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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
People S Forum
Here Is Good Friend Who Is Moved
10 Ask n Lot of Pointed Questions
I About '"The SpuiieSS Hun"

Here Ia Good Friend Who Is Moved
10 Ask Lot of Pointed Questions
About ''rhe Souiiess Hun"
| Editor Virgfnian:
Sir.-~-1n your leading editorial of
Sunday, June %, entitled THE Soul.
less Hun" you seem to me to take
the position that the Germans are
not, endowed with immortal souls and
! are therefore mere brutes, with the
! physical form Of responsible human
| beings and possessed of all their in
telligence, but yet without mora
consciousness and ARE without the
hrst inspiration Of the divine essence "
| Am ] correct in my interpretation
! OF your editoriai3 If so we must in.
| deed modify all of our conceptions
| OF the actions Of the German govern
ment and German people It may he
az you say that when God endowed
Adam with The blessing of an Inn
mortal soul that there were other
human beings then existing who were
! left without such endowment
| Though / have never heard such a
| theory advapced before). But If that
be true. what was the status of the
| responsibility of those beings to their
| Creator? They had Just been given
! dominion over all the other created
| things Il Gepesis. 2S).
| Can II be possible that the Creator
would do that and yet endow only
one Of them with that divine es-
sence, which would make them
morally responsible for their acts ?
Likewise, God has given the Ger
mans dominion over mach Of His
creation and has certainly endowed
them with much intelligence. and yet,
as | understand your editorial, "a
German conscience has not begun"
and they are as irresponsible for their
acts as are the lions and tiges of .he
1ingles OF Africa, and are simp to be
judged and dealt with as we would
deal with the brutes. Is this your
conclusion II certainly seems to be.
If so, pray when will we ever know
when being in human form has been
endowed with this divine essence %
Would II not follow as logical con
clusion that whenever a man is hrut :
ish and apparently thinks that ne is
right In his actions that he would
then always he considered as never
having been endowed with the divine
essence" and hence, not morally re
sponsibleP ! cannot believe that DR.
Mullins, from whose thesis you ap-
parently draw your conclusion, could
possibly have intended to suggest such
a conclusion, and practical appli-
cation OF the conclusions which you
have drawn TO the human race as
a whole, past and present. would
seems TO me to lead us into an over
whelmng quagmire OF speculation
and upset all of our hitherto accept
ed ideas of the moral responsibility
of man. POSSIBLY have misinterpr ~
ed your editorial and would be glad
TO s%e> some explanation of what you
really mean.
]. c. PARKER.
Franklin. Va, June rs. 1919.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
NEWS OF THE OLD DOMINION
FREEZING NOTES.


Especial to- The Richmond Virgintan)
Freezing, Va, June 25.--Mrs. John
w Chiidress, of Norland. was at Free
ling during the week.
Rev Harrison stanley, of Norland,
liz a visitor here.
Adam II. Kendrick, justice of the
peace. SAT- upon some cases at Clint
wood last Monday.
Amos Reed was at Clintwood dur
ing the week.
Fitz S. Beverly. who has been with
an engineering corps at Skeetrock for
some time. is now with homefolks at
Freezing for day or two.
Noah l.. Fanover WAS at Clintwood
during the week.
Mrs George n, Mullins, of Tsom,
was visiting friends here during the
week
P. NJ. Hawkins visited friends at
Shelby Gap. Ky. during the week.
Robert Reed, of Burdfne, Ky, is
visiting relatives at Freezing
Joel Hanover has been at Shelby
Gap, Ky, during the week, where
he has a position with a lumber con-
Germ.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
y. D. sTANCTLL TOOK LIFE
WITH CARBOIIC ACID

Norfolk, Va, June 2b.--D. y. Stan
GILL, a resident of Ocean View, died
Sunday morning shortly after s
o'clock at st yincent's hospital after
having taken s. large dose OF carboiic
sacid The man was discovered al
Brook avenue and CRANKY streets yes
terday morning by employees OF the
Monticello Auto SHrvice com pauy,
who telephoned to police headauart-
er9
Before the police patrol wagon
could arrive, however. the man waa
taken to st. yincent's hospital In a
private automobile. He died shortly
after arriving there, while on the
operating tabls. Letters and nlemor
,Anda In the daad mans pockets show
ed that he was ID. p. Stancill. OF
Etancill cottage, Ocean View.
n 0fYfcer Woodhouse. of Ocean View.
when asked by the Norfolk police 10
Y 1ook into the matter, reported that
Mr.. Esanciii had been missing since
saturday night The Ocean View Of
AcAx stated that Mr.. Stancill left his
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
THE SOLDIER AND THE TESTAMENT.

