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Sharp County record., 1916-01-28
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Well Known Stock Man Will Move To
Kansas In Next Month.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Denton spent
Sunday with relatives near King
Mills.
Spring River at Williford is still
past fordine, and our tie haulers are
taking a rest.
Health Is not good in this COM
munity, A good many people are
suffering from grippe,
Claude Gibbins Is building a new
barn on the Gibbins farm since he
moved back there only a short time
ago,
Mrs, Eliza Huff and Mrs, p j,
Schales spent Sunday In Davidson
township with Aunt Mat" Spur
lock.
Charley Heath sold q COW hide In
Batesville a short time ago for
$8,55. II you can beat that, let us
bear from you,
Jessie Rice and family, whose
home Is at Springfield, No. are
Visiting Mr., and Mrs, j, 7, Spurlock,
parents Of Mrs, Rice
Aunt Mat" Spurlock, who lives
IN Davidson township, and who has
been In poor health for quite a
Time, Is reported to be no better
August Lelievre, the stock man
Of Davidson township, Is buying
hogs again. We are informed that
he intends TO move to Kansas In
heyt month,
Uncle Biz Davidson has been
having hemorrhase Of the lungs
eeain, One day last week several
noiehbors met and cut wood for
II Uncle Bill"
Sharp County record., 1916-01-28
The NEWS AT MAxvILLE
Some Of The Doings Of Our Near
Neighbors On The South.

B. H. Finley, W. T. Brashears and
j. F. Provence were at Cave City
Monday.
A. j. Lamar and E. L. Brickle
were business visitors at Batesville
this week.
Opal, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. F. Provence, is suffer-
ing from la grippe.
We were proud lately to see a
few days of sunshine in this sacred
corner Of the country.
G. H. Matheny was attending to
some business at Cave City the
first part Of the week.
W. |. Simpson returned Monday
from Cave City, where he spent a
few days with his family.
c. X. Vance made a trip to
Batesville the first part of the week
to attend to some business affairs.
H. A. Kunkle and T. E. Pickens
went to Evening Shade Wednesday
to look after some matters of busi-
ness.
Lee Street of Big Creek township,
a candidate for tax assessor, was
here one day last week seeing the
voters.
Rev. j. 7. Jones filled the regular
appointment Of Rev. Amos James
at Bethel church Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev. Luther Love of the Pine
vile section preached a sermon
here Sunday to an attentive cong
regation.
j. E. Kunkle and 7. R. Woodbridge
made a horse trade one day last
week, after each had given the deal
four hours of the maturest delibera-
ton.
DR.. G. T. Lamar of Cave City
was in this part of the muddy
world Sunday, being called to see
Mrs. Harry Willis, who has la
grippe.
G. F. Watkins and family OF
Washington township were here
Saturday night and Sunday, the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. I, Car
penter.
Noel Cole and Robert Vest, two
buyers from Sidney, we're in this
Sharp County record., 1916-01-28
Constipation and Indigestion

Il have used Chamberlain's Tab
lets and must say they are the best
| have ever used for constipation
and indigestion. My wife also used
them for indigestion and they did
her good" writes Eugene S. Knight
Wilmington, N. C. Obtainable every.
where.
Sharp County record., 1916-01-28
FROM ASH FLAT
Correspondent Records The Doings
OF That Good Town.

