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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09
CAR REGISTRATION
IS 10000 BEHIND

columbia, March S.-Automobile
licenses for 1921, to date have total
ed more than half million dollars. .ac-
cording to a statement made by the
highway department today. The ex-
act total, according to figures shown
at the close of book Saturday night,
is s5ss,O55.
Approximately $4,000 automobile
licenses for 1921 have been used to
date. Five thousand truck licenses
have been issued, and 375 motor
cycles have been licensed. There
have been 600 dealers licenses is
sued, so that the number of 1921
automobiles licensed is this year
considerably behind the total of
1920. A vigorous campaign through
out the state. is being waged by the
highway department, to round up
the unlicensed 1921 automobiles.
. Eight per cent of the automobile
license money is to be deposited by
the state treasurer with the county
treasurers, in accordance with an
act of legislature which has just
finished it's 1921 work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09
GEORGE TOMBSTONE
DIES IN NEWBERRY
Former Member of Congress Sue
cumbs at Home After Months
of Sickness

Newberry, March 8.-George John,
stone, who has been sick for many
months and at the point of death for
several days, died here tonight at
1915 o'clock. Had he lived until
April Is he would have been IS years
of age, having been born April 5,
1846.
George Johnstone was for many
years prominent as a lawyer in South
Carolina. He was a son of Chancel-
lor Job tombstone. Senator Alan
Johnstone is a younger brother and
Mrs. T. J. McCrary and Miss Fanny
Johnstone of Newberry are sisters.
George Johnstone was a member of
the South Carolina general assembly
from 1877 to 1884 and served the
Third district in congress from 1890
70 1892. He was a member of the
constitutional convention of 1895.
With the cadets of the South Caro-
Ina Military academy he served with
the Confederate colors during the
last year of the war.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09

farming the present year. Instead OF
buying three or four tons of high
grade fertilizers for each one-horse
farm, we would advise the people to
use practically no commercial tertll-
izers this year. The lands have been
fairly we'll fertilized for the last two
or three years, and we believe that
fair results may be obtained for at
least one year without buying expen-
sive fertilizers.
In addition to this, every man on
the farm, as we'll as every man in
town, should prepare himself to OBJ
;erve the most rigid rules of economy.
Not a dollar should be spent where it
may be avoided. There are many
,hings which the people feel they
need and without which it is hard to
get along, but except in cases where
it is imperative, not a dollar should
be spent. j. ..
If the people who read this paper
are prepared to follow the { sugges-
tons here made, we believe we may
look forward to a beginning of bet
ter things when the present crop has
been made and gathered. There is
no magic force which will bring bet
ter times. There is nothing which will
produce desired results except work
and economy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09
PACKERS CUT WAGES
OF 100000 EMPLOYEES
Amounts to About Twelve and One.
Half Per Cent, Effective
March 18th

Chicago, March 8.-Wage decreas-
es of approximately 12k per cent,
affecting more than 100000 employ
ees of the Packing industry in all
parts of the country were officially
announced today. The reductions are
effective on March IA.
At the same time there Will be a
revision Of working hours, time and
one-half for overtime being paid only
after ten hours labor in any one day,
or after fifty four hours in any one
week. Double-time will be paid for
Sundays and holidays.
The new wage scale reduces the
wage rate of all hourly paid employ.
ees eight cent. per hour. The piece
work rates are reduced IL 1-2 per
cent. At present the lowest rate paid
labor is So cents an hour. Under the
! new scale this would be cut to Al
cents. The higher paid employees will
be reduced proportionately. The min.
imum wage guarantee for forty hours
pay per week will be continued.
1t was also announced that the
packers are now working out plans to
establish relations between the work.
ers and the management of various
plants with a view of giving the en-
ployees voice in all matters of mu
tual interest. Declaring that the in
dustry has grave problems to face ir
the months and years ahead, the pack
ers expressed the belief that the time
has come when employees and EN-
ployers should join in discussing anc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09
ALLIED TROOPS MARCH
TO HEART OF GERMANY
Negotiations Over Indemnity Brokeh
OF at London Conference
French Soldiers Near
Dusseldorf

