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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
LEADERSHIP IN BALANCE
AS LARGEST VOTES
APPROACH A CLOSE
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A few OF the candidates have beer
taking the Campaign Managers adj
vice and have been making a sys.
tematic campaign. taking street at
tome and seeing everyone. The re.
suits that they have been securing
have been surprising even to the man
ager himself II makes no difference
how many candidates have gone over
the ground before, you can always get
some subscriptions il you talk as
though you make your question mega
tive one, naturally you won't receive
anything for your pains. Explain about
what you are there for. Tell them
about the Golden Festival, why you are
In it, how well you are getting along
and how fimuch you would appreciate
subscription from them. Tell them
why you want to win the thousand
dollars. What you want 1t for. Show
them how good a paper The Yves:
Virginian really is. You have some.
thing to sell, you are not asking a
favor. Always remember that.
One contestant came into the office
the other day and said she had cover.
ed six streets Systematically. and had.
MT secured a subscription. The cam.
paign manager went over the ground
carefully with her. and listened TO her
argument. lie found that she would
go up to a house. ring the bell and
when the door was answered she would
say-"yOu don't want to subscribe TO
The West Yirginian, do you?" OF
course the answer would be mo" the
iirst thing, and she would turn and
walk away without any further cere.
mony. She asked negative ques.
tion-a question that would naturally
expect negative answer And she
got It. Talk in position terms. Act
confident that you are going TO get
subscription. That is the way 20
get them. That is the way to win. Go
out TO some other town where YOU are
not known and see everyone. You will
reap a harvest. You can't help it.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

With the close of Saturday, there
will be only one more week until the
final day in The West Virginian's
Great Golden Festival 1t at hand: only
one more week before the 10 golden
prizes will find owners; only one more
week before the judges will make the
final count and make the awards.
Auch can be accomplished in this
week. In fact the thousand dollars
in gold, the five hundred in gold,
and the other prizes will be won and
lost between now and the closing day,
just as surely as the sun will rise on
the morrow. AS the campaign man.
ager pointed out yesterday, there are
so many so even. that nothing only a
good hard effort this coming week
will make any sign OF leadership Tor
The final week
The largest vote schedule OF the
entire campaign closes next Saturday.
The final week o. the campaign. the
votes viii ne a full third less than
this Week. II you will make house
to house canvass this coming week,
Won viii be surprised at the business
you will secure. DO not miss seeing
anyonesthis coming week. Ask every
one you see. regardless OF who he is.
You viii he sratified at the amount OF
extra business you will get in this
way.
Many OF the candidates and their
friends have asked the Golden Festi-
val Manager if there would be any
different schedule. and different vote
offer or any different rules Tor the
final week Of the campaign. To these
quiries the campaign manager can
only repeat that last week he pledg.
ed his own word and that of The
West Virginian that there would be no
difference in vote value from that an
nounced at the beginning of the final
period, as published daily in The
. West Nirgiuian. so there will be no
further change in the vote value
Your campaign is in your own hands,
and the hands Of your friends. All
that remains is 10 finish. strong and
win. or SHOW Indifference and lose by
a very small margin
The Target
Everyone is watching The target. As
soon as The West TirGiulan comes off
the press. that is the first thing that
nearly everyone looks for Better put
your name ON il every other day or so,
and show your friends that you are
accomplishing something toward the
big prizes in one more week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
PERSONAL

Smith Hood, the popular vice presi.
dent of the NJ. V. T. company, was here
on Tuesday looking after business for
his company. 1t is currently reported
that a freight station will be establish.
ed here. With the amount of freisht
delivered here a station would be very
convenient.
Blake McIntire was a social visitor
at Shinnston on Tuesday e5cning.
Calvin Hill of Monongah, was bus.
mess visitor here on Tuesday.
U. E. Martin, of Bingamon, was
transacting business here on Tuesday.
DR.. G, l.. Howell was trsnsacting
business In Clarksburg on "Wednesday
NJ. H. Raymond. OF Enterprise. was
business visitor here on Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry E. Reeder. of Clarksburg,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. +. Sandy
this week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
PERSONALS

