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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
picnic and Ball Game.

a very pleasant outing is reported
at Traction Park yesterday. Two
Sunday School classes spent the day
there in most enjoyable manner
They were the classes of Rev. G. D.
Smith and Miss Eta Hawkins, of the
First NJ. E. church. Mr.. Smith was
unayoidably absent, being out of town
attending a funeral, SO the party was
under the direction of Miss Hawkins
Lunch baskets well filled helped make
the day more pleasant. A feature of
the days enjoyment was a base ball
game between the members of the.
classes, resulting in a score of 10 to
in favor of Rev. Smiths class. Trac-
ton Park is becoming quite favorite
outing place
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
BLOCK SYSTEM
Will Be Used on the Local Street
x Car Line.

The Eairmont and ClarksburS Trac-
ton Company is putting up a block
system on its Monongah division,
and it expects to operate cars on that
division by block which will save time
and trouble
This system is very simple and eff
fective. An electric light wire stretch
ed along the line and at GER
tain places block stations are made.
These stations consist of two sets
of electric lights and two switches on
the wire to throw the lights off and
on.
One set of lights is for the cars go
ing east and the other set for cars
coming west. When a car comes to
a block station the conductor throws
the light switch and thus makes a
white or clean block behind him, SO
the next car going east may enter
block, but if the lights on the block
in front of him are lit he must wait
until the car then in the block which
he wishes to enter arrives and throws
off the lights, thus giving him a clear
block: then he throws the lights back
on block. This turns on the lights at
the next station ahead of him and AL
cars arriving there must wait until
This system is quite extensively
used on all car lines where much bust
ness is done.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
BODY
OF KENT. LOOMS FiAs BEEM
STARTED FOR AMERlcA on
BOARD THE PAL Ls.ss

& SOUTHAMPTON Jul
body of Frederick Kent on1is the
American who disappeared tIles
Kaiser Wilhelm II i on June 20. and
whose remains were washed ashore
near Plymouth several tia iago, left
for New York on board the m sricans
liner ST. Paul to-day. 5;5Sss
Several passengers W no Intended
sailing on the steamer refused ro go
when they learned the bod ygasSS
aboard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27

@ V
Howard Bartlett and Dainty Six left
this afternoon for Hundred, Wet
Eel county. They will be gone about
two weeks, and of course will have
great time in the mountains of old
".Whetzel..
Judge u S. Kendall returned today.
from his Maryland lumber camp.
etc, etc.
Homer Bartlett Of the Fifth ward,
went to Buckhannon to-day. on bust
ness.
~ Mayor J ohm Showalter, OF Mo-
nongah, favored us with Sa busine ss call
last eFenin al III
stewar towI1 man
at the Tavern.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
An attractive Window.

Especial attention is being attracted
by the show window at Mansbachs'
which shows man buying a paper
from newsboy. The different news
papers of the city are used extensive
Iy in the decoration. George Rosen-
,merkle$@is the decorator and he has
long been know as q master in his
line sS
ts Ior.I Hal Hall ], who las been III fora
few u avs IS beffer today.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
Iine-Up of leans.

P. S. Heck, p; NJ. E. Ashcraft, C;
(Capt.): Dick Huntington, lib; J. O..
Watson, 2b; Howard Showalter, 3b:
Jake Walker, SIS; Sam r. Nuzum, CT;
Mike Powell, If; J. Fl. Beckman, r.f.
Subs.-C. E. Macarthur, p; Jamie
Shinn. C; J. l.. Hall, If; w. a. Fisher,
CT; Loyal Bennett, 3b; Paul Mccoy,
lib; Ernest Sherwood, Oh; II. C. Sam
pie, SIS; Scott Lowe. r.f.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
THAT DELIGHTFUL FLAVOR

THAT DELIGHTFUL FLAVOR
givenSby the juices OF luscious fruits,
ripe and fresh, makes Jim Martins
soda 50 popular. The fact that all
Z these syrups are absolutely pure ap
peals to everyone's good sense who
values health. The water used is pure
also, and there is no Summer bever-
age so wholesome and delicious. Try
a glass of soda with his delicious ice
cream at the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
A "Pome."

