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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-13
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WEST. VIRGINIA \!


{. CHARLESTON, May I, 1907.
Assis known, The law relating 10 the
payment of per diem for Institute at.
tendance provides that this allowance
shall be mode upon the completion
Of the Term and the filing Of the teach
ers' report, said per diem 10 be paid
out Of the Building Fund when the
last months order for the teachers
salary Is issued. There Is no specific
provision for the payment OF the In.
stltnte per diem covering cases where
Q school term Is divided between two
teachers, but as the law provides for
five days Of the Institute, and as We
had q five months term when this
measure was enacted. | have suggest.
ed that the per dlum be pro-ratei &C.
cOrding to the time euch teacher vas
engaged; TINT Is, II one teacher taught
n school for threee months and was
released by the consent OF the trus.
tees and Board OF Education, such
teacher should receive $3.50 and the
one who taught two months $500 for
Institute attendance. This adjust.
ment OF course should be contingent
upon the fact that each teacher had
Ditendtd Institute at least rs many
days as the months he taught. not eX.
ceeding five, and that no teacher
should received pay for more
than five days even though he taught;
eight or nine months. or course, IN
cases where teachers. left school
without the consent OF trustees and
did not fulfill the terms Of their con.
tract. they should receive no Institute
per diem whatever, neither should
they receive their salary for the last
month.
There has been good deal Of irres
ularlty In some parts of the State
growing out Of overlapping contracts.
In number Of cases persons have con.
tracted to teach two schools covering
the whole Or tt part Of the same period
Of time. Such a course Is manifestly
n violation OF the law Us no one can
do two things at the same time In
two different places. In some instances
the plan has been 10 teach one school
two or three months and then. rs some
claim, by the consent OF the trustees,
go to another school and teach II may,
he full term, and then return to the
first school at later period and finish
the term. Again The subtcrfuse Of a
substitute teacher Is employed, In
many instances such substitute hav.
Ing no certificate and being utterly
incompetent Boards Of Education
and trustees are cautioned against
these violations. and I believe money
paid out under such conditions can be
recovered 10 the district from the mem,
bers Of the Board individually. Fur,
thermore, they can he removed from
office for failure in the performance
Of their duty.
In o number Of districts throughout
the State, members OF the Board Of
Education chosen at the election IN
the fall Of 1906 have failed 10 qualify
within the time required. In some tn
stances county superintendents have
indicated their intention to appoint,
certain persons 10 fiji these supposed
prospective vacancies. In other In.
stances the incoming county superia.
tendents has indicated that he will
I'LL such vacancies when he enters
upon his duties on the first day Of
July, next. II will doubtless be q sur.
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Mr.. Linn Dead.

Mr.. John Aaron Linn died yester
day evening at his home on Satter
field street. Mr.. Linn was IS years
Of age and has been III Of typhoid ie
yer. The funeral services will b,
held al the Missionary BaB,isa Church
on Glady Creek tomorrow at two
o'clock. Undertaken Musgrave has
charge.
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Please note It Is made alone for Piles.
and It's action Is positive and certain.
Itching, painful, protrudlng or blind
piles disappear like magic by Its use.
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Personals.

.s.t Il, Personals.
Mrs. Susan Wright and Mr.. and Mrs.
9 Perry Kane, Of Evansville were nero
yesterday the guests of Mrs. Charley
n Hershberger.
'ie Mrs. Kate Zimmerman, OF Manning.
ton, was here visiting her niece, Mrs.
Lon 3. Barnes, Of East Park avenue,
4 yesterday.
Miss Nell Harden returned from
clarksblrg last evening.
Austin stealey spent Sunday with
. his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J, L. stealey,
I Of Merchant street. He returned TO
\ Grafton today.
Mr.. Milton satterfeld and family,
Of Enterprise were visiting Mr.. Sat.
terfeld's mother, Mrs. Jennie satter.
field, Of Stevens street, yesterday
I Mr.. Clarence Fisher, who has been
very III is better.
Lena satteraeld is Ill at her home
on Stevens street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Robinson and
son James went to Pittsburg yester.
1 day.
4; Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hawkins, f
# Columbia street, were visiting tae
Y formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Hawkins, Of alsadowdale, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J, E. Travis and datgh.
ter Marjorie, went to Gypsy yester.
n day.
Miss Edna Harden, who has been
visiting relatives in this ward, return.
& ed 10 her home on CASTOR avenue yes.
terday.
tMlss l4onls Hawkins is visiting rcla.
dives at Meadowdale.
Miss Crlstie Pilson, Of Grafton, was
visiting relatives here yesterday.
Misses Carrie and Hattie Boyd ar.
rived home this evening from War.
ieen, Pa, where they have spent the
winter with their sister, Miss Mary
Boyd.
Cecil G. Rice returned 10 pittsburs
iSthls morning after a short stay with
1 his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a. o. Rice.
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lawn exclusive PAPERS by quire or box.
with or without envelopes. Globe Book
Store, Watson Hotel building. II
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Fell From SWinu,

