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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
STRIKES Of. LABOR
DURING PAST YEAR.
Many Sta'es Pass ~Work;nrmen's
Compensation Laws and Minimum
Wage Scale Acts-Court Decis-
-. ions Have Been CcneralI--'
Favorable to Labor-43
States Pass Laws. ..-.

New York, Jan. 3.-Laws. enacted
Turing 1919 to protect the lives and
r ea!th of labor, contribute largely to
he constructive movement, supported
by both employers ana employees, to.
'1elp solve the problem Of industrial
unrest by applying the legislative
method as a matter not OF settlemept.
but of sound economics. .,., =
Court decisions Of the past year,
90, were generally favo, able to pro-
tective legislation for labor.
The trend in the United States Is
,trikingly toward a comprehensive
application of the principle of social
insurance, particularly compulsory
workmen's compensation, according
to survey just made BY the Ameri
can association for labor legislation
of all labor laws enacted last year
by congress and by the 49 states and
territories that held regular and the
20-odd that held special legislative
sessions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
BAPTIST CHURCH TO
CELEBRATE REMOVAL OF
DEBT BY SUPPER

The Baptist church has paid off
all the debt on the house of wor-
ship, and in celebration of the fact
expects to have a social gathering
Thursday night, when the mortgage
will be exhibited, properly marked
"settled". The women cf the church
will serve supper to the men, and
several brief talks will be made by
members of the church. The Rev. C.
E. Burts of Columbia, general Sec
retary for South Carolina Baptists,
will be the principal speaker. Docter
Burts is a native of this county and
is a brother of our Sheriff, and
quite as big man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
The Passing Of a Land Mark.

The members of the Book Club
who read with so much pleasure the
story of "The Woman Rice Planter
by "Patherice Pennington" will hear
with regret that the old Colonial
Mansion known in the book as Cast
blanca, was destroyed by fire last
week.
In real life the plantation and tile
house were known as "White HOUSE.
and were the ancestral properly Of
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Pringle, daugh.
ter of Gov. Alston. The house was
situated on the Pee Dee River, ter
miles from Georgetown, and con.
tanned many family relics, statuary
Iold furniture and valuable books.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
Adding To His Charms.

The people of Spartanburg and
Greenville are "all het up' over the
"Greer area" the question being
whether part of Spartanburg county
is the Greer section shall go into
Greenville County. The people are
having a week of speech-making and
we learn from the newspapers that
one of the impassioned orators is
Col. Tom Marchant, who is pretty
well known around Abbeville. Politi-
cal speaking is an addition to his
other accomplishments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
From Central America.

Mr.. Warren Smith has been in Alb
beville for the past several days Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. T. C.. Seal and his
title daughter, Miss Orrie Smith. He
left Monday afternoon for Los An
geles, CAL, where he will be married
TO Miss Fredrica Otis. after which he
will return to Central America, where
he is making his way in the world.
Friends in Abbeville wish him great
happiness in his marriage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
DR.. J. S. Moffatt

The Rev. J. S. Moffatt, D. D.,
President of Erskine College, preach
ed at the Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning. The subject of his
sermon was "The Revival, and was
enjoyed by a large audience.
After services DR.. Moffatt and
DR.. Gray, Secretary of Home Mis-
sions of the Baptist Church, were
guests at dil of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
D. Barksdale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
LOANS TO ALLIES
BY GOVERNMENT .. a.
OUT OF QJESTIO:

Washington, Jan. 2.-Loans by
the government of the United States
to England or France are out o.
he question. Publication of a story
to the effect that Viscount Grey
went home with the pledge of tn
Wilson administration for a 81 90
100000 loan have revived the sub
ject of international finance AM giy
en- the treasury department am o.
portunity to place it's views un
equivocally before the public. Her
is the way one of the as7istan:
of the treasury phrase
it:
"If England really wanted $13,
900, 100000 in credits in the Uni'e
States, she could not spend that
amount in five years. If she wante
that sum, % the treasury certainly
would not agree to recommend such
a loan to congress. If the treasury
did recommend it, congress certainly
would ont agree to it. And if con-
gress did agree, the money could not
be raised from the people of the
United States, that's all there is to
it."
Part of Anti-League Campaign
The purpose of the story is con-
sidered here to be interviewer with
the campaign against the League of
Nations. Opponents of the treaty
have sought to make it appear that
the United States is yielding every
thing and giving away to Europe
and particularly Great Britain. For
instance in the last two weeks much
discomfort has been aroused in quar-
ters where anything anti-British
finds a favorable reception, in the
matter of the big German ships
which were ordered returned to Eng
land. ."a.
As matter of the fact the solemn
words of the United States was
pledged to give those ships back to
England Immediately after our war
department got through trans
porting troops to America. The fact
that England was delaying the re-
turn of some ships belonging to
America was the fur mental rea-
son for the shipping bcard's II in"1i
nation to recommend the return of
the big German liners, but President
Wilson took the position that Ameri-
ga would keep her pledges. r"~H1
less of the outcome or merits of the
controversy which had separately
arisen over other ships. Indeed the
United States confidently expects
England to adjust that question in
due time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05

posed highway. Winchester has the
honor of being the first place in the
state, in which Washington and Lee
(after whom the highway is named)
lived, the good roads apostle will
speak.
Colonel Thatcher travels from
place to place in wagon drawn by
mules and sells curios, but does not
ask for any financial assistance in
any way, his propaganda for better
roads, and especially for the
Washington and Lee Highway, being
a patriotic lifework for him.
He points out that the establish
ment of this great transcontinental
highway will be about the biggest
drawing to the section through which
it will pass that could be imagined.
At many places where he has STOP
ped, bands of music have greetcd the
visitor, he says, and large crowds
have always been present to see the
unique travelling outfit and its
driver. Hundreds of newspapers have
carried lengthy accounts cf Col.
Thatcher's visit to their communities
and he expects large crowd to be
here to hear him on Saturday, July
18th,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
Masters Sales,

The following sales were made on
the Master:
One house and lot in Abbeville in
the case of E. F. Wilson VS.. Mary
Dawson, bought by plaintiff for 1925.
In the case OF Henry j. Stockton vs
Lizzie Smith ct al, 106 acres were
sold tod. H Hill, w. A. Calvert and
J. M. Nickles.
Judge Hollingsworth sold a lot In
town belonging to DR.. Baker to W.
\. Stevenson for SITS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
MAY
RENEW HIS FIGHT
FOR PEACE TREATY

Washington, Jan. 1.-Presldent
Wilson has re-entered the peace
treaty fight, in the opinion of well
informed senators to whom Senator
Hitchcock today told details of his
talk with J. P. Tumulty, the preSi-
dents secretary, late yesterday.
Mr.. Tumulty said he called on Sen
ator Hitchcock to get information
for the president. Senators cannot
understand why President Wilson
wants information concerning a
matter of which he said he had
washed his hands, unless he intends
to take it up again.
The presidents interest in devel-
opments in the senate is due, it was
learned, to recent events in London,
where the utmost concern is now be-
ing manifested over the proposal to
make the American voting strength
in the League of Nations equal to
that of the British empire.
Premier Lloyd George, who re-
Gently made a speech championing
the right Of Canada and Australia
to separate votes in the league, is
understood to have communicated
his views to this government about
the same time pointing out that the
reservation on this subject, proposed
by Senator Lenroot, and made part
of the Lodge reservations, would
.ause trouble. In disfranchises the
olonies, Lloyd George is said to
lave informed this government, add
ng that Great Britain feels con-
strained to oppose any measure
which would deny the self-govern-
ing Bdi4annic nations of the right to
ook after their own interests in the
league.
The Lenroot reservation now
threatens to become the crux of the
treaty fight, displacing article ten as
the obstacle to an agreement.
This was indicated by statements
today of leading mild reservation
senators.
They said that Democrats have
offered definite proposal on article
ten and other points in dispute. The
article ten compromise suggesr ed by
the Democrats as acceptable the res
ervationists said, but, they added
the Democrats demanded far toe
much in return. They wanted the
Lenroot reservation eliminated in re.
turn fer an agreement to support
the Lodge reservation on article ter
with slight unimportant changes ir
phraseology.
Republican senators declared they
will not yield on the Lenroot reser
walton. They cannot agree to Amer
lean entrance into any combination
where they claim this government
is in danger of being overwhelming
ly outvoted in vital matters, they
said.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
&.
School Resumes Work.

