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The Detroit times., 1917-12-15

John Fitzgerald, 81 years oid, SGT
divorce in Judge Hhrt's court FRI
dav. when he declared that hia wife
neglected his linen and ignpred
hts request one evening 20 get sup
uor on time FifzEnrald's married
tlre lasted but year. lie said
he gave hts wife eight of his $40.
weekly nay His chief complaint
,raa th3t be had ru 20 20 church iu
soiied linen TTs told the fudge
thar be probably VIII not marry
again. AZ least he said until he
has poude~ed over the problem Tor
some time
The Detroit times., 1917-12-15

LANSING Wch- Pee -Hfser'f
scott COMPANY Detroit. te5000. G..
W niseri H A Scott F b. faint
Detroit WOOD & TueI roup1rc. De
uoif 10000 S-mrel j. Webster
b. u Corpocf Albert b Badger.
The Gladwn Mining company. ue
'-oif sf10lo hlry u3V Alfred c.
Marshall, James s. ONoby
The Detroit times., 1917-12-15


Potash and Ferimutter" will Dc
The Chaser company offering next
week IN tho Adams. Tbs puu NIX
comedy ~ business. WH0e from Nou-
taS ie Glass stories which appeared
10 Tho saturday LNruIub Post wIll u.
seen .n Er.ruIt Ht popular prices fnr
thH trst time it- twu previous eu-
saBements Iu this city were played
iu tho Detroit upeta house shortly
after Sew Aurk had set its approval
upon Abe and MaWr4+s. aud when
Tie comedy was az tno zenith cf IT'S
ucccHs and popularity George Far
ren well known character actor. has
been specially engaged 60 appear in
Potash and PerlWutter' with the
CHASER company.
The charming French comedy. I'll
lac Time which MIR Jane NaCklcu
Iufnu Uf this CITY wrote iu colIaoo-
atIun with Jane CpwL and in which
Miss Fowl was recently seen in tuc
'etrltt opera house. win be the
Christmas week Offering pf the Glg-
SER company iu the Adams theater.
htE.ufluw Monday evening. Dee ~.
MI es CuuItrL.E Will plur Miss Cow
.rfEIuH role % Jeauulue Bethclot.
and Mr. Chaser VIII have the rolc OF
Hr young British officer. Philip
blythe. The GIa-sr company viii
present Cheating rheaters. nn
amusing mystery comedy recently
-ru hero N.w Years week. and "A
Pair of Slt S.neNnss also ono ot
The most charming ~ comedies. the
week of Jan
The Detroit times., 1917-12-15

rrinfinr-the plain neat kfnd--fhat
q. riaht--riues Job DeDt.--,uain $50.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-15
By Condo.

NCtU, lF AVYForT Asks YoU bJH>( vows Cor
THe DARK &C Tctt THen IT'S re cause TOU
Have T4s 4AaT or fOR~eTTtHS TO MAJ OUT
CHECKS To cUr2 CRCDrTOSS AND pUTTiNS IS
IN T4e CtASS -UF DANHROPTs AND SOU PAY
700 tNVe CnE GCoD eve. Left 50 &C. busy
AND 5cRiBeCs a CHGCS FoR fsROUVl 2 Ce,tU
The Detroit times., 1917-12-15

feature will be basketball game be
tween two we'll matched teams CO..
chorus girls.
For the week OF Dec % the Cad
lilac theatrr Will present the 'Inno
cent Maids" headed hy Billy Davies
prIml donna and Mabel Howard.
soubrette.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-15

The Cadillac thcater announces tho
"Soripl Fot.iJs' for next week. The
show Is under tho direction -of Max
Spicgel. q veteran producer of bur
tcsQuc. and is said o. be new thruout.
Nina Schall clever cOmedienne.
heads the company which includes
Madiyn worth. Flo owen, Harry
Sryon. Charles Cole Harry woods
Jack Fay, Dick Hahn and a chorus
OF % girls. New singing and dane
ing numbers a well as vaudeville
acts viii be presented. A special
The Detroit times., 1917-12-15
AVENUE

The "Giuvcr Girls" viii occupy tho
Avenue STAGE next week They Wi
present an rlpbpretely costumed and
handsome production ot tw"-a.
musical comedy The company Is
headed nv Mlckie Markwood claude
Kelly. walter Van. Arthur Clamaec
James Bennett Mabel Faieer. Margif
Catliu. billie Bailus. Madeline Rowe
the Dixie quartet and a chorus OF 81
girls a wreatling match VIII b.
staged Tuesday evening followiue
the regular performance, betweci
william Demetral and Pat Conley.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-15
CAtltII AC

The "rraadway lrrollcs" viii come
ta The Cayety the week of Dec %.
Lou HasralI heads tho company.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
Guatemala'S Fete Day.

