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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-19
PROCLAMATION AND NOTICE OF
ELECTION FOR SCHOOL BOND
ISSUE AND LEVY.
To the Qualified Voters Of Fairmont
School District in the County of
Marion and State of West Virginia.
TAKE NOTICE.

THAT, at legal meeting of the
Board of Education of Fairmont School
District, in the County of Marion. and
State OF West Virginia, held on the
18th day of March. 1915, the follow
ing order was adopted and entered on
record, namely:
1t appearing to the Board of Educa-
tion OF said Fairmont School District,
that to properly accommodate the
youth OF school age residing in said
district, it is necessary to issue bonds
in the sum of forty thousand dollars
($40, 100000, as provided by Chapter
20 of the Acts of the Legislature, 1911,
in order to procure money for the
purpose of building, completing, en-
farging, repairing and furnishing the
school houses in said district; 1t APP
pearing further that the said district
has no present existing Indebtedness;
that the total value OF the taxable
property in said district, as ascertain
ed by the last assessment for state
and county taxes, is three million
seven hundred fourteen thousand five
hundred seventy dollars and nine
cents ($3,714. STOOD; and that this
proposed bonded indebtedness does
not exceed 212 per centum of the said
value Of the taxable property in said
district; and said Board OF Education
being OF the opinion that the maximum
rate of levy provided for in Section
81 OF Chapter 81, Acts OF the Legis-
ietuyezaxtgl session, 1908, as amended
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Finance. Oil and Real Estate

NEW YORK, April I'm review
Ing conditions last week, Henry Clews
q co. say:
0id-tin1e activity has returned to
The Stock Exchange and million-share
days are NO longer novelty. From
time TO time the favorable changes In
underlying factors in the stock mar
lset have been pointed out in these ad-
vices. As the business world ad tusted
itself to new conditions, as the final
outcome of the colossal struggle in
Europe became more apparent, as fear
Sd1sappeared and calm judgment re-
allied that on this side of Sthe Atlantic
the worst of the storm was over, con-
hdence began to assert itself more and
more freely until at last it developed
into q surprising outburst OF specula-
ton.
$50 far as the stock market is con.
cerned. It was the war group of stocks
which led the advance. A number of
our great Industrial establishments are
: employed on large and profitable FOR
!. efgn contracts. Concerns equipped
with facilities for turning out ordi-
Z nance and ammunition have been par
tfcmarly fortunate and these led the
rise. Some automobile manufacturers
from Europe, about 10000 American
cars and motor trucks having already
been shipped abroad, with thousands
more to follow.
Clothing and food producers have
also been enjoying very profitakSe con-
tracts. All such activities are having
their effect upon business and specula-
ton. They may not be permanent fac
tors, yet while they last they are very
powerful and are the prime movers
in the present upward movement.
They have brought into the specu-
lative arena an entirely new set of
operators who have been largely re-
ssponsible for the recent activities and
manipulation. UnavoidabIy in sensa-
tionaI advance in the war group
shares affected the entire market. 1t
certainly awakened the investing pub
lie in general to realization of the
improvement which for several weeks
past has been developing so silently
as to almost escape general observa-
ton.
BY far the most important under
lying improvement at home is the
changed political attitude toward big
business. Radicalism has received a
severe check In the United States. At
one time 1t conspicuously discouraged
enterprise and tnterferred with legiti-
mate business. President Wilson
wisely called halt on these tenden-
cies, and the result is already bene-
fetal Had it not been for the war;
there is no doubt that this country
would today have been enjoying a Pc
rfod of marked recuperation and pros
perity.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-19

