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The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
The Star Finds Him Every Time.

Since leaving Polk county some eight years ago. " Fl. McDaniel has worked on five different railroads, but he writes ,"The Star has found ne every place I go.p The former Mena man now is located at Fort Smith and is news agent on the Fort Smith x Western.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
cANTALoUPEs PROFITABLE.
Former Polk County Resident Tells
 of Success in Hampstead.


 of Success in Hampstead.
 Data secured from Hampstead county farmers and sent to Secretary Eastin of the Commercial Club, by Farm Demonstrator Pigg, former Polk county school head, shows that cantaloupes have been profitable crop. Demonstrator Pigg states that in 1918 farmers of Hempstead coun- ty had 1530 acres in eantaloupes, which netted the growers total of $152, ,s8S,94, and the season was con sidered a poor one for melons. The melons sold for an average of S2.03 a crate and averaged 49 crates per acre, or a total average return of $99.47 per acre. The Hampstead county farmers like the crop so well, Demonstrator Pigg writes, that they have already increased the planting of cantaloupes to total of 2350 acres for 1919.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
War Prices are Slipping and Some Folks will oet Hurt Th

the height of the season many men WiA be employed in picking and crst- lng, and both Grannis and Wickes promise to be live spots on the Kansas City Southern map.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
CAPTURES s1, ,eoo PRISONERS.

Odessa, Feb 18 The anti-bolsle- vik army of General Denikine has now reached the Caspian sea. captur- ing S1,000 prisoners, 95 guns and 8 armored trains.
 Tn the victorious advance. General Denikine's army scattered boIshe wiki force of more than 100000
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
GERMANS ACCEPT
 TERMS OF ALLIES
Possible Result of the New Terms Is Agreement to Withdraw the Tenth German Army From Lithunia
 Poles to March In.

Copenhagen, Feb. l7.--The German government on Sunday night accepted the allied terms for an extension of the arnistice, according to a dispatch received here today by the Politiken from Weimar.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Reading and Defamation.

hSdulaE ana Dectamatl0r.
 The Reading and Defamation Con tests will consist of three divisions each, as follows:
 Class "A" shall include the first second, third and fourth grades.
 Class "B" shall include the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
 Class "C" shall include the high schools.
 Each school may enter one contest ant in each class. The contestant is privileged to choose his or her own selection, but he or she will be limit ed to fifteen minutes for the rendition of the. selection, Contestants will be judged on a basis of I0cs for neatness and simplicity of dress; i0g5 for grace and ease of movement in con testant's entry on the stage and exit from the stage; l0ee for the selection, and 70Ft for interpretation and de- livery.
 Art.
 The Art Contest is open to students of all grades, the only rule being that the contestant shall be required to draw, free-hand, picture to be chos- en by the judges on the morning of the contest.
 Map Drawing.
 The Map Drawing Contest is open to all grades. Tho contestants will be required to draw from memory. the map of Polk county, placing thereon, in the proper places, the railroad, principal streams, towns, postoffices, and political townships. The Tansey map will be the basis for grading Materials furnished by the committee
 Spelling.
 The Spelling Contest is open to all grades, one student from each school. One hundred words will be written by the contestants, and will be chosen from the Standard Word Book, pages 191 to 244 inclusive.
 Music.
 The Music Contests will consist of two classes each, of vocal and piano. The same rules apply to both.
 Class "A" will consist of grades one, two, three, four, five and six. Class "B" shall consist of grades seven, eight and the high schools. The music contestants will be scored on the same basis as those in the Reading and Declamation.
 Rapid Calculation.
 The Contest in Rapid Calculation will be divided into two classes:
 Class "A", which includes grades one to eight, both inclusive, and
 Class "B" which will include all high school students.
 The contest in Class "A" will be oral and will be confined to operations involving the four fundamentals in arithmetic.
 The Class "B" contest will involve practical work found in the Silver, Burdette Arithmetic, Class "B' will be written work.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
Northern Grown Seed Potatoes.
 @IGy ner RuxhpI

l will have car of Triumph po- tatoes in Mena. Friday afternoon and Saturday. February 2f and 22z will sell direct to the people at $1 65 per bushel These potatoes are suit able for eating purposes
 s. c. Gilleland Adv 44-2t Slit
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20

