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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-03-31

The dwelling house with all the
outbuildings near it on the farm for
merly owned bv the late Silas Clipp.
near Paramount School House. IN
Kabletown District. was destroyed
by fire Monday morning. Of last
week. The property. which belongs
to c. d. Carter. of Shepherdstown.
was without an occupant at the time
of the fire.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-03-31
INDEPENDENT FIRE COMPANY
NEW TRUCK
New Up-to-Date Truck

Less Fire Loss.
The Truck Committee wishes to
announce that the New Truck drive
is progressing nicely. however, we
are long way from having enough
to pay cash for the new up-to-date
Fire Truck. SO we hope everybody
that has not contributed towards
this Fund will send in their dona-
ton. for we would like to pay cash
for this Truck. If possible.
We have not come before the pub
lie for any new equipment in the last
twelve years, so we hope the public
will contribute as literally as pos
sible. as we are a strictly volunteer
Fire Department, and the only way
we have of existing is by the public,
whom we are ready at all times and
at any time to serve, and it is only
by the help Of the public at large
that we can pay for our equipment.
Anyone wishing to contribute to-
wards this Fund. please make check
to the Independent Fire Company,
and mail to the Company, or hand
to any member of the following
Committee:
Loyal Anderson.
c. F. Reininger.
T. w. Allen.
C. p. Weller.
Howard Sechrist,
Chas. Peer.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-03-31
sMITH--BUTLER.

Miss Maisie Mable Butler. for
merly of Charles Town, was married
in Washington Saturday. March 20.
to Mr.. Criswell Smith. of Detroit.
Michigan. by the Rev. Mr.. Clark.
The brides many friends here wish
her much happiness.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-03-31

/ hereby announce my candidacy
at the Democratic primary election
to be held on Tuesday, August 8.
1926. as candidate for the House
of Delegates, and seek the votes OF
those entering the Democratic pri-
mary. If nominated and elected. l
assure you that it shall ever be my
purpose and aim to work for the
benefit of the voters of Jefferson
county at all times.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-03-31

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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-03-31

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Evening star., 1926-02-17
A Glorious Defeat.

| Defeat, but withal glorious defeat,
! has been the portion of Helen Wills,
| Americas woman tennis champion, in
her first match with the Temperament
| tai French star, Suzanne Lenglen, who
for the last seven years has reigned
| as the undisputed queen of the courts.
Helen put up courageous fight, but
| the soundness of the French girls all
| round tennis was too much for her,
and she was forced to bow to her OPP
ponent in straight sets with scores of
| 6-3 and Sc.
In her unsuccessful attempt to
mount the tennis heights Helen Wills
| displayed the true American sports
manship. Faced by odds admittedly
| too great to overcome, she nevertl1e-
less carried the game to her opponent
| from the first serve, and unleashed a
! brand of tennis that surprised even her
| own supporters. At one time, in the
second set. she was within a point of
| winning at 7-5, but at this moment
| Suzanne, aided by a questionable rul-
! ing, called on her reserve resources
| and checked the onward rush of the
American girl.
J Only four other women besides Miss
Wills have extended Suzanne to win
| on the tennis courts. Helen, there
| fore, takes rank and, in the belief of
| many, passes such illustrious woman
| players as Molla Mallory. Elizabeth
| Ryan, Kathleen Mckane and Mrs.
/ Lambert Chambers. who have strug-
! gled unsuccessfully to wrest the
| crown from the head Of the French
champion
There is every prospect that the
! two champions will meet again in the
Nice tournament, one month hence.
| Supporters of Miss Wills the world
over are hopeful that with the ex-
| perience gained in yesterdays match
she may be victorious. 1t would, in
deed. be a triumph for the California
girl If she was able to return to the
United States with the first victory
| of her sex over the seemingly invinci-
BILE French player.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

