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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20

sheriff TO inquire OF every person who
IS using cigarettes unlawfuily as 10
where he obtained the same. and Il
the person refuses to give the desired
information .he must be arrested and
fined. III the unlawful user gives the
information he is released and 1t is
the duty OF the officer to arrest, the
person who sold the cigarettes. ON.
GERS are subject 10 fines II they fail
to do their duty as specified in the
law.
The sist OF tnis section OF the law
follows:
1t shall he the duty of every CON
stable. policeman. sheriff and deputy.
when any person is selling. giving
away or smoking cigarettes unlawfuily
70 Immediately inquire OF such PEI.
son where and of whom he obtained
such cigarette or cigarette paper. On
tailnre TO give such desired inforn,a.
ton the smoker must be arrested and
taken before Il justice, or other off.
scr having jurisdiction. 10 be dealt
with according 10 law. The prosecni.
ing attorney shall have all Offenders
and Witnesses summoned before tho
grand jury. etc.
Officers may be fined for not doing
their duty.
Smoking cigarettes on public school
grounds or in buildings. is forbidden
and fine of $500 will be exacted fer
each offcnsc.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
ROYAL ARCaNUM.

Thanks 10 the untiring efforts Of
State Deputy Harry Kemp. and the as
sistaRce Of Chapter No. 9SG Of the
Royal ArcaTum. Fairmoni. quite Il
large class of applications for mem.
ncrship have been passed upon and
these gentlemen viii be initiated into
the order at the regular meeting
Wednesday evening. May 2lst. in thei!
hall in the Fleming building in Main
street.
After the exercises banquet Will
lie given by the older members in hon.
81 Of the entrance OF the new class.
4 fine time is in store for those Who
viii be present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
CIGARETTE LAW
TAXES EFFECT
PROHIBITS THE
( GIVING OF CIGARETTES TO
MINORS.

Tomorrow the Gray cigarette law,
which was passed al the recent ses.
sion OF the West Virginia Legislature.
will become effective. Local dealers
who handle cigarettes have posted
signs In their places OF business. and
are taking the utmost precaution
against violations of the act which Is
technical in the extreme and easily
violated: Constabies. officers and jus
tees will esgreatly bothered as vic
lations will probably be very frequent,
as many people will only learn the
nteaning OF the law after they have
been prosecuted. This will perhaps
more particularly apply 10 foreigners.
{ The Gray cigarette law makes 1t NJ.
lawful for anyone TO sell or offer Cor
sale or to give away cigarettes or Gig,
arctic papers of any sort to any per.
son under q years of age. And pipes
must not be given away or sold to am
PERSON under 16 years OF age Any
person who is guilty of breaking any
OF these provisions Of the law shall
upon conviction be fined not less than
sg5.
AZ this were the only provision o.
the law things might go as they have
during past years under the law that
makes 1t unlawful to sell cigarettes 20
any person under i6 years of age but
another provision of the law makes
the unlawful user of the cigarette
equally liable. This paragraph in brief
is as follows
1t will be unlawful for any person
nnder 81 years OF age TO smoke or
have about his or her person or prem.
ises any cigarette or cigarette papers
Fine $500, but a boy may have his
fine RENTED II he tells who furnished
him with cigarettes, and the one who
furnished him will be fined $2a.
Again there is provision in the law
which makes il the duty OF every 20.
ltceman, constable. sheriff and deputy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
CUT TO PIECES.

GRAFTON - The body OF Gilbert
Pun, carpenter, residing in the cas-,
END OF Grafton. was found cut TO pieces
along the railroad track at Hiora
twenty miles east of Grafton. The
cause Of the accident is unknown. but
lie left Grafton OIL the evening trail,
and is thought TO have gone 10 Tup.
Melton and started TO walk back 70
Newbmrs. over the railroad track am!
vas run down by a freight. He is sur.
'lved by Il wife and five small children.
one OF whom is only few days old.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
SERIOUS CHARGE.

