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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-04
Grain BrOgue

One of the new models IS a brown Scotch
grain brogue oxford. These come IN a nifty
pattern. of rich dark brown color. long-wear-
ing plump soles and low Hanged heels These
are $500.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-04

Big Spring. Tex March fl E
Aundel superintendent OF the United
states experiment farm. reports ASS
inches Of rain during the year 1913.
This IS one more inch than the total
rainfall for the three preceding years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-04

One Chicago department store has
46 acres OF floor space.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-04

AAAaA v q aAaA IAN ~
at s a. m 18th me-
ridian time March
g. 1890.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-04
The Fenway

The Fenway Is made Of fine black kangaroo
leather on a medium custom or English last
with vide tread and a one-inch heel These
are exceptionally stylish oxf0rds, and the
price Is Sl250.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17
CHRISTMAS PKGs. FOR
FOREIGN SERVICE MEN

Washington, Nov. 13.-Christmas
packages for American troops on
the Rhine must reach Hoboken by
December S, to insure delivery be-
fore Christmas day, the War De-
partment announced today. They
should be sent care of the general
superintendent, army transport SER
vice, pier No. 8, army supply base,
South Brooklyn, New York, by No
vember 20. .+.:.-
:. Packages for Germany must not
exceed seven pounds in weight and
seventy-two inches combined length
and girth. Those to men on duty in
canal zone and insular possessions
are limited to twenty pounds in
weight and two cubic feet in volume.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17
CLOCKS IN STATIONS
MUST BE ACCURATE

Mobile, Ala, Nov. 13.-The Alaba:
ma supreme court today in the case
of Ellen Clark VS.. the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad company ruled
that when railroad puts clock OF
any other timepiece in the gaze OF
the public it is bound by duty to its
patrons to keep it so regulated as to
furnish reasonably accurate time and
failing so to do it is responsible for
any damage such error in time may
bring to its patrons.
The woman sued the railroad for
$4,000, contending that a clock in the
waiting room Of the union station at
Decatur, Ala, was slow and as a
result she missed a train which car
ried the body of her son to Hartselle
for burial. The court rendered judg-
ment for 500. 1t was alleged that
a train was scheduled to leave Deca-
tur at 6:3o o'clock in the morning,
but that as matter of fact it left
at 6:23 according to the clock in the
waiting rocm.. AS a consequence the
body was carried to. Harselle, but the
plaintiff was unable to take the train
until the afternoon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17
HOPS AND MALT SALES
PROHIBITED IN U. s.

Washington, Nov. 13.-Prohibi-
ton enforcement officers throughout
the country have been instructed to
prevent the sale of malt and hops to
others than bakers and confectioners
but details of the order which tight
ems the ban on home brewing were
lacking today.
If the absence of Commissioner
Kramer, officials at the prohibition
enforcement bureau said that the
sale of hops and malt as component
parts of home made beer had been
ruled to be in violation of the VOL
stead act. They would not discuss
however, details of the new order
which is said to have resulted from
construction placed on the law
nearly two months ago.
1t was said at Commissioner Kra-
mer's offices that litigation was ex-
pected to result in order to deter
mine the jurisdiction Of the govern
ment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17
WILL HELP FARMERS

Greenville, Nov. 14.-A total of
100000 will be available for loans
to farmers of Greenville; county on
cotton beginning Monday morning
accordig to announcement today by
the Merchants Cotton company of
the Greenville chamber of commerce
which has charge of the lending Of
money pooled for this purpose by
Greenville business men of loans by
not more than $50 per bale will be
made, for a term of six months, and
must be paid at the end of that time.
Interest is at the rate of 8 per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17
WILSON APPEARS IN BETTER
HEALTH SINCE ELECTION

