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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-08
Miss Merrif field Dies
After Long Illness
WELL. KNOWN YOUNG womAN's
VISIT TO COLORADO DID
7. NOT SAVE. LIFE

Miss Elsie MerrIfe1d died last even:
ing at fve.thirty o'clock at her home
on Columbia street after a linger-
ing illness Of tuberculosis. Miss Mer.
rifield had been ~ for several months
and her death was not unexpected.
She was employedas bookkeeper with
the Hall & Hardware company until
May. when she. was compelled 4tos re7
sign on account Of ILL health: Shortly
before the holidays Miss Merritleld
went to Denver, Col, to visit her sis:
ter, Miss Lillian, hoping that she
would be benefited by the change of
climate. She grew very much worse
during her stay there. and was con-
fined to q hospital for several weeks.
"A couple Of weeks ago, she! returned
home, accompanied by her sister, and
since their arrival has been In an
alarming condition,
Miss Mortified was q young wo'
man Of charming personality; beloved
by all who knew her. She made q
host of friends during the West Vir-
ginian contest about six years ago,
when she won q lrip. to Europe.
Z Tho early part Of Miss Merritleld's
life was spent at Mt. Harmony, where
the family resided until about twelve
years age. Since that time she had
iiYed5in, this city. She was q member
OF the First NJ. r. church, and the
teacher of a class Of young mensin the
Sunday school. n She was also q mem
bet. OF. Marion Hive No. 80, L. OFT.
4 , = . . i. .7 - = e
Surviving are her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarke Merrlaeld, five sisters,
Mrs. Mabel Baker, OF Keyser; Miss
Lillian. Of Denver Colo. and Maude.
Grace and Lora, and two brothers,
Fay and Leonard, all of the this city.
Miss Mortified was twenty.seyen
years of age,
The funeral wllljhe held on Thurs
day afternoon. Undertaken Carpenter
and Ford have the funeral in charge;
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one Hundred and Twenty
Nine Of Thesein Marion
County.
GRADING ON SATURDAY.
Board Will Go Over Papers
at Court House Meet
ing.

Ten thousand pupils OF the graded
schools{of West Virginia took the ele-
mentary examinations persCrlped by
the state department OF schools. The
denominations were taken NJ l,OUo
points in the various counties under
direction OF county superintendents
and teachers.
The pupils who are successful IN
passfng the required examinations Will
he given diplomas which viii entttle
the holder to enter any high school In
the state. Pupils who fall In the hrSt
stest are given credit for any proficiency
shown and may try again at the ex-
aniinations yet to be held on March
$16 and II and May 1S and H.
The following subjects were covered
Tin the examinations which we're heIh
last Saturday: Reading, orthography'
penmanship, practical arithmetic, the
English language and its correct use.
United States History, eWst virginia
history. geography, civil government,
elementary agriculture, physlology ana
hygiene.
the elementary examinatlonsli this
county. Representing the three dis
Rtricts OF Union, GranR and Winfield.
Thirty.two took the examination in
winfield, Z s54 in Grant and '43 In Union:
THE first elementary examination OF
the year was given In these districts
owing to the fact that the schools in
these three magisterial districts close
early and would not be in session for
I the later dates as set by the state
department of schools. .
Theilexti test will be4 held on March
1911 when al % fthe. seven magisterlal
districts will be eligible to take the
The next test, which
comesaSon May 1919 will tbe given in
tfleSFairmont, Lincoln, Warrington.
and Paw Paw districts. In each Of the
Districts az district superintend is
IN {charge OF the school work. Tho
seven magisterial districts OF Marion
county cover radius OF 347 square
miles and the plan of holding these
Examinations was evolved by County
Superintendent Homer C. Soothman In
order! to facilitate the work Of the ex-
anifnations and make them accessible
toSaIl the pupils of the county.
on next Saturday, February IL, the
grading board, as appointed, will meet
at,theI Court house, under the direction
ofsNfr. Toothman, and grade the 109
papers submitted by the pupils OF I'm
ion. Grant and Winfield districts. The
board will grade the papers and an
Procurement of the grades will be
made within short time.
5Mr. Toothman and William Earl
Mfchaels will supervise the grading
and will be assisted by Thomas C..
Moore. teacher in the H'1rl school
andEoffice assistant to - -Jothman.
The teachers will do the grading with
the subjects they will grade are as
follows: Miss Margaret Mahan, spell
inR: Ienry Orr, grammar; D. G. Good
night, physiology; Samuel G. Harris.
arithmetic; e. Darrell Cline, reading;
Harry Hart, geography; Mamie Vim
cent, penmanship; William Wilson,
agriculture; r. c. Hardisty. U s. his.
tory; Frank Smith, civil government.
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BROOKS ]. FLEMING,J JR.
HEADS D THE H.IO.T'ELGO.
An Executive Committee is
Elected t 0 Advise With
Him.