peace, The men of the army and
navy are carrying with them in the
storms of battle the ~arrnor that IS
superior to any that man may de-
wise. They 20 with AT eternal faith
In the God Of justice, and with their
souls and bodies conxecrated to the
ever1aztfngs principles OF human free
dom.
With leaders such as these, the
private in the ranks ig man of pur-
pose. In the cause' for which he
fights there is a great principle, and
in the leader whom ne follows there
is reposed a splendid faith. With
leaders such as these, purity of life
In the soldier Is the reasonable re
faeodon Authority rs tempered with
human sympathy. and a spiritual con
tact In established between the man
Of rank and the private In the line.
The tedium and harden of discipline
are dispelled and obedience becomes
a joy.
The soldier with his testament Ii
In the strife to win. He In contest
ing with the powers that would de-
sroy an that In dear and sacred to
his heart. Not only ts he ready to
face the dangers and harv1ships OF
war, but II he must. his blood. his
life to sacrifice for his country and
his God.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
THE PRESIDENT ABROAD.

and turmoil Of the day, upon every
question Of world divide conceyn, II Is
safe 70 saw that every democratic ma
tion Of the world Is keeping It's ear
to the ground to catch the words that
come from the lips of the president
For century America has been
REGARDED by other countries of the
earth az a free and easy place In
which to live. bat # has been the
great privilege Of woodrow wilson
more than Of any OF hts predecessors
tn tell the world, exactly what che
reruh1fc stands for. Never before in
the history of the nation have foreign
countries seen so clearly the light Of
her great torch Of liberty as during
the administration Of President Will
son. and never before has that light
heep held so lofty to the afflicted
races Of men.
They have made him II citizen. and
by that simple act. the city OF Flor
ence il speaking the feelings Of every
Italian In whatever CLINE or country
that the ideals for which we stand
constitute the only enduring safe
guards for The liberties az mankind
eEerYyg here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
TWENTY TWO PAIRS OF
PANTS WE'RE TOO MANY

/ Superior, Wis, June GA woman
can have as many dresses as she wants
10 without exciting suspicion, but
when man acquires twenty-five pairs
OF pants there's a reason. At least
that is what the coppers here think
and they are therefore holding Sigurd
Brus and j. p. Reeds. in whose travel
ing bags the twenty-five pairs of
trousers were found A quantity of
Emma Goldman's literature was also
found in the bags.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
Many Americans
Win High Honors

With the American Army In
France. June 25.-Buck priyates
share honors with colonies and with
Major Theodore Roosevelt, a colonel s.
son. In the official citations just made
for the American attack on Cantigny.
They constitute remarkable docu
ment OF American heroism. The deeds
they tell Of run tho gamut of sacrifice
and patriotism. They tell for the first
time the real story Of the exploists
Of individuals in the capture OF
Cantigny. based on the official reports
after the excitement has passed
Here is the story of Private Fred II.
| Meyer. chosen at random from the
long honor roll OF privates who proved
themselves the greatest heroes.
Meyer was Of Jewish extraction He
used his body as shield to protect
a comrade armed with an automatic
rife, in order that the rifeman might
thus silence "a German machine gun
and reduce the fire of others.
Meyer, a human target died riddled
with machine gun bullets. But the
gunner WAS saved.
Colonel Lucius n ffo1hrook NJ the
f.ld artillery ID cited for "cnnsnicu-
GUS skin in hana1ioc artt11ar~, srra,ns
during the attack and the subsequent
BON bardments, preserving the mis-
sion OF the guns, adjusting their bar
rage, and affording effective support
and protection to the infantry"
Major Roosevelt. it now appears.
commanded an infantry battalion of
tured The in,nor.snt saian, a.
Cantiypy and hefd - ~ ~ - -
repeated conter-a+tacks- =
Roosevelt recognized The ea~tn,,s re
turo Of his task He vas etarr ana
fearless a pl,ttop gor ,,o,k hfa ox,,
dtrt af canfiqnv and d,Yri,er 80 s,,tt
seouant raid We, an t~r,efratta -
his nnan ue haa rarn,,a,.ad f,o,, ~
naInft1l Effects ~ tba ras ~ r,'hs,E
he was s,tbiarteA IJfs hrottar So
lfafr Arr1ta r,a,sa,.e,5t .,.a,,r.sas -.
er-ai xaeks ago has aIsa haa~, n{tos
for bravayv ana a,r,rda5 4bo I.ranch
crotx de yerrm
4 60
Private Ar Ea' '4,,o" - ., u.,,
larv: oTTis fneeTe a,era shet zee 80 ~
/ he refused to la,,e b4s s,,r, sna W
NAMED At his most unt3i he vas noars
/ zerfo4fet,, v,n,,,taE.y >, 40 W
| CORPORAL Antbon- - r7f,s ~ +ha
artillery. .Ife rar,a5rad ta,arhena
wires and SET ma coroyt,,,,to,+tlyl,s, W.
tn his arm was shot aff -
C>orpora1 Leon psr1o.,- ~ 49, -.
tfnerv: "He left q stnls cot ana yo1,,.
ntearaa - eth4 ~ -. -" -
! bg@ga In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26

