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AMHERST

AMHERST. VA. December S.-Alrs.
Coleman. OF Eichmoud. spent several
days last week with her daughter. Mrs.
-. ". Brown.
Commission. visited here last week and
left Friday for Washington 20 enlist
III the Engineering Corps.
w. = Reed OF Victoria spent
Thankss wing with his family at George
W. pearborn's.
from r!si; 10 Mrs Keen Langhorne, in
Buckingham.
Harry Hanger and son. OF Renting
ton. spent the holidays az .. V Han
gers.
Mrs. NJ. IL Robertson !ef, Friday for
Warrenion. where She Will DC the guest
OF Mrs. HILLARY.
". l. Blizzard, OF clifton Forge; Miss
Martha blizzard. Of Clifford. and Miss
Virginia Blizzard. OF Seven Mile Bridge.
spent Thanksgiving 3; Austin Farm"
Gordon j. Dearborn returned TO the
Wisconsin 5. :. last Saturday. after
spending: his e,sh,-aay leave OF absence
here
Miss \llic Blair. who has been a
cues; Of her sister. Mrs. {. NJ Camp
bell left saturday for S;aun;on,
J. W. HiGGinho;ham and family and
Mrs John Il. Coleman anG family went
last Monday TO I.yrchbure. where they
Misses Beverly and Louise Alcock
spent ,he Weekend wi:h friends in
LynchburG
Mrs. l.. II. Cogey visited relatives in
I.yrchhurg this week.
Rev. !. 7. Green. ti,e Methods; .uin-
lister recently assigned - this charge.
arrived Wednesday afternoon. lie was
accompanied b. Mrs. Green.
Miss Louise Cahcli has returned TO
he- home a; Calls Mil. after visit
10 Miss Bessie Eoi'e' :soa.
Mrs. Il. Z. Harrison returned Monday
from, visit 10 her daughter Mrs.
Marion T. Malone. O. CRY Point.
q. l.. Evans returned 10 Washington
Tuesday night; after spending sevsra!
days here.
Miss Eva Wills and Mrs. :. NJ G.
Wills went 70 WASHINGTON Wednesday
on business
Mrs. W =. Reed and daughters Re.
turned TO Victoria Wednesday. after
spending TWO weeks :; g. W. Dear
horn's.
Lieutenan, snd Mrs. pey.ca r.
Evans are spending some time AZ
"EavcnsCrot;." The Evans home. Lien
;enan; Evans has orders 10 repor, 4;
Camp Meade. Md, December L.
The Bridge Club enjoyed AT informal
party Thursday afternoon a: Ken
more" the country home Q, Senator
and MIS-. 4 e S:-ode
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RICHMOND TIMEs-DIsPATCH: SUNDAY DECEMBER g, 1917.

here last week from Fort Myer. where
hc has been in training.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Conner left
last Thursday night for Artemus. Ky.
where Mr.. Conner will operate a coal
mine. which he rccentl' purchased.
Lieutcnan; and Mrs. Sam McChcsney
who have been speeding several weeks
at Camp McClri.an. Ala. arrived here
Monday. where they will spend sew
cral days visiting Mrs. Mcchcsncy'a
parents. MIR. and Mra. W. 5. beverly.
Captain Henry GoOdloe. of For; AIyer.
spent a few days h:rc this week with
his brothers.
Air. and Mrs. Il. u. .tlsover and two
children spent 4 few days In Cincinnati
last week shopping.
Lieutenant Henry Bullitt. WHO is sta
toned at Camp Mcclellan, Ala, arrived
here Thursday. where he will spend a
few days a; the home OF his sister, Mrs.
j. W. chail;lcy.
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lYNCHBURG

