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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-24

.leyan and they score a touchdown
His mouth will antomati cally open &,
emit a frightful expression OF college
delight but the lightning In the eye
OF the blond will strike him voice.
less before the immediate satmosphesa
has! been pierced with the Intended
;unintelligible }rah, rah while the brun.
cite will sass him for his lack Of In.
;terest. Then U. scores the
blond will turn on him for his dis
crete silence. While thousands shout
and yell poor old Bill must sit sober
as "a Judge and take the evidence In
the case while thousands whoop and
scream poor old Bill must display no
more interest than the wood EN- stands
which contain the crowds!
Sherman truthfully remarked, war
IFS hell; but he never was In o fix
like poor old Bill.
Moral: II you expect 10 spend d
pleasant safternoo at o football game.
don't take two girls to the game, each
one pulling for a different team-and
don't buy the tickets on the strength
of one girls opinion.
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HOW THEY STAND
BEFORE u BEGINS
On Paper Wesleyan and
West Virginia are Very
Evenly tched.

It,is now left to the fan himself,
10 Judge the good and bad points OF
! tho football players and stngl and
collectively for the big game to beI
. played here tomorrow afternoon The
record that each team had before "
entered the championship contest last
year is herewith given SO that ittmayss
ttbe compared with the cords OF sthgl
two teams this year. 4
4, ), 4 Wesleyan!
Wesleyan o. Carlisle y u
Wesleyan S4-siarshalt o. & X
Wesleyan l3--V. il; i. l0s H,
/. Wesleyan 0s-Geofget town az. (; Is.
Wesleyan 2f--Dicki nsonS o! 4 II
Wesleyan Wash Jeff So u
/, Wesleyan I'm, W, o.. o. i, ~ 4
~ w. va University
p W. ". o., 20-hi Marshall o. $
w ". u. 14A-f3e thany o. y,
{ W. v. u. 27r -IJuquesncsG.
wv. II. o. sNastl.Js fl 4S.
Nv W. u. 6--Wass; Lee s.
Nv. ". q. 56-sp. g y! o.
W. v. u. 81 Marietta Q.
Wv. u Wesleyan IA. &. III b
The showing this year Is more seas:
lly'1doped out for the reason thas I'M
1914 Wesleyan and West N irginias onl5
( played the same team once Both 8oi
them Played Washing ton and Jetferl
son. This years record TO date TO-
tiows:. .ls II Z
Wesleya \
wesloyans6 81 St. Francisl 0 Il 4.
Wesleyan g. Bethany o. 4. Z X
Wesleyan 10 Cath. u. 6. i
Wesleyan Carlisle 70. 81. =
Wesleyan 14-Marietta ~
Wesleyan penn State s2a.
Wesleyan Wash. JEFF N |. h
w. Va. University st IS
West Virginia penn u! IN h
West Virginia 6-W ash, Jeff 9. 4. Z &
West Virginia 32-Geneya o 4
West Virginia 0-W ash:L ZEE a.
West Virginia 2-Marshalls IS. sa
West Virginia l9= p. i. I0.a
West virg'n .e 2s--M arietta 20.
lrela tbs showing OF Wesleyan
against Wasa.Je6 and against Mari
eta 1t seems the Blue and Gold has
soneth.nf; ON the Methodists. Judg:
u r. n points from comparative
score tile Wesleyan team Us IS points
to tse bid. But all Of this compare.
|.'or een hardly lie said to tell any,
;fiTs 81 th re may have been some.
THIS s-ng Ill any game. For in
sta q = sre,fi. at lark burg with
Tie Arr Il 5e y ters and Wesleyan
I !'eis, :. GU "a jlst al slipperysas
llis cund d AcrsantoWnf fort the bat:
lie tsslwaen Sfest Virginia and Wash:
icy jtSara5. Tic reports after both of
tl<se gsw G; stated that no team III
~ 'F' q NEST could olay with 975 n i,
ctf.t ~ eiency on account OF the5mll
'r'ns In the Marietta gsme, wa J.
repo: ted that Wesley ID didSnot use!aIl
her pays on account efSWesti Virginia
spies on the ground; Thus Us difficult
Ito. corr [, any sort Of "a sensible con;
{ g.; en- MS To- which team is the bet
~ = ssii'..th last football against plug:
q away the Wesleyan team should
,w.n But should the West Virginia
,.l.uuch smash the Met pdiat rs forward
'aass 1t Is quite likely that the latter
sYllI return to Buekhantlon q fallen
idol 81 " N sjii
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VANCE WESLEY VAN STAR GARD
Vance issone Of the most consistent
.linesmen esleyans has ever boasted.
He weighs in at about 200 pounds
when I'M playing cond itions and plays
the game for all he iis worth. On the
offensive he is especially good and
he! shonld be q prominent figure
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-24

{ The showing this year IS more seas:
llylidoped out for the reason thas In
1914 Wesleyan, and West n rginias onl5
( played the same team once Both 8oi
them Played Washing ton and Jetferl
son. This years record TO date TO-
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op.tIrnIssIo rbouaht.

