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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26
STRAY.
SHOT S
THE EXCITEMENT AT HoeWAL
LOW.

Dock Hooks has spent the last week
looking for his mule. which he suspl-
cions was stole from the sapling at
church last Sunday. As yet he has no
clew. though he has asked at least a
dozen men II they are guilty. He be.
lievcs the crime was committed by
n member of some other church.
To keep from having misunder.
standing with anybody. lobe Moselcy
has cut lot OF holes in his earmuifs.
Columbus Allsop had a hard chill
Friday morning. He says this is the
first time his watch has started TO run
ming In several months.
Atlas Peck met man at Rye Straw
Saturday that he had not seen for nc.
ty years. The man easily recognized
Atlas by the hat he wore.-IIogwallow
correspondence.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26
MAYOR eAYNoR THINKS EDUcA.
TORS SHOULD SEE THAT PU.
Pills PAY MORE ATTENTION TO
MANUAL TRAINING AND DO.
.MEsTIc SCIENCE TO BRING UP
A STRONGER CITIZENSHIP.


NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-"We are
teaching 100 much in the public
schools TO make good citizens. citizens
who will think sufficiently to vote
and at the same time willing to work
with their hands"
This is Mayor W. G. Gaynors crlti.
clsm of the public school systems
throughout the United States and par.
ticularly of the New York public
schools.
Boys are getting too much in their
heads to want to work with their
hands," the mayor holds. land girls
know TOO many other things 10 want
10 do house work"
Mayor Gaynor is an advocate OF
teaching reading. writing an 'rith.
matte In the public schools along with
few other essentials and letting Ian.
guagcs. for instance. wait for those
Th0 have more time for learning than
those who end their schooling win
the grades.
In giving his opinions OF what she
public schools in this country should
do. Mayor Gaynor said:
THE public school should train our
boys and girls to work. work with
their hands as well as their heads.
Schools especially in the larger cities
all over this country. are turning out
boys and girls'who think they are n
little 100 good to do ordinary work,
This is bad for the country.
I'VE are bringing boys and girls
out of the common schools who. un'
less they can get jobs Were they eau
sit on high stools or at typewriter
wont work. They have been taught
too much aud think because they have
been educated they should NJ thei
heads along and let others work Will
their hands.
This condition is bad for the cour
try. and have notion 1t is a
caused because those in charge of tn
schools are trying 10 do too Tucl
Children In the common schools NJ
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26
OBSERVATIONS OF OLD CAP
WHlPPLE,

Deacon Stubs says there aims any.
thing like one OF tiiem old railrud de-
pot stoves and guess there amt. 1t
is always either red hot or else II has
got Icicles hangIn' OH 1t.
No Teller ever aroused any jealousy
In the village by wnarin' one of them
fuzzy Fedoras.
A Teller sees n lot of oldfashioned
plug hats every time there Is fu-
neral or some other social event of
Importance.
A livery horse sees n good deal of
life In one way or another.
What has become of the old.fash.
Toned grocery store that used to have
Goldfish hansin' out in front?
+. No comedian is ever as funny as the
first one Teller sees when he is a
kid.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26
TOO MUCH IN
The PUBLIC SCHOOLS

taught so much they can learn little
well.
When ! was boy in the district
school in the country and later In the
village. ! observed It was very easy TO
discourage pupils by too much work,
although then We were taught only
the essentials. Now then It seems IL
me too many subjects are taught In
school and the children become dis.
gusted because they think they are
overloaded. None can learn all that
is taught while the great majority
learn very little.
81 think the largest percentage of
children In our schools are just sub.
mersed-they just have their noses
above water. struggling to breathe.
They have more Than they can do. We
try TO teach them too many things and
the result is they leave the common
school with n superficial knowledge of
many things and all accurate knowl.
edge OF none. This was my own en-
perience in the common schools.
There are a lot OF frills and re,
fnements now Taught in our schools
that ought TO be dropped. French
ana German, for instance. are refine.
ments. II there Is any one who has
ever learned French or German In
these schools. even 10 read and under.
stand 1t. wish they would come in 10
my office and talk with me. Either
boy or girl who has accomplished this
certainly would be Il curiosity.
THE teaching of languages does no
help our children become better cit
Zeas. It does not impress on them til
necessity of work. And there is
shortage Of workers oil over the cour
try. Children born here and who n
tend our schools won't work wit
their hands unless they have to an
then they don't like 1t.
And am convinced that n systcr
of education that produces such a r
suit Is failure and the systems /
our larger cities are very general
producing just that result. We ar
teaching unnecessary things. Prob
bly, this Is so because those interes
ed In education are jealous in thei
work. constantly adding TO that whic
they think our children should lear
J It's hobby with them: they kee
enlarGng and enlarging the studio
for the common schools. For thisre;
son think those ENGAGED In any on
line OF work should consult with thos
in other lines to get broader view {
their own work before going too fa
} Teachers and those In charge of OH
schools are apt TO get narrow. Jus
as those In any other work, unles
they are guided somewhat by outsid
Influences. don't want ITO CRITICS
TOO much hut We should teach on
children with greater care"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26
OBSERVATIONS OF OLD CAP
WHIPPlE.

