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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
System a Success.

The Federal Reserve banking sys-
tenn went into effect just a year ago
Tuesday. At that time Paul M War
burg, OF the Federal Reserve Board.
Ventured the statement that coming
generations will commemorate thls
date OF November 1G as marking the
foundation OF our financial emancipa-
ton"
He was true prophet This first
anniversary has been made the occa-
sion OF numerous outgivlngs from
bankers and others of congratula-
tory tenor. There is no division Of
opinion. Financial sentiment is prac-
tically unanimous that the new sys-
tenn has already proved it's worth and
established itself on enduring founda-
tions.
We know OF no great body Of 6nan-
cial legislation which has so com
pietely vindicated itself in all essen
tial particulars within so short a
time. II has been tried I'm the fire OF
war which has upset the finances
OF all the other gerat commercial ma
tions, and which under former condi-
tions must have shaken our own
finances from ton 10 bottom. It has
endured the test In q way to challenge
the attention and inspire the conf
dence OF the world.
With financial chaos prevailing all
about IL. this nation has been protect
ed against all panic or suggestion OF
panic. It's banking has enjoyed a
peace Of mind such as had never be-
fore been experienced. Banking ac-
commodation has mover before been
so generous or so undisturbed or 30
well protected or so free from local
inequalities of general fluctuations in
rates Of interest as during this year
OF unprecedented ,risl and strain and
upheavsl throughout international
finance
The national bank act OF the civil
war was great triumph in its place
and time, after repeated amendments.
The Federal Reserve act has proved
greater triumph without amendment
In lie more fundamental service TO
stable banking and public protection
against paniceNew Yerk World.
.-s
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
The High Cost Of COurtship

From among the varied issues rails
ed In a current magazine discussion
as to why 50 many young mon OF
today do not marry comes a wall over
the modern high cost OF cOui tship.
On its face this plant Is conspic-
uously metropolitan. Back OF Il rises
to mind. therefore. the whole array on
city handicaps TO courtship--the lack
OF facilities in the small fat. with the
family at home, the Jarring publicity
OF travel by trolley or subway. the
oVerthronging of the parks, and all
that train. II lie in these particulars
That the rustic swain has all the adj
vantage, although he can be so blind
ed with white lights and glaring yis-
ions Of metropolitan life as not TO see
II.
Times have changed measurably. OF
course, even in the country. The old.
fashioned spelling-school and singing
school have largely passed away.
There are fewer OF Aunt Dinah's quilt
ing parties from which to see Nellie
home. But there remains still either
the best parlor or a cozier substitute.
and there are choir rehearsals, church
sociabies and the time-defying sur
prise party and In neighborhoods
really rural the husking-bee survives.
Picnics In summer. coastlng parties in
winter, and the freedom OF fathers
old horse, not yet wholly displaced By
the moderate-price auto, offer other
resources to the lover not Of the big
town
DO the complaint and the circum-
stance suggest that courtship is to be
added TO the essentials for which ve
must 90 back to the land New York
World
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
Big Banking Combine

NEW YORK. Nov. 22.-The Nation
al City Bank. Kuhn-Loeb, Morgan and
Rockefeller interests have formed the
american international Company TO
finance and control enterprises in all
parts OF the world
The capitalization is expected 10 be
hfty billion dollars at the start. II
VIII be increased later as demanded
by the acquisition OF properties.
Charles A. Stone, OF Stone G. Web
ster, successful managers OF upwards
OF score OF traction, electric and
other public utilities companies. has
been chosen TO manage the mammoth
new banking venture.
Frank A, Vanderlip. president OF
the National City Bank. Ia the oriRina-
tor of the project.
It's scope Is wider than that OF anv
foreign investment organization in the
world. The nearest approach 10 tho
American International Corporation
Is the Deutsche bank OF Berlin.
which finances many Industrial ven
lures.
The semi-bankruptcy VI Europe has
brought about \ collapse in securlties
OF even high grade dividend paying
properties I'm South America and else-
where Hence the American financial
combination will be able to secure
control money in foreign corporations
on bargain terms.
LatinrAmerica will be the first Geld
to be cultivated. But Russia. the Or
lent and other quarters OF the globe
VIII be tapped in due course OF time.
Canadian enterprises may also be
bought In.
The fnanciers behind the enterprise
propose not only TO acquire securities
OF existing companies bu, 20 estab-
lish puPlie utility. industrial, com
mercial and even banking concerns
wherever the inducements are attrac-
tive
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
School House Sanitation

