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II think I'll talk 20 her" her father
decided. Anything is better than
having her make mist Ike. / think
she'll listen to mep AID a day or
two later he called her into the study
1t was quiet autumn morning, foggy
yet warm. with dewy. t.oody sweet
ness in the air.
Before we decide this thing final
"" the doctor sail smiling into her
bright face, before Mar, writes his
people that it's settled, want TO ask
you TO do something. lis something
you won't like to do. ny little girl
/ want We to wait a while-wait a
year -
1t was said. He watcn,d the bright
ness fade from her glowing face. She
lowered her eyes The line of her
mouth grew firm
swat until you're twenty, dear
That's young enough. l only ask you
TO take little time 10 be sure dear -
Silence She shrugged family.
blinked the downcast eyes as if tears
stung them.
"Can't take your old fathers word
for it," DR.. Strickland asked.
"It isn't that. Dad y she protested
eagerly and affeetionately. "I'll wait
~ have waited! I'll wait until
Christmas, or April. IL you say sol
But 1t won't make any difference !;
nothing will. love him and he loves
me, and we always will
you don't know" Cherry went on,
with suddenly watering eyes, you
don't know what this summer of sepa-
ration has meant to us both If we
must wait longer, why we will, Of
just living along somehow won't
cry!" she interrupted. smiling with
wet lashes. I'll try to bear it de-
Gently But sometimes feel as If
I couldn't bear it"
A rush of tears choked her. She
groped for a handkerchief and felt.
as she had felt so many times. her
fathers handkerchief pressed into her
hand. The doctor sighed There was
nothing more to be said.
So he gave Cherry wedding check
that made her dance with joy. and
there was no more seriousness. There
were gowns, dinners. theater parties
and presents; every day brought its
new surprise and new delight TO Cher
ry. She had her cream-colored rajah
silk, but her sister and cousin per-
suaded her to be married in white. and
it was their hands that dressed the
first bride when the great day came.
and fastened over her corn-colored
hair her mothers lace veil.
1t was a day of soft sweetness not
too brightly summary, but warm and
still under the trees. Until ten o'clock
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-26

the mountain and the tops of the red
woods were tangled in searfs of white
fog, then the mellow sunlight pierced
IT with sudden spectacular brighten
ing and lifting.
At twelve O'Clock Charity Strick-
land became Charity Lloyd and was
kissed and toasted and congratulated
until her lovely little face was burn
ing with colar and her blue eyes were
bewildered with fatigue At two
O'Clock there were good-bys Cherry
had changed the wedding satin for the
cream eolored rajah silk then and wore
the extravagant hat. 1t would be
many years before she would spend
twenty-five dollars Tor hat again. and
never again would she see bronzed
cocks feathers against bronzed straw
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superintendent car; she was pre-
pairing for q card party.
Think of little old Cherry going
on on weekend trips with three
men !" AIix would say proudly Think
Of Cherry giving a partyr Anne per-
haps would make no comment, but she
often felt a pang OF envy. Cherry
seemed to have everything.
Continued Tomorrow
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wooDMEN OF THE WORLD

Fort King Camp No. IA meets at
K. of P. hall at 7:30 p. m. every sec
ond Friday evening at o'clock. Visit
ing sovereigns are always welcome.
n. B. Baxter. C. c.
Chas. K. Sage, Clerk.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs
MARIoN-DUNN MASONIC LODGE

Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 10, F. & A.
NJ, meets on the first and third
Thursday evenings of each month at
g O'Clock until further notice.
]. R. Dey, w. NJ.
B. L. Adams, Secretary.
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ocALA LODGE NO. 2ss. B. P. o. E.

