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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
AMERICA IS LEADING
WORLD IN BUILDING
WAR TONNAGE
-.
Twelve Superdreadz~~1ghts and
Six Great Battle Cruisers are
Now Under Construction

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The United
States. American naval experts say,
is building more warship tonnage than
any other nation.
Twelve super-dreadnaughts and SIX
great battle cruisers, aggregatlng
655,4OO tons, are under construction IN
private and navy yards. They will car
nv a total of 512 sixteen inch rifles
and twenty-four fourteen inch rifles
and all will have the new electric
drive engines.
With the completion of this fleet,
probably in 1928, the United States
will have battle force Of 10 super
dreadnaughts, and six battle cruisers
in the first line and eight dread
naughts and a number Of smaller bat
tleships in the second line.
American naval men say that among
the worlds fighting craft the SIX bat
tie cruisers and six Of the new battle
ships-the South Dakota, Montana,
North Carolina, Massachusetts, 1ndl-
ana and Iowa-will be in class by
themselves. The cruisers will have
speed of about 33 knots-37 land miles
and each will carry eight sixteen
inch guns. They will be STA feet long
over all, ninety feet wide, will dis
place $500 tons, and have 100000
horsepower.
6S4 Feet Long
The six super-dreadnaught will be
even more powerful, each mounting III
it's main battery II sixteen inch rifles.
They will be 6S4 feet long, 1O5 feet
broad and displace $4,000 tons. Their
speed will be % knots and horsepower
$4,000.
These ships and the battle cruisers
are just now being gotten under way,
but most of the other six battleships
are we'll on the road to completion.
The Maryland, to be launched at New
port News Saturday, and the Color
ado, Washington and West Virginia
will carry eight sixteen inch rifles
each, will be 624 feet long, 9S feet
broad, and displace $4,000 tons. Their
speed will be 81 knots and horsepow-
er $4,000.
The Tennessee to be commissioned
in May and the California will carry
twelve fourteen inch rifles, and will
be 624 feet long, 81 feet broad. and
displace $4,000 tons. Their speed also
will be 81 knots and their horsepower
2S,50O tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
RED CROSS SAVES 10000
PEOPLE FROM STARVING

Dvinck. March Is Thirty thous-
and persons have been saved from
starvation here by the timely ar
rival of an American Red Cross re-
lief unit from Warsaw. When the
Ameicans arrived with the Polish
army they fownd the people dying by
scores from hunger Food had beer
exhausted for two weeks before The
Poles had reached The city and the
"nlnant OF the population was demol-
iShn~ all wooden houses 10 prOcur"
ifrwuoN when relief reached them
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
LAST ARGUMENTS IN THE
NEWBERRY CASE TO-DAY

Grand Rapids, Mich., March IS
Last arguments in the Newberry cleo
tions conspiracy trial were delivered
to the jury today by Frank c. Daley
assistant attorney general. Speaking
l.tfore another crowded court room
he took up the debate with renewed
vigor.
Nlr. Daley again accented frequent
ly that there was nothing essentially
mysterious about the conspiracy. as
charged in the indictment. lie usually
discarded the legal term and called
the alleged offense "an Arrangement
to spend more money than the law
.,Uid could he spent in the 1915 Sena-
...... C.iapGign.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
Virginia q. o. P. Are
Pledged to LOwden

Roanoke, Va, March 1S.-Virginia
delegates at large to the Republican
national convention will vote for
Governor Lowden, of Illinois, as the
Republican nominee for President,
and Henry W. Aderson, Of Richmond,
Va, for vice president.
The instructions for Governor
Lowden were adopted at the State
Republican convention last night af-
ter one Of the stormiest sessions of
Ia political convention ever witness
ed in Virginia. Representative C.
Bascom Slemp, of the Ninth dis
forces led the fight for the Lowden
trict, led the fight for the Lowden
forces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19

The st. Louis Cardinals were the
first big leaguers to get action in
regular ball games. The Rickeys
tarted in playing Texas league teams
right OFF the reel.
Among the eatables consumed in one
recent voyage Of a giant Atlantic liner
were I',OO0,0O0 pounds Of meat. 100
pounds of tea. lo7 500 pounds Of hour.
and forty tons of potatoes.
From all accounts the Athletics
~" indulging in strenuous stunts al
Like Charles. which probably means
lhat the M"ckmen will not be the
soft proposition they were last sea-
son.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
CENSUS STATISTICS

