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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-26
Observation-Disclosures,

Especial to The Times Dispatch.I
l.YNCnBURG, VA, February 25.-
Miss h:ssle Florence Andrews daughter
of G.. w. Andrews, Of Lynchburg, and
w. r. Leftwch, of Bedford Springs,
were married on Wednesday afternoon
in the home of r. w Andrews, a
brother of the bride. who resides in
l'nirview Heights.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-26
I.ynch-HOy,

Special TO The Times Dispatchl
LfNCllRURG. VA. February 25--
Miss Nora fiiX and J. l.. Lynch, both OF
Noneta, were married at Bedford CITY
on Tuesday. the ceremony being per.
formed by Rev. Mr.. Hughes. of the Bap-
fist Church. They will live mt Moneta
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-26
CAN'T FIND DANDRUFF

Every bit N daudrum uisnppcnrs
after one or two applications OF Dan
derine rubbed we'll into the scalp with
the finger tips Get a 25-cenl bottle
OF Danderine ut any drug store and
save your hair. After few applicn-
tons YOU can't find a particle OF dan
druff or any falling hair. and the scalp
will never itch.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-26
Yours Truly.

The Pres. Of the NeRrow Gun Associa
ton
u. ST will he in Richmond one
week. Then back to New York and
through every State in the Union
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
P. D. RECEIPTS FOR
YEAR HALF MILLION
Exceeds Last Years Business by
Thousands of Dollars, Re-
port Shows

During the fiscal year ending, March
81, nearly half million dollars worth
of business was transacted at the local
post office. From present indications
this years business will exceed that
mark by thousands of dollars.
From all sources receipts reached
$463, 150.3S, against 37S,820.20 for
the preceding year. Probably the
largest single item was the money or
der business. Domestic ones amount
ed to $465,510.06 while those paid
were $787,724.13. International
money orders totaled $2S,151.21, while
those paid were S3,936.45. Nearly
100000 money orders were issued.
The sale of stamps, stamped envel-
opes and other postal supplies netted
nearly 100000. Second, third and
fourth class matter brought in about
$4,000. Box rents amounted to more
than $4,000.
In the registry department 50,517
pieces of mail were handled Special
delivery service also showed a big in
crease. 1864 pieces from other Of
fees were received to be distributed
here, and 1888 from local Offices The
average time required to dispatch the
letter from the time it was received
was nine and three-quarters minutes.
For this service messengers were paid
S3,270.SS. In the postal savings de-
partment $22,290 is on deposit. Dur
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03

eight years business manager of a local
business school, during which time the
school more than doubled it's attend
ance. His experience as teacher and
business man for a quarter of a CEN
tury is at the command of every stu
dent every day. These men have
already trained hundreds of young
people and placed them in good po-
sitions. They are in a position to do
the same for hundreds of others.
The course they have laid out in
cludes Gregg shorthand. bookkeeping,
touch typewritfng, penmanship, office
practice, business English, spelling,
letter writing, punctuation, business
law, business forms and business arith-
metic. To complete 1t means not
merely to study these things, but to
have q thorough training in them.
The work is so planned that each stu
dent may advance as fast as ability
permits.
No better location for such a school
could be found in the city. The new
Kaufman building is one of the most
modern and best equipped buildings In
the city, convenient to all car and rail-
road lines. The Off1ce Training School
Is on the third floor. its various rooms
being separated by glass partitions,
which afford unusual advantage for
daylight. Every desk in every room
is light and cheerful and the furnish
ings are all new and of the best ap-
proved sanitary kind. The school has
private entrance at South Market
Square. Nothing has been left undone
that can minister to the comfort and
convenience of the students
The school has in. preparation a
booklet entitled The Art of Getting
Along in the World" full of valuable
information, which will be sent with
out cost to any interested person writ
ing for it.-Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
German-Americans Oppose
Plans For Prohibition
BY Associated Press

