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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-08-30

Secretary Balllnror shows his child.
ishncss when he talks about a ICON.
sDiracy' between pIncho. and Ger
field 20 get him out off Office 70 is a
small man magiNiae himself who
scents a conspiracy whom two mon
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-08-30
Children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 8 T Q RIA

You will find it on Hardman's ten cent
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-08-30

See Hardman ten cen, counter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-08-30

BrIug me your wool and beef
hides. Ira Hardmar
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-08-30
"Better than an Alarm Clock"-
Fields Prune Svrrn and e---e.
l. gets The Chronicle l yr.
A COLD

is not necessarily serious provided it i.
taken care of. 1t is frequehly the starting
point of many dangerous diseases. When
it comes use DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey
Look for the bell on the bottle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-08-30
Crab Apples for Sale.

l have about so bushels of the
finest kind Of crab apples that l
will sell at SOC per bushel. Call
early.
Jake Huffman.
Grantsyille w. Va.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-08-30

Don't use Calomel or Cathartics.
Buy Fields Prune Syrup and SIENNA
Pleasant, Safe and Sure.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
NO PAPER NEXT WEEK.

There will be no issue of the RE-
CoRDER next week. We need hard
ly state the reason. This of week
is time-honored custom with the
country newspaper, and the tired
editor and the busy typesetterlook
forward to it as a bright oasis in
their desert way. 1t is the solitary
break in his round of monotony,
the one week in ffty-two which he
calls his own. 1t matters little
where he goes or what he does,
perhaps, for the time is too short
to form a habit or to go far wrong
if he goes right the other 81. May
we all be merry and happy, hav-
ing operverted or misguidedideas
along the line.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
Administrators Sale

AS Administrator, with the Will
Annexed, of Abraham Life, decd,
! will sell at public auction on
FRIDAY, DEC. 80, 1910,
at his late residence, three miles
north of Crabbottom Mills, the fol-
lowing and other personal property
of the deceased:
One sorrel mare; l 5-year-old
COW, will be fresh in spring; Il q
year-old heifer, fat, will be fresh in
spring; Is good sheep; 8 hay stacks
and a lot of fodder; 20 bushels of
wheat; 60 bushels ear corn, and
some oats and potatoes; l new 2
horse wagon; l old 2-horse wagon;
/ good banner wagon; wind mill;
/ cookie machine; l moving ma
chine; / buggy rake; good left
handed pillow; l hillsideplow one
horse cultivator; l double and one
single shovel pillow; l harrow; l ap-
pie mill; | washing machine; | rifle
gun; 3 iron kettles; l copper kettle.
Also some lumber, chains axes,
saws, sugar water pan, big tubs,
barrels, buckets, blacksmith s tools,
carpenters tools, fruit jars and
feuit crooks, ETC.; all the house
hold furniture, consisting of bu-
reaus, safes, bedsteads and bedding.
cookingstove and utensils, heating
stoves, tables, chairs, lounges,
chests, trunks, some old and new
rag carpet, and many other things
not mentioned.
TERMS: On all sums under S.,
cash will be required; for sums over
that amount, negotiable note on g
time with two good en-
dorsers will be required.
G. Lee Chew, Admir-.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
FROM MCDOWELL.

Mcdowell, Dec. 10. The wind
last Thursday tore the roof off the
new mill and landed it in the road.
The mill is making most excellent
flour and is a long and much-need-
ed convenience to the community.
Miss Emma Homer and Rev.
Starbuck little boy have fever.
Mrs. Dice Evick is able to be up
and around a little.
Theweather continues cold, and
the general complaints are a cold
and the fire won't burn.
bMessrs. Seybert Hansel, George
Shull, and Paul Crowley are ex-
pected home to spend Christmas.
= The following ladies will givepar-
ties to the young people during the
holidays: Mesdames S. A. Han
sci, John Crowley, H. R. Quidore,
and L. B. Byrd.
MIR. Frank Bradshaw's little ba-
by has pneumonia.
(Mr. Ed Fleisher killed two beeves
Friday and brought six quarters to
town for sale.
The dry, cold weather seems to
agree with stock, and they are do
ing remarkably well.
The low water and the snow
makes inferior ice, but some has
been gathered.
lMr. Wade, the millwright, who
has been installing the machinery in
the new mill, left last week.
IMr. j. S. McNulty has been con-
fined to his home for the past week
with a cold.
Mr.. Andrew Masters, our Oldest
citizen, while quite feeble, is stand
ing the winter very well.
Mr. Newton Eagle is spending
the winter with Mr.. Robert Beetle.
There will be a union S. S. Christ
mas tree Saturday night, Dec. "a.
We wish the RECORDER and its
readers a Merry. Christman. Pat.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
From Bath
Letcher. Va.

