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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-30
DESCENDANT Of
INDIAN Fighting
FAMILY DIES
Oliver p. Morgan's Ances-
tors Came to Marion Co.
Very Early.
HEF0UGHT IN CIVIL WAR
Lived Quiet, Useful Life and
His Death Is Widely
Mourned.

Oliver Perry Morgan, one Of the
bestknown citizens Of Marion coun-
ty, died Wednesday afternoon shortly
before FIVE o'clock at his home on
State street. He had been Ill Tor
several weeks from diseases incident
toladyanced age and his death was not
unexpected.
Mr.. Morgan was born on September
IA, 1885. and was therefore so years,
and 8 months Of age. He was d.
rect descendant OF the famous Morgan
Indian fighters and was one OF the
most prominent members of the family
Of his generation.
Inlthe year 1860, on August 10, Mr..
Morgan and Miss Margaret A. Vim.
cent were united in marriage and of
the children born to the union the
following survive: John W.. OF Win
field district; F. L., Mrs. Joseph Car.
penter, Mrs. Orville Holland, Mrs. Jen.
ME Keener, Henry L., and Lee h.
Morgan, all Of this city. Three chill
dren. Miss vallie. Charles and an
infant are deceased. Two sisters also
survive Mrs, Margaret McElfresh
and Mrs. Lydie Heck, both Of Winfield
district. Mr.. Morgan was the last
man OF the family, his brother. ]. E.
Morgan having died during the last
winter.
Mr. Morgan was Civil war vet.
eran having been q member Of Com
pany IA Sixth West Virginia infan-
Try. In August, 1862, he was wound.
ed and remained in hospital until
the following April when he was hon
5orably discharged from the army be-
ing incapacitated by his wounds from
further service. ssi, Il
The death Of Mr., Morgan has occas.
Toned the deepest sorrow among a host
ofifriends In the city and county. He
was q quiet unassuming man but was
always ready to lend a helping hand
to those in need. Many needed his
wise counsel and have received sub
stantiali aid from Uncle Perry as he
was more familiarly known. Mr.. Nor
gan moved to this city about fifteen
years ago after having spent his
younger days at farming. Since that
time his children with one exception
have also moved to this city and re.
side near the family home.
Mr.. Morgan was member OF the
Diamond Street M. e. church and was
a man Of splendid Christian clhrac,
ter.
Short services will be held this even.
ing at the residence on State street
conducted by Rev. ]. B. Workman OF
the Diamond Street church. The choir
from the church will render music.
Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock the
body will be taken to Mt. Zion church
where services will be held and In
terment will be made. Pierpont Post
q. az. r., OF which the deceased was
aymember, will attend the funeral ser.
vices conducting the rituallstic service
OF the order at the grave.
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NO CHANGE N
. SITUATION
. PAST "A 41HOURS
-
Washington Authorities Not
Anxious to Hurry De-
yelopments.
MOBILIZATION GOES on
Day or Two More WillEMake
American Forces Much
d Stronger.
tny a Associated Press).

By AssOciated Press)
WASHINGTON, une 30.-private
advices reaching Washington from q
reliable source in Mexico City today
said General Carranza and his adyis.
ers had determined to stand by orders
to General Trevno to attack American
troops in Mexico moving in any ldirec.
ton except tbe border and that tIno way
was seen to avoid q break with the
United States. '1s5
A faction Of the Mexican cabinet, Il
was said. was urging an even more
defiant attitude and wanted to include
In the reply to the American request
for a statement OF, intentions new
demand for immediate withdrawal ot
all United States troops now on sMexi.
can soil.
The advices did not indicate when
the response from CarranSa might De
expected. The last word on the sub.
ject to the state department came In
a message from Special Agent RodR.
ers who said he expected the Snote "a,
be handed him Wednesday night
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Now is the Time to Go After
The.See- You-Latpr Friends

As the time for the close Of the race
approaches, the popularity Of the
West virginian's big circulation cam.
paign for more than $4,000 In prizes,
grows greater and greater. ALI over
town and far out in the outlying dis.
tricts people are wondering who Is
going to win the. automobile and the
other prizes. While the actual work.
er are not so many In number, there
Is hardly q man, woman, boy or girl,
who has not a sister, brother, father,
wife, husband or friend who Is hust-
ling for one Of the prizes, and as q
natural result the interest In the .final
outcome IS much more keen than In
any previous campaign. Ia
From the circulation standpoin the
campaign has already reached q very
successful stage. The public recog.
nizes the absolute fairness OF the pres.
ent effort. and It's liberality as com.
pared with other circulation cam.
paigns Is so self.evident that It needs
mo- comment. The paper being the
leading paper Of this territory, carry.
Ing thelliyest news. best features, and
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Presbyterians
Make an Appeal

