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Oil and Gas.

Late compilations in the West Viz.
ginia fields give an assortment of wells
running from light bumpers to dry
holes. In Clay district, Wood county,
the South Penn Oil Company's No.
on the Robert Grant farm has been
drilled through the Berea grit. It is
not good for more than five barrels
day. In McKim district, peasants
county, the same company drilled No
5 Oh the j i DeLong farm through the
sdIaR sand. Nothing was found in
that Or any Of the Upper sands.
II Burning Springs district, Writ
county, the Walnut Creek Oil CON-
pany drilled its test on the Brtttman-
pfackep farm through the Big Inlun
sand. It Is a duster at a depth Of l.
200 feet. In the same district G L
Cabot had the same kind Of luck at
his test on the Hiram Davis farm.
In Cabin Creek district, Kanawha
county, the South Penn OIL Company s
test on the Chesapeake Mining Com
pany's tract Is gasaer in the Weir
sand, II Sherman district, Calhoun
county, located on the Little Kanawha
River, "a l. Cabot has now drilled his
seEond test on the " W Burrows farm
Ann the Maxon sand. in which light
show Of oil was developed, to the Big
Ikiun formation. The first "a hours
after 1t was drilled into the Big Iniun
Day Il produced 26 barrels.
h sardis district Harrison county
the Hobo Natural Gas Company haa
drilled It's test on the r s. Lanham
farm from the Gordon to the fifth
sand. A light show Of oil was deyel'
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A BUFFALO INSTITUTION
Known All Over the United States

DR.. Richard C. Cabot, who is head
of the Massachusetts General Hospit.
al, has been writing for the American
Magazine, April and May. on the sub
ject of Better Doctoring for Less Mo.
ney.'
He says that "a new era has come
in the practice of medicine, but most
people do not know It yet. We have
begun to emerge from that stage Of
medical work in which the doctor
was peddler selling goods from
house to house, into the more advanC-
ed and sensible era in which the doc
tor stays at his place Of business, like
anyone else who has goods to sell,
and the people who want these goods
come to him. The shop where he has
his goods to sell is generally called
a hospital and he has associated with
him there body Of men and women
similar to work people, foremen and
managers of any Industrial plant or
dry goods store. He has there some
beginnings ia satisfactory division
of labor and specialization OF function.
ACISl0IGt tu0 SGAu 6ES 1AS PSSA@S -
much better article for less money.
THE article refer to is sound
medical advice and treatment"
This is just what DR.. Pierce has
been doing at the lnvalids' Hotel in
Buffalo, New York. Dr. V. NJ. Pierce
has associated with him DR.. Lee II.
Smith, who is vice president and head
surgical director and operator, and
there are dozen other physicians
and specialists, as we'll as four chem
lists, and the poor and the very rich
get the best medical attention. As
DR.. Cabot has properly said, When
you go to doctors Office you may
complain of nothing more abstruSe
than a headache or stomach-ache,
vet for the solution OF the problem
represented by your suffering there
NAV be needed an Xray examination,
chemical tests such as very few ex.
perts are capable of making, the con-
sultation of experts in diseases of the
eye, the ear and the throat and the
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law close upon one upon stepping from
prison into the fancied security and
freedom of the "out side" after doing
time for federal offense was the ex-
perienCe Of Allen o. Thomas, who was
released from the state penitsntiary
at Moundsville the other day, Accord
ing to the Wheeling Register. Thomas
served a long sentence in the prison
for using the mails todefraud and upon
being released from the pen was TAX
en- into custody at once by Deputy Uni
ted States Marshal ]. F. Throckmor-
ton, on a charge of having committed
a similar offense in the state Of Penn
syIvania.
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CATAWBA.

The recent rains have been great
help to the gardens in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Harden, Mrs.
Clay Malone and son, Harold were call
ing on Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harden
Sunday evening.
Mrs George Rodeheaver and daugh-
ter, Jane, are spending the week with
relatives in Preston county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Kirby were Fair
mont visitors Saturday.
Smith Summers is repairing his mo-
tor boat which he recently purchased
of c. A. Pyles.
Mrs. Clair Lowther was business
visitor at Montana Mines Wednesday.
Willie Harden, of ocean Mine, is
spending the week here with his father
S. w, Harden.
A. F. Harris was Fairmont visitor
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Summers spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Monroe Kisner at Fairmont.
Harley, small son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Powers, fell from a cherry tree
one day this week and sustained some
painful injuries.
French Swisher, Of near Grant
Town, was calling on his mother, Mrs.
]. N. swisher, at this place Tuesday.
Mrs. Clarence Pyles was shopping
in Fairmont Monday.
Miss Ethyl Clevenger passed through
here Monday en- route to her home
near Montana Mines after spending
the week with relatives at Hopewell,
Mrs. Frances Cox, Mrs. Della Sum
mers, Mrs. Minnie Swisher and chill.
dren we're visiting relatives at Nor
gan Nine Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Devault and daughter,
Ella, came here Thursday to visit the
formers son, T. q. Devault. Mrs. De-
vault was called to Little Falls Mon.
day by the serious illness of her son
in.law, Waitman Miller.
Mrs, E. M. Summers, Mrs. Cora
starn and children were calling on
Mrs. Amanda Summers near Montana
Mines Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Harris, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Towns and son, Francis, and
Mrs. Pearl Pethell were Fairmont visi.
tors Monday.
John Mahaffy was a business visl.
tor in Fairmont Monday.
Mrs. Harriet Starn and son, Henry,
returned Tuesday from an extended
visit with relatives at Akron, Ohio.
H. D, Haun and son, Kenneth, at.
tended the races at Uniontown, Pa,
the Fourth.
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THE STORY OF FRANCE

