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The Washington times., 1921-10-16
EP|SC0PAL|AN
CENTENNIAL To
BECELEbRATED
Plans Complete for Worldwide
Ceremonies to Honor Work
Of Missionary Society.

Plans have been perfected for the
worldwide celebration on November s
of the centennial anniversary of the
Missionary Society Of the Episcopal
Church In America by the National
Council. of which the Rev. J. f. Free
man, d. D., rector Of Epiphany
Church, this city, Is a member.
The plans include the production OF
pageant, "The Mission of The
Church." written for the occasion by
William Chauncy Langdon; historical
programs for all the church schools:
the publication U; a centennial history
of the missionary society by Miss Julia
G. Emery, and mass meetings in every
parish, the whole eliminating on No
vember with special Thanksgiving
service In every parish and mission
station.
Beginning in 1921 as a voluntary
iues.paying society, and reorganiZed
in 1885 on lines which included every
baptized communicant, the society has
actively participated I'm the civiliza-
tion of the great West. Its agents
have followed the receding frontier
line OF the nation in movement
which embraced Alaska on the north
and Mexico, Central America and the
West Indies on the south; thus on to
the Pacific coast, cut into the scat
tered islands OF the sea, and thence to
China, Japan and the Philippines.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
POSTS
|NVA. To HONOR
ARM|ST|CE DAY
State Department Urges Two
Minute Halt In All Activities
November II.

RICHMOND. Va. Oct. l6.-An ap'
peal to Virginia 20 Join in the coun'
try-wide observance OF Armistice Day
with a two-minute halt In all activities
at noon by officers OF the Virginia
department OF the American Legion.
All legion posts In the department
have been directed TO participate In
the observance OF the day this year
which promises to go down In history
as one OF the greatest in the history
OF civilization.
After pointing TO the duty OF the
people everywhere 10 fittingly observe
the third anniversary OF the signing OF
the armistice, when the guns OF the
world that doomed In France were
Ailenced, Virginia legion officials di-
rected even more attention TO the sig
nificance OF the day. which President
Harding has selected for the opening
OF the disarmament conference In
Washington.
They declared that there is every
reason 10 believe that this conference
will start the world disarming, max.
ing the greatest day in the history OF
the world, and that II should be cele'
brated as such.
Reports to State headquarters In
Richmond indicate that every com
munity In the State will observe
/Armistice Day, with legion posts TAX
ing the active lead IN their communi
ties. Programs are already being
worked out to this end.
In Richmond there will be big
military parade, made up OF army and
navy units, and service men of that
city who will be grouped into units
representing the commands they
served with during the world war
Following this, public exercises will
be held in the city auditorium.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
DUPONTS SELL ANOTHER
VILLAGE AT HOPEWEll

HOPEWELL, Va, Oct. 15.-The
purchase Of the DUPONT chemical COM
pany's property and holidays in "A"
village has been announced, the pur-
chaser being the Kent-Bryan COM
sideration being about 100000. Sew
enty-three houses and lots were in
cluded in the sale and this sale has
greatly reduced the holdings Of the
chemical company, which Is under
stood to be preparing to leave the
community within few months.
The property purchased by fhe
Kent-Bryan company, Of Petersburg,
will be developed by the Bryan Realty
Company Of Hopewell.
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To HOLD THEIR
13STHMEET|MG
Annual Conference Of Over 800
Churches to Begin In Rich
mond Wednesday.

