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The Washington times., 1927-03-30

passable to automobiles, have been
laid out.
Folks, through his mountain
training. was good all-round car.
penter and mechanic and he had
little difficulty finding work under
q Maryland contractor but his pay
was insufficient to keep his large
family in more than the bare neces.
stiles of life.
Boy Quits School
His oldest son, James Lee Folk.
II. then gave UP school and got q
position In a factory several miles
from Takoma Park. With their
combined earnings they were able to
make the family fairly comfortable.
Then crushing blow fell on them
when Mrs. Folks became III and died
on March IL. Folks went into debt
heavily to have her buried Pack
home" A local undertaken reduced
his regular funeral price to help
the family out.
sit cost me so much to have her
taken home," Folks said YEARLY.
II had to get a hearse TO take
her forty-five miles from Staunton
back into the mountains.
Wins 4 OIhS WAS away the care
Of the family fell on the shoulders
Of James, who had to leave in
the morning to keep his position,
and Frances, IL; Donald, Is, and
Lucy May, Z. went with their
father to bury Mrs. Folks and
remained with their grandmother
in Highland county.
While the father was away the
five younger children who were
left here contracted chickenpox and
were quarantined by themselves,
They are Frances, Harvey b., s.:
Harry R., 5; Samuel F.. 4. and
the baby, Porter, 2 years old.
Children Pull Through
Fortunately all were in splendid
health and came through the dis.
ease without any Of them becoming
seriously i'll. Neighbors, among
them Mrs. w. A. Toler, 602 Flower
Ave-, Takoma Park, became in.
terested in the case ana brought
,ood, clothing and coal.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
President Invited to
View White House Work

N. P. SEVERN. contractor in
charge Of the reconstruction of the
White House roof, today invited
President Coolidge to inspect his
work. The President will do so
when he has time. the contractor
was told.
Accompanied by Lieut.. Col. U. s.
Grant, Sd. Director Of Public Build.
ings and Public Parks. Mr.. SEVERN
called upon the President to assure
him that the work il progressing
satisfactorily.
The present contract calls for the
completion Of the roof in 125 days,
and the contractor expects to keep
within the time limit without diff
Guilty. His work calls for the
expenditure of $4,000. and follow.
ing the construction Of the new roof
other structural changes In the
White House will be made.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
TWICE F0|LED,
ELOPERS WE'D

The tsinR of boxed ears were
recalled by Warner Hoffman, 90.
1854 Wisconsin Ave. N. W., as he
claimed his schoolgirl sweetheart,
Bernice Kirtiay. II years old. for
his wife. They had twice attempted
to elope. their adventure both times
being frustrated by irate parents.
Shorn of the thrill Of an elope-
ment. they both admitted. the young
couple were Joined in holy wedlock
by the Rev. Charles T. Warner at
noon today in st. Adams Cathedral
chapel.
Fun parental blessing was theirs,
however, as they stood before the
altar, Claude Leonard, Is, who acted
as an accomplish in their first
elopement to Marlboro, Md, last
April, filling the duty Of best man.
Showered with rice and old shoes,
the attractive young couple crowded
their way through an admiring
throns Of young girls ana boys,
former classmates at Western High
School. to waiting automobile out.
side OF the Cathedral.
They win motor to Madison, va
tonight where they will stop with
the brides aunt and uncle, the fol.
lowing day will see them touring
through the beautiful Shenandoah
Valley,
I'VE are both terribly disappointed
that we didn't succeed in clipping
said the bride today, "but you know
we wanted 10 much 10 Be married
tnat this is the best way, suppose
Their first escape from their
homes. matrimonially bound. resulted
IN the bridegroom gstting his ears
boxed. The best man would have
met the same fate were 1t not for the
fact that he ran out Of the marriage
clerks office"
Excitement was rife in the brides
home, 2564 Wisconsin Ave. N. w,
today since the plans for a formal
wedding were made at the last
hour.
Pretty Bernice sat anxiouslv in
the parlor while her prospective
husband rushed to procure the mar.
rfage license. The original hour set
for the ceremony was 10 o'clock.
but delays were plentiful and they
were not married uhtil noon.
We are not at all worried about
making our marriage success q,
The Washington times., 1927-03-30

Two days left to file your Per.
s0nal Tax Return. II in doubt
as to your taxable status INQUIRE
at Room 1O3, District Building.
NO excuse may. be taken to
waive the 20 per cent penalty.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
US. DENIED GAS
TAX REFUND

