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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-23
POISONED OLIVES
PRESENT MENACE

Chicago, Feb. 21.-Federal and
tate food inspectors in So towns of
eight states are making frantic ef-
forts tonight to locate and destroy
dozens of bottles of ripe stuffed
olives containing poison of the dead
y bacillus botulinus.
A single case of olive poisoning at
zalispell, Mont, which led to discov-
cry of the danger, is the only one re-
ported so far. Federal chemists who
uncovered the widespread distribu-
ton of the poison fruit, are bending
very effort to contiscate the bottles
and a warning has been sent broad
asst advising housewives to return
unopened all containers holding the
Inspected brands.
The olives were sold to the retail
rade through Sprague-Warner &
Company, Chicago wholesale gro
cry house. Maj. A. A. Sprague,
lead of the firm and federal fair
price commissioner for Illinois, has
furnished a record of all sales to
ederal authorities and has also in
tructed his salesmen to call or! ev-
cry customer and take up the olives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-23

'E,a M@M En- N pets IN Paris is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-23
GENERAL NEWS.
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E. D. Summer, of Hartsville,
bought fifty bales of cotton on Feb
ruary 21st. for which he paid one
dollar a pound. The cotton was long
staple.
The sale for seats for the Grand
Opera in .tlanta will begin on
March 9th. Single seats can be Sc
cured after April 5th. Boxes with
s;x seats for the season are two hun
ored and eixnty-five dollars plus a
war uE eE twenty-five dollars and
IN :.sks2A
'E.a uaas E1a m peis in Paris is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-23

Engraved Cards and Invitations
The Press and Banner Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-23

Buenos Airec is soon to erect a
large statue of Columbus which will
over look the entrance to the city by
the water route. The statue will be a
huge affair, rivaling the statue of
Liberty at New York.
Mrs. Devera, of Chicago is the
first American to go to France and
bring the body of her son, James De-
vera, killed in France, home for buri-
al. She experienced much trouble and
says she would not have succeeded
save for the help of the Red Cross
and the K. C's. and an INSTITUTED
use American dollars" among the
Employees of the French bureaus.
Mrs. Devera says there is no chance
to get body out of France save by
the tipping process. On arrival in
New York all undertakers tried to
make a charge of $45 to take the
body across the city. A truck was
furnished by the knights of Colum-
bus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-23

he humming bird. The proper
method of feding the bird has been
discovered, which has heretofore
died in captivity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
The Voices Grow Faint.

(Hartford COurant, KEEP
The Democrats of Maine named
delegates to the coming convention
in San Francisco Tuesday and, judg-
ing by the accounts of the meeting IN
Bangor, a good time was had by
ALL" Antoinette Funk, who sent cir
culars to all of us during the war,
was the chief speaker, after the
chairman Of the convention. l.. j.
Brann, became exhausted upon hav-
ing termed Governor Milliken an
autocrat. and she alluded to Presi-
dent Wilson as a leader Of leaders.
With that beginning it was easy for
the convention to express admiration
for President Wilson and Endorse
his work for the party. the country
and the world" The things he has
done not for but to his party may be
expressed as plenty.
But it strikes us that the voices of
humanity are growing faint for the
Maine Democrats in 1914 said this:
We rejoice in the glorious achieve
ments of our great national party In
the administration of the affairs or
the nation; and to that pure patriot.
wise statesman and honest and fear
less executive, Woodrow Wilson. and
those associated with him in their
accomplishment, we extend our sin
cere congratulations and express our
fullest satisfaction.
In those days the voices of human
ity were not husky and even here In
New England, a section of the coun-
try which President Wilson had is-
nored pretty thoroughly, we find the
Maine Democrats expressing them
selves with enthusiasm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
Polard's Grim StruuoIs

= Whi1e Germany is whimpering for
food Poland with less. and stript to
xsgs BY the var, is fighting back the
Nod Of red ruin and gritting her
4ssah. While the privileged classes
h. Germany are gormandizing, defy
5ue food regulation and depriving
the poor. those who were the priv
Heged ciawes Of Poland are fighting
IN the ranks. These conditions in
Poland move the author, Joseph
Conrad. himself a Pole, to eloouenoe.
He exults that this reborn state has
6ne heart and ono soul. one indomi-
table viii from the poorest peasant
b the highest magnate. Those same
inagnates. by the BY. have now no
moro power and precious little more
wealth than the poorest peasant.
With whom they fight shoulder to
usu1der against moral and physical
NsaefIence bred in Russia. on line
nh0m the Baltic provinces to the
praBsat frontier of Rumania-"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08