If you don't sleep well at night from nervousness, indigestion or uri- nary trouble, you need Prickly Ash Bitters It purifies the system and relieves the kidneys and bladder. Price SIPS per bottle Jackson Drug & Furniture Co, and GunneIs Drug Store, Special Agents Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20

Avoid a constipated habit, tt breeds disease in the body. An occa- sional dose of Priclxly Ash Filters will keep the bowels healthy and reeu- lar Price SIPS per bottle, Jackson Drug < Furniture Co, and Gunnels Drug Store, Special Agents Adv
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20

Soldier Wants Job--Just discharged
 from service in France, member auto truck ammunition train Would like job driving truck, but want job. 0lin Riding, Hartley, Ark.~--Ady. 4S&s
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
Groves TnsfeIess chlIi Tonic

restores vitality md energy by purifying and en- richine the blood You can soon feel its Strength euins Invieoratins Effert Price eoc
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20

Berlin, Feb. i7.-The German gov- ernment's reason for accepting the stringent terms for the renewal of the aiTnistice, as outlined in Weimar dispatch to the Mort Deutsche Allge- meine zeitung, Is that renewal of operations following reiusal to sign would lead to the complete moral col- lapse of the German people.
 The absolute conviction prevailed that refusal to sign, or dilatory treat- ment of the proposals, would meet with an immediate advance of the al lied armies beyond the Rhine, involv- ing the occupation of the most irn- portant and indispensable industrial district of west Germany.
 The representatives of the parties who participated in the cabinet delib- erations agreed unanimously that the people as whole would neither un- detstafid Of apfFess such sn nntentae, and that therefore there was no alter native accept to sign under protest.
 The Berlin papers generally come to the same conclusion.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
HINDENDURG IS
 MUCH DISTURBED
Bitterly Resents Armistice Clause That Throws Army Officers ''OGs cs Work"-Why Terms We're
 Accepted

London, Feb. 1S-Advices re- ceived from Berlin by way of Basel today are to the effect that the Pan Americanhrdl hrdlu mfwyp mswyp German military party headed by Field Marshal von hmdenburg bit teriy resents the new clauses in the armistice, especially those limiting the German army to the size of simple police force, the supervision of control of ammunition factories and the demand that Germany pay the expenses of the allies armies of occupation on the Rhine.
 These conditions, it is complained, will throw out of work thousands of German officers, from generals down. ward, while the army of 100000 vol unteers reported by the German press to have been organized, must be dis banded. The advices adds that indig- nation against Matthias Erzberger on the part of military authorities is in- creasing.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
AWARDs

These contests are open to students of all the public schools of Polk coun- ty. Gold medals will be awarded to those who score highest, and silver medals to those who score next to the highest in the various contests No person who has won first prize shall be eligible to enter a contest in the same subject and ia the same class in which he won the first prize. Second prize winners are eligible in the same subject and in the same class, but will not be entitled to another second prize in that subject and class.
 JUDGES.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20
3R9 ANNUAL COUNTY SCHOOL CONTESTS
In Art, Map Drawing, Spelling, Mus ic, Rapid Calculation and Reading and DeclamatioR---Ma 2I-22
 Rules and Regulations

The Third Annual Polk County School Contests, to be held in Mena ond Friday evening, March 21 and on Saturday, March 22, promises to be even better than the two contests held heretofore, The contests as in previous years win be in reading and declamation, art, map drawing, spell ing, music and rapid calculation The rules, regulations and awards are as follows:
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20

Competent persons. who are non residents of Polk county, have been chosen to fudge these contests.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-02-20

PROMPTLY WHEs SUBSCRIPTION ExpERR
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
CLOSING EXERCISES H'f'' ~
i,i.f.g OH 81 'n..tsI t:"1! GHi = r.
OF HIGH SCHOOL -
.r>.=@ %T',' +: THURSDAY, JUNE .


