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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08
HARVEY IS GUEST
' Of AMERICAN CLUB

London, July 5.-Diplomatic rep
resentatives of more than thirty for
eign governments were guests to-
night at the annual independence
Day dinner of the American Society.
Ambassador Harvey was the guest of
honor.
Lord Lee Farehem, first lord of
the admiralty, toasting the guest, re-
ferred to Mr.. Harvey as "a foreign
envoy to whom the muzzle of diplo-
macy had not been obtrusive." There
fore he said, both Britain and Amer
lean could expect from him "open
and frank comment upon Anglo-Am-
erican relations
Referring to his reply, to the re-
volt of the American colonies, Mr..
Harvey declared:
"Whether the territory comprising
the United States could have been
retained is wholly speculative. But
one fact is certain-if George the
3rd had issued a proclamation even
approaching in eloquent sincerity
and appealing force that uttered the
other day by George ", in his faith
full endeavor to reconcile nation,
there would have been no ringing Of
bells in Philadelphia 145 years ago,
this night nor for many years there
after.
Ambassador Harvey declaring the
mutual helpfulness which all desired
could not be realized until two
grave misapprehensions had been
removed one of which pervaded Eu-
rope respecting the United States
and the other peSmeated the United
States as to Europe.
T:fnd in Europe the common i'm
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08
WEDDINGS.

1t is estimated 100000 couples
will have been married in the United
States this June. It may be conser-
vatively figured that each couple will
spend an average of $500 to start a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08

]. T. Erwin, of Antreville, Hugh
Martini, of Donalds, and W. c. Winn
of Abbeville, went to Orangeburg
Monday to attend the State Rural
Carriers Association.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08

home-a total investment of $780,
100000 in household furnishings.
Each marriage adds a unit Of ener-
gy to the buying power of the nation.
It creates new demands for products
of factory and farm, thus putting
more hands to work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08
DUELLING REVIVED
AFTER WAR RECESS

Budapest, July 4.-The passion
for duelling, which slumbered in
Hungary during the war is breaking
out with increased vehemence, ac-
cording to a report of the Ministry
of Home Affairs just made public.
About 5000 challenges to fight were
recorded during the last six months,
and in $50 cases the combat was
fought without a serious result.
There were three killings.
Trifling incidents have been the
cause of some encounters. Treading
on mans foot in an over-crowded
street car or calling a person a fool
might impel two solomn-looking gen.
tlemen in full-dress top-hat to call
on you on behalf of the offended per-
son requesting you to name your
seconds.
As a rule the conference leads to
explanations, apologies and pro-
tocol embodying these important
facts to the satisfaction of all par
ties concerned. But when the in
suit is considered too gross or the
offender too stubborn, the seconds
rule that only blood can wash the in
suit away and they fix the conditions
of the next mornings encounter with
light or heavy swords, with band
ages or without, or with pistols. The
combat then takes place in one of
the fencing schools OF, when fought
with pistols, in some deserted mead
ow outside the town.
Political antagonists frequently
change argumets for weapons and
a heated debate in Parliament is
generally followed by a couple of
duels. Even ministers have to accept
the challenge of an opposition men,
ber and it is still remembered that
the late Count Stephen Tisza when
prime minister fought nine duels
with his political opponents.
Under the penal code Of Hungary
an armed combat is a punishable
misdemeanor. Sometimes when COM
bat ants are tried anG sentenced to
a few months Imprisonment they
serve it in a special establishment
of detention, an operetteIprison,
where they may provide themselves
with outside food, drink and cloth
ing, take outdoor exercises and re-
ceive any number of visitors.
Duelling is regarded as class
privilege of the gentry, the nobility
and by tacit consent of the learned
professions. The working man is ex-
cluded from this "beneft Of chival-
ry' and if the offender be a work
man, ordinary judicial proceedings
might be taken against him in case
of offense. On the other hand, should
any male member of the so-called
privileged classes refuse to accept
challenge he would inevitably be
black-listed by his club and spurned
by society friends as a coward.
All efforts to abolish this ludri-
dricious situation and tradition have
heretofore failed. The sentiment of
the aristocracy is so overwhelmingly
against what they call
Of those vino possess the
moral courage to condemn duelling
that some members of the "anti-
duelling league" have been compell-
ed to yield to the pressure of public
opinion and fight when challenged.
Il
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08