Washington, Nov. 13.-When Pres
ident Wilson took his motor ride this
afternoon. it was apparent that he
was feeling better than in many
months. He was bundled up in defer
ence to the sharp November winds,
of course, but throughout the ride he
cheerfully acknowledged salutes as in
the old days.
In fact, the Presidents condition
seems so much improved since the
election that the report is current that
he will attempt to read his farewell
message to Congress in person early
next month.
Should Mr.. Wilson make such an
effort the incident will furnish one of
the most dramatic in the nations his
tory. No one seems to hope that ne
will be able to walk into the House
of Representatives as of old. He
would necessarily be wheeled in" for
the ceremony.
General expectation that the Presi-
dent will continue factor in Ameri-
can life for some years is indicated
by persistent bidding for his literary
services when he steps from the
White House.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17

ex-officio vice pesidents of the as
sembly.
The debates today clearly indica-
ted that Lord Robert Cecil, Leon
Bourgeois, Rene Viviani and Signor
Tittoni are likely to become leading
figures on the floor and that the
small states are showing a spirit of
independence and viii not accept
prearranged programs without hav-
ing their say.
On motion of Geoge Nicoll Barnes
of the British delegation, resolu-
ton calling for a message of sympa-
thy to President Wilson in his illness
was adopted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17
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SHILOAH


Mrs. jamie Stevenson and Miss
Mary Stevenson returned home Sat-
urday from a visit to Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Nickles and
children spent Sunday with Mrs.
Mollie Nickles and family.
Miss zelma Mundy spent the
weekend with her father, Mr.. w. L.
Mundy.
Miss Jessie Mundy is spending
sometime in Greenwood with her
grandmother, Mrs. Lima Lomax.
Miss Margaret Cannon and Mrs.
G. w. Mundy were shopping in
Greenwood Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Martin and
children spent Suncay in Green
wood with relatives.
Misses Alma and Mary Nance, of
Anderson, spent the weekend here
with relatives.
Messrs. Ernest Long and A. H.
Mundy went to Greenwood Satur-
day.
Mr.. Roy Mundy and one of his
friends, of Erskine College, spent
the weekend with his father, Mr..
w. L. Mundy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17
PAUL. HYMANS HEADS
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Belgian Elected Permanent Presi'
dent At Geneva Meeting
Swiss Bells Ring As Session
Opens

Geneva, Nov. 15.-Paul Hyman's
of Belgium, was elected permanent
president of the league of nations at
the opening session of the leagues
assembly here today. He received 65
votes to four votes for President
Motta, of Switzerland and one each
for ex-President Ador of Switzer-
land and Leon Bourgeois of
France.
NJ. Hynlans had called the dele
gates to order and introduced Presl-
dent Motta of Switzerland, who in
his address welcoming the delegates
expressed the hope that the United
States would not delay much longer
in taking its legitimate place in the
league"
When NJ. Hymans, who heads the
Belgian delegation and is former
foreign minister of Belgium, declar-
ed the first session Of the assembly
open, the hall was crowded with men
and women among the delegates.
The toillettes, with the quaint red
and yellow gowns of the Swiss
guards, gave touches of color to an
otherwise sober scene. =
. M. Motta, in his greetings to the
delegates, thanked the peace confer
ence for having selected Geneva, as
the seat of the league of nations and
also thanked President Wilson for
calling the meeting of the assembly
in the seat of the league.
The first session of the league as
sembly was greeted with the ringing
of all the bells in Geneva after sew
eral minutes silence on the part of
all the people of the canton. Presi-
dent Motta of Switzerland was fol-
lowed by M. Hymans.,
The Socialist leader Hjalmar
Branting, head of the; Swedish dele
cation, provoked the first debate by
objecting to the election of Paul Hy-
mans as president o. the league by
acclamation. M. Hymans himself de-
cided the question by holding that,
since one member requested secret
vote, he was entitled to it.
The assembly so decided after the
French delegates NJ: Vivani and
Bourgeois had made it clear that
the application would, be referred to
a committee to be examined and
decision taken as to whether they
would be received. This reservation,
it is contended, will establish a pre-,
cedent so that, if Germany's applica-
tion is received later the French
delegates will be able to at once
take up the question Of eligibility.
" The working organization of the
assembly as formed this afternoon
consists of six committees each with
Al members representing all the
states attending. All questions of
the agenda will be divided among
these committees and will come up
for debate on the floor only when
the REPORTS are submitted. The pres
idents of these committees will be
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17