W. I. McJunkins and wife spent
several days last week visiting at
Salem.
A good number of people in this
community are still reported on the
sick list. The grippe is a good
stickler.
W. W. Bristow was over from
Myron a few days ago attending to
some business and meeting his
many friends.
Ulysses and Tom Garner sold
something like $3.50 worth of cattle
few days ago to buyer from
Mammoth Spring.
Sidney Stephens was here from
Hardy Saturday night attending a
meeting of the Masonic lodge and
seeing his friends.
John L. Overton is confined to
his bed, having been attacked by
la grippe the first part of the week
He is now improving.
James c. Holt was at Corinth
Sunday attending religious services
which were conducted by Rev. P. X.
Bass, the Methodist pastor.
Hardin & Son, Jeff Armstrong
and Henry Hall are buying hogs,
and it is no trouble at all to find a
local market if only you have the
hogs.
Tax Collector J. H. Kirtley paid a
visit to this town the first part Of
the week and took considerable
loose change from our property
owners. @
Miss Lydia Arnold, the very ef'
ficient telephone operator at Hardy
was visiting friends in Ash Flat this
week and enjoyed a short vacation
from her work.
j. W. Roberts and wife of Calico
Rock are here on a visit among
relatives and old friends. They
are former residents of our town
and their many friends are glad tt
see them again.
Unless all signs fail the cotton
acreage in this section of the coun'
ty will be largely increased thi'
year over the acreage of the pas
season. It seems now that almos
every farmer will raise some cottoI
this year.
Eaph Rogers, candidate for as
SCISSOR, vigorously denies that HI
shook hands with a scarecrow up II
Highland township. But you vii
remember that this correspondent
did not vouch for the correctness O
this rumor in the first place.
This town was fairly overflowint
with candidates Tuesday and Wed
nesday, on which days the tax col
lector. was in town, The seasons
crop of candidates constitutes
fine bunch of men, and 1t is oul
guess that very many citizens vii
regret the fact that they can vot(
for but one for each place,
Sharp County record., 1916-01-28
FLATW0ODS HAPPENINGS
The News From A Thriving Community
Near Town Of Ash Flat.

w. P. Williams went to Hardy
one day this week to attend to
some business,
Henry Casey, Tom Tadlock and
John Daily went to Ash Flat Tues
day to deliver some hogs they had
sold to buyers there.
Grover Horton, who is engaged in
teachine at Possum Trot, near
Evening Shade, spent the latter
part of last week with his home
folks here.
A good many people in this i'm
mediate section either are now or
have been having a tuSsle with la
grippe, but there is no serious sick
ness in our community.
Geo. Tadlock and family we're in
Lave Creek township the first part
Of the week, guests of the family of
w. O. Rogers. Mrs. Rogers is a
laughter of Mr.. Tadlock.
County Judge W. T. Horn was
here Sunday en- route to Hardy to
open court Monday. He was trav-
cling the new road-that one from
six to a dozen inches below the old
one.
So far the candidates have not
become a "botheration" in this
community A candidate is seen
every now and then, but they are
not passing around in whole droveS
yet.
Miss Rosa Williams, who has
lately been making her home at
Ash Flat with her grandmother,
Mrs. G. E. Oyler, was here Saturday
and Sunday visiting her parents,
". S. Williams and wife.
J. S. Williams is making some
substantial improvements on his
residence and farm property. MIR.
I. Williams has a good place, but he
wants to sell out and move to
town, where he can give his child
rem the advantage of better school
facilities.
1t appears now that a good deal
more cotton will be planted in this
section this season than was plant
ed last year. The good price OF
cotton the past season may result
In an increased acreage everywhere,
and we only hope that the price
will be good next fall.
Jas. Eastman and Ernest Horton
left Monday morning for Hardy
With a four-horse-team load of lum-
Der and managed to Get back home
Tuesday at noon. The Eastman
sawmill is furnishing lumber for
The repair of the bridge at Hardy,
and haulers wish the roads would
Bet better
W ---------o-- -
Sharp County record., 1916-01-28
A SAFE BANK

