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Bootleggers Now
Shipping BY Trunks

cLARKsBURG, w. Va, Jan. IL
One result OF the injunctions recently
issued against the railroads of the
state, forbidding them to transport
labelled intoxicants as personal bag.
gage, is the shipping Of liquor in
trunks regardless OF law, labels and
everything else, in the opinion OF John
H. Tenney of Clarksburg, deputy state
commissioner of prohibition, who has
made a careful observation Of the sit
uation here the last few days. Mr..
'Tenney now proposes to seize all
trunks thought to contain liquor and
search them. In one trunk he search.
ed at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
stationn he found more. than 200 bot
ties of whiskey. The trunk and It's
contents were hauled to the county
TAIL
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fresbeu in 1901 and head coach Of the varsity ii 1908
ais team that year won the eampionship 1t being the
Isst team at Penn 70 wtnthe intercollegiate champion
shp ne later coached suceesstut for the Ore
AEges ana before coming West Virginia ems
Spioyedf OF the New York daliess football
expert He has reputation no Penn gradts
one greatest football STRAIT
egists ia the. United States
Melzger isan advocate OF clean sport and has repu
being cleancu sportsman in every respect
In statement made yesterday the coach stated
that s would follow closely system that had been
maintained at W. & j. for several years past He has
been promised the hearty support Of the student body
the alumni leading football factors at the Washing
ton institution who all expressed the greatest salts
faction With his selection to the position held by Fol-
WE'LL
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] COKE lNrEREsTs MERGE

UNIoNToWN, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE
Nen interests in Fayette county and
the Hillman interests In Allegheny
county have merged to form the Hill
man-Neff Coke company, 1t was an.
nounced here. The company will de:
yelop the Neff tract of IT'S acres Of
coal in German township, adjoining
the Bessemer tract at the old Besse:
mer No. 2 plant, where there are 200
ovens. A new tipple is to be arected.
j. H. Hillman, Jr., of Pittsburgh, Is
president of the new. company. 81
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STATE NEWS

