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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-03
SHOPPING MADE EASY.
SHOPPING
MADE EASY,

There isn't much excuse now.
adays for the woman or man
who Is "bored to death" by
shopping. .
Merchants no longer jus.
"keep shop" They arc live.
progressive, alert, ard energetic.
There's high.power-d efficiency
en-. tap at most Of tho shops,
large ana sm;ll. Everything
conceivable S being done for
the information, convenience.
and comfort Of patrons. And it
is the patrons own fault II he
or she doesn't know where the
choicest things may be pur-
chased. where the best service
is to be had, and where prices
are the most reasonable.
Just read over carefully the
crisp. instructive. up-to-the.min.
ute announcements Of every de.
script on in today's West Vir.
sinfan and you ,Wftf readily un.
derstand how simple ]. is to
find out where to shop and what
,tesbuy. ~ q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-03
Good Roads
BEGINNING TO ATTRACT ATTEN-
.TioN OF CONGRESS SERIOUSLY
NEW COMMITTEE TO- BE

WASHINGTON. D. G.. May D..
Good roads Legislation Is considered
Of SO mtfch importance that leading
Democrats propose TO c:eate new
standing committee in the House to
be known as tae commi!ice on Good
Roads. Provision for sucII n commit
tee was made today in resolution
introduced by Representative Henry
OF sTeXas.. !. n Z. ~ Z; -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-03

Judge John. W. Mcson was In Wheel.
Ing yesterday on business connected
with the State Centennial.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-03

. Mr.. and Mrs. ". $. Joan. Of Nor.
Gan;own. are the guests OF the lattcr's
sister, Mrs. Ira Smith.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-03

FouNo-iSome money on street.
Loser address Mike Powells Trust
BIDS. describing property. 5.3.1t
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-03

Mrs. c. c. Shepherd, OF Springfield;
Mass. who Is the guest Of relatives In
hahningtou, was IN the city to-day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
SARY OF FIRST AMERICAN
CATHOLIC DIOCESE

Eminent Catholic churchmen of
both North and South America will
join in the observances to be held in
San Juan, Porto Rico, this week to
commemorate the 4OOth anniversary
of the creation of the first Catholic
diocese in the New World. The pro-
gram begins with solemn religious
services, and will continue through
four days. The diocese of Porto Rico
was created in 1913, only twenty years
after the discovery of the island by
Columbus, during his second voyage.
Juan Ponce de Leon was the first to
explore Porto Rico, and became it's
governor in 1909, founding the town
Of Caparra, near the present site of
San Juan. 1t was Ponce de Leon who
induced the church authorities to es-
ia b1ish the diocese of Porto Rico,
which had Jurisdiction over all the
Spanish settlements in the West In
dies
The second Catholic diocese in the
New World was that of Peru, also
esta bIished in the sixteenth century,
following the conquest of that coun-
try and the founding of the city Of
Lima by Francisco Pizarro. The con-
vent of ST. Francis, built in 1886, and
the Lima University, founded in 1871,
are the oldest institutions of their
kind in the Americas.
The first Catholic see of the North
American continent was that of Que
bee, of which the famous Mgr. de
Laval was the first bishop. This dio-
cese, to which de Laval was formally
appointed in 1874, covered nearly the
whole of the North American CONT
nent. De Laval founded the Grand
Seminary for the education of priests
at Quebec in 1868, and Laval Univer-
sity also serves to ommemorate the
name of the first bishop of the Domin ;
ION.
The diocese of Baltimore is the
oldest in the United States. It was
created in 1889.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
Value of Walking.