never see coachman with n fur
cape but think OF them bewhiskered
anarchists.
There is one strong Taft man in
Hoppertown. He Is William lib
bits. our postmaster.
Purity soon people will be wearin' pc.
,aters fer watch charms and ncckLIe
pins.
II is getting so 1t costs about three
dollars and eighty-hve cents to look
in meat market window.
Uncle Sam is gettIn' ready for n
long and uninterrupted period of
peace by BLOWN ten or twelve mil
lion dollars'a year for battlcships.
Old Ez Purdy is proud of two OF
his sons. The other flre>nre In vau.
dcvilIe or politics.
A Teller that puts his arm around
another feller's shoulders is either n
mollycoddle or n slicker.
There amt hardly anybody but
what has took part In "Plnafore" and
The Mikado" once or twice.
Another enemy of the human race
is the Teller who invented the foldin'
chair for funerals,
Hank Tumms has got foldin' he'd
that folds up into a swell dinin' room
table, which is Just what Hank needs,
for oil he does ls',o eat and sleep.
Very few OF them nisgertoe nuts
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26
WRONG KIND OF A DOCTOR,

'''''. ~ - SoS SNs
tFrom the Paw Paw. True Northern.
er.l
"A local veterinary surgeon was
aroused from the rosy dreams OF
his beauty sleep one night recently
by hurryup call by telephone. Think
Ing that his friends favorite horse
was seriously III the slim and sandy
dostor hurriedly dressed and rushed
with all speed to the scene of action.
A superficial diagnosis. however, sat.
isHed the doctor that 1t was not n vet
erinirian that was needed and he re.
tired In favor of the physician bearing
u similar name, for whom the tele'
Phone call was originally intended.
"'All's well that ends WE'LL and the
mother and babe are doing nicely.
There's many slip twixt the cup
and the lip.
There's many slip, when you land
In the mud.
There's also slip in n telephone call,
There's q brand new badly and his
name Is Judd"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26
TIE GREATEST WOMEN.

Uncle Andy Carnegie and scvcra
others have taken a shot at naming
the twenty greatest women. Several
lists have been made. but none oil
them suits us. Following are our en-
tries in the contest:
Eve. b.
Mrs. Noah.
Cleopatra.
Caesars wife.
Madame Butterfly.
Mrs, Wigs of the Cabbage Patch.
Madame Yale.
Lydia Pmkham.
Grandma Whipplc.
beatrice Fairfax.
Salvation Nell.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

you find in Christmas stoekin's are
what they are cracked up TO be.
A whole lot Of good bartenders was
spoiled to make poor vaudeville per-
formers. 4. s.,s.,t.; tx. ~ ~
When Teller owns the only dress
suit in town, he never has 10 be q
wall.flower al a dance.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26


FOR sALE-Many nice homes right
in the city of Fslrmont. Some OF
the choicest residence properties
below on list orly few:
IL room house baths, on corner
lot, 9Th St, 4tll ward, lust opposite
High school building, at a bargain.
s room house and bath Mt. Vernon
Ave, at IL less than 1t Is worth.
Z room house and bath, lot 25x12O.
Walnut Ave, nice as new pin,
Dirt cheap.
G room house and bath, TX st. and
Locust Ave-, corner lot. This prop.
erty very cheap.
A &c acre fruit farm within miles
OF Fairmont, 1900 growing trees,
part of which bore fruit last year.
Call on or address E. RAY BURN.
SIDE & CO., or Box 81, Fairm6nt.
| W. Va.
VIII soon have a complete cata.
logue of 100 TO $50 OF the East Shore
Farms. Send your applications for.
one early.f
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

