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TARMERS ADVOCATE, CHARLES W. VA. I iDA% JULY 9, THE FARMERS ADVOCATE Established 1885 Every Friday By The Jefferson Publishing Company COMMERCIAL PRINTERS -- PUBLISHERS Charles Town. Jefferson County, West Va. Second Class Mail Matter in he Post Office in Charles Town George Street. 'Phone 257-W. ROBERT C. RISSLER, Editor. . SUBSCRIPTION: $1.25 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Advertising Rates On Application. Importance Of Spain Why should England and France bec me disturbed y and Italy seek to control Spain? It is be- control of Spain by those two great military and would mean control of the only avenue which England and France can keep in touch their immense possessions in Africa, Asia and their in many seas. England and France control prac- of Africa. Both have huge colonial interests in movement of their commerce and their ships of impossible if Germany and Italy gain control ports on the Mediterranean from w.hich they launch operations by both air and sea agains and British shipping. teing willing to go to war rather than let Italy and take control in Spain, England has in mind the India, E gypt, and other territory that is vital to her v hile France has in mind the loss of Iride- s territory that is larger and more populous than homel,and, and of the vast and profitable territories the French flag flies in Africa. a good time to study our maps and look through Raising The Class Issue There is no side-stepping the fact that prej udice agains rich is on the increase. This accounts for t he wave that is sweeping over the world. Instead ol fforts to turn that wave back to its original placid ds, the ultra r ch should be reforming the things mt it in motion. expose of the rich men who robbed their nt of ,hundreds of millions in taxes during recent case in point. Poorer people had to pay every rich men saved by their shocking subterfuges. wonder that those poorer people are thinking radical lines? In France, the government finds kened both at home and abroad because of its to maintain a sound currency. This inability to the action of rich Frermhmen in preferring prof- [or themselves to prestige for their nation. Because get more for their gold elsewhere they withdraw home banks and sell it broad, a practice that reat harm in America until Franklin D. Roosevelt end to it. ,class could accomplish more for conserva- taking into consideration what is best for as a whole than by all t he wars it could wage The End of Court Plan. a great constitutional crisis is pa sing. change in American governmental methods considered revolutionary is The plan to overwhelm the by a,ppotntment of six judges is finally no official announcement from the White of defeat comes in the form of a y Administration leaders in the sate. But the meaning is no less clear: Mall, killed some weeks ago by the resistance of ire6s and independent senators, is now somewhat but definitely interred. will record that the American people rejected for the executive and legisl,ative branches to the judicial branch of Federal Government. idea of " acking" the court to obtain approval of which would othel wise'require a c onstitution.al mt has been vetoed. A short cut which would tended to displace the constitutional amendment entirely has been closed. have decided that the brakes provided by )reme Court are necessary to preserve the American As Tragedy Reigned After Downfall of Bilbao tragedy and pathos characterized scenes in Bilbao, off the northern coast of Spare, as refugees awaited evacuation from the war-torn city as victorious