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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
I onl ofroll' Is
Decision Day
me cooMss:sERiF MEETINGS AT
T4E caRlsTfAN TABERNACLE
yllN I'LL PEOPLE.
FAMOUS RIssoN SERMON TO.
NleAT.

ii rained again last night and pre-
Vented the evangelist from holding
lls meeting In front of the Court
House as had ben announced, but did
! rot pregeat an interesting meeting at
the TaberLasle.
The sormon was MT very long last
eysPiDs, mai Of the tims awning been
taken up WITH a Bible drill. MI.
scoba6s only spoke for about :" MN
isfes, but in that period ne said m1Fe
i.n many speakers wouI4 tn t%i'"
sse length OF time. HtF talk wAs
edcft and to the point. One person. in
sald. that at was as dry as the ohlS
river in food time"
Mr.. senlEt's singing is charming the
people His great chorus, which Is
constantly growing larger is the adj
nliration OF all. The singing is one
Sof the most important garts OF the
selyicetand is we'll taken care Of.
Tonight is the yoans peof:a's rally,
but everybody Is welcome, Just the
same, the famous ribbon sermon will
lie delivered for the young people. but
any one under the age OF 20 years will
sbe considered young. The sermon is
one 81 the best in the evaagelist's col.
lection and 1T Is expected that the
house Will be crowded Il, cverflowins.
Tomorrow will be red letter day
in the history Of the Christian church.
SIhs day will begin with The regular
sunday school hour At 1915 MT
Goombs will deliver a short sermon
fsr me children in Sunday school.
me communion service aud morning
sssrship will begin at lO:45. The Sub
iect 81 the morning sermon will be
what Think Ye Of Christi
In the afternoon at 2:2G the new
tabernacle will be dedicated to the
Lord. The ministers Of the other
churches OF the city have been invited
/ il attend this service and will all de-
.hyer short addresses suitable to the
occasion. IA special, musical program
Mil be rendered and the evangelist
viii deliver the dedicatory sermon.
sunday evening will be a great
double service. The entire time will
Be completely filled with good things.
II Ii expected that % people will take
their stand for God during these SER
vices. 3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
Elks For VIVA.
Enrouie Here
THREE CAR LOADS OF WYOMING
ELK PASSED THROUGH MINNIE
sofa YESTERDAY FOR THIS
SECTION. ~

ST. PAIL, MINI, Jan. 25.-Thref
,ar,oads Of elk from yellowstone Ma
..'onal Park, shipped OUT to pro3idc
wider grazing area for the remaining
animals, arrived here today.
Fencing of northwest ranges has
brought death by,staryation to thou
sands of elk, according TO Howard
Eaton, a Wyoming ranchmen, who it
N charge of the shipment Ranchmer
have had to kill meny elk when they
invaded ranches and ate the hay in
tended for farm stock. There arr
10000 elk in the Yellowstone herd.
One of the cars which arrived here
5 consigned ito GleqrfeId, = Pa; an
other to Renoya, Pa, and the third to
Warrington, W.: Va,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
Fight
MEN IN THE cl1Y cALAsoosE
TRoUNcE MAN,JWHo CALLED
THEM SNAKE HUNTERS.

In police court this morning five
plain DRINKS were each fined $500 and
costs. None of the men were able tc
pay of their fines, and all. were re,
turned TO the, city b2stife 10 serve ouf
heir sentences.
A man named Thomas Lacy, who
vas placed in the Jail about 10 o'clock
last night, called men in cell with
him "West Virginia snake hunters
or words 10 that effect, with the resul;
hat he received severe trouncing
from his cell mates.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
Vanishing
REV. F. NJ. LARKIN DECLARES
THAT THE ANaLo-sAxoN RACE
is SLOWLY PASSING.

:, CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The Anglo'sax-
On race is vanishing. according to Rev
i. M. Larkln, OF Los Angeles, because
it takes four children to the family to
insure continuation OF the race. The
Anglo,saxon families in this country
have two and four.flfths children to
the couple, while foreign born parents
have four and four,fifths children to
the family.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25

