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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-23

HLAB HANCOCK was out near the
y roadside chopping stove wood all
day Thursday. But be made little or
no progress as he had to stop and be
sociable with everybody that passed
so they wouldn't think he was stuck
up just because he had on a pair OF
costly oyeralls
Miss Fruzie AiIsop has been talking
more than usual this week and it is
believed she is either trying to take
elocution or reduce her double chin.
Miss Gondola Henstep was wholly
unprepared for the war to end when it
did, as she didn't have her pair Of army
sox half done
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-20
HONORED FOR BRAVERY.
Brooklyn Man Is Awarded croix ds
Guerre by Commander OF
Polish Forces

Paris, Dec. 11.-"For heroic and IN
firing work for the soldiers while un-
der fire." Stanley Modra, of 212S Ca
ton avenue, Brooklyn, Y. M. c. A.
secretary, has just received the Croix
de Guerre from General Haller, COM
mander-in-chief Of the Polish army,
and has been mentioned in the off,
cial citations. He is the third Y. M.
&c. A. man thus honored for conspicu-
ous bravery.
Modra. has been with the Polish
forces continuously since his arrival
IN France five months ago, and has
given many notable exhibitions Of gal
lantry and fidelity to duty. During the
last days Of the hostilities he served
with the First division in the Vosges,
IN charge Of hut in narrow valley
between the first and second line
trenches. From this hut he made trip
after trip, carrying supplies to the men
st the most advanced posts, and was
under fire repeatedly.
When the fighting was at its heavi
est Modra and the men associated with
him in Y work continued their minis
trations to the soldiers, serving cocoa
cakes, when the men were in position
to receive them, and cigarettes. This
service contributed much to the nigh
morale of. the troops and won not only
the praise Of the officers but the last
ing gratitude of the men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-20
Big Still i'm Heart of City.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. H.
What is declared to be the largest pri-
vate distillery ever found in the Uni
ted States wcs unearthed in the base
ment of the Altmore apartment
house here today by the police and
tho alleged operator and owner of
the apartment, H. Kelho Haley,
prominent club man and business
man, was placed under arrest, along
with three negroes, alleged to be as
sisting him.
The distillery was discovered by
accident, City Detectives Burk, Para
disc and Gillespie having been at
the time chasing a negro charged
with housebreaking, who sought ref
uge in a secret passage to the base
ment of the apartment. One appa-
ratus of 1OO-gallon capacity daily
was in full operation, they said,
while arrangements were being made
to place four more stills at work,
which would have turned out a to-
tai of 5000 gallons day. Haley
was discovered working on a new
copper worm in one of the many
apartments under tho building, the
detectives report, and great Quanti-
ties of corn in various stages of fer
mentation for making whiskey We're
found.
The fumes and smoke were car
ried above the building by pipes and
blow pipe was found in the room
where the still was The equipment
was new, but older apparatus which
had been discarded in order to secure
greater capacity was found in the
place.
HALEY gave bond for his appear
ance in local and federal courts.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-20
DUTCH PROPHET TALKS.
Thinks Weather Will be Mild With
Disagreeable Spells in March.

