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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-11-28
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

I Mrs Bette Baker. Richardson
died at her home in Hartwell, Ga,
Nov. 10th, in her 81st year. She was
born and reared at Loundesville and
was a visitor to friends and relatives
in our town the week preceding her
death. She was twice married, first
to Mr.. L. D. Kennedy and to Mr..
Richardson, of Hartwell, Ga. By
neither marriage were there chill
dren, but she reared several orphan
ed nieces and nephews. In early life
she united with the Presbyterian
church and died in the faith. Her long
life was filled with deeds of love and
noble sacrifices. The body,S accom-
panied by her pastor, Rev. Rothen-
burg, several friends and relatives,
was brought to Loundesville for
interment. After funeral services in
the Presbyterian church, conducted
by Rev. Rothenburg, Rev. 81. c.
.Fennell and Rev. j. A. Clotfelter, the
body was laid to rest inthe nearby
cemetery.
DR.. Kirkpatrick went to Greenwood
last Friday to attend the funeral OBJ
.sequies Of Mr.. 4 E. Rivers. Mr..
Rivers had been a commercial
visitor to our town for twenty years
an dhad many warm, personal friends
who deeply grieved, to learn Of his
death.
Rev. N. G. Ballenger spent several
days at Mccormick this week visiting
relatives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-11-28
Miss Vera Bonds has one %
where she win teach this


Greenyille, where she win teach TIL,
winter. Il
I Due to increased enrolment Of
primary pupils sin the school, Miss
Elizabeth Bel found it necessary to
have an assistant. Miss Louise Bell
was chosen as assistant, during the
compulsory period.
Several of the schools in the sur
rounding communities opened last
Monday, with the following teachers.
Miss Lo1lie Seoggins, Diamond Spring,
Miss Eloise Hardin Baskin School,
and Miss sallie Hardin, Tank School.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Allen are off
on a pleasant visit to their daughter
Mrs. Ida Garner, Cordova, Ala, and
other relatives at different points in
that state. ~, s:s
Mrs. J. W. Mills, I,ryon, N. C. has
come on an extended visit to her
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Ballenger.
Miss Fannie Ficquette, Columbia,
Miss Ruby Ficquette, Greenwood,
Mr.. Charles Ficquette, Augusta and
Prof. Fred Ficquette, Starr, spent
Thanksgiving with their mother.
Caut. Marion Baker, after several
weeks of rest and recreation, has re-
turned to his home in Washington,
D. C.
Mrs. Gordon speef> >end Miss Ellen
Tenant spent last Monday in Abbs-
vile visiting Mrs. Ella Wilson and
Mrs. Nina Chalmers.
Mrs. Theron Allen and her in,
teresting little family, Of Anderson,
are spending the week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. tE.s w. Harp...
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Avoiding "a Time Prices j;

We have always had q horror OF
the credit system Of what IS called
.1sttime prices y Just q little planning
and fore thought viii help anyone ~.
void this system TO q great extent
great many people 80 ii debt fors
things that are not absolutely nsces
|sary to their welfare; in fact there
lare, times the purchaser would hs
better OFF without the article. any
country people make q practice q
buying from agents articles at ex-,
|orbitant prices because they can gst
then on time. They buy talking
machines, oil stocks, patent rights
and all sorts Of things OF eoarse.
when we are able to pay for Injuries
! IFS all right to have them but until
ablesto pay as you 80 IN, it is better Ter
to deny these things 70 yourself. The ne
point I make is this: deny yourself
everything you can get along without l 81
and soon you will be in position to; pay
cash and get the lower price.
If farmer finds be can make q
profit by buying livestock and feed
ling his farm, products 70 A thsnswe
find the better plan to go 70 the
bank and borrow money. Also, many
farmer finds.his neishbor wants to
sen some good land that would be a
profitable investment, then there is
mo better plan than to take advant-
age. of the National Farm Loan AS
Isociation. The Farm Loan Association
is not fully understood by many, we
believe, or more farmers would quit
paying high interest rates to in
Idividuals as well as banks-G. ?.
Cartwright, in The Progressive Far
mer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-11-28

Congress extended TIE scope of the
approaching 1920 ccasus Of forestry
s2d forest products should be taken.
These anIl:;actS were never speeifical
ly lowered by any past censes act.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-11-28

