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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-03
SYNOD MEETS IN
GREENVILLE OCTOBER II
About 200 Representatives to Attend
State Presbyterian Convention
Next Month.

Greenville, Sept. 29.-The Synod
of South Carolina, representing the
Presbyterian churches of the, State,
will convene in GreenvilIe on the
evening of October IL for its annual
sessions that will probably. continue
through the following Friday morn
ing, October ID, it was announced
here today. Preparations are to be
made for the entertainmentof slight
ly less than 200 visiting representa-
tives. Each Presbyterian church will
be represented by the minister and
an elder, and other visitors also are
expected to attend the meeting.
DR.. S. C. Byrd, president of the
Chicora College for Women, at Col
umbia, is the retiring moderator,
and in that respect will preach the
opening sermon at the first session
to be held at 8 o'clock on the even
ing Of October II, at the First Pres
byterian church in Greenville. All
sessions of the Synod are to be held
in the handsome edifice on West
Washington street.
The sessions will not be altogether
but some will be in the
nature of popular meetings at which
special addresses will be made and
to which the public will be, cordially
invited. The program of speakers has
not been made public.
Representatives of the Presbyte-
rian colleges in the State will attend
as usual, and report on the educa-
tional progress of these institutions
in different parts of the State.
The several Presbyterian churches
of Greenville will combine to fur
nish accommodations and entertain
ment for the visitors who are to be
guests of members of the denomina-
tion. in their homes. The ladies of
the First Presbyterian church will
serve dinner at the church, for the
visitors.
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PERsHING IN coBLENZ
SOLDIERS LINE STREETS
Allied Generals To Attend Dinner
Given For Him BY General
Allen.

Coblenz, Sept. 28.-General Per.
shing arrived here this afternoon
accompanied by Major General Hen.
ry T. Allen, commander of the
American forces in the occupied
territory, who went to Treves to
meet him. A detachment of cavalry
acted as escort into the city. Soldiers
lined the streets from the. entrance
to Coblenz to General Aliens home.
All the allied generals in the oc-
cupied zone will attend a dinner to
General Pershing at General Aliens
residence tomorrow night. .,
The composite battalion which
will accompany General Pershing to
Paris and ! London for the cere-
monies of decorating with the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor the grave
of the French and British unknown
soldiers is full-strength unit orga-
nized from the best trained troops
in the American command. Three of
its officers, Captain Edwin T.
Wheatley, Captain William E. Chick
ering and Lieutenant Easom j.
Bond were in General Pershing's
own regiment.
The battalion will 'be commanded
by Major Raymond o. Barton, with
a staff composed of Lieut.. Col. Ed
mund p, Easterbrool, Captain Wal
ter E. Tolson, Medical Corps; Cap
tain Ross B. Smith, Fifth Infantry.
The battalion will be composed of
Companies A, B. and C. Company A
comprises men chosen by the COM
mander of the Fifth Infantry, the
officers being Captain M. Yon, Cap
tain S. L. Dunlap and Lieutenants A.
D. Sanders and w. A. Smith and r.
E. Vermette.
Company B. Eighth Infantry, was
designated in it's entirety by General
Allen because it was the winner of
the recent company competition. The
officers are Captain N. C. Johnson,
Captain w. E. Chickering's nd Lieu
tenants H. M. Wilson and Easom j.
Bond.
Company C was selected from
The Fiftieth Infantry, the officers be-
ing Captain Joel R. Burney, Captain
Edwin T. Wheatley and Lieutenants|
H. B. Sherman, C. M. Smith and F. |
H. Privett.
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BABY |N::GARBACE
SHE BLAMES NURSE
Policeman Takes Infant From Can
To Hospital and Alleged .
Mother Claims 1t.

