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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-06
aIountaineer Summer school,


After twenty-one teachers had
each refused in turn to teach the
regular school at Irish Creek Ho.-
low, in the mountains of Virginia,
two county school teachers and a
twelve year old assistant invaded the
district with a camping outfit and or
ganized summer school and an
evening school that were both better
attended than any school in past
years had ever been. The expert
ment was so successful that other
isolated communities in Virginia are
to be handled in the same way. In
stead of allowing these isolated dis
trfcts to get along as best they may,
state and county officers in Virginia
are going to send to the mountains
every summer the very best teachers
they can secure to provide the educa-
tional facilities that are needed.
Irish Creek Hollow is in a noun
tain valley in Rockinbridge county.
1t is sparsely settled and remote OF
access. The inhabitants are noun
taineers of original stock who have
intermarried as much as the law
permits. They live in log cabins
that are not even good log cabins.
There was a school building, but for
several years there had been no
school. No school teacher would &C.
cept the position.
sInl 1911, after all attempts to get
a ! regular teacher had failed, the
county superintendent persuaded two
experienced teachers to go to irish
Creek Hollow, after>, their own
schools had closed, and to 53an
summer school. They carried with
them tents to live in, provisions and
cooking utensils. School was
opened in the old school building,
and the attendance exceeded all ex-
pectations. There were eighty chill
dren enrolled in morning classes,
and thirty to forty adults in after
noon and evening classes. The
mountaineers were so apprecIative
of what was done for them that
summer that they built an. additional
school room and two comfortable
living rooms for the teachers.
Public spirit had developed to such
an extent the following year that
when one of the state inspectors and
the secretary of the Virginia Coop
erative Education Association Wis
tied the place in the summer OF
1912 they were able to organize q
school and civic league and an ath-
letic association. Practically all
the residents of the community en-
rolled in the civic league. An in
Iteresting feature of the work is that
1T reaches the adult as we'll as the
children. IA Saturday afternoon
class in reading and writing for
.grown-ups numbered among its mem
bers old men and women with
grandchildren in the morning
school.
In speaking OF the experiment Mr..
A. c. Monohan, rural school special
list in the United States Bureau OF
Education, says: In inaugurating
this work Virginia has undoubtedly
taken valuable step toward bene-
fitting one of the most deserving and
most neglected classes of our ,coun-
try. Some OF our best American
stock is in the mountains, and it
should not be allowed to degenerate
for lack of educational opportunities.
The State Department OF Virginia is
now making survey of the noun
tain sections of Virginia and pro-
poses to conduct many summer
schools in the future like this one
which has been held for three years
in Irish Creek Hollow"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-06
Reactionary Clark.

And Speaker CLARK. leader of the
reactionary will of the Democratic
party will advise the Progressives to
stand firm in support Of the PRO
gressiye" nominee. Huntington
Herald-Dispatch.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-06
EAGLES TO MEET.

There will be a regular meeting OF
the local aerie OF Eagles at s o'clock
this evening in the Reed hall on
West pike street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-06
We IRE Wonderfully Well Prepared To Supply
Every Personal Or Household Need.
New Carpets md
Rugs


GATED IN OUR CITY, QUALIFY AND
NEwNEss OF PATTERNS CONSIDER
ED.
Hero you not only have the largest as
sortment in our city to select from, but
the advantage OF the best prices TO be
had in any city in America.
People who know-experiencc In
shopping ut home and away from home,
tell AS that our Carpets and Rugs are uR-
eqnalled ut the prices anywhere else.
BY reason OF our purchasing direct
from the largest mills in America-cut-
ting out the nlddIeman's profit, we arc
enabled to offer our patrons absolutely
the best values TO be had In New Car
pets and Rugs. 5l
Ne quote tho following prices on. Al
exander Smith and sons Carpet Co.'s
Carpets. New designs bought direct
from them: 9Tisa,;e
soc Brussels Carpets Il !. ~. soc yard
S1.00 Brussels Carpets ......r. Use yard
SIPS Brussels Carpets .3l!. $50 yard
$l.50 Velvet Carpets ~ II. si.00E yard
$1.S5 Administer Carpets ..,.. 0sct yafd
S1.75 Administer Carpets 81! St.s5 yafd
All carpets made, laid and lined free.
Groom size skis feeD
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-06
/ WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY |

To Give Congress HearDe.
Nicely win get his,n,
And Laughlin will soon learn
That the First district is fxin'
To give Congress Hearne.
Fairmont West yirginian.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-10-06
FOR CONGRESS,
An Evening Echo.
JULIAN G. HEARNE,
of Ohio county.