Each wedding is a contribution to
the national prosperity. So June ro-
nance has it's material value-$50,-
100000 worth this June.-Exchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08
Quick, clean heat q
for every kind Of cooking NA

TT is hard to appreciate the
l. convenience and satisfaction
of cooking with the New Per-
fection until you have actually
done SO.
It's a relief, especially in warm
weather, to be rid of carrying
coal, wood and ashes, sweep
ing up litter and blacking the
~ stove. And then you don't
have to "rush the fire" on
baking days and. heat up the
kitchen. Two burners on the
New Perfection will give you
all the heat needed for any
kind of baking. You can regu-
late the heat produced by each
burner, warm something gently
on one and roast over another
in New Perfection oven.
The long blue chimney Of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08
THE CONFEDERATE COLLEGE
62 Broad St. Charleston, S. c


A Boarding and Day School for
Girls. Begins it's session Sept. e.,
1921. Historic Institution situated in
healthy location. Advantages of
city life, with large College yard for
outdoor sports. A well planned course
of studies in homelike atmosphere.
A Business Course open to Seniors
and Elective Courses to Juniors and
Seniors. July 1.13wks.c.
A pound of coffee will produce
about forty cups.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08

Australia has an average popula-
tion of two persons to the square
mile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-08

Persia is three times the size of
France.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21

try sold for around II cents a
pound. in March, it reached 20
cents. In October, it was back around
II cents, which is so per cent higher
than prewar prices.
Eggs sold for 55 and 56 cents at
the farms last January, but went
down below 20 cents later on. This
was ascribed by the tariff enthusi-
asts to importation of Chinese eggs.
-T<-Wssat,..th the time of greatest egg
production, and increased supply
would naturally tend to break the
market, regardless of importations.
The one compelling thing about
the poultry situation during the last
year, is the way the market has
held up. This will of course focus
attention on neglected farm fiocks as
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
Cut Off Wife's Nose.

New York, N. Y. When Mrs
Grace Adams, twenty-five years OF
age, stenographer and pretty, re-
fused to return and live with hel
husband, Frank Adams, an electric
ian, from whom she had been Sc
parated a year of the two they had
been married, Adams cut off half her
nose with a razor and disappeared
according to the story told the police
by Mrs. Adams and her aunt, Mrs
Catherine Carr, with whom she lived
The girl and her aunt were at din
ner when Adams called and demand
ed his wife resume living with him.
When she refused, she alleges, he
seized her by the hair and cut her
with a razor, then fled from the
house. An ambulance surgeon sew
ed the severed section of Mrs. Adams
nose back in place, then removed
her to a hospital. The police are
hunting for Adams.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
Isn't This So?

A wife will insist that the husband
shall not go out of the house on cold
raw days without two undershirts, a
liver pad and a muffler on, in add.
ton to his regular clothes. Yet as
soon as he is safely down town she
will rush out of the hot kitchen bare
headed and bare-armed to hang out
clothes, so as to get ahead of the wo-
man next door; or, she will tramp on
down town, and from house to house
to work up some society or church
enterprise with nothing on her head
but a little sauce pan of hat and
shoes no thicker than a newspaper.
Isn't this so?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
THIS GIRL WASHES HER PIGS
WEEKLY.
Takes Prizes With Them in North
ern Iowa.

