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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
ORIGIN OF CITATION CORD
French Tradition Say 1t W@ Con-
ferred for Bravery Under Ex-,
ceptional circumstances.

According to French tradition, the
citation cord originated centuries ago,
when the soldiers of certain COM
pany that had mutinied werel to be
hanged. Before the sentence could be
carried out, the French were attacked.
and the condemned men were called
on to aid in the defense. They went
into action, so to speak, with halters
around their necks; but they fought
with such supreme bravery that they
were pardoned, and thereafter each
man was permitted to wear as badge
of honor and as token of suffering
and heroism, knotted cord round
his shoulder.
The origin of the citation cord san
be explained in a more logical way If
one examines ancient pictures, which
show that shoulder cords can be traced
back to simpler conditions until they
appear merely as metal tipped laces
to bear the weight of certain pieces
Of armor. Such laces appeared in
pairs on both shoulders; they have
survived in the aigulette Of the mod
ern officers dress uniform.
AS armOr began to be discarded
piece by piece, paintings of the period
show, laces to support the arm pieces.
since they were no longer needed.
were Topped about the shoulders and
became merely marks that dis
tinguished the wearer as high in the
order of military dignity.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
EVERYWHERE SIGNS OF FALL
Sights and Sounds That Meet the Eyes
and Ears in the Years Clos
ing Season.

Fall! and everywhere the sights and
sounds of falling. In the woods.
through the cool, silvery air, the leaves,
so indispensable once, so useless now.
Bright day after bright day. dripping
night after dripping night, the never
ending filtering or gusty fall of leaves.
The fall of walnuts, dropping from
bare boughs with muffled boom into
the deep grass.
The fall of the hickory-nut, rattling
noisily down through the scaly limbs
and scattering its hull among the
stones of the brook below. The fall
of buckeyes, rolling like balls of ma
hogany into the little dust paths made
by the sheep when they sought those
roofs of leaves. The fall of acorns,,
Ieaping out of their matted green cups
as they strike the earth.
The fall of red haw, persimmon and
pawpaw, and the odorous wild plum
In its valley thickets. The fall of all
seeds whatsoever in the forest, now
made ripe in their high places and
sent back to the ground, there to be
folded in against the time when they
shall rise again as the living genera
tons, the homing, downward flight OF
the seeds in the .many-colored weeds
all over the quiet land.-James Lane
Allen, in "Reign Of Law"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Famed Norman traveller

Madame Pfeiffer should take her
place in history alongside of Rolf the
Walker; or Traveller (Gangeo, for no
woman, living or dead, has accom-
plished so much with her legs. She
was born in Vienna in 1877. A love
affair having gone askew, and an I'M
fortunate marriage to a man thrice
her age, turned Ida Pfeiffer's thoughts
into the wide, wide world, and she be-
gan her famous Journeys, four voy-
ages, which went four times not only
round the world. but in and out Of the
world, including the islands of canni-
balls near Java, the mysteries of Peru
and Ecuador, Bagdad and Otaheite in
the Pacific ocean, Panama and the
United States. If she had been gift
ed writer we might have had valuable
data. But it is not fair to ASA
the forehead to equal such underplp'
nings of power and endurance.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
First Canned Pineapples.

1t was to the discovery of the pos
sibilities of trade in canned pineap-
pies that the great pine-farming indus
try in the Far East is due. Two Eng
lishmen, at Singapore, saw the suita-
bility of the fruit for canning. Its
shape was just right. it could easily
be grown to a uniform size, and it was
in great demand in countries where
it would not grow out Of doors.
The trade was soon taken over ef-
tirely by the Industrious Chinese and
has for long time been one of their
staple exports. In many of the warm
er parts of China, miles of fields may
be seen regularly and neatly planted
with the pine. 1t is invariably multi
piled by suckers from the root.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
To Mark Tools.

