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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
FORT VALLEY

Miss Leona Golladay and Miss
Arta Ritenour visited Miss Mary
Baker Ritenour the first of the week
Mr.. Riley and three of his chill.
dren are weekend visitors with his
mother-in-law, Mrs. P. P. Rinker in
Page County.
Mr.. Samuel Shipe is getting along
nicely with his new house.
Mr.. Joe Shipe and Miss Annie
Shipe took trip last week and when
they came home they were man and
wife. We wish them a long and
happy life.
We are needing rain Corn and
grass is suffering for rain.
The Trinity Sunday School picnic
was well represented 1t was held at
Caroline Furnace last Saturday. Sew
enty-eight scholars were present
from Trinity. Many others attended.
A good part of the day was spent in
singing and recitations and many
other games of different kinds. There
was fat woman's race, then dinner
came on. The table was one spread
on the green sod and was 40 feet
in length. 1t was loaded from end
to end with everything good to eat
and at four O'Clock autos and trucks
left the fine spring and left for home,
all enjoying the day.
The Rinker reunion was held at
Mt. Zion Church last Sunday and was
well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rinker and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Rinker, of Ohio,
spent two weeks with their mother,
Mrs. P. P. Rinker and other relatives
and many Of their old friends and
we were glad to see our old friends
back in Virginia once more.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel O'Flaherty of
Washington are visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. O'Flaherty
and Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Boyer.
Mr.. Lamon Habron steps high. It's
a boy.
Mrs. John Rinker returned home
last Saturday from two weeks visit
to her son Theodore of Philadelphia.
Her many good neighbors would have
been glad if she would have come
sooner
Mr.. James Walter and daughter of
Youngstown, O., are spending their
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. H. Walter of Carmel.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
MAKING scotch"
IN WINCHESTER
Imported" Liquor Made At Home
Looked Like Real Thing

Winchester has, or had, new in
dustry until Saturday when officers
swooped down ON well-equipped
plant for the manufacture of real
Scotch Whiskey" A distillation of
chemicals plus liquid smoke and a
few other ingredients which would
eat holes in zinc tub were blended
together in a connection which was
bottled capped and labelled, just as
| is the real stuff which comes from
the Caledonian hills.
The local factory even went so far
as to allege on the labels that the
distillate in the bottles was made by
royal warrant from His Majesty, the
King of England"
! 1t is asserted by those who whitfield
the royal hooeh, that had X n G
i George put several bracers of it be-
low the belt, he would have run
Queen Mary out of the kitchen
+ Forty quarts of the spurious
speechmaker was found in the home
of Milton Newman, a colored youth
together with the plant for making
the stuff.
Harold Smoot, formerly of Wood
stock and Clayton Ritter and Ward
Windle, Winchester youths were ar
rested in connection with the crime
and each were given four months in
Jail, with a Sis fine attached by
Magistrate Worsley in police court
This for possession of ardent spirits
The charge of manufacturing still
hangs over them
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
SECRETARY LANDS ONE

Secretary William NJ. Calvert of
the Woodstock Chamber of Com
meree is not subject to apoplexy. Had
he been, in landing the largest bass
caught in the North Fork of the Shen-
andoah River since 1876 he would
have met an untimely end on Satur-
day. The bass weighed, it is stated
a few ounces over five pounds and
was 23 inches long. He was using
live bait and was fishing from Stone
wall dam.
There have been other large fish
caught this season but none from the
North Fork of the Shenandoah which
even approaches the victim of Mr..
Calvert's hook in size.
1t is needless to add that the secre-
tary rushed back to town as soon as
the fish was landed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
JOIN THE CAMPAIGN

Parents, join the campaign with
the United States Bureau of Educa-
ton and the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers to send chill
dren 100 per cent perfect in health
to school in September, 1925.
Do you know,
l. How many first-grade children
in your school district must repeat
the grade next year?
2. That repeating discourages the
child?
8. That repeating is often due to
physical defects that are easily rem
edied?
4. That each repeater costs the
school district from s72.50 to $50
per year?
5. That parents can save this waste
by correcting the defects of their chill
dren before they enter school Will
your child be the repater next year?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
STAR TANNERY
STORE ROBBED
Thief Shot At BY Northumberland
Unavailing

