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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
FOREST FIRES WASTE WEALTH
Future Of Country's Timber Supply
Depends on the Elimination of
Conflagrations.

The future Of our timber supply de
ponds in large measure on the elimi.
nation of the forest fires which annual
ly burn over large tracts of cut-over
and waste lands in the South, says
Prof. II. w. Barre. director of the
South Carolina experiment station. All
OF our native pines produce an abund-
ance OF seed, and where these fall
and remain undisturbed, young trees
readily spring up. Seeding pines will
not stand even a light fire. When the
land Is burned over every year, it is
impossible to get good stand OF Wig
Orous young pines; but If fires are kept
out, young trees come up 70 thick
stand and grow rapidly.
One tract Ar cut-over pine land in
the Coastal Plain section seeded TO
slash pine twCnty-one years ago was
scaled recently and found To contain
~ cords OF wood. or the equivalent
of p 900 board feet of lumber per
acre. Thousands of acres in South
Carolina will do as well If the fires
are kept out and nature is given q
chance To reproduce our forests.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
TRIBUTE TO DOGS OF WAR
o"fela British Report Tells Of Good
Work Done BY the Animals At
tho Front

An official report has now been I..
used on the exploits OF tn. British
Wa dogs at the front. Hitherto moth
ing mas been known about them ex.
'ep' the occasional appearance in the
war MINIS of some shaggy dog rushing
desperately across piece Of shell.
Scared country.
Inc corps OF messenger dogs was
the creation OF Col. Richardson. the
widely advocate of the use OF
dogs In war and police work. The
uoss were trained ut war Office
school OF instruction. sMen with a
knowledge OF dogs such as game.
Keepers. shepherds and hunt servants.
We're selected as instructors. The FIRST
uog recruits came from various homes
Tor lost dogs, and many a soldier owes
MS NE TO stray dog saved from the
iethal chamber by the war. Unclaimed
dogs were sent to the camp by the
ponce and many people sent their pets
as war volunteers.
The best breeds for the purpose
proved 10 be collies, sheep dogs, lurch.
ers. Welsh and Irish terriers. Aire-
daleS and mixtures OF these varieties.
The dogs were splendid. They would
make their way through n tremendous
OarraEe where no human being could
go, and would take vitany-needcd
message back in ten minutes over
ground which would take runner
hours 10 cross. They were wounded
sometimes, but went on just the same.
During the great German push in
March Highland sheep dog ran about
two and half miles in ten minutes
with an appeal for reiuforcements, and
by SO dVng prevented a very serious
disaster. Part of our line was iso-
lated by the barrage, and, thanks to
the dog, II division of French colon.
ials came up in time and saved the
situation.
Dogs did good service in following
up the aSSaultinG troops and taking
back essential information about the
condition OF the line and the rein.
forcementS needed.
Out in the Balkans dogs were used
as sentries, and one Of them barked
the news of the approach of Il Bulgar
scout when he was hundreds of yards
away.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
All He Has Left.

The winter was SIXTEEN an
elderly lawyer said recently, 81 Joined
our home church at the spring COM
munion by profession Of faith in
Christ. Probably didn't realize fully
the import Of the step was taking bur
| think | was genuinely in earnest and
sincerely tried to live as a Christian
should.
One blustery January afternoon.
"hen had been a church member sev.
eral months, Deacon Crandal stopped
me on the road. There had been q
number of fine catches of fish through
the ice, and Joe Stickney and had our
tackles and our supply of bait all ready
for an early start.
i've Just been over to lake
Streever's,' the deacon said. The folks
are all sick, and the woman and Mis-,
Adams wanted to send over some
things. There want no fire in the
house TO speak of, Robert, and there
amt a stick of wood in the shed: so
I'm going to change the team on the
heavy sleigh soon's get home and
draw EN- a load of four-foot, and
enough stove length to last 'em over
night You're a young, husky fellow.
Robert; why can't you play the good
Samaritan and saw UP what | draw
down first thing in the mornin'?'
Joe Suckney and plan to go
fishing tomorrow | replied. 4 guess
you'll have to look UP somebody else.
We've got everything all ready
go see, the deacon said mildly. 4
didn't know that; thought it'd be a
good chance for YOU He kept look
ing at me with his sober, kindly eyes.
The way it comes to me is that you
and me and the rest of US are all the
Lord Jesus has left to tell other folks
what good, kind, self-denyin' Saviour
He was. If there want no Christians
tryin' to live up to their high callin,'
Robert, there wouldn't be whisper for
the Lord not whisper-this side Of
heaven. That's why thought mebbe
you'd prize the chance and be glad to
take it,
81 told him on the spur of the mo-
ment that | would give UP my fishing
trip and saw the woed, and | believe
never did any bit of hard work with
more genuine satisfaction. learned
that day what real service was, and
since then, whenever have been
tempted TO Shirk my Christian obliga-
tons, Deacon Crandall's honey aph-
orism has rebuked me-'We're all the
Lord Jesus has left What wOrds can
express better the very co-e and cs-
sence of Christian discipleship? We're
all He has left"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
An.clope's Great Speed.

