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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
SLEPT FOR THREE YEARS.

James ESlinScr. of Fort Worth.
Arkansas. the worlds champion
sleeper. who ended his long nap the
other day. apparently has decided
70 keep open an eye on the world.
which did SO many things while he
Slumbcrcd. ESlingcr is now sitting
up i'll his room ut the county hos
pital and talking for the first time
with friends since. entered his
long sleep three years ago.
He was told that America had
come out victoriously from the
World War. but was not greatly in
terested and asked for 4 chew of
tobacco. He stared at the ceiling
when told Harding was now Pres
ident. "HardinS?" he asked, "Who
is he? Give me another chew"
Esllnger apparently is gaining
strength, and his chances for re-
covcry Of normal faculties appear
TO be good. His complete Weakening
Is considered TO be as remarkable
as his long sleep, for physicians be-
llevc his case is unprecedented in
medical history. Although there
has been other cases of protracted
sleep, there is no record available
OF nap OF three years duration.
Eslinscr suffered from the ef-
iectS of pcllaSra when he was add
mittcd to the hospital and it is
thought he was shocked into his
long sleep when llock Of chick
ems ilcw at him as he was being
wheeled about the yard in an in
valid'S chair. Hospital attendants
fed him through Il tube for three
years as he lay in Il state Of coma,
unconscious Of all that was happen
ing about him.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
NUMBER 7
LOGAN COUNTY BOOMING,

All previous building records
are being broken in Logan county
this year. New homes and business
buildings now being erected in
Logan. tcity) and the surrounding
territory will cost in the ncighbor-
hood of one million dollars. ii is es-
tlmatcd. Over hundred homes
and business buildings are going
up in Logan alone.
County Road Engineer Smith cs-
Inmates that the road construction
and Improvement program for
which 100000 is available this
year. is being pushed on schedule
time.
Meanwhile, most of the 1874 mines
III the county are being operated,
The owners prefcrring to keep the
miners at work, despite the slack
coal market, than to shut down and
cause staSnation in the territory.
Travelling men declare business
IS better in Logan than any other
county in this section of the State.
There is more unemployment at
the mines in Fayettc county than
known before for many wears.
There is not an operation working
full time and the average weeks
work is not more than two days.
The outlook is for less work tho
coming months as no contracts for
coal arc being made. Prices offered
by consumers are around $3.50
ton and the operators claim coal
cannot be mined mt this price with
out heavy loss. Labor and Opcrat-
ing costs at tf.c mines are still on
war time basis and there is no im-
mediate prospect Of Il reduction 10
norma!cy. -f'nyciic Tribune.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
BAR ASSOCIATION.

NJ the annual meeting Of The State
Bar Association in Charleston last
week, Douglas ". Brown, of iluut-
inGton, was elected President aud
OF the six Nicc-prcSidcniS judy" S.
II. Sharp, Of Marljnton, was The one
chosen from the sixth district:
Treasurer Chas. ". KrcpS. Of Wood
county; Secretary, Austin Y. Woods
OF ONO county. Delegates 10 the
meeting Of the american Bar As
Sociation at Cincinnati arc: Hon.
VIM. t.. Chiffon. O fCharlcstOn: J..
Hope Woods, Of Philippi and Sam'l
Price, Of LcwiSburg.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
PROGRESS.

len years ago if Il man had land
ca at the bottom Of Il dead volcano
PIT, with walls Il thousand feet high
around him. you would have said
goodbye to that man. Conditions
nave changed rapidly. i'. G.. Fish
cr, lying for The United States for
c>l service, lands in Crater Lake, in
Il remote part Of Oregon. His ma
rhInc' although unchanged, will
not ilN. lie needs spark plugs. and
nc uses ms wireless apparatus. 4
i'Her comes along, drops spark
piuSS with Il parachute. and Fisher
HES out Of the crater pit. FLYING
machines are hunting rum s,n,1".
GlcrS on the ocean. like fish hnwt :
hunting fish. An English Jockey
lew TO Fracc won his race and few
back IN time for dinner. | Is a new.
era.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
GhRUS0 Is NO MORE.

