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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-07

FOR RENT:-Two room furnished
house close to the Western Pacific
Roundhouse. Phone 433.-j IT,
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WANTED-Rabbits TO buy. Apply
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years. Address inquiries to Gibson
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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-07
MILLER MAY RUN
FOR CONGRESS

A. Grant Miller was over from
Reno yesterday to look after some
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-07

The chain gang is out levelling off
a few bumps in the streets today.
It's a move in the right direction for
sometimes some of our boulevards
make one think of the rocky road to
Dublin.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-07

A telegram received from the at.
tending physician announces this
morning that Mr.. William Smiley is
now out of danger at his home in
Santa Cruz and that he is well on the
way to recovery.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-07

Seventy boys of twenty-one regis
tered throughout the county on the
fifth under the selectiye service reg,
ulations recently passed. Frank Cur.
ry was the first boy to sign the list in
Elko and Sam Haas the second.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-07

THE Reverend Brewster Adams will
deliver the commencement address at
the commencement exercises to be
held st the high school auditorium on
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-07

Attorney Otto T. Williams will de.
part Sunday morning for Tonopah.
where he will attend the convention
Of the Masonic lodge to be held in
that city.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-06-07

The saeeuIsureate sermon to the
senior class of the high school will be
given at the PRESBYTERIAN church by
Pastor Swander on Sunday morning
at 1890 instead OF in the evening as
we announced yesterday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
BAPTISTS AT BEULAH.

DR.. E. J. Smith of Greenwood,
will be at Beulah Baptist Church on
the afternoon of the second. Sabbath
in October, 18th inst, and will
preach a sermon on Christian Edu-
cation. The Baptist denomination
has undertaken a great educational
movement for the institutions of
learning under the direction of that
church, and DR.. Smith will preach a
sermon forwarding this movement.
All members of the church are urged
to attend, and the public generally
is invited. There will be no services
at this church in the morning.
DR.. Smith is one of the most gift
ed preachers in this section of the
country, and his sermon will not on
ly be educational, but will be inter-
esting from other standpoints.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
Peace Offensive Sure to
Come From Germany
BIG DRIVE IN BEHALF OF PEACE
EXPECTED BEFORE WINTER.
TURKEYS BAD PLIGHT.

Washington, Oct. with Turkey
reported maneuvering for an armis-
tice on the best available terms, Ger
many is evidently preparing for ex-
tensive maneuvers-one, a peace Of
fensive, the other, a grand retire.
ment in the west.
The peace offensive is deemed on
ly a part of a scheme, known to
this Government to lay down a pa
cifist barrage through the Fall and
Winter, regardless of how much re-
fusal to accept come from the en-
tente and America.
Austria apparently will be used as
the cats paw.
AS for the west front military sit
uation, Germany's problem grows
more disastrous constantly. Her war
leaders would like to make an order
ly withdrawal at this time, it is be-
lieved, but are being prevented by
Foch's persistent close up tactics.
A retirement is destined to come
before long. And, it will probably
be before a considerable discussion.
Reports that he is about to evacu-
ate Belgium are taken as indicative
of the military exigency and military
authorities scof at the reports that
Germany is using her reported evac-
uation plans as an evidence of her
"good faith" toward Belgium.
AS for the Turkish situation it is
the belief here that Turkey has given
the entente some concrete feelers
for an armistice. But they are not
yet "oficial," and will be ignored
until they are made formally. That
formal request will be forthcom-
ing before long is the firm belief of
both diplomatic and military men
here, for they say the Bulgarian
break down has left Turkey at the
mercy of the British. They do not
believe Germany can carry out her
reported plan of keeping way open
from Berlin to Constantinople.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
LIBERTY LOAN PAGEANT.

