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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04
@. O. P. Congress
man Is Given Laugh
by Republican Editor

The Bluefield Telegraph, u Re
publican newspaper Of which
Hugh Ike Shot, frequently men
toned as Il Republican candidate
for the United States senate, is
publisher. doesn't mince words
in . saying what il thinks of
statement Of Leonard =. Echols,
Republican congressman from
the sixth West Virginia district,
To the effect that mo congress
IN the history of the country has
passed more important legisla-
tion than the siXty-seventh."
That assertion, The Telegraph
remarks. is greeted by the peo-
pie of West Virginia with
roar of laughter" Continuing,
The Telegraph says:
''The general idea is that con-
gress has failed in the eXpecta-
ton of the people, failed in evry
particular to meet the situation
and conditions Of this era of re-
construction and rebuilding. II
does not matter what they (the
congreSSmen) say; what their
exhibits may be-public senti-
ment has hung the placard la
belied Failure on them fore and
aft"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04
Hammer Down Earning Power

''a''"ier OoWn Earning Power
THESE are days of national de
fiati"n, promised in the Republican
platform on which Mr. Harding was
elected-one promise that his admin
lStration has kept. Values are going
down, when measured i'm money. Now
since III" taxpayer must pay in money
he is shocked at the suggestion thai
the national administration is ham
mering down the value of his services
ana property, thereby weakening his
ability to pay, while the state admin
lstratt"n and the local governments,
are raising the rate and the assessor
valuations.
capital l. alarmed labor is sick at
heart; the farmer is discouraged IN,
business man is forced to wait onG
hope. 1t requires no sage to comnra.
mend that taxes are saPpng what lii.
tie life 'defiation' has left in industry
TO add To the distress railroad rates
are so high as to he almost Drohibitiyr
This is the time 10 reduce. not I,
raise salaries, and taxable values and
rates. Economy is now Il Joke. The
budget system ut washington has In.
creased appropriations as i, did in
"est Virginia. Congress, like the leg
islature, has found means To cyudn {,
Nothing in the way of augmentation =
has Stalled Congress, eXccut the ~.
loWancr To the soldiers. clearly md
fairly promised them. and Justly dine
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04
Norfolk g. Western Ry
Schedule in Effect May 10Th, 1921
LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY
SOUTHBOUND.

LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 1896 A. M.-for Bristol and in.
Le!medlaie stations; BroirI PatIo,
Carte Bristol; connection at Pos.
noke TOR roinis Vest; Sleepet n
Roanoke, Columbus, Cincinnati, and
Chicago. Dining Car.
No. II a So +. N. For Shenandoah
Va, and Local Stations.
No. IL .35 A. Met OF IRON cornec.
ing lines al Hagerslown o, Shensr.
doah Junction or 10 take on iyr Bisc
or beyond. Sleeper to Williamson,
w. Va, and Winston Salem. n. c
Dining Car 10 Roanoke.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 28-9.35 A. Al For Hasers,oyu
and intermediate stations, cornecis Al
Hagerstown for Harrisburg. Philsue
phia and New York.
No. 14--8 "a p. M-For Haperstowu
Philadelphia, and New York; Parlcf
Cars, Sleepers, Hagerslown 10 phla
delphia
No. 2-l .35 A. M. Let off from Basic
beyond, or 10 take on for conneclius
lines at Shenandoah Junction or tia.
gerstown.. Sleeper TO Philadelphia
and New York.
w. b. BEVlLL. w. c. SAUNDERS,
Pass. Trait. Mngr Gen Pass. ACT
Roanoke. W..
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04
Eventually, Why Not Now?

Mandy and Rastus had become en-
gagged but Mandy still had misgiv-
ings.
Big boy" she murmured one eve
ming, "Ah knows yo' loves me, but
huccum you comes roun' wantin' to
marry me so soon after yo' loses yo'
job ?"
"Sho, Mandy" he said reassuringlv,
what's de difference does All quit
work and marry yo', or marry yo'
an quit work ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04

The Peoples Bank at Keyser, w. Va,
State bank, was closed last week
1cndin gan invest caticn of its af
FAIRS. I. ID. Leps, ne cashier, mas left
town, and il is said MS operations have
resulted in a loss Of $4,000 10 the
bank The bank has resources Of
SIOO,OOO and deposits Of SSuDnNO.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04

For a mild, easy action OF the bowels.
try Doan'S Regulets, a modern laxa,
tive. 30c at all stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04
Dare Not Repeal Measures

