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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
Seven More Working Days
in Christmas Prize Carnival

stands today, any contestant can, by
earnest effort, win the grand prize. No
boy or girl has such a large number
OF votes that some other contestant
cal not secure enough in the remain.
ing days to beat them out. A new
contestant can easily enter the car.
niyal now and AXE a winning race.
Free Votes Eliminated.
The free voting coupon, which has
appeared daily since the carnival was
announced, has been discontinued.
The last one appeared yesterday. All
free voting coupons must be in the
Office Of The West virginian's Christ.
mas Prize Carnival, 404 Main street,
Watson Hotel Building, by 8 a. m.
Wednesday, December 15. None will
be accepted or counted II received at.
ter that time. The final count of the
free votes will appear In Fridays is.
sue of The West Virginian.
After Wednesday It will be neces.
sary to drop from the list OF contest.
ants the names of oil boys and girls
who have not secured at least one
subscription. However, that will not
prevent such boys and birls from Sc.
curing subscriptions later and having
their names re.entered. New contest.
snts may also enter the race now and
have their names added to the list.
Boys and girls who have not secured
subscriptions must turn In at least
one subscription by 8 p. m. Wednes.
day, December is, to have their names
remain In the list. Also remember
that all free voting coupons must be
in BY 8 p: m. Wednesday, December
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14

is of considerable value to the plaintiff
because 1t affords the only means Of ac.
cess from the public road to the Carter
farm.
Loyelle Devault. the defendant.
through his counsel, Attorney Harry
Shaw, claims possession Of the land.
alleging that II has been separated
from the Carter farm by fence and
in possession of the defendant or the
persons who decided him the land for
nearly forty years. The plaintiff con.
tends that the land has been in the pos.
session Of the defendant for consider.
ably less than 10 years.
The Jury hearing the evidence in
the case includes Arthur G. Frey, Ed.
gar Wilson. w. H. Heibler, C. L. Mus.
grave, William f. Sandy, William Am.
mons, s. S. Meredith, Ezra Bell, David
C. Jones, William Mercer, Charles
Krebler and William Eddy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
1FeWe Arrests But
More Cash inTHand
THIRTY:FlvE MEN HAULED UP
sosFAR THIS MONTH CON.
TRIeuTEo s2s5

One sign of good times in Fairmont
with liquor out OF the burg is that in
December 1913, a wet month-both
literally and flguratively-the Fair
kmont police force made 100 arrests
and collected for the city from these
arrests $234.60. So far this month,
not yet half gone, the police have
made 35Iarrests and to date have de.
posted lin the city treasury $2S4.90.
The department refuses to say
whether the new winter uniforms have
made the men ore active or whether
II Is lust an accident that the moneyed
partakers fall into their hands.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
Blondars Little
JagEnds Painfully

William Blondar was unable to ap.
pear before the Mayor OF Warrington
this morning because OF a broken leg.
Blondar was found drunk and suffer.
Ing from various injuries Sunday night
IN the ditch along the Burt.town road.
He was brought 10 Mannington Jail
and the city physician, DR.. c. F. Ice,
was called. DR.. Ice discovered that the
mans leg was broken. Blondar's three
brothers were notified and the injured
man was taken to their boarding house.
The Blondar brothers are all glass
workers employed In Mannington.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14

Boys and girls who are taking part
In The West yirginian's Christmas
Prize Carnival, and their friends who
are assisting them, should study very
carefully the display advertisement
today which gives the full schedule
OF votes for second payments made on
subscripti ptions. The vote scale out.
Mined In that advertisement is not an
a>ncrease over the original schedule,
but merely gives workers an opportun.
ityto take advantage of the large mum.
Aber sof votes that are given on long
term subscriptions by securing two or
more payments on the same subscrip.
ton. Clip ithatYote schedule from the
paper and show 1t to your friends who
have already subscribed, and you will
find many Of them ready and willing
to make a second payment. Such or
hers should be written up in the or.
der book. Just the same as, the first
prder, and marked Second Pay.
ment."
|l Seven More Days.
Il After today only seven working
dnys are left of the prize carnival. It
RFiii positively close Wednesday, De.
cember %. Until the closing hour OF
he campaign 900 extra votes will
4 given for each SIS worth OF SUB.
4iptions sent in by or for AZ con.
lestant.
4 Boys and girls who will work with
3energy and enthusiasm until the finish
can accomplish wonders in securing
kptes. Too many of those listed as
ontestants have been fooling their
bme, and have not made q real effort
p secure subscriptions. AS the race
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
Christmas Trees
Bring, Holiday Air

