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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
ANOTHER SOLDIER LETTER
AMERICAN ExPEDITIoNARY
FORCE
May IS, 1918.
Mrs. Jake Dragoo,
East High Street,
Mt. Sterling, KY.
IN ACTIVE SERVICE
With the

Mt. Sterling, Ky.
My Dear Mother:
/ am doing fine and enjoying the
best of health and also the fine
Spring weather. This is sure pref
ty country but l did not thing much
of it this winter when it was cold
and the snow on the ground.
A fellow was around taking pic
lures this evening and 1 let him
: snap me twice. He said he would
finish them in a day or two and
when / get them, will send them to
you.
l am not getting much chance to
write now but don't let that worry
you for I am doing fine. Have seen
quite a little of this country and ex-
pect to see more before get back. |
nope you are All uolhS we'll
From your son,
EDWARD,
Edw. d. Dargoo,
Co. D. End Reg. U. S. Engrs.
"A. E. F.
Note-Mr. Dargoo enlisted in May
1917 and reached France last De-
tober.
w. S. s.
Ladies we have just received a
= fine line of white canvas pumps, in
all sizes and widths. Come in while
this line is complete.
r. E. PUNCH & co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
State OF Ohio. city Of Toledo.

State OF Ohio City OF Toledo.
Lucas County, IS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner OF the firm OF +. j,
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City
Of Toledo. County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF HALLS cATARRIi
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In
my prese.ce. this 9Th day Of December,
A. ID. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls catarrh Medicine Is taken in
ternaily and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces OF the System. send
~ i. j. cHENEY 4 CO. Toledo. o.
sold by all druggists, 76c.
Halls Family Pills Tor constipation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

Granville and Greeley Lutes have
bought in Casey and Lincoln coun-
ties recently a lot of hogs weighing
from 100 to $50 pound, at Zoe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

Seventy-five head of Hereford
cattel, the property Of James V. Hill
of Round Head, O., were sold at the
Tattersall's stables at the fair
grounds in Lexington for an average
Of $6l5 per head or a total of $780,
lbs. The highest price of the day
was brought by Donna Perfection,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
AT HarrOdsburg

Isom Brothers sold Clell Coleman
thirty $50 pound hogs at 1914 cents.
Clemmons Brothers sold thirty nine
1900 pound cattle the past week TO
Clell Coleman at IA ceuts a pound.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

the Tenth, and calf, which was sold
to Colonel f. II. Taylor, of Frank
fort, for $2,G5O.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
At Stanford

E. T. Spence, ST., bought Of Luth-
er johnson s, 35-pound shoats al
So.
J. N. Carter sold to Ed Sears q
three year-old driving horse for $S5
I. j. Hills, ST., sold to Perk Ham
ilton go, 80-pound lambs at lie. q
pound.
E. r. Pence, Jr., sold to Sam Har-
ris a car load of lambs to be deliv-
cred the Goth at 1872 cents.
Rigsby & Thompson sold to ]. D
Whitehouse 8, 450-pound cattle a
$500 a hundred.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
w. S. !

Something new in a gray serge
at $4,000, some extraordinary.
r. E. PUNCH & co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

w. NJ. Matheney, of Lincoln cOun-
ty, sold to Center Bros, Of Paint
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

AT Guelph, Ontario, j. A. Watt
and j. NJ Gardhouse sold fifty-nine
head of Shorthorns at an average
of 1910.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

Caywood & McClintock, of Bour-
bon county, shipped 500 lambs to
New York for which they received
II to Is cents per pound.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

John Shearer bought of John Rey-
mond's heirs the 1873 acre farm in
the Boysville neighbordhood of
Madison county for $11,39S.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

Speyer & Son, of Lexington, were
the purchasers of the Boone county
wool pool of $4,000 pounds, sold at
Walton yesterday afternoon. The
sale was sealed bids, while the fig
ure of the successful bidder was not
made public, it was understood to
be around 70 cents a pound, or a
total of $47,750.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

The A. B. Massey farm of 100
acres near Danville, sold Col j. NJ
Dunn, sold at $225.5O per acre The
place was divided into four tracts
j. C. Caldwell getting one, Frank
Robinson another, Walter Dunn an
other and j. Lee Murphy the fourth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

See our $4,000 blue serge suits.
regular $500 values.
r. f. PUNCH & co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18

The Advocate for printing
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES
Much Building Going GA in the Ola
North sture-Fnc;oTics Enlarg-
ing Their Capacity.

