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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
PROTECTING THE RED CROSS.

The American National Red Cross
society has taken active steps to pro.
5tect Its emblem from commercial and
advertising use. The solicitor general
of the United States has been asked to
advise 1t US to the proper method for
enforcing that part Of Its federal char
ter which forbids the use of the famil.
lar label by manufacturers. retailers.
etc, says the Wheeling Telegraph.
The law, It is stated, will be invoked
against those who deliberately violate
the provisions Of the statute. The
penalty in aggravated cases may be a
fine Of $500 and Imprisonment for q
year.
In the meantime, however, a great
campaign of education Is being waged
and the results already are apparent.
Public. sentiment Is undoubtedly with
the organization in desiring TO protect
from abuse an emblem that has an Gle
ment OF %sacredness In 1t. The proprie.
tor Of a great department store in Los
Angeles recently declined 10 carry in
stock any article bearing the red cross
a ;agtrade mark. Ambulances In New
Yor khave given up the red cross and
have adopted instead the green st.
Andrews cross. The American Medi.
cal Association, the American Hospital
Association and the Association Of
Military Surgeons have put themselves
on record III favor of the movement.
\ The Retail Druggists Association and
the the Master BARRIERS Association have
passed resolution urging their mem.
bers to refrain from using the symbol.
1t Is not fitting that this emblem,
dedicated to the cause OF the wounded
and suffering, be made cheap by com.
mon use and the officers OF the so
Eciety will have the moral support OF
the public In restricting its use.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
kSS SEiES
INCOME TAX
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CONTINUED from Page One.)

81 rh 10 q VI S5SLaFTsf
ton the Point Pleasant charter bill
was taken up9 anil amended by sub.
shutting the House bill which passed
that body. An attempt was made Is
strike out the enacting clause, but 1t
lost, fifteen to fifteen.
The Senate Judiciary committee
neither approved nor rejected the
French Jim Grow" car bill, which was
reported back yesterday without re-
commentator.
Pool Room Bill.
Numerous bills were reported by
committees. The judiciary committee
reported f~avorably with amendments
Senate bill No IS. relating to pool
rooms and lotteries, AMI without re-
commentator Senate bill No. 2s re.
lating to the collection Of taxes and
Senate bill No. s, the "Jim Crow car
bill.
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
"A SUCCESSFUL PRoPHEsY AND
THE WHEREFORE OF 1T,

Some time before the assembly Of
the Legislature, the Huntington Ad.
.yertlser, one Of the few Democratic
newspapers in West Virginia that are
not controlled by the SPECIAL interests,
printed an elaborate programme Of leg.
islatlon, which i; suggested should be
enacted by the Democratic legislature.
First and foremost in this programme
was a production tax on natural gas.
The arguments in favor, Of such q tax
are too numerous TO be, repeated at
this time! Immediately following the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
Worse Ihlnus.

Some members of the Dominion par.
express the fear that reci-
procity with the United States will
mean ultimately The annexation OF
Canada to this country. Well. much
worse things-for Canada-might hap.
pen.-Wheeling Register.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
Mollifyina a Hello Girl.

was sitting in the writing room
Of the Southern hotel in, St. Louis the
other day." says Tom McManus,
When a man came in, sat down be,
side the chief operator in the tele.
phone exchange and said:
"'Givc me Blank & Blank. please
whats their number? the girl
asked, without once looking up.
main AL.
I'VE amt got no such number as
that said the girl. turning away and
resuming her book.
Sure you have the man went on
You know the firm as we'll MS I do
Many a box of candy you've had from
there
Say, where do you thing you are
anyway asked the operator savagely
why, in little old Cleveland, o.
course
We'll. you amt In little old Cleve,
land. You're in little old St. Louis
500 miles from there snapped the op
orator.
"'Oh, all right, little one, don't gel
huffy,' said the man, drawing a roll o,
bills from his pocket. Give me Mair
AL. Cleveland, II 1t amt too much
trouble. Don't let n little matter O.
900. miles make any Ill feeting between
you and me-
And a minute later he was talking
to Cleveland,"-Cleveland Leader.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
HumoRisrs AND HUMAN NATURE