Hesler Himelright, postmaster and
merchant at Star Tannery, Frederick
County, was in Winchester Saturday
consulting with Sheriff Pannett rela-
tive to the robbery of his store in
Star Tannery Tuesday morning. So
far there is no clue to the thief, but
postoffice inspectors are expected
shortly, to begin a thorough investi-
cation into the case.
The night following the robbery,
Mr.. Himelright chased man away
from the porch of the store and post
Office on two occasions. The last
time the man was observed lettering
around the place at three O'Clock in
the morning. when friends of Mr..
Himelright, who had been watching
the premises, fired at him with re-
volver 1t is not known If the shots
took effect
The thief at the store gained en-
trance by removing window. He
stole card containing small bottles
of perfumery, large package of
socks, lot of cigarettes and smok-
ing tobacco and silver watch. No
money was stolen, as the thief over
looked s26 in cash in a drawer
Nothing of value was stolen from
the postoffice which adjoins the store
Whether the man who visited the
store the night after the robbery is
the same person who committed the
theft is not known. When he was
fired upon. the man was running
away from the store
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
PICNIC AT LIBERTY

Taking with them a high-power
radio set which added materially to
the evenings enjoyment. party of
young folks from the Calvary and
nearby neighborhoods had a basket
luncheon at Cold Spring, in the
mountains west of Liberty Furnace
on Sunday afternoon.
In the party were Misses Lois VOL
verton, Ruth Kibler. Wilmeth Sager,
Arlene Peer, Inez Peer, Mat KILLER,
Ethel Peer. Daisie Hollar and Ada
Jordan and Messrs. Minor Kavan-
augh, William Burnshire. Noah
Sheetz. o. @. Sheetz and L. M. Sheetz.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY

Located on Lantz Mill Road. one.
half mile from Edinburg, Va. Good
7-room frame house, porches. cellar,
plenty of shade and good water, five
outbuildings. shop 60 20 feet. Own
er has done splendid business but
must retire on account of health.
Ideal for chickens; splendid range to
creek. For price and terms. see
w. M. CALVERT,
Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
FOR SALE
REAL HOME BARGAIN-s25OO

New, six rooms and bath, electric
lights. located in Edinburg, Va, on
improved street. High elevation,
commanding excellent view. Two
blocks from depot. Be sure to see
this home, and see
w. NJ. CALVERT,
Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
SHENANDOAH VALLEY LOAN
AND TRUST COMPANY
WOODSTOCK. VIRGINIA

Put your savings in the Saving
Department of the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
va. at per cent compound inter-
ests Amounts of 800 and up
wards received. The only savings
institution in the county for the ac-
emulation of the small savings OF
laboring men, women and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
QUALITIES AS EXECUTOR

Mr.. w. E. Fleming has qualified as
executor under the will OF the late
David Windle. AS such he will make
sale of the mill property, on the back
road near saumsville.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04

The Shenandoah Herald, county
paper published at the County Seat.
Fair and fearless. $50 the year.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
GOOD FARMS FOR SALE

We have some very good dairy,
stock, grain. fruit and poultry farms
for sale. Prices very low. We can
suit you. Farm lands have reached
low-water mark now and are advanc-
ing. Also some very good business
propositions. Come to see us. Call
or write
w TT RRTTxrRACU
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
CIDER AND APPLE BUTTER

Will run my cider mill and apple
butter plant Tuesdays of each week
until further notice. Terms cash.
Ag 14-4t 1. III. HARRIS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04

