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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
AT BAPTIST CHURCH

The Rev. H. L. Weeks, of Darling
ton, who, at a congregational meet
ing in the church last Sunday wss
called to succeed the Rev. Louis j.
Bristow as pastor Of the Baptist
church, will preach here next Sun
day. He has not yet formally &C.
cepted the call, but it was under
stood before the call was extended
that he would accept.
,Mr. Weeks will preach at the un-
ion services at the Methodist church
Sunday night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
SUFFERS BROKEN ARM

Ferrell Ashley, the young son OF
J. B. Ashley of the Warrenton sec.
tion, suffered a broken arm this
morning as he was cranking his ia.
theirs Ford. The right arm was brok.
en- at the wrist by the blow and the
lad suffered much pain during the
ride to town where he was attended
by DR.. j. R. Power. Ferrell's left
arm was broken in an accident about
a year ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
BRISTOWS LEAVE

The Rev. Louis ]. Bristow and
family left yesterday for their new
home in Selma, Ala. They expect to
have an apartment in one of the
large apartment houses pending the
time when their house near the hos
pital, of which Mr.. Bristow will be
superintendent, is completed.
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and better wages for themselves, IN
order that the man who loafs on the
Job and who is but an Indifferent
worker may receive the prescribed
wages.
While the foregoing is true, it is
equally true, as stated already, that
many men are receiving much more
than their services are worth. We
should think that the average man
who was informed that negro fire.
man in one of the establishments in
Abbeville was receiving seventy-fve
or a hundred dollars each month for
ten or twelve hours services, would
say that such negro was receiving
pretty high pay. And yet a negro
fireman ON one of the. locomotives
which runs on the Seaboard Air Line
Railway receives each month nearly
two hundred dollars for each months
work. The result is that the fireman
is but a poor excuse as a laborer. His
wages are so much more than they
should be that he may work half the
time and then support a wife at each
end of the railroad. In other callings
white men, in order to learn trade,
work for small wages in order to be-
come experts. But man who wants
to be an engineer on the railroads,
while he is learning, draws salary
greater than the salary Of the presi-
dent of Erskine College and greater
than the salary paid any minister in
the city Of Abbeville.
We say that the people would not
be so much interested in these mat
ters if it were not for the fact that
the people themselves, indirectly it is
true, pay every dollar of these wages.
As the people pay, they are entitled
to know the kind and quality of the
services rendered, and they have a
right to demand that the wages be
not more than similar. labor COM
mands elsewhere.
And there is another considera-
ton. The people are entitled to bet
ter carrying facilities as well as
cheaper freight rates. It is stated gen.
orally that the high freight rates
are paralyzing the business of the
country, for the reason that shippers
cannot afford to pay the freight prices
demanded by the railroads. The
freight charges consume the entire
price Of many articles. The result is
that production is kept down to the
wants of the community, men are
rendered idle in certain occupations,
there is s'stagnation in business, there
is no money with which to buy the
things grown on the farm, except
bare necessities, and generally things
are unsatisfactory. The time has
come to remedy these evils. The num-
ber of men employed on trains, we
believe, may be materially reduced.
Those who earn their pay may be
retained; those who are overpaid must
have their wages reduced; and those
who are not needed should be given
jobs of helping reduce the cost of
living. The public is not able just
now to pension them longer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
JENROSE AT HOME.

Jenrose Pressly came home from
Atlanta this week and is greatly i'm
proved in health. The little girl was
riding around town today much to
the delight of her friends.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
HIGH FREIGHT RATES