cleveland Plain Dealer.)
One of the queerest things about hui.
man nature Is that it's so natural and
so human. Knight an Anarchist and
he writes an ode to the king: kick a
faithful servant out of the house and
he delivers lectures on Socialism.
These things are Just what you'd ex-
pect. Where you don't expect them
Is in the Ease of exceptional people;
and when exceptional people follow
the regular rule You are terribly disap-
pointed.
All this is called to. mind by the
news that a manuscript had 10 be sup.
pressed in a recen! sale of some OF
Mark Twain's literary legacies. The
manuscript got into the auctioneer's
hands by mistake It appears, and had
to be called back Immediately. 1t N,as
a virulent roast on former President
Theodore Roosevelt. In It the author
re1oices over the deliverance of the
nation from the R%ooseve!tian rule and
halls Taft as the d%cliverer.
One would have expected something
quite different. We remember Mark
Twain as a radical. a Halter Of privi.
lege. a keen.eyed exposer OF graft and
pursy hypocrisy. We would have
thought that Mark Twain would have
reioiced in any attempts at progress.
s%iveness and frowned on any reaction
airy Influence In American politics.
Mark Twain was fitted for insurgency
both in inclination and intellect. But
in the last years of his life the great
est American humorlst became a close
friend Of the late II. H. Rogers. The
financier advised the literary man no
to his investments and helped him to
rehabilitate his fallen fortunes. The
two were i%nseparable for a number OF
years. 1t is cay to imagine what Mr..
Rogers said about Mr.. Roosevelt to
Mr.. Clemens during that period Of In.
timacy. 1t is easy to see how easy it
was for a lover Of a S to look ut
things from the standpoint OF easy
money.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
)
RIS
Certainly.

OF course the paper trust is opposed
to Taft's reciprocity measure. Why
shouldn't It be? The enacting Of the
same into law will bust up the dear
old fraud. Who wants to be busted
up?--Parkersburg State Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
Not So Dangerous.

The population OF Canada is less
than that Of the State Of New York,
which shows that the fear Of serious
trade competition expressed by the
enemies Of reciprocity Is absurd
Wheeling lntelligencer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

A store must maze lrfpey you for
reading Its ads. lit did not. the cost
oflits advertising would be thrown
away. For az the ad;pays you nay he
store-not otherwise.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

a ST. Louis woman started. suit for
$4,000 damages against a man who
Rugged her, but the Jury decided twas
worth only s cents to hug a St. Louis
woman. There is very little chiyalry
In Missouri
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

DR.. Hatfield would have too big a
job in trying to c,re the West Vir-
ginia Observation-Disclosures State
Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
GNIIBMMN2
BS9l1NSN
Capita WEALTH AND clRcULA
TON

Philadelphia Record.)

philadelphia Record.)
An absurd paragraph has been sent
out from Washington %purporting to
give the per capita wealth OF the coun.
try at something between $50 and $40.
'ofacourse. this is the per capita circu.
lation, IT is the result OF dividing the
total amount OF the circulating medium
by the population. and It Is not very
significant, anyway. The country may
be prosperous with a restricted circu.
:lation; It may have a very large cir.
culation much Of which is lying idle.
A dollar may change hands in the
trade Of a year 40 times, or It may
change so times. From the business
Of a railroad company you may be able
to infer the number OF ears 1t ought
to have, but you cannot infer the vol.
un1e OF its traffic from the amouns of
Its rolling stock; 1t happens some.
times that a good part of the cars are
idle.
The per capita wealth OF the country
is a ore interesting fact. The last
census showed It to be s1,l64.79. It
was estimated III 1894 to have increas.
ed to l~s1.S1O.1l, but this is suesswork;
1t assumes that the wealth OF the coun.
- 4. ~ H-.H-- n. ..H
try increased 10 billions in four years,
while II had increased only 90 bill.
lions In the previous 20 years. When
the census Of last year shall announce
what the probable aggregate wealth
OF the country was at the time Of the
enumeration we shall be able to esti.
mate the per capita wealth a little
more closely.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

Lecturer lat dime museum,-Ladlcs
and gents, here we have the young
mother and her baby that we've Sc
cured at $1,000 n week. Only two Of
the kind. The baby is homely, and
the mother says so.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
Debt las
COST VIVA FORTUNE
ACCORDING 70 REPoRTSoFT THE
BOARD oE RysL1c WORKS stfi4.
900 HAsEALREADY BEEN SPENT.

