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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17
BEST SKIN SOAP

Is San Cura Soap, because OF it's
great antiseptic and healing cir
tues. Use it regularly and it will
nake the skin soft and velvety;
will remove pimDles and black
heads. It's the real soap for bah
iey tender skin, which mothers Of
Infants should remember. 25 cents
a cake at eap-Worthing, ltd. 1t
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17
BACK FROM PEN MAR

Misses Gertrude and Marcella
Haas, Beatrice Mahoney and Flea
nor Linthicum have returned from
a visit to- Pen Mar. Miss Linthicum
will leave Monday to visit Mrs. Ralph
Standby, in Philippi
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17
ARSENAL OF HOME

Barricading himself in his home,
which he had converted into a var
liable arsenal, David Belts, of
Chewlsville, Md, suffering from men
tai troubles, for a time kept Off
GERS at bay Eventually he shot him
self twice, not seriously, and was
captured.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17
WHEELING BOYS TO
COME BEFORE JURY
a

Three boys in their teens were
given a hearing before y. S. Com
missioner Boyd in Wheeling Thurs
day and pleaded guilty to breaking
into freight cars at Wheeling juno
ton and stealing candy. The boys
were Arthur Thompson, aged II;
Vincent Spear, aged rs and George
Adams, rs years old. Thompson
was sent, to Jail in default OF bond
Spear and Adamb were released on
$500 bond ALI three to appear at
Martinsbul'g before the federal
grand jury on September II.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17

Miss Joe Hamhiann OF Spilliman
Brothers, Inc, dry goods store.
will begin her vacation next Mon
day.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17

F'armers-Is your life and time
worth anything to you and your fam
lily. See opp" advertisement on
page four.
8 13 3t Tues Thur Sat
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17
ESTIMATE OF THE CITY
State of West Virginia,
County of Berkeley,

CITY of Martinsburg, To-Wit:
Al regular session of the council
of the City of Martinsburg, Berkeley
county, held in the council chamber
thereof in the City Hall building on
the 18TH day of August, 1918, there
were present II. G. Tonkin, mayor;
John II. Zirkle, recorder. and e. t.
Holt, G. B. Wiltshire. w. II. Bow
erss, Fred M. Kline and John 7. VOL
ford, members Of the council of said
city
In accordance with section 4 chap
ter 9. of the Acts of the extraordinary
session of the legislature of 1908, the
council proceeded to make up an es-
innate OF the amounts necessary to
be levied for the current fiscal year,
to cover all municipal debts and liza
bilities payable during the said year,
including probable expenditures for
municipal purposes, and proper allow
ances for delinquent taxes, expense of
collections and contingencies; but
deducting therefrom the money in the
city treasury applicable to the service
of the year and municipal claims and
doth determine and estimate the sew
Leral amounts to be levied as follows:
Estimates.
Maximum levy so cents on the hun
bred dollars valuation.
ESTIMATE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG
FOR THE YEAR 1918, AS MADE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL AUGUST
10, 1918.
The amount due the said Municip-
! ality and the amount that will be.
come due and collectible from every
lsource except from the levy of taxes
to be made for the current fiscal
lypar.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17

Miss E.sle rhornburg will leave
today to visit friends in Harris
burg,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-17

Read the Martinsburg Journal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
Spruce Used In AirpIanes.

Because the government needs all
the spruce for airplanes, the piano
manufacturers of the country are hav-
ing hard time to get sounding boards
for their instruments. Spruce is the
best wood the piano manufacturers can
get for this purpose and they have
used it in immense quantities for
many years.
But sounding boards and airplane
beams call for the same quality of
stock-clear, straight-grained, tough
fibered and free from blemishes. In
their desire to assist the government
in airplane construction the piano
manufacturers have agreed to curtail
their output 30 per cent during the
war. They can get along with the
spruce stock now on hand for some
time, they say. Meanwhile they will
try to find substitute for spruce. Sew
eral of the big spruce producing mills
in the Grays Harbor district of Wash
ington and along the Columbia river
in Oregon that always have made a
speciality of piano stock now are Civ
ing their attention to airplane mate
rial.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
HAS KEPT TOUCH WITH PAST
Old Tarrytown on the Hudson Refuses
to Become Part Of Modern
Hustle and Bustle.