The Liberty Loan Pageant will
take place next Thursday night. 1t
is to be in the nature of a torch
light parade for liberty. Everybody
in the city and in the county is in
vited to take part. All the boys and
girls of the sixties are especially in
vited to come. If they will let Mrs.
w. A. Harris know a way will be
provided for them to ride. With the
exception of these veterans and
grandmothers everyone will walk in
the Liberty Pageant. Each mother
or those who have flags, are urged to
be present, everyone who has Liber-
ty Bonds or in anyway interested in
the war, are invited to take part
AS separate units each organiza-
ton that is behind the Liberty Loan
drive will be represented.
The Pageant will form at the
Baptist Church at 7:15. Don't be
late for you may be counted as a
disinterested person.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
PRICE Of SHOES
TO Be LOWERED
Better Quality to Be
Produced Also.
QUALITY AND STYLES
Three Glasses Announced by War
Industries Board in Agreement
With Industry.

Washington Oct. 2.-The American
people soon will be able to purchase
shoes at fixed minimum retail prices,
lower than those now prevailing and
obtain at the same time shoes of bet
ter quality. This announcement was
made today by the war industries
board based on an agreement it has
entered into with the shoe industry.
Under the agreement shoes will be
standardized as to quality and styles
at prices ranging from So to $12 for
men and women groups as follows:
"Class A, from SO to SIP; Glass B,
$6'to $3.50 and Class C, So to $3.50.
Proportionate prices for youths and
children's shoes have been fixed in
each of the three classes.
The war industries board will check
up on the quality of the shoe sold at
each price by means of a class num-
Der stamped on each shoe. Policing,
officials explained, will be done by the
various State Councils of Defense and
where the public is in doubt as to
what quality it is getting according to
the price schedule, complaint may be
made and the cost of manufacture
traced.
While it is possible to purchase a
shoe for So now, under the new sched-
ule the shoe at that price will be of
higher grade. Officials also said that
it will be possible to buy better quail
ty of shoes throughout the three
classes at less money than at present.
Shoes now retailing for as high as $40
they said will retail for the maximum
of S12 and be of at least equal quail
.ity
Manufacturers, jobbers and retail
ers subscribed to the agreement and
retailers will be required to sign a
pledge containing the new price scale
and display it in their shops. Failure
to do so will mean the cutting off of
supplies. The manufacturers pledge
provides for standards of quality at
the quoted price.
The cutting of the shoe price under
the new shedule will begin October
Is and first deliveries will be made
within from thirty to sixty days after
that date. Time is allowed retailers
to dispose of present stocks at pres
ent prices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
YOUNG COLUMBIAN
DIES IN ACTION
Lieut.. H. Clyde Horton Killed Sep.
tember 13.

Lieut.. H. Clyde Horton Killed Sep
tember 13.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. I. Horton of 1414
Gervais Street, received cablegram
yesterday afternoon telling of the
killing of their son, Lieut.. Harry
Clyde. Horton, in action in France
September IS. The young man has
another brother, Lieut.. Charles Err
nest Horton, also in France.
Lieutenant Horton was % years
old. He attended Clemson College
two sessions and then came to Caro-
lima one and one-half sessions. He
received his commission at the second
officers training camp at Fort Ogle-
thorpe. He was assigned to the Ma
chine Company of the Eleventh In
fantry, but was later transferred to
the regimental intelligence office.
He went abroad with his division last
April and was in action the first time
June 2. At Carolina he was one of
the most popular young men. He
played tackle on the varsity football
team of 1916. A letter written Sep
tember was just received by his
parents last Saturday in which the
young man expressed the sentiment
that no death could be more glorious
than that for his country. Besides
his parents he is survived by two
brothers and two sisters.-The State
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1918.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
EMPERORS
! PLAYING LAST CARD
Turn to Parliamentary
Government to Save
Crowns.
TRYING TO BE DEMOCRATIC
Rulers of Germany and Austria-H Hun
gary Realize at Last That People
Must Be Allowed Some Voice
in Governmeht-Many Signs
Evident.