EIlEE HLN-N HNNHAA
CHARLESTON, ". Va Feb IL
Up to the present time the Virginia
debt suit has cost che State Of West
Virginia about $1,000 according to-
the records OF the board OF pnblic
works, which dlsburses the Mndssuseds
in the suit. In 1900, the Legislature mn.
p%ropriated $4,000 with which TO- fight
the suit and for each OF the years 1909
and 1910 there was an; appropriation Of
SIS. 900, a total appropriation Of 5 10os
900. toflhls amount s51.S5 remains In
the treasury and the rest was paid out
OF the State emergency fund.
Thos. Bird Bixby, experttaccohntant;
received the largest slice, his pay.
ments aggregating more than sal, 900
The balance went.to lawyers and for
various expenses. SNM1
The present Legislature has called
for figures from the various depart
mcnts relative to the conduct or the
suit and many Of them have already
been furnished. Tie records ior tho
board Of public works show that at.
:torneys in the case we're paid is FOL.
lows: EE,
John g. Carlisle. l47749b; Mollo.
liar; McGlintic5& Mathews s1Oja2f .52
Charles ~. Hogg, SS5.9s6.Oo; JOHN
,snooner, $~12,Ss5.sC; VIM. Q DAWSON
s6,37S.23. \.
Call9at the West Eifsinian Office {
you want 4 nlcescalendar
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

IL the Mexican war does nothing
else, IT is furnishing an excellent op.
portnniiy for demonstrating that new
United States. army aeroplane.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

SIS your wife d good COOKE" /
as she a good cook? Say, be-
.Iieve that womaL could make some.
thing to eat out Of 'prunes." Houston
Post.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

1T costs him $4,000 aiyenr to live"
"Why does he spend his money so
foolishly?"-Life.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

Yes--sometlmes asplacard!in win.
dow helps the adsanswerers to fadsthe
NOME that,s adyeftised: Bit tgdoesi
not usually help much more than thatll
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

Well. there is no doubt aobut It,
this legislature. whether with premedi.
'tation or through an Ignorance that is
horrible, shows a tendency to make a
complete surrender to the big corpora.
tions. There are manifold evidences,
however. even II the solons at the cap.
ital will not understand and can never
be made TO understand. like the wo.
mar in "a Fool There Was" that the
people back home are beginning to I'm.
derstand and the sounds emanating
therelrom bodies no good to a number
who are now tasting the delights of a
winters s%oiourn in Charleston
Charleston Mail.
Confessed.
The press Of the discredlted De,
mocracy Of this Staten ust admit that
another confession has been made by
the Democratic leaders and State Sen
ate that a steal was contemplated,
when the Democratic senators gather
ed in Charleston at the time for the
opening of the Legislature. They; con
fessed again. when they seated Hearne
MISUNDERSTANDING Telegram.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

The rain descends on all alike II.
And leaves us satisfied; &
But dratsthe snow!S IT always goes
And drifts upon our side.
Y. New York Sun
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

"You think she will marry again?"
Il consider 1t probable. Her late
husband left some tobacco coupons,
but not enough to get anything with"
-Pittsburg Post. !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

ut was Shakespeare. wasn't 1t. who
said, The plays the thlng?"
ayes. Perhaps It was in his day,
but now the press agent seems to be
the thing."-Chicago Record.Herald.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

isubscrfbe for the West VIrginisn.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

Calla.at the Wes.s Hifeinian Office
you want 4 nice: Calendar.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

Sharp, the grocer, has retired from
business at last. Took him Wong
time to make his pile, Seems to me"
"Yes. Made 1t by short weight too"
-Browning.s Magazine.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

ANY news from the battle Of Jnar-
ez?" ~.
"Yes. understand an in%surrecto
slapped a Mexican soldier on the wrist
night before ast."f-Birmingham Age
Herald.
Mrs, Scrappington-You provoke me
till ! am absolutely beside myself!
Mr.. Scrappingtor Then stand OF q
little way from yourself. and see how
ridiculous you look:-Puck.,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

Entered at the rost.ofIco atsFair-
mont..West Yirginia. a. second -class
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17

puhlished Daily Except sunday and
Gemf.Wee1ty by the Fnirmont
IWeat Vfrginian Publishing
Shss Company.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-02-09
Items from BeISer'S X Roads.

