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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-21

1t is all planted. The wind is not
bad when it blows over grain or al.
falfa. 1t Is the desert dust that nags
one" he coughed again. "Going in?'
Rickard said he was going in.
"Are you going to settle in the val
leyT" The inquisitor was man OF
about fifty, Rickard decided, with a
desert tan Of apparent health. His
face was clear cut and intelligent.
81 don't know"
"Just looking the country over?'
"You might call it that"
aGo SLOW" admonished his compan-
lon. Don't let yourself be carried
away. 1t Is a wonderful country. But
60 slow. It's the ones who expect to
make millions the first year that be-
come the worst knockers. Go slow,
I always tell them. Go slow"
TITS not a good time to buy, thenr'
"Not 30 good as it was ten years
agol But land is cheaper than it was
a year back. In some districts you
can buy a good farm for ticket back
home, the farmers are 50 discouraged.
Cold feet" The slang sounded oddly
somehow. The mans voice had the
cultivated precision Of the purist.
"Cold feet. The rivers chilled them.
The valleys losing faith in the COM
pany."
what companyY inquired Rickard
again.
~There's but one company to the
valley, the one that brought them
here, the D. R. They don't call the
railroad the company. They won't rec
ognize that problem! It's had hard
luck from the first, the D. R. At the
very start the wrong man got hold Of
It Sather, the first promoter, was q
faker-a pretty thorough faker. The
company reorganized, but it's been in
bad odor with the public ever since" ."
Richards eyes left the deep cuts in
the land made by the ravening waters
and looked at his companion.
II thought Estrada was the original
promoter?" he inquired.
"Estrada's recent comer-oh, you
mean the general. He started the ball
rolling; that was all. Bad health, fol.
lowing the Bliss complication, tied his
hands,"
The man in the seat ahead was lis
tening. His head was leonine, his
body shriveled. Richard could see on
the neck the ancient burns that had
spared the magnificent head. The rest
Of the man had been shriveled and
twisted into terrible deformity. Rick
ard found himself puzzling over the
incident with its accompanying mir
acle. There was not a scar on the
n.'~arfnl faGo-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-21
Their Medicine Chest For 20 Years

and does more than any laxative on the
nl.rscc toGay. Ths thousands OF letters
fr III uses Lave convinced NE was right,
ana tiat the user Of Natures Remedy as
faniily medicine, even though he may have
used it for twenty-five years, never has
to increase the dose.
Ny knowledge Of medicine and the re-
suits of its use in ny cwn family and
an; ng ny friends, before ever offered 1t
for s!le, caused re to have great faith IN
iiaiure's Remedy from the very FIRST.
And now as find my-elf nearing the age
wen must bow TO the inevitable and 90
to another life, ny greatest pleasure is tc
cit each day and rcad tho letters that each
mail brings from people as old or older
than l, who tell CT having used natnre's
Remedy for ten, fifteen and twenty years,
nad how they and their children and
grandchildren have been benefited by it.
1t is q consolng thought, my friends, fo.'
q man at my age to feel that aside from
his own success, one has done something
for his fellow man. My greatest satisfac-
ton, my greatest happiness today, ls the
knowledge that tonight more than one
million people will take Natures Remedy
(NR Tablet) and will be better, healthier.
happier people for it. I hope you will
be one OF them.
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What to Pray For.

Oh, do not pray for easy lives. Pray
to be stronger men. Do not pray for
tasks equal to your powers. Pray for
powers equal to your tasks. Then the
doing Of your work shall be no miracle.
But you shall be a miracle. Every day
you shall wonder at yourself. at the
richness Of life which has come to you
By the grace Of God.-Phillips Brooks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-02-21
HOUSE TO TAKE UP PLAN
FOR ARMY OF 175,o0O