We shall consider ourselves highly honored number
customers those whose first requirement of their Bank
servatlS From our foundation have been rsdy and
Swervngy conservative in the conduct of affairs We have
been willing grow slowly order sacrifice element of
strength in the of growth Rapidiy of growth is
evidence of stability stalk of atans greater grow
tn in year than oak sapug does nbut there oaks
that have endured for thousand years Whatever may initiate
against absolute safety depositoS this Bank declines
Men do not have bank accounts because they are
cessfu, but they successful because they have
bank accounts
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-21

mating remnants OF the old classified.
ton. Practically all OF the old chap.
tiers have now been reclassified. except
such as contain works on religion and
law.
Depository libraries containing com
plete sets OF the Library of Congress
catalogue cards now number AS, while
40 Libraries of the United States gov.
ernment have partial depository sets.
The adoption of uniform type for
the use Of the blind seems imminent
to the assistant in charge of the Read.
ing room for the Blind. 1t Is antici.
pated that an agreement may be ar.
rived at between the British and Am.
erican co-workers which will result
in the solution OF this problem.
In the forty-fvc years during which
the copyright work has been part OF
the business OF the Library or Con
gress the number Of entries totalled :.
9S2,397. During the last nineteen years
the net receipts Of the office above
expenses for service, were $24O,6SS.4O.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-21
POPULATION IS
SHIFT TO CITIES
Total Estimate of United
States is Now Over
Hundred Million.
tRy Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The popu.
lation OF United States continues to
shift to the cities according to esu.
mates announced today by the Esti.
mate bureau. The estimate based on
the rate OF population increased from
1900 to 1910 disclosed that 400 per
ent. OF the country's inhabitaSts now
live in cities OF more than 5000,
against 1873 per cent in 1901.
The entire population of continen.
tai United States for 1916 has already
been estimated at 1O2017,3l2, The
total in the states, territories and Unit.
ed States possessions is put at 112,.
444.620.
The population of some Of leading
cities as estimated are as follows:
New York, 5.602,S41; Chicago. 2.
479,722; Philadelphia. l.7O9.51S; St.
Louis, $4,000: Boston, 756,476: Cleve.
land. 674,O73; Baltimore, 5S9,a21, and
Pittsburgh, $4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-21
Gifts From Many Sources
Swell This Years Adj
ditions.
OLDEST JAPANESE BOOK
Two and One Half Million
Volumes are Now on
Shelves.
lRy AssocInted prcssN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Giits from
many sources have brought more than
$4,000 volumes to the Library of Con.
gress during the year, and comprised
more than onc.fCurth OF the additions
TO its shelves. Retaining its place as
the third greatest library in the world,
and the greatest in the western world.
the library now contains 2,451974
books. $4,000 maps and charts, TO-.
24S volumes and pieces OF music and
@92,905 prints.
For large additions TO the Chinese,
Japanese and Korean collections the
library acknowledges debt to DR.. Wal.
ter 7. Swingle of the Bureau of Plant
Industry. who visited the Far East in
1915 and purchased on behalf of the
library a total of 5.S92 volumes, in.
Guiding early Chinese books printed
from blocks; Chinese historical and
descriptive works covering the period
of first contact with Europeans; early
ChinsCs dictionaries and encyclope.
dias: Chinese works on natural his.
tory and pharmacOpeias; geographical
works; the writings OF Confucius and
the works of famous scholars; and q
good copy of the old/st JaJInese print.
ed work eXtant, probably dating from
the beginning Of the thirteenth cen.
fury: and large collection of the
writings of Kaibara, the Benjamin
Franklin of Japan.
The Lincoln documents which have
been presented to the library are OF
exceptional interest. These consist
Of the original draft Of Lincoln's sec.
ond inaugural address, and his two
drafts of the Gettysburg address pre-.
( sented by Clarence L. Hay, who had
them from his father, the late John
Hay; and a memorandum as to the
improbability Of his reelection, pre-.
scented by Miss Helen Nicolay.
AS rule the American composer
and the American music publisher are
beginning to prefer the national to a
local library as the permanent Gus.
todian OF manuscript scores. The
Chief OF Music Division records not
only gifts of autograph scores of Am.
erican composers but promises of gifts
to come.
In the Document Division an effort
was made TO complete the files of or.
fetal publications Of the Latin-Amer.
lean countries, and It was exceptional.
ly fruitful through visit to these coun.
tries by the Law Librarian, DR.. Z. NJ.
Borchard. The library's collection OF
Latin-American documents may now
he considered one Of its important fea.
lures.
A number of Yiddish books came to
| the library in the two Doiuar1 rnIIar.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-21
proper PHYSICAL Education.

