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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
MILITARY
s c H 0 OIL
GENERAL ELLIOTT SENDS COM.
MuEIcATioN TO GUARDS REL.
ATIVE TO INSTRUCTIONS IN
THE MANUAL OF ARMS.

Local gCardsmen have received a
letter from Adjutant General Elliott
in which he calls attention to schools
which are being held each week at
the various military posts In the State
for instruction in tactics.
In the communication General FL.
lott calls attention to. the fact tha,
the federal pay bill will be introduced
at the eeial ", sess.op- p--of5--congress
which icommencestt to-day. and suggests
that they use their influence in sup
port of 1t as 1t means great benefit
to the National Guard and will greatly
improve the guards efficiency by Its
strict provisions. This will provides
that the officers OF the National
Guard on the active list receives 20
per cent. pay, but 1t also provides, that
before this pay can be received that
the officers must pass All Gamma.
ton practically as rigid as that re.
quircd for commission In the regu.
lar army, and in the letter General
Elliott suggests that the schools
which are being held present an oppor.
tunity fdr the, subject study of mill
tary tactics, which knowledge would
be essential in case the pay bill
passes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
LOCAL ELKS
RETURN GAME
WILL co TO cLARksBURe ON FRI.
DAY NIGHT TO BOWL ANTtERs
THERE.

The local Elks are proud of their
bowling team and will support It in
the return match to be rolled at
Clarks5urg on Friday night OF this
week when the Elks' team or This city
Will contest the supremacy of the al
leys with the Clarksburg Elks' team.
There will be large number OF the
local eantlered tribe go from this city
ands@ill root for the bowlers.
An effort is being made to run n spe.
clalrcars and :-ethis, I'm all probability
will .sbe2 donepfor9nearly enough Elks
and their friends have signified their
willingness to SO TO the up river
town. The project is meeting with
popular approval and It Is thought
that by early Friday morning the
requisition for special car Will be
made
The trip will be splendid one and
The return car will leave Clarksburg In
plenty of time for every one to get
home in good time and get good
nights rest.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05

1t Is q, matter of common comment
that there never has been as much
interest Z displayed in contest In
West Virginia rs there is in the Wcst
Virginians Great Automobile and
Prize Contest. And there is no rea-
son why there should not be for never
before in the history Of this State has
any newspaper ever attempted such
big enterprise. Over S2,5O0.OO In
prizes including thousand dollar
automobile. three $4,000 Jacob Doll
and Sons Pianos, three Union Eusi-
ness College Scholarships and three
Is jewelea Elgin Watches will be dis
trtbutea in the next few weeks.
Race Getting Interesting.
The race, for it is grand race with
piucky and popular young ladies' as
the contestants. is attracting atten-
tion everywhere. The Contest Mana.
ger has heard from it far beyond the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN
THE DRlZzLING RAIN IN PRO.
cEsSioN PROTESTING AGAINST
FACTORY CONDITIONS IN NEW
YORK.
STOOD WITH UNCOVERED HEADS
TWO IMMENSE MOURNING GARB.
ED COLUMNS MOVED UP FIFTH
AVENUE-sAND PLAYED CHOP.
ms FUNERAL MARCH.

NEW YORK, April 5.-Thousands Of
men, woman and children marched
under lowering skies in a drizzling
rain here today as gigantic protest
against the conditions that make pos.
siGle a repetition of the recent Wash.
inston Square fire horror.
Two long mourning barged columns
one from up town and the other from
the down town district met before tie
ill-fated building in Washington
Square.
They marched UP Fifth avenue head.
ed by platoon of police the band play
ing Chopin's Funeral March.
The crowds in the streets stood
with uncovered heads in the rain as
the procession went by.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
CHEF EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES
Eth CANADIAN RECIPROCITY
si A AGREEMENTt WHICH is IN. IN.
TENT PURELY ECONOMIC AND
4 CONNIE RciAG.
5FuLL .:.l|I.. .II:.'. TEXT GIVEN Gi||VEN BELOW
THIS rs THE ONLY MEASURE
III HAT Is DlScouRSED UPON
y AND ITS PASSAGE is EARNEST
Z ~ RECOMMENDED.
ytDy United press.)
+ WASHINGTON, April 5.

