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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

By ID. w. GAL

Representative VIM. G. Brown from
the Second district has been in the city.
more or less, since the election, looking
after the interests OF his constituents and
Inc wears smile hat won't rub-off.
Early in the week Hon. f.. ID. Talbot
oil Elkins, and Charles VI. Murphy Esq.
OF Philippi, were in the city on their
way To Richmond TO attend session Of
the United States Circuit Court, where
they have case coming up from Judge
Dayton's court, on an appeal. They are
both leading lawyers in the state and
their West Virginia friends in this city
are always delighted To see them.
On December the 18th the West Vir-
ginia Society will hold its regular meet
ing and II is destined to be- the best of
them all, with lot of West Virginians
greeting each other over the products of
the state, must make the most stupid
happy.
AT the next meeting of the Society
Hon. NJ. NJ. Nicely and Hon. S. b. Avis
are TO deliver addresses. which are 10 be
| short and sweet, to be followed by some
old time West Virginia evenings. at the
home, as it We're.
Hon. NJ. NJ. Nicely OF the First district.
has been invited by Mount Vernon Lodge
No. 8, X. of p. to deliver an address on
the evening of the 2nd of December, .h 2
occasion being the Grand Visitation of
the Grand Lodge officers to that lodge. of
which the Grand Chancellor is member.
and moreover 1T is the second oldest
lodge of the order in the world, so Mr..
Nicely is being highly honored by tins in
vitation being extended TO him.
DR.. +. ID. Byington, Chief Clerk of the
Pension Bureau, Jefferson county man
has been down in Virginia hunting. and
oil course, come back loaded down with
game, the usual hunters luck, wien
there Is no game on the market, but
while the doctor may not be a successful
hunter, vet il can be said he is a true
man and when a professed friend, he is
all OF it, which is saying a good deal in
these later days of friendship.
The West Virginia Society is meeting
with marked success, being ais is well
known, nonpartisan, nonsectarian
society, composed of West Virginians.
and thus affording the people of their
state to meet. get to know each other
aud build up patriotic spirit, which
ought to be chief ingredient of every
West Virginian's makeup.
Mr.. Foster Zeigler and Mrs. Zeigler.
the faithful secretary to Mr.. Brown, have
come to the city and located for the
winter, and on most working days, the
smiling face OF Mr.. Zeigler can be seen
in MIR. Browns office, in the House Office
building, faithfully overseeing the rush
oil business that is always on tap at that
office, and he is equal to the occasion,
whatever that may be.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
How a Farmers Wife Made u Con.
crete Sink

in the current issue of Farm and
fireside appears the following story
OF how farmers wife overcame diff
culties and made for herself a con
venience common i'm cities. which she
could not afford to buy.
Many a country housewife envies
her city sisters the greater kitchen
convenience afforded by connection
with sewer. The sink alone saves so
much i'm time and strength as TO make
great difference in the days work
"A recourceful woman who realized
this yet felt that they could i'm afford
the expense Of sink and connections
has provided for herself a substitute
that answers every requirement. She
had seen the men-folk mix concrete
Tor making trOughs around the barn.
from which was born the idea
Having on hand two starch boxes
she proceeded to cut one down to the
proportions Of the average sink. about
is by 30 inches I'm size and 6 inches
~ ''fa'i'iff iif uUNiDlil Hl IIitN small
or than the top. This she set. small
side up. in another box just two i'm
ches larger all around than the first
one a tin funnel was set ON top of
the smaller box at one end
Concrete in the proportion of one
part cement TO three Of sand was now
hlled in all around the sides between
the two boxes and spread over the bot
tom Of the smaller box. fitting Il I'm
closely around the funnel. which. how
ever, she took care not to disturb
When the cement hardened the boxos
we're removed. leaving a cement form
for a sink Heavy iron brackets
screwed 10 The kitchen wall supported |
the sink a piece OF large size hose |
was then fitted to the funnel. running |
Town through a hole in the floor end /
emptying outside at some distance /
from the house"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Mexico City. Nov. 22-General Luz
clio Blanco assumed supreme COM
mand of the capital at IL o'clock last
night. He placed patrols about the
city and occupied the police stations
General Blanco appointed Colonel Mi
guel Rodriguez governor of the feder-
al district, and Gull ,ermo De La Pima
director of the penitentiary Later
General Blanco sent 200 men to the
penitentiary to prevent the opposition
from executing political prisoners in
carcerated there.
The city is absolutely quiet and in
full possession of General Blanco.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
Organized Good-Will

