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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-09
East Side News
AT M. e. Church.

One of the greatest reviyals held in
this ward for. some time is now in pro.
gress at the Diamond Street M. E.
church. Services are being held each
afternoon at. two-thirty o'clock, except
Monday and Saturday, and each even.
Ing at 1880 o'clock. All of the services
are attended by large congregations,
and some very good scriptural ser.
mons are being delivered by the pas.
tor. The meetings have been going on
for -four, weeks with about forty con.
versions, and remarkable interest is
shown by each member of the church
as well as those outside the church.
On Sunday evening Rev. Workman
preached an interesting and instruc.
tive sermon or Home" At the ser.
vice last evening the subject of the
sermon was "And as many as touched
Him were made whole" Rev. Work.
man dealt with sin and disease, show.
ing their 1ikenesses and disagree.
ments, bringing forth the fact that
as disease is the result Of the viola.
tion of the laws of nature, so is sin
the result of the violation OF the MOI.
al laws. Disease, though cured, often.
times leaves its marks, and this is
also the case with sin. AS disease
bring suffering to ourselves and our
friends, sin also causes not only the
sinner to suffer, but their friends suf-
fer, too. After comparing the two In
this manner, the speaker then brought
before the minds Of his hearers the
difference in the cure. showing them
that 1t often requires, years for the re.
coyery from disease, while sin only
REQUIRES the touch of God TO cure.
Rev. Workman is an able speaker
and never fails TO interest his hearers.
he public is cordially invited to attend
these revival services, which will prob
ably continue all this week, as much
interest is being shown.
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Lady Of Taylor
County Passes Away
MOTHER OF 7. 3. HENDERSON
DIED YESTERDAY AFTER.
NOON AT HOME.

Mrs. Isabelle Henderson, wife of
Mr.. Robert Henderson, and mother of
7. B. Henderson, OF this city, died
Monday afternoon shortly after 2
O'clock at her home on Gladly Creek,
Taylor county. She had been In de.
clining health for several years, but
her last illness was Of short duration.
Her son received a message on Sun.
day night announcing her critical iii.
ness, and with Mrs. Henderson left
at once for her bedside driving across
the country.
Mrs. Henderson was aged SO years
and is survived by her husband and
several children. namely. Mrs. Sarah
Hayhurst, Mrs. Ellie Henderson, Mrs.
Dennis Mckinney, George w. Hender.
son, all of whom reside in the Gladly
Creek community, and Thomas B.
Henderson of Fairmont. Five chill.
dren are deceased. One son, Mr.. Glib.
son Henderson, died at Clarksburg
several months ago. Mrs. Henderson
was one OF the Oldest residents OF
Glady Creek, and resided in that COM
munity all Of her life. Before her
marriage she was Miss Isabelle Hen
derson, but belonged to a different
branch from her husbands family.
She was an excellent Christian won.
an with a kind, gentle disposition,
and her place in the home circle will
be sadly missed.
The funeral will take place We'd
nesday about noon. Several relatives
and friends from Fairmont, Grafton
and other points in this section will
attend.
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Movement Is Again Under
Headway To Erect Signs
And Reminder Houses
.CQST I0BEAB0UTSl500
ALL MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED FAVORABLE
AcTIoNse Y BOARD.

A vigorous, organized effort is be.
ing made by the business men OF Fair.
mont to get street signs and a proper
system Of street numbers for resi-.
dences and stores, and report signed
by leading business men OF the city
was presented to the city Board OF
Control at the regular meeting yes.
terday afternoon Recommending that
this work be done.
The report was drawn by Trevey
Nutter, secretary OF the Fairmont
Business MEMS Association, and chair.
man OF the lcommittee. Six additional
members OF the Fairmont Chamber OF
commemorative Business Mems AS.
ISOLATION were on the committee and
signed the report. The other mem.
beers OF the committee. all OF whom
signed theireport.T are o. J. Watkins,
chief OF the Fairmont Fire depart.
ment; "A. u. Lehman, member of the
Board OF Control, and Wilbur Brand,
assistant postmaster.
sFairmonti Is badly3in need Of a sys.
tenn OF street numbers and street
names, for strangers coming into the
wv AuIS AoAWd at plcStul vi ullu-
ing out what street they are on ex-
cept by asking s%passersby. Visitors to
the city are amazed when they see
Fairmont's magnificent courthouse,
postoffice. schools and imposing store
and office buildings and then are.
unable to find street signs telling the
names OF the streets on which these
fine buildings {stand.e Such are the
arguments, advanced by business men
of the city who are in favor. of the
Improvement.
Mail carriers say that 1t is difficult
TO deliver mail promptly because there
are no street names and street mum.
bers properly displayed, and messen-
ger boys for the telegraph company
complain OF the same difficulty.
The proposed improvement will cost
S1,4s5 as outlined in the report Of the
committee, which was appointed by
the Board Of Control several weeks
ago, and which has made a thorough
investigation Of the subject. Provi.
UtSltaE4 aHFa% - I'D ~aTN
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Watch My Cat On Page 10.
Underwood Wreck
Causes Traffic Tie-up

