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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
WORLD NEEDS THE ELDERLY
Their Ripened Experience and De-
sefoped Judgment Make Them of
Value to the Community.

Hardly anyone, if indeed anyone at
all, holds at thirty-dve that he was
wiser when he was twenty-five, or says
at fifty that he knew more, and had
better judgment, when he was thirty
five. Yet young men are prone to
look upon older men as being dis
pensable. If man could live to be two
hundred years old, retaining his mental
faculties unimpaired, leading an active
life as member of a profession or
man in business, his ripened expert
ence, his developed judgment, his vista,
would make him worth as much as
dozen youngsters in many respects.
DR.. William Mayo of Minnesota, IN
like Doctor Osler who retired discom-
flied and never really explained, when
he made his famous declaration and
gave to the English language the term
"oslerized," says old men are the ma
tons greatest assets. Aboriginal saw
ages said the same thing. The aged
Indian at the council fire was worth q
score of young bucks on the battle line.
VIC VI inc IlOSL fdIuoDiC uses W
which the experience of old men is put
is detecting the sophistries Of extrem-
lists and resisting agitators who urge
perilous innovation.
Doctor Mayo believes Is years add
ed to the average life since the Civil
war constitutes a task only half done.
Another Is years may be added by
medical and surgical science plus edu-
cation which will lead to early adop-
ton of measures to preserve health
The slogan, "A short life and mer-
ry one" shortens life. Doctor Mayo
says and ,bs race of social ele-
ment-hale and useful seniors-upon
which value too high cannot be set.
Assuredly, q sane life and long one
is desirable from the point of view of
both the state and Individual.
The man who believes at fifty, or
sixty, or seventy, that his judgment is
better than it formerly was is alto
gether right.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
cAEsAR's WORK IN GERMANY
Record Of Famous Roman conqueros
When He Drove the Teutons
Out Of Flanders.

Both the American army Of occupas
ton and the German people are am.
ious to know Just how long the khaki
clad visitors are to remain. Since no
int1mation comes from those in au-
thority both Of them might recall that
one Julius Caesar drove the Teutons
out Of Flanders, in fact, he mentions
Z victory 1t Mont Auxois, says Kan
sas City Star. He. too, followed them
right up to the Rhine, built a bridge in
ten days, crossed over and took pos
session Of tho valley on the fright
bank" spread out his legions to po-
hce the "treacherous Inhabitants"
That was In 50 B. G., and the Romal
army remained 400 years. All that
time dotillas Of galleys were cruising
ND and down the Rhine. The army
Of occupation put the Gerpans to
building bridges, aQueducts md eas-
tles under tn direction, and he ruins
u tAeee great works now can st11 b
seeA IN the valley ~ ~ neeella. Ths
ureeeaee q the Romans ~ 1 No..
I'M % u Germans ADWsseg ~ -,
pursaed . nbssal po1iY teNnrds
afesr naSfnx q = 8 tn Y
.1oa0oo oooeoooe q ao1l S
~ ~ - - & >
1 = - r. $50 :. = -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
OLD KING SOLOMON
Was A WISE OLD BIRD
Knew How to Save His shekels BY
Putting Them Into Safest Invest.
ments Bankers Could Find.

