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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-12
Luke McLuke
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Some fellows are human golf balls,
They are helped out Of one hole only
to get into another.
what has become OF the old-tash'
toned girl who used to hang her dance
programs over the gas Jet beside ner
dresser?
The only time a woman is ever
speechless with establishment Is when
la man In a crowded street car gets
up and offers her his seat.
A doctor doesn't have to walt four
wears like other people. He attends
inaugural bawls two or three times
a week.
All, ha! The hoopskirt has return
ed and is now the very latest fad In
New York. The skirt is five md ono,
half yards wide around the bottom ana
the petticoat is boned around the bot
tom to make the skirt stand out. Come
on, o wind! We dare you to blow
After watching some of the new so
ciety dances a man wonders why there
isn't sawdust on the floor and he looks
around for the key Of beer at the end
somehow or other the fellow who
regards your friendship as a shake
we'll after using proposition seems to
get along as well as the rest Of US.
Some Of the wealthy society women
who are arguing that a girl can live
ON Sc per week and be good, couldn't
be good il they had to live on $50 per
For a month he Is the light OF her
life, For the next six months he Is
her husband. And after that he Is
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. .
q CURIOUS FACTS. .

Men in tall hats and white smocks
we're recently seen sweeping a clean
pathway from Winners Hall to the
old church in Upper Thames street,
London. The Winners Company had
elected a new master, and It ts their
ancient customsto sweep him a clean
pathway through the dusty city In
these quaint. costumes.
Granada was at one time part of the
Roman province of Boetta, but after
the Arab invasion It became an In
dependent Moorish kingdom. It was
the Last possession1of the Moors in
Spain, who tearf1lly gave up their
country to their conquerors. Ferdi-
nand and Isabella OF spain,in 1892
a century aEoithere wassno German
empre@only2a number Of German
states whose tagregate wealth and IN;
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Current Comment
a SENATE,

~.
1t has been assumed, possibly too
hastily, by the Democrats, that they
will retain control of the Senate IN
til 1919. Republican leaders at Wash
ington who have been considering
the prospect interpose decided objec-
ton, and clafma good fighting chance
of regafning control in 1916. As 1t
now stands the Democrats have Sc
Senators, the Republicans 80 and the
Progressive one. Thirty-two Senator's
will be elected in 1916, and II Of
those whose terms then expire are
Democrats, IA are Republicans and
one Progressive. A majority of the
Senate is 40, SO that the Republicans
in 1916 will need to hold what they
have and gain 10 seats.
Hopes are expressed that these 10
may be had by winning enough from
the list of outgoing Democrats in de-
batable states: West Virginia, Ne
braska, Maine, Indiana, New Jersey,
Montana, New York, Nevada, Ohio.
Arizona. Maryland and perhaps Mis-
souri,. The Progressive from Wash
ington may also be a factor, and Ten
negsee's factional fight which a few
years back elected a Republican gov
ernor is at least a possibility. From
which it appears that the Repabli-
can leaders are not without reason in
regulating the Democratic claim for
continued control OF the senate after
the next Presidential election.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
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The NEW CHARTER.

THE special interests" r gTimly
fighting to force the passage Of "a
partisan city charter" through the
Legislature. BY SO doing they can
compel $4,000 people to turn as did
Lots wife to face a condition liken.
ed unto Sodom and Gomorrah. which
existed here but a few short years
ago. When an outraged people voiced
their protests against ~intolerable con-
ditions, and have a prospect Of OBJ
tanning relief the partisan wolves set
up an unearthly yell to frighten tmid
and innocent lambs back into the fold
OF partisan city politics"
And the result of party politics in
this. and every other city throughout
this country. has been to create such
political monsters as Cox, Murphy.
Abe Reuff, Israel Durham, Barnes.
Penrose, Sullivan, Cannons and COM
ing closer home, Holley, Buster, Chill
ton and Bedell. {
The latter combination has by art
full and speclous pleas of deceit, fooled
a credulous public for seven years:
with the fake OF "a bipartisan city
charter" and under its loosely drawn
terms the aims seeking Standard OIL
Company secured a fifty year water
franchise, and Pierpont Morgan's
group wiped out phone competition
through a telephone merger and dou-
bled phone rates.
And now when the people are cry
ing for bread. the gang politicians
offer them a stone in disguise Of "a
partisan city charter"
we don't want "a partisan city
charter" It is a disgrace, and has
proven a fasco throughout this coun-
try. The ablest experts Of America,
and such men as Howe, Mitchell.
Whitlock, Baker and other eminent
authorities, have declared for tho
"non.partsan idea" and It's operation
everywhere in the country is traught
with great success. Let the slogan
be- to do away with a party emblem
and give US a "non:partisan plan..
with every feature of Thoroughly
modern and progressive city char
ter. we want rs good fascity charter.
as obtainsinsthfs country, and we can
secure &c 4 the people win back II
Special priyHege&Wan To- turn
sbaeks but the march Of progTegs and
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merelr her meal ticket.

