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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-06

home of the brides grandmother. Mrs
John. ID. Gilman. near Baltimore.
Miss Lisa Gilman Todd will be maid
Of honor and the best man will be
the bridegroom's brother, John Foster
Dulles.
The Under Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Norman IL. Davis are now estab-
lished at their new homo, 1927 New
Hampshire avenue.
Mrs. Joseph E. Kuhn accompa
Brisadier General Kuhn whom he
sailed recently for Honolulu to take
command of the Department OF
Hawaii.
Gen. Marie Fayoile. who represent
ed the French government at the
American Legion's convention In
Cleveland and who Is now In New
York, was entertained at luncheon
yesterday by Countess cunliffe-owen
at her home In Central Park West.
Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt is al
the Ritz-Cariton Hotel. New York
for a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dean Ray will
be hosts at dinner tonight, enter
tanning In compliment to Miss Eliza
beth kingsbury and her fiance, Dom
aid Harrison McKnew, whose mar
riage will take place on Saturday
The company Will include the mem
bers OF the wedding party.
MRS. GERRY IN GOTHAM.
Mrs. Gerry wife OF Senator Peter
G.. Gerry, accompanied by Mrs. Nc
Kenna Pultz, is spending a short time
In New York.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas j.
Cowie have given up their apartment
In the Rochanbeau and returned to
the Grafton Hotel, where they will
spend the winter.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. IL. NJ. Lord
have gone to New York and are at
the Aston Hotel for a short visit.
Mrs. James w. McAndrew wife
of Major General McAndrew, Is also
staying at the Aston.
b Malcolm Arnold Robertson. British
deputy high commissioner in the
Rhineland district. with headquarters
In Coblenz. has been promoted To high
commissioner, to succeed Sir Harold
Stuart. Mr.. Robertson formerly was
secretary OF the British embassy In
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
ALF TAYLOR NOMINATED.

Echoes Of thirty-four years ago
may be heard'in the Tennessee gu
bernatorial campaign this year as a
result of the recent primaries.
Alfred Taylor, who thirty-four years
ago was defeated for the Cover
norship by his Democratic brother,
Bob. has been nominated again by
the Republicans.
In the famous race of years ago
the present Republican nominee and
his younger Democratic brother,
campaigned side by side. playing
1iddlcs and singing duets TO their
audiences all over The State. Bob's
supporters wore white roses; Alf's
wore red. Bob Taylor won and
was twice reelected. He died later
while a United States Senator.
Now the old Taylor fiddle will be
tuned up again for this campaign.
II is expected, and Alf Taylor'S sons
VIII accompany him in The songs.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
SERGEANT WATKINS IS DEAD.

Captain Frank B. Watkins. ser
geant at arms of the Virginia Senate
died Sunday the Sth inst, at his
home in Charlotte county. Several
months ago he was badly injured
when struck by an automobile on
his way home. AT that time he re-
ceivcd several broken ribs and
bruises. Captain Watkins wasbe-
tween 70 and rs years old, was {
Confederate soldier, member OF
the Charlotte Troop, Company Il.
14th Virginia Cavalry and brother
of Mrs. NJ. l.. Lacy. of our town.
He was for many years well known
in public life. About thirty years
ago he was made sergeant at arms
of the Virginia State Senate, and
while he had been opposed many
times for the post, it was impoS-
sible 10 defeat him.
The Editor of this paper. mem
ber of the same company, served
with him and knew him we'll. He
was son of DR.. Joel Watkins, long
a prominent and well known citi-
zen of Charlotte county. Frank wa:
jovial, kind-hearted, companion
able man, popular with his COM
rades and. faithful to his duties as
a soldier. He leaves wife and
several children.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
PRESIDENT GIVES KDDIES A RIDE.

Three kids, just out of a swim
ming hold in Rock Greek Park,
were picked up last Saturday by
President Wilson, treated to a 45-
minute ride and dropped out at
their home in town SO proud the
folks there could not hold them with
rope.
The trio had just come from a
dip in one of the parks streams
and were hiking along the roadway
when they saw the White House
oar and recognized the President
Oif came their caps and as Mr.. Will
son ordered the car stopped they
tlmldly approached and asked how
nc was getting along.
"llop in" said the President, and
They hoped.
All along the ride they kept their
eyes on the President and Mrs
Wilson and answered more qucs-
lions than they asked. Water frcr!
touSlcd heads tricklcd over three
Sunburnt faces and dropped on the
rrcsIdcnts shoes. One youngstrr
hicked TO save the Presidents shine
ana apologiZed. but was told not "a
worry.
Coming down Connecticut avenue
me Youngest of the trio. a thin
'rnll lad barely eight years old,
Sp'rd kid he knew and called to
INN by name. The youngSter in
Mc street dropped loaf of bread
and gaspcd.
When the kids got out all three
Snook hands with the President
and his wife.
80 long bo," one shouted to the
secret service man on the front seal
me President smiled broadly, lift
'o MS hat and started home.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
+, DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