Because Of the derailment Of four
cars and the fender Of freight train
at Denver, W. Va, on the Wheeling
division, last night at 11:45 o'clock,
passenger trains number l and 2, run.
ming between New York and Chicago.
were detoured by the way Of Clarks.
burg over the Short Line to Wheeling
A messenger" train. made up at
Grafton to take the place of No. 1, ran
back to Grafton as No. 2. The Grafton
wreck engine and crew went to Under.
wood early this morning and the road
is now cleared for traffic.
No n was injured in the derail.
ment.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Mrs. Amos
Pinchot has been selected as chair.
mar Of the New York State Branch
of the National Woman's Peace Party
which was founded in Washington,
and whose aim is to arouse the na.
tions to respects the s%acredness OF
human life and to abolish war" Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait believes the
movement will develop into a world
wide, international. woman's peace
party. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gil
man asserts that the aim of the or
ga~nization is not only to hasten the
end Of the European war but to so
alter humanity that there will be no
more war on earth.
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sions are made in this report for ali
official map of the city as we'll as
street signs and house numbers. The
board has as yet taken nc action on
the report except to place 1t on file.
The report follows:
"To the Board OF Affairs Of the City
of Fairmont, Greeting:
.Your committee finds that in order
to prosecute this work successfully
an accurate map of the entire city
must be prepared, showing the streets,
alleys. lots and buildings now erect
ed. In order to ascertain the best
map at the lowest price. the civil en-.
glneers OF the city were asked to sub.
nit plant and prices, and plans and
prices we're submitted by S. "A. Shut
Ellsworth, Jr.. J.. NJ. Prickett, Frank
Wilfong, G. W. Hahn and Shrewsbury
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CourtNews


Deeds were yesterday filed with the
county clerk for recording as follows:
Lawrence Springer ct al. to ". "a.
linn, a parcel of land in Millersyille,
In Union district. Consideration, 81
and other valuable consideration.
Z The Real Estate and Improvement
company OF Baltimore to Ora g. vii.
lis, a parcel OF land In the Hamilton
addition to the city OF Fairmont. Con.
sideration, 81 and other valuable con.
s%ideration.
Ora c. Willis and wife to Robert =.
Carline, q parcel lof; land in the Hamil.
ton addition, to the city Of Fairmont.
Consideration, 1920.
NJ. "A. JoIliffe, wife, etl al, to Ham.
ilton Gump. parcel OF land near Fair.
mont. Consideration. $500.
Vital Statistics.
Birth and death Certificates were
yesterdaySfi filed with the county clerk
forSrecording as follows:
Births-Dr. Carter g.. Fleming, two.
Deaths: Br. Fleming, one. William.
son q Parish, 16.
Suits Entered.
Suits we're recently entered on the
process books Of the local courts as
follows.
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Watch My Cat On Page 10.