Washington, Mai. 49, -Popula-
tion statistics for 1920, announced
today by the census bureau includ-
ed:
Port Jervis, n. Y, 10,171, an in
crease of 607, or 6.3 per cent over
1910.
Beacon. n. Y, 1896, increase
376, or 3.5 per cent owes the 1910
census combined populations Of Fish
kill Landing and Mattewan which
were incorporated as the town OF
Beacon in 1912.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
CHICAGO EXPRESS EMBARGO
is PARTIALLY LIFTED

Chicago. March 1S.-Partial lifting
of the embargo on express shipments
imposed more than week ago as the
result of strike of Chicago express
workers was announced today. Re-
strictions on outgoing shipments ex-
cept ordinary parcels, to Southwestern
points and on all through shipments
from Boston. Philadelphia and Balti-
more via New York were removed.
Shipments of perishable goods. fruits
and vegetables from Florida to Chica-
go over the Chicago Northwestern sys-
tenn were also included.
Officials Of the American Railway
Express Company said % per cent of
the strikers had returned TO work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
TOWN OF BILTMORE IS
SOLD BY MRS. VANDERBILT

Asheville, N. c., March 1S.-
Practically the entire town OF
Biltmore has been sold by Mrs.
George W. Vanderbilt to Dr.. ].
A. Sinclair. of Asheville. George
Stephens, of Charlotte, N. c., and
the Southern Railway Company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19

Nashville. Tenn. Ma. lN.-The Re-
publican convention OF tie nth
Tennessee district today 2: Aurfrecs-
bc:o instructed for Leonard Wood for
president.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19

brought there from Greenville. The
young women were brought to And
erson from Abbeville and according
to advices received from them, the
men were identified by the girls.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19

Anderson, March 17.-John Cos
sett, arrested in Greenville this morn
ing and Kenneth Gossett, arrested in
Honea Path at an early hour, were
brought here today, where the young
women from Abbeville identified
them as their assailants. The Gossetts
were held here for several hours and
then were taken away by officers to
parts unknown here.
The Gossetts are from Honea
Path, John Gossett is about 22 years
If age and Kenneth is about two
ears younger.
Greenville, March 17.-Governor
cooper, here to deliver an address
onight, said that he would meet
solicitor Blackwell in Laurens tomor-
ow and would call special term of
.ourt of so requested by the solici-
tor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
TWO C0SSETTS TO
Be TRIED APRIL )
Governor Cooper Sets Date for Early
Trial at Request of Solicitor Black
well===Judge Sease of Spartan
burg To Preside.

County Clerk ]. L. Perrin received
notice Friday from Governor Cooper
that he had ordered special term OF
court to be held here April 5 to try
Kenneth and John Gossett on the
charge of criminally assaulting two
young white girls of this place last
Sunday. The action of the governor
was taken at the request of Solicitor
H. S. Blackwell. Judge Thomas B.
Sease, Spartanburg, will be the pre-
siding judge at the trial.
Sheriff Burts said Friday morn
ing that he had not fully made his
plans for providing protection at the
trial but that he would take proper
measures to obviate any possibility
of mob violence.
News from Honea Path, the home
of the two Gossetts, is to the effect
that the Ford touring car, in which
they drove to Abbeville Sunday was
a stolen car, brought to Honea Path
from Columbia and bought by John
Gossett.
1t is also learned that Kenneth
Gossett was employed here last week
with his father as a brick mason, re-
urning Saturday to Honea Path.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19

Columbia, March 17.-John Cos
sett and Kenneth Gossett, yorng
white men arrested yesterday in
Greenville and Honea Path, respec-
lively, on the charge of criminally
assaulting two young white women
!! in Abbeville last Sunday, were
brought to Columbia late las5 night
and lodged in the state penitentlary
for safe keeping. The young men ad-
nit having been in Abbeville last
Sunday and taking the two young
girls out riding. The boys are first
cousins. Kenneth Gossett is the
younger of the two, being about Il
years of age, but is married. John
Gossett bears a good reputation in
his community.
The Gossett boys were placed in
the same cells occupied the previous
two day by James B. Wallace and
Lee Rourne, young men from Green
wood, who were arrested in connec-
ition with this case last Sunday night,
but relased yesterday after the young
women had declared positively that
Wallace and Bourne were not their
assailants.
Kenneth Gossett, whose assault is
said to have been successful, claims
that he did not get out of the auto
mobile. John says he walked back up
the road short distance to Long
Cane bridge with the other girl,
where the car was first stopped.
When the latter two came back the
girl who remained behind in the car
with Kenneth the other girl says,
came running down the road crying,
"He has ruined me-" Kenneth denied
last night that he had made further
advances than laying his hands on
the young woman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-19
COTTON MARKET.

