Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-10-21
Inside Facts About Our Presidents.

Inside Facts About Our Presidents.
That few Of our Presidents cam,
from poorer homes than George Wash.
ington and that he had less schoolinf
than Nur-hfths of his successors?
That Washington although a mil.
itia officer for number Of years had
never won battle at the time he wa.
called to be commander-in-chief OF tho
Revolution
That he had never made sneecb
up to the time that the congress- n,
Philadelphia called him by unanimous
consent to be leader of the Young ma.
tion; yet Patrick Henry testified thai
ne was the greatest man in an assem-
olage which Lord Chatham William
Fitb declared never had its superior
anywhere in history?
That the Revolution was not won
by the sword of Washington but nv
mis- lndomitable character?
That John Adams was of sucb nh.
security that when his engagement, r.
the daughter of Parson Smith was an.
nounced, the people were shocked tina,
Abigail should marry so beneath her
station.
mat Thomas Jefferson was born anS
lived so far on the frontier that at sev.
enteen years of age he had never seer
mansion, a church or village o.
twenty houses?
mat the strife between jefferson
and Hamilton was so bitter that par
tisans of each refused 10 eat, drint
and sometimes even to worship witt
each other?
That James Madison made a prea
name for himself before entering the
presidency but added nothing to i
while In the White House-in othe-
words, was a good deal of a man bu
not much of a President?
That John Quincy Adams was II
the diplomatic service at fourtee,
years of age; that lie was in the pub
lie service SIS years; that he returned
to the lower branch of congress afte
serving as President and that he pre-
scented the first petition in congress
against slavery?
That Andrew Jackson, backwoods
man and son Of a poor immigrant wa
an orphan AZ Is years Of age withou
home or kindred in the country: tina
a ragged rowing waif of the Reyplu.
ton, he grew up wild as a weed?
That Martin Van Buren, was tn,
first machine-madc politician in IN,
presidency, but that when put to ties
he rose above political maneuvering
also that he was the first of the Pres.
Public is Warned Against Anthrax.
II. 7. Davis, State Health Com
missioner announces that the State
Department of Health has received
the following letter from the Surgeon
General of the United States Public
Health Service:
The bureau has made every effort
possible under existing laws and reg
ulstions to prevent the occurrence OF
anthrax due 10 infected shaving
brushes. In spite Of its efforts anthrax
cases occur and will continue to occur
unless the public cease to buy and use
horse hair brushes for shaving. II is
the concensus Of expert opinion that
shaving brush anthrax is only con-
tracted when the shaving brush is made
OF horse hair and Congress at the next
session will be asked to prohibit the
use of horse hair brushes. In regard
to the horse hair shaving brushes which
are now in trade channels, and some
of which are presumably affected, il is
doubtful if any effective measure can
be taken by health officials except a d.
rect appeal to the public not to buy or
use horse hair brushes. You are strong.
ly urged to issue in your appeal, giving
it the widest publicity as the only rem
edy to obviate the potential danger
from these brushes pending additional
legislation"
The State Department OF Health
heartily endorses the above warning
and urges the public to refrain from
the use Of these brushes.
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