New Hampton, Ia.-Harriett Ran
sem of Ionia is a member of the
Chickasaw County Boys and Girls
Club. This IS her second year. She
specializes in the spotted Poland
China hog. She won prize last
year and this at the annual county
show. Her record is neatly and
comprehensively made, and she re-
lates it as follows:
an the pig club / had two pigs.
Their names were Jean and Louise.
| had their mother in the pig club.
Her name is Kathryn and she is a
spotted Poland China pig that |
bought of Henry Field at Shenan-
doah, Ia, for $50.
"This year started in the pig
club on June Is. | kept record
of everything that my pigs ate for
four months. The club work closed
on Oct. Is. This was club exhibit
day and l took my pigs to the show.
During the feeding period my
pigs were kept in large yard
where they could get plenty of ex-
ercise. | also had a small building
for them to sleep in.
81 tried to scrub my pigs quite
often because it makes them grow
better if they are clean. At first
they didn't like it very well but
later they got so they enjoyed it
very much, especially an hot days.
To Scrub them / used an old scrub
brush, some soap and pan of wa
ter. Afterwards l rinsed them off
good in cold water. think that
washing pig. is very important to
J their health and looks"
She bought her pigs in June. One
weighed SO pounds and the other
81. The final weight was 220 and
240 pounds. Total gain made by
the two pigs was 167 and 16S
pounds. They were fed for 121 days
with an average daily gain of 1873
and 1.53 pounds. Her pigs cost at
the beginning $25; cost of feed,
$18.35; total expense, $43.35.
Miss Harriet is so enthusiastic
over pig raising that she uses every
effort to induce every other girl of
her age to become club member.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21

A confirmed bachelor thinks
married life is a harried life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
gablit Opinion,

BY HARRY J. GREEN,
DEBORAH, IOWA, DEC. II, 1921
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
IOWA POULTRY NOW OVER PRE-
WAR PRICE
Industry Hasn't Slumped Like Gen
eral Farming.

Poultry prices have not tumbled
anything like the prices of corn,
hog and other farm products in
the last last year. says n: G: Kirkpat-
rick in the Des Moines Register.
When corn and hogs went down the
tobo ggan a year ago, eggs kept right
on climbing in price. For the first
ten months of 1921 poultry prices
were rs per cent higher than before
the war, and eggs were 65 per cent
above the prewar level.
At the beginning of 1921, poul-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
Little Girl Swallows Pin.

Earlham, Ia.-Remarkable is the
recovery that is taking place in the
3-year-old daughter, Avis, of Mr.
and Mrs. Royal Compton, here, aftel
I. -,.oliou-ip~ oren safety PIN
'TsrTvwrzs-ss-->rslLL-a-..-x-
After an X-ray examination, the
child was rushed to the Methodist
hospital, Des Moines, where she was
operated on and is slowly recovering.
The pin had penetrated the tissues
of the stomach as the X-ray re-
vealed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
Wife Who Washed Her Hubby's Feet
Is Given Divorce.

Chicago,-Mrs. Katherine Renne of
GAINESVILLE, Wis, testified before
Judge Grimm that one of her house
hold duties for the last five years
has been to wash the feet of hei
husband, George.
The court granted her divorce,
These not being Bible times, 9
husband should wash his own feet.
Judge Grimm said.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
Rural Teachers Must Be Protected.

Fort Dodge, Ia.,-The recent muir
ders of two Iowa rural school teach
ers, Miss Thorsdale in Polk county
early in the fall and Miss Magnuson
in Allamakee county Dec. IL "should
cry out to every citizen of the state
for the speediest possible reorgani'
cation of our rural school SYSTEM
according to L. H. Minkel, presi'
'aer Iowa State Teachers
.r-,-~ r.s,--. sa.u vGr,ss intefideflr OF
the Fort Dodge public schools. Mr.
Minkel issued statement on the
matter yesterday.
"The very least that we should
give the pupils and teachers of the
rural schools is safety, protection
and reasonable degree of comfort
in their work." he said.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
229 Hens Make Record.