To the Editor of The State:
Indications for comparatively mild
weather for the remainder of the
winter are in evidence. One of the
indications is the cloudy, foggy con-
ditions which succeeded the mild and
beautiful period which preceded the
present period of precipitation.
Aside from any ground hog" su-
perstition socalled, it is a notable
fact that midwinter which the month
of February ushers in decides one
way or the other the degree of tenn
perature which will prevail in great
measure until spring.
The weekly period of January 9,
Is, and % were accompanied with
rain, yet the next period, January
30, was clear and mild, but indicting
that at another turn of the cycle, the
weather would be- cloudy with rain
before the next period, February 6,
to be followed without a doubt by
fair weather and mild temperature.
The Dutch Weather Prophet in his
system designates a "cycle" as en-
bracing the half of the week-some-
times three days; at other times four
days.
So it will be seen that in order to
bring about the indications for mild
weather for the immediate future, it
rained on the same day of the week
for three successive weeks, then a
cycle Of four days intervened and the
rain came again at the opportune
time to prove the rule.
The Dutch Weather Prophet has
been asked if he thinks the weather
in the spring will be cold enough to
retard preparations for cotton plant
ing. The outlook in this respect for
unfavorable weather is not a matter
so much of temperature as precipita-
tion, which bids fair to retard soil
preparation the coming spring.
In making the above inquiry an
editorial friend suggested that if
cold weather should prevail at COT
ton planting time, it would help to
carry the price to 35 cents. The
remedy for a higher price is in the
hands of the farmer. He must cut
the acreage one-third while he is
holding the present crop. The world
will then realize that he is in earn
est.
The Dutch Weather Prophet be-
lieves that a cotton famine will pre-
vail during the period embraced in
the years 1S14-21. If the acreage
be cut one-third, it will contribute
to such an occurrence The success
sive short crops of 1858 will be
duplicated during the full seven-year
period. The atmosphere of the earth
has been strangely effected by plane
tary phenomena which these plane
casts have outlined as causing a pau
city in the fertility Of all rainfall es-
pecially since 1917, which has been
especially unfavorable to the maxi
mum production of fiber crops, of
which cotton is chief throughout the
world.
shall withhold my prediction Of
the size of the next cotton crop until
the planting season is under way.
In order that no misinterpretation
be placed upon my forecast for COM
paratively mild winter weather from
this date forward, it may be expected
that in March disagreeable periods
as TO wind and temperature will oc-
cur.
DUTCH WEATHER PROPHET.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-20
Or. R, 0: flynn
AS "Y" WORKER
We'll Kncwn Minister Leaves Pulpit to
Take Up Work Overseas

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. DIR: Richard
O1me Finn, pastor Of tie North Ave-
nue. Presbyterian church, is going to
France for the Y. NJ. G. A.
DR.. Finn, who is one of the best
known ministers in the Southeast, and
who has a host of friends throughout
this section of the country, will be en-
gagged in special educational work, and
will likely be overseas for some time
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-20

Total 307,350
The selective service cost per man
inducted throughout the United
States was $3.50. The cost in South
Carolina was s5.9S. The cost in
North Carolina was s7.34; in Geor-
gia, 1927; in Tennessee, 1927; in
Pennsylvania, 1892; and in Della
ware, $10.94. The total cost for
South Carolina up to September 1,
1918, was s244,20S.12.
The number of desertions in
South Carolina totalled 5,69S. OF
this number, 1853 were negroes
with 1,24S whites. By deserters is
meant those who failed to respond to
notices and orders provided for by
the selective service regulations. A
large number Of those counted above
as s'deserters' have already removed
the charge of desertion.
The national average Of desertions
was 4.65 hundredths per cent. In
South, Carolina the average was 1874
hundredths per cent.
The total number of deserters re-
ported from Florida amounted to
10,142; Georgia, 13,46S, and North
Carolina, SIP.
All Of the Sc boards in the State
have notified State headquarters
that their records are Grated and
ready for shipment. The boards
have been very active in this work,
and South Carolina is one of the first
States to finish the work. 1t is prob
able that the records will be shipped
shortly to Washington.
According to the second annual re-
port of the provost marshal general,
which has recently been issued,
South Carolina took high rank
among her sister States.
The report shows that the Laur-
ems county board sent more men to
camp than any other board in this
State, the number 1.467. The board
OF the city of Columbia was second
with 1,410. \
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-20

All the fellows who want price-flx-
ing stopped need to do is to stop it
and the thign is done-just like
that.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-20
SENT MANY men
TO TRAINING CAMP
STATE FURNISHED OVER FIFTY
THOUSAND.
COST PER MANLOW
Local Boards Report Records Are
= Grated Ready for Shipment to
Capital-Closing Up Work.

