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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-14
Vaudeville al sunn.

Manager Powell of the Sugg
theatre announces that the bill to
day Is the best vaudeville bill that
has yet been presented by the Bert
Levy coast time circuit. There are
four acts OF novelty. music, comedy,
singing. dancing. acrobats and II
lnNlOnlsts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-14
Dyer Returned 10 Ads.

At the request Of officers from
Ada. oble Dyer was arrested here
yesterday. In charge Of Henry
whltaon. deputy sheriff OF Ponlotoc
county. he wan returned 10 Ada
this morning. lie n charged With
passing a bogus check.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-14
SyORT STORIES
or TIE TOWN


The Order OF the Eastern Star
VIII meet ihls evening nt s;5o
o'clock In the Masonic hall, Mrs.
George 0aitia announced this morn.
ing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-04-14
ADJUSTMENTS
Students Matinee.

The Rialto theatre Is giving a
special school and college students
matinee every Saturday morning at
1890. The special Offering for the
matinee tomorrow morning win be
one OF Wallace Reid's latest sue.
cessea. entitled. TOO Much Speed"
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03
STATE POLICE HAVE
"BLO0lLESS DATTLE:"

|
Charleston, June 30 The blood
less battle Of Brush Creek" which
occurred Monday NIGHT had tha ~
| go -,,.
i0c' ol proving 10 re5lucnts OF
Brush and Cabin Greeks that the
West Virginia State Police were
nrnnarod for apv or,o,aoprv woro
..:, -,
o4uippeu VII" li"el''h7 guns ~
,hWart any uprising, ana had spec
lal engines at their command ready
TO transport roinfoFcoments to any
Scc'lon attacked,
II doesn matter whore trouble
breaks out III the state We arc ready
to cope with it, said Colonel Jack
son Arnold, There isn't n chance
OF any repetition Of the horrible
massacre that occurred at Herrjn,
Illinois. There have bC"n many
threats OF violence, and we arc
watching every possible point whore
trouble might occur
Too much moonshine inspired Ru-
dolph Adams, a striking miner, into
shooting up the town Of Brush
Creek, on Brush Crock, Monday
night. His "booz-ns companion 50
bered up ct tho third shot, but
Adams continued on the rampage,
sought refuge in the home Of fell
low miner named Meadows, and
held the whole town at bay until Cor
poral Herbert Wilson and Troopers
Thurston, Plat and Crouzer appear.
ed with machine guns to reinforce
Private Henry C.. Coontz, the lone
state trooper there who had given
battle to the drink-crazed man.
Adams gray haired father, Oscar
Joined the son when the latter was
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03
s. s. COUNCIL
is OPENED TO
ALL CREEDS

With what Is called THE Merg-
or" all denominations have been
given a voice in the International
Sunday School Council OF Religious
Education. according to word re-
ceived from Walter 4. Snow, gen.
eral secretary of the West Virginia
Sunday School Association, who is
attending the annual convention OF
the international association in
Kansas City.
In the past all denominations have
been represented in the information
al association but have not until
this year been given a place in the
council or religious education.
According to Mr.. Snow, 100 del.
egates from all parts Of the United
States and Canada are attending the
convention. Mr.. and Mrs. Snow
will return TO Clarksburg Monday
and will prepare to move to Charles.
ton which has been chosen as the
new location and headquarters OF
the state association
W. Hobart Hill, Young peoples
! division superintendent of the state
association, and Mrs Hill will &c
to Lake Winnepesaque. n. H., to at
tend the two weeks boy camn
From the camp Mr.. and Mrs Hill
VIII return TO Charleston where
they will reside.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03
FARMER HAS
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE

II don't think anybody ever SUIT
fercd more pain lhau | nave. Twice
| was operated on for gall stones and
4 third operation WAS advised A
friend i'll iowa wrote me how he
was cured by taking Mayr's Won-
derful Remedy. | took bottle on
his advice with coed results nnd
have also t3hal tho fus course. My
pains are all gone and ] feel an
permanently cured" 1t removes taa
catarrhal mucous from the intesti-
nal tract, and allays the innamma.
ton which causes practically all
stomach, liver and intestinal ALL
ments, including appendicitis. One
dose will convince or money refund
ed ut A. M. Gilbert and druggists
everywhere.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03

