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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18
100000 CHILDREN
HAVE A1E0IDS
That Many In Accord
ing to FiguresEi in Paw
Paw District.

CHARLESTON, N. Va J~anuary4ts.
%The State Departtnent8o of Schools 10
5u6t In receipt ofsangoffIcial report OF
tho 1rBt physicaI examination OF all
the SCHOOL children In Paw Paw dis
trict, Marion County. Each of the
97o children In The schools OF the dis.
fTict gks examined separately by q
drntist, BY m eye-ear:noge.and-throat
specialist, and for nutrition and gen:
eraf physical condition by DR.! J.: w.
p JarEi6. Resident offEthe Board OF
Educatf1ns Who Is 9 practicing ply.
aician.
OF tie go children examined only
16s were found 10 have no physical
'dafects, other than defective teeth.
The Keport of the eye-ear-nose7and-
throat spectalistS 60 as follows:
Number children examined 979.
Number needing treatment 754 or
rs pr ccnt.
ansbsr having defective vision
a6e or SO percent.
esheF diseases Of the Y 1s7 or
Sanbsf needing glasses s6s or SO
~ s9HssF .s as ;gss; defective hearing
othsS diseases of the ear 126 or y 70
Number having defective breathing
2aS 81 ~ percent
other diseases q the nose 2e1 or
Ngpssr having aden n.old 4s4 or a
Number having enlarged tonsils s17
9or 32 per cent.
otheE diseases Of the tonsils 2s5 or
aRO$per cent
fhs report et Dr. Jarvis shows the
Nunber Eog children examined s7s.
NutFtston-goods 5ss Or So per
Natrision-fairE25o or q per cent.
Number having goitre 5.
Tie report of the dental examiner
H. e follows:
Number children examined $40.
Number needing dental treatment
12A or % percent.
Number needing filings 116 or u
bos cent. X
Number needing teeth extracted
temporary ass or $50 per cent.
Permanent 162 or 16 per cent.
Total number cavities 1861.
Ayetage number OF cavities per pu-
pill as.
Number having maxilary or palatal.
defecfB rs OF 2.5sper8 cent:
Number having crooked teeth So or
2 per cent
Number having abscessed teeth 81.
pr 4 per cent
Nnmber using tooth brush sos or
81 per cent
When intervieWed5today. State SUI
perintendent Shawkey said:
"Fhfs report shows ~conclusively
4tiat 4 large number of u country.
Aoys and Girls are physically defec-
fKes that PARENTS evidently have not
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18

known OF these defects; and that med
ical inspection should be a part of u
regular school work. 1t partially ex-
plains why so many of our children
get on poorly In their school work and
as a consequence have to take the
same work over a second o r third
time. We have been regarding many
children as dull pupils when as a mat
ter OF fact they have been sick chill
dren. Take, for example, the number
of children reported as having aden-
ODDS. Here is an official report Of the
physical condition of nearly 1000.
school children It represents fairly
well the average physical conditions
of the country children throughout
the state. II this be the average then
approximately 100000 school children
in West Virginia have adenoids, a dis:
ease known to unfit children for
school work.
Until recently we have been ac-
|customed to believe that country
children are healthier than city chill.
dren. "a recent Health Survey Of
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Idaho and Virginia has dis
mL FL L #
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18

AEr. and Mrs. Conrad Fluhnrty we're
visitors IT ATlle Fluharty's last Sum
Mrs. waiter Looman is seriously-
III Ct this writing
Glande wilcox was xisftfngh his aunt
Mrs. John T~alktngtons ON Plum Run
onesdays lastweek
Mrs 0@HsEEooman who has been
sick forsquiteg a while With rheumar
Etism, Is sablesto S6eFout again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dee Toothman we're
calling at q. Shaekeltord's one
evening recently.
A. e! F1uharty has improved his.
home withfa new kitchen.
Charlie Fluharty will soon have his
new home completed.
Miss 0ttie Gump 6issvery low at pres
ent with d%iphtheriR. Their home As
qu~arantined.
Mrs. Bertha Leasure was visiting
her brother, Howard Watson, OF Man:
nington, few days last week.
&C. II. Shackelford was at Downs
last Saturday. 5
II. Al Hickman, Clyde Hickman, J.
III. Wilcox and Claude Wilcox were
at Warrington Saturday night.
Ezra ana GlQeUdu lunatty atteAtu
ed the box supper at Plum Run last
Friday night:
Those calling on Miss Jessie Loo
man last Sunday were Clyde Htck-
man. Lille Russell and Ruby Fluh-
'arty.
Ezra Fluharty was visiting his sis.
ter, MS. Clark Moore, last week.
Mrs. J. H. Wilcox has been stay.
ing close@home for the past week, with
a very bad cold.
OH. Looman was calling at Arlio
F1uharty's Sunday evening.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18
PARKER's RUN.

