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The sun., 1919-04-13
KEYSTONE TAKES
BATAVIA PLANT
Entire Output Of Upstate Fac
tory Will Be Marketed
by 1t.

The Keystone company has obtained
the entire output of the Batavia tires
The company expects the Batavia to
prove as great a success as the Key
stone, and the probability is It will.
Another important move Of the Key
stone company is it's plans for the
increased output OF Keystone tires. In
addition TO those being made to-day
there will be thousands more added TO
the daily output as soon as the great
Perfection tire plant In Fort Madison,
Iowa. begins producing.
All the necessary moulds and equip
ment for the tires have already been
delivered to the Perfection plant and
the increased output Of Keystone tires
will take place within thirty days This
will also Immediately add greatly to
the volume OF business the Keystone
company is doing. because up to now
the demand for these tires has been
greater than the supply.
To-day the Keystone organization
controls the entire output OF four great
tire plants, and before the end OF tho
present year their plans are to take
over six more plants.
The business OF this enormously pros
porous concern Is booming and there Is
every indication that the volume Of
ooicS aiHicu ior THIS year Will De reached
and passed before the arrival Of the
year 1920 Is celebrated. so far the fig
ures for the first three months Of this
year are enormous and for the last
month (March) the keystone totaIled
volume OF business which was more
than four times the total for the same
month a year ago. And this is remark
able indeed. because 1918 business OF
the Keystone was considerable in size
The Keystone now has 11S branch
stores located throughout the most i'm
pof'ant cities in the country and the
business OF many of those branch stores
has grown to such proportions that they
in turn have opened branches of their
own. and the great amount OF business
being done by all OF these subsidiaries
Is assuming such proportions that it
places the Keystone company in the
very front rank OF distributors Of tires
in the whole world to-day.
Added to the enormous business be-
ing done in these first tires, the Key
stone Tire and Rubber Company also
has contracts with twenty-one of the
leading tire manufacturers for their
overproduCtion seconds and blemished
tires and tubes.
The sun., 1919-04-13

l.. W. milford, president of the L. W.
milford Company. Inc. Broadway at
Sixty-first street, who has recently been
appointed distributor for the Grant Six
cars, says he has been pleased by the
many letters he has received from points
Throughout the East from Grant Six
owners, each and every one Of whom
has nothing but words Of praise relative
to the service they have had from their
average over twenty miles to a gallon
of gasolene, 900 miles to a gallon Of
oil and 1000 miles to a set OF tires
Many letters are from owners in the
The sun., 1919-04-13
TONNEAU SHIELDS IN DEMAND.
az. H." Company Supplies Many
New Car Owners.

Tonneau windshields again are prov
ing popular with the new spring buyers
,' automobiles This handy accessory.
which fastens securely on the rear OF
the front seats and protects occupants
OF the tonneau from wind and dust. is
being attached to many new and old
cars. The opera ton requires only about
six hours.
The Tonneau Shield Company OF 1877
Broadway. which handles the ~. H"
's finding an unusual demand for its
product mainly because It Is so scientific
ally and ingeniously constructed that 1t
will give owners Of touring cars almost
limousine comfort without the limousine
price.
1t has always seemed strange that the
occupants Of the front seat should be the
only ones to enjoy the comfort OF sitting
behind a windshield. The ~. H." surely
does give the tonneau passengers sonie-
thing like an "even break" and that ac-
counts for the demand.
The sun., 1919-04-13

farming districts where boulevards are
far apart.
Mr.. Milford has taken keen personal
interest in the marketing of the Grant
Six line. and while he will not receive
enough cars within the next sixty days
to supply the demand. he has already
built UP one of the largest and most
efficient service stations in the East.
which will be made headquarters for all
Grant owners.
I'VE are rendering absolutely honest,
prompt, economical and efficient service
to Grant owners at all times and carry
Ing a full and complete hne Of parts. 80
that no one will be compelled to wait
for factory shipments" says Mr.. Mol
ford.
The sun., 1919-04-13
AUTOMOBILE CLINIC" NOW.
Ford Motor Co. Makes interesting
Demonstration for Dealers,