Those persons who grumble most
arc generally those who should boz
krumbleds e. !. N n .-sN
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ycallyS unfit sto5 start tine9 season with
the Purdue football SQUAD He missed
two weeks o. practice then Jumped
in and played such asensat ional bail
he was picked i9as a western half
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Looking over the football season.
that has Just passed II seems that
Carlisle and Michigan are the two
teams that really went to pieces with:
out apparent reason. Yale was bad
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
What's an Automobile Worth

Farm and Fireside, the national farm
paper published at Springfield, Ohio,
has been offering prizes for the best
letters emitted, whats an Automobile
WORTH" In the current issue the prize
winning letters are published. Follow
ing is an extract from one of these
letters:
"By this speedy tireless helper you
have bigger and better market for
butter, eggs, poultry. fruit, vegetables,
all the smaller products of the farm,
and you don't need to kill a whole day
going to town either. The boys can 90
to see moving pictures of the war, hear
concert by Sousa's Band, or can see
the State league ball game, when the
work is not too pressing.
'"The old homestead has become the
most attractive place on earth for both
the boys and the girls. The old folks
are twenty years younger, and sprueed
up like young folks. They were going
to retire to the city, but thought better
of it when they bought the car,
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
BETHESDA CHURCH NOTES

October Sd. $50 A. M. Brotherhood
Devotional meeting.
1870 A. M. Public worship. Subject
"Judah's plea for the lad" This SER
mon will touch on the responsibility of
the Parent and Teacher to the child. "
1t will be in line with the Rally Day
exercises which are to be held in the
afternoon at O'Clock. An excellent
program is being prepared, and the
exercises will be interesting.
The teachers and scholars are labor
ing to fill up the broken ranks in their
classes. Will you not help us to make
next Sunday the greatest rally day the
school has ever had?
The Pastor is very anxious to have
the school present at the morning SER
vice, which will be preparatory to the
afternoon service.
7.30 P, M. Public worship with SER
mon. Special sermon to the Brother
hood. Subject, 1.-THE kind of men Mid
dletown needs. F" Lodges and orders
are invited to join us. 1t will be SER
vice of special interest to men.
Junior League Saturday afternoon, at
8 o'clock. A full attendance is desired,
as officers are to be chosen for the en-
suing six months.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
NATIONAL FORESTS

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. There were
Is, 342 special-use permits in force on
the National Forests on June 80 last,
according to figures just compiled by
the U. S. Forest Service to show the
various uses to which the public is put
ting the Government land involved. The
list includes SO apiaries, 2 brick yards,
81 canneries, 80 cemeteries, 8 churches,
l cranberry marsh, 81 fish hatcheries, l
golf links, 43 hotels, astronomical OBJ
servatory, 10 fox and rabbit ranches,
l,085 residences, "a resorts and club
houses, 3 sanitariums, 800 sawmills, 1853
schools, 9 slaughter houses, 81 stores,
16 municipal watersheds and 1872 water
power sites, with many other uses.
Feed collected on 1896 of these permits
contributed a total of $175. $40. 40 to the
general Forest revenues, but 10, 447 of
the permits were issued without charge
The permits cover more than =, ,087, 900
acres and 15,041 miles of right of-way,
granted for various purposes, these
figures including 173, l31 acres for mu-
niclpal watersheds, 6, 572 miles for tele-
phone lines, and 80, 593 acres and 1919
miles for reservoirs, canals, pipe lines
and other irrigation and domestic-supply
works.
The steady growth of National Forest
business is shown in coumns-of yearly
figures going back to the last century.
Between 1891, when the first Forests
were established, and 1900 there were
only six timber sales. The number in
1915 was l0,9 The number of free
timber permits has risen from 283 in 1871
to 40, ,O4O in 1915, and of grazing permits
from 2, 337 in 1901 to 30, 610 in 1915. The
special use permits, which were only
298 up to the end of 1905, were increased
by 5,657 IN 1915, making total during
the last 10 years of AZ, 1863. OF these
Is, ,342 are now in force.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
WATCH FOR OPIUM SMUGGLERS