The Greensboro Loan and Trust Com :
pany w!! ne the next TO erect
twentieth century bank and once build
ing IN Greensboro. Il "i!i be f5%l"o
feet
The big foundry and machine shops
Of Briggs & Shafer. in winston lem,
destroyed by hre q snort time ago, Wal!
pe rebuilt at once
The 1meprial Tobacco Company pro-
noses 10 erect : large leaf tobacco
storage warehouse in Oxford.
\ nov building 10 be known as the
Industrial building Is 70 ne erected in
Kinston for the Caswei Training
school of that town
Tho Elizabeth James Knitting NILS
are installing ten knitting machines
and three rihbers as an addition TO
heir larg" PLAN nj Marion.
TIE county of Rockingham VII soon
sell bonds 70 the amount % szZ'Non.
the proceeds TO be used FOR road and
bridge building Throughout the county
Raleigh proposes 10 "nNarrc It's water
works Considerably this year 80 az 20
be the better able 10 supply nc" terri
tory within the city !imits.
Large improvements arc under way
az Pomona Land between the rail-
road and the Itigh Point PIKE IL be
inr developed ana residences erected
thereon
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
WEST VIRGINIA NOTES
building Operations and Conl Mining
Enterprises In Various Pnrts OF
the Mountain State

The Buck Coal Mining Company has
neen Incorporated at Clarksburg with
SioV'ooo capital stock by b. 3. Jarvis.
-. u. carter and others.
slueheld is to have an incinerntor.
the citizens feeling the need OF the
same. having voted the necessary
money TO build it,
Inc Harry 3. Coal and Coke Com
panE. has increased capital stock from
si'o,oo0 to 100000 in order to acquire
more coal lands and enlarge opcrations.
Warrington is in the market for an
up-to-date municipal building and the
Mayor OF that town Invited bids TO
July for the construction Of the Same.
The Elk Gas Coal COMPANY. OF
clendenin. Incorporated with $50 600
capital stock, has been organized nv
the election OF officers. l.. V. Koontz is
the president.
The Wyoming Water and Light
Company. of Mullens. has decided 10
build water works This year and to
hurry the work up. The proposed e1
penditure is S50O60
TIL" krcssler Hospital at Huntington
- being enlarged. Two additional
buildings arc to be erected. one of
which is to contain an operating room
as well as other rooms The other will
nave N-ray rooms. examination :ooms.
"A drug department. etc. The additions
Will cost about $4,000 for tn, build
ngs alone.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
VIRGINIA NEGRO FARMERS
MAKING MUCH PROGRESS
As They Prosper Under Modern Rnlc.
hnh Instructions They Build
Churches and SchooIhou.cS