The body Of Mrs. Jane Smith, whose
death occurred on Thursday night
after a brief illness, was laid at rest
on Saturday afternoon in the Smith
cemetery
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Straight spent
Sunday with the formers motherisMrs.
Harriet Straight.
Miss Virgie Nay spent Sunday with
Mrs. Gail Radcliff.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Berdett has
been spending a few days with Mrs.
Berdett,s parents, Mr.. and Mrs: Toye
Davis.
Those on the sick list at this writ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18
Uncle sam aslzes up Employea.

Uncle sam aslzes upr Employees.
The United States navy yard per
haps has the most complete system
for the qualification OF applicants. i
first INDUCES In q physical examine
.don. Then comes a mental test, with
the resultant questions as to fitness n
any particular trade. Sometimes
Uncle Sam goes wrong, but his lapses
are comparatively few. He usually
sizes up his man at the outset
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18

close the fact that OF the more COM
mon diseases of children there are
from three to four times as many
cases, proportionately among country
children as among city children.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18

ing are: Mrs. Harriet Straight, Cline
Morris and Douglas Smith.
Mrs. Amy Wilson and children spent
one day last week with Mrs. Minnie
Arnett.
Mrs. Emma Page was called to Os-
good by the death OF her brother, VIII
.Arnett.
e. c. Wilson was q business vtsi-
tor in Fairmont on Saturday.
Brice Summers, of Catawba, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Will
Smith.
Mrs. Emma Page, Mrs. Emma Tooth
man and Harry Upton were calling
on Mrs. Minnie Arnett one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Powell and
son, Albert, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Ely Wilson, Of Fairmont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18

Farmont should get all othe tradein our trade area. We don't woTy about our
should get all our own. How utthesed dollars that ae going away from u.s. How
the values. Our prices are right. And yettherei lis lot Of money slipping away from
or the system that isl taking it away Join the .by in Farmont, campaign.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-18

DenniticS Of a successful business:
A 1man Nay Of welIdressed men
entirely surrounded BY atsnOgraphsrs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09
KICKED A BARREL OF BEES
Supreme Court of Georgia Gets Case
of Negro Who Was Bending
Over It.

The supreme court Of Georgia must
decide the unique point Of whether a
swarm of bees can be considered a
deadly weapon" the Atlanta Con-
stitution states.
The case originated in criminal
court in Atlanta and involves the most
astonishing defense ever put forward
In a case of assault with intent to-
murder.
An Atlanta negro, Roscoe Richards,
was standing last summer over bar
rel full of watermelon rinds. The
barrel was also full of bees feeding
on the rinds, fact which Roscoe
didn't know. AS he bent his head
down into the barrel to see II
there wasn't something worth picking
up another negro kicked the barrel.
The bees arose angrily and lighted all
over Roscoe's ebony head and face.
Roscoe turned over in the air, but
when he alighted he came down like
cat on his feet and his razor was al
ready out and open. He is said to
have attacked the other negro and
literally cut him to pieces. Richards
employed lawyers and when the case
came to trial recently he pleaded not
guilty and interposed the simple plea
of "selfdefense."
His lawyers produced evidence to
show that in many cases people had
been stung to death by bees. They
proved the facts of the case and let it
go at that. The defense, independent
of Roscoe Richards personal interest.
in the outcome, has brought up one of
the prettiest points in the history OF
the Georgia criminal courts.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09
WHEN THE AMATEURS APPEAR
Another Good Story Added to the
Many That Are Told About Those
Enamored of Stage.