President Wilson has bean Official
" appointed TO citizenship Of the city
at FLORENCE. The announcement
does not disclose the italian method
of creating the honor thus conferred
mr. are we yet advised whether Mr..
wilson will be expected to accept the
honor ny visiting the city of Florence
In person. Be that is 1t may. he has
beer made s. citizen Of one Of the
rox. beautiful cities IN the world,
and that. too. Of a foreign country
The circumstance Ia fun OF stgnifi-
eancs. It means that the people OF
Ytalx are in accord with the preei~
dents national Ideals. It means that
thev have listened with profound At
tention 10 the principles of demo
crarv as enunciated by him. and have
caught the spirit OF those principles
more fully than ever before. 1t
means that his words NJ simple sin
cer4fy have gone abroad over the
world to lift the hearts Of men to the
concept Of human brotherhood.
II means more, It means that the
frss o~ories Of the earth ~ whatever
I race are looking 10 woodrow Wilson
sns their spokesman. In all the strife
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26

home at Ocean View early yesterday
morning and came 10 Norfolk. He
must have secured the actd very
shortly after arriving in this city.
Later in the day Mrs, Stancill iden-
titled the body as that OF her hus-
band
Mr.. Staucill. It was stated yester-
day, has only recently returned from
Catawba Sanitarium, where he had
been undergoing treatment for tu-
berculosis and il 10 probable that his
physical condition was primarily the
cause OF his action
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
DOG HAD RABIES WHEN HE
BIT TWO HARRISONBURG MEN

Harrisonburg. Va, June 25.-Some-
time ago Earl Ammonette and Serial
McCauley were severely bitten by a
supposed mad dog and left for Wash
ington. where they entered the Pas
teur institute. The dogs head was
sent away for examination and yester-
day 1t became known that the dog had
raGieS
The men who were bitten viii re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
CAPTAIN HAROLD BERRY HAs
ARM PAR.ALYZED BY BULLETS

Harrisonburg, Va. June U.s.
George w. Berry. managing editor of
the News Record. has just received
news by mail that his cousin, Captain
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
LATE SEED POTATOES

Green Mt. 10-pk. bag. per h., &c.
Peerless, 1O-pk. bag. per lh., ana Nj
Rurals. 10-pk. bag, per H.. 3kc.
McCormic. 10-pk. bag. per H., 95&c.
Peach Blow. 10-pk. bag, per H., aye.
Me. Grown Cob, 1O-pk. bag, per lb., "a.
Early Rose. 1O-pk. bag, per ID, 50.
Plant Maine Grown Cobblers and
Rose and raise your seed for next
spring.
]. A. HEISLER'S SONS,
1924 f. Cary st. Richmond, VI.
U. S. r. A. License No. G-02S50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26

main in Washington at the institute
for twenty-one days and will take
the treatment prescribed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26

HAROLD Berry. OF the London r1ga-
menE had his left arm paralysed ~
two bullet wounds received while tax.
ing part in the Cambria Offensive
He has been transferred to the trains
ing camp at Wimbledon. near Ison-
don, ~ an instructor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
Calves and Cattle
HAZELGROVE & CO,

Com. Merchants, 1910 +. Cary ST.,
would like to show you what prices
they can get you for your Calves and
Cattle. We are buyers of Eggs I. o. b.
Richmond or f.. o. b. your shipping
point. Write for prices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
AIRCRAFT BLUNDERS COST Gov
EMINENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Liberty Engines Too Heavy for Type
of Fighting Craft, and Unsuccess-
full Tests Cost Aviators Lives.

