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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16
Washington, D. 81, June 1

The fifty-year-old state debt con.
troversy between Virginia and West
Virginia was finally adjudicated yes:
terday, when the Supreme Court OF
the United States held that West Wiz.
ginia shall pay S12.393,929.50 as its
share Of principal and interest of Vir'
ginia's anti-bellum state Indebtedness.
OF this amount, $4.215,622.28 repre-
sents West Virginia's share of the
principal as of January 1, 1861, and
SIS, 17s, 307.22 is interest on this sum
for ffty.four years and six months.
II West Virginia does not pay over
this sum by July LIST next, It must
pay 5 per cent interest on the full
amount, $12,393, 929 so, until it is paid.
None OF this money will go to the
state Of Virginia. All OF 1t will be
paid to the holders of the old Virginia
debt certificates. One million dollars
worth OF these certificates are held by
Baltimore banks and individuals, and
about three million dollars are held in
New York. Many Of them are held by
west Virginians. When Virginia re-
aiusted her ante.bellum debt, thirty
years ago, she issued new bonds for
two-thirds of this obligation and gave
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

Recently we heard woman re-
mark, in speaking Of a certain affair
that had not turned out tust exactly
the way she wanted it to, 81 am dis.
appointed that things turned out the
way they did, but I'll have to get over
It, Just like great many other trou-
bles."
1t was good philosophy on her part.
AS one goes through this life there
are hundreds os affairs that don't turn
out the way you want them to, and
the best way to get over disappoint-
ment is to forget it and hit the next
problem harder than ever. II a per.
son can never get over some little
thing that goes wrong and keeps for.
ever looking on the dark side of life,
that person soon forgets all that is
worth while and becomes a cronlc
pessfmist. Life is too short to worry
about things that are over and can't
be helped. II you do your part and
still fall short of the mark you have
set in any enterprise, forget it; and
start anew with determination %
make good. And after all, when we
stop to count them UP, it is found that
the Joys and sorrows, the achievements
and the disappointments of life are
about evenly balanced. If 1T rains on
your picnic day this year, it may rain
on the other FELLOWSHIP 1916.
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WASHINGTON NEWS
GOSSIP . eEzzEEs ss22zs sM5Ez:

certificates for the other third, at the
same time promising the bondh olders
it would use its good Offices to compel
West Virginia to pay the certificates
with interest.
Justice Hughes handed down the
opinion for the court. 1t contains
1900 words and is an exhaustive re.
view OF the financial controversy be
tween the two states.
These two points-the question oil
whether or not West Virginia must pay
interest and how much and the ques,
ton West Virginia shall be allowed
a part of Virginia's old assets and how
much-were the important issues at
stake in yesterdays opinion. Anothe.
point OF material bearing also was
the date when the amount of principal
should be fixed. West Virginia held
It should be January 1, 1851; and Vir-
ginia held It should be July 1, 1864.
AS stated, the court. had several years
ago held that West Virginia should pay
23h per cent of Virginia's old debt,
which on January 1, 1851, was $780,
563,861.56.
Virginia won the biggest point in
the case when the court held that
West Virginia must pay interest of its
share Of the principal, which the court
had originally fixed. 1t was on the
point that the two states could not
agree and broke of negotiations, com.
polling the supreme court to take
cognizance OF the case again after
Chief Justice White had urged them
to try to settle the question of interest
amicably. West Virginia had stead
lastly resisted the contention that 1t
should pay interest, although express.
ing willingness to pay its share Of
the principal.
West Virginia also won an import.
ant point which had the effect of re.
ducIng her share Of interest and prtn-
cipal about twelve million dollars.
The younger state contended that It
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16
wEpNEspAY JUNE IS. 1915.
OF sgNEEIT X AL.
Thete can be no doubt in the minds