electoral reform brought on the revolu.
ton of 1913.
The second French republic was
proclaimed in behalf of the working
class, electtng Louis Napoleon, ne.
phew of Napoleon l, president. He
made himself emperor Dec. 2, 1852.
Yelled under parliamentary rule, Ma
poleon ITS government was absolute.
In 1859 he helped Italy win back part
of her territory from Austria and won
Savoy and Nice for himself, During
our civil war he tried tb establish
Macmillan Of Austria as emperor of
Mexico. but failed.
Prnssias rise after defeating Aus
train 1866 vexed Napoleon and al.
though the war Of 1870 began through
the guile Of Bismark, the French EN-.
peror welcomed it. He was defeated,
however, in 1871. had to give Alsace.
Lorraine and $1,000 100000 to Prussia
and by another revolution had to abb
dicate.
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CHAPTER V.

Napoleon was forced to abdicate and
retire to the island Of Elba, while all
he had gained had to be returned, but
King. Louis XVI treated the people
50 maanly they were glad to welcome
Napoleon back,
, The Bourbons fed before Napoleon.
Austria, Russia, Prussia and England
combined again against him and the
emperor met his last defeat at Water
lpot June IS, 1915. He was sent to the
island Of St. Helena and Louis XVII
But PLEDGES iibsnfty were ais.
retaFdad: The Bourbons revenged
thenselyes on the people and the
crown tended to absolutism. Charles
Z continued this until it was sudden
II ended BY the.rsEolution of 1880. =.
Louis PHILIPPE, the "oitiEen kim"
took the throne ana was popular with
the bourgeoisie, but his refusal of
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$4,000
New York

NEW YORK, July 10. = Stocks re-
cetved a severe jolt at the opening OF
yesterdays market, leading issues fall
ing 2 to almost 6 points on President
Wilson'S warning that fair prices must
prevail during the war. Rallies en-
sued almost Immediately, on announce
ment that equitable arrangements had
been erected between the government
and the chief industrial interests of
the country,
The initial recovery was followed
by additional advances, subject, how
ever, to considerable profit.taking.
Highest prices were made in the lat
ter trading. but quotations eased IT.
regularly at the close, partly because
Of . hardening Of money rates.
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same operation, this time with 1888
and obtained 1913. >
Sure enough, Prince William became
German emperor in 1871 and died in
1888. And the year 1918 was the last
complete year of the Kaiser's unchal.
lenged supremacy.
1t is said the effect Of the truth Of
the prophesy thus far on the KaiseHs
mind has caused him to fear its further
fulfillment.
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FINANCE, OIL AND Gas

onad 81 the Gordon, but the fifth Mas
barren. On Bartholomew Run. Man
ninston district Marion county, the
HOVE Natural Gas Company has drill
ed No 4 on the ] L Hamilton farm into
the Big Injun. The hole filled up j.
200 feet with fluid the drst u hours.
No 5 on thg same farm is due to get
the sand mkt week. IN Clay district,
Monongalla county, the South Penn
Oh Ccmpeny'g test on the B 8 Ten
nant farm is a gassef in the Big -
fun sand.
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Grain and Produce

CHICAGO, July 1S. e Simultaneous
big breaks and high Jumping in corn
values resulted today from the estab-
lishment Of a maximum price for new
crop deliveries Of that cereal. Options
on the 1917 yield of corn which w1li
not be ready until Decemher or later
crashed down in some cases as mucn
as SIC. Meanwhile, corn available
for immediate use, No. 2 white ascend
ed to the topmost figures eyer known
1881 . bGshel. The market as q
whole closed nervous ranging from
53s net lower to &c advance, With Sep
TENDER at $1.69& and December at
$1.16h to $1.16A. Wheat gained l
cent net, finishing easy $2.04 July and
81 921h September. Oats closed &c OF
10 &c tip and provisions varying from
an InnJi,n ~ a T.iaa nf A0n
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SPECIAL NOTICES
"a WHOM M MAY CONCERN:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The undersigned, Floyd Stalnaker,
who resides at Annabelle, In Marion
County, West Virginia. and who is EN-.
ployed as Waterman and payroll
guard for the Four States Coal Copl-
pany, at its mines, will apply to the
circuit court Of Marion county. West
Virginia, at the court house Of said
county, on Monday, July 16, A. D., 1915
for license to carry a revolver during
the ensuing year.
Given under my hand this 5th day
Of July, A. D., 1917.
7-6.1Ot FLOYD sTALNAkER:
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The West v1rginian IS on saIe ev'
ery evening at the Following places:
UNION MEMS co, Street Car Sta
ton and B. & o. Station,
WATSON