A herd of antelope in the Cobb
desert. q motorcar overtaking the vel
low c.oul against a hill" as the herd
looked in the distance, and a speed
oms;,r in lie motorcar provided an in
terys..ng episode in the recent expcdi-
ton OF the American Museum of Nat.
urai History ana secured an accurate
idea of the actual speed at which an an
telopy travels when il goes in hurry.
As Mr.. Roy Chapman Andrews. head
Of the expedition, has told of the ex-
perimcn, in the New York Sun. the
speed of an antelope reaches sixty
miles an hour for about two hours and
then slows down to forty or fifty,
although how long the slower pace can
be kept up the experiment apparently
did not try to determine. Literally, one
might say the motorcar allowed it.
sell to be paced by the antelopes, the
result being virtually the same as if
the SHeelometer in the car had been a
Speeiomc'er designed to record the
speed OF an antelope and properly at
tached to one of the herd; and the ex-
pertinent was made possible by the
haoli OF antelopes to try to circle any
creature that pursues them.
Instead of turning and running
away from the automobile, therefore.
the anteIopes tried TO circle it, and for
long distance the car and the herd
ran parallel and the speedometer mad ,
lis record. Such in human measure
"''' IS MS speed which serves to pro.
'ec' the antelope from his desert enc
ny the wolf; and the automobile one
gay timed single antelope in a twenty
minutes run at the average rate of for
" niles an hour, when the antelope
seemingly deciding that the car was
MOI So very dangerous after all sat
~" " IN me sand and allowed the car
10 approach it. But. although the
- :, ''"'1-- hal just run something more
u,"n 'fi-cn miles it was not at all
wini,- " '''
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
The Electric Slave.

,.4,s,-y gets out of its steam en-
=. only Il per cent of their possible
-, The rest is wasted because
Ian power plants are idle an aver
=. q, a hours in every "a. and be-
- several factories each have a
- engine where one engine could
..-s-s,e enough power for all.
This idle power can be harnessed
-. -r- 10 work as an electrical slave.
(, say four great American engineer
- societies backing the Murray
o,S~ for pooling power'in the great
..,s-o manufacturing district. Muir
80 ~ower expert, would burn coal
:. ,-s mines and in central power
r,sr,s. putting transportation and
r,,-ulac.uring on an electric basis.
Steam locomotives serving this
eastern section generate. by burning
coal 100000 horsepower more than
would he needed to do the same work
ui,b electric locomotives. Electrified
,ior Of Industries in this eastern zone
would cut their present consumption
Of coal in TWO.
Edwin Ludlow, noted engineer, puts
il this way:
The railroads now burn % per cent
Of the total output of the bitumnous
coal mines. With electrifcation this
would Re reduced to 10 to II per cent.
Freight congestion and car-Supply
troubles would be solved. Coal too
high in sulphur for safe storage could
be burned as produced, and the mines
kert in continuous operation"
Railroad congestion and coal short
age now confront the nation. The
solution is in burning coal at mines
and in central power plants and send
ing the resultant electricity out over
high-tenson wires.
And why is it not done? Because
there is nobody to pay for the coal
burning equipment that would be
scrappui And because capital for the
general Identification is hard to get.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
Country In Throes of Worst
transportation lam In
History
BUSINESS CONFRONTED
With SERIOUS PROBLEM
Waterways and Highways Would Az
ford New Freight Channels and
Relieve Situation.