RICHMOND. Va. Oct. 16.-The
one hundred and thirty-ninth session
OF the Virginia annual conference
OF the Virginia Methodist annual con
ference viii open in the Centenary
Church, Richmond. on Wednesday
October 10. Bishop w. M. McMurray
presiding. Bishop e. II. Hendrix is
not expected TO be able TO attend the
conference on account OF illness.
This years conference viii be one
OF the most important In the history
OF the church and many important
things will come up for discussion.
Probably one OF especial interest will
be the appointment OF delegates TO
the general conference, which will
convene in Hot Springs next May.
The conference, which covers one.
half of Virginia and consists OF 33s
clerical members. with S4S churches
and 13S,s00 members, bids fair to
go well above these figures the com
ing year. The Sunday school work
has gone forward and today there
are S24 Sunday schools, 10,l03 Of,
ficers and teachers. and 107.72s pu-
pills, and still growing.
The woman's missionary societies
now number Sis. with a total OF
1873 members. There are six sdu'
cational institutions also under the
supervision OF the conference. These
are the Randolph-Macon College for
Women at Lynchburg, the Danvilie
Institute at Danville, the Bedford
City Academy at Bedford City, Va.
the Blackstone College for I'oys al
Blackstone and the Ferum Training
School for Boys and Girls, which Is
up in the mountains Of Virginia.
This year there are 184 teachers
with 2.634 students, and these schools
have an endowment of s843.500.
| The conference raised last year
for various purposes s2,38s.7l1,
which is considered excellent and
announcement for greater success
/ the coming wear,
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FAILS; 105 ON
CREDITOR LIST
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The secured list is not filed at this
time, the law giving one year Within
which to present these claims. In tho
original schedule, the total liability
was listed at s102, 900, and the assets
IT approximately $4,000. Claims filed
since the original petitioa are ssti
mated to have run the total liabilities
near the s15O,000 mark.
The collapse Of the estate >as sid
den, starting with the filing In circuit
court of one claim for 1900 against
Darby. Others followed quickly. In
less than two weeks after the first
suit, the petition was presented to
Judge Baker in Federal court.
Reports OF the impending bank,
ruptcy quickly gained currency, and
before the petition was filed Darby
was relieved as teacher of the Bible
class at First Methodist Church, the
pastor taking the work. About the
same time the insurance partnership
with q sister-in-law was broken.
The estate was handed over to G
trustee. Attorney w. w. Downey
the first of the week by Referee in
Bankruptcy Wilbur II. Thomas, fol
lowing the unanimous selection OF
Downey by the hundred odd credi
tors Mr.. Downey Immediately gave
bond in the sum Of Sis, 200.
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LABOR SUPPLY
IS AMPLE FOR
v. VA.FARMERS
As a Rule There Is Employment
for Those Who Seek II all
Over the State.

