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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Profit on Shells and Waste

From 'America's Business Boon,'' by J.
 George Frederick, in the American Re-
 view of Reviews for January. 1916.
 The making of shells is particularly important feature of war orders. One Brooklyn firm is making 15,OOO per day at $12.50, or about $1O,000 worth per day, which is at the rate of $36, 100000 per year, if capacity orders are maintained. Sci entific management experts have demon strated that average shells can be made at complete cost of S7.10 each, which leaves a profit of $5. 40 per shell to any factory, achieving maximum efficiency if price obtained is $12.50. On 15,000 shells per day this would be a profit of $S1 ,OO0 per 6ayi But this is very optimistic figuring, for under hectic wartime con- ditions the shells are costing the makers from $9 to $10 each. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $40 is being wasted on each shell Cor $30,000 in one factory alone each Gay)i
 It is altogether likely that from 20 to SS 1-3 per cent of the money spent by the allies in America has gone either to excessive commissions (to English as well as American intermediaries) or to sheer abnormal cost and waste in the factory. It is quite likely that both are almost unavoidable for certainly it is too much to be expected in these times that business be done in the conservative, close figured way it is done ordinarily. Pro- ductive capacity was necessary to mobi- lize at once and at all costs in those dark days for the allies when the Eng fish were putting mere flesh and blood against plentiful German explosives. But today the situation is changed. There are few, if any, orders for shells now coming in this country. Quite naturally the all lies prefer to roll up no heavier trade balance here than is absolutely neces- sary, and have done marvels in their own countries in the way of shell production. They have even bought out small ma chine shops in America and transported them bodily across the ocean in order to increase home shell production.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Vampire of Slav Origin
From the London Globe.

T rum tu6 1OHuOn .NTlOp6-
 The vampire. according to the belief of eastern people, is the physical body of @ dead person, male or female, that maintains itself in sort of half life in the grave by returning to it's for mer haunts and nourishing itself on the blood of living persons This super stition is characteristically Slavonic.
 The vampire superstition is strong est in White Russia and the Ukraine, though it also pervades the popular be- liefs in Poland and Servia, among the Czechs of Bohemia and the Slovaks of Hungary, and is to be traced as far as Albania and Greece. Comparative phi- lology proves it to have had a common origin with the equally hideous legend of the werewolf, a human being who could at will assume the appearance and ferocity of wolf, which, if wound ed in it's nocturnal pursuits in the head or limbs, could not efface its injuries or escape detection when 1t returned to its human form. This was no doubt added by the fashioners of the legend as an appropriate touch of poetic jus tice. The werewolf Is, in fact a pleas ant anticipation of the idea which R. L. Stevenson worked out in his story of dual personality, Doctor Jekyll and MT. Hyde"
 No detail which could make it more grueSOme Is lacking from the legend of the vampire. The earth has not its usual power of decay over this body. and when his grave is opened he lies with fresh cheeks, open, staring eyes, and hair still growing. Night is of course the time when he arises, and he sucks the blood of his victims during their sleep; as is usually represented from the throat. and a detail sometimes added is that there is an inflamed mark on the spot where he has been at work. As rule, victims are unable to explain the strange and depressing languor which affects them, or to discover it's cause, and they are doomed gradually to fade away and die unless some wise and courageous friend appears on the scene who is inspired to detect the cunning author of the mischief and to succeed in the difficult and dangerous task of putting an end to his evil power, which is only to be done by driving a stake Gin Russia of aspen) through his body at blow as he lies in his coffin. It is to be noted that this was the way in which a suicide was buried under the law of Eng1and--at the crossroads with a stake through his body-and the bar barous custom was not abolished until the reign of George V.
 The vampire Is to be detected dur ing his visits to the upper air by his ex- treme palior. his unnaturally long and painted canine teeth, and his fetid breath The vampire also throws nc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Lymann Abbott, a Great Teacher