TO The Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives: ~
transmitted to the siXty.first Con.
Sgress January 20 last, the text OF the
reciprocal trade agreement which had
been negotiated under my direction
by the Secretary Of State with the
Representatives of the Dominion of
Canada. This agreement was the con-
summation OF eurnest efforts, extend
ing over the period OF nearly n year,
on the part of both governments to er-
+ feet! trade arrangement which. sup
nlementng as It did the amicable set.
&tlement of various questions OF dip.
slomatic and political character that
-2had been reached, would mutually
promote commerce, and would
strengthen the friendly relations now
existing. ..
sSs5ss'The agreement In its intent, and in
Hts terms; was purely economic and
llcpmmereial. While the general sub.
ii:siect was 8 under, discussion by the com.
iniissionersi | felt assured that the sen.
timent Of the people OF the United
Sta tes was such that they would wei.
come o measure which would result
in the increase iotltrade on. both sides
Eofs teh boundary line, would topenSup
5ihe5 reserve productive resources of
= y tsai1a,lR g;o sthes great mass Of our. com
ss,iinsr on !, adv ~ ageous conditions:
and at Tie someft me offer q broader
outlet for the exceSs products OF our
farms and many Of iour, industries. De.
tails sresaraings a negotiation of this
kind necessarily could not be made
public while the conferences were
pending When, however. the. full
text Of the agreement with the nc.
I comDanying correspondence and data
iSfcontinrad poo, r,.,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05

OF the opportunity offered. 1t is the
chance OF lifetime" and may never
occur again. Embrace the opportun.
ity now.
Try For Subscriptions.
Are you neglectlng many possible
sources for securing subscriptions?
Don't put the contest in the back.
ground for other matters Of less I'M
portance to you. Remember that
the reward that you are going after
is not a trifling one but well worth
q little energetic work on your part.
Don't think that because all other
contestants are In a comatose con.
ditlon that some few will1not awak.
en- to the call OF opportunity and
make spurt to win out. So 1t be-
hooves you. II you want to be sale,
TO get busy at once and try and get
such lead on the late starters that
their last desperate drive will avail
them nothing. And the way to do
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
FORCE
ORGANIZED
CHIEF BUCKLEY HAS MADE AS.
SEDIMENTS OF BEATS TO CITY
PATRoLMEN.

y Il.
Chief Buckley has made the as
signment Of beats to the local patrol
men. There may be some changes Ia,
ter but at the present time the assign
ments are as follows:
Day force:
Assistant chief--F. o. Harr.
Main street beat-Ross.
Madison street and depot-Fleming.
jackson street-Roland.
Night force:
Assistant chief-Watkins.
Desk sergcant--Abbott. g
Madison street. and depot-Bartho,
low.
Main street-Arnett, (.
jackson street--Curry.
Fourth ward-Griffith.
First ward--Criss.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
SLEEPER RATES
COST OF UPPER AND LOWER
eERTHS TO BIG CONVENTION
u, s,ANNouNcED IN LETTER.

81 Secretlry A.! T. Arnold received a
iletter.from G. G. Herring. general pas.
senger agent OF the Northern Pacific
railroad to-day, stating that the sleep.
er rates from this city 10 San Fran.
cisco, for the International Sunday
school convention, would be SIS for
lower berths and S14.4O for uppers.
The rates announced by Mr.. Her
ring provide for a stopover OF "a hours
mt Colorado Springs and 80 hours at
Los Angeles.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
CONTEST DEPARTMENT
OPEN EVENINGS.

The contest department is
open evenings and contestants
and their friends or any one who
is at all interested in the big con.
test are invited TO call, II you do
not know how TO get started. or
II there is anything about the
contest that you do not under.
stand, do not hesitate to call and
have the point explained. Per.
haps the contest manager may
be able TO suggest new ways Of
getting votes that you had, not
thought of.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
WILL FIGHT TO THE END
IF THE WAR EVER eETs START.
ED 1T WILL BE ONE OF ExTER.
MlNATlON = BOTH FACTIONS
NOT TIRED OF TALKING.

