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The New York herald., 1921-01-30
E.:ergy and Foresight
Mark O'Brien's Career

TN the rise of Morgan Joseph OBrien
from a stockyards bookkeeper to high
place as jurist one may read all those
are always considered as allied to the small
town and Main street.
Although he was part of the busy and
always fascinating city Of New York, where
he was born. young O'Brien devoted his
early years to the hardest kind of work for
the sake Of the future.
On his graduation from st. Johns College,
Fordham, he entered the employ of one Of
the big slaughterng establishments on the
upper East Side, where he was expected to
be on his job at o'clock In the morning.
The cattle and the sheep and the pigs were
coming in long before sunrise, and Morgan
j. O'Brien helped sell them and also kept
the records of the sales When there was a
lull in the afternoon he went out to collect
bills. On account of the early hour at which
he arose he was permitted to get away at
o'clock in the afternoon, which gave him
time to attend the Columbia Law School,
then in Great Jones street
After three years of that programme he
was rather tired but he had accumulated a
great store of legal lore. knew all the forms
and began looking about for a clerlxship in
a law office.
His employers had decided that he was
indispensable to their business and offered
him partnership with them. For a long
time Mr.. O'Brien balanced the relative
merits Of share in a very profitable busi
ness with start in the law. He had long
ago decided, however. that he intended TO
be member of the Bar This was how he
turned his back on business and accepted
S. a week clerkship.
The decision in favor of the law was n
hard one to make, but within two or three
years he bad reason TO be glad that he had
carried II out. There came into being In
Chicago the great packing industry, which
was able TO slaughter beeves and lambs and
TO transport the meat to the East at less
cost than the Manhattan packing houses
could do It, Within two years the establish
ment with which Mr.. O'Brien was connected
had failed.
Meanwhile the young lawyer was admitted
70 legal firm. Soon thereafter he became
Corporation Counsel He then served for
several terms on the bench OF the Supreme
Court. He was one of the trustees of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society and occu-
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Flynn's Keenness Puts
Him on Right Trail

A LTHOUGH William James Flynn IL
~ far from millionaire, he has been
= so long in touch with persons OF
wealth that his rating is considered very
high He might with his talent for making
the most of things have been more affluent
than he is now, for he began life as
plumber. He developed an interest in de-
tective matters and so the plumbing indus
try lost an able examplar and vidocq and
Sherlock Holmes companion in the delving
into mysteries.
William J. Flynn was born in this city III
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
DR.. Goldwater Inspired
by Work as a Reporter

r T was strike Of tobacco workers which
caused DR.. S. S. Goldwater. born In
= this city. to become an international
expert on the construction Of hospitals.
The start Of his career found him re-
porter on a tobacco trade journal shortly
after he had been graduated from one of
the public schools on the upper East Side.
When he was sent to cover labor quarrel
which was agitating the cigarmakers young
Goldwater, who was then only 49, wondered
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Rise of Thomas E. Rush
to Surveyor of the Port

4 s boy Thomas E. Rush surveyed the
~ port of New York. The 6inner given
to him the other day by a company
of his friends as the official Surveyor of the
Port of New York reminded him very much
of those days when In his teens he wan
dered along South street and watched the
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Joseph P. Days Success
Due to Progressive Spirit

IDHAT born "realtor," Joseph p. Day, is
indigenous to the soil of the city Of
= New York, for here he was born
forty -eight years ago. He was educated in
the public schools of the metropolis and as
soon as he got through he started at once
upon his calling. He was just twenty-one
The New York herald., 1921-01-30

Barnard was once president of the Repub
lican Club. When the party wished to put
a candidate for the Mayoralty in the field
he out of organization loyalty accepted its
nomination and was defeated
Taken all in all, this native son is one Of
the busiest persons in the city of his birth.
The New York herald., 1921-01-30

He is also connected with several nstitu-
tions of learning a trustee. and has re-
ceived important honorary degrees from
several universities and is a trustee of half
a dozen of them.
The New York herald., 1921-01-30
Important Positions Often Go to City's Own
Sons Despite Competition Of Nations
Cleverest Workers Who Rush Here