 From Lyman Abbott at Eighty" by AL bert Shaw, in the American Review of
 Reviews for January, 1916.
 The history of our country. which is not very long, may be studied in sev- eral different ways. But in no other way is the study so fascinating as so enlightening as by means of biography. pr. Lyman Abbotts ancestors came to Massachusetts about 40 years after the landing of the Pilgrim rathers at Ply mouth. Doubtless his own comprehen- sion of the growth of New England and the making of America comes very large ly through the experiences of father, grandfather, and various family connee- tons. His own experiences in turn will have helped later generations to under stand letter the American life in which he has for so long time played his active and valuable part.
 Dr. Abbott was 80 years old on the 18th of December. For more than 50 years he has been prominent before the Ameri- can public-one of it's foremost teachers in the principles and practice of freedom He has shown great diversity of talent, and remarkable skill in using the instru- ments of several different professions His work as Whole, however, has been unified and harmonious; and it has al- ways been that of a public teacher, who believes in orderly freedom of thought and action, and who arms to lift indi- yiduals and communities to that high plane of enlightenment upon which con science and reason may safely control men in their choices and relationship
 Dr. Abbott came of line of ministers, teachers, and authors. His father and his uncle were proficient and distinguish ed in those general fields of professional usefulness and service in which he and his own brothers afterward became emil nent A few weeks ago there appeared a volume entitld "Reminiscences" from Dr. Lyman Abbott's pen. So firm a be- liever in free will is Dr. Abbott, that he holds without question to the view that his own life has been worked out through series of voluntary choices, and not through the compelling forces of hered- ity. Yet the admirable chapters in his "reminiscences that tell us of his father and uncle. and of other personages in an elvironing kinship, help us to see how remarkable in the shaping of our Ameri- can destinies has been the influence of fathers upon sons through several gen erationS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

on earth a whithernid was, and why it was always falling due.
 I wondered if 1t was anything like a mortgage, a promissory note or an in- surance premium. I also wondered hwhy in the world the person involved in the matter didn't pay his whithermids when they fcll due instead of letting them run on and maybe get him into trouble at the bank.
 graved seat and nobly resolved that when grew up I should meet my whithermids promptly and take them up the very mo- ment they fell due. I was going to have no whithermid falling due without my being right there to attend to it and fcil the villain who was anxious to fore closet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

low, since most of the work is volun- tary, and all profits are devoted to char ity. The operator and pianist were both formerly employd in the same capacity at motion picture theatres in London. The power for the lights and the ma chine is obtained by fastening a dynamo to an automobile.
 At first all the films were obtained from Paris, but the cost was so high that the theatre was being operated at theatre then went to London to attempt to rent the films at a more reasonable price. When he had explained his desires to the officials of a motion picture con- cern he was offered 1000 feet of film monthly until their supply was ex- hausted.
 It is said that 1t is by no means un- usual to hear the reports of shells while the performance is progressing, as the firing line is but a short distance away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
The Way of a Woman
T hO From Judge.

From Judge.
 A crowd of negroes were assembled at a little railway station in the south and a passenger seated by the open window of a Pullman heard stout dame call out to very much dolled up young colored woman:
 Hello, dar, Jimmy Jackson! ,Yo' ex- pectin' of nobody?'
 NO, isn't expectin' of nobody an nobody is expectin' of me, onless hit is dat Joe Perkins niggah. He done sent me a tailagram sayin' he was comin in on de five-thutty, en I jess come down heah to tell him dat if he was expectin me to chase niggah by runnin' ter meet him on tailagram call he was mighty mistaken. Don't ketch me chasin' no niggah lika dat!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

shadow, either upon the ground or on a looking glass, and is never seen to eat or drink. How he leaves and re- enters his grave is an undecided point, because no one is ever supposed to have had the courage and address to see, but the belief Is that locked doors and closed windows are no bar to his move ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Pictures on Firing Line

