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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
Among the New Books

Every one reads these days. The only problem
is what to read The newspaper, the magazine
are Haunted at the street corners. The new books
are also much in evidence. Though after-war
conditions have curtailed to extent the
quantity of books. the quality and merit OF
those just appearing shelves are fully up
to the standard of other days.
RECONSTRUCTION AND NATIONAL. LIFE by
Cecil F. Lavele. PHI d. of Grinnell College. Cloth
1913 pages. $780,
EDUCATION BY VIOLENCE, by H. S. Candy.
study Of the present times $3.50.
FOREIGN FINANCIAL CONTROL IN CHINA, by
r. w. Overlach An analysis Of the financial and
ssoo A'''''''e9 u INC '@'''''s ''"e "
THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL. by
pessimistic prohibtionists $3.50.
BoLsHEvIsM by John spargo. What it is and
what it has done. $780,
EFFICIENT RAILWAY OPERATION. by Henry
S. Hanes. ex-President Of American Railway Assoc
ciaton 709 pages $500.
THE SHOP COMMITTEE. by william L. stoddard.
handbook for employer and employee $1.25
THE BLIND. Harry Best Their condition and the
work being done for them in the United States 1853
pages. $4.OO
Philip B. Hawk Answers such questions as: as hot
bread digestible?" "Shall drink water with our
meals? ~ us water HARMFUL $135.
FROM APPOMATOX TO GERMANY by Percy K.
Etzhuuh A splendid history of the United States
from the reconstruction period to the present time
Many illustrations $3.50
Book Department, Second floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26

and a hand grenade or. two for each
man, the sappers would steal out
into mo mans land" carrying a long
nat tube. ten yards from end to end.
charged with 100 pounds of high ex-
plosive. This was pushed under the
German barbed wire entanglements
and exploded, clearing a path for the
infantry to rush through before the
enemy knew what was upon him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
ARMY ENGINEERS LABORS
DID MUCH TO CONQUER HUN
Men Fought and Worked Behind and in
, /.
Front Line Giving 1ndis-
pensable Aid. -


While tribute has been given. and
with justice. to the accomplishments
of the infantry. marines, air service
, and artillery in bringing Germany TO
her knees, not much has been said OF
the unprecedented tasks which fell to
the lot of the engineer department Of
the Army, on which hinged the rate
of the entire American expeditionary
force.
Both on the line and back in the
1unctioning and the rifles which the
engineers carried were not infre.
ouently the means of making GOOD
German out of a bad one. For ex-
ample the I'd Engineers had the epu-
ia ton of being able to fight all day
and dig all night"
Built 225 Miles of Barracks.
Capt. c. Beard. L. S. a.. OF the Office
of the chief of engineers in Washing
tor has recently shown that the engi-
neers in France erected lisp barracks
buildings, having total length OF
225 miles. In most cases while doing
this work the men were compelled 10
occupy inadequate quarters while pre-
pairing to make others comforta Die.
In the advanced section. just behind
areas, each capable of accommodating
$1,000 men and $500 animals were
erected. with the requisite number OF
kitchens, mess halls, Y. NJ. c. A. shell
tiers, baths, stables, infrmaries, etc.
The first of the American engineers
landed in Europe in August. 1917, and
from that date until the present there
has been no cessation in their work
The medical department owes to the
engineers the work in its base. camp
and evacuation hospitals. containing
100000 beds for sick and wounded.
Medical and surgical wards. operating
rooms, kitchens. storehouses, laun.
dries, morgues. heating, lighting and
water systems were needed Tor some
of these. :.
At the aviation centers. repair and
assembly depots. and at the flying
fields near the front the engineers
made installations which enabled the
air service to function. Searchlight
units of the engineer arm gave in
valuable service in protecting the
American areas from German bomb
ers at night, the long beams of light
picking up the pirate plane 50 that
the anti-aircraft batteries found it
an excellent target.
Hardest Work on Fighting Front.
But it was on the actual fighting
front that the engineers were called
on to display the greatest courage
and endurance. When raids were ex-
ecuted against enemy positions to
capture prisoners for the intelligence
service the sappers were called on to
furnish specialists who preached the
wire with elongated "torpedoes'' of
high explosive, threw light bridges
across the trenches, or constructed
RATS in case it was necessary to
cross the stream to make the attack.
With rifles slung across their backs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26

A number of the big country es-
tates with which England abounds
hare going under the auctioneer's ham,
mer, judging from the advertising
pages Of real estate journals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
Very Smart Sports Suits Use Two Fabrics


and
An
A
modish
Pongs combined Pkn blue wool models
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
Won Fighting Honors.