{. The. closing exercises of the City
High School will take place in the
Opera House next Thursday evening,
June S, beginning at $50 o'clock. T..
DR.. D. W. Daniel of Clemson Col
lege will make the commencement
address. .'.. ."'
First honor has been won by Miss
Alpha Graves and second honor by
Miss Helen Haigler, with Miss Mar
garet Cox a very close third.
The other member of the class are,
Misses Nina Bauknight, Ophelia
Clinkscales, Sara brennan, Grace
Dawson-Agnes Edwards, Lois Fer
guson, Sydelle Graves, Mary Hill
Harris, Mary Reed Moore, Ruby
Mann, and Sara Mundy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
tARDoR OF FlREBRANDERs
( = !. DAMPENED BY POLICE

The members of the Firebrand
church were whooping it up Sunday
night to a late hour, the clamor Of
their supplications reaching to high
heaven and the surrounding neigh
borhood. There was no objection to
the heavenly connection, nqnsecctEp,. but the lat!
eral vocal radiations marred the
Sabbath stiffness of the evening
which is so conducive ttoj: res stful
sleep and fir eshpess Of. e.! Mon day
morning; VIII erefore, the police we're
called npon and a few words tact7
fully delivered to the chief zor4
castrian 6f them all soon quilted the
ecclesiastical commoti6n: T. Sss.i I
Not only is the Firebrand church
an eddy in the river to heaven, but
it also marks an eddy in one of the
main arteries that lead to and from
Abbeville; and it has been planned
mas much-as there is a hospital to
be established just across the way,
to move the Firebrand congregation
to a location where there will be no
possibility for hospital patients mis-
taking heaven for hell or vice versa.
!. 1t is hoped that a place viii 1be
chosen where the vocal aspirations of
ithe members will not be inhibited
by reason Of those somnolentiy inF
iclined in the neighborhood and that
they may whoop it up to the wee
Isma' hours for the benefit of theft
souls salvation. .. e.. J. -:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
EIGHTY-FIRST LADS ..,>r 1,...
HoMEWARD BOUND

A cable from Lieut.. Samuel l..
Latimer, Jr, to his parents, Mr.! and
Mrs. S. L. Latimer, brings the news
that he has sailed on the battleship
Minnesota and expects to arrive at
Newport News about June 6. Lieut.
enant Latimer:,i is member of the
Three, Hundred, and sixteenth Field
Artillery, andsit is Rresumed{that this
regiment of the Eighty-frst division
is on the battleship. A mum Der of
South Carolinians are serving in
this regiment, which had as its com
manding officer Brig. Gen: Andrew
Moses, now commanding the One
Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field Ar
tillery Regiment. The regiment is
now commando ID by, Col. Russell P.
Reeder. The regimental . adjutant
is Capt. O. P. Richardson of Green
vile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
NEGRO ARRESTED FOR nr.'. ID,
.jG 81 { fia,I lr.'ap.. - ~ ".irltA
III ,l;, SHOOTING HIS RIVAL

.''otta Lindsey, negro, was place ID in
the county jail Monday by Sheriff
Burts, charged with shooting with in
tent to kill. The trouble occurred at
.Campfeld Church Sunday afternoon,
when Lindsey, who had been So
journing in other lands for a season,
returned and found one, Jeff Aiken,
established in the affections of his
one-time belle. Lindsey opened fire
on the dusky lady in question, but
his aim was bad, and after wasting
four: shots the fifth shot inflicted a
flesh wound in the arm Of Aiken.
Lindsey was arrested Monday
morning by Sheriff Burts and Dep
aty Sheriff Cam near Campfeld
Church, He was hidden. under an old
house. O.. 10 ...':! ~, sJiiH'.3 r.'i "nJ -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
>..- PASSES ORDINANCE