The Fourteenth Decennia. Census
is to be taken during the month Of
January, 1920. .>l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-06
BRITISH SEE
DANGER IN
PEACE DELAY

London. Jan, 5,-Tha past week has
witnessed a strong and general Ae-
manI from the most influential Bri
isFl newspapers regardless of politics.
for the prompt actio7 to stem III"
tide Of chaos which is threatening
Germany beCaIiS. of tuc .ntrouur'top
If Eo!shrIism by way Of the borClS.
states, There is Il lawnng recosll-
ton that If anarchy SEXES Genial
Europe the dec sions of the peac1c
conference in drawing boundaries ara
ievying ndemnitis can be enforce
only through military control hy n
allies. otherwise they may becoCm
merely scraps It paper. Tho chief
ann If tho BRITISH people il % nave
thc army lenobilized as quickly IS
possible. the labor elements il par
ticuldr oppose The retention OF Il
large con>criptcd army for the 20
Icing Of foreign territories with ne
possibly If beng drawn into con-
frts WITH their people.
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DEPL0RES
LET DOWN in
DISCIPLINE


uPWH IN the discIpl''" % Amer va"
military forces returning from
abroad ,omnarai,le to I'll. reaction
.o,.,,.tI ,.,,, ,+.or t5..
S'"Sc u 4 season We ''''''' NM = IL
4 siatetAent made pubiic t"h-2ht ~
Ma jor General David Y. L. Shani5s. II
o,,,,,a,,4 of mis- nor. of -r,ha,.,,a
H''' ''''' 80 ''>S 7t'''''' '''''' '''A
Z rr-rg thc matter 7" ~" general
staff hc had been advised that d!sc,-
mine VS. ~ be maintained ..>,n a.,
w NNp3i'SG Vi u Us ~ l.. '''' 80 ''E
81 tiioat VINO ~ ''"F'> - ~ " Wy
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POLICE TO QUESTION PERSONS ON R0CKLAND=
MARYLAND TRAIN IN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH
WHETHER SUSPECTED finn WAS PASSENGER
PASSENGERS TO TESTIFY

Rockiand, Me, Jan. 5.--A number
of persons who were on the train
which left Rocklund last Monday
morning for Hartland and West
Paris We're notified by the police 10
appear at the Knox county Jail to-
morrow night. The police hope to es-
iablish through these witnesses
whether Ollie Turrilainmen was a
passenger on the train. Tuorilainm Ell
who is suspected by the RocklanJ
authorities of haing been connccteI
with the death of Mrs. Harry +.
Brown on Monday night will be
brought here tomorrow. He was ar
rested at Riley's last night an!
claims 10 have left Rockland on Mon
day mol ming. Some Of the pasSenge"s
told the police today that they had
no recollection of seeing anyone on
the train who answered the descrip-
ton Of Tuorilainmen furnished ~
the police Mrs. Frank Lame. who
conducts the boarding house at which
Tuorilainmen was a lodger, told the
police today that he left her house
early Monday morning. John Ander
son. a milkman, said he saw the ma n
in the Lame house at 3 o'clock Mon
day morning an hour and half af-
ter the train left. The police are in.
v,stigatinC Il report that Tuorilain-
men attempted to obtain room ct
another house as late as II O'Clock
Monday morning.
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100000 CHURCH
FUND FOR AFTER
WAR EMERGENCY

New York. Jan. Tho United
Church campaign 10 raise o,ooo.coo
for after-war emergency needs will
be started soon by fourteen Protes-
tant denominations, it was announced
here tonight b. the Interchurc;
Emergency Campaign committee
Each of the denomination will carry
on a separate campaign at approx
imatel. The same time. The prnci-
pal purposes for which tie money
will be used were summarized by the
committee as follows:
Maintaining additional pastors
10 assist regular cilaplains in minis
,erins 10 the soldiers and sailors. es-
pccially the sick and those recov.
ering from wounds.
providing adequate equipment and
workers for local churches in ike
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CONTINUED
rule OF TURKS
WORLD MENACE

