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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
MR.. HUMBERT BEREAVED

Mr.. H. B. Humbert has returned
to Abbeville after an absence of
sometime, being called to his home
by the death of his father, Capt. j.
B. Humbert, who has been in declin-
ing health for about two years.
Capt. Humbert was a man of af-
fairs in his community and friends
hear of his death with regret. He
was a member of the famous Wal
lace House and took a prominent part
in the political life of the state in
1876 and after.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
DEATH OF MRS cRER PREssrY

Mrs. Barbara Pressly, wife OF
Prof. Grier Pressly, died at the
home of Rev. James Pressly, Tues
day afternoon, June 13 1922 and
was buried today at Due West. Mrs
Pressly before her marriage was
Miss Barbara Farmer Of Louisville.
Ca, and is survived by her hus,
band, and three children, James
Stratford and Miss Barbara. The
family moved to Due West recent
ly from Oklahoma where Prof
Pressly was a teacher in one Of the
Government Indians Schools.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
ANOTHER STILL FOUND.

The Deputies Sheriff captured a
still Saturday morning of twenty to
twenty-five gallon capacity on the
old Tillman place about four miles
this side of Lowndesville. Joe Wright,
a white man, S. F. Tribble and Al
Culbreth, negroes, were arrested and
placed in Jail in connection with the
matter. They gave bond and have
been released.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
THIS MANS GUINEAS
LAY TWICE A DAY

Warrenton, Ga, June 12.--The
champion egg-laying flock is claim
ed by George B. Lowe, Warren
county farmer.
MIR. Lowe brought several dozen
eggs to town today, guinea eggs
predominating. Asked how many
guneas he had his answer was:
"Only five, but they lay twice a
day." He offered to prove his
claim to all skepties.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
REV. AND MRS ELLIS STOP OVER

Rev. and Mrs. M. T. Ellis from
Fayetteville, Tenn, passed through
Abbeville and spent last night with
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Ellis. They have
been attending Due West commence
ment and are on their way to Dora
vile, Ca, where Mr.. Ellis will con-
duct communion services next Sab
bath.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
VISITING IN ABBEVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Haskell left
Abbeville this morning for Green
vile. Mr.. Haskell is Consul to
Geneva, Switzerland and is home
with Mrs. Haskell on leave visiting
relatives in South Carolina. They
spent the time in Abbeville with
Mr.. Haskell's brother, Mr.. L. {.
Haskell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
at Clemson College.

Washington, June 13.-Presiden'
Harding today recalled from the Sen
ate the nomination of James E. Pick
ett to be postmaster at Clemson Col
lege, S. c., and substituted the name
of Ida A. Calhoun, the incumbent
The first nominee voluntarily with
drew.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
VAN BOOTH BREAKS LEG.

Van Booth, a IA year old youth,
working with the road gang fell yes
terday afternoon and broke his leg.
He was brought to the Abbeville Hos
pital for attention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
LABOR FEDERATION
HEAR GOMPERS
CINCINNATI SESSION FACING
MUCH WORK MANY ISSUES
PRESENTED FOR CONSIDER
ALTON OF CONVENTION DUR
ING NEXT TWO WEEKS