Credit is like chastity; they can
both stand temptatioBseetter than
suspiclon.-lH. W.; SHAM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Building Many Good Roads.

At this time there are engaged on the
roads in this state not less than 800 men.
They represent the jailbirds. the former
inmates of the penitentiary and that
class of gentry which has insisted on
looking too long on the wine or beer or
any other old drink. The men are being
worked in various parts of the state and
they are doing good work. At this time
there are only about 100 to 500 men in
the state penitentiary, and as the audi
tor of public accounts has ruled that the
state will not pay for the keep of jail
birds after they have been called" to
the roads, the sheriffs and sergeants are
losing no time in getting rid of them
This means that while the state is i'm
proving her roads at a minimum cost
She is also reducing her criminal ex-
penses by forcing the men to the roads
instead Of being kept in prison and fed
and clothed at the expense of the tax
payers
Stunt. Wood of the penitentiary will re-
duc.. his force TO the maximum required
by law as fast as the men can be used
to advantage One result of working the
men on the roads is that their health has
improved wonderfully and they are eat
ing and sleeping well every chance they
get.
An this week this city has had as its
guests the delegates to the national con-
vention of the Travellers Protective Asso-
ciatlon. They came nearly 1,O0O strong,
counting the wives and daughters. The
sessions We're held at the Jefferson Hotel
and when the time OF the delegates was
not employed In the consideration Of bust
ness the local members kept them going
1T all hours Ut the night and day. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

surance quarters and banks and Offices.
and as soon as other quarters are obtain
ed they will vacate in order that the
work of razing the old buildings may be-
gin
June % is the date fixed by the state
board OF education to elect superntend
ents of schools for very many of the
divisions in the state. Several weeks ago
the board designated large number.
postponing the contests till such time as
the members of the board all of whom
are engaged in educational work, could
spare the time from commencement and
examination work to give the matter full
hearing. There are many contests to be
heard, and In several cases there have
been charges of a serious nature pre-
ferred against some of the officers. De-
spite the many attempts to take the
schools from politics It is fact that
politics more or less govern the selections
of superintendent.
Joseph .. Eggleston. i'll charge of rural
schools for the department of education.
Washington. who has been chosen pres-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

visitors were paraded, they. We're iunchsd'
dined. wined, given receptions and balls;
taken on trips down the river ana 10 a.,
when the session ended that they might
get some rest.
Another skyscraper for Richmond.
A charter has been issued to the VIZ
ginia Building Company OF Rlchmona'
the capital of which is placed at $4oUDo.
The promoters of the company several
months ago bought valuable piece OF
property at Main and 18th streets. adj
Joining the post Office on the east. pay
ing therefore $4,000 In cash. The inten-
ton of the company is to build sky
scraper on the site. the work to begin at
once The new building will he of steel
stone, concrete and brick. will be not
less than twenty stories high and will be
devoted exclusively to offices and tG
business enterprises. All the buildings on
the site at this time are occupied as in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Victim of Paralysis.
&C. D!spatch % The star.

