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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
WEST VIRGINIA TOWN is
IN THE REAL LIMELIGHT
Fnirmont, the Iivest Kind Of Mining
Town. Comes Forward with Very
Good Showing.

FAIftMONT. w. VA. August 81
The Consolidation Coal Company has
Just let contract for 104 dwelling
houses at it's new Helen's Run develop
ment. j. NJ. kisner & Bro. OF Fair
mont. received the contract for tho
houses at Idamay Mine. and Nicoli
Building Company, Of Pittsburgh. will
ouiid the houses at Carolina Tho
work on these houses will start at
once.
The contract for six miles OF rail.
road for the Fairmont- Helens Run
hallway Company, connecting the
baltimore and Ohio near Chiefton with
the Consolidation mines, Idamay and
carolina. were recently let to j. L. An
derson & Bros, Altoona Pa Arrange
inents for the beginning OF this work
are now completed. and it will be
pushed rapidly to completion.
The work OH the new Normal School
building. which when completed will
cost $4,000. is we'll under way j. l..
Grouse. of Greensboro. y. c.. has the
contract
The paving of twenty-three miles Of
road In Fairmont Magisterial District.
which includes part OF the city OF
Fairmont. Is more than half complct cd.
and Will probably he finished by the
first OF November this year at a cost
VI sou',Vth. HlInlldT TOaU "OTk Is be-
ing completed in Warrington District
Marion County. at total cost of
100000 for about twenty-five miles Of
road. These roads are OF brick and
concrete. and are among the finest
highways In the county. In addition
to these two districts In the county
with work we'll under way Union
Winfield. Lincoln and Paw Paw are
making plans for similar work, with
Indications that vote will be taken on
the proposed improvements this fall.
With the completion OF work now
under way and that proposed in the
above named districts, Marion County
Will have the most complete road sys-
tenn OF any county In the state.
Coal business in this region Is fast
assuming normal conditions. Many OF
tho companies are now operating to
full capacity. and the prospects for the
late summer and fall are very good.
With all steel mills running, as It ap-
pears they soon will be, all other in
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eleison." The desire and the certainty
OF victory famed out from their souls
and their youthful eyes. Like the
oSiFai niche In the choir OF the An
1ouvin Church. SO did the centuries
Key OF death and the key OF resurrec-
| ton.
The Spirit of n New Lnud.
In that Catholic melody and in the
splendor Of that blood about to be
shed methought | saw the first Inca
, ments of the new F'atherland. born OF
our wonderful anguish and the most
divine OF our myths.
Continuing my onward rush toward
the Adriatic, l passed through the de-
molished towns and villages; passed
through white cemetery of ruins
which looked like the skeleton Of an
unburied nation. Everywhere, con-
fronting death, n new life developed
confronting dcsolation was hope: con-
fronting sadness. indomitable courage.
Courage built up anew the cities bound
by tho bonds of brotherhood over heaps
Of ruins.
Tho priest performed his sacred
office underneath the cupola of heaven
before the altar recovered from the
ruins of the chapel The cracked
church bell hung from an oaken
branch. The ragged community met
under matched roof to hold con-
ference. Three hundred wills decided
the reconstruction OF the city walls
over the bones of twenty thousand
dead. And around and afar there
stretched the opulent basin OF the
Fucino, the Horn of Ambulance, with
Its long row OF musical poplars, with
its well-watered meadows, its vine
yards, its orchards. Its fields of wheat.
At Palermo. once a Roman castle. on
the rugged hill, aftcrward the strong
hold of counts. where Thomas of Celano
put to flight and imprisoned the i'm
perial troops of Frederick II. in 1923
at Palermo. I say, nothing remained
but heap of white dust. most sad
to behold under the merciless sun.
Woman Cuts the Grain.
At the foot of the hill there waved
a field of corn, already ripe. with its
ears full and heavy. of n deeper color,
among which there blazed forth here
and there the poppics reddcr than the
first Jet of blood that issues from the
severed artery Of the neck. And be
fore that field of corn only one woma II
was STOPPING, dressed in mourning.
with sunburnt face and sunhurnt arms.
And that woman, not suhducd by death
or by life, cut the grain with her
we'll sharpened sickle. Alone she did
the work OF ten men, hravely. strongly,
untiringly. admirable as the soldiers
who sang in the ancient church of the
victory before going to the battle and
to death.
This is the new Italy; these are the
great visions: these are the inspiring
examples of New Italy.
Haec est Italia dis Sacre tHere Is
Italy ascred to the Gods).
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LONDON HAS AMAZING
VARIETY OF BADGES
CONTINUED from First Page)