iZe the fruit against worms and ir.
sects. 1t appears that the deleterious
effects OF the spraying process are not
always removed by the time some of
the fruit reaches Europe. How 10
combat the difficulty without destroy
Ing the great popularity of American n
apples in John Bull islands is the
question.
! President Harding was an out
! spoken foe of the project which the
Senate has just approved-the Norris
constitutional amendment TO install a
| newly elected President and Congress
| N the succeeding January 1t was
t1drdlngs view that the founding IA
hers-a phrase which he popularized
we're uncommonly wise in providing
ior cooiins-off period for the people
between the November day they chose
n President and Congress and the
! time these actually took office. The
| late Chief Executive often said at the
| White House that men and parties
were swept into power on tidal
wave OF popular passion. He thought
it might sometimes. if not always, be-
/ better to give such expressions of
! judgment by the electorate a chance
| to crystalline under the caressing in
! fuence of time, enabling policies to be
altered or abandoned if VoX Populi in
| the interval underwent a change of
, heart.
| !. x x X
| Some pretty violent language finds
| expression In an anti-World Court
pamphlet now being sent through the
| mails to members of Congress, news
paper correspondents and others en-
| gagged in the consideration of public
affairs. 1t is entitled The Detection
of the United States Senate in Be
! traying America Into the World
Court" The pamphlet Is subtitled
AN Open Letter to the American Peo-
pie" 1t vociferates that the vote
of rs Senators cannot and shall not
put America into the World Court
nor place free American citizens un-
der the American yoke" In the body
of the booklet there's a communica.
ton signed by "Vida Nilholland.'
Miss Milholland, a New York lady
once militant In the suffragette move
ment. in one passage speaks of 1.-The
autocratic leadership Of Calvin Cool
idge" in inducing men like Root,
Hughes and Wickersham "to mislead
and enslave the people," Then Miss
Milholland closes with the demand
that President Coolidge decline ito
aliens
X X X
These are the dog days on Capitol
Hill as far as both public and Con
gress are concerned. The galleries
and floors of both houses alike are
almost empty. Tax discussion and
the routine of appropriation bills, even
though they involve millions and bill
lions, have no power to charm either
the multitude or statesmen. Many
members Of both Senate and House
are away from Washington on pri
vate business. the big decisions Of the
session-World Court and revenue
bill-having already been taken. Farm
relief proposals will find pretty full
houses in each wing next month, for
these schemes are loaded with politi
cal dynamite which both parties are
anxious to have exploded in their
favor.
Copyright. 1e26.)
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Seeking to Replace Fox-Trotting

At European dance congress to be
held at Brussels this month a special
prize of 10000 francs will be awarded
for the dance most likely to replace
the fox trot in popular favor" This
dance must be based upon the waltz
step. In the prospectus Of the Brus-
sells congress 1t is stated that "the
waltz is the universal dance, a primi-
tive, effortless rhythm that must have
been old when mankind was young"
European dance experts declare that
the Charleston has been tried and
found mot wanted; the fox trot has
been endured for twenty years; the
one-step has had it's day; the tango
has met with a mixed reception.
1t does not follow that the new
dance will, however acclaimed at the
Brussels congress, supplant the fox
{, OF in American popular favor. At
present the younger dancers. who are
m the great majority, greatly prefer
this juggling combination Of steps
which can be exaggerated to suit any
temperament and which in its more
extreme forms represent the prevail
ing spirit Of social eccentricity. These
younger dancers are barely tolerant OF
the waltz and resent it's inclusion in
any dance program, considering it as a
concession to the oldsters who are not
sufficiently agile to master the combi-
Evening star., 1926-02-17

