davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27
RIMsLYl VEL. DoN.I all
People Notice Il - Drive Them OF
With olive Tablets.


"A piinpiy fiite Nif not einbarftlss
goi much longet son SET paekage
of DF Edwards. Olive Tablets iplfs
ipfmples VIII vanish after you have
ibken the tablets a rev nights
Nothing ever eleansed the blood the
bowels and the liver ike Olive Tab;
lets.
Olive Tablets are the only success.
ltul substitute for calomel; there's nev.
81 any sickness or pain after taking
Them. :
Z Olive Tablets do all that calonIel
does and Just as effectively, but their
action is gentle and safe insteado Of Sc
we're and irritating, z
4 No one who takes Olive Tablets Is
syer.cursed with a dark brown Taste
abad breath, d dull, 1istless, mo good"
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or plmply face.
I Olive Tablets are made OF pure veg
'etable compounds mixed withIollye
oil.
{; DR.. Edwards spent years among pa!
TENTS afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result,
Try them. Take one nightly for a
week. Then look at yourself IN the
glass and see how you feel
Every little Olive Tablet has a
movement all its own"
\ 1Oc and 25c per box.
e The Olive Tablet Company Of Co.
lumbus, Ohio pr F, M. Edwards,
President.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

NtIn conclusion desire 10 1thank tbs
Honor the Mayor, the members of the
city Council and all persons connect
eds with the present administration,
for their kindness and aid to the De.
pSrtment in the past year, I also de-
slre to thank the citizens OF the City
TOR many klnlnesses and for their CO.
operation and assistance to the depart
ment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

Perhaps a business man Of this city
so much needs an emplOyc Of exactly
your ability that your want nd will alt
peal to him instantly.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

Answer all help wanted ads that
appear to be even probabilities" and
you'll eventually find the right one.
And you may find the right ono at
once!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

Answer some real estate ads-edu.
eating yourself up to The minute be;
fore closing. any sort or real estate
purchase.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

=
84s,0OO.oO.
# Discipline
The discipline Of this department
llas been caused for very few repri'
nands.
81 take great pleasure in thanking
the officials and men Of this depart
itient for the loyal support they have
given me during the year and am
proud to say that no better men can
lie found inaaBy fire department.
Report Of Fires for Il Years
Numbefsof tiresF from January l,
1901 to Jandary !, 1912, 1855.
Loss in the II years was $l66, $780, %
making an average fire loss In thar
time Of $22O.29.
flThe losses were distributed during
. lfts,.lss- ,,a.s.. -. RaITn,,,,,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27
CHIEF REED SUBMITS
HIS REP1RI
leonlIa1ed. Ifonl ones.

y 4 Il
1917. being my 9th annaal report as
ihe cliIet * TIE Fire Department
i'm sHbmittlng a stat etnent or fires
md tlieil cause 81 the amount u losses
sial j 4 nunibef Of alarms received a
Atatellent3 of the iffpro yemefts made
u tlle department together with such
recommendations as are In my opln.
sion lo tlie best interest 81 our city
aild iof The protection Of lives and
property "a SIT tement Of the number
q ares and their losses from Janu,
my " 1911 !; to January !, 1912, includ.
ed y show that the losses have de,
eteaaed as the department has in.
creased its equipment and ndmbsr. BY
epiapafing the loss from, each year
from ls0lsup to the present time, !
think an VIII. agree tllat II pays to be
4 prog fasbiye,
wish 10 thank your Honorable
Body for The magnificent City Building
ana Fire Station that is being rushed
tp completion, and in doing SO think
Am voting tie Continents Of almost
very lax payer and citizen OF the
% Falfmont. ~ ~
x INSTRUMENTATION g
For the fiscal year 1912, ] would
teeomnehd The purchase 7of'ap auto.
I mobile combination engine and hose
apparatus. tfs+s ~ \ = ",
station to be established in the
Fourth ward, equipped with a com:
ghination hose and ladder wagon. such
Ne noWhaye In the First ward with
two horses and two men
one thousand feet OF new fire hose.
= Al electric bell TO be erected in the
hose tower, Of the new fire station Of
the new City building, TO take the
place Of the old fire whistle, which
has been abolished,
Repairing and painting all the APP
pafatus the City now owns.
The Installing Of new fire plugs
Y where necessary, allsof which contains
hFee way outlets with, engine con-
uection.
Some necessary repairs TO the First
Ward station. ;t ~ - = vi
The cost Of these Improvements, in.
Guiding the cost OF maintenance OF the
Fire Department for the Year will be
lin the 9neighborhood of S2S,OOO.OO.
Fires and Their Causes
During the year 1911 there we're 81
fires reported in my jurisdiction. They
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27
sHoULD be Careful