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
OZARK BEAUTY GRAPH
ICALLY TOLD IN STORY

The Hunter Trader-Trapper car
ries a most interesting story Of the
beauties Of the Southeast Missouri
Ozarks. A. !. Foard Of the Journal
Of Agriculture of st. Louis is the au-
thor of the story. He Is a native of
Doniphan and brother of Judge J.
?. Foard, formerly of this city but
now Of Colorado Springs. The story
follows:
Those who have never been in the
Ozarks are not inclined to give this
strip of scenery as much credit for its
scenic qualifications as it should feal-
| " have. Those who live there and
have never been any place else have
the opinion that the whole world is
more or less alike and do not feel
that they are either above or below
the average in anything. The person
that really appreciates the Ozarks is
| the one who has seen them and then
seen some other places and has then
seen the Ozarks again and probably
| again.
As you 20 farther into the ~0zarks
the hills get bigger and higher and
grow into young mountains. There
is one Of these young mountains in
particular that centers about the thig
that want to tell you. One side of
the mountain Is bluff, n perpcndic-
ular bluff, some hundreds of feet high.
Two hundred yards from the bluff
side of this young mountain runs CVr-
rent River, which is considered by ex-
perts in Riverology to be the most
picturesque stream in the Ozarks
Somewhere in this space of two hun
bred yards between the bluff and the
river is the spring.
Browns Spring supports spring
river Of considerable size and volume
with water as cold as ice and clear
as crystal. Within two hundred
yards from where the stream gulps
out of the hillside, It flows into Cur.
rent River increasing the size Of the
same about double.
Our camp was situated near the
big spring and at our feet, according
to d specialist, rolled 70,000, 600 gal
Ions Of water each "a hours. Appar-
emily the water comes outSpf Ithe hill
ct Browns Spring faster thAn gray
ity can carry 1t away. IMPLIES. up
land makes whitecaps, bursts and then
rolls speedily away. The water Is so
clear that It looks blue and green and
in the sunlight 1t makes q spectrum,
which reveals to ones eyes all the
| colors of the rainbow. ~
1 can recommend Niagara Spring
/ To any outing party in this country.
Yea, in any country. Even the sport
lest would get untold enjoyment out
of pitching his tent here. The spring,
regardless of its grandeur and beau
ty, Its marvellous existance and cold
running water, happens to be only the
goal--the turning point of the real
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
DO you KNOW

That Senator Harding, July 20
1916, voted against a resolution re-
questing the British government to
exercise clemency in the treatment OF
Irish prisoners?
That Senator Harding, March 18
1920, three times voted against the
Gerry reservation expressing sympa-
thy for Ireland and faypring admis,
sion of that country to the League OF
Nations IL It should attain self-gov-
eminent? Il IE.
That Senator Harding spoke against
confirmation Of the appointment OF
Louis d. Brandeis as associate justice
of the United States Supreme Court ?
That Senator Harding SPOKE In far
for Of and voted for universal mill
tary training? =, :,
That Senator Harding, although
finally voting for the prohibition
amendment to the United States Con-
stitution, cast score OF votes against
prohibition during one term AZ Sem
ator? He has straddled on pfohib1i-
ton and his record meets feithsr the
approval Of the vets nor The 'dfys.
That Senator Harding's support OF
equal suffrage was SO weak that ne
was denounced In an official bulletin
issued by the National Woman's
Party Missouri State Journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
Prices Tobogsing

