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out semi-weekly. 1t is the Front
Royal Record, and the editor and
proprietor is E. E. keister. 1t is an
enterprising newspaper, and The Star
the middle Of the Main street and
holding up traffic. had no time to
put a plate in it before a pleasant
and pretty young lady came up to
know what it was all about. saying
that she wanted to know because
Record.
The banks are two. the Bank of
Warren and the Front Royal Ma
ticnai. E Fl. Jackson is president
and E. S. West cashier. of the former,
and A. L. Warthen. president and
latter. In the line of hotels there are
two-the Strickler House. run by W.
G. Strickler. and the Alton Inn. run
by r. W. Payne.
The manufacturing industries of the
town are numerous and important. A
beautiful fabrics. The raw silk comes
by train. The silk mill has been in
operation five or six years and EN-
ploys about one hundred people, and
many girls find there congenial and
we'll paving work. II is called the
Royal Silk Mill, and the general man
ager is Edward Hoehle.
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THE lime klins o: the Rivertor
Lime Company. W. f. Carson
president; turn out by the carload the
stuff that keeps land young. The
-four mills of w VI. Proctor & Son
have a capacity of $50 barrels OF
1our day and the Shenandoah Val
ley Milling Company is putting up a
plant to cost $3.50, 900. which will have
q capacity of 500 barrels a day. This
company is also developing a power
plant in the Shenandoah for furnish
ing power to various Industries. If
The Star. man remembers the infor-
nation given him. it is to be hydro
electric plant.
One of the big industries of Front
which makes insulating pins and
ships them all over the world. 3. j.
Hillidge. present mayor of Front
Royal is president Of the company
which employs about forty men.
Stossel G. Son run one Of the large
ing Ak helves. hatchet and hoe han
dies. croquet mallets and mallets OF
other kinds. Part of the work of this
plant is turning police clubs. the
"bii!ies' which you see police twirl-
ing, which they sometimes use in 9th
er ways The hard. tough troplca
wood called 1ignum vitae, or living
stone" is brought to Front Royal by
the carload and goes forth in the
form of polished clubs.
The barrel factory Of J. l.. Borden
Inc, employs fifty people and turns
out apple barrels by the thousands
and here is a good place to write
about one of the important industries
Of Warren county and that part OF
the state. 1t Is the industry Of rails
ing apples. Warren and its adjoin'
ing county of Rappahannock are grea'
orchard counties. The apples from these
counties are sold all over the eastern
United States and in Europe. The
crops of Warren and Rappahannocl
pass to the outer world through From
Royal. OF course, you probably know
that apple growing has become vas,
industry in Virginia on the west slope
of the Blue Ridge and the east slope
! Of the Alleghenies. and that "arrer
and Rappahannock are but two of the
great apple e-growing counties. Be
cause of the late freeze very little
fruit will be produced this year. Front
Royal has one of the larger vinegar
and cider making plants in the state
and the Old Virginia Orchard Com
pany puts up preserves. jams and jel'
Evening star., 1921-05-15
Wild Horse Is Gone.

THE wild horse is extinct in Amer
ica. but travellers say that wild
asses still subsist in sections OF ths
Grand Canyon of the Colorado, which
are difficult of access to men and where.
therefore, few men go. These asses
are descendants of those used as beasts
of burden by Spanish explorers who. IN
the seventeenth and perhaps in the six
teenth century. visited what is now the
western part of the United States.
Once widely distributed, the range OF
these wild asses has been restricted by
the settlement of the country and by
the passing through it Of so many hunt
ers and travellers, until now they are
able to maintain themselves only in the
rocky and particularly difficult country
of the Grand Canyon and on the high
plateau land in the canyon region of
northern Arizona.
So far as can be traced. the ass came
first to be known by man in the deserts
of Arabia and northern Africa. He can
find a living where the horse and most
other animals would die of hunger and
thirst. The wild ass is a swift runner
and a sagacious animal. He is as keen
of scent as any other wild animal and,
having learned that man is his enemy,
he is hard to capture and hard 10 shoot,
for il is not easy TO get within rifle
range of him.
Jeremiah the prophet. probably re-
ferred to the ASS keen sense of smell
when he said: The wild ass of the
wilderness that snuffeth up the wind. F"
Zenophon paid tribute to the speed with
which the ass can run when he wrote
twenty-five centuries ago that only the
swiftest horse could keep the pace
which the wild ass would set.
1t is believed that the ass was re-
Guced to captivity and domesticated be-
fore the horse was brought to that con-
dition. but a good deal of conjecture is
associated with that belief.
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es that are sold throughout the