Boston, Jan. 1.-The assertion that
there is u menace to the world in the
possibility that the peace conference
will allow the rule of the Turks to con
tine was made by Henry Morgenthau,
former ambassador to Turkey. in an
address in fremont Temple today. He
spoke before 4 meeting called 10 slim
ulate interest in the work of the com.
mttee on relief in the Near East. Mr..
Norgantheau declared that the Turks
never would he able to govern them
selves or anyone else properly until they
had rid themselves of many of the
tenets Of Mona mmedanism He describ-
ed the wholesale deportations and mas
sacres Of Armenians b.' the Turks while
he was in constantinopie The meeting
adopted u resolution urging Congress
10 comply with President Wilson re-
quest FOR an appropriation OF 800 0G0, oCo
to relieve suffering in Armenia. Syria
and other Near Eastern countries
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APPARENT ALJBI

Lewiston. Me. Jan. 5.-Ollie Tuor;-
lainmen. arrested III n dance iiaU a:
RBcy's ~ DEPUTY Sheriff II. Nj
len Of jay last night, arrives. in Lew
iston a. AS this afternoon iii charS.-
Of Detective Napoleon Roy. who is
taking the prisoner to Rockland. They
left an hour later on an electric car
for BATH, where they will remain
over night, going 10 Eockland tomor-
row morning. Tuor,lainmen declac-
ed he is innocent Of the killing OF
Mrs. Harry r. Brown of Rocklan.1.
who was fatally assaulted about !"
o'clock last Monday night. Tuorilair-
men says he left Rockland Moc5lay
morning with the intention of going
to South Paris, but at Brunswick
met j. Finnish woman whom he knew.
on her way to EIiey's. She told him
there was plenty Of work in the pulp
mill at Riley's, 50 he decided 10 az
company her 10 thar place. They
reached Rley's, according to Tuor:-
lainmen's story, at about ) o'clock
that afternoon. He went to work n
the mil! the following morning
This story is substantiatcd By Dep
uty Sheriff Allen. who mad the az
rest. He sand he had talked with the
woman with whom Tuorilainn IN
came from Brunswick 10 Riley's Mon =
Monday afternoon and had no ,louu !.
but that she ras telling the truth, IT,:
had also talked with officials nc I've
mill where Tuorilainmen was en-
ploEcd and they We're positive tan.
he suspect began work at the n,1l
Tuesday morning. 1t would appear
that complete aiibi has been qui';%-
y established fox the suspect. The
prisoner was positively identified by
Detective Roy, rs the man wanted
BY Rockland authorities. Deputy Al
len claims the reward Of 10000 offered
for his arrest
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TERRIBLE
RAYAGES OF
FLU IN u. S.

Washington. Jan. J.-The influenza
epidemic which swept the county
during the latter part # last year
caused HISS deaths in the &c iars st
cities and increased the combined
death rate for those communities, in
lbs TO 1876 per thousand. according to
statistics made public today by the
census bureau. Total figures for t.c
country were NOT available
Baltimore with cf.S per thousand
and Nashville with .s4 had The
highest rates If he registration cities
While ST. Paul with 1873 ana Minneap-
Ill. and GGraru Rapids VITA u Zach
had the lowest. Grand Rapids shoN-
ed The smallest increase III the death
rate for 1917. having been l;.l. There
were 442.:.t deaths in the IS cities,
he estimated population OF 4. OF
which aggregated -. 5l4. 80 TheIc
was no estimate Of population for the
other four. Deaths from influenza -,
tailed 69.43Y with 42.l43 deaths from
pneumonia. The years total death
rate in New York City was ISIS Der
thousand, compared with l5.2 for 1917.
II Chicago it was IL against 143 me
year before. and in Philadelphia.
where the influenza epidemic 'vts
very severe il was II" compared W,,h
III in 1917. The rate in Cleveland .tas
$50 for last year and 1873 in 1917.
Boston 30 and 1914; 81 Louis !,6
AMI ISL Pittsburg "a ana ls.2, rrI
Los Angeles 1914 and i:.5 In san
Francisco he rate was 3o.5 compared
with 1870 for 49,: in Buffalo 2l.2 .'nI
1914: Milwaukee TIA and rs. New
ark. y. j.. 1873 and a.; Cincinnati
2nS and 16.5. Washington o3.S aud
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Desperate Fighting in
Deep Snow Near
kadish
U. S. FORCES
TOOK TOWN
LAST MONDAY
Bolshevists Also Launch At
tacks on Omega Sector
Bomhard Allied Front -
American Forces Display
Great Nalor