Special 10 The Times Dispatch
l.fNCHBCRG. VA, December s.
Mrs Jennie H. Abbott has returned
from Washington. where she went To
be p"esen, at the marriage OF hey
daughter. Miss kathleen Abbott. TO Lille
Chea than.
Mrs. ~ Duval Scott has gone to
Laurel, Md. to join her husband. Lieu
tenant Scott. who is on the staT o,
General Hatch at Camp Meade.
Mrs II. II. Sharpe. Jr.. has gone TO
Richmond TO SPEND the winter.
Misses Elizabeth Adams and May
LanEborne have returned from a visit
in Baltimore.
Mrs John l,awley. of Fort Worth.
Texas. is guest of her cousin. Mrs.
l.. {. Scott. in Rivermont.
D.. IL. w. Dew, who recently under
went an operation in Richmond hos
pital, has gone to wythcville to spend
the month o. December rccuperatinS.
Mrs. G. s. Adams has returned from
Philadelphia.
Miss Margaret Hoyer OF Copenhagen.
Denmark. who has been visiting here,
has gone to st. Louis. and after Il
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visit there sho expects to return to her
home In Denmark.
Mrs Henry Clay and Miss Mary
Clay. who were guests Of Mrs. Henry
c. Mcdowell. have gone TO Colorado.
Miss Norvie Craighill and Mrs. II. l..
Craighill have been at Camp McClcl-
Ian, Ala. visiting Lieutenant Colonel
Il. T.. CraiGhiil, who is stationed there.
Mrs. ]. W. Giles has returned to her
home i'll California after Il visit with
relatives here. She WAS accompanied
by her sister. Mrs. G. Il. Smith. who
VIII make her q visit.
Miss Grace Philips has returned to
Richmond after visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. d. c. Jackson.
Mrs. J. II. Mahaney, of Saltville, is
visiting relatives in LynchburG.
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a tcc-rt'"N rendered 'he-n a
the WIZARD H".fi oatJGe.day evening,
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BON AIR

Special 10 The Times Dispatch.
BON AIR. VA. December S.--Lieu-
tenant \ l.. IIoldcrby, Ill, of the
United States marine corps. who has
been spending his fu-iough with his
parents III Bon .t:r. has been assigned
to sea duty. and has Joined his COM
nand aboard the crDreadnousht
Kansas
Miss {. y. Moor" is spending tho
winter with the family OF T. D. Stokes
In Richmond.
Miss Julia Wherry was at home for
the Thanksgiving holidays. and had as
her cues; Miss Frances Hunt. OF Mis-
souri,. They both returned to Sweet
Br:ar on Monday.
Edward Wade. OF philadelphia. was
a guest at the home OF John Chris
tian.
Mrs q. e. Kenner!y and Gordon
visit 10 her mother. Mrs. Winston. in
Louisa.
Mrs. Harvey Blair is visiting friends
in Washington.
Mrs. r. McC. Burlington returned
on Monday from Hoi!ins and Licking
ton. where she has been visiting Miss
Mary Burlington and Robert Buil!nE.
ton.
Lieutenant, Edward McCluer is with
his family here. being on short fur
Tough.
Mrs. :, L, vassar and children are
spending some time with relatives in
Pleasant Hill. y. {.
Miss Hermine Moore will be with
Miss Lucy Mason Tor ,he winter
months.
Palmer Gray was The cues; recently
OF Dug whcrry.
Mrs. f. NJ. Mcclusv has returned
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soc / e T Y
CONTINUED from Third pase.>

(Continued from Third PaSe.l
;TnroIInc Riuincsiea of Westminster.
Md, as maid OF honor. wore gown
OF white net over white satin. and
carried rcd roses. Little MISS Mar
sarct Summer. who was nowcr Esrl
for her cousin, wore irocA o. ru:n'o
white net over white satin. and car
ricd rcd roses Captain Ira L. Hill.
coast artillery. L. :. y. WAS best man
for Captain Chason Mrs sumner
wore A handsome gown OF black satin
and chant;lly lace. the bodice being
formed OF irdcsccnts, Miss Ada biTm-
inEham and Miss MarShcrii;a Tillman
assisted at tho punch bowl.
When Captain ChaSom and his bride
left for Il wedding trip, Mrs. thSson
Travelled In a smart suit OF blue broad
cloth with small blue velvet hat the
crown embroidered in silver and IA
ished by a silver bow. They will make
their home with Mrs. Sumner az 1915
Street. Captain Chason is stationed
at Potomac Park. Among the ont OF
town guests for the wedding were
Or. and Mrs. Taneuil We;sse and Mr..
and Mrs. Mason Young, OF New York.
OF Interest Here.
The marriage OK MSS Lillian iald-
wyn TAYLOR OF Australia. daughter OF
Mrs W. auckland Taylor now reSid-
ing in London and Ensign Elisha r.
Converse. of the national naval volun-
tccrs son OF Mr.. and Mrs Harry r.
Converse. OF Boston. Mass. we're quiet
ly solc,nnizcd Wednesday evening ~ !
O'Clock Al the Monticello Hotel. in Nor
folk. The ceremony, which WAS per-
formed by Rev. DAVID w. Howard,
D. d. rector of st. Lukc's Episcopal
Church. took place in the private
drawing room Of the hridcsroom's par
cr;S in the presence of only relatives
and x few intimate friends. The deco
rationS were roses. pink carnations.
sunset rosehuds and ferns.
The bride, who was unattended. Wore
An afternoon gown OF blue cloth with
gold trimmings and her flowers were
orchids and lilies OF tho valley.
Miss Taylor is prominent suffrssc
loader. ard Mir. Converse. who Is a
graduate OF Yale University OF 1915.
is wcll-hnown young business man
OF Boston.
MIR. Converse had As his best man
Ensign stephen II. Rose. OF the ma
tipnal naval Volunteers Following
tho ceremony there was 4 dinner for
the bridal party. y Centerpiccc OF pink
roses and forms decorated tho table.
and covers were laid for fourteen.
Those present besides the h:ide and
bridegroom included Nj. and Mrs.
Harry y. Converse Misses Margaret
and Mary Converse. Miss Marie The
rose fombarsor. ot Boston Mass: Mrs
Harry Adams and Mrs. Lena Smith. OF
New York CITY: Sterling Halstead. OF
the United states Aviation Corps. Cap
tain George Blackwell pr. David ".
Howsrd and Eas.gn stephen l.. Eos-.
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visiting his parents, has returned to
tho University OF Virginia.
Mrs. John 7. Phillips and son. OF
Buffalo. y. V. will arrive Thursday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Shoop.
Mrs. A. s. Elcy and Miss Bette Rid
dick have concluded stay In BaltI-
more.
Mrs. Alex Myrick has concluded a
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visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Markley.
In Roanoke. Va.
Mrs. g. w. Truitt is the guest OF
Mrs. \. Lynton Jones in Norfols.
Miss Margaret Boykiu Is tho guest OF
Mrs. l.. Il. Jordan.
George Finch Mosley. OF Chicago, has
concluded n visit to- Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
King. on Washington Street.
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The monthly meeting o: ,h- Instri.c
tive Visiting Nurses Association vii
be'held Tuesday morning at II O'Clock
at. 2c3 South Cherry Street
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Lee Chapter. United DauEh,crs o.
the Confedcracy, VIII meet Tucsday
morning at II o'clock IN Lee Camn
Hall. 4 fun attendant. IS desired.
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WOMEN's MEETINGS.

