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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-13

1. Balance in hands of the city
, treasury. ..........;......:......:":... None.
2. Redemption and sale of de-
linquent lands, ...................... 10000
5. Taxes uncollccted, .............. $1,000
=. General Licenses, ................ 10000
3. Capitations, ....................... 10000
T. FINES, 10000
II. Street Tax, .....:-:.................. 10000
II. Revenue from Water rents
(eStimated ............................ 100000
Is miscellaneous, ................... 10000
Total estimated receipts, cx-
ccpt from current levy, ....S9,2lO.3O
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-13
ESTIMATE FOR DISTRICT ROAD
PURPOSES
IRISH CORNER DISTRICT

Estimated Receipts except taxes to be
levied for current year,:
|. Balance due from sheriff
S5.032.34
2. Tax sales and rcdcmptionS
500
3. CapitationS 10000
Total EMBELLISHMENTS IS, 1884
Estimated Disbursements:
3. Delinquent taxes and exon
erationS and dis. 10000
1. For construction, improve
mcnt and maintenance of
district roads 7,668.34
Total Disbursements S7,768.34
Total receipts 5,368.34
Amount to be raised by levy 100000
Total assessed valuation of
taxable property in dist. 1857 $4,000
Proposed rate of levy Is cents.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-13
OUTSTANDING BOND PURPOSE.
ESTIMATE.

The Council proceeded TO max
UP an estimate OF the amsuh' nee
essary to be levied for the current
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-13
CURRENT MUNICIPAL.
PURPOSES.
EST1NIATE

Estimated Receipts.
(a) The amount due the munich
pality for regular municipal pur-
poses, and the amount that will be-
come due and collectible from
every source for such purposes, eX-
cept from the levy Of taxes to be
made for the current fiscal year.
Estimated Disbursements.
Balance in hands of the
city treasurer IS 5000
Redemption and sale of
delinquent lands 459.GS
Taxes uncollected 1000
Back water rents 10000
Water rents 100000
Total estimated receipts
Except from current
levy) s4,279.G9
Estimted Disbursements.
ID Debts and demands owed by
the municipality for regular mu-
nicipal purposes, and the debts and
demands that will become due and
payable for such purposes, during
the current fiscal year.
Current accounts due
and unpaid June 30,
bills) $2,030.SG
(c) All other expenditures pay
able out of funds of the municipal
ity for regular municipal purposes
for current fiscal year.
Salaries of general adj
ministrative officers $4,000
Salary of chief police 100000
Salary health commits
Sioner and employees $500
Expense keeping and
feeding prisoners 5000
Stationery, office supplies
and equipment 5000
Watcr---fire protection,
streets, sewers 100000
MaIcr-.other purposes 100000
L!Snt Tor, street Lighting 100000
Light-other purposes 100000
Rents S6 M
Insurance on city build
ings and property 100. 90
Election expenses Ok IN
Maintenance of streets and
alleys 2 OO0 M
Grand total diSb,IrSe
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-13

Grand total disburse-
ments-general fund S12,57O.S6
Fotal estimated receipts
brought forward S4.270.O0
Amount to be pro-
vided by levy for
current municipal
purposes S8,201.77
IT appearing from the foregoing
estimates that it is necessary TO
raise by levy, after deductisg ali
credits, S8,291.77 for regular mt
nicipal purposes; therefore, il is
determined that d levy for regular
municipal purposes of fifty CENTS
(oOc) on each One Hundred Dol
lars assessed valuation Of all prop
erty taxable in the said municipal
NY OF Lcwisburg will be necessary
TO produce the estimate amount as
aforesaid for the ensuing fiscal wear
based upon the last assessment
thereof, as certified to the council
by the officer whose duty il is In
make such report, as follows:
zeal estate 1853, COO. 90
Personal property 966. 2d5 'G0
Public utility property 5.811 90
lotal 81 ,425, 656. 90
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-13

Total .........................S3,565, 1874. 90
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-13

Total ......"."...."......s2,9O4,262.OO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29
HELP THE ACTORS.

an in these days o. corset an un-
derwear advertisements we're not
likely L be led astray by anything
we See on tn stage. TIL actors life
is hardlan' mean. Tn climbin' pro-
cess is tedious an filled with dis
appointments. A actor has { be a
tramp a couple o. years before he
really gifts a start. He may reach tn
top an git his picture in tn maya
zines. or he may gift no further than
q snare drummer with Uncle Toms
Cabin" We see actors t'day that
we used L see durin' county fair
week still playin' minor roles, while
almost ever week a star" comes
along that we never heard Of be
fore. Theirs pulls In stage life same
as Their is In politics. Some actors
have { play q trombone In a pe-rade
in all kinds o. weather an then
change Their clothes in damp. cold
the-aters an affect Z be merry an
happy on tn stage. Sometimes
when a show troupe hain't prosper
Gus it closes without any warm
It's liable { close IN Kansas an
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29

