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The Dolores star., 1924-08-08

This trap is conducted by the Pro
tective Department Of the American
Bankers Association, which includes
banks that are thus leagued in Il
perpetual warfare against the army
of bank crooks scattered throughout
the nation.
A Dramatic Arrest
A dramatic illustration OF the work
ings OF the associations detective
department was recently staged in
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
God Drops Great Id..

From time to time God drops , ~,
idea into the soul Of a great S ~.
often those men who live upon In. :
listing institutions start the fire 49,.
the new idea. Sometimes they cr,..
Its apostle; but ideas feed upoo :.
gots, and grow through crucit.Ion.
Newell Dwight Hills.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
IF She Had knorped

Another example Of queer Eny,.
has come to our attention. DurIo, ).
New York court inquiry into f,r,'
quarrel the wife stood up, raised y
arms and cried: "Oh. II I had kno...
when l was sweet sixteen alresd, :,
that I know now yet i"-Bostop n.
script,
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
MAKING IT HARD FOR BANK CROOKS
How the Nations Bankers Are Banded Together in Wu
on Crime-The Great Crook Trap and
the Way 1t Works.
BY JOHN OAkWOOD

The slick gentry who have been wont to walk into bah
and mesmerze paying teers into giving them good
worthless checks have recently become of the
their operations daily growing difficult Crooks w
have operated with apparent immunity fo- have udde
found themselves caught in the meshes of what to
nation wide crook trap.
To show how effectively this is working, of tn
biggest figures the worthless check operators mar
who claims to have derauded dozens of banks reaz
than 900 from his operations recently fell M
tolls of the trap Realizing that hopelessy caught
a complete confession.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
Defining Oyster

Unconscious humor is a branu al
Its own. In Nevada town the other
day teacher asked: What Is an
oyster?" Sixteen young minds worked
on the problem, but Willie beat them
to II. announcing his definition tri-
umphantly: AN oyster IS hsh puii'
like nut"
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08

structed to take steps to de,aiD hi|
IL the bank.
Early the next afternoon the ,eA
phone rang In the detective Office all
"a message came from a third bail
that they thought the man was in n|
lobby. Three detectives rushed u
the bank in an automobile which hh|
been held continuously In waiting
Two of the detectives covered h|
entrances OF the bank and the ,hr|
went into the lobby. He at oua|
noticed a short. well dressed nrI
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08

introduction, and secondarily,
salesman. 1t makes new friends
and it holds old ones. 1t makes
the public know your goods and
regard them as friend.
To stop advertising is to stop
greeting old friends and to stop
making new ones.-Denver Jobber.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08

Buffalo. N. Y.
resulting in the
sudden downfall
of a pair OF check
swindlers and ter
minating a years
successful opera.
tions in some fl.
teen cities in va
rious sections OF
the country.
The pair began
their operations
IL Buffalo in the
middle OF Janu-
ary. one OF them
appearing at the
special sa wings
account window
OF q bank there
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
Crumbs Swept Up.

American Pencil Week has been pro-
claimed for the last week in August.
but it is not expected to be very pop
ular with the school boys.
1t is often the case that the people
who pretend to be shocked are in real
ity delighted.
Laziness is at times so artistically
employed, that a man gets fine repu-
tation for good judgment.
Tell the truth at all times is good
advice, but telling it to the right per-
son is wisdom.
What you take out of life is precisely
what you put into it, and no more.
The main advantage to being an
aristocrat is that you don't have to
have any brains.
The human system is full of laughs,
but too many folks never open up the
check valve.
What has become of the old fashion
ed boy who used to go swimming in the
old swimming hole without a bathing
suit.
The old front porch and the wicker
chair is not bad refuge on Sunday
afternoon, when the speed fiends are
abroad.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
Trauels of Channel Buov

A luminous channel buoy which Al,
appeared Off the port OF Bu.,n
Aires, Argentina. two years ago wv
picked up on the west coast Of An.
tralla. Currents carried It acros, A.
South Atlantic and Indian oce,n
halfway around the world.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08

standing at on
side and wa,d
ing the line v
people at the tel
ers' Windows. h|
the line be NJ
ticed a large mai
answering thi|
description Of NJ
bad check open
tor he was sUtl
ing.
T h e detectiH
approached M
man who al o'd|
scented trouMI
and tore up vi
papers he bad a
his hand. titiaI
tho Dieces In vi
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
Thinnest Visibls Thread

The thinnest thread visible TO n.
human eye Is SO small that II vnv
take a bundle Of n thousand o, ~
TO equal the diameter Of a wou,,.
hair. These threads are made ~.
melted quartz.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
Card of Thanks.