A murder and suicide were COM
mitted on the public road in Web
ster county on Thursday, July 22d,
near the mouth of Sugar Creek, on
the back fork Of Elk river. TAYLOR
Clevcnger and wife were on their
way to Cogar's store near by, ac-
companied by young man named
Rcdman and Prilt boy, aged ~.
Suddenly and without any known
provocation, according to Rcdman
and young Pritt, Clcvcnger stopped
and fired the contents of a shot gun
into the left brcst of his wife, tear
ing hole clear through her body,
and killing her instantly. He then
placed the butt of tie gun on the
ground, the muzzlc against his side
and leaning over. touched the lrig-
ger, thus ending his own life. The
contents of the cartridge passed
through his body. practically sew
cring his left arm. He lived for an
hour afterwards. II is said that
Clcvcnscr had been drinking. He
had returned on the proceeding
day from visit with his wife's
people
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
The POLISH-BOLSREYlK BATTLE LINE.

The Polish-Bolshevik battle line.
on the Nth covered about 700 kilo-
meters extending from the Ruman-
ian frontier northwest to Prussian
border. When the BolShcviki Of
fensive began five weeks ago the
line was approximately twice 700
Kilometres and was quite irregular
The front stretches aiagonally
across Poland. 1t is slightly bowed
in the center with a bucMe in the
Warsaw sector where the Bolshev~
Xxi stand just on the other side Of
the capitals protectors. Sigh!
gains for the BolSheviki were an-
nounced in the extreme north on
the Russian right, and in the south
where ihe Poles are readjusting
their lines for the purpose of short
cning the front.
Near the Prussian frontier, where
Bolshevik cavalry in endeavoring to
reach the Vistula, the Poles evacu-
ated Rypin, but to the southeas.
near the Warsaw front local Polish
successes are reported. Plonsk,
Nowo-Miast and NaiselSk to thu
northwest of Warsaw for which
there has been fighting, now are
in the hands of the Poles. At lasi
accounts the Poles also held RadZ-
min, to the northeast of Warsaw,
after it had changed hands several
times,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
TO RETAKE WHEELING CENCUS,

The efforts of Manager Harry p.
Corcoran of the Wheeling Chamber
OF Commerce. to secure q retak1ng
of the Wheeling 1920 census, owing
to discrepancies involving the fail
ure to take the names of several
thousands Of the residents of the
city, particularly in wards largely
populated b ythc foreign-born. wcr.,
brought to the goal of success re-
Gently.
Corcoran's presentation of tho
city's claims TO the United States
census bureau officials at Washing
Ton resulted in the decision TO order
an immediate rctaking Of the cen
sus in certain designated districts
which it is believed will add a.
least 5000 to the population ant
bring the total close TO the $4,000
markA The total heretofore re-
ported was 5l,322.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
OUR BIG CROPS.

