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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
7
The platform calls for a full reorganization of state and local government on business lines, reduction of officeholders, economy in conduct of government, comprehensive tax reform, nationwide budgeting for all local branches, a public auditor independent of government, and significant tax reductions achieved through tighter administration.
Burnt Factory Virginia on August 23 notes include a church group清to clean the graveyard August 26, urging attendance and tools. Local updates cover JW T Hottle installing store fixtures, a mill modernization, Red Bud woolen mills producing blankets, and S L Carter buying a Ford tourer. Rural optimism marked by thriving gardens and a warning about orchard rogue deterred by rifle and dogs.
Richmond dispatch reports Democrats in internal revenue posts under Collector Noel in Virginia being replaced by Republicans at reduced salaries. The process aims to remove all Democrats from the federal payroll within a year.
United States Department of Agriculture cautions against early picking and bruising during packing. Melons should be harvested at full-slip stage, loaded promptly into iced refrigerator cars, and protected from sun to maintain flavor and keeping quality over long shipments.
Farmers misjudge molting as a period when hens do not need feed. During molt hens shed feathers and regrow them rich in nitrogen and oil. Proper nutrition remains important to support feather production and overall health.
The Augusta County Board of Supervisors reached an agreement with county banks excluding Staunton to refund about $3,000 paid in excess tax on bank stock. Payment is delayed until the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issues a ruling expected to align with the U S Supreme Court decision that moneyed capital cannot be taxed higher than intangibles.
Daily market rundown shows wholesale prices for butter creamery and country butter, oats and corn meal, wheat and bran, hay and straw, meat poultry figures, and fat cattle notes. Prices vary by grade and weight with a closing update reference.
Louise Garrett of Frederick Hall Virginia and James R Graham Jr son of missionary Rev James R Graham Sr were married at Hampden-Sidney by Rev J E Booker The groom a former John Marshall High football coach and Hampden-Sydney football star will travel to the Orient to visit his father in China after a two week northern trip.
Wholesale dressed beef prices in eastern markets last week fell to within 2 cents of 1913 pre war levels. The yearly decline neared 45 percent, with average wholesale prices around 14 cents per pound, per the American Meat Packers Institute.
The Lynchburg Post reports the American Legion plans a delegation to the Norfolk convention on September 1 to bid for the Virginia department's 1922 gathering. Lynchburg post hopes to entertain their buddies and lobby for the bid.
Public auction to sell about fifty two acres of land in Frederick County Virginia adjoining Shawnee Magisterial District and partly within Winchester city limits. The sale follows a 1911 trust deed to R Gray Williams and notes totaling $10,000 with overdue interest.
One-third cash due day of sale and two-thirds evidenced by two equal bonds dated the sale date and payable in one and two years. Interest at six percent per year payable semiannually. Security includes a trust deed on the property and a fire insurance policy endorsed to secure the deferred debt. Trustee: R. Gray Williams.
The Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company announces its annual meeting at the office of R Gray Williams in Winchester Virginia on Friday September 2 1921 at 12 15 p m for election of a President and Board of Directors and for other business as may come before it.
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