One OF the few large lumber opera.
lions yet remaining in Pocahontas Co.
is that of the Kendall Lumber Co.,
successor to the Thornwood Co., says
the. Marlinton Journal. Their mill is
located at ThornYood. Their mill is
Der holdings, consisting .ofsome 5000
acres are situated on Thorny creek
and adjacent territory, OF this acre
age 5000 are on Thorny creek and
Marlin mountain, five miles up the
railroad from Marlinton; and 1000
acres is ON the west side of Thorny
creek mountain near Harter.
At present there are about 10 men
employed at the two camps, including
about 90 foreigners. This number will
be increased. to something like 400
during the bark peeling season which
begins the latter part ,of April and
lasts up until in September. It Will
take six or eight years for the com
pany to clean up. their holdings in the
Ihorny creek section.
The city hospital bonds which were
voted some months past in Grafton
have been finally sold and accepted ny
Seasongood & Mayer Of Cincinnati, Q.
and the money. has been paid over to
tho credit OF the city.
The city will at once arrange to
close the deal for the transfer of the
Powell Hospital property and 1t will
be taken over In the name Of the city
OF Grafton next week. The property
will be promptly cleaned up and put
in good shape and board Of mana
gers named to take charge Of 1t.
The sinking CT the steamer Kara
wha has developed much gossip
among rivermen and those who take
an interest in the river, says the Par.
kersburg News. This gossip has de-
veloped the fact that the month Of
January is VIGOROUSLY disastrous for
the boats on the Ohio and probably
more wrecks and tragedies have been
enacted in that month than any of the
twelve on the; calendar.4..s ...!s
A few OF the Ohio river tragedies in
January include:
Steamer Harry Dean blown up at
Gallipoils January 8, 1858, killed five
persons.
Carrie Brooks sunk by the ice foe
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Efforts Of the Amateur Humorist.
Editor Ruff Stuff notice IN your
column OF Saturday paragraph about
us telephone girls. That II we are
pue in the front window OF the new
building the boys on the newspapers
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tended the reception at the White
House last Thursday night-and the
state was largely represented-were
Misses Grace and Ethel Heintzelman,
Of Fairmont. and the Misses Beury,
of Charleston.
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ed against lue uElu6SS bSSouSS 5SASy
thought it would raise their taxes ?
Speak up.
Regular Monday news. Big crowds
on Monongahela railway.
yesterday was the first time this
season that ice was good-Times. May.
be SO; not being hungry we didn't ind
that out. -.-,.,--,g ,.,.t.
Those two Turkish battleships that
the British hooked at the beginning
fsthe war have certainly been patn
for, by their. defeat at. the Dardanelles.
The Normal basketball girls win
close all the show houses in town.
That Davis and Elkins bunch has
no respect for young Christian men.
When achltects get interested in the
new hotel project, it begins to look
as though there may be some plans
made for the structure.
youngstown is resting quietly with
bandage around it's forehead this day.
with Fairmont furnishing musicians
for Monongah, Shinnston, Grafton,
ETC., it begins to look as If we had the
goods here.
Street signs are being placed about
the city-think too that so years ago
M. Z.
Were it not for Ian Hamilton the
British might say the evacuation OF
the Bosporous was strategic move.
~
Robbers entered policeman's home
in broad daylight and made $3.50 haul
in Pittsburgh It's dark there in broad
daylight.
President Hibben OF Princeton, de.
clares that 10000 college men are
ready to take the field in defense OF
the United States. Taking a field
and a gun are different.
Percy Haughton plotting the Braves.
Now,what Connie Mack needs is Quar-
terback Barrett of Cornell.
-sH- 4
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The Hippodrome is going to give
away groceries next Friday. II there
are any choice cabbages-tn the lot
Jack had better watch out. ;:
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Now that Coal Run bridge has stood
a good test we can look forward 10 90
years more Of arguing for new span.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. IL
Representative Howard Sutherland,
who fsgas member of the important IN
ferstate commerce committee OF the
House; acting on authority from that
committee. reported to the House OF
sHepfesentatiyes two bills OF interest
lowest Virginians, with the commit
tees recommen dation that they pass.
onefof the bills grants permission to
the Ohio .West Virginia Bridge Com
snanyito erect IA bridge across the ONO
river III Steubenville, O., and the
other grants "a Similar privilege 10
eontsructIa bridge across Tug river
connecting Warfield, KY, and Kermet,
w va 80 s1','seS- 800
tfhsf following business, of interest
Il Repsrsentative Neely's constitu-
SitAs was transacted in his office to-
asy, IN the reorganization OF the
Wheeline and Elm Grove mail service,
fha salarysof yChas. A. o. O'Brien,
feffer carrier. was reduced $500 on
{iie year. Upon personal appeal OF
sTfaiorSNeely this deduction has been
fored! Tie Post Office Depart
ssSeft has refused to accede to petit.
Hon TO change the route OF star mail
Toiita 1904. New Martinsville to Lit
Teton ANAL messenger service has
been estab lished on the West VIZ
Tiiiia side opposite East Liverpool
Sropo the depot of the traction COM
ni1y Che: messenger to be paid $40
Z 4 YEAR: Recommended the appoint
nfiof Leslie X. Cracraft to the med.
fcal reserve corps, a presidential anu
honorary appointment which VIII be
made:
MartinTrhtsd ,.son of W. A. Thied,
1fDurbin. Il 4tSR otterdam without
l1assopoft and wants~to come home.
His family wants him to come, too.
Fhat5 the reason why Congressman
Sutherland visited the State Depart
ment today and got young Thted a
inassport. He Is expected now to set
SailFnext week. He has been studying
abroad:
Al new postoffice has been testab'
alshedf at Greenberry, Kanawha coun.
u The following commissions as
fonrth class post nasters have been
ssuedEtofWilliam Kimbel, Board Tree;
5esseRFl Turner Greenwood; John A.
incafd! Fire Creek; Mary F. Harris,
SiaSe: Maud 10. Parsons, Greenberry;
fohnJ VIZ Cashion, Hensley; H. Pres.
4on Wilson. II echde; Thomas C!Arbo.
Sssts Rspleta;f tEbeneEer Q. Morris,
Tefry. stephen q. Knutti has been
eommissio toned acting postmaster at
Eymers W. ya:,,
The January meeting Of the West
s4tFIinfa Ssocdsty9was held at The Will
ara on Friday night, attended by
