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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
CAT WHIPS WILD ONE.

AUSTIN, Ark, Jan. alt was a
losing fight started by huge wildcat
when he entered the home OF ]. NJ.
Richardson, planter, residing near
here, and engaged in battle with a
large house cat. When the house cat.
after being cornered. sprung and
plunged its claws in the throat Of its
cousin Of the forest the wild animal
gave yowl OF pain and fled. He ran
fully hundred yards before shaking
the domestic cat from his throat.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
CALENDARS.

We are going to send a nice little
Calendar to every subscriber Who
sends in as much as dollar or more
on renewal Of subscription. The Cal.
endars will be sent out as long as
they last. When You get your calen.
dar you will know that your remit.
tence reached us all right. Most
every one will renew anyway. so why
not get the Calendar now.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
scER,sAN CITIES GROWING
I. Cleveland Leader.l u. 2.

eyeland Leader. *
I few early returns are coming In
from Tie German census, taken, as as $isj
the custom in the German Empire,
late In the fall. The most important
and Interesting fact disclosed by these
scattered figures5is that the great IN.
crease In the population Of siarge cit,
les goes on steadilys y a
Berlin and its suburbs have about.
100000 inhabitants. Since the pop:
uiation OF the city Itself Is not given
separately it3sis impossible to deter
mine Its Increase in the last Ave years.,
but there is no doubt that the gain
has been large. Il Is evident that the
German metropolis is close to Paris
and its suburbs in the race for third
place among the great urban centersi
OF the world. London. Of course, Is.
first. and New York second.
4 Munich. with $4,000 residents, has
gained 50 600 In the last five years. Its
increase falls far short Of Cleveland'st
bit It exceeds the growth Of American
cities, like Baltimore. Buffalo. Cinciu.
natl. Pi,ttourg and New Orleans,
Leipsic has made still more rapid.
progress. Its gain, Of, $4,000. In the
last half.decade is worthy Of cleye.
land or Detroit, and It has carried the
famous old Saxon city up to $4,000 In
habitants. Nuremberg, a much small!
er CITY, has climbed from $4,000 to
$4,000 in five years. which means an,
increase OF nearly. 10 per cent. since,
1905, 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
Hug COST 5000.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Jan. 3.-Jay
B. Jordan, telegraph operator, was
fined 5000 for hugsing his wife so
hard as to break two of her ribs.
! I'VE have been married just a
month";" Jordan told the court. "a
fortnight ago tried to kiss my wife.
| grasped her firmly to give a good
kiss. She tried to squirm away and in
the squirming cracked two ribs"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
MANICURE SCHOOL.

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3.-Although
many school buildings in the city have
not even a shower bath, the Blaine
school, which was the first to get n
bathroom, now has manicure par.
lor. Il
BY order Of the board of education,
corner OF the bathroom has been
partit!oned off to be used for brush.
Ing hair and manicuring.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
PoRrERs ALARMED.

! CHICAGO, Jan. S.-Pullman porters
have become alarmed over report
that the federal government is con.
sidering decree against their chief
source Of revenue, the whiskbroom.
They hear that the brushing Of clothes
on trains may be prohibItiye as un.
sanitary.
The porters say that without tips
they cannot live on their wages OF
80 l-s cents a day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
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8 4~.%~'~A%~~~A~oi
a srREET4oE Fl.AME,.h

NEW YORK. Jan. .-3-West 10th
street was river OF flame for half a
mile when, a truck that carried gaso-
line TO public park lamps spilled three
barrels into the street: they burst and
the gasoline flowed down hill for ten
blocks. Small boys set the stream
afire.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
NOTICE 70 CREDITORS,
To the Creditors OF Hattie NJ. vii
ltp3x.p4 ,Jopo,r,,J. a.. rHr.... g..f

To The Creditors OF Hattie N, WI.
liRms. deceased:
In pursuance of a deere OF the Id
termediatc Court OF the county Of Ma
rion. made In a cause therein pend.
ing. 10 subject the, real estate OF the
said dccedent to tho payment OF his
debts, you are required to present
your claims againstytheE estate Of the
said decedent for adjudication to A..
u Lehman. Commissioner, at his of.
fee in the said county, Son or before
the 18th day of January, 1911. next.
Witness, w. s. Black, Clerk OF said;
colrt,3this 9th day of December, 1910
\. 4 s. BLACK, J, Clerk, q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
10 SHOES, 9 FOXES.