Miss Fawn Lippincut appeared at
Melodeon hall. last night, an spoke
between tn second an third act O.
"St. Elmo" I'm behalf O. tn Actors
National Memorial fund. Miss Lip
pincut is naturally interested in &C
tors as her father wuz a caliope
player an wuz poisoned on canned
corn at Hurley. Wis, in 1888. an
her mother wuz a teacher o. the
guitar. Recently a niece o. hers died
Of exposure while playin' a YAM
pire Also she has four nephews
who excel on tn saxophone. As
she says, tn Actors fund is a worthy
charity. Fer years an years we've
enjoyed tn the-ater. TIL the-ater
is restful an we're not swearin' an
drinkin' an profteerin' when we're
In tn the-ater. Besides we forgit
all tn tryin' vicissitudes an sorrows
O life when we're in a the-ater no
matter how bad tn show it. We're
out o. harms way in tn the-ater.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29

then tn actors become Kansans
sometimes FER a month or two be-
fore succOr arrives. An actor Is
helpless off tn stage. He hain't
got tn temperament [ turn his hand
'plowin or factory work under
two years at least, so you kin
imagine the sufferin' he goes thru
in Kansas, or even Rhode Island.
When a actor is hired fer new
play he is drilled an cursed till he
commits his lines an positions an
cues. Then tn play may last till
he gifts L EIkhart, or may last as
long as way Down East" Tell
Binkley had a uncle that played in
Way Down East" so long that It
wuz jest like comm in off a farm
t git another job. I don't know
what actors make, but a Teller who
knows a lot o. 'em tells me that
they never spend anything, yet they
allus seem { come L want. Actors
are a class by 'emselves with nothin'
in common with other people. Their
mission is t hold tn mirorr up {
nature an entertain. All we're sup
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29
FIGHTING FOR SERBIA AGAINST THE
WORI d

nth the glst OF the correspondence between
w Prest Wilson and the council OF premiers in
The Adriatc controversy made public, and the
groundwork OF the dispute better understood, one
can scarcely avoid remembering how the assassina-
mon OF an Austrian grand duke some six years ago.
was made the excuse for a very similar
respondence between Austria and Seryta Servia.
,atsr known as Serbia. but since the peace con
ference enlarged into Jugo-Slavia the recipient
Of certain demands from Austria. of which sho
granted and some Of which she did not-n re-
- onss to which there came an ultinaturn said 20
have been dictated from Berlin. Next there was a
sudden rafting OF swords and the great Prussian
snd Austro- Hungarian war machines set i'm motion.
me world was entertained for four years.
The purpose 81 those Austro- hungarian demands.
and OF the Prusso- Austro- Hungarian ultimatum.
was. az everybody now knows not 20 revenge the
assassination or tho grand duke but 70 acquire
certain territory from Ser7ia wanted by Germany.
This time IN the demand upon Jugo-Slavia made
~ the council of premiers-France England and
Italy.-the grounding happens TO be not the Hun,
hut the Dago. and The ultimatum which Jugo-Slavia
has refused 90 accept seems scarcely less fraught
With varlike potentaliues. Il was here that the
president reinected the United States into the ne
gotiations and called his hats merely a halt the
return 20 the old blood-soaked game Of interna-
tional politics
The Adriatic crisis has been brought about uy .he
assumption on the par, the old world politicians
that the republican reaeuona~cs ia the senate have
disposed OF Prest Wilson. chat the failure delay
IN the ratiacation Paris treaty League
Nations consigned he president u the jgnk-heaI.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29