friends, and it was these Younger
men who bestowed upon him the
title of Colonel for which he for
a long time expressed a dislike be-
cause he never aspired to high po-
sition in the Confederate army, be-
ing content to do his duty as a priv
ate soldier and declined promotion.
Was Local Mlitiaman
Prior to the Civil War he was a
member of a local militia company
and took part in the incidents fol
lowing the John Brown raid and
capture in Harpers Ferry. During
the great conflict that followed
Colonel Boyd served as a member
of Co. 3, First Virginia Cavalry. his
company being composed practical
" of Martinsburg and Berkeley
county men, only few of whom
survive him. He was later assigned
to courier and scout duty and it
was while engaged in the latter ca
pacity that he passed through one
of the most thrilling experiences
imaginable. Through the efforts of a
former slave he was captured at
Bunker Hill by Union soldiers and
taken to Winchester, where he wa5
tried and sentenced to be hanged
Narrowly Escapes Death
There seemed absolutely no
chance Of escape and he had re-
signed himself to his fate. A detail
had taken him out to a tree on tie
Berryyilie pike, outside of Win
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03
COL, JOHN {. BOYD GOES TO JOIN HIS
COMRADES OVER The RIVER--WIDELY
KNOWN CONFEDERATE VETERAN IS DEAD
Was Once Condemned To Die BY Union ocers-Re9rieyed
At Last Moment BY President LinCoIn-DeCeaSed Was
Fine Type Of Old Virginia Gentleman.

With the same calmness and for.
titude with which he looked death
in the face a half century ago on
the battlefield End not loath TO 90
down into the dark valley to cross
over the river and rest beneath the
shade of the green trees on the
other side, Col. John f. Boyd quiet
" and peacefully passed away sun.
day afternoon at 2,15 at his home
101 South Raleigh street. Death
had no terrors for this old South
ern veteran; during the past few
years he had looked forward to the
approaching end and his converse
tons with relatives and intimate
friends revealed the fact that he
was prepared for the exit from this
life. Three years ago his beloved
wife preceded him 10 the grave and
since then the gallant old Confed-
crate has been merely biding the
time until he should join her in the
Great Beyond.
Falling For Some Time
1t had been apparent 10 loved
ones and friends that the venerable
resident was fast failing and yield
ing to the weight of years. For a
year Or more he had been suffering
from form of heart trouble, but
a rugged vitality resisted the in
roads Of age and sickness much
longer than is the case with the av-
erage man. He became seriously i'll
several weeks ago but at times
seemed to rally. Saturday morning
while out in his yard the final at
tack came; but he again rallied
only to suffer a relapse Saturday
night. From then on he swiftly
sank until death ensued Sunday
afternoon. The deceased was con
scious until the end.
Colonel Boyd, as he was widely
and affectionately known to hun
dreds of friends in this section and
along the Shenandoah Valley, was
a typical Southern gentleman. Tall
and erect, dignifed and at all times
courteous and affable the deceas.
ed was highly esteemed by all,
young IS well as old In reality he
for years was one of the leaders in
a large circle of much younger
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03

ed a retired life in this city. He
was one of the founders of the Mer-
chants a2d Farmers Bank, of this
city. While he manifested much in
terest in public affairs he took no
part in politics and aspired to no
public position. He was a lifelong
member of the Episcopal church and
an organizer of Berkeley Camp OF
United Confederate Veterans.
Born In 1870
The deceased was born on Febru-
airy II, 1910 at the old family home
place. "Edgewood Farm" near Bun
ker He'll, now owned by Brown Lee
Fevre. His father was the late Joha
f. Boyd and his mother was Jane
Mayburry, of Philadelphia. His
grandfather was General Elisha
Boyd, founder of "Boydville." now
owned by Senator C. J. Faulkner.
The deceased completed his eduea-
ton in schools at Winchester and
Clarks burg. In early life he mar
RED Miss Virginia Stewart. also OF
Berkeley county, who died about
three years ago.
Colonel Boyd is survived by three
children,-J. w. S. Boyd. OF Balti.
more; Mrs. Jane NJ. Hoke, and
Robert H. Boyd. we'll known local
attorney. also FIVE grandsons, and
one brother, II. H. Boyd, of Wash
ington. q
The funeral will re IA from
the late home Wednesday morn
ing at 1890 O'Clock Ills rector, the
Rev. Dudley Boogher of Trinity
Episcopal Church, viii of1eiate, as
sisted by Rev. Dir. + ". Woods, of
the Presbyterian church, and the
interment VIII be made in the Old
family lot IN old Ncrbourne GENE.
tery.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03