Never in the history Of American
business has the transportation prob
lem assumed the proportions il has
within the past few weeks ms the re-
suit Of freight t!e-ups in important
terminals throughout the country.
The average business man must ad-
NIT that the situation has become seri
ous. IL Is crisis, and unless there is
some relief within the next few days,
business throughout the country will
he al standStill
Factories and jobbing houses are not
only unRblc To. receive shipments, but
they cannot ship 10 their customers
No one can see relief within the i'm
mediate future.
Never in history have the people
realized so completely that the rail
road facilities Of the country are in
adequate to take care OF the Country's
transportation.
In ms connection ii has been
brought home To them that the country
needs better highway and waterway
systems. West Virginia today with II
system of hard roads connecting all
county seats would he actually indie
pendent of the rest of the country.
She could feed and clothe herself
Feeder roads leading from the farming
sections into the larger cities would
serve To meet the food problem. Cloth
ing and other life essentials in the
cities could be shipped To the rural sec
lions
We have reached the place where we
must rely upon the truck as a means
of meeting our transportation needs,
but until we have adequate roads over
which these freight trucks can pass,
they are useless.
In connection with the tranSporta-
ton jam now undermining the very
foundation of the nations business
structure, the West Virginia Good
Roads Federation has issued n state.
ment to the people of the state to
support the proposed constitutional
amendment which provides for n com.
prchcnSlve system OF highways con
Meeting all county seats.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
THE COST Is SMALK.
NJ H. H

Dyspepsia i AmerMn's curse. To
restore aiFcst!on, norma weight. good
.Saiith end lurifv the blood. use Bur
dock B.2sd Rittcrs. Sold at all drug
stores. Price SIPS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
Vote for Roads Amendment.

The Federation urges the people to
vote for the amendment and thus help
make West Virginia Independent of
the rest of the nation. Make il pos
sibIe for West Virginia to support her
self We have relied upon the rail
roads heretofore, but we must now
begin to provide for the future with
highways, because the railroads are
forced 10 admit that they cannot cope
with the situation.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
How Prices Sose-And Fell.

Interesting conclusions may be
drawn from recently completed an
alysiS of wholesale and retail prices
and wages for the years 1860 to 1872
in which tendencies strikingly ike
those of the present day are revealed
showing finally slump in prices
which, economists and students or
market conditions say, soon may be
expected if history is to repeat itself.
The figure of 100 is taken as tho
basic level of all three in 1860 Their :
was a gradual rise during 1861 aac
1862 and 1868, and at the end of tn.
last year wholesale prices were at $50:
retail prices at $40; and wages
100. During the year 1864 came the
sharpest rise and wholesale price
jumped TO the 2l0 mark, reaching thC
peak in January, 1865. Meanwhile
both retail prices and wages had taken
more gradual rise, the former stand
ing at 165 in January and wages be
ing at $50.
In April, 1865, the war ended an
there came sudden drop in whole
sale prices, which fell 10 100 in July OF
that year and then rallied TO 1870 h,
the end of the year. Retail prices an
wages continued a steady rise through
out the year not being affected by the
end OF the war and reached the re-
spective levels OF 10 and los a the
end of 1865
In the year following the close OF
the war, or 1866, there was a marked
variation in the trend of the three
Wholesale prices Huctuated rather
violently but with a constant down
ward trend and they continued this
downward course with occasional
sharp rallies for seven years following
the war, scoring net loss of from five
to ten points ysar, Until in 1872, lust
prior TO the great panic, they were n
l.3o Or just 30 points above tJs pre-
WAR figure.
II history is repeating itself Nc mr.
who now denies himself useless le,.
Hrits and puts his money in govern.
ner securities or in other standar
izyestmen;s viii BE- on sovns
HFaneial basis vhcn the presen.
troublesome days are OYER.
THE COST Is SMALK.
TIE Benefit Great
GET
Spcciel short Term insurance Psfcies
Covering NDur Craps
FR8H
"avhirCtsr, Alcxasder & Cooke
Charlie Town, W. Va.
Dyspepsia is AmerN's curse. To
restore aiEcst'on, norma weight. good
0ealth end purify the blood ne Rmr-
dock B.oed Bittcrs. Sold At ali drug
stores. Price. S1.25.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13
NUMBER OF KILLINGS
SHOWS A DECREASE
Williams Says Reaction From War is
Spending Force-Talks of Pros
perity and Poverty.

