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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15

Over one hundred thousand In Use.
We haye been manufacturing Pianos
for 30 years, and with our large and
well equipped factories, we are in pc,
sltion to manufacture and sell to the
rnuslc.loving pnbllc ut much less
prices than other smaller factories.
And us to quality and durability OF
our pianos. they are such that we give
with each Piano sold one of the long.
est and broadcast guarantees OF any
piano that is manufactured under the
sun. Therefore the pulic cannot In
any way be deceived or run any risk
whatever In the purchase of JACOB
DOLL PIANO. Over two hundred sat.
istted customers in Faii'mont. Give us
cali. we WIN arrange terms to suit
you,
JACOB DOLL q CONS CO., Inc.
Manufacturers Of High Grade pianos
New York N.
FACTORY BRANCH 8.
Madison ST, Falrmont, w. va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
To Re Held At Ealrmo1t.

The State Convention OF hte West
Virginia Sunday School Association
viii be held in Fafrmont early in
May. 1910. AT the meeting Of the ex-
ecutive committee of the association
to be held in Wheeling on Friday of
this week, plans will be formulated for
the meeting in Fairmont.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
MuNK RETURNS
Varsity Half Here to Take the Exam
nations.

MoRGAN1oWN, Dec. 15.-RuGnlph
Munk, the vars!ty halfEback who %as
seriously injured in the game " 18th W.
ami J. on Thanksgiving day has re-
turned to Morgantcwn. He has been
Iat his home in Con1ellsviIlc since a
day or two after the game, and came
/ to Mcrg;utown last night TO take the
examinations for 1.-The tennis work. He
aas lest in weight during his illness
burt has recovered entirely from th.
injury.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
New Coal Field.

According to reports received in
Parkersburg from Berkeley county, a
field of anthracite coal. the first ever
found in the State, has been discover
ed in that county. -tere are said to
be two veins, one twelve feet thick
and the other three feet thick.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
ro Select ste.

A corps OF Baltimore & Ohio engin-
GERS. headed by Assistant Chief A. N.
Griffin, visited Grafton yesterday with
a view of selecting a site for the new
depot building. Several sites were
gone over, but nothing definite was
given out as to the probable location.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
HE has been spilled as a pet

HE has been spilled as pet"
"How 500"
"a Judge recently gave him 80 days
in default of $40 fine"
Glow does that spoil him as a
poet?"
'oh, # gave him an exaggerated
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
Do This

Come in and book over our stock.
We may have just what you want for
that christmas gift. You can take
your time. Eeing !ocsted in "a resi-
dential section ana away from the
rush and confusion OF shopping dis
trict enables us to give you every at
tention. You will find omr goods right,
DIN, prices low, Christmas Pest Cards
one cent each.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
ciuarettes Barred.

In the Organization Of the football
teams of the Huntington High School
recently, all pupils addicted to the use
of cigarettes we're barred from mems
.bershtp.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
The Peoples Market Place
WANTED i. ed

iI1AUIINa-WiH do ali K inds Of haul.
ing and deliver coal promptly and
at & reasonable price. NJ. d. Pow
ell. Bell Phone 2s1. g.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15

HousE-wanted to rent or buy five
to seven roc;:s house with bath,
centrally located. Apply c, this
Office. q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15

RAes-Wanted. good Cotton Rags Tor
wtping presses and machinery.
Good prices paid at this Office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15

HousE-For Rent, sroom house. rear
Of SIG Walnut ave.; water and
bath. Enquire Lott Swiger, SIG
Walnut avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15
FOR RENr.

FOR RENT-nrge pleasant furnish
elrocms. with all modern con
yentences, for one or two at Pc
nick;s" residence. y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-15

