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TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1919.
"DUST THOU ART."
.
We presume that there is no further
use for the Abbeville water
Vpn now that prohibition is with
Still if it is to be discarded entirely,
why let dt fall to pieces like
Ae one-horse shay in some back lot?
Onldn't s pedestal be placed in the
pd: in the Square and the wagon be
Vbted thereon as a whimsical re
maadtr of the days when booze
fcuLhed as the green bay, tree and
yvple were annoyed by dust? Let
ft k painted a palpitant pink and
ftcn inscribe on the side this legend,
Jim is the symbol of drought,
! dokcation and dust."
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Dust is a wonderful instrument in
the lands of an all-wise Providence.
Wkj allay it? Without it there
Id be no flourishing fields or
waiant pastures. It reflects the1
enits and gives us that so necmmxy
diffustion of illumination
bmm the sun. It carries those germ
Vans that the soil must have for
iHMcalation. It paints the sun a vivH
red' as day passes into night; it
iou the nucleus for the raindrops.l
my, dust is a blessing and who is|
KoinftpH nrit, who remarks that I
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ftii not unalloyed?
What boots it if citizens of Abbeville
sitting on the verandas along
aiwrt dusk after a hot and sultry
Jay, well dusted, sitting, to take
their uncertain chance at a transient
fcteeze, are forced by clouds of
fat from passing automobiles, to go
ianie their homes, where there is
las dust? What boots it, we say, if J
ane gets up in the morning with the
ClirBst dry and dusty and the teeth1
CEitty? That same dust raised byj
tfci passing autos from the streets is;
-wrfted?everywhere?but a goodly i
portion settles upon the lawns and1
Serializes the soil, promising a luxu-j
lint growth of ffrass. It's an, ill |
wild, etc.
WAR AND THE PROPHETS.
A will be remembered that it was
quite the fashion during the early
TBMths of the Great War to parade
qu&i prophecies both of fulfillment
*md prediction as to various nations
dynasties. Since the signing of
fte armistice little has been heard of i
fihese prophecies. The world has been
feo busy with actualities to consider j
mgae vaticinations. Now that the
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ynce treaty has been ratified, ef-j
lasts have been made to dig up the
far that "hit." Pearsons Magazine
fees compiled the fololwing:
"The ex-kaiser's left arm is so
fihered that the hand is practically !
*ariess. This fact inspired many of,
Jbs subjects dire forebodings when,
?e came to the throne. For centuries'
jrophecy has been current in the^
faft^rland, foretelling that the Gerempire
would be brought to
rain under an emperor with one'
toad. This prediction is not the only'
wee which has been realized by thej
-war. Before his assassination in
1881, Czar Alexander II was haunted
the dread that the wrongs of Pofcnd
should be fearfully avenged on
fcnssia and on the Romanoffs, who
been her chief oppressors. His
Iworite, the Princess Dolgoruki,
passed for a religious mystic,
xsoght to assure him by declaring
Poland should never be avenged
tffl Russia, Austrian and Germany
m ruins together. Then it will
?rrer be,' he said, 'for it is impossible
that three such powerful empires
ascld be destroyed simultaneously.'
"Tfce Hungarian revolution of 1848
mts suppressed with savage cruelty,
and the reign of the late Francis Jos- I
eph began amidst wholesale executions.
One of the Hungarian patriots,
while on his way to the scaffold,
said calmly: 'We die for freedom, i
but the doom of the Hapsbu'^s is '
sealed. Their empire shall not survive
Francis Joseph.' Thanks to the
war it has survived him less than two 1
years." i
Whether the battle of Armageddon :
has been fought or not we do not
know. It has been a favorite theme 1
In-mnntr +>?q war nrnnhfvts and manv ai'
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little-thumbed Book has been read
during the war to get light on the! 1
subject. But we are still uncertain. 1
JThe threat of war still hangs over the 1
world. '
There is an esoteric streak in (
most of us. We do not attempt tojl
account for it and some of us with aj1
superior wisdom discount it. But 1
we are all interested in the future ?
and are willing most anytime to in- s
vest a few dollars with dealers in the
occult to obtain a divination of fu- j
ture developments that concern us orj ]
ours. "Life after death" and the
"end of the world" are subjects that
always interest and many are the
predictions and the calculations inspired
by a desire for answers to
these two vexing questions. Any
great calamity that befalls the world'
is matter for the hauruspices. Thej
sacred chickens are killed and the
stars are studied, the mediums are:,
rung in and the many mysterious!
passages of the Bible are reconned.