! BERLIN, March 27.-spealdng in
The Reichstag, Count Kanitz, cohser.
yative, declared that warnings should
be issued to German investors against
inyestments.in foreign eountrieswith.
out careful investigation. He, stated
fiat more than S1f2 000.09D German
W. ~ SHh ,8hG.y III >
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

Amount Of hose laid S.22O feet. Lad
,ders raised 904'feet.
~ gallons Of chemicals used,
By using water in buckets 1G fires
were extlnguished.
Total number miles travelled l45.
In all cases fires were confined to
building or point OF origin.
Fire alarms were received on the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

There were Tour false alarms dur.
ing tiie year, which makes a total
number d Of fire alarms
sSss Classification Of Fires
Classification ofSfires slowing num-
Der and loss in each ward:
First ward 10 Fires Loss $1.6O6.SO
Second ward 10 Fires Loss '2,2S2.73
Third ward 10 Fires Loss 2465O
lFourth. ward Is Fires Loss $4,000
Total fire loss $7,50S.5S. Average
loss $1S4.OS.
Fires occurred in structures of the
following class:
frame ..... *. ...........:.!... 30
Rtick As.'.s. Z ~. ............... 10
Iron .....,,...................... .
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
WHAT SHALL WE DO
WITH THE CHILD?
BY FLORIDA PINE.

This question is one which presents
itself to every thoughtful parent and
teacher. It is a question pregnant
with meaning, insistent in it's demand
and suggestive of heavy responsibility.
In the Ladies Home Journal Of Au-
gust, there is. the first of a series of
articles, discussing our public school
system, which we commend TO the at
tention Of teachers and parents, es-
pecially.
Does our present school system so
develop the talent or natural talent
Of the child, that it may become a
really useful citizen?
Are the years spent in school life
really foundation stones for a healthy,
happy, useful future as a man or
woman?
The children Of the state represent
it's capital stock, it's most valuable
asset and we know that upon them,
and with them, rests all the hopes we
have for the continuance and perpet-
uity of the institutions, political, in
dustrial, educational and spiritual,
which we are building today, which
our forefathers built in the past.
OF course, we fully believe, and ex-
perience teaches, that in the home
should be laid the foundation of all
true character building, but, since this
is deplorably lacking, we must, ii
seems, look for much from our public
schools.
Looking through a recently received
account of the proceedings Of The
Fourteenth Conference for Education
in the South" we find a most inter-
esting and inspiring account by Doctor
Paul Ritter, namely Adaptation of
Education to Life in Switzerland" /
wish that 1 could see this account
placed in the hands Of all who hold
dear the welfare of our young people.
I believe that the great cause of fall
ure to reach the best results is that
terrible idea of education along Eek
press lines. There is too much rush,
hurry push, shove, show in our lives.
Some people seem to think that when
a child goes from grade to grade, they
are just being educated right along
and though, when a girl gets through,
she doesn't know how to apply one
principle of chemistry to cooking, or
one sane idea Of mathematics to the
financial department of her household,
anu udlly nuEueTS the EliSllSh iah
guage with ABDOMINAL slang, she Is
supposed to be educated.
Same Applies to Boys.
And the same principle applies to
our boys. If in our schools our chill
dren are not taught the dignity, the
value, the necessity, the real nobility
Of labor, and it's vital relations to all
life, then education of that kind is
ideally and dangerously wrong.
Real education is the drawing out
of the child's best and highest powers,
not the insane examining in Of book
lore. 1t isn't the child Of best brain,
but of best memory. VINO is probably
the brightest" pupil.
We are not wise enough to pre-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
Another Crisis
Coming in Turkey.

