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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-09
FURTHER CUT IN
!. ARMY PREDICTED
-- -. ! "
THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE PRO.
POSES FURTHER sLAsHi!io J,
| or BUDGET. %3'f =
ARMY e|RclEs ARE WORRIED
Would Reduce Enlisted Strength to
, $4,000 Men and Officers to
-.. Eleven Thousand. !~.ss

Washington. - At least $50, 900, 900
and possibly $60,0O0,000 will be slash.
ed from the budget estimate for the
war department by the house appro.
priations committee which is
framing the army appropriation bill
for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
next, members Of the subcommittee
predicted.
The measure, they added, not only
will provide that the enlisted strength
Of the army be reduced from its pres.
ent strength Of $4,000 to 115,0O0 men
on July l, but that the number Of of.
ficers be limited to 11,000 as compared
with the present strength of 12,S00 ON
the active list.
War department estimates were re.
vised and pared down by the budget
bureau to approximately 1888, 900, 900
for the coming fiscal year, Of this
amount $293, 100000 being requested
for the army and the rest for non.mili.
tary work, such as improvements to
rivers and harbors.
Concern was expressed in army cir.
cles over the prospective forced re-
duction Of the regular establishment.
Both Secretary Weeks and General
Pershing appearing recently before the
sui, committee urged that provision be
made for an army Of 100000 men and
the subcommittee in deciding upon
11,000 as the maximum number OF Of
flcers has disregarded the recOmmen.
dation Of General Pershing who out.
lined plans for wedding OUT ineffi.
cient officers to bring the force down
to $4,000 in the expectation Of them
increasing the officer personnel to H.
900 by commissioning officers In the
junior grades.
A reduction Of the army to 115,0o0
enlisted strength, 1t was pointed Out
by department officials, would mean
an actual effective force of little more
than 105,000 men, as the regular turn
over, due to expiring enlistments, re
cruit training and other conditions
keeps about 10000 men on the average
continuously out Of the active ranks.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-09
seaboard Air Line Seeking Loan.

Observation-Disclosures financing pro
,posals crowded the files of the inter.
state commerce commission, due to
the ending Of the period during which
carriers are allowed to apply for
government loans.
The Seaboard Air Line put in q
blanket application under which 1t not.
flied the commission that 1t needed
large sums Of money, the total not be-
ing given, but an amount of $4,000, ,O0e
being mentioned as likely requisite
to continue operations and extend its
lines.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-09

Boston. - The Norwegian freight
steamer Grontoft was reported sink
ing about 500 miles southeast Of Cape
Race in radio messages received here.
Her lifebeats had been smashed, the
steamer West Kebar reported. The
steamer Estonia was proceeding to
their assistance.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-09
Officers Make eIq stIII Hauls. y

/ Statesville.-A sheet iron still and
about 1000 gallons Of beer were de-
4royed in New Hope township by Pro-
hbition Officer Halliburton. Deputy
Sheriff Hoke and Alexander county
Officers. Halliburton. Hoke an6 Dep
uty Tilley DESTROYED complete steam
outfit Of about 125 gallons capacity
four gallons Of whiskey and other &C.
cessories in Union Grove township.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-09
instructing In Recreation Work.

instructing In Recreation Work.
Lumberton.-Miss Frances HARE.
representing Community Service. Inc.
Of New York. is visiting q number OF
Robson schools instructing the pu-
pills in recreation work. Miss Haire
will spend two weeks In the county.
She is working in connection with
Miss Louisa Williams. community
service director in this county. The
work includes community pictures,
outdoor exercises, etc. Tan Robescn
schools have adopted the community
service program. - !.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-09
Prisoners Yelled While Fire Raced

TVIsoHoTb YeVeu WHIIe FIre Hdgeo.
Fort Madison, Iowa.-Prisoners OF
the. Iowa state -penitentiary here beat
upon the bars Of their cells and yelled
for several hours when fire caused
damages estimated at $3.50, 1000 to sew
eral buildings within the prison walls.
Cries Of there goes your old prison"
and Let US out" we're yelled to the
guards who tried to quiet them.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-09
p.us viii Look After Soldiers.

