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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
Two Confess
Get One Yea,
FOREIGNERS ARE SENTENCED
FOR SHOOTING MAN IN
THE ARM.

Mike Pietro and Jack Logan. two
foreigners whose trial started yester-
Jay afternoon confessed this MORN
ing before Judge Raymond with
hooting, Joe Marusky, another for
lgner and were each sentenced to
we year in the penitentiary. The
Jury for the case was empannelled
last evening but Just as soon as court
opened this morning, the men made
the confesslop.p
The trouble for which the men
were sentenced occurred at Four
States during an Easter celebration
and Marusky was wounded in the
arm but soon recovered. II:
= s 4 * q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10

MARTlNSBURG = Startling fig
Tres of enormous profits earned in
he West Virginia field by the Man,
lfacturers, Light and Heat company
we're submitted to a tribunal compos:
& of Federal Circuit Court Judges
C. pritchard and Charles W. Wood
nd District Judge A. G. Dayton dur
pg the arguments Saturday of at
orneys for the defense in the suit OF
hat company for an injunction re-
training the public service commits.
ion OF West Virginia from reducing
he rate Of gas to West Virginia con-
umers. The court adjourned the
learing late Saturday and gave the
attorneys fifteen days in which to file
additional arguments. 1t is expected
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10

eense for the privilege of selling what
is commonly known as little ci-
cars" Tax Commissioner Blue has
been sendingsletters to tile clerks of
the various counties of the state In
forming them Of theS new ruling. !,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
Deal For Old
Normal School
Contaminated
DEEDS FILED YESTERDAY GIVE
LOCAL REAL ESTATE MAN :
TITLE. Il
NEW NORMAL WILL PROBABLY
BE ERECTED IN NEAR 4
FUTURE. <

/ The old Fairmont Normal schoo.
site has been purchased by Sam r.
Nuzum. The deed TO the property
signed by the State Board Of Con-
troll was handed to MIR. Nuzum yes
terday by Professor woodley. presi-
dent OF the institution. e
. The Board of Control recently
purchased n site for the building OF
new school building and now that
the old building and grounds have
been sold, It means that Fairmont
will In the near future see a new
Normal school erected and put into
luse. q
The deal by which MIR. Nnznr'
gets the title for the school property
has been practically closed for the
past year and 1t only took the sign
ing OF the deed by the members Of
the Board OF Control to close III
While It Is not made public iusl
kwhat price was paid for the proper.
ty. It comes from very. reliable
source that 1t sold for SIS. Os0.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
STATE news
nieparing a Test.

e NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or;not cir.
eular advertising, through the me
lium of the United States malls ma!
pc practiced in West Virginia b.
liquor dealers in other. states after
he Yost prohibition law becomes eff.
ective July l, is question that re,
Mains to be finally settled by the
ourts. Authorities differ on the mat,
er and as there is an uncertainty
everal liquor companies are prepar.
ing a test case that will be carried tc
the courts for n decision.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
RHoDEHEAvER JOINS
g, 95SUNnAYSPhRTYtAGAIN

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col, June
10.-Homer "a. Rhodeheayer. Billy
Sundays choir leader! missed the
opening service in the campaign Sun
day morning but he was present to-
day. He was delayed by. the breach
CT promise suit in Chicago, in which
he lost to the extent OF sac, 900 In fa-
ror Of Miss Georgia Jay. He accom-
panied home his brother, a professor
in the University of Denver. who at
tended the trial.
You will like him. said Sunday.
and the big audiences and chorus OF
six hundred voices are delighted with
his leadership.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
HEAT ExPLopEs CARTRIDGE
BALL ENTERS cHIID's LEG

/ DUBOIS. Pa. June lO.-lt. wassso
hot In Dubois today that q cartridge
Gu the floor Of the home of Jesse
Horn exploded by the suns rays. the
bullet entering the leg! OF an eight
months. old son who was sitting. on
the floor and breaking the bone.
The father had gone ont with his
rifle in the morning and accidentally
dropped cartridge. Window glass
focused the rays and the powder ex-=
ploded. For time. there was deep!
mystery about the shooting nntil, tho
empty shell was found and its pow
der burned course traced along the
linoleum.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
Trampled by Colt.