HdZdTu OF an increased cost TO any
of the policyholders. However, let
us not forget that the remarkable
success of our company is largely due
to the policyholders themselves. You
are entitled to great credit for the
strong financial condition of the COM
pany. We have had your full COOP
Grafton in the prompt payment of the
premiums assessed, and further in
the care and caution used to prevent
fires from taking place Every hold
er of fire insurance policy renders
a service to the company in taking
proper precaution to prevent a fire
on his or her premises. Your faith
full efforts in this respect are fully
appreciated by the officers and direc-
tors of the company. And l take this
method to politically give due credit
for your help and assistance in build
ing up one of the strong mutual fire
insurance companies in the State.
Our company is now over forty
nine years old, and during that en-
tire period of time, so far as the rec
ords are available, the past two years
of the company have exceeded any
other like period. both in the in
crease of new business, in the amount
of premium collected, in the prompt
payment of losses, and in the wise
and conservative management of its
affairs. When the record of the COM
pany is carefully examined, it will ap-
pear that we are today in the best
possible condition. In fact the COM
pany could not be in a better con-
dition, taking all things into consid-
Grafton.
Respectfully submitted,
GILBERT E. PENCE,
President
Officers and Directors
Gilbert E. Pence, President
r. L. Campbell. Secretary Treas
urer.
Directors
Lee District:
C. S. Kerlin
Samuel Hounshell
Ashby District:
j. M. Kagey
E. 2. Dingledine
Madison District:
T. w. Allen, Jr.
S. A. Wilkins
Johnston District:
S. E. Boyer
S. B. Miley
Davis District:
E. Frank Ramey
w. L. Green
Stonewall District:
S. B. Hepner
Walter Wisman
Frederick County:
E. M. Funk
G. E. Coghill
Notes
The company has 100000 of
fire insurance, being an increase of
five and one-half millions in the past
ten years. Premiums are now about
$4,000 a year as compared with
$4,000 ten years ago.
Four assessments were missed in
ten years, thus reducing the cost Of
insurance on an average of two
fifths. Business has increased at the
rate of 100000 per year, but cost of
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
WOOD FOR sALh

have 600 cords of stove wood
Will deliver in town or community In
stove length or sell of ranks in
woods.
Il. u. GoLLIDAY.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04

It VIII further appear from the
books of the company that the costs
of operating the company have not
increased to any extent during the
past ten years. and that the members
of the board Of directors receive very
little compensation for the services
rendarad
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
Progress Made

We have made great progress dur
ing the past ten years. but with all of
our expansion and increase of bust
ness. 1t was not done at an increased
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
SO BIG.

THIS is n big country, and the West is
i of n bigness beyond all Eastern
Imagination.
The first Eastern states were made
horseback size. Later ones were stage
size. The great West is railroad size. And
the world is growing airplane small. II is
n dizzy time. Come West, old fogy, and
learn how big your country is.
But, across the great expanse of this
matchless land. YOU see one thing that
you ear see nowhere else in the world.
That is 100000. 900 people, stretching
from ocean to ocean. all speaking the same
language and living. feeling and thinking
in much the same fashion.
The high school faculties of Lewiston.
Me-, and Lewiston. Ida, could exchange
places and go on the next day teaching
the same things TO pupils of the same
previous training and coming from the
same sort of homes. There is nowhere else
on earth where such things are possible.
We are no more standardized than some
other peoples. but we have done il on an
enormously wider scale.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
HORSE SENSE

THE FINN. sire of the great race horse
i Zeb, recently died on a blue grass
farm in Kentucky.
Ten or IL years ago The Finn made a
great reputation for himself and Andy
Schuttinger, the jockey who usually rode
him.
And the secret of The Firms success
was not alone speed and stamina. but the
ease with which he could be placed" in
a big field of horses.
Placing means horse sense enough to
drop behind the p%acemaker, squirt ahead
or come from behind in the stretch at the
command of the jockey.
Many a horse hasn't got it.
1t was that horse sense. that enabled
The Finn to win many a race from horses
of dazzling speed.
There's a lesson for human beings. in
the success of The Finn. There's many a
young man who doesn't want to be
placed in the business world. He doesn't
want to be a cog in the machine until
experience and developed ability will enable
him to direct the machine.
And, like the horses The Finn defeated.
he often will show dazzling speed at the
start and then wilt in the long run down
the stretch.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
A DANGER REMOVED

COUNCILMAN CAMPBELL is striving
v hard TO find some method of pre-
venting the city manager form of govern
ment from going into effect in June. 1926,
the date set for it by the charter amend
ment submitted to council by the Munich
pal league.
He even went so far rs TO request an
opinion from the corporation counsel as
to whether il wouldn't be possible TO call
a special election at which 10 freeholders
could be elected TO give us a charter re-
vision. Probably Campbell didn't stop TO
consider that practically the only persons
who would turn out TO vote at a special
election would be the special interest and
the underworld crowd, and that any char
ter commission selected by them would
be fatal to municipal ownership. Prob
ably, as gossip ut the city building has il,
the only thing Campbell had his eye on
was the fact that, if the installation of
the city manager plan was delayed n
year or two years, il would leave open an
opportunity for some man to step into
the mayoralty for that term, and why
should not that man be Campbell?
Fortunately. however, for the interests
of good government, Tom Kennedy, cor
poration counsel, has eliminated this dan
ger with an opinion that Mr.. CampbelPs
plan is not within the law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
Motor Truck Companies
Ready for Expansion
nv n 4 PAMndT
BY Z. A. RANDAU
mis- n lhe nnh Of q se@fs on

