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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22

Miss Lavinia Engle, the representa-
tive Of the national equal suffrage or
i ganization, who did considerable work
sinRMarion' county a. monitor more ago,
Il got a chance to talk to the general
public Saturday Of last week and yes
sterday during a little visit to Fairmont
I for5the purpose OF attending confer
8encesof suffrage workers. She made
squite a favorable impression IL the
comment that was heard after her lit
tile talks. which were made to the reg.
8ular audiences OF local theatres may
sbe accepted as an indication. Hereto
fore, Miss Engle's local addresses
have been made to meetings that were
Cranky in the interests OF the suffrage
movement and consequently composed
largely OF people who sympathize.
Not unnaturally the fact that the sut-
frage orator Is still a very young wo'
man comes in for considerable discus
sion and next on the list Is her straight
FORWARD manner of telling her story. 1t
sisEapparent that 1t will be many weeks
before woman suffrage orators will in
themselves be accepted as Common
fpIaces and the average audience dis
posed to get down to the point where
first attention is paid to the argument.
ItmuHt be said OF Miss Engle. how
ever. that she puts her facts and her
appeal across In splendid fashion. She
has q style that seems especially well
adapted to outdoor talking. And 1t
perhaps, Is not necessary to add that
Outdoor oratory Ia an accomplishment
not possessed by many women.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
STOCK TRIUMPH
81 TUE ! GRAND Nd
I,ewis.O liver Players Make
Splendid Impression in
Their NeWfHome.

The opening OF the Lewis:o Oliver
Players at the Grand last night partook.
OF the nature OF e. triumph. The house
was crowded and the members OF the
company acquitted themselves in a
manner to gladden. the hearts of the
hundreds OF friends they have made
Individually and collectively since they:
brought stock productions to Fairmont.
II was apparent at once that the
change to the Grand was one of the
beet things that could have been done.
With the better stage facilities and
acoustics OF the house, the task 81, the
actors Is made much lighter and the
effect was obvious In many ways last
night. 81
Jack Lewis, especially. seemed to
be mora at ease under the different
surroundings and without a doubt crea5
ted the best impression he has madtt
in this city: That, in SPITE OF the fact
that the part he was cast for called for
more real acting In order to make IL
get by than anything he has so far
presented here. William LaRose also
scored In a difficult part.
The bill was Paid in Full" play
sufficiently modern In every way to
make It possible for many OF the peo.
pie In The audience to compare last
nights efforts with the work Of the
actors who created the roles and the
fact that the comparison uniformly was
favorable to the local actors is suftt-
lcient to indicate the quality Of the
work they did. One nice thing about
this play is thntft gives every member
OF the company chance - display his
or her talents to excellent advantage.
The cast Is as follows: Joseph
| Brooks, William LaRose; Emma
Brooks, Edna Grandfn; Jimsey Smith,
Jack Lewis; Capt. Williams, Barry
Donnelly; Mrs. Harris, Media Gibson;
Beth Harris, Ethel June; Sato, Richard
| Evans.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
WASHINGTON Is t: iii :, II NEWS s.
GOSSIP [sz=szzzzzs BROOK. sMizz

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 22.-on
the eve OF his departure for little
swing around the state to diagnose
the political situation, as particularly
as it might have a bearing on his
fortunes should he succumb to that
siren song Of a senatorship, Congress.
man Howard Sutherland received an
eastern Panhandle delegation, headed
by Col. e. C. Henshaw and Judge W,
Thomas, of Martinsburg. They called
to tell the congressman to cut out all
idea Of seat in the senate and get
busy to run for congress in the Second
district They were very emphatic
about what they desired Sutherland
! to do, placing it on the basis OF duty
he owed the party. According to them
Sutherland is the one man who has
all kinds of bright chances to retire
Junior" Brown to private life and
redeem the district for the Republican
party. They declared that there would
be considerable doubt OF party sue.
cess with any other than Sutherland
as the nominee, and his failure to
stand as a candidate would precipi'
tate struggle on the part OF half
dozen or more fambitious men that
wouldn't have tendency to do the
party any great amount Of good.
More interesting still was their dec.
laration that Berkeley and her neigh
boring counties would be for Former
Governor A. B. White. or the party
leaders In those counties would be, at
any rate, it mattered not whether
Sutherland or anybody else got Into
the contest. They also said that the
same lineup favored the nomination
for governor of Judge Ira Robinson.
1T was quite a heart to heart talk
that Mr.. Sutherland and his visitors
| had, and according to reliable report
was very frank and above board. It
is understood that the delegation in.
sisted on having an answer, and that
the promise was given by the con.
gresham that he would deliver him.
self OF a statement to the public next
week which will settle whether or nct
he Is going to make a try for the UP.
per branch or ask to be returned to
the House as the representative OF
the Second district.
Close upon the heels OF the publica.
ton in this correspondence several
DAYS ago that Mr.. Sutherland had
practically settled 1t In his own mind
to aspirate to the senate, there came
freshet OF letters from partymen IN
every part Of the Second district, de.
manding that he should stick to the
Hou6e: that he was the one man In
the Second district who, the writers
safd they felt sure, could win back
that erstwhtle Republican congregation.
al stronghold for that party. They
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
Evening Chat

