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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29
HIS BROKEN NECK
CURED BY COLLAR
Surgeons Mend Lieutenant
After Fall of $500 Feet and
he Now Flies Again and Is
Happy.

There is a man IL San Froneisco
waking around with Q broken neck.
He is Lieutenant Charles M Ouin
Minis. of Virginia
Cummins was an army aViator'
While making q fight al uefs'n
Field. La, In February, 1913 ne ..H
soo feet fracturing the fourth nith'
and sixth cervicai vsrteorae anu
locating several other verteorae par
TALLY. o. Lot.
After the fan ne was sent 10 Leu
te,man General Hospital at the freSt
"a. A. Can Francisco for treatment
Army surgeons who are "o'Alns
most miracles there IN the recohsti -
49,, n, thu war wounded finally nttea
,a,al co,ar on the aviator 70 carry
the weight of his head. It worAeum
80 now I,eutenant Cummins Is walk
Tag about apparently normal
One OF Many.
I,outenant Cummin's case Is only
one Of many, but Il stands OUT DC.
cause of the popular superstieon tna'
. mor can't live II his neck Is broken
The reconstruction surgeons al Lev
GERMAN are working on hundreds Oh
&c. u,poh more difficult than inc
flyers. 49,. daily
They are receiving men there daily
.-or, tho battIefelds OF France. whose
legs and arms hang vtthered anu
helpless and they are turning these
mon out, after months Of treatment
ond nauant mechanical manipulation.
chic 10 use their arms and legs ana
canab,s OF making living. The COST
Of course, iS tremendous when one
t,kss into consideration the fact that
the same work is being carried on In
many military hospitals.
Moro Money Needed.
Already Congress has appropriated
millions Of dollars to carry on the
work and many millions more will
have to be made available for the
cause. For It Is cause, this regen-
GRAFTON Of the men who gave their
bodies to their country.
Part of the money to be realized
from the Victory Liberty Loan\Will Do
used for this job Of reconstruction or
regeneration. Think Of this when you
are making up your mind as to'how
much Of the loan YOU personally, are
going TO subscribe.
Lieutenant Cummins made flight
with his collar on just to convince
himself that be hadn't lost his nerve.
We can't afford 10 lose our nerve on
q dollar and cents proposition in the
face OF the deeds Of such men.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29
uo,rice scanIon. with his assistants,

Maurice Scanlon, with his assistants
w H. Mcdonald and C. 7. Thompson,
representing the State Department Oh
Agriculture, who have been cutting
cedars in this county and Berkeley
in an effort to stamp out cedar rus' III
the orchards, are finishing up inc sea
sons work in this line. The men nave
been working in Berkeley county ior
the past three or four weeks, during
which time they cut approximately
1000 cedar trees from about 4'ooo
acres In this county they have de-
stroved about $4,000 cedars, clearing
about 1000 acres from the fruit men
ace Mr.. Scanlon and his assistants
are much pleased with the cooperation
extended 10 them by the land owners IN
the two counties. In only few In
stances was opposition TO their work
shown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29

The pearl fishermen of the Orient
and of the South Sea are hunting for
new beds of pearl oysters. The de-
mand for pearls is so great and the
fisheries are being worked so continu-
ally that new pearls do not have time
to grow. As result large pearls of
good quality are seldom found, and
there are not enough pearls of any kind
10 supply the market. 1t is pleasant
however, to realize that this particular
shortage will not seriously incon
venience the ordinary citizen. -
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29
Paint and Oil Department.

Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil, Harness
Oil, Machine Oil, Black Strap, Tur-
pentine, N. c. and Gas Tar, Gasoline,
VarnlSh, Japan Dryer, Knot Killer,
Willie Lead, Red Lead, Spanish
Brown, Calcined Plaster, Portland
Cement, Lard Oil, Plastering Hair,
Coal Oil, Neat Foot Oil, Fish Oil,
Bath Brick Soap, Sulphur, Copperas,
BoraX.
Patent Plasleridg prepared for immediate
use.
international Stock Food and Gleason's
Horse and Cattle Powders.
Frank Miller's Harness Dressing, Whale
Oil Soap.
Black Lambs Foot Harness Oil.
The Perfection Blue Flame Wickless Oil
Stoye-SafeSt and best.
The -Four Leaf Clover Cream Separator,
where the milk is not mixed or di-
uted with water, leaving il pure and
sweet Tor family use.
Wall Paper furnished on short notice al
reduced prices.
Reduced Prices on Haying Tools and
Barn Doors Hangers and Track.
Force Pumps, Deep Well Pumps, Gal
vanized Bucket Pump and Water
Purifier, X L Chain Pumps.
A Large Stock OF Cooking and Heating
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29

Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CA 6 Q RIA
Take the Register a year-it will Re
sent 10 any address for Sl.50.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29

Itching piles provoke profanity, but
profanity won't remove them. Doan's
Ointment is recommended for itching,
bleeding or protruding piles. 6Oc at
any drug store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29

The Specially Garment Company, OF
Martinsburg, has purchased the wrap
per factory in Ransom, this county,
from A. H. Maxwell & Son and will
operate on large scale. J. R. Po-
land is president of the company.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29
TRADED HIS LEG.

A Canadian Baptist minister,
who chose a rife rather than q
chaplaincy and lost his leg IN
action. was being comufiseTated
on the loss" Of the leg.
81 did not lose my leg" he re-
piled. T traded 1t fofr a clear
eonscience.'
81 traded II Tor q clear cor
science"
Better trade your dollars Tor
a clear conscience In the Vic.
tory Loan. You won't regret IT
and you will get the dollars
back with interest.
n - - z.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29

C. L. Robinson and son, who own
the Middlekauff farm bought of Vim.
NJ. Burns, three miles south of Charles
Town. have bought 5000 apple trees
from the Gold Nurseries at Mason
CITY. w. Va. The trees purchased are
sufficient to set the remainder of the
farm in orchard, there already being
about 1000 trees almost ready TO bear
fruit on the place.-Advocate.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29

Joseph H. Myers, of Jones's Spring,
Berkeley county, dropped dead in Mar
tinsburg last Saturday while he was
unloading 4 wagon. He was 6S years
old and is survived by his wife and thir-
teen children.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-29

William H. Russler, of Martinsburg,
died last Saturday at the State institu
ton in Martinsburg, after an illness Of
three months from tuberculosis. He
was 80 years of age.
The Washington times., 1919-02-24

/ met CHARLES W. DARR in q
lunch room 1.-THE best in the city,
believe mel, and he said:
I've been wanting 70 give you a
dollar for the BETTY LEHMANlJ
Flag for more than q week, and
here it is.
Mr.. DARR'S subscription is to
commemorate MATHEW MYERS,
a Washington boy who died for his
country in France.
And another from a girl, who
writes:
"This bit is added to the Gold Star
fund in memory Of the heroic death
Of CHAS. STRATToN WEAVER
by q girl friend who win never for
get him. He was a corporal Of
Company K, Third d. C.. Infantry,
and would not have been In action
if he had not asked for service in
the trenches. We cannot honor him
enough"
The BETTY LERMANN flag Is 9
0hite baRner t0itb great gold star and
oUer the star the tcOrdS "The Boys We
Left Behind" 70 tOiU be cGTTSed by
roBRdcd Hssa, decorated for bravery, and
preceded IN the parade bV Tiderless
horses It tCSU be the ONLY thiA0 IN
the victory parade to commemorate the
men toho died. It IS not yet paid for.
HGVen't voU friend tcho died for t1hoal
Yot could subscribed
The Washington times., 1919-02-24
President Wilson and An Old Writer
Continued From First COlumn.)

