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stood awed, SpeechleSs. She
wanted to thank Dulcy, but she
could do nothing but gaze
tremulously' at Vincent.
Dulcy couldn't allow them to
monopolize each other for long,
she reminded herself. Mr..
Forbes didn't seem much i'm
pressed, now that she stopped
to notice it. but he would be
when he heard how perfectly
wonderful Vincent was.
''Mr. Leach showed us through
his studio the other day" she
told Forbes delightedly. And
he almost kidnapped your little
girl to make a picture star
out of her."
This seemed only to make
matters worse.
Mr.. Leach is a scenario
writer" she explained in an
awed tone.
Vincent needed no further en-
couragement to explain him.
self.
Not scenario writer" he cor
rected her Importantly. "Scenar-
ist. It's the more modern term.
The scenarist of today is quite
different from the scenario
writer Of yesterday"
Not noticing the gathering
clouds in Forbes direction,
Dulcy encouraged him.
"Of course" he explained
casually. as though to make
light Of big achievements. "It's
a man-sized Job. But I just
kept on and on until-you
See?"
"What?" asked Bill, only to
be promptly and audibly hushed
by Dulcy.
"You know, I have been
doing so many stories of my
own lately, I think I'll try
something of Shakespeare's next.
You know the Old fellow had
quite a sense of drama"
Forbes was almost apoplectic
with rage. Not that he cared
about anybody patronizing some
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they did not want-and after
each dance they had drunk
highballs.
On the way home they mad
found a dark little lane that
ran between cornfields and
woods. They had stopped in it
for q few minutes, and Love.
joy had let Steve kiss her as
much as he wanted to-.and
under the spell OF his love
making and the moonlight and
the highballs, she had told him
that she loved him.
But the moon was gone now,
and Lovejoy was cold-sober and
sleepy.
She set one foot on its high
heeled slipper, on the step Of
the car.
You make me think of King
Henry the Eighth, Steve" she
said with a yawn and a little
laugh. HE always wanted to
marry his Sweeties and make
honest women Of them!"
Steve shook his head.
Il don't understand you, Love
joy, when you talk like that"
he answered. In the darkness
his eyes searched her face.
I'm offering you everything
have in the world, and myself
along with it-and you just
snap your fingers at me. You
laugh at me, don't you?"
*Of course, I don't laugh at
you, Steve" said Lovejoy, get
ting out of the car. I'm just
trying to make up my mind
what to do about you and me
and Tom. So please don't
hurry me and worry me-"
The thing to do, she had de-
cided long ago, was to let things
slide. To let them go on Just
as they were going on
I don't have to pull my whole
life to pieces just because Steve
Oglebay is in love with me, she
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Adapted From Marion Davies Forthcoming
All-Talking Picture Play

Of Forbes rage II she per-
sisted. /
Suppose" he suggested hope
fully, that tomorrow we Just
let everybody do what they
want to-"
He saw that his suggestion
seemed nothing short Of idiotic
to Dulcy, but he went on de-
terminedly.
'You know, let everyone en-
Joy himself in his own way.
Let Van Dyke play golf II he
wants to, and let Forbes do just
nothing II he prefers"
"Oh. but he'll have q much
better time If he does what I've
planned for him"
It was sweet OF Gordon not
to want her to go to any trou.
BILE to entertain Forbes. but she
was willing to make any effort
and keep right after him If he
was the sort who had to be
urged. Gordon didn't seem to
realize, as she did. how impor.
tant it was to have Forbes in
q good humor when they came
to talk business.
AS she rushed on into the
living room to greet Vincent
Leach, he. hardly glanced up.
He was intent on polishing
his already glossy finger nails
against the arm of his coat,
and his brow wore the harassed
look of man who was trying
to get over the idea that he
had big, vital decisions to make.
But to Dulcy, whose allen
bracing love of humanity took
in eonceited poseurs as we'll as
the halt and the blind, he was
one more valuable acquisition
to a weekend already bursting
with promise of excitement.
Her graceful little hands
fluttered out in a gesture of de-
light as she told him:
They're all dying to meet
you."
Vincent Leach wore a bored
air Of Why not?"
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dead one, but the internal
cheek of this human cartoon
simpering at Angela as II he
owned her. He would have to
keep closer watch of Angela in
the near future. First thing
he knew he would have some
such scarecrow in the family.
Didn't I hear that you were
interested in pictures?" Vincent
asked.
Forbes didn't often permit
himself the use Of profanity;
he saved 1t for such moments
as these. But he was so in.
coherent with rage no one
could understand him.
"I said I make jewelry," he
explained, the words issuing
from his mouth like bullets.
We'll. of course" Vincent
granted with an air Of great
generosity, That's very neceS-
say too, in its way"
Gordon could not restrain
himself any longer. He went to
Dulcy'S side and clutched her
arm nervously. Even Dulcy
could see that something should
be done to relieve the situation.
Lets play rubber of bridge
before dinner" she suggested
eagerly. "It's so nice and sooth-
ing"
Forbes protests that he didn't
want to play bridge. that he had
never even heard of the game,
were unavailing before the flood
of DulcyS enthusiasm.
"And why don't you and An
gela go out on the lawn to see
the view?" she asked Vincent.
Forbes was powerless before
her bland, beautiful innocence
Of what she was doing. Sav-
agely he reflected that he must
get away from her. He turned
and stalked toward the door.
TN come back, I think" he
muttered, IF I can't find any
way of escape"
Tomorrow: A FrenZied Guest.
Copyright. 1880. King FeatuEes
Syndicate, Inc.)
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An Intensely Interesting Story of the
Romance of Beaut iful Blonde