Fascist troops moved into the ~Basque,capital. This +.:-: :::: . : : ~,q. ~ ".: striking photo, first to reach United S[at, es after the downfall of the city which had remained in- vincible for 700 years, shows women and children at the railroad station awaiting tram~ortation out- Dr. J. J, Pittman, of Mc(;on- nelllsville, Pa located at Kable- town, to practice medicine. George W. Marlow had a yield cf 49 bushels of wheat from one ar, d one-tenth acres. Married--In Charles Town, Mi:~s Mary Armstrong and Dr. Braxton Davenport Avis. Died--Mrs. Annie Stump, wife of Abram Stump, of Charles Town aaed 35 years; Miss I,avinia Broaddus. daughter of the late Major Bloaddus, U. S, A aged 86 years. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Le:;Ler Swartz, Middleway. Perry Thomas attended the New York-Washington bah ganm Sun. day in Washington. Mrs. Tyler Brown and daughter, Julia Mac, were recent visitors Hf Mrs. Brown's sister, Mrs. l'aul Lizer, in IIagerstown, Md. Mrs. W. T. Francis and Oscar tl. Francis were visitors at Tuscar- ora Sunday. Rev. Joseph Guy, Shepherdstown, is spending a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley. Mr. and Mrs. tl. H: Elliott and daughter, Jean Ann and Mrs. Ber- tha Horn spent the Fourtil at Mr. Vernon and Colonial Beach, Va. 0 MIDDLEWAY FIFTY YEARS AGO: JULY 9 Married--In Charleston. W. Vs Blackburn ltughes, of Martins- lcurg, W. Vs to Miss Mary Lamb daughter of A. S. J. Perryof Charleston. d R. Clifford was lic~,nsed a) practice iaw at Martin~burg, and was the first colored man to qual- ity for practice m West Virginia. E. J. Stmpson, a member of the Martinsburg bar, became principal of a ~ovcrnme~t school Jn Okla- homa for AnJpahoe Indians. Miss Nancy Keen, who is employ- ed in the government service at Washington, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Keen. Th~ Young Peoples' Fellowship of NelsonParish, enjoyed a weinie roast or) the Big Eddy last Friday Ifight. Their next meetin~ will be SIXTY YEARS AGO. JULY 9 an open-air service at the Priest's M;tnicd--ln IIarrisonourg, Va Field, July ll, followed by a 1)it- by the Rev. W. G Eggleston. Ed- I nic supper there. Miss Margaret Ridgley, of Luth- mwille, Md is visiting Miss Shirley Maeoughtry. The Ladies Auxiliary of Grace Episcopal Church at the home of Mrs. D. C. Lyne, Friday afiternoon. Mrs. W. F. Alexander, of Charles Town, addressed the ladies. Col. and Mrs. R. L. Bates and Miss Betty Bates, of Lexington, spent the week-end with the form- er's mother, Mrs. Sudie Bates. Mrs. J. R. Ware entertained the Ladies Aid of the Methodist Churth last Wednesday night. A large crowd attended and delicious re- ward C. Russell, of Harpers Fer- ry, to Miss Louella Gaines of Ham:isonburg. Died---At her home in IIarpers Ferry, Miss Amanda Shipe, aged 30 years. William Hicks. formerly of Charlestown, was killed by the ex- plosion of a cannon while firing a Fourth of July salute at Con- vellsville, Pa. Henry P. Cooke. of this counw ,~raduated i~ medicine at t;he Uni- versity of Yir~ima. 0 KEARNEYSVILLE spew |h Fourth with tbe .-,'m- or's Iwother. Mr. J. S. /,ock('. Mrs l.ocke and :~on ar ~;pendmv' tim wec]~: hol't:. Mrs. Lila Rm; of Wicbil,:t. I(:m,~, ~.~ vi.dl big tt(.[ I)rolhor. Mr. Lee Osbourrle aD "Re~iie- lll(,n t Mr. ;il'id Mrs. }larry Price and Mrs. Baker, of Pitcairn. Pa spent th, week end with the former's mother, Mrs. Annie Price. Visitors at the home of Mr. and .~&'.