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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-12
DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.

Tile Democratic County Executive
Committee has called mass convc,.-
lions of Democrats TO meet in each
of the magistcrial districts of tho
county tomorrow afternoon. y
! These conventions will nominate
the district officers, and to select
and appoint delegates TO the vari-
Gus nominating conventions 10 De
held later, including the county
nominating convention to be heid in
this city on,JuRe "a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-12
NEW BRIDGE.

PARKERsBuRG. June 1.-THE
construction of a new bridge across
the Ohio river at this point was
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-12
ANOTHER SOUTH SIDE COM
PLANT.

A South Side lady called up the
west Virginian this morning and
thanked the editor for publishing
yesterday the article of South Sid
or" in regard TO the complaint about
burning garbage of nights in the
back yards.
She added that this nuisance was
not only practitcd at nights but all
day long. On her street she stated
that piles OF ashes from burnt paper
were continually being blown into
their yards and homes and at times
she could not sit on her porch on
account Of the ashes.
She stated that she called the at
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-12
pRoGREssIvEs
Of Harrison County Hold Mass Con
ventions and Name Delegates to
Vafims Conventions

CLNRKsBURG, June H.: = At
mass conventions held In the vari-
GUS magisterial districts of the coun-
ty yesterday afternoon by the Pro-
gressivc party, delegates were named
to the First congressional, congress
si0nal ut large, state senatorial and
county conventions, the last named
Of which will be held here next
Tuesday to name candidates for
county Offices. Harvey W. lurmcr,
J. L. Law, Homer W. Williams, John
NJ. Knox and a number ofIatEer for
,mer Republican party workets ac=
lively participated in the conveh-
lions Yesterday AFTERNOON aud are In
Guided in Tie dclegatsslistssi &.
D. 4 b. e
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-12
THE TEST COMING.

1t has always been stock argu-
ment with: the dry forces here and
everywhere that in dry territory the
expense of policing it was not so
great and that that item alone would
make up to very large extent the
loss Of revenue from license. We are
to have test Of that principle in u
few weeks. We believe that the
Commissioners are all dry men and
stlicy have an opportunity now TO
prove that this is either true or I'M
true: ~ 4
But what we are unable to under
stand Is why the entire force should
Sbejgiven new uniforms In the middle
OF June IL there is any intention of
reducing the number, of men on the
force after July LIST.
-.
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tcntion of a policeman to this con-
dition and he remarked that "you
ought to be. thankful that the peol
pie burn this stuff" This lady be-
licves that the policeman is partly
right, that it ought to be burned.
but she contends that the creama-
tory is the place provided by the city
for burning rubbish and garbage.
We agree with her.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-12
i THE PROFESSOR EXPLAIN

Plans are being made Tor President
Wilson to make speaking tour OF
PENNSYLVANIA in opposition 10 sena-
tor Pcnrosc. The professor might
gointo the Connellsvillc coke region
and explain to the dear people" why
half of the ovens are idle.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-12

made certainty yesterday by the
action of the voters of Parckrsbnrg
district at a special election in vot-
ing bond issue of $4,000 which
is to be added To other stock sub
scribcd the vote on the bonds was
1866 for to ISL against. Just one
hundred aud nifty more than the ma
iority required. :.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-12
Wash Skirts That Are Different.

