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The shortest man ever accepted
at the Charleston recruiting station ^
was four feet eleven inches high. I
A waiver on his height was asked ^
and granted and he was accepted 1
for the Ninety Second Engineers. ^
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A Bill providing for the construction
of a bridge and a tunnel across .
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the Turkish Parliament. This is v
the connecting link between Asia t
and Europe. A Budapest firm has a
the contract and work will begin in d
April. n
The schools, churches, moving
picture shows and other places of ti
public gatherings are to be closed j,
in Newberry for two weeks begin- v
ning on last Tuesday, February 19, e
on account of two cases of menin- ^
, gitis in that city. p
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A prominent merchant of Chatta- '
nooga died leaving!, Ijiis entire fortune
to his housekeeper. His \wife n
had already died and there were
several children who were left out ,
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of the will. The estate is valued at ^
$300,000. 0
A large flour mill at' Sioux Falls,
S. Dakota, was closed on account of
ground glass being found in the a
flour. This town is the home of a u
large number of Germans and Rus- ^
sians.
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The first consignment of machine w
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guns to tne government win ue uelivered
sometime in April. Deliveries
from Colt and Westinghouse
plants will be made in May. The 2
Westinghouse plant was working on t(
800,000 rifles for the Russian gov- P
ernment until the overthrow of the a:
Kerensky Government. These ri- 8!
fles will probably be used in the
training camps or turned over to
Bome of the allied armies. ^
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The Jews of Atlanta have pledg- P
4 ed their support in restoring Palestin
as a state.
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Camp Gordon is to get Identity ti
Tags on February 28. It is the plan j
to number every man in the United | 0i
StateB Army on the same day. An Bt
identifiation number will be assign- 0]
ed to every man in the army and a rn
tag bearing the same number will t<
be given each man. This will help
greatly and keep many a soldier
from occupying the grave of an
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The Georgia farmers are very 111
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much interested in whether water- ?
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melons will be classed as non essentials
or as necessities. They have p
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written headquarters asking if cars
will be available when they are
needed.
Miss Sue Dorsey is the most valu- ^
able woman to the government. She y
is assistant pay master in the navy. 0<
She looks after 1,500 pay officers a
and assigns them to their various ?"
ships. She knows just how well s<
each pay officer does his work. She t(
is the only woman that McGowan
ever recommended.
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The men in the trenches under hi
General Pershing are well satisfied, ai
On an inspection trip General Persh- pi
ing found them all well contented n
and getting plenty to eat. [ tl
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A negro named Cosby, after attempting
to rob the home of Mrs.
Elwaney of Fayetteville, Ga., drove g
Mrs. Elwaney from the house and sj
ran away with the two year old ba- t]
by. The baby was found next morn- 0
ing in a briar patch unharmed. The 4
necro was caueht and hune to a 4-1
^tree near the spot where the baby tj
was found. The husband is in the w
army. f(
Representatives of the management
of the majority of railroad
lines in the United States see the
necessity for more pay for some of
\ their employees. This is the state- ^
merit made before the government ^
railroad wage commission in Washington.
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The much talked of German drive
is expected soon. Sixteen air- c
planes were accounted for Sunday s
by the British. n
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The aims of Wilson are identical
nth those 'of Albert Thomas, a
i'rench Socialist. He says that it
tas been his dream to get an Engish
and a French delegation to
isit Wilson and tell him of their
,ims.
The Sheriff of Ragan County,
'exas, killed James Belcher as he
/as boarding a train and then
urned the weapon upon himself
,nd blew his brains out. Financial
ifficulties is the reason given. Both
len were millionaire ranchmen.
Trotzky sent a wireless message
o the Austria-Hungary officials askng
if they are still in a state of
?ar with Russia. Germany did not
ven give the Russians the seven
ays previous notice. He hopes a
ractical agreement can be reached
s agreed on at Petrograd.
A JtsanKers oynaicate 01 proxment
bankers from all over the
ountry was organzed in New York
or the purpose of financing the
luban sugar crop. A loan of $100,00,000
will be provided.
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One hundred American soldiers
re convalesing at the base hospital
i New York. Their presence here
ras not known until it was decided
> give a concert for their benefit
s the music reacts beneficially upon
le shattered nerves of the men.
hey were wounded in France.
