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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-08
Bennettsville. s. C.
h.... Feb. 8, 1918.
Messrs. w. W. Scott, Fl. Kelley, Asa
Hall and Fl. Clint Summers. .
q n

Columbia, S. G.. ..S ..
Gentlemen: Yours of Jan. 31st.
You withdraw your names from a
petition requesting ME to become a
candidate for Governor. You say
"what we wanted and thought we
would get in making OUT call was a
bold, honest, outspoken and truth
full man to advocate the principles Of
the Reform Party of this State,
which, we hope to- advance This
is exactly what you would get Cen
tlernen, should I consent to become
candidate, but from your letter it
seems exactly. what you do not want.
What: principle Of the Reform
Party have I abandoned 7 merely
declined to support a certain candi-
date for United States Senator. In
your request for me to be candl-
date you referred to my "Patriot-
ism, Wisdom and Craftsmanship" 1
plead guilty of the charge and cheer
fully acknowledged that you were
correct, as to my possessing in an
eminent degree these cardinal vir-
tues.
I suspected, however, Gentlemen,
that you were not very deeply con-
cerlaed about "Wisdom, Patriotism
or Craftsmanship" and as I did not
wish to "obtain goods under false
pretenses," I gently Informed you
that for certain reasons T did not
think it the part of Wisdom, Pa
trietism or Statesmanship" to elect
either Governor Blease or Senator
Tillman to the United States SEN
ate.
You say that in this I forsake
Reform Principles. draw,:a distlnc-
/ ton between the personal ambition
! of Men and the principles underly-
ing popular government. If your
theory is correct then / was deceived
1t the Mourners Bench. I never had
Religion at all and it was merely IN
pestion that made me shout, groan
and saw Amen. No Gentlemen, l in
fer from your letter that what you
want. is not a "bold, outspoken,
honest and truthful man to advocate
the principles of the Reform Party
but somebody with brain and the
gift of "gab" who will prostitute
himself to help you elect the Bro
ther-in-law of one of you to the
United States Senate, and cheer
fully inform you that I will see you
/, /, He'll first. I am no Office seeker
I have declined since leaving the
Senate a seat on the Federal Bench
and a place on the Philippine Com,
mission. The only thing that woulc
, induce me to take Office would be
thatEthisS stets nesdst semebody 10
/
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-08

/. 1t IS worth Trip TO Atlanta 20
go through the place of business OF
this big newspaper. We went down
into the press room when the Jour
nal people were printing the Home
Edition. The paper was being fed
into the press from a big roll
about eight feet long, the roll at the
beginning being some thirty inches
in diameter. 1t left the roll going
in one end as plain white paper and
coming out at the other end Allan.
ia Journals, printed, folded and
ready for quick reference. Two
presses were running, the larger
printing, folding and delivering by
e. kind of elevator arrangement
four hundred papers a minute, and
having a capacity of six hundred
when printing base ball extras o1
all about the latest Atlanta tragedy
High Cost of Paper.
A countryman like US, when we
bought the active interest in The
Press and Banner, would think that
of all the cheap things in the world
paper is the cheapest and that two
dollars worth will print newspa-
per for a year. 1t will perhaps be
interesting to know that the Atlanta
Journal buys more than twenty-five
thousand dollars worth of print pa
per each month, or more than three
hundred thousand dollars worth per
year. Some idea of the reasons for
kicking against the Paper Trust may
be inferred from this statement.
Two warehouses are kept full of
this paper all the while, it being
bought and shipped in by the car:
load and sometimes by the train
load. AS the paper is being printed,
occasionally something new comes
in, and the matter is set up, the
presses stopped end the new matter
inserted 50 that even one issue of the
paper may be changed many times
between the starting and the ending
of the press work. g..
The Journal is somewhat bigger
than The Press and Banner, but as
the girls say-from Georgia-we
should say, "Believe me, it is no
better" Subscribe today.
Riding On The Street Cars.
Having been in Atlanta all day,
and as brother shuman, late of the
Greenville bar, would say, after he
had finished his cases in the Su-
preme Court, (never beforey, we
said to ourseIf, 'I have been here
all day and haven't ridden on the
street cars yet" so we board
ed car to Decatur, passing
through InnTan Park, Kirkwood
getting off at the first named
place. Agnes Scott College IS 10
Gated at Decatur. 1t is one of the
best schools in this section. The
buildings are on high hill, with
wide grounds, well cleaned and the
whole Institution from the outside
bears an industrious as well as edu-
cationaI atmosphere. We walked
around some, and stopped to catch
a car back. One lady who was
there told US which was Greenville
street in Decatur. (They call it
Peachtree over there, but that is the
same as GreenviIIe in Abbeville)
and which was North Main and
which was WardIaw. She said Ag-
mes Scott a fine place to send a
girl if you want her to study but
if you are going in for style and
fun to go somewhere else, all of
which we received as information,
having young lady who will be go
ing away to school one of these
days.
Boys Must Be Boys.
We saw something else which
might be of interest to the boys. A
boy was on an automobile drive
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-08
Boys Must Be Boys.