Who can prescribe the limits Of the
usefulness OF the farmers club? They
mirror the new time in which we live
and out Of jealous, suspicious, narrow,
selfish past there grows new order Of
neighborhood kindness, courtesy and
good will. The Jackson Farmers Club
near Duluth has bought az an oreaniza.
ton, four and half acres Of land near a
school house, and the club which was
organized primarily for cooperative
marketing will extend its usefulness A. a
social factor a ball ground is 70 be-
feature Of the Jackson Club park with a
children's play ground, swings and
simple equipment. \ permanent build
ing will be erected for special exhibitions
ri community resources and A laboratory
81 human frendliness. New corners will
find welcome in this house dedicated
b the glad hand and music and mental
exerisc and a better %. morrow
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
TIE REASON

The broad claims of West Virginia
Republicans on the morning after the
election, which embraced about every
office voted upon IN the state" says the
Wheeling Register, ''do not stand COM
parison with the official returns.'
There is a reason for il. Under the
regime Of the Mark Hannas and Matt
QuaYs the instructions sent out by the
Republican national committee 10 the
Republican state committees was TO
"claim everything after the polls closed. "
That has now become cardinal prin-
ciple of the Republican party. 1t can be
easily discerncd that there is method i'm
their madness for claiming everything
after the polls close. 1t has served them
well in the past and allowed them TO
appropriate offices which the official
vote did not give them. Ii is apparent
on the face of il that the object i'm claim
ine everything is to deceive the people.
II the people can be made to believe tina,
the machine candidates have been elected
1t is much easier for the machine to doc.
tor the returns and elect it's creatures.
In recent elections the Hanna Quay in.
structions have been strictly adhered to.
In the late election one OF the Bowers
managers notified Bowers and Stewar,
just as soon as the polls closed that
Brown will not have over 400 majority. "
The official returns from that county
gave Mr.. Brown over LOO majority.
Another report was sent to Bowers and
Stewart as soon as the polls closed that
he had carried the county from 500
to 1000 majority. The official returns
showed less than 700 majority. 1t was
upon such information as this that Mr..
Bowers figured he was elected to congress
by 1000 majority and Immediately pro-
ceeded to celebrate his victory in royal
style. Such reports were gross injustice
to Mr.. Bowers, but they were in con-
iormity with the instructions issued by
the Republican national machine "a
claim everything after the polls closed. -
Any one can see the intent OF sending
out such false reports. 1t was upon these
false reports that they sent out from Re.
publican headquarters at Charleston that
the Republicans had elected "solid Re.
publican congressional delegation from
West Virginia" There can be but one
object in classifying the election returns,
and that is to lay the foundation to
cheat.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

The Wheeling Intelligencer, Charleston
Mall Parkersburg Dispatch News, and
other Republican machine organs, are
advocating change in the public service
commission. The decisions OF the board
do not meet with the appreciation of the
machine organs. Hence. they are OPP
posed to bipartisan board and demand
that 1t be changed and made partisan
board that the state-house machine may
be able to dominate it. In advocating
this change no doubt the organs will adj.
vance the argument that the change is
needed in the interest OF the people,"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
Jack Johnson'a Car

Jack Johnson's racing car, which two
years ago was the talk Of the country.
has been purchased by 3 G. Rosencrans
Of the Sanitarium at Prairie du CHEN.
Wis This monster racing car was built
by the Thomas Flyer Go. The solid
aluminium body was cast in one piece in
England. no Manufacturer this country
being able 10 make it At the time. Its
mechanism has a six-cylinder engine
each Of the cylinders being So by 7
inches which have a capacity Of lO5 horse
power and will send the machine over
the ground At speed Of 90 miles arr
hour. All the parts Of this wonderful
speed demon were especially made for
Jack Johnson and cost $4,000. How
ever, the reckless career run by Johnson
in connection with his famous restaurant
IN Chicago brought about the loss Of HE
rights in this country as well az lie
wonderful machine, which was attached
for debt by the Heiloman Brewing
Company Of la Crosse.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
You Gould Almost Set Your Watch by
Woodrow Wilson

