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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28
Prizes AWARDED
TO EXHIBITORS
Warrior County Agricultural
Show Winners Selected.
After Difficulty.

EFizes have at last been awarded the
exhibitors at the annual Marion coun.
4 tyagricultural show. All exhibits were
ri goods so far above the average that
e was difficult TO determine tho win.
hers. The same brand of apples grow.
ing In various places in the county
show decided difference in color and
khape when matured. Apples that
krow near the rivers and creeks are
parker than those which grow on high
ATTITUDES.
This condition had TO be taken into
consideration as well as the fact that
though some apples tasted and looked
Exactly alike, the winner had TO be the
{ bfle who lad the poorer land on which
I 10 raise the article.
The conclusions to which the judg
es finally came follow:
Farmers Division.
Class best 10 ears yellow corn.
First prize winners name not given.
Eecond, H. B. Amos. Third. Sanford
HRyhurst. Fourth, Frank Arnett.
Fifth, Jas. Layman.
Glass n-White corn. First, W. II.
Shaw. Second. Frank Arnett.
Glass III-Best peck of potatoes.
First, B. E. Straight; second. Nimro:
Taught; third, c. W. Robinson; fourth,
Joseph Irwin; fifth. Frank Arnett;
btxth, Elmer Hibbs.
X, Glass w = Apples Best exhibit.
j First, Jos. Shaw; second, G.. W. Rob.
tnson; third, J. D. Bowman.
Pumpkins - Best exhibit First.
Z yos. Irwin; second, Elmer IIibbs; third,
hrnett Bros
X Boys and Girls Club Winners.
Glass County sweepstakes won
by Roy Amos, Pennington, Il. 3. with
p total Of 1856 points out of possible
200 in corn and potato clubs.
Glass II-Acre production, first. Roy
Amos; second, Cecil Thomas; third,
Joseph F. Arnett; fourth, Cecil Lay
man; fifth, Guy Sturm.
Class Ill - Potato contest, is acre.
First, Roy Amos; second. Jimmie
Haught; third, Walter Cox: fourth.
,orville Irons; fifth, Joshua Mccoy.
Glass IV-Poultry contest. First,
Stella Taught; second, Nerva Shu-
man; third. Leslie Tenant
Glass v-Pig contest. First, Lester
Atha; second, Earl McYain; third.
Merle McVian; fourth. Ralph Camp
bell.
Glass VI-For club scoring highest
in individual work among its members
and showing best record Of meetings
and work accomplished by its minute
book. SIS in cash to the Keystone club
Df Paw Paw district
9a A number of the winners of trips
4 to the prize winner course at Morgan
town have already won them at their
! district shows and will thereby be
eliminated in this contest and those
sldeoring the next hIgnest will receive
The prize.
The winners in keeping record books
pnd booklets were first prize, Hazel
Bowman. of Hoult. Sne was the cham
bion of the county. Second prize went
to Forrest Piggott and the third prize
! 10 Freda Piggott, both Of Pennington.
There will be seven girls from the
gaming clubs who will spend Il week
ut Morgantown beginning January /.
Miss Price will look after the girls
while they are at the university. Those
Who will go are: Dcncie Currey. Lena
dewey. Aleen Clelland. OF Benton's
Ferry; Hazel Bowman, of Hoult: Kath-
Urine Williams. of Grant Town;
Jessie McVicker. Metz; Forrest Pig
Sott, Of Pennington.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28

Myrtle Mckinney the pupils Of this
grade will present the "Courtsnip of
Miles Standish" to the visitors tom0r
row. All o. -.c patrons and interest
cd persons in the city have been in.
yitcd to the play and 10 admission
will be charged.
Burned Woman at Hospital 80 Mrs.
Lyman Stamen. who was badly burn.
ed on Saturday at ncr home on Graf.
ton street when her clothing ignILeu
from gas stove, was admitted to Cook
hospital yesterday for treatment. one
is doing nicely at this time. Miss Ju-
Ina Fleming, the aged woman who was
lady burned two weeks ago at her
apartments on Jefferson street ana
who mad since been patient at Cook
hospital, is still in a serious condition
and owing to her advanced age it is
feared she will not recover
Miss TaIhinetcn Recovering - Miss
jamie darlington the young woman
who was almost completely scali
when her hair became entangled in the
shafting at the Parker dye works ten
Gays ago, is doing nicely at Cook hos.
pital where she was taken following
the accident and attending physicians
are hopeful Of her ultimate recovery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28
Inspection Trip
Ended at Grafton