matte feat couldn't have been
more startling to the small
gathering.
Here he is! Ladies and gen.
tlemen, this is Mr.. Vincent
Leach, the great scenario
writer"
Gordon wondered If there was
ever a more ominous moment.
Forbes looked at Dulcy puzzled
and annoyed as if he were be-
wildered at the mere thought
Of such a catastrophe. A man
can stand just so much, and if
Dulcy had combed the whole,
wide world she couldn't have
found anyone less welcome to
his presence than this dani-
fled talking machine.
Mrs. Forbes glanced at her
husband in some apprehension,
but she didn't intend to have
her chance Of meeting a real
parsonage spoiled. And as Dulcy
presented her, explaining that,
Of course. she was much too
young to be anything but An
gela's stepmother, she beamed
with pleasure.
Perhaps the consolation Of
this warmth made up for the
chill Of his reception from the
men. Bill glowered at him. It
suddenly dawned on him that
this must be the man Angela
had told him about. 1t was
humiliating enough to lose a
girl to any man, but to have
this arrogant nit-wit for a rival
was too much. Bill was fight
ing mad!
Dulcy was serenely oblivious
to everything but the obvious
delight Of Angela and Vincent
in seeing each other.
Angela lifted her eyes to his
in a long, fervent glance, broken
only when Dulcy whispered ex-
citedly, Didn't I tell you I
had a surprise for you?'
1t was as though the others
didn't exist at all. Angela
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NOW CONTINUE

q satisfactory guest! 1t was q
relief to find one guest who
was already enjoying himself
SO thoroughly. She must throw
him and Mr.. Forbes together:
maybe he could make the older
man enter into the spirit Of
games where she had failed.
You're to play 18 holes Of
golf with Mr.. Forbes the first
thing in the morning" she
called to him cheerily as she
went toward the house. n
Don't take NO for an an
Swer: I think he is Just timid."
Even in the depths Of his
despair, Gordon, who came up
just in time to hear her, could
smile at the prospect Of the
overbearing Forbes being timid
about anything. Dulcy was
adorable! But she must be
stopped! He Shuddered to think
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CHAPTER xxx
r T was after midnight when
Steve brought her back


r T was after midnight when
Steve brought her back
home.
He stopped his car a half
block away from the house to
let her out.
This is the sort of thing I
can't stand" he said quietly
when he had turned off the mo-
tor and laid one of his arms
across Lovejoy's shoulders. This
sneaking. I love you and
want to be able to tell the whole
world about it. And if you care
about me as much as you say
you do you'll get a divorce and
marry me-"
Lovejoy opened the door Of the
big car.
This sort of talk made her
very, very tired. Why
couldn't Steve have a good time
with her and call it a day? Why
did he always have to drag in
the everlasting question of leav-
ing Tom and marrying him?
Listen to me, Steve" she
said, we've had a wonderful
time today. Let's not spoil it by
arguing out here in the middle
of the night. I'll probably have
to listen to plenty Of talk when
] get home"
They had had splendid
afternoon and evening. They
had had lunch at the Seminole
Hotel, while the orchestra had
played the Prince of Wales
favorite fox-trot If I Had
You"
They had driven 40 miles up
the river to a roadhouSe called
The Four Chimneys. And
there they had danced between
the courses Of a dinner that
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And she had been so sure Of
Tom! So sure that Norrie was
nothing more to him than Hilda
had heen!-So sure that he
never would look twice at No11is
Shane!
(TO BE COntinued)
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orchid bedroom with the night
grass and flowers up to her as
she sat staring into the mirror
Of her dressing table.
He's in love with Norrie
Shane, she whispered to herself.
That's why he doesn't care q
rap what I do!
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see who Is here. Come on out
on the porch"
She rushed ahead of him and
paused significantly as though
her announcement was of great
Importance. The roll of drums
that precedeS an acrobat's eli
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Condescendingly, he advanced
toward her.
Miss Parker, my dear lady"
But Dulcy couldn't wait to
tell him her news.
Il have a surprise for you"
she gloated. Wait until you
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CHAPTER Z
DOUBLE-EDGED SURPRISE