Record, Of Baltimore, on the sub
ject of high freight rates. These
freight rates are being charged with
much of the stagnation in business
at present and the charge is in our
Judgment well founded. We owe most
of our grievances in this respect to
MIR. McAdoo. When other men were
being called into the army at a dol
lar. a day, the law exempted railway
employees from service in, order that
the railroads might be kept running.
Instead of drafting them into the
service of the railroads, to do their
part in winning the war at the same
wages as soldiers, they were turned
over to Mr.. McAdoo and their wages
were in many cases doubled. all Of
which was to be paid and is paid by
the people who produce and consume
the things handled by the railroads.
- Until the people wake up to the
latter fact, these people will con-
tinue to lord it over every other busi-
ness in the country. The farmer who
produces cotton must learn that be-
cause the freight rates to the sea-
board and to other points is higher
than formerly, he must get less for
his cotton, the difference going to
pay the high freight rates. He must
learn that if he buys meat or corn in
Chicago at the same price as before
the war, he must pay great deal
more for it than then because the
freight rates are so much higher than
formerly. When he goes to the stores
to buy any article hauled by the
railroads, he pays as a part of the
price of the article the exorbitant
carrying charges of the railroads.
And these prices are paid not only
by the farmer but by every other
person who either ships his produce,
or who uses products that are ship
ped. The one hundred and ten mil
lions of people Of the United States
join in paying these heavy charges
upon the public. And why so? Because
the wages Of some four hundred
thousand railroad employees have
been increased from time to tine
until they are out of proportion to
wages paid in every other calling,
and out of all proportion to the work
done. The whole country is paying
r:bute to four hundred thousand men
who operate the railroads and to
their high salaried officers. It should
not be allowed to continue. Yet if
the people demand redress there is
a.. threat to tie up the entire, railroad
system of the country and starve
the country into submission. How
long VIII the people stand it?
We say that these employees are
overpaid. But perhaps some of them
are not. This paper has no objection
to any man receiving what his SER
vices are worth; neither has it a
doubt that the services Of good men
will bring their worth in an open
market. There are valuable men in
the employ of the railroads, men
perhaps who could secure better po-
sitions elsewhere, and who could
make more money. They are excep-
tions, and they are allowing them
selves to be bound hand and foot by
system which destroys every in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
IN STYLE

Mr.. E. W. Gregory, who owns the
Abbeville Telephone, is. going to be
right in style from now on. He had
his tonsils removed Tuesday by DR..
Davis at the County Hospital.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
ASSISTING ENGINEER

Henry Perrin of Bishopville, until
recently with the Redpath chsutau-
qua, is assisting County Engineer
Huinbert with his surveying.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26

If you want to be somebody you
can get your name beside big man
in the telephone book.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26

This mixup is from The State
columbia Items From The Whe1
Sunlight Burns"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26

.. "A newspaper says 1.uaost people
have a propeling urge to shop where
their face is: known" Some peoples
faces are 30 well known they can.
shop-at home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
BIRTH NOTICE

Born Friday morning to Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Edmonds, Jr., a daughter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26

"That Dixie Joy Boy" is, the title
of a play in New York. Bet the hero
says you-all at every laugh.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26

Wifey-Mrs. Hlghbrow and
have On affinity.
Hubby-How's that?
Wfey-We use the same brand Of
face powder. 49,
TorontoJlets is the name of
column Of Toronto news in the New
York Telegram. Hooch-lets is taking
the place Of Torontolets down
South. -
Bergdoll is said to- be writing q
book that will make monkeys Of the
American authorities. It wasn't a
book that made a monkey out of
Bergdoll. He was born that way.
Over in England they are gossip
ing about the failure Of the House
of Commons. That's nothing to
worry about. Plenty of houses that
are not common are failing these
days.
Do you get this: "Father and
grandfather Blank were there and
he looked younger than any Of his
sons though he is Sc years old and
UNABLE TO WALK as He IS
VERY STOUT" -
IL =
This news item appeared in news
paper not far away: "our communi-
ty was much Interested in the RE-
COVERY of Miss Blank Blank, who,
after seven weeks Of suffering from
typhoid fever, PASSED AWAY Fri
day evening""
An Atlantic City professor says
that the intelligence Of the average
American is not above that Of a
child of thirteen. Some one else
says the intelligence Of a child of
thirteen is about the same as that Of
child of six. Where does this thing
e&o, op,r,,ou9
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26
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, !, A new burlesque is called the
'Troubles of 1921" What troubles?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-26

Wifey-Mrs. Highbrow and ]
have On affinity.
Hubby-How's that?
Wfey-We use the same brand Of
face powder. -.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
chose Wife BY Her Feet.

Reading persons characters from
their feet Is The metHOd Sir Robert
RAden-FOwcli. the chief scout. has adj
mitteti he employed In choosing his
wife-NThe best wife | ever had"
The secretary Of \ boy scouts troop
gives these examples Of foot reading :
.Sliort steps denote a fussy, swag-
gering little person.
Hurried, jerky steps. a nervous per
son.
"A slow slouth, a lazy man. a loafer.
"SnoOth, quick steps, an intelligent,
s0bsersant person.
A hoy scout observed that n stolid
person often walks flatfOOted.
n. v. L. Ross. the walker. said:
The walker l most distrust. especial
II where 4 woman Is concerned. Is the
one who comes down hard on the heels.
4 believe this n 4 sign Of q bad-tem-
pereL pers0n.'-FrOm the Continental
Edition OF the London Mail.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
Proud, Of City o. Their sirth.