Made of beautiful novelty crcpes.
with long Russian TUNES. Also com.
bination crepe and Roman stripes
fabrics. Some are trimmed with but
tons down entire front.
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as a whole toward new assurance in the
South were not first undertaken In the
South itself. the natural lure Of the re-
sources of the South would bring into
that region a sweep Of population whose
use Of resources would be superior TO
those left In charge OF the South, but
unwilling to exert Transforming infiu-
ences.
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essary FOR other portions of the United
States. To make this cellar. We state
that the division OF the United States
into North. South. East and West is in
definite relative to North. East and West,
but definite only relative to the South.
When the term the South is used il
has definite significance that has at
tached itself to it for generations and
which. in a way. has been the means OF
establishing a bias regarding the South
The ease with which the word South
has been used in relation to untoward
occurrences. particularly in public print.
created the general feeling that the South
is a region Of strange diseases, of social
disorder. Of educational backwardness
and whatever other vivid imaginings
chose to find lOdgment in the minds of
those who knew not. and did not know
that they knew not The ease with
which the word the South" has been
used as attached to an outbreak. physical
or moral. is the very means now used by
the Southern Commercial Congress to
set right the mind of the nation. The
congress does not deal with Alabama as
such any more than il deals with Vir-
ginia as such. 1t is in the business OF
setting the facts Of the South" before
the nation. expecting that truth will
drive out error. that knowledge will sup
plant misapprehension. and that, through
truth and knowledge, the mind of the
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Naval Affairs, Tillman. of South Caro-
lima; Conservation of National Resources,
Vardaman, of Mississippi; Claims, Bryan.
of Florida: Judiciary. CuIberson. of
Texas; Patents. James. of Kentucky;
in the Postoffice Department Lee. Uf
Maryland; Appropriations, Martin, of VII
ginia: Rules, Overman. of North Caro-
lima: Expenditures in the Department of
Agriculture, Sheppard. of Texas; Cara
dian Relations, Shields. of Tennessee:
District of Columbia. Smith, of Mary
land: Public Buildings and Grounds.
Swanson, of Virginia: Fisheries. ThCr--
ton, of Louisiana; Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the Senate,
Williams of Mississippi
In the constructive legislation, under
the present administration. / have but
to remind you that in the passage of the
tariff bill the leaders were Senator Sim
mons. of North Carolina, and Representa-
tive Oscar W. Underwood, OF Alabama; In
the currency bill, Senator owen, of Vii
ginia and Oklahoma, and Representative
Carter Glass, of Virginia; in agricultural
extension, Senator Smith. of Georgia, and
Representative Asbury F. Lever. of South
Carolina, and in the trust legislation. now
pending in the Congress, Senator New
lands. of Mississippi and Nevada: Repre-
sentatives Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama,
and w. C. Adamson, of Georgia
THE committee which located the re-
gional banks under the new currency
laws was made up of McAdoo. of Georgia:
Houston. of North Carolina and Missouri
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becoming more valuable for transporta-
ton, for use. and for commerce than is
true in relation to the other divisions OF
the United States
In other words, using material things,
a movement was started to appeal not
only to the pride of heritage. not only
to the pride Of possession. but also to
the pride of achievement latent in the
South il this great array of resources
once becomes impressed on the mind of
men. for no civilization has arisen any
where the world over except by the
utilization Of some one or more Of these
basic resources Therefore, beginning
with purely material things. which. after
all. are the bases of every sane human
activity, the Southern Commercial Con-
Gress has reached up into the realm OF
ethics OF patriotism, and of statesman
ship. II has declared that upon these
resources a greater civilization than has
ever existed in the South must arise to
benefit the nation. Furthermore, II has
declared that II this greater civilization
should arise largely through the vision
and activity of those who are now
strangers to the South, il should stand
as an everlasting reproach to the men of
the South who, treading under foot Op-
portunities unmatchable, saw in those
opportunities no personal challenge to
effort. II also saw that il the active
campaign to stir the mind of the nation
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Mrs. Asbury F. Lever, and Mrs. Harriet
T. Graves.
Constructive Statesmen.
DR.. Owens. in discussing the theme Sc
lected for the years banquet. said the
South does not now have to go back TO
Washington and Jefferson. Madison and
Monroe, Marshall and Henry, to find con-
structive statesmen in whom to take
pride. These have had worthy success
sors, he thinks.
THE leadership of the men of the
South in our government today is not the
result of any trick of fortune, nor of
special privilege, nor patronage" he said,
but is based upon the dint OF merit
alone. President Taft. from the platform
of the Southern Commercial Congress, in
1911, in commenting upon his appointment
Of three Southerners and Confederate
soldiers to the Supreme bench OF the
United States. said:
II have not appointed these men be-
cause they are Southerners. but because
in them find the very highest qualifica-
tions for the Offices they are called upon
to fill.'
Every schoolboy knows of the three
great departments of our government:
the legislative. the judicial, and the ex-
ecutive. 1t is through leadership in these
three departments that We may find the
controlling force that is directing the af-
fairs of the nation. and the power that
Is instituting constructive changes and
reforms in our national life
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BASES OF LEADERSHIP

