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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-07-21
WhitmOre Lumber Co., Inc.

One of Outstanding Industries of
County Add Prestige to The
Gateway to Virginia Valley"
Large Concern Manufactures Build
ing Materials of All Kinds on Big
Scale.
In its rise to a position Of prom
inenee in commerce and industry
/ Charles Town owes considerable to
the Whitmore Lumber Co.. Inc, for
the prestige its operations has given
to the town.
This concern. established February
/. 1919. bought out the old Phillips
Lumber Co.. and has been Develop
ed into one Of the largest building
materials headquarters in the State.
II owns its own property, operates on
about II lots. and has plant thor
oughly equipped with every modern
appointment for giving the best pos
sible service at low costs.
There is nothing in the line of
building materials that cannot be
found in this company's stocks. The
concern. employing 80 people, oper-
ates large plant for mill work. the
bulk of it's lumber coming from the
South. and being distributed through
out the Shenandoah Valley. as well
as in manv other sections.
The concern has several depart
ments which serve the trade with
uniform courtesy and efficiency and
enable the company to function more
expediently and at less cost. 1t
handles big stock of electrical
equipment, Of which r. M. Hooe has
charge. while j. L. Webster is in
charge of the distribution of its large
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
ARIZONA'S INTEREST AT STAKE

The swngJohnson BILL appropriate for
gravest measure
Arizona became a state.
is joke
of the president of the United States and
In brief proposes protect aid the prosperity
of six Colorado entirely and
nobody smpon the federal cannot
proposition congressional sanction given
it.
The protection and
Arizona store
the in such crcum
states but would strive benefit section
bo no+ion. I NOT states
quarrels.
there it under the sun
California efforts might make to take ALL
power leaving Arizona NOTHING at
divided below the dam into reclamation uses
and the spoken for the Colorado river
insofar Arizona is concerned for the state
will be LEFT OUT entirely The longesabshed law OF prior gn
will that.
The question
who amored for all the benefits for this state thinking the
might be gained
While filling the air. stalemate has
been laid the important question: matters nave acneo @
that Arizona the losing EVERYTHING and CAN
forna gaining
nothing be gained by pointing the finger guilt at the
state its citizens should
keep The peril here; must be thrown bacf
be.
adoption by of the Swing
nuled by court action either is ignorant
able lawyer and get the alarming
belong Arizona and this state
control it,
The peope of Arizona should lombard congress protests
against them of what have
in should
responsible
delay reaching
nt with the other states Not only messages
of other states should be
bill ballot passing the sentence OF
all time and taking its greatest resource
Colorado dam project up at Washington
commission has been asked to give permit
to big waterfall
bordrs the lower waters OF which are
navgabe the falls remain intact
at the
could nothing at ALL "If the
the falls will be lost to u.s. One
Arizona which, should
a objections
the sanctionPrescott Courier
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23

We must hold in check this torce
which would hurl us to certain dis
truction"
The pessimistic reactionary stand
patter sits on his rope, digs his
heels into the ground and pulls
back with all his might; lamenting,
always groaning and lamenting.
Those who style themselves as
progressives- es-radicals-find pc
culiar pleasure in claiming them
selves as in advance of civilization.
But are they any more so than the
man who says: Eyes, | see that
your face is turned in the right di-
rection, but you must watch your
self. You must go more carefully
and slowly"
These restlesse spirits who, when
given control over the destiny Of
things (as in Russia), soon run
away with themselves, and then the
conservatives begin to crop up in
their midst and eventually get con-
troll.
grant that civilization needs two
of these classes-the restless and
the conservative-but the knocker,
the dragger, this friction fellow
where he comes in I am not wise
enough to know.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23

The people whose lives are tragic
and miserable are comparatively
few, and, strange to say, these are
not the ones who worry the most.
Paradoxical as it may seem it is
those who possess fair degree of
prosperity and comfort who do the
most worrying. They seem to live
in expectation of some catastrophe
that never occurs.
Eighty per cent of all worry is
perfectly futile, Unnecessary and abb
surd. If we worry about inevita-
BILE things we are wasting our lives,
since what cannot be cured should
be endured and if done so with pa
tience will deaden the sting of ad-
versity.
Worrying, like any other habit,
can be cured. 1t must be accom-
plished by controlling the mind.
Keep the mind busy with good and
useful things, keep occupied with
wider interests and you will have
no time for worry. Gradually you
will become accustomed to looking
at the world through brighter
glasses and you and your fellow
men will be the happier for it
Nogales Herald. 49,
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
"HOT SHOTS"
By "BOLSHEVIK" BILL