Belser's X Roads, February 81
There was preaching at the school
house on Sunday last by the Rev W
T Bedenbaugh, of Salters circuit. He
preached very impressive sermon
from the Gospel of St John, chapter
". The building was filled to its ut
most capacity. Mr. Bedenbaugh will
preach again on Saturday night.
Mr. S R Mouzon has moved his
place of business to Mr. A lvey's.
Mrs E C Fluitt, Mrs P Mouzon
and Mss Cammie Thompson OF
Kingstree spent several days recent
" with friends in our community,
Mrs A J Ragin has been very sick.
but is convalescing.
Miss Jessie Mclean, whose home
is is Florida,is visiting at her aunt's.
Mrs E Bakers.
Mr. NJ Mouzon of MouZon spent
the day Sunday with Mr. Wilbur
Mouzon.
Farmers are busy preparing their
lands for planting. ABC.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-02-09
Tortured for Is Years,

by cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffled doctors, and resisted all
remedies he tried, John w Modders
of Moddersville, Mich, seemed DOOM
ed. He had to sell his farm and
give up work. His neighbors said,
he can't live much longer. y
Whatever ate distressed me-" he
wrote, till tried Electric Bitters,
which worked such wonders for me
that | can now eat things | could
not take for years. It's surely a
grand remedy stomach trouble "
Just as good for the liver and kid
neys. Every bottle guaranteed. Only
soc at NJ L Aliens.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-02-09
Falls Victim TO Thieves.

SW Bends of Coal City, Okla, has
a justifable grievance. Two thieves
stole his health for twelve years.
They were a liver and kidney trou-
BILE. Then DR. Kings New Life Pills
throttled them. He's well now. Un-
rivaled for Constipation, Malaria,
Headache, Dyspepsia. Csc at M L
Aliens.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-02-09
Death of Mrs. Virtue Tyson Scott.

Once more it becomes our painful
duty to chronicle the passing from
our midst into the realms of eternity
the spirit of one who for many years
was identified with much that was
highest and best in the church and
social relations of our town. Mrs
Virtue Tyson Scott. relict of the late
SMcBride Scott, died Friday night,
a little after eight O'Clock, at her
home in town. She had been sick for
about two weeks. growing gradually
weaker. but with the consciousness
of a well-spent life, devoted to good
deeds and ministering to the happl-
ness of others; and, withal, the full
filing, according to her lights, OF the
highest ideal of Christian woman
hood, she faced, calm and unafraid.
the pale horseman, and sank into tie
Iethean slumber of eternity as one
draws the drapery of her couch
about her and lies down to pleasant
dreams
Mrs Scott was the sole remain
Ing member Of her immediate fam
ily, except her children who survive
her. Her husband, brother and a
sister had preceded her to the grave
within the last few years and lett
her alone. Had she lived until May
3. she would have been 73 years old.
Much might b. said about this es-
timable woman - her atfectlonate
nature and uuselfish devotion to her
husband aud children; her boundless
hospitality and large charity that in
clu led every creature needy or SUI
fering; her kind and motherly spirit
which extended to every one about
her: her loyalty in her church rela-
tions- all this and much more might
be dwelt upon, but the innate mod
esty and distaste for publicity char
acteristic of her in life should be re-
spected in death and we refrain
from further enumerating the graces
and virtues of true womanhood that
she possessed so abundantly.
She leaves two daughters and
three sons, viz: Mrs J F McFadden,
Mrs MI Allen and Messrs Logan,
IF and William Scott, all of whom
reside in or near Kingstree. Be-
sides, her death is mourne! by "a num-
her of relatives and a host of friends.
To say that every one who knew her
was her friend would be no eXagger-
alton.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted at her home Saturday after
noon at $50 o'clock, Revs E E Erwin
and " A Fairy officiating. The re-
mains were then conveyed to our
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-02-09

You are probably aware that pneu-
monia always results from cold, but
yov never heard of a cold resulting
in pneumonia when Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy was used. Why take
the risk when this remedy may be
had for a trife? For sale by all deal
ers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-02-09

When her child is in danger a
woman will risk her life to protect
it. No great act of heroism or risk
of life is necessary to protect a child
from Group. Give Chamberlain 5
Cough Remedy and all danger is
avoided. For sale by all dealers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-02-09

city of the dead the Williamsburg
cemetery, and in the presence OF
many who knew and loved her this
Mother in Israel was laid to rest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-25
BUILDINGS ARE GOING UP
GUT AT FACTORY SITE.

