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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
GROCER GAINS 10
POUNDS BY THE USE
Of WENTWORTH
H. C. IngIes Tells the Re.
markabIe Story to His
Druggist.

This we'll known southern uhiu
grocer has the very best reasons fol
know what Wentworth has done fol
him, as every reader Of his signed
statement, which follows, will quickly
realize. The endorsement was very
recently given to the Wentworth
druggist at Portsmouth, Ohio:
For four years / have had seriouG
stomach trouble. l thinght l had
heart disease and was so nervous
could not sleep well, / doctored
with physicians and took all kinds Of
medicine with very little benefit.
II was in your store during the
Nerv.Worth demonstration and Dem
strator Derwacter GAGE me a sam
pie dose and explained what Nerg
Worth would do. l decided to try II
for my trouble. / have taken two
bottles and purchased the third onC
today.
II am feeling better than l have fol-
years. Sleep we'll, food digests and
my nerves are very much improved
and do not have the trouble with my
heart. SURELY AM A BOOSTER
FOR WENTWORTH. have gained
10 to 10 lbs. since / began taking
Nerv-Worth.
"H, c. INGLEs.
"1105 Front Street, Portsmouth, o.
Your dollar back at Cranes DRUG
Store II Nerv.Worth does not do fol
you what 1t did for Mr.. Ingles. John
sons Drug store sells Nerv'Worth Of
shinnston.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
Personals.

Miss Nora Donlin and mother o.
Fairmont we're among the out Of town
callers here yesterday evening.
Clyde satterfield was in Fairmont
yesterday evening attending to bus
mess.
John Abbercrombie, a member Of the
First Regiment band spent yesterday
with friends and relatives in Monon
gah.
Mrs. Lee N. satterfeld who has been
encamped at Camp Pershing, located
at Valley Falls for the past several
weeks was In Monongah yesterday call
ing on friends. She returned to the
camp yesterday evening.
William Faber was among the Mo-
nongah business callers in Fairmont
this morning.
w. l. Shaver was in Fairmont yes
terday attending to business.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10

A petition which looks to be signed
by every resident of the village Of Eliz.
abeth, Writ county. has arrived in Con-
gresham H. c. Woodyard's mail and
he will, with due solemnity and formal
ity lay it before the House of Repre-
sentatives the very next day it meets.
This petition advocates the making
into law of what is known as 1.-The
purple cross bill," which proposes that
tn, bodies of soldier boys killed on the
European battlefields shall be embalm.
ed and returned to the United States
for burial. There is big push of SEN
timent behind the bill and, too, If what
one congressman has stated is true,
"the undertakes trust" There is no
SUSPICION of the last named mysteri-
GUS organization having anything to
do with the sentiment Of the people OF
Elizabeth favorable to the purple
cross BILL" however. If there is such
trust, which is generally doubted, it
probably doesn't know any more about
Elizabeth and its people than they and
it knows about the tabled trust.
Preston Harmon, of Elkins, was to.
cay recommended by Senator Suther-
land for appointment to the second Of
fiCers' training camp.
R. Brown Zinn, secretary to Repre-
sentative Reed, has arrived from his
home at Harrisville, accompanied by
Mrs. Zinn who will visit him for sew
eral weeks. Secretary linn went to
his home to present himself before the
local board for examination for the
army. His serial number was among
the first drawn, Mr.. linn made no
claim for exemption, but he did not
learn before he left for Washington
whether or not he had been selected
for service.
Congressman George M. Bowers, &C.
companied by Mrs. Bowers, is spend
ing q few days at Atlantic City, going
there in their motor car.
Miss Aarion Adams, a clerk in the
office of Congressman Bowers, is
spending her vacation at Hilltop
House, HarperS Ferry.
Mrs. Charles Brooks Smith has gone
to the Berkshires to remain a month.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10