Unless a vote of confidence wasl
iven by the House of Commons as
> whether Great Britain desires to
roceed along lines it has pursued
s demanded by Lloyd George he
lid h? would resign. \
The Germans are preparing for
le big offensive. Big tanks and a
ew mysterious gas will be emloyed.
Paul Chapman has been sentenced
> die in the electric chair some
me in April for shooting a Brookrn
bookkeeper while he and two
there were attempting to rob the
;ore. Chapman is sixteen years
Id. He says, "I know myself and
ly God knows that I did not shoot
> kill anybody."
Henry Martini, superintendent of
le Citizens Coal Company mine at
pringfield and his two sons were
iade to kiss the American flag and
ere paraded through the streets.
hey were. afterwards put in jail to
revent any violence to them. They
ere pro-German and it would not
e tolerated by the miners.
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Governor Bickett of North Carone
advocates no campaign this
ear. He says that the sons of dem:rats
and the sons of republicans
re falling side by side and going
yer the top and that he hasn't the
;omach to stump the state trying
) explain the difference. The big
isk is winning the war.
Representative Denton of Indiana,
as introduced a bill in Congress to
uthorize the coinage of 2-cent
ieces. The move is backed by
ewspaper publishers who hold that
le general increase from 1 cent to
cents makes the coin necessary.
Mrs. Howard Gould in talking to
ecretary of Agriculture Houston,
lid that she thought the lands of
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f grain and that women should bej
rafted for farm work as well as
le men. She continued by saying
lat she frequently pitched hay as
rell as doing other work around her
irm.
The hide of a two-headed calf
'as brought to Elberton this week
y T. J. Norman. The heads were
erfectly shaped and each separate
nd complete. The tail protruded
rom between the head*.
HE JOHN DE LA HOWE SCHOOL
The Governor has signed the act
reating the John De La Howe
chool and providing money for its
laintenance.
BIG FINANCIAL
SCHEME EXPOSED
Plan of Abbeville Merchaat to Reap
Big Fortune Out of the Fur
Business Suddenly Blocked?
Paddy Makes His Report.
His Report
There have been so many secret
service men and women around
these latter days, so many German
spies, and so many common detectives,
that being a live newspaper,
The Press and Banner conceived the
idea of keeping up with the profession
by employing an old deteck ot
its own, and of turning up something
with which the public was unacquainted.
We, therefore, wrote
to Boston headquarters for a good
man to be sent down to us, stating
the salary which we wanted to pay,
and all terms. We advised that
some of the men claimed to be
paint sellers and some were writing
books, and others were selling books
and others playing hoboes, but that
we thought none of these would
suit us. Being in the printing busi-j
ness we thought Lest to have a printer
deteck.
In a few days we received a letter
as follows:
Boston, Mass., Jan. 10, 1918.
TIiq on^ Ronndr
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Abbeville, S. C/ ' /
Dear Sirs,?The chief has just
shown me your letter and he think3
I am the man to fill your bill. I do
not know whether I can work in u
small town or not, but I am willing
to make the try.- I have been accustomed
to working up cases in big
cities and where great sensations;
might be unearthed, but as you do
not limit me as to kind of information
I am to hunt, and are only
interested that something be detecked,
as you say, I have decided,
asvI am going South anyway, to
come by and do a month's detecking
for you.
I suppose I had as well tell you
T CmifVi AS T V\ oiTn
wily x am uuutu9 ao * uutv
nothing to conceal. I have been
paying court to a beautiful young
lady for a number of years, during
which time I have been her only
suitor, or I had supposed that I
had been the only one, and I gue3S
I have. I called on the yo*ng lacy
several evenings in the week, and
always found her glad to see me
and everything lovely and attractive.
Of course we expected to be
married some day but as no one was
rushing either of us, we were taking
our time about it. Well, things
ran on this way until one night
when I went down and found another
fellow in charge of the situation.
The parlor was lighted up,
and I walked in and there I saw my
girl in another fellow's arms, and
tjhe other fellow in hers. I turned
around and went back home to
dream of lost opportunities, the
young lady and the other fellow
however, Deing so busy loving each
other that neither had noticed me.
I did not go out for some days and
when I did not put in my appearance
as usual, my sweetheart, as I
supposed, sent for me and inquired
why I had not been around. I told
her of the other fellow as gently as
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I could, and to my utter astomsnment
she denied the whole thing,
denied that there was another fellow,
that he had been to see her,
and about the caresses.