WHEELING - While passing
through n pasture field near her
home here. Bertha. the five year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. a. T. Rut-
man. was seriously injured Saturday
afternoon when knocked down, AMI
trampled by a young colt grazing IN
the field.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
Veteran Dead.

CLARKSBuRG = Thomas r. Bar
ton. aged Go years. a veteran of the
Civil War, passed away at his home
at Wolf Summit after lingering III.
ness the Immediately cause Of his
death being stroke of paraiysi
which lie received Saturday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS GETS
FINE OF FIVE DOLLARS

A owner of an automobile was
fined $500 by Mayor Bowen this
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
NOTICE.

SAll members Of the Woodmen Cir
Gle of Maple Grove No. 10 are re-
quested to meet at their hall Sunday.
June 18th, at 1880 p. NJ. and march
to Woodlawn cemetery for memorial
exercises. 6-lO-2t
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10

that decision will be handed down
late in July.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10

man to sell our
teas. spices, etc. in Fairmont.
Large commission paid. Small
bond required. Address Great at.
lantic & Pacific Tea Co.. Wheel.
Ing, W. Va. Gz10-3t
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10

wANTED4Good man to sell our
teac, spices. etc. in Manningtenl
Large commission paid. small
bond required. Address Great AZ,
lantic & Pacific Tea Co., Wheel,
ing. W. Va. 6-1O-3t
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
SHAFT is ASKED FOR
FIRST MAYORS CRAVE

musty, yellowed book of records, the al
most forgotten Pilgrim Book Of Oakland
Cemetery, was opened yesterday, in the search
for information about the body of Moses w.
Formwalt the first Mayor of Atlanta
The Pioneer Women of Atlanta are con-
Quoting the search, because It is their desire
that the grave of the stalwart old leader Of
1S4s be marked or made distinctive IN some
way.
Their investigation revealed that the body
Of the first Mayor lies on a private burial plot
that of the family of Marcus Bell, another
old Albanian of pioneer days. but no relation
of Formwalt The women believe, however.
that Atlanta owes something to Its first Mayor
who, according to all the chronicles, was as
energetic, as devoted. as patriotic for his city
as any enthusiastic Albanian Of to-day.
And SO they visited Mayor Woodward, re-
calling something Of an enactment by Council,
years ago, setting apart a lot In Oakland Gem
etery to hold the body Of Moses Formwalt.
Mayor Woodward heard them, agreed that the
first Mayor was man OF eminence in ATTAIN
ta's history, entitled to due honor, and prom
Used them to investigate the appropriation OF
a lot in his name.
Anyhow, It is pretty well established that
the body of the first Mayor will soon be moved
from the Bell lot, for Mayor Woodward in
formed his visitors from the Pioneer Society
that he would provide for the appropriation OF
cemetery lot In case the enactment of which
they spoke is not effective The city possesses
much property IN Oakland Cemetery.
It Is believed, however that there Is valid
enactment on the books of Council specifying
that lot be set apart for Formwalts body,
and that another be donated to Mrs. Martha
Atlanta Compton, after whom the city was
named, first Marthasvflle and later Atlanta
Mrs. Compton still is living, rather hale for
her years, In quiet little home in Decatur.
Atlanta was incorporated as city when its
name was changed from MarthasviIle. That
was In 184S. An election then was held, and
Moses w. Formwalt was made Mayor.
Formwalt was well advanced In years at the
time, and not long afterward he died He had
few relatives, and soon they died, and the Gem
etery 10 ton which his body lay passed into the
hands Of the Bells
The Bell lot now Is crowded, and while the
Bells have tendery cared, as best they could, for
the grave of old Mayor Formwalt, they would
to the Pioneer Women. The twelve sons Of
Marcus Bell, all of them possessing sonorous
names taken from classic history, are buried on
the lot besides other members of the family
thus giving a premium to the space occupied
by the alien grave Of Moses Formwa1t The
Bells obtained possession of the lot some time
before the war between the States
All this was learned from the pilgrim Book
the early records of Oakland Cemetery and or
the lots and the burials thereon. The book Is
so-called not through any significance OF the
pilgrimage which is taken at death. but merely
because Pilgrim was the name Of the first sex
ton. II is a book which contains much of fra
dition and romance concerning the old city
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
Why Vulgarity DESTINATIONS Display and Bad Taste
Are Never Exhibited by the Old American Families