From the PopuIar Sclence Monthly.
 A letter from the war front in Europe gives an interesting description for a motion picture theatre near the firing line in Flanders. This theatre is operated by several British army officers to pro- vide relaxation and amusement for the troops when off duty
 There are usually two performances each evening. with a four-reel pro- gramme. The soldiers pay F cents ad- mission. while the officers are charged a double amount The expenses are very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Have you ever stopped to wonder why the Pianola has become so we'll known in such short time3 Perhaps you do not know that in every civilized country in the world it is just as popu- lar as it is here.
 It is because the Pianola is really marvellous instrument with which you can not only play the piano-but play it with ts'aly musical .teelsng. This IS the important part, and this is why the Pianola has been endorsed by every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Did He Want an Exception?
From Judge.

| TTUIH uU50. ! 1 Head of Vestry-It will be your duty to l toll the bell, take care of the furnace and blow the organ. | New Sexton-Have got to listen to all
 of the sermons. sir1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
A Childish Fancy

Strickland Gillian, in Judge.
 Children and classic poetry should be kept apart if one has much respect for the classics.
 I remember that when I was a relatively speaking innocent child I used to hear the older pupils in McGuffey's justly celebrated Fourth Reader singsong the first lines of Shelley's beautiful ITO a Wa aterfowl."
 Those who remember the lines will recall the stately
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

ployed by the German and French air. men. The former appeared to avoid con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Easy Job

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
 Teacher-What does your father work at. Johnny?
 Johnny-Please, ma'am, he don't work at nothin'. He's a policeman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
"whither. mid falling dew"-

But they will also remember how the average school pupil read it-in a man. ner calculated to keep the late Mir. P. B. s. revolving, swiftly as a whirling dervish in his family vault.
 used to listen to it and wonder what
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
67e PLANOLA
 Enables you to pay dle Plaz2o zoeA

great musician of the world, and why 1t differs so immeasurably from all the so-called player pianos which try to initiate 1t.
 We are sole representatives of the genuine Pianola in this city, and we han dle no player pianos besides the Pianola line. We would like to play the Pianola foryou, show you wherein it differs from the player pianos sold at other stores and we cordially invite you to visit our Warerooms at your convenience.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

sisting of ]. Carl Vance, P. P, Steptoe
and the secretary was appointed to
push this matter
The Bell telephone company has
taken steps in various neighboring
communities to bring about the pro-
posed consolidation of service. It Is
expected they will reach Clarksburg
before spring, and the special board
of trade committee appointed last
August has collected data and under
proper conditions is prepared 10 COOP
crate in this movement.
The annual meeting OF the United
States Chamber of Commerce will be
held February s, and 10 at the new
Willard hotel. Washington, D. c. Mat
tiers of great importance to the bust
ness interests of the nation will be dis
cussed, and our board being member
of the national chamber will probably
send one or more delegates. Definite
action on this matter will be taken at
an early meeting.
Plans for an early membership
canvass were outlined and will be
worked out Immediately, when 1t is
hoped that the support Of the board
of trade will be greatly strengthened.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
earn the Eagle for Defensew
Nationwide Cry, Finds
Approval Here.

Arm the eagle for defense" the
cry that is sweeping the nation from
coast to coast. is heartily endorsed
by leading citizens Of Clarksburg
Judging from the remarks Of these
citizens. who expressed their views
to a representative Of the Sunday
Telegram, William Jennings Bryan
and Claude Kitchin would not get a
very warm reception in Clarksburg
should they come here to speak
against the policy Of national pre-
paredness.
Eve should be able to take care Of
ourselves in any emergency" was the
view Of practically every person in
terviewed. Out Of nearly one hun
bred persons seen by the Sunday Tel
egram representative. only one man
said that he was opposed to national
preparedness on the scale advocated
by military experts Of the day.
Bankers, lawyers, merchants and
men from all walks Of life were OF
the same opinion-that the nation
should be adequately armed to defend
the lives and property of its citizens
from the aggression Of any nation.
For twenty years l have been
preaching national preparedness and
counselling against the foolhardiness
of remaining in our present unpre-
pared condition" said Melville G.
sperry. my views have caused me
to be called a war crank, but h see
the people of the nation are waking
up at last. The cases Of Belgium and
Serbia ought to be enough to show
anyone the absolute necessity Of pre-
paredness.'
Oscar C. Wilt, cashier Of the En-
pire National Bank, is another advo-
cate Of national defense. 81 believe"
he said, that the nation should be
adequately prepared to defend itself
against the aggression of any other
nation
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09

