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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-10
MANNINGTON NEWS

this city with her daughter, Mrs. Pat
Haugh.
Miss Ora Dent is i'll at her home on
Dancer. avenue.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Doug.
las, q 12.pound baby girl.
NJ. c. Clayton, OF Mountain Lake
Park, is transacting business In this
city for few days.
Mrs. NJ. E. Summers has gone to
Grafton where she will visit with
friends.
There will be but one week Of the
Christas vacation given in the Man.
nington public schools this year.
William Gaughan has returned from
Clarksburg where he attended the fl.
neral OF a relative.
Mrs. Charles Toothman, OF the Je-.
leo addition. Is suffering from an ct.
tack OF tonsilitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talkington have re.
turned to Mcclellan after visiting with
friends in this city.
Mrs. D. S. Ferry and daughter.
Madge. have returned from Burghill,
Pa. where. they attended the funeral
OI Mrs. Z. !. beuuell, WHO WAS slS'
ter OF Mrs. Ferry.
Miss Eleanor Clelland. of the Clay.
ton addition, has returned from Ripley
where she has been working during
the millinery rush.
Mrs. D. A. Fitzherald is III at har
home on West Main street.
P. Neuferger, of Salem. Ohio, has
returned TO his home after visiting
with relatives in the South side of this
city.
Milt NJ. Taught, Of McMechen. is
in this city visiting with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Taught.
Miss Katherine Kumler won the
Alvin set Of silverware given away by
S E. Phillips and Companie.
F. M. Kent has returned to his home
In Parkersburg after visiting with
friends in this city.
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-10
Personals

Mrs. q. w. Beall and daughter, Miss
Ethel, Of the Clayton addition, are in
Fairmont visiting with the formers
mother, Mrs. 2. E. Layman.
Miss Beryl Stewart, Of Pleasant
street. Is in Clarksburg visiting with
Mrs. r. G.. Smith,
The Womants club will hold an ex-
change in the Bartlett Hotel building
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. "a. r. Conway has returned
from Fairmont where she was visiting
with friends.
Hon. J.W. Fitzpatrick, OF Clarks.
burg, issyisiting in this city. He is a
former resident.
Mrs. Harry Beatty and Miss Chris.
tine Morrison were visiting in Fair.
ont wednesday.
Little Miss Margaret Bowers is Ill
at her home on East High street.
Mrs. "a. M. Burt has gone TO Wheel.
ing where she will visit with her
mother Mrs. Elizabeth Wheate.
Word was received yesterday morn
ing from Denver. Colo. by Mrs. Leila
Koen, telling Of the critical condition
OF her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Berlin,
following an operation Cor append.
Miss Alice! Taylor has gone to Tren.
ton. N. u, where she will visit with
relatives. .,
Mrs. D. ]. Summers las returned
to her home in, Waynesboro. after
visiting in the Homewood addition of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-10
100000 Power plant

WHEELING. w. Va, Dec. 1O.-An.
nouncement has been made here that
the big power plant now being built
at Beech Bottom, few miles north
of this city, for the American Gas and
Electric Company, will eventually cost
s5,o0o,0o0. Only half that sum will
be spent at this time. The plant,
which is to supply power to industrials
in several West Virginia and Ohio cit.
les, is to be completed and in opera.
ton by July next.
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straus Succeeds Mccall

ALBANY, N. y, Dec. 1O.-oscar S.
Straus, OF New York, former United
States Ambassador to Turkey and
Progressive candidate for Governor In
1912, was named by Governor Whit.
man as member and chairman Of the
Down.State Public Service Commits.
sion, TO succeed Edward E. Mccall,
who was removed from office on Mon.
day.
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New keyser Postmaster

KEYSER, W. Va, Dec. 10.-P. H.
Keys has been chosen by Congress-
man w c. Brown for postmaster here
and 1t Is expected that his name will
be presented in the Senate for confirm
alton at an early date. 1t is expected
that Keys will take over the office
about January 1, 1916, leaving Post
master I. 7. Huffman to serve l6 days
after the expiration of his term.
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Different Announcements