The City Council of Abbeville, met
Friday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock and
passed an ordinance which left it up
to the property owners on the 'vari-
GUS streets whether they wanted to
pay half the cost of paving and has
ten action. Two-thirds Of the prop
orty', owner as signatories of a peti-
ton are sufficient to- give council the
right to levy against all the property
owners. * -, )
These petitions will be distributed
at once and it is intimated that those
streets will be paved first where the
property owners, or two-thirds q Of
them,' first sign the petition. 1'' - =.
The. signatories will be given 80
days in which to pay cash. Or if
they do not wish to pay cash, they
will give their notes, against which
the city will issue certificates Of in
debtedness, which will be sold a the
same, as bonds. These certificates
will bear interest at the rate Of six
per cent and the property owners
will be. given ten years in which to
pay .:~n'i i'>.F.'g >n:-e.!G a!nai 'hn'
The property owners will be; re-
quired to pay half according to. the
running foot, not t 'aYe according t. THE THE
assessment against their. property. IL;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
TROUBLE OVER DOG :, ,lrn:. J.
,',,,.o" 5';.a!' COSTS Two LIVES

> Allendale, May 29.-J.' w. Hogg,
one,i of:Allendale County's r largest
and most prominent farmers, ressid-
Ing near SAllendale, , and s.. M. Marley
Of Cohen's Bluff, Allendale, County.
shot each other.te death at Marley's
home this afternoon about 4. O'clock,
yosh dying almost Immediately; 80"
- Only. meager details are obtaina-
bic tonight, but report says that
Hogg, accompanied by man named
Lewis, went to the Marley home.
Marley's dog bit Hogg and Hogg shot
the dog. Marley then opened fire on
Hogg with an automatic. shotgun
loaded with buckshot. Hogg fell NOR
tally wounded but drew his pistol
and shot Marley to death as the lat
ter was running away. The buck
shot inflicted a horrible wound in
Hogg's chest. Marley was shot four
times.
Hogg, who is survived by a wife
and three children, is from one of
the most prominent families of this
section. Marley is unmarried. The
inquest, it is understood, will be
held tomorrow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
SAM ADAMS Dues IN. ,,..
NEW YORK HOSPITAL,
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY

Friends in Abbeville were greatly
distressed to, hear of the death of
Private Sam Adams, Headquarters
Company, 5srd Infantry, Sixth Div
ision, in Grand Central Hospital,
New York, Saturday. He arrived
Thursday from France in dying
condition from tuberculosis and his
relatives were notified. 1t was a
great Shock to all who knew him here
as there had been no intimation Of
his seriods condition.. ...'' "....
Sam Adams was 26 years old, the
son of the late Whitfield Adams, of
Fountain Inn, S. c.. When he was
eight years old his father died and
his mother having preceded her hus-
band to the grave, Sam and his bro
ther Ralph, and three sisters, Misses
Maud, now of Bishopville, Clara and
Mary, were taken in charge and
feared by W., P. Wham of Abbe-
Vile, an uncle. ,,:.'.'' :.:...' .'..' ..,
Mr.. Adams was graduated from
the University Of South Carolina in
1915 as a bachelor Of law and prac-
ticed law in .Abbeville until May,
1918, when he was inducted into SER
vice. He had previously tried to en-
ter the ARMY! but had been turned
down because. of physical disability.
He sailed with his; organization for
France; in July, 1918, and saw SER
vice in the Argonne fighting. '';''1'"
~ The body will be brought to Abb
beville today " p. m. The funeral
services will be conducted at the
Presbyterian church, Of which he was
a member, Wednesday morning at
II o'clock, by Rev. H. W. Pratt. In
terment will be made in Melrose
cemetery Immediately following. ~
The death of Private Adams is a
matter Of deep regret to those who
knew him in Abbeville. He had a
personality that was pleasing and at
tractive and he made many friends.
q The following out!of-town rela-
tives are here to attend the funeral:
Miss Ada Wham, Hartsville; Miss
Nina Wham, Darlington; Miss Gladys
Wham of Limestone College. @''.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
J.. E. JONES LEADS IN
FoUR-CORNERED RACE
FOR COUNTY TREASURER

