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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
AMT NATURE
WONDERFUL

Very few Haiwaiians so south in
the winter.
Trailing an eel by Its footprints
was found to be impractical by a
Boston fisherman.
During the winter months every
body should practice at swatting flies.
Swat at the different objects that a
fly is likely to land on this coming
summer.
THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF A
SPEECH ARE KNOWING WHEN TO
CEASE.
Every cloud has silver lining for
pawnbrokers.
Letting your thoughts travel for
you is another way of saving car fare.
Many a girls shirtwaist Is rumpled
because OF too much pressing.
BY eating O toadstool is another
way OF finding out it wasn't mush-
room.
The fellow who pans show the
loudest usually got in on pass.
FABLE.
Once upon a tyne a man approach
ed another man and complimented
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

CHARLESTON, W. Wa number
of FREQ trachoma clinics in West Vir.
GINA are proposed to follow the one
recently held at Williamson, Mingo
county. Reports to the health depart.
ment indicate that It was success
and further development of the dis.
order Is said to he improbable in that
vicinity as result Tho clinic was
conducted by physicians from both
the United States bureau Of health
and the state health department. A
greater number OF cases Of trach.
oma were reported this summer in
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

ELM GROVE, W. Vain the per.
formance Of his duties, James Reese,
motorman for IS years on the West
Virginia Traction and Electric com.
pany's line which passes through this
city between West Alexander, Pa,
and Wheeling, has travelled distance
equal to more than 30 times around
the world. He has travelled on an av.
erage of 100 miles a day or 786,24O
miles since he first went to work for
the company.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

ers" at the Hipp is the owner of a
very valuable brindle pup. She has
been christened Duchess" and looks
the name.
Butter fat" didn't appeal very
strongly to the young lady in the Hlpp
chorus to whom It was applied In
this column yesterday. Another good
intention miss-carried!
Whoever thought up the scheme
that requires a young lady to throw
a piece OF lemon pie in the comedians
face had very little knowledge OF
the muscular prowess required to exc
cute this stcInt successfully. Last
night when the miss essayed to plant
the pie she missed the mark by a full
foot and 1t landed on an unsuspecting
individual down in front. Every time
we see Il lady wind up like a Rube
Waddell we side STEP Safety First"
always. Perhaps It comes from being
married.
Virginia Abbott is a master mechan.
iC when it comes to handling crowds.
Tickets were sold for both perform.
anCes all during the evening and not
even the slightest mixup resulted. In
other words the house was sold twice,
each time to different set Of people,
and after getting that "Now, llstCsl,
Honey, these tickets are for the sec
0nd show" no one would want to do
otherwise than obey instructions.
Dave Heilman held long distance
conversation with Jank Lewis, who Is
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
BRIEF KILOGRAMS

WHEELING, w. Wa decrease of
C6 2-3 per cent. in tho number of bank.
ruptcy cases in his court during 1916
compared with the year of 1914 is re.
ported by Judge A. G. Dayton Of the
United states district court.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
Mtngo and nearby counties than from
any other section of the country.

CHARLESTON, w. va.-The coun.
~ or Faycttc has placed on deposit in
SIX banks OF that county 5000 900. This
money was received from the sale OF
bonds issued for making road improve.
ments. Under the new county deposl.
tory law, all such funds are put on in
tcrest by the counties. departure
from the rule which had obtaircd since
West Virginia became state.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

The most enthusiastic crowd of the whole campaign
was the one that assembled in front of The Virgin
ian bulletin board last night Even the fog which blew
in from the river about II o'clock could not drive it
away
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

CHARLESTON, ". VA special
clal grand jury has been called to con.
vene on November 10 because OF the
increasing number of alleged viola
tions of tho state pronIDluon law dur.
Ing the closing weeks OF the campaign.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

One merry wag was very persistent in his inquiries
last night about the returns from Alabama. He ex-
planned that so many Of the citizens that state had
been brought north for voting purposes that he was
afraid no election had been held in that state
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
IN THE
FRONT ROW
HEADLlNERs TONIGHT
Musical Comedy.