lies that are sold throughout the
United States.
Near Front Royal. and near enough
to be included in the Front Royal in
dustries is the Morgan duck ranch.
John w. Morgan, manager. This is
one Of the biggest things Of its kind
in the world. There is one incuba-
tor on the place which takes (and
hatches) 1850 eggs at each setting.
The ducks raised there. though the
North Fork, the South Fork and the
Shenandoah are near, and creeks flow
ming. They are not allowed to go
near the water except during the
breeding season.
Copper mining is another of War
rem ,.ounty's industries. Copper ores
have been found in many parts of that
county and many years ago mine
was located about four miles south
west of Front Royal 1t has been
worked and its reports show profita-
BILE shipments of ore to the Baltimore
Copper Smelling and Rolling Com
pany. 1t is called the Gooney Manor
Copper Company, and its officers are:
Hugh L. Naylor of Front ROYAL.
president: Lewis F. Cooper of Win
chester, vice president: Samuel NJ.
Chiles. ex-treasurer Of Frederick
county. secretary; George H. Bowman
of Front Royal, treasurer; Harry
attorneys, and Col. S. r. Millar, n. 5.
Waller, H. c. Sheetz, Joshua S. West
and A. J. Sager. directors.
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THE United States remount station
is two and a half miles southeast
Of Front Royal on 5000 acres of land.
A great work is being done to i'm
prove the light American horse. SO
that he will be better adapted for
general farm work, and useful as a
war horse should the nation need
him.
1t is likely that an aviation landing
station will be established on the
lands Of Col. Millar. near Front Royal.
and among other things in prospect is
the erection Of a new Masonic Temple
on 4 large site between. the Bank Of
Evening star., 1921-05-15

w A$H!NGTON has neighbor
M cities about which Wash
" " ington people need in
struction if they would
know the country around the capital
One of these neighbor cities is Front
Royal. 1t was a western frontier
settlement of hardy Americans before
the colonies challenged Britain and
drew their sword-or rather. shoul-
dered their fiintlock and took down
their powder horn from its peg on the
cabin wall-in support of the doc
trine of self-government and equal
rights for men. Front Royal was in
corporated as a town before the capi-
tai of the United States was moved
from Philadelphia to Washington.
1t led a calm and peaceful life for
more than half a century. Wagon
trains bound between cast and west
rumbled slowly through those Blue
Ridge passes named Manassas gap
and Chester gap and through the
main street OF Front Royal. Taverns.
stores and homes were built in the
town and mills were set TO work on
two rushing creeks and fine river.
one Of those streams bearing the JOY
Gus name Happy creek comes down
from the mountains and passes
less poetic in it's name, Is Goose
creek, which flows no; far away
and within mile of the west edge
of the town rolls the South Fork OF
the beautiful Shenandoah.
Through both those passes, Aanas-
sas gap and Chester gap. probably
led Indian trails, and very likely the
trails the Indians followed had been
made by herds of buffalo. Adventurous
white men going west followed the
Indian trails. Travel and traffic grew
as the years passed and the old trail
through Chester gap began TO look
like rough road. Some pioneer set
up his cabin there. Probably his
name was Chester and men began to
speak of that pass through the noun
tains as Chester gap.
That. is the story of many Of the
other passes through the Blue Ridge.
as we'll as through other ridges. In
the Blue Ridge. perhaps, you have
by's gap. Thornton's gap and some
of the others. Where that first cabin
was set up in Chester gap another
came to be built A man set up his
where it passes through the gap. 1t
was by the side of the beautiful creek
which had washed that pass down the
west slope OF the Blue Ridge before
the bufaio picked 1t as an easy road.
That pioneer chose his home site
where rolling felds were all about
him and where a splendid river passed
within a mile.
West bound traffic continued to in
crease and a few other men built
their cabins by the side of the road
which followed Happy creek down
the ridge. There was probably a
tavern. perhaps several OF them,
where homeseekers. bound for the
Shenandoah valley and the eastern
slope of the lleshanies, where wag-
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to Front Royal from Broadway.
Rockingham county. A new pastor
has come to the Baptists. He is the
| Rev. Mr. Taber and he has already
| won recognition in the town as capa-
BILE and spirited speaker with some
up-to-date ideas as to how to interest
Christians in straight living. There
| is a handsome old school Baptist
Church of which the Rev. Mr.. Har-
r;son is minister and he is one Of the
reverend gentlemen of long service
in Front Royal. The Methodists
have recently received a pastor new
to Front Royal. He is the Rev. Mr.
Snyder from strasburg. and he sue
There is a Catholic Church, the priest
being the Rev. Father McVeery, who
comes over from Winchester. Father
McVeery was ordained at the time Of
the ordination Of Cardinal Gibbons.
sand he and the late cardinal enter
for each other.
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THERE is no Lutheran Church in
there are quite a number of them.
generally attaching themselves to the
Presbyterians.
Eight doctors of medicine live in
Front Royal. but they get most of
their pracIce IN otneI toWns: ihes
are DR.. D. NJ. kipps, DR.. l.. F. Hans
brough. DR.. r. P. Cooke. DR.. Giles
Cooke, Dr. Grubbs. DR.. MONTE, DR.. H.
G. Cline and DR.. Roy.
I The postmaster S. Byrne Downing.
| has served through both of President
! wilson's administrations and perhaps
he has hopes. The clerks in the post
| Office are the Haley brothers Charles
/ Lake and Blackwell Cary. The sta
ton agent for the Southern railway
lis A. NJ. Whitesell and the station
agent for the Norfolk and Western is
| l.. D. Purdum.
The principal business street is
Evening star., 1921-05-15
A Good Name.
A n admiral told at a dinner a s