Olnc3nnaCl, June 1o.-r oSHiS q
fight that leaders of organized labor
regard as one for the existence OF
unions, the American Federation OF
Labor here opened its 42nd an
nual convention, which was marked
by the presentation of many IS
sues that are to be considered dur
ing the next two weeks and speech
by President Samuel Gompers, de-
claring I'VE do not fool ourselves
into any fancied security" The is
sues we're brought before the dele
gates by the report of the fedora
tion's executive council.
"We are not in a mood" said Mr.
Gomoers "to have those rights ana
privileges guaranteed to US by our
constitution taken from us by any
subtle reasoning or assumption OF
power, no matter whence it enna-
mates"
This declaration Of the veteran
labor leader was greeted with ap-
plause as was also his statement that
opsanized labor would ego onward
and forward more determined than
ever that there shall not be imposed
upon our brow, upon our backs, the
the tvpe of the man with the hoe ="
The speech by Mr.. Gompers came
after program of welcoming ad-
dresses by Mayor George P. Carrel'
Secretary T. J. Donnelly OF the
Ohio Federation Of Labor and 9TH
ers. The big armory Of the Ohio Ma
tioaal Guard was filed by delegates
and spectators while above their
heads were hung thousand Amer
lean flags Mr.. Gompers declared
that organized labor only asked
employers to meet with the union
leaders in conferences for the set
tlement of any disputes, but ne said
that a genuine conference was I'M
possible unless both side stand on
an equal footing. The "open shop"
he added is not the result Of confer
ence. Mr.. Gompers concluded with
a reference to the disarmament con-
ference, asserting it made the
greatest cntribution toward that
purpose"
The convention session also was
marked by presentation of a report
by Santiago Iglesias, president of the
Free Federation of Workers OF
Puerto Rico, indorsing the admin
stration of E. Mont Reilly as gov
ernor of Puerto Rico. Iglesias de-
clared that Governor Reilly had
dealt fairly with organized labor in
Puerto Rico.
While the executive councils re-
. port centered around many ques-
tions that will come before the con-
vention,it also showed that the total
membership of the federation is 81
195,6S5. Although this is loss of
71O,893 in the last year, members
of the committee pointed out that it
was a gain of more than 100000
over 1916, which year was followed
by big gains during the war. Furth-
er the report told of labor's accom-
plishmeDts of the last year which, 1t
was said was marked by unusual
industrial depression"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
AT CAMP MCCLELLAN

James Coleman and J. c. Cheat
ham who have spent the past session
at Clemson, leave tonight for Annis-
ton, Ala, where they will take a six
weeks course at Camp Mcclellan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Rev. Thornton Whaling, D. D., of
the Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary Of Louisville, KY, will preach
in the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning and evening.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
TOURING THE WEST

Claud Wilson leaves Sunday for
Kansas City, Mo-, where he expects
to visit friends. from there he will
Join his brother, Ralph Wilson In
Flagler, Colorado, and make a tour
of the west.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
CAMPING.

Foster Barnwell. Hugh and David
Bradley, Willie Bradley and one or
two other lively boys are camping
this week at Martins Mill. They are
doing their own cooking.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
AT HOME.

Miss Victoria Howie arrived at
home Tuesday afternoon coming by
way of Atlanta. She has been at Blue
Ridge attending the Y. w. c. A.
conference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
MAYORS COURT.

Only one case came before the
Mayor this morning and that was for
dsorderly conduct. The fine imposed
was $1,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
AT NEWBERRY COURT

Judge Frank B. Gary will preside
at the criminal court which con-
venes in Newberry Monday, June
the 10Th.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
SHOW
INCOME RETURNS
TAX FIGURES PRESENTED BY
GOVERNMENT. - INTERNAL
REVENUE COMMISSIONER TO
TAKE UP RETURNS FOR 1920
AND PREVIOUS YEAR.
In South Carolina.

Washington, June 13.-Accordlng
to a statement today by the commits
sioner of internal revenue, South
Carolina, for 1920, paid into the
treasury as income tax, $3,326,S75.
The returns numbered 1904. The
income Of those making returns was
s1O9, 9,246,657. The per cent. of popu-
lation making returns was 1.96. The
average net income was $3,306.09.
The average amount Of tax per return
was ss7.s6.
Since 1916 returns have been as
fellows: 1920, 1904; 1919, 37,2se;
1918, 2O,2se; 1917, 22,s21; 1916, t.
|204.
Washington, June 13-Net incomes
of individuals reported to the govern
ment during 1920 increased by near
lily $4,000, ,080,0 900 and the number. Of
returns by nearly 100000 over
1919, while the taxes received fell
off by about s1s5, ,ooo,o 900, according
to preliminary statistics issued today
by Internal Revenue Commissioner
Blair.
Returns for incomes between ST.
900 and $4,000 increased by more
than 100000 in 1920 as compared
with 1919, while those for the larger
classes of income dropped heavily
returns for incomes of $1,0o0,o0o
and over falling from 65 in 1919 to
33 in 1920.
The average net income ON returns
for 1920 was $3,2S9.40, the average
amount of tex $14s.os and the aver
age tax rate 4.53 per cent, while as
relating to the entire population Of
the country subject to the federal in
come tax the proportion filing re-
turns was 6.85 per cent, the per cap
ita net income reported was $s23.87
and the per capita income tax was
$10.44.
For the calendar year 1920 there
were 7,259,944 personal income tax
returns filed reporting a total net in
come of s2S,7S5,62s,1s3 and yield
ing a total tax of LOTS, ,053,6S6, as
compared with 5,a32,76o returns for
a total income of $19,859,491,44
and a tax yield of s1,26s,63o,1o4 in
1919.
New York led the states in the
number of returns filed, the amount
of income report and in the tax
yield. Pennsylvania was second and
Illinois third
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-06-14
COTTON MARKET