81 am so grateful for what Tanlac
has done for me that l want to tell
the whole world about it, said Mrs.
A. E. Proctor. of TIT w First St,
Los Angeles Calf, when speaking of
the splendid results she had obtained
from the medicine. ITO think that L
should have suffered for so many
years, and spent hundreds Of dollars
in vain efforts to get relief and then
find complete relief after taking only
four bottles of Tanlac, seems too
good to be true"
Yes, indeed: for years and years
l suffered terribly from stomach
trouble. Everything 1 ate seemed to
form gas and so affected my heart
and breathing that would have pal
pitation and would turn purple in the
face in my efforts to get my breath.
These attacks caused me intense suf-
fering and were so bad that l was
frequently confined to my bed and
would have to be attended by some
member of the family for fear l
should succumb during one of the at
tacks.
Il got awfully thin and was So
weak that l had to give up all house =
hold duties. l often went for two
weeks at time without getting a
good nights sleep and as a conse-
quence became very nervous and
ow-spirited. In fact, / was con-
firmed invalid and my friends did
not expect me to live very long.
Il sat reading the paper one even
ing when nay eye caught the, state
ment of lady who had suffered with
similar trouble to my own and telling
how she had been wonderfully helped
! by Tanlac. sent for n bottle and
started taking it and the results have
been most surprising.
my appetite is splendid now and ]
| can cat most anything without, any
distress afterward. The gas has
: stopped forming and no longer have
palpitation or that smothering. feel
ing. l sleep sound all night long and
get up feeling rested. 1 am in better
health today than l have been for
, forty years and l feel years younger
Il don't believe there ever was as
! good medicine made as Tanlac." .
Tanlac is sold in Augusta by Bow
ditch Webster Co., and the leading
druggist in every city and town.
Adv
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A Blessed PRIVILEGE

Possibly you have been disap-
pointed in plans for visit to some
warmer CLINE; probably you have
not paid your fuel bills without
qualms and some wonderment. Be
that as it may isn't it magical, the
grace with which Maine is emerging
from the duress of the most rigor-
Gus winter ever known! All without
splurge Of flood or tempest.
What if we did shovel snow, not
only for ourselves but for public
utilities and widows and orphans;
what though we are broke" and
have no credit with the coal man,
we have only to scan the newspaper
to find that We are blest beyond our
deserts. A bowling blizzard in the
West; here in Maine gentle April
showers; tornadoes South and West,
here only a breeze seeking in vain
for a. speck of dust on our well
washed streets.
Here we are in Maine just at the
season when thousands Of pleasure
seekers In other places are thinking
Of our trout streams and lakes, of
camp fires in fragrant woods or the
lui1aby Of tho surf on our matches
shores. And they do say the ice is
going out ~ gently as an OSCILLATION
&vaporates!
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Editors Table

The Shorttypist. the Blue Star
Publishing Co, POI Broadway. New
York, is, as the prospectus states, "a
ords and higher efficiency in the art
of writing by hand or machine. 1t
seems to be a shorthand condensa :
ton of words into letters, figures and
symbols of the typewriter. whereby
great speed may be attained as pro-
ficiency is gained in the system. 1t
constitutes as written a code cnsur-
ing If thus used as a method of com
munication, absolute secrecy and a
great saving in transmission by tel
egraph. 1t will thus save time and
money, which will appear to both
employers and typists.
Lenin, by Albert Rhys Williams
and the impressions of Col. Raymond
Robins and Arthur Ransome. These
men all personally knew Lenin. hav-
ing often met and talked at length
with the noted Russian. They each
admired the mans ability and recog-
nized his tremendous will power and
force of character, however misdi-
rected the latter may have been in
various directions: 1t is the first
authentic biography of the Russian
ruler since his rising to, such heights
Of power as was given him through
the revolution that ended the rule of
the Romanoffs and is interesting
from preface to fms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
Boys and Girls
Clubs Made $23,381
Last Year