H q! Nfnsgfaye, the sage OF Hdonpn.
Raiia, who earlier in the month cons
frihnted an out the rdinary COM
piiaton OF things noted writer's and
Stat6smen said about lincoln, sub
niltBS the following which So particus
larry appropriate for publication 70:
day: n " VIM
Once again} the Dirt hday Of Washing.
tonfafrtYasf ana / once again let us de-
vote few;II lines to that beloved mer1
Dry Not only by Americans has his
name been waited to the skies, but
European authors have sung his
praigeSE In prose and poetry. That IA
mouBSErench philosoph Voltaire. he
Sc Tulpine &vigor, wrote this compact
Compliment washington unites, By.
aErareg c0mbination, the talents o., tho
warrior and the virtues OF the saga"
Lord sBryon the brave and brilliant
English poet. pepned this strangely
beautiful 5enogy:
Where may the wearied eye repoao.
When gazing on the great;
Where neither guilty glory CLOVIS.
Nor despicable state?
Yes-one-the flrst-the las.-the
best
The cincinmatus OF the West,
Whom envy dared not hate.
Bequeathed the name Of Washing
ton;
Tosmake man blush there was but
one III;
John w. Daniel, the eloquent V:r-
ginian ystatesman, utters. these thrill
ing thoughts:s 'Encompassed by the
iiiviolate seas stands today the Ameri.
can Republic which he founded uplttt-
ed above the powers and principals
ties of the earth, even as his monu-
menttis upltfted over roof and dome
and spire OF the multitudinous city.
Lonk live the Republic Of Washington!
4 Respected. by mankind, beloved OF al
Its sons, long may it be the asylum or
the poor and oppressed OF all 1anns
4 and deligious-long may it be the
citadel OF that Liberty which writes
beneath the Eagles folded wings. We
will sell to no man, we will deny TO
emo man, Right and Justice
4 To say that Washington had no tenn
per and was devoid OF passion would
! be, OF course, absurd. He did not dis.
Tribute hlistering expletiyes with the
sS1iberality OF a Joe Cannon. yet, at
1.-THE battle of Monmouth he poured
J such volume OF anathemas on Ma
tor.General Lee that the latter Looked
somewhat annoyed. When Lafayette
visited this country in 1924, he re-.
marked that this was the only time he
lever heard Washington swear. But
these were days OF desperation, des-
spaifiand delight, days Of shadows and
8sunshine. times that try mems souls"
as Paine, the Author Hero" SO truly
wrote. Through all, Washington
maintained a superb mental poise.
His vision was ever clear
In calm and in strife.
His name we love to hear
In the Valley Forge of life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
The Standard Remedy
m Countess Homes
RELIEVES con sTiPATIo EASILY
J r VVITHoU RiPIN6E OR
DIsGoMEORT.s