Our curiousity is insatiate; our superstitions
will crop out.
But in the matter of prophecy it is
always better to be more delphic than
Specific in our predictions. We can|
gain great credit for oracular wisdom
by the former method, while definite- j
ness inevitably leads to discredit.
BRINGING THE HAPSBURG BACK ,
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Rome, June.?A prominent and('
well-informed member of an allied i
mission, just arrived here from Vien- i
na, tells that the former Kaiser Karl
now exiled in Switzerland, the cradle ; <
of the Hapsburg family, may once! 1
more reign ih Austria. His territory i <
would, of course, be sadly diminished ]
and his revenues reduced to a frac- 1
tion, but even this would be better s
than exile in Switzerland, where the ^
entire family is bored to death and j ]
^ainly tries to pass the time by mov- s
ing from one castle to another. i
"Nobody in Vienna, except the 1
most extreme socialists, speak ill of
Karl," the informant said, "and even
the extremists don't blame him for
whiat happened, knowing that "from
the moment he ascended the throne <
he tried to make peace. His picture i
still hangs in banks, offices and other 1
buildings. The present government,;
has abolished it from its offices, but' (
j
some public offices continue to let itj1
hang on their walls. The Viennese;
refer to him as "Our Poor Kaiser," or. <
"Our Poor Karl." ]
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PLENTY OF WAR IS LEFT. i
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The signing of the treaty between
Germany and the allied and associ- ,
ted powers has brought peace to only; j
one part of the world. Here are-j
some of the conflicts still in progress :| (
The Poles are fighting the Russian ,
Bolsheviki. j,
The Ukrainians also are at wari,
with the Bolsheviki.
The Germans are fighting the Lith-| ]
uanians. who themselves are at wari.
with the Bolsheviki.
Civil war continues in Russia,'^
where the Bolsheviki are hard pressed
by their Russian enemies on sev-L
1
?ziai ^
The Hungarian communists are,
fighting the Czecho-Slovaks and the! .
Rumanians. i
The seizure of Smyrna by the al-i
lies has led to fighting between the'
Turks and the Greek forces of occu- '
pation.
WILSON RING LOOKS i
LIKE ARABIC SEAL!]
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(From the New York Sun.) M
The seal ring with which President :
Wilson signed the peace treaty bears <
one of the most unusual inscriptions!
to be attached to this extraordinary 11
document. It ranks in oddity, from j
the Occidental viewpoint, with that I
of the Chinese and Japanese dele-1
! gates, and has an Oriental aspect |
' hardly to be expected in the seal of;
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an American president.
This is because the president has
engraved on the face of the ring hisj
name in stenographic symbols, ar
RUMANIA HAS BEEN
STRIPPED BfY HUNS
Athens, July 2.?Germany has
stripped Rumania of everything,
writes a Red Cross agent from Budapest.
There are only eighty-four lo-J
ftatmafjiroe in fvin /?aii nfvtt -fai*!
L.U111 V l/i V *-0 111 wilt ?? HV4V VUUilbi J XV*
the transport of troops, munition:
and supplies. Of her seventeen theoretical
divisions eleven have had to
be demobilized for lack of food and
equipment. There are not sufficient
horses to transport field artillery, no
tractors for the field artillery, forty
per cent of the Rumanian medical
staffs died during the war and there
are virtually no airplanes, armored
cars or tanks.
Despite the efforts of the authorities,
the countty is harboring bolshevik
agents smuggled in by Russia,
Hungary and Bulgaria. As 60 per
lent of Rumania is illiterate the bolshevik
danger is apparent.
Tbp creatpst nw?d ia fond. Food!
for the army and JTood for the civilian
[xjpulation. America has sent a dozen
rood ships to Rumania and the American
Red Cross is distributing food at
canteens and by means of rolling
soup kitchens wherever the need is
greatest. In the Dobrudja where
the smallpox epidemic is at its worst
the American Red Cross has many
ioctors and nurses.
America has loaned Rumania $5,900,000
but the financial situation of
the country remains critical, writes
the Red Cross man. This he attributes
to Rumania's inability to export
and to the broadcast issue during
the German occupation of worthless
bank notes.