Washington, Feb. 19.-The House
late Tuesday afternoon, by vote of
172 to 1862, adopted a special rule
to consider the Senate bill, providing
for peace tame army Of 175,000
men to be raised by voluntary enlist
ment.
Buy W. S. S.
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Mt is characteristic of
folks after tacy pass the allotted
"threo score years and ten" 10 look
ID back over tho days that are eohc
and though;fully live them ovcc.
I find myself, at sc-crty-onc, frequently
drifting back q qIartCr { q century, when
l see myself in the little dug store owned
at Bolivar, NO, making and selling
vegetable compound t. my frlenCs ana
customcrs-wlat was then known only IS
DR.. Lewis Medicine for Stomach, Liver
and Bowel Complaints.
For many years while was perfecting my
formula I eSudicd aid investigated tie
laxatives and catkart:c3 on the market and
became convinced that Their main fault
was not tLat thcy did rot act cn the bowels,
but that their action was too y.o'cat end
drastic, aad upset tie eTGtc:n OF the USc';
which was due to tho fact That they were
not thorough enough in their action, como
simply acting on tue upper or small lates-
tines, while others would act only on the
lower or large intestincs, and that they
almost invariably produced habit re-
quiring augmented doses.
I believed that O. preparation to produce
the best effect must first tone the liver,
then act on the stomach and entire alimen-
tary system. II this was accomplished, the
medicine would produce mild, but
thorough elimination Of the waste without
the usual sickening sensations, and make
the user feel better at once.
After experimenting with hundreds OF
different compounds, I at last perfected the
formula that is now known as Natures
Remedy, which truly believe goes further
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EeIIoWshlp.

Thooo who follow Christ are blessed
With the fellowship Of Christ. Where
there ID Fellowship there is fellowshir.
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Evening star., 1919-03-08
MEDALS TO BOY SCOUTS,
Awarded by q. S. Treasury for
Selling War Savings Stamps.

Announcement of medals awarded
local Boy Scouts by the United States
Treasury for meritorious service in
the sale of war savings stamps was
made today by the District of Colum-
bia Council of the Boy Scouts of
America as follows:
Silver palms-Scoville Aspinwall.
Troop 80; Lambert Clifford. Troop 80:
William Furey, Troop So.
Ace medals-Maryin Ely, Troop i:
Harold F. Melick. Troop 5; Robert
Lyman, Troop 5: James McInder,
Troop 20: Edwin %. Mckee, Troop /
stephen Mcclellan. Troop l; John
Fair. Troop L; Robert Caruthers.
Troop l3; Wirtly Scruggs. Troop 90
Walter Spieer. Troop as, Robert
Clark, Troop 81; William Stephenson,
Troop 100.
Achievement buttons-Harry Pryor.
Troop }; Edwin Staak. Troop g: Rob
ert Lyman, Troop 2: Joseph Murphy.
troop :; James F.. McInder, jr., Troop
Sei Ernest Clayton. Troop I0I; VII
liam A. Jack. Troop SO; F l.. Morgan.
Troop 6s; Harold F. Melick Troou (.
Harry Casad, Troop 10l; Henry Mes
singer. Troop 56; George D. Riggs
Troop So Herbert Hoover. Troop 2o,
Stanioigh Jenkins. Troop l3; Milton
IipsueI, Troop 5S; Harold X. stephen
Troop 5Zi James Neale. Troop 81.
Evening star., 1919-03-08
CITY ITEMS.

Builders' Hardware of All Kinds
at prices that will interest you. Also
millwork, stock and made to order
Eisinger Bros, 9Th & w. Phone ". 1173
Evening star., 1919-03-08
OPPOSES SHIPS FROM ORIENT.
Metal Trades Council Asks That
Contracts Be Cancelled.

Resolutions confemning the policy
Of the United ststes Shipping Board
IN contracting for the building OF
ships in Japan and China were
adopted at the monthly meeting OF
Metal Trades Council of the Wash
ington navy yard in Typographjcal
Temple last night.
The resolution recited that a to-
tai tonnage of 245.950 had been con-
fracted for with japanese builders at
n cost of s43.206,T50 while China is
TO construct 10000 tons at cost OF
SI.S24.4o This in the face of fncreas
ing unemployment in the United
States is declared by the Metal Trade
Council to be unjust
\ copy of the resolutions was or
dereo sent TO President Wilson and TO
zach member of Congress- with
secommenda tion that the contracts be
Immediately cancelled
Evening star., 1919-03-08
LEAGUE STORIES UNvERIFIED.
Justice Department Has No News
For and Against Projects.

No news of the American Inde-
pendence League" reported to have
been organized in New York for the
purpose of educating the people on
the league of nations matter, has
reached the Department of Justice,
nor of a propaganda fund said to have
been raised to defeat the league
Former Attorney General Gregory is
said to have given an interview in
which he referred to such a fund,
but there was no intimation of dis
loyalty or taint of wrongdoing in it's
reported use.
Evening star., 1919-03-08
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.

