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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-11-26
Millions for a
Neu Stomach

Ono Of the greatest American million
aires said to his physician, ga million
dollars, Doctor, spot cash and no grum-
bling, for new stomach and then
the sick man groaned and turned away.
All his wealth could not make him
happy or contented, for happiness large
ly depends upon digestion. Without
health where does happiness come inf
After all the stomach plays a great
part in everyday life. Without .
healthy stomach and good digestion our
blood is thin, watery and poor, our
heart action is weak, our liver does not
do it's duty, and man is miserable and
unhappy. Prevent disease by putting
the house in order and strengthening
the system against the germs Of disease.
DR.. Pierce, Of the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y,
years ago understood diseases and their
prevention, and he discovered certain
roots and herbs which were natures
remedies, and succeeded in putting them
up in a form that could be easily pro-
cured at. tho drug store (liquid or
tablets). This he called DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. This Dis
covcry gives no faise stimulation be-
cause it contains no alcohol or any mar
cotic. 1t helps digestion and the as
Bimilation of such clements in the food
as are required for the blood. 1t gives
to tho blood the food elements the tis.
sues require. For over fifty years it
has enjoyed tho confidence Of the
American public. Try it nowl
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-11-26

Let no fdrmer t0Ink Shat Oet9 are
becoming an undesirable or unpopular
crop. Experts 10 the United States
Department of Agriculture who have
made q special study Of the oat crop,
advocate extensive sowings, though Of
course, It does not follow that this
grain will pay in all sections, any more
than that dalrying is profitable every
where. Nevertheless, great number
Of American farmers, particularly In
the corn belt, are justified in making
extensive sowing Of oats each year. It
must be borne in mind that the man
who Is successful IN growing oats,
grows this crop as one in a rotation
produce, but is one Of several import
ant enterprises.
1t is occasionally pointed out that
the cat crop actually gives less returns
than corn, for instance, and 80 the
wisdom Of growing oats when corn
can be grown IL questioned. The
answer Is that liberal acreage Of oats
can be provided without materially re-
ducing the corn acreage, as oats do
not compete seriously with the labor
necessary to raise corn. The oat crop
IL sown early in the spring before II
IL desirable to prepare the fields for
corn, and when once sown does not
call for further labor until harvest.
On the other hand, the number Of acres
Of corn which can be grown depends
largely on how much ground can be
plowed and cultivated by the farmer.
Most important Of Small Grains.
Farmers In sections where corn
natures too late to make the sowing
Of wheat after corn cutting safe
venture, have learned that oats Is the
most important Of the small-grain
crops. This applies particularly to
Iowa and adjoining territory, namely,
northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin,
eastern Nebraska, southeastern South
Dakota, and southern Minnesota. Ere
quently rotation as practiced In the
corn belt covers 5-year period with
two crops OF corn, one Of small
grain, and two Of timothy and clover.
Where this practice prevails 1t ip
logical TINT oats be used as the transit.
ton crop from corn to the grasses.
If onts Is to be made the important
crop which experts contend it shoulc
be, the question naturally arises as tc
how the hest returns can be secured.
Ordinarily the most profitable way IS
= to BOW outs on dlsked corn land
Many a mans mistakes are the re-
suit Of his letting desire get strange
hold on duty.
No. Luke. women don't mean II when
they kiss each other; they just do II
for practice.
Tie who runs may read. but X he's
running for Office the less lie has TO
say the better.
Trying to do business without i'd
vcrtlsing is like q man winking at q
all In the dark
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-11-26
NATURE SELF-PRUNES TREES
Pruning Is Often Paying Practice in
Farm Timber Tracts of Valuable
Small Pines.

When trees are properly spaced, ma
ture "self pruncs" the lower branches.
But in farm timber tracts Of small
pines and with valuable kinds Of trees,
pruning is often n paying practice,
say forestry specialists Of the United
States department Of agriculture, If
It IL done during the slack time Of
winter.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-11-26
SEED HOUSES ARE RELIABLE
O Occasionally Concern Found That Can.
not Resist Temptation Of
Mixing Grades

The majority Of the seed houses are
reliable and Trustworthy, but occasion
ally q concern cannot resist the temp
taaon Of mixing common. inferior and
good seed together and selling It a.
drSt-class grade.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-11-26
Beavers Remarkable Work.