at into two bodies of unequal magnitude and con-
traSted appearance The one, innumerabe and almost
total exhibited in the poverty of its clothing in its emaciatsd
appearance and Sunbut faces the marks of misery and
labor; the other little group an Insignificant fraction,
presented its rich attire embroidered with gold and silver
and in its sleek and ruddy faces the signs of leisure and
abundance.
Considering these men more attentivey found that
the great body composed of farmers aricer mer-
chants all professions useful to society," and that the little
group made up of priests of every order of nancers
of nobeS of men in livery of commanders of armies in
word of the CIVIL military and religious agents of govern
ment
"TheSe two bodies being assembled face to face and
regarding each other with aSonShmsnt saw Indignation
and rage arising in Sde and sort of panic in the other
And the large body said to the little Why you
separated from us? Are you not of number?'
"No' replied the group; you are the people, we are
privileged class who have laws, customs and rights
peculiar to ourselves
"PEOPLE-And what labor do you perform in our
society?
work.
"PEoPLE-How then have you acquired these
PRIVILEGED CLASSIFY taking the pains to
govern you
"PEOPLE-What! Is this what you call governing?
We toll and you enjoy We produce and you dSspate!
Wealth proceeds from and you absorb it. Privileged
men Glass who not the people! Form nation apart
and govern yourselves
Then the little group deliberating on this new state
of things of the most honorable among them said:
We must join the people and parake of their labos and
burdens for they men like and riches from
them But others arrogantly exclaimed: 1T would be
are born to serve Are not men of another race
the noble and pure descendants of the conqueors of this
empire? This multitude must be reminded of our rights
and its own origin"
The Washington times., 1919-02-24
Why Not Some Welcome for the
Boys From Washington.

The work of the Rocky Mountain Club, representing
the Western and Pacific Coast States in welcoming return
ing sodc sons of the West they dbark at New York
sets an example which the District ought to be prompt to
follow.
As things now boy who went from the Capital
Of his country to fight for the world comes back to New
York without single representative from Washington to
greet him.
BE walks down the gangplank without seeing face
he ever saw before hearing word Of welcome from
anyone representing the folks at home.
It is not very inspiring evidence of gratitude nor
very cheering welcome
Washington should have committee in New York to
greet every home coming District soldier.
If the people of the Pacific coast by proxy stretch
their hands clear the continent greet their boys
certainly city FEW hours from the debarkation point
can arrange sort of welcome for its boys they
step of the ship.
There is sufficient advance information Of the arrival
of District that committee could leave Washing
ton and arrive in New York in ample time to extend the
city's welcome.
parade up the Avenue is fine thing, but a hand
shake the dock is much better and there thousands
Of boys who will not be here for the parade and to whom
no welcome will be given if Washington does not follow
measure the splendid example Of the Rocky Noun
tain Club and the States it represents
The Washington times., 1919-02-24
Car Service Seems Poor
Again
By EARL GOODWIN.


Despite the addition Of many on both roads
there is always terrific crush at the rush hours at least
and on some lines there is hour day night
when the service meets the requirements Of the travelling
public.
''I thought Old Doc Beeler, the traffic expert was
going to fix all this rush hour business says the public
81 thought he was going to get each of US seat
Here's the truth about Doc Beeer:
All he could do was to RECOMMEND
The Public Utilities Commission and the railroads
would do the rest
Truth to tell Doc Beeer did MORE for the people
of this city than anyone else ever did Had the Utilities
Commission adopted sall of his recommendations there
would not be nearly the rushhour crush there is today
Had the Beeler Belt Line around the city been built there
would be a vastly different tale to tell
Beeler put the staggered hour system for which
many Government clerks clamoring again. believe
that the people thoroughly understood the whole Beee
program and would adopt their side of it. and the Public
Utilities Commission would enforce the other side Of it
would be almost entirely without railroad complaint
as far service goes.
The Washington times., 1919-02-24
LETTER containing a high.