We take this means to thank our
many friends and neighbors for the
many acts of kindness rendered US
during the illness and after the death of
our beloved wife. mother and daughter.
L. P. TURNER AND CHILDREN.
MR.. AND MRS M. d. CLARK.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
Struck by TUo-Ton Hammer

Car couplings and drawbars are
tested by subjectlng them TO blows
from two-ton hammer and If they
stand the impact of this weight they
are considered safe enough to prevent
railway accidents.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
No Slur1 Section in Vien,s

Vienna. the capital city Of rehsbs
tated Austria. has practically no Lr,
section; has very little dirt su
squalor for a city, and with one-fourt
OF New York's population Is spra,
out over four times the area Of Nm
York.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
The lime for Silence

The man who says the right thing
at the right time is n man who says
nothing ut all when in doubt.-Boston
Transcript.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
BAPTIST

Sunday School at 1000 a. m.
Preaching each alternate Sunday
Morning service 90 Evening at
500
There will be no preaching services at
the Baptist Church during the month
of August.
C. L. FLANDERS,
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
0t the Skuvchss
CATHOLIC

Services the first and third Sunday s
of each month. Services begin at
900 a IN.
The public always welcome at all
services.
REV. JOSEPH H. Drummer
Telephone % Mancos. Colo
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
METHODIST

Dolores 1000 a. m. Sunday School
Preaching services Sunday morning
and evening Theme Sunday evening
Summer Parlors'
CLINTON T. FARMER, Pastor.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08
Misht Be Made to Work

Probably more young men would be
able to make their own living If they
didn't have fathers to support them.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-08

Il dined at my fiancee's home to-
day remarked young Snyder at the
club.
''Oh, indeed?" asked his elderly
friend. They regard you as one of
the family by this time. don't they?"
mot yet. They haven't reached the
point where they bawl me out if max e
a spot on the tablecloth.' -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
DEATH OF SWEETHEART
NARY VIRGINIA.

Cadet Ray E Harris of Massanutten
Academy has received a note from
Mrs. Bertha Westbrook Reid. mother of
the loved and lamented Wallace Reid, |
announcing the death of her mother,
Mrs. Mary Virginia Westbrook, oval
ly's'beloved grandmother. Wallace al
ways referred to and called this charm
ing, gentle old lady, "My Sweet
Heart Mary Virginia" She joined
Wallace after brief illness at her
home in Redbank, n j., on Dec. 2Sth.
Mrs Westbrook is of an old Virginia
family, well known throughout the
State and her death brings the greatest
sorrow to all who knew her.
Certainly our sympathies go out to
Mrs. Bertha Westbrook Reid, who in
the past year has lost both her SON
and mother. Of the former she has
written a beautiful little volume on his
lie entitled, 'The Life Story of Wal
lace Reid by His Mother" This is her
tribute laid at the altar of his memory.
In this volume she has told of the
beauty, the wholesomeness and true
fIneness ofthis typical young American,
Wallace Reid. She has written it with
the purpose of reaching all those who
loved Wallace to tell them of her son,
in answer to the thousands of requests,
from all parts OF the world, she has
received for incidents of his life. 1t is
most beautifully illustrated and writ
ten. The closing lines are typical Of
its beauty, These are the loving
memories gathered from mother-love
and if you look closely, dear reader
right in the center you will find hel
heart y
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
Newspapers To Be used
As School Books


Washington, Dec. n Capital
News Service. Much interest is
expressed in Capital City edu-
cational circles over the pro-
posals of Missouri school author
tiles to use the daily newspaper
as a class room book, for daily
study.
The plan is advanced by Chas
"A Lee, state superintendent of
public schools, who has placed 1t
before each school in the state
Mr.. Lee asserts that the news
paper as the vehicle of world
wide communication and ex
change of thought is a public
necessity. and that pupils should
be taught how to read and study
the news in the better class oil
newspapers. Grasp of the dan
gers besetting Government, he
holds, can only be had by serious
study of the actual development:
! day by day.
Stephen A. Wagner, membel
of the st. Louis Board Of Edu
I.s.ien. advocates that the I~aat
subscribe for large number Of
daily papers, to be put into reg
ular use in classroom work. Thi
plan would give each pupil ,
newspaper during the discussion
period
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.