The Republicans dare not reneol
any OF Wilson's constructive meas.
ures. They have thereby endorsed
tnem ana 1t would be foolish for the
Depocrats to desert them by showjno
weakness in platform or candidates
Thus the issues are made. The demo.
Gratis administered the Wilson laws so
MS 10 bring prosperity. II vanished
the very day that the election returns
showed that 'deflation' had won our
poIlcy should be To return to his no.
HcIes or administering his laws: to
carry out his recommendations for
reforming tax laws passed as war EN-.
erSencieS. which a Republican Congress
Tor three years has refused TO do. ,o
economic in I'LL things and then e,,.
brace Che first opportunity of going
with the rest of the world for mi
NerSai peace and disarmament, so as
10 reclaim our lost world trade. Then
PUT peoples man at the head az tho
Federal Reserve system, instead nj
Mellon. II Wall Street man. and mako
that system the servant of business
TO furnish ii good. sound money necas.
sary for the legitimate needs of busi.
ness and stop it from being the tool
Oh the defIationists.' Then real pros
perlty will come again. The isSu. is
what we left in 1920, as cornpared with
what we have now. Let lis not didoe
nor evade it by word, deed or implica.
tion.
DUTY and honor walk hand in hand
win good politics, for making this q
wilson campaign from Skin to core
ana from core To skin again. through
and through"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04

has gained 800 millions i'm gold. If
Washington was called upon, by pub
lie sentiment, to finance the railroads
for ) or 1 billions il could be done in
week. BESIDES all this the Euro
pean government owes this country II
billions i'll addition to the 24l millions.
the cost Of keeping our soldiers on the
Rhine. This administration seems tC
be trying to lose this 241 millions, as
1t has failed to embrace any opportun.
ity FOR securing it, and is now refusing
To send representative to the Genoa
Conference for rchabilitating The fl.
nanceS of the countries that owe these
immense sums. But it has been
chragrd that the snail-like movements
to collect this II billions may be &C.
counted for by the fact that these coun.
tries owe Wall Street several billions,
and as this is a Wall Street admins
tration, the government ought TO wait
I'LL these private debts are collected
L make no such charge but others
nave, on the floor of Congress, and no
satisfactory answer has been made
ana the circumstances look suspicious.
not as to any ones guilt, but purely
as pointing to the influence of large
monied interests in controlling policies
that involve discretion.
I'm my talk ut Huntington, I pre-
sented figures that no one has dared To
contradict nor explain away, that one
year OF Harding has cost the farmers.
the merchants, the traders, and the
working men, more than the entire
sum paid by this country for two
years or war. This is clearly due to
the loss of our foreign trade, which
would have been avoided had we en-.
tered the League, and TO this policy of
deflatiW. Nobody ever saw any good
times on falling market and never
will.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04
TAXPAYER IS
BETWEEN TWO
CROSS FIRES
National Administration Ham
mering Down Value Of His
Services and State Govern
ment Rulers Boosting
Property Values

With the national Republican ad
ministratiOn "hammering down the val,
ne Of his services and property" and
the Republican state administration
and local governments raising the
rates and the assessed valuations" in
order TO meet the deficit In state op.
Grating costs us the result of high sal
aries, extravaganza and waste, the
taxpayer Of West Virginia is caught
between cross fires.
That is the opinion of former United
States Senator William f.. Chiffon,
who has made close study of the tax
situation and who discusses Ii during
the course of an Interview with
Charleston news writer.
In referring to the plan of State TaS
Commissioner Walter s. Hallanan
which is now being put into effect by
county assessors, Ia boost property val
uatiOnS at a time when the tax burden
IS especially heavy and the revenue un.
usually light, by increasing property
assessments with the promise that some.
time in the future that state legisla.
a.
by authorizing a constitutional amend
ment for the people to vote upon, Sen.
atOr Chiffon says:
Some May Be "Equalized"-
''The word 'equalizing has a friend
~ sound. but when it is used for the
avowed purpose of getting more mnoey
for the treasury everything vaniShes
but the sound. The taxpayers dread
the lottery of equalization that has
for its object the raising of more money
AFTER the process is over, some will be
'equalzed, some shaken down anc
others black jacked.'"
Senator Chiffon says the tax rate
and the tax burden in West Virginia
"llave reached the danger point, even
for prosperous times; but for these
days Of normally they are ringing
alarm bells that spell calamity"
The issues Of the coming campaign
have been made, Senator Chiffon SAYS
I'm the state, we find the highest tax
bill ever presented to the people, and
1t comes with the apology that more
Is needed and with the threat that IL
the assessment now going forward doe.
not produce more, then probably thu
legislature will be called into extraor
binary session to provide means 70,
meeting deficit. Since the last legis
lature was Republican, by two-thirds
majority, in both branches, and has
been controlled by that party from
1913 till the present time, and never
forgetting that the Democrats have no,
controlled both branches since 1899
there Is no trouble to fix the blame OF
praise for this condition. Wher one
examines the pay rolls of the various
departments, and notes the regularity
and persistence with which salaries
have been raised and new offices Great
ed, one of the chief reasons for tho
size of the tax bill, the apprehension.
of a deficit become apparent. The Of
fort To increase valuations on the as
SCISSORS boks is subject to many criti
cSms.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
LEGION PINNERS
 ARE LEADING VETS