PILES CURED in 8 TO "a DAYS.
Your druggist will refund money II
pAZo OINTMENT falls 10 cure any
case Of Itching. Mind. Bleeding or
Protrudlng Piles IN s to Il days. Zoe
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

,WANTEp-Two or three rooms for
light Housekeeping. Give null de.
tails in first letter. ~" case w,
VlrgInian. s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

WANTED.

elRl-Wanted white; girl TO do kItch-
en- and laundry work. Three In fam.
lily. Wages $500 per week. Ring
Cons. Phone G3-Y,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

FOR sALE-one lot in East Park Adj
dltion. No. 10, Block TO-. Address
box 10, shinnston. W. Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

FOR RENT-6 room house. j.. b.
crowl, A street, East Park.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

BOARD AND Room-wanted BY
young man of good character. PrI-
vate family preferred. care
W. VirEinlan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

FOR RENTING o. three rooms for
light housekeeping, 4O2 Quincy st.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

AGENTS WANTED-Agents for STA.
pie article. Sells like wildfire. Big
commission. Send 1Oc for sample
and terms. Address Lee Supply
Co. Box 26S. Wheeling. W. Va.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

FARM FOR sALE-31 A., 2 miles
from Cadiz. o.; all liable and pro-
, duetiye: splendid farm buildings:
owner must sell. Call office Is )
Trust Company building.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

cooK-wanted an experienced cook
at New Crystal Restaurant, Yost
Flats.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

HOUSE FOR RENT-6 room house
bath pantry and cellar. Locust and
Short avenues. Call Con phone
1893.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-26

FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished
rooms with privilege OF bath. Ap.
ply ITO Merchant street.
OFFICE RooMs-For rent three
rooms on third floor Jacobs build.
ing. Apply Geo. NJ. Jacobs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-10
ARTHUR |. HOLDEN
IS Ne " BANK
PRESIDENT
Elected at Meeting Of Benning
ton County Directors Today
SUCCEEDS LATE A. K. RICHIE
No Provision Made as Yet to Fill Va
eaney In Board and Office Of
Vice President

Arthur J. Holden was this morn
ing elected president of the Benning-
ton County National bank to fill the
vacancy made by the death of the late
A. X. Richie. No action was taken
to fill the vacancy made by the adj
vancement of Mr.. Holden from the
Office of vice president to president
nor to provide for the existing vacan.
cy in the board of directors.
The new president is son OF the
late John S. Holden, a former pres
ident of the same institution, and was
born in Palmer. Mass. Al years ago.
He prepared for college at Wilbra-
ham and graduated from Wesleyan
University at Middletown, Conn. in
1898 Immediately after receiving
his degree he located in Bennington
and became associated with his father
in the management of the Holden
Leonard company wooden mill and in
the conduct of other financial in
terests After the death of his father
he assumed the elder Holden's inter-
ests in the Bottum & Torrance collar
factory and is now connected with
that business.
Mr.. Holden was elected a director
of the bank in September, 1904 and
had held the Office OF vice president
since April 1907.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-10
HEARING BEGUN IN
DUPLOIS CASE
TODAY
Young Canadian Charged With
Death Of Cyrus MOtIit
SYNDICATE WITNESSES HERE
States Attorney Mesgher Appears for
Prosecution and Frank c. Ar
chbaId for Respondent

The hearing in the case OF Fred Du-
plois, the young Canadian woodsman
who is charged with the death of Cy.
rus Motif, the Sandgate violinist who
came to his death, 1t is alleged, as the
result of injuries received in a quar-
rel at dance in Manchester March
10, was begun before Municipal Judge
K. II. Holden this afternoon.
Frank c. Archibald of Manchester
appears for the respondent and the
examination of witnesses is in pro-
gress as the Banner goes to press.
States Attorney w. j. Meagher is
conducting the case for the state and
the testimony is being taken by Miss
Mildred Brooks of Montpelier, steno-
grapher for Attorney General John G..
Sargent.
DR.. s. X. Gray of Arlington, who at
tended the injured man after the
dance was the first witness called.
Other witnesses sworn were Thomas
Mears who owns the dance hall at
Beartown where the alleged fatal af-
fray occurred, Miss Belle White, the
young woman violinist who was fur
nishing music for the dancers and a
number of the young men who were
in attendance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-10
OMMISSIO NERS
RECEIVED TEN
APPLICATIONS
AT Meeting Of Board Held Sat-
urday Evening
MAY GRANT NINTH LICENSE
Two of the Applicants Ask for Per-
NIT Under Rulings Of the
Third Class