Wilbur Reeves, Of Triune, spent yes,
terday here.
Mrs. Maud Hall. OF Gypsy. came
down last night for a few days visit
with relatives.
Miss Mary Sheets, Of Moundsville
is here attending the Normal school
Mrs. Boyd Cutlip, OF Clarksburg, Is
spending few days with her par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Helmick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert D. Leasss have
returned from their honeymoon trip
and have taken rooms with Mrs. z.
c. Talkington where they have begun
housekeeping.
Mrs. George ". MILAN was shopping
In C!arksburg on Wednesday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

There will be no more free vote
coupons appearing in the paper
These coupons that have appear
ed heretofore must all be In the
ballot box by next Saturday night.
At this time the Contest Manager
would suggest that you send In
some Of your reserve votes If you
want to keep up your standing in
the present list In the paper.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
WORTHlNGTON.
Easter entertainment

The members of the Sunday school
of the Christian church are prepar.
ing TO render an Easter program on
Sunday evening, April s. The title
Of the exercise is Easter Tidings,"
consisting of music. recitations and
drills.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
Returned Last NInht

Mrs. Viola Springer and daughter,
Miss Naomi, returned last night from
a months visit in Pittsburgh. They
were accompanied home by Mr.. and
Mrs. Elliott Springer and son, who will
spend the summer with Mrs. Springer
and family at the farm near this city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

will be one Of the first common car.
riers to put into force regulations aim.
ing at the enforcement Of the bone
dry" law recently passed by Congress
After May 1, It Is announced here.
the company will refuse to permit in.
toxicating liquors TO be carried as per.
sonal baggage on trains into West
Virginia. Gallipolis and Pomeroy sa-
looms are said TO have enjoyed luc-
ratiye business from West Virginians
from Charleston and other points along
the Kanawha and Michigan railroad.
George ]. Seay, governor OF the Fed
eral Reserve bank at Richmond, will
deliver an address at the April meet.
ing OF the Huntington Association Of
Credit Men on April "a. The subject
OF Mr.. Seay's address has not been an.
nounced but It is presumed he will dis.
cuss the operation Of the Federal re.
serve system. President r. L. Arch.
er Of the local Association Of Credit
Men Lac announced his intention OF
inviting to the meeting here the
Charleston Association OF Credit Men.
the Parkersburg Association OF Credit
Men, the Graham.Bluefield Association
Of Credit Men, all bank officials in
the Tri-State region and all credit
srantors throughout this section.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

TO Miss Virginia Ross OF GienwGoi.
belongs . peculiar bit OF pride IN
Wheeling's gorgeous display Of IA.
tional colors because she possesses a
ring made from the thimbIe which
Betsy Ross used in making the first
American flag The proud owner 81
this heirloom is the seventen-year1ld
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ross.
She is direct descendant OF the fam.
ily who designed and mauc me la ct
flag combining the stars and stripes
The silver thimble has been worked
into the form OF a little finger uEg.
Al glance 1t would appear to have
no specia! value. but TO tine proud
owner it is priceless It has been
handed down to the oldest girl OF e.ah
generation. Betsy Ross gave ii g. her
daughter, who in turn gave it - her
daughter She gave It to Miss Lucy
Ross who at the age of eighty years,
gave 1t to her grand niece, tnG pres
ent owner. who was then ten ycurs
old. The Ross family came to Wheel.
ing ten years ago from Parl-nrsblrg.
W. Va. but was previously from the
vicinity OF Philadelphia, the home of
Betsy Ross.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Mercantile establishments, particu
larry in the smaller cities and towns
OF West Virginia do not rank we'll for
sanitation according to reports made
10 the state department OF health by
jtS representatives who take occasion
to visit the stores in the various towns
TO which are called on official bust
ness. The score meetof these establish.
ments get are from as low at "A up to
Go or 20, out of possible score of 100
or perfect. The cleanliness Of the
premises the tideness of the goods
are arrangements Of ware rooms. the
location of all bulk goods and the
precautions taken to prevent contami
nation OF food stuffs enter into the
scoring.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
Returned From rriuns