When the young Turks assumed
control of the Ottoman Empire three
years ago, great things were expected
Of them. Because the new movement
started out with the overthrow of the
infamous Abdul Hamld, 1t was
counted a good thing. Extravagant
expectations of reform had been
aroused and these expectations have
not been fulfilled. Things are I'M
doubtedly in a bad way at Istambol
and the complete downfall of the
Young Turk seems imminent.
The truth is an Asiatic remains an
Asiatic in habits, morals and man
ner Of thinking. A Turk is a Turk
yet.
A real revolution is a matter of
generations and then centuries. Too
much was expected Of Turkey and
too much should not be expected of
China.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
Candidates Need
Sinews of War.

Press dispatches continue to an
nounce that none OF the campaign
committees has as much money as
is needed to launch a nation wide
campaign. While such enormous
sums as the Republican committee
has been spending, smack of disho-
nesty and corruption, it is true that
large sums are needed and may be
spent in legitimate and honorable
ways to further the interests of a
party and a candidate.
It is well known that the enor-
mously rich who have grown so by
governmental famor, the trust mag
mates and the beneficiaries Of the pro-
tected interests will not contribute to
the Wilson fund. The Democratic
fight must be waged on money con-
tributed in small amounts by the mod
erately well off and even by the poor.
Just why the Republican Golfers are
empty now, is difficult to understand,
unless it may be surmtsed the pro-
moters Of big business may realize
that Taft is already defeated and later
on may throw their assistance to the
Bull Moose, believing Roosevelt will
make a better showing on election day
than Taft.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
Federal Aid
Eor Good Roads.

Although the United States senate
has killed the pending legislation pro-
viding for national aid applied to
roads that are used as post roads by
the government, the movement should
not be allowed to die out. If the peo-
pie of the country continue to have
their attention called to the matter
and If the representatives and SEN
ators take the trouble to ascertain the
wishes Of their constituents, the next
congress will enact the legislation.
Scarcely a state in the Union has
done it's full duty in road building.
Many states have done very little.
Assistance from the nation, contin-
gent on certain expenditures by the
states or counties, will give an impetus
to road building that was never en-
joyed in this country and that was
never dreamed of anywhere, since the
toiling minions of Caesar hewed out
the Appian way.
It is to be hoped that Senators
Bryan and Fletcher and Representa-
tives Wilson, Clark, Sparkman and
L'EngIe will organize and present a
solid front on this question.
No state in the Union would be ben
Gifted more by complete system of
good roads, than Florida.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
Florida Soils
Easily Enriched.

Agricultural chemists and practical
farmers unite in saying that no lands
in the country can be more easily and
quickly improved than the sandy,
piney woods land of Florida. No lands
in the country are so susceptible TO
the influences of leguminous crops.
No country on earth can grow such a
variety of legumes or so many crops
of leguminous plants in a year.
Florida is the native home of the
cow pea and the velvet bean, the soy
bean, the peanut, and dozen of other
1egumes flourish here as they do in no
other cline
The soil suits them, the climate
suits them and the weather suits
them. It's mighty easy to grow the
best of Alfalfa on much of the Florida
lands.
And while the Florida farmer is en-
riching his land by the growth Of
legumes, ne is enriching himself by
raising bountiful hay crops for his
stock.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
Does Roosevelt Favor
"Votes for Wornen?'

Perhaps nothing else in the spec
tacular confession of faith, promul-
gated at Chicago by Colonel Roose-
welt, shows more insincerity than his
statement that he is in favor of wom-
ems suffrage.
During the seven years that Colonel
Roosevelt was president, women 7agi-
tators all over the land pleaded with
him, in vain, for a declaration in favor
Of the suffragettes. He turned a deaf
ear to Rev. Anna Shaw, Belva Lock
wood, Ella Spencer Mussey and all the
rest. He was rather inclined to have
fun at the expense of these female
leaders and was about the last man in
the country to be expected to advo-
cate votes for women.
But as a presidential candidate, with
some hope Of getting a considerable
vote in the woman suffrage states, he
becomes suddenly the strong advocate
of equal suffrage.
Women vote in California, Idaho,
Utah and Wyoming and in these
states the intrepid lion hunter is sup
posed to have many followers. Hence
his conversion on the suffragette ques-
ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
Florida, the Great
Health Resort.