New York, Sept. 29.-Very early
yesterday morning Patrolman Lynch
found an infant alive in a garbage
can in front of 1T Church Street
and took it to Bellevue Hospital,
where it was placed in the founding
ward. A woman who said she was
Mrs. Catherine Stillman went to the
hospital last night, said the child
was her twenty-four- days old baby,
Dorothy, and departed with it.
She said she had been away from
her home at 1T Church Street seek
ing work and a young woman named
Anna Clark, who lived with her, had
taken charge of the infant. She was
mystiied she said, as TO how the
child got into the ash can. When she
returned late yesterday evening 'af-
ter getting job she missed the child
and learned from the police station
that it had been found and taken to
the hospital. Her future address she
said would be PIG East Thirty-frst
Street. 4
The building in front of which the
baby was found was, a. loft building
in which no one lived. 1t was learned
that 219 East Thirty-frst Street was
a rooming house, in which Mrs.
Catherine. Stillman had lived for
two weeks. She had moved a week
ago and was not expected back. She
was not known to have baby. All
of which left the police and hospital
authorities wondering.
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A CRUEL LANDLORD
Spectator" Tells of Pitiable Case
In New York.

Spectator" writes as follows to
the New York Times:
The following incident which
witnessed in one of our Municipal
Courts today seems to me worthy of
being related:
A case was'called and a woman
stepped forward, she had a child in
her arms and four others clinging to
her skirt, the eldest of whom could
not, have been over five years of age.
The action was for a months rent
of s1S The woman said simply that
she did not have, the money and
questions brought out that her hus-
band had been injured and in the
hospital four weeks. Judge Levy ex-
pressed his views of a landlord who
would bring an action under these
circumstances, but this. brought no
offer to withdraw the suit. The Judge
then said: "Who wish to help in this
case?" The Judge and the Clerk
reached into their pockets and made
contributions and several attorneys
stepped forward and offered theirs.
The landlord then offered to reduce
his claim of SIS, but his tardy offer
was declined. The money was hand
ed to the woman, which was more
than enough to pay her months
rent. and her face showed the pass
ing of burden.
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EXTENSION SPECIALISTS
Aiken, Flornece and S Spartanburg
Made District Bases.

Clemson College, Sept. 29.-Fina
plans for the districting Of the Ex.
tension specialists have been made
by Director W. w. Long, and Aiken
Florence, and Spartanburg have
been selected as district headquar-
ters with specialists assigned and
to be assigned for work in their re-
spective districts, The plan was in
augurated so that the specialists
might be more readily available to
county agents and to farmers and
so that they might reach the people
at smaller cost of travel. The change
became necessary party owing to the
increasing number of calls on the
Extension Service for technical as
sistance such as specialists can fur
nish and partly owing to the in
crease in cost of travel by rail.
Under the new plan there will be
horticultural specialist, a livestock
specialist, and a dairy specialist as
signed to each district, with other
specialists stationed there temporari-
ly is required. Each specialist will of
course retain connection with the
college and Experiment Station work
being conducted in his subject
through the chief Of his particular
division located at Clemson. The
specialists in each district will be con
nected with the district agents Of
flee and will work under general di-
rection of the district. agent.
Aiken will be headquarters for the
southwestern part of the state, with
H. S. Johnson, district agent, in
charge, D. T. Herman, livestock
specialist and D. C. Badger, dairy
specialist, are already located at the
Aiken headquarters and others will
be assigned. in the near future.
Florence will be headquarters for
the Pee Dee section, with T. B.
Young, district agent, in charge. S.,
D. Sims, livestock specialist c..
Schmolke, dairy specialist, R. Far.
mer, horticultural specialist, and l..
H. Lewis, marketing, specialist have
been assigned to this district.
Spartanburg will be headquarters
for the Piedmont section, with A. A.
McKeown, district agent, in charge.
Assignment of specialists to this dis
trict is now under consideration.
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NATURES CHILDREN

When flowers are little
What do you suppose!
They eat simply nothing but dirt,
And their old Mother Earth
Piles the bedding so thick,
You'd certainly think it would hurt.
, And when they are grown
She dresses them up
In the finest of beautiful clothes,
But most of them cannot
Be buttoned on tight
For they fall off, as every one knows,
At breakfast they eat
A portion of dew,
And for lunch they have daylight
and air;
They cry all the while
For a dinner Of Sun,
But old Mother Earth doesn't care.
It's shocking to think
They often have "bugs,"
And they battle in an Indifferent
way,>
For either she turns on
The rain once a month,
)r, washes them hard every day.
Man Terrell Reed in N. Y. Times
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CONVENTION ORDERS KANSAS
MINERS TO RETURN TO WORK

Indianapolis, Sept. 29.-Alexan-
der Howat, president of the Kansas
miners waS directed today by the
convention of the United Mine work.
ers of America to order strikers at
the Dean and Reliance mines to re-
turn to work. The convention deci-
sion became a certainty before the
polling of the delegates was COM
plete.
Unofficial figures gave a majority
against Howat when the Alabama del
egates threw most of their; votes to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-03
PLANT TREES WHICH
ATTRACT THE BIRDS
Prof. Arnold of Forestry College
Gives List Favored For
Food and Nesting.