South Carolina sent 54,2S4 men to
camp during the period extending
from April 2, 1917, to December 81,
1918, according to figures given out
In the second annual report Of the
provost marshal general.
;. OF this total, the national army re-
eeived 44,059 men. The enlistments
In the army totalled e,505; enlist
nents in the navy totalled 3,675; en-
Hstments in marine corps, So.
;, The total registration for South
Carolina was 307,350. The registra-
ton total was divided as follows:
June, 1917, registration....-- 131,643
June and August, 1918, reg
September. 1918, registration.1s2,ess
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
John Murray Properties
10 Go i'm Auction Room
Dwellings and Tenements of
Former Investor To Be Par.
titiOned bv His Heirs

Included in the next special sales day
to be held by Joseph P. Day. on Tues
day, December 2. in the Vesey Street
salesroom are the properties acquired
during his lifetime by the late John
Murray. The executors have author
lied Mr.. Day to sell these properties at
public auction to liquidate the realty
no ldings Of the estate
They are located as follows: At 1874
East Thirty-eighth Street. three-st
brick dwelling; 1928 East Fifty-hfth
Street, fve-story brick tenement; 1O5
East Eighty eighth Street, fve-story
and basement brick tenement; south
west corner Fourteenth Street and Ave-
nue. A. two hve-story brick tenements,
with stores; 225 and 227 East Thirty
fifth Street, six-story and basement
brick tenement; IS to Go East Eighty
seventh Street, three fve-story brick
tcnements; Ill to lis East Eighty
ninth Street, three five-story brown
stone front tenements.
Other parcels included in the sale
are 265 Lexington Avenue, northeast
corner 144th Street and College Avenue
and six adjoining parcels, 80 and Al
West Thirty-second Street, sixteen
story freproof Office building; 1929 and
1881, 1888, 1896 and 1898 Webster Ave-
nue., The Bronx, and vacant plots in
The Bronx and Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Community Houses Opportunity for Renters
To Control Rentals and Occupuncv

ments. Inc, and through this corpora
ton will be controlled and operated by
the tenants.
The apartment house cooperative
scheme is not new to this city. 1t has
already been tried out with marked
success in apartments in Gramercy
Park, in Madison Avenue and in West
End Avenue.
$4,000 the Top Price
With respect to the Concourse Apart
ments, the price will range from $4,000
to $4,000 for individual apartments,
such price being fixed with reference
to size and location. The expense Of
operating the building. including heat.
janitor and agent hire, will be borne
by the tenants in proportion to the
number Of rooms each occupies.
Each cooperator will receive a per-
petual lease running twenty-one years,
with the privilege Of renewal. and in
addition will receive stock in the Con-
course Apartments, Inc, which will in
sure his part ownership of and voice
in the control of the property. Ten
ants have the alternative OF occupy
ing the apartments under TIE rental
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
New Workers Find Homes
In South Yonkers
Wellesley Avenue Section Made
Into an Attractive Neighbor
by Small Home Builders

Wellesley Avenue has been the scene
OF considerable building activity. At
any rate, it has been the most active
section of South Yonkers. The Land
scape Realty Company, Joseph Gilbert
president. laid out the section, a tract
Of several hundred lots. The corner
of Landscape Avenue and Wellesley
Avenue, the last parcel on the market,
was taken recently by the John Nelson
Construction Company, which will erect
q dwelling there.
Mr.. Nelson. has been one Of the most
active and successful builders In the
development Of this property
Herbert W. Heath, we'll known as a
builder Of small houses, also has
bought plot, 100 feet front, on Land
scape Avenue, on which he is building
seven-room dwelling, with a garage.
S: Gray, local resident, has bought a
plot on Landscape Avenue for bun
galow.
Lanzner & Kahn, New York apart
ment house builders, have erected two
dwellings at 21-25 Wellesley Avenue,
which have been sold to August Schon-
hard and Simon Gutner.
In each Of these cases the sales of
the land to the builders and the build
ings to permanent owners were effected
through the office Of Thomas S. Burke.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

conditions or may sell the stock and
assign the lease to others.
Under cooperative ownership an OPP
portunity Is given the tenant to pro-
tect himself against future rent in
creases, notices to vacate, and against
arbitrary and profteering landlords"
said Mr.. Brown yesterday.
:. 1.-The steady increase in wages, TO-
cost Of material, indicates still fur
Their increase in rents. Cooperative
apartment houses will doubtless prove
strong barrier against this vicious
cycle of rent advances now rampant
in our city.
"Ths is our first venture In COM
munity house building. AS conditions
with respect to labor and materials
grow better we expect to put up other
apartments on the same large scale
in the same neighborhood, which is
one Of the finest and most accessible
in the city.
"Cooperative ownership in these
apartments is expressed to the fullest
extent. being similar to club owner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Y. M. c. A. Joins Campaign
For Gown Your Own Home''