-
DOUBLE.EDGED SURPRISE
0ULCY hurried across the
lawn joyously, elated that
her plans were, working
out with the precision Of a
perfectly running machine; a
machine of destruction, II she
did but know it. But Dulcy
saw only that she was bring
ing two romantically inclined
young people together. not the
ominous consequences Of such
q move.
She paused a moment as she
caught sight of Van Dyke prac-
ticing golf shots with all the
flourish of a tap dancer spurred
on by applause. He was such
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For centuries parrots and canaries have been pets With
good they live long
But nothing is more dependent upon your care than
Gagged pet Get book the of birds Il costs
little, and will teach you 80 much
Fresh Seeds and above all plenty Of fresh water and
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What Do You KnOw?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST
Questions on Editorial Page

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alloy Of zinc nickel copper Place
poleon TO- Satire II. July. H. Michaelangelo H.
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sand which they need to digest their food essential
Thoroughly wash the fater cup often remove sediment
which is unhealthful.
handle birds
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By HELEN KLUMPH

From MARION DAVIES Forthcoming ALTalkins
Picture by Wanda TuchOk and EduOin Justus Mayer,
based the play, "Dulcy," by Maras Connolly and
George Kaufman. The picture Wiu be shOOn at
Locus Palace The0ter.
THE STORY THUS FAR
Dulcy Parkers efforts help people usually resulted in
trouble Gordon Smith her ance feared the worst when
she insisted having weekend party for Forbes q
financer with whom he trying to do business and
Mrs Forbes and their daughter Angela Dulcy also invited
a acquaintance, Schuyler Van Dyke and scenario
writer Vincent Leach whom she meant to to Angela
Her butler ex-convict, Perkins. And Angela ap
peared wearing real pearls Dulcy managed, the first
moment she alone with Forbes enrage him to the
point of apOpexy by declaring that Gordon had many i'm
portant interests aside from the ewelry which he
had discussed with Forbes.
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TF you have had your parrot long time, and he has
not been infected parrot there is nothing
to worry about Even he is SICK it is something else
mot parrot fever
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(TO BE COntinued)
The Washington times., 1930-03-04
BUREAU POLICY
HIT BY COURT

Scoring the policy Of the q. S.
Veterans Bureau in withholding
the pay Of retired officers under
the emergency officers retiremer
act, pending an advance ruling
by the Comptroller General as to
the validity Of their pay vouchers,
the Court Of Appeals yesterday
approved a writ of mandamus is
sued by the District Supreme
Court and eliminated thereby
what might have become q hope
less maze Of red tape.
John Cavanaugh and Robert C..
Easton, already penSioned as en-
listed men, had applied for retire
ment under the Tyson Fitzgerald
Bill, but the director general of
the bureau refused to allow the
retirement on grounds that to do
so would be to grant the men
a double pension. They waived
their enlisted retired pay and
elected to take their emergency
officers pay instead.
Justice Charles H. Robb, who
wrote the opinion Of the higher
court affirming the mandamuS
of the District Supreme Court.
pointed to the Act of 1928 which
clothes the director of the Blu
reau with absolute authority.
The court held that the mere
perfecting of the claim for retire
ment pay was sufficient to act as
a waiver Of the enlisted pay and
placed the men on their election.
Before commencing the pay of
the eX-soldierS, however, the di-
rector-general Of the Bureau asked
the comptroller If the vouchers
would be paid when issued and
Justice Robb said:
"The only reason so far as the
director is concerned, why actueN
payment has not been made is
that the directors bureau diSburS-
ing officer has communicated
with the general auditing office
for an advance decision as to
whether or not said vouchers
should be paid. In other words,
having found every fact neces-
sary to entitle these retired off
GERS to the retired pay provided
for by Congress, actual payment
is withheld by a subordinate"
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MAN At DANCE
DIES IN BRAWL