The final organization and election
ofEofacers of the new Fairmont Hotel
company was held last night in the
Chamber Of Commerce rooms. Ev-
eryt6ing went without hitch In the
proceedings and the stockholders se-
Iected the following officers:
president. Brooks Fleming .Jr.;
vice espresidents, o. S, Mckinney and
EiaTences D. Robinson; secretary,
GeorgesM. Alexander; treasurer, Wal
TON Miller; assistant secretary, ]. NJ.
Brownfield; attorney in fact, Mr.. Alex
ander; executive committee, G. S.
Riggs; c. w. Watson, E. B. Moore,
George 4. Watson ]. NJ. Hartley and
ID IL Hutchinson. 4
Twenty.seven directors wero elect.
ed8asa follows: S. L. Watson, George
H. Watson, G.. M. Alexander, Walton
Miller; III. B. Moore, ". Walter Bar
mes. W. ]. Wiegel, o.. p: Watson, o. S.
Mckinney, H. j. Ross, ]. N, Hartley,
q! IS. Riggs. j. NJ. Jacobs, J, L. Hall,
NJ. ID. Hutchinson, r. IT. Cunningham,
Il. Fleming, Jr,, J. M. Brownflold. H.
i. HaintzeIman, Sam r. Nuzum, C. D..
ROBINSON, r. NJ. Hite, ]. ]. Bremen,
Nc. w. Watson, Charles w. Evans,
etfhomasSI.s Brett.
Al soon ns the Ulcers can select
one of the plans offered them and en-
EaEe in agchi itect the actual work Of
constructing the new hotel will begin:
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Baptist Women. ! 70
Pray For Missions
WHOLE DAY WILL BE DEVOTED
To THE iNvocATloNs-
The PRoeRAMH NJ

The Womens Missionary society OF
the First Baptist church will observe
a day of prayer on Friday of this week
at the church. The purpose OF this
prayer service is to make intercession
for the missionaries and their work
and to study conditions surrounding
the efforts Sof the missionaries and
thus to stimulate interest in the cause
Of home and foreign missions. The
first hour from ten to eleven o'clock
will be in charge Of Mrs. Charles Rob-
erts and will be devoted to the sub.
ject "Our Missionaries" The second
hour from eleven to twelve o'clock
will be under the direction Of Mrs.
A. j. Stone and will deal with the
subject yourselves"
The subject to be. considered from
two to three o'clock will be "The
Worlds Needs" and the leader will be
Mrs, Jesse S. LeMasters From three
to four Mrs, e. S. Amos will be the
leader and the topic for prayer will
be "America's 8 Response"
Similar services will be held at
many places throughout the states
and will be in conformity with a re.
quest made by. the Woman's American
Baptist Missionary Society. =.
Lunch will be- served to- the ladies
in the dining room of the church.
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Union District
. Committee Meets

The Union District Roads Commit
tee met this afternoon in the County
Court room at the Court House and
their report for the next mass meeting
OF the voters OF Union District was
revised and arranged in a more clear
and comprehensive manner. This re-
port will be placed before the next
mass meeting of the voters OF Union
District, which is set for February
1s.
The report OF the committee will
be used as basis for the petition
to the County Court to set day for
an election in that District, to decide
upon the proposed bond issue of $780,
600 to build improved roads. st
The members of the committee are
as follows: Rev. I..A. Barnes, chair
man; Fred McIntire, secretary; Allan
Reed, John Kisner, 2. w. Morgan,
Howard Adams. William Michael, Jo-
seph Irons. Samuel Linn.
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SOME MOTOR CARS
HARDER !. ] T0.g!RII!!V.E: D. [:
AT Least So De eclares a Chat
feur Suing For
Wages.