MoRGANTowN. w. Va. Oct. ib.-
Reports from the county agents In va
rious parts OF West Virginia. sub
mitted at the request OF Henry G.
Wallace, Secretary OF Agriculture,
Washington. ID. c.. show that what
unemployment there is I'm this State Is
not on the farms. Telegrams were sent
TO every county I'm the State with a
view of getting the information TO use
In conjunction with the national con-
ference on the employment situation.
The replies uniformly indicate salts
factory labor conditions on the farms.
A few examples from widely scat
tered territories show the conditions
that exist. Pocahontas county has
less than 1 per cent unemployed
Peasants per cent, Cabell per
cent, Ritchie / per cent, Tyler less
than s per cent, Berkeley per cent
and Kanawha reports that all farm
labor desipfng employment Is at work.
Several of the counties report fewer
laborers employed than usual at this
season. but that condition Is readily
explained. For example, Berkeley
county has only about so per cent OF
the usual number of laborers, due TO
the small force required to handle the
light apple crop. This represents
transient labor, OF course. Cabell
county has 25 per cent fewer men EN-
ployed on the farms. due not to unem'
ployment. but to the higher wages
offered by the industries. Ritchie and
Tyler counties are exceptions to the
general rule, as in these counties the
slump in the oil business has released
a good many men for farm labor,
causing a 20 per cent increase In farm
laborers.
It must not be assumed from the
reports that there are no men idle ex-
cept in the cities. Slumps in the coal,
oil and other industries have thrown
hundreds of former farm hands out OF
work. But the fact remains that these
men simply will not accept the COM
paratively low wages that farmers can
afford to pay.
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Dr.. Chandler Latest
In Line of Is Notable
Presidents of w. & NJ.
BY International News Service.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Oct. 15.-
Since the days Of it's first president,
the Rev. James Blair, eighteen men
have occupied the chair of President
of the College of William and Mary.
DIR. j. A. c.. Chandler, the new presi-
dent, at whose installation on October
10 President Warren G.. Harding will
be an interested spectator, is the latest
OF a long line Of distinguished men.
James Blair, Scotch-bred clergy
man, who was Commissary Of the Col
ony of Virginia, went to London in
1892 to raise funds for the establish
ment of the South's first college and
to secure royal sanction for the
project. He came back successful, the
charter from King William and Queen
Mary under his arm and enough funds
assured to establish the institution.
DIR. William Dawson succeeded Blair
in 1747, on the latter's death. Dawson
was professor Of moral philosophy.
During his administration George
Washington received his appointment
from the college as surveyor of Fair
fay county, the position which gave
him his start in life.
With a faculty of seven the college
progressed through a checkered ca
reer. During this period the presidents
were the Rev. Thomas Dawson, 1755-
G1; the Rev. William Yates, 176l-64;
the Rev. James Horrocks, 1764-71, and
the Rev. John Camm, 1771-77. In
Camm's administration Lord Botetourt
donated a number of medals to the
college. 1777. They were the first to
be awarded in America as collegiate
prizes. Botetourt's gift instituted a
practice which is now customary in
every school in the country. On De-
cember s, 1916, the Phi Beta Kappa
Society was founded by the colleges
students.
In 1871 the Rev. James Madison, a
cousin of the President of the United
States of that name, was elected presi-
dent. He inaugurated a new era. The
college was changed to a university,
the first in America, for Harvard was
still Harvard College.
After Madison's death, in 1912, fol-
lowed the Rev. John Bracken, 1S12-14;
John Augustine Smith, NJ. D., 1S14-26;
Rev. William II. Wilmer, 1826-27; Rev.
Adam Empie. to 1886, and Thomas X.
Dew, 1S36r46.
Came next Robert Saunders, 1S46-47;
CWtlls 1910, Dl5hop SOih
Johns, 1S49-54, and again Ewell, who
was president for the period of 1854
1888. During the civil war the college
closed, for it's students enlisted in the
struggle, and Ewell himself became
colonel on Gen. Joseph Johnston's
staff. The college buildings were burn.
ed in the war by Federal raiders, and
Ewell returned to charred plant and
devastated campus.
The story of Benjamin Ewell's fight
to preserve his college is a classic in
American collegiate annals. Ewell
secured letters deploring the colleges
unnecessary destruction from Generals
Meade and Grant, solicited some small
funds and, with the. promise of a small
Federal appropriation to repair the
great damage wrought, laid plans
which eliminated in the State coming
q its assistance in 1888.
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MD. FORESTER WANTS
TREES ALONG HIGHWAY

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 15.-State For
ester F. w. Besley will ask the next
legislature to make an appropriation
to cove the cost of planting trees
paralleling the State highways.
Just what the amount of money will
be requested has not been determined,
1t is explained by the State forester,
for the reason that he has not COM
pleted his study of the roads in this
respect.
II am sure there are several hun
dreds of miles Of roadway that are
barren of trees" said Mr.. Besley to-
day. "This, Of course, makes 1t Inn
practical to ask the legislature to pro-
vide enough money in one appropria-
ton to cover the entire cost Of beau
tifying the highways. The work
could well be undertaken a little at a
time so as not to make the cost of 1t
burdensome."
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
GOV. DAVIS TO ATTEND
w. AND M. INSTALLATION