All Guatemala celebrates the feast
of Minerva, the most elaborate observ-
ance in its calendar. The revival OF
this feast, educational and patriotic
in it's motives, is the idea Of the pres
ent president, Senior don Estrada Cab
rera. Like its Roman precursor, it
marks the close of the school year,
and prizes are awarded for excellence
in scholarship. One of the prizes
500 gold and trip to the United
States-was given by an American
company for the best essay written in
English. Ceremonies intended to in
culcate love of country and devotion
to duty form part of the celebration.
There is also an exhibition of the prod
ucts of the republic held in connection
with the annual event. Of the eX-
hibits this year, coffee, sugar and sugar
cane deserve special mention. Ameri-
can-made plows and disk plows spe-
cially adapted to sugar-cane cultiVa-
ton were on display.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
JACK FROST PROVED POWER
Impressive Spectacle When Fifty Tons
of Rock, Loosened by Cold, Fell
Thousand Feet.

Delicate frost tracings on the win
dow-panes seem to be the work OF fan
ciful and harmless sportiveness, but
the hand that forms them is capable OF
greater deeds and other kinds.
An official of the geological survey
tells of an experience that must have
been wonderfully impressive to the
spectator. He had been spending some
weeks in exploring the Yosemite Val
ley and the great rocks" like I'll
Captain" that wall it in.
Standing enc day of late autumn
about the middle of the valley, he was
startled by report like cannon-shot,
which filled the whole valley with
echoes that roared and doomed, re-
piled and multiplied, in a long-con-
tinued, glorious tumult.
AS the deafening sound died away
in sullen mutterings under the vizor
of Ell Captain, the spectator was able
to distinguish the point of attack by
the long, gathering descent of a vast
quantity of rock.
The night had been cold one in the
valley, and on the 1000 and 5000 foot
levels Of the upper rim the tempera-
ture must have dropped almost to
zero.
Frost, working quietly with his
Archimedean lever, had just succeeded
in shifting from the shoulder of the
Sentinel trife of so tons or so Of
granite. For near thousand feet the
bowlder fell sheer, swift and silent;
then, striking the cliff, it burst like
bomb, scattered into myriad flying
shards and splinters, and dislodged a
smother of fragments that trickled
down to the valley in stream that
LASTED for minutes.
Then from the spot where the bowl
der had struck, dust began to rise into
the sunny air, slowly building up like
a summer cloud and every bit as
snowy. 1t was the flour of granite,
powdered instantaneously by the ter
rife shock.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
Funny, for Sure.

Vice President Marshall tells this
story of some Indiana friends who
boast the possession Of a precocious
daughter:
1.-THE family was assembled around
the evening lamp, the head of the
house with his head deep in his news
paper. Daughter, of course, had to
interrupt him.
"Father, wouldn't it be funny she
began, if there were no people in the
world, and no animals and no trees or
flowers or anything like that?
"Why, yes, Gertrude, that would be
funny the father answered, still hug
ging his paper.
1.-THE daughter was quiet for a mo-
ment and then, touching her father on
the knee, asked:
"'To whom would it be funny, IA
ther?"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04

iFrom the United States Department OF
Agriculture.)
Did it ever occur to you that nature
requires her children to take an an
nual vacation? She does, and nowhere
do human beings puzzle their brains
over this fact more than when the
hens begin their yearly holiday. This
vacation is technically called the
ssmolting season." 1t begins during
the late summer. The hens stop lay
ing, and change their suits Of feathers
for new ones. Usually they consume
three or four months in the process.
Most of US know this perfectly WELL
but are apt to overlook the fact that
q very important feature of the mott
ing period is that egg-laying stops.
We are unreasonable and expect the
hens to lay all the time. When the
hens take this vacation new-laid fresh
eggs are scarce and remain scarce I'M
til the pullets Matched during the pre-
ceding spring begin to lay.
The Remedy.
The remedy is very simple, and is
under the control Of the pOultryman
The first step is to have chickens
Matched early, so that the pullets begin
to lay when the hens begin to mott.
This is not difficult. Pullets of the
American breeds begin laying at about
seven months of age. Leghorn pullets
begin when about six months old.
North of the Ohio river this means
that all Matching must be over by
May / at the latest. The best plan is
to have the chickens coming at inter-
walls during March and April. The
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
Lord Bryce as a Walker.

