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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16
A Growing Industry.

Those persons living I'm and out of
this state who believe that West Vir-
ginia must rest her claim to prestige
I'm productive lines upon coal, oil and
gas, will be interested i'm the predic-
ton OF Commissioner OF Agriculture
Williams that within the next decade
this state will lead the union I'm apple
crops, says the Wheeling Register.
New York and Missouri now lead I'm
apple production, but Mr.. Williams
says West Virginia is already starting
to crowd them, and within the next
ten years will outstrip them. lie bases
that statement upon the remarkable
development Of the orchard industry
during recent years. particularly in
the eastern panhandle counties. includ-
ing Jefferson Morgan, Berkeley.
Hampshire and Mineral.
The soil and climate Of the state
seems to be well adapted 10 apple
growing. There are big commercial
orchards in Mason, Cabell and Kama
wha counties and also i'm the northern
panhandle. There are fine orchards
in Hancock and Brooke, and I'm the lat
ter county, according to Mr.. Williams
the original Grimes Golden tree still
stands on the farm Of Thomas Grimes
II is fact not generally known that a
Monroe county farmer named Scott
took a gold medal al an international
exhibition at Boston a few years ago
on apples raised In his orchard on the
Greenbrier
The successful growing OF the fruit
tn this state appears to be matter
OF scientific care. Nature has done
her part, and II the farmers and horti.
culturalists add intelligence and in.
dustry the results are reasonably Ger.
tain to prove satisfactory. CIarksburp
| Exponcnt-Amorican
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16
Home Remedies

One sees the term abused, though
not so often as once was the case. by
vendors OF this and that Quackery who
howl their wares from billboards and
street car placards. Nostrums and
lies 40 well together as twin agents OF
darkness and have done so ever since
the Father OF all Patent Medicines
offered Eve his little specific for the
happiness of Eden II was a cure.
too. though not what the fair patient
expected. Still there are and will be
home remedies OF great value. but the
trouble is they do not come i'm six bot
ties for So. nor are they for sale in
anybody's worldwide and perdition-
deep chain of drug stores There's
kindness which cures the bruises and
sprains of living as nothing else has
ever done. and even electricity cannot
replace H. Have you ever tried this
as remedy for your home? Time and
thought are the means OF it's applica-
tion, and the most obdurate troubles
yield in time to its persistent use.
Humor will disinfect and heal innu-
merable silly little pin pricks OF per-
sonal feeling which otherwise may fes-
ter into the family blood poisonings
that have devastated so many lives.
Boracic acid solution has no such eff
feet on infiamed rs. Try human and
count ten or n thousand next time
before you begin to scratch your van
ity's bleeding hide 1t may save YOU
major amputation OF the soul.
There's a sympathy which really does
feed and restore the nerves when
frazzld out by the days wear. No ex-
tract of malt can accomplish anything
like the results which are scored daily
by those wise enough to use this ia
nous old restorative. Try il next time
gently on some severe case. Nothing
is said here about love, for that is a
foundation, not a cure. and without 1t
there are no homes.-Collier's
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16
Ginger

year ago we were i'm little store
i'm n town where we spent "A part OF
our vacations. II was just n store
and that was about all. The stock
didn't amount TO much, and what there
was the proprietor didn't seem anx-
ious to sell. 1t was about the most
rundown. ornery, no-account store we
ever saw. This summer we were in
that store again. We had hardly
stepped our foot inside before a boy
about sixteen years old was right on
hand, courteously asking what he
could do for us. We looked around.
The shelves were full, fresh vege-
tables and fruits were displayed-and
there were half n dozen customers in
the store. II was a different place.
The boy who came to wait on us had
done IT all. By chance he had been
hired to clerk-and he made over the
businessmen from any set scheme of
his, but just because he was full of
ginger. The old store had l.ttle or no
trade. That had bothered the boy so
that he started out to take orders. and
he had kept at folks until they began
to buy from him. When the orders
came in, goods had to be bought to fiji
them. Pretty soon folks found out
that they could either get what they
wanted at the store. or have IL gotten
for them in the shortest possible time.
Besides that, the boy was always there
always busy, always looking for a
chance to go out of his way to accom-
modate or do favor for his customers
or for anybody else. Today, less
than ten months from the time that
boy took hold OF things, that store is
the most flourishlng and profitable i'm
the village. Now, you fellows. think
that over little.-American Boy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16

the Diet" First, the use of cheese as
a meat substitute is explained and
hen fOll0| dozens and dozens Of the
most fascinating cheese recipes. The
woman who after reading them, can
refrain from buying a pound of cheese
and starting at the beginning, must be
totally devoid OF imagination.
Cereal Breakfast Foods" bulletin
249, and the use OF Fruit as Food. "
bulletin 293. might help at breakfast
times. while Beans, Peas ard other
Legumes," bulletin 121. will go far
toward helping the housekeeper keep
down the meat bill. There Is a hulle-
ting which treats of the economical
use OF the cheaper cuts Of meat, one
on mutton and It's value I'm the diet
another on FISH as food, and a very
interesting one ON eggs and their uses
as food.
"The Use Of MIX as Food" bulletin
3G8, "The Care OF Milk and It's Use I'm
the Home" bulletin 413. and "The Pro
duction Of Clean MIX" bulletin 6O2
should be part Of every housekeeper's
library and every woman should do
her share toward making her milk
perfectly sanitary.
II has been the objeet Of the de.
partment to collect facts which would
explain household processes and Il
provide data which could be passed
on for practical use. There has beer
no idea Of telling the housekeeper thai
she has been "all wrong" for years
and that the information passed from
mother to daughter has been useless
II is simply studying the housekeep
er's problems ~ laboratory methods
and to the housewives Of America I'm
Gle Sam is making his very best bow
and is very much at their command.
Any OF the bulletins mentioned an,
many others will be sent without cos
to whoever wants them. Simply ad
dress the Department Of Agriculture
Washington, d. c.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16
More Calamity.

The newspapers generally have been
carrying the facts and figures showing
the record-breaking business being
done by the Norfolk e. Western and
the Chesapeake q Ohio railways.
Railroad earnings are riding on the
crest OF expanding industrial activity.
For July the operating profits OF the
Pennsylvania railroad system, as re-
ported this week, show an increase OF
Sl,9O5.03G. That increase nearly
equals tho gain for the whole first half
OF the year, which was $2,1O2, ,OS9.
For July the railway operating in
come, or. stated otherwise, the profit
on operations, was $0.707177. For
seven months Of the year II was $685.
54C,492.
The Pennsylvania railroad system is
now doing a gross business at the rate
Of $4O0.OO0,00O per annum. The great
est gross earnings were for 1919. being
for that year $500. .43G. 900. For July the
total revenue was $33.197.O1G. or ST.
1882 more than for that month last
year
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16
No Kisslcss Kiss for This village.

NEW YORK. Sept. l3.-"George. I"
said she, looking squarely into his
eyes. "it YOU pat-pat me I'll scrcami"
But would shcs She would not. II
was the consensus among those who
know today that this now kisslcss kiss.
consisting of two pats and a smile.
Will never be n substitute for the ori-
gina two lips and face to face arti-
Gle.
Down in West Virginia. whore mon
raise sorghum and cane and stogics.
there exists board OF health which
endorses the -pats-and n smile
idea. II wants to stop the ravagcs OF
serious heart affection and promote u
germloss age If this new kissless
kiss that the West Virginia board of
education recommends should become
the style a man would not dare TO
even wave his hand without being sus-
pcctod of some untoward affection.
One may pat n lovely cousin on tho
head or check when she Ia small, but
when she grows up not even two pats
would fiji the bill.
This would, indeed, become cold
and platonic age IL such things could
he. Still there is as yet no inclina-
ton i'm New York TO indorse the West
Virginia method.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16
Doing Ills nniY

What a grand work President VIII
son Is doing keeping US out OF war;
II he keeps this up until peace comes
to Europe and Mexico. the United
States will be the strongest and hap
piest nation in the world. The fruits
OF peace grow on every hand and We
viii be gathering them for all the ma
tions Our hope consists i'm keeping
cool. going straight ahead, talking IL
over, dropping our vanity. and making
righteousness the soul Of honor. u
was feared that sometimes President
Wilson was getting a little too exact
ing in treating with Germany and
England, but the results have shown
his wisdom and today very nearly ev-
erythng he has asked by these two
nations has been conceded. There was
many time that We could have um
blcd into war. but his patience and his
faith IN final triumph OF the right kept
him steady. In all that relates TO for
eign affairs he has shown himself su
perior to his critics Ohio state Jour
nal
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16
kNGwooD PRESTON
The Only Way.

Mail-order houses have been a thorn
in the side OF local merchants the
country over for many years. They
nave been denounced by business mon
and attacked in editorials time and
again but each ann al statement
shows more business done and better
profits than the year before.
People-snay be eNhorted To trade az
home-to support home industry-un-
til doomsday, b2t unless the local
stores in the sm~iler cities throughout
the country adopt the same methods
that have made The mail-order bust
ness so profita. ie. these pleadings will
be I'm vain.
Advertise! Advertise is the basis OF
the success OF these big concerns and
the manner In which the Houghton
tMicho Mining Gazette points out the
iailings TO those merchants who com
plain against mail-ordcr competition.
VIII he interesting To many publish
ers. After referring to the periodical
denunciation which mail-ordor houses
receive the article says:
but the mail-order houses 70 right
along doing more and more business
just the same and Notwithstanding
They now are planning on n nation
wide newspaper campaign TO follow up
their catalogue business. Business
men cuss them and try various and
divers means of attacking them. But
abusing the mail-ordcr house never Is
an argument. Saying mean things
about them is making them friends.
Talking about supporting home indus
try doesn't get very far because the
average business man who talks about
patronizing home business usually
buys more or less OF his own personal
necessities somewhere else. There is
only one way TO compete with the
mail-order house and that is to do
business the way he does Il. Don't
ask for sympathy because you carry a
lot of bad accounts on your books
Clean 'em up. Don't complain about
his prices when you can meet them.
Meet them and let your public know
you are meeting them. Do your ad
vertising and do IL more efficiently
than he does. His once year cata-
logue isn't in IL with daily announce
ments of prices, We are not suggest
ing that you run one big advertise
ment for week or anything like that.
But make your advertising valuable
by it's very attractiveness, it's contin-
uity, and the plain statement OF goods
and prices. We can show you dozens
that are doing II every day i'm the Ga
zette. They are not sitting in the rear
end OF the store kicking about the mail
order houses and the ungrateful pub
lie. They are putting in some time
each day getting a good, straight-from-
the-shoulder advertisement ready TO
print in the morning. They are dis
counting their bills. Their business is
good They look prosperity and they
show II, too. They are making money
and thinking about what sort of an
automobile they will buy next. They
are beating the mail-order people be-
cause they run their business right.
keep their collections up TO the min
ute, beat the mail-order prices, and
Tell the people about IT all OF the time
That last item is the most important
OF all ="
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16
Girls, Boys. Pigs aud state Finances

III SpeVCu uauS icW days ago DN
the Lieutenant governor OF North Car
olina occurs the remarkable and at
hrst thought almost unbelievable
statement that the boys corn and pig
club and the girls canning club move
ment means the wiping out of the an
nual forty or fifty million dollar drain
ON the state food supplies. This state
ment, strong as IL may appear ut first
glance, is borne out by facts and fig
ures.
What is true OF North Carolina Is
equally true of West Virginia. West
virginia farmers have, for five genera
tions. pursued the same methods tor
rather lack of method) of cultiyating
the soil. They have raised corn.
wheat, Irish potatoes or tobacco on
the same land year after year. with
little thought OF replenishing the sun
ply of necessary plant food. Unculti-
yatod land has been so plentiful and
so cheap that, when one tract IL "worn
out the farmer has allowed Il TO
grow mp i'm weeds and filth and has
simply begun To crop another tract.
When this land is worn out. the pro
cess has been repeated The farmers
wife has used the same wasteful meth
DDS of canning. picking and proserv-
ing that have been in vogue for gener-
ations. with little thought of attempt-
ing 10 improve.
Within the past few years-eyen
within the last few months-a change
has come about. Now the farmers
son is n member of n corn club or n
pig club, and is learning the most
modern and most scientific methods M
agriculture and stockraising. His
father may scoff at the beginning. hut
after seeing that the boys newly nc
quired knowledge Is practical as well
as theoretical and that the young far
mer can make two ears of corn grow
where his dady does well TO raise one.
the "oldtimer" comes To see the yaluo
OF improved methods.
itls the same way with the farmers
wife. When her daughter. n member
OF the girls canning club, first begins
to ''putter" about the kitchen she NAV
smile indulgently and let the girl
play" But after the few hours play
ing is over. when the results are eyi-
dent I'm rows OF canned fruits and veg
etables as fresh looking and as appe-
uzing as when on the tree or I'm the
garden, the mother sees that there is
more to the canning club than "play."
Thus IL goes, the young instructlng
the old by example.
And now to get the connection be-
tween all this and state finances. III
the boys and girls, by their work and
by the improved methods which are
semi-consclously absorbed from them
by their fathers and mothers, can de-
crease by few millions the amount
OF money annually sent out of West
Virginia for foodstuffs, the people of
this state will have little cause TO
worry their brains about Virginia
debts or any other kinds OF debt In
creasing the productivity and the pro
hts or the farms, the boys and girls
Increase the revenue of the state.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16

One good four room dwelling house
almost new. barn and a number OF
other buildings together with a splen-
did well Of water and four acres of
land, all under cultivation. a bargain
II sold at once. The above is situated
one mile from Howesville on the King
wood and Tunnelton pike. Cali or
write
EDWARD HEIMAN.
H-4t Howesville, w. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16

are eaten raw More satisfactory re-
suits arc usually obtained from cess
pools. and the Teaching cesspool." I'm
which the sewage percolates gradual
ly through porous material. has often
proved successful. Such cesspool
may. however, be extremely dangerous
n located in the path Of ground water
flowing toward the well. Septic tanks
also have a number OF important ad-
vantages. but IL is usually desirable to
use filters IN connection with them.
subsurface Irrigation is also common
In connection with septic tank.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16

AZ the regular session OF the board
OF education OF Reno district held at
Fellowsville on August oath, Il was or
dered that all the rural schools OF said
district open on Monday, October If.
1915.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16

The public is hereby notified that we
viii not be responsible for any debts
contracted by any one but ourselves.
G. f. WOTRING.
BERTHA NJ. wOTRING.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16

When you buy a newspaper you
have right to demand the news
That's what you pay for The Argus
delivers
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16

There's reason" why subscribers
to The Argus do not want 10 miss a
single issue.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-16

A. w. CARRTCO, secretary.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-16
Beth; The Girl
"WhO Went Right
By Ethel
Lloyd
Patterson
No. 135-DevD and Angel.

10 MAS >t.Us ay myself Who every
tac hours ~ tae u.sbt arose 20 dN
hi, bota. Cor aIm lt was Stella
or uN.yt ara cooked The dinner
foy ls aI H Nas Stella or myself
eho aeg, ag fat clean. and
This sans -a og stella conhded
to me IN i>ut fair 90 ans OF AS
You're getting Worn out I'm get.
uns oeu agt And irs really no
Kindness ta yoly sister She cant
~.t down here and 30 nothins FOR.
ever She has got 20 live her own
uis and ta.nN you would best
-usges 20 her ,hat she begin 70
east aHoa. Cor work of some kind '
Accordingly / broached the sub
5-s, "a N1rloes future 20 her Al
once She managed 20 look even
more weary
'Oh Beth she reprosched me
SO ,oo1 SITTER Bnlys coming? M
5sa-. lo>t picked his little things
of THE door fais afternoon aud ii
gave re a terrible dizzy spell You
Snow perfectly we'll. Beth. Vm will
ing and anxious 10 work when !
can eu, .eel Vogld ruln my
b,alth forever y I We're 10 begin
now
Z WAS Young and ignorant
didn't know though, very prob
ably she Was rislt. SO
cor course tou know best. Ma.
rloa. sa.s Hu, AZ least it won't
Burr yea 'o brs.u TO plan Uhat you
n,e-3 20 do when you can work
We can't ~ az 81 haphazard You
must starr something vlich viii
ake care os you ana Billy In the
fu'ure
U ma Ees ne trcmole all over %
think sbo1, % said Marion
r4 my arm about her
There dear soothed -O'
course. won must nor get sick. and
you don kno0 hoN I love having
TiI.y around
"Ha little devil said Marion
He's a I'fIe angel I corrected
WeU ,cr taa matter og your work
40 FOR o.. present
But ras ~eorriat Not for my
selt. but t did rot seem fair 20 me
taat stella ol0 was nor even a
friend ot 1laraa's. should be con.
-Irralfv -nus IvrOuvani ienceL
The Detroit times., 1915-09-16

When LnWfher reached AvlnE'on
Manor he fo4-t ,aat hn Rse mad
not returned He t.d uc. ralt DIR
ner for Der. nd when .a rad snist-
ID his f-ea' hs ea1t himself u9 N
tho osk-pa .elfd room te "a "a bis
library. and lighting cigar. seated
himself FROM ot ne Ere
70 ~, out of tha. pretty yell hs
thought congr gra.g.atlnz alusef for
the hundred time since ae had left
Gyarts cottage and I've learnt a
good deal
That was .~rr src.Eh He had
learnt tha tre samezssg.r vas Will
Ing 20 60 almos. anything 20 save
the Trcycrtons from shame AID DIS.
honor Gya', doubtless vas not quite
sans. lyar knew or inspected. that
Alice Treverton had been killed Hs
was fghting hard ~ save T-eysr-o on
/ from 'be galicrs SO was ready ~
give hia own llfe II the law re11ired
+ q, % hm
ITS not unlikely fhst Pc killed
Hala. thousht low as- Naaf
thing indeed vsre more unukel,
Gyatt lad been ief- .1 charge % a
man who was poss'.'y oot dead who
perhaps had only tainted and rec
been left vsb him fes ssae .ea7.t
cradle tine u GFatt bod r-rl -s
tening 60 tho c0nyersstrt naeer
Treverton and Hair o. aas as 1cs
sible that The gameBeeper ulglt
have seen say out ~ tae dagger
hay threatened hts master atf 10.
ina left alone have takrH t regard.
less * the consequences
That fal,0wd da anything
thought Low,hef There vas fro1.
bio IN his eyos iuet now He'd 6ave
shot ne d he'd tboleb' was zo.nE
20 inure Trevert0n or si1vl
He shuddered ss be though of the
narrow escape no bad bad He bad
The Detroit times., 1915-09-16
RESPA HELD
FOR TRIAL
DetrOiter Involved In
Windsor Dynamiting,
Says Lefler

Charles Respa. The Detroit man
arrested ON Bots Blanc recently DOB
connection with the VA keryille and
Windsor dyuami'nr plots was CON.
mtred tor trial by MAGISTRATE Mlcfs
Ia Walkeryille police court Nedaes
day afternoon William icher uo"
serving DO years for his part 80 the
conspiracy, was brought rom hnE-
ton 90 testify against Respa whom
he Identified as ,he man who plant.
ed the dynamite IN the Peabody fsc
tory Leaer said be first met Respa
In the Office ot Albert Halrschmidt
iu Detroit The latter he testified
introduced Rcspa as Roberts
LeAer's appearance evidently was
surprise 20 Resps and his counsel
The accused rose in his seat when
Letter appeared and glsred az aim
Since his commitment fo KINGSTON
Letters moustachs has been shaved
81 and his hair IS considerably
grayer lie was allowed 60 yis.t
with Ns Wife while waiting 20 tes.
tify
Lcaer testified that Respa or Rob.
erts. as he was fhen EuoNu camr
over 20 WaIEeryiue the u.1ht before
the explosion. accompanied by his
sister. Mrs Schmidt. og Detroit
II showed him where to hnd rte
explosive. continued ths witness.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-16
MAN ROBBED BY
ARMED NEGRESS

William NrPhe-soa ot $50. POS
Plu1-~t. reported 70 Ho police thar
he aas A.l1 gp t7o NeEressss
armed vtH su.re- Ar FoHrt- and
Michigan 4tss Weine-day nigAt
and was robbed of $50
Edith Myers years old of 40
2I2 Rlyard -t and Bessie Tilus %
living on Grafio-ava v.re later
ricke1 up ty tho police and are
said 20 have been Identified as Nc
pherson's sssstlaa-s They orc
held on charges 0f larceny from the
person
Paul Kmhsv ~ so coo Ran.
dolah -f reported that his room
mate skipped wednesday night
while Kulhsn slept and took tll7
% Kulhsn's money Nith him
The Detroit times., 1915-09-16

lie Vas genuinely shocked by gae
svtuess with ahrh -be nalffoym
"a lauuered prayer had been an.
wered u- know well enough that
Gystt had killed Joan
The man snail swing for. a. ne
said to himself "eut nor ye.-i can
do nothing yet"
He drank IN the cold ngat air
AID s., seemed to clear bls brain. Far
away in the distance Do sae ueht
tt.u ding and moving toward him
He closed the window and drew
daea 'ne Blind
H.- blood IS on ny head he
thought /, "a who suggested
this horrible thing
te walked uusteadly 20 the table
aUed me glass a third tuI Rth s.Ir
g and raised r 70 bis lips A he
drank 'ae Fary fluid i' seemed q
nlm no more than aater. Dur 81,
-ad.ed hi. pulse He seated him
se.f a, ire ,aals and rested hl. chin
5u r.s bands s'arioz a. q portru,
atalz Fife that stood on the mantle.
piece
He vas certain tha. Gyatr aas the
aver II would ae easy enough 10
lr- evidence ,aat would 'Aroa aus
p.c.on upon the man But that
aolld mean tho md Of everythln
The aaole truth would have TO come
og- Ar Iyatt trial The zamekeep
er win death staring MIN 10 the
face. pas not likely 20 have any
s.wpias about making q uli confe.
sion That FoH.a mean 90 terrible
shock 20 Sihyl Treyerton rha. ,
would probably al ber
= mus, aaF rI Siby is out of
danger. he thought Then III take
good care that G.at' .s hanged Do
mother siz mouths my hands vil
ae free Pui for ,he present Z can
DO nothing
t. 10 Continued