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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-13
OLIVE THOMAS DEAD
AS RESULT OF POISON

Paris, Sept. 11.-Olive Thomas,
formerly widely known on the Am
erican musical comedy stage and
for several years past a motion
picture star, died at II o'clock this
morning in the American hospital
at Neuilly. She was taken to that in
stitution last Sunday suffering from
a slow poisoning having swallowed a
poisonous solution early that day by
mistake, according to DIR. Jos.
Choate, the American physician in
charge of the case. Recently Miss
Thomas who came to-, Europe with
her husband, Jack Pickford, several
weeks ago, had suffered from ner-
vous depression, it was said. First
aid was promptly given her by Mr..
Pickford when he returned Sunday
to the hotel where they weke stopping
and found his wife in a serious con-
dition, and every possible effort
was made at the hospital to counter
act the effects of the poison, but
without avail.
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CRENVILLE REGISTERED
TOTAL OF 1,3O6 WOMEN

Greenville, Sept. 11.-Members of
the Greenville county legislative del
egation, in interviews today, express
ed themselves in favor of reopening
the books of registration if the wo-
men and men of the community de-
sired it. Senator Proctor A. Bonham
Who is chairman of the county dele
cation, is in Anderson this week at
tending court as attorney in several
important cases, but is expected to
return tomorrow and if there is re-
quest he probably will call a meeting
of the delegation to decide on the
matter. Mr. Bonham is said to be
in favor Ct recnen;ng the books if the
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COAL LIKELY DROP
S. TON THIS FALL
Head of Wholesale Coal Associa.
ton Outlines Conditions That
Make Such An Event
Possible

Washington, Sept. 11.-That
coal would drop SIS the ton before
late fall was the prediction made
here today by George Gushing
managing director of the American
wholesale Coal Dealers association.
Mr.. Cushing said that sharp de-
cline in price may not be expected
before November.
/ "The wholesale dealers have been
expecting a marked decline for sew
eral months" Mr.. Cushing said.
"Few of them would stay in the
market more than "a hours with any
quantity of coal. The drop has been
held off by the operators and the
steady demand on the local mer-
chants.
"There has been considerable
competition for coal? 1t must be re-
membered, however, that manufac-
turing plants laid in their supplies
early and householders have bought
during the spring and early summer.
Coal dealers have ordered from
three and four sources. When they
find their orders are being filled
they will cancel the precautionary
orders they have been making in the
prospect of a shortage.
"It will be hard to estimate the
amount the price will drop, but | be-
lieve it will be as much as S5 ton.
There is and will be little scarcity
of coal when the actual facts dawn
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PAGE TWO
SAYS FRENCH SPIRIT
is WONDERFUL"
Mr.. Visanska Visited Place Where
He Was Shot During The War