LETTER containing a high
"A ly interesting suggestion
came in my mail today. It
was written by a mother terrified
by the number of street accidents
in Washington and who wonders
il We cannot be as progressive
here as in other cities?"
Her suggestion is entirely prac-
tical, and has been on the statute
books for years of happier towns
whose taxpayers have a voice in
their own welfare. Her sugges-
ton has to do with ''play-streets"
and traffic regulation in the neigh
borhood Of schools.
1t is a little difficult for my cor
respondent, as with other tempo
rary residents of Washington, to
realize just why the taxpayers of
the National Capital are relcgated
to the same plane Of voteles5 ire
sponsibility as the inmates of the
zoo.
She sees as the result of this
system, i. E., having to depend on
our charm" and powers of wheed-
ling to get things accomplished,
the gross mismanagement of Wash
ington street cars, accidents out
OF all proportion to the population,
and the difficulty OF getting suf-
ficient money to administer the
public health. And this in spite
Of the anu-suffrage tip that Gin
direct influence" is more potent
than suffrage.
The full flower Of indirect in
huence" and charm" versus votes
may be seen any day during the
rush hours on the Ham-Hamilton
street car system of Washington.
Will some of the gentlemen
wheedlers and caiolers whose hair
has turned white and whose boards
have grown long in applying the
indirect influence" and charm"
system to conditions in Washing
ton, tell the anti-suffrage Lorelei
that the tip is a delusion? Or they
might gather beneath the windows
of the Organization Opposed to
Woman Suffrage-where, by the
way, a man is In charge-and
sing: You made me what l am
today; | hope you're satisfied"
Dupont Circle and the Force School.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAN:
Being a war resident of Washing
ton and my husband at present in
France. 1 am amazed az conditions
here, particularly in regard to traffic.
The Washington times., 1919-02-24
What's Doing; Where; When

John s. NJ. Zimmerman
heeting-InformAl assembi- c. Penn
sylVanians residing in Washingto... W ird- =
man Park Inn, at s p. m. Receptl-- and
business meeting will be held.
TOMORROW.
heeting-Business Womens Council
wesley chapel. Fifth and + streets north
west, at p. m. Commander Percy Fooie
and Lieut.. Edourd Isaac will speak.
Tea-Fitth annual tea and sale for the
beneht OF the Martha Home; Rauscher's,
from 4 TO D. m
Lecture-'Capture and Restoration OF
Palestine DR.. Ami. OF the British en-
bassy' First Congregational Church. at
p. m.
Banquet-Oklahoma state Club. in hon
or OF senator Owen; Cushmans Cafe, GIT
Fourteenth stree; northwest. at 1880 p. m.
Recltai-llya SchkoInik. yiolinist: New
Willard ballroom. at s:l5 p. m; for bene-
at OF North Capitol W. c. T. L.
Entertalnment-Electa Chapter No. .,
Order OF the Eastern star, Masonic Hall.
Fourteenth and streets southeast, al
p. m.
Address-"My -Four Years at the Front"
by Lieut.. J. y. Cru, OF the French army;
before bethel Literary Society, Metro
poiitan A. NJ. E. Church. At s p. m.
The Washington times., 1919-02-24
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of Problems Workers
Especially for Washington Women

position perfectly. They know
that the men who squander money
on them never for a moment put
them on the same plane with the
women of their own families. And
a good deal of wounded pride has
to be swallowed along with the
dinners and the little suppers
after the theaters.
As one of these girls wrote to
me, the other day: II know l am
only temporary fate, but he need
not rub it in so persistently."
Another of these girls, Gfter
spending every cent she could
scrape together for a trousseau,
and going in debt besides, made
the appalling discovery that the
man was married. He had a way
of singing, vita untold meaning:
When the spring time comes,
gentle Annie and as her first
name happened to be Annie, she
understood it to mean the church
door, Lohengrin and showers Of
rice. The first intimation of the
real state of affairs was a letter
from his wife beginning: Il am
so sorry to hear that Jimmie has
been acting foolishly again"-
fancy poor Annie would have
cheerfully welcomed a few lone
some hours for her emotions as
she went to the shop and asked
them if they wouldn't take back
the lingerie. The right man and
the right place in life are we'll
worth waiting foT-ideals may
seem luxuries at times, but it's a
pretty sordid sort of life that can't
afford to maintain a few of them.
A Tickle Young Gentleman Of Is.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
A young gentleman OF eighteen
has been coming to see me for one
year. And 1t seemed as IL he
really loved me, but here of late
he does not seem TO care for me.
Kindly advise me shall / give him
up. as he seems to care for some
one else. A.CoNSTANT READER.
The young gentleman seems to
have solved this question for you,
by transferring his attention to
someone else. l dare say you are
as young as he is, so why bother
your head about such things at
your time of life. Take up some
thing useful, learn how to cook
or, if this does not appeal to you,
take up 4 language. Sitting
around prey to your emotions
is very "bad medicine" at eigh-
teen.
The Washington times., 1919-02-24
A Mothers Opinion of Washington

