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Evening star., 1923-12-05
CHINESE SOLDIERS
LOOT CITY HOMES
HeInous Crimes Charged
u Against Regular Troops
After Victory.
BY JUNIUS wOOD.
pyCaple 10 The Star and Chicago Daily New
CODyrfehf 1Qo2

~ Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1923.
SHANGHAI, December 4.-Heinous
/, primes committed by Chinese govern
ment soldiers are described in a mes
sage from Chenchow, midway be-
tween Canton and Changsha, which
; Is typical of the interior, as a result
of the lawless warfare. The message
describes the arrival of Gen. -Chao
Peng-Tis' victorious troops at Chen
chow fortnight ago, and is of par
sicular significance because Chao
Peng-Tis is one Of the Peking gov
eminent generals recognized by for
eign powers.
The invading soldiers seized the
peoples clothing. food. live stock and
bedding. If home was without
.eoal the, furniture was seized and
used for fuel. Men and boys from
all stations of life were compelled
TO carry the burdens of loot, while
women and girls suffered unspeaka-
BILE outrages.
The soldiers entered the city prison
and turned hundreds of criminals
loose after seizing their clothes and
bedding. The marauders wandered
through the streets for hours. seizing
anything that struck their fancy,
Evening star., 1923-12-05
INDICTS FATHER AND SON.
Federal Grand Jury sCharges Dry
Law Violations.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December g.
Maurice w. Allen, manager of the
Philadelphia warehouse Of the Fed
eral Distilling Company Of Baltimore
and his father, ]. J. Allen, were in
dicted by the federal grand jury in con-
nection with an alleged conspiracy to
defraud the government in the with
drawal of whisky valued at 81 100000 on
forged permits.
/ Bench warrants were issued for the
arrest of the defendants, but they
will be given opportunity to sur
render voluntarily before the war
rants are served.
Evening star., 1923-12-05

36-inch Spanish Laces in founc-
ings and all-overs. Black, white
and street and evening shades.
500 values.
Evening star., 1923-12-05
$4,000 DAMAGE SUIT
OVER FLYWHEEL MAGNETIC
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, La, December g.
The f1y-wheel magnetic. a device
known wherever the products of
Henry Ford are used, is the bone
of contention in a damage suit for
S11, 900, 600 a Ratification of which is
to be heard in the federal circuit
court of appeals here. The suit was
brought by Edward s. Huff, formerly
an engineer of the Ford Motor Com
pany, but now a resident of Miami. Fla.
Huff claims to have invented the
Evening star., 1923-12-05
VIRGINIANS PLAN STATE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
New Body Will Represent Forty
Cities and All Sections Of
Commonwealth.
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va, December g.
Plans for the organization of the Vir-
ginia State Chamber of Commerce,
representative of forty cities and
every section of the state. with head
quarters in Richmond, were formu-
lated at a meeting here of officers OF a
Evening star., 1923-12-05

Enthusiasm Is the genius of sin
cerity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
FIIIANs POLITE TO A FAULT
In Some Respects, II Might Be critL
eized, They Carry Desirable
Quality TO Excess.

So eager are the Fijians to be POI
lite to visitors that If a guest slips
and falls they most Immediately fol-
low suit II a guest slips and hap
pens to fall In the presence of many
Fijians, there win be a great scram-
bling, as everyone tries to place HIM
self PROSTATE upon the ground first.
Instead Of hastily getting up and
looking around In an embarrassed
manner to see II any one saw the mis-
hap, a guest In Eli has the satisfac-
ton Of feeling that he is not the
only unfortunate one.
In many other ways the Fijian
shows his respect for his guest.
When the subjects Of a ruler in Fiji
hear that the tribe is to be visited
b. a chief from another tribe. or a
person from another country, all vol
unteer to help entertain the guest.
Each man begs to be allowed to
contribute something toward the
feast or In some other way to add
to the cou1fort Of the visitor: The
chief Is at liberty to command any
thing the ,Ffiian has for the comfort
Of his guest. The ruler seldom abuses
this privilege. He Is very DESTROYS to
win and hold the favor of his sub
jects, and, as a rule, rewards them
literally for their services.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
SPARED OBLIVION OF GRAVE
Many Animal Pets Receive Mlnlstra-
tIons Of Taxidermsts Instead
of Sections.

