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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
SP GR.S0NAISs
D. PEOPLE ~
IlAS HEY CONE And co

Miss Ella Fiaiaghan, Of Grafton.
who had ben the guest Ok Sfricnds la
the city has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Camden Summers, Of
Grafton, spent yesterday In the city.
N. 81. Brooks, of Grafton, was Wis.
itor in the city yesterday.
Mrs. A. X, Belt and Miss Marie Jam.
lson, who had been the guests OF rela-
tiyes here. have returned TO Grafton.
Mrs. c. MIhimann is the guest of
relatives III Wheeling.
Airs. Hugh Carr has gone TO Wheel
ing to spend a week with her parents.
MIR. and Mrs. John Kirkland.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Simon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence D. Robinson and Miss
Helen Robinson formed an auto party
Of FalrInonters who stopped hero yes.
terltay afternoon.- Morsantown Post.
Chronicle. 90
MRS. Samuel NeYbergcr, who had
been the guest Of der daughter. Mrs.
Bert Leopold, has returned 10 her
home In Parkersburg.
Miss Beulah Borgess., WHO has been
the guest OF Miss Lucy Kelley, has re.
turned TO her home in Handicapped.
Miss Maxine Elliot Crane, of Terra
Alta. Is the attractive little guest OF
Eer uncle, DR.. w. r. Crane, on Fourth
street.
Attorney Walter b. Haggerty went
to Wheeling this morning on protcs.
s!cuai business ~
Mrs. J. +. Cole and sons have re.
turned fromsa two weeks visit with
relatives at Grafton.
Mr. and Mrs. P. p. Lipscomb and
children, of Maple avenue have re.
turned from Atlahtic. Ca. where they
had been the guests of relatives.
Miss Ruth SpcddenF will go to
Waynesburg, Pa, tomorrow to visit
relatives. 'a
Hugh Phillips who resides on the
'ar'n Of Mr. Jacob Harr near the city
Is III Of typhoid fever.
Miss Margaret Bishop is down from
MA Like Tarh, Mu', 10 Spenu rev
days IL .f{t e
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Z. W. Burnside who
Lad been the guests OF relatives here
for several days left this afternoon
for their home in Pittsburgh. They
were accompanied by the lattcrs
brother. George Edward Nay. WHO will
spend month there.
T. W. Arnctt and children Katharyn
and Bernard left this afternoon for
Philadelphia and Atldnttc City.
Chas Helmlck OF Clarksburg, is a
visitor In the city today.
Mrs. L. c. Grille and children. OF
clarksburg. are spending couple OF
weeks at the home OF her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. ]. Lantz.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

THE YIELD GAN BE INcREAsEp
ny SPRAYING
level Cultivation Should Be Praetleed
--sordeau1 Mixture Is Used For
spfsylnsZfhs Experiment, Station
Increases the Yield.

One OF the most essential things In
the growing Of a crop of potatoes is 70
protect them from weeds. This pro-
lection should begin even before the
potatoes come up. When the first
weeds make their appearance they can
be easily killed by going over the
ground with a weeder. or a spiked
tooth harrow set SO as not to dis very.
deep. A weeder may be safely used
until the plants are two inches high,
but a harrow may cause some injury
at this stage. When the plants be-
come too large TO permit the use Of
the harrow or weeder, the cuttiyator
should be used.
In cultivating the potato fields the
established custom has been 10 ridge
the dirt around the hills at each cult.
walton. A serious objection to this
method lies In the fact that during
the. hot months OF the summer these
ridges have a tendency TO dry out and
the potato is deprived OF It's proper
amount OF moisture. During an eI.
ceedingly wet season, however, the
ridges and burrows serve to establish
drainage and may be benefit To
overcome this drying-out tendency
many successful growers are begin,
ming to adopt the level culture sys.
TEN. 1t: has been found that from
seven to nine CIVILIZATIONS during the
reason are necessary for maximum re.
suits. Not only do the frequent cul.
tiyations keep down the weeds. but BY
keeping the surface OF the soil con.
stantly stirred they prevent the ,es.
cape OF moisture by evaporation.
One OF. the most important factors
In producing high yields OF potatoes
is the spraying TO prevent the rayages
OF blight. tip burn, flea BEETLES and
potato bugs. The potato blight is
much worse In some years than in
others, but, even during years OF no
blight the application OF Bordeaux
mixture have been found beneficial
Spraying should begin when the
plants are from six to eight inches
high and continued about every two
weeks during the season. For the first
two sprayings use four pounds OF cop.
per sulphate tbluestone or blue Wit
roll, and six pounds OF lime to fifty
gallons of water. For the later, spray.
lnss the copper sulphate should beli1.
creased TO six pounds and the lime d
eisht:n To control .tthel bugs" add
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
BRIDES FATHER WANTS
CONTRACT FoRBiDDlNG
HER HUSBANDS VISITS