The Womaus Missionary Union -.
Grove Avenue Baptist Church viii
meet Monda! afternoon a. { o'clock.
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Lee Auxiliary. United Daughters of
INC Conicdcracy. viii hold it's Grst
Hoctinc of tue season u, tho Confed-
crate Woman'a Home. 3 East Grace
street. Wednesday afternoon at
! orinnk. a full attendance Is desired.
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Williams Memorial circle, Kings
Daughters. will meet At 4a2 Ets,
Franklin street Tuesday afternoon ~,
3 O'Clock. y fun attendance is re-
Iuestcd.
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There VIII lie called meeting OF the
Ladies OF Charity " cdncadny afternoon
al o'ci"ck at 81. Joscph's Orphanage
As matters OF Importance are 10 be
of, Il tull attendance Is urged
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LET THE
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The Photograph with the Singing Throat or
Silver Grain Spruce play the music for your Christ
dance.
The Throat and Horn, the Tone Chambers of the
Starr, made of selected Silver Grain Spruce the
best material known for bringing out the full reson
ance, richness and purity of tone There is no metal
about the tone chambers to mar the reproduction
and the exactly designed, we-seasoned Throat and
Horn fairly thrill to the melody of voice or instru
men reflecting it's every expression just as true as
life.
A demonstration will convince you. Come in and
learn more about its other features There will be
obligation and you will enjoy the music
There Styles prices and terms to suit ALL
Remember, you don't have to pay for the Starr i'm
mediately, but upon the easiest of payments
The prices are from S55 to $780, and the terms
may be arranged to suit your convenience. Any
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Do not be content to buy any make of Photograph
until you have at least heard the Starr. You will
expect more Of Photograph after you receive q
demonstration of what the Starr is capable.
You do not have to use Starr Records exclusively
if you Starr Photograph, for it will play all
disc records and in many instances it will play them
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made.
Call in the first thing in the morning write us
for your nearest dealers name Good dealers carry
complete stocks Of Starr Photographs and Starr
Records.
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The regular meeting OF the Rich
mond Chapter, United Daughters Of
fine Conicd.racy VIII be held ia Lee
Camp Hall Wednesday, morning at II
o'clock. NJ this meeting plans for the
sailors ball. OF which Mrs. n. V. ram
dolph is chairman will be discussed
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rs plans for the Christmas entertain
mcnt viii be discussed

Tho Silver Cross Circle OF Kings
Daughters will hold It's resula. meet
ing in the home OF Mrs. James IL.
LcStcn $3sS Grove Avenue Friday af-
tcrnoon at $3.50 O'clock
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
SALE OF AeRIcyLTuEAL ooLLros

