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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-12

older aristocrats on the street actu-
ally appealed to the city fathers ask
ing that the street be made just the
width which it now is"
The quotation is from The Press
and Banner CT Abbeville, and the
street referred to is called "Green-
ville," the presumption being that it
leads into the highway by which the
city of Greenville would be reached
after journey of three hours.
For the first time in a quarter of
century, the newspaper organ of a
progressive city in South Carolina
boldly and unblushingly confesses, or
/ boasts, that the city is inhabited by
"aristocrats" and what makes, this
self-exposure the more amazing is
that it comes in election year.
Without knowing as we write the
names of any Of the residents in
i Greenville street and speaking for the
plain people and the common people
from Charleston to Oconee and from
Beaufort to Bennettsville, we warn
the voters of South Carolina against
"Greepville street" and against
whomsoever infects and infests it
with the bacteria and the misguided
and hopelessly imprudent Press and
Banner proclaims.
Until now the impression had pre-
vailed that not in 80 years had an
aristocrat lived in this state, that one
and all had been ruthlessly extermi-
mated or sent into exile. If the city
of Abbeville have a whole street full
of patricians, it seems certain that
the germs will be scattered through
out old Abbeville" county and, if
that should be the event, the conclu-
sion would follow that all Abbevil-
ians will necessarily be retired from
political activities and office holdings,
except as they appertain to Abbeville
county.
While we have no objection to the
aristocratic brand of craftsmanship
that has distinguished Abbeville in
the past and would cheerfully sue
cumb to the domination Of Abbevil-
lians, as such, again, the people can
not be expected to submit to them un-
less they be content to count them
selves as common as are the rest Of
US.
! Let the people rule.-The State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-12
ENTERTAINING THE ORPHANS

Circle No. l of the Ladies Aid
Society Of the Presbyterian church
is entertaining for the next two
weeks two little girls from the
Whornwell Orphanage, Cprnelia
Gregory and Lula Trammell, ten
and twelve years old. The little
girls will spend Tuesday and We'd
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-12
REARS
ITS NAUGHTY HEAD

eve have tried to keep quiet the
reasons which actuated the city faith
ers in building the street just as it is
built. 1t is fact that some of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-12

nesday with Mrs. w. H. White and
are today visiting Sarah Cowan at
Mrs. P. A. Cheatham's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-12

referendum concerning Cne WILSON
league. No one appears to uphold
the affirmative. Twenty-three Demo
cratic Senators voted for the Lodge
reservation, and if there is another
roll call the number will be increas-
d.A two-thirds majority being nee
essary to ratify, what conceivable
chance is there of getting two-thirds
of the next t!Seaate to.accept the Pres
ident's plan?
The Cox managers disregarding
the treaty issue, hope to capture the
wet vote. But how? Governor Cox
can scarcely be silent Tor four
months, even though his platform
is. To say nothing and to try to
whisper a way into the White House
means the loss of all political char.
acter. On the other hand, if he speaks
he knows there's death upon the low.
er road and Injuns upon the upper.
The campaign promises 20 be q
distressing one to those who like
politics explicit. The verbal indorse'
ment of the Wilson Administration
coupled with it's practical abandon.
ment, makes it a matter of extreme
doubt what votes for Cox will mean
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-11-04
Wednesday, Tournament Day

Parade of KING ghts from Courthouse to Fair Grounds
The Knights of the Lance will show you how to get the
rngs-and to crown the queen. The Knights are now
practcng in many parts of the county and will come pre-
pared to show you good horse1nanshp This bids
fair to be big day
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-11-04
You Can't Afford to Miss a Day
Something Doing Every Day!
Tuesday---Fiddler Day

Parade from Courthouse to Fair Grounds. If you
enjoy genuine good ddling don't miss the Convention
Every Fiddler Banjo Guitar Player invited too take
part. Three good prizes offered.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-18
ON THE TRAIL
OF MISBRANDERS

Calcium arsenate is the best poison
to control the cotton boil veevil-and
it must be just right or it will kill the
cotton. Last year great deal of
poor calcium arsenate was on the
market Some of it contained so
much water soluble arsenic that it
would kill the cotton and some of it
contained so little arsenic that it
would not kill the weevils. This year
the United States Department of
Agriculture, acting under authority
of the insecticide act of 1910, is bend
ing every effort to check up all ship
ments of calcium arsenate for use in
control of the boil weevil. The Insec-
ticide and Fungicide Board has sent
into the South all inspectors who can
reasonably be spared from other
work, and it is their duty to collect
samples from and aid the United
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-18
Stensvad's Garage