A newspaper correspondent recently
returned from somewhere in France
tells me story of a visit paid by Lord
Bryce to the trenches. An officer was
sketching out little trip along the
front which he proposed to make with
the distinguished visitor the next day,
but, suddenly remembering that Lord
Bryce is seventy-eight, suggested that
perhaps the program involved too long
a walk. Lord Bryce at once answered
that as an old Alpinist he would I'M
dertake to walk against his much
younger officer friend, himself, by the
way, an Alpinist of some distinction.
And when next day the two returned
to camp, after trudging through
trenches for many miles, the younger
man had to confess that he was very
much more done up than his compan'
ion.-Westminster Gazette.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
new Year Custom In emma.

The Chinese have Il custom Of cele-
brating the advent Of New Years,
either by paying off old debts, or, if
they are creditors and the debtor is I'M
able to pay, then by cancelling the debt.
Thus the new year begins With clean
slate. Communities are all alike in
many respects and the problem of our
city is the problem of thousand 9TH
ers. We have too many unpaid ac-
counts on our books. Why not profit
by the Chinese idea and have a pay-up
week the country over, when the slate
shall be wiped clean and the new year
started free of debt?-Argonaut.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND

Pursuant to authority vested in us
by decree entered at the October
term of the Circuit Court of Highland
County in the causes therein pending
of w. A. Meats VS. Highland Lumber
Company ct ais and w. A. Meats VS.
Union Lumber Company ct ais con-
solidated. the undersigned commits
sioners will on Wednesday, BIRD. day
of May, 1917, at the front door of the
court house of Highland County offer
for sale at public auction the following
tracts of land lying in said County on
the Bull Pasture river:
| A tract of containing J0.51 more
or less, adjoining the lands of J. H.
Swoop's estate and others conveyed
by said w. A. Meats to Union Lum-
Der Company.
. A tract containing 29l.61 acres,
more or less, known as the w. Meats
tract.
These tracts of land have fine tim
Der on them, part Of the same being IN
sod and are we'll adapted for summer
ing sheep and young stock. They will
be offered separately and then as
whole and sold the way that they COM
mand the highest Dld, ana Will DC SOld
upon the following terms:
One half the purchase price to be
paid in cash and for the balance the
purchaser to execute his three bonds.
of equal amounts, dated on the day CT
sale, bearing interest from date, waiv-
ing the homestead exemption and fall
ing due in one, two and three years
respectively from date and the title to-
be retained as ultimate security until
all the said bonds are paid and con-
veyance directed by the court.
Given under our hands this 10Th.
day of April, 1917.
ssA A5di,S ! /. Jones Jones (com'rs.
I certify that the bond required by
the above decree has been executed.
w. H. Matheny, Clerk.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
COMRS SALE OF VALUABLE LAND

Pursuant to a decree Of the Cir
cult Court of Highland county,
Virginia., rendered at the July
term, 1916, in the chancery cause
pending therein, styled Silas W.
Crummett VS.. Union Lum Der Co.
Inc, and others, we will on We'd
nesday, a2rd day Of May, 1917
offer for sale at public auction at.
the front door of the court house,
of Highland county, in Monterey,
Virginia, to the highest bidder for.
CASH four certain tracts ofland,
being lots 4, S, 6, and 7 lying On
the waters of Shaw's Fork in
Highland county, Va, aggregate
ing I35 81 acres. described in the:
petition of Eli Crummett lands,
and which were conveyed by the.
Union Lumber Co., to the High
land Lumber Co., by deed of rec
ord in the Clerks office of High
land county, also see deed record
ed in Deed Book N rs, p. 49,
Boyd Stephenson,
E. B Jones, Comrs.
|, w. H. Matheny, clerk of the
Circuit Court of Highland county
Va, do hereby certify that Boyd
Stephenson, one of the said com.
missioners has executed the bond
required by the decree above men
toned. w. H. Matheny, Clerk.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04