Mrs. L. L. Lightner and son, Eugene,
Of Terra Alta, returned here yesterday
from Triune. where they were guests
of Mrs. Lightner's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lindsay Jacobs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

county, recently, has rented a room
in the Victor building and will open up
an up.todate restaurant as soon az
the repairs to the interior of the room
are completed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

100000 EXTRA VOTES FOR EACH
$1,000 WORTH OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
TURNED IN FROM APRIL 9 TO
APRIL IA INCLUSIVE. THE 5000
DOES NOT HAVE TO BE TURNED
IN ALL AT ONE TIME.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Steele and
children will move to the A. C. Gas
kins farm near this city the first oil
next month.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
Here From California

Joseph Jolliffe, of Corning, Califor.
mia. formerly of this city. is visiting
relatives in Fairmont This is Mr..
Jolliffe's first visit here in sixteen
years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
EAST SIDE
= NEWS -
Went To Pittsburgh

Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Moran and
daughter, Miss Matte, left this morn
ing for Pittsburgh where Mrs. Moran
will consult a specialist.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

Mrs. William Arnett, of Little Falls,
who has been quite i'll at the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Albert Helmick, on
Maryland avenue. is improving.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

The per capita cost of school ad.
ministration for each pupil in the Nor.
gantOwn schools last year was 46
cents less than It was the school year
previous. according to the report OF
superintendent r. C. Smith. This fig.
ure. according to Superintendent
Smith is low in comparison with 9th.
er cities of the state and OF the Unit
ed States
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
Miss Morris sIiahtly imnrov.d

Miss Ivy motifs, Of Morgantowu
avenue. who has been alarmlngly Ill,
for several weeks, is very slightly
improved.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

Mr.. and Mrs. James Snider and
daughters, Helen and Bessie. will move
next week from the Springer property
on Guffey street to Belleview.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
Criminal carelessness or Morsn

Some one has been leaving railroad
torpeGoes on the streets. Whether they
did It on purpose to cause an injury
to some one or accidentally dropped
them is not know On Wednesday
morning Rural Carrier Bradley Berdiue
discovered one where he usually hitcn.
es his horse while preparing the mail
for MS trip.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
March 26th to April 9TH
inclusive.
VOTE SCHEDULE

The price of The West Virglnian and
The Farmers Free Press follows, to-
eether with the number Of votes issued
on each subscription payment.
BN CARRIEP
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

The West Virginia Pharmaceutical
Association will again hold its annual
convention outside the state. according
10 an announcement sent ont rom IN.
Office Of tho president. Campbell a
Neptune. Of ParEersburs. that the prev
icus decision 30 hold ;he meeting in
Huntington has been superseded hy
the art % the state council taking
III" contention to- Deer Park. Mary,
land. Tho annual convention last June
selected Deer Park as the meeting
place but lack OF accommodations at
The Maryland city led the council In
January TO change the convention city
to Huntington. After protests by the
northern West Virginia members the
council reversed its decision.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

Construction Of 2 dam with which
he store water for flushing Wheeling
creek is being considered by the Wheel
ing Board OF Control and county com
missioners Captain Henry Weisger.
Der suggested that plans be taken up
for constructing a dam above Rudlers,
The Board favored the plan and 81.
cured conference with the Iummis.
sioners.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

I5U,UUU EXTRA VOTES FOR EACH
$1,000 WORTH OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
TURNED IN FROM MARCH 26 TO
APRIL INCLUSIVE. THE $1,000
DOES NOT HAVE TO BE TURNED
IN ALL AT ONE TIME.
April 9th to April 18th
Inclusive
VOTE SCHEDULE.
The price of The West Virgnian and
The Farmers Free Press follows, to-
gether with the number of votes issued
OF, each subscription payment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05

