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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
FAIRvIEw..

Mrs. Shope, OF Glarksburg, was the
guest OF Mrs. G. L. Miller last week.
DR.. T. II. Miller, of Fairmont. was
Sunday.
Jessie PiLser, of Bethel, attended the
eyangelistic meetings at the Methodist
Episcopal church Sunday night
DR.. d. L. l.. Yost, Of Fairtnont. Visit.
cd his mother. Mis-. Malinda Yost Sun
day.
Mrs. Sturm and daughter. MISS Gan
Sturm. OF Bthel, attended the eyanEel
istic meetings at tho Methodist Enis.
copal church Sunday fdgEts
2. w. Yost-is at st. Mary's no MI nj.
Clarksburg, for treatment.
Mrs. Ward Dragoo and Mrs 5nie
Ioothman were at Fatrmcnt shopping
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Tenant and
daughters. Josephine and Tensei. al.
tended the funeral Of the formers
brother, L. NJ Tenants little giri
Monday at Warrington.
Mrs. j. Y. Hamilton and tias ater.
GIN are visltlng the formers daugh-
ter, Mrs. M. j. Lynch. at Clarkshurg.
Mrs. James Powell was at Fairmont
shopping Monday.
Carl Hamilton is~a business visitor
at Pittsburgh.
A; 0. Heck, Of Rivesville, was d yisi.
tor here Monday.
Mrs. Ralph Machesnev wbo hss
been quite sick, is getting better.
g. G. Patterson and Frank Fisher.
OF Fairmont, were business visitors
here Monday.
Geo. Pleny Toothman has returned
TO Pittsburgh to resume his studies al
dental school.
Mrs. John Williams entertained Mrs.
Claude Parker and Mrs. Amos smith
at dinner Monday.
Miss Naomi Morris has returned Ia
Bethany College, Bethany, w. va
Funeral services Of sAlbert w. Sny.
der. who died Sunday 1t his home. win
be held at Basnettsyiile Wednesday al
II a. m. and the body win be Inferred
In st. Johns church yard where the
services will also be held under tie tii-
rection of Undertaken Musgraye and
Son.
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Child GETS SICK
CROSS, FEVERISH
If CONSTIPATED.
"cALIFoRNlA SYRUP OF FIosS
CAN'T HARM TENDER sToM-
y AcH OR BOWELS

A laxative today saves a alex child
tomorrow. Children simply VIII not
take the time from play TO empty their
bowels, which become clceEed IN with
waste, liver gets sluggish: stomach
sour.
Look At the tongue, motheri II coat.
ed. or your child Is listless, cross. fcv-
erish. breath bad. restless, doorn't a.
heartily, fun Of cold or has sore throat
" any other children,e ailmane rfva A
teaspoonfui Of "California syrdb Of
Figs" then don't worry. because Il h
perfectly harmless, and IN few hour
all this constipation poison, sour Fac
and fermenting waste viii gsntIy nov
out Of the bowels, and you have 4 tlnif.
playful child again. A thorough err
side cleansing is oftimeB eli fhns "a
necessary. Itsshould be the frsi fr1,s.
meut given IN any sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit az gvr,,,s
Ask your druggist for q 50-cent boffie
of California Syrup Of Firs,'' vlich
has full directions for babies. chfI6-1n
OF an ages aud for UroWn,ura plsiniy
printed on the bottle. Look c1refuiiy
and see that Il y uaadosh7 fiio ec1li-
fcrnie Zig eyyuD ccmpanSs
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
RUFF STUFF
BY RED.
By RED.

Speaking of leaks there was one at
the Y. M. c. A. yesterday and the wa.
ter ran to the bowling alleys where
It was discovered by Thomas Lawson
Worthington.
"Belgians protest they are starving"
Why protest? We often protest that
we are poor.
It's sad week in which at least one
noble layman of community doesn't
get into jail.
Tusca was good to Noble SO often
that the latter must have figured rob-
berry as good clean vocation.
Or avocation.
Or science.
Home Sweet Home in Chinese Mu.
Wrap an Onyx" stocking around
the neck of the guy who started this.
Hiram Jones' watch still missing.
Perhaps "a. Curtis" can give us
some dope on where to locate 1t.
q resignR
No. l don't; my friends wont let
;, Cam, 7 tell mebbe so when go to
Perhaps as soon as Sutherland's
election is cinched by Chilton's inves.
tigation the change will be made.
We know of several gas leaks that
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
NINETEEN SEVENTEEN.