London, March o.-Ihe negotls-
tions over the German indemnity
were broken yesterday; action comes
today with the march of French,
British and Belgian forces into Ger
many and the occupation of large sec
tions of her richest manufacturing
country. Even now the allied troops
are on the move, for late Berlin
dispatch says that French troops to
occupy Dusseldorf have advanced to
within six miles of that city.
The allied ultimatum was fore
closed apparently with reluctance by
the British prime minister. The
French do not appear regretful,
while the Germans left Lancaster
house, where the conferences have
been held, plainly depressed to take
their train for home tomorrow.
Two long sittings of the confer
ence threshed out the final break
before Marshal Foch and Field MAJ
shall Wilson wrote>telegrams order
ing the commanders at the front to
execute the orders already given to
them. Dr. Simons, the German for-
eign secretary, presented an alter
nate plan whereby Germany agreed
to pay the annuities for the first five
years demanded in the Paris plan,
and also the equivalent of the pro-
posed IL per cent. tax on exports,
but clung to the conditions for the
retention of upper Silisia and world
wide freedom of German trade.
Mr.. Lloyd George delivering judg-
! ment for the allies said they deeply
! deplored the necessity of the decision
while, DR.. Simons clung to the last
the contention that the Paris de-
mands were impossible for Germany
to fulfill. The allies regarded the
j German course as strategy for delay,
and the latest plan is one whereby
. the whole treaty would have to be
reconsidered and debated. after five
years when Germany might hold a
more favorable position. DR.. S:mons
| finally asked for further time in
which to consult the German cabi-
net. This was denied.
The French army will furnish the
bulk of the forces for the new march
into Germany. Great Britain'sh con-
tribut:on in men will be only large
enough to show her solidarity with
the allies, who wait with the deep
est interest for any sign from Wash
ington of the American government S
attitude toward the new enterprise.
General feeling in England appears
to be one of relief, without enthusi-
asm. The prime minister explained
the position in the house of commons
tonight in a speech, in which there
was no note Of jubilation. The ma
jority of English newspapers have
taken the view that the most impor-
tant point involved was that the al
lies should stand together, while the
French press has freely voiced its
fears that Lloyd George might desert
France. All recognized that if NJ.
BRAND returned to Paris bearing the
burdens of a concession to Germany
his premiership was doomed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09
SUPREME COURT ADVANCES
DATE FOR HEARING BANKS

Washington, March s.-The su-
preme court today advanced to
April II hearing of arguments in
the suit brought by fourteen coun-
try banks of Georgia against the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
The counry banks are seeking an in
junction which would restrain the
Atlanta institution from enforcing
par collection of checks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09
GREER HAD $4,000 =
FIRE TUESDAY

Greer, March S.-The gin and seed
house of the Greer Oil and Fertilizer
Co., of this place were destroyed ty
fire at $3.50 this morning. The loss is
estimated at $4,000 thought to he
pretty we'll covered by insurance
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The oil mill proper was saved.
The owners of the oil company are
N. A. Collins and o P Smith.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09
DIR. c. E. SAWYER is
- HARDINC.'S PHYSICIAN

Washington, March 8.-President
Harding has definitely appointed DR..
C. E. Sawyer, of Marion, his per-
scnal physician, and expects to NOM
mate him in the near future for the
rank of Brigadier General in the
army medical corps. ..:-.-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09
RESIDENCE DAMAGED BY FIRE
H. Frank McGee of Spartanburg
Suffers Heavy Loss

A telegram from Spartanburg to-
day states that the residence of H.
Frank McGee, a leading merchant of
that city, was badly damaged by
fire. The loss will amodnt to several
thousand dollars, covered by insur-
ance.-Anderson Daily Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09

deciding the conduct of the business,
and said that an announcement of the
details of the plan would be made in
the near future.
"The values of our raw materials
and of our meat and by-products have
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09

suffered the most severe decline ever
experienced" said the announcement
by Swift and Company. "Our expen-
ses of doing business are still at the
war level. They are almost three
times as high as in 1914"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09

The electric eel, found in Brazil
and Guinea, can administer quite a
severe shock, sometimes strong
enough to overcome a horse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09

But observant grandparents Of
this time know very we'll that chill
dren are too frequently petted when
they need to be patted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-09

War widows in England are re-
marrying at the rate of 1000 a
month.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-21
NORTH BENNINGTON

A S. Payne and family returned on
Monday from a motor trip to Spring
field Mass, where they were week
end quests Of relatives
Mrs. 7. 0. Ieary, who has been
spending several days with her sister,
Mrs A. 5. Payne, left Tuesday for
Dandy, Vt, where she will viii Mrs.
l.. J. Rabner before returning to her
home in Springfield VI
Mrs. R. Z. Carter sas- returned from
Burlington. Vt, where she was the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Agnes Ii.
Burgess.
Mrs. w J Baker Of Utica, n Y,
is spending a few days in town with
Mr. and Mrs c. Z. Galloway and other
friends
Bert Bromley is making extensive
alterations to his residence on Me
| hanic street
There was a very pleasant gather
ing of the young people of the Bap
fist church Tuesday evening in honor
IF Miss Florence Harrington who is
spending a vacation of two week
from her. duties at the Albany City
hospital with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Myron Harrington. of Church street
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village and
advertisements.