Lumberton. P. Page Of Lumber
ton has been named secretary Of the
soldiers relief for Robson county.
succeeding J. P. Russell, who resign
ed. D. H. Fuller and I. L. McGill are
named as assistants to Mr.. Page Mr..
Russell Is secretary of the Lumberton
chapter Of the American Red Cross
and town clerk and treasurer and
found that he did not have the time
to continue looking after the interest
Of the ex.soldiers and sailors.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-03-09
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, MA
TioN AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD:
A CONDENSED Record OF happsnInes
OF Interest From All Points /;
OF The World |
Foreign

Responsibility for the world war was
placed exclusively on German shoul.
ders by Philip scheidemann, former
German chancellor, in . lecture be.
for the students association at Copen.
hagen, recently. D.,
The conferences between the dele.
gates OF the Irish provisional govern:
ment with Winston Spencer Churchill,
British colonial secretary; Sir Green
wood, chief secretary for Ireland, and
Sir Lamington Worthington-Evan Sec
retary for war, are reported to be pro-
ceeding smoothly. ~.
Henri Desire Landru, "Bluebeard Of
Gamaisas" convicted Of the murder Of
ten women and one youth, protesting
his tnnocenceato the last, gave his
life In exchange for the eleven he
!, was convicted Of having taken. The
execution was at Versailles, France.
Agreement, to postponement of the
Genoa economic conference until April
90 has been reached by Premier Poin.
care of France and Prime Minister
Lloyd George Of Great Britain at
conference at Boulogne. The confer,
encs originally vas called to meet on
March 8. sr-'7- ,"'.'-,-,
Pope Plus announced the appoint.
ment Of Monsignor John J. Swint, Of
Weston, w. Va, as auxiliary bishop
OF the diocese Of Wheeling, W. Va.
The Genoa conference will open
March IL or 23 instead of March 8,
~ originally planned, it 70 announced
It Rome. Italy, because arrangements
have not yet been completed.
Lady Fedora Gleichen, unmarried
daughter ,,of, the late; Admiral Prince
Victor Of Hohenlohe, ,Langenburg, died
recently in London.
e! 1t is sisted in dispatches emanat.
ing from Dublin that the Irish fac.
tions have come to an agreement
whereby II is hoped that peace will be
established.
Several persons were wounded at
Belfast in fresh outbreak of firing on
Athe East Side. said to have resulted
from q vendetta against saloon keep.
ers Of that section having Sim Fein
sympathies. Military guards were sta.
TONED at all the saloons in York
Street, District.
Nearly $4,000 miners in the Penar.
Eoya district went on strike recently
in consequence Of an announcement by
their employers that they intended to
reduce the miners wages rs per cent.
The strikers attitude so far is quiet
but they express determination not
TO return to work, declaring it is i'm.
possible to live on diminished wages
while every article Of consumption is
increasing In price on account Of the
new customs duties, says a. dispatch
from Madrid. Spain.
Peter veregin, head Of the Russia
religious sect known as the Buckhob.
ours recently confirmed reports that
he had suggested plan whereby the
children Of the colong under ten years
iof age; together with the aged. and in.
firm, be- drowned as protest against
alleged exorbitant taxation. Once rid
Of those unable to travel, Veregin pro.
posed that his followers abandon their
farms and wander ovor tho country
preaching the coming Of Christ and liv.
ing as the Svagrant working class"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-10
THEN BURGLAR FLED.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-A burglar was
reported proving about Columbia Uni
versity. Doors and windows Of the fe-
male dormitory were hastily decorated
with pIacards: 'rMan Wanted. Burglar
welcome" and 1--WE Invite You In"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-10

Nothing has been seen nor heard Of
the moon for the last several nights, and
Cricket Hicks has reported the matter
to the deputy constable.
Just about the time everybody was
settling down to normally and getting
over the restless period, the Tidings
starts In to running another exciting
serial story,
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-10
Open Saturday Night
s to SOC
0Trtfbsr
aSa0irlqs ann crust Company
RazOrs Rupture
tn Ambient Air
at Negro Resort

