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N'otMnK Shall b? Indifferent to u which AiItmcm
VOLUME 57
^hC-Came ot Trpti> ??<j Morality. or which Oonctrni Ihc Welfare of tUr Community In which Wf> Ut?.
LEWISBURQ, WEST VIRGINIA, FRIDAY MORNING-. DECEMBER
29, 1922. NUMBER 28
METHODIST BISHOPS.
i Scoring what it terms unjust ac
cumulation and inequitable distri
Lion of huge surplus profits by
financial corporations" and the dis
ribution of "rewards of conquest
|n the forpn of governmental mo
popUies." the board of bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in
p statement issued at a meeting held
j:1 Chicago, calls upon nations to
'?individual and national repentance
for whatever share we may have
taken n the defense and support of
iin-C.hristian programs of power."
j'he statement was adopted by 20
bishops in conference.
: "America," the statement says,
should unhesitatingly accept her
ful responsibility for leadership in
pn- restoration of a broken world,
khe should refuse to sanction any
ivar except for strictest self-defense
kf humanity. She should continue
lo advocate universal disarmament
and should not hesitate in asking
[hat an international conference be
palled for tihis great purpose."
The growth of "personal and or
fcuiized greed has limited and often
defeated" the ideals of Christian so
ciety. the statement continued.
'?'The tirst corrective of the world's
Koe is sincere repentance. The
lecond corrective is the organiza
tion of political and social life every
ivhere upon the basis of the welfare
Df all.
| We deplore the unjust accumula
tion and inequitable distribution of
kufje surplus profits by financial
Corporations. We insist that Chris
Hun principles shall lie applied
ilike to capital and lal>or.
f "We deplore the distribution ?:f
rewards of conquest in the form of
|(>\ ernmental monopolies and terri
r?ri:? I control for personal and sol
Mi advantages.
"We deplore the investment of
n\es in armaments and pompous
lisplay, and urge the nations of t tie
for Id not only to limit but to de
tiv> (his bulwark of hatred. It is
ur Milemn judgement that nothing
liort of the actual application of the
irineiples of Jesus in governmental.
ri nomie, religious and racial lift*
)d;ty will meet the need."
WORTHY UNDERTAKING.
The Daughters of the American
evolution, of Charleston, are ap
nling to the public for informa
; a relative to the former location
f the house in which Daniel Boone,
lie of the early settlers of Ch'arles
>11 and the Kanawha Valley, oncc
ved, mny years ago. It is the pur
dm- of the organization to place a
arker on the spot because of its
istoric value.
Mrs. Thomas W. Field, of 1321
uarricr Stxeet, 'has asked any per
>n who has any information on
U' subject to communicate with
cr. There is said to be some dif
?rence of opinion in regard to the
Miner location of the house, and it
i the desire of the organization to
pd the right spot.
The ladies will also place mark
N :il the site of Tackett's fort, at
Bint Albans, and at Burning
Jriiigs. above Charleston. The lat
r mI<- consists of an acre of ground
veil |?y George Wahington as a
jltli;- spot of interest.
Tlu- markers will consist of a
wlili r upon which will be inscrih
I tin- historical facts incident to
(? place. It is the desire of the or
itiizalion to have these in place he
re the opening of the Midland trail
rough tliis section next summer.
WOOL POOL.
I.inners, pooling their wool this
in* are receiving from live to eight
ntv more per pound than the loral
>i*k?ls offered, according to re
on the various pools prescnt?
t<- t lie wool conunittee of the
iii'i ioun Farm Bureau. The report
flailed pools in New York, Ohio.
Missouri, Illinois, Michigan
K'. Montana and Wyoming.
' It is now proposed." says Ainer
farm bureau headquarters, "to
p'"k out a uniform system of ac
Mnling and grading pooled
M ?md to provide a uniform pro
pi's contract. It also is propos
M'V the committee to further the
["Mgn for the advancement of
I'tli-in-Fabric legislation."
r siiint ])inaceous timber tree in
l(,n?nis to New Zealand, locally
|'l,l Kauri, has been discovered
Hi'' Northern forest. It has a
11 ^ -- feel in diapieter and <>t> feet
fci'tli. Mini it rises To feet clear of
Nk lies. The tree contains 10.).
