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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
FASHIONS IN BRIEF

good color combination Is hcnna
brown and navy blue.
1t Is fashionable to have glove and
bag to match and to fringe both.
White chalk beads are particularly
attractive on pink gcorgette.
The smaller the quantity of cm-
broidery on gown the richer 1t must
be.
Morning dresses Of printed Japanese
crepe are an interesting fashion devel-
opment.
Among the new weavcs Is crepe
gabnrdine, which promises to have as
great q vogue as charmcusc. One side
IS like an ordinary heavy China crepe,
the other is fine gabardine weave.
Coats and skirts made of rubber
faced satin are particularly chic. The
satin is used on the outside, and the
soft rubber surface, which looks like
finest kid, is turned back or used for
strapping or lapels.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
New Veaetable Ivory.

A recent number of the French bull
letin Of the colonial Office gives n de-
scription OF n new form of vegetable
ivory, which can be used in European
industry in place OF the coroSo. This
new substance Is produced by the kerr
mel OF an edible fruit growing upon a
palm Of the upper Scncgal-Niger ter.
rltory, the Borassus ethiapicum. The
kernel IS seven or eight ccntimctcrs
long and five ccntimctcrs broad, thus
permitting the cutting of balls Dr
plates of considerable size to be used
IN marquctry, or the making of domi.
noes, piano keys, buttons, etc. The kcr.
ncl becomes extremely hard when
thoroughly dried. AS q proof of this Il
Is stated that it is at the present mo.
mcnt being used rs building stones for
making OF The houses of native chiefs,
while 1t Is expected that the future
cathedral at Dakar will have tinted
pillars constructed Of these same kcr.
ncls.-Scicntific American Monthly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
Seen in PiccadilIy.

rough little pony in Il costcr's cart
stood near mansion in piccadilly
on chilly morning A pile of logs for
flrcwood was being unlOaded and the
pony was enjoying the warmth of a
somewhat unusual l6in-clOth flung over
his back. 1t consisted OF q handsome
cdglng OF fur attached to a musQuash
coat, which was seen to belong to a
woman who was shifting the wood.
who was coatless while she worked.
SO the little rough pony was sharing
what was known year ago as "mu-
milton OvcraiiS"--bccausc these hand
some fur coats were the sign and
signature of the girl munition work
ers, whose sudden enormously in
creased incomes enabled them to real
lie the ambitions of their lfc-a fur
coat as good as sou please. And very
handsome they were, and very we'll
they became the owncrs--and very
contcntcd tho pony looked.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
ENJOYED TOBACCO IN SCHOOL,
ta the Seventeenth Century Ie Wa3
Common for the Children to
Use the Weed.

The latest diatribe against women
gm0kers--by "a doctor to q famous
life Insurance company" according to
the London paper which publishes It,
classes the tobacco habit among
women as an evil Of modern growth.
But when tobacco first reached Eng.
land It was enjoyed in common by
Doth sexes. In the seventeenth CEN
tury, according to John Ashton, ut
was not only usual 70; the women to
Join the men in smoking, but in Wor-
cestcrshire the children were sent to
school with pipes in their satchcls,
and the schoolmaster called halt In
their studies while they all smoked
he teaching the neophyte."
Scotch women used to enjoy pipe
the same way as they enjoyed pinch
OF snuff. One of the cOmpicrs of the
statistical Account of Scotland" pub
iished In 1901, records that "The chief
luXlrics In the rural districts are
snuff, tobacco and whisky. Tea and
sugar are little used, but the use OF
whisky has become very great. The
use of tobacco may almost be said to
be excessive, especially among the
female sex. There Is scarce young
woman by the time she has been
taught to spin but has also learned to
smoke. Smoking seems to have been
introduced as an antidotc to rhcuma-
tiSin and ague. The favorable altcra-
ton with respect to these diseases has
only produced greater avidity for
tobacco"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
TO REVIVE HOME INDUSTRY
GOOD Work Done by knitters During
the War Has Given impetus to
New Movement.

