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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
Business Block
THREE STORY BRICK STRUCTURE
TO BE ERECTED ON MAIN
STREET BY Mr.. C. C. RoBB.

The old frame building situated on
upper Main street, Just above Morgan
Brothers Grocery store and which
has been occupied for the past few
years by the Chinese Laundry, is to.
day being razed to the ground and in
its stead handsome street story
brick business house win be erected.
Mr.. Charles C. Robb recently pur.
chased the property from Mr.. Wilbur
Hennen, the same having just prevl.
Gus to this sale been received by Mr..
Henncn in part payment for the land
surrounding Reeds knob just out OF
town, which became the property Of
Mr.. o. S. Mckinney. The price paid
for the Main street property by Mr..
Robb was $4,000.
Mr.. Robb will at once begin the
erection OF three story brick build
ing, 1le lower floor of which he will
occupy with his meat shop and fish
market and the two upper stories will
be fitted up for flats. The building
will be modern in every particular
and will be an improvement to that
portion OF the town.
The centre of Fairmont's business
section is entirely taken up and new
busiiSss concerns are compelled 10
seek locations a little away from the
business section. The trend Is to.
wards this SECTION OF the town and
before many years upper Main Nreet
will be the centre Of trade also.'
The property which is being razCd
to-day is one of the landmarks Of the
city and has been varlously occupied
as residences and places of business
for many years. A number Of years
ago the building was owned and oc.
cupied by Mrs. Coraline Eyster, the
mother OF Mrs. J. L. Sands, Mrs. n
S. Barns and Mrs. Caroline Granger
all of this city. The price paid for
the property by Mrs. Eyster was ST.,
900. Mrs. Eyster disposed bf the prop
erty to Mr.. Ellis Blllingslea and II
has changed hands several times
since that and recently became the
property Of Mr.. Robb, he paying $l3,
900 for same.
The contract for the building has
not yet been let, but will be probably
let within few days. Frank A. Floyd
is tearing the property down.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
LOCAL CONCERNS
may EXHIBIT
STATE BOARD OF TRADE ASKS
( LOCAL MANUFACTURERS TO
EXHIBIT WARES AT cINcIN-
MATT EXPOSITION.

The State Board OF Trade, with the
support and cooperation OF the State
Government is endeavoring to secure
a good representation for West Vir.
glnia at the Ohio Valley Exposition at
Cincinnati, August 20 to September
2ith. To that end the executive coun-
ell Of the State Board OF Trade has
optioned until August 10th, 1000 feet
OF floor space 100 feet front and 16
feet deep, which 1t is offering at the
rate OF so cents per square foot to the
manufacturing industrial and horti-
cultural interests OF the State. The
council will close the contract for the
space and arrange for other details
II the people throughout the State
shows the proper interest in the mat
ter. Next Tuesday the Board OF Trade
will meet the fruit growers OF the
State at Keyser. 1t is taking up the
matter directly with the manufacture
Ing and industrial interests. The Board
has written to tho Consolidation Coal
Company, Monongah Glass Company,
Fairmont Bottle Company. Hammond
Fire Brick Company, ]. S. Haggerty
Company, Fairmont Window Glass
Company.
Several Wheeling manufacturers
have signifled their willingness TO ex.
hiblt ware at the exposition and 1t is
the hope OF the Board OF Trade that
every section Of the State will be rep
resented.
The State. Board OF Trade will have
a booth In the West Virginia division
for the distribution of State literature
and all OF the cities OF the State are
invited to furnish their own literature
to. be distributed the, same without
cost.
The exposition offers splendid op-
portunlty to advertise est Virginia
products and resources. Quite a nun
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22

FIT AS Fiddle
PASSES THROUGH FAIRMoNT,
EN- ROUTE HOME FROM AT.
LANTIc CITY.
MoReANToWN MAN AT SEA.
SHORE FOR HIS HEALTH
WILL BEHERE SATURDAY.

On his way home from Atlantic
City, Col. Joseph H. McDermott, OF
Morgantowi, stopped over in this city
for few hours early Thursday morn.
ing. Colonel McDermott said he was
much improved in health. for which
purpose he went to the seashore.
Colonel ,McDcrmott said he was get.
ting ready for the fray. which will be
pulled OF In this city Saturday.
81 feel as fine as fiddle" he said.
"My health is greatly improved, and
l feel,in good condition, mentally <nd
physically. to enter the senatorial con.
yention Saturday."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
Ebert Hubbard's Wife
WillStun1p New Hampshire
THE FRA's WIFE INTERESTS HER.
SELF IN CANDIDACY OF MRS.
.MARlllA KICKER.
WHO HOPES TO ACHIEVE IMPos
SlBLE IN NEW HAMP-
SHIRE STATE.
MRS. KICKER WANTS TO BE GOV
\ ERNoR-ALSo HAS OFFERS
OF MARRIAGE.