4 I.I
went to Mr., spreciile president Of 4
bank in san Franctseo. stating that he
could secure an entire bond isspei II he
would organize syndicate and give
him a certain amount OF money, and
when Mr.. spreckles referred to the
Law, which said that the bonds should
60 to the highest bidder, Reuf re-
piled: 81 will call a general strike in
the city, and other companies will be
afraid to bid for the bonds. and they
will be yours" Suppose" said Mr..
,spreckles, that some persons should
lie killed in troubles incident 10 the
strike% well" replied Reuf, 1--WE
can't help that"
This illustration he used to show
The feeling OF the man who was IL
power and ruling the city through tbs
mayor, who he nominated and elected
4Ar. spreckles, to whom Reuf made
the offer to sell the bonds saw through
the graft proposition and finally spent
1920, 900 OF his money in the prosecu
Hon. On account of the stand taker
by Mr.. Spre:kles who was president
OF bank in :he city, others who were
interested In the welfare Of Reuf, be-
cause OF their beneatIng by his &C
tions, turned upon the bank, he said.
and almost forced It to the wall, as
well as newspaper. "The Bulletin"
which stood firmly by the prosecutors
while the others turned against them.
Heney Is spurned
In concluding, Mr.. Heney said: 81
belong to three clubs in the city. In
the Pacific club, where Ionce had the
friendship OF every man and was pat
ted on the back because Of my work
In oregon, and where many perso"
belonged who were mixed up in the
graft proceedings, there is not NOR
than one in every ten who will nov
recognize me, and in another, IS per
cer,. Of the members will not recos
nIze me even by a shake o. the head
and all because tried to clean up the
city.
"Publlc utilities should be owned b!
the public; they should be publ
property, to get the best results TO-
the community. II you want a good
government, you must own the utili
ties. prefer commission form OF
government, and believe in putting
good man in office and then protect
yourself by having recall so that you
can remove him II he doesn't behave"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
HEIIEY TELLS
OF GRAFTERS
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
OF CALIFORNIA TELLS OF HIS
FIGHT AGAINST GRAFT. IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND HOW HE sue.
cEEDEo IN CLEANING IT OUT.


WHEELING, Jan. 24.-Attorney
Frank ]. Heney, noted throughout the
world as the Graft Fighter" deliver
ed n lecture on topics concerning
grating and the San Fran cisco case,
IN the Elks Club auditorium last even.
Ing, to a large and appreciative audi.
ence. Mr.. Heney Iectured under the
auspices of the Wc.man's Department
OF this city. Mr.. =:.ey was Introduc
cd to the audience at $3.50 o'clock, by
Mrs. Julian G. Hcarne, president OF
the Woman's Club, and for three
hours he talked on the subject OF
grating.
At the conclusion of his Talk, he
slowed no strain and many remarked
about the physical ability to continue
under such q strain. The lecture was
begun with references 20 the land
stealing by millIonaires In oregon and
Washington, telling OF his connection
in the prosecution On behalf OF thu
government. Examples we're given II
the talk, showing the methods uset
by tho men higher up" to get pos
session OF lands at a nominal cost ant
thus pave the way 10 large fortunes
These mcltSwere finally traced 1t
their dealings and Rounded to such al
extent that the government was able
to prosecute and they were punished.
While performing his duties US assist
ant to the attorney general in the pro.
ceedings, residents of San francisco
were congratulatIns him on his mast
erful work, but when he move to San
Francisco and with the assistance OF
william ]. Burns, the noted detective,
who had worked with him as a gov
eminent secret agent in the Oregon
were matters, took up the work there,
he was without many friends. and hi
stated that every obstacle was thrown
in his way to defeat his plans.
Predicted Conviction.
Upon entering San Francisco h.
said there was an election, there be
ing a fusion ticket in the field and the
Union Labor ticket. He was asked to
make speech and consented. In that
speech he called attention to the fac
that there was grating being done in
the city, and II he was permitted to
take up the case he would have Abe
Reuf, who was then the boss. convict
ed before year was out. The threat
was we'll fulfilled, as 1t was slightly
over eleven months before Reuf was
indicted on 65 counts, all brought
about after much hard work, and con-
LESSONS of eighteen supervisors OF the
city government, stating that they had
secured bribes. Reuf pleaded guilty
he said, and the net was being stretch'
ed to get Mayor Schmitz.
Showed Conditions
The graft affairs that we're brought
out showed, he said, thai Feuf had
been receiving princely salaries,
monthly, from various public utilities
companies, in addition TO sums Of
money secured from the ternerloin
district, saloons and other places
Reuf, he said, posed as the leader oil
the laboring class on the oae side, and
on the other he was aiding and abet'
ing the higher class, receiving money
from them for his services.
Ait one time, said Mr.. Heney, Reut
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
A NorRE DAME LADY's APPEAL


