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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

dons. 1t was a draw. In his second
bout-a return match-he fought So
rounds with Siddons; again a draw.
In his first two fights he went 1872
rounds, as much as some present-day
boxers go in 10 bouts.
For ten years the kid was un.
beaten. He fought from Coast to
Coast in the United States and went
to England where he defended the
Lightweight. championship by knock
ing out Dick Burge. taller and heavier.
Lavigne's first taste Of defeat came
in 1899 when he lost to Mysterious
Billy" Smith, Of Australia, in ID
rounds at San Francisco. Then he
lost. to Frank Erne, was knocked out
by George McFadden, Jimmy. Britt and
Young Erne. His fighting career COW
cred Is years. He quit when he was
stopped by Young Erne in 1907.
Lavigne was good fellow" when
he had it.-That's why benefit is be.
ing given for him.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17
MRS. GENENEVE DOMAIN IS
MI IN wheeling HOSPITAL

-
mont, City Hall, Monroe street. The
purpose and history OF the home is
explained in apamphlet sent out by
Miss Rungee, the matron which is es
follows:
THE first philanthropic corporation
to be chartered by Congress was The
National Florence Crittenton Mission,
headquarters, Washington, D. G. The
Red Cross Society occupies second
place. On the United States there
are now seyenty.eight Florence Crit.
tenton Homes and in foreign lands
FIVE.
( ''In the year 1884 Charles N. Crit.
tenton, a wealthy business man OF
New York City, in addressing two
young girls OF the street, closed his
words Of advice by saying. go and
sin no more" With all sincerity the
question was then asked, Where shall
we go" To his own surprise this In
terrogation Mr.. Crittenton could not
answer, and hence 1t was that soon
after this practical man of affairs be.
gan systematically to make its an
swer possible. At present the Homes.
by him established care for nearly
FIVE thousand helpless girls each year.
These homes open a way to shelter
ed avenue of life by which erring, way
ward and unfortunate girls may re-
turn to normal conditions in society.
Our work is mainly preventive.
When these girls first fall they are
usually misled through their affec.
tions, the prey TO stronger nature;
they are usually very young 1.-THE ma.
tority are from fifteen to seventeen
years of age), more sinned against
than SHINING. Unless a door OF icpe
is opened to them many would be
drawn into the house OF sin.
Each girl who enters the home is
expected to remain not less than six
months. This is a needed preparation
for the future. She is taught to cook,
to laundry, to do general housework.
to sew, to read, to write. TO spell and
to become familiar with the Bible.
She must also learn to be neat. orderly
and polite and TO care for her own
person and that of her child.
THE unfortunate girl who is about
to become mother Is cared for, and
when she is able to leave the home a
position is found for her that she may
support herself and her child. 1t is a
rule of the Mission that the mother
and child shall not be separated. This
is for the best good of each. It has
been proved that eighty per cent Of
those cared for can be reclaimed and
made self.suDporting.
in 1915 we sheltered and helped In
the Wheeling Home Al girls and 16 In
fants. We kept in touch, with many
who have been in the home in former
years and are greatly encouraged by
the results with which we have met.
This is the only home in West Vir.
ginia where girl can be received at
any hour, day or night, without any
other consideration than that she
needs help and is willing to prepare
herself for life.
"our debt upon the property is 3d..
600. To reduce this and for current
expenses we depend upon the gener.
Gus public. 55..
1--WE secured an appropriation from
the Legislature of West Virginia for
$3.50 a year for 1914 and 1915. This
was a great help in maintaining the
work which is increasing from year
to year."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17
Young Woman Sent From
Here Suffers With Tu-
berculosis.
APPEAL FOR THE HOME
1t islthe Only Place to Which
+ Women May Be
= Sent.