others have written charmingly OF
him: he needs no apology.
We feel, however, for the average
man, that Lord Chesterfield's warning
! is appropriate.
4 x X
Give us fresh, clean copy from the
press!
There are as beautiful books being
| printed today as at any time in the
| history of writing, if one is willing
to pay the price.
Like all fine things. they cost money.
That thing is expensive does MOI
necessarily mean that 1t is good
| but ii generally does. Buy a cheap
loud speaker for your radio, and you
viii get cheap results. Select the most
expensive speaker in the store, and
| the chances are 10 TO | that you VIII
get the best reception.
l. The physical aspect of n book, now
ever, is but one consideration, involved
! only when we regard a book as a
thing, which it is, although many good
! folk affect to disregard this side of
! the matter.
| Il don't care about a book except
| for what l can get out of it" he says.
| Granted that he is sincere, then we
may feel that he is missing part OF
! What books have to offer. He, at least,
might lean the other way. and develop
/ into bibliomaniac, with benefit to his
| immortal soul
He is right. however, in his belief
that the big benefit of a book comes
! from the "insides."
Those who would harbor expensive
editions simply for their bindings are
| going The same road with the new
| rich who orders a library" to be in
stalled, which will remain with uncut
| pages forever.
! Whether on good or bad paper, large
or small type. the true worth of most
! books-not all-iS in what they say
! how they say it, what they tell us.
! The latest edition, therefore, ought
| to be. and generally is. as Lord Ches
terfield pointed out, the best.
And if the best why need Ne seek
/ farther?
! AS / write upon this subject. ] find
/ constantly In my minds eye picture
! OF ii certain collection of books, cheap
| in price, which may be taken as the
| epitome OF this article
This particular library" Of books
| has been on the market many years,
and today is better than ever. In II
the honest booklover may find. at a
| cheap price. priceless books. fiction
| poetry. essays, biography. etc.
Ilt bOOhS dIt SOlluly III Sloul
! covers of modest silk. The paper is
| stiff enough and thick enough to be
! handled easily. There is no danger OF
| he type showing through" in these
| books.
The back is properly worked. SC
! that one of these books will never
split" when opened. This most dis
| tressing thing may happen, and often
| do. with books of far greater price
| The books in the library under
| consideration are ccmfori able volumes
in every particular. Because Of their
very reasonable price, one may read
! II ~ III feeling afraid Of hand
| ling them. Their covers are not easily
Led. hu, il By chance it does become
stained. II Is an easy matter to replace
the volume, if one is particular in such
| matters
All IN all, know of no better mod
| ern example of what Lord Chesterfield
| meant when he said:
Buy good books and read them
| the best books are the commonest"
| May W honor and love all gooC
| books, but never sneer at a volume
| because it is new, fresh and clean
| and cheap in price.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. What caused the death Of little
| Prince Alircea. son of Queen Marie Of
| Rumania?-A. II. II.
! A. The lirtIe prince died of menin-
gifts.
! Q. When was the Carlysle School
/ discontinued?-G S. b.
A. 1t was discontinued in 1917 and
| the buildings were used for Army
cantonments during the war.
Q. How many people take automo-
| bile trips in one year?-N.
| A. The American Automobile AS
sociation says that a survey of tour
list camp data leads to the conclusion
that 100000 people in 10000 cars
took trips averaging 33 days last
year.
@. How was the building Of the
Eiffel Tower financed?-J. b.
/ A. The French government con-
| tributed s292 900 of the s 100000 or
more that 1t cost. Alexandra Gus
| tave Eiffel, the engineer who built it,
supplied the remainder of the money,
| trusting for reimbursement to the col
| lection of a fee for ascending the
tower His interest in the tower was
| to terminate In 20 years, at which
| time-1909-the government took it
\ over. During the first year that it
was open to the public the fees col
! lected nearly paid the cost Of the
building.
O. In what sort of places are dia-
monds found? At what depth?-W.
l.. c.
A. Diamonds are not found in any
| special locations On the American
\
| Arkansas, the diamond has never been
| found in the actual matrix in which
| il was formed. but in graVelS and earth
! which are the result of the breaking
| down Of rock peridotite. This rock
decrepitates very readily. cracks and
| alters into a greenish SOapstOne-like
| substance and then actually into a
| yOllOWlSh green powder. The mines
/ located in South Africa. or volcanic
| pipes. as they really are, are like
| yellow snuff on the surface, then 1t
gradually turns into n yellow rock,
then into a blush grain to depth
| of 900 feet, then becomes q black
rock going down TO a depth Of $500
feet. Diamonds are usually found in
| octahedron shapes or some modifica-
| ton of the same.
! Q. What became of Alexander
Smith. who founded a colony on Pit
cairn Island?-H. w.
| A. Under the assumed name John
Adams, Smith and eight other mu-
tineers of the English ship Bounty
| together with some men and women
| from Tahiti. founded colony on Pit
cairn Island about 178S. Adams was
its head. He established worship anC
a school of sort, and lived and died
in peace, leaving a prosperous and
religious people.
@. Is the commercial cold storage
of Florida grapefruit practical?-
l.. H.
A The Department of Agriculture
says that il is. Recent tests show
that cold storage improves the flavor
of the product, breaking down the
bitter principle, and decreases the aciC
content, but does not materially
change the sugar content. There is a
| tendency of The fruit in srora % o pit
that is, to become covered with sunk
en- brown spn;s-after beins held mOr'
than six weeks.
Q. Has the Government a herd Of
reindeer in Alaska u. L. d.
A. The Biological Survey says tha
the Government does not maintain
Evening star., 1926-02-17