A consignment II Christmas trees
arriving in Fairmont has lent real
"Christmassy" appearance to the city
today. The trees are on sale at. the C.
G. Robb market on upper Main street
by L. w. Leaman, the florist.
They are magnificent specimens
Many householders who believe in the
shop early" spirit In its entirety have
already placed orders for trees SO that
there be no chance Of a disappointment
in their home on Christmas morning.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
Oklahoma
Oil Nears
Its Record
(Bv Associated Press,l \

tBy Associated PresS.)
TULSA, Okla, Dec. IA Anoth-
eradvance often, cents In the price
OF crude oil, making the present
quotations s1.20 a asbarrel, was an,
nounced today by the Pariarie Oil
and Gas company. This is an in:
ere Of 90 cents within two days.
The new price Is only cents
less than the record price of 1902.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-The
Standard Oil company of New York
today announced an advance Of %
points in refined petroleum for ex-
port, making cases Of s10.75 per
gallon, and standard white in bar
rels ss.65.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
CITY is BUYER
OF|7.SONNIBOND
CERTIFICATES
Six Thousand Dollars Of. Is.
sue of 1902 Are Re-
deemed.
SINKING FUND Money
Money Raised on These
Bonds Was Used to Con-
struct Reservoir.

The reduction Of the bonded in.
debtedness incurred by the city for the
purpose Of building the water plant and
liberation system by the application
of the sinking fund provided for this
purpose was started a few days ago
by the taking up OF $4,000 worth OF
Az per cent. bonds by Graham & Co.,
OF Philadelphia, at 9sA. These bonds
were issued In 1902 and bear Az per
cent. interest.
An additional $4,000 worth OF 5 per.
cent. bonds may be taken up at the
next coupon payment period in May,
according to Commissioner OF Finance
j. Walter Barnes and Water Com.
missioner Ira L. Smith. About $4,000
additional sinking fund money In the
local banks may be used to take up
4 u per cent. water bonds at the coupon
period date in July.
The sinking fund which has been on
deposit In various Fairmont banks at
5 per cent. for some time is available
for taking up the bonds at any time,
and II the banks should seek to reduce
the rate OF interest on the sinking
fund as 1t has been intimated they
are likely to do, tho bonds will be
taken up at once as far as the amount
of the sinking fund will permit. Inas.
much, however, az some OF the bonds
bear only AS per cent, interest, it is
considered good business policy to al.
low the moneyto remain In the sinking
fund; d;as long as 5 per cent, is received
for it. u. + 81 :. 81. r, +. u 7.
{ About 100000 worth Of old city or.
,ders for money to carry on the city
business. are jsbelng5 carried, by the
local banks att per cent interest.
About s25,oOO in old orders have been
paid off. 7
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
Gamblers Contribute
to the Public Funds

Jesse Blalock, colored. was arrested
last night for being drunk on the
streets and pleaded guilty to having
taken a few drinks. The Mayor fined
i.im $40 as this was his second Of.
fense.
The trial Of the men caught in the
raid at S13 Badison street was not held
as none of them showed up. They for.
feited to the city cash and collateral
to the amount Of about $100.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
g. O3P Convention
Will Meet June 7

LelNpy EASsoCidteu fIess'J
a-WASHINGT0N,Y Dec. 1.-THE Re-
publican National Subcommittee on
cal, appointed to frame the call for the
Republican National Convention next
year, reported today in favor Of hold.
ing the convention June Z, 1916, but
did not mention any OF the four cities
whchi want the convention.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
EAST is SHNERNG IN THE GRIP
OF GREAT SNOW ANDV|NDSTORM

tween IA and 20 inches were reported.
Early today one fatality had been at
tributed to the storm, a man meeting
death while walking on the car tracks
in Colonie, Albany County.
The storm was followed by high
wind, ranging In velocity from 20 to
&c miles an hour. This piled the snow
up in drifts in some places as high as
10 feet.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
baltimore BANKERS
SUBSCRIBE $2,50OiIO
new AO1ELPROJECf
Senator Watson Issues StatementSay.
ing That He Put in His $4,000
as Business Proposition
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEES TONIGHT