NEW YORK. April 5.--A war of ex-
termination is believed TO be imminent
In Northern Mexico.
An official statement from Mexico
City says that President Diaz has or
dered 20,0O0.0O0 rounds OF Mauser
cartridges, ten batteries of mortars for
immediate delivery.
Francisco !. Madcro, Jr. says that
the Dinsurrectos will never lay down
arms until everything they demand is
granted. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
BODY FOR SCIENCE
GERMAN LAW STUDENT ASKS
Z THAT FURTHER SEARCH AS TO
ACTION. OF PoiSoNS.
fBy United Press.)

7
PARIS, April 5.-A German law stu.
dent has just committed suicide here
by taking poison. The cause is a mys,
terry since he was of exemplary hab.
Its, had plenty of money and was not
In love. He left the following note:
81 desire that my body shall be
turned over TO men OF science so they
may study. further the action OF poi.
sons on the body" a. ,,f {,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
CONTESTANTS PHOTOS FREE

johnston's Studio has been ap.
pointed the official photographer
Of the Great S2,500 Automobile
and Prize Contest. The pictures
OF the contestants will be taken
free at his studio. The pictures
Of the leading candidates will
then appear in the papers and will
also be thrown on the CURTAIN Of
the Lyric theatre in few days.
Have your photo taken at once.
slt will help boost your campaign,
Secure an order from the contest
manager and be first to have your I
picture published. (, e;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
LOCAL CONCERN
LOWEST BIDDER
HUTCHINSON COAL COMPANY
SECURES HANDSOME CON.
TRACT FROM PANAMA RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.

The Coal and Coke Operator. Of
March 80, announces that the Hutch
inson Coal. Company was the lowest
bidder for tho contract to furnish coal
for the Panama Railroad Company.
The company offers to furnish 100000
tons at $3.50 per ton delivered at BAL
timorc.
There we're twenty.seven bidders for
the contract. AS yet officials OF the
company here have received no no.
ticc that the bid has heen accepted.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
CONTINUED on Page Fouro
GRAND STAND
IS uNRO0FED
THE HEAVY WIND LAST NIGHT
IF, UNCOVERED SOUTH SIDE PARK
SPECToRluM.

Theyheavy gale that swept over this
city did some damage last night.
At South Side Park the grandstand
was unroofed. The wind hit the
Structure with terrible force and was
coming at an angle 10 strike the build.
$ing,wlth terrible violence.
An electric light pole was blown
down on Chicago street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
ATTENTION.

Until further notice no con.
testant will be allowed to poll
more than sufficient number Of
votes to place their score FIVE
thousand votes ahead OF the
lender In the preceding issue.
For instance, if.A has 5000 votes
today and the leader of the list
had 10000 votes. A will be al.
lowed to cast enough votes to 4
make her score 1900 in the next
} LIST - - "a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
ENGLISH JOURNALIST DEAD.
(By United Press.J

(By United Press.)
. LONDON, April 5.-Charles Fred
erick Bell, managing editor OF the
London Times. famous English jour
lialist died ,iofs heart disease atshis
desk to-day, aged ca years. & X RI -jsis
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
CrcLoNE.

CBy United Press.)
SHELBYVlLLE, Ind, April 5.-Two
persons, are believed to have been
killed and a, score Injured, and a mum.
,ben Sof;shouses .ssTss :eds4,S snE Ecgelone
here this morning. N u tfj' 1yt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
lizard OF sKIB0
GIVES BIC FUND.-
THE SUM OF s3a0,o0o Is HIS CON.
I. TRleuTloN TO THE SWEDISH
H ERo FUND. u
(By United Prcss.)

3f'' STOCKHOLM, Sweden. April o.
"A Swedish hero fund of $3S0.OO0. the
gift Of Andrew Carnegie, was annonnc-
ed today This is the sixth such fund
established by Mr.. Carnegie.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
APPOINTS AUDITOR.

tBy united PrcSS.l
WASHINGTON, April 5.-President
Taft today nominated Chasles A. Cram
of PENNSYLVANIA, to be auditor of the
Postoiiice Department.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
MINERS EXAMINATION
STATE DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD
TEST HERE ON APRIL 26-27, u.

