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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Sunday School Mor kers

Remember the ''Fellowship Dinner"
1T Mt. Jackson on Tuesday next,
Feb. 18Th at 1880 p. m. Pastors,
Superintendents. Teachers, Scholars
and all interested In Sunday School
work arc equested to attend.
Come, and by your presence help to
add momentum to the work OF in
creasing Sunday School efficiency 10
Shenandoah County.
Dinner will be served at the Mt.
Jackson Inn at Soc per plate. Advise
Rev. B. X. Hay, Mt. Jackson, Va,
of your intention to attend.
Shenandoah County SUNDAY School
Association,
B. K. Hay, President,
w. L. NEWMAN, Sec-T Treas.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
WOODSTOCK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

SUNDAY l3 $50 A. NJ, Sunday and
$3.50 P. M. Try Company.
THURSDAY, FEB II, Prayer Meeting
The messing the Try win be held this
being distributed the members Of the church. You asked
begin accumulate in this envelope al make by
special by sel.denal in uxus and
Of and bring serd the
the annual meeting Of the Try Company, March 24th.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11

Don't miss coming to our store
b n in town court day. Bargains 10
10 cry line, our big clearing sale will
h on Ia full blaok. Cionn Locka
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
FOR SALE

Miscellaneous household goods will
be sold privately at my residence pre-
vicus to moving away about March
18th. WIN. KLINE,
Feb 11-2t. Woodstock, Va:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
OPTICAL NOTICE.

Few sample shoes left at English's
at manufacturers cost.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
eHENANpoAp VALLEY LOAN AND
TRUST COMPANY.
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.

ioney loaned at 8 per cent. on real
state or good collateral security:
Savings deposits received In sums OF
81 90 or over, and interest allowed on
Iame.
1For particu' ars address the Com
pany at it's home Office, or call on ).
W. Eberly, Strasburg 6. w. VIM
lie, Edinburg F. s. Pennybacker,
Mt. JASxson ; or s. r. Hoover, New
Market Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
For Sale.

s. C. W. Leghorns,
s. C. B. Minorcas.
Eggs OIL. 90 per setting.
Indian Runner Duck Eggs, 500 per
setting Of II
20 White Plymouth Rock, laying
hens in second year 81 90 each.
W. E. IRWIN,
Feb. 4-3 mo. pd. Woodstock, Va.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
TAKES BIG DRINK
EF0R THESEzzFELL0VS
Some Interesting Facts
Abeut the Ringling Ell
ephant Herd.

One hundred and thirty tons Of ele.
plants will ;arive in Fairmont next
Wednesday morning. The cargo is to
be paraded through the principal
streets o. the. city and then housed un.
der canyas.ssts-
a whole train load Of the ponderous
fellows mike up the heavy squad" OF
the Ringing Brothers Circus, now
headed In this direction. It is claimed
that no such herd OF the big.eared 81.
ants has ever before been gathered
together BY one management. March.
ing atniL 10 trunk" the squadron ex.
tends over q block in length. Were e
possible TO stand them IN each others
heads the elephants colamn would
reach above a. twenty story building.
They occupy eleven OF tne SO cars
required TO transport the Ringing
show. Computing elephant energy in.
TO horke power, the herd could, Il
placed IN harness., pull as much as
three ordinary locomotives.
Collectively these elephants drink
,yer 1000 gallons OF wats. every TWEEN.
~ four hours and MT one OF them
would think Of entering utnn the days
work without his regular morning
cereal q bale Of hay, And big Bingo,
largest OF all elephants, demands dou.
Bile rations. For desert ID. battalion
consumer two wagon leads 81 earrots.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
ELEPHANTS HAVING A DRINK