The Woman's club party for the
teachers OF the public schools of this
city will be held at the home OF Mrs.
A. G. Clayton on Saturday afternoon
instead of the home of Mrs. G. NJ.
Bowers, sast forerly announced in the
West Xirginians Sickness in the Bow.
ers' home Is the cause OF the change.
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Club Entertained

Mrs, II. r. Furbee was hostess to
the members of the Non.de.scrip club
Wednesday afternoon at her home on
Furbee avenue. Fancy work was the
pastime OF the afternoon, followed by
refreshments. Mrs. Furbee was as
sisted by her daughter Miss Audele.
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MAKING Good

Friends Of Miss Virginia Hewitt,
daughter Of Mrs. a. L. Hewitt, will
be Dleaseds to learn that she appeared
With much success in concert re.
Gently given in the auditorium OF the
Cobs' Conservatory OF Music In Phil
adelphia, where she Is continuing her
musical studies. She played "Valse
Poetique by Combs, in a manner that
we'll merlted applause of the large
audience. In view of her success on
this occasion her appearance later on
during the musical season will be look
ed Iforward to with interest.
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Turkeys uppelr.l and eazaar

The oyster and turkey supper and
bazaar % be given in the vacant room
of the Hotel Bartlett building Friday
and Saturday BY the members OF the
CATHOLIC church will commence at five
O'Clock tonight. Bishop P. y. Donahue
OF Wheeling, will deliver an address.
Every effort has been made to MAXI
the affair q success. The fancy worn
table VIII as usual, display some val.
liable pieces that will be Of interest
TO the ladies.
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DRY FARMING HERE TO STAY
Many Farmers Have Proved That IL Is Success-Thousanoso Of Acres
 of Land Still Available.

Dry farming has come 10 stay. Many farmers have proved that 1t is sue cess. Some have failed. 1t is true. but their failure has been due to one of two causes-either the land was poor iy adapted to dry farming, or improper methods of farming were practiced.
 There is considerable land in the semiarid regions that is not good dry farm land. and probably never can be successfully dry farmed. But on the other hand, there are thousands of acres of splendid land yet available which are capable of producing profit able crops under scientific dry farm methods.
 It is of the utmost importance, how ever, to follow out these methods most carefully Often a fence. or only a division line, separates the man who Is dry farming at a profit from the man who is losing money. If you will study the difference carefully you will find that one is more thorough than the other in his operations. He blows deep and at the right time. he keeps down weeds, maintains a mulch to conserve moisture and selects good, clean seed of the right kind.
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Primitive Fjre-liohts,

Many people believe that the orig inal method of finding fire was by the simple friction uf two pieces of wood. The 'stick-and- groove" method, in which a blunt-pointed stick is run along a groove in a piece of wood iy- ing on the ground, is used by the Tahi- tians, who by this means can produce fire in a few seconds The aborigines of Australia used a stick eight or nine inches long which they revolyed with their hands on another fiat piece. us- ing as much pressure as possible. Many improvements upon this simple method are found, as that on the principle of the carpenters brace used by the Gauchos of the South Ameri- can pampas; the Eskimos' method of winding a cord round the drill, so as by pulling the two ends alternately to make it revoive very rapidly; the Sioux bow-drill in which bow with a loose cord is substituted for sim pie cord; and the pump-drill, familiar in English tool-shops, and used by the Iroquois to generate fire
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MoneX From Snakes.

Lewis Anthony, wellknown Ware farmer, expects to take legal action against a negro named John Ham mond because the negro killed large rattlesnake on NIT. Anthony's farm. ac cording to a Waycross (Ga.) core spondent of the New York Sun.
 Mir Anthony catches all snakes ir his settlement and sells them. and he figures that the negro has caused hin a loss of at least s1 in killing the rat tier.
 Hammond was working near Mir Anthony's farm, and when he saw a rattler he lost no time in getting 1t out of the way The snake had thirteen rattles and button.
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SAVED FR0ki GRAVE BY
 WONDERFUL REMEDY