The race for the cham pionship of the Ex-Service Mems Bowling League has simmered down to a contest be- tween the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion primers. It's q tight race, the legionnaires holding the advantage with r wins and four defeats, while the vets have posted 16 victories and sustained six setbacks. High single registered to date is cred ited to Auth, 113, and he is also in lead for the three-string total prize with a mark of 317. Here are the records of those figuring in nine games or more:
 American Legfon-Miller, 95; Auth, 94; Alexander. S1; Lewis. 90; Martin. S5: Brewer, S5.
 Veterans of Forfegn Wars-Taylor, 9"; Walters, go; Elliano, 8s; Guggen- helm, ST: Mitnick, S5; Erickson, S2.
 British Great War Veterans-Ben- nett, S6; Cooper. S4: Logan, S3; J. Wilkinson, 'S2; Pollard, S3.
 Spanish-Am erican War Veterans DietZ, 79; Steward, S6; Fischer, S6; Crerand, S4; DesMarais, S1.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
CRANEs vs. HARVEY HUBBELL.
CurUe BdH Necessary 70
 Curb SLugging- -McGinnity

the proper advice for using a curve, their pitching, if they have not been curve ball hurIers, will increase from twenty to fifty per cent"
 When McGinnity was member of the Giants pitching staff he used more curve balls than any other pitcher in the game. He says he never felt the effects of a sore arm because he used them.
 What ias hurt the young pitchers McGinnity says, has been their ob- stinacy in not listening to the old timers who have been in the Big Show There are two ways of throwing curve ball. Thrown in the proper manner he will not lessen his control or develop a lame arrn but thrown wrongly he will not only lose control of the Dal1 but may in jure his arm permanently"
 McGinnity laments over the heavy hitting that is going on throughout the country, not only in the majors but in the minor leagues. He thinks it has detracted interest from the game and says such thing could never have happened in the olden days It will not cease, he thinks. until the pitchers stop trying to evolve ..freakr delivery and go back to curves.
 .I cannot very well state what the future year will hold for some of the big league hitters.' continues Me Ginnity. But I can say if these heavy hitting orgies are to be curbed it will be by the pitchers. and the ones who will be successful will be those who use a curve ball.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16

from New York succeeded in getting I1ev1nsky to take part in the so-callcd exhibition.
 Every Bridgeport fight fan re- members Levinsky's fate of being knocked out in the first round and that it was a double-cross perform ance put over by Kearns, Morgan and their associates added Driver.
 Several yarns are told Of Levinsky's name. Sam Driver tells how Levin sky formerly fought under the so- oriquet of Barney Williams. The battler desiring some engagement ap- preached Silent Dan Morgan in New York and suggested that the lat ter act as manager and transact all his ring business.
 Levinsky after being closely scrut- inized by Morgan, the following dia- logue took place in Morgan's office:
 Morgan-What kind of an appetite
 Levinsky-Tremendo good, sir
 Morgan-very well. you'll do on that score, whats your name?
 Levinsky-Barney Williams.
 Morgan-That'n never do. Your real name?
 I.evinsky-Levinsky
 Morgan-That's il. You keep it From now and thenceforth you will will get the Jews with that
 The other yarn was ripped off by R. M- Davies. matchmaker of the Remington Arms Club, is dated Phil adelphia when Morgan was acting as Levinsky's manager. Levinsky was fighting under the cognomen of Bar ney Williams" and was losing his fight.
 "Gotta shake that name Barney Williams. get a Jew name quick, 1e- whisky, LevinSky, that's the best one.
 The mystery is solved at last. Joe Smith decdlared that the battIer's real name is Barney Leboritz. Smith also volunteered the statement that he travelled 50,000 miles with Levinsky in six months, was his trainer for several years. and never found a more nka.ble or squarer chap.
 You might add" said Joe, that Jim Buckley once said that Levinslxy and Packy Mcfarland were the only two geintlsmen in the fighting game
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16