Home owners, in planting trees
shrubs and vines, should take into
consideration the idea of growing
plants that will. attract birds, &C.
cording to Professor Alan F. Arnold
of the New York State College OF
Forestry, who finds that there is q
possibility of many of our native
birds disappearing altogether fol-
hack of food and shelter.
The list of trees, shrubs and vines
attractive to birds includes many of
our most ornamental plants. There
is no more valuable evergreen tree
for ornamental purposes than the
native red cedar; it also provides the
best shelter and nesting sites for
birds while they find food in ;ber-
ries and insects commonly found on
the tree. The native Towering dog
wood and the Chinese Towering crab
apple are two particularly beautiful
trees that are favoriees with the
birds. The gray-stemmed dogwood,
honeysuckle, American elder and
sheepberry are also serviceable to
the birds, and ornamental The Vir-
gnia creeper, one of the most popu-
lar vines, furnishes nesting sites for
birds and draws away from grapes,
apples and peaches
''If one has a place where plants
of a wilder sort can be introduced"
said Professor Arnold, "and wishes
to make special point Of attracting
birds, there is great variety of ma
tive plants that could not perhaps
be used for more finished effects.
but here would be- just the thing.
These are mulberry, tupelo and
white spruce, such shrubs as. the
spice bush, choke cherry and
swamp rose and bittersweet and
frost grape vines. The Towering
dogwood, mulberry, wild black berry
American elder and high
bush blueberry can be counted on in
general to attract the bluebird, car
dinal flicker, kingbird, Baltimore
oriole, robin and cedar wav-wing. =
'The home owner, interested in
observing birds himself, or affording
an opportunity for his children; the
farmer who desires to protect his |
fruit crops and the person who
wishes to assist in the conservation
IF our city and our forest trees, as
veil our native birds, can perform
great public service by planning
lis planting with the birds in mind"
New York Times.
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the administration recommendation
favoring the order for resumption
of work. At that time about 600
more votes remained to be cast but
the margin for the order, It was said,
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exceeded this figure. The delegates
were unaware that a final decision
had been reached and made no de-.
monstration the balloting continu-.
ing. 49,. >....
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
When O. GirliMurries, Ann Lisle s Popular Serial

Hold the wire a minute, Babbs.
Here's Phoebe-dyins for a sisterly
greeting from some one"
All In q minute I put myself in
Phoebe's place and forgot about my
self. I wanted nothing but to be
motherly and big sisterly and sweet
to the pansy.faced little eighteen
year-old who'd just put her happi-
ness in my brothers keeping. Then
Phoebe's voice came over the wire,
shy and proud. pleading to be loved
and understood.
"Babbsiew she cried, using Meals
name and showing me by that how
completely she longed to merge her
life in his.
phoebe, darling! Little sister
replied, and the tears In my eyes
went right to my voice and mixed
up with the smiles that I wanted
to send the little bride. I'm 10
happy for you, dear, and 80 sure
that you're going to be happy. I
want you to know how glad I am
that Neal has had the courage to
take his little sweetheart and make
her Mrs. Hyland at last"
"Oh. Babbsie you dariingw
Phoebe's voice came back. But
Neal didn't take mel took him!
I wouldn't let him 80 Off without
mo. So I shopped a tiny trousseau
this morning and then I sat at the
lunch table and begged so pretty
that Neal couldn't stay stern and
cautious, though he tried to hard
enough. After q whole lot Of plead
ing he gave I'm and married me.
Isn't that shameless Of me?"
TITS adorable, you sweet little
baby, you" replied.
fTo Be Continued ThursdayJ
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
MARRIED TOO YOUNG
BY w. A. McKeever..