EndiCo CaruSo, world famous
italian tenor. whose voice is heard
from thousands Of monographs
everywhere, is no more. He died
in Naples. Italy Tuesday. CaruSo
underwent an operation Sunday
and on the following day weakness
OF his heart resulted in death.
Until Il week ago The famous
singer WAS on The way 10 recovery
from the long illness which began
in New York last winter, when he
suddenly had relapse.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
UNION-F0RT SPRING POWER CO,

Friday the POD ull. Directors Of
The Inion-Eort Spring Power Conn
pany entered into contract with the
Observation-Disclosures Electric
CO., Of Charleston, W. Va, to build
the entire line from Fort Spring 70
Union at the price Of Sl,iOO. This
covers the work of construction
only. The wire and ali electrical
equipment materials are to be fur.
nishcd by the Belknap Hardware
Co., under the contract previously
awarded for same. Mr.. l.. o. II.
Nickel was appointed to bay lhc
poles.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
SOLDIER KILLED ON RAILROAD.

The Anderson Advertiser reports
that l.. B. McC!ung, son OF II. l.. Nc
LlunS. OF GlcnraN, Il soldier in the
|. ). Army at home on Il furlOuyh.
was struck by the engine of Il west
bound &. 4 o. freight train about
?:3O on Monday night July 18th. al
most i'll sight of his home and SO
badly injured that he died early on
tuesday morning while being TAX
en TO Hinton hospital in the caboosc
OF Il freight train accompanied by
his father and DR.. Beard. His death
occurred when the train reached
Talcott. The body was taken to
linton, prepared for burial and
brought back to Anderson Wednes-
day morning. McClung was sitting
on the south rail of the westbound
track when struck, his feet between
The rails Of the track, and his head
bowed forward as if he was asleep
or Ill Il stupOr. He was seen by
the fireman and Il brakeman who
were III the cab, and who thought
the white shine of his lcggings was
caused by Il piece of paper on the
''dch. "nen 100 late 10 stop il was
asccrtaincd that the object on the
Track was a man. The train was
stopped, McClung put aboard and
taken TO Anderson where DR.. Beard
lound that his arm was broken. his
right leg fractured and the back of
his skull crushed in.
There are some suspicious cir
culnStanceS that have come to lirni
since the young mans death mat
arc being looked into which may
SHOW that he WAS sluggcd and rob-
hcd before the train struck him. and
perhaps placed on the track. His
PocNelEook containing SIS is miss
my and there was Il mark on lhr
opposite side Of the head from
winch The train struck him. The
Young man was - Years Old and
threc years ago enlisted i'm the Unil-
ed States army.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
CHARGES CONSPIRACY TO RUIN HIM

Governor Len. Small. of Illinois.
lu a public speech made since his
lNdirtmcnt some days before for
Of large sums of State
funds while he was State Treasurer
told several thousand Republicans
gathered at Il picnic that Ian az
srrSation of great interests" has
lombincd to defeat the will of The
people. 'Thc moncycd interests
discovered that they could neither
huH nor irishlcn me-" the Cover
N"r said, land they have joined
Win their tools, the attorney gen
'rAi, the Chicago Tribune and Daily
News and Senator McCormick in an
al!cmpt to disgrace and DESTROY me
tH having me indicted by Inc grand
pay OF SanSamon county, Il county
controlled by the most vicious DO
'Alcal ring in the Stale OF Illinois," ."
Nncihcr Ibis charge of conspir-
rN t" destroy him be true or false
i does nc. make defense To th,.
adictmcnt. The Governor mus,
Hrrt the charge Of cmJcZZlemrnt
",tl' evidence material TO the issue
'r Her the consequences of failure
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05

REALTY VALUES GOING UP.

yhr ralrlic Tribune reports that
Tn, I. N,mmS. assistant tan com
|.i>>inncr. is making tour OF the
|,,unlic> to instruct and assist AS
|,.>>or> in rc-aSSeSSment of proper
:, In a talk with the Weston DEM
|nrr.l Judge Simms mentioned the
|nrl that i'm Boone county there have
|hrrn increases to the extent of one
|budrcd per cent; in Nicholas coun-
h, the farm lands have mol been in
|rr,aScd SO much because the rate
heretofore has been high; in Kama
|wha the rate Of increase is also
|hich. From sources other than
from Judge Simms iwe understand
|that certain demands will be made
|upon Upshur and Harrison counties
|,o make flat increases in the taxes
|that have already been listed. Judge
|SlmmS stated that in Lewis county
|he found the Assessor and the local
board doing the most conscientious
work Of any county he had visited.
|Ilc also stated that there should be
|no real cause for alarm because Of
|ihr assessments made in view of
|thr fact that the State Tax ought TO
b. decreased. The general increase
in Lewis county is thirty per cent.
and when the people Of the couty
hnow from the assurance of tho
State authorities that other coun-
tries will be raised proportionatcly
thcrc should be no more cause for
great alarm and discomfort.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
new STATE ROUTES,

J. Il. McGrath, division State Road
engineer with headquarters at FAY
cilcVlllc, has completed a tour of
the 700 miles OF State roads in his
section OF the State over which nc
VIII have supervision. Orgmiza-
hon Of this working STAFF has beer
completed. II. r.. Anderson and II.
ii. Williamson, Jr. have been chos-
en- senior assistants by Mr.. Me-
Grain. Mr.. Anderson with head
quarters ut Fayetteville. will have
charge OF roads in Faycltc. Halciub
HiaX, kanawha and Boone. Mr.
" llilamson with headquarters ai
honcevertc will look after roads
III drccnbrirr, POcahOnt;s, Slim
mrrS. Nicholas and Monroe.
fobcrt Glover is 10 have charge
ni all hcld survey work and il. T.,
dreamer Will be shicf craftsman.
AZ meeting rf .i}r State Cr -
'i'a>i"h II t.!.i iic>:on recently,
Slate routes III Ill HE coHnij,..
were designated. In selecting ,hcs,.
r"iilrS The old class \ roads wrrr
"tHlSnal"d III part is The new State
routes although ii Wus necessary
Ecdlicr mileage in every county a.
no''i % per cent. Under the new
law mere are no class \ roads buI
"cS,Shalru routes when improved
VIII De taken over and maintaiuc,i
nI me State as State routes.
we were unable to gel The routes
III ms county, but hope to do 81
Iatcr.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05

Experiments carried oul during
thc paSi week, when airplancS bonn
barded captured German war vcs-
sells and found little difficulty in
sinking them with heavy bombs Of
modern explosives, shows the fulfil
~ Of continuing to waste cnormou,
sums of money in constructing
great ba!tlcshipS. Vessels of this
sort, ii has been shown. costing
from Sl0.ODO,OO0 to $50 100000, can
be sunk in Il half hour with in en-
plOSivr III a cost of 81 900.
Most sensible persons will be in
hearty accord with a measure intro
duCcd i'll Senate by Senator King,
Of Utah, calling for Il cessation Of
work upon great baltlcships upon
which hundreds Of millions Of dol
lars are being squaudcrcd.-S -ShcD-
hcrdSiOWn Register.
There Is Il difference Of opiniul
on ibis Qurst,on, but seeing that
! Here IS 10 >triDu> apprehension Of
; War for A"d'S - come ali Consid-
crinG the iicarN dCni nOw burlcnin9
lhc people, Il recess in The govern
ilrnfs slupcndOus naval program
may we'll be urged and fully jusii-
fipI
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
KlU KLUX KLAN Ar PRINCETON,

Al Princeton, West Virginia il is
reported Il branch Of the Klu kIux
klan has been organized in the last
two or three weeks, including in its
membership 100 of The best known
and respected residents Of that city.
The purpose Of the Klan is said to
DC The suppression Of the social
evils and houses Of vice and the
punishment Of evil dOcrS moi reach
cd by officers Of ihc law. Princeton
IS Shld to be in sore need Of clean
ing. We think there arc many olh
Cr places in the same need.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
GRADING TEACHERS PAPERS,

"radinS OF 1900 examination
papers of the recent examinations
" app'lranis for State Teachers
~ was begun Monday, July
Ih' I''h' at Charleston by grading
"''Td OF twelve members. the
~, T'''k VIII require several weeks.
yrr. grading board is composed of
" w. 'Sh' Denny. Charles Town: w. T.
i""'!cN, Clifton; jamie II. White.
a." ',' 'Sb'lrg; Pauline Pratt. Charles
mn' r,I' }. W. Paulcy. Sod: w. l.. Nd
"'rSnn. Parkcrsburg: Sue NJ. John
,,.' n'"' NryScr; Nan X. Hepburn, Pied
I,"n,; ~ HcorSc w. Goodc. Man; Tina
,r ,',: :hcrrN, Terra Alta; G.. p. Stoker,
o." "'' and l.. a. Hunt, philDpi.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05

Marriages III San Francisco is Il
lottery with The odds one to two for
divorce. and payment Of the 50 lie
cnSc Zee gamble at the same odds
that Sc later will be paid for filing
suit for divorce. according to the
annual report Of County Clerk Mul-
crcvy. published recently. The re-
port showed that 1885 marriage
licenses were issued during the g.
cal year ending June 80, 1921, while
suits for divorce totallcd 3,G7S or
4S.3 per cent for the same period.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05

Ben Chapman, a negro, was sen
icnccd July 18th by Judge IIumph-
rIrS in Georgia Court to serve
Twelve months on the chain gang
Tor Stealing Il two-story brick house
testimony at trial showed that
chapman had employed a gang Of
laborcrS who wrecked the building
at 3ol Whitehall street belonging
10 Jacob ElSas. The material was
hauled away and sold. one witness
tes.tlfylng very good building was
Duit from the material taken from
the stolen house.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05
SID HATFIELD SHOT AND KILLED.

With the roar Of six guns" echo
ing i'll their ears and with powder
smoke cddyinS around their heads.
Sid Hatfield, former police chief of
Matcwan. and I'D Chambers. Il store
Keeper OF the same place. died on
the Court House steps at Welch,
Mcdowell county. at l0:33 O'Clock
Monday the lSt inst, us they were
entering the building for the trial OF
Hatfield, charged with the shooting
up OF Mohawk. Mcdowell county,
about year ago.
+ Five men were held in cOnnec-
ton with the shooting, but Prose
cutting Attorney &. l.. Counts. of
Mcdowell county, stated that after
noon that he expected the invcsti-
CATION of the shooting, which has
been started, would narrow the list
to c.. l.. Lively and Buster Pence.
Hatfield and 10 others had been
indicted iii the criminal court of
Mcdowell county charged with
shooting up the town of Mohawk
about year ago and the trial had
been set for that morning and Hat
field and Chambers were there to
attend the trial.
/ Accompanied by their wives, Hat
licld and Chambers walked from The
hotel to the Court House and as
they asccnded The steps leading to
The Court House yard the shooting
took place. There were Il number
Of men sitting at the top Of the steps
among them five Baldwin-FcltS de-
tcctircS. of whom was G.. l.. Lively,
VINO posing as Il miner, Joined the
union and secured evidence used
III the trial OF last spring at William
son when Hatfield and others were
tried for killing Albert Fclts at Mat
evan in Il street battle in which 10
men were killed. Hatfield, ii is
aid had threatened to kill Lively
on sight and when he saw Lively
ii is claimed he drew his pistol and
The shooting began.
There were Il number Of people
near, but the firing was over i'm half
Il minute and Chief of Police Mitch
ell, Of Wclch. who was jusI across
tnc narrow street rushed forward
and found that the guns Of both
Hatfield and Chambers had been
used. Five Baidwin-Fclts men were
arrested and after an investigation
ihree were released. E.. l.. Lively
and George EuStcr Pence being held
Mrs. Hatfield and Mrs. Chambers
declared that the Baldwin-Felts men
fired first. The FcllS' men said that
Hatfield fired first. The police chief
did moi see which opened fire.
This seems TO be Il much disput-
ch question. Lively. says one re-
port. claims that hr saw Hatfield
drawing his pistol before he Olive
lyl fired.
sid Hatfield Was, only 2G wears
cid Dui was wcll-known along ihc
West Nirsinia-Kcntucky border.
From the testimony heard in his
trial last spring at Williamson on
He charge OF killing Albert FrltS. in
The Malewan battle OF May. 1920,
man Nbclicvc thai he killed Mayor
FISHERMAN that day in order 10 mar
ry his widow which he did Il week
or two after Tcstcrman'S death.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05

',' Stale Supreme Court has ap-
-, "|,iirh State Senator. T.. II. Morton
" ~ ch>lcr Springs, as one Of the
,""inl''rc Of attorneys 10 rccodify
.,, statute laws of the State. The
nr nTp''n'lnrnl is considered a good
IT, ana deserved compliment to
worthy and capable man.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-08-05

If 'nc1b ;b Luiz. who murdered Chief
h., once Phillips, Of Grafton. was
,WI"'ach Wnach in the State prison at
rn,a,I,' rn'"n,"Svlllc on Friday afternoon
,'"'y. He met death with forti-
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-06-23

is visiting his uncle, Jas. Gillon. Mr..
Kehoe is a grandson of Mrs. Jane
Murray, formerly Of this town.
Miss Susan Richards has returned
from a visit to friends in Louisville.
A number from here attended
court in Mt. Sterling Monday.
c. M. Carter and wife, of Ash
land, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jennie
Myers. They we're accompanied
home by their sister, Miss Ethel
Myers.
S. F. Redwine, wife and two chill
dren,, of Bethel, Ohio, were guests
of Mrs. Redwine's sisters, Mrs. J.
R. Day and Mrs. o. ]. West from
Friday until Sunday.
Mrs. Etna Anderson attended the
commencement at Nazareth last
week. Her daughter, Miss Christine
Anderson, who was one of the grad
yates, accompanied her home.
Mrs. Leslie Shrout and children
are guests Of relatives in Lexington.
Price Calk and Paul Hunt, Of Mt.
Sterling, visited friends here Sunday.
Miss Gene Brother was in Louis
vile Saturday.
Mrs. Roger zimmerman went Fri
day to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Wilkerson at Lexington. She was
Joined by her husband and children
Saturday and spent Sunday as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Van
Deren at Cynthiana.
Mrs. David Stamper has returned
from a months visit to her daughter,
Miss Etna Stamper, who is employed
as stenographer and typist at Haz-
ard, Ky. Mrs. Stamper was delight
ed with Hazard and says she would
like to go there to live. Mrs. Stamper
says that J. ]. Thomas and Walton
Ulery, who recently went from here
to Hazard, had both found satisfac-
tory employment.
Miss Edna Broyn is at home for
the vacation from the Cincinnati Col
lege of Music, where she has been a
student for several terms. Miss By
ron was accompanied home by Miss
Verna Cook, Of Terra Haute, Ind,
also a student at the College of Mu-
sic. 1t will be remembered that these
young ladies gave a most delightful
concert last year and at the request
Of many who heard them last year
they expect to give another concert
in a short time.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-06-23
Salvation Army News

The Salvation Army Home Service
campaign has concluded to postpone
the Salvation Army American Legion
outing which it had planned to give
at the Fair Grounds June 30th, until
August 9th. Realizing that condi-
tions are such and with the Fair
and other programs arranged the
committee deemed it best to postpone
the plans for that reason.
1t is expected that every organi-
zation in the city will appoint com
mittee to cooperate with the General
Committee in making the campaign
for funds for the, Army huge sue
cess. The General Committee feels
that Mt. Sterling wants to go down
on record as having done its duty
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-06-23
CORRESPONDENCE
Owingsville

Wm. McNabb is in Lexington this
week
Reese Wells was in Lexington Sat-
urday.
DR.. A. W. Walden was in Licking
ton Monday.
Mrs. T. M. Perry is the guest Of
relatives at Millersburg.
Misses Virginia Anderson and Lii
liam Conyers were in Lexington last
week.
A. T. Byron left Monday to attend
the National Hardware Retail Con-
gress at Louisville.
Mrs. J. A. Daugherty is visiting
her son, Thos. G. Daugherty and
family at Flemingsburg.
Mrs. H. c. Jacobs and four daugh-
ters will arrive Saturday to visit
Mrs. Taylor Doggett, of Reynolds
vile.
Mrs. Alice Gillon left Friday for
st. Joseph's hospital at Lexington,
where she expects to remain some
time.
Mrs. Edgar Denton and son, James
Edgar, have returned from Cynthi-
ana, where they visited their aunt,
DR.. Adaline Bell.
Francis Kehoe, Of Lockport, H.,
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-06-23

be every inch men and with a popular
sentiment to back them up, there is
no reason why those things that
should be stopped should not be
stopped"
An "embalmed citizenship was
the reason advanced by DR.. Powell
for the present condition of affairs,
citizenship that refuses to interest
itself in politics and by that very re-
fusal loses its right to complain.
Jury duty was mentioned as a great
obligation and regret was expressed
by the speaker that, presumably be-
cause of the cloth of his profess
sion, he never has been invited to
render such service.
Recovery from what is the matter
with the United States can be held,
DIR. Powell declared, by return to
the glorious ideals that are this
country's heritage. eve must get
back" he insisted, "to our reverence
for the courts, to reverence for the
institutions symbolzed by the flag
and by the Constitution, to rever-
ence for the church"
In conclusion DIR. Powell deplored
the amount Of attention that is paid
by reformers to relatively unimpor-
tant things, as the length of women's
skirts. "Don't lift the club of Her
cules," was his final injunction, "to
kill gnat or fly, hut if you do lift
it, lift it against something worth
while, and hit solar plexus blow"
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-06-23
Poultry House to
Close for 60 Days

G.. d. Sullivan e. Co., announce
that on July 1st they will close their
place of business for 60 days TO do
some much needed repairing and re-
modelling. This popular house will
again open on September LIST, when
they will he in the market for poul-
try, hides, etc, at the highest market
price. (72-4t)