Henry Ford has just announced Z
very material cut in the prices Of hi:
cars, 10 take place at once. The cut
is Is per cent off trucks, and II PEI
cent of the old price Of cars. The
CadaIac Motor Go. has cut the price
on their cars 5000.
December corn sold on the St
Louis market yesterday for SOC, the
lowest mark it has reached in the past
several years. It is further reported
from corn growing belts that corr
producers have already contracted
their corn in the field at 75c.
"This is day we long have sought
and mourned because we found it not.
This is an indication Of the return OF
lower prices in every field Of indus
try--that there is now approaching a
readjustment Of prices along the en-
tire cataIog Of LIES activities. The
day Of the profiteer is now practically
at an end--let US hope forever.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
HE'S A GREAT MAN WHO !.
TAKES PAINS THESE DAYS

1t used to be great cirtue IN
America to take pains with your job
just as it was great virtue to be
thrifty and save money and wear
patches.
But these things seem to have pass
ed. We do our work after a fashion,
most of US, and demand more and
more money for it, whether it is labor
we sell or goods.
Nevertheless, the men who ignore
the worlds fool ways today and take
pains-infinite pains are really
great men. Take Seager Wheeler, the
Canadian farmer, VINO was given a
humdrum degree the other day by
Queens College, Kingston, Ontario.
In 1888, he bought 16O acres from the
Canadian Pacific Railroad for SO an
acre. Year after year he selected the
best seed Of his wheat crops, planting
them again, and again selecting them.
His Red Bobs were the result of one
redhead in plot of white wheat from
Australia. From it he harvested so
bushels to an acre.
His Kitchener" wheat he bred in
the same painstaking way-one choice
head after another. With the Kitch-
ener he made the worlds record of
SO bushels to an acre.
But he didn't make much money at
it. He isn't rich. He hasn't extended
his acres. He spent more time in
painstaking experiment than on large
crops. He spent time telling the
more or less needless government and
public authorities about his expert
ments and it took time to explain his
secrets to thousands Of farmers whom
he wanted to help. But one thing he
DID do,-fellow citizenzs,-
His Red Bobs and Kitchener extend
ed the limits of wheat growing 200
miles farther north in Canada, so that
through his pains wheat can now be
grown on tens of millions of acres
where no wheat grew before.
Hurrah for Wheeler!
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
SUGAR GROVE

Geo. Martin of Falls City, Nebr.,
spent from Saturday until Wednes-
day of this week with his father,
Rev. R. c. Martin.
Cleatis, the fourteen-m onths-old
adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Hoff, died at the home of Mrs. Hoff's
sister, Mrs. Henry Hahn, Sept. 18th
and was buried in the X. of P. GEM
etery at Flat River on the 18th. The
bereaved have the sympathy Of the
community.
Emmett London returned to st.
Louis Tuesday, after weeks visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
London.
Robt. Martin Of Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., visited his father, Rev. r. C.
Martin, Friday night and Saturday Of
zlest week.
Mrs. J. F. O'Bannon and little
daughter and Miss Rella Parks visit
ed with Mrs. 7. F. O'Bannon Wednes-
day of this week. hz;h
MIR. and Mrs. Roy Haynes and chill
'drem and F. M. Haynes of Doe Run
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Silvey and
little daughter Of Desloge spent Sun
day at the home Of Howard Haynes.
T. M. Haynes remained until Tues
day to, visit with1the families of How
ard and John Haynes. i. as,
MI. and Mrs. Fred Hreneke of st.
Louis visited his uncle, Henry Me
dert, few days this week.
Louie Niedert of Fort Leavenworth
lKans.,, visited his father, Henry Me.
dert, Friday night and Saturday o.
last week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24

For President: s,.. ...
JAMES W. cox
For Vice~President; -.-
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
For L. s. Senator:
BRECKENRIDGE LONG
For Governor: -
JOHN ". ATKINSON
For Lieutenant Governor:
CARTER VI. BUFORD
For Secretary Of State:
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN
For Attorney General:
For State Auditor:
GEORGE II. MJDDLEKAMP.
WILLIS II. MEREDITH
For Congressman: -
ARTHUR r. BREWSTER
For Representative:
JEFF D. POSITION
For Prosecuting Attorney:
PHILIP s. COLE, Jr,
For County Treasurer:
II. w. COFFTELD
For County Assessor:
F.. NJ. HORTON
For Sheriff:
JOHN G. HUNT
For County Judge, LIST District:
J. W. JONES
For County Judge, End District:
EMMETT BELKNAP
For Public Administrator:
ROLLA COZEAN
For Surveyor:
THOS. II. HOLMAN
For Coroner:
]. II. ENGLISH
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24