OFFICE RooMs-0ne front suite two
rooms on nth floor and one light
room on second floor Jacobs build
ing. The only vacant rooms left;
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
WHAT IS YOUR TOTEMS
IS 1T BUG, BIRD OR BEASTg

totem then milady proceeds to have
1t embossed on her note paper and
hutteringly embroidered on her dain-
ty lace-trimmed lingerie. Delicately
cut out of silver, the emblem is affix-
ed glitteringly to her handbag and
to her card case, while a whir of
wings flashes across the glittering
surface of her toilette silver.
Mrs. Perry Belmont's delicately
perfumed notes from Paris are sur
mounted by great big buzzing bee
of gold, it's quivering wings poised
for flight Miss Mathilde Townsends
totem looks like a giant mosquito
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh have
for their totem a bird built on
hieroglyphic lines. The bird, which
looks much like young robin with
bill tightly closed and neck consid-
erably longer than usual, perches on
the Walsh note paper and also on
the Walsh cards of invitation. Some
times it is in dull blue, sometimes
gray paper, again it comes in glow
ing gold, and again in cleaning sill
yer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30

the country's wealth, and statistics
regarding it began to attract con-
siderable attention. Interest was
shown by congress in 1882, when
Hon. Levi Woodbury., secretary of
the treasury, was directed to prepare
report on the production of cot
ton. This was the first endeavor of
the government to collect cotton sta
tistics, and the report covering the
period from 1890 to 1885, submit
ted to congress in 1896, is still re-
garded as the most reliable for the
crops shown in it.
"A well-defined demand for sta
tistical information regarding agri-
culture and for more frequent data
than was afforded by the census
taken decenially, had arisen, and,
therefore, congress, in 1863, author
lied the department of agriculture
to collect certain statistics and be-
ginning with that year estimates of
cotton acreage and production have
been prepared annually. The man
ner in which this department has
established it's efficient service in con-
nection with the cultivation of cot
ton furnishes an interesting refer
ence in the economic duty of agri-
culture 1t has awakened the entire
agricultural industry and brought
the practical results of scientific re-
search to the aid of the farmers.
"a very large percentage of the
cotton growers now realize the i'm
portance of improved methods in TIL
lage, seed, selection, plant culture
and harvesting. Much of this has
resulted directly or indirectly from
the plane and demonstrations of the
United States department of agricul-
ture The expenditures made by the
national government and by the sew
eral cotton-growing states and other
local subdivisions in the interest of
cotton, not including the cost of ed
vocational work in the schools, col
leges and Institutes, amount to ap-
proximately 100000 annually. OF
this probably one-third is devoted to
cotton at the experiment stations,
one-third to statistical inquiries, and
the remaining one-third to special
phases of the plant and its enemies.
A number of bureaus IN several de-
partments of the national govern
ment are now charged with work
relative to some phase of the cotton
industry, and the general scope and
| importance of these endeavors are in
Dictated by naming the character of
the Investigations and the publica-
tions of these bureaus"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30

ganization. The plan of the church
people is to build a five-story apart
ment lat building on a vacant cor
ner of its property adjoining the
house of worship.
The specifications call for a build
ing 42x60 feet, two stories, with full
basement, to be of stone and brick
construction, designed on modern
and attractive lines. Two f1ve-room
suites are to be on the ground floor,
and the second floor is to be arranged
in a similar manner. The basement
is to be equipped with coal bunkers,
laundry and furnace rooms. A
steam heating plant will be installed
in the building. 1t is estimated that
rental of $25 month for each
suite can be obtained, a total re-
turn of $1,000 annually on an in
vestment of perhaps $4,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
|EATION OF GOVERNMENT TO COTTON INDUSTRY
Interesting Facts in Report by Expert Cotton Stats
tics. Spends Million a Year in Growers Interest