I'VE ought to be prepared TO take
care OF ourselves in any emergency
said Howard Post. real estate dealer
81 am heartily in favor OF preparing
the nation for defense"
81 am for IT," said Frank B. Hay
maker, druggist, when asked how he
stood on the national defense ques-
ton. Eve ought to be adequately pre-
pared for defense" he added.
Scotland G. Highland. superintend-
ent OF the city water and sewerage
board. added his voice TO the chorus
Of national defense advocates. II am
absolutely in favor of arming the ma
ton for defense" he said.
Absolutely yes replied Charles
G. Coffman. attorney and former state
senator, when asked II he was in IA
vor OF adequate defenses for the ma
ton. Il believe this nation should
be prepared to defend its government
and the lives and property OF its cit
liens against the invasion OF any for
eign power" he continued. you can
put me down as being a strong advo-
cate Of national defense"
II. W. Stuck, manager Of the ST
Charles hotel, is an enthusiastic advo-
cate of preparedness. 1T would be a
great thing" he said ,"if all inter-
national disputes could be settled by
arbitration, but the present trouble in
Europe proves the folly of the belief
that they can be settled in this man.
ner in all cases. If we are adequate
ly prepared for war. any other ma
ton with whom we might have dis
pute, would be more willing to arbi-
trate than it would II we are to re-
main in our present helpless condi-
ton
A chorus of you betcha" went up
at police headquarters when a num-
Der of officers gathered, there were
asked If they favored national pre-
paredness. 81 am absolutely in favor
of arming the nation for defense" said
Mayor G. H. Gordon. Chief OF Police
Harry L. Brooks expressed the same
sentiments.
1--WE should be able to take care Of
ourselves" said Frank j. Donohue,
Everybody ought to feel
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
With a Number of Matters of
Importance to the COmmu-
nity'S Growth.

(By George w. Dudderar, Secretary
Treasurer OF the Board OF Trade).
The meeting of the BOARD Of trade
directors Friday night was busy
session of nearly two hours. A num-
Der Of matters of importance to the
community's Industrial growth were
discussed and acted upon.
Location of another window glass
plant is practically assured. with a
few details yet to be worked out be-
fore definite announcement can be
made.
Survey for permanent track to fac
tory sites on Judge COTS oakmound
farm is to be made at once for the
Industrial development Of that prop
erty where an abundant supply Of gas
from the property is assured. We
have pending negotiations a number
of prospects, several Of which look
promising, though we can have no
assurance that any one of them will
be located.
A committee consisting of j. Carl
Vance, V. Z. Highland, Arthur Par
sons and the secretary presented a
report and recommendations for a
new federal building as follows:
Whereas, the steady and consistent
growth of the city Of Clarksburg has
rendered the present federal building,
completed in 1887. totally inadequate
for the needs Of the various depart
ments of the government occupying
the same, and this condition is detri-
ment to both the business and personal
interests of the community, be 1t re-
solved by the directors OF Clarksburg
Board of Trade, that
First: The Congress Of the United
States, through our senators and rep
resentatives, be requested to, at the
present session, Appropriate sum not
less than $4,000 for the purchase Of
any additional ground that may be
needed adjacent to the present site,
and not less than 100000 for the
erection of a new building at this
place.
Second: That committee on federal
building of the board of trade, in con-
junction with the president and secre-
tary, take the necessary steps to Sc
cure the immediate introduction in
both houses Of Congress ola bill to
accomplish this purpose.
Third: A copy Of this resolution
be forwarded to each of the senators
and representatives in Congress from
West Virginia and to the honorables,
secretary Of the treasury, postmaster
general and attorney general, togeth-
er with a request for their co-opera-
ton in this. movement"
The report of the committee was ac-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
OIL WELL SUPPLY
GOES INTO MEXICO