This n the NTH of q se@ts on
whats Bach Of the Automobile
Prize War Editor.
ILTAsHINGTOS oct @ a
w continued steady growth iu
The demand Tor automobile
trucks and buses may De q
pscied fof some years 10 come
sales OF commercial vehicles
haze not been pushed as hard
as the sales of passenger carr.
and consequently more loom re-
mains FOR czpan lon" This rep
reseuts tho oplaIOn n M n
tho commerce departments 1
psrtF
Largely free from The sharp
fluctuations which have mark
cd The manufacture Of pansen-
ger cars. tn the truck business
las shown an almost unintsf-
rupted growth during tho past
10 years An average monthly
production Of C.000 trucks IN
1915 had grown 10 over $4,000
In 1920. Then came the buh-
ness slump Of 1891 and 1922
when truck production fell OF
lightly. but the monthly aver
uge for the past two years has
been higher than ever before
and il now over 10000 trucks
per month.
As IN the case OF passenger
car manufacture. tho bulk Of
the truck business Is domin-
Btcd by a few large companies.
Half Of all the heavy trucks
and buses now being made arc
produced by four companies.
or tho rs companies which
make passenger cars IS also
turn out trucks. Including
these IS there arc l50 truck
manufacturers In the United
States Many OF these arc
small local concerns. producing
only a few trucks each month.
Operating on a small scale, and
buying many OF his PARTS from
firms which specialize In motor
equipments. a truck manufac-
turer may prosper in a meas
urc by selling his whole out
put 10 local business houses.
Closely related 10 the manu-
facture Of trucks IL tho produc.
ton Of passengcr-carrying motor
buses. Recent statistics show
that 10000 buses arc now In
use us common carriers This
number is being augmented
rapidly. as street a companies
and railways are being won
over TO the plan OF supplement
ing their services with bus lines
Another developing field IL
the school bus AZ present
nearly 10000 buses are used 70
carry children 10 schools a
great number OF these operate
in rural districts. where CONSOLE
dhtion Of schools has enabled
farmer communities 10 provide
better facilities but only by
lengthsning the average distance
10 be Travelled by pupils
Community-owned buses have
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
Variety of Food Is
Needed for Body

The resort 10 cheap foods
may lead TO malnutnuon thru
On excessive amount Of stnrchcs
Meat 70 "a valuable food but
there nrc objections 70 tho cR.
cessiye usa Or meat
Bacteria thrive better IN Tie
ihtestnrs u those who cat too
much meat, and while there are
both good and lad bacteria. tho
products Of tho activity OF these
intestinal bacteria may some
times be Injurious Also. with
the excessive ,usc of meat you
arc likely 10 accumulate an *
ers 81 protein.
Any excess II protcins. unlcNs
burned ~ by physical c1crcirc.
must bc thrown Off by the body
~ tho action OF the liver and
Kidneys because the BODY has
no way 81 storing up a surplus
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
DISCOURTESy

WHAT is it that changes the dispo-
wv sition of so many people as soon MS
they sit behind the wheel Of an automo-
bile?
There are thousands of people who are
extremely polite and courteous MS long as
they are not driving n car.
But rs soon ms they start driving they
try to crowd other people off the road.
TO cut corners on pedestrians, to force
other cars to stop so they can turn
a corner and do countless other things
far more discourteous Than they would
ever think of doing in their office or their
home.
Possibly such action is necessary in
self-defense these days when so many
auto drivers seem to think they ought to
have all the road, but the automobile is
certainly making this country forget all
about politeness and courtesy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
Hits at Get
Rich Quicks
By Earl SparhHg

