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The Washington herald., 1920-10-12

number of girls at the Cranch
Tyler and Buchanan Schools.
Girls hair-ribbons cost so much
now that most of us could not buy
them. You have to pay so cents
for very cheap ones and good ones
are a dollar and more. So We just
thought how easy IL would be TO
buy a lot of coIored tissue paper
and make them out of that.
we found they cost about l
cent apiece and they don't have 10
be starched and ironcd and are
really much prettier than the cloth
ones. When the cloth ones get old
and ragged some. Of US have to keep
right on wearing them, while the
paper ones can be thrown away
when they get shabby.
They're cheaper, less trouble,
and we can have more OF them. so
the girls at our school are trying
to get all the girls in the other
schools to wear them"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-12
TIMELY BEAUTY HINTS

Society women wash their own
hair, not because it is fad, but be-
cause they wish to obtain the great
est possible hair beauty and be sure
they are not using anything harm
full. They have found that in wash
ing the hair it is never wise to use
makeshift, but is always advisable
to use a preparation made for sham
pooling only. Many of our friends
say they get the best results from
single homemade canthrox mixture.
You can use this at q cost of about
cents a shampoo by getting some
canthrox from your druggist and
dissolving a teaspoonful in a cup OF
hot water This makes enough sham
poo liquid to apply to all the hair
instead of just the top Of the head,
as with most preparations. pandruf.
excess oil and dirt are dissolved and
entirely disappear in the rinsing
water. Your hair will be so flufy
that il will look much heavier than
it is. Its luster and softness Will
also delight you.-AdH
The Washington herald., 1920-10-12
What S in a Name?
MARCIA
By Mildred Marshall

Marcia has an ancient and roodIv
origin. In early Rome there was
a famous gems Of Sabine origin
which gave king to Rome snd
was called Msrtius MsrtiuF In
turn IL said to have come from
Marcus, a name about which there
is much contention among etymoIo
gists. However. the consensus or
opinion seems TO be that il was
derived from Mars. the war GOD
and one Of the chief Of the old
Latin deities
The daughters OF the Msrtius
family were called Marcia. Another
spelling was Maria. Reaching
France, the name became Msrcie.
and Of late years. when Marcia re
turned 10 vogue. she was used a.
the feminine OF Mari
Martina is another form Of Mar
cis- the original Martina being one
Of the young Roman girls who en-
dured the fiery trial OF msrtyrdom
under the Emperor DeciUs. For
some reason which history does not
explain. the maidenhsir fern be
came identified with her. and it,
prevalence in Roman gardens and
as an ornament to Roman foun-
tains Is said to be in her honor
Her name penetrated Italy, France
and even England. where IL was
used as the feminine Of Martin
But IL has almost dropped out Of
usage. Marcia alone surviving.
Copyright 1890. by Wheeler Syndicate. IbsN
The Washington herald., 1920-10-12
The Marriage Mill
By Mildred K. Barbour
Copyright. 1920, by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
UNDESIRABLE ESCORT.

