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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-02

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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-02
CANTARES.

Mare, no lame ust6 al m6dico,
que mi NAL no ha de curar;
lame a mi noyiO Y al cura
V ell remediO me traeran.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-02
Ky

Rosas que antes que nacieras
fueron siempre purpurinas,
al YER tn cara, serrana,
p]alidecicron de envidia.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-02

Son tus miradas p~uhales,
pero clavalOs muy hondos,
porque es la muerte tan dulce
cuando viene de tus oiosl
A. Escamilla Rodriguez.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-04-02

Anda diciendO tn mare
que no me quiere por fec;
a la lcgua Sc cOnoce
que en- tn casa nc hay espejo.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-16

MdISl0, MdTSl6, Call YOU COLuC
over minute? Lam in awful trou-
ble."
Before l could ask what was the
matter Mollie rang off, and l called
up the garage, ordered the car, and
in few minutes was over there.
Mollie met me with tear-stained
face.
What is the matter, dear?" l
asked. you look as though it were
something perfectly terrible
ct is terrible" she said. 1--WE lost
my wonderful black pearl engage
ment ring"
ooh, my dear girl, you will find it
somewhere. Surely you could not
have lost it. When did you have it
last?"
well, you see, Margie, 1 cannot
tell whether left it in the toilet room
of the - restaurant, or whether l
left it in our own bathroom when l
washed my hands before going to
bed"
eff you left it in your own bath
room it would be there"
"Oh, l can't tell that, for there
have been five or six workmen in
there this morning You know the
pearl is almost priceless. 1t is one of
the few registered jewels in this
country. 1t has been in Chad's fam
lily ever since it was given to one of
his women ancestors by a French
king. | told Chad not to give it to
me, that l was sure l would lose it,
and here l have gone and done just
that thing.
81 was not keen on having pearl
for my engagement ring anyway, for
you know they say that pearls mean
tears. But Chad was so happy to
give it to me. He said: 1t had never
been worn by any woman unless
mans great love went with the gift
Then he confded to me that his first
wife had never worn it, for the rea-
L, i 1911 l., = L
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-16

IT HER ENGAGEMENT RING
who would not particularly care
for it.
after that, Margie, 1 could not tell
him that l was superstitious about
pearls, could 1? The ring was beau
tiful, and l am afraid l was very
proud to be wearing so many thou
sand dollars on my hand-but now
it's gone, and while l know that
Chad won't say much he will be
broken-hearted."
Cant you think of some way to
find it,"
eve can advertise, but am afraid
that Chad will see the advertise
ment."
why, Mollie, aren't you going to
tell him?"
mot right away"
But you must, dear
why must II"
Because it is the right thing
to do
Now look here, Margie, right
here is the point where you and diff
fer. l don't think l am doing any
thing wrong by not telling Chad a
disagreeable thing until have to do
so. l am sure he would keep it from
me. Do you know think the wom-
an who tells is a fool"
''Tells-tells WHAT"
TELLS anything. Oh, don't look SO
shocked. l am just as sure, Margie
Waverly, as am sure that have lost
my pearl engagement ring, that you
have something on your mind this
very moment that you are not tell
ing"
know 1 colored, but 1 thought it
best to 'flie a little" ...
You remember, little book, in
Madame Butterfly, where the little
Jap girl says: "It is better to lie a
little than to be unhappy much"
should be more unhappy than
Mollie if she knew that l had lost
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26
Cotton ON Contrnband List.

PARIS, Aug. 22.-The French gov
ernment today formally placed cotton
on the French absolute contraband
list officials here express the hope
that through this action the principal
source OF controversy between Amerl-
ca and the allies will be removed. and
that satisfactory understanding will
be finally reached
while the circumstances might
have justified an earlier announce
ment," said the official statement. the
government is glad to think that the
local conditions OF American interests
likely TO be affected are more favor
able to such step now than year
ago.
Moreover, the government contem-
plates the initiation OF measures to re-
lieyc. as far as possible, any abnormal
depression which might temporarily
disturb market conditions"
Omcials would not explain what
these measures contemplated by the
government are. The suggestion has
been made from time TO time that the
British government itself buy a sum
cient portion of the American crop TO
prevent a drop I'm prices and resell II
TO British cotton consumers or TO
neutral interests, who would give pos
tive guarantees that none of the cot
ton reached Germany 10 DE used in the
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26
Yours respectfully,
+. S. RINGER.
Using Hughes as window Dressing