Seventeen more votes in the race
for treasurer on Saturday would
have elected J. E. Jones, who re-
ceived 43O votes out of a total of
S93 votes cast in Abbeville and the
county. George c. Douglass was Sc
cond with 271 votes, or 153 votes
behind Jones. IR.;C. Wilson was
third with 115 votes and E. G. Horr-
ton was fourth with II votes.
The result makes second race
necessary which will be run Satur-
day, June a.. - il" n3'.I
! The vote in the city and county
was very light. It is possible that if
the farmers are allowed by the wea-
ther to get ahead on their crops the
second primary vote will be heavier.
The vote by precincts follows: .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
ANTREviLLE VOTES ~ '.,,.! ,,!, 'o....: ,....:
.''lE ,T-i.' Ii.'f' rt"yE ''f"'''' j "'' '''''
..'s'a FOR BETTER SCHOOLS

The The, vote on the increase of the
school tax at Antreville Saturday
resulted in asvote of IA for increase
and 2 against. The school tax win
now be 8 mills on the dollar intsead
OF 4 mills as heretofore. This IN
sures q, seven month school at An
treville, even if the money raised
from taxation is not sufficient to pay ar,.
expenses as the, State Of South Caro-
lima guarantees issaenl month
school hinI lhdistrictsjifevying a. tax
Of 8 mills on the dollar. ''@%',&ti% *h''
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
cARRANZA FAILED "~'' cara
%.,i ! -. |.E.;: -. ..ii IT.. '' u
-" TO HEED WARNING

!, Washington, May 30.-Although
the Carranza government, of Mexico,
was warned nearly year ago by
the United States Of preparations for
the present revolutionary campaign
which has resulted IN the proclaim
ing of Gen. Felipe Angeles :. provis-
ional president, and Francisco Villa,
secretary of war, little attention was
paid. to- information given by. this
country ~ .yal ,r n.j! r,l .,1,ii
Specific warnings of the threaten
ed menace to his power were given
President Caranza by the :, United
States last October Is, and again last
November q, it was learned authori-
tatively today. President 'Carranza
was reminded on these and other oc-
cassions particularly Of his duty to
protect Americans and American
property in Mexico. .,i.:... i''ir,.;u
Villa on the Job. Ha;>n.!
Villa began the collection of arms,
munitions and money year ago for
the campaign which, in the, opinion
Of officials here now has grown to
constitute the gravest menace to
Caranza's power since Villa was de-
feated by the government forces
three years ago. ...:..
- Last winter, it is said, Villa; mott
fed his followers to plant their crops
early as the campaign would begin as
son as the grass was green to insure
forage fsr their horses. Unusual ac7
tivity u, wasa displayed. throughout
Northern Mexico by the Villistas in
getting. their crops into the ground
to provide against famine. ALI this
was learned by agents Of the United
States, and formed the basis for the
warnings. semitic ,Carranza. .n@n ~
} Just why Carranza paid little heed
to these warnings or was unable to
divert any military forces from other
parts Of the republic to the campaign
in. the, north; is a mystery to officials
here. oil Il; ,'...E' '..i ."' '- 80 y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
WINS
FROM GREENWOOD !
IN NINTH INNING

In a hotly contested game here
Saturday afternoon on the Cotton
Mill diamond, Abbeville defeated
Greenwood by the score of five to
four, the contest not being decided
until the last half of the ninth,
when a couple of hits brought across
the winning run. The batteries for
Abbeville were Wilson and Wilson
Greenwood, Fowler and Bates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
FINED FOR SPEEDING.

Dewey Campbell was tried in May
or's court Monday morning and fin
ed for speeding on Sunday after
noon. The fine was $3.50 and was
imposed despite Dewey's protests
that he could not run his machine
any slower than rs miles per hour
because it would stall at a slower
speed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-03
MAJ. r. B. CHEATHAM
-: WILL ARRIVE IN
... ..- NEW YORK TO-DAY

Mrs. R. B. Cheatham received q
radio message from Major R. B.
Cheatham, U. s. S. Troy, yesterday
stating that he would land in Hobo.
ken, N. j., Tuesday, June g and
that he was we'll. 80 '.'.,'.' -..' -
Major Cheatham was with the
l41st Infantry; 36th Division, and
saw much service ron the Western
front. i.tiit: . ,-,': i, ?. al HI
Major Cheatham before he entered
the service was superintendent Of
the Abbeville Schools. r.~d oh'