In this world of ours we have
three types OF men. They are:
first those who run on, looking up
ward and ahead-never backward
wildly clutching at new and fanci-
full ideas and illusions; second.
those who walk cautiously in the
beaten path of experience, obser-
wing what is before and behind, CIV
ing due weight to knowledge gain
ed in the past, but also weighing
evidences of events which point to
the future; third, those who are
pulled in the march of progress in
a forward direction, but with faces
turned backward, looking only in
to the past, seeing the world as
plunging into darkness, saying
stubbornly that we are no longer
what we used to be-
If we put these three types in
the analogy of the assembly of a
steam engine, we have, in the first,
the onward, uncontrolled motion;
second, the governor holding mo-
tion in restraint; and third, the
binding friction which serves no
purpose but to wear, and impede
motion.
II we turn power on a steam en-
CINE where no governor is attach
ed, the engine soon attains a dang
erous speed, and its machinery will
surely be wrecked by its own mo-
mentum if left uncontrolled.
AS the steam is turned on the ma
chinery begins to move, and the
speed increases until the action OF
the governor comes into play, open
ing and closing the valve just
enough to admit the proper amount
of power to keep the engine nice
ly balanced. The friction of the
bearings be overcome before any
useful work can be done. The more
bearings and friction we have, just
that much more force we must ap-
ply to overcome it.
In the people this uncontrolled
force is represented by the progress
sives, the radicals, the discontents,
the visionaries who see the MIL
leHium ahead and run, eyes up,
stumbling over the natural diff
culties in the way.
The governor, the controlling
element, we have in the great mass
of people who are not moved un
necessarily by the visions ahead,
nor do they lag in the rut of the
past. They stand firmly on the
ground of reason. These are the
conservatives who say; I'VE may
move just so fast and no faster. Our
progress must be steady and sure.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
With Other
Editors
WHAT PRICE CAMERON?

Senator Cameron, at this election
session, is a great 'getter." He is
trying to get a tariff on copper
(Which would do more harm than
good. in an effort to increase his
following in the copper camps.
And he is trying to get bill re-
ducing the minimum price of state
land from SO to 81 an acre,in order
to increase his following among
cattlemen.
The state of Arizona never has
had any trouble in desposing of
lands granted it by the enabling
act which fixed a minimum price
for grazing land at SO an acre.
Nearly 100000 acres have been
sold and the state has so little
land remaining that the last legis-
lature asked congress for an addi-
tional 100000 acres for the con-
struction of highways and the sup
port Of educational and other pub
| lie institutions. The Arizona legis-
| lature did not ask for reduction
in the minimum price of grazing
| land but was willing to accept an
additional grant to be sold at So.
Now comes Mr.. Cameron with his
reduction bill in which he decides
| that 81 is enough for an acre Of
grazing land in Arizona To this
secretary of the interior has sub
mitted an adverse report.
| SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Hon. Robert N. Stanfield
Chairman, Committee on Public
Lands and Surveys,
United States Senate.
My Dear Senator Stanfield:
/ have your request of March "a,
1926, for a report on S. 1892, to
amend the act of June 20, 1910, pro-
viding for the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona into the Union,
in respect to the price for which
the State of Arizona May sell lands
therein granted to such State, so
that Par. 5, Sec. % of this act (36
Stat, 557-574) when amended will
read in part: "No lands shall be
sold for less than three dollars per
acre"
Congress, in the statute making
these grants, fixed minimum prices
at which the lands granted should
be sold by the States of Arizona and
New Mexico Gas to New Mexico,
see Par 5, Sec. 10 of the acD, be-
lieving doubtless, that grant funds
would be augmented as a result
thereof. Being of the opinion that
these provisions are Salutary, | do
not recommend enactment of the
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
HOME USE OF GAS INCREASES