About once a week Justice Hughes
is under the necessity of informing
some ardent Republican that he will
not be candidate for the Republican
nomination for President or permit the
United States Supreme Court to be
dragged into party politics. Justice
Hughes must know as well as any
body else that there is no sincerity
back OF this campaign in his behalf.
The Republican organization has no
more love for the Hughes policies of
government than for the Wilson poll
cies. But it regards him as a conven-
lent bridge by which the Progressives
might be tempted back
Justice Hughes would unquestion-
ably prove the strongest candidate the
Republicans could name. but he is
wanted not as a Republican reformer
or as a Republican president but as
Republican window dressing
Were he President the reactionary
Republican machine would be as bat
leIly ahlaBOnlstic 10 his policies as IL
was when he was governor of New
York. His party might follow him to
the White House but it would never
follow him from the White House to
the capitol
There might be circumstances i'm
which the welfare of the nation de-
manded the nomination OF justice
Of the Supreme Court for President.
We can conceive Of no circumstance
in which the welfare Of the nation de-
mands the nomination OF a justice OF
the Supreme Court for President I'm
order to patch up partisan feud and
equip political reaction with a mask
| OF reform. New York World
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26
KGwooD PRESTON THURSDAY AUGUST 2s 1915

ably few other newcomers arrived
the same year. At all events. we find
that within five years after the arrival
OF Judy and Frazee. there were living
here James Dinwiddic. Charles Doncl-
son. Ephraim Frazee. Arthur Gordon
John Hartness, Jacob levin. Martin
Judy. John Morris. Thomas Moore.
Joseph Robinett. Noah Rude and the
Cushmans. Thomas. Sr.. and Thomas.
Jr. Since IL is altogether probable
that still other families were here who
were not landho,ders. there may have
been more than one hundred white
persons OF all ages living I'm these
glades on the Virginia side OF the state
line and II we include those on Penn
sylvania and Maryland soil. and with
IN radius OF eight miles from the
site OF the fort. the number would al
most surely be doubled.
Let us look back over the lapse of
nearly century and half and try
TO form mental picture OF the infant
settlement in the Sandy Creek Glades.
The natural features OF the locality
were OF course the same then as now
There was wooded mountain wall on
the east and a parallel range fifteen
miles away in the west Between these
ramparts lay rolling upland. water
ed by the placid reach of the Upper
Sandy From the higher points with
i'm the valley were the same extensive
vistas as appear now. Yet one would
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26
From Former Prestonian
Gardneryille. New.
August 16. 1919

