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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
Seueral City
Automobiles
In Collision
A, v. LYNCH IS REPORTED TO
HAVE RUN HIS AUTO INTO A
WAGON ON CHERRY AVE.
TWO MACHINES C0LLIDED ON
MAIN STREET YESTERDAY
MORNING.

Several automobile smash-ups oc-
Cured in tile city on Saturday nigh:
and Sunday but fortunately for the
occupants of the cars no injuries
were reported.
An automobile driven by A. v.
Lynch ran into and tore out the end
OF small wagon on Cherry avenue
on Saturday night. The wagon De-
Ilonged ana was driven by Chas'
lBrummage. MIR Brummage came ia
unlice headquarters and made COM
plaint against the car driver and the
| case was called In police court this
morning. 1t was postponed and VIII
be tried on Thursday morning.
Another machine driven by w, A.
Wiedebusch collided with j. E. wat
sons automobile at the corner OF
Main and Jefferson street early yes
terday morning. The Wfedebuseh
machine was coming UP Jefferson
street from Washington street while
the Watson machine was coming ur
Main street. Both autos were dam
aged to some extent but neither seri-
ously.
The new paving on Newton street
is causing a great deal of trouble 70
automobiles and wagons. When tine
streets are wet. 1t is almost imposst'
bic to climb the hill with team "
auto. On Saturday night a Cadillac
machine (driver not known) started
up the street and when about hall
way up the grade it stopped anu
could go no further and started OIL
a swift rate down the hill. 1t was
with some difficulty that the driver
prevented 1t from running into the
buildings at the foot of Newton
street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09

xitchen-sink waste pipe or go at Il
faucet in n mastcrful way with 4
wrench when II insisted on leaking.
Some universities are already Civ
Ing ten-day courses in the psychology
If the gasoline engine. Others arc
giving short courses in domestic
science and forestry.
But many far-reaching fields are
being left untouched. Those who
contribute money and children to
lie state institutions Of learning, and
Xho have to stay at home themselves,
submerged in ignorance. should rise
Is one man demand brief tabloid
.ourses in chicken raising. the test
ing Of gas and electric meters, the
'eading of railroad timetables, the
ango in its various forms and stag
IS, and extraction of loans from a
lanker without resorting to crime.
he diagnosis of golf faults by the
lossessor thereof instead of by we'll
meaning friends, politics, and how to
,yotd the same and How to talk
about Europe In self-defcnse without
esorting to the payment Of steamer
fare"
A short course in each of these
subjects would increase the sum Of
human wisdom several hundred per
cent. But what is better, human hap
piness would for once move up along
with wisdom.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
T. R. MOCK HERO"
SAYS "MARsE HENRY. :"
kentucky Editor Prophecies Wilson
viii be Own Successor as
History UnfoIds.

LOUISVILLE, No. S.-Mr. Waiter.
son says in the Couricr-Journal:
The Republicans will be wise to
follow an admonition the hunters OF
Kentucky had not to heller till out
of the woods, and the Democrats may
well heed the warning.
"In the elections of 1912 the Dem
ccrats, upon a minority vote, swept
the country. They passed in triumph
through lane made by a very near
ly equal division OF the Republicans.
The new Congress came in with a
Democratic congress dangerously
large. To the leadership Of Presi-
dent worry able and very resolute the
party owes its escape from disaster.
Fer this much 1t may. indeed, thank
God fer WILSON.
'"rhe Bull Moose is no longer an
unknown quantity. These Republi'
cans who fell under the spell OF II
mock hero and yearntng for better
things will have TO fade into the less
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
FITCH ON THE FARMERS COURSE
Writes o Agricultural Terms at the
State Universities.
George Fitch in Collier's.J

