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The Washington times., 1920-02-02

Herbert Spencer's view was ex-
pressed as follows:
I'm the politico->conomic ideal OF
human existence there is contem-
plated quantity only and not quail
ity. Instead of an immense
amount of life of iow type / would
far sooner see half the amount Of
life of a high type"
Spencer, scientist, knew that
great and uncomfortable fertility
is absolutely necessary to maintain
lower forms of life. Perhaps
human beings are still included
among these lower forms.
One weak spot in the argument
of birth control advocates is their
constant repetition of the idea I'VE
have too many inferior children
from the inferior lower classes.
We want more children from the
upper class"
But do we? What percentage of
the worlds really great men have
come from the upper classes? Not
one per cent. Not half of one per
cent, although opportunity, knowl-
edge and leisure have been with
the upper class children.
The mother of Napoleon be-
gan having children when she
was fifteen or younger. Some
died, she went right on, and
finally Napoleon Bonaparte came
to change history and make
kings ridiculous. His mother
was busy following the army in
Corsica when he was born. She
returned to the house just in
time, and Napoleon was born
downstairs, no lime to go up
stairs. Would it have been
good thing had teachers of birth
control prevailed, thus cutting
Bonaparte's romantic career out
of history's pages?
Olympias, another and very
different mother of genius, was
just the sort to use birth con-
troll If she had known about IL.
Her favorite sport was dancing
with snakes wrapped around her,
dealing with magicians, etc. IL
would have been a bad thing Tor
today's civilization had her son
Alexander the Great never ar
rived.
Birth control has been more
odious in the eyes Of earnest
clergymen by the unbelieving
character Of its supporters. These
,nnl,,I1I Thar ar1aa nra l1a.,.I l.
really made and won the fight
for birth control in England, and
Robert Ingersoll.
Ingersoll said:
For thousands Of years men
and women have been trying 20
reform the world.
why have the reformers
fafled7 I will tell you why.
Ignorance, poverty, and vice
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
THE GREAT FALLS PROJECT.

Every live Washingtonian ap-
plauds you for your editorial on
Great Tails and Senator NORRIS.
who is n true friend of our city.
Giving plenty of water. cheap elec-
tricity, and relief from exorbitant
coal prices. the project ought to be
OF real value to Washington.
E. W. ".
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
Is This the Mesnest Man

Young ladies In a certain buresa
have been trying TO assist unfortu-
nate doughboys at Walter Reed Hos
pitsl by selling trinkets made BY
these crippled or bod-riddon lads.
The girls were greatly shocked whom
their chief disapprovcd Of their ef-
forts. actually censurinx them for
selling these things. A new aftndard
has evidently econ sc; for the mean
est man.
GIRL SiNPATHIZERe
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
HEARD AN D SEEN

Conductor No. 20. on the Bright
wood line, has a pleasant word
and a smile for everybody; never
was in a bad humor.
w. GEORGE.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
Harsh Notes From a Cellist.

What about the Vamps who
light in the first row, next to the :
the orchestra, and talk about the :
new waist Olga bought for $2.49 |
during a quiet scene in the pic .
ture, while the orchestra is play
ing a soft selection? I have had
them put their feet on the edge
OF my chair as I was playing .
solo. A. CELLIST. :
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
Rather Early for Marriage.

/ noticed in The Herald that Nor
gan's grandson married a widow
two (2) years old. If she is
widow, how old was she when she
first married? Your readers may be
able to answer.
WIN. N. STIEFEL.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
Here's the Letter:

Solomon's palace is the larrest and
most beautiful here, but they tell me "
IN not large enough and Will soon Dc
Increased in size. 49,
II. has 900 wives all living 10 TINS
palace and yesterday when passcn
through the palace park, the guar
informed ne that there were 3,oss chil-
dren he had TO look after, with many
new babies being born.
He also said " was something teH-
fui In the palace, and he could not
stand Il much longer for the women
were uuarreling all the time, each wiie
declaring she had the worst room IN
tho building and wanting some o,ner
woman'. room. The children oftcn
got mixed up and fought like dsmnna
King Solomon celebrated his ssIN
birthday last month, aud while an,
a young miss Of only 20s tumioerl,
have determined I will not marry sny
man who has over nvs wives.
The other day say the King start
ING out on a littlo pleasure trip WIN
his family. He had e7s wives along'
about 1000 to t,00o maids ana nurses.
Each wife had tnroe trunks sno ,ney
wers iust going 20 spend three Gays
Evsry wife had to have a sep&rat.
ariot to prev>nt dusrrcling.
some Of his wives are down on hir1
bncauso he - black. BIT he tells them
he is good LOOKING. After BIG family
quarrel the other day he read tho riot
ACT 10 tnent "Stor that noise, no
comm 2 ndef, ''or there will bo no more
pleasure trims. have lust ordered
from Tyro 4 900 bundles OF nyrrh and
pornrrarite giCts.' Thrf thoN
luiet:d down.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

That silver half dollar of 1872 is
now worth about % cents if you try
to buy something with it.
c. J. MENASCO.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

Each nation must decide for it.
self what knowledge should be
distributed and what, il any,
withheld. Not long ago it was
called immodest for any girl to
study botany, because she would
learn necessarily that plants were
of two sexes. 1t was also said
that no woman "who could listen
to a lecture on anatomy, with all
its unpleasant knowledge" could
make a respectable wife. All edu-
Gated girls study anatomy now.
Opponents of birth control say
with birth control taught that the
race might become extinct. II
women knew how TO avoid having
children they would have none. so
the race would die out. Those SOL
emn thinkers do not know much
about women. The power that
created them did the work so mar
vclously that they actually. want
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

A coin buyer writes that a silver
half dollar Of 1912 is worth rs cents.
He knows.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

Its value now is about O036l.
Yours until the Crown Prince grows
a chin. HILLIARD WARREN.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

At least o-o 5000 looking
eersesn. who bangs out OF
Ninth street was wounded
He fell oil his ONCE chair
also fought il the battle Of
Eighth anl = streets.
WILLIE. g
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

In England publication OF birth
control information was allowed,
with other indecent books" if the
publications were expensive, be-
yond the reach of the poor. A
British judge in Australia, Justice
Windeyer, said this:
-InfOrpation cannot be pure,
chaste and legal In Morocco mt a
guinea, but impure, obscene and
indictable in q paper pamphlet at
Axpence. Information, TO be Of
value as safeguard from the mis-.
cries of overpopulatiOn and over
crOwding, must be given wholesale
to the masses likely to Overbreed.
The time Is past when knowledge
can be kept as the exclusive priv.
.lege of any caste or class"
The Washington times., 1920-02-02
KING SOLOMON, HIS WIVES.
HIS PALACE, HIS TROUBLES!

While I cannot give ~cn the narnes
of Solomon's wives / enclose here
with a letter written by Babylon
ish woman visiting Jerusalem to
her father in Babylon, concerning
Solomon's palace and his families.
The original, along with others on
this subject, is the British Mu-
seum HISTORIAN.
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

rival or non-arrival here of crea-
lures created by Him.
These were answered roughly
by Thomas Nixon Carver, profes-
sor of political economy at Har-
ward College, in the following en-
phatic paragraph:
Foxes think large families
among the rabbits highly CON-
mendable. Employers who want
large supplies of cheap labor, mill
tary leaders who want plenty of
cheap food for gunpowder, and
politicians who want plenty of
voters. all agree in commencing
large families and rapid multiph-
cation among the poorer classes"
Many physicians and some
judges favor birth control. Judges
may have been influenced by being
obliged to sentence to death mis-
cradle unborn criminals. Doctors
know that information as to birth
control is supplied by physicians
to every prosperous family that
sSfeVoSo tiiC iiilOI iildtlOu. IL may
seem. to them not just to give
birth control information to rich
families that can afford children,
withholding it from poor families
already overburdened.
DR.. jacob, a great specialist on
child welfare, whose memory the
scientific world holds in respect,
wrote:
"I often hear that an American
family has had ten children, but
only three or four survived. Be-
fore the former succumbed, they
were a source of expense, poverty
and morbidity to the few surviv-
ors. For the interest of the latter
and the health of the community
at large, they had better not have
been born.
"There is only one country in
which that question is regarded
with hypocritical sneers, and that
country is ours"
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

are populating the world. The
gutter is the nursery. People
unable even to support them
selves fill the tenements, the
huts and novels with children.
Science must make woman the
owner, the mistress of herself.
Science, the only possible savior
of mankind, must put 1t in the
power of woman to- decide for
herself whether she will or will
not become n mother
The most powerful advocate Of
birth control, intellectually. was
John Stuart Mill, son of James
Mill. See his Principles Of Econ
omy:"
"Therc are abundance Of writer's
and public speakers, including
many of the most Ostentatious pre-
tensions to high feeling, whose
views Of life are so truly british
that they see hardship In prevent
ing paupers from breeding heredi-
tary paupers in the workhousc It.
self"
Modesty and virtue have been
mixed in with the birth control
discussion. II is suggested that
knowledge making 1t possible to
prevent childbirth would demoral-
ize women.
Robert Owen, son of the great
Owen who did so much for industry
and agriculture in England, an
swered that suggestion as follows:
"Truly, but they pay their wives,
their sisters, and their daughters
\ poor compliment
as, then, this yaunted chastity
a mere thing Of circumstance and
occasion?
"That chastity which is worth
preserving IL not the chastity that
owes Its birth TO fear and ignor-
ance-
"For myself, I would withhold
from no sister, or daughter, or
wife Of mine any ascertaincd fact
whatever
The Washington times., 1920-02-02

There have been bitter discus
sions on this subject during the
last hundred years.
Clergymen urged the solemnity
Of life, the crime of interfering
With II, the right Of God alone 10
decide on population. upon the ar.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-09
BUY-A-BARREL

" "Buy-a-Barrel-of-F Flour" cam
paign has been started in the
~ Northwest and is rapidly gain
ing favor with the people, especially
in the wheat-growing districts.
The object is to rush into the hands
Of the consumer the visible supply OF
flour and to create an immediate de-
mand for wheat. Promoters Of the
campaign point out that flour is as
cheap now as it will be and that buy
ing heavily now the consumer will be
helping himself while helping the
wheat farmer.
This seems reasonable. If the price
of flour continues to come down the
price Of wheat cannot go up, and un-
less the price Of wheat does go up
there can be no hope Of a revival Of
business conditions in the wheat
growing districts. The foundation Of
our prosperity rests upon farm sue
cess and the economies Of the people.
If we can add to the prosperity OF
the farmer by buying cheap flour we
are strengthening both legs of this
foundation.
Buy q barrel of flour.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-09
LOST MOTION

LUST MOllON .'--
~HE state law says it had to be
done but otherwise Tuesdays
- city election was senseless,
useless thing. It settled nothing, de-
termined nothing, accomplished moth
ing and rolled up just one more item
of expenses. ii. .--y II 4.
Certainly the state election laws
should be so changed as to obviate
such waste of money and duplication
of effort. Not only this year but for
several years past the primary cleo
ton has settled all issues, insofar as
there were any issues to settle, and to
all intents and purposes has been fin
al. Kennewick has done what every
other city, certainly of the third and
fourth class, should do. It has elimi-
mated partisan politics from its cleo:
tions. Republicans, democrats, nor
farmer-laborer have no standing, as
such, in the city's political life. For
years there has been only one ticket,
the "Citizen's" ticket. And for years
the citizens have voted at the primary,
not at the general election which has
been nothing more than false motion.
It seems that this false and lost mo-
ton could be saved by writing into
our election laws amendments to pro-
vide that in city elections all filings
for office shall be on one ticket and
that whenever any candidate received
majority Of all votes cast shall have
been elected and no further election
need be held.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-09
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* HIGH SCHOOL NOTES X

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES *
X KX&KX KXK* X X X X
The assembly was entertained on
Tuesday by Mr.. Adrian, state club
leader. Although Mr.. Adrian spoke
primarily in the interests Of club work
he gave US some good advice for 9TH
er fields of work. He said that we
should not tackle thing unless we
meant to succeed. To do this We must
have grit, grip and gumption, and not
give up. On the pins awarded for
club work are four HIS. These, he
explained, stand for the head to plan,
the heart to sympathize, the hand to
work and the health will be better.
To live, we must have place to live,
clothes to wear and things to eat. To
accomplish these things the boys
ought to learn to be farmers and the
girls to be housewives. Mr.. Adrian
said that Miss Green, our county lead
er, made the best report of any one
in the state this year. This sounds
good to us and we ought to have
successful club next year.
We heard some of the best news
ever yesterday. Mr.. Staley announced
that the Christmas holidays begin on
December % and last until January
3, 1921. The most popular expression
we heard all day was, "Isn't that
great" This expresses the sentiment
of the whole school.
The senior and junior girls played a
basketball game with the freshmen
and sophomores, Wednesday evening
and came out victorious with score
of IL to 10. The first half ended in
q tie to 2, but the last half was more
exciting, more baskets being made.
The underclass girls played good
game and kept the older girls busy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-09
The COURIER-REPORTER
Issued Thursday by
The Kennewick Printing Co.
A. R. GARDNER, Editor

Subscription price $500 the year
Entered as Second-C Glass matter April
8, 1914, at the Post Office at Kenne-
wick, Washington, under the Act of
Congress of March 8, 1879.
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X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Il CARLEY AND WHTTCOMB X
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Mrs. Neyens and baby went to Ken
newick last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCumber returned
home from Astoria last week.
Evelyn Grove has been sick the past
week but was able to be in school on
Friday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-12-09

" Experimentation" cam
paign has been started in the
- Northwest and is rapidly gain
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14
WINCHESTER PRESBYTERY
POGRAM.

Following is tentative program CT
Winchester Presbytery to meet in Elk
Branch Presbyterian Church, Dpffields,
September 21-23, 1920.
Tuesday, September 2lst.
8 P. M.-Sermon by the retiring
Moderator, the Rev. J. B. Bitten
ger, D. d.
Wednesday, September 22nh.
IL A. M.-Communion service. Ser
mon by the Rev. w. J. Webster
D. D.
7:3O P. M.-Report of Home Mission
Committee with addresses on the
Home Mission work of the Pres
bytery. 90,
Thursday, September 2Srd.
liza. M.-Presbyterial sermon by the
Rev. Geo. L. Cook. Subject,
''The Functions of the Ministry,
1880 P. M.-Missionary address by the
Rev. G. E. Henderlite, OF Brazil
Daily Business Program:
9 to 9:10 A. M-Devotionai Service
9:1O to IL A. M.-Business Session.
2 to $50 P. M.-Business Session.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14
HARPERS FERRY AND BOLIVAR
NEWS.

The Ciematis vine over the treills
looks like a bank of snow. Dalhilas
Of every hue, Astsrs and clusters Ina rs,,t q
walton Of Mrs. Thomas r. Ciendenln.
Mr.. Buck Bender. formerly Of TINS
place visited his cousin Mr.. DAVID
Beck. r,,. HOVE
gone to Niagara Falls. :, -
Anthony Busy who is i'll at the
Comfy Infrmary, is a German, born
in DT Bavaria in 1928. He came me- to ,, this
place when a young ma man sa ana n nus;l
od age came upon him and left him
destitute. rsa.+a
veteran has returned from VISIT 1 70
his daughter, Mrs. Wiseman at Ship
Mrs. Lillian Taylor and children OF
Washington City, are visiting their
aunt, Miss Matte Coke
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14
REAL EsATE TRANSFERS,

Mary d. Cochrane to Nellie Klipp
Cummings, house and lot on High ST.
Harpers Ferry, consideration $1,000.
Heirs of Oliver t. Kemp. to lacey
K. and Georgia S. Dram. house ana
lot on Gilbert street, Bolivar, Tor
$1,000. ,u x,,;,;,
Virginia Darnell to Geo. W. Wlliing-
ham. house and lot at Summit foint'
formerly owned by Miss Lucia raven
ner, for $1,000.
Public Building and Loan Assocla-
tion TO c. w. Order, house and lot ~,
in biock 10s, Sixth Avenue, Ranuson,
for 81 ,z0o. nu
r. G. Miller to Helen D. PendIeton,
house and lot at the corner ct WASH
ington and King streets, shepherds
town for $4,000. u
T t. Perry, to Edward D: Tolbert
lot Ia in block 81, Ransom, for 500.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14
DEATH OF MRS. MARTHA JANE
CONRAD.

Mrs. Martha Jane Conrad, widow
Of the late. Robert Conrad, died sud-
denly at her home in Charles Town
last Friday afternoon from heart
trouble, aged about seventy years.
Mrs. Conrad's health had been i'm
paired for several months from an
attack of "flu" which developed into
pneumonia. She survived her hus-
band only nine months, Mr.. Conrad
having died last December. Mrs.
Conrad was a devoted mother and a
kind and good neighbor, and leaves
to mourn her death two daughters,
Mrs. Henry Graybill, of Roanoke, Va;
and Mrs Max Pentz, of Charles Town.
Also five sons, Messrs. Harry and
Robert, of Charles Town, and Emory,
Joseph and James, of Pittsburg, Pa.
Two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Tabler, of
North Mountain, w. Va, and Mrh.
Susan Jamison, of Pittsburg, Pa. and
one brother, Mr.. Charles Leslie, of
Martinsburg. Funeral services were
held at her late residence Monday
afternoon at O'Clock, Rev. 7. M.
Swami officiating. Interment in Edge
Hill Cemetery.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14

DEATH OF FRANK 5. HARRISON.
Was President Of the Halltown Paper
Board Company and One of jefferson
county's Best Citizens.
Mr.. Frank S. Harrison, one of the
county's most capable business men,
and public spirited citizens. died at
his home at Halltown Wednesday.
bis death was due to typhoid fever
with which he was stricken the last
week in July. After months illness
ne improved, and ten days before his
death it was believed he would recover.
a relapse came, however, on Sunday
dissapating all hope that he would
be well again. He fingered until 7:30
o'clock Wednesday evening and then
passed away.
Mr.. Harrison was born in New Hav-
en-, Ct, 81 years ago. His education
was acquired at the Sheffield Scien-
tific School, connected with Yale Uni
versity in his native city. Early in
his business career, he became a men,
Der of firm Of structural engineers
in New York where he aided in build
ing the Astoria Hotel. Another struc-
ture his firm had the contract for was
the American Tract Society Building.
Seventeen years ago he became inter-
ested in the Halltown paper mill, his
associates being the late George S.
and Jay Eyster. Upon the death of
his partners he reorganized the bust
ness by incorporating it with the title
of the Halltown Paper Board Com
pany. The plant was enlarged with
almost an entire equipment of new
machinery. making it one of the most
efficient manufactures in the country.
As an employer, Mr.. Harrison was
always liberal and generous with his
men. They were devoted to him as
few men are to their employer. There
is not man in the service of his COM
pany but who feels a. deep personal
bereavement in his death. Mr.. Harri-
son is survived by his wife, three
daughters and one son. Two of his
daughters were in Europe at the time
of his death, having gone there to
spend their school vacation.
Funeral services were conducted at
the family residence Friday afternoon
by Rev. Malcolm Taylor, of Berryville.
The pallbearers were William Camp
bell, Frank Wilson, w. G. Pringle,
Philip Nelson, James M. Mason, Jr., T.
t. Perry. Thos. c. Bowling and DIR.
William Neill. Interment was made
in Zion churchyard.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14
Northumberland
CHURCH ITEMS.

|sMcss in St. James Catholic
tUh second Sunday, Mass SAB a.
| Fourth Sunday 1890 a. m; even
1 services 1880 p. m.
Bg G. G. Sydnor preached at
.ah Sunday afternoon.
+ Rg Mr.. Taylor, of Berryville, Va,
|a:hed in Zion Episcopal Church
Sunday morning.
|h G G. Sydnor announced in the
|s5Yteran church Sunday morning
/ the Communion of the Lords
|lper would be on the third Sunday
October and that it was desirable
make this occasion a "home COM
ot this church and congregation
which more details will be given
Ia
| d. G, G. Sydnor and DIR. ]. H.
|g, Of Winchester, exchanged pull
p On Sunday evening. DR.. Sydnor
|Aching in the Presbyterian church
Winchester, and DR.. Lacy preach
/ here at the Union religious SER
|s at the Chautauqua tent. DR..
|gs subject was the Word of
|&
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14
JOHN MoNcURE DANIEL, 3D..

John Moncure Daniel, Sd, an ex-
ceedingly bright and attractive boy
ten years DID,, died Monday night of
last week at the home of his grand
father, John M. Daniel, Esq, near
Shenandoah Junction, after brief
School near Alexandria, Va. He had
son of John M. Daniel, Jr., one of the
instructors in the Episcopal High
School near Alexandra, Va. He had
recently came to the home of his
grandparents for visit in the coun-
try, and soon afterward was stricken
with diphtheria. The disease ran a
rapid and fatal course and he died on
Monday, September 6. His death
brings sorrow to many relatives and
friends, for he was most promising
lad and his fathers fondest hopes
were centered in him. Last year he
won the honors of the high school
carving off the medal that had been
striven for by many older students.
His mother died of the influenza a
year or two ago.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14
MISS ELMA FIDINCER.

Miss Elma Fidinger, daughter Of
Mrs. David Fidinger, died at the home
of her mother in Charles Town We'd
nesday morning, her death bringing
sorrow to large family circle and to
many friends. Miss Fidinger had
been engaged in war work in Wash
ington, but gave it up when her health
failed several weeks ago. Besides hel
mother she leaves six sisters, Mrs
John J. Woody, Mrs. Joseph Budden-
hagen, Mrs. Philip Dorsey, Misses
Jessie, Florence and Ellen Fidinger
and one brother, Mr.. Chris L. Fidin-
ger, all of them residents of Charles
Town. Her funeral was held at the
home Friday afternoon, services by
Rev. T. M. Swami. Interment was in
Edge Hill Cemetery.