In the December American Maya
zine Ray Stannard Baker, writing an
article entitled "Wilson-After Twenty
Months" presents a highly interest
ing comparison of Mr. Wilson with Mr.
Roosevelt in the course of which he
records in part as follows The daily
life in the White House:
When Mr.. Roosevelt was in WASH
ington crowds of people always flock,
ed to the White House to shake the
Presidents hand-and take his time
and energy. People now have Just as
free access to the White House as
ever-almost anyone can meet the
President-but the groups are small
and quiet and pass quickly in and out
or the Presidents Office. One DAY I
counted ten people going in at the
usual hour to pay respects to the
President on another day fourteen.
Roosevelt rarely had fewer than 25
and often a great many more.
"One of Mr.. Roosevelt's truly re-
markable qualities was mis- command
Of his energies: his self-regulation
He could bring his whole attention to
bear instantly upon any subject:
therefore he was able to accomplish
great volume of work. In this re-
spect Mr.. Wilson is fully his equal.
Mr.. Tumulty told me that one
could almost set his watch by Mr.. VIII
sons incomings ond outgoings He
has breakfast at eight o'clock sharp,
and during the summer, since Mrs.
Wilson's death, has usually breakfast
ed alone with Mr. Tumulty and Doctor
Grayson. He then goes at his cor
re5ponGence for an hour or so, until
his appointments begin. These APP
pointments vary from five to dfteen
minute intervals, rarely longer. and
follow each other like clockwork un-
Ill one o'clock, the luncheon hour In
the afternoon there are varied sps Hal
appointments and further attendance
to correspondence, and an hour or so
Of golf. or motoring. or tramping-
which Doctor Graysou often has To i'm
sist upon. This program. OF col rse
Is varied on cabinet days or to meet
special engagements, but upon the
whole 1t is very regular"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
Red Cross Christmas Seal Campaia ,
Opens