The latest thing is the Automobile
Clinic" just inaugurated by the Ford
Motor Company in its big establishment
on Broadway. Dealers from the wide
territory controlled by the New York
branch came to New York yesterday and
In the basement OF the Ford building
saw an amazing array OF tools for the
quick repair Of every part of a Ford car
Furthermore, they saw these tools in
actual use in the hands OF experts, who
demonstrated the great efficiency OF the
equipment
1t is CASTOR PLAINTIFFS idea TO impress
upon Ford dealers the Importance of the
proper equipment of their service sta
lions. The demonstration yesterday
seemed to represent really the last word
in Standardization and the dealers were
deeply impressed. 1t was astounding the
way the various tools and devices simply
and effectively took care OF every part
or the car likely to need attention at
some time or another.
Representatives of the Fairbanks Com
pany. which manufactures the tools
made the demonstration.
The sun., 1919-04-13
KEYSTONE SERVICE FREE.
Company TO Help Motoring Public
solve Tire Problems.

The Keystone Tire and Rubber Com
pany in defining It's service" policy an
nounce that it considers service as
equal in Importance to sales. The
watchword OF its eighty -four subsidiaries
is courteous treatment and prompt and
efficient service to meet the tire needs
and problems OF all motorists. whether
or not they be users of Keystone Tires.
This Is another of the methods OF the
Keystone company In strengthening
every link of Its great chain Of stores.
No charge will be made for air or for
assistance in adjusting tire troubles and
solving tire problems. The company be-
lleves that when car owners learn Of the
exceptional service given by their
branches they will appreciate It. This
service Is freely given.
The sun., 1919-04-13
A Tire Tool.

One OF the most convenient little
weapons for use in tire repairing is a
little wedge OF wood. three-quarters of
an inch thick and three to five inches
long, depending on the sized tires used
This wedge Is slipped in between the
heads and can be pulled around the en-.
tire circumference OF the tire with one
hand. while the other is free TO hold the
tire. This is much easier than tryinr
to use both hands TO force the casing
open, while holding it on the shoulder.
The sun., 1919-04-13

For a great many years the auto
mobile public Of this country has heard
much regarding the relative merits of
different cars insofar as their high gear
possibilities were concerned.
The average first buyer Of an auto
mobile Is undoubtedly interested In what
his car will accomplish on high gear
and this phase of automobile perform
ance has perhaps created a greater de-
gree OF rivalry among competing auto
mobile dealers than any other one
feature Of car performance.
1t Is the contention of A. II. Whiting,
the local Mercer dealer, however that
The sun., 1919-04-13

vast amount Of harm has been done
to motor cars as a result Of stunts of
this kind. A Mercer car can be driven
on high as we'll as any car in its class,
but Mercer buyers are carefully in
structed that the four speed gear set
with which the Mercer Is equipped, Is
intended for use and 1t IL pointed out
that the best results can be obtained
only when tho gear set is used for what
1t is intended.
The result Is that Mercer motors do
not wear out in few thousand miles
running and the average Mercer owner
is very proud of the feet that he knows
when to shift back 20 intermediate speed
The sun., 1919-04-13

| Of traffio engineers in the various high
way departments, that is, men who will
have to do not directly with the problems
OF construction and maintenance, but
solely with the movement OF traffic. The
main purpose Of the highway being to
move traffic, that officer. In cooperation
with the highway departments, can pre-
vent unnecessary detours and the vari-
Gus handcaps which have been imposed
on traffic In the past under the guise OF
being necessary to construction and
maintenance.
With the increased use Of highways
q suitable naming of these transporta-
ton routes becomes important. and II
Is not at all unlikely that in the near
future II the motorists continue their
road propaganda every road will
be suitably named and in this connec-
tion It might be said that cooperation
between the motorists organizations.
historical and patriotic societies and
highway departments would result in
the selection Of names that would con-
tribute to the perpetuation Of historical
names, Incidents and places which would
be conspicuously identified by the erec-
ton of permanent stone or concrete
| marks. In many instances with bronze
tablets giving not only directions and
distance signs, but historic names and
the various information pertaining
thereto.
SNOW Removal a Problem.
| The added tonnage carried on the
highways presupposes their use every
day In the year. and the removal OF
| snow problem must engage the intelli-
| gent cooperation OF the motorists.
| The question Of bridges of sufficient
strength is quite closely related to the
snow problem. inasmuch as the present
law In this State places both Of these
burdens upon the town. the smallest
political subdivision and the one least
| able to finance or intelligently direct
| Its execution. There are many who be-
| iieve that the county should be the
| smaliest administrative highway unit.
| which would result in larger road ap-
preparations and a more intelligent APP
| plication OF road funds With the county.
State and nation as the units having
to do with highway development the
problem would be more quickly and
| adequately solved. Under the present
complicated system upward OF s1,000.000
a day Is being expended throughout the
country by the 80, 900 township units.
The various motor organizations con-
nected with the New York State Motor
Federation are endeavoring to cooperate
actively in all Of these great road prob
lens. particularly in the creation OF a
national road system.
The sun., 1919-04-13