The purpose of physical education is,
of course. not merely to build up the
bodies OF boys today, but to put into
the lives of boys that thing whatever
1t is. thdt will make the boy stay strong
and ablc-bodIed when he reaches mnn-
hood. Such men-lovers of fresh air,
Of hiking in the wild, Of sleeping out
under the sky-men who can both en-
JOY and endure, are the men who will
make up Il strong nation and not na-
ton Of Notwithstanding.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-21
ZooloqlcaI Moment.

Nephew-"I tried to get raise TO.
day, aunt, but the boss refused IT."
Mrs. Blunderby-"Too bad. Dicky.
Perhaps YOU didn't approach him ut
The geological moment"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-21
Perfect Being.

Once upon time there was hu-
man being who never made mistake
And his neat little tombstone records
the fact that he was one day old whc
he died.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-21

ArChduke Charles Stephen of Aus.
tria, may be the first king of new Pol
and. He has been chosen regent O.!
the territory held by the Central pow.
ers. The arChduke Is cousin Of the
late Emperor Francis Joseph and com.
mander Of the Austrian navy. He is Sc.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-21
Pose Sunreme.

What passes for modesty in man
Usually is his mature judgment as to
what constitutes the most effective
pose.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
Hurls Shoe When
She Hears Thief
Burglar Does a Tumbling Act in
Effort to Escape Fly
ing Missile.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept l2-Miss Queen
Pullen was alone In her home early yes
terday, at 3345 North Fifteenth street.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Pullen. ar1se early to take a train out
Of the city. The young woman. in bed
in a second-story room. heard some one
moving around downstairs.
She tiptoed to the head Of the stairs
and hurled heavy shoe. which clattered
and thumped down the steps. Then
things began to happen.
The burglar. in his haste to get away.
bumped into a chair and sprawled on
the floor. He got up. trippcd over a
rug and overturned two more chairs. In
a third attempt he knocked over a tall
parlor lamp, smashing II into bits.
Finally he got as far as the hall. He
escaped by the front door, with Miss
Pullen huddled I'm fright at the top of
the stairs watching him. Police found
that the burglar had entered the house
by prying open rear window.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
Real Estate Transfers.

Maryland avenue northeast, between Second
and Third streets-James w. Culbertson
Ct ux. to Albert Culbertson, lot IS. square
1877. $40.
Burrvlile-Jesse ". Rawlings ct uI. to Rob
ert foyer lot 80, block 8, section 3. $40.
Blue Ridge Heights-Rock Creek Corporation
10 the Blue Ridge Heights Co. lots to
q, square 23ls; lots TO %, square 233l lots
! to IS. square 23S2: lots to IS. square 1888;
lots 10 to Is, square 1884; lots l, Il TO 80,
20 TO 10, square 1887: lots l to 25, square 23i0.
lots ! TO 10, square 2344; lots II TO 50. square
2sts, 81 Subject to trust for s2s5 OooD The
Blue Rigde Heights Company conveys same
property to the Munsey Trust Company,
trustee, u, subject OF trust for $225, 900.
West Eckington-Thornton Carusi to Emile
d. Dysland, lot 10. block 5, So
j. street southeast, between Firsl and Second
streets-Michael j. German ct VIZ. TO John
Desmond. lot Is. square 7t2. $40.
iii l. street southeast-Michael J. German
ct ux TO John Desmond, lots " AMI .,
square l04s, SO
Petworth-H Kaye Martin et w. 10 Arthur
G. Moses, lot So block n, $40.
lAnier Heights-Harry X. Boss ct ux 10
George l.. and Yesta e. Goodwin lot 40,
$40 STAMPS 81.
A street northeast. between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets-Chsrles NJ Corson, lot
1906 square 1885. $40 STAMPS sD.
llN T street northwest-MarH f. Post n
Charles y Pitt. lot 81, square 3os, SIC
VtApps ".
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
FEW SALES MADE .
ON LOCAL MARKET
Washington Gas Stock Bid Up
in Sharp RaIIy-Capital
Traction Is Weak.
By Goldberg

