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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
under wl,ioh their offices are nun.

under which their offices are run.
In Marion county fair salary
least $4,000 per year. If the saving
half,soreven fourth this amount, t
half to three-quarters of million d
offset the loss of revenue In entorc
5' The only way to get a salaries
tors and representatives to the legls
saeeya Men must be elected who a
plan and who cannot be influenced D
each legislature to defeat the bill. !.
I have been advocating this law
Farmers Free Press and the Fairmon
have been editor for number OF y
pulse that has come to me simply beca
I promise the voters of the 18th Sen
to the senate l will urge the passas
most of my ability, and no lobby can
elected.
am for this law because it Is
are paying the sheriff of Marion co
ernor of our state receives and app
state officer receives III salary.
A county salaries law would So
money to furnish free school books
school houses and several miles OF e
money it will be to your interest to
always have been. in favor Of it. ~
The sheriff is allowed a discot
within certain time. The tax pay
\ think they do This discount is re
Ement. {
As long as $4,000 per year in
term Of the sheriff's office. is held
lthe tax payers as an alluring bait.
lsre willing to expend from $4,000
Ifobber fee system is the cause !of tt
ery IN elections. Give these officials
viii not put up d big slush fund I'd
sinecures',a placing them in the piu,
If am elected to the Senate ar
against the iniquitouS fee system, al
lin favor of county salaries law
linine.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10

Under Republican, protection, for
etgn' manufacturers have been kept
out by tariff wall and the Ameri
Gun government has used the pro.
ducts of American factories. BIZ,
against the cheap labor of foreign
manufacturers American industries
cannot hope to compete. 1t is wei
for those who have the good of the
American workingmen at heart MS
we'll as the workingmcn themselves
to consider this fact before record
ing their votes this fall In favor of q
Democracy that has demolished the
tariff wall Republicans built up tc
protect them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
FREE SCHOOL, BOOKS

If we want to boast of our free why them free
This can be done only by providing for the children
MG 5ea scR si boh % hi en this
time Of when he has to provide warmer clothing ana Sno
published il the 4 E5 s o
Thy eannet sent to sec Ths
Of lat The kind Re5 f na oRs people
arc DONG IN a. S cH9RIT1Es Gall FOR cIoTH1NG
Te Associated Charities greatly clothing and
shoes f6 Boys who such articles
provided This t time Of year to look oyer Tor ne
will churtties terialy they will telephone
line ja6ior' tf" .t 4" n
help tie soot f education .n BY
frese, chalk Free bisckboafds and free houses
"a s "
n1 m 9ns education and the great deal crime
criminal courts will Be very largely reduced s oo tn
people o taking is rsst resources nsi
afford to buy an addioha Esp educate children the
VIII are bes W s e #sks and i
from the coming .,on II Vast virginia are
books YIN Be shared BY
the mine on the railroads the factories the farm finds
school book questions one t tax a 1 H%
were scarcely able make both ends meet to buy an a th
Boe5 5S' tie S other sRSS
EhSE ?e6S5 ssi The
Every child Yves; Virginia the School Book Trust
When that child arrives at school ag the
Plan another summer vacation shore because it well knows
at the tribute it parents of this born
citizen help s e High T. Tine pao As tnf
Guilds stories M 0tf building and enlarg " bank
Tie way to separate tie Book Trust graft the state
print and furnish own This will another big in
iustry VIRGINIA will furnish labor large number of high
people printers binders will spend the money
the state The city Wheeling has set good
example BY taking the lead in furnishing school books to its students
Germany leads tie world in education o2 Of litter
acy or only one man in write his language
England comes second IL Of ileacy hundred b.
ing language United States the percentage
lacy M education-Fre school books will help
Ito get it. :,
an elected to Senate confidently believe will be- will
support and it will be the law West Virginia
f my vote and Influence will secure it.
education and make boosted tree
cnoOis ire u tS0s - w. . : i4ine l. M DAVIS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10

When you catch a well-builttswloCn't-
an running around. the kitchensini q
transparent petticoat, she doesn't
get ifalf as indignant as she would
ff she was thin. ~.
After an old maid has sized sur
some Of the orner*.humans who pass
as men you can't blame her for be-
iieving that her dog has a chance to
get into heaven.
You can talk about our civiliza-
ton and our morals all you please
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
500 Quality
For 7se'
county, what will he do If lie is re-
elected and local option is proposed
by the Whiskey Trust?
THE vEx1NG QUESTION.

iGf business failures and bank fall
,lres increased for the first six
months of 1914, before the war was
thought OF, what percentage OF these
failures was the war responsible for:
Can anybody solve this puzzle that Is
vcxinp the Democratic tariff thinkers!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
WHY IS lT?

