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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
FAMOUS SINGER
To APPEAR
HERE
Artist viii Be Heard at
Trinity Colored Church
Monday Night.

Pureza Rico. Of London, England,
famous basso singer, is TO appear nj
the Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church. colored, on Ben street Monday
night. This wonderful genius received
his musical training IN the United
States and Europe. Mr.. Rico has sung
all over Europe and is acknowledged
to be one Of the most gifted and re-
marKable bassos the world has ever
known. Owing to the present war
conditions in Europe he is now touring
America. He is a great attraction on
the eastern, hemisphere. The largest
halls In Europe proved too small to
hold the large number Of people who
thronged to hear him. The London
Daily Mail says Of Mr.. Rico:
I'm recent years London has been
visited by many hassos Of repute. but
II has been left to Mr.. Rico to achieve
the distinction Of being far away the
best basso we have ever heard in Lon
don; this is the unanimous opinion,
His singing is impregnable."
The London Times says: afr. Rico
is gifted with bass voice Of great
power and range. His technique is
excellent, indeed. He went from
triumph to triumph. So enthusiastic
did the audience wax that they would
have been only too pleased, had he
gone on singing all night"
The public is invited to hear Mr.
Rico in a song recital at Trinity
church on Ben street Monday night.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
FEDERAL
Prisoners Are Brought Back
from MartinSburg to Serve
Sentences in Local Jail.

The ten Harrison county men who
were sentenced this week in federal
district court at Martinsburg to serve
various terms in the Harrison county
Jail, accompanied by two Harrison
county convicts, arrived in the city
Saturday evening on train No. SIS and
were placed in the jail. They will not
have to work on the roads in serving
out these sentences, although some
OF them have road sentences to work
out for violating the Yost prohibition
law.
The prisoners were brought to
Clarksburg by Deputy United States
Marshal c. P. Cook, Of Martinsburg,
who had several more to take on to
the Wood county jail at Parkersburg.
Deputy Sheriff LacO Wolfe and other
county officers met the deputy mar
shall at the train and took charge of
the prisoners. They are William
Post, Sidney Rymer, Lis Armour,
James Sims, Thomas Waldo. B. Cox
ey, Fred Williams, Spider Riley, John
Virgins. Russell Hart, Thomas Jen-
kins and Andrew Hickman. Jenkins
and Hickman, who are serving state
sentences, are yet to be tried in fed
eral court, their cases having been
continued from the Martlnsburg
term
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
Republican Landslide Similar to
That of 1904 is Coming,
He SAYS.

Asked to give his views on the po-
litical campaign. the Hon. Joseph
Holt Gaines, chairman OF the Repub-
lican state committee, Saturday night
said:
I'VE are sure to win.
THE Republican party is In bet
tor condition in this election than it
has been since 1900. There are fewer
factional differences than in 1904.
1908 or 1912. Nationally the ten
doncy which is both toward Hughes
and against Wilson gives promise OF
a Republican landslide similar to that
for Roosevelt in 1904.
''The people are simply disgusted
with the Wilson administration on
account of Its general attitude Of
time serving, opportunism. watchful
waiting and anxious indecision gen-
orally. The fearful loss OF American
lives, both soldiers and civilians. in
Mexico; his timid betrayal of Amerl-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
CAR SERVICE
FOR STEALEY
IS ASSURED
Traction Company Decides to
Build Spur from its Inter-
urban Line to Weston.

Street car service for Stealey
Heights was assured Saturday after
noon when officials OF the Monon-
gahela Valley Traction Company, af-
ter a conference at Fairmont
decided to extend their line into that
suburb. Work on the extension will
begin at once. 1t was announced Sat
urday night by local officials Of the
traction company.
Although 1t has not yet been def
nitely decided what streets the line
will traverse, 1t is practically certain
that a loop will be constructed in
such a manner as to serve all the
residents of the suburb in an eff
ficient manner.
The line will be made a spur OF the
Weston interurban, which passes to
one side OF the suburb. The traction
company was granted a franchise by
the municipality Of Stealey Heights
when the Weston line was built, and
agitation for the construction of a
spur has been started several times
since then. officials of the traction
company Investigated the PROPOSE
tlon thoroughly and came to the con-
clusion that while the spur might not
be a paying one at first, they felt
assured that patronage would keep
pace with the rapid growth OF Stealey
Heights.
Later Saturday night it was learned
on good authority that the line will
traverse North and Duh streets, re-
turning by the same route. 1t was
understood that the traction company
contemplates building a loop at some
future date.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
LOCAL CONCERN
lis Issued a Certificate of InCor'
poration by the Secretary
Of State.

