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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
HUSBAND IN DUNGEON IT YRS.
Widow" Married Again, Just Finds
Out He is Alive in Petrograd
Hospital.

TokyO.-A letter has been received
from man reported killed in the
Russo-Japanese war in North Man
churia by his supposed widow. who
has been married to a second hus-
band ten years.
a sergeant named Jinkichi Onishi
has been missing since the battle of
Liaeyang. The authorities and his
family concluded he had been killed
and funeral ceremonies were observed.
His widow" married again, children
being born by the second husband.
Now, after II years, Onishi writes. re-
porting himself safe in a hospital in
PetrOgrad.
According TO his letter. at the time
of the RuSSO-Japanese war he was
taken prisoner and has ever since
been in a dungeon. which he was
never allowed to leave until he be-
came i'll.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
Discovery Made That Prehistoric
People Were Different
From indians.
HAD REGULAR CAMP SITES
Life History Read From Records They
left in Their Burned-Rock Mounds
Advanced to Stage of Pale
oithic Culture.

Austin. Tex.-Evidence that Texas
was inhabited by prehistoric people
dffferen; from the Indian who roamed
the plains when the first white man
came has been unearthed by James
e. Pearce, professor of anthropolOgy
of the University of Texas. The early
inhabitants. he said, lived a nomad-
like existence, roaming from one part
of the wilderness to another and kill
ing. with rude stone weapons. animals
and even humans for food.
In cooperation with the Smith
sonian Institution bureau of entomology.
Prof. Pearce haa been investigating
the mounds for more than a year. he
reported.
1.-THE life history of these people
has been read from the records they
left in their burned-rock mounds or
kitchen mlddens." the professor said.
These mounds are piles of broken
and charred bits of limestone three or
four feet high and sometimes as long
as 100 feet.
Had Regular Camp Sites.
"They are made up of the kitchen
refuse of these prehistoric peoples.
who had re-eular camp sites at fire.
quent intervals along the Edwards
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
Says War Cost
Hundred Billions

fact that Europe is not yet "A going
concern" he continued. "but the IN
derlying economic forces which made
her the great center OF the worlds
commercial activities are still at work
and will ralldly transform the eco
nomic situation in Europe"
He said the dominant characteristic
OF International trade in the next ten
years viii be a tremendous world de-
mand for capital. and the internal
financial policies of the nations should
he framed with due regard to this
condition.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
Figures Are Given Out by Bureau
of Animal Industry.
Canned and Cured Meats Show Big
Falling Off for the Period
Covered.

There was very little difference In
the quantity of fresh and refrigerated
beef imported into the United States
fin 1919 and 1920. The figures are
taken from the meat inspectors re-
ports. bureau Of animal industry, Uni
ted States department Of agriculture.
In 10 months ended I'm April. 1919.
27.673. 105 pounds of fresh and refrige-
rated beef were imported. In the
period ending at the corresponding
time in 1920 the quantity OF fresh
and refrigerated beef arriving in the
United States from foreign countries
was 27,068.S80 pounds. an increase OF
about a quarter of a million pounds.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
First Choice.

Down in Terre Haure there are two
places of interest, to which every
Terre Hautean takes his visiting
friendS-the Davis gardens and High
land Lawn cemetery. The other day
young society matron started 20
take her two visiting friends out for a
drive. Now. her roadster was new
ana the way she drove il was exceed
ingly reckless. Near Main street she
turned 10 the women and asked Vow
which place shall take YOU frstg"
The most frightened one turned 90
the other visitor ooh tell her Davis
gardens" she whispered. I'm sure
Wen get TO the cemetery If she keeps
up this sort Of driving much farther"
Indianapolis News.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
BEEF IMPORTS GROW

Fresh and refrigerated meats of
other kinds jumped to twice the guam
tity in the 10 months ending April
1920, as for the same period I'm 1919
The figures show 7.933.377 pounds for
1919 and 14.979.663 pounds for 1920.
But the canned and cured meats i'm
ported during the same periods show
a remarkable drop from 26.624. 34S
pounds in 1919 to less than 100000
pounds in 1920 This item accounts
for the marked decrease In the total
meat products imported The total
weight imported in the 1919 period
was 16S,602.9 11 pounds. but 1920
brought only 50246.655 pounds.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
English Financier Fixes Real
Losses of the European
BelIigerents.
AMERICA WORLDS CREDITOR
To Only United States and Japan Did
the War Bring Prosperity, According
to English Authority-Germany
Heavy Loser.