Many idea that
recently completed munich
pal gas plant using
would that
be still
The General recently
considered
best fuel
They per
and25 also for water heating
frstga in exhibited Phila-
with
The development
entirely
until the of the electric light
gas lighting
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
WORRYING

Some wise man has said: "The
will is to the mind what the rudder
is to the ship, and can direct it in
any channel it desires"
Worrying is a habit. 1t is letting
the mind dwell persistently on
troubles and is the most charact-
eristic occupation of the pessimist.
That everybody has troubles is true
but that the majority of us have
enough troubles to justify us in
letting our minds constantly brood
on them is not true.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23

the Gia valley after having under
thousands dollars has
$4,000 Wnsow
years had dsasterous if
by the fighting
the
Winslow follow
equipment that will insure
against
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
THIS is FOREST FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

millions is
Men dHer
impending amne that imperative
to our useless destruction
excellent that the fire
limit unusually hazardous
the fires
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
TRAGEDY

CUSTOMER: What kind of pie
have you?
WAITRESS: Lemonapricotappl
pineapplepeachcoconutcustardcher-
ryandchocolate.
CUSTOMER: I'll have mince pie,
Waitress draws gun, shoots GUS
toner and calls janitor.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
proposed legislation. Very truly
yours
(rio1oJN TTTvnT1T1r ~, vr-NnT~


Senator Cameron at this time of
year (this) year is a great 'getter"
"a "getter" OF votes for himself.
He thinks copper tariff will tickle
the palate of the miners, so he is
for copper tariff, regardless of the
possibility of upsetting the balance
of an industry which has functioned
successfully for 80 years without
a tariff, and regardless of the fact
that in all probability he could not
steer his bill through congress.
And he thinks that by advocating
a lower grazing land fee he can
cater to the livestock industry at
the expense of every other taxpayer
of the state
What price Cameron?
Tucson Star
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
EMBERS

Long after he had gone she sat
before the fire, contemplating his
strange words. Now again she sob
bed, then struggled for composure.
His threat had struck chord of
fear into her dauntless heart. Not
for herself did she fear the out
come, but for her husband, who
liked cream in his coffee, but no
sugar.
For the last miIk-man in town
from whom she could obtain credit
had refused to deliver milk unless
the bill was paid.
(To Be Continued)
ibid Lady Wand Ike spend the
night alone on that mountain ledge,
high. above the timberline? Would
the rope hold? Why not, if any?
But there, there, you will want to
read it yourself. Send no money,
just a money order, and we will
send you the folding bed, as pic
tured in our handsomely embossed
pamphlet).
JUST BEFORE The BATTLE
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j "Sure, I know where you !
j. live, Mrs Offemspoffem. Many =
j night I've helped your hus- +
j band in" =
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Here comes the boss.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23

Angeles chamber that Investigations
Trails highway
travelling
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
EATING WOOD

II wish you wouldn't knit at
meals. I can't tell where my spa
ghetti leaves off and your sweater
begins. Washington Columns.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
THINGS / WISH MY WIFE
WOULDN'T Do

THINGS | WISH MY WIFE
WOULDN'T DO
\ Beat me to the sport sheet on
Sunday mornings.
Al Zebra.
Manager of new hotel in Chica
go offers aid to Cupid. A suite in
his hostelry occupied by bride
and groom will cost no more than
a similar suite occupied by bach
elor.
Proving again that two can fee
as cheap as one.
Even so, the bachelor still has
the edge in the dining room.
F. Scott Mcbride, general super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon League
cares not if the vets have big ma
jorities in the straw votes as long
as the drys win regular elections.
And as far as that is concerned,
the vets are willing to let the drys
win the regular elections as long
as it doesn't take away the whiskey.
New definition of a news story
is: Picture of a lady of indeter-
inmate years and doubtful beauty
with legs crossed) under any of
the following captions: "SLAYS
SEVEN IN LOVE NEST SPAT,'
SEASONS MOST BEAUTIFUL
DIVORCE" CRACKS PINT ON
NEW SHIPS PROV" SAILS FOR
PARIS DIVORCE" "RETURNS
FROM PARIS FREE" and so on,
and so on, and so on, ad infinitum.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
GROUNDS FOR HOMICIDE

Your etiquette is atrOciOus."
"So's your old manners"
Continued Story
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
CURRENT FICTION
I've had a lovely time. "
SPRING POEM