~. W. H. t;.'adley, on Sunday, inchlded Mr. and Mns. S~pi~en B~atch(q.r. of Harrisburg, Pa,; Mr. allC~ Mrs;. Oakley Shockey, Mr::. (;eova~. t3radshaw arid Miss ,l ":si[" l-)un:tv,'ay, af 3]artin<';blw . I'h+ 7h ~hod,M Stmde~y Fch(,ol will hold a festival in the sckool yard Friday, July 23, Miss Gertrude Eddy has return ed home aft0r visiKnF friends in Was}~ington. Miss Georgette Strider visited friend:~ in Richmond last week. Mrs. Julia Watson visited bet (:aughter, Mrs. WilIiam Harris. l~ear i~ardane. Messrs. Mason and Frazier~Wat soil were guests of the Misses Itammond, Kearneysville, at a pic- i~lc, ,July ,Jell. Miss Ann IIardesty, Shepherds town. was a guest of Miss Mar- garet Coylc, over the Fourth. Mrs. Charles Lar, ~don, of My- erst.own, spent last week witi~ gel" paren~, Mr, and Mrs J Frank (;ardner. Miss Eunice Ellyett accompanied by Miss Mabel Whittington, of I Ranson, visited friends in Bolivar : ,m W,dnesday. The Friendship and Watson Bil)le (;lasses of the Methodist Church ,ntertained tlr, Sundav Echool at a weinie roasg at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. E, M. Coylc on Friday night, July 2 We v:ere Vvl'y glad to have '~ome of Ln9 Charles Town Me':;hodis; folks who rendered ,;ome beautiful vocal sv- lectinn:~. Quite a large crowd was present and a very pleasant even- !ng was spent. FOR SALE I"OR ~ALE:---()ne 40 gallon hot water tank. covered with Rock Wool; OIit' I,ion Gas water heater. }']l,Jlle 261-R. MISS AMEI,IA IIOt'KINS. July 9-2t. Charles Town. W. Vs. F(IR SAI,E:---Auhurrl Cabriolel. Autom~d)ile. 19:;/ model. Apply to I)R. G. A. DAVIS, JulyO-2t. Summit I'eint, W. Va. F(iI SAI, E-~-At lily woodyard, cut w,)od, seasoned; large lot of flooring. Germall siding, 2x4 and 2x8 pieces, doors, window sash. (?. F. WAI,I, ,l ~ I.~ 91t. I"OR SAI,1;:. ih,usv of seven I'<)Oill:4 and bath, North (;eorge f;trcet all(l Third Avenue, R;tnson : ;tl',gO a ,qevel'l roonl lllOdern house :it South (Jharh,:~ and West C, ongrese: streets.Telopboim 176-F. 1. II. RUSSELl, Real Estate & hisurance July 2.9, 16-pd. I:OR SAI, E:---F,ur 6(/0-1/; I;~:ed Twe:;. RAY X. MERCIIANF, Juncll-tf. Charles Town. W. V:l. t'OR SAI,E: -- Ant.iques, Used l"u,'l~ituro, Ref'rigerators, El >ctric l;'aii3, Studio (touches, Dresser:;. I;ed:;, Mal, tre:;ses. Crfi Spring~;, etc. Optl(,sii,e OLD NA FIONAL CITIZENS BANK BUILDING, dunell-tf. Charle:~ Town. W. Vs. IlAMS--il 4MS--iIAM;q -- Co ultry Sus.'ar Cured---Fine Qual- FOIl RENT:--lmmediate posses- !sion of 8 room brick house, eveIy n~odern improvement, in good con- dition, one of the best resldon~ial ,~:ections of the tO'.Vll; recently oc- (upied by Lclal d :3hugart, 519 So. George Street, I'riee $40,00 a month. For llerlmssion to inspect call MRS. CIOSGLR W. SMI'FII. Phone 231-F, Charles Town, W. Vs. April 2-tf. WANTED:--Wethers and ewes, also lambs and veal calves, every Saturday. Telephone 247-R. C. F. WALL July 9-1t. WANTED:--Fifteen (15) young people who are professed Chris- tians, to participate in a pageant- play which elevates the cross. Sce DR. ATHEY, at Bible College. ,July 9-1t. WANTED ] WANTED:--Junk of all kinds, I ~beef hides, old automobiles. HYMAN VIENER & SONS July 9-tf. WANTED:--Woman to do cook- ing and general housework. NO laundry. Apply to MRS. JOSEPH CAIN. 309 South Church St: July2-2t.-pd. WANTED :--Woman to do laun: dry work. Apply to MRS. JOSEPH CAIN, 309 South Church St; J uly2-2t.