We saw something else which
might be of interest to the boys. A
bow was on an automobile drive
way which slopes about like the
sidewalk at the side of the Baptist
Church. He had one skate, on which
he put board, and on this he
took a seat. Giving the skate start,
md lifting his feet he "airplaned''
for about a hundred yards at fast
clip, cleaning up all corners as he
met them. 1t would be worth try'-
ing. but the boys should keep a
lockout for Dave Hill as they ride
He might be walking along the
street practicing his next speech
all to himself and get "ran over
which to say the least of it might be
. contempt Of court.
! Homc-Worts-Rest Of All.
We got back to Atlanta, saw ant
talked to Andrew White and cam:
home, and here we are, and it i:
, lust like it was last Tuesday, bu
we could stand it, and like it, if i
were not for the workless days-no
that we like to work, but we like II
see other people at it.. IL.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-08

out Whitehall, stopping here and
there to buy something to take home,
and everywhere seeing soldiers, SOL
diers, soldiers-Kaiser Bill may
think these boys won't fight but we
didn't ask any of them if they
wanted to fight. They were in the
hotels, on the streets, on the street
cars, at the movies everywhere
and everywhere they are a manly
set-true sons of U. S. and as true
as steel.
Finally we went around to the
Atlanta Journal office to see oul
old school friend, John A. Brice, now
one of the big men on the Atlanta
Journal.
We found Mr.. Brice as pleasan
and affable as he was ct Due Yves
twenty-five years ago this January
looking not much older, little fat
ter, still care-free, (Which beln'
interpreted means unmarried dur
ing the times of the high cost o
living), but he was just the same
He expects to get married som
day when he is old enough. He
from Fairfield county, akin to tn
Rriccs of this section, and Sece
der, and therefore, gets there frs
with the most men, keeping the te
commandments and everything els
he can lay his hands on (Andre7
Jackson please keep quiet, we sal
it,
E;arss Than TEe Prs.s md sAnIe'
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01

sat In this room one night In tho
dark, and had not mental concentra-
ton enough to take of my clothes and
60 to bed. took revolver out Of my
trunk and loaded it and then didn't
know what to do with it. My machin-
cry had run down.
II opened that window and sat there
in a freezing draft an hour or more, I
guess. BY and by l saw a man com.
ing along the street in his shirt sleeves,
and it gave me a notion that Il was
cold, but / hadn't sense enough to
move away from the window. So sat
there and was vaguely surprised to see
the man enter the yard and come up on
the veranda. Presently he got In
through the window, not seeing me, for
l had drawn back behind the curtain.
'He walked to the middle Of the
room, and there was suit Of my
clothes lying over chair. BE was
about to put on the coat when saw
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01
WAR PIE -.'
CONSERVATION

Every home and every army agrees that
man must have balanced meal, with a good
dessert, either at home or in army rations.
That doesn't mean that you shouldn't
economic in desserts these days.
You should and you can.
None SUCH Mince Pie is very real des-
sert-none better. And NONE SUCH pack
age of Mince Meat works out the economy
of pies, cakes, buildings, and cookies.
None SUCH is economical, because its
condensed form and paraffin-lined package
prevent waste.
1t costs only few. cents and is cheaper
than bulk mince meat bought by the pound.
NONE SUCH M1NcE MEAT is made from
the very best ingredients. Just what you
would use if you were making it yourself.
and it comes to you cheaper than you could
make it yourself. j..
A package of None SUCH Mince Meat
becomes three times the package weight
when the moisture in making is added.
Bake None SUCH War -Pie-a regular
Mince Pie with no top crust. That saves
-four, shortening, labor, and expense. A
None SUCH War Pie saves and conserves,
~ We are asked to do by the U. S. Food
Administration.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01
Stolen Money
Restored
Good Luck That Came to a
Man Through a Burglar.