NIecIa4 Dispatch "a The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, June l4.-John
Lehr. one OF the best known residents Of
Frostburs. died at the Ailegany Hospital
Cumberland, from paralysis. He had
been discharged from the hospita, as
cured Of paralysis, having been stricken
i've weeks before. Hardly had he left the
door when he %as stricken on the street
and was Immediately returned to the
hospital. He was Moose, an Odd FEEL
low and Knight of the Golden Eagle
His widoY and two sons, Anthony and
Archibald, survive. He was forty-nine
wears OF age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
special Dispa tch to The Star,


CUMBERLAND, Nd, June 1.-THE
little daughter of Clyde Crawford, near
Everett. was accidentally shot In the
back with an airgun by her little brother,
and is I'm serious condition. Mr.. Craw-
ford had loaded the gun to kill a snake.
but the snake had disappeared and he
put away the gun and went about some
thing else. The little boy later got hold
of the weapon. playfully aimed IL at his
sister and pulled the trigger. The bullet
is thought TO have struck bone, been
DETECTED and followed course between
the skin. coming OFT in front xsss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Would Displace Mahon.

The present condition within the demo-
cratic party indicates an upheaval
among the b'hoys and 'the placing of
the reIns of leadership in the hands of
some one other than Sonny Mahon
There are rumurs To the effect that
many OF the organization standbys
are favorable To rank" Kelly as the
new party leader in This city Kelly is
power IN the west end and could UNI
morse Nahon in d fight for party con-
troll, but ne ) averse To taking the in
.:iative against his old leader
j; IS said that Kelly fully realizes tina {
the days of Mahon are numbered, and
mat he is the choice of the rank and
'ile. Kelly, however, is loyal TO his
chief. although they have had many
bitter quarrcls over the distribution OF
Offices under the Preston regime. His
friends. however assert that Kelly will
be forced 10 the leadership. and that
ne will take the helm rather than see
enemy of Mahon in control of the
democratic forces OF Baltimore city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

land of Palawan. The river Is navigahle
for a small boat for two and one-half
miles from its mouth. the tunnel through
which it passes widening in places into
large chambers containing beautiful sta
lactites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Factions in Republican Party
in Old Dominion Differ Over
Naming State Ticket.
DEMOCRATIC MACHINE
UPSET BY CANDIDATES
Virginia Has the Promise of Record.
Breaking Corn, Dat, Wheat and
Tobacco Crops.
.ial correspondence Of The Star
RICHMOND, Va. Jur

RICHMOND. Va. June A. 1913.
Based on reports which are being circu-
lated in Virginia, there will be some in
teresting developments in the republican
party over the matter of placing ticket
in the field to oppose the democratic state
ticket headed by Henry c. Stuart. The
factions are best known as the "ins' and
the outs" The latter is the one which
proposes to give the trouble. Such is the
popularity of Mr.. Stuart. they contend.
that it will be idle to name state ticket.
The Tins" are for placing a ticket in the
field If that is done the outs will let
the other faction do the voting.
The purpose of this is to test the
strength of the officeholders. which is ii
close corporation, and to let the party
management have a look at what the
''ins really amount to in Virginia poll
tics.
There is another purpose in view. ac-
cording to those who know some of the
facts regarding the situation. 1t is to
force the knowledge of the strength OF
the ms on themselves, to let them try
TO run campaign for themselves and to
so discourage and dishearten them that it
will be easy for the outs to get recog-
milton from the powers that be in the
republican national committee.
The outs" if they carry out the re-
ported threat, would reduce the repub-
lican vote in this state to such an insig-
nticant figure that some time would
elapSe before the .'inS' would have Il
chance to control the pie when the repub-
licanS next get into power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Divorces Exceed Marriages.

Social Dispatch TO The Star
MORGANTOWN, w. Va, June 14.-So
far- this month five marriage licenses
have been issued in this county, while
during the same period eleven aprtica-
lions for divorce have been nIcG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

dent of the Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute. says he will resign his place with
this month and will enter on his duties
July l at BlackSburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Duplicates Republican Split.