In addition TO these regular rations II
is estimated that the herd will, at the
rate they have been petted and made
over by the youngsters thus far, have
have eaten approximately 1,7s6,253
peanuts before the end Of the present
Ringing season.
Dusty and wistful looking as the
elephants appear to be, they have
many attentions accorded them In ad.
dition to those ministering TO their
inner wants. Whenever the circus
spreads It's tents near a stream they
are taken into the water. Squatting
In the depths OF friendly brook they
look not unlike cubist conception OF
September Morn" But no matter
how frequent the natural pools may be
there is one elephant in the band who
refuses TO be coaxed into the water
His name Is Badly" and he is the ar.
tillery captain In the elephant "awk.
ward squad" which appears twice
daily In the Ringing "big top"
Whether Badly was punished some
hundred years ago when as a young.
ster weighing hardly more than ton,
lie was caught in some forbidden swim.
ming hole In far off india, his keepers
do not pretend to say. The fact is
that he will have nothing whatsoever
TO do with stream, pool or lake. So to
give him his bath the Ringing animal
men are obliged to connect with plug
and treat the gray giant to an impro.
vised shower. This takes as much
water as would be required to extin.
guish an ordinary fire.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
Successful Season.

The Warrington High school base.
ball team closed very successful sea.
son Saturday defeating Grafton high
II to l.
Morris was in good form for Man.
nington, and although found for hits
was very effective with runners on the
bags.
Mannington's twelve steals, and the
batting Of Turner and Hamel for Man.
nington and that OF Barlow for Graf.
ton featured the contest.
Warrington / 3 o. 0 2-11 10 3
Grafton 20 o 0 0 o l 900 81 8 6
Warrington under the efficien,
coaching OF Mr.. Henry developed prob.
ably the best team the school ever
had. winning seven games. and losing
but two, each OF the latter by the nav.
row margin Of one run.
The team loses by graduation this
year five players viz: Catcher Snod.
grass, infielders. Cottrell, MCGEE and
Toothman and outflelder Turner.
The loss OF these players will no
doubt be keenly felt. but In Masters,
the team has a coming catcher It is
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied Will
Thedfora's Black.Drausht.

McDuff, Va.-"I suffered for several
years." says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker, Of
this place, with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told me 10 try
1hedlord's Black Draught, which I did,
and ] found II 10 be the best family medi.
cine for young and old.
keep Black Draught on hand an the
lime now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for dose, and Il
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have long spell OF sick
ness In our family, since we commenced
using Black-D raught."
Thedford's Black Draught Is purely
vegetable, and has been found 10 .regli-
late weak stoniachs, aid digestion, re-
lieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms. ~
II has been In constant Use for more
tt,an 10 years, and has benefited more
Than a million people. r
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black Draught. Price only Csc. Oet q
Paskags tasaay. NC. N
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
NLANNlNGTON NEWS
Anniversary Services.

Appropriate services marked the
celebration Of the second anniversary
Of the pastorate OF, Rev. Albert N.
Park, OF the Presbyterian church on
Sunday. The church is now enjoying
the greatest period Of prosperity in Its
history. and reports the largest mum.
Der OF communicates since its organi.
zationS over 43 years ago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
Class Of is.

The annual commencement exer.
cises which were held at the auditor.
ium Friday night were largely attend.
cd by friends and patrons of the class
and came as fitting climax TO week
OF most interesting high school events.
The class OF 16 numbering thIrty-three
young men and women made a fine ap.
pearance as they took their places on
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
To Avoid colda.

In briet. II you wish to be absolutely
immune from colds of all kinds. and
their more serious sequences. here is
the recipe: Eat abstemiously of non.
stimulating food. Fast occasionally.
Avoid table salt, wooden underclothing
and foul air, and harden The body by
exposure to the air and sun, and oc.
casionally to cold .watar.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
believed. and with the surplus Of avail.

believed, aud with the surplus OF avail.
able talent in evidence this year. no
difficulty Is expected in filling the 9th.
or positions acceptably.
PERSONALS.
Miss Ethel Howard Of cameron is In
town for visit with friends.
Mrs. John n. Kuhn. OF the Brookside
addition, has gone to Wyatt for a
weeks visit with her pH1 ents.
G. H. Bartlett, Democratic candidate
for Assessor OF Marion County was
calling on friends here Saturday.
Miss Goodwin, OF clarksburg. is In
this city for a visit with her sister,
Mrs. C. C. Coffman. of Clayton street.
Mrs. Croker. OF Pittsburg. is In town
as the guest OF her son, F. R. Croker,
OF Dancer avenue.
Thomas Hartley. OF Fairmont. was a
business visitor here Saturday.
Harry Jones has returned to his
home In Moundsville after visit to
this city TO attend the alumni ban.
quet.
Walter Mays of the Baltimore and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
Banquet.