MlDDl.EBOtRNE - Rev. William
Lister, pasior of the NJ. L. church. Cen.
treriile charge. was found guilty OF i'm.
prudent conduct and conduct unbecom.
ing minister and Christian gentle.
wan. by 4 committee composed OF Dis
tact Superintendent Miller and Rev
Archibald Moore. Parkcrsburg: Rev.
Daniel Wes;iall. business manager
Pittsburgh Christian Advocate: Roy,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20

Paold fever al his home here.
s. W. Harden was business visitor
a. Fairmont Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cox and daugh
ter, Reubena. OF Heights. we're visiting
the formers parents here Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Della Radcliffe was calling Of
Miss Bnrsel Frederick; Saturday even
inE.
Mr. and Mrs. Il. T. Harden and tive
children. Dent and Mary, were visit
Ing at Clyde Kisner's Sunday.
John Ed. Kisner is quite indisposed
1T this writing.
Mrs. J. W. Brown and Mrs. GeorS;
Harris were calling OF Mrs. f:iizabeti
summers Sunday afternoon.
Bert Nangilder spent Saturday nigh
and Sunday in FaFmeni.
ISABEL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
WEST VIRGINIA PATENTS.

As reported by II. +. Dunlap. paterI
lawyer. of Wheeling. W. Va. the pa,.
mt Office records show the recent is
sue Of the following patents 10 West
Virginia inventors: Herbert S. shy,
der. Failvicw. and Il. Metz. Metz. cable
splice; Dennis W. and r. Il. Daley,
Farkersburg. hot-water system: Chas
e, Iicyder. Hansford, electric heater,
and French Nestor E!Ikins. cooking
rtCnsil.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
State NEWS
PROMINENT MAN DEAD.

cLARKSBGRG - Charles II. Kidd.
aged 60 years. better known 10 local
PEOPLE as lack" Kidd. is dead at his
home in Maple avenue at Point Com.
tort after long illness. The immed:.
81" cause of Mr.. Kidd's death was
pneumonia and heart trouble. but he
had suffered for the last twelve years
with rheumatism and had been unable
To- do any work in that time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20

HUNTlNGToN-The body OF an In.
FAINT was found hidden under barn IL
West Huntington on Sunday. and I
cCron"r's investigation resulted in the
fndfns that the baby had been choltcd
t" death. The police gained clue
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
CATAW sA NEWS.

We will again send in our little bud.
set OF news after Il few weeks alb.
sCnce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Michael and sou,
Willie. were Fairmont visitors Satur.
day.
Those who were visiting al f.. Il
Summers Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs.
Erice Huffman. MIR. and Mrs. VIII SIM.
Ters and children. Mr.. and Mrs. GUY
Srarn and children.
Miss June Radcliffe is nursing Law.
renee Polling who is very III with ~.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
TO ERECT BUILDING.

GitAFTON-Mr. p. J. f1onavin. rep,
leSentng W. Fl. Fissell and Company.
D! New York City. who have the cor.
tract 70" the fine new postotticc BALD.
Ing. arrived this morning. and spent
the day in conference with many Of
The local contractors and dealers In
building material, The work will h.
started on the structure next week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
novld l. Evans 10 l.. T. Feaster,

David l.. Evans 10 l.. T. Feaster, :
parcel of land in the Ridgely Add.
ton to the City OF Fairmont; consid'
Grafton, 81 and other valuable consid
Grafton.
VI. W. Ogden and wife to Grover
Spragg, n parcel of land in the Gra-
ham Addition to the City OF Fair
mont: consideration, 800.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
FISHERMAN DROWNED.

HUNTINGTON - While fishing IN
the Ohio river, Worth Rardin. - years
old. fell from his boat and was drown.
cd.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
FEW COME FOR
A SECOND TERM
PERCENTAGE OF SECOND TERM.
Frs AT STATE PRISON is VERY
SMALL.