The abandonment of efforts to fit
the liberty motor to the Bristol fight
ing plane has been instrumental in
clearing up the aircraft situation, af-
ter more than $100,000,0O had been
spent in futile attempts to make the
light Bristol planes carry the heavy
motors. The Bristol fighters were so
changed by the increase in wing load
that they were @-GIe slow, unfit and
unsafe for combat. Such, in short,
is the result of an investigation made
by a congressional investigation into
the tagging aero~I.N4 7~orram.
The investigation 1.-o aoweL that
incompetent engineers and amateur
in the government service and air
craft shops have been delaying the
aircraft program. 1t is believed that
under the present organization of
the production board prospects are
brighter, and that a repetition of
these and similar errors will be rem
dered almost impossible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
Bankston Bros.

Roberta, Ga, Jan. 21, 1917.-Old
Kentucky Mfg. Co., Paducah, Ky.
Gentlemen: A Mr.. Will Wachter of
this county had some hogs that were
down with cholera and had given up
all hope of saving them and would
not spend one penny on them. l gave
him one 15-tb pail of your B. A..
Thomas Hog Powder, and he has just
come in and paid me for it and ad-
vises that every one of his sick hogs
got well and that he had killed
them and now has them in his smoke
house, and that they were as fine as
any he had killed this year.
want to add that he said his hogs
were down and so sick that he had to
prize their mouths open and his wife
poured the powder down their
threats.
Please find check in full of my ac-
count and with kindest regards we
beg to remain, yours very truly,
BANKSTON BROS.
WALL BROS, Dealers, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water each morning
before breakfast.

Why is man and woman, half the
time, feeling nervous, respondent,
worried; some days headachy, dali and
unstrung; some days really incapaci-
tated by illness.
If we all would practice inside-bath-
ing, what a gratifying change would
take place. Instead of thousands Of
half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with
pasty, muddy compilations we should
see crowds Of happy, healthy, rosy
checked people everywhere. The rea-
son is that the human system does not
rid itself each day Of all the waste
Which 1t accumulates under our pres
ent mode Of living. For every ounce
OF food and drink taken into the system
nearly an ounce of waste material
must be carried out, else it ferments
and forms ptomaine-like poisons which
are absorbed into the blood.
Just as necessary as it Is to clean
the ashes from the furnace each day,
before the fire will burn bright and
hot, so we must each morning clear
the inside organs of the previous days
accumulation of indigestible waste and
body toxins. Men and women, whether
sick or well, are advised to drink each
morning, before breakfast, glass of
real hot water with teaspoonful of
limestone phosphate in it, as harm
less means Of washing out of the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the
indigestible material, waste, sour bile
and toxins; thus cleansing, sweeten-
ing and purifying the entire alimen-
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach
Millions of people who had their turn
at constipation, bilious attacks, acid
stomach, nervous days and sleepless
nights have become real cranks about
the morning inside-bath. A quarter
pound of limestone phosphate will not
cost much at the drug store, but is
sufficient to demonstrate to anyone,
its cleansing, sweetening and freshen.
ing effect upon the system.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
HE DIDN'T LOOK IT,
BUT HAD The DOUGH
THE SEEDY APPEARING GENT
PULLED $1,000 CASH ON
THE HOTEL CLERK.

SAVANNAH, Ga.-Mr. George w.
Price, night clerk at Tybee Hotel, dis
covered from actual experience that
one cannot estimate the size of a
mans bank roll by the cut of his
clothes or the creases in his trousers.
Pay in Advance.
A few nights ago a man wearing
shabby clothes, unkempt, and with
two or three days growth of beard on
his face, stepped up to the clerk at
the desk and asked if he could be
furnished with a room for the night,
at the same time asking for rates,
etc. Mr.. Price replied the charge
would be $3.50, and after surveying
the man from head to foot decided
to request the hotel charges in ad-
vance, which he demanded. The
stranger was not one whit disconcert-
ed, and after pulling a $40 bill from
one of his pockets paid his bill as re-
quested.
$1,000 in Cash.
Now comes the revelation. The
stranger lounged around the hotel
lobby after paying his bill and having
a room assigned for the night. Just
before retiring, however, he walked
up to the desk again and asked Mr..
Price if he could keep a "little
change" for him as he did not wish
to keep it in his room while sleeping.
The night clerk said Eyes," and got
him a large envelope, which is sup
piled guests for money and valuables
on deposit in the hotel safe. Where
upon the stranger with the seedy
clothes and unkempt appearance pull
ed a wad of greenbacks from anoth-
er pocket that caused the night clerk
to stagger at the sight. The first
greenback the stranger peeled off the
roll while counting his money was a
$500 bill, beneath which showed sew
eral 500 bills and large number of
tens, twenties and smaller ones.
When the aggregate of the strangers
wealth was figured up he was found
to have had $500 on his person for
deposit with the hotel.
Now Mr.. Price looks apologize at
every seedy-looking man he sees and
wonders whether or not he is a good
judge of human nature from outside
and first impressions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
BOIL WEEVIL CONTROL
ASSURED, SAYS WILLET
FARM EXPERT SAYS THAT SURE
METHOD ALREADY AT HAND
FOR COTTON GROWERS.