Walking, if properly and regularly
followed, would become not only a re-
storer of health to many who at the
present time are on the road to dis
ease, but also a source of pleasure. Let
the arms swing if you feel like it and
the limbs too. Open the nostrils and
fill the lungs, and the movements will
send gentle electric vibration through
the entire body, the result of which is
the awakening of new life. Never take
me lazy gait, as it soon makes one
tired and produces languor. A little
perspiration on the home stretch may
prove to be blessing not only in car
rying effete matter from the body, but
in bringing an increased supply of OK
ygen into the blood and putting the
blush of health on the cheek. Perhaps
the best time to walk is in the early
morning. The air is then the most
highly charged with the life giving
oxygen and the freest from dust and
smoke. which rise later in the day. At
this time also the mind is liable to
be free from worry and anxiety, hence
in the best condition to drink in the
blessings of freshness for us on every
hand.-Health.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24

Festivals to be observed this week
are those of st. Matthias, Apostle, on
Monday; st. Tarasius, on Tuesday; St.
Porphyry, on Wednesday; st. Leand-
err. on Thursday; SITS. Romanus and
Lupicinus, on Friday, and st. David
on Saturday. Mi-Caremo falls on
Thursday of this week, and in Latin
countries will be marked by "a carni-
val to celebrate the fact that the
penitential season is half over.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
Rnn,anee of Radium-

The story of radium is one of ma
lures masterpieces of satire. The al
chemists spent ifetimes in trying to
change base metals into gold when for
untold cons nature had already been
turning a relatively common metal,
uranium, into radium, 10000 times as
costly as gold. The alchemist's wild
est dream was more than fulfilled, but
at the same time nature was endowing
the radium itself with the property of
ceaseless change and, according to
some, decreeing that the transmutation
should proceed until the radium be-
eame converted into lead. worth few
pennies a pound. It is true that it
would take an ounce of radium 1000
FEARS to form half an ounce of lead,
but this only makes the satire more
striking, for we first learned of the ex-
lstence of radium when of lead there
was enough and to spare.-Dr. W. S.
Lazar1s-Barlow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
Why Do scotsmen sueeeed3

Johnny, dear" said the visitor.
John McTurk turned around. while
the family cat rescued her tail from
his grubby fist.
''Now that you are going to school, -
continued the visitor. .I want to ask
you little question. How many mar
bles would you get if 1 gave you TWEEN
ty, to be divided between you and
Andrew Macdonald"
Johnny thoughtfully rubbed the
point of his nose where the cat had
scratched him.
'I dinna KEN he said.
I"Cofne. come" said his elder "How's
that?''
'eWell, ma'an,'' said Johnny. eye see
it's a. according. If We gle me them
when were both here we'd haze ten
apiece If Andrew was here and
wasna I'd only haze about five. but if I
were TO get them when Andrew wasna
here dinna ken whether he'd haze ony
at a'."-London Tit-Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
CRANE employees
FIND PLANT COLD
Four Hundred Men Forced to Re-
turn From Factory This
Morning

Almost four hundred men were idle
this morning at the works of the Crane
Valve Company's West End plant,
owing to lack of heat and power. 1t
had been found necessary to repair
the condensers at the power house
apd arrangements were made early
Saturday to draw the fires in the
powerful boilers.
Contracts let for the work with local
contractors stipulated that the work
should be completed in time for re-
sumption this morning, but it took
longer than expected. Consequently
when the men arrived at the opening
hour, the plant was still cold and it
was found necessary to lay them off
for the day. Tomorrow will see the
wheels again turning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

A delightful Old English concert
was rendered by the Wheeler & Will
son band, together with an array of
vocal and instrumental so1oists at the
Lyric theatre last night the final
offering of a series which under the
management of Henry E. Reilly were
attaining great Sunday evening popu-
Iarity Under Leader George Sanger
inspiring marches, oVertureS and
NEEDLES, famous English compositions
were rendered to a large and appre-
ciative audience. J. Wilson Cliff,
soloist; L. A. Vernon, cornet soloist;
Miss Mabel B. Smith, soprano; F.
Monk, baritone; Mrs. w. w. Wiggles-
worth, contralto, and Master BERTHE
gram.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
MARX rwain,a Eaa order.