TONIGHT.
Meeting of the Missouri Society at s
O'Clock in the Washington Club annex.
1910 18th street northwest.
Annual dinner of Lehigh Alumni at
$50 o'clock at Cushman's. GOT 14th
street northwest
Meeting of the Mount Pleasant Citi-
zens' Association at O'Clock at Brown
Betty Inn, 10th street and Park road.
Discussion of species and subdivisions
of species at O'Clock at the $3.50 meet
ing of the Biological Society in the as
sembly hail of the Cosmos Club.
Meeting of those interested in Co
operative community buying at O'Clock
in the west room at the Public Library.
Dance by members of the Ohio Girls
Club at s O'Clock at the Wilson Normal
School, nth and Harvard streets.
Entertainment for colored soldiers and
sailors at War Camp Community Serv-
ice Club No. 8, 2011 Georgia avenue.
TOMORROW.
Hike of the wanderlusters from the
Glen Echo post Office at 2:15 O'Clock.
Address by Senator James A Reed of
Missouri at 1870 o'clock at the Eighth
Street Temple.
Community sing at O'Clock at the
Church OF Our Father, 18th and L streets
northwest.
Dedication of the clubhouse of the
War Risk Club from 2 to O'Clock to-
morrow at 210o Massachusetts, avenue
northwest. under auspices of the Ailot-
ment and Allowance Association.
Evening star., 1919-03-08
The Standard Oil Company is named

as defendant in suit to recover
$4,000 damages filed in the District
Supreme Court by Charles Crane
twelve years old, through his father
William Crane. The boy is alleged
to have sustained serious injury by
falling from an oil truck of the de-
fendant October Is last. The plaintiff
says he was permitted by the driver
to get on the seat and take the reins
by which the mule team was driven
He was unaccustomed to driving
mules, il is stated, and toppled from
the wagon and sustained the injury
Evening star., 1919-03-08

spring Flowers at Their Best.
Fresh, crisp. fragrant Shaffer, 800 18th
Evening star., 1919-03-08
Assigned to Duty in Washington.

Col. Hershel Tupes, United States
Infantry has been detailed to the
inspector generals department and
assigned to duty in this city. He is
now -atACamp Dix. Nh.
Evening star., 1919-03-08

related by Col R. Fl. c. Kelton, chief
of staff of the Sd Division. at a meet
ing of the Piney Branch Citizens AS
sociat alton to be held Monday night at
the Iowa Avenue Methodist Church.
The meeting will be called to order
at 7:45 o'clock and Col. kelton will
begin to speak at Sis o'clock. The
talk will be illustrated with slides.
Branch No. of the Army Relief
Society is TO meet at 1890 o'clock on
the morning of March Il in the small
ballroom at Rauscher's. There will
be an election of officers and discus
sion of business.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
MAY SINK HUN NAVY
U. S. AND GREAT BRITAIN AGREE
TO END PERIL
Action Would Result in Avoiding Con-
tention and Support the Presi-
dents Declaration.

Paris. Dec. 20.-The American del.
egates to the peace congress have re-
solved TO advocate the sinking of the
surrendered enemy wArships and resist
any proposition to distribute them on
the basis Of naval losses.
This announcement is made by those
In close touch with the American rep
resentatives. who, it is added. feel that
such a position would result In avoid
ing contention and materially support
President Wilson's declaration that the
war was not based on aggression or
the acquisition of property.
England, through Sir Eric Geddes,
first lord Of the admiralty had pre-
viously acquiesced in the American
plan TO destroy the captured or sur
rendered warshlps. and, 1t is declared,
will continue to support the United
States, although it is expected that
some of the lesser naval powers will
demand that the prizes be distributed.
Washington. Dec. Ca resolution
asking the state department to inform
the senate whether the American
peace commissioners are advocating
destruction of German warships or
other enemy property, and, II so, by
what authority, was introduced by MI
nOrity Leader Lodge, and, without dis
cussion, was left on the table.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
BEST TO LEAVE 1T ALONE
Head of London Medical Society Ad-
vises Doctors to Keep Out of
Politics.