[ sli|HTfieial feet of timber, and i-?
1:11 1 H' ? I to |)(. 2,000 years old.
I borrow! Subscribe.
DR. BROWN DEAD.
The death of Dr. Horace M.
Brown accurred at his home in Dal
las. Texas, Saturday morning. Dec.
1(?, 1112*2, at 10 o'clock. He was horn
and reared at Union anil for more
than a third of a century was cn
gaged in the active practice or medi
cine there. In the summer of 1018
he sold his possession at I'nion and,
with his family moved to Dallas
where he made his home. For some
l\me it l.as been known to his
friends that Dr. Brown had :i heart
disorder and was in failing health,
hut he was still going ahoul and in
teresting himself in his practice. On
the day before his death he visited
several patients. Hut that night lie
did not rest well and about 7 o'clock
Saturday morning fell into a deep
sleep from which he never :\wak
icncd. Three 'hours later, quietly
and peacefully, without a sign of
suffering. his spirit passed out of
the world.
Dr. Brown had reached the age
of t>;> years last June. He was the
youngest son of the late Edwin M.,
and Caroline Virginia Marshall
Brown, of Monroe County, \Y. Va.
In 1887 Dr. Brown married Miss
Mary McDonald Hudd, daughter of
.the late Major and Mrs. John S. Hudd
of I'nion. To them were horn six
j children. Two are in Paradise ? Kd
I win, the lirst horn, died when in his
17th year. Mary Marshall, who be
came the wife of Judge Ceorge Ser
geant. of Dallas. Texas, died at li'er
\ home in that city in September. 1U1H
i The surviving members of Dr.
{Brown's family are his wife, three
'daughters, Mrs. Carrie Hader. wife
of Mr. Frank. Hader. of Lcwisburg.
W. Va.. (now temporarily of Dallas
Texas) Mrs. Agnes Van Sant. wife of
Dr. W. I,. Van Sant. of llinton. \V.
va.. and Miss Margaret, at h'onie: ami
one son, Mr. Horace M. Brown, now
|a student at the Virginia Theological
i Seminary, Kpiscopal Church, near
i Alexandria. Va. Besides these two
of his sisters are living. Mrs. J. \\ .
McNccr. of Williamson. \Y. Va.. and
I Mrs. Joh'n \V. Bell, of (ioshen. Va.
Dr. Brown was well known over
Southern West Virginia and his
I many friends will regret to learn of
his death.
PRICES GO UP.
Progressive increases in the cost
of food, clothing, fuel, structural ma
terials and other commodities are
being recorded in the press and in
the price lists issued by manufac
turers and dealers, following the en
actment of the Fordney-McCumber
profiteer's taritF act.
In ifhc national capital, official
habitat of the Republican Congress
which passed, and of the Republi
can President who signed, the profi
teers' law, a considerable advance
in the price of ,:nen's clothing has
been made by a leading firm of
tailors. In an announcement sent
to their customers, FredericA. Coch
ran & Company say:
"Due to the increased cost of pro
duction and materials, I am com
pelled to advance the present price
of all suits *10. This increase will
become effective December 14th."
The American Woolen Company
(Hi Wool Trust) has increased the
prices of its .products from 10 to 45
cents a yard, and .makers and retail
ers of men's clothing in various
parts of the country have followed
this example. The rise in the prices
of textile materials and clothing be
tween November 1 and December 1
was 2 and one-half per cent, or at
the rate of 27 per cent a year.
CHARLESTON'S EDUCATIONAL FUND,
Tlu* Presbyterians of Charleston
fund coiunuinity have just aecom
I plishhed tin* task of raising a fund
of more than *233,000 lo be used for
the support of the educational in- j
I stitntions of thi'ir church in West
[Virginia. The (|nota for Charleston
was *200.000. lnit at the elose of the
eampagn it was seen that Charleston
Presbyterians had raised about *33,
000 more than the quota, and on (lie
heels of other drives for funds in
tin* community, the feat is a splen- ,
did one. During the sa,ine period a
hard-driven campaign was on to
raise $ 200,000 for a new public li
brary in Charleston, as a result of
which' the library is assured.
