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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01

clothes. but all with fantastic paper
caps jauntily perched on their. heads,
picnicked in the gayly festooned dining
halls of the city. Smiles, the fash of
graceful arms and white throats. bril-
liant gowns, all in kind of Byzantine
confusion, characterized the New Year
feasting.
Music behind palms, vari colored bal
looms floating to the ceilings. cabaret
singers whom nobody paid any attention
to but whom everybody applauded when
they ended their selections; a glistening
silver shaker here and there in the
deft and vigorous hands of white
haired celebrant; round of delicate
glasses filled with sparkling liquid, the
tinkling of these same glasses, envious
eyes and the rest of that carnival stuff
combined into an opalescent riot of in
terest.
Joshers Were Present
And there was plenty of laughing
and joshing inside as there was outside
in the streets in spite of the noted
absence.
Five minutes before midnight the
lights Of City Hall were darkened. Fac
tory Whistles throughout the city be.
gan q wild serenade to the little 1870
dry baby. Horns sounded, rattlers rat :
tied. auto trumpets honked. folks cried
the ages old Happy New Year to
each other.
At midnight white lights flooded City
Hall tower and the tower of the State
House and the warm yellow lights in the
hotels dimmed. Dancing stopped. The
diners rose to their feet, raised theii
glasses of water or spirits--as the case
might have been-and those who raised
only ice water sang 'tAuld Lang Syne, y
''Till We Meet Again" and Dear Ole
Pal O. Mine"
A few-just a few airy inconsequen
tial--kisses were given and taken, som'
were blown. others were presented per
sonally in honor of the New Year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
eeeefLGeIoN POSTS NOW
Pennsylvania Second in End -of-Year
Rush, With 21 New Charters

Indianapolis, Jan. lily y. p.)-
A report issued from the headquarters
of the American Legion here showed
that at the close of the year 1919 a
total of 666G charters for local posts of
the organization had been issued. 1t
was announced further that there are
800 applications for charters in process
of approval and that with the issuance
of these charters the total number of
posts will exceed 1000
Thirty six charters have been granted
to posts in the state of Illinois in the
last ten days, it was stated. pennsyl-
vania was second in development during
the same period with twenty one
charters. Other states with good show
ings in the last ten days included North
Dakota with II charters, Washington
with II, Texas. Is; Wisconsin. 10 {;
Kansas. 13: Indiana, 12 New York,
10, and California, 10. Racine, Wis,
reported an enrolment in. one post of
635 members since November "A and a
total enrolment in the post of 49,
members.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
HOG ISLAND LEADS WORLD
Premier Shipyard in Production
With 66 Vessels LAUGHED In 1919

Hog Island Shipyard begins the n ew
Year today with record of seventy
four ships completed and sixty four
delivered since August 5. 1918.
The record for the last year is sixty
six vessels. sixty-tw steel cargo car
riers and four troop ships.
This gives Hog Island the greatest
production record of any shipyard in
the world.
The total tonnage in a period Of
sixteen and half months was graeter
than one fourteenth of the tonnage
launched by the shipyards of the United
States for the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration from November, 1917, to De"
rnn,her o7. 1919.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
RAIN WETTEST THING IN CITY
AS BIG CROWDS GREET 1920
Booze Parties Like Oasis in Sahara and Reueers Drunk On
With Enthusiasm Blo,o Their Horns in Sober abandon

Philadelphia Tapped up quantity of
old vintage last night to welcome in the
new year, 1920, destined to be extra
dry.
But whosoever claims that the cele
bration was real wet birthday party,
after the tried and envied school, makes
free with the truth.
The. rain that fell shortly before the
formal passing out of the old year and
the entry in of the new was the wet
test thing about last night and early
this morning. " The rest of the joint
wake and reception was emphatically
Saharaesque.
ing overcoat pockets made their tri-
tells and cafes in the early evening.
But even the ambitious contents of these
coats and bags standing in all glory on
some of the tables of the crowded din
ing halls were only too painfully a mere
oasis in a vast desert. Folks brought
their own, and those who didn't have
their own drank water.
Drunk Only With Enthusiasm
And Bacchus must have tottered on
his throne up on the Olympian heights
or thereaDOutS TO see the streets OF tne
city thronged with masses of nominal
bacchanals, drunk only with enthusi-
asm. throwing their confetti with surer,
deadlier aim, and twirling their rattlers
and blowing their horns in sober aban
don.
BY 10 o'clock people swarmed the
streets There was as much noise as
there was air. Market street, Chest
nut street Broad street. were full
enough to satisfy even topper like
Bacchus. Burlies stood at the entrances
to the hotels and cafes to keep those
from entering who had no table rescr
vations. Hundreds were turned away
More titan 1000 merry makers, some
in formal dress, others in business
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
RECEPTION TO ARCHBISHOP
Annual Event VIII Take Place al
3 o'clock

