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The Detroit times., 1916-07-05
The Old Gardener Says

That the wise amateur will
keep a note book in which 10 en-.
ter the names and descriptions
OF the different varieties OF roses
and other flowers which please
his eye. Then he will be able
TO order much more intelligently
next season than II he Ia Obliged
TO depend upon a catalogue. The
only way to Judge properly OF
the merits OF any flower Is 10
see It growing up In the garden.
although II is a help TO view cut
blossoms at n show.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05

states ito whom may come special OPP
portunities for service"
They have all been filled with the eN-
element and so-called glory of war, and
think they are doing great things.
Many thoughtful people have been
skeptical of the boy scout movement
from the beginning, fearing that behind
it lurked a phase of mihtarism which
might grow new heads when occasion
arose.
Most of US have seen in 1t healthy
opportunity for physical development
combined with a substantial moral train
ing.
But II our boys are allowed to expose
themselves to danger in this manner, and
if those in authority are arranging to
have them do it, we will believe that the
skeptics were right and that a sinister
specter turks behind every fair seeming
proposition for any sort of organized
drills. hikes and what-not for boys.
police duty" along the border is what
they will be expected to perform, IN a
hot, arid country where they may die
off like flies, but we have too much faith
in the government to believe that It
would permit such foolish and unneces-
sary risk.
When It is deemed fitting for this coun-
try to perpetuate a slaughter of the in
nocents, or even one innocent, in order to
protect its citizens along the border or
the holdings Of American citizens IN
Mexico. we would better consider our
selves derelicts, ready to curl up and die,
for we will have admitted failure in our
high duty, and will stand convicted of the
wholesale exploitation of our children.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05
Money in itself Is nothing.

Money in itself Is nothing.
Il never did and never can regenerate
he world or even one human soul.
q We have no tears for Hetty Green.
We do not want to drop tiny flower
a her grave, unless it is in pity for her
pcverty-stricken life.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05
A SHREWD GUESS

According TO Les Annales. poilu writes home
as follows:
you ask me n | need SOCKS I am still wear.
Ing the pair you sent mo last July. have moi
seen them since. but presume they arc in had
shape"
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05

Look first to your mouth for the
cause ci our rheumatism or neural.
ria. II may be either that your
teeth are decayed or that your ton.
sils are diseased. Have both exam
iacd and treated II needed
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05

A boys camp Is 10 be a new fea-
ture OF the great annual camp meet.
ing TO be opened by the Mcthodists
today on the camp grounds at Des-
PLANES, I'll.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05
BOTH LACKING

The old fashioned boy used to respect every
word his father said. -,
Yes. replied the youth; but You must re-
member that the oldfashloned boy had one OF
those oldfashoned fathers"
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05
Hetty Green, the Richest
Woman In the World,
Dies Poverty Stricken

Though said to have advised people
asling for good investments to find
them sin the other world" no one has yet
come forward to tell Of any treasures
= heaven" which Hetty Green, richest
woman in the world, laid up for her.
III.
II abe In any way aided the poor, sick
g oppressed of her city or country, she
I'D IL 30 adroitly that it has never been
discovered
She had no interest in humanitarian
endeavors or any civic improvements for
TIE municipality.
Money was not q means to an end in
her consciousness, but, rather, the end
itself.
The good and beautiful things of life
oither physical, aesthetic or spiritual, did
not seem to appeal to her.
Her mind was absorbed by actual
money and her only ambition was to
make her son the richest man in
America"
This ambition she was not able to full
On, for, as far as we know, Col. Green
4 q 4 normal sort of person without his
uaother's lust for wealth.
Instead of envying Hetty Green, we
Wust rather pity one who. with oppor-
Unity at her door, turned her back upon
1 ~ Joys of life and became merely a
U6ney-making machine, living in dingy
D1rroundings, clothed in dingy raiment.
Soxtering for a few dollars less on the
trice Of things she wanted.
Hetty Green grew rich on land which
\ b3oduced nothing.
She was an avowed beneficiary of the
onearned increment.
She even lodged her taxes, which is
4 ne only thing which can in any way
6nalrs the land-grabber of the least ben
4 IT to the community.
We must consider her of less REAL
4 WORTH to her country than the poorest
I. woman who goes out and does her days
work.
What Mrs. Green will find on the
~Uther SIDE" no one can tell, but we do
4 know that what she cared for most in
\ HE, she has left behind.
Aside from her children, it is doubtful
& whether many will feel her loss.
The great city of New York will only
lmOw it through the stock exchange,
which is a poor substitute for human
hearts.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05

The annual meeting OF the Ohio
State Bar association ia TO open at
Cedar Point today and continue in
session over Friday.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05

Fort Worth II conducting a NUM-.
cipal competition for flower gardens.
roses, plots and window boxes.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05

Nitrogen 10 needed for making
munitions for national defense"
They get nitrogen out OF the air;
don't they"
Yes"
We'll, they're welcome to all IN
my back yard."-Pittsburgh Post.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-05
The Keep Well Column
MALARIA.