We will be more than glad to sell the
Red Cross Seals again this year. From
the proceeds Of the sales last year we
were able to help number of sufferers
from tuberculosis and their de.titnte
families" come the letters from the local
tuberculosis workers. Fifteen OF the
larger towns and all the cities i'm the
state were doing relief tuberculosis work
last gear, the funds from all being chi, fl y
supplied from the sale OF the Christmas
sea
73S, $50 seals have already been sent
ont from headquarters 70 IS7 agents i'm
the state On Friday, November 9Th.
these seals will be- placed in the stores.
booths and post offices throughout the
state. ANY stores that have not had seal.
sent them will be supplied II they com.
municate with headquarters at Charles.
ton.
There IS an old German proyerb. That
he who makes glad first makes clad
twice Will sou not delight the heart
OF all tuberculosis suffers by buying yonr
seals early and in large quantitics2 We
must not let our svmpathies boz carrieI
away by tie suGerings caused by the
present war and neglect our home
interests. Remember, that last year one
~ ten died from Tuberculosis in West
Virginia iu the most promising years Of
their lives from eighteen n thirtv.Gvc.
There ~ no other cause Of poverty.
orphanage, resultant dcprayity and crime
approaching TO 10. May We h ye yonr
enthusiastic support IN our attempt 10
wipe the disease ont Of West Virginia
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Senator Aldrich was reported to have
said several years ago that a business,
corporation could conduct the govern
ment OF the Unired States for $500. 600 900
less than It costs under present methods.
The former Senator from Rhode Island
may have made the remark or he may
not, but 1t has been accepted as an in
dictment against Congress for wasting
the peoples money, and has inspired
many discussions on the sin of waste. The
farther removed these discussions have
been from Washington, the more serious
they have been and the more emphatic
the criticism Of politicians in control of the
nations purse strings. The farmers
thinking in dollars, have found it diff.
cult to realize the necessity for expendi-
ture OF millions by the government, ex-
cept when these expenditures we're made
by the Department of Agriculture. They
have accepted without inquiry the criti-
cism OF every other appropriation by
Congress and have been inclined TO
associate the sin OF waste with the great
cities, just as they do all other sins and
wicked Developments Of human nature.
Now comes Assistant Secretary Vroo-
man. OF the Agricultural Department,
with the assertion that farmers of this
country could save $4,000, 900 day il
they would utilize all the Information
now in the possession OF that department.
MIR. Vrooman is practical farmer, and
he is in control of much of this valuable
information which would increase the
savings OF the farmers $3.50. 900, 900 a
year. That would mean yearly increase
oil y percent on the total value of all
farm property which, in 1910, amounted
to S4l 900. 900, 900, or an increase of 4
per cent in the total wealth of the country.
IL would increase by more than one half
the total value of the entire farm crop
every year, would pay Off all the farm
mortgages in SIX months. and would al
most equal the value of all the live stock
on the farms All this could be done by
utilizing the information now i'm posses
sion OF the Department of Agriculture
This information is valuable and il has
cost the whole people of the United
States considerable amount OF money
In 1884. the Forty-seventh Congress an.
propriated less than $3.50, 600 for the De
partment of Agriculture, and the Sixty
fhird Congress, at the session closed a
lew weeks ago, appropriated more than
S2o, 200, 600 to be expended by the de.
partment. No appropriations of Con-
gress have increased in the ratio that
those for the education and benefit of the
farmers have increased in the last thirty
years.
The remarks of Secretay Vrooman
should be the text for discussion at
| farmers institutes this coming wear.
rather than the waste of the Federal
government on the army and navy, and
the general extravagances of city life.
Wall Street wouldn't be i'm it with the
millionaire farmers if they would only
take Secretary Vrooman's advice and
save more than 0,O0O, 900 year
more than they now save. Not ever.
George Perkins, in his criticism of the
housewives of New York for wasting
food products, comes into the same class
with Secretary Nrooman's criticism of the
farmers as extravagant MASTERS. - WASH
ington Herald.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Thief ollowing practical suggestion
for wash day is taken from an article
on the subject, in the current issue OF
Farm and Firoside:
For fruit stains ON table linen or
other white goods, boiling water is the
best ands afest remedy. stretch the
stained portion. before It is wet. over
a pan or pail. and pour boiling water
through it until the stain disappears.
II will not take long. but the water
must be actually boiling when it is
taken from the FIRE.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
A POOR GUESSER

The State Journal in the early stages of
the campaign claimed the election of
Judge Hunter III. Moss by four thousand
majority. As the campaign progressed
it reduced the majority to three thousand
and then to two thousand, and on the
third day of November the people re-
duced it to less than one thousand, which
is reduction of three thousand from the
first claim of the State Journal. And
upon that reduction our ever optimistic
brother claims a glorious victory In
passing We must remark that the State
Journal proved itself poor guesser.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

The time has now come wher the
farmer must go into winter quarters.
The most important problem before
him is how TO feed the grain and
roughable so that he will get the most ,
out OF it. The past six months has
been spent in growing this food. Lit
tie IL any will be sold from most
farms. Therefore the proper feeding
OF the last seasons crops will largely
determine your profit for this year.
There is some scrub stock which viii
return little profit when fed in the
most scientific manner. Severa. ex-
pertinent stations have proved that the
production Of the average dairy COW
could be doubled by careful feeding
and handling. The average COW pro.
duces $500 worth of butter a year
under average conditions when sed a
balanced ration and given careful at
tention she will give $500 worth a
year.
give a few samples of balanced
rations. Most OF the feeds included
are available on Preston county farms.
The concentrates IL not had should be
bought. Cotton seed meal is worth
twice as much pound for pound as
corn especially as feed for cows
In car lots it can be bought here at
about $1,000 a ton.
The Tations given below are for one
days feeding to 1000 pounds live
weight OF the animal:
For fatlening hogs
80 lbs. corn.
10 lbs. buckwheat middlings.
For dairy COW. giving 20 lbs. of milk
daily
30 lbs. silage.
10 lbs. mixed hay.
lbs. corn meal.
lbs. cotton seed meal
For wintering cattle year old with
out silage:
20 lbs. mixed hay.
lbs. corn.
lbs cotton seed meal
All of these rations could and should
be varied to suit the feed you have or
| can buy the cheapest. Cost is the
most important consideration in a ra-
don. For instance hay may be sub
| stituted for silage, wheat middlings
for cotton seed meal, etc. Milk cows
and growing stock should have an
abundance of protein. The New York
experiment station makes this atate-
ment, which Preston county farmers
should consider: "old time rations in
which the straw stack played a prom
lnent part must be improved.
Write to the county agent and let
him help you balance your rations.
JNO. Y. MCDONALD.
County Agent
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