President Daniel Willard and party
Tn route to West Virginia on special
train yesterday for the purpose of in
speeding the Monongah Division chang
ed his mind, the party breaking up
upon its arrival at Grafton yesterday.
President Willard went back to Balti-
more, the various other local officials
returning to their offices. The pro
posed inspection will be made later.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28
Wasted Instruction.

One day Morton came home from
school much discouraged. 1t seems
the teacher had been explaining the
difference between plntS and quarts
but he failed to Understandable. To
make 1t plain his mother showed hin
the actual milk bottles Of the two sizes
when h. impatiently declared: There
Is no use bothering about this any
more. l am not going to be milk
man."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28
WIRING MAY Be
CAUSE OF FIRE
State Marshal Will Be Ask.
ed to Return and Com
plete Inspection.

y fire which apparently started
from defective wiring frightened
guests and for time menaced lives at
SINNERS Tavern last night. The fire
department was called at 2:20 a. m.
This is the fourth fire in six months
at the Tavern and previous TO six
months ago there were numerous !iree
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28
City Hall Notes

Rain in the city draws the entire
bunch OF city commissioners to their
Offices. Street Commissioner Albert
Lehman and Water Commissioner Ira
Smith, being unable to boss theil
gangs when said gangs are at home
eating black bread all day long, are
forced to their Offices where there are
hundreds of telephone calls waiting
and like number OF letters to be writ.
ten. It is probably for this reason
that rain comes occasionally.
Complaints are coming into the city
hall that David Dean the illustrious
city engineer and official chauffer for
Albert Lehman and newspaper report
ers. is making pedestrians and horses
jump every time he sounds his horn
on his Ford. This horn forces one to
think that Dario Resta has broken
loose from some speedway and is on
his way to the neither regions. II
sounds like the horn cost thirteen
times more than the car.
Bunting and flags will be put out
on the Municipal tomorrow to cele
bratc the entrance into the gates OF
the city the warriors of old. those fam
ed fighters for gridiron honors. West
Virginia university and West Virgin
ia Wesleyan. The city will stand the
cost of decorating the poles and the
public places with Old Gold and Blue
and Orange and Black. Some OF last
years flags will be used but mostly
those of recent purchase.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28
GUEST Al HILLcREsr.

4 Miss Ida NJ. TarbeIl, who lectures
fonighL at the First NJ. L. church. will
be entertained at dinner this evening
by Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Courtney at Hill
crest.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28

Miss TarbeII Here Tortsht-lda
Tarbell. noted lecturer. will speak to-
night at the First NJ. r. church, her
appearance being the first number of
the Normal Lyceum course. The date
was postponed for one week on &c.
count Of Miss Tarbcll missing her
train in Wheeling last Tuesday. The
lecture tonight will begin at eight
O'Clock.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28

Lot Sale at Edeeway - The Butler
Lindsay Realty company Of Atlantic
City will auction Il number of attraC.
tive lots in the Eigway and Edgemont
suburbs on December 6, Z, s and ..
The Edgway sale is on the first two
days and the Edgemont Terrace sale
will be on ,..e last days. This property
is part OF the development project or.
iginated by Arch and o. ]. Fleming.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-28

mont shortly to complete the inspeo
ton.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-20

Washington, D. c. Nov. 20.-The Straits of Messina, through which the German warships Goeben and Bres- lau are supposed to have slipped, eluding the eagerly pursuing British Mediterranean fleet at the outbreak of the European war, have again found a place in European despatches as the scene of a naval mishap in which warships belonging to England and Italy mist0o'- -ach other for enemies after yu. in @ fog, and pro- ceeded to sIh =, Une another. Concern ing this narrow lane of sea between the rocky masses .9of Sicily and the toe" of the Italian peninsula, the National Geographic society's most recent war geography bulletin says:
 The Sicilian and Italian banks which border on the Straits Of Messina for nearly twenty-five miles to the east and west are among the most luxuriant to be found in cruise of the Mediterranean. Magnifi- cent golden groves of lemon ana orange, and orchards of pomegranato with their brilliant red fruit contrast wonderfully with the flowers of the almond trees which perfume the whole region.
 