When the Federal Government
buys gasoline for the operation of
automobiles belonging to the Gov.
eminent and buys the gasoline
within the limits of the District OF
Columbia, it is not entitled to a
refund Of the 2-cent-a-gallon tax
which the importer had to pay to
get the gas into the District, Daniel
j. Donovan, District auditor, de.
cided in an opinion to the District
Commissioners today.
The Washington City Postoffice
has demanded of Tax Collector
Chatham Towers a refund of 49,.
6S7.SS for the tax paid on 1s1 1853
gallons Of gasoline purchased and
used in Its automobiles from July 1,
1925. to June 20, 1925.
Donovan held that the Postoffice
was not entitled 10 the refund, and
that there is no appropriation avail.
able by which me District could
make the refund.
As his ruling Ia apparently in
conflict with a decision of the
Comptroller General, Donovan rec.
ommends that 1t be forwarded to
that official with the request that
he consider the decision on the spe.
cific question presented in this
case.
The decision is Of far-reaching i'm.
portance to the District. If It should
be reversed by Comptroller General
McCarl tho District would be re.
quired to refund to the Federal Gov.
eminent thousands Of dollars for
gasoline taxes collected during the
past three years.
"What this total sum would be-"
Donovan reported to the Commits.
sioners, 'thc auditor is without def.
mite information to say"
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
SEARCHING

Give me the girl i have never seen,
Who likes the path and the high-
way far,
who hates the sight Of q limousine
And breads the din of q trolley ear.
Give me D roof Of towering skies,
The strength Of the homegrown grass,
4 vision of life thru dreameF's eyes,
Peace, and the love Of n worthy lass.
space,
I I viii be content II only find
One girl without the sham q 3
painted face
4 One jewel, and the world IL mine.
sghe doesn't exist" I always say,
Yet In dreams she lives at last,
And like . prisoner wait for the day
When shall find and hold her fast.
JOHN C. ROGERS.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30

Inc SIX children. sons and daugh
ters of David Folks, Fifth Street
and Allegheny Avenue, Takoma
Park. Nd, are taking care of them.
selves and managing the household.
although the Oldest of them il
but II.
Another son. II years old, Is EN-.
ployed in a Maryland factory, and
a boy, IS, and a girl, z years old,
are with their grandparents in High.
land county. Va.
Their story is the pathetic tale
OF q long struggle against hardship
and poverty, now complicated by
the death of the mother. Food and
clothing for the family have been
provided for the past two weeks by
neighbors, every penny of the faith.
ers savings having been spent to
bury his wife. ~
Gave Up Farm
David Folks, up to a year ago.
had attempted to wrest a living for
his rapidly growing family from a
little hillside farm in Highland
county. Va. in the wild mountain.
Gus country in the extreme south.
west corner of the State, near the
Kentucky border.
Last year, with eight children TO
feed, he gave up the UNEQUAL stra,g.
gle and decided to come to the
National Capital. where he heard
there were plenty of jobs and good
wages for men who were willing to
work. -
1t took the savings Of a lifetime
to move his family but when he
finally settled down in a little bunsa.
low east of Potomac Park he felt
confident that his worst hardships
were over.
Folks Maryland home was almost
as isolated and inaccessible as the
mountain home he had left. but he
was happy. No roads had been cut
through the fields and woods to the
mouse and mail could not be deliv.
cred by automobile closer than a
quarter of mile from the house. II
Is almost isolated today, although
documentary roads, practically i'm.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
TRY THIS ONE ON YOUR !.
UPRIGHT GRAND
AT THE FOUNT
"SOme show. I'll bet"
"You sed 1t, buddy"

At the fOunt, at the fount, stand
the guys OF no account, In the
way Of those who'd drink and
busy get, and they talk and talk.
from parehessi up to chalk, and
they know not that they are most
awful wet.
How I'd love, how ia. love to
give one. gOshawfnl shove; make
'em tumble, make 'em stumble ON
their way; IL IL not once In
while that the moments they be-
guile: they are standing at the
fountain every day.
"Have yOn heard. have you heard
Of the naughty, naughty word of
the trouble Smith is having with
his wife; well, II seems that she
was seen, and she thought he
stlll was. green, but he. had .
flapper friend; amt that the lief"
So they 90, 20 they 70, with the
minutes dragging slow, when they
should be welding pencil, brush
Or pen: at the good old drinking
fOunt, just the guys Of no ac-
count, and L know I'll often see
EN- there again.
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
AN UNUSUAL FOLDING BED

From the Fenton tMich.) Independent.
FOR SALE--A folding bed By lady
that doubles mn and LOCKE He 4
plano. Be sure and inquire at VIM
glemire's Furniture Store, Holly,
michigan.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30

