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about the same troubles ] had, !
thought I would try Il also. ] find
thst I can work in the laundry slI
through the time and do my houss-
work, too. Last month I was % sn--
prised at myself to be up and around
and feeling 20 good while before Iusee
to feel completely lifeless. ! haze
told some Of the girls who work with
me and have such troubles 10 try
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, and ! tell them how Il has
helped me. You can use my testimo.
nisi for the good Of others. Mrs.
BLANCHE SILVIA. 80 Grant St, Taun-
ton, Mass.
It's the same sstory-one friend tsIl.
Ing another Of the value Of Lydia r
Pinkhsm's Vegetable Compound.
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BY Rex Beach.
Author Of ''The Spoilers" 'aThe
Silver Horde" "The Barrier"
Heart Of the Sunset and
Numerous Other Popular
Novels.

= ARv1s HAMMoN cried fu.
riously: Don't be fools.
y There's no murder about 1t.
I told you shot myself acciden-
tally. I'm not going to die"
you can't-you mustn't"
Merkle gravely agreed.
els your car outside, John?"
Merkle shook his head. He was
thinking swiftly. IT wouldn't dare
risk that. anyhow. The driver
ts a new man."
"Get Q cab," Jim offered, in q
panic.
, "The cab-dyiver would be sure
to~
tn drive" Bob volunteered.
TIN drunk. but I've done It be-
fore when I was drunker. It's
an old trick OF mine-sort Of q
Joke, see? Give me some money
q cabby'll do anything for money
ut this time O. night"
Merlxle eyed the speaker in
bnomentary doubt. then handed
him q roll Of banknotes. TITS a
serious business, Bob. but-this
10 worse. and we've no time to
lose-Jarv1s can't stay here.
There's somebody else to consider
besides Us and-Miss Lynn. I'm
thinking about Mrs. Harmon and
the girls" Harmon groaned.
sBuf We mustn't leave q trail,
The Washington times., 1922-07-06
Eminent Astronomer and Author.
ity on Subjects Of Scientific
Interest.

ity on Subjects Of Scientific
Interest.
Can you tell US anything about
phrenology? 1t 1t q science. or has
II been accepted as q science?
Have you had any dealings with
their cult7 Would be pleased to
have you write about it.-G. F. o..
Brooklyn
V|OUR question very pleasantly
carries my memory back TO
when. q country boy-laus Deo-
used to read Fowler 4 Wells
chronological Journal. with its
fascinating analysis of the mental
characteristics of famous men
and women OF the time. accom-
panied by pictures Of their heads.
Equally interesting and impress
sive to me were the chronological
writings of the celebrated George
Combe. moral philosopher and
philanthropist. son of "Dr. Syn
tax" and husband of Mrs. Siddons'
daughter.
There happened to live in my
vicinity two other boys more in
terested in their heads than in
the horses and farm cattle, and
they read the same publications,
which we thought were exemplifi.
cations Of the ancient precept,
Know Thyself." We became
rather expert in feeling the
bumps" on our skulls, and those
NJ nur Comma p{op, ard AaH,,.in-
our future careers. And today
1 cannot see q large, fully de.
veloped, finely shaped head with.
out a certain thrill, not entirely
devoid of an element Of envy.
When I was about twenty-one,
just out Of college. where the
professor Of anatomy and physi.
ology (who ultimately accumulated
a large collection Of human brains.
devised to him by the Wills Of
their owners) had told me that
phrenology was only a pseudo
science. especially that part re-
lating to the bumps on the skull,
/ for the the first time, came in
contact with a real phrenologist
and had my head professionally
examined"
1t was done in the old Fowler q
Wells office on Broadway by Mel.
son Sizer. famous in his day, and
IL was done, too lat least osten-
sibly), by the bump-feeling method,
which my professor in college
had assured me was based on
error. for the bumps. he said,
showed only thick places in the
skull instead Of protuberances Of
brain matter!
However, the examination re.
suited in a picture Of my mental
characteristics which I could not
but recognize as being surprising.
ly correct. But I watched the ex.
aminer more critically perhaps
than he knew, and in my secret
mind felt convinced that the
bumps played relatively a slight
part in furnishing grounds for his
conclusions. And 1t is my impress
sion that today tho practitioners
Of phrenology feel the bumps"
only as a sort OF by-play, which
impresses the subject and at the
same time pays a formal, Difference
to the original doctrines Of Gall,
Spurzheim and Combes, the prin.
cipal founders Of phrenology.
A later experience which / had
with a London phrenologist twen-
ty.five years afterward confirmed
me in the opinion that pecularities
in the surface form Of the skull
have little to do with the charac-
ter readings (for such in effect
The Washington times., 1922-07-06
This Day IL, History

