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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-12

proposed @T%@ @ issue SG" a% sa a %s " @ p %" %% a ns sS% srs%"s %%s @ %sr~%%sa "s %@ stock
OF m m %MM assets Sd 1n Tm@aM s @hep hnsa and properties hl least four times the par value
nG I Ma s ms s M Es %a r@s wws d m avid @@dadMN%@s M. after notice the Company at its option nay cal tho p~
The Sinking Fund as hereinafter provided " ""
Security Company for the purchase Of such mS mM act H %m mM must be Pmm mNy hme
by tender IL sufficient stool s not obnhbn exhaust msn Rh@F dM It'll s Them MM @%mhs s
dividends thus providing nu pMt fme m issue Mm twmS years f" wv ~S " ana accrued
% MmM Funds also E%sm d by amour ind dollars equal the @mmoa stock dividends any paid in
f@d there mvh nnm dividend not enngs $ per- hare b@ msmma sMmrr Fund @am m@ %l
mgF Fund will have oe hNmdt toe pr@ cent he amounts issued "" nuns" "M
one ys SsIa aMaR W hFp o MaNaH MG E@D n aD nFmMMw mREDm yMMp From the profits of 1920 sum equal to
ing fund and h I@ %H@d "M % %x % @ n " @ a mM" an are insufficient for preferred dividend and ink
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s1s.1os.s4o.4s s2,~oso.ss1.o5 s557,es1

Net Fronts 10 Inc year 1918, before Federal Taxes amounted TO
$237941.19, after deducting Federal Taxes there remained about
$1l3,000.00. In this year there was a marked cessation in nurohas;,a
by automobile factories and automobile accessory iobbers so hat for
several months it was possible to run only one shift. and the night shnt
was laid off. After the inventories Of these customers had been ro-
duced, buying again picked up, and the test We had undergone seeued
to demonstrate the extremely stable mature Of on business brake lin
Ing and other automobile specialies, proving to be IS cess for
maintenance of carr in use, as for the initial equipment of o cars
In this year, too. the company undertook to repair and in mart, TO-
equip with machinery q number of old warehouses. which aued tr
considerable addition TO our maintenance account that n cn-
sequenuy had an unfavorable effect on our ct earnings.
1t will be observed that from the time our new plapt ., Worth
Charleston got into full operation, in 1916, extremely gratifying rosu,t
were shown. profits having been a follows:
1916 s56600O00
1917 (s46O 10000 before taxes
(S3O000000 after taxes
1919 4724,o00O0 before taxes
C449,000O0 after taxes
On 1918 We have commented WON
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SINKING FUNDC LATVES PER CENT PREFERRED STOCK
Dividends Payable Quarterly January l. April L. July T. October 1 hd Dividend for Months July l. 1920
CHAREsTONS SECURITY CO., CHARLESTON S. c. REGSTRAR

We mmmrzebd below from letter orc B. Jenkins President the Company"
nearly SO dhmk credit Sales increased from 42ooo in 1916 to s530OW in 1918 Mmnnm %l 9o@ n or
completion Of present naMg(
Eight per cent Cumulative preferred stock um mu Ar%hd ounm@dmg
instead fbkv s 100000 ry@E "Ha Pm"" values OF plants
of o5Mho Ha3s eA os%ssssah m tm S Ss s%A cSSn%S %a as xn@ v shift being normal method
organization """ menus :" " N"S p%y liberal resulting in an enthusiastic
nm rh& m IN%o c Gm. CO. Co., f%mnmn cs hM onssvG A1hm %a $4,000 North Charleston plant mr
APPRAISED lockwood Greene & Co.. 8OOOo other plants appraised s3OW0 "u" "
of Jmnp, APRIL July and oTi mM on deferred MMmdaH dividend rate mt md" pie quarterly the first days
per share s %Ma N@n% %h n" a m% ss w dGm@ma%P% S %@ %9 1@mt e @sd% Mo
III, PmmwnKt mrE nBIRHTED.m mount Of authorized issue of preferred stock may not bel increased Without
but @n now be sued" maybe bee sued 6@E cen" me preferred" A0""""s III" remaining SO0oon authorized
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i""Ni ~ aooEIs \ LIABILITIES GENERAL ASBESTOS AND RUBBER
OMPANf ECEaIBER 81 1913
T.un AS .an prepared by TIT Certified Public Accountant without showing Federal
ia@s payable in 1920, stimated at s275 0OO 10 and uuhomt .hooTmn~a SSLMa -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-12