. Tools may be marked with letter
punches in case they are not too hard.
An excellent method is by the use Of
nitric acid, which is easily procured
at the drug stores and may. be kept
indefinitely in a bottle having glass
stopper. The method is equally sim
pie. Warm the tool to be marked
enough to cause wax to adhere to 1t in
thin film. Scratch. the name with
some sharp-pointed instrument quite
through the wax. A little nitric acid
poured on the writing will quickly eat
out the letters on the steel surface.
Wash off the acid and remove the
wax with hot rag. The job is done
and the marking will be practically
everlasting.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
More Coed Horses Needed

The thing most needed in the pro-
duction d work horses for American
farms is greater care i'll Tie selection
of the stall;, and brood ma e, say
animal husbandry experts of the I'm
tied States Department of Agricult-
ure who have been studying the pres
ent situation with respect to horses.
Not only was there net decrease OF
approximately J'i3, 019 in the number
of horses on farms on January com
pared with a year ago, but the ex-
perts are of the opinion that there
has been an even more marked de-
crease in the number of mares bred
during 1919. The extent Of this de-
crease can not be accurately determin
eduntil the colt crop of 1920 is estim
ated. However, if the decline in breed
ing is as great as conditions now ind
cate the country will be confronted
with a seriously depleted supply of
good horses within the next few
years. ...... r. ..
Many farmers are using up their
work stock without making any pro-
vision for the future. Such a policy
is short sighted and will have serious
results according to Department Of
agriculture representatives. The pres
ent need is to increase the percentage
CT efficient horses by careful selec-
ton of parents. One of the principal
factors from which the market is
suffering, is the breeding of too many
low-grade work animals. There is a
strong demand for tigh-class horses,
= at good prices, the department says.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Meat Exports Increase

The exports of domestic meats and
meat products from this country tot
aled 1888, 100000 pounds for the
year of 1919, a quantity without re-
gard to kinds of meat, as great as
prewar annual consumption Of meat
IN France; three fifths Of that of the
United Kingdom; one half as rlucr
as that Of former Russia, not includ
ing Poland; twice as much as that OF
Italy; and IS per cent of that of for
mer Germany. For the year ending
June 80 1917, the total exports in
pounds OF meat products was /, $50,
100000. In the year 1918 the total
rose to 100000 pounds. In
1919 exports amounted to the larg-
est in history of the industry, accord
ing to the Bureau of Crop Estimates
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Mountains,

Mountains seem to have been built
for the human race, as at once their
schools and their cathedrals; full Of
treasures of Illuminated manuscript
for the scholar, kindly in simple les
sons for the worker, quiet in pale
cloisters for the thinker, glorious in
holiness for the worshiper. They are
great cathedrals of the earth. with
their gates of rock, pavements Ct
cloud, choirs of stream and stone, al
tars of snow, and vaults of purple
traversed by the continual stars.~-
RuSkin.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
The Thrice-a-Week Edition of
The New York World
IN 1919 and 1920

Practically daily at the price OF
weekly. No other newspaper in the
world gives so much at so low a price
Tho forces are already lining up
for the Presidential campaign Of 1920.
The Thrice Week World which Is
the greatest example of tabloid jour-
nalis:n in America will give you all
the news of it. 1t will keep you as
thoroughly informed as daily at
Ave or six times the price. Besides,
rhe news from Europe for a long
lime to come will be of overwhelm-
irg interest, and we are deeply and
vitaiIy concerned in it. The Thrice
a-Week World will furnish you an
accurate and comprehensive report OF
everything that happens. t.,
The Thrice-A-Week Worlds regu-
lar subscription price is only $1.OO
per year, and this pays for 156 pa
pers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and The HIGHLAND RE-
CoRDER together for one year for
S2.35. #
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
American Engineers Supreme.

TO say that Americans make the
best banknotes in the world may sound
Mt first rather boastful, and yet any
history of the art and industry of note
engraving which failed to record that
eact would be incomplete. Paul Re-
we're was the first American banknote
artist. and from the time of the char
tering of the Bank of North America
under the direction Of Robert Morris,
in 1871, up to the present, the Ameri-
,an engravers have excelled not only
In the artistic quality of their design,
but in their provisions against counter
feiting.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Opportunity Everywhere.