To all knowing sufferers Of rheuma'
tlsm whether muscular or of the joints
sciatica, flmbagos, backache, pains in
the kidneys or neuralgia pains, ito
write TO her for a home treatment
which has repeatedly cured all Of
these tortures. She feels it her duty
TO send II to all sufferers FREE. Tou
cure yourself at home as thousands
will testlfy-no change of climate be.
ing necessary. This simple discovery
banishes uric acid from theb lood'
ioosens the stifrened joints, purifles
the blood, and brightens tho eyes CIV
ing elasticity and tone to the whole
system. II the above interests you, for
proof address Mrs. NJ! Summers, Bay
R, Sotte Dame, Ind.
sFOR tninrnlsite rooms toE
light house Keeping prtsate en-
trance can ISe Monroe 81 II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
Wants DiDorce
MAN THINKS HIS, WIFE Is 100
PRETTY TO GO oUT-cUTs UP
HER CLOTHING.

JERSEY CITY, Jan. % you arc
too pretty to be- allowed out" Mrs.
Ella j.. Freyer GoGlaYad, her husband
had told her just before he set about
fixing things SO she couldn't go out.
lie cut up her corsets, and dresses and
broke the furniture 50 she couldn't
have company at home She wants a
divorce.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25

Ward Library
. ...r .sr
HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
70 DISCUSS THE LIBRARY
QUESTION.

Program Of regular monthly meetint
OF Second.ThIrd wards branch Of The
Home and School Association, TO- b
held In room of the eighth grade al
the Second ward school building
Thursday evening, at 1880 o'clock
January 80, 1918, the program to be
gin promptly at 1880:
sUBJECT-"Importance of Publ!
School Library for second'Thir'
wards"
l. Addrcss-,Gr. j. c. SchafeS @
Fairmont Normal
lI.-Music, BY pupils.
III. Five to ten minute talks OF
any phase OF public school libraries
How, Kind, Why, ETC.. by the follow
ing named persons:
(a) Mrs. W. N. Fisher.
Cb) Fred W. Rapp.
(c) Miss Blanche Henry.
Music, BY pupils.
(Resume)
ID W. D. Straight.
te) Mrs. J. Walter Barnes.
(f) L. NJ. Davis.
~. General discussions. everybody
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
E'ys. Openers

SHOULD NOT BE SOLD TO MEN
sEFoRE THEY GO TO WORK IN
THE MORNING.
MERCER, Fs, Jan. 25::-"Eye open
efs should be eliminated, according
To Judge a. w. Williams, who is hear
Ing d series of license court hearings.
he asserted that saloon keepers should
not be allowed to sell drinks to men
sjtfare they 80 to work in the morning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
Was Starring

NEW i DIRK. Jan. 25.-Harry Train.
81, cripple, was cold and starving, so
he broke .aswindow in order to be sent
ia the wcrkhouse. He was given
three months in the penitentiary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25
cusTER's LAST FIGHT ATTIRE,
GRAND TosNle HT.t

The photo play Of thrills ay Gqstere
list fgIt Is designh ted win be, the al,
traction al Tha Grand might and
irdsins from Fhe ti5pIsyet 80
the elegant prints which atlctns ths
Ibosfd 81 tiie swlll attfact al lcsets
iicWifg house
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25

j, |. sAPPER mol GUILTY or
CHARGE OF SUNDAY SELLING
in HIS, SALOON.

At a.Iate hour yesterday afternoon
the juryfin the case Of the State vs..
]. L. sappcr returned a verdict OF
mot guilty. Sanper was Se:as lr.cd
en- d charge OF illegal SELLING.
asjhe Was 9uRtted on three aorar.
ste5c6dIts. Prosecuting Attorney Nor.
ris, last evening, said thai he would
begin a second trial against Mt. SAP,
per on Monday. Attorneys ,Neclcy
and Ogden are representing TIE de.
tenGaht.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-25

AGENTS WANTED to 81 daily,
selling New Fibee Brooms hooper,
Fceht profit woman ilI buy
81 j, caiisass III once sample by
express cents Wgnne Broom
%. Elmifa . wk
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-27

me here. There will be taxicab to
take us to the place where can make
the impressions of the money. VIII
you have the $4,000 with your
81 WILL answered"
Then Miss Clement stopped and for
ten minutes as we walked along, she
added nothing to her narrative.
"Well?" / asked finally, whats the
rest of it?''
"The rest?" Miss Clement turned to
me and laughed. what rest need
there be! There was only one more
detail, you see. met him. | had the
$4,000 and we went In the taxicab.
But,r-and there came that mischlev-
Gus light into her eyes again. there
were certain persons who tagged
along behind, who followed that taxi-
cab. who fingered outside of the door
to the room in which he took ME, and.
at the crucial moment, walked In. And
when they walked in. Mr.. Terry Laf-
fan walked out, with n couple OF
decorations on his wrists. He's still
walking-in lockstep"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-27