In addition to food the Rumanian
army and civilian population desperately
need clothing. Cloth for a suit
of clothes costs sixty dollars a yard.
A. yard of linen for shirts costs eight
dollars and a shirt of ordinary quality
$40. A pound of butter costs
f5.50.
"How can America help Rumania?"
a Rumanian army officer asked.
"Continue your splendid shipments
)f food through the American Army
Pood Mission and the American Red
3ross," replied the officer. "Send Us
propaganda written by Americans to
i>e dropped by airplanes in the boljhevik
ranks. We must fight , ideas
ivith ideas. Our railroad and transport
system is a wreck. Send us
some of the American railroad men
vho did such wonderful work in France."
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WANT McMILLIN TO STAY.
Lima, Peru, July 3.?-The Ameri- c
lan Society of Peru has initiated a s
movement to have Benton McMillin, j
:he American minister, retained here t
is ambassador. Minister McMillin re- ?
:ently was nominated by President ^
Wilson to be minister at Guatemala, t
The society, composed of Ameri- i
:ans throughout the Peruvian repub- s
lie, at a meeting yesterday unani- s
mously authorized its board of managers
to send President Wilson this j
toVvlA/MMSm
^auicgituu* I J
"The American Society of Peru i
jincerely regrets possible loss of Ben- y
ton McMillin as American minister ?
md wishes to inform the fireident ,i
sf the United States that McMillin's
ippontment as ambassador here t
tvould be most gratifying to members \
jf this society." t
A number of Peruvian newspapers j
tiave indorsed the sugestion. \
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ranged in a way to make them look z
[ike Arabic characters. The rine is c
;o unusual that it is included in the t
book on "Rings" written by Eh*, c
Seorge Frederick Kunz, the jewel
expert of Tiffany's, who obtained an a
impression from the ring made by the ,j
president himself. ^
The ring is made of part of a nug- s
*et of gold which was sent to him by ^
the University of California when the r
announcement was made of his en- 1
eraerement to the present Mrs. Wilson, t
[t was sent with the request that the I
wedding ring be made of it, and after
that had been done there was so I (
much gold left over that the presi- s
dent had it made into a seal ring. f
When Dr. Kunz heard of it he ask- t
ed the president for permission to re- t
produce the impression made by the i \
ring in his book and visited hashing-; i
ton for that purpose. President Wilson
himself made the impressions in \
sealing wax and they were photo- !
graphed in the White House by Dr.j
Kunz and the picture reproduced in
his extensive work on the history of
rings. |
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HOLD FORTUNES
London, July 2.?There is a spice
>f adventure in the salvaging of
rtearners sunk by German raiders,
lound the British Isles, in the Medierranean
and off the Marman coast
ire rich fields for the salvage service
as well las private enterprise. Ir
;he North Sea the water is too deeptc
nake any considerable success, byt ir
ihallower water not only cargoes, but
ships are being saved.
Some of the sunken vessels contair
mge fortunes in gold or goods. One
s known to have carried $5,000,000
n gold. The diver sent down tc
Fork on her borrowed the key to the
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mips ISbUllg UUA, UUU AW AO ilVl iv
orded whether he retrieved the gold,
If the divers after an investigation
iecide to attempt to float the ship,
)arges are moored over her at low;ide.
Nine-inch wire ropes are then
jassed under it and fastened to the
jarges above. As the tide rises the
>arges rise with it, bringing the ship
ilong, as it lies in the great wire
:radle. The damaged ship is then
owed into shallow water and the necissary
repairs made.
In the case of vessels only partly
ubmerger air is sometimes pumped
nto her hold, diving out the water
vhile the ship slowly floats to , the
iurface. Occasionally it is necessary
vhere the hole is not too large, to
nake a great patch, float it over the
lole, and then fasten it sufficiently
ight in position until the ship can
>e pumped out and floated.
One vessel was torpedoed .in the
Channel-, but almost reacnea tne
ihore before it went down. * When it
inally sank it was exposed at low
;ide, and not so very far from a rail oad.
Heavy locomotives pulled the
,'essel into a perpendicular position
tnd she was finally refloated.