For more than a week customs and
immigration officials have been cruising
offshore on the lookout for the schooner
Pendleton Sisters, which, it is claimed,
sailed from Port Morant, Jamaica, on
August % for Philadelphia, with Chin
ese passengers and opium as the most
important part of the cargo, the re-
mainder being logwood for the Ameri-
can Dyewood Co.
The United States Consul General at
Kingston, Jamaica notified the Depart
ment of State that the schooner had
both contraband passengers and cargo
aboard. and the Secretary of State
transmitted the report to the Treasury
Department for investigation and exc
cution. Upon this information a spe-
cial detail of Government officials was
sent to the Delaware Breakwater a
week ago to watch for the suspected
vessel, and since that time have been
on the lookout for the craft, in doing
so cruising seaward many miles to in
tercept her.
Storms at sea may have detained the
schooner, or it may be possible that
she failed to survive the furies of the
West India hurricane of September Is
and 16. 1t is claimed that the opium
on the vessel is the largest shipment of
contraband merchandise that the Chin
ese merchants in Jamaica ever have
attempted to land in the United States,
being so large and valuable that six
Chinese came along with it to make a
safe delivery.
The friends of Captain Hayes, the
master of the Penbleton Sisters, state
that the master mariner would be the
last man in the world to engage in the
landing of either Chinese or opuim, but
the Government officials, under orders
from Washington, are on the lookout
for the overdue vessel. The opium ac
cording to the United States Consul at
Port Morant, is valued at $48, 500, and
its value is constantly increasing owing
to the short supply in the United States
and the constantly increasing demand.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
1T IS BLASPHEMY

So many people are trying to speak
for God these days. The most of it is
blasphemy. For instance, a preacher
in New Jersey says, "God has no use
for an unmarried man. One might
with more truth say that, judging from
that preacher, God has no use for
preachers. There are many unmarried
men that are just as good as many
married men, else possibly God woudn t
have made them so. OF course it is a
mystery why a man should be un-
married when there are so many attrac-
tive women around. That being the
case, every unmarried man has his own
private reasons for continuing in that
state If he hasn't, his failure to get
married is a fault, as we'll as a misfor-
tune. But it is the habit of speaking
for God is what we criticise. When a
person so speaks he simply expresses
his own view, which may be the product t
of an empty and rotten life. All the
great potentates engaged in the present
war claim that God is on their side and
they all pray to him for victory. The
only prayer for victory that can be an
swered is for warfare that does not
shoot down women and children; and
God has more use for an unmarried man
who is clean and upright than for a
married man that isn't so.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
ST. ANNES CHURCH NOTES

Sunday, October Sd. The Eighteenth
Sunday after Trinity.
Divine Service, Holy Communion and
Sermon at 80 A. NJ.
Sunday School session at IL. As A. M.
Evening Prayer and Address at 7.3O
P. M.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CHURCH?
Take part in the services of the Epis-
copal Church, try to understand her
method of worship; enter heartily into
prayers and praises; observe the postures
CT the body; ask the reason for the
things you do not understand, and you
will find richness, beauty, depth of
meaning in the idea of worship you
never knew before.
On one of those hot Sundays in August
one of our communicates was returning
home through the broiling sun from the
morning service when neighbor called
out; Zone of those who sit on the porch,
reading the Sunday newspaper) well,
you are awfully good to go to Church a
day like this. wouldn't go in such a
heat to hear the greatest preacher in
America. And our brave little COM
municant replied, "Neither would l. l
did not go to hear preaching. l went
to worship God. "-Easton Churchman.
CHURCH CALENDER FOR OCTOBER
Sd. 18th Sunday after Trinity.
10th. 18th Sunday after Trinity.
18th. 10th Sunday after Trinity.
18th. st. Luke, Evangelists' Day.
24th. 21st Sunday after Trinity.
2Sth. S. S. Simon and Jude.
3lst. 22d Sunday after Trinity.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
CIRCUMSPECTION