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Oct. 15.-
That Virginia will be well repre-
sented at the formal installation OF
DIR. ]. A G. Chandler as president
of the college of William and Mary
next Wednesday is evident from the
rapidly growing list of acceptances
being received In response to invi.
tations to the event.
Among those who will attend, It is
announced, in addition to Governor
and Mrs. Westmoreland Davis, are
Congressman A. J. Montague, Con-
gresham r. Walton Moore, Senator
r.. Lee Trinkle, Harry st. George
Tucker, who will be the official dele
gate for the American Bar Associa-
ton, Senator G.. Walter Mapp, an
alumnus Of William and Mary, and
General 10 Lane Stern.
Senator and Mrs. Henry Wilder
Keyes, OF New Hampshire, will also
be present.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
STRAWBERRY INDUSTRY
DECLINES IN VIRGINIA

Production of strawberries has
greatly decreased In Virginia in the
ten-year period, 1909.1919, according to
a report of the United States Census
Bureau, Just issued In 1909 the State
produced only 3,sO3,27S quarts as
compared with 10,761 1881 in 1909. Dur.
ing this period there was a decrease Of
from 1859 to ISIS in the acreage de-
voted by Virginia to the growing Of
small fruits.
But moro blackberries and dew.
berries were produced In Virginia In
1919 than in 1909. The increase was
from 272,552 quarts to 31s.s72.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Deaths in the Dir9lnias
and marpland
Jacob r. Vance.

RoNcEvERrE. W. Va. Oct iS.-Jaeob
Rice Vance disd st his home three miles
east Of white sulphur Springs. At the ripe
old sss OF eishty-eiSht years. He was .
Confederate veteran. Mr.. Vance was mar
risd three times. his fret wife being Aiss
elisabeth Reed; hts second Miss LorenA
sans and his third. who survives him,
was Miss Aassie ThomaA Two ehil1rsn
by his first wife are living, 0eorse, Of
CoyinEton, Va, and William, OF White
Sulphur sprinss; three childTen by bis
second marriage are living. Mrs. Mollie
keirp and Mrs. Maggie Aipaugh, OF white
sulphur springs, aand Mrs. Belle Thomas.
OF Caldwell He Is survived by one son,
Albert. by his third marriage.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
RICHMOND To ObE
RESERVE CORPS
HEADQUARTERS
Col. ]. w. castner Begins Or
ganixatIon Of 8Oth Division
In Three States.

RICHMOND, Va. Oct. l6.-organ'
ixation OF the Eightieth Division. Re
serve Corps, u. s. Army, is now In
progress under Col. j. w. Castner. In
Richmond.
The division will have simply a
skelton organization during times OF
peace, but its officers are being so
assigned as to enable It TO go into
camp or into the field as quickly as
II can be filled out with additional
officers and enlisted recruits.
Headquarters OF the division is be-
ing maintained at Richmond, but the
organization will include Virginia.
Vest Virginia and Maryland.
Charles b. Borland. now chief OF
police of Norfolk and former mayor
In the Twenty-ninth Division In
France, has been appointed provost
marshal OF the division, with rank OF
colonel of infantry.
Colonel Castner is chief OF staff
and Lieut.. Col. j. p. Robinson. also
OF Richmond, is assistant chief OF
staff The division commander Is to
be the commanding general Of the
third corps area or the regular army.
in times Of peace. When called into
active service the division will be un-
der the command Of a major general
assigned from the regular army.
Under date Of October /. a mem
orandum from the office Of the chief
of staff calls for volunteers from re-
serve officers of the division to take
courses at the regular army schools
of their arms of the service. Under
the first detail one lieutenant Of the
quartermaster reserve is to attend a
three months course in the motor
transport school at Camp Holabird,
Md; one lieutenant of the air service
reserve Is to be detailed for three
months course at the air service
photographers school at Langley
Field, Va, and three officers, not
above the grade of major In the in
fantry reserve are to be sent for a
three months course at the national
guard and reserve officers infantry
school at Camp Benning Ga.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
BLUE SUNDAY WORRIES
RESIDENTS OF SALEM

SALEM, w. Va, Oct. 15.-This city
is now writhing in the throes Of Il
new Sunday blue law. the result Of d
4-to-2 vote by the city council. All
places of business are shut tight ever
Sunday.
Opponents say the new order OF
things will last about three or four
weeks, and cite the experience Of the
town of Redwood, where a Sunday
closing law was tried out, but proved
to be so unpopular and exasperatine
that 1t was repealed within three
weeks
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Severed Head of
Turtle Catches
2-POund Chicken
LURAY, Va, Oct. Is.

