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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19

ails YOU YOU re up against it. 1 don't wonder you
had to be damned into job with flynn wedge.
Chee!"
was sorry for him. though Maybe it was some
thin he couldn't duck. Some of em I've known of
couldn't Oh, I've seen punches of EN-, just turned
out. Didn't we have more n dozen unloaded on
us when me and Mr. Marshall gettin out the
Sunday edition? And we didn't do a thing to EN-,
either!
But it's a tough deal, after putin in all that
time dodgin the fool killer at some eses X
pense to be chucked into the grub game with
nothin' but lot of ss-boom ye1ls for experience
l wouldn't have believed Mallory that sort.
Nice young Teller, too Never sung any OF his
to kind of like chinnn to at lunch let him.
You know how you'll get to gassin and telin' each
other the story OF your llfe let's out about Bel,
Mallory drops hints about mother and sister, that
was Twin off in Washington somewhere with
brother that was in better luck. Mallory he was
dom the hall bedroom act, Twin on that twelve
per and keepin' out of sight of everyone he'd ever
known until he'd made good. Guess he found it
kind of lonesome deal.
Once when was extra flush offers to blow him
to family circle seat at 1.-The Bandit Queen"
but he SAYS he thinks he'd better not GO
'PlanDin to have spin in your new carr says l.
Hardly" says he.
says l.
And say, whatcher think? His program is to
light up the gas stove reglar after dinner and fill
his head full of truck out of the trade monthlies
and Wall Street columns, postin' himself on Cor
rugated business.
"Gettin ready to give the old man a few private
mot until he asks for Them" says he.
"Then you've got lots of time says l. But it's
punk way of enjoyin yourself
AvA time he havin that gives me the cue to stir
up that lovely mess perhaps it was because the
thing sprung me so unexpected. 1t come
one day when was busy DRAWN pictures of Piddie
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

LHHH. HE.. s...Ha
the Industrial and commercial pro-
gress that is being made by Hunt
ington, Charleston, C%1arksburg, Fair
mont and e prosperous and pro-
g-ressve + West Virginia.
clarksburg h. . t landed the larg-
est aluminium. IN the country.
4Rirnont Is 4 largest bottle
machine plant If world. Hunt
|ington has just located a big steel
plant in it's suburb of Kenova.
tchsr1eston,s commercial prosperity is
shown by the erection of several new
business houses and s~kyscrapers that
would do credit to Cincinnati. New
railroads are giving Huntington and
tCharIeston the markets of surround
ing territory. which promises to be-
come important and are providing ad-
dItional outlets for their coal, their
commerce and their manufactured
products.
rBut all these taings are not coming
voluntarily to. these thriving towns.
They are the result of ceaseless and
untirtng efforts upon the part of the
people OF those communities. Their
publfc.spirited citizens have labored
hard to convince capital that new
railroads in their territory would pay.
have gone out into the indus
trial markets and sought with. open
arms and generous offers the, indus
tries that have added to their phpula'
ton and their payrolls, They have
kent their statesmen constantly seek
ling e markets and have gone down
Into their. own pockets to. push rail-
krogds into new and desired TERRITORY
as. its. developing wealth gave promise
of INCREASED business. They have
given substantial encouragement as
Well as moral support TO manufa'
~turers and developers. They have
shown their faith in their home towns;
have forced them to be prosperous
and are still forcing them.
TIE city that sits down and waits
for prosperity to come to it may have
a long wait. It is the fellows who
compel prosperity, who go out an
get the industries, the railroads. tn
commerce that makes great cities.
who are building prosperous cities in
West Virginia, and there Is room for
more OF them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

.they have r~ecommended h9abeen.
supplemented by tnl perspnal state
S. required fTon each
Ignd iii most y numerous let
indorsementf from bustness and
Professional men
TN the large cities the adniuis
zion is evidently less depent 4han
in the country districts uponenembelp
OF Congress and party leader for In
formation regarding abailable mate
rial for such positions IS that OF su-
pervispr OF the Census, and the Pres
ident and the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor nave Joined with the direc-
tor Of the Census in establishing the
policy of making selections. whenever
the information on which to act was
available, without depending Q n the
recommendations of political leaders"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21
EAkER SPOTTED.

