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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-08

Ben z. Rich, referred 10 above, is
the Mormon elder that. debated one
week with Elder A. A. Bunner In the
county court room last March on the
proposition that Jesus Christ was the
last prophet OF God and that the New
Testiment is a sufficient guide unto
salvation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-08

salad. There Is a good deal Of aliper>
fluous Longing done Ia the boudoif,
l'$Ithsthe result that some men hardly
advertisement homes 9sIihoae limiting
itheowIfe oFslheIr bosom iidinefaeg 4 d 4
thread:sHkawf6ppe ana d ff5gell which
throws offshiofe spice tllsfi i kiIchen.
cabinet. The .bbadolr was iifsente BY
Louis XVI, wh6 was given 10 lying
around in an ernfie bath robe and
feeding gum drops to his lady friends,
while the AFFAIRS Of State were looked.
after by the master at afuiR d The
ropal livery barn.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-08

The matter of accomplishing things
would have no difficulties. worthy OF
the name, II ONE publication OF want
ad ALWAYS brought what you want.
ed = A ltEt "a n.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-08
PROGRAMME
FOR BAUER RECITAL TO BE
HELD THIS EVENING AT THE
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Mr.. Harold Bauer, the world famed
pianist who gives n recital at the
Grand Opera House this evening. will
arrive in the city today. He will be
n guest at the home OF DR.. and Mrs.
N. D. Christie. on Locust avenue,
while In Fairmont.
The seat sale which opened yester.
day at ChrIstie's drug store was very
Irlattering and large house is assured
the artist. A Mason and Hamlin
piano will be used. The instrument
was shipped here from Cleveland.
The programme will open promptly
at 1915 o'clock. and no one will be I'D.
mItted during the rendition OF nun.
Der. The programmed as been All.
nounced as follows:
l. Beethoven-sonata AppassIonata
Allegro motto
Andante con Variazlone
2. Scenes from Childhood.
From foreign. lands
Funny story
Blindman's Bluff
Entreatlng child
Perfect happiness
Important event
Dreaming j.
AT the fireslde
On: the rocklns.horse
Almost too serious
Frightening !$r-tt ..
Child falling asleep
Thehoet speaks q Gt
Liszt-Etude IN D. Dat So.
3. Chopin stufne ilH
: Schr4lo IN q harm Manor q
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4. schubert-ImpromptasI In A Nat
saint.saens-Waltz Study. v
The Monday Evening Muslc Club
under whose auspices Mr.. Bauer is
brought to iFairmont is composed OF
Mrs! NJ. D. Christie. Mrs. u. E. Wat.
son, Mrs. H. G. Stoetzer, Mrs. Glen
Greer, Miss,SMary Christie. Prof. o. /.
Woodley. Profit E. I, Mercer. Rev. NJ.
n. Barns, Mr., z. Re- Parker, Mr.. s. NJ.
Eccles.
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Presidential Contest to Date.
-(Contlnued.)

Presidential Contest to Date.
=tcontInued.)
Serpent"
"Ignoramus."
"lmperialist."
"Puerile Panderer." aa
"SensatIonalIst." -
"old Fogy." --.,..--,i.
"Egotist,"
"Tadpole." .s
Confidence Man."
"Toadler 10 the TrustsHnn! sh'r.
"Falsifled." slyaa,f 50
.contentment. f0i g&os
When observe the bitterness 90, '
And note the many darksome tricks
And how the festive campaign lie,
Is fastened on man and stloks:;
When look on and see the llght,;.E
1t is not my desire TO mix.'gs Grls
I'm quite content with what I've got
I'm glad I'm not in politics. 44g1s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07

steam launch at the wharf near
the shops and are coon out in mid
channel. VIC are on the only part OF
the canal which Is actually com
nletcd, or, &c Mr. Comber says. the
only ali-wool, yard-wide cana! that
we now have. The dredging opposite
where we start Is all done, and this
lie go Of grcat part OF the channel
from here to the locks at SIiratores
FROM those locks out to the sea the
canal la nine mfleE in length. II Is
500 feet wide Mt the bottom and for
the greater part OF the way T60 feet
wide at the top. It is now only about
thirty feet deep for the stretch which
runs from the wharf 20 the locks; but
that running out TO the Pacific IS
forty-nve feet deep and is as wide as
good-s!zed river
II Looks Like the Jordan.
Tho canal here is lined with low
forest-clad hills. which rise on each
side OF It Thousand fee, or more
back from the shore. The banks and
this thousand -odd feet are covered
with thick vegetation, consisting Of
plants which will live in salt water.
They are mostly mangroves, and am
told they will die IL they cannot be
fed by the sea, They are for the
most part bushes ten or twelve feet
In height, and they look JUST like the
vegetation which covers tho valley OF
the Jordan opposite Jericho and the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07

