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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27
ToDAY's BIRTHDAY PARTY.
BY o. Terence.
President eompers Of A.. f. L., IS
TODAY, Ia Native of EnoIand


Samuel Gompers, the president OF
the American Federation Of Labor
and the general Of the organized la
Dor army of the United States and
Canada, was born sixty.tive years ago
today, January 81, 1850. The man
who helped to found the great inter
national federation Of labor leaders,
and who has been Its chief since 1882,
with an intermfssion OF one year, is
native of England. He was born In
London, the son OF Saul Gompers, a
cigarmaker, and when he was still a
mere lad he took up his fathers
trade. He has been, connected with
the labor union movement since his
fifteenth year, and has thus devoted
half a century OF his life to the cause
OF the workers. While often de.
nounced as "wild.eyed radical" by
the employers of labor, he has also
come In for much denunciation from
the socialists In the federation, who
brand him as Conservative and
reactionary." Mr.. Gompers had the
hottest battle Of his life at the fed.
Grafton convention in Philadelphia
last November, but he was victorious
over the socialist faction and was
triumphantly returned to the office
he has held so long. As the labor
unions of which he is the leader are
made up Of men of all nationalities.
Mr.. Gompers has remained strictly
neutral In regard to the war. AS q
possible Indication OF his sympathies,
beyond the fact Of his British birth,
IL is recalled that for years he was
the guest of honor at the annual scele:
brations, held In a French hotel I'm
washington, OF the French national
holiday, concentrating the fall of
the Bastille and the triumph fla
republique." q
Mr.. Gompers was thirteen years
old when he first set foot on Ameri.
can soil. He had attended school
In London only from his sixth to his, 4
tenth year, but In New York, where
the Gompers family settled, he con.
tinued his education in night school,.
He hadn't worked long In the New
York cigar factories before he was
impressed with the desirab ilitys Of or.
lganization, and, when only fourteen.
he helped to start the first union of
cigar makers. He was one Of seven
men who slaunche the National Cigar
Makers, Union, now an international
body covering the entire United
States and Canada. During his early
years as president OF the American
Federation OF Labor he received no
salary, and supported himself OF the
bench, giving all the time he could
spare TO the infant organization of
uhihh hn was the head
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There's Yankee landlord on the
Maine coast who keeps his old hulk
OF a summer hotel filled every year
with well-to-do guests from the cities,
who pay high prices for the wonder
full scenery aud the good meals,
phiiosophieally accepting the bleak
rooms. the shabby wall paper and the
thread.bare upholstery. A New York
man asked him toward the close Of
his season how he had been doing.
Wal the Yankee replied, -1'ye
Just been going over the books and
we've melted about s17,0 900 this sea;
son. i reckon II we do as well am
other year m paper the parlor!-=
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cfiAMeEs opNVlcTloN.

"The Tlmas'' il It's editorial col.
pms. as well 81 news columns, exc:
|ltes another Of Its aracteristic
Ianges OF face. an eSpe dienti can al
lays be trusted TO resort to, when
icing new condition. In Shysterlal
Fort to prejudice The people against
Il proposed new charter, and TO cry
d In loud voice It's approval Of the
resent commission form Of govern.
lent. II finds II necessary to- throw
Ferboard its conyictipps OF two
t1rs ago, and now detries the gov.
.nment at randomr Eby the Demo.
|ats). With which the people Of Fair.
|ont were afflicted prior to 4 the ;adop-
ION Of the commission form OF man.
Sing the citv's aifairs.
In broad headlines Ii announces a
living 10 every inhapltant Of Fair.
'ont OF $i.iS In nine months. Just
hat that means, We do not pretend
know. as we believe that the ex.
erience of every property owner ami
tx-payer In F'airmont has been SINH!
r to ours. and we win confess that
examination Of our receipt for city
'.xes paid by us for the year 1914
bows both a greater valuation, a
-gher levy and necessarily, a greater
mount OF taxes. What the people
70 to pay out Is the meat in the
pcoanut" In an argument or this
Ind. and each taxpayer can be
busted to judge these things for him:
BE. 35,t
The West virgfnian holds no brief
vr the government tby the Demo.
|ats) OF random" which existed prior
last year In this city, as the people
fen know what It's position always
|as about that. The people viii also.
. doubt. recall what was the West
|lrslnian's attitude when the effort
|1s being made TO throw off the yoke
"goyernment at random by pc.
|<ioning tho legislature for d commits
lon form Of government. and by3a
commission. No doubE
10 people will recall that aThei
ines" (Which has always been the
|--zl ploader for tho 5 aud for dark,
ID shady politics" IN this cominnn:
n Loudly denounced the West Nir.l
|nian and all who supported the new
-arter. and, acting by the directions
mud :-nder the whip OF the Demo.
|@tic offic1-holdcrs' trust, It's various;
|!.or5--with otherE-assembled a.
nurleston, and succeeded In conrinc.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27

The efforts of the colored people of
West Virginia to establish within the
borders OF the state an institution
which will afford their youth the adj
vantage Of collegiate training, de.
serve the sympathy and support re-
.quisite to success. There are today
a number OF colored students who re.
side in this State, who are enrolled in
institutions. in other states, sufficient.
'ly large to form the nucleus Of q
student body OF fine proportions, IL
given this opportunity at home. AS
long as forced to 60 into other states
to seek that which is denied them
at home, the way Is sharder, on nc,
count of added expense, and many
who are ambitions and capable are
compelled to deny themselves ad.
yancement, because home facilities
are lacking. The colored people, OF
West Virginia need q leadership which
will spring up from this training and
from among their own number. The
establishment of the proposed cole:
!giate course in connection with the
work at Institute Kanawha county,
would afford the means and incentive
now sadly lacking. There is at 1nstl-
tute the buildings, the physical pro.
iperties necessary. Avery small ex-
tpenditure for laboratory purposes
and small annuity for the pay OF
instructors would represent the only
financial outlay necessary. It is not
much the leading colored citizens OF
the State are asking-not much in a
comparative sense, but It means very
much indeed, to them at a time when
they are struggling for better condi,
tions.-Herald: Dispatch.
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icuRloUs FACTS.

Ontario has, an Indian population
Of 23,044.
The human skeleton, exclusive Of
teeth, consists Of 2os bones.
Despite the fact! that he Is 101years
old, George Miller OF Woodstock,
Mich, has hired to husk corn.
Philadelphia Is soon to have an
automobile bus service to supplement
street cars. Buses will seat 4s per-
sons. II
Using anetnnae mounted in pairs
on a wooden tower erected on a hill,
a. Spanish electrician has succeeded
in drawing electrically from the
atmosphere at a pressure Of 5000
volts. Il p. z,
Mai. Gen. Liu Tsching En-, com;
mandant of the Han Yang Arsenal, In
the province Of Hupeh, China, has ar
rived in this country TO famtliartze
himself thoroughly with American
manufacturing methods In munitions
Of war and In; the rif1ing and manu-
facture OF big guns. He will take
.back to his own country the machin-
cry to establish q flrst-class factory
in Hupeh.
Rio de Janeriol has IS motion pic;
,ture theatres.
The steel trust spends $3.50, 900 q
year in safety devices. z;
For the last five years this country
has used from SO to- 80 per cent OF
the copper It produced. : !.
Two French scientists have built
the worlds most powerful electro.
magnet, but It is so costly to operate,
that its use Is limited to laboratory
work. <,
First OF San Franciseo's Motive
daughters Of the Chinese race 20 start
the practice OF dentistry and the sec
fond Chinese. American woman IN
dentistry is Miss Marjorie Virginia
Kimlau Of San Francisco. who re-
Gently graduated from the College
d Physicians and Surgeons OF that
city.
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WHY NOT CHANGER

Away back yonder-once upon a
time not so far back but what some
of us can remember, the Times
waged a great battle for the people
ESQ It claimad). 1t was largely In
strumental in the defeat for mayor
of one Of its present-day sets-who Is
now ono OF the City Hall Quartet.
This Daniel" of today-was then
in the eyes OF the editor of the Times
Ia Sadducee, Pharisee, a Hypo.
critic, liar; yea, worse than all
these=-he was of the-S-, the peo-
pic won-and there was great reioic.
ing. That was many years ago,--but
now. oh! what q change. We Won
derive wonder why?
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the crate wtirid outside, onst she
had Climbed UP in tie tower OF her
fathers cassel 6 had seen a crate
country bee.yond! bur her father had
slSolded her SO hard wen she spoke
TO him about IL that she newer went
up In the tower aggen.
You must newer speek TO me os
the wurld, her father sedS to her, bee.
Klaus 1t Is snmware out In that wurid
that yure muther Is.
One day Alva was playing sneer tho
wall & she herd a sound. She looked
up q saw a butifu1 fairy standing on
top OF the wall. ~
Come with me to a world beyond
these walls .sed the fairy.
But have no wings, sed Ava:
tel will carry you, sed the fairy. q
the fairy flew down and carried Ava
far. far away till she calm 10 "a Slittei
hoam among the hills & thare was j
luyly woman waiting. iitswas Alya's
mother. n .t
My child, sed the mother.
My mother, sed Alva, & thare thay
lived happily afterward.
THE END
That is vary good, Robbie, ssed Ma.
I am sure pure teecher will like thar
story. IS
But you dident say what abeeeain
of the old gent, sed Pa & thare aint
any fairies that can ny away with
peepul any moar.
That's the part i imagined 4 toad
Pa.
But what becaim OF the old; gent
sed Pa.
That Is ware! you will have to do
a little imafin.ing yureself, Ma toad
Pa. What wud beecume OF you with
out Bobbie & Me?
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Current Comment.
Labor'o Debt to Labor.savlns
Machlnec.

HsrH WA y MdCIllHSSs - 10y E.l .ptzs
We had occasion yesterday to refer
to the persistence of historical myths.
An example of the similar persistence
OF economic myths is furnished by
tho correspondent who attributes IN.
employment to the increase OF labor.
saving machines. Would 1t not be
better" he asks. IF we had no ma.
chines-if we worked with our hands,
as nature intended we should? How
can the laborer hope for better condi-
lions when every inventive mind in
the world is striving to invest some
machine to do away with labor?"
It was supposed that this fallacy
had been exploded long ago. So far
from decreasing employment, the use
OF iabor-saving machinery has i'm.
measurably increased 1t by cheaper
ing production and thereby increas.
ing consumption. Between 1901 and
1901, the century of steam and OF
greatest intentional progress, the
population Of England and Wales in.
creased from 100000 to 100000.
II man had not improved on nature.
II the population had continued to
labor with their hands, as our cores
pondent would have 1t, where woull
these surplus millions have found
work and at what wages? II his
theory had any basis, the steamer
CINE and the locomotive between them
should by this time have well.nigh de-
populated the world through starva-
ition.
AS it is, every machine that saves
the work Of men multiplies 1t in tho
end by opening new fields of employ.
ment and creating greater demand
for It: Labor, indeed, has as great
an interest as capital in the invention
Z Of machinery to economize produc-
ton. 1t is its best insurance against
unemployment now and Its best guar
antee Of work In the future for the
new millions Of men who will want
York World.
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PROVOKING a SMILE

r IL rather amusing TO read the at.
fk the Times made upon the pro-
od CHARTER for FaifInont, after the
iitcr OF the West Yirginian was on
+; way 10 Charlestpn 70 have the
B presented totiie legislature. The
ort to belittle the measure by!
ee1ting thnt 1t Is q oTe:man bill
IN be well understood by those
niliar with the unfair me hods re.
|rted to by The Times TO defeat the
bpular win of o majority OF the
pple of Fairmont.
Since when has The Times came e
conclusion that II does not favor
'one-mnn" government Of Fnirmont.
bat plan has been having the en-.
Prscment Of The Times for many
ars, ana VIA continue to have its
Ipport a. long IS tns conc man.
lts The Times
Tho fact il titaf the new charter
not ct,c'tnsii plan AS The Times
1iculoni,y alleges but ID the result
1.-THE work OF the largest charter
mmission ever engaged % drafting
tharter for Fairmont, which was
imposed Of many Of the largest
operty owners Of the city and SONS
the oldest residents % the city!
be Times was not taken at all by
rprise US the outlines Of the char.
h were published several times be.
Re II was completed and all citizens
DO cared To- do so attended the
lettings OF the commission and ex-
essed their views on the matter.
be Times tries to make some CAPT.
out of the assertion that the usual
an of preparing charters Is to have
Pblic hearings and endorsements.
bis plan was followed before and as
lon as the people In mass meeting
BID all the civic organization en-
rsed non.partisan charter, the
INES and Its rtngrule followers i'm.
'ediateiy began an organized opposi.
pm to what the people asked for and
reed them to take q substitute. In
b light OF there facts IT, is strange
,w that The Times would become so
Fictitious as to what the people
ant.
|Ine chafter commission knowing
hat the people endorsed decided
Unanimously 10 ask the legislature
h the non-partisan charter although
bme OF them entertained several
biuluns III favor OF other plans.
|1he Legislature IL only being asked
right the wrong that was done be.
IRE by them. forcing the people to
tcept thing they did no Stwant.
The Times Is wasting its space in
alting o personal fight on Mr.. Davis
Il his connection with the charter
fange. ii rs not personal matter
hd what The Times says In this con.
ction viii be resented by many Of
9 best citizens Of the city who have
lent their lives In the city and who
" very large proportion of tho
Of the city. The new charter bill
bes not have to stand upon its par.
BAN feature. for II has none. It Is fair
lough to stand on its merits and
bon the economies IL brings about
the reductions Of salaries, matters
SO little consequence TO The Times
hit they are not even considered
all when the possibilit yof wrest-
X control OF the city government
|om gang of saiary:grabb erss rises
b over the horizon Of fair play to
bnfuse rs startled vision.
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Once on radiant morning.
All on a summers day.
My best beloved set forth with me
Along the hearts highway.
The land wasfilled with sunshine,
Because loved her so.
And all the world was good and fair
But that was long ago.
Now i am old and weary:
Mine eyes with tears are blind.
AS near the journeys end, i turn
Once more to look behind
Back to a radiant morning.
Back to "a summers day.
To her who once set forth with me-
But came not all the way.
Kendall Banning, in cornhill Book
ftilet. ~ We 81
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BestStoriies
Back From the Firing Line.

An Irishman and an Englishman.
having met recently, were describ-
ing the hair:breadth escapes they had
at the front. Is
Why said the Englishman, Tin
an engagement j took part in one OF
these German bullets nearly took the
hair of my FACET went so close.
What do you think of that fora close
shave r. e. Z ~
well" says Pat .in one engage!
fnent I was in one Of them German,
shells came SO close that It took the
hair OF me head. VIVA. do you think
of that for q haircutis he asked,
pointing TO his CLASSY poll.
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The Times objects to the new char
ter on the ground that, twas not con.
sidered in any public meetings. That
was done before and as soon as the
public unanimously en- dorsed a non.
PARTISAN charter, the Times insisted
that the people did not know what
they wanted. v 4.
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The Times is now getting very
much alarmed lest the affairs OF Fair
mont be run by zone man" The
Times has approved this course SO
long, we presumed that such plan
would meet with It's hearty approval.
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WANTS CHARTER CHANGED.

II will be noticed by a news item
in another column. that Senator Lowe
fayors q change Of some kind In the
charter that will make the govern:
ment OF Fairmont more economical"
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The city government Of the ALLIES.
while violently opposed to petitions"
for recall seem to- he heartily In favor
of a petition designed to safeguard
Their Jobs. Quite natural Don't be
fricked. YOU taxpayers.
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skippe rof Tramp (having lost his
bearings on a dark, stormy night. and
trying to get his position on an old
and filthy chart)-If that's Cardiff,
Bill, we're orl right; but II it's a n.y..
spot, 'eayen 'elp us!-London Opin.
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7He1pkYourself.