uNIoNTowN. June II. = Immedi
.tcly after the marlage OF his daugh.
or. Mary Belle DurbIu, Of Sonth Con.
1ellsvlllc, aged Ii. 10 Andrew ArchI.
aid, aged q. OF the same town, J. A.
Ourbin. father Of The bride, appeared
= the marriage license office yester.
lay and asked that contract be
lawn up and recorded whereby the
Sri'.c should remain At her parents
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE.

Shortly after l o'clock today. o.
Main street, near Monroe. an au.omf
bile while turning around struck ;
man who was crossing the street
knocking him down. but not seriousl,
injurinS him. The case was sallc
10 the attention og Chief of Pole.
Buckley, who got the driver Of the Gu
and the man who was struck together
and 1t Is thought that they will se,tl
the matter without any trouble.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

s',Mr. and Mrs. j, W. Polling, Mrs.
Minnie Polling and Miss Mary Myers
mOtorcd 10 IIuttonsvillc on Sunday
and spent the day with Mrs. Polling
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Ward.
Mrs. Ward accompanied them home 10
spend Il week
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

The graduation exercises OF the
johns Hopkins University lit Elalti.
more will be held this afternoon at
four O'Clock In the Academy of Music.
Among the candidates for the degree
Ct Medicine arc Mr.. Walter Gay Tough,
u ron OF Mr.. aud Mrs; |. y. Tough. of
this city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
JUNDRSE sf.4
FINE PROG AMME-lN lLL,.1eE-oE-
FERED AT NORMAL TONIGHT.

eth@S -
l4,!E ;i-'il3t'ifi - s!LE .s!s.'E s-si
Tonight the Junior Glass Of the Fair
mons Normal school will hold its OK
ercises. aAsilne programme has beer
arranged! hTe programme follows:
Mus'c. Miss DOMAIN. -! /;
Address. president. is5 iaaa 4
Reading, Miss Kempcr. li''ia x i
Vocal Solo, Miss futile. n
Glass History, Mi. IIildrcLh,
Grafton, Mr.. Knapp. T..
Piano Solo, Miss Wlgginton.
Grnmbler. Mr.. Kennedy.
Prophet, Miss Allen.
Piano Duct, Miss Brake and Miss
Jackson.
Class Poet, Mr.. Matthew.
Song, Glass.
Yell, Class.
The class cotors are red and black
and the class flower is the red rose.
Class roll: Officers. Jay Snodcrly
president; Glenn Hall, vice president;
Bertha Bice. secretary: Walter Moran,
sergaTt.at.arms; Arthur Garrett, cheer
icadcr; Helen Allen, Bertha Bee, Geo.
rgia Billinsslea, Homer Bell, A. J.
Bradley Jearl Brake, Marie l.. hun.
Ter. Daisy Bowman, Ada Bardett, TFix
lie C. Clelland, lrina D. Conway, Ar.
'hpr Garrett. Willis Garrison. Ora L
Griffin, Elyeria Groves. Glenn +. Hall
Carrie Harper, Earl C. Harvey. NJ. j.
Taller. Aubrey Hlldreth, Mary Hite
Laura L. Jackson. Laura Jones. Fran,
is Kennedy, Ulysses \. Knapp, Geor'
ia Lemasters. Title Mckinney. II. II,
McMlllCn, Ray Matthews. Myrtle Mic,
'acl. Matte Moran, Waller Moran
katherine Morris. Elsie Norman. Hen.
y Orr, e. X. Romesburg. Grace Shafer
Hazel Sheets. jay Snoderly, Elya Stall.
aker. Helen Snider. Clinton Tustin
Lloyd Tustin, Ada Wilson, Aleta Van.
Trump, Paul Watkins. Anna Wagner,
Jessie Price, Emma Rcyroad. Winnie
Musgropc. Kathryn Morris, Mabc!
owe, Mary Wigginton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

hrmG aud her husband be denledtthc
privilege of seeing her again. when
MS request'was refused he asked That
Something like that" be written Ii,
the marriage license docket. That also
'as III scd. Both the mother and
i"thcr CT The girl signed the necessary
;a..sr 10 get the license.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
To Visit School Ericnds.