Desoto, Ia.,-E. S. Handley, super
intendent of schools here, has 229
hens which have laid $277.51 worth
of eggs since Aug. Is. They began
to lay before months old. In No
vember they laid $3.50 eggs and are
doing better this month.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21
Corn Husking Record

Massena, When it comes to
setting corn husking records here's
one that will probably stand for
some little time.
w. o. Reed, Taylor county farm
err, husked 202 bushels of corn in
eleven hours. He began work at
GAS and quit at 5:45. He ate his
dinner in the field. As fast as he
filed one wagon with corn another
was ready for his use.
He averaged little more than
eighteen bushels an hour.
Cambridge, Iowa-John Thorson,
of Cambridge husked what he be-
lieves might be the 1921 record when
he husked 207 bushels in nine hours
and twenty minutes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21

source of income, and stimulate
backyard poultry keeping. In a
year or so this increased interest
in poultry will tend to lower prices
of poultry and eggs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-12-21

A bright man before marriage
generally has a domestic finish af-
terward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-09

Last year a handsome, we'll man
nered young man, the eldest son of
the King Of England, visited Amer
lea. stretching his legs in the outer
world, after the cramping days Of
war. To the United States he
brought personal message of
friendliness born of his contact with
the A. E, F. in France.
The example Of the Prince of
Wales seems to have started the
other crown princes into motion.
The heirs to the thrones Of Sweden,
Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Greece
and Rumania have figured in travel
news. So has the Crown Prince of
Japan, and Humbert Of Italy says
he would like to accompany General
Armando Diaz, commander in chief
of the Italian armies, on his visit to
President Harding in the fall.
Only one crown prince remains in
stagnation vile-young Mr.. Hohen-
zollern, heir to Doom. Honors are
paid to all but him. His appear
ance in foreign capital would bring
the police hurrying.
Karl Hapsburg has made a plea
that the crown Of Hungary be given
his young son under the present re-
gency. Manuel, formerly of Portu-
gal, has lived so long in England
that his crown prince is now an Eng
lish boy. England is also likely to
remain the refuge unfortunately
for Regnier de Bourbon, the elder of
the Bourbon princes, whose photo
graph in Belgian uniform holding
the sword and breastplate of Joan
Of Arc appeared in recent photo
gravure section. Yet 1t was Napo-
leon, not the Bourbons, that France
has recently been IGNORING.
The crown princes, actual and
aspirant, should pay heed to the
careers OF the one very naughty
crown prince and his wicked father.
Make up your minds, boys, to emu
late the good temper of Edward of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-09
Longed-F or Headlines

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue of May 8, in biz
letters topping four columns, Hughes
Asks New Berlin Offer" casks. mind
you). In smaller letters below, TOPPING
one column, Hughes Sharply Orders
Panama to Obey Award"
This juxtaposition is eloquent Of the
attitude of our government: the stern,
unbending front for the mite of fell
low who lays his hand on a bit of
neighboring soil, and distinguished
consideration, with affable dickering.
for the big. brutal, whining bully who
reached out to grab the whole earth.
No words can express ones WEAKNESS.
disgust, indignation and horror at
this long-drawn-out trifing!
France in Full Possession of the
Ruhri"
with Approval of Lloyd George
and U. S."
When these words top your columns
we shall be able to breathe freely.
E. B. CAMPBELL.
New York, May s, 1891.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-09