Mrs. Genevieve Domani, the IS.
year;old wife of Nicholas Domani who
fed from Fairmont following the muir.
der Of Anthony schepis on the East
Side. Is seriously Ill with tuberculo.
sis In a Wheeling hospital according
70 q letter received yesterday by Miss
Margaret Mckinney, secretary OF the
Associated Charities OF Fairmont.
Mrs Domains illness is believed to
have been in part at least due to ex.
posure and lack OF food during the
weeks following her husbands flight
after the murder charge had been iodg.
ediagainst him and which lead the wo.
man to appeal to Prosecuting Attor.
liey Tdsca Morris for lodging for her.
self and baby in the county Jail so
that sht might secure food and pro.
lection from the cold.
After spending night in the jail
Mrs! Domain and her baby were sent
to the Florence Crittenton home at
Wheeling by Miss Margaret McKin.
ney, secretary OF the Fairmont Asso.
ciated Charities, where they have been
cared for since. A letter received
today from Miss Rungee matron of the
home Regarding Mrs. Domani follows:
my Dear Miss Mckinney:
Poor Geneyieye has been so very
sick and is still far from we'll
we sent her to the hospital on
Friday night for she didn't re.
spond to our treatment Yester.
day they sent for me for she had
aEsinking spell. This morning che
is some better and | expect that
she will recover We still have
the child"
Mrs. Domain is the fifth destitute
sufferer In dire need of feminine SYM
pity and care who has been sent to
the Florence Crittenton home by Miss
Mckinney for this home Is about the
only available institution which will
accept suffering young women from
the Fairmont district at a moments
notice. Other homes of similar
character are maintained in Pitts.
burgh, Baltimore and other cities but
the amount of red tape and formal.
ties necessary to secure admission Of
ten takes so long that the sick girl is
dead before help is available.
Iniview OF this Miss Mckinney urges
that "a Christmas fund be raised to aid
the Florence Critenton. home In car.
ing for such unfortunate women as
Mrs. Domain and her baby. Persons
desiring to contribute to this home
should send checks or cash offerings
to Miss Margaret Mckinney, secretary
OF the Associated Charities Of Fair
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17
Modern MARRIAGE.

Marriage may once have been COM
parable to a profession, 1t is not now.
1t may once, for woman, have been
comparable to slavery. It is not now.
Marriage, in fact cannot be classed
with anything but itself. It is MAJ
rtage and nothing else-a wonderful
mixture of experiences and duties on
many different planes. So far as It's
spiritual demands go, 1t may require
everything or nothing. 1t may of me-
ceasity fill her life or leave 1t empty.
To call 1t profession is to blur It's
meaning, for it is much more than this
and much less.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17
BY BROWN HOLMES.

A benefit Will be given in New
York December II for George "Kid"
Lavigne.
The man who was called the great
est lightweight the ring ever pro-
duced is down and out The man who
was cheered by thousands in the Unit
ed States and Europe only a score
of years ago, is penniless. The man
who made a fortune in the ring and
celebrated his victories with wine
parties money with which TO buy the
necessities Of life.
Iavinge is 46. He was born at Bay
City, Mich. His first job was loading
salt on boats at Saginaw, Mich. 1t
was at Saginaw, too, in 1889 at the
age of 20, that he started one of the
most spectacular ring careers in the
history Of the sport.
The "Kid" did not start with four
or six.round bouts. In his first match
he fought II rounds with George Sid
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

Ways and means OF securing need.
ed equipment for use in the fire depart.
ment will de discussed at conference
to be held at the rooms of the Charles.
ton Chamber of Commerce between
the insurance an ndlegislatiye commit.
tes Of the chamber. City Manager B. A.
Wise and Fire Chief w. w. Graham.
The conference will be attended by
John s. Koran, the state fire marshal,
and 1t Is probable that he will submit
a report on fire hazards In Charleston
based on recent inspection OF school
houses and other public buildings.
DR.. s. L. Jepson, state health com.
missioner. has gone to WEIGH, mellow.
ell county, to make an inspection of
the new hospital which has ben estab.
lished there by the United States pub.
lie health service in cooperation with
the state and local authorities for the
treatment OF tracoma, generally known
as graduated lids, or sore eyes, con.
tageous disease Of the eyes. The hospi.
tai is now open for the reception OF
patients, and notices have been posted
throughout the region where the dis.
ease has been most manifest for all
Persons suffering with the disease to
call and receive free treatment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

at fifty cents pound, and some seem.
ed anxious to purchase 1t at any price.
That was the figure named by Andy
Neel per pound on his bear meat and
he found little trouble in disposing Of
the entire lot. Mr.. Neel, who killed a
buack bear on Cove Creek Friday and
shipped the animal to Graham, his
home, dressed his game and put the
meat on the market there Saturday
evening, selling 1t handily at fifty
cents per pound. The bears skin Is
very pretty and 1t will probably be
made into an overcoat.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17
RAILROADS ADOPT
new BOOZE RULE.
After Next Monday They
Will Not Garry Liquor
as Personal Baggage.