about $50 members. A musical and
Iifefary program was featured with
Eary Randolph Dickens as the top
ilnef. Mrs. Dickens was member
IA Ioseph Jefferson's company at one
SIsna! md Is reader Of exceptional
SiSSif. Many years ago she was a
d6nt Of Parkersburg. An address
i. "a made by Conrad syme, corpora
ION counsel for the district, and by
1hdFe az W. Atkinson, when the lat
fsf presented an umbrella TO Col. j..
n. DeGfangeyfor many services rem"
dered the Society.
ME Following members were elect.
I'd: Robert D.: Aud, Mrs. D. ]. Bar
ION. M and Mrs. William G. Hefner,
ifiss d. 1EsIrsIAn, Dr.Ean Mrs. J. x.
Iennings. 1fissz Vivian Mclaughlin,
1Ifs. A.eC. Nelson, r. G. Owens, Mrs.
Josfe g. Owens, Mrs. Gertrude =.
SvSingle, Mr.! and Mrs. w. w. Trail,
md %. Mary Turner Stout.
AaaF1a-
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from the effect Of which she became
conscious. After the women were
dressed in dry clothing, revived and
given something to eat at the home Of
Mr.. Mitchell, they went on to Bluefeid.
That they did not both suffer more Sc.
verely from the exposure is remarka-
BILE. 1t is said that they are very poor
but struggle along making living as
best they can on small piece OF land
on Wolf Creek.
Producing 21s,74o,1s2OOO feet Of gas
in 1914. West Virginia for the seventh
successive year led all the states in
that product. Though this production
was about 100000, 900 feet less than
in 1913, the output was valued at at
least 100000 more. The state's pro-
duction for 1914 was approximately
forty per cent of the total production
Of the United States. Valued at 14.S7
cents per thousand the 1914 product
was worth $685. 1929, compared with
IA productionsm 1913Eof >245, 451, 1856 ,080
feet alued at 1902 cents per thousand
or 34,164,s50. Pennsylvania continues
in second place, with Ohio and Okla
homa coming next.
An East Clarksburg washerwoman
who was burned out recently in fire
which started by cigarette stump and
who In addition to losing all her house.
hold goods, lost her savings of $40 has
been given SIS from the Fairmont
Times Christmas fund. The story OF
-. afk a
ton of Earl II. Smith, editor of the
Times and he sent the money from
the unexpected balance of the Christ
mas fund through the Clarksburg En-
ponent.
A thrilling sidelight on the tragic
sinking OF the steamer kanawha was
related at Huntington by 3. E. Win
ters, railroad inspector for the West
Virginia public service commission,
who is engaged in an examination OF
the circumstances surrounding the ac-
cident when he told of how Captain
Brady Berry, OF Williamstown, in
charge of the sunken vessel, foated
five miles down the river in inky dark
ness, seated on the keel OF the upturn-
ed craft, holding q half drowned wonl-
an out of the water in each hand ur'
til relief came when the boat was
beached The captain himself was
thrown into the water when the boat
finally turned over, he said, but man.
aged to Chamber upon the upturned
hulk and cling to the keel. Two wom-
en- passengers on the boat were with
in reach, struggling in the icy waters.
Captain Berry told Mr.. Winters that
he seized one Of the women by her
hair with his right hand and the 9th.
or with his left,sand they drifted down
the river five miles to Lamps Land
inglwhere the boat was beached. A.
driving rain and Stygian darkness
made his position more difficult.
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Messrs. Edward and Roy Hopkins,
who are visiting their parents, DR..
and Mrs. A. D. Hopkins, will leave
here for Pennsboro, where they in
tend installing an electric light plant
and an ice factory.
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Commissions as fourth.classr post
masters have issued to- Ernest
c. Rider, of Corliss,r and Charles G.
Vass, of Knobs. ','t g + "a
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II. C. Smith, OF Fairmont, and son,
Herbert. of Petersburg, were re-
cent visitors here. a,'l III.
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Paul Roberts, Of Elizabeth, has been
in the city several days on a pleasure
trip. .,,-as
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Where are the gentlemen who kick
ed against the bridges because they
thought it would raise their taxes !?
Speak up.
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January q, 1874.
Steamer Hope sunk at New; Martins.
vile when boilers exploded January
4, 1873. Eight hurt.
Steamer Telephone sunk at Parkers-
burg January 2, 1885.
Steamer Ella sinks tow Of coal at
Belaire January 8, 1885. ~
Ferryboat Charleston sunk at
Wheeling, January 26, 1894: =.
ToHboat, Ark, hits BellaiEes bridge
january 2s, sSs,5 loss $4,000: $500 go
Steamer Lexington sinks on Kama.
'wha while racing with steamer Or
gan, January 16, 1900.
Z In recent years rfvermen assere there
have been othe tragedies in January,
but none to compete with the Kama.
wha in point Of either loss of life or
property.
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The Moundsville Echo In its issue of
Saturday called attention to the fact
that the day was the fiftieth anniver.
sary OF severe storm. The day pre-.
vious was usual day for this country.
It was partly cloudy and mad been cold
enough at nights for several days to
freeze the grounds, which thawed out
during the day, and at the close OF the
day there was about the usual mud
which froze at night. On the morning
OF the eighth of January the sky was
overcast with dark grey clouds that
appeared to be- very low, almost touch
ing the ground, and very cold damp
air which penetrated winter clothing
very readily. AS the day wore away
the cold seemed to increase and be-
tween two and three o'clock. the storm
broke forth in all its force. A cold
wind and a dry snow, almost ice, set
in from the northwest and continued
until the next morning. The wind
drifted the snow and many farmers
spent all the next two days with SHOW
els uncoYering ,focks of sheep that
had been covered with the drifts OF
snow and not alfew looked after the
hogs that were also under the snow.
Chickens were frozen on the roosts
and no small damage was done to farm
stock. The strong wind that drove the
snow forced it into small crevices and
most homes exposed to the storm had
no little work the next day cleaning
snow from the interior of houses as
wei las uncovering live stock;that had
been showed under duringsthe storm.
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Percy Haughton plotting the Braves
Now.what Connie Mack needs is guar
terback Barrett Of Cornell.
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RUFF STUFF
sY RED.

