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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

An additional letter carrier has
been authorized for Bluefeld. Fourth
class postmasters In West Virginia
have been classified under order Of
May27. 1915 as follows: at Bradshaw,
Mcdowell county, John C. Lowe; at
Farley, Summers county, Lucinda C..
Petrey, succeeding Mrs. Lucy Quinn,
deceased; at Wllmore. Mcdowell
county, Smith, E. Trent; at Angernora,
jackson county, new office, Adam
W. Sayre; at Crosier, Fayette county,
new office. Joe Smith; at Giles, Ka-
nawha county, Delmer L. Curtis sue.
ceeds C. A. Brown; at Fidwell, Tyler
county, James R. Clendenning sue.
ceeds ]. N. Lazear; at Alum Creek.
Kanawha county. James Allen sue
ceeds n. l.. Ramsey; at Grab Orchard,
Raleigh county, Jas. C. Curtis succeeds
J. c. Rife; at Squirejim, Mcdowell
county, the name OF the office has been
changed to Brewsterdale and Harvey
S. Meyers Is continued as postmaster.
New rural delivery routes have been
established, to begin June 10, South
side, Mason county, length % miles,
and at Arbovale, Pocahontas county,
length IS miles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

Congressman Nicely has recon-
mended the appointment OF Charles E,
Conner, Of Cameron, for appointment
as rural carrier at Woodraff; ]. NJ,
Shea, of Weston. for a position on the
construction OF the government rail-
road In Alaska; Miss Catharine A,
Lynch, OF Grofton, an expert money
counter In the Treasury department
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

for promotion; and that the War De-
partment accept the Wheeling and the
Union (Benwood) high school di-
plomas as satisfactory for initial ad-
mission to the West Point Academy
without their holders taking the pre-
limiuary mental examinations.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07
WASHINGTON NEWS GOSSIP

them, but this was not accepted. How.
ever, it was finally arranged that they
could remain at Laredo year on
"probation''. The year has elapsed
Deebs has made $3.50 which his bank
er testified he earned himself, and
thirty citizens Of that town testify to
his good character and worthiness.
The DEEDS, therefore, will land in
their new home in Wheeling banked
up by first class recommendation
which was finally approved by Uncle
Sam himself
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

The Post Office Department has de-
clined to establish q rural route pc.
titioned for by residents Of Harmon,
Marion county,. to change rural route
No l, Warrington as requested by pa
trons;. to establish route from Clarks-
burg to Lumberport over the Fairmont
Pike, The Department has notified
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

M. &C. Mckay, OF Parkers-
burg, Is here, coming on the invitation
of Senator Chiffon who has dug UP a
Job In the interior department to Of
fer the Parkersburger. Mr.. Mckay,
who is a well known travelling sales.
man, has been active in Democratic
politics in West Virginia for years. He
has held legislative positions, Is al
ways to be found working at his par
ty's state headquarters in campaign
years. In 1893 he was assistant secre'
tary of the states World Fair com.
mission. -ga@
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07
After Dinner Minis

The ban on the red flag having been
lifted in Boston. Harvard now car
hold really fitting celebration OF the
boat race result
The Barnes allies appear to be en-
gagged in dragging up heavier artillery
in their effort to force the Roosevelt
Dardanelles.
why don't the allies respond to that
German asphyxiating gas by shooting
press agent stuff across the trenches ?
II the world keeps on going the way
II is Harry Thaw can prove himself
sane by process OF comparison.
After 27s years defendant rela-
tive Of the Rev.. John Harvard is the
first OF his name to graduate from
harvard. The Rev. John must nave
been away ahead Of his clan.
war sympathizers put sand In the
cylinders Of a certain make Of Arnsri-
can automobiles. Well Just be the tel.
low next door to us got one Of those
cars.
4 n j e hi be- i Z
sherman has been proved wrong.
In the British shipyards they lay OF
wednesday and Saturday afternoons
to get double.time pay, on Sunday.
The Chinese minister went to Chi.
cago to eat chop suey. It's UP to our
guy over there to go to Pekta and
order steak smothered in ontons.
They gave dinner for Try Cobb in
New York. The first two years he
was there he had hard time making
them let him eat.
What's that about good coming from
evil! One hnhdred Chicago salo9ns
are closed and one reason was the
high cost OF free lunch.
- n Z - = z = li5s n 4l
The new park rule: Shorter sses
and shoulder hugs only ~ mitted!
Tough on the spooners Of Lovers
Iane. isn't It Wis
That li1' Sols star spar led banner
does mean thing dosen|t itsl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