States attorneys in the seizure of all
shipments that are found by the board
to be injurious to cotton or are nieffi-
cient or are otherwise adulterated or
misbranded. Not only is the shipper
subject to loss of his goods by seiz-
ure, but he is also subject to criminal
prosecution for adulteratiOn or mis-
branding. Seizure proceedings are
conducted in the court where the goods
are seized, and the criminal prosecu-
ton is brought at the point from
which the goods are shipped.
The inspectors have the aid of var
ious other branches of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in finding the
trail of dangerous or inefficient cal
cium arsenate The county agents are
on the lookout for it. The boll-weevil
laboratory at Tallulah, La, asks all
farmers who buy calcium arsenate to
send a sample to the laboratory, where
it is analysed. If it is found to be
"off color" the nearest inspector is
notified and Immediately begins prep
arations for seizure in the event that
the defect is serious enough to con-
stitute a violation of the insecticide
act.
The system of controlling the wee
vii by poison has been worked out by
years of research, and no effort will
be spared to keep it from getting a
"black eye" by the use of misbranded
ineffective poison.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-18
THE OLD-FASH-
TONED PARLOR

What has become OF the old-fashion-
ed, musty parlor that was opened on
ly when Company" came? Where
is the ruddy ingram carpet that COW
cred its floor and the depth Of straw
underneath that let company" sink
down to their knees when they enter
ed the forbidden grounds?
Do you remember how the carpet
crinkled like the squeak in your new
copper-toed boots when you walked
on the sacred floor?
Where is the Estey cottage organ
Or the square Steinway or CHECKER
ing piano with the fat wooden legs big
enough to hold up a billiard table
Could you recall that -old-time parlor
or best room without thinking of the
piano or the organ? And the queer
tic shapes? And the music book with
the oblong pages that was always
open on the piano?
And as you turned the pages, what
were the selections you found? Were
any of these there: Zone Sweetly
Solemn Thought" Bounding Bill
low" "Come Where the Lilies Bloom
or when You and | Were Young.
Maggie? Wasn't there also Chop
in etude?
What has become of the green win
dow blinds and the heavy lace cur
tains that defied the sunlight? Didn't
you often wonder as child why this
parlor never saw the wholesomeness
of other rooms?
There was what mot" up there in
the corner, you say? With seashells
on it? And didn't they tell you that
by placing one of these shells to youl
ear you could hear the roar Of the
sea? You believed that, didn't you
What else was there? An imitation
china vase with lurid gold Innings ane
every knick-knack for which, like the
drawer in mothers sewing machine, Z
place could be found nowhere else?
And that round parlor table, in its
rugged splendor? You know you'e
get handsomely padded if you as
much as laid finger on anything OF
that table against the time wher
company" would be there. But Whe1
nobody was looking, you pecked in ane
saw, the great family album, full Of
tinCype photographs of grandmas anc
grandpas of forgotten time in the
clothes of vanished age, and the lit
tie album of daguerreotypes, eaci
picture in glistening glass frame?
And on the shelf just above the
floor the stereoscope that was never
used excepting on stiff and stilte'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-18
MIDDLEMEN AND
COOPERATION

The American farm bureau feder-
alton IS planning an experiment IN
cooperative selling which should be
very instructive to the rest of the
country. If national agencies, acting
for the farmers, can handle grain and
livestock efficiently there is a chance
that certain costly portion of our
mercantile machinery can be dispens-
ed with. In every great inquiry into
profiteering the middleman is found
to be getting large share, if not
most, of the surplus cash. Food and
clothing and coal are all expensive at
present for the fundamental reason
that there is or has been scarcity of
these commodities, but the increase
| in cost to the consumer is never held
down to the actual increase in the
cost of materials, labor and capital.
There is always a stratum of middle
men who must handle all the goods
sold, and who are tempted to buy
and sell warehouse receipts in the
spirit of gamblers doubling the stakes
| at poker. 1t is a question whether
boarding or quick turnover on mar
row markin has been more influential
| in creating the high cost of living.
| If the middleman were not a useful
| Individual he would not exist so ubi-
| quitously. In normal times he is as
hard working and little to be feared
as anybody else in business. But
when a scarcity arrives he takes his
rake off Just now the middlemen,
profiting by longtime contracts to
coal, are paying a comparatively
small price and selling at an advance
! so enormous that a mere disclosure
of the figures is enough to startle the
consumer. Individually the middle
man seems not to blame He is sell
ing at the market price, and that price
happens to represent to him the wealth
of Aladdin.
Yet somebody must stand between
the producer and the consumer, must
take the loss that accompanies distri-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-18