Hippodrome THE Record Breakers
Pictures.
Nelson ........ The Fighting Heiress
Princess ........ Sins of the Parents
Dixie ............ The Prince Chan
lEand Where Are My Children?
Ideal .......... Their College Capers
pftwo performances were given by
Jack Gerands Record Break.
ers" at the Hip last night to a
1 hacked house both times. Several
new specialties were introduced, and
notwithstanding the high feeling that
peryaded the audience regarding the
nutccme Of the election the show was
Ape sufficient calibre to hold the undi.
Slded attention all the way through.
The election returns were announced
from the stage at opportune times and
caused no break in the show. Tomor.
row the bill changes and the manage.
I taent says the new bill will be even
better than the present one Matinee
performances are given daily and on
Recount Of the length of the perform
eppe only one show is given at night.
Bort Morris Of the Record Break.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Now that the election is the most important
question will be- will the protection boolegsng con-
tinue?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Billy Sunday told New York reporter 1t was no.
bodys business how much money he makes para
graDher remins Sunday of the income tax collector
Wheeling Register.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Some of the crooked work in this county will not sit
hard on the conscience of those who perperaed 1t be-
cause they in condition to remember what they
did.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

The II told you so" individual will be very much in
evidence today Nevertheless there many genuine
surprises in the returns
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

WHEELING, W. va.-An increase
averaging 20 per cont. IN prices for
horseshoeing has been put into effect
by blacksmiths in the Wheeling dis
trint. Blncksmiths claim that the I'D.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Fine weather election day is splendid thing for
the Republican party, but it Is hard the election
boards because the large increases their work
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

West Virginia women made good fight. and they
need have no regrets the showing they made
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Judging by street scenes last night Sheriff Conway
intercepted only small portion the stuff that left
Point Marion for Fairmont Monday night
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

INDIANA, Pa.-Abe Porter and vii.
liam McDevitt, each 80 years of age,
had their first ride on a railroad train
when they were taken to the Western
Penitentiary at Pittsburgh to serve
terms OF two years each for arson &C.
cording to Sheriff Boggs. Both men
had lived in tho woods in northern
Indiana county until brought here for
trial.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
Easy-Wilson.

The Lewis.Oliver players are play.
ing to packed houses every night, and
their stay at Keyser promises to be
a profitable one. The company made
a hit on its first appearance.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

at Keyser, last night and allowed US
to butt in" long enough to discover
that Jack had onions for supper.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Wonder If the cost Of living IN this country will be as
high as the cost Of dying in Europe.--Uniontown
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

WEST LIBERTY, W. Va.-work
has been started here on the construc-
ton of new dormitory for the West
Liberty State Normal school. The
building will cost $4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
SHORT AND SNAPPY.

Any defeated candidate who feels sore ought never
to have aspred to the nomInaton--West Virginia
News.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

If this simple advice is followed generally the
death rate from fatal burns will be materially re-
duced. We commend them to every reader.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Tyrone Power plays the leading role
in Where Are My Children" which
Is featured at the Grand today and
tomorrow.
OLD STAGER,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
(EY coNpo.)

him on his fine looks and tod him
what u good OIL scout he is and din't
hit him for touch.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

The war will soon be back on the front pages.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

PITTSBURGH. Pa.-Chewing tobac.
co which for years has sold at eight
cents a package in Pittsburgh has
been raised to ten cents according to
an announcement made here. Manu-.
facturers considered the ACCESSIBILITY
OF either making the packages small.
or or raising the price and after some
deliberations decided upon the latter
course.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

ALTOONA, Pa.-While other con-
sumers are paying $3.50 and more
ton for hitOminous coal. employees of
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad here are
laying in th"ir winter supply at 81 a
load. Anticipating it strike Of miners,
the company last summer purchased
hundreds Of car loads at low price
and brought the cars TO East Altoona
where they were unloaded. The strike
failed 10 matcrialize so the company
used the coal on top of tho pile and
decided to sell the remainder to EN-.
ployc5 at 81 load no matter II the
wagon brought by the purchaser held
a half ton or more. Until the COM
pany offered the coal for sale this
city was threatened with coal fam.
inc.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Don't permit children to play in their bed
rooms before retiring IL there is any unpro-
tected stove In the room; don't leave children
alone in the house while you shop at nearby
store or Chatter" with O neighbor: don't al
low children to play with burning embers from
coal fire; don't stand with your back to
fire.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

PITTSBURGH, PA fortune was
used in the preparation Of the floats
and decorations for the Charter Cen
tenntal Celebration of the city here
last week according to figures made
public by the committee in charge
Of tho parade, A total OF $4,000 was
spent for floats, each one costing from
$3.50 to $500 according to the com
mittee. a total of 100000 was spent
for decorations which included s10,-
600 paid for stage decorations and
costumes used in connection with the
mosque and pageant at Forbes Field.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

ers" at the Hipp is the owner Of a
very valuable brindle pup. She has
been christened Duchess" and looks
the name.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
FABLE.

Once upon tyne man approach
ed another man and complimented
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Bort Morris Of the Record Break.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

Dave Heilman held long distance
conversation with Iank. Lewis, who Is
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08
OPEN FIRES.

I Asst winter, and in fact every winter, there
u were many deaths throughout West Virginia
due to burns which were caused by careless
ness with regard to the open fires which are gen.
orally used 1t is the old story of individual care
lessness. People heartily endorse the safety first
principle but they act if it applied only to the
other fellow One of the results is that many little
children and sometimes old people are sacrificed
to spirit Of carelessness in the homes
The same conditions we have here in West Vir-
gnia exist in all this section of the country Dis
cussing fatalities due to open freplaces in Ale
gheny county, Pennsylvania, the other day Coroner
Jamison said the following are few simple precau-
tons that should be rigidly adhered to in every
home:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Registration of
students at the University of Pitts.
burg for the fall semester shows a
gain of 81 per cent. over last year
according to an official announcement.
The present enrolment numbers g..
G92.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

HUNTINGTON, w. Va.-Morc than
100000 tons Of coal were carried
by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
during the last month according. to
an official announcement made here.
Railroad officials say this is not a
record amount but that II comes near
the high record of the road.
NEW CASTLE, Pa.-Coal has been
advanced here to 81 a ton. which is a
nov record price for this city. Deal.
crs predict it will 70 several dollars
higher.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

The fellow who pans show the
loudest usually got in on a pass.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-08

BY eating q toadstool is another
way OF finding out it wasn't mush-
room.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
TRIBUTE TO JAMES F. BRADLEY

Greenwood, S. c., Jan. '27, 1915
Editor Press and Banner
1 went to Abbeville last week on
a sad mission. While in Columbia,
1 read in The State that James F.
Bradley had died in q hospital in
Chester, where he had undergone an
operation for appendicitis. 1 cut
short my business in Columbia and
went to Abbeville to pay my respects
to the deceased and lay a flower and
drop a tear on his new made grave.
1t was my privilege to know the
deceased from his childhood and 1
am pleased to say that 1 never knew
a bigger hearted boy or nobler young
He was always cheerful and
happy and always did what he could
to scatter sunshine and happiness
wherever he went. His popularity
is attested by the fact that he was
several times elected treasurer of
Abbeville County by a handsome ma
jority, and it would have been a
pleasure to the people of his native
county to have continued him in this
responsible office indefinitely. AS
we look around about us every day
we see men who have rounded out a
we'll spent life of more than three
score years and ten and are just
waiting and wishing FOR the Master
to call them to their reward, yet
they are spared and continue to bat
tie with life's troubles and trials af-
ter being wasted and enfeebled by
the infrmaties of age, and here we
have a young man just in the prime
of life, we'll prepared to serve his
God and county for many years to
come, is taken home while yet the
bloom of youth is on his brow, we are
prone to enquire why hath God
dealt thus with this young man, who
was so full of life and promise?
"God moves in a mysterious way. His
wonders to perform" The finite
mind cannot comprehend the Infinite,
and to undertake to do so would be
dangerous and sinful. We know
that He doeth all things we'll and
never makes a mistake, therefore we
should submit to His will without a
murmur and say with one of old,
"Thy Will be done"
I join his many friends, his fond
mother, his devoted and grief-strlck'
en- widow, the fatherless children
brothers and sisters in sorrow for the
untimely death Of this useful young
man and splendid citizen.
May his family look forth into
faith, hope and confidence to the
time when they shall meet theil
loved one in t',at other and better
world, where there shall be no more
death, neither SORROW nor crying fol
the former things shall have passed
away, is the prayer of the writer
who honors the memory of James r
Bradley.
Jno. F. Wideman,
Greenwood, S. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
BACK ON THE JOB.

Miss Martha Plat is back in Able
vile after spending the holidays in
Wedgefeld with her home folks.
After the holidays she went to Win
throp, where she took a complete
course in Domestic Science, along
with all the other Canning Club
Demonstrators. Miss Platt will
have several classes in the different
schools of the county in which bread
making and plain cooking will be
taught.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

kept confined and never allowed to
run anything except a runaway ne
gro. The reputation Of the Con-
nor dogs kept many unruly negroes
at homo, for they preferred a life of
torture in many cases, than death by
being torn to pieces by blood hounds,
A number of riders usually accom-
panied the hounds on the trail in or
der to be present at the capture of
the game, for they knew the result
should he fail to take a tree. Wom-
en- seldom away. One Ned, be-
longing to Aunt Fannie Allen, was
the only one l a recall of success
fully making a getaway, and he re-
turned after he was freed. Ned
told me he went TO the Yankees. AS
l stated, the penalty was death to
steal a slave. l remember a promi-
nent citizen of the county tried for
this offense and had it not been for
the fact that a negro could not tes-
tify, would have been convicted and
executed. Messrs Thomson and
Burt defended him.
Often a runaway would remain
for months on a plantation of slaves,
housed and fed without the knowl-
edge of their owners, for they were
then as now true to their colors.
The Common slaves vel the only
ones I ever heard of being executed
in Abbeville county, with the excep-
ton of the Joel Lites negro exc
cuted before the war, on the right
hand side of the road just beyond
the 4 mile post leading to Dendy's
Bridge on Long Cane. Our individ-
ual slaves were treated humanely,
but with many it was a life of cruel
torture from the cradle to the grave,
and future generations would shud-
der had they known of the full his
tory of slavery and the barbarity
with which they were treated. Whole
families were sold-separated and
scattered upon the face of the earth,
at the death of their owners-never
to meet again this side of the grave.
Is it any wonder God freed them?
1t might interest the little boys to
know that I used to begin fishing at
the bridge as you go to the Cothran
residence and fish to the Blue Hill
branch, and could catch more horny
heads and minnows than you could
catch with a seine on Long Cane in
a day, and just below the trestle at
the S. A. L. depot, l once caught a
cat fish weighing a pound. 1t would
take all day to fish from the Power
House to the bridge below the cotton
mill, and you could catch more fish
than you could clean in a day, and
this with a hook made from a brass
pin, for fish hooks were very scarce
during the war. For hunting pur-
poses l made all my W shot from
lead, made into long slugs, cut and
rolled. -,
Now, Mr.. Editor, I think this will
be my last, at least for a while.
Writing of things long ago are lndica-
tive of living in the past, and further
Indicate that the writer might be
lingering on the verge of dotage, and
as l expect to timber up for this cam
paign | don't want it said, "Old man,
you are too old"
NJ. E. Hollingsworth.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-14

This was bad year for the bosses.
Lippitt of Rhode Island, Dupont of
Delaware and Sutherland Of Utah, re-
publicans, and Taggart of Indiana are
among the defeated candidates for the
United States senate. Evansville
Courier.
The Department of Agriculture has
a staff of more than 5000 people de-
voting their whole time to the i'm
provement of agriculture, the invests
CATION of marketing problems, and
the enforcement of Federal laws.
Bull associations reduce the cost of
the services of a pure-bred bull for
the dairy herd. The average annual
cost Of service in a large number of
associations .investigated by the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
was SO. AZ for each member.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-14
ACHING Teeth
RELIEVED At HOME
Sloan's Liniment Robs Tooth
ache Of Its Terrors. Pain
Vanishes in a Few Minutes.

No need to pace the floor all night
with the agony Of a throbbing tooth.
Sloan's Liniment will quickly relieve
the pain and give you rest.
A single application and the pain
usually disappears. Sloan's Liniment
gets right to the root Of the trouble.
Like warming balm it relieves con-
gestion, and in a few minutes tooth
ache is reduced
To soothe the throb of tooth that
pains with neuralgia, apply Sloan's
Liniment externally. Aching muscles,
govt, bruises, sprains,
lumbago, chilblains, sprains and stiff
neck can also be most effectively
treated with Sloan's Liniment. Clean
er than mussy plasters or poultices.
Sloan's Liniment at all drug stores
in 25c., SOC. and $1.00 bottles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-14

The newest museum I'm New York is
called the American Museum of Safe.
ty II contains collections of models,
charts and photographs. actual ma
chimes safeguarded in full size, to
gether with models Of safety devices
and sanitary appliances. The mu.
scum is free to the public. By special
arrangement II is open in the eve.
nings to classes and societies. The
activities Of the museum of safety are
devoted to the safety. health and vel
fare of Industrial workers and the ad-
vancement OF the science Of industry.
The society gives yearly medals to
those which make notable achieve
fhents in devices for the security Of
human life, and to firms that make
notable progress In the promotion OF
hygiene and the mitigation OF occu-
pational disease In their industry. and
TO railroads that promote safety foI
the travelling public.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-14
10 WOMEN in Sec
TON GANG KILLED
Run Down by the Balkan
Express in a Suburb Of
4 Berlin While Working.

Berlin, Nov. 13.-The Balkan ex-
press, which runs between Constan-
tinople and Berlin, dashed at full
speed today into a party of women
sectionlhands in suburb of Berlin.
Nineteen women were killed.
There was heavy fog at the time.
The women had stepped out of the
way of westbound train and did not
observe the approaching Balkan ex-
press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-14
Cost Of a Villa.

When the Smiths suburban villa
was completed and they counted costs.
it appeared that the painters bill was
$50 in excess Of the paperhangers
charges, the plumber charged $50 more
than the painter; the mason received
$3.50 more than the plumber and the
carpenter, who charged $24 more than
the mason, rendered bill three times
as large as that of the paperhanger.
The lot cost half as much as the
house. so who can tell how much the
Smiths new home cost?