merely her meal ticket.
You see real widows wearing weeds.
But you never see divorced widows
wearing Keep of the grass signs.
The old-fashioned man who tusedsto
pay a dollar a quart for Tamarack
Tonic at a drug store now has 9 son
who pays Is cents a dose for the same
stuff in a saloon.
1t doesn't matter how long they
have been married, mother always5
gets mad when she hears fatherarefer
to her as the old woman.
We can't blame the girls for get;
ting sore because We won'tlet them
vote. Some of them have TO shave
as often IS we do.
About a week after a woman buys
the hat she likes best she discovers
another hat that she likes better
.aHH.E III rs.e@ agfAAF $40 IIkEHTT
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The western sky goes streaming ont
70 seek the cleanly Wild
It. pours the eity's dim desires toward
TIE indebted.
+ Sleeps betvtxt the hrddIed homes
about its eddie gron
Tosmear The little Space betYensthe
and thesowns
The tomentssotdHseethin tide who
isthere that can seer
There's one whoSWalked with starry
teet the western road by me.
Hes the Droyer Of the soul; he leads
the flock Of men
All wistfn1 on that weary track, and
brings them hack again
The dreaming few. the shaving crew.
the motley caste of life,
The wastrel and artiicer. the herlot
and the WIFE
They may not rest. forever prest by
one they may not see.
The one who walked with starry feet
the western road by me.
He drives them east. he drives them
west, between the dark and light;
He pastures them in city pens, he
leads them home at night.
Thetowery trans, the threaded trains,
like shuttles to and fro.
To weave the web Of working days
in ceaseless travel go.
How harsh the wool, how long the
welt! Who shall the fabric seq
The one who walked with starry feet
the western road by me!
Behold! he lent me as we went the vi
sion of the seer,
Behold! 1 saw the life of men, the life
Of God shine clear.
/ saw the hidden Spirits thrust; 1
saw the race fulfil .
The spiral of its steep ascent, predes-
tined of the Will:
Yet not unled, but shepherded by one
they may not see
The one who walked with starry feet
the western road by me.
Evelyn Underhill.
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Good Place for II.
State Editors
WHEELWRIeHT's WISH.

Jere H. Wheelwright. OF the Balti.
more, Md, president of the Consolfda.
ton Coal Company, which has opera.
tons in this section, says:
What would delight me most
would be an assurance that all the
industrial plants in the country were
going to start up IN full time and
with a complete complement of work.
ing force, This would bring Christ.
mas cheer that would gladden. the
hearts OF all business men and bring
so many comforts to those who do
not see brightness ahead"
The Telegram will not do Mr..
Wheelwright the injustice of intimat.
ing that there is any selhshness in
his wish. 1t is a fact, however, that
realization Of the wish would mean
greater activity on the part OF his
concerns coal mines. which in turn
would bring about the employment
he wishes for working forces SO far
as the mines are concerned
Mr.. Wheelwrfght's reference to In
dustrial plants and his wish that they
might all start up on full time ana
with a complete complement Of men
are indicative of depression in indus
trial activity. His statements bear
out the Republican press claims. and
now it is up to the Democratic press
hereabouts to be consistent to de-
nounce Mr.. wheelwright, head of the
greatest coal concern in the world.
as a damnab1e calamity howler.-
Clarksburg Telegram.
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TRE MANICURE LADY
By William F. Kirk