THE political problems of this year, stated in terms
Of national legislation and administration, belong ex-
elusvely to The Democratic party. They will in
ausurate President-for second term-in March, and
they may be able to organize the House of Representatives
December They already have and will retain control
Of the Senate.
Il will be their duty to conduct our foreign relations
amcably and honorably 10 administer our domestic affairs
economically and efficiently and to provide revenues for
the treasury equtably and adequately They will find
ample occupation.
The Republicans also have work for Nineteen Seven
Teen 1t duty 10 prepare for Nineteen Eighteen and
Nineteen twenty The weaknesses of the party, as re-
yealed by the results Of election, must be overcome The
organization must be strengthened and perfectedpurged
# need be-and the party spirit must be stimulated for
the contests which are 10 come.
Freed from responsibility for national affairs the Re-
publican party nevertheless retains responsibility Tor the
government Of many Of the states and for all of the i'm
portant states In these legislatures and in these state adj
nistradons the Republican party has the opportunity to
demonstrate its character political organization its
efficiency instrument Of government and its value
and usefulness to the people This opportunity embraces
no backward steps, Legislative advance-using the word
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EDITORIAL Comment
on Current Subjects
RENALTY o. pLAYlNe euirrER

PENALTY OF PLAYING GUTTER.
From the Charleston Post.
Republican politicians who took
the responsibility Of turning down
Governor Hatheld's proposition for u
legislative Investigation of the
charges Of fraud IL connection with
The recent election havo practically
invited the situation now developed
by the latest move OF tho Chiffon
forces to unseat Senator Sutherland.
At the time OF tho. spacia! session in
November II was possible for the Re-
publicans 70; nave taksn the aggres.
stve side of q contest in which they
are now put on the defensive with no
chance TO uncover the widespread cor,
lppt practices INDUCED in wherever
Democratic officialS had control OF the
election machinery.
a thorough investigation of the
frauds perpetrated in certain Demo.
cratic counties and Of the uses made
OF the enormous Democratic slush
fund, no report OF which has ever
been filed as the law requires, would
have forestalled the present Demo.
cratic proceedings by judicial inquiry.
There would have been no room left
for an attempt to seat a Democratic
senator from West Virginia, and there
gre good reasons to believe that suffI.
Client Democratic Irregularities and
frauds would have been uhearthed to
preclude the possibility of seating n
Democrat in the governors chair.
There is far better ground for a
contest over the election of Corn.
well as governor than there is for
the contest that has just been sprung
y the latest possible minute over
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the election OF Sutherland, but those
Republican leaders who developed
cold feet" in the special session of
the legislature succeeded in trans
ferring all the advantages OF the
situation to their Democratic oppo.
nents. The Democratic brethren are
joyfully proceeding to make the most
of the good thing that has been hand.
ed them. How many similar expert.
ences will be required to convince the
rank and file of the Republicans OF
West Virginia of the undesirability of
listening to the counsels of a little
bunch of reactionaries who lose no
opportunity to play into the hand of
the political adyersarles of the Ro-
publican party? If there were now
strong legislative committee probing
the frauds perpetrated by the Demo.
cratic machine in the last election, In
accordance with the recommendation
made by Governor Hatfield, we would
hear very little Of any Democratic
effort to prevent the seating of Suth.
erland in the Senate.
The bunch of professed Republicans
which controlled just enough votes to
make the Democratic election frauds
effective in the election OF Cornwell
is also responsible for the failure of
the proposition to probe those frauds
through the agency of a legislative
committee. If that failure should re.
suit disastrously for the Republican
party to the extent of the loss of a
seat in the United States Senate, the
same bunch of boilers would have to
shoulder the responsibility for that
further disaster also. OF all the pes.
tilential products OF politics the cuss
with cold feet who treacherous1y quits
at critical juncture and leaves his as
sociates in the lurch is the limit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
LAWSoNs REFUsAL.

