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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-27
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Woodstock; Va, April oath, 1928.
Office OF c. c. Styles, Comr. in
Chancery of the Circuit Court of Shen-
andoah County, Virginia.:
Frank H. Grabill, Etc. Complt.
VS..
Lucy F. Nicholas, in her right and as
Administrative of Daniel j. Nicholas,
Harry Nicholas, Joanna Hotel, Harry
N. Spiker, Trustee, Frank Brumback,
Trustee, and Levi B. Gochen-
our, DeftS.
Pursuant to Decree of Reference,
entered in the Circuit Court of Shen-
andoah County, Va, April 18th, 1923,
in the above entitled cause, wherein
the aforesaid Comr. in Chancery is
ordered to make report on account as
follows:
|. All of the real estate of which
Daniel j. Nicholas died seized, its
quantity, location and value, the
liens on same in the order of
priority, including taxes.
2. What personal estate the said
Daniel j. Nicholas owned at the
time of his death and the value
thereof.
3. What disposition, if any, was.
made of said personal estate by
Lucy F. Nicholas, Administrators
of the said Daniel j. Nicholas,
decd, how much, if any, of said
personal estate is in the hands of
Lucy F. Nicholas, Admrx avail
able for the payment of any
debts owing from the estate of
of the said Daniel j. Nicholas.
4. Settlement of the administration
of the estate of the said decedent
by Lucy F. Nicholas, his admins
tratrix.
S. What debts the said Daniel j.
Nicholas owed at the time of his
death, to whom they are payable,
and their respective amounts
and priorities.
6. And any such other matters as
any party in interest may re-
quest the same being pertinent,
or such other matters as such
commissioner himself may deem
pertinent, whether it be re-
! queSted or not.
You are hereby notified that have
fixed upon the 18th day of May. at my
| office in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Virginia. to execute ne above
decree of reference. If for amy reason
the same be not commenced upon that
day or if commenced be not completed,
the execution of the same will be con-
! tinued from time to time until at the
commissioners office until the same
is completed.
Given under my hand as Comr. in
| Chancery of the circuit court of Shen-
andoah County, Virginia, this oath day
of April, 1923.
\ c. C. SKYLES,
Apr. 27-4 wks. Comr in Chancery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-27
BY the President of the United
States of America.
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, tie preservation of
our forests, Federal. State and
private is essential to our indus
trial and commercial life, to our
strength as a nation, and to our
individual well-being, and
WHEREAS, fires, which are
largely the result. Of carelessness
or thoughtlessness, continue to
do great damage. threatening to
deplete and reduce our forests to
the point at which they can not
longer serve the nation adequate
ly as a source of timber supply
or for watershed protection and
recreation. and
| WHEREAS, the annual obser-
vance of Arbor Day in the States,
and the interest in fire prevention
| which has resulted from Forest
Protection week heretofore, have
done much to awaken the people
to the Importance both of plant.
ing trees aud of perpetuatine
the forests that are already estab
lished.
Il THEREFORE,, l, Warren G
: Harding, President of the United
4 States, do urge upon the Cover
: nors of the various States to des
: Iignate and set apart the week o
April 22-20, 1923, as Fores
s Protection week, and wllereve
! practicable and not in conflic
: with State law or accepted Gus
= tom TO make Arbor Day fall with
r Ill the same week; and to urg,
> lcitizens, teachers, officers Of pub
9 lie instruction. commercial AM
lother associations, and the pres
to unite in thought and effort TO
the preservation of the nation.
forest resource by conductius
appropriate exercise and program
"Id by publishing information
pefi2 iniug to the waste from for
est fires and ways of preventing
,or reducing such losses, in orde
that our forests may be conserve,
for the inestimable service o
mankind,
Il In WITNESS WHEREOF, hav
hereunto set my hand and cause,
the seal of the United States t.
be affixed.
Done at the CITY 0
Washington this fftI
day of March in tn
(SEAL) year of our Lord on
thousand nine hundred
:, and twenty-three, an,
:, of the Independence O
:, the United States O
America the one hun
dred and forty-sevent:I
By the President:
CHARLES E. HUGHES,
Secretary of Sta te
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-27

The Greenbriar Joint Stock Land
Bank, of Lewisburg, w. Va, will lend
money on reasonable terms in sums
from s., 900 to $4,000 to be repaid in
small semi-annual installments. If in
terested, communicate with,
Nj. l.. WALTON, JR., ATTY,
Mch. 16-St. Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-27
fiay For Shinment Wanted