The first mistress Of the White
House was Mrs. Abigail Adams, wife
of the second President, who was
the first to occupy the executive
mansion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-17

Beginning to play chess when she
was IL years of age, Mrs. A. B.
Stevenson now holds the proud posi-
tion of woman chess champion Of
Great Britain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06
M M X
High Price of Pugilism
 Added to Living's Cost

TN some trans-Stygian region the H shade of John L. Sullivan, of his toric memory, may start back in amazement at the intelligence of a four hundred thousand dollar offer made for a fight between Dempsey and Carpenter The dispatches state that this sum was offered by James w. Coffroth, a well-known promoter, and quickly accepted by Jack Kearns, manager for MT. Dempsey.
 Prof. James J. Corbett, who writes so engagingly of the fistic world, can easily remember the time when the best heavyweights in the business would have been dazed by the pros pect of earning a tenth this amount by the longest and most grueling of battles. Sullivan, "the greatest fight CT of them all," was never rewarded in such princely style, and coming down to recent times, MT. Willard himself was never the participant in so large a purse.
 Having suffered some lean years before his rise to fame and fortune, MT. Dempsey is naturally acquisitive and is gathering the dollars while they roll easily in his direction. Mir. Kearns is a shrewd individual and experienced in his chosen profession. These two put their heads together when Willard was toppled over at Toledo and swore mighty oath to get all that was coming to them.
 Right well have tine gentlemen suc- ceeded thus far, and when Dempsey meets Carpenter, as he seems des- tined to do, it will be for the largest purse in the history of pugilism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06

constitution of the United States will
 pfopably not have been ratified by the
 states by February f5, but the com
 pletion of the year is likely to see the
 ratification and the consummation of
 this event will certainly be peculiarly
 fitting observation ofs the centenary.
 Susan E. Anthony was one of the ear
 ticst advocates of woman suffrage and q very stout and unwearying agftator.
 and the women voters of America. pres-
 eht and to be. will hardly fail to cele-
 orate her eenie, ,-ssy with all honor.
 Nor will the world or science allow the centenary Of John Tyndall which occurs on August 2l to pass unnoticed.
 Tyndall, an Irisnman and a typical one
 at that--typieai ia appearance and in his gift of picturesque .1eecil-.-sva d $ tih : Ing large part of the ninetccnth cen
 tnry regarded as inc sreat4st orna-
 meat Of Englisb natural SC. snces E.- was materialist, and in 1874 he
 plunged the whole world into q -i3lc,.. controversy by his declaration, in an i address at Belfast, thas matter con tains the promise and potency of all terrestrial life" He was a man of re-
 nlarkable qualities--a fact which is H.
 lustrated by the circumatance ts,at after travelling through the United states on Ia featuring tour, the receipts from which were somewhere near s20. GOO. he declined to take any of this money. but
 gave 1t all to the cause of American scientific education.
 Some attention may be paid in this country though doubtless within d quite limited circle. to the ,ctntenarv of Alice Cary, which occurs on April a0-l
 minor American poet whose verses 1 were the delight of the 5Js and sos With her sister Phoebe, who was fonr1 years younger. she wrote several vol
 umes or verse-partly coIlaborated a nd partly individual. Her sspictures of'
 Memory were undoubtedly her most.
 popular work. But she is now prettv nearly forgotten. The women's clph,
 may be inclined to do Alice Cary boror Tor she was the first president oil Sorosls. the first woman's club in tb, United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06