earliest Matched pullets will, of course,
begin to lay first. If any of them be-
yin to mott, their places will be taken
by the later ones and steady supply
of eggs will be more certain.
The Difficulty.
The difficulty in the way OF the prac-
teal application of this matter is that
so many poultry keepers are depend
ent on hens for Matching. AS long as
we have late Matched chickens we will
have late sitters. The poultry keeper
who wants to change from late hatch
ing to early Matching must therefore
either get broody hens from someone
else or use an incubator. After he
has changed the dates on his flock
he will have no trouble, especially with
the American breeds.
Can 1t Be Done2
Every progressive poultry raiser who
has tried it, every agricultural col
lege and the government, have data
showing that early Matching will pro
duce fall and winter layers. In the
government flock during the past win
ter the pullets of the entire flock av-
eraged over 20 per cent in egg produc
ton, and some pens made 80 per cent.
That means, in plain language, that
the egg production for all the pullets
was one egg daily for every FIVE hens,
and for some pens one egg daily for
every three hens. This, too, when
fresh eggs sold up to rs cents per
dozen in Washington. This could not
have been done except by early hatch.
ing.
A<>~~~S~>-~~-~~~~~c~~- ~.e-~~~-~-~o~-~~~~A~
seen my sister ana Sne says mIII
teach you English in two weeks if you
cum here. Marie. love you awful
and send you $50 for you to cum here.
I seen your brother and he is wright
ing to you this minute. When I send
a girl $50 for anything I'm crazy. AS
ever, Oscar" "Well," said the inter-
prefer. snake that just like it is, only
in Spanish" explained Oscar, "and
charge everything to me. I'll be right
upstairs until 1 get married. New
York Correspondence in Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
To Stimulate Aviation.

In order to stimulate an increased
interest in aviation among the college
men of America, the Aero Club of
America is to offer three medals in
each of 100 American universities and
colleges having an enrolment of from
1000 to 10000 students each. The 300
medals thus offered will be open to
competition on the part of 100000 stu
dents. The Aero club hopes to inter-
est a good proportion of these in the
subject of flying. The medals are to
be awarded annually for the best es-
says on various phases of the science
of aviation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
New Method for Removing Rust

For removing rust from iron or
steel. Pascal Marine of London has
patented a method in which the metal
is made the cathode in a phcsphoric
acid electrolyte. 1t is claimed that
this acid, unlike others, dissolves away
the rust without attacking the solid
metal and also tends to prevent subse-
quent rusting. The electrolyte may be
10 per cent solution of phosphoric
acid in water or a 10 per cent solu-
ton of sodium phosphate with 10 per
cent of the acid added.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
Remarkable Premonition.

A striking instance of premonition
is reported from Griffithstown, Mon
mouthshire, Great Britain. While u
maternity nurse was walking home,
she had a presentiment that her pa
tient and the child whom she had just
left were in danger. Hurrying home,
she prevailed upon her husband, q
member of the local fire brigade, to
go to the post office, where he found
the bedroom occupied by the sub-post.
mistress and her baby to be on fire.
He removed the mother and child and
extinguished the fire, which had orig
mated in a wooden beam near the fire,
place.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
He Had Two Suits.

A little Columbus girl had never seen
her Uncle Sam, but she had heard Of
him often. He came from Indianapo-
lis to visit her the other day and she
was somewhat surprised.
Don't you think Uncle Sam is a
nice=looking MANI" her mother asked
eyes," she admitted, "but where are
his red, white and blue clothes?-In-
dianapolis News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
important Distinction.

"Do you think pork ought to be
abolished?"
absolutely" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. II want to mention, however,
that any little appropriations I may
ask for are not pork. They represent
public improvement and the national
uplift." Evening Star.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
TYREE B WILKINS. ADCTI0NEFRS
Lynchburg, Va,
Commissioners Sale

Of Valuable Timber and
Bluegrass Lands Situated
in the Counties of Highland
and Augusta, Virginia,
Comprising a Total OF
About Seventeen Thous-
and Acres, Estimated to
Contain from Eighty Mil
lion to One Hundred Mil
lion Feet of Timber, OF
Which About 70 per cent.
Is Oak Cred, White and
Rock), and Balance Pop
lar, Chestnut and Other
Woods Found in Virginia.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
He Loved Marie.