'T feel like it had brought me from the grave
 After taking one dose of Mayrs Wonderful Remedy. W F.. Barnett of Glen. Colo. found relief from stomach trouble of years standing.
 MT Barnett's experience is typical of the experiences of stomach suffer CTS all over the country. For two years he bought and tried all kinds Of medicines and so-called cures" He got Mayrs Wonderful Remedy and after much hesitation took a dose Results were immediate The first dose convinced-it always does. MT Barnett wrote:
 '1 cannot say anything but words of praise for your Wonderful Remedy, after taking one bottle. I had spent all was able 10 spend for medicine Tor two years. Now I feel that your remedy has brought me from my grave"
 Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per manent results for stomach. liver and intestinal ailments. Eat as much and whatever you like. No more distress after eating pressure of gas in the stomach and around the heart. Get one bottle of your druggist now and try it on an absolute guarantee-if not satis- factory money will be retrrned.-Adv.
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Few Sailors Row or Swim.

A survivor from one of the tor pedoed ships says: We had no men in our boat who could TOW. had nev- CT rowed a boat before, but I can do so now" The smallness of the num- Der Of men in our mercantile marine who can handle a rowboat would surprise the majority of people. and those who can handle sail are an even smaller band. They get almost no opportunity of learning. As for swimming, very few are experts. and battalions of them cannot swim a stroke Just last summer I sailed with British cargo boat officered by nonswimmers, and having on board only four men in all who believed that. unaided. they could keep them selves afioat-London Chronicle.
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FACTS ABOUT SUDAN GRASS
One Remarkable Thing is That No body Is Knocking it-Eseels As
 Drought Crop.

There is one remarkable thing about Sudan grass: nobody is knocking it. When feterita appeared the hammers were immediately taken up. and that really splendid grain crop for thin soil and dry years had to battle its way to the front, which it did in magnificent shape. Sudan grass and feterita are really companion crops; the one for hay and the other for grain. They are both easily more drought-resistant than any of the previously known sorghums.
 A conservative estimate of Sudan grass is that it is decidedly higher in feeding value to cane hay, while St the same time possessing the advan' tage of being finer and easier handled. At least two crops can be cut in an average year. It stools more proilh- cally than any other crop. and conse- Quently less feed is required. Its feeding value is superior to prairie hay, timothy or any of the known sorghums. but not equal to alfalfa, It can be made to serve as pasture crop. with good results. Its ability to make a good crop under conditions which no other crop except possibly feterita san withstand should not be overlooked. Apparently there is only one caution 10 be exercised in taking hold of Sudan grass, and that IS to look out for Johnson grass. which is very similar in appearance. and which is a pest except where il freezes out
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about two feet above lre concrete

about two feet above lne concrete floor.
 There is a door in the west end and another one in the east end of the house. Also there is doorway through the center partition. IL will depend upon the climate whether the west door shall be boarded up tight in the winter or left open for use. In sum mer the doors may all be left open.
 This poultry house may be built higher or lower, according to the eli mate: also the upper part of the house is finished differently where the cold is extreme.
 Sometimes louver openings are put in the ends of the gables and a loose floor of narrow strips placed overhead for a ceiling. Over these strips the little loft is filled with clean straw. Air finds its way slowly through the fliing of straw. without causing a draft
 Sometimes the straw is supported by stretching woven wire fencing at the proper height It is good way 
 to ventilate poultry house 1: the straw is always kept clean. A perma- nent filling Of straw makes harbor to shelter lice. mites and feas, the three most persistent insect enemies that poster poultry.
 Poultry houses built on this plan in the more northern sections of the country. where a great deal of zero weather is expected in the winter time. are ceiled overhead at height not exceeding six feet from the floor. The ceiling may be level in the front part of the house until where it joins the rafters. The ceiling boards are then nailed to the rafters. A ceiling usually is made hy tack ing building paper on the lower edges of the ceiling ioists. This paper is
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DEEP FLOWING IS ESSENTIAL
Many Farmers Do Not Understand Necessity Of Preparing Good Seed
 6ed-Pscker Is Needed.