1t is reasonable to assume that much
of the objection to the shifting of gears
has been created by the impossbility Of
making the shift easily without noise
and without using up lot of the driv-
er's energy. Also the former inacces-
sibility of the shifting levers may have
had something to do with II.
However, in these days of centre con-
troll, clutch brakes and gear locks and
the like, shifting can be accomplished
so easily, noiselessly and with so little
effort that one can have no real objec-
ton and the good driver takes a real
pride in operating his car as II should
be operated.
The sun., 1919-04-13

In assembling masnetos, horns, speed
ometers and similar parts difficulty Ia
frequently experienced in starting the
various small screws that are too short
to be put in by hand. This operation
may easily be accomplished by holding
the screw between the legs of a pair of
straight calipers, compasses, or by slip
ping It in the slit in an ordinary steel
pen. The screw can then be turned by
means OF a small screw driver Nuts
that are located in an inaccessible posi-
ton can be replaced by the same means.
The sun., 1919-04-13
Seat Covers.

Seat covers Inevitably get dirty after
they have been in service for some time.
and IT is sometimes difficult to know
just now to clean them. The best way
Is simply to remove them and scrub
them clean on a scrubbing board. using
non-alkaline soap and warm water.
The sun., 1919-04-13

Trafic Engineers Needed.
In order to carry this greatly Increased
tonnage over the highways, not only
added facilities will be required, but
there must be a more intelligent direc-
on OF traffic, 1t Is felt that motorists
IN general should urge the appointment
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-01
The Note Husband Carried.

A married man OF draft age, who
couldn't read, asked his wife TO write
a note TO the board stating that his fam
lily was dependent upon him. Here Is
the note his wife wrote, and the hus.
band presented it 10 the board:
Dear United States: My husband
ask me to write you recommend that
he support his family. He can't read,
so don't tell him, just take him. lie
amt no good 10 me. He amt don
nothin' but drink lennon essence and
play fiddle since married him eight
years ago, and gotta feed seven kids
o. his'n. Maybe you can get him to
carry a gun. He's good on squirrels
and eatin'. Take him and welcome.
need the grub and his bed Tor the
kids. Don't tell him this, but take
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-01
WHAT'S the Reason?
Many Shepherdstown People In Poor
Health Without knowing the Cause.

There are scores Of people who drag
out a miserable existence without
realizing the cause OF their suffering.
Day after day they are racked with
backache and headache; suffer from
nervousness, dizziness, weakness, Ian
guor and depression. Perhaps the kid
neys have fallen behind in their work
OF fltering the blood and that may be
the root OF the trouble. Look to your
kidneys, assist them in their work
give them the help they need. You can
use no more highly recommended rem
edy than Doan's Kidney Pills-en-
dorsed by people all over the country
ard by your neighbors in Shepherds
town.
Mrs. F. C. Rutherford, Washington
ST., Shepherdstown, says: "a few years
ago was troubled with kidney COM
plaint As had read great deal OF
Doan's Kidney Pills, got box at
Hills Pharmacy. They proved perfect
ly satisfactory in relieving me. ] glad
ly advise their use to anyone suffering
from kidney ailments"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Rutherford had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrgs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-01