"a man ought to be paid more for
driving a Ford than for driving q
Packard or Pierce Arrow"
This is one of the interesting state
ments made by one of the expert wit
nesses in the case of j. H. Connors vs..
w. B. Campbell which was being heard
in Intermediate Court today.
/ The litigation originated when Con-
nors obtained judgment against Camp
bell in the Justices court for money
alleged to be due him as chauffeurs
wages.
The testimony divulged some inter
esting facts concerning the habits OF
automobiles and their owners,
It seems that Brown originally start
ed to work as demonstrator for Camp.
bell who is the distributor In this ter
ritory Of the Partin.P Palmer automo-
bile Connors spent most of his time
demonstrating to Warrington won-
an and failed to earn anything on a
commission basis.
So he is now suing Campbell for
chatfeurs wages. Attorney N. w. og-
den represents the plaintiff and H. s..
Lively the defendant. The case was
given to the jury at late hour today
The members of the jury are as fol.
lows. A.. P. Harr, Alph Curry, T. B.
Bailey, Samuel w. Linn, J. R. Nuzum,
w. E. Beall, w. r. Powell, Dayton l..
Mayors, r. L. Musgrove, F. T. Huddle-
son,
The Jury In the case OF James B.
Mckee Cigar Co.. VS.. NJ. N. Glumlcich
this morning returned a verdict to the
VI l..At e. - T.
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Colored Baptist
Church on Fire
DAMAGE WILLfNoT EXCEED $500
BANQUET THERE TO.
NIGHT

The amount Of damage TO thc col.
ored Baptist church which was aare
las. might, has not been estimated but
st Is thought that It Will not reach
over $500. aiiS,
Tho Are was stated in some man
ner from q lighted cooking range In
the basement OF The church and was
gaining 4beadway when noticed by .
small colored boy who was instru-
mental in notifying the IRE depart
ment n Z
at 1880 this morning and after a stub.
born nght had tile flames under con:
troll at I o'clock. Ii !, e
n The church is located on Cherry
avenue near the new brick church.
The mcmbers OF the congregation who
were making arrangements to hold
= banquet tonight state that the tire
win not prevent them from continu.
ing arrang gementg.8 rs ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-08
JUDGE ROBINSON
STATES POSITION
Tells Just How He Happen
ed to Become Candi-
date for Governor.

POINT PLEASANT, w. Va, Feb. 8.
Judge Ira e. Robinson, Republican
candidate for. governor, made It plain
to a large crowd OF Mason county peo.
pie who heard him in clean cut ad-
dress yesterday afternoon, that he is
his own candidate, that he entered the
race only after people from all parts
of the State had importuned him to
take up the burden OF campaign and
that II he is elected, the constitution
Of the state and the laws of the state
will be his platform.
In referring to his candidacy, Judge
Robinson said: my candidacy came
about from the insistent demand from
the worthy citizens OF the State. No
Individual faction or interest Is spon'
sor for my candidacy I am my own
man and my own candidate. My pub.
lie career youches no other assump.
tion, am not an OK and do not wear
a yoke. / am happy In that individual
liberty which is the heritage OF every
true American. And shall take tllis
campaign on plane of statesmanship
becoming the high office of governor.
IL cannot be governor without In
any way depreciating myself and viola.
ting the principles OF truth and honor,
or stultifying my conscience. do not
want to be tho chief executive. Ny
psatform as nero personal candidate
for the nomination Is only the embodl.
ment OF those lessons OF truth and
honor which l, learned in q plain farm;
house In the hills Of this state years
ago; my platform as the nominee Of
the Republic party itself in sconyeni
tIon assemb1 my platform as gov:
3ernorg OF this stat o viii be- the yconsti:
tuition 9of ~ est yirgi iniaS and the laws
mad Tin 5pursuance areat %
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-08
Audienc E for Newsies ]
morrow W Afternoon

Fairmont newsboys Wit get a
chance to air their sentiments before
Mnyor Anthony Bowen tomorrow At:
ternoon at meeting to be held at
$3.50 O'Clock in the municipal building.
The newieB appear to think that the
mayor does not wish them 70 sell
papers on Sunday but that, according
to- Ndr. Bowen ,is not the case. He
does not object TO their selling but
he does wish to have all the noise
stopped on the streets on Sunday
during church hours. 81
The mayor wishes Va all Tatrmont
neSWsi ies to come "a his Office atomors
row;SftftarnoonSa Sat the time mentioned
EaboYel ana tax eygr the attuation Ias
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-08
DOCTOR
to lie ctll1e Here