Deep blowing is essential in all dry farming countries. The use of the subsurface packer or some other i'm plement that will pack the furrow slice firmly down against the subsoil again, also is necessary. Too many farmers do not understand the Deces- sity of preparing a perfect seed bed. They are inclined to blow and harrow the ground with the single purpose in view of getting loose dirt to cover the seed This is a mistake. for loose dirt is only an incident in the prepara. tion of a seed bed and may have but little relation to moisture conservation which is. after all. the essential thing in all semiarid countries.
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A Mix-up i'm Overcoats
 v Dy Mary Gertrude Sheridan
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 A happy man was Clyde Brewster. at his happiest when the girl he loved, May Worthington, was by his side. She was in that delightful situation now. as they left the train which had carried them from their home suburb to the city.
 They were passing with the crowd down the platform Co the exit when. suddenly, bright-faced, petite young lady, loveliness and grace in her every movement, ran sp behind Clyde, reached her arms across his shoulder binding him by pressing both of her pretty hands over his eyes and, her own full Of mischief. called out:
 Guess who,"
 May stared. the crowd grinned some silly girls giggled to the in tense modification of May. Her es- cort struggled free of the imprisoning hand. He faced the girl. She fiushed d crimson. darted away and was lost in the crowd
 There were significant smiles all about May bridled up. stony faced till Clyde actually shivered. He hur, ried her to the street.
 Who was audacious crea, ture?" iterated May. icily. resentment and suspicion in her tones.
 .'l never saw her before Don't you see it was all a mistake? Why. ah, ah," cried Clyde in a relieved tone, its the overcoat."
 Really" spoke May, dubiously. but her face frightened.
 Why. of course" acclaimed Clyde with extraordinary energy and earnest. ness. How palpable. Here yester. day evening some man took my over, coat from the train rack, as told you He S probably a commuter. like my, self. From some papers in this coat which l have had 10 wear and which as you see. is Of startling pattern, have secured his office address and will get my garment back. That girl undoubtedly took me for this Payne yes. that is the name on his card Roger Payne"
 May was pacifed. Then. later. she faced a discovery that was a wild de structive tornado in its nature. Ii Clyde had known of it he would have gone all 10 pieces. Innocent. faithful but guileless lover, he left May 10 go in search Of this Roger Payne. As he
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Mules Always in Demand

In Farm and Preside Judge W R. Schooler, a successful stock breeder and feeder in southwestern Missouri shows the real value of mules and the money that there is to be made in them. Judge Schooler has a thou sand-acre farm and is an expert on the breeding and care Of mules. The following brief extract taken from his article shows the value of mules:
 "A good mule should weigh from 1.200 to 1.4o0 pounds. and mules of this class will bring from si00 to ss00 a span. A great many of these are sold east along the Mississippi river, while the smaller ones weighing
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PIT SlL0 MOST ECONOMICAL
Any Man Can Build One. as IL Re. quires Little skiIi-saves Crop
 During Droushty Year.

The pit silo is the cheapest and best silo you can build. A good pit silo may be built for an actual outlay Of cash for material not to exceed thirty del. lars. Any man can build one. as it requires little skill; no high priced machinery is necessary for filling; it can't fall down; there is no upkeep and the ensilage can't freeze. The silo will save your crop during a droughty year and give feed carry. ing all the value of the green fodder. If you build a silo and feed one win. ever farmed without one.
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The Human Touch.

There Must be a sensitive touch. visitor to a manufactory saw a man molding clay into pots. Notici-s that all the molding was donc oy hand. he saiu to me workman: Why do you not use tool to aid you in shaping the clay?' The workman replied:
 There is no tCol that can do this work We have tried different ones, but somehow it needs the human touch" And how true it is that in shaping lives for God there is need of the human touch We cannot do the Lords work by machinery Jesus touched men, imparting health, cleans ing and Biblical Recorder
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Hich or Low Forehead?