| blind, dying. She was about to be
thrown out Of her home for debt OF
So 900. He could make the money, 1t
is true, but If he went TO the bank
with that many fresh bills they would
suspect. And so, could let him have
$4,000 providing he would turn me
out $4,000 on hfs trusty machine2
Wouldn's do this for him? Couldn't
| | see that he loved ME. that he held
me above all other women on earth?
"T would iaik like this to no other
woman he pleaded But love you.
Some of these days am going to ask
you that most important OF questions
that man can ever ask. have con.
fessed to you what never would have
confessed to anyone" he added, and
his eyes shone with a passion | could
hardly believe was feigned. I have
confessed to you; 1t is within your
power to have me put behind bars.
But you won't do 1t, will your he
pleaded. You'll help me--just for
this last time, and then l will be
| through forever will be straight
from then on, will lead the life that
should lead And won't you help
me?'
"T gazed at him steadily a moment.
Then held out hand.
Terry said, IN help YOU
HE sprang forward.
"'Tonight then, at o'clock, meet
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-27
Art Influence.

so your son has made pecuuiar,
success OF art2"
Yes" replied Mr. Growcher, but
IL was my advice that made him quit
painting landscapes and get into the
moving picture business"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-27
A Modernized Green Goods Game
5Copyright, by w. @. ChapmanJ

UEER, isn't it, how you'll
be talking to someone
upon some very, very alb
sorbing topic. suddenly
to awaken in a sort OF
way and ask yourself
how on earth you ever
happened to get started
on that subject. AS !
remember it, Miss Gle
ment and l had been dis
cussing the high price OF
real estate along Lake
Shore drive. when all at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

ihis is just an ordinary story of a bar
Der business as it is conducted in Bir-
mingham and as it relates to you and me,
providing you, in this case, are a man.
1t is not particularly story in praise
of the sanitary conditions of the towels
and the brushes or the natty dresses of
the BARRIERS who do the artistry 1T is not
even to tell of the fellow in the barber
shop who shaves you so we'll and so
quickly that it's almost an Elysian dream.
just sitting in the chair beneath the cool
of his soft handed ministrations.
The story is to tell about what the or
dinary citizen of Birmingham does when
he gets to his barber shop and about the
wrought by the shavers and cosmetics in
the shop.
We will now say, for instance, that you
have Just come down from the house in
the morning after a particularly hard
nights wreste with some business af-
fairs. You hop from your machine into
the barber shop and you tell the head
barber that there are about 10 minutes be-
tween you and bankruptcy, so he'd better
hurry up and shave you quick If he wants
TO get paid for the job.
Right there is where the funny,
soothing influence of the well conducted
barber shop comes in. Your barber
shaves you quickly and deftly filings the
hot towels over your face to dry away
the marks of the operation. Then when
you are pretty nearly under the influence
of the strange mesmeric spell that is
wrought by the lethargy of the position,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
MODERN BARBERSHOP IS
REAL BOON TO MANKIND

the tonics and the towels. the barber asks
you il you don't care for massage. 1t
will only take a minute and it will
brighten up your skin wonderfully and
lying in the sweet cool of the luxurious
chair you tell the barber to go ahead and
give the massage.
After the massage you're in for the en-
tire curriculum, and that includes hair
singe, which You may not have thought
you needed before, but admit it when you
see the effect. Then, of course, come the
intermediate dollyings of the expert bar
ber trade until you are finally turned
over to the manicurist. A barber shop
as an early morning diet is expensive if
you go the route, but ii really has the
effect of putting a man on his feet and
clearing his head of cobwebs quicker than
anything else that science has ever de-
vised.
The barber shops of Birmingham are
equipped with the most modern and most
efficient apparatus But they are not con-
tent to rely upon the fact that they are
able to take care OF a man sartorally as
we'll as any other shop in/the country.
They have gone further, to the extent
of providing sumptuous baths and loung-
ing rooms and have. first of all, made
their places of business what they should
be-the cleanest in the city.
It's notable fact that wherever the
barber shops of a great city are known
for their cleanliness and for the skill OF
their employees there has never been n
falling off in the total barber trade de-
spite the influx of the safety razor busi-
ness. This fact is very well pointed in
Birmingham, where the tonsorial artist
through his own ability has not only been
increasing his patronage, but the number
of the chairs in his shop as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
EXPERIENCE AS
EARLY BUSINESS MANAGER
by J. II. NUNNELEE

