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The St. Mary banner., 1919-11-01

diamond Tires and Tubes are nov
Guaranteed for 5000 miles, and Dr.
sss.ad Cord Castings carry an 5000
rsile guarantee. All sizes in stnch
ss lherts FilliaS Sta.lna.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
Paris Papers Blame Sammies

Paris, Jan. 27-Thirty murders
and 500 serious fights due to the
American soldiers within the prov
ince of the Seine are reported by the
Paris newspapers. One paper well
comes the reinforcement of Ameri-
can police "in these days when at
tacks by armed men were becoming
common and jewelry stores being
robbed in full daylight in the main
streets"
Such a charge naturally shocks
our American pride, but, on second
thought is not so startling after all.
In the makeup of a great army any
nation will necessarily get all sorts,
thieves and thugs included, and they
will seek their level. In fact. many
fellow volunteered in the army
just for adventure, a lark, having no
aims or purposes in life, no home, or
void of natural affections for home
and loved ones.
The war department will look into
the report.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31

Old John Barleycorn is dying
hard and there is no lack of chief
mourners. Some of the leading
newspapers that ought to be lending
their influence to causes moro praise
worthy and noble are Matching ant
holding up dire bugaboos and be-
wailing the possible results. O.;
course these big bugs" will never
admit it, but it is more than proba-
BILE that their real grievance is
found in the fact that the Legisla-
lures of the various states have, by
their action, taken the "I' out of Ii
uuor and the 1--WE" out of wet, and
they give vent to their aggravaion
by picturing the great loss in reve-
nue.. The resultant increase in tax
alton, the army of moonshiners that
are now "mobaliZing"; it is nothing
but war hysteria", a moral upheav-
al too sudden nd radical to be safe
and lasting. Yes, and the soldier
boys! wait till they come home,
Mr.. Politician; They will want some
thing stronger than tea and grape
juice, and they will hold you respon-
sible for this sumptuary Legislation
a nd departures from Jeffersonian-
ISM" ct cetera, ad infinitum, tommi
roti6us.
Yes, poor old ]. B. c. is dying hard
but he's dying dead.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
JUST WHO ARE THE PUBLIC2
Somehow They Seem Never to Be
Present When the Term Is En-
pIoyed-PossibIe Explanation.

We hear much about the public. 1t
is seldom praised; often it is berated.
The public will stand for anything,
we are told. The public likes to be
duped, said P. t. Barnum years ago in
explanation of his success as show
man. The public be damned, said q
corporation head a generation ago. So
ciety never advances, declared the
philosopher Emerson. The public Is
huge beast, some one else has said.
Almost anybody who talks about the
public or matters pertaining to the
public will reiterate such opinions to-
day, observes the Kansas City Star.
And no offense, is taken; no indigna-
ton meetings are held and no resolu-
tons drawn up In condemnation OF
such insulting language. Apparently
nobody feels insulted.
Who, then, is the public? Nobody
can tell us; always the thing eludes
our search.
But is not the public anybody but
you and me, or anybody except the
persons talking about it? Therefore,
the public can never be found, though
one should inquire all his days. AL
ways the thing is further on, like the
rainboW's end.
So there is little use~relying on the
public to do anything, to take the ini-
tiative, to start something, to rise up
in rebellion against wrong oppression,
outrage, injustice.
There has been much talk about re-
bellions, revolutions, when public In
dignation has reached the boiling
point; but there never was and likely
never will be a public uprising Of any
kind without a leader, without some
individual working alone or in COOP
Grafton with a very few other indi-
viduals to organize public sentiment"
to give it form and substance, % local
habitation and name"
Therefore all the abuse that has
ever been heaped upon the public
might be gathered into one mass and
once more hurled at the things head
and nothing would ever be heard Of
it and nobody hurt.
What recourse can be had, then,
when the people suffer- when a COM
munity, a city, is oppressed by bad
government, selfish and soulless cor
poratiOns or what not? None at all
by damning the public.
1t all comes back to you and me
who started the discussion. You are
a vital part of the public; I am. You
owe it to yourself and the cause of
Justice, as do I, to wait not moment
in doing something, in going straight
to a neighbor and with him to some
body else, and on and on until an
army is raised and the outrage put
down. Let us realize our own tndi-
vidual responsibility to an abstract
public. The public will do Its duty
when you and l act.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
WHY 1T IS 'CzECHO-SLOVAK'
Sounds Awkward, but Really Is the
Only Way to Correctly Express
What Is Meant.