San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 3.-Oppo-
sition to national prohibition was ex-
pected to take some tangible form to-
day in the shape of definite program
at the second days business session of
the National German American Alli-
ance of the United States. Dr. G. j.
Hexamer, of Philadelphia, president
of the organization. said resolutions
dealing with the subject of prohibition
would occupy a prominent part of the
convention, which is to conclude Sat
urday.
The report of Secretary Adolph
Timm, of Philadelphia, recommend
ing that prohibition be opposed, was
adopted yesterday and steps were
taken by some of the,55O delegates to
formulate a plan of action. 1t was
indicated. that the alliance was not
opposed to prohibition in itself, but
that the methods of gaining 1t were
not likely to stamp out the drink habit.
Education. it was contended, was a
better means of modernizing the con-
sumption of liquor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
INSPECTION PLAN,
IS OBJECTED TO
Said to Be Probability That
National Guard May Go Back
to the Former Method

The system of inspection of the Ma
tional Guard in vogue this year and
which was recently announced in The
Telegraph is being sharply criticised
all over the State according to news
papers and officers are recommending
changes. The Philadelphia Inquirer
| says of it.:
''It is probable that the system of
rating at the next inspection will be
the same as it was last year, which
seems more fair to the officers and
men. 1t is more competitive and one
that seems to be more satisfactory by
a whole lot than the new one, which
has been declared unsatisfactory by
officers high in rank in the guard.
1T is interesting to note that out
of all the companies in the National
Guard of Pennsylvania only six re-
ceived the highest rating of Passed
plus~, which means excellent. These
honor companies were Companies G,
Ninth Infantry; l., / and b, of the
Fourth Infantry, and K and l of the
Tenth Infantry, Thirty-six COM
panies in all received the lowest rating
of passed minus"
The inspectors speak of the great
number of absentees, and declare that
! it is entirely too great. The person.
mel of the men generally was good.
Colonel Sweeney calls attention to the
apparent neglect of the study of the
Manual of Interior Guard Duty. In
nearly every company there is report
led a shortage of equipment and in
many cases the shortage is large.
Based upon the conduct of the troops,
on the evening of inspection, the dis
cipline is reported as good. However,
from the small attendance reported at
weekly drills, and the disobedience of
orders evidenced in the large number
! of absentees without leave, reported
at this inspection, it is obvious that
the general discipline of such organ
| izations must be poor. Improvement
is noted in military courtesy. The
paper work of the guard appears to
| be well in hand and receiving proper
consideration.
All the troops, the hospital detach-
ment and the headquarters of the
First Cavalry were rated by Colonel
John P. Wood as passed"
Most of the troops, according to
Colonel Wood, are without adequate
accommodations for the proper care
of public property, and have not suffi-
cient room for drill purposes. There
is also urgent need of provision for
more mounted drills in all of the
troops.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03

Harrisburg is to have a new Office
Training School that gives promises
of being a real live wire in the business
Norld This school will open in the
new Kaufman Building, South Mar
ket Square, August 80, with M. E.
Keller. principal, and w. Fl. Keller,
business manager. 1t now has tenn
porary Office at 500 Patriot Building.
The thought that is uppermost in
the minds of those who are at the
head of this school Is to give such a
practical business education to its
pupils that they will at once reap a
practical advantage in the world and
be prepared to move to higher stations
in life as rapidly as opportunity ar
not claim to be a university from
which one may step directly to the head
of some big business is in itself some
thing to inspire confidence. Its claim
is that 1t lays the groundwork of a
thorough business education which
supplies the young man or woman with
energy and ambition, a foundation
upon which he or she may build busi-
ness success.
Another confidence-inspiring feature
of this new institution is the thor
ougl1ly demonstrated capability of its
organizers. M. e. Keller, principal.
was for four years principal and man
ager of the waynesboro Business Col
lege. and in addition has had consid-
ersble experience in teaching special
subjects in private schools. w. H.
Keller, business manager. was for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03

ing the year there We're 716 deposits
and 326 Withdrawals, while open ac-
counts, June 80 stood at 207.
Postmaster Frank c. Sites has is
sued a warning to post office patrons
to be careful. An unusually large
number of persons recently have
left their keys in the locks and failed
to properly close it after getting their
mail. Loss of mail has sometimes re-
suited.
The postmaster has decided to con-
tinue his policy. inaugurated last year
of placing parcel post booths at all
nearby fairs. and expostions so that
farmers may become more thoroughly
acquainted with this branch of the
noStal service
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
CAMPAIGN TO AROUSE WOMEN
BY ASsocinted PreSs

