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New-York tribune., 1920-04-11
From Drygoods Box to Mansion;
The Story of a Horatio Alser Hero

V x 7HEN a Horatio Alger jr.'s
wv Ragged Dick hero by
sheer pluck and luck
married the bankers
daughter after period Of selling
newspapers, blacking boots and
sleeping in drygoods boxes, a lot of
austere librarians thought that was
entirely too much and barred the
volumes from their sacred shelves.
But the verities of life are
greater than fiction. Hark to the
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11

MATTHEW C. BRUSH,
4'A president of the Ameri-
can International Shipbuild-
ing Corporation, says co.,
Ieges do not teach men hoaU
to sell themselves
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
Boy Scout Activities
In and Near WASHINGTON

troops qualified foT a total OF 1855
merit badges. Troop 4. OF which +. Il!
hAtthes Is scoutmaster. surpassed the
record previously held by troop 10. by
passing sixty-six badges al one ses-
sion OF the court.
The latest additions 10 the Eagle
Scouts OF the District, the highest
award in scouting, are; Floyd Harris.
troop a.. Edwin Mckee. troop 1; SEQ
willie Aspinwall. troop 30. and Richard
Edwards. troop O3. Three boys were
made star scouts. the second highest
award in scouting, recently. They are
Henry Merick. troop I; Frank Gold
berg, troop 40. and Lorraine schmulo-
Wits, troop 10.
Members OF the Washington Board
OF Trade extend their thanks to the
boys OF the Washington Boy Scout
band, under the leadership OF Scout,
master j. Leonard Kidwell, who fur
nished music at the annual chad bake
given by the board at Chesapeake
Beach recently.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
The day is coming!

| The day Is coming!
Camp Roosevelt. the Washington
| Boy Scout camp. located on the shore
! OF Chesapeake Bay, forty miles from
I the capital, will be opened on the
Goth OF this month. and a unmber OF
troops OF the District are expected
10 spend a week or two at the camp
| in a body.
| The MANAGEMENT OF the<camp VIII
be under the personal supervision OF
Linn c. Drake, Assistant Executive
| OF the District of Columbia Council,
who has had several years or eX-
perience In Boy Scout camps through
| out the country. There will be a
| corps OF adult assistants, among them
an experienced chef, a doctor. a
| director OF activities. a quartermaster,
and supervisor OF athletics and
| swimming.
| Any registered scout in the District
| VINO Is In good standing may, with
4 the written permission of his scout
master and parent, attend the camp.
| The following are some OF the ac-
| INVITES scout may enjoy:
| Instructions in sciut requirements.
handicraft, woodcraft. FIRST aid, nature
study swimming, life saving, seaman.
ship. and athletics,
| The campaign for associate scout
| members has been Il huge success, ac-
| cordin8 10 scout headqusrters. Scouts
in the District have succeeded in en-
rolling parents. brothers and friends
as associate members. The campaign
| ended yesterday.
The advancement contest in scout
Ing, IN which local news apapeT
awarded the trophy. was won by
troop 10, with Troop a close second.
Individual scouts who came FIRST in
| the contest in their division will be
| taken on trip To Gettysburg, Pa.
They are: Robert Harris. Troop 5. Di-
vision No. !: Richard Edwards. Troop
90, Division No. .; Alex Sweeney,
Troop %, Division No 3; Robert Harts-.
horn, Troop 50. Division No. I: ScoS
Vile Aspinwall, Troop 80. Div ion
40. 5: FLOYD Harris, Troop /, Division
No, &: and William Grumwell, Divi-
sion No. :.
number OF the scoutmasters OF
Washington journcyed to the new
camp at Burnt Mills last week and
enjoyed real scout camp supper.
which was prepared by Scoutmaster
vernon Bailey. Afterward they were
addressed by Dr. Paul 8artsch. OF the
Smithsonian institute, on Flora Of
the Northwest Branch" and lie Roy
Messenger. OF the United states
Weather Bureau. on Astronomy"
Two hundred scouts assisted the
Grand Army on the Republic to pre-
. 2sre for Memorial Day. More than
IS 900 graves OF the men who died in
the service Of their country were dec
GRATED with American flags by the
boys.
All former records were broken at
a meeting OF the Boy Scout Merit
| Badge Court of Honor last week,
wirn thirty-eight boys from eleven
The Washington times., 1920-06-06