The following from The News
and Courier, will be read with inter-
est:
"Wonderful' was the term with
which the restoration of the war
torn areas of France was described
by Ernest L. Visanska, attorney
with offices at 7 Broad street, who
returned to Charleston yesterday
after having toured France for sew
eral weeks, visiting the scene of the
engagement in which he was wound
ed while serving during the war as
a lieutenant of the First division of
the American eXpeditionary forces.
The scars of war are plainly in
evidence in the villages and cities of
all the area of France for which AL
lied and Teutonic forces struggled
for more than four years, according
to Mr.. Visanska. But, surrounding
shattered villages are well-cultiva-
ted fields which witness the fact
that France has returned to work
with a will, he declared. The people
are living in make-shift homes,
which afford them scanty shelter
from the elements but they laugh
while they work, with signs of
cheerfulness that are incredible, he
said.
Where First Division Fought
Mr.. Visanska visited France, Eng
land, Belgium and Switzerland,
spending a major portion of his
time in the first named country. Of
particular interest to him were the
battlefields where the First division
met the enemy while the war was
still young so far as the United
States was concerned. The famous
Ypres region in Belgium was the on
ly part of the old battle front he
visited other than where the First
division had seen service.
The restoration in the vicinity of
Scissors has been accomplished so
thoroughly that the Charleston ex-
officer was unable to find the
trenches which were occupied by the
fighting First. Wheat fields were
growing luxuriantly all about the
city. In Scissors, itself, the awful
effects of the struggle were still in
impressive evidence. Rebuilding of
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ne CT the principal buildings has
been gotten under way, but the
great majority of the inhabitants of
tie Scissors of today live in huts
INSTRUCTED from the debris that
illed the streets of the place when
tie armistice was signed.
In the neighborhood of Scissors
IIr. Visanska visited a cemetery
where many of his former comrades
are buried. To relatives and friends
in America of any soldier who lies
in this cemetery, he brought the as
surance that the graves are being
cared for in the most particular
manner possible.
Double Cross For Each
Each grave is marked with a
durable cross, bearing the name and
other information of the soldier
buried in it," he said. "Grass is
growing in the cemetery, and it is
kept in condition that many of
our cemeteries in the States can not
equal. Well-kept walks are main
tanned through all the portions of
this burying ground, which was the
only one that 1 had an opportunity
to visit. An American, who saw SER
vice in the British army, is paid by
the government to supervise the
care of it, and Frenchman assists
him."
Hundreds of Americans have
visited France to see the places
where their loved ones were buried,
Mr., Visanska was told. Many other
Americans in France on business or
merely as tourists, are attracted to
these cemeteries, he said.
Ypres, familiar ground to Char
lesion and South Carolina men who
served in the Thirtieth division, is
the most desolate section of the old
front, in Mr.. Visanski's opinion,
based on his observations of several
portions of the line. No attempt has
been made, he said, to obelerate the
barbed wire entanglements which
strew the sections between the
trenches. Apparently, there had
been no attempt to revive agricul-
ture in immediate vicinity Of this
destroyed town which has become
a British shrine, he declared.
France Needing Coal
By observation and as the result
of conversations with well-informed
Frenchmen, Mr.. Visanska formed
the opinion that the industrial life
of France is fast becoming reestab-
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lshed. The most serious problem
confronting manufacturers is the
scarcity of coal, he learned. The
French coal mines were so d amaged
during the war that they will not be
productive for three years to come.
In the meantime, American coal is
being bought in spite of the enor-
nous handicap of the present ex.
change rate to keep the boilers of
the necessary plants in operation,
he said.
Everything in France costs more
now than it did during the war, Mr..
Visanska found. He explained that
it cost more in terms of francs, but
for the American, is actually cheap
er because the dollar is now worth
approximately fourteen francs,
whereas during the war, it was
worth from five to six francs. The
people of France, as a result, find
la vie chere" as they term the III.
C. L." the most serious question of
the day.
An eN-service man who had been
in France asked Mr.. Visanski what
was the current quotation for cham
pagne and was Informed that good
champagne could be had for thirty
five francs. A rapid calculation
showed that the actual cost to an
American would approximately
$2.25 a bottle.
Paris Seems Changed
Cay Paree" is not the same as it
was to the doughboy on leave, ac-
cording to Mr.. Visanska. There is
a spirit of soberness and repression
evidence that was not found by
the American who landed in Paris
en- seven-day leave from the front
with a pocketful of francs and a
desire to blow them in as fast as
possible.
Indeed, the spirit of France is
wonderful, the most wonderful
thing about the country, Mr.. Visan-
ska asserted with conviction. The
same "gameness" that was the talk
of the world during the war exists
in undiminished vigor today, he de-
clared.
"After my trip, I can say more
sincerely than ever" Mr.. Visanska
said, "the United States is the best
country in the world for an Ameri-
can. Notwithstanding the many
things that we criticize and growl
about, I am convinced that no other
country can offer as much for all
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-13
$4,000 PRICE PAID
FOR ARGENTINA BULL

! Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept
1.-THE South American record
price for pedigreed cattle was
broken yesterday when the Here.
ford bull that won the grand cham.
pionship at the international stock
show here was sold for $4,000.
The bull was bred in Argentina.
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WILL CLOSE ASHEVILLE
GENERAL ARMY HOSPITAL

Asheville, N. c., Sept. 11-O'Reilly
general army hospital at Oteen near
here, has been ordered closed as an
army hospital October Is, and the
patients transferred to the govern
ment tuberculosis hospital.
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ORDERS FOR STEEL E...
'. SHOW A DECREASE.