4 u
These can besnos doubt in the minds
Of any hcnest person assto the value
Of good roads. Noispecial interest can
Sc said TO receive more benefits from
4 good public road than the humblest
citizen. Roadssserye5 one and all alike.
Tho farmer ~ means sof good roads
ands II easy'to bring his farm products
Into the city where he may sell them
It gocd profit the man who loves
to DIVE or ride horseback finds the
tpod roads g grsat boon to his source
u pieasure; the automobilist is ever
happy when he finds a good road to
lravel. and manyga tourist going from
place to place about the country
passes up come city which he had
ori sinaIIy intended to visit, If he finds
that the faei1ft ties for reaching the city
are not Of the best the pedestrian,
Who gees abopt on foot Unlike measure
1nds comfoft n d good road.
Next Monday the people. Of Fairmont
viii vote on d bond issue Of 100000,
the money to be expended for addi-
tionai improvement q. the public high
Ways IN the Fairmont district. 1t is
proposition that is entirely worthy.
L Is q measure forswhich every public
spirited citizen should vote. Every
vote cast for the measure is vote
cast Tor the public GOD; for the benefit
Of the people atslarge and not for any
Individual gain or advantage. West
virginia needs more good roads; Fair
mont needs better public highways.
and next Monday the people of this
district VIM decide the question locally.
The movement for better roads was
started not 80 long ago and has met
With the Hearty approval Of the people
Of the state. Thousands Of dollars
have been spent on road Improvement
80 the different COUNT of the state
during the last two years and the
money thus spent has been a paying
Investment.
co 10 the polls next Monday and
cast your ballot for the bond issue,
moving null well that in SO doing
you are helping along a movement
which VIII bring about a great public
benefit, through the medium of bet.
tar. roads,
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That prosperity 1DiN
rl.o,,.f11rn "a corf1in
HAT will be divided unequaly is just certai
as tIatiElWill. come

HAT Il WILDE divided unequally is just certain
as that twill come.
nsgass publicity through gfii newspaper advert
e VIII find when prosperity comes, that somehow his
business has slipped away until it must be re-etsabshed
an l1atrralyhigh cost of time effort and money. He
has got behind and must overwork himself to regainos
round and wisget the smaller profits from the return
f prosperity
1n the other hand the man who through thick and thin
"a kept between his business and the people
lear at ali times; turning on the light of publicity
trough the is the merchant who wige
larger returns from good times His efforts are not to
e started going to catch up, but
a keep ahead }ssi ]gss.s
he Fairnont merchant who wants his business to grow
he most ia good times must advertise in The West 1=
ian all the time are in doubt as the cost,
Instability OF manner Of conducting your advertising
he West vrgnian will glad every possible
esistance. 3
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

Manchester condensed into a few
words the whole war situation, and
laid bare the faults Of England bravely
and faithfully. The world knows that
LLOYD George speaks the truth. The
progress of the war proves the truth
Of his words. Outside of England the
Residences and inetfectiveness of that
nation are universally known. The
once ready and indomitable spirit is
mot in evidence. The leaders are
secretive and shutting in their
methods. They suppress the truth,
Iuggle with their allies and with neu-
trails, and mistrust the people. Wash
ineton Post.
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AFTER-DNNER
MINIS x