Oreno. Me, April AT the rate
boys and girls clubs are getting into
line the enrolment in Maine this
year will far surpass that Of last
year. when 2o49 members of Juvenile
clubs in agricultural and home max
ing projects completed their work
and reported u total production val
ued at $60.429. with a total net profit
of $23,3S1, plus fixed charge Der
hour for their own labor.
Five hundred and forty members
OF clubs were enrolled at the begin
ming Of this month, number con-
siderably in excess of the usual rec
ord at that time. There are 80 STAN
dard, or full-year. clubs which con-
tinue from year to year without ces-
sation. 1t is the aim of those in
charge Of club work. in Maine to
eventually bring about an adoption of
this plan in all the clubs. 1t will
mean saving of expense, time and
energy of the field workers.
The winter projects of sewing,
cooking and housekeeping have
helped keep up the girls interest.
The sewing project Is a new one,
added this year to. the other eight in
the extension service list. and it will
come in for recognition on equal
terms with them in the local, county
and state contests this year.
In Androscoggin county the school
superintendent have voted to. en-
courage teachers in their towns to
aid and act as local leaders in club
work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
Editorial Comment
Too Ambitious q Plan
IN. Y. Post-Dem.


Even if the United States were not
today in a partial reaction against
foreign "entanglements" the Harbord
report of last autumn concerning an
American mandate for Armenia
would have been altogether too elab-
crate a scheme. 1t is not really Am
erican supervision over Armenia, but
American administration of what
would be left of Turkey after definite
cessions to other nations that Gen.
Harbord discusses. AS such the re-
port was always an academic docu-
ment, and more than ever so today.
1t is we'll known that there were two
schools of American opinion even
among those who favored our partl-
cipation in the government OF the
Near East. One thought of Armenia
proper. The other thought OF Am
erica as receiver for all Of remnant
Turkey. The latter plan, always too
ambitious, is very much so today.
Mr.. Henry Morgenthau, in whom the
scheme for an American mandate or
all of Turkey had it's most ardent
supporter, is now our Ambassador to
Mexico. If We are really bent on
helping the Armenians it would not
be essential to enter upon so elabor-
ate scheme or. upon such large
commitments as Gen. Harbord out
lines.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
VIENNA

A. F. Bean and sons, A. G. Whit
tier and S. e. Barton have recently
had their buildings wired for electric
lights. A. G. Whittier has done the
wiring.
Schools in town opened for the
spring term with these teachers:
Miss Smith at the village, Miss Rich
ards in the Weber school, Miss
Phyllis Williamson of Mercer sup
plies at the Sevey school. Mrs. Whit
tier having resigned and no one has
been procured to take Mrs. Dunn's
place at North Vienna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Foss are receiv-
ing congratulations upon the birth
of a young daughter, April 4. 80.
Mrs. Roberts has suffered. another
shock and remains in an unconscious
condition at this writing, with small
hopes of recovery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
MT. VERNON

Mrs. Hattie Burbank slipped on an
icy piazza recently and suffered a
fracture of the left forearm and a
sprained wrist. She had previously
burned her right arm quite severely.
B. r. Cram is still confined to the
house with lumbago and sciatica.
Mrs. Virgil Blood and son Harold
of Foxcroft are the guests of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Fair
banks. Last Sunday the following
program was presented in the Meth
odist Episcopal Sunday school by the
Missionary Superintendent, Mrs. F.
l.. Millett: Prayer. Rev. c. H. Berry:
song. I'm the Masters Service" Roy
Millet, Clarice Berry, Gladys Millett,
Erma Pierce. Gilman Millett: read
ing. Send Us Missionaries" Mrs.
Calvin E. Weber; recitation. Just
a Helper" Erma Pierce: reading,
Easter tide" Mrs. Ida Gordon; ex-
ercise. my Easter Egg" Clarice
Berry, Lora Gordon. Gilman Millet,.
Guy Higgins. Maxwell Weber;
recitation, THE Lily's Message" Roy
Millett: solo, Easter time Mrs
Flora Gordon.
Newell Weymouth, blacksmith, had
a narrow escape from what might
have been a very serious accident.
While working in his shop last week
a piece of iron weighing between
seven and eight pounds became de-
tached from some machinery striking
him a glancing blow upon the jaw,
causing a painful wound and neces-
stating the taking Of several stitches
by the attending physician.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
STARVED MUSCLES
CAUSE LuMbACO

