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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-07-28
HOW JIM FILLED THE MEETING

MIR. Robert T.. Speer tells this in
Mr.. Robert +. Speer tells this in
Mountains: "A friend called my atten-
ton TO q neighborhood Of over seven
hundred people without q church or
Sunday School. ] asked him II there
were any Christians. He said, No
oh yes. There is one man down there
who makes enough profession for a
whole township
Looking around, ] saw boy on
horseback. asked him, Who Is that
boy?' The man gave me his name,
saying, He Is the meanest boy in all
this country
by this time the boy rode up.
reached out my hand and said: Hello,
Jim Come up here; want TO shake
hands with YOU ! gave him good
hearty shake told him was going to
have a meeting at the schoolhouse, and
asked him where could get boy to
60 around and tell the people. He
said, win | dor 'First-rate, IL you
win co. AN right; am the boy you
need
1--WE had hardly concluded our bar
gain, before the boy put his hands up
on his hips, turned 10 The old man who
had been standing by, and said: 4
might as well commence now. Going
to be a meeting at the schoolhouse
next Sunday. Bring the old woman
and all the kids along
SUNDAY morning ! drove TO the
schoolhouse little early. To my sur
prise 1t was crowded, and number Of
boys stood around the door. l said
Boys | would like to get in One of
them spoke up, saying, Sod we.' Let
me In. and you can follow me- NO,
we can't; it's full clear up Nothing
can be done until get in.' you can't
get In here
~ was obliged to go around and
crawl In through the window. There
sat my Jim on the front seat. He
looked up with smile and said 4
fetched EN- After my address, we
organized the Sunday school. We
went TO o house near by for dinner.
When we were seated, the lady began
to laugh. She said she was thinking
about Jim. asked what about him.
Well. he rode into our front yard,
never looking to see II anyone was
around, and began to yell: "Going to
be a meeting down 10 the schoolhouse
next Sunday morning at ten o'clock.
Funniest fellow you ever see In your
life will be thar! II you don't come
you'll miss the biggest thing ever come
to this part Of the country. Ca
madam Epworth Era.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-07-28
STATE FACES SHORTAGE OF
OYSTER BED SHELLS

Because all the oyster shells In
Maryland have been sold to chicken
feed manufacturers, the State Conser-
walton Commission is going TO Virgin
Ia TO obtain shells TO put on depleted
beds in the lower Chesapeake. II was
stated last week by Swepson Earle,
engineer for the Commission, that not
less than 2.b00.000 bushels Of Mary
land shells had been contracted for by
the chicken-feed manufacturers, and
rs the demand Is constantly growing
while the supply of shells has been de-
creasing. 1t was deemed wise to buy
the zoo, 900 bushels needed this year
from the packing houses along the
Virginia shore.
II Is only in recent years that there
has been q demand for oyster shells
for such q purpose. Not many years
ago the packers were glad 10 give the
shells away. Now they are a valuable
commodity.
The Commission will begin It's shell
planting next week. The beds to be
restored by the deposit Of shells on
which the young oysters may catch
are In TanRier Sound of Hog Island.
at the mouth Of the Patuxent river
and inside Sharp's Island lighthouse.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-07-28
FORD BUILDS OWN WINDSHIELD
GLASS

The Ford Motor Company, has be-
gun to manufacture its own plate
glass and already has in operation the
first modern glass house ever equipped
especially to make glass for automo-
biles.
As Is customary when taking over
the manufacture of a new product,
Ford has applied his own principles of
production, and, rs q consequence, the
methods and machinery used in max
ing Ford glass are radical departure
from established practice. The Ford
continuous eonveyor system features
the operations so that from tho time
the glass leaves the furnace until II
becomes polished windshield, Il is
always moving.
This adds q new link TO the fast
growing chain of Ford industries,
which are being established and ex-
banded from time TO time in lines with
the Ford policy to achieve complete
Independence OF outside material sour
ces In manufacturing Ford products,
and at the same time are the means
by which Ford is enabled TO use in the
production Of motor cars,trncks, and
tractors material Of unusually high
quality and sell them ut the famous
Ford prices
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-07-28
car MAKING MANY CHANGES