A y admiral told at a dinner a story
about an English general.
This general, like many others.
he said, had his line broken by the
Germans, and was accordingly given
title and sent home.
We'll. after the general got home
he built himself a very fine house in
Sussex. He was showing an Ameri-
can over the house one day, and ne
said when the inspection was fin-
ished:
Yes. this place of mine is perfect
perfect. Only one thing is. lacking.
and that's a name. ] can't think or
good name for il. Can you help
me"
"The American. thinking Of the old
generals war record, chuckled and
said:
why not call it The Retreat2 '
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the four years Of strife. Armies raced
through it to surprise or support.
envelop. turn or reinforce other
armies Front Royal had it's heavy
engagement which was part Of the
battle of Strasburg. which might
also be called Il part of the battle OF
Winchester. by which Stonewall Jack
son drove Gen Banks out of the val
ley Of Virginia. foiled Fremont.s men
ace of Richmond by an attack from
the west. and quickly transferred his
own army to the right flank of Nc
ClrlIan as he was pushing his bloody
way, or being bloodlv pushed back,
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THE Sunday Star Man Pysa Visit Thriving Virginia and Writes
Interesting StoryProbabe Settlement of the Town and How Name Was
while Industries Add the Town. Academy
City War Battles the and
the Towns Vicinity Washington
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Warren are Judge Frank b. Whiting.
| judge of the county court: W. III. Tur-
ner. commemorative attorney; NJ. A.
/ Trout clerk of the court: X. F. Col
! lins. sheriff: A. J.. Warthen, treasurer,
and S. d. Boyd. commissioner of reve-
nue..
| The principal mercantile and trad
| i>g establishments in the city are
out e. Turner drug store, j. H.
Trout owner, and f. b. Board, man
and millinery, w. c. Weaver, jr.. buy
er and general manager; Compton &
! Company. dry goods and groceries, A.
f. Compton, owner; Warren Drug
S. c. Payne, manager; Nenable drug
store. c. NJ. Venable, owner; Warren
Furniture Company, N. c. Vint, man
ager and treasurer; Front Royal Shoe
Shop, w r. Thompson. owner; Gem
ter market. Marvin Maddox. owner;
owner: New York Cash Grocery, T.
Johnson, owner; The Royal Sales
Company. NJ. Q. Simpson, president
Fetzer Brothers. dry goods; NJ. l..
Schurer, clothing and shoes; Z. H
Hoffman. clothing and shoes. L. al.
Hoffman. jr, manager: b. V. Atwood
groceries and clothing; George c.
Ramsey. hardware; G. march,. whole
sale and retail fruit; Young Mems
Shop. w. w. Johnson; E. H. Duncan,
groceries and dry goods; C. E. Potter
field. confectionery; r. NJ Nesbett. ice
cream; J. f. Forsyth & Co.. hard
ware; c. w. Miller. hardware; w. C.
Carter & Co, feed, flour and grain;
Virginia Ice and Cold Storage Com
pany, w. W. Petttee. jr., owner; C. c.
Proctor & Sons. -four milling; Shena-
doah Produce Company, A. L. Mauch.
manager; Boston Bargain Store. dry
goods; Boyd Supply Company. auto
supplies. w. Boyd. manager; p. NJ.
Snerey jpwelYy: George T. Johnston
jewelry, Thomas G. Johnston. man
ager; Miss B. b. Beatty, millinery: A.
F. Corron & Son tRusseil Corron), >.
dry goods.
Evening star., 1921-05-15

