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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

of rabbits on the farm, Corpulent
Kerr Immediately decided and passed
a resolution which he offered him
self to cut off ten acres for a rabbit
farm. He said that cotton was the
highest priced commodity now Offer
ed on the market, and as the rab-
bits grew cotton on their tails, with
out either work or fertilizer he could
see a profit of some nineteen or twen-
ty dollars without going any further.
Also he said that he was about to
give a dinner to Cousin Tom Davis,
and that he would need something to
make a chicken pie, and he saw
where the chickens were coming
from. He figured out that the large
rabbits could be killed in the fall,
their cotton picked and enough meat
stored away to make salmon balls for
six months. In fact he said this did
not take in the price of the hides
with which he proposed to go into
the fur business, as well as sell the
eyes to the doll baby manufacturers.
Col. Horton saw some trouble in
the figures meeting, but he could not
get a chance to talk, nor put forward
any of the plans which he expected,
as it was considerably after night
when the first speaker stopped to
draw his breath. And he was so
hoarse from long talking that he
could not hear anything that brother
Horton had to offer. Then again
good many of the neighbors hearing
the disturbance and thinking that the
Hospital authorities had moved the
Fire-banders down in that settlement
had appeared on the scene with their
tuning forks and were ready for
business. Seeing which the Ford was
cranked, and the rest of the farm
will be inspected the next time the
people in the community gather at
Bob Bowie's for barbecue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24
NEW REAL ESTATE FIRM.

Not being able to keep busy in the
business of selling furniture, wagons.
buggies, and Edisons, Corpulent Kerr
decided to follow the illustrious ex-
ample of his beloved uncle and 90
into the real estate sharking business.
Calling in Col. E. G.. Horton, who was
likewise burdened with improbable
time left on his hands by the run
ming of newspaper, selling second
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24
FRIDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1919.
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

Inc ADUSNllC SoNNS
Hosn;tal is in need of funds to COM
plete the building and obtain equip
ment. So much faith has the man.
aeement of the hospital in the public
spiritedness and liberality of the citi-
zens of this city and county that II
is pushing the work of the building
although the funds for meeting cur
rent expenses are getting mighty
slim.
Just to show. what other towns arc
doing in the way of building hosp!-
tails we are printing below an ac-
count Of what happened in Green
vile. Greenville has population of
47,OOO and S146,000 was raised in
that city for a hospital. Ahbevilie
City and County have population
O. around 10000. $4,000 co0ld be
ra:~ca hcrc with ease. ksc1t S11,ooj
hcz ......::.@.. -. ;:c,n r2:cca. 1t least
til. -: -. nee Is needed. We be-
lievc thst tie rco-lc hc~o will re-
spond.
An account of how Greenville was
inspired to build hospital follows:
"Greenvile needed hospital. The
Salvation Army needs funds to en-
large its own hospital work. The
South Carolina city then had an in
spiration.
eve have the money; the Saliva
ton Army has demonstrated that it
knows how to run hospital-let's
give them the money and let them
build and operate our hospital"
And that is what Greenville has
done; for business men of that ra-
pidly growing city are not afraid of
an idea, because it happens to be new
or out Of the beaten path.
That is why Greenville has become
an important industrial center in the
South, with population recently es-
timated at 47,000, with an annual
payroll of s6,OOO,OO0, and the recent
expenditure of 100000 for good
roads. Ideas are it's generative power.
Will Cost Big Sum.
The new Greenville hospital is to
cost over S15O,OOO. In the home SER
vice campaign for the Salvation Army
in May $146,OOO was raised for the
project; 100000 of this was contri-
buted by the cotton mills, the heads
of which conceived and put into ex-
ecution the hospital idea.
Brig. A. W. Crawford, commander
of the Salvation Army in the depart
ment of the Southeast, considers the
Greenville idea the most practical
compliment that has been paid the
Salvation Army.
Edward Young Clarke of Atlanta,
director of the money-raising cam
paign, who cooperated it, the plan,
declares it to. be the most unique
tribute ever offered in recognition of
the technical efficiency of Salvation
Army workers.
The original quota for the Green
willie quota for the Greenville zone
was set at $4,000. That was before
the hospital idea was put into effect.
The final total, s146,O00, exceeded
the entire amount raised by the great
Atlanta district by almost 100 per
cent. the Atlanta total being about
$76,OOO."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville.