Bernice declared. ''You see, he knew
me and I knew him when we were
babies. In fact, he helped to pull
out one Of my first teeth with a
string"
They plan to live at the brides
home until they can buy one for
themselves. The bridegroom is EN-.
ployed by Hill & Tibbett,s autumo-
bile company. The bride last week.
received a diploma from a secre-
tarial school.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
INTERESTING OLD PROBLEM

To H and S readers: DR..
Frank Cranes editorial in The
Times of the 23d instant, re-
calls to me a famous Fifteen"
puzzle Of many years ago. Here
It is:
Can you place these nine fig
ures-1, 2, 8, 4, 5, g.. z, 8, g.
In ten rows with three in every
row, all Of said rows taken
singly, totaling FIFTEEN?
H. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
[ c c ROLLING
MAYBE HELD

The annual Easter egg rolling
may be held at the White House
after all. While the matter Is not
settled definitely, the present indi.
cation is that the reconstruction
work on the Executive Mansion will
not interfere with the annual Easter
festivities for Washington children.
The contractor in charge of the
reconstruction. N. p. Serevin. today
gave his consent for the holding of
the egg-rolling, provided a small
portion of the grounds surrounding
the White House is roped off. This
can be done easily.
There are several minor points
regarding facilities, however, which
remain to be worked out. Further.
more, President Coolidge has not
yet been approached on the subject,
and the final word rests with him,
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
Girl, II, Mothers FiUe
Sick Children

Five little children all victims of chickenpox whose mother
died two weeks ago. today being mothered by their IL
yearod sister, herself sufferer from the disease while the
impoverished father forced leave them by themselves
during the day to gain meager living.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
THE oPT1MlsT

He believed In everything everybody,
No suspicion or doubt did he harbor
He was 80 dead easy that he bought
Hair festOrer from q bald headed
barber. Able.
The Washington times., 1927-03-30
MEN ARE IN BETTER LUCK

Bill: One discriminating eUi-
dence thGt used to get men IN
trouble Is gone-the koirpi,t.
Men are also in luck these days
in that long hairs are not to be
found on their coats, and there
are not so many short hairs,
oWinq to hobs.
STEAMBOAT STEVE.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
TAKING PART IN
VAUDEVILLE ACT
.HASTENS DEATH

Her einsistence on going through
with her vaudeville act at the Grand
theatre, March %, although ill at the
time, resulted in the collapse of Mrs.
Gretchel O'Meara, Association vaude-
Vile headliner, and her subsequent
death in the Calumet hospital Mon
day night.
Mrs OMeara arrived with the other
actors and actresses a week ago
Monday to play the bill at the Grand.
She had been taken i'll at Albu-
oueroue, N. M, but refused to retire
from the act. She suffered physi-
cal collapse Immediately following the
performance here.
She was rushed to the Calumet
hospital, but died after weeks hn-
eering sillness. Cause of death was
ascribed to peritonitis. Mrs. O'Meara, ;
husband was with her at the time OF
death.
The act in which Mrs O'Meara' her
husband and another man took part
was the feature of last weeks bill.
The act was a clever bit of comedy
on the sea shore.
The body was sent to Lake Odessa
Mich. by Porter and Ames last eve
ming. accompanied by the husband
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
SAN DIEGO TO
VISIT DOUGLAS
ON TRADE TOUR

Another California trade tour will
be entertained here Tuesday, MEM
GERS OF the San Diego chamber CT
commerce, trip being the guests of
the city for three and a half hours.
trhe Los Angeles trippers were vis-
itors here last week.
The date of the arrival of the
san Dfegans has been set up four
days, they having been scheduled
originally to argive here on the 10th
Information has been received az
the chamber of commerce here that
between 100, and 125 people viii be
in the San Diego tour. They will
arrive here at $3.50 in the afternoon
and will pe guests of the city unit!
z o'clock that evening.
Pictures of points of interest in
and around the 4city have been sent
to the San Diego chamber to use in
window displays to boost the tour.
A story on the development and as
sets Of d ouglas was also furnished
them.
Elaborate plans for the entertain.
ment of the visitors are being made.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06