CHARLESTON, Sept. 2S.-Certif-
Gates Of incorporation have been is
sued by the secretary Of state to the
following new concerns which will OPP
crate under the laws of West Virgin
The Beech Fork Coal Company, of
Williamson, chief work in Mcdowell
county, authorized capital, $4,000;
incorporators, J. R. Gildersleeve, Jr.,
Of Tazewell, Va; T. C. Berger and
Virginia L. Berger. of Chattaroy; and
N. II. Manakee and Sarah D. Mana
kee, OF Williamson.
The H. Shemwell Oil and Gas Com
pany, Of Clarksburg; chief works,
Marion county; authorized capital,
$4,000; incorporators: H. Shemwell,
w. o. Tarver and H. L. D. Moorman,
of Richmond, Va; ]. NJ. Maupin, of
Washington. D. c.. and w. G. stath-
ers, of Clarksburg.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24

vision Of this system which will also
give them bishops of their own race.
The general convention OF 1918
which met in New York appointed a
strong commission of bishops, clergy
and laymen to consider this question.
The commission, of which the bishop
of North Carolina Is chairman, has
just issued its report. This will be
discussed at the convention to be held
at St. Louis in October.
The commission was unable to
agree upon a definite plan and will,
therefore, present majority and mi
nority reports. Those signing the
former, including the bishops Of
North Carolina, Texas and MississIp-
pi, recommended the grouping OF the
negroes of the southern dioceses into
one or more missionary districts over
which colored bishops would be plac-
ed. They are supported in this rec
concentration by the law members
from Virginia and Rhode Island.
The minority report. signed by the
bishops OF South Carolina and Geor-
gia, the Rev. DR.. Stires, of New York,
and Judge Joseph Packard, of Balti-
more, opposes the creation Of new
missionary districts and fevors the
election OF cclored suffragan bishops
for this work.
For several years past the foreign
missionary district OF Liberia has
been under a negro bishop, the
Ri. Rev. DIR. Ferguson. His recent
death is greatly regretted throughout
the whole church, his administration
having been conspicuously success
full.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
DAVIS WILL
PrObated Gives Most of the Estate Il
Sons and Daughters.

The will Of A. w. Davis was pro-
bated Saturday afternoon. Fifty dol
lars is left in trust to the Masonic
lodge at Good Hope, the revenue from
which is to be applied to the care Of
cemetery lot there owned by tho
testator. The executors arc directed
to sell certain coal and divide the
proceeds among the testator's seven
children equally. The residue of the
estate is left equally to the seven
children, except in the distribution, a
daughter. Mary " Brown, is to be
charged $500.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
SCHOOL NOTES

The total enrolment in the public
schools at the close of the first week
was 1929.
The enrolment in Washington Try.
ing high school was 565. an increase
of more than 100 over last year, and
there are a number still TO enter. The
enrolment by classes was, first year
24e, second year 1873, third year liz
fourth year sixty-nlne.
The first high school chapel exer.
cises Of the year were held Friday
morning. The new high school or.
chestra played at these exercises and
delighted every one. There are already
eleven members and more are arrang.
png to become members. The or
Ichestra is directed by Professor G. w
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24

Parrish, supervisor Of music.
The board Of education finds It nee
essary to employ two additional teach
ers TO take care of congested condi-
tons.
Beginners will still be admitted to
first grades during the coming week,
but not after that time.
Professor orIe McConkey attended
a meeting Of high school officials at
Fairmont Saturday. when a schedule
of athletic games for the coming year
was arranged.
Professor Frank Arnett, athletic d.
rector. has been lining up the football
material the last week and reports
that the prospects indicate winning
team for Washington Irving high
school this year.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
FINE IS SUSPENDED.

Ralph Lynch. sixteen-year-old boy
Of Baltimore street, was fined SIS and
costs late Saturday in Magistrate
William E. Starcher's court for re-
Gently hitting Leo Lynn, ten-year-
old boy Of the same neighborhood,
but the fine was suspended under
condition of Ralph's future good be-
hayior.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
Roy JAILED AS rNooRRIGBbE.