The highest level for cotton ON
the local market today was 22
cents. Futures closed
Evening star., 1922-04-02

Crown Prince Frederick
of Denmark, whose en-
gagement to Princess Olga,
second daughter of the
King and Queen of Greece.
has been announced.
Wide World phOto.
Evening star., 1922-04-02

Antonio Sanroma, the worlds
youngest bicycle champion.
Tony" who is two and one-half
years old, won the Esmandia cup
in the children's race at Madrid,
Spain, recently.
Wide World Photo
Evening star., 1922-04-02

Vice Admiral William Parkenham of the British West
Indies feet visits the phoopay studios Los Angeles He
posed with Misses Helen Ferguson and Colleen Moore and
afterward entertained aboard his flagship the Raleigh
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
Monster Potomac Railroad
Yard Links North and South

" be lost" For as long as an hour
sometimes. track of car is lost, but
within two hours it is always ac-
counted for. Through an efficient
checking system. officials of the yard
are enabled to keep in touch with a
car for every minute of the time that
it is in the yards. Another checking
system enables them at any time to
tell what particular brakeman has
been in charge OF any car while 1t
was on its way to a classification
track.
In order to keep the cars moving
and in good condition. three repair
shops are kept in continual operation
Two of them are gicven over to max
ing light repairs, while in the third
every kind of repair which could be
necessary on a freight car is also
made. In addition to repairing the
cars, running repairs are also made
on locomotives.
Thirty engines are used within the
yards in switching cars for classifi-
cation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
CLEANING THE SICK ROOM

Every sick room should be kept
thoroughly clean at all times, but the
less dust is stirred up in cleaning the
better. Dry sweeping or busting
should not be allowed. If ordinary
brooms and dust cloths are used they
should be dampencd or the broom
covered with damp clothes, but dust
less mops and busters are better still.
Vacuum cleaning is very desirable be-
cause of its efficiency. and the noise,
which is the only object is not Il
serious drawback in most eases. The
cleaning of rooms after n commune
cable disease must have an article
to itself.
A sick room must be kept tidy as
well as clean. The effect of order is
quoting, but it must he maintained
whether the effect upon the patient Is
apparent or not. Food and medicine
should net be kept in the sick room.
and all used dishes, tumblcrs, soilcd
linen and so forth should be renewed
/ at once. Papers should not be left
lying about! | Unnecessary articles
should not be found in the room at any
time. and every necessary article
should be kept in its place which
should be especially adapted to it.
Maintaining order in the sick room
does not mean that patients should
be made uncomfortable by it. All
patients, especially old people, want
certain possessions within reach and
others within sight, and their ar'shG1
should be considered in spite Of the
fact that the aesthetic effect Is gen
orally far from good. There are many
small things about the care Of the
room that may well be decided by the
comfort of the patient. For instance
perfectly smooth bed is very de-
sirablc thing ordinarily, but 1t Is I'M
desirable if in order 10 make 1t smooth
the patient must be tucked in 50
tightly that he is uncomiort"bic.
And it would be ii serious mistake
to remove an cid mans newspaper
from the room before he had finished
reading them, even if he persisted in
strcwing them all over the floor. Inc
person who cares for the sick must
learn to be i1idulgent to Their whImS
and to use tact in managing them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
PROUD OF OUR ARMY