thehembers Of the Rules committee Of the House can
stand the performance of Thomas W. Lawson yester-
day the rest Of the country will manage to bear up.
Truth to tell there mighty few people who expected
that anything important would be obtained from the
tnc Boston plunger.
However, he says he knows that there was leak on the
peace message and that he knows where it was, but will
not tell The committee conducting the investigation has
very broad powers for in such cases. There would be
some satisfaction in seeing Thomas start off in tow of an
assistant sergeant at for donOn keep to spend
while in silent contemplation of the dangers of contl-
macy.
Lawson and lot of politicians in both parties may take
the view that this inquiry does not amount to much They
are familiar with the fact that there little that goes on
OF the character of the peace that does not leak and
have to the conclusion that this just another in
stance They overlook the fact, however, that this affair
began with serious reflections upon people in high place;
people in whom the public Of necessity must place great
trust Now the public wants these insnuatons and pseudo
accusations cleared up.
And they want anyone. including Tom Lawson. who
knows anything about the case to tell the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
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Sugar Tickets Will
Be Issued in France
tBy Associated Press)

PARIS, Jan. I'm. Herriot, minis.
ter of supplies, has decided that the IA.
lions for sugar for the French people
shall be one pound aad half for each
person per month after February ],
according 10 the Matin.
1t is expected system OF books Of
coupons VIM be adopted, each coupon
giving the right TO q certain quantity
at the grocery. The object In restrict.
ing the sale OF sugar Is to reduce pur-
chsses abroad and relieve shipping for
more urgent need.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

Advices from Washington are to the effect that
leading North and South American experts" are work.
ing out international code to protect neutras
The people OF South and Central America for some mys-
terious hate the people this country heartily
but every time danger threatens they are glad to
under protection. The approach of peace in Eu-
rope evidently appears to them to be fraught with
menace to their national integrity
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
NEWSPAPER CHANGES HANDS

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. g.
The Post, a local afternoon daily news.
paper, today made announcement that
1t has changed ownership. Fred M.
Stanbaugh, an attorney, representing
Charleston men whose names are NOT
given, was the purchaser. David A.
Jayne, formerly manager Of the ca.
zette, Is interested.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
MEwsPAPER 60. cHARTEREp

CHARLESTON, ". Va. Jan. g.
A charter has been granted TO the
Charleston Leader company Of Charles.
ton, to publish newspaper and do
job printing; authorized capital $780,.
600; incorporators. J. o. RAIDER. J. q.
Bunting. Mason Orchard, j. G. sherk
and Edith Champagne, al OF Charles.
ton.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
SLEEPING CAR
Sleeping Car Baltimore and Washing.
ton to Fairmont-5altImere and
Ohio Railroad

For the accommodation of patrons
to Fairmont, a sixteen section Pull.
man Sleeping car leaves Baltimore,
Camden station, at s p. M, arriving
Fairmont 5:15 a. m. Passengers may
remain in Sleeper at Fairnont until
6:45 o. m.-Advt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

Wall street has got its peace scare" and prices
are again the UP grade. However, paper profits of
small outside spectators are never safe and Just as
soon as they get big enough look good to the
fessionals something else will happen to create bear
market. Just the stock market is good thing to
stay out of.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

One of the reports regarding the appearance before
the leak Investigators of Tom Lawson naively says
THE Boston broker could give anything definite
Lawson has been in the public eye many years. but
although has always been lavish with promises and
reckless with charges never has given out anything
that could be classified as definite
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

1t is reported that the advance sale for the Greater
Fairmont band concert which will be held at the Grand
opera house Thursday evening is large. This is no
more than was expected Professor vincents admir-
able organization has admirers in all circles in this city
and they will all to turn out to show their appre-
citation the good work the band has been doing
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

Mackensen has taken another important town Hin
denburg Mackensen and Falkenhayn are a wonderful
trio. Germany should let them try their proves on
the west front, where there is worthy of their
STEEL We would then know whether they are as great
they seem to be.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

= Taking into consideration the decision of the SUI
preme court the WebbKenyon law and the fact that
the legislature is to it would be ad
visabe for the folks who have been regular patrons
of the bootleggers to begin right now to taper off,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

Tonight the Chamber of Commerce will discuss FIRE
prevention. 1t is important question, but can
scarcely be called burning issue in town with fire
loss small as this one has had in recent years
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because prosIeyeism has taken on narrowed political
Interpretation m recent continue the Repub
lean party must cary i on This way safety lies
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