At Cambria and Cantigny the en-
gineers fought as we'll as worked, and
for two days they were in Beileau
woods with the marines, and a few
weeks later these same comrades
fought side by side at SCISSORS. On
the morning of November H., just
before daylight. the I'd Engineers
threw several footbridges across the
Meuse above Sedan, enabling, the ma
rines and the 9th Infantry of the "a
Division to make the final advance of
the war. In the Argonne also the en-
gineers frequently fought as infantry,
and many of the officers and men of
this branch of the service have come
back to America wearing the distfn-
guished service cross of the croix de
guerre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
Very Chic Bathing Suits and Capes
For Mermaids Who Come Out Decoration Day

fonness
fiber silk Wool cotton the
imness full youth
noticeable Many nave
sashes designing well
front; sailor eonar ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
For Real Outings-the Hat
great line of sporting

That will be sport
not object close suitcase be had white duck
dunn girls
$500 Many prefer these little hats for and
MminryD apartment Third floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
Price, SIPS Up
Girls Department, Fourth tioor.
Linen Suits Again

Women everywhere will welcome them, finely tai
lored models of Copenhagen French blue,
rese NATURAL French gray wistara shade lnen the
skirts of good sports width and featuring two large
pockets which match the coat pockets.
$1,000 and $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
A New MILDLY for Decoration Day

shewnl
similar material mddes attached detachable
smart il erookies
Fineys bv
Mddies the discriminating miss and her mother
Szesf 6o2 0years
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18

have thought about that before the
Yankees came over here.
All of the Division except the Reg
ular army is expected to be at home
by July so you see there is no chance
of my getting home until August any
way.
Well | must close. hoping to hear
from you soon, | remain as ever.
Your Son.
GERALD CAMPBELL.
Battery +. II L. S. +. A.. American
r. f., via New York.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
OWES FRANCE A DEBT
OF GRATITUDE.

The important part France has
played in this war and her awful sac
rifice Of blood are not the only reas-
ons we should be grateful to her.
Many lives are said to have been
saved and thousands Of surgical oper-
ations prevented in this country by
q French peasant remedy for stom-
ach. liver and intestinal ailments now
imported and sold under the name
OF Mayr's Wonderful Remedy by Geo.
II. Mayr. prominent Chicago chemist.
1t is simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allays
the inflammation which causes prac-
tically all stomach. liver and intesti-
nal ailments. including appendicitis.
One dose will convince or money re-
funded. For sale by The Lewisburg
Drug Store and druggists every
where. IL
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
LIST OF DEEDS.

Following is list of the deeds adj
mitted to Record by Paul G. Hogsett.
clerk Of the Cousty Court. of Green
brier County, from April 7th to April
18th. 1919:
From d. F.. and G. f. Long TO Il.
w. Bennett for la and Cop in Irish
Corner district
j. w. Crookshanks ct al 10 Leona
Judy for 5a in Williamsburg district.
X. W. Bennett to J. A. Bennett for
la and Cop in Irish Corner district
Jno. S. Crawford ct TX to Gede
Davidson for house and lot in Lewis
burg.
A. NJ. Caldwell trustee to G.. T.
Harper for lot SO at White Sulphur.
BERTHE NJ. Clark to Alma Simon for
La in Anthony's Creek district.
J. j. O'Ferrell ct ais to w. +. Will
lams ct Tx for lots II. s and 10 at
White Sulphur.
&. l.. Sweet ct Tx to l.. c. Thrasher
ct Tx for 10a and 12Op and LA in
Fort Spring district.
S. M. Curry ct ais to Laura B.
Sweet for lots b and at Ronceverte.
Paul c. Hogsett, Clerk to Fl. G.
Nicholas for Smith lot at Renick.
l.. w. Wilfong ct ux to Hanna and
Kinsley for la and Top in Falling
Spring district.
b. f.. Mann estate to J. w. Long
acre for 302a in Irish Corner district.
Lucy Sponaugle to Hattie Chris
t;an for 50a and SOP in Falling
Spring district.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
PROVING THAT "WOMAN PAYS
Tragedy Of War None the Less PitifuI
Because Not Expressed in
Blood and Fire.