1t was. ten years ago today News.
boys screamed headlines flared ind
pulses pounded faster. The blaze Of
the world confiagration had at last
leaped the Atlantic and fired our
ration.
we called for men. They came.
cIowding. the recruiting stations
and packing the halls Of the selec.
tive service boards. The war had
been raging for three years. They
knew the horror into which they
were going. Yet they stepped for
ward willingly, eagerly, almost
gaily.
Many of these young men are not
kere today They have never re-
turned. Thirty thousand crosses
shining white among the green OF
revivfng France mark the spots to
which we sent them. Ten years!
Time mas filled in She jagged shell
the trenches Even poignant memor-
:cs are dimmed.
Yet there is one thing which can
not grow dim in our memories. The
issues of the struggle may have lost
their sharp outlines; the danger
which hung over the nation may be
like a cloud which has passed by, hut
the sacrifices made by these young
men shines out of the past, clear,
bright flame.
Guided oy the beacon light of this
flame thousands of American men
and women are preparing to cross
the Atlantic in a great pilgrimage
to the fields Of crosses Men or tn.
American legion who served as COM
rades with the dead, and women OF
the American legion auxiliary who
underwent the anguish of having
loved ones, at war, are those quail
fled to take part They are making
ten years from the day when fate
'~eservcd q strip of French soil for
so many Americans.
There is in this something which
turns up to the contemplation of
things that stir the emotions ana
transcend the understanding. The
legion is going to France to hold a
great convention. The convention
sessions will be held in the Trocadero
Palace in Paris where reports VIII
be heard and resolutions will be
passed. But on the banks of the
Marine, the Somme, in the woods of
the Argonne, the hills of st. Mihie.
enc the flats Of Flanders will be
other assenblages, more thought
compelling, more heart swelling,
There the legion delegates will stand
with bowed heads in convention with
their dead.
What will be the resolutions which
Will come from this silent, solemn
convention? What will come in;o
the hearts of the men 2nd women
Of America as they stand there be-
SIDE the serried rows of crosses?
Only those who go will know for
the Things Will be so big, so choll.
ing that it can never come tror:
their mouths after they have re-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
Announce Winners Of
Prizes In Chemistry
E ssays for Arizona

winners of the prizes in Arizona IN
the Garvan chemistry prize essay
contest of the American Chemleai
societv have Just been announced Oy
tho secretary of the Arizona state
committee The judges in Arizona
awarded first and second prizes 10
the writers 1of the best and secoho
best essays on the topics as Follows
..The Relation of Chemistry to Health
aud Disease,,' first prize, George
Smith. Glendale; second prize, Marg-
arita Castenada, Tucson. 'The Re
.lation of Chemistry to National De-
fense,, first prize, w. E. Anderson
Tucson; second prize, James c. Ffuin'
Globe. 'sThei Relation of Chemistry
to Industry first prize, Frank
Whitley, Bisbee; second prize, Thomas
Chambers, Tucson. "The Relation of
Chemistry to the Home" first prize
May Dunn, Tucson; second prize,
Fede Selma, Jerome. "The Relation
of Chemistry to the Enrichment of
Life first prize, Howard Twitty'
Glendale; second prize, Bert Roby'
Phoenix. '"The Relation of Chemistry
to Agriculture and Forestry" first
prize, clyde Wallace, Tucson;l second
prize, Cauthen C. Fleming, Florence.
The awards for first prizes will
be 500 in gold and to the second
best essays a certificate of honorable
mention. These prizes will be sent
out in due time from the office of
the president of the University of
Arizona, when they have been re-
ceived from the office of the national
secretary of the committee in New
York City.
There We're a total of LOG essays
submitted in Arizona by the follow
ing schools: Phoenix IS, Wicken-
burg 5, Tucson S3, Gilbert 8. Bisbee 2,
Blobe Z, Glendale 1S, Jerome IL,
Mesa 8, Florence 1.
The essays were very well written
and on the whole show that the
work in those high schools from
which essays We're submitted is being
done in a first class manner. 1t is
hoped by those sponsoring the con-
test that a larger number of essays
will be submitted next year in case
the contest is continued
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
Officers Unable to
Locate S. L. Nichols

Folice and county officials at q
late hour last night had failed to
find any trace of S. L. Nichols, for
mer convict and accused of forging
draft FOR $675, who escaped from
Sheriff George Henshaw Sunday
evening.
Nichols ws.s aiding the sheriff in
the recovery of property purchased
with bad checks and feigned a
hcmorrhage near Railroad avenue
and seventeenth street to make his
get away. When the sheriff rushed
into a house to get him q drink
Nichols fled.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
LEGISLATORS TO
DISCUSS STATE
AFFAIRS HERE