An examination for mine foreman
and fire bosses will be held under the
supervision of the State mining de-
on. the 2Gth and eth OF the
present month and large number of
applicants ;torsscertiftcates5arc5 expect
ditto participate m i; .ig.i;3 li-j5t =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-05
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Rain and colder to:nIght; Thurgday.

Nominate l!,r your fayorlte. 5g
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03

satisfactorily Ill establishing pasture on rough brush land. Most trees and
 all shrubbery should be cut away.
 Then the land cultivated by whatever device can be employed. Sometimes
 one section of spike tooth harrow
 can be used. Often times stumps
 are so thick that only a brush can be
 used to scratch the surface some what. On very rough land this can be done fairly successfully with one horse picking his way between stumps and stones. When the surface is scratched making a lodging place for the seed the seed is applied broad cast and a brush used for covering the seed. After seeding the land should be brushed we'll two ways if possible to get close to all sides of each stump and stone. Here, too, some attention should be given to the growth Of brush and weeds that may produce too much shade The most suitable lime for seeding Bermuda is during the months of April, May and June. When good seed is used one may expect to find by the end of the season well established plants with from one to six stems of considerable length. By the end of the second year the sod will be so complete as to make further washing of land im- possible.
 An objection raised to Bermuda in making it serve the needs of live stock production is that it will not produce winter pasture. This condi- ton we can meet very satisfactorily. Divide your pasture land and set aside a portion for winter pasture When cold weather is at hand and stock has grazed closely the area on which they have ranged they can be turned onto the un2razed portion which during the summer will have produced dense growth that will be- come brown on the surface from the effects of the first frost, but will re. main green underneath and will be relished by the live stock throughout the winter It is along this line that our all but worthless land may be re deemed and our worthless hills made to yield abundantly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03
|CONCRESSMEN ARE
 ARRIVING AT CAPITAL
Indications Are Not More Than Half of Them Will Be on Hand Before
 Date of Opening Session.

Washington, Dec. 2-Congressmen are arriving slowly. The indica- tions are that not much more than half the members of the house Will get here before the meeting day ca Dee. 1. Owing to the extra session that was called by President Taft for last April it will not be necessary this time to do any organizing in either branch. All of the senate and house committees are practically made up. Neither party appears yet to have a caucus scheduled even That sort of bushes will be arranged after the Democratic and Republican lead CTS reach the city
 Among members who have already reached the city there is considerable speculation as to the probable length of the session. There is a tendency on the part of many to make them- selves believe it ought to be conc1ud- ed ill fine for the lawmakers to attend the national conventions which will probably be fixed for dates in June But several conventions within re- cent years have been held while con- , gress was in full blast, and that is likely to happen again next year.
 Tariff Legislation.
 Opinions differ widely as to wheth. CT or not tariff legislation will be the most important business before con- gross at the regular session. From the talk heard so far that matter will be determined largely by the message to be sent in by President Taft. If he indicates in plain and forcible Ian guage that he thinks a revision of the chief schedules should be made in ad- vance of the national election there does not seem to be any question that i the Democrats of both the house and senate will be ready 10 meet the is- sue
 But if a hitch occurs it will doubt less be due to the divisions among ] prominent senate Republicans as to i the advisability of undertaking the big job in a presidential election year. Unless Chairman Penrose, of the senate finance committee, changes l his mind he and his followers are ] expected to resist as far as possible all attempts to cut down the rates of duty carried in the wool, cotton, steel and other schedules
 The Democratic program with re-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03

ference to the tariff will hardly be mapped out until Chairman Under wood, of the ways and means con- mittee, has an opportunity to confer freely with his leading Democratic associates in the house. The under standing is they will not act hastily, but will wait until the president and his packers in congress show their hands.
 This soon in the game quite a num- Der of the Republican congressman are known to be industriously trying to find out what the Taft policy will be in regard to the tariff If word comes from the White House that there shall be some sort of tariff bill put through the fear is that the power of the administration will be used to corral the votes just as was done when MT. Taft's disastrous Canadian reciprocity proposition was sprung on the members of his unsus- pecting party friends on Capitol bill.
 Congress isn't apt to do much busi- ness during the first two weeks of the session. Within the first week the national rivers and barbors con- gross will be holding it's convention here. A great many of the senators and representatives, will attend those meetings. The next week the na- tional Republican committee will as- semble in Washington. Then lots of l politics will be talked, and the con- tests between the rival cities for the
 convention will be lively and inter-
 esting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03