the start. provided other condi-
tions are fair. To have the seclu-
sion Of a quiet place and a few
pieces OF plain furniture is in itself
a strong influence for more agree
able companionship.
No matter how humble the young
mans occupation-since he is mar
ried to your child-like daughter
boost the boy. In more than nine
tenths of the cases where parents
interfere and try to reclaim son
or daughter from a foolish mar:
riage" they make a mess of the
whole affair.
The substantial thing to do here
is to try to continue the education
and the advancement of the young
mated pair practically as you would
the son and daughter of the same
age in your own household. Help
them grow into strong personalities
and enjoy seeing them develop.
What about the baby?" one young
girl-mother inquiries. Take 1t along.
Own it. Make a career for both
yourself and the child.
Every worthy person will respect
you II you start out earnestly to do
something and to be somebody in
spite Of disappointing past.
The girl-mother who is really
heroic in caring for her child, in de-
Tending her own reputation, in
struggling for her deserved chance
to become an honest, respectable
member of society-such a young
woman will inspire good people to
rally sympathetically to her support.
She needs but lead out in honest
faith in the future and with a show
of confidence, and the way will be-
come easy.
The country cannot afford to lose
the undeveloped energy and latent
resources of its young people who
have married before their time"
They require and deserve further de-
velopment the same as our unmar-
ried young folks.
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
A Temperdmental Bird.

"HE raven is a bird among
birds, self.reliant and formS
dable. Naturalists call him the
most wary, the most amusing, the
cleverest OF birds. He Is also described
as grave, dignified and sedate. The
bill of the raven is a formidable
weapon, strong, stout, sharp at the
edges and curved toward the tip.
It is his one weapon OF offense,
but 1t answers the purpose OF two
or three. Like the dirk of the old
time plainsman, IL is available as a
dagger or as q carving-knife; and
II can also be used as q pair OF
pincers. With one blow 1t can Kill a
rat, and the raven can easily drive
II through the spines of a hedge
hog. II 1t Is true that the raven
will never attack a man. probably
II is not 90 much from lack Of cour-
age as from the birds keen intel
leotual perception Of what Is un-
wise. Like most of his tribe, the
raven 10 omnivorous: his dietary
ranges from "a worm to q whale"
When his nest is built beneath
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
Widely Known Lecturer and Au-
thor and a National Authority
on Juvenile Problems.

SGTHERE are thousands Of
young people under age
who are married. The ma
tority are stiH unsettled in their
habits and uncertain as to their
future, and most Of these youthful
marriages were merely a result Of
impulse and thoughtlessness. and
many Of the couples are separated.
Could you not write something that
might be a help to this struggling
young class?"
Thus implores despairing
mother who is growing gray
worrying over the troubles Of
youthful son who has married
prematurely." Already this same
general situation has come with its
appeal from other angles. Certain
general advice is possible.
My first earnest plea to all who
are interested in the married youth
is to help them stay married.
Then. help the unsettled young
pair to establish a home and learn
to live in 1t. One room will do for
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
FOrMSOnlnia
Victims
BY Brice Belden, M. d.

NE ORE men than women suf-
N fer from insomnia. The COM
~' mon causes are worry, indi-
gestion and the excessive use OF
coffee, tobacco, and alcohol. Literal
ly billions Of dollars are spent by the
American people upon the drugs
named, and overeating IL certainly a
common vice among them, with it's
aftermath OF indigestion, which Is a
great robber OF sleep.
Insomnia Is not a disease but
symptom, and therefore can be
cured by eliminating the cause.
OF course, when insomnia is not
purely a functional condition, but
depends upon organic disease, cure
depends upon successful manage
ment OF such disease.
The amount OF sleep needed ~ a
relative and even a variable thing,
depending upon age, occupation.
habits, sleeping room, hygiene and
heredity. What constitutes insom.
nta, therefore. depends upon the In.
3tviduAl equation.
Since efficiency depends upon
sleep, II is no wonder that loss OF
sleep gives rise to serious concern,
but there 10 no reason why It's vio-
tins shouii ny first to drugs, yet
his is iur: what most OF them do,
W think & doing.
II Ia n.s always easy to convince
people a. II their insomnia In due 10
their habits. Because they have
done c'' ain things for years with
out re0nlty they cannot understand
why ~ cir brain cells should sud
denly ,bel.
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
A Stirring Narrative of the Influence d
Love on the Lives of Girl
and Man.