TAKE NOTICE that on the goth
day of Nov. 1919, will render a fin
al account of my actings and doings
as administrator of thes estate of
Claudius Robertson, deceased in the
office of Judge of Probate for Able
vile County, and on the same day
will apply for a final discharge from
my trust as such.
All persons having demands
against said estate will present same
for payment on or before that day,
proven and authenticated or be for
E. J. HAMPTON,
1O-24-3t- 3w. Administrator.
Give a Party-Go to Party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

FOR RENT OR LEASE Eureka
Hotel Barber Shop, complete with
chairs and all fixtures. Willing to
thoroughly renovate same for re-
liable party. Apply to Eureka Ho-
tel Office. 10-3-tf.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

FOR SALE:-Auburn Beauty Six
Touring Car, only run 1000 miles.
Fully equipped. A bargain for any
body. Apply C. L. SAULS, Box
336, Abbeville, S. G.
10-7-6t-Pd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24
WANTS

FOR SAL LE:-Barb wire, four-polnt
Hog wire, $500 per roll, while it
lasts B. T. COCHRAN & co.
10-24-1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

wANTED:-You to know that we
sell Goodyear and Fisk Castings and
Tubes. We have full line all sizes,
of both. q. u. BkoWN' Jh.
1O-24-1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

FOR SALE:-25-horse power oil
engine; No. 1 American Log Beam
Saw-mill; "a inch grist mill; power
corn shelter and feed grinder. Any
one interested phone or see.
Phone 5-212. R. G. GILMER,
10-17-3t. Pd. Star Route.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

FOR SALE:-Ford Roadster, Hudson
Six, Buick Six, Buick Four, Over
land 79.
MARTIN AND PENNAL,
1O-14-tf. City Garage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

FOR RENT-Two-horse farm, Old
Wilson Place at Clatworthy's Cross
Roads. Write ]. G. WILSON,
Greenwood, S. c., Route No. 2.
10-21-3t. Pd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

LOST:-Friday afternoon between
Mrs. Langdon Wilson's and Nc
Murray's Drug Store, one small
Ladies Wrist Watch. Finder please
return to Press and Banner Office
and receive liberal reward.
10-21-3t. Pd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-24

Give a Party-Go to a Party.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28

all, both pastor and people being OPP
timistic about the future Of the
Church.
At present the session which is the
governing body in the Church is
composed of the following members:
Rev. j. Il. Cunningham, moderator;
Judge w. C. Mclean, DR.. w. H..
Whitaker, DR.. J. w. Young, DR.. b.
S. Dudley, Mr.. w. F. Smith, Nj. c.
II. Calhoun, Mr.. j. j. Jackson, Mr..
7. 7. Hamilton, Mr.. Andrew Caroth-
ers and DR.. j. P. Broadstreet. The
diaconate is composed of the fol
lowing men,: Messrs. N. j. Caroth-.
ers, W. d. Salmon, T. E. Moody,
Cowles Horton, S. S. Roane, ". F.
Martin and r. C. Trusty. The S. S.
is superintended by Mr.. Andrew Ca
rothers, assisted by Mr.. T. F.. Moody
and DR.. J. =. Broadstreet. The en-
rOllment is 1870. The Woman's Aux
Hilary, which is one of the strong
est in the Presbyterian Church in the
state is divided into five Circles, with
Mrs. c. H. Calhoun as President of
them all. Two Christian Endeavor
Societies, the Senior and Intermedi-
ate, have a membership of about
ifty-fve. The presidents of these
organizations respectively are Miss
Frances Broadstreet and Mr.. John
Talbert Salmon.
This Church stands in this com
munity. with the desire to express
through its organization and mem
bersip the spirit of Jesus Christ,
and to win others to faith in Him
IS the object and inspiration of true
religion. On this basis it's member
ship is received and its services are
held. A cordial invitation is thus
extended to visitors and strangers,
and a welcome is assured. The pas
tor and people are united in the eff
fort to make Service the watchwOrd
Of the whole Church.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28
A Brief History of
Presbyterian COngre-
cation in Grenada
The Pastor. Rev. j. 4. CUNNINGHAM,
Writes Very Interestingly
of His Flock.