WAsHINGTON. oct 81
w wave Of the hand and an
Ice wagon driver could become
o trained executive with glass.
topped dcsk, electric fan and
pretty sienographer
But that. lads. was yesterday.
The Federal Trade commits.
sion is launching a campaign
against correspondence schools
which. in It's opinion. promise
too much. The Better Business
bureaus and the Associated I'D.
yertlslng clubs are behind the
campaign
The Jobway Home Study.
Inc. Of Chicago. one OF tho
first schools 10 feel the com
missions hand. has Just been
ordered 10 quit advertising.
That II can In 10 months
qualify any student as an cx-
pert craftsman, able TO earn
from 5000 TO $500 a month.
That II can qualify any stu.
dent in one year as an automo.
tive expert. able 10 arm from
s75 10 5000 a week
Dozens OF schools r max
ing grand promses. explains
H. o. BrownelI. commission At.
tornoy. 1T ls pathetic how
gullible young men. clerks and
high school graduates. swallow
such stuff. We intend 10 pro-
tcct them as much as possible,
There are. Of course. a mum.
Der OF worthy correspondence
schools. These schools do not
make such promises.
But I found one school that
~adycrtiscs a large staff Of
trained engineers which actu.
ally consists OF one. lone man."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05

been introduced 10 eliminate this
handicap.
In the fraEta carrying field
large motor trucks have made
serious inroads into the short
haul business Of steam rail-
roads IN soms Of tho larger
ciiier, the trucks are being
used ~ the railroad companies
themselves 10 haul freight from
outlying freight depois 10 as
livery points within tho dB.
Between large csnisTs u
population the trucks are com
psting with railroads on an in
creaaing scale. This business.
which gives every sign Of fur
thor Development. - regarded
BY truck manufacturers aB as
surfing them OF an cyer-growing
market
nomorrow-'A Field for New
Profits IN Autos
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
Mr.. F'1rat of The Star
Undertakes Here to Remedy Your Troubles, il They
Are Of Public Interest

Mr. fiit. We purchased a
used car from a local dealer on
the i%nstqiimeHt plan. our On
tract calls for payment at the
local address on a certain date.
This contract has been sold 10
a concern out Of foicn. and they
insist that Nc hare the money
IN their office on the date
called for In the contract. tchich
mean tce must send 70 three or
four days cartier, which Is not
Convenient. Can they make Us
do ~ SUBSCRIBER.
II your contract reads as you
say II does, you may tender
your payment TO the office
where the contract indicates on
the date named. taking along a
witness. II they instruct you
TO send 1t TO the out-of-town
concern you may do that and
let them worry about tie date
II reaches there.
Mr.. FLrit Can a mdrried man
DiUe d warranty deed TO prop
crtv In t0hich his icijc has no
com munitp interest icithoUt the
signature Of tho tcife1 s.
A man has the right to deed
property In which his wife has
no community interest but most
purchasers would insist upon
both signatures
Ur. H1it: We haze a Gsh
fertilizer factory IN our neigh
borhood and II Is a great nuts.
oncc. There "a a school car
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05
w. c. T., u. AND MOTHER
GOOSE

A KANSAS w. C. T. u. has passed A
"A resolution urging censorship of
Mother Goose tales to eliminate all refer
ence to Intoxicating drink.
Old King Cole with his "pocketful of
rye seems to be the specific object of
attack of the women.
Wen bet that some of the worst drunk.
ards never learned n Mother Goose rhyme
in their childhood and that some of the
foremost advocates of prohibition were
once able TO recite many of the verses
from memory.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-05

NONE Of us do half the things that we couId. our tasks mas bo
~ many and yet, none OF us do half the things that VIC should Tho
answer We simply forget.
Often W think on a single track mind and thoughts are confined 10
one thing. Thenfs when accomplishments falling behind while tntIo,s.
ness Is having IT'S films.
sure / can do IT," has often been said and probably honestly meant
Then 10 some other thing people are led and tho best Of intention ia
spent.
Memrys a mighty good thing to promote It's use makeg yourl life
seer more fun. Always forgetting can get a mans goat thru worry
Ger things left undonc.
Lifea greatest anbis easy 10 say, but really twin help you n lot
TO always be able TO shout, day by day, ~ did IT," and not Il forgot"
Copyright. 1926. for The Seattle starr