The Abbeville High and Graded
Schools resumed work after the
Christmas holidays Monday, a full!
quota of teachers being present. One
new teacher, Miss Margaret Spratt,
Fort Mill, has been secured to take
the pace of Mrs. Ruth McLane Todd,
at the Mill School.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
TWO SMALL FIRES.

There were two small fires Mon
day, one occurring Saturday morn
ing in the Harrisburg section and
caused some damage. The second oc-
Cured at the City Garage, some
gasoline catching on fire. No damage
was done.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
Sympathy For Mr.. Bristow..

Mrs. Flora B. McCutcheon died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. O.
Bristow in Darlington, and was bu-
ried at Lake City on January End.
Mrs. McCutcheon was the grand
mother of Mr.. Otto Bristow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
Preached at Long Cane.

The Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D.
preached at Upper Long Cane Pres
byterian Churc.' Sunday morning
The service WAS attended by 8
large crowd. The Rev. Mr.. Beckett
Glenn Springs will preach at Uppe,
Long Cane Church next Sunday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
Seeing the Sights.

Mr.. r. H. Kay returned from the
Northern markets Friday and left on
ionday for his future home in Honea
Path. While north he saw much high
priced clothing, saw victim of the
poison liquors and heard that Wood
will be the next president.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
Undergoes Operation.

The many friends Of Mrs. J. NJ.
Anderson will be sorry to learn il
was necessary for her to undergo an
OPERATING at Pryor's Hospital Satur-
day The late-t report from Mrs.
AnderSon's bedside was favorable
and it is thought that her recovery
will be rapid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-05
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COTTON MARKET.
January S. 1920.

Spot Cotton --- doc.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
THIS NEST MAKES HENS LAY
Egg Drops, Then Bell Rings Up tho
Owner-There Are Few
False Alarms.

st. Louisa bell rang in the
kitchen of the home of Robert W.
Maxton of this city, and was followed
by the cackling of a proud hen.
"There's someone at the door," a
visitor suggested.
ooh, no." replied Mr.. Maxton. zone
of my hens has just laid an egg"
Mr.. Maxton was tired Of supporting
hens that would not lay, he explained,
so he installed trick nests" in his
hennery.
When Il hen enters a nest, q door
closes and imprisons the fowl until
released by the owner. In this way
Mr.. Maxton ascCrtains what hens are
laying the eggs.
An electric alarm is connected TO
the doors of the nests, and when
hen seeks exit by pressing against
one of the doors the bell in the
kitchen rings
The plan has worked successfully
for several months, Mr.. MaxtOn said,
and there have been no false alarms.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
GOT MARK TWAIN STIRRED UP
Humorist, Tired of Listening to Series
of Remarkable Stories, Rose
to the Occasion.

A naval officer said at a banquet in
New York:
"Some of the war stories that ! hear
remind me of Mark Twain. Mark. you
know once sat in the smoking room
of a steamer and listened for an hour
or two to some remarkable lies. Then
he draWled:
Boys, these feats of yours that
you've been telling about recall an ad-
venture of my own in Hannibal There
was a fire in Hannibal one night, and
old man Hankinson got caught in the
fourth story of the burning house. 1t
looked as if he was a gOner. None
of the ladders was long enough to
reach him. The crowd stared at one
another with awed eyes Nobody could
think of anything to do. Then all Of
a sudden, boys, an idea occurred to
me. Fetch me rope" yelled. Some
body fetched rope, and with great
presence of mind / flung the end OF 4
up to the old man. "Tie her round
your waist" yelled. Old man Han.
kinson did so and l pulled him
down."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
Get READY
FOR FLU"
Keep Your Liver Active, Your
System Purified and Free From
Colds by Taking Calotabs,
the Nausealess Calomel
Tablets, that are De-
ightful, Safe and
Sure.