WASHINGTON. D. Can inter-
listing bulletin on Cotton Produc-
ton in 1909 has just been issued
. by the census bureau. 1t was pre-
pared by Daniel c. Roper, expert
chief of the division of cotton sta
ststics.
The bulletin contains many formi-
dable looking tables of figures, but
upon examination, and by the aid
of the explanations given by Mr..
Roper in plain every day language,
the otherwise dry statistics become
exceedingly interesting as bearing
on the various phases of the cotton
crop.
In the course of a chapter of the
work entitled The Relation of the
Government to the Cotton Indus
try" the following interesting in
formation is given:
Agriculture has always been the
chief occupation of man, but the
methods employed therein prior to
1850 we're for the most part crude,
of system, due possibly to frequent
warfare or to the impoverished con-
ditiOn of the peasantry. Little or no
Improvement took place in European
agriculture during the period of one
thousand years from the age of
Charlemagne until the revolutionary
epoch of 1S4S. Even after the de-
feat of Napoleon, in 1915, tillage,
in many countries, was little beyond
the stage it had reached at the time
OF the Pharaohs; wooden plows were
used and grain was threshed by the
trampling of animals. Reaping
hooks may still be seen in some
countries; uut in recent years,
through the general introduction of
machinery and the growing use of
scientific methods, the effectiveness
OF labor has been wonderfully in
creased.
1T is not difficult, therefore, to
understand why the need of definite
Information and statistical data rel
alive to agriculture was not mani
tested until about the middle of the
nineteenth century. 1t is significant
that the advance, indicated by the
uemand for statistics, was the Tore
runner of a scientific study of the
industry. This advance appeared
nrst in the United States, with the
result that this country now leads
all others in agricultural wealth.
Prior to the census of 1910,
which dealt with the crop of 1889,
no data regarding the production OF
agricultural crops were regularly
collected by the government in this
country. That census showed a pro-
duction of cotton equivalent to l.
653,722 bales of 500 pounds each
valued at more than $70,000,0OO, OF
about One-fifth of the total value OF
all agricultural products at that time
Again the value of raw cotton ex-
ported in 1910 was about 60 pei
cent. of our total exports of domes-
Tie products. Cotton, therefore, con
stituted a very important portion Of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
WHY BABIES CRY.

A New Solomon Imparts Some Real
Information.
The fundamental, underlying rea-
son why an infant cries is because it
has nothing else to do. 1t cannot
swear. 1t cannot go out on the front
porch and smoke. 1t cannot say
Hurry up with dinner" or "For
goodness sake shut off the heat. -
1t cannot move it's arms or legs with
any degree of accuracy. 1t has moth
ing to work with but its cry. 1t uses
this cry, therefore, as a complaint,
request, protest, an exercise, a
recreation, threat, a conversation, a
soliloquy and a voice culture.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
A FORBIDDEN CITY is THIS
PLACE ON OUTSKIRTS OF BROOK
LYN WHERE WORLDS FIRE
WORKS ARE MADE.

Between Flatbush, l.. L., and the
ocean there are rs acres of land in
the numerous small frame buildings
upon which are manufactured nearly
all the fireworks that are used all
over the world. Owing to the dan
gers attending the work visitors are
not welcome, and the settlement has
come to be called the Forbidden City.
In some of the little buildings which
dot the ground there is but one man
Working-mixing the high explosives
and the powerful chemicals that de-
tomato or burn with all the colors of
the spectrum. If, by unhappy
chance, there is an explosion, the
other buildings are not affected and
only one employe is endangered.
If everything was under one roof,
and anything happened the whole
works might go sailing skyward In
other buildings three or four Wo-
men work together. These are en-
ployed in putting the explosives and
the chemicals that give forth brill
liant colors in combustion into their
paper cylinders or receptacles of
various shapes-Roman candles in
their sections of tubing or bombs
that look like huge turnips. Many
hundreds of people are employed on
the grounds, and at present all are
working extra time preparing for the
great national celebration.
American fireworks are pre-emi-
nent all over the world. They burn
at every great celebration. When
ever royalty marries or does any
thing that is the cause of rejoicing,
whenever nation or a municipality
wishes to celebrate some great event
the cables flash the order to New
York. Generally they say only how
much money they have to spend and
what the occasion is, and leave the
details to the American pyrotech-
mist. The fireworks made in the out
skirts of Brooklyn have marked
many great events in every corner
of the earth; the coronation of the
Emperor of China, the peace cele-
bration in Japan, Portugal's 40Oth
anniversary of the discovery of In
dia, the Stockholm exhibition, the
opening of the Kiel canal, the ma
tional holiday fetes in Mexico, the
Queens jubilee fetes in India,
Egypt, Africa, New Zealand and Aus
tralia; national celebrations in Bra
I'll, Venezuela and the Argentine
everywhere, in fact, where people
find the best expression of their Joy
in the immemorial forms of light
and noise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
EXPELLED FROM GEORGIA.
VermOnter Who Was Forming I'm
ions Among the Negroes.

ions Among the Negroes.
Jesse Miller of Barre, VT, has
been driven out of the state of
Georgia for attempting to organize
negroes into labor unions and to in
duce them to strike for high wages.
Miller came to Georgia about seven
weeks ago and began to work in the
rural districts. He told the negroes
he represented a northern society
which wanted to better the conditions
of the negroes, and the way to do it
was to form labor unions and strike
on the planters. He formed several
lodges and collected a fee of $40
from each. Last week Miller reached
Sparta and began his work among
the negroes. When the planters
learned what he was doing they
handled him roughly and drove him
from town. He went to Milledge-
vile and was again roughly treated
by white citizens, who put him on a
train and had him accompanied from
the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
Latest Fad Is Derived From
the Aboriginal Natives. Mrs.
BellmOnt's Bee and Miss
TOwnsend's Mosquito.