Washington, Oct. 2.-Signs are
multiplying in reports reaching the
state department from various agen-
cies in neutral European countries
of the rapid weakening of the des-
potic control which the military ele-
ments in Germany and Austria have
imposed upon the civilian population.
So extensive and consequential are
the events quickly following one an
other in Berlin and Vienna, that
American officials are becoming con-
vinced that the imperial rulers have
been forced, however reluctantly, to
the conviction that if they are to
preserve their dynasty from destruc-
ton they must yield to the growing
demands of the civilian elements for
the right of participating in the gov
ernment during this crisis.
The military parties have retained
their control only because of their
asserted ability to secure a military
decision that would confirm German
supremacy over continental Europe
and the British Isles as we'll. Now
that the German armies are being de-
feated and driven back into Germany
and the nation is confronted with
the painful certainty and retribu-
tive justice for the wrongs inflicted
upon the French and Belgians, the
influence of the Pan-Gefmans and
military parties is waning, and it be-
lieved that the two emperors have
decided that if they are to retain the
support of the people that they must
turn to the civilian parties that have
been demanding a voice in affairs.
1t was pointed out today that Pres
ldent wilson has repeatedly declared
that with the military rulers of the
central powers convicted of broken
faith and deceit there can be no dis
cussion of the peace with which the
Germanic people apparently are
clamoring. Hence the belated at
tempts of the emperors to erect a
structure of real democratic govern
ment through the creation of cabi-
nets responsible :. to the parliaments
in the hope that with these the en-
tente statesmen will be willing to
confer about peace. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
GOVERNMENT TAKES
ERSKINE OVER

On October 1 along with 400 col.
leges, Erskine was formally taken
over by the Government. The facul.
ty was sworn into service and every
person connected with the college is
under military orders. The students
were solemnly inducted into the S. A
T. C. by the Commandant. DR.. Moi
fatt made an ddress.
Lieutenant D. o. N. Hoffman of
Washington, D. c., is the command.
ing officer. Lieutenant Fishback, of
Washington and Lieutenant Long of
Due West, are assistants. The lat.
ter is to look after the personel of
the students and will be released
from the class room. Special exer-
cises were held on the campus and
the United States flag raised. A new
order of things has been introduced.
Sentinels pace the walks around the
college. Placards are posted: "No
person admitted after 6 o'clock P.
NJ" Before this order was formally
posted sentry challenged dis
tlngui.hed professor and his wife
who were on their way to the college
home-now Barracks" turned
them back, with the remark: 81 have
orders to admit no one." One of the
professors has been challenged three
times.
The students are marched from the
campus to the church and returned
IN the same order. Everything will
be working in smooth order in a few
days. The buildings have been reno.
waited and put within Government
regulations and requirements.-The
A. R. Presbyterian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
DR.. WHITE MARRIES.

Invitations have been received in
Abbeville to the marriage of DR..
John Bonar White and Miss Mar
guerite Brickman, which interesting
event takes place at the home of the
bride on the twelfth day of October,
in Baltimore.
DR.. White is in the service of his
country but will bring his bride to
Abbeville for a short visit after be-
ing assigned to camp. He has many
friends in Abbeville who congratu-
late him and wish him great happi-
ness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
Cotton Reports
brought a Decline
MARKET WENT OFF UNDER IN.
FLUENcE OF CONDITION AND
GINNERS REPORT.

Washington, Oct. "A decrease
of 1.3 per cent in the condition of
the cotton crop during the month of
September was reported today by
the department of agriculture. The
condition of the crop on September
18th was estimated at 54.4 per cent
on a normal crop as compared with
55.7 per cent on August rs and 60.4
per cent on September rs, 1917.
The estimate forecasts a yield of
l54.1 pounds an acre and a total
production of 11,S1S,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
RENEWED DRIVE
FOR GREAT LOAN
No Relaxation of Effort
Must Come.
EVERY DOLLAR NEEDED
Six Billions to Be Raised Will Have
Been Spent Before Reaching
Treasury.