ONE of the important educational
institutions of the south is at
Front Royal and occupies situation
of rare beauty. 1t is Randolph Macon
Academy. 1t was opened by 1he board
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

! recommend your medicine to anyone who is ailing. You may publish my testi- monial if you think twill help others. ''- Mrs. CARRIE WILLIAMS, Overpeck, Ohio.
 For more than forty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been restoring women to health who suffered from irregularities, displace- ments, backaches, headaches, bearing down pains, nervousness or ''the blues. Today there is hardly town or hamlet in the United States wherein some woman does not reside who has been made well by it. That is why Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now recognized as the standard remedy for such ailments.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

on Wald demere avenue. They are planning to go south next week for several days sojourn.
 THE SECOND FOOD SALE will be conducted by the Rectors Guild of Christ church in the parish house on Tuesday afternoon from ? until 4 o'clock. The proceeds from these sales will go towards recovering the aisleS of the church. Delicious home made food of all kinds. is donated by the members of the church.
 MEMBERS OF the O. U. s. club will meet on Monday evening in the parish house of the Universities church. All members are requested to be present promptly.
 MUSIC LOVERS are fQrtlolate in having weekly organ recitalS arranged by Mrs. ElTner Beardsley, organlst of the United Congregational church, on Monday afternoons at-4 o'clock, for the benefit of the public, with no -ad- mission fee charged. This week Harry Rowe Shelly, the well known com poser and organist, will render 8 de- lightful program assisted by Clar- Morrell, tenor in Dr. Cadman's church in New York city. Many are taking advantage of these Lenten musicales and each week the attendance in- creaSes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26
Bridgeport
 Briefs

Pleading for a clear understanding of the city manager plan of govern ment before it is condemned, Mayor Clifford B. Wilson addressed the meeting at the Barnum Recreation Center last night and stated that one of the greatest Benefits to be derived from the plan would be the abolish ment of the double machine" of po- litical fame. A program of varied entertainment was presented.
 At the meeting of the executive committee of the Near East Relief organization yesterday in New York, Harold c. Jacquith, of Darien, was appointed managing director of the work of the organization in Constan- tinople and Turkey. He is succeed ing Colonel James P. CoombS.
 Attorney Hugh J. Lavery, Senator Howard s. Challenger and other prominent Bridgeporters attended the hearing in Hartford yesterday in fla vor of the Anti-Service Charge Bill. The hearty support given the bill, and the vigorous opposition to the levying of service charges on gas, electric and water rates caused the hearing to be postponed until next Tuesday.
 Senator A. L. Delaney stated last night that the local bills which were taken from the calendar of hearing assignments would probably be listed for hearings later. Among the meas
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

ures affected were the bills to abolish lice and fire boards. and the substitu- ton of director of public safety. [ Annual meeting of the Fort Trunl- bull Beach community organization will be held March Il in the Fort TrumbuH school house when the of icers of the association will be elect ed.
 The last of Rev. Richard [. Swain's series of lectures were deliv- cred last night in, the United Church when he spoke on Losing and Find ing the Sense of Immortality
 Protests on certain provisions of the measure. known as ian Act con- corning the practise of medicine g will be registered by a committee of local chiropractors when the bill is Health and Safety committee of the state legislature
 w. Parker Seeley, director of the tlocal distribution of ex-service mer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26
BLACK SMALL PoX EPIDEMIC.