During April we will want at least
50 cars good timothy and % cars clover
mixed hay of good color. Farmers
having baled hay, please write or tele-
phoneus so our buyer can see you.
Can load on any railroad.
S. G. RUNKLE & CO.,
Apr. 6--4t. Woodstscl. Va
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Oranda

We are having some very cold
and windy weather, this is
helping to keep back the winter
apple buds and blossom,
Miss Katherine z. Ofndorff
has returned from Lynchi,u' !:
after spending three weeks visit
ing friends.
M. M. Orndorff is planting out
ten thousand apple root CRAFTS
The health of the community
is pretty good at present Mr..
John Fox is the only sick person
aud he is improving slowly.
Mr.. VIM. Stickley and family
of Vaucluse, Mr.. J. P. Frye. OF
Capon Road and Mr.. and Mrs
M. M. Orndorff were guests oil
Mr.. o. o. Stickley's family SUI
day.
Mrs. ]. W. Good is in Balti-
more visiting her brother Euta "
Sager who is very sick man at
the Franklin Hospital.
Subscribe for the HERALD,
- Fl m nap wear.
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Shenandoah County National
Farm Loan Association

Longtime loans to farmers on real
estate security. Interest rate 81 per
cent. Apply to
w L. NEWMAN, Secy-Treas.
| Mar. eff. Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-27
Plants For Sale

All kinds of early vegetable plants
for sale. Frost proof cabbage plants
of all the early varieties, ready to
plant in garden now.
Miss NELLIE FRAvEL,
Court ST., Woodstock, Va.
ny, at
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Truck For Sale

One Maxwell truck, in first class
conditb viii sell.at bargain or will
trade fNoung cattle.
For cher particulars, apply to
w. L. SACM,
r. F. D. Maurertown, Va
Apr. al nd.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-27
Additional Funds Received For
The Near East Relief,

st. Jacobs Lutheran Church,
Conicville s 20. 70
Salem Lutheran Church,
Hamburg HOO
Flet Rock Lutheran Church,
ForeStville 1880
Narrow Passage Public School,
Miss Maude Glen, Teacher 6.75
Grand total for the drive SO, $50. So
FRANK S. TAvENNER, JR.,
County Chairman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-27

Subscribe for the HERALD,
only 3l.Oo per year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
\. Y. MERCHANT
MURDERED IN
BERLIN
BODY of Robert Novak Found
IN Apartment Where He Had
Been choIoroformed.
By international News Service.

BERLIN, Jan. 12.-Robert Novak,
d New York merchant, whose adj
dress Is said by the police to be "a
Corflandt street, was found mys-
teriously murdered here today. He
evidently had been chloroformed.
The landIady Of the apartments
where Novak was living told the
police she found Novak dead in
bed, his head buried under the pill
lows.
Frau king, the landIady, said
che heard the door opened about !
o'clock this morning and several
persons entered Novak's room.
Later she heard some one leaving,
Upon entering the room to clean
it today she found the body,
Novak's watch and other jeWelry
were intact but it Is assumed that
the murderers may have been after
money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
AND TIN WAGES
HIGHEST SINCE 1921

YoUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Jam H.
wages Of. sheet and tin workers
during the next two months win
be the highest since July 1921,
under the bi-monthIy adjustment Of
wage scales made here today by
REPRESENTATIVES, Of the nanufac-
turers and 81 the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION 81 Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers.
The average selling price Of black
sheets during the past two months
was found to be $3.50 q hundred
pounds; sarl increase Of 40 csnts.
and the price Of tin was found 20
he 1910, an increase Of IS cents.
Sheet workers wages were &C
cs,rdingly increased 3 per cent. to
34l5 per cent above the base rate7
and tin workers pay was raised
Z ner cent to IS per cent above the
base. Tkis was the first increase IA
wages since. May, 1922
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
500, 100000 CONCERN
ASKS FREE U. S. PORTS

Federal authority for incorpora-
ton of q 1000, 900, 900 world COM
merce corporation with privilege OF
free ports along the Atlantic coast
was asked OF the House Judiciary
Committee yesterday by j. A. Shell
Ito, OF New York.
ShellitO stated he represented
large oil concessions and properties
all over the world and shipping
facilities as proposed by his cor
poration would develop them and
general commerce and trade. No
subsidy would be needed for Ameri.
can ships, he asserted, II his
scheme could be put through under
Federal legislation proposed, be-
cause adequate freights would be
secured to load American ships on
outgoing and returning trips.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
YOUTHFUL ELoPERs
WED AT CLARENDON