Safely aloof from the rush and
scramble WHICH typifies Long Island
today lies Tarrytown on the Hudson.
The solidarity and leisurely prosperity
Of Tarrytown have kept it from being
swept along with the stream Of world
ly progress. It has tarried.
1t has kept its legends and traditions,
its landmarks and historic buildings.
1t still likes to look at the monument
marking the spot where Andre, the spy,
was captured. 1t likes to recall with
thrills Of local pride ''The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow" until it sees again the
headless horseman pursuing the luck
less Ichabod.
There are other specters of which
the locality can boast, notably that of
Andre, also on horseback, who can be
heard at night riding at high speed up
the road on which he was captured. At
the fatal spot the sound of hoofs
ceases, naturally enough, leaving the
chance nearer to scuttIe home with
unseemly haste.
Night is an excellent time to go sight
seeing in Tarrytown. There is the
Sleepy Hollow graveyard, which no WIS.,
itor would wish to miss, and which has
an additional charm when viewed by
moonlight. There is always the posi-
bility that some illustrious resident of
the place may come forth to take the
air and wander once again to his old
home or to the market place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
BELGIAN CHARGE
. Gives REASON
FOR WITHDRAWAL

Kyoto Japan, June 29.-Jules Des-
tree, Belgian minister to Russia, who
passed through here on his way from
Petrograd to Europe by way of the
United States, told japanese reporters
that the foremost reason for his with
drawa1 from Russia was that his coun-
try did not recognize the Lenfne gov
eminent.
He added: "Of all the allied am
bassadors in Russia, I have suffered
the most severe privations, having no
adequate supplies of food and cloth
ing, while the German influence in
Russia has been steadily spreading.
This is the second reason for my with
drawal. In politics 1 am socialist
but the so-called socialists of Russia
act contrary to socialism as under
stood in my country; their deeds are
not calculated to promote the inter-
ests of the state at will. This is the
third reason for my withdrawal"
Mr.. Destree declared that in Russia
people pay any attention whatever to
the necessity of preserving peace and
order. He. continued: tAll diplo-
matte etiquette is utterly disregarded.
During my journey through Siberia
all my large trunks were closely ex-
amined, on the ground. 1 suppose, that
the former Emperor might be hiding
in them. No Russian paid any res
pect to the flag of my country"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
URGES
ENGLISH PEOPLE
TO ECONOMIC

London, June 29.-Urging the peo-
pie of Great Britain to economic and
inest all their surplus earnings in war
bonds, Andrew Bonar Law, British
Chancellor has given advice that may
be needed in every allied nation. He
said in an interview.
THE surplus of weekly or monthly
earnings over necessary expenditure
must be invested straightaway in Ma
tional War Bonds or War Savings Ger
tificates.
Current balances at the banks
should be kept as small as possible
and the money invested in National
War Bonds.
Private individuals with money on
deposit in banks should draw as much
as they can and invest in National
War Bonds.
Business people and firms with
money on deposit should withdraw all
not absolutely needed for their bust
ness operations and invest 1t all in Ma
tional War Bonds.
81 am confidently looking forward
to the reinvestment in war bonds of
very large part of the f50,000,000 in
dividends which fall due on Saturday."
added hte Chancellor.
The Chancellor does not contem-
plate another long dated loan and is
coninced that the method TO continu-
Gus weekly borrowing is best from ev-
cry point of view.
Outlining an agreement with the
principal banks whereby the latter
will reduce their high deposit rates
and urge customers to place their
surplus funds in war bonds, Mr.. Bonar
Law said" the Importance of this
cannot be exaggerated. The amount
of deposits in the banks is steadily in
Greasing. 1t is from the deposits that
the subscriptions to the war bonds
ought to come.
ITO lend ones money to the coun-
try by buying war bonds is a national
war service second only in Importance
to actual participation in the armed
conflict. Nobody's money can be
neutral.
II am confident that the good sense
and participation of the nation will
make it unnecessary to ration money
IF every investor, big and small,
throughout the country would make it
regular habit to set aside weekly a
definite portion of their resources, for
immediate investment in war bonds,
the f25, 100000 a week I am asking
would easily be forthcoming
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
FIRST NJ. E. CHURCH