Upstairs in the big hospital young
woman was greeting her soldier iianr:'
back from Flanders. badly wonndrd.
In the waiting room the Woman Who
Saw tried TO kill time by writing Il let
ter
Suddenly the page grew blurred. ana
the pen stopped. Willy-nilly. she was
listening to one of wars tragedies,
albeit this was not expressed in blood
and fire. For the sergeant with the
bandaged arm was telling the girl who
sat beside him on the sofa that he no
longer cared for her. Like the stroke
of bludgeon came his words carrying
clearly to the listener, who could not
stop her ears.
"Tm sorry, but I care for her more
that's all. Perhaps if I'd never seer
her we'd have got along all right. Blu,
l did. and as soon as I can send fol
her I'm going to marry her. was bill
lcted with her mother, and we got &C
quainted. and it just happened. Sorry
but it can't be helped. Her name:
Marie he concluded.
And then silence fell heavily. Not .
word spoke the rather plaIn-loOkinI
girl beside him. Nor did she cry. Aftel
Il little she took from her hand ring
with such tiny stone, and thrust it N
him.
"Give 1t to her." she said. And with
out backward glance she left tn,
room.-LOntlOn Mail.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
Restoring Oil PAINTINGS.

To repair an oil painting which
shows blcmishes, such as cracks, pro-
coed as follows: Fill shallow dish
with alcohol and place the picture face
downward over it. taking care that II
does not actually touch the liquid. The
fumes from the alcohol rise to the
pain: and in few minutes the cracks
fill up ana the cOlors appear bright
and new. 1t is necessary to watch the
process closely, for If the painting is
exposed to the fumes too long the
colors will run together and the pic.
ture will be spoiled. With reason.
able care this should never happen,
and old paintings which would other.
wise have to be thrown away can be
made rs good as new.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
Abandon Bio kelp Plant.

The plant for reducing kelp, erected
ut San Diego. Cal, at cost Of $780,.
600, Is to be abandoned because the
cost Of harvesting and handling the
kelp Is higher than the peace time
prices obtained for the products, &C.
cording to DR.. w. I. Moot. who has
been connected with the chemical de
partment Of the kelp works. says
Seattle POst-Intelligencer. He says
however, that the people who are burn
ing kelp after drying 1t will continue tc
produce potash, which is mixed witt
mineral products from the packing
houses and sold for fertilizer. Doctor
Moot says something is attacking the
kelp and that the beds will entirely
disappear.
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standing as is the old school OF
Martin Luther. but Napoleon 1st. de-
stroyed most of the Old Dict House
in 1909.
You can bet on Alfred rubber
necking any thing that's of interest
I've been thru Paris before. but this
time l hope to see the city without
being on my way into the line. War
makes a difference you know
will take supper with Stuart. and
then get on my way to see Edgar.
I must close as it is getting late
and l must make arrangements to
get to Paris by tomorrow morning
early. Your affectionate son,
ALFRED.
(Alfred. who IS son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. f. Ceigh. of Ronceyertc. is
a Sergeant in the 117th Engineers.
Rainbow Division. which is under or
ders to return to America.
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ASK ONLY FOR FAIR CHANCE
Crippled Soldiers Are Eager to Prove
They Have Lost None Of Their
Good American Grit.

A West Virginia private soldier whc
lost a leg In the war and now goes on
clutches was visiting the national
capital. and while inspecting the
Washington monument requested po-
liceman to act as II witness for n
short time. Tie cripple then proceed
ed to climb to the top. 800 feet above
the ground and reached by 500 steps.
IT is clear that this athlete was not in
Washington to claim pension on the
ground Of physical disability. In fact,
l." asks no more than fair chance to
show that he is fit to hold a job. and
is ready to prove it. In the main mill
tary hospital in Washington the pa
tientS are publishing paper called
the "COne Back" whose main pur-
pose is to promote the industrial well
fare of crippled soldiers and sailors.
1t gathers information on useful work
for men who recover from amputa-
tons or serious wounds. and wants
to ascertain how much they will be
able to do, not how little. and to en-.
courage ambitious efforts as far as
possible. Such endeavOrs. for one
thing, add to the happiness Of those
who often are merely classed rs un-
fOrtunates. A crippled condition does
not necessarily mean n crippled life.
The privilege Of being independent
dear to every healthful nature and
earnest participant I'm the duties of
lifc.-St. Louis GlObe-Democrat.
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Death Brings Joy.