THIS Is the anniversary Of the BIRTH in 1747, Of John
Paul Jones, who won lasting fame a naval Off
Ger in the u. 8. during the Revolution. His capture
Of the Scraps of the most daring naval feat
The Washington times., 1922-07-06

Win OLucE 0Uu-
bles that women
sometimes have,
that my doctor or
dered me to stay
in bed . week IN
every month. u
didn't do me much
good, 20 one day
after talkingwih
q friend who took
Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegsta-
|bla CompoaInd for
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Household Hints

Never hang wooden shawis or
scarfs up on the line, because this
very often puts them all out Of
shape. To dry such articles stretch
them out full length between
towels.
Gloves should be worn while
cleaning silver. not only to protect
the hands, but to prevent them
coming in contact with the silver,
on which the heat Of the hands is
apt to leave marks.
Knives with blades Of very good
quality should be cleaned with
charcoal powder. This gives q
smooth. perfectly scratchless. sill
very polish.
A suet pudding will be quite a.
nice. and just as wholesome, II, in
stead of the somewhat expensive
suet, rather more than half the
quantity OF clean beef or lamb
dripping be used.
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A Curious Indian Custom,

HUDSON BAY Indians place the body of their dead
in box with gun, axe, flint and snowshoes, which
is left hilltop for ten days when the belief is
the dead has reached the happy hunting grounds.
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DOES LAUNDRY
WORK and
HoUSEWoRKT TOO
Surprised to Find Her.
self Feeling So Well

Taunton, Mass. .-'T used b have
,ains In my back and legs % badly,
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NICK HELD UP

Nick Kapatanalsos was held up in
his place of business, the Columbia
Cafdy Kitchen, Monday night shout
II o'clock. Two strange negroes
came in and purchased Is cents
worth of candy and when Nick
turned to make the change, one Of
the negroes grabbed him, the 9TH
er covering him with a pistol. Nick
had a pocket handkerchief in MS
hip pocket, his money was carried
beneath the handkerchief and the
delay in trying to get the handker-
chief out saved Nick's National
Bank. The pocket was ripped and
torn but the money was safe. The
negroes made their escape, and it
is thought they went in the direc-
ton of Greenwood in an automo-
bile. AS the would+be robbers fled
Nick, who freed himself from them
and grabbed his pistol, fired three
shots at them, which served to
wake the peaceful sleepers and
kept the robbers going.
The authorities at Greenwood
claim to have seen two negroes, an
swering the description given by
Kapatanakos, in Greenwood that
night. They were in an automobile
and came from this direction. Up
to this time they have not been
caught. l
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NEW BONUS BILL
READY FOR HARDING.
DIFFERS FROM HOUSE
BILL IN SMALL DETAIL-RE-
PUBLICAN COMMITTEEMEN
DISCARD sMOoT PLAN FOR
LIFE INSURANCE.

Washington, May 2.-President
Harding is to be asked by the senate
finance committee Republieana to
approve soldiers bonus bill differ
ing from the house measure only in
minor essentials.
This was decided at a conference
of committee Republicans today. at
which senators said, the Smoot plan
Of substituting 20 year endowment
life insurance plan for the adjusted
service certificates was discarded
without a record vote. The Smoot
plan would have provided for no
specific loans on the policies.
The measure to be taken to the
President is what is known as the
McCumber plan, which would provide
for immediate loans to the veterans
equal to so per cent of their adjust
ed service pay at the rate of 81 a day
for domestic service and SLIPS a day
for overseas services. At the end of
three years the loan value of the GER
tiicates would be 80 per cent of the
adjusted service pay plus A 1-2 per
cent interest annually. Joseph s. Nc
Coy, the government actuary, pre-
sented estimates to the committee
showing the cost of the McCumber
plan for the fiscal year as s77,000,-
600; $92, 100000 in the second year;
s73,000,OOo in the third year and
$376, 10000 in the fourth year, with
the ultimate cost approximately four
billions of dollars. These costs include
payment on account of deaths, cash
to veterans entitled to not more than
s.; vocational training and farm
and home aid. The land settlement
option has been eliminated from the
bill.
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TO STOP APPEALS
WITHOUT MERIT