A single colony Of beaver are cap
able Of constructing dam II feet
high and q quarter Of mile long.
Such dam was recently discovered
by state game warden. In a secluded
spot along Taylor's creek, Bayfield,
county, Wis. The beaver house at
the center Of the dam. 10 feet high
and 40 feet broad at the base, the
sleeping apartment inside the house,
was exceptionally spacious for a
beaver home. being large enough for
tall man to lie down at full length.
The foOr was found TO be covered with
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-11-26
perhapa

! perhaps.
Il wonder why Henry VIII divorced
some wives and chopped OF the heads
Sf othersr'
Probably got tired paying alimony."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-11-26

Inability to answer an argument
doesn't prove that the argument Is
good one.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
N7z5eae cite xAzszm ctUezHoxa-

Mr.. Putnam's personal inspection con-
tirmed this dismal report.
Then came long and trying negotia-
tons. The department of state offered
to restore the Washington VIII as II
had restored the Declaration Of indie
pendence, If the document were
brought to the District of Columbia.
The Fairfax officials, backed by the
courts, decided that this was impos-
sible; that an act of the Virginia gen.
eral assembly would be necessary to
enable them to consent to even a tenn
porary removal.
Finally in 1916 Librarian Putnam
and Gaillard Hunt. chief of the divi-
sion Of manuscripts, hit upon def
mite solution of the difficulty. In
charge of the repair section of the
manuscript division Is William Ber-
wick, said TO be the greatest living
expert in the restoration Of old manu-
scripts. The Fairfax people, supported
by Lawrence Washington and other
connections of the first presidents
family, concurred In the suggestion
that the will should be restored at the
courthouse by 'Dr." Berwick.
With infinite patience, with expert
knowledge and profound sense of the
importance of the patriotic undertake
Ing, dr." Berwick began his surgery.
One by one the twenty-five sheets
were separated and treated. The In
struments employed were very thin.
keen knives. camel's-halr brushes. the
inevitable paste pot, metal tank for
soaking the pages, press. and last
and most important of ALL the gauze
or crepeline with which the mending
Is made secure and new or tougher
surface page obtained.
This gauze, an exquisitely fine tex
ture Of SILK and linen, is extremely
flimsy to look at and demands the
most delicate handling. but once APP
piled over and beneath a page of
writing or printing 1t renders 1t prac-
ticany untearable. Properly laid on It
becomes so absorbed in the paper that
1t Is hardly visible except under a
magnifying glass. Consequently the re-
newed manuscript can be read as easi-
ly as II no additional substance had
been used on II.
After the countless holes and tears
had been filed the pages were soaked
and pressed into perfect smoothness.
delicate knives we employed TO
scrape away stains All. foreign partf
cles and finally the crepeline applied.
The library of congress stan con-
siders that Mr.. Berwick accomplished
nearly the impossible and worked al
most q. miracle In the complete res
toration he effected. The authorities
Of Fairfax county. as. evidence Of ap-
probation Of his work. had embossed
In gold letters on the black morocco
cover which now encases the will.
Restored In 1910. Under Authority OF
This Court. BY William Berwick. Re-
storer Of Manuscripts. Library Of Con-
gress." There Is no other Inscription
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
MUST MELT BELL IN TOWER
Only Way II Can Be Removed From
ST. Louis City Hall 10 In
Bucketfuls.

st. Louis.-The two-ton bell which
hangs In the tower of the city hall has
made the tower unsafe, but the bell
is so large 1t would be dangerous to
try to take 1t down. so 1t is to be melt
ed right where 1t Is with acetylene
blow torches. such as are commonly
seen in use by workmen, repairing car
tracks.
Building Commissioner McKelvey
pronounced the tower unsafe as long
as the bell remains, because the steel
supports have become corroded. More
over, he said. an attempt to lower the
bell would be very dangerous, there
fore the decision to take II down a
bucketful at a time.
The only time In recent years that
the bell has been rung was the day
Of the armistice celebration. II was
rung when the building was construct
ed In 1904 The bell cost about 81
900. The expense of removing It viii
be about $500. 1t is six feet high
and four feet In diameter at the base.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
Capt. De We're Harden. Wounded
in War, Is Now Ser
geant.
WAS FIRST OFFICER TO Be HIT
long Service In Army Leaves Him
With No Other Career, So When
Discharge Comes He
Re-enllsts.