Hundreds of new men are received
n the Stale penitentiarv everv
month. but the percentage or second
termers. or men who have once sorry.
ed a sentence. behind the bIc walls 10
very small. The work of ascerto in.
ing the exact percentage wouId 20.
uuire days Of hard work Among tho
records of the prison. bu /, is suf,
flee 10 say that but from ,hree IN
five out of n hundred DISCHARGED ,r,
received again.
While the men are tre,ted IN ,ho
most humane manner in the hig no,o1
Institution during their STAY and II
IS q known fact Tim, they saro he,,a,
end have better conditions ahout them
than in their homes, the conrinemen,
Is too great and tho call or tho omar
appeals TO the heart of every whole
souled healthy prIsonor forced n ,;vo
behind the bars for - sneciood ,or.,,,
NJ tiua nc , no,o,,,, CO.. ,,,o,o.,.
laws Of the State.
onIy One Second 7.ru Nj,
But very few socond ,srmer, have
been received during ,be ,os, ,on,
months. and IN ,ho preo, ,r,nho, .,
ceived a1reodv This month h,, ono
was ever in tho nrlsor hororo rho
habiruai criminal low or v.o., W.
c;uf, sattiu. forth tho, nrt-o,.u
convicted and septorcod n .ho non,
Tertiary three ,imos sh,u son,a ~.
remainder Of ais ,,co !, ,,a,i,,a,,,,,,,.
Is believed n hove so,,o ;n,,,,.,".
over tho mn, altar ,h., o., ,,,a.,,...-
ed huf the ,bor.h, =, oo,,,no,nr''.
even ror n sbor, ,ima .,, ,aaamo..,a.,
If rho mighty ro,o, -, ,ha as., =.
tho law M ,ha nro, ,o,. -"
r,avs n bir ror, l., ,n,,,aaa,a" ' ~.
men IN wall, tho s,r,irh, on, -.
ns,hwov ror tho ron,ainaa, " ~ "" ,,,,
DAYS
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20
Administrator Appointed.

A. L. Curry was appointed admin
istrator of the personal estate Of the
late E. C. Gilpin. Bond of $4,000 was
given.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-20

from laundry marks on the clothing
but no arrests have been made.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
Curious Discovery in Egypt.

From farther north in Africa
comes news of history that was in
the making $500 years before the
birth of Christ. The date may con-
flict with Scriptural chronology, but
when archaeologists start out with
their spades they are no respecters
of tradition. Among the latest finds
at Memphis, Tarkhan and Riggeh
are an ass head, many gems and a
large stone tomb in which there was
evidence that a thief had entered
with the intention of carrying away
the valuables it contained. He must
have crawled in by a small hole, still
to be seen, and then was over
whelmed by the collapse of the sepul-
cher. His crushed skeleton was dis
covered lying on that of the man
whose grave he went to rob. Much
more recent, but remarkable as proof
that archaeology sometimes profits
from war, are the discoveries made
in Libya since the Italian occupation.
Within the past few weeks there
have been unearthed the remains of
an ancient Christian cemetery of
about 451, large mosaic of the An
TONNE age, a semi-circular Roman
basin and several coins of Septimus
Severus and of Constantine the
Great. At Lebda, the soldiers, while
digging trenches, unearthed a statue
of Cybele with the signs of the 70
diac on her tunic, while at Benghazi
three Roman statues were the anti
quarian harvest.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
DULL SUMMER IN STOCK MAR
KET.

With some exceptional days of
high speed, the past two months
have been period of exceptional
dullness in the speculative markets.
New York stock exchange seats have
been at the lowest figure for years.
There will always be stock eX-
changes and speculation performs a
necessary function. But a few cob
webs can grow over the ticker occa-
sionally without any interest being
the loser.
A legitimate broker, who buys for
clients, investment, and sells by act
nal tarnsfer, performs a public SER
vice. A certain amount of specula-
tion is useful, as it helps regulate
prices. But there is a great gang of
floor traders and hangers on about
the blackboards that produce moth
ing more valuable to the community
than the bookmakers at the horse
race.
A dull summer may tend to make
some of these camp followers go to
work. But the lure of the ticker
gets into the blood. They'll all be
back on the next million share day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
History in the Making

to keep down the general level of our
taxes is seen on turning to France,
where the government is constantly
seeking out new means of raising
money from the masses. French
taxes are phenomenally high, and it
is a curious fact that they are grow
ing by what they feed on. Faced
with a declining birth rate, which
many French scientists believe to be
considerably influenced by the tax
rate, the latest proposal is to try
grants as an inducement for the in
crease of population AS these grants
must be made up out of taxation, it
looks as though cause, having be-
come effect, will turn cause again in
an aggravated form.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
NO MORE DUCK HUNTING.
Uncle Samuel Takes a Hand and
Puts One Over on SpOrtsmen.

