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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-31

Windows, crashed through It and a min.
ute later there appeared q pale.faeed,
excited servant, waving his arms wild
" and shouting ont:
= ssWho did It? It has gone through
the judges most valuable painting that
cost him two thousand dollarsI'
avid thought came to Jasper. It
would ruin his father ITO pay that big
two thousand dollars. Ahl he would
earn It himself. Longingly he glanced
at the vine clustered cottage where
lived Edna Marsh, his first love, his
agirl." Half an hour later he was
huddled in boxcar, going west;
Then three years, weary, teilsome,
with no word from home. He had been
tured to the gold diggings. Most days
he picked up fakes and nuggets worth
a:dollar or more. Twice he was lucky.
He lived at the cheapest rate. In his
snakeskin belt he stored the precious
dust. Then, just before Christmas, the
call of home was not to be resisted.
With shock he aroused. chilled and
confused. Lantern lights dazzled him
from below. He made out half dozen
forms. One was swinging an az. It
sunk deep into the base Of the tree.
Take turns!" called out a stem
torian voice. 'Tet all hands have q
chance at cutting down the biggest
Christmas tree In town. How she will
tower on the common tomorrow night,
all alive with colored electric globes
and gifts for the kds!"
Hold on,. called down Jasper Wal
den, missed q clutch and fell to the
snowy ground. ..@. ~.
He opened his eyes to find himself
lying on q couch in the house, his IA
ther, mother and sister bending over
him with solicitous care and there,
cltnging to his sisters arm, pale and
anxious, was his boyhood love, pref
tier than ever-Edna Marsh.
my boy, Oh, my boy, heaven is
kindi" cried his mother. .......
Jasper unshipped the snakeskin belt.
'Father," he said, "it's full of gold. 1t
will pay for Judge Earll's two thou
4Rand-dollar picture"
"What! that sent you awayf" cried
his mother. "Your ball never hurt the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-31

old, fan Ill q r
tunes. His tor.
.tured mind went
back to hom e
scenes Of which
Ada had been the
center. The nurse
fancied he was
asleep, and left
the room. In the
corridor outside
e girl wearing a
gossamer spoke to
her.
Miss ArnoldT
she inquired.
EYES,"
"From the chief
Of tha mpdica1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-31

intelligence. Even
when the general
appeared he was
self-contained and
distracted.
"Bravest Of all
my dear brave.
children r.. spoke
the waf-scarred
veteran. :..'Y on
have added to our
81 ory a n d ethe
q rm y acknowl-
edges 1t with graf
itude and esteem,
L I e q t e n a n t
Marsh" and h Q
pinned 8 golden
medal to tn e
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-31
Santa Claus
Present
M .
By GBNBVIEVR ULMAR


: WAS the mournfrs-
est face ever was,
though rotund, smooth
as a woman's, with
kindly but serious
eyes. Their owner was
thoughtfully pacing the
sidewalk IN front Of the
hotel. Suddenly he
halted and his face
shone as with an in
spiration.
"The chimes of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-31
Under the
MistletOe
Hx
Yk&
3E6
By RALPH HAMILTON

T LACKED q week to
Christmas, but Ted
Newton, office boy for
Willis & Co., had been
in holiday humor since
the first Of the month
and Just now was
caught by the full in
fuence of Yuletide.
His eyes sparkled as.
he lifted various pack
ages from a box that
bod juct arrived nv OK.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-31
A Christmas
Decoration
N
By. WALTER DELANEY

IS Christmas present
had been a bullet in his
left arm from an enemy
gun. He lay. upon his
cot in ths field hospital.
Yuletide hustle pervad-
ed the camps outside.
With grim, set lips,
through an open win
dow, he. watched an air
ship gyrating in mid air,
and wondered what the
fo&rrro wou1d hrinp fO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-12-31
A.Christnas
:. Tree Idyl.
ss'. SA
~ ~
By ALvAH GoRDAN, GARTH

LII passenger .c0acn WIS
filled with q merry
crowd and the Christ
mas spirit was broad
ly manifested. Luggage
racks were filed with
bundles giving out the
perfume Of flowers;
here the head of:.a doll,
there the wheels Of a
toy peeped out. Some
jovial travelling men
were discussing their
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
Cheaper Than He Thought.

When a happy and care-free unmar-
ried man decides to go over the top
his married friends cluck discOurag-
ingly, talk meltingly Of the price of
ice, heatedly of the cost of coal and
with consuming anger Of the flight of
food charges.
When Green was preparing to JUS
tify his name, as his associates said,
he heard much about ever-fowing
water bills, gushing gas costs and
pressing laundry bills, to say nothing
Of relentless rent. But Green was an
optimist. He did it yesterday. When
he appeared at the Office today scant
twelve hours following the ceremony,
he asserted with conviction:
"Say, / can't see that marriage is
so alfred. expensive"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
NOTHING BUT PROXY SALUTE
But Wounded Officer Appreciated
Kiss That Came With War Gross
That He Had Won.