Charleston, s. c., April 29. 1920.
f. II. Pringe. Esq. President, Charleston Security Company, Charles
ton. S. c.
Complying with your request, l take pleasure in giving you the
following information regarding the General Asbestos and Rubber
Company and It's business:
The General Asbestos and Rubber Company is a corporation under
the laws OF the State of South Carolina, and is engaged in the manu-
facture OF Asbestos Textile Fabrics, including brake lining, asbestos
cloth Of various descriptions. and OF asbestos packing OF every de-
scription, yarn for electrical purposes and a large number of specialtes
necessary In all industries where steam, gasoline or electrical power
re used. and is probably the largest manufacturer Of Textile Asbestos
Products In the United States.
PURPOSE OF THE ISSUE-The Companys business has greatly
expanded within the last five years. The gross sales increasing from
s622,ooo.Oo in 1915. TO S5,35o.OOO.OO in 1919. Sales since January,
1920 show n further increase. It seems, therefore, advisable to in.
crease the working capital Of the Company, so that it may be indie
pendent. Or nearly SO. of bank credit.
There is no material Plant expenditure being considered at the
present time.
cAPlTALIzATIoN-up completion OF the present hnancng,:
Authorized. Outstanding.
Preferred stock cumulative this issue. 81 500, 100000 81 900 600 90
tock NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3,500,000OO 1,5O0000.0O
The Company has no funded debt and none nay be created with.
out the consent in writing of IS per cent Of the amount outstanding -
preferred stock OF this issue.
The additional common stock will bring in n o c money eycent
That a small portion may be sold to members OF u organization on
som equitable plan OF martial avmont
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$2,046.919.09

. ne company employs 2 people in its various Offices including the pener1
oo ounces Of ne company and travelling salenen. Sale offices are located In Charles
ION 81, Chicago. New Yorka md Pittsburgh. he phnts are all in hrn@r "a
te umbe of mechanical employee is 1899. an anu
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
.BALLOU, SCHOOL
HEAD, RETURNS
Prepares to Plunge Into Sea
OfEducational Duties .
Here.

DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superin-
tendent of schools. returned to
Washington yesterday following the
completion of a course of lectures
at the Universfty of Pittsburgh,
and will today plunge into a sea Of
work made ready for him by acting
stephen e. Kramer.
Kramer has prepared data on
teachers salaries. supplies and
other school matters for submission
to DR.. BalIou. The new superinten-
dent also will face the construction
of a new curriculum fer the schools.
purchase of new textbooks and ad-
ditions to the school administra-
tion's clerical force.
DIR. Abram Simon, president of
the Board of Education, left Wash
ington yesterday for a vacation.
DR.. SIMON has decided divide
work on the theory that other
school oficials can do 1t just as
we'll. He already has relinquished the
duty of signing the semi monthly
payrclls in favor of DR.. Henry i.
Learned, vice president of the school
board, and intends to divide evenly
scores of clerical tasks performed
by DR.. John Van Schaick. jr., when
he headed the school board.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
Euen a Heaping
Teaspoon May Be
Only Half Full
CBy Universal Service.)