Why do we not have "play-streets,"
as other cities, where the lives Of
children are evidently considered OF
more Importance than in Washington.
Take that wheel OF destruction, Du-
pont Circle, for instance, and adjacent
Force School, where hundreds Of chill
rem must risk life and limb three
times day crossing that death zone.
Would it not be possible. during the
hours that pupils arrive and leave the
school, to have some better traffic reg
ulations?
have three children all under the
age OF ten years who attend the Force,
and three times a day. 1 am forced to
plod back and forth to protect them
from the speed maniacs who dash
AROUND Dupont Circle without paying
the least attention TO the traffic regu-
lations.
Other cities in which I have lived
rope or certain streets after school
hours, 50 that children may play and
mothers enjoy a little peace OF mind at
home. Could we not have something
Of this sort for the congested school
districts, at least, could not an extra
policeman be spared for Dupont Cir
Gle during the hours in which children
arrive and depart from school?
MARY A. G.
The Cost of Having Ideals.
MY DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Please give US some advice. We
are two Southern girls and have
been raised, suppose, in the old
fashioned way. or course, We like
The Washington times., 1919-02-24
TODAY.


.Address-Louis o. Armstrong. OF Can
ada; Hamline u. E. Church, at p. m.
Subject, Labor and BoIsh svism."
Dance-Dancers Will be n costume OF
Polish natives; auspices Polish Mothers Of
Washington; Carroll Hall, at p. m.
AddTess-Miss Alice Hutchlns Drake.
before BookIovers Club, Y. W. c. A, at 5
p. m.
PiscuSsion--"How To Eat and How Much
II Ought To Cost" Lafore Consultation
Center, Ninth and 3 ssrUsts southwest. at
$3.50 p. m. Auspices OF Home Demonstra .
tion Ofilce OF Department OF Agriculture.
Meeting-Ald city Citizens Association.
1908 Seventh street northwest, At p. m. :;
Edward Esston. jr.. OF United states EN-
ployment Service, will speak.
Lecture-'NUtritioUs Sandwiches" be-
fore Wilson Normal Community Center
class. Wilson Normal School. at 1880 p. m.
MeetinE-District Federation OF Wom-
en'S Clubs. board room OF District Build
ing, at p. m.
Concert--U S. Marine Band, Marine
Barracks, at 2:30 p. m, under direction
Of william II. Santelmann.
CoHcert-U. s. Soldiers Home Band.
Stanley Hail, at Sis Q. m, direction Of
The Washington times., 1919-02-24

men, the educated class, as We are
both college graduates, and we are
used to the easy association with
both sexes with no thought OF evil,
which as perhaps you know, is Gus
tomary in the cultivated circles Of
the South. But since our sojourn IN
the Nations Capital. we have dis
covered, alas. that We are many
years behind the times, as the girls
we meet who get the attentions
men openly "vamp" them; they set
the easy jobs, in fact draw their pay
with a modicum CT work, and the
whole office world smiles on them.
This is a question which is bother
ing us and we want enlightenment.
II what has been taught US all our
lives is wrong and If you are good
you are lonely" as they say in
vaudeville. we want to know it. be-
fore it is too late.
TWO SOUTHERN GIRLS.
1t is only natural, when you see
girls of no standards apparently
having all the good times, you
should question the cost of main
tanning ideals. say, apparently
having a good time, because if you
opened my mail some fine morn
ing, you would realize there is a
good deal of heartache masquerad-
ing as gayety.
The young women of whom you
speak who live in a world of at
tention, realize the pathos Of their