HAMPTON. VA. June 2a-The col
ored farmers in Virginia arc hoCinninE
10 see daylight in their upward strug-
gle from poverty and ignorance. John
-. fiercc' district negro agent in charge
or negro farm dcmonstration work.
with whom the Virginia county agents
conducted dcmonstrat ton work raised
practically all their home supplies: 9Go
opened new bank accounts. and I,233
increased their bank deposits
Some people have declared that coll
ored farmers do not know how 20 use
their money and therefore should be
satisfied with n bare subsistence This
is what has happened to some Of the
colorcd farmers increased earnings ac-
cordlng TO the district agents report:
In Brunswick County one new patent
roller mill was installed last year; in
Caroline County two were installed.
The following churches were remod-
eled: New Grove Lunenhurg County:
Morning star. Nottoway County: Mt.
Marian and Cypress. Surry County
In Caroline County eight . raded
school buildings were constructed at
an average cost Of $500 each
w. 6. Young, OF Grcensville County.
is one OF the progressive farmers with
whom demonstration work has been
conducted. He owns 654 acres OF land
and has large barns and granaries suf-
hrient 10 shelter all his live stock and
feed. machinery and farm tools He
has seven horses and mules. five cows.
hftS-one hogs. one pure blood Jersey
pun. and one pure blood Berkshire
boar. His improved machinery in
ciudcs tractor engine. gang pillow and
6iSc. moving machine. stalk cutter. ma
nure spreader. corn, cotton and peanut
planters. fertilizer drill, corn shredder
and husker. and cotton gin. His sic
cess as farmer is d great incentive
to others.
Agricultural fairs were held in the
seventeen counties In which colored
farm demonstration agents are at work.
These county fairs have served as n
medium FOR inspiring the colored farm
ers To strive harder for greater i'm
provem"nt in their moral. literary and
industrial developm says John
Pierce. They bring county officials
and white friends in direct touch with
the contributions which the colorcd
farmers are making 10 the growth of
the county. They pave the way for the
best dcvclopn ent Of the county They
demonstrate that the county can be de-
veloped along all lines by both races
working -Operatiyely"
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great country, as having been the scene
VI the CLOSING conflict for American in
oeFehdahcc, where. on October 10. 1881,
tne army o. CORVALLIS surrendered TO
the combined armies of America and
FRANCO. which notable event was CEN
Jury later commemoratcd by the ercc-
tlon by the government. near the spot,
OF an imposing monument. nincty-scvcn
rect In height. adorned with patriotic
ueNiees and inscriptions. and pronounced
by travellers to be the handsomest
monument in the world.
me Moore House." on Temple Farm.
lying In a peninsula formed by York
INVer' WaVerly Creek and Mill Pond.
one Hlie east of Yorktown, is another
Pic,ioCs rene or our past history, noted
rs me place of capitulation of the army
OF CORVALLIS to the armies of Wash
inGton. Lafayette and Rochambcau.
The house is still occupied as "A resi-
uehce' and stands about nifty feet above
ork River, commanding "A beautiful
view OF the Chesapeake Bay. Yorktown
monument and quaint old Yorktown.
All alonE the York River are beautiful
rcsid sntiai sites, breezy the year round.
ana overlooking the rlacid blue waters
of the broad river
1t has been Oh tbs kind of glory that
u orktown and pretty much all of York
county have lived and fouriShcd for
lSS years. but the time has arrived
when they and those who have come to
take pot-luck with them in these stir
ring war times are going to flourish on
more substantial. though no more en-
during things 1t IS the prediction OF
so!ic very wise prophets that the sta TT
inns war has given IL York County will
make II In coming times Of peace one
among tho greatest Industrial and
manufacturing ccntcrs in the land
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30

Broadwater Farms. Extensive farm
Ing operations arc to be engaged In.
The Mathieson Alkali Company pur-
poses to furnish Saltville with a first
class market building. Plans have been
drawn and the work will commence
before long.
Tho National War Work Council, Y.
w. c. A. Will have erected at Quantico
a hostess house to cost $4,000.
The Star Bakery, recently burned in
Charlottesville at Il loss OF $4,000 will
be rebuilt Immediately by Ernest w.
FeuchenberGer.
Norfolk County finds II necessary to
enlarge its Jail and the Board of Super
Visors have contracted for the consIruc-
ton OF a one-story addition.
Philadelphia firm OF contractors
has taken the job for the building Of a
concrete reservoir and wells at York
town for the United States government
Tho Edge Coal Company has been
incorporated and organized at ST. Paul
to mine coal. J. Fl. Lynch. Of Dante.
Is the president, and c. l.. Fletcher. of
st. Paul. is the secrctary-treasurcr.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
CASH-AND-CARRY SYSTEM
GETS ANOTHER BIG BOOST
Richmond Produce Exchange at Re-
quest OF Government Adopts Weekly
Credit System with Retailers.

Tho Richmond Produce Exchange
held very important meeting Friday
evening in which action was taken that
means a long step in the direction of
inaugurating strict cash and carry
system" in Richmond. A letter was
read from the food administra ion
heartily approving former efforts of the
exchange looking to this end and the
administration further urged the COM
mission and produce merchants to come
TO the help OF the government by max
ing ii possible in all ways in sight to
have business done Mt less expense.
After mature elaboration and not a
little discussion the exchange adopted
wha, is termed the weekly credit sys-
tenn, that is requiring all of their Gus
toners among the retailers and mark t
men with whom they have been in the
habit of keeping accounts to settle up
in fun once week Con Wednesdays
and not to wait for a collector to call
but to bring the money to tho commits
sion mems Office every Wednesday
morning when they come to lay in THAT
days supply OF goods. This system is
to go into effe CT July ~ and after that
date all bills will have to be settled on
Wednesdays.
y form OF letter to the retailers and
market men th&ir CuStomcrs) was
agreed upon. which the Cary Street and
TO their customers yesterday. The let
ter explains why the action was taken
and the reasons the food adininistra ton
asked for 1t and then reads: with
these facts and conditions before us.
and with an earnest desire to comply
with the wishes of the government
that all business oe conducted with all
possible economy, both as to expense
and man power, our merchants have de-
cidcd to adopt the weekly credit sys-
tenn; 20 dispense with collectors. and to
earnestly request our customers to
whom credit is extended to settle their
accounts in full not later than We'd
nesday OF each week following pur-
chases and at our Offices"
President Carpenter and Secretary
Hardwicke. of the exchange. yesterday
expressed the opinion that there will
he no trouble whatever in carrying OUT
the rules adopted. as the retailers and
market men will readily sec tho neces-
sity and the rcasonableness Of the re-
quirement and periodically acquicscc in
the operation Of the plan. 1t Is fur
Their believed by many OF the com
missioned men that this will further
lead to the adoption by all OF the re-
ta:lers and market men OF the cash
and-carry system.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
L.YNCH4URG'S LATEST
Class Works to Manufacture Food CON
tniners Ia start Up in the
EIIl CITY.