The Morgantown New Dominion
thinks 1t has the correspondent who
sonds out fake stories concerning the
University spotted and speaks abon-
the matter as follows, after quoting
recent editorial from tlis paper on
the subject:
In defense of the profession the
New Dominion desires to say to the
West Virginfan. the Mail, and to all
other newspapers that the stories re-
ferred 10. were. not published in Nor,
3gantown papers. and that Mo"g.n'
town men actually engaged in the
newspaper business did not send
them to journals published in other
cities. The most Objectionable story
,ha6 it's birth in the brain of a student
reporter, who mas not yet learned to
.see things in the proper prospective
and who does not understand that
there arc West Virginia statesmen"
who are ever on the alert o an OPP
lhortunttyg no. c%riticise and harass the
.state biggest and best educational
institution:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

The West virginian hopes the farm.
.ars of Marion county will turn out in
large numbers for tile institute to ba
held at Pine Grove. next Wednesday
and Thursday. notice of which was
published in this paper yesterday;
These institutes are very valuable and
much can be learned Gby those who at.
tend. Questions OF great interest are
discussed at these institutes by men
who are capable Of talking on the sub:
jects assigned to them. Don't forget
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21
WE GIVE 1T UP.

foolish sayings in the Fatrmon'
west Vlrginian, harrisburg Telegram
tip that able paper edited by Col. NJ. c,
tL6ugh, the successor of the Hon. Bill
iHubbard when the latter quits going
Congress. why what in the world
are yon conTersing about?-Parkera
burg State Journal: !.
iH you areiasldng us for II opinion
.Ws should say that we d9 not know
But are inclined to think so, what2-
Wheeling News.
Respectfully referred to the State
journal for. further calculation and
demonstration.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

.ly destroyed, the loss being ttmatea,
$4,000. The Gre sta
by store, and IS said be q ineen
diary origin. The flames prsaa g
the railroad station at Marleton
stroying this.
The following building also
.burned to tie ground: Home
ton Agent j. q. Hicks aailsy
Mary Boise. i. NJ. Dell's lstoF
and several smaller stere
The total loss viii reach ohpnaret
thousand dollars.
L Gold Medal F1ou- = noartshshF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21
Get busy and be happy.
Peoples Forum.
COL. CHURCH mistaken

Editor West Virgiuian:
An individual here ana there arhonA
the DtsetTas frtes, to.1maka HGppem
TthHft n g'CHFistfah tfTfrcr e narrow n
some >.of its teachipgs4a4d ought to
iclssxige, ESPECIALLY these persons as
sertftsis morrow to insist2that all per-
coming into the church ought to
betfmmersed, AT che Centennial cele-
bISation in Plttsburg last week Col.
Samuel Harden Church, q lawyer and,
politician of Pittsburg, gained a little
newspaper ~notoriety by declaring him
self to the effect that the unyielding
position of the Disciples on the qnes-
ton OF baptism has greatly retarded
the growth OF the church.
Tie statements of the newspapers
that Mr.. Church's opinion is meeting
with approval can not be sustained by
facts. All persons familiar with the
history of the baph,smal question, as
related to what is known as the Res
toration Movement which the CenteL
nSll celebrated know That as early as
the Declaration and Address in 1909,
there was in existence a religious
body. numbering several thousands OF
commandments, VINO held the identical
position advocated by Mr.. Church, To-
day this religious people are a feeble
folk. The Disciples have more COM
mInicants in n single State than h7a
this denomination throughout the en-
tire United States. So,called broad in
depreciation of the question of bar'
tism did not promote rapid growth.
While the Disciples totally repudi-
ate the dogma of baptismal regenera-
ton, and while tiley attack no sacra-
mental efficacy whatever to the rite 1t:
self nor attribute any cleansing Tfr-
tue. to the '"washing In water" they
have, and do now insist upon obedi-
ence to the ordinance as'taught by the
Apostles, regarding it as n command
of Christ. The Disciples neither hold
nor present to the candidate for bap-
.tism. as a condition precedent to his
baptism, any theory, as to y cronotN
ogy Of pardon-an act that Hes wholly
in the domain Of the divine VIII. The,
allowance of immersion I n all church.
.es as valid gives it the seal of cath
.olicfty About Immersion to all VINO
believe OF. CHRIST there eve has been,
and Aver be n doubt or scru-
pie Public Christian conscious
ALE nsSintercsted in the teach
inGa RTb1e on religious subjects.
Will Fgfted with the sermons of
.EvanA siiev1y who begins his
work Central Christian Church
AHAM h. N HRIEGnn..
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21
has X~Auofamous!