The residents Of the little town Of
Amalf. Italy. consider themselves far
superior TO the residents Of the ada
cent city of Naples. even though M
pies has q population Of 6nO.OOO and
the population " Amali is less than
6,ONM. This Is. because Analh vas
once nearly rs powerful on sea as
England Is today. History shows that
Ama.h in the ninth century was n
Of the chief cities of the world which
was carrying on trade with the East.
aud that ia: the year 848 its fleet went
10 the. assistance Of the pope against
the S%aracens.
The Amalf recall the glorious past
and. proud Of their city and its ira
ditiGns, classify themselves as much
better than other Italians. writes
Kenneth L.. Roberts. The residents
Of Bologna also boast Ut the mighty
events in which the city figured in
The dark ages. and the same is true
NJ Florence. Venice. Genoa and Pisa.
1t hurts an Italian to be Jumped
In with other Italians. He wants
his direct classification linked with the
town or city from which he comes. and
is dissatisfied because the United States
Immigration bureau divides all Iial-
iahs' as coming either from northern Or
southern, Italy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
ROCK FOR HIGHWAY BUILDING
First Systematic Efforts to Determine
Value Were Made in French
Laboratory in 1875.

The first systematic attempts TO de-
terinlne the value If rock for road
building purposes by Of labor
atory tests were made in France.
where in 1878 4 road materials lab
0ratnry was founded in the French
School Of Bridges and Roads. Here
the Deval abrasion test WAS adopted.
and this est with slight mOdifica-
ton has been accepted as standard
throughout the United States. The
test Is named from its inventor. It
was first used in connections with con-
tract work n the city Of Paris. Many
valuable data were collected In this
laboratory on the hardness and tough
ness Of rock. and tests for these prop
critics we're developed which were. IN
principle. the same as those in use
today.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
HMa4mH
D
vEED FOR BETTER H W
srejoht CONGESTION on Railroads HA0
Emphasized Importance Of Our
Country Roads.

We, are being treated TO q demon
,tratiOn Of what happens when the
arteries Of commerce become d'S-
,ased. congested and run down. The
ack Of adequate transportation facil'-
lies on the railroads Of this country
MOUNTS into the millions of dollars in
he. delays that are ocrasioned. Our
railway system. like our agricultural
Methods. have grown up 50 gradually.
Saeping abreast. even ahead of the de-
nands of commerce.. we have come 10
4OOk upon, them as q matter OF course.
But the even balance between trans
oortatiOn facilities and demands of
commerce. is easily upset. Ms the ex-
1prie,ice Of the past few months has
demonstrated.
Our railroad system needs rehabij-
alton. Rut along with the improve
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
oil Field in the Arctic.

In view of the present widespread
interest IN the development Of the
known ~oil-bearing areas of the world,
II. should not be forgotten Tat a TO-
tally new and. until the last few
years. quite unsupported source of this
fuel may he proved during the present
summer In the arctic. The existence
~ Oii-beRring shaies In ~Spitzbergen
has been known for some years. 1t is
NOT generally known, however, that .
discovery Of much greater pOrtept
than the existence ct shale was made
there last year. Samples Of gas which
hmhhled to the surfare OF muddy pools
have. on analysis. proved to contain
an exceedingly high percentage Of Ee-
trOleum elements. Arrangements h3ye
heen made by the owners ofthester-
ritory thoroughly to prospect THU re
giOn Mt once.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04