The alumni banquet followed the
exercises and was held
at the Bartlett hotel Friday night.
Covers were laid for ninety four mem.
bers and guests. White carnations
were the dinner favors. The following
program was carried out: Toast Mas.
ter Hyre D. Clark. D. D. Welcome to
the class of19iG, Miss Mary Gaughan;
response, Harold Cotfman; alumni
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22

the stage which was attractively deco.
rated with the class colors, green and
white. The address of Rev. Hyre D.
Clarke on youths Heritage" was a
splendid effort and full of inspiration
to all present. Principal Charles
Boardwater paid high compliment 10
the class, following which George W.
Bowers, president OF the Board OF
Education presented the diplomas to
the graduates.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22

Ohio railroad has returned from New
Martinsville where he was visiting
with his parents.
okey Grim has returned from Wyatt
where he was visiting with his par.
ents.
c. r. Phillips. II. ]. Taught, S. j.
Leggett e. E! Holland have returned
from Pittsburg where they attended
the National Gas convention.
Miss oliver MCGEE. Of Weston Is
here visiting with her mother Mrs
Bert MCGEE.
John Rogerson, sr., is much i'm.
proved after months illness with
rheumatism.
DR.. Russell Ice, OF Moundsville, is
professional visitor In town.
DR.. w. ]. Leahy has returned from
professional visit to Wheeling.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
spirit, supt. D. A. Ward. "Side Lights
on the Sweet Sixteeners, Miss Ethel
Clutter" The Young Alumni, Prin.
cipal G. L. Broadwater.
Guests,

Rev. and Mrs. ]. E. Wells. Of King.
mont, are in this city as the guests OF
the formers sister, Mrs. B. F. Taught,
OF the Brookside addition They came
to attend commencement. their neph.
ews, Cleo and Edwin being members Of
the class OF '16.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
Work reward psalrod End,

Work Toward Desired End. q
The life which hasn't goal toward
which every days effort Is carrying It.
Is very empty. It could not be other.
wise. To be happy and content-to'
feel keen zest in liying-one must
work towardssame ends-aSeisetedoE
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22

James F. Charlton and sister, Mayme
Charlton. have been called to Law
renceyille, Illinois. by the serious Ill.
ness of their sister, Mrs. P. H. Hun.
man.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22
Uncle Eben.

Uncle Eben.
people is gittin' SO suspicious" said
Uncle Eben, dat you can't be polite
to stranger wifout his takin' alarm
dat you's gineter try to sell him some.
thin"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22

Characteristics Of a Gentleman.
Propriety Of manners and considera-
ton for others are the two main char
acteristics Of a gentlemeR.-Beacons.
field.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-22

u Never Does.
We have implored nobody to run
for an office and do not, expect to.
But that fac; is not holding any Of the
bows hask.--Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
INGLENOOK

Mrs. R. l.. Greene will be hostess to the Impromptu club Monday afternoon
 The Methodist Ladies' Aid society will meet with Mrs R. F. Lee Tuesday aft ernoOn at o'clock.
 The Inglenook School Improvement as- sociation will meet Thursday afternoon at.3 o'clock. All mothers are urged to attend
 The Methodist Sunday school will ob- serve Children's Day May 14 at the morn ing service. A programme is being ar ranged. with the following committee in charge Miss Cora Westbrool, Mrs J. l.. Anderson and Mrs. Clarence Harvey
 The Baptist Ladies' Aid society will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Percy Rice.
 Billy Mcfarland of Hilltop is the guest of his grandparents, Mir. and Mrs Ed ward Morris
 MT. Ben Waide has returned from a fishing trip to Mireno. and brought bacl, nice string of fish Mrs. J. w. Adams and sons are home after a brief visit with relatives at Traf- ford 4t Mir A. J. Horton is on a business trip to Tuscaloosa. fM I. Mir. Tom Buqkpitt and MT. Henry Jef- fries of Anniston were guests of friends last week
 Mrs. Cox remains quite ill at her home on Terrace boulevard. Mir and Mrs R. E. Martin Of Palestine Tex. are the guests of her mother, Mrs Shortrioge. She was called here by the death of her sister, Mrs, F. NJ. Jones.
 Miss Olivia Cox is home after de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
tconsinued from Page oneI