august 10, 1915.
The West Virginia Argus:
Find enclosed one dollar for which
send me your paper. AS am a native
of Preston county and through the
columns OF your paper can keep I'm
touch with some OF my old friends and
the happenings OF the county.
left the state February IA. 1910.
going to Dustin. Oklahoma. where |
stayed until December -. 1912. Then
l moved TO San Diego. Cal. i'm the
southern part OF the state. being only
fifteen miles from Triuna. Mexico. San
Diego is a great tourist city. having a
very mild climate the year around.
which attracts quite large number
OF people from the east and middle
west TO spend the winter months.
There is n fine land-locked harbor be-
ing improved by the city and u. S.
government in dredging and wharfs.
II has some very fine beach at Coro-
nado and Ocean Beach. where thous-
ands take a plunge during the sum
1aNa AANhNAos hN L hlldllld-A AllIOFllln
exposition is located in Balfor Park.
which opened the first OF the year. and
is one of the prettiest sights any one
can see any where I'm the United
States. the ground being planted in all
kinds of shrubbery and flowers The
buildings, while not on as large a
scale as those at Frisco. are OF a very
beautiful architectural design. While
In San Diego l met few of my old
friends that used TO know i'm Preston.
among them were Joseph Shaw. form
erly OF Guseman, Preston county: also
his three sons, Edward Bruce and
Earl Shaw, who are in business in
San Diego.
| left California April /. 1915. com
ing TO Gardnerville. New, where
am now located, which is l6 miles
from Carson City. the capital OF Ne
vada, a very promising country It
is in its infancy in the way OF farm
ing, being a large valley which lies
almost level and has an abundance OF
water for irrigating purposes. The
largest per cent OF the land is owned
by large land owners bGt is being
sold I'm small tracts to ran,hcrs 20
put in alfalfa which yields large
tonnage. The second cutting is at pres
ent being put up and fed to dairy
stock and shipped to mining camps
throughout the state. The mines in
the state are all doing well owing to
the war demand for copper, lead and
zinc, besides gold and silver. Nevada
is rich in mineral wealth and offers
great opportunities yet for the pros
pector and developer Since January
l, 1915, Nevada mines have paid and
declared dividends of over four and
half million dollars up until July
18th. There is quite large mining
district close here being operated, also
lots of claims that are owned by pros
pectors that have done their assess
ment work and are unable financially
to operate them and are being taken
up by capitalists who in so doing are
getting the bulk of the prospector's
money.
Yours respectfully,
f. S. RINGER.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26

tered homes the significant words I'm
dian sign" But whenever il seemed
sufficiently safe, the mon would ven
ture out and try to care for their crops
and livestock. The crowded cabins
and the unsuitable drinking water oc-
casioned illness. lesser evil. how
ever. than the torch and the toma-
hawk
Whatever the actual reason. the fort
seems never TO have been attacked.
neither do we hear OF any devastating
raid into the Sandy Creek settlement.
Within twenty years the Indian peril
was thing OF the past with the
passing OF the peril came the passing
OF old Fort Morris. with it's now fading
traditions OF privation aud hardship
The story of the old stockadc is one
of the cpics which illuminate the hero
ic period I'm American frontier history.
This period has done very much to
make possible the material develop
ment of this twentieth century: n de-
velopmcnt which would have seemed
to the pioneers themselves like chap
ter from the Arabian Nights.
Pioneers are VIGOROUSLY reckless.
Many OF the early names we find i'm
these glades have long since disap-
peared, but undoubtedly figure again
i'm the newer communities lying far
ther west. Their places here were
taken by men who were not them
selves reared in a true pioneer onvir-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26

WASHINGTON, Aug 22-Informa-
tion obtained from a high official of
the administration reveals that Presi-
dent Wilson and his advisers have
agreed upon the course this govern
ment will follow If It becomes neces-
sary to break off diplomatic relations
with Germany. The entire plan is as
follows If the facts show that the
Arabic was sunk without warning and
Germany offers no satisfactory ac-
count of the affair, the administration
believes that It's only course will be
to sever all diplomatic relations with
that government Having done this
Congress Will be called into extraor-
dinary session. There will be no rea-
son to fear hot headed speeches that
might precipitate a crisis that already
had been reached. Congress will be
asked for an appropriation for putting
the country I'm preparedness aggregat-
ing $5OO,OOO0OO The regular army
will be increased 10 100000 and pro
vision made for reserves under the
plan OF Secretary Garrison which will
bring the available army up to COG. 900.
Authorization will be asked for the
immediate construction of six super
dreadnoughts and perhaps three fast
battle cruisers. The submarine ques-
ton will be solved by authorization
for an adequate sum for coast defense
and sea going craft of the latest type.
Provision Will be made for many fight
ing aircraft. Immediate attention will
be given 20 a prompt increase I'm the
coast defense. All government arse
nails will l'o increased and every gov
ornmental Industry put on a twenty
four hour basis Tb8 private manu-
facturers of munitions for the allies
will be encouraged and the United
states will 1--WE ',s moral support and
aid to ne allies NO American mer-
chandise would be permitted to leave
American ports for possible German
or Austrian consumption and muni-
tions manufactured here for the allies
would be conveyed by United States
naval vessels
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26

