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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-07
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NASltl Nj ON, ApFu I'~,E '""'f1"S
Wilson'S determination 10 read his
own message 10 Congress tomorrow
has completely Displaced the tariff
and the income tax as subjects OF
popular interest
No President since John Adams, has
avalIed himself OF the right. Congress
was amazed when il heard Of tho
Presidents plan and some OF the old
leaders refused to believe II until Sec
'emw TumuIty personally co@armed
the news.
Arrangements for the extraordinary
event got under way today. The
President will first so to his room on
the Senate side Of the capitol, and
later to the hall Of the House Of Rep
rcseutatives. where both Hranches OF
Congress will BE- assembled. Under
ordinary circumstances the two bodies
meet in joint session only once every
four years. and then only for ihr per.
functory ceremony Of canvasslng the
eleclrial votes,
President Wilson intends to ship
quietly away from the White House
with his message In his pocket, and
accompanied by only one policemen.
ride TO the capital
Some OF the Presidents friends say
he may be expected to deliver aIl his
messages to Congress in the same
way. The president regards this
method rs the only dignificd way to
keep inStouch with Congress He has
let It be known that he intends to
make frequent use Of The Presidents
room ut the capi'o' to keep In close
touch with the legislative situation
Most other Presidents have used the
room for only an hour or two during
the closing hour of Congress.
President Wilson said today that he
was on til" fence as to whether the
tariff ShOuId BE- revised schedule by
schedule or In q stNgle hill. Seven
Democratic members Of the Scnnre
Finance Committee urged the Prcsi'
dent 10 decide for schedule by
schedule revision. but at the cOnclu
sion of The conference the President
said hr would still further consider
the matter before making up his mind.
lie told the Senators that he did
moi think any Senator voting against
The hill would venture to he3r the bur,
den OF responsibility for Defending
the party program.
II was suggested thar the Louisiana
Senators would oppose TIE bill. hut
the President. il Is said, took account
OF that loss and figured that the meas
urr still would have enough votes to
p""S' i"| SCH"tV's "SH' d""1 N"H
the impression that while the Prest-
dent was still open to conviction, he
was inclined 10 the single tariff bill,
The entire question must be decided
as far as the Presidents wishes are
concerned, before the Democratic cau-
Gus meets tomorrow Representative
Palmer, as chairman OF the caucus,
sought the Presidents opinion as toI
whether the caucus sboHld be open.
"a have always been in tavor OF thel
open Caucus" said the President.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-07

7 he executive committee has sent
$4,000 70 Governor Hatfield and $l.'oO
10 the National Red Gross society,
There is yet unpaid Oh subscriptions
$3.50 aud the executive committee will
appreciate Il prompt payment OF all
subscriptions in order that ii may be
able to close up a!l funds and put
them to work.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-07
.PRES. WILSON NIL lD'
his MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

THIS WAS THE WAY THAT WASH.
IMeToN ANo ADAMS OLD IT Bug
JEFFERSON DEPARTED FROM
THE CUSTOM AND SINCE THE
TIME OF THE SAGE OF MONTE
CELLO" MESSAGES HAVE BEEN
TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS
AND READ BY CLERKS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-07
RELIEF FUND
IS GROWING
THE AMOUNT RAISED IN FAIR.
MONT HAS REACHED THE SUM
OF s5,s1770.

The flood relief fund has now reach
d the sum Of $5,S1770. The Following
contributions have come IN since the
last published report;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-07

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-08-23

of the bran, jump about four feet
high, spit stream of tocacco juice,
light down and take another bite,
and then start out to lick the first
hopper he met. In this way all the
hoppers in the field were soon fight
ing each other and the carnage was
awful. As soon as one hopper would
kill another, he would jump onto an
other hopper and this continued un-
til there was but one big old hopper
left. Pretty soon an old rooster came
along and made dive for this big
hopper, but Mr.. Hopper instead of
allowing himself to be quietly eaten,
jumped up and kicked the old rooster
eyes and chased him under the barn"
-Jetmore Republican.
There's Secretary Bryan. He asks
too much for his lectures. His fee is
$3.50 a lecture and one half the single
admissions. At Concordia last year
he was paid 81 900 for single lecture.
Now, Mr. Bryan is perhaps the great
est and most popular lecturer in the
country, but he would be well paid
if given 500 for speech The
reason chautauquas cost so much is
that the men who do the talking
charge too much for it. Victor Muir
dock gets $50 lecture Vic is worth
about $50 Henry Allen gets S100
He isn't worth over $50, but you can
pay the price asked or do without.
Well sometimes you've got TO have
the speakers at their own price. But
it isn't right for any man to ask more
for his work than it is worth The
Hiawatha chautauqua programme
costs $500 day on an average Hia-
watha World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-08-23

