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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-20
ROOT D|SAPPOINTS REPUBLICANS BY
 ACTION ABROAD
Formation of International Court Under League Aus pices Leaves Harding Out
 on a Limb
By HD~H w. ROBERTS Washington Bureau The Ase-HeraId
 800 Davidson Building

ouu DdfuSon 6uuuthB
 Washington, September 1s--(Spe- cial)-Elihu Root failed to devise a substitute for the League of Nations, and another hope of the republicans totters to a melancholy fall.
 In this connection, the democratic na- tional committee authorizes the follow ing statement: Democratic campaign leaders are enjoying the unhappy pre- dicament into which Senator Harding has been thrust by the announcement in Lond on the splin for the permanent court of international justice, framed as an inseparable part of the League of Nations by Elihu Root and nine other distinguished jurists.
 Senator Harding in his speech of August 2S, outlining the foreign policy which he expects to adopt if he is elected, denounced the existing league as an offensive and defensive of the great powers to impose their wills on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-20

cipitated sensation by it's threat, in the interest of prohibition to proceed against the Judiciary. The league charged the existence of huge plot" on the part of anti-prohibitionists to discredit the prohibition laws by throw ing all cases possible into the United States courts. It then declared bitterly against certain judges who in their rul- ings indicate unfriendliness to the law and who sometimes do not impose pen alties as heavy as the league would de- sire. 1t next complained against att torneys of the United States who before indictment demand certain character of evidence"
 The conclusion reached was to de- mand of Congress certain new laws which would make a judge alleged to be unfriendly to prohibition, easier of removal. The league assumed the att titNde that it could obtain whatever it might desire from the present Congress.
 The new plan of Commissioner Kra- mer is to invade wet strongholds by new men. Wet" strongholds are those places wherein the volstead act is openly violated. The transfer of James Shevlin from New York to Texas will soon be followed by shifts in b dozen other cities. In the meantime, the stock of intoxicants shows no signs of diminishing, and the prices vary from day to day like the prices of margins on stock exchanges.
 The Anti-Saloon League declares Con- gress in great danger of capture by the 'swets." It took no action respecting the presidential candidate, but men, toned several other important candi dates, amog them Thomas W. Taggart of Indiana, democrat, who must be de- feated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-20
DRY ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICERS SHIFTED

ciaL )AThe shifting of prohibition en- forcement officers flor the good of the service" coupled with the subsequent confession of Prohibition Commissioner Kramer that some of the employees of his department are mot straight" IS taken in Washington to mean that general breakdown in prohibition mo- rale is under way.
 The Anti-Sa1oon Leagua of America, while in session here ka11 week, pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-20
Business Not Disturbed
 By Big Bomb Explosion
Price Levels Threatened by Continued Weakness of For eign Exchange, Which Will Gradually Cut Down Ex-
 ports-General Situation Is Highly Satisfactory
By THEODORE H. PRICE Editor Commerce. and Finance

New York, September 19(Specal) )-Writng from the f nanca district of New York this feeling
 war correspondent for the disastrous explosion Wall street on Thursday has driven into the the things
 fly regarded important part business world and has replaced them with tale of murder and sudden
 me task o prophet grateful with before us o the with which the human lives changed by the obsesson fools who believe that bombs of efnrnn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
BRITISH PRESS COMMENT
ON COTTON IMPORTS

London, Feb. 5.-The "stoppage
of cotton imports is one of the first
and most telling effects of the ex-
change situation" between Great
Britain and the United States, the
Star declared today.
While no official ban has been
placed on cotton imports from Ameri-
ca, newspapers pointed ont that
British manufacturers can improve
their situation only by refusing to
buy until the value of the pound be-
comes more nearly normal in New
York.
British cotton buyers are being
forced automatically by the exchange
slump to stop their imports from
America, the Manchester Guardian
in the heart of the British cotton
manufacturing area, asserted.
AS a result of yesterdays sensa-
tional slump in the value of the
pound sterling in New York the
movement to refrain from buying
American made goods today reached
such proportions that it caused grave
concern among representatives of
American business houses here. Brit
ish financial authorities pointed out
that the government has for its only
object the relieving of the sterling
exchange situation.
One after another, newspapers
have Joined the campaign, urging the
people not to buy anything made in
the United States except absolute
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
INFLUENZA STILL A
MYSTERY, SAYS NEW YORK'S
\HEALTR COMMISSIONER

DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Health
Commissioner of New York, in a
statement issued yesterday said that
the causes of the influenza remain as
completely shrouded in mystery as
ever. He said:
81 look for a recurrence of infiu-
enza next winter, but it will be much
milder than this time. The great
fact remains that with all the expert
ence gained influenza is still mys-
terry. The germ never has been iso-
lated. In this department we are
conducting research work in our lab
oratories, but it is impossible to
forecast what the results Of that work
will be.
"This epidemic also knocked out
some of the preconceived ideas on the
subject. For instance, I had main
tanned that those who were attacked
in the 1918 epidemic would be prac-
tically immune this time. Other ply
sicians held the same theory. We
now know that those who were vic
Tins of the disease in 1918 were not
immune this time. Again I hold that
the use Of serums as a preventative
measure is practically worthless"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take q glass Of Salts before breakfast
Hyour Back hurts or Bladder
Is troubling you

No man or woman who eats meat regu.
larly can make mistake by flushing the
kidneys occasionally, Gays well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
e1cites the kidneys, they become over
worked from the strain, get sluggish and
fail to filter the waste and poisons from
the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all
rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble,
nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in the
kidneys. or your back hurts or if the
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi-
ment, irregular of passage or attended by
a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat
and get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any pharmacy; take a
tablespoonful in glass of water before
breakfast and in few days your kidneys
will act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush and stimulate
the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids
In urine so it no longer causes irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithIa-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
Kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney
complications.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
FIXING OF RAILWAY
RATES BY GROUPS
CONFUSES RAILWAYMEN

Rates are not to be fixed on the
properties of the Individual carriers.
according to the newly proposed leg
islation for the adjustment Of tariffs
which is being offered by the joint
committee of the House and Senate
which has been considering this prob
lem. As far as can be gathered rates
are to be fixed on the aggregate value
of the properties in each group that
is formed by the commission. These
groups so far have not been outlined
In the opinion of railroad counsel
for a road whose value bears an cav.
erage" relation to the traffic it han.
dies five and one half per cent. is
fair guess on the return on such
property.
Railroad interests are confused as
to how the proposed legislation fol
rates to yield a minimum of five and
one half per cent. return on the ag-
gregate value of railroads in groups
may be worked out. 1t is agreed by
many, however, that roads not SO
firmly intrenched will profit while
the so-called creditor lines will lose.
One reason advanced why the stu.
alton cannot be worked out except
as a guess is that the new law does
not prescribe any method by which
TIE Interstate Commerce Commits
sion shall arrive at the aggregate va
lue of the railroad properties in the
groups to be formed. 1t is assumed,
however, that the commission will
take the book value of the proper
ties as shown by the individual rail
road corporations in their reports and
that this will provide the biass for
fixing of value. 1t is expected that
the commission will not be able to
arrive at a valuation of all the rail
roads in the country in less than two
or three years. /
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
HIGH COSTS.

The United States Department of
Labor has issued a statement to the
effect that there has been no de-
crease in the average cost of food
stuffs, but that, on the contrary, the
retail cost of twenty-five articles of
food in December was the highest
ever attained, being 2.6 per cent
higher than in November, 5 per cent
higher than in December, 1918, and
SO per cent higher than in December,
1913.
1t was not necessary for the De-
partment of Labor, except for the
official record, to put out these
figures, for everybody knew that the
cost of food had advanced Il has
been impossible for men who cared
intelligently to study the matter to
how anyone could have
been misled into believing .Gi.t tlrrc
would be decline in food prices
asst fall.
When President Wilson made the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville, ~
Probate Court,