AT meeting of the Citizens Club of
Maurertown, Va, held on Thursday,
December 9th, 1923, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted
and ordered spread upon the minutes
of the club.
Whereas, in the providence of God
our Co-Worker and Charter member
Bernard H. Meredith was on the 22nd
day Of December 1928. called from the
scene of his earthly activities, and
Whereas, the Citizens Club, by pro-
per resolutions is DESTROYS of express
ing its tribute to his worth as a citizen
and to his unselfish zeal in those things
which obtained for the civil and mora
betterment of the community in whic
he lived. Therefore be it
Resolved, That in the death of Ber-
nard H. Meredith, Maurertown has lost
citizen who was always keenly alive
to all movements which meant for the
veal of his town and one by his life
exemplified those things which stood
for higher conception of true citizen
ship.
Resolved, That in his loss the Cit
zens Club has been deprived of ;
leader in community uplift; his churcl
has lost member who stood for right
eous living toward both man and God
And his family husband, son an,
brother, who brought sunshine to tn
lives he touched.
Resolved, That copy of these reso
lutions be furnished the Shenandoa
HERALD of this county for publicatio
and copy given his wife.
HUGH BEYDLER,
A. G, SHAVER.
/ V. S. SHAFFER,
Committee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
FRIDAY. JANUARY 4. 1924.
Putting Labels on the Country

what town is this?" ALI
tourists have asked the question
hundreds of times. Progressive
towns put the name of their city
on signs at tue CITY limits. just
as they also put through arrows
to guide the traveller.
What road is tbis?" is asked
almos. as often. especially on the
less travelled highways Main
travelled roads are rapidly being
marked, so that the visitor from
altar is not confused.
What river is tliis?" is often.
q matter of wonA-.eo tue motor
rs, who passes over branches of
tie same stream, alongside
Iake.er over a bridge without
knJwing wirat body of water ii
Is which he crosses or passes.
The League of American Pen
Women is asking the various
State Highway Commissions to
place suitable markers near
famous streams to inform the
travelling public. 1t is a laudable
work but why, the traveller wants
to know. stop famous stream?
Why not mark all bodies of water
en- or near any and all roads, SO
that the traveller may get better
acquainted with the country
through which lie passes?
Municipalities fud it pays to
welcome the tourist, to guide him
surely and quickly, to make him
feel at nome. The stop! leu
miles an hour under penalty of
the law" sign is disa pearing- III
favor of the Our speed limit is
fifteen miles an hour; please OBJ
serve it. as we make you. well
come type of sign. With the
latter goes the courtesy of road
markers and stream bel, worthy
work for anv civic club to take
up, that the municipality be
visited with joy and remembered
with pleasure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
OWLS BANQUET.

Woodstock Nest No. 1876 Ord er oil
Owls. entertained their friends an d
families at most enjoyable reception
and oyster supper on Saturday night,
in their hall on third floor of the
HERALD Building.
A part of the program was rendered
III the Court House and later the Owls
with their invited guests repaired to
their Nest" Aere covers were laid
for more than hundred guests and
members of the order.
The Hamburg Band furnished the
music which was greatly enjoyed by
all present, as were the interesting
talks by F. S. Tavenner Jr. and Rev.
K H. Cline, who were guests of the
order, and DR.. j. Graves who is a
member of the Owls.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
TO OuR SUBSCRIBERS

The Post Office is again making de
mands on publishers Of newspapers to
revise their mailing lists. Under the
ruling Of the Department the publisher
will not be allowed to mail papers as
second class matter to subscribers who
owe for more than one year, unless
the subscriber has given instructions
to continue sending 1t for q definite
time and bona fide promise to pay.
Because Of this law, we are compelled
to communicate with all onr subscrib-
ers and ask them to cooperate with rs
that We may put our mailing list IN the
shsperequfred.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04

Edwin Painter of Capon Road
and Miss Edith Lineberg, OF
Strasburg are visiting the family
of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Shrum.
Ed. and Mrs. b. w. Neff, of
Mt. Jackson were here on last
Thursday visiting relatives. the
the families of Jno. J. Gocllenour
and Mrs. Ida Gocheuour.
The Citizens Club. visited the
Aims House on New Years day
and distributed gifts to the in
mates. Devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. francis Brown
Rector OF the Episcopal Church
ut Woodstock. It is the wish Of
the club that arrangements could
be effected whereby religious
services can be held their each
month.
Barney Kohne who has been
employed near Martinsburg for
the past year, arrived here on
to spend several weeks
with his wife, and other menu
bers of his family.
Miss Bruce Funkhouser. of
Strasburg who visited Mrs.
Martha Spiker and Mrs. Pauline
returned home on Mon.
-.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
Fort Valley