We are in the midst of an unusu-
al and remarkable campaign to
raise $50 900 to finish and furnish
our church. which will be. a credit
to sFairmont. It must be paid for
sometime, why not subscribe to. 1t
now. We greatly appreciate the
kindly and generous aid from many
citizens not members OF our church.
1.-THE campaign Is not to fail then
Rit must have the most generous
support from every member OF
the church to the absolute limit
OF their ability, and we will apprec.
late the help Of every citizen in
this stupendous undertaking.
II no lone calls on you. will you
Kindly send It or telephone It to
the Headquarters. That will great.
~ cheer the leaders. Our church
does not want to fail in raising the
desired amount, and Fairmont
ought not to let II fail.
Preparatory service at 1880 p. m.
Y. M. G. A. tonight. There will
be d congregational meeting at
$3.50 at Headquarters. Every memA>
ber who really loves his church Is
expected at the Headquarters.
Should the $4,000 not be raised
then the congregation must be
present and determine the next
step for new campaign.
Il. g. SToETzER.
Pastor First PraEteripr Church.
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.L|LIY|TES plan
F|GH|T.|N COURTS
Mel Dowell County Action
! May Delay D ecisioll !
Long Time. =

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jun 3o.-
It became apparent that the forces
back Of the Lilly gubernatorial can
,didacy were determined to carry the
fight against Judge Robinson into the
courts and prolong the settlement Of
the gubernatorial contest as long as
may, be possible to do so.
| This was evidenced by the serving
Of notices Of contest by .Lilly's rep
resentatives In Berkeley and Nc Dow.
ell counties. a In Berkeley county
charges were heard before the coun.
ty court, which court decided there
was no evidence to substantiate them
notices Of appeal to the higher courts
have been served.
In Mcdowell county the official re.
count has been completed and Judge
Robinson's majority, not including that
Of more than two hundred which he
received at one princinct in Elk Horn
call out several members Of the State
Guard to protect the voters, Is 1899.
The court met but James e. Jones,
Lilly adherent and member Of court
arbitrarily refused to sign the certifi.
cate Of election. There being only
one other member Of cQlrt no action
could be taken and the certificate Is
held up pending q contest, which may
drag along indefinitely.
The recent increased Judge Rob.
inson's majority In Mcdowell county
nineteen votes. At Maybeury the pre-.
cinct, where is located the coal works
operated by James e. Jones, member
Of county court, the recount revealed
startling irregularities and attorneys
representing Judge Robinson declare
they are prepared to show where forty
votes cast for Judge Robinson were
changed to- Lilly. 1t was at that pre-.
cinct that the only Robinson election
officer, Silas Williams, was arrested
on fake murder charge and held
away from the polls until Lilly man
could be substituted In his place.
In the Upshur county recount, de.
mapded by Lilly, fourteen precincts
were canvassed which showed q net
gain Of nine for Judge Robinson and
at that point the recount was aban.
doned by Lilly's representatives to-
day.
The Randolph county recount fin.
ished today gave Lilly gain Of eight.
In the Fayette county recount, about
half completed, Judge Robinson has
made; q gain, of twelve.
Kanawha and fFayette are. the, only
counties. whose ,recounts are yet to
be finished and they will likely in.
crease Judge ,Robinson's majority.
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Building and Loan
Asso. Dividends