LYECHBUhG, VA. June 29-Thc or
canization Of the Lynchhurg Class
WORKS has been perfected undnr the
new charter granted the company by
Nc state Corporation Commission The
following officers were elected y y
ElIcr president Walker Pctty50hu
vice. president; n H. Ityland. accrc-
tlry; 4 " Conway manager Tho
company has Let contracts Tor me oreo-
on Of three buildings 10 cost aaoul
S5a.p1o. and the machinery to be iu-
stalled has also been contracted FOR
and VIII be ready for Installation a.
soon IA the buildings are compleisd
The daily capacity OF the worka vii
he three cat loads o; glass food con.
t.Lincrs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
EARLY TOBACCO START
South Carolina Markets Soon Bn In
Full blast. !hen VIII Come
Old IIclt prtmings.

The South Carolina tobacco marketa
viii! open UP this week or next or at
!esst some OF them will. These mar
kets will do all Of their selling by he
latter part Of August, or sooner as the
crop down that way comes to maturity
much sooner than in this latitude and
they sell II IN hurry when they COM
'nence BY The time the South Caro-
!inians set through selling the Old Belt
markets Will have opened up.
While the crop in South CL-Ol!na Is
a large enc for that section, we ale
INFO: med that II Is not IN IN. very
pes. condition. However there VIII be
cOnS'lcrah! good tobacco sold down
there TIE coming season. So far the
reports are to the effect that the crop
IN Eastern North Carolina looks prom
!sins.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
TONIC
With Paw Paw Added
THREE POWERFUL
FORCES IN ONE
PUT UP IN LIQUID FORM

n More than 20 years ago Paw-Paw
Tonic was given TO the public Since
then IL has been improved upon by
IN" addition of NuI ana Iron, and
best. the safest and mos, reliable rem
cdy FOR stomach troubles. disordered
nerves and impure blood.
IRoNIZED rAw-PAw Is NOT
A CTRE-ALL
and no more.
Don, ,rine with your health IL
you need some remedy take tried
one. which for nearly quarter Of a
century has stood the test of time.
No man or woman in equipped for
noble deeds who is a dyspeptic or
who Is suffering from any form OF
nervousness and anacmic conditions
Of the blood.
Indigestion. stomach troubles and
impure blood weaken our minds. dwarf
our capa bilities and limit our posi-
bilitics
Irontled Pnw-Pnw Remedy Will do
more to brighten the world 10 iispel
gloom. TO make happy homes and
strong iron bodies thnn NIL the medi-
cines that have ever bccn compounded.
The evidence we are publishing every
day should be conclusive proof
system that is overworked or run.
down requires a harmless stirnulant
froniZed Pnw-Paw Tonic lifts aud
holds you. Your druggist probably
keeps II; but II he doesn't IL is sold in
Richmond by T. a. Miller Co, 5l9 East
Broad Street: Tragic Drug Co. SIT
East Broad street: Grant Drug Co Call
branches).
Ironized Paw-Paw. price 800. For
nula bottle Mail or6s
promptly attended to. Interstate Drug
Co, Inc. New York-Adv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
Just Once! Try Dodson's Liver Tone!
Take No Ca|omeI! Listen To Me!
If bilious, constpated, headachy or Sick guarantee
relief without taking dangerous calomel
which sickens and salivates