Eloping to- Clarendon. va. Rich
ard English, 20, of Sc r street
northwest, and Elizabeth Krigbaum,
II, 1868 Monroe street northwest,
were married yesterday and today
are planning a Southern honey
moon trip. English is the son Of
Thomas English, veteran member
of the police force, while the brides
father is employed at the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing.
The elOpement followed q brief
courtshfp that began at Business
High School, where the couple were
graduated last year. When, Eng
fish and his bride-to-be arrived in
Clarendon news that wedding
was to take place quickly spread
and the parsonage was crowded.
The Rev. DR.. C. i. FIory performed
the ceremony. Miss Edith Bush
and Thomas Dyer. friends Of the
couple, accompanied them to Clar.
endon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
CHINA ASKS FOR DATA
ON CITY COMMISSION PLAN

TAMPA. Fla, Jan. ia. w. d.
Hall, special engineer in charge Of
the $1,000 municipal harbor Inn
provements now under way In this
city, who was formerly city man
ager of jackson, Mich, has re-
ceiyed q letter from III. g. Tung, Of
Woosung, Kiangsus China, asking
mission form OF government as
practiced in Tampa.
Der of questions relative to organ
izatiOn, taxation, ETC.. which Hall
will answer at once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
Ought To
Have Exactly
S42.N

The per capita wealth Of each
American citizen increased $1.30
in 1922, the Treasury Depart
ment announced yesterday.
NOn January i, 1925, the
amount Of money outside of the
Treasury in circulation was
$4,732, 1895, 900. If equally
divided among the American
people, it would give each one
$42.81. The per capita distri-
button of money in circulation
one year ago was $41.51. The
total stock of money in the
United States, the Treasury
said, amounts to $8,614, 433, 0OO.
OF this sum there is gold coin
and bullion amounting to $685.
ATE, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
HENRY FORD MAY BUY
. NORFOLK ARMY BASE

NORFOLK. va. Jan. IL. Henry
Ford. it was revealed today, plans to
buy the army base overlooking
Hampton; Roads which was built at
4 cost Of $500, 900. 900 to the Govern
me1lt during the war.
The city OF Norfolk has been
operating several Of the mammoth
steel ana concrete piers at the base
for two years, but was. notified re.
Gently that unless. the city. Is in q
position to buy, the property would
be sold to private interests at the
end Of this month. Ford is negotiat.
ing for the property.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
Equitable Building for Sale.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE
Equitable building. New FORKS
thirty-eight-story skyscraper, second
largest in the United States, has
been offered for sale at 100000
600, according to Wall Street re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12

with slipping on the ice and breaking
his leg, yesterday filed-a motion for
q new tftal In the District Supreme
Court He declares that the jury
ignored the evidence and the law IN
the matter;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12

lodge of the Elks last night. They
are Admiral William s. Benson,
Assistant District Attorney Frank
J. Kelley, Detective Sergeant Ar
thur B. Scrivener land the Rev.
Vincent G. Cleary, a Catholic mis-
sionary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
s Sod compolnd' Bneals 5 Cold. g. &c Am

ness, eiaeezing The second and
third doses usually break up the
cold completely and end all grippe
misery A
sPape's Cold Compound, ID the
Quickest, stiresE relief known ana
costs only B fo1 cents ut drug
stores Tastes nice. Contains no
ouinlhe. Insist upon Pape,s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12

Instant Relief Don't stay stuffed
1pl Quit blowing and ppffling!
Take ''Pape's Cold Compound
every two hours until three doses
are taken. The first dose "Opens
clogged-up ndstrils and air pas.
eaRes Of head stops nose runpingt
relieves headache, dtilipess. feverish-'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
ORDERS CLOSER REGULAR
RELATIONS WITH MILITIA

! NEW YORK. JAM Irregular
army recruiting officers in the
second corps area, which embraces
New York, New Jersey, and Della
ware, must cooperate with national
guard authorities, according to an
order issued by Col. Julius 4. Conrad
at Governors Island last night.
The order directed that no enlisted
man Of the national guard shalt be
enlisted in the regulars unless
he furnishes an honorable discharge
from his State organization. q,
Recruiting Officers were ordered
to inform soldiers being. discharged
from the regulars Of the advantages
of service with the guard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
Four Initiated BY EIks.