The State:
The state board of public welfare,
through its secretary, G. Croft Will
liams, has completed it's analyses OF
the crime statistics of South Carolina
for the quarter ending March 81.
Those statistics are only approximate,
as they are based upon the Jail COM
mitments. However, in so large a
number of commitments there is a
clear indication as to the character
ard amount Of crime in the state. The
board has received to date reports
from all the counties with the ex-
ception of Anderson, Calhoun, Green
vile, Marion, Oconee, Pickens and
Riehland. "a per cent. of the coun-
ties therefore reported over against
8S1 per cent. of the preceding quar-
ter.
"The analyses of crime" says Mr..
Williams, gives reassuring results.
The report of the preceding quarter
was extremely disheartening. There
was no special reason apparent for
the steady advance OF crime, so it
was feared that there were resident
forces that were here to
operate with deadly vigor until they
could be eliminated by the slow pro-
cesses Of educating the coming gen
But the quarter ending
March 81 showed remarkable de-
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13
1920 AS PREHISTORIC AGE
Civilization on This Planet Has Just
Begun

Those unimaginative people who
believe the high pitch of inevitable
genius was reached with the advent
of electricity, talking machines, air
planes and the X-Ray, will be inter-
ested to know that civilization on this
planet has really just begun, observes
the New York Sun. DR.. A. NJ. Low,
a. London engineer with many inven-
tions to his credit, says five hundred
years hence our descendants will look
back upon conditions in 1920 with
just such feeling Of amused pity as
we show for prehistoric times.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13

certing fact, for no one would be so
bold as to claim that intoxicants are
creators of virtue and that the bar
room or dispensary were engines of
uplift. Doubtless the real cause of
the advance of crime was the react
ion from the war, which reaction is
slowly spending its force. From other
parts of the country reports show
that crime and poverty are rapidly
diminishing. With the general pros
perity of our country, with national
and state affairs in a better codition
than in any other part of the world,
and with bright outlook for further
progres in both physical and spiritual
achievements there is no reason why
both crime and poverty and all other
attending woes could not be banished
from amongst u.s."
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13

crease in all crimes.
"For the first time since the board
has kept statistics on the causes of
commitment the number of homicides
has gone down." says Mr.. Williams.
During the quarter ending Decem-
Der 81, there were "a homicides, in
the last quarter there were only 81.
II is still pathetic for us to use the
word only before the number of
81 persons killed in three months in
a peaceful state that boasts itself as
free from agitations and turmoils
that infect other parts of the world.
Larceny deprecated from 5O4 to
100 burglary from 90 to 60, forgery
from 80 to 10, assaults from 139 to
go, violation of the prohibition law
from 245 to 1877, in all there were
1907 commitments against 1,765 OF
the preceding quarters"
"Jail population at the end of the
quarter was the smallest that it has
been since March 81, 1915. Perhaps
it represents a smaller percentage Of
incarcerations to the population since
the Confederate war. If this kind Of
thing keeps up long, jailers will have
to seek other fields of employment.
AS they are a good set Of men South
Carolina has many doors of opportun-
ity swung wide open for them.
"The diagnosis of causes Of crime
is difficult. Before prohibition came
in every advance was attributed to
intoxicants, then the country went
dry and South Carolina's crime sta
tistics mounted up like thermomet-
er on a dry August day. Prohibition
can not be charged with this discon-
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13

DR.. Low who invented a motor
scooter and has produced an appara-
tus for seeing simple objects by wire,
i'll a recent interview in London, said
in part:
when a man sets out for business
he will not proceed, as he does now,
by tramway car or train; he will pass.
along delightful avenues, underneath
the surface of the earth. Parks and
all other places of public resort md
beauty will be rooted in.
Motor cars and all motor vehicles
will proceed by wireless power and.
not by the crude method of using Pc
troll They will be fitted up like lux
uriously appointed drawing roomE
and will be driven .at rate Of one
hundred miles an hour. Wireless tell
ephones will be installed in the cars,
as well as every kind of appointment
making for luxury and comfort Many
people will own these cars. \
"People will live in condition Of
splendid physical condition. Televis-
ion-that is, the ability to see your
absent friend over a distance Of
many miles-and wireless telephony
will lead to this condition.
"This vision is not extravagant or
a wild set Of theories. 1t Is the d.
rection in which scientific discoveries
and experiments tend. Many scientif-
ic men have come face to face with
discoveries and inventions which are
only separated from actual realiza-
tion by a simple little difficulty,
which will certainly be overcome in
time"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13