What was accomplished by the vast
volunteer army of knittcrs during thu
war is one Of the creditable facts in
the history Of the world uphcavnl
through which civilization has been
passing, says the st. Louis Globe Dem
ocrnt. But for the millions OF devoted
women who kept the needles nying the
horrors of the trenches would have
been still more frightful ana deadly.
The achievements Of the knittcrs have
suggested TIC organization In Nnw
YORK of society for the revival Of
nome industry ana domestic art. It's
Hrst move is to ga:hG: al! Tie spinning
wheels within reach and look up prac-
ticnl instructors In the use Of house
hold implement that had become but
an antique piece Of furniture. Man
kind needs wcavcrs as we'll as plow-
mon, and spinning at home Is one Of
the oldest forms Of industry. In the
cabins of American pioneers the spin
ming wheel was necessity, and kept
busy In what, by stretch Of imagl-
nation, were called spare hours. Those
were the days Of homcspun textiles
because often no others were to be
had.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
serbians Adopt English Words.

From an Oxonian in Belgrade, writ
Ing to the London Spectator, we hear
Of the excursions Of English words into
Serbia. Some of them are slightly
Scrbificd, but easily recognized For
example, "aeroplan," budget" "klub,"
Uniting" shtraik," "drednot" "Trans.
port has made It's way unamenlcd.
Submarine" has come in from the
French in the form OF "slimarcn." !"
Tanks are "tankovl." No interpreta.
tion is necessary Of tho Serbian form
Of world word, "fordovi." "What
region on the earth Is not full OF your
labor" These are war words, but
"djentlemanskl" entered Belgrade be-
fore the war. So, as communications
betweea peoples increase, alien words
of many languages In many languages
are nathralized.--New York Times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
He Rode Free.

The rear platform of the car was
crowded with poor business men in
starchcd collars and rich laborcrs In
ovcralls. There would be nothing un-
usual in that If one OF the overalled
party had not given the crowd q les.
son In thrift.
"Seo, I've got dlme," he told the
conductor.
Thc conductor nodded.
"Pl! pitch 1t. Heads you get the
dime or tails ride for nothing"
The conductor nodded again and the
coin famed the air.
"Taile," announced the overalled one
tFiumphantly, and he took his place
with the rest of the crowd, !,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
Graceful Skirts.

Graceful, light and most alluring are
the silken skirts for later wear. The
Jersey and novelty silks are SO pretty
and the simplest models are most
beautiful. Individual notes may be
introduced In the pockets and but
tons. These skirts In white, rose and
blue are so attractive when worn with
a pretty blouse or sweater.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
Highly Honored.

distinguished celestial, lecturing
In American cities on things Chinese,
addressed his Philadelphia audience
th"": u dur indeed pleased to be With
you. Week before last had the
pleasure of addressing the literari of
Boston. Last week spoke before the
proifsgati of New York, and now I am
glad to be among the sarcophagi Of
phllade!phfa."-T the World Out
took. q
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
msst a.,ndmas Are Like This.

chester bad slight toothache.
hhout which he made big fuss.
GraI'dma pettcd him Il bit. then said:
Heres quarter. Go buy ball and
play then maybe you'll forget about
the aching TOOTH" Chester, rushing
to lis MOI; n. displayed the mon ",
saying: Gee, grandma's easy; she
gave me quarter hen I only had
about nickel's worth Of toothache."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-06-16
Badness c~rrics Disqualification.

''-S t'Ia3'''IIHCatTOn,
never kh'w II in"n bat was bod.
III lor any Scrric" thr was good.
Ihere was always some dis0ualifying
ingredient mixing with the compound.
ana spelling 1t. The accomplishment
OF anything eood is a physical limos
slDility In such a man. He could not
ne would, snd 1t is not more certain
tnat ne would not If he could, do a
good and virtuous action.-Burke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER
NEAR WATTS STATION

Will Collier received gun shot
wounds at the hands of Bush Viii.
liams at hot supper near Watts
Wednesday night from which he
died while on the operating table at
the County Hospital yesterday
morning.
The inquest was held by Magis-
trate Hollingswcrth yesterday and
the verdict Of the jury was, "That
Will Collier came to his death from
gun shot wounds in the hands of
Bush Williams" r. S. McCombs was
foreman Of the jury.
Collier was under the influence of
liquor and approached the wife of
Williams and kissed her. Later Will
liams approached Collier and told
him that he wanted to see him, i'm
mediately firing at him. Collier was
shot four times, three shots taking
effect in his lungs and one in the
lower part of the stomach, the lat
ter shot causing his death from
hemorrhage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
RATE HEARING TO
BE HELD MONDAY