The annual New Year reception to
Archbishop Dougherty will be held at g
O'Clock today in the Cathedral Chapel.
Representatives of the various diosce-
san societies of both men and women
will attend the reception. The addresses
will be made by a representative from
the oldest of the mems organizations
and by one from the Oldest of the
women's organizations. The societies
will present report of their activi-
ties to the archbishop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
FRANK |. POLK TO RETIRE
Under Secretary Of tSate to Resume
Practice of Law, Is Report

Washington, Jan. 1.-lBy 4. P.)-
Although no authorized statement on
the subject is obtainable, it is under
stood that as one incident to- con
siderable reorganization of the State
Department in the near future. which
will involve changes in the personnel of
the highest grades, Frank l.. Polk. the
under secretary of state, will voluntarily
return to private life to resume the
practice of law.
MIR. Polk has just returned to Amer.
lea from Europe, where he succeeded
Secretary Lansing as the head of the
American commission at the Peace Con
ference. The date of Mr.. Polk's retire :,
ment has not yet been definitely h&ed
and NAV be several months distant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
NO MORE 11-CENT SUGAR
Sec. Houston Blames Sinful Candy
and Soda SwiIlers for Shortage


There will be no more eleven cent
sugar. All of this has been distributed.
This was declared today by John A.
Mccarthy, member of the refners' dis
tributing committee of the sugar equali
zation board. He said the last sugar
to be distributed by the committee con
sisted of between 50 900 and 10000 bags
of beet sugar now on its way to Phila =
delphia.
Following conference with William
A. Glasgow, Jr.. attorney for the sugar
equalization board, yesterday, David F.
Houston, secretary of agriculture, con
demned the 'swilling of ice cream sodas
and candy" blaming them for the sugar
shortage. He pointed out that the per
capita consumption of sugar had in
creased from forty five pounds a year
in 1870 to sixty pounds in 1895, and
to ninety pounds at present
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
HOLIDAY FOR P. o. MEN
Only One Mall and Parcel Post De
livery for Today

Today is holiday at the postofice
There will be only one delivery of mai
by foot carriers today and one deliver,
of parcel post matter.
Substations will not be open after |
n. IN. for sale of stamps and transac
ton of money order and registry bust
ness. Money order section, central of
fee, will be closed all day, as well as al
postal savings repositories.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
REVOLVER BURSTS, BURNS Rov

While cleaning revolver in prem
aration for the New Years celebration
last night, John Widmaer, Sixteen
years old, 5704 Sprague street ter
mantQwn, yuffered badly burned hand
when The revolver exploded. The car
fridge was blank. but the muzzle of
the revolver was close enough TO his
hand for Widmaier TO receive twder
burns. He was taken to the ca MN.
town Hospital HI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
Y. M. C. A. TO ENTERTAIN
Central Branch to Hold "Open
House" With Concert and Show

There will be "open house" all day
today at the Central Branch of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Broad and Arch streets. Public ex
hibitions will be given in the gymnasium
and natatorium.
In the afternoon concert will be
given in the auditorium and vaude-
vile show by well known professionals
from the various theatres of the city is
scheduled for tonight.
There will be display of war relics
and of activities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
SALOON MEN OPTIMISTIC
All but Forty-nine Pay License Fee
for January

Prohibition has no terrors for Phil
adelphia's S saloonkeepers. All of them
but forty nine have paid down sol 81
each for a license TO do business dur.
ing January and there are 1874 sa-
loonkeepers in the city.
All the bottlers and the brewers re-
newed their licenses. There are twenty
three bottlers and thirty one brewers.
Among the wholesalers, who number
236, there were fifteen who had not
renewed their licenses up to last night.
The number of retailers doing business
in Philadelphia when the wartime pro
hibition became effective was approx
mately 1900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
CARRANZA AGAIN UPHELD
Government Adherents Elect Major,
ity In Important Committees

