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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
To the Voters of Monterey District:

To the Voters of Monterey District.
At the request Of many Of the vot-
ers of the district hereby announce
myself candidate for the Office Of
Supervisor of said district, I solicit
your support at the coming election
and If elected will serve the people
faithfully and impartially.
Respectfully,
TOBIAS McCLINTIC
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
To the Voters of Highland County;

To the Voters Of Highland County;
hereby announce myself a can
didate for Sheriff of Highland Coun-
ty at the coming November election.
If elected I shall endeavor to dis
charge the duties of said Office to the
very best of my ability,
I respectfully solicit your support.
Sincerely,
w. N. BIRD
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
To the Voters of Highland county,.

Friends: 1t would be my pleasure
decidedly SOTO serve you as Clerk
of the Circuit Court of your county,
for another term.
1 can do that right well-nothing
else know of that I can do; so If
you will elect me again will put my
best foot foremost and will be,
Very much oblige,
W.. H. MATTHEW
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
To The Voters Of Highland Co.

At the solicitation of number of
my friends, I hereby announce my
self candidate for the Office Of sher,
If of Highland County, and kindly
ask your support at the coming cleo
ton, Nov. 4, 1919.
promise, if elected, to discharge
the duties of said office to the best
of my ability.
Very truly,
Early Gum.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13

General Ludendorff thinks that the
training of the American soldier
was not ZIP to wo1ld-war standards
1t was sufficiently good, however, tt
finish the job and reduce the highly,
trained German sldiers to a state OF
military innocuous desuetude, so il
quite answered the purpose.-Amer-
lean.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
For Commissioner of Revenue

For commissioner OF heVenue
To The Voters Of Highland County.
hereby announce myself as can
didate for reelection to the Office Of
Commissioner of the Revenue for
Highland County.
Ipromise if elected to give my best
efforts to the faithful discharge of
duties of the Office and will give my
undivided attention and time to the
work required to be done.
Your support Is respectfully solic-
tied.
7. H. Pruitt.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
To The Voters of Highland County

hereby announce myself a candid
ate for the Office of County Treasure
of Highland County at the election
to be held on Nov. 4, 1919. If elect
ed I will give the Office my personal
attention and will discharge the du-
ties of said office to the best of my
ability. I respectfully solicit your
support.
Very respectfully,
ADAM STEPHENSON
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13

Surely 1919 is showing a slump in
June weddings: And so many young
soldiers returning, too.
The fact that June brings so many
good things makes the rose bug all
the more kideous and unweleome.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
HONOR LIST
RENEWALS:

hEINE w AIO.
LII Lockridge, Flood,
A. M. Beverage, R. F. D. 1,
K. F. Shumate, Hot Springs,
K. A. Simmons, Bolar,
Mrs Amanda Corrigan, Vanderpool,
VIM. D. Rexrode, Network Cit y, z
Mrs Polk Eye, Monterey,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
To the Voters of Highland Co.;

10 The V0tefS OF HIgnIdHu wv
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of Commissioner
of the Revenue for Highland county
to be voted for at the coming cleo.
ton to be held November 4th, 1919
I earnestly solicit your yotea.
Respectfully,
JNO. H. HEVENER
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
the Voters of HIGHLAND County:

To the Voters of Highland County,.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Commissioner of the
Revenue for Highland County, II
elected will serve the people faith
fully and to the best Of my ability.
Respectfully,
J. w. ERNEST LOCKRIDGE
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13

WOOL, WOOL, WOOL, I will buy
wool for Cash and trade and pay tho
highest market price. Y. B. Bishop.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13

Among those who will meet the
President at the dock will be old
Mister High Cost of Living.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13

FOR SALE-Second-hand kodaks,
good as new. Prices reasonable.
Call at this office for particulars.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13

Program of Sunday School Institute
and Convention for Chimney Run
and Valley Bethel Churches, :
End District of Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-06-13
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE

Monterey, Va, June 9, 1919
Louis M. McClung, who sues for him
self, etc
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-18
PUTTING 4 CHURCH
ON BUSINESS BASIS
Southern Methodists Work.
ing on Definite Plan
with Long Look Ahead.