INDIGESTION and constipation are two
conditions that are closely related and
the cause OF much physical suffering.
The tendency to indulg ones Iappe-
itite IS more or less general and most
people suffer at one time or another
from rebellion Of the overtaxed organs
I OF digestion and elimination. "a pleas
antly effective remedy. that will quick.
'ly relieve the congestion Of poisonous
stomach waste and restore regularity.
Is the compound OF simple laxative
herbs sold In drug stores for fifty
cents bottle under the name Of Dr..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This ia a
mild, pleasant laxative tonic, free from
opiates or narcotic drugs, and has
been the standard household remedy
in thousands Of homes for many years.
Mrs. Oliver Young, Merrill, Wis,
writing to DIR. Caldwell, says she knows
OF nothing so effective for regulating
the stomach and bowels: since taking
DR.. CaldwelI's Syrup Pepstn she feels
ten years younger; her work seems
easier and she has regained her appe.
tite. , II
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22

put the matter up to the congressman
as plain party duty. These letters
did not fail to make an impression
upon their recipient, and when he
left here for Wheeling and 4 hurried
trip down the state, 1t is believed that
the Elkins man was in greater doubt
over what he shall do than he has
been for month. Most of these let
tiers were from close friends in the
Second district. who would have no
Interior motive in advising him in a
misleading way.
Sutherland Is at the forks OF the
roads, one leading of toward the SEN
ate and the other the House. II he
should decide to take the former; he
is in for good, hard fight, with
heavy odds pitted against him, and
the lineup OF leaders pretty well made
up by now. But should he elect to
take the House road, 1t is believed
that he will not encounter many il
any obstacles. and can secure the nom
t, nation without any particular physi.
cal exertion or financial outlay.
The opinion among politicians here
has begun to veer around In the last
two days as to what Sutherland may
do. There are now a good many who
believe that he will decide on what
looks to be the easier way, and what
has been put up squarely! to. him as
a party duty, and go in to try to win
the Second district back for his
party.
II Judge George W. Atkinson adj
heres to his decision to retire from
the United States Court OF Claims the
last Of this month, that court is des-
tinaed to somewhat Of political up
sheval along strictly partisan lines, ac-
cording to strongly bolstered up
prophecy. II Judge Atkinson quits
the court will take on Democratic
complexion and about thirty members
OF the clerical force, who have been
employed there for many years, will.
no doubt have to walk the plank. their
places be taken by many more or less
deserving members Of the party in
power. Which explains the vtgo--
Gus and many protests which have
been made to; Judge Atkinson against
him leaving the bench at this time.
These protests, 1t is said, are having
their effect on Judge Atkinson, who
doesn't relish being responsible for
thirty men, <most OF them with famil-
les, being thrown out of their posi-
tions. 1t Is. therefore, more than like
" that Judge Atkinson will not go
into retirement on the date he had
announced-the last day OF this month,
NOR, for many months yet to come.
However, Judge Atkinson Is anxious
to retire from the bench, and iif he
can not bring himself to do go for
the reasons stated, he will be grs t:ly
disappointed, and plans he had made
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR T.
wH'YNoT2

FAIRMONT. Feb. 81. Editor
west virginian1.-1f Tho Fairmont
Times was as deligent in reporting
the facts OF the taxation Of the cttt-
zens OF the city OF Fairmont as they
are to report the state tax of IA cents,
perhaps we would learn how much the
city's debt is at this time.
II the city government would pup
1ish a list OF receipts and expenditures
az the state government has, perhaps
We would know then just what rate
would be necessary to get us out OF
debt.
h Come along now, Times, please tell
us about our city taxes and our pres
ent debt. We are not as much concern
ed about that four-cent increase on
the state tax as we are about that ten
cent increase on city tax last year.
80 " TAXPAYER.
Fl 4 - ii as .sflls .Haassi ItE5 tf1
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
Biograph's --latest
Release at Nelson