Mexico City, Jan. 1.-By A. Pl-
The Mexican Congress, which has been
in regular session since early in Sep
tember, adjourned sine die last night.
In the Senate government adherents
elected a majority of both the perma
nent legislative commission and the
Dody which will have charge Of the
installation of members of the next
Congress, which will meet September
1 1920.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-01
Lithuanian Post for Penna. Man

Scranton, Pa, Jan. 1.-(By A. P.)
John Ilupas, Jr., a native of this
city, has been rendered the post of pii
vate secretary and advisor to the presi =
dent of the republic of Lithuania. The
offer, which came through the State De-
partment at Washington, has been ac-
cepted and Mr.. Zlupas will leave fol
his new post within a few days.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-12
STATE POLICE MAKE RAID.
(Raleigh RcgiSter.)

Ten men of the new State De-
partment of Public Safety assisted
Chief John Williams, of The Beckley
police force, raided the notorious
Dixie hotel at Raleigh Saturday.
catching i'll the net that was thrown
around The place, che hundred per-
sons, elShiy-twO men and eighteen
women. The women were negroes
with one exception. Among the
men there was mixture of blacks
and whites, the blacks predominant
ing Among the number was j. T..
While, The negro who runs The
place. -
The Register has a complete list
OF the names given by those arrested
ana mas been requested TO publish
them. but first because Of the lack
of space, and because most of The
names are plainly fictitious. refrains
from doing so. The list NAV be
seen at the Office of The REGISTER
by anyon, who wishes TO look il
over.
The grand jury will doubtless
look into the affair, at which time
t'> i'Sii'IS VI CauHDI Ill
the raid will be definitely cstab-
ilshed. and their just deserts mclcd
out to them. This is the proper
proceeding and should be carried
out without fear or favor.
The raiGing party swooped down
on the place at eleven O'Clock. They
found j. veriible hcIl-holc. Per
sons at the doors and windows,
when ordered to throw up their
hands, began shooting. The officers
replied in kind and the house was
brought 10 terms in short order.
The inmates were crow led into
one room and searched. Pistols,
knives. ard weapons of all sorts
were brought to light. The crowd
was divided into two squads and
marched into Becklcy. Brought be-
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-12
E; Ely TAXING AE,I FRR H| I,T] TOLL Of t!yEs,
YOUR CONTRACTING THIS
DREADED DISEASE.


No one is immune to flu. The
germs are everywhere. No matter
where you live you will find the
germs. Even healthy persons have
difficulty in resisting this plague.
Persons who arc run down and
who have colds arc in actual danger.
They have lazy livcrs and impure
blood. They cannot fight The dis.
case.
Pepsolonc will put YOU in shape.
II will purge the system of all I'M
puriiics and will purify the blood.
II will carry a now energy to The
tired nerves and to weakened lis
sues.
Your druggist has a supply Of
PcpSotonc. Get 25c. package
from him today. You'll find that
it is mighty cheap health insur-
anCe, 81
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-12
LIST OF DEEDS.

Following is list of the deeds
admitted to record by Paul G.. Hog.
sell. Clerk Of the Grcenbrier Coun,
ty Court. from March Isl to Mar. 9th
1920:
From Ronccvcric Development
Company to Mrs. NJ. &. Wright for
lots 1, 2, 3, 6, I, 8 and 7, 8, 9, 10, H.
- al Ronccvcrtc.
J. G.. Myers ct al to r. l.. Giles
pic ct al for 4 and part 5 at White
Sulphur.
l.. Harris ct uN 10 Walter WecsC
for liza and 45p in WhiteSulphur
district.
E. Tomlinson ct uN to w, H.
Burkhofder for lot SO at Ronceverte
w. p. Pyles eft uN to IL. Lee eli
ais for 20 93-1O0a in Fort Spring
district.
Jas. 4. Hanna ct al to S. H. Nc
Dowcll for 298a in Blue Sulphur
district.
S. Fl. Mcdowell ct ux to r. a. An
dcrson for 29Sa in Blue Sulphur
district.
l.. l.. Shaver ct ux to NJ. S. Light
ner for 33a and 97p in Frankfortl
district.
A. l.. Gee CT uN to Virgil NJ. Dunn
for Goa inFrankford district.
J. l.. Anderson ct ux to j. w.
Sampson for in Fort Spring
district. .
c. H. Surbcr ct ais to J. l.. Ander-
son for 63 LA and ga in Fort
Spring district.
J. d. Alderman to Minnie Cox
for 125a in Waite Sulphur district.
w. H. Burkholder to f. Tomlin-
son for lot % at Roncevcrtc.
A. NJ. Caldwell, trustee, to Jas.
Cru1np for lots 80, 40 AND II at
White Sulphur.
Maggie c. Weddings ct al to NJ. NJ.
Caldwell for 1Oa in White Sulphur
district.
S. A. Hinklc ct uX 10 J. II. Fuller
for goa in Frankford district.
Lewisburg Laboratories TO Green
brier County Woman's Association
for house and lot at Lewisburg.
Cora Morris ct al TO c. w. Fitzgcr-
aid for 2a in Fort Spr ing district.
n. a. Hamrick ct al TO r. p.
Doughty for o0N65fl at Ronccvcrie.
Manor Land Company TO NJ. w.
Bittingcr for lot 81 al White Sui
phur.
w. ii. Shawvcr ct uX TO Bessie
Simms for pa in Blue Sulphur
district.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-12
Cuba Starts War on Rats.