.
CONCORD, N. H., July 22.-Mrs
Elbert Hubbard, OF East Aurora. N
Y, wife OF the famous Roycrofter
is to take the political stump In New
Hampshire, !. 1t is announced here.
Mrs. Hubbard has volunteered hel
services In the fight of Mrs. Marilla
Kicker, who is a candidate for govern
or in this state.
Mrs. Hubbard's appearance on the
stump here Is contingent upon Mrs
Iticker's candidacy receiving the ap
proyal OF the legal authorities.
Since her announcement that she
Will be glad TO bear the burdens oil
state, Mrs. Kicker has received sew
cral offers Of marriage, one, 1t is said
being well.known clergyman.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22

Der Of large cities vii have exhibits
and several states including Florida
and California have taken $500 feet
OF floor space. It is up to West Vir-
ginia to Join the procession. The ex-
position management confidently. ex.
poets an attendance. OF 100000 and
by this means the stale VII eet In
touch with vast copcourse OF people
from every section OF The country.
The State Board ofsTrade Is taking
the lead in the effort to have West
Virginia properly represented on this
occasion. The support OF all the or
ganizations Of the State shoupid be
given.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
SENATORIAL CONVENTION.

Tomorrow afternoon the senatorial
convention Of the Eleventh Senatorial
convention will be held in this city.
The list Of delegates from Monongalla
county were forwarded to Chairman
Powell this morning. Secretary A. E,
N. Means, of Grafton. phoned Mr.,
Powell that he would forward the
names Of the Taylor county delegates
today.
AT this time the candidates for the
nomination are B. F. Bailey. OF Graf.
ton, and Joseph H. McDermott. Of Nor.
gantown.,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
John s. Evans.

Mr.. John shroycr Evans, highly
respected citizen OF Taylor county,
died at his home near Pruntytown
Thursday. morning at five o'clock.
death being due to an illness from
paralysis. Mr.. Evans together with
his son.in.law, Mr.. o. L, Scranage, con.
Quoted dairy. The deceased was 81
years Of age and is survived by his
wife who was Miss Dora Bartlett, OF
Simpson, and nine children.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
BROWN WINS IN
SECOND DISTRICT.

MooREFlELD. July 22.-on the
tenth ballot Thursday Hon. William
@. Brown was nominated for Con.
greS4 in the Second district. All can.
dldates except Brown aud Hiner with
drew before the fight had progressed
very far. Following the announce
ment OF the tenth ballot the nomina-
tion was made by acclamation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
'REFlNANcINa coAL COMPANY,

REFINANcINe COAL COMPANY,
1t is more than likely that the Bal.
tlmore banking house Of ]. s. Wilson,,
Jr., & Co. will assist in the refnAnc-
Ing of the ouemahonlng Coal cfms
pany, Of Pennsylvania, which has been.
operating extensive coal properties In
that State. as well as the state OF
West Virginia. The new plan. which.
is now being worked ont by Henry q
West, bankers, OF Philadelphia, pro-
yldes for an additional $1,000. 600 Issue
OF bonds. .ti, q \ Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
FAIRMONTIANSAT
PASSION PLAY.
soeERANMEReAu is BECOMING.
coMMERclALlZEp,r WRITES
DR.. 5RooMFlElD, WHO rs
:. ATTENDING DRAMA.
FOLK DEPICT SCENES
AND INCIDENTS IN WORLDS
GREATEST DRAMA
TEN OR TWELVE FAiRMoN PEo.
PIE ARE ATTENDING THE
PASSION PLAY.