Let's make it easy. Every time til"
Democratic party has lowered the
tariff it has brought about panic or
business depression, and under Re-
publican policies we have always ex-
pcrienced our greatest eras OF pros
rerfty. Why is this?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10

plan would save the tax payers. az
throughout the state would only pc
1e saving would amount to from one
,llars each year, or about enough TO-
ne. the prohibition law. 1t 50 Is 81
law passed is to elect enough aseIlafr
lature who are pledged to lts pas
re in sympathy, with the, Salaries
: the Office holders lobby who 20 tos
for number Of years through the
t West Virginian, of which papers I
ears. and this is not a sudden inl-s
Ise I am a candidate for the senate,
atorial district that ii ! am elected
e of a county salaries law to, the MS
keep me from voting for it il u am y l
simple Justice to the people,. We
unity five times as much as the goxs:
roximately as much as every elective
sc Marion county: every year enough
10 the children, build several new
God roads. If you want to save this
vote for the men who are now. and
ats part of my platform: That:ss1tl11I,Ss;
ut Of 21aI when ,taxesStare paid
els do not save this q x ~ III they Just.
turned to the sheriff IN his set 3 ' tlss
fees, or over 500, 0oo,E for the fun
from the poeket books of
lust so long viii we have men Who
TO $25, 900 to get this office This
G most of our corruption and tbTibs
only reasonable salaries and they
corrupt the voters and OBJ ain these
ccratic classswithin affeW YEAR:
d there Is only one8protest made
! only one vote ecordsd ailst !, 1 g
that protest and: shat vet slll he l'gl
81 -, + u TX = 3s5s q ".
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
LOCAL OPTION.

( II amendments are offered to the
Yost law, legalizing clubs, or Great.
ing local option. what will the Dem.
,ocrattc candidates for the legislature
do abou 1t? Are they planning to
absorb the wet vote and not give
for it in return?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
rHE DESPERATE STAGE.

Z The Hodges campalsh mas Eeac1Iso
the brass band-torch-light stage at
Charleston. 1t will take more than
brass bands and torch lights to car
~ Hodges through with the weight
Of a boss given nomination dragging
him down. The campaign has reach
cd the desperate stage.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
YES. WHO IS IT.

Money is always a little tighter
and interest little higher when the
Democratic party is in power and llll-
Gertakes to regulate financial mat
iers. Why is this? Why have they
abandoned the free silver falacy? 3,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
LIKE A SPONGE.

The Democratic candidates in
Marion county are preparing to abb
sorb the wet vote like sponge.
What. are the dry Democrats going
ito do about this?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
THE pRoH1BITIoN1sTs.

viii the 800 Prohibitionists in
Marion county throw away their
votes this fall or VIII they support
men who art. pledged TO support the
temperance laws?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
WHAT WILL HE Do?

X II Democratic member OF tile
did not vote for the Yost
law when It was approved bysa ma
.bority. OF over 10000 votes in the
State and bySoyer$4 OOs In Ehis own
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
PERHAPs2

Perhaps we can get the Times to
admit. that whatever the business
conditions wereS3 good or bad, gonN the
first day OF July, 1914 cannot De
attributed to the war.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
THE TRUTH.

Tinkering with the tariff always
,lras defeated the Democracy and al
ways has and always will bring about
hard times.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10

Howard Sutherland by 10000 is a
safe bet.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10

Entered at the Postoffice at Fair
Saoiit; West Virginia, as second-class
lsatter. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
FairIlont lest Virginian
sTHE HOME PAPER"
stab ished 1868.
PUBLICATION OFFICE.
Jacobs Building, Monroe Street

TELEPHONES,
Ben, GER. g Consolidated, 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-10
LUKE MoLuKE SAYS.