When winter descends upon the
farm and Grapes itself gracefully
over the cornfield, the twine binder
1.-The kitchen pump, the straw pile, and
the rural mail box. the farmer nc
longer sits by the kitchen fire and
reads a file of almanacs for recrea.
ton. Instead he goes down to tho
state university, enrolls in an agri.
cultural short course, and returns
ten days later SO stuffed and distend.
led with information regarding stool
Judging, soil fertility and crop ro
tation that lie turns the Mrlor into {
laboratory and refuses to allow hi:
wife to sweep up the mud which ht
las tracked in onto the kitchen floor
until he has analysed the same with
n high-powcr microscope.
Every year hundreds Of farmers
flock into the various state schooE
cf agriculture for tabloid wisdom.
They crowd the senior. the coed, and
The flossy little sophomore with his
Straight front hair and cube-cut
clothes clear off the campus, and fill
It instead with big-fotoed sons of toll
who wouldn't know college yell
from a quarrel in the POand-C China
department of the old time farm.
They are leaving lobnailed boot
trucks as customs and traditions, too.
There was a time in college his
tory when it was considered a crime
10 lead a COW into a class room. But
now professors lead whole classes in
to COW stables, and IL some grace
less joker were to imprison a pig in
chapel, the head OF the agricultural
department would probably lecture
half an hour unto its physical deyel-
opmcnt
More Truth Than Poetry In This.
The state universities arc getting
to be tremendously useful to the
farmers. But their short courses
should be extended to include other
taxpayers. II the farmer can drop
into university and load himself
down to the Plimsoll mark with con-
dcnsed wisdom in ten sixteen-hours
days, why can't the rest Of US? Take
the subject of plumbing for instance.
Tile average man finishes his educa-
ton about plumbing when he learns
to spell the word. For the rest Of his
life the highest-priced labor in the
world grabs him by the throat and
shakes a SIS bill out OF him when ever
a pipe freezes in his home. Think o.
the amount of money and Conversu.
ton a short course in plumbing
would save n harassed nation
OF course man could not learn,
to pipe his residence in ten days, but
he could in this time pick up enough
scientific. lore to dredge out the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
COURT NEWS
Deeds Filed.


Anna Grim and husband to Dallia
In. Grim. parcel OF land on Coal
Lick run of Big Bingamon creek in
I1Iannington district; consideration
81 and other valuable consideration
Sarah NJ. Currey and husband to f.
iU. Vincent. parcel OF land near the
iCity of Fairmont; consideration
$3.50.
| S. +. Clutter and wife to Jennie
Mather, a parcel Of land In koen S
addition to the town of Warrington;
reconsideration. $2,350.
Simon D. Goodman to Fannie
Friedman, parcel of land in the Sec
ond ward OF the City of Fairmont;
consideration, 81 aud other valuable
consideration.
Abraham Friedman and wife u
Simon D. Goodman, parcel of land
in the Second ward Of the City OF
Fairmont: consideration, 81 and 9TH
err valuable consideration.
Harry l.. Grim and wife. to Fl. D.
Grim, parcel of land on Coal Lick
run Of Big Bingamon creek in Man
Irington district; consideration, ~
and other valuable consideration.
z. l.. Little and wife to Isaac Vim
cent, a parcel of land in Grant dis
ttrict; consideration, 500.
Joseph r. Dotts and wife to John
~. Wrick, parcel OF land in Fair
mont district; consideration. $4,000
License Issued.
u. Earl Beall, of Fairmont, and
Edith, G. Everly, OF Pennington.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09

make sure that the Manuscript had not
been lost. Each thought that he was
the Orator of the Evening.
The Committee hadiput on the Toast
Program every one who might pos.
sibly take offense at not being Asked.
Also they had selected Us Toast
master beamtng Broncho whose Vo-
cal Chords were made OF seasoned
Moose-Hide and who remembered all
the black-face Gravy that Billy Rice
used to shoot across at Lew Benedict
when Niblo's Garden was first opened
After every Commute Address he
would spend ten minutes In polite kid
ding of the Last Speaker and then IN.
other 10 Minutes in climbing Noun
tain Height from which to present The
Next Speaker.
Along about Midnight the Cowurjs
md Cutters began crawling out Of
Side Doors, but most of the Loyal Sons
Of Old Bohunkus propped themselves
up and tried to be Game.
Before 1 o'clock a Member OF the
Faculty put them on the Ropes with
40 Minutes on projected Changes in
the Curriculum.
At 1880 the Toastmasterwa was making
Speech No. s and getting ready to
spring the Oldest Living Graduate.
Protected by all the Gray Hairs that
was left to him4heebs gant %: Rertinisse.
n N4fa sghll =.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
DRIVES AWAY
HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on + rehsad
and Temples

