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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-08

and thoughtful for once In a way"
Ember stroked his chin with thought
full fingers.
you've heard the news, thenT
'In three ways" Whitaker re-
turned, with calm.
"How's tlfat-three waysT'
Through the newspapers, the bill
boards, and from the lips of my
wife"
Ember opened his eyes wide.
you've been to see herr"
"She called this morning"
But Ember interrupted, thrusting a
ready and generous hand across the
table:
my dear man, am gladp
Whitaker took the proffered hand
readily and firmly. "Thank you. d.
was saying: she called this morning
to inform me that, though welded
once, we must be strangers now--and
evermorep
"But you--of course-you argued
that nonsense out of her head"
''rO the contrary-again."
"But-my dear man You said you
were celebrating; you permitted me
to congratulate you just now"
"The point is," said Whitaker, with
bland and confident grin I've sue
ceeded in arguing that nonsense out
of my head-not hers-mine."
Ember gave a helpless gesture. I'm
afraid this is one Of my stuph
nights :"
Il mean that, though Mary ran away
from me, wouldn't listen to reason. /
have, i'm the course Of an afternoons
hard tramping, come to the cOnclu-
sion that there Is nothing under the
sun which binds me to sit back and
accept whatever treatment she pur-
poses according me by courtesy II
Jules Max"
Whitaker bent forward his coun-
tenance discovering a phase OF seri-
business hitherto masked by his twist
ed smile.
81 mean I'm tired Of all this poppy
cock. Unless I'm an infatuated ass,
Mary loves me with all her heart. She
/ has made up her mind to renOuncc me
partly because Max has worked upon
her feelings by painting some lurid
picture OF his imminent artistic and
/ financial domnation If she leaves him,
partly because she believes, or has
been led to believe, I'm this destroy
ing angel moonshine. Now she's got
to listen to reason. SO, likewise. Max"
you're becoming more human word
/ by word" commented Ember with
open approval Continue; elucidate
] can understand how a fairly resolute
lover with the gift Of gab can talk n
weak-minded, fond female into deny
ing her pet superstition; but how
you're going TO get around Max passes
my comprehension. The man unques-
/ honabiy has her under contract
"But you forgot his god is Nam
mOn." Whitaker put in. MAX viii do
anything IN the world for money
Therein resides the kernel Of nay plan.
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NOTED EDUCATORS SPEAKERS
Semi-Centennial of Normal Arranged
For-Other Educational Ceremo-
nes Also Planned.

Fairmont, w. Va.-Dr. A. e Win
ship, editor of the Journal of Educa.
ton of Boston, Mass; Chancellor
Samuel b. Mccormick, of the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh, and Dean James r.
Russell, of the Teachers College Of
Columbia University of New York
City, will be among the speakers who
will address the semi-centennial cele-
bration of the founding of Fairmont
State Normal School here on April 3,
and 7. Coincident with the semi
centennial celebration will be the
dedication of the new normal school
building, the spring meeting of the
Monongahela Valley Round Table AS
sociation and the annual meeting of
the Marion County Teachers Associa-
tion
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MEXICAN RELATIONS
COMPLETELY RESTORED
Minister Fletcher Presents Creden-
tials-First Act an Inquiry
on Friendliness.

Guadalajara, United States
Ambassador Fletcher formally pre-
sented his credentials to First Chief
Caranza, marking the complete restor-
alton Of diplomatic interchange be-
tween Mexico and the United States
and the final step in entire recognition
of the CarranZa government.
Fletcher's first official act as ambas-
sador was expected to be presentation
of an inquiry at the Mexican foreign
office asking a statement from that
government as TO it's position with re-
gard TO the United States. The in
quiry was ordered from Washington
in view of the revelations of Ger
many's attempt to align Mexico and
Japan against America.
In view of the governments disa-
vowal that such a plan was ever
broached by the German ambassador a
formal answer reiterating MeXico's
complete friendship for the United
States is expected at once. '.
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SONS OF REVOLUTION MEET
Arrangements Completed for Erection
Of Monument on Fort Prickert Site.

Clarksburg, W. Va.-Arrangements
were made for the erection of large
monument and it's public unveiling in
June on the site of Fort Prickert, a
short distance north of Fairmont at
the annual convention of the West
Virginia Society of the Sons of Revolu-
ton. Officers were elected as follows
President, James r. Moreland, of Nor
gantown; vice president, William II.
Morgan of Parkersburg; secretary and
registrar, Robert l.. Bland. of Weston (;
historian. Colonel Henry Raymond, of
Clarksburg; board of managers, F. l..
Burdette, OF Huntington; Robert L.
Bland. of Weston, and Charles L.
Hickman, Harvey f. Smith and G. II.
Harding, OF Clarksburg
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WHAT CONGRESS- is DOING
Matters Before Our National Law
Makers for Consideration. and
Their Disposition.
4 4 ~.