NORTH STERLING. Conn, Jan. 3.
George Fl. Pearce. Of this town, for
many years the acknowledged leader
of southern New England sportsmen,
has made record for this State. hay.
ing killed nine foxes in nine outings
and having fired only 10 shots.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

Listen. listen! Don't you hear
Some ono knocking at your door?
Don't you know.theiglad New Year
/, Comes to you and me once more?
Comes with treasures ever new. e
Spread out at our waiting feet?
High resolves and purpose trne.
Round our lives to music sweet. Is,
; Ours to choose. the thorns and flowers
II we do our duty mind.
Spend Alright the pleasant hours.
Life with bca uty We shall, find. IL. 8
\ Let us. then. tho portals fling. y.
Henplng high to liberal cheer.
Let us laugh md shout and sing. Z;
Welcome. welcome glad New; Yearl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

When a store has news to print, It.
prints 1t in Its ads. And real store
news Is often more Immediately impor.,
tant to you than any other kind Of
news. as rt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

The "home,wanters are reading and
answering ads today /; IL \ I,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
MAGAZINE FOR BLIND.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3,-On New
Years Day a raised letter magazine
will gladden. the hearts and delight
many a little sightless one. And all
this just because one blind child
wrote n letter to the New York Asso.
citation for the Blind, saying he could
read now and wished very much he
had paper all "our own"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

Alfred Trip a Weir Village
tMass.) boy. has trained goose tns
delights in the companionship Of boys
One OF its favorite pastimes, It is said
Is coasting with the boys on .theil
sleds. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

x. NJ. Glass, OF Anderson. S. c.. bit
something hard when eating an oys.
ter. and thought he had found a pearl.
]. was a ring. however-a ladies' ring,
set with u red stone, and worth about
50. ,L
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

J. A fir tree on high bank of tho
Lewis river. near Vancouver. has been
leased 10 a telephone company for q
period OF Is years, TO be used as a
telephone pole. The owner and leas.
or of the tree is Mrs. Mary Dratton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

A tooth insurance company has just
been organized by DR.. Norman Haas,
nm Evansville Qnd) dentist. Dr..
Haas proposes to insure teeth for q
fee Of Sl.5o n year. II during the year
one Of the policy-holders loses a tooth
n as way way, Dr. Haas willErenlacc Il
with q new: one. i. 4, n. II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

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The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Georgetown Tackle Is
Hurt During Practice

Skip" Wymard. Georgetown's star
tackle, may be out of the game for
quite a while as a result of yesterdays
scrimmage on the Hilltop. 1t Is almost
certain that he will not be able to play
Saturday against Richmond College, and
his punting, the best Of the year at
Georgetown, will be sadly missed.
In the Indian game the veteran tackle
injured his knee. He twisted the same
member again yesterday and was forced
to leave the scrimmage at its hottest.
A long rest will do the knee the most
good. and Coach Nielsen will not take
any chances with Wymard, saving him
for the more important games at the
end of the sason.
Both Magner and Costello were used
at quarterback on the varsity, each
doing good work while in the lineup.
Magner possesses lot of life and snap,
and seems to electrify the team when
he is in the game. The struggle be-
as leader of the Blue and Gray, Is the
prettiest on the field.
PARTICULAR attention to tackling was
shown by Coach Nielsen, and the men
gave better exhibition than at any
time this season. The ends and sec
something that was not done Saturday,
and spilled nearly every play aimed at
Campazzi and carrogan were the
bright lights of the day In carrying the
ball. The former gained his distance
judgment in picking his holes. Carrt-
gan's rushing was sturdy. and 1t took
the hardest OF tackling to bring him
down.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Yale Coaches Make
Change in Lineup