Stir with a stick for ten
minutes. Rinse thru two
clear waters, blue and dry
in open air.
Follow directions oninside
Of wrapper.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13

Soak the clothes overnight
if possible. fnot, simply
soak for q while in cold
wafer.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-05-13

Shave a bar of Clean Easy
Napthoieine Soap into ~
GALLONS of water. Boil until
soap is dissolved and put
in the clothes.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-19

LEISURE LINE and ''KED" White
shoes at FIsHEL's. s-12-St
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-19

they went to attend the funeral SER
vices of Mr.. Dunn's mother.
On the IA Mr.. Geo. Gregory, of Will
ton, Conn, returned to Belleview. Mr..
Gregory is the brother of Mrs. Bene-
dict and Mrs. Geo. Pike, and nephew
of Mrs. Wilkinson.
On the 18th Mr.. Robert Mathews,
Miss Ethel Freeman, Miss Hilda
Monroe. and Mr.. Herman Smith au-
toed to Sanford, returning the same
day.
Mrs. Judd, wife of Captain Judd. of
Tampa, Fla, is the guest of Mrs. Geo.
C. Grunthal this week.
On the 10th twelve of our men
went in autos to Crystal River on a
fishing trip.
A party of ten as the guest of Mrs.
Geo. C. Grunthal attended the play
at the Temple Theatre in Ocala, the
night of the 10TH
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. E. church
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cradall the afternoon of the 10th.
On the 18th there were six tables
of card players at the League, sing
ing by Mrs. Florence Wells, and Mr..
Ed. Armstrong, piano music.
There was regular meeting of the
League the afternoon of the 10th.
One application for membership re-
ceived and referred to a committee. 1t
was voted to have electric footlights
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-19
THE WOMEN VOTERS

West Virginia has ratified the
amendment to the constitution OF the
United States, giving women the right
to vote. The house of representatives
of the West Virginia legislature had
adopted the amendment by large
majority, but the senate stood IA TO
H. There was an absent senator
who was hurried there, either by air,
plane or special train. He got there
in time and voted. The senate rati-
fled the amendment by Is to IA.
If we mistake not, only two more
states are needed. Those two are
easy. The women will vote all over
the United States. In many of the
northwestern states they have been
voting a long time, by the action of
the states themselves. Seventeen
million women will vote the presi-
Dental ticket this year. In the states
where they have been voting they
have kept politics clean and free from
graft and scandal There is no logi-
cal argument against giving our good
women the franchise. The only oppo-
sition is one of pure sentiment
Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-19


Florida is to have town named
Waterbury the same as Connecti-
cut. 1t is to be located not very far
from Bradentown and is to be in the
midst of a grapefruit grove of ten
thousand acres. With the WATERWAYS,
of Fountain Pen" fame; the Water
bury's of the Waterbury watch
fame: the Olds of ''Oldsmobile' fame;
the Deering of the "Deering's Plow''
fame; and so many others who have
made fortunes by their skill and in
dustry, settling in Florida and becom-
ing factors in it's development,
Florida will in time become rich and
prosperous. Her future is spelt IN
very glittering letters.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-19
NECLECTING THAT
COLD OR COUGH?
Why, when DR.. Kings New
Discovery so promptly
checks it

IT'S natural you don't want to be
III careless and let that old cold or
cough drag on or that new attack
develop seriously. Not when you can
get such a proved successful remedy
as Dr. Kings New Discovery.
Cold, cough, grippe, Group does not
resist this standard reliever very long.
It's quality is as high today as it al
ways has been--and it's been growing
steadily In popularity for more than
nfty years. 60c. and $1.2O a bottle
AZ all druggists. Give it a trial.