. The little laughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. VIII Osborn, Of Raymond street
fell from a swing yesterday and broke
her arm.
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Mrs. Luther Carpenter was called
10 Colfax Sunday by the death of her
father, Mr.. William Frankinherry.
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Ansco films 1T any camera. Cost
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CLARKE y. MAY,


In tho choice OF a secretary of the
Board of Education great care should
be exercised. A competent, reliable
man should be chosen, one who will
give strict attention 10 the work and
who will not in any way use the POSI-.
tion for personal ends.
Frequent requests, even demands
come to the department asking that
duplicates or copies Of certificates he
sent 10 replace those lost by seeree.
laries Of boards. In some cases II IA
claimed both original and duplicate
have thus been lost. AS matter Of
precclltion in protecting the States
interests have been compelled to
establish rule that no copies or du.
plicates OF certificates can be issued
unless an affidavit Is made as to the
manner, time and place In which It
Is claimed original certificate was lost
BY obtaining this Information have
been able 10 find several supposed los.
certificates which were in the hands
Of secretaries.
There Is entirely too much careless.
ness In this matter throughout the
State. Secretaries should be he'll Ia
a strict account for the proper care
and return Of all duplicates filed with
them.
This department has some complaint
to make about the waste or careless.
ness In handling the blanks and sun.
Iplies sent out for teachers and officers.
Numerous reues,s come to the Office
asking for blanks of various kinds
the statement being made that none
could be obtained from the secretary
OF the board or the county superntend.
ent. a full and even over supply IS
sent out each year to the county sll.
nerin,endent for distribution among
school officers and teachers and all
hereafter must depend upon this shin.
lment as 1t is very expensive to seul
so much of this material by mail as
has been reuired lately.
There are not fewer than l50.OOO
books IN the school Libraries Of West
Virginia. many of them In country lis.
tricts where the school closed II may
be In February or March. Can some
provision not be made so the peopic
of each community possessing n Il
brary may have access TO these books
during the vacation? It seems to ne
that there are earnest young men and
women In each neighborhood who will
be willing TO take care OF the library
and open IL for the people at least
once week. My idea Is that this
school library shall grow into n pub.
lie library, not only for the youth oil
the community, but for the pcoplc
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Mrs. Susan Wright and Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Kane, Of Evansville were nero
yesterday the guests of Mrs. Charley
3 Hershberger.
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Miss Crlstie Pilson, Of Grafton, was
Visiting relatives here yesterday.

Misses Carrie and Hattie Boyd ar
rived home this evening from War
Teen, Pa, where they have spent the
winter with their sister, Miss Mary
& Boyd.
Evening star., 1907-11-17
By ROY NOR O N


made the final connections. So careful he
that he inspected the duplicate apparatus
which stood a reserve at the other end of a
casting mold, but which it not his intention to
except in case of emergency. Satisfied that all
was in readiness, he beckoned to two assistants,
who trundled in the first composite plate and
deposited it in it's bed He made the connection
with the electrodes in a few minutes deft work.
and then Strengthened up and looked about the
room, where all was still and expectant
The wondering engineers saw him wave his
daughter back a short distance as though fearing
for her safety, watched him take final look over
his appliance, and then throw switch. Brilliant
streaks of purple of unknown reds and glaring
whites raced each other in quick succession through
the tubes little indicators here and there sparked
out malevolently, and the machine seemed to leap
strain. and throb with life of its own, uncanny
and mysterious because of it's silence. The group
of men peered curousy at the plate, saw it glow a
dull red, pass the cherry stage to dull pigeon
blue, and then suddenly burst into cleaning mass
of iridescent white.
"Fusionl" one Of the engineers whispered to
man beside him. He has fused that plate in less
time than it could be done by any means heard
of, That is the way he metamorphoses his metal" "
Evening star., 1907-11-17