A sailor at the Seaman's Church in
'stitute, just in from Cuba, came rat
ting down the stairs the other day
with a heavy scowl on his face. He
approached the institute interpreter
and threw down this letter addressed
to a young woman he had met during
the trip: "Dear Marie: The more L
think of you the worse I love you. l
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
Aerial Galloway for India.

An aerial galloway rs miles long,
the greatest in the world, will be built
in northern India to provide transpor-
tation for a region where the soil con-
ditions make a railroad impracticable.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
No Rood.

He-If, as they say, ladies' looks
are all our books, won't you let yours
be my teachers?
She-Sorry, but they are already
supplied with pupils.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
State Of Ohio, city OF Toieae. | ~,

Lucas County.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that ne is
senior partner of the firm Of F. j. cheney
& Co., doing business in the City OF TO-
ledo, County and State aforesaid: an9
that said firm will pay the sum OF ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each ana eV,
cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. D. 1856. ..o,-
(SeaD A. w; GLbASOS,;
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Seno LOT
F. T. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
OF VIRGINIA

Head of Public School system of Va
DEPAuTMENT KEPKEsENTED:
College, Graduate, Law,
Medicine Engineering
Loan Funds Available to deserving stu.
dents. $40 covers al costs 10 virginia
students in the Academic Departments
send for catalogue.
Howard Winston, Registrar
University, "a
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04

We have buyers for timber
tracts and grazing landin Highland.
We have large list farms for sale
in Augusta, Rockbridge, Albermarl
Orange, and adjoining Counties
Descriptions and information given
can be depended upon. For in
formation apply to
!. F MCNULTY.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04

By authority of, and pursuant
TO decree made by the District
Court of the United States for The
Western District of Virginia, on the
23rd day Of October, 1916, at
Lynchburg, VIRGINIA, in the cause
in equity there pending in which
the United States Lumber Com
pany is plaintiff and J. K. Griffith,
the Highland Lumber Company
and others, are defendants, the I'M
dersigned Randolph Harrison and
A. B. Percy, special commissioners,
appointed under said decree, will
cffer for sale at public auction at
the front door of the Court House
of Augusta County, Virginia, in
the City of Stanton, on
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1917,
commencing at one o clock P NJ 4,
all Of the lands and property and
estate, timber and timber rights,
and contracts in said decree men
toned, being the same property
mentioned and described in GER
tain deed dated July Goth, 1913.
executed by the United States
Lumber Company unto j. K. Grit
fifth and recorded in the County of
Highland, Virginia, in Deed Book
No. IS, page III, and in Augusta
County, Virginia, in Deed Book
No ITS. page 306, which property
was subsequently, conveyed by the
said J. X. Griffith to the Highland
Lumber Company by deed dared
November 18th, 1918, and duly re-
corded in said Counties as such
descriptions have been corrected
and modified by the said decree of
October 23rd, 1916, as follows,
that is to say
Cd All that certain lot. tract or
parcel of land in fee situated in
Highland County, Virginia, on the
waters of Cow Pasture River,
known as the "Charles Gwin
Tract" heretofore conveyed as
containing 1900 acres, and now as,
certained, according to a recent
survey, to contain 1929.27 acres;
(2) All that certain tract, piece
or parcel of Iand in fee in Highland
County and in Bath County, Vir.
ginis, lying on Bull Pasture Noun
! tain above Williamsville and be-
tween Cow Pasture River and Bull
Pasture River, known as the BYRD
Tract" heretofore conveyed as
containing 2400 acres, more or less,
subject to reservations, and now
ascertained by recent survey to
contain a total area of 206S SO
acres, subject to the following res
ervations, to-Wit:
| |. The Rich Sinks Hacking,
| containing loo.1o
2. The Hodge Hacking
containing SS.l6
3. The Peach Orchard
Tract, containing BIG
4. The Floyd Kincaid
Tract containing 81 "a
as we'll as the following
interlocks, to-wit:
| |. With WA Meats tract 1858 a.
2. With S. A. Lockridge
Tract 5.15
3. With W.P.B. Lockridge
Tract 1862
such reservations and interlocks
totalinu an area of 402 IL acres