CHARLESTON W. Va, Dec. lie
BY agreement Of Representatives OF
the various railroads operating in
West Virginia, intoxicating liquors car.
ried In labeled cartons, saitcases or
other .receptaclcs will not BIO accepted
as personal baggage after Monday, De-
cember 20. II the operating depart
ments Of these railroad comply with
recommendations OF Counsel Field.
This action follows injunctions
awarded against the Chesapeake q
Ohio Railroad Company by Circuit
Judge Samuel D. Littlepage OF Kama
iwha County, and the Western Mary
land and Baltimore q Ohio roads by
Circuit Judge FIN. Reynolds OF Min
eral County.
The prohibition law Of the State
provides that ali packages containing
over one.half gallon OF intoxicating II.
quori be labeled. and the prohibi do
partment believes that with the assist
ance Of the railroad companies II can
bring the liquor traffic In West Viz
ginia to minimum never before At
tanned.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17
ApostoIlei Renowned Wine.

The Apostolici was a sect which first
appeared at the end Of the second cen.
fury. The members renowned mar.
rage, wine and flesh foods. Ascend
sect, which sprang up about 1851,
wandered about, clothed in white, with
,yng boards. disheveled hair and bare
heads, accompanied by women, called
spiritual sisters, preaching against the
church of Rome. The leader was
burned alive in 1900, his followers
were dispersed in 1907 and the sect
died out in 1404.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

ments for the meeting OF the division
superintendent of the National Eda.
cational Association which will be
held there February 81 to 26. Mr..
Shawkey is president Of this section of
the national association.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

ing observation: Then every pauper
In the county will be required to go
to the farm and stay there, SO that
those who do not choose to lead that
kind Of a country life viii be compelled
to look elsewhere for their, keep.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

Probably tn highest price ever paid
for fresh meat in Graham was paid
last Saturday night when STEAK" sold
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

Attorney Ben S. Honecker has been
elected Judge of teh municipal court
OF Wheeling. He was the unanimous
choice of the board OF control to sue.
coed the late Judge Lewis S.Jordan.
Before he entered the law, Judge Hon.
ecker was an newspaper reporter.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

An unsigned ten dollar bill, probably
one of the many taken by the bandits
who robbed the B. & o. express near
Central while carrying the currency to
western banks, was detected In
Moundsville Saturday.
The woman into whose hands the
bill came, noticed that 1t did not look
right and found that II was unsigned.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

sea..ere Death, Widely.
"A shell weighing about seventy
pounds explodes into a shower Of
1900 pieces.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

Last year Sheriff Devore trans.
mitted from his Office to the office Of
State Auditor Darst the state tax col.
leeted during the discount period or
december 8, and was informed thu
ne was tire days ahead Of any OF Il
other sshertfs of the state In this re
pectl and was complimented by the a
partment for his promptness, as I'll
law does not require the payment III.
" december IL. Desiring to maintain
the record he established last year,
6heftf Deyore on Thursday OF last
week. forwarded to the office OF the
state auditor forty thousand dollars.
the amount Of the state taxes due from
the discount period, - :. - =
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

NJ. P. Shawkey. state superintendent
OF schools. is in Detroit, where he will
be busyq few days making arrange.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17

IttsIpossibie that within a fsw woska
Mercer County will become Tho owner
ofa farm on which to keep the county
poor, The court has under adyisenient
me iticii, and the sooner Il IL
settled 10 fayore OF gsttipg t9fi fafni.,
me better Of the county exebaaue,.
VIII be- according tettils Prime Ian,
corTespo rGsiit OF no Blueaeid ITaia;i
graph Who continues With tho follfR.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17
Optimistic