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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03

A large crowd of men as we'll as ladies visited Simpson and Webt Furniture Company yesterday after noon to be present when the Free sewing machine was to be given away. A wagon in front of the store served as the platform and repre- sentative of the machine company made short talk and demonstrated the advantages this machine has over others. A little girl made the drawing and the first two tickets drawn were not responded to. At the drawing of the third ticket, No
 4042, Ben Christopher, presented his ticket which cGrresponded with the sub and was awarded the machine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03
THE NITROGEN OF THE SOIL.
By Prof. R. c. Thompson, Agricul
 tural Chemist.

tural Chemist.
 In a study of the best methods of
 treating the soil to increase the
 amount of available plant-food for the
 growing crops it is necessary that | one understand some of the actions
 that take place in changing sMch
 plant-food from an available form
 10 the form in which 1t is utilized, and also under what conditions these 1 transformations most readily take | place.
 The principal source of the avail
 able nitrogen in the soil is from the 1 putrefaetion of animal or vegetable
 refuse which contains nitrogen in the 1 form of some Hroteid substances By | the action of certain moulds and i bacteria the proteids are broken down gradually into simple compounds. and the nitrogen is finally found in the 1 form of ammonium salts and nitrates | These are the only forms in which 1t can be utilized by the plant. The soil contains very small amount of this available .rogen at any time as it is sona in water and easily washed away in the drainage if it is not immediately used by the vegeta
 ton. In fact this quality is far too
 small to be sufficient to complete the growth of the plant, therefore it becomes necessary to keep the soil in such a condition that there will l>> ,,if 1tr,
 To do this one must understand the conditions that are most favor able for nitrfication, which is the process of changing organic nitrogen by means of micro-orsanisms into available nitrogen such as nitrates. A number of these conditions the farmer can control. For instancc, there is demand for air and oxygen. This can be furnished by proper cul- tivation and drainage. A water-log ged soil contains very little air. If the soil is sufficiently drained and kept in a mellow condition it not only furnishes air but it more read ilv becomes warm in the spring and the proper temperature is an inn portant factor. Nitrifcation goes on very slowly and maybe stops alto gether at the temDerature of freez- ing water. The most favorable tenn perature is about 95 degree Fahren- heit
 Sufficient moisture is also an im- portant factor This is somewhat out of tho farmers coutrol, vet in dry time he can make dust mulch and cultivate according to the needs of his field
 Nitridcation cannot take place readily on alkali lal I because the all kali is an mfaForable media for the growth of the micro-organisms Also an acid or sour soil is not desirable.
 The presence of some basic ma terial such as carbonate of potash or limestone is a necessity. For this reason the addition of ground lime- stone or air slacked in lime to sour land is recommended. 1t net only ! corrects the aeidiv Cor sourness) but , also furnishes the necessary base for the process of nitrification.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03

Ed Cheek, special agent of the Cotton Belt, left yesterday for Gar land City, Ark, in an effort to track the yeggmen who broke into the de- pot there Thursday night and robbed the safe of about S20O.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03
Diversified Farminn.

Diversification is big word. but i merely means growing more than one kind of crop. It has long been known that rotation of crops improves the soil an ultimately brings greater re turns. Get the habit; your bank ac count will grow as your soil become improved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03
he San Jose Scale.

The San Jose scale is a serious pest in apple and peach orchards. It saps the life of the trees and eventually kills it. Write to the college of agri- culture at Fayetteville for their new bulletin on this insect
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03

Ewes that are broad and long will make good mothers and produce viz orous offspring. In this way lambs of a better type will be produced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-03

It is well known that ipgs un Ter cleanly conditions thrive much better than those in filthy surroundings.