Forty states of the union have tak-
EN- some legal action toward safe
guarding sanitation OF public school
buildings according to a bulletin on
School House Sanitation" just issued
by the bureau OF education of the u.
$. department OF the interior.
Probably nine-tenths of the exist
Ing regulation OF this sort has come
within the past decade" declares the
bulletin. Each State profits by the
experience of AZ others. A law passed
In one extreme OF the country TODAY
is copied next month or next wear NV
a state 1000 or 5000 miles distant"
Thirty eight states have some legal
provision regarding the school site
according to the bulletin. Nearly all
OF these provisions are statewide I'm
their application, and are mandatory
In character. These provisions in
clude the proximity OF "nuisanceH %
availability OF the site. and size OF
the site. Nineteen states have laws
prohibiting the location OF school
buildings within a specified distance
from places where liquor is sold. from
gambling houses, houses OF prostitu-
tion and noisy or smoky factories.
Thirty of the states have sought TO
regulate the water supply OF the pub
lie school. "The revolt against the
common drinking cup" says the bull
letin. has come within the past five
years. Kansas was the pioneer. but
other states followed rapidly. so that
now half of the entire number have
either a law or a regulation regard
ing drinking cups"
Some form OF protection against
fire and panic is found in Se states
Blanket regulations, or the mower Ia
make such regulations, exist in IL
states. General or special oenstruo.
ten with view 20 fire prevention ia
dealt with In 10 states. Thirteen of
the states have something TO say as To
corridors and inner stairways: "a
have regulations as to exits. and 2s Az
to exterior escapes: 10 mention alarm
and hre-hghting apparatus; and IL
states provide by law or regulations
Tor FIRE drills. Less than half the
states. according to the bulletin. have
any legal word on ventilation. THIRTY
cubic feet Of fresh air per pupil per
minute Is the conventional amount
specified
In the matter OF cleaning and dis
injecting, slightly more than ene.
fourth OF the states have regulations
which control conditions to any de-
gree outside OF the districts them
selves Some OF the laws and reeu-
lations are almost model; others are
wholly inadequate a few state boards
Of health have done notable work I'm
this particular. Special cleaning and
disinfecting follow in seven states i'm
mediately upon discovery la any
school OF any of 3 certain class OF dis
eases. Three OF the states have a
special list Of specific diseases that
call at once for action. This list in
cludes scarlet fever, smallpox, and
diphlheria in all three states, measles
IN two, and infantiie paralysis, cpl
demic spinal-meningetis and bubonlo
plague IN one each"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

Now we are told we are going 10
nave severe winter; that all signs
point to the relentless fact. In the
hrst place, the corn husks are thicker
than ever. This is regarded as pret-
ty infallible sign, but II this should
iaii' aa aigns have the habit OF doing.
It may be that the squirrels will come
TO the rescue OF the proposition that
we are to have a long, cold winter.
Tor they are laying up larger supplies
or nuts than usual To confirm their
provident spirit, II is said the snakes
have left the woods 20 take up their
abodes in the holes and caves of the
rocks. where they can abide in secur-
ity and warmth while the cold DAYS
drag BY Resides these signs. tho
bears are fstter than usual. thereby
hinting they are prepared FOR the
hercer cold coming. We haven4
yet hoard from the goose hone
or the bark sn the martin side
OF the tree, nor how thick the musk-
rats are building their winter ouar-
ters' but we are quite sure they will
stand by the prediction OF the black
bear and the snake.
All these signs suggest preparation
In the human family-pienty OF coal
thick clothing. warm coverlids, good
books mince pie, and lots OF mdsic
In the hPme a eEening. and then let
the winds howl and the squirrels and
muskrats snuggle up-weTe with
them.-ohio State Journal.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