I
Joseph M. Crockctt. of Welch, has
resigned as assistant district attor
ney for the Southern District of W.
Virginia.
West Virginia Cniversity foot
ball team won the game pla\ed with
Cou/.aga Team, of Spokane, Wash
ington. at San Diego, California,
score stood 21 to 13 in favor of W.
Va. 'I he game was played on Christ
mas Da\.
MONROE FARM BUREAU.
The Farm Bureau /Membership
drive going on in Monroe county is
meeting with marked success. l",>
to yesterday more than 200 mem
bers had enrolled and given their
checks for the annual dues of *10.
a year for three years. When :i
I farmer does that he means business.
The most of Bed Sulphur distriet
and a part of Wolf ('.reek distriet re
iiuiiu to he canvassed. It is practi
! cully certain that more than 2.">0
I paid-up members of the l-'arm Bu
reau will enroll in Monroe count\
J by Saturday. This is many more
lhan was predicted :il the outset.
1 Mr. ('.. .1. (looper. who has been
^tiring the eounly and speaking in
the interest of the Farm Bureau, left
I yesterday lo return to his home in
| Illinois. As a parting word to the
members i.f the Farm Bureau he
,asks us to publish the following:
j "The future of the Monroe C.oun
ity Farm Bu'eau lies in the hands of
; the farmers who constitute it. The
! organization can do no more than
its members want it to do. There
is a great future for then if they
! will only work together for a com
mon cause along the lines of taxa
tion, co-operative .marketing, etc.
: Farmers, this is your organizaton.
I Do your duty, think and work to
gether in groups. Fifty cents per
hundred on cattle and sheep, I to S
'cents per pound on wool, 1 0 cents
I per dozen on eggs, and the like on
J other products can be added if you
will only ge t the community spirit.
Have conlidence in yourself and al
jso in your neighbor.
| "The annual meeting should map
out a plan of work for next \ear.
This plan should also include both
' the hoys and the girls of the coun
ty. No man can do these things
alone.? Watchman.
! BEAVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
| One of the mysteries of the Stale
of West Virginia is the existence in
Hampshire county, near the town of
; Augusta, of a family of heavers.
Whence they came and why is be
yond the power of any one lo solve
according to C.hsef !>tputy (iani?
j Warden <i. W. Sharp, of Charleston,
I who lias made a personal investiga
tion of the colony and has taken
measures to protect the ani,mals.
I The beavers were found several
monh's ago on an abandoned farm
| How long they had been there is un
[ known, but they arrived sometime
(luring the last summer or fall.
jThey are the only ones in the State
.and th'e nearest are in Pennsylvania
i many miles away. Beavers are es
sentially aquatic, never traveling by
i land unless driven by necessity,
j It has been more than 50 years
since the last beavers were seen in
West Virginia. The were at Beaver
Dam, on the headquarters of Wil
liams river, and the evidences of
their constructive ability still re
main although the animals were all
^slaughtered a half a century ago.
j While the Hampshire county fam
ily is protected more as a novelty
than for any other reason, it is said
that there is a possibility of il grow
ling into a colony of such large pro
portion as to finally hecine coni,mor
joially valuable. There are now eight
tin the family and, to all appearances
i they have come to stay.
| NEW BONO SALE.
The Legislature will he asked :<l
its initial session in January to pass
an emergency act authorizing the
(iovernor to sell addtional road 1
bonds for the construction of hard
surfaced roads in order that from
HUI( to 800 miles of road may he
built next spring and sim^ncr. the
(Iovernor declared during the course1
of an address at a meeting of the as
sessors of the State ;d Charleston, j
Although stating no amount, the
(Iovernor indicated that it is his in-,
tenlion to ask sufficient funds to fin- j
ancc the road building program'
started last year "in order that there !
may be a networkof highways in j
the slate within two years."
This is an additional sale of the
*50.0110.000 bond issue authorized
by the voters at the election of 1020.1
sj."), 000. 000 have been sold by auth- J
orilv of the Legislature ami there j
are ' *3.~>. 000.000 balance voted that
have not yet been authorized. !
T. T. Stevenson passed lo his re- j
ward at I lie home of his son al Princ i
Nov. .">th, at the age of 71 years. He
is survived by his wife and four'
children, namely, \Y. J. Stevens, of I
Prince; Mrs. Jennie White, of Prince
Mrs. Amanda Spencer, of Frankford j
and C. W. Stevenson, of Covington.