The first evidence OF this conclusion came With Lord
Grey's dramatic OF entering American poll
tics by the back door against the policy OF the
president; Grey, the master manipulation Of secret
treaties responsible than any other one man
outside Berlin for the world war, and dictator Of
the treaty OF London out Of which the whole Ad-
riatic dispute has grown He came 10 America from
the court Of St James. British ambassador. and
went back the ambassador OF Robert Lansing and
Henry Cabot Lodge TO do what he could 70 make
the dscreditng of the president his policies IN
European courts, the more certain.
This was soon followed by open acquiescence in
Lord Greys recommendation by Lord Cuyzon, I'm
questonably the most reactionary politician in Eng
land-for counterpart Of whom we must go back
10 the days of Queen Ann.-and then by Lloyd
George. utterly ignoring the principles which he
pretended 20 accept, when he thought acceptance
recessary Settlement Of the Turkish and Adriatc
problems accordingly proceeded in the good old
fashioned way that the people OF all nations de-
nounced and damned when the full frui: OF that
policy dripping with the blood Of 1000. 900
slain boys The president has put down his foot upon
it. and every sane. patriotic humanity loving
American, will hope that it stays there.
Easy enough, oh yes for Lloyd George. Milerand
and Nitt TO set OF 100000 Jugo savs here and an
other $4,000 over yonder. and ask Jugo Slavia to
accept them in exchange for a-ports and rights
of transportation across neutral and inundated
states. essential TO her commercial existence. But
the Jugo-S1avs not all fools quite Pres't
Wilson tersely puts It. need be surprised
at Italys ready acceptance. any than is
pleased at Jugo-Slavlas rejection. The whole
scheme is we'll staged if not calculated 20
resurrect all the old Balkan controversies through
the carving up and distribution of Balkan terri
tory and commercial advantages, to the satisfaction
Of the stronger and more egotistical powers
Prest Wilson is just now busy fighting the bat
tie Of the Serbans, and quite alone against the
Of the world more enthusiastically however, than the
entente took her from selfish motives,
against the triple alliance back in 1914-buying
italy off through a secret treaty under which she
to profit nom chat of which Germany was TO
England, France, Italy, OF them, ever had an
altruistic motive in their lives. England France
and Russia took over japan too, the Outgrowth OF
which Is the Shantung Anticipating for assistance
IN their selfish contest with Germany, oStensibly
defensive OF Serbia. by agreements to trade her
many slaves italy transferred her affections
from the triple TO the entente alliance upon prom
ise Of the Dalmatiun coast; Japan be paid
with Shantung; and had not Pres't Wilson inter
vened. France and England Russia having elinin-
ated herself would probably have taken the rest.
Poor old Serbia, she seems TO be a sort OF prey
to all the ghous of the earth.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29
The Man of The Thing
As a Woman Thmketh

pocket and forget to mail it for a
whole week?
Why he will forgive "a woman for
making a fool Of herself over any
man on earth-except himself?
Why he considers that before mar
riage a woman's love must be cul-
tivated and cherished like an orchid
but that after marriage it will
flourish like an air-plant on her own
Imagination?
Why he viii nonchalantly pass
over one nice girl after another, who
might make him perfectly happy
and marry the first one who dem
onstrates the power 10 make him
suffer?
Why he will cheerfully pay the
price Of gasoline-yet wall 20 heav-
en- that this IS running him when she
throws out one Of his frayed cravats
or the remains of his favorite shoes
Why he VIII marry girl for her
adorable little hands and expect
her to use them for peeling potatoes
or for her splendid mind, and ex-
pect her 10 concentrate it on a
bread-pudd.ng or for her brilliant
conversation, and expect her 70
use it all up before he comes home
evenings?
Why ne will slave for a woman
suffer for her, die for her-do any
thing on earth for her. except come
home in time for dinner, go TO bed at
a reasonable hour, and be pleasant
at breakfast when that's all in the
world she needs in order 20 make
her perfectly happy?
Why ne will go 70 the ends Of the
earth TO prove his love for a woman
and yet bite his tongue out before
he will TELL her how much he
loves her?
Why-but oh well,
That's just the man Of IT,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29

posed L know o. EN- is what we
see O. EN-. They come on tn stage
kick up, dance. act an tell stories
an bow an bow. an disappear in
tn wings an come out agin, an
low and bow. an disappear agin.
an so on till tn shows over. Then
they wash UP an change clothes an
look jest as plain an sallow as other
folks Then they eat a lot O. picked
fish an cheese an go q he'd Z sleep
till noon tn next day. But what
concerns tn public is whether Their
entertainin Tn public don't wan
L know that some beautiful dancer
or convincin' actor is full O. pickle6
herrin's. nor does il care how they
stack up off tn stage. Actors an
actresses did much Z brighten tn
lives OF our boys in tn muddy mil
itary camps in France an in IN
plain, unsightly Cantonments here
at home. an they've allus responded
L ever worthy benefit, so we should
put 'em on our list along with other
drives
Copyright, 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29
ObregO1l Hailed
As Future Peace
Maker In Mexico