When Is a teaspoon not a tea
spoon?
The Department of Agriculture's
answer is:
When it is measuring baking
powder or other ingredients making
I'D the delicate concoctions of friend
housewife"
A series of tests just completed by
the Office of Home Economics showed
a variation of from 126 to $50 tea
spoons of baking powder in the
same one-pound can, according to
the various types of spoons used as
measures. The tests further show
ed the differences due to indlvldual
manipulation ranged from 10 per
cent to 80 per cent wider range
of variation than those due to the
different capacities of different tea
spoons.
To put an end to the discrimina-
ton which permits some cooks TO
get so many more teaspoons OF in
gradients out of pound than
others, Secretary Meredith appealed
to the Bureau of Standards for as
sistance, The bureau, which de-
crees the standards OF all Welsnts
and measures, has fixed hVe CUBIC
as the theoretical guam
tity a teaspoon holds. Under TINS
standard the spoon should be nlleo
level" and not "heaping.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
(washington Herald-Public Ledger
Service-Special Cable Dispatch.)

Cwashington Herald-PubIic Ledger
Service-Special Cable Dispatch.)
Berlin. June 25.-France. after
suffering under German military in
vasion during four years of war.
is revenging herself by heavy
invasion o; the German
market. This invasion in 1919 re-
suited in millions Of francs profit
to French manufacturers and ex-
pcrters of luxury wares like silks,
turs, perfumeries. wines and liquors.
The uncontrolled influx of these
through the so-called Hole in the
the West" contributed largely to
the collapse of German exchange
since the armistice. German statis-
tics on Importation are of little
value, as great masses OF the pro-
hibited luxury imports were brought
in without control and even with
out payment of duty from the oc-
cupied zone. A summary compiled
by the German semi official Journal
OF Commerce and Industry from the
French trade statistics shows that
French exports to an impoverished
Germany in 1919 increased by 4S per
cent as compared with the last
peace year, 1913. The approximate
figures reduced to dollars at the nor
NAL rate are for 1919, S25s,775,oo0.
and for 1913, s173.353,0o0.
These figures reflect the increased
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
Bullets Aimed at Cats
Hit Wife of Neighbor

Hagerstown, Md, July 1.-THE
combination of cats and an air rife
owned by neighboring families of
V. G.. Wantz and Joseph Valentine,
living on Elizabeth street, broke in
the City Court yesterday when JUS
tice r. j. Hahn imposed a fine of
$40 upon Mrs. Wantz for use of the
rife.
1t was shown that when she fred
at one of the Valentine cats she
missed the animal and several of
the shots struck Mrs. Valentine.
The cats, ii was stated, had been
after the Wantz chickens and Wantz
decided upon drastic measures,
which Mrs. Wantz undertook to put
into effect. Justice Hahn figured
that when a woman shoots she
never hits what she aims at
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
VETERAN SLAIN
IN PISTOL DUEL
Seriously Wounds Opponent
As He Breathes His Last
In the Street.
Especial TO Washington HeraIdD


Charlottesville. Va. July 11.-Zeb
Breedon. aged %. a veteran of the
world war. was shot and almost in
stantly killed about noon today In
Barboursville, just across the Or
ange County line. in the course of
an argument with Rufus Watson,
proprietor of a poolroom.
The trouble between the men was
of old standing. Breedon, who was
in Amherst County, came to Bar
louisville on a visit TO his parents.
He wa< refused permission to en-
ter the poolroom by~Watson. He
stepped back. drew his revolver,
and started firing at Watson
through an open window
Watson then drew his revolver
and. reaching through a door. shot
Breedon. Falling to the ground.
the former soldier continued firing.
Watson leaned a trifie too far out
the door. Breedon's fourth shor,
fired as he was drawing his last
breath. hit Watson I'm the right
forearm, infiicting a serious wound.
Watson. after receiving medical
attention. surrendered to Sheriff
Bond, of Orange County. He then
was rushed to charlottesville and
placed in the University Hospital.
Breedon was wounded in the Ar
gonne and was reported dead when
he was not heard from in several
months. Besides his parents, Bree-
don is survived by five brothers.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
Last So Donated
To Church Brings
Job to Pious Man