By HOWARD FIELDING

in payment Of debt which you
may not remember"
These words We're typewriter on q
plain sheet Of paper. There was neither
address nor signature, neither date nor
place. The envelope bore my name in
full, and had found it with my morn
ings mail on the leaf Of my desk.
My surprise was complete when the
contents greeted my eyes with the
agreeable green Of the national cur
rency. Many bank bills. tightly folded,
were wrapped in the single sheet Of
paper which I have mentioned. The
total sum was 1868.
1 will not attempt to describe the
perplexity into which I was thrown by
this mysterious communication.
After cudgeling my brains for some
hours I reached the very annoying con-
clusion that this money must have been
sent to me by a Mrs. Colvin, whom I
had come to know when lived at my
grandfather's house in Montclair.
After the sudden death Of her hus-
band I assisted her in settling the es-
tate and in so doing spent some Of my
own money, which fact studiously
concealed. was . suitor tor the hand
Of Mrs. Colvin's daughter at that time
and had faint hope, which was speed.
lily Quenched, though not my love, alas!
would rather that almost anything
else had happened than that Mrs. Col
vim should haYe' discovered her debt to
me. Unfortunately she had consider
ably overpaid me, yet the money must
have come from her, for there was no
other explanation. 1t remained, then,
for me to go to Mrs. Colvin, whom 1
had not seen in more than year, and
render her a true account, returning
the balance now due her.
With this purpose went to Mont
clair in the afternoon of the following
day. l walked slowly and went out of
my way to pass my grandfather's
house, untenanted since his death, and
there I paused some minutes, looking
up at the shattered windows and re-
calling the tragedy which had cut him
of in what he used cheerily to call 1.-THE
prime of old age" We found him dead
upon the floor Of his chamber one
morning, and his hands were clinched
tightly upon the collar and sleeve Of
rough coat Of dark cloth. This gar
ment was burglars. My grandfather
had discovered the man in his room,
had sprung from his bed to grapple
with the thief and had died Of his own
too violent exertions, for his heart had
been weakened by a recent serious ILL.,
ness. We discovered that the burglar
had entered by window Of my room
and, after relieving me of consider
able sum of money, had passed to my
grandfather's apartment, where the
silent, swift and fatal struggle had &C.
CURED and whence the intruder, strip
ped of his coat. had escaped into the
night. -
Mrs. Colyin's house, when came to
1t, looked CHEEKY and homelike in COM
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
In District Court, Howard County, Iowa.
Charles C. Burgess, Plaintiff,

Charles c. Burgess, Plaintiff,
Orrimel G. Talmadge and wife Harriet
Walter =. Talmadge and vile
their unknown grantees, MORTGAGES,
aasignees, husbands or wives, heirs, devisees
or legatets, and the unknown claimants or
q tnf Te%nshp 3 SoSth Range T.
West: Howard County, Iowa, except acres
described @ follows commencing st South r.
Of said sectibn, thence North Is rods, West -
ming, Defendants
that there is nov on fiie in the office OF the
C lows the pisintiff:s petition In the
n ss the ss
North, Range IL West, Howard County,
commend. 8 at Southeast corner Of south-
west II Of Northeast Il OF said section, thence
North l6 rods, West 20 rods. South !6 rods,
and his fH Hrsns e ave Seen ADVERSE pos
session or the above described pren.laDs
under color OF title for more than ten years
claim adverse to plaintiff in and to said real
estate but that their rights, II any they had,
are now barred; that the names and Fesi-
dences OF the unknown defendants, or
unknown claimants, are unknown to plain
tiff although he has sought diligently to
learn same; and asking thaC the ute 10 s4lo
premises be quieted In him against the
adverse claims of all defendants, that plat ID
tiff be adjudged to be the absolute owner In
fee simple OF said premises; that defendants
appearing to contest plaintiffs claims be
djudged to pay the costs OF this action and
for equitable relief.
That unless you appear and defend before
noon of the second day Of the March, 1915,
term of said curt which will commence on
the 4thlday of March, 1913, In Cresco, Iowa,
default will be entered against you and judg-
ment and decree rendered thereon as
prayed.
w. L. BARKER,
2t4 Attorney for Plaintiff.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01