Columbia. Nov. 25.-The question
of increasing intrastate passenger
rates in South Carolina will be heard
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Monday of next week, and Chair
man Shealy, of the South Carolina
Railroad Commission, and Morris C..
Lumpkin, as special attorney for the
State, will appear before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. The
South Carolina Commission recently
refused to allow the increase of in
trastate passenger fares and switch
ing charges because of the fact that
there is State law prohibiting the
charging of more than three-cent
fares in the State and also limiting
switching charges, these limits now
being in effect.
Mr.. Lumpkin, formersassistant at
torney general, appeared September
27 before an agent of the Interstate
ommerce Commission in Charleston
and presented evidence in the South
Carolina case. This will be consid-
red in Washington Monday.
1t is taken as likely that the In
terstate Commerce Commission will
order the intrastate fares in South
Carolina increased despite the fact
that there is a State law limiting
mileage to three cents the present
charge. A case similar to the South
Carolina situation existed in New
York and few days ago the Inter-
state Commerce Commission ordered
fares and rates in that State increas-
ed beyond the limit fixed by State law
1t is presumed unofficially that this
precedent will be followed in the
South Carolina case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
MEXICAN STATUS
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Secretary Colby Expected to Give
Information Soon.--Few
Points RemaiA

Washington, Nov. 25;-Seeretary
Colby is expected to make known be-
fore his departure for South America
Sunday or Monday the nature Of his
reply to the recent letter Of r. ".
Pesquiera, confidential agent here Of
the provisional government Of Mexi-
co, setting forth the claims Of the
government to recognition by the
United States.
Recent informal conferences be-
tween state department officials and
Mr.. Pesquiera are understood to have
cleared the way for such an an
nouncement. It was believed the Mex
ican agent had full knowledge of the
position the American government
would take when he left today on a
hurried trip to Mexico City.
Mr.. Pesquiera's letter was made
public by the state department with
public by the state department with
comments by Mr.. Colby, which said
that a few points remained to be
cleared up before recognition could
be granted. While officials decline to
discuss the substance of the reply
now being drafted, it is believed to
contain specific references to the
matters in dispute between the two
countries and statement of what the
United States will consider as a sat-
isfaotory solution by'Mexico of some
of her problems.
1t was said that no attempt would
be made to dictate to Mexico what
she must do to attain the status
necessary for recognition, but it will
be made clear that the United States
will be unable to accord recogni-
ton until certain tangible guarantees
are given by Mexico of her willing
ness and ability to protect American
lives and legitimate interests in Mex
leo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
WOULD TIGHTEN UP
IMMIGRATION LAW
Steps to Be Taken Soon BY House
committee-Watch Ship Crews

Washington, Nov. 25.-Enactment
of legislation designed to prevent the
desertion of the crews of foreign ships
at American ports and the entry into
this country of persons coming as
stowaways on vessels, will be asked
on congress by the house immigra-
ton committee. In making this state
ment today, Representative Johnson
of Washington, chairman of the COM
mittee, said desertions had reached
serious proportions and that there
had been a rapid increase in the
number of stowaways arriving at At
lantic and Pacific ports.
The members of the house immi-
grafton committee-Representative
Knutson, of Minnesota; Wilson of
Louisiana and Swope of Kentucky
will go to Ellis Island tomorrow to
study the stowaway and desertion
problem at the port of New York.
Word reached the committee to-
day that 65 members of the crew of
the steamer Gul Djemal had recent
h deserted that vessel when she ar
rived at New York from Constanti-
nople and Gibraltar.
Reports are said to have been re-
ceived that increasing numbers of
Chinese and japanese were attempt,
ing to enter the United States at
Pacific and Gulf ports in violation of
the immigration and the LaFollette
seamen's act.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
NO PoSTPONEMENT
OF INCOME TAXES
Four Million Dollars To Be Collect.
ed Through Columbia Office
December 18th.