rion county. West Virginia, as fol-
lows, that is to say:
l. Building and furnishing an s.
room. brick, Graded and High School,
and acquiring site for same at Bar
rackville, in sub-district No. 6.
2. Building and furnishing or g.
room. brick, Graded School, and &C.
quiring a site for same at or near Jay
enne in sub-district No. 3.
3. Painting the school buildings in
sub-districts Nos. s. 4. 1 and g. which
said buildings are known respectively
as Monumental or Prickett School,
Moody Run School, Pine Grove School
and Brumage or White Rock School.
4. Drilling a new well at Moody
Run School, in sub-district No. 4.
8. Refurnishing the school build
ings at Pine Grove, in sub-district No.
1 and at Monumental, in subdistrict
No. s.
g. Making such other alterations,
Improvements and repairs to the
school buildings of said district as may
be deemed necessary.
And also to authorize maximum
special bond levy Of ten cents, accord
ing to the order Of the Board Of Educas
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tion Of said district. made and entered
on the 29th day of March, 1915. to
pay the interest and to provide sink
ing fund for the discharge OF the bonds
now being voted upon"
And also, directly underneath said
caption in separate lines shall be
printed the following words:
FOR BONDS"
AGAINST BONDS"
FOR THE LEVY"
AGAINST THE LEVY.s
The amount of taxable property OF
all kinds within said Fairmont School
District is three million seven hun.
dred fourteen thousand FIVE hundred
seventy dollars and nine cents 49,.
714,570.09), according to the last as.
sessment for state and county taxes.
There is no indebtedness, existing
or authorized. either in the Teachers
Fund or Building Fund in said district.
Given under my hand this 5th day
of April, 1915.
F. B. TENANT,
President.
Attest: ]. F. Ice, Secretary.
4-15.22-29.
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MASON ATTENDING
COMMISSION MEET
New Virginia Debt Board
Is Holding Session In
Washington.

Judge John W. Mason, Of this city,
left Saturday for Washington, D. c.,
to attend meeting of the new Vir-
ginia Debt Commission which is being
held today.
Attorney General A. A. Lilly is also
in Washington to meet with the COM
mission. He was accompanied by At
torney John H. Holt, of Huntington,
assistant counsel.
The new commission is composed of
Governor Hatfield. John w. Mason, of
Fairmont; Joseph S. Miller. of Keno
va; w. T. Ice, of Phuippi. and Com
missioner wells. 1t is believed that
final disposition of the celebrated case,
which is interstate, is in sight, and
this meeting in Washington will be
reviewed with interest in both Vir-
ginia and West Virginia.
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NEW YORK srocks.

Quotations at / p. m. today by Jo-
seph H. Mills. Room log Nuzum
Bldg, Fairmont, w. Val
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GEE gss $50

LONDON-Field Marshal Sir John
French has made a report on the battle
Of Neuve Chapelle, and ascribes the
heavy casualty list to the fact that
orders of General Sir Douglas Haig
were not carried out. There was
considerable delay" he says. land the
infantry was greatly disorganized. I
am of the opinion that this would NOT
have occurred If the clearly expressed
order of the general officer command
ing the first army had been carefully
observed" The report explains that
reserves brigades of the Fourth Corps
should have gone into action on more
speedily. 1t is expected that changes
will be made in the personnel of the
staff officers as result of the blunder.
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BALTIMORE SALES TODAY.
APRIL 10.

FURNISHED by w. w. Lanahan & Co.,
member of New York and Baltimore
Stock Exchanges, Main floor, Cal
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Houston on Pfd. ........ Is 5s5s
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Margaret Vandergrift
Is Claimed By Death

Mrs Margaret Vandergrift died Sun
day morning at her home near Ben
tons Ferry. She was the wife of Cla-
yum Vandergrift and was aged 81
years. Surviving her are three chill
dren, John W., Jesse H. and Mrs Clar-
ence Menear. A daughter. Mrs. Henry
Morgan. is deceased. She was daugh-
ter of James and Katharyn Woody.
Funeral services will be held on
Tuesday at the Dunkard Church near
Hammond at o'clock. Undertaken
Jenkins is in charge.
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n ME- B. TENANT,
President.
Therei pre-, pursuant to the foregoing
order. I, F. B. TeHpant, president OF
thefBoaf of Educktio of said Fair
mpht school Distr ct, in the County
n MariohA State Of West Virginia, do
thereby proclaim aga appoint Saturday.
the 1st day ofa3ay. 1915, between the
hours OF sunrise and sunset, of that
day, at Barrackville and cayenne, the
yoting places of said district, as the
4ime and places at which an election
sAall be held by the qualified voters
OF said district. to decide whether they
will ratify or reject the foregoing or
der; and the ballots used in said cleo
ton shall have printed thereon as a
caption, the following:
"a special election to authorize or
reject the issuance and sale of bonds,
in the amount of forty thousand dol
lars 4o,000.00), for the purpose of
building, completing, enlarging, repair
ing and furnishing the school houses
of Fairmont school district, in Ma
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-19
THE OIL MARKET.

