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UNEMPLOYMENT IN
ENGLAND SERIOUS
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London, Dec. 23.?Extreme anxi
*ty is felt by the British people over
conditions of^unemployment, and in
some quarters the opinion is ^ held
that the crisis 'is more serious than
any of its predecessors.
This pessimism is reflect'd in edi
torial comment relative to govern
ment proposals to relieve distress,
ami there is a fretful tone in some ,
comment which further emphasizes
forebodings over the prospects of
the coming winter. It is predicted
that) "in spite of all said that may be ,
devised; the next felv months may
bring privations to many thou
sands. Premier Lloyd George out
fined his *plan for relieving the un
employed in the house of commons j
yesterday, and newspapers give him
credit for doing whatever is possible
by resorting to make, shifts which J
are admitted by palliatives. Some
newspapers apologize for the gov- {
ernment s pian, contending tnav iv i
is better than the efforts of all pre
vious governments to meet critical
conditions in the labor , world. On
the other hand, many newspapers
attack the cabipet for doing too li-t
tie, too mcch, or the wrong thing. -
DECLARES HUNDREDS OF
BABIES ARE BEING SOLD
Salt. Lake City, Dec. 22.?Declar
ing that hundreds of babies are be
ing literally sold in Salt Lake iCty
every year, Judge Hugo B. ^ Ander
son of the local juvenile court in his
biennial report to the governor re
commends that legislation be intro
duced to prevent the continuance of
the traffic.
He condemns the adoption pro
ceedings as at present carried out in
the courts, stating that they were
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Hauuiea liiivrixiaiiy aui* ucticco cu
tered as a matter of course, the
courts having no means whereby to
"make investigations.
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS
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Millport, Ala., Dec. 20, 1920.
My dear Santa:
I am a little girl four years old
and of course I am my mama's pet
and when my auntie comes I am her 1
.pet. I am not going to as? for much I
bat I want you to be kind enough i
to bring me a doll, a necklace, can-'
?y, apples and a few oranges if | s
they are sweet for I don't want any-1
thing that is sour as I am the sweet- (c
est lady so my mama says. I
Dear Santa, please doji't forget
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my two sisters ana my uruwier.
Your lovely friend,
Alma Savage.
t)ear Santa Clalis:
James is writing for you to bring
him a gun and I want one too, but
papa and mama says I am not old
enough so reckon I will have to ask
for something else. If you can find
a buggy for my pony please bring
ne but if you cannot bring a good
goat wagon and anything else you
think nice for a little boy seven
years old. I study hard and my tea
cher said the only reason I didn't
get on the honor roll was that I
laughed too much but laughing
makes one grow fat and I want to
be fat like you. Don't forget about
my little friends around here.
Your little firend,
John Allen Wilson.
Dear Santa Claus: y
ma cAq aaxv tmii in
maaia wtu iuv umv ?? *? ^ |
town yesterday and told you I want
ed a big doll and that you said you
thought a medium size doll with a j
kid body would be better fer me to ^
play with and I think that will suit ^
better too* so please bring me the
ene you told her about also a doll (
carriage, ring, scissors, thimble and 1
fruit, candy and fireworks. Don't
forget about my little friend, Ella'
Brooks, and all the little folks in
Warren ton, for I don't think you
will find a better set of children
anywhere.
Your little friend,
Lillian Wilson.
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forbidden to hunt or trespass on
my lands in any way. Mrs. W. G.
Chapman. 12, 22.2tpd.
FOR SALE?One Liberty Six Road
ster with Red Seal Continental mo
tor 1918 model in good condition,
five good tires. A bargain for
someone. Apply Jas. J. RocAe,
Abbeville. S. C. 12-22-3tc.
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We wish Editor Greene and his
efficient and faithful staff a very
merry Christmas and a prosperous
New Year. We give them our sin
cere thanks for the splendid paper
they have given their readers the
past* year aiid we hope that 1921
will be the best year in the history
of the Press and Banner.
Our school closed Wednesday and j
the teachers left that day for their
homes to spend the holiday season.
An entertainment was given Tues
day night by the school children
which proved a great success. A
splendid program was well rendered
by the children. There was a large
:rowd present who thoroughly en-i
ioyed the fun.
Mrs. Walter Drake and two chil
dren left Monday for Spartanburg,
where they will -spehd the Christ
inas season with relatives.
Misses Wil Lou and Katherine
Pitts, of the Woman's College, Due
West, were the week-end visitors of
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Dallas and Miss
Margaret. ^ v *
Miss Margaret Dallas, of Ware
Shoals, is spending the holiday sea
ton at her home here.
Mrs. D. H. Dean, and baby, of
Salisbury, N. C., are spending the
Jhristmas season witn ner parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith of the
Drake district. / . f
Miss Mary Jordon, of Campobello
s' spend the Christmas holidays
with her parents * ."r. arid Mrs. W. S.
rordon, of Due West.