Some two or three years ago the
Associated Press sent out a notice
that complete remedy had been
found as against the boil weevil-a
knockout blow that might again rev.
olutionize agriculture in the South.
There is no doubt here that after this
war the world is going to need i'm
mense amounts of cotton-an amount
that could hardly be over-estimated
on the other hand, in badly infested
weevil areas the cotton industry has
been so Improbable that it carries
no future.
This telegram of three years age
as to this new found remedy spread
like wildtire throughout the South
and it brought great hope to the ole
time cotton grower; then immediate.
~, without pronouncing as to the
formula Of the remedy, the whole
matter shut up suddenly like a clam
Now the sequel of that Associated
Press dispatch of several years age
was released by the agricultural de
partment Tor dissemination on Sun
day, July 18th. | have it from the ag
rlcultural department in six Ions
legal cap pages.
This experiment by the govern
ment has been going on ever since
1918, and its conclusions are so posi-
tive that they are now given to the
world as facts. The department has
in truth, found a practical method
for control in a large way of the Dol
weevil. Ny personal belief is that thi:
remedy is going to be used practical
ly in a universal way by progressive
farmers in all the boil weevil areas
AS see it there is no reason why the
industry of cotton growing in these
areas, and with the boil weevil under
control, cannot again be profitable.
Remedy Not Costly.
As I have said before, the world
from the end of the war, for years
and years in the future and possibly
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
UNCLE JOE CANNON SELECTS
MONUMENT FOR HIMSELF
Veteran Statesman, Now Candidate
for His Twenty Second Term in
Congress. Own Tombstone.

Uncle Joe Cannon's recent an
nouncement that he would be can
didate for reelection calls attention
to the fact that he is now serving his
21st term and stands an excellent
chance of reaching the 22nd mark.
He is a firm believer in prepared
ness" and he decided that he would
prefer to select his own mon
ument and have it set up at Spring
hill cemetery, Vermilion county, Hi
nois, rather than leave the choice to
relatives after he had gone.
Having ideas of his own in rela-
ton to memorials of this nature, he
determined to attend to it himself.
He is 81 years old. Warned by re-
cent indisposition that ones hold up
on life is uncertain, the veteran
statesman took steps to prepare for
the future. The monument he chose
is now in position. 1t is of dark,
Barre granite, highly polished and
massive in size. The weight is Sc
tons. The transportation of this
heavy stone and its final installation
upon the plot was a difficult under
taking, but it was accomplished with
out mishap.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
SOLDIERS MAKE A RAID
ON A CINCINNATI SALOON
Seized Liquor When Barkeeper Re-
fused to Sell 1t to Them.

CINCINNATI, Ohio.-A federal
probe was instituted here today as
result of the raid on the bar room
of Theodore Harmeling by a train
load of soldiers on the way from an
Iowa training camp to the east.
According to the law forbidding
saloon keepers to sell liquors to
soldiers Harmehng refused some
thirty of the men who demanded liq-
our. Having left railroad train de-
tanned on a siding near by the leader
Of the men then ordered the others
to raid the place. A large amount of
bottled liquor was taken by the Wis
itors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
NO SUGAR FOR THOSE
WHO EVADE REGULATIONS

Supply to Be Cut OFF Entirely for
Amy Attempt to Beat Rationing.
Any person attempting to cheat
the food administrations new sugar
regulations, curtailing the use of su-
gar to one-half pound a week, runs
the risk of having to go without it
entirely.
The retail grocer is notified that his
allotment of sugar for August will be
lessened and will be delayed in get
ting to him. He must make his pres
ent supply go as far as possible I'M
der this new ration of one-half pound
a person week.
1t has been announced that the
price of sugar will be advanced one
cent a pound.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
The Strong Withstand the Heat OF
Summer Better Than the Weak

Old people who are feeble and younger people
who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to
go through the depressing heat of summer by TAX
ing GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. 1t purifies
and enriches the blood and builds up the whole sys
TEN. You soon feel its Strengthening, Invieor-
ating Effect. 60c.