Miss Nola Mckinney win leave on
irr,y.y .or baltimore where She
will be the guest of former school
friends for u week later joining par.
" who will spend several weeks at
Ocean Grove. near New York City.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

Mrs. Walter Stockley, who had been
the guest OF hor parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
d, &. Galliher In Charleston, has re.
turned to her home in this city. Mrs.
Ssqckley was the guest OF honor al 4
number Of events while in the Capital
City.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

Either your druggist of your nelgl
Dor VIII tell you BARRELS Indian Lin
ment has no equal in the treatment
rheumatism, Neuralgia. Quinse,
spralns and Bruises. 1t acts lik
magic. For sale by all dealers or /
g. q Cary Medicine Co, .Zanesyillc, {,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
BUSY.
Board Of Education is Considering
Bids for Improvements to Be
Made In School Houses.

The Board Of Education for Fair,
mont Independent school district me-
yesterday and today to consider bids
for the improvement TO be made on
Fourth ward school and Virginia ave
nue. school. The bids for Fourth ward
school were considered too high. It
5 likely that new bids will be asked
for. The bids for Virginia avenue
school were some higher than the
board expected but by going over the
natter with the bidders the beard may
1e able TO award the contract,
The preliminary plans for the Sec.
ond ward school have arrived.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
Left Today.

Misses Mary Rletz. Agnes Henry and
Zoe Jollifre left this afternoon on No.
Il for New York where on Thursday
they VIII sail aboard the Cedric" OF
the White Star Line for Liverpool
Eng. They will be chaparoncd by
Miss Katharine TierHey. OF Weston
and Will remain abroad until Septcm.
Der.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

TEs First District Musical Assoc:.,,,
ilcn will be held a, the Downs NJ. Z.
church Sunday, May 10th. 1912.
TH0S. Is. JONES, Pres.
JAS. ~ REESE. Scc'y.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
Observe FIaa Day.

1.-The William Raymond Chapter Of
the Daughters of the American Revol.
titton viii ohserve Flag Day on Friday
Of this week, the injecting 40 hs held
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

Work CUMBERSOME OF unem more
efficient than any you've ever employ.
ed-are reading the want ads those
days! '
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11

at the residence of Mr.. \. j. S,ouc, oil
Quincy street with Mrs. ]. a. Flick,
niger hostess.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
No CIVIL GASES
9]iY IHB TERM
LAWYERS ASK JUDGE mason TO
CONTINUE CIVIL DOCKET TO
LATER; DATE. I4v Ss.t.,t.,

uAAs = lAAt~r-7--=-~-s - -
The members or the Mar;iplr county.
Tar this morning presented to Judge
Mason. a PAPER signed by all, Of the
members oEtbc bar, stating MAT 81
would bcTagrccabies with them ali! to
have no civil cases tried ,ditring this
term ofthe court. r
h Owing to this petition. no civil cases
wl,l likely be tried, and It is very. like
~ that rs pfelal term pf course Will be
called for. 1he hearing OF these cases
after the regular term Of court at
Morgantown. K, ~ n
A number Of the membgrs OF the
bar wish 10 attend the two big Nation:
al conventions. the Republican at CHI
cago, and the Democratic at Bait.
more, aud 1t was with this view In
mind that the petitions vas presented
Court today has been OF the usual
variety, several Lesser cases having
been tried, several pleading not sHil.
ty. and asking for trial.
Visitors have filled the court room
all Gay long. and several members OF
the bar have been present all during
the day. aEs,,.
The corridors OF the upper floor arc
crowded with the Witnesses WHO have
been summoned TO appear before the
grand Jury, and 1t viii likely require
some few days yet before they nave III
been examined and the indictments re
turned.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-11
SENATE AMENDMENT LosT,
House Opposes Repeal Of Canadian
Reciprocity in Metal Tariff Fight

WASHINGTON, b. C.. June II, 81
The House voted yesterday. ia 10 lOl,
not to accept the Senate amendment 10
the metal tariff revision bill which
would repeal the Canadian. reciprocity
pact, and dx.a universal. duty CT Sc a
ton OH print paper. '....,
The House accepted tw2 SouNe
amendments rcduclngithsd sNYzR zig
iron and on certain aHoys.a iftal'ttii
will again 20 10 conference.
Majority Leader Underwood .s;i.
mated TIE reduced duties q. pie lisn
md alloys would resi-; IN q Ia. ing on,
,of approximate.y 100000 In revcnr
which would be taken care OF by atnt
revenue raised by the excise lax bill.
passed by the House and now before
the Senate. yg. u 4 i4ts
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01