The wheat prospect is not quite
so good as it was expected to he
from the good weather reports Of
July. Unfortunately the rust got
into spring wheat, and the promise
is 29,OO0,0O0 bushels less than it
was month ago. More than half of
however, is made up by the increase
of 15,00O,O0O bushels in tn eoutlook
for winter wheat. The preeSnt pros
pect for all wheat is 7o5, 900, SOD
bushels, and to this is to be added
100, 100000 bushels of old wheat
carried over into the new crop
year.
a total wheat supply of nearly
900. 100000 bushels will give us no:
far from 100000, 900 bushels of en-
portable surplus. If it should be Il
little less than that, it woud b" a
great deal more than our exports in
the last fiscal year. The worlds
situation is greatly confused by the
report that France will need som=-
thing like 100000, 900 bushels of i'm
ported wheat whereas we were
told several times during the grow
ing season that the crop would
break records and probably render
import needless. We kno wthat
Italy will need large imports.
But Canada is counting on .
wheat harvest of 300,000,O00 BUSH"
els, of which the domestic require
ments will hardly exceed $4,000, 600
bushels, so that the eXportable 3ur-
plus must be 2O0,OO0,000 and prob
ably considerably in excess of that.
The Indian crop is embargoed, pre-
sumably to supply the needs OF
Great Britain before any is sold to
foreign countries, SO that this re-
striction on exports cannot affect
the general world situation. Early
in the spring the statement SUBMIT
ed to Parliament estimated the
worlds supplies at slightly NOR
than the worlds needs, and the
American, Canadian and Indian
crops are larger than could be
counted on at that time.
Our oats crop will be larger.
154,OOO,O0 ,O00bushels above last year,
which is an important item in stock
feeding. The hay crop is cstim.,t-
ed at 100000 tons above thai Ct
last year. Food is abundant for
! cattle as we'll as for man.
Potatoes promise 44,00O,0O0 bush
els more than last year.
The outlook for corn is for trihc
over three billion bushels. If this
+ is realized it will be the third Iarg
est we have ever had. August is tic
critical month for corn, and some
thing may happen to it, but the or
ly thing that has happened to it
since the 1st of the month is rain
where it was needed, which has
materially improved the prospect
in Illinois and Indiana, where
there has been some impairment.
These crop figures, with an i'm
provement in cotton that promises
a crop nearly a third larger thau
was predicted early in the season
assures agricultural prosperity in
all parts. of the country.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
1EW1sBURe WEST
DEATH OF JOSEPH MEREDITH.

Joseph Meredith. died on Monday
night, August 8, 1920, at his home
at Covington, Virginia, from the ef-
fects of a stroke Of paralysis suf-
fered OH the Thursday before. The
funeral was held on Wednesday and
interment was made at Mt. Vernon,
near Fort Spring. Deceased was
60 years old on July 18th last and
was born and reared in Wolf Greek
district. Mr.. Meredith having lived
here many months with his daught-
er, and SOn-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Dyche, was we'll known and
respected by all who came in con-
tact with him. He was married
twice, his first wife being Miss
Sibbie Selvy, who died thirty years
ago at Wolf Greek. He was married
for second time 26 years ago at
Wolf Greek to Miss Mary Susan
Craft who survives him. He had
beenla resident of Covington about
Is months, going there from here
He lived al Fort Spring 25 years;
was a member of the Presbyterian
Church. The children of the first
marriage are Wm., of Hinton; Mrs.
Bessie Collins. Of Alexandria, Vir-
ginia; Mrs. Hattie Canterberry, of
Hans Greek, Monroe county; Frank,
of Anderson; Mrs. Ammy Dyche, of
Lewisburg; Lee, Of Fort Spring, and
Mrs. Lizzie Pickett, of Natural
Bridge, Virginia. The children of
his second marriage are Emmett,
of CovingtoR, and Miss Minnie, of
Alexandria, Virginia.
Deceased was man we'll thought
of by all who knew him.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
VOLUME 55
Notice to Subscribers and the
Public.

and after September
GREENBEIER INDEPENDENT and the
will be $500 payable in advance heretofore.
AS all newspaper of
general and the conditions particularly affecting the publishing
deem hardly into minute details respecting
costs Sufficient that blank print principal
material used in production,
cent ana a sheet before anything printed it, In
like other necessities production
ed unheardof heights price From day another
and for months have been absorbing the without
passing them TO the other businesses
to day Some of have attempted to this situation
months by declining
but this has been dsappon
ing ubterugc Dsappoining>to hundreds who wished
subscribers
creasng cost of serving old subscribers
Wehave this time sustained
imposed upon itself in order to
avoid the appearance of suspicion of proteerng
impossible 10 buy contract for prntpaper
to ourselves the necessary supply to continue pubica
which is spot markeand the price governed
demands of large publishers with The new
serving without curament gathering
and has become of either serving those
advance and topay it willingly, serving one.
The new price of So per year applies Immediately
September 1920 Subscriptions expiring September
1920 may be renewed for only
after September l. 1920 can be any except at
the new rate This plan of making the has
been adopted fair and Just to ALL and
winch means an added outlay part but four
month or little cent week, is submitted
dence that its fairness must make commanding appeal your
Respectfully,
THE ALDERSON ADVERTISER,
BY George Werkleiscr Publisher
THE WEST VIRGINIA
By Blake Brothers, Publishers.
THE INDEPENDENT
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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
STARVED HIMSELF TO DEATH,

Charles Wilson, negro bantil.
died Of starvation in the Schuyki,l,
Pa, prison on the 11th, after fast
ing forty three days. Wilson took
his last food June 20. He had rot
spoken to Jail attaches for days.
The negro appeared lively of lat,
and officials believed he would bc
able to hold out without food sew
eral days, although he had lost con
siderable flesh. Physicians there
stated they believed the record of
lorty-thrce days established by Will
son to be the longest time person
has ever gone without food except
in The case Of DR.. Tanner
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
DESERTIONS SMALL.