Optimistic.
sniper-'T'yeilno cked the spike or
Of is bloomin' selmet-,e's took the
top OFF o. my sblocnin' enr-and III
my shot next!"-London Opinion.
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81
This week Wheeling has been taking
considerable interest in the trial of a
colored physician, named DR.. New.
man, who is charged with the death OF
q goreign girl. One OF the incidents OF
tel rialh was the challenge ofsthe Jury
panel by the attorney for the defend.
ant. He declared that the panel had
not been legally drawn, basing his as.
sertonk on the fact that negroes had
been excluded from jury duty. He pro.
dnced atnaffidavit signed by DR.. New.
man, In which he stated that there
Were 400 negroes in the city eligible
for Jury service and that not one had
been drawn by the jury commission.
ers. Judge Alan Robinson, who is pres.
tding over theh trial permitted the at.
fdaytt to be filed but he overruled
the attorneys motion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-17
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Huntington's ministerial association
is planning to take religious census
OF that entire town In two and half
hours on January 90. The city will be
divided into the same districts used
for prayer work in the Billy Sunday
revival services.
The wellsburg News was iudulging
in bit OF ancient history the other
day and it told the following story
about "a pumpkin exhibit which was
held at the Brooke county fair in 1858:
an aunt of John Lewis, residing In
California. sent three pumpkin seeds.
or8rather the seds OF what is known
as teh9 California squash, his father,
Job Lewis being the recipient. He
planted the seeds and gave the vines
eyerySpossible attention, and In the fall
heEplaced the result of his labors on
exhibition at the fair-736 pounds of
pumpkins. The larger one weighed Of.
fcially 236 pounds, the second 1870
pounds, and teh third 1870 pounds and
the fourth $50 pounds and teh fifth 10
pounds-a total Of 1856 pounds.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-19
MILK PRODCER MUST
STOP GUESSING TO
BE CERTAIN OF RESULTS

Chief obstacles in successful dairy
ing are lack of we'll balanced, inten-
sive methods and not applying bust
ness principles. The milk producer
must stop guessing and know for sure
what the results will be and adopt the
ways OF most profit.
Large sums OF money are invested
in many acres of land, extensive and
expensive buildings, costly horses,
tools and machinery, high-priced feed
and labor, and all of this outlay turned
to raising crops that do not yield any
thing like the amount of digestible
nutrients per acre that should and
could be obtained, and to feeding and
poorly caring for herd of poor cows
utterly unable to return a profit.
The same expenditure of money and
labor bestowed in an intelligent man
ner upon the same farm and an effi-
cient dairy herd would return hand
some profit.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-19
RYE IS DROUGHT RESISTANT

The question is often asked. what
crop can be sown that the gophers
will not eat? Gophers are very trou-
blesome pests, especially on the dry
farm. They eat ravenously almost
every green thing that is planted. Rye
has been found to be about the only
gopher resistant crop. They do not
seem to trouble it as they do the other
grains. A number of farmers in the
vicinity of the Wyoming experiment
station have grown rye very success
fully while their other crops were
completely destroyed by gophers.
Rye is a good pasture or hay crop
and also makes good grain for feeding
purposes. 1t will also produce a crop
of grain with as little moisture as any
other plant. Its drought and gopher
resistant qualities make it especially
valuable to the dry farmer and should
be more generally grown. On the ex-
pertinent farm rye has also been a
good crop under irrigation. either tor
hay or forage.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-19
CREAM OF HIGH QUALITY
CAN BE PRODUCED WITH
LITTLE LABOR OR EXPENSE

One of the most common causes OF
poor quality butter is the lack OF inn
mediate, thorough cooling OF the
cream for separation. The dairy di-
vision of the nited States Depart
ment of Agriculture has made care
full investigation of conditions on a
large number of dairy farms, and the
data obtained show that, if properly
cooled, cream of the best grade can be
produced with but little extra labor or
expense. The principles involved are
very simple and are easily under
stood.
A liberal use of ice which has been
stored in winter to be used the follow
ing summer is one of the requirements
for the solution OF the poor butter
problem. Farmers who already are
delivering good products to the
creamery usually have provided for
themselves a convenient source OF
supply for the ice. suitable houses for
storing the ice and ice water tanks
for the immediate cooliig of the milk
and cream.
In parts of New England, although
the dairymen often hold cream on the
farm four days in the summer and
seven days in the winter, they deliver
practically all their product while
sweet After it reaches the creamery
it is pasteurized and shipped dis
lance of from so to 800 miles. and may
still be sold in these remote localities
in the form of sweet cream.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-19
LESS WORK NECESSARY IN
HANDLING MILK
WITH A SEPARATOR