Festus Sandy. fourteen-year-old
boy Of New Fair Grounds, is a prls-
oner in the county jail awaiting a
hearing before Magistrate Jackson
V. Carter under charge OF incorrI-
giblllty. The charge was preferred
by David Sandy, an older brother,
who thinks the reform school is a
good place for him. Testus is a son
OF John Sandy.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
TO DELIVER LECTURE.

The Rev. C. 1. Wilson, Of Wheel
ing, synodIcal missionary OF the Pres
byterian church, will deliver a stcre-
opticon lecture on home missions in
West Virginia at 1880 o'clock Sun
day evening in the First Presbyterian
church. The public is cordially in
yited to attend.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
BISHOP FOR
THE NEGROES
IS PROPOSED
Proposition Will Be Passed On
at the General Convention
in st. Louis.

The increase of negro communi.
cants IN the Episcopal church in the
South has, for some years past, led to
the organization Of separate congre-
cations with ministers of their own
race. They are now asking for a re-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
ROBINS TO SPEAK.

Raymond Robins, Of Chicago,
who was chairman Of the last
Progressive national conven-
ton. and who, though n former
Democrat, is stumping the
country for Hughes ana Fair
banks, will spend two days in
West Virginia, making speeches
October 4 and 8. His meeting
places have not been fixed.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
SPECIAL TERN.

The county court will hold a special
term Tuesday for tho purpose of en-
tering such bridge orders as 1t deems
advisable, to quality notaries public
and to issue certificates upon which to
obtain notary public commissions.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
FORTY PRISONERS.

Forty prisoners are now confined
in the Harrison county jail. Twenty
one Of the number are eligible to
work on the county roads.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
NOTICE TO WooDNEN CIRCLE.

To members of White Lilly Grove
No. 10, / wish to announce that the
date for the social has not been set,
but will be arranged on our next
meeting night, Friday, October s.
By order of the Guardian.
MARY L. HUFF.
REsA 3. COLEMAN, Clerk.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
UNDER THE COUNTRY SKY.

UNDER THE COUNTRY SKY SKY Fec By g''i ism 8
pp. $50. Doubleday, Page & Co.
Mrs. Richmond is one of our fctional
optimists. In her stories life Is all
youth, sunshine, love, happiness, hope
and confidence in the future, with Just
a touch of the gentle resignation or
age in the background to heighten the
effects. Her lovers, we know as we
take leave of them, will live happily
forever afterward. 1t is cleyerly done
She adapts the size of her canvas TO her
romance. Not for her the whole span
of existence, only its prelude at the
climax-the springtime of life IN It's
dazzling TRANSPORTATION by love. The
glamour lies gracefully and enchant-
inglv on the pages of "Under the Coun-
try Sky" Georgiana, who is a country
girl. a college graduate and the only
child of a widowed invalid clergyman
very poor, it need hardly be added-con-
templates for moment marriage as
a means TO material ends IN their
wider sense, but is rewarded for her
many virtues with both love and
wealth in the great surgeon whom she
marries. Her cousin, butterfly OF
fashion raised under the artificial city
sky, marres the young farmer VINO,
too, is a college man. Thus are health
happiness and the wherewlthal al.
Dotted with a sense of the fitness OF
beautiful things rare in life. Where
fore this is delightful romance for the
Young, a momentary realization Of all
their dreams. The story should md
favor with youths and maidens; and:
no doubt. it will appeal to many OF
their elders in search OF momentary
forgetfulness Of the hard realities OF
existence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
MIR. AND MRS. PIERCE.

Mr. AND MRS. PIERCE A Story Of Youth. BY
Cameron Mackenzie. Illustrated by Aonzo Kim
bali. l2mo. ~. 4ol. Dodd. Mead Co.
Mr.. Mackenzie tells a story, not of
success, but of failure, Of loser in
the struggle for life, not q conqueror.
Vaulting ambition o'erleaps itself in
the case Of Butler Pierce-his wife's
ambition, not his own, for he knows
his limitations we'll enough. He is a
good, reliable, useful employee; he lacks
the gifts that make the master. II is
the success of his college chum which
fires Mrs. Pierce's Imagination; il is
her small inheritance which furnishes
the scant capital for the foundation Of
the firm of Pierce & Harsen; it is her
husbands incompetence. his lack Of
foresight, of commanding power, which
brings on the catastrophe. She can
not blink that fact when the old fam
lily lawyer probes the matter. Harsen
is an INSCRIPTIONS struggler for life,
IL is true, but Butler Pierce should
have kept the upper hand. Il is he,
and he alone, who is at fault. His
wife has asked more of him than he
can perform. IL is not in him. And
il Is the very qualities for which she
has loved and married him-lovable
qualities-which are the bar TO his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
FATHER BERNARD's PARISH.