London.-The actual cost Of the
war TO European belligerents was IL
excess of 10000. 100000 t$10o,0OO..
100000 normal value). represented By
/ property destroyed. losses in invest
ments abroad. depreciation of proper
ties and by pensions. Edgar Cram
mond, English fnancier. told the
Bankers institute at recent meeting
here.
He fixed the following as the real
losses of the European belligerents: :
Germany ........................as IS. zoo. 600 0Vo
(S4S,5oO.0oO.0oo normal vaIue.) -.
france Observation-Disclosures 6ZSV,VVv'OV
The United Kingdom $1,000. $500. 100
Itdly '%'ivV'0ooVoV
To only two belligerent countries
the United States and Japan-did the
war bring prosperity, Crammond said,
but Spain, Holland. Switzerland.
Greece and Scandinavia also had
grown Weather. He believed the ''liq-
uid capital of the world, now dis
tributed in centers which are unaccus-
toned TO the exercise of their new
powers" would eventually again ind
its chief outlet through London.
America the Gamer.
1.-THE war has produced an extraor-
binary change in the economic rela-
tons of the United States with Eu-
rope" he said. Whereas, in 1914
America owed Europe f2,0O0,0 100000.
at present Europe owes America e.
0000OO,OO0 ($1O.O00 0OO,000)."
Assuming that the postwar pur
chasing power of the dollar was 20
per cent of its pre-war value. Cram
mond said during the last five years
there had been an actual increase in
the national wealth of the United
States of approximately 80 per cent,
and he estimated this wealth now n
the neighborhood of 10000. 100000 TO |
ESQ GOO, 100000
The national wealth of Japan, he |
estimated, had been doubled by the |
war.
Germany Heavy Loser.
On the basis of a postwar mark /
valued at 80 per cent of its pre-war
value he estimated Germany has lost.
apart from the indemnity, % per cent
Of her national wealth, the whole of
her mercantile marine. all her colonial
and practically the whole
of her investments abroad If the
igures suggested at the Hythe con-
'erence, f6.250, 100000 were fixed as
-hS German war indemnity, he de-
Jared the total losses of the German
people arising out of the war, would
,e equivalent to about f15.00O, 100000,
n One-half her national wealth.
$50 far as the world as whole is
the principal loss is in the
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
Finds RIna LOST Years 400.

Chester. Pa.-John Hunter the other
day excavated from the soil in the
rear Of his Holland street home near
Eddystone diamond ring, which he
had lost there more than II years ago.
1t was while spading that Hunter lost
the ring from hole in his pocket. He
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

had no idea where he had dropped 1t.
and in time forgot all about it.
He was turning over the soil again
with spade, and to his surprise the
long-lost ring came up on a spadefuI
of dirt. A little washing and polish
ing restored it to its original beauty.
The ring is valued at 5000.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
Keeps Old Violin.

San Antonio. Texan ancient vio-
lin is owned by A L. Campbell. which
is kept with the records of the court
IN the safety vault. The instrument
has that mellOwness of tone which
only age gives the violin. The lineage
of this antique is thus traced by Mr..
Campbell: Il bought it about j. years
ago from an old italian. who had
played on it for 10 years. He in turn
received il from German boy in Cal
weston, in whose family it was an
heirloom" In the interior OF the in
strument is barely visible in old Ger
man type the following: Josef
Klotz. Miltenwalde in ammo 1875, Ger
many"
Cultivate q CHEEKY disposition
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
Needle Is Halted

Greensburg. Tnd.-While lying on a
davenport at her home Mrs. Noel
Anderson felt needle enter her Shout
der. A physician was called and IL
was discovered that the needle was
fast travelling toward the lungs. She
was rushed to a hospital. where ap
operation was performed
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
PopuIar-Indeed.