 Tyrrhenian sea, on the north. at tho narrowest point, the distance between Punta del Faro on the Sicilian shore and the mainland lighthouse on Pun ta Pezzo being not more than two miles The whole of the Calabrian coast is thicl1ly sown with villages, some cHnging to the beach, while others chamber up the sides of we'll wooded hills which eliminates in the towering Montalto, rising up to an elevation of more than a mile aboVe the sea. Beyond the straits to the southwest, looms ever-threaten1ng Etna, the highest volcano in Europe.
 "The most important city situated on the straits Is the once magnificent seaport of Messina, which boasted population of 15O,0OO inhabitants be- fore the worlds most cruel earth quake of December 28th, 1908, tossed nearly a hundred thousand lives away.
 'rhe harbor of Messina is the larg- est and safest in the kingdom of Italy, with a depth of more than thirty fathoms. Before the great calamity 1t was visited annually by more than 5000 vessels which brought cargoes of wheat, cotton, wool and hardware, and took away in exchange lemons, oranges almonds, wines, olive oil and silks Much of it's commerce was and still is carried on with the mainland of the kingdom by means of ferry line to Villa San Giovanni only four and a half miles away, while Regglo, the chief seaport on the Italian side of the straits and also the chief earth ouake sufferer, next to Messina, is fen miles to the southeast. Ferry boats ply between these points, too scilla. Fare, Catona, Pellaro, Scalli-
New Britain herald., 1916-11-20
The Journey of Life.

(William Cullen Bryant). Beneath the waning moon I walk at And muse on human life-for all
 around Are dim uncertain shapes that cheat
 the sight, And pitfalls turk in shade along the
 ground, And broken gleams of brightness,
 here and there. Glance through, and leave unwarmed
 the death-like air. The trampled earth returns a sound hollow sound, as if I walked on And lights that tell of cheerful hours
 appear Far off, and die like hope among
 the glooms. A mournful wind across the landscape And the wide atmosphere is full of
 sighs. And I, with faltering footsteps, jour ney on, Watching the stars that roll the
 hours away, Till the faint light that guides me
 now Is gone, And like another life, the glorious
 day Shall open OCT me from the empyreal
 night With warmth and certainty, and
 boundless light.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-20
Where Looms Threatening
 Etnn, Eur0pe's Blg Volcano

ta, and Galau are minor towns on the shores of the straits.
 ''The historical records of Messina and the neighboring settlements con- tained many accounts of lombard ments, raids, and piratical descents during the Punic and Roman wars, and ravaging expeditions by Goths, Normans and Saracens, while earth quakes prior to the latest tragedy left their indelible scars from time to time particularly in 1783. Nor has plague spared this region. Tn 174O Messina alone lost 10000 of her population by disease, while IA years later chol- era removed 16,00O.
 Homer did not accord a definite habitation for his terrible sea-crea- lures, Scylla and Charybdis, but ma riners familiar with the peri!s of the rocks on the Italian side of the straits and with the strong eddies near the harbor of Mesina, saw in the mythical monsters an explanation of such dangers. Scylla was sup posed to be a horrible creature with six heads and a dozen feet, who parked like a dog. She dwelt in a lofty cave from which she rushed whenever ship tried to pass be- meath, and she would snatch the un- lucky seamen from the rigging as they stood at the helm endeavoring to guide their vessels through the peril ous passage. Charybdis dwelt under a rock only a bowshot away, on the opposite shore. The second creature sucked in and blew out seawater three times a day, and woe to the ship caught in the maelstrom of it's mouth.
 Poets who came after the great Greek bard embroidered the legend to suit their fancy. Ovid, for example, described Scylla as the beautiful daughter of 8 sea-god who incurred the jealousy of one of the immortaIs and who was changed into a ea-mon- ster. A second transformation made her rock perilous to navigators. Some poets described Charybdis as an old woman who seized and devoured the cattle of Hercules, and in punish ment for this act the demigod's fath- CT, all-powerful Zeus, cast her into the sea where her appetite persisted, but her tastes changed from cattle to ships and seamen.'
New Britain herald., 1916-11-20