and his sort, but a stirring voice of protest is raised in Providence, where the Providence Post of the American Legion asks the city authorities to prevent him from delivering an ad- dress in that city. The Providence Journal, commenting on the posts ac- ton, publishes what is perhaps one of the most scathing editorials ever inspired by Berger. The Journal says in part:
 Berger is a traitor to his country, a vile exponent of vile ideas, a creature who. with millions of others like him. woul1 have made us impotent in our struggle against Germany and who sought to break our military strength and keep us prostrate at the feet of mu-derers whose blood kin they are
 It is blot on the national con science that pinling pacifsm at Wash ington kept this man out of jail during the war. That he has been reelected to Congress in the face of his record is proof only of the fact that his con- stitueacy IS honeycombed with rotten ness and treason and that he is it's fitting representative
 But such as he can only be allowed to disseminate their foul doctrines in communities lost to all sense of honor or patriotism. Providence is loyal American soil. From the first days of the nations life her citizens have not hesitated to die gladly for the cause of human freedoro. The war just over has brought Us fresh and vivid memories of sacrifice.
 There is no place on our public pla, forms for this spawn of German devil- try, whose very presence among us IS an insult to our dead.
 The Journal expresses in vigorous style the sentiments of all American citizens, whether native or foreign born, who are loyal to the American government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06
CENTENARIES OF 1920

From the Boston Evening Transcript. TIT is a common remark that the ap- II pearance of genius on the earth runs in cycles. and a consideration
 or the centenaries of great men as they come around seems to prove the obser- vation. All remember the amazing number of such centenaries that were celeprated in the year 1909, for in 1909 Lincoln, Darwin, Poe Mendelssohn. Chopin, Tennyson, Holmes and other famous people were born. Ten years passed, and 1919 gives us a harvest of oentenaries, with the hundredtb reti,rn oi lhe birthdays of Lowell, Whitman. Julia Ward Howe, Queen Victoria and others. What about the year 193op what centenaries shall we have to eel ebrate in this year? Few, and none of high importance. The year 1920 was comparatively barren in this respect. on February IS was born William Te- cumseh sherman, a soldier of geni,,s but one whose centenary cannot wei
 pc observed with truly national spon- taneity since his name, on account of the fire and sword which he carried is
 execrated in the south. One literary shining light indeed dawned in 1920
 Tn the birth of Marian Evans, George Eliot" on November g. Thirty vears ago George Eliot, as a novelist. was a star of the very first magnitude. Tn the common critical judgment her star
 mas begun to wane. Her "Silas Mar ner' is indeed a textbook in the schools | but the novels which in her Nfe caused the greatest interest and sensation
 "Middlemarch" and Daniel Deronda. ,, are now forgotten. It may well he
 moreover, that with the passing of
 present literary fashions the estima-
 tion Of the solid merit of George Eliot
 Will rise again; and it is certain that her centenary will be observed by many l oi those upon whom the spell of her great intellectual force and graphie power still rests
 One of the centenaries of 1920 it may
 be said, will celebrate itself. That is l the anniversary of the birth of Susan
 E. Anthony. which falls on February 15. The Anthony amendment' to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06
THE NEXT SENATE
From the N'asllington star.

From the Washington Star.
 N ENATOI UNDERWOOD an N aounees for renonination. The primaries in Alabama take. plaes in May. The senator will have democratic opposition. I've other aspirants are al ready in the fieid There may be others. The nomination will be equivalent to elec- tion.
 MT, Underwood is one of his party principal assets in the Senate. He came to the chamber ripe Legislator. His sery- ice in she House has been distinguished. He hal attained leadership there, and given his name to tariff measure. Eas' ily. therefore, he at once became promi- nent in the Senate; and he is under con sideration now for his party's leadership in his new field. This is notable achieve ment in a first term.
 The contest this year for control or me Senate will be spirited. The body IS al most evenly divided politically, the re nublicaas having but two the best of the poll. with one os their number-Mr New berry--ander challenge. Seventeen seats now occupied by democrats and fifteen by reon otieans will be in the scale.
 The Senate has grown in influence and ottrac.iyeness of late years. Seats are highly prixed Wits no longer exercise themselves in describing the body as 'the rich mans club,' or the somnolent club" A good deal of hard work goes on and q deep impress is made on legislation.
 True, the initiative in some important matters remains with the House. Revenue measures dne> appropriation measures must originate in the lower chamber But the right Of review held by the Senate has come to be most literally exercised The Senate now has a good deal to say both about how money for the support of the government shall be raised and how ex- pended. Revenue bills and appropriation bills sent over by the House sometimes undergo sweering Changes before they reacn the Presidents table for his sigma ture The Senate puts them through a course of sprouts both in committee and in open debate
 The next Senate win have opportuni-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06
Victor Berger Continues
 To Breathe Defiance

