The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-13
Geo. vi. Shook Co. 5V71ov)
THE STATE PRESS

weston Free Press-Some time ago
harrisburg had "Buy-at-Home" cam
palgn, and at least one of the news.
papers down there was loaded with
BUY -ht-Home' matter. Meanwhile
Ciarks burg merchants were busy allur-
lhs Iolks from other towns into their
stores 10 buy. Weston now has a
buy-atHome' campaign in full blast
livery argument Clsrks burg used for
itsef is just as potentIy applicable
mere and as strongly against Weston
buyers shopping at Fairmont. Wheel
ing or Worthinston. It Is a good
thing Tor any citizen Of any town 10
buy a. home when home merchants
can supply what the buyer needs.
Tyler County star-Last Friday
Tyler county oil took another ium1, Of
ten cents on the barrel and IL now
quoted az $40. Il is steadily climbing
toward the $3.50 mark which MANY
operators believe viii be reached by
the end OF the month The Oil and
Gas Association OF West Virginia ia
ureing owners 10 hold on till the higb
mark Is reached. The association
says that the supply of oil Is not
equal 10 the demand and that owners
Will surely get a better price for their
oil before the end Of the year.
Charleston Post--The forty.two cen.
iimeter shell fired by the Intelligencer
INTO the camp OF the predatory inter-
ests in It's recent editorial discussion
or the Hatfield administration has
greatly stirred the willing hirelinRs-
OF the Democratic and near.Demo-
cratic press. The conspiracy OF those
interests to get the scalp" Of the
man who has consistently refused 10
befay the cause Of the people for the
dement, OF the gas trust and its allies
was so clearly revealed and 80 un.
mercifully flayed en- the Inteliigencer'a
article that the perturbation observa.
able In the editorial utterances OF such
organs as tho Chiffon Gazette is a Der.
fectly natural and logical phenome.
non. The Chiffon forces have been
politically clever enough 10 under.
stand that an endorsement Of the
Hatfield administration by the Repub-
hcan party In n statewide primary
would mean the burial Of Democratic
hopes in West Virginia for the gen.
eral election. They have been too
stupid at the same time 20 realize that
their open championship OF the apo.
tates who have Joined the Democratic
conspiracy Co get Hatfield" BE- Of a.
self fatal handicap on the anti
administration propaganda which is
trying to provoke the spirit OF fac.
uonalism In the Republican party.
Parksrsbura state Journal - The
National Democratic Committee on.
dorscd the President They couldn't
very Wen do otherwise But then.
when one sees John r. NcGraw voting
approval ~ the Presidents actiona
the forgivur spirit that moved him
o. worthy Of emulation m ever there
was man suffering from an over
load of throWdOwne That man certain
lf Dr. COL M.traw. ln thr early davf ~
ll. 'Hni Dlul1iEn. preceding Tho nori-
mhiI'H OFT Wilson. MrErHW solitary and
alnn' DOB thIa state was fhr advocate Uf
wilson. ln season and nut Of season pc
pF. Ifiuf1 the excellence Of hie ftrnrIff.
lnH Iu fNH baltimore convention fnnurn
bound tightly bN instructions. be- Oct ro
opportunity ~ hv fo declare that wilson
waa hie choice and should hare che nom.
luHfIun. Wilson was nominated. and
fnrUurn Oh. kIuIiN assistance of Hn0er.
ur1rcd from public view as n political
factor HIe recomuendafIora went 90
thr waste basket hla friends were De-
MED even a rrUrh from the patronage
Table II. cot nothing fnr himself nor
could ems friend UT Die Get anything To
D. friend nf Mrfraw meant taboo af
thr White Ilnure John A. a forEivInr
follow. end ono must Admire him huwfI.