White will win.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27

ent fight than those Of Indiana and
Illinois, as they are said to be bound
by long time contracts with big cor
porations, contracted in 1907, to sup
ply coal at a low price, they can no,
afford to grant any demands which
will increase the cost of mining oper.
ations.
OF great significance to miners and
operators in all four states and to
the general public as well, is Presi-
dent Whites declaration he will call
a meeting of the policy committee
of the United Mine Workers in a
week.
This committee is empowered to
suggest to the unions locals that they
adopt a modification of the II de.
mands which the miners presented to
the conference, or, if it decides the
demands are capable of no amend
ment, they may advise a strike.
It's report is made either to a spe-
cial convention of the 1000 locals, or
referred to them for approval in their
local meetings.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27
SOFT COAL men
CAN NOT AGREE
Policy Committee Of United Mine
NOTK9fS TO Meet.
MINE-RUH BASIS An OBSTACLE

Work of the Present Joint Confer
ence So Unsatisfactory That 1t Is
Said It Presages the Collapse Of
the System Of Interstate Confer
ences-Powers of the Policy Com.
mittee Briefly Outlined.
Philadelphia, Feb 26.-The sub
committee of the eight miners and
operators reported to the full com.
mittee of Ga men that they were un-
able to agree on the disputed points
brought up by the miners and oper,
ators of Ohio and other soft coal
states
So unsatisfactory has been the
work of the present joint conference
that it was said that it presages the
collapse of the system of interstate
conferences, which has been elIica.
cious in arranging wage agreements
up to this time.
A meeting Of the policy committee
Of the United Mine Workers of Amer.
lea will be called within a week by
John p. White, president Of the or
ganization, to consider a modification
of the demands which the miners
have presented for incorporation in
the new wage agreement which is
necessary April /.
The sui ommittee foundered on
the two rocks which have been the
chief obstacles in the way of friend,
ly settlement since the beginning Of
the conference.-the Green act OF
Ohio, which provides for the adop.
tion of the mine-run basis in that
state, and the refusal of the miners
to agree to a continuation Of the third
clause Of the Cleveland agreement Of
1912, now in effect, which provides
that no action which shall reduce the
earning power Of the miner can be
taken.
Both directly concern the miners
and operators Of Ohio, and not those
of the other three states.
The operators Of western Pennsyl.
vania have closer interest in the pres.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27

about 3 O'Clock and stood on the steps at
the Jail entrance while his photograph
was taken. AS he was being returned to
the Jail he remarked that the brief stay
in the open air had proved very benefi-
cial to him and was highly appreciated.
When he was taken sick he let it be
known that he did not like solitary con-
fnemept. "pve always been used to
staying with my wife and children, " he
said and his pitifu1 facial expression at
the time indicated that he would like to
be in company with other inmates of the
Jail, but this is denied him.
Ora Baker, sister of Levan Baker, ar
rived in this city on the evening train
Friday, but up to Saturday afternoon
had not called at the Jail to see either her
father or brother. She spent some time
Friday night discussing her brothers.
defense with his attorney, and later
talked with local police officers. She is
still in the city and expects before her
return home to Celina to be joined by her
mother. Ora Baker was formerly the
wife of William Arnett of this city.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27
DRAW A LINE ON
CIGARETTE FIENDS
Free Trips for Farm Boys to State
Fair Whether They Win WASH
IngtOn Trip Prizes or Not.