New York.-The first American off,
Ger who was wounded in the war Is
IN officer no longer, though he is still
In the army. When wounded he was
a first lieutenant and later he became
captain. Now he is sergeant, and
salutes second lleutenants. Those are
the ups and downs that have befallen
De We're III. Harden of Burlington, VT.
who is now at the new army signal
corps school at Little Silver, near Long
Branch, N. ].
Harden received the Croix de Guerre.
He served nearly a year in France
with the famous First division. He
was in the first American attack at
Cantigny and In the bloody and deci-
sive battle of Scissors. Now he is back
practically where he started sixteen
years ago when he first enlisted in the
army.
Sign Marks Place He Fell.
Unless a shell has blown It or souve-
mir hunters have torn II to pieces a
small sign still stands near the old
front-line trenches at Les Jumelles,
near Nancy, In Lorraine. 1t commem-
crates the fact that there fell the
-Premler Officer American Blesse" Oc-
tober %, 1917. The sign stands or
stood Just outside the dugout that
Lieut.. Col. = then Major = Theodore
Roosevelt occupied when he was first
in the trenches. Harden had just left
Roosevelt when shell exploded and
fragment struck him In the knee. The
French commandant erected the sign
to commemorate the event. That was
about the last that was then heard of
Harden.
Harden went to France with the
First division, the flrst troops to land
there June 20, 1917. He was then
first lieutenant with the Second field
signal battalion. Soon after arriving
In France he was commissioned first
lieutenant--the reward OF his long
service and good record In the regular
army, including service In Panama,
Alaska and on the Mexican border.
The First division had been In the
trenches only & few days when Har-
den was wounded. In his eaeerness to
get back to his outfit he left the hos
pital too soon. and as result his
wound did not quite heal properly. He
cannot hike as he used to. -Four or
Ave miles tire him out.
When the First division took over
the Toul sector the first trench sector
ever controlled by American troops.
Harden was there. gaining valuable ex-
perience as one of the first American
officers to handle independently the
signal system Of trench sector on
the western front.
When the Twenty-eighth artillery OF
the First division made the first Amer
lean attack and captured the village OF
Cantigny Harden's post was the OBJ
servation and telephone station whence
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
SAYS WOMAN is A CHATTEL
British Husband Bases Divorce Dam
age on Claim Woman Has No
Legal Status.

London.-It is a basis of a hus-
bands claim for divorce damages that
his wife Is still In fact If not In law
a chattel of his. This was the theme
of an interesting argument before JUS
tice McCardie in the divorce court,
arising out of a case in which dam.
ages were sought against tie CO.
respondent by the husband. Counsel
for the petitioner said that up to the
matrimonial causes Get of 1853 a
woman was regarded as q chattel and
the jury had to award damages ac-
cording to her value to Ter husband.
His lordship then asked when had a
wife ceased to be regarded as a chat
tel. Counsel for the petitioner said
he had not suggested that this idea
had gone.
Judge-You say she is still to be
regarded as a chattel?
Counsel-Yes. with slight modlflca-
lions. The question in assessing dam
ages is what she is worth.
Judgo-Then you call her quasi
chattel7
After some further discussion Jus
tice McCardie asked IL as the result
Of counsels researches he could show
that wife could bring action against
the seducer of her husband.
Counsel said there was no such case
and that there could not be such an
action because a woman had not the
same legal status or the same legal
rights as a man.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
JERUSALEM CITY TO Be SAVED
Historic and Romantic Aspects win
EIe Preserved In improvement
by Zlonlsts.