Sunday afternoon when everybody
was afraid of each other and the pic
lures of ballet girls from Robert lie
Diable" in offset tints and the Ma
CARA Falls and a winter scene or two
made the principal part of the layers
of pictures?
To be sure, the family lived in the
kitchen, did it not? And do you re-
member grandma losing her specs and
the barrel of soft soap out on the back
porch and the smokehouse?
Would you like to turn backward :?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-18
AUDITORS FINAL NOTICE OF
HEARING IN DITCH PRO-
CEEDINGS.

State Of Minnesota, County of Red
wood, SIS.
/ In the Matter of the Petition OF
John Whittet, and others, for Pub
| lie Ditch No II in the County of Red
wood, State of Minnesota.
Notice is Hereby Given, That petit
ton has been filed in the office OF
| the County Auditor of said County
praying for the construction of a
public ditch, designated and numbered
| by the County Auditor of such Coun-
ty as County Ditch No. II.
Commencing at a point 1850 feet
west and $50 feet north of the Sc
corner of Section 81, Township, 113
Range 35, and running thence in a
of said section 81, to a point $40 feet
north of the South quarter corner OF
said section 81, thence through the
following Blocks in the City of Red
wood Falls: Block 5, and Is, Wat
sons Third Addition, and Block. of
Watson's Second Addition; thence
south on East Street distance of $50
feet to the center of each line of Lot
IL, Block 5, Wattson's Addition;
thence westerly across said Block 5
to it's outlet near center of Lot g.
Block 5 of said Watson's Addition,
which point is in a deep ravine lead
ing to the Redwood River about 800
feet west of said outlet point.
Branch Al.
Commencing at point 700 feet east
and 40 feet south of South quarter
corner of section 81, Township 113,
Range 35, running thence northerly
800 feet to station 80 plus so OF
Main "A".
Main "B".
Commencing on Fifth Street in the
City of Redwood Falls, at point mid
way between Drew and East Streets,
running thence West to East Street,
thence North on East Street to Third
Street; thence East on Third Street
TO Drew Street; thence north on
Drew Street, passing across Lot d,
ton / Township liz, Rangfe So to
Spring Street; thence West on Spring
Street to East Street; thence north
on East Street to Main "a" at Sta
ton plus 70.
Branch 1.
Commencing on Bridge Street in
the City of Redwood Falls, at its inter-
section with Gould Street, running
thence West on Bridge Street to
Drew Street, connecting with Main
"B' at Station plus 81.
Branch 2.
Commencing at the intersection of
Second and Swain Streets, in the City
of Redwood Falls, running thence on
Second Street west to Drew Street.
Branch 3.
Commencing at the intersection of
Second and Lincoln streets, running
thence east on Second st. to Drew
Street.
Branch A.
Commencing at the intersection of
Third and Lincoln Streets, running
thence east ON Third Street to East
Street.
Branch S.
Commencing at the intersection of
Lincoln and Wyoming Streets, RUM
ing thence north on Lincoln Street to
Fourth Street, thence east on Fourth
Street to East Street.
Branch 6.
Commencing on Fourth Street at
a point midway between Drew and
East Streets, running thence west on
Fourth Street to East Street.
Branch z.
Commencing at the intersection of
East and Chestnut Streets, running
thence on East Street north to Fifth
Street, as appears by the report of
the Engineer hereinafter mentioned
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-18

button, and must keep the channels
open between the country and the
city. If a cooperative organization
can do this effectively it may be able
to take the place of the despised job
Der of modern industry, serving the
farmer and the modern city man GO
ing and coming, and saving money in
both directions. Any experiment
along this line is wholesome and wei
come New York Globe:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-08-18