There are hundreds Of people In
Greater New York who become so fond
Of their pets that when they die they
will not permit them to be buried. When
a pet cat or a toy dog dies they find
the idea Of sending 1t to the city dump
SO utterly intolerable that they take
the departed favorite to taxidermist,
and by this route 1t acquires the right
to remain In New York with them In
defnitely, and the stuffed animal be-
comes q cherished ornament.
There is nothing fippant about the
owners feelings In the matter. Down.
town taxidermists who conduct annu-
ally thirty or forty Of these ceremoni-
al comfortings of those who have lost
their pets, smile a little always as
they speak of this branch of the bust
ness, which Is small but steady item
In every years work.
Some taxidermists have more birds
brought in for mounting than cats and
dogs. Canaries are still being mount
ed, sitting on branch, surrounded by
the same sort Of grasses and mnor-
telles that were in vogue generation
ago. They are still covered by a grass
bell, and the resulting ornament LIZ as
fcndly treasured today as it ever was,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
Woodstock. Virginia. Friday. May 4. 1923.
L.ime And L.eaumes Arc Onr
! II - faf he Ills of AuriruItnrr

plrglnla1s primarily an agricultural
stale. According to the 1920 census re-
port, ~ percent of our people reside
lin the rural districts that is outside of
incorpora1ed places having 25OO in
habltantspr more We are also close
TO the Eastern markets and to the large
ports banding foreign commerce. Our
climb isaaild and rainfall is usually
abundant We have soils suited to
special truck crops, tobacco, fruit,
grazing, general farming, etc 1t Ger.
tainlN does seem as if we, should be
considerably more than self support.
|ing by i fact that5many Of US buy.
much 7laF we could raise, and most 81
us could increase yields of many of
Il important crops by using lime and
| gumes.
Improve your lands by using leg
umes in yolr rotation. Apply some
form of lime once in the rotation and
those legunes will give better growth.
By this treatment your farm will be-
come more productive. Experiments
in various sections of the state cover
ing period of years show that one
application of lime about every four
years is worth about $40. per acre. -$1Oa
per year per acre. Experiments else
where show the increased crop val
ues to be from 25 to 50 percent for
different forms of lime based on six
years field trials.
Remembers that lime does not take
the place Of fertilizer, but should be
used in addition to IT, Practically all
Virginia soils need phosphorus and
many of them need potash and nitro
gen. The nitrogen can be supplied
for most crops by the legumes which
lime makes possible. Phosphorus
should be used regularly and potash
should be used for special crops, such
as tobacco and potatoes, and on most
crops on sandy soil. The use of lime,
legumes, and phoshates will build up
most Virginia soils very rapidly.
H L. MOORE, County Agent
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
~ - TI Observation-Disclosures TTTTTINHg T
74d$dtXR y! I[{|||''

What is it You are trying to say
away down there, Pine Tree?" it asked:
You will have to grow faster If you
wish to talk to u.s."
In brisk tone that made It's needles
stand quite straight it said: Il have
something to say to Big Oak"
1T Is very kind of you to be sorry"
sighed the Oak, but tonight-I really
cannot bear any more sympathy"
Little Pine Tree saw that 1t had
them all interested and bristling its
needles it spoke in a sharp, clear voice
so that all could hear. Big Oak" it
asked, what have you ever done that
was really useful?'
Big OAK Ilrrea I1 L. .se. i IN d.
may at such a question; it swayed a
little too, before it could find voice to
reply, for everyone had looked upe1
Big Oak as the most important of the
forest jewellers.
why, my big branches and leaves"
nish shade for all the forest folk who
run about below and do not my strong
limbs make homes for many others as
we'll, and you ask me- who is the
mighty one of the forest, of what use
l have been In the world? On, this is
too much, too much"
pine Tree, you are very small to be
so wise, but If this be true" said the
Chestnut Tree, show did you find 1t
out? You have never been out Of the
forest"
at is rather a long story, but If you
will be patient will tell you all about
it." answered the Little Pine.
my mother was a Christmas tree,
of course. She lived in the forest first,
but she was marked and then one day
she went to a big house and was
dressed in gayly-colored trimmings and
little children clapped their hands and
danced about when they saw us-I
mean her, my mother"
How wonderful" murmured all the
trees, looking with envy upon Big Oak.
who now had raised itself to its full
height and no longer felt sad.
Did you see anything made of my
wood?" asked the Chestnut Tree
81 had only a little time to peek at
things" replied the Pine, "but ! know
this, that every wood has its Use and
that If you all grow big and tall you
viii some day be chosen just as Big
Oak is to be carried out of the forest
and become useful and perhaps beau
tifuls
THANK you, Little Pine, and good
night" murmured all the trees, as they
quietly folded their leaves and went to
sleep, contented and happy.
Little Pine had taught them les
son that the things most dreaded
sometimes turn out to be the greatest
blessings in life.
90. 1879, by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
Something to
Think Ab0uf
A RAY OF SUNSHINE
By F. II. WALKER