IL is practically the same condition
that existed within the republican party
brief time ago-a demand that the old
leaders abdicate and make room for
new and young leaders. And the polit-
Teal prophets assert that the Citizens -
movement is going to spread and that
the split within the democrat tic party will
within u short time ne Just as great as
that which existed in the republica n
party during the last presidential cam
paign.
Its up TO the old democratic ring TO
don It's lighting rags and get down to
brass lacks Its life is in the balance
today If the new plan gets under way
as its sponsors predict il WILL and the
signs are not Lacking that many of the
one-time regulars are tired of the pres
ent management OF the party and want
a change
1T has gotten 10 be family affair.
TINS organization, said one-time
dyed-ln-the-wool regular and nobody
gets look-in for JOB unless he belongs
TO the inner circle or is d connection
OF the boss and little bosses by mar
riagt. We are expected to get to work
and land the big ones in lucrative po-
iiucal jobs ana then we sit on the fence
and see the pluns fall into the baskets
or the men recommended by the high
DrOWs -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

Searchights for airships are being test
ed in Germany. naval airship. will be
fitted with 0,OO0-candlepower search
light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Science Notes.

The fourth International Congress for
the Hygiene and Salubrity of Dwellings
is to be held at Antwerp August 81 to
September 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

c. S. Ridgeway, assistant professor at
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au-
burn, Ala. has resigned in order to ac-
cept an appointment in the bureau of
plant industry, this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

expedition to the southern hemisphere at
Santiago, Chile. will return to Mount
Hamilton as assistant astronomer late
in the present summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Bid for Progressive Democrats.

1t is a known fact that for some time
past the progressive democrats have
been anxious TO get control in the city.
and this move called citizens is re-
Sarded az the opening wedge To pre-
cipitate Il fight into which the pro-
=ressivp democrats will jump just SO
soon "a it assumes proportions of
sufficient strength. The Lee democrats
1t is said. do not want to take the
initiative in a struggle with the ma
chine" for control of the party ma
chinery. and hence the launching of the
citizens movement
The promoters of the new party are
old hands at the game of politics. and
know how to play it, II is not d
small Cotcrie of disgruntled men get
ting together to make noise: it is "a
bunch of old campaigners who have
gone through the mill and know the
tricks of the game at every angle. The
Mahool element in this city is a strong
one, and will line up solid behind the
former mayor
1t must not he forgotten i'm making
calculations that Mahool was in the
mayoralty chair for four years and
during that period built up something
of machine of his oWn--so strong, in
fact. that il gave the Organization"
d pretty stiff run for it's
money in the primary election of 1911.
The adherents of Mahool number
many party men who have been
moved outside of the city hall since
Mayor Preston took up the reins of
Office. and they are somewhat anxious
TO turn out the rascals who took their
Jobs when Mahool retired to private life.
80, II may be readily seen that there
is all incentive for the men behind the
new movement to secure control of the
party machinery in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

In a supplementary report to the last
public health reports Assistant Surgeon
General Rucker deals with measles as a
disease of much more serious import
than is generally supposed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

The mathematical works of the late
Henri Poincare. the great French scien-
fist. are to be published by the firm of
Gauthier-Villars under the auspices of
the minister Of public Instruction and
Paris Academy of Sciences
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

T. l.. Eckersiey, Is. A, OF Trinity Col
Iege. Cambridge. has been appointed as
sistant at the Helwan observatory,
Egypt to assist III magnetic work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

DIR. W. A. Murrili. assistant director OF
the New York botanical garden. IN now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

DR.. James II. Woods has been pro-
NOTED to be professor of philosophy at
Harvard University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

Prof. Joseph II. Moore, acting astrono-
mer in the Lick observatory during the
mast two years, in charge of the Mills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Veteran Baggage Man Held.

For nearly d year there have been re-
peated thefts from trunks and valises
which have been handled as baggage
over the Chesapeake and Ohio along the
division west of this city. The road has
been forced to make many payments be-
cause of the depredations Some two
months ago detectives were placed on the
case and they were told to take their
time and to be certain to get the man.
They worked all the time. day and night,
and an arrest has been made.
w. \. Karnes an old baggagemaster.
long in the employ of the company, was
taken into custody. The detectives had
landed the evidence in plenty, and when
he was confronted with this he at first
made denial of the whole affair. and
later broke down and made confession.
according to the officers. He was locked
up and was ordered removed to West
Virginia TO be tried for his delinquency.
The officers recovered vast amount of
stuff from the mans home and from his
room In Clifton Forge. the eastern end
of his run
Virginia will this year have record
breaking corn, oats, wheat and tobacco
crop. according to reports which come
10 this city. From every part of the state
there comes word that the wheat Is fine,
the yield magnificent: the oats are good,
the best seen for many years; corn is
better than for the last twenty years,
and the tobacco stand is excellent. The
farmers have had plenty of rain to start
the growing crops and the soil is In ex
cellent condition. This does not apply
to any particular locality. but where
there are agricultural pursuits the same
thing is being said.
The farmers are devoting much time to
the cultivation of crops, are using ma
chinery for much of the work which was
for years done by laborers and they have
reduced their acreages and are getting
Tor results hv q am
better cultivation Of all crops and at less
cost than when negro laborers were en-
ployed. Virginia can be relied on to
produce record crop of everything this
year, provided the seasons are as favor
able as they have been in the past few
months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