An officer, writing from a hospital
In France, tells how French Officer
pinned war cross on his Dajamas,
and how, without any warning, one. OF
the nurses hurried to his bedside and
planted "a nice rosy kiss on the ugly
mug of yours truly" There is no rea-
son to believe that this is love affair.
Doubtless it was a proxy kiss-it rep
resented the feminine members of his
family.
Fiction nurses have been OF one
kind. In the illustrations they were
strangely beautiful. Always their
hands were cool and their uniforms
fresh. Some young millionaire had
been picked up and carried to the hos
pital where the nurse fought for his
life-grim death stalking just behind
the door. His identity was not known,
but he was a man, wide Of shoulder
and small of girth. He had a nat
back and his close-cropped hair was
inclined to be curly. By and by he
became rational. The first thing he
realized was the cooling touch of the
nurses hand on his feveriSh brow.
But why continue? He always mar
ried her, and they lived happily ever
after.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
JUST HOW PEDDLER GOT BY
Short Conversation Enlightened Attor-
ney as to Manner In Which Caller
Evaded Office Force.

City Attorney Stephens was amazed
the other day when a peddler invaded
his private sanctum and began dilat-
ing on the merits of an ash sitter.
II don't want an ash SITTER" snorted
Stephens, "but do. want to know how
you got in here"
Everyone needs an ash sitter" per-
sisted the peddler, ignoring the ques-
ton.
"But DON'T" snapped Stephens. II
burn gas"
"But you smoke, don't your de-
manded the peddler.
"You win," cried the attorney; II
know now how you got In"
"How?" questioned the perplexed
peddler.
"Just sifted," was the laconic reply.
Los Angeles Times. n
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
His Fathers Were Larger.

Tommie thought that his father was
the best father, that his mother was
the best mother, and that his house
was the best house. Indeed, every
thing of his was best.
One day on q visit to neighbor
woman, he followed her upstairs to
watch her make the bedrooms tidy.
"Are those your daddy's shoes?" he
asked, as the woman put those articles
In their proper place.
Eyes," she answered smiling. "They
are pretty large, don't you think?"
ooh, yes, but my daddy's shoes are
larger" he said quickly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

piled in a standard cord, which is 8
feet long, feet high and 4 feet wide.
The contents are 1913 cubic feet, of
which about 20 per cent is wood and
80 per cent air. Wood cut feet long
can be sold to brickyards, limekilns,
Woodworking plants and other indus
tries, but is too large for household
use.
Another method, and one better
adapted for old growth hardwOods,
which are difficult to split, is to saw
the tree into logs of convenient lengths,
say from 10 to 10 feet. These are
''snaked" out to the edge of the wood
land and there sawed and split into
lengths proper for the stove or fur
mace. The saving is usually done by
machine, driven either by gasoline or
by electricity. The wood is piled 4
feet high and s feet long, such pile
being called "stove-wood' or run
ming" cord or "run." When the wood
is sawed into 16-inch lengths, as is
customary with stove material, three
runs are theoretically equivalent to
one cord.
Wood a Profitable Farm Crop.
Firewood is expected to bring bet
ter profit this year than ever before.
1t is a much less perishable crop than
many which the farmer raises. When
properly piled, the better kinds or
wood will last from two to three years,
although wood steadily deteriorates
after the first year.
To have the best heating value, as
well as to reduce the cost Of hauling,
wood should be thoroughly seasoned,
which means air-drying it from six to
eight months. However, when piled SO
as to get a good circulation of air, %
per cent of the moisture may be re-
moved in three months. Wood cut In
October and November, therefore, may
be burned the latter part OF the winter.
The prices which cordwO0d likely
will bring this year offer the farmer
an opportunity to improve his wood
land by wedding out the inferior trees.
In the past this has seldom been prac-
ticable, for the inferior wood was not
marketable. With the prices Indicated
for the coming winter, trimmings be-
come practicable over wider range OF
country in the vicinity of good mar
kets. The woodland owner may secure
specific information from his state
forester, his county agent, his state
q ur;cu1tural college. or from the Unit
ed States forest service, Washington.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that is by q constitutional remedy.
HALLSe CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition Of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is infiamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1t is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases OF Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which is an infiamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRE
MEDICINE.
All Druggists TIC. Circulars free.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
An Irish Courtship.