Florida people VINO have been
lured away this summer by the varied
charms of the mountains and the sea,
write to the homefolks in Florida,
that after all, Florida is the coolest
and most healthful spot to be found.
In climatic conditions, Florida stands
out separate and distinct In Florida
1t is impossible to hide from the sea
breeze. Breezes, health giving, tnvig-
Grating breezes constantly blow from
either gulf or ocean. The sunny days
are constant, the water is pure and
always, winter and summer, the
weather is delightful.
In these days when Florida is doing
so much in agriculture, commerce
and horticulture, one is apt to forget
that the Land of Flowers Is Natures
own sanitarium; that this is the land
Of the long leafed pine, that summer
land, where the weak grow strong
and the strong grow great.
Fifty thousand visitors during fair
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18

publican party was SO corrupt that
year that it was repudiated in New
York by a majority Of 100000.
AS a matter of fact the Republican
party is no worse now than it has
been for the past thirty five years, all
Of which time Theodore Roosevelt has
been an office seeker and an office
holder within it's ranks.
1t only became boss ridden when it
filled to nominate Roosevelt for presi-
dent for third term.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
No Crying Need
For New Party.

The excuse Of Theodore Roosevelt
for the organization of the Bull Moose
party is that the old parties have be-
come boss ridden.
The Republican party was good
enough for the colonel when it per-
mitted him four years ago to foist
Taft on the country as a candidate for
proxy.
mere was nothing said about boss
ridden parties in 1904. when the boss
es allowed him to nominate himself
for president.
No kick against the bosses occurred
in 1900 when Plat and Quay. the
kings Of the bosses, nominated him for
vice president.
Platt's corrupt ring nominated
Roosevelt for governor of New York
in 1898.
Mark Hanna, Tom Plat and Quay
made Roosevelt assistant secretary. Of
the navy in 1897 and there was no
protest against bossism then.
Quay was chairman of the national
Republican committee in 1889 when
Theodore Roosevelt wanted to set on
the civil service commission.
When Theodore Roosevelt accepted
a nomination for mayor in 1886 and
helped the corrupt corporations de-
feat Henry George, nothing was said
about bossism.
Roosevelt was hand in glove with
his party when he wanted to go to the
le~isIa.--e in 1882, although the Re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
SUNDAY, AUGUST Is, 1912.
Deepest Port on
Gulf of Mexico.

Never has Pensacola felt it neces-
sary to misrepresent other points in
showing the advantages Of this, the
deepest port south of Newport News.
That New Orleans is willing to print
something with no semblance Of truth
in it to give the impression that it is
the only deep water port on the gulf
is proven by the misstatement below
which appeared In the Times Demo
crat Of Friday morning coming from
the staff correspondent Of that paper
in Washington. Says the correspon-
dent:
New Orleans is the only Southern
port that can be entered by the larg-
est battieships. Galveston can re-
ceive the older battleships and pro-
tected cruisers, but even they run a
considerable risk in entering that Aar-
Dor. The only danger the ships run
in going to New Orleans is scraping
along the soft mud Of the bar in South
west Pass. The Nebraska's expert
ence when she got out of the channel
and grounded on a mud bank, shows
that even If there should be mis-
haps they would not amount to any
thing because the Mississippi mud is
much softer than the rocks in Bos-
ton harbor, where bast1esAips strike
every now and then, nor is 1t near
so dangerous as the ships with which
the navy's bulldogs collide when there
is a fog on Long Island Sound.
The correspondent is guilty of gross
ignorance or deliberately and wilfully
r1isrepresented facts to boost the port
of New Orleans.
The deepest draft battleships of the
navy have entered Pensacola harbor
and at the time the Florida and Utah
were at anchor here a storm blowing
at the rate OF ninety miles an houl
never caused them to drag anchor IN
the least, Captain Knapp of the
Florida officially reporting such and
expressing his opinion that this is one
of the safest harbors in the country
One steamer drawing thirty lone
and one-half feet Of water this sum-
mer departed from this port in the
night, the same steamer before fin
ishing its cargo in Pensacola going
aground in New Orleans.
Associated Press dispatches said that
the fleet would stop at Pensacola and
there twas no excuse whatever for the
New Orleans paper to say that the
port of New Orleans was the only gull
port where the deepest draft battle
ships could enter.
AS a matter Of fact Pensacola is
the only port where the larger boats
will enter, but we do not improve our
Aarbor by pointing out the inferiority
of New Orleans and other gulf ports
Pensacola is the deepest port on the
gulf and If the New Orleans Times
Democrat cannot boost It's harbor
without misstatements it ought to
keep silent on the subject.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18