fore the university has made no
concerted cffert tn develop n broad
program. Each division or depart
mont has worked Independently Of
tho other with consequent overlap.
pins and moro or less lack of unity.
Thus the advantage of co-ordinated
efforts is quito plain,
c. of c. Is Helping.
The Chamber of Commerce in sew
eral towns have expressed desire
to have expert assistance from the
university In working out economic
studies of their local conditions.
More than seventy country commun-
tics in which the agricultural OK
tension division has held country
life conferences to help show some
of their weaknesses, are already
clamoring for help along various
lines in raising their standards OF
citizenship, business, etc. Several
score high schools are receiving
help from the university in loren.
sic contcstsI and in securing ma.
terial for various purposes.
There is, indeed. tremendous
field along varied lines open to the
university with its staff of thor
ourhly trained men and women
This field Is being studied and will
be served as rapidly as funds and
available help make possible.
Tho committee on University Elk
tension. appointed by President
Trotter, is composed Of Nat r.
Frame. chairman, l.. Il. Hill. A. c..
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03
PROMISE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES

Weather outlook for the period of
July to 8, inclusive:
North and Middle Atlantic states
-Gonerally fair weather uatil latter
part OF week whom local showers
and thunder storms are probabo;
reaction to normal temperature be
ginning of the week and normal
temperature thereafter.
South Atlantic ard East Gulr
Statcs-Normal Temperature; scat.
tered local thunder showers. There
are no indications at this time Of a
disturbance in the West Indies.
West Gulf States Normal tom-
pcrature; ocattcrcd thunder show.
cr8. Thcrr are no Indications at
this time of disturbance in the
West Indies.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03
Plans Extension
Service OF Varied Type To
Touch States Bigger Cities

MorEantown, July 3.-The estab
llshment of University lYeeum
course by faculty members and
students to visit various communi.
ties of the state, to conduct social
and economic studies in n number
of the cities of West Virginia; TO
supply material on business sub.
lccts, entertainments, community
improvements and better govern
ment; to arrange university mail
courses both for credit and non
credit, are just few of the things
that West Virginia University Is
working out. or hopes to work..out.
4 the near future as a general uni.
Versity extension service to the PEG.
lie of West Virginia.
Undertaking comprehensive.
It is Il big job that the states big.
gest service organization West Vir
GINA Uniyersity-is undertaking.
Realizing this, President Frank b.
Trotter has taken a forward step
in increasing the amount and Ell
cheney of general university exten-
sion by creating committee on
University Extension to bring about
close cooperation OF the various di.
visions and departments of the uni
versity which can do or are doing
some form Of general extension
work
Many states spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars each year in
fully organized extension depart
ments. Yet although West Virginia
University has carried on much ex
tension work in mining and a2rl
culture, in education and history
and the supplying of infor-
nation on certain subjects, hereto
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03
PICTORIAL REVIEW MEN
CANVASSING THE CITY,

A group Of SIX johns Hopkins Uni
Versity students Joseph Henry
Hooper, Bettes S.Slingluff, II. Page
OConnor w. Carvlle Gardner and
John Croker are in the city today
eanvassing for tho Pictorial Review
magazine and also advertising Pic
tariE Review patterns which ara
sold Through Emmerts.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03
e. e O. MOVES
MUCH FREIGHT

Movement OF freight. through the
Martinsburg to points east over the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. main
tanned fair average last week, no
noticeable decline having taken
place. it was learned. The Balti.
more and Ohio railroad has been
averaging daily dispatch of more
than LOO loads About 60 per cent
of the movement on the s. and O.
consists of coal.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03

Mary Shulek, aged % years, was
drowned while in swimming in the
Monongahela river at the Morgan
mine near Rivesville. At the time
the accident occurred Miss Shulek
was the only person in bathing. Be-
ing deaf and dumb she could not
attract the attention Of several per.
sons who happened to be nearby.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03

REV HAYDEN IN WASHINGTON.
The Reverend Jared Hayden, min
lister, Central Church of Christ, left
today TO spend his vacation at his
home in WASHINGTON. 439 14th
street. S. E. to be gone several
weeks,
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-07-03

Real news in the Martinsbur8
Journal Classified Ads--Are you
reading them every day.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
BELIEVE ME, IF I WERE RUN
MING THIS TOWN