DR.. William Bryan, q celebrated
authority on serum Injection who VIII
address the Marion County Medical
society this evening lii the Marion
county Court House; 6arriyed here TO-
dayat 1895 via the Mononsaheta rail-
road.
J DR.. Bryan will lecture on the top
ic Serum Vaccine STherapatlty.g The
doctors belonging TO the Organization
will turn out enmasse for this lecture
and many octorsf from sHafrison. Tay-
lor and MonongaliaS counties VIII be
present having been Invited ny the
Marion County Medical Associatlon
to attend the lecture.
This will be the stirst OF d series OF
hour lectures to be deityered by Dr..
Bryan before the local medical go
,ciety. 4. 55s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-08
.Baptists Studying
Community Welfare

1.-THE Sunday" was tie topic Of an
interesting discussion at tlie meeting
OF the Baptist Brotherh held last
evening at. 1880 O'clock &C the First
Baptist church. on Walnut sayennet
The Brotherhood during tie contiuS
months will discuss iii he5various piiAsen
OF, the general topi Community Wei
'fare.F .s
The subject for the meeting 1aat
night was .tHThes Sunday and the sub
ject was sub:divide led into three heads
as follows: First Tha City Authorl-
ties and Citizens sfn Relation 10 the
Sunday; second. aThe Christian IN
Relation to J the Sunday 2 and third,
"The Church in Relation 10 the Sum
day II,
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MUST. RETRY Case 4 S
AGAINST NORRIS 3I :|.I|.S|jI
Jury That Heard Case First
Time Disagreed
Today. 4

k A new Jury will be empanelled to-
day in the case OF DR.. C. II. Neill VS..
Frank e, Morris, In the court Of JUS
tice of the Peace r. eI.igh Fleming.
Morris, at the trial yesterday even
ing, was charged In warrant with
three separate items: The first was
"Fraudulently contracting a dental
BILL" the second "that the defendant
was about to leave tho state with the
intention to defraud," and the third
that the defendant had removed his
property with intent to defraud."
The fury, which was composed of
F. X. HouIt, NJ. b. Criss, F. B. Piggott,
j: G. Jacobs, y. H. Barnett and Joe
Ford, afterSa fifteen minute delihera'
ton yesterday evening, failed to agree
and they were told to go home and re.
turn this morning at $50 o'clock for
further deliberatfon. y
At 10 o'clock this morning the jury
filed into the jury room where 1t re-
NAMED until i1.30 o'clock, at which
time report from the foreman show.
ed that 1t was impossible for the six
men to agree. Harry Shaw represented
Frank Morris and Sweeney Fleming
was attorney for DR.. Neill.
During the trial yesterday attorney
for DR.. Neill tried to prove that Morris
did fraudulently contract debt and
that he did so by false representations
cerning the amount of property he
owned. Harry Shaw. defending Morris.
brought out the fact that Morris did
offer to give certain property to ENeill
In payment for the debt and that Neill
after several days consideration, de:
cided that he would not accept the
property as payment. The Jury this
morning was discharged, standing
flve to one for Morris acquitai. The
case will be retired in q day OF two.
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Germany's Latest Note Is
Acceptable Says Unof-
ficial Report. /.
CABINET DISCUSSED TT.
Previous to That Secretary
Lansing and President
Considered 1t.
fRy AssoeIatel Pressl

WASHINGTON Feb. S.-Germany's
latest reply in the Lusitania negotia.
ttons was characterized as almost, II
not entirely, acceptable to the United
States by high officials today after
Secretary Lansing had conferred with
withe President Wilson more than an
hour and the case had been discussed
at length at the Cabinet meeting.
Secretary Lansing went to the White
House an hour before the Cabinet
meeting to discuss the Lusitania ne
gotiation with President Wilson.
Mr.. Lansing said an announcement
on the aeceptabilIty of Germany's lat.
est proposal was improbable today and
he would not say whether he would
later confer with Count Won BernstorH.
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Roo e:jUel Is
For B b kly,l
Girls Scheme

NJ . { BYlAS8octate 5Pressl -. n {. n
,Sterrett, a rooklyn girl. who start.
ed a fund to build al battleship for
Uncle Sam by sending a dime and
writing q letter to a New York
newspaper.F calling on other chill
dren ito contribute a like amount,
is treasuringS today a letter from
I Colonel Theodore Roosevelt !E
which he encloses ten dimes.
Y Colonel Roosevelt said four OF
them were his four grandchildren.
and the other six for his grand
children who .'arel not born; yet" /"
Martorie's fund now amounts to
$3.50.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-08
Hough Withdraws
Suit Against Road
MAN WHO WANTED q. & Q. TO
RETURN HIS LIQUOR,
CHANGES MIND. Z.