The Presbyterian Church of Gre
nada has a history covering nearly
y century. She has stood through
tests which have well nigh exhaust
ed her strength and membership.
But throughout all these years there
has always remained, in the Provi-
dence of God the faithful and de
termined neucleus who prayed and
worked and thus tided her over per
lpds of stress, until the clouds drift
eG and the brighter days dawned.
the records of the Church, which
contained the earlier history of the
organization were burned in a fire
s9me ten years ago, thus making it
impossible to furnish in this writing
the accounts of the beginnings.
1t is thought. however, that the
rhurch was organized by Rev. Black
If Illinois. who was a member of
what was then known as the New
School. Among the charter mem
hers of the Church was the mother
of Mrs. A. T. Roane and Miss Blanch
Winter, who was then Miss Elvira
Brown. and whose father was an
Associate Reform minister in S. c..
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28

1t is thought that the church was Or
ganized in 1887 and the building
erected in 1888.
The first building occupied by the
Church stood on the west end of the
present location, and faced the west.
In this building was placed a church
bell which is said to have been the
first one in this section of the south.
This building vas erected Jointly by
the Pre~sbyterians and the Masons,
the latter organization occupying the
upper door of the structure. For
forty-six years it stood as the house
of worship for the Presbyterians, I'M
til it was raised for the replacement
Of the present modern plant.
The Church never had a regularly
installed. pastor until the coming of
Rev. J. c. Carothers. A number of
ministers had served the church pre-
ceding the coming of Mr.. Carothers,
some for a period of several years,
but each acting as a stated supply.
Following are the names of some of
this number mentioned: Rev. JnO.
Black, lS37-1S3S; Rev. Robt. Nc
Lean, 1839-'4O; Rev. Jones, 1S4O-'4S;
Rev. Jno. Tyler, 1S48-'51; Rev. c.
Atkinson, 1S51-'52; Rev. E. M. Rich
ardson, 1S52-'6S; Rev. Smith, 1868
80: Rev. Jno. McCampbell, 1S69-'7S,
who died in Grenada, after ten years
work in this church. his death being
caused by the Yellow fever; Rev. j.
c. C~arothers, 1S79-1918. Rev. J. C..
Carothers came to begin the work
within a very few months after the
death of Mr.. McCampbell.
There are very few pastorates in
the southern Church of longer dura-
ton than has been that of Mr.. Ca
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28
o THE LIVING.

If you like a brother here,
Tell him so;
If you hold his friendship dear.
Let him know.
All the roses that you spread
On his bier when he is dead
Are not worth n kind word ssaic
Years ago.
You can help a brother now;
If you will
Smooth the burrows from his brow
You a kill
The despair that's in his heart
Witha word, and ease the smart,
So why stand you now apart,
Keeping still?
You can help a brother when
He is here;
He would hold your praises then
Very dear.
But absurdly now you stay
And withhold what you could say
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28
HOLCOMB CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

That would cheer him on his way
For his bier.
What, wonder, if the dead
Saw and heard
What is done and what is said
Afterward,
Would they utter in reply?
Would they smile and ask us why
When the time to help was nigh,
No one stirred?
keep your roses for the living"
They would say.
Waste M time in praises giving
Us today;
Strew some living brothers way so,
If you like another, say so,
For the thing that now you praise so
Is but clay"
e. A. Guest in K. c. Journal
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28

Anil ]. 1919, he was temporarily n
Gagged with the Committee of Edu-
eaton in the Presbyterian Church, in
all of the state universities and a
number of the colleges in the South.
He comes to Grenada to undertake
the work Of his first pastorate. A
commission Of the North Mississippi
Presbytery installed him in this re-
lationship Nov. End, 1919. The out
look for the work is encouraging to
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-10-10
WHAT A YOUNG MAN
KNOWS

