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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29
SPENCER Refused
TO ACCEPT EVANS,
MAN has NO home
Now At Weston Awaiting
Further Orders.

Jess Evans, colored. is man
without home. especially one pro
vided by the state. So far neither
of the state insane asylums will
furnish him with a home, although
ne is being temporarily provided for
at Weston.
Recently the county lunacy com,
mission committed Evans to the in
sane asylum at Spencer, and Deputy
Sheriff p. F. Hoffman took the man
to Spencer arriving there at noon
on Friday. The hospital authorities
absolutely refused TO accept Evans,
stating that they had no room for
negroes and under no consideration
would he be admitted Evans, it is
said, became enrased at being re
fused and Mr. Hoffman was com.
PEELED to handcuff him.
Mr.. Hoffman started back for
home, but before he reached Clarks
burg he decided to take his man
to Weston, and ask that he be
cared for -vrriving there carly
Saturday morning the authorities
met him with the statements that
he had heard at Spencer, but after
some argument they decided to Ell
him remain until Mr.. Hoffman could
return home and explain the situa.
ton to the local authorities.
1t was stated. when Evans was
committed to the Spencer hospital,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29

Christian and Moslem. Maronite and
Druse, the line of division between
the Turkish and Arabic tongues will
be significant, for language differen-
ces as we'll as those of race exert a
profound effect on political life in the
Levant.
1.-THE Haifa railway separates north
ern Syria from the southern part,
which has long been called Pales-
tine. Haifa is of Importance because
it is the southernmost Syrian harbor
capable of large development and is
the terminus of the railway which is
becoming the key to Jerusalem as
we'll as the more important line to
Damascus and Mesopotamia. 1t is
the real prize of the Near East. for
once more ii is to become the great
est port of the eastern Mediterran-
can littoralf as II was when when it
served as the chief landing place of
the Crusaders and the transhipment
point of the Venetian. Pisan. and Ge-
noese trade from argosy to caravan.
Slowly but surely the iron rails
are reaching ont to bind Cape Town
to Cairo and Sue - Shanghai by way
of Persia, India, Burma, and the
Yangtse valley. The path of empire
in the future will not alone be traced
by the wakes of passing steamers,
but also by bold bands of shining
steel. The supreme strategy of a
railway that viii connect the valleys
of the Nile. the Tigris and the Eu-
pirates, the Indus. and Gauges, the
Irriwaddy, and the Yangtse lies in
the fact that it will be fanlled by
the most thiclily settled portions of
the worlds surface and can. from
the first, have commercial as we'll as
strategic value.
Syria is the hub of the Afro Fu.
rasian continents. and with every
railway that reaches out to Bremen,
Baku. Burma, or Bloemfontein the
central region of the worlds greatest
land-mass achieves new significance.
aside from its importance as a
trade route. Syria will find its great.
est future as an agricultural nation,
and has extensive regions wn.cn can
be made to produce large cropS"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29
HOW THE FUTURE OF SYRIA
AFFECTS THE CIVILIZED WORLD

Os.cc more the spot light swings to
>b!.ia. According to a recent press
.apatch, the Syrians have declared
taeir country independent and have
chosen Prince Feisal as king.
This move may have wide reach
ny effect. for Syria is coming back
into its own as a result of new rail-
ways which make 1t once more
link land in history's chain. Explain
ing the significance of these events
the National Geographic Society has
issued the following bulletin. based
on communication to the Society
by Maynard Owen Williams:
Syria closes the east end of the
Mediterranean and is bounded on the
north by the Taurus mountains. The
Syrian and Arabian deserts limit fur
Their settlement TO the east and south.
But In connection with world com
meree it has always been closely re-
lated to the fertile valleys OF the
Nile and the twin Mesopotamian riv-
ers, and its commercial life of to-
morrow cannot be divorced from that
OF Mesopotamia.
The future of Syria depends upon
the development of two ports and up
on who controls these strategic cen
ters of politics and commerce. Alex
andretta and Haifa will attain new
importance as soon as the Darda-
nelles are internationalized and free
passage. open to all nations, cuts
across what Germany was forging as
a Bagdad route, all but 800
miles of which, between Nisifin and
Tekrit, a few miles above Samarra,
IS now complete.
This new line of traffic from AL
e&andretta past Aleeppo to the Eu-
pirates river at Jerablus, connecting
the oldest routes of international
commerce, also separates two import
ant lingual groups, for Turkish is
generally spoken to the north of the
railway and Arabic to the south.
Whatever political adjustment is
made between England and France,
Italy and Greece, Arabia and Syria,
conservative Mecca and liberal Bel.
rut, Zionist and Greek Orthodox,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29