reindeer herds in Alaska at the pres
ent time, although a project was car
ried through by the United States BIZ
reau of Education several years ago.
AT this time the natives are raising
! reindeer, and this industry has proved
| to be of value in that part of the coun-
try. In July, 1920. under an author
iZatlon of an appropriation by Con
! gress, the Biological Survey estab-
hshed reindeer experiment station
at Unalakleet
O. What language is the language
OF the Rumanian royal family.
w. d.
A. Charles Epson Clark in Great
er Roumania" says that it is English.
Q. How high is the tide at Bangor
and Augusta, Nee. T. Z.
A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey
says that the mean range Of tide at
Bangor, Me, is 13.1 feet, and the
Spring range-that is, the range at the
time Of new and fun moon-is I4a
feet. At Augusta. Me, the mean
range is Al feet and the Spring range
is 4.6 feet.
O. How much blood is there in the
human body?-D. T.
A. There are from 8 TO Il quarts
| Of blood in the body Of an average
| man about % years of age.
@ What is this "Wayside Inn" Of
/ Henry Ford?"-F. +. w.
A. The ''Wayside Inn" is a house in
the town Of Sudbury. Mass. 1t was q
familiar tavern in colonial days. Long
fellow gave it Immortality" There
is now assembled there an interesting
collection of colonial furniture ana
prints. Henry Ford purchased it in
1928 as memorial to Longfellow.
@. What does r. G. D. mean or a
service discharge?-N. +. b.
A 1t stands for Bad Conduct Dis
charge. This discharge is given as q
sentence of summary court martial.
| Bad conduct discharges are given for
various reasons among them are alb
sence without leave. absence over the
time stated III leave and theft.
/ Q. What fats are used in the manu-
/ facture oi butter substitutes a. T.
| a. At the last report the fats used
/ were sesame oil, peanut oil, Oleo oil.
neutral lard butter. cocoan nut oil, corn
| oil, mustard oil and edible tallow.
Q. Where Is Iron Mountain?-V. Y.
A. Iron Mountain is one Of the is0-
! lated knobs Of the St. Francois Noun
/ tains, in St Francois County, Mo. II
! is 81 miles south OF ST. Louis. on the
| Iron Mountain Railroad, and is DIS
! feet in elevation above the sea and
! 200 feet above the adjoining valler
| This mountain contains deposits o-
| specular heTnatite iron ore.
Q. Does the grizzly bear hibernate?
H. r. W.
A. The grizzly bear is almost ex-
| tinct in this country. II is known.
however, in the northern part Of its
range TO hibernate.
@. Can a minor secure a patent p
! T. II.
a. a minor may secure a patent as
( wei! rs d person u Years old or more
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d in 1903 and ratified in 1904 the

ed in 1903 and ratified in 1904 the
electors must transmit their certifi-
Gates to Congress, but no date Is fixed.
1t has been the practice under that
provision to transmit the votes in jan
uarv. 1t is within the power OF Con-
gress by statute to determine this
date, and hence Congress may order
that the electors shall transmit their
votes either to the expiring or to the
incoming House and Senate. In the
former case the canvass would be by
the outgoing Congress, in the latter by
the incoming House and Senate. The
Norris amendment merely provides
that if the House of Representatives
has not chosen a President whenever
a right of choice devolves upon that
body before the time for the beginning
of the term, the Vice President chosen
for the same term shall act as Presi-
dent until choice is effected.
Thus much is left to statutory def
milton. 1t is this phase of the pro-
posed change that evokes particular
opposition in the House. where it is
felt that the practice of a canvass of
the votes by the outgoing Congress is
the safer plan.
The main object sought by the Nor
ris amendment is to eliminate the
short session of IA Congress that may
have been repudiated at the polls, and
TO insure that legislation will not be
enacted following an election save by
the newly elected House and Senate.
incidentally, it is a distinct departure
from the original Change of date"
plan, which sought to assure a more
clement season for the inauguration.
Under the proposed plan the Undue
ton of the President into office must
take place in Midwinter instead of, as
proposed heretofore, in the Spring.
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eenth district, Mr.. Ayres' district, by
considerable vote, Mr. Ayres de-
feated Mr.. Long by large vote.
X X x
The World Court as an issue In the
coming senatorial elections may prove
a doubled edged sword. There has
been much talk by opponents of the
court about carrying the matter to
the people and seeking to defeat Sen
ators up for reelection who had sup
ported the adherence of the United
States to the court. Senator Lenroot
of Wisconsin. who led the battle for
American entry into the court in the
Senate, has announced that the pro-
court group in the Senate, which
is much larger than the anti-court
group, will not take the attacks
of the latter lying down, but will seek
to. defeat anti-court Senators for re-
nomination and election, if such tactics
are to be employed by the antis.
Among the opponents of the court,
Senators who come up for election this
fall include Senator Moses of New
Hampshire, Senators Watson and
Robinson of Indiana, Senator fiarreld
of Oklahoma, Senator Williams of
Missouri and Senator Nye of North
Dakota. Should supporters of the
World Court begin an active cam
paign in some of these States to de-
feat the denomination and election of
any of these Senators, cries Of Prop
aganda" would be heard from the
housetops, in all likelihood. However,
the anti-court group maintain that it
Is as justifiable for them to seek to
defeat pro-court Senators. because of
their votes on the World Court, as vice
versa. Senator Lenroot's idea is that
what is sauce for the goose is also
sauce for the gander. A comparatively
few pro-court votes in some of these
States might turn the tables on some
Of sas contestlpts for reelection