Presumably every young m
knows, as a physical fact. that he can
do nothing next year which he cannot
in some degree. do today. 800 The
important question is whether the time
will come early enough in life to do
him any particular good. A lazy man
cannot possibly make himself indus
trious in the future; or an extravagant
man, economical. II 1t is done at all
he must do It at an immediate present
moment-at some right now! No man
ever saved q penny in the future, or
ever will He has got to save the
penny in his hand at the moment or he
viii be broke to the day of his death.
- To save the penny in hand he
must resist the temptation to spend It.
- Every year that he does not re-
sist weakens his ability to resist. 1t
as within the knowledge Of everybody
who has the ordinary circle of acQuain-
tances that, after q certain time, the
man who lives up to the limit of his in
come-which about nine times out of
ten means little beyond-accepts that
as normal condition and just auto
matically spends all that he gets. 800
II he can realize by thirty, or sooner,
that he is spending his future every
day, It will be a good thing for him.
Editorial from the Saturday Evening
Post.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-10-10
Constipation.

The beginning OF almost every
serious disorder is constipation. If
you want to enjoy good health keep
your bowels regular. This is best
accomplished by proper diet and exer
cise' but sometimes a medicine is
needed and when that is the case you
find Chamberlain's Tablets are excel
lent. They are mild and gentle in
their action, cay and pleasant to
take. Give them trial. They only
cost a quarter. o adv.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-10-10
WILSON WARNS
OF ECONOMIC
PERILS AHEAD
Predicts National Disaster" IL
After-War Problems Not
Solved Correctly

Washington, d. C.--Persistent indus.
try and steady, conscientious saving
must be depended upon to avert the
national disaster" which turks in the
cost OF living issue, according to Presi.
dent Wilson. Only increased produc-
ton and real thrift, he said, can be
effective In reducing prices and bring
ing conditions back to q point where
wages and the cost Of necessities will
be properly balanced. The President
outlining the economic policy upon
which the government is basing its
fight to reduce prices, made it clear
that the principles underlying the cam
paign for thrift conducted by the Saw
ings Division OF the Treasury Depart
ment through the sale of War Savings
Stamps and Treasury Savings Certifi-
Gates are the principles which must
rescue the nation from conditions more
dangerous to the prosperity and life of
the people than the war itself.
Increasing wages will not meet the
situation, the President said. Wage in.
crease In the great industries OF the
country under present conditions will
only tend to push prices further and
further out of reach, and the President
asserted that wage Establishments must
wait upon the outcome Of the govern.
ment's tight to pull down prices.
Demands unwisely made and mas.
sionately insisted upon at this time
menace the peace and prosperity of
the country as nothing else could" said
the President And this contributes
to bring about the very results which
such demands are intended to remedy"
Inc PRESIDENT, emphasizing the seri-
BUSINESS of the conditions which con.
front the country, said:
We are face to face with a situ-
alton which Is more likely to effect
the happiness and prosperity. and
even the! life. of our people than the
war itself. We have now got to do
nothing less than bring our indus
tries and our labor back to n normal
basis after the greatest upheayal
known to history, and the winter
Just ahead of US may bring suffer-
ing infinitely greater than the war
brought upon us IL we blunder or
fail IN the process. An admirable
spirit of self-sacrifice, Of patriotic de-
votion, and of community action
guided and inspired us while the
lighting was on. We shall need all
these now. and need them in a
heightened degree II we are to ac-
complish the first tasks of peace.
They arc more difficult than the
tasks Of war-more complex, less
easily understood and require more
intelligence. patience and sobriety.
We mobilized our man power for
the lighting; let us now mobilize our
brain power and our consciences for
the reconstruction. II we faIlsit VIII
mean national disaster. The pri-
mary first step is to increase pro-
duction and facilitate transportation.
=
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-10-10