The man who is conceited over his
wisdom hasn't any worth mentioning.
The Washington times., 1920-06-19
SOME POINTS FOR
CAMPING AUTO|STS
Most Of Them Take Along Too
Much-llbrary Is
Indispensable.

when the average motorist sets
forth on a camping tour, he does one
OF two things: He confidently starts
out with an extra tire, a tooth brush
an extra pair OF pants and a wife. or
his car looks like the frst OF May. a
sherifrs sale and an old curiosity shop
In one.
Probably the latter 10 the truer
picture.
Most motorists, especially the
novices, take too much along when
they make tracks for the open coun-
try They seem to fear that any one
OF a thousand difficulties will track
them, into the solitudes and play the
devil with mental and bodily comfort.
Not so. One doesn't need extensive
mirrors for shaving, curling irons
bed room slippers, rockers. bath
brushes, bath robes, nor many other
dispensables.
Two people Jshould be interviewed
by the embryo campers, the head
and not a clerk--of the best automo-
bile supply house in town, and the
local dealer handling the kind of car
that will carry the voyageurs. The
former is only too glad TO lend his ad'
cases he has in stock just such
articles as are needed-and the auto
mobile dealer will advise which parts
arc likely to need replacement
The rest II simply a problem in
common sense and a library that Is
absolutely indispensable.
A library? Mirth. Oh, much mirth! !
But in the end, the library goes with
the sensible camper. IL isn't big
library. The four books II comprises,
however, are as essential as anything
but the car. The books are Back
woods Surgery and Medicine" by
Moody: Camp Cookery" by kephart; {;
the Automobile Blue Book, and the
parts book OF the car.
Both Moody and Kephart are thor
oughly familiar with their subjects,
and TO possess these two volumes
to reduce to happy simplicity maj
OF the problems of habitation close 20
nature. Their cost is negligible, and
the dollar apiece Is far below their
value in utility.
The parts book. Of course, may be
obtained at the dealers. The Auto
mobile Blue Book, too, is essential.
In fact, without one OF these tour
bibles, IL is difficult to get anywhere.
Camping sites, hotels, garages, scenic
/ interests, and points of historic charm
arc indicated. and the innumerable
maps aod easily understood road
guidance save time, expense. and
trouble. Like the camping books, the
| Blue Book is as much to be consulted
when planning the trip as ones wife
and the bankrolI.
The Washington times., 1920-06-19

filled with water OF Just the right
temperature for a quick relief OF the
pain,
wouldn't make such a bad ice
bag, either" thought the doctor.
The other end OF the tube was then
tied End applied To the painful arm.
GIVES TWO PRESCRIPTIONS.
After this~experience Dr. Ames de-
cIded 10 beSueath TO motorists two
prescriptions. one called with" and
the other Without" with" was
dedicated TO those motorists who con-
templated taking a long trip and
wished 10 know the prime necessities
In a nrst aid kit.
without" was sympat ticAlly
dedicated TO those who left on a trip
In a hurry. i.e., doctors and nurses
who wished vacations from all things
medical, car thieves and impetuous
romanticists.
II was easy work for DR.. Ames 70
prescribe a first aid kit for the mo-
torist who has the time to prepare Tor
trip. His frst item on the list In
Importance was iodine. as the best
and most convenient of sterilizing
agents In case OF cuts or infection.
Peroxide he excluded, explaining that
II is simply air and water, and not TO
ps eesN Sfsh Pio-
cedures.
.Whiskey also was excluded, and In
It's place he recommended a new form
OF tea which comes in tabloids made
by dissolving In either hot or cold
water. The Kit should consist of:
Iodine.
One tube OF ipdoform gauze for
packing wounds.
Adhesive plaster, four inches wide
a five-yard spool.
Two packages of sterilized cotton.
SALT IS IMPORTANT.
Salt for making salt solution for
washing wounds.
Three-eights-inch rubber tubing for
tourniauet to stop bleeding.
Antidote for snake bite II a trip In
woods Is contemplated
Clean muslin, which has been boiled
and put into boiled Mason jars, han
died only with boiled tweezers in
packing and cut in six by six inch
pieces.
Paregoric.
A prescription OF carbo glycerine for
earache. Never use oil.
oil of cloves or toothache gum.
Gutta percha in sheets for placing
under gauze In dressing burns.
Alcohol for applying TO superficial
burns to prevent blistering.
Ipecac for use in case of poisoning.
or secure white of egg from farm
house.
One can OF Sterno heat.
Vacuum bottle. or bottles.
Powdered picric acid for burns.
Scissors.
Safety pins.
Sand glasses.
Aromatic spirits Of ammonia for ten
dency to fainting.
The Washington times., 1920-06-19
Automotive Activities Through
out the World.

