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SAYS FRENCH SPIRIT IS "WONDERFUL' Mr. Visanska Visited Place When He Was Shot During The War The following from The New and Courier, will be read with inter est: "Wonderful" was the term wit! which the restoration of the war torn areas of France was describe* by Ernest L. Visanska, attorne; with offices at 7 Broad street, wh( returned to Charleston yesterda; after having toured France for sev eral weeks, visiting the scene of th< engagement in which he was wound ed while serving during the war a a lieutenant of the First division o: the American expeditionary forces. The scars of war are plainly ii evidence in the villages and cities o: all the area of France for which A1 lied and Teutonic forces strugglec for moi'e than four years, accordinj to Mr. Visanska. But, surroundinj shattered villages are well-cultiva ted fields which witness the fac that France has returned to wort with a will, he declared. The peoph are living in make-shift homes which afford them scanty sheltei from the elements but they laugl while they work, with signs oJ cheerfulness that are incredible. h< said. Where First Division Fought Mr. Visanska visited France, Eng land, Belgium and Switzerland snendine a major portion of hi: time in the first named country. 01 particular interest to him were th< battlefields where the First divisior met the enemy while the war wai still young so far as the Unitec States was concerned. The famous Ypres region in Belgium was the on ly part of the old battle front h< visited other than where the Firsi division had seen service. The restoration in the vicinity ol Soissons has been accomplished s< thoroughly that the Charleston ex officer was unable to find th< trenches which were occupied by th< fighting First. Wheat fields wer< growing luxuriantly all about th< city. In Soissons, itself, the awfu effects of the struggle were still ii impressive evidence. Rebuilding o I ??8 j WANT 1 | We are exclu | and JUST WI I RED RIE p You want your chil< jj able SHOES for the S customer. ES m We have just receiv p Hawes Hats for Mei | KIRS M Cause a Man to lool uNo Charge Foi | Ram H Washington Street. | WE ( a Wmmmmmmmm s me cf the principal buildings has ' teen gotten under way, but the great majority of the inhabitants of t t ie Soissons of today live in huts ! onstructed from the debris that : illed the streets of the place when s t ie armistice was signed. - j In the neighborhood of Soissons Ilr. Visanska visited a cemetery i where many of his former comrades - are buried. To relatives and friends i in America of any soldier who lies f in this cemetery, he brought the asa surance that the graves are being y cared for in the most particular - manner possible. B Double Cross For Each -J "Each grave is marked with a s durable cross, bearing the name and f other information of the soldier buried in it," he said. "Grass is l growing in the cemetery, and it is f kept in a condition that many of - our cemteries in the States can not 1 equal. Well-kept walks are main I tained through all the portions of r this burying ground, which was the - only one that I had an opportunity t to visit. Ary American, who saw serc vice in the British army, is paid by J the government to supervise the , care of it, and a Frenchman assists r him." i' Hundreds of Americans have I visited France to see the places i where their loved ones were buried, MrN Visanska was told. Many other Americans in France on business or - merely as tourists, are attracted to , these cemeteries, he said. 3 j Ypres, familiar ground to Charf leston and South Carolina men who 1 nnm.Afl IM + U /\ ' 11 Vi i I rt+U J i?/VM !( 5 aci vcu in me iiiuticiii uivisiuii, 10 i the most desolate section of the old I 5 front, in Mr. Visanski's opinion, 1 based on his observations of several J portions of the line. No attempt has been made, he said, to obelerate the J barbed wire entanglements which t strew the sections between the trenches. Apparently, there had f been no attempt to revive agricul) ture in immediate vicinity of this - destroyed town ,which has become ; a British shrine, he declared. J | France Needing Coal 21 By observation and as the result ? of conversations with well-informed 1 Frenchmen, Mr. Visanska formed i the opinion that the industrial life f of France is fast becoming reestabfHMMUMMBBKSII '0 BE WEL I sive dealers in Nl RIGHT Shoes for, )ING HOOD SH CHILDREN i to have good strong, c( Fall. Try this line and y i Clothing and Hat ed the latest styles in ] n. They corre in both Ve CHBAUM CLO c and feel Well-dressed, i- Politeness' ey & Gi :lothe