DR.. Arthur Francis Voelcker. in his
presidential address to the Medical So
ciety of London recently, said that
they had lately been urged TO secure
the return of medical men to parlia-
ment, but while recognizing the excel
lent services such men had rendered
parliament, could they seriously say
that even a fifth of the medical party
in parliament would add to its utiltyf
at has always seemed to me-" he
continued, that TIE less medical men
have to do with professional polit, ;
the better.
1--WE must be prepared for a minis
try of health" he proceeded, land see
that it is given loyal support in every
thing which makes for the health OF
the community and liNat the minister
himself is the selection of the profess
sion and not of any political party.
Some of us feel that it will be an
evil day when the state by its medical
service undertakes the care of the
health of the individual. The profess
sion of medicine is so eminently hui
man and the services so personal that
it may be feared that as no man can
serve two masters so no medical men
can serve both the state and the pa
tient simultaneously"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
FIND BLOW KILLED bride"
Milo n. Piper Is Nervous as Remains
of His Alleged Victim Are Exnumed
to Learn Cause OF Death.

Muskegon. Mich, Dec. 20.-Frieda
Weichman Piper met a violent death.
she was murdered by blows on the
head administered by dull weapon.
This was the verdict of three physi-
clans who examined the body here
after Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Harry ", Jackson ordered 1t exhumed.
While the body was being taken
from its wicker casket. where 1t had
lain since May. 1917. Milo II. Piper, sus-
pected bigamlst-murderer, was nervous
ly pacing his cell. He has been accused
of the crime that brought such tragic
ending to the romance of the former
Chicago tennis player.
The verdict of murder. In the opinion
of the authorities. is the most Inn
port mt link In their chain of evidence.
This was the first autopsy of the body.
II is believed the crime was COM
mitted In September. 1916. The body
was not found until May of the follow
ing year. Identification was made sew
eral weeks ago by Mrs. +. w. Klinke
of Hinsdale, an aunt.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
HUNS MUST PAY U. S
DEMAND IN SENATE FOR A FL
NANcIAL RECKONING.
Chairman of the Finance Committee
Simmons Urges Action to
Tighten Taxation.

Washington, Dec. 49, - Germany
should be compelled to pay. so far as
possible, the cost of the war to the
United States, Senator Simmons OF
North Carolina, chairman of the
finance committee, declared ON the
floor of the senate.
In the opinion of the senator the
American bill of costs presented to Ger.
many should include not only repara.
ton for the killing of nOncOmbatants
and destruction of ships but the ex
pense to the United States of the con.
duct of the war, reimbursement for
which, If only in part, would go far
toward tightening the future burden
of taxation borne by the American
people.
While Senator Penrose, in an ad.
dress on the revenue bill, was discuss
ing estimated expenditures for 1913
and 1920. Senator Simmons interrupt.
ed to suggest that while the govern.
ment among other things, would have
heavy damages to pay for war con-
tracts. still there would be consid-
cradle salvage on work already done
that would bring in an appreciabie re-
turn.
Besides that, Senator SIMMONS said,
there was to be reckoned $10.000,0O0..
600 of money advanced to the allies,
which would make 'the best possible
security and be an asset to this gov
eminent" Those bonds are market
able. Senator Simmons said, and could
be utilized toward relieving the peo-
pie of taxation.
More than that, l want TO say that
| don't believe the people of this
country will consent TO the central
powers escaping without properly re-
imbursing this country for the great
losses that have been inflicted upon it
by the methods they have pursued in
this war;" Senator Simmons said.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT
EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected

An examining physician for one of the
prominent life insurance companies, in an
interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is so COM
mon to the American people, and the large
majority of those whose applications are
declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease.
Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
We find that Swamp-Root is strictly
an herbal compound and we would ad.
wise our readers who feel in need of such
remedy to give it trial. 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes.
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. n. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
UPHOLDS SEAMEN'S WAGE ACT
United States Supreme Court Declares
Constitutional Certain Sections
of the Law.

washington. Dec. 24.-Tn its first in
depreciation of the La Toilette sea-
mans act the Supreme court. answer
ing questions certified from the lower
court, declared constitutional the sec
tons regulating the payment of
wages TO seamen, but limiting it's APP
plication to foreign vessels only while
they are In American waters.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
The Last Word.