TT MATTERS. not how lovely we
4 may be, nor how dread life-tides
about our little selves may ebb and
flow. there is always some one among
our friends and acquaintances upon
whom we can shed a ray of sunshine.
Some one Is living under darker
skies than we, longing for encouraging
words or cheering smiles !: some one
Is starving for affection which means
to him or her lamp Of hope; some
one Is striving to overcome ruinous
habits, too weak to hold his or her
frail craft on a safe course.
Each one is living In a state of
gloom, from which there seems to be
no way of escape.
Each one needs ray Of friendship,
the blessed boon which If used Alright
would make the whole world brighter,
knit mankind closer In happiness,
soothe aching hearts, dry burning tears
and hide from cold stares the beggar's
outstretched hand.
There is something In soul-sunshine
human nature.
So send forth this mystic cheer far
and wide
Strew flowers over the rugged path
of the poor and the sorrowing, the i'll
and the wretched, the old and the
lonely.
Pour sunshine in their hearts and
see it illuminate their countenance,
wing their feet and tune their tongues
to praiseful songs.
Let it shine on every cross and care.
There are hungry hearts every
where, behind walls Of marble and
slabs of novels, praying for apprecia-
ton and sympathy.
Find one If we can and blow to
fame the spark that Andles love.
Scatter sunshine across the sea and
over the land until it shall turn night
to noon-tide.
We may speak different dialects, but
we can punctuate our sentences with
cheer and make ourselves understood,
not CluI1Sly uOI UIlulsi Uut SdoAIS oAO
clearly as the sunlight of heaven.
And If we have within US the right
spirit, we can continue this beneficent
work until love shall canopy the earth,
faith and hope food the dark places
with glorious light and sorrow turn to
gladness. Whatever the number OF
good deeds we may have dones how
ever far we have flung the sunshine,
there viii be times in our nyes wnsn
we shall feel that we have not done
enough to merit the peace which Is
ours-unspeakably sweet and rich be
yond price.
% 1928, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
Uncommon
Sense s Sa7 BLAKE
THE SOFT SNAP

DoN'T look for soft snap. If you
- find you are in one, get out Of it
as soon as you can.
A man with soft snap doesn't have
to work. And he stands as much
chance to get along without work as
tree stands to bear fruit or give
shade without growing.
If you've ever been around an Office
you know what becomes of the chaps
who hold soft snaps. They stay right
where they are while other men who
have to work go ahead of them.
Rich mems sons who succeed do so
In spite of their wealth, not because
of it. And there is far smaller per
centage Of them who amount to any,
thing than there is of poor mems sons.
Go over the list Of the Presidents of
the United States and you will find
that not one of them had a soft snap
in his youth.
They got where they were because
they had to work hard when they were
boys, and the habit of hard work
stuck in after years.
An arm or leg injured so that it
cannot be used soon gets feeble and
worthless.
\ mind that is not used, deterio-
rates just as quickly.
The man who is looking for soft
snap in life is really looking for hard
luck, although he may not know it.
And if he finds the ore he will be alb
solutely certain to find the other.
A soft snap means opportunity for
idleness, idleness at best means lack
of any further mental or physical de-
velopment. 1t is likely to mean more
than that, for it is the man with moth
ing good to do that finds something
bad to do, and gets into trouble.
Seekers Of soft snaps are very plen-
tiful. 1t is fortunate that so few of
them find what they are after.
The hardest worked wage slave is
better off than the man in a soft snap.
He may be able to advance-he al
ways can by working and thinking to
better himself.
But the man with soft snap will
never get anywhere but into jail or
the poorhouse, unless somebody else
gives him the money to live.
And man who does not make his
living by his own efforts is altogether
too useless to live.
20 by John Blake)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
Butcherno Demonstration
Teaches Value of Pure BREEDS