Stop using calomel! 1t makes you
sick. Don't lose a days work. If you
feel lazy. sluggish. bilious or consti-
pated. listen 10 me!
Calomel is mercury or quick silver
which causes necrosis Of the bones. Cal
omel when II comes into contact with
sour bile. crashes into II. breaking il
up. This is when you feel that awful
nausea and cramping. II you are all
knocked out" If your liver is torpid
and bowels constipated or you have
headache. dizziness, coated tongue, If
breath is bad or stomach sour. just try
a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver
Tone.
Here's my Euarantee-Go to any drug
store and get a bottle OF Dodson's Liver
Tone for few cents. Take spoonful
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30

tonight, and II II doesn't straighter
you right up and make you feel fine
and vigorous by morning. | want you
TO go back to the store and get your
money. Dodson's Liver Tone is de-
stroyinE the sale of calomcl because
1t Is real liver medicine: entirely vegc-
table. therefore il cannot saIivate OF
make you sick.
l guarantee that one spoonful OF
podson's Liver Tone will put your slug
gish liver to work and clean your
bowels Of that sour bile and constipat-
ed waste which Is clogging your system,
and making you feel miserable.
guarantee that bottle OF Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep the entire family
feeling fine for months. Give il to your
children. II Is harmless; doesn't grippe
and they like its pleasant taste-Ady
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30

Soap is almost unobta Unable IN over
run Belgium, and the housewives are
accordingly seeking possible sub<ti-
tutes. a chemist. through Brussels
newspaper gives them q hint that may
be valuable some day in this country.
Here 1t is: Pour the hot water in
which peeled potatoes have been boiled
over the linen to be washed. Allow
it TO soak until the following day. then
rub 1t as you would In, 4 lather. hu,
without adding soap or anything else.
The linen will come out of the tub
perfectly white
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30

cies. will command the attention of
ooth sizes. and IT was largely on this
account that tho two meetings were
called for the Same timo and at the
same place. 1t is expected that the
attendance will be larger than ever
before In the history of the bodies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
A COMING YORK COUNTY
AS TWILL Be AFTER WAR
pie Who Have Heretofore Lived
Largely on Ancient Glory.
THINGS TO COME WITH PEACE
Wise Prophets See the York County
Of the Future as Hustling Bee
hive Of Industry All Along the
Line.

York County. one OF the very oldest
ShircS OF Virginia has lived for nearly
century and half on its Revolu
lionary War glory. That war made
II ElCriou> enough. and it now looks as
II the present war will work to the
end OF making il the greatest indus
trial county for its size in the state.
or ont OF II. The government is do
ing wonderful work In York County,
and just now the whole county from
the York River 10 the James City
County line is beehive OF industry.
Yorktown is being made Il port fol
vessels OF all sizes and the little gaso-
line cage and the ancient rowboat
have been made to take IA back seat.
Yorktown and all OF York County will
keep busy as long 5 this war lasts. and
g hon
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
FERTILIZER MEN MEET
Annual Conventions OF National Fer
tiiizer Association and the Southern
Association Same Date

The twenty-ffth annual convention
OF the National Fertilizer Association
and the annual meeting OF the Southern
Fertilizer Association will be held to-
gether this year. While they will not
o" exactly joint meeting, the con-
ventions VIII be in session at Atlantic
City at the same time beginning July
70. and the two associations will work
somewhat in cooperation.
Many unusual matters. brought TO
the surface by tho war and it's eScycn-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30
ALL ABOUT IN VIRGINIA
Building Operations and Industrial
Development Here md There
Throughout Old dominion.

The Navy Department proposes to
build an $4,000 power house at St
Juiien's Creek, Alexandria County.
Near ouniby. in Accomac County.
Frank y. Moorshead, of Philadelphia.
has purchased 4 valuable tract of land
and incorporated it under the name Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-30

CHARLESTON. w. VA, June a.
The Nitro Development Company.
capitalized ut $4,000. has been or
ganized. The company will develop
the residential section Of the new town
or NITRO the location just beyond
charleston OF the government munition
plants. The company has control OF
1000 lots through which streets and
alleys will be run and other improve
mcntS made
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VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Coming Automobile-Chcnp Substitute
for soap-Use for Sanitary Cups.
Rich Must Work.

Automobile bodies made experiment
ally OF concrete, REINFORCED with steel
wire, arc claimed to be stronger and
lighter than wooden ones. They have
not come in fashion in Virginia ye,