AmeriCus' newest manufacturing en-
terprise, and one that will prove an i'm
portant unit in the city's industrial
field, the great acid plant of the In
terstate Agricultural Corporation, is
now rapidly reaching the point Of COM
pletion and will, be ready for opera
ton at no distant date.
The site of the new plant is out in
the southwestern suburbs, on the line
of the Central Railway, and there the
large buildings, covering several acres,
have been erected gently.
The acid chamber, three floors IN
height, is a1out completed and is hay-
ing it's complement of acid washing
machinery installed. Mr. Roy l.. Par
ker has been appointed local manager
for the company, and the plant will
soon have large force employed in
the manufacture if its important pro-
duct
The plant represents an incorporat2
of $50 900, all of which is foreign capi-
tai, and its investment here is well
coined by all our citizens, as is al
enterprises of like kind.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-25
SHOULD PUBLIC ROADS
HAVE Federal SUPPORT?
Mr.. BeazIey Puts Question
To Candidates

Carrying out the idea that fedora!
aid is as much needed for inland i'm
provements as for ports and wate~-
ways, Mr.. c. H. Beazley, of Leesburg,
makes an interesting inquiry of the
candidates for Congress in this district
as to how they would vote on this is
sue, if it came up for consideration.
Mr. Beazley's card is as follows:
"In this day and time the question
of the public being able to travel on
well made public roads if of para
mount Importance. The United States
Government has spent it's thousands
in dredging up rivers, harbors, and in
some instances, mere creeks, for the
public transportation, now why is not
land transportation as useful as water
transportation? Why is not the build
ing up of the inland as valuable as the
building up of the ports? The matter
is of course one for argument and the
writer does not propose to argue its
merits or demerits here or to at
tempt to settle the question.
"He wishes to ask the several candi-
dates for Congress if they favor or do
not favor the extending of federal aid
to public road building and if they will
aid the people to better highways from
state to state. This is a plank that it
might be we'll for voters to investigate
and know before hand how our repre-
sentative will stand when the time
comes to vote on it."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-25
MASS Meeting
Was Held At
MUSIC STUDIO
With A GOOD ATTEF D ME
Discussions By Those Op-
posing Municipal Control

The first public mass meeting held
by those who are opposed to municipal
ownership, met last night at the
Farmer Music Studio on Cotton avenue
with a good attendance
Mr. J. A. Ansley was named as chair
man, and outlined the object of the
meeting, He spoke at some length
on the issues involved and expressed
confidence in the success Of Messrs.
Brown, Bell and Harris in tomorrow's
primary.
A number of speakers were heard II
further discussions.
Among them We're Messrs. R. L.
Maynard L. C. Council, L. J. BlaIock,
w. W. Dews, and C. J. White. The
tone of the speeches was optimistic
as regards the outcome of the primary
tomorrow.
General plans for the conduct Of tho
work at the polls was discussed and
encouraging reports were made by
thoserepresenting various sectio4s .,
the city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-25
FORTUNE HAS NOW
BANISHED ILL LUCK

Seattle Oct. 24.-Dame Fortune has
once again smiled on Sidney c. Love,
an erstwhile broker of Chicago and
New York, who has fritted away mill
lions in the wheat pit, and who within
0 fortnight, by divorce decree, has
l)st his beautiful wife, Marjorie Burnes
Love, their little daughter, and the
fortune Of $12,OOO,OQ0 which the latter
will inherit
Love, hs mother and sister have
jointly been bequeathed a fortune Of
$7O0O,OO0 by the death Of an uncle in
Texas. Love came west to start anew,
but now he intends to cut Baker Ore
as his permanent place Of abode, and
leaving behind his sombrero and cow
boy equipment, will hasten back for a
few golden glides under the glimmer-
ing lights of Broadway.