Less than one per cent of more
than 24.00O,000 men registered
under the draft act during the war
have been found chargeable with
wilful desertion, according to an
nouncement issued recently by the
war department. The actual figure
is 1891 against whom desertion
charges have been recorded and
this represents, the statement says,
ga tremendous Improvement over
the draft record of the civil war"
The Department will soon make
public the names of those branded
as deserterS and the statement ADDS
that the Government desires to OBJ
tain the cooperation of the various
State and locaal officials, patriotic
societies and other agencies includ-
ing the department of justice in
bringing about the apprehension of
these men,"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
MARRIED..

Mr.. Lark NJ. Meador and Miss
Ruth Lyric Price were united in
marriage at the brides home in
Hinton on Tuesday evening. Aug,
3, 1920, at S:15 O'Clock. The we'd
ding march, Lohengrin, was render
ed by Miss Helen Dolin, and Little
Miss Margaret Price acted as ring
bearcd. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. FL. p. Hackney,
pastor of the Central Baptist Church
The affair was attended by only The
immediate relatives and friends of
the principals. The bride is the
attractive daughter of Editor and
Mrs. W. L. Price, of Hinton, and
for the past two sessions has been
q teacher in the Hinton public
schools. The groom is a popular
young business man Of Hinton and
a member Of the Palace Clothing
Company.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
BUYS SIXTEEN THOUSAND ACRES.

+ the party of virginians, II. c.
reynolds, DR.. Gilmer and others,
Whom we mentioned two weeks ago
rs being in Lewisburg prospecting
'or grazing and farm lands, bought
W'''ic in Pocahontas The t6,600 acre
ir'r' belonging to The Maryland
lumber Company and located on
IIc "rccnbricr river near Beard and
'Inmar. This land has been Gull
~ OF all its marketable timber but
~ = 'inc piece of grazing property
''" VIII be ilrncd into such by The
'"'ChaserS. II will be cleaned of
"' brush and rubbish and will be
ranch.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
CARGO IN U. S. SHIPS.

Over 60 per cent of the total
cargo carried in vessels entering
and leaving United Stated ports
during the first six months of 1920
was in American bottoms, accord
ing TO a survey issued by the ship
ping board.
OF 15,558 vessels included in the
summary aggregating S6,03l, 200
dcad-wight tons and carryiny 81
39S,l84 tons Of cargo. American
ships numbered $3.50 with 81 ,53l.-
620 dead-wcight tons apd carried
22,724,217 tons of freight.
The American vessels carried IA
per cent OF capacity load and for
cign vessels of all flags is l3 per
cent of capacity.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
BATTLEsHIP CONTROLLED BY WIRELESS,

Carrying out a secret experiment
the control Of one large battleshiD
with no person on board by anoth-
er battleship through wireless,
two United States battleships left
the Philadelphia navy yard on the
18th, and are to arrive at their, ma
neuverlng position at sea off the
Delaware capes sometime the next
day.
Coast Battleship No. 4, once The
iowa of Spanish-American war
fame, is 10 piow through the sea
win her engines and helm con-
troiled from the radio room spec
laily lifted on board the warshin
Ohio. Capt. John HalIigan. com
mander Of the Ohio, is supervising
me event, which may revolution
!Zc naval warfare. Both vessels
nave bccl fitted out during the
last few months with secret radio
apparatus under The supervision
OF John Hays Hammond. Jr., oripi-
nator of the idea. The Indiana.
sister ship Of the Iowa, and also
Il nero ship of the Spanish American
war, IS being fitted up with simi-
lar equipment at the Philadclphi,
navy yard and if the experiment
turns out the success it promises
TO bc' the surrendered German war
SHIPS VIII also have the equipment
installed on them, thus afrordinu
me american navy ideal opporlun-
ltE for fargaret practice under war
conditions. wa
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
NUMBER g
KEEPING SIS ON THE FARM.