An Irish sheriff got a writ to serve
on young widow and, on coming into
her presence said: MADAM, I have
an attachment for you"
my dear SIR" she said blushing,
'your attachment is reciprocated."
"You don't understand me, you must
proceed to court" said the sheriff.
well, know It's leap year, but !
prefer to let you do the counting your
self. Men are much better at that
than women"
Madam, this is no time for fooling.
The justice is waiting"
1.-THE justice waiting? Well, sup
pose / must go, but the thing is sud-
den, and besides I'd prefer priest to
do it p-Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
It's Acid Stomach
That Makes Millions
Sick and Suffer

ilation. 1t is the right way to be wen
and keep strong. Ordinary medicine
won't do any lasting good. The best
they can do is to spur up your appetite
Cor awhile.
A modern remedy makes It possible
to remove excess acid without the slight
est discomfort. 1t is called EATONIO.
in the form Of pleasant tasting tablets.
Their action in the stomach is good
deal like piece of blotting paper taking
up q drop Of ink-they literally absorb
the injurious excess acid and carry 1t
away through the intestines.
Begin using EATONIC right now
today-and get on the road to bounding,
vigorous, vibrant health. Thousands
upon thousands Of people who have
used EATONIC are enthusiastic In its
praise. They say they never dreamed
that anything could bring them such
quick relief.
EATONIC Is fully guaranteed. Your
druggist win give you big box for only
90 cents with the distinct understanding
that If you are not pleased in every way,
you get your so cents back. If you can't
get EATONIC where you live-send US
your name and address; we will send
you fifty cent box and you can send
us the Soc when you get it. Address
'Eatonic Remedy Co.. Gunther Bldg. Chi
cago. Ill.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
Advising the Chaplain.

A British officer decided to hand
some advice to rather ineffective
chaplain. So he said:
padre, If you'll excuse my saying
so, you're ID rotten chaplain {;
the men will never follow you to
heaven"
II rather felt that, sir" stammered
the fummoxed padre.
"But 1 tell you what" continued the
officer, you'd make fine company
officer, and the men would follow you
to hell"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

|5EARM17kx0r'ES

For the leaf chewers like cabbage
worms. striped cucumber beetles, etc.,
dust is a good thing to use.
\ 1t is very important that the build
InSs on the farm be kept painted, and
good quality Of paint should be used,
even at this time of high prices.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
PimpIy Rashy Skins

Quickly soothed and healed by Cuti.
cura often when all else fails. The
Soap to cleanse and purify, the ONT
ment to soothe and heal. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. x,
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap rs, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

Life Is dark--not worth much to the
man or woman with an acid-stomach.
Acid-stomach kills Hope, Ambition,
Energy, Courage. 1t eaps the strength
of the strongest body-impoverishes the
blood-causes untold suffering makes
millions weak. unfit and brings on pre-
mature old age.
Millions Of people are weak and unfit,
suffering all the time. In one way or an
other, from superacidity or acid-stomach.
They don't seem dangerously sick.
Just ailing. Going through life weak,
listless dragging one foot after another.
They're nervous and irritable; lack pow
er and punch. frequently have severe
attacks Of binding, splitting headaches;
subject to FITS OF melancholia and men
tai depression. And nearly always their
stomachs are out of order. even though
many experience no actual stomach
pains-digestion poor-never getting
anywhere near the full strength from
their food.
So, you see, fits Just this-acid-s
ach-that is holding so many people
back sapping up the strength they
should get from their food-taking away
their vigor and Misunderstanding them
weak and inefficient.
Get rid of the excess acid. That's
the secret of good health and is the only
way to obtain good digestion and assim-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
BREAKING II Gently.

Askem-W Where's the rich heiress
you're engaged to?
Tellum-You see that lovely girl ID
pink at the other side OF the room
Askem-Yes; say, old man, what
superb
Tellum-Well, 1t isn't she. It's that
grand old ruin in yellow sitting next
to her.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

1t sometimes happens that married
man has a great deal to say, but his
wife won't let him say 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
Signs of II.

"The chestnut crop is going to be
good this year" "You can tell that BY
the fish stories"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
Though the wagon tongue is silent,
1t always gets there ahead of the rest
of the outfit.

Egotlsts are men who are unable to
disguise the fact that they are pleased
with themselves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
1t Wouldn't Do.

Novelist Robert w. Chambers said
at the Country club In New York:
"This war has changed all things.
We older writer's are quite disoriented.
We don't know how to write any more.
Imagine describing a girls ear to-
day." he said, "aS shell-like!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
lts Cause.

"Was the new opera well scored?"
sit was, indeed, after the critics got
through with it."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

1t is better to be believer than a
king.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

Under normal conditions the Scilly
islands produce yearly 700 tons Of
flowers for perfume making.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
USE OF WOOD To
HELP SAVE COAL
More Convenient and Cheaper in
Many Cases on Farms and
in Small Towns.
GET PROFIT FROM WOODLAND
Probable High Prices Offer opportu-
nifty to Farmers to Cut Out Unde-
sirabIe Trees-Relative
Heating Values.