Old King Solomon was a wise bird.
He distributed lot Of mighty good
advice.
But he Is dead
You are alive. You will have to
make your own decisions and deter
mine your own course Of action and
your own future 1t Will not do YOU a
bit Of good TO try to communicate
with Sol and have him solve your
problems for you.
If you got his ear. you probably
would not take his advice
You will have to acquire your Wis
dom as Sol acquired his. by gaining a
broad viewpoint and taking adyant-
age OF your own experience and that
Of others, Solomon was 2 mason be-
fore he was a king and miner as
we'll SO his viewpoint probably would
not be much different from that Of
wise workers Of the present day.
You may be sure that the high cost
+ livirg was a problem in Solomon S
= rs well as in 1919 and that the
purchasing power of a shakel minted
from the gold Of Ophir. 1uctuated Just
as does the dollar minted at Philadel-
shia
But Solomon knew that thrift and
saving. the stimulation Of production
and the elimination of waste would
solve those problems just as the wise
working man knows it today. He laid
up lot Of coin through safe and con-
gervative investment just as wise
:nen and women have put money for
the future in Liberty Bonds. Treasury
gavings Certificates and War Savings
Clamps. Also there is no record that
anyone ever took any Of that coin
away from Old Sci by inducing him to
speculate in wild cat stocks.
= He left one bit Of advice, the wis
dom Of which the years have not
changed He said: "A good man
leaveth an inheritance to his child
ren's children"
You can follow that advice by
steady consistent saving and invest
ment in War Saving Stamps and
Treasury Savings Certificates and in
Liberty Bonds at present prices.
These securities bought now will be
an inheritance for your children's
children.
Sol had to get wise.
You can get wise jugt as he did. II
you fail to save ycu will repent
through many years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09

sprang to her feet and faced him. her
hands clenched tensely at her side.
Have you nothing to do but to
stand there and glare at me in that
foolish. melodramatic way?" she cried
O shrill, metallic thread in her voice.
Haven't you even vet learned that
the only way to slow up the process
is not to go incoming around. gossip
ing with your loutish neighbors over
your own failures, but to work-to
work, work, work, everlastingly to
work, like brute beast on an eternal
treadmill-like do?'
The man, too had gone white. He
tore open the door and, with all his
might threw the basket into the yard.
It struck against the orchard wall, two
rods away.
ITO hades with 1t! To hades with
the whole business Failures? Yes
all one rotten failure Listen, you.
failed in the old life, the old
business, because l was crazy enough
to think man could succeed and be
decent at the same time I've failed
here trying to make hard work and
determination serve the purpose Of
CAPITAL and the know-how-and with
the handspring of the whole effort
gone"
He paused for an instant. The wom-
an stared from the window. He went
on. "And If l failed, what about you?
You're worse failure than I am.
God Almighty doesn't make brokers
and farmers men have to learn some
times they can't. But he makes every
woman potentially one thing-and
you failed. you failed utterly, shame
fully, at that thing!"
"What do you mean" The woman
was chalky to the lips; her head
shook as with the palsy.
You know we'll what I mean. l
mean the boy When he came you
seemed to think you'd been picked
out and set apart to be the mother
Of a god You wanted the universe
to be run just for him. You'd have
Dut Out tne sun uuu let luc WVlIu
stumble in the dark, II you could. to
keep it from shining in his eyes.
You coddled him and squandered
money on him and kept our nose to
the grindstone. And after all, what
was 1t you did for him?"
The woman stared stonfly, without
words.
"I'll tell you what you did-you
robbed him of his chance. You made
a dollhouse thing of him. And then
a wastrel, that frittered away in cub
designations the little stamina you
had left him. You hate this place.
the mans voice was thin and high
this deadening, hopeless. life tina
neither Of us Is fitted tor Well
what brought US here but the way
you filled your job as a mother?
What but the desperate hope Of Civ
Ing him back the health your wretched
ordering Of his life had wreckedr
And didn't it7" The woman's
breath whistled on the intake.
.Wouldht he have been alive and
well today only for yeur wicked to-
VI Did1ft you an III 11la1 wltAn ~
settled, false theories yoa IA Sel
- = aacond hand frnan sssstsp
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
THE BOY
BY WILL T. AMES
Copyright. 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)