Hunters are in for sad times un-
der recently enacted laws. 1t was
bad enough when the state added
extra restrictions to the game laws,
but when the federal government
took try it spoiled the wild bird
hunting entirely.
Wild ducks and geese protected
in every state in the Union under
the provisions of a law recently
passed by congress, and regardless
of open season, it is now unlawful
to kill wild duck or goose in any
state at any time of the year. The
law is by far the most sweeping and
drastic in the history of all game
and fish laws.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11

Since the passage of this act the
states are rendered powerless to
change it. No state can make duck
or goose shooting legal. Under this
act the killing of duck or a goose
is a crime contrary to the federal
law.
These birds are classed as migra-
tory birds by the government and a
fine of 500 and 80 days imprison-
ment are provided for the violation
of the law. For a long time there
has been agitation in favor of feder-
al legislation for the protection of
game fowls to prevent their CON-
plete determination. 1t has been said
that wild turkeys, wild geese and
some of the other wild fowl have al
most entirely disappeared all over
the country. Wild ducks have be-
come very scarce.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
CLEAN JOURNALISM.

Senator Works of California has
recently distributed a copy of his
speech in the senate on his bill max
ing it unlawful to publish reports
of crimes and accidents in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Mr.. Works, in the conclusion of
his speech, admitted the futility of
his proposed statute, by conceding
that the evils of which he complains
cannot be overcome by law. But
while one may well deny the desir-
ability of Mr.. Works main PROPOSE
tion, many of his criticisms upon the
modern newspaper are fair.
For instance, in deploring unwar-
ranted intrusion in private life, he
refers to the desecration of funerals
by persistent efforts of newspaper
men to get pictures of the mourn
ers, the casket, and the bearers.
Most newspaper people will concede
that when people are struggling with
bereavement, remorseless kodak
fiends might well leave them free
to fight their own inner battles.
The queer thing is that so many
respectable people will buy newspa-
pers that sanction such coarse i'm
pertinances. While the average man
deplores intrusion into his own af-
fairs, he seems to want the newspa-
per to intrude into the affairs of his
neighbors.
There is a very large section of
the public that resents scandal, in
trusive gossip, and revolving details
of crime. These people should let
severely alone the newspapers that
bribe servants, listen at keyholes and
desecrate funerals. The majority OF
newspapers are made by men OF
kindly hearts. Competition occa-
sionally becomes so fierce, particu-
larly in metropolitan daily journal
ism, as to dull the sense of decency
and consideration of private rights.
Men who normally would have gener-
Gus instincts lose all sympathy in
their cynical rush for scoops" "
Don't buy this morbid product, and
it will cease to exist.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
Federal Aid to Farmers.

Though history may be something
more than TIE making of precedents,
it is this feature which furnishes by
far the most fascinating chapters.
Wise or unwise, warranted or unwar-
ranted, Secretary McAdoo has smash
ed all conventions in his policy by
giving federal aid to farmers in the
shape of depositing $50,O00,000 in
national banks for the purpose of as
sisting in the removal of crops. This
is all the more remarkable in view
of the fact that, although the crop
prospects are considered good, it is
estimated that the total yield of
wheat, both winter and spring, prom
ises to be about 100000 bushels
less than last year. Experts have
figured that in those sections where
dry weather prevailed in June oats
have averaged from about half a crop
to total failure, in many cases head
ing out too short to be cut, and the
outlook is for an approximate pro-
duction of about 1000, 100000 bush
els, or something like 4,000,000,000
bushels less than last year, but still
yield about up to the ten-year av-
erage. Corn is estimated to yield at
least 100000 bushels, which is
above the average, though flax is ex-
pected to show about 100000 bush
els less than last year. However,
the difficulty of moving crops is less
matter of the total yield than the
condition of the money market, and
it is doubtless this latter circum-
stance which has actuated the feder-
al government in the new departure
that and the fact that the demo-
cratic party is anxious to appear as
the friend of the primary producer
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
Visit of Indiana Tourists.

Talking of missions, it is relief
to turn to that of the Indiana tourists
who are blazing a trail from the east
to the Pacific coast, and to boost for
a system of interstate and transconti-
mental highways. Their movement
marks the new era of the automobile
which is so largely responsible for
the good roads campaign. When au-
toists first agitated for improved
highways it seemed to many short
sighted persons that it was the self
ish proposal of the pleasure-loving
few, but, apart from the fact that
machines are no longer an exclusive
luxury, the development of the auto
truck has given a new meaning to
their demand. In the commercial
car is means for cheapening trans
portation of goods, and thereby low
ering their cost to rural residents,
while in great variety of ways good
roads are both direct .and indirect
gain to those who provide them. And
the history in this is that the Indian
ans will help to turn the tide of east
ern tourists away from Europe, with
which so many rich Americans are
more familiar than with the greater
scenic glories of the Pacific slope.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
Kahn on NIcReynolds Scandal.