There is no more brilliant chapter
In the history OF preventive medi.
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q: P!:''i:!ttsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Feb. rs. Obviously,
Pure oiiSwas the leader in the trading
ttroughts yesterdays session, but those
WHO were laboringEund tho impress
sioh that thea dividend declaration
wouId8promptl ys start the shares on
Observation-Disclosures Of ascension
yfefeF doomed to. disappointment. True
ef1oifRhss It started of like proverbial
.liouse: afire,,ss by selling during the first
caiISatS (which, by the way, Is a
WHICH record and a advance OF q
Quarter above Its previous high figure
but the stock was offered with such
alarcity That's the price was speedily
The other gasses brought out trading
IN Columbia Gas & Electric, Caney
RIVER Oklahoma and Lone Star Gas,
and all ofs these, with the exception of
Zone Star, were forced to make CON
cessionsS while the latter advanced a
small tract don. !,
IN the glassware department only
die high;prfced members received at
fentions Ind American Window Glass
prefefred came a regular cropper IN
4 saieSofs is shares at 100. which rep
Fesentsl ajreduction OF five points from
its former quotation. Trivial transac-
lions ID American Window Glass pre-
fefred and pittsburgh Plate Glass
brought about no change in their hg-
- f4 '7
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New York

=
NEW YORK, Feb. Is The one ABB
scrbing and oyershad lowing feature Of
yesterdays fsyerishly weak market
Was the Ear ofl rupture between the
sxecnftye and gislatiye branches OF
tiie Eederaf government. resulting
nom Germany opposed extension OF
its submaftneS policy. All other con-
alterations aud developments, some
81 them highly favorable, were ignor.
cd "a the Wild eapread apprehension
arisfnF fF6n this Eenae situation.
UnsettlelnentSw was manifested at the
very outset and became more pro-
finnnead With the progress OF the SEES
sion. tiQniia ton; largely from out OF
town sources. was primary factor
anu tho short interests Allotted the
DECLINING movement by extending its
conanit tfhents in those spectalttes
tdat have proved most susceptible to
iSressure IN theSpast.
al Glasses OF stocks were Affected
IN kTeRtsr or less degree, but the
alifi6kage WasEmore severe In the mu-
niftons md oil groups, although high
cliss issltess corded declines of one
Is tWopoints Slight imp was
4 down In the final hour, when NOSE
el1conrag ting advices from Washington
cansed the shorts to cover their con-
tracts In part.
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spEOFAN NOTICES


eiifection to tho Harrison County Line
SO as to include die James Hardesty
homestead. thence with the Harrison
Cndnty line TO ths west Fork Diver:
and thence down the West Fork river
to- the place ots ginning. And that
the yoting place for said Precinct
Number s. be. and is estab ltshed az
the Hut hinson school house.
And that the toreg going be! and no
established as Election Precincts
Numbers 4 and s. IN said Grant sMaEisS
terial District, and the voting places
therein, respectively.
And 1T Is further ordered that this.
order and notice OF the same be pub.
lished and posted as required, by law
"A copy from the record. II
Attest: a. G. MART
Clerk Of the County Court Of Marion
4 County. West Virginia. i
2-25: 3.s-1o-17. Il
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lowest AfB Y. 3 x. 13s e 1SsA
80sWest SElec 50 3d. 90 ~
Baltimore
!:

BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-The quar-
'tcrly dividend on Cosden q Co. COM
mon stock. which, Is now 2 per cent
regular and 2 per cent. extra. Will be
increased to 2 per cent regular and
s per cent. extra by the directors at
their next meeting according to well
defined reports In the financial dis
trict.
There was further liquidation OF
weak accounts yesterday and the price
OF the stock receded to 2oA, or IN
of a points under the closing sale yes
terday, and 5A points under the top
level registered last week. The bondA
byole from 1875 to 11s. &
The downward movement was &C.
ca:erated by the uncoverlng OF stop.
loss orders. Big blocks OF the stock
were bought by substantial interests
on the break and many email invest
ors increased their commitments.
Prices became more staple IN the late
trading. Brokers almost without ex'
ceriion said that the liQI.aation 81
marginal accounts had strehgtheaea
the technical position Of the stock.
Cosden Oil and Gas common ana
preferred shares were affected by the
weakness of Cosden & Co. issues, the
commo declining to sss and the pre-
terred 10 AS. Payments we're made
today on the subscriptions for these
shares.
Wayland OIL also felt the effect OF
Humiliation of thinly margined ac.
counts, the quotation slumping to 7. !
point under the closing sale yester'
day, and points down from the high
level registered last week, recover.
ing to s. '.i'1S'
Sapulpa Refining was neglected only
a few shares changing hands at 10&
Last week this stock sold at high as
1914 ..tr r. .asN.
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finance OIL. Gas AND PRODUCE

Ambassador Bernstortf was about %
be- be- hande his passports smashed
down the price Of wheat 71lzc a bushel.
In the collapse; which was from AZ AZ
early advance, the: May option fell
from si,24A to $1:17. The close was
excited IS to SIC under yesterdays
finish, with May at S1.l71a and July at
$1.145s. Other leading staples, too.
all showed q decided setback-corn
IN to 1ssc oats &c, and provisions
121hc TO Csc.
Conditions that bordeTed on panic
dulled in the wheat pit just before the
end OF the session. Flurried holders
were tumbling over each other IN .
rush to stop huge losses which with
unusual audiences. had resulted al.
most entirely from unyerified reports
that drastic action was imminent on
the part OF President Wilson in regard
to German plans for attacks by sub
marines. The break in prices had not
begun to assume sensational proper
tons until the final hour of trading,
but after that and especially in the
last Is minutes the downward plunge
OF the market was almost in a vertt.
cal line. There was no concentrated
buying IN the ordinary descent OF TX
c. Then, however, with scarcely
breathing time left before the last
gong, support developed that was SUI
ficient to cause re rally.
Coarse grains was depressed by the
severe break in wheat. The develop
ments for corn were otherwise bullish
receipts falling OF and export sales
amounting to 100000 bushels. Oats
II had no independent action. and was
Influenced wholly by the changes in
wheat and corn.
Provisions finished weak In sym
pathy with grain. Dealers who were
the best buyers early today and on
Yesterday turned conaplcnously to the
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sPECrAL NorICEs
TRUSTEES SALE Of CITY REAL
FalFI-T4s a,I giITIe rerArEdSFi .t+asNi

ESTATE
BY virtue OF the authority in me
vested by a certain deed of trust bear
ing date on the 5th day Of March.
1910, executed by Ice P. Binnix and
George w. Binnix, her husband, to
tho undersigned trustee, to secure the
payment OF certain notes therein men
toned and described, which trust Is
OF record in the Office of the Clerk OF
the County Court OF Marion County,
West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book No.
81 at page 462, and default having
been made in the payment thereof,
and said trustee having been requested
SO TO do. the undersigned will as such
trustee, on
FRIDAY, MARCH sRD, 1916,
a ono o'clock r. NJ, at the front door
OF the Court House Of Marion County.
West Virginia, sell at public auction
to the highest responsible bidder, the
following described real estate, in
what is known as The Arnett Ad1i-
tion to the City Of Fairmcnt, describ-
cd as follows: =,|.
All that certain parcel Of ground
located at the corner OF the Alley
between Mckinney STREET and, Spence
0LtEGLt 1AA oL4GCkt 1AVAtthE9 va
said Smith Street "a feet, more or less,
ana extending back along said Alley
q disGSaee Of 100 feet to the line of
Lot No. 80, together with the improve
ments thereon; being the same prop
erty which was conveyed by James N.
Lough and wife to the said Ice P.
Binnlx by deed dated February End,
1910, and duly OF record in said Clerks
Office.
Terms OF Sale
one.third part thereof cash in hand
on day of'sale, with remainder In one
and two years respectively, with in
terest after date OF sale.
Said sale being made subject to a
prior lien in the nature OF a trust
deed thereon in favor OF The Real Es-
tate and Improvement Company of
Baltimore City.
Given under my hand this 9th day
g i ~ LEVI B. HARR.
Trustee.
N. W. OGDEN,
Attorney. 2.11-1S:25: S-3
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NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ELECTION
j PRECINCTS IN GRANT DIS