The Cuban sanitation authorities
have undertaken vigorous campaign
against the rat pest TO prevent the
bubonic plague from entering Cuba.
Thousands Of traps have been set
and every precaution is being taken.
Ships coming from ports under sus-
plcion will not be permitted TO unload
at the whsrves, but must DISCHARGE
their cargoes by means Of lighters or
launches while anchored IN the har-
Dor. thereby lessening the possibility
Of ague-carrying rats reaching shore.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-12

fore Magistrate J. NJ. Whcatley. all
but half dozen of the culprits were
released and allowed to go their
ways. with the promise that they
would be summoneGbcforc the grand
jury to tell what they knew about
the character of the place in which
:hey were caught.
Considerable gambling paraphcr-
MALTA was coIiiscatcd by .hc raid
ing party
The better element of the people
OF this section was clatcd by news
of the raid. for the pace had long
been known as Il den of crime and
dcpravity, with local officials max
ing no effort whatever to stamp
il out
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-12
AFTER SICKNESS
TAKE A TONIC,

THOUSANDS PRAISE HYpO.cc
LIKE THE LADY DOES y;
STATEMENTS BELOW. !
WAS WEAK, DID NOT u,J
ANY APPETITE.
II suffered from the "Flu," ii
weak and did not have any y
petite, had a bad cold and cor1
could hardly get about, felt bad y
did not feel like doing anythinl
declared Mrs. Love whose addrj
is given below.
'Isaw Earle's Hypo-Cod adv
tised in the paper and noticed nj
it had helped lots of people 81
decided 10 get a bottle to trv y
see if il would help me any
surely has helped me and | do
have that bad feeling any mo
My cold and cough has gone. III
feeling stronger and I am going
get another bottle of Earlc's Hv,
Cod. 1t certainly is good md
cine and can recommend it to
one as a good tonic for il snr
has dore me lots of good" %
tinued Mrs. Love, 1901 Loudon
Roanoke, Va.
When recovering from any wi
ing illness and you arc nerve,
weak, and rundown, appetite uo
digestion is poor, and YOU hi
that tired, lack Of energy and
bition feeling there is not a bet
tonic than Barle's Hypo-Cod
is not patent medicine, the foJ
ula is on both carton and bo]
and has the endorsement of md
Cal circles. druggists, and thousa]
Of users. Read the formula,
nit it to your doctor, for his
DrOval, and remember that he
made by the nationally KIND
Earle Chemical Company, VIII
ing, w. Va, is assurance of
quality.
Earle's Hypo-Cod is sold here
all gooc druggist, and the lead
druggists in all nearby low
Price 1.25 plus sc war tax.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-12
TWO LIVES LOST IN FIRE

Two lives may have been lost in
the burning, March 9Th. Of the Com
minity house at Camp Sherman,
near Chillicothe, Ohio. One white
man and a negro are missing, but
camp officers had not determined
which Of the two was that of the
body discovered. Several employees
had been sleeping in The building
burned, but all others arc known
10 nave escaped. The property
loss is estimated nj SIZE. 900.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-12
INCOME TAX IS
Que MARCH Is
Penalties for Delay and Failure
to Make Returns-Early
Compliance Urged.