My career as business manager of the
Birmingham State-Herald was very brief.
When the State bought out The Age
Herald and consolidated the two papers
under the name of the State-Herald
was made business manager, a position
not at all to my liking.
] was placed in an embarra ssing posi-
ton the night we assumed charge of the
paper. The plant of The Age-Herald was
to be used for getting out the paper. The
mechanical force of the State was clam
oring for the right to get out the paper,
as the State had bought The Age-Herald.
AS The Age-Herald force was In their
old home did not think it right to put
them out. so retained every man on the
latter paper, and 1 wish to say right here
that my relations with the force was of
the most pleasant character never saw
a better, more gentlemanly set OF printers
from foreman to galley boy.
Col. John w. Tomlinson was president
of the company. He knew nothing about
the newspaper business and was anxious
to get out a big paper on Sundays. He
suggested to me to get out a II to 81
page paper ON Sundays if / had to take
ads at from $40 to SIS for half page and
$25 to $50 for a page. 1 declined to act
on his suggestion telling him that weekly
papers in a town of 5000 population should
get that rate. Birmingham, at that time,
did not have over $4,000 to $1,000 people
and advertisers did not pay the rate they
pay at this time. To give you some idea
of the rates received, two of the largest
firms in Birmingham took a page. One
firm ran it three days in the week and
paid $50 per month for the page, and the
other firm used the page four days in
the week and paid $40 per month for it.
Thus page in The Age-Herald was
bringing in a gross sum of $l25 per
month, less than the price that a single
page would bring for one Sunday at the
present time. The foreign advertising in
the paper brought us twice as much
money as the local advertising did. Is It
any wonder that 1 came out about 5000
per week short of enough to run the
paper? If / remember correctly the en-
tire income from advertising per month
was about $24O0 and it was costing about
$1,000 per week to get out the paper.
Capt. Frank p. O'Brien was winding up
the affairs of the old Age-Herald at that
time and he aided me all that he could
In running the paper.
Captain Brien had just finished pay
| ing up a large Indebtedness, dollar for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

was forthwith asked to substitute the
word correct for good" an apron
was suspended from this throatlatch
and scissors placed in his digits. Hence
forth Harry attributes his joyial char
acter building to clipping jokes from
the exchanges.
So great was his love of work that
Benjamin Mayer in his zeal lost health
but the impairment knew no division
of time. His "Newsboy Greeting
stands today as monument to his
memory.
TO his successor, C. M. Stanley, my
former colleague of years of night toll,
say: Dear Badly lest we forget and
sink into the slough of verbosity, we
should write finis somwhere on this,
and with His infinite grace resting
upon those of the silent majority let
our tributes be from the heart and
not as Putingham puts it:
"That which Is intended to please,
prevalent, for speech is artificial"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Operator: yes"
Editor to Miller: "What disposition
did you make of st. Pierre article?"
Miller: Had it placed in type
Editor to Foreman Holt of compost
ton: What became of set type on St.
Pierre bul1etin?'
Foreman Holt: 1.-The one column, two
deck head on volcano was ordered re-
moved to the stone by the order of
Mr.. Miller for Court Comedies p"
The editor: WHO writes Court Com
edies'?'
Mr.. Holt: Frank Harvey Miller"
The next day a brand new copy of
Rand McNally was found on Mr. Mil
ler's desk He is now a successful ed
itor and owner.
Harry J. Burney was among the
coterie who could do no wrong but
got "his'n" just the same He announced
himself as a product of Dr. Phillips,
superintendent of the public schools
knowing what good English was" He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
ARTHUR HUST TELLS
EARLY DAY SECRETS
CONTINUED From Page Eight

CONTINUED From Page EighD
desk work. On one of the late dog
watches an important telegram was
received. The following morning all of
the southern papers appeared with
streamer heads reading something akin
to this:
"St. Pierre, Island of Martinique, dew
astated by ~Soufriere's volcanic erup-
ton; toll of deaths expected many
thousands"
But we didn't have a line about 1T.
The subsequent investigation in col
loquial style follows:
The editor to operator: "Did you re-
ceive st. Pierre bulletin?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

he only had his home left lie came to
me and proposed to mortgage his home
and go in with me and buy the paper,
but was afraid to risk my all in Il ven
ture that was running short between $500
and $1,000 per month.
The democratic primary came off
shortly after this and Captain o Bricn
was elected sheriff of Jefferson county
and was thus enabled to get another
financial start and made another fortune