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct. 1s.--Ine
Yale coaches ordered big shake-up in
the varsity team, and II is believed to
be permanent. The new lineup worked
we'll against the scrubs in a gruelliny
diill and showed better ofrense and 1e-
fense. Francis, the husky tackle who
played guard last year, and has been
ir that position up to this time this
season, was shifted to end and put UP
a rattling game. He is heavy, but fast.
and good tackler, and should
strengthen the end CT the line In his
place at guard Childs played. ana he.
too, was a stone wall on the defensive
and aggressive on the offerse.
Cooney. lest year's freshman center.
snapped the ball today. and Freeman.
who has been coming fast as a half
back. received a place back OF the line.
II was originally planned to shift Fran
els when Paul, the star tackle, resumed
playing, but the latter's injury IL slow
in mcnding, and the shift was made
caller than expected.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Navy Stars May Not
/. Play Against Princeton

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. Oct. 1s.-Three OF
the crack men of the Naval Academy
football team, Captain Dalton, whc
plays left halfback, and the tackles.
Brown and Davis, are suffering with
bad legs, and have not been in the
practice for two afternoons. In view
of the fact that the Princeton game,
the big contest Of the local season,
will take place on Saturday next. the
possible absence of these three from
the game means much to the navy con-
tingent.
Though the Navy supporters would
be pleased beyond measure at a good
showing against the men Of Old Nassau.
Head Coach Howard states most
strongly that he will not take any
chances Of injuring the prospects of
the eleven for its final game against
the Army. and none of the three will
play II their condition is not what
II should be.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
But Fink
saw one
of the Greatest
Innings
in Baseball
History.
Delinquent Students !
Out of School Games

Central, Western, Technical. and
Eastern will go into the first games for
the high school football championship
with somewhat crippled line-ups. as
several veterans at each school have
yet to make up delinauencies in their
studies. A ruling of the faculty adj
visors provides that a student having
a deficient mark in any one Of his ma
jor studies must pass through the first
advisory period with good standing
before he can enter any athletic con-
test.
Students will receive their frst re-
ports Immediately after the second
game of the series. after which time
many Of the delinquents will return
to the gridiron. 30
Country Morris has not participated
in any practice games held with the
Technical High School this year, and
1t is improbable that he will be seen
In Techs lineup against Eastern In
the second championship game. So.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Punts And Passes From Many College Gridirons

, drove the men through a long scrim-
mage until 1t was SO dark the players
were hardly visible. The first team was
unable to cross the scrubs lines, nor
could it gain consistently for any great
length against the strong defense Of the
second string. There were flashes OF
brilliant Individual playing, both Dean
and Hyatt doing some good gaining in
running back punts. The defense of
the varsity was strong, and Arnold and
Devore both stopped plays before they
could get started
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Practices In Mud.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, Oct 49,
A steady downpour Of rain that started
in the early morning and continued
through the day, rendering Lambeth
Field Veritable sea OF mud. failed to
stop the Virginia football squad yester.
day.
Coaches Yancey and Elliott put their
charges through a stiff workout tina
lasted for couple of hours. NcPs. the
end Of the afternoon the varsity tined
up against the scrubs in order to try
out several new formations and a new
form Of attack. The plays worked well
and will probaoly be put to the test IN
The game with st. Johns next Satur.
day
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Mckinney, at Technical, is developing
into one of the fastest ends in the hign
school ranks. Mckinney weighs about
125 pounds and has great speed. =-s
Eastern did not play Georgeown Prep-
aratory School as per schedule yesterday.
No definite date has been set DIR the
postponed game.
Since Eastern's poor showing with the
St. James eleven. Captain Weaver and
Coach Shea have effected many changes
in the lineup of the Capitol Hill squad.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Gotch Has No Trouble
With Canadian Wrestler