Mark Twain once lived at the Play
ers' club in New York The egg cups
they use there easily hold two eggs,
but not three One morning a new
waiter came to take the breakfast or
der Clemens said:
boy, put three soft eggs in that cup
for me-
By and by the waiter returned,
bringing the breakfast. Clemens look
ed at the egg portion and asked:
+'Boy, what was my order?'
4Three soft eggs broken in the cup
Mr.. Clemens
"And you've filed that order. have
you2'
eyes, Mr.. Clemens
''Boy, you are trif1ing with the truth.
I've been trying all winter to get three
eggs into that cup.''-Bookman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
DereIicts at Sea

The wooden vessel is the most dan
gerous of derelicts, for she may drift
about the seas for months. Among the
board of trade records one reads of the
Fanny e. Woistin, which was abandon
ed Oct. Is, 1891. and Travelled about
1000 miles before she was last seen, in
December, 1898, And there was the
William L. White, which was abandon
ed March IS. 1888, eighty miles from
New York, and tossed about the north
Atlantic for months, during which she
was recognized by some forty vessels.
She at last went ashore off the Hebri-
DIES, Jan. %. 1885,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
Want Paint

There are painters and walters
Which am I going to do? Paint or
wait?
Which is better?
How much am I worth with my
property waiting? How much if I
paint? Will my house be worth more
or less If patnt2
Say it costs $2.25 a gallon Devoe-
I wouldn't pain any other-and SO or
"a more for putting it on. That's $50
or SEQ a 10-gallon job.
The money is gone. Is it in the
house? Is it all in the house?
Suppose L were selling; what should
I get for that house fresh-painted and
what should I get for it needing
paint?
wonder why men paint before
sel1ingi
DEVOE
The HubbeIl & Wade CO. sell it
sells it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24

The diocese of Baltimore is the
oldest in the United States. It was
created in 1889.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
Notice

For forty-seven years we nave nee1
conducting business at the same OIu
IOcaf zion corner of Main and John
Streets, bridgeport, Conn.,, and QUE
Private Bank has been estac1SheI1
there continuously. We have rece1Neu
and maid ont on demand without no
tice millions of dollars of money oe-
posted with us and we continue 20
ERceive mone- subject to deposl1OF >
three per cent. per annuKr. cred1teu
10 each account monthly. we soncIL
the accounts of individuals. bUs1neSS
men, IrTrls and corporations, and an
vrR7o want a bank account where they
can deposit money, checks or oraA1s,
and leave it for one day,one week. one
month or one year, and draw interest
ON it for any time it is left with US:
We give TO the business our careIus
personal attention as the oldest nfnA
of private bankers in this state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
A Good Memory.

A man went into a store the other
day carrying a tin bucket 1.-The fell
low claimed that when sold it to him
I guaranteed it for ten years. said the
dealer. HE hadn't had it but six
years. and it was all battered up. He
wanted new one. 1 went and got
him one without a word. l had no
desire to argue with a man who had a
memory like that."-Kansas City
Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
FORTY HOURS DEVOTION

will be opened at St Augustine's
church next Sunday at 1890 o'clock,
when a solemn high mass will be cele-
DRAFTED followed by the procession OF
the Blessed Sacrament. The service
will continue until Tuesday morning.
Visiting clergymen will assist in hear
ing confessions during the devotions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24
AUXILIARY TO INITIATE

Ladies Auxiliary, No. so. A. O.. H,
will initiate a class of % at a, meeting
tonight in Odd Fellows Hail. Guests
from auxiiIaries about the state are
expected as well as the state officers.
The newly organized degree team will
conduct the Initiation, which will be
followed by a luncheon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-24

Mrs S. s. s., Van Buren, St. King
ston, N. Y. Gull name furnished on
application) had such decided benefit
using Foley's Honey & Tar Compound
that she shares her good fortune with
others She writes: ''Foley's Honey
& Tar Compound brought my voice
back to me during a. severe case of
bronchitis and 1aryngitis. Oh how
many people I have recommended it
to- F. B. Brill, Stratford avenue
and Sixth street-Adv "1S5
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
ONLY ONE BEST"
Johnson City People Give Cred
it Where Credit is Due.