The Panama Canal is finished.
1t is an enterprise potent with influences
upon the South.
1t is bound to draw shipping southwark
and to change the routes of travel.
The lure OF il will bring a southwark
trend of population, because, by reason
of the influences OF the canal, there will
be many new enterprises developed in
the South
The canal. potent in its influences. has
stirred the imagination of the men of the
South to anticipate great benefits from
the completed canal.
Nevertheless, only in rare instances is
there evidence of commercial organiza-
tions and business men, particularly those
OF ports. preparing to realize on the
canal and its influences.
The hindering cause is a lack of wide
spread. definite knowledge of the South's
Importance.
Seeking in our minds for the one un-
questioned means of stirring the South.
we found that the resources OF the South
when considered individually and collect
lively, involved truths powerful enough to
electrify the mind OF the man of the
South with a new confidence. and great
enough to sweep out of the mind OF the
nation the accumulated errors OF two
or three generations whose knowledge OF
the South was either slight or generally
inaccurate.
The physical factors upon which the
citizens of the South expect the future
development of that section to be based
are these:
Coast line and harbor indentions-The
South, from Baltimore to Brownsville,
exceeding the Pacific Coast by two miles
to one and the North Atlantic by nearly
four miles to one.
Navigable streams in and benefiting the
South-There being q. 40 miles of naviga-
BILE rivers In the United States. OF these.
omitting the Ohio and the Missouri and
the northern portions OF the Mississippi,
1900 miles are found in the South; or,
including the Mississippi Basin. the South
possesses nearly $4,000 miles out of the
total possessed by the nation.
Water powers near great producing
area-The Southern Appalachians, with
their surrounding region Of productivity,
above ground and under ground, being
unique among the water-power regions
of the United States
Rainfall in inches per year and dis
tribution per month-The South excelling
all other portions OF the United States in
this particular, except the extreme North
west around Puget Sound.
Soils and wet lands-The South DOS
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United States, a critical observer wrote:
The South is in the saddle!
"A Virginian is President Half the
members of his Cabinet were born where
negro mammies crooned the first lullabies
that fell upon their baby ears The
Speaker of the House is a Kentuckian
transplanted to Missouri The chairman
of the aIl-powerful House Ways and
Means Committee is an Alabamian. While
the Vice President and leader of the
Senate are Hoosiers, the lieutenants Of
the Democratic Senate leader, are South
erners. The solid South is solid with the
new era in Washington. One who de-
sires to get along here will do well to
say You ALI and We ALL
1t may be stated here that Vice Presi-
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interest that is being taken in this annual
celebration of the Southern Society. 1t
will be made the occasion for many home
comings and the gathering of congenial
friends at special tables. Much care is
being exercised to meet these require
ments and thus contribute to the COM
plete success OF the evening
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Photo by EdmonstOu,