More than $500 telephones In Mary
land will be moved from one place Of
residence or business to another dur
ing 1922. This means that virtually
one out Of every twenty-five will be
disconnected and reconnected at anoth-
er location.
Officials of The Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company estimate
that there will be total Of n, 200 new
telephones actually installed during
this year in Maryland. As usual, Q
large number Of telephones will be
disconnected, SO that the total net In
crease In the State during the year
will be about $500. There are now
about 144,500 telephones in Maryland.
Last year in the whole country 1890,
900 telephones were moved from one
place to another by the Bell System,
at cost of more than $4,000, 900. In
Maryland during 1921, there were %,
437 connections and 1888 disconnec-
tons, in spite of the fact that tele-
phones subscribers are probably the
most stable and permanent portion Of
the States population.
To most people, the connecting or
disconnecting Of telephone seems q
simple operation Of installing or re-
moving the instrument. As a matter
OF fact, In every case II necesstates
changes in the cables and wires over
head or underground. II also necessi-
tates changes In central office wires
and switchboard connections; In sub
sciibers' accounts and directory list
ings; and frequently requires the run
ming Of new drop" lines from open
wires or cables.
In the telephone business, every day
Is moving day.. Though there are
certain periods, especially In spring
and fall. when the number of connect
ions Is abnormally large, many sta
tons are being moved every day. And
the habit Is not peculiar to Maryland,
aimee nearly 100000 telephones out
Of $4,000, 900 in the Bell System were
moved last year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
Believes Worst Phase
OF Farm Crisis Over

CRooKSToN, MINI, Feb. TO-
The general Industrial and business
situation now is such to justify cen
fidence that I'VE are well past
the worst phase Of the agricultural
crisis" declared President Hard-
ing in letter read today to farm.
ers attending the annual Red River
Valley farm crop and livestock show
here.
1.-THE improvement is well begun
and will continue steadily from this
time forward" said the letter.
mo one OF them can prosper
permanently in any other great
branch Of national activity is de.
pressed, therefore in expressing my
convictions, based on a wide array
OF information that the worst Is
past as concerns agriculture, an
recording my firm belief that an
era Of better business and more
prosperous times for the entire
commercial establishment OF the
country lies just ahead, Of u.s..
feel, therefore, that we are entitled
to look with much satisfaction
upon what we'haye accomplished in
the last yeur, and with all CONT.
dence to the future"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
work Of doing things as well as
the negative of not doing things,

work Of doing things as well as
the negative Of not doing things
he said.
Christ shows his confidence in
men by giving them one talent OF
more, he continued. He has con.
fidence in our willingness to dc
and He depends upon men for
church maintainence in its Wor.
ship, attendance, and support, he
added. Special emphasis was laid
on the words, after q long time
the Lord OF those servants cometh
and reekoneth with them"
Rev. Murray concluded by ask
ing several questions, such as:
when Christ comes to reckon
with men, what account win be
made Of that influence. on boys
led downward to hell? What OF
that influence on girls driven To
perdition? What account OF
stewardship, and OF time? What
explanation for unfuIfilled prom
Uses made by church members =?
What explanation for the rejec-
ton Of proffered mercies by the
unsaved?"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
los Free Meals Served
At Liberty Restaurant

When the Liberty restaurant an.
nounced Wednesday that between
2 o'clock and 4 o'clock that after
noon they would serve a meal free
to unemployed in the city and TO
those without, funds to purchase
food, they gok customers by. the
score. An official OF the restaurant
said today that $50 weer served In
the afternoon and few more came
back for breakfast in the morning.
We gave them anything they
ordered" declared the Liberty
man." and they certainly had COOL
appetites. !"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
MONONGAH
No Afternoon seryices