Universal training provision added
by military committee to army ap
preparation bill
Senator Stone introduced bill
agreed on by foreign relations com.
mittee to provide for armed neutral
ity.
Resolution appropriating $4,000 600
for relief I'm the present food crisis.
introduced by Senator BOrah
HOUSE
Passed armed neutrality bill 4O3
90 13.
Leak report was completed by
the rules committee. which voted
Sherman T. Whipple. committee
counsel a fee of $4,000
Chairman Flood introduced bin to
authorize armed neutrality and called
foreign affairs committee To- meet to
consider IT,
Bill empowering interstate com
merce commission to meet car short
age emergencies was favorably re-
ported from committee.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-08
GASOLINE DEMAND PREVAILS S
Plants Being Operated at Full Ca
pacty In West Virginia.

Clendenin, w. Va.-Within one
week the gasoline manufacturing
plants here of the United Fuel Gas
Co. will be operating to its capacity.
The demand for gasoline has increased
during the last month to such an ex-
tent that the output here was not suf-
fcient and many additional men have
been employed. The plant is one OF
the largest of its kind in the world.
It's products is carried away in a
2O-inch main. Gas from which the
product is made is carried into the
plant through a 16-inch line.
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BREAK is FAVORED
BY cHlNA'S CABINET
President, However, Refuses to Sew
er German Relations and
Crisis Is Near

Picking. The cabinet decided that
China should join the United States
in breaking off relations with Ger
many.
This decision was submitted to
the President who refused to ap-
prove the cabinets action, saying
such power rested entirely with him.
Premier Tuan Chi-Jui Immediately
resigned and left for Tien-Tsin, ac-
companied by several other members
Of the cabinet The resignation of
the entire cabinet is expected.
Parliament is virtually unanimous
I'm favor OF the opinion of the cab
met The leaders of all the politi-
car parties are adversely critcising
the presidents position. The vice
president Of the republic supports
the action Of the cabinet
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Williamson. W. Va-Among the inn.
portant coal developments I'm West
Virginia this year is that proposed by
the recently organized United Thack.
er Coal & Coke Co. which has rs 900
acres OF coal property in Mingo coun-
ty Laboratory tests of the coal there
are being made preparatory to- exten.
siye operations The company is con
troilod by New York bankers who
own not only this tract but several
others in this state and Kentucky
The land has been held for several
years. but without development.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Black Out


The auditorium was i'm almost total
darkness. A single voice was audible
from the stage that confronted It like
some tremendous. moonlight canvas In
n huge frame of tarnlshed gold. They
stole silently round the orchestra seats
TO the stage-bOx-the same box that
Whitaker had on the former occasion
occupied I'm company with Max.
They succeeded in taking possession
without attracting attention. either
tcOn the owners OF that scanty scat
tering Of shirt bosoms I'm the orchestra
the critical fraternity and those in
Inmates bldden by the manager to the
first glimpse of his pew revelation IN
stagecraft--Or from those occupying
the stage.
The latter were but two. Evidently,
though the curtain had been up for
some minutes, the action Of the piece
had not yet been permitted TO begin
70 unfold. Whitaker inferred that Max
had been dissatisfied with something
about the lighting Of the scene. The
manager was standing I'm mid-stage,
staring up at the borders--a stout and
pOmpous figure. tenacious TO every de-
tail Of that public self which he had
striven so successfully to make unfor-
gettably individual; a figure quantity
incOngruOus in his impeccable morn.
ing coat and striped trousers and fat
brimmed silk hat perched wcll back
on his head, with his malacca stick
and iomOn-cOlOrod gloves and Small
and excessively glossy patent-leather
shoes, posed against tie counterfeit
Of moonlit formal garden.
CTO BID CONTINUED
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Undecided As To site.

Charleston, w. Va.-Government
experts are making Investigations
along the Kanawha valley to determ-
Inc whether locations there can be
recommended to the Federal govern
ment for the establishment of a 1OO,-
600 horse power electrical plant. It
is said to be proposed to establish
such a plant for the purpose of OBJ
tanning nitrates from oxygen from the
atmosphere.
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Atlanta Ca Three states -Tennes.
see Alabama and Georgia were
threatened with disastrous foods
Streams I'm some section had over.
flown their banks driving hundreds
of persons from their homes No loss
of life was reported, but property dam.
age has been large
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To Move Federal Marshal.

Charleston, w. Va.-The offices OF
the United States marshal for the
southern district of this state, proba-
bly, will be transferred from Hunting
ton to Charleston, William Osborne,
the marshal, just announced. A suite
of three rooms in the federal build
ing have been used by the local depu.
ties of the marshal for several years,
and these will be converted into the
district headquarters.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-08
Kaiser Conferred.