Our neighbor's pigs will have to
leave the city soon.
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Regular Monday news. Big crowds
on Monongahela railway.
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Deputy commlssioner5of prohibition.
G. B. Gilbert after thorough inyestf..
CATION in Pocahontas3.c county. an
nounces that the Prohibition laws are
better enforced In Pocahontas county
than in any other county in the state.
He highly commends the county, Off.
cials for their diligence In enforcing
the law,sand while,2as yet, .as.4nl 9TH
err counties, a few violations OF. the
law are found the percentage is far
below the average Of other counties.
The Bluefield Telegraph records the
experiences Of two women named Har.
ris, one Of them 60 years and the other
40 who almost succumbed to exposure
Thursday night of last week. 1t ap-
pears that they started from their
home on Wolfe Creek in Bland county,
Va, to come to Bluef1eld to sell some
backbone, spareribs and canned goods
that they might turn tos.money in
Bluefield. They had a hard time in,
climbing the mountain and gained the
summit near the East River Rock af-
ter dark and could come no further.
They spent the night in the rain and
sleet and about nine o'cock the next
morning the older woman made her
way to the residence OF Chas. A. Nit
chell, in south Blueteld, the first
house this side of the mountain top
and reported that the other woman
was almost frozen. mr.. Mitchells son
Oscar. and daughter, Miss Virginia,
and Mrs. Hartman hurried to the noun.
tain top and found the younger woman
lying unconscious and numned, her
clothing covered with sleet and soak.
ed with rain and having the appear
ance Of one dead, but It was soon dis.
covered that some sparks OF life re.
NAMED and Oscar Mitchell took her on
HIS back and carried her to his home,
where Mrs. Mitchell gave ner restor..
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President Hibben OF Princeton, de.
clares that 10000 college men are
ready to take the field in defense OF
the United States. Taking a field
and a gun are different.
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Yesterday was the first time this
season that ice was good-Times. May
be so; not being hungry we didn't find
that out. - ..-,.,-,,- 49,.
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Among the west vlrgiplens. = 0 at.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-05-05
Steacliness In Business.