A headache remedy without HE dan.
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headache and that Infsefahle feeling
from cold or congestion. Aud il acts at
once! MUSTER0LE is "a clean white
ointment made with oil Of sniustafd Bet
ter than mustard plasts and does moi
blister. Used only ScStc rnally and itisiio
way can affect stomach and heart u
some internal medicines do.
Best for Sore Throat Bronchitis
Group, Stiff Neck Asthma, Neufaigial
Congestion. Plcurisy, rheumatism, E,inl-
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Chest lit often prevents eupiplias
AT your druggist ), in 25S and sos lats,
and a special large Hospital sue Tor 90.
Be sure YOU get the genuine AZ w
YOU ask for. The Musterole Company,
Cleveland. Ohio
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
Farmers To
Hold Meeting
BUREAU FOR GRANT DISTRICT
WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT
FRIDAY NIGHT.

a farmers meeting will be held at
the Eldora church in Grant district
on Friday, November the 18th, at
1880 p. nj. The purpose of the meet
ing is to complete the organization of
Farmers Bureau and to promote
the interests of the American farmer
and encourage farming on scientific
principles.
Mr.. Dale Curry is the president of
the organization and Brooks Hull is
secretary. County Agricultural
Agent II. l.. Smith will be present
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09

alluring recourse of y en1ecFaey.
Those who we're merely pla yins poll
tics have already returne TO sepIlls
lican ranks. Our wand erfng tnlns
strcl of oyster Bay. may eonttntie u
az: ate. Such a spirit as hfs IS lf-
Hkc:y ever to be quelled. But he
MIL no further hurt, or help any:
boz
BY the arrival Of the next qpaqs
rosaial Presidential period HE rga
visited tariff will have been IN opera
tion quite two years. In the event
that times have brightened and sfsarsi
frightened, the advantage viii s1lp
back TO the party in 1ower as tae'
existing depression was chafged 9
its account, and Woodrow Slilsoa
Will be his own successor
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
No Chance for the Real Thing.

No Chance for the Real Thing.
The young man brought some verses
to his father.
Father. have written poems"
What! let me see them instantly
|, The father read them over carefully,
the tears slowly yelling to his eyes as
he did so.
Finishing the last one he threw
down the manuscript, folded the boy
to his breast and sobbed:
"oh. my poor, poor son!"
| Are they so bad as that, father?''
{ bad! They are excellent. They
are real poetry. My boy, my boy.
you will starve to death I"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
e es;.iili.a Roofing oa Ds.ssi'i'ss
r1rr1E MEN M BIG JOBS.

Ono CT tho great criticisms OF
the American Government Is That
political offices nrc too frcducnt-
IL filled by inferior men, whose
character and cnpIctty do not
properly 1T them for the busi-
ness OF passing just and wise
laws. These men creep into
| Congress and the state l-eEtsln-.
lures hy ''plIyinE to the gallery
for votes and popularity, ana m
laws for the greatest good of tho
greatest number of people. seek
| merely to advance their personal
/ powcr and prcStigc by ndVocnt;
ing laws that ignore fundamental
principles OF business and are
structiVe In their effect on every
body. Clags Legislation is given
In return for political debts, ana
| special laws are urged fnEoring
| political hnnchmen or pork bar.
rer' contractors Mt home. such
men may gain some temporary
|, advantage but are always dis
l.scoVercd and eventually fettrcd'
| Those who have made long, non
[ orablo records In public life were
above this type.
Economic conditions nd us
themselves under most. amy Kind
of laws, and III the long run, the
order of things is bound to
cdualIZe in some form of u square
deal. Glass legislation always re-
nets on the people who are sup
Doscd to benefit by it.
What we need in our legtsla-
tive halls liz a class OF men who
do not seek to advance special
interests or who do not seek TOO
tinuch personal prestige. men
who are levcl-hGnded. honest and
sunpreIudiced OH any social, poltt-
tIcul or economic question, tnmil-
lar " It'll the fundamental prtnci-
nrc willing to work for faVOrs
toward mono aud square deal
for all.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09

You can act the Golden Medical Discovery
in tablet or liquid form from dealers
in nedicines-or send so one-cent stamps
fo-; a trial boz of DR.. Pierce's tablets.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
stor,e Robbed

Thieves entered the! rocety slpFp
OF l.. Fl. Orr on Merchant street sais
urday night 5I1d carried swsS q
small amount of goods and ftttis
small change found In the money
drawer. The door lock had stther
been opened with a key Or had been
picked.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
Four Old Grads We're Massed To
uether.