Mrs. D. P. Fitch returned last week
from Laurel, Md, where she had been
the guest of Miss Madge Sample for
several weeks.
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{ = x y
ings at Pine Grove ri shb-iistrict No.
IA and at Monumental in sub-distrfct
No. s!
i1s s. Making such other alterations,
| improvements and repairs to the
school buildings OF said district as
may be deemed necessary.
I And it is further ordered that, pur-
/ suant to Chapter %, Acts OF the Legis-
lature of West Virginia, extra session,
1908, as amended and re-enacted by
Act of the said Legislature. regular
session, 1915, a direct annual tax be
collected in said district, sufficient to
pay annually the interest on said
bonds and the principal thereof within
and not exceeding thirty years from
date OF said bonds. and, for said pur-
pose an annual maximum special
bond levy of ten cents on the one
hundred dollars valuation on all of
the assessable property in said dis
trict Is hereby authorized to pay said
interest and to provide a sinking fund
to pay the principal as required by
, law; and as hereinbefore stated, said
bonds shall be subject to redemption,
after ten years from their date, at
the option OF said board. The secre-
tary by order of the board shall eacn
year give notice by publication to the
holder or holders OF the bonds to be
redeemed that on or after a day
named. the designated bond or bonds,
with any accrued and unpaid interest
will be paid upon presentation: that
If not presented, they shall cease to
bear interest after the last publication
of said notice; that said notice shall
be published at least once a week for
two successive weeks in one or more
newspapers in Marion County prior to
such designated day of payment. The
money SO levied and collected to pay
the principal and interest on said
bonds shall be applied to that purpose
and no other; but said bonds shall
not be issued and no sale thereof shall
be made until all questions connected
Herewith shall have first been sub
mitted to vote of the people OF said
F'airmont School District at an cleo
ton held for that purpose, and shall
have received three-fifths OF all the
votes cast for and against the same.
| 1t Is therefore ordered that the presL
dent of the Board of Education OF said
Fairmont School District be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed to is
sue proclamation to be published
and posted according to the provi-
| Sions of Sections % and %, Chapter
27, Acts of the Legislature, extra ses-
sion, 1908. appointing time and the
places at which an election for that
purpose shall be held by the qualified
voters of said Fairmont School DIS
trict to decide whether they will raufy
or reject this order, and said procla-
nation shall also specify the aggregate
amount ofindebtednesse existing against
and authorized by said district at the
date of said proclamation. The secre-
tary Of the Board Of Education Of said
district is hereby authorized and d.
rected to procure and furnish to the
election commissioners, at each place
of voting, the tickets, poll books, tally
sheets and other things necessary to
hold said election, as provided by
Section 90 of Chapter 81, Acts 1908,
and said election shall, in all other re-
spects be1ssld and conducted accord
ing to law.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-09

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-29
SOIL PRODUCTS SHOW OPEN
Exposition at Denver Has Great Ex-
hibits of Interest to Farmers
of Country. saq


Denver, Colo, Sept. 27.-The inter
national soil-products exhibition began
here today and will continue until Oc-
tober 10, while the international farm
congress will hold it's meetings here
October At. Among the delegates
there are Representatives from nearly
every country on the globe. The Unit
ed States government has an exhibit
for which congress appropriated $20,.
900. This and the Canadian exhibit
are of great value. The Auditorium,
one of the largest buildings west of
the Mississippi river, is the concen-
trating point of the group of twelve
exposition buildings.
Twenty states have installed fine ex-
hibits of agricultural crops and ma
chinery, gas and electric appliances,
motor cars and accessories, dairy prod
ucts and machinery, industrial, COM
mercial and varied industries exhibits,
minerals and mines displays and dem.
onstration, and tractor shows. There
are also international and interstate
displays, Colorado state exhibit, rail.
way and land show.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-29
GERMANS DEFEATED
BY ALLIED ARMIES;
10000 CAPTURED
AngIo-FrenCh Troops Retake Sou
chez From TeutonS.
BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY
Official Statement Issued at Berlin Ad-
mits Repulse-French Push Enc
my Back on Fifteen-MiIe Front
British Gain.