While these salvage operations
lave lieen remuneratively successful,
eaders in tne maustry aeciare tnax
t is next to impossible to save a
<hip lying in water deeper than her
Tiasts, and that very many ships will
lever be brought hp. But they do
itchen Cabinet thai saves miles
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HOOSIER Prices
are so low that every
own this scientific kii
inv its orrpnt rnnvAiiii
No other cabinet s
no other combines j
Hoosier's capacity is
struction extra qualit
This is the cabin<
should have?the one
ed. To delay orderii
and energy. Come ai
and prove this fact f
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NO HOPE FOR TAX DODGERS.
I Washington, July 3.?Tax dodgers
rich and poor, were promised the fall
i limit of the law by Commissioner of
[ Internal Revenue Roper in a state,
ment today commenting on the re.1
cent conviction in Boston of William
; A. English and John. H. O'Brien,
.'wool merchants, who returned their
i1 taxes at $109,000 instead of $1,379,>1
817.
i1 "It is our determined policy," Mr.
; P.oper said, "that wealth shall not inj
fluence to prevent willful tax dodgt:
ers from going to jail. The big and
.'financially able must be treated in
i the same way as the small willful vioijlator
and hence compromise through
. money will be rejected."
Mr. Roper said the government re-fused
to allow English and O'Brien
J to pay $1,500,000 to escape prison
: sentence. Civil proceedings will be
.< begun immediately by the government
to collect the tax due from the
' twn men and 100 npr rent additional
,! penalty.
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, GAS SERVICE STATION
AT FORD GARAGE
,| E. F. Arnold, agent for Ford cars
i In Abbeville, will open a gas service
j station this week in front of his gaj
rage on The Square. It will a visible
.jgas service station, electrically oper'
ated. Patrons can see the amount of
' gasoline that they get and all chance
, for disputes will be obviated.
The plant is made by the Guarantee
Liquid Measure Co., of Pitts
! bugh, Pa., and will be the only one
of its kind in Abbeville. The capacity
of the station will be 1,000 gal'
Ions. An oil service will also be
maintained by Mr. Arnold.
not despair as to the cargo if the
ship lies in less than 200 feet of water.
Divers can operate with comparative
ease at that depth.
Manu cnilora r*?PMvfclv demobilized
j;have cast their lot with the govern;
ment salvage corps or with some one
, of the private corporations which
have taken up the work. The pay is
I good, while there is always an ele,
ment of danger.
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i you have long wanttg
means wasted time
id inspect them today
or yourself. A visit
>bligation whatever. <
rTFITTERS
Abbeville, S- C. |n
CATARRH OF HEAD, N08E
AND THROAT KEPT HER
HAWKING ALL THE
TIME. DRECO GAVE
RELIEF.
Read the words of Mrs. W. O. Bo
ho, who resides at 348 Oak Street,
Athens, Ga., one of the most highly
respected women of that community
"Dreco is nnnaralleled for relipv
ing pain, sickness and suffering.
one knows how I suffered from that^R
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awful catarrh of the head, nose andH
stomach, and the collection of mucu^H
in my stomach, which nauseated txu^H
and caused vertigo and ringing noise^B
in my head that nearly drove m^H
mad. When I rose in the morning
almost vomited from the dropping^B
that would cause me to gulp an<^H
' swallow. My throat and tonsils be^H
came raw?all swollen and red.
felt miserable all over; tired and nex^H
vous. H
"When I read about Dreco it mean^H
nothing to me except a medicine spo^H
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ft.cn uigny ui, uut, un my; K is
different now. I want to tell you al^H
take it like I did, and see. You wi^H
be convinced and overjoyd by th^H
results." MB
Dreco is made from juices and e;^Hj
tracts of many medicinal herta^H
plants which act on the vital org&n^H
in a pleasant and prompt manenr.
Dreco' is highly recommended i^H
Abbeville by P. B. Speed, Druggist.^!
inc. L-uiirc.l/li\A 1 n. lull&uc^h
No. 62 Broad Street, jH
CHARLESTON, S. C. 9H
A Boarding and Day School f<^H
Girls. H|
Begins its session October 1, ldl^Hj
Historic Institution situated in j^H
healthy location. HB
Advantages of City life, with larg^H
College yard for outdoor sports. HB3
A WELL PLANNED COURSE
studies in a homelike atmosphere.
A BUSINESS COURSE open
Seniors, and Elective courses to
iors and Seniors.
Two Domestic Science Coursc^fB
giving practical and theoretic knov^H
edge of cooking.
A well equipped Library. BH
For Catalog and further inform^H
tion apply to the CoHege.
7-8-13 weeks. |^H