An understanding Wanted.
mabel, why do you hesitate to mar
~ me? 1 get $3oIa week"
Reginald, you are a good dresser"
"Yes."
"And I'm a good dresser
.well7"
(which will be the good dresser aft.
er we are marricdm-Loulsville cou.
rier- Journal
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Miller. the two latter working together
and submitting q single propositics.
After mature consideration your
icommittee recommends the map pro.
posed TO be made by Messrs. Hahn and
Miller. which viii consist Of d key
map, drawn to q scale OF one inch to
800 feet, and about IS sectional maps,
drawn to a scale Of one inch to so
fleet. all bound In book form. BY Sc
curing the cooperation lof; certain COM
Ipanies who desire o like map, a price
ofs $500 has been named for this work.
which is from o~ne-fourth to one-third
of the actual cost OF preparing such
a map.
@The other engineers bid as follows.
Frank Wilfong, $1,700: s. IA. Shuttles-
worth. $500; J. M. Prickett, $500.
The written proposition Of Messrs.
Hahn and Miller, together with a sam
pie of the work they propose to do,
is fled herewith and made a part
thereof.
aYour committee recommends that
25 feet as a ruleibe made the unit for
REMEMBERING, except East Park, which
is now numbered in a satisfactory
manner by making the width of the
lots the unit, and except where the.
engineer doing the. work may find q
different number Of feet to be more
appropriate, as in the business Sec
ton of8the city.
"In a%scertaining the cost OF renum-
bering the houses and marking the
streets. your committee has assumed
that thereEwilli be required $500 house
numbers and 1900 street signs. A
good enamel house sign can be bought
for 10 cents. and a street sign for 20,
cents. At this price the house signs
would cost $3.50, and the street signs
$500.
ut is estimated that the cost of
the boards upon which to place street
signs. for such as require boards, will
cost an additional $50 and that the
labor for placing the house signs will
be S114, and the street signs $50. III
making this estimate 1t Is presumed
that one carpenter can put up 100
signs per day, and that he be paid
So; and that the cost OF placing the
street signs will be 10 cents each.
This makes a total cost for securing
a map, buying and placing numbers
and signs Of SLABS.
Your committee has not made any
allowance for posts on which to place
street signs, as in many instances
these signs can be placed on build
ings, telephone and telegraph poles.
1t is estimated that a wooden post OF
durable material can be purchased, set
and made ready for sign for 81; or
THAT a concrete or angle iron metal
post can be purchased and set in con-
crete for S1.25.
Samples OF the Baltimore Enamel
Ia Novelty Company'sl signs are filed
herewith and made a part of this
report" It
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Watch My Cat On Page 10.
Y. M. Ola. eAsHETeAII5TEAM.

The Nookie club, composed Of
young men of the local Y. M G. A.
have organized a basketball team, and
they will practice against the strong
Sigma Rho M team on the local
floor. They hope after q few prac.
tees to be strong enough to meet any
opposing team. They met on their
regular meeting night and elected
officers. Robert Smith was elected
manager and Red Hartley captain.
The lineup Is as follows: cred.
Hartley, r.; Leigh Hustead, i. Ray.
mond Fisher. G.; Robert Tucker, SG.;
Babe Smith, g.
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Mrs. Henderson Dead,

Mrs. Robert Henderson, of Glady
Creek, died Monday afternoon at two
o'clock. after a few days illness. She
was the mother Of Mr.. T. B. Hender.
son, of Guifey street,
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Y. M. w. Club;

Mrs. Roy Manley, Of Fourth street,
will entertain the Y. NJ. W. Club on
Wednesday afternoon.
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Personals.

Mrs. Cora L. Morrow remains quite
sick at her home on State street.
Paul and Ulmont, children of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Summers, of Front
street, are sick.
Mrs. Este, Of East Park avenue, is
sick.
Mr.. Clark Price has returned to his
home at Little Falls, after a visit with
his daughter, Mrs. Will Moran.
Mrs. George Henderson. Of Morgan.
town avenue, is recovering from a few
days illness.
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Returned From Mt. MOTIFS.
Rev. /. A. Barnes was in this city
yesterday en- route to his home at
7Benton's Ferry from Mt. Morris, Pa,
where he spent Sunday.
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0. WATSON HEADS
FARM0NT GAS CO.
Was Named At Meeting.
Yesterday to Succeed j.
II. Wheelwright.