Check yo' razors at the door" an
ironclad rule OF the Lost City Club, a
popular negro resort at Ills Trumbull
street, led to a cutting scrape at the club
last night in which the manager, Dan
Holt, was badly cut up and is in the city
hospital recovering from slashes on his
right shoulder neck and left arm, while
James level, %, e37 Drake street, and
Louis HUFF, 50, 61415 Fayette street, are
in Jail, LEVEL charged with assault and
battery with intent to kill and HUFF with
assault and battery.
According to Information given the po-
lice LEVEL and Huff objected to the Gus
tomary search for weapons, Formally
through which all guests at the club are
expected TO go, and in the fight that en-
sued HUFF was cut by one man while
fighting with the other.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

pays to employ a man at the expense
of the county especially for. the duty
of enforcing the motor vehicle laws
and we believe all the counties might
follow such a course. If
equipped with a motorcycle, such an
officer may also discharge the duties
of a traffic official most acceptably,
and while bringing about a more sat-
isfactory observance of speed and
other traffic regulations he may pro-
duce revenue in excess of the expen-
ses of his employment, which rey,
enue otherwise would be lost to the
county.
"Persons who have already order,
ed their license tags" said the sheriff
twill be required to show their stubs
or receipts for such order if their
cars do not bear the new tags. If a
ordered his tag during the month
of January, the showing of his re-
ceipt will excuse him, but those per-
sons who ordered tags later than Jan
uary and have not their tags will
have to suffer-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03
81 *
sANTUc
X ~

This community was sorry to
hear of the death Of Mr. Eugene
Mcmillan, rural mail carrier on
route 2. He was a faithful carrier,
having served about 20 years on
the route. He will be sadly missed
by his many relatives and friends
It will be hard to find one to fill
the place to perform the. work
faithfully as he did. The family has
the sympathy of this community.
Several from this community
attended the funeral of Mr. Nc
MILAN Saturday.
Mr. Lawrence McIlwaine is
carrying the mail on route 2. We
wish him much success.
Mrs Ernie Haddon IS in Column
bia on an extended visit to her
brothers, Andy and John Morri-
son.,
Mr. and Mrs Frank Palmer and
children spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs M D Wright.
JER Haddon, M D Wright, J B
,Culbreth and Thos Stevenson went
to Due West Monday to hear Billy
Sunday.
Austina Eakin, an aged colored
man, who was living on the Henry
place, died last Wednesday and
was buried at Calvare cemetery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

tic caucus early in the week. Mrs.
Dorr declared that one of the most
prominent politicians in Richmond
said that idea of woman being elect
ed to a public office was only a fad
md would soon pass over. So she has
lecided to show him a thing or two,
she says, and might as we'll begin
right at home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03
new LICENSE TAGS
MUST Be SECURED

February 9TH is the time limit in
which you can drive your 1921 OF
1910 or other automobile without a
1922 license plate, according to the
instructions in the hands Of the
sheriff and chief of police. Sheriff
McLane and Chief johnson have re.
ceived the following letter:
Sheriffs, Chiefs of Police, and All
Other Peace Officers in South Car
china:
Just One Week. That's how long
we ask you please to wait before
beginning your efforts to enforce the
motor vehicle license law, by requir-
ing all motor vehicles operating in
your jurisdiction to display 1922 Ii
cense.
"The only reason we ask such a
thing of you is that this department
has been delayed in getting out some
of the license plates for which appll-
cations have been duly filed, this de-
lay being occasioned by the failure
of manufacturers to make delivery OF
plates as contracted for, and having
Just received shipment completing
our order it will probably be the last
oil this week before we a catch up.
Consequently, in order not to entail
a possible inconvenience or Annoy
ance upon any owner who may have
applied but failed to receive license
plate within the time allowed by law
for securing registration and license,
ask you to keep "hands off" I'M
til Wednesday, February 9th, on
which date we hope you will go after
all delinquents hot and heavy.
You know we have to depend up
on the peace officers of the counties
and municipalities to enforce the
state motor vehicle license law. We
have not the men MOI the funds
which would be required to employ
a sufficient force force to work in
every community of the state and
absolutely run down every violator
of the law. But the various peace Of
icers throughout the state, upon
whom rests responsibility for enforc-
ing this law as fully IS any other up
on the statute books, can by the ar
rest of perhaps a very few owners
bring about a wholesome respect for
and a generally careful observance
of the laws requirements.
"Some of the counties, among
may be named Greenwood and
Charleston, have found it actually
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03
EXCHANGE ON LONDON
MAKES FURTHER ADVANCE