OF all humanitarian projects and Il
is impossible to even estimate the vast
amount of good that this organization
has accomplished, or to reckon the
number of lives IL has saved through
out the world. Its work is practically
unlimited and confined to every ca
tastrophe. whether war. pestilence,
famine. earthquake or what not.
The credit for the organization of
this International society OF help for
the afflicted goes to Henri Dunant
OF Geneva. Switzerland. At the bat
tie OF Solferino. Italy. June "a, 1859.
the terrible and needless suffering
and loss OF life caused by DAYS OF ne
glect to care for the wounded and
dying were witnessed by Dunant. n
phiianthropic Swiss. He personally
aided the insufficient medical forces of
the armies. and realizing that such
conditions ought not exist, and need
not IL the humanitarian impulse and
enorts OF the people could prevail.
he conceived the idea of pledging tho
nations OF the earth to regard and
protect as neutral, all sick and wound
ed combatants, and all persons and
means engaged in giving them sue
cor
Dunant elaborated these ideas and
feelingly described the scenes on tho
battlefield In book which he wrote
Through the cooperation OF the Swiss
federal council. an international con-
terence was assembled at Geneva I'm
October. 1863.
rms meeting was attended by dele
gates from sixteen governments. and
continued I'm session four days II
was followed by convention, TO
which all nations were invited to send
representatives. and which convened
In Geneva. August s. 1854. Twenty
hve delegates, representing sixteen
governments, attended. The sessions
eliminated in the agreement TO nine
articles" These articles were sign
cd by twelve governments, and the
treaty was left open for the accession
OF others. The sisnatory powers have
reached practically every government
OF the world today.
The treaty designated "a red cross
on white ground" as the distinction
and uniform flag and arm badge that
should be adopted for all HOSPITALS.
ambulances and personnel, and pro-
vided that IL must on all occasions be
accompanied by the national flag; also
that the delivery thereof I'm time OF
action) shall be left to the military
authority. The red cross on a white
GROUND was adopted as a weil-merit-
cd compliment to the Swiss confed-
Grafton whose national flag is the re-
Verse-a white cross on n red ground
To prevent desecration OF the insiRnIa
Dy unauthorized use, severe govern
mental prohibitive measures have
been very generally adopted.
When the American National Red
cross Society was formed in 1881 its
president. Clara Barton. decided that
its usefulness should be widened by
including not only relief during war,
but also during great calamities This
new feature received the unanimous
sanction of the international and ma
tionai committees. The various ma
tional Red Cross societies are not in
tmately connected. but the society |
at Geneva is regarded as tho central |
committee OF all. Through II all in
ternational communications are made
and by IL an international bulletin is |
published.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
Class as-Best Loaf Of Home Baked
Bread

1st- prize. Mrs. c. c. Stone. % ID
-four.
End. prize. Miss Lovenstein, so cts
Class 8-Best Layer Cake
LIST. prize. Grace Montgomery, 800
End prize. Lora Dorsey. 25 ID. -four
Class Si-Best Plate Of Five Bakins
Powder Biscuits
| lst prize. Mrs. Griffin, 81
End. prize, Mildred Rush, % 10
| -four
Class S5-Best Pumpkin
LIST. prize. Mrs. II. s whetsell, s..
End. prize. Charles Jackson. Coun-
try Gentleman one year.
Class a6-Best Head of Cabbage
LIST. prize, c. w. Wolfe. sl.OO.
Class G-Best Exhibit Of Wheat
LIST. prize. Glenn Carroll, 400 lbs.
Acid Phosphate
End. prize. T. ID. Bower. $3.50.
3rd. prize. Bert Bickford.
Class 3S-Best Exhibit Of Oats
lst. prize, J. s. Dunn, $500.
End prize, b. T. Gibson, $50.
Srd. prize. T. ID. Bower.
Class 39-Best Exhibit Of Buckwheat
lst. prize, J. f. Wolfe. s4.o0.
End. prize. Carl Dorsey. $500.
Srd. prize, j. w. Loughrie.
4th. prize, j. r. Loughrie.
A meeting OF the Preston county
Farm Bureau was held in the after
noon at which the following officers
were elected: President. Allen For
man, Aurora; secretary, f. f.. Martin
kingwood; treasurer, John F. Cope
man, kingwood Short speeches were
made by the retiring officers and the
county agent, and the treasurer made
a report, after which several applica-
tions were accepted for membership
a membership campaign will be held
this winter and every farmer OF Pres
ton county should plan now TO be-
come member. By doing so you will
not only receive direct benefit but AL
30 by your cooperation you will helm
10 better the agriculture of the entire
county. After general discussion
the meeting was adjourned by the
president
The members OF the various COM
mittees who had charge OF the show
are to be congratulated on the eff
cient and orderly maner in which
they handled the exhibits. and for pro-
vidins instruction and amusement for
the visitors.
Steps have already been taken for
arranging next years show. and Il may
be possible that county fair will no
undertaken.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