Mrs. W. had just brought home her
new hat and was exhibiting it go her
husband hoping 10 win his approval
thereby. He looked at it critically.
Yes, she chirruped. its real old
fashioned. just look at the flowers
pOppies and petuniaS and uasturtlums
and see here-thfS wheat"
I'm huh" Mr. ". nodded his ap-
prevail But if Won wanted thfS hat
to be popular. Mary, why didn't you
have them change this wheat ON your
hat to rye"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
chunn Is Now Her stepmo4her

New Albany. Ind.-Estella Kelsan
and May Deitzman were chums and
Estell> introduced May to her father.
a widower Now she'n never have
TO part from her chum. as dad" has
married her. DR.. Oliver Kelsall sur
prised his daughter when he tele-
graphed that he and May were on
their honeymoon
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

Az 9EH II a EA
At times 4 could not
walk st all and q
suffered with nv
back and limbs so Il
often had TO STAY ia
bed. / suffered OF
G a d On for eight
We q 7 s. Finally i
heard that lydia f.
Pinkham s II e & e.
table Compound was
q good medicine and
tried II with EnIau-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
Speech Lost in War
Recovered by Bowling

Niagara-on-the-Lake. Ont. =
Dumb for three years as the re-
suit of being shell shocked in
the war, Trooper w. Hart sud
denly recovered his speech here
In the excitement of a bowling
game He was playing with the
Davisville Military Hospital
team.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

Fewer men would protest against
drinking soda water if it weren't for
the name of the stuff.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
Naturally.

''What 90 you think ought to be
the typical summer fiower?"
THE ice plant"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

Gle tells his wife everything"
"Sog" YES. but she only believes
a part of it,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
CannibalS Once
Peop1ed Texas

plateau, extending from Austin west
ward TO New Mexico.
These people evidently were ad-
vanced TO the stage of paleOlithic Gull
ture, an earlier age than the period
of heolithic culture. to which most Of
the American Indians belonged. These
early Texas inhabitants had arrows
and spears tipped with flint points.
Clipped but not polished They did
not polish their stone weapons. nor
did they engage in. any form of agri-
culture. They we're. however. skill
full skin dressers, for we have found
scraping tools made of flint
The kitchen middens which we dis
covered are the only thing of their
kind in America. so far as ! know.
although they had been found in other
parts of the world. At these sites
camps were located with a great fire
place in the center, over which huge
slabs of limestone were placed as a
sort of primitive stove. upon which
to cook the meat the inhabitants
killed
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

If there are millions of people in
a movement, the adherence Of the
foolish can't hurt It,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

If you are making money for the rest
of the crowd.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
So Says Tradition.

81 want TO say it with flowers. "
Here are some daisies"
but daisies won't tell"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

One dose OF DR.. Peery's Dead shot. nw-
pels Worms or Ia peVsoru- It's action uuuu
the stomach and Bowels is beneficial No asc-
ond dose or after DurEA--ve na..z--rr--A ---
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

Yes, Alfred. before marriage a wom-
ar is pensive. but after marriage she
Is expensive.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

did effect l can now do my house
work and my washing. I have recon-
mended your Vegetable Compound and
your Blood Medicine and three Of nv
friends are taking them 70 advantage.
You can use my name for a testimonial. %
Mrs. THERESA COVENTRY, IS Burnett
St, Newark, n. J.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
You are invited to write for free advice

No other medicine has been SO sue
cessful in relieving woman's suffering
as has Lydia Z. Pinkham's Fegetabls
Compound. Women may receive free
and helpful advice by writing the LYDIA
2. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass.
Such letters are received and answered
by women only and held IN strict
confidence.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
END OF EIGHT
YEARS MISERY
Used Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound
and Recovered.

Newark. N. 1.-THE doctor said 7
had an organic trouble and treated me
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06
cannibaIism Practlced.

I'VE know these people were canni-
balls. for among the refuse heaps have
been found human bones split apart
in order to get at the marrow.
1.-The soft limestone slabs. being ex-
posed 70 the weather, broke from time
TO time, and were cast aside nearby,
to be replaced by new ones.
I'm the course of our Investigations
we have completely examined some
fifteen of these mounds and in them
have found thousands of splendid spe-
cimens of Clipped arrow and spear
heads. as well as scraping tools and
other implements. Bones of the deer.
which were prevalent in this region.
are found in profusion. indicating that
this was the principal article of diet"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

co Pile sufferers xenaang ADDRESSED STAN pee
envelope to DIR. AacCoy. Joliet. III State
your condition
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-06