Mrs. w. II. Sanders, Rev. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lynn Arhogast and daughter
Ethel, County Supt. and Mrs. c, w.
Crowell and daughters Virginia and
Evelyn, Mrs. NJ. c. Vermilyoa and
daughter Miss Lille Mrs. j. w.
Myers. and Mr.. Leon Edwards,
Music was the programme after
dinner and the hostess. Mrs. Yer
miyea rendered some beautiful Sc
leetions on the piano and sung some
quaint ballads loved by all
This is Rev, Mr. Sanders last year
with us and although we are loath
to see him leave we wish much sue
cess and happiness to follow him
and his wife where ever they SO
Rev. Mr.. Arbogast does not expect
to return either but we trust he
viii get back with us again
At four o'clock the guests de
parted expressing themselves much
pleased with their little reunion.
MIR. and Mrs. Leo Miller and son
Edwin of Baltim6te. were the week
end guests of Prof and Mrs. Fred
Miller.
Mrs Jas, Dillon was IA business
visitor in Martinshurg Friday.
Read he MarJIrshurR Journal.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29

that the state had provided one
there for the colored people. but
this is incorrect The state has no
hospital for the eolored insane, and
the other hospital endeavors not to
receive them and they are only adj
mitted where 1t is absolutely neces-
sary. There are more than 800
white people at the Spencer hos
pital, Mr.. Hoffman was told.
Evans case will be laid before
the lunacy commission, and some
definite arrangements will be made
to care for the man at once, 1t is
believed.
Today Mr.. Hoffman related his ex-
perience to number of friends,
and declared the trip was one OF
the most difficult as we'll as expens-
i've he had ever made.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29
NUNZIE UP TO
HIS OLD TRICK

j. D. Christopher makes the an.
-ouncement that Willis Numsen
and Son, Baltimore, had decided TO
establish a cannery at Romney. A
representative of the firm has been
at Romney looking into the situa-
ton, the location of the plant there
being contingent upon farmers
agreeing to raise certain acreage
OF vegetables suitable for canning.
This is now assured Romney is
the center of a great fruit belt.
which further makes the establish
ment of the cannery there desirable
Two representatives OF the Numsen
firm. which was established in 1S47.
will visit Romney within the next
few days to begin arrangements for
the erection of the plant.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

# your skin is yellow-complexion
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have bad taste in your mouth
a lazy. no-good feelng-you should
take Olive Tablets.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets-a SUBJ
shtute for calomel-were prepared by
DT. Edwards after II years of study.
Dr.Edwards' Olive ablets area purely
Observation-Disclosures
You will know them by their olive color.
Tohave a clear, pink skin, bright eyes,
no pinples, feeling of buoyancy Ike
childhood days you must get at thec cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like caIomel-yet
have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. Millions of boxes are sold
annually at l0c and 25c. Take one or
IT, Il! c.iilllY md 1Otethe 1'eas.-r results
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29
RETIRING PASTORS
GUESTS OF HONOR

Hedgesville, March 29-Mr and
Mrs. Harris Vermilyea entertained
at dinner Friday the 26th, at their
home silver Cliffs near Hedges
vile. in honor of the two Methodist
minister's OF the village.
Those present we're Rev. MIR. and
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29
ATTENTION: BOYS
OF The SCOUT AGE

All Boy Scouts of age from First
Baptist Sunday School, Central
Church of Christ Sunday School and
the Episcopal Sunday School will
meet in the Episcopal parish house at
Z o'clock this evening for the pur-
pose of organizing and registering a
Scout Troop. Captain G. f. Whit
more Is the scout master OF this
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29

troop. The boys of Christ Reformed
Sunday School will also meet in their
Sunday School room where they VIII
register troop. Mr.. Neyin Kilncr
ia the scout master of this troon.~#
These troops will be numberedtwt
and three.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29

MIR and Mrs Leo Miller and sort
Edwin. OF Baltimore. We're the weey
end guests OF Professor and Mra
Fred Miller In Hedgesville. liz
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29
Iinimen,s VIII Never Cure.