Four Washington men who are
"a the public eye were among those
initiated into~ the Washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12

Ex-Judge Asks New Trial.
William III. De Lacy former Judge
.of the Juvenile Court, who lost his
suit for $4,000 damages against the
District Government inNconnection
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26
CALVIN ]. BULLARD,
COBB FARMER HANGS
SELF NEAR HIS HOME

MARIETTA, Ca, May 24.-Calvin
Jasper Billiard, prominent citizen
and farmer of Cobb county, com.
mitted suicide about 1870 Wednesday
afternoon by hanging himself. from
a rafter in a blacksmith shop ON
his premises about five miles from
Marietta.
Mr.. Billiard was found dead by
his wife whom he told he was going
to leave the house for a short time
to inspect his watermelon patch
nearby. Mrs. Billiard, when her hus-
band did not return in the specified
time, instituted a search for him,
finding him dead in the blacksmith
shop. His neck was broken and
death is believed to have set in in
simultaneously.
III health, from which Mr.. Bull
lard was suffering for several years,
is believed to have been the cause
which drove the aged man to take
his life, according to members of his
family. News of Mr.. Billiards. death
came as a great shock to both his
family and friends in the community
with which he had been prominently
identified for many years.
He is survived by his widow, eight
sons, Clarence and Ray, both of New
York; Esmar, of Tampa, Fla, and
Hubert, Clifton, Cecil. Ed G. and
Harold, all of Marietta, and two
daughters, Mrs. j. B. knight and
Mrs. Clyde Hammondale, both of
Marietta.
No funeral arrangements have
been made as yet pending the ar
rival of Mr.. Billiards. sons from New
York and Florida
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26
BANS
SYSTEM Of CONVICT
LEASING IN FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May %
Final passage of the bill to abolish
the county convict lease system was
effected Thursday when both houses
agreed to the report of a conference
committee. The practice which has
existed as a hangover from the
former system of leasing state con-
victs will be outlawed after January
1, next.
The measure which now goes to
the governor with his signature as
sured, also carries a specific prohi-
bition aginst corporal punishment Of
prisoners either state or county.
The clause was not really neces-
sary, as the governor Wednesday
signed a bill accomplishing this pur-
pose and the commissioner of agri-
culture moved to carry out it's in
tent. 1t marked a victory, however,
for those members of the senate
who wanted the legislature to write
into the statutes a law against COR
poral punishment. The measure
which the governor signed Wednes-
day directed the state officials to
ban whipping.
Because of the corporal punish
ment inhibition, the convict bill met
with the same opposition in the
senate that had centered around
passed in that body, 16 to IA. In
Whelming, as that body has not cared
how IEbinni11cr nf nnnUiptc chn1II6 no
banned SO long as the effect was
the same.
The date of January 1 was de-
cided upon for the end of the lease
in order that existing contracts
would not be so greatly disturbed
and also that the counties now leas-
ing their convicts would have time
in which to make arrangements to
receive their prisoners back. Only
six now hire out their prisoners, it is
understood, the total numbering ap-
proximately 115. Several counties
have recalled their prisoners of their
own volition in the past few months.
If the banning of the whip can be
traced directly to the death of Mar
tin Tabert, of North Dakota, the
spirit of that youngster can hardly
claim full credit for the outlawing of
the lease, as a movement headed by
the commissioner of agriculture him
self got under way in this state sew
eral months prior to the converting
of the legislature, designed to legis-
late the practice out of existence.
Leasing of state convicts was
tabooed in 1919.
The measure passed Thursday
would permit SMALL counties with in
adequate facilities to work their
prisoners, to turn them over to an
other county for public road work
only, or to the state road depart
ment for the same PURPOSE.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26
VAT|ON'S INTEREST
AS PEOPLES GOAL
URGED BY HARDING