Rev. D. L. Whitener has an.
nounced that after today the after.
noon services will be discontinued
at the Baptist church here. The
regular service will be held this
evening at 1880. With such inter,
est as is shown at each service,
these meetings will be continued
until Sunday and probably longer.
Ten were converted last night,
Leaving Today
Mrs. Dave Allen, who has been
here for the past few days be.
cause of the illness OF Mrs. John
Streets, will leave today for her
home in Warrington.
= Welcomed at HI
West Monongah high school
warmly welcomed Willie Walls yes.
terday, Walls has been a student
In Shinnston high school but
moved here recently with his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Duvall, and will
continue his school work in Mon.
ongah.
Wednesday Movies
West Monongah high school will
have moving pictures at tho school
building each Wednesday night,
the proceeds going for the benefit
OF the school.
To Baltimore
Mrs. Beatrice Prickett OF Main
street left this week for Baltimore,
where she will spend a few days
as the guest of her brother, Tim
Talbot, who is a member Of the
Keith company and plays this week
at the Roof Garden theatre.
No Sunday Shows
George Hall, manager Of the
Lyric theatre has announced that
after two weeks he will discontinue
hiS moving picture shows on Sun.
day night,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10

yioas iAqulries by the police intsS
the case indicate that among the
Witnesses 70 be summoned eventual.
~ before the District attorney
would be included Miss Mintes,
Miss Normand, whose letters to'the
dead director arc now In the pos
session Of the district attorney:
Neya Gerber, said to have been en-.
gagged 10 marryTaylor at one time;
Claire Windsor, who had recently
dIned and motored with him; Edna
Purviance, former leading woman
for Charles Chaplin and . neighhor
Of Taylor. who was said to have
telephoned the news Of the d.rec-
tors murder TO Miss Normand. and
a humber Of others more or less
prominent in the motion picture
colony.
Miss Normand remained in eeclu.
sion at her home yesterday. recov.
ering from the collapse she sui.
fered at the directors funeral Tues.
day.
AT her nome, however, q denial
was issued Of the reports she had
stated that she had an alteration
with Taylor on the night he was
murdered. Her letters were the
subject Of the alterations
Attorneys for Miss Minter de.
clined TO comment on her purport.
ed visit to- the district attorney.
One Of them was quoted as having
said: n
II can only say that Mary Miles
Minter Is cooperating with tho Of.
ficials and Is willing and ready to
cooperate fully with them"
The police 1 are credited In a
, newspaper story published today as
stating they had learned the origin
OF the pistol with which Taylor
was killed. No details are given
| out,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
Emphasizes Church as
Place for Worship Only

; 1.-THE church is business ina
stitution not for entertaining neo-
pie but for worship" said Rev.
Roscoe Murray last night when he
addressed large assemblage OF
people in the Palatine Baptist
church. The sermon was strong
and forceful and It drove home the
responsibility OF Christians TO-
ward the church and the things
for which it stands.
Among the many important
things said by the speaker was
that the first work Of every man
Is to take care of the garden at
hand. God requires positive
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
ELIMINATE TAX
ONBANKgRBDRS
Final Agreement ached
on Soldier Bonus
Tax Program

wAsHINGroN! EAh m
Rsachirr 4 flnai 4 green,ent nm the
soidiefs bonus m program 4
liouse wayn and means snh-cona.
snittee decided TODAY againHt a
lar an banF oheets The nrorram
was NOT made nnbiie hut Il was
stated OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tbat wftb
the excebtion az me bank check
IL was Gstibstantialiy die same
a. tfiat riyer AMI iast eyening.
This 1880, ~, Il, ,,e,ndad. o,a
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TX. II. ! sssnyS I'm hnn ee|
=. ~. = 'S,V9y'VVV'
Iwenty-Ilye Genus per horse
mower on .fautomobl1es, $oV,V0O,-
v99s
Five dollars pei. $1,000 on real
estate transfers, $4,000, 900.
Increased documentary stamrs,
With fhe rate an the transfer III
stocks and bonds Al one.tenth az
ono percefit. s64 600 900
ns,,,,ts (, !. I .s..,.. a. -.
asss ~ p 81 sna. ~ per n gent
S6e sAsssqs - eenss' s'V'VVv''
w &. Y, 4. a..o e. 49,,
ssTS ~ I, 800 sas.. ~ ~ .ss non n Sno
AZ = S $3.50 es t yso'o w =.
sssss :. ~ i az. s y W. S Senss eu
oa6 mn a SnoAsns topseSo' 30
sSs wsss &. IA ~. oo,,..o. =.
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
Minersyille Man Dies,
Leaving Family Of 10