People of Johnson City who suffer
with weak kidneys and bad backs want
kidney remedy that can be depended
upon. Doan's Kidney Pills is a medi
cine for the kidneys only, and one that
is backed by willing testimony of John
son City people. Here's case: .....
E, S. Wolfe, Spring and Maple street,
Johnson City, Tenn, says: "A dull,
heavy pain in the small of my back
clung to me for some time and the secre-
tlons from my kidneys were irregular in
passage, especially at night. l used
several remedies that were highly recon-
mended for such tronbles, but nothing
proved suitable until l got Doans Kid
ney Pill from the Whitehouse Drug Co.
They restored me to good health and
drove away all symptoms of kidney com
ptant,"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name -Doan's - and
take no other,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Nations Wealth.

II you were to ask me to show the
sources of nations wealth, would
point you to the seas laden with food
supplies, and which carry on their
waves cargoes from shore to shore /
would point to the inland rivers. ]
would show you the trees which grow
upon the surface of the earth. | would
go beneath its crust and there uncover
the treasures of coal and iron and other
minerals which civilized man must
use. Iwould show you the earth itself
and its products-the wheat, the barley
and the corn, the fruit which hangs
upon the trees and the cotton which
bursts its tenement and whitens in the
summers sun, ] would show you the
sheep grazing on the hill sides and the
cattle in the meadows and the fields. /
would show you then the worlds peo.
Piles who must be clothed and fed, and
which draw from the land and the sea
the bread and the meat for their daily
lives. These constitute the wealth oi
nations.
If were asked to show you the signs
of poverty and the forces of waste-the
subtractors from the wealth and true
economy of the state, | would point
you first of all to the open saloon-to
the fiery products Of the still-house
which scorch and burn.
In Tennessee every community but
the cities of Nashville, Chattanooga
and Memphis voluntarily voted liquor
out, and the argument was always used
that there would follow a depression in
business, but the reverse has been true,
and today there is not one of these
communities that would vote for a re-
turn of the saloon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

conviction that on the question with
which l had to deal in my public ca
reer, all my argument and all my con-
illusions, so far as they excused or justi-
fed the moral right or policy of the
state to legalize the sale of liquor, and
thereby give sanction to its ravages on
society, were only the empty and hope
less statements of propositions which
had no verify or application to thing
wholly and essentially evil, and con-
cerning which no principle of right or
order or liberty should ever be evoked
for its existence.
/ do not mean to undervalue charac-
ter and resistance as elements of per-
sonal safety; but / do mean the time
will come somewhere in the life of ev-
cry man who has delusions of his secu-
rity, against the insidiousness and fear
full grip of liquor, when the sentinels Of
duty will sleep, and the strongest of
manhood will be invested and captured
by the enemy.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

and leave the sale o1eilIIII2s 70 men OF
the better class and taef feapeetAble
conditions. This mil have been the
result, but the mista made was ia
drawing a distinction favorable to the
saloon as against the aife, o. to make
any compromise with evil; for there
is no such thing as peetable saloon
and there never can be. AS we'll
might one speak of asirtuous prosti-
tute or an honest THE It matters not
how attractive and luxurious their ap-
pointments may be, these are nothing
but the paint and daub which hide the
hideous features of the hag, and the
vice which is most deadly is not that
which repels but thar which allures.
The link between the saloon and the
brothel is beaten path, and the saloon
stands below as the promoter and sup
porter of the gambling room above.
None knows the truth of this with as
much certainty of Information as the
saloonkeepeFs themselves, and none
would be more opposed to the liquor
traffic if they did net depend upon it
or think they depebded upon it for
their support.
1t is not necessaryto treat them as
outcasts, for they are the product of
conditions and there are many men in
the liquor business wAo not only pos
sesses intelligence, at have kindly
impulses, and, in sonae other calling,
would become respect lble and produc-
tive citizens; but while engaged in
their present occupation, they must
bear the odium and ! fame which at
taches to it.
The saloon is somqtlmes spoken of
by its advocates as he "Poor Mans
Club" r" and this cheaH|appeal has been
made to the laboring nan for his sup
port; but this is REJECTION upon his
intelligence, his purpose in life and his
value TO society; for tie laboring mans
clubs are his iodge aid his home, and
the laboring mans assets are his
health and efficiency to all of which
the saloon is an avowed and open ene-
my.
The saloon can nq produce one ve-
racious witness in itAaavor as it stands
charged before the bH of public opin-
ion but Its guilt has Been shown by an
overwhelming accu2 2ulation of direct
and circumstantiaKIscof which admits
ofnoss2oubt and bF NJ own confession.
ssatti 2cttt.-ielon. ztmnst
go never to return and with the going
of the saloon liquor itself should go.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Saloonless Nation.