CONTINUED from First Page)
are ready to tuck UP their sleeves and
work with democratic zeal. which
rises far beyond all politics, without a
thought of personal benefit. If they
can earn anything in the process. they
are grateful. and save every penny for
the successful prosecution of the war.
Their enthusiasm and their patriotism
is real. and il is TO the intuitive per-
ception of her women that France
owes the progress that has been made
In many directions a soon as the true
awfulness of this world war was seen
and felt.
Speaking of the effect this example
should have upon London and England
the reverend pleader says: Women
not only should, but must, have their
chance of serving. Neither money
nor party should stand in the way.
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keting plan. might easily result in
the Introduction of Southern ado
summer suits into all the Northern
cities.
New Orleans Is big enough and
skilled enough to undertake the VEN
ture. and the success OF the Palm
Beach makers way down East i'm Maine
shows what an organization Of South
ern suttmakers might do II an ade-
quate effort were to be made.'
Richmond Is big enough and skilled
enough to undertake the venture" and
SO arc the cotton mills OF Danville,
and SO Is Fredericksburg, and so Is
Petersburg, and so are some OF the
new towns In Virginia. AS matter
OF fact. the new town OF Virso might
take onto this Yankee tip. Why not?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22

thought of 1t since They found out
also. and found It out before they In
vested. that the lands they took up
were surrounded in all directions by
the very best and most prolific timber
gram ana tobacco lands to be found
III All or this part of old Virginia.
Virso takes It's name from tho two
railway lines that first formed II june
ton where ii lives and moves and
has Its being. Virso Is not even II town
yet: 1T isn't even a post-otficc, but tho
hustling people who propose to make
Firso great city will sec to 1t that
1T will be a post office, an official sta
tionon three roads, Il Stopover and all
the like OF that.
There are some hustlcrs in charge
of Nirso, and 1t is my prediction that
within three months. to say the least
or 1t, steam engines, gas engines. mo-
tor cars and a great many other manu-
featuring things will be mighty busy
i'll NirSo.
The management of the town. that
is to be, is now in the hands OF the
Virso Development Corporation. with
temporary Offices tuntil Virso gets on
the postal lisD at Kenbridge. Lunen-
burg County. The officers are: Robert
Blackwell. of Danville, president: a. J.
Britton. OF Nirso. vice-prcsident and
treasurer; d. Z. Kennedy. of K,enbridGc,
secretary.
The Virso company has taken good
deal OF time to get its ducks In the
right kind OF u row, and no chances
have been taken. What II has to offer
to prospectors is as good az wheat.
The company owns and controls
something like 1900 acres of land in
tho good old County Of I.uncnburS. and
perhaps 300 acres in Prince Edward
County, which county, by the way.
hobs right up against the corporate
limits of the town, or city. Of Nirso.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
GREAT SOUTHERN HIGHWAY
AN ALL-THE-YEAR. ROUTE
From Near the Atlantic on to the PA
cfnc-Grent Plan BEING Worked

At mesiing of the Dixie overland
Highway Association. recently held in
Savannah. Ga. a constitution and by
laws was adopted. over thousand
members enrolled and new officers
elected. The officers are: Frank G..
l.umpkn, president. Columbus, Ga:
Frank C. Battcy. ice-president- at
large. Savannah. Ga; Leland J. Hem
derson, secretary-treasurer. Columbus,
Ga. and a State vice-president for
Georgia. Alabama. Mississippi. Louis
lana, New Mexico. Arizona and Cali
fornia.
AS there is a Dixie Trail" and a
Dixie Highway" in the South, the
change OF the name Dixie Overland
Highway" is being considered. CT.
Gunby Jordan, of Columbus. Ga. was
selected chairman of committee to
consider the change OF name
a resolution was adopted calling on
the citizens OF Georgia TO lend every
effort TO make a frst-class highway
between Savannah and Columbus. Most
Of this highway is constructed. and
all the remainder is now under con-
struction between Columbus and
Savannah.
rTdnh y. potteS' VI ''''
was selected as chairman Of a COM
mittee to consider the route of the
highway. The general route has been
adopted. but between some cities there
are two or more routes TO be con-
sidered The adopted route OF the
highway is: Savannah. Columbus. Ga;
Montgomery, Selma. Ala: Meridian,
Jackson. vicksburE. Miss: Shreveport.
La: Dallas Fort Worth, I'll Paso. Tex;
Phoenix, Ariz., and San Diego, Cal.
The advantages Of this highway lie
in the fact that II Will be open for use
the entire year round. Automo biles
may he brought to Savannah from
the North or boats at a season OF the
year when the tourists wish to visit
the South. The highway, it is claimed,
will give the shortest possible route
across the United States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
FACTORIES ON THE FARM;
DIARIES AND THE LIKE