W. 81 . MEMPHIS f,e -1e2o.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09

Women's High Shoes at 50
Black and tan calfsNn lace with Cuban heels
Black and tan calfskin lace with military heaia
on The Fr.tF1
Mems Bath Slippers, 75c
1000 pair of good, sanitary bath slippers.
Mems Shoes at S4.75
Odd lots Of excellent high and low shoes including
some sports shoes.
Mems Shoes at SIPS
lot of "factory-hurt" high and low shoes. Snlen-
did values for the man who gets his size.
Mems Shoes at S7.75
An accumulation of fine high and low shoes in poDu-
lar styles.
Mems Shoes at 1915
Brand-new Fall and Winter high shoes in black and
tan calfskin and made the newest lasts They come
from the factory that is generally conceded 70 be the
leader in mems shoemakng and much under regular
price.
Also at this price some very fine low shoes bur
only limited lot of each style.
ths Mai wIsex,a as-A.D
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
MORRIS LEVY DIES
AFTER AN OPERAT T|Oh
Wilmington Business Man and
Banker Passes Away at
Atlantic City.

Succumbng to relapse after an opera
tion for appendicitis. Morris Levy. q
prominent business man of Wilmington,
died Sunday night in Atlantic City. He
was 81 wears old and lived al COG Broome
street He had been spending the summer
with Mrs Levy at the New Jersey resort.
The body will be brought to this city for
the funeral service.
MIR. Lew was n shoe merchant and was
connected with many of Wilmington 3
financial institutions, being director Of
Whining, on Savings Fund Society and
Industrial Loan Association. As a Elk
be- had filled many high offices, was the
founder Of the Hebrew Charity Associa-
tlon of Wilmington, and a member of the
executive board of the Young Men 5
Hebrew Association. the Moses Mantle
fore Society. the B'nai Birth order
and n member Of the Temple of Truth
In the recent drive for funds for the
relief ~ Jewish war sufferers he was chosen
state chairman which office he filed with
high credit
lie is survived by widow, and four
daughters Mrs. David Rossman, and
Mrs. II. +. Yarowski of this city: Mrs.
Samuel Finger Of Bridgeport, Con.
and Sarah Levy who is now in Maine
with friends.
= The funeral will take place Wednesday,
here, bnt the details have not been
arranged.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
Why Itch and Burn
With Skin Diseases

Do not expect TO be cured of any form
Of skin disease by the use of lotions, salves,
ontments or other local treatment, ms
such remedies cannot possibly reach the
source of the trouble, which is the blood.
When any of these symptoms appear
on any part Of your body. YOU should take
prompt steps 10 rid tho blood of the germs
which cause them And the one remedy
which has no equal rs blood cleanser is
S. S. s., which is sold by druggists every
where
Begin taking s. s S. today and write
a complete histor Of your ease To our
Chief Medical Adviser, who will give you
special instructions without charge Write
at once To Medical Director, 6l3 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
SECRETARY BAKER
|NSPECTS THE CANAL
He Went Through Yesterday and
Will Make Another Visit
There Shortly.

Secretary of War Newton ID. Baker
made an inspection trip on the ohesh-
peskc and Delaware canal yesterday,
following q brief inspection trip to Phiia-
delphia on Saturday. The trip was
made on the army transport launch
kumagrin, which spent Saturday night
on the river near Delaware' City. The
boat entered the locks yesterday morn
ing and arrived in Baltimore yesterday
afternoon.
The Secretary was accompanied p1y
his son Master "Jack" Baker, Major IL.
Sheriff.. of the Engineering Corps, Ben
iamin Furz and James II. Drubis, oil
Washington. Secretary Baker compiet-
cd an informal visit 10 the Navy Yard IN
Philadelphia Saturday. and on the trip
to Baltimore Yesterday he and Major
Sheriff. made brief survey of the Chesa-
pcake and Delaware Canal.
Secretary Baker said he intends to
make another inspection of the canal
m three weeks and may start from
baltimore to make the trip. His party
left for Washington later in the after
noon from Baltimore. The kumagrln,
Capt W : Brennan, will leave for
Ilobokcn tomorrow.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
There is Way TO Get Rid Of the
Torturous Suffering.