Virginia.
Don't forget your New Year I.eso
lulions. They help a great deal.
I RAILROAD CIRCLES.
{
The V in Sweringen Compan> of
Cleveland. f-nancier.i, who operate
1,72.> r:>iles of railroad through con
trol of I'll* New V>rk, Chicago and
St. I. ouis Railroad, Toledo, St
Louis & Western and Lake Erie &.
Western will add the C. & O. to their
transportation holdings If negotia?
lions now being carried on are suc
cessfully consummated. The com
pany holds an option on tin* C. &
(). Holdings of Henry K. Hunting
ton, chairman of t lit.- hoard of the
road and this option if taken up it
is understood that it will get con
trol of the property.
The acquisition hy the Van Swear
ingciss of the ('. ?& (>. would mean
that they would control some 1,280
miles of railway, one of the largest
railway systems in the east. It
would give them an outlet to the sea
at Fort Monroe, Va? and would also
mean that they would tap one of the
richest co;d fields in the east.
, Tile C. & (). owns and operates
more than 2,.")00 .miles of road.
In brokerage circles it was re
ported that the Van Sweringens
have made the first payment toward
'exercising the option of Mr. Hunt
ington's stock. While the price to
he paid could not he ascertained it
ciin Ik- auMioi ilively stated that it
will he eonside: ably above the pres
ent market value.
Mr. Huntington's holdings in
& (). stock aggregate about 1 per
cent of tin- company's stock out
standing. It was learned that the
I Van Sweringcns have made arvangc
I inents to obtain another la per cent
'from outside interests. 'I he remai".
jing 21 per ernt necessary to have
a majority holding of the slock
; could In- procured from time to
? time in the i.jirn market.
, In railroad circles it was .said
j that the ('.. vN: O. would he very val
! liable acquisition for the Van Swer
iingens in the bidding up of their
proposcil system. They have al
' ready mad'.' application to the inter
state counneree conynission to
{ merge the roads now under their
control. At the present time they
operate 17'ia miles of railway thru
i f ihe the three :oads.
: The addition of the (*. & O. which
j would bring their syste(m up to
about 1280 miles.- -Ilinton-Leader.
CHICAGO'S CHRISTMAS.
j To give* itself its biggest Christ- i
mas, Chicago has spent s 1 1)0,000, 000 j
on food and presents; handed out |
more than iuO.OOO free dinners and
provided inniunerahle parties, en- 1
tertainments and eoneerts for its
| rich and poor. Department store
j managers estimated the amount
i spent for retail merchandise in the
Loop at 930,000,001) and that of the]
.outlying districts at $20,000,000.
I One quarcr of the si 00,000,000
j went for furniture, household utili
ties aud toys, a leading store mana
ger said. About GO per cent of tin
toys were of th'e "Made in .\merica"
variety, he asserted. On Christinas
cards the city spent about $3,000,
000. For their dinners and those!
; of the poor, Chicngoans spent be- 1
tween $6,000.01)0 and $10,000,1)00.]
! Somewhere between s 1,000.000 and
j $6,000,000 was expended for rail- J
i way tickets to vist the "folks at j
j home." It was estimated that j
1 000.000 parcels were sent through;
I the mails and by express. The
I Yuletide packages handled by the
Post Oflice alone weighed about 10.
000 tons. The business of one Shite'
Street Department store will run
close to the >8,000,000 mark for the j
month of December as a result of <
the Christmas buying. Four more;
stores, it is said, wiil have /nonthh !
balance sheets showing that be- :
tween $3,000,000 and $1,000,000
passed over the counters of each. In j
addition millions were spent in the!
smaller shops which dot the l.oop.. ;
THE COTTON CROP.
Reducing its forecast, made in
jOctober. by 171,000 bales, the de- J
partment of agriculture in its final j
estimate of the season placed the
total production of cotton this year
'at 0,016,000 basis. The estimate is
'smaller than any of the previous
I forecasts made this season and
j which were based on condition of
the crop in the various months of
I the growing season.
me, snow.