Ten applications were received at
the meeting of the local board Of Ii
cense commissioners held at the town
rooms Saturday evening. All but two
of the applicants are at present licen-
soe and two of the applications are
for third class license. The apph-
cants are James Leahy, Paul c. Cor
nell, John Proud, Dennis f. Cronin
and Weeks & Graham, first class;
George w. Williams and Seymour F.
Wood, second class; John B. Harte,
third class and Edward A. Sausyille.
third and first class. Mr. Sausville
makes application with the purpose OF
securing a first class license in case
a third class license is not granted.
The commissioners, w. A. Wall,
Frank e. Battles and DR.. F. S. Pratt
discussed at some length the propos-
al to issue an extra license, making
nine in all, as would be permissible
under the increase of population
shown by the recent census but no
conclusion was reached further than
to fix the price of third class license
provided they decide to issue a per-
nit of that nature at $3.50. The price
of the first and second class licenses
is $500, the same as last year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-10
KNOCKOUT DROPS KILL GIRL
Autopsy Shows Miss kenneally Was
Poisoned-Mother Ignorant

New York, April 1O.-Detec-
tives are investigating the death
of Jennie Kenneally, which oc-
death of Jennie Kenneally, which oc-
CURED yesterday in Bellevue hospital
The girl was believed TO be suffering
from kidney trouble but an autopsy
showed signs of knockout drops"
The girl, who was a daughter of
Mrs. Regan OF 1873 Third avenue en-
tered the hospital from the home Of
Mrs. Margaret Gould, 1903 East Ninety
seventh street. Mrs. Gould said last
night that the girl had come to her
on April l and had complained Of
feeling i'll. She said nothing about
poison and Mrs Gould took her to
Bellevue.
Mrs. Regain did not even know that
her daughter was in hospital She
said the girl left her some months
ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-10
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
ss~s D. the Town and iiI1ge Told Briefly
for Busy Reahefx-

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Madison OF
Rutland spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. f. ID. Bennett
Miss Alice Robinson Of Old Ben
nington is visiting in st. Louis at
present and will not open her sum
mer home until May l.
The financial secretary OF the n. Z.
o. p. will he at the rooms tomorrow
evening at Z o'clock Entrance, the
north door instead of south.
Saturdays issue OF the Rutland
Evening News contained the follow
ing item: Alvin II. Hathaway. 20
years old. of Ashiied, formerly of
Adams, died thursday afternoon. He
leaves his widow. daughter, Mrs
Wealthy Green of Bennington and
three sons. Herman of auckland and
Herbert and William of Ashfield.
George Stratton of Walllngford who
has charge of the quarry operations
on the Everett farm opened up o new
quality of stone during the last two
days of last week and now believes
that the mountain ledge has been
reached and that good building mater
ial can hereafter be taken out of the
quarry. All of the waste stone that
has been taken out of the quarry has
been crushed for road building and
concrete purposes and a supply of
fully 500 tons is now ready for use.
II. i. Albyn, horticulturist at the
Edward II. Everett fruit farm at To
bose, o., arrived in the village today,
accompanied by DR. H. II. Postle, a
practicing physician who has taken
up the study of horticulture and who
may locate in Bennington and be plac-
ed in charge of the orchards to be
planted on the farm recently purchas-
ed by Mr. Everett at Bennington Cen
ter. representatives of another firm
of contractors who are prospective
bidders for the summer home to be
built by NJ Everett are in the village.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-10
TO RESIST SOCIALISM
Catholic Laymens League Organized
to Spread Opposing Doctrines.