words from father that he went and
wrote three more poems 6or his pook
before he went to bed.
"Do you know George. so~n1etir1es
think Il Wilfred keeps; tryfng he VII
write a great poem some 9 Good:l
ness knows he has wrotesenough punk
ones, and some day theftde ought 70
turn If It is ever going to-
81 don't think It IS ever going To
said the Head Barber, gloomily:
81 amt so sure insisted the NLart.
cure Lady. Now, takethisp piece WHICH
has took w1ltred threesdayB 70 WEtte
as short as It Isl:
GThe MIdntnhtcharae.
"The night was, dark astsable black
Along the muddySroad;
The soldiers they had planed thier 1T
tack
And forward brayelYstrode.
Then came the soundiotmusketxy
And men In a fierce grapples
oh, goodness, what astefrtbIe thing
Is themmodernswaysotbattie
In halfal hour the charge vas DER
And silenced was thebattless roar
eKipling never wrote nothlng IKE
that, either" said thesHead Barber.
He wouldn't have hadgtheneryes
CCopyrights 1915 BrockssFeatnse syn
dicatel.
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endum and recall. particularly :
referendum upon franchises Such
1 provision e1lsts ~ practically
every other commission charter
except a Few n West FHgtnta-
and II has. IN most INSTINCT heen
to1ndtoopenate admirabis. white
we afeproposihgto dnbrwtthhe
cftizans5board this Basusgesdm
that eertainlssshoald merit atsesn
tions
sThegAdyerttser has alwaysSbe-
1ieved insa wide measure OF home
rule for municipalities, and It hear
thy concurs In the suggestion Sof
the Herald.Dfspatch that provision
should be made[by which the peo-
pie of the city can amend their own
charter, subject. of course, to broad
general principles. without the me-
cessity for recourse to the legtsla-
ture. Thepeople who must live un-
der a municipal charter know bet
e what they want than any Iegts-
lature With multiplicity OF other
duties can know"
Do the people or Fairmont want an,
proof than Huntington give
them that the people Of this city IN
derstood their needs, and knew wha
they wanted when they petittoned tn
legislature for a non-partisan charte.
two years ago, and were given, instead
at the behest OF the onice Holders
the very thing they were pro
testing against-partisan ring rule
a hypocritical, deceptive ant
fraudulent non-partisan label.
Fairmont can yet be saved and
proper form of economical government
established that will prove acceptable
after a fair test. to all good citizens VIII
prize the growth and welfare Of III
city above partisan rule with l. en-
denotes to graft, and we believe 1t vii
be done. and in the near future.
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WHY NOT AL

Fairmont. west Virginian, why
don't you print all of a paragraph
written about you Don't you like
homely Illustrations! AS to tho com
pliment to your editorial page. we
have forgotten who 1t was paid It,
but we saw it, and you deserve it
within bounds, IL you would only
assemble 1t. However, you have very
much improved lately in having 1t
misunderstanding State Journal.
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come we're probably less than those
Of France. Now united Germany is
estimated to possess an income OF
nearly $4,000, 100000 and accumulat-
ed wealth Of about SS0,000.0 100000.
During the century Germany's popu-
lation has grown from 100000 to
more than 67,oOo,oOo or $50 per cent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1914-12-12

The stamp tax Of 1914 is raising al
most as much merry hellarity as did
the stamp tax Of 1176.-connellsvtlle
Courier.
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ELEvATlNG IHE cAusE

Mrs. Frank Leslie's bequest to the
suffrage cause will amount to $1,000
200. which will give the ~sufffagists
the largest war chest Of all the politi'
cal organizations and raise them
nightly in the estimation of profes'
sional politicians-Parkersburg Senti'
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the advance OF progressive ideal must
continue to the end Of better govern
ment and equal opportunity.-charles-
ton Sun-Herald.
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he was biddmIouiwme rine4
= = TgI