Young Wilmarth sought an inter.
view with Mr.. Carpenter.
sd like" said the young man nery
.ously, .fto marry your daughter, SIR
{"Well, I've got SIX" responded tina
.obliging father. Take all you want"
-Lippincott's. 5siF 2i5 -
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II The Times had any objection: TO
the provisions OF the new charter why
has IL been silent SO long and why
did 1t not point out any defects as me
provisions $of the charter were pup
lished from time to time in The West
virginian?
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Thursday and Friday, February 9 and
s. This Sexaminatio will be held In
Grant, Union and Winfield districts
only. The examinati Ion will be held
at the following schools:
Monongah. Watson and Nixon
schools In Grant district; Benton's
Ferry, Springer and Quiet Dell
schools in Union district; Forksburg,
Viola, Moran and Catawba schools In
Winfield district.
The second examination will be
held March 1926 at places to be an.
lounced later. III
Quick results; big returns; want
ad can do the trick.
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JustSnniles.
Needs symrTp,a;shy..

Mrs. WIS she a member Of many
afternoon clubs?
Mrs. T.-No, poor thing, she isn't.
She's married to one of those hus.
bands who insists on coming home to
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lIilla .Iulx

The people Of Alabama have until
July / to drink up, the liquor in the
state, which will go dry on that date
by legislative enactment passed over
the veto OF the governor.-Cumber-
land News,
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rhe Times' Charleston correspond.
et,t. calls Editor Davis q sneak-refect
4 moment over that-you know both
men. what do you think2
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To SEN Real Estate

place your3property1 before The buying
public. An ad In our Want Columns
viii do the work. one cent a word.
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Surely not that OF the Office holders
trust. Nay. nay, Therese Not on
your lie. l-- N
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The married man who has nothing
running around the house but a fence
may be lonely. But he can occupy his.
time in figuring out that he has saved
about 9,000.000,00o worth OF sleep
and about $3.50 worth Of paregoric.
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Beneath Hlo Dignity

hear that you're celebrated
fighter, I presume that you are in the
army. 49,
3 What! Mix with ragged, unclean'
revolutionists! l would not SO de.
grade myself. I fight the bull.
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When she gives you her hand In
marriage, do not get the idea that
she is going to lose her grip.
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The editor Of The Times always
has his optic on s yes boy.
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Diploma Exams To
BeIHeldI Next Week

THE flrst examination for the com.
mon school diploma VIII be held on
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NEW
cite who abandoned their
the Indictment obtained month
died of cold had
Attorney
Field.
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Nov tell mo why you; should want
to go to Heaven" said the Sunday
school teacher. That's where all the
best people co. replied the little
daughter Of the social climber.
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Senator Love introduces the Char.
ter .sby request Whose request2
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Playwright: Was De Crater salts.
fled with the part assigned him in my
new play?
Manager-Was De Crater ever
satisfied with part" of anything?
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AS we understand the advance no.
tices, Heaven is place where every.
one will mind his own business. II
this Is the case, the Prohibitionists
who manage to get in are going to be
mighty uncomfortable and miserable.
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A girl won't believe 1t. But the
pretty fellow with the dimples Is not
as apt to succeed as the homely fel.
low with lots of cheek. a
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a. woman can forgive an injury.
But she can't forget that she has for:
given 1t. :
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Luke NcLlke

About the third time a fellow calls
on a girl she could describe their new
home and go into details about the
color scheme and tell him where the
dining room Is located. But the fel.
low does not know It. Pei
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I. ~.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-28
Thirty-Third Annual Meeting
w. c.. T. u. Begins Sessions
Of State Work at Convention

year. Mrs. Armor visited twenty-five
places and organized three unions.
In the afternoon reports were
heard from the state secretaries of the
several branches of tn w. G. T. U.
Work: Young Peoples Branch, Mrs.
l.. P. Hubbs, Dalton; College Work,
Mrs. Leila billiard, Oxford; Loyal
Temperance Legion, Mrs. j. l.. Ken
nedy, GAINESVILLE.
A most impressive feature of the af-
ternoon session was a conservation
service conducted by Mrs. L. Mr.
Omer, of West Point, state superinten-
dent. In this service the mothers in
the audience came with their babies to
the altar and there white ribbons were
tied around their tiny wrists as a
pledge to the cause for which the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union