$4,000 cloak and plugging the high heels of
her shoes with diamonds.
Vulgarfty is a very narrow door, and few
there be that blunder in thereati
know some people who made the same sort
Of blunders in buying pictures that they make
In arranging dinner list / know one house
where there are several paintings by Corot
and the man who bought them for his wife
doesn't know the difference between Meisso
nier and chrome!
1t is the social blunderer who arranges the
monkey dinners, the human goldfish and human
other accomplishments that cost from twenty
Ave to seventy-fve thousand dollars for a single
feast
The menace Of the blunderers consists not so
much in what they do as in the boast and pub
ficity Of It, The menace is in the defiance of
good taste and the utter disregard Of the social
conditions of the community in which the
blunderer lives. It Is to be carefully noted that
these extraordinary and vulgar displays are
never associated with the old American fami
lies. They are always the newly arrived or the
anxious to arrive OF late years the new ar
rivals have come by the thousands In an ef
fort to break in where good taste would have
caused patience they have run the gamut IN the
madness Of extravagant expenditure In order to
attract an attention by publicity that they have
failed TO attract in a legitimate manner.
A keen sense of humor helps one 10 a patient
forbearance with those who herald their ap-
proach with blast Of trumpets
Their foibles, when they are not pathetic are
funny.
OF course, the advent of the blunderer pro
duced the society engineer and the writer OF
hooks on "Etiouette I'm 10 date" and 'IioV To
behave In select society,"" etc. few sentences
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

only from Atlanta. Agents of the society cover
every section Of the State seeking homes for
the children who need homes, or at least who
need help
Every request for a child must be accom-
panied by references aud credentials. The So
ciety is chary concerning the disposition of its
children The foster parents must be able to
care we'll for the child, and to keep It in school
SO long as the public schools of the neighbor
hood are in operation.
I'VE must be careful that the person who
wants to adopt child, does not want that child
merely as servant, or merely to be placed in
some mental position in the home" said Mr..
McCord.
Curiously enough, the society does not en-
courage the adoption of the children by persons
who take them in charge. More than half,
probably two-thirds of the foster parents do not
legally adopt the children whom they get from
the society. Thus, the society still retains a
right of guardianship and of watchfulness over
the children, seeing that their welfare is nur-
tured, and possessing the power to enforce the
proper care, or to take the child away.
About sixteen children of the society are in
the Home of the Triendless, awaiting consign-
ment to new homes. Several of these are broth
ers and sisters. There is one pair Of twins
The society must be careful always to see that
there is no separation of children who are SO
close to each other.
The society, after two years of successful
work in finding proper homes for homeless
children, has enlarged its scope of work Now,
its agents look out not only for children who
are without fit homes, but also for children who
are in homes Of poverty, and who will not be
given up by their parents or guardians. In such
instances, efforts are made to help the parents
care properly for the child, to direct the parents
and housekeeping, even to find an institu-
ton in which the children may be placed, and
taught useful work This supplementary work
has been productive of good results SO far, the
superintendent said.
Most of the homes into which the children
of the society are given are those of childless
couples, usually old couples who have never
known the love Of mother and father, or who
have lost their own children or who have seen
them grow up and marry and go out into homes
of their own. However, many of the foster
parents have other children and adopt a boy
to provide company for housefu of girls, or
who take a girl to temper the lustlness of a
group of boys.
The society was organized In the fall of 1911
as the result of conference between the late
Governor Northen, who was connected with the
Baptist Orphans Home at Hapeville; Rev. How
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