ocala Lodge No. 2s6, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, meets
the second and fourth Tuesday eve
nings of each month. Visiting breth-
rem always welcome. Lodge rooms
upstairs over TroxIer's and the Book
Shop, lib Main street
A. A. Vandenbrock, E. E.
C. Y. Miller, Secretary.
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Sisters
BY
KATHLEEN
NORRIS
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER with his two daughters.
Alix and Cherry, the latter just eighteen
years old, and his niece, Anne. Doctor
Strickland, retired, is living at Mil Val
ley. short distance from gan Francisco.
His closest friend is Peter Joyce, some
thing of recluse. Visiting In the vi
cinity, Martin Lloyd, mining engineer.
falls In love with and secretly becomes
engaged to Cherry.
a CHAPTER u-whfIe the family Ii
specializing as to Lloyd's int 1tions. Cher
~ brings him TO supper, practically an
nouncing her engagement to him.
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ODD FELLOWS

TuluIa Lodge No. p, 1. o. o. F.,
meets every Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock at the Odd Fellows hall m the
third story of the Gary block A
warm welcome always extended to
visiting brothers
F.W. Ditto, N. G.
Frank G. Churchill, Secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
A HERO COMES HOME

Mrs. Deason, of Mccormick, has
been notified that the body of her
son, Eugene Woodward, would arrive
in New York last Friday and would
be shipped to Abbeville county fol-
burial as soon as possible. Eugene
Woodward was a member of the 30th
Division and was one Of the first men
in the county to lose his life in the
great conflict. He was killed in action
and his Bible which he held in his
hand after death was sent to his
mother by an English physician. He
was a young man of. fine character
and after many days he will sleep
with. his fathers.
On the arrival of the body inter.
ment will be made at Sharon and a
monument giving the history of his
heroic death is ready to be erected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
ABBEVILLE WINS FIRST GAME

The high school baseball season
opened Friday afternoon on Rosen-
berg field when the local high boys
won the game from the "profession-
ais" from Due West.
For four innings the game was a
prototype Of a real big league game,
neither side scoring until the fourth
when Abbeville got in two scores.
This fired the visitors and they du-
plieated the score in the sixth which
was Immediately copied by the Able
vile boys.
Due West came in strong again in
the eighth and added one run in the
ninth making the final score 6 to
5 in favor Of the locals.
Dawson on the Southpaw for Due
West was the star, pitching a good
game and in addition getting four
hits, two of them for two bases, out
of FIVE times at the bat. Davis ]. for
the visitors also got three clean hits
one for two bags out of four times
at the bat.
Allen Long and Bruce Galloway
got two hits each for Abbeville while
every other Abbeville player except
Smith and Swentenburg got a hit a
piece.
The locals will go to Elberton Wed
nesday afternoon to try their luck in
Georgia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
TWO ARRESTED


Sol Glenn, a negro residing on Cot
ton Mill hill, was arrested this morn
ing by Sheriff McLane and lodged in
Jail on two charges of selling and one
of storing contraband liquors.
John Reynolds was arrested early
this morning by the Sheriff charged
with stealing heifer from jamie An
derson. John and jamie have been liv-
ing together and lately separated.
Both claimed the heifer. jamie was
in possession until John came along
in her absence and took possession OF
the heifer.
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EDGEFIELD VISITORS

Mr.. and Mrs. N. G. Evans, of Edge
field, spent Saturday and Sunday in
Abbeville the guests of Judge and
Mrs. Frank B. Gary. Their handsome
young son, George, Jr., came with
them. Judge Gary has been holding
court at Edgefeld and returned with
the visitors.
Mr.. Evans is an old time pupil of
Judge Benet. He is much interested
in the Judges visit to Abbeville, and
.ays that he expects to be here to
hear the address. He has made his
reservation, he says. T.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
MAXCY JOHNSON HURT.

Marcy johnson, one of our bright
cadets at Clemson, is at home for a
few days rest. Maxcy suffered Sc
we're accident some days ago which
has put him on crutches. One of his
college mates dropped letter out
Of the window for Maxcy, who was
on the ground below, and in trying
to get the letter before it struck the
ground, he fell over the embankment
of Riggs Field, severely lacerating
one hip. Several stitches were taken
in order to close up the wound. He
is improving, however, and hopes to
be himself again soon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21