Speaking Of the awkward cognomen
of "Ozecho-Slovak," the Independent
says 1t Is partly due to linguistic acct
dent and partly to political exigence.
The old familiar name Bohemia" has,
like the name Serbia" a territorial
rather than a radical significance and
Is too small to cover the clinical en-
tity on which the modern concept Of
nationality is founded. The SloVak
language Is only dialetically different
from the Czech or Bohemian, but the
differences were purposely intensified
during the nineteenth century to keep
the Hungarian branch of the race
apart from the Austrian. Even in
America Slovak and Czech newspapers
are distinct, although either people
can read the other language. Profess
sor Masaryk, head Of the new Czecho-
Slovak republic, Is q Sloyak. The
Slovaks, being inferior to the Czechs
in numbers, wealth and education, are
naturally insistent upon equal rights
and recognition. The spelling "Czech"
Is neither native nor English. 1t Is
Polish form of the word, foisted upon
the world by persistence Of Viennese
journalists. The True Bohemian spell
ing "Cech" is impossible to our news
papers for lack Of type with inverted
caret over the G. to represent Oh. The
final CHI Is sounded like the German
cultural or the Scottish Oh as in
"loch," but to the ordinary ear Is hard
~ distinguishable from plain X.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
First Across Canada.

The first white man to cross this
continent by a route north of Mexico,
was Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Scots
man who rose high in the service of
the old Northwest company which was
amalgamated with the Hudson's Bay
company in 1921. Mackenzie was In
the far West when he planned his trip
across country to the Pacific coast.
In the autumn of 1892 he led his party
far up the Peace river where they
built post and wintered. On May 9,
1898, the party set out, passing up the
Peace river, through the Rocky noun
tains, across to the Fraser river which
was followed down stream for some
distance, and then across country
through an uneXplored region, until
the party came out on the Pacific
coast. Mixing quantity of vermilion
with melted grease, Mackenzie wrote
On the inland side of high rock ris-
ing from the shore these words to
mark his visit: alexander Macken-
zie from Canada by land, the twenty
second Of July, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-three. Lat. 80
degrees, 20 minutes, 43 seconds north"
Mackenzie then retraced his course
and returned to the East.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
DOG LAW.

Be it enacted Wy the General As
semblF of Virginia. That it shall be
the duty Of every person owning or
having under his control or on his
premises, any dog over six months
old to list the same forthwith with
the commissioner of revenue of the
county, city or town where he resid-
es, for taxation, and to pay on or be
fore the first day of February of
each year a license tax on such dog
as hereinafter provided or in event
such dog shall become monts old,
or come into the possession of any
person at any time after the first of
February, such license shall be paid
forthwith All dog licenses shall
run fro mthe first day of February
to the 31st day of the following JAN
uary. Every dog above mos. of
age shall be liable to a license tax as
follows, viz, on all male dogs and
spayed females, one dollar; on all I'm
spayed females, three dollars.
Any person failing to list with the
commissioner of the revenue and to
pay a license tax on any dog which
he may own, have under his control
or on his premises, or who shall 9TH
.or-wise violate the provisions of this
act, shall be guilty of a misdemean-
or, and on conviction shall be fined
not less than five dollars, nor more
than one hundred dollars for each of
tense.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
NO EXPRESSION IN TIE EYES
Quite as Much in Those OF Glass as in
the Natural Ones, is Recent
Assertion.