Especial to twashington HersId.)
Hyattsville. Nd. July 11.-Out
of work and with no immediate
prospect of securing employment
Hyattsville man contributed his
last 81 to the $4,000 fund now
being raised by St Jerome's
Catholic Church to build q new
church, school and hall.
Yesterday, this man told the
committee in charge of the drive,
he secured a job in the place
where he had least expected to
find one.
Another striking circumstances,
related by the drive committee
today, is that a number Of those
who have contributed most heav-
lily TO the church fund. have re-
ceived substantial raises in pay.
The fund stood at $29,027 to-
day. s2.s39.50 was raised yes
terday.\
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
Relatives Seek
Hernit's Wealth
In Lonely House

Luray, Va. July 11.-Hidden
in strange and unthought OF
places in the home of Calvin
Rickard, wealthy hermit who
was killed by a bull in his pas
ture last week, about $1,000 OF
the dead mans money has peeh
found.
Relatives are searching the
premises for other hiding places:
A few hours before Rickard died
he called his nephew, Elmer
Rickard. to his bedside and con-
fided to him some of the places
where his wealth was hidden. 1t
is believed he failed to give full
directions.
Mr.. Rickard had lived alone
nearly eight years. He made MS
will a few hours before mis-
death. Besides bequests to rela-
tiyes. Mrs. Walter Viande, who
lived with the family before his
wife's death, was bequeathed
fifty acres of farm land valued
at $3.50 an acre. it rs said. Her
husband. relatives claim, was
given $500. \
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
WASHINGTON NAMES
K. OF e. DELEGATES

Washington will be represented
at the thirty-eighth annual su-
preme council of the Knights of
Columbus in New York by d. J.
Callahan. supreme treasurer; Mau-
rice ]. McAuliffe, State deputy; MI
chsel d. Schaefer, past State
deputy; DR.. A. D. Wilkinson and DR..
c. I. Griffith.
The convention will be held in
New York August 3. and S, with
headquarters at the Commodore
Hotel. 1t is expected that $4,000
knights and their families will be
In New York.
This convention will see the
launching of the enlarged educa-
tional work of the K. of c. The
convention will also make the off,
cisl declaration of the presentation
of the K. of c. statue Of Lafayette
to France and the baton to Marshal
Foch. At the close of the conyen-
tion, the K. of c. pilgrimage win
sail for France. .
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12

Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue Forced to Teach
Men New Methods.
JULY MPOSTS HEAVY
Operatives Taught Unique
Ways to atch Dealers
Who Sink" Pennies.
(Public Ledger serviee.)

The Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue is having his bad days. As
IL the enforcement of the Volstead
act were not enough, William N.
Williams. who holds the position at
present, has found that he has had
to train an entirely new brand of
sleuth to keep up with the work of
collecting all of the tax due to the
United States government under the
thousand and one forms of war
taxation.
The bureau has just turned loose
upon the country hundreds of men
who were brought here TO Washing
ton and taught the intricacies of
ginning down the innumerable PEN
nies that should flow through the
drug stores and soft drink stands
into the Golfers of the treasury.
So well have these investigators
been schooled that they all can dis
tinguish the call of the copper cent
that belongs to Uncle Sam, no mat
ter how many of his fellows he may
have been mixed with. Estimates
which have been prepared by gov
ernment statisticians show that
the soft drink tax has been running
hundreds of thousands of dollars
behind. especially in view of the
innumerable recruits that vanilla
sodas and nut sundaes have gained
In the past year.
The law puts the entire burden
upon the vendor, and he is equally
liable IL he fails to collect as when
he pockets the tax after collecting.
The government demands also that
immediate returns be made and a
plea that the money was to be
handed over to the government uI-
timately will not be accepted as
an excuse. All of these facts and
many more, that are said to be
highly secret but that will assist
in catching vioIators. are being put
into practice now in all of the
States.
Another factor that serves to
make July the busy month of the
bureau is that any number OF spe-
cial taxes come due this month.
Brokers. stock and bond, ship and
pawn, all have to pay Uncle Sam
in July for The privilege of doing
business another year. Theaters.
curio halls. pool and billiard parlors
and public automobiles are also
called upon for annual assessments,
due in July, and that will make the
collections for the current month
approach in size those when the
quarterly income tax payments are
due.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
Alexandria.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. S. Doniphan.
727 King Street.