Probate Court.
1otice of Settlement and Application
For Final Discharge
Take notice that on the 9th day of
March, 1920, I will render a final ac-
count of my actings and doings as
dministratrix of the estate of J. T.
Blanchett, deceased, in the office of
the judge of probate for Abbeville
County, and on the same day will ap-
ply for a final discharge from my
rust as such.
All persons having demands
.gainst said estate will present for
payment on or before that day,
proven and authenticated or be for
yer barred.
Mrs. Maggie Blanchett,
Administrative.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13

necessities. The latest adherent to
the cause was the Evening News, one
of Lord Northcliffe's newspapers.
"Today's drop in exchange puts an
effective and definite halt to any
ideas of importing cotton under ex-
isting conditions" the Manchester
Guardian said.
Manchester manufacturers of cot.
ton goods, the newspaper asserated,
even have started shipping cotton
back to the United States, selling it
for dollars and making more profit,
owing to the decrease in exchange
since they bought the cotton, than
they would have by manufacturing
the cotton into cloth in British mills.
"There is sufficient cotton in
Great Britain to keep our mills busy
for nine or ten weeks" the Star said,
adding that shipments now were on
the seas en- route to English manu-
facturers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
WHICH PLAN DO YOU PREFER!
Manufacturers Record, Baltimore
Md.)

The >financiers who are trying to
convince themselves and the world
that deflation in wages and defation
in business is the only road to sue
cess must have felt that they had re-
ceived blow bewteen the eyes when
the Steel Corporation, one of the
best managed and greatest organ.
cations on earth, last week amour
ced 10 per cent advance in wages.
Judge Gary is evidently not a be-
lever in. the theory of the financier
to defate wages, but Judge Gary is
very much safer guide to follow
than most of the financiers and the
Federal Reserve Board, whose hearts
are set on bringing business back to
what they call normal conditions by
the defation of wages and business.
We prefer Judge Gary's plan
rather than that of the Federal Re-
Board.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13

tentative promise to the Railroad
Brotherhoods that if food prices did
not decline he would consider their
request for higher wages, but init
mating that he believed there woult
be a lowering of cost of living, the
Manufacturers Record took the op-
posite ground and predicted still
higher prices. We have for two years
pointed to high prices as matter
of absolute certainty under the eco
nomic conditions existing.
We have not yet reached the cul-
minaticn of the high cost of living,
and there is very serious danger
that twelve months from now prices
of foodstuffs will be so much higher
than at present that we will wonder
why we ever complained at the fig
ures now prevailing.
So long as fod continues high,
wages must continue high.
The wise man is one who studies
the condition from every angle and
does not commit himself beyond his
full ability to carry out his under
takings regardless of any change
which may occur by reason of the eff
forts of the Federal Reserve Board
to defate the currency and thereby
de1ate prices. We trust that the
Federal Reserve Board and the
financiers of the country will see
that there can be greater dangers, in
de1ation than there are now in the
present condition of infation.-
Manufacturers Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
Fought Her Ills
Quarter Century
Found Tanlac Relieved Her as Quick
ly AS Did Friends-Took Others
Advice.

Twenty-Five years is long time
for anyone to contend with a ply
sical ailment, but Mrs.A. C. Allison,
of 32 Market St., Anderson, says
that during many years she had
suffered with number of troubles
before she began taking Tanlac,
which, she said, soon gave her re-
lief. Now, in her endorsement of
Tanlac; Mrs. Alison says it is fine
medicine"
Discussing her troubles, her eff
forts to find relief and the results
Tanlac gave her, Mrs. Allison says:
81 suffered with indigestion,
Sleeplessness and nervous troubles L
had no appetite and was broken
down generally. 1 would have spells
of nervousness at times and I lacked
strength and energy. 1 had been this
way for twenty-five years and had
spent a small fortune trying to find
relief, but failed. 1 am getting we'll
along in years andiI needed a general
tonic, too.
"My friends had told me much
about Tanlac and the relief it gave
them, so I began taking Tanlac my
sef. Tanlac broke up my indigestion
right away, just as I was told it had
done for others. My nerves became
steady and I began to gain strength.
After taking a bottle or so of Tanlac'
could sleep well. In all I took four
bottles of Tanlac.
II know from experience that Tan
lac is good for ailments such as those
with which I suffered, and I am glad
to recommend it. know it is a fine
l,...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-13
GROWTH OF WORLD
PAPER CURRENCY