census figures indicate that at least sixty per cent. of the populace have no expressed religious convictions 6f
 any sort. This leaves a scant forty
 per cent. who may attend church
 once in a while-once a week at most while the press is preaching to all
 of the people, every day, week in and
 week out. For by the greater ma
 5ority it is the only education, and it's influence upon all classes is a fact so evident as to need no demonstra- tion.''
 That is a clear exposition of the standing of the American press in it's relationship to the people and 1t is statement that was made by the New York Evening Post in an en- deavor to prove that the right think ing newspapers of the country have a greater hold today upon the people than they ever have had before. Those who live in the memories of the past declare that the American newspaper reached it's zenith when such editors as Greeley, Dana, Ray mond and men of that stamp were in the saddle and that since that day they have begun to wane in their strength and in their influence
 The people of the country are today back of the good newspapers moro than they ever were before, although there may be less of that blind fanat- ictsm which characterized many of the followers of those fire eating ed itors of other days. The freedom of the press depends upon the people and the laws they make as well as the, patronage they give and no paper can retain it's position unless it has a clientele that approves of its efforts.
 The newspaper which can be de- pended upon to print day after day and year after year the news of the world uncolored and uninf1uenced, is going to be supported especially if the editors try their best to make the editorial page reflect honest views, fair minded criticism of things that are not what they should be and gen. erous praise of those efforts that de- serve appreciation.
 Furthermore the number of these that are aiming to be fair and to treat all alike, are increas- ing and the tone Of the press is therefore improving.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-20
IN BOSTON.

Boston Is now undergoing an 1n- teresting experiment, or, at least, an attempt at a new departure-the abolishing of tips in hotels and res- taurants. The walters themselves have expressed a willingness for this innovation to come about, and have asked the managers to allow them slight increase in wages, an increase sufficient to offset the usual tips
 The campaign of education Is going on and Boston's newspapers have lent several suggestions among them being the idea that the patrons of hotels refrain from tipping in those places that make a rule against this practice. There are those who will tip walters regardless of consequences, even if by doing so they be the cause of the walters dismissal. Those are the folk who are primarily respon- sible for the tipping evil as it Is known today. On the other side there are the managers of hotels and restaurants who sell out the right to check hats and coats and thus force their patrons into paying for @ priv ilege that rightfully belongs to the public. Hats and coats should never be taxed in any hotel, great or small
 It Is doubtful if even Boston will succeed in doing away all together with the system of tipping walters in hotels and restaurants and If Bos- ton falls there is little hope for any other city in the country The cul- tured walters of the Hub have been taught that the acceptance of tips | marks them as menials, and they l would rather have their money come l through a legitimate channel,-vie
 the pay envelope. So would more ] than one half of their guests.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-20

marines found little difficulty in car rying+ on warfare within the law.
 In the case of the Deutschland which figured in the dep1orable acci- dent at New London last week the owners of the tug, T. A. Scott, Jr.,
 which was sunk with the loss of five of it's crew. set up the claim that the submarine did not display the cus- tomary lights and that it violated other laws governing the operation of vessels in these waters. The facts in the case have not yet been es- tablished, but the evidence will be prominence of the under-sea boat and the laws involved. The main thing to be considered Is: Submarines from foreign nations which seek American ports and run the gauntlet set up by their enemies are liable to cause great trouble if they attempt to surreptitiously sneak away under cover of darkness and to this end neglect to display the proper lights The low visibility of submarine makes 1t. difficult to be seen even under favorable conditions. Tn the dead of night it might easily be rammed by a larger vessel and if de- stroyed get the United States in con- troversy. There have been so many passions aroused already since this war began that men do not wait to learn all the facts in any given case before passing judgment.
 First reports from the accident at New London carried the impression that the Deutschland was the victim of a plot This was later cleared away and 1t was } seen that the suffered little damage in comparison with that of the tug which Is utterly lost with five of its crew. The investigation ordered by the United States government should disclose all the details of this ter rible accident and result in a clear of the laws governing operations within the three-mile limit.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-20
TELEPHONE CALLS.
WHAT THE GENERAL SAYS.