The anecdotes told at the expense
of amateur players are innumerable.
and of course OF varying degrees, both
of truthfulness and of drollery. An
other is added to the list by some stu.
dents, who ambitiously undertook to
play Hamlet" for the benefit of a
charity The man who was to act the
part of Horatio was extremely timid.
and when the night of the perform
ance came he was so overcome by
stage-fright that he could hardly re-
member the lines he had so carefully
studied. During tho scene where Ho-
ratio and Marcellus tell Hamlet Of
the appearance Of the spirit OF his
father, and the prince asks: Stayed
it long?" while one with moderate
haste might tell a hundred" Horatio
managed to stumble out, but so con-
fusedly that Marcellus forgot his cue,
and instead of rejoining Longer, long
err" stood staring at Horatio. The
prompter, with a view to helping out
Marcellus, began to whisper from the
wings. Longer, longer" Unfortunate
ly Horatio, having lost all control of
himself, was inspired with the idea
that the man playing Marcellus was
looking at him because he had made
an error, and that the words from the
wing were addressed to him. With a
great effort lie Strengthened himself
up, cleared his burning throat, and
said, loudly: While one with moder-
ate haste might tell two hundred,
then"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09
Be II Ever So Humble.

When war broke out in Europe Sa.
vannah negro had been doing bone
rafting, banjo humping act in one of
the London music halls, and. like the
Georgia negro who told Judge Latshaw
in Kan1as City that If released he would
go so far hat it would take So to send
him a postal card. he wanted to get
back home.
Along with miscellaneous company
of Americans he was besieglng the
American consulate when a southern
er in the crowd, noticing him. said
"Nigger, what are you doing here?"
Wheeling with the light of discovery
in his eye. Rastus replied: go Gods
sake, boss, 'sist dis niger to git back
to OIL Geo'gy Ise SO hungry | en- heat
de polk chops callin'!"-CoIlier's
Weekly,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09
Jury Exonerates Dead Cow.

When an automobile hits COW and
Injuries it badly the driver is to blame
and not the COW, even IL the COW did
get nervous when it saw the auto
headlights bearing swiftly down on it.
A jury decided tb. foregoing in Judge
Gatens' court and awarded 500 dam.
ages to Emil Alt. the cows owner.
August Sempert. who owned the auto,
argued in court that he didn't know
the Hawthorne bridge was browsing
pasture and that the COW should have
worn red light on its tail. But the
Jury disagreed with him.-Portland
tOre.) Dispatch Los Angeles Times.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09

You are back from the gates OF
death that fancied had closed upon
you! You are back. And there
is forgiveness in your dark eyes. Oh.
my love. there is forgiveness!"
His lips Quivered bit and he went
on.
Did ! dream of the great wrong
did you, Kahwanna? oh. have you for
given?"
The blue eyes were tragic in their
puzzled wonder. their shining Joy. and
the voice was desperately earnest.
For moment Siletz checked her
anguish and strove to understand.
Then something. some divine instinct.
seemed to give her wisdom and she
smiled TREMENDOUSLY.
"All is WE'LL" she said pitifully, Il
have forgiven"
Thank Cod" cried the old man
sharply, oh. God. | thank thee! The
way is light at last"
He tried to raise himself on an ell
bow again.
But how does 1t happen? saw
you die in the lodge of Kolawmie with
the babe that you bore me for love
on your breast-and yet-yet--I have
you again! Did | dream. oh. my prin-
cess Of the little tribe?"
"A dream" sobbed Siletz softly.
"only a dream"
He looked long into her half-fright-
ened face.
81 have searched the world for you,
my maid of service with the gentle
eyes-eyes like deer's for softness.
Oh, Kahwanna! have chanted the
marriage service. that | never said
for you in the days Of my youth. a
thousand times among the hills! |
have mated you in heaven throughout
the years wherein | lost you! ! have
wept for the Primrose that | crushed.
at dawn and dusk! ! have tried to
atone"
There was pathetic. eager justlfi-
cation. in the weakening voice and the
others. all aware that they witnessed
the last act in some forgotten tragedy
of the Preachers life, stood in silence.
unconscious of the darkening smoke
clouds. the menace of the rising roar
You bore on your face the sign Of
the Siletz women-the three bars Of
Bondage, of Faithfulness and of Serv-
ice-and yet you were not of their
blood. but of my own. Only Kolawmie
knew how you came among them. a
wee, dark child. how they took you
in and gave you name, and he never
told. You we're red to me. Kahwan-
ma soft-eyed creature of the wild
and you we're my woman, bought with
white mans kiss!"
Here Sandry shrank as If at blow.
drawing in his breath with a sigh.
But the Preacher hurried on, as If to
tell all that had lain upon his heart
these many years.
(To BE CONTINUED)
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09
CHAPTER xxx.
The Sign of the siIetz.