w OrlQ paper SuilSASS iS&' Ai'>-
ed 600 per cent since the beginning
of the war, while the gold reserve
behindit has increased but 40 per
cent. The face value of the paper
currency of thirty principal coun-
tries of the world aggregated ST.
250,OOO,OOO in 1914, $40,OO0,00O,-
coo at the date of the armistice, and
S5O,OOO,OOO,OOO in December, 1919,
these figures being exclusive of the
S34,OOO,00O,OO0 of paper issued by
the Bolshevik Government. Meantime
the bank deposits and consequent use
of checks as circulating medium
have correspondingly increased and
the world national debts have grown
from $4O,OOO,0OO,0O0 in 1914 to
$3.50, 900, 100000 in 1919.
This is summarization of a
study of world currency and in
sdebtedness appearing in the January
number of "The Americas" issued
by the National City Bank of New
York. 1t shows in detail the note
circulation and gold reserve in each
of the thirty principal countries OF
the world in July, 1914, November,
\191S, and December, 1919, util-
izing the official figures of the State
banks of the European countries,
and in the case of the United States
figures supplied by the Treasury De-
partment ,,all figures of foreign cur
rency being transformed into United
States dollars as at the pre-war face
value of the respective currencies.
The four central powers, Germany,
Austria Hungary, Turkey and Bulga-
ria, show an advance in note circula-
tion from S1,200,00O,OO0 in 1914 to
S12,3OO,0OO.OOO at the close of the
war, and 1S,770,OOO,OO0 in Decem-
ber, 1919, the gold reserve falling
from $6OO,OO0,0OO in 1914 to $327,-
100000 in 1919, the ratio of gold to
notes declining from 49.7 per cent
in 1914 to 5.5 per cent in Novem-
ber, 1918, and IT per cent in Decem-
Der, 1919, The allied group of eight
cen countries (including Russia up
to October, 1910 shows notes ag-
gregating s4,9OO,OOO,O0O in 1914,
$25, 100000 in November, 1918,
and s3o,OOO,OOO,OOO in December,
their gold reserve $3,763,OOO,OOO in
1914, and s5,O7O,OOO,OOO in 1919,
the ratio of gold to notes declining
from 1855 per cent in 1914 to 20.9 in
November, 1918, and III per cent
in December 1919. The eight princi-
pal neutrals named aggregated ST.
166, 100000 of notes in 1914, and
$2,s2O,OOO,OO0 in 1919, their gold
reserve increasing from $516,r00,-
900 to s1,45o,oOO,OOO and their ratio
of gold to notes advancing from 44.2
per cent in 1914 to 500 per cent ir
1919.
Iu the case of the United States
the figures supplied by the Treasury
Department show note circulation at
S1,O56,000,000 in June, 1914, 49,
643,O0O,00G in November, 1918, and
s4,O51, 100000 in 1919, and the
ratio of gold to notes 99.G per cent
in 1914, 63.2 per cent in November,
1918, and 52.3 per cent in December
1919, these figures of notes being
exclusive of the gold. and silver
certificates which are considered as
warehouse receipts" for an equiya-
lent amount of metal deposited with
the United States treasury.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-18
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Soil Testing Work

Soil Testing Work
Several farmers have sent in their
names to have their soil tested, many
more may still get in on this survey.
The COunty's Apple Crop
The County Agent as we'll as the
farmers of this county see and realize
that Vernon eounty's apple crop is not
what it might be if given chance.
Many farmers grow little sorgh-
UNI for home consumption, take care
of a few hives of bees to have some
honey and help to supply themselves
in this way. Apples are also one of
these side lines.
Now it takes special care to raise
sorghum and take care of bees if you
want any returns and so does the ap-
pie tree. We must spend a little time
to take care of the orchard. Apples
are very high priced after high freight
rates are added to the price of them
when shipped in from the west or
east. Vernon county can grow apples
but not without care
The County Agent is going to OBJ
tain the services of an expert orchard
man who will give demonstration in
pruning, so if any community wishes
to have demonstration in their COM
munity some one should let the Coun-
ty Agent know about it and he will
arrange the rest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-18
J. W. EcKHART DIES SUDDENLY