tons. 1t VIII be the Gibraltar OF this
end of the canal. and will be honey
combed with batteries. Upon its top
Will be fourteen and slxteen-inch guns
gums as long or longer than pas
songer car. and SO big that they will
carry steel projectiles as largo around
es flour barrel. Ono of those guns
VIII send Its great masses of steel
Tor twelve miles or more at n shot
and any vessel within that radius
couic pe sunk by II. Tho batteries
VIII be, should say, nine or ten
rASs out from the nearest masonry
es the canal mean the locks at
Miraflores-and they will certainly be
most efficient defenses for this part OF
the work. The engineers ara now
making these Qualifications. Tho plans
have all been prepared, and before
tho canal Is completed they will be
well under way.
The Lights of the Canal.
As we turn, our steam launch to
go back to tho wharf VIC pass the
light-keepcr He is IN n little skiff
and is making for that rcd buoy which
lies perhaps quarter OF mile from
the Island of Eaos and an equal dis
lance from the breakwater II you
VIII look you can sec other buoys at
intervals hobhinG their red heads upon
the water all the way into the shore
and, turning, see a similar line OF
black buoys on the opposite sde OF
the channel. The light-keeper 1:
lighting these buoye. Tho canal is Ia
be kept open both night and day, md
the buoys will be always alight after
, dark.
Farther inland along the shores OF
the canal we can sec the light towers
or lighthouses which will mark the
limo Of the canal oil the way through.
They have now been built on both
sides OF this end OF IT. They are made
of concrete. SO that they look like
stone, and are artistic. They are from
thirty to eeventyfour feet in height,
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alkaline soil running from there down
TO the Dead Sea.
Riding UP the canal we seem to be
going through river in from the
ocean. The scenery is beautiful. and
the water, which is sal, mixed slight
ly with the inflow from the Rio
Grandc. is that OF the Pacific Ocean.
our launch takes US UP the canal
until we are stopped by dam OF
Culebra spoil and the mud from the
dredges which is now being built
across the channel. Were II not for
this dam We could go clear to the
first locke. and Mr.. CoInber tells us
that he could within few months
open the canal for ordinary ships to
that point
There are but few vessels which sail
the Pacific which are over thirty feet
deep, but this canal will be forty-five
feet in depth ali the way TO the locks,
and mighty dredges are still working.
What they are doing Will tell farther
OF.
/, has been found however, that
there are certain kinds OF excavation
which can be done cheaper and better
In the dry than In the wet For thi.
reason is the dam which Is now ris-
ing before us. Tho water will be kept
out and the great steam shovels and
other machinery will deepen that part
OF the channel and then the dam Will
be razed and the Pacific Will now to
the locks. The completing Of this
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like bins. The Culebra came with It's
own steam all the way from Chesa-
peake Bay into the Pacific through
the Straits OF Magellan. and tho Anoon,
the Atlantic suction dredge. steamed
down from Norfolk in the Same way.
As to the work of theae& dredges
In her first ten months tho Culebra
sucked almost 100000 cubic yards
out Of the ocean and tho Ancon did
even better. Four million cubic yards
would be enough TO make a mighty
prism 500 feet square and higher
than the Eiffel Tower at Paris. The
base OF that prism would cover 10000
square feet, almost three-fourths OF
an acre. and It would be solid all
the way to the top. which would reach
twice as high Us that of the Washing
ton Monument. Multiply that by two
and you Will see what these two
dredges did in ten months.
Among tho other dredges we see as
We go on are some brought in BY the
French. They lay for twenty years in
the mud. but Uncle Sam has cleaned
them up and they are doing noble
work to-day.
The Sand of tho Works.
AS one of tho French machines is
pointed out to us, Dir. Comber tells
me that French dredge is now talk
Ing OUT all the sand needed for the
concrete work on the Pacific division.
There Is no good sand on the isthmus
propert, but about twenty-five miles
from here up the coast the engineers
have discovered bed OF almost pure
silicon. 1t Is white sand, which Is
easily dredged and which Is being
brought down In barges. Already more
than million cubic yards OF 1t have
been used. and this has all been
gouged out by the French machinery.
Entering the Canal From the Pacific.
But we are now we'll out In the
canal. where the ships will steam in
from the Pacific Ocean. What beau
tiful entrance! The sea here Is
spotted with islands, which stand like
sentinels guarding Uncle sams mighty
construction. They are covered with
green, and they rise out OF a vast
silvery eXpnnse. which under the sun
is now sparkling like diamonds. There
are three islands Just beyond tho
breakwater, which ends at the Island
OF Naos. The largest of those Ia
Flamenco. 1t is about three -fifths the
height OF the Washington Monument,
+. but Its head Is now being cut Oft and
a great road has been made up the
side through the green. That will be
the site Of one of our chief fortified
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and are equipped with acetylene inS
such way that they will burn for
six months without charging.
Joshua outdone.
Each OF these towers rs automatic,
as far as turning on and turning OFF
the light is concerned. 1t was Joshua,
the prophet, who Commanded the sum
to stand still. and It did So" 1t re-
manned for our own Uncle Sam to har-
hess the sun and make him strike his
matches to light up the canal IT ~
the sun which turns on and turns Off
the light. This liz done by series
OF valves which are no affected by.
the heat that the light goes almost
out when the sun rises and comes on
full when it scts. AS the sun comes
up the blazing flame wrinkles down
to that Of a cigar lighter. to remain
there until the mighty slave of tina
lamp has gone to bed, when 1t comes
out again In full splendor TO take
his pince. Tho light used Will be a,
twinkling one. which can be easily
distinguished from all others.
Copyright, 1912. by Frank C. Car
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02
MCKENZIE NOTES.