"My boy" said the editor of the
Billsvill4 Bugle to the new reporter,
''you lack caution. You must learn not
to state things as facts until they are
proved facts; otherwise you are very apt
to get US into libel suits Do not say,
the cashier who stole the funds, say,
the cashier who is alleged to have stolen
the funds. That's all now, and-ah-
turn in a stickful about that Second
ward social last night.
Owing to an influx of visitors it was
late in the afternoon before the genial
editor of the Bugle caught a glimpse
of the great family daily. Half way
down the social column his eye lit on
the following cautious paragraph: "It
is rumored that card party was given
last evening to number of reputed
ladies of the Second ward. Mrs. Smith
gossip says, was the hostess, and the
festivities are reported to have con-
tinued until 10. 80 in the evening. 1t IS
alleged that the affair was social func
tion given to the ladies of the Second
Ward Cinch Club, and that, with the
exception of Mrs. James Billwilliger.
who says she comes from Leavits juno
tion, none but members were present.
The reputed hostess insists that coffee
and waters alone We're served as re-
freshments. The Smith woman claims
to be the wife of John Smith, the So
called Honest Shte Man of No. S15
East State street"
: Shortly afterward whirling mass,
claiming to be reporner on the Bugle,
flew fifteen feet into the street, and
landed with what bystanders assert was
dull, sickening thud. Puck.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS

The Juniata Paving Company are
putting in 3-foot-wide cutters on both
sides of West Main street, having a
large force of men employed.
This company is also to concrete the
sidewalks from the Shallcross garage to
Wood's store. If he refuses to ioin in
the contract for concrete, which is
really as cheap as bricks-the Town
Commissioners declare he must repave
with brick.
This concreting. and the removal of
some half rotten old trees that were OBJ
structing the sidewalk, nltably that one
on the Fogel & Burstan corner, will
prove great blessing to the long-suf-
fering people who have hobbled and
stumbled over these worn out pave
ments for years.
A leading citizen who himself puts
concrete on all his lots, says "the owner
of the North Broad pavement that is
wade after every rain as we'll as an
ankle breaker when, dry has had five
years notice from the Town Board but
is going to get years more.
To quote him again Those who can't
pave, must. t.-those who can pave need
not. " We will see whether this prop-
erty owner and few more with vile
pavements on Main will be forced to do
what Is fair to the pubic.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
New Castle Man Killed

Leroy Gibson, a resident of New Cas-
tie, was fatally injured Monday after
noon when he fell from a cart while
driving along the road between New
Castle and Dobbinsville. He was sitting
on wagon with Frank Firkler, both
of them being in the employ of John j.
Smith, Philadelphia contractor who is
doing some work near New Castle.
They had been in that city to have the
horses shod and We're returning to the
place of the building operations when
the accident occurred.
Gibson was jolted from his seat when
the cart struck a stone in the road.
When he fell off, one of the wheels of
the heavy vehicle passed over his head,
fracturing his skull. He was hurried
to the Delaware Hospital, but died a
short time after being admitted.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
LATENA'S ANIMAL SHOW

LaTena's wild animal circus will give
two performances here, on Wednesday
October 18th, 1915. 1t is not quite like
any tent entertainment that has ever
been here. In it wild animals are
brought forward through the acrobat
and the trapeze performer are not for
gotten. And in its presentation of wild
animal acts several scenes that are
thrilling as well as interesting are given.
In one den of lions is used and in
another cage of bears is put on. The
lions and the ears are turned into a
large circular wire cage and in this the
performances are given. Over the lions
woman becomes perfect mistress and
one animal finally is made to lie down
and another is made to lie across him
Then the woman sits down upon the
last lion and one of the most remarkable
pyramids ever seen is formed. In the
cage of bears man presides and gains
complete mastery of them In this there
is much done that one ordinarily sees at
circus, but finally the ponderous beast
crouches upon the trainer and seems
about to crush him when only the head
of the man remains visible. There is a
sigh of relief when the animal raises
himself and it shows that the elephant
has merely been covering the trainer
and has never touched him.
These three animal acts are amazing
and stamp the show as one of the best,
even in comparison with the great cir
cuses that has ever been given here.
The trained seals, however, add much
to this side of the general performance.
The show is in three parts and beside
the circular wire cage in which the ami
NAL acts are done there is a stage and a
ring, so that really it is a three-part
show. On the stage a contortionist act
is very interesting and there is also "a
good trapeze performance. The clowns
that are really funny and the ponies
and dogs should not be forgotten in
their good work.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND co