Recognition of Alison had the ef-
feet of SOLDERING Bradley instantly.
He drew himself together with a
visible effort. removed his hat with
mis- familiar gesture of Difference,
and said in a low. careful voice:
II ask your pardon most humbly,
Mrs. Osborne. l would have cut off
my right hand rather than have this
happen.
He squared his shoulders with a
deep breath that was almost sigh.
If you can condone it for a few
minutes. l ask the favor of escort
ing you home
Apparently the abnormal state of
his brain had failed to register
amazement at finding Alison alone
on the streets at that hour. or else
the shock of his discovery of her
had robbed him of proper mental
coordination.
Thank you, prefer to go alone"
replied Alison coldly, turning on her
heel and moving away
He followed hesitantly.
Believe me, Mrs. Osborne. II is
not safe for you to be out alone"
Alison faced him coolly.
so perceived. And l am choos-
ing the lesser of two evils in de-
clining your escort"
He WINGED visibly.
Il richly deserve that-but I can
not permit you to go alone through
deserted streets at this hour"
IF the streets were deserted,
should be much safer" returned AL
ison pointedly as she turned away.
She felt, rather than saw him
L II
on, the sound of a starting motor
smote her ears. She increased her
pace almost to a run, but the car
crept along at a slow pace at a dis
ly proclaiming its escort.
Alison bit her lip in vexation.
With that chaperon her visit to the
police station was out of the ques-
ton. She shrank from letting any
one know that her husband. in
drunken state, had been apprehend-
ed trying to break into his moth
er's home and was in such condi-
tion that he could not give a lucid
and logical explanation.
She decided to return home until
she had shaken off Bradley's unde-
sirable escort. She rounded the
next corner and slipped down a side
street. The car followed. so she
turned southwark at an intersecting
street and retraced her footsteps,
still dogged by the slowly moving
machine.
Once in the shelter of her own
doorway. she breathed a sigh Of
relief and slowly began to mount
the stairs.
Her brain seemed perfectly numb.
As yet she hadn't come to realize
what Bradley would think of her
presence on the street at that hour:
what a man of his sinister reputa-
ton might say to others, If he
chose.
But a little comforting thought
cs me to her later; her attraction for
Bradley was more than a passing
fancy. She was safe with him in
so far as other people were con-
cerned; she was in grave danger
from the man himself. His discov-
cry of her on the streets at that
hour had given him undoubted DOW
er over her IL he chose to exercise
II.
Sudden rage at Larry and the sit
uation which he had forced upon
her assailed her. She was surprised
to find that the first thought of her
husband was this anger at what he
had put upon her; not anxiety as
to his fate.
She mounted the stairs mutinous-
ly. inwardly seething with anger.
tTo Be Continued TomorrowD
The Washington herald., 1920-10-12
The Head Nurse
Bays:
WATCH wHoopING COUGH.

WATCH wHOOPING COUGH.
Five thousand babies die every
year in the United States of whoop-
ing cough alone. Every case of
this disease properly treated
should recover. So when IL is in
your vicinity see to it that your
kiddies have every possible protec-
ton. The first and best method of
disease prevention Of course is to
have the vital resistance kept to
such point of perfection that there
no weak spot for germs to lay
Siege to.
Meals at regular intervals: rest
full sleep, and in summer frequent
baths to keep down the surface
temperature. The breast fed baby
is more likely to throw of disease
than the child who is artificially
fed. But even this can be carried
too far. Sometimes the mother
does not realize that her milk is
giving out in quality il not in guam
tity, and before she knows 1t her
baby begins to lose weight and is
generally undernourished.
Whooping cough victims suffer
from inanition or underfeeding be-
cause the paroxysms cause the
child to vomit soon after eating and
he loses the benefits of his food.
Give him predigested foods that
will not need to remain long in the
stomach. Give food in small amounts
at short intervals to make up the
loss. Do not hesitate to consult
your physician.
Germs from a whooping cough
patients fly in a radius of twenty
five feet, so keep the well children
at least that far away from him.
Whooping cough lasts from one to
three months and other children are
that time, so be a good child all OF
that time so be a good soldier and
obey the quarantine laws strictly,
to prevent the spread of this pres
ent-dsy plague.
(Copyright. 1890 by The NC syndicate)
The Washington herald., 1920-10-12

Paper may be all right for some
things. but when it comes to clothes
we'll, Let the Germans do it."
Besides it might rain.
But the despoiling rain-drop holds
no terrors for Hyacinth, Inez, and
Doris Chester, aged 10, 9 and S.
respectively, who. with several hun
dred Washington school girls of
similar ages. have introduced the
latest in fads.
Step up with a penny and take
your choice. There are all the
newest shades-chrysanth yell
low, sky-blue, henna, and a dozen
others-and all guaranteed fast
colors.
We'll. it's like this" said 10
year-old Hyscinth Chester, who
lives at 1852 G street southeast in
explaining the sudden appearance
of hundreds of waving. brightly
hued, tissue-paper hair-ribbons on
Hie bobbing heads of an equal
The Washington herald., 1920-10-12
CURRENT STOPS
W0MEN'S WORK
Electrical Devices About to
Make Their Hardest Job
Turning Switch:
by wINIFRED VAN DUsER.
(By Universal seryiee.l