Of Land cOnsis.loosrs Viii 20 :.l 1 q poSIio
dss 90 the ST a.y g IT,
Of Land Eoa.issioe csSi.oi Beiidiss, Ssc.
situated q Sosssss.s Cos.ss. ceiossdo. ,is::
Be Z, section .. township ~ nosth, eaAss II
west; minimnn prizes per sore e1s0o.
Subject e any Or AZ ss.ensa.s Or rights q
i sss. 81 & colorado
metals q every kind and chsissssi. and al
in or under ssid land. and shs rishs Of inSrSss
with enough Of the surface Of the same q msy
e 'ne ios he nd
No land will b sold at less than the ninimum
price per ,scre a. given above. The parcsls
w o. =, sG 90 .: Ss:GrlSsd .b'vsbs the sans
In tracts Of not more than 100 acrss and not Lees
than 70 acres. All to be sold or none, g nay
b dstsrniaed By the stats Board u LAID
Terms q payment ahali BE- 10 psr esas. oe
balance In eighteen equal anLusi payments
does not own tie improysmsnts. be must pay
bond, a. provided In section ., oct Of July ii,
one Who has declared his inssn.ion Of bsconiSs
such; must pay sppraisement and advertising
Tt Pe S;sa '.'eve. the right to reject any
No sale shsll bseom. effective until ap-
proved BY tbs State Land Board.
Application No. A-dU76.
Date ssis ordered BY Board. sept. Z, 1911.
Date OF sale Docembefs >. 1911
President State Board Of Land Commission
Published Nov. 8. 10. q. 20.
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
BuruJarproof caoe.

A burglarproof cashiers cage. 10
Gated in d car house In an isolated dis
trict, has been installed by the Wash
ingtOn Water Power company, says
the Electric Railway Journal. It is
described as follows:
1.-The cage Is sheathed with iron on
the outer walls and the door, and the
windows are provided with steel cur.
tains, cOunter-weighted, which can be
lowered for complete protection. LII
the bottom Of each steel curtain is q
trap or hinged box which can be swung
inside or outside without at any time
affording a direct opening into the
room. Cash is placed In the trap on
the outside. which is swung In to give
the cashier access to 1t. A small peck
hole with sliding cover Is provided
Just above the trapdoor."
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
Doing Their Bit.

War tanks carry pigeons for sending
out messages in case Of need. This is
yet another use to which pigeons have
been put in this war.
The ingenuity Of the French In this
respect, however, is hard to beat, OBJ
serves a correspondent. In one Of our
allies war museums rs an apparatus
which shows how the. French have at
tempted to get news from their invad-
ed territories. 1t consists of balloon,
which carries 40 carrier pigeons. In
floating over the land now occupied
by the enemy 1t drops from time to
time llttlesparachute, to which Ii at
tached a basket containing a carrier
pigeon, an aluminium message hold
er. several sheets of thin paper, pen
ell and detailed Instructions for use.
The finder Of the basket, after WRIT
Ing a message, has only to slip 1t into
the holder in the birds leg and set II
free. The hOming instinct then al.
lows the pigeon to find its way back
to the French lines.
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
war SAVING GAME.
European Conflict Takes Sports
men Out Of the Field.
Increase In the Price Of Guns and Am
munitioN Makes Hunting q
Rich Man's Sport

Despite the war the permanent Wild
life protective fund is continui lg Its
battle to save American game from
extinction. writes Frederic J. Hask-
In. War IL a benefit 10 wild life In
hat II takes many hunters out Of the
ield and has raised the average price
IT guns and ammunition about so per
cent, making hunting what II Is rapidk
becoming in this country, anyway
Itch mans sport.
The wild life protection fund, in its
literature and the lectures Of its cam
,aigning trustee, william T. HOrna.
lay Of the New York geological park
IS seeking to spread the idea that the
sportsmen must act to save the game
that they are robbins themselves anu
future generations If they do not. This
dea has been well set forth in a pos
ter of the New Mexico Game Protec-
zion associations, which have set OUT
with determination and success to save.
The wild life of that state. The poster
IS us follows:
"YOur grandfather hunted elk anr
buffalo until there We're none.
you are hunting deer. There still
ire some.
"What do you want your son tc
lunt? Rabbits?"
The average New Mexican readint
that sign knows that 1t is true. He
las heard from the old-timers what tn
abundance of game used to be: he sees
u flash the long generations of ruth
ess destruction. the inevitable enU
when the mountains where he loves
% hunt will be lifeless.
Another difficulty In the path of
,ame preservation lies in the Opposi-
ion In congress to federal action in the
natter. Nothing but federal action
iaved the wild fowl. BY reason Of the
migratory game law, drawn by gov
eminent scientists and providing pro-
lection for waterfowl from Canada to
Mexico. they are now believed to be
safe for hundred years.
The fact which the average sports
man does pot realize Is that when
species Of wild game IL reduced to u
certain point 1t cannot "cOme back"
40 matter how much II Is protected.
For example, in 1884 the buffalo hunt
ers said and believed that there would
always be plenty Of buffalo. In 1885
they went out to hunt them and there
was none. 1t took them two years to
realize the fact that the buffalo was
practically extinct. Wolves and hunt
ers destroyed the remnant much faster
than 1t could breed.
OF course the buffalo has been over
worked as an object lesson In game
protection. As opponents Of protec-
tive measures have pointed out, the
buffalo could not have survived civil
Ization except in very limited numbers
anyway.
But this is not true of deer, elk and
mountain sheep which inhabit the high
mountain ranges that will always be a
wilderness. There is only one measure
which can save them, and that is the
provision Of game refugees In national
forests where these animals can breed
unmolested, and the increase restock
the surrounding country.
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
In q Sarcastic Vein,