Columbus, Ohio, February 19.-Organ
ization of apple growing contests fol
farm boys, prizes in which are to be q
free trip to Washington and the Ohio
State Fair at Columbus, was started to-
/ day by the State Agricultural Commits.
sion Application blanks bearing the
notice that the first 5000 boys who enter
the corn and apple-growing contests
will be given free trips to the State Fair
regardless of whether they win the Wash
ington trip prizes were being prepared
to day, and will be sent out next week.
Boys may secure them by writing to the
commission at Columbus
Quality of apples rather than quantity,
which was the deciding factor in the
corn-growing contests, will determine
the ranking of the contestants in the
apple contest. Freedom of fruit and
trees from insect and fudgous injury will
count 40 points in the scoreot 100. Other
features in grading will be: Uniformity
10; pruning rs; mulching, cultivating
and fertilizing IS; record of operation
10.
Following the application a boy must
make periodical reports to judges of the
contest in order to secure the trip to the
State Fair.
Governor Cox promised several months
ago to raise funds necessary to pay 5000
boys expenses to the state fair. He de-
clared he would go into counties and So
licit donations from agricultural societies
if he could not raise the money in other
ways.
Cigarette smokers are to be barred from
the contest.
There will be two classes in the con-
test, one for farm orchards and another
for commercial orchards. Only boys
who were under 20 years of age January
may enter.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27
OHIO WESLEYAN TO CONDUCT MOST NOTABLE HIGH
SCHOOL BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT EVER HELD

The northern teams entered are
Ashtabula, Ada Bowling Green, Belle
vue, Bloomville, Bucyrus, Cleveland
West High, Crestline, Findlay, Gene
va, Lisbon, Pioneer, Waynesheld,
Mansfield, Wooster wellington, Steu-
benyille, THIN, Prospect, Lima, Mon.
roeyille, Warren and Napoleon,
The southern teams entered are
Stiyers of Dayton, Aquinas and North
High of Columbus, New Carlisle, Mel,
sonville, st, Clairsville, Hillsboro,
Marysyille, West Lafayette, Yellow
Springs, Newark, Grove City, MARI
eta, New Lexington, Delaware, An
sonia, Lancaster, St. Paris, Milford,
Kingston and Xenia,
over Three Hundred to Participate.
over 800 players and instructors
will thus take part in the contest
Playing places will be obtained by
lot, each team thus having an equal
chance with every other. By the
elimination process the champion Of
each division will be obtained and
these champions will contend for the
tournament championship.
To many of the teams, who have
won a large share of the games In
their sections of the state, the quality
Of playing in these tournaments
comes like a whirlwind of surprise,
and the interest manifest in the out.
come of the series this year is in
tense. A dozen teams have made
strenuous efforts to obtain entry since
the closing date and lack of playing
time made farther entries impossible.
Only "a teams participated a year
ago.
The winners in 1918 were Delaware
first place, and Newark second. In
1912 Findlay was first and Springfield
second.
The officials of the meet are to be
Don Hamilton, formerly of Notre
Dame, and George Little, recently
elected coach by the University Of
Cincinnati. The fact that Director
Dixon played in the United States on
one of the first basket ball teams ever
organized is a factor Of interest to
the high school players.
Every preparation is being made
by the athletic authorities of Ohio
Wesleyan to make the tournament 4
notable event for all who participate
in it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27

Delaware, o., Feb. Backwards
Gymnasium at Ohio Wesleyan univer-
sity is to be the center of interest in
high school athletics throughout the
state this and next week, because Of
the fact that 46 teams, representing
SO counties, will contest for the cham
pionship of the greatest and largest
high school basket ball tournament
ever arranged in the United States.
Plans for the tournament have been
made by Athletic Director F. W.,
Dixon of Ohio Wesleyan and it forms
the seventh of annual high school
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27

tournament held on the floor of the
splendid $4,000 gymnasium, in which
adequate floor space gives room for
two separate games on standard
floors, 70x4O at the same time.
Seven counties in the state will
send two teams each. Every city in
the state is represented except Ak
ron, Cincinnati, Marion, Springfield
and Toledo.
The tournament has been divided
into two sectious. Teams north Of
Delaware play on Friday and Satur-
day, Feb 27-2S. Teams south play
March 6-7, and the championship con-
test will follow on March IA.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27
HAROLD GROTHJAN STRICK-
EN- WITH DREAD MALADY

The many friends of the Grothjans
will sympathize with them in the afflic-
ton that has befallen their son Harold,
who was stricken with form of spinal
meningitis at Rensselaer,, Ind, last
week. The doctors give little encour-
agement to the family as to the lad 5
ability to recover from the attack, which
has bafflled the best medical skill. His
parents are at his bedside.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27
OHIO TAX DUPLICATE
Value of Farm Lands Below That o
Real Estate In Cities.