That there will be no postpone
ments Of payment in South Carolina
Of the December 18th installment Of
the income and excess profits taxes
due in the United States government
through the Office Of the collector Of
internA revenue, D. C. Hayward, in
Columbia, indicated in q statement is-
sued at Mr.. Heyward's Office today
says the Columbia Record. It was
stated that the matter had been taken
UP with, Washington from Columbia,
and the department Of internal reve-
nue. at Washington says "nothing do
ing" in the matter of postponing the
payment of federal taxes.
Four million dollars is the amount
due December Is from South Caro-
linians who pay income mad excess
profit taxes. This amount will be
collected by Mr.. Heyward's Office and
bills will be sent to the persons who
made returns and paid the earlier in
stallments, within the next few days.
The collectors office in Columbia
has received number of letters from
tax payers in various parts of the
state, asking about possible extern
sions, and also asking if they could
not give notes for their taxes. This
matter was handled with Washing
ton, with the result that the collector
was advised that any sort of postpone
ment would be possible. It is stated
from Washington that the admins
tration of government would be Grip
pied if tax paying were postponed,
and there is no possible chance of any
such action.
1t is expected that some effort will
5e made before the December Con-
gress to have the legislation enacted
which will postpone the payment of
the Dec. Is payment of income and
excess profit taxes, but the revenue
department at Washington advises
that this will be impossible, as the
government needs the money for it's
successful operation. 1t is stated
at the office of Collector Hayward in
Columbia, that requests for extension
are useless and South Carolinians are
asked not to make such requests.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
ALLIED OCCUPATION
IS DENOUNCED
FIEkY DEBATE IN GERMAN
RElcHsrAc OVER PROVISIONS
OF PEACE TREATY-FRANcE
Is ASSAiLEp FOR SENDING
NEGRO TROOPS INTO GER.
MANY.-PREpIcTED VERsAIL-
LES PACT WILL BE REPLACED

Berlin, Nov. 25.-Bitterness mark
ed a debate in the Reichstag today re-
lative to the voting Of appropriations
to carry out provisions Of the Yer
ssllies treaty today. Members Of the
chamber denounced the action OF the
allies in keeping such large force
of men along the Rhine and, in par
ticular, assailed France for sending
negro troops into Germany.
Dr.. Zapf, member of the German
peoples party, said Germany's finan-
cial situation seemed hopeless. He
pointed out that interest charges on
the budget alone amounts 12,500,0Oo
marks, and declared the conduct of
French officers and their families in
the Rhineland was provoking grow
ing irritation.
IF Russian Soviet troops" he
declared, "should appear on Ger
many's eastern frontier, they would
not find the united, industrious ma
ton of former years, but people
broken down morally"
Rudolph Dreitcheid, a leader of the
moderate independent league said the
nations burdens were not a result
of the Infamous conduct of her ene-
mics, but the sequel of Germanys pre-
war policies"
Germany's collapse he continued,
"was not due to the pacifists, but the
men who praised war as the fountain
of youth and the bath of steel. |
predict the time will come when the
present treaty will be replaced by an
instrument dictated by true justice.
This will be when the workers of
France and Germany become suffici-
emily powerful to put the Versailles
treaty out of commission.
Rudolph Korell, member of the
Democrat party, charged the entente
nations with unloading troops in
definitely in the Rhineland," asserting
these soldiers were not controlled
either from Washington from Lon
don or Paris.
lone should not refer to President
Wilson's fourteen pointsNin scorn and
mockery," he said. Gwen in the
face of disappointment, we still have
faith in the ultimate victory of love" !"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
NEGRO PORTER FINED
s1o0 IN MAYORS COURT

B. Stewart, Pullman porter on a
troop train, was arrested in Able
vile last night at o'clock upon in
formation furnished by railroad Off
cials that he was selling liquor to
soldiers. Chief johnson responded to
the call and placed Stewart in the
city lookup.
Stewart was tried before Mayor
Mars this morning and sentenced to
pay fine of one hundred dollers or
serve thirty days on the public works
of the city. Being unable to pay the
fine, he will serve the days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
LUMBER PRICES FALLING.