The motion pictures at the First
Methodist church continue to please
and profit the people. Tomorrow
night they will present a patriotic
subject and the pastor, George NJ.
Brown, will speak on The Birth and
Growth of independence. The even
ing service begins at eight o'clock
and during the summer months will
close within an hour whenever posi-
BILE. Patriotic music will be a fea-
ture tomorrow night
At the morning service, eleven
o'clock, the pastor will speak on ma
tional Ideals" and endeavor to show
how the war has demonstrated the
need of the nations of the world of
the ideals and, principles that inspir-
ed the founders Of this government.
The choir will sing some patriotic
numbers.
The subject for discussion, at the
mid-week meeting Wednesday nigh.
will be True Patriotism and despit
the fact that the next day is the grea
national holiday it is expected tina
the meeting will be well attended.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
PARK STREET CHURCH

On Sunday morning at the II
o'clock service at Park street congse-
gational church, DR.. Beard will speak
on Gods War Summons to Repent
ance." Questions will be discussed
which bear upon many hearts today
such as: In what sense, if any, is
America responsible for the. war ?
May we know at all why God, if there
is a God, permits so awful a thing
to happen? Is there any sense in
thinking of the war as one of Gods
judgments? How may we so meet
these experiences as to gain the most
from it for ourselves and others?
The evening services will be held
at 5 o'clock instead of 1880 as here
tofore. This will be patriots ser
vice suitable to the week of indie
pendence Day. The address will be
on "Democracy's Day. Miss Priscilla
Mosher will recite "Old Glory" in
her admirable way. New and old pa
triotic songs will be sung by the choir
and congregation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
DR.. LUTHER TO
ADDRESS UNITED
CHURCH FORUM

The United church Sunday evening
Community Forum, the. last of the
present series, is to bez held out of
doors, and In co-opera ION with the
Bridgeport War Bureau. Hon. Fla
vel S. Luther, State Senator and Pres
ident of Trinity College, Hartford, one
of the most gifted of our Connecti-
cut speakers, is to give Ghe patriotic
address. His subject will be 1.-The
Great Conflict" One of the most i'm
portant features of this Forum is it's
community singing. The Liberty Cho-
rus, Mrs. F. B. Grannis, Director, will
assist the United church, vested choir,
of which Mrs, Elmer Beardsley is the
Director. Some of the most beauti-
full of our modern patriotic songs will
be rendered.
The Boy Scouts, under the direction
of Jesse Beans, master, and L. J. Ar
getsinger, will provide a limited num-
Der of chairs and will collect a silver
offering from all occupying those
chairs, the offering to be divided one
half to the Red Triangle, the other
half between the knights of Colum
bus and the Boy Scouts. In case of
rain the Forum will be held in the
United Church.
At the eleven o'clock morning ser
vice DR.. VIM. Horace Day, will de-
liver the annual Independence Sun
day sermon under the title Blowing
to Beelzebub." He will use as the
text the words of the Master eff by
Beelzebub cast out demons, haw shall
your sons cast them out?"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
swore Just Like a Native.

Lieut.-Col. Oliver Dockery. in charge
of training Of the 160th Depot brigade,
at Camp Custer, Mich, is from the
South and has something of the char
acteristic Southern accent. The other
day when 1000 negro recruits arrived
from Alabama Colonel Dockery ran
across a negro sergeant who was
marching n group Of the new men
along in the rain and reproved the
sergeant for taking his men out in
such weather and ordered them back
in the barracks. Just as they disap-
peared in the doorway one Of the shiv-
ering little negroes from the South
turned around and said, Dat sholy
am kind-hearted man. He cusses like
he come from down home. Dat boss
make me so homesick dat I believe l
is goin' to cry" Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
EIectrons and Atoms,