whoever sent the corn planting
Sound asleep! Enough time elapsed
safter the story broke to harvest the
'lScropE before It was published in Pitts:
sburgh. n
All Missouri has been invited TO
attend the wedding OF Miss Genevieve
CLARK, daughter Of Champ Clark, which
win take place at Bowling Green, Mo-,
on June SO. It was found impossible,
ito send out individual invitations, so
general proclamation was issued, In
yiting all the citizens of the state to
attend. It will be some big affair, eh!
What?
Having told the Germans where to
! ting neat little notice out for the
Allies. Wonder what Bryan will have
to say about the note to the Allies?
/ Solicitor Dorsey says that Franks
guilt is certain. Well, he is one OF a
very few in number who think that
Frank is guilty. There never was o.
case in the history Of Georgia where
there was SO much doubt as to per
sons guilt as there is in the case Of
Frank.
Headline in Pittsburgh paper says:
More words from Bryan" More
words is right, old top.
We sincerely wish the government
would quit Issuing statistics on the
goat industry in America. Every time
we read them we change our order
from spring lamb TO liver and bacon.
A New York district attorney de.
clares high balls are mental aids.
We've noticed that after man swal.
/ lows four he is liable to think almost
anything.
we observe by reading Old Art
Brisbane's stuff that Mr.. Bryan was
wrong and Mr.. Wilson was wrong, and
Mr.. Hearst exactly right.
Having lost 100000 men thus far
| Europe ought to begin figuring on
what will happen when the others go.
An Illinois pillow manufacturing plant
has changed 1t into a shrapnel factory:
beating our plough shares into shrap'
mel.
However, We do not hear any hearty
applause greeting the suggestion that
! divers visit the Iusitania and dis
cover whether or not she carried guns.
t@t
canteloupe League Standing.
Melons Good. Bad. Pct:
...............:s II pa
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Z n s. .t.i3
was entitled to a snare Of virginia's
ante-bellum assets. This claim Wiz
ginia resisted, holding that the su
preme court when 1t fixed 81 ,1s2,507.46
as West Virginia's part Of the original
debt it took into consideration Nlr
ginia's assets at the time the states
separated. The court, however, over
ruled Virginia's contention, and al
lowed West Virginia S2,966,Ss5.l5 as
credit on its share OF the principal,
cutting the latter sum down to $4,21ot'
62221. Had Virginia contention been
sustained clear down the line, West
Virginia's total obligation would have
gone over $25,000,000 In view Of the
opinion Of the court that the latter
state must pay interest as well as
principal.
The court, in its opinion, practicallE
sustains Special Master Littlefeld In
his estimates Of the allowances TO
West Virginia as share OF Virginia s
old assets.
The following is the. courts findings
in the value of Virginia's old assets
and West Virginia's share thereof:
Cash in sinking fund.... $819,2oO:V3
Stock of R. F. & P. R. r.. BIZ, 167: 36
Other stocks and loans. 7,769,84O.3o
Interest and dividends I.
Bank stocks .....-....... 3;302ts57.4s
Stocks sold to Atlantic,
Miss. & Ohio r. Re-. o4,6Ss,42
Stocks in James River &
Kanawha r. R......... 1,664,833.0O
Total $14,19s,16t.44
To be credited to West
Virginia as represent.
ing 231a per cent OF her
share of these assets. $3,50S, 352.94
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

What is the seating capacity Of a
longitudinal seat in a street car? Did
you ever see 20 people sitting on a
seat 81 feet long? The question is OF
more than academic interest, for the
day may come when passengers will
all get seats, and on that day one will
want to know what constitutes car
load. But even when the happy day
arrives when each shall have a seat
and the seat of each shall be sufficient
unto him, one does not imagine that
the car thus measured of in imaginary
lines will ever become widely popular.
The average man likes seat where
only two can sit and there will be no
further question of his inches being
encroached upon. He also likes a
place to brace his feet, place where
said feet are in no danger of being
trodden upon. And window ledge
for his elbow. In the car Of the blessed
future all seats will be crosswise. But
until then we need scarcely bother
about our II and IS hundredths inches,
for we shall be standing In the aisle, as
Plain Dealer.
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Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects

But the special envoy of Germany is
to perform service wholly unknown a
few years ago. In this land of de:
mocracy where the people rule and
dispose OF their own governmental
affairs 1t Is now deemed expedient for
the German Emperor to find out what
"the people" think before shaping his
reply to President Wilson's latest
note. After all, the people constitute
the real national force in the United
States, and this is the force that must
always be reckoned with. Foreign
governments are beginning to under
stand this. and therefore diplomacy Is
halted while a special envoy to his
emperor to tell him what the people"
think.-Kansas City Journal.
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Lloyd George sees the truth, grasps
its Importance, and tells 1t to the PEG.
pie. His speech to the worktngmen OF
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

An Illinois pillow manufacturing plant
has changed It into a shrapnel factory:
beating our plough shares into shrap'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

Having told the Germans where to
head in, President Wilson is now get
ting neat little notice out for the
Allies. Wonder what Bryan will have
to say about the note to the Allies?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

Having lost 100000 men thus ia
Europe ought to begin figuring o
what will happen when the others g
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

We sincerely wish the government
would quit issuing statistics on tht
goat industry in America. Every time
we read them we change our order
from spring lamb TO liver and bacon
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

We observe by reading Old Ar
Brisbane's stuff that Mr.. Bryan was
wrong and Mr.. Wilson was wrong, and
Mr.. Hearst exactly right.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