Officers oil the United States coast and
geodetic survey have recently found an
interesting subterranean river in the L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Reported Schism in Baltimore
Aims at Endorsing City Or
uanization Leaders.
EFFORT OF "CITIZENS"
REGARDED RING WEDGE
Adherents of Former Mayor Mahool
and Lees Friends With Move
ment to Secure Control.
rc..i,. CORRESPONDENCE of The STAR.


pAIT1NpRE Md Juno II, 1918
49, -, te, ,.tis,, in the
ihtFt Il We" '''i
democratic party IN TINS 'ltH touaa'
gives indications of duplicating the
bulI moose detection in the republican
- ,.ear ago The movement
P'''S g 80
i KNOWN as the ciiiHeh9 Pd't
the present time. and has Tor us opJec'
rhc talsin., nT the SCALP of the or
,,,rac,-, of baltimore
'~fi'iH.''''''' -.
There Is gong To De d hsh'' anu q "o'
one. too. If the leaders OF the ne"
movement are 10 be taken at their
,,,..,. Navor MahooI former
''"'- ,,,,o;,,,on
CITY k+2fSttF '\'i''S'l'
Norris, Councilman St"ckhain, J. Leish
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in. Europe to study especially the condi-
tons of the growth of trees in cities.

The American Association for the Adj
Research by Women has
awarded the Ellen Richards prize of 81 900
to DR.. Ida Smedley Mrs. McLean) for
her work on the biochemical synthesis
of fatty acids The prize is offered BIZ
ennially and was last awarded In 1909 to
DR.. Florence Buchanan. an Englishwom-
an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
Who Will Quit the Race.

From some source that is not yet es
tablshed there comes a report that there
will be a change in the lineup for the
nomination of attorney general. There
are two machine candidates in the race,
and there is one who acknowledges allie
glance to neither contenting himself with
the declaration that he is a democrat.
That is Senator King. Judge Williams is
recognized as a machine man. So also
regarding Samuel Gordon Cumming. John
Garland Pollard of this city, who COM
pletes the quartet seeking this place, Is
an in-and-out antimachine man. He is
allied with the element which has long
opposed Senator Martin. He was one OF
the managers or advisers in the campaign
when Martin and Swanson won such a
verdict in a state primary. He is an able
lawyer an astute man, logged and per
sistent fighter. He Is popular. Which OF
the men is to retire and force an issue on
clear-cut lines between the machine and
the anti-machine Is yet to be declared.
If the fight is made on those lines 1t Is
expected that the machine will win. If
all four candidates remain in the race IL
will be close and hard fight.
Much as it is regretted, with the ma
chine standing by and supporting Mr..
Stuart for governor. the fact Is that the
anti machine men have forced the issue
They now have three men in the race
Lewis II. Machen for lieutenant governor,
j. Thompson Brown for commissioner of
agriculture and Mr.. Pollard for attorney
general. This serves to bring afresh the
alignment and the determination of the
anti-machine faction to force the fight
ing and to keep its organization intact.
That is the way the thing is being view
ed. And ii stands at this time there
is only one contest in the primary which
is fixed for August THAT for attorney
general. If those who know the situa-
ton are to be relied on, the opponents
of the machine men for the other
places are losing time and wasting
money i'm the attempt to defeat those al
ready in office.