New York. Oct. 11.-If the craze
for making things go by electricity
keeps up. here are some of the
things bound to happen:
Women left without work of any
kind.
The housewife judged not by the
way she keeps her house, but by
She way she oils her motors.
The feminine touch lost in home
making.
Business offices operated by turn
ing a switch.
A visit to the latest and greatest
electrical show the world has ever
known, now going on in this city,
convinced mere woman that fem
mime working stock is very much
on the decline.
Beats Woman for Efficiency.
There is no bit of labor in or
about the home for which some
shiny and efficient looking device
is not shown. And behind each de-
vice is the story of how, by the
simple matter OF being tethered to
an electric lamp socket. the ma
chine accomplishes tasks more
quickly. thoroughly and easier than
ever women in her whole history
has been able to do.
And as If it were not enough for
those who advocate the doctrine of
let Mr.. Edison do it," to threaten
complete disconnection between the
housewife and her job, they even
have invaded the stenographer's
world.
The newest motion saver there is
a typewriter running by electricity,
so easy to operate that Johnny, the
office boy. can run it between pages
of Deadwood Dick.
Introducing "Cookerette.-
Perhaps the most startling new
device at the show is kitchen
range which may be run by connect
ing to an ordinary lamp socket. 1t
is so small that it may be tucked
away in any odd corner, thereby
conserving space: yet it will per-
form all the various cooking opera
tions one may expect from a full
size stove and the cost of operat-
ing it, according to the salesman,
rarely runs above five cents per
hour at full capacity. 1t is known as
the ''Cookerette."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
NOTICE! SCHOOL ELECTION
Co. Supt. of Education,

Whereas, a petition has been
irculated in Pineville School Dis
rict No. 40 asking for an election
or the purpose of voting an addition
tax of 4 mills for school purposes
nd whereas it appears to be proper
y signed, an election is hereby call
d to take place at the school house
24th.
Those in favor of the tax will
asst a ballot upon which there is
7ritten or printed the word 'ssyes".
hose opposed will cast a ballot upon
which there is written or printed the
word ''No."
Rules governing General Elec-
ions to be observed.
Trustees to act as managers of
aid election"
w. J. Evans,
Co. Supt. of Education.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
GREAT WHEAT SHORTAGE ENDAN.
GERS OUR FOOD SUPPLY
Manufacturers Record. }


/ When the wheat acreage last fall
showed decrease of % per cent and
the rye acreage about the same per-
centage Of decline, we repeatedly
warned the country that this was
merely an Indication of lessened farm
operations which should give serious
conce IN to the whole country.
| The report of the Department of Ag"
riculture just made, that the winter
wheat yield promises a decrease CT
24S,O00,O00 bushels, or falling OH OF
over SO per cent, compared with the
preceding year, is even worse than
we predicted, and indicates a probable
food shortage of alarming proper
tlons.
The entire wheat yield will fall far
below the actual consumptive require
ments of the country, and there is no
possibility of the spring-seeded wheat
crop making up this vacuum ana
leaving any large quantity OF Wheat
for export. The country will, there
/ fore, be compelled to use up all OF It's
reserve stock of wheat, and the fol-
lowing year we will be practically 81
tirely bare of wheat.
This inevitably means very hlgh prl-
ces for -four, and other foodstuffs Will
naturally follow. All the wild vapor-
ings of Washington politicians Will
thus prove to be merely the empty
mouthings of time-servers, who seem
determined to refuse to face the
truth.
Three years ago President wilson
urged the editor Of the Manufacture
ers Record not to make public the ac-
final facts as to the steady tendency
to a decline in food production IN pro-
norton to population, but we were
[ompelled to write him that the Am
erican people were entitled to know
the truth in order to face lntelllgehI-
" the steady rising cost OF 1ooo-
stuffs. :,
The present alarming decrease IN
wheat is only one Of the signs OF the
times Indicating that this nation must
meet a food crisis far more serious
than if has ever known. 1t is now IL :
cumbent upon everyone to encourage
n the utmost extent the raising oi
sweet potatoes, white potatoes ana
other foodstuffs which it is not too
late to plant. Unless this be done the
present prices of food will, q year VI
two hence, look very cheap: inceea:
1t is not yet too late for the Aamln-
istration to do good by concentrating
the thoughts of the country upon TINS ms
food famine prospect ere II DE too
ioto II is of more vital Importance
than all of the political tomfoolery
with which Washington IS ueluseuL
far more important indeed than M tne
peace treaty and the League Oh N"-
I tiOnS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
WITH VILLAS HAT
IN RING, SONORA
READY FOR CLASH
Also Established That Obregon
Is An Ally of the Rebels