II you asked a true pessimist what
was the greatest thing that ever hap.
pened he'd say "it hasn't happened
yet"
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stead. He was finally able to secure
their release from any further danger
of having to leave college and do army
service at the Mexican border.
A pension of $12 month, and So
a month for each of her three min.
or children. has been secured for Mrs.
Lena Griffee, of Charleston, through
the influence of Congressman Little.
page. The case has been pending for
many months.
Mrs. Ora Toney has been appointed
postmaster ut Toney, Lincoln county,
succeeding X. E. Toney. Commissions
have been issued to Wesley ]. Rine at
Replete, and Walter l. Ennis at Stana.
ford.
President Wilson can now feel as.
sured that when he pulls up his trous.
ers to keep them from bagging at the
knees. there will be no holes in his
hosiery. Any man knows what a re.
lief to feel that way about the socks
he's wearing
The reason for the Presidents hap.
piness is that he is wearing socks
made on West Virginia soil. made by
company at the head of which Is
George NJ. Bowers guarantees that tho
socks which his big factory at Mar.
tinsburg makes, are holeproof, and
the best socks on the market since
Old Sockalexus invented and market
the first pair.
Congressman Bowers made the
President present of q box OF socks,
and while he was at it, he handed Sec.
rotary Tumulty box of 'em. You can
betcher socks. that Bowers Will be
welcome at the White House any time
he calls again.
Speaker Champ Clark and Uncle
Joe' Cannon won't have to buy any
for year, either. Mr. Bowers fixed
them up, too. your present is very
welcome sockolager," wrote Uncle
Joe" to the gift giver.
The House has passed special pen.
sion bill, $50 a month to Claudia
Geary, of Hardy county, which was In.
troduced several weeks ago by Con.
gresham George NJ. Bowers. Mr.. Bow.
ers today filed with the committee
and made an oral plea, the evidence in
support removing the charge of de.
sertton in the army records against
him.
Mr.. Bowers visited the Post Office
department and discussed with the of.
ficials the advisability of reversing the
schedule on star route 1879, Rockoak
to Needmore, Hardy county. He was
also notified by the same department
that there is a vacancy in the post.
mastership at Peru, Hardy county, and
that an examination is soon to be held
to fill it.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
SHORT AND sNAPPY.

Ohio county's recent grand jury started the New
Year right by scotching large number of Yost law
volators; Let the good work continue.-wheeling
Telegraph
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Can you tell ofhand what you received for Christ
mas and the names Of the givers?-Mheelng News
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The buzz wagons will all run on high this season
high prices for tires and o-Connellsville Cour
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Percy Haughton thinks baseball needs doctorinC.
says news item. Well, if baseball needs doctorng
Genius,
Slow up little this year, you old people, Business
business but make it your business to take day off
once in while 1t will not only you but restore
some OF that lost vitality good old maxim says that
is not worth while killing yourself to keen y0mrscIf
West Virginia News. -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

Mrs. Ora Toney has been appointed
postmaster at Toney, Lincoln county,
succeeding X. E. Toney. Commissions
have been issued to Wesley ]. Rine at
Replete, and Walter l. Ennis at Stana.
ford.
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aE. 6. JONES
"a Dollars Worth for Every Dollar or Every
Dollar Back.

rhse that has he right that - sausiy
use N inviting you 20 trade ~ this store. The
a IN the fullest sense Of the word such number 81 wen
informed customers proves that are living % tho soEan
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12
REMARKS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE

The United States will do its
damndest in this war.-Arnold
Bennett.
What the Lord of Hosts may
have in store for US we do not know.
Kaiser Wilhelm.
am willing to 90 against the
wall to preserve democracy.-Sena'
tor La Toilette Of Wisconsin.
The newspapers are the greatest
moral force in the United States
Billy Sunday, e.
Charity begins at home. That is
the reason why we all make allow
ances for our own faults.-Luke
McLuke.
| am not Obliged TO bow to the
will of the people. | am RESPONSE
ble only to God-King Ferdinand,
Bulgaria.
am one Of the number to pro-
test against the damor0Ii2inG curves
of the feminine IOrm,--MiSs Eliza.
beth c. White.
This is a very exclusive war so
far as am concerned ! was black
balled by the committee on admis.
sion,-Theodore Roosevelt
He'll Is too good for the pacifsts.
God bless them and help them to
be shot as soon as possible,--Chan.
cellor Day, Syracuse University
do not know how long the war
will last, but no matter how long It
may last know the quickest way
out is straight through William
Jennings Bryan
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12