TIT is pity that something can't be A done to squelch the Berger per son. Since his triumphant re-elec- tion to Congress by his disloyal con- stituents of Milwaukee, Berger is more arrogant and defiant than ever. Addressing an audience of so- cialists in New York, he said he would carry the flag of socialism to Congress or to prison. This is the American citizen CD refused a seat in Congress by an overwhelming vote.
 Boosting that he had been indicted five times on eighty-two counts, Ber- ger said he would run for Congress again, if unseated. He declared he would be elected six times more "whereas Woodrow Wilson can't be elected once more." "I say for the benefit of the secret service men and all of the young socialists present that if had to write the same arti- cles or give the same speeches for which was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, I would do it over again"
 4 fine spectacle for Americans to contemplate when we are just emerg- ing from war during which Berger, by tongue and pen and other seditious activities, fought against, rather thar w sil, his country W
 Nsw York inas tJiSaa.a Bee.ea,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06
IN HOTEL LOBB1ES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Too Many Laws

IwD hfamy LAWS Jake Stahl used to attend bar. Now he slngs soda. On both jobs he kept his ears open while men talked. Once
 in a while he does some of the talk ing. Yesterday he was on the job very much He caught his assistant squeez- ing blackheads before the fountain
 mirror and half dozen customers
 fired him and took on a boy whom,
 he later found. combed his hair with
 his fingers. between serving drinks
 and is going to fire him. Between ex- asperations yesterday he said: T have heard so many people talk 1 ing lately, and I've read a bit, too, about this matter of getting business
 men for political office; getting big, successful business men. It's good idea, but they've got a swell chance. How are you going to get man who
 is pulling down s25,oOu year to drop his work and take over a political | job at third or a fourth of that amount? If he is willing to, we don't
 want him. A man who has no more sense than to do that is either a fool or has his mind made up to get his in
 graft.
 | ''The way it looks to me, there ars too darn many city, county, state and
 national offices eating up in numbers ! of salaries the money that could go to hire a few capable chaps who eonld do the business at salary they could ] afford to take and would do it. : ''Doggone it. there's too much law. anyway. Next thing we know we'll be running into those Its Forbidden signs they used to have in Germany stuck up all over the place. It's funny when you come to think l of it. but we are still using as base the laws England discarded while Queen Elizabeth was on the job, only
 we have piled up all sorts of junk laws on top of them.
 | Ever read what Kipling said about the American? Something about: 1 That bids him make the law he flouts; that bids him flout the law he makes l that's us
 Boy. this Nain't no boudoir; if you
 want to dig wild hairs. get from be-
 hind this soda fountain.",
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06
SIGNS OF DISTRESS

From London Tit Bits
 The judge made jokes. the witnesses looked weary, the counsel acclaimed and cross-examined, the F good men and true twiddled their thumbs, and the usher ushed whenever necessary. Altogether, il was model court of law
 Now, ma am" cried the cross s-examin, ing K. C., was the defendants air when as yon allege, he promised to marry you perfectly serious. or was it, on the con- trary, ;ocular and full of levity?"
 Tt was all ruffled,' replied the plain- tiff, with i'm runnin is 'ands throu gil itf,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-06
WHY WORK FOR IT.

From the Home Sector.
 The recruiting office was having a slow day. Prospect after prospect had been interviewed, but all seemed to have some fundamental objection to joining up. Fin ally, there appeared long, lean youth who studied the posters with more than the usual degree of interest. The re- cruiting officer perked up
 Like to join the service, buddy?, he inquired. Like to see the world?" t"Sure would"
 Like to get three square meals a day?"
 Sure would"
 Like to get your clothes and your rent and everything free?"
 Sure would"
 And have, chance to save your wages?' Sure would. Say, how much do she pay?"
 Thirty dollars a month The lean one shuffled away. LAW. hell.' he grumbled. q knowed there was trick in it somewhere. I kin borrow that much.