With the Allied Army Of the Drin;,
Saturday. Jan. 4-'By the Associated
Press,-American troops fighting de>-
perarelv near kadish have driven
back Soisi,evist troops which made
an advance there. TIE Bulshe>ists
also launched attacks On the omega
sector and bombarded the allied
front
The Americans came into bath"
along the Petrograd road and in tie
frozen swamps that border it. TIE
battle was fought in snow from two
to four feet in depth American
forces captured I>adis', last Monday
after a display of galiaHtry that
evoked the admiration Of the allied
commanders. Special care has been
taken Of the American wounded and
the body OF an American officer was
taken back i"o mile, by slcdge and
then shipped to ArcIlangel for bur
iaI There We're some casualties on
Monday but they were small in com
parisor to those inflicted upon Tie
enemy. On Tuesday the Eolshevis-S
open a terrific fire from three and
SIX inch guns and launched i counter
attack against the buildings held ~
Americans in kadish. So hot was the
artillery fire that the Americans are
Withdraw n temporarily from the VIII
laec. The line, however, was no
taken back very far and the new p"
sirions We're firmly held
The enemy did not occupy kadis..
because the barrase fire from ths
American guns made the place IN n
able. Shells falling on the frozen
ground spread their zones of des-
tructinn twice as far as they would
under normal conditions. Later ur-
der the protection Of artillery fire.
American dctachnents again sweep
forward and reoccupied The town
The men engaged III the advance
were from infantry and trench NOR
tar units. This morning word cam
iron, headquarters that the Am III
can positions are now 400 metres
south Of the village. witch is tho line
marking the furthesr advance made
by the Americans late in October
before they retired ~ the north Il
katli3li. Here and there are graves
where are buried the Americans WHO
fell in the struggle during TIE frs
advance. They are not many n
number. but for the troops invol:r'l
they give evidence thar the An1eri-
cans have been in the hardest :i-rt-
in- thar has been going On here. TIE
EoIshevists are fighting more savage
" h,re tian elsewhere 70 hold thu. :
Positions,
Tie Prtrn-rli road leads south
ward % PlcsetshaHa, a large villa &c
ON the Euiog,l;. railway. which is Tho
crcmy's base Of operations n the
Kadisii aud Omega fronts. Allied pn-
s,'icns OF the Omega front near he
village Of Pechura We're attacked BY
the enemy Yesterday. This attack
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First Group British
Peace Delegates Arrive

Tatr*. Jan. 5Thr :ir>- 2rcur of
British peace delegates arrived here
today. The party Included some -
persons, chiefly secretaries and clerks,
Among them were sir Eyre Grove,
Under assistant secretary .or foreign
affairs: Robert G.. Nansittart, assist
iut clerl; OF Tho foreign Office. and Sir
Dunlop smith. IN addition u Nikoia
l.. pachitch. OF the Serbian delega
.ion. NJ Ribar Of Siavon1t and NJ.
Favitchitch Of Croatia reached Paris.
They We're met by representatives OF
tho French government and Or, ~ e.
Nesni,cA. the Serbian premier.
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Won HERTLING, Elk
HUN CHANCELLOR
DIES IN BAVARIA

Copenhagen. Jan. 5.--fEy the AS
snciated Press, wa London)-count
George r. Won Hertling. the former
imperial German chancellor. died
Saturday night at RIspoling Ba-
varia. He had been i'll for six days.
Count George +. Won Hcrtling was
considered the most learned man of
all the men called to the chancellor
ship Of German since 1871. He had
Won for himself q scholars reputa-
ton ocfore he entered political life
and up to 1871, when he became Ea-
varia's minister president had com
bined educational and literary work
with his political activities. Won
Hertling was appointed German
chancellor in October 1917, succeed
ing DR.. George Michaelis He re-
signed in the fall of last year and
the Men Emperor William conferred
upon him the Order Of the Black
Eagle and his warm thanks for the
self sacrificing faithfulness" with
which Won Hertling had served the
country. Won Hertlins was born in
August, 1873 in Darmstadt. Of a WE'LL
known family. He passed through
the gymnasium or high school of his
home city studied philosophy and
history at Munster. Munich. and Ber-
lin. and received the degree of doc
tor Of philosophy in 1861. Later he
visited Italy and studied the daSma-
tic history Of the Roman Catholic
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REMOVING GUNS
FROM AMERICAN
MERCHANT SHIPS