Real Estate In Cities.
Columbus, o., Feb. 23, The gran
tax duplicate for 1913 in the stat
of Ohio as compared with that O.
1912 shows an increase of $237, $685..
S1l The total duplicate in 1912
was $6,481 ,059,15 while in 1913 it
amounted to $6,719,068, 500. The to-
tai farm acreage in 1913 in the state
is 22,555 less than the year previous.
These figures were announced by
the state tax commission, the cler.
ical force in that office having just
completed the tabulation from re-
turns received from the county au-
ditors of Ohio.
A few years ago the value Of farm
lands exceeded the worth of real es-
tate in the cities, but now that stand
ing is reversed and the country
lands on the 1913 grand duplicate
total $1,7466SS,7 1856, and that in the
cities and villages the enormous sum
Of $2,672264,513.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27
PERSONAL GOSSIP

Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds is home from
a visit with her son, D. II. Reynolds
and family at Racine, Wis.
Mrs. Edward Mersman, who was in
this city to attend the marriage Of her
brother, Ferd Grewe, returned to her
home in Celina Friday afternoon. Her
daughter, Miss Marcella Mersman, who
is student at Notre Dame University,
and Miss Bess Scott, of South Bend, who
came to attend the wedding aCcompan-
led the formers parents to Celina where
they will remain until Monday Del
phOs Courant.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27
Farms for Sale

Forty acres, well improved good loca-
tion, good soil. Also 10 acres, good house,
fair barn, good soil, well located. Would
providing suitabls.l VIII sell the above
farms very reasonable. providing sold in
next 80 days, Inquire at this office. 42-tf
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27
Rude Awakening of Mother
of Dennis Baker

Mrs. James Harman, mother of Dennis
Baker, came to this city on the afternoon
train on which the officers brought her
son. After being denied admittance at
the county Jail she, at her own request,
was accompanied to the Office of Attorney
]. F. Denney. While she was telling of
her alleged positive knowledge that her
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27

son would not have been implicated in
the murder, because of his supposed
presence elsewhere, he was making his
confession to the officers in the presence
of stenographer and it was being taken
down i'll short hand.
She was joined Friday morning by her
husband and another daughter, the three
of them coming here expecting to ar
range bond for the accused son and
brother. Dennis was apprised on Friday
morning by Sheriff Cunningham that his
bond on the robbery charge would be
fixed at $780, At the same time he was
informed that the charge of murder was
pending against him and he could not,
under the Indiana law, be liberated on
bond in a murder case. He inquired
how long he would have to wait for
preliminary hearing, and afterwards
|seemed reconciled to his position.
Line of Action and JurIsdic-
tiOn Debatable
Just what action will follow has not
yet been determined upon. AS each man
accuses the other of striking the blow
that crushed the skull of Phillips, in fact
telescoped the skull at the base of the
brain for one-eighth of an inch, and the
ealtmurderer cannot be determined from
the statements of either, it may be nee
essary to call special session of the
grand jury to investigate the case. This
in all probability will not be done before
the opening of the next term of the cir
cult court on March 2.
The fact that Phillips met his death
blow in Mercer County, Ohio, before the
train reached the Indiana line, has
prompted many people to believe that
this changes the jurisdiction to the State
of Ohio. The law is clear, attorneys
say, that where poison is administered or
a death blow struck in one state while
the victim is on a moving train and death |
does not take place until another state is
reached that the guilty parties can be
in the county and state where
the death resulted. Since Phillips died
here only few minutes after being car
ried to the county hospital from the
train, this establishes the jurisdiction.
Speaking of the matter of jurisdiction,
he Review, another Portland paper,
prints the following:
Judge Moran called the grand jury
md stated that, while it might be possi-
Die that the murder had been committed
n another county, in another state, the
ay County grand jury would make an
Investigation of the entire matter. Green
vas in the county Jail for several weeks
nd was taken before the local jury,
yhere he told of the brutal crime. De-
ective Gerdeman was also called.
"While the Mercer County officials
ave made no demands for the prisoners
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-27

Wanted-Man acquainted with the
grocery trade at Celina, to work on COM
mission or brokerage. Address P. o..
Box 292, Cincinnati, o.