~ ,2l3s9taH
Is there such a thing as the hand.
bill nuisance which some of the papers
are speaking about2 Ask the women
who who have. to gather, them from
behind the screen doors and on the
front porch when trying to keep. the
house in order. They can answer the
question.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21
WINDOW GLASS COMBINE
FORMED BY INDEPENDENTS

PffTsBURG, Oct. 21-Indpenedent
windpw glass manufacturers Of the
c6untry, representing 1914 pots out
Of n total of 1000, are meeting here
for the purpose Of Permanently organ
izing the new Imperial Independent
Glass Company, with a capitalization
of s1O,OOO,OOo and composed of prncti-
cally all the independent glass faeto'
rIes in the country that operate with
out blowers.
Fifty manufacturers were at tle
meeting, and it is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all
have agreed to iointRehe combine.
Mrs. Joe Layrpat, dfRWheeliqg' is
the guest of her sisteTs, Mrs ", a
shields. Miss Garnet Shields lis very
iii of typhoid fever.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

1t rains on the unjust as well as the
just and just as often. But the unjust
don't need to think they have any
special stand.in with the weather man
by reason1of t1e fact. because they
haven't. Hets just good To everybody
whether heysare good or not, that's
all.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

The Carksburg Telegram yesterday
contained a handsome cut Of the mag
nincent ONCE building being erected
for Judge Goff. Judge Gofr is doing
much Tor the upbuilding Of his town.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

Hickman Run Valley a year from
now. will look like prosperity had
struck it sure, enough. Two hundred
new houses ought to be built out that
way within the next six or eight
months.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

Things are coming with a rush t.
ward Fafrmont. "No saloons" haven
killed this town as sure as you live.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

The grumNer makes everybody II
reach of him unhappy while in hi;
presence.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21
dtN an aFoRv-wHIcH7

45ed!tortal of merit bearing
~. ". w" appeared in
81 Virginia Farmer and
a~yocate.f n, was written, by
%orldlg, of the State
s SO good and sensij
g.ve space to 1t in this
is as follows: 49,.
esgst know a man who is
~ about the use of his
i money. he is a good,
as all good farmers
aFs 57es w ffeAE invests freely In 1ana
8Adtiss Y;sp 1iiileafi machinery d q Wien, IT
such Investment viii
sts returns. ~
admire this man because.
0 being a good business
hS6f1 f3s 80 ~ . good citizen. He does
~ ~ of his n~eig1bors to
ae4t o EEReep respectable the poll
tlrs iis district and county. He is
~teaIocal church and agri-
~nizatIons.
/ am thinking of the two
IS .AneIrable man. The mar
into his possessions
m life as a small farm.
'ghborhood, increased
Rss aal other possessions
S able with such ed
(. common school gave
substantial man and
i. l like to brag d
he has done. E
sm friendly quarrel with
'r'and of mine.
%,r- his money in land
nd stock in order that
apns of his may begin
sc farmers. tell hins
sitting too much of his
boys and too little of Ii
IL mss not understood yet.
+ want to insist that a
especially Z great
re Investing too large
n II money unwisely-toc
.XasL s II l@r their children and not
enough In 5tHep1 Let the point be
clearly understood: what is invested
in tine boy lin educating himl prepares
him 10 work or do business efficient
~, successfully; what is invested for
r.ov.ass lfnl something to work
~ Usually to waste, If
aa3Ga8 Sj.as not been such a.
10 ia Hlm Tor the larger responsi bill
ties thai come to the man with prop
~ efsy eud opportunity.
Nh ad1pie0bale friend has not yet
pnderstnot That life is mot like it was
N his:3GuuE ~nhsnhood. He feels that
f!adn. good' us a farmer and
Trd5 citizen with only h
Noal education, and thinks
o,Eht 70 b. able to do q,
@ef. tlse pas7lble that one Of tleri
nlsy pas we'll with the same prep
arsa0h, i,6; both OF them ought to
Ssts 3sfreg pScporat!on for the larger
ta aI greater difficulties
s,i5 ~ 7nd. the future. A wise
~ trent in the boy is a perfectly
sure investment; the wisest invest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

