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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11
MASONIC NOTICE

Washington Memorial Lodge Oh
Perfection, No. {. A. a. S. R., viii
tender reception to all Master Ms
sons at the regular meeting Friday,
evening. August 70, at 1880 p. m,
Brother c. 4. Gwinn. K: c. c. d.
will deliver a lecture on the Symbolic,
Degrees.
A. NJ. Sherwood, K. CT G. H.
Venerable Master.
r. w. Latham, 90, Hon:
Secretary.
1870.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11
NOT !;

Effective August 10. Southern
Railway trains Nc. % and "a. be-
t~eer Washington and Memphis,
will stop on flag TO take on or let
Oft passengers at Cslpcner and
0ranro Va 191-1c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11
NOTICE

Country butter. 60 cents pound,
fresh eggs. IS cents dozen, II pounu
best flour. 90 cents, Boy Scout Coffee
SO cents pound. Free delivery.
Phone 567-W. J. f. PURCELL, 1T
South Henry street. >l9o-2c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Mems COOL CLOTH. WORSTED
and TWEED SUITS. that sold for
$500 this week. S17.95. Palm Beach
suits. 1886. Dowrham and Ridge!y,
1880.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Mr.. VIM. H. Pettey and Mr.. John
Schafe are on a two weeks camping
trip at Colonial Beach.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. C. W, Wood are
spending some time with relatives
in Charlottesville and Shipman,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Miss Dorothy Waring and Miss
Ruth Henderson are spending their
vacation at Colonial Beach.
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OF EXPREssIoN-Will
open classes Monday. September
Doth those interested address Box
oooo Gazette Office. 190-l4p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Mr.. Edgar Warfield, ST., is attend
ing the reunion in Culpeper this week
of the Virginia Confederate Veterans.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Advertise your wants in the Ga
zette Want Colur-n.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

James H. Ballard and wife have
sold to Thomas j. and J. BcDoke
Carter house and lot 316 south Henry
street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
CITY TOLD IN BRIEF
Sarepta Lodge, l. O. 0. F., will
confer the first degree of the order
at a meeting to be held tonight.
Messrs. Kenneth Aitcheson and
Douglas Lindsey are attending the
Orange Horse Show.

Miss Mary Sublett, Of Lynchburg,
is now visiting her uncle, Mr.. D.
w. Sublett, in North Fayette street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

He = g.
Z United States and Best Advertls-
& inp Medium in Northern Virginia
VOL, CX.XXVI.-No. 191.
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
CITY TOLD IN BRIEF
Sarepta Lodge, l. O. O. F., will
confer the first degree of the order
at a meeting to be held tonight.
Messrs. Kenneth Aitcheson and
Douglas Lindsey are attending the
Orange Horse Show.
Miss Mary Sublett, Of Lynchburg,
is now visiting her uncle, Mr.. D.
w. Sublett, in North Fayette street.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W, Wood are
spending some time with relatives
in Charlottesville and Shipman,
Miss Dorothy Waring and Miss
Ruth Henderson are spending their
vacation at Colonial Beach.
Mr.. VIM. H. Pettey and Mr.. John
Schafe are on a two weeks camping
trip at Colonial Beach.
Mr.. Edgar Warfield, ST., is attend
ing the reunion in Culpeper this week
of the Virginia Confederate Veterans.
James H. Ballard and wife have
sold to Thomas j. and j. B-poke
Carter house and lot 316 south Henry
street.
Mrs. William H. Pettey and Mrs.
J. W. B. Duncan are at Remington.
attending the Baptist Potomac AS
sociation which meets at that place.
DR.. and Mrs. James j Garvey
and children, James. Leo and Mar
iorie Ann and Audrey Allen, lett
today for a trip to Linden Va.
Mrs. Charles Bendheim and her
son, Leroy Bendheim. are at Ocean
View for the remainder of the sum-
mer.
The Rev. Dr. Samuel A. Wallis !
and Mrs. Wallis, of Seminary Hill,
lef today to spend the remainder OF
the summer with Miss Lillian Smith,
University Of Virginia, Char!ottes-
vile.
Miss Ella Cess, of 321 North Pitt
street. is spending the month OF Au-
gust visiting relatives and friends at
Martinsburg, and North River Mills,
w. Va.
Miss Maria Brown. of Shipman.
Va who has been attending the
State Normal School at Fredericks-
burg, and who paid short visit to
her sister. Mrs. D. w. Sublett, IN
North Fayette street, has returned
home.
"A special meeting of ;the Dread
naught A. c., is called for tonight
ar 8 o'clock to complete arrange
ments for Sundays game at George
town. All members including base
hall and football squad are urged to
be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Baker
If ia King street, with their daugh-
ters, Mrs. ]. j. Dow. Jr.' and Mrs
A. J. Schelhorn, and her little
daughter, Marian, left last Saturday
for New York, to visit their uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. .Burd T.
kurtZ.
The Reverend Walter w. Pip
pin, Jr.. and Miss Salllie M. Gar
land. of Ashland. Virginia have
been the guests for several days
with Captain and Mrs. spivey' OF
Braddock. They came here for the
occasion Of the annual picnic OF the
| =, D. Methodist Sunday School
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Mr.. Annia I. Baggett, 26 years
DID, wife of William Baggett, diea
Yesterday afternoon at her residence
at Accotink. Fairfax county. hei
funeral will take place at 2 O'CLOCK
Thursday afternoon from her !ate
residence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Mrs. William H. Pettey and Mrs.
J. w. B. Duncan are at Remington.
attending the Baptist Potomac AS
sociation which meets at that place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