erty, "said he, "is the fruit OF labor;
property is desirable; is positive
good in the world That some
should be rich shows that others
may become rich, and hence it is
just encouragement to industry
and enterprise. Let not him who
is houseless pull down the house
OF another, but let him work dill
gently and build one for himself,
thus by example assuring that his
own shall be safe from violence
when built. New West Trade.
= Western men are taking pro-
gressivel views in regard TO the
labor situation and by their CON-
structiye policies have eliminated
much of labor radicalism in basic
Industries such as mining. With
view to bringing employer and
and employee closer together in
the present revolutionary" state
of world affairs, R. c. Gemmel,
general manager of the Utah Cop
per Co., has given out statement
made to Lis men as follows: "With
the object of maintaining the pres
ent pleasant relations existing
between the management and the
employees, the Utah Copper Co.
invites the employees to select a
representative committee to con-
suit with the managing and super
intending officials on subjects of
mutual interest" Details have
been worked out Industrial
News Bureau.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-10-10
Princes Who Live as Tax Eaters

Seventy-two officials Of the railroad
administration, described as "men on
the staff OF the director general" are
receiving annual salaries aggregating
l,298.0 900, according to an extension
OF remarks in the Congressional
Record by Representative Thompson,
republican, OF Ohio, who charged
that other government agencies
''seemed to have utter disregard for
economical expenditure or public
funds"
Railroad administration officials
receiving The big salaries were given
by Mr.. Thompson as follows: Five
at $4,000 each, two at $40, 900, three
at S35, 1000, Two at $50. 900, eight at
$25, 900, II at $40, 900. one at SI8, 500.
one at SIT 500, six at Sis. 900, one at
$l4,OOo,one at $i3, 200, one at ST. 2, 500,
four at $4,000, one at $iO.SO one
at SIC, 900, and 23 at $4,000.
Railroad administration officials
we're described by Representative
Thompson as "princes who sit in
upholstered Office furniture and swivel
chairs amidst luxurious surroundings,
living as tax eaters. Washington
Post.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-10-10
More Uses for Electricity.

AS might be expected. the use of
wire reslstances In fabrics to give cleo
trio beating has suggested a great va
riety of applications. Besides the
electric pad as a substitute for the
hot water bottle these devices include
electrically heated bath robes. sweat
ing robes. heating bags. rugs. foot
warmers. ear warmers. motorman's
gloves and even an electric blanket
for the old and rheumatic horse. Flee
trfc current may be taken from light
Ing circuits or special batteries.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-10-10
HAD CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS
9 W WELL AND HAPPY
THIS IS WORTH READING


Y The experience of Mr.. E. J. Tou-
Fix, l438 Rose street, Lacrosse,
wisconsin, is chiefly remarkable
or account of the length of time
. lie was afflicted.
He writes: II have been suf-
fering with chronic bronchitis for
twenty-six years and every winter
/ would catch cold and become so
hoarse ! could not speak for six or
eight weeks. ] could get only tenn
porary relief.
"This winter l was taken with
Grip and was in awful shape. A
fellow workman advised me to take
PE-RU-NA. By the time / had
used three-fourths of bottle, the
hoarseness was gone, also that.
tired feeling. am on my second
bottle. Hereafter PE-RU-NA will
be constantly in my house. 1t is
the best medicine ever put up for
the purpose"
For any disease due to catarrh
or catarrhal conditions, PERU MA
is equally dependable. Coughs,
colds, catarrh Of the head, stomach
trouble, constipation, rheumatism,
pains in the back, side and loins,
bloating, belching gas, Indigestion,
catarrh of the large and small in
testines, are some of the troubles
for which PE-RU-NA is especially
recommended.
PE-RU-NA can be purchased
anywhere in either tablet or liquid
form.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-10-10

80 as to make up for the destruction
wrought by the war, the terrible
scarcities 1t created, and so as soon
rs possible relieve our people of the
cruel burden of high prices"
Pointing out the thrift remedy for
the situation now before the people,
the President said:
only by keeping the cost OF pro-
duction on its present level, by In
creasing production and by rigid
economy and saving on the part OF
the people can we hope for large
decreases in the burdensome cost OF
living which now weighs us down."