John w. Eckhart, head of the firm
of John w. Eckhart a. Co., millers and
flour merchants, former president of
the Board of Education and prominent
Chicago Democratic politician, died
suddenly at his summer home at Lake
Beulah, Wis, late yesterday afternoon
after an attack of heart disease.
Mr. Eckhart was born in West Bend,
Wis, on November 20, 1856, and re-
ceived his early education at the pub
lie schools in Viroqua, Wis. Early in
his life he came to Chicago and as far
back as 1873 established himself in
the flour business, in which he has
been actively engaged ever since.
Besides being president of the firm
which bears his name, Mr.. Eckhart
was an important factor in the public
life of Chicago. In addition to his
school board duties he was a director
and president of the Chicago Public
Library board.
He was mentioned in 1910 as can
didate for Mayor, and also was con-
sidered for the position of postmaster
of Chicago at one time. He was Sc
lected by fifty representatives of the
milling and cereal industry as the man
to head the food price fixing board of
Chicago during the war.
He ran for congressman of the Sixth
Congressional District in 1909 against
his brother, Bernard A. Eckhart, head
of the B. A. Eckhart Milling Conn
pahy.-Chicago Examiner.
Fred Eckhart and Mrs. A. F. May,
brother and sister of the deceased, left
Monday afternoon to assist in the sad
! task of laying their brother away.
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To.,,,a 18th Tohy, nawsnv, O. 70
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-18
BUYERS ARE ON The Wing
ALL CROPSOF WEED ARE RAPID
LY GOBBLED UP
Movement Started Last Friday In
Earnest and is Now Neasly Over
--35c to 45c

After sitting idly by all during the
growing season without buying-iust
watching the weed develop and mark
ing the likely crops-tobacco buyers
broke loose last Friday and made a
mad scramble to buy up every acre of
the crop that is in passible condition.
So rapid has been the movement and
so numerous the agents-every local
and foreign firm representative the
campaign is now practically over, and
nearly every crop contracted for at
prices ranging from, 35 to 43 cents
per pound. Extreme drought and con-
sequent poor condition Of southern
Wisconsin tobacco has had much to do
with the anxiety Of the buyers to Sc
cure Vernon's crop at high figures.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-18
DISASTROUS FARM FIRES
aGABE SEVERSON AND CHRIS
KROGSBOL LOSE BUILDINGS
Both Fires On Monday-Children Set
0ne-Origin of Other Is Mystery
Loss Heavy

On Monday, children playing with
matches set fire to one of the build
ings on Gabe Severson's place on
Seas Branch, and when the fry ele-
ment had exhausted itself, every build
ing but, the residence house was laid
in smoking ruins. 1t is most crush
ing affection to befall farmer at this
time Of year, and especially so because
his insurance is very small in COM
parison with his loss.
That same evening, in some I'M
known manner, fire caught in the tip
of Chris Krogsbol's big barn, near
Brush Hollow just after the family
had retired He had only time to res
cue his high priced Jersey bull and
four calves when the structure COM
menced to fall The fire quickly de-
stroyed his granary and separator
shed also, taking fifty tons of hay, all
of his last years wheat crop 200 bush
els of oats and barley, and all his tsols.
His new garage covered with asbestos
shingles defed the flames and was
unhurt. Neighbors for miles around
drove to the scene of the fire and as
sisted IN saving the house, and Chris
wishes us to express his thankfulness
for their help. His loss is sad one,
not only in moaey-which will be more
than $1,000, with only $4,000 insur-
ance-but because he must sell much
of his blooded Jersey stock through
lack of feed and shelter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-18
OVER 500 ARE IN ATTENDANCE
Odd Fellow Picnic at Camp Tate is
Most ENJOYABLE Occasion

More than five hundred people at
tended the Odd Fellow picnic at Camp
Tate, near Coon Valley, Sunday. Vi
roqua's delegation numbered better
than 200 people, the guests from
Bloomingdale, Cashton and Lacrosse
lodges comprising the rest.
The weather was ideal, and the big
crowd spent a most enjoyable day Of
fraternalizing. Base ball, horse shoes,
cards, visiting and "eats", contrived to
pass the time in fine style, and not a
EARRING element entered in to detract
from the fraternal spirit of the occas-
ion These affairs should come more
often.