We are still having fine winter
weather.
| Mrs. Funk, of near Carmel, is very
I'LL at this time.
Miss Pauline Shipe was surprised
last Sunday evening when lot of her
friends came in to give her surprise
singing, Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. William O'Flaherty, Misses Maude
and Sada O'Flaherty, Messrs. Ed, Otis
and Billie O'Flaherty, Miss Mary Rit-
enour, Samuel Shirley, MIR. and Mrs.
ii. D. Glenn, Ray Glen, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. S. Barr, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Shipe
land Robert Shipe, Frank and George
Plauger, Miss Althea Plauger, Paul
Plauger, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lichliter,
Miss Annie Shipe, Miss Della Tamkin,
Paul Tamkin, Mr.. and Mrs Ray Rinker,
Bert Rinker Hartman Walter, Charles
Shipe, E. r. Smith, Miss Leona Cola
day, Mrs. Leon McClanahan, and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Grandstaff. The eve
ming was spent in singing quartettes
and choruses, which were much en-
joyed by all present. Mrs. Ray Rinker
and Miss Sada O'Flaherty were or
ganists. We wish Miss Pauline many |
more happy birthdays,
E. R. Smith spent from Wednesday
until Saturday with his two sons. T
Charles and Clyde Smith in Winchester
who have employment there.
Tobias Glenn has purchased the stock
of merchandise of Merry McClanahan
at st. David's Church He took pos
session Jan. l, 1924.
We wish the Editor of the HERALD
ind the many readers happy and
year. /
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04

The net indebtedness FUNDED
and floating debt less si-aking
fund ssserts) Of Virginia was
ss.96 per capita for 1922. SO u
~ 1911. aa1 SILL Tor 1914.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
financial Statistics of the State
Government of Virginia. 1922.
EXPENDITURES

: Wasiiingtou,sD. Z. December
20. 1923.-The Department Of
Commerce announces that tile
cost of government for the state
of Virginia for the fiscal year
ended September 80. 1922.
amounted to SIS, 132,2 1888, which
was a per capita cost of $1,000
In 1917 the per capita cost was
34.46, and in 1914, $4.09. the
totale for these years being So
e9l, e16 and $685.. 293, respect
lively. The per capita costs f,r
1922 consisted of expences of
general departments, $7.99; pay
ments for interest, $0.37; and for
outlaws, $3.50, by far the greater
amount going for permanent i'm
provements to highways
REVENUES
The total revenue receipts for
1922 were $50. sol, 1927, or Sll 20
per capita. For the fiscal year
the per capita excess of revenue
receipts over governmental costs
was, therefore. SO So
In Virginia property and
special taxes represented 37.7
per cent of the total revenue for
1922, 4I.2 per cent for 1917. and
~ pee cent for 1914. srhe Ia
crease in the amount of property
and special taxes collected was
1910 per cent from 1914 to 1917,
and 1875 per cent from 1917 to |
1922. The per capita property
and special taxes were 81 ~ in
in 1922. sl.96 in 1917. and sl.o7
in 1914.
Earnings of general depart
meuts. or compensation for
services rendered by state offic-
ials, represented l4.0 per cent of
the total revenue for 1922. SO
per cent for 1917. and IA e perl
cent for 1914.
Business and nonbusiness
licenses constituted 1873 per cent
of the total revenue for 1922. 3d.
9 per cent for 1917, and 1913 per
cent for 1914. Receipts from
licenses consist chiefly
Of taxes exacted from insurance
and other incorporated COM
pauies, while those from nom
business licenses comprise taxes,
On motor vehicles and amounts
paid for hunting and fishing
privileges.
INDEBTEDNESS
The net Indebtedness (funded
ind floating debt less sinking
Iund ssserts)' Of Virginia was
8. IS per capita for 1922. SO "a
- 1917. aad tii. rs for 1914. I
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
ASSESSED VALUATION AND TAX
LEWIS.