The reports from many parts Of the
United States that some women Of
mn adventurous nature married SOL
dicrs In the high hopes that the hus-
bands would be killed md that they
would collect the insurance money are
based on fact. II is believed.
a young woman. well dressed. went
to the post Office at Vancouver, Wash,
recently and received a letter. She
opened, read, and laughed loudly. A
man driving II machine in which she
rode downtown asked her what was
the good news. She astonished him
by replying that her husband had been
killed and she would get the $4,000
Insurance.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
OEPEW MIXED IN HIS FACTS
Little Ahead Of Time in Use
Of Term "Highbrow."

Who were "the highbrows Of forty
gears ago" of whom Chauncey NJ.
DeDew spoke in giving his rccollec-
tionS of Theodore Roosevelt ut the
Methodist preachers conference?
The venerable ex-senator. relating
the circumstances of Mr.. Roosevel:S
political debut in 1880, quoted II Re-
publican district leader as suggesting
TO him the nomination of the young
Harvard graduate for aSSemblyman to
placate the element in his district
(which the boys call high brow liv-
ing along Fifth avenue"
Was there ANY sich animal at
that time? 1t was four years before.
the appearance OF the mugwump. who,
though a highbrow according to his
lights. was not the simOn-pure article.
His was not "a superior attitude
toward the generality of mankind"
but only toward certain political rep
resentutiveS Of it. The real highbrow
was yet to come.
Was Will Irwin his inventor7 Ex-
cursions into the origins of words are
always hazards, even in the case of
contemporary coinage, but it appears
to he sufficiently we'll authenticated
that highbrow is more recent prod
net than Mr.. Depew would have us
suppose.
Indeed. highball got into the diction-
aries before .highbrow. which is not
cited in the Century of 1911 or the
Webster of 1910. though it appears
In the New Standard of 1913.
An OctOgenarian memory. though It
Is marvellous storehouse Of events,
may at times deceive its possessor,
What the district leader probably said
was "silk stockings"
Mr.. Depew has apparently merely
confused the period at which the grow
ing indulgence Of the proletariat in
silk stockings caused the term to be
superseded by ''highbrows." - New
York World.
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LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIER BOYS.
FROM GERALD CAMPBELL.

Ehrenbrci,stcin Fortress. Germany.
March 90. 1919
Mrs. Lydia j. Campbell:
This lonesome afternoon finds me
trying 10 answer your kind and very
welcome letter which | received Il
few days ago. Was sure glad to
hear from you and to know you were
in good health and getting along so
well. These few lines leave me in
we'll as can he expected so far away
from home.
Now that the war is over and we
are back on the old peace time foot
ing ] would like to see you all for
as you know there was lots Of times
! would not have given two cents for
my chance Of crossing the sea again
but | met those chances with smile
and always was on top when the
fight Was over. But don't think
am homesiCk for | am not. for my
duty to my flag comes before love
Of mother or home and. Mother, I
know you will understand how | wish
10 see YOU all but you know my duty
is not done until Germany signs
peace and shows that she wants to
do the right thing by France and
Belgium. But ] hope to get home by
August or September anyway, so
don't look for me before then.
Give auntie my love. tell her will
be home to see her before many
months.
We are having it very nice here in
Germany now. We can get furloughS
to France and to all towns along the
Rhine and take excursions up and
down the Rhine on boats. The Ger
man people treat us very nicely but
guess IL hurts their feelings 10 see
the German flag hauled down from
all flag poles and old Glory hOisted
up in its. place. but they ought to
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
Bright Idea for Feminine Apparel.

Professor Cimician noted certain
substances that have the permanent
quality Of developing intense brilliancy
Of color when brought near the light
aad fading away TO dullncss again as
the light decreases. He urged re
search with Il view to obtaining an
Increased number OF these bodies and
their possible Application to textile
fabrics. As true Italian despite his
Armenian name he imagined beau.
tiful woman cnrObed in such stuHs
entering brilliantly lighted room anG
growing more resplendent as she ap
proaches.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
THIS WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO.
Condensed from the Issue OF Thurs.
day Ancil ~ 1891