Physicians and Druggists are advis-
ing their friends to keep their systems
purified and their organs in perfect
working order as a protection against
the return of influenza. They know
that a clogged up system and lazy
liver favor colds, influenza and serious
complications.
To cut short cold overnight and to
prevent serious complications take one
Calotab at bedtime with a swallow of
water-that g all. No salts, no nausea,
no gripping, no siekening after effects.
Next morning your cold has vanished,
your liver is active, your system is puri-
fed and refreshed and you are feeling
fine with hearty appetite for break
fast. Eat what you please-no danger.
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages, price thirty-fve cents.
Every druggist is authorized to refund
your money if you are not perfectly
delighted with Calotabs.-(Adv.)
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
Found % Days Later.

to talk in low whispers, he said that
16 years ago he came to the United
States from Vienna, leaving a wife
and children behind and promising to
send for them when he had saved
enough to buy a small farm.
Then the war came on and his plans
were thwarted. AS soon, after the
armistice as he was able to get in
communication with his wife he re-
ceived letter in which she said she
would come to him If he would send
$1,000 for transportation. He sent the
money, but never heard from her
again. Finally he wrote to relatives
of the woman, who told him she had
married another man.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
SOME OTHER KIND OF BISCUIT
Mrs. PompIe Satisfied Cows Were Not
Fed on Anything That Was
Composed of Milk.

One after the other, customers had
come to the shop and complained
about the milk.
"What / want to know" said Mrs.
Pomple, who looked almost as thin as
the milk, sis what you feed your cows
on?
'Feed them on?" snapped the dairy
man. "Why, reckon we feeds them
better than good many human be-
ings / know feeds themselves"
with a chalky stare at the thin GUS
toner. "My COWS are fed on the fat
of the land, and if their fodder amt
up to the mark, we give 'em the finest
biscuits we can buy. And if we can't
buy the biscuits, we make 'em.
stops at nothing when l wish to please
my customers"
"I'm not denying it," declared Mrs
POmple, "but / challenge you to con
tradict me when l declare that it amt
milk biscuits you feed 'em onion
don Tit-Bits.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
HEARTBR0KEN MAN
STARVES % DAYS
Wife Gone, He CrawlS Into Woods
Where He Is Found
EmaCiated.

LathrOp, Ind.-NOt caring to live be-
cause his wife had taken his savings
and elOped with another man, Nellie
BeliSh, forty-three years old. crawled
into a clump Of bushes in the woods
near his home TO die of starvation.
He was found % days later by farm
ers. clad only in summer underwear
and a light serge suit. He lay in a
elump Of bushes his body completely
emaclated, too weak to call for assist
ance.
When taken to town S133 in cash
was found In his clothes in addition
To a bank book which showed good
account at a LathrOp bank. 1t is
doubtful if be RECEIVERS.
After physicians had succeeded In
revivinG the man so that he was able
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
SOLD DEAD CEMETERY STOCK
Ghost Followed coincidence Man"
Through War and Into
Jail.

st. Louis-The ghost of a dead GEM
etery rose up and caused the arrest
of Clarence Il. Cronk.
Cronk is wanted in Chicago charged
with operating a confidence game, be-
cause he started TO put life in GENE
terry proposition before the war.
~ told n banker about my scheme"
C-onk said "IIe said people are dy-
Ing every day that never died before
and it's good business"
Cronk said he put $500 in the dead
cemetery proposition and sold $1,000
worth Of stock.
"Then the war came along and the
cemetery died" according to Cronk.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
PURSE IN cows STOMACH
pooketbook Is Recovered Intact From
Animal Butchered In
London.

London.--A cows stomach has
brought to light n purse which the lit
lie daughter of the postman at Worth
ing lost last summer.
II contained two coins, button and
a postage stamp. The child lost the
purse in a field where she went on a
school picnic and in which the COW
was grazing. After the COW had been
butchered recently, the purse was
found intact In the stomach.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
Bank Nce-President
Tells HOtO ZtOn Iron Tonic Helped His Daughter
Aj4er Operation for appendicitis

A FTER any serious Illness the
N first thing you notice when you
begin 10 get around Is your lack
Of strength and energy-a tired. weak
feeling.
The sooner you get your strength
back the better. The thing to do is
to eat plenty Of good. nourishing food.
get all the fresh air you can, exercise
cOnservatiyely. and take Ziron Iron
Tonic three times a day.
Your doctor viii tell you this is
sound advice, and urge you to follow it.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

"You Have Her, and I'm Glad of It,"
rendezvous of West side residents
whose homes have been entered re-
Gently. The stacks of costly silks
and satins which Franz stole for his
wife" are slowly diminishing in size
as articles are identified by the right
full owners.
Displaying willingness to CO.
operate with the police in the work
of identifying his loot, Franz was
observed Monday afternoon assisting
Frank Love whose home, at the cor
ner of Warren avenue and Twenty
eighth street, was robbed recently, 10
the recovery Of his property.
Had the Links On.
"What did you do with my goln
cuff llnksf" Love asked Franz after
every article the burglar had taken
from the home, with the exception of
the links, had been picked from the
pile of loot.
Franz smiled and calmly rolled no
his sleeves, revealing the missing
links. remarking whimslcally concern
ing the difficulties he had experienced
in gaining access to the Love resi-
dence.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

Read this letter from Mr.. ]. B. Kelly,
vice president OF the First National
Bank, Gnceyille. Fla; my daughter
had been IN had health since last April.
she was operated on for appendicitis.
She has been taking ZIron for two
weeks. Her appetite Is better than it
has been. Her nerves are better, and
she says she feels better know
that Zlron is good for weak and feeble
people"
Ziron Is a scientific. reconstructive
tonic. prepared from valuable strength
building ingredients. for weak people
with thin blood. Druggists sell Zlrou
on q money-back guarantee. Try Il.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
EAT LESS AND TAKE
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Take a Glass of Salts If Your Back
Hurts or Bladder
Bothers.

The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou-
BILE, because we eat too much and oil
our food is rich. Our blood is filed
with uric acid which the kidneys strive
to filter out, they weaken from over
work, become sluggish; the eliminative
tissues clog and the result is kidney
trouble, bladder weakness and a gen.
eral decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
of lead; your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; if you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells, acid stomach or you have rheu-
matism when the weather is bad, get
from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This ia
nous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate
clogged Kidneys; to neutralize the
acids in the urine so it no longer is a
source of irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
lure, makes a delightful effervescent
ithia-water beverage, and belongs in
very home, because nobody can make
mistake by having a good kidney
lushing any time.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
Auto- Run GrindStone
BeheadS a Farmer

Atlantic City.-Coupling up
his automobile with n grind
stone, TO get quicker results,
Jesse Steelman, fifty-three
wealthy farmer of Scullyllle,
ten miles from here. started the
engine and commenced to sharp
en- an axe.
There was a crash, the grind
stone split and pieces were shot
through the sides OF the garage.
One large section struck Steel
man on the neck, completely be.
heading him.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
From a Business Standpoint.

Doctor Squills-My wife gave 1
Welsh rabbit party last night.
Doctor Pills-Was it a success?
Doctor Squills-Immense I've haC
ten extra calls today.-BOston Trans
crfpt.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
The Brute Again.

TIC bTuIc NydIH.
Darling i cooked dinner for you
all myself. and you've never said a
word about it,"
Il would have, dearest, but some
how hate to be always complaining"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

Accept "Calfornia" Syrup of Figs
only--looi for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less physc for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love its fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottle.
You must say California" ADV.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

If your eyes smart or feel scalded, Ro-
man Eye Basam applied upon going to bed
ia just tire thing to relieve them.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

It's just as desirable to know when
to forego an advantage as It is to know
when 10 grasp an opportunity.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

An egotist is man who insists on
talking about himself when you would
like to be talking about yourself.