There was a big fire at Wilmington
last week which came near wiping
out the town. The fire started in
Cowan's cotton seed house and burn
ed the two Gown stores. The three
buildings were a total loss and heroic
work was necessary to save the
dwelling of W. H. Andrews.
It is thought that the fire was of
incendiary origin and started in the
Cowan's cotton house which contain
ed twenty-five thousand bushels of
long staple cotton seed, all of which
vas q total loss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
BEER QUESTION BRINGS
FOOD FOR MUCH THOUGHT
Next Congress Will Probably Be call
ed on to Solve Problem Recently
Brought to Front with Rul-
ing Of Retiring Attorney
General

Washington, March 20.-The sign
displayed in the dining room of a
North Carolina hotel announcing
that to prevent guests taking fruit
from the table there would be no
fruit, about expresses the view of
dry leaders in congress with respect
to the new ruling as to medicinal
beer.
"If beer is prescribed in any
quantity for everybody who is all
ing there will be no beer," was the
upshot of opinions by house pro-
hibitionists.
Several members, including some
who worked for enactment of the
Volstead law, and who believe now
that it ought to be tightened up, de-
clared today that former Attorney
General Palmer rightly construed
the act in holding that beer, like
liquor, should be prescribed for a
sick man, but they added that they
were awaiting with deep concern in
prohibition departments a regulation
prescribing the manner and amount
of beer dispensation. While the
Volstead act limits the amount of
whiskey that may be prescribed,
there is no provision dealing with
beer. Prohibition leaders think it
may be necessary to fix that by
statute.
Predictions are made by several
prohibition members that the future
policy of congress will depend upon
department regulations Of beer
tryout. They see no likelihood of
any early change in the law by
which a physician may prescribe not
more than a pint of whiskey in any
ten day period. But going back to
prohibition days, dry leaders recalled
that the sick mans beer supply was
rather liberal, certainly as COM
pared with modern possibilities. 1t
used to be prescribed by the case,
and three bottles a day often was
regarded by physicians as moder-
ate dose.
Prohibition enforcement officials
declare they are not responsible for
the idea that somehow has spread
over the>country that the new regu-
lations will permit the sales and
drinking of a glass Of beer at a
drug store fountain. There is not
a chance. Druggists alone will be
permitted to handle it on bona fde
prescriptions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
TO TEACH AT UNIVERSITY

Supt. J. D. Fulp of the City Schools
has accepted a position as English
teacher in the Summer Session of the
University of South Carolina. The
session lasts six weeks beginning
June Is and the course offered con-
forms to the regulations of the South
Carolina board of education's re-
quirements for renewal of teachers
certificates.
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Mrs. C. C. Gambrell and Mrs. Joe
Little spent last Friday in Atlanta.
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AN ATLANTA VISITOR

Mr.. w. H. Rhett came over from
Atlanta this week and was the over
Sunday visitor of friends in the city.
Mr.. Rhett is a South Carolina man
but has strayed away from home as
far as Atlanta.
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DAVIS TO TRY
TO ARB|TRATE
CONFERS TODAY WITH PACK.
ERs AND EMPLOYEES
ERICAN FEDERATION OF La
BOR PLEDGES EMPLOYEES
MORAL SUPPORT-MUCH IN
TEREST IN RESULT