Auga Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. April
2O.-Sonora and Mexican federal
leaders today continued preparations
for the clash expected as result OF
Sonora withdrawal of allegiance TO
the Carranza government. Hearteneo
hy reports that Francisco villa denn-
itely had aligned himself with their
movement, Sonorans went about plac-
ing troops to prevent an incurslon
from Chihuahua, while at Juarez and
Cases Grandes federal officers prepar-
ed an invading force.
No more news from Sonora forces
advancing against federal garrlsonS
il Sinaloa was at hand. These forces
hoped to take Mazatlan and Teplc. the
latter the capital Of the state OF Nay
arit, this week.
Sonora leaders declared they had
numerous reports of rising against
Carranza in Chihuahua. one, to which
they attached considerable signiflcan
CO until it was convincingiy Denied
being that General Francisco urbalelo
had transferred his allegiance from
the Carranza to the Sonora govern
rent.
Obregon is an Ally
General Francisco Seddano, former
" president OF the chamber of deputies
in Mexico City and for some time
military secretary to General Aware
Gbregon. reached Nogales yesterday
and gave out a statement apparently
definitely allying General Obregon
With tie Sonora rising. ObregoA. Ge',-
e-al Sorraro declared. was IN a ''s2f@
MACE whence he could direct Sonora
activities by radio and other means.
Sonora leaders are putting large re-
lance upon Yaqui and Mayo Indians
in planning their defense. Military eX-
perts here commented on the fact that
General Crbalejo reported at Juarez
with troops destined for the march on
Sonora. is a Yaoui.
General Urbalejo, the Juarez reports
said, brought word that Carranza
planned TO send $1,000 men aga!ns'
Sonora, instead of $4,000 as reported
some days ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
YORK PAYS WIDOW $4,000

York, April 18.-York County has
paid to Mary A. Sims, negress, wild
ow of the late Rev. w. T. Sims,
negro preacher who was killed by a
York county mob, the sum Of $4,000
the amount of a verdict directed
against the county by Judge Thomas
S. Sease at the fall term of the Court
f Common Pleas last year.
The widow brought suit against
the county for $4,000 under statute
which provides that where person is
lynched by mob the State shall pay
to that persons estate not less than
that sum.
The case has been hard fought in
the courts of York county and there
vas considerable surprise last fall
when after previous trials had re-
suited in mistrials. Judge Sease dl-
rected a verdict against the county in
the full sum asked for.
Attorneys representing the county
gave notice of appeal to the Supreme
Court following direction of the ver-
uict, but recently decided to abandon
the appeal and pay up.
Sims was pastor of a colored
church in the Locust Hill section,
near Sharon, and was shot and beat
en- to death by a mob. All of those
charged with completely in the kill
ing, including several more or less
prominent white men, were acquitted
in the Court of General Sessions.
John A. Marion. ESQ.,, represented
the widow of Sims in the civil action.
J. Steele Brice, Esq, represented
York County.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21

By poring over dusty files, the COM
mittee has learned that from 1890 to
|1919 the country paid pensioners
S5.612,52O,4O2. War of the Revolu-
ton pensions total S70,000,000; War
of 1912, S46,O49,26S Indian Wars
S16,7O5,75O; war with Mexico, $751;
,295; war with Spain and Philip
pine insurrection, S65,211 ,66l
regular establishment, $50,242,665;
war of 1917, $37,275; and unclassi,
fled S16,5OS,447. A history of pen,
sion legislation that would show that
the first act of congress granting pen
sions was that of April 10, 1906, bene'
fitting those who rendered service in
the Revolutionary war. Under that
act. officers received half pay, while
2rivates, who were totally disabled
received S5 month. Later five Other
laws were enacted to benefit the Rev
oltuionary veterans or their relG i've:
The last law was the act of March 9
1873, which granted service pension
of SS a month to any widow of Rev
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
State of South Carolina,
County of Abbeville,
In Probate Court.