Almost every day in the week we
hear some one say believe me. If 1
were running this town I'd do SO and
So. Probably at least half Of the
suggestions might prove valuable
and the people who are running the
town would be glad to- get them.
The palm truth of the matter is
that every citizen Of the town has or
should have a hand in the way a
town is operated. Far too many Of
them feel that when they have elect
ed a mayor or city council they have
dispensed with their full duty. Those
people are elected simply in order
that the will of the people may be
carried out-not in order that the
town may be run as mere handful
of men dictate.
These men you have elected do
not claim to be all-wise in the best
methods of governing a town. They
are there to carry out the wisest Of
the suggestions they receive. Natur-
ally when they do not receive any
they fall back on their own ideas.
But they would be only too glad to
get ideas from every citizen, so here
after, instead Of saying. "Belie7e me
If I were running this town"-just
realize that 1t is part Of your job
to have hand in the running Of it
would do.-Lebanon, (Ky.) Enter
prise.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
KIWANIANS HEAR
EDW. S. SHORTNESS
Attendance Committee Appoint
ed to Round Up Laggard
Members.

"Good programs, good luncheons
and good fellowship, said Edwin S.
Shortness, International Kiwanian,
at today's Kiwanis club luncheon at
the Inez Hotel, lis what it takes to
keep up the interest in Kiwanis af-
fairs Mr.. Shortness, who is on his
way home to Chicago from the big
convention at Gulfport, spoke to the
local club about the aims, purposes
and duties of Kiwanis clubs.
Most Kiwanis Clubs pay too much
attention to strictly business af-
fairs, and too little to social and
amusing and entertaining features, !"
said the speaker. He then explain
ed that there was really only one
definite and prescribed text for XII
wanians, and that was TIL Interna-
tional slogan "a square deal for the
under-privileged child. All other
lines of activities and usefulness
must be worked out to suit and fit
local conditions.
President Perkins, acting on a
suggestion from Mr.. Shortness, APP
pointed an attendance committee
composed of w. D. Davis, e. ]. Hurst
and Ferd Becker. This committee is
to have one months time in which
to urge the members to attend the
weekly meetings. After the month
is up. Secretary Bowen will send out
notices that four times absent from
the weekly meetings automatically
lifts ones name from the member
ship roll.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
THE GOOD OLD DAYS"

Much complaint is made about the
degeneracy of the times. Family
life is supposed to be decaying, the
homes are being broken up, the
foundations of morality are under
mined, the young people are light
and loose and all that. This is the
constant outcry that one hears from
those who look back to the "good old
days.
1t reminds one of the famous re-
mark credited to some former editor
of the English weekly Punch"
when critic told him his paper was
not as good as it used to be. "It
never was, he replied. If you go
back to the writer's of SO or 100 years
ago, you find them still complaining
of the degeneracy of the times. If
you went back several centuries, you
would still find thinkers quoting the
good old days, and maintaining that
they were so much better.
Human nature is weak, and at any
age lot of folly and crime can be
found. The errors of the present al
ways look big, but if you would look
back you would find even greater
faults.
Plenty of instances can be found
tending to show that the world is
growing better and not worse. For
instance, take the unblushing free
dom with which votes were bought
and sold at elections not much more
than quarter of a century ago. In
many places big blocks of purchas-
able people sold the birthright of
citizenship for trifie, and were
herded up to the polls like sheep to
carry out their contract. Today no
party would dare do that, and ev-
erybody that even spends money
freely for legitimate campaigning is
condemned.
So it would be found in most
phases of activity. The human ocn-
science has grown sensitive and 1t
revolts at practices that a few years
ago were everywhere tolerated. This
creates the feeling that the world is
growing worse, but what is really
happening is that the world is get
ling it's eyes open to wrong.
And, it may be our imagination,
but it seems that in the light of the
present, when the character of men
and women and their personal atti-
tude toward the finer things Of life
are so much involved in business and
activities not only in the home and
school room; but out on the hustings
Ind in mems dealings with each 9TH
or eyerywhere-it seems to us that
men guilty of the shady things done
under cover, hang their heads a lit
lie lower or carry on their brows a
little more plainly branded "the
mark of Cain" This, not by any
will Of theirs-but because they dc
not, they cannot approve of them
selves.
The world is growing better in
spite of those who go wrong and the
Good Old Days" were worse days
than these.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
r1r. j. w. McGrath- Passes