New York, Sept. 11.-Unfilled or.
ders held by the United States Steel
Corporation in the month ending Au-
gust 81, totalled 1O,805,03 tons as
against 11,118,46 in the month end
ing July 21.
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r1en and women want it.

men and women want it.
A grand total of 1906 women and
1,100 men registered here during the
first three days of this week. Twelve
negro women were registered by the
board, all of whom, with one excep-
ton, were school teachers, and twelve
negro men registered.
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upon the trade.

upon the trade. = = =
Wholesalers have been condemn
ed for raising the price of coal.
They have had little to do with it.
Competitive bidding at the mines
has caused the increase. Mines are
operating today and supplying coal
of an inferior grade that could not
have operated or offered their coal
with normal market"
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According to the Retail Dry Goods
Association, the cost of delivering re-
tail goods averages IL cents pack
age.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE
Probate Court
FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
BY J. F. MILLER, ESQ.,, Judge of
Probate:

WHEREAS, Ebert Beck hath
made suit to me, to grant him Let
ters Ct Administration of the estate
and effects of Elizabeth Foster Beck.
late of Abbeville County, deceased.
These Are Therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kim
dred and creditors of the said Eliza
beth oster Beck, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Abbeville
Court House, on Wednesday the %,
of September 1920 after publication
hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon,
to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not be
granted.
GIVEN under my hard and seal OF
the Court this Sth day o. September
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred ard twenty and in the
Hath year of American IndepenI-
ence.
Published on the 10th day Of Sept
1920 in the Press and Banner and
on the Court House door for the tin4
required by law.
r.. MILLER,
9-lO. J1dga of Probate.
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of us as our own does"
The Nome nugget., 1920-01-17
koYUkUk IN WITH REPORT

The koyukuk story for October has just arrived in town and reports no change for the better there this F'all. The weather had been too soft for prospectors to move around in. and wipter operations were showing no preparations of note
 The big hope lies toward the Eettlcs river where the find was made last May but it win take q lot of pros pectins to make a certain camp thcro. Jack Rooney found pay on Ecttles Lake and sluiced up s3.e0o in course gold last year, and there will be pros pecting there. says the Fairhanks News Miner.
 Caribou and rabbits are reported a5 more plentiful than in many years, and the people were sure of meat.
 Since Miss Wanda Coffey arrived at Coldfoot and opened school there the population of that camp has in- creased. Mrs. Joseph McNeill died of tuberculosis on October 13th leav- ing q husband and four small children
 Their first mail of the winter ar rived at Wiseman Nov. B, ten day@ late at that.
The Nome nugget., 1920-01-17

"The Night Before Christmas" by Donald, and My Bed is Like q Boat by Gordon. The two youngsters wer., great. Mir. John Campbell gave ' vocal solo and was followed in q song selection by Mrs. Geo. Campbell. who possesses Il fine soprano voice. Inn promptu numbers followed and brot out many interesting and amusing turns. Everyone displayed the great est willingness to add to the amuse- ment. Almost every member of the crew seemed to have q song. story or joke up his sleeve.
 Following the individual numbers came the chief event, hcraldcd on the program in big letters as follows:
The Nome nugget., 1920-01-17
DEATH OF VIM. MOORE
 CAUSED BY ACCIDENT