BALTIMORE. Nd, Feb. al. o.
Watson, Of Fairmont, wa named as
president Of the Fairmont Gas Com.
pany at the annual meeting Of the
stockholders held in this city yester.
day. Mi. Watson succeeds Jere H.
wheeiwright, who resigned his posi-.
tion in order to devote his time more
fully to the affairs Of the Consolidation
Coal Company. Of which he is also the
head.
Eleven directors were MINED to
serve the organization for one year,
five Of whom were Fairmonters. The
directors named were:
James o.. Watson, NJ. Z. Hutchinson,
j. NJ. Hartley, John a. Clark and Wal
ton Miller, Of Fairmont; Jere H.
SWheelwright, GeorgesC c. Jenkins, John
NJ. Dennis, Howard Bruce, J.. s. Gibbe
and Joseph P. Kennedy, OF Baltimore.
The directors elected the following
officers:
President, James o. Watson; vice
president, John NJ. Dennis; secretary,
Frank B. Pryor; treasurer. Walton
Miller.
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Want 70 setI is-rsy a want Al.
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Booze Put Them There
20. LAWRENCE HAWTHoRNE.)

70. LAWRENCE HAwTHoRNE)
He once was mighty fine fellow;
His manners were gentle enough
Society knew him as leader
Today he's law-breakng tough.
Edela0eiSS put him there
He once was the sheets star reporter
He had that great "style of his own"
His stories increased calculations
Today he sorts slugs on the stone.
And high balls put him there
At one time he governed city
Men said he could not know defeat;
eft he's but of hundred
Who sweep dirt and waste from the street
Martins put him there
He once rode in presidents specials;
Ten thousand men heard his commando
He owned two great systems of railroads.
Today he's tramp section hand
Cocktails put him there.
His name once nfamed all the billboards;
He always given the lines
OF the star-Hes nameless nobody
Today, knocking round painting signs.
Schitg'S Famous put him there.
And all through the trades and professions,
I notice that nine out of ten
OF the fellows who've held high positions,
And gone to the bottom again,
Are there because booze put them there.
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Dry Warren in Good Condition
Financially

Warren Q11) Sentinel eader-Warren one year
dry-one year without saloons and boomng E1ec-
trio lights all night every night, and enough to light
the town splendidly Waterworks in Al condition.
and therefore efficient in a remarkable degree Every
business house in town is occupied engaged for oc-
cupation, and number needed and will be built
next season An unusually large of work has
been done on the streets and all during the year, and
Main street never kept in such clean and SAM
tary condition. All this without saloons And now
come the tax books with the village taxes per cent
less than last year with saloons then paying $1,000
Last year the tax rate was $12o per hundred of as
sessed valuation as compared with $II4 this year.
Freeport Journal-Standard.
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The wealth of North Carolina has about doubled
IN the six years that Prohibition has been in force
here.
county local option bill has been proposed for
pennsylvania by Governor Brumbaugh
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If you, who are mounting the ladder
Of fame or success or renown,
Don't feel strong enough to continue
If you think you'd rather go down,
Try booze; it will soon put you there.
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ganized at Quincy several years ago.
its sole object and purpose was, as
set forth in its resolutions, the inn
provement OF the upper Mississippi
river, in which good progress has
been made. But in the evolution OF
its object and purpose during the in
tervening years, experience and study
has shown conclusively. that there
are other factors equally as impor-
tant as improvement Of the channel
for the advancement Of its commerce,
the development of Industry, and the
promotion OF the public interest OF
the valley.
It is far cry from the day this
association was organized to the pres
ent. It's beginning was an entrance
into the mysterious realms of the un-
known. There has been great deal
to learn and find out. 1t has been
proved beyond dispute by years OF ex-
perience, that the antiquated methods
still in vogue, of handling river traffic
on and off the shore is too incnoveni-
ent, too unsafe, and too expensive to
be attractive to shippers. and thereby
the public is losing the benefit o.
cheap water transportation.
The decadence of river traffic Is
not to be laid altogether at the dool
OF boat lines, but to existing condi
tions beyond their control, which have
made the lines dependent entirely up
on what little uncertain freight they
could get to carry on their boats from
port to port, and preventing any pro
per expansion of river traffic Wher
these adverse conditions are removed
and boat lines are co-ordinated witt
rail lines on favorable terms, the
volume of water-borne traffic will b.
enormously expanded.
An obligation rests upon the people
Of each community to provide new
facilities adequate to meet modern
demands of shipping. These provi
sions must be made, or else expected
revival and development of river com
merce will be disappointment.
1t is clearly the duty of this bod.
representing all the interests of rive
| Transportation. to do all 1t can t.
(, eliminate everything that stands II
| the way Of full commercial use of tn
river. and to urge provision of sucl
4 things as will meet all the require
ments both on the shore and on tn
water. So that shipment by the rive
may be made in every way, as attrac
| tive in its conveniences, as the geniu
of railroad management has mad
shipment by rail.
Mr.. Herbert Knox Smith. forme
! commissioner Of corporations, in on
of his able reports on Transportation
by water. said:
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Your Exoellency the Governor Of
Minnesota, Ladies and Gentlemen Of
Z <Ia Corynntfop.