"Stebbins insists the hens would
have done better on straight cracked
corn. He says the state people didn't
take into account the live food our
fowls pick up in our run, with all that
swampy land near the brook. 1 sup
pose he's right"
From scoWling contemplation of folr
loaves of bread. burned on top while
not yet thoroughly done, the woman
raised Il flushed face across which IL
wisp Of her still black hair had
strayed. There was more than impa-
thence in the glance she shot at the
speaker. She drew the loaves from
the oven. protecting her hands with
her apron, and flung them, anyhow, on
the kitchen table. Then she dropped
into a chair and stared out through
the window. The man. basket with
ten eggs dangling from his hand, stood
by the door looking moodily at her.
Presently the woman laughed mirth
Iessly, How many different pieces Of
advice does that make you have ac-
cepted from Tom, Dick and Harry in
the last two years?" she demanded,
facing her husband suddenly with
wide-open, angry eyes. Not about the
wretched poultry alone, but about-ev-
erything| Again she turned to the
window, the toe Of her worn slipper
tapping the floor.
The mans lips parted then drew
taut. He made no move. The flush
died away from the womans frowning
face and it grew drawn and older. She
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09

pu1Iynoo-Inau crazy Jnlng you call pa
triotism? Was it anything but your
bad teaching that made him lie to the
doctors and cover up his history Of
tuberculosis? Don't you know it was
you, and nobody and nothing else, that
sent him over there to die, when here
he could have lived? Could have lived.
tell you! Listen" She strobe to-
ward him with blazing eyes. "1f
spoiled the boy-you-murdered-
him! J"
A wooden chair was just behind the
man. His hand reached out convul-
sively and gripped it by the back.
Then suddenly he slumped into it, COW
cred his face with his hands and
groaned.
81 could have stood anything but
that-did stand everything!' the
woman walled "but oh, my boy, my
boy" She flung herself down az
the table and sobbed dryly, without
tears.
There was a heavy knock at the
door. The man, staring at the floor,
made no move The woman arose,
shook her head as if to free it from
some tangible ENHANCEMENT, went to
the door and opened it. A telegram
had been brought out from town by
neichbor. She tore the envelope
and read the message. She wheeled
toward the man, her eyes wide.
"Steve! That mill girl-he mar
ried her, Steve He married her, az
ter all, the day before he went. She's
dead In a hospital in Philadelphia.
And-listen, man. listen." She was
shaking him by the shoulder-"thc:e's
a baby. baby boy, Steve! His baby
our boys boy! Oh, God!"
The man was on his feet, striving
for realization.
Quick, The woman was in a
gale. "Have we money enouEh-for
The trip-both of US? Then hurry.
man. hurry. Steve we won't quit; WEI
can't quit. Wen fight IT out, side by
side for him-for our boys boy" Her
eyes We're shining through the first
tears she had shed. "Oh, Steve!
Steve"
The light of new courage and
the mark of a new strength were
upon him.
Rose" And MS long ago at the
very first she faced the future from
the hollow OF his arm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
OUR new VIRTUE

In fog or sunshine, snow or rain. IS
comforting to have this though
have not spent my every gain, and
thus reduced my funds to naught-.;'s
pleasant through the musgy days y
sit inside cory room. and res. &c
the dismal haze cannot surround :. Gu
with its gloom; TO know, through pr
chase wisely made, investment p T.
ned with sober care, your incon )
bulk will never fade. but thro::;l
such rainy days upbear! Last w.
and this. an agency for teaching f., ;
this gospel bright has strenuously -
pressed on me the way to duck the
wasterbnght; "A dollar saved-tAe
interest gained"-this IL the lessen
sound and true, which keeps the way
ward dollar chained and makes the
4 per cent accrue Thrift! That's
the answer to you. sir! The thing
that famed our battle lamps, q,
helped to down the Prusian Gu
II other words, WAR SAVING. 5
STAMPS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
ARE YOU AN AMERICAN?
Are you an American

The 1919 Savings Campaign is
an all-American movement. That
means it Is for every man. woman
and child resting under the shelf
ering folds Of the Stars and
stripes.
Do you belong to q live savings
society?
II 50, you have made the right
start. Keep on saving and invest
ing In War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps. Attend the meet
ing of your society and learn the
habit Of happy thrift.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
Fish Knows Dinner Call.