Atoms are minute particles of mat
ter, each about one-three-hundredt
part of an inch in diameter. They are
so small that if the earth were made
up Of baseballs 1t would be a fair
model of a drop Of water made up of
atoms. The electron is smaller still. 1t
has diameter of about one-hundred-
thousandth that of an atom, SO that i:
an atom were represented by sphere
100 yards in diameter the electron
would be about the size of a pins
head. It has been said that the cleo
irons which form an atom can be COM
pared to a swarm Of gnats in cathe-
dral or other large building. As atoms
are made up of electrons, SO molecules
are made up of atoms.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
Duty That Lies Near.

If only it could be impressed upon
each and every one of US that we must
do our duty, whatever that duty may
be and wherever it may be, just as
well as we possibly can, what ire
mendous thing it would be.
It has been said that if the American
people would save just 10 per cent of
what they have formerly spent the war
would be won and victory would be
assured. The girl in the home can do
a tremendous part in the winning of
this war-she can save in many ways,
she can work in many ways and she
does not have to have any special tai
ent for it either.
Character and industry, these are
the things that count, these are what
make life really worth the living.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
REFINERS
TO MAKE SALES ON
CERTIFICATE BASIS

The sugar. refiners of the United
States have been ordered by the Food
Administration not to sell sugar after
July 1 except on certificate basis.
There are two kinds Of sugar certifi-
Gates that have been in operation for
the past six months, NAMELY Certifi-
cate A, which is good for 80 per cent.
of the requirements claimed, and Ger
tificate B which is good for 100 per
cent. of the requirements claimed. AS
an example of the use of the certifi-
Gates, beverages and soda water foun-
tains are classed under A, and Ice
cream under B. The Food Admin
istration is planning to use this as a
test for the next six months.
The new statements ard certificates
are as follows:
C-For hotels and all public eating
places.
D-For all classes of bakers.
E-For all retailers and grocers.
The certificates are issued to con-
sumers and eventually go back to the
ref1ner, who cancels them and returns
them to the food administrator who
originally issued them.
Certificate A cancels from. so per
cent. to SO per cent. for the months
of July, August and September.
Certificate B remains the same with
the exception of tobacco (some Of the
cigar makers have been using little
sugar. which is transferred to so per
cent. ~
Ice cream goes into a new class for
rs per cent
Certificate c allows an allotment of
three pounds per ninety meals served.
This makes three pounds per person
per month
Certificate D gives 10 per cent. of
the sugar used multiplied by three.
Certificate E has approximately 8
pounds per person per month in the
best estimate of the retailers needs
considering the sugar purchases of
April, May and June as basis.
Instructions and the forms of the
certificates are to be mailed today
and sent special delivery to Washing
ton. An extra clerical force will be
needed for the tremendous amount of
work and all the printing is to be
done in Connecticut for the state.
A small amount of sugar will be
issued in July, about twenty-five lbs.
in advance, because the consumers
have been consuming too much.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
Sweet Are the Uses Of Perversity.

Abstractedly, disapprove Of fish
ing; hunting I think barbarous; "he
who wantonly treads on a worm is no
friend of mine; and yet fish. do
not merely carry rod and reel; use
them. I suppose it is like smoking;
that seems to me feeble-mindedh abit
and yet smoke. Working, too, seems
sometimes as foolish, and yet work.
Some pessimists have convinced them
selves that living is waste of time,
and yet, SO far as I have observed,
they continue to live. Sweet are the
uses of perversity.-Robert NJ. Gay, in
the Atlantic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
Shortest Railroad,

You have heard Of shortest rail.
roads before. Always they're the most
abbreviated ever. But off-hand one
would grant the prize to Missoula,
Mont. 1t has railroad only 100 feet
long. 1t connects the Northern Pacific
with the c., M. & st. P, and is used as
a transfer. IT has no equipment, no
employees, and no stations, yet the
company that owns it gets so cents for
every car that passes over its rails.
Sixteen thousand have done so thus
far. Think Of it!-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
Sunday Services
I'm The Churches