But said I, "I saw it with my;
own eyes."
"Well," she said, "I say it is not
true. Are you going to believe
your baby, or are you going to believe
your eyes?"
That got me a little, and I had to
think. Finally I said to her, "Well,
I suppose I will have to believe my
baby, but I am surely going South
for my eyes."
Now, that is the reason I am going
South, and it accounts for your
great good fortune in securing my
services to run down some big happening
now occurring perhaps right
around you about which you know
nothing. I will unearth the whole
thing and unravel it when I get down
there. Look for me.
Yours till death,
Paddy, the Irishman.
The deteck came in on time, and'
apparently, and so far as the public
knew, he went to work in our printing
plant as a printer, but he was J
hunting bigger game than the people'
knew. He stayed with'us about four
weeks and then informed us that he
was ready to report on a big "find"j
he had made. He had us to pay him
off as he handed us the sealed story
of what he had found, under -an
agreement that the seal was not to
be broken for five days after his departure.
At the appointed time we
opened up the facts which had been
detecked, and we give the information,
as it was in fact for the public
benefit that we brought the
sleuth to these parts.
Paddy, the Irishman, Deteck.
Anything Unearthed.
The Press and Banner,
Abbeville, S. C.
Dear Sirs,?I am "ready to tell
you something which will startle the
natives from Norris' Creek to Richard
Sondley's goat pasture. You
have a big man in your town named
Calvert. He has made a, big
bunch of money selling. wagons,
buggies and furniture.- He has had
the confidence of the public because
he sells fine goods and puts
them up in the right kind of packages.
He is still in the same business
as heretofore as his advertisements
in your paper will show, 'but
Mr. Calvert has capitalistic tendencies,
and since the outbreak of the
war whep everybody has been getting
rich by going into new and untried
experiments, Mr. Calvert has
up all the cats east of the Mississippi
River and South of the Magon
and Dixon's line, as he had learned
that the cats in this section have
finer fur than some other cats. That
is why he took his recent trip to
New Orlean^. . Of course he put it
out that he was going down there
on a visit, and as he has a daughter
down there, this story worked pretty
well, but he was down there in
truth to commence a big buying
movement, knowing full well that
when he launched the scheme he
would be compelled to buy all his
cats at once or the market would
advance as the people would suspect
that cats were getting valuable for
sausage, or ' something, when so
many were being bought.
Then again he had to arrange for
the feeding .of these cats, and he
figured it out that> there were
enough rats in the same section to
feed all these cats if he could only
get them in hand. His plan, therefore,
was to get all the rats under
option, and to plan a big movement
for catching these rats as
needed for the purpose of feeding
the cats. He figured that the rats
would multiply as fast as the cats
and that there would always be
feed for the cat? if only he could
get all the rats and all the cats
sewed up under a proper contract.
Now the rats were to be fed too,
and he had consulted several horse
doctors and had found that by proper
training a rat could be taught
to eat skinned cats, so his idea was
to feed the rats to the cats as they
were needed, and as he skinned the
cats to get the furs there would be
enough cat meat to go around with
the rats, if they observed enough
meatless days. Of course a great
many of the rats were to be left in
the livery stables, barn lofts and
old houses to live as before until
they were ready to be stall-fed for
the cats. He said that cats fed or
stall-fed rats would have better fui
than when fed on common rats, and
therefore, it was necessary to sc
feed the rats for several weeks before
they were finally fed to the
cats. Then again the rats woulc
enjoy the cat meat a great dea!
better, he said, if the cats had beer
fattened on stall-fed rats.
It was one of the finest scheme!
ever worked up and would hav(
been a great success, but for the
fact that he asked Col. Jim Gillian
to go along with him, and in talking
of the trip he explained the plar
to the Colonel when Poster Cromei
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make a killing. He at last decided
to make a drive. Like most men
who get rich, he decided to make
his money out of something which
has been lying around useless all
these days, and which anyone else
might have taken hold of if they
had had the same capacity for big
business. He decided to go into
the fur business.
Now, Mr. Calvert had been watching
the fur market for some time
and he saw a rapidly rising market
I all the time. He kept advised and
knew that the animals commonly
called fur-bearing animals were rapidly
becoming extinct, and he conceived
the idea of making fine furs
out of cat hides.