games in the afternoon.
The onhandiest teller in this world
is street car motorman when he
tried to run an automobile.
The ambition Of some fellers' lives
is to be invited up on the stage as a
committee to watch the professor as
he does his cabinet tricks.
How to be Happy.
Don't eat grippe fruit without first
putting on a rubber suit.
Let somebody else buy and carve
the Thanksgiving turkey.
Take plenty OF exercise. There is
none better than shoveling coal into
the furnace.
Live a long distance away from
your second cousins.
Have four aces every time you open
a Jackpot.
Give your wife a stipulated sum
every week, even if It is as high as %
cents.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18
Nm THE SPUR
IF THE MOMENT
BY Roy X. MouIton.

resort recently and during the course
Of his stay engaged the old landlord
in conversation.
Keeps you pretty busy all sum-
mer, doesn't it?" asked the judge.
'Oh vas, tolerably busy" was the
reply.
What do you do all winter"
We'll, I'll tell yo," said the old
man. In the winter we sit around
and think and sometimes we just sit
around"
Some Things We Have Never Seen.
An automobile that was really run
ming at it's best.
A bowlegged man who could get
many dancing partners.
A book agent who didn't look as
though he was cut out for the min
istry.
A ten-cent glass cutter that would
work when you wanted it to.
A genuine diamond On the stage.
A society leader who wanted to
have her picture in the paper.
A barber who couldn't name every
champion since Jem Mace.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-18

scribe remedy, but we believe that
the individual child is Of vastly more
importance and value to the state
than sort of graphaphone record Of
brain which being started, can grind Z
out the ideas and thoughts that have
been drilled into it from a lot of books.
Our currtculums demand too much
work to be done in a given time. They
DO not give the teacher nor the child,
really fair chance.
Our teachers examinations are
lacking in practical and logical test
Of teachers ability.
What is a tick7" Do you recoE-
nize the question?
What is a Child7
Permit me to substitute this one,
What is child?"
l think I know what a tick is.
have seen a few and know they are
possessed with great powers Of stick
it-iveness, II / may use this word, but
really I had rather see the answer
that would be given to the last ques-
tion, than any answer which might be
given to the first.
I think IL we could eliminate that
idea Of making a show, of doing things
and having things because they all
have them" or they all do them"
we could make a step forward.
Each child is born a sovereign in his
own realm of thought; a king whose
right and crown no mortal has the
right to usurp, and when we take a
boy who would have made a master
tiller Of the soil and make a ten cent
doctor out OF him or a lawyer, who
for paltry fee is willing to do anvil
dirty job, we have robbed the child,t
we have wronged the man and we
have robbed society of an honorable.
useful. needed member.
Each and every child is a part Of
the great human family, and as. such
has a claim upon that family for hu-
name consideration, for recognition as
to its rights and privileges.
The crowded tenements, the unsani-
tary herding together Of human be-
ings where the reeking sweat shop"
and the squalid home" a wretched
room where children, who ought to be
out in Gods country, where the trees
and grass grow, are put to work on
artificial flower making, sewing on
buttons and other work, this I say is
crime. a disgrace on our so-called
twentieth century civilization.
I read an account Of nursery be-
ing fitted up for a multi millionaire
baby, at a cost OF $4,000.
I knew in that same city were the
infant beggars, pitiful and half
starved,who were working in the
places I have mentioned. working II
you please, for their daily bread, and
then I remembered the story Of Lana
rus. the beggar at the gate-Well, did
you ever read IL all?
wonder II we are guilty OF offend
ing one Of these little ones7 Just ask
yourself the question please.
If we educate our children rightly,
these things will not be tolerated by
them, for from the higher plane Of
nobler, broader, truer thought they
will see things in a Christ like light
Of justice and OF mercy. Our social
system is full of shame our educational
system is full OF show and our re-
ligious life seems to have more Of
church and creed than of Christ.
Let us start right in the home, let
US keep right in the school.
Do away with any custom, any rule,
any system which stands In the way
OF the best development of the indi-
vlduality of the child.