A hand separator saves all waste of
butterfat What is the use of feeding
cows good corn, hay and other stuff
that costs money and then allowing
the product to go to waste?
Less work is necessary TO handle
milk with the separator than without,
because there are few utensils 10 be
used and the skim milk may be led 20
the pigs and calves and chickens at
once, and does not have to be handled
again.
Forty or fifty dollars will buy a
good separator, big enough for herd
of four or five cows, and it will save
its cost the first year If properly
cared for, separator is good for ten
years.
The cream from a separator will
bring more money because it is uni
for min richness, and is sweeter be-
cause, as it is separated while the milk
is warm and fresh, it does not absorb
odors as it would if left standing
around.
The separator saves hauling milk TO
the creamery and then hauling the
skim milk back to the farm. Then
skim milk hauled any considerable dis
lance becomes cold and sometimes
dirty and tainted and not fit to feed.
If farmer has ten or more cows he
will require larger seprator-one
that will handle say $50 pounds of
milk in about fifteen minutes, and he
then should have small gasoline en-
CINE to do the work. 1t is quicker
and cheaper than hand power.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-19
DAIRY NOTES

The tubercular COW is a menace to
public health.
If you expect cow to produce
regularly she must be fed regularly.
Kindness and regularity in handling
dairy animals yield profitable returns.
The cream separator is one of the
necessities of the all round dairy
farm.
If you are manufacturing butter the
best way to sell it is to the special
customer.
If we cannot get the best cows
there are, let's get the best we can
and then work for better.
The yield and chacter of dairy
cows milk is directly influenced by
the character of her surroundings.
Begin this week to dig that pit silo.
You will be so pleased with results
that you will dig another one next
year.
The man who coiisders footand-
mouth disease lightly is the very one
we would expect to light his pipe in
a powder factory.
1t is not advisable to milk cows be-
fore calving except very heavy mixers
whose udders become so distended as
to cause suffering
In handling hogs on the dairy farm
the shorter the fattening period the
greater the profits. Remember this
and feed accordingly.
An important point to inquire about
in buying a COW is the milking record
of the sire's dam and you must know
what she eats and what she yields.
Either aloine is not sufficient.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-19
GIVE YOUR
DAIRY cows
VACATION

1t is fairly we'll understood tina the
dairy COW should be given vacation
or a rest between lactation periods.
The longer the rest up to certain
point the better it is for the COW.
Ten and one-half months continuous
milking out of every twelve is all that
can be reasonably expected. 1t is
claimed hiatt it is as hard on a COW
to produce a liberal yield of milk daily
as it is for horse to work at hard
labor all day When this is fully un-
derstoood the necessity for a few
weeks rest on the part of the COW
becomes evident
Furthermore. the COW during seven
or eight months of the milking pc
Rod is carrying and developing a calf,
which is further drain on her sys-
tenn. If she is given few weeks to
repair her WORKOUT body tissues and
to store up little excess fat she will
give more in the entire year, than she
would milking continuously.
If not given a rest before calving,
she begins new lactation period at
lower level of production, and will
maintain a lower level through the
entire time. Six weeks is none toe
long for a COW and if she isbadly run
down ten or twelve weeks will be
better.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-19
STRAWBERRY BED ESSENTIAL

Every home needs strawberry bed
as much as a garden.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-06-19
BEST RESULTS OF SPRAYING

To receive the most beneficial re-
suits from spraying and to save the
mixture as much as possible it is es-
sential to spray thoroughly from both
sides of the trees and positively not
against the wind, even though the
wind may seem light. 1t is evident
that if part of the foliage is not spray
ed the unsprayed parts are as open
to the attack of fungous spores and
the stings of the curculio as though
there had been no spray within a
mile of the tree.