Columbia, May 2.-The Supreme
Court today made it plain that it pro-
poses to put stop to the appealing
of cases on frivolous grounds. This
being brought out by the court in
hearing arguments for the dismissal
of the appeal of Jesse Gappins, one
of the famous murder trio, convicted
of the murder of William Brazel, a
Columbia taxi driver, whose murder,
last year resulted in a man hunt over
two states. The motion of Solicitor
Callison, of Lexington, to dismiss the
Gappins appeal was taken under ad-
visement by the court.
Chief Justice Gary made the state
ment during the hearing of the mo-
ton for dismissal of the appeal, that
the court proposed to put stop to
the appealing of cases on frivolous
grounds, where there was no merit
in the appeal. He was serious and in
tense in his stand against such ap-
peals. He declared that if necessary
the court would even resort to dis
barment proceedings. The court made
it clear that there was no direct ref
erence to the present case, but that
the general practice was opposed BY
the court, and that to this end it had
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-05-03
BUSINESS PICKS UP
Fewer Failures Noted In tt
Country.

eWCE
Country.
New York, May 2.-Business
failures in the country fell off 28
per cent last month from January,
the peak month of the year, statls-
tics issued today by BradsHeets
show. A total of 1,948 firms failed
during the month with liabilities Of
s72,553,740. The percentage OF
failures, however, exceeded by 80
per cent the total for April of last
year.
Failures for the first four months
of the year total 9,o5s with .liabili-
ties of s302,763,s47, numerical
increase of AZ per cent over the
same period Of last year and of l6
per cent over the first four months
of 1915.
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MARKET CAMPAIGN
ENDS IN VICTORY
COOPERATIVE COTTON ASSOCIATION NOW AssURED-FINE
SUCCESS REWARDS EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE THE FARM
ERs OF SOUTH cARoLINA.-ToTAL OF 1000 BALES
HAD BEEN SIGNED UP SATURDAY NIGHT.

there would be heavy baleage sign
ed up during the next three weeks.
Harry G. Hammer, president, said
last night that he would call a meet
ing of the organization committee at
an early date to district the state
and set the machinery in order for
the permanent organization.
Assistance Appreciated.
In statement last night announc-
ing the success of the campaign,
Messrs. Hammer and Hamer said:
"There have been so many people
who have contributed so greatly to
the success of the campaign that we
feel it would be unfair to single any
one individually. Never have we seen
a more faithful band of men than the
band who labored in behalf of coop
erative marketing. 1t has been a
hard fight, extending over a period
of seven months, but not once have
the workers faltered. They have eve
ry one done their full duty. The bus
mess men and the press of the state
have rendered wonderful assistance
and we are deeply indebted to them.
DR.. W. w. Long, director of the
extension forces of Clemson college,
who has been actively in the fight
since the beginning, expressed graft
fcation at the outcome of the cam
paigp and Joined with Messrs. Hamer
and Hammer in thanking all who had
assisted in the movement.
The officers of the organization
committee of the South Carolina Cot
ton Growers Cooperative association
are: Harry G.. Hammer of Gadsden,
president; Thomas G. Mcleod Of
Bishopville, vice president; Harold C.
Booker of Columbia, secretary; JUL
len C. Rogers of Columbia, treasurer;
William Elliott of Columbia, general
counsel. Members of the organization
committee are: J: H. Brown, West
minister; T. B. Butler, Gaffney; D. B.
Moore; F. w. Eubanks,
Travellers Rest; A. G. Westbrook,
Edgemoor; J. E. Craig, Lancaster; L.
D. Friday, Wallaceville; ]. B. john
son, Rock Hill; P. L. Bethea, Dillon;
R. B. Laney, Cheraw; B. D. Dargan,
Darlington; R. B. Belser, Sumter; W.
A. Stuckey, Bishopville; Alfred Scar
borough, Eastover; John T. Mackey.
Camden; H. C. Hahn, Aiken; A. M.
Kennedy, Williston; J. P. Guess, Ap-
pleton; DR.. A. R. Johnston, st.
George; j. C. Talbert, Mccormick; j
S. Stark, Abbeville; D. A. Geer, An
derson, and B. R. Tillman, Trenton.
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GOING TO TEXAS