"oberammergau is becoming com
merciallzed," writer Rev. ]. G. Broom.
field, b. D., pastor of the Methodlst
Protestant Temple in this city, who,
with Mrs. Broomfeld. is at the Ba.
varfan city where the Passion Play Is
played every ten years. Mr.. Broom.
field, however. states that he Is
pleased with the play. Several let.
ters have been written by the Fair.
mont pastor and his wife to friends in
this city. Is
The Passion Play. held in the lit.
tie village of oberammergau, in Ba.
yaria, is being witnessed by a. number
Of Fairmont people, ten or twelve in
number. Among those who are attend.
ing the celebrated play are. Miss
Florence Arnett and her sister, Mrs.
Cole, Mrs. N. R. C. Morrow, Prof. e.
E. Mercer, Miss Margaret Mckinney,
Mrs. 5. j. Brobst and daughter, Miss
Mamie Misses Grace Robinson and
Minnie Fleming.
The Passion Play is held every ten
years in the little village of oberam.
mergau.. The simple village folk,
three hundred or more years ago,
pledged themselves to portray scenes
and incidents in the life of Christ ey.
cry ten years. The pledge was taken
during famine, the villagers praying
that the famine might be takenaway,
In which case, they said, they would
depict those stirring incidents among
the hills of Judea every ten years. The
famine was dissipated and the village
folk have ever since held the play In
oberammergau, drawing tens OF thou
sands of people to witness 1t.
The men and women who take part
In this stirring drama are trained for
the work, generation after generation,
none but village folk taking the parts.
The man who depicts the life Of Chrit
is a simple village carpenter. but his
work has called forth the praises Of
some of Europe's greatest dramatic
critics. s
The Passion Play is under the jur.
isdlctlo2 of the German government.
That It is becoming commerclaiized
will be heard with regret by people
of this city, but this has been expect
ed for a number OF years. Those who
depict the life and times Of Christ,
however, live up to the parts which
they must play, In a simple, honest,
moral fashion.
The Passion Play is drawing people
from all parts OF Europe and Amerl.
ca. according to letters received In
this city, and. 1t is said. there are at
least $4,000 Americans in Bavaria.
Mr.. and Mrs. Broomfleld will return
to Fairmont the latter part of, August,
when the minister will take up his
duties as pastor at the Methodist
Protestant Temple. Other natives OF
Fairmont who are in Europe will re.
turn to this country within a few
months, II not before. The Falrmont
travellers will visit Rome, Paris, Eng
land and other cities and countries be.
fore they return to America.
Mr.. and Mrs. Broomfleld visited Scot.
land. Mr.. Broomnelds native land, be.
fore going to oberammergau. Mr..
Broomfield attended the Worlds Mis-,
sionary Conference at Glasgow.
u
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
SELL COAL.

+ DR.. E. N. Eddy and Attorney Ira L.
Smith closed coal deal for the pur-
chase Of ninety acres Of Pittsburg
coal in Monongalla county. The coal
passed title at good price. The coal
lies in the low sulphur basin and con.
sldered of the best quality.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
Police Declare Inability to
Cope With Ralvn Mystery

second bullet can be found, and that
the bullet which killed Rawn fits the
revolver which he carried and from
which one shot had been fired. The
marks on the door. which at first were
supposed to have been made by a
burglars jimmy, are found TO be on
the inside instead of the outside, and
the supposed bloodstains on the pave
ment outside proved to be nothing
more suspicious than red paint.
Rawn's close business associates,
however, declare there was nothing In
Rawn's business affairs that would
have caused him to take his life. On
the contrary, they point to letter
written late Tuesday, in which Rawn
asked for transportation for his pri.
vate car over the Northwestern lines
to Cisco lake where he intended TAX.
ing his family. They also refer to
preparation made for long-deferred
honeymoon trip to Europe this fall.
n. G. Cobourn. Ryan's son.in.law,
says that 1t is utterly impossible that
anything else but murder was com.
mittcd. He says that the insinuations
and assertions of suicide are absurd.
!. C. Rawn, president OF the Monon.
who is believed to have committed sui.
eide in Chicago, is known in local rail-
road circles, especially on this diyi.
sion of the B. and o. railroad. Mr..
Rawn was for some time general su.
perintendent OF the B. and O. South
western, with headquarters in Clncln.
natl, later going to PItsburg. where
he was superintendent of the Pitts.
burg system OF the B. and o. main
line. Many West Virginia coal and
railroad men recall him
HH -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
John smallwood.

John Smallwood, well known resi-.
dent OF Clarksburg, and veteran of
the Civil war, died yesterday morning
at his home in that city OF diseases In
cident to old age. He was "a years OF
age.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
THE WEATHER. nj !.

( Partly cloudy; thunderstorms iAir
afternoon or tonight
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-22
Mor,1,o,,s Expelled
TWENTY.oNE OF THE BRIGHAM
YOUNG FAITH NOT WANTED
IN GERMANY. .
MoRMoNs ENoEAvoRlNe TO GET
FooTHolD I'm FAIRMoNT-
FOUR OF THEM HERE.
tBy United Press,

BERLIN, July 22:-Twenty-one
Americans, propagating the Mormon
faith, were arrested in this city to.
day. They will be expelled from the
country under the law which allows
the expulsion Of undesirable aliens.
The Mormons are endeavoring to
get a foot hold.in this city, four OF
their number being in Fairmont at
the present time. Street meetings are
held occasionally by those OF that
faith and tracts are distributed. The
Mormons will hold big conference
in this city In the fall.
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-22
Wyominq.

The Copper Belt Mining Company.
two miles south of Lusk, has pur-
chased the Michigan mine, and large
force of men are on the ground to put
up buildings on the new property and
commence development work. 1t is
the intention of the company to at
once commence the erection Of a
smelter midway between the Michigan
and Copper Belt mines.
Capt. o. NJ. Beck, of the Duncan
mine at Atlantic. accompanied a ship.
ment of 500 pounds of ore from his
mine to Denver recently. where test
run will be made to determine the
kind of mill is most suited for the ore.
The Duncan people are expending con.
siderable money developing their
property, and the new mill, which Mr..
Beck intends purchasing. will be in.
stalled at the property next spring.
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-22
New Mexico.

The Cap Rock mines, near Silver
City, give the appearance of being a
reality some day soon.
Oil is reported to having been
struck in a well which L. A. Davidson
is having bored on his lots in Silver
City.
Six hundred and seventy-nine tons
Of ore were milled during one week
at Earnestine mines, Mollogon. fifty
five sacks of high grade concentrates
were produced and 6,926 Troy ounces
of gold and silver bullion were smelt-
ed. The 11th level west is yielding
some of the richest ore yet discovered
i'll the district, showing free gold and
native silver in quantity.
Messrs. Fleming and Carr continue
to get the rich silver ore from their
recent strike in the Black Hawk min
ing district on the Chicago claim.
Col. Fleming has some more samples
taken from the rich vein which seem
TO carry even more silver than the
first samples taken. A number of the
pieces of ore when broken in two
nang together by heavy wires of ma
tive silver. The ore will run fully
$4,000 to the ton.
At no period in its history has the
Mollogon district received such intel
ligent and extended development as
ct present. The discovery of new ore
'zoLes and the proving of known
bodies at greater depths is of weekly
occurrence and it would now seem
that production will be doubled the
coming year.
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-22
Colorado.

Colorado.
John Lang, leasing on the Lamar
tine, Idaho Springs, shipped a carload
OF ore which netted him $12.03 per
toL.
There are now in the neighborhood
or twenty-five sets of lessees operat-
ing on the Ajax ground, Cripple Creek,
and most of these are taking out good
laying mineral.
The mill on the Iowa-Tiger, in the
San Juan, is handling about 400 tons
of ore per day, and the company is
shipping twenty cars of excellent lead
concentrates each month.
The Matte mine up Chicago creek,
Idaho Springs district, shipped to the
Chamberlain and Dillingham; sampler
recently carload of ore which is es-
timated to run from $40 to $50 per
ton.
The Old Town mine in Seaton
mountain, Idaho Springs, is coming
back into its old record of production
and is being opened up by leasers.
Among the recent shipments were
wv Noii iooOo iSSehlly ny flhe q CO.,
which gave returns of $42.24 and
S29.26 per ton, respectively.
The Nevada, on Breeze hill, Lead
vile, is showing lead streak which
carries unusually high values opened
for a distance of nearly sixty feet.
The Mendoza, Georgetown district,
is showing two-foot streak of smelt-
ing ore which carries fancy values,
the discovery having been made in
ground being worked by set of leas-
ers.
One of the biggest strikes of the
present year is reported by Vanatta
and associates, leasing on the fifth
level of the Ajax property on Battle
mountain, Cripple creek. 1t comes
from a reliable source that an ore
body approximately eleven feet in
width and carrying picture grade min
eral has been opened north of the
main shaft.
What is probably the largest body
of ore ever opened in the San Juan
district has been rounded out on the
third level Of the Ledge Consolidated
mine, the mass being $50 feet long
and from five to twenty feet wide, and
Is solidly mineralized. The ore is a
lead-zinc-iron sulphide, and is being
broken at the rate of 100 tons per
day, all Of which is handled by the
company's mill.
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-22