4 1s The Biograph contributes rather
interesting three-part story which will
he shown at the Nelson tomorrow.
THE picture opens with shipwreck
scene in which Captain Thorne places
sfiSsmotherless child In boat and en-
trusts Il to the waves. The boat drifts
ashore, and the child is found by a
man, who rears it as sister to his own
son. Reaching womanhood, the girl
falls IN love with young secret SER
vice agent who Is on the lookout for
ssmugglers. She Is prosecuted by one
SBiII Hicks, a false friend of her broth
or, who Is leader of the smugglers.
THE girls adopted brother discovers
In an old desk some papers which
give clue to his identity, and also
bonds to the value Of many thousand
dollars.
no incautiously takes his friend In.
toakig confidence, and Is killed by the
afnuggler. The secret service agent,
entering on the trail OF the smuggler,
isSarrested for murder. His sweetheart
contFiyesj his escape from prison, and
iSWltIng for him in a boat. The boat
isSplcked up by a yacht, commanded
BY Captain Thorne. Hicks, fearing
Ient suspicion overtakes him, has left
tdeJyiilage after the arrest OF his rival,
and after various adventures has be.
come o member Of the yachts crew.
Recognizing the castaways, he de.
noun1es them. The captain does not
credit his story. and In q At of re.
vSnge, prompted by mania, he sets
areitos the yacht.
Tho girl, locked II a cabin, is res.
cued Iby her lover, and they egcape to
61neighb island. Hieks also sue.
eeedGitn making his escape, and tries
To- kldaap the girl; Her screams bring
fsssssFs sne tS,as 70 SsSGa q,
lin aYo recognized By CnptatnThorno
nd The sgiri. and through this docu.
inentaiyS evidence father and daughter
20 fgdnftad, :, !, "A =
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22

upon filing the house for the remain
Ing performances this week. r
BY no means the least attractive
feature of the production is a FUZZY
haired musical director, SO diminnutive
that she stands in the orchestra pit to
play the piano, but who manages to be
a very capable director at that.
There will be three changes of bill
at the Colonial this week and If the
first is fair sample, and the creden.
tials the company brings here make
It seem probable that it is, there will
be a lot of real entertainment for the
lovers of light musical shows in the
engagement.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
REAL MUSICAL
COMEDY ON TAP
Colonial Theatre Presents a
Bill That Lives Up to
Its Name.

This week the Colonial theatre pre-
sents a tabloid musical comedy which.
wonder OF wonders, lives up to its
name. 1t is just that, musical comedy,
and mighty well done. The songs and
the music in general are above the
average OF this kind of offerings, and
yesterdays audiences carried away q
most favorable impression, which, no
doubt, will not be without its influence
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
FIJI Jaii Wlth Booze