Douglas will have the opportunity
of hearing some of the foremost Leg
islators in the state discuss affairs
of interest to Arizona in the parish
house Thursday evening at o'clock
The speakers are appearing here
under the auspices of the League Of
Women Voters and the Douglas Cham
Der of Commerce and Mines.
The speakers are appearing here
on the program Thursday evening
are Senators John B. Wylie and Fred
Sutter, and Representatives w. b.
Jones, H. E. Pickett, William Coxon,
Norman Abel, Thomas Copperthwaite,
w. e. Oxshear and A. J. Morgan
The speakers are expected to talk
on the state legislature, it's work,
history, etc. The League of Women
Voters has been making a study of
the duties of state officers for the
past several weeks.
The public is invited to Thursdays
meeting and a large crowd is ex-
pected.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
OIL.
OFFICIAL HERE
TO NAME AGENT

G. V. Haymaker, an official Of the
Magnolia Oil corporation with head
quarters in El Faso, is in Douglas
to appoint a commission. agent for
the company here.
The company's distributing plant
here IS rapidly nearing completion,
only little paint being needed to
yesterday
and Calumet oil company are new
additions to Douglas and are situated
adjacent to each other on Railroad
avenue.
Haymaker expects to go to Tucson
upon completing his business here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
Is
ON INCREASE AT
M. E. REVlV AL

WHO is on the Lords side?" was
the opening remark Of Rev Mcintyre
at the revival service at the Meth
cdist church 1T would rot do for
me to answer the question for |
might be mistaken he continued
ehut I will let the word of God an
swer it. God knows who is on his
side
God says that he that is not with
me is against me. He draws &,
straight, undertaking line. We can
not straddle the issue; we must get
both feet on the same side of tEe
fence If we are not ON Gods side,
we are on the devils side, for He
that sathercth not with me scat.
tereth abroad.
HE that loveth not his brother is
not on Gods side, for he that lovetn
not his brother abideth in death. we
must love our neighbors as our,
selves.
'If We have a beam in our own
eye while we are trying to correc.
the fault in others, we are not on
Gods side When we go out to bind
up the WOUNDS of the world, wo
must go in the likeness OF God.
IF we are not at peace with the
world we are rot at peace with
God, for God says whosoever hateth
his brother is murderer and hath
not eternal life abiding in him. The
man with i'll will in his heart is not
sciI Gods side That is the truth,
not because / say so but because
God says so.
God says love not the world moi
the things that are in the world.
The love OF God and the love of the
world cannot abide in the samo
heart. If the church kept people
cut as late at night as some of the
worldly amusements. they would
mover go pack to church. We need
a revival that will take our eyes
off the things of the world and
center them on the meek and lowly
Nazarene.
eve must cast the beam from our
own eyes. We must be better thar
the people we try to help. Men wih
despise you if, while you are in sin,
you go to them and sneak to them
, about their souls They may be
gentlemen enough not to insult you.
but they will despise you just the
same There is a wide difference
between an active workers in the
church and co-laborer with Cod
Services again this evening at I:3o.
There is noted increase in tue
attendance which is growing with
each meeting.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
South Americans In
Letters to Climate Club
Ask About Douglas

+ Advertising of the Border
land Climate club is continuing
to result in Inquiries about
|: Douglas and surrounding cOun-
( try being received from all
E parts of the world.
Two inquiries were received
E in the club mail Monday from
2 South America. A letter from
+ an Australian was included i'm
+ the mail yesterday.
: The number of inquiries re-
|: ceived from the advertising
: campaign is now nearing the
5000 mark.
3 s. * 81 * y * ** * r. ~ * y *
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
Returns Prom II Pnso

Miss Bess Cavanagh, member OF
the high school faculty, returned
yesterday from Ell Paso, where she
went about two weeks ago to un
dergo an operation She will re-
sumo her work in the school this
morning.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
Barber Induced to
Trade Occupation
For That of Lawyer

II. NJ. Estes, of the h. and r.
barber shop, believes that some
one is trying to make a lawyer
out of him.
The belief was prompted by
discovery made I'm his RutOmO-
bile one night last week. When
he got in the car he found four
law books, which were not his
property.
Estes believes that some one
placed the books i'm his ear by
mistake. The car was parked
ON Eleventh street. The owner
can have the volumes by calling
for them.
* * s. * * * ** ). * * * :T * X
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
give Apron Party

An apron and overall party will
be given at the Odd Fellows hall
Friday evening by the Rcbekahs and
Odd Fellows. Anyone not wearing
overalls or aprons viii be finec.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-06
TENTH ANNIVERSARY TODAY
OF ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR

turned. Maybe it will be a clearer
comprehension of the spirit which
enabled these moldering forms be-
reath the crosses to go out and die
for an ideal when the call came ten
Years ago.