Your Excellency the Governor Of
Minnesota, Ladies and Gentlemen of
the Convention:
You are now meeting in one of the
oldest cities in the upper Mississippi
valley. A city for many years the
center OF q. vast lumber industry. Out
of its products there was shipped
more tonnage on the river than was
ever shipped from any other city on
its borders.
piled this enormous tonnage Of logs
and lumber, out Of which was built
fnnumerable happy homes in the val
ley, have been exhausted. The huge
saw mills shorn of their resources,
met the inevitable tragedy Of fate,
and the great industry passed away.
But the river remains with its in
exhaustible opportunities. There was
no other transportation agency that
could compete with it In transporting
to market the products of the forests,
and so it will be in transporting the
products Of other industries. the most
economical transportation agency for
every commodity.
The river Is natural highway
coursing through the richest and most
productive valley on the earth from
Its source to its mouth connecting
with the seven seas. On its waters
could be carried all the commerce OF
the valley, when made available with
facilities to meet requirements Of
trade and traffic.
Z It is known that dollar will move
q ton of freight four miles on an or
binary road and ten miles on good
hard road. 127 miles on railroad
and 1000 miles on an improved river.
Yet, Notwithstanding this favorable
comparison, the rivers, owing to
causes partly natural and partly un-
natural, have not received the patron
age of the shipping public to anything
like the extent they should That
river transportation has not in any
manner kept pace with the increase
of commerce and the growth of the
country is comm on knowledge. Com
pared with the development of rail-
way transportation it is almsot negli.
gible. Students of the subject are
cognizant of the underlying causes OF
the decadence of river tratnc and are
impressed with the amount of eco
nomic losses suffered by the people
in consequence thereof.
How to bring the matter home ii
forcible manner to the attention Of
the general public, SO it will realize
and grasp the situation, is a question
calling for your serious considera
ton.
When this association was first or
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either or both the rail and water car
rfer, individually or in connection with
one another, to construct and connect
with the lines OF the rail carrier q
spur track or tracks to the dock. This
provision shall only apply where such
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rier and the dock of the water carrier
by directing the rail carrier to make
suitable connection between its line
and track or tracks which have been
constructed from the dock to the HIM
its of It's right Of way, or oy directing
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connection is reasonably practicable
can be made with safety to the public
and where the amount OF business to
be handled is sufficient to justify the
outlay.
The commission shall have full
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-09-26
FOLLETIN No. 81
iQUO VADIS?
ENRIQUE SIENKIEWlCZ

Ner6n. solo Neron ERA, a juicio del
ioven, quien habia podido D~erpetrar
el hecho. Al fijarse en- tai idea. per
do la luz de los ojos : frio sudor
BANJO 81 frente; 81 Il hipoteSis era
cierta. Ligia estaba perdida para e.;
Dor1ue arrebatarsela = cuaiquiera no
otreceria erandes dificultades, pero
arrebatarsela Al propio Cesar era
irraalizable Ioeura. Con los ojos de
Ia imagination veia Z Ligia en- bra
EOS de Neron. Y por vez primera en-
81 vida c~omprendia que hay penSa-
m.entos insufribleS, capaces de ami
GUITAR la ~existencia.
Entcnces, por primera vez tam
bisr. pudo darse cuenVa de IL intensi-
dad De SUI amor; Y del mismo modo
cue por Ia imagination del m~oribun-
do pasan fugaces oE r~elanpagos
los cuadros nenos de vida de 81 exis-
tercia pasada. asi Sc sucedieron en-
II ment de Vinicio las paginas de 81
historic en- las Que habia figurado