Gown Your Own Home Day" of the
National Thrift Week campaign Of the
Y. M. c. A.. next January has met with
the approval of the construction in
dustries of this country. The follow
ing is an extract from the news let
ter of the National Federation of Con-
struction Industries:
Thursday, January 20, 1920, has
been tentatively set aside as the day
on which countrywide attempt will
ge made to perpetuate the own Your
Own Home campaign as one of our
national institutions. 1t is gratifying
that the Importance of the Own Your
Own Home" campaign, in the origin
of which the National Federation of
Construction Industries played 80 prom
inent a part, should be recognized by
Chambers Of Commerce, building and
loan associations, local real estate
boards, philanthropic and other organi-
cations, many of which have no other
interest than that of the public good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Fine Record Made
BY B. l.. Kennedy
I'm Auction Room

Splendid results OF tire Ziegier PROD.
erties' consisting Of forty-one lots and
elght houses IN the ne oh borhood 81
Fourteenth Avenue and Fortieth Street.
Brooklyn: 235 lots in Flushing: sev-
enty-one lots. four houses in Babylon:
seventy-three lots at South Elizabeth:
70 lots. four houses at Linden. and 2o1
lots at Tottenviile. comprising nearly
ioVo parcels OF property in scattered
locations l, which were all sold at the
Real Estate Exchange Salcsroom. &c
Vesey Street, illustrate The good dc
mand for this class of property and
me buying power when properly adver-
tised and placed before the public. and
also demonstrate the advis stability OF
holding sales in the legal saiesroon
rather than going from place TO place
and selling on the properties.
These properties were disposed Of
on three different days. from if,so
IN the morning 10 o'clock In
the evening and sold at the rate
OF 100 lots an hour. Tho total
amount for the entire sale was a1fS,..
BOO. and IN some of the locations the
prices far exceeded the most .anguine
expectations % the owners. And after
the sale Mr.. Kennedy Was heartily con-
graduated by Mr.. Ziegler and his real
estate manager. Mr.. Watson, on the
wonderful success of the sale.
Again last week at the sa'esrocfr
Mr.. Kennedy had scheduled for the
James Rufus Smith Estate q number
OF interesting sales. The corner OF
Broome and Greene streets. a six-storv
building on plot 6O.4xloo. was sold
through the auction advert sing at pri-
vate sale for 1928 600 A plot on Prince.
Crosby and Lafayette Streets. on which
stands the old residence Of ex-Presi-
dent James Monroe. went for $4,000
An apartment house at ss-s6 Grove
Street, running through TO Sheridan
Square. was sold at private sac through
advertising for S5l.25O
On the same day thirty Ave lots II,
fonkers were sod 20 single purchasers
at $3.50. and thirty-Av acres az
Nh'tNstone landing Borough Of
Queens. brought s124.500, making thu
to.a OF ss33 500 for the day, or ST.
1874 300 for the week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Noyes Company to Have
Building of Its Own
Buys lib William Street for Exclusive Home: VIII
Mean S25O,OOO Investment; Business Increased
From 100000 to S5O,OOO,OOO in p Years