The Peoples Presbyterian church,
Laurel and Park avenues, Rev. H. A.
Davenport, minister. Mems meeting,
$3.50 a. m. Sunday school, 9:45. Church
and school, II, STORY Of the Clouds"
&c e. meetings, $3.50 and $50 p. m,
Mrs. H. S. Voorhees, leading.
Calvary Baptist church, Connecticut
avenue and Bunnell street, Rev. VIII
liam B. Oakley, pastor: 1880, morn
ing worship; sermon topic, Coming
to Cod; II, Bible school session; $50.
Y. P. S. c. E. service; 1880, evening
song and preaching service.
German Evangelical Lutheran st.
Paulus church, Sc Harriet street, Rev.
F. w. Klein, pastor. Sunday school
at 9:15. In chapel on HOLSTER Heights
at o'clock. Morning service at ! 30.
All Lutherans cordially invited to
come
Summerf1eld Methodist church, Bar
mum avenue, near Central avenue, B.
F. Kidder, D. D., pastor: 10 a. m,
worship and sermon ty the pastor;
subject, The Cry of the Children;
IL m, Sunday school; $50 p. M, Ep-
worth League prayer meeting; 1870 p.
m, worship and patriotic sermon by
the pastor; subject Gods Hand in
Nation-Building." Monday 7:45 p. M.
monthly meeting of the official board
Tuesday, 2:30 p. m, meeting of the
Kings Daughters for Red Cross work
at the home Of Mrs. link, 1,1G3 Cen
trail avenue. Wednesday, 7:45 p. M,
meeting of the senior probattoners,
and midweek prayer service. Friday,
p. m, meeting of the junior proba-
| TONERS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
Aruentina,a Wealth In Eurs.

There is no country in the world
except Argentina which has 10 differ
ent kinds of fEr-bearing animals, in
Guiding the otter and the chinchilla. If
there is no one in the country who can
compete with the European houses in
the manufacture of furs, the establish
ment of government fur markets,
where exporters could learn the true
value Of their wares and receive a
price commensurate with their real
worth, would seem advisable.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
PUriHes Water.

An enterprising company in Califor-
mia has found that water winch is dis
tasteful because of sulphur gas can be
purified by blowing the gas out of it.
The water is forced to escape from
the reservoir through inch holes into a
long trough. 1t also falls over two
shelves Of laths. The process atomizes
the water and with the help of a slight
breeze entirely removes the sulphur
taste.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
fsss:ra |


Psychologists have recently found
that certain patients are afraid of mir
rors-a result of watching the change
in appearance as elnaeiation pro-
crosses. When dyspeptic is cured
his horror of looking in mirror per-
sists. This is called catopterphobia.-
Popular Science Monthly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
OId-Tinne GeoPoia Sian.

At one time cotton men in Macon
thought that the presence of a man
with a hand organ and monkey on the
streets of that city had direct bear
ing on the cotton market, causing a
decline in price. At one time the or
gan man was prohibited by municipal
law, but later was admitted on pay
ment of a substantial license.-Tifton
Gazette. .ys,,.i.,,.>-
..1rfS,H Sss
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29

Senator Overman expressed the hope
that this expression would go into the
Record. Subsequently Senator Over
man read into the Record q section of
the eighteenth chapter of Exodus, de-
scribing how Aaron and Hur sat by
the side Of Moses and held aloft his
hands throughout the day while the
conflict between the army of Israel and
the army of Amalek was in progress.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
aNMi
Ink Eradicator.

To take ink stains out of cotton, silk
or wooden material saturate the spot
with spirits of turpentine and let it
stand for several hours, then rub it
between the hands. The spot will dis
appear without injury to the color or
texture of the fabric.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-29
Scripture and Profanity Mixed.

The Bible and profanity were
strangely intermingled in the congress
a few days ago. Senator Overman
made the statement that President
Wilson "has been criticized in many
instances, for instance, for not taking
senators into his confidence" To which
Senator Reed remarked: ooh helI!".