Alexandria, Va. July IL. The
body of Milton r. Evans. a former
resident, who died in Philadelphia,
was brought here tonight and taken
to Wheatley's mortuary chapel. The
funeral will take place at tomor-
row afternoon. Members of Alex
andria- Washington Lodge of Masons
will be in charge of the services.
Burial will be in st. Paurs Gene
terry.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie
]. Marstillar, who died Saturday,
Will take place at . tomorrow after
noon from her late residence, the
Virginia apartment, AIS Prince
street. Services will be conducted
by Rev. DR.. Z. V. Regester, pastor
of the NJ. L. Church South.
DR.. Louis Fouiks, city health Off
Ger, reports that during the month
of June, there were forty-three
births and twenty-four deaths in
the city.
The July term of the Corporation
Court, Judge Robinson Moncure
presiding, will convene tomorrow
morning.
Religious services were held this
afternoon at the chautauqua tent at
the head of King street. An address
was delivered by Kirk Wallace. To-
cal secreary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
Thirsty Germans Squander
Fortunes for French Wines
Struggled into Rhineland

prices OF all commodities. The sta
tistics show that France Is getting
back part of her losses in in
creased trade with her vanquished
enemy. Germanys share of the
French exports was increased mate
rally in many commodities as COM
pared with her total exports to all
countries.
Germany took in 1919 SIS per cent
of the entire French export of
cotton textiles against IA per cent
in 1913; 80 per cent of the total
woolen goods exports as compared
with 20 per cent in 1913; and II
per cent of all French silk wares
exported in 1919. against 2.5 per
cent in 1913.
France was further able to make
up In part for the lost or impaired
market for French wines, spirits
ana liquors due to United States
prohibition and Increased import
duties In England. Brazil and the
Argentine by dumping these bever-
ages upon Germany. against the
VIII OF the government, but to the
deIlght OF the spending public.
while French total exports OF
spirits fell off owing to the above
causes practically SO per cent be-
tween 1913 and 1919, Germany alb
sorbed in 1919. 3.2O0.254 quarts of
spirits and liquors, valued at 25.-
$4,000 france approximately S5,-
VVo,O0O nominaD, as compared with
41l,S51 quarts worth 73S.O0O francs
Sl4760O) in 1913. In addition to
these quantities OF benedictine.
chartreuse yermuth and othar
aperitifs and liquors. over $780,
ooO quarts OF French wines came
In for thirsty German throats.
mostly through the open customs
barrier on the western frontier.
or perfumes, soaps and toilet ar
ticles, mostly luxuries, exported in
1919, Germany absorbed 80 per cent.
The German share of these exports
in 1913 was only "a per cent. Over
100000 pounds of these com
modities, valued at 43,540,Ooo francs
Hs,7OS,oeO nominaD. with a large
part Of which the German govern
ment would willingly have dis
pensed, were sold into Germany last
year. Payment for them assisted
materially in driving down the ex-
change value of the German mark.
Almost 30 per cent were brought in
through the occupied area.
During the first two months of
the present year the flood of French
wares continued to pour in at an
ever increasing rate through the oc-
cupied zone in the west. Rarely 90
per cent came through the customs
gates over which Germany had con-
troll.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
JAILOR FRUSTRATES
ESCAPE OF INMATES

Elkins. w. Va. July IA tip
given Jailor James Z. Shreve by a
prisoner is thought to have frus-
trated a Jail delivery early yester-
day morning. A number of Fed
eral prisoners had been returned
from Federal Court but had not
been placed in their cells.
The plan was to throw a blanket
over the head of Jailor Shreve when
he came in to lock them up for the
night, bind and gag him. take his
keys and escape. Shreve secured
the assistance of other officials who
helped him lock up the prisoners.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
Deacon Objects
To Church Talk
On Moonshining