William Moore well known old timer of this section, whose death on October 2i was reported in these col umns several weeks ago, was the vic tim of an accident due to defective vision. from which he has suffered for several years, according to reports of the occurancc published in the Seattle Times following his demise in a Seat tie hospital. The Times says Mir, Moore fell down stairway in q room ing house at 1919, 18th Avenue on Oc- tober 22 and died on the following Fri day. October "A. at the Miner hospital. The accident is attributed to the poor eyesight of the deceased. The article says the unfortunate Alaskan was in Seattle seeking treatment for his eyes. Alaska friends of the deceased are said to have taken charge of the body
The Nome nugget., 1920-01-17

at the mine. In fact you can see en. tire contentment on every face
 l Father Rupert and left Dr. Dutch
 CT at the mine. where he has fine quar- ters consisting of a spacious operating | room and offices. with every conven
 fence. and returned to Teller on the afternoon of Dec. 2S. We remained | three days before departing for Hot Springs and were treated royalty. Tho
 population is larger than I expected and includes : white women and 6 white children. on leaving Teller Jan. we had lots of company. owing 10 there being seven orphaned native children whom it was desired to place in the Hot Springs orphanage. The oldest WAS aged Is years, the younges. F As this was too large contrac.
 for us to handle alone. three of the
 Tellerltes. Nm. Marx, Joe Kennedy and Laurie Stcfansson, volunteered to
 help us out. The caravan consisted of dog teams and a total of 54 dogs when we left. We arrived at Hot
 Springs Jan. g. after stopping one night in deserted cabin on the Agia- puk. The weather was very cold on this part of our trip hut we found no other difficulties. On our arrival at Hot Springs the teams assisting Us through turned back to Teller after stopping over night. Father Rupert and myself remained at the springs until Jan. '.
 They have total of 30 native child ren at the springs and all were in
 good health and apparently highly contented with their surroundings.
 The trir back to the coast was de- void of special event. and travelling conditions were fair. Everywhere we went we found the trails well staked In two instances We encountered shel- ter cabins built by the Territorial Road Commission. one at Cape Doug las and the other at Iron Creek Great praise is due the Road Commission for the installation of permanent stakes along the coast between Nome and Teller and for the effective stalk ing of tho well travelled trails at other points. The shelter cabins are 2 blessing to travellers that can hardly' be appreciated until one has had oc- casion to seek their shelter from cold or storm"
The Nome nugget., 1920-01-17
EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION.
The Latest Thrilling Drama of Throb.
 ping Heart Interest

Famous Players Paramount Corpor- ation
 Entitled:
 "The Adventures of Billy McGee." Directed by D. w. Gritfiths.) Condemned by the Natl Board of Censorship
 "A special notice warned the aud . fence they must positively check all |shillelah's and other arguments before this part of the program will be all lowed to commence" and the cast was given as including Doug. Fairbanks.
 Mary Pickford. Bill Hart. Harry L.au- der and Charlie Chaplin. It turned out to be , shadowgraph show with members of the mine crew. The chief manipulator Joe Herbert. was a gen jus at shadow graphs and his worl,
 was of the highest order The play was decidedly humorous and kept the audience roaring.
 The whole thing WAS fine Christi mas day big feast was held, which included everything in the line of eat ables to he found in this section. all carefully prepared and spiced to per- lection by that wizard of the kitchen Joe Fournier. And our old towns man. Beehe was in charge of the feast
 It. was like one big, happy family.
 the highest credit for the way he looks after the comfort and welfare of his employees They arc sure treat ed fine. A more contentcd crew of workmen have never seen than those
The Nome nugget., 1920-01-17

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The Nome nugget., 1920-01-17

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Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-25
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JUNE 1sth, 1920
 l0,656
sWIMMINa INSTRUCTIONS,