London.-The German foreign secre-
tary. DIR. Zimmerman, had a long au-
dience with the Emperor 1t is gener-
ally supposed that it concerned the
Mexican question. 1t was followed by
a conference between Imperial Chal-
cellor Hollweg and DR.. Zimmerman
at which several foreign officials were
present
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Two cOnaressmen Injured.

Washington.-Chai Flood of
Virginia and Representative j. Willard
Ragsdale of South Carolina. of the for
eign affairs committee of the House,
were injured when an automobile in
which they were leaving the capitol
cOllided with a taxicab Floods right
ear was almost severed
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cornwell sworn In.

Charleston. w. Va-John J. Corn.
well of Romney. Hampshire county, Of
nciaily became the fifteenth governor
of West Virginia He subscribed to
the constitutional oath administered
by Judge Charles W. Lynch. president
OF the supreme court Of appeals Of
West Virginia.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-08

Washington Spokesmen OF more
than 100000 American waRe.earnors
have been called to meet fin conference
here March ~ 20 determine and an.
nounce the part labor shall claim IN
the formulation of policies Of prepsr
edness and defense
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CHAPTER XIX.

Toward eight in the evening, after
day-long search through all his ac-
eustomed hunts, Bmber ran Whita-
ker 70 earth In the dining room Of the
Fr'mordial. The young man. alone
ot table, was IN the act Of topping
on an excellent dinner with a sdn
more excellent cordial and a super
excellent cigar.
He wore rough tweeds. and they
We're damp and boggy; his boots were
muddy his halr was a triic disorder.
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WEST VIRGINIA BRIEFS

Morgantown, w. Va.-West Virginia
University defeated the West Virginia
Wesleyan basketball team here by the
score Of 80 to p in the first of the
annual three game series Of the two
teams
Wnliamstown. w. Va-Creditors OF
the Wniamstown National Bank are
receiving their first dividend of % per
cent The bank was closed three
months ago. following tho disappear
ance OF its cashier, George Hunter
Charleston. w. Va.-Howard VIII
liams, of Coal Branch. was arrested
by federal authorities on the charge
OF completely i'm the robbery of tho
postofhce at Bell Grove. Jackson coun-
~, more than one month ago A. j..
Parsons. with number of aliases.
also Is being held for the offense.
Charleston. W. Va-Gov H. ID. Hat
field appointed Dr William r. Hem
shaw OF Berkeley Springs. Morgan
county, as a member Of the public
health commission TO fll out the uuex-
pired term OF w. p Stevens. of Nc
Dowell county who resigned Dr Hen.
shaw will serve until June 30, 1919
Charleston. w Va Prohibition ofi
GERS here found a large consignment
of bottled whisky in the check room
OF a local hotel 10 was in suit cases.
and the porter claims to have received
Il I'm the regular line Of his work Tho
owners OF the cases are being sought
Fairmont. w Va Dr. G. j. Ruiey. a
chiropractor. charged with practicing
medicine without a license i'm Marion
county, was found guilty IN interme-
dlateVouri here A motion to set aside
the verdict was made Arguments VIII
be heard later
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Detroit Five fromen we're killed
and three injured one Of whom may
die, in FIRE which swept through two
fve-story business buildings iB the cen.
ter OF the downtown business district
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Rsrnstort For Reiohstan-

Amsterdam Count Won Bernstorff
former German ambassador to the
United States, has been nominated
as a candidate for the Reichstag in
place of the late Herr Won Neiding
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SENATE FAILS
TO PASS BILL
Old Time Laws Prevent the
President From Arming
Merchant Vessels
EXTRA SESSION is CALLED
New Congress Will Be Asked to
Change Rules = Many Proposed
Measures Die With old Re-
gime-Appropriations Fail.

Washington.-President Wilson in
formed the country in a statement
that he may be without power to-
arm merchant ships and take other
steps to meet the German submarine
menace, in the absence of authority
from Congress-
An extra session of Congress, the
President says. is required to clothe
him with authority but it is useless
to call one while the Senate works
under the present rules, which per-
NIT small minority to keep an
overwhelming majority from acting.
The President proposes, therefore.
that the special session of the SEN
ate, which he has called. revise the
rules to supply the means of action.
Two Bills Passed
OF all the legislation on the adj
ministration program proper only
two measures. the revenue bill and
the measure giving civil government
to Porto Rico and American citizen
ship to its inhabitants, got through
the legislative tangle at the close of
the session. One of the most inn
portant enactments of the three
months of the session, the immigra-
ton bill. passed both houses, despite
the Presidents announced objection,
and then was passed again by both
over his veto.
Among the administration bills
which failed were the measures to-
supplement the Adamson law, the
bill to enlarge the interstate COM
merce commission, the Webb bill to
legaliZe joint foreign selling agen-
cies, and conservation legislation, in
Guiding the general dam bills and
water power bills.
Colombia Not Paid.
Congress provided for the payment
of $25OO0.O0 for the Danish West
Indies, but the Senate failed to rat
ify, despite an urgent request by the
President, 1.-The treaty to pay Colon
bia S15, 100000 for the separation OF
Panama Among important enact
ments which were not specifically
included in the program were the
bill abolishing saloons in the Dis
trict of Columbia and the rider on
the post office bill making it a crime
to transport liquor in interstate COM
merce into a prohibition state.
Although the Senate filibuster
stopped the passage of appropriation
bills carrying in all about S511 ,00O.-
0OO Congress managed to get
through in it's three months session
10 other supply bills with total OF
nearly $1,2O0,OOO, 900.
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New York Home. Sweet Home. ."
ina the handwriting Of John Howard
Payne. its author. and signed by
him. brought $500 at auction The
manuscript. which consists Of the
first and second stanzas OF the poem
with the chorus. was dated 90 Wash
iugton. August 10. 1850
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-08
WILL BE "RIcH" POOR HOUSE
Ohio County Gets Home Of Late Mil
lionaire Schmulbsch.