Condensed from the Issue OF Thurs
day, April Fl, 1881.
Mrs. Sallie Stalnaker offers to rent
her brick residence on Main street.
the property now (April, 1870
owned by j. S. McWhorter.
In the contested election case for
the office of Prosecuting Attorney
for Pocahontas county-Rucker VS..
Stofer-the Circuit Court has affirm
ed the decision of the County Court
which gives the Office to Daniel A
Stofer, Esq.
Col. Peyton informs us that the
extensive improvements made at the
Old White are nearly completed.
The Odd Fellows will celebrate.
Tuesday next, the 62nd anniversary
Of Odd Fellowship in America. Rev.
]. S. Hutchinson will deliver the ad-
dress.
On the 10Th. at the home of Jas.
II. Arbuckle. in Lewisburg. his
daughter, Miss Miranda NJ Arbuckle,
NJ. Mcneil. Of Hardy county, Rev NJ.
l.. Lacy, D. D.. officiating. The at
PENDANTS were Capt. E. D. Withrow
and Miss Lizzie Arbuckle and Angus
tus Mcneil and Miss Mary Withrow
At Ronceverte. Tuesday afternoon,
during the shifting of cars on the c.
o. tracks, John d. White was al
struck by an engine and SO badly
injured that he died the next day at
2 o'clock. He saved his little grand
son, Kirk White, who was with him
by throwing him out of the way OF
danger just in time to save him.
Mrs. Andrew Johnston, who had
been visiting friends in the West for
abou: year. has returned to Lewis
burg. Jas. II. Arbuckle and bride
CT Swan Creek. Ohio. and Mrs S. A
Finley. OF Augusta county. are guests
IF Jas. Fl. Arbuckle here.
The go west" fever is prevailing
here. Thos. II. Pare and Master
John Bright left with the fever fol
Missouri this week. and DR.. VIM
Nelson for Kentucky. VIM B. Cald
we'll OF White Sulphur. is seriously
i'll. Miss Lucy SPOTS, of Tazewell
Va. is visiting her uncle Mark l.
Spots here Mrs. Jas. Rock ant
children. of Cincinnati. are visiting
Mai. J. II. Stratton Geo. Biggs ant
wife arc visiting kin in Kentucky.
VIM. G. Price. Esq. prominent
citizen Of Randolph county broth
| CT Of Gov. Sam1 Price, OF Lewisburg
dropped dead in the road near his
home at Huttonsville on the 9th aged
over so years. He was a prominen;
elder in the Presbyterian church
Married: On the goth at the
Lewisbrrg Hotel by Rev. ". F.. Will
ielm, Gasham Keys and Miss Gather
inc Snyder. At the residence of NJ
S. Alexander near Union. by Rev. S
r. Houston, ID. d., c. S. Mckenzie
and Miss Carrie Zoll.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

TO the Creditors of May f. Payne;
You are hereby notified to presen,,
your accounts or claims against salu
May e. Payne, deceased, to the I'M
dersigned Commissioner of Accounts
at my office in the town of Lewisbure'
in said county, on or before the lZ'h
day Of May, 1919, properly proven
for adjudication. The account OF
Mark l.. Jarrett, Administrator, Is
before me for settlement.
Given under my hand this the 5lS'
day of March, 1919. Att
FINLEY M. ARBUCkLE'
Commissioner of Accounts
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AMERICAS RECORD SINCE ENTERING THE WAR TWO YEARS AGO.


6,
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GERALD CAMPBELL.
FROM SGT. ALFRED r.. CREIGH.

FROM SGT. ALFRED r.. CREIGH.
Haussimont, France. March Is. 1919.
Dear Papa and Mamma:
You will probably be surprised to
know that I am writing from Stuarts
camp. and that he is sitting here talk
ing to me. | came back to France
on a fourteen day leave. spent one
night with Bob Kaufelt. Bill Moore
and the bunch. but Edgar Johnson
happened TO be away on pass. so
did not see him. ! came over here
near Chalons las; evening with Stuart
and spent the night and day. but I
am going into Paris tonight on my
way Versailles: from Versailles /
shall go to Normandy to see Edgar.
Stuart. Bob kaufelt and all the
boys are in fine health. and are ex-
pecting TO sail home in May. After
seeing Edgar | shall go to Marsailles.
from there out thru Orleans to Nice
and Monte Carlo; then going back
by way Of RHEIMS. St Quentin
Ameins. Brussels. through Antwerp.
thence to Cologne to Coblenze: this
way | will have made Il complete
circuit Of Western Europe. As
went up the river to Frankfort.
Worms. Strassburg and then came
into Nancy by way of Metz. Al
Worms saw the old Dict House"
whore the conference on religion was
held during the dark ages Of The re-
formation. The Cathedral is still
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-04-18
Production Of Quicksilver In 1918.

The domestic output of quicksilver
in 1918, according to statistics co4s-
piled by f. L. Ransome, of the United
States geological survey, department
Of the interior, was 33,432 TASKS of
rs pounds each. valued Mt about 49,
942, 301. Compared with the output of
1917 this shows decrease in quantity.