from a rddo mecurt Of an aspirant for a place
in polite society will give a better idea than I
can OF the social blunderers ne seen by writer's
social etiquette.
Words that are bad form are wealthy" "eie-
CANT" 'homely." Instead Of these the form
would be "rich," "bea utiful" plain" The en-
pressions lady friend" and gentleman friend"
gentleman guest are never heard in social
life, and would stamp a person Immediately a.
being ignorant.
Such expressions as poorly" vest" dress
suit" high noon," spell of bad weather"
reckon" depot" and store" may be classified
among these.
In book Of this kind the social biundersr n
anticipated in the kindergarten stage, and an
attempt is made to arrest him or her in head
long reckless careerl
In other places IN the book warnings are
given not to drink the water in the finger
bowls or leave teaspoon in the cup. and. Of
course, the man woman who needs this grade
Of instruction also needs to be instructed IN
love making and in tho making Of other things
less romantic.
Even after instruction from the dry goods
clerk or the tailor as to what to wear and when,
the social blunderer distinguishes himself By
wearing the wrong thing at the wrong time.
He-f a man-assumes that society is a
thing that can be manipulated as easily as a
business deal. A woman makes no assumption
whatever She goes ahead and Is heard or seen
as she makes her programme. She will not take
no for an answer. She blunders on when the
more timd and retiring are sent away empty
handed. She has many an uphill fght-many
a vacant place at her dinners and many an en-
ha rragsinR moment I'm irving n exnlain 0ffan
her explanation Is more of a blunder than the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
Children's Home Society Finds the Demand for
Little Misses Is Twice as Great as for
Foster Sons-0nly Farmers Seem to Want
Lads, Which Just Suits the Philanthropists.
By CARLETON COLLIER.

Maybe it's very good thing, after all, that
fathers and mothers are powerless to direct
the sex Of their children otherwise, It would
be far different world, with women omnipo-
tent, and feeble minority Of males struggling
for the ballot perhaps
For 1t Is announced by the Georgia Chill
drens Home Society that two requests of every
three from persons who are seeking children
to adopt, are requests for girls.
Boys are not a drug on the market, of
course" said R. B. McCord, superintendent Of
the society, yesterday, land we find homes for
the boys as we'll But If all the children in
our care were little girls from year to years
old, we could place them In homes the minute
we receive them. There are hundreds of
homes in Georgia that are yearning for girls.
We have letters by the score from men and
women who want to turn fosterparents But
they would have girls.
1--WE are lonely. We want a curly-haired,
brown-eyed baby girl is the specification we
receive more than any other"
The society found homes for more than 100
children in the last year. They were children
who had lost both parents, or who were
neglected by father and mother, or who had
lost either father or mother, and were made
quately cared for by the other. The greater
proportion of the wards of the society were
city children.
Most of them were placed In the country.
One of the working theories of the society Is
that the country, with its open spaces, its
wholesome Influences its fresh associations of
chickens and cows and growing things, is just
the thing to make happy little boy or girl
whose life in the city has not been too happy
"The city is a dangerous place in which to
and mother has always fears for his own chill
dren, and there are few people in the cities
who are willing to undertake the responsibility
of rearing an adopted child. Certainly, none Of
them in the cities ask for boys"
So the boys usually are sent to the country
are boys from the juvenile court-not bad boys,
but boys who are in the path that leads to bad
ness, who run away from home and who
mingle with the questionable associations of
the street They need firm hands for their
control
And farmers, Mr.. McCord has found, are
built for firmness. They set the boys to work.
to new work that is interesting. The boys,
then, go to the country, and become cured of
running away and of the incipient shiftlessness
that they had just begun to learn from their
truant companions.
The children whom the society takes In
charge come from all parts of Georgia, and not
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