Visitors to Bath are interested In a
huge golden carp that has been train
ed oy Mr.. w. Page to answer dinner
call. AS soon as Mr.. Page disturbs
the surface Of the water in the Roman
bath with his stick the fish darts to
him emo remains motionless near the
surface rendy to snap at ants eggs,
dead flies and other dainties.
The fish also takes food fearlessly
from the trainers fngers.-LondO
Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
Rather OmlnouA

Among the presents given to a rural
bride was one from an old lady In tAe
neighborhood with whom the bride
and the groom were IEime favOriteA
Some years before the old lady had
accumulated a number Of cardboard
notices. which she worked o.
framed % occasion arose.
In cheerful blues and reds, suspg1
I'd By q cord az the same colosA -
The table Oh which the other rFss
we're gathered, HING This moetos
@rIeht o.; I1sht ~. SS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
BEE AND WORKER

Now doth the little Busy Bee,
Improve each shining hour?
He gathers honey all day long.
From each and every hower.
How doth tho worker in our land,
Insure some future rest?
He saves some money every day,
Wisely to invest
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
Church Directory.

Church Directory.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Sunday School 9:45 q. M, Preach.
ing at IL a. m. and 1880 y. N. each
Sunday. Prayer meeting Wednesday
night at 1880 p. m.
S. K. CoCKRELL,
Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock-Every. sSunday liz A
M. and 1880 z Nj. except End Sunda,
Mt. Jackson-Second Sunday ii A
NJ.
REV. >. A. MCMURRAY.
P sto
LUTHERAN.
Every. Sunday II A. M and 1870
z. M. REV. s. w. KUHNS. Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Secord and. fifth Sundays of each
month at ii A. M. and $50 = M.
Rev. j. d. HAMAKER.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
Emmanuel Church, Woodstock-
First Sunday evening at 1870; Sec
ond Sunday at Eleven d. M; Third
Sunday svening at 1870.
RER Giles B. PALMER.
REFORMED
ST. Paul's Woodstuck-2nd and 4tL
Sundays ~. M. Every Sunday nigh4
Calvary-1st AMI Bird Sundays A NJ
REV. W. II. CAUSEY, Pastor
WHITE CHAPEL
Preaching every Ist Sunday 1:3O
u IN. 3rd sunday 1870 p. m.
Sunday school, every Sunday 1880
al N.
OAK LEVEL
Preaching I'd Sunday 1880 a. m.
4ln Sunday 1870 y. III. Sunday schoo
every Sunday 1880 a. N.
G. &. KERCHEVAL, P. c.
LUTHERAN CHARGE.
Preaching a L Lebanon Cnurch-2n6
and 4th Sunday OF month at l / d. n
Al MI. ZION 81 Sunday II a. N
(3d SUNDAY at p. M.
Communion service on 9th Sunday
IL d. IN.
Al 81. Luke-lst Sunday at p N.
3rd Sunday al II d. III.
REV l.. W. GROSS, Pastor.
The appointments for Toms Brook
Circuit MeLholist Episcopal Cnurcn,
South, are as follows:
An sunday at HOO A. NJ. preach
lng at Toms Brook, and at Hope
Chapel at 8 T. M. and on the 2nd
sunday at Hope Chapel ll:00 A. NJ
and TOMS Brook at s 2. NJ.
G. Il. Il. TYLER, P. u.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
Prosaie Job.

s Il thought that young officer looked
panied when l began to expatiate on
the Rlamor Of war"
You could not have chosen a topic
that would have distressed him more"
s'Whyf
He commanded Z labor battalion u
0lin1se coolies. -Birminsham Hee@
~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
Garden Stuff

Did your garden win any prizes
last summer"
Indirectly. yes. My neighbor's
chickens took first prize at the poul-
try show."-LondoD Blighty.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
And They Call EN- Trees.

The highest trees in northern Green
land are three inches tall. The trunk
Of an arctic willow 80 years old Is less
than half an inch In diameter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
Cynical Comment.