II was Poppy Orway who struck the
gun from Hampden's hand. sending it
flying among the ferns
Wen have no murder here!" she
cried
Sandy looked at Hampden for one
fieeting second as he laid his gun be-
side him
IF you move one muscle" he rasped
harshly. I'll kill you on the spot"
Then he eased the slight form Of the
Preacher down upon the deep pine
needles.
Just above the heart blood was pour
ing from the shabby habit. Sandry
tore it away, to find clean small hole
in the white skin. which was fine and
delicate as a woman's. The ball had
gone straight through. tearing huge
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09
CHAPTER xxvlI-cOntinued.


Siletz had always ridden bareback,
but now, why she did not know, she
took down Sandry's saddle and slung
II on Black Bolt. Poppy followed her
movements, and by the time Siletz had
put foot in stirrup and swung up. sho
had caught up her wide skirt and
mounted. Siletz Jared around at her
and her eyes were beginning to
sparkle in face pale with rage.
Without a word they galloped W
across the lonesome valley and took
to what had once been a trail in the
nodding ferns. Now 1t was but a
slight depression running amid the
blackened trunks, the endless heaps
of ashes. Poppy ordway followed 81,
letz, on chance, a dare. mere haz-
ard. She did not know the danger. the
menace OF the hills
She was saying to herself after her
enticing habit of self-communion:
IN have my precious packet soon
know shall. The gods are with
me. feel IT,"
Once Siletz turned upon her.
go back!" she cried fiercely. some
thing is about to happen"
You're right" said Poppy, and for
once the hardness of her nature
showed like rock under waves in
eyes and voice and manner, land I'll
be In at the happening"
They spoke no more. Siletz checked
Black Bolt in another mile, rose in her
stirrups and looked over the appalling
spectacle before them. Over and be-
yond hay the tumbled hills, thick with
heavy timber, that ran into the Siletz
basin. Somewhere in their Businesses
reared the mighty spine Of the Hog
Back with its secret trail And some
where up behind the Hog Back was
Sandry. Calm as she was by nature.
Siletz shuddered as she looked upon
the world of fame and smoke. To
Poppy Ordway. ignorant of its mean
ing and its might 1t was splendid
spectacle.
Siletz plunged down the ridge on the
OtHSi blue anu lHt WOuldH IOllOWeu.
The shadows of the smoke-fllled val
ley grew into an uncanny twilight. The
fine. light ashes made slippery going
and more than once Black Bolt slipped
to catch his footing, catlike. They
rode ahead and entered the fire belt
itself. The dusk grew denser. The
heat lay like a tangible blanket in the
hollows and dips. Siletz urged Black
Bolt Something was calling out OF
the gray dimness-chilling her heart,
hurrying her progress.
She had ridden for time in deep
thought when scream from the wom-
an behind drew her up with a start.
She turned just in time to see the big
bay fall and go tumbling down the
mountain. With his first lurch he had
flung his rider out of the saddle and
into a pile of ashes. 1t was true to
her nature that the girl. dismounting,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09

ran, not to the woman but down the
slope after the horse She found him
prone and grooming in little trench.
his right foreleg doubled back, the
white bone piercing the earth
Poppy ordway peered fearfully
down. her trembling hands gathering
her dust-covered skirts.
Come here!" Siletz cried. com.
manding; come here!"
1t was the same voice, whImpering
with primitive rage, that had com.
PEELED that craven "Sandry" from
Poppy ordway's lips that night at the
pump, and as the woman had obeyed
then. so she obeyed now.
Siletz rose. reaching in the blouse
of her shirt. and brought out gun.
Poppy Ordway shrank back, white as
chalk
What do you mean?" she crieo
shtilly. what are you going to dor
Horror widened her blue eyes gro
tesquelS.
\ neeer shot . living thing In my
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09
Misunderstood.