A county agent in Colorado
reported to tile United States
Department of Agriculture a con-
vincing method lie has used in
furthering the better-sires work
in bisEountv. A butcIering and
meat-cntting demonstration was
giyehswitll two market hogs, one
phrebred Duroc jersey and the
other a scrub red hog. The
hogs we're weighed, then slaugli-
tered aud dressed, and weig he'd
again The live weight of each
hog was practically the same.
The dressing percentage of the
purebred was about Z per cent
more than that of the scrub. The
good hog figured to be worth
81 10 more than the other. This
was but a fraction Of the diff
ference i'll value between the tw o
hogs, however, as tile purebr d
was but half as old as the scrul
hog, and had consumed much
less feed.
The meat-cutting demonstra-
ton was held III the auditorium
OF the county school, and more
than 500 men and women were
present. The two Carcasses were
cut into tile various cuts of meat =,
showing the superior quality OF
tue meat Of the purebred hog
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
BIG TREES" W0Rl D WONDERS
United States Government Is keeny
Alive to the Demand for Preserva-
ton Of the Redwoods.

Our great parks, the Yosemite, yell
iowstone, Sequoia and General Grant,
must be kept under military supervi-
sion In order to preserve their natural
wonders against injury from trespass-
ers. Of all these miracles Of nature,
the "big trees" are the most astonish-
ing There are two species-the Sc
quota Sempervirens, or ordinary red
wood, and the sequoia gigantea, which
Is, strictly speaking, the "big tree Of
California.
These stately creatures are so I'M
pressive that 1t seems quite fitting to
honor them with distinguished titles.
Nearly every state in the Union and
many of the distinguished generals Of
the Civil war have names among them.
The General Grant and the Gen
eral Sheridan are individuals Of the
largest size, and, with the Grizzly
Giant" are probably the biggest Of
all trees.
Before one of the national expcsi-
tons the government ordered a sec
ton of redwood thirty feet long for
exhibition and for this 1t agreed to
pay $1,000. Before the lumber COM
pany had succeeded In delivering it
on the cars it had cost nearly that
amount, for a mountain wagon road
five miles long had to be built to get
1t out, and a trench was dug as long
and as large as the tree itself to set
lit in.
The same company also furnished
another tree for another exhibition.
/ which was cut in General Grant park
| not hundred yards from the spot
where the General Grant" stands in
all its majesty. In the same grove lies
| tine Fallen Monarch" through the
fsnrnt-out heart of which a mounted
horseman can ride with ease.
In the Yosemite is the "Wawona." a
tree with a hole burnt in its base,
through which the road runs and big
automobiles are driven without diff
Guilty; and on the MARK Twain"
stump of the General Grant park
eighteen full-sized cavalry horses have
easily stood. 1t is twenty-six feet In
Ol2QlGA2r.-h aSDu1slOH quar-
Manners OF the Married
According to a young man we know
,,neN OF the most difficult duties for 9
bachelor to accomplish is to pass 9
week end In the home OF married
| friends. When he was questioned as t.
| heNparticular form of torture. he gave
the following list of invariable dis
comf,rts attendant upon such visit
Tls ask you to admire impossible
childr n.
They both talk, at once, on the same
or different subjects.
They take YOU for motor rides ant
quarrel about the routes.
The baby invariably cries before
breakfast.
They ask pretty gfTl to meet yor
who hasn't a spoonful Of brains.
They talk about themselves and new
Ter give you a chance.
Frequently the cook has just left
and you have to wash dishes.
They persist In talking old times
that you long to forget
They say you ought to be married
and they've ";ust the right girl"
They're glad when you're gone and
youtre glad to go.-.Prtnam PatxieE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
THE THRlCE-A-WEEk EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1923 and 1924

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Weekly. No other Newspaper in the
world gives so much at so low a price.
The wide, wide world has become SO
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and particularly in the United States
No other newspaper is better equipped
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time it is news than The New York
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The Thrice-a-W Week edition of The
World is the greatest example of com.
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We offer this unequalled newspaper
and Shenandoah HERALD together fol
one year for $1.75.
The regular subscription price of the
two papers is $500.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
THE BIG TREES