before him have done, that ther, Ras
anodyne in a woman touch. II sn-
enclosed that leaning figure IN the
sustaining clasp OF his own arms
and his face bent closer to the face
that was lifted close to his OWN
They were startled by a knock
on the door. The two relaxed
bodies did not shift from where's
they stood. but ridgity came into
their limbs and the two heads
raised and turned. strangely o.
wild animals that have shifted an
ger up-wind. They did not SPEAK.
as the knock was repeated. but
Storrow accepted the pressure OF
the girls hand on his arm as a com.
mand TO remain silent.
They were still standing there,
with that summons unanswered,
when the door was Unexpectedly
opened. Storrow. at the moment
that he backed away, saw a gloved
hamper suspended from one sion
der arm. There was a moment o,
unkroken silence. The air became
electric with emotion suspended.
Forgive me for housebreakine.
cried the beguiling light voice OF
Charlotte Kirkner. But l wanted
to surprise you, Owen, with . 1as-
ket Of fruit"
Storrow flushing TO the eyes, sd-
vanced slowly and took the wicker
hamper from her hand. He saw the
quick glance that passed from one
woman to the other, the interplay OF
cold appraisal, the alert hostility
behind the screening bocage OF in
difference. Charlotte Kirkner. he
noticed, did not advance into the
room. He was wondering, abashed
by the light in her barricaded eyes,
just what to say. just how to phrase
his speech of introduction. But be-
fore he arrived at that end his door
way was darkened by still another
figure.
It was Chester Hardy.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1890. by Arthur strinGsr
(Published by Arrangement with Intsrss-
tionai Feature Service. Incl
The Washington times., 1921-11-01

30 much lost knowledge. Then he
no longer pitied the aged voluptuary
with the ssrdeniA and the pomsded
nimbus. for Modrynski had suddenly
emerged into a CONSEQUENCES of the
modelinss before him. He stiffened.
like 4 soldier confronted by his com.
mandinG officer. The flacid hines
became tense; the weak mouth grew
authoritative. And as the aquilline
eye made its survey. point by point
and line by line. Torrie herself paied
q little.
Aren't they cievery' she
prompted.
Modrynski blinked at her. Then
he blinksd back at the models.
Clever" he exploded. "Barys
without brains. sample Of
Siwash realism. totem. pole
technique! Nor he Knocked in q
falsetto Of savasery. this might
make q creditable lamp-stand. And
those would not be unsuited for
lawn ornaments. But where's the
beauty. woman. where's the beauty
In a mud 'ivar1umr" What's II
fallen to. this Art we followed, II II
turn away from the God-given love.
illness of man and woman and takes
up with rodents and barnyards?
"It noeana titmouse for the Met.
ropolitan and the rins-tailed lemur
for the Louvre! Clever? Bah! It
may be clever. as you call 1t. but
get away from 1t before have to
spray myself with flea-powder! Get
me safe in my taxi before this mud
ZOO springs at my throat and gives
me rabiesr'
He rose to his feet with an effort,
swapping out phrases-"Half-baked
little Landseers!'-"going to epicize
The Washington times., 1921-11-01
BY Ann Lisle
Copyright, 1921. King Feature synd
cate, Inc.

Copyright, 1921. King Feature syndi-
cate. Inc.
A S Virginia rushed from the
- - phone which she had so
disdainfully dropped and called
eagerly:
sHeilo! Is that you, Neal7
After a second the operators
voice came back over the wire:
Just a minute please; the con.
nection seems to be broken. I'll
try to get them back for you. Hold
the wire a minute, please"
Presently l heard my beloved
Meals voice.
Hello! That you, Virginia?"
In that second l decided that the
connection must have been broken
before Virginia made her curt an
nouncement that she wanted nothing
to do with Neal or Phoebe.
ITS I-Anne"' l replied eagerly.
I'm so delighted with this chance
to talk to you two precious darlings
and to tell you how glad / am for
both of you and for myself, too
bless you both"
That's like you, Babbs." came
Meals voice clearly. Did you get
our telegram"
"It just got here" I replied.
But this is much nicer than
having to wait till morning for
the call at Haldane's. I'm just
plum ticked to death. Wish 1
could hug you both"
Where's Virginia." asked Neal.
pretended not to hear and
rushed ahead:
Have you heard from Father