Miss Maud Barker is convalescent.
Mrs. Charity Rogers is able to be
up again after two weeks illness.
Mr.. Robert Rogers is also quite sick.
Mrs. John Patterson is able to be
up again. Mrs. Elmo Gilbert is still
quite sick. We are glad to see Mrs
Aaron Alexander up again. Mrs.
Ike Manley is convaescent. Miss
Gertie Virgins died at her home
Wednesday. The remains were laid
to rest Thursday, January 25th. Serv-
ices were held at Enon Baptist
Church, Rev. H. c. Swayne oficiat-
ing, She was a kind and affection
ate sister and daughter, and will he
missed greatly by a host of friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Herley Nolan enter
tanned quite a number of friends at
their home Sunday evening with a
delightful dinner, which was the eel
ebration of their sixth wedding an
niversary, The. guests present were:
Mrs. Eta Dinwiddie, Mrs. Lusie
Rogers, Mrs Mary Thomas, Mrs. Han
nah Mills, Mrs. Homer Dixon Mrs.
Fannie Gregory, Mrs. Charlotte Rog-
ers, Miss Erie Nolan, Messrs Char
ley Rogers, Dave Johnson, Jas. Din
widdie, Sam Nolan, Lorenza John
son.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02
PERRYvlLLE NOTES

Sunday was quite a rainy day here.
Rev. r. L. Digs, pastor of the Bap-
fist Church, preached Sunday night,
his text being a masterpiece. Mrs.
M. j. Haley, of Parsons, visited
friends and relatives here last week.
Mrs. Anna Clay, Of Parsons, came
riday to attend the bedside of her
grandmother, Mrs Martha Haley,
who is i'll with hemorrhages. Mr..
Bill Davis, Of Clifton, spent from Sat
urday to Monday in our town. Robt.
the little eight-year-old boy of Mr..
and Mrs John Pettigrew, got his leg
broken Saturday. Mr.. w. A. Petit
grew called to see him Sunday and
says he's doing as well as could be
expected Mrs. Amanda Cary re-
turned home Wednesday from Cliff.
ton. Mrs. Cary has many friends
here who are always pleased to see
her return. She was accompanied by
her daughter, Minnie, who entered
school Friday. Miss E. G. Yarbro
spent last Wednesday night with two
of her pupils, Misses Nonla and Gilne
Pettigrew Miss Coma Mcdonald is
having chills again. Masters Morton
and Stanley White entered school
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02
BENNINGTON Morris.