look in vain for large open areas In
| tillagc or pasture, for white painted
| church or farm house, or for the wind
| ing country road enclosed by fencing
And as for the now ever-present bank
| of coke smoke I'm the northwest. the
black diamonds hidden within the hill
sides were utterly untouched. The
| only road was the narrow bride path
or foot path. AS for villages, school
houses or even grist mills, there were
as yet none at all The simple life of
the frontier was the rule without ex-
ception.
From even the better points OF OBJ
servation, person looking around
would have done well to- see more than
one or two dwellings, and these moth
ing more than round-log cabins. Each
would be accompanied by a high pen
| TO protect the smaller domestic ami
mails from the wolves and wildcats
Each would be surrounded by a few
acres Of stumpy tillage. In May, 1774,
v,
OF which Preston was then a part, ran
boundaries for sixteen tracts, aggre-
| eating G.3S7 acres. and mentions only
336 acres OF cleared land. However,
IT is not to be understood that these
settlers moved into an unbroken for
fest. The glade land was open and
park-like, and the woodland was freer
from underground then than at pres
ent.
In the summer Of 1774 there was an
alarming outbreak Of Indian hostility,
/ and until 178S there were occasional
raids into the valley OF the Cheat.
The settlers on Sandy Creek had to
| follow a universal custom OF the time.
They built a fort which would serve as
a reasonably safe refuge in case Of In
dian alarm. The spot selected for the
defense was governed partly by the
| position and direction OF the bride
paths. partly by the density Of pOpu-
lation, and last, though by no means
least. by the forty acres Of cleared
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-, wy ', 80 ''' 'n'S o'''uin
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,'o'..' ''''' ~, s'u'''u o"Iy a. "o'''''a
''''''''' ~ '''''''E 10 auapJ I1 TO cut
tivatiou and to make it difficult for an
Indian psrLsr,., to "a 80.
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26
Business one Year Ago and Now.

The American citizen cannot fail 10
hnd much to be thankful for when hC
compares the business conditions of
the United states today with those
prevailing throughout our domains
but ono year ago.
We are too apt To forget In the
brilliant prospects which are opening
| up this season the gloom and discour.
agement which twelve months ago ON.
| shrouded the industrial districts of In,
United States. closed the stock ox.
changes, EMBODIED the entire southern
section OF the union with the clouds OF
business disaster and paralyzcd com
mcrcial affairs I'm every state OF the
union.
Then our Federal reserve banking
system, which today and for the past
year has been such n Gibraltar of
financial strength. and remains such
San ample source OF business conf
dcucc. was but being inaugurated and
the secretary of the treasury was busy
strengthening the yielding walls of n
nance with the emergency currency so
happily available for the uso OF our
banks
Today the vaults of the financial in
stitutions are holding golden hoard
never oquallod I'm value I'm this or nny
other country. our credits abroad can
be counted by the hundreds of mil
lions of dollars. and billions of sound
and safe currency is available at
home for the use OF our business men
and other citizens.
The dullness then existing i'm our
mines, our coke districts. our mills.
our shops, our factories and upon our
transportation lines has disappeared
and the utmost capacity is being
reached in many of them. with untitled
orders for months ahead already on
the files.
Millions of men who were then
either on short hours or entirely with
out work are today busy earners. fac
tors I'm soundly based and widely
spread business prosperity.
Our agriculturists are today. take
the nation over. enjoying the best
times that have ever been known I'm
farming life, and while cotton today
would he bringing higher prices If It
were not for illegal restraints by for
oign country upon our commerce. yet
the people of the cotton states today
are I'm every form and manner far bet
ter of I'm financial. industrial. CONNER
clal and agricultural affairs than they
were II months ago
There exists at this writing not the
slightest doubt that the coming IL
months will see the United States
make n business record that Will be
phenomenal in it's magnitude.
The masses OF the people are nc
cumulating purchasing power that
VIII create "A tidal wave of prosperity
the land from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from the lakes TO the
gulf.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26