A writer in The London Chronicle
asserts that the human eye never
changes its expression, and no doubt
he is correct in that assertion. We
may take it for granted, if he is just
a writer, that he never discovered this
for himself, but is merely recording Il
fact that has been demonstrated by
scientific observers. The eye appar-
emily expresses Il variety Of emotions,
and writer's rs a class are continually
recording these changing expressions
with all the adjectival wealth they can
command. The heroes, heroines and
villains Of fiction are always register
ing emotions with their eyes, and
when you read the convincing deScrip-
tons you simply have to believe them.
What is more, any day at the movies
you can see the heroes, heroines and
villains actually performing these
stunts with their eyes. You don't have
to take the words Of authors for it;
the movie actors furnish the q. L. d.
SO what is the use of cOntradicting
facts that are universally recognized?
Most of US meet and talk with several
dozen persons every day, and we pass
hundreds Of others in the streets. Ii
you observe the eyes of any of those
persons you cannot fail to note that
they reveal one or another mental or
emotional state. The eyes are cold,
Indifferent, questioning, melancholy,
petulant, mirthful, mildly amused or
what not, as the case may be. They
also reflect holiness, timidity, self-aS-
surance, diflidence, coQuetry, and q
variety Of dominant temperamental at
tributes.
However, we are told that the eyes
never behave in any such fashion, and
we are forced to believe it. The eyes
themselves are incapable Of emotional
change. NoveliStS are always having
eyes flash with rage" and all that
sort of thing, and most Of us are con-
WINGED that we have frequently seen
eyes flash. But no rage or emotion of
any sort can change the glisrening OF
the eye. The flashing or glistening OF
the eye depends wholly upon reflected
light. That light is reflected from two
places, the pupil and the white, and
neither of these brightnesses is gov
erned by the mental or emotional state.
The effect Of the changing expressions
of the eye is really given by the vari-
Gus flexing of the muscles in. the flesh
surrounding the eye and by the eye
lids. The flashing effect is undoubted-
ly produced by wider opening Of the
lids, which exposes more Of the white
for light reflection. In "twinkling'
eye it is not the eye but the lids and
the surrounding muscles that really
twinkle. As u matter of fact, first
class glass eye would appear to be
just as expressive emoti0nally, as a
natural eye.-F. II. Young, in Provi-
dence Journal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
Too Busy Beavers,

The Canadian Pacific railway is ex-
periencing difficulty at different places
between White River and Cartier On
account of beaver dams being erected
and flooding its lands. At one place q
dam was erected In the center Of a
culvert, and part Of the filling had to
be removed in order to do away with
1t. When this was done the beavers
built another little further down the
stream, and this also had to be re-
moved on account of the backwater.
It seems to be the general opinion
that the government should declare an
open season for a year and give the
Indians and settlers chance to dis
pose of the surplus beaver and otter
Port Arthur correspondence Ottawa
Citizen /. j
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
JULY, France
Dec. IL, 1918
Dear Father,

Dear rather,
l will now try to answer
your letter which came few days
ago. Guess you don't hear from me
so often as there were sometimes
missed writing fora month as I was
in action and there was no time for
writing and no chance to send mail
since I was up the lines. When the
armistice was signed, was in the
front wave for three days and
nights at time the machine gun bull
lets were coming as thick as hail and
all around, the shrapnel shells were
what I hated the worst, a six inch
shell would land and burst it-sure-
ly would awake the sleepy and the
shrapnel fly every way.
I was in evey big drive the Ameri-
cans made except the Chateau Thiery
drive as we were with the British
forces at that time. While we were
with the British it was all trench
warfare that was fun beside being
with the Americans; it was all on
top of the ground. On the American
fronts we drove the Germans out of
the trenches and fought on top of
the ground, that is what won the
war and won it in hurry, but it was
hard to be out in field facing large
cannons some as large as Is inches
from that dawn to rife bullet. In
some of the large battles saw air.
planes in the air as thick as turkey
buzzards are in Virginia at the thick
est, so you guess the rest. saw lots
of hard fights in the air while we
were fighting on the ground.
Most of the Highland boys that
were in 317th reg. came out, but
there is only three in this company
now, and at one time there were
about 40 from Highland in Co. D.
I haven't been with Co. D. since last
February only for my pay and clothes
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
December 20, 1918
H. B. HOOK,