The new Connecticut liquor law
which went into effect November 1.
foroids clubs to serve liquor TO min
ors. This bars the selling OF aico-
hoiic beverages by all stuaent socie-
ties at Yale. and the university cor
poration has been 70 notified by as
legal advisers.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

Read It in The Argus-arst.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

Il suppose your elections are in
tended to decide who shall hold Of
ice7"
sometimes. But this one is TO de-
eide who shall be made to let CO.,
Washington Star. q, ~
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25
Baltimore Drops
Maryland Cookies

Mix and sift together cups -four.
" cup brown sugar and 4 cup cocoa.
Add y cup butter and chop until well
blended. Gather into a ball, roll very
thin and sprinkle with granulated su-
gar. Cut with cooky cutter and
bake on creased sheet in a moder-
ate oven.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

Teacher-"Now who can tell me
what political economy is7"
Mike-"Gittin' the most votes for
the least money."-New York Trgbuue
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-25

are requested giving exact auantitie,
OF -four. The old-fashioned recip,
handed down from generation to gen
GRAFTON gave butter. sugar. eggs. etc.
In exact quantities and then addct
4 flour to roll out" This made n de
batable land I'm which success wa,
never sure until experience and tn,
knowledge gained by repeating tn,
process many times had fixed tn,
amount OF -four TO be used. Success
In cooky-making depends, as In other
things. upon precision and prompt
ness; therefore Il IL quite necessary
to have at least an approximate idea
OF how much -four Il will take 10
thicken given amount OF moisture
sufficient to roll out.
The difficulty In giving exact
amounts lies in the variations In -four.
These are not any moro due to diff
ferent methods OF milling than to
variation in season, and such mat
ters Hour mills cannot regulate. The
wheat grain varies from year TO year
as the season Is wet or dry, DELAYED or
early. sometimes being richer In glu-
ten, again having more starch. And
even with modern scientific methods
OF milling this affects the -four some
what. SO even IL the same kind and
grade OF -four is purchased the doughs
and batters have to be mixed with
Judgment added to the rule.
There Is an old recipe for cake call
ed One, Two. Three. Four Cake, the
recipe being l cup OF butter, 2 cupfuls
or sugar, 3 cupfuls OF -four and 4 eggs
AS II happens this recipe In actual
practice is better basis for cookies
than for cake. AS a general thing Il
Will be found that cupful OF butter.
cupfuls of sugar and 4 eggs will take
cupfuls OF -four to make very soft,
delicate dough. But nearly all cake
and cooky recipes call for moisture
In the shape OF milk, sour cream. mo-
lasses, etc. and reduce the number
or eggs. There is an approximate
rule as follows: For doughs 2 cum
fuls OF -four are required to every
cupful OF liquid; for batters measure
for measure, 1. @. cupful OF -four for
each cupful OF liquid
with this rule In mind Il is possi-
BILE to analyze a recipe and begin 10
gain that knowledge and sense OF pro-
portion which comes In the first place
from basic rule or principle. II is
better to keep n little -four in reserve
from the amount given so that the ir-
retrievable error OF too much will
not be made.
Baltimore Drops
Heat " cup beef suet with u Gun
moiasses. Then add 1 cup brown
sugar. l tablespoon chopped orange
peel, tablespoon ginger, and u cum
Hour. Drop from teaspoon to but
tered sheet and bake in a slow oven.
Soft Sugar Cookies
Cream together until light. / Gun OF
butter and 2 cups Of sugar. Add 2
beaten eggs, cup milk and 4 cups
OF flour sifted with 3 teaspoons baking
powder and n teaspoon salt. Flavor
with l teaspoon lemon extract. Chill.
roll cut In rounds and bake I'm a |
quick oven.
Maryland Cookies
Mix and sift together 2 cups -four. |
" cup brown sugar and 4 cup cocoa. |
Add y cup butter and chop until well |
blended. Gather into ball, roll very
thin and sprinkle with granulated SUI
gar. Cut with a cooky cutter and
bake on a creased sheet in a moder-
ate oven
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-19
BRLTON GIRLS WON
In Exciting Game OF Basketball With
HOuea Path.