His idea was that he would buy
was present, though they did not
know it, and he secretly told about
the scheme to Dick Sondley, who|
telling Foster to keep quiet, and he
would give him a furniture factory,
at once got busy. By night Dick
had an option on every cat on Wilson
Hill over which he executes,
and he had wired to every livery
stable in Georgia and Alabama, asking
for the best prices on Rats in
car load lots. This news getting out
the prices on rats and cats jumped
skyward, and Col. Calvert after
working out the scheme to perfection
suddenly saw his chances of a
fortune cast to the ground.
He has, therefore, determined to
k6ep right on in the buggy and wagon
business as well as the furniture
business, and to continue to
give to the pepole of your county
some of the biggest bargains to be
had as he has alwavs done in the
past. He will likely branch out
^gain one of these days, but when
he does he will go down on Long
Cane fishing and think the matter
out in whispers. 4 . ?
I should say in closing th'at I told
one lady in Abbeville about my
trouble with my sweetheart, and two
or three days lat^r she informed me
that she didn't believe I was telling
the truth. I hope no one ,will
deny the truth of this report. I
know Mr. Calvert will not. I hope
there will be no coolness between
Mr. Sondley and Mr. Calvert over
the matter, and it would be a great
misfortune if an unsophisticated
liffla VinTT lilra T?nator fTnimir alinrilrf
be blamed for talking foo much.
If you have any other matters
which you want worked up, or if
you are in need of a man to work
up evidence in any of your cases
at any time and I can serve you,
wire me and I will come down by
flying-machine.
Yours for the truth of history,
' Paddy, the Irishman.
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Due West, Feb. 18.?On last
Thursday morning the announce-;
ment of the not unexpected death
of Mrs. W. A. Markham came to all
of our households. This sad death
occurred at 12:20 that ^o^ning.
This good woman has been very ill
for quite a long time and was a
great sufferer the past few months.
The unwearied devotion of husband
and famliy, attention of skilled physicians
and ministries of kind friends
could not stay the fatal malady. The
burial took place at Due West last
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The funeral was conducted by her
pastor, Rev. Jas. ;P. Pressly. Dr. FY.
Pressly offered prayer and the
pastor's address was beautiful and
comforting. Mrs. Markham was
sixty-eight years old, was born in
Laurens county and came to Due
West with her parents when in her
girlhood. Her father and -mother
Tir. on/1 Mrc WutVmri TTfinrv.
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, Mrs. Markham was a beautiful
, Christian character, meek and unas,
suming; loved her family and her
home. She was married to Mr.
W. A. Markham thirty years ago, on
I Nov. 5th, and he with three daughters,
Mrs. Ballinger, Mrs. Chapman,
and Miss Mary Markham are left to
; mourn her loss, also a sister, Mrs.
Strange, and a brother, Mr. P. R.
; Henry.
i Dr. Oliver Johnson of Winnsboro,
is to conduct the annual evangelisj
tic meeting at the Woman's College
i this year. The meeting begins in
i a few weeks and will be held for a
! period of one week. We have not
; yet heard who will conduct the Ersi
kine Y. M. C. A. meeting.
[ Miss Lucille Kennedy spent last
[ week with her parents in Due West.
She teaches in the Abbeville school,
i which closed for a week's vacation
on account of meningitis in that
, community.
i Lieut. W. L. Brownlee from Camp
i Jackson, and Mrs. Brownlee are in
;|Due West for a few days visiting
II relatives. They also visited in AnI'
derson during their stay.
i! The Ladies' Missionary society of
| Due West congregation is observing
3 this as the week of prayer and self?
denial as appointed by the Union
?! of the Second Presbytery.
I Rev. J. P. Pressly goes to First
:j Church, Tampa, Fla., to fill the pul1
j pit there for four Sabbath's. His
r I pulpit here will be filled during his
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absence by ministers of the town/;'i?jra^
Miss Mary G. Devlin, who i^>||lal
teaching in the High School f?';?jMp9
Greenwood, came up Friday and rj^gffil
turned Sa^urd^y. She Was the gued^S^jj
of relatives in town.