However, we do not hear any hearty
applause greeting the suggestion that
divers visit the Eusftania and dis
cover whether or not she carried guns.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

Headline in Pittsburgh paper says:
More words from Bryan" More
words is right, old top.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-16

A New York district attorney de
clares high balls are mental aids
We've noticed that after man swal
lows four he is liable to think almost
anything.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28
EAT LESS AND TAKE
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
lake glass OF Salts before breakfast
II your Back hurts or Bladder
bothers you

The American men and women n,nat
guard constantly against Kidney trouble.
because we eat too much and ali our food
is itch. Our blood is filled with uric
acio which the kidneys strive to filter
OUT, they weaken from overwork. become
sluggish; the eiminative tissues clog and
the result is kidney trouble. bladder
weakness and a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps os
iead; your back hurts or the urine "a
cloudy, full of sediment or Won are
ooilged to seek relief two or three times
curing the night; if you suffer with sick
headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid
soohaeh, or you have rheumatism when
TIE weather is bad, get from Your phar-
.nacist about four ounces of Jad Salts:
1aKe tablespoonful in glass of
water before breakfast for a few DAVIS
and your kidneys will then act fine.
ms famous salts is made from the acid
OF grapes and lemon juice, combined with
una and has been used for generations
20 hush and stimulate clogeed kidneys:
70 neutrallze the acids in the urine 80 Il
no longer is a source of irritation. thus
ending bladder disorders.
'ao Salts is inexpensive; cannot IN
lu,e' makes a delightful efervescent
ilthia-water beverage, and belongs in
every nome, because nobody can mako
a mistake by having good kidney flush,
ing any time. 1880
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28
AGE AND SULPHUR
DARKENS GRAY HAIR
Brush this through faded, lifeless
locks and they become dark,
glossy, youthful.

t12t Loses Is color. and 1;;stra Ct
when it fades, turns gray, dull and life
less, is caused by lack of sulphur in the
hair. Our grandmother made up mix
ture OF Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep
her locks dark and beautiful, and thou
sands OF women and men who value that
even color, that beautiful dark shade of
hair which is so attractive, use only this
old-dme recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mixture
by asking at any drug store for a so
cent bottle of ''Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" which darkens the
hair so naturally, SO evenly, that nobody
can possibly tell it has been applied Be-
sides, it takes off dandruf, stops scalp
itching and falling hair. You JUST
dampen sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time. By morn
ing the gray hair disappears; but what
delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur is that, besides beautifullE
darkening the hair after a few applica-
lions, it also brings back the gloss and
lustre and gives It an appearance Of
abundance.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28

Arthur Dills has returned from
Georgia, where he has been after a
big lizard, but j. w. Buchanan in
sisted on his company back to Syl-
va.
Ramsey Buchanan passed by
here Thursday in his new Ford.
The Dillsboro section hands have
gone to work with a willing mind
since Ned Dills has gone to work
with them.
Mrs. Hannah Messer was in town
this week.
Jim Biddix OF Waynesville pass
ID by on train this week, for BARK.
ers Creek.
Waller Biddix and Deck Sutton
leave sunday Tor Andrews.
CANDY KID.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28
SAGE TEA PUTS LIFE
AND COLOR IN HAIR
Don't stay gray! Sage Tea and Sui
phur darkens hair so naturally
that nobody can tell.

You can turn gray, faded hair beau
t11ully dark and lustrous almost over
n 111 II you'll get a SO cent bottle Of
Wyeth:s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy
at any drug store. Millions of bottles Of
1h1s old, famous Sage Tea Recipe are sold
annually, says a well-known druggist
mere, because it darkens the hair so
naturally It and evenly that no one can
tell 1T has been applied
those whose hair is turning gray, be-
coming faded, dry, scraggly and thin
nave nave a surprise awaiting them, because
AFTER one or two applications the erav
hair vanishes and your locks heco,os
iux'1riantly dark and beautifully dan
o oIun goes scalp itching and falling Lair
nn daas is the age of youth. Gray-haired,
unaetEaetive folks aren't wanted around
SO get busy with Wyeth's Sage and Sp1'
p9u1 eo-n1ght and you'll be delighted
with your dark, handsome hair and vo,,~
soo1o1al aPpe~rsnce within few days.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28