Pains in the back are very often
due to undernourished muscles. The
muscles that are used most are gen.
orally those that are first to cry out
in pain. Lumbago and rheumatism
are two very common diseases that
attack muscles that are not getting
needed food because the blood is i'm
poverished.
Treatment that increases the
quantity and improves the quality Of
the blood will often relieve this suf-
fering.
The result of the use of the right
tonic in a case Of lumbago is illus
trated, in the case of Mrs. Sarah J.
Colvin, who lives at No. 1877 Centre
street, Brewer, Me. When seen re-
Gently at her home, Mrs. Colvin said:
Il suffered for two years from
lumbago following an attack of the
grip. became very weak and my
blood was thin. l had a steady ache
in the small Of my back and it ex-
tended down the muscles of my
limbs. / could not walk any distance
and whenever I sat down the pain
caught me suddenly.
II had never been much Of be-
lever in medicine but I had heard a
good deal about DIR. Williams Pink
Pills and took the opportunity OF
trying them. 1 did not notice any
Improvement until the second box. l
took six boxes altogether. The pains
in my back and limbs are entirely
gone and can walk as we'll as ever.
II gladly. recommend DR.. Williams
Pink Pills as they certainly helped
me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists, or direct from the
DR.. Williams Medicine Co.. Schnec-
tady, N. Y, at 60 cents per box, post
paid. Write today for copy of the
free booklet, Building Up the
Blood. ADV
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Get the Label, Never Mind the Con.

Get the Label, Never Mind the Con.
81" tents
81 have thus far found no Demo-
Gratis who favor a resolution declar-
ing a state Of peace" said Senator
Hitchcock Here it is again, same
old partisan lineup. AS il a mans
opinion regarding peace were to be
determined by his politics. But that
is Just the trouble. The ideas Of some
96 prominent citizens Of the United
States have been largely determined
by their politics and nothing else.
Can anything be more absurd than
that a man disapproves Of peace by
resolution on the ground that he is a
Democrat-unless it be that another
man approves peace by resolution on
the ground that he is Republican?
On the general question of peace
by resolution there is room for dis
cussion, as there is room for discus
sion of peace by the treaty Of Yer
sailles, but in both cases the real
arguments and issues often change
color and lose their identity in the
intense heat Of the Senate chamber.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
The Merry Primary Contest.

Conditions in Michigan and Wis
consn have been recognized as fay
orable to the candidacy of Senator
Johnson The result in Michigan ap-
parently was fully as favorable as
his ardent supporters expected. 1t is
not surprising that he expressed
himself as ''trrribly" grateful. The
claim that this is the first primary
which affords anything Of test is.
We think, hardly borne out by the
facts.
Severe weather is said to have re-
duced the rural vote: Johnson's eff
forts in having Michigan troops
Withdrawn from Russia appealed to
many; his opposition to the League
is supposed to have attracted the
pro-German and Irish vote; his ag-
had less money in support of his
campaign than others and his record
in the ranks of the more radical of
the prcgressives undoubtedly ap-
pealed to 4 large and growing class
of voters in Michigan. That like ap-
peals the country over would be pro-
ductive of like results may reason
ably be questioned. 1t may as we'll
be admitted, however. that Mr..
Johnson's boom" has received a de-
cided impetus.
1t may be inferred that Mr.. Hoov-
er's friends should be first to grow
comprehensive respecting Senator
.Iohnson's success in Michigan, as on
May 5th comes the contest between
those two candidates for California
delegation. The professions of the
Hooverites, however, do not and
should not be expected to admit this
Indeed some of them claim encour-
agement in that there really was NO
contest on the part of the Hoover
men in Michigan, Notwithstanding
which he received a support nearly
equal to Mr.. Lowden's and led all
others on the Democratic ticket
showing a most remarkable appeal to
the independent voter.
Whatever may be surmises and
conclusions from the Michigan re-
turns, one thing is pretty certain
and that is, Senator johnson pushes
forward in the race and comes under
the close Surveillance of the support
ers Of General Wood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-08
RoslndaIe Woman Recommends
This Prescription