A "Pome.'
The following verses were picked
up in front of Arthur Martins news
store this morning:
Dog Days.
There was General Morgan OF old
Who was soldier bold,
And Morgan the buccaneer.
But there was Morgan the less,
Whom must confess,
Was better at bucking beer.
This man of renown
Raided the dogs of the town,
And shut them up in a seven by ten.
He marshaled his force
BY the laws recourse,
Then he let them out again
1t was sad and dreary
For poor old Uncle Jerry,
When the Humane Society called
round.
He slapped down his paw.
Said This is the law ia
And manfuIly stood his ground
The dogs were Scary;
Uncle Jerry was leary:
The Council was afraid to meet
The bold noble Chief,
Found out to his grief,
The dogs had more friends than he
on the street.
One poor little cur,
With soft downy fur,
Bit the Chief on the hand.
repeat with a sigh.
The dog didn't die,
The reason thereof don't understand.
ANONYMOUS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
FAIRVIEW.
= X y :. :: = 4 = :. j.

| Fielding Harris IOSt, who has been
| coach for the University of Michigan
for the past three seasons, will leave
next week for ST Louis to take in the
fair. After spending several weeks
| there, he will go to Ann ArbOr to
get the foot ball team in working or
der. Mr. Yost has had such phenom-
| email success in the foot ball world for
several seasons that any comment on
his selection to get the University
boys Of Michigan in shape for the com
ing season is not necessary. He has a
worldwide reputation as a coach, and
his work with the Ann Arbor boys
the coming year will be looked for
ward to with great deal of interest.
Fairview and Marion county should
be proud Of Mr.. Yost as his reputation
in foot ball circles is worldwide.
We had the pleasure of Mr.. ]. E.
Powell, business manager of your
visiting our city Monday and Tues
day. Mr.. Powell was here looking
after the interests of the West Virgin
ian and soliciting subscribers.
C. B. Stewart and son Frank are
visitors at the fair at ST. Louis, this
week.
Miss Lou Taught has returned from
visiting her father, B. F. Taught.
Mr.. and Mrs R. 3. Campbell have
returned from Butler, Pa, where the:
have been visiting relatives. They
We're accompanied home by their
brother, Ralph Campbell.
T1-c. n ni Il oh Il
dren, will return this week from Har-
risburg, Pa, where they have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Preston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Faucet. of Cleve
land. O., who have been visiting Mrs.
John Callahan, have returned to their
home.
E. A. Yost and family will leave for
Morgantown this week, where they ex-
pect to make their future home.
E. Jennings Michael was Wheel !
ing visitor Sunday.
Edward Ryan was Warrington
visitor Sunday.
Geo. E. Miller and wife, OF Fair
mont. We're the guests of Mrs. L. w.
Griffith Sunday.
E One of our popular contractors, Ed
Schaffner, surprised his young lady
friends by returning home. from But
Ter, Pa, with his bride. They are stop
ping at the National House.
Mrs. NJ. G. McCaslin and children
have returned from Wise. where they
lave been visiting relatives.
superintendent j. B. Gregory and
". D. Waid were Fairmont visitors
Sunday.
Scott c. Lowe, assistant prosecuting
attorney, and Tusca Morris, of Fair
mont, were here Monday for the pre-
iminary hearing of Hugh Adams,
Who shot Mrs. Geo. Minor, of Grays
Flat. Frank Raymond, of Fairmont,
ended acting as stenographer in the
preliminary hearing before Judge AM
Mons The hearing being waived, Mr..
Iaymond's services were not needed.
Mrs. Jas. McCray returned Tues
lay from Cooks Hospital. where she
las been receiving treatment
Messrs. Bud Bennett and Sherman
'herrard, of Fairmont, We're IN the
ity Tuesday. !
r. w. Potter has returned to the
ity after spending two weeks yaca-
ion with his family at F,airmont.
Harris Yost was in Fairmont on bus
ness Saturday.
stored at the National House.
Misses Eta 81 anil n ton and Cora y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
MhI,pIrs I,,t,,, 81 i. !, !. Z, Y,

by the authorities to be that of VIII
liam sturgess. an Aneric an, Isl been
recovered at the dockya ards at enrol.
Sturgess was suspected of 81 osll
the Spanish dockyarlss$ duiin
spanish-American5w war an a
narrowly escaped pay ing be pena 1sSys
His death is shrouded IN stsrss.,
but it is not doubted he was murder
ed His ASSASSIN has not been efiscov
cred.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
TWO MAGIC PRICES
ON MEMS SUITS,
$500 and $3.50!

Former prices being $3.50
to S14. They are not old
style or damaged, but
clean, fresh Il t and
cheaper than you e V e I
bought their equal. There
are not all sizes left, but
yours may be here-worth
finding out, any way.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
SOUTH SIDE PHARMACY.
FIJI. .Fun {, Ii Of Miss Artie cree mans.