TRiCT. h58
state OF West Virginia, ss.:
AT a regular session Of the County
Court held in. and for the County Of
Marion. at the Court House OF said
county, on Wednesday, the 23d day
Of February, 1916. Present: Lee
Swisher, President: s. L. Shaver and
A, M. Glover, all the Commissioners
OF said Court. The following order
at now being more than ninety
1907 days before an election ts to be
held in this County. or in any District
or Precinct therein, and 1t appearing
to the Court that public convenience
and public good require that Election
Precinct Number 4 in Grant Magis'
terfal District OF Marion County, as
heretofore established. should be re-
arranged as to boundary lines and the
territory composing said Precinct
Number 4 divided and re'established
into two voting places. The Court
doth therefore order that said Prs'
cinct Number in said Grant Magls'
teriaI District, as heretofore and now
existing, be, and the same is, hereby
abolished, and that in lieu thereon
the territory composing said Precinct
Number 4 be. and Is. hereby divided
into two election precincts, as foiloWs'
with the following boundary lines,
respectively, each of which contains,
as neary as practicable, the number
Of electors required by law. and none
OF which contains more than two hun
dred and fifty $3.50 electors. and that
voting places be established in each
Of said two voting places, as follows,
that is to say:
precinct Number A.: Beginning In
the line OF Precinct Number in sata
district near what is known as the
Monongah Coal and Coke Company's
Mine No. 3; thence with line Of
Precinct Number to the residence OF
Harrison Manley; thence with line
of Precinct No. to the Harrison
County line to point on the ridge
in the Harrison County line above the
Hardesty homestead; thence running
out the ridge to point In the ridge
directly above the Middleton foot
bridge crossing the West Fork river;
thence straight down the hill to said
Middleton foot bridge, and thence
down the river to the place OF begin
ming. And that the voting place Tor
said Precinct Number be, and ts,
established at the school house at
EverSon.
Precinct Number s: Beginning at
the Middleton foot bridge where the
same crosses the West Fork river
and running with lines OF Precinct
Number to the top Of the ridge;
thence with Precinct Number 4 fol.
lowing the ridge in southwesterly
Il = = r
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WRITES OF BOOZE;
LOSES HIS JOB

james ii. shusarts % Can md.
ltas writer o book.
THAT meanes James no longe sells
booze.
The author OF the book iss IA bar
tender BY: trade, but wrote "a book
called .tr1Why Cities Go Dry He lost
Sob. j L. . y s3Ssl
He's going to move to some literary
center he says, where talent Is APP
preclated.
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FOR sALE--Farm of 40 acres in
Morgan county, Eagleport, Ohio, one
mile from river ana railroad station.
A good grain or dairy farm. Good
nine-room fran house and tall neces:
sary outbuildings. Everything in good
report. 9. E. hhinetarger, Eagleport,
o.; B. 6. o. R.R. .2-25-6t No. 1855
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FOR SALE-150 acres, AshtabuLa,
Ohio. No. mouse, II rooms, t1ne
outpulldings. Fine variety rrult land,
smooth, very productive. Price $4,000.
Inquire Seymour and Curry, Majestic
Building, Ashtab1lla, O., or W. II. Cur:
ry, 46b t1igh street.
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FOR ssALE-Galla county. Ohio,
farm. 52S acres ana stock 1arm. 1UO
acres good bottom, balance blue grass
pasture, all well watered. Good build.
lngs and good ie6ces. Terms casy.
Write. to owner for particulars. j. ..
Thompson, Rutland. Ohio.
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POLITICAL ApVERTislNa
ANNOUNCEMENT.

lam candidate for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the First
Congressional District, subject TO the
decision o fthe; primary election to be
held June 8, 1916. The support OF the
voters In said district is respectfully
| THOMAS w. FLEMING
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FOR SALE-176.acre farm in Meigs
Co., Ohio, 4 room house, good barn
and outbulldings. on main road. Plenty
Of fruit. TWO mails a day, telephone,
4miIes to, Ohio river and II. & o. rail;
road: Mile TO general store; school and
church. 8 miles to village with s stores.
q churches, graded and high school.
Cream route goes with farm. Two
brood mares. one with foal, harness
and wagon, a cows, 2 brood sows, male,
hog, 2 stands bees, 3 calves, coming
yearlinss, cream separator, moving
blows. VIM sell farm and stock and
tools for $500; $4,000 down, balance
I'm three years. Address Church Bar
ton. Hooking Park, r. D. g. Ohio.
2:2s;st::SSsIo. "a.
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MONEY OlL0AN.