The Kenawha county grand jury OF
intermediate court, is in session this
week. While no sensational develop
ments are expected, 1t is known that
witnesses have been before the jury
who know OF the operation Of boot
/, leSgers in large number, of the opera.
ltion oil slot machines, and OF instances
Of perjury before the courts OF Kama
: wha county. Judge Charles S. Dice
recently. at the conclusion Of Grim
inal hearing in his court. openly 81
reyes that perjury has become so com.
mon in West Virginia courts that II
is difficult to tell where the danger
will end unless 'the grand jurles in
vcstigatc at once and the guilty IRE
prosecuted.
! Because many mothers do not know
',how to properly care for their babies
a campaign will. be inaugurated In
West Virginia this summer looking
toward the education OF mothers in
this respect. The state board OF
health is behind the movement and
the services Of q number OF special.
lists on physical disorders OF children
/, will be engaged to lecture wherever
1.-THE local interest is sufficient to make
asuch lectures popular. The health
(. authorities say they will begin early
this spring to give the public inform.
alton about the care OF children in
!. the hope that there will be no e2idem.
! les OF infant ailments which frequent
ly prevail. during the summer months.
Lessen infant mortality by teaching
how to prevent disease" is the slogan.
: While It has required a lot OF work
on the part Of number Of assistants,
I Senate Clerk John T. Harris has al.
most completed the work OF reading
proofs on the acts Of the last regular
session OF the legislature. Advance
copies are expected to be off the press
within a short time. While much OF
the legislation Of that session was Of a
corrective nature. part of II makes
radical changes in the statutes and COP
les OF the acts at the earliest possible
time are being sought by citizens all
over the state, particularly lawyers.
"A great many Of the new laws went
into effect from passage.
The Kanawha and Michigan railroad
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
Bumstead's WormSyruu

A safe and sure Remedy for worms.
Stood the test for SO years. n HHVEH
FAILS. To children IL II an angel o.
mercy. PLEASANT TO TAKE, no
SICKHEss. no PHYsIC EEEDHp. ons
bottle has killed l32 worms. An drug
Etnta and dealers, or by nau-25c q bot.
Est. c. A. VOORHEES,, n o.. Phils., Pa
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
A New Restaurant

a MIR. Smith who was burned out by
the destructive fire at Creston. Writ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
Prices. VerY Low

and that's the reason we are 60
ing after the business rs never
before. Come to see HarrlsOn's
for shoes. Bring your friends al
so. Second Floor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-07
KAIsER's FANCY AUTO SOLD.

An automobile which was built in
Germany for the personal use Of En-
peror William, and which had been
sent to London just before the war
to be fitted with an English body,
has been sold for $4,000 to a Danish
ship owner. The car has been in the
hands of the body-builders ever since
it was finished and was ordered sold
by the courts to satisfy their charges.
1t is called by English experts the
most luxurious automobile ever
built, and the price paid for it at
auction is believed to be a record for
a car for personal use.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-07
ELECTRIC PISTOL IS TRIED
Inventor Devises Flrearm That 10
Fired Without the Use Of Either
Gunpowder or Cartridge.

An inventor has turned out an
electric pistol, built along original
lines. 1t does not use gunpowder
or cartridges, but is so constructed
that its contents, gases, are exploded
by a touch of the button and pro-
jectile is expelled.
The pistol consists of a brass
cylinder, at one end of which is a
small battery and coil. The gases
are introduced from the outside, or
from a small tank attached to the
pistol frame.
Although the use Of electricity in
this case is merely an experiment, it
is evident that it can be used to pro-
duce exactly what powder does, ex-
plosion in a confined space and the
swift movement of a missile.
Mankind began with a club and
a stone to deliver blows. The bullet
is only smaller but speedier object
than a hand-thrown stone, wounding
at a greater distance than is possible
with a spear or arrow.-Electrical
Experimenter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-07
Seven sages Of Greece.