WASHINGTON, May 25.-An APP
peal for re-dedication of the
American people to the aims and
purposes Of their government as
set forth in the preamble of the
constitution was made by President
Harding Thursday in an address at
the opneing session here of the Ma
tional American council, an organi-
zation recently formed to encourage
better American citizenship.
Such rededication, the president
said, would furnish to the nation
"a commanding and dominating ma
tional interest" which. he said, had
been lacking since the end of the
World war. Quoting the preamble
Mr.. Harding said it constituted 1.-The
complete statement of our nations
aspiration, the chart for
our course, and the in
SEPARATION to every effort to make
one and all of Us better citizens"
While deploring the lack of a
definite common purpose such as
was set up by the war, the presi-
dent said that he had misgivings
with respect to the common obser-
walton nowadays sometimes alto
gether too easily and lightly made
that demOcrarV is on trial.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26
FORD To BUILD BIC
TEXTILE PLANT IN
DIXIE, REPORT SAYS

A cotton mill in the south that
will cost at least $25, 100000, is in
contemplation by Henry Ford. De
troit automobile manufacturer and
the worlds wealthiest citizen, ac
cording to well authenticated reports
received in Atlanta.
Mr. Ford, it is stated, plans the
erection of mill with 100000 spin
dies, for the manufacture Of all the
cotton drill used in the production
of Ford automobiles. The quantity
of such material used annually in
the Ford Detroit factory runs into
the millions of yards and represents
considerably more than fifty per
cent of all the drill manufactured
in the United States for this pur-
pose. .- ...
The reported purpose of Mr.. Ford
is the subject Of widespread con
Germ among southern mills that here
tofore have been engaged extensive
ly in the manufacture of material
for the Ford plant in Detroit.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26
Walton County Farmer,
Brooding Over Wife's
Illness, Ends Own Life

MONROE, Ga, May 24-Mr. H.
M. Jackson, a well-known planter
residing about four miles east of
Monroe on the Monroe and Athens
road, is dead as the result of a self
inflicted pistol wound. 1t is said
he was brooding over the unfavora.
BILE crop conditions, due to excessive
rains and cool weather, and the i'll
health of himself and of his wife.
whose life has been despaired Of
for several days.
He shot himself in the kitchen
of the Jackson home this morning
at o'clock, Immediately after
breakfast had been served, and abb
solutely no notice had been given
that such a tragedy had been
planned, although members of his
family saw deep worry depicted on
his face, and he ate but little.
The coroner's jury, empaneled
Immediately after the discovery of
the body, rendered a verdict that
the deceased came to his death by
self-inflicted pistol wound The
ball entered the right temple and
came out on the left.
Mr.. Jackson was sixty-one years
Of age. He had made some sue
cess as a farmer, and as a church
and secret order man he stood we'll
He was a member of Mount Yer
non Christian church, and his funer-
al and burial will occur from that
church tomorrow morning, Besides
his wife, he is survived by two sons
and three daughters, Emerson and
Guy Jackson, Mrs. Mahlon Burson.
Mrs. Wright Burson and Mrs. Paul
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26
Ex-Sheriff Bennett
Buried at Wildwood

WAYCROSS, Ga, May ga cap
tain in the Confederate army and
elected sheriff of Ware county short
ly after the close of the war, Mr..
Randall Mcdonald Bennett. who died
al his home at WILDWOOD, Ca, and
was buried at o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, was one of the Oldest and
best loved inhabitants of this Sec
ton. He was known by his friends
as "Uncle Randall and was loved
by old and young for his jovial and
friendly disposition. Mr.. Bennett
had been in declining health for sew
eral weeks. He is survived by four
brothers, D. H. Bennett, of Way
cross; w. L. and John w. Bennett,
OF Pearson; J. c. L. Bennett, Of Mill.
wood two sisters, Mrs. j. M. White
of Arson, and Mrs. Joseph w. Ar
mold, of Texas; six sons, J. F. Ben
nett, of Nahunta; B. A, Bennett, of
Millwood; J. E., j. G. and w. c.
Bennett, of Lulaton, and M. c. Ben
nett, of Hickox, and two daughters,
Mrs. ]. w. Tyson and Mrs. l.. H.
Gatlin, of Wildwood. In addition,
forty-four grandchildren and eight
cen great grandchildren survive him.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-26
Atlanta Woman Talks
Before Ala. League

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May Is
Mrs. Elliot Cheatham, of Atlanta,
regional director of the National
League of Women Voters for nine
states, speaking before a gathering
of the Alabama league here Friday,
outlined the program of the women
voters for the coming year. She
said women should serve on juries,
better conditions for women in in
dustry and improve laws govern
ing working children.