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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1923
Page
5
B C Osborn testified at an open Louisiana hearing that hooded men warned him to leave Morehouse parish within ten days in February 1922. He described being confronted by masked riders, selling land for 160 dollars, and fleeing toward Monroe after the men pursued him through the woods.
Dr. Henry Ovis Smith president of Washington University will deliver the annual memorial lecture on General Lee at Christ Episcopal Church Sunday night at 8 30. The talk titled General Lee the Christian Citizen will be informal and different from his prior lecture. Local pastors arranged earlier services to enable congregations to attend.
A sharp quip mocks self valuation claiming heaven would be too small to hold all if everyone were valued as highly as themselves. The line plays on social vanity and collective ego with humorous intent.
Alexander Howat and five former United Mine Workers officials in Kansas will be released on parole from Girard County Jail after serving 266 days of a one year sentence. Judge Daniel H. Woolley granted the paroles in Pittsburg.
The Chamber of Commerce reports no licenses for motorcycles or convertibles. only new state license plates for automobiles and trucks are available. Secretary Andrew Bell in Richmond announced that those seeking motorcycle or convertible plates should apply elsewhere.
Fear that Lieut. G. V. McPike of the Fairfield air depot in Dayton may be lost in the mountains of West Virginia was expressed by Lieut. A. V. Thomas. McPike flew from Bolling Field to Dayton, landed at Saltville Virginia, resumed his trip, and has not been heard from since. Messages were sent along the Cincinnati Saltville line to watch for him.
Miss Lizzie S Hauptman 54 died at 14 Grant St Waynesboro Pa after a year illness from bronchial pneumonia. She was a member of the Reformed Mennonite Church. Survivors include brothers John L Hauptman Amos and other siblings. Funeral in Reformed Mennonite Church Waynesboro with Rev John R Miller officiating. Interment Rose Hill Cemetery Hagerstown.
A witty line from Uncle Ben in Grit notes that many people feel out of harmony with themselves and with nature and, once out of harmony, are out of luck. The remark echoes a rural sentiment about mood and fortune.
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