THE accounts of Ambassador Leish-
4 mans respondent court costume
OF navy blue with gold braid created
very little stir in Washington. Public
men have ceased to have the old-fash-
toned interest a. the governments
representatives abroad. Few even
keep in mind the names of the con-
stantly shifting procession of diplo-
mats, and it is only when an interna-
tional affair of some proportions arises
that the average senator or congress
man takes the trouble to recall what
particular individual represents the
United States at any particular court.
There was here and there a man
who had something to say of the Incl
dent. The many, however, neither
knew Mr. Leishman nor cared how he
might choose to dress at a court func-
ton. But at the state department,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01
Saw Handle Removed.

slowed away in the bottom OF the box
and not noticed. Each blade is made
with slot in the end that slides into
the slot in the handle. There is
locking device in the handle which
holds the blade as firmly In place as IL
it were there to stay. The convent
ence of this arrangement can readily
be understood, even by those who are
not familiar with tools. and to the
carpenter himself it is godsend He
can carry dozen saw blades. If he
likes. in the space needed for one saw
with the handle fast.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01
$4,000 Miles of Postage Stamps Yeal

to the public and to the postal service
on account of the similarity OF th(
designs of the different denominations
All Of the eleven denominations in use
are Of identical design, except thai
the one-cent bears the head of Frank
lin and the others the head of Wash
ington. There are not sufficient mum
Der of distinctive colors for all the
stamps, making it necessary in the
case of those above the six-cent to-
use different shades of the colors used
in the lower denominations. Thus the
one-cent and the eight-cent are differ
ent shades of green; the three-centl
and fifty-cent different shades of pur-
pie; the five-cent and the fifteen-cent
different shades of blue. In the rapid
handling of mail matter one denemi-
nation is very apt to be mistaken for
another, especially under artificial
light. The first six stamps are OF
sufficiently contrasting colors.
The department is now arranging to
print the remaining five with different
border designs. Further, the first six
will bear the head of Washington.
while the remaining five will bear the
head of Franklin. The one-cent and
two-cent stamps will also be altered to
express the denomination in numerals
instead of in words, thus making them
conform to the other stamps OF the
series.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01
MoNEYED MEN OF LETTERS
Writing for Appreciation, and Dollars,
Really Is Not Such q Bad Pro-
fession, After All.

Writing for living isn't half as
bad a profession as it is held to be by
Robert g. Yard, who has recently pub
lished the confession of a publisher.
in a weekly periodical Mr.. Yard
holds that "our favorite novelist has
to work like the deuce and sell at
least one short story month to aver
age $500 year." Well. it all de-
ponds on who your fayorite novelist
may be. Some OF the best writer's OF
fiction stories insist on calling them
fact stuff. you know The owner OF
the Who's Who ranch In Montana.
who writes serio-comic stun for a
weekly, averages not less than $50 200
a year. Irwin s. Cobb recently gave
up newspaper work to become regu-
lar highbrow, because he can make
SIS, 900 a year easily.
Lincoln Steffens, the original muck
raker, was city editor not so long ago.
Recently he invested $4,000 in the
stock OF a newspaper. 1t isn't likely
that he exhausted his resources.
Charlie Van Loan was reporting the
street car strike In Philadelphia when
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01
Was Not the First to Wear Uniform

where Mr.. Leishman is known, and it
is the daily business of everybody to
know diplomats and be interested in
everything they may chance to be-
doing, there was no surprise at the
navy blue shade of the Leishman uni
form, and the gold braid caused no
shudders to run down any official
spine for fear that the ambassador
would be recalled by his government
or censured by a resolution by con-
gress.
On all sides officials were fortified
with presidents for wearing various
sorts of clothes at state functions
abroad. Mr.. Breckenridge, who, in
Arkansas, wore homespun trousers,
put on white silk stockings and knee
breaches at the coronation of the car
and got along very well at that ex-
cept for the snickering of the ladies
at the attenuated condition Of the
calves. Theodore Runyan,
who at one time held some sort OF a
commission in the New Jersey mi.
litia that gave warrant for a uniform.
served his country as minister to Ger
many during the last Cleveland adj
ministration, and put that old militia
uniform on and wore it to a court
reception with great success.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01