railroad on the other side Of the prop
erty. Extensive pipe yards have been
prepared and large stock Of tubular
goods is now en- route. Also a COM
plete stock of all material suitable
for use in that district.
The Tampico Foundry, Machine and
Supply Company, with machine shop,
FORCES and foundry is established on
the property adjoining our warehouse,
and the Oil Well Supply Company Of
Mexico is interested in this mentioned
company.
We have our own power barge and
to wharfs, so that we are prepared to
handle goods from ships side to our
own wharf, or from our own wharf to
any oil properties located on the PAN
uco or Tamesi rivers.
Our Offices are located at Union and
Miradores streets. All letters and tele-
grams should be addressed to OIL Well
Supply Company Of Mexico. Tampico,
Mexico, Apartado 331.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
ENDORSED BY LEADING
CITIZENS OF CLARKSBURG

that way about II. think"
DR.. John S. Stone. dentist, is an
other strong advocate Of national pre-
paredness. 81 am strongly in favor
OF ADEQUATE national Defense" he told
the Sunday kilograms representa-
tive.
"Yes, sir. am heartily in favor OF
IT," said Hugh Jarvis. vice president
of the Union National Bank, when
asked II he favored preparedness for
national defense. I'VE ought to be
prepared to meet any emergency that
may arise" he added.
W. H. Taylor, lawyer, got into the
list OF national defense advocates with
the statement that I'VE should be ade''
quately prepared TO defend the lives
and property of our citizens" Mr..
Taylor added that the United States
should be prepared to uphold the
cause of humanity. That should not
be overlooked" he said.
"Emphatically yes" said the Rev.
Charles Baird Mitchell, rector Of
Christ Episcopal church. when asked
If he favored adequate preparedness
for national defense.
G. W. Dudderar, secretary OF the
board OF trade, felt Just the same az
all the others-that the nation should
be adequately prepared to defend It.
self against any attack.
Many other persons were inter.
viewed and all expressed sentiments
kindred to those quoted above, with
the exception of one man-NIillard r..
Snider, attorney. Although he OPP
poses increasing the army and navy
on the scale advocated by the mil
itary experts of the country, Mr.. sni.
der is not what might be called o
paclfist, as he does not favor disarm.
ament. His position is that the Eu'
ropean war should hive no effect on
the military policy of the nation. :"
am in favor of continuing our army
and navy policy as we would had no
war in Europe occurred" he said. 81
am opposed to any increase that
would further burden us with taxes
The efficiency of the personnel OF the
army and navy. rather than the num-
Der, should be increased"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
NEW INSTITUTES
To the Number of Half a Dozen
Are to Be Held in State
This Year.

AT. Arnold, of Wheeling, secretary
Of the West Virginia Sunday School
Association, is in Fayette county COM
pleting an additional schedule of six
cities where Sunday school institutes
will be held this year.
Five of the six which practically
have been decided upon are Beckley,
Raleigh county; Hinton, Summers
county; Anderson, on the boundary Of
Monroe and Greenbrier counties; ST.
Adams, Kanawha county, and Romeo
verte, Greenbrier county; Montgom-
cry, in Fayette county, is expected to
be the sixth.
In the year 1915 institutes were
held in thirteen cities Of the state,
with an attendance Of 100000 The first
city Sunday school convention in the
state was held in 1913.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
Urges Corporation in
Fire PreDentiion Work

when a million dollar trade is an
everyday incident, nevertheless, If the
fire loss continues to increase in the
same proportion Sas during the last
twenty years we will have good sized
hole burned in the pocket of our ma
tional trousers.
"Let me urge every resident Of this
vicinity to take an active interest in
this work. II you do, you will be a
better citizen and make the places you
live and work in safer, cleaner, bright
er and healthier. Help to secure the
enactment OF additional legislation
and local ordinances when their alb
solute necessity is proved. If you are
contemplating the erection of bus
mess building or residence, secure the
services Of an architect who under
stands fire prevention or submit your
plans to a fire prevention engineer.
Inspect your premises at regular in
tervals on what is called the self in
spection system"