There was drumming lombard
ment at Verdun when an American
general officer visited the battlefield.
Fifteen minutes after he reached the
dugout Of the colonel, who was to be
his host for the day, the telephone
wires were cut. They were never re-
established. However, they were not
needed. The French advanced system-
atically. The colonel kept in touch
with the rear through his liaison rum
ners.
by and BY" said the American, ..he
released carrier pigeon. 1t flew away
through the gunfire. The ground was
obscured by the clouds of dust and
torn earth. Airplanes were swooping
overhead pelting US with machine gun
IRE. The air was filled with vivid
flashes from the massed guns. It trem-
bled with the continuous shocks.
"Why did you release the pigeonr
I asked. Have your other means of
communication suddenly failedY
"'Oh, no. said the colonel, smiling
benevolent. 1T is only that I am very
fond Of birds and thought It would
please the pigeon
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
Dress In London.

Something might be said Of the
changes that three years Of war have
brought about In our clothes, says the
Manchester Guardian. Evening dress
Is not abolished. but 1t Is becoming
much less customary In theaters and
restaurants, and people coming up to
London who used to bring evening
clothes with them no longer do 80.
Stin white collars are disappearing,
and the soft collar Is worn by all
classes. The democratic process had
already set in at the house of COM
mons. One remembers the shock that
Mr.. Keir Hardie's' cloth cap created
on its first appearance there. but it
has advanced Immensely since the war
began. FrOck coats are In small and
diehard minority. Spats are on their
last legs. Top hats survive mirac-
ulously, it might seem, until one re-
members their enduring qualities. so
that their persistence is only form
of war economy after all.
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
THINKING ALOUD m RUSSIA
tieipats In oebates Which Really
Amount 10 Very Little.

Along the Nevsky that evening IN
the parks and open spaces, little herds
Of people were packed together a
sheep crowd together under a tree on
an August afternoon. In the center
two persons debated. shaking their
hands In each others faces. They had
been talking like that for weeks all
over Russia, writes Arthur Ruhle in
Golfers Weekly.
All Petrograd was one big village
meeting-the village habit of talkins
over together the villages business be-
Ing transferred to the capital. And
coming In late at night from the edge
OF town, you could see every now and
then these black little clumps of PEG
pie. still talking. still huddled there,
vaguely pathetic, like sheep under the
trees.
Any one Of hundreds Of excited
phrases flung on In these little debat-
ing clubs might, I suppose, have sent
a man to Jail or Siberia a generation
ago. Now 0ey could say anything.
gather anywhere. listen as long as they
wanted. Russians have gift for talk
ing and happy lack Of self-conscious.
ness in doing 1t. They really like to
make speeches. Mr.. Root, In one Of
the lighter moments of his stay In Pc
trograd. remarked that one Of the
tragedies of the Russian revolution
was the turning loose on the world
1SO.OOO,OOO orators.
Now one saw some old peasant, q
giant nf
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
plnInu With the Private.

It has come at last-the offense of
an officer dining in public with pri-
vate. 1t was bound to come, soon or
late. The present writer, notes the
London Daily Chronicle, met not long
ago a private in uniform and two men
in multi. OF the two, one who should
have been wearing the uniform Of
second lieutenant, explained: Private
Blank, here. is my uncle. He is up
for a visit, and according to regula-
lions I ought not to be seen about with
him. Since 1 joined the army I have
grown bang out of my civilian rig. so
I've borrowed a suit from the guv-nor.
haven't ], dad? Eyes, you have, and
it's my best, you villain" answered
the second civilian.