DEs MONIES. Iowa. Oct. 1S.-Frank
Gotch. worlds champion wrestler.
threw Emilio Pietro, the Canadian
heavyweight wrestler, twice in a little
more than twenty minutes Monday
night. The first fall came in fifteen
minutes and twenty seconds, the sec
ond In five minutes and nineteen Sec
onds. Yousiff Mahmout failed to throw
Jesse Reimer, of Des Moines, in a
thirty-minute handicap match.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Lehigh Fumbles Often.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, Oct. IS
Lehigh's football practice yesterday
was married to greater extent than
any time this season by fumbling. II
may have been due to the fact that IL
was the first time since che Princeton
game that Dayton, Flick, Crichton.
Coyne, and Price were able to get into
the game; but, whatever the cause, the
fumbling gave the coaches much con-
Germ. Pianco and Pazzettie are the
only men still out Of the game.
The scrimmage was again a long one,
the varsity scoring twice by Western
and McCaffery, while Wagner again
brought the scrubs into evidence with
a pretty run for a touchdown
The Washington times., 1911-10-18

line. which seemed improving for a
while. slumped once more to spiritless
and lethargic playing. They gave the
backs no assistance on the attack. and
lie Witt generally found one of his
teammates In his line plupges. The
backs were all slow in starting and
there was little sembiance OF that sort
Of team work which alone can bring
about a powerful or consistent scoring
machine
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Dartmouth Star Hurt.

HANOVER, N. H.. Oct, 1s.-For the
first time this year the gates OF the
oval were closed to spectators, secret
football practice starting yesterday. The
team was put through a long drill in
the baseball cage in the big gymnasium
and then had two periods of hard scrim-
mage with the freshmen. After Rogers
the freshman fuIlback, had kicked a
goal from placement, the varsity
rushed the ball for two touchdowns
The teamwork was the best OF the
season.
The practice yesterday was disastrous,
however, because 1t has deprived the
varsity of Hogsett, who has been the
most valuable man in the back field. In
tackle by Rogers Hogsett's shoulder
was injured, and the bone maN be
broken. An x-ray examination will be
made today. Elcock also hurt his knee
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Practice In Rain.

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Oct. 1sA>The
coaches drove the SQUAD hard yesterday
in a drizzlng rain. The fumbiing in the
a long drill in handling punts and for
ward passes. Bean did the punting
Bean and Crowther will probably re-
place Tenny and Marble as halfbacks
in the game with Pennsylvania on Sat
urday.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Rain Prevents Game.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1S.-Wet grounds
caused a postponement of the fourth
game in the city championship series
between the White Sox~ and the Cubs
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Thompson School Wins.

The Thompson School won from the
st. Agnes eleven yesterday. by II to 0.
The winners had their opponents out
played at every point Of the game,
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Princeton Looks Bad.

PRINCETON. N. j., Oct. 1s-One Of
the longest and one of the poorest foot
pall practices of the year was held on
Osborne Field yesterday. The scrub
worsted the varsity in a forty-fve min
utescrimmage. to 0. and the varsity
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Indian Practice Brief.

CARLISLE. Pa, Oct. 18.-Glenn War
ner. coach, worked his Indian football
warriors through short practice in
preparation for the University Of Pitts
burgh game, which he expects to be a
stiff contest. Fortunately the Indians
are now In the pink OF physical con-
dition, a thing unknown formerly at
this time of the year.
The Washington times., 1911-10-18
Army Works Long.