HERNDON, Va, March 4.-As a
result over a quarrel over a girl
at a dance here, Howard Simms,
colored, was shot to death. Bos'
ton williams, IS, also colored, of
Middleburg, is in the Fairfax jail
accused of the crime.
Williams, who was arrested by
Sheriff Kirby and his deputies
and Prohibition Officer Virgil
Williams, is said to have made a
full confession. The shooting oc-
CURED at a dance in the colored
section of Herndon and started
with an argument and a free-for-
all fight.
Williams claimed that he was
attacked by SimmS and several of
the latter's adherents and eS.
capped from them by dashing out
the door. He secured a gun. re-
turned to the scene, and when
Simms threatened him with a
butcher knife he shot Simms
through the body, police say.
After a hearing before a local
justice Williams was ordered held
for the grand jury.
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MATE BRUTAL,
Z WIFE CLAIMS
DIR. EMMA WOLD

Alleging that she has long suf-
fered from her husbands alleged
brutal treatment which culmi
mated in a kick in the abdomen
on fresh incision resulting from
recent operation, Mrs. Madeline
Gentle, of the ChaStleton Hotel,
attractive wife of Grady Parks
Gentle, filed suit in Equity Court
asking for limited divorce, main
tenance for herself and two chill
dren with their custody and an
order restraining her husband
from moleSting her.
. Mrs. Gentle alleges that her
husband has often bruised her to
such an extent that she would be
confined to her bed for days at a
time, and she attaches the affi-
davit Of her maid to her petition
in which the husband is said to
have threatened the life Of his
family.
She says that she returned
from the hospital last month and
had only been home a few days
when she received the kick near
the fresh wound.
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YOUTH SWEARS BO0TIECCER SHOT VIRGINIA MANTO DEATH
SECOND ARREST
MADE IN FIRE
MURDER

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, March
4.-The mysterious circumstances
surrounding the death Of Peter
Wenger, 81, q lumberman and
native Of Harrisonburg, Va. neal
Moorefield, Hardy county, last
May, took a new and surprising
angle when Riley Riffey, who has
been held for the death Of Wen
ger and the burning of his body
issued a sworn statement in cir
cult court at Moorefield, charg
ing John F. HawSe, 40, Of Need
more, with the murder.
HaWSe was arrested, given q
hearing and released under $40,
600 bond. He will be brought be
fore the grand Jury at the june
term of circuit court there. Rif'
fey will also be held for the June
term of court.
Mystery for Months
Wenger's charred body was
found in the ruins Of a coal shed
adjoining a county school house
at Long Lick after the building
had been destroyed by fire.
The death remained a mystery
for months but there were no
arrests. Riffey was suspected but
could be held only for drunken
driving.
Following an investigation by
State Officer Banks, Prosecuting
Attorney DeLess McCauley and
Deputy Sheriff Wilkinson, Riffey
was re-taken and has been held
since, charged with completely in
the murder on evidence that Riff.
fey and Wenger quarreled and
fought shortly before the murder
Bought Liquor
In his statement Riffey, who is
%, charged that he and Wenger
stopped at Havse's home and pur.
chased a pint of liquor on the
night Of the killing. An Grgu'
ment developed between Wenger
and Hawse, the statement con.
tinued. over the money. The
quarrel grew in intensity as the
men walked toward the school
house and when Wenger hurled
an epithet, HawSe fired twice,
killing Wenger. Riffey stated
that the body was placed in the
scholohouSe with the gun left at
the side of the body to encourage
a theory of suicide. The weapon
was later removed and the build
ing fired.
Physicians. examining Wenger's
body, discovered evidence that the
man had not died in the flames
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Whenever a coated tongue, bad
breath, disordered stomach or
general rundown" feeling tell
YOU Nature needs q little help in
promoting normal elimination you
can take a Cascaret without any
fear of unpleasant after effects.
Cascarets are pure vegetable
product, made from Cascara
Sagrada, a substance which
unquestionable authorities say
actually strengthens the bowel
muscles.
That's why you can take these
pleasant-tasting tablets as often
as you please-and give them
freely to children or old folks.
They are not habit-forming, like
so many laxatives; they make it
unnecessary to use violent purga-
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Va. ]. AWARDED
$4,000 IN WILL

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, March
4.-Mrs. Susan Leacy Stanard,
who died at the home Of her
niece, Mrs. Kate Mason Cooke,
in Charles Town, last week, left
a legacy Of $1,000 to the Univer
sity Of Virginia by her will filed
for probate.
The bequest to the university is
in memory Of her brother, Craig
Woodrow Mcdonald, who was
killed in battle in the war be.
tween the States, while he was In
the Service of the Confederacy.
There is also in her will a be.
quest Of $500 to Maria Louise
Simpson, a niece Of Mrs. Stan.
ards husband.
Other recipients Of cash be-
quests include the deceased's sis
ter, Flora Mcdonald williams:
her great-nephew, William Nay.
lor Mcdonald; a great-great-niece,
Sue Mcdonald Greene; her niece,
Katherine P. Mcdonald; her
great-niece, Marcia Lewis Leach ;
her niece, Nan Med. Eustecol;
her sister -in-law, Mrs. Marshall
Mcdonald; to two colored friends
in Berryville, Va, Floyd and
Emma Hall.
The legacies range from $1,000
to 5000 each. EXCEPT in the gift to
the two colored friends, which
was of $50.
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Hyattsville Baptists
Plan Training School

HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 8.
"A Church Training School will
be conducted by the First Baptist
Church every evening from April
to II. The church, Sunday
School and B. Y. P. U. workers
of all the Baptist churches and
Missions in Prince Georges county
are expected to jGn in the work.
There will be three classes each
evening.
The subjects will be church ad-
ministration, Sunday School Work
and B. Y. P. U. Evangelism. DR..
j. T. Watts, of Baltimore, will
have charge Of the school.
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8 WIVES CLAIM
DESERT|ON BY
HUSBANDS

ROCKVILLE, Md. March 4.
Three suits for divorce, all filed
by the wives and all alleging de-
sertion, have just been entered
with Preston B. Ray, clerk of
the court here.
Margaret Woods Hayes, Of Sill
yer Spring, through her attorney,
John e. Oxley, asks q divorce
from Frank T. Hayes, jr., 500
block Central Ave. N. E., Wash.
ington. The complaint says the
couple were married May 3, 1923,
in Baltimore. Mrs. Hayes states
that her husband deserted her in
November, 1926. There are no
children. Walter w. Dawson rep
reSentS Hayes
William M. Mobley, Of Mont.
gomery county, is charged with
deSerting his wife, Violet l.. Mob.
ley, in 1896, according to the
complaint filed for Mrs. Mobley
by Attorneys F. B. Welsh and
Lemuel Oliver. There are no
children.
Roy Lee Gill. whose last known
address was the 1000 block Of
jefferson ST., Georgetown, is
alleged to have deserted his wife,
Anna Katherine Gill, Of KenSing-
ton, Md, in July, 1928, in the
suit filed on behalf Of Mrs. Gill
by John E. Oxley. They were
married in Rockville March 26,
1921, the complaint states. Two
children were born of the union,
the bill sets forth, one dying In
infancy and the other, Charles
Lee Gill, 8, now being in the Gus
tody of Mrs. Myrtle Fink, Of
LaytonsVille, Md.
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Woman Parking Coupe
Injuries Cop on Curb

WINCHESTER, Va, March A.
While standing close to the curb
on Loudoun Street, John M. Mas
sic, Of the night police force, was
knocked down by an automobile
and painfully injured.
It is thought that he will be
unable to return to his post for
duty for several weeks.
MaSSie was talking to friends
when a coupe, driven by Mrs. J.
E. Robertson was being backed
into a parking space along the
street. AS the car came back
ward the bumper struck MasSie,
knocking him down. '.''''.
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No Harm in Pure Cascara
Ney wOrk wLiLe you 5Leep"

tives that upset the system and
soon call for more.
Cascarets are sweetened with
pure cane sugar and favored with
licorice; you simply eat them like
candy. Then sleep right on while
they are preparing your intestinal
tract for a thorough cleansing in
the morning. Cascarets never
cause discomfort or that nauseous
feeling usually associated with
laxatives.
The next time you have that
bilious, headachy, detected feeling
that comes from a disordered
stomach-or for any reason YOU
suspect liver and bowels are not
functioning just right-take .
candy Cascaret.
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J. E. AffIeck Named
To Winchester Office

WINCHESTER, Va, March 4
Announcement was made by the
city electoral board of the ap.
pointment of j. e. Affleck. as
registrar Of voters in the second
precinct Of the first ward.
His office is on South Braddock
Street. Affleck held the position
a number Of years and resigned
some months ago.
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COMPANY TO ELECT

ROSSLYN, Va, March 4.-The
American Capital Envelope Com
pany will hold its annual stock
holders meeting March 10 at the
company's office at Rosslyn. Elec-
ton Of a board of directors will
be the principal business.
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Berkeley County Has
% Factory Plants

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, March
A census of manufactures
and distribution just completed
for Berkeley County by George
w. Schill, revealed that in the
county outside of and not includ-
ing Martinsburg there are %
manufacturing establishments.
The list includes five quarry
companies, seven saw mills, three
barrel factories, one road mate.
rial plant, one canning plant,
two brick plants and two flour
mills. A similar census for Mar.
tinsburg will be made soon.