Washington, March 20.-Represen-
tatives of the five big packers and
of their union employees tonight
concluded preparations for tomor-
rows conference with Secretary
Davis, who, at the direction of Presi-
ident Harding and with the assistance
of Secretaries Hoover and Wallace,
will attempt to mediate in the con-
troversy arising from the decision
of the packers to reduce wages and
alter working conditions.
Dennis Lane, secretary of the
Amalgamated Order of Meat Cutters
and Butchers Workers of North
America and R. S. Brennan, attorney
for the order, who will represent the
employees in the conference, arrived
in Washington during the day and
tonight conferred with Samuel Comp
ers and Frank Morrison, president
and secretary, respectively, of the
American Federation of Labor. !;
President Gompers, on entering
into conference with Messrs Lane
and Brennan announced that the en-
ployees would have the moral support
of the American Federation of La
Dor in their attempt, as labor lead
ers said, to compel the packers to
observe the working agreement con-
cluded during the war.
The representatives of the packers
Carl Meyer and James L. Condor,
have been in Washington the past
week and have presented their side of
The case to Secretary Davis. The
employees delegates will be accorded
similar hearing by Secretary Davis
tomorrow prior to the meeting in
joint session.
May Set Precedent.
The exact procedure to be followed
tomorrow had not been worked out,
so far as could be learned tonight.
Secretary Davis, it was learned, had
pledged the assistance Of Secretaries
Wallace and Hoover, but whether
the latter would sit in the confer
ence was in doubt.
Labor officials generally attached
considerable Importance to the out
come of the conference for the result
it was said, might set a precedent for
settlement of all of the many con-
troversies involving discontinuance or
abrogation of war time agreements
as to wages and working conditions.
Proceedings of the conference and
the result obtained by Secretary
Davis in his, and the administrations
first attempt at mediation in labor
dispute will be watched closely in
official cirles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
MOVE TO SOLVE
R. R. PROBLEMS
COORDINATION OF FACILITIES
AND SERVICE RECOMMENDED
SECURITY OWNERS MAKE
vPRoPOSITON-DRASTIC MEAS
URES NECESSARY TO SAVE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Washington, March 20.-Coordina-
tion of the facilities and service OF
the railroads of the country under
strict government supervision is
proposed by the National Association
of Owners of Railroad Securities as
a way out of the present transporta-
tion crisis.
The plan will be submitted tomor-
row to Chairman Cunrnins of the
senate interstate commerce commit
tee and S. Davie. Warfeld, president
of the association, announced today
that representatives of his organiza-
tion would appear later before that
committee to urge its adoption.
MF Warheld says the plan will in
sure annual savings of millions OF
dollars, increase facilities and service
and lower railroad fares and rates.
He adds that American transporta-
ton has outgrown the system under
which it now operates and warns that
the railroads must recognize that
only drastic measures on their part
will save them from being swal-
lowed up in the decentralization that
government operations and after wal
readjustment has brought upon them.
'Unless intensive economical
methods in railroad administration
are adopted" he continues, "there is
no alternative but government opera.
ton followed by government owner
ship, although the country has given
overwhelming evidence of being op-
posed to it."
The proposed plan is supplemental
to provisions of the transportation
act permitting regional consolida-
tion of physical properties by the in
terstate commerce commission. Ger
tain consultations of railroads are
necessary, Mr.. Warfeld says, "but an
emergency now exists and the public
is entitled to more immediate and
substantial benefits than can be de-
rived from the great physical con-
solidations of railroad properties"
The proposed coordination would
be brought about through a national
railway service to be organized by
an act of congress and which also
would be an agency to purchase
cars and other equipment to be fur
nished to the railroad without profit.
The interstate commerce commission
would select five of its members who
would constitute the service division
of the national organization. This
division would have supervision and
initiatory and regulatory powers to
be exercised through the board of
the national railway service. The
board would be composed of 40 mem;
bers, subdivided into two divisions,
finance and administrative and rail.
road officials of 20 members each.
Subordinate to the board would be
four group railway boards, one in
each of the four rate territories into
which the commission has divided
the country-Eastern, Southern Wes.
tern and mountain Pacific. Each
board would consist of seven members
five to be selected by the railroads
of each group and two from the
shippers located in each group serv'
ing on these four boards would serve
as the railway officials division of the
national board.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
SAYS ACREAGE CUT
NECESSARY MOVE
Governor Urges Little Cotton This
Year, Plant More Food-Calls
Attention Of Farmers to
Need of Diversi-
fed Crops.