DR.. and Mrs. James. j. Garvey
and children, James, Leo and Mar
iorie Ann and Audrey Allen, lett
today for trip to Linden Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Mrs. Charles Bendheim and her
son, Leroy Bendheim. are at Ocean
View for the remainder of the sum-
mer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

The Rev. DIR. Samuel A. Wallis;
and Mrs. Wallis, of Seminary Hill,
lef today to spend the remainder OF
the summer with Miss Lillian Smith,
University Of Virginia, Charlottes-
vile.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Miss Ella Cess, of 321 North Pitt
street. is spending the month of Au-
gust visiting relatives and friends at
Martinsburg, and North River Mills
w. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11
WEATHER

For this section-Th Threatening to-
light and Thursday. with probable
.hunder showers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

Miss Maria Brown. of Shipman
Va, who has been attending the
State Normal School at Frederlcks-
burg, and who paid a short visit to
her sister. Mrs. D. w. Sublett, IN
North Fayette street, has returned
home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-11

The Reverend Walter W. PIP
min. Jr.. and Miss salllie M. Gar
land of Ashland. Virginia, have
been the guests for several days
with Captain and Mrs. spivey' OF
Rraddock They came here for the
occa sion Of the annual picnic of the
Del Ray Methodist Sunday schoo'
TO Great Falls.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
Probably EnVious.

"After a few months in other states,
I was returning to indianapolis" re-
marked travelling salesman, "and l
don't nina telling you was glad to
be getting back home. AS sat down
beside the stranger I told him how
good it was to be back in the land Of
cornfelds.
$50 we started to talk about the
beauty spots OF Mother Nature. It
is nothing more than natural for any
Hoosier to talk about his own state
And had to ask him whether he had
ever been in Brown county.
"The stranger looked out Of the
car window a minute, saying softly to
himself: Brown county, Brown coun-
ty.' When he looked around at me
again he said:
eyes. I have been there. That's
the place where the squirrels have to
carry lunch with them when they go
across the county, is it not? IN
dianapolis News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
Flowers Of Poland.

According to an English newspaper
correspondent who recently reported a
Journey be had made from Paris to
the Polish capital, the most impressive
spectacle that he saw was the mantle
of blossoms, clustered profusely. which
fringed the highways and bgways
about Warsaw. Cali the wars ;of Po-
land" he writes, "could not check the
new life that came riding through her
borders at the head Of the advancing
spring; sprays of lilac found place in
the gray caps Of Polish lancers, tulips
and chestnut leaves, tokens of the new
dawn, in the garb of peer and peasant
Everywhere was spring yielding back
a measure Of her everlasting rights"
Rut the flowers never took much notice
of the war even "at the front"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
COULD NOT DIsLoDeE ROCK
When Nature Placed Freak on eerk-
shire Hi4Is, She Evidently Put
it There TO Stay.