My friend, notice that you are
still wasting a lot of your time and
strength in trying to tear down your
neighbour competitor in business
You we're at it years ago when some
good friendly advice was given you
along that line. You are now a little
grayer, little more bent in the back
and you have lost lot of energy.
Your competitor is still doing bust
ness at the old stand. He smiles as
the days speed bv, for he is prosper
ing. Business is good with him, he
has lots of friends and the good
things of earth appear to be parading
past his door all the time. You have
more cobwebs in your place than
customers The people know all a.
bout your whine. They know what
is giving you the belIyache- You
can't fool 'em for second. You have
the bellyache habit. When any other
bellyacher in town feels lonesome he
hunts you up and together you have
one grand ceremonial ache. You
want to take a tumble to yourself.
Purge your system of some OF the
whines and aches and jealousies
Smile occasionally and mean it, If
you are not too far gone it may
pay you dividends Farmer.
1t is reported that one of our farm
ers lost his can of syrup while taking
his poisoned bran home Saturday.
having no syrup to mix the bran he
concluded to try an experiment. He
had full quart of Hayner which he
mixed with the bran in place of the
syrup. He reports that the hoppers
seemed to take to this mixture even
better than to the ordinary bran
mixture He said that one old male
hopper would come along, take a bite
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-08-23
Money to loan. o. A. Cortright. p


Many ills come from impure blood.
gestion, lazy liver and sluggish
bowels. Burdock Blood Buffers is re-
commended for strengthening stom-
ach. bowels and liver and purifying
the blood.-adv.
On a recent afternoon, when the
thermometer was SO in the shade, two
fat men met in front of the First Ma
tional bank. Say said the first tat
man, ..do you know what Id do if
were in st. Joe?'i Mo- said the sec
ond fat man. ..WeIl, . said the first fat
man, I'D fill my silo Troy Chief.
1t is said that dancing makes a
girls feet large. 1t is also said that
ice cream makes freckles. Doctors
are of the opinion that hanging on
the front gate produces rheumatism.
A few more opinions like these and
the girls won't have any fun left
them.-EX.
A family travelling in a covered
wagon hailing from Kansas City stop
ped in town Thursday. Two young
ladies of the party called at the post
office and offered to sell post card
pictures of the party, saying they
were on hike to San Francisco and
one of their party was sick and they
took this mode of travel for the ben
cards at 10 cents each.
Last week when Geo. p Taylor
was here he bought J. f. Whitford' S
fine half section of land in Iowa
township for consideration of S11,-
600 paying good price but getting a
farm really worth while. This makes
100 acres that George owns in body.
He intends some day, when he gets
tired of travelling for eastern concerns,
to come back to Rocks county and
live on that ranch. He has been
offered fine position with New
York concern to sell oil-burning en-
gines in New England. He left Mon
day evening Record.
Five auto loads from this city at
tended the autauqua at Wa-Kee-
ney last Friday. They report having
fine time and that the attractions
were high-class and were everything
called for in their advertising. The
Wax eeney business men and those
connected with the chautauqua are
to be commended for the way things
were conducted and for their nerve
in taking hold and pushing the enter
prise as they did during these hard
times. We understand that they are
something like s4O0 to the bad, which
will be raised by the advanced sale OF
tickets for the chautauqua next year
Hill City New Era.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-08-23
Correct Abstracts W. II. swiggett ad
For le-Household goods Mrs
III. o. Gearhart.-adv "A 2t