and their own they helped him within
thirty days Of his Inauguration, and
theirs, to put us into war they have
fought with him up the hill and re-
treated back down with him; they
have time and again opposed the in
animate interests Of West Virginia
and the animate sentiment Of that
state, to STAND by the President" On
that record, each and both Of them,
expect with the helpful assistance OF
their appeals direct from the platform,
their shilliberS say, to bag the frisky
senatorial bunny.
Nor do they fear former Senator w.
E. Chiffon, their friends say. or
course, they expect Mr.. Chiffon to be
candidate again. Mr.. Chiffon has not
fully recovered from the blow of the
last election, but observers report that
he is convalescent and has arrived at
that stage which is very much like the
forgivethem .for.they.know not-what-
they.did attitude of mind.
The primary is to be held one year
from this month-August, 1918. And
so it will be seen that Congressman
Littlepage and Nicely, ex-senator Chill
ton or any Others, if there are any 9TH
ers, are not premature in starting on
their preparations. 1t will take every
bit of that time to stir up rousing
sentiment and build up an organization
Of followers sizeable enough to look
like winner.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10

WAS.i.SL 'GtN, D. G., Aug. w.
without going 10 the trouble Of look
Ing It up on the calendar. one is made
acquainted with the interesting fact
that a United States Senator is to be
elected in West Virginia at no great
distant day, by calling on the Hon.
Adam B. Littlepage to pay ones re-
Bpects. Mr.. Littlepage, who is serving
his third term as a member OF the
House, is almost certain, in sort Of
iaraway and disinterested manner, re-
mind one that West Virginians should
be stirring their thoughteries about the
duty of selecting Senator Nathan COTS
successor, The same reminder would,
should the visitor be so fortunate as TO
find him In, make itself felt upon a
visit to the Hon. NJ. Mansfield Nicely,
the Democratic colleague from West
Virginia who keeps Mr.. Littlepage
from getting lonely and deadly home
sick.
And above the drone of the electric
tan IN the office of either would be
heard the buzzing mighty like a bee.
For this pair is said to have 1t; show
Ing preliminary symptoms forecastlng
virulent condition to be reached.
Mr.. LittIepage has, within the past
few days, reiterated to intimate friends
that he is thinking most seriously Of
becoming candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for senator, and his
intimate friends, thrilling with the
news, have been about as reluctant
to spread 1t broadcast as county fair
barker is TO ballyhoo the astounding
maryeIs to be found inside his freak
tent. The Nicely boosters are no less
Feticent as to his marvellous strength
IS . vote getter, his unrestricted yO-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
1t. Colonel Arnold
Is Back In Camp

Lieutenant Colonel Jackson Arnold,
Of the First Regiment, West Virginia
Infantry, who, together with Major
Lester Rldenour of the Second RegI'
ment, went to Fort Sill from this state
to receive instruction, has returned to
the local camp. He stated that the
American REGENTS will be trained for
trench warfare before they are taken
across the waters.
Trench digging and the operation OF
machine guns and the use of gas
bombs are receiving the stress of the
work at the Fort. The men are being
made familiar with conditions as they
are taken care of in Europe today.
Colonel Arnold said that thousands OF
yards Of trenches are dug and then de-
stroyed at Fort Sill.
Colonel Osborn who went to Clarks'
burg on business yesterday is expect
ed to return to the camp today.
A.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
Waiting Here.

Many local friends we're surprised
yesterday evening to see Mrs. Mrs
Bert Shaw and daughter, formerly Of
Monongah, but now residing in Pitts
burgh. Mrs. Shaw is the daughter Of
Mrs. Polite knight Of Brookdale. Sew
eral years ago they resided in Monon
gah, later moving to FairmoAt and
later they moved to Pittsburgh where
they now Eve. They made the trip
here by motor. Before returning they
will visit several local friends.
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WASHINGTON NEWS -
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cabulary ana his modesty III making
use of ii, not to mention his blushes OF
embarrassment when he sees his name
in print in connection with large deeds
performed to Tighten up the burden
upon the bent backs Of the downtrod-
den. They say that the Fairmonter is
about to take the momentous step OF
hiking out after the senatorial nomina-
ton.
This may surprise a good many peo-
ple who were led to believe that Major
Mansfield would be in the front trench
es somewhere in France by now,
leading his men over the top with re-
gret-I-have but-one.life-tO gtve'formy'
couutry.look upon his Clear-cut counte-
nance, putting the minions OF the
Kaiser back over the Rhine or onto
the happy hunting grounds as he forged
ahead Of his Spartan troops to victory
It must be admitted that that was the
way it looked few months ago, but
there were so many things depending
on making it real, none or few OF them
ever happening it now appears, that
the prospects of FairmOnt losing to the
gain of France are not even quoted as
SO good odds as 16 to l.
Representative Nicely did try to get
in and over there" probably not as
hard as the Colonel did, for the Colonel
does things hard. But there was lot
of talk about Major Nelly going to war
where Major Nicely was, and he wrote
letter to the President offering his
services, and the President wrote back
as he did to all Democratic represents
tives and as he did not do to all Repub'
licans, that congressman could best
serve his country by remaining IN con.
gress, espacially and particularly i
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
Fiery Eczema and Skin Eruption
Readily Yield to This Old Remedy