) editors init no
more women get their legs broken.
when pqaautemobiting than do, u all
had to undergo a vicious attack Of an
Iffte bt6tHer. If E. NJ. Watts. tle
acknowledgements mar had been
out with his wife instead OF ais girl
Editor Long would not have been heat
en- gp 20 Publishing the story of the
acci&eA4lG02Mf. Watts. your brother
has mq4d6s4 X9Aufamous!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

You can't beat Fatrmont unless 20
cheat.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

New trolley lines an around us.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

ulGIdlOl nNhO -tSSSSSS
tai sHR9H4petiqIs
E"f nS4s bnd believe tpRt the super
visdfrs5a the present census are on
the Whole a higher Type of men than
those at any 5reeedihE census The
compensation offered to supervisors is
supnnwhat more. Than ever before, but
it is. not really en- adequate remuner'
alton for men of the character neeG
ed. ! believe that a very considerable
proportion of the supervisors who have
been appointed are men who in t1eir
Irregular occupations or professions
are able to earn mucn more than tn
supervisors pay. and who have ac-
cepted the positions because of the
honor and responsibility involved, or
from patriotic motives, There has
however, been no new departure with
respect 10 the general method oil Sc
llectIng supervisors, save only that in
large cities, or most of them, seler
lions have largely. been made indie
pendently of political recommends
lions.
at may not be inappropriate hers
to explain the reason why so-ealled'
political recommendations must be
sought il. the appointment of supervi-
sors in most of the-districts. The SUI,
pervisor, in order to do his work prop
erly, must be a resident of the district
over which he has charge. The posi-
ton is not one which can be filled by
civil service examination. A supervi-
sor should be a man of executive abil-
Ifty. such as no examination a test,
and he should be a man well known in
his community. Indeed, men Of the
tyne desired. would not in most in
stances be willing to submit them
selves to a civil service examination.
Neither the director Of the Census, his
supervisor officer, the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor, nor the Presi-
dent, can possibly have personal ac-
fQuaintance throughout the country
with men suitable to ill these pcsyi-
Etions, nor even with men, outside of
political positions, whose advice they
can seek. The representative oftires
district in Congress OF. the party 1ead=
'ers IN the district have the necessary
knowledge of local conditions and To-
cal men, andD it is not only natural
but practically NECESSARY as a matter
Of good. ADMINISTRATION that they
should be asked to make recommends
tons for positions Of this character,
"F~ortiSaSteIy, members of Congress
and party leaders are coming more
and more to appreciate the Importance
.of accurate census statistics. The
spoils idea of appointments is growing
constantly less dominant. The direc-
tor OF the Census mas done everything
possible to impress upon those whose
opinions were asked regarding the, SUI
.pervisorsnlps, the Importance Of the
necessity of having men Of marked
executive ability and of absolute in
.tegrity The Information furnished by
members Of Congress and party lead
.ers regarding the candIdates whom
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

Best form ~. Va and PA. acknowi.
elSments. Also assignment OF LEASE
at thig office. tt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

he place. nd tine Ping Grove oclo-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21
SELECTING
ENUMERAIORS
CENSUS DIRECTOR DuRAND WILL
FOLLOW THE PLAN PuR-
SUED IN 1900.