FATHER BERNARD's PARISH BY Florence
O.mstead. lemo. pp. So2. Charles scrlohers
Sons
In this. her second story, the author
of the friendly, entertaining "Cloistered
Romance" invades New York, not with
the ambition to conquer the city, to
pack its overwhelming mass within
the compass of single book, but with
the more modest aspiration, beguiling-
lv carried out, 70 depict one of those
innumerable self-contained little neigh
borhoods which make up its bulk. THIS
is a "neighborhood story" to borrow
felicitous term from now forgotten
New England writer, pen-drawlng IN
the optimistic spirit of Hopklnson
Smiths last published book. 1t owes
nothing to him, however, not even It's
sunny atmosphere, for that, Miss Ohm
stead's earlier book has already proved,
is of the essence of her own outlook
upon life.
our novelists have hitherto mostly
depicted the foreign population OF TINS
city in its slums, mainly for purposes or
social propaganda-th submerged,
helplessly transferred from one pTole-
tariat to another, without light or hope
of better things. Not so Miss Ohm
stead Her immigrants are too busy
living life as they find it to give much
thought TO discomfort. IL is a hard
struggle, but they make ends meet, and
that suffices: the European Limitation
of outlook and ambition Is still there.
The price of sugar may be going up,
but Mrs. Zuckerman, who keeps
lunchroom, rejoices over the fact that
she has no competitor in the upper Co.
lumbus Avenue block under the Ele-
waited Railroad tracks which is the
scene Of this story and part OF Father
Bernards parish. The Polish butchers
horizon does not extend beyond the
newly opened shop of his Irish rival,
where the laundry used TO be. The
German cobbler finds bitter solace IN
his ysogeny-evidently his wife de-
serted him long ago. His hunchbacked
son dreams of taking heavy trunks up
and down stairs like his friend and
idol. young Tim Halligan, the express
man. whose widowed mother, board
inghouse cook of parts, finds reward
for all the sacrifices made for her chill
dren in the thought that her daughter
is to be a nun. Not but that Annie could
marry well if she wished, her mother
hastens to add. There is the clerk IN
the delicatessen shop, now, steady
young German, who idolizes the ground
the. girl treads on, and who brings her
dainty offerings of the daintiest Of
delicatessen.
The Italians who keep the fruit and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
CLYDE Fursts Professor Maturin, Companion
able Philosopher the Border of Cape
Colony: A Book Of the Desert.

assumption is that Or. Furst would
not recognize dyspepsia. II he met II
in the club grill; in witness whereof
Maturin.
II is indeed delightfully."- encouraging,
IN these days when the best-seller5
rage and the problem solvers imagine
a vain thing, to meet with another
volume Of what we may term essays
Of nurc culture. There have been
several others recently. and we shall
hone to welcome more. For II Is COCA
10 observe. to mediate. 10 imagine,
and TO write in a book the results OF
such mental processes, Just for sheer
love Of intellectual activity, intellec-
tual diversion and intellectual culture
The book with a practical purpose
which often is the extreme Of imprac-
ticality, is sure Of much vociferous
advertising The problem novel" VIII
never lack versatile press agencies. But
here is something which has no propa-
ganda. There is not sex problem nor
a cause" between its covers. 1t has
no EMISSION" of either construction or
destruction; and of instruction IN only
the unobtrusive and unconscious way
in which fresh air and sunshine as
trulv build within" the human frame
bage. Ii came into existence through
comprehensive erudition and nlmble wit,
lust for the sake of demonstrating
that erudition and exercising that VII.
Perhaps the Man with the Muck Rake
the least understood and most mis-
REPRESENTED actor in the Tinker's i'm
r.ortal allegory would not consider II
worth while. If so, that very fac,
would be convincing demonstration
that it was exceeding abundantly
worth while.
If we were minded, as we are not,
greatly, 10 seek cause Of offence for
unfavorahle criticism in these pages,
we should profess to find IL in a GER
tain plethora of riches. Really, could
Professor Maturin have known so
much, and could he have had his IN
exhaustible fund of protean lore so
cranially card-catalogued as TO be thus
able to draw upon it instantly and un-
erringly for anything which he desired
or which his companions needed VINO
is there among US who actually, in real
life. could convincingly cite Lowell,
Emerson, Socrates, Plato, Herbert
Spencer, Dr. Holmes, Erasmus, Swift
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20