John Walker, who has been con-
fined in the Abbeville Jail for sew
eral days was carried to Donalds
Yesterday and tried before Magis-
trate D. NJ. Humphries on two
charges, carrying concealed wea-
pons and assault and battery. He
was fined fifty dollars on each
count, paid the fine and said he
was going to Texas.
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GET MANY RETURNS
. FOR INCOME TAX
THOUSANDS OF CHECKS POUR
INTO TREASURY.-MONDAY
WAS LAST DAY TO MAKE PAY
MENTS UNLESS TIME EXTEND
ED BY TAX COMMISSION

Columbia, May 2.-lncome tax
payers flooded the state treasurer
with checks yesterday and the tax
commission with returns mail at
these two Offices being exceptional
ly heavy throughout the day. Not
all the returns We're received during
the day, however, and many were
mailed in late in the afternoon tnat
will reach the offices today.
AT the state treasurer's office it
was said that check for four cents
has been received from one taxpay-
en-. This will probably be the small
est tax to be paid by South Caro-
linian. A lot of returns are being
received where no tax is due, but
the four cents check is the smallest
to come in to date.
Yesterday was the last day to
make returns unless extensions of
time were granted by the tax COM
mission. The commission granted a
lot of extensions for short periods
and a large number of extensions
on one-half Of the tax.
Judging by the returns and
checks coming in yesterday the new
act will bring in considerable reve-
nue., but probably not as much as
some of the legisltors figured. Sen
ator Sam n. McGhee of Greenwood,
promoter of the present law, believ-
ed at the time it was passed that it
would bring in near $2,o0o,o0o. The
free conferences on the general ap-
preparation bill figured the amount
somewhere near s1,ooo,ooo while
others give the figure around $780,
00e.
The tax commission is working
hard to get the new Law operating
properly and within the next few
weeks will have every taxpayer
checked up. The commission has
the names Of all the persons paying
the federal government tax and
this will be of much help in enforc-
ing the law.
No figures were available as to
the amount of money received yes
terday as this was a task that
could not be accomplished in one
day with thousands and thousands
of returns and checks coming in.
Some interesting returns were
received during the day. One man
sent in his return on federal
blank, declaring that the federal
blank was much simpler than the
state report. Another taxpayer sent
nothing but letter in which ne
swore he paid the federal govern
ment so much and owed the state
government a certain figure. He
said the blank sent him was "too
much" for him.
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|MAY-DAY CLASH
IN MEXICO CITY
NUMEROUS PERSONS so BADLY
HURT THEY HAVE TO co TO
HOSPITAL-DAY OF MARCH
ING AND RIOTING-DEATH
FOR ONE BOY