What is your totem?" is the
latest question in swaggerdom. If
you can't answer off hand the infer
ence is you have been dead to the
world of fashion for at least two
weeks.
Nowadays, in lieu of the familiar
monogram and the banal crest and
the erstwhile much coveted coat of
arms, society DANES and damsels,
taking the cue from the aboriginal
natives of the country, go out to the
fields and, selecting whatever bug
or bird or beast that strikes their
fancy, promptly pre-empt it as their
totem. The pendulum has swung
the other way, and society, with a
big S, has elected to become Ameri-
can of the Americans. If, for in
stance, butterfly is chosen as the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
STIRRING SENATE CONTESTS
SUCCESSORS TO THIRTY MEN,
BEERS WILL HAVE TO BE
ELECTED NEXT YEAR.

WASHINGTON, D. between
now and March 8, 1911, stirring con-
tests for United States senatorships
will be held in many states. The
terms of thirty members of the SEN
ate will expire on that date, and
among them are some of the most
influential members of that body, on
he democratic side as well as on
the republican.
Ohio and Indiana promise to fur
nish the liveliest fights, and added
interest will be given the contest in
the Buckeye State if ex-senator
Foraker decides to enter the lists
against Senator Dick, who will be a
candidate for reelection. Senator
Beveridge of Indiana is believed to
have a big contest on his hands to
secure reelection. Former Senator
Hemenway is known to entertain a
strong desire for Beveridge's seat,
and there is also possibility that
former Vice-President Fairbanks may
get into the contest.
Not the least interesting of the
senatorial contests that will be set
tied before March 3, 1911, will take
place in Connecticut. Things politi-
cal in that state are already being
framed with a view to sending Sena-
tor Morgan G. Buckley down to de-
feat. Senator Buckley has been the
republican boss of Connecticut for
many years, but within the past few
years a strong revolt has been or
ganized to bring about his downfall.
The anti-machine republicans have
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
EDITOR TO RUN IT ALL.

w. J. Pilkington, editor of
trade paper, will take charge Of
Dexter, Iowa, a town of 500, and
run every business there for seven
months. The experiment is to show
how business in a small town can
be built up by modern methods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
CHURCH AS A LANDLORD.
A Novel Plan TO Be Tried by St.
Louis CONGREGATION.

If bids submitted to the building
committee of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, south, of st. Louis, come
within the limit set by its members
that congregation will engage in one
of the most novel enterprises to OBJ
tain financial return that Aas ever
been undertaken by a religious or
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30

been gaining strength, and the SEN
ator undoubtedly will have a hard
fight to return to Washington.
Senator Hale of Maine, the Faith
er of the Senate" will be returned.
He has some opposition, but this is
expected TO fade away before the
time comes for the election. The
same may be said of Senator Al
drich of Rhode Island, who will fin
ish thirty-one years of continuous
service in the senate when his pres
ent term expires in 1911, and Who
undoubtedly will be sent back for
another six years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-30
Depew Will Not Return.