Gellerz4 Il4xls was born in Chicago
And received his education In Chicago
schools. He attended Northwestern
university, and served 81 . member Of
3hs Illinois legislature and also held
The position of recorder Of deeds Of
Gssk osanty, Ililasas. He u now Vice
4fesident and trust officer q the Chi
ea9o Title and Tiusf company. "
The military career Of General Davis
s1ntes hack to 1891 whpn he enlisted
- the Illinois National Guard. He
7sserved as a private I'M the Spanish
ADeerk.An war and remained In the
araay Afterwards. He attained the
g1nk ~ ssa16r. and served for some
4fne - mo fMexicahs border. After
= sslssrf period al Camp Logan with the
D. Hundred md. Thirty-frst infan-
-. - . prometed to colonel and
saaNeescaM0aed q the One Hundred
NaasTAirty-sekoad Infantry. which par
s4Eopated IN = number Of major Of
G0sS4ee In Ffances He has received
the .raSk - brlgndies general In the
niansis NafioQal- Guard.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
LIKELY TO REMAIN MYSTERY
liftls pesbabllity - Identification 81
9ttsIetens Recently bug Up on
Texas Prairie

Further search of the spot near
Bishop, Tex., where were found ~
skeletons. OF human beings early ip
August revealed Is more skeletons.
inaking 4 total Of 40 remains az men
who were victims Of some kind Of
Tragedy Of which people Of the pres
ei1t day have 40 knowledge. M proof
has come to light I o suhstantiate the
theory that the skeletons belonged
tn members Of Jean I.atitte's pirate
crew.
That they belonged to some part Of
the old world. however. is evident
from the .rrst-incrusted relics that
have been fund. close by the spot
where the ssilrrtion of skeletons were
discovered. These include a brass
incense burner. gold rings and brace
let's and an unidentified iron object
bearing the words. Cadiz. Spain. upon
its surface. The fact that close az ifand
were found many Indian arrow'neads
leads to the conclusion that the men
who lost their lives ma haye he
'onged to a crew of a s~hipwrecked YES
sells aud were killed by Indians.
J. r. Briscoe Of Pecos. Tex. il If
The opinion that the skeletons may
be those of a party of men who were
IN their way to Mexico in 1865 to
keep from serving in the war be-
tween the states. In a letter to a
public official Of Corpus Christi. Mr..
BriscOe said:
"Ahout the first OF April, 1855. a
bunch Of men-3S. ! think-left the
west part Of Hunt colnty to 9" t"
Mexico to keep out of the war. and
not one of them has ever been heard
Of since they left. am quite sure
they were all murdered before they
got to Mexico. They started from my
wife'S fathers house. and she is the.
last person living that saw them start.
I was in the army at the time and did
not get home until the last Of May.
Now. II is barely possible that those
skeletons ma have hpen those men.
Several of them were married men
and some Of the women lived widows
~ years before they married. An
old settler about Creppville or the
southwest part Of Hunt county. will
remember these men but there are
Very few living that were there then"
The skeletons were given a Chris
tian burial at Corpus Christi a few
days ago. Search for possible treas
ure at the place where the grim re-
mains We're found is still being car
ried on.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
ARGUMENT FOR GOOD ROADS
Judgment Rendered Against County
Dseauss cuivsrt Was 0bseurs1,
BY Weed 1e1tch.

An argument for good roads that
carries with II = sharp punch In the
way Of substantial judgment for
damages Is disclosed in a recen de-
clsion Of the supreme court Of Wis
consin. In this case it appears that
when a machine wen nut OF the traf-
nc path Of an Old-fashi0ned country
road for the purpose Of letting q
tractor pass It struck the cement
curbfng at the end Of a culvert which
crossed the road at this point. Re-
ing covered with weeds the sastruc-
ton not seen until the accident
occurred. The county was held liable
10 damages for the accident.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
MEDALLION HELD AS cuRIo
only One Of . Number Struck in 1925
10 Believed to De in Existence
Today:

s To defray the expenses incident to
the inauguration Of John Quincy Adj
aJns ~ The sixth President of the
United States in 1925. the inaugural
committee sold medalli0ns at s. each.
FIVE dollars was considerable money in
those days, and the owner Of 4 medal
lion was entitled to special considera-
ti0n at the INAUGURAL ceremonies.
AZ much ~ the u,etlaltions were
'prized 70 years ago. 1t is believed that
only one exists today. the property Of
J. A. l,ariick. q policeman dr,afled. to
Washington police headquarters.
i The Adams medallion was given to
'Larrick Is yeats aga ny Edward MUIR
ply. who II ntfw dead. Murphy's ia
ther. who Witnessed the ina ugurmti0n
II Pres'dcnl Adams. was the original
purchaser RI the medal.
At the time hp was presented with
the media tiiOn. L.atrick was a police
man In the First precinct. Murphy
Was an aged hookkeepAr. Larrick Oh
several occasions assisted the old fet-
low and the medallion was his re-
ward.
Probably the most striking thing
about the medallion In It's Inscription,
''Sciear. Brings Peace and America
Plenty"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
rennyson Home On Market.