HONOLULU. Hawaii, u. S. A., Aug.
22.-That Hawairs new celebration
day-"Ilawaian Pineapple Day-Ey-
erywhere," on Wednesday. November
10. 1915, may become national af-
fair the Hawaii promotion committee
OF Honolulu is meeting with great sue
cess in having hotels. railroad dining
cars and steamship dining saloons use
this slogan ON their menus ON that
date with dishes, as far as practicable.
composed OF Hawaiian pineapples.
The pineapple pack for 1915 will rep
resent 100000 cases, which makes II
the second largest agricultural indus
try i'm the islands. The Hawaiian
Pineapple Packers Association will
also conduct a prize contest for the
best window display of Hawaiian
grown canned pineapples. which will
be entered into by any reiail grocers
i'm the United States or Canada. Pres
ident James ID. Dole of the Hawaiian
Pineapple company makes the an
nOuncemeut that the contest will re-
suit in the distribution Of about s12.-
VVv.OO IN prizes. The contest will be
accompanied by display advertising i'm
national magazines and large newspa-
pers The retail dealers taking part
in the contest will be required to send
ia TO committee OF judges photo
graphs Of their displays. The judges
viii then select those displays to
which prizes viii be awarded. The
largest prize probably will amount to
$4,000.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26

a travelling and refined friend i'm
forms as that the best hotel iu the vi
cinity Of Wheeling W. Va that land
Of stories, plug and fine cut has "a
neat sign displayed near the cigar
stand. whore 80 will do most good The
sign says "If you spit ON thc floor at
home. spit on Che floor here We want
you TO feel at home" They read 70 and
grin. and then they don't Curious
how much more aresting that on hand
wording is than any health board
warning What a world we would
have if an our rcformors could only
publish their gospels boo such hu-
man language Golfers
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26
Big Picnic

Carmel Lodge No. 20. X. of r., will
hold its 2lst annual picnic I'm Nc
Crum's grove at Aurora. Saturday.
September 4. 1915 Hon. S. . Mont
gomery will be present and give an
address, subject. Charity" We will
have the following amusements: A
good game of baseball an automobile
tournament. a chicken race for the
ladies, a brass band, a parade by the
lodge We extend a cordial invitation
to all neighboring lodges No drunken
ness will be tolerated Everybody
come
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26

onment, yet moved to the frontier in
the hope OF bettering their condition.
BY the close OF the eighteenth century
the personnel of the settlement was
very largely transformed. And by the
coming of hOuseholders of greater
means and more stability of purpose,
the community was thereby advanced
in it's evolution into the Sandy Creek
Glades OF 1916.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26

was manifested by the students I'm
their work than ever before. II is
noteworthy that many OF the regular
university students are I'm summer
school working TO complete the four
year course I'm three years.
The three hundred or more teachers
who have been attending the univer-
sity Will exert an immense influence
for good I'm the hundreds OF local
communities where they will instruct
during the coming year
Senator H. Hale. the peach
king" once said. "No man should fool
himself into telling his wife that he
hasn't time to bother with such trash
as berries, but will buy all the family
wants He may not be much of liar
but those OF us who have so often
heard that old chestnut about buying
all the berries the family wants. know
that the man will never do it He
never did and never will buy one-tentb
part as many berries as the family
will consume II no VIII give them all
they will use right straight from the
patch"
In experiment station bulletin 149.
entitled small fruits for home and
commercial planting. Professor l.. r.
sutton gives all the details concern
ing the propagation and care of straw
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26

We wish to thank our neighbors
and many friends for their kind as
sistance, also for the beautiful floral
tributes during the recent illness and
sad bereavmeut OF a beloved wife and
mother.
Cornelius Rodeheaver and Children.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-08-26
The Gnme lie is a Devil Al

In the September American Maga-
zine Philip Curtiss. writing n romance
OF the west entitled And West is
West" presents a character who tells
the following story about an English
man:
AT dancing he explained. I'm like
the Englishman down stairs on the
bowling alleys. Every ball that he
rolled went Off the alleys, and when
we joked him about It he replied: "Oh,
/ know this isn't my game, but you'd
ought to see me at Hunt-the-slipper.
I'm regular tiger at It, whale."'"