New York, Aug. 3.-The Special Re-
lief Society, of which Mrs. William
Alexander, of this city, is the presi-
dent, announced to-day the beginning
of campaign ito arouse women of
America to full realization of imme-
diate preparedness" for war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
EVANGELISTIC CHORUS WILL
SING AT MONTHLY MEETING

The Missionary and Aid Society of
the Nagle Street Church of God will
hold its regular monthly meeting at
1885 this evening. The Harrisburg
Evangelstic Chorus will sing and Mrs.
Dewitt Fry will be the speaker of the
evening
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
RETURN FROM CANOE TRIP

Miss Mary Wall, of 1000 Moth Fifth
street, Miss Kit Morgan, of 1116 Call
der street Miss Clara Wolf, 1923
Shoop street, Ira Kellberg of Wash
ington, and Robert Wolf of ShoS6
street, returned to this city Sunday
from a weeks canoe trip from Will
Transport
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
this week Reports to-day gave Scran-
ton and Savannah about equal chances.
SERVICES FOR COL BRACKETT

Washington. d. c., Aug. 3.-Funeral
services were held here to-day for
Colonel G. B. Bracket, who for the
last eighteen years had been chief
pomologist of the Department of Agri-
culture. He died yesterday after a
brief illness in his eighty-ninth year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
GREECE Will HELP SERBIA

London, Aug. 3. IA dispatch 70
Reuters Telegram Company from
Athens says that the Greek newspa-
pers. without distinction as to party,
commenting on the Turco- Bulgarian
entente, says that in case Bulgaria
wishes to attack Serbia, Greece would
prove that the Greco-Serbian treaty
is not vain word. and would consider
IL an obligation of honor to aid Serbia
imme ediatelY.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-03
Scranton May Get Next
Convention of Eagles
Br Associnted Press

Spokane Wash, Aug. S.-Delegates
from Savannah, Ga, Scranton, Pa,
and Minneapolis, Mimi, started cam
paigns to-day in the hope of obtaining
the 1916 Grand Aerie Fraternal Order
of Eagles, which is in convention here
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30
MAY LOSE THEIR HOMES
Members OF Danbury Hatters' Union
Served With Writs.

Danbury, Conn. July 20. real.
ity of the impending danger that they
may lose their homes through tho
foreclosure of their property to satisfy
the $952,000 judgment obtained by u.
H.. Loewe & Co, against members Of
the hatters' union was brought home
to many of the defendants of the case
more forcibly than ever before when
federal officials began personal service
oil the writs upon the lG6 individual
defendants named In the foreclosures
demanded by the plaintiffs. The de-
.cndants are all being summoned TO
answer in tho United States district
court in Hartford Sept A. Meanwhile
the member OF the United liatters of
North America are contributing | per
cent of their earnings each week TO
a fund to buy In the foreclosed homes
when they shall be placed upon the
auction block
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30
Subscription Rate-$1.50 per year
strictly N advance.