New York, Feb 2-Exchange
rates on London today made a fur
ther advance, demand bills rising
to 1929 ga at the opening Of the
stock market, This is only one cent
over Yesterdays best, 5 IA cents
over last weeks final price and the
highest quotation for the sterling
remittance since August, 1919.
Bankers and other dealers in ex'
change say the buying IS Of local
origin, this market for a week OF
more having led the advance over
London, where exchange opera
lions have been relatively light.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

\ MONTEREY LOCALS =
= =
y

- y y
The many friends Of Mr. J. F.
Clinkscales will be sorry to learn of
his illness and wish for him a
speedy recovery.
Miss Maud Clinkscales of Due
West is visiting her aunt, Mrs Jim
Bell .
Bonnie and Monte Napier, Glenn
and ] B Sutherland and Alvin
Nance spent Saturday afternoon in
Calhoun Falls.
Miss Lucille Sutherland spent
Sunday with Misses Ruby and
Thelma Napier.
Miss Sally Sutherland of Cal
houn Falls spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs j A
Sutherland.
Monte Napier spent Friday with
Glenn and ] B Sutherland.
Miss Daisy Lanier Of Lebanon
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs o M Lanier.
Mrs ] A Sutherland and daugh-
tiers, Misses Sally and Lucille, spent
Saturday afternoon with Mrs F E
Patterson and Miss Mary Jackson.
Glen and J B Sutherland spent
Saturday night with Monte Napier.
Bruce Clinkscales Of Due West
spent Monday night with his aunt,
Mrs ] M Bell.
Mrs Dunaway has returned
home from Tignall, Ga, where she
visited her son,.S W Norman.
Miss Mary Jackson spent Tues
day night with Mrs Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. J T Stokes and
family and Rev H C Fennell spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs J F
Clinkscales.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03
NEW CURE FOR "FLU"
Prescription Given by Health Com
missioner Copeland

IIIBotO8ACE NVPCiSha
New York.. Feb Here's an
other cure for the flu, Health
COMMISSIONER Copeland says:
Remain for half an hour in
water as hot as you can stand it.
The water should be kept running
so that the heat can be maintained.
While in the tub drink about a
quart of lemonade so hot you will
have to sip slowly. Dry off well and
get in bed between blankets. Re-
main there for an hour. Get up,
sponge off with cold water to close
the pores and get back in bed,
this time between sheets"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03
MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN TO
RUN AGAINST HUSBAND

Richmond, Mass, Jan. 26.-Mrs.
Herbert Dorr of this town has an
nounced her candidacy for the Of
aces of town clerk and town treas
lrer in opposition to her husband
who was nominated at the democra-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching
from pure bred South Carolina
Rhode Island Reds, the laying
kind, $1.50 per setting of Is.
j. S. Cochran, Abbeville. ct c
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

NOTICE-Effect;ve February 1st
will cut the price for laundering
collars to 2 1-2 cents each and
other things in proportion. JOE
WING. l, 1S-6tcoi
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

FOR RENT-Store room on South
Main street, opposite fire de-
partment. formerly occupied by
w. T. Edwards. Sol H. Rosen-
berg, agent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

FOR SALE OR RENT-A good
roomy house in healthy location
and three horse farm in city
limits for sale or rent. J. A.
Stands. 1t pd
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

FOR SALE-Large building below
Eureka hotel, with concrete
floor; suitable for warehouse or
garage. Sol H. Rosenberg, agent
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

EAT WITH ME-Table board by
the meal or by the week.
Phone /. Mrs. D. A. Rogers. If.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

FOR SALE-A few milk cows,
young calves by side. Highest
cash price paid for hogs and
COW hides. Maxwell's Market.
st pd
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03
WANTS