Frank Amos, attorney for Charles
E. Hough, appeared yesterday even
ing before Squire M. R. Musgrove and
asked that the case OF Hough vs.. the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in dettn-
ue, to secure liquors which had been
taken from 4Hough on a railroad train,.
be dismissed with all charges to be
paid by. the plaintiff. The Justice dis
missed the case.
Hough a few days ago was served
with an order from Judge Reynolds OF
Keyser to appear before him to answer
q charge OF contempt Of court for
bringing suit against the railroad com.
pany in face Of the injunction issued
by the Judge several weeks ago.
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Oregon MoranIs
Seriously I'll

Oregon Moran is seriously i'll at his
home in Morgantown avenue, suffer
ing from paralytic stroke. Two doc
tors are attending him and until yes
terday gave little or no hope for his
recovery. His condition last evening
was more favorable however, and he
is now conscious and resting well.
Mr.. Moran had a paralytic stroke
early in the fall and although he had
never regained his health he was able
to go about town until last Friday
when he was again stricken with par
alysis. Since that time his condition
has been grave, his left side being
entirely helpless. sF
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-08
Runaway Train
Never Left Rails
PLUNGED DOWN CHEAT RIVER
GRADE FOR EIGHT MILES
AND STOPPED.

e GRAFTON, Feb. .8.-An eastbound
freight on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad ran away this morning from
Blazer station. 80 miles east of Graf.
ton, at the crest Of the mountain,
down, the Cheat river. grade,
Engineer w. G. Wolf OF Grafton,
leaped for his life down the mountain
side and was reriously hurt. Fireman
w. F. Simmons was also badly In.
tured. s /. 8 \
The train ran about eight miles down
to- lRowle esburg, where IL stopped with:
out being derailed. \. y sssa
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The: ! ! !: j, Weather, ].

4 Western Pennsylvania and West
Virginia &C Cloudy and warmer tonight
ana Vednesday. ,s Z, M z 4,
LOCAL sWEATHE r REAnlNas.
53iili SSFs !. n: HALL Observer. Il,
Temperature at ~ as m. today 10.
Ya stArday,ss eatherS clear; ftemperA.
ture; maximum 80 minimum 10 pre-:
cIpit ation. trace. Y
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Normal Il cture Course

W! Ia2slat
Monteyille Flowers win give
the fifth number OF Me lseet'ire
Course at the GRIND opera
House, Friday F'ebrnaty eley-
enth, beginning pr6Inptly at
S:15. Mr. Flowers Is one OF the
most able and refined lect4Mora
onthe American platform.
Tickets $forsreserved seats on
" on, sale at Martina prtlE Store
Wednesday 10 'as m to Friday,
8 ~, m. All seats from = to +
inclusive on first foon and A B
s G Of balcony reseryed 10 nc
commodate patronss
Season tickets aud all single
admission tickets on sale q box
office Of Opera HOUSE Friday
evening at q: :15. Single admiu'
sion fifty cents.
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Mr.. and Mrs. e! G. Frame Left last
night Il for. Detroit, Mich, ans other
points north.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-08-25
NEW BUILDING FOR CORNER
THIRD AND EVERGREEN

Lawrence Lee, who recently pur-
chased from Col. J. E. Downen the lot
at the southeast corner of Third and
Evergreen, for many years occupied
by Bill Blanton's blacksmith shop,
has decided to erect on his newly ac-
quired property a one-story brick, As
x140. Material for the construction
of the building is being hauled to the
premises, and work will start on the
construction soon. The building will
have tile front, and the foundation
will be put in sufficiently substan-
tial to hold up another story ii at
any time it should be deemed advisa-
BILE to add one. The improvement
in appearance of the corner will GER
tainly be marked.
Mr.. Blanton has not as yet def
nitely decided upon a new location,
but he will not get out of the bust
ness district.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-08-25
FOOTE LOSES AUTO BY FIRE

Last Saturday night, While Grow
er Foote was returning from the
Caddo Carnival, he was accosted by
drivers of a car near Armstrong who
wanted to borrow some gasoline of
him. as their supply had been unex-
line from the tank. The parties got
willing to accommodate them and
told them to help themselves, as he
did not know how to get the gaso-
line from the tank. The parties git
under the car with a light and COM
menced to draw off some oil. Sud
'oenly the gasoline became ignited,
and soon the car was a blazing mass.
Efforts to extinguish the flames
were futile. and the loss to the owner
was complete, with the possible ex-
ception of about $50 salvage from
parts which may be used by a gar
age in repairs. Mr.. Foote had only
recently purchased the car. and the
new" was not yet off of it.