For the first time In its history the
Methodist Episcopal church, south.
is being placed on firm business ba.
sis. For the first time the organiza-
ton is working on definite plan. di-
rected for the reeds of several years
in the future.
In the past, whenever the need was
evident. congregations begged for
funds to carry over that immediate
need" said Bishop Jones Atkins, chair
man of the Missionary Centenary.
No plan OF financing had ever been
attempted. Bazaars, suppers, special
! appeals were relied upon to fill the
treasury. Missionaries. one of the
greatest interests of the Methodist
church, were sent out into foreign
fields only when enough money for
their support over comparatively
short period was secured.
Now all this is being changed. The
campaign for thirty-five million dol
lars that will be launched in the week
of May Is to %, will make possible
the operation of the policies Of the
church on the same plane as that Of
large business corporation. We are
outlining work that will carry us five
years ahead, and we know that we
will have the funds to meet our obi
cations.
I'VE are planning the erection of
buildings in Europe and in this coun-
try, buildings for schools and church
es. We are going into industrial cen
tiers to better the condition of the
working people. We are strengthen
ing our missionary fields. And
through this large fund we will be
able to let the different home church.
es devote some of the time and energy
heretofore given to collections to
building up their own congregations,
their own work and doing community
work"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-18
SDLD|ERS SHOULD
EEP UP INSURANCE
q is the Cheapest Good In
surance And Can't Be
Renewed If it Lapses.

The cheapest good insurance In the
world Il United States government In
s1tance, and yet 1t Is reported that
many men returning from the army
saFe permitting their policies to lapse.
q, F. Graham, insurance man with Of
fees In the Deveny building. says the
,lifD Insurance statesmen OF the country
ARE organizing Conservation Cam
paign committee, the principal aim of
(which Is to induce soldiers to keep
their policies alive. Mr.. Graham SUBJ
sniits the following facts about the gov.
efnment insurance:
Present insurance certificates are
One.year renewable term contracts.
sand may only be continued for per-
.i0El OF five years from the declaration
sof peace.
at any time during this period Of
five years these insurance certificates
er1ay be converted in whole or in part
without medical examination into any
sone Of the following six life insurance
forms: Ordinary Life, Twenty-pay-
9ment Life, Thirty-payment Life, Twen-
Stysyear Endowment, Thirty-year Eli
9dowment, and Endowment maturing at
age Of So. II the present insurance
Certificates are to be converted as
above, the conversion must take place
during the five-year period mentioned.
The above policy forms will be the
s0nly ones written at preesnt, and the
sstBsurance will be carried by the gov.
Eeg1ment ct rates considerably lower
THAN regular life insurance companies
granting similar benefits "A
y Premium rates are net rates based
upon the American Experience Table
asdf Mortality with interest at 3h per
cent, figured upon monthly basis.
Expenses Of administration are paid
by the government and are not charg.
led against the insurance, thereby
granting the insured NET rate.
All policies contain waiver of pre-
sininm and total disability clause, max
s. ing the proceeds payable at any time
y 10 the insured when he becomes total
lf and permanently disabled, regard.
Hess Of his age, in monthly INSTALL
slhents Of $5.75 per $1,00 of insurance,
towering the entire period Of total dis
ability for life Of the insured. No pol.
icy n any life insurance company con-
tains E similar clause without regard
10 age.
Dividends will be paid annually
they may be taken in cash, deducted
from premium or left with the govern
aieht to accumulate at compound in
terest. All paid-up and extended insur-
ance values are participating and such
values are issued in exchange for the
ftll reserve value without surrender
s6liarge. II an annual, semi-annual,
Or quarterly premium is paid under a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-18
leY coMpol

ues. Loans may be made up to 81 per
cent. of the cash value. Participating
paid.up or extended insurance is guar
anteed in all converted policies.
In event of death, policies are paya-
BILE only in 240 monthly installments.
Paid-up insurance. however, is paya-
BILE at death is one lump sum, and en-
dowment policies are payable at ma
turity in the same manner.
A grace of one month is allowed in
payment Of premiums and liberty re.
instatement provisions are contained
in the policy.
Further information concerning con-
version. including rates, blanks for
making conversions, etc., may be Sc
cured by addressing Bureau Of War
Risk Insurance, Conservation Section,
Washington, D. c., on or about March
49,, 1919.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-18

government policy and death occurs.
the discounted value ON premiums
paid beyond current month will be re-.
turned. The low rates provided by
the government, and the Special Disa-
bility Clause are granted not only to
soldiers and sailors holding term poll.
cies issued under the War Risk Act,
but to "all hands" in the future within
100 days Of their enlistment or commits.
sion in the army or navy.
The proceeds of all policies are non.
taxable. Insurance is incontestable
fro mdate of issue, nonassignable, and
free from the claims of creditors. All
policies are free of conditions as to
military and naval service, residence,
travel, or occupation.
Loans and cash values are provided
beginning at the end of the first year.
for the full 81 per cent. reserve val
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-18

trade with The lots may be had any desired size and we
will even assist to finance the building of house.
We believe that the Speedway Terrace properties going to
very fast Of the speedy development
Of the adjoining industrial district Most everyone knows
about the factories out that direction and does not
increase to keep pace with the increasing industrial activity
1t will cost you nothing full particulars about this
property and the homes all ready built
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-18
Oh Our sp4 edway Terrace Properties We Will
c cooperate With You