of her own dinner and accepted the invitation.
When she got there she found nobody Of any
consequence, at least, no one she wanted to
meet. She reissued her cards for her dinner
Again she was invited by another hostess to
a dinner on the night Of her own. She made
some inquiry about the second dinner, but she
was still unsuspecting.
The third time she woke up and refused to
be trapped. She arranged her dinner. and.
in face Of all opposition. carried It through.
Society has no school in which to teach its
code OF ethics-save the school OF experience,
which is a very strict and hard one to pass
through
In arranging dinner the hostess has duty
to her guests that Is sometimes performed by
asking some Of them to name guests Of a con-
genial character. Where frank an attempt
Is not made then an extra consideration is
given to the study of the congeniality of the
guest and the greatest of care and precaution
are taken to mate" the guests and arrange to-
gether people who will find In each others com
pany the greatest amount of pleasure.
OF all the blunderers, the newly rich are the
most grotesque in their laundering.
They blunder In art, literature and the fash
ions. They blunder because they are ignorant,
and sometimes because 1t is only by blunder,
and a huge one that they can draw attention
to themselves.
Frenchman's daughter having just become
possessed OF ten millions tried to buy her way
into some exclusive circles and failed--now tries
10 draw attention to herself BY displaying q
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

DINNER party for the wrong people at
IA the wrong time and at the wrong place
\ is the work-not always Of the pGfven1
but of the social bunderer. BY the wrong peO-
ole | mean people who will no more mix than
will whiskey and castor OIL They are not con-
genial. never can be, and the host or hostess
who fails to notice the disparity in tempera-
ment will ultimately lose both parties.
II one wants to cut down their list, II It is
unwieidy and cumbersome, most unique way
TO trim, reduce and expurgate it would be to In
wife to dinner several people Of diverse tastes,
Compartments and environments.
That will do as we'll as any other method
know.
BY the wrong time mean dinner arranged
without reference to mutual friends and neigh
bors.
That sort of thing will be overlooked once
sometimes twice but third offense will bring
a swift and sure punishment Society has
svstem Of the most delicate and effective boy
colt.
There is no fuss about it. No blast Of trum-
nets Things just happen-but when they hap
nan tbe social blunderer wonders just why they
should have happened at that particular time?
ouits recently an American lady In London
determined to give big dinner. She was
soc,aI buuderer and did not duly consider the
v,r,ous groups and their idiosyncrasies. To her
...o.,sbrant she received an invitation to a
a,nrer an the same night as she had arranged
her own
without seeing behind the scenes she called
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

work are: Mesdames o. 8. Atkinson, r. 4.
Brown, J. B. Campbell, Andrew Calhoun, r. l..
Foreman, d. B. Harris, Albert How'll, Jr., Cor.
don P. Kiser, Robert F. Maddox, B1,yd W. Nc
Rae, J. d. Robinson. 4. q. Thornton, John j..
Woodside, Wilmer Il Moore and j. L. Dickey
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

ard Crumley, of the Decatur Orphanage, and
others. 1t was formed for Statewide, unde
nominational work. Captain James W. English
was elected president and Albert Howell, Jr.,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
By FREDERICK TOWNSEND MARTIN.

lshed Social Leader, and Spokesman Yorks 1900"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

DINNER party for the wrong people at
the wrong time and at the wrong place
&c +ba uork--pot ALWAYS of the Dny1,euu
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-24
MONMOUTH
Sherman.P Pierce

Tuesday morning, Dec. % Miss Car
olyn c. Pierce and Capt. A. c. Sherman
both of Monmouth were married at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Shorey by
Rev. III. A. Clifford of Winthrop.
Miss Olive Ham Is at home from
Lewiston for few days.
Monmouth Academy is closed for
a two weeks vacation.
Rev. c. L. Banghart was called to
Washington. N. j., Friday on account
of the death of his father.
The Congregational and Methodist
Sunday schools will celebrate Christ
mas Thursday evening with Christmas
trees at their churches.
The Christmas concert postponed
from last Sunday by the absence of the
pastor, Rev. c. L. Banghart will be
held Sunday evening the 9th.
Many of the young people who are
away teaching and attending school
are at home for the Christmas vaca-
ton.
Miss Edna Frost has been engaged
to teach school in Norwood, Mass.
Benjaman Smith has been making
extensive repairs on his house on Main
street formerly owned by Mrs. G. l..
Dodd preparatory to moving his family
from East Monmouth.