This wonderful remedy Is without an
equal as blood purifier, being prob
ably the Oldest blood medicine on the
market. It has been sold by drug.
gists for fifty years.
You are invited to write to-day
for complete and full advice % to
the treatment of your own case. Ad.
dress, Chief Medical Adviser, Swift
Specific Co.. Dept, H Atlanta. Gay
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
M0NQ.NGAH
m south caroIInA

Several letters have been received
here from Won Shaver who has recent
" Joined the United States Marines,
Shaver is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
/. Shaver who recide near Mil Fall
Before entering the Marines he was
in service for Uncle Sam, having been
a local mall carrier. At present he IL
located in South Carolina.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
Old Resident Here,

Mr.. and Mrs. James Abercromle
who now reside in kentucky are Wis
itIng thtir son John Abercrombie who
is enlisted In the First regiment Mr.,
Abbercrombie has many local friends
here whom he will visit before return
ing to Kentucky. He is one Of the old
residents Of Monongah,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10

TS.66gsess a literally perfect child ts|
BY no means impossible. The expeetanISS
mother should BIO calm and the Gays snoulu
be filled with sunshine ana happlness. %.
MlIIIonG ~ women have used the Bafe,
axfsrnsi' usnetrntlng preparation known
~ dNothor'S FriOldos 81 ~ use tLe
Rbdominal muscles which nature y "a
pandlngl Tela7 eaallg when pael y ess'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
THE BUSY CORNER

Men and women who have been waiting all season
for the big break in prices of all Summer wearing ap-
parel now have their patience rewarded.
They can come to this store tomorrow and buy just
the things they need for Third, Half and even less
than their actual values.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
A 33159s5 Baby

This naturally makes for Infinitely less
P', Wr1te "a Mo Brndfeld Regulator Co.,
T0eWt Il. 500 Lamar Building, Atlanta
al. for Interesting free book "MotheF-
hood md the Baby. 80. -
Do not neglbct 20 set 9 bottle 81
l1AlothsFg EFiendg from se1E, s. 81 n
cfthe Sroategt Nllpe e aFpectale pl2lpss
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
Have You Ever
Noticed

that half the time a thing you post
none Is half abandoned? You did
not mean 1t when you postponed
II for future consideration, but it
passed out OF your mind and you
never did anything afterwards. Do
you not remember that you read in
the newspapers Of your good idea
being put into actual use, that some
one told you Of 1t and how you
promptly said: why that was my
idea and dropped it a year ago,
and never took 1t up again"
1t is by experience we learn and
It may be set down as a fact that
almost always the time to do
thing is to do 1t at once after we
have thought It twice over.
All postponements have seed OF
danger In them. II time and other
duties are pressing, and as haste Is
nearly always dangerous, better
postpone to fixed date and make
memorandum.
Have a system of tlme.saving
and keep a shopping list and have
It near you when you read this ad'
vertIsement and lot down the things
you must look at
Every man and woman owes It
to himself or herself to see the
things we are Offering now, in the
final break.
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Successfully used for fifty years.

Eczema and similar skin troubles
come from a disordered, impure con-
dition of the blood, and they can
only be cured by giving the blood a
thorough cleansing. and removing
from It all traces Of impurity.
This is why S. S. S. has been used
so successfully in hundreds of cases
Of Eczema and other skin eruptionS.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10
Going to
Take in a
Show Tonight?