Young's "Portugal-An Anthology"
Gondon: Clarendon Press:
The land is poor, the children swarm,
our fields lack seed;
Our cradles fila double harm:
God sends a drouth upon the farm
and mouth to feed.
The kline are lost, the crop is lost,
lost all delight:
Burnt up by the sun, cut down by frost:
At the door stands the famine ghost
by day and night.
The bells are tolled. the bells are tolled
-Ill-omened ringing:
We bury young, we bury old
The bells are tolled, the bells are tolled
The grave-digger is singing.
There 20 the cmigrants in troops:
Look, look, they're starting!
Wailing along the streets, in groups
Upon the quays, crowding the poops OF
ships departing.
The vine is dead, nor shall bear grapes
again:
The old-tme villagers die of and go:
The cottage walls are swept by wind
and rain
The roof trees fsll-widows and wallis
remain.
Want, waste and woel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20
\ CHEERFUL BOOK.

THE DESTINATIONS. OF PROFESSOR MATT
Rim. BY C1de fursL l.mo ~. If. .-i.
Columbia University Press
We should have liked TO know Pro
fessor Maturin. Also, without a too
great fnicahty Of phrase. VIC should
like 10 have known him. The one
would have been rich experience;
the other would afford an opulent and
perennial memory. Thomas Of Craig
enputtock cnjoyed-if he really en-
joyed anything save unemployment
10 sit with Diocenes Teufelsdrockh IN
his turret at Weissnichtwo. I'M dark
ness. grim. sardonic. much OF the time
quite silent; Of which Homcric fore
gatherings the fruitaGe indeed greatly
enriches the world. though beyond the
worlds general appreciation or ken.
But without IN any wise diSparaC inS
or repudistinc the Opinions of Herr
Teufelsdrockh, we must declare our
great enjoyment Of the Observations
OF Professor Maturin, made I'm the
light and amid the illimitablc cheer Of
the Athensum Club. the Sindbad
Society, his own study, or whatevd
environment may for the time be his.
For his philosophy is socially sympe'
thetic and spontaneously and irreprcs-
sibiy humane. That is not 10 say that
the others is or was the reverse OF
those things. Yet as our friend the
minister said in his sermon the other
Sunday, Jeanie Welsh married not only
a man but also a dyspepsia; in witness
whereof, Teufelsdrockh. Our sure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20

Voltslre, Stcrne, De Quincy, Julius
C@sar, Bismarck, Sir Philip Sidney,
Jean Paul Richter. Scott. Burns, Keats,
Hawthorne. Flaubert. Catullc Mendes,
D'Annunzio, John Lafargc. Charles
Eliot Norton, Dante. Savonarola,
Wordsworth and Newman, all in a
breathlcss ninety seconds?
Probably none. Yet, what is the use
OF imagination and invention, II they
cannot exceed the limits of mere act
uality? What is certain ~ this. that
DR.. Furst makes his Maturin talk as
though he we're or had been indeed
real The label Of artidciality is miss
ing. lie talks as he does because that
is the way he was meant TO talk. Nor
does il matter what is the theme. IL
may be food or physiognomy, Christ
mas or dress. the small college or the
county fair. all is grist that comes TO
the Professors mill. and exceedingly
fine does he grind it all. Which sug-
gests the startling inquiry, What II II
be n book with "a purpose, after all
Suppose that il is intended 10 pro-
mote the propaganda of culture, by
showing. in a practical object lesson,
its universal and unfailing utility? The
man with the cultivated muscles can
ranks or follow the plough, and turn
himself readily to any kind Of work
or form Of excrtion. So, hGec fd,butd
docct. the trained and cultivated in.
tellect can turn itself TO any kind OF
activity and discuss with equal facility
and charm the "Sovran Herb" and the
Club of Bachelor Maids, the Mystery
Of Dress and the Fountain of Youth.
No. for such n purpose, however
deftly disguised. would infallibly have
betrayed itself in what Professor Car
penter in the preface calls pedahtlc
air which is quite lacking. No, the
tone is that of genuine human sym
pathy, with no Interior design or de-
Sire, and it is in that spirit that the
essays will be chiefly read. FOR IL Is
sympathy who will read the book;
Limitation which ought to permit II an
almost illimitable circulation.