The limits of what man may grow
into are found in himself. Men are
so busy talking about their rights
that they fail to see what is their op-
portunities. Men have risen to power
because they have made brain and
Drawn work together. The world has
rewarded them for it. When con-
fidence is placed in a man the world
gives him unlimited opportunity. 1t
is then he must grow into a larger
sphere or stay among the men Of lost
vision. If some people would cease
trying to regulate the world and take
a hand in regulating their own dis
content there would be decided prog
ress. Success after all is a matter
Of growing out of the old and into the
new with ever increased development
and power.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Lane IS TO LEAD
SALVATION ARMY
Former Secretary Of Interior is
CElaigma2, 1920
Committee

Franklin X. Lane, who recently re-
signed as Secretary Of the Interior De-
partment, has accepted the chairman
ship OF the national committee IN
charge of the Salvation Army's nome
Service appeal for 1920. This IS MI
Lanes first big civic work after sew
ering his cabinet connections.
In a letter to Commander Evangei
inc Booth, Mr.. Lane declared that
sympathy for the suffering people Of
other lands must not cause America
to neglect her own poor and untortu
nate classes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
WAI7TrD TO BE HANGED

London, Feb. 27-The curious
case of i2Gn committing murder
with the oD:cct e being himself kill
ed is the report from the colony of
Sumatra. Il local station master was
killed. The native who committed
the murder laid MS life was burden
and he had failed twice to end his
life and sought this way to be killed
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Samuel Rooers.

AS the author, of '"The Pleasures Of
Memory" rests the chief fame of Sam
uel Rogers. who died December IS.
1855. Yet he was not slack in his lit
erary productions, and the "Ode to
Superstition" "Jacqueline," Human
Life" and Columbus" together with
numerous books brought him into
prominence, and no name occurs
oftener in the literary annals of the
time than his.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Wrens Like Human Society.

The house wren is one of the mos:
sociable and confiding of birds and on
this account they will build their nesrs
in little houses that are built for thera
no matter how c,ose to q human habit
tation. Furthermore. the wren is one
81 sthe most valuable of birds, for 1t
feeds entirely on insects and thus helps
,ta-save the trees and the vegetables ia
the garden from the pests which would
eat them. The wren builds its nest OF
grass or weeds stuffed into any crew
ice that takes its fancy,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
institution of Phonetics Planned.

The University of London is plan
ming to build an institution of phonet-
les at a cost of 100000, where sew
enty assistants would be engaged in
research work on the 1000 languages
of the British empire. The. scheme.
Which originated with Daniel Jones,
head of the phonetic department of the
university, calls FOR the expenditure
of S2,500.000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19

London, Eng, Feb. 27-Dr. k1s-
met, described as an Indian doctor OF
philosophy. who has been holding
seances at Swansea, stated that he,
has mastery over his own body and eX
poets to i've till the age of at least
$50. Anyone can do it he claims,
who has sufficient determination to
l:VE.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Now Is the
Time to Do It

There never was a better time for
the erection of that monument for
your family lot than now. We have
never before had so large a line Of
handsome Marble & Granite Monum-
mcntes.
MIR. H. F. Slaven represents US
and he will be pleased to take your
order or give you any information
you desire.
CLIFTON FORGE MARBLE
AND GRANITE WORKS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Dental Notice