The directors Of the Fairmont
Building and Loan Association have
declared the regular semi.annual div
idends Of three and one-half per cent on
the paid up stock and four per cent
on the installment stock.
Although but young institution
the association has been growing SO
rapidly that its assets new amount
to over 100000.
The Building and Loan Association
Is a purely mutual savings association
and gives one of the best possible OPP
portunities to the wage Garner to &C.
cumulatr his savings and obtain .
home for himself. J. NJ. Hartley Is
President, H. L. Heintzelman and A.
g Martin. vice presidents; C. H. Jen.
kins, treasurer and R. c. Miller, sec
retary. n. -
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troops usually result in speeding up
the date OF many marriages that
have been set for future time. The
prospect Of their inteded husbands
absence for an indefinite period acts
as an inducement for the brides to
consent to a hurried marriage. Prob
ably II the local boys had been given
little more time mroe marriages
would have resulted. 1t is not
thought that any of the local guards
men were deficient In any kind of
courage.
OF the 106 matrimonially inclined
this month the Oldest was .6S and
the youngest but 16. The oldest age
given by any woman was As. The
majority of the parties were near the
same age and nearly As OF the total
number were between the ages Of 20
and 80 with the average at about 25.
In most cases the man gave his age
as year or two older than the wo-
man. The Oldest man Of 68 married
a woman who gave her age as 81.
Both OF these persons, however, were
colored. The girl OF 16 was an Ital-
ian and her husband gave his age as
26, he also being an Italian. Most
Of the marriages in which the girl
was less than 20 years of age were
among the italian population. In
but few instances had either of the
contracting parties been married be-
fore and the majority of these were
among the colored applicants. One
colored man said that he had been
married Ave times. He is now living
with number six. His age is but 3S
and It is said, with what authority is
not known, that he hopes to have
several more wives II his health
lasts.
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Presyterians Need
Ten Thousand More
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WILL MARK
SUCCESS oR:FAILURE OF
BIG CAMPAIGN.

Despite the fast that practically ten
thousand dollarsI must be subscribed
In the $4,000 campaign being waged
by the Presbyterlaus before midnight
tonight II the campaign Is to be a sue,
cess leaders are optimistic today and
believe the sum viii be realized by
twelve o'clock tonight. ~ r -
The hard pull comes today and teams
and captains have secured the town
In the interest Of the campaign and
will be hard at work until twelve
o'clock when the campaign will close.
The indicator moved last night to
the sum of $40,375.50 leaving .practi.
cally ten thousand yet 10 raise.
Fairmont has never, yet let a ;mony
raising campaign fail to materialize
its aim and it is urged that pubic
spirited citizens, generally will rally
to the cause and contribute literally
to this fund.
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Grafton District
C..E. Off l Named

Clarence n. Bloom, OF this city. was
elected president Of the Grafton Dis.
,trict 6of5 the West Vifginia Christian
:Endeavor, society, at % conference held
this morning in the N. M.Ps Temple.
Mr.. Bloom succeeds Kenneth Barnes
also Of this city, as president.
Other officers were named as fol.
lows: Vice president, Page; Schmock,
of Aurora; secretary, Miss Pearl Nor.
ris, of Fairmont; treasurer. J.. Il. ,Tay-
lor, Of Elkins; Junior and Intermediate
superintendent, Miss Nettie lHerndon,
of Terra Alta: superintendent Of mis-.
isious,. Miss Emma Gramneman, of
Thornton. 80 ttil'F
Matters Of business pertaining to
the convention were discussed at the
conference. -
The Grafton district includes the
counties Of Marion, Taylor. Monon.
gala, Preston, Barbour, Randolph and
Tucker. 4
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GOLF TOURNEY CUPS
0NY|EI|:!VlI' v TOMORROW / [ ! |
Women of State Will Con-
test for Them at.the
Country Club.

Plans for the Women's West Vir.
ginia Golf association tournament,
which will be held here from July 4 to
July s, are progressing very nicely and
1t promises to be most successful at.
fair. Many ladies from out Of town
will be here and the event will be
marked by many social events. The
beautiful cups that will be given to
the winners will be on exhibition at
the Country club tomorrow.
The afternoon OF the Fourth will
mark the opening Of activities for on
that day the mixed doubles will be
held and this will create widespread
enthusiasm among the men as well
as the ladies'. The tournament proper
will not start till the next day when
1t Is planned to have qualifying
round of eighteen holes.
Thursday evening there. will be a
banquet for the players at which the
officers OF the association will be elect
ed for the coming year.
Miss Lucy Watson will present the
State Championship cup which will
be given to the winner Of the tourna.
ment. Mrs. G. w. Watson will pre-,
sent the Three-Year cup to be given
to the person winning the tournament
three times. This cup will be kept
at the local club until 1t has been
won three times. The Open -tourna
ment cup will be given by Walton Nil.
ler arfl Brooks Fleming.
The out-of.town ladies' who will at,
tend the tournament will include Mrs.
Todd Thayer, Mrs. Angus Mcdonald
Mrs. c. C. Lewis, Jr., Mrs. E. c. Dan.
ley, Miss Katherine Patterson, Miss
Marian Lakin, Miss Anna Jackson
Of Charleston. The Misses McClintic.
Of Warrington; Miss Pfarr, Mrs. Ed
mund Stifel, Mrs. Earl Adams, Of
Wheeling; Mrs. Sprigg Camden and
Mrs. NJ. G. Fisher, of Parkersburg:
and Miss Nele Bussel, Mrs. Carl
Vance and Mrs. Lynn Hornur, Of
Clarksburg.
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MAI. NEELY. OFFERS
. TO RAISE REGIMENT
But is Willing to Serve His
Country many Capac-
ity.