Williams, Of Virginia. The two COM
mittees appointed by President Wilson
having to do with vital constructive
measures affecting rural credits and vocA-
tional education. The chairman of the
former committee Is Senator Fletcher, Jf
Florida, and of the latter. Senator HcGe
Smith, of Georgia.
I'm the judicial department OF the gov
ernment the South has on the supreme
Bench three representatives, Chief Jus
tice White. Justice Lurton. and Justice
Lamar. Chief Justice White is from
Louisiana. Justice Lurton, Of Kentucky
and Tennessee, and Justice Lamar. OF
Georgia These three justices are South
erners. Democrats. and Confederate vet
Grams.
In the executive department the Cab
met is made up OF Bryan. a grandson
of Virginia: McAdoo. Of Georgia; Hous-
ton, of North Carolina: Burleson. of
Texas: McReynolds. OF Tennessee. and
Daniels. Of North Carolina There are
but four other members OF the Cabinet.
namely. Lane. of Canada: Wilson. Of
Scotland: Garrison. of New Jersey. and
RedheId. Of New York.
As the climax OF this long list Of
Southern men directing today's national
affairs, stands a son Of Virginia, a sturdy
and sterling Executive. Woodrow Wilson,
President OF the United States"
kilograms from other States making
reservations for places AT the dinner OF
next Wednesday testify to the widespread
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nation may be made to listen to the
message, of the South and yield to it's
offerings Of opportunity. thus bringing
men to cast in their lot with the men
already there in working out and build
ing up the great civilization that is predI-
Gated upon the marvellous inherent re-
sources Of the South
II uses the resource facts Of the South
over and over again, and thus stands
between North and South in order that
each may understand the other. and that
through the language of commerce and
OF development there may arise in the
seml-centennial years OF the war .
new understanding and new respect
for the South.
Washington was chosen as the head.
quarters Of the Congress in order that
its efforts might actually bring to pass
a physical return of the South to the
Nations Capital. and in order that. using
the natural advantages of Washington
for research. it might, in the campaign
for the South. come into touch by cor
respondence with many minds from mary
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most enjoyable of the evening. Follow
ing is the list of speakers:
Introduction OF toastmaster by Clar-
ence J. Owens, chairman of banquet COM
mittee; toastrnaster, Claude N. Bennett,
president of the Southern Society; THE
South's Leadership In Todays National
Affairs" Senator Thomas p. Gore, of
Oklahoma: Virginia, the Mother of
Presidents" Gov. Henry Carter Stuart.
of Virginia: Southern Womanhood."
Hon. Jose2hus Daniels. Secretary Of the
Navy: ''Grandsons of the South" Hon.
william Jennings Bryan, Secretary Of
State; orchestral numbers, singing of
Southern melodies, led by George O'Con-
nor; Shakesperean numbers, R. d. Nc
Lean and Odette Tyler. Minister Eagan,
Minister to Denmark, will speak on
''Southerners Abroad"
Southerners Living I'm Washington.
The membership OF the Southern Society
comprises more than loo men and wom-
en- OF Southern birth who reside at the
National Capital Among the number are
the President of the United States and
members Of his Cabinet, Senators and
Representatives in Congress, justices OF
the Supreme Court and of Inferior courts
military officials, and heads of executive
bureaus and departments
pose of fostering friendly relations be-
tween those who are sons and daughters
Of the States OF the South, and for the
purpose of bringing Southerners them
selves to a realization of their large part
in the national life.
At the head OF the society and one Of
the most active spirits in its organization
is Claude n. Bennett. The other officers
are: Secretary, DR.. Clarence ]. Owens;
financial secretary, DR.. A. ]. McKelway;
treasurer, Robert Lee Montague; chap
lain. DR.. William Taylor Snyder: histo-
rian, William Kearney Carr: vice presi-
dents. Speaker Champ Clark, Senator
Duncan L. Fletcher. Senator Joseph E.
Ransdell. Senator Luke Lea, Dr. 7. P.
Chapman, Judge Judson c. Clements,
Mai. Holmes Conrad, ]. J. Darlington,
and H. NJ. Jacoway. The executive COM
mittee is composed OF c. c. Calhoun,
Chairman: DIR. J. Henning Nelms, E.
Merritt. Mrs. Ell Bamford Smith. and
Mrs. Henry d. Clayton.
Arrangements for the banquet this
year have been in the hands of Dr.
Clarence J. Owens, managing director
of the Southern Commercial Congress
who has been assisted by Senator Hoke
Smith, Hilary A. Herbert, George W.
Atkinson. John Corrigan. jr.. Mrs. Jose
phus Daniels. Mrs Duncan u. Fletcher,
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places and thus send to all portions CT
the nation the broader understanding Of
the South. which the nation needs in
order to increase its strength. An addi-
tional reason for choosing WASHINGTON
was this: That the most highly organized
government of modern times is located
there; yet. though so highly organized,
il is faultily articulated. and the Oppor-
tunity was seen for a movement on oe-
half of the South to come in touch with
governmental activities, supply the neces-
sary correlations. and then use the re-
searches of the nation in terms of the
South's internal benefit and for its ex-
ternal influence upon the nation.
At the 1913 convention in Nashville.
Tenn. the Southern Commercial Congress
initiated the movement for an organic d
Investigation Of the European systems 0f
agricultural cooperation. in assembling
the American commission with the view
of ascertaining the adaptability OF the
systems to American civilization and
succeeded in writing an Endorsement OF
the proposed investigation into the con-
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sEMI-CENTENNIAL
CONGRESSES IN SOUTH