Mr. Sam Lee Waldrop and Mr.'^jlipl
Roderick Beard from Camp Sevieiy^stfl
spent Sabbath in town and worahip?|B|l
ped at the A. R. P. ChurchMiss
Annie Baird returned VLpia^BM
day of last' week from Cheste^^CT^
where she had been to attend
funeral of her brother, Hon. A. $13
Dr. R. M. Kennedy of Newbejcq^a^|
a former resident of Due West,
one of the delegates to the PrayaHSfr|l
Conference held in Due West, lai^^'^j
t> j ir if t> m
ivev. aiiu iur?. iul. -xv. ruuwu
Abbeville, remained a few days .'afr-JgrS
ter the Prayer Conference and jy]k|H^9
ited home folks in town. .
Mrs. R. L. Robinson accompan^^n:^
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Dr. Robinson and Dr. Stevensott-)raggH?j|
Chester to the funeral of Hon.:-?a8^l3
Misa Virginia Edwards came 1pjl|l|
from Troy last week where
teaching, and spent a few days r^|
Mrs. F. Y. Preasly is in Che^^P'^
with Mrs. A. G. Brice for
I Mrs. Alpha Davis- Brooks of mB
Belton, spent a couple of 'dkyi^j^S^i
Due West with her mother,
Mr onH Mm Tno Ynntiff WfflnH^^HI
down to Columbia Friday night
a couple of days visit with
ter's mother, Mrs. G. A. BigbyJH J|
Mr. James Boyce and
Tinkler, the latter of the SemipinSHr^
left last week for Leavenww^^tt,
Kansas, to take up work in ft*
nal Corps, at that , place.
greatly regretted to see them
Miss Edna Magill came up
Greenwood Saturday and spent, ja
Sabbath with her parents, Mr.
Mrs. Jno. Magill and worshipped! J38
with the A. R. P.'s.. Mite Magfll
sufficiently appreciated so as to
ceive a deserved promotion. , f?|g9^|
Mr. Olin Brownlee, who has
chased the Devlin property on'
street, is making some improe^E^I
ments on these premises. ' ,
| Mrs. James Moffatt of Ch|nj9^9
Hill, N. C., is visiting kindred*
| Due West She will remain ...Ja
for several weeks.
Mr. Herbert Gordon of DonaldCS
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is handling th$ fertilizer bnsiiua||B j|
at Due West for R. C. Brownlee
Messrs. Bell and Ranson,
the uniform of Uncle Sam, spen&fH^
few days last week in Due West.
A few days ago, Dr. and
W. Wideman celebrated/ their
marriage anniversary. Dr. A.,S^BH
Wideman came down to be preftpra|f vsj
Dr. Wideman was 71 years old .tiwt^ a
day and Mrs. Wideman was
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the lives of Dr. and Mrs. Widemiu^ Jj
for so long a time. May they hsffipl >1
many more returns of the anniv6???4
sary wedding day, is the wish o?^^|
their numerous friends.
Mr. J. B. Agnew of this placf^^H
j died suddenly of heart disease.
I his home Thursday about 9 o'cIoctaJS&M
His death was a real shock to jbraHH
family and friends. He was $1
years of age and had been active all.|g?|
hsi life. He is survived by his wi<?^'?l
ow and- five daughters, Misses TfagMmf
ginia Agnew, Elma, Ena, Hattie anm^H
Grace Agnew and three sons, Frank'ffjja
Paul and Baron Agnew. All of
the family were at home for the- : JS
funeral except one son, Paul Agnety.JlM j
18 years of age, who is in Franc^-^Sj
with the American troops. The
eral services were held last Frid^f&aaj
afternoon and a number of friendSj^H
from Greenville, Honea Path an(^^H
Greenwood, were included in
laree concourse. The Rev. J.
: Prcrsly assisted by the Rev. D&HMt^O]
I of Ware Shoals, conducted the fan- I
' eral services. I
.COTTON SEED FOR ^>Jj3&|
LAST SIX MONTHS
Washington, Feb. 19.?Cotton^iij||j|
seed received at mills for the sixmonth
* period ending January 31st,,
amounted to 3,544,509 tons, crushed,
2,707,000 tons and on hand, 70- .'r|s
R. A. Riley of Atlanta, and Mr.
Moorer of Greenwood, were here *3g||
Wednesday and a part of Thursday / irgj
assisting Mr. Anderson and Mr. ;
Landell with the Electric Range |||
Demonstration. f