S Funeral of Miss Artie creemans.
The funeral Of Miss Artie Cree
mans, who IS died Monday night, OF,
&consRmp tion, at her home at Everson,'
vas N held this morning y ndertasker
Cunningham buried ss he remains in
the Willow Tree cemetery. lS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
- .o1.a. = M. Hartley s. Son, z@.s.zzzz-I

Honsinger We're at Fairmont Tuesday.
W. H. Nicely is in Fairmont ata
tending Elliott's Business College.
The smallpox is a thing of the past,
not a case in town. ...
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27

SWEEPING REDUCTION
OF 10 PER GENT. ON ALL CLOTHING.
Includes all Mems, Young Mems and Children,s
Suits.

This reduction coupled with the many
Suits that have been selling nearly half-price,
ought. to- bring in many men and boys who
haven't taken advantage OF the. CLEARANCE
and fresh as this one None offer you such low
prices stylish suits this one. A 10 per cent
reduction here means 20 % per cent. else
where. To know this for a certainty you've
only to test it. Do it to-day. Sd floor
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
SORELY PUZZLED.
THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
CAN'T FEED TAFFY TO RE-
PUBLICANS OF THE OLD
SCHOOL.

Fairmont, July 27.
Editors West Virginian:
I was very much surprised indeed
TO receive notice this week from
the Democratic committee requesting
my presence at their district ccnven-
ton Saturday at 1 P. NJ. Now, I am
puzzled to know why they would re-
quest as pronounced a Republican as
l am to attend their convention. Pos
sibly they want me for chairman, but
don't see why Democrat wouldn't
make better chairman of a Demo-
cratic convention. l can't find an
other single Republican who has had
this honor(?) bestowed upon him
Is it possible that they have dwin-
died down to so few that they are
compelled to draft Republicans in or
der to have a quorum to hold their
conventions? If SO they had better
draft weakened Republicans as 1 am
a full-blooded Republican and moth
ing else. l vote the Republican ticket
first, last, and all the time.
Possibly they intend to run me for
sheriff, bnt why run two Republicans
for sheriff. as we have as~.ood a man
as there is in the county running for
that office?
Well. the mystery deepens, 1 can
not solve it,
Yours for Republican victory,
STISXTENG
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27

A Good Chance to Buy Lumber Cheap.
# Kelly Bros: are closing out some
lines of their big stock to make room
for extensive changes in business. and
for a short time will offer some good,
bargains in timber, roofing sc. II
You need anything IN thei inc
would be well to call early as he re-.
;duction sale WI not last long
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27

l
T.@RETERsBURG,,J Jul
newspa per 4Russkyi Viedo nost to-day
prints aAstriking article On the posi-
bility of a war between sIanss ana
Russia: The paper proceeds tn boM8
that England IS navy is strong
the combined naNies Of Russia Ger
many and Frame. Brita mi, he paper
says, could irl n Ia Gloss
Baltic ports and boIlbard i a#s$s coast
wherever size desired sss8$
I'he$st Petarsb burg press gensr E
II reserved IN It's comm len s he
Red Sea seizure I'M lent II
III Charles Yea
this afternoons
our like Tiers
Ices cream HOE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
STYLISH SUMMER PANTS,

SO cheap too.
q HE for Pants formerly
WlsfU sold for 50 and
50. so.
q or for Pants formerly
UIJ 90 sold for IS and
$3.50. They are light and
dark colored Crash, and
Homespuns-m a d e peg
top fashion, with turn-ups
and belt-straps. Trousers
that look cooler and are
cooler than those that be-
long to your summer suit.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-27
2 WASH WAISTS FOR
0NE---WAlSTS OF LAWN
AND LINEN AT HALF.

This Is q cOllec-
ton of stylish w a $ b
Waists, formerly sold for
from zoe to s2.5 All we'll
made and perfect fitting,
and Shouldn't their full
prices. 5 u t u Hartley
clearance means a CLEAR
ANCE. SO they go at half
price. 3Sc to S1.25. ID floor.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-05-18
4 Continual Strain