Mrs. Albert J. Patch. of Rosindals.
Mass. writes: Before taking your
medicine (Dr. True's Elixir) was
troL.led with what thought stomach
trouble. HAD that terrible gnawing
in my stomach nearly all the time.
Within half an hour after eating =
hearty meal. would have that same
disagreeable feeling. was losing in
weight every day. After taking your
medicine CDR. True's Elixir) was re-
lieved OF that terrible gnawing In my
stomach. expelled worms, and / felt
like new person in many ways. and
would heartily ,reeommendi it to any one
Headaches. tired feeling. weakness.
spots before the eyes, bad breath,
sleeplessness. irritability, dizziness,
constipation can be relieved, II YOU
take the prescription known as DR..
True's Elixir. The Family Laxative
and Worm .Expsllsr. 1t has done
much for sick people. men. women and
eanutataon. AT ALL DEALERS.-Hdv.
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REV. w. p. HOLMAN
INVITED TO RETURN
FOR ANOTHER YEAR

The fourth quarterly conference OIL
the Methodist Episcopal church was
held in the church vestry Sunday
evening, and was we'll attended. DIR.
ID. E. Holt of Auburn, district super
intendent, gave an able address on
"Selfshness Defeating Itself" after
which the business of the quarterly
conference was transacted.
All the reports from the various
departments of church activities
very satisfactory, and showed the eX-
cellent progress made and the present
good standing of this church. There
have been several accessions to the
membership during the year, with
large increase in ali benevolences.
At the close of the conference, the
pastor, Rev. Weston p. Holman, and
Mrs. Holman received an unanimous
invitation to return for another year.
The following is a list of commit
tees for the ensuing year:
Apportioned benevolences, Pastor,
George 7. Johnston, A. c. Towle, A.
S. Cottle and Sturgeon S. Hoar:
foreign missions, Pastor, George I.
Johnston, Perley Richardson, Mrs.
Katheryn Walton and Mrs. w. L.
Holman; home missions and church
extension. S. A. Johnston. Mrs. Eliza
beth Johnston, Mrs. Angie Cottle,
/ Mrs. Milford Bates, Mrs. +. a. Man
son and Mrs. Olive Giberson; Sunday
schools, Pastor, Mrs. George T. John
ston, a. G. Towle and Mrs. Angie
Cottle; tracts, Mrs. Sturgeon s.
Hoar, Mrs. Gladys Crowel, Raymond
. Walton. Osmond Dolloff, Ola Wal
ton, Alice Manter and Mrs. Alden
Savage; temperance. Pastor, A. C.
Towle. S. A. Johnston, George T.
Johnston, Spurgeon S. Hoar, Mrs
Lottie Latin and +. A. Dolloff; edu-
cation, Mrs. Olive Giberson, Miss
Marion McCoubrey. Mrs. Milford
Bates, Mrs. Forrest Fowles, Mrs
! Agnes Savage and Bernard T
! Twitchell; freedmen's aid, Mrs. p. a
| Manson, Mrs. Florence Bachelor
Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Howard Skillings
and Mrs. Augusta Bean; hospitals
Mrs. Frank Estes, Mrs. Laura Head
Mrs. George T. Johnston, Mrs. w. +
| Holman and Mrs. Gordon McTag-
CERT; church records, A. s. Cottle
| George T. Johnston. A. c. Towle and
S. A. Johnston; auditing accounts
Mrs. Eugene Perry, Jerome Wilson
and Miss Maggie Johnson; parson-
! age and furniture. Mrs. George T
Johnston, Mrs. Milford Bates, Mrs
| Eugene Perry, Mr.. and Mrs. Spur
geon S. Hoar and Mrs. Gladys Crow
; ell; church. music, Mrs. Kathryn
i Walton, Miss Nora Bartlett Greeley
| Mrs. Eugene Perry. Mrs. George T.
Johnston, Mrs. Angie Cottle, Miss
Alice Manter, Raymond Walton, Miss
Iona Fowles and Mrs. w. p Hol-
man.
Estimating ministerial support
| Spurgeon s. Hoar, A. c. Towle
George T. Johnston, Mrs. Milford
Bates and A. S. Cottle.
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Added Beauties of
German Telephoning>

Berlin, March 21-(By Associated
Press)-The German government
hopes to raise 1,00O.O0O,00D marks by
unusual levy on telephone subscrib-
ers. 1t is announced that they will
be assessed special one time tax Of
1000 marks which will bear interest
and be returned when the subscrip-
ton is cancelled. Charges for the
use of telephone will be more than
doubled and postage rates increased
100 percent in April. Telegraph rates
will be heavily advanced.