1Ihomas jarrett gad 81 year,.
died q his home IN s1seiinetsviI this
morniag q 3 o'clock. He IS surYiv-
ed b. his wife and 10 children:
Furbee and Thomas, u. OF hIliarm
Irs. Anna Watson Of .Halleck:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10

Natives Of countries in which
the banana grows scrape off the
mealy coating before eating the
fruit.
Money for rebuilding London
after the great FIRE Of 1866 was
raised by a tax on. coal.
A state athletic association for
high school girls has been organ
lied in NORTH. Carolina.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
FUNERAL TOMORROW

The funeral OF John G. McClel-
Inn who died at his home in
Mannington Wednesday, of
Brightis disease, will be held at
2 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon
from. the residence. Rev. John
Beddow Is in charge. Interment
will be made IN Thorn cemetery
IN Logahsport.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10

'GUYANpoTTE CLUB COFFEE.
IA COMBINATION OF THE
INVEST COFFEE GRoWN.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
DECLARE DIVIDEND,

F1NDLAY.| Ohio. Feb. 10. - Tho
board of directors Of the Ohio soil
company today declared the regu.
lar quarterly dividends OF S1.25 per
share and an extra dividend OF 81 as
per share, payable March 81.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10

First woman WITH sovereign
authority was semiram.s, queen Of
Assyria, 2O17 B. C.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10

Canada. has an area of sF2s.665
sauate miles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10
RREsRYTERlAN LEADER pIEs.

RRESBXTERiAN LEADER DIES.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 10. - DR..
Waiter Houston, secretary OF the
byterian general assembly's
committee Of vacancy and supply,
died at q hospital here today from
inflammation Of the brain result.
iiig from an infected throat. DR..
Houston was born in Mercer, Pa,
and was s. years old.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-10

Earliest known almanac Isl
1900 3. 6:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22
Surprised on Wedding Anniversary

Last Thursday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Keefe were given a
most enjoyable surprise at their home
on East Main street, the occasion
being their eighteenth wedding an
niversary. About fifty neighbos and
friends appeared, bringing well filled
baskets, took possession of the home,
and proceeded to set up most
tempting spread. The surprise was
a most complete one for the happy
couple. They were presented with
some substantial gifts in memory of
the occasion, a purse of money and
some beautiful cut glass. The even
ing proved a most enjoyable one,
especially so when Larry got his
story telling clothes on and enter
tanned the guests in a way that only
Larry can do. The guests departed
after a most delightful evening, wish
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Keefe many
Happy returns of the day.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22

when the packing industry was Grip
pied by a general strike competition
took the market out of what would
have been a rut, eastern shippers
taking 35 to so per cent of the
crop at Chicago, taking the price
making function out of packer hands.
This development of competition fos-
tered all though the period of con-
centration effort by the packers by
the Chicago Live Stock Exchange
and similar organizations at other
markets, has been a potent influence
in maintaining prices this winter.
The season is too far along; too
large a percentage of the crop has
gone and the residue is too small
for successful bear campaigning al
though a possible heavy February
run may cause a set back. Packers
are appru aching the end of the win
ter packing season with light stocks,
export trade is of heavy volume and
domestic consumption of all kinds of
all kinds of hog product healthy, so
that the position of the grower is
apparently secure West of the Miss
our River Pacific Coast buyers are
making inroads on the visable sup
ply, southern hogs are going to Cuba
and the eastern crops left growers
hands in advance of its usual sche-
dule.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22
ENJOYING FLORIDA LIFE
Atty. nj. J. Carter, of 0ssian Writes
About the Sunny South.