The hotel proposition is being put throughwth Gear.
The required of stock had nearly all been raised
time today Many subscriptions for stock nthe
new company came in today by telegraph.
number Of previous subscribers doubled their sub
scrptons today and many prospects came inwith large
as they consider the hotel good
their own benefit.
The working committees will meet tonight atten o'clock
in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms to report day's
results. ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-14
Traffic Was Tied Up on Rail
and Trolley
Roads.
milk FAM|NES OCCUR
Blizzard Blows Out to Sea
and Temperature Takes
a Drop.

NEW " Y0RK. K.Dacs4l4.-Snow, sleet,
and at times, cold drizzling rain whirl-
ed over practically all Of the the New
England states and New York, Penn
sylvania and New, Jersey most OF last
night in what is probably the most se-
we're general storm that has hit the
east since that of December 6, 1914.
Having blown itself out to sea today
in the vicinity of Nantucket, the
storm will likely be followed by a
sharp drop in temperature through.
out the states affected and will next
be heard Of sweeping eastward along
the route Of the transatlantic steam
ers.
Snow was still falling during the
forenoon in parts OF New England and
upper New York state.
Wire trcnble stalled trains. Temper.
ary milk shortage in New York and
street accidents familiar to New York
at storm times all came as the after.
moth of last nights blow.
The storm, which started early yes.
terday and lasted more than 26 hours
blew over New England early today
at the center somewhere between Bos.
ton and Quebec. In its wake it left q
mass of tangled telegraph wires.
Through trains from the west were
hours behind time and urban and inter.
urban traffic was tied up throughout
the greater part Of the state. The
heaviest fall, 24ts inches, was reported
officially from this vicinity and Pough.
keepsie reported only 1.2 inch. Along
the line OF the New York Central and
in the southern tier Of counties the
fall ranged from six to 12 inches. To
the north and west from Albany be.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-31
The Little Boy and His
Father - Composition
By Harold Turk

Dear Juniors: .>
I Will write you one Of my school
compositions about the little boy and
his father. Once upon time there was
a little boy and his father They were
calling across the ocean. 1t was an In
tesesting voyage to the little boy. He
sat where he could watch the waves
dash against the ship and see a whale
once in while.
The size of a whale and his length
is seventy-fve to ono hundred feet long.
He sometimes upsets small ships and
vessels. Whenever whale wants food
he goes through large h1nch Of her
ring and gets about forty barrels for a
meal.
Whenever ship gets long distance
from land there is bird flying around
the ship. The name Of this bird is the
sea gull. will tell you the reason this
bird flies around the ship. 1t is because
he is hunting food. What the people on
tie ship throws out this bird gets to
eat He some times follows ships hun.
dneds Of miles and hovers around them
until they are almost to land. That is
the way he gets his food.
They completed their voyage in seven
OF eight days. After two or three days
the boy became tired and seasick and
when they came to land they were glad
to get off,
Harold Turk, age II,
Eldon Ia, R. z. z
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-31
The Story of a Young Calf
By Frances Carhart
of Abba

Dear Editor:
The first thing I remember was
standing beside my mother one cold
February day. talked to the other
calves and cows and as was the small
est calf they all made over me.
Then one day heard my master Mr..
Leroy say that the next day there
would be a sale. l asked my mother
what sale was. She did not know.
The day dawned bright and cheerful
and long about noon they led me and
my mother up in about the middle OF
the barn lot and people began shouting
numbers At last as the bidding seem
ed to die down the man that led me
to the middle Of the barn lot hit the
table with q hammer and said "You get
en" And great big burly man with
red whiskers came up and put me in
rickety old wagon. They tied my moth
err behind and after the sale was over
started off.
It seemed as If we went miles and
| miles. Then he stopped and opened
gate that went up long driveway to
a Dig white barn. 1t was beautiful
place and was rejoicing that l was
sold with my mother
| Later, about a week or ten days,
| found out little boy lived there and
! soon after saw him. He was about five
feet high and had dark black hair. It
! was he that named me Spot" And
love him to this day.
Frances Carhartt, age 10,
1 AZ, Abba, a., r. 4.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-31
Helen Davis Tells Juniors
About Her Remarkable
Ancestors
Dear Junior:

Dear Junior:
AS you wanted the Juniors to write
about their ancestor thought / would
write about my Grandma Mowery
She was born In Harrison county,
Indiana, in 1923. Her parents name
was Mauck. When grandma was about
eight years old she went to live with
her sister as her mother was poorly
and couldn't take care Of all her chill
dren. Grandma lived with her sistex
until she was twenty years old. Then
she married George Mowery. They had
thirteen children. Five of them are
dead
Once when grandma was living in a
log cabin she heard a noise. She looked
up and saw q rattle snake crawling out
Of a crack between the logs. She got
the hoe and killed It.
One day as grandpa was moving q
houEe a log rolled on his limb and
broke it. The doctors went to take the
limb off. They gave him chloroforn
and it killed him. He died In March
1882. After his death grandma went to
live with her SON and keep house fol
him. She lived with him FIVE years and
then she went to Black Hills, Dakota
She stayed there while with her
daughter. from there she went to Hot
Springs, Ark, and from there to Colo
RADIO Since then she has just been Wis
ting around. She is 81 years old and
is very spry. She is ptecing quilt fol
me-
Helen Davis, age 10,
Russell, Ia, r. No, I.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-31
Lizzie Jones on Kindness to
Animals

Every one ought to be kind to ami
mails, Because the animals do every
body some good.
One day as was going to school l
saw a man whipping one OF his horses
because it did not back up to door,
The horse was so poor that 1t Is
wonder it could stand up.
One night saw another man beating
his COW because she would not come 70
him when he called her. He got MS
dog after her and the dog bit places on
the cows sides until she bled.
Another time when I was coming
from school there was little kitten In
the road and boy came out OF a
house and kicked 1t 80 hard that IT
hurt its back and legs. I think If that
boy had been served the same way
maybe he would have been little more
careful about kicking animals.
Once when was going to town
there was two children who had dog
and they had two strings around his
neck, and each one was pulling the
string. There was woman coming be-
hind me and she said why don't you
children let the dog loose and let him
go home? If you don't you will choke
him to DEATH
The little girl said "Oh, that don't
hurt him. And just then the boy
kicked it just as hard as he could. 1
think people like that had not ought to
be allowed to keep any animals.
Lizzie Jones,
1913 e. Mary St., Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-31
Corda Hargesheimer Has a
Pet Duck

Dear Friend Louise:
l received you letter through the
Courier Junior and was glad to hear
from you. When your letter came l was
in Oskaloosa visiting Caroline. Mamma
had the paper put away for me.
Where did you go the Fourth Of July
/ went to church in the forenoon and
stayed at home in the afternoon. The
third I went to Kirkville and the fifth
I went to Eddyville. had good time
both places.
We are having a contest at Grange
and it closes soon. One side is about
seventy points ahead of the other one.
The side that gets beat is to give a
picnic We went wading and had a
fine time. q. .,.. a.. Z. aofZ5
Minnie Marietta and Hazel came
over to get some mulberries and we
went wading. We didn't wade long as
it began to rain.
Hazel gave me little duck and it is
great pet. When it gets frightened it
will come and get between my feet.
Roy, Irene, Edith and went goose
berrying one afternoon and we got
quite a few gooseberries.
AS my letter is getting long l will
close so good by.
Corda HaSgesheimer age II,
s Eddyville. Ia. r. 3.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-31
FOR THE CHILDREN
4 Spiders Home