The rays died out. the apparatus stopped it's
quivering, and the inventor with hands clasped
behind him stood intently watching the now cooling
metal. Within the laboratory all was silence
From the adjoining buildings came the regular
sound of hammers, and from somewhere off toward
the cabins a mans voice raised in song of
soldiery. The sheet of metal lost its color and be-
came dark. Old Bill Roberts pressed button
above his head, and cooling sprays began dissipat-
ing themselves over its surface, sending up brief
sputterings and clouds of rapidly diminishing steam
Its cool enough now to handle, he said in an
oddly constrained tone of voice, turning to the
engineers, and if some of you will help me carry
it to the testing tank you may prove the
first plate on which hangs the fate of Our country"
In an awed hush of expectancy they all volun-
teered; but only three men needed to hold it
while it was attached to the great arms which
to revolve it in the water and demonstrate its re-
sistance. The inventor threw a SWITCH, and the
sheet began to move. Before him dial. and
beneath it scale of friction pulls showing the re-
sstance offered by normal metal He fastened his
eyes the indicator with look of strained watch
efulness Slowly the needle point swung round as
the arms gained the maximum of speed and then
it came to a standstill. while look of doubt and
Evening star., 1907-11-17
PART H., CHAPTER III.

TROM the shore dull, moaning sound now
rising, now falling, but incessant, as if some
gigant1e animal; stricken !t s ana suffering was
sotudes of the keys and the waste of waters round
them. The frightened birds took flight to the north
to escape the weird monotone, and the timid ami
the island looked at another exultanty with
mutual congratulations on the rapidity of their
work. The blast furnace which was to cast the
plates was being blown in.
Days and nights of unremitting toll had followed
that first landing; machine shops had been COM
pletely installed, power plants perfected, and build
been received and another gunboat, the Columbia,
augmented the patrol which passed ceaselessly
round the keys, guarding their secret and warning
inquisitve fishermen to avoid the waters; corps Of
expert smelling from the mines of the west
had joined the colony-and all for this, the casting
of the first plate, which to take place this day.
In the assay rooms there had been the con-
slant testing Of crude metals, and apportoning
them and discarding those which were inferior
Evening star., 1907-11-17

perplex1ty crept over the
Scientists face.
Norm," he called huski-
1y,-" Norm! Was every
thing all right? Is everything
working true?,",
She took a step behind
him, and with a look no less
worried than his own stared
at the dials indicating the
speed of revolution and the
scale of resistance. Yes,
father" she replied gently.
"everything is all right"
She. put her arm over his
shoulder as if to shield him.
But something must have
gone wrong somewhere else.
Come away now, and let
us think it over,
She turned to the waiting
officers behind and looked
them calmly in their faces.
while the inventor, dazed
and uncomprehending, ran
his fingers through his shock
of white hair and gazed at
the telltale dials as if hyp-
Noticed by two staring eyes.
Gentlemen" she, said,
"the first experiment is a
failure!,
Those among them who
had been slightly skeptical
smiled at one another, while
those whose belief had been
more firm looked sympa-
thetically at this slip of a
girl, who faced them all in
steady defiance, her trust in
her father, herself, and their
invention unshaken and un-
faltering.
You, Mr.. Jenkins" she
said, addressing one of the
engineers, ARE yourself a
scientist and an expert
mentalist. You of all present
know how easy it is for a
tiny mistake to rob delicate
work of definite result.
There was a note of appeal
in her voice that reached
them all.
AS if with one accord they
rushed forward, grasping her
hand and surrounding her
father, giving them words
of encouragement.
1t was the gruff voice of
Evening star., 1907-11-17

Trained hands were those
that worked over the
bucking boards and man
ipulated the delicate scales
which would register the
tiniest mark of a lead pen
Gil with as great accuracy
as they would a pound
weight. Everywhere about
the plant were men who
wrought with precision and
interest, bound together in
the great enterprise until
differences in station were
forgotten and all were as a
family praying for success.
Odd Bill" Roberts, as
sisted by his daughter, had
permitted no foot but theirs
to enter the room where his
apparatus was installed, and
no hand but theirs to touch
its complicated mechanism
With the love of a creator
he had spent the last hours
fondling it's cold. unrespon-
sive parts and adjusting it,
and then stood and watched.
as a mother watches her
firstborn, the initial move
ments of the great master
piece which was a mystery
to all the world but him
and Norma.
Engineers and officers
from all parts of the plant,
warped that the crucial test
was at hand, gathered round
the door of the innernost
room, until invited in by
the inventor, and then
slowly entered and found
standing places at a safe
distance from the intricate
mass, whose polished knobs,
twisted bars, and cleaning
tubes seemed to them a
tangled riddle. Norma,
garbed in the stained khaki
wrapper which she wore in
the laboratory at home,
hovered here and there
round the apparatus, lightly
trying an adjustment or
closely inspecting a joint,
her face grave, calm, and
self possessed. Her father,
his thin old face drawn into
a scowl of concentration,
busted himself likewise, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
MRS. EARLE RESIGNED
WIFE WHO QUIT HER HUSBAND
REACHES BoULoGNE.