Letcher, Va, Dec. l6.
News is scarce in our neL hbor-
hood owing to severe winter Neath-
er which we have experienced ever
since the first of the menth. \ Ice
was almost thick to harvest Mis-
week.
Charlotte, daughter of Jams
McAllister, is very poorly wa
pneumonia. She was taken /
Charlottesville last week, where al
operation was performed for soma
trouble about the lungs caused by
deep cold. Her friends entertain
but little hope of recovery owing to
word received yesterday.
Berlin Botkin, of Palo Alto, is
spending several weeks with his
brother, Joseph, of this place.
Miss Irene Thompson has opened
school again after haying closed for
week on account of sickness, she
being indisposed and went home
during the week.
Miss Mamie Mclaughlin has been
spending several weeks visiting rel
atives in Pocahontas and Green
brier counties.
Mr.. Will Bowers, of Natural
Well, spent Saturday and Sunday
at his home near here.
Mr.. B. N. Dressler is Lying on
the Fudge place, having vacated it
for two years, and formerly l'ved
there eleven years. We are glad
to welcome him back.
Messrs. Poe Bowers and Berlin
Botkin, visited Hot Springs We'd
nesday.
We have some iron bridges UNI
der construction here and hope to
have wire foot bridge near Greav-
er's mill, at a very early date.
Merry Christmas to all. I'll
write again. Gala
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
BANKING IN ENGLAND.
Started by London GoIdsniths In the
Seventeenth Century.

Seventeenth Century.
The business Of banking was not in
troduced into England until the seven
teenth century, when it began to be
undertaken by goldsmiths in London,
who appear to have borrowed 1t from
Holland. 1t was attacked, as innova-
lions commonly are. Mr.. Gilbart in
his 'sHistory and Principles OF Bank
ing" quotes from pamphlet publish
ed in 1916, entitled "The Mystery OF
the New Fashioned Goldsmiths or
Bankers Discovered" passage that
may be reproduced:
"Mlch about the same time-the
time Of the civil commotion-the gold
smiths Tor new fashioned bankerS be-
gan to receive the rents Of gentlemen's
estates RENTED to town and to allow
them and others who put cash into
their hands some interest for 1t II 1t
remained but a single month In their
hands or even a lesser time. There
was a great allurement to put money
into their hands. which would bear
interest till the day they wanted 1t,
and they could also draw it out by
f1O0 or ESQ. ETC.. at time as they
wanted it with infinitely less trouble
than If they had lent 1t out on either
real or personal security. The conse'
ouence was that It quickly brought q
great quantity Of cash into their
hands. SO that the chief or greatest OF
them was now enabled to supply
Cromwell with money In advance on
the revenues as his occasion required
upon great advantages to themselves"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
HENS WORTH $4,000

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. IL
Winner over all others of her breed,
Lady Washington, raven black
Orpington hen, worth $4,000 has
only one of her kind as rival her
own daughter. Her offspring is
worth $4,000. Whenever either
of them chooses to do the common
place thing of laying an egg it is
worth $25.
Both chickens are on exhibition
at the fifth annual poultry show in
this city. Lady Washington ar
rived from her home in Factory
vile, accompanied by two atten-
dants and occupied specially con-
structed coop in specially resery-
ed compartment.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
WILLIAMSBURG ITEMS.