The great meetings of the Southern
Commercial Congress In Washington and
elsewhere have ALWAYS emphasized the
contrast between conditions as they were
and conditions as they are. But es-
peciaIly during the years 1911 to 1915
II will emphasize the contrast in con-
ditions of fifty years ago and those Of
now.
The FIVE great meetings in the years
mentioned will represent five scenes In
the great drama of The South's Re
covery." The stage is the South" the
audience Is the nation and the world.
The scene in Atlanta, in March, 1911.
carried out the idea Of THE South's
Agricultural and Educational Recovery"
the scene in Mobile. in 1918, carried out
the idea of The South's Commercial Re
covery." using the Panama Canal as
means of defining the increasing impor-
tance OF the Southern States as related
to the commerce of the nation and Of
the world. The scene in 1914 in Musko-
gee will portray the whole question Of
trade expansion throughout the world.
and in setting forth the raw material
and manufactured products of this coun-
try available for export. together with
the needs of other lands for output OF
the South. the practical adaptation Of a
system Of rural credits in the South. and
the subject of the internal development
OF the South. using Oklahoma as an ex-
ample of this vigorous progress as
wrought out in the past twenty-five
years. The scene. in 1915. will be set in
Washington or in Richmond and will ex-
press all that Is involved in the words.
The Victories oil Fifty Years OF Peace" /"
The scene will also be a centennial. as
1915 marks one hundred years Of peace
with the mother country.
Such a constructive move. so broad in
all its purposes. has never been under
taken for any other portion Of the United
States, and, indeed such a move is unnec-
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structive policy of the Republican. Fro
gressive and Democratic parties; IN Sc
curing the Endorsement Of the Congress
Of the United States. the House Of Gov
ernors. the American Association of Corn
mercial Executives. the International In
stitute of Agriculture. the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union "f
America, the Farmers National Congress.
and the National Grange.
The American commission was made up
of delegates representing thirty-sIX
States and five Canadian provinces. 1t
left New York April %. 1915. and returned
July -. The itinerary included seventeen
European countries, and the scope Of i'll
vestigation agricultural finance. distribu-
ton. production, and the organization of
rural life.
The President of the United States has
issued the statement that the next task
OF his admiration is to enact into law a
system Of finance for rural America.
Following the 1913 congress the organ
ization conducted a commercial eNpeii-
ton to Latin America for the purpose of
establishing trade relations with the
countries to the South.
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Every Preparation Made to
Make Wednesday Even
ing's Banquet One Long
to Be Remembered.

At the annual banquet OF the Southern
Society Of Washington at the Raleigh
Hotel on the evening Of Wednesday,
April Is, held to celebrate The South's s
Leadership in Today's National Affairs" !"
there will be present more distinguished
Southerners than have ever had part in
shaping the nations policies.
Not even during the first seventy years
Of American history was the South's
leadership more pronounced and all per-
vading than 1t is today. This fact will
furnish the theme Of the celebration.
A few days after President Woodrow
Wilson, who has accepted membership in
the Southern Society for himself and Mrs.
Wilson, was sworn in as President of the
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"In the legislative branch, the Vice
President Of the United States Is a grand
son of Virginia. The Speaker of the
House of Representatives, is a son of
Kentucky. The chairmen of the stand
ing committees of the Senate OF the
United States are men from the South
ern States of the United States
81 shall not run through the list Of
those in the House of Representatives,
but IN the Senate We have on Foreign
Relations the lamented Bacon, Of
Georgia, who a few days ago was put
away in his narrow tenement in the city
OF the dead; Postoffices and Poast Roads
Bankhead. of Alabama: Military Affairs.
Chamberlain. of Mississippi. now Of Orc
gon; Commerce. Clark. OF Arkansas:
Printing. Fletcher. OF Florida: AgrICul-
ture, Gore. OF Oklahoma: Interstate Com
merce. Newlands. OF Mississippi, now Of
Nevada; Banking and Currency, Owen.
OF Virginia. now of Oklahoma: Pubic
Health, Ransdell. of Louisiana; Finance
Simmons. of North Carolina; Education
and Labor, Hoke Smith, OF Georgia: I'M
migration. Smith, of South Carolina: