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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
ORGANIZE FOR
GENERAL GOOD
live Merchants Associations
Hasdsd BY Communities.
COOPERATION UNNECESSARY

How TO Hold Local Patronage Despite
the Aggressive Assaults ofiMail Order
Houses-"speaiai' oaysss Splendid
Scheme That Is Productive Of Excel.
lent Results.
tcopyrishted. 1914. By Thomas J. suilivaa.l
The community which does not or.
sani1e for the general good OF It's cid.
zens Is in precarious state. as organ.
ization accomplishes everything when
It is perfect. 1t uuites the Community
by one OF the strongest Of all ties-ths
desire Of improving every citizens con.
ditlon.
Cooperation accomplishes everything
when 1t Is perfect. 1t satisfies desires,
simpines needs. foresees the wishes
and becomes constant source Of ben
eft.
Mems hearts ought not to be set
against one another. but set with ono
another and all against the community
evil.
unites by Strongest Tie.
Cooperation tends to wear OF those
prejudlces which maintain destruction
and animosity between business inter.
ests.
1t softens and polishes the manners
Of men.
1t dlsposes them to pence by estab-
fishing In their community an order Of
citizens bound by their interests to be
the guardians of public welfare.
Live merchants associations. live In
diyidual merchants with inventive
minds, can do much toward regaining
and holding the farmers patronage
now being sought and fought for by
the aggressive mail order houses.
All Of the merchants Of town or
county cooperating as members Of
the right kind Of an association can
accomplish much to the general benefit
Of all concerned in the solution OF the
retail mail order problem.
Must Conserve All interests.
Too many combinations OF mer-
chants fall because too often those or,
ganizins them lose sight OF the law OF
mutual benefit and seek to advance
the selfish interests Of the merchants
alone at the expense of their custom.
ers.
To be permanent and beneficial, II
seems to me. a merchants association
should confne itself to devising ways
and means OF bctterlng trade generally
in its own town. Efforts in that direc.
ton. OF course, cannot be continually
successful unless the interests OF con.
sinners nre aisn consarved
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

showalter Tent No. z, X. o. T. NJ,
will hold an installation ceremony on
Friday evening, January the Sth at
1880 o'clock at their hall. State Com.
mander c. C. Showalter of Parkers.
burg will be present and deliver an
address. Following the installation
and the rendering Of the program, a
social hour will be held and refresh.
ments served.
All members OF the lodge and their
friends are invited to be present.
The following program will BIO OBJ.
served:
Address by State Commander C. C.
showalter, Parkersburg.
Quartet-"Hush Nah Lii Boy"
Duet-vlolin, Piano.
solo-Violin
Vocal solo-"A Busy Bee."
Vocal Duet.
Quartet.
Installation by State Commander.
Refreshments and social hour.
Marion Lodge, No. AZ, Knights OF
Pythias will Install Its officers at the
regular weekly meeting tonight a.
their hall in the Fleming building.
The installation exercise will be
followed by the officers banquet to
be served by the incoming officers.
An elaborate oyster supper will be
served and all members of the lodge
are urged to be present.
In addition to the installation exer.
cises and the banquet which will fol-
low 1t. there are important matters
20 be considered and it is urged that
the members will all be present.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

Miss Daisy Flowers and Miss Nellie
Cunningham were in Fairmont yes
terday. X.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

Walter Koen is in plttsburg for a
few days visit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

Mr.. Geo. W. Bowers has returned
from a trip TO Wheeling.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

Miss Francis Furbee has left for
school at rBuckhannon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
MUSE consery. AIl IIntere.ts.
Law Of Mutual Benefit.

T
But, starting with the fact that both
farmer and townsman are interest
ed in making the town and country
prosperous. you would have the law OF
mutual benefit on which to build up an
association that would be powerful 10
convincing all the people OF the section
that ut pays to keep your money at
home"
Getting farmers to town. It seems to
me also. is the most important field of
a merchants association.
And having specials" or bargains
for getting them into the stores is the
field of the merchants individual ef-
forts within which he should retain
every bit OF his liberty to act.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

William D. Smith and winson t.
Smith returned yesterday evening
from business trip to Cleveland, o.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
Many Merehant. offer Rrize..

In many parts OF the country the
merchants associations have estab-
llshed what they call Carnival day."
or county court day." or "fair day. or
market day" and on these days each
merchant advertlses that he will give
prizes for the largest number OF eggs
brought to his store. or for the best
roll OF butter. or for the best bushel
Of potatoes.
There are many other legitimate
schemes which may be used to create
interest and draw the people to his
store.
Sometimes several merchants offer
prizes of the same kind Of produce. and
this stimulates interest and results In
sharper competition.
On these special" days the mer.
chants often arrange to have an ex.
pert auctioneer on hand to sell any
kind of secondhand machinery or
farm utensils. household goods, horses,
cattle, ETC.. on commission basis. II
sales are made the auctioneer receives
8 per cent; Emo sales are made there
Is no expense incurred.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

trtx.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

Marion Lodge, No. AZ, Knights oil
pythias will install Its officers at the
regular weekly meeting tonight a;
their hall in the Fleming building.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Drivers Success With
Hal Boy Personal
Triumph
ev HENRY TEN eYck WHITE.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-When Dick
Mcmahon put the stallion Bay
Boy into winter quarters at
Libertyville the other day the
horse was so full OF life that 1t took
good man to lead him from the
car In which he had just finished an
unbroken journey from California.
The Chicago driver smiled content
edly. He had completed a campaign
in which both the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts had been visited and in
that journey OF 5000 miles Hal Boy
had earned record Of 2:01 l-2 in
one Of the most desperately contest
ed heats ever paced, had won more
money (about $30,00O) than ever be-
fore was credited to a PAGER in one
season, and had been transformed
from an unreliable race horse that
had been beaten in all his Grand Cir
cult starts into one that in nine
races under McMahon's tutelage had
made but one break, that being due
TO interference by another horse.
Another Mcmahon. pupil, Mary Put.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
STOKES CINCH
THEIR PENNANT

The Stokes team took double
barreled cinch on first place for the
first half OF the season In the Build
ers & Traders league No 2. by TAX.
ing two games from the Cooper
team, and they now have a lead OF
three games. with but three more
10 be bowled in this half Harry
Clippcrt's band Of pin pirates
jumped on George Firms team and
hooked them for three games. The
Kennedy team took two from Bert
Haberkorn's boys.
Some OF the second leaguers de-
veloped good form and among the
high scores were Kennedy. 1874;
Grauer. 175: IT. c. Baker. 1872; Hab-
erkorn. 1s9: Cooper, 1879.
The Kennedy team won the CLIP
pert gold buttons for the week with
total OF 2.142 pins.
Dick and Ladendorf have beer
added TO the Clippert team TO hll
vacancies and will bowl with that
bunch regularly hereafter.
frh1 Ioa rNanAt,..
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

Gus little bushes along Broadway. At
any rate. he promises to offer his
best at Windsor Wednesday night.
That he Is improved this year Is in
dicated by some smoker bouts in
which he has figured with local tai
ent.
This Ginley person from Cleveland
has fought here before. He Ia the
lad on whom Bennie Mcneil broke
an erm In the irst show OF the sea
son. He gives the impression OF be-
Ing boxer who Is always Is In ex-
cellent condition and who knows
what 10 do when he gets into the
ring.
Paul MatheA the popular young.
ster who will meet Jerry Downs. of
Cleveland. In the seminal. IL get
ling lot OF expert attention from
the older heads at the Park A. A..
where he is training. Paul has a
lot 10 learn. but they say he Is learn.
ing rapidly. He boxed Downs In
Toledo a few weeks ago. and while
he was shaded the fight was 60
enough, 30 that they were rematched
at Windsor. Downs IL best remem-
bered here for knocking out Harry
White et Windsor In one round
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Mcmahon Doesn't Take Many Horses Around the Circuit,
But He Usually Snares More Than Few Pacing Scalps

to California where three more vic
tories were added TO his score.
Hal Boy is young and sound,"
said Mcmahon, telling of the cam
paign, land | would not be surprised
TO see him pace e mile next year
close to two minutes"
And as showing that Mcmahon has
trained more than one fast PAGER
mere is list Of those he has mark
cd In 2:05 or better:
Hedgewood Boy. 2:o1.
Ross X. 2;01h -
Hal Boy. 2:01h.
Citation. 2:01 n.
King Couchman, 2:02E.
Merry Widow, 2:o3A.
Jerry b.. 2:04A.
Also he has given over 20 other
PAGERS re cords of 2:10 or better, and
OF trotters has six in the 2:10 list,
beginning with Sonoma Girl (which
mare Is a living example of his skill
as a trainer) and ending with Re-
morseful, 2:0S "a, bad race horse,
who once got himself distanced after
he had won two heats In $4,000
purse and shown he had the field at
his mercy IL only he would behave.
The Chicago reinsman does not
take many horses to the races. but
he comes homo with his full share
OF scalps and wampum
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
H. r. Baker Queers
Deal By Turning
Down White SOx

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE engi-
neers Of the deal TO send ]. Franklin
Baker, Connie Mack's home run
king, to the Chicago White Sox
overlooked vital bet. il developed
In reports from Trappe, Md. today.
Charley Comiskey and others be-
hind the deal somehow forgot to-
ask Baker how he felt about 1t, and
he apparently is not at all agree
able to the plan.
II was understood Comiskey would
pay Connie Mack $4,000 for Bakers
services and agree to slip the swat
monarch comfortable living wage
Of, say, $4,000 year.
Word from Bakers farm said he
had not only refused to join the
White Sox. but was considering Of
fers from the Yanks.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
C. SOME:Al
MUST SCI
Johnson Says Banl
Balk All Efforts
Keep Indians

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-THE Cl6(
land Indians Will be back oo
map with a resound,ng crash -
year. Ban Johnson said today. Jo11
son is enthusiastic over the reoulf
the Cleveland meeting. Ban dea1
ed the Indians will have q new ~
ager and q bunch of players T.
will set the Forest City fans cy01
with Joy. He wouldn't 90 into
tails. l
I'm satisfied with the neGotl
tions carried on with the bank0tl
committee handling the AFFAIRS
Charles Somers' club" the Am1(
can league boss asserted. "The c.
mittee. however, insisted the clut, \
sold and refused to heed two ofIG4
I made to retain Somers In q
league"
Heinze Zimmerman and Archee
Cozy Dolan ana Butler. Of st. Lq@
Is swap still rumored today. r.
Bre snahan. Of the Cubs, however,,
labelled 1t pipe dream. Preoi6
Briton. of st. Louis, admits . Aol
ering for the two Cub stars.
Another st. LouI, Cub rumor
that Huggins would like TO
Vaughn and Cy Williams for 0aN
and Butler. f5lt
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
+. Collins Finds Real Rival.


unquesonably loyal that
j s him. But other has his
Eddie Collins johnson al
second baseman OF the year IN tne
should
to his rescue In hne shape THIS
a
Of claim keystone suprema
handled a fielding OF s74
second base territory
in which
fielding under
fielding
Of
Collins and
back In
Collins
behind supplied with ammunition
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
ENRIGHT =.
ONLY wins
Other Detroit ANA
teurs Fail to Outlook
Clevelanders
BY BILLY ROCKS

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1l.--Detroit's
amateur boxers, who encountered the
pick of Clevelands amateur glove ar
lists at the Cleveland Athletic club
last night. lacked the finish OF their
opponents and succeeded In win
ming but one OF the seven bouts.
Tommy Enright. the Detroit l0S-
pound crack, defeated Harry Gill
man by a good margin, but 1t was
not deemed advisable TO shove him
into the 115-pound class Immediately
afterward to box Prior, international
amateur champion, and Dick Mey-
ers. the first foe picked for Prior.
was sent in. Prior got the decision.
Detroit expected to get two bouts,
at least, but Elmer DePronsey. who
was counted on to win from Karpin-
ski. another international champion,
In the 145-pound class, failed to cap
ture a victory. Karpinski Is a freak
fighter for so large boy. He Is
full OF long leaps and reverse Eng
lish swings and such strategy.
The Cleveland boxers will come to
Detroit next Saturday night for an
amateur tourney nj the Detroit Ath-
letic club. The Clevelanders have
been boosting the amateur game
much longer than Detroit, and the
advantage of experience was shown
last night. Our boys learned much.
however and should be an improv-
ed lot even in another week.
The results of the bouts not men,
TONED above were as follows:
1fn-pound cIsss--Young white beat
Jard Happv Diamond. three rounds.
115 Willie Pierre &C. A.. C.)
beat Dick Meyers ID. A. c.. four
rounds.
1875 pounds-Julius Walters %: A.
c. heat Joe Neeke ID. A. CO, four
rounds.
Is5 pound.-vincent Pokorni &C. 4.
C.) beat Arnold Schneider %. A. CD
four rounds.
is5 pounds-waIter wyss &C; A; CD
beat Carl ]. Studer I'd. A. CD, four
rounds.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Several Fights in Ohio
Depend On
This Go

There Is hope for Johnny Prender.
CAST, local featherweight. That at
least, is the tidings toted our way
by one of Jolinny's trainers. Yes
terday the little boxer was given 10
minutes of bag punching as the
finaie to his training stunt. He was
duly notified when the 10 minutes
expired.
"Aw." grunted Johnny. let me
have five minutes more"
Step TO 1t. kid" replied the
trainer and Johnny stepped with
vigor and gusto.
Thus has been born into Prender-
CAST q bit of ambition. He has been
fighting around Detroit for FIVE years.
He will start his sixth season next
Wednesday night. For five years
he has been something OF an in and
outer. One night he has put up
whale Of fight, and on the next
occasion hasn't done nearly so well.
Like Bennie Mcneil, he hasn't TAX
en- the game seriously enough. This
fall, however, We are informed that
Prendergast has sustained a change
Of heart. He has decided that II he
is ever going to amount to anything
In the ring. he must expend a far
greater amount OF energy than
hitherto I'm preparedness. He is Civ
ing the theory a trial on his bout
with "Kayo" Ginlcy, OF Cleveland,
which will take place at Windsor
next Wednesday night. ~
Seriously. Johnny has heen work
ing extraordinarily hard for this
fight. Some promoters from Ohio
will see him In action, and II he
pleases them. he will get some dates
in the Buckeye state. Success there,
he thinks. as Dc all other western
boxers. will lead to New York,
where the maxuma grows on numer-
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
RAYLS TO HAVE
SAME LINEU]

The Rayl basketball team. aiWm
q contender for sectional chanp11
ship honors, will present . ltn~s
very similar to that of last y4Q
Lane will be captain, and with ~
mund will play the guards. Maul
will be center, and RunkeI ana =
erman the forwards. Whitman r.
Schaeffer will be the emerGeMl
men. The middle Of january j.
Rayls will tour Ohio. starting at X
ledo on Jan. 13, and visiting a.
cinnati and Covington, KY. durtl
that week. A strong home scheeN
also Is planned. The usual caste
teams will play, and there win
games with the Detroit ~" O.
some of the other strong local qdl
tets.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Johnny Prendergast Working
Hard for Bout With Ginley
BEST A. A. PITCHERS
SENT BACK BY MAJORS

American association averages
show why few young pitchers go
from that league TO the majors.
Most OF the good pitchers are
hurlers who were sent back from
the big show.
Twelve OF the leading Is A. A.
chuckers have been In the majors.
The hardest TO score against.
among those In a large number OF
games, was Earl Yingling. for
merly with Cleveland, Brooklyn
and Cincinnati.
Other former major leaguers
among the Is are:. Councilman.
Leverenz. Leifield. Steele, Young
Cy Young, Hall. Hopper. Delhi.
Ferry, Rhodes and Schardt.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

is the badge of absolute superiority
for 3-yoar-old trotters.
All this had been accomplished
with Mcmahon forced TO go around
on crutches ever since July, when
race track accident resulted In q
broken ankle. Wearing a plaster
cast and being lifted in and out of
the sulky whilc driving races in
which there always is danger of an
other spill like that which caused
the fractured ankle is not conducive
to peace Of mind, but Mcmahon
laughed at his troubles and drove
rather better than ever before.
The campaign of Hal Boy is
come back" for Mcmahon, as last
year he had the largest money win
ming PAGER OF the season in King
2:02 ga, owned by
Stoughton J. Fletcher, of Indian
apolis. But the work of Hal Boy Is
the more remarkable from the fact
that when the Grand Circuit horses
were at Montreal and Mr.. Fletcher
bought the horse, he was turned
over to Mcmahon about five minutes
before starting in race, SO the new
driver did not even have a chance
to warm him up.
In that race Hal Boy made breaks
in two of the three heats and his per-
formance was not encouraging. Then
McMahon, who is virtuoso in the
matter Of "rfgging" trotters In the
PAGERS. began work. He found Hal
Boy was carrying a 4 IA inch toe In
front. A chunk OF that came of
right away and before the season
ended five-eighths OF an inch was
gone. That toe pairing changed the
study OF the sjze. shape and weight
of his shoes was In order. Omitting
details Of the treatment, IL may be
said that when Hal Boy was right"
and paced TO record OF 2:01 1-2 in
a race where the winner took down
SO 900 with no entrance money de-
Quoted, he carried a short toe and
wore six ounce front shoe and IL
ounce ones behind.
So mucn fc- changes in the pac-
er'c rigging. What they accomplish.
ed is shown by the fact that for the
balance OF the campaign during
which time he went nine high class
races). Hal Boy was model OF
steadiness. In his ten starts for
Mcmahon he was FIVE times first,
three times second. once third and
once Nth.
AT New York he beat Russell Boy,
the famous Geers PAGER. the first and
fourth heats OF a fast race, and the
next week, at Hartford. was second
to him In six-heat battle. At Syra-
cuse he again was second, winning
the first heat in 2:02 IA and driving
Russell Boy out the second in
2:o3 IA. Coming west, he beat
Judge Ormonde at Columbus in
straight heats and a week later was
third to Russell Boy and Judge Or
monde. In that race OF six heats
Hal Boy was first or second In FIVE,
the fight to both his oppon-
ents.
Then came the $4,000 match race
at Lexington with Judge Ormonde
which Hal Boy won, getting his
2.01 1-2 record. and lastly the trip
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
It's All Witt On the Hot Corner.


W.T. OF 1916 hdbaseman.
the fielding
lie made "a a OF
which
all
him
ALL played his and
about
- =
schak among the maskmen He caught
ndng S4 Only Tip oNel exceeded him
shotstop S ONei
this
is the 'front.'
to Mcnnis is
OF
s6 veach
drankn fielding perfection Cobb
placed well down because Of Is
1,ho Ia-aaldla Of the Tlgerafnl
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
GAFFNEY PUTS
LID ON EVERS

BOSTON. Dec. 1f.-President
Gaffney. OF the Braves, also torpe-
doed a Stove league trade story
when he denied that the Braves had
considered swapping Johnny Evers
to Cincinnati. Gaffney, however,
did commit himself on Evers' play
Ing field eccentricities, which so oft.
en- drove him TO the club house last
year. Evers, he said. may wave his
Jaw all he wants. but must lay OF
the unpopular gestures that went
with the oratory hereafter. He said
the scrappy second baseman had
promised to refrain from unsports.
manlike conduct no matter how
bad the umpires' decisions.
PrfntinR-the plain neat kfnd-thnt
~ rfHht-Time- job Dept.-Main f52O.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Witt King of 1915 Third acknowledgment Gives Bush Battle for

of fielding pitcher OF his
time Walsh the best fielding slabster
OF 81
pitcher
Grover Alexander OF the Phi lor
handled 2s assists than did Don Bush through
Collins han zoo
Witt received credit Bush was the leading norsop
their departments
surprising although 1t is far above the
making the
pitcher American league
Hs field
alltme Unfolding
In OF 12s
which
OF
that enabled Inn to win a
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
SULLIVAN HOLDS II
BACK ON TIGERS

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.--Billy Sulll-;
van, former White Sox catcher. Just
back from the Pacific coast. said
that he had received an oner TO-
scout for the Detroit Tigers and poor
sibly assist in developing pitchers
for the Bengals, but that he also had
an offer to coach the baseball team4
at the University of Indiana. II the
conference schools do not abolish
baseball, he wants to take the col-
lege job.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11
Chapman Gives Bush a Battle.

AY Chapman and po Bush the premier shorsops Of the
greater Chapman doesn't suffer bit comparison with Donie
fielding chances
o
Chapmans fielding
credit
only
Of
gathered around the that the winter
this His total of IS absolutely unappoached
scored fewer And Scott played but 100 The
called horrible
aske To-
whoop
9 a is
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

ney. had set a new record (2:05 1-2)
for 3.vear-oio trotting fillies. had won
all her races Yith the loss of but one
neat ana nad taken down s25.000 in
stake money, $4,000 of that sum ac-
cruing from her victory in the Ken.
lucky futurity, to win which stake
The Detroit times., 1915-12-11

the Packards in the final game of
the state cup-a game that Is still
remembered by all tha. witnessed
4.
One Official OF the Caleys, Alex
White, now sergeant-major, was
severely wounded in that brave Ca
madam charge this summer. He Is
now in ST. Thomas hospital with
wounds from shrapnel. Another
player that is now playing with the
Caleys, who was wounded In that
famous charge, is O'Hara, who plays
inside left.