She-1 wonder how the custom came
mp Of giving brides away.
He--H b queer one. considerinrl
marriage - often u such i soll
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09

Cindess are NO more worthless THAI
good intentions which 80 no farther.
Buy those War Savings Stamps nov
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
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IN 1920 and 1921

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09
PH YSICL.4Ah
RR WILSON GEARING,

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neutly Ia y oodatucA, can be u u
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old Office on South Main street 1
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09

Put YOUR savings il the. SayinRs
Department of the Shenandoah VAL
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va. at per cent compound interest.
Amounts Of S1.00 and upwards re-.
ceivea. The only savings institu-
ton III the county for the accomula-
ton OF the small savings OF lahoring
men. women. and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-01-09

Invest you money In the per cent
Certificates OF the Shen. Valley Loan
Il Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi-annaally, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six months
no short notice
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-01
CLAIMS POLES
FAVOR PEACE
Announcement BY Russian Soviet For
eign Minister-Poles Con-
tinue Their Advance.

WARSAW, Sept. 1.-The Russian
Soviet foreign minister in wireless re-
ceived today says he is happy to note the
Polish government has declared itself III
favor of peace, but threatens a new often
sive if the Poles "do not conform their
acts to their promises" He asserts that
the fighting power of the Soviet armies
has not diminished in the least.
Polish forces advancing toward Grodno
are forcing back the Soyiets, according to
reports from the northeastern front. The
greater part of eastern Galicia has been
recovered by Polish troops who are mas
ters of all the left bank of the Dniester
river Pursuit of Bolsheyik forces which
appeared along the upper reaches of the
Big river continues Twenty five miles
southeast of Lemburg the Poles have
scattered Soviet forces that attempted
to start an offensive operation.
A new Russian volunteer army which
is already assuming respectable proper
tions is being formed by the Russian ma
tional committee The committees pro-
gram comprises establishment in Russia
of republican-democratic regime, dis
tribution of land among peasants and a
wise provincial economy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-01
More Fighting In Belfast.

BELFAST, Sept. Fighting was
resumed here today between National
ist, Unionists shipyard workers of the
Shalnkhill district and troops. Heavy
fighting continued nearly half an hour.
1t was believed the casualty list was
heavy.
The fight centered about North street.
That street was thronged with, ship
ward workers at O'Clock Suddenly
there was a series of revolver shots
apparently coming from Millfield which
is the center of the Nationalist street,
abutting on North street. Nearby
military pickets rushed to the scene,
took shelter behind walls and poured
in fierce fire which was returned by
snipers The battle was accompanied
by the shrieking of mill and foun-
dry whistles.
Matters finally became too hot for
the Sim Feiners and they were dis
lodged with the aid of an armored car.
The shipyard workers in their zeal to
help the soldiers became a nuisance and
the commanding officers asked them to
withdraw. Tramears caught between
the opposing forces ran a gauntlet of
bullets, the drivers covering over their
wheels and the passengers lying on the
floor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-01
Too Weak to Speak After
Change for the Worse
This Morning
FIGHTING RESUMED
IN BELFAST TODAY
Believed Casualty List Is Heavy-Sinn
Feiners Dislodged BY Armored Car -
King Cannot Release MacSwiney
without Cabinet Crisis.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-Terence Mac
Swinev, lord mayor of Cork, suffered a
change for the worse today. Late
morning editions OF London papers
said he was sinking rapidly. A COM
plete numbness of the limbs has devel-
oped and MacSwiney can no longer
speak because of weakness.
The private secretary of King George
has replied to a letter from Mr.. Bot
tomley, member of parliament, urging
the release of MacSwiney. He told
Mr.. Bottomley that even if the King
favored the release of the mayor it
could be effected only by the sover-
eign' s personal action in the face of
the advice of his ministers with the
presumable result that they would re-
sign. 1t declared also there was the
further risk that the "country at large
might regard the price paid too high
for the object attained and blame the
king for creating a grave political
crisis at a time of special national
stress and anxiety