Wheeling. W. Va-Ohio county will
have the home of late millionaire
as a poor house A deal has just been
closed whereby the county will pur.
chase the immense estate of the late
Horny Schmulbach Wheeling brewer.
~ miles east OF Wheeling The farm
containing 3S7 acres cost Mr. schmul-
bach 100000 including buildings
thereon, and the county will probably
have TO pay close TO that figure to the
hnlra
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-08
DAVIS ESTATE IS OVER ss,OOo,o 900
inheritance Tax Paid on Estate Of
Henry Gassaway Davis.

IIDIITJ y NHooaWdJ DdWIos
Charleston, w Va-With the pay
ment of an inheritance tax Of $685.
637.6S on the estate OF the late Henry
Gassaway Davis. the fortune left by
Mr.. Davis has been made known. The
net value OF the estate after the debts
were paid amounted to S3O36.304 It
consisted chiefly of railroad stocks and
bonds, bank stock. mining stock and
the bequests were to his children.
grandchildren. greatRrandchnd and
uieces and nephews The attorneys
who represented the estate we're for
mer Judge ira r. Robinson. who was
accompanied here by w G.. Wilson.
and Arthur Lee. of Elkins
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Roanoke. Va Mrs Matthew Maury
sister of Mrs Woodrow Wilson. died
here after an operation for peri
touitis
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Revenue Measure Signed.

Washington. - President Wilson
.igned the S45O.OOO.OOO revenue bill.
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Persian farming depends on irriga-
uon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09
The Art of Doing Without.

AS time goes by the virtue OF self-denial
IS more and more apparent and the art of
doing without more needed. The social fas-
clnatlons of today, the craze for dress,
amusements, recreation, automobiling-all
the glitter and attractions of a materialistic
age-call loudly for self-denial and careful
living. And those who try to keep apace
with the crowd set a pace that kills.
No man ever succeeds who does not learn
to do without. The very basis of religion, of
good conduct, or good character lies in the
virtue of self-control. 1t is the highest evil
dence of self-mastery and the foundation of
all social and business success.
Did you ever stop to watch a crowd
around street fakir selling some article Of
household use-a potato peeler, for in
stance? How he persuaded the men that
their wives could not peel potatoes without
1t, and found ready purchasers, who laid
down their quarters, marched home and pre-
sented the article with pride and righteous
feeling of helping wife in her daily labor
only to find her peeling potatoes the same
old way the next day?
Doing without may be difficult at times,
but it gets you somewhere. All successful
careers depend upon it. Saving money and
without is painful process, but the results
are mighty pleasant. Sacrifice was never
easy and self-denial never popular. But
you can't have the big things of life if you
iAIH19C uPOu having JuOuSduuS OI llJl6 InlnPS
all the time. The boy who wants a bicycle
must do without candy and soda and the
like, but he knows his wheel will give him
lasting pleasures that overbalance the little
sacrifices. Saving for purpose is not diff
cult, and self-denial for larger pleasures be-
comes JOY. 1t is easy to follow the line of
least reSlstance-to do the easy thing; to
follow the crowd. But following crowds
brings you to no desirable goal
Lit is a SDlpndid acbiovament-tbic dOip0
without, and few learn it. But the struc-
ture it builds is a lasting and beautiful one.
And the ptiful fact is that if you do not
learn TO do without now there may come
a time when you have to do without, and
then it will be too late. That is the lesson
OF the poor house and the bread line And
as sure as you practice the sin of self
qualification and ignore the virtue of self
control, listen to the lure of the shop win
dow, the amusement column, the appeal that
IS on every hand to spend, and let yourself
go, you too will join crowd that is sliding
down hill to nowhere, only to get hard
bump at the bottom, when it is too late to
mend and wake up to vain regrets.