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The New York herald., 1921-01-30
tive Born New Y ork Men Succeed in Many Directions
Recipe for Success as Given by Morgan j. O'Brien

with the tremendous increase in
our material resources in this coun-
try" said Judge Morgan J. O'Brien,
"the opportunities for a young man to
reach the goal of his ambitions arc
as good as in the past and indeed. bet
ter than ever.
1--WE hear much of the fortune
which attends the coming of youths
from the country to the city. They
are usually frugal and industrious and
as they have in them spirit of ad-
venture and an unquenchable ambition
they go far. They represent often
the very pick of community, as they
have been led by their energy and
initiative to try the hazards of the
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
&kE 'ER3ssaSaiyG$a
Fairy Tale
THE TRAVELLING FLOWERS.
6lWARY GRAHAM BONNER

1--WE story to tell you" said Moth
er Nature one day to her children.
WED like TO hear the story" said
the ferns.
$50 would we" said the wild flowers.
"And we would, too" said the gar
den lowers.
1--WE love to hear anything you have
to tell u.s." said the shrubs. "What are
you going TO tell us todayT
"My story" said Mother Nature, as
about some travelling flowers.
"a great, great, great many years
ago, oh, so many, many, many years
ago, there were not so many big cities
as there are now.
There was more room everywhere
and people almost all had gardens and
flowers and could walk just little dis
lance and gather all the wild flowers
they wanted.
But the cities grew up and some
how, without meaning to, I'm sure,
the flowers were pushed out OF the
way.
MANY of the people missed the flow
ers and the ferns and the shrubs and
the Nature children. But they couldn't
do the work they had to in the city
and have gardens, too, for there wasn't
any room in the city for the gardens.
Some Of them worked in the city and
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
Restoring Black Walnut.

In an effort to restore the black wal
nut $50 bushels Of seed have recently
been planted at Mont Alto Pa, and
next Spring 1t is expected that fully
100000 seedlings will be available
for replanting in groves in various
parts Of the State.
1t is not difficult to start a walnut
plantation, says the American Forestry
Magazine, and it cites the case OF an
Indian farmer in the Far West, who,
few years ago, after an exceptionalIs
heavy seed year, drove his wagon dowf
to the Wabash bottoms and shoveled
1t full Of nuts and litter. Then going
up to his field he spread the nuts
from the tail of the cart on the frozen
ground in the same way manure is
spread. In the Spring when the frost
was coming out of the ground and the
soil was soft he had his boys take
: wooden mallets and 60 out and pound
into the soil every nut they could see.
IT is reported that he has an excellent
young grove at the present time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
Broad Hint.

Sir Andrew Agnew, of Lucknow. a
well-known Scotch .baronet, was long
peStered by an impudent sort of per-
son. who insisted on being constantly
underfoot" Finally, however, he
cropped of, ard Sir Andrew was ask
ed how he got rid of him.
Oh" said he, 81 gave him a broad
hint" 'N
"A broad hini?" repeated the in
quirer. 81 thought he was one Of
nose who never could be induced to
take one" ~
BY my SOUL" said Sir Andrew "be
was obleeged to TAX it, For as ,ho
, ; "adna gang DOT at the door, !
Just threw him DOT of the windpwm
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
Sam McCullough's Lean Eo, -,

Fort Henry was a LITTLE s.o.
built for the protection OF the se,.,-
OF West Virginia against the RI
and Indians during the War q, .S
Revolution. II stood on the Obio -.
er near the present site Of Wheel.
In the summer of l777 when !, rs
oesieged by a strong force Of co..
ages, Mai. Sam Mccullough, a no,a,
border leader, left Fort Pitt at ,bs
mead OF 40 men to raise the siege
Coming in sight of the fort ~.
Cuiiough's men made a dash for ~.
gates and passed through them -
safety, although effort to cut them 90
Major Mccullough held back 70 ,o,.
err the retreat of his men until the,
were safely within its walls and deI,y
ed so long that the redskins succeoa.,
In getting between MIN and the rcrt
Setting spurs 20 his horse, the raoy
er leader dashed for hill bacL .,
the fort. At its 5op he met ao,,,.
b'ni of Indians and 1t the sar,e ,,n,.
a third group approached him from
arotT er direction. The Indians wa.a
now on three sides Of him. On =.
othe' was a high precipice pr,ie,,
ing over Wheeling creek, 300 feet he.
low. The ranger was cornered
The Indians raised a veil of tri,-,L
as they closed in on him. But whom
they saw Mccullough turn hi, horso
toward the cliff, they stopped in
amazement.
Urging his horse to a dead run, the
scout dashed toward the prscip;cc A,
the brink Of the chasm he drove homo
the spurs and as his mount few into
the air braced himself in the saddle
The first leap was a clear dron Of n
feet, but both horse and rider uoro
uninjured as they landed on the stee,
bank. Then slipping and sliding %,
1oo feet more, they came TO the Greet
bottom.
AS the Indians rushed to the ed0a
OF the precipice expecting to see N.
crushed forms of horse and man far
below, they were astonished at the
sight of the major, still upright in tbs
saddle, plunging into the creek and
riding up the other side to safety.
Within a few hours he was back At
Fort Pitt, organizing larger exped.
ton to march to Fort Henry.
Five years later as Major McCul.
Tough and his brother were riding
along road near VanMetre's fort
unsuspecting danger, they rode direct.
ly into an Indian ambush. This time
McCullough's horsemanship could do
him no good. A dozen Indian rifle
SHOTS rang out and Sam MCCULLOUGH
fell dead.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
About Ten a Minute.

The Ford Motor Company is now
making a car every six and one-haif
seconds.
Production figures, given out late
ly, show that, under the July schedule,
production is averaging 1906 cars a
day. 1t is expected July will show a
total production of 100000 cars.
During June 1OS,962 cars were turn
ed out and during the second quarter
of the year-April, May and June-the
production was 3O1 ,796 cars. Pro-
duction during the second quarter Of
1920 was only 22O,S7S cars.
Record production for one day was
established June %, when, between
sunrise and sunset, 4,454 cars were
made.
And still production does not keep
pace with orders; at the present time
orders are about 100000 ahead OF
production-Detroit News.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
Apple Wood Used For Many Purposes

1t will seem incredible to the lay
man that apple wood has considerable
value as lumber, that it is actually cut
for such, and that one firm alone uses
upward of one million feet year.
The native wild apple, in particu-
lar, is tree with sterling qualities of
wood. The wood is tough, hard, strong.
The tree itself grows to great age.
The craftsman in the wood finds apple
wood one of the very best for spe-
cial purposes one Of which is tool ham
dies. The tool handle market is the one
the farmer shipping apple lumber caters
to.
Apple lumber is sold by the cord.
The usual specifications stipulate
sound logs at least twelve inches
through. Right here, the limited pro-
duction Of apple lumber is limited at
Old apple trees very often have I'M
sound trunks. Under the most favor
able and exceptional conditions only
few logs can be obtained from a single
tree. The farmer consequently sells
apple lumber in an incidental, oc-
casional way. Market prices vary.
One farmer has marketed apple lum-
Der within the last year for $40 cord,
delivered TO mill.
The makers of tool handles how
ever, are not the only bu'c-s nr apple
wood. In some ways, the other open
market interests most farmers. The
apple trunk split up into large chunks
makes magnificent fireplace wood.
There is "life and last" in it. as the
iarm family puts it There is New
hampshire farm which for years has
shIpped apple fireplace fuel for two
hoSton hotels. Sold for fuel. apple
lumber brings less than for tool han
aies' but the qualifications are not near
~ so hard to meet. Many an old trunk
useless for the mill, is tip-top for the
fireplace.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18

High railway rates are making bust
ness good for the Panama Canal.
California, Oregon and Washington
fruits are coming by water; even cop
per mined in Montana has made the
roundabout journey. The United
States Steel Corporation has put a
snip on the run between Mobile and
points on the Pacific Coast, to deliver
steel products, and other companies
find 1t cheaper to pay a short rail haul
from the interior to Atlantic ports and
then ship to the Pacific Coast by
water.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
a Brioe's Draper.

o, Father, heart filled with happiness wonderful that
almost afraid This wedding pray
beautiful Joy Of this morning dim with
for the step about take Rather memories become
sweet and tender with each passing anniversary.
Thou hast who all worthy Of deepest
gard Grant keep him loving
May indeed hepmeet sweetheart friend, stead
fast guiding all mpuve
hearts Of Give skill make home
all Help make its light shine farther than
dim its radiance Let Thee the little
ngs and OF life bravey Be with
mission OF womanhood Thou path
way Walk Thou with the end of journey.
o, Father, bless wedding day, my marriage night
And when all youthful charms and
lessons OF life have left their touches give
way to the greater charm Of companonshp
IN hand down the highway the Valley we
will then be able Tighten good and bapnv
lives. fr'
0, Father this is my prayer.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18

had their homes In the country. but
many more had to be in the city all
the time.
"And city after city grew up in Just
this way. Well, rs / have said, the
Nature children were greatly missed.
though the people tried not to feel too
badly about leaving the Nature chill
dren
They still loved the Nature children
and the Nature children still loved
them and understood how things we're.
well, when the Springtime came
along one year, after so many cities
had grown bigger and bigger and so
many people had gone to live in the
cities, the Nature children called me
and said:
Dear Mother Nature, we have
something to ask YOU
"'What have you TO ask me? l said
and then they told me.
"'Mother Nature they said, the
Dream King has told us that many,
many people from the cities would be
out in the country places for holidays
and for week-ends this spring.
$50 we have thought IN Man
You see. the Dream King tells us that
every once in while the people get
very tired from all the business they
must do and all the studyin. they must
do, too.
"'rhey get tired of the same old
talk of business and of studying They
get tired Of TALKING of how much rnp+
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18

Probably the writer OF a good hymn
seldom or never thinks of the financial
side of his work, yet hymns that be-
come popular sometimes bring large
returns to author and to publisher. 4
music-publishing house in Boston has
just paid $4,000 to the widow of man
who wrote hymn that did hit the
popular taste. lnasmuch as the mat
ter has been pending in the courts
ior nearly fifty years, the author
seems to have had a singularly happy
inspiration when he called the hymn
In the Sweet Bye and Bye.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
The White Lights.


To railway men the white light is
sure thing, as nearly as can be, and
it is an assurance that no obstacles are
in the way, and that speed may go I'M
checked. No man or woman ever goes
through life beckoned on continuous
ly by the safety simmer Of white
light. The track is not always clear
and in perfect order, in fact it seldom
is. When the real jolts come to US, it
is usually found that the danger sig
nails were ignored, for through con-
science or otherwise the signals and
warnings are usually accurate. A man
who INDUCES in booze unduly knows
better than any person can tell him
that his system is being undermined
and his forcefulness and mental ca
pacity impaired. II he dsregards
the green "go slow" warning, he soon
finds himself in trouble, and disaster
is sure to come if he shuts his eyes to
the red light Of danger or the uplifted
semaphore. Man is in a marked de-
gree the architect Of his own destiny,
and Providence and nature are con-
sanity signalling him to follow the
right and warning him to avoid the
wrong. Trouble is, We too often shut
our eyes tight hoping to accomplish
the impossible. But failure, discom-
future and ofttimes disaster follow all
violation of right rules of conduct.
The late Cy Warman, on the STAFF of
the Grand Trunk for years, found out
a few troubles in life, but he was q
big-hearted soul. Human? Very, and
possessed of a rare literary ability.
One of the most touching things ever
written is from the pen Of Cy, who
first of all was a railway man, with
all the instincts of the knights OF the
rail.
Under the heading "Will the Lights
be White?" Cy rote this shortly be-
fore his death:
Oft when feel my engine swerve,
AS over strange rails we fare,
| strain my eyes around the curve
For what awaits us there.
When swift and free she carries me
Through yards unknown at night,
| look along the line 20 see
That all the lights ere white.
The blue light marks the crippled car.
The green light signals slow;
The red light is danger Fight,
The white light "Let 'cr 60"
Again the open fields we roam,
And when the night is fair
| look up in the starry dome
And wonder what's up. there.
For who can speak Of those who
dwell
Behind the curving sky?
No man has ever lived to tell
Just what it means to die.
Swift towards life's terminal trend,
The run seems short tonight;
God only knows what's at the end
! hope the lamps are white.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
Egyptian Life in Esau's Day.

Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum
in New York will find in the Egyptian
department a rare collection Of OBJ
jects taken from one of the Theban
tombs in March, 1920. The Egyptian
expedition OF the museum was about
to end a rather fruitless year when
workmen who were removing debris
from the tomb of Mehenkwetre, a
steward Of the royal household at
Thebes in the eleventh dynasty, I'M
covered a crack opening into a secret
chamber that four thousand years had
escaped the sharp eyes of archaolo-
gists. When they opened the chamber
they found that it was cramned with
myriads Of little statuettes Of men and
animals, sawed from wood and bright
ly painted. They represented the
spirits attendant on the spirit of
Mehenkwetre, whose image is conspic-
uous among those of his servants.
In Mehenkwetre's time it was the
custom when anyone died to place in
such chamber statuette of the dead
man and beside it few figures OF
servants at their daily tasks, eternal.
ly preparing food and drink for the
dead owner OF the tomb. There had
been small finds of that kind before,
but none so interesting. Mehenkwetre
was a man Of great wealth and power.
and in order to duplicate the bountiful
existence he had led he had during
his lifetime supplied himself with the
largest collection of such models that
has yet been found.
The modes depict infinitely the
daily life Of the Egyptians who lived
when Jacob and Esau were PLAYING
at their mothers knee. Among the
objects are little images of stall-fed
oxen and a model of a slaughter
house with cattle trussed and thrown
on the ground and the head butcher
and his assistants standing By. There
Is a granary in which clerks with
their papyrus rolls and tablets arc
keeping the accounts while two men
scrape up the wheat in measures and
load 1t into sacks and carry i I'D.
stairs to dump into capacious bins
There is also a carpenter shop in
winch men are working away on
beams and planks.
among the most interesting of the
models are those of six boats and tbeir
passengers and crews as thew moved up
and down the Nile in that distant dav
TWO thousand years before Christ was
oorn. The boats are about four feet
long, and the statuettes are eight or
nine inches high The boats are
manned by from twelve to eighteen
sailors besides the helmsman, bow
man and captain. In each boat Me-
henkwetre sits at his case. in some
cases smelling lotus bud, with his
son on one side and on the ether 2
singer, who is patting his mouth with
MS hand to give his voice warbIinp
sound. A spirit Of humorous fidelity
inspired the man who mad, the boats
In the cabin of one sits steward be-
SIDE bunk, under which are tuck
cd two little Handicapped travelling
trunks much like those in use gen.
Grafton ago.
Inc carving of the little figures is
scarcely on a high artistic plane, but
the maker has shown observation,
and with the brilliancy of he colors
there is a liveliness and cheerfulness
about them that much of the more
formal Egyptian work lacks. Bv
Egyptian law one half Of The find -.
mains at Cairo.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18

Liberal as Hagerstown is, it balks
on allowing street carnivals in the
city. The authorities have refused
permission to the Murphy Carnival
Company to exhibit there. The police
department declares that such shows
have most immoral influence.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
; '3'e of Ohio, City of Toledo.

lucas County, SIS.
: rank J. Cheney makes oath that he
, IS senior partner of The firm Of F 7
C c;;us"ey & Co., doing business in the the
Caigy VI ioieao, County and State afore-
S - ana that said firm will paw the sim
OF ONE HUNDRED DOiJAPS S Son
each and every case of Catarrab ,b o
Cahnot be cured by the use of Halt.
IAIARRAH MEDICINE. NN D
G., FRANK !. CHENEY
sworn to before me and subscribed
IN my presence, this 9th dav of Deccm- :
0SI 80 n. D. 1856. J.. w. GLEASON
HoII,. C,.o- Notary Public.
.orn ,aii Latarrah Medicine is taken in
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send for testimonials. free y ~ 49,
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18

Lady Astor's sayings bid fair to be-
come as famous as those Of any other
phrase maker. Her latest is this:
The toast used to be: The ladies,
God bless themp Now that women have
the vote they ought to say: The
gentlemen, God help themr"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
Yet the Man Moved In.

VIII the gentlemen please move
iorWaT1 little ?" called out the po-
lie conductor of the trolley car rs a
uozen more passengers tried to
scramble in.
WON'T! growled one hard-faccd
man who chung to a strap near the
door.
"oh, didn't ask YOU" said the con-
ductor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-18
Children Cry
FOR FlETcHER'S
& q 8 O R, n

lou cannot envy, despise or hate
another without giving him some Of
your time.
Sl9o gets the Register a year.