af Since the Panama Canal was first attempted and all during the physical endeavors that made possible the Big Ditch there has been a horde of mis-
 information spread broadcast anent the peculiar slides that occurred with some degree of regularity at what is now known as Gaillard Gut. It was formerly called Culebra Cut. Gen eral George w. Goethals, who has been more than anyone responsible for the great achievement, in his annual re- port as Governor of the Panama Canal takes a fling at those who pro- fess to know-it-all and assures the country that these slides will eventu- ally be done away with. He says in no mistakable terms: AS predicted at the time the great Culebra move sments occurred, the slides will be overcome finally and for all time, not withstanding the calamity howlers and in spite of the disastrous predictions of the know-it-alls.., ..~.--- -..~-..
 To those men of science and profess sors who laid down their theories about the Canal General Goethals pays his respects in language that brands such theories "erroneous, un-
 warranted and unfair.' He points out the fact that although the Cut Is
 nearly nine miles long the slides have at no time occurred over a. stretch of
 one mile in that distance. There is absolutely nothing to the theory that
 subterranean gases seeking an outlet are the cause of disrupting the chan
 nel bed of the Canal, nor Is there a
 soft mushy substance under the bed
 which is forced up when the sides cave in. All the other falla>c1es are dispelled in the same manner The General seems satisfied that the Canal will eventually prove itself the con- queror of nature, and the American people will be willing to rest relief in the man most responsible for the wedding of the Atlantic and Pacific.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-20
The High Cost of Living.
(New Haven Journal-Courier>

(New Haven Journal Courier).
 While there is a large measure of truth in the explanation that the high cost of living is due in part to the cost of high living, there remains a suf1clent ground for Investigating pre- Valllng prices in all of the necessaries ot life to cause it to be undertaken. It IS perhaps not so difficult to ac- count for high rise in prices at this time as 1t is difficult to discover the means Of making the return of high prices at another time practically inn possible.
 In his brief address to the dele gates to the national grange in ses- sion at Washington Tuesday. Presi- dent Wilson made 1t clear that he is giving the subject his attention. He not only recognizes the effect of the
 middle mans profits upon the con- sumers' Did, but he realizes that. if we
 are going to protect ourselves aeainst influences and factors which are not
 homemade and which adversely af-
 feet our domestic life, we must be-
 gin the study of the subject from the point of view of the conservation
 of all our natural resources. Tn the
 future,' he says we have got to bring
 more of the area of the United States
 under cultivation than Is under culti-
 walton. We have got to increase the product at every point where 1t is
 susceptible of being increased We
 have got to study the variation of crops. We have got to study how to assist nature, or at any rate to under
 stand nature, by making the most
 suitable use of our several and varied soils."
 This is by no means conclusive It merely scratches the surface of op- pOrtunity. But it does direct atten- ton to what is going on in the diff ferent parts of New England, right here in Connecticut and in New Ha- ven county. The realization has over- taken forward looking men that the opportunity to provide the necessaries of life is all about us, not only in the recovery of the farm lands and their scientific fertilizer, but in the esta olishmc cnt of a municipal market where the producer and the consum- CT can meet face to face The cOndi- tion that existed a generation or more ago right in this immediate neigh borhood can be revived. Once re- vived, we shall know better then than how to resist the approach of the selfish forces which through com blna- i tion made every phase of farm life unprofitable, from the raising of beef l on the hoof to potatoes The lesson l has been taught. Now Tor It's appl1- 1 cation.