What ails our new clockr' saia
father one day, as he came homo from
his work and found mother just putt
ting on the potato kettle tn order to Sei
dinner. 1T is twelve o'clock now, anq
our clock lacks a whole half-hour OF
the right time"
II don't know" said mother; 1T haS
always kept very good time until now.
Just then Elsa came running in from
school, saying, 20 mother. was late at
school this morning. and Miss Prentiss
was so sorry because she had been
teaching the children a new song thaa
missed"
Father moved both hands Of the clock
around until both pointed straight up
Now Elsa knew what time 1t was, and
guessed why she had been late that
morning. Now Elsa" said father. run
over to Aunt Jennie's to SEQ II we can
borrow her watch for day. IT our
clock keeps on telling tho wrong time
we might be late again tomorrow with
out the watch"
Elsa skipped away. pleased to help
father and pleased to think that Aunt
Jennie might slip the watch chain
around her neck and the pretty watch
into her apron pocket, SO that sha
she came back, the watch was hung up
on nail beside the clock The next
morning, when father looked. he found
that the clock was slower than ever;
but he again set it right with the
| watch It could not keep up, but grew
slower and slower. until finally 1t
| stopped altogether.
NOW" said father, II will open the
door that has always been tightly
closed, to see If can find out the
| trouble with our new clock" Elsa and
mother peeped over his shoulder, and
| what do you suppose they saw? Why,
somebody's little home, all flxed up
| there among the pretty wheels, with
| curtains, draperies, and other silken
things. The one who made all this was
scampering away as fast as his SIX
legs could carry him.
That's right" said father, hurry
away: for you have Just tied our clock
up with so much spinning that 1t can
not go at all. You and the clock ara
both busy workers; but you cannot
work together, so you had better fix up
| q Home somewhere else"
Father brushed the spiders work all
turning, and the pendulum said its soft
"tick-tock" again. Baby waved his tiny
| hand to show how the clock goes. for he
had been watching, too. Father set the
hands again with Aunt Jennies watch.
and the next morning both were to-
| gether telling the right time. The watch
| was now carried home to Aunt Jennie.
| and after this the clock told father rust
| when to get UP, mother Just when to
get breakfast, Elsa Just when to got
ready for school. and nobody need be
| late any more on account OF 0oe
| knowing the right time
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-31
T he Story of a
Large Stone

Once there was a king who TOOK
great delight in teaching his people
good habits pad luck comes only "
the lazy and the carless," said me-
but to the busy workers God gives the
good things of this life
One night he put a large stone IN ths
middle of the road near his palace anu
watched to see what the people WHO
passed that way would do.
Early in the morning sturdy olo
farmer named Peter came along Win
his heavy OK cart loaded with corn.
"Oh, these lazy people! he cried
driving his oxen to one side OF the ROAD
'IIere is this big stone right IN the ne
middle Of the road, and nobody VIII
take the trouble to move IT,
Then came young soldier, singing
a merry song as nc walked. "A gay
feather was stuck in his hat, and Dig
sword hung at his side. and he was
fond of telling great stories Of what ne
had done In the war. He held his head
SO high that he did not see the stone,
but stumbled over 1t and fell flat into
the dust.
"Silly drones," he said. ",To have no
more sense than to leave stone hke
that in ths middle Of the road!'
An hour later there came down the
road six merchants, with their goods
-
was to be held near the village. When
they reached the stone the road was so
narrow that they could hardly drive
their horses between it and the wall.
Did any one ever see the like?" they
said. There is that big stone in the
road, and not a man in all the county
but that is too lazy to move it.
And so the stone lay there for three
weeks; it was in everybody's way. and
Ioff else
to move.
Then the king sent word to all his
people to meet together on a certain
day near his palace, as he had some
thing to tell them.
The day came, and great crowd OF
men and women gathered in the road
Old Peter, the farmer, was there: ana
so were the merchants and the young
soldier.
Il hope that the king will not find
, out what q lazy set Of people he has
around him." said Peter.
And then the sound of horn was
heard. and the king was seen coming
toward them. He rode up to the stone,
got down from his horse, and said:
My friends, it was who put this
stone here, three weeks ago. It mas
been seen by every one OF you and yet
every one has left it just where it was,
and scolded his neishbor for not NOV
ing it out Of the way"
Then he stopped down and rolled the
stone over. Underneath the stone was
round, hollow place, in which was a
small iron box. The king held up the
box so that all the people might see
what was written on piece OF paper
fastened to 1t. These were tho words;
"F'or him who lifts the stone
| He opened the box, turned It upside
down, and out Of it fell beautiful gold
ring and twenty bright gold coins
Then every one wished that he had
only thought Of moving the stone In
stead Of going around 1t.