Dec. l9.-Highlahd cannot alone
boast of zero weather this winter.
We have been having weather very
near that mark for the last two
weeks.
\Dulian Byrd filled his ice-house
last week with fine ice.
NThe Cowpasture River here is low
er than it has been for many years.
The water is standing in pools, and
in many places the channel of the
river is dry, or was before the snow.
The Ba Jtists will serve oysters
at the Williamsville school house
on the 18th inst. for the benefit of
the church. All will meet with a
cordial welcome. Ice cream and
cake will also be served.
.NSeveral of the absent ones OF
the community will ret r II
to spend the Xmas season.
Clarence Wallace, who has been in
Idaho the past year. Ernest Mar
shall, who has been in Illinois, Miss
Maude Wallace, who teaches the
Back Road School, and Miss Gene
va Swoope, who teaches at Liberty,
will spend the holidays at home,
Mr. Marshall staying for month
Miss Nellie SW Dope expects to COM
mence school in Highland the first
of January.
Emmett McClintic, and electrical
engineer, has gone to Oklahoma to
Engage in business.
Miss Mary McClintic returned
last week from a visit to the family
of ID. b. Taylor, in Staunton.
YThe friends here of Mr.. Samuel
Sterrett were much grieved to learn
of his death.
l/Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wallace will
spend the holidays at Glover Creek
with the latter's parents.
The sun is slowly melting the
snow on the sunny hillsides, but
there is yet an inch or two in the
valley.
1asper Lewis, who was accident
ally shot in the shoulder last week,
is improving. X.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
FROM EASTERN HIGHLAND.

Headwaters, Dec. 20. -Arlie Bot
kin is quite busy logging for saw
set. j. w. Simmons is to do the
work.
Mr.. Brison Johns, of Bushton,
ILL.,, is visiting his father, J. P.
Johns
Samuel Simmons, of Lexington,
ILL.,, visited his brother last week.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Reisler Nc
Cray, daughter.
George Propst is critically i'll with
tuberculosis.
T. NJ. Devericks butchered an
eighteen-months old pig that tip
ped the beam at All pounds.
Mr.. Bob Erwin, of Bath, was one
among our congregation Sunday.
The Sunday School will have a
Xmas tree on the Saturday before
Christmas.
The school, under the manage
ment of Miss Ollie Devericks, is
progressing nicely.
Our merchant, ". Hupman,
was called home Saturday on &C
count of the illness of one of his
children. SELDOM.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
IN MEM0RlAM,

Died, at the home of herparents,
No. 5, South Madison Street, Staun-
ton, Va, Little Pauline Dean, only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Dean
aged 81 months and Is days.
"Our little Pauline now is gone,
Her tiny spirits fed;
Our little darling, loved so well
Is sleeping with the dead.
God needed one more angel child
Amidst his shining band,
And 80 he bent with loving smile
And clasped our darling's hand.
1.-THE little crib is empty now,
The little clothes laid by,
A mothers hope and fathers joy
In Deaths cold arms doth lie.
The tears within her fathers eye,
Her mothers breaking heart
Can only tell the agony
How hard it is to part"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
A chin.u.

At Looping Hsieh sta+,,o drorod
in full dress Of q aon,. 49, 49,,
ting or police mas - GU
who gave his life ft naar1o A.
exile who was in IT,
chow and who owed E ta,.tu;o.
magistrate) grudge,o h,,o,,
horse to Looping and, n ,..ros A..
hsien, got back for tn 49, ~,
call next morning. "A ~" ~.
could not be found orde 49,
the capital that large 49,
people should be killed. - t
this slaughter of innocent
ting, a good old man, said ~ S, ~
the hsien after q few word 80
wine cups, and he was con 49,
beheaded. No resident Of tn
would deal the fatal blow, bu ~
Grant cobbler or bamboo workt :. :.
for reward of 40 taels. Tt ~
adds that he was struck dead BY
ming after leaving the execution gr
Chinese Mercury. a
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
WANTED HIS PAY.
The Husky Jamaican Didn't Care to
Work For NOTHING.


Work For Nothing.
An English naval officer tells Of be
ing on a war vessel which took pro
visions to st. Kits. one Of the Brit
ish West India islands. A hurricane
had left many Of the inhabitants in a
destitute or even starving condition
hungry crowds gathered at the wharf,
but refused to help unload the food
hat was TO be given to them unless
)aid for their work.
A similar story sheds light on the
jamaican negro Some years ago a
lrricane devastated the island, and
Ee relief sum was raised. much of
i England and the United States.
tconmittee having charge of this
iut sent wagon load of lumber to
NY black man whose house had
pee,fattered over the parish. He
ana family were living in a rude
shachade out of odds and ends.
w" that furY he asked Of the
men wwere unloading the material
III nroi' his patch of ground.
I'D Tor your new house." was
'ne iepH"It's from the relief fund
anu 49, onpst you anything"
.v Nv n to build NAH houseY'
So ~ anybody does"
VIZ .. 4 to pay me fur nah
WYNN fsboro Record.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
A HINDU WIZARD.
His Trick That Puzzled an Occidental
Master of Magic.