Many men and women are con-
stantly subjected to what they COM
monty term "a continual strain" be-
cause of some financial or family
trouble. 1t wears and distre sses
them both mentally and physically.
affecting their nerves badly and
bringing on liver and kidney all
ments, with the attendant evils OF
constipation, loss OF appetite, sleep
lessness, low vitality and despond-
ency. They cannot, as rule, get
rid OF this continual strain" but
they can remedy its health destroying
effects by taking frequent doses OF
Green's August Flower 10 tones up
the liver, stimulates the kidneys, in
sures healthy bodily functions, gives
vim and spirit to ones whole being,
and eventually dispels the physical
or mental distress caused by that
Continual strain" Trial size, Csc;
regular bottle. 200. For sale by b. II.
Gorrsll, druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-05-18
BLESSINGS OF OLD AGE
Most Delightful Period of Life
Says One Woman

1t has remained for an actress
Miss Clara Morris-to discover
that sold age is a blessing" says
the Baltimore Sun. Most men of
wisdom have realized that it is
something that cannot be averted,
and so they try to accept the
inevitable as philosophically as
possible and to grow old grace
fully. The actress aforesaid main
tains that a woman never realizes
perfect happiness until che falls
into the condition known as the
sere and yellow leaf. This is the
way she rhapsodizes over the fight
of years:
T'm having the time of my life.
Everybody gives me a sheltered
corner 70 SIT In, so / won't be in a
draft; the young man fell mo their
freshest stories; the young women
tell me their love troubles-and
rake me thank heaven they're not
mine. Old age suits me all right.
And never have been so comfort
able. Since i came here and found
out was old and privileged / am
wearing shoes size larger than |
used to, and my waist line has
entirely disappeared. It's fine"
1t is delightful to find so CHEEKY
philosopher in the gentle sex.
This honest woman is entitled to II
Carnegie medal for heroism. From
time immemorial it has been
woman's way to resort to all sorts
of innocent articles and subter-
fuges to prove that her sex is
perennia.ly young. Here, at last,
is the daughter of Eve for whom
the world has been lookir g through
all the ages-the woman who
makes no boGes of the fact that
she is no longer young, the woman
who actually rejoices in the pas
sing OF her youth ana boldly pro-
claims to the world that she is an
object Of envy. Where is there a
heroine to compare with the wo-
man who exults in such confes'
sion? Mr.. Carnegie should send
Miss Morris not only the hand
soonest gold medal in his stock, but
he should give her generous
annuity; and when she leaves this
world for better one he should
rear monument to CONNIE morate
her intrepid championship of the
bless ngs of old age. But if he
values his life, let him not address
her as sold lady" No woman
not even the most advanced
philosopher of her time-likes to
be taken too seriously when she is
disparaging herself.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-05-18
Ths Pastor and the People.

Take the whole range of activity
and amusement which has within a
generation swept into the various
denominations under the name of
"he institutional church" In re-
spouse to whose initiative did that
present itself? Pastors were, as a
rule, averse to it or dreaded it-of-
ten opposed it openly. But it en-
tered church life resistlessly. I'm
agine clergyman now trying to
put veto upon the manifold social
and secular work that shelters itself
today in the churches. He would
find that there is a power not him
self that makes for it. That is only
an instance of the tides that rise
and fall about him without his vo-
lition.-Rollo Ogden in Century.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-05-18
A Preferred Creditor.

A member of the commercial
swindling fraternity lately called
his creditors together and offered
them in settlement his note for 2
shilIings in the pound on their
claims, payable in four months. His
brother, one of the largest creditors,
rather kicked, but the debtor took
him aside and said:
"Do not make amy objections, and
l will make you IA preferred cred
itor."
SO the proposal was accepted by
all.
Presently the preferred brother
said:
"Well, | should like what is COM
ing to me-"
"Oh," was the reply, ''you won't
get anything; they won't any of
them get anything
"But | thought was IA preferred
creditor!"
$50 you are These notes will not
be paid when they come due, but it
will take them four months to find
out that they are not going to get
anything. But YOU know it now.
You see, you are preferred. LON
don Standard.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-05-18
CHINESE nav YEARS.
In San rancisco It Is Rather an Inn
portant Event.