I On the 17th day of December,
j 1880. fell possibly the deopest snow
[that has ever fallen in this section.
I This was thirty-two yc'irs ago. The i
snow fell thick aud fast for two
clays and one night without a let I
I up. The snow was between three
and four feet deep and remained
on the ground practically *i!l winter.
MOONSHINE ANO MINE PROPS.
About one-third of a 7u0 gallon
shipment of moonshine whiskey
?from Rocky Mount, North Carolina,
was seized by Deputy State Prohi
bition Agent Kli Watkins, of Blue,
field, at Eckman, McDowell county
last Tuesday, and Flint Carter, a
peg-legged man. the alleged owner
of the shipment, was arrested, to
gether with T. Brown and Theodore
I Doninionick.
j Brown and Donunonick were ar
j rested near where Carter was dis
; pensing his goods and each was
! charged with having a gallon of the
| fluid in his possession. Over six
; weeks ago Officer Watkius was given
?a tip tuat a car of whiskey was to
' be sent into McDowell county just
?about the holidays. While the of?
ficer had carried this tip in .mind,
he had entertained but little hope of
making the capture. He had gone
into McDowell county the latter part
i of last week i ti company with his
wife to spend Christmas with rela
tives and it was shortly after his ar
lival there that he learned of the ar
rival of the shipment at Eckman.
The car had been consigned to the
Eureka Coal Co,inpany, and had
been billed "mine props." The car
jhad been placed at the coal com
pany's sand Wouse and about 70 10.
gallon kegs had been buried in the
sand. All but 211 gallons of whis
! key had b.-en disposed of before the
officers placed the men under ar
iest. According to Officer NVatkins,
, two automobile loads of whiskey
I was seen to move away from the
sand h')u ;c before they were able
it> capture the alleged owner of Ihe
whiskey. The liquor, it was said,
was being sold at *20 per gallon. At
this rale the shipment, had Ihe own
er made a clean gel away, would
h ;i ve netted s 1 4.0IHI.
Carter was tried at Keystone, lin
ed *200 and given 00 days on the
! county road. A federal warrant
has been issued for him. Officers
! are endeavoring to learn who was
j connected with Carter in the sales.
, They .sa\ there were not as many
Imine props in the car a there were
i kegs of whiskey.
WARM WEATHER.
Tuesday was the warmest 26th |
j of December experienced in the 3-1 ?
years' history of the West Virginia
| Bureau of the United States at Park- j
ersburg. Observer C. W. Howe, in j
, charge of the bureau, reports a tein
' perature of G4 degrees. j
Thirty-four years ago was in 1888.
lit will be remembered the winter |
[of 1887-88 was a very open winter, j
There was scarcely a freeze during:
(the whole of the winter, little or no j
snow and peach trees bloomed in I
j February. j
ALLEN BOND FORFEITED.
Walte Allen convicted of treason
in Jeirerson county, for participa
tion in the armed marchinto Logan
county in September, 1921, and
is out on a $15,000 bond pending
an appeal to the Supreme Court,
! has gone to parts unknown. U. G.
j Young, of Charleston, is said to be
his bondsman. When last heard of
| Allen was in Oklahoma City. Deputy
i Sheriff H. E. Keadlc, of Logan!
| countv is on his trail.
I ' m - ? ,
TUBERCULOSIS IN GREENBRIER.
! It is estimated that there are 2011 '
'active cases of tuberculosis in Green i
j brier county, with 35 deaths in the
past year from the "white plague."
I.Monroe eount\ is accredited with'
! 1 32 active cases and 18 deaths. The
! figures are furnished by the West :
Virginia Tuberculosis Association,
which is endeavoring to raise *75,. j
<100 for lighting the disease n 1023.1
The selling of Christmas "health!
[stamps" was a part oT the program,
for raising this sum.
LARGEST NAIL FACTORY'
| Ollicials of the I. a Belle Iron
| Works, have confirmed the report
| that they expect to build the larg
est nail plant in the counry at
Wheeling, as soon as their plans are
approved by th'e city council. The
building will be erected on the site
of the old factory on the south side
which was erected in 1852. !