-pd. freshments of ice cream arid cake it3" .rod Fiaxm', Phooc ,q2(;-F-! I. I V were served. V J' M. & l. I). anMEldi, WANTED:--Horses and Cattle :a y 7-tf. Marlinsburg, W Va. to Pasture---250 acres Of fine blue Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miller, Miss ' Mr. Herbert Faircloth and faro- grass pasture [and, 3-miles of rive[; Helen Miller, Miss Leota Butler ily, who have been living with th,: FOR SALE - Printed Signs Of front on the Shenandoah River- All Kinds, 5 cents Each. p " ,- lenty of shade. An ideal plac~ and Baker Miller, Kent, Ohio, latter's prents, moved last week in- JEFFERSON P15BL1SHIN(; CO. for horses. Communicate with: They ,are not wholly satisfied with judicial review spent the holidays at the home of leo the Shaull Apartments. Jtme 25-Lf Phol~e 257-W CHARLES L. CRANE, delays and crises sometimes involved. But they do Mr. and Mrs: M. Fred Miller. Last week the stork visited the Charles Town, W. Vs. 201 East Washington St THEATRE Matinee Daily 3:30 P. M. Nights At 7:15 and 9:15 Adults 25 Cts. Children 10 Cts. mm I Friday, ulv 9 el Itii.I litlllin'l Ill ltlil illnlt Wednesdayi July 14 f q 1 WILL ROGERS IN DR. BULL WH'fl ROCHELLE fluDSON ; MARIAN NIXON l ! RALPfl MORGAN BERTON CHURCHILl, ANDY DI~VINE Added'NtwK Nbve!ty in Fopeye Cartoon With Alice Faye & Ritz Brothers Added--Color Cartoon. News Saturday; July i0 % LAEMMLI~ PI~ESENT$ url,- ri, duiy etta that l) n e akes Charles Town, W. Va. the structure of American government changed The Jefferson County Garden home of Mr .and Mrs. Doug Ring! FOR RENT July 2, 9. Jefferson County. by executive and legislature, with the approval of Club met Thursday afternoon at and lei% a baby boy. rhe famity i ,~ made over to fit the occasion, the home of Miss E. "M. Mctntire now consists of five boys and one TWO AI A/Iq:MENTS FOR WANTED:'---I am in the market substitute measure is so, much milder as to be a for a box supper. Mrs. H. It. girl. l,'OR RENT: -- Beverley Fiats. for all kinds of Livestock Fresli Four rooms and bath Tht:ee rooms Cows, Veal Calves and Shoats. of another color. It would permit the appointment Huyett, of Charles Town, gave au Messrs. Ralph, Robert and ftow- and bath. (Suitable for office or Shipping every week. judges only if incumbents remained after reach-l interesting talk on ,larkspur.' lard Goodell motored last Monday reside,eel. Phone 203-11-1. ive and only at the rate of one a year. Thirty members were present,to New York. where Howard re- Briseoe Real Estate Agency CHAS. H. STRIDER, es have been made faster han that under t'he pres- Norval Johnston accompanied by!mained to enter West I'oint onJuly ')-2t. May 7-tf. Charles Town, W. Va. rrangement. And other portions of the original billRev. Joseph Guy, Ben ftartzell, C. July first. FOR RENT:-Three room Apart- WANTED: -- Livestock of Atl N. Byron, andCharles Derr, ell Messrs.Lawrence and Floy meat for light housekeeping. All Kinds, horses, colts, mules, fresli with ~ " . = been drastically amended. There are indi.c.ation d this bill will be much more acceptable to the Senate, Shepherdstown, were fishingat Nicely ,of this village, and G. ~. ntodern conveniences. Possession cows, springers, stock bulls, fat or ~|~ J{~,|[~ Solomon't Island Tuesday of last Pifer, H. J. Russell,KennethAu~.ust lst, thin cattle of any Mud, shoats, or " " " ' ~ i a vl~gorous fihbuster ts hke]y ~o block t. MRS. WILLIAM W. EBY, fat hogs, in fact livestock of an~ Add,d -- .toe Paiooka '/;omedy, lieve the best interests of the c,ountry would be week. Shanks, Messrs. Grubb, Gray and 407 N. Mihlred Street de:wription. Phone 49-F,12, wi|t 3Ieany, Miny, Mo~ Cartoon, JUn'gle ,its defeat at this time. The immediate crisis has1 Ed. Turner returned Friday ai- Lloyd, of Clarke county, returned J,dy 9-1t.