~ PERMISSION.
MRS. y. r. STREET. office Equipment
SUITE 303 Repj Estate Trust Bic=.
MR., FRANK OwINGS, Assistant Cashier
Bank OF Commerce and Savings north
east corner of eth and T. sts. y. W.
AIR. GEORGE w. ESTHER. Butcher. stAlli
IL and II, Western Market. 'res.dsAcs
l24l 3lst st. N. W.
Mr. FRANK NJ. EINCAID. Foreman Steel
Plant; residence, 3Gl5 Nichols ave,
Congress Heights.
MR WALTER y. RAMSEY. Attorney
District National Bank Building.
MR.. JOHN u. HUTCHINSON. 72s First
st. n. w.
MR. LOUIS COOK, lIis r Ut. N. W.
MRS JOHN H. RAWLINGS. 1$1S n u.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06

Funeral services for Rear Admiral
Albert O. Winterhalter, formerly
comma nder of the Asiatic feet and a
member OF the general board OF the
Navy Department. who died yester-
day al the Naval Hospital after a
brief Illness, will be held tomorrow
afternoon from 81. Nargarets Episco-
pal Church Intermentf will be in
Arlington National Cemetery with
full naval honors,
Admiral Winterhalter and his wife
resided at Florence Court here for
many years. He was siXty-four- years
old and was in the navy since 1877.
when he received his appointment to
the Naval Academy. During the
Spanish American war Admiral Win
terhalter saw active service on the
cruiser Philadelphia and other ships.
He was commander OF the hydro
graphic office of the Navy Depart
ment here for some time.
Besides his wife. Admiral Winter
halter leaves one sister, Miss Lily
Winterhalter, OF Detroit Mich.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
'Lfted" Bathing Suit,
Too Small, Returned
1t, and Stole Another

(Continued from First Psge.)
habit 10 NO, pay her cheek biii In
the cafe.
The girIs did lots of "yan'ping," sc-
cording 10 their letters and the diary.
Alice gave hop friends neekties and
hnndL LerchIef AT times. She also gave
them cigarettes and money
In preference to taking preliminary
heering in police court, the girls
waived arraiEnment To appear for
the grand Jury. Bond was placed at
81. 900 each. as they are charged
jointly with four eases.
Friday. remnant day. WAS their
"iucky" day, according 20 the police.
HAD Pocket sewed
ON Her 'Neckpiecc.
They escaped even suspicion until
Mrs. Clarke watched Alice Minsker
inspecting a piece Of goods in store.
While she was holding up silk with
one hand, she was feeding IL into a
pocket in the lining OF her neckpiece.
which was draped over her arm, She
got away with IL and went into an
elevator Then she was arrested.
search OF the rooms revealed n load
Of stun, the majority Of which was
returned 10 department stores.
detective Jake Berman, OF head
quarters. saw the Mins<cr Sirl pick
up a paper bag in Myers Military
shop and go into the y. W. &. A. re-
Gently. which she mentions doing in
her letter.
che police have introduced this let
ter into court as evidence. 1t follows:
Friday at the Ofhcc,
May ~, 1870.
My Dearest Grace:
Received your letter written
from Dayton. last night. Sure
was glad to get il and hear all
OF the news. Charles is quite a
dIsappointment. well, IN not
worry anything about Tom
long az | have my sweet Daddy
only | would like, or, at least.
love. to see Tom. " I knew he
would meet me ! would arrange
to stop OFF on the way TO Buffalo.
Gosh! how | did Low" that boy
and | do yet. Just the other
night | began to look for his let
ter that only one he ever wrote
TO me. and | could not find it
/, any places Can't imagine where
| put il. | would not want to
lose it, because it meant so much
to me.
want YOU To know that OF all
the fellows YOU ever had. w hitie
is one OF the best | never saw
anyone so nice and polite. The
kid thinks "A lot OF you al
right. He asked me down to
sunday dinner and il coming up
tonight to take me to Glen Echo.
got the bronze at the y and 10:
got 10 in the usual way," had
three bottles and that was nSt
enough for the room. 80 I'll have
10 run another risk and get some
more.
Away from the service Il.
right. We ought TO have more
sense, gave me rep, last night.
II he don't come across soym with
something prctt! nice TIL can
him. hate him anyhow. He told
me that he is going to haul sugar
next week, and they put forty
bags on a truck. 80 pounds To
Il sack. and on every trip they
sell one for $50. / told him to
bring MS one and he would get
the cash. We sure could make
lot of money out of it; 1t lS
- cents here now and only a few
places that YOU can set it.
won't promise to have some
good men stirred up until YOU
come back. but ] think when you
get back and we step out. IL
won't take us long to get some
thing nS good as we have had.
Will tell you now what | did
downtown on Wednesday night. |
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
AGED SENATE REPORTER
SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS

Henry J. Gensler. who for nifty
three. years was member OF the
corps OF official reporters Of the Sen
ate, died this morning at his resi-
dence. 29i2 Macomb street follow
ing a brief Illness. Mr., Gensler was
seyenty-two years old and was life-
long resident sof this city
He joined the official senate re.
porters when he was eighteen years
of age and held the position until
a little more than a year ago when
he retired. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
JAMES rR ACY.

Funeral services for Policeman
James Tracy, who died from influenza
Friday at Providence Hospital. will
be held tomorrow morning from his
residence III X street northeast. 10
Holy Name Church. where a solemn
high mass Of requiem will be cele-
brsted.
\ platoon OF twenty-four police
men will escort the cortege and the
members OF Potomac Council, Knights
OF Columbus. will attend the mass in
a body.
Tracy was a member OF the police
department for thirty years. He is
survived BY his wife and four chill
dren. Mrs. william Sartain, Miss Mary
Tracy. Mrs. John Brennan and Charles
Tracy.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06

. tLT - NET TF.NTNNF rs
'tnR. c. N. NORTON. Architect. 72o an st.
Mr.. E. D. GODFREY. -. ws,tminst.r
ave. N. ". .-
Mr. THOMAS H. MELTON. Contractor,
$500. Wisconsin ave.
Mr.. AND MRS T. II. LEWIS. 1900 Park
HON MARTIN DODGE. ,sis o st. N. ".
Mr. CHAS r. WHITE. Vice President or
y, the National Bank Of washing' on.
f.: Mr. j. ]. NOONAN. Proprietor Virginia
Theater. and American Lunehroom. sic
Mn. r.. n. BROWN, Dealer In Paints and
Oils 7th and " sta. NV.
-~AN BENZ. BLETHYN. Contractor anl
Builder 1903. Oregon ave.
UR.. W. g. HCGE. Notary, With House q
Hermann sol 1th 1t. N. W.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06

Thursday Mite. IL Bells.
Ny Dearest Alice:
Wen. honey. this H. the hsprie.t
h"ur 81 my life-s~d he surely ~
handsome. May kesve~ forsiye
The Washington times., 1920-06-06

Arlington National Cemetery toner
row afternoon az 3 o'clock. A de.
t-ehment OF cavalry from Fort Myei
wIll escort the cortege.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06

% Csp your Liberty Bond coupons snd
exchange them for ~. :. =, thereby
aiding yourself aad your couHtry.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
WILLIAM T.. sPiRGEON.