Pc Lsss Tuus-
Mandy git nj banjp down
rs &angtn rshtte do
I'm gNinesa practice ~ DIT tuna
Jus once be6o 60
amt ptayedda time Ct an
Since Marster went away
Seems Ike someTn hurtsme throal
When rtrtes to play.
Nigge.r@Aarster used to CALL
4Playsme ole Black Joe;
Then he'd sit right quite Ike.
To hear de music iow.
Marster's w1d de angels now.
Whar I'm gwine soon.
And when he sees his niger thar,
He's gwtne-a want dat tune.
He's ~gwine-a call out loud to me
SO all de angels know,
'CNigger-Git dat banjo down
An play me ole Black joe"
David Morton In Courier-Journal.
Good Place for It
What are you cutting out OF the
paper?"
IAN item about a California man
securing a divorce because his wife
went through his pockets"
What are you going to do with it,"
Put it in my pocket"
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az amt heard you say much about
that brother Wilfred OF yours 1ate4y'
said the Head Barber.
"Now, amt that funny about that
mental telephony or whatever they eau
III" exclaimed the Manicure Lazy.
aust when you said that l was going
to tell you about wilfred."
ut is kind Of funny" agreed the
Had Barber. Especially to think
that a bright mind like mine could
work with yours. What has Wtlfred
did lately7"
at Amt SO much what he has did,
said the Manicure Lady, +-as what he
"A getting ready to do. He Is getting
ready TO get out a book OF them war
noems. IKE the kind that Mr.. Kipling
nsed to get out. The only thing that
"a Worrying wfltred is that Mr.R pltng
may get out q book hrst. and kind OF
crab the sale of wfltred'ss book. VII
fred is going to call his book Ballads
OF Battle, or The Muse of Mars he
Amt sure which, and he has wrote
some hne things already. One OF the
pieces hehas wrote Is called The seige
Gun. and I think It Is tine. Part Of, It
goes like this, George:
"The way that most OF the fights Is won
lis BY means of the wonderful seige gun.
1T shoots a bullet very large
With quite q heayypowder charge,
And whensa fortress it does strike
To stay the soldiers do dislike
II betsKpling never wrote anything
like that, daclaredthe Head Barber
sThatss what the old gent told VIE
fred. said the Manicure Lady q
don't know Just how he meant &, but
RI ttckIed poor brother SHY. ne felt
soEood over whsthet thought asEkind
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In-Shoots

Human glory is not yfstoned n&the
future, but is in the yisage Ola GIN
ming skull found within thestomb
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Life without hope Is a sepulchreg q
human vanity-hlled with the emptE
ness Of earthly honors.
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The sword should ever sleep as %
instrument of evil, but be aver READY
to unsheath as an instrument Of jug;
tice.
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There can be no social millennium
until we enjoy individual redemption
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The fame acquired and the genius
displayed In a hundred victories & al
forgotten in one defeat y
reproach displaces the crown Of hon.
or.
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You cannot socialIze Drunkenness
hut YOU can indlyiduallze sobrtety
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"1t, however, It Is felt that the.
citizens board does not measure up
t otho needs of the city, instead OF
increasing its powers, with no. as.
surance that it will be any more
ready to exercise thoseSpoWers,
why not abolish It altogether. and,
include In the charter straightsout
provisions for the Initiative. refer:
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-12-11

and is now completing arrangements
for the establishment of perma-
nent experiment farm of ten acre,
to be conducted by the instructor of
agriculture of the Deming Public
Schools the county agent represent
ing the department Of agriculture
and agricultural college. An athletic
field of five acres will be established
and new county high school will
he erected that will be credit To
the whole State of New Mexico.
The great railway systems. en-
pire builders of this continent. that
traverse this region are working in
harmony with Denim; and the MIN
bres Valley and every force is being
employed to make this one of the
most delightful places of residence,
~ well rs profitable. in Uncle Sans
domain.
We cannot forget the wonderful
of the Miesse tract that
has transformed nearly 5000 acres
If desert land into most productive
farms and has established a village
there with better than 200 lots nj
ready sold and . number Of buildings
no werected and in process of cree
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-12-11