County extension agents, in car
lying the results of research by the
I'nitcd States Department and the
experiment sat ions of the Slate Ag
ricultural Colleges to the farmer,
visited (150, (MM) farms in 1021 and
held 125, mum community and other
meetings, with an attendance of
(>.000,000.
You .might call a man a rolling
stone, but don't insinuate that he
i>n't on the level.
SHERIFFS TO MEET.
The convention of West Virginia
Sheriffs will be held in Charleston
January 3-1. It lias been announced
by Sheriff \Vm. J. Hatfield, McDow
ell county, president of the SKer
ift's' Association.
Thi' two days meeting will open
just a week before the convention
of the State Legislature. Holding
the sheriffs' eonvention at this time
will be met with approval by many
Sheriffs and others wh?i will be able
by one trip to the Capitol City, to
attend the conclave and the opening
of the Legislature.
It is the aim of the convention to
outline several .much needed
changes in the present laws affect
ing the oflice of county sherill", and
this legislative program will be car
ried through the house of delegates
and the state senate as far as possi
ble.
Several of the leading men in the
State's affairs will be 011 the pro
gram, as well as a number of sher
iffs. Governor Morgan and Walter.
S. Hallanan. State Tax Commission
er, will address the meeting. An in
teresting feature of the convention
will be the annual banquet, at which
ex-Governor MacCorkle will preside
as toastniastcr.
WEST VIRGINIA'S FRUIT.
An example of the Importance of
West Virginia's famous Kastern fruit
belt is given bv the statistics just
compiled of tni.s season's yield from
a single orchard. It is that of the
Northern Virginia Orchard com
pany. near Arden. originally owned
by John M. Miller, who , made a for
tune from it. Two hundred acres
of the orchard this year produced
.'il.lOti barrels of apples, which if
loaded into freight cars making up
a single train, at 1(>0 barrels lo the
car, would have made a solid train
two miles in length'. Of the total
apple crop barrels were num
bered one's and two' 's, u nly a few
barrels being culls or cider apples.
The crop comprised Y01 k Imperials
lien Davis, and Gimcs' Golden. The
remaining I (HI acres were hit by a
freeze and part of the crop was ruin
ed for the season. The entire crop
was exported to Kngland.
Hay Arbogast, a young man living
at Richwood, was arrested one day
last week ami taken before Squire
Walter Cox on complaint of W. S.
Johnson, a deputy game and fish
warden, who charegd Arbogast with
refusing to respond to a summons
by him to assist in fighting forest
fires ?some time ago. He was found
guilty and fined S20 and costs
which he paid. The county pays
20 cents an hour for help of this
kind and .lohnson says it took him
five anil one-half hours to put out
i the fire to which lie summoned Ar
bogast. ? Kichwood S'etrs.
KILLED IK MINES.
1 Mine futilities in Novejnber num
bered 33, of wh'0(iii 22 were Ameri
cans and 11 foreigners, according
to the monthly report of 11. M. Fa/u
ble, chief of the department of
mines. Two of those killed were
outside workmen and 31 were em
ployed on the inside of the mines.
Five men came to ther death ns
result of mine ear accidents. Fall
of roof and coal was responsible
fr 1!) deaths, three were killed by
motor accidents, one by mining ma
chine. one by shaft, one by electric
cty and three in miscellaneous ac
cidents.
SOLDIERS AT CHURCH.
Figures compiled by I lie C.hief of
Army Chaplains, given out. show
that about 13,01(11 religious services
were held during the past year in
tin- army with an attendance of 1,
2SI.K3I. This was an average at
tendance of about ldit each service.
Fach otlicer and soldier in the army
averaged going to church twelve
times during the year. The chap
lains officiated at 1,401 marriage
ceremonies during the year.
WEST VIRGINIA WINS.
In the annual eastern intcr-col
: legate fruit judging contest held at
State College Pa., the team repre
senting the University of West Vir
ginia won first place and the silver
loving cup offered by Rutgers col
lege. West Virginia's score was
!)|.0. Members of the team were:
R. S. McDonald, Iixwood; If. P. Sevv
Oak Hill; .1. W. Cole, Victor, and
If. E. Knowlton. of the I 'niversity's
teaching staff. The contest was in
identifying and judging 25 varieties
of apples.
Don't forget your New Year Reso
lutions. They help a great deal.