Due recognition cannot fail to be given to the service that is being rendered by the Young Mems Christian association of this city in providing an instructor in swimming fer those who are desirous of learning how 10 take care of themselves in the water
 This is the season Of the year when there is a demand for this important in structien. There are those whe are go- ing to the seashore. those whe are ge- ing to be about the water at home or on vacations and there is of course no tell ing when it will be necessary for them to know how to swim Even those who go in bathing without intending to swim aye much better protected if they know how to keep afieat while in the water fol there is no telling when they may get be yond their depth or step into hole.
 With a careful instructor an added protection is being given to the life of 2 youngster by teaching him how to swim He is thus prepared to take care of him self and render assistance 10 others 1T case of necessity, while it is to be Pe membered that there is no better exercise or no greater pleasure than swimming.
 Many are the instances where cases C.
  drowning are accompanied by the state ment that the person did not know how fe swim. Frequently is it so that ec cupants of canoes are upset and los their lives or come near doing so becaus they cannot swim
 The best time to learn how to swim i when young, the same as acquiring oth sr knowledge No one will claim that IS not possible for a swimmer to drow1 Tor occasionally the best of them los ,heir lives in that way. but it is never theless evident that many of tn Browning accidents each year could D avoided if those who go into the wate intent ionally and get frightened or tkos Tho find themselves there hy aeeideH Snew how to swim Norwich is faFtu nate in having suitable place and i having a capable instructor provided.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-25
DETECTIVE CHIMNEYs.

Advice such as is given by the na- donal board Of fire underwriters is al ways timely when increased efforts for the elimination of the defective chimney is urged. This may be the season of the year when chiDneys are in less use than others but there are those that are used the year round and others which are more or less used even during the sum ner, but it is particularly in regard to new construction that the board is en- ieavorinE to direct attention.
 With inc idea Of reducing the danger from fires by building chimneys that will render the service expected of them without threatening the destruction of the building, the board has drawn un an ordinance whieh can we'll be adopted by any community where proper safeguards in the way of restrictions do not exist. Nothing more valuable in the way Of nreveat.qa work can be undertaken, and he best time for anything of the kind of course when the building is being constructed
 When the board shows according to the statistics it has kept that over twelve per cent. of all the fires during 1918 were caused by defective chinneys it can readily be appreciated that it is engaged in a worthy undertaking in calling at 'cntion to the danger and endeavorins to secure Increased attention from eommu ri-ies as well as from those who are actually engaged in building. An erdi- nance CT such a character as proposed is 70 be found in most communities. It is not insisted upon to increase the bur dens but to decrease the fire danger an economic move which cannot fail to ap- peal 10 any reasonable mind.
 One can hardly ina zine the builder of n home or a business house who is not anxious 10 protect it against fire and who is not willing to follow the re- quirements which experience shows to he necessary in order to avoid it. Few there are who do not seek protection through insurance and the same reason Ing should be followed in taking tht necessary precautions to forestall 8 fire With defective chimneys causing ar eighth of the fires it is certainly tint hat greater efforts were made to Agh sue ha cause.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-25
WHAT HE DOESN'T SAY.

At various times during the past few months William G. McAdoo has iRdicat- cd by telegram or letter to different in- dividuaIs that he was not candidate for the nomination by the democrats as president. This has of course been open to various interpretations. It has been viewed from the standpoint that he does net say that he will not accept such an hener if conferred upon him by the San Francisco convention and friends have continued te work in his behalf.
 Within shert time Mir McAdoo real izing that he had quite following and that many were waxing enthusiastic over the possibilities of his nomination de- ciared that he did not wish his name presented te the convention. That of course also leaves the situation open for friends, including the one who is rea3y with a speech to nominate him. declare that it isn't a question of what his wishes are but what the situation and the convention require There thus per sist the reports that he will be placed in nomination regardless of his state meats and regardless of the opposition that 1t is known can be expected.
 Tn view of this prospect theTe arc thess within the party who are using tht opportunity to boost other possibilities and urging that the indica-ad desire q Mr MeAdee ought to be accepted and further efforts i'll his behalf dropped And yet his successor as secFetaFy O the treasury. Carter Glass, arrivln,g il San Francisco as the spokesman of -h' president. gets Immediately behind tn MeAdee boom, and lets it be known tha he has eonfided to the son-in-iaw of thu president that such statement as h.
 contemplated and as he made would
 only strengthen his baem.
 l Senator Glass nuts his finger right ol 1 he vital naint when he says about tn i MeAdeo statement You notice that 1 does not say that he will not accept.
 That is the very thing which MT. Me 1 Adeo seems to have avoided and Senate
 Glass seems to he making good use of ! in urging his selection.