A1n2T1eEtS WIN 4SSFSl S'0AS.
If you ere afflicted with PheU-
Tu2tism, why waste time with lini-
TNcnts, lotions and other local appli-
cations that never did cure Rheu-
matism, and never will?
Do not try to rub the pain away.
Try the sen ible plan OF finding the
cause Of the pain, and go after
that. Remove the cause, and you
remove the pain,
You viii never be rid Of Rheu-
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29
You Car2't Rub 1t Away;
Rhaumatisno is i'm the Stood

Imatlsm until you cleanse your
blood Of the germs that cause tho
disease. S. S. S. has never had an
equal as a blood purifier and scoreg
Of sufferers say that it has cleansea
their blood of rheumatism, and re-
moved all trace of the disease from
their system.
Get n bottle Of s S. S., end GEE
on the right treatment to-day. Sps-
cial medical advice free. Address
Medical Director, III Swift Lals
orGtoay. Atlanta, ca. II
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-29

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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-08-12
CHAPTER nj.

Jed certainly was the most siSnifi-
cant disagreeable fact in the house,
and his influence the most significant
malignancy. He had been sobered by
the discovery Of his attack upon Mrs.
Sidney, but as he began to recover
from his discontinue, and as the sense
Of caution began to lessen, he again
asserted, or suggested. control, par
ticuIarly when he was drunk. He never
allowed Mr.. Sidney to know this. In
their strange association at Horatian
wine feasts. Jed was tactful, respect
full, considerate and jovial.
To Mrs. Sidney he was at time cour-
teous and thoughtful. at other times
disrespectful or even brutal. Some
times he seemed to brighten himself.
When saw that he was again begin
mig tn show disrespect for her, was
Tor putting IN end to II. Mrs. Sidney
was Mortified when ! said that Jed
c,,uli be brought to terms. She held
up h hands.
mo. ao," she said. mot In any
event. Never, please, speak to Mr..
Sidney. Please never think OF 1t. JED
is Invaluable to MIR. Sidney. He Is not
so ~discourteous to me as you might
think. He is gruR. and drinking does
not make him better, but It Is Mr.. Std
ney's within that he should drink. u
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CHAPTER II-continued.

The gardeners name was William
son. He had been on the place almost
from the time of Mr.. Sidney's purchase
of it. He was attached to it, proud OF
| his work and fond of it and It's results
He had 81 neat little cottage beyond
the gardens. His wife was very pleas.
| ant and thought too much of my serv-
ices. Williamson himself was a fine
man, and am interested in gardening
Consequently, having to visit the fam
lily every day or every other day,
formed habit of talking with him.
When, by chance, / spoke of the
ghost story to Williamson, with no
more purpose than I ever had had in
these inquiries, noticed that he vas
bit embarrassed.
II take no stock in the stories about
the pool" he said. I'D just as lief
pass it at midnight as midday--al-
most"
"Be honest, Williamson" suggested
Iaughingly.
almost, 1 said," he replied. "But I
did see something at the pool"
He was a straightforward, unimag-
NATIVE sort of man. = was sure he was
not about to indulge in romance.
''I know something of these STORIES"
he said. 81 have not gossiped mine
about was coming from town late
after midnight. 1t was the second
year Of our being here. It was in the
fall or late SUMNER do not remem-
Der. AS came along the road by the
pool, saw the figure of a man stand
ing by the edge of the river. It was
light enough for me to see that the
figure was leaning on a stick or cane.
l stopped and was going to call out,
but for some reasO1-I don't know just
why-I didn't. The figure did not
move. I began to feel creepy and
went on as gently as / could. Fifty
feet farther, heard a rustling in the
brush and thought I saw a face. I
couldn't be sure, but thought did
know I heard a rustling. When
got out in the open, I ran the rest of
the way home on the turf
There was nothing very alarming
about that" suggested. My romance
needed more substance. "You saw a
man and heard a noise"
There was nothing in seeing man
and hearing noise" said Williamson.
''It was the effect"
"That was due to the hour and the
place."
"No. I'm not superstitidus. was
not thinking of the place. The man
on the bank was different from a man.
I could not see why. I didn't think he
was a man. It was not because I was
scared-at first. I became scared as
1 looked at him. He did not move.
He did not seem to be alive. When I
felt shivers starting up and down my
back, knew 1 was scared. Then when
1 heard the rustling, / went home as
quickly and quietly as I could"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-08-12
DODSON KILLING
USE OF CALOMEL
SAYS Drug Is Mercury and Acts
Like Dynamite on Your
silver.