The famous balanced rock" near
Lanesboro, Mass, in. the historic Befk-
shires, Is one of the strange sights OF
this region of hidden mountain caves,
'snowacapped mills and folklore that
rivals fiction. This rock, which welgns
several tons, is apparently in a pre-
carious position on the sheer edge 'of
another rocky formation beneath 1t.
.One would think that very slight
push indeed would dislodge 1t from
its position.
Balanced rock" is located ON Con-
stitution hill, the erninence named
after Constitution" Smith, who was
instrumental in ratifying the Ameri-
can Constitution. An old farmer OF
Lanesboro thought he could pull "bat-
anced rock" from Its position by har-
Messing up several pairs Of oxen, at
taching a chain to the rock and hav-
ing the animals strain on the rock
together. The experiment failed. The
rock could be rocked back and forth
but could not be dislodged.
The ice flow Of the glacial pertoc
is believed to have been responsible
for placing the huge rock tn its pres
ent position.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
Health and Height Count.

Every flying man in the United
States air service has. to undergo a
strict medical test periodically in or
der that he. may be classified in one-of
four grades. "AA" men are the few
who can stand air work at attitudes
above 10000 feet. "a" men can stand
the strain between 15,606 and 10000
feet, while the "B" class consists of
pilots for duties between 5000 and
$4,000 feet, and the. "C'' group includes
all alrmen fit only for service between
ground level and 5000 feet. It has
been found that airmen Of most robust
physique cannot stand the sudden
changes Of air pressure entailed, BY
diving and rapid climbing for any
length ct time. Hence the frequent
medical examinations, carried out by
experts who have drawn up a care
fully calculated standard of efficiency.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
Alcohol From Moiasses.

Several large concerns are making
alcohol from cheap nolasses brought
from the West Indies. This molasses,
which is nneatable, is. known as
"black strap" The internal revenue
chemists have been able. however, to
ferment it and to obtain not only al
cohol but to so use the residue that
they get glycerin.
Four lots Of 'black strap OF 1,000
gallons eaSh subjected to the new proc
ess turned out a very excellent quail
ity of glycerin., There are 100 gallons
of this clear dynamite gfycerin, as 1T
is called, now on exhibition in the
treasury department. Samples OF it
treated with nitric acid by we'll
known firm Of explosive makers, at
the request Of the government, pro-
duced as good a nitro-glyceEin as the
market affords.
Nttro-glyeerin when incorporated
with pulp or other inert substance
becomes dynamite. Thus out OF the
simple sweets of the sugar,bowl comes
forth the strength which will rend the
rock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
TaK1E THREE DAYS TO WED LIBERIA rs REacHfHe GUT
Arr rian Couple Must Be Patient in
ne Matter Of Tying the Mar
riage Knot.

In Armenia everybody has a good
time at a wedding except the brides
groom. First of all, the friends as
semble, and an entertainment, with
dancing, takes place. The bridegroom
is expected to arrive when the enter
tainment rs at its height and it is
considered good form for him to ap-
pear With his face covered with pow
der to simulate pallor induced by the
SoleInnity Of the occasion. Friends OF
the bridegroom then shave him pub
licly and fall upon him and strip him
of all hrs Clothes after which he is
supplied with a new set Of garments
and completely dressed again. While
they are performing the Offices OF valet
to the groom the young men present
are supposed to hold lighted candles
in their right hands.
The day after this opening marriage
feast the bride rides to church, and
the bridegroom walks. The priest who
receives them in the porch reads a
short sermon on their duties in the
matrimonial state; and then the we'd
ding party proceeds to the altar, where
the foreheads of the high contracting
parties are bound together with gold
chains. The wedding festivities con-
tinae for at least three days after this,
and the couple are not regarded as
married until the ceremonies have
been concluded. The social celebra-
tor of the wedding is carried through
as consc:entiously as the religious
part.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
Hagood Among the Crackers