Washington, Oct. 2.-President
Wilson and other officials feel that
the American people must exercise
caution lest the good news from the
battle fronts cause a relaxation OF
effort on behalf of the Fourth Liber-
ty Loan.
Thus far no tendency has been
noticeable and the campaign has
been going with an enthusiasm COM
parable to that with which the bat
tie reports have been received.
1t is pointed out that now that vic
tory is definitely being brought to
the side of the allied armies funds
and more funds are needed to enable
the fighting men to press home their
hard won advantage and hurl the
German hordes beyond the Rhine.
Secretary McAdoo is understood to
have determined to have speakers
emphasize this point continuously
until the huge s6,OOO,OOO,OOO total
is raised.
Official reports today from all fed
eral reserve districts except Kansas
City, which has not started taking
subscriptions, showed s411,142,O5O
pledges actually received and ac-
companied by payments of the 10
per cent initial installment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
ANDERSON HELP OUT.

The nuEses at the Anderson Hos
pital have been asked to help at
Camp Sewer with the epidemic of
Spanish influenza which is giving
the camp trouble The ladies of the
city were asked to furnish sheets,
rags, towels and handkerchiefs and
in the day time carry over a truck
load of the much needed articles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
SYMPATHY FOR MRS. PHILSON.

The people Abbeville feel
sincere sympa-.y for Mrs. R. C.
Philson in the death of her brother,
Lieut.. H. C. Horton, who fell in
France on the thirteenth of Sep
tember. Lieut.. Horton has visited
Mrs. Philson in Abbeville and had
many friends among the young peo-
pie here. On receipt of the news Mrs.
Philson went to Columbia to be with
her parents for a day or two.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
Ginner's Report.

Washington, Oct. 2.-The cotton
report on cotton ginned from the
1918 crop up to September 25th
showed 3,719,915 bales compared
with 2,511,658 for 1917. Sea Island
cotton ginned and included in the
total figures was 2,s14, for 1918 and
1921 for 1917. August consump-
ton amounted to 534,914 bales.
Cotton on hand in. factories on Au-
gust 81 totaled 1,214,O46 bales and
IN public storage and congresses
1,804,466.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
THE BOOK CLUB.

The Book Club held a very pleas
ant meeting Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. J. F. Miller.
There were good number of ladies
in attendance. 1t was decided that
the club would meet in the afternoon
during the winter months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
MOVING IN.

Mr. and Mrs. Waters have moved
into apartments at the home of Mrs.
J. C. Klugh. Mr.. Waters is employed
by the Seaboard Air Line and has
recently moved to Abbeville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
HANDSOME LIEUTENANT.

Lieut.. Albert H. Rosenberg has
been transferred and in the future
will be at Camp Wadsworth, in Spar
tanburg. This is good news to the
many pretty girls whom he takes to
ride when he comes home on leave.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
A NEW SIGN.

The j. M. Anderson Company
nave had a handsome sign painted
on the corner of their store at the
old DuPre stand. The sign tells in
large letters of the many excellent
things to be obtained in the store
and makes a good show to people
coming into town.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
A VISITOR FROM SUMTER.

Mr.. D. R. Blanding spent last week
with his niece, Mrs. J. Allen Smith,
Jr. Mr.. Blanding is Clerk of the
City Council at Sumter and is man
of affairs in his town.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
MAKING MONEY FOR
THE RED CROSS

The sixth grade spent Wednesday
picking cotton on the farm Of Mr.. R.
S. Link. They picked q hnnArei
pounds and made a dollar, which
they will turn over to the Red Cross.
When they were given holiday on
Thursday they went back to work
with a will.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
JUDGE GARY HOME.

Judge Frank B. Gary came up
from Columbia this week for rest
of several days. He has been hold
ing an interesting session of court
in Columbia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
GOT THE FLU"

DR.. Jack Pressly has been laid out
for the past several days with a first
class case of Spanish flu. The
doctor takes all the diseases as they
come along, he has only recently re-
covered from whooping cough.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
LABOR AGENT TO SPEAK HERE

T. D. Wood, Labor Agent for the
State, will speak here on Friday,
October 18th, at $50 P. NJ.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04

Rev. and Mrs. II. Waddell Pratt
returned to the city yesterday after
months vacation spent with rela-
tives in Washington, D. c., and Lex
i"-Tton. Ea.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
BUYING MULES.