Those who rely upon local treatment
such as ointmsnts, salvcs, lotions, washes,
eto.. which are applied to the surface Of
the skin, will never be free from agonizing
skin diseases, because they are going
about the treatment just backwards. They
are treating the results OF the disorder, ana
not the disease itself. They are attempt
ing to boil water by applying the heat in
the wrong place.
These terrifying skin irritations, eczema,
letter, boils, pinples, etc. have their
origin in disordered condition of the
blood. They come from colony Of tiny
germs which get into the blood and mul-
tiply by the million
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
NEW RED MEMS HALL.
Committee on Site Expected 10 Res.,n
Decision Soon

The hall committee of tho Improved
Order of Red Men met in Red Mons
Hall, 5l5 Shiplcy street, Saturday even
ing, and advanced plans for home build
ing. Various sites were considered for
the 100000 building the Red Men hope
to put up at some convenient point IN
the city. IL is probable that ut the
next meeting of tho committee the site
will be announced.
The hall committee is as follows:
Chairman, Frank A. Gradwohl; vice
chairman, Charles McIntiro; secretary,
James II Bedford.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
Fund FOR New Church.

Work of obtaining subscriptions for
the new cdifice of the First Church af
the Brethren, to be erected on the plot
acquired some time ago on the east side
of Clayton street, between Fourth and
Fifth streets is being carried on, and thus
far approximately $4,000 has been re-
rnivcI
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
FREEMAN TO TOUR EUROPE.

=. p. Freeman, Of 1910 West Fourth
street, secretary and treasurer oil the
Union Leather Company, will leave New
York next Thursday, in company with
$50 members of the Knights of Columbus
on peace pilgrimage 10 France, Switzer~
and Italy. The party viii snii 81, on
the Leopold Dcnia, and Mr.. freeman VIII
be the only Wilmington representative.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
May Have Seen Missing Girl.

A resident of this city who happened
to be out picking berries on what IL
known as "Black Road' beyond Angus
tine Mills, on Saturday, July 81, is OF
the opinion that Glorus Cottrell, the
12-year-old girl of 6l3 Lombard street,
who has been missing since July z. was out
hiking in that noighborhood.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09
Carnival nj Walnut Green.

On Friday afternoon and evening there
will he n carnival and dance at the Wal
nut Green schoolhousc, between Center
vile and Mount Cuba, for the benefit oi
the school fund
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-09

| We have held great many shoe sales
| been good ones.
But no shoe sale that we ever held could c
By actual count there are 17,O14 pair of sh
are all good shoes.
The majority of them are marked half pr
| can save is a third
/ There are low shoes such every one wa
and some people want for the entire year arc
| There are high shoes in advance fall styles
| the same styles will be later
| All in all it is a wonderful sale No one wh,
afford to miss It's opportunities.
| Womens Slippers at 75c w
Odds Q 'ooudoir slippers. and Black
bathing shoes Louis
Women's Shoes at S375 w
Odds and ends of white low shoes bronze kaskn Patent
| with rubber soles and wedge heels tops and Lo
|, Women's Low Shoes at $3.50 ,s Brow brown
leather and dull black leather Brown
with LOUIS heels Louis heels
D., ,aa,h.r 500. 49, a. ni.t ,, t.t. .ns All graz
Louis heels. Brown
Colored kidskin tongue with Louis heels
Women's Low Shoes at $3.50 Louis heels.
Tongue with turned and covered Louis heels
black kidshm and brown kidskn in man styles
Louis sin thrown
kidskin and black 81
and wit CubaE heels. bse, " ca
WOmens Low Shoes at $3.50
White canvas oxfords with hign or low heels
| White buckskm oxfo with Black a
Patent leather and dull leather with Black
Louis heels
Patent leather and dull leather plain pumps
Cuban heels
calfskn 1000
Tan calfskin oxfords with military heels. ~ =
Brown kdskin oxfords with Cuban heels.
Black cafskn oxfords with Cuban heels
WOmens Low Shoes at S7.75 some sports
Black cafskin plain with turned oes and low
Louis heels
Black caskn oxfords with turned soles and Cuban lot Of
neeN did values fl
WOmens Low Shoes at 1915
Tai cask
black kidskm An accu
Black suede and tan caskn tonpue pumns
turned soles and Louis heels
Patent leather tongue and plain pumps with
Patent leather and black suede
soes Louis heels Tan CaisAn
the ia
Women's High Shoes at S7.oO leader in me
Brown kidskin and patent eathe~ shoes
tops and Louis heels. Also at
leather button tops only lnnte
John Wnnan
Phil0delpd