WHEELING, W. Va. Feb. 22-rne
Ohio county jail here is again crowded
with liquor seized in recent raids by
prohibition officers, several hundred
gallons being held as evidence against
alleged vioiators OF the Yost law. Ten
raids were made secretly last week,
it was announced today, resulting in
10 arrests and the seizure OF $50 bas.
kets OF bottled beer and consid
quantity OF other liquor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
I SPECIAL NOTICES
~~~N<~~~.~~~ooN-
ExEcuTRtx, NOTICE.

All persons knowing themselves In
debted to the estate Of Dr.. A. J. Flow
ers, deceased, will please call on the
undersigned and settle.
AL persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to pre-.
sent them to the undersigned for ad.
justment. N
\ \. -ll MRS. SARAH FLOWERS,
1892 Morgantown Ave.
s;g Fairmont. w. Va ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
AMp1EleuEs NEVER ma

\ :, ,Wife-Tom, dear, I'm sorry I'm late
again. But what are you so happy
about?
Husband-sl've Just figured out that
We could pay of tho mortgage on our
home, buy two new cars and take a
trip through the canal If l had a dol.
lar for every hour I've waited for you
in the last Is years.-Judge.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22
Al CONDITION..

Post-what qualifications do you
think clergyman should have?
Parker-Well, agree with a few Of
our older members that, for one thing,
he ought to be a Christian.SLife.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22

From all appearances Berkeley and
and the, neighboring counties east OF
the mountain range will give ex.Gov-
ernor White and Judge Ira Robinson
large majorities in the Republican
primary" said Col. E. G. Henshaw,
Of Martinsburg, at the Raleight today.
Col. Henshaw is an influential party
leader in the Western Panhandle, and
we'll known to politicians throughout
The stae. He was for. ten successive
years a member Of the Republican
state committee.
II do not think any one, should he
try, can affect the growing strength
Of White and Robinson in my section
Of the state, and it is my honest CON
yictiou that both will carry the Sec
ond district with sweep next June.
Our people are for Howard SutheT.
land, too, for the congressional nomt
nation. He is our one best bet to
to turn the Second district back into
the Republican column. II Mr.. Suth.
erland should not heed the demands
OF the leaders In the district, which
they voice as an expression Of duty
he owes the party, 1t will be a very
great disappointment to all of US, and
act as dampener upon our hope to
see the district represented in the
next congress by a Republican. be.
lieye Mr.. Sutherland will be making a
great mistake should he fail to re-
spond to this demand from his home
district"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22

Get a bottle OF Dr.. caldwell.s ssrup
Pepsin from your druggia and have Il
in the house. A trial bottle, moe OF
charge, can be obtained 10y writing
to DR.. w. B. Caldwell. $50 Wa Ellington
street. Monticello, nj:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-22

. 3
Jesse Bloch, of Wheeling, rcpresen.
tatiye from Ohio county in the lower
house OF the state legislature, spoke
d good word for his friend and fellow
ltownsman, Julian G. Hearne, at the
Willard today 'tMr. Hearne will get
a heavy vote in Ohio county In the
primary in his friendly contest with
Thomas w: Fleming, OF Fairmont, for
the Republican nomination for con-
gress," said Mr.. Bloch. They are
both: good men. first rate party men,
and well qualified for the position to
which they are aspiring. Up around
Wheeling, OF course, a great majority
Of the party are for the home man.
Mr.. Hearne stands well with the peor
pie of our city and county, and they
viii stand by him quite largely this
time as they have done heretofore.
I believe that which ever wins, the
First district willsbe swung back into
the Republican fold.
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for his future will be sadly disar-
ranged.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-06-13

Call 242 and get this weeks Satur- day Evening Post and the Country Gentieman-5 cents the copy.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-06-13
BARTENOER'S FUTURE.

There are about 100000 bartenders in the United States. What will be- come Of them when the saloon is abolished? What is it that makes successful bartender? It is his ability as salesman, and a man who is good bartender will make a good clerk or salesman in practically any other kind of business. Furthermore, if requires many more people to sell $20000000 900 worth of bread and cloth ing, for example, than it does to sell liquor of the same value. And it is more than likely that at least as many salaried employees, such as travelling salosmen, bookkeepers and stenog- raphers, will be mployed.-Charles Stelzle.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-06-13
Temperance A@ss @ (Conducted by the National Womans
 Christian Tnr na Ifrinn l
EXPERT TESTIMONY.

EXPERT TESTIMONY.
 Dr. John Dill Robertson, Chicago's S health commissioner, has this to say about alcohol;
 Tn the city of Chicago, where the death rate is approximately 100 day it is safe to say that at least 25 per cent of these deaths are caused direct ly or indirectly by alcohol.
 "Sir William Osler, late of Johns Hopkins, professor of medicine at OK ford, McGill and Pennsylvania uni versailles and one of the worlds great est physicians, says of alcohol that it produces acute inflammation of the stomach, hemorrhage of the pancreas, heart disease, cancer of the stomach, Bright's disease, fatty liver, hardened liver inflammation of the nerves, cpl lepsy hardening of the arteries and a body.
 Those are known medical facts. Alcohol is truly a poison. It Is not only the causative factor in the dis eases and afflictions have mentioned above, but it invades the mental man and produces insanity.
 Alcoholic pneumonia is known to e-ery practitioner. In the past twen- ty years in Chicago the death rate from pneumonia was just twice what it was the preceding twenty years. Alcohol Is without doubt to blame for a part of these deaths, for in alcoholic pneumonia the death rate is tre- mendous
 No one can estimate the large num- Der of people whose death certificates are marked by diagnosis which seems to have no connection with al- cohol Still, if the truth were known 1t was the predisposing factor in the death of them.
 When l say that 25 per cent of the death rate is directly or indirectly due to alcohol I do not exaggerate. Twen- ty per cent of the mortality among in- fants is caused by their having alco- holic parents, Alcoholic poverty-and believe this phrase needs no expla- nation-is one of the great indirect causes"
The Prescott daily news., 1916-06-13
Easy to Take No Pain or
 Ache

It's no longer necessary to bear the weakening sickness and terrible nau- sea that always follows a dose of calomel.
 LIV-VER-LAX cleanses the torpid liver, and livens up the whole system by ridding it of the clogging poisons. Yet it works so gently and pleasantly that you hardly know you've taken it.
 LIV-VER-LAX, being purely vege- table, is absolutely harmless, and does not tear arupthesystemlikecalomel. And not tear up the system like calomel. And it's guaranteed to be satisfac- tory, or the druggist will return your money. For sale at 50c and s1 at Hesterly Drug Store.