Funeral services for William p.
Spurgeon, managing editor OF the
Washington Post, who died Friday.
will be held At his residence, 1856
Irving street northwest. tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock. Interment will
be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
MAJOR HERBERT A. McCuNE.

Major Herbert Austin McCunc.
Coast Artillery Corps, L. :. A, died
last evening at Walter Red Hospital ]
after a brief illness.
Funeral services will he held at
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
Had Prem o onitiOn Of
story In Newspapers.

story In Newspapers
Tried to get some Matte seal
ing wax at about twenty differ
enct stores, none of them seem
to have ii.
Old Carroll is not coming down.
lie said that he did not think he
would be welcome. not accord
ing % my letters lately, and , e
said that he did not believe .hat
] would keep my promise anyho.Y,
so he decided not II come, but
would meet me in Buffalo. | have
not written to him since Monday
and viii on Sunday write my last
and tell him where 20 30 to.
am going to say that rny tine in
Buffalo cannot b.. wasted on SUN
as him. ! am going to return his
old &C. want my picture.
We arc certainly popular whom
It comes to appearing in the daily
news. This will spread all over
tho United States and certainly
give us some record. and each
paper VIII add little moro Ic it.
forgot TO tell you that | got
Celia little bathing suit at
myers, II is the Cutcst thing.
MsrS was bucking around there
Ike silver sea horse. WAITING
on the men, and yelling al! the
tlme' | don't. think she saw me
IN there. tried to steer shy u her.
really have been busy all the
time, and the time is going so
quickly, only a little over a week
ana. l VIII be going, too. Just
crazy Tor the time to come when
we viii meet in Buffalo. Think
we VIII havea pretty snappy time.
should say YOU are doing well
on your expenses. Hope we can
get some good looking ring. In
b"ffnio. That would be about
'"c smartcst thing we have done
yet "nd ] think VIC have sbovp
our intelligence lately.
want to have every thing
cream, a. my clothes washed, iron
Cd and mended before I 60 homo.
lhcre arc a few little things which
! must get yet, hair nets among
them.
Won't send this until tonight.
ana then i may have some more,
news
30 Tar ] have written all I
N"o"' Love, ALICE.
Grace Lillard's letter was write
TO nor friend from Missouri. It a,
vises her TO go easy" if she is M
Ieeling we'll, but to "snitch, C.tsnl
's much "s possible. SO they psipp
he prcpnred to vsmp this suwme
the letter is cnotinued from on
nsy TO another. and reads in par
Would "Namp- Him
Into Straight Proposal
Thursday Mite. IL Bells.
My Dearest Alice:
wen. honey. this H. the kspriest
h""r 81 MY tlfe--swd Ne surely "
handsome. May kesve. forgive
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
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The state herald., 1920-04-16

and that when he spoke again his
course would be set. Then, In the
partial shadow. she saw his arms
slowly extend; they rose. wide and
strong. and extended toward her.
There was quick step. and they met
about her, and the world swooned and
went by.
~ can explain everything" she said.
when she could talk.
'Y0u need explain nothing" he re-
turned. II have lived the torments of
the damned. Edith Duncan was right
she said II 1t were real love 1t would
never give up. 'Endureth nil things
she said. All things she said. :.
There is no limit"
'But ! must tell you, dear." she said,
$50 that you may understand" Aud
then she patched together the story.
from whit she knew and from what
Edith Duncan had told her, and Dave
filled In what neither had known, in.
GLIDING the incident earlier on that
fateful evening. She could see his
jaws harden as they pieced the plot
together and she knew what he was
thinking.
"four country needs you more" she
whispered. ut is better that way. And
what man you are in uniform!
think see you smashing heads instead
OF bottles. Six out of six. Dave! It's
awful, but you ',ust do It. Already we
know what has happened In Belgium
You will forget your own wrongs in
the greater wrongs Of others. &.
And shall join the service us nurse.
My father was doctor. and l can
soon pick II up"
She chatted on, but he had become
suddenly grave. ~ don't think that is
your conrse, Irene." he said. "This Is
going to be bigger job than 1t looked.
The government will get soldiers and
nurses; the popular imagination turns
to such things. But II will be neither
soldiers nor nurses that will win the
war. feel sure of that now. Millions
OF men will be taken from production
and turned to purposes of destruction.
They will be taken from offices. where
they need little food. and put In the
trenches. where they need much food.
Countries will be devastated: armies
will retreat. destroying alI food as they
20. Ships will go down with cargoes
Of wheat; incendiary fires will swallow
warehouses Of food. believe my
nluca 10 In tho iron cho hut fbnSa LOGS,
lit for the fight than I must, In some
form or other. produce food. That in.
"ludcs the women; 1t includes you"
Continued next week. /.
The state herald., 1920-04-16
TEST SEED BEFORE PLANTING
Otherwise Full Crop Cannot Be Crow
Even Under the Most Favorable
Weather Conditions.