Pitchers must resort to curve ball pitching if they ever hope to curb the heavy hitting that is going on to- day in the major leagues" says Joe Mclnnity, onece the great Iron Man Of the big leagues and today manager or the powerful Staley independent team of Decatur, III.
 IT more pitchers were using cruves there would be very few 300 or 400 hltterS; neither would there be as many as sixty home runs hit by one individual player" continued Joe.
 The one-tine famous tE1rler of the Giants who perhaps pitched more dou- ble-headers than any other man in the history of the game. ridicuIes the brand Of pitching in the American and National Leagues today.
 Curving ball is lost art among the present-day hurlers In the last Worlds series 1t was clearly demon strated that the curve ball pitcher is much superior to the pitchers who do not use it. The Giants won the world championship because their pitchers were better opponents of curve ball pitching
 "If you ask a young pitcher in the big leagues why he does not use curve ball he will spring the alibi that 1t hurts his arm Naturally it hurts his arm For the chances are he does not deliver it in the proper manner.
 ''In the thirty-five years that have been pitching minor and major lea que ball relates Joe. .I have never vet received a sore arm from pitch ing curve balls If they would follow
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
Dick Landon. Dopster On
 Garden Meet

Dick London. Yals'e WeAr high jumper, has tried his hand at picking winners in the metropolitan in6oor track and field championship 70 be staged tomorrow night in Madison Square Garden. He figures that Der nie Wefers will retain his titles for 50 and 300 yards, respectively. Here 8 LandOns guesses on the winners of the ten events:
 60yards dash-Bernie Wefers
 Medley relay championship, N. Y A. C. team.
 70-yards high hurdIe-Carl Erd- man.
 1000 yards run-Jack Sellers.
 300 yards dash-Bernie Wefers.
 Two-mile run-George Cornetta.
 600 yards run-Jack Sellers.
 Shot Put-Pat Mcdonald
 High Jump-Joe Erba1.
 In commenting on the hish in which Landon is also entered, he says: "The high jump may look to the uninitiat- Si as easy picking but to the writer it isn't. Joe Erbal. N. Y.- A C., is in fine condition and at his last meet ing with Landon gave him a fine trimming. He may do it again. A high Jumper Is pretty temperam ental and can never tell how well he is go- ing until he takes a few jumps at the opening Of the competition. Landon has been doing but little training lately
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
DERBIES TO OPEN
 SEASON, APRIL 9

Although Gene McCann is issuin g daily bulletins of there's nothing do- ing" some dopesters in Hartford ap- pear to know more about the plans of the Bridgeport Baseball club for 1922 than the Scribes at home. According to the Hartford "foun- tain of news" the Brown Derbies will report about April 1 and play their first exhibition game on April g. The following week will see the Rochester also be another Sunday game, pos sibly with the New York American second team" or Philadelphia Ath- 1etics before the Eastern League championship season opens.
 The Hartford squad will also report send his pennant prospects to Kings ton, N. C., for spring training. The Springfield Ponies have been ordered to report on April 12.
 Ralph Head, the Georgia twirler of the Senators, will not be taken South with the St. Louis Americans, ex- pected. Head has pitched for Hart ford four seasons and the Hartford magnate wants to get him show to advance to the Big Show" along with Zip Sloan and Heine Scheer.
 Dan O'Nen Missing
 Dan O'Neil, sultan of the Eastern League, was too comfortable in his luxurious bed at his home in Hol- yoke yesterday, so instead of coming to- he turned over and took another nap, thus missing train connections.
 Pretty soft for these baseball presf- dents, $6,000 salary year, and noth- ing to do but take it easy. Dan should 'bibble over such a little thing showing up for an agement-Wat- erbury Dem mocrat.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
nI Sports Lnud LeUin sly As :Gez1H eman Of Ring
FLASHES TOPNOTCEI FORM AGAINST HICKEY