LIVERY man who viii stretch himself the point Of building
T. home of his will be in terested in the hostes offered
by this company They available many desirable section Of
Famont but Speedway Terrace properties are especially
attractive because of their location near the growing industrial
district of the city.
These Speedway Terrace properties consist Of several cozy
homes already built and unlimited number Of choice building
lots The houses priced very reasonable fguresess
than the cost Of duplicating them today yet they not year
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-18

desirable that hey be invested in enduring wealth like con-
suction The accumulated earnings country should
ot be diverted Into forms easily Consumed and with
earning powell PERMANENT investments Of wealth will
billie the fnscial conditions Of the country
whole ase beAet the individual investor and his depend.
bring this About all factors interested in construc
ton must co.operate"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-18

4 NAsMUCH as the building industry is regarded by man
as the means Of facilitating the general Industrial trans
ton peace basis should have the of all in
terests Public construction will be helpful n(itgatng con
dtons therefore it is evident that private we'll publ
construction must be resumed before the county returns
FORMAL conditions. 4
Next to placing private funds government securities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-27

members Of their families. To avoid
this they remain in service long after
their capabilities have been lessened by
the advance of age. They cannot re-
turn to the government the service
they feel to be it's due. Some of them
are reduced in pay little by little until
they are back at or below their start
ing points.
When the war came and large ex-
pansion of the department force was
necessary thousands of newcomers were
employed in the emergency. In order
to bring them into the government
service special inducements were of
fered in the form of high pay, higher
than that given to the permanent force.
There was little TO attract them into
the service as a career. 1t offered no
future and no assurance of tenure.
The government should be in a posi-
ton to command the very best serv-
ices, and the surest means to this
end would be to establish a system
of retirement on an equitable basis
that would guarantee the faithful, com
pctent clerk a decent provision after a
long term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-27
America and the League.

| Preside Mt Wilson and Col. House are
the American members of the commit
| tee appointed by the peace conference
ito work out the details of the con-
stitution and functions Of the league
! of nations"
| The best selections that could have
| been made. The two men are in per
! feet accord on all questions, but par
ticularly on questions relating to the
! peace conference.
! 1t was Col. House who, before the
President left home, sounded England
and France on the subject of peace
and how to make peace permanent.
! Indeed, as was understood at the time,
it was largely on the strength of the
| colonel's report and advice that the
President decided upon his foreign
! trip. Hence, so far as America is con-
cerned, these two men are the ones to
speak at the conference as to the league
of nations and its organization and
| operations.
But how viii they speak, The time
for details approaches, and every
thing depends on the details. The
proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Everybody at the conference expresses
approval of league of nations, but, as
everybody knows, unless the league can
be made workable thing on practical
lines it Will not justify itself. Instead
of good, it might do harm.
The President at the conference rep
resents the authority of his Office. He
is taking the initiative as President
But he does not represent the entire
treaty making power of this govern
ment. The Senate shares that power
with him; and he will labor in vain at
the conference if he goes counter to
the Senate's judgment For that judg-
ment must be taken, and will be taken
in circumstances giving every senator
an opportunity to record himself.
The Senate takes Col. House on the
Presidents recommendation It does
not know him otherwise. He has never
held office; has never come before it
in any matter. But it knows that the
colonel is much nearer the President
than it has ever been, sharing his
full confidence and counsel, and often
invited, as it never is, to give views on
public questions.
But the Senate, we may all be sure,
will not show any jealousy when the
time comes for passing upon an in
strument in the framing of which Col.
House has had a hand, but viii con-.
slider it on its merits, and with regard
only to its terms as, in the Senate's
Judgment, they may bear benefcially
on the interests of this country and the
world at large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-27
The Force to Insure Peace.

A statement issued by the British
war Office notes the necessity of main
tanning a military force during the
present year in the area of late hos
ti1ities sufficient not only to insure
observance by the enemy powers of
the terms of armistiee, but to insure
the faithful observance of the treaty
of peace. Expectation is expressed
that the United States, France and
Italy will act with Great Britain to
this end.
This is n notice that Great Britain
will look to her allies in the war to
see that a sufficient force is main
tanned on the continent to prevent any
treaeherous move by the enemy powers.
There can be no reasonable demur to
this. The United States cannot alto
gether withdraw its forces from the
field of war until peace is definitely
established. France and Italy have
definite responsibilities on their own
frontiers and Great Britain has special
interests to safeguard. The fact that
the United States has no territorial
claims or expectations does not alb
solve it from share of the duty.
When we entered the war it was not
merely to give the final push neees-
sary to compel surrender by the enemy
powers. 1t was to make for definite
and lasting peace in the world 1t is
uncomfortable that now, with the en-
envy powers defeated. their armies
withdrawn, their munitions and navies
surrendered, we are to withdraw all
onr own war agencies until assurance
is definite that there viii be no re-
sumption of hestilities. The peace
treaty is yet TO be framed. 1t is yet
to be accepted and yet to be enforced.
As party to the war, we must remain
on the ground, in propertionate force,
until that peace for which we became
party to the struggle is enduringly es-
tablished. 1t may be hard task for
our men to stand and wait on the
frontiers, but it is infinitely less hard
than the task they have just accom-
p1ished, in conjunction with the forces
of our allies, and it must be performed,
eheerfulIy and willingly, lest this work
must all be done again, or lest We stand
before the world as short in our per-
Torrance of duty solemnly under
taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-27
Pass the Retirement Bill.

A favorable report upon the Keat-
ing retirement bill will enable the
House to act at the present session on
this urgently important matter. The
subject is so thoroughly well known
and the reason for enactment is so
we'd understood that there should be
no difficulty in getting time even at
this crowded session to put the bill
on its passage. The Senate has eonsid-
cred an identical measure and by a
vote which is in process of recons;dera-
ton has substituted for the half and
half plan of federal contribution a
project for the financing of retirement
wholly by the government employees.
If the House passes the Heating bill,
which is similar to the Mcclellan meas
ure for which the Pomerene whole-eost
amendment was substituted, the argu-
ment for reconsideration in the Senate
viii be strengthened. In any event the
matter should be sent to conference
for decision before adjournment.
This matter of departmental retire
ment has no relation TO the question
of the pay scale, the bonus or salary
equalization. 1t is something apart
from all questions of compensation. 1t
is merely matter of whether the gov
eminent is to continue the old method
Of retaining the superannuated as a
matter of charity, to its great disad-
vantage and with harsh injustice to
the clerks themselves, or is to adopt
system of retirement such as all the
progressive private corporations have
done or are doing.
No matter what the pay scale may
be, the lack of a retirement prospect is
most disheartening TO the employees of
the government. They have been I'M
able to lay aside funds for their main
tenance in their advanced years. II
has taken practically every dollar they
could earn to keep themselves and their
families during the long period OF
steadily rising prices. Very few OF
them are financially competent to re-
tire On their own means The only
hope Of others 10 to be supported BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-27
Soldiers and Jobs.

AS measure of preventing labor
congestion and individual distress the
War Department has decided to per-
NIT soldiers to remain in the service
if they desire pending the finding of
employment. In other words, no man
will be discharged against his will.
He can stay on the Army pay roll until
he finds a position. This will serve to
maintain him while he is getting job
or while his job is being obtained for
him by friends or agencies. This
ought to help materially IN keeping
down the number of jobless ex-sol-
diers
OF course, the man who is held in a
camp is to a certain extent incapaei-
tated in hustling for work. But there
are provisions for finding places for
such men, and these should be devel-
oped. Employers who are seeking
help of almost any kind can find com
petent workers in the camps. The
Army was recruited from all the ranks
of society and included men of every
kind of capacity and skill, and now in
the rehabilitation there is a labor
market open to every line of activity.
The best effect of the new order will
be TO prevent the unsystematic and
aimless job-seeking by discharged sol
diers that wastes effort and causes dis
enlargement and frequently misplace
ment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-27
About all that apparently remains
of the Russian government is the title.
Fare Boxes.

The installation of fare boxes on
some of the city street cars brings
back to mind the old bobtail cars
that ran in Washington years ago, the
drivers of which furnished change or
tickets through a little hole in the
front panel The passenger then put
his own fare in the box, a coin or a
ticket. That was before the law was
passed compelling the cancellation of
each ticket and the sale only Of new
ones, and the passengers little packet
of six for a quarter was often a weird
collection.
It is to be also remembered in
this connection that something like
thirty years ago a strike occurred on
one of the lines on which these bob
tail cars ran--the same line, by the
way, as that branch of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric system on
which the fare boxes are now installed.
The passengers, as a means of COM
polling the adoption Of a larger type
car, refused to deposit their fares in
the boxes and eventually forced the
company to order larger and more com
Portable cars manned by conductors.
With conductor to make change
the fare box of today is very differ
ent matter from that of the old times.
Then the boxes had to be placed at
the front of the car, and the passenger,
in order to pay his fare, must either
pillow through the aisle or else intrust
his coin or ticket to other passengers
who handed it along. Everything de-
pended on the good nature of the in9
tervening people. The naodsrn fare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-27

box Is placed at the point Of entrance
and all that is required of the pas
senger is to have his fare ready as he
boards the ear, which he must do in
any event.
The operation of the cars with these
fare boxes installed would be greatly
facilitated by passengers having the ex-
act amounts ready for deposit when
they enter. 1t is an easy precaution to
keep a small store of nickels always
available. Cooperation in this, as in
other matters of street ear use, works
to the benefit of the public.