London.-Prof. Patrick Geddes. town
planner, who has In hand projects for
the improving Of Jerusalem for the
Zionist organization. aims at making
the changes without destroying the his
toric and romantic aspects Of the an
Gent city. according TO statement
which he has given to the Zionist Bull
letin.
Prof. Gcddes states that one of hts
first tasks viii be In connection with
the Hebrew university. and he hopes
to begin on that next year, utilizing
buildings already erected. Research
laboratories for chemistry will. he a
feature of the school. DR.. Weizmann.
the Zionist leader. who has been reader
in blochemistry at Owens college,
Manchester. win be In charge of the
research work.
Prof. Geddes says he hopes also to
start Palestine museum and suggests
that nothing more OF historical and
archaeological interest should 60 out Of
the country.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
HERO OF ARMY
WAS "LET DOWN.

artillery support was directed during
the nine counter attacks the Germans
made In three days.
Fought Five Days and Nights.
Harden was attached to the Six
teenth infantry when the First dlvl-
sion, forming with the Second Ameri-
can and the famous French Moroccan
division the spearhead Of the attack,
drove forward on July IS south OF
Scissors in the first allied attack of
the decisive campaign. For five days
and nights the Sixteenth infantry
went through as close an approach to
hell as its men and officers wanted to
see, then was relieved. covered with
glory and Its mission accomplished.
Shortly afterward Harden was re-
turned to the United States as an in
structor. On reaching Camp Lewis In
Washington state he was promoted
captain and took command of c COM
pany of the Two Hundred and Thir-
teenth field signal battalion of the
Thirteenth division. He was the only
officer In the battalion who had served
overseas. so he took a large part In
instructing the battalion.
Harden was then transferred to
Honolulu, where he commanded E COM
pany Of the Fifty-third telegraph bat
TALON. He put II through stiff training
for the October maneuvers. In which,
according to citations, II Showed re-
markable proficiency"
Col. George Il. Kumpe telegraphed
Washington asking that Harden be per-
manently assigned to the western de-
partment, but November IS orders
reached San Francisco for his dis
charge from the service.
Harden had served so long with the
army that he had no other career. His
profession was that of the soldier. For
three weeks he cast about for some
opening in civilian life. He could find
none. "Back to the army again"
seemed the only answer to his prob
lem. At the recruiting Office they told
him they would be glad to have him
back-as first sergeant.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13


far as may be, against time itself,
since they rest In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
steel cases sunk in concrete and vel
vet curtains shut out the destructive
light rays from the pages of the wills
exposed through glass to the public
view.
What more natural, inasmuch as
these Wills are priceless national docu-
ments and Mount Vernon Is In Fairfax
county?
Nevertheless, It was not always
thus. Hence this story OF the evils
Of the Washingtons."
George Washington's win was sign
ed at Mount Vernon July 0. 1909. five
months before his death. Tt is in his
own handsome. fluent handwriting. II
was filed for probate In 1900 in the
Fairfax courthouse. It consists of %
sheets about the size of foolscap. writ
ten on both sides.
Through all of century he who
ran so far rs Fairfax courthouse
might read at his leisure and with his
own hands manipulate the original
document and at his pleasure thumb
and tumble II.
AT the beginning of the Civil war
the will was taken to Richmond. and
there securely hidden. It was returned
TO Fairfax courthouse when peace had
been restored. The years did not tend
to its preservation. It's custodlans
added to It's peril of complete oblitera-
tion by persistently folding it length
wise. following the original fold Of the
clerk of 1900.
In time the pages cracked and d.
.vided along the lines of the creasing.
Then some past and gone official I'M
dertook to repair the damage and pre-
vent extension Of It. Bits of glued pa-
per and court plaster were put across
the torn creases. As the years went
by these patches themselves split.
leaving the pages again to fan apart
through the center.
Court authorities then decided that
the broken parts should be sewn to-
gaher. This rough and ready surgery
was applied.
SO gradually the manuscript went
from bad to worse until most Of its
Al -
and much Of the beautifully written
text was practically ilIegible. In 1910
Herbert Putnam. librarian of congress,
asked the Fairfax county authorities
for permission TO make photographs
of the viii. They replied that the win
was in such foriorn condition that
satisfactory series Of photographs Of
it's forty-two pages was impossible.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
PLAN STATE OF MANHATTAN
5lll In New York Assembly Would
Add Another Star to the
Flag