Scrlption' was recommended to me be.
gan to take it, and it proved to be all
that it is recommended to be for it COM
pletely cured me of all womanly trouble
and built me up in health and strength. It
is the most wonderful medicine for women
have knOwn."MRs. EMMA SHANKs.
BALFoUR, IowA.-"I took six bottles of
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
would advise every woman troubled with
nervousness, hot flashes and palpitation
of the heart to try it."-MRs. ALLIE Null
DOwNEY.
This herbal tonic for women is made
up in liquid or tablet form aud can
be obtained in almost any drug store
in the United States. It contains no
alcohol or narcotic, and its ingredients
tderived from natures roots and herbs)
are printed on the wrapper. 1t has
enjoyed an immense sale for nearly 50
years, which proves its merits as we'll
$ the statements made by users. If not
,btainable of your Dealers send 10 cts.
20 DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gioal Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, and he
viii mail trial package of the tablets.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01
The Two Codes.

Bishop Patterson said at banquet
in Columbus:
The world will be a better place
when a uniform morality prevails ev-
erywhere. Nowadays it's quite. moral
to do a friend in business, whereas IN
society to do ones friend Is wrong.
"A young millionaire once said:
"'Tm in a quandary about my fu-
ture. I can't decide whether to 60 on
Wall street and live up to my late ia
TIERS reputation or to 60 into society
and live It down. -Washington Star.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01

parison with the great empty mansion
that l had just left. A servant an
swered my summons and greeted me
with surprise and voluble Joy.
There's nobody at home" said she
after paying her respects to me. But
Mrs. Colvin will be back soon. Miss
Amy and Mr.. Durland have gone to the
ball game"
Mr.. Durland was a young man who,
upon my recommendation, had been
taken as q boarder by Mrs. Colvin
shortly after her husbands death, for
it seemed advisable for her to increase
her income in this way. He was a
writer and had made some successes
Of late, as l happened to know. but it
had been nearly two years since I had
seen him.
Mr.. Durland is still here?" said l.
Indeed he is, for good and ALL the
woman answered. Didn't you know
that Miss Amy was engaged to him?'
shook my head.
"Yes," said she. They're to he mar
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01

SHE GAVE LITTLE CRY OF SURPRISE
AT SIGHT OF NE.
him stoop and feel of a knee of his
trousers. which was all torn open.
Then I saw him take his waistcOat
and trousers off and lay his hands
again upon my clothes.
at that moment stepped forward
from behind the curtain and out of the
dark shadow, and pointed my revol-
yer at the man. Hands up!' said I,
merely mechanically. 1t was just q
memory of old stories. didn't really
care whether he put up his hands or
not.
He gave cry like an explosive
moan, IL you can fancy one, and made
dive for the window. didn't try to
stop him; I stood stock still, wonder
ing: 1t may have been four or five
minutes that stood there before tho
humor of the situation dawned upon
me. A burglar had entered my room
and had got away with nothing. not
even his own trousers. I laughed. and
it did me good. So" '.
presently I lighted the gas and ex-
amined my plumber. In the waistcoat
were u gun metal watch and half .
dollar. In the trousers were some
small tools Of the burglars trade. two
handkerchiefs, q little vial Of chloro-
form and $3.50 in bills.
$50 far a. I remember. sat and
stared at that money all tho rest Of tho
night until there came the usual knock
upon my door at O'Clock to wake me
up. I arose and locked the burglars
clothes in my trunk. but the money I
put into my pocket. I had cup OF
coffee, took the o'clock train for the
city, spent about 5000 In squaring up
my debts and came back here In the
afternoon. Then I heard Of the a6air
at your house and realized the position
in which I stood.
1T seemed to me, In my muddled
state of mind. that the real burglar
must be caught and that I could then
come forward safely and tell my story.
The days went by; the man was never
found. He must have stolen some
clothes from another house and es-
capped safely from this town. BY the
time that this dawned upon me had
lost my opportunity, or SO it seemed
to me. At any rate, dared not
dared not tell my story.
There, Marshall; there's the truth.
That money was the making of me;
absolutely my salvation and the foun-
dalton Of my career. But stole it
stole it, from q thief. And now
A tap at the door. We exchanged q
glance: then Durland called. Cons
in."
It was Amy, and she gave 4 little
cry of surprise at the sight Of mo
II have interrupted you." said she
after friendly greeting, for no doubt
We showed the effects of strained in
terview.
mot in the least" said l. I'VE have
discussed . bit of business and have
come to q most. satisfactory under
standing. So there's an end OF care.
and with an easy mind turn toward
the brighter side of life. Congratula-
lions and best wishes"
And for a moment we three stood
with clasped hands.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01
Shake Int Your Slices

Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic pow
der for painful, smartipg. tender, ner-
vous feet. It takes the sting out of
corns and bunions. Over 100, 600 pack
ages are being used by the American,
French and British troops at the front.
Sold everywhere, Csc.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01

down IN health
due to my hav-
ing w ON an
W ca KIN eS s. I
was nervous,
suffered contin-
ually with back
aches, pains in
my side and
bearing-down
pains, and could
not ea nor
sleep. When
sFaVOrito Pre-.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-02-01
WHILE At WAR
Women Suffer at Home.

CoRTDoN, Iowa. -rSome years ago I
Fsscs s9FsS TOXINS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-07-04
XIII.
casAttaeks and spIes.

NOS VtI3CN9 0uQ 0pJSUs
Three days after we had silenced
Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. II
did not catch us unawares. because the
wind had been made to order. that Is,
1t was blowing from the German
trenches toward ours at the rate Of
about five miles per hour.
Warnings had been passed down the
trench to keep a sharp lookout for gas
We had a new man at the periscepe,
on this afternoon in question; l was
sitting on the fire step, cleaning my
rifle, when he called out to me:
There's a sort Of greenish. yellow
cloud rolling along the ground out In
front, It's coming"
But I waited for no more, grabbing
my bayonet, which was detached from
the rifle, I gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell case, which was hang.
Ing near the p~eriscope. At the same
instant, gongs started ringing down the
trench, the signal for Tommy to don
his respirator, or smoke helmet, as We
call It.
Gas travels quickly, SO you must moi
lose any time; you generally have
about eighteen or twenty seconds ID
which to adjust your gas helmet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-07-04

to disguise the location of his machine
gun and get his range. Come Of the
most commonly used stunts are - fol.
lows:
At night, when he mounts his gun
over the top Of his trench and wants
to ct the range Of Frits's trench he
adopts the method Of what he terms
.getting the sparks" This consists Of
firing bursts from his gun until the
bullets hit the German barbed wire.
He can tell when they are cutting the
wire, because a bullet when It hits q
wire throws out a blue electric spark.
Machine-gun fire Is very damaging to
wire and causes many a wiring party
to 60 out at night when It Is quiet to
repair the damage.
To disguise the fare Of his gun at
night when firing. Tommy uses what II
called a flare protector. This Is a stove.
pipe arrangement which fits over the
barrel casing Of the gun and screens
the sparks from the right and left, but
not from the front. So Tommy. always
resourceful. adopts this scheme: About
three feet or less In front Of the gun he
drives two stakes into the ground.
abou' i've feet apart. Across these
stakes he stretches a curtain made out
Of empty sandbags ripped open. He
soaks this curtain In water and fires
through 1t. The water prevents 1t
catching fire and effectively screens
the flare OF the firing gun from the
enemy.
Sound is a valuable asset In locating
a machine gun, but Tommy surmounts
this obstacle by placing two machine
guns about one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty yards apart. The gun
on the right to cover with Its fire the
sector Of the left gun and the gun On
the left TO- cover that Of the right
gun. This hakes their fire cross; they
are fired simultaneously.
BY this method It sounds like one
gun firing and gives the Germans the
impression that the gun is firing from
a point midway between the guns
which are actually firing, and they &C
cord!ngly shell that particular spot.
The machine gunners chuckle and say,
Fritz is a brainy boy, not 'alf he
amt"
But the lei In nj lines at the spot
being shelled curse Fritz for his igno-
rance and pass q few pert remarks
down the line in reference to the ma.
chine gunners being "wtndy" and
afraid to take their medicine.