Joe Smith, the irrepressibIe man. ager of Louis Bogash. came within an ace of annihiIating WebSter'S vo- cabulary OrationS in jubilant sidewalk addresses, yesterday, in scattering the news of Bogash'S four round knock out of Young Hickey, Saturday night, at the Commonwealth club. Jess McMahon told me- said Joe ESmithy, 'Bogash is the next middle
 weight champion. No man of his weight can beat your spaghetti artist. Go tell the world" Joe followed out instructions to the |1etter. His first stop-off was Bridge |port and he lost no time in spread ling the news
 One quizzer asked Joe: "Who. in the heck ever heard of Hickey Joe; for once in his life was nonplussed |and remained silent. Another questioner ventured to |ask: Who do you think will win | the Bogash Delaney fight? Joe took the floor and replied: The best little man in the ring today will be the best big man. This soothed all hearers and. Joe |continued to relate how Young Hickey was conquered
 |sfx times. the local battler having all |fhe best of the fight in the first two |rounds. during which Hickey falleo |fo land blow on the elusive Looey |Bogash kept jabbing his left cont1n- |nally in Hickey's face and had him |hadly battered at the end or the third.
 At inc start of the fourth Bogash |shot a hard left to Htckey's jaw, ana ffollowed it up with two hard rights |rhat spelled defeat for Hickey. Young Buddy was stopped In the Zsixth round of the semi-flnal with |pete Hayes The Bridgeporter, who Fwas outweighed by Hayes, fought well 'Sn,t he accumulated an attack of stage Fright as the bout progressed. and re Eensed to fight back, which caused the kxaferee to halt the mill
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
HELLO" BOWLERS
 ARE SETTING PACE

Two series in the Mercantile Bowl ing league are scheduled to be rolled this week. the Cudahy Cutups and S. N. E. T. clashing, while those old rivals, the Public Markets and Meigs Founders will clash. The Telephones are leading the procession with 30 wins and 10 defeats, with the How lands in second place with 27 and 13.
 League records to date follow: High single, Lptak, 143; high total, Foley, 367; high marlzless single Mo- Keen, 94; high team single, How lands, 519: high team total, How lands, 1475..
 Individual leaders follow: Foley, $. N. E. T., 101; Calh oun. Howlands, 99: Ball, Meigs Founders, 1O2; Lip talk, Public Markets. 96; G. Clark Holsum- White Rose. 95; Sherry. Sherry, Cudahy Cutups 97.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
LeUinsky Hits Sunset Trail
 Ln Honorable Ring Career
By Old Sport.

Battling Levinsky hit the sunset trail of a lengthy and honorable ring career when he was outfought by Gene Tunney. the other night, is the opinion of the hattler's friends in Bridgeport.
 Levinsky was a boxer and a thor Sugh gentleman. and Sam Driver, former handler of boxers and the man who brought Louis Bogash out of obscurity, summed up the manly tarits of I-evinsky in the following tribute.
 was in his prime and fighting. the
 best of them, No more oC
 gentleman doned the mitts than
 Levinsky, He was popular here
 because of his manly traits. He
 fanity. he never pulled a dirty
 trick in the ring, his word was
 his bond, and he was one of the
 greatest and whiteSt of fighters
 Every person he knew in Bridge
 port. especially those with whom
 he came in contact with, will
 Nouch for these words"
 Who did Levinsl1y fight? Who
 He fought all of the heavies in cluding Dempsey and Carpenter Gunboat Smith, Jack Dillon, Kid Norfolk and a host of others. On cipate in two or three battles against stiff men within a week.
 Sam Driver related the circum- stances attending his bout with Jack Dempsey. in Phila adelphia, in which LeVinsky was knocked out in the first round. ''Levinsky was double-cross- ed" declared Driver, and the bout marked the parting of the Morgan kearnS partnership. It was like this'' Drived said:
 Double Crossed By Dempsey
 'LevinSky was working at the Lake Torpedo plant when Jack Kearns came here and coaxed him to go over to Philly to face Dempsey at a sail ors' benefit. It was a three-round affair, and was to be an exhibition. not a fight according to the assur- ances of KearnS. Levinsky was now in shape. and he gave Kearns no for an answer. but Jack and his friends
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
KELLY HOLDS TOP
 AVERAGE OF 10l

With an individual average of 104, Kelly is topping his rivals in the Pur- chasing Agents Bowling League, Mo Kenna being second with an even century average. The Andy Gumps are showing the way in the race; the Dinty Moores and Kelly Kids being tied for second place, while the Petey Dinks are in the cellar.
 This weeks competition will bring together the Andy Gumps and Kelly Kids and the Dinty Moores and Petey Dinks.
 Sivers has recorded the highest single to date. 135. and Kelly is hold ing the three string total record. BPS. Individual averages to date follow: Kelly 104, McKenna 100. Gault 97, Jersey 95, Behn 95, Meyers 95, Sivers 94, Cole. 93, G. Shepard 92, T. Shep- ard 92, Hope 92, Morrison 90. Fie- beck 90, Balbineau S9, Wyatt s9, Me Laughlin S9, Lank SS, Hayes ST, Hayes S7, Robinson S6, Haggerty S5, Dnwuev S4