Dodson is making a hard fight
against calomel in the South. Every
druggist has noticed great falling off
In the sale of calomel. They all give
the same reason, Dodson's Liver Tone
is taking its place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people
know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is
Derfectly safe and gives better results, +"
said a prominent local druggist. Dod-
sons Liver Tone is personally guaran-
teed by every druggist. A large bottle
costs but few cents, and if Ii fails to
give easy relief in every case of liver
sIuggishness and constipation, you
have only to ask for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy,
harmless to both children and adults.
Take spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine; no biliousness, sick head
ache, acid stomach or conStipated
bowels 1t doesn't grippe or cause incon-
venience all the next day like violent
calomel. Take a dose Of calomel to-
day and tomorrow you will feel weak,
sick and nauseated. Don't lose a days
work! Take DOdsOn's Liver Tone In.
stead and feel fine, full OF vigor and
ambitiOn.-AdV.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-08-12

of coat, collar spotted with blood
necktie and a piece of white shirt
There also had been found a heavy
walking stick, bloodied and with hail
in the blood.
I had not been sitting on the banl
five minutes when was startled by
shot from the nearby thickets, and 6
bullet hit within two feet of where
was sitting, knocking off the bark OF
tree. The report was not that of 6
small shotgun such as Jed had car
ried. 1t was the report of a rifle OF
pistol.
The Clipped bark showed that bull
let, not shot, had hit the tree, and ]
was unpleasantly conscious of what
had happened. Jed had shot at me,
probably with large caliber revolver.
He could not have had a rifle, unless
he had one hidden in the brush. !
had seen what he carried, not only as
ne left the house but as he was dodg-
ing through the thicketS.
It likely was a pistol or a revolver,
and that was why he had missed me.
was stupefied for an instant, and
did not jump or start. I was motion
less, not even looking around, but
was thinking rapidly. A subco1sciOns
protective idea formed almost instant
~. and when the next moment another
shot came from behind me, fell for
ward on my face, rolled a couple Of
feet to a BUSH turned my face in the
direction from which the shot came,
got out my pistol and lay still.
After a minute or two which seemed
a very long time, Jed's face came In
view in the brush. He looked malevo-
lent but seemed undetermined and
cautious. / think he was uncertain
whether to leave my body where it lay
and have it discovered, or throw it into
the river and have my disappearance
unexplained. His decision was given
him by the noise of a farm wagon ap-
preaching on the road, and he disap-
peared. was ready to shoot him If
he came near rue.
/ was young and had youths conf
dence, but nevertheless this event
would have sent me away from Hart
ley If it had not been for. IsObel and
Mrs. Sidney. They needed even my
small help and had to remain. had
to remain, but I had also to protect
myself. Another time Jed might not
miss. On the way back to the house
/ thought out plan which I believed
would work. inquired for Jed and
was told that he was with Mr.. Sidney.
I found him there drinking, and my
entrance gave him a shock which he
plainly indicated. His fright made
him so ugly that he was comic.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-08-12
Bareback Gowns,

A lady in a decollette berated the
Oolsheviki at a dinner in Washington.
Why" she cried, ''the latest news
from Russia is that these ours are sell
ing the very clothes off the wOmen's
backs"
Senator Johnson of California looked
around the"table with a smile. All the
,auleS' gowns were decollette. In the
odck this decOlletage was especially
marked.
The bolsheviki," he said, wouldn't
nhd much to sell at a fashionable
american dinner party, would theyT
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-08-12
"ENGAGEDI"