WASHINGTON, d c.; Oct 3l.--u.
s. Census director e. Dana Durand
stated to-day that the primary respor-
.sIbility for securing efficient enumer-
.ators must rest with the supervisors
of the census.
at has been suggested from time to
time said the director, that more
.emtieht enurderttofs might be secured
BY competitive examination open to
everybody. Taere is no doubt that
III the expense ana time required were
not prohibitfsei,it would be advantage
Gus tohald. sucn. an. discrimination. al
though it would be necessary, instead
OF merely selecting those whose rank
ing in the examination was tho high
est, to refer all candidates who passed
to the supervisor. and allow him to SEE
|Iect those whose personal c~haracteris-
tics, such as cannot be tested by any
written examination. were most suita-
bile. The difficulty with sucn an open
examination is the expense and delay
involved. 1t is probable that for the
G5 600 places there would be several
hundred thousand candidates, and the
grading.o of their papers would require
a large force for a long time. At some
future, census this "plansmight be worth
a trial. but 1T can scarcely be attempt
ed ut the present census within the
limits of time and appropriations set
by law.
"The Census Bureau does, of COURSE
undertake to protect ITSELF ne con-
tinued, against sucn obviously in
competent enumerators as the super
visors. through political influence OF
through oversight, may happen to
choose. AT the last census the emu
merators recommended by the super
visors were adj subjected to a test eX-
animation, and the same policy Will
be pursued this time. About one
sixth, or 5000. of the candidates Sc
lectcd by the supervisors were reject
ed as a result of this test in 1900. II
nav be wise to make the test at the
present census a trifle more severe
than at the twelfth census. At best.
however, such an examination can do
no more than eliminate those who
cannot write plainly and who are
clearly lacking in an understanding OF
their duties. 1t can do little to assure
the selection 81 men OF Industry, tact.
or honesty, The Judgment, efficiency
and integrity OF the SUPERVISORS MUS
Observation-Disclosures. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. emf.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-21

TWfHS T. M
@ nes please eopy2)
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

ganizations in their localities which
would be both immediate and lasting
He found this condition in all of the
three states he visited. Yet in spite OF
this he found labor well organized in
that section of the country, and was
greatly surprised to find az many labor
unions as were reported for Maine, as
he had previously no idea that there
were so many in the state, or that II
was so well organized as it is.
On the whole, Mr.. Howley is better
satisfied with the labor conditions in
this state than those In any other he
has knowledge of, and he thinks both
employers and employees ought to feel
good over the close relations that ex-
list between the two classes and the
general harmony that prevails in all
departments of labor Minnesota ia
far ahead of all the other states, SO
far as he has knowledge of the facts
not only with reference to the status
of the workers and the conditions OF
labor that exist, but also in the mat
ter of legislation passed in behalf ot
the toliers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
The AMERICAN men
REV. cHAs. sTELZE SAYS WORK
MEN OF THIS COUNTRY ARE
SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS
PROSPERITY OF WHOLE coUN-
TRY DEPENDS ON THE WORK
MEN.

"All things considered, the, American
workingman is as true man, as moral
a man as you can find anywhere"
Such was the tribute paid to the
great body of artisans Of this country
by Rev. Chas. Stelzle in an address
recently in the amphitheater at Chau-
tauqua, N. Y. Mr.. Sickle is a man
who knows. Born in the tenement
house district, and living on the east
side of New York city for twenty five
years, he is familiar with the social
conditions of the masses. For eight
years he was a machinist in the largest
shop in that city, where he had an un-
usual opportunity for studying the in
dustrial problems at first hand. Now
as superintendent of the Presbyterian
department of church and labor, he is
probably doing more than any other
living man to solve the problem of the
relation of the workingman to the
church.
America has learned" said Mr.
Sickle, that the prosperity of the
whole country depends upon the. pros
Iperity of the workingman. We believe
it as a-matter of theory. but not always
as matter of practice Only too fire.
Iquently the employer acts as If he were
lin business simply for his own inter
ests. No wonder the average working
man feels that he, too, must work for
his own interests. If the interests OF
employer and employe are common the
American workingman ought to know
it in such way that there will be no
dispute about It, If their interests
are not common, the sworkingman will
soon find it out"
The labor unions do not, the speak
er declared, as many employees sup
pose, constitute all the labor question
If the unions were wiped out of ex-
istence the question would remain in
a more aggravated form. The $4,000,
900 socialists throughout the world
9, 200, 900 OF whom have cast their bal
lots for socialist candidates; the g.
100000 trade unionists, the Russian
peasantry, the movement among the
working people in France, Belgium
Australia and the social unrest in our
own country, were cited as phases OF
the labor question. And they are ALL
said Mr. Stelzle, lighting for Industrial
democracy, and they are going to win.'