Will be at Williamsville, Va. March
Is 1920 to GO dental work and will
remain 10 days or two weeks.
DR.. l. G.. Wagner
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19

the drug stores of United States that the public could easily
obtain this very remarkable tonic corrective and D
Pierce manufactured this discovery from roots and baksa
corrective remedy ingredients which nature had put in the ed
and forests keeping healthy Few folks families now LIVING
have not at sometime other used this Golden Medical Discovery
for the stomach liver and heart Evidence of the wonderful sale
medicine recorded in the books Dr. pe non b
this tonic and blood remedy have been sold in this country NO
fight the battles Of life and hold his anG own ms T Ro0q
ntV red blood corpses and good digestion Catarrh is
agnson of the blood Introduce pure red blood into the SYSTEM
and health is assured.
Dr. Pierce advises you you wish to avoid the many germ d
eases to keep YOUR blood good order You obtain Golden
Medical Discovery tablet liquid form at all drug OF e9a
0c for trial package Dr. Perce Laboratory IN Buffalo, M
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19

LAUNDRY, CLEANING and DYE
ING and PRESSING any kind Of
goods. Work guaranteed. Leave
your orders with me.
CHAS. DIGGS, Barber,
Monterey, Va.
Agent for Woodward's Cleaning
Dyeing and Pressing Establishment
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19

;sfy beyond doubt that PE-RU-NA iswhat need. .
PERU-NA may purchased anywhere in tablet ud form
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-31

saw It. He said that he thought stud
les should coincide as they go with
the vocation. 5Prin. Leon G. Paine Of
Rumford spoke upon his impressions
Of Mr.. Nichols address.
Mr.. Nichols was the hnal speaker
Of the forenoon. He said that mil
lions are leaving the schools and pay
ing for courses in special schools
which they do want to take. Eng
fish is very necessary in. business.
in fact the highest kind of English is
necessary. He brought to mind full
page advertisement Of a well known
automobile company in. recent maya
zines. The article vas headed Pen
atty Of Leadership" and in his mind
was the finest piece of English. It
cost $500 on one page OF a well
known magazine.
Vocational guidance in Mr.. Mich
OILS mind is fine thing. He spoke
Of grammar school graduates who
give up high school training and plan
to go to a business college so that
they may ct out and go to work with
IN a year. He said that he has talked
with many pupils Of Is and under
who wanted to get out and work.
But they never made success Of it
in starting in stenography so early.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-31

Stecher with Caddock underneath was
foiled by the Iowa man.
At the expiration OF one hours time
both men were on their feet The per-
spiration was dripping from them but
neither showed any sign OF weakenins'
Stschsr picked up his opponent bodily
and threw him to the mat for another
futile effort to obtain q body scissors.
Again Caddock's wonderful dexterity
enabled him to break free and they re-
sumed upright positions.
CAddock tried for an ankle hold ana
sent Stecher to the mat but failed To
gain any advantage. Later he pulled
Stecher down with a double neck hold.
They had been wrestling Is minutes
when Caddock rolled away from an
other scissors attack and electrified the
crowd by a double foot hold from be-
hind, which gave him an aggressive
position.
They had gone 30 minutes when
Stecher, getting out of a body hold, al
most sprang through the ropes. A lew
seconds later he secured deadlock
out of which Caddock squirmed.
Caddock gave a wonderful exhibition
Of defensive tactics in preventing q
body scissors and cleverly Offset Stech-
er's persistent attack, which lasted full
ly three minutes.
In another effort for leg hold Stech-
er showed his superior strength by lift
ing Caddock bodily while in kneelins
position. The match then had gone l
hour and 70 minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-31
ON CONFERENCE

teh treaty for any purpose, unless in
any particular case the CONGRESS
which under sthe constitution, has
the sole power to declare war or au-
thorize the employment Of the mill
tary or naval forces Of the United
States shall by act or Joint resolu-
ton SO provide"
Various amendments and s,rbsti-
tutes were offered to this reservation
in regard to Article 10 of the treaty.
1t was found impossible to agree on
any change in this reservation to be
presented to the other senator's.
Reservation No. 5: The United
States will not submit to arbitration
or to inquiry by the assembly or BY
the council Of the league of nations.
provided for in said treaty Of peace.
any questions which in the Judgment
OF the United States depend upon
or relate to it's long established pol-
ity, commonly known as the Monroe
Doctrine. Said Doctrine Is to be in
terpreted by the United States alone
and is hereby declared to be wholly
outside the jurisdiction Of said league
OF nations and entirely unaffected by
any provision contained in the said
treaty of peace with Germany
1t was proposed by the Democrats
to strike out the words Said doctrine
IS to be interpreted by the United
states alone to this consent could
not be obtained"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-31
FARMERS FEARS
Continued from Pace ,One)