For 1922 the assessed valuation
OF property in Virginia subject
to adyalorem taxation was ST.
S26, 1858, 100, the amount OF taxes
levi~d was $6,6a4, 47S; and the
per capita levy, $3.50
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
FOR SALE

Small farm "a acres, q miles west Of
Toms Brook, Va, well watered, MAE
room house, good out buildings, one
mile from store and school, mile from
church, on State road, bargain If sold
at once.
w. M. CALVERT.
E<1zything in Real Estate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
MaurcrtOWn

DEATH OF BERNARD H. MEREDITH
On Saturday morning Dec %.
at 1880 O'Clock Bernard II.
Meredith died at his homc here
after an illness of three we $
with Devil Grippe and COIN.
plications. He was aged As
years. 6 months and FL days. He
is survived by his wife. who was
Miss Pauline Hess, of Maurer-
town, his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Meredith, two sisters,
Mrs. w. E. Shaver and Mrs.
Margie Hill. of Maurertown, and
one brother Edward Meredith of
Baltimore, Md.
He had been in the service of
the B. & o. R. r. for about 80
years, until he and his wife
located here four years ago, for
ten years before coming here to
live lie was travelling auditor of
the passenger service of the b. &
0. r. r. He and his wife had
been married Ii years on the
10th of December. He connected
himself with the Methodist
Church at Edinburg when lie
was Is years old. The pail
bearers were Robert Saum, A..
G. Shaver, Hugh Beydler, v. S.
|Shaffer, Duke Shaver and Lemuel
d. Yew. Five years ago Dec.
z4th his nephew Delmar Shaver,
was buried in the same cemetery.
He died from the effects of in
fluenza.
The funeral services were held
on Monday afternoon, Dec. "a at
the Brethren church conducted by
Rev. E.B Shaver assisted by Rev
D. H. Rhodes, of Toms Brook,
was largely attended. A mixed
choir from Edinburg composed
of members from the different
churches was present and con-
Quoted the music very nicely,
Edinburg being the town OF the
deceased birth and where he lived
until manhood. Mrs. J. ID.
Lemon sang a beautiful solo
Face to Face" in a creditable'
manner. The floral offerings
were many. some from friends in
South Boston and Washington.
The Citizens Club sent a beauti-
full wreath OF carnations and
chrysanttemums. The interment
was in the Maurertown cemetery,
The widow and family have the
sympathy of large circle of
friends of the community in their
oSS.
Evening star., 1924-04-20

At right: Miss
Dorothy F. Red
dish, who played
the part of Maid
Marian in McKin-
ley Manual Train
ing Schools pro-
duction of Robin
Hood"
Evening star., 1924-04-09

ed as against the city regulations.
There are five portables at Park View
without downspouts to connect with
the sewers. il was pointed out by
Mr.. shannon, who declared that most
of the portables at Park New We're
damp. The school board was blamed
by Mr. Shannon for not providing
these drains.
George H. Russell, delegate to the
Public School Association, declared
at the next meeting he would have
something interesting to report from
that organization in regard to the
collections taken at community centers
DR.. James A Cahill, jr., member of
the staff at Providence Hospital, spoke
in connection with Cancer week" cam
paign.
Evening star., 1924-04-09

District cancer committee, will broad
cast lecture on the campaign from
station WCAP of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company at
6:15 o'clock tonight DIR. Kerr and
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey spoke at
Mrs. Longs yesterday evening and
DR.. Il. Lawn Thompson broadcast
from WRC.
More than thirty patients have
been examined at the public dag
nostic cancer clinic conducted at tn
MeoicaI building, 1918 M street
northwest, by the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia, which is
cooperating on the drive
Leaders of the Capitals medical
profession are in attendance with a
Surse from the Instructive visiting
Nurses Association daily from, 1870
to l o'clock.
me calls that have been made upon
tne cilnio nave demonstrated, physi-
clans relterate, the value Of snich an
institution, applicants being assured
OF expert treatment, where neces-
Sary
Evening star., 1924-04-09
.BIRTH-CONTROL PLEAS
MADE TO committee
Proponents and Opponents Heard
in Removing Restriction
Upon Information.

The question of whether the circu-
lation of hirth control knowledge
over yesterday by a Senate committee.
Representative Vaile, republican,
Colorado, urged favorable report on
the Cummins-Vaile bill dealing with
the subject. He said that mo-
rality was not conspicuousIy bet
ter in the United States now than
fifty years ago, when the provisions
of the law he seeks to have strick en-
from the statute books were in
serted. The measure" he said does
Evening star., 1924-04-09
PARK VIEW CITIZENS
SCORE SCHOOL GAG
Declare Education Board Has Elk.
ceeded Authority in News
Censorship.

Unanimous opposition to the board
OF education censorship of school
news was voiced by the Park View
Citizens Association at a meeting at
the Park View School last night. The
association expressed itself as feel
ing that news of the schools is public
property and that neither the board
Of education nor any person had
right TO withhold such news. The
resolution was introduced by J.
Preston Shannon and was adopted
unanimously.
The lack of drainage spouts on the
portable school buildings was brand