"How are you going to keep her
down on the farm after she has
seen the city?"
That. in effect, is the question
which prompted the United States
department Of agriculture to under
take the nationwide farm home
survey which it has just .complet-
ed. and Miss Florence S. Ward,
who directed the work, believes
She has found the answer.
This survey covers 1O,O15 farm
homes in 33 northern and western
states, and in the opinion of Miss
Ward and other specialists of the
department, proves that the waste
OF women power is one of the
greatest menace to rural life.
Here are few of the reasons as
disclosed by the survey, why many
women find farm life unattractive:
The working day of the average
farm woman is 11.3 hours, the
year round. In summer it is IS.
II hours. Eighty-seven out of each
lOO women have no regular vaca-
ton during the year.
Half of the farm women are up
at work at ) O'Clock in the morning.
Forty per cent have water in the
kitchen, but the other 60 per cent
must carry it from the spring or
pump. Thirty-six per cent help
with the milking. Seventy-nine
per cent have kerosene lamps to
trim and fill.
SiNty-ninc per cent do the family
washing, about half of them having
f1tT HI Ir
using the old fashioned tub, wash
board and boiler. Nincty-two per
cent do some Or all the family
sewing.
Garden wrk is done by So per
cent, "a per cent make the family
bread and 60 per cent have churn-
ing to do.
Elghty-one per cent of all poul-
try locks are cared for by women.
One-fourth of the farm woman
help to feed and bed the livestock
and "A per cent, spend more than
Sin weeks in the year assisting with
some part of the field work. All
OF this is in addition to cooking
the family meals and caring for
the children.
"A large part of this wastage of
the energy of the nations rural
home-makers, Miss Ward points
Out could be prevented by a reas-
enable amount of planning and
well directed investment in modern
equipment for farm homes.
Application of modern business
principals to the farm home, Miss
Ward believes would lessen the
Tighten her labors and add to her
cOntentment.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
TURKS HAVE SIGNED FOR PEACE,

Turkey, the last power to remair
in state of war with the entente,
signed the treaty on the 10th at
Serves, and is now officially at
peace. Serbia and Hedjaz. alone
OF the nations interested, had re-,
fused 10 sign.
1t was a simple, sober ceremony
Premier Venizelos, of Greece, al
though achieving what is consider
ed to have been one of his life an
bitions, affixed his signature to the
three voluminous documents-thc
treaty itself, an Italo-Greek protocol
and q protocol on Asia Minor and
the zones Of influence-with tremb-
ling hand and smbre face, ascribcd
by some TO illness and overwork
The three Turkish delegates look
ed away as the premier passed their
seats, not bowling to him as they
did to the other delegates. Count
Lamoyski, Polish minister to Paris
who was among those who signed
the three documents, attracted as
much attention as the actual cere.
mony. being the center of inquiriha
groups as the delegates were sign.
ing their names.
Premier Millcrand opened the
ceremony with a few words and
then asked the Turkish delegates tc
sign. The business was concluded
at 1870 O'Clock and the delegates
hurried out through the soldier
guard which presented arms as
they filed past.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
VILLAS REWARD,

The latest report from Mexico is
to the effect that the noted bandit!
leader. Villa, will be given valu-
able estate in return for his COM
pete surrender, and tl'at q strong
guard will be kept around him al
the expense Of The Mexican gov .
ernncnt. II is estimated that NJ A.
leo will have 10 pay out something
like S2,O0O,O0O as a result Of the
agreement entered into brtwccn
Villa and the officials Of Mexico.
Taking this incident as q guide. it
would seem that ii pays to be bad
man.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
WOMEN TO VOTE.

-, me Tennessee Legislature ON
WeaneSday ratified the Woman
suffrage Amendment to the 4. s.
constitution. This means that the
women of West Virginia will have
.he m vote this fall, .IInless the Ten
nessee Legislature changes its aci-
ION before 1t adjourns, which is
NOT likely, because it was called
together for the exclusive burmese
vi ra'iilcation or rejection of this
amendment.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-20
ROBERT LEVISAY.

Robert Levisay died at his HON"
near Anderson, on Tuesday, July 27.
1920, aged about S2 years. He Was
an old Confederate soldier and in
his younger years followed the
trade of blacksmith. He was born
in Grccnbrier county and had spent
most of his whole life in Greenbrior
and Monroe counties. He is sur
vivcd by his wife and several chill
drcn. The funeral was held OH
Wednesday afternoon. Rev. r. &.
Hcrod Cfficiated and intermcnt was
made in Anderson cemetery.