Chinese New Years in San Fran
cisco is almost as important an
event as the regular Christian New
Yeo g. The Chinese in San Fran
cisco form the largest colony of
their people in any Christian city.
Their New Years comes on variable
dates between the middle Of January
and February.
On that date the citizens of Chi
natown in San Francisco celebrate
joyously and have regular white
mems parades. The narrow streets
are thronged with whites and Mon
goIans, the latter dressed in their
best;silks.
It's part of the Chinanan's reli-
gion to pay up all debts on New
Years day and square 5lris accounts.
Not only that, but it is incumbent
upon him to be as generous as his
means will allow. We're he to pass
a beggar without giving something
he would find no peace for his con-
science until the following New
Years day gave him the opportuni-
ty to atone.
The white beggars, organ grind
ers and loalers of San Francisco
have learned this, and they observe
the day more religiously than they
observe the Christian holidays. On
the morniig of the great Chinese
festival they go down to Chinatown
and invade the narrow streets IN
battalions, wearing their most dole
full expressions.
The Chinese, passing up and down
the sidewalks, throw them coins,
sometimes by handfuls. In Califor-
MIA, it must be remembered, there
are no pennies.
Sometimes a big merchant, a
"frst chop" man, comes along and
gives to each mendicant he meets
no less than half a dollar. Then
there is a scramble of the lame and
the blind, some of them collecting
half a dozen times. Exchange.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-05-18
Tribute to a Mother.

Sir John Blundcll Maple was new
er tired of telling his friends how
much he owed to his mother. He
used to say, "She was the cleyerest
woman | ever knew" and he often
related the advice she gave him
when as a boy he thought of being
called to the bar. IF ever you were
to become lord chancellor" she said,
"you would have reached the end Of
all things in that profession. You
would have such and such an in
come and such and such a position,
which are already known to you.
But if you 90 into business there is
no limit to your opportunities"
The boy chose his fathers business
and, as he often said, never forgot
his mothers advice.-Exchange.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-05-18
Mistaken Indulgence by Parents

False kindness on the part Of
the parents is the cause of untold
misery and accounts for the un-
happy dispositions of the numerous
individuals who go through life
with a grudge against the world.
The truth of this statement is
apparent on every hand. If over
indulgent parents realized the
injury they were doing their spoil
ed darlings by excessive kindness
they would use the check rein more
frequently.
The world-the great, wide,
careless, memorable world-cares
noting for any one persons
whims and passions, and is, in the
main, just world in awarding its
appreciation of indulgence. In its
struggles and stress the self-willed,
pampered man or woman must
plunge unframed, unarmed, often
fatally handicapped.
The shock of the discovery that
no one cares particularly what
they think; that no one admires
or even notices their pet qualities;
that every one resents their self
indulgences and unpleasant pecu-
l;arities--and all have these-is
tremendous one, ard many of
them are soured permanently at the
outset.
They become people who have a
grudge against the world, whc
proclaim themselves misunder-
stood and unappreciated by all,
wEo criticise others bitterly and
continually. A spoiled girl who
is not success in society; IA spoil
ed wife, who is disappointed in
her selfish ambition; a spoiled
spinster in boarding house; a
spoiled man whose failures (well
deserved) have embittered every
tlought-who has not met such
persons and pitied even while co.
demning themP Surely the parent
who leaves his child, as a result of
false kindness, unfit for the battle
that must come and "naked 10 his
enemies" Is either blind or cruel
beyond belief. True parental love
is not indulgence, but guidance.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-05-18
THEY TOOK TURNS.
There Was Reason For the Pupils Not
Attending Together.

In her Colonial Memories" Lady
Broome gives vivid picture of New
Zealand about the beginning of the
last quarter of the nineteenth GEN.
fury. That was before the building
Of schools and the systematizing of
education, in the days when few of
the settlers knew even how to read.
To remedy this lack Lady Broome
started a school-that is, she was at
home every evening at 8 o'clock to
teach any of the planters who could
manage to reach her house over the
trackless hills and swamps. Her pu-
pils-only four or five at a time
were big and desperately shy. One
gigantic Yorkshireman would only
read or attempt to read with MS
broad back turned to her, and others
almost wept over their difficulties.
But the following story must be told
in her own words:
Some of the incidental difficulties
were very absurd. Two men lived in
a hut up a lonely and distant river
gorge who we're among the earliest
pupils, and they also came regularly
on Sunday to the little afternoon
service. But they never came to-
gether, and their brand new suit of
shepherds plaid had always a
strange effect. First they tried my
gravity by invariably stepping up to
me with their prayer books to find
their places for them and saying
loudly each time, "Thank you kind
ly, num-" / dared not say word
for fear of frightening them away.
But one day | ventured to ask why
they could not come together, either
to the lessons or the service, and
was informed that the clothes were
the difficulty.
"You see, it's this way, mum:
We've only got one suit, and we got
it a between size on purpose. Joe,
he's too tall, and Pm too short, so |
turns it up, and Joe he wears leg
gins and such like, and so we makes
it do till after shearin'."