men and bo-: Lshed. The most serious problem^ 'confronting manufacturers is the | scarcity of coal, he learned.. The French coal mines were so d amaged 'during the war that they will not be productive for three years to come, j |In the meantime, American coal is1 being bought in spite of \ the enor-i 'mous handicap of the present ex- | change rate to keep the boilers of the necessary plants in operation,1 he said. Everything in France costs more! now than it did during the war, Mr.' Visanska found. He explained that iit cost more in terms of francs, but ( for the American, is actually cheap- J er because the dollar is now worth approximately fourteen francs, | whereas during the war, it was! worth from five to six francs. I he people of France, as a result, find 'la vie chere" as they term the "H. C. L." the most serious question of the day. An ex-service man who had been in France asked Mr. Visanski what was the current quotation fdr champagne and was informed that good j champagne could be had for thirtyfive francs. A rapid calculation showed that the actual cost to an {American would approximately $2.25 a bottle. Paris Seems Changed j "Gay Paree" is not the same as it was to the doughboy on leave, according to Mr. Visanska. There is a spirit of soberness and repression | n evdence that was not found by jthe American who landed in Paris cn a seven-day leave from the front | with a pocketful of francs and a desire to blow them in as fast as nossihle. Indeed, the spirit of France is |Wonderful, the most wonderful ^ thing about the country, Mr. Visan,ska asserted with conviction. The same "gameness" that was the talk of the world during the war exists in undiminished vigor today, he declared. "After my trip, I can say more sincerely than ever," Mr. Visanska | said, "the United States is the best j country in the world for an Ameri- j can. Notwithstanding the many things that we criticize and growl about, I am convinced that no other j country can offer as much for all j j iMBIiBWMBIIBiBfHW I LSHOD? JNN & BUSH 1 Men and Boys. 1 OES FOR I. )mfortable and dur- jj ou will be a regular H s 1 ICnox, Stetson and 3; lours and Beavers. |] THES |; Let us show you. U * illiatrt 1 iuiuiii ?? , ABBEVILLE, S. C. ? ; lrS. | ; aranuiiriuiiiiifi^ | We an 1 a | Suits, 1 1 anrl C y "Xi 31 fi 5j This store is t fi lieve the kind that fi of everyday use si ? cal they are good. A quality for lower p jjj/ quality for reason ? large part of our s ^ things that are the fi and lasting satisf: es always?prices ? You may be sur fi chase from us is ji S think you have not s ?_ _ j ii ti oacK me gooas. j fi have them. H; We spend a 1 fi means and when \ jjj sure it is worth all Uj YOU CANT L B Everything is S all and that the lo Hadd< of us as our own does." rOUVE THOMAS DEAD 1 AS RESULT OF POISON fi n Paris, Sept. 11.?Olive Thomas, ^ formerly widely known on the Am- ^ erican musical comedy stage and n for several years past a motion picture star, died at 11 o'clock this \ morning in the American hospital it Neuilly. She was taken to that injtitution last Sunday suffering from i slow poisoning having swallowed a g poisonous solution early that day by h mistake, according to Dr. Jos. a Dhoate, the American physician in p charge of the case. Recently Miss n rhomas who came to . Europe with ler husband, Jack Pickford, several C weeks ago, had suffered from nervous depression, it was said. First lid was promptly given her by Mr. H Pickford when he returned Sunday to the hotel where they wleke stoping ind found his wife in a serious conlition, and every possible effort vas made at the hospital to counterict the effects of the poison, but c< vithout avail. *a h< 593,600 PRICE PAID m FOR ARGENTINA BULL w M Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. LI.?The South American record irice for . pedigreed cattle was ! >roken yesterday when the Here- e> ford bull that won the grand cham- ei )ionshiD at the international stock; 1 ihow here was sold for $93,600. m rhe bull was bred in Argentina. he GRENVILLE REGISTERED 3t TOTAL OF 1,306 WOMEN ch Greenville, Sept. 11.?Members of co the Greenville county legislative del- m ligation, in interviews today, expres?