Mr.. T. Gordon White went to
Tennessee last Monday to invest in
several car loads of fine mules.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-04
HOME AGAIN.

Mrs. /. G.. Parker and her two
young boys are at home again after
six weeks visit to her mother, Mrs.
Harris, in Courtland, Ala.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-07
HERBER- LOCKE NUPTIALS
CELEBRATED YESTERDAY.

Married-In Rapid City, Monday,
December 2nd 1918, at the Congrega-
tional church, Isaac William Herber, of
Custer, and Mrs. Pearl Locke, of Memo,
Rev. Glen Lindley officiating.
Although the happy event was expect
ed to occur sometime in the near future
its occurrence yesterday was a surprise
upon all. Mr.. Herber went to Memo
Saturday for a short visit on his way to
Custer, so he said, but instead of going
to Custer he picked up his bride-to-be
ana her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. r.
Mcdonnell, and brought them to Rapid
City, where, at 4;30 Rev. Lindley pro-
nounced the words which made Mrs
Locke his wife. The wedding party
were attended by Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Gossage, and the wedding supper was
served at the Patton Cafe, the menu con-
sisting of the various courses from oyster
soup to layer cake and coffee.
Rapid City people are well acquainted
with the bride for she has lived in the
southern Black Hills most all her life,
and at one time was a valued compost
tor in the Daily Journal Office, but later
has lived with her parents at Memo,
where she has been the Journals cor
respondent for number of years. She
is attractive, well read, interesting and
sensible, and her many friends wish
her all the good things that life has to
offer.
The groom, who is brother of S. r.
Herber, of this city, is president of the
Ward Electra Oil company, also presi-
dent of the Cooperative Grocery Com
pany of Custer, and has mining interests
near the place. An extensive wedding
trip was planned, but owing to the In
huenza conditions that has been given
up for the present and they will spend
some time at Mr.. Herber's country home
near Custer. Later they will 90 to Texas
and other points. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Donell and Mr.. and Mrs. Herber will 90
to Memo today, where the latter will
probably receive a warm welcome. -
Rapid City Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-12-07
from Leroy p. Turner.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE,

COMEN hEhE IN EANtE,
October %, 1918.
Ny DEAR SISTER -
| received letter from you short
time ago, and was very glad to hear from
you once more. | am feeling fine and
hope this finds you the came. The
weather has been bad lately with rains
and mud. 1t is fine today and was fine
yesterday also.
1t looks like this La Guerre is going
to be over tout de suite. We all hope it
will as we would like to get home for
Xmas. There isn't much excitement
where | am at as Fritz has stopped
bombing us, and all we get is the sound
of the big guns at the front. 1t is pretty
tempting at times to go up and go over
with the rest Of the boys, but that isn't
what we are here for We have one of
the largest shops in France to keep US
busy, so guess We are doing our part
and plenty as far as we can. 1t takes
seven men back of the lines to one on
the firing line, / never hear from Merle
any more or Harley either. l guess
they are too busy.
We are having swell music now, fur.
nished by our own band. They do
nothing but practice lately and are doing
tile. There are men from seven COM
panies playing-from 18th company to
goth company. There are five men
from 18th company playing. They are
good too. 1t will be great on our way
back, especially when we step off on
dear old American soil
| was out to the Aviation field yester
day watching the planes going up and
coming down. 1t is quite sight. We
were watching an air battle a while ago.
That was quite a sight ITSELF although
none of them got hit bad enough to come
down.
Well, | will have to- close as | have
run out of news. | sure appreciate your
long letters and hope you keep it up.
Love to you and give my best regards to
the rest of the folks
As ever your brother,
PRIVATE Leroy p. TURNER,
Co. II, lst Air Service Mech's. Regt.,
A. 2. o. 764, American L. F., France.