His Trick That Puzzled an Occidental
Master of Magic.
Some Of the tricks Of the Hindu
wizards are past understanding, &C
cording to an occidental master of
magic who was speaking of his orien-
tai rivals. This is what he says he
saw Hindu wizard do In club In
Lucknow:
"He took board and placed 1t on
four glass goblets, thus elevating 1t
from the floor. A youngster sitt'- 2a
the board was requested to pill ais
hands together, palms up. Then the
juggler took glass of water and
poured it into the outstretched hands
Of the boy. In the meantime the boy
had been mesmeriZed, and his atten-
ton was fixed on a point indicated by
the magician. Gradually the water
turned green In color and then devel-
opel into a jelly which increased In
density until 1t became as solid as
stone. Out of the center Of this ap-
peared the head of q snake, which
gradually developed until In the place
of the water there appeared Kissing
reptile. was amazed, / can assure
you, but the trick was not yet COM
pleted. Hitting the reptile upon the
head with his wand, the juggler took
it up carefully and placed it back In
the glass. AS we look ed 1t became
transformed into jelly, which in turn
melted into a greenish c0lored water.
Clearer and clearer became the fluid
until It was Of Its original color, and
then the juggler placed it to his lips
and drank the entire contents. This
was the most wonderful trick ! ever
saw performed. and it is as mysterious
to me today as 1t was then"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23

Mr.. w. A. McComb, secretary of
the Augusta County Fruit Growers
Association, has prepared for the
Dispatch and News a statement
giving the statistics for the apple
crop of Augusta county for 1910.
This statement gives some surpris-
ing figures, and indicates a ire
mendous development of the fruit
growing interests of the county. 1t
shows for instance that Augusta
shipped in the season just closed
about $50, 900 barrels of apples to
the value of S600,0 900.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23

If you are suffering from bilious
ness, constipation, Indigestion,
chronic headache, invest one cent
in postal card, send to Chamber
lain Medicine Co., Des Moines, To-
wa, with your name and address
plainly on the back, and they will
toward you a free SAMPLE of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. Sold by DR.. X. Il. Trimble
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23

Henceforth no white person may
move into block in Baltimore
where the majority of the residents
of that block are negroes, nor may
a negro move into a block where
the majority of the residents are
white. This is the mandate laid
down in the so-called E. II. West
race-segregation ordinance which
was signed by Mayor Mahool Mon
day. 1t is expected that the act
will be taken to the courts to test
it's constitutionality.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
Sameness of Opinion

II suppose" said the youns
with the soiled collar and bagg.
sers as he sat down beside a st
on one of the park benches, you
not take me for a member of +
aires family. would you?"
NO" answered the stranger
sizing him up; frankly SPEAK
wouldn't"
Neither would the millionair
Joined the young man sadly. Il"
him last night. st. Paul
Press.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
M

Big MoNEY--We want an agent
in every town; salary and commits
sion; references required; for full
particulars, address Subscription
Dept, National Sportsman, Inc,
rs Federal St., Boston, Mass.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
THE SEASON OF PEACE.