AldwOrth on Breakdown. Tennys0n's
home for many years. has been placed
on the market. The property of the
former poet laureate Of. England Is
e Haslemrere in the wild Surrey
cMintry and stands .by q long avenue
OF scrub oak along which Cromwell
and his army aip~said to have marched
from Arundel castle.
Aldworth was built In 1898 and on
April q, when the first stone was laid.
the poets wife made the following en-
try in her diary:
"Sl.akespeare's birthday. A. in ex-
cellent spirits. he was pleased with
the inscription on the stone Prosper
Thou the works Of our hands. o pros
per Thou our ha~ndiwOrk.'"
Here In the shade Of the ancient
trees Tennysoa took his morning
walks. clad In his great hl4ck coat and
his famous %snmhrero hat. which en-
bhasized his Tong bearded face. IT. r.
OsCAnnor once remarked that II was
the hest makeup for a poet that he
had ever VI on or on the stage.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04

Of the railroads there Is great
need for a material improvement
throughout the land. Over the cOun-
try roads move the raw materials
hat go TO make up a vast proportion
u the tonnage carried by the railroads.
The present freight congestion has
emphasized the importance OF the
country road. 1t has proved the value
IT hard surface roads as p~assagewayS
fer freight carried in mOt0rtrucks and
automobiles.
Much relief for the railroads has
,Onle through the immense tonnage
that has moved this summer on motor
trucks. A greater tonnage would un-
dOubtedly have moved in the same
manner II our highway SYSTEM had
been At. The time has come when the
mileage OF concrete. brick or other
hard-surfaced roads must extend in an
e~ver-increa sing network until the re-
hottest parts Of the country can have
he advantage Of quick transportation
every day Of the year in q motor We
hicle.-American Fruit Grower.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
OaENscHAaNc1eRfRoM LIFE
Th4ekeray's sosatMcs~ Said 10 Have
7 osen ae9deled On Career Of Prot.
Ijiako ouchsss.

One OF the few feminine charac-
ters Of Thackerav that was moi de-
cIared insirid BY critics, was his !:a-
atrice, She, was drawn from real lite.
and the original vas tie daughter Of
Col. ThOnlaS Oludleigh. aflriwagd to
become Elizabeth. duchess "f Kings
ton. She married Augustus Herycy.
earl Of Bristol. ntt4r setting all l.nl-
don by the ears viii, her beauty. >pir-
1t and pranks. lie WAS ii member Of
the naval afortt>. ;itld shortly after
their secret Wedding was called 10
sea. and when he returned found his
wife the reigf,.ny beauty Of the court
and head over heels in half a dozen
affairs, the one with the duke Of
Kingston beiny So notorious that even
the street galnin> knew of it. She
managed to bring u suit for a jactita-
ti0l. and her husband was subject to
heavy penalties should he say she
was his wife. She then married the
duke.
Her great beauty was a storm sig
nal wherever she went In London and
Paris, and a long list If duels. ruin
and trouble followed her wake. AL
though she lost a part # her fortune
she continued to hp received at con
tinental courts mp 10 her death at the
age OF. sixtyeight, as wicked in her
anal years MS In her youth. She got
drunk, swOre, hAd u duzen lovers. ru-
ne as many more. and in fact did
everything that should have brought
her shame and sorrow. but lived q r.
otous life to the end.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
All nneeed %.

The seAshOre jokes about short
bathing costumes are hack numbers"
said. Certandt Bleecker, the society
leader ut q Newport bali. "AIi the
,3ir. Bleecker chuckled nlerrily.
1 sHer~'A y good one. al the same.
Two Newport girls we're jaxsing il
thetr 'ma5llets the Other morning on
the beach. You know the 'maiilot' rig
skirt. No atocsingf, o*asleeves,
and hardly amy leGsu Well. the iirst
girl xAid ~ she jaxxed:s
".It's jolly to have 1 little dance
after your bath, isn't liz
"sYas,' said the secdnd girl: only
you feel 80 dressed w IN these mail
LOTS after last winters 6sli gowns"