Lynchburg. Va. July IA
prohibition meeting at Diamond
Hill Presbyterian. Church. eight
cen miles south Of Lynchburg,
In Campbell County. ended In a
riot last Sunday when r. e.
Mitchell. deacon of the church,
nterfered when s. N. Arthur was
delivering q fervid grafton urk-
Ing the congregation to stop
making moonshine whisky.
Mitchell ordered Arthur to
shut up and leave the church."
A turmoil started at once,
members of the congregation
taking both sides. So far as can
be learned no blows were struck.
t. B. Tweedy, one of the
.hurch supervisors of the Rust
burg district. who had accom-
panied Arthur to the church.
swore out a warrant charging
Mitchell with disturbing public
worship.
The warrant was later with
drawn. but State Attorney A. II.
Light has stated his intention
OF presenting the whole matter
to the grand jury at their next
sitting.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
JUNKET SAILS
FOR THEEAST'
Congressional Members,
Wives and Families Leave
Golden Gate.

The Congressional "junket," the
Great Northern, steamed out of the
Golden Gate, San Francisco harbor,
Friday, with forty-one members Of
the Congressional party aboard.
The members, who will travel In
the East, are as follows:
D. r. Anthony and sister, family
of Representative D. r. Anthony,
jr.; sister of Representative Fred
Britten, Mrs. E. z. Browne, wife OF
Representative z. Z. Browne, and
daughter; Representative Guy E.
Campbell, wife and two daughters;
Representative J. c. Devera,' wife
and two daughters; Representative
c. c. Dowell; Representative L. C..
Dyer, wife and two daughters; E.
+. Erik, secretary to Representative
Dyer. wife and daughter; Represen-
tative James A. Frear; wife of Rep
resentative Warren Gard; wife and
niece of Representative l.. B. Good
all; Representative Rufus Hardy;
wife and two daughters OF Senator
William F. Harris; wife and daugh-
ter of Representative w. W. Hast
ings; wife and two daughters of
George w. Hess. director United
States Botanical Gardens: Represen-
tative H. S. Herschman; wife and
sister-in-law of Representative
James H. Mays; Representative J.
NJ. NORM and two daughters; wife
of Representative L. w. Mott; Rep
resentative Frank Murphy and son:
Representative f. c. Osborne;
daughter of Senator Carroll S.
Page; Representative NJ. F. Phelan,
wife, two daughters and son; Rep
resentative Stephen G. Porter,
daughter and chaperon; Represen-
tative c. H. Randall. sister. niece
and daughter; Representative d. ].
Riordan and family; Representative
c. D. Robinson and son; wife of
Representative Everett Sanders;
Representative II w. NJ. Shreve and
wife: Representative John U. Small
and daughter; daughter of Repre-
sentative Henry ]. Steele; Senator
Thomas Sterling and son; three
daughters and sister of Representa-
tive c. d. Sullivan; son of Repre-
resentative John w. Summers; Rep
resentative w. S. Ware. wife and
three daughters, and Represe ntative
II. c. woodward, wife and son.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-12
$602 Pay Check
Goes to Miner
For June Work

Frostburg. Ma, July 11-Joe
witoskL q Russian Pole, en-.
ployed by the Atlantic Coal
! Company at at-Blackfield. drew
ss02.67 for a single months
pay for digging coal The pay
for the first half Of June was
332s.o4, and the last half,
S27s,s3, almost the equal of the
monthly pay of q Congressman
witoski dug during June 3ss.12
tons of coal. or enough to all
eight large steel hoppers.
Pat Flynn, at Meyersdale.
drew 1854 for two weeks work
in the mine of the Highland
Coal Company. operated by Roy
Brothers, q short distance south
of Meyersdale. During that
period, Flynn averaged nine to
ten hours q day. and unassisted
in that time. he dug and loaded
half enough coal TO All q steel
hopper car.