Practically the only element In croI
production that the farmer has com
pletely under his own control In thu
planting Of good seed.
II Is important that farm seeds h
tested before they are sown. Other
wise. n full crop cannot be grown ever
under the most favorable conditions
Seed testing for practical results
says the United States department Of
agriculture. can be done much more
easily than IL generally believed.
The essential preparation for max
ing seed tests consists OF providing tho
simple apparatus necessary and OF be
coming familiar with the general pur
poses md methods OF testing and thu
features Of impo, ,nncc peculiar TO
tests OF particular kinds Of seeds. Ash
the county agcnt. or write the depart
ment Of agriculture for bulletin.
The state herald., 1920-04-16

she saw his features harden as they
had on that dreadful occasion which
row seemed 40 long nRo.
"wclir' he snId. His voice wns me.
chnnicnl. but In II wns something
which quickened her hope: something
which suggested that he wns mnking II
mechanical because hc dared not let
II express tho human emotion which
WIS struggling for uticrnnce.
Let me tnlk 20 You. Dave" she
pleaded. ~ have followed you around
the world for this. Let mo tnlk. !
cnn cSplnin everything"
lie stood still no long TINT she won.
dcrcd II he never would speak. She
dared not reach her hands 20 him /.
she could only stand and walt.
'ircnc." he said. "why did you fol.
low me hercf"
"rherc II only one answer. Dave.
Bccnusc love you md would follow
you anywhere. No one cnn stop me
doing thnt; no one. Dnyc--cScopt you"
And ngnin hc stood, md she knew
TINT he was turning over IN his mind
fhlngs wclEhtlcr than life md dcath
The state herald., 1920-04-16
RANGE ON NATIONAL FORESTS
etoekmen. In orouoht.etrieksn Dis
triets Eagerly Sought Psrm'ts TO
Save Their Cattle.

The demand for range In the m
tionnl forests was grenter the pas
year thnn ever before In the histor,
Of the forest service, which branch o.
the United States department OF agr'
culture has control of these trncts
Especially In the drought.strickcn re-
gions Nockmcn. using the unrcscrvef
public domain or private pastures, en-
rcriy sought forest permits In orde'
10 snyc their stock. The vnluc Of fh'
system of range regulation In use I'M
been 10 thoroughly demonstrated Tim
representative stockmcn from MI fh'
western states hnvc declared cmphnf
icnlly IN fnvor Of placing the rcmnln
Ing unrcservc1 public lnnhs under fed
crni control nnd having them mnnngc'
under n plnn similar 10 TINT In cfrcc
on The n0'lonhl forests.
The state herald., 1920-04-16
POULTRY REQUIRE DUST BOX
A. Chickens Never Cleanse Them
ssivss by Washing, a. Many Birds
%, Wallow 10 Needed.