! editor Recorder:
My dear Highland friends and
| leaders, will take the pleasure to
write a few lines for my home paper.
But haven't much news of interest
and to let my friends know still re-
member them if I'm far away in
1rance. We are located in camp
near the city Anglers, which I'm told
S the third largest city in France.
It has a population of $4,000. 1t is
;ituated on the River Main, five
miles above it's junctE-. with the
Loire.
The Chaleaw a museum of in
terest was begun under Phillip Au-
gusta and finished under st. Louis in
1888. 1t is fanked by seventeen
towers 125 feet high, and were even
much higher with pointed tops.
The perimeter of the castle is a.
bout 1900 feet. The river originally
washed one side away, Some Of the
special points Of interest are, open
to the public Thursdays and Sundays
from II m. to 4 p. m. We are allow
ed two and half hour passes, but
that don't give much time. But we
were granted four hour pass one
Sunday. With several other Ameri-
cans and Frenchmen we were taken
through a structure. We were TAX
en- through the chateaw by an old
French lady. But I couldn't under
stand much Of the language, but had
an American which could, and he
would translate 1t to us.
There was place where the pris-
oners were chained to the wall, they
had places worn in the stone wall
by their shoulders. Also where the
prisoners were put against the wall
and shot, could see the dents in the
wall. But of course this all was in
olden times. Another structure of
interest was the cathedral dated the
twelfth and the thirteenth centuries
Anglers is said to be one of the most
progressive cities of France. There
are some beautiful buildings in it.
They are built of cement or some
kind of stone or slate, they are roof
ed with slate. There is some fine
land here, and have seen some fine
wheat and oats, but haven't seen a
cornfeld, don't think it will do any
good here. They surely do believe
in their grapes, they are worked like
crop. think the French use most
of the grapes for wine, which I think
they use instead of water. Farming
is quite different here than it is in
the States, but have been told it is
extensive in some parts. They have
fine horses and cattle, haven't seen
maIy sheep. They have goats by
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31

the droves, They have stone walla
and I would venture to say some
twelve feet high.
Haven't seen much good timber,
but there is good timber in some
parts, l am told, there isn't much
waste in timber here, when they
clear they use the grubs for wood,
also the hedge fence when they
clean up.
l have not learned much of the
French language yet, so I can't talk
to the ladies. Don't think I will
make my future home over here UNI
less Uncle Sam won't send me home.
received my first mail yesterday
and sure was glad to hear from home
and friends. Only wish l could
meet up with some of my Highland
and Bath Co. and other friends, it
would seem more like home. don't
know where any Of them are, when
we landed we were put in a rest
camp and in a fe W days were sepa-
rated leaving only one Highland boy
with me- Robert Malcolm, so about a
month later he was transferred, and
I'm now among strangers, but have
some good friends.
Well, President Wilson is over on
this side now and is greatly welcom-
ed by the French. The grass Ia
green here like spring, Have had
lots of rain but no snow yet, there's
been some right cold and frosty
| weather. We were given the pleas
ure of being marched down in the
city to a show this week, also to a
Y. M. c.. A. gave us talk, which
was very interesting. The Cath
olics give us service every Sunday in
the mess hall. There has been as
high as 1900 men in this camp at
one time but they are coming and
going every few days. There was
some cheer over the signing of the
armistice on the 18th month, 18th
day and the 18th hour, we could
hear the tone of the French church
bell and raising the flags which I
guess hadn't been raised for four
years also putting up the balloons.
I'm sure glad our side won the vic
tory, for we we're right, and know
the F::onch appreciate what the A
.nericans have done. You folks at
home deserve credit as we'll as the
soldiers. 1 won't give you any of
my war experience, but will say 1
have been over the top I know
this news won't be of much interest
so will bring it to a close. Hoping
the time will soon come when we
will all return home, where I know
we will be welcomed.
Wishing the Editor and his many
readers happy Christmas and sue
eessful New Year. Best wishes to
all. Your friend,
Pt. A. Lee Lockridge,
Co B.. 18th M G Bn 4th Div.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
FROM OVER THERE
Mr.. H. B. Wood