Restoration Of order and "a ~
vivaI OF respect for law in Mexico
IS foreCasted by Gen. Salvador A.
varedo. a newspaper Publisher cf
Mexico city az present Iu tl-
United States He sets the date Sol
general terms for 1920. but pred
Gates the condition upon circuu-
stances which are about as uncer-
tain az the movements OF Villa
Gen. Alvarado qualities his pre-
diction by saying II the vote o.
the next presidential election in Me. =
leo. TO be held IN day. is respected
an immediate end VIII be reached
in banditry and the general cam
paign OF outlawrv that for years has
disconnected patriotic NeXiCans. His
tOrical data does not Justify Gen
Alvarado's optimism since the re
suits OF national elections usually
have been the cause for fresh revo-
lutions when personal animosities
OF political leaders We're insufficient
The prophecy Of peace and quiet
and respect for law and order ir
Mexico would have a more pr0mis-
ing tone II Gen. Alvarado could give
a reason for supposing that the cleo
ton OF Gen. Obregon VIII he the
signal for bandits and outlaws and
political soldiers of fortune 20 lay
down their arms and go back q
working at something useful.
Gen. Alvarado says Gen. Obregon
seems 20 be the popular choice FOR
president but in the light OF past
political movements in Mexico n
there is one thing surer than an
other 70 precipitate another revolu-
ton IL VIII be the disappointment
Of Obregon's opponents Should
Oregon prove strong enough 20
compel obedience 10 law and respect
for official authority, Gen. Alvarado's
prediction may be verified. but Mex
lean interests are 20 hostile and.
after years Of quarreling. so far
apart so susceptible 70 foreign in
fuences that permanent peace seems
almost Ike a dream for that coun-
try
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29

OF course, woman has always been
the Human Paradox
The battling incomprehensible, in
scruptable Riddle Of the Species,
And yet-here are just a few things
that every woman would like to
know about n man!
Can anybody tell
Why ne always leaves a tsacup. a
vase, a priceless piece Of bric-a-brac
and even his favorite meerschaums
on the exact EDGE Of a table?
Why he will spend three quarters
OF a perfect day. looking for some
thing that he has secreted for safe
keeping and the other quarter try
ing TO prove that he didn't put it
there?
Why it annoys him 10 be called a
saint. bores him TO be called a
"gC6d man" but delights and flat
tiers him to be called a "devil?"
Why he can remember the exact
date on which he caught a certain
six-pound bass, and the precise min
ute. day. hour. and year. on which
he made the last hole with a certain
marvellous stroke-yet cannot for
the life OF him carry the date Of his
wedding anniversary in his head for
twelve whole months?
Why he will run away from the
woman he loves, for fear of becOm-
ing entangled-and run after a wo-
man he doesn't love. until she trips
him up and marries him2
Why he would rather drop his
cigar ashes on the prayer rug. in
the baby's milk, behind the piano,
on the sensitive plant. in his coffee
cup-or anywhere on earth than in
10 the ash tray at his elbow
Why he Will work like a demon
for six months in order TO pay off a
debt and then stick the check in his
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29
THE IDEAL HUSBAND-By Helen Ro7OIamc1

that doesn't mean that she doesn't
get awfully tired Of him, ut times:
or that the woman who is married
10 an honest John Jones doesn't Of
ten long for just an evening Off with
Lochinvar or Romeo, or Sir Walter
Raleigh or Byron-for a dash of
adventure. romance or poetry
Perhaps" agreed the Bachelor
dryly, But, oh, how the girl who is
tied to a Romeo, or a Lochinvar, or
"A Byron, must long for an honest
John jones or an old Captain Dob
bin-just for a rest and a little Ieace
OF mind"
she doesi" admitted the Widow.
with all her heart, That's why
Xantippe threw the suds over Socra-
ties. She was tired Of listening to
brilliant epigrams and yearued for
somebody 10 bring in the coal and
help hang out the clothes. Or per
haps she was dreaming of Marc An
tony or q Bryan or Il Beau Brum-
somebody who could wear his
clothes properly and whisper tender
nothings instead Of chattering dry
old philosophy. But IL never occurs
TO any man that the image he sees
in the mirror doesn't embrace ALL
his wife's ideals and fulfu all her
romantic dreams II IT. did. he
might sometimes try 10 BE O little
more sentimental or entertaining
Any woman would really rather find
all her ideals in one husband"
And yet you are ways bitterly
denouncing me for wanting 10 find
a whole herein in one Wife" declar-
ed the Bachelor aCcusiugly
ooh, not for wanting to-" correct
ed the widow. FOR EXPECTING to-
That's the difference between a man
and q woman. He takes his dreams
seriously But SHE knows better.
She narries the man who fulhIIs her
GREATEST want. whether it's for
money, or romance. or comradeship.
And then she ties up all the other
little dreams and tucks them away
in dark cubby-hole, and never
takes them out again"
Except when he's late for dinner.
Or forgets 10 kiss her, or the muf-
fms burn or something upsets her"
!nterpOlated the Bachelor.
Wei. anyway" smiled the Wild
ow. "she doesn't EXPECT TO get
whole regiment of virtues and at
fractions in one husband & woman
knows intuitively that YOU have 90
choose your one Great Desire In this
life, and dispense with all the other
little half-desires. But man never
grows up. He never gets over the
feeling that he can have ALL the
toys IN Santa Claus pack if he only
demands them insistentIy enough
What kind Of husband would
YOU choose" exclaimed the Bache-
Tor impulsively, IF you had a choice,
this afternoon"
"Oh. this afternoon" laughed the
Widow. YOU'D DO"
What"
a combination OF Lothario-Ean
r-Voltaire-and-M Carter"
explained the Widow But by to-
morrow 7 shall probably be signing
for a David Harum or an Omar
Kaiyyam."
But" protested the Bachelor.
"lir. Carter was the Eternal Bach
eIor.'"
$50 are YOU" declared the Wild
ow, between q laugh and sigh.
You may get as far as the church
door. some day-but you'll turn and
run AZ the drst solnd 81 a wedding
bell.'
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29