Mexico City, May 2.-Clashes be-
tween union laborers and Roman
Catholics, resulting' in one person
being killed and several wounded,
characterized the celebration of
May-day. Syndicalists at noon at
tackled building occupied by the
Association Of Catholic Young Men,
and during the encounter one boy
was killed and numerous other per-
sons were so badly hurt that they
had to be taken to hospitals.
The building and it's contents
were wrecked and set on fire.
The day was ushered in at dawn
by the ringing of bells and the
blowing of whistles, and shortly af-
ter 8 o'clock numerous parades be-
gan forming. By 10 o'clock the
down town districts of the city were
closed to traffic, the streets being
occupied by at least ten different
lines of marchers.
Red and black banners were con-
Fpicuously displayed. Among the
thousands of paraders we're con-
siderable number of Communists,
both men and women who waved
red banners and wore red ribbons.
AS the narchers wended their way
Through the streets Bolshevik songs
were sung and spectators on the
sidewalk were compelled to doff
their hats as the labor flags passed
fby. Persons who objected to uncov-
|ering were roughly treated.
A portion Of the crowd gathered
lin front Of the American consulate,
where the usual execrations against
capitalism were delivered by sever
|al orators.
Tenants objecting to high rents,
numbering, according to conserva-
tive estimates, $4,000, paraded the
streets protestig against the land
lords and announcing a general
strike On rent paying until a rs per
cent reduction in all house rents is
made.
Shortly before noon the Demon
strators became so riotous that
many merchants closed their doors
and pulled down the shutters. The
paraders made efforts to stop all
automobile traffic. Earlier in the
day the street car employees had
declared a "a hour holiday, and the
only transportation was by taxicabs.
These ceased at noon.
The federal government and
municipal Offices were closed all
day.
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Columbia, May 2.-Over 100000
bales of cotton were signed to the
cotton cooperative marketing contract
by May and the organization of the
South Carolina Cotton Growers Co.
operative association is now assured.
Announcement to this effect was
made last night by Harry G. Hammer,
president of the organization COM
mittee, and R. C. Hamer, chairman of
the campaign committee.
A total of 40s,Oo0 bales had been
signed by Saturday night, April 20,
and reports from over the state indi-
Gated that between 10000 and 49,
600 bales were signed yesterday, so
that approximately 425,0O0 bales
have now been signed. 1t will be sew
eral days before the tabulation is
completed.
Goes Over Top.
Announcement that the state had
gone over the top caused much jubi-
lation yesterday among the campaign
workers and farmers over the state
generally. All day long there was a
stream of kilograms pouring into the
offices of the association here from
every section of the state asking the
outcome and many called over the
long distance telephone.
There was a great deal of interest
in the campaign in other states also
and many of the kilograms came
from North Carolina, Georgia, Texas,
Alabama and other states in the belt,
which have already either organized
or are in the process of organization.
C. o. Moser, secretary of the Am
erican Cotton Growers exchange, the
overhead organization of the various
state cooperative associations, wired:
"Please accept my congratulations.
Campaign has been great piece Of
work. Greetings"
F. R. Shanks, chairman of the cam
paign committee of the Alabama as
sociation, wired: Congratulate you
on your great victory. Alabama sends
you greetings"
DR.. Clarence Poe, editor Of The
Progressive Farmer, wired: Hearty
congratulations on great victory"
Now that the terms Of the contract
have been complied with and the
100000 bales necessary signed by
May 1, it was announced yesterday
that opportunity would be given all
who desire to join the association to
do so during the next three weeks.
The belief was expressed yesterday
by officials of the association that
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SHARP ADVANCE IN
COTTON MARKETS

New York, May 2.-Fear of an un-
favorable start of the new cotton re-
port was held responsible for greatly
increased activity and strength in the
local committee market today. Buy
ing was more general and heavier
than it had been for months. The
price of May contracts advanced to
1850 while October sold up to 1894
or 65 to 81 points above yesterdays
closing quotations.
At these figures the market show
ed an advance of approximately 81
per bales as compared with the price
of last Thursday and of over 2 IL
cents per pound from the low level
of early last March.
Reports of an improving demand
for spot cotton in the south and a
more favorable view of worlds trade
outlook contributed to the advance
but the continuation of recent rains
and floods in the southwest was con-
sidered the chief factors by local
brokers.
The market closed at net advance
of IS to 80 points.
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MISS MAE ROBERTSON

Miss Mae Robertson has accepted
the position as Principal of the
graded school for next year, and
this news will be read with pleasure
by the patrons. No woman in the
county comes in closer touch with
the homes and she is loved by all.
One of the pupils remarked recent
~ that "Mr. Fulp, Miss Mae and
"Krip" have all resigned and the
school is ruined" so it is with
pleasure the announcement is made
that Mr.. Fulp, Miss Mae and
"Krip'' will be with US next year.
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CONTRACT TO BE LET

The Abbeville board of trustees
will meet in W. M. Barnwell's Office
tomorrow, Thursday, at noon to
open bids received for the erection
of the new High School building on
Chestnut street. The boards ar
chitect, G.. Lloyd Preacher, will
meet with the trustees tomorrow.