.gether.
going back to the Days when it was
considered Great Lark to put a Cow
in the Chapel.
The Tcastmaster arrived homo At
a. m. and aroused his Wife to tell her
It had been a Great Success.
MORALE they were paid 81 a
Head to stand for it, no one would at
tend.
The New Fable of the Young Fellow
Who Had No Fatherto Guide Him.
Once there was Boy who had been
told twice Day ever since he could
remember that il he started to go
into one OF those Doggeries with
Swinging Doors in front and Mirrors
along the Side, Blue Flame would
shoot out and burn him to a Cinder.
Also he had been warned that every
Playing Card in the whole Deck was
Complimentary Ticket admitting
one to Hot Griddle In the Main Par
quette of the Fiery Furnace.
And every little Paper Cigar was
another Spike in the Burial Casket.
With seven or eight Guardians trail
Ing him Day and Night to keep him
away from the Lures OF the Wicked
World it looked like a. Pipe that he
would grow, up to be the Dean Of o
theological Seminary. "
Across the Street lived poor I'm.
fortunate Lad whose Father was max
ing the futile Endeavor to take it
away faster than the Revenue officers
could put Stamps on it. He was the
original Blotter. When they were try
ing to pry him away from it he would
take chance on anything from Ar
Mica to Extract of Vanilla.
According to all the Laws OF Hered-
lily the only Son was cast for the Part
OF Joe Morgan.
lie is now the Head Of Mail-Order
House. When he sees Corkscrew he
pulls his Hat firmly over his Ears and
runs Mile.
The Graduate of the Lecture Bureau
may be found in Swagger Club any
evening with a Bourbon H. B. at his
Right, stack of Student Lamps at
his Left and Two Small Pair pressed
closely against his Bosom.
MORAL - The Modern Ambition
seems to be to vary the Program.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09

Goodbye sore feet, burning feet, swol-
len feet, sweaty feet, smelling feet, tired.
feet,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09

The knowledge you ought TO about body-and to
enable YOU 10 avoid sickness-you will find in Dr. Pierees
great book The Common Sense Medical Adviser Thousands
Of copies have been sold at each but get copy
free you will send 81 stamps merely pay for the
Wrapping mailing of the newly revised and uptodate
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-09
I'm Tablet o.. kfqUEa : OE'NR1J

discovered that glyceric extract of Golden Seal a
and bloodroot with black cherry bark would aid all
the digestive organs to work as Mature intended
they should. Thousands have found that the Golden
Medical Discovery he then introduced to the world
has restored them to health when suffering from
stomach and liver troubles. Now is the time for
you to try this famous remedy and to secure
for yourself larger share of health and strength.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-19
VALUABLE FOR FARM STOCK
Southern cowpea Also Improves
Wo'n-out soIis-EconomIcai Way
Of Feeding to Hogs.

For improving worn-out soils, fol
pasture, for hay and for green forage
for stock. the southern cowpea u
Of great value.
The New Era cowpea ;s q YER,
early variety. earlier than the biacl
eye. the quickest growing OF any Of
the varieties. maturing In about sixty
days from the date Of termination o.,
seed. This Ia the best variety for SOW.
Ing In the middle states. For the
southern states SOW the black.eyed
cowpeas. red ripper or clay peas. For
hay. to plow down for green manure,
and for midsummer green forage fos
hogs and cows and sheep SOW early.
Hogs thrive on cowpeas. Practical
and observant farmers estimate that
one acre Of cowpeas. when the peas
In the pod are In the milk, will feed
and fatten ready for market 1e shoats
and 20 half-grown pigs. The most
economical way to feed Is to fence Oh
a small portion OF the peas and after
this is eaten close, give a second Dor.
ton. II the hogs are allowed toe
much. a portion win be wasted. The
hogs saould have an abundance OF
pure water at all times. and a mix.
ture Of wood ashes and sulphur. Mfs
one quart Of coarse salt In each bush.
el Of ashes. This mineral matter will
correct the acid In the vines. For
cows and sheep. cut the vines when
free from moisture and Let them wilt
a few hours before feeding. Give the
stock a little old hay or straw. ane
after this is eaten. a small quantit,
OF the wilted pea vines may be given
This 10 the safest way to feed. as the
vines contain % much water that the,
should never he fed when freshly Gu,
or too much at . time. a. It is certain
to produce hoven. and may cause the
death Of a valuable animal.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-19
GAY STRIPE NOT FOR STREET
10 Little Too Much In the Liveiler
E1ect-oood Taste Suggests
Qsieter Ones.