Chickens never wash, as many birds
do, but cleanse themselves Of insects
by wallowing In dust. Where board
or cement floors are used In the
chicken house, some means Of busting
should be provided. A dust box three
feet by five feet, or four feet by fou'
feet will be found large enough In most
instances, the United States de-
pnrtment of agriculture suggests, fol
n flock Of so or 90 fowls. 1t should be
placed where It can be reached b,
sunlight during as much Of the day at
possible.
Fine, light. dry dust Is best for th'
box, but sandy loan Is good. Roat
dust Is recommended by many, but II
Is often hard to secure. Coal ashes
may be mixed with the soil If desired
to make 1t lighter.
The state herald., 1920-04-16
GOOD SERVICE BY CHICKENS
White 6rubs and Other Insects Freshl,
Turned Up by Plow Are De-
voured by Fowls.

Poultry can do good service in eat
ing the white grubs and other insects
freshly turned up by the plow. They
do no service in picking up the angle
worms, for angle worms accomplish
friendly work for mankind. 1t Is
doubtful II man could survive upon
the earth II angle worms had not pre-
pared the soil for mans occupancy.
Every acre Of farm land has been d.
gested by angle worms over and over
again and In this way made the soil
fertile.
The state herald., 1920-04-16
Hogs Fed On SwilI,
Get Uproarious Jag


Princeton. W. va.-Three
hogs belonging 10 ]. I. johnson
Of this city became uproariously
drunk after being fed swill that
had been given special treat
merit. The swill froze and
johnson built n fire under n ket-
tie to thaw It out. This he
poured into the hog trough and
then went into his home. A
few minutes Inter there was a
terrible uproar. that brought
johnson and many Of his neigh
bors to the scene.
They found the hogs stagger-
ing about the rem, squealing.
One OF the animals was lying
on the fiat OF his back with his
legs pointed to the stars. squeal-
ing TO his full capacity. After
several hours the effect Of the
jng wore OF. but the hogs had
no appetite for supper and one
Of them crawled over to pond
of frozen water and wearily
laid his head do- Al on the ice.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-04-23
THIS is A FREE COUNTRY.

This is so free country that it
has been remarked that man has
the privilege Of worshipping God ac-
cording to the dictates of his own
conscience not worshipping Him
ut. all, as may suit him; in other
words, the individual Of this free
country has the privilege Of even go
ing to hell, If his mind happens to be
bent that way.
We also have the privilege Of dis
cussing the labor problem and while
at this juncture we agree that the
farm work of West Tennessee has
been thrown perhaps injuriously be-
hind by weather conditions, we still
have the inalienable right to fritter
away our time instead of persistent
ly- digging to get out Of the hole. A
Lexington man was in Jackson
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-04-23
NOTICE OF SALE.

BY virtue of the power verted in
Lewis Melton, Trustee, in a certain
trust-deed executed by J. A. Hatchett
on April 16, 1916, to secure the pay
ment Of q certain note for $3.50, CIV
N~5Awis Melton and which note
4 u de April 1895, and default
having been made in the payment Of
the said note, ! will as Trustee sub
stituted by the Farmers Loan &
Trust Company, holders Of the said
note, offer and sell to the highest
bidder for cash at the Courthouse
door in Lexington on Saturday, May
%, 1920, certain lot in the Town
of Lexington Beginning on a stake
in the N. w. corner of tract for
merly in the name of j. w. Below, on
Perryville public road, runs West
with said road IL poles and Is links
to stake in the same; thence South
40 degrees East IL poles to a stake
in field; thence South 45 degrees
East to stake on the right-of-way
of the N. c. & st. L. Ry.; thence
North with said right-of-way So
poles and lie links to a stake, the
same being a corner of the ]. w. Be-
lew land thence North with the Be-
lew line 6 poles to the beginning,
containing z acres more or less.
The same will be sold free from
the right of redemption and repur-
chase and the title is believed to be
good, but sell only as Trustee.
April 10, 1920.
JOHN A. MCCALL, Trustee.
38-4t.