verse with the natives wherever he
may happen TO travel. He would in
clude in this educational roadster a
deeper insight into mathematics and
a "sound knowledge Of universal hi :
tory and a knowledge of general
physical and biological science"
1t will be interesting to watch the
reaction of American educators to
this theory, so opposed to the present
tendency of educational reform in
this country. We may have come to
take pride In our fabricated ships, in
our standardized alarm clocks and
automobiles, but we are becoming in
creasingly distrustful of mass edu-
cation. More and more we insist on
small classes, small colleges and the
desirability Of more fiuctuating
school system which will meet the
varying needs of individual children.
Will the school book published for the
children of the world meet the needs
Of our own little nephew who shows
such unusual intelligence? Will the
most expensive motion picture pro-
duction Of C@sar's bridge building
equal in dramatic quality the willow
bridges as toilfully erected by the
boys of Gopher Prairie High School?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-09
Better Park Protection
Something Radical Must Be Done to
Prevent Vandalism
To the Editor of The Tribune.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Concerning park vandalism. YOU
ask what is to be done. Of course it
is now too late, but it is to be re-
GREETED that the bill to authorize q
park force, apart from the city organi.
cation of police, nas not become a law.
Some of our civic organizations should
appeal to our next Legislature to pass
law to protect the parks from the
ruinous neglect, largely due to In
efficient caretaking. That such legis-
lation is needed long has been obvious
to all orderloving citizens.
The park keeping force was organ
lied by Mr.. Olmsted, as result of
careful examination and study of
methods prevailing in Great Britain
and the Continent, for the care and
protection Of the parks and forest
reservations; the latter being open
often, for public recreation. The park
keeper worked successfully and eff
GENTLY for many years, both in New
York and in Brooklyn, and think in
some other cities as we'll, until the in
trusion of political interference in park
control.
In the early days the system had the
hearty support in New York of such
men as R. NJ. Blatchford, Charles II.
Russell, John A. C. Gray, Andrew H.
Green and associate commissioners.
and in Brooklyn that of :. S. =. Strana-
han, A. A. Low, A. B. Bayliss, /. H. Prem
tice, Seymour L. Hustled and others.
Charles A. Dana and Henry j. Raymond
were among those who approved this
force.
Something radical must be done in
anticipation Of the approaching sea-
sons greater demand for ample and
intelligent protection against thought
less and often vicious misuse of the
parks. The only resource in sight, APP
parently, is. to -eorganize the present
system and give greater recognition to
the park commissions right to dispose
of and control the needed force. To
save the darling theory of consistency,
why not appoint one of the park com
mission q specia. deputy police COM
missioner, without salary, so that there
may be no hard feelings, but great
public benefit attsined7
JOHN Y. CULVER.
New York, May z, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-09
The States EeebIe.Minssed

| The states institutions can ac-
commodate only half Of the states
feeble-minded who need institution
al care, The four state schools now
care for about 5000, but accommo-
dations for approximately 5000
more are needed. The total number
of mental detectives in New York
State is about 10000, but only one
fourth require institutional care.
Despite financial pressure, all Of
the state schools for detectives in
creased their capacity slightly last
year, but they are still crowded. The
chief gain has been in. the establish
ment of farm and industrial colonies.
Letchworth Village in Rockland
County, when finished, will accommo-
date from $500 to 5000. Hereto
fore there has been no special insti-
tuition for the male feeble-minded
with criminal tendencies or who have
actually come in conflict with the
law, but an act passed at the recent
session Of the Legislature authorized
the use of the former reformatory
at Napanoch for this purpose. SINH
lar provision for women has been
made at the Bedford Reformatory.
These things will mean great saw
ing to taxpayers, who now pay heav-
lily for the failure to discover and to
keep in custody the irresponsible.
"To make suitable provisions in
schools, institutions, social welfare
work, ETC., for all the detectives in
the state is great and complicated
problem which will take years to
perfect" the report says, 'but it is
entirely possible for the state to take
control Immediately of defective de-
linquents, chronic recidivists, who
play SO large a part in the criminal
annals of the community, and whose
recurring trials cost the state 81 200
apiece. Obviously, there is
no place for them in state institu-
lions for the non-criminal mental de-
fective. AS things now are, en-
reaching the age limit the boys are
discharged from the reformatories,
and on termination of sentences are
discharged from the prisons. Thus,
every year are set loose proved Grim
inals, gunner, thieves, firebugs, vag-
abonds of all kinds who can never
be anything else"
The public under the dominion of
old ideas insists on a sentimental
rather than a scientific treatment of
the feeble-minded. They are allowed
to propagate and to pass their poison
into the population. But even from
the sentimental point Of view the
state is only half intelligent and fails
to effect the cures and to maintain
the safeguards the medical faculty.
asks for. Immense is the labor done,
but the evil is not stayed because the
custodial guardianship provided is
not enough to complete the job.