k6 11ACAtAu6 W0AnV 0B AseSSAUtWt<AA Wan
HOnea Path.
BELTON. Jan. 16.-Belton high
school girls won an exciting game OF
basketball from the Honea Path high
school girls this afternoon on the local
grounds--the final score being 20 to
8.
Honea Path and Belton have played
four games this season. aud this az
ternoon's going to Bolton makes q tie
between these two teams.
Bolton has played nine games and
lost three. one to Anderson Srd two
10 Honea Path. Beiton has won two
games from Anderson and three from
Williamson. a,i..
The game this +aftrenoon was very
interesting and Was well attended.
The local girls arc delighted over
4 PROT. Watkins. Dr. W &. Bowen and
c. c. Wilson are as happy aa The girls.
The Hon. ]. r. West, chairman OF
the Anderson county delegation z ia
spending the weekend an town with
his family. Mr.. WeSt hasstiie honor oi
h,ing q. member Of the .S Ways ST and
Means committee. ~ s;!ii /, s9a
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-19
ASKS WILSON TO
PROTECT PEOPLE
Housewives League Urges Pres.
idcnt to Embargo Shipments
Of Wheat Abroad.

WASHINGTON. Jan. IA tele-
gram reached the White House to-
day from Mrs. Julian Heath. OF the
Housewives League, VINO said that,
speaking for 100000 American homes
she urged President Wilson to embar-
go shipments Of wheat abroad that
the supply might be conserved to keep
prices at normal in America.
Mrs. Heath's telegram said:
"The National Housewives' League,
representing 100000 American fami-
lies with organizations In every State
In the union. appeals to you. in view
Of the situation regarding wheat and
-four. to take drastic measures at once
to protect your people; even. If neces-
sary. to place an embargo on these
products.
1--WE are facing crisis which needs
your serious consideration and action.
Unless way is devised to protect
our people. suffering such as this
country has rarely felt. will ensue.
Our bumper crop will avail but lit
tie for the producer or consumer un-
less Washington interyenes Tor their
protection"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-19
Last Survivor
African Exodus

a voyage across the Atlantic. Several
hundred negroes from various bnrts
OF tho State engaged passage Oh this
old vessel, which was dubbed the
Azores. A. B. Williams. now editor
of the Roanoke Times and one OF the
most brilliant newspaper intellects In
the country, was reporter on the
Charleston News and Courier at the
time and he was detailed by Ills
paper to accompany the Azores to
Liberia.
Garrulous old salts about the Char
lesion waterfront tell OF the scenes
surrounding the sailing OF the negro
laden slip from Charleston. On the
morning the good ship pushed away
from the dock there we're congregated
about the waterfront thousands of
negroes from Charleston mainland
and the scores OF islands d0tting that
section or the coast. Prayer ser
vices were held on the waterfront
Immediately preceding tho departure
Of the Azores, and of the singing and
shouting and praying that took place
on the part OF departing negroes and
on the part OF those remaining behind
1t said TINT the country has never
heard the like since.
Disastrous Expedition.
Til" Azores cast of finally AMI
| turned her bow toward the then
somewhat unknnwn Atlantic. Ii took
several weeks for tIs old vessel 10
make the trip across. rs she was
sent along her way by the winds
alone. Many OF the negroes. OF whom
there were hundreds stacked on
board, died on the way over. Their
bodies were pitched overheard and
the Azores pushed steadily on.
| Scores OF tho negroes slckened and
died after reaching Africa, and, sc
Tar az could be learned. but "A hnnd-
ful or them returned to this country