score cards and the ice course served at a late hour also emphasized the pink and white color scheme. Sixteen guests en- joyed this lovely hospitality.
 Mrs. Charles Worrell was hostess to the Wednesday Afternoon Social club on Thursday of last week. Her lovely home on Cotton avenue was prettily decorated with garden flowers and pink and white carnations. Following the games of forty-two, a salad and ice course was served. In addition to the club member ship, Mrs. W. A. Persing, Mrs. Fred B. Orr and Miss Graycie Whil Worrell were present.
 The Rock club will meet Tuesday even ing at o'clock with Miss Annie Lou Staples.
 The Elyton School Improvement asso- citation will hold it's annual May festival Friday evening at o'clock on the school grounds. An orchestra, composed of Bh- mingham school children, will furnish music and the public is invited.
 Band No 3 of the Baptist church will meet Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Alex Mcleod on Princeton avenue.
 The west End Forty-two club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:S0 with Mrs. . Warner on Berry street.
 Edith Reid is improving from an attack of tonsilitis.
 Mrs w. V. Holmes and children have returned from New Orleans
 MT. and Mrs. w. T. Ross announce the arrival of a little son. Mrs Robert Lewis has been called to Sterling, H., by the death of her brother.
 Mrs r. z. Huddleston has returned from visit to Lincoln, Ala.
 Mrs Rex Forker has returned from Springfield, Mo. { Mrs. Carl owen is very i'll at the Bir- mingham infirmary. Monday, May 8, the West End park will open under the supervision of Miss De Voc. At present the hours will be to p. m., and the mothers are cordially invited to come at these hours and join in the games of volley ball and tennis with the children. The West End Civic league will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the library.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Towns Without Taxes

From Answers.
 In these days of expensive living. when everything costs double what it used to. and four times more than you can afford to pay, what boon to live in a city with out taxes. Are there such things? you ask Most certainly!
 But they aren't in England?
 There is Orson, in Sweden This munich pality has it's ordinary city expenses, but it imposes no taxes. Moreover, the local there is no charge for telephone service, schools, libraries and the like.
 All this is due to the wisdom of a for mer generation, who planted trees on all the available ground. with the result that during the past 90 years the town au- thorities have sold over G1,000. GOO worth of young trees and timber, while judiclous replantings have provided for similar income in the future.
 Then there is Nomination., in the Midi, France. Here not only are there no taxes, but the timbers on the communal lands are sufficient to grant each person a small annuity. There are only seven elec- tors in this hamlet, so, to avoid anything like rivalry, the seven returned them selves to the local council.
 Nearer home we have the island of h. nishmurray, off the west coast of Ire land Here there are not taxes, simply because the 14 families who live on the island -resolutely refuse to pay. En re- cent report to the local governme-t board the rate collector stated that he could not get boat on the mainland to take him to the island on such an errand as collecting rates. At -Aeeting of the Sligo county council it was stated that some years ago two officers of the coun- cil, who tried to land on the island for the same purpose were stoned off the shore by the inhabitantsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
MONOTONY OF WAR
 HARDEST ID BEAR Soldiers in Flanders Com plain of Terrible Same
 ness of Days