Washington, Jan. NAVAL guns
and gunners placed on American
merchant ships 10 protect them
against German submarines are be
ing removed as rapidly Us the vessels
reach home ports. said an announce
ment To-Day by the Shipping Board.
The rifles and their crews are re
turned to the navy. while the steel
-un emplacements mountnf! on the
bow and stern are dumped on the
docks without ceremony after they
are cut away With the withdrawal
oF the laval crews. accommodation
arc .iifol ded on each ship 70" appren-
,ice sea men. firemen and stewards.
iunlor deck officers ana junior engi-
ncer~ Who VIII be given their 1na!
training at sea after the course in the
shore schools. The officers must have
three months sea duty before receiv-
in. -heI diploma.
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BOYS HELD
CONNECTION WITH
B. & M. HOLDUP

Maiden. Mass. Jan. Two boys e
years OF age were arrested in lodging
house in the South End district OF Bos-
ton today and brought here in come
ton with the investigation OF the hold
up and robbery at the western division
station OF the Boston x Maine railroad
in this city yesterday. One Of them.
Warren 3. Midram OF Maiden. is saii
by the police TO have been identified
as the young man who walked into the
railroad station Yesterday afternoon,
pointed revolver at the ticket seller.
w II. Staples. and deca-nped with
handful. of bids which the surprised Off
cial handed him from the cash arawe
The other youth is charged with COM
plicity in the robbery.
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FIRE DESTROYS
$4,000 JEWELS

Lynntleld. Mass, Jan. H.-JewelS va
ued at $4,000 were lost b. the burning
of the Suntaug Inn here early toda.'.
They We're the property Of Mrs Cora
Ea sIestor the owner % The inn. anil
were locked in her room on the secon
floor The loss Of tie buildings, all of
which with the exception of the ser
wants quarters were burned, IS estl-
mated a, 10000.
The fire started apparently on the
second floor around u fireplace in the
chimney. Only :. few guests were ia
the house at the time and these az Well
as all the employees escaped uninjurei.
The inn. situated on the shore OF LAX
Suntauy, has been famous for Years as
a dining resort for automobile tourists.
1t was elabotately furnished. TIL.
original portion OF the I'M was built IN
1885 and there has been several add
tons.
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L. S. DestrOyers at
Danzig on Watch
For Destitute y. S.

Paris, Saturday, Jan. 1.-THE
United States cruiser Chester. the
.estroyers Wicks and .Aylwin are at
Danzig ior the purpose of ascertain
ing whether there are any destitute
An:eticans there and brinyin. away
any americans affected ov the dis
tulhed conditions. Otherwise it is
stated. the visit has no connection
with the political situation.
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FOR WELFARE OF
YOUNG WOMEN
OF THE COUNTRY

Now Work. jan. a.--Mfs. JVhN D.
Rockefeller. Jr.. head Of tn housing
committee OF the National Young
Wuman's Christian Association. has
approved installation Of beauty pay
jors ane motion picture ha'l:; IN the
new recruiting houses to b built by
the association in cities throughout
the country. i: was announced hero
tonight. Mrs. Rockefeller 'El& quoted
as saying that every girl should have
!, cood place in which 10 40 hor oWn
shanlpooing and manicu-lne. 50 that
she Will not hay" - pay TIC prices
.>kcd AZ the regular shops and that
the mot. or pictures not only st J
ilrh moral standard. but .vou Ia be OF
10th educational and dram ate EaiH".
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To Ask % States
To Endorse Idea
League of Nations

NV York, Jan ; Legislatures Of );
states viii ~ asked this month % ct
dorse I'll. formulation OF a league of
nations AMI 70 send cord Of 'hei"
action to ,ie peace conference and the
United States, according 70 m ar
nouu cement tonight ~ IL league 10
enforce peace An ettor. also will he
madt, III the other y stats 70 have leg
islatures endorse similar resolutions
passed b. them during the last two
years
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THE WEATHER
FAIR

Northern New England: Fair in he
interior cloudy on the coast Mon
day. Tuesday unsettled with risi"G
temperature.
Southern New England: Cloud !.
Alonday probably with SNOW. Tues
day overcast with rising remper2-
tUre.
Eastern New York; FAR in 'he
interior; cloudy with probably snow
on the coast Monday. Tuesday un
settled with rising temperature.
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ROCKLAND STIRRED UP
OVER BROWN MURDER

Rockland Jan. It's the murderer
of Carolyn Brown the same man who
terrified the occupants Of the homo
of William Johnston at 1877 Broad
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