LURAY, Va, Oct. 10.
w E. DEAL, owner of a
W. hotel at Elkton, Rock
ingham county, brings forth
one of the most original turtle
stories in the valley Of Vir-
ginia.
A few days ago he bought
large turtle, which was to
go down on the menu of his
hostelry. The day for the
turtles death arrived, and 1t
was guillotired, the body be-
ing taken into the house anc
prepared for soup.
A short time later Mr.. Deal
says he went to the woodpile
and found that the head of
the turtle had caught a two
pound chicken.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
U. S. COURT ORDERS SALE
OF WELLSSURG PHONE CO.

WHEELING. w. Va, Dot. 15.-An
order of sale in the case of Claude
Wyant against the Wellsburs Home
Telephone Company was received by
United States District Clerk j. II.
Conrad from Federal Judge w. f..
Baker.
Samuel r. Caldwell was named re.
ceiver and Is authorized to sell all
property of the Wellsburg Home Tele-
phone Company. Claude Wyant. the
plaintiff, is authorized to obtain the
sum of money owed him by the COM
pany from the proceeds of the sale.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Prison for Wife Slayer.

DANVILLE, Va, 15.-Alfred Hawk.
ins, a negro, has been sentenced to
serve life Imprisonment for the murder
of his wife, kennIe Hawkins, under
unusual circumstances near Scots
burg, In Halifax county, several wesks
ago.
Hawkins charged his wife with
,nfidelity and followed her to a negro
church where she taught a Sunday.
school. Calling her out, he ordered her
10 follow him to a negro school short
distance away where he shot her
through the heart, killing her instant
ly. He made no denial of the crime. but
advanced extenuating circumstances.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Funeral of Or. MCGUIRE. .

RICHMOND. Va. Oct. ib.-Funerai
services for DR.. Edgsrd Mcclure sixty
one years old, one OF tho leading physiI
clans of Richmond, were conducted m
81 James Episcopal Church. the rector.
the Rev. q. Freolsnd Peter. officiating
The active pail bearers were John stewart
Bryan. Dr. Garnett Nelson, DR.. Paulus
A, irving, DR.. II. A. Bullock, DR.. John
Dunn W. Brydon Tenant. Langbourne
M williams and Archibald q. Robertson
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
CAMBRIDGE, ND, FINISHES
YEAR WITH $500 SURPLUS

CAMBRIDGE. Md, Oct. 15.-The
annual report OF the commissioners OF
Cambridge for the year beginning
July /, 1920, and ending June 30, 1921
shows receipts from all sources of
sac, ,679.36 and a cash balance on hand
at the end of the year of s493.59.
Among the larger items of expense
were S10,l70.65 for streets, $5,239. .O5
for street lighting, S2,956.62 for the
fire department, town court expense
of s3,S01.ll, salaries of $3,035, water
expenses of $1,000. and sinking fund
account of S5,S46.0S.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
BROWN MOVES STATE
PROHIBITION OFFICES

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. 10
Commissioner w. G. Brown, new head
of the liquor law enforcement service.
has moved the State prohibition de-
partment out OF the temporary capitol
and has headquarters in the second
story of q business block in Dickin-
son and Lee streets, in the rear of the
burned state house.
Five rooms are occupied. Lack ot
sufficient space available in the tenn
porary building used as a capitol
caused the removal.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Luther A. BaIIenger.