On the British Front, France, April 70. (Special.)-The monotony of modern war fare is spoken of frequently by officers and men returning home from the battle zone, but one can scarcely realize in full the awful dreariness of much of it with out having visiter the front. There IS, of course, no monotony in such conflict as that waged at Verdun, and at any point in the lines where may be bursts of activity that will furnish 8 temporary thrill for the men engaged, but once these operations have achieved the desired re- suit, or failed, as the case may be, tho fighting settles back into it's previous dreary state, so distressing to officers and men. Question soldiers at the front as to what has impressed them most in the operations and almost invariably comes the reply:
 'gThe monotony; the terrible sameness of it all."
 Nowhere in the west is war more in- visible than in Flanders. Literally there is nothing to be seen. A misty gray line of trees, a ruined farmhouse, a stake or two with tangled barbed wire-that is ali there is to show where the enemy is lying. Yet the haunting impression is al- ways present that unseen hostile eyes are watching.
 It is a desolate melancholy country. To the stranger the only gay thing about it is the windnills. Right up within the zone of fire they continue to throw up their arms with eXtravagant gestures to the skies, working away steadily at their daily task, despite the invader, with true Belgian persistence and obstinacy. Many of them have, of course, been mutilated by shell fire. ,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Making Monograph Records

The recording of the human voice on the phonograph is almost a science in itself. It is explained in the May Popu- lar Science Monthly.
 As general rule the musicians are perched midway between floor and cell ing, with their instruments pointing to- ward the horn of the recording phono- graph. Men who play the tuba and s1mi- lar brass instruments turn their backs to the photograph so that the mouths of the instruments may project their growis and blasts toward the horn.
 Many experiments have been made to determine the best shape of room in which to make records. Edison, for ex- ample. tested almost every conceivable form. He even went so far as to build a room in the shape of a horn. the small end of which terminated in the phono- graph itself. The singer stood practical Iy upon the edge of this huge horn S mouth, for such was the room The results were no better than those ob- taiued by. stationing the singer in front of an ordinary phonograph in an ordi- nary room As result we find that no special effort is made by the photograph companies to utilize rooms of special shape so as to gather all sounds and con centrate them upon the record.
 The record made by the artist is called a master record. In fact, two records are made one being dramatically sealed and stored away in the company's s archives for future generations. The other record is used for the preparation of a die for making commercial records.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
War Center Since @Attilla

Writing of his visit to Chateau Thierry. the birthplace of La Fontaine. Herbert Adams Gibbons tells of the many vicissitudes through which this village has passed between it's first siege and its recent capture by the Germans.
 From time immemorial there has been a fortress on this spot. When Attila destroyed the Roman city of Otmus on the Mont de Chesneaux shortly before his defeat at nearby ChaIons. men were just beginning to build in the valleys rather than on the hilltops. So the inhabitants of the country used Otmus as a quarry for the new city which grew up on the Marne under the shadow of the ad- vantageous acropolis. Charles Martel. after the battle of Soissons. chose this site for the prison-although 1t was ostensibly a gala residence-uf Theo- doric " Chateau-Thierry first saw the shadow of the Car1ovingians falling on the Merovingians. Within a few years the house of Clovis was supplanted by the house of Pepin. By an odd coin- cidence-a retribution, might one call t?-Chateau- -Thierry just two cen turies later became the prison of the last really independent descendant of Pepin, Charles the Simple.
 Owing to its strategic position in the valley of the Marne and at the gateway to Champagne, Chateau Thierry has seen more of the vicissi- tudes of war than any other fortress of France. Visited by the Huns when they threatened Paris; won and lost in the civil wars of Franks and Bur gundians; pawn in the resistance of the great French vassa1s to the grow ing power of the monarchy; stormed by the English in the hundred years war and retaken by Jeanne d'Arc on the tri- umphal coronation march to Reims: captured by Charles V and the Span iards, by the Duke of Mayenne and the Leaguers, by Charles of Lorraine and the Frondeurs. by the Bavarians after the retreat from Leipzig, by the Russians after Waterloo, and by the Germans after Sedan; scene. under the name of Egalite-s r-le-M -Marne, of the widest excesses and orgies of the revo- lution--is there any humiliation in the history of France in which Chateau Thierry has not had its part?"