Says Almost-Every Woman to her beauty specialist: Do you consider my forehead high or low?"
 Both pairs of eyes are on the smooth, white forehead with it's frame of rippling hair mirrored in the cheval glass before them.
 Well replies the specialist, "a high forehead is a sign of intellect and
 "Oh, mine is SO ;ga, is it not?" in- terrupts AlmostEvery-Woman, meas. uring with scrutinizing eyes from eye. brow to hairline-
 "A low one" continues the beauty doctor, ''is a sign of beauty"
 No, really again interrupts Al most-EveryWoman, really mine is now-oh. surely. truly it i-i-s LOW, isn't it?" eagerly, impatiently she questions.
 ''Oui, oui. madame, very, very low. is the reply.
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"Mr. Payne, l Assume7"

entered the office of the latter be no- ticed his coat lying over the back of a chSir.
 "Ar Payne. I assume?" he said. and as the other nodded in assent, Clyde added: I've got your coat and gloves and thought I'd come and get your hat, tool"
 The other met Clyde half way in a laughing exchange of the coats and a mutual explanation. Clyde went on his way, pleased over the episode. A sumner" welcomed him as he reached h.s home that evening.
 It came Tn the shape Of formal, al most stern communication from the mother of May. In a few well chosen words it informed Clyde that hereafter. by wish and sanction Of May. his permanent absence from the Worth ington home was desired and insisted on.
 There was a line added to the letter that had sting to 1t, as though It was an afterthought 1t ran: The prized love letter of your hoyden acquaint ance of the depot cannot be returned as it was destroyed"
 Jealous still of that madcap girl al the train,' was the first thought of Clyde.
 But the love letter-what love let ter?" he added, mystified and dis mayed.
 Next day he wrote to May. Letter returned, unopened. He tried to tele phone her-receiver hung up. Then he heard, incidentally. that the Worthing tons were preparing to go off to sum mer resort His hopes and his appe tite failed him. He could not sleep The third day he was walking deject edly along the street when a hand clapped him heartily on the shoulder Clyde turned to face Roger Payne the girl who had blindfolded him al the depot hanging on his arm.
 Miss Lansing" introduced Payne ~Doat lcok confused. She has told ms
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EXCELLENT DRY FARM CROP
Kafir is Essentially Drought Resist ing Plant-corn SiIaoe is Su-
 perior for Milk.

kafir is essentially a drought-resist- ing crop and it is not proper to com pare it with corn in those sections in which corn does best Where the rainfall is sufficient to grow good crops of corn it probably will not prove profitable to raise kafir for silage. Under proper conditions of moisture corn will yield more fodder 10 the acre. and corn silage is some what superior to kafir silage for milk production.
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summer. because the same construc- ,ion that keeps out the cold will keep out the heat
 This two-compartment poultry house is 16 by 32 feet in size. with a parti- ton across the middle.
 A building put up in this manner. with the roof pitched in two direc- ;ions, costs little more than a good shed roof house the same size on the ground. but it has a better appear ance.
 The reason for dividing the house into two compartments is that poultry do better when kept in smaller num- bers. Successful poultry raising sems to depend to a certain extent upon limiting the number of fowls to 90 or 70 together in one compart- ment.
 Poultrymen differ in regard to the number that may be kept together. Some draw the line at 9. IL is diffi- cult to furnish dust baths and clean water, with sufficient scratching sur face, for 8 flock of more than 8 or 40 without getting the buildings too large. Large poultry houses are ex. pensive. Like all other lines of busi. ness, there are limitations that should be recognized in order to come out right on the profit side.
 Poultry houses built in this style usually have a wider slope of roof at the back, SO that the back of the building is made lower than the front. Poultry houses usually are faced to, ward the south, so that the roof is made
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,ieher in front to get the warmth and light from the sun. The way the win dows are made in this poultry house admits both light and ventilation. The window frames are made in the usual way anc are fitted with single sash Ventilation is provided by one extra vide window for each compartment. which is covered with very thin cotton cheese cloth. The cotton is so thin that it admits air as well as light. As the days become longer and warmer towards spring both window openings nav be covered with cheesecloth
 The plan shows the roosts al me hack and the nest boxes in the front part oi the ncase- These nest boxes are made 10 ree. or wfh oracke"
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MatrimonY's Cost.

Timid Youth-What do have to pay for marriage license?
 Facetious Clerk-Well, you get it on the installment plan,
 Timid Youth-llow's that?
 Facetious Clerk-Two dollars down and most of your salary each week for the rest of your life.