Why plugging beats dash in the busi-
ness world is explained by business
man in the Woman's Home Compan.
ion.
Zone thing that is hard for young
man to learn IS that the race In busi-
ness is not to the swift, but to the
steady" he says. "It was not until
after marriage that learned that Be-
fore I was looked on as a man of abil
ity, but unreliable. held h;M dozen
jobs, one after another, and was proud
Of the fact that could apparently
make good anywhere. l went to bust
ness every day with kind Of chip on
my shoulder AS long as my boss
was good to me l would condescend
to work for him, butt was as free
from responsibilities as the wind
There was as good a job for me in
Butte, Mont, as in Chicago. So,
while employers paid me well because
l delivered the goods, no one Of them
regarded me as q man to be built into
his organization.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-05-05

There used to be an old superstition
that it was bad luck to drink toast
with a person standing behind the
drinker. The reason for the supersti-
tion is this:
Edward the Martyr by the contriv-
ance of his stepmother, Elfrida, was
stabbed in the back as he was drink
ing. 1t is said that from this affair
arose the custom of having the man
on either side of the toast drinker
pledge him. According to William Of
Malmesbury, 1t was the usage when a
person was about to drink health to
ask a neighbor at the board to pledge
the toast. If the neighbor answered
Eyes" he held up his knife or sword
to guard the drinker as he quaffed.
for while man is drinking he IS nee
essarily in an unguarded posture and
exposed to treacherous stroke.-New
York Sun.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-05-05
FIRE BAGS AT SEA.
! Kind They Used In the Day Of tho
Old finder COX.

verv vhaler and sealer that sailed
seas in the days of wooden ships
lied a fire bag. This was a tarpau'
bag about a foot long and six inches
! lined with waterproof material,
n interlinings of oilcloth and thick
Snel Into this was placed the flint
finder box for kindling fire, and
bag was then securely fastened
h double flaps and tied to keep its
tents dry,
was the special duty of the second
e to look after the fire bag and in
! of shipwrcck to attach it at once
Bis person by means Of stout straps
gided for the purpose. Thus if Off.
and crew were cast away on some
erted shore in the desolate arctic
lie the means of obtaining a fire to
IN themselves by and to heat food
drink would not be wanting as
/ as the precious fire bag was safe.
be steam whalers and sealers of the
Bent day still carry a fire bag stow
IN the lifeboat with the bread and
Ter, but now it is Of rubber and con.
5 half a dozen tin boxes of matches.
ew York Press.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-05-05
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

All creditors, legatees, distributes,
and all persons having claims or de-
mands against the Estate of John A.
McCaskill deceased, are hereby noti-
fed to present their claims or de-
mands to me within Two Years; and
all persons indebted to said John A.
McCaskill deceased, are notified to pay
the same Immediately.
A. K. McCASKILL, .
Administrator, of the estate of John
A. McCaskill deceased.
This 4th day of May A. D., 1916. ,..
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-05-05
100000 WILL PARADE.
Demonstration to Be Made For Pre-
parednesS.

One hundred thousand persons
probably will march on May Is in the
parade organized by the business in
terests Of New York TO stir up local
interest in better military, naval and
industrial preparedness. Virtually
every trade and profession in the city
will be represented. The only two
vehicles in line will be occupied by
Mayor Mitchell and Major General
Leonard Wood
The demonstration will cover pc
riod of twelve hours beginning at $50
O'Clock in the morning. The last two
hours will be devoted to a parade Of
the National Guard. Just before this
two hours have been allotted to the
women'S division, which will be com
posed Of saleswomen, factory en-
ployes and representatives of various
professions.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-05-05
Double Eyed Fish.

here Is fish equipped with bifocal
s One.half Of the lens for seeing
pye the surface Of the water and the
er for submarine use. This char.
RriStic also gives the fish it's popu.
sname-double eyes.
be fish inhabits the shores of South
erica. Sometimes they swim with
Eeyes half out Of water. EXamina-
shows that each lens is divided
two parts by a dark band. The
above the band is out of water
the other half below the surface.
RtumliStS tell us that the fish's eyes
Pine double from its practice in
mining with them half submerged.
plIe made the part Of the eye above
|er adapted for seeing in the air.
pe the other part remained adapted
vision under water.
Pc double eyes grow TO about a
In length and in Brazil are caught
ood,-PhiIadelphia North Ameri-