brother, G. N. Kinkead, and wife.
Kennett Burns of Flat River was
visitor in this community last We'd
nesday.
Will Umfeet visited home folks on
Castor last Sunday and was accom-
panied home by his two sisters, who
will spend the winter with him and
go to school.
Miss Iva Sands has come to make
her home with Mrs. A. E. Vansickle
and attend school.
Miss Blanche Scott attended church
here Sunday and visited home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Presnell left
last Monday for Bartlesville, Okla,
where they will visit their daughter,
Mrs. j. c. jenkins, and family.
Will Simpson is on the sick list this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ingram and little
daughter, Lloyd and Emma Ferguson
and Miss Geraldine Perkins spent last
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. W. A.
Simpson.
DR.. Barron made professional call
here one day last week.
b Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Burns are spend
ing, a few days at their farm here
this week. They have moved their
furniture here from lockwood, but
will leave here the last of the week
for Niagara Falls, Ontario, where
they will spend the winter. III
Mr.. and Mrs. N. C. Sebastian and
children spent last Sunday near
Bonnie Terre with the formers sister,
Mrs. Marion Moran, and family.
Several from here attended Ernest
Moore's sale near Womack Wednesday
of this week.
The Home Makers Club spent a
very pleasant afternoon at the home
Of Mrs. G. N. Kinkead last Tuesday
afternoon.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24

Governor Cox and Franklin Roose-
welt keep to the vital issues Of the cam
paign as expressed by the campaign
slogan: peace, Progress and Pros
perity." That is to say, they stress
the League of Nations, the progress
i've ideals of government and the econ.
omic and Industrial features Of the
platform and hhe reduction Of taxa.
ton. These are the real issues that
appeal TO men and women alike, as
demonstrated by Governor Cox II
West Virginia and Indiana and by Mr.
Roosevelt on his Western trip, where
he found the people progressive
strong for the league and against Mr.
Harding's plan to make the high cost
of living a little higher.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
LIBERTYVILLE

y "Uncle" John Graham has been on
the sick list the past week.
" Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Sebastian of
Route l attended church here last
Sunday.
Master Wayman Grove Is spending
this week in Pennington with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. C.
Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Turley spent last
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
H. B. Presnell.
Miss st. Mary Kinkead has been
spending the past week with here
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
Willard
WHY BATTERIES
NEED INSULATION

NEED INSULATION.
at seems strange to many, even in
the automobile trade" says C. M.
Thomson, Willard Service Station
dealer. chat insulation should be as
important as battery plates, yet such
is the case. Plates cannot continue to
take charge and supply current I'M
less they are each adequately pro-
tected against the neighboring plates
on either side.
"A great part of the difficulty in
manufacturing satisfactory battery
insulation results from the fact that
the insulation must permit current to
pass freely yet must completely in
sulate one set of plates from the
other.
Threaded Rubber Insulation has
become popular among car builders
and users because it has such a rare
combination of desirable qualities"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24

Cox hits straight from the shoulder
and talks TO the hearts as well as the
minds of his hearers. Roosevelt puts
himself on friendly terms with his au-
diences and talks language they can
understand as easily az they can IN
derstand Governor Cox. Senator
Harding shifts from one foot to the
other and changes his mind as often
as he chances his shirt. What he says
is less like n speech than a political
shimmY.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24

The tropical hurricane which was
generated in the Caribbean sea, and
which was announced would reach the
Texas coast not later than Wedne5-
day evening, apparently spent most
Of Its energy before striking the SOU
thern shores Of this country, and was
hardly more than felt A strong SOU
thern wind prevailed here most Of the
night, which was perhaps the tail end
of the storm.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
Lutheran Church.
H. Ha.lerberg, Pastor.

Lutheran Church.
H. Hallerberg, Pastor.
Annual Mission Festival.
Sunday Scvhool at $3.50 a. m.
Preaching service at 1890 a. m.
Sermon by the Rev. F. Melzer, of Cape
Girardeau, Mo.
Afternoon service at 2:3O. Address
on missions by the Rev. F. II. Herr
berger, City Missionary of st. Louis.
Illustrated lecture in the evening at
1880. Subject of lecture: Wheat
ridge Sanitarium.
Collections lifted at all services for
missionary purposes.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all not having a church home.