- tu ed themselves in favor of reopening ea !.he books of registration if the wo- di men and men of the community de- C< ired it. Senator Proctor A. Bonham th vho is chairman of the county dele- fii cation, is in Anderson this week at- th :endin{? court as attorney in several or Important cases, but is expected to pr return tomorrow and if there is reluest he probably will call a meeting: an if the delegation to decide on the lie natter. Mr. Bonham is said to be T1 n favor < f reopening the books if the of e now showing Fall Millinery Dresses, Coats, Cotton Piece G< )rimlul 01 good merchant most people want. The lould be good?and if th These are not the tim< >rices but to buy from a s able prices. For this reas service to the public the g >roughly good?that will action, merchandise that that are fair to you and f; *e that anything and ever ist as reprealue for your ; received valuue for you 'f you don't want them v ot of time studying yoi ve put anything in our st< we ask; most times a liti OSE WHEN YOU DEA1 marked in plain figures west possible. Ml-Wilsc t nen and women want it. u] A grand total of 1306 women and ,100 men registered here during the et rst three days of this week. Tw?lve Ti egro women were registered by the C oard, all of whom, with one excep- hj ion, were school teachers, and twelve oj egro men registered. ,oi h{ VILL CLOSE ASHEVILLE w; GENERAL ARMY HOSPITAL . O Asheville, N. C., Sept. 11?O'Reilly eneral army hospital at Oteen* near ere, has been ordered closed as an rmy hospital October 15, and the d< atients transferred to the govern- C lent tuberculosis hospital. ' gi 4l OAL LIKELY DROP in $5 TON THIS FALL ead of Wholesale Coal Associa- ^ tion Outlines Conditions That ^ Make Such An Event al Possible Washington, Sept. 11.?That >al would drop $5 the ton before te fall was the prediction made C ?re today by George Cushing anaging director of the American B holesale Coal Dealers association, r. Cushing said that a sharp deine in price may not be expected ?n if ore November. te "The wholesale dealers have been ai cpecting a marked decline for sev- la al months," Mr. Cushing said: ?ew of them would stay in the ac arket more than 24 hours with any di lantity of coal. The drop has been be ild off by the operators and the b( eady demand on the local mer- oi iants. C "There has been considerable ol impetition for coal? It must be re- h< embered, however, that manufac- to :ring plants laid in their supplies th ,rly and householders have bought gi iring the spring and early summer. | jal dealers have ordered from I th ree and four sources. When they j in nd their orders are being filled j ni ey will cancel the precautionary j 1-3 ders they have been making in the en ospect of a shortage. "It will be hard to estimate the 1? nount the price will drop, but I be- on ive it will be as much as .$5 a ton. j re lere is and will be little scarcity, coal when the actual facts dawn 9 "?i n aur i i AAV TV }jj Wool [j Dods [j iise and we be- j j common things ' \ 5 ey are economi- 2 9S to sacrifice j i >tore that sells j! son we count .a j: athering here of ! j give complete 13 bears fair pric- I j air to us. jj ything you pur- J j money, bring j l ir money, bring i j re don't want to j j ir needs and i { Dck you may be 1 j Jemore. j! L WITH US. j! One price to j j >n Co :j ?J pon the trade. "Wholesalers have been condemn1 for raising the price of coal, hey have had little to do with it f ompetitive bidding at the mines is caused] the increase. Mines are jerating today and supplying coal an inferior grade that could not ive operated or offered their coal ith a normal market." RDERS FOR STEEL SHOW A DECREASE New lork, Sept. 11.?Unfilled or2rs held by the United States Steel orporation in the month ending Auiist 31, totalled 10,805,038 tons asgainst 11,118,468 in the month endig July 21. According to the Retail Dry Goods , ssociation, the cost of delivering relil goods averages 12 cents a pack?e. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Probate Court ITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION y J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of Probate: WHEREAS, Elbert Beck hath ade suit to me, to grant him Letrs of Administration of the estate id effects of Elizabeth Foster Beck, te of Abbeville County, deceased. These Are Therefore, to cite and lmonish all and singular the kin ed and creditors of the said Eliza;th oster Beck, deceased, that they ? and appear before me, in the Court : Probate, to be held at Abbeville ourt House, on Wednesday the 22, : September 1920 after publication ;reof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, show cause, if any they have, why e said Administration should r.ot be anted. GIVEN under my har.d and seal ci e Court this 8th day o^ September the year of our Lord one thousand ne hundred ar.d twenty and in tho 14th year of American Indeper.dice. 1 Published on the 10th day of Sept. 120 in the Press and Banner a:vl i the Court House door for the t'm; quired by law. J. F. MILLES, 10. J;:dire of Probate. Hi