The Davis Elkins followers loudly Ie.
clared that the Elkins influence in No.
Mongolia, Preston and Randolph counties
would be the means Of electing George
~. Bowers to congress. They made no
denial that Bowers vas the Elkins candi-
date. The Elkins influence in Preston
county may have helped Bowers, but
from The returns from Monongalia and
Randolph it would appear that the
Elkins influence proved burden for
Bowers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Where is Thomas T. Drestall who told
Charles Brooks Smith that be- bad just
returned from campaign trip through
West Virginia and The Republicans would
send SIX congressman b Washington n
does not follow that because we have
never seen Mr. Drestal's name in print
before he is an obscure gentleman whose
reputation AZ a political guesser is not
worthy Of quotation, but IL does establish
the fact that there we're many ialse
prophets running At large during the
late campaign and that Charles Brooks
Smith never lost an opportunity 10 quote
them.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

1t is too bad that the Clarksburg Tele-
gram has to worry over Democratic
reorganization" which is a creation of
the diseased brain of the organ of Boss
Sherman J. Denham. 1t was unklnd in
the Telegram to publish the fact that the
Denham- Highland machine was not
pleased with the effectiveness and ag-
gressiveness of the Democratic organiza-
ton under chairman Glen l.. Shaver. II
there is Democrat in the state whom
the machine fears IT is Glenn Shaver.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

Due credit must be given chairman
Glenn L. Shaver for the gallant fight he
made for Democracy. He fought clean
tight with the odds tremendously against
him. The Republican majority was
greatly reduced in all of the congressional
districts, as we'll as for congressman-at-
large. A gain of one congressman in this
state is something no other state can
claim. Chairman Shaver has a right to
feel proud over the result.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

1t is no use for the Parkersburg Dis
patch-News to try to come up to its foot
prints in it, choice for president OF the
state senate. IL is not even necessary to
read between the lines to learn that it il
Tor Oliver Hancock Marshall Hast il
not heard that Preston's favorite son
Arlington Bliss McCum, is an ayowed
candidate? n it has not, let il communi.
cate with the water power trust.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

"Wa-al, some ways I'd ike ~ an,
some ways guess wouldn't" said
honest Farmer Bentover when the
suave dispenser Of encyclopedias had
paused in his siren song. we see n
! was to sign for that ere cyclopedee
IN torty-sevcn parts. iucludin' The. in-r
oeH an appendicitis I'm sorter afraid
DC TOO tired to enjoy readin n.
While II I'd read Il at my leisure. as
ort to. in order to glt the good ~
~ ] Wouldn't hey time TO to earn tho
p i, so All things considered. guess
! IT hev to deny myself the privilege.
as D. were Looks sorter like rain OF
to the northwest, don't it?o
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26

The Newspaper that INDUCES in ex-
travsgant claims Of how candidates and
parties are going 10 sweep the country
when the facts don't warrant il must Of
Necessity lose prestige with the people.
Such unwauanted claims excite the par
tisans and lead some Of them 10 part
with their bard earned cash. When the
returns come in they find that the claim
Of my paper" vac Just the reverse Of
what II claimed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-11-26
School Repon

The following il correct report Of
Mt Vernon school for first month. be-
ginning October 2th, and ending Novcm.
Der 9Th. NJ. r.. LivenQood. teacher.
Number enrolled, boys 10, girls 8, total
~; average daily attendance, boys g.
girls s. total lG; percent Of attendance,
boys 81, girls "a, total 10
Those present every day we're. Dale
Taylor, Hoy Brown, Lucy Peterson, Van
Brown, Laura Mckinney. Rex Brown,
Marie Taylor, Argyle Brown. Opal
Brown, Lillian Brown and Alma Brown.
Patrons and friends interested in edu.
cation are invited 70 inspect our work.