VTEI ,
In North Carolina. Creamerics need
not necessarily be cooperative, for
we recently visited a Northern State
where the creamery and dairy indus
try has made many multi millionaircs
We ate fresh cheese made every day
along with butter, ice-cream. milk.
cream. milk bread and milk dessert
preparations. fresh or canned, deliv-
cred not only locally but shipped all
over America and even exported to
foreign countries. Maybe you'd bet
ter try some lunch cheese made into
cakes about the size Of cake of gold
en- Jersey butter TO IL snugly into
the same sealed shipping cans in
which butter is shipped
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"I'ionccr store in city OF vir.o."

But what about it? A point that IS
the junction OF three trunk railway
lines. two of them being in direct touch
with the coal fields. must needs be II
good manufacturing point. 1t must
also he Il pretty good place for whole
sailing and jobbing, provided il is not
too close To more aggressive competing
points. Nirso Is siXty-scvcu miles from
ltchmond. scvcnty-three miles from
panvillc, l5i miles from Norfolk and
several miles further from Roanoke.
This Nirso proposition does not seem
to ask any odds Of the points named.
and there is a strong probability that
sooner or later some Of the towns
named above will have 10 compete
with Forthcoming jobhiuE- houses in the
forthcoming town. or city. Of Nirso.
Facts That Were Attractive.
These are some OF the facts that
dEitatc'i the minds Of several iinancicrs
and they decided that the point where
the Nirginian Railway and the southern
Railway and the Norfolk and Western
Railway all came together away off
in n corner of Luneuhurc County was
mighty good point to make "a great
Virginia manufacturing town. Thev
were quick on the job. and got there
ahead Of some other pcopl" who have
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22

close contact with the Southern Rail-
way. and just exactly where the Nor
folk and Western Railway line is push
ing It's new freight short line" to come
IN at Rurkevillc. and to avoid the great
hiSh-briGgc trouble.
rms Nirso town. and really it is not
Il town Yet. has already absorbed much
OF the interest of some of the sur
rounding bailiwicks and there arc pco-
pic in the old land who predict that
within the next three months. or some
thing like that, there will be some
thing doing. and a great deal OF II. Mt
NirSo.
NOW, AS to NirSo. II is there. True,
there is not very much of it just yet.
but there is going to he Il great deal
# 1t later on. Just now there is only
one store and only one residence in tho
coming city OF Nirso.
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VIRGINIA HUSTllNG IN
TWENTIETH CENTURY

Continued from Second Page)
country behind it: that has all OF the
good water anybody is looking for
and that has cheap land for sale in all
directions is mighty good location
on which to build great Virginia
town. found just this thing at
point up in I-uncnburg County, where
that county juts over on to the
Prince Edward County line and where
the Nirginian Railway line comes into
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-10-27
@4Es@, -
AFCaIIey O. Fun /!

AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH.

AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH.
| cannot do less than rise, though
I'm taken by surprise; supposed that
! was out OF sight and reach over here
behind the table; but find ! am un'
able to escape the usual summons foI
a speech. 4Ntif.r t.
Last week, down on the ferry, Imei
Mr.. Secretary and he casually in
quired If | could preach. ! said, No
but could practise; then he said
"The solemn fact is, at our banque
you'll be called on for a speechP'
protested, on the spot, that I'd rathe
far be shot, that it would make mA
blush as scarlet as a peach, that my
tongue would catch and stutter, and
my legs grow weak and totter, if |
tried to stand up here and make a
speech.
"Well," said he, then write poem
that is so compact and so imaginative
write a madrigal on pork; write a
bread-and- butter ballad; write a
sonnet upon salad; write of Mary's
little lamb-chops on forkl Write
homily on hash; write song on sue
cotash; write a parody on pickles in
canl Write a paean on potatoes;
write treatise on tomatoes; write an
epic on an epicurean. Write an idyl
TO frogs legs; write chant to
scrambled eggs; write soul-inspirina
anthem to a haml Write pastoral
TO baked beans, or to cabbages o,
greens; write delicate cantata to q
clam"
Thanks" said 1; 81 really should
like to do it il ! could; ! would gladly
sing the praises OF the bean; would
write lobster lyric or frying pane
gyric, or an olio on oleomargarine.
But dear mel | haven't time for
couplet or a rhyme in this fragrant
apotheosis of meat. I'm afraid OF pots
and kettles, and / do not care for
victuals; and any time I'd rather work
than eat But" said |, 'I'll do my
duty; will join the ranks of beauty,
with a dainty bib and tucker upon
each, and I'll be pretty waiter, and
industriously cater to the chaps who
are obliged to make a speech"
So he said he couldn't refuse me;
If too busy, he'd excuse me; and ]
thanked him that my jaded muse he
spared. That was only Friday morn.
ing, Now the president, without warn
ing, sails upon me when I'm wholly
unprepared.
am sorry, but, between US, by the
shade. OF old Silenus, by the spooks ol
ali the cooks that've passed away
by the ghost of this dead chicken
whose backbone have been pickin'-
can't think of single word to say.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-10-27
STOP THE MISERY
OF INDIGESTION
Simple Vegetable Remedy That Ends
Gourness, Belching, Reaviness,
Heartburn and Dizziness.

DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry has been so successful in the treat
rlent Of Indigestion, that thousands
OF former sufferers owe their good
health of to-day to its wonderful
power, and testimonials prove it,
1t arouses the little muscular fbres
into activity and causes the gastric
juices to thoroughly mix with the food
you eat. simply because it supplies the
stomach with pure rich blood. It's
weak, impure blood that causes stom-
ach weakness. Get good blood through
the use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, and you win have no more
indigestion.
1t is the worlds proved blood puri-
fer. Start to take it to-day and before
another day has passed, the impurities
of the blood viii begin to leave your
body through the liver. kidneys, bowels
and skin, and in a few days you will
know by your steadier nerves, fr1ner
step. keener mind. brighter eyes and
clearer skin that the bad blood is pass
ms out. and new, rich, pure blood is
filling your veins and arteries.
The same good blood win cause PIN
pies, acne, eczema and all skin erup-
tions to dry up and disappear. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
the helpful remedy that nearly every
one needs. It contains no alcohol or
narcotics of any kind. 1t cleanses the
blood and every organ throug. which
the blood flows is benefited. Ce it to-
day at any medicine dealer in liquid or
tablet form.
ical Adviser 1t is free. Send Doctor
Pierce, Buffalo n. y. 3 dimes or stamps
t9 cover wrapping and mailing only.
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ADVOCATES OF DEATH OF
BOOZE SEE VICTORY
(coNTiNuEp FROM pAcs ONE,

Z ftcoNTiNuED FROM PAGE ONE,
lions and the approach of another
presidential campaign Administra-
ton leaders, who might otherwise be
against the proposed resolution, are
now declared to be in favor of it az
a means Of eliminating the liquor
question from national politics next
year.
1t is asserted that the liquor inter-
ests will not oppose the resolution as
stubbornly as heretofore, because
they believe that iftit passes. they
can prevent the ratification Of the
proposed amendment by a sufficient
number of states for at least a num-
Yer Of years. 's3 - a1
3rys Sure Of Victory, s4 4st
Ever since the defeat Of the Hob
son resolution last session, the offic-
ers of the Anti-Saloon League Of
meriea have been busy in an effort
, l,ne up sufficient votes to put it
rough the house shortly after con-
gress eonvenes again in December.
they are now confident that they
have the votes.
From sources close to the league
{ was learned that it win concen-
rate its efforts at the coming session
Wholly upon two projects. One is
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-10-27
WHAT TO Do TO GET FIT
AND INCREASE WEIGHT
the Real Cause Of Thlnnese.