London, Sept 27.-The greatest vic
tory for the allied arms since the bat
tie of the Marine, when the strategy
of General Joffre and Sir John French
saved Paris, has crowned the first
move of the great Franco-British drive
to hurl the Germans from France.
Almost a year to the day since that
great battle, which marked the end OF
the German advance into France,
Jotfre and French have hurled their
legions at the German line with vio-
lence for which they have been
months in preparing.
AS a result, the German position.
which extends in the form OF right
angled triangle from Ypres south to
point northeast of COmpeigne. thence
directly east through Reims to point
north of Verdun, is in imminent dam
ger of development and humiliation
unless the allied drive is stopped
short The Germans only chance of
safety lies in Strengthening out this
line by a retreat to the Belgian border
that will eclipse in magnitude the ia
10000 Germans Captured.
In the two days since the great al
lied offensive began, striking at the
extremes of this great German triangle
with the purpose of fanking both an
giles, the French and British have Cap
tured 10000 unwOunded prisoners.
The French, on the southern line of
the German triangle. have smashed
their way for two and half miles
through the German line on a front of
fifteen miles, while at the northern
end near Arras the British army has
captured five miles of trenches and
broken the German line in some places
for depth of 1000 yards.
The German war Office admits the
loss of LOOs and SOuchez and the re-
tirement of the Germans for more than
a mi-a over a wide section of the front.
The greatest intensity of the French
attack is being covered on the lower
or left flank of the German line in the
Champagne region, where the French
on Friday drove the Germans from
their first line of trenches in the most
furious battle which has taken place
in France since last autumn.
Underground Positions Lost.
Saturday and Sunday the advance
was continued with greater vehem-
enCe, Indicating that General Joffre's
well-laid plan cnntemplates giving the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-29

A bold highwayman, his face covered
with handkerchief, walked into the sa-
loon of Emil Tebeau, of Chippewa
Falls, and ordered Walter Violet, the
bartender, to hold up his hands. Violet
instead of doing so went around the
bar and bounced" the stranger into
the street The rObber then went
across the street to the depot and held
up Kenneth Beals, the. night ticket
agent of the 500 railroad, taking SOS
in cash and $4,000 in pay checks. He
thanked Beals and disappeared. A few
hours later he was captured at an Eau
Claire lunch cart just as he had jump
ed off a freight train. The robber re-
fuses to give his name, but says he is
travelling man of Fort Dodge, Iowa,
forced into theft by lack OF employ
ment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-29

ued to gain ground. After having
reached on nearly the whole front be-
tween Auberive and Vile Sur Tourbe
the powerful system of entertainments,
redoubts and protection of sheds
which the enemy had been able to
protect during long months, they prog
ressed to the northward, forcing the
Germans to retire to their second line,
between three and four kilometers
1.-TWO and one-half miles, to the rear.
The fighting continues along the en-
tire front. We have reached L'Epine
de Vedegrange and have passed be-
yond LaCabane, on the road from
Souain to Sommepy, and Tabaraque,
on the road from Souain to Tapure.
More to the east we hold the Maison
d'Champagne farm.
10000 Prisoners Taken.
Through our artillery fire and in
the hand-to-hand fighting the enemy
has suffered very heavy losses. In
the works which they were obliged
to abandon we found a very consid-
cradle amount of material which we
have not yet been able to classify.
So far we have taken "a field guns.
The number of prisoners. which is be-
ing augmented, has reached $4,000 un-
wounded men, of whom at least 200
are officers. On the whole front the
allied troops in two days have taken
more than 10000 unwounded prison
ers."
The afternoon French communique,
telling of the 15-mile battle in Cham
payne, reads as follows:
"In Antois we maintained during
the night the positions which we won
Saturday These include the Chateau
de Careful, the cemetery Of Souchez
and the last trench which the enemy
continued to occupy to the east of
the fortified position known as the
labyrinth
I'm Champagne stubborn fighting
continues on the whole front. Our
troops have penetrated the German
lines on a front of 25 kilometers (15
miles, for a depth varying from one
to four kilometers. During the night
our troops maintained all the posi-
tions conquered.
British Gain 1000 Yards.
1.-THE number Of prisoners taken ex-
ceeds 10000 men,"
The German official statement reads
as follows:
"The battles in the continuation of
the British and French offensive,
which L d been prepared for months,
have con, inued without bringing our
assailants appreciably nearer to their
aim.
British warships have attempted
to interfere by their fire, especially
on Zeebrugge, but without result.
I'm the sector of Ypres the allies
suffered heavy losses with no sue
cess.
Southwest of Lille the allies sue
ceeded in repulsing one of our di-
visions near Loos from it's advanced
line of defense to it's second line.
Naturally we had considerable losses,
including material of all kinds in
closed between the two positions. A
counter-attack is progressing favor
ably.
1--WE voluntarily evacuated the ruins
of the village of Souchez.
"Other attacks on this front were
easily repulsed, at several points with
heavy losses to the allies.
''In the fighting between Reims and
the Argonne, north of Perthes, one
German division was obliged to evac-
uate it's advance position by a bonn
bardment of 20 hours and retired to
its second position, situated FROM one
to three kilometers behind the first.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-29