(Spec. Dispatch to West Virginian.) J
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 30.-
Congressman NJ. NJ. Neely. who rep.
resents the First West yirginian dis.
trict In the House Of Representatives
has heard the bugle call and offers to
quit Congress II the Secretary OF War
will accept his services. He made
the offer in a formal letter sent Ia
that official. In his communication
Major Neely wrote: 4
II have the honor to say that,
in view Of the deplorable difficult. !
ties now existing between this
government and the de facto
government of Mexico, which may,
at any. moment, necessitate the
sending Of additional troops to the
border. l hereby beg leave to sub
nit myself to the orders OF your
Department for military service
In any place to which you may.
see fit to assign me.
For your information, take
the liberty Of saying that there
is on file In the War Department
complete record of my services
as an enilsted man IN the Span
ish-American War, and later as
commissioned officer In the
West Virginia National Guard.
II shall be glad to undertake the
organization Of Q regiment ofWest
Virginia volunteers, II there be
any necessity for such action.
".You will, OF course. under.
stand that my tender Of service iis
without condition, and that to me
the question Of my rank Is q mat.
ter Of no importance
One member Of the House has al
ready left to Join his regiment He, Is
representative Tilsons OF Connecticut
There are two. other members who
belong to Tho guard ot;their, respective
states and they are preparing to leave
When q CONGRESSMAN goes to the
front, his pay as q Congressman
ceases, but ihe still retains his mem
bership inithe House, ..s.;;sIl :
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MUST INTERVENE SOME
TIME DECLARES MAYOR
Bowen Talks About Conditions in Mexico And Work Sol
sa.,.,.,. diers Will Have To Do -. ..,ss.s..
.3aTaS9|sEer Eerl- There. 4. 4a&E

/ like prairie dogs. And then It would
simply beya question Of keeping the
troops In Mexico long enough to get
order restored and to have reliable
election" n -
Speaking Of the fact that Carranza
had returned the American prisoners,
Mayor Bowen said: -''-'-s
"Carrahza may grant every demand
the United States has made. but that
does not alter the. proposition that
sooner or later the United States must
intervene, for the simple reason that
1t will not stop the eternal trouble
down there"
Concerning the climate along the
border and the probable effect on the
national guardsmen, the Mayor con-
tinued: N..-: -
81 consider the climate healthy. 1t
gets very warm In the daytime. but
the nights are always cool, and man
can stand plenty Of heat II he can get
good nights rest. Even In the day.
time when the thermometer stands
perhaps lis, there Is a good breeze and
II one gets under shade the heat is
uoI OppiGabiNc. Sldi lib hOu tho
Gulf and following the Rio. Grande
back, the farther back'you get the bet
ter the climate Ill were to have my
pick. / should like to be on duty around
Ell Paso or back q little farther per.
haps. The weather is generally
steady. The latter part OF July and
practically all Of, August is usually ex-
tremely rainy, with frequent violent
storms. With the up.to-date sanitary
methods employed. by the govern
ment, l do not think that the change
from West Virginia to Texas will se-
rlously effect'thei health Of any Of our
soldiers.
IT want to congratulate the people
Of Fairmont for the manerl in which
they turned out Wednesday night for
the demonstration for the National
Guard, and for the way the people
turned out at the train yesterday, and
II am sure that the soldiers appreciat-
ed the tribute" ~
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,8aSASEsI