The fear that business men and 9TH
ers sometimes entertain that legitimate
trade will suffer has not been borne out
by other localities, and none can realize
what splendid results would come in a
material way to have saloonless ma
tion and to divert an unproductive and
wasteful force into waiting fields of en-
terprise. Taxation would fall, prosper
ity would rise and we would start upon
an unexampled growth. If the man
of commerce would exercise the same
care and prudence in investigating the
effect on business by prohibition that
he usually does on other questions
which arise, he will be convinced that
it will only hurt the business it is in
tended to hurt, and will aid all Others.
But it is urged that no man shall tell
us what we shall eat or drink that it
is an invasion of personal liberty by a
meddling law. | have said and believ-
ed this, and / fear sacred principle Of
government was misapplied to the base
uses of the liquor traffic. ii may be a
personal right to take drink if the
liquor traffic exists; but it is not per-
sonal right for the liquor traffic to exist.
1t becomes very jealous of the preser-
vation of personal liberty, and loudly
is it invoked whenever the state propo-
ses to outlaw its business. The answer
of organized society is that it has a
right to protect itself and its people up
to the point of annihilation. The state
interferes with personal rights hen it
puts criminal in Jail, when it holds a
witness, when it candemns property for
public use; and it does not hesitate TO
perform any other act which the gener-
al welfare requires. The law interferes
when it compels man to cut the
weeds on his premises, to lay a side
walk, to connect with a sewer, when
it compels him to cage a dangerous
that goes upon the publicstreet. Per-
sonal liberty is not thought to be invad-
ed when the law forbids a citizen to
maintain nuisance, when it prohibits
the sale of poisonous foods OF drugs,
when it forbids arson or theft. But the
evils of alcohol are greater than all
those combined. 1t is fouler nuisance
and more deadly than an open sewer.
1t has claimed more victims than all
the poisonous and death producing
drugs of the world since Socrates drank
the cup of hemlock 1t has destroyed
more lives since Cleopatra put the asp
in her bosom than all the insects that
fly, all the reptiles that crawl and all
the savage beasts that roam the jungles
and the wi1dwoods 1t has stolen more
men and women from the house of God
than all the stolen booty of all the rob-
bers since the impenitent thief died
upon the cross, and it has burned more
homes than all the torches of incendia.
ries since Nero fired the Eternal City.
Alcohol and Liquor.
Alcohol has its proper uses in the arts
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

The law treats the liquor traffic only
as a privilege. The government for
bids the sale of liquor on Indian reser-
paiions. 1t is restricted in Washing
ton. All the states hedge it about
with limitations. Some of them have
prohibitory laws, and everywhere the
trade is looked upon with suspicion
and distrust. This is true of no other
business, and is the testimony of the
law to its bad character. That the
traffic submits to these restrictions and
would to others still more stringent;
that it is willing to surrender rights
which any legitimate business would
fight for; that it pays graft and suffers
itself to be preyed upon by the harpies
of the law is the testimony of its own
confession of guilt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Saloons.

In my message to the legislature
said; 81 recomend that no general pro-
hibition law be passed abolishing the
manufacture and sale of liquor believ-
ing, as i have always done, and for
the reasons stated, that such law
will prove failure and be detriment
to the state.
( 81 do recommend, however, high Ii
cense, strict regulation and forfeiture
of license for violation of law"
II these recommendation had been
followed, the result would have been
that the open saloon would have been
sanctioned by the law of Tennessee,
and my idea was that high license and
regulation would eleminate the dives