Goshi How my back aches!
After influenza or colds the kidneys and
bladder are often affected-called me
phritis," or inflammation of the kidneys.
This is the red-fag of danger-bettel
be wise and check the further inroads OF
kidney disease by obtaining that wonder
full new discovery OF DR.. Pierce's known as
"Anuric" (anti-uric), because "Anuric'
expels the uric acid poison from the body
and cures those pains, such as backache,
rheumatism in muscles and joints.
Naturally when the kidneys are de-
ranged the blood is filled with poisonous
waste matter, which settles In the feet,
ankles and wrists; or under the eyes In
bag-like formations.
DR.. Pierce's Anuric is many times more
potent than ithia and often eliminates
uric acid as hot tea melts sugar.
Preaerieksbur0 Va.-"Last spring was in q very
miserable state with stiff and aching back. Was
30 bad that could not get up Of my own accord in
the mornings, and lost great deal OF sleep.
was becoming desperate when | read an advertise
ment Of 'Anuric in the newspapers and decided
to try it. OF all the things have ever done or
taken, 'Anuric' is the best. 1t has done me more
good than any medicine ever took Three bot
ties of .Anuric' rid me Of all kidney and bladder
trouble and made me feel like different man. 1t
is pleasure to recommend DR.. Pierces Anuric
Tablets and do so at every opportunity,"-W. W.
Queens, Il. r. D. |, Boz g.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-01
Frayed Souls.

Ii is an exquisite thing to have
a perfect house. In such a house
everything is in its place, high and low,
front and back, and in its place always
not on set and state occasions, but
always The chairs and tables have
their fixed relations to one another and
keep them. No dust is allowed to re-
main, or even to gather. The polish
of the floors is immaculate. The fur
niture covers and the wall papers are
intact, not faded by intrusive sunlight,
not torn or frayed by the careless claws
of puppies or kittens or the wayward
activities of lively children. Every
thing looks finished and as it should be,
and stays so.
Such house is undeniably pleasant
to enter and restful to sojourn in, If
it is not stiff and artificial, and it need
not be. The visitor feels that there
is peace there, that life is orderly and
regular, and that the souls of the in
mates are orderly and regular also.
And the inmates themselves no doubt
get pleasure out of it. 1t is a comfort
to feel that you can find things where
you leave them; and, in world that
is always too prone to be topsy-turvy,
a quiet corner, safe harbor and we'll
ordered resting place give the troubled
soul a sense Of security that enables
it to 60 out and fight its battles with
more hope and assurance. Of success.
Still, for the dwellers in such house
as we speak of it is not all peace. Con-
slant order requires constant thought
and attention on the part of some one,
and, if you are to live in an abode that
is never damaged, you have to be care
full not to damage it. Unworn fur
nture is lovely; but if you want yours
to be unworn, you must never sit and
never stand and move very little, or you
will wear it. A prime element of peace
is stability, and the human muscles
were not meant TO be stable, but TO be
used, with perpetual consumption Of
themselves and of everything that
comes near them.
But it is not so much the dwellers
in the perfect house that deserve pity
as the keeper of it. She may delight
in dustless surfaces and unfaded cur
tans and unscratched wall papers. But
oh, the wear and strain on her of main
tanning those things! How she resents
soiled hands and heavy shoes and eager
motions and irregular visitors and the
unexpected generally! What little
things become great to her, what trifles
terrorsl
We all know the perfect housekeeper
and admire her, and she sometimes con-
tributes to our comfort, sometimes
not; but she is not always happy, and,
although her house is perfect, her
spirit is likely to be tattered, patched,
forlorn. 1t is better to have frayed
house than frayed soul.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-01
Jefferson County, West Virginia. Thursday May l. 1919
Germans Invade France 45 Times.

One hundred years before Christ
100000 Germans invaded France, mur-
dering, burning, pillaging as they
went. AT Aiken Provence they were
stopped and defeated. They sued for
peace and swore they would never do
it again. Sixty years afterward 240 :
900 Germans invaded the Jura dis
tricts of France. Six years later 400,-
600 Germans invaded the territory be-
tween the Meuse and the Oise. They
were beaten. They swore they would
never do it again.
Sixty years before Christ the Ger
mans invaded the left bank of the
Rhine. Two hundred and thirty years
after Christ the Germans invaded
France. They were beaten. They
swore they never would do it again
twenty years later another invasion,
another defeat, another solemn pledge
"never again" In 274 A. D., the
Rhone basin was invaded by the Ger
mans; in 275 northeastern France; in
30l Langress was pillaged. The in
vaders were beaten and they swore
"never again" In 35l they recon-
quered the left bank of the Rhine; in
35i they devastated Lyons; in 800
Besancon; in 364 they invaded and
plundered Belgium.
Here is the chronology of the subse-
qucnt invasions: 372, 3S2, 400, 40,
Alb, 800, S5S, 97S, ll24, 1914, 1913,
1921, 1923, 1886, 1874, 1882, 1883,
1867, 1869, 1876, 1887, 1886, 1914,
1918, 1907, l7OS, l744, 1892, 1893,
1914, 1915, 1870, 1914. Thirty-three
invaSions in a little over fifteen hun
dred years, an average of one invasion
every fifty years.
Whenever they were successful the
Germans celebrated with unspeakable
atrocities. Whenever they were beat
en- they swore they would never do it
again.
lie Matin, which prints the above
statistics, recalls that three days before
the outbreak of the world war Herr
Haase the German Socialist leader,
solemnly declared at Brussels that the
German proletariat would oppose war
TO the utmost. Three days later Herr
Haase voted for the war budget.
-Four and half years ago the Ger
mans again invaded France. Again
they were beaten. And now they
swear they will never do it again.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-01
Yours very truly,
w. CLAYTON MYERS, Jr.

W. CLR1 lON MI ENo, u.
The surrender of the German fleet to
the Allies, which resulted in the in
ternment at Brest, France, OF the Ger
man supersubmarine "U-l39," coupled
with the coincidence of conversation
concerning the subs activities between
Captain William R. Sayles, command
ing the u. S. S. Henderson, and French
naval officers, may result in establish
ing the fact that the United States naval
forces actually came into contact with
the enemy in American waters.
While ashore in Brest month or
two ago, Captain Sayles learned that
the "U-l39" was damaged by U. S.
Transport on the night of the four
teenth of August, 1918, in Delaware
Bay. Both of the subs periscopes
were put out of commission and her
coming tower was rendered useless,
due to a collision with the transport.
AS a result, she was incapacitated for
submersed warfare and confined her
activities to the sinking of small fish
ing smacks in and about Cape Cod,
which she accomplished by coming TO
the surface and using her guns. Cap
tain Sayles was interested in the story,
because of the fact that the Henderson
on the same night while en- route from
Philadelphia to New York encountered
a submarine, and two hours later pass
ed through the oil left by the sinking
of the tanker Frank w. Kellogg due TO
a torpedo fired from the "U-l39."
AT the time of the sighting of the
submarine the junior officer of the deck
Immediately called Captain SayleS to the
bridge of the Henderson, and the ship
was swung "hard-right" directly into
the spot where the sub had just sub
merged. No torpedo was fired and the
enemy did not again reappear, Some
months later, while the Henderson was
in dry-dock, it was discovered that her
starboard keel was damaged, and at
the time no cause could be attributed.
Captain Sayles remembered the in
>cident and Immediately visited the
damaged submarine. 1t seems evil
dent from the nature of the damages
both to the Henderson and to the
"U-l39" that they were the result of an
identical contact and that the sub was
actually incapacitated by the maneuver
of the Henderson to ram her.
The "U-l39' made only one cruise,
and that to the American coast. Pos
sibly her first activity in American
waters was on the night when she was
rammed. Her commander, one of the
most intrepid and bitter of the German
sub commanders, refused to take his
craft to France and resigned. Wheth-
er he can be pursuaded to divulge the
construction of the transport which
rammed him is uncertain, but Captain
Sayles is requesting the officers of the
Naval Intelligence Office to investigate
and verify the facts regarding the in
cident. The British intelligence Of
fcers now have charge of the papers
which were confiscated on board the
surrendered submarine, and if the fact
that the Henderson's maneuver was
responsible for the damage, it will be
the only incident of contact with the
German U-boatS off our COASTS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-01
SUIIdTIUIIS OF TEIIBIUII.

A little girl about six years old was
visiting friends. During the course Of
the conversation one of them remark
ed:
81 hear you have new little sister"
"Yes," answered the little girl, "just
two weeks Old"
"Did you want it to be little girl?"
"No, wanted it to be boy she
replied, "but it came while was at
school,.