lomax we hope
in the future to give the people the
best printing to be had, and to give
it to them promptly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
WHEN YOU WAKE
UP DRINK GLASS
OF HOT WATER
Wash the poisons and toxins from
system before putting more,
food Into stomach.
says insIde-bathlng makes any.
one look and feel clean,
sweet and refreshed.

Wash yourself on the inside before
breakfast like you do on the outside
This is vastly more important because
the skin pores do not absorb fmpuri.
ties into the blood, causing illness,
while the bowel pores'do
For every ounce Of food and drink
taken into the stomach, nearly an
ounce Of waste material must be
carried out Of the body. II this waste
material is not eliminated day by day
1t quickly ferments and generates
poisons, gases and toxins which are
absorbed or sucked into the blood
stream, through the lymph ducts which
should suck only nourishment to 8
tain the body.
A. splendid health measure ia to
drink, before breakfast each day, q
glass Of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate In 1t,
which Is a harmless way to wash
these poisons, gases and toxins from
the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels; thus cleansing, sweetening
and freshening the entire alimentary
canal befor putting more food into
the stomach.
A quarter pound Of limestone phos-
phate costs but very little at the drug
store but is sufficient to make anyone
an enthusiast on inside-bathing Men
and women who are accustomed to
wake up with a dull, aching head or
have furred tongue, bad taste, nasty
breath, sallow complexion, others who
have bilious attacks, acid stomach or
constipation are assured Of pro-
bounced improvement in both health
and appearance shortly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
Littleton College

Has just closed one of the
most successful years in its
history. The 37th annual ses-
sion will begin Sept. 18th.
Write for new illustrated
catalogue, also and QUICKLY
for particulars concerning our
special offer to a few girls
who cannot pay our catalogue
rate. Address J. NJ. Rhodes,
Littleton. N. G. 6-11-Oct. I
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF
THE LIMIT CLUB

The following named r to be
added to the Limit Club in the W.
S. s. campaign just closed:
w. R. Dunn, Donalds.
j. J. Dunn, Donalds.
]. R. Dunn, Donalds. ,
Mrs. Eugenia N. Young, Lown-
desville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
State Of Ohio. City Of Toledo.

1USuo NVUtIIy, 3D.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner Of the firm Of F. J.
Cheney G. Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
and hat said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9Th day Of December,
A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY az CO, Toledo. 0.
Sold by all druggists. &c. 3
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
ANOTHER CAR FOR RUSSIA

Amsterdam, July 3.-Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch, bro
Their of the former emperor Nicho-
las, has been proclaimed ear of
Russia, according to the Ukrainian
Telegraph Bureau of Kiev. He is
marching with the Czecho-Slavs
against Moscow. Grand Duke Mi
chael, after the abdication of en-
speror Nicholas, was named regent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05

Mr.. Frank Reagen and mother q
Magazine street, moved to Hanalets
N. c., last Tuesday. MI. Reagen W.
lineman for the Seaboard at Able.
vile, and goes to a larger field. Mr
Chas. Bruce and family will occupy
the house vacated by Mr.. Reagen
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05
RED CROSS WAR DUES.

Subscribers to the Red Cross War
Fund are reminded that the first
payments are now due.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05

Buster and Tom HOWE have
been in Atlanta for several days of
this week. They visited their aunt,
took a drink at all the soda foun-
'tains in town and called on Mayor
Gambler and gave him some points
,on how to run a town.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05

Miss jamie Vance Bowie and Miss
Elizabeth Gambren left this week
for camp GAS You Like It," a de-
ilightful place in North Carolina for
young girls to spend the summer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-07-05

E. R. Wardlaw, Eugene Gary,
Hunter Link and Frank Wardlaw
left Monday for Columbia Univer-
sity for training. E. R. Wardlaw
was in charge. -..,