The demand of the hour for efIicien-
cy is hopeful sign, efficiency in every
form of activity. People in this ia.
vored land have always been as profit
gate Of time as of natures bounties,
and after generations of go-as-you-
please activity it was time to bark
back to the axioms Don't scatter
your powder" and Hit the nail on the
head" Efficiency looks continually to
the end sought and picks up dropped
stitches along the way. When tools
and implements are left where last
used at quitting time valuable mo-
ments are lost getting started right
next day. "A place for everything and
everything in its place" is a good rule
In shop, office and store. as well az in
the thrifty housewives kitchen. Red
tape system may be carried to absurd
lengths, yet in the long run 1t pays to
clean things up as we go along
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30
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Mrs Verna Mason and children,
Ralph and Marjorie, of Etna Green,
Ind, have returned home after a
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Clem
McNabb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gibson of New
ark are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
dirk Mckee this week.
Mrs. Hannah Mullet of Akron is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edward
Gitiin, for few days.
Mr.. w. II. Fry has purchased new
touring car.
Mrs. d. G. Mckee was called to
New Guilford this week on account of
the serious illness of her mother, Mrs.
Noah Cullison.
Mrs. Joseph Creveling of Ports
mouth, o., is visiting Miss Rachie
Beal this week.
DIR. Buxton of Howard was called
to attend Mr.. George Lepley, who is
suffering with nervous trouble, Mon
day night.
Mrs. Glenn Stull returned home
Tuesday, after a weeks visit with her
son, Mr.. Frank Stull, OF Gambler.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30

The European allies are learning at
the point of the bayonct that If the
government wants any emergency
work done on time It must do 1t itself
There are many cogs In private enter
prise which may slip ut the vital mo-
ment. Time cannot be extended on
contract to furnish supplies for a de-
cisive battle which the enemy can
spring at will. Early in our civil war
Secretary Stanton ordered that all mil
itary supplies be homemade as far rs
possible and exclusively 80 when pos
sible. He would take no chances on
uncertain supplies from abroad. That
was long step toward certain meas
ure OF government control, because the
government could speed up the home
producer. Lack OF powder may turn
battle. and If hired factory men strike
soldiers can ill their places.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30
The Saturday Evening Post contriyes

The Saturday Evening Post contrives
10 get some humor out of the war In
Europe, but wholly at the expense Of
American people who, II thinks, suffer
only In their minds The Posts OBJ
server Gnds that the war thermometer
varies as one goes west, New York be-
ing the hottest and San Francisco the
coolest Furthermore, he says, every
time the eastward traveller sets his
watch an hour ahead the environing
temper shows that you are 10 degrees
closer to the European conaagration."
But for the 5000 miles of cold water
between New YORK and the seat OF
war G0thamites might have been in
1t pellmell, tearing hair, gouging eyes
and yelling that God was with us,
long ago"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30

Reliable labor statistics show that
there is an average of $4,000 fatal
work accidents each year among the
toilers of this country and approxi-
mately 100000 injuries of various kinds
sustained which incapacitate the vic
tins for work more than four weeks
Even after all of the tales of horror
from European battledelds the Ameri-
can people would be stunned to learn
for fact that in a given battle or Sc
ries Of battles to gain one point the
cOntending belligerents had lost that
many killed and injured on a side.
But phenomenal battle losses in war
are sporadic. In ten years of peace
this country loses in labor injuries as
many as will probably be killed and
disabled in the whole European war.
II 1t is condition irrenediable, then it
must be said that peace has its horrors
70 less frightfu than those of war.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30
PECULiARiTiES OF AGE
Chicago News)

ignoring the aXiom--unpopular in
old mems homes, millionaires clubs
and the United States senate-that
the good die young, one is yet struck
by the remarkable and obvious fact
that in the present time old persons
live much longer than young persons
1t may be that the oldsters are sounder
OF constitution or that age has been
given them discretion: anyway, the
fact remains that age is almost a guar
anty of long life.
Without dragging inelegant statistics
into the matterfi one may cite the fact
that the leaders in world affairs lust
now are men beyond the sixties They
have achieved, apparently, the zone of
safety. The young fellows go on the
firing line; the elder statesmen prove
their wisdom by staying in the rear
and directing the fortunes of empires.
Montaigne mentioned the fact that
the menaces of life begin to decrease
at the age OF 40. Probably he meant
that men begin to acquire discretion
at that age. At any rate, age. appears
to attract age. 1t is true and demon
strable in experience that no man lives
to be so old but that he may reason
ably expect to live 10 years longer. If
a man has lived to be 100 years old, for
example, his age indicates that he is
an altogether exceptional person, and,
therefore, good for at least another
decade. And so on.
Another popularity of age is that to
pass from so to 60 is short and rapid
flight, whereas from Is to 25 is as far
as to Tipperary. After 60 time settles
down to jog trot or ''lags" withal. One
may then grow really old-or young
at ones leisure.
Altogether, age seems to have the ad-
vantage of youth. Therefore, the wis.
est plan for youth to pursue is to ac-
quire the wisdom of age as speedily as
possible.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30