mon symptoms of auto-lntoxlcatlon,
and nine out Of every ten people IN
the average city like Atlanta are
likely to be so affected"
Tanlac, the powerful reconstruc-
tive tonic, was designed especially
to overcome these troubles, and
it is Mr.. Cooper's theory that the
TanIac treatment is the direct rem
edy therefor. There is not single
portion of the body that is not bene-
fitted by the healthful work of this
celebrated preparation, which be-
gins its action by stimulating the
digestive and acSimilative organs,
thereby enrichiue the blood and in
vieorating the entire system. Next,
it enables the stomach to thorough
ly digest the food, thereby permit
ting the assimilable products to be
converted into blood, bone and
muscle. 1t Overcomes that great
exciting cause of disease weakness,
II renders the body vigorous and
elastic, keeps the mind clear and
energetic, and throws off The symp-
toms of nervousness end in digestion.
Il builds up the constitution, weak
ened by disease and mental and
physical overwork, quickens cOnva-
IescenCe and is an unfailing source
of comfort to those suffering from
these troubles
Tanlac is sold in Evening Shade
by Barnett Drug Co, and by one es'
tablished agency in every town.
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12
HOGS SHOULD Be
FED GREEN FORAGE
At The Present Price Corn
Is Very Expensive Food
To Give Swine.

Green forage crops should supply
most of the feed for the hogs this
fall and winter. Practical farmers
have learned that corn alone is
very expensive for hogs during
periods of normal prices. AT the
present price it is prohibitive. If
hogs are grown with profit corn
must be supplemented by green
grazing. Right now every farmer
should SOW few acres Of wheat,
oats, bur or crimson clover. In
many cases these crops can De
soWn in cotton or corn mlddleS.
The earlier these crops are put in
the more pasture will be furnished
If crimson clover is sown on land
for the first time there must be
proper inoculation. This may be
done by treating the seed with in
oculation material that can be Sc
cured from the U. S Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c. u
may also be secured from the seed
houses. Bur clover seed, ii sOwn
in the bur, carry the inoculation.
On good soil nothing will make
more winter grazing than rape.
The seed is cheap and only about
four pounds are required per acre
A seeding may be made now and
another one in February. Rape
makes a good mixture with wheat
or oats.
Try some new vegetables for
winter use, and all of the old ones
Green things for the table will cut
down the doctor bills and also re-
duce the grocery BILL The land for
the fall garden should be prepared
at once. Break the soil in good
shape. Harrow and drag it until it
is smooth, firm and all clods broken
Among the well known vegetables
that can be planted now are turnips
radishes, kale, rape, onions and
lettuce.
John H. Page,
Commissioner of Agriculture
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12
NUMBERS POISON
OWN SYSTEMS
Auto-IntoXication Is Foun-
dation Of Most Diseases
And Ill Health, Says
Noted Authority.

Advanced medical authorities
assert thet auto-intoxication is the
foundation of most of the ills and
diseases to which the human flesh
is heir. This condition." says L, T..
Cooper, who has made an exhaust
i've study of the subject, is nothing
more nor less than the slow self
poisoning of the vital organs, pro-
duced by the excessive mental and
physical strain we are forced to en-
dure, which renders the organs lame
aad inactive and permits toxins
actual poisOns-to be generated
within ones own body.
Sometimes the trouble starts In
the liver and kidneys, aud some
times it starts in the stomach, or
elsewhere, but in many cases the
blame lies with the faulty method
of living, which has become so
prevalent in recent years, and 1t
is the more important organs that
suffer the final damage. AS when
they falter or fail in their duties
the body fills up with poiSons and
the victim readily yields to their
ba aleful influences Brieht's disease,
stomach and intestinal troubles,
catharral affections of the mucous
membranes; in fact, may be called
auto intoxication or self-poisoning.
"A tired, dragging feeling of the
body" continued Mr., Cooper, or
sluggish mind and dull memory, in
tense nervousness, headaches, stom-
ach and bowel troubles, poor circu-
lation, imperfect digestion, consti-
patton and dependency, are com.