For Saie-Household goods. Mrs
III. o. Gearhart.-adv "A 2t.
Report comes from Ellis that Mrs.
Ell. E. Mccormick, who has been sick
for some months, is little better.
John Blocksom and John Scher-
Finger drove overfo Wa-Keeney We'd
nesday afternoon.-U Utica Enterprise
c. z. Miller and j. W. Lutters each
shipped in car of baled straw from
Republic county this week.=Utica
Enterprise.
j. H. Bullock and daughter return
ed home Friday morning from Topeka
where he was called by the death of
his sister:
Valentine Stutz made trip to
Wa-Keeney Tuesday, looking up the
feed proposition over that way
Utica Enterprise.
For SaIe-17o acres of corn in field;
also Is acres of kafr corn, acres of
cane and 10 tons of hay in stack. T.
@. Percy, on J. r. Wilson's farm
north of town.-Ady. % st.
Jep Bundy was up from Ellsworth
the first of the week and visited Mr..
and Mrs T. W. Bundy. He says it
is as dry in Ellsworth as here and
that the leaves are falling off the
trees.
W B. Kelly returned home last
Monday from his visit to Denver. He
reports good time and that Denver
did herself proud in the way she
treated the Knight Templars and
other outside guests.
Mrs II. o. Gearhart and mother,
Mrs. NJ. E. Courtright, leave the first
of the week for visit with relatives
at Hutchinson and Arlington, Kans.,
after which they will go to their new
home at Wray, Colo.
Henry Meyer has traded property
in WaKeeney, Ellis, Hays, and some
land for forty acres of land adjoining
Colorado Springs. This deal involves
about S24, 600 worth of property and
is the largest one on record for some
time.
Miss Jessie Wilton of Salina and
Miss Ruby Galloway of Wa-Keeney
were visitors at the Whitton home
the fore part of the week. Miss Whit
ton left for Hoxie to visit home folks
and Miss Galloway returned to Wa
Keeney.-Hill City Republican.
Ernest Ruby took a couple of land
men over to Trego county, Tuesday,
returning the same night. He found
conditions in some respects better
than here, owing to rain or two
they have had The old cattlemen
are busy putting in silos.-Stock ton
Record
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26

The assessment value of the L.
& N. Railroad, which passes
through Powell county, last year
was 50, 100000 per mile. The net
profits, according to reports of the
Company to the State authorities
were $2,0S4.0O per mile, or more
than 20 per cent. on its assessed
value. If every citizen tax pay
err of Powell county were allowed
to pay tax on their property only
when it produced such an earn
ing power, there wouldn't be $500
collected in the whole county.
Why should the railroads be thus
favored? Away with such rotten
ness. Make the railroads pay
tax like other people, then there
will be no drained treasury eth
err at Stanton or Frankfort.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26

Mr.. John A. Sewell, of Walters
vile, announces in the Times this
week for Justice of the Peace in
the 9Th Magisterial district of
Powell county. Mr.. Sewell is a
man who is well qualified for the
Office he seeks, and we are sure a
better man could not be found
in the district. He is a man of a
sober and Christian character,
and If the people of his district
select him, they can be we'll as
sured that they have an officer
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26

Mr.. Walter B. Thacker an
nounces in this issue of the
Times for County School Super
intendent, subject to the action
of the Republican primary in
August. While his politics do
no exactly suit us, we believe
that Mr.. Thacker would make us
a good Superintendent. He will
be remembered as one of the
teachers who so satisfactorily
taught the school in this city last
year, and we believe him we'll
qualified to fill the Office for
which he aspires. He has many
Republican friends throughout
the county, and will doubtless re-
ceive the nomination from his
party without opposition. If
nominated, he will more than
likely prove to be strong candi-
date this fall.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26
who will perform his duties with
credit to the county.