The Christmas seoSon is the.tIme
of "peace on earth and goodwill to
men" This does not mean part
of the earth only nor some of the
men, but all the earth and all the
men thereon. 1t is therefore a fit
ting time for the discussion of a
project that will bring to them a
lasting peace-a peace not to be
broken by any nation without for
feiting the friendship and moralsup-
port of all the other nations. The
great gift made by Andrew Carneg-
lie for the peace foundation and his
earnest speech in futherance of the
plan for worldwide arbitration are
notable as giving substantial impe-
tus to a movement of which men
have long dreamed, but which has
hitherto been regarded generally as
the fanciful conceit of the believers
in a final universal Utopia, rather
than the practical plan of calculat-
ing statesmen. But why should
not all nations enter into a peace
pact that would bind each to respect
the rights of all the others and to
submit fancied or real wrongs to
the arbitration of statesmen, diplo-
mats and judges versed in interna-
tional law? All governments have
enacted laws far the punishment of
those citizens whe take into their
own hands the settlement of pri-
vate disputes and providing courts
for the settlement of misunderstand-
ings between individuals. Why
should not the nations themselves
agree to have controversies among
themselves and other notions settl-
ed by the same sort of peaceful ar
bitration? 1t is pitiable spectacle,
that of civilized nations struggling
with each other to see which can
get together the greatest navy, the
best drilled and most modernly
equipped army-spending thus un-
counted millions wrung from the
hands of toll by way of taxation
when by agreement entered into in
good faith, one nation with anoth-
er, the necessity for such forces
could be largely obviated, the mon
ey thus expended be left in the
pockets of the people, the soldiers
and sailors now employed in learn
ing the arts of war on land and sea
left free to till the ground, to en-
gage in commerce and manufac-
lures that will yield their riches to
bless mankind
War is so wasteful, so foolish, so
worse than useless, that nations
which fail to repudiate it and do
not try to abolish it can hardly be
allowed to call themselves civilized.
The bully among nations should
be as wanting in the respect of 9TH
er nations as the bully among men
is wanting in the respect of his fell
low-men; there is no more reason
for the continued existence of the
one than for the other, and as the
individual bully and fighter is rap
idly being frowned out of existence
in enlightened communities, so
must his national prototype be dis
countenanced and finally eliminat-
ed by the more enlightened coun-
tries of the world.
The great conference at Wash
ington met at an suspicious time,
and it's object has been furthered in
a most striking and practical way.
1t is to be hoped that the coming
year may witness still farther prog |
ress toward new and more perfect |
era of "peace on earth and good
will to men. Baltimore Sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
Bargains I'm Blue Grass Farm.

land 400 genuine blue ar ooo acres rolling and gently ROLL
Ss1 sa"a ON % . Ts@sa a
S1 hse asfs
fine Is "a so5 ce6 SSs s
dngs Examine this property and vo v GWeng Necessary OUT
grass G Rs%dd ap pd''n 5o cattle s Which
and sold II of fine ORIGINAL on this grass this
1s Of GS T eo The b mp bdn sn SF (Which
barn. Distance o DG Gaes% Of fSo ouass
rich i miles, Price ST OOO 'nree miles, school and
We suit you '' properties. Describe
lericksburg, Va. s' va Richmond Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23

The greatest danger from infuen-
"a is of its resulting in pneumonia.
This can be obviated by using
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, as
it not only cures influenza, but al
so counteracts any tendency of the
disease toward pneumonia. Sold
by DR.. X. H. Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23

During the year 1905
eminent $2,526,09S, q
acre, to administer ane
ma tional forests in the
and territories and "A
above amount S592.1@
improvements of a PEI
ter, including the cons
miles of trails, 100 a
roads. 5000 miles o.
and 40 miles Of fire I'm
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23

We are proud of our assortment
of shirts and neckwear. Nowhere
around here can you find a better
assortment, quality considered, the
lowest priced goods in town.
Highland Mercantile Co.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23


A hen which has a reed
$50 eggs, whose case hai
reported in agricultural
sists during the winter nlo
ing In a cold but We
scratching shed when tie
house is available as a sh
night. Quite likely her
healthy constitution are II
the fresh air she thus GET
quantities.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23

An interesting illustration of the
change that has within the last
couple Of generations overtaken the
big New York daily newspapers in
their judgment of news values was
afforded by the Johnson-Je ffrles
fight at Reno. Seyen of the prin-
cipal metropolitan newspapers and
five of the press associations had
Approximately 300, 900 words tele-
graphed to them from their CORE
spondents and expert writers sent
to cover the melee between the ne
gro and the California boilermaker.
The seven newspapers printed l21
columns of the fight in their issue
of July 5th, an average of seven
teen and two seventies of column
each, the story easily dominating
every other newsfeature of the day.
Only one newspaper--the Evening
Post-ignored it as a subject of
commanding news value, limiting
its reference to the fight to four
inches on the sporting page, The
total space given to the Battle OF
Gettysburg, the most momentous
and important battle of the Civil
War, in which 10000 men were
killed and wounded, by four of
these seven newspapers, was but
twenty-eight columns. or less than
one-quarter of the reference given
to the Nevada fight, 1t is interest
ing to note that the assassination of
Lincoln, one of the greatest TRACE
dies of modern times, occupied ap-
proximately the same space.