TT WAS nearly dusk in the forest, but
not one of the trees around the big
oak tree was ready to be quiet for the
night. And no wonder, for they all
were very much upset.
That day woodman had worked his
way through the underbrush and had
carefully looked at all the trees. He
had walked all around the Big Oak and
finally made mark upon the bark.
None of the. trees needed to be told
what the mark meant Year after year
the same thing has happened to the
IN On late that bore the cross
Men with huge axes cut away the I'M
derbrush to make q path for their
team, and then the dreadful saving
would begin.
But perhaps you do not know about
the cruel saw. 1t is a long piece of
steel with sharp, jagged teeth, and at
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
Vol. 1O6.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

L
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH
>andsv school 9:45 m, Preach
ilrg Ut ii q m, and 500 D m eaei
Sunday. Prayer meeting Wedi. .sf,
y ght al 500 D. N
w. r. KEENE, Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN.
Preaching each sunday at HOO a,
M. and 500 II "a
SUNDAY School every Sunday morn
ing At 1000 O'Clock, Mr.. Joseph b
Clover, Supt.
Prayer meeting Wednesday 500 b
M. The public Is cordially Invited to
ali the services
4. Q PRICE, Minister.
cHRISTIAN. ssss.
Second and Fifth Snsdays Of e. ii
month At IL y. M. and I 100 m
REV ID aAMAKER
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
" oodstock LIST and 3rd SUNDAYS
at | n. m. 2nd and 4th Sundays al
8 p m.
Mt. Jackson-1st and Sid SUNDAYS
AZ p. m. Znu 4th Sundays st IL m
Middletown-1st and Sd Sukda,s
at $3.50 p M
The public are cordially invited to
all services.
Rev. F. A. BROWN, Rector.
LUTHERAN CHARGE.
Preaching at Lebanon Church-2nd
and 4th sunday of month at IL a. m.
Az Mt Zion-1st Sunday at II a. IN
Bird Sunday z p. m.
At st Luke LIST Sunday at 7 .. m.
3rd Sunday at ii a. 10.
REV. L. W. GROSS, Pastor.
ST. LUKE.
Rev. P. ". Wisman will preach at
st Luke, the first Sunday in every
mouth ut u m.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04

each end is a handle, and with III aw
the men work back and forth II ag
a ringing and singing sound as ~
saw deeper and deeper into the trunk
of the tree, but If you are not tree
the sound is quite pleasant to, hear.
And this was the reason that all the
trees around Big Oak were awake and
signing that night, for they knew it
would soon be gone, though their SYM
patty did not make 1t any easier for
Big Oak to bear the thought of Its
fate.
Just beneath the Oak grew small
pine tree, not very old, but, oh, so very
wise as you will soon learn. Vainly had
Pine Tree tried to make its voice
heard above the means and signs of
the larger trees, and when ii was about
ready to give up Chestnut Tree, sway
ing near, bent a branch low enough to
notice little Pine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
Racine.

Strange as it may seem to those
who have been accustomed to think Of
that great artist merely as a type Of
the frigid pomposity of an Anticipated
age, his music, to ears that are at
tuned to hear it, comes fraught with
poignancy of loneliness whose pecul-
lar quality is shared by no other
poetry In the world To have grown
familiar with the voice of Racine, to
have realized once and for all its
Intensity, its beauty and its depth, Is
to have learnt new happiness, to
have discovered something exquisite
and splendid, to have enlarged the
glorious boundaries of art. For such
benefits as these, who would not be
grateful? Who would not seek to
make them known to others, that they
too may enjoy. and render thanks
Lytton Strachey, In Books and Char
acter.n -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04

Put your savings in the Saving
Department OF the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock
Va Mt 3.per cent compound interests
Amounts of o.. 90 and upwards receiv-
ed. The only savings institution In
she county for the accumulation OF the
small savings OF lsboriDg men, wo
men, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-04
LOSS OF MONEY IN THE HAND

A WE may read by various signs
\ in the hand that the fortunate sub
ject has acquired, or is to acquire
wealth through inheritance or through
his or her own exertions, so may we
read also, in the hand the loss OF
wealth, after it has been possessed and
enjoyed.
Inspect carefully the finger Of Sat
urn. the middle or ring finger, near the
top, for star. If it appears plainly
near the edge of the finger 1t indicates
loss of position and money. See, also
the mount of Saturn, which lies at the
base. of the same finger. If it bears
near the base or beginning of the mount
zigzag line, the same loss is indi-
Gated
Naturally, it must be understood thai
these signs, as so many others in the
hand, are not always perfectly clear
and well-marked, and great care must
be exercised in reading them, In con.
junction with the other marks In the
hand.
20 by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)