McGrath had made his home while in
Brookhaven with his sister, Mrs.
Storm, spending all his week ends
in New Orleans where he main
tanned residence on Carondelet
street.
Since July, Mr.. McGrath has been
at his New Orleans home where his
wife and sister, Mrs. Storm. devoted
ly assisted in his care, and where ne
was visited by many of his large
circle Of relatives and Brookhaven
friends.
The funeral was held at the New
Orleans home at half past three o.
clock Saturday afternoon. Many
familiar faces greeted the sorrowing
families at the grave, not only from
Brookhaven. but from New Orleans
where many ex-residents who knew
the honored dead now make their
homes and all seemed to unite in
regret and sympathy.
The Rev. Father Slattery officiat-
ed, and interment was made in Me-
AesAA ~ -SSS1AASSSAy. uC dCtlfO pail
bearers were Messrs. Henry Green
wood, VIII Brennan. Claude Bowen,
Tom Young, w. H. Farrell and Ar
thur Middleton. Walter Smith and
j. L. Storm. Excepting Messrs.
Farrell and Greenwood, the pail
bearers were heads of departments
of John McGrath &Sons. Mr.. Far
rell had been a member of the Of
fee staff of the Arm for number
OF years. The honorary pall-bearers
were prominent business and pro-
fessional men of BrookhaYe and New
Orleans.
There was large representation
of Brookhayen relatives and friends
in attendance upon the funeral and
many former Brookhaven residents
now living in New Orleans, were
present, as well as New Orleans
friends Of the deceased.
Mr.. McGrath must have embodied
in his life's philosophy and purpose
the right resolve expressed by DR..
Henry VanDyke in the following:-
Let me live my life from year to
year
With forward face and unreluctant
soul;
Not Fastening to. nor turning from,
the goal;
Nor mourning for the things that
disappear
In the dim past. nor holding back
in fear
From what the future wells; but with
whole -
And happy heart that pays its
toll
To Youth and Age, and travels on
with cheer.
An extraordinary array of hand
some floral offerings expressed the
sympathy of organizations AMI indi-
viduals.
At the same time that the burial
services were taking place in New
Orleans, a memorial service was be-
ing held in Brookhaven, in the
hampton Auditorium.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25

cial, literary or benevolent he was
always to the forefront in his es-
pousal of good and helpful causes.
His name always headed the lists
seeking aid for any commendable en-
terprise. n
Only a few days before he left
Brookhaven, Mr. McGrath coming
out of his store overtaxed with the
irritations of the day, was accosted
by an old negro for help. After he
reached his home. he was impressed
that he had not given due consider
alton to the old mans appeal. He
had him sent down to him and re-
sponded to his necessities. This in
cident expressed Mr.. McGrath's spir-
1t toward anybody in need.
A negro man, Charlie Lightfoot,
over seventy years of age, who has
been a servant in the MtGrath fam
lily for many years, went down to
New Orleans to attend the funeral.
Old and young, white and black. or
ganized citizens and unorganized all
felt they had friend in Mr.. Nc
Grath. He fondled the children,
who looked up to him, and greeted
the old and infrm with the same
spirit of sympathy and helpfulness.
His store abounded with the spirit
of hospitality that found its full ex-
preston each season on Opening
Days inaugurated in Brookhaven by
John McGrath & Sons.
He was always generous both with
his time and money. AS chairman
Of the local Red Cross throughout
the period of the war. and up to the
time Of his death. he gave devoted
service. 1t was a matter of pride to
him that his only son served in the
war.
Mr.. McGrath's winning and SYM
pathetic personality won. for him
great popularity with people in many
walks Of life and made him a favor
lite socially. He was fond OF outdoor
sports, travel, literature and music
and took pleasure in advancing his
lson's musical studies by sending him
/ to study several years In Paris. In
his young manhood he was a leader
in amateur theatricals and helped tc
make the social life Of Brookhaven
| the delight it was to the popular
! bellies and gallant beaux Of thai
time.
In 1898. Mr.. McGrath married
Miss Lili Thurber Of New o. leans
who survives him. together with
! their son, j ". McCrath. jr. -Four
sisters: Mines, F. F, Becker. s. N
Storm. .. II johnson and r p
/ Noodle. and two brothers, NJ D. Nc
Gfath Of Brookhaven and T. J. Nc
Grath OF Canton. mourn his loss
For q number of years past. Mr.