IF only one could marry an ideal
ist!" sighed the Widow. gazing pen
sively out through the French win
dows at the slender new moon and
back at the freight dancing in the
half-dusk
We'll. why can't-one?," in
quired the Bachelor, II am an ideal
ist-"
And not married. was the lac
onic rejoinder. 'Tdealists don't marry
often"
But I don't want 10 marry oft
en-" protested the Bachelor"
You don't want TO marry at all''
The Widow laughed softly and shook
her red-gold head, NO idealist
really does. He prefers 20 make love
to a woman, and Ioetize about her,
and inspire her, and dream Of her,
and all that-and 10 let some gross.
commonplace. materialist' marry
her and support her and get up
mornings TO start the furnace for
her But then. an idealist wouldn't
make an ideal husband-all by him
self He'd be wonderful on long.
rainy afternoons with a volume Of
Keats, or on dreamy moonlight
evenings by the sea. when one felt
pensive and romantic and awfully
spiritual"
But he'd be apt TO get on your
nerves on housekeeping days, and
moving days, and before breakfast.
and on the first Of the month. when
the bills came IN" suggested the
Bachelor.
YES" agreed the Widow bright
". ION all practical occasions he'd
have 20 be supplemented-and on
holidays and high days too. when
one wanted a playmate rather than
n soul-mate, and yearned TO be
amused rather than thrilled and in
spired. He probably would not know
how 10 run a motor car. or dance.
or golf, or 70 order a dinner prop
erly. And he'd bring you 'hyacinths
to feed your soul when you were
longing for terrapin or roast beef
and a new set OF furs"
" 'Supplementedr repeated the
Bachelor reverting 20 the first part
Of her remark, Apparently the
modern woman signs for three hus-
bands--a soulmate. a playmate, and
a yokemate!" he observed wither-
ingly. zone for her comfort. one
for her vanity. and one for her soul!
Somebody TO pay her compliments,
somebody 70 pay her attentions, and
somebody 10 pay her bills,"
The Widow clapped her hands de-
lightedly.
"Ideal," she cried, Perfect! De-
lightful!"
"Polyandry," exclaimed the
Bachelor in a shocked tone" and !
always thought women were natur-
al-born monogamists.'
The Widow shrugged her shout
/ ders expressively.
cot course you did" she cooed
with a forgiving smile. You're so
old-fashioned, Mr.. Weatherby. And
you thought, too. that men were
natural-born varietists-and that
+ every man would be Perfectly happy
I II he could have several wives-One
/ for Sundays and one for weak days;
one 20 stimulate him and one "a
/ soothe him: one 20 save his diges-
7 zion and one TO save his soul; one
/ 20 help him make money and one e
I help him spend it.
Yes" agreed the Bachelor with
I a cheerful grin. land a lot OF others
for a change"
But il nAver occurred 70 Tou-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-29
Through The Wid070'S L0rgnette-

suppose" unused the Widow sweet
ly, that a woman might ever get
brain-fag or heart-fag from the
mOnotony OF one mans society, or
that she might sometimes long for
change OF mental. spiritual. or SEN
timental diet too And that, since
man is a creature OF habit, while
woman is a creature OF moods and
caprices. she might even get that
tired feeling before he does."
"But-but women DON'T" pro-
tested the Bachelor helplessly