There were seven sages of Greece:
Scion OF Athens, who said, "Know thy
self" Chic Of Sparta, who said,
"Consider the end" Thales Of Mlletus,
who said, "Who hateth suretyshlp is
sure !" Bras Of Priene who said, "NIost
men are bad;" Cleobulus Of Iindes,
who said, 1.-THE golden mean, or avoid
extremes; Plttacos of AIitylene, who
said. "Selze time by the forelock," and
Periander of Corinth, who said, "Noth-
Ing is impossible to industry"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-07
How lines Have Chained.

It was raining heavily the other day
when one Of the uptown public schools
was dismissed. I'm front OF the school,
waiting for the children, We're nurses,
mere parents, chaulIeurs and relatives,
and all of them were burIcnel with
umbrellas, oycrSh0eS, ruincOats and
wraps. As the children came out they
were bundled up and hurried away. An
old man with clay pipe upside down
thrust between his teeth stood watch
ing the picture while the rain splashed
Lis damp person. Covering 'em up
like plants" he said. "Oyershoes, UNI
brellas and the like Say, when / was
boy this rain would have been good
for US. We did not have any shoes,
lei alone oyershoes and as for UNI
brellys, why, we'd punch the kids eye
that would use one. Oh, WELL" he
sighed, philosophically, "times change"
New York Times. ~,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-07
RANGE OF MUSIC INFINITE


In music, as in other creative and
fnterpretative arts, the popular de-
mand is always for something new.
Always there are enough broadly
educated persons who can find satis-
faction in the music and literature
and painting of the past to keep the
work of former masters alive, but
they are a mere handful composed
to the masses who demand something
timely, something which expresses
the collective emotion of the mo-
ment. This demand exerts a ire
mendous pressure on the composer of
music for vaudeville and light opera.
Their failure to produce a strikingly
original song or march at least once
month has led to the belief that
about all of the possible combina-
tons Of notes have been exhausted.
The fact is that a writer might as
well complain that all permissible
combinations of words in the die
tionasy have been used by previous
writers. The range Of music is in
finite, just as the range of literature
is infinite, or the range of combining
line and color. What is needed in
music and the other arts is not new
instruments of expression, but new
emotions and thoughts to express,
and these, as the history of the arts
shows, are not dependent upon rules,
but upon the ability of the artist to
see deeper and farther than the run
OF men. There are certain bounds
outside of which he cannot 60 unless
he is strong enough and gifted
enough to carry his art with him.
Many weaklings, failing under fixed
rules, break the rules and complain
of public indifference. The great
artist never breaks a rule except to
improve it. He sweeps rules, public
and everything before him. And
also he incidentally casts discredit
upon the mediocre who complain
that "there are no new tunes."-In-
dianapolis News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-07
THE THRICE-A-WEEK
EDITION OF THE
NEWsYORk WORLD
In 1917

Practically Daily at the Price of
a Weekly. No other Newspaper
in the world gives so much at so
low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
n the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half way into
its third year, and, whether peace be
at hand or yet be far off, it and the
events to follow it are sure to be of
interest for many a month
to come.
These are world shaking affairs, in
which the United States, willing or
unwilling, is compelled to take a part
No intelligent person can ignore such
issues.
THE TRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is $1.OO
per year, and this pays for 1856
papers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and the
HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKIAN
(Tri-weeKly,)
together for one year for S2.65.
The regular subscription price of
the two papers is $500
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-07
DEER INCREASING RAPIDLY.

With the fur hunters and govern
ment trappers constantly pursuing
the animals Of prey, deer have IT,
creased 80 per cent in four years,
and their number is surprising. Re-
Gently a herd of fully 400 came into
the Owens valley in California. At
Big Pine 81 fed for a whole day
along the railroad track, and trains
were stopped that passengers might
enjoy the sight. A mile and a quar-.
ter from Bishop herd of n made
its home about the haystack not faI
from a farmers house.