A sharp rally in Washington Gas
stock and the development Of further
weakness In Capital Traction stock were
the features OF comparatively light
market on the Washington Stock N.
chance today.
Washington aGs stock. apparently IN
general demand at prices substantially
above recent figures. sold UP from Il to
7lh. or scven-eights Of point above
the high price Of the previous day. A
total OF IS shares changed hands.
Capital Traction stock. on the other
hand. was unusually weak. The bid
dropped from 81 to S3is. and there were
evidences OF considerable selling pres-
sure. The bonds Of the company, new
ertheless. were strong, beinb bid up .
full point, to l06. ...
Other sales of the day included Poo
tomac Electric Power Consolidated 3
per cent bond at 1905: q Washington
Railway and Electric to SIN; ten
shares Of the preferred stock Of the
same company at SIN. and ten shares Of
Mergenthaler Linotype stock at 15s.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
SECOND YEAR LATIN
FOR BOBBY JONES
GoIfIand's Hero Is lust as Dill
gent in Studies as He Is in
His Own Game.

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. l2.-"Little
Bob Jones. owing to his reaching the
somi-final round for the national golf
championship. now the most famous boy
in the United States today. devotes him
self with as much earnestness and sue
cess to his studies In the Tech" High
School here as ne docs to winning golf
matches. Last year. In the first grade
in the Tech" High. he took second
year Latin in addition to his regular
first year studies. and did II on his own
volition. The Tech instructors who
have taught Little Bob" say there 10
Little Bob's" name is Robert Tyre
Jones. jr.. and he Is named for his
grandfather. Robert Tyre Jones: ST.: a
prominent citizen Of Canton. Ca HIS
father. Robert p. Jones..s an Atlanta
lawyer. -
Little Bob was born on March T.
1902, in the old l.. p. Grant Homestead,
near Grant Park. At that time ms
parents were living at the Grant home,
NJ. Grant. For the last nine years me
Jones have lived at East Lake. ana
when. he was six years old Little BOD
began to knock a golf ball up and GOVT
the streets of that flourishing muhi is.
Al the age OF nine Little Bob" made
his debut on the East Lake golf course
with a set of clubs. a bag ana SOM inc
structor at East Lake. saw his promise
right from the start and began TO tr am
him. Little Bob gives Maiden the
full credit for his skill at the game. He
says Maiden can correct any OF ~. h,s
faults in a few minutes. so wen arc '"e
two acquainted. ,..h,n
1t was in the Southern championship
tournament, played over the East LAKE axe
course in 1915 that Little BOD h.ss
came into prominence. Although ne aia
mot win in that tournament ne sno"eu
his class In every round. ,o,s =, on
the invitation tournament OF the roe
buck Club, of Birmingham. Still later
he won the invitation tournament OF the
Druid Hills Club and the invitation TOUT
nament Of the East Lake Club. lie e.,
tablished the course record for Druid
Hills with a 49, and the course record
for East Lake with Il. Since that time
he has lowered the East Lake record
| to "A. ...u. ,.,..
his own. He won the invitation tourna,
ment of the Birmingham Golf and
Country Club. won the invitation tour
nament of the Cherokee Golf and Coun-
/ try Club. of Knoxville. and won the
| Georpia championship at Brook haven
few weeks ago. In the last named tour
Ianta's other Juvenile golf wonder. In
one of the most magnificent battles ever
seen by Atlanta's Oldest golf veterans.
Little Bob's' father and mother are
both fond of golf. so that he comes by
the game naturally, or, as MIS-. Jones
from him. OF course. his parents are
immea surably delighted by the wonder
| full showing the boy has made In the ma
tional amateur in Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
Calls Out Firemen to End
Dispute With Taxi Driver