Whether wars, even disturbing wars,
will cease whenever the Teutons and
the allies quit is question for grave
thought. If the balance of power in
Europe shall be radically upset there
may be other nations besides Italy am
bilious to recover advantages lost in
the past. Spain has never been recon
ciled to the loss TO England of Gibral-
tar. Holland once ably disputed with
England the mastery of the sea, and
should Britaln's dominance in sea pow
er be broken the Dutch may try the
Issue over again. The war may open
up possibilities which have been lost
sight of In recent generations because
they seemed unthinkable,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30

Try out in n hot iron frying pan
three slices of fat salt pork. Add an
onion cut In thin slices and cook un-
I'll brown. Put slice of steak in
pan, scar on one side, turn and scar
on the other side. Pour over one and n
half cupfuls of cold water bring
quickly to the boiling point, add a
quarter teaspoonful of salt, cover close
ly, remove TO back of range and let
simmer until meat is tender. Remove
steak to hot platter. Melt table
spoonful of butter, add two table
spoonfuls of flour and stir until well
blended; then pour on gradually, while
stirring constantly, the hot stock
Bring to the boiling point, season with
salt and pepper and pour around
steak.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30

Many Of the physical features Of
eastern Nebraska We're produced by
sheets of ice that invaded the region
during and after the earlier stages Of
the great Ice age. At the openlng OF
the glacial epoch the great Keewatin
glacier spread sOuthward and covered
large parts OF the Dakotas. Minnesota
ana Iowa and extended thence into
eastern Nebraska. where it was prob
ably several hundred feet thick. This
first stage of glaciation was brought
to close by the melting of the ice In
warmer intergmclal time or stage
the Aftonian.
A remarkable assemblage OF animals
invaded the region after the Ice had
disappeared, ana the bones and teeth
OF many of these animals have been
found In the Artonlan deposits Of
western Iowa, The late Professor
samuel Calvin Identified the remains
OF horses, camels, stays. elephants,
mastodohs. mammoths and sloths,
W1en these animals lived In western
iowa the INNATE there must have been
compaNtirelJ mild and vegetation
very nbnhdant.-Geological Survey Bul,
letin.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-30
ia Y
"Gefman Count Is In The
Clutches Of The Law

Cincinnati, O., July 29-"Count"
BENJAMIN Carl Won Sommers, a social
lion in this city year ago, must face
in court tomorrow the charge that he
issued a worthless check in payment
for a diamond ring. The dashing
German, who denies he ever posed as
nobleman, was brought back from
Missouri by the police.
Won Sommers has had an interest.
ing career, if all that is told about
him is true. He came to Cincinnati a
few years ago and married one of the
bellies Of the city, Miss Isabelle Lucke.
She divorced him last March. 1t was
told about town that he had other
wives and some said he had seven in
all. This the count" denies, and he
declares he has had a double travel
Ing under his name. He admits to
three wives, but says he never had
more than one at time. The count"
laughs at the report from st. Louis
that four of his spouses were led be-
fore him some years ago, but refused
to prosecute him because he was so
forlorn.
1t is said that the dashing German
confessed that he had to propose to
every pretty woman he sees. This
strong admiration for the ladies has
brought much trouble about his head,
but he denies he is the Won Sommers
who served time in the Iowa peni-
Tertiary for bigamy. His double was
the guilty person, he says, for as
much as the count" loves the ladies',
he admits his double has him beaten
to frazzle.