The sweet young thing thought she
was making a huge success.
There is only one thing | can't I'M
derstand," he started to say.
"Only one?" she asked, without let
ting him finish.
There was one. Now there are two.
The second is why some girls never
learn that it is only the pretty ones
who can afford to be impertinent.
Ottawa Citizen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
HAD rs RADIOS IN MEXICO
Marconi Man Tells House Committee
Germans Ran Many Wireless
Plants There.

Washington. Dec. 19.-More than
twenty-five wireless stations in Mexico
were under German control during the
war. Edward Nally. vice president Of
the Marconi Wireless Company of
America told the house merchant ma
rine committee while testifying in OPP
position to the bill proposing govern
ment monopoly of radio stations in the
United States.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
VOTES BEAT GERMAN REDS
Chiefs Of Bolsheviki Are Crushed ir
Three States of
Country.

Paris. Dee. 23.-The first elections
TO the new German national assembly
are symptomatic Of what the final re-
suits will be. says a dispatch from
Berne to lie Journal.
In the duchy of Brunswick. where
the minority party had assumed pow
err. the defeat of the bolsheviki was
crushing. In MeckIenberg and Anhalt.
where the majority party was in con
troll. the bourgeoisie also came out
victorious.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
KIEV TAKEN BY UKRAlNlANS
Troops Of the Petlura Army Enter the
Capitalize Hetman Alb
dlcates.

Odessa, Dec. 21.-Ukrainlan sep
aratist troops of the Petlura forces en-
tered Klev, the capital of the Ukraine.
The hetman of the Ukraine abdicated.
relegraphic communication between
Odessa and Kiev has been resumed.
A division Of French troops is expect
ed to arrive I'm Odessa.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
A Elinht Of lmaalnation.

Scout was out motoring the other
day and came to river. but couid
find no means of getting my machine
across.
Scoutmaster-weIl. what did you
do.
Scout-oh. just sat down and
thought II over,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
Mrs. Wilson Gives Photo to Church.

London, Dec. 1S.-Through the Col
onial Danes of Virginia Mrs. Wood.
row Wilson has presented st. Georges
church at Gravesend photograph of
herself to hang In the vestry beneath
a portrait of her ancestor. Pocahontas.
The photograph is signed Edith Boil
ing Wilson, and has been framed in
oak.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
ALLIES SHELL YOUNG TURKS
Situation at Smyrna Is Called Critical
Armed Bands Posted by
the Enemy.

Athens, Dec. 19.-The situation IN
Smyrna is extremely critical. accord
ing to newspaper dispatches from
Mitylene. Young Turk officials have
posted armed bands at various places
about the town and these have been
bombarded by the allies fleets.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
MONEY FOR u. S. FORCES
Senate Provides Months Pay for Dis
charged soloiers and soilors
in Amendment.

Washington. Dee. 24.-The senate
adopted an amendment to the revenue
bin, providing for bonus of one
months pay to all officers and enlist
ed men honorably discharged from
the army. navy and marine corps
after November IL
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
Aaonts New zone system

Washington. Dec. 2l.--The senate
adopted. "a to %, the committee
amendment 10 the war revenue bin
providing for repeal Of the present
zone system of second-class postage
rates.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01

A tirinker was boasting that when he
took glass of beer he felt that he
could knock house down. His friend
asked: "And what about two gla ssesF'
81 could knock two houses down."
"Ah." the friend replied, cit has been
the other way with me. take mona,
and I have built two houses up. and /
1--we in one and let the other"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01

London. Dec. 19.-General Allenhy,
the commander of the successful nj.
lied advance through Palestine. made
his official entry into Aleppo Deeem.
Der 10. according to an official tele
gram received here.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
Red strIn.s for soldlers

Washington. Dec. -. - Secretary
Baker directed that each soldier hon.
orably discharged be furnished with
two scarlet chevrons to he worn on the
left sleeve as recognition OF his sery.
Ice to the country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap. dry and rub In Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with soft tissue paper. For
free samples address. "Cuticura. Dept.
x. Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap p, Ointment % and 50.-Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-01
Hun Prisoners Join solshevik Army

Stockholm. Dec 20.--Five thousand
Austro-German prisoners of war in
Russia have been enrolled In the boil
shevik army: 1000 others, especial
ly trained in bolshevik propaganda,
have been repatriated. said dispatch
from Petrograd