Two thirds Of the doctors in the
Cnited States own MOTOR cars
The horn for a motorcar was onered
az the first free accessory fifteen
years ago.
one gallon of gasoline contains
,nough power to move fifteen tons of
freight one mile.
In Philadelphia approximately 20
per cent of the fire department Is
motorized.
The increase in passenger autono-
,ile production last year was 1873 per
,ent over 1918.
The present registration OF motor
trycks IL e@tima ted mt 500 900 through
,ut the United states.
In Uruguay. ! per cent OF all taxes
Iaid on real estate is devoted to the
,uilding of roads and bridges.
In the automotive industry, the oil,
Tres. and gasoline trades are greater
han the automobile business itself.
OF the l0,l34 motor cars in the en-
.ire country OF Uruguay, 5.7o2 are
found in the capital city of Monte
dido.
The City Council of Toledo. Ohio.
has asked for an appropriation Of
e. oOo. 900 to establish a municipal bus
line in that city.
The Washington times., 1920-06-19
FIGURES SHOW GROWTH
OF AUTOMOBILE TRADE
7,55S,949 Motor Cars Registered in
United States During
1919

We can all speak in geernalities
about the magnitude OF the auto
mobile industry. BY using such
words as great" rapid" or wonder
full" we can convey an impression
II Magnitude.
There arc times. however. when
more specific statements will indicate
tl.at you actually know your busI-
ness; when a set of figures will
sound like a fact. whereas a mere
generality will go down as a guess
You may want to know that--the
registration of motor cars in the
United States during 1919 was T.55S,
949
One person in every fourteen in
this country is a motor car owner
There were l,o74016 passenger cars
The Washington times., 1920-06-19
Aid Kit Essential to Equipment For Touring

ly along. all was not we'll within the
car, relates Edna Purdy In the current
Issue OF Motor Life. An old stubborn
neuritis OF Mrs. Ames developed in
her arm In the hospital IL had been
easy TO relieve the pain when IL oc-
CURED. bat out on q prairie. even with
doctor husband, what was one TO
dor
III only one had a hot-water bag"
he said. "some good hot water could
be drained from the radiator OF this
nine fifty r. o. b."
A hot-water bag he would have.
nevertheless.
A spare tube was taken from the
tool compartment and cut with a
chiseL A section about two feet long
was cut and tied at one end with a
stout cord which had been tied about
package of sandwiches. Holding
the open end OF the tube to the drain
faucet OF the radiator II was quickly
The Washington times., 1920-06-19

and trucks made In the United
States In 1919.
The number Of trucks made was
31o.3o4.
The increase in passenger car Pro
duction over 1915 was 7s.9 per cent
The increase In truck production
was 80 per cent.
The present registration or motor
trucks is about 100000.
The number OF American motor
cars exported in 1919 was s2,T30. of
which 1885 were trucks.
The statistics were prepared by the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce
The Washington times., 1920-06-19
BARGES CARRY $50 AUTOS.

The largest shipment OF motor We
hicies on record ~as recently made q
three huge barges carrying 500 90
.tomobilss down the Mississippi riya
from a factory In Michigan 20 cincin
natl, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1920-06-19
MOTORISTS SHOULD
HAVE FIRST AID KIT
Physician Lists Articles Which
Should Be Carried on
Auto Tours.

Nothing disturbed the perfect hap
piness and serenity OF the trip until
the pair reached Pleasant Prairie.
Though the twelve cylinders OF the
eight ninety +. o. B. hummed smooth
The Washington times., 1920-06-19
AUTOMOTNE
SECTION
AUTO GRInDS SCISSORS.

The old sidewalk knife-and-scirros
grinder In Philadelphia. has been nc
placed by a motor truck service vic
a complete Sharpening outfit opers
ted BY a connection 60 the engine.
The Washington times., 1920-06-19

stop creeping. Tho chain should be
allowed 10 creep slightly so that the
wear will be distributed instead Of
concentrated at nXod points