Talking of Washington and cy-
clones, it was something of a rhetor-
ical tornado that Congressman Kahn
turned on the Wilson administration
over the McNab-McReynolds scandal.
Democrats affected to treat the Cali
fornian's invective as of little conse-
quence, but the fact that republican
parties in various states have asked
for copies of the speech for use as
a campaign document may be taken
as an index of it's telling character.
The truth is that Kahn had an excel
lent theme for the use of biting sar-
casm, and though the most genial of
men, he is the born fighter when
the occasion demands. How deeply
wounded the government has been
by the McNab exposure is seen in the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
Earth Crust is Now More Solid.

CdTJ1 OfusU Is NOW MOfe SOllu.
Whether the tomb in which the
thief was captured collapsed as the
result of a seismic disturbance or
from another cause has not been de-
termined, but archaeologists are con-
vinced that they owe much in the
way of preservation to the fact that
earthquakes in ancient times were
much more violent and often buried
whole cities. Today the earth crust
has solidified to such a depth that
shocks and tremors, though frequent,
are in most cases harmless. The
other day there was, settling which
caused Hount Rainier, and the sur
rounding country for 100 miles to
shake, and yet no one was injured.
AS against that mighty movement of
the elements which caused practical
ly no damage, a cyclone at Washing
ton killed three persons and left ruin
in its wake. Yet such is the force of
fixed ideas and inherited supersti-
tions that there are many people who
shudder at the thought of earth
tremors and lightly face the possibil-
tiles of death by shipwreck, railroad
disaster, cyclones and other agents of
the grim reaper.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
Military Policy Unfolded.

Another precedent of almost equal
significance is the selection of San
Francisco by Secretary of War Lind
ley M. Garrison as the place in which
to unfold his military policy. Time
was when, except on the eve of con-
gressional elections, cabinent men,
bers did not consider the far west
of sufficient importance for direct
attention, but of recent years we
have had succession of visits from
presidents and their colleagues, and
within the past week no less than
two such visits have been paid the
coast. On both occasions the Of
ficers outlined new policies, Secre-
tary Daniels giving his plans for the
future of the navy and Secretary
Garrison announcing a new program
for the army. Apart from the i'm
portance of the two sets of proposals,
the fact that they were delivered
here is a mark of the wonderful
progress made on the Pacific coast
and it's elevation in the esteem of
governmental officials. The Garri-
son declaration is the more notewor-
thy in that it reveals the practical
proposals of the departmental mead.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
Lions in Africa to Be Saved.

But revenue is an eternal problem
of governments, and some of its diff
ficulties produce the strangest of re-
suits. Here, for instance, is East
Africa, driven to a situation probably
without parallel in history. Who
ever would have thought that the day
would have come when any part of
Africa would declare closed season
for lions? Yet such word comes
from Nairobi that, owing to the
slaughter by Roosevelt, Paul Rainey
and many other mighty hunters be-
fore breakfast, there is a danger that
Leo may become extinct. One might
think that this is a consummation
devoutly to be wished, but if there
are no lions, there will be no tourists
seeking adventure; and the tourist
must be preserved, even if it is nee
essary to breed wild beasts for this
purpose.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11
CITY'S PROGRESS.

The Tidings is pleased with the
way the present city administration
is getting at things. 1t seems to be
proceeding in a safe and sane man
ner, doing the things that ought to
be done. The new fire truck is here
and will prove a good investment.
The demonstrators have proven its
ability to scale the heights and reach
any point in the city where fire hy-
drants are set. The proposed i'm
provement in the city hall is wise
one. Not only that the city has out
grown its present quarters. but, the
building should be, and will be, made
more of an ornament.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-11

1t always does one good to shake
hands with a man who has a heart
under his coat. 1t cheers, it encour-
ages, and has a vitalizing effect.
This is the genuine, the pure article,
while occasionally we come in con-
tact with people whose handshake is
cold and clammy as a picked tongue,
whose sticky grasp conveys to you
the uncanny suggestion of a grave
yard. You are not quite sure when
you drop his hand whether he is dead
or alive, yet you are pleased when
the solemn ordeal is ended. This is
the counterfeit, the spurious and the
easily detected.