Striped gaberdine is the material
much In favor for costumes made In
the sleeveless 6olero style. The skirt
Is rather full at the hips. made with
a seam down the front, on the dag.
onal. The small bolero bangs loose
ly over draped band, showing the
long sleeve In white muslin, with q
band Of embroidery and another Of
velvet giving touch Of novelty.
A straight jacket In the same striped
material is worn with this skirt and
bolero. making the costume q lit
tie less sensational for the streets
But 1t must be acknowledged that the
striped materials are not tempting
women OF taste, unless these stripes
be Of the darkest description OF green
and blue.
The hats now worn in Paris are
small or large. with a ruching of taf-
feta and couple OF wings.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-19

been eaten OF. and In that case the
lambs may be allowed to run In the
field till they are sold. or brought In
for winter shelter.
Where one has lambs to turn into
the cornfeld they will not only make
use OF tho blades OF corn which are
usually wasted, but they will keep
down the weeds that are invariably
springing up after corn plowing 10
over. thus seeding the field to the pest
for the Following season.
The manure droppse by tho lambs
will also be scattered around over The
flelds, thereby fertilizing the land with
out the usual time and labor expended
In hauling and spreading the manure.
Another advantage In pasturing the
cornfeld after cultivation 10 ended II
that II will be much easier TO get
through the corn At gathering time.
and the ears will be the more exposed
TO view.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-19
BABY HAD SCALP TROUBLE

Carthage. Texas.-"My little girl had
some kind Of breaking out on her head
that came In white blisters and when
the blisters burst they formed some
thing like scales. II I washed her
head and combed the scales OF they
would come again In Just . few days.
The trouble looked something like
dandruff but was hard and scaly and
when the scales would come of all Of
the hair came also and would leave
the head raw.
Il had tried salyes which only soft
ened the scale SO decided to use
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I
washed her head with warm water and
Cuticura Soap and then applied the
Cuticura Ointment and let It remain
over night. used only one box OF
Cuticura Ointment and one bar Of
Cuticura Soap and her head was we'll"
(Signsd) Mrs. Luella Biggs, Jan. 20,
1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura. Dept l., Boston. ADV.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-19
RAISING CANADA FIELD PEAS
In CombIRation Win Oats and Barley
Valuable Forage Crop May Be
Obtained In South.

A reader wants TO know the dif
ference between Canada field peas and
our native peas. They are advertised
at rs cents q bushel cheaper. and II
they are as good want to buy some
for planting In corn Mt last working
also for hogs TO Craze on"
There Is little resemblance between
the Canadian neld pea (pisum arvense
L.) which resemble vefy closely the
garden pea (R,sum sativum L. and
the Southern cowpea (vigna unguicu.
lata). The Canadian Geld pea VIII not
do we'll sowed In corn at the last
working. In fact, II should be sowed
In January and February. according
to the location. and is then. In com
bination with such crops ~ oats aRd
barley a valuable forage or hay crop
for the South. We know OF nothing
better than cowpeas for planting In
corn, says Progressive Farmer. taking
the Cotton Belt a. whole The price
Of cowpea sssd 10 high, because II II
a poor and unreliable yieldsr OF seed
and no entirely satisfactory method
OF harvesting the seed has been
adopted. Canada held peas are
cheaper bs-..A~ they make q larger
yield Of seed
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-19

tumn and winter of shirrings and plait-
ings. Just how far the movement will
go remains to be seen. The flowing
movement Of sheer supple stuffs over
clinging foundations which character.
ize many of the midsummer models Is
a very different thing from fullness
and drapery in heavier material.
Sleeves are becoming longer. and a
Paris correspondent writes that wom-
en- are wearing high-necked bodices.
One such frock d scribed was OF white
taffeta and butt ued from neck to foot
The waistband was twisted round the
hips, from II n deep embroidered tulle
f,ounce fell nearly to the bottom of
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-19

very young colt should have plen-
ty OF rest and sleep.
His feet will stand the hard road
better than those OF the horse.
Farming communities may be easily
sized up by the quality OF th..r horses.
mule is Also an excellent saddle
animal II one we'll learns the trick
OF saddling him.
The mule il the most tireless work
er on the farm. eats less than horse,
and does more work
The fact that horse Ia imported.
does not add one cent to his intrinsic
value for breeding purposes.
Stick to the drafters and the heavy
carriage horses on the farms: they
are always salable, and will bring good
prices.
A mules age cuts little figure in a
sale. No one seems to care how old
= mule is. However, he will bring