| AAAOOh IAAAA NOME AND OO
Miss Agnes Clark was Wilmington
visitor this week.
Mrs. c. j. Freeman is in Philadelphia
for visit with relatives.
Mrs. Roe Redgrave was Whining
ton visitor last week.
Miss Bernice Metten, of Wilmington,
spent last Sunday with her parents
here.
Miss Laura Willis is expecting to
take trip to Lake Mohawk, N. Y,
shortly.
Mrs. Mary Morgan Woodal and little
son visited her aunt Mrs. R. R. Coch-
ran this week.
Miss Lionne Beaston has returned to
her home here after visit with Mary
land relatives.
Robert Nowland, of Philadelphia. has
been spending the week with his cousin
Nowland Letherbury.
Miss Mary P Merritt had with her
this week her sister Mrs. William ].
Lingo, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. A. NJ. Chamberlain and son
Henry were recent visitors with Miss
May McFaul at Hockessin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hanson recent
visitors at the home of Mrs. Julian
Cochran have returned to New York.
Mrs. j. C. Sites has returned from
wesk's visit with friends in Philadel-
phia bringing with her Mrs. Alexander
Cooper for a short visit
Mrs. Joseph H. Mendinhall and
family have returned to Wilmington
after spending the summer with her
father Mrs. Charles P. Cochran.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Sterling Evans
of Elkton, will spend Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Evans parents Mr.. and
Nrs. Jefferson B. Foard.
DR.. Victor Cochran, of Philadelphia,
and Warren Cochran, of Washington,
D. c., were Sunday visitors with their
sister Mrs. Howard A. Pool and family.
Miss Ada Lockwood has returned
from trip to New York City. During
Miss LocAwood's absence her aunt Mrs.
Annie Lockwood was the guest of Mrs.
Martin B. Burris,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hall, of Phoe-
nixville, Pa, and Thomas M. Hall, of
Philadelphia, visited their mother and
sister, Mrs. M. h. Hall and Mrs. F. H.
Moore at the Manse this week. On
Saturday they took an auto trip to
Principle, Nd, to visit their aunts Mrs.
Mary Whittock and Miss Essie Hall.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
LEVY COURT MEETING

The Levy Court at its meeting Tues
day adopted a resolution TO pay Former
Register in Chancery Joseph c. JoIls
his bill for work in assisting in making
new ndices for the Court of Chancery
as follows:
Wherers, The Levy Court on the 18th
day of June, 1915, did allow Joseph C.
Jolls, late Register in Chancery, the
sum of So, 2,008, 35 for work in connection
with the preparation of new indices for
the Court of Chancery for New Castle
county and the sum of $40. so for bills
paid in connection with said work, max
ing up total allowance of So, 49, 85;
Whereas, 81, 900 was paid on account,
therefore be it
Resolved, that a warrant for the
balance 81, 157. 85, be drawn in his favor
A request was received from Pro-
thonotary Joseph Wigglesworth for
permission to appoint an extra clerk in
his department as the work is getting
too heavy for the present force. The
force in the office at present is the
Prothonotary, his deputy and one clerk.
The request was referred to the f.
nance committee.
Charles E. Anderson appeared before
the Court and asked that his property,
located at 726 Market street be assessed
at. the same amount this year as it was
last year. He said last year it was
assessed at $25, 900 and he came before
the board and 1t was reduced to S18, 900.
This year it was run up again to $685.
900. He said the property was formerly
saloon and has a frontage Of 13 feet
3 inches on Market street. Mr.. Ander-
son said he would be satisfied to sell his
place for SIS, 600 cash.
The court took no action on the
matter
The following resolution which was
offered by Mr.. Purks was referred to
the finance committee after being dis
cussed:
Whereas, Certain repairs are now be.
ing made to the public road known as
the Philade phi4 Pike; and
Whereas, The sum of S., 900 has been
appropriated for the purpose of paying
for said repairs; and
Whereas, The said snm of IS, 900 will
not be sufficient to pay for said repairs;
and
Whereas, There is no money on hand
chat can be lawfully used to pay for the
cost of said repairs in excess of the said
sum of $4,000; and
Whereas, 1t is estimated that the
total cost of said repairs will amount to
the sum of - dollars; therefore be it
Resolved, that the finance committee
Of this Levy Court be authorized and
directed to make arrangement s for
sufficient sum of money o complete the
work of resurfacing and rebuilding the
Philadelphia Pike.
County Treasurer Lippincott reported
the fOllOmiOgy balapcac.