HANDMADE BABY Clothes
Layettes a speciality. Telephone
1873. 2, 1.3tcol.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

Rub y-Tism for Rheumatism.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

To break a cold take 666.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-02-03

right at home.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-12
Your Card Should Go
With Wedding Gift

70 send a wedding gift without a
card inclosed savors too much OF mys-
tery or of practical joking to be IN
rood taste for one of the most sacred
events in life. There are would-be
bumorists, masculine and feminine,
whose idea of a good joke is to keep
everybody guessing. This sort OF
thing might not be out of the way at
a juvenile birthday feast or a free
dom party" but it is not suited to a
wedding.
inclose a card. In that case, It IS cor
rect to write a little note to the bride $
mother inclosing the missing card, to-
gether with an explanation of the omis-
sion and q description of the article
sent. 1t is true that the shipping
clerk may have neglected to attach
tbe sender's card and then the only
possible way to discover the identity
of the sender is to exhibit the git
with the other presents, but bearing a
ticket inscribed received without a
card Then the giver or som guest
in whom he confided will set matters
light.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-12
Best Wool Blankets
Have Long Staple

Our grandmothers would have
scorned advice about choosing a
blanket; but in their leisurely tunes
there were fewer qualities made and
the choice was not so difficult as II
IS today.
A good blanket should be of a rich,
creamy color. and feel soft and warm
between the fingers. The best
blankets are made from wool with a
long staple: this is easily discovered,
for if the nap comes away when gently
pulled, the staple is short. Blankets
made from short staple wool are
quite good. but they are not the best,
and as blankets should last a long
time, the best are the cheapest IN the
end.
The small details, such as the sci,
wedge, are always a good criterion OF
the quality of a blanket. Poor mate
rial is never well finished. but the
hest always is; and the whipping or
binding should be carefully noticed. lt
may be pointed out that there - a
Subtle difference between the terms
wool and ''all wool" Wool,
blankets may contain a percentage Of
cotton, but "all WOOL speaks for itself.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-12
Touch of Color Aids
Effective Costumlng

oh. the little more and how much 1t IS.
And the little less and what worlds
away.
Browning certainly was not thinking
of colors and frocks when he wrote
those words, but we may apply them
TO colors and frocks. Imagine a SOFT
gray dress with no touch OF color eX-
cent a long string of coral beads from
which bangles a narrow gold vanity
case. Then see the same gray frock
with no touch of color, but worn with
a flame colored picture hat Both cos
tunes give a harmonious effect. pleas
ing and individual. Think of the same
dress without any touch of coior-'th
little less, and what worlds away"
It is fun to plan the trimming OF q
gown. because it is that little more
which has the power to make the dress
arresting. An effective method IS TO
add a mass Of color in some n place
1t is wise to conceive ones costume
first. as an arrangement of colors. Ma
~terials are secondary to this, except as
they interpret it by their texture ano
draperies. After the main color IS de-
temined. the harmony or the contrast
whichever it is to be, must get into the
picture. A rose colored georgette
evening gown, the only trimming OF
which was n turquoise blue velvet CIR
die exacts homage from oil who be-
hold it,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-12
Easy Way to Remove
Grease Spots from Rug

Tt is probable that you frequently
feel the need for a practical and eff
Gent method of removing oil and
grease spots from floor coverings. 1t
is so easy to get such a spot on your
best rug and it does appear such a
blemish on the handsome surface. But
really it isn't at all difficult to re
move.
There are undoubtedly several
methods used, all indifferently effec-
tive; but here is one that is simple,
easy and efficient and will in no way
fade nor injure the rug.
1t is really very easy to remove a
grease spot by this method and the
longer the spot has been in the rug
the easier it is to remove. Simply rub
talcum powder or French chalk into
the spot thoroughly. Then remove this
powder with the electric sweeper. Re
peating this operation several times
will completely remove the spot.
In the event that this should fail to
take out the spot it is due to the fact
that the grease is too hard. This can
be remedied by ironing with a hot iron
after first, of course, busting with the
powder. This will melt the grease and
allow it to be absorbed by The powder