Most people eat from four to six
pounds of good solid fat-making food
every day and still do not increase
in weight one ounce, while on the
other hand many Of the plump,
chunky folks eat very lightly and
keep gaining all the time. It's all
bosh to say that this is the nature
of the individual. 1t isn't Natures
way at all.
Most thin people stay thin because
their powers of assimilation are de-
fectiye. They absorb just enough OF
the food they eat to maintain life
and a semblance of health and
strength. Stuffing won't help them.
A dozen meals a day won't make
them gain single stay there"
pound. All the fat-producing ele-
nsnts of their food just stay there
in the intestines until they pass
from the body as waste. What sreh
people need is something that will
prepare these fatty food elements 20
that their blood can absorb them and
deposit them all about the body
something too. that will multiply
their red blood corpuscles and in
crease their bloods carrying power.
For such condition it is We'll tc
recommend eating a Sargol tablet
with every meal Sargol is not as
some believe a patented drug, but is
simply careful combination OF six
Of the most effective and powerful
and flesh building ele
ments known to chemistry. 1t is alb
harmless, yet has been won
derfully effective and a single tablet |
eaten with each meal often. accord |
ing to reports Of users. has the effect |
of increasing the weight OF thin
man or woman from three to five
rounds a week. Sargol is sold by all |
rood druggists everywhere on pos
tive guarantee OF weight increase or
money back.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-10-27
THE GUTHRIE DAILY LEADER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81 1915

the IElohson amendment and the 9th.
er is the measure TO make the Dis
tr,ct of Columbia dry The league
believes that it viii be able to put
both measures through
It's officers feel that tAe real fight
lies in the house, where the margin
IS close. IN the senate they elaim to
have more than two-thirds victory.
nrys Hold Whip Hand.
The drys are in excellent position
to push their fight in the house this
year. Senator Underwood of Ala
bama, former majority leader, was
not in sympathy with their cause. His
successor as chairman of the ways
and means committee and a Demo-
cratic leader Representative Kitehin
Of North Carolina, IS a most ardent
dry Also Judge Clayton of Alabama
during his service as chairman OF tho
house judiciary committee. was mot
friendly to the drys. When he re-
tired to take the position on the fed
eral bench, Congressman Webb of
North Carolina, joint author with
Senator Kenyon of Iowa of the Webb
Kenyon law, succeeded him. Webb,
like Kitchin, is strongly in favor Of
passing the constitutional amend
ment resolution.
1t is conceded by the vets that the
drys viii be able to get the measure
reported from the judiciary commit
tee. Also the vets concede the fact
that most Of the Democratic leaders
in the house, now that Underwood
has moved on to the senate, are in
favor Of the prohibition amendment.
Is it for rent? Try Ths Leader
Want Columns.
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That prosperity reigns in Oklahoma
is evidenced by an enormous shipment
of coffee from the Oklahoma City i'm
porting ana roasting mills Of the
Nilliamson-H -Halsell Frasier company.
This one-day's shipment Of $4,000
pounds of coffee is probably the
largest recorded in the history of
Oklahoma coffee industry. In speak
ing of the remarkable growth Of the
Of this local firm, Mr. Dech-
man, who is superintendent Of the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-10-27

Monroe City, Mo.-Farmers Of Il Is
community are spending their nights
in the marshes catching frogs by
which Albert Farquer hopes to be
cured OF cancerous growth which
threatens his life. The breast of a
living frog is placed against the
sore, and absorbs the poisons. Far
quer is rapidly recovering. The
farmers hunt frogs with sacks and
electric torches, which they flash in
to tie eyes Of the croakers and blind
them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-10-27
TWO CHAPTERS.

lgYoung man (over the counter) II
| should want to exchange this en-
gagement ring for something else il
will be all right, won't it9
Jeweler-Oh, certainly, with pleas.
ure. We. are always glad to accom-
modate patrons.
Same young man (over the counte'
one year later)-I believe you told
me when | bought this ring could
exchange II for something else.
Jeweler.-Yes, what will you have?
Young MAXWELL, Id like to ex-
change it for a barrel Of -four, q
bushel Of potatoes, ham and load
OF coal
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-10-27
HOW YOU LOVE?

II your love for any one tinged with
Jealousy? stopl Think All jealousy
i.gselfishness, for it proves that you
are but loving yourself through an
other If your love were wholly for
The object the other person. nothing
that could in tie least add to that
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boy, the favor is asked that he bring
Il about. The letter is quaint, and
reads:
please answer any spare time.
Dear Mr.. President Wilson,
"We are glad to her that you are
going to get married again.
we want to ask favor, if we
could have school off when you get
married.
This is the first time ever wrote
a president, and am sincerely hoping
that you will answer it,"
The boy declared himself a "Citi-
zen of the United States"
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A MITIGATING FEATURE.

IT'S pretty hot here, isn't III! SAID
a new arrival to Lucifer
@"Yes," replied his Satanic Majesty
'sThe heat is what you might call ex-
cessive, but then it's dry heat There
is no humidity about it"