knocked at the door and received no
response. When the bell rang a sec
ond time he called upon Mr.. Adee's
secretary to witness the fact that he
had knocked again for entrance, but
had not been received.
After one or two rings on the mes
senger call, which sounded like
small-sized fire alarm, Mr.. Adee
placed his finger on the button and
kept it there. The result was conster-
nation all over the state department.
Poundings and kicks on the secre-
tary's door brought no response and
fears began to grow that he was seri-
ously i'll. In the end the combined
office force had to break the door off
its hinges and Mr. Adee was found
sitting at his desk, angry and tindig-
nant that his calls had not been an
swered. The secret of the situation
was that Mr.. Adee had forgotten about
the new lock and an impairment of
his hearing had prevented him from
answering the repeated knocking at
his door.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01
TO PRINT BOOKS ON NICKEL
Idea of Edison's Would Largely Do
Away With the Present Rapid
Destruction of the Forests.

Nickel as a substitute for paper is
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison's solution of
the problem of disappearing forests,
and the consequent increase Of the
price of the raw material of books.
The idea viii doubtless warm the
hearts of the novelist and the biog-
rapher-more especially the auto
biographer-for the prospect of pre-
serving their Iabors on imperishable
leaves of metal is undoubtedly fasci
mating to those who thirst for literary
immortality The nickel tones of the
Edison library age may cause the flu
ture trustees of the British Museum
some anxious hours as they face the
problem of overweighted shelves, but
to the publicist it may we'll be hailed
with pure delight The new SUBJ
stance will rival India paper in its
thinness. and for cheapness. tough
ness and fexibility it is said will be
superior to the present paper where
of the multitude of books are made.
Nickel sheets, it is claimed. can be
made so amazingly thin as to take
10000 of them TO equal the thickness
of an inch.
These sheets-as we'll as sheets OF
steel and copper-can be made by the
great inventor TO absorb printers ink.
though the ink may have to be OF
somewhat different ingredients, al
though the present ink makes a per-
fectly good impression on nickel. THE
same shades and colors," he says.
"can be brought out on nickel as are
now brought out on dne calendared
paper. The cost of manufacture on a
small scale is SIZE pound, but be-
lieve this could be reduced to ST
were the nickel sheets manufactured
in rolls and large quantities. The
operation is performed by electroly.
sis. and the process is absolutely acs
curate.
The electrical eurren. deposits on
prepared base one twenty -thousandrh
of an inch of nickel in a minute and
a half. No more or no less is deposit
ed. because it is governed by chem,
icaI law. On account ef the extreme
thinness OF the nickel sheets" he
adds. Il hardly believe they would
serve as substitute fer the paper
on which newspapers are printed"
The solution of the newspaper dim
Guilty, however. he considers Is to be
found in the discovery of substi-
tute for carbon ink. by which old pa
pers could be put through the paper
mills, re-made. and bleaehed. So long
as carbon ink is used this will be I'M
possible. because the ink will not
come out in bleaching.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01

VIZ ASHINGTON.-If all the postage
w stamps issued by the United
States government during the last ifs
cal year We're collected and laid end
to end they would form a chain over
$4,000 miles long, stretching three
fourths around the world, or from
New York to the Philippines and back.
The number was 10,O61, 439.76S, with
a representing face value of $1S0,957,-
$50.
OF the whole number 5,130,249, 018
were two-cent stamps and 3,798, 961 ,O39
were one-cent. Only one thirty-cent
stamp was issued.
The American postage stamp is now
serving it's sixty-sixth year, the first
issue having been placed on sale July
1, 1847; the total issued during that
year was S60,3SO. Prepayment OF
postage did not become compulsory
until 1856.
The postage stamps of the current
issue have given considerable trouble
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-01

an i6ea for short story came TO him.
He wrote it and sold 1t between rtosE.
1t was his first story, but at the end
OF the year following he had Melted
about $4,000 for baseball fiction.
Robert w Chambers. who Is as
"favorite" an author as there Is in
the United States. probably makes
$4,000 year. David Graham Phil
lips before his death cleaned up an
average of not less than S25.O00.
George Randolph Chester. tho Cinctn-
NATHAN, certainly makes $3.50 year.
That is most conservative estimate.
1t would not be hard to pick out a
score of short-story writer's who aver
age not less than $4,000 annually.
One young man of my acquaintance
works not more than one week In
three and averages $3.50 month. An
other has done his 500 weekly for
five years
They are representative of large
class of writer's, who sell fiction to
the lesser magazines and depend on
quantity of output for their income.
AS Mr.. Yard admits, the moment they
make a lucky specialization or dram
atiZation their income runs into ailur-
ing figures. One newspaper man