times seems to me that Mary Twain's
comment on the weather is applicable
to cotton-everybody talks about it,
but nothing is done, "said Governor
Cooper in an interview on the cotton
situation just before leaving for Tex
as. He spoke with especial reference
to the necessity for acreage reduc'
ton. 81 am convinced that drastic
cut in acreage is necessary for our
prosperity" he continued. "Ana this
reduction must not be mere matter
of propaganda, but an actusf curtail'
ment, and a very large one, of the
amount of cotton produced during the
year 1921. 1t will not suffice to talk
about it, something must be done.
know there are many who will not
agree to this, but it seems TO me that
We are face to face with the power.
full law of supply and demand, and
that law is operating. That's just oul
trouble; it is operating, and the sup
ply of cotton is greatly in excess OF
the present demand.
"The worlds consumption Of cot
ton can be calculated with fair &C,
curacy. Many such calculations, ano
unbiased ones, have been made. The
only conclusion to be reached is thai
should the farmers of the South pile
up another large cotton crop on TOT
of the cotton now on hand, the re-
suit would be another year of meagre
prices for this, our most important
agricultural product. There is nc
reason to look for any sudden full
revival of industry in Europe, hence
the European demand can scarcely
become sufficiently great to offset the
effect of the tremendous supply OF
cotton now existing.
II know that many farmers Are
compelled to plant cotton. Some do
not know much about diversifcation
Unhappily, cotton is with US an in
heritance, a tradition, a necessity and
all that. But notwithstanding the
manner in which this crop is inter
woven with our lives, we can effect
a reduction in acreage so impressive
that buyers of cotton will foresee a
return nor normalcy, and begin to Of
fer more attractive prices for the
now bedraggled King Cotton
"A merchant who has an unusually
large supply of certain goods on hand
and little demand for these goods
would certainly not set about to pro.
cure more of the wares that already
clutter his shelves. The farmers sit,
uation is analogous to this.
"The wise course for US to pur.
sue is TO raise as much food as pos
sible, and as little cotton as we car
get along with"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-21
PEACE FINALLY MADE
AFTER MANY MONTHS
Representatives of Russia, Ukraine
and Poland Successfully End
Negotiations at Riga-Po-
land to Establish Good
Relations

Riga, March 19.-After months of
negotiations peace finally was signed
tonight by the representatives of Rus
sia, Ukraine and Poland.
After the signatures had been af-
fixed to the treaty, M. Dombsky, head
of the Polish mission, declared it
was the desire of Poland to be the
bridge between Europe and Russia.
He added, however, that future re-
lations between poland and Russia
would depend on the execution of the
peace treaty.
The conviction that good relations
would be established between Rus
sia and her neighbors because Rus
sia was first to recognize the right
to self-determination of small ma
tionalities was expressed by Adolph
Joffe, chief of the Russian delega-
ton.
"Soviet Russia's enemies" he said,
';,have endeavored to represent her
as an aggressive state, but the sign
ing of this treaty shows her peace
fulness."
M. Meirmitch, the Lettish foreign
minister, said he hoped, on behalf
of his country, for the economic col
laboration of Russia and her neigh
bors.
Twenty-six paragraphs and five
appendices made up the document
The first four paragraphs establish
the Russian -Ukrainian-Polish from
tier, covering the present demarca-
ton line and allowing for altera-
tions under which 5000 square kilo-
meters are ceded' to Poland near
Minsk and the district of Polesia
on the Ukranian frontier.
All parties under paragraph five
agree to abstain from propaganda
against each other and prohibit on
their respective territories organiza-
tions acting against the interests of
the other parties, and to abstain from
any attempt to interfere with the
government of territory belonging to
the other parties.
Further paragraphs concern mat
ters of citizenship and reparation.
No. 10 provides for amnesty for
all political crimes, II stipulates the
turning over to Poland by Russia and
Ukraine of all war trophies, libraries
archives, collections and other art
icles of national, historic and cul-
tural value taken from Poland since
1772.
Paragraph 13 contains provision for
the payment by Russia and Ukraine
to Poland of 3O,OOOO,OOO gold rubles
during the year following ratification
of the treaty.
Matters concerning railway ma
terial and machinery, the settlement
of accounts, deposits and funds are
dealt with in Paragraph IA to 1S
while 19 releases Poland from the
payment of debts of the former Rus
sian empire.
The contracting parties, under Par
agraph 21, are to start negotiating
without delay or within six weeks
after ratification for concluding COM
:nercial treaties and postal and tele,
graph conventions. Paragraph %
allows the free transit of goods until
conclusion of the conventions.
The usual formalities regarding
the obligations to observe the treaty,
which is to be ratified in 80 days,
make up the final paragraphs.