For the second time Lewis Wilson
Jefferson. of Wheeling. and Frank
William Noel, of Benwood, have been
nominated by Congressman Nicely as
principal and first alternate, respec-
tievIy to take the entrance examination
for West Point the latter part OF this
month. They failed to- make it the
first time. -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

Congressman Nicely that Thos. Daugh-
terry, who was recently reinstated as
letter carrier at Wheeling, would re-
port June 18th next.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

We do not know Of any Englishmans
who wants the Germans to lombard
London but we know quite a number
who hope that, II the Germans do
lombard London, they will direct ,their
attention to the house OF lords.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

The Pension Bureau has rejected
the application Of Mrs. katherine Fay,
OF Wheeling.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

Now we commence to believe King
George has quit drinking. His wife
has sealed up the wine cellar.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

It's IN Ill wind, etc. American
travellers won't spend s170,000,00g
abroad this season as they used togdo:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

What does baseball think It 90, q
three-ringed circus or q conglomerai
ton Of rough-house flst-hghters
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

Italy reminds us OF the fellors who'd
mix in the fight in minute y, he could
only find somebody to hold his, coat
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

The Post Office Department an
nounces the appointment Of E. NJ Doll,
Of Grafton, to be assistant to the chief
clerk OF the railway mail service who
has Headquarters In that city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07
ey charles Brooks Smith.

T. WASHINGTON. D. G., May 7-The
success of the bankers of Tyler and
Wetzel counties in getting the Federal
Reserve Board to cut them out OF the
Richmond district and add them to
the Cleveland district will likely en-.
courage other West Virginia banks to
ask for change. With the exception
Of few banks In the southern part OF
the statelocated near the bonudry line
between the two states. placing West
Virginia In the Richmond district was
most unpopular and, it will be recalled
was vigorously resisted. 1t was an
tnconvenient arrangement for the
banks Of West Virginia, ana switched
their business to city with which
they had had very little to do prior
thereto. The entire nothern section
of the state, 1t is argued by the bank.
ers In that region should be divorced
from Richmond and added to CleVe-
land, the same arguments which caus.
ed the change to be made as to Wetzel
and Tyler county banks applying with
equal force to all Ohio river counties
and to the northern tier OF counties
generally.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

There are now 142 foreign built8shlpsSt
flying the .. s. A. flag.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

On the other hand the declaration
OF 20 per cent of Princeton university
seniors that they never have kissed ia
girl might be construed into another
proof of the good sense Of women.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

The supreme court decided IL hadl
no right to butt into the Frank case
but there are 80 or 40 millions OF,
Americans who are not on thessupren1el
court bench who will butt In.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

odM
million
beef ia
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

The ban on the red flag having been
lifted in Boston. Harvard now can
hold really fitting celebration of the
boat race result.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

The Barnes allies appear to be en-.
gagged in dragging up heavier artillery
in their effort to force the Roosevelt
Dardanelles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

Congressman Sutherland has re-
cetvcd notice from the Post Office De-
partment that rural route from Salt
Creek, CabelI county, will be establish.
ed June Is. 1t was petittoned for by
C. S. Bias, Mart McComas. NJ. Paugh,
j. Fl. Ross, D. G. Atkins and other
heads of families that will be supplied
by the new route. ~
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;;;JosI'I
l&!yy''.I WIS )

Nobuddy ever grained anythin' SbyF3
arguin' but a lawyer. TIL Teller who
performs a plain duty these days rs 4
regarded as hero. n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

A Chicago man has been arrested
and fined because he insistBsuponsa at
tending weddings every day: That
fellow must love to see others suffer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

Why don't the allies respond to that
German asphyxiating gas by shooting
press agent stuff across the trenches?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

Abraham Deeds and wife, the former
brother OF Salem Deeb. native OF
Syria who resides in Wheeling, have
been admitted to the United States
Internationally and will son be on
their way from Laredo, Tex, to the
Nail City. Congressman Nicely secur.
ed an order to that effect from the U.
S. Commissioner of immigration Cam.
ennitt today. The DEEDS applied for
admission at Laredo year ogo, but
having no money, they were refused.
Relatives offered to give bond for
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

If the world keeps on going the way
II is Harry Thaw can prove himself
sane by process OF comparison.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

After e7s years defendant rela-
tive Of the Rev. John Harvard is the
first of his name to graduate from
Harvard. The Rev. John must have
been away ahead of his clan.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-07

what's that about good coming from
evil! One hnhdred Chicago salo9ns
are closed and one reason was the
high cost Of free lunch.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-04

LESSON TEXT Samuel s:17-1o:1.
GOLDEN TEXT-Fear God, honor the
king.-I Peter 2:H.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-04
CHAPTER ~.

In days when the Indian held the
Dark and Bloody Grounds a pioneer,
telling oak and poplar logs for the
home he meant to establish on the
banks Of purling watercourse, let his
ak slip. and the cutting edge gashed
his ankle. Since to the discovered be-
longs the christening, that watercourse
became Crippleshin, and so 1t is today
set down on atlas pages. A few miles
away. as the crow flies, but many
weary leagues as a. man must travel,
brother settler, racked with rheuma.
tism. gave to his creek the name of
Misery. The two pioneers had come
together from Virginia, as their ances-
tors had come before them from Scot
land. Together they had found one
Of the two gaps through the mountain
wall, which for more than a hundred
miles has no other passable rift. To
gether. and as comrades, they had
made their homes and founded their
race. What original grievance had
sprung up between their descendants
none of the present generation knew
perhaps it was farm line or disputed
title to pig. The primary incident
was lost in the limbo of the past: but
for fifty years. with occasional inter
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-04
CHAPTER w.

George Lescott had known hospital.
ity Of many brands and degrees. He
had been the lionized celebrity in
places of fashion. He had been the
guest of equally famous brother artists
in the cities of two hemispheres. and,
since sincere painting had been his
pole star, he had gone where his arts
wanderlust backoned. He had fol-
lowed the lure Of transitory beauty
to remote sections of the world. The
present trip was only one of many
like it, which had brought him into
touch with varying peoples and dis
tinctive types Of life. He told himself
that never had he found men at once
so crude and so courteous as these
hosts who. facing personal perils, had
still time and willingness to regard his
comfort.
The coming OF the kinspIen, who
would stay until the present danger
passed, had filled the house. The four
beds in the cabin proper were full,
and some slept on floor mattresses
Lescott, because guest and wounded,
was given a small room aside. Sar.
son, however, shared his quarters In
order to perform any service that an
injured man might require. 1t had
been a full and unusual cay for the
painter, and it's incidents crowded in
on him in retrospect amt drove OF the
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-04

possibility Il sies,. sarssoa. toe,
seemed &aheful. and IN the isolation
of the dark room the two men fell into
conversation, which Almost lasted out
the night Samson went into the con-
fessional. This was the first human
being he had ever met to whom he
could unburden his soul:
The thirst to taste what knowledge
lay beyond the hills; the unnamed
wanderlust that had at times brought
him a restiveness so poignant as to
be agonizing; the underlined attuning
of his heart to the beauty Of sky and
hill; these matters he had hitherto
kept locked in guilty silence.
In cove or lowland pocket, stretch
ing into the mountain side. lay the
small and meager farm Of the Widow
Miller. The Widow Miller was a
South" that is to say, she fell, by
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-04
Row Suckers Bite.

One Sunday morning, on his way
to church, a deacon observed a boy
industriously fishing. After the Lad
had landed several, he approached and
said: MY son, don't you know 1t 10
very wrong to catch fish on the Sab
bath day? And, besides, 1t Is ver3
cruel to impale that poor, helpless
beetle upon that sharp hook" Said
the boy: "Oh, say. mister, this 10
only an imitation! 1t amt real
bug" BLESS mel" replied the dea'
son. well, l thought 1t was rea
bug!" The boy, lifting fine string OF
fish out Of the water. said: $50 did
these suckers!"
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wounds that would have taken a less
charmed life. And in grisly reminder
of the terror which clouded the peace
Of his days stood the eight-foot log
stockade at the rear of the place,
which the proprietor had built to
shield his daily journeys between
house and store. But Jesse Purvy was
not deluded by his escapes. He knew
that he was marked down."
The years of strain were telling on
him. The robust, full-blooded face
was showing deep lines; his flesh was
growing flaccid; his glance tinged
with quick apprehension. He told his
intimates that he realized they'd get
him." yet he sought to prolong his
term Of escape.
Yesterday morning Jesse Purvy had
risen early as usual, and, after a sat.
isfying breakfast, had gone to his
store to arrange for the days busi-
ness. One or two Of his henchmen.
seeming loafers, but in reality body.
guard, were lounging within call. A
married daughter was chatting with
her father while her young baby
played among the barrels and cracker
boxes.
The daughter went to a rear win
dow and gazed up at the mountain.
The cloudless skies were still in hid
ing behind curtain Of mist. The
woman was idly watching the Vanish
ing fog wraiths, and her father came
over to her side. Then the baby cried
and she stepped back. Purvy himself
remained at the window. 1t was
thing he did not often do. 1t left him
exposed, but the most cautiously
guarded life has Its moments OF re-
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Erlend of the Farmer.

DR.. Marion Iorset, bi-chemist Of thG
federal bureau of animal industry, Is
the scientist Who first isolated the
germ responsible for that farm scoures
cholera in the hog. That accomplished
he perfected a serum to combat Il
protected his processes by patents ana
then turned them over to the publbs
to bs used without chRrSa
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son. i jest Couton't 10 f1iIVy
tie of marriage, under the protectiou
Of the clan head. She lived alone with
her fourteen.year-old son and her SIX.
teen-year-old daughter. The daughter
was Sally. 5>
The sun rose on the morning after
Lescott arrived, the mists lifted, and
the cabin of the Widow Miller stood
revealed. "A tousle-headed boy r,ads
his way to the barn to feed the cattle,
and q red patch Of color. as bright
and tuneful ;as q Kentucky cardinal,
appeared at 9the door between ~
!5ls -
;of color VIII Baliy ~ + e ~
She made her: way. fcarryfnE 4
bucket, to- the spring, where she krelt
down and gazed at her own image IN
the water. hta 5, ",
Before going home she set down her
bucket by the stream, and, with .
quick glance toward the house to make
sure that she was not observed.
climbed through the brush and waA
lost to view. She followed path that
her own feet had made, and after q
steep course upward came upon q bald
face of rock, which stood out storm
battered where a rift went through
the backbone of the ridge. This point
of vantage commanded the other val
ley. Down below, across the treetops,
were q roof and chimney from which
q thread of smoke rose in an attenu.
ated shaft. That was Spicer south's
house and Samson's home. The girl
leaned against the gnarled bowl Of the
white oak and waved toward the roof
and chimney. She cupped her hands
and raised them to her lips Ike one
who means to shout across great dis
tance, then she whispered 30 low that
only she herself could hear:
Hello, Samson South!"
She stood for space looking dawn.
and forgot to laugh, while her eyes
grew religiously and softly deep, then,
turning, she ran down the slope. She
had performed her morning devotlons.
That day at the house Of Spicer
South was an off day. The kinsmen
who had stopped for the night stayed
on through the morning. Nothing was
said of the possibility Of trouble. The
men talked crops and tossed herse-
shoes in the yard; but no one went to
work In the fields, and all remained
within easy call. Only young TINA
rack Spicer, raw-boned nephew. wore
a sullen face and made a great show
of cleaning his rifle and pistol.
Shortly after dinner he disappeared
and when the afternoon was well ad
vanced Samson, too, with his rife OF
his arm, strolled toward the stile.
(To BE CONTINUED)
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Copyright. syI,. BY w. J. Watt 4 Coz
SYNOPSIS.

On Misery creek. at the foot Of a rock
from which he has fallen. Sally Miller
finds George Lescott. a landscape paint
er. unconscious. and after reviving him.
goes for assistance. Samson South and
Sally, taking Lescott to Samson's home
are met by Spicer South. head Of the
family. who tells them that Jesse Purvy
has been shot.
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good policy to meet rather than COM
bat his requirements. 1t was essen
tial to his purposes that the officers
Of the law In his country should be In
sympathy with him. Sympathy soon
became abject subservience, When q
South had opposed Jesse Purvy in the
primary as candidate for high sheriff
he was found one day lying on his
face with a bullet-riddled body. It
may have been coincidence which
pointed to Jim Asberry, the judges
nephew, as the assassin. At all events,
the judges nephew was poor boy,
and a charitable grand jury declined
to indict him. ~
In the course of five years several
South adherents, who had crossed
Holman's path, became victims OF the
laurel ambuscade. The theory Of CO.
incidence was strained. Slowly the
rumor grew and persistently spread,
though no man would admit having
fathered 1t, that before each OF these
executions star.chamber conferences
had been held in the rooms above
Micah Hollman's Mammoth Depart
ment Store" It was said that these
exclusive sessions were attended by
Judge Holman, Sheriff Purvy and GER
tain other gentlemen selected by rea-
son of. their craftsmanship. When
one of these victims fell Johu South
had Just returned from law school
down below" wearing "fotched-on"
clothing and thinking "fotched-on"
thoughts. He had amazed the COM
munity by demanding the right to as.
sist in probing and prosecuting the
affair. He had then shocked the COM
munity into complete paralysis by re-
questing the grand jury to indict not
alone the alleged assassin, but also
his employers, whom he named as
Judge Holman and Sheriff Purvy.
Then he, too, fell under a bolt from
the laurel.
That was the first public accusation
against the bland capitalist, and 1t car
ried it's own prompt warning against
repetition. The judges high sheriff
and chief ally retired from Office and
went abroad only with q bodyguard.
Jesse Purvy had built his store at a.
crossroads Is miles from the rail-
road. Like HOLMAN, he had won q
reputation for open-handed charity,
was liked-and hated. His friends
were legion. His enemies were 30 nu-
merous that he apprehended violence
not only from the Souths but also
from others who nursed grudges In
no way related to the line Of feud
cleavage. The Hollman-Purvy combt
nation had retained enough Of its old
power to escape the laws retrtbution
and to hold its dictatorship, but the
efforts Of John South had not beek
altogether bootless. He had rippsA
away two masks, and their erstwhiH
wearers could no longer hold their 81
semblance of law-abiding Pr 81
pists. Jesse Puryy's hoH
show place Of the cou11
modions verandas
sAZI-aaaI.a,oaa. l
Enclosure stood the two frame y ~
|ings OF his store for he, too. Ec}n
bined merchandise with fbarohi
powers. But back Of the place To4
the mountain side, on which Puryyi
never looked without dread. Twice
its impenetrable thickets had spat az
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some or them believed the young heir
to clan leadership responsible for the
shooting OF Jesse Purvy, and that
others believed him innocent, yet none
the loss In danger Of the enemy's ven-
geance. But, regardless OF divided
opinion, all were alike ready to stand
at his back and all alike awaited his
final utterance.
Then. in the thickening gloom, Sam
son turned at the foot of the stile
and faced the gathering. He stood
rigid, and his eyes flashed with deep
passion. His hands, hanging at the
seams of his jeans breeches, clinched,
and his voice came In a slow utter
ance through which throbbed the ten.
sity of soul-absorbing bitterness.
Il knowed all bout Jesse Purvy's
bein' shot. When my pap lay
a-dyin' over thar at his house / was
q little shaver ten years old .
Jesse Purvy hired somebody ter kill
him an promised my pap
that I'd find out who thet man was,
an thet I'd git 'em both-some day.
So help me, God Almighty, I'm a-goin'
ter git 'em both-some day!" The
boy paused and lifted one hand as
though taking an oath.
I'm a-tellin' you,all the truth .
But | didn't shoot them shoots this
mornin'. hain't no truce buster.
gives ye my hand on hit. Ef
them dawgs come hyar they'll find me
hyar. an eff they hain't liars they'll
go right by hyar. / don't low ter run
away, an don't low ter hide out. I'm
a-goin' ter stuy right hyar. Thet's all
I've got ter say ter ye."
For moment there was no reply.
Then the older man nodded with a
gesture of relieved anxiety.
"Thet's all we wants ter know, Sam.
son." he said. slowly. Light, men an
come in"