ton. ~ i. no development in
the Southwest that can possibly COM
pare with this. and want to tell
YOU Myndu> l. no Slouch. and il j.
n source of congratulations To Us all
that II wealthy syndicate of Cali
iornians has purchased 81 900 acres
south of this tract and will soon put
il into development. The price paid
for this land was more than double
the amount set upon il by the state
and shows what judicious publicity
can do in n community like ours.
We also owe n debt of everlasting
gratitude To our local newspapers,
two of the best wccklies in the Uni
ted States.
In closing up the years work the
secretary desires To express his deep
for the cooperation aud
help given by the president aud
board of directors. and cannot help
publicly acknowledging the fact that
no secretary has ever had better
assistant aud il would be difficult
To get better one than Miss Per-
kins.
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last year was mo slouch."
The establishment of the Deming
Cottage Sanatorium during the past
year and the marvellous success the
young institution has already at
tanned, and the growing business of
the Deming Tent Cottages, shows
that our great asset of climate Is be-
ing appreciated.
The opening up of the Deming
Library by our active Woman's club
speaks volumes for the progressive
spirit Of the community. These and
many other things give positive evil
dence of our splendid civic growth
and community development.
A matter of supreme Importance
TO this entire region is the unprece-
dented growth of our educational
system. The board Of education of
the Deming district has completed its
third suburban school within the last
month and is now constructing n
ward school in the city. and has
bought and paid for twenty acres
IF ground near the present high
school which. when completed in
1912 was thought to have been large
enough to last for at least ten years.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-12-11

Of his copfersnce with Department.
officials and Others connected with
the government service at Chicago.
but wlo Is laboring from fourteen
to sixteen hours each day to obtain
the best results for farming. stock
raising, hog raising, poultry raising
and horticulture. And when il comes
20 obtaining outside markets. Mr..
Southworth is the me plus ultra"
''epluribus unum" Of any man who
walks in two shoes. He can sell
anything good that the farmer raises
and always at the top of the market.
Although his direct employers Of
Luna county are the members .Of the
county school board. the institution
was started by the chamber of COM
merce, and an office furnished by
our body.
Among the industries that have
been launched during the past year
are the Iceless Refrigerator factory,
aud two pump companies. and AR
rangements are completed for the
immediate opening of u splendid
broom factory. The secretary has
the money in his possession for the
first installment of broom corn. and
although there has been little broom
corn raised in this vicinity this year,
enough has been grown here To prove
that like everything else We can raise
the best in the world.
During the past few weeks the
secretary has been obtaining actual
figures from actual farmers. and up
to the present time h. has been able
TO get personal interviews with nine
teen Of our leading farmers repre-
senting practically every section OF
the valley. and here are the start
ling figures: These nineteen farmers
had total acreage of 819sl acre,
and according to the figures submit
ted by themselves there is an average
net gain of $30.56 per acre. The
reports are ON permanent hle at the
office and can be seen by anyone
80 desiring. OF these nineteen prom
inent farmers every one, save one.
advised forty acres ar less as the
proper size for II farm. and each one
i favoable to the raising of live
stock. and nearly all Of them are
favorable to fruit culture. The ac-
tive duties of the secretary have pre-
vented him from obtaining further
reports along this line. but he would
advise his successor in office to
make this n permanent feature every
year working in conjunction with the
county agricultural agent. who will
be able tn present next year u re-
port on everything raised and the
hest methods of production. Like
wise the efficiency of pumps and the
expense Of putting water ON the
ground. All of these things are
very necessary Ia the permanent
success of this valley.
The splendid business blocks that
have been erected during the present
year and the many beautiful homes
bespeak a prosperity that is almost
unknown in many parts of the Uni
ted States. Perhaps local condi-
tions may be understood when ! say
that while in one of our leading bus
mess houses the other day ] was
informed that the business for the
month just passed was AZ per cent
better this year than last year. dur
ing the same period, at the same
-------I...-- A. aLa L,..,ua....
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Is THERE A HELl7 IF 30.
OF WHAT DOES IT CONSlST3

Subject to be discussed at the
Baptist church next Sunday evening.
The pastor will speak on this, one
of the most important subjects Of
the Bible. Mr.. Russell, the leader
Of "!.illenninl Dnwnism" has been
read by large number Of persons
aud il will be the purpose Of the
pastor Sunday evening TO take the
Bible and prove the teachings of
Hell.
Regular services for the week /:
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 30. study second chapter Of
a"lossians. regular business meet
ing after service; Friday evening.
teachers training class at 7:l5 p. m,
choir rehearsal following, at 500.