% M. J. Carter, the well known at
torney, of Ossian, who with Mrs
Carter is spending the winter a,
Biloxi, Florida, wrote a long and
interesting letter to the Ossian Bee
last week, and the following are ex-
tracts from it.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. C. Spaun, Mrs
Carter and the writer are nicely and
conveniently located on the corner
first floor, just across the street
from the beach, with rental of $50
per month, light housekeeping. Thir-
ty two was the coolest morning thus
far, with this morning at 62. Vege-
tation is uninjured by the cold rainy
weather. Flowers of many varieties
are around the home, blooming, bud
ding and growing old and beginning
to decay like unto mankind we go
we know not where, though a hope
exists that better climate awaits.
Among the callers thus far, we
note Mr.. and Mrs. ID. C. Mckay of
Whitewater, Wis; c. NJ. Birdsell and
wife of Black Bay; j. F. Ingersoll, a
nephew of the noted Robert G. In
gersoll, the worlds greatest orator;
Mr.. Bolte and wife of Indiana; and
NJ. A. Swanzy, the latter now a resi-
dent of Biloxi. Through his cour-
tesy we have the privilege of the
Yacht Club of which he is the COM
modore, until next June.
While talking with a stranger
about old Winneshiek and DEBORAH,
to the surprise of the writer a gen.
tlenian asked about the Goddards,
Gibson, McHenry, Landers, Flanders,
the Valeaus, Bakers, Willett, Cap.
Z. Brooks, J. J. Schmitz, the Patter-
sons and others, all of whom have
taken their departure to another
world. Mr.. Swanzy travelled thru
Iowa during the early sixties, then
young man, now aged 81 years;
possessed of a remarkably good men,
DRY our conversation brought back
to him many "reminiscences of his
business transactions with these gen.
tlemen. He stroked his imaginary
whiskers like Clark Goddard was ac-
customed to do very frequently and
initiated J. j. Schmitz in getting a
light to his pipe, making it life-like
to people we'll knowing these gentle
men.
The folks are out somewhere, my
cigar needs a light and sitting by the
open window without a fire it begins
to get chilly, hence | will ring off.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22
Cheaper to Keep Cool This Year

It is going to be considerable
cheaper to keep cool this summer,
according to j. II. Rosenthal, pro-
prietor of the City Ice Company, as
he has reduced the price of ice 10
cents a hundred. In other words ice
will sell at $40 ton to residences
and $500 to business houses. The
price is $500 less per ton than last
year, and the ice is of a high grade
quality at that. This price won't
make the fellow who takes his
lemonade ice cold, a bit mad.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22

ed visible supply of yearling and
two year Odds in the southwestern
storehouse may be conjected. Last
year the northern stocker movement
was reduced to miniature volume and
for three years past that. whole
region has been subjected to a
pumping out process until its reserve
cattle stocks have been reduced to
the smallest volume since 1887.
Beef gathering in the northwest will
be even lighter this year than last,
consequently there will be few
stockers or feeders to come from
that quarter, especially if physical
conditions are good and revival OF
beef consumption forces killers to
take feshy grass steers, in which
event feeders will either be under the
necessity of confirming their purchases
10 light stockers competing with
packers on feshy stuff, always dan
gerous investment. Stock cattle mar
ket has been "stiffer than a cats
back" all through the winter and if
certain essential conditions develop
may develop at least a mild display
of pyrotechics along toward the rise
of grass.
Hog Market Satisfactory
A conviction now exists that the
winter hog crop is short. Early in
the season certain packers insisted
that a reverse condition existed. This
opinion was based on free marketing
of sows last fall, but failed to reckon
with disease, which seriously deci'
mated the pig crop. Packers have
resorted to every possible eXpedient
to arrest the rising tendency of the
market, including country buying
but each week has demonstrated the
soundness of the attitude of ThC
Chicago Live Stock Exchange early
in the season, when Cudahy of Mil
waukee put out a prediction tina
drove cost would drop to So pc
cwt. and this organization took is
sue, admitting that average cos
might drop to $3.50, but contendini
that reaction would be prompt AM
that the entire crop would make
profitable market for corn. As
has happened drove cost did fir
with the 61a cent mark for a brie
period, but the advance from tina
; level to $50 was rapid and bu
little interruption. At critical stag
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22
Golf Course Costs

Another thing for which golfers
all over the country are striving is
the reduction Of golf course costs,
says the Davenport Democrat, so
that men and women of moderate
means may join clubs without the
haunting fear that they wifi not be
able to remain members on account
Of the strain on their purses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22

Put and Take isn't always a
gamble. Some times it's a sure
thing. When you put more effort.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22

Judged by the magazine adver-
tisements there are a good many
more schools of thought than
schools of action.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-02-22

|, If what you did yesterday still
looks big to you, surely you haven't
done much today!