The Times has received a letter
from very prominent citizen of
Lee county, offering to join us in
the fight against the sale of the
L. & E. to the L. & N. Other
counties are interested. Let us
hear from them, too, as the larg-
er the opposition, the better.
We must control the L. & NJ, or
the l.. & N. will control us.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that sci
ence has Neen able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
u constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith. in its curative
powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testi.
monials.
Address +. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stiDatiOn
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26

Lexington has always shown
due respect to us people of the
mountains, and are our friends.
They have never fallen down on
us on any occasion. They are
deserving of our trade when we
must 60 away from home to deal.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26

Owsley Stanley seems to be
gaining every day in his race for
U. S. Senator, Gov. McCreary's
entrance into the ring, notwith-
standing. Stanley is a mighty
sound man on some strong points,
and it might be we'll that his
popularity increase.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26

Peace in the 9Th Magisterial district, of
Powell county. subject to the action
Of the Democratic primary election in
August.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26

Remember that today is the
time to do the things that you put
off until tomorrow yesterday.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26
CLUB RATES.

For the convenience Of our sub
scribers, we have arranged club rates
with the following papers at prices
below mentioned:
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26
For County Attorney.

We are authorized to announce NJ .
A. Phillips as candidate for County At
torney of Powell county, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary cleo
tion in August.
We are authorized to announce A. II d..
Norton as candidate for County Attor-
ney of Powell county, subject to the
action OF the Democratic primary cleo
tion in August.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-06-26

We are authorized Ia armour ce J A.
gcw,ll as canGi,at r,f Justice Of he
The fool-killer., 1913-11-01
WILSON'S THANKSGIVING


Woodpile Wilson has sent out
his first Thanksgiving Proclama-
hon, The Fool Killers translation
Of which reads as follows:
""The season is at hand in
which it has been our long,
respected custom, as a people, to
open up the fiood-gates of our
lying and hypocritical souls and
pretend that we are so blamed
good that sugar won't melt in
eur mouths.
After giving 364 days of the
year to the service Of the devil,
we imagine it will satisfy God
for US to come sneaking around
and give Him a few minutes of
enapty lip-service once a year.
Everybody knows that's all the
average Thanksgiving a.
mounts to, anyhow, and we might
rs well be honest once in our
lives.
AS this is my first "proclama-
tion'' of this sort from the White
House, I feel sorter like a bull
calf trying to ride a bicycle. /
have not yet learned all the tricks
Of the trade, and if | happen to
blunder onto the truth now and
then, you'll have to excuse me.
The year that has just passed
has been marked in a peculiar
degree by manifestations of Gods
gracious and b%enefcent proyi-
dence. There has been no war
within our borders except in
West Virginia and a few other
Industrial centers. And we fee
humbly thankful that all those
who got killed were nothing but
common laborers who. didn'r
amount to much.
We have not only had peace
but that peace has been gloritiet
By the incoming of Democratic
administration. If. there wa
nothing else to be thankful for
that is enough.
But that amt all, by q dicken
Of a sight.
The fool-killer., 1913-11-01
Il Never Can Happen Again.

L followed the lead of an old party
boss
All blindly' wherever he led,
Nor exercised even the sense of a boss
I'm looking and planning ahead.
/ voted for Ted and I voted for Taft,
For I thought they were honorable
men;
But I found them the tools of oppres-
sion and graft,
And it never can happen again.
My neighbor was caught in a similar
trap,
With another political name;
He was lying asleep in Democracy's
lap,
TAl a sudden awakening came.
lie voted for Wilson, believing the lie
That grub would be cheaper, and
then
He found belly-timber still soaring on
high,
And it never can happen again.
James Larkin Pearson.
The fool-killer., 1913-11-01

giving exercises are over. Then
they can go on lying and robbing
as usual.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my fine Italian fist
and caused the seal of the Be
nighted States to be affixed.
WOODPILE WILSON.
The fool-killer., 1913-11-01

They have just. begun the task
Of counting the six million silver
dollars which are piled up in the
San Francisco mint. Now that's
funny to rae. If they know there
is six million dollars, what In the
gee-whiz do they want to count
era for?
The fool-killer., 1913-11-01
A Few Letters.
November, 1913