Germans no rest until they have lost
all their trenches and field works.
How perilous the German position
has been rendered can be seen by the
fact, as reported in the official COM
munique issued in Paris, that the pow
erful system of entertainments, caves,
redoubts, protection sheds and FORTH
cations which the Germans spent the
winter in constructing and protecting
have been taken by the French on the
front between Auberive and Ville-sur-
Tourbe, just east of Reims in the
Champagne district.
After driving the Germans from
these positions the French attacked
again with a terrific vigor and forced
the Germans to retreat between three
and four kilometers 1.-TWO and a half
miles) to their second line of en-
trenchments. In this battle alone the
French took 10000 prisoners, 200 of
whom are officers, "a field guns and
vast quantity of supplies stored in the
works the Germans were compelled to
abandon.
The French report declares the al
lied troops have captured the villages
of L'Epine de Vedegrange, LaCabane
and Tabaraque, towns lying between
Reims and Verdun which have been in
the Germans hands all winter.
French Take Village.
In the Joint drive the British and
Belgian troops have taken valorous
part in the district between Arras and
Ypres. The advance was timed so
that the British attacked near La Bas-
see at the same time the French start
ed their drive around Arras. East of
Grenay and Vermelles, south of the
La Bassee canal, the British broke
through the German lines for depth
of 1000 yards across front Of five
miles, capturing the village of Loos,
part of the village of Hulluch and the
earthworks adjoining Hill No. 20.
Further south the French concen-
trated their artillery fire on the Ger
mans holding the village Of Souchez,
where fighting has taken place at in
tervals all winter without results. I'm
der cover of this rain of shells the
French troops charged and forced the
Germans to retreat. The entire viii
lage fell into the hands of the French.
From this point the allies advanced
eastward in the direction of Givenchy,
hoping to effect juncture with the
British who were moving southwark.
During this battle the French captured
1000 prisoners. The British took
100, according to Sir John French's
report. Only at one point were the
Germans successful. This was at
Bellewaarde, in Belgium, where the
British were driven out of the village
after capturing it.
The losses on both sides are report
ed to be fearful. Every known en-
CINE of destruction has been used by
the Germans and allies in the terr1hc
conflict Thousands of bodies are ly-
ing unburied for more than 100 miles.
French officials Report.
The French communique issued at
night reads as follows:
ITO the north of Arras our attack
realized new progress. We have &C.
cupied the entire village of Souchez
and have advanced eastward in the
direction of Givenchy. More to the
south we have reached LaFolie and
have advanced, at the north of Thulus,
to the destroyed telegraph line. Dur
ing this fighting we captured about
1000 prisoners.
'In Champagne our troops contin-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-29
Sweden Curbs Exports.

Stockholm. Sept. 27.-The Swedish
government has decided to prohibit
the export of rubber, printers ink,
dyes and varnishes, it was officially
announced.