Mr.. Murphy and Miss Vasthi Nc.
Claim were quietly married a few
days ago. The bride is one of Farm
ington's best young women The
groom is prosperous farmer of Va
roma, Tenn. Master Shelah Dowell,
who has been at home for week on
account of sickness, will leave again
in few days to take up his studies
in Turner Normal College. Mrs. A.
j. Reasonover has returned home
from Shelbyville Mrs. Ephriam
Dryden has returned home from Ala
bama, where she has been visiting
relatives. She reports very pleas
ant trip. Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Dowell
were the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
M. Harvey Sunday. A nice dinner
was served and the evening was pleas
antly spent. Mrs. Will Holt met
with a painful but not serious acct
dent Saturday, the result of a sprain-
ed ankle. Rev. and Mrs. r. A. Dowell
have returned home after an absence
of several days visiting relatives and
friends at Alexandria, Cherry Val
ley, Nashville and Shelbyville. They
report a pleasant trip. Miss Hattie
Rainey, who has been indisposed for
several weeks with rheumatism, is
out again. The members of Simpson
Chapel M. E. Church are preparing
for their second quarterly confer
ence, which will be held the first Sun.
day. Mrs. G. P. Boren has purchased
beautiful $135 organ.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02
MEMPHIS BANK ELECTS DIREc-
TORS.

Memphis, Tenn.-The regular
stockholders meeting of the Solvent
Savings Bank and Trust Company
was held in the rooms of the Bank
last week 1t was by far the largest
and most profitable stockholders meet
ing ever held The Cashier ofthe Bank,
Mr.. Harry H. Pace, is a man of much
prominence. He is the Grand Elk
allied Ruler of the Independent Be
nevolent Protective Order Elks of the
World, and submitted a report that
showed that this institution with liza
bilities and resources of $149, 1908
had by careful management made the
most remarkable progress. AT the
stockholders meeting the following
directors were elected: r. r. Church,
T. H. Haynes, j. w. Sanford, D. W.
Washington, ]. T. Settle, A. l..
Thompson, G. A. Terrell, R. G. Mar
tin, Fl. A. Boyd, D. P. Saunders, j..
B. Willis, H. A. Anderson, r. r..
Church, Jr, H. C. Ellison, T. o. rull-
err, E. W. Irving, j. C. Martin, A. E.
Clouston, L. c. Moore, B. M. Roody,
W. A. Locke, G. P. Hamilton, H. H.
Pace, F. w. Nelson, George Bran
and Edward r. Kirk.
Immediately after the directors
were elected and the stockholders
meeting adjourned, the directors
elected the following officials for the
ensuing year: President, ]. c. Martin;
Vice President, ]. W. Sanford; Vice
President, T. H. Hayes; Cashier, H.
H. Pace; Attorney, ]. T. Settle; AS
sitant Cashier, B. M. Roddy.
One of the newly elected directors
of the bank, in the person of H. A.
Boyd is the only out of town member
but he is so well known in Memphis
and is in the city so often that it will
work no inconvenience to the Board.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02
WILLIAMsPoRr NOTES.

Mr.. Charles Webster, Sr., returned
home last Tuesday from st. Louis,
Mo, where he spent six weeks or
more, visiting relatives and friends.
He reports quite a nice time. Mrs.
Mary j. Campbell, of Nashville. Is
here visiting her brother, Mr.. John
Kinzer. Mr.. and Mrs. Burl Russell
entertained the Missionary Society
last Thursday afternoon. The Society
was addressed by Rev. N. Smith, af-
ter which an ice-course was served.
The Literary Society favored us last
Wednesday night with a debate, sub
tect "Woman's Rights" Affirmative,
Messrs. l. G. Crow and H. G. Will
liams; negative, Messrs. T. B. Cros-
by and Willis Thompson. After the
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02

ing. Mr.. w. NJ. Hatchett is able to
be in his shop again. Mr.. Hatchett
made a flying trip to Chattanooga last
week. Miss Pearl Lovelady has re-
turned home from South Pittsburg.
Mrs. Lu Anna Hill is on the sick list
this week, Dr. Astrapp visited her
Saturday Mr. C. c. Johnson and
Miss Matte Malone were quietly mar
ried Saturday night. Mrs. Sam May
and Miss Addie Boyd were married
Sunday, January 21st. Mr.. James
Hill and Ed. Thompson were in
Chattanooga last week. Miss Make
Orr, who has been here for some
time, has returned to her home in
Chattanooga. We have had pretty
weather for the past week here. Mr.
Emmett Hill is indisposed this week.
Mr.. Ed Thompson is indsposed this
week. Miss Elnora Hill is still on the
sick list. The subject for discus.
sion at the meeting of the Literary
Society Friday night, February 2, is
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02
SHELBYvILLE NOTES.