After you read "Old
Stager's" reviews in to-
nights West Virginian
you will be able to make
an intelligent choice and
insure to yourself a pleas
ant evenings entertain
ment. "In the Front Row"
is a department written
from the spectators view
point and covers attrac-
tons at all the local play
houses.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Roop, Of Steuben'
vile, O., is coming here next week to
visit relatives.
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IN TINE BARGAIN
BASEMENT

You can always save some
money by patronizing our
Bargain Basement.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16
TRAIN IN TUNNEL
SCENE OF TRAGEDY

C. C. Huddleston, wealthy lum-
herman of Huntington, w. Va, was
shot to death by Robert p. Frank
lin, twenty-eight, retail lumber
dealer, Of Whitesburg, while they
we're aboard n Louisville & Nash
vile train near Hazard Thursday
afternoon.
After killing Huddleston with one
shot from an automatic pistol,
Franklin ended his own life with
two shots from the same weapon.
The double tragedy was enacted
as the train was passing thru
tunnel a mile from Hazard. Pas
sengers saw the flashes of the shots
in the darkness, but the reports
were muffled by the roar of the
train. Most of the passengers were
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16
But we have neither /.

But we have neither.
The middieman is hog and
should be kicked into the pen with
his brothers. But we are too indif-
ferent to do the kicking.
The commission man will rob you
blind even if you have no eyes.
And we turn the empty sockets for
another gouge.
The railroad demands its pound
of flesh and takes two. And all
we do is to groan.
These things all have their bear
ing, but they are small as compar-
ed to the law of supply and demand.
Thousands and thousands of men
and women and children are living
in squalor and want in the cities
of our immediate section of the
country. They are strong men, cap
able of enduring any hardship on
the farm. But they are not on the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16
mistaken Testimony

Time is the test of truth. And
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test in Mt. Sterling. No Mt. Ster-
ling resident who suffers backache,
or annoying urinary ills can remain
unconvinced by this twice-told tes-
tmony.
Mrs. Mary F. Henson, 81 Stroth-
ers ST, Mt. Sterling, says: "My
health was very poor and l doctor
ed but in vain. ! was almost help
less. | had nervous spells, head
aches and my sight was poor. i
often became dizzy and had to
catch hold Of something for sup
port. Doan's Kidney Pills, pro-
cured at Duerson's Drug Store,
made me we'll"
OVER THREE YEARS LATER,
Mrs. Henson said: "What / said in
praise of Doan's Kidney Pills be-
fore, still holds good. They do all
they are claimed to do"
SOC, at all dealers. Foster Mil
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. 293t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16

farm and probably no one has ever
mentioned farm to them.
Why can't the farmers of this
section at least get together and
devise ways and means of bringing
these half starved people to the
country where they can be put to
work tilling the soil-where they
can LIVE instead of merely EXIST
INGq
1t might cost few dollars to
get them here, but the waste places
would be cultivated and the waste
men would be converted into useful
citizens.
Talk it-shout it--let it ring from
every housetop; OUR LANDS
MUST BE CULTIVATED AND
MADE TO PRODUCE MORE!
1t is the only solution.
For years we have been robbing
the farm to feed the city, and the
farm has just about reached the
point where it can no longer be
robbed.
II is time for our leaders to get
together and outline plan where
by we may rob the cities and feed
the farm-with men.
Everybody would be the gamer
the farmer most of all
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16

The viii Of Mrs. Sue ireland, who
died her December 81, 1916. was
probated in County Court last week.
In the will, which was executed last
November and Witnessed by DIR. ..
A. Shirley and c. d. Grubbs, Mrs.
Ireland leaves 100 in trust 30 the
Mt Sterling National Bank for the
use, maintenance and education OF
her two grandchildren, William and
Raymond Cord, the children Of Mns.
Edith Cord, and then divides the re-
of her estate equally be-
tween her two daughters, Mrs. Cord
and Mrs. Sallie Neal, Of Missouri.
Mr.. Charles d. Grubbs is named as
executor, and is empowered to sell
publicly or privately either the real
estate or personal property. The
estate consists Of valuable realty
in other counties, some personally
and is valued at between $4,000
and $4,000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16

dumfounded when, emerging from
the darkness, they saw the bodies of
the two men who had been chatting
few minutes before.
Franklin, il is stated, owed Hud-
dleston's lumber company o debt
Of several hundred dollars and Hud-
deston and his business associates
attached Franklin's store, which
was closed by the sheriff.
Both men boarded the train at
Whitesburg Thursday afternoon and
occupied the same seat in the
crowded train. Huddleston. claim
ed Franklin owed him for lumber,
but they did not appear to be angry
and none of the passengers sus-
pected trouble.
After the shooting the train was
at Hazard and doctors were
summoned. Neither of the men re-
covered consciousness, and both
died a few minutes after being re-
moved from the train.
Franklin's body was taken to
Whitesburg and Huddleston's body
to West Virginia.
Both men were widely known in
West Virginia and Eastern Ken
lucky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16
CLERK ALL RUNDOWN
Restored Tc Health By Vinol