D*. B. H. Carlton and Mr. Ben H.
Smith were 'business visitors in
Jijeenwood Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Cara Haddon, of Ora, is hom^
"or the Christmas holidays.
Dr. and Mrs. Carlton were shop
>ing in Anderson Wednesday.
Mrs. J. J. Dunn, and daughter,
Kiss Elma, were Greenwood shop
>ers on Monday.
Mr. Leo McLane was in Abbe
ville on business last Saturday.
The many friends of Mr. Steve
Brownlee will be glad to know that
le is improving in health and soon
lopes to be able to be on the streets!
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Mr. Ha| Sharpe, of Greenwood,
ipent/kret Sunday with his parents.
The most delightful social event
>f the season was the party given
>y Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Donald at
heir beautiful home last Friday
light.
About ten couples enjoyed this
'unction. The time was merrily
pent in games of various kinds, ap
>ropriate for the festive season,
'unch was served throughout the
svening by Mrs. Harvey Drake and
>ther ladies The home was artistical
y decorated with holly and other
Christmas decorations. A delicious
alad and sweet course with hot
hocolate and whipped cream was
erved the guests. Everyone present
lad a most enjoyable time, and all
roted Mr. and Mrs. Donald ideal
intertainers. /
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew May are re
oicing over the arrival of a fine
>aby T>f>y.
Mrs. Henry Booker, of Green
vood, spent several days witn mr.
Booker's mother, who was quite/ill,
>ut we are glad to learn that she is
mproving.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Dallas spent
ast Thursday at. the hospitable
lome of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nickles
tear Hodges, where an elaborate
;urkey dinner was given in honor of
Vfr. and Mrs. Oscar Nickles.' About
;wenty of the relatives and friends
)f this popular young couple were
present The dinner was a real ban
quet, consisting of all the good
things of the Christmas season. A
lay of real pleasure was enjoyed by
jveryone presnt. Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
tfickles did everything in their
power to make the day a happy one.
2,000 WEEVILS CAGED
Florence, Dec. 23.?A batch of
2,000 bofl weevils in hibernation
were put into a huge cage today on
the Pee Dee Experiment Station to
test out the percentage of survivals
of the winter cold under the direc
tion of C. B. Nichols, assistant enty
mologist of Clemson College,i who
arrived in Florence this mohiing.
These weevils are hibernated in
various types of materials, includ-j
ing straws, of various kinds, moss,
pine straw, grass and other stuff
which affords winter harvest for
the boll weevil.
GERMANY'S WOMEN
PROTEST YIELDING
OF 800,000 COWS
Send Strong Letter Protesting To
French Women?Claim it Will
Mean DeatfTs of Thousands
Of Children.
Berlin, Dec. 21.?Surrender to the
allies of 800,000 milch cows, which ,
have been demanded under the terms
of the Versailles treaty, would have
disasterous results in Germany, says
a letter to the women of France from
a committee of German women. Con
tinued deprivation of the German peo
ple pf the milk supply represented by ,
these cows would result in weakening (
public stamina* and individual resist- ;
ance and therefore, operate to reduce j
the ability of Germany to fulfill (
trpfltv nhlications thru necessarv t>ro-1
duction, it is said.
"As women are defenders of the
rights of children," the letter declares
"we embrace with equal sympathy
suffering children of all nations. Our
sympathy goes out m fullest meas
ure to children in the devastated re-i
gions in France, where it appears to
us to be urgent that help should be
granted as speedily as possible.
"On the other hand we see the need
of every part of Germany is so great
that further reduction in the milk
supply would be equivalent to the
the death sentence for hundreds of
thousands of children. Instead of the
twenty billion liters of milk which
Germany produced annually in peace
times, the country is now producing
only 8,800,000,000."
SOMBER SIGHS THE SAVANNAH!
(By D. Magill, Atlanta, Ga.)
Last Easter day, April 4th, 1920,
at 5 o'clock in the afternoon,-'- a
mournful event bereaved the people
of Abbeville County and especially
the residents of Lowndesville and vi
cinity.
In crossing Savannah river while
the stream was raging in flood, the
boat on which they were crossing,
went down with eleven young people
an? all drowned except one young
man, Thomas Bradshaw, who swam
ashore with his life. The fated young
people were: Inez Manning, Annie
Manning, Robert Manning, sisters
and brother, Albert Sutherland, Lucy
Bradshaw, Allie Mae Bradshaw, sis
ters; Alice Mechine, Charlie Mechine,
sister and brother; Lester Masters
and his wife, of recent marriage.
ureat river 01 pameuc gioom: *
Oh rushing waves of frightful surge!
Thy sorrow chants its tearful dirge
For all these illstarred victims' doom.