SPRING POEM
A man who makes himself despised
Is Putrid K. McSty.
He asks if you would like a drink
And then pipes $50 would l."
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23
TODAY'S FAIRY TALE

IOII1hH y lA1HU Il 1-11--111
According to Inscriptions de-
recently there is a Ia
day in al'-a-ma-zoo who for ten
years has not asked her husband
for the where-'with-al to purchase
a new cha-peau.
(She has been proprietress of a
Millinery Shop since 1876.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23

Hillside: Copper King ships so
tons of high grade zinc ore a day.
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23

Hillside: Galena company ships
good lead ore, sent to railroad ON
hurrOS
The Winslow mail., 1926-04-23

Here comes the boss.
Evening star., 1926-03-23
PLAN SEGREGATION
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
Many Indian Coolies to Be Deport.
ed to Protect White Supremacy,
Commissioner Says.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 23.--To
overcome threat against white
supremacy in the Union of South
Africa, more than 5000 900 blacks face
segregation. Eric Louw, commissioner
of that country to the United States,
said yesterday In an address before
the Export Club. He also told of
plans for deporting coolies to India
to relieve Unemployment Of white
laborers.
Mr.. Louw said there were only
about 100000 Europeans in the
Union, while non-Guropeans num-
bered 5.680.000, and the scattered po-
sition of the writes made the segrega-
tion move necessary, he said, to pre-
vent an uprising. The plans call for
"belts," in which the natives will be
allowed to live and work out their
own destinies.
The problem OF Indian coolies, the
commissioner said. was an aftermath
OF the war, many of them having
been imported as laborers during the
European conflict. They have the
choice OF segregation or deportation,
the government paying their passage
to India and giving them a bonus in
the event they select the latter course,
according to Mr.. Louw.
Evening star., 1926-03-23
HOUCHTON SCORED EDANDDEFENDED
in SENATE DEBATE ON REPORT
Harrison Precpitates Sharp Discussion Lasting More
Than Hour-Borah Demands Full Light on
European Conditions Upholding Envoy.

that 1t had a right to get the facts. for
they must have a large bearing on
the possibilities of disarmament.
Senator Harrison opened up the
whole subject by charging Ambassa'
dor Houghton with starting "a subtle
propaganda here at home to tear
down the work other men are trying
to do" He said he referred to the
action Of the Ambassador in callinS
newspaper correspondents into the
state Department and making a
frank statement to them about the
European situation. e
Reports of such an interview have
been spread far and wide. have
caused much comment abroad. and
have led the State Department to de-
clare in a formal statement that Mr..
Houghton had not opened his mind
about Europe to "ahy unofficial per-
SON" Senator Harrison did not at
tempt to explain the incident entirely
but he hinted that the Ambassador
might have made his observations In
the belief that his name would not
be connected with them.
Then, extending his attack to Prest'
dent Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg
the Mississippi Senator suggested
there must have been some conniv
ance between Careful Cal" Merry
Gus Nelly" and Gloomy Gus"
Fess Assails Harrison.
This aroused Senator Fess, Repub.
lican. Ohio, who lampooned Senator
Harrison for critHins the Ambas'
sador, Mr.. Fess conceded he had no
information whether Ambassador
Houghton gave a confidential inter
view to the correspondents. but added
that he did not depend upon the press
for his information.
Senator Borah told the Senate
that, from the brief interview he had
with Ambassador Houghton, the facts
as published did not differ from the
picture as it has been given by the
press of London, France and the
United States.
There is no doubt as to the serious
ness of the situation as presented by
Ambassador Houghton." Senator
Borah said. II doubt not at all that
it was stated correctly. The Presi
dent and the Secretary of State had
a right to know the facts. l wish the
American people could have them
and without any trimmings"
Evening star., 1926-03-23
RARE BOOKS SECURED
| BY HEBREW LIBRARY
University in Jerusalem Now Has
Collection of 1875, ,68S
Volumes.