Dear Sir:
l noticed in the Recorder that !
hadthree bullet holes through my
clothes. This is not quite true:
had only two small holes through my
rain coat, made by shrapnel from a
small shell. This occurred on the
British sector when the 317th Infan-
Try was in the lines for the first time
With the New Zealand troops. This
was about the 25th of July.
We carried our rations nearly two
niles the first day and one mile the
ccond day, as they moved the kltcn-
en- up during the night. We were
in reserve two days.
The mud and water was only waist
deep in places and in one place the
trench was only waist deep, owing to
heavy shell fire, for nearly one hum
ired yards. Every time we went
or rations the Germans shelled us;
as we passed this place. On my third
rip after rations I had two two gal
on cans of tea tied together across
my shoulders, and as we passed this
,lace the shell began to fall very
hear so I handed the tea to New
iealander and "beat it." I couldn't
ave my speed lessened by few gal
Ions of tea.
The New Zealand troops were
inc lot of men. The sergeant and
| .orporals took the hardest part OF
! he work. One of the men gave me
/ piece of fruit cake that came from
| New Zealand. 1t was mailed May
3th.
1 was to visit the Company Dec.
18th and 2Sth. All the Highland
,oys with Co. D" are we'll. A. M.
tack and ]. F. Saul were the last two
,oldiers to come out of the woods
| hat were full of machine gun nests
IN Oct. 4th. They did not get the
1rder to retreat, and had to come
| Jack through the barrage that the
.mericans put on the wood. They
| lad thepleasure of using their chain
hot rifle on three Germans while in
| he woods. They had heard of
| ;weckers death.
1 was sorry to learn of the deaths
| f Nicholas, HeEoi.er and Swecker,
| nd of Corbett & Eagle being wound
d. They were among the best men
n the 317th Infantry.
l well remember the friendly riv-
llry of Nicholas and Swecker on the
life range, at Camp Lee. The first
| .ime on the range they tied on each
| If the one, two, and three hundred
yard range, with total of 145.
| there were but two better scores
| aade in the company-146 and 149.
| IN the five hundred yard range Mich
| las and another soldier, shooting
the same rifle, made sc and SO respec
| lively which was the best in the COM
| oany.
have been on detached service
/ viii he Division Ordnance since Aug.
md. I've had it easy compared with
| he other Highland boys. The boys
| n the infantry during Oct. and Nov.
deserve every thing that the people
f Highland can do for them.
Sincerely,
H. B. HOOK.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
Sampigny, France
Dec. 20, 1918

Dec. 20, 1913
Dear Brother and all:
l will drop you few lines to let
you know that received your letter
and was glad to hear from you and
to know that you all are well.
Well, I didn't go over the top.
was transferred to Co.. 81 P. w. E.
to guard prisoners latter part of
September, and I am still at that. 1t
is a good job. Well, you said some
thing about the French girls. I
have not seen any that like very
we'll.
What is Mary doing? am send
ing her a souvenir from France, to
remember her uncle.
Is there any snow in Highland
now? I haven't seen snow but once
over here, but lots of rain; it rains
every other day almost.
Has Taylor come home yet? Or
did he get knocked off? I haven't
seen. ANY one I knew since I've been
over here. I am he only one from
Pendleon county in this company.
I will close for this time. Hope
hear from you all soon, and I hope
to come to U. S. soon. From,
Joseph L. Mitchell
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31
This Run Has a Cows FACE.

You would perhaps not notice this
cowlike face and fur collar unless you
should use q pocket lens, which every
scout should have. Then you will find
the monohammus or sawyer beetle eX-
tremely interesting, says Edward Z.
Bigelow, scout naturalist, discussing
this curious insect in Boys Life.
These beautiful brown and gray
beetles are, including the antennae,
about an inch and a quarter long. The
antennae or feelers are as long as the
body in the case Of the female and
twice as long in the male.
Where shall you look for these curl
GUS beetles? Search among the needle
like leaves of the pine and fir. The
larvae are found in the sound wood Of
these trees. Sometimes the mature
beetles occur in such numbers as to
do real injury to the trees, but ordi-
narily they are not very plentiful and
most scouts are not familiar with
them, even where they are fairly abun-
dant.
Try wflnt ad; it will bring
you new buS
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-31

and part OF the time for my eats, I
am with battalion Ha. most Of the
time. I have had it good all the
time since I left the company.
l think we will sail for the U. S.
A. soon. There is plenty of chances
for any one that wants to stay in the
army to go to Germany, but want out
of the army, and the4 only chance is
to get back to U. S.
I guess I better close as know
you cant read half of this for am in
a hurry-can't hardly read it myself
Your son,
Robert H. Gutshall