am over here IN Savannah--was
here on the day Of the primary, but
did not, could not vote. Had l done
SO. being democrat. I'd have voted
for Mr. Palmer, "a Simon pure" DEM
ocrat. The mayor of the City, and l
think the aldermen. supported Mr..
Smith. and claim u victory over the
aGrniniStration-quit a stretch Of i'm
agination,- it seems. to some. However.
they are least loath to abide results.
results of a, victory 90 over the ad-
nainistration, and so are talking: some
are like republicans. The veneer Of
democracy is very slight with some,
easily rubbed off when the opportuni-
ty offers But there are real demo-
Gratis here. not few. one Of whom. q
Mr. Stubbs, related to ur Camel, re-
fused to write his name by that OF the
| mayor.
Savannah. they claim hundred
thousand population. is beautiful
city, we'll laid out, is growing and
thriving. Many of its streets are very
pretty. but Bull. the street of monu-
ments and parks, and Estelle are per-
lfectly splendid On Bull stree. are
hundreds of squirrels, so tame that
they actually take peanuts out Of your
rocket. Sumter children would enjoy
that.
All sorts of trees are. on the side
walks. One OF the most beautiful
:sss,iflz1l etrical g1heing the sweet gum. a
rare freak. that does not exist else
where ijerhaps. is the pink doswood
! One may see quaint things. provok-
ing a smile anywehere and Savannah
is not the exception to this rule. We
saw at on orphanaGe a somewhat am
Gent lady hoeing, an old maid. nc
doubt. While q lerge sized girl held an
umbrella over her Evidently she had
rot lost hope.
We saw a church. Baptist. that
looked for all the world like Il dwell
! ing
We saw on the sidewalk in front
ri an infirmary crepe tress. nothing
/ else but crepe trees growing. and Won
dered ii il was foT effect.
We have seen on a wall in a home
i q coat Of arms. when the folks kept
The hair cut close
4 We have met Il number Caroliaian>
here. generally doing we'll.
One longs wien away for home
.ews. but moving around. must con
! tent oneself with a bit that comes
II correspondence
What about the boll weevil?" He
is here playing havoc, bat the people
ere living and land values are no,
itambling as many would suppose.
Hagood"( one who loves Caro-
lina) Bethea.
savannah. Apr. u. 1920.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
When So Many Sumter People Are
Pointing the =HayaOue.

You may be brave enough to stand
backache or headache or dizziness.
But, if, in addition urination is disor-
dered, look outi If you don't try TO
fix your sick kidneys, you may fall
into the clutches Of dangerous disease
before you know it. But if you 1--we
more carefully and help your kidneys;
with Doan's Kidney Pills, you te&n
stop the pains you have and avoid fu-
ture danger as well. Don't experiment
use the remedy Sumter people zere-
publicly endorsing. Read this cases-S :
Mrs. "A. D. Owens, :2045S. Council
ST., Sumter, says: About eight years
ago 1 was down in, bed with kinney
trouble and my back felt as if 1t were
broken. I had headaches and dizzy
spells, so bad, simply can't tell bow
felt! was nervous. too and the
slightest excitement would upset ME.
1 felt languid and wanted ito sleep
most of the time, but ,eouldn4, on sae-
count of the pains. Finally / aged
Deans Kidney Pills and it wasn't
long before I was out. Of bed and
cured of all the trouble"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
Simply ask for a. kidney reaaedy-set
Deans Kidney PiAs-th& same that
Mrs. Owens had. Foster Mfiburn Co..
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Advt. (5se
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
Pun. News Stand Without II lands.

,.Yhere is boy running news stand
in Union square, New York. city, who
has no hands. He opens and closes his
stand. opens and folds his papers and
passes them out to customers without
delay or difficulty, and makes change
like an expert.
Lou Young is his name. He LOST
both hands in an explosion when thir-
teen wears old. but that handicap did
no, hinder him from going into busi-
ness fnd making 2>success OF 1t.
The cripple who has spunk Is as
,.:l. aa..A a, a,.yone else he sayA
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
H0MEslcK FOR ARCTIC SHOWS
No Affectation About the Longing for
Far North That is Experienced
by Explorers.