ARNOLD PARISH 119 Belmont
St., Raleigh, n. Enclosed you
will find IS cents for which please
send The Fool-Killer to my address
for one year. Afriend of mine handed
one of your Fool-Killers a week
ago, and I am laughing over it yet. If
I had time l would get up a club, but
I am a cotton-mill hand, and the other
fellow gets most all that I make. So
you see it's a tail hold and uphill pull
with me. That is why I am one Of
those d-arned Socialists you hear SO
much about.
HAZEL D. SMITH, RI, Box SO,
Charlevoix, Mich.-Enclosed find five.
subs for The Fool-Killer. [ am a little
girl eleven years old, and my grand
father has taken the paper for a long
time, and he looks forward to it's
coming every month. Please print this,
letter in your paper. (Thank you,
Hazel, for your nice letter and the
club of subscribers. You are a smart
little girl. You have written me be-
fore, and I remember you all right.
Let me hear from you again. Tell your
grandfather "howdy" for me.-J. L,
Pearson.)
81. G.. HOFFM AN, Youngstown,
Ohio.-While at lunch to-day I was
talking about The Fool Killer and
made the assertion to some of my
friends that if they would subscribe
for this paper I would assure them
that they would receive twenty times
they receive, and if they did not, I
would make my Christmas dinner out
of the several copies sent to them. My
friends, knowing my hungry nature,
gave me eight subscriptions for this
journal, and I trust'you will make the
first issue SO interesting to them that
I may be permitted to eat turkey in
stead of the eight copies of The Fool
Killer for my Christmas lunch. The
mailing address of all these parties is,
I. 90. F. Temple, Youngstown, Ohio.
Enclosed find remittance of $1.2 o
covering these subscription.
S. RAYMOND HIGH, Box II,
Perkasie, Pa.-Brother Pearson,
here's seven new ones and one re-
newal for your "pungent periodical
of thrilling thought" SO whoop 'er
up and let 'em have it for November.
The whole bunch of 'em are typos
except two, and they work with us,
SO they're just about as bad. I re-
ceived my October "Killer" on Friday
and showed it to the boys yesterday
and they fell for it right and left
Here they are, all wool and a yaro
> wide. These seven are all new sub
: scribers, and are to start with the
November number. I am a subscribei
and I am enclosing fifteen cents fol
! my renewal. You will find postofice
money order for $1.25. The extra
: nickel is for a cigar on the crowd, fol
we're a crowd Of jolly good fellows W
here in the Keystone state. And say
Bro. Pearson, if you ever get time TX
, like to receive a real letter from you
for I like your. looks and ways, ant
: besides, we're both typos" ant
that's about as good as being Masons
The fool-killer., 1913-11-01
Pastor Sheldon To The Bat.

The Christian Herald, Of New
York, has just begun the serial
publication Of a new Sheldon
story, the title of which is:
Jesus Is Here!"
This is the same Charles M.
Sheldon who wrote In His
Steps, and other religious novels
a few years ago. And the leading
characters in this story are the
same as in the earlier stories,
with the exception that the
author has introduced Jesus as a
visitor on the earth, and of course
Jesus is the central figure of the
story.
The few chapters printed so
far don't give any clew as to how
the story will turn out, but there
is in it the ring of a false note.
Jesus is made the guest of a fine
city church, and he visits among
the aristocratic, richly-dressed
members and seems we'll pleased
with their style Of life and wor-
ship. In all the pomp and splen-
dor Of a typical city church-the
rustic of silk and the jingle Of
gold-the Master finds not one
thing to criticise.
Now anybody with even half
sense knows that such a thought
is ridiculous in the extreme. If
Sheldon's Jesus can approve of
such worship he is not the
same Jesus whom the leading
church members of Jerusalem
bounded to death two thousand
years ago. You remember it was
the high priests and solemn
dignitaries of the church who
took the lead in the murder of
Jesus, whom they regarded as a
crazy and dangerous fanatic.
And they were exactly the same
kind of good folks" as the
leaders of our swell churches to-
day.
Granting that Jesus might
visit the earth again, He would
not find any welcome in the
fashionable city churches, and
their commercialized churchanity
would not find any favor in His
eyes. He would have need agar
for His whip Of scorpions with
which He drove the money.
changers from the Temple.
If the real Jesus Of old should
walk into Pastor Sheldon's fine
: church next Sunday, what d.
you suppose would happeng | cal
5 just see the pious noses turn VI
in scorn, and it is very likely tina
the Reverend Charles n. Sheldo1
S would be among the first to cry
"Crucify Him!"