OAKLAND. Cal, Sept R.-caii the
fire department to settle the arsu-
ments.
This is the latest method introduced
l,y Miss Nellie Butler. following an al
tercation with a taxicab driver; Accord,
ing to the police report. Miss Butler had
an argument with an unknown taxicao
Cd When the argument was at Its
Yrns, HOY No ali. Before the arrival of
the brave Are iaddies the taxicab driver
fed. Miss Butler explained that protec.
tion was no longer needed ana went
home,
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
US. STEEL SETS
NEW HIGH RECORD
Price Reaches 105A in Rush
of Heavy Bull Trading.
Munitions Also Up.

NEW YORK. Sept. IA new high
record Of 1864. was set by United
States Steel common, during the in
itial trading on the stock exchange
today.
The new steel record. the third rec
ord price in three days. was made In
a rush OF bull trading. which sent that
issue up. and caused other steel
and munition stocks to jump point
on the frst sales.
international Paper preferred went
up three to -. common " TO 81 ana
Marine preferred. American Smelters,
Lackawanna, and Republic, Steel ad-
steel sold to 1908. during the first
hour, willie Bethlehem made another
jump to so.
General Motors and American Wooden
Joined the rush during the first hair
hour. Excited traders sent the former
to 1884,, a gain Of 97s In thirty minutes
trading. American Wooden sold at o2s'
UP AZ. - l.,
Some OF the railroads were swept IN
the advance movement. though the ran
generally were quiet. with narrow
changes. Reading sold within point
OF Its high record. and mon IavL.
was but two points under the pest prhSe
1t has made since the opening OF the
war.
453,OOO Shares in Hour.
Nearly a half million shares were
traded In the first hour. Total sales
were $4,000 shares. During the hours
big volume of profit-taking sales
seemed to be absorbed by the ,market
with scarcely a halt, except IN the case
OF copperc, which sold OF sngntIy;
International Paper preferred SOLO a.
par up points from the tisure ~
which IL closed yesterday.
General Motors this afternoon sou Az
S25. the highest price. with one excep.
ton. at which a stock ever sold on the
New York Stock Exchange' Nor'herh
Pacific sold at 1900 on May y. lSi.
Jumping IS points today. Generai MO,
tors pa ssed the record or betnleheH
steel fright star OF the war brtdes ioi
many months, which sold at even ooV
Bethlehem today was quoted AZ o-''
Prices Hold Steady.
The second hour was nearly guar
ter-of- -miliion-share hour ihere wa'
some backing and filling, but prices
generally held steady, and new oua
movements started here ana tne,e
S:eei was steady at los, American Smer
ing sold to lnS. and American Hlde anc
Leather came to the front win )umi
of So to 81, a new record pIies. ..
Stock exchange records touss w S
United States Steel common i1S. zen
eral Motors, 625; American Hloe am
leather. 81: International Paper prefer
red, 100; Republic Steel. eo9s'
The Washington times., 1916-09-12
ALEXANDRIA POLICE
ENFORCE QUARANT TINE
Bar Entrance to City Of All
Families From Paralysis.
Infected Territory.

ALEXANDRIA. Sept. ic--Herbert
Sutherland. who was arrested by Sar-
geant Scott and officer Rawlett charge
with stealing a bicycle. was turned over
to the Washington authorities this
morning.
Policemen were stationed at the city
line on Washington street and on King
street. leading to Rosemont. yester-
day to enforce quarantine laws with
respect to ciT,>iren under the age OF
sixteen coming into the city from dis
tricts infected with infantile paraiy-
sis. One family from Gloucester. n.
j.. was turned back, and Health Offi-
Ger German In taking every precau-
ton possible to protect residents of
Alexandria from contact with the
disease.
william A. Lewis. well-known
Alexandria county farmer. aged sew
enty-three. who died sunday. will be
buried today at . o'clock In Oak Hill
Cemetery. Falls Church.