Farmers who own woodlands and
people in cities, towns and villages
who can purchase wood from nearby
farms can help in the coming winter
as last winter--to relieve the demand
for coal and the strain on railway
capacity by burning wood in place OF
coal.
1t is not expected substitution of
wood for coal will be complete or uni
versal, as for many purposes coal is
much more convenient. But for heat
ing many kinds of buildings wood is
the more convenient and cheaper fuel.
This is particularly true in the case of
churches, halls, summer cottages and
other buildings for which heat is re-
quired only occasionally but then is
wanted i'm large volume at short no.
tice.
The illustration shows the utiliza-
ton of wood at Camp Meigs, near
Washington. The power cut-up saw
shown is the standard machine used
by the army at various camps, and has
a capacity of about Is cords of four
foot wood cut into 1S-inch lengths in a
day of six and one-half hours. Wood
was the only fuel used at Camp Meigs
when the picture was taken. In the
winter coal is used to heat the bar
racks, but wood alone is used in cook
ing.
Relative Heating Values.
In heating value, one standard cord
of well-seasoned hickory, oak, beech,
birch, hard maple, ash, elm, locust, or
cherry is approximately equal to one
ton (2,OO0 pounds) of anthracite coal.
But cord and a half of soft maple,
and two cords of cedar, poplar or bass
wood are required to give the same
amount Of heat. One cord of mixed
wood, well seasoned, equals in heat
ing value at least one ton Of average
grade bituminOuS coal.
In the accompanying table is indi-
Gated the price the consumer can af
ford to pay for a cord Of wood as the
equivalent of anthracite coal at vari-
Gus prices.
Methods of Making cordwood.
The most common method of making
cordwood is to cut the trees into four
foot lengths with the ak and split the
larger pieces. The pieces are then
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

Try Freezonel Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle for few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet of every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
calluses, without one particle Of pain,
soreness or irritation. Freezone is the
discovery of a noted Cincinnati genius.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

Don't worry; it won't last-nothing.
does.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

The very best way to handle manure
is to haul it directly to the field each
day.
Many experiments have shown that
continuous growing Of the same crop is
not good for the soil.
BY cleaning out the barn every day
and hauling the manure directly to the
field, you are getting theggreatest value
from the manure and at the same time
helping to keep dirt and flies away
from the barn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
Fair Prices for Wood as a
Coal Substitute.

Equivalent price for wood
delivered in stove lengths.
Price Hickory, oak,
of beech, hard Soft maple
coal maple, ash. cedar, poplar,
de- elm, locust, Eastwood.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17
Not a THOUGHT of II.

what did you think of my speech?"
. 'fYou didn't say thing that set me
thinking"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-17

Species to be favored for lumber.
Other things being equal, theseI
should be left.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23

the unit when it again donned the
united States colors in 1917 after
the declaration of war on the Ger
man hordes. Roberts headed the
unit as the First Pennsylvania Cav
airy when 1t went to Mount Gretna
then and was afterwards transferred
to Camp Hancock.
The other two commissioned off,
GERS of the troop at the time it was
mustered into the United States serv-
lee were First Lieutenant Charles A.
Kline and Second Lieutenant George
Shoemaker. When the reorganiza-
tion of the National Guard came,
most of the men were transferred to
Batteries e and f. One Hundred and
Eighth Field Artillery, while a few
of them went into the Motor Me-
chanics Train.
Captain Roberts is now serving as
captain of the Supply Company of
the One Hundred and Eighth Field
Artillery in France. First Lieuten-
ant Charles A. Kline is in the United
States Guards. National Army, at
Wilmington, Del. Captain Nico-
demus, long an officer of the Gov
ernor's Troop, is now a captain on
the Headquarters Staff of the Twen-
ty-eighth Division.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
JULY %, 1918.

ances. labor and others, in the state.
In life matches, the troop has been
active and has taken numerous
prizes.
Organized in 1888, the troop has
mad but five captains. Harman A.
Perkins, the captain at the time of
the organization of the unit, served
from February IS, 1888, to May 8,
1891. Frederick NJ. OFT served from
June 3, 1891, to May IL, 1910;
Charles p. Meek (Second Governors
Troop, July 81, 1898, to January 81,
1899 George c. Jack. May %, 1910,
to 1911; George w. H. Roberts,
1917.
On Mexican Duty
George c. Jack was the captain of
the unit when it was called to go
into the United States service during
the trouble with Mexico in 1916.
lie served as the head of the troop,
then known as Troop c. First Penn
sylNania Cavalry, during its eight
months service there. After the
muster out, Captain Jack was
transferred to the Ordnance Depart
ment. He was succeeded by George
w. II. Roberts.
Captain Roberts was the head of