Notice of final settlement and ap-
plication for a final discharge.
Take Notice that on the 18th DAY
of May, 1920, I will render final ac-
count of my actings and doings as
Executor of the estate of Larkin F..
Agnew, deceased, in the office OF the
,probate judge of Abbeville County,
and on the same day will apply for a
final discharge from my trust as such'
All persons having demands against
said estate will present for payment
in or before that day, proven and au-
thenticated or be forever barred.
w. M. Agnew,
Executor.
4-21-3t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
Money Market
Co. Supt. Of Educatio,

New York, April 15.-Mercantile IA
per 9 3-4a7. Exchange irregular Ster-
nag oo day bills 393 1-2: commercial
6o day bills on banks 393 -; conner.
clal oo day bills 393: demand 397 -.
caoies 3sS 1-2. Francs, demand 16 "a.
caoles 1852. Belgian francs. demanG
.o'oz; cables 1880. Guilders, demand
. ooo o-lo; cables 81 a-16. Lire, demand
z304; cables 23O3; marks, demand III.
cables 172. Government bonds Wool
iallroad bonds heavy. Time loans
s'Fons; 60 days, 80 days and 6 months
Cali money strong; ruling rate s:
bank acceptance G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21

Cnlcago' April 15.-Corn continued
70 snow an upward tendency in price
To-Day with lack of selling pressure An
outstanding feature. Opening prices
wnlch ranged from half cent decline
70 ~ cent advance, were followed bv
material gains all around.
Delays to seeding gave independent
firmness to oats.
PROVISIONS were dull but firm.
Ihe close was nervous, 1 IL to ::
1-S cents net higher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
ICT!CE! TEACHERS
EXAMINATION

The Regular Spring Teachers Ex-
mination will be held in the Able
lille County Court House on Satur-
ay May 1st, 1920. Examination to
begin at 9 a. m. and close at 4 p. m.
All wishing to take the examina-
ion will come prepared with pencil
nd paper.
w. J. Evans,
Co. Supt. of Education.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
Polls Threaten Invasion

Berlin, April 14.-The Vossjscha
ze'tths SAYS the Polish government
mas informed the allied supreme
council that it it intends shortly 1r
occupy German territory should Ger
many fail to carry out her engage
ments with the Poles.
Ihe newspaper asserts that the
government considers the situation
extremely serious and has taken a.,
necessary precautionary measures.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21

olutionary soldier who served for ID
days or more !; by amendment the
amount was increased later to $12 q
month.
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Engraved CARDS and 1nvf-ai0ns-
The Press and Banner Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-21
Silver Market.

New York. April 15.-Bar silver lis
Mexican dollars S9A.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-04-26
THE PUBLICITY PEST.

THERE was a time when the words publicity" and "adverts
ing" were Of near the same meaning. That time is past. TO-DAY
advertising stands for straightforward presentation Of facts
concerning merchandise or a cause, aimed TO place the merchandise.
the service or the cause before the public on lis merits Publicity
has come TO mean propaganda, puffery, double-cooked news and
prediRested opinion sought 10 be disguised as news by a great army
Of publicity agent" who are employed 20 put over propaganda
newspaper listed IN the directories is flooded with masses Of neatly
prepared news" concerning everything from the political plat
form Of The American Federation of Labor aud the industrial pro-
gram Of the National Chamber of Commerce. 10 the ciaims of a horde
81 presidential aspirants and the ~shfuittec for the relief Of the fcas
that feed on the dogs Of Patagonia.
The amazing and alarming feature Of il all is the volume Of this
ready-cOoked Hnevs" that is used by newspapers With news print
paper selling az ten cents a pound and mp, when 1t can be had AZ ALL
American newspapers are giving away daily thousands of columns.
81 space 70 predigested opinion and the news of propaganda ninety
per cent Of which IS 20 further personal and selfish interests and a
Easy good nature is chiefly al fault IN the newspaper offices
Very little Of this material is the work Of experienced advertisers
The student and the practical user of advertising does not want
fake news concerning himself or his product He prefers 10 have the
facts presented as he wants them presented, and 10 pay for the service
Bit milaors II worthy Americans are contributing daily 20 a thou
sand cnuses whose propaganda producers are filling the mails with.
Tonnage, the cost Of producing which ahsorbs a very large part of
The contributions, whether the cause be worthy or moi.
American newspapers. prodded By the print paper Shortage, aud.
amnzed by the proportions 20 which this readyImade news industry
Inns grown. are waking up to the fact that il needs a thorough and
Of a series Of articles in Editor aud Puhlsbc" by Charles Grant
Mailer widely known newspaper editor and manager. lie introduces
hs series with this significant paragraph;
I'VE have been put on an editorial dict Of double cooked
news and predigested opinions that are swallowed without
chewing. Medcated pellets, capsules, pills and tablets take
the place Of such odtime yieiuals as raw facts and fearless