If you are Of ordinary. health and
strength, If you are young enough to
be adaptable and Independent enough
to shake off the influence of books and
belief, you can find good reason to be
as content and comfortable. in the
North as anywhere on earth.
If you remember that all of us who
have spent more than year Giving on
the country are quite of the Eskimo
opinion that no food on earth is better
than caribou meat, and If you have any
experience in your life as hunter any
where, you will realize that in the eve
nings when we sit in these warm snow
houses, feasting with keen appetites on
unlimited quantities of boiled ribs, we
have all the creature comforts.
What we lack, if we feel any lack
at all, will be possibly the presence of
friends far away, or the chance to hear
opera or see the movies. At any rate,
it is true that today in the movie in
tested city I long for more snow
house evenings after carbon hunts as
I never in the North longed for clubs
or concerts or orange groves. And this
is not peculiar to me- The men who
have hunted with me are nearly all
of the same mind-they are either in
the North now, on the way back there
by whaling ship, or eating their hearts
out because they cannot go.-Vilhjal-
mur Stefansson in Harper's Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
UuFfFERs EVERYBODY A cHfANCE
PhiIanthropic Seattle Man Throws
Open Hall for Absolutely Free
and Uninterrupted Speech.

A philanthropic fight promoter-one
Of the enterprising gentlemen who has
been,in the habit IF putting on box
ing match every week or two-as much
annoyed at the spasmodic interference
of>tfe officers Of the law IN his buSi-
ness affairs, and is proposing to throw
open his hall for weekly forum or
free and uninterrupted speech, IL
place of the boxing bouts.
Il want every guy that has anything
to say to come over and say it" sad
the promoter, according to the Seattle
Post-InteIligencer, "and I'll give him
ten minutes to spiel, and then he must
shut his trap. don't care what he
is; any kind of a nut can come over
and say right out what is on his chest.
My luck has been so bad, and my
spirits so depressed, that want
laugh, and I believe a nut gathering
of this kind would equal anything the
Orpheum circrit or Pantages or the
best OF them ever put on. You know,
nature keeps playing jokes on human
ity all the time; she mixes together
some queer patterns in heads. and a
lot of fellows can't help what they
think; some have a hunch for one
thing and some for another; I suppose
we could get a few startling facts on
anything from religion to chess in
these verbal tournaments. And it Will
be absolutely free; might pass the
hat around at the close Of the enter
tainment to square me on the hall
rent. but for the rest I wouldn't want
a cent to pay outside of the entertain
ment / get out of it. AS soon as l
can pull jazz band together to fit in
with the speechmaking I will announce
the details, and we will be sure in for
summers entertainment, If the
sheriff don't close US up"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
Laro. m.rket for Rabbit skins.

There is a market for rabbit skins.
Before the recent war an enormous
trade was carried on abroad. 1t is said
tliat Great Britain and Ireland alone
D, oduced about thirty million skins an
nually. Most rabbit skins are sold IN
bales, by weight, the fur from them
being used for felting purposes, and
the skins for making glue. The war
interrupted the importations from Eu-
'ope end Australia to such an extent
that the price has greatly increased.
The better skins are sold by the dozen.
When dressed they become the "cony'
of the fur trade, often sold under fan
ciful names. American breeders are
raising all kinds of rabbits that pro-
duce the best "cony" Of the fur shops.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-28
WHEN RAIL ROADS WERE. NEW
Engineers in Charge Of Construction
: Work Had Ideas That Now Seem
a Little Peculiar.

Light on strange ideas of pioneer
railroad builders was thrown by Ed
ward S. Jouett, general solicitor OF
the L. & N, In talk before the Ro-
t..cy club at Louisville.
"sThe LexiHgton-F frankfort line," said
he, was built with longitudinal stone
.sills capped with a strip Of iron, and
the numerous curves, which you have
all noted, are said to have been pur-
posely introduced upon the theory that
they were an advantage in enabling
the conductor the more easily to see
the rear OF his train. The coaches
were two-story -afairs-women and
children below and men aboFe-and
the motive power was mules to the
TOP Of the hill above Frankfort. The
train was let down the hill into the
city upon an incline operated by q
stationary engine.
'syou may be interested, in passing
to learn that with the exception of q
few miles near New Orleans, which
antedated 1t about week, this line
from Lexington to Frankfort is the
oldest railroad In the United States
south of the Ohio and west of the
Alleghenies. It was chartered in 1896
very early in railroad history, when
we remember that the first railroad
In the United States was built in 1926
and the first locomotive engine was
operated In 1929"