MONEY. loaned in sums ofI SO to $50
q to anyone having steady work. Can
be repaid in small IN opthly payments
No reference or endorse ments 70:
.uuired. Business strictly con ldential.
Address Box 596; Clarksburg. w. Va.
~ ~, .tf-No.6 $50,
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sprtuAL NoTICEs


Z ming With Precinct No. IN q north
swestefiy direction IN q straight me
to the Mareus filan een1etetyS thspesl
win the ridss IN d northwesteEly dl;:
3rectfon withSHrecinct Line so. y ttosai
spoint IN the Low Gap above the Ere W
Fdence 0t M. + 3: Parrish. where me
county road crosses he ridge; thenee
wfthYe.id3 county road running towards
FarmfnEfonStoS the intersection or INC
road S1ea dinE from Farming ton to Hell
ems run: thence with the diytdins
ridge between Helen's Run and a51nalo
Creek to q point on the ridge ABOVE
Robert Downs: thence following the
;diyid ine ridge between Downs Run
and Heien's Run to the Helen's Run
graveyard on the ridge; thence from
Helen 5 Run graveyard to p. NJ. Sny'
;der's scalehouse, not to include e. NJ.
SNYDER inSsaida precinct; thence with
Precinct line No. L down the county
sroad To- the SaO Old Coffee Spring, the
Mace Of SeSinning. And that the voting
nisGe for rad Precinct No. be, and
lis, established at the school house AZ
Z Carolina Mine. ) Z
And that the foregoing be, and ara
established, ,as electing Precincts NOS:
one. 4 two, !, threes four, I'VE. six and
seven ii said Lincoln Magistsrtal dis
trict. and the voting places therein
respectively. -.
and notice otgthe same be published
and posted as required by law.
a conv from the Record. Attest:
n, a.. q. MARTIN,
Clerk OF the County Court OF Marion
County, West Virginia.
WI - OBJ. 3.3.lO-17,
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WANTED Second hand. medium
priced I'VE fpasGenger automobile.
afusfbeS inygood. repair. Will trade well
l6sated zeal 4 estate or pay cash it
MICS 10 "a ht. Write, giving full par.
tihiIarSS fScar. Post office box. 412.
j. 3-24-3t-Eo. TIA.
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OIL and Gas.

In Central district, Doddridge coun-
ty, west virginia. the Philadelphia
cyompanx drilled its test on the Ford
Kenney farm through the Big Injun
sand and developed q gasser with q
capacity OF 100000 cubicsfeet a day.
On Redwood run, Grant district, Wet.
gel county, the Redwood Oil COM
pany's good producer is calling out
some Sew work The same company
has mad6 locations for Nos. 2 anda3.
The Karawha Oil company has made
two locations on the John Mills tract
and tho Hope Natural Gas company
has tho rig completed for a secoua
test OF the 1. H. Gallagher farm.
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FOIt ItEiNT-Flve room brick house,
1872 Fairmont Ave-, $500. Apply
George II. Brobst, Watson Bldg.
.ts 2.22tt
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HOUSES E'Ok NANI.

FOR RENT-Seven room house, con.
Yeniences, 3O4 Ninth Street. Apply
600 Fn!rrnont Ave. -Nr 2.22.tf
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TOIt ktbNT-Six-room mouse with
bath, Ohio avenue. Brooks s. Hutch.
ioson, Bell phone 9S6 or 176. Consol
459 or 42S. 12ss.26t No. s664
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FOR IltENI--6-room house on 9
street. Good cellar, $12.50 per
month. Call 6S7 Boil. 222:Bt No. I66
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FOR RENT-A nice new 7.room house
at Third street and Kelley place. 9Th
ward, on March LIST; and q convent
emit fve-room nat on second snoor Kel-
ley building, LIST ward. Inquire Of
ri. Kelley, office ,306 Main street.
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HELp WANTEp-MALE
FOR q + SALE

q Good BookbindIug." That's the only
kind we 40. NO matter how small Or
how large the book, we bind them we'll.
ta1rmout Printing T. Publishing co.
FOR sAEE-Two farmg, one 81
acres and the other 147 acres IN Har-
rlson county, u, near Cauiz for sale
at reasonable prices. Cali OIL or nd.
dress f. S. Edgar, Cadiz, 1t. Is OHIO.
2.25-3t
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FUR THEIN'I-- tileyen:rooms mousse suit
able for boarding or rooming house.
Excellent location. Inquire Dr.. G.
H. NELL, Jacobs Bldg.