The1. are those who believed that
the entrance of Italy into the war
marks he beginning of the end, not
thar the arms of Italy will make
SUCH tremendous difference either
Way; but it is not at all probable
that the Italian government would
take the step unless it had every
assurance that the defeat of the
Tutonic allies is imminent. Italy
wants certain provinces, once hers,
but now the property of Austria.
Unless she can see the defeat of
Germany and Austria she would
hardly be so foolish as to brave the
anger of the WAR Lord On a long
chance. But then Italy may not be
particularly good at reading the
signs of the times.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28

be alright, but the actual conditions
which have to be met are not ethi-
Cal. The problem Of making de-
cent living is what people are up
against, and it is a problem which
annot be solved by ethics. No one
need fear that people are going to
work too young or are going to
work too much unless it is necessa-
ry; and if it is necessary, who will
say that the work should not be
done? Surely no man should un-
dertake to say SO unless he can
point out a way to obtain the neces.
sites of life with less work."
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28
DILLSBORO

Thought | would write a few dots
Everything is working nicely and
quietly around this place.
we are sorry to see our friend
Dill Jones leave us. He is GOING to
Greens Creek.
DOCK Messer of this place has
purchased team of oxen to work
III front of his Ford. ea,ea
DOCK Paris and George McDade
Will leave here the first of .U1ne for
the Panama Canal.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28

cannot reach the seat Of the s:.seAse O. &c
tarrh is blood or constitutional f1;ssa.s,
and in order to cure it you must take f.,
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh C1,ra ..
taken internally, and acts directly uno,
Catarrh, Cure IL not q duack medicine =
was prescribed by one OF the hest nhv.
stciane in this country for yeare ana 4,
. regular prescription. It Is Composed a.
the hess tones known. combined With III,
mucous surfaces. The perfect comh,nn
ton Of the two ingredients is what nro
duces such wonderful results in cnr;n,
eatarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
p. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. O
eed by Druggists, price tic.
1a&o 0A0's Family Pills for eonsNpassan
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28

We are glad to note that. in the
face of the howl of sentimentalists
with every expectation of being
called the foe of the children and
the champion of the mill autocrat
who is accused of driving the little
fellows to their work day after day,
depriving them of their rights to
play and sunshine and study.
there is one big paper in North Car
DINA that is not afraid to speak the
plain truth about child labor in the
cotton mills. Says the State Journal:
None will 90 farther than we will
to help the condition of laborine
people, and especially children, but
we are firmly convinced that the
present child labor propaganda has
no sound foudation on which to
rest. 1t does not touch the root of
the evils from which society suffers.
AS as an ethical proposition it may
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28

We can all find strength to carry
our burden for one dry; to be kind
and sweet, and true, and firm, just
till night falls. This is all life ever
asks of us. To fight one days temp
tation; do one days: duties; check
angryAnd fretful humors; hold our
tongues in subsection, and, if we
can say nothing kind, say nothing
at all, for just one day.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28

The hauling of trash from town
and dumping it on the sides of the
roads and railroad has made some
very insight" places at every ap-
proach to Sylvia. No matter how
stranger comes to our little town, he
can't avoid the trash pile; it is there.
No man has visited Sylvia in the last
year without seeino it, save one. He
came last week and spent couple
of days in town and didn't see the
the trash pile-he was blind.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-28
SOME FORMS OF RHEU MATS Y
DURABLE

Rheumatism is a disease char G
iel.1o1 ~ pa:..s i. -: ...~ ;-....s d
in the joints and in the muscles
The most common forms !. 9.
Acute and Chronic Rheumatis )
Rheumatic Headaches, Sci. .
Rheumatism and Lumbago.
All these types can be helped }
solutely'::by applying some g "a
liniment that penetrates. An
plication of Sloan's Liniment @
or three times ( iiec,, n
will &c ins;an re. #
Sloan slLiniment is good for D !,
and especially Rheumatic P; O.
because it penetrates to the sea, i
trouble, so0thes the afflicted D t
and draws the pain. Sloa.,s T. j.
ment is all medicine Get a c,
bottle now. Keep it Ia, | i; e
of emergency.