atively new. The extent to which they used
has. of course, increased correspondingly with
the general popularity of the post card
Joseph Cundall. London artist claims to
have issued the first Christmas card proper in
1916. 1t thograph. hand colored, about
the size of ladys visiting card In 1862 cards
of this character were first issued in large num-
bers. They were still of the visiting card size.
inscribed simply, "A Merry Christmas Later
holly, mistletoe. embossed robins and figures and
landscapes were added until the present stage
has been reached.
AS forerunner of the Christmas card were
the school pieces" and Christmas pieces" of the
early part of the nineteenth century. These were
sheets of plain writing paper surrounded with
elaborate pen fourishes and scrolls, and some
times headed with copper-plate engravings, plain
and colored. Schoolboys used them at the holi-
day season, says writer for carefully writ
ten letters exploiting the progress they had made
in composition and chirography Charity boys
large purchasers of these pieces and at
Christmas time used to take them around their
parish to show and at the same time to solicit
a trife.
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-22
Modelling for Children
making Things" in Clay Give Pupils Idea Of
Artistic Beauty and Form.

There are sculptors who make specially Of
portrait busts and statuettes of children and
Gently a movement has been started to make
plastic art in the form of small models and igur-
ines distributed among the public schools a me
dium for teaching art.-tic ideals in young
pupils
Strangely enough. the idea of giving the chill
dred a lump of clay and setting them to making
something" themselves seems never to have oc-
Cured except to few of our school teachers. In
many schools the kindergarten sand box is about
the nearest approach to It, but in some Of the
public schools in great cities modelling in clay Is
taught in the primary grades.
Modelling, the concrete expression Of the sense
of form, is the beginning OF all art.
1.-The vital law lying at the root Of all that
have ever tried to teach." says Ruskin "is the de-
pendence of all noble design in any kind. on the
sculpture painting Of organic FORM
The appreciation of form, as Mr.. Schneider
gues. can never be so well taught when the
pupil has bit of clay in his hands. and that 1t is
natural is well proved by the desire OF every
chilu to mold something out of mud. II no clay Is
to be had. The children at the seashore try
their best to build something" though the sand
slips away. So they wet 1t, and do the best they
can, Give any normal child some clay and see
how easily II learns to model familiar objects
and how eagerly 1t itself with this artistic
play. It is along the pathway OF clay that
child can be most easily instructed being taught
to see exactly and to reproduce and more
skillfuy as It gains skill by practice. II is ed
ucation Of eye and hand at the same time The
10y of creation is aroused and stimulated and the
powers of production are given full play.
II left to Its own free will the child is apt to
attempt the complex rather than the simple and
therefore certain amount OF suggestion and
guidance is necessary. To this end an entire
series Of models have been set as a course that
will help to lay the foundation for later artistic
education.
Gilpin observer., 1910-12-22

season for signs and portents regarding the
success or failure OF their endeavors for the
ing year.
II you beat your trees on Christmas night they
certain to bear better crops than they had
the year previously A like result would follow
the tying of stones every Christmas eve, or to
tie wet straw bands around the orchard trees on
Christmas eve would increase their frutfuness.
To make the grass grow well the succeeding
year. thrash the ground of your garden with
fail on Christmas eve with only your shirt on.
In several OF the old counties of England the
custom long survived OF "saluting" the apple
trees on Christmas eve. and In Sussex they used
to "wassail." "worsle" and chant verses to
them.
Christmas time is regarded by the maidens
of many countries as the season when the oracles
are pleased to give them information concerning
their love AFFAIRS telling them by various pro.
cesses what will be the color OF their lovers
hair and his eyes, his occupation and whether
present love affairs will terminate happily 9th.
erwise.
Some OF these curious beliefs hinge on the
exact time OF the birth Of Jesus. Scotch folklore
has 1t that he was born at midnight OF Christmas
eve. and that the miracle OF turning water into
wine was later also performed at that hour. This
belief is also recognized In parts of Germany,
where It is held that water turns to wine between
the hours of eleven and twelve on Christmas eve,
while In other sections Of that country the change
is believed to take place on Christmas night.
Gosslps In Germany must find great satsfac.
ton In the superstition that II one walks into
the winter Christmas eve he will hear all
that will happen In the village that year Like
wise, II one goes to the crossroads on Christmas
day he will hear "that which most concerns him
for the coming year." tEfrHlf4l f9.f l1-.
Dogs should have q care ~ to their actions