The Charles F. Noyes Company 10 70
have building Of its own. In less than
quarter Of q century the business Of
this concern has grown from one of
the smallest to one of the largest in
the city. The last report Of the COM
pany showed transactions totalinv
s5o'ooo,ooo. When Mr.. Noyes started
out for himself back in April, 1898, his
prospects were very limited. There
was no market such as the current one
TO encourage him. He entered the
neio because real estate was something
mat folks had to have. and he decided
tnat time would establish him in the
district. In measure Mr.. Moves was
not wrong in his reasoning, because
time has established him as an expert
IN the downtown field.
First Office in Beelman Street
His first Office was a small one at 81
Beekman Street. Small az il was II
was too large for the immediate needs
OF his concern, as the firm did only
100000 worth of business the first
year.
few years later the business moved
to 81 Cedar Street, where it remained
until the property was purchased by
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
for the Harvey Fiske Building. The
Noyes Company was the first tenant to
move into the Wyllis Building, at 80
William Street, in April. 1903. where
the business has steadily grown until
it now occupies an entire office floor.
The company has specialized in man
aging, renting and selling downtown
real estate, and has been actively iden-
tilted with many Of the important
transactions in the fire insurance and
financial districts.
Means $25o.000 Investment
Mr.. Noyes has bought for the use Of
his company the six-story building at
118 William Street. His investment in
this building will be $4,000. His
company will occupy two or three of
the floors of the building and lease the
remainder of the space for insurance
purposes.
Other prominent real estate firms
which own their own buildings include
Joseph P. Day, Horace s. Ely & Co.,
Pease & Gilman, Douglas L. Gilman
& Co, Slawson & Hobbs. Earle & Cal
houn and L. j. Phillips & Co.
Men Who Make the Noyes Company
Associated in the active management
Of the Charles F. Noyes Company are
Fisher P Weaver, Frederick B. Lewis,
William B. Falconer, Joseph d. Cronan,
Francis W. Gridley, Edwin c. Benedict,
Stanley K. Green, Walter J. Cashel,
Charles F. Heller, William ]. O'Connor,
Thomas Christie, A. B. Himmelmann
and Thomas D. Mcbride. The agency
department of the com pany Is under
the control of F. S. Wllert. NJ. E.;
N. NJ. Kerr, NJ. E., and II. s. Ford.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Yonkers Market Reflects
Demand for Houses
Broker Reports Many Transfers
in Dwelling Ownership in
Neighboring CITY

Fl. W. Sullivan, of Yonkers, has sold
for Captain George Russell his resi-
dence on Park Hill to II. B. Land; for
Ely Bernays his estate, Park Hill, to
Alfred c. White; for Harry Maxwell
his modern brick apartment at 12-14-16
Highland Avenue to John Robertson;
for Mrs. Morrow her estate on High
land Place to E. H. Owles, of New York;
for e. Petrucci his two family house
in Glenvale Avenue to Mrs. j. McDav-
lit; for Harold Lockwood his residence
on Lowerre Summit to F. A. Zittman:
for Peoples Savings Bank, house 35S
South Broadway to Vincent Griece; for
James Coogan to William Gully house,
S64 South Broadway; for Frank No.
wicki, residence on Park Hill to j. II.
Ross; for Mrs. Sunderland, two family
house, 1868 Palmer Avenue, to j. Par
tow; for DR.. Mccormick, three family
apartment to DR.. Longworth, $40 South
Broadway; for Mrs Novel. rs Living
ston Avenue, residence to DR.. McCor-
mick; for Mrs. Small, three family and
store apartment, 223 South Broadway,
to r. Iseman; for E. Becker, residence
to Dr.. Belcher, 10 Radford Street; for
Howard Capp, two-family house, SO
Post Street, to L. Loring; for J. F. Cur
ran, business property on South Broad
way to Al Fauser; for Harry Wood
house, residence, s Halcvon Place, to
Robert McKenna; for Mrs. Barker, resi-
dence on Pinecrest Terrace to u.
Dean; for Mrs. Meyers, residence on
Park Hill to H. Grey, and for Mrs. Car
men, residence on Park Hill to J. n
Rose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

Community-planneda apartment houses
are fast gaining prestige in New York
City as we'll az elsewhere in the United
States. The opening Of the Concourse
apartments on January /, under the CO.
operative scheme, will, 1t is stated by
It's builders, contribute in a substantial
manner toward the solution Of the
much discussed housing problem In this
city.
These apartments, which embrace the
atest in apartment house design and
appointments, cover the block on the
south side Of 1881 Street, between
Grand Concourse and Creston Ave-
nue., in The Bronx. The building fronts
on three streets: 1t Is of stone and
nrick construction and when com
pleted will contain sixty apartments
f three, four and FIVE rooms each.
tenants Will Operate House Indirectly
Tho Coneourse Apartments are being
crected for the Sterling Realty Com
,epy by the Bethlehem Engineering
Corporation, Floyd Brown president
With its completion the building will
De transferred to the Concourse Apart