All income tax returns covering the
year 1919 must be filed by Monday,
March Is. Each taxable return must
be accompanied by check or money or.
der for the full amount or At least one
quarter of the amount Of tax due.
Cash payments are accepted only at
the collectors main office; II sent by
mail, thev are at the sender's risk.
Residents Of West Virginia should
file their returns with, and make pay
ments of Income Tax to, Samuel A
Hays, Collector Of Internal Revenue
Parkersburg
Those who must Aie returns but
have not done so are warned that ths
revenue law imposes heavy penalties
for failure to get returns In on time OF
to make payments on time.
Early fling and early payments are
urged, In order to relieve the interna.
revenue Offices as much as possible OF
- overload On the final day, March Is
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GENERAL NEWS.

REFUSES TO GIVE UP EX-KAISER
The Dutch Government, March
9Th, for the second time, refused to
deliver the former German emperor
TO The Allies for trial. In a note
addressed to David Lloyd George,
the British premier, the Dutch gov
crnment promised to take all neces-
sary measures to minimize the lib
erty of Wilhelm and prevent his
cndangering the worlds peace.
The second communication from
the Dutch government, which was
delivered in London that morning,
states tina! these precautions will
be taken ION the spoil" While
Doom is not mentioned in the text
CT the note, i! is understood tina, in
conversations with the Allied diplo-
mats the Dutch authorities have as
Surcd them thai close Guarding and
censorship will be instituted when
Wilhelm occupies his estate at that
place
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THE WINCHESTER STORE HERE.


The appointment of The Camp
bell Hardware Company TO sell III
this community the new hardware
and sporting goods manufactured
by the Winchester Repeating Arms
Company is announced. And il,
the opinion of leading merchants
it is one of the most Interesting
and important developments the
local retail trade has known.
First his family. next his dog
then comes his Winchester" in
the love Of the best type Of Amcri-
can. Almost every family seems
TO have possessed Winchester ut
one time or another, and the love
and respect for the good old gun is
just about universal. And now
that recently there have been many
new additions to the Winchester
family" there is wide popular in
tcrcSt in the new cousins and other
relatives of the famous repeating
rifle.
Fifty-thrcc years ago the Win
chester repeating rifle was placed
OH the market by the Winchester
Repeating Arms Company, of New
Haven, Conn. 1t was a good rifle,
in fact the first truly successful
repeater, and almost Immediately
achieved great popularity.
| So large was the part played by
the Winchester rifle in the settling
of the great West and establishing
law and order, that the name Win
chester came into common use in
place of the word rifle. And so
high was the standard of manufact-
urc maintained for it, that it was
soon the favoritc hunting rifle all
ever the world.
Now this great manufacturing
establishment, tremendously en-
banded in the gigantic part ii
1t played in the winning Of the
World War, is apparently branch
ing out to make all possible use of
the additional knowledge, cNpcrienc
and equipment thus acquired. New
articles being made already include
tools, cutlery, fishing tackle, flash
lights, skates, etc. With half CEN
fury Of experience and uncXcellcd
equipment entering into their pro-
duction, it is to be expected that
these new products, made in the
same skilled and workmanlike man
ncr as the famous Winchester guns
have been made for so long, will
have merit above the ordinary.
TO the good fortune of the many
| Cd friends of the Winchester in this
community who will be the first to
wish to examine these new articles,
we have here in town Il retail hard
ware concern of such high standing
as to be one of the first exclusively
selected to present these new Win
chester products to the buying
public. The agreement thus car
rics with it the privilege and re-
Sponsibility of representing the
manufactures more directly, than
any retail merchant has heretofore
done in the case of The Winchester
Company.
A special invitation is being
extended by the Winchester Com
pany to all its friends in this dis
trict to visit The Winchester Store
and see the latest additions to the
| WlnsheSter family" And as The
Campbell Hardware Company is
likewise inviting everybody to do
so, the store is enjoying regular
old home week" of Winchester
visitors. New friends will of
course be equally welcome with old
Winchester acquaintanccs.
GENERAL NEWS.
REFUSES TO GIVE UP EX-KAlSER
| The Dutch Government, March
9th, for the second time, refused to
| deliver th fnr1nnr Enr1,,nr u,,,,,n,o.,
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To 30 Expecte

To Be Expected.
'"rbe doctor pronounced it a case Of
auto-intoxication."
II cont wonder with the supply
saw under the back seat of his car"
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RAIDER BROS.
Civil Engineers and surveyor,
Greenbrier BaD~ Building.
Lewisburg, West Virginia.