BY the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, March 23.-The Jew
ish National Library of the Hebrew
University, designed to house the
worlds greatest collection Of Hebrew
books and manuscripts, now contains
1858 volumes, 40,89O of which were
secured during the last year, says a
report of DR.. Hugo Bergman, chief
librarian.
Included in the rare and ancient
books added to the library was the
first Hebrew book published in Amer
lea. THE Grammar Of the Hebrew
Tongue" printed in Boston in 1875
and dedicated to Harvard University.
Others were from the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries, published in the
golden days of Jewish literature and
scholarship in Spain, Italy, Turkey.
Germany and other centers. The
library is supported hy the Palestine
Foundation Fund and the Hebrew
University Fund. which draw their
chief support from American Jews.
Evening star., 1926-03-23
MELLON ANSWERS
DAvEY CRITICISM
Denies Useless Employees Are
Retained on U. S. Pay Roll.
UphoIds Transfers.

Taking up the battle in behalf Of
Government employees and in defense
of his policies. Secretary of the Treas.
ury Mellon has made prompt response
to the criticism of Representative
Martin l.. Davey of Ohio. who had
attacked the Treasury policy in con-
nection with forthcoming reduction
of force.
You intimate" said Secretary
Mellon in a letter replying to Mr..
Davey's communication. that it is
unless employees on the Federal
payroll. 1t seems to me that
before a letter making such an in.
ference is given to the newspapers
you should have taken the 5recau.
tion to ascertain the facts MY order
or March &, 1926, from which It is
obvious that the newspaper story you
quote Is taken, contains the following:
In view of the large number OF
employees who will in all probability
be involved in this reduction. 1t is es.
sentlai that any such surplus en-
ployes i'll the Offices mentioned or
elsewhere in the Treasury be given
preference for appointment in filling
positions in other bureaus and Offices
Of the Department.
With this purpose in view, and
until further notice, no request for
transfer from another department. /.
reinstatement or selection from civil
service certificate. will be approved
until it Is clearly shown that the posi-
ton cannot be properly filled by
transfer within the department.
You, of course, must recognize
that many vacancies occur in any
large body Of employees and that es.
sential positions which become vacant
must be filled. The policy which /
have directed be followed, that in
filling vacancies in essential positions
preference be given to employees
whose positions are to be abolished,
is one of fairness and business to the
employees and of advantage to the
Government in that 1t retains the
services OF experienced persons. More.
over, 1t provides for the employment
of persons with homes already estab.
lished In Washington. rather than to
follow the uneconomic procedure OF
turning them out and filling such
vacancies by bringing to Washington
new and untried employees, with re.
sultant unemployment here
Evening star., 1926-03-23
INDIANA DRY AGENTS
BAN ROAD HOUSES
u. S. Officers Join Residents in Plea
to Close Them, Following Arrests
for Law Violation.

CHICAGO. March 23.-Federal on.
GERS yesterday supplemented prayers
by residents OF Ridge Road communi-
ties. in northeastern Indiana, for the
closing of road houses Of the district,
when they raided resorts in the dis.
trict with warrants for the arrest of
IS persons for Volstead act violations.
Several weeks ago the Rev. l.. G.
Brown inaugurated a campaign OF
prayer for the closing of the resorts
and the group which began praying
with him grew steadily until several
road houses closed voluntarily.
The group had announced that 1t
would not ask the help Of civil au-
thorities. but would continue its pray
ing campaign until the road houses
were converted into missions.
Eleven men were arrested In the
raids on 10 road houses. most OF
them in the vicinity of Lansing and
Thornton. The liquor seized at one
place filled a two-ton truck and SO
great was the weight that the truck
broke down.
Evening star., 1926-03-23
Judge Locks Up Jury When Sobs Begin;
Says He'll Have No 'sWeeping Verdict

, the jury was taken out. Neither
can a lot of sentiment be injected into
the case to influence the jury. Unless
your client controls her emotions in
the presence of the jury, l will dis
miss the case"
The case was resumed and Miss
Grischeau wept no more.
you are natural born wife and
mother" she said DIR. Ensminger told
her. He was an ardent lover, she
said, but his ardor' cooled when she
became insistent about wedding
ceremony.
Miss Grischeau told of accompany
ing the doctor to a convention in San
Francisco.
Evening star., 1926-03-23
40 FiREMEN OVERCOME.
"a Families Driven Out by Gotham
Tenement Blaze.

NEW YORK, March % R.-Two
score firemen were overcome by
fumes from illuminating gas and
burning paint and varnish last night