Greenville, Nov. 25.-Retail lum-
Der prices in Greenville and the upper
section of South Carolina have de-
clined 40 to so per cent within the
last four months and retailers today
expressed the opinion that the bot
tom" in prices has been reached.
Mrs. John T. Cheatham, Jr., and
daughter, Frances and Miss Annie
Belle Little went to Ware Shoals to
spend Thanksgiving with Mrs.
Cheatham's parents Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Cobb.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
NEGRO CUTS ANOTHER

Lewis Belcher, negro living on
the Gillespie place and employed by
Mr.. R. E. Cox, was severely cut in
the back at shooting match at
Forfs Bridge yesterday afternoon
by Bum Watts, another negro. Bel
cher is in the County Hospital. No
particulars as to what led to the
difficulty could be learned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
RETURNS TO ABBEVILLE

Mr.. J. L. Anderson went to Glib
son, N. c., Thursday to accompany
Mrs. Anderson home, who has been
i'll at the home of her parents for
sometime, back to Abbeville. They
returned home this morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26
BRITISH FLAG
CAUSES. RIOT
IN NEW YORK
HUNDREDS OF IRISH STORM uN.
ION cLuB-2oo POLICE FIGHT
DESPERATELY TO QUELL
WAR on FIFTH AvENUE-EM.
BLEMs OF UNITED STATES
AND FRANCE BATTERED BY
CHURCH CROWD.

quiet observance Of Thanksgiving
Day here was violently interrupted
shortly after noon today when crowds
who had attended high requiem mass
in memory Of Terence MacSwiney,
former lord mayor of Cork, rioted at
the sight of British flag decorating
the facade of the Union Club across
Fifth avenue from st. Patrick's
Cathedral.
After a fight participated in by
hundreds of Irish sympathizers in the
course of which plate glass, windows
of the club were shattered by missiles
hurled by members of the mob, order
was restored when a Gordon of 200
police established itself around the
beleaguered building. The Union
Jack, which was the cause of the
assault, though taken down at the
first demand of the crowds and sub
sequently replaced, still was draped
over the sidewalk with the emblems
of rance and the United States when
the fracas ended.
When the clamor of the, first rush
on the offending banner was at its
height the Rt. Rev. Michael j! Lavelle
rector of st. Patrick's, clad in his
ministerial robes, rushed out of the
church and pleaded in vain with the
leaders to quell the disturbance.
Windows are Smashed.
After mounted and motorcycle po-
lice had dispersed the assaulting for
ces a survey of the field of battle re-
vealed casualties including asdozen
or more slightly injured who had
been struck by flying brick bats. All
windows on the lower floor of the
club had been smashed.
Before the beginning of the Mac
Swiney mass, the attendance at which
taxed the utmost capacity of the great
cathedral, delegation Of Irish re-
quested that the British flag be re-
moved. The club superintendent COM
piled, but later, on instructions from
club officials, the flag was replaced.
When the service was over the flag
again caught the attention of bellig-
erent members of the congregat. on
who were angered at the reappear
ance of the emblem. Stones and
bricks were procured from nearby
building under construction and the
attack began.
Police Fight Desperately.
A riot call at first brought only
fifty police, all on foot. These fought
desperately, using their night sticks
freely, but were powerless against the
heavy odds. Only after the arrival
of reinforcements of three tines the
original number did the officers sue
ceed in driving back the attackers,
who had been prevented from enter
ing the building itself by determined
club members and employees who
manned the doors. Several women
effected an entrance at one time, but
were driven out before any damage
was done to the interior of the build
ing.
Four arrests on charges of malici
Gus mischief were made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26

Mrs. Oscar Jackson, Misses Nam
ME Seal, Belle Mckenzie, Pauline
Revere, Mrs. Frank Mcneil and Rob
Jackson went OF Greenwood yester-
day and went to the wreck yester-
day afternoon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-26

THE COTTON MARKET

The cotton market dropped
about $50 points today. The
price paid this morning was,
for the best cotton, 16 cents
but later in the day cotton
Yas selling from 13 to Is
cents. Very little was offered
on the market today.