WEST POINT. n. Y, Oct 1S.-The
rain yesterday prevented drill. and the
football coaches seized the extra time
and, contrary to the usual program, they
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-19

lines IN Texas including The la,
Iug of new and heavier rails.
The Commercial Club of III
Campo is cndeavorinp 20 cstab.
lish O peanut factory az that
place and now have from eight
hundred TO one thousand acres
of peanuts promised by local
farmers, in case the mill is
erected.
The Rice Institute at Houston
will make improvements of that
institution in the near future,
costing $50, 600.
The Young Mems Business
League Of Palestine will erect a
bungalow club house in the near
future.
The College Of Industrial Arts
at Denton is planning improve
ments for that school that will
cost approximately $75, 600.
A hotel to cost $3.50, 600 is to
be built in the near future at
FL Paso.
The st. Louis, Brownsville &
Mexico Railway will begin the
of an office building at
Kingsville to cost in the neigh
borhood of $50, 600.
A contract has been let for the
construction of pleasure pier at
Port Arthur. The work calls
for retaining walls for island in
axe 600 feet square and cause /
way 3, 600 feet long. Work will
begin at once.
The S. +. q 81. Ry. Co. of FL /
Paso has ordered from a Chicago
,ar works firm two l0-wheel
ocomatives, three passenger cars
3 box cars, 10 gondola cars, 10
stock cars and one caboose.
A San Antonio man, Ben
has successfully graft
ID the wild grape grown in
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-19
r. A. Rankin & Sons


This cotton frulted well and Mr..
Bedford gathered about 2 pounds
of the cotton. He will save the
seed for planting.
We eXamineda boil of the cot
ton and found that the lint was
one and a half inches long.
Mr.. Alexander says this cot
ton is worth rs cents per pound.
The experiment Of Mr.. Bedford
seems 10 demonstrate that long
staple cotton NAV be successfully
grown in Haskell county"
The above brings TO mind that
in Lubbock, one man. W. b. At
kin. of the McAdams Lumber
Company. planted a few short
rows Of the long staple variety
at the back of the lumber sheds
in the south part of the business
section of the town and the yield
is very fine. He will carefully
preserve the seed from this cot
ton, and it is expected that this
will be supplemented enough 10
plant at least five acres of the
long staple cotton next year and
cultivated as an experiment in
this country. We are confident
that the experiment will be very
successful and that in a few years
there will be a great amount Of
this variety raised. Why not?
II it will grow as il is expected
that II will in this country. why
not get 26 cents per pound for
cotton just as well as 10 for the
short staple.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-19
LONG STAPLE COTTON
Seems 10 Grow Well in the West
ern Part Of the
State

The following item was found in
the Haskell Free Press. and will
be of interest TO the people Of
this section Of the state. who are
interested in the cotton growing
business:
Last spring Mr.. FIG. Alexan-
der gave Mr.. G.. w. Bedford of
this city about a dozen seed OF
long staple cotton.
Mr. Bedford planted the seed
and got some stalks Of the cotton.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-19
Holding Cotton

Ihls is the report that is COM
ing in from all over the country.
The farmers do not feel disposed
to turn the cotton they have
worked so hard to raise, loose at
the cheap price that is being Of
fored them under the present
market. Whether it is best to
hold to it we are not prepared to
say, but if we had it and could
hold same without inconvenience
inG our creditors we would most
assuredly held on. We believe
that the price will go back at
least to where it started and that
within a reasonably short time.
We see no reason why it should
not, and we believe that the
farmer who is able to hold to his
cotton should do so. There has
been very little sold in Lubbock
for TWO weeks, and there seems
to be no disposition among the
raisers Of the heecy staple 70 let
it go at the prices prevalent.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-19

Southwest Texas with d Cali.
lomia Variety producing an ox.
ceIlent spociman oi fruit.
The capitol grounds at Austin
are 90 be- paved with bIthubthic.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars has
been set aside tor this work.
On October Dist. Chambers
County will vote on organization
Of Trinity River Irrigation district
TO comprise about Is, 600 acres.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-19

Hall Robinson was here Friday
from Tahoka. He reports con-
ditions in the Tahoka country
very favorable. and says cotton
is comming in a rapid rate The
local gin is running night and
day.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-10-19

Jim Robinson. Jr.. made a
business trip TO Slaton the latter
part OF last week.