Not long ago young married cou-
pie went to the city. They decided to
eat in restaurant near. the station
and had the place all to themselves.
In serving them the waitress
omitted to supply a teaspoon, and the
fair young bride whispered the fact
to her husband.
Summoning the waitress, the young
man asked:
May we have spoon?"
why, certainly" replied the girl;
II am just tidying up, and you can.
have the whole room to yourself in
minute or two"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09

But quick as the timberman had
been. another was. quicker. With one
leap as Hampden reached for his gun
the Preacher reached Sandry. snatched
him aside and flung himself before
him. his flute raised high in protest.
in command. But the gesture came
too late.
The bullet meant for the Fastener
found Judgment in the gentle breast
OF the wandering player of hymns
and he sank down in Sandry's arms.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09

life." said Siletz solemnly. but I've
got to kill him. And you stand by to
watch-it's your work"
There was a sharp report that did
not echo in the fire-deadened hills, and
the good horse closed his eyes in sud
den peace. Siletz turned away to
where Black Bolt looked on with won
der. Coosnah crouching beside him.
In q swift revulsion she flung the
weapon far down the mountain
She started to mount without a
glance at the woman when the other
spoke.
What am I to do?"
DO? don't care what you do. Go
home. And hope you never reach
there!"
my God!" cried Poppy Ordway,
don't leave me like this! And look!
Look there!"
All along the valley by which they
had come a lone, swift drift of smoke
was rolling, sent out like current
from some newly fired cross-canyon,
Its low-lying pail formed bewilder-
ing mystery to anyone save a native
Of the hills. A woman on foot would
never reach camp through its binding
darkness.
Long Siletz sat turned in her saddle
and looked at it. Then thought of
Sandry and his standards pierced the
emotions that dominated her. There
was but one thing to do.
Come up" she said at last, III
have to take you"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09


the back from which the red stream
flowed in flood.
"Cloth!"s cried Sandy. give no
cloth"
His voice broke the spell that bound
Siletz and she sprang forward, tear
ing her garments, ripping out OF her
breast some mysterious womanly ves-
ture that was white and soft.
"Oh. my God above the seal" she
was crying with gasping sobs, Lord
of the heavens! Spare him! Spare
him!" And only Poppy Ordway saw
the packet which tumbled unheeded
to the ground. With one catlike. grace
full movement she threw herself for
ward, snatched it up and hid 1t in her
own bosom.
Sandry hastily made congresses and
bound them upon the wounds. He tore
off what was left of his tattered shirt
and added it. He took handfuls Of
leaves from the hazelbrush and pad
ded the congresses, binding them
tighter and tighter. But it was hearts
blood that was loosened and each eff
fort to stop it was futile.
It was soon evident that the feet
in their heavy shoes had gone their
last journey upon the hills. that the
triumphant flute had piped its last
song of victory.
my children" said the Preacher,
II promised to come when you should
need me. have served a need. You
are young. my son, and the path of
youth is fair. There are TOO many
primroses thereon to sacrifice one
year of 1t. am old-old."
Here Siletz flung herself upon her
knees beside him, unable to control
herself. rocking to and fro after her
fashion, her braids swaying and ter
rible anguish upon her face.
The handsome blue eyes turned
wonderingly upon her.
"Daughter-little one of the tender
heart-hush! hear strange sounds
and l would listen"
He closed his eyes and lay for a
time in silence. the delicate tracery
on his face emerging more clearly as
pallor spread beneath it. 1t was the
divine record of years spent with his
God in the high places, though here
and there a dropping line bespoke a
vague. forgotten sadness.
Presently he murmured:
THE Winds of the Mighty One are
upon the sounding board of the hills!
Ali"
Again a silence and he opened his
eyes with a return to earth. But in
them had come the dimness OF
dreams. and aforementioned years
and times and places.
They gazed wonderingly into the
dark. tear blinded ones of Siletz bend.
ing above. For a long time the old
man lay. staring up with that look of
wonder. Then great joy broke on
his face with shining smile. and he
struggled to raise himself on an arm.
'Kahwanna!" he cried. "Kahwan-
nal"
II was call from far-distant past.
1t thrilled that little company of listen.
ers with its ecstasy.
"Why-why- What have dreamed.
my princess of the hills, that you have
seemed so far away? WHAT was it
All. | have forgot! But you are here
, at last!'
! He raised palsied, trembling arms
! to the girls neck.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09
Blown lin.

Groans-My uncle lost his life last
week in an explosion.
Grins-So? Wife or boiler?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-09

A mean man always attributes hil
dislike of his neighbor to envy.