NEW YORK, September 14-Special dis
patches from Boulogne, France, In report
ing the arrival there Of Mrs Ferdinand
Finney Earle, wife of the American artist.
who has voluntarily relinquished her hus-
band to an affinity" state that during the
voyage Mrs. Earle faced her strange situa-
tion with singular generosity toward both
her husband and her rival.
The depression which she admitted had
almost overcome her at the outset of the
voyage is described as having completely
disappeared. TO the reporters who awaited
her at the Boulogne landing stage she re-
cited the story of her matrimonial life
with simple directness, devoid of bitter
ness.
The Only Solution.
Il am convinced, she said, that this is
the only solution. l have neither jealousy
OF Miss kuttner nor feeling against Mr.
Earle 1t is ordained by fate. She is
woman of excellent character and l am
convinced my husband will be happy with
her.
From the first she went on, my mar
riage was a mistake. Although it was
love match, l soon perceived that we were
unsuited to each other. My husband was
moody. and in fits of temper he has lifted
his hand against me. But l remembered
my marriage VOWS and forgave him. He
would then overwhem me with remorseful
tenderness This, of course, indicated
lack of balance. My family was cognzant
of his behavior and my father reproached
me for enduring it. He said it degraded
me. But in spite of all l dearly loved my
husband
When Miss kuttner came upon the scene
the incompatibility became more and more
apparent. l did not fight against their at
tachment. She was good-looking and very
attractive. The end seemed to me inevita-
ble. 1t is far better they should be to-
gether.
My future! All, That remains to be
talked over with my father. My life is
wrapped up in my boy. He asks after his
father now. but he will soon forget. l
hope to make him, first a good man."
Mrs. Earle will resume her maiden name
after the divorce and live as If Earle had
never existed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
ILLINOIS STATE DAY.
Features of Today's Celebration at
Jamestown-Oficial Ceremonies.

NORFOLK, Va, September 14-Gov
Deneen of Illinois and Dr. Edmund J.
James, president of the University of Illi-
nois, were the centers of interest at the
illinois State Day" celebration at the
jamestown exposition today. Hundreds of
exposition visitors from Illinois were Joined
by several thousand former residents of
that state, including many whose homes
were once in Chicago and other Illinois
cities. and the days celebration proved
most interesting.
The official ceremonies began when Gov
and Mrs. Deneen, accompanied by Dr.
James, members of the Illinois jamestown
commission and other distinguished
guests, We're escorted by detachment
from the 18th United States Cavalry from
the beautifully decorated Illinois state
building to the auditorium where the
exercises occurred. Vice President A. G.
TuNhorn of the Illinois state commission
presided. Addresses of welcome were de-
livered by President Tucker of the exposi-
ton and Gov. Swanson of Virginia, with
response by Gov. Deneen. DIR. James
was the orator OF the day.
An official luncheon to the Illinois party
by the exposition management followed
at the Swiss village.
This afternoon Cows. Deneen and Swan
son reviewed a great military spectacle on
the Lee parade.
The official gubernatorial reception at
the Illinois state building tonight will be
one of the most gorgeous of those func-
tions. Gov and Mrs. Swanson will assist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
NATIONAL PRISON CONGRESS.
Important Reform Plans to Be Dis
cussed at Chicago.

CHICAGO. September IA number of
important prison reforms will be advocated
at the annual convention of the National
Prison Association which opens here to-
night. Among the more important mat
ters considered will be the extension of
the probation system to adults a uniform
parole law for all states. and reform of
the criminal laws.
Mayor Busse and Warden E. J. Murphy,
president of the association, will make the
opening addresses. Attorney General c. j.
Bonaparte will speak on Punishment and
Pardon" and Gov ]. Frank Hanly Of In
diana will speak on "The Indeterminate
Sentence
Tuesday the Tramp" question will be
discussed by Orlando F. Lewis of New York
who is regarded as the greatest authority
on ''tramps" in this country. Arthur n.
Sager of st. Louis will speak on the Re
suits Of Probation with Adults" Other
speakers during the sessions, which will
continue until next Thursday, will be Maude
Bailington Booth and William r. Macken-
zie of Chester, H. More than 800 delegates
are expected from all parts of the United
States, Canada and Cuba.