FREDERICK, Nd, Oct. 1B.--Luther A.
Ballenger, died at his home near Dick
erson Station after lingering illness.
Brights disease being the cause. He ~
survived by three sisters and one brother,
Mrs. Arthur Derry Tuscarora: Ernest
Ballenger, near Hyattstown; Mrs. Charles
r. Oden, near GAINESVILLE, and Mrs Ge-
neva NJ. Savage, Derwood
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
E. E. Adkins.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, oct. 15.-
County Court President B. u. Adkins,
flfty-four years old. Republican, died
after few hours illness. Mr.. Adkins was
named president Of the county court last
Navember, after having served as com =
missioner for two years He was at one
time sheriff of Lincoln county. where he
lived a young man. Born in Boone
county, he went to Lincoln shortly after
reaching hts maturity. A few years later
he moved to Barboursville district, which
he has represented In public office on nu-
merous occasions.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Prof. 3. N. Hite.

WHEELING. w. Va. oct. is.-werd
has been received here OF ths~ death Of
Prof Bert Holmes Hits. professor sf
chemistry at Morsantown univsrsity'
which occurred at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital In Baltimore. Professor Hite
had been IN for several months and was
taken TO tbs hospital six weeks ago. bot
failed 10 rally after taking treAtment'
Mrs Hits was formerly Evelyn Pratt,
daushtsr Of Mrs and the late DIR. Charles
E. Pratt. who resided in wheeling for
many years.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
r. r. Van Miller.

ROANOKE, Va, oct tb.--P. r. Van NIL.
Ter. seventy eight years old, died at the
Lewis-Gale Hospital For thirty eight years
Mr.. Van Miller has been merchant In this
city having operated Nrovery store on
the corner Of Fourth street and Sa EN-
avenue all ~ that time. He was one OF
poanokes pioneer policemen and IN tho
early nineties he was a member OF the Vol
unteer Fire Department in this city tie
is survived BY his WIDOW and two children
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
James r. Hunt.

PocAHoNTAs, Va, oct. 15.-James r.
Hurt, OF Tazewell. president and general
manager of the West Virginia Adjustment
Bureau at Bluefield w. Va, died at Taze-
we'll He was ffty-siN years of age, and
a prominent man, more especially in insur-
ance circles, where he In known through out
the South and East as one OF the ab!est
men in the business He esta blished the
j. #. Hurt Insurance Agetcy, first at Rich
lands, Va, and then at farewell, where he
had one OF the largest agencies in the state.
He sold out several years ago and started
in business as an Independent adjuster,
where he achieved remarkable success,
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Eugene L. Oerr.

FREDERIcK, Nd. Oct. ib.-Eusens l.:
Derr, one OF the best-known farmers OF
the county. died at the family homestead;
near Ceresyille. about three miles north OF
this city, aged seventy seven years. lie
was a Democrat and served term US
county commissioner. For a number OF
,ountv AsricuituraI society. lie was for.
merly a stockhoider and director In several
turnpike compa nies and was n member Oh
tbs Reform Church.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Charles c. Clark.

PETERSBURG, Va. Oct. i6.--chsrlss c.
Clark, = well known citiEen OF Ettrick,
died In his sixty third year. Mr.. Clark
was an active nembeI OF the Etirisk nhl :
Besides his wife he IL survived by seven
children. Mrs. William r. oo~del ~ni-
CLARK. Of Suffolk; Willis A. Clark. OF
LynchburE; Mrs. w. T. Carroll. OF HA-
leigh, N. C.; Julian c. Clark. OF Peters
burg. and l.. l.. Clark. OF Ettrlck
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
BIG MASTODON TOOTH
FOUND IN WEST VIRGINIA

POINT PLEASANT, w. Va, Oct.
15.-A mastodom tooth, weighing over
six pounds, and larger than any on
display at the Smithsonian Institute,
the finder says, has been unearthed
by John Chase, justice OF the peace
here. 1t was blown from a hillside
near Point Pleasant when a boatload
Of nitro-glycerine exploded.
The specimen is\ sixteen inches In
circumference and six inches long.