"The people of the United States
ought to be proud Of their Army"
said President Cuno H. Rudolph, of
the Board of Commissioners, of the
District of Columbia, today. He adj
ded that many are now living who
would undoubtedly have died in the
Knickerbocker Theater disaster at
Washington, on January 2Sth last, in
which 90 persons were killed and $50
injured by the falling of the snow
covered roof, had it not been for the
prompt and efficient assistance given
by the Regular troops under Briga-
der General H. H. Bandholtz. Uni
ted States Army. who commands the
District of Washington.
In an official communication ems
bodying this, Mr.. Rudolph thanks the
Army for its work in succorlng the
injured and bringing out the dead. He
asks that this expression of the graf
itude OF the Commissioners. on behalf
of the citizens. be made Of official re-
cord. In referring to the work OF
the Army, Mr.. Rudolph said:
Every citizen in the District of
Columbia owes a debt of gratitude
to the Army for the prompt, work
manliEc and unselfish manner in
which it responded to the call for help
during the Knicei;rbocker Theatcr
iisaster-a debt which our people can
never repay The Army furnished
hundreds of willing hands and pro
vded the tools with which thcy work
ed to rescue with all possible speed
the scores of dead and dying victims
trapped in the mass of snow covered
wreckage. Just as the Army answer
ed after the Johnston Flood. the Gal
weston disaster, the San Francisco
Fire the floods at Dayton and Pueblo!
and in the recent West Virginia
mine disorders, so its men came to
the rescue when Washington needed
help the most 1t has been reported
to me that the first acetvlcne torch
and the gas to work it, the first
lacks. picks and shOvcls. were a II
rushed to the scene of suffering in
Quartermaster Corps trucks by
members of that efficient corps,
proof that our Army has its mission
in peace as well as in war. and the
Nation can count on it in the future
as it has in the past. thank God
that the Regulars we're as close at
hand when thcv were so urgently
needed in the Nations Capital"
General Bandholltz has supplement
ed this with a letter to Major Gene
raj H. L. Rogers, The Quartermaster
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

"The Gateway Between the North
and the South"
Situated few miles from Wash
inpton on the road to Alexandra are
the Potomac freight yards, among
the biggest yards devoted solely to
the handling of freight in the coun-
try.
These yards are the heart of the
traffice system which unites the North
with the South. Through them the
! industries of the North, turning out
untold amounts of merchandise, are
linked with the buyers of the South
ern sections Of the country, and the
| fruit growers and plantation owners
of Dixie are connected with their
Northern purchasers.
| AS through a narrow bottle neck,
the results of toll Of the two sections
are passed through this gateway,
| never closed and never blocked. My
raid cars moving in one side and out
the other carry the produce to the
consumer and the machinery to the
user.
Covers Three Miles.
! Extending for more than ) miles
along the bank of the Potomac river,
! the yards, to the layman, seem to be
a maze of cleaning tracks, inter
spersed with low-lying begrimed
buildings with hundreds of freight
cars moving lazily by gravity from
place to place or being rapidly
pushed along the tracks by putting
switch engines.
While the yards are not the largest
in the country, their position on a
direct airline route down the Atlantic
coast line makes their Importance in
the matter of distribution second to
none. There are other routes from
the North to the South and from the
South to the North while do not come
through the yards, but they are all
much slower and necess!tate the use
of car ferries in order that the cars
may reach their destination.
Should anything occur to make II
/ impossible TO operate through the 70
tomac yards, business in the entire
eastern section of the nation would
| Immediately feel the result.
Vital to North and South.
Industry in the South wouid~suffel
because machinery and other products
of Northern factories could not be
sent through without considerable de,
lay. necessitated By rerouting and
distribution over circUitous route
| Northerners who have become accuS.
toned to the luxury of fruit and Other
Southern products would be forced tc
forego their Injuries for weeks be-
cause the freight in transit at the
time of the tie-up would be rulncc
before it could be rc-routed.
An idea of the immense size of the
yards and the amount of work carried
on in them can be obtained by con
sidering the fact that daily more thar
1000 cars are handled. Five railroads
converge at the yards and pour into
them a steady stream of trains to b;
broken up then rebuilt into Other
trains and finally dispatched. Tho
roads which operate into the yard:
from the north are the PcnnsylvaEi;
and the Baltimore and Ohio. From thu
south come the trains OF the Southern
the Chesapeake and Ohio, and tht
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Pc
tomac, the latter also operating fol
the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboarc
| Air Line. During the month Of June
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

General, concerning tine work Of the
Quartermaster Corps, the big Supply
Department of the Army, in which
he says:
Every officer of your Corps on
duty with this command responded
Immediately and effectively, and the
services of all of them, as well as
their personnel, is deserving of the
highest praise. They worked untir-
ingly during the &c hours of relief
work and their prompt assistance
was the direct cause for the saving
of many lives 1t must be to you a
cause of much qualification that all
of the members of your Corps up
held in such fine manner the ira
ditions of the United States Army
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

A newspaper of 1919 in paying tri-
butte to an Alexandria Woman, says:
But for her inherent modesty her
name would be recorded with q pen
of steel" This tribute was well de-
served by one who is still remembered
in our community as the Good
Samaritan" Mrs, Stewart was of the
distinguished Ramsay family and lived
on King street in house built on the
property of her grandfather William
Ramsay who was one of the founders
and trustees of Alexandria in 1749.
Her reputation as nurse was so well
established that she was the first per-
son that DR.. Samuel Richards called
upon to assist him in the care of the
"Fcmale Stranger" This romance has
been so embelished with fictitious ad-
ditions, that the real story is known
to few. In the summer of 1916 the
father of the writer, then young
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31

Vast Commerce Between Sections
Handled on Maze of Tracks Into
Which Five Railroads Rush 1000
cars of Freight Daily-Service Vi
tai To Nation.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-06
WEST SIDE SAL 0ONMAN
HELD TO GRAND JURY

Jake Lakin, West Ottawa SOFT
drink parlor proprietor, who was ar
rested Monday afternoon by Chief Of
Police Ford. after Mrs. Mike Chan
ada had produced pop bottle Of
moonshine as evidence that Lakin was
violating the prohibition laws. was ar.
ragned before Judge George T. Koe-
mig late yesterday afternoon. After
waving preliminary examination he
was bound over to the grand jury
under bonds Of $500 Yesterday was
the second time within TIE past two
weeks that Lakin was bound over to
the grand jury on the charge OF VIC.
lating the eighteenth amendment.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-06
rs INJURED IN PERE
MARQUETTE WRECK

Chicago, July Seventy.flve per-
sons were injured, only one seriously,
when Chicago, bound Pere Marquette
passenger train crashed into New
York Central engine on siding near
Porter. Ind, last night
The train proceeded to Chicago this
morning after the injured received
first aid.
Officials of both railroads began an
investigation Immediately. When the
train arrived in Chicago seventy.five
persons reported minor bruises and
scratches to railroad officials.
The negro chef on the dining car
was badly scalded and was taken to a
hospital at Michigan City, Ind. He was
the only person reported to have been
seriously injured.
The accident happened only short
distance from the scene of the coils
ion between New York Central and
Michigan central trains last year
when thirty-seven persons were killed.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-06

Miss Vera Talbot has returned %
her home in Chicago, after spending
the Fourth at the William Hossack
home on West dickson street.
George Hossack has returned to
his home in Chicago, after spending
the Fourth with relatives and friends
in this city.
Dr. and Mrs. B. E. LaDue, the for
mer's sister and her daughter left
today for a motor trip through the
east.
,dr. and Mrs. w. NeVoy Strawn
and Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Stanton have
returned home from California,
where they attended the national Ro-
tarv convention,
DR.. and Mrs. ]. Fl. Edgcomb are
spending a weeks vacation at Dele
van. Wis.
John simon is spending the day in
Chicago on business.
Mr. and Mrs. George Walking Of
Grand Ridge, former Ottawa residents
visited friends here yesterday.
Miss Grace Allison has returned to
ln1cdSO dllt'T SptHiiuS lc" way ;
with her folks on Clay street
Miss Zoah Epnerson is spending
few weeks in Chicago.
Mioses Viola and Florence HeimeS
spent yesterday in Peru.
Mrs. C. wv. Lindemann of this city
is spending a few days in Wedron.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rensch Jr. of
Freaport are visiting In this city.
Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Scherer and
son Willard aud Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Phillips of this city motored to An
rora yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Hassley and NJ.
and Mrs. Carl Volkenaut motored to
Glen Park yesterday.