Intervention Is certain. Sooner or
later the United States must police
Mexico for a period long enough to al
low the people to get away from the
present conditions, and time enough to
allow them to hold a true election;
one In which the people will really
have chance to vote. The patience
with which the United States has dealt
with Mexico is the surprising thing
to me-"
Mayor Bowen thus expressed him.
self on the Mexican situation today to
a representative OF the West Virgin.
ian. Mayor Bowen spent three years
near Ell Paso, Tex, along about 1896
and has journeyed through consid.
cradle part OF Mexico.
Ever since the end Of Diaz regime.
according to the Mayor, there has been
turmoil in Mexico and 1t will continue
until the United States steps In long
enough for an adjustment to be made.
Twenty years ago, when l was in
Ell Paso." said Mayor Bowen, Diaz
was talking of getting out and drop
ping the reigns Of government. The
people said then that when Diaz went,
revolution would spring up afresh.
Mexico has been the scene Of strife
ever since its early history and Diaz
brought about better conditions there
than any man before or since. And the
prediction Of the people at that time
has been fulfilled. To my mind IN
tervention is the only cure for the
MeYican troiihIeD
Speaking Of the Intervention propo-
sition in respect to the Fairmont sol.
diers, Mayor Bowen said:
II do not believe that the national
guard will be called upon to do any
actual fighting, even in case Of inter
vention. They would PROBABLY be on
duty along the border in training
camps for many months. A compara-
lively small number Of regular troops
could soon police Mexico, once war
was declared. Once the United States
would go into Mexico in earnest, the
"greaser's" would hunt their holes
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the most efficient delivery service Is
deseryedly popular. Every home in
Fairmont aud in the nearby towns
welcomes the West iVirginian once
they give 1t % trial. Even In the pla.
ces whore It Is not delivered until the
day after the date Of publication It Is
being looked upon as the paper as
regards accurate news, and sane com.
ment upon current matters through
the Editorial columns. n N
/ All over the country the public rec.
.ognizes that the evening paper; Is best
because II prints the news when 1t
happens. while 1t Is still news. Except
for three or four exceptions in metro.
politani cities evening papers always
have the largest oirculations. All this
makes 1t easy for the live workers to
get out and secure subscriptions II
they are really in earnest In their ,ef.
forts. People like the paper because
It server them best, and are glad to
help when they find what q big boost
o years subscription means to the
club member. Winning one of the big
Continued on page six
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DAN CUPlD'S SCORE POOR
DURING MONTH OF JUNE
Fewer Marriage Licenses Were Issued Here During the
Period Dear to the
Brides. af

When this paper reaches the street
this afternoon but one hour will re-
main in which to obtain a marriage
license so that another June wedding
may be held. The county clerks Of
fice closes at five o'clock and at press
time this afternoon there had been
but SO licenses for marriage issued
for this month.
This is poor record for June
weddings In Fairmont and Is II less
than June, 1915, in which the total
reached IS. No one has yet offered
satisfactory or credible explana-
tion for the decrease in the number
Of marriages. The most plausible
explanation yet offered Is that this
being leap year the men have been
waiting for the women to propose.
Evidently the women have failed to
grasp their oportunity or else do not
care for the available prospects.
Some persons who have given but
little thought. to the matter are
prone to blame the decrease to the
unfavorable rainy weather during
the month. They say that the cloudy
weather has been a serious handicap
to the proper development OF ro-
nance. The moonlight and soft
warmth OF the long June evenings
which should have been experienced
this month were superseded by dark
drtzzling. cold rainy nights when the
romantic couples were separated and
each was at home trying to recover
from the colds and hay fever preya-
lent during the month.
Even the war scare and the de-
parture Of the two companies OF
Guardsmen resulted In. but one mar
riage. Orders for the departure OF
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C.of G. Dire ctors
Discuss Finances

.la
Finance plans were the chief tonic
OF discussion at q meeting Of die
directors Of the Fairmout Chamber or
Commerce held this afternoon. Com
mittee were appointed to take mp the
matter OF the back salary Of County
Agricultural Agent n. L. Smith and
to see what can be done about COL
lecting the unpaid dues OF the associa-
tion. q. -
The Industrial Engineer, 3. r. Speed
was authorized to go ahead and carry
on his work under the Immediate CO.
operation Of President Il. ]. Ross.
The directors will back up the work
Of Speed and Ross although &c IS phn-
ned to hold q meeting Of this body
when ibprtant decisions are to be
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