Great river of historic waves,
From mountain rill of tender flow ;
To rushing, angry torrents grow,
And speed its victims to their graves.
Sad stream of sorrow whose fell flow,
In tearful, melancholy days,
We sing our sad and grievous lays
o calm our cruel, raging woe. i
Savannah, in dark mem'ries clad,
Has often brought us grief and fears,
But none exceeding these in tears,
un wrecK 01 raging waves so inau:
Sad river- flow gentle and calm
As Seaward you passJ>y their graves,
Molest not, with turbulant waves,
Our sorrowing chant of a psalm. .
The birds of song will pass away,
Like sweet wild flowers on the hills,
Or blossoms by the rythmic rills,
But these dear souls will last for aye.
Oh, torn away in youthful bloom,
The rose droops sadly by each grave,
And violets, in fragrant wave,
Perfume the air in tender gloom.
Fly, angels, hither from the sky!
There is ho sadder spot of ground,
In deep Savannah's valley found
Than where these Easter victims lie.
Fond mothers! be this solace thine;
That healing hope will Heav'n impart,
And anguish of a mother's heart
Be soothed with melody divine.
How sadly do the lilies weep,
For Charlie, where his life was spent;
The flow'rs will bloom his monument
Where all his fated comrades sleep.
Heartbroken parents, dismal, sore,
Oh home, sweet home, where they did
dwell!
We send the rose, the immortelle,
And Heaven, joy, forevermore.
The death rate for adults is at its
lowest in June, under normal con
ditions.
CHICKENS NEED PLENTY
OF GREEN FEED
Clemson College, December?If the
best results are to be obtained with
poultry, they must be furnished with
a plentiful supply of green feed.
Where fowls have unlimited range on
a farm they will secure ^reen feed
during the spring and summer, but
during the winter it must be supplied
for them, say the poultry specialists.
The question of how to supply
the best feed at the least cost is one
that each poultry keeper must decide
largely for himself. It will probably
make but little difference what kind
of green feed is supplied provided it
is relished by the fowls. Cabbages,
turnins. beets. Dot?ito)?s. etc.. are suit
able for this purpose. The larger roots
and the cabbages, may be suspended
by means of a wire or string or they
nay be placed on the floor, in which
:ase it would be well to split the tur
lips or beets lengthwise with a large
cnife. Potatoes anjl. turnips should be
fed cooked. The mangel is an excel
ent root for feeding raw.
Cut clover, soaked in boiling wa
;er fed alone or with mash, is good.
Clover meal and ground alfalfa make
rery good feeds for this purpose.
tVhere the fowls are yarded and not
jnough green feed is furnished by
;he yards, a small patch of clovcr,
ilfalfa, or rape may je sown. Any
>ne of these, if frequently -mowed,
vill furnish a great quantity of
jreen feed in a form relished -toy
:he fowls. Canada field peas may
ilso be sown for. this purpose and
vhen fed in a tender, crisp concli
;ion are eaten . readily. Rye is a
food crop for late fall and earty
spring, for it will germinate and
jrow in very cold weather. As a
reneral thing, fowls should have
)nce a day all the green feed they
vill eat.
A sneeze means a great impend-'
ng calamity to the Hindu mind.!
Whatever' happens on the day that
jne hears a sneeze is sure to turn.
>ut ill, they say, and the Indian will
;nter upon no undertaking of im
portance.
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RESTRICTIONS TAKEN OFF. j
Washington, Dec. 21.?Restrictions ]
on exportation of coin, bullion and i
currency to Soviet Russia, on dealings 1
or exchange transactions in Russian <
rubles and on credit or exchange
transactions with Soviet Russia were
removed today by the treasury and ,
federal reserve board, acting with \
the approval of the state depart
ment.
The treasury and federal reserve
board, in announcing removal of the
restrictions, said the action was tak
en "to give forte and effect to the
decision of the state department as
announced several months ago to re
move all barriers in the way of trade
and communication with Soviet Rus
sia. N , j
Removal of the final restrictions j
on trade with Soviet Russia, treasury |
officials explained, in no way means
GREE1
FRIENDS AND
The Holiday Season
nifty to express again
derive from our busi
you, and on behalf oi
land we wish for a "i
and devotion and a j
together "spirits" th*
out the coming year ;
us Happiness and Pi1
C. H. BC
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s to thank you all at tl
lay Season j for your k
nd indulgence during
J to wish for you -a
is and Prosperous Ne
:en our policy to"*try ti
lie, by giving fcourteoi
rvice and good worki
3 it is in our power t
hope in the future to'
>sition to serve the pub
jeously as to price and
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ind that the New Yea
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government sanction of commercial
relation^ with that country, but mere
ly give full effect to the state depart
ment's announcement of July 7 that
trade would be permitted at the trad
er's risk.
Industrial depression in Japan has
caused Souvenir dealers to take up
the sale of more necessary articles.
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