New York, April 10.-To make a
concerted effort to fight the advance
of Socialism the Catholics of the dis
trict have organized the Laymens
League for Retreats and Social Stud
les, with Archbishop Farley as Hon
,orary President and the Bishops of
Brooklyn, Trenton, and Newark as
Honorary Vice Presidents 1t will
have twofold purpose-to extend
the movement for retreats and estab-
fish regular courses of systematic
study of social questions for laymen.
In these courses a corps of lecturers
will be trained to speak on all phases
of these subjects to the Roman Cath
ole public. The classes will be open
ed next fall, and will continue
throughout the winter and spring
Archbishop Farley has written to the
Rev. Father Terence j. Shealy, spir-
itual director of the Laymen's League
expressing his pleasure that the re-
treat movement, which was begun
two years ago, has taken permanent
form
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-10
L|TTLETON DEATH
LIST NOW FIXED
At 128
Only IA of the Mine Explosion
Victims Were White
BODIES BEING RECOVERED
No Hope that Any of the Entombed
Negro convicts May Have Sur
vlved Explosion

Littleton, Ala, April 9.-Twenty
three bodies have been taken from
the Banner Mine, in which an explos-
ion occurred yesterday morning. The
work of rescue is progressing rapidly.
1t is now believed 1913 men were in
the mine, in addition to those taken
out yesterday.
The first party of ten Government
rescuers, headed by DR.. ]. j. Rutledge
who entered the mine at o'clock
this morning, had narrow escape
from death An accident occurred to
the blower used for the fans, and the
air was stopped for several minutes.
Within few seconds a faint cry for
help was heard from below and men
with oxygen helmets hurried down.
The entire party was overcome by the
after-damp, and when brought to the
surface, physicians worked over them
for nearly an hour before they could
be moved to the rescue car.
Members of the first party told a
thrilling story
1--WE were going along all right un-
til we got to the fourth entry" said
DIR. H. II. Hamilton, "and in a few
seconds nearly every man in the par
ty was down. | attempted to carry
one man over the life, but failed and
fell myself That is the last re-
member until the surface was reach
ed"
DR.. Caraway staggered to the bot
tom of the shaft and cried: Get us
out; we are DYING" Then the Sec
ond party, headed by Dr. Wright was
sent down.
Those overcome were Dr. ]. j. Rut-
ledge, DR.. w. S. Rountree, DR.. Cara
way, ]. d. Weldon, j. w. Newboy, A.
r. Brown. j. w. Key, William Rou-
tenlusch, II. II. Hamilton, George T.
Gambill, and Harry McCrerie Rut-
ledge, Rountree, and Gambill were at
first thought to be dead. All return
ed to work few hours later
The cause of the explosion is still
mystery.
While the loss of life at Banner is
the most disastrous in the history of
Alabama mining, the damage to the
mine itself is slight. Mr.. Ramsey es-
Inmates that $1,000 will cover it fully.
The entire State Board of Convict
Inspectors is on the scene. OF the
12S men in the mines before the res
cue work started, FIVE were free, two
whites and three negroes; 1913 were
convicts, IL of whom were white.
Practically all of them were short
term men sent from Jefferson Coun-
ty.
One of the most pathetic incidents
was the death of o, W. Spradling of
Leeds, Ala, one of the mine foremen.
He escaped with others and then re-
turned to the mine to render aid. He
was found sitting today on a rock
with his head in his hands. He was
only short distance from the open
air. He leaves a widow and one
child. He had been handling convict
work for the past twenty years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-10
EXTEND THE LAMoILLE VALLEY
Swanton Hopes for an Alburg-Ma-
guam Connection


Swanton, April 10.-The prospects
are encouraging that the old Lamoille
valley extension will be rebuilt from
Maquam to Alburg which will connect
the Rutland railroad at Alburg with
the st. Johnsbury and Lake Cham
plain at Maquam, says the Courier.
Two men evidently railway officials
arrived in town last week and with a
team from local livery drove to Ma
guam and thence to Alburg looking
over the old line Great secrecy was
maintained and but few knew Of the
trip. Last fall party of men went
over the line on foot from Maquam to
Alburg.
Work has been begun on a survey
and it has been reported that survey
ors TO the number OF five and an en-
gineer were at work Wednesday at
West Swanton. If these two rail
roads now under control of Boston &
Maine are connected it will mean
through passenger and freight trains
from New York over the St Johns &c
Lake Champlain, to Portland and Bos-
ton and new dock at Maquam with
the lake steamers making stops there
and perhaps a renewal Of the old time
activity of few years ago.