Abe, the Jeweler. will be in town
Friday evening.
Miss Catherine Craven OF Park
street left Monday for New York city.
Frank Keller of Mobile, Ala, is
visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs. D.
b. Kee er of Main street.
Dr.. w Brunei will be at Mrs. Fred
Russel's 7o3 Main street. Thursday,
Tel 533-14. IN +i
Midsummer Madness" Is the most
amazing marriage picture ever screea-
ed. Opera House, Friday and Satur-
da.
Department meeting at Stark Hose
rooms, Friday evening, September 20,
1921. BY order of Chief VIM e,
Sears. 1853
Through a letter received by Will
liam Fl. Nichols, the officers and mem.
hers of the Bennington board OF trade
have been extended an invitation to
attend the opening Of the aviation
field in Burlington Thursday.
The card social that was to be
glen for the W. r. c. at Mrs. Mars
dens viii be given in the G. A. r. hall
Friday night. All friends OF the
corps, the auxiliary of the Legion and
any person interested IN the Corps
success are most cordially invited
Refreshments served
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Society OF Colonial Daughters is sche
duled to be held at Windsor VT, Oct
nth, The annual state convention
OF the y. A. X, will be held at the
Same place. Windsor on October 18TH
Bennington has many flames anC
daughters and should he3largeg rep
resented at these meetings 10
Ever met the staunch, men and tru,
women who toll amid the fores
giants? Come! Get back to God
| Country! Comepand be thrilled
come and see leal lyedin-the-wool
bed.blooded drama! The Rider o
King Log, With Frank Sherman an,
an all star cast, in Yseven reels A
ffatfe Theatre Saturday . IVA b.
! Regular meeting of the w. r. {
tonight, opening at s o'cldck sharl
Let every officer and member be Their
promptly if possible A new Pathfnt
err has been issued and sent to a
corps. And our inspection work ha
yet to conform to it, There are onl
four more weeks left to prepare TO
the inspection.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-21

Rainbow Chorus. 1t comes here with
the original elaborate stage production
and beautiful costumes that contri.
buted so much to its Broadway sue.
cess.
The story of "Pitter Patter," which
deals with the affair of a very bashful
young man who tries to hide the fact
that he is war hero. is replete with
side splitting situations and some
that are thrilling. There is scene
at the bottom Of a copper nine where
the young man has hidden himself. in
vain, from the fair sex, very real.
istic ranstorm during which he is
marooned under an awning with a
pretty girl while the stage Is liter,
ally flooded with real water an ex
quisite view of Havana Harbor by
: moonlight where the young man Just
naturally forgets his bashfulness and
wins the girl he adores.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-21
BROADWAY SUCCESS COMING
"Pitter Pattor" at Bennington Opera
House Monday Evening

At the Bennington Opera House
Monday evening, Sept 26th. Messers.
Max and Edmund Plohn will present
Ptter Patter," the regning musical
comedy success, fresh from its trium-
Dhant run in New York where for a
half year 1t crowded the Lonacre
Theatre. p tier Patter" is aatly des.
cribed as ar'cloudburst Of mrth, melo,
dy and movement" Because OF It's
many song hits, its incessant fun and
the many dainty dance numbers. IN
terpreted by the big company OF
Metropolitan artists and the famous
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-21

Every IDEAL l. YPE A HEAT MACHINE
substituted for a wasteful furnace or
boiler means that one farnilys fuel bill
is reduced one-third.
Every ARCOLA, supplantng furnace or old
fashioned stoves, slashes the fuel bill OF another
home. $& @@8. @b2%# #s8@S
Of all the services rendered to the modern home
there is none which pays for itself more quickly or
more surely than the service of the Stcamfitter
and Plumber.
Call your Steanftter or your Plumber in now
and have him go over your house and report; his
counsel may save you money Make it point to con-
suit him twice year you do your Doctor or your
Dentist And do not be surprised if the old name
over his store has been taken down and new one
hangs in its place.
For the men whose science and skill have robbed
winter gifts terrors andreoved the breeding
of disease have outgrown the names by which you
have been accustomed to cali them. Their work has
become a profession the Steamftter and Plumber
of yesterday are today the Heating and Sanitary
Engineers
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06
BOUND BOTH WERE GUILTY.
Henry Rollins and c. iW.qJ ames Fined
, 70 irf0r Fighting atfWiekes.aa jE'