Synopsis. - DIR. John Nicholson,
just beginning his career, becomes
resident physician and companion
Of Homer Sidney at Hartley house.
! Mr.. Sidney is an American, a semi
invalid. old and rich and very de-
sirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a
Spanish woman. dignif1ed and reti-
cent. Jed. the butler, acts like a
privileged member Of the family.
Hartley house is a fine old isolated
country place, with a murder story.
haunted pool" and many watch
dogs, and an atmosphere Of mys-
terry. The haunted pool'' is where
Richard Dobson, son of n former
owner Of Hartley house, had killed
his brother. Arthur Dobson, jed
begins operations by locking the
doctor in his loom the very first
night. Doctor John fixes his door
so he can't be locked in. He meets
Isobel, daughter OF the house and
falls In love at first sight. In the
night he finds the butler drunk and
holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist.
He interferes. Mrs. Sidney ex-
plains. John buys a revolver.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-08-12
LiberalitY.

The following was overheard in a
barber shop
CustOmer-Seen Bill lately?
First Barber-No, guess Bills all in
with appendicitis or somethin'.
Second Barber (speaking up)-He
amt got appendicitis. He's got a can
Ger and has to be operated on for it. He
wasn't going to, but l talked to him and
told him to go to the hospital and have
whatever done to him that he needed
and if he wanted a shave or a hair cut.
Just let me know, and I'd do it for him
and he needn't worry about paying for
1t, either
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by hWif Myers Copyright byGeorqe HDordneo

would be unjust-don't you see Il
would be unjust ITO make a point
against him of behavior that Mr.. Sid
ney causes. Please never mention it.
She was very much in earnest and
was not satisfied until she had my
/ promise that I never would speak to
Mr.. Sidney of Jed until had her Goa
sent. She then showed relief, and /
felt more distressed Jed had some
hold on this resolute lady that should
have liked to break
Jed'S attitude toward me was a
thing to drive distracted a person who
| cared what it was. did not. He
could be interesting, and then was
interested In him. He could be stupid,
and avoided him. He could be surly,
and ignored him. He could be quar-
| relsome, and fought him back.
1t seldom was a matter Of sobriety
| or iasobriety with him. He was best
natured to me at times when he was
| most intoxicated. He was surliest at
times when he was perfectly sober. At
other times he quite reversed this. One
never knew from his physical condi-
ton what his disposition might be at
the time.
He served at dinner when Mrs. Sid
ney, Isobel and /, more tremendously
than we cared to, dined Certain do
nestle ceremonies pleased Mr.. Sidney
and he liked to know that in some re-
spects the baronial character of his
place was being maintained as he
would have maintained it if he had
been active.
When Jed was in good nature, he
frequently sought me out for talks, and
when he was in good nature, / en-
couraged him. did not want to open
up any secrets the house might have,
merely to learn what they were, but
knew Mrs. Sidney needed help, and
thought might give it if knew how:
/ also thought that Jed some evening
when pleasantly and good naturally
drunk and garrulous might say more
than he intended. There were many
opportunities. but he never did.
One night-this was in September
/ was walking about the place with the
mastiffs at my side. l stood a while at
the edge Of the woods looking at the
house. In it's shadowy bulk it seemed
fit container of mystery. Only a few
windows were illuminated. 1t was the
river side of the house that was bright
at night.
I walked slowly across the lawn
toward the side where Mrs. Sidney's
rooms were. A small balcony opened
off her sitting room. l could hear her
talking to some one on this balcony.
The person she was talking to, as 1
heard in another moment, was Jed.
was then almost under the balcony.
81 am a resolute man." Jed was say
ing. "Tll have my own way. I'll have
what I want. I'll make you glad to
come to terms. I'm a reasonable man,
too. Now, admit that I've been con-
siderate."
/ started to get out of hearing as
quietly and rapidly as I could, but I
heard Mrs. Sidney, her voice vibrant
with Indignation, say:
II ought to have you whipped"
'That is silly, unreasonable passion"
said Jed.
81 shall not hesitate to kill you,"
said Mrs. Sidney.
Then I went out of earshot The |
fact that Jed could threaten Mrs. Sid
ney in this fashion was inexplicable. |
It could not be explained by his serv-
to Mr.. Sidney, great as that