Shelbyville, Ind.-"T am a clerk in a
hotel and was all run down, no energy,
my blood was poor and my face covered
with pimples. ! got SO weak had to
put up an awful fight to keep at work.
After taking many other remedies with
out benefit, Vinol has restored my health
and strength. "-RoY F. BIRD.
For all rundown, weak, nervous
conditions, nothing equals Vinol, which
Is a combination of the most success
fal tonics known. Try it on our guar
antee
Rassett Drug Co., Mt. Sterling, XIV.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16

The latest thing in electrical APP
pliances is lemon squeezer. We,
however, can furnish our own
squeezer, provided she is not q
lemon.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16
SELLS FARM

Mr. and Mrs. Warner Hinson sold
last week their farm of about forty
two acres and improvements, near
Camargo, and known as the George
Rayborn place, to Dave Campbell,
of the, Paris pike. The price paid
was $4,000, and the place is
one Of the incest small farms in this
county. Possession will be given
March /.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16

Fashionable club women are agi-
tating the subject of birth control.
1t is a new sensation and will die
a natural death when the newspap-
ers cease exploiting it. Society
loses interest as soon as it is show
ed off the front page.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16
REDEEM the WASTE
PLACES-AND MEN

One great, supreme question Is
confronting the American people to-
day, a question that ovenshadows
all others Of the moment, and that
is the much discussed one Of how
to reduce the cost of living.
There is but one answer:
WE MUST REDEEM THE
WASTE PLACES OF OUR COUN-
TRY-AND THE WASTE MEN. :.
Food spectators are responsible
for much Of it, but waste places
and waste men are responsible for
even more.
Is il matter for wonder that
food supplies are held at almost
famine prices when we are con-
fronted with the spectacle of hun
dreds of thousands of men tramp
ing the streets Of cities and towns,
doing nothing and producing moth
ing, while within few hours walk
of any of them lie broad acres of
land that are idle because there
are none to cultivate them7
Let us stop hanging the high
cost of living onto the war. 1t mag
have had something to do with the
skyrocket rises, but very little, be-
cause We are exporting less than
heretofore. a hundred million dol
lars worth less in 1916 than in
1915.
We may twist and squirm and
wriggle all we please, but we can
not escape the fact that the law
of supply and demand will regulate
the cost of that which we consume.
And, equally, we can not escape
the fact that millions of acres of
land are idle because hundreds of |
thousands of men would rather go |
hungry in city than live on the
fat of the land on a farm-would |
rather beg at the back doors of
city dwellers than to ride in their
own automobiles on country roads. |
Harsh words, but true!
We read of Congress appointing
committees to Investigate the high |
cost Of living" But about the only
Investigating" that is done is to
hee just how much money can be ex-
tracted from the public till in the |
shape of COMMITTEE expenses"
If you want to know just why
you are paying so dearly for the
of your table just step
into car and spend one day in
driving around to the farms of this
township. Question the farmers
and see how many would like to
employ help-IF THEY COULD |
GET 1T.
Then go home and use your own
brains instead of allowing others
to do your thinking for you.
If every idle man in this state
could be put to work on a farm
during the coming summer the in
crease in the yield of foodstuffs
for the state would be so stagger-
ing as to be almost beyond belief.
And yet we sit around and
blame politics, and the poor old
overburdened war, and every other
thing except the right thing.
We repeat, food spectators are
partly responsible, and they would !
be in Jail if we had the energy |
and tho oourooro 70 MT ILL.,, a., |
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-01-16

Europe has again kicked the
dove of peace into the Official
dump heap. But the baseball sea-
son will be along on schedule time
and the Office boys grandmother
win continue to die every Saturday
afternoon. Cheer up and smoke upl