Albany. n. Y.-The state Of Man
haitian. composed Of the counties OF
Suffolk, Masses. Queens. Kings, Rich
mond. New York. Bronx and West
Chester Of New York state. would be
sanctioned By the legislature If a bin
introduced b. Assemblyman Cuvillier
(Dem.) OF New York became law.
The act would require ratification
by a referendum next November.
Assemblymnn Leininger (Dem.) OF
Queens introduced q bin designed to
create q state Of Greater New York.
This n more ambitious scheus
than that Of Mr. Cuvfllier. as n not
only includes ~ TIE cozBfies In the
proposed stats c Manhattan. bnt
would contain II addition the counties
Of Putnam. DuteAess. Ulster, Greene
and Sullivan.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
RUM LIES IN CORNERSTONE
ohio Congregation Entombed Liquor
Considered Then ~as Respect
able as Water"

Cincinnati. Jan. 15.-Long after the
last cellar has gone dry and the lest
drop Of whisky consumed there viii
remain a bottle Of liquor that. accord
ing to tradition. Is entombed IN the
corner stone Of the Uniyersalist church
at Montgomery. Ohio. None other than
william Swain. aged seventy-two. VIZ
LACE historian and former schooImas-
ter Of Montgomery. is authority for
she tradition that a quart Of liquor
Ia concealed in the foundation Of the
church. which was built In 1897.
an those days liquor was as re-
spectacle as water" says Swain.
preachers drank IT just like other
folks Old. II was customary to place
liquor in cornerstone for the same
reasen that folks drink each Others
health II liquor
sEaim recalled that a the -rcof
Old days whisky sold for three cents
. drink.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
Dwarfs in History

Dwarfs until very recent days. have
been highly regarded and much sought
after. In far-away days kings have
fought over dwarfs. and q court that
possessed one was considered VERY for
funate and altogether stylish. Wealthy
folk. even. competed with monarehs In
the purchase OF dwarfs ss 3 sort OF
hallmark Of aristocncy. 4 race OF
tiny people IN Equatorial Africa. the
AkkaR wsrs much prizsd b he early
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
Beautiful New Zealand

New Zealand is land Of mountains.
gorges. rivers and fjords. The higher
peaks OF the south island are eternal
~ snow capped and the glaciers OF
It's southern alps rival hose OF Swift
zefiand. The surrounding seas are too
cold for eorals. Among the mountains
Of the north island volcanic fires are
stiIl active and the geysers and bot
springs are little less impressive than
those Of the Yellowstons park
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
RattIesnakes Prove
Menace to Stock

Portsmouth. Tex. = Rattle
snakes In large numbers recent
" have been seen swimming in
the Gulf Of Mexico near the Half
Moon lighthouse. seven miles
from the mainland and four
niles from the peninsula to the
south. according to the two men
who keep the light It Is said
three rattlers were killed on the
lighthouse platform By the keep
ers. Tenants on property which
formerly constituted the Rancho
Grande here report a pestilence
Of rattlesnakes. which. they say.
are a menace to live stock. How
ever. It Is reported BY a number
Of farmers tEat fat cattle. bitten
BY rattlers do not die. the poi
son from the bite Of one snake
being insufficient to KIN them.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13

Theodore was fond Of olives. but BIZ,
father had forbidden him to eat them
At dinner one day. during his fathers
sbsencs. large dish Of olives bad
been placed near Theodore's plate. BE
looked at II longingiy and said: Man
M. let's play joke on daddy and 81
aona oliTeA.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13

GORGE WASHINGT0N'S
will and that of Martha
Washington are side by
side In the century-old
brick courthouse at
Fairfax, the capital Of
Fairfax county, Virgin
la. They are presum-
ably secure against
thieves and fire and, so
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13

Pharaohs. The Romans tried 20 sup
ply the demand by artificial dwarfng.
and had separate words TO distinguish
the natural from the unnatural dwarf.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-02-13
Dammit, He's Dead"
Says Headstone for Dog

Abilene, Tex.-Six hundred
students and the entire faculty
Of Simmons college here attend
ed the funeral of Dammit" a
white bulldog which for four
years had been the college mas
cot. Dammit" was buried In a
casket on the college campus.
A band played and a student
delivered the funeral grafton on
Every Dog Has His Day." Over
the grave was placed a marble
headstone bearing the inscrlp-
ton. Dammit, he's dead"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-11-20

WANTED-Sell US your feed bags.
Highest possible price paid based on
market.
Mutual Warehouse Co.
Mon Ffn