\ Both complainant. and defendant
were found guilty and fined at a trial
held Friday In Justice Robert Cooks
court at Wickes.I e Henry Rollins and
G. sWl sgaHpes, residents oof the Wilkes
neiphborhboi 4 had aa disagreement
Dyer some hogs and sought to settle
it by fighting. aRollifis q is u credited
with using apiece Of OAK rail fence
on james. while the latter came, back
With al knffe.Io Rollins Was cut about
the. head oand heck, receiving one
wound which extended almost from
one ear to- the other, He flied cons
plant against James and Deputy
Prosecuting ATTORNEY. p. N. Burnett
was called to Wickes to1o iiproseeute
James. Judge J. l. Alley WAS also
present to look after James interests.
Following the presentation Of testjl
monS Che court decided both men we're
guilty. and reduced the charge of as
sault to xiii to plain assault Both
men were fined $40 each. 81 y % \
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06
Lost House. bF Fire. \

! The house of the Win Davis place,
west ofofhd city, burned Wednesday,
ascofdihg &, TO Information fecYsIyeq 4,
Menala The place was reeeatly Sold
to GIT. f0onnallyy who was preparing
to move in. Mr.. Davis, who had start
ed 10 move to his pew home near
Muse or, was ON the oway but his
wife and children were present when
the house Burned, A portion of their
household goods were saved. ~ 1890
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

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The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06
PIONEER CROSSES OVER
AGt ssssi1et II II 4 II y 4 u ~
Ja6eS Enersen. Well Known Citizen,
;cq a1LaidTt0 Rest. Sunday ANA !,

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iog a1Laidrto Rest Sunday 3saf
James Emerson, one of the pioneer
residents of Menaj died Saturday AFT
ternoon atp his home on thee southsidk.
He had been in poofoheaith for many
months, antirthe end was not bnsxpddtz
ed Th eofnnefals 6rchrfedI Sunday afs
tern68A, ewlthG internent aatt ODD Feie
lows eeiaetefysf Sereices wele held at
the hshselin charge of RevFaF. Hare
feia aa III sE 5asiii u bsssTvTs tv5rs T.. n.
Bsker, NJ k.GFJidyg John Grant, H. 10.
Bolen B.l8. M6seley and WggEsIHelt.
Mr. Emerson. was oborn in Missis.
slppl, septei7b eis Is, 1870 BE came to
Arkansas while "a eyauhH man, 0locAt4
ing at Bittle Rock and coming TO- Meha
20 yeast ago9 He isosurvived by his
wife, sixd sohs' and fotf daughters.
''us, Joe and George Emerson are
well known FesSdeatsef Mena, vii lahd
Frank Emerson are at IJittle Rock and
Walter is Somewhere In the west and
could rot Be 1oeated din time for the
burial The daughters are MRS. Tom
Oliver and Mrs. Howartis Bishop of
heaveher, who, with their families,
attended the funeral, and Mrs. Joe
Gowden and Mrs. hon White. both Of
fortlAbd pl$, ibid could rot d41e.f /
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

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The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

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The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

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The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

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The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

a Charles Cppelip, is nursing one of
the most painful hurts that mankind
is liable to- While plastering in bis
UP lime ifl5rsar Tell into lis rigFt Eye,
necessitating the services of a physi-
clan and the bandaging of the optic
until the inflammation is healed.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

gsaa' Gss sefl # AitdsEn The The
(hisIofRaalt daEjn Msa& Ea famt up
Saturday morning to visit local
f stssst, s sSq'n asR ItEtt SieFts
the official oath of Office before Cir
cult Clerk w L. Parker
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

= Joe Miller of Durant, Ok who had
been visiting his father near Oden,
visited Mena friends Thursday while
on his way home.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

T. ca Barney. has, opened 4 new
statR artd bookstore ia bhe. Regain
building on DeQueen street.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06
NEW YEARITRAVED HIGHER!
Kansas City Southern Collects $3.50
: EsF Mile From; u s:s....san, gers. n

4 WifF fiii5 From Al assign ess- ii.,'
Following the recent ra1llng9 of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the
Kansas City S6uthern,oas we'll as all
Arkansas railways, put In egect Janu4
airy 4, an irfcreascin passenger rates
however,, only TO lintrastate business,
making this SO cents sperl mile, the
same as has beer ind effect in recent
MONTHS in Interstate travel ,yIoiasrib ?
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

Nplr3 and Mrs. Grady Hand returned
fh9rsdey from their Christmas visit
with Relatives at Yellville. III
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

4 Phil .AbernFthy and Mr.. and Mrs.
E.-F lAmrick of Big Fork were visit
orr IN Mena Thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

York of Denison. Tex-,-for-.
nIer resident. arrived in Mena Thurs
day Tor visit With relatives andi to
look after business matters. ne
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-06

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