another six years.
Depew Will Not Return.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
may find his reelection more diff
cult than his colleagues of Maine and
Rhode Island. Until several months
ago it looked as though he would
have smooth sailing, but Representa-
tive Butler Ames has been going
over the state with fine tooth comb
in an effort to groom men for the
legislature who will pledge them
selves to vote against Lodge.
Senator Depew of New York will
not be returned to the senate. 1t
is doubtful even if he will consent
to be a candidate for reelection.
New York already is specializing on
the question of his successor. The
name of Mr.. Roosevelt has been fire.
quently mentioned in connection
with the senatorship, but those who
stand closest to the ex-president are
of the opinion that he will not en-
gage in fight for the honor. Form
er Governor Frank Black, Hon.
Joseph H. ChOate, Timothy Woodruff
and several others have been men
toned.
Other republican senators whose
terms will expire two years hence are
Clark of wyoming, La Toilette of
Wisconsin, Scott of West Virginia,
Piles of Washington, Page of YER
mont, Sutherland of Utah, Oliver of
Pennsylvania, McCumber of North
Dakota, Kean of New Jersey, Nixon
of Nevada, Burkett of Nebraska, Car
ter of Montana, Warner of Missouri,
Clapp of Minnesota, Burrows of
Michigan and Flint of California.
On the democratic side the sena-
tors whose terms VIII end March
third, two years hence, are Daniel of
Virginia, who is assured of re-elec-
ton without opposition; Money of
Mississippi who will be succeeded
by John Sharp Williams; Culberson
of Texas, who probably will be re-
elected; Frazier of Tennessee, ITALIA
ferro of Florida and Rayner of Mary
land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
Ms. JENNIE MHRLE
MATRON-hOUSE
@.DETENT1ON

here regular. She was the wife of a
man who committed suicide at last on
her account She had two children and
a nice home. and everything TO make her
happy. but she couldn't let drink alone
and she got to be a regular. She always
fought us like tiger. She finally went
absolutely insane and was sent to ST
Elizabeth.
About month ago she came into town
to do some shopping with an attendent
and. while the attendent was busy. she
slipped away and made for drinking
place They brought her here, but / was
not on duty. 1 am glad to say. Mrs.
Farling had to sit and pet her as though
she were baby until they sent for her.
The first woman I ever.searched was
colored woman who was accused Of
stealing SO She was great big brawny
woman. but she didn't make any trouble
was new then. band new, and thought
1t was awful to search woman with
the door unlocked. so locked the door
Well. watched every move Of that wom-
an. I had her take off every stitch Of
clothing. which carefully went through,
and then I had her take down her hair,
but I didn't find the money. All the time
I was searching her, she kept saying:
Deed. lady. amt got any money, deed
/ amt" Finally l noticed that she talk
ed with her teeth clenched tight.
Then made up my mind that she had
that money in her mouth. AS soon as she
had put her clothes on. 1 grabbed her by
the throat. holding her in such way
that she could not swallow. Struggling to
keep her hands down with my other
hand, literally dragged her to the door.
unlocked it, and called the officer who
always waits outside while search Is
going on. In the meantime. though, she
had succeeded in getting her hand to
her mouth, and when the officer came in,
she opened her mouth, and cried: Deed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
MR5MARILLA
IHORNBUl2GH
NArRON MOL
PRECINCT

take er to the asylum. Late In the att
ernoon a policeman walked In. He stood
looking into the room where she was and
i naturally thought he was the man sent
to dress-she had removed some OF her
clothing-and as I went into the cell 1
said to the officer: Now, You stay by
the door while j get her ready
"She had IL in for me for taking her
money away from her that morning, for
as soon as got into the room she became
abusive. My back was to the door, but
she could see II, and as soon as she saw
that the officer was not there she took me
unawares and hit me an awful blow right
under the eye. I had on my glasses, and
the first thought had was to see II they
had broken; so threw up my hand over
the eye and. as covered 1t. she hit me
again on the mouth.
when I called for the off1cer and he
didn't answer. I knew I had been mis-
taken in thinking he was from the other
precinct. He had gone to the dormltory
and was cleaning his badge, and / had
to fight my way to the door as best I
could. I finally got out and locked the
door, and she became so violent that she
had to be taken down into a cell until
the wagon came for her.
Mrs. Thornburg, after thirteen years
service. is looking forward to the time
when she can take up her abode on her
little country place about ten miles from
Washington. with twenty acres of land
and spacious ana comfortable DungaIoW
Mrs. Thornburgh is a descendant of Col.
John Hendy. to whose memory monu-
ment was erected In Elmira, n. Y, in
1887. he having been the first white set
tier on the site of that town, and his
daughter, Rebecca, was the first white
child born there. in the turbulent days
when Red Jacket was chief of the Semi
noles.
Really. don't mind crazy women as
much as I mind the drunken Ones" she
said SOrripr for them too for they
can't help their condition and a woman
can keep sober II che chooses to. Both
Mrs. Pennihll and 1 had a lot of trouble
with a woman who used to be brought in