A beautiful wedding took place in
our town last Thursday evening at
the residence of Rev. ]. H. Hillsman
The bride was Miss Sadie Hillsman
enc of Shelbyville's most popular
young ladies, and the groom was Mr.
Clarence Campbell, of Nashville
There were many handsome and use.
full bridal presents. The couple left
for Nashville the same day, where
he has position at the National Bap.
fist Publishing House. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Raleigh
Scot, of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rev. G. w. Porter, pastor of the A.
M. E. Church, at Columbia, was a
visitor out to Turner Normal Col
lege one day this week, where his
daughter, Miss Leila, is engaged as a
teacher. He made an excellent ad
dress to the students and recited sew
eral selections of poetry of his own
composition. The selections were re-
ceived with the greatest delight by
the students. DR.. ]. A. Jones, the
president, In introducing DR.. Porter
ShhA dSlCl lHOu nllu db Ouc VI LIE ulOSl
gifted poets of the race. His produc
ton, "a Dream" which was a proph
ecy on the future of Turner Normal
College, was received with the wild
est enthusiasm by the audience. The
students will not soon forget the visit
of DR.. Porter. A Leap Year Party
was given at the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church on the Both. The church is
progressing admirably under the pas
torate Of Rev. Scott. Mr.. Emmitt and
Miss Unice Campbell, of Turner Col
lege, spent couple of days last week
at home, near Flat Creek The latest
addition to the ranks at Turnei Col
lege is Miss Claude Rice, recently
returned from Memphis. The drama
Queen Esther" given by the students
OF Turner, promises to be one of the
grandest entertainments ever pulled
off in this town 1t will take place
some time in this month. Turner Col
lege can boast of two stenographers
among the members of the faculty in
the persons of Prof R. P. Purdy and
Miss Madge c.. Boddie. Both have
just completed a course in shorthand
and are now prepared to do gooC
work
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02
HoRTENsE NOTES.

There was an entertainment given
here Saturday night with much sue
cess. Mr.. James Fort and family, Of
Robertson County, moved here Satur-
day night, accompanied by Mrs.
Finch, of Evansville, Ind, who is Wis
iting Mrs. Fort. Mr.. G. H. Dickerson
left here Thursday en- route to Evans
vile, Ind. Miss Mamie Lawrence, OF
Vanleer, Tenn, is here visiting Mrs.
L. B. Pennington. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
L. Polk, of Charlotte, Tenn, are here
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. jim Bartlett.
Mr.. G. H. Gatewoods, who has been
on the sick list for several weeks, is
now improving. Uncle Albert Bell,
who is over a hundred years old and
has been blind for several months,
is now on the sick list. Our Sunday.
school here is still alive. Miss Min.
ME Hibbett and Mrs. Mary Washing
ton were the guests of Miss M. v
Dickerson Sunday.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-02-02
WHiTEVILLE NOTES.


Mrs. Fannie Nicely is still improv-
ing from an attack of lagrippe. Mrs.
Julia Wilson, of Bolivar, who has
been here keeping house and wait
ing on her sister, returned home Mon
day. DR.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Hoover
spent last Thursday in Whiteyille
with DR. and Mrs. Shelton. DR.
Hoover was here in consultation with
DR.. Shelton. Mrs. Cassie Price,
from near Bolivar, is here with her
sister, Mrs. Dora Price, who is a
victim of lagrippe, but is improving
since her sister has been with her.
Mrs. Ida Harris has been indisposed.
Mr.. Henry Shepherd made a flying
trip to Jackson on business. Rev.
w. H. Daniel led by the beautiful
weather Friday and Saturday, came
to his charge, but these roads are
bad for the people to drive very far
10 preaching. DR.. and Mrs. Shelton
made a short visit to Mrs. Shelton's
father and brothers Saturday morn
ing. Mr.. Joe Harris is planning to
visit his brother, Calvin Harris, of
Jackson, who is very sick. Miss
Velma Allen, who was teaching the
Sandy Hill school, near Middleton,
was taken i'll and came home Tues
day Her sister, Miss Gazella, has
gone to take charge of her work
Mrs. Chariot Parks was the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. e. Irby, last
Friday. Mrs. Jake Peters, the hair
dresser, is doing good work here.
Mr.. Henry Mitchell plans going after
his mother, Mrs. Catherine Mitchell
who is at Henderson with her daugh'
ter, Mrs. Rodgers, this week. Mrs
Mitchell has been with her daughter
several months.