Vera Cruz-An epidemic of black small pox has broken out on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and more than 100 deaths have occurred, ac- cording to a private telegram receiY- ed here.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26
PERSONALS

MIR. AND MRS. RICHARD cos HELLO of 3S7 French street have re- ceived word of the birth of a daugh- ter to MT. and Mrs. James Miller of Bradford, Pa Mrs. Miller was for merly Miss Marie Costello. popular employe of the D. M Read company.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

MORTON BUTLER of the Arden apartments on Warren street was a guest at a dance given by friends at the Lawn club in New Haven last evening. He will spend the weekend at the home of Douglass Perry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

FRIENDS OF Miss Anna Kace- rowsky of Merchant street will be sorry to hear she recently underwent an operation, having her tonsils re- moved at the Bridgeport hospital.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

THE WOMEN MEMBERS of the Weatogue Country club have formed a bowling team and meet every Mon day afternoon in Kelly's bowling al- leys The bowlerS include: Mrs. E.. w. Mercy, Mrs. F. w. Finegan, Mrs Lester Finch, Mrs. T. l.. Warford, Mrs. H. c. Goddard, Mrs. F. H. Fargo. Mrs. William Church, Mrs. w. F. Coney, Mrs. Nellie Clark and Mrs. Florence Fuller.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

bC1OLC o1AN o1 bCA AAAy baby was born. I suffered with back ache, headache, was generally run down and weak. I saw Lydia E. Pinkham's V e g e t a b l e Com pound advertised in the newspapers and decided to try 1t. Now I feel fine, take care of my two boys and do my OUp w0rk
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26
MUST UNDERGo OPERATION.

Norwalk.-Attorney Wallace T. SoIlmer, son of former County Sher- if Vol1mer. was taken to New York for an operation at Mt. Sinai hospital, having been ill for a long time fol- lowing a severe attack of pleurisy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

state aid checks, in speaking of the system in use in Bridgeport, stated that three different checks are kept on applicants for state aid. Afer local examination, the application is forwarded to Hartford for state ex- animation, nd on it's return win D. privaI, the family situation of the ap
 picant is investigated.
 Approximately $1S,0o0 has been saved the city by the emp1oyment of unemployed workmen on the munich pal projects at Hillside Home, ac- cording to an announcement last night by the charities department If he desires of the department of charities are carried out, the muni- cipaI construction program will be transferred to the department of pub lie works on April 1. The lack of funds has caused the charities offic- ials to put the men on five-day-a-
 week schedule.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

MRS. MAYLAH HALLOCK-MOR- RIS of Huntington Road left this morning to spend the weekend with friends in New York city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

ington avenue will entertain the members of the Thursday luncheon club at her home on Wednesday of next week, instead of Thursday as is customary
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

MRS. RALPH HEDGES of Com gresS street is entertaining as her house guest Miss Caroline Westcott of Portland, Maine, for several days
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

MISS ANNA SWINNERTON o1 Beechwood avenue will act as hostess for the meeting of the Service club at her home on Monday afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

MRS. ERNEST M BUTLER of Warren street has returned from New York city where she has been spend ing several days during the past week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

MIR. AND MRS. JOHN T. KING have returned to their apartment in New York city after spending the past few days at their home here
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26
U. S. EXPORTS SHRINK

Washington-A shrinkage of S66,- O00,000 in American export trade in January was reported today by the department of commerce Imports for the month fell off $55, 100000 as com pared with the December figures.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

AN INFORMAL DANCING PARTY was given in the Stratfield ball room on Thursday evening by the American Banking Association. An orchestra furnished music for the occasion and a jolly evening spent. About 50 cou- ples tripped the light fantastic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

MISS HELEN WHEELER of Park avenue will open her home for the meeting of the Little Sisters on Thursday afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26

viscount Uchida, Foreign Minister, declared in the Diet, Japan can do nothing to invalidate anti-Japanese legislation in California
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26
BEFORE AND AFTER
 CHILDBIRTH
Mrs. Williams Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's sVegetable Compound Kept Her
 in Health

Overpeck, o." Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound helped me both
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-26
A RAW, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You
 Apply a Little Musterole.

And Musterole won't blister like the old-fashioned mustard plaster. Just spread it on with your fingers. N peneuatcs to the sore spot with a gentle jingle, Icosens the congestion and draws out the soreness and pain.
 Musterole is clean, white oint. ment made with oil of mustard. It is fine for quick relief from sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck. asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lum- bago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains. sore muscles, bruises, chil- plains, frosted feet, colds on the chest. Nothing like Musterole for croupy chil- dren. Keep it handy for instant use.
 S5c and 65c jars; hospital size $500
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