-pd come at o~ce to look at your stoclL "Jim No~ 7 surmounted. The Supreme Court has reversed at ter spending a week in Claysvillc, Monday from a two-day fishing " J. EDGAR REMSBURG, t -----~ ~ decision and has shown every purpose be co- Pa with his brother, David Tur- peaketrip tOBay.SOlomon's, lheir Island,luck wasChesa-only furllished,FOR RENT:--I~urnisheda six-room house wither Un-all April 9-tf. Sharpsburg, Md, ~0~i"['U~ii '~[ll[y iim|8 in making democracy work in America. And the her, who is recovering from a re- Monday modern conveniences dn Prospect MISCELLANEOUS. " Mr, Justice Van Devanter has gven .the Pres- cent illness: Mrs. Laura Thomp-, fair due to a storm on Avenue, Washington Heights. ~,! P~*.i,~i appoin,tment which assures a liberal majority,i i s n has gone to Claysvitle to bci morning. -4) TelephoueReall' H.]Estate76 F.RUSSELL,& Insurance JulyWILl'9-~SELL--Lumber for a fiv~ 0 " / ~ is some reason to believe that if the court plan is with Mr. Turner, for some time. - room bungalow. C.F. WALL t( l,y shelved, two more resignations will be forth- She is a neice of Mr. Turner's. tEETOWN July 9, 14, I(;. - .I '. Phat would leave the normal processes of change Mr. and Mrs. Junior Stuckey andi ~u - FOR RENT OR SALE:--Hmlse,t~--~ and Guernseys for old and young And any plan then advanced for judiciary reform son, Mr. and Mrs Newton Stuck-~ My and Mrs. Lester L<)c,e ,nd slaughter house, stable and garage I meaty cows, kickers or ottier (iefed- ey and children spent Sunda at l~ known as the Rose Granthan~ bouseltives. Right up your herd with be dealt with as reform and not,as a detour. At . " ',- y " ~ ,on, Lester, Jr of I it,ct3vn. Pn at Sndthfield (or Clip) Charlesi good high testing young ones. a 'st bstittlte must be tainted by ;he original pur- Town pike and MainSt. corner. !Have any breed of bull you want. and its approx al would weaken the :force of a cejec- IELVIN R|DE t h(ne 2,1 ,-R. (, WALL l,I" which should be firmly establk~hed as a clear-c.ut and T~ Sl July 9-1t. [ Teleplmn'ejuly 9-1t.247"R' C.F." WALL Utiorml-guarding precedent.--C. S. Monitor. F.OR RENT:---West side~f dou- ble house located on East Washing-[ NOTICE.--During the Bible Con- ' ' - ton street. Apply to i ferenee, July 15 to 25 at the Shei - Md Charles E. Keller, (if til,O. EDNA L. WILSON, andoah Bible College (formerly ,vl . nv r Keller Lime Co (,f Englle, this 219 N. Mildred St i Old Powhatan College) we wilt 'GO JUI,Y 7 county, aged 62 years; at Hood FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND LICENSED July24,f. ('harles Town, W. Va. isela'e meals and refreshments iil- eluding light lunch at reasonable , River, Oregon, Samuel tI. M tler, prices. Come and see us. workers weft n(:ver . " ~ " OVO a wool inspect-or fortoe, g l'n- EMBALMER meat of two rooms and kitchenette. July 9-1t. m~e ~o tne army arart.~ o ' Lights, beat and water fm'nished. meat. forinerly fJohnston s fae in the war again.% Lne tory, ~nlsA' county." CHARLES TOWN, W. VA. Po,~,<~essiorl August I, 1937. Apply a. to MRS. BROWN L. RISSLER. Powers O,d ,+,~at ~,~ ular CuslomerS '~aL $2.20 a bushel. Silos for stocl~ food colrs~'rva- 313 Second Avenue. "IN TtIE DESERT ONE" FOR- tilm was quite much in voR~ue in AUTOMOBILE SERVICE, MORGUE ATTACHED. July 2.tf. between 1tGETS EVERYTHING md ~he county, Win, P. Boyd, M. tl. FOR RENT:---Apartment of 5 ~re ourbest tdvertisementfor even tlte ||e~rt one loves iitd ithe Hummer, J. R Boyd, Tabb Broth- A COMPETENT LADY ASSISTANT rooms and bath, West Washington our printing service.Ask your desire Of bite's own B. & ers, Mrs Rose V. Boyd, George street, and one of 6 rooms and bath neighbor--he'll tell ~ou that Exotic. on East Wasl~ ton street. Te]e- W, Hough, having built one each. Office 'Phone 162, Residence 'Phone 35. 176-F. our printing beautiful, it ig" I.H. SSELL is Added --- News, Baster