Of the farmer in numerical order to
be as follows:
Inability 20 obtain labor to work
the farms. hired help and the farm
ers' children having been lured to the
city by higher wages and easier liv.
ing.
High profits taken by middlemen
for the mere handling of food pro-
ducts and lack of proper agencies
to contract between the farmer and
the ultimate consumers.
Many Of the replies said one official.
who had looked over them, probably
as many as SO per cent indicate that
the writer's contemplate either leav-
ing their farms or curtailing acre
age under cultivation because of one
or more Of three major grievances
and because Of the growing feeling
against non.producing city dwtllers.
Commenting tonight on the replies,
Assistant Postmaster General Blakes-
lee. said:
Such action at such time when
the predominant cry is for production
and still more production cannot buc
constitute grave menace.
Before the Senate committee he
characterized the situation as poten-
tious and disquieting.
This opinion was expressed by Mr..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-31

Blakeslee after a member Of the Sen
ate committee had remarked that
the replies seemed to have come
mostly from a bunch OF Bolshe-
visits"
taken At random from the more ehan
1900 already on file at tire postomce
department showed the trend OF thought
among a considerable proportion OF the
farmers Of Nef England, the middle
western states. Georgia and the east
EN- agricultural sections.
The time is very near" wrote
farmer at East Chatham. n. Y, when
we farmers will have to curtail pro-
duction and raise only what we need
for our own use and let the other fell
lows look out for themselves. Labor
unions are more to blame for the high
prices than anyone else. People are
trying to get pay for what they don't
earn
Writing from Palmyra, Mo-, another
farmer said:
Il almost fear a famine. Farm help
is flocking to the city, lured by short
nOuIS, QlSn WdkSS anu thc pioAiAAoS Va
a good time. Someone, fear. is going
to suffer if this condition is not RENE
died shortly
Declaring that the whole onus Of the
high cost of living rests with the mid
dleman. another Missouri producer ad-
vocated the establishment of munich
pal markets to be served by parcel post
direct.
ST sell butter 10 the dealer for IS cents
a pound" his letter said. land the same
butter eells to the consumer for 50 cents
a pound. In the distribution we lose
nearly half and we lose on the butter
at the first price. Such conditions are
causing the farmers to leave the farm
by the thousands. We have reached a
crisis. You may ask what we would &c
with the middleman. I will suggest that
it be arranged for them to go on the
farm and help produce things. I I'M
derstand that they might not relish
working IA hours a day. but if We get
by the winter there will have to DE
something useful done by everyone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-31
MANCHESTER
Funeral of Late W. M, Greasy

S''S' ~ ~ saw W. W. ~ SooSI
The funeral Of the late Willard NJ
Creasey was held on Friday after
noon at 2.30 o'clock from his late
home, in the presence of large
number of relatives and friends. Rev.
E. w. Weber Of Hallowell officiated.
assisted by Alfred w. Hawkes. of
the Friends church of Manchester.
who spoke of the exemplary life Mr..
Creasey had lived and the honor and
respect in which he was held in the
church as well as by all his neigh
bors and friends. From his old pas
tor. 1. W. Hawkes. of the Friends
church on the Pond road, who was
not present, came this message:
Mark the perfect man and behold
the upright. for the end Of that man
is peace" The floral tributes were
many and very beautiful. speaking
language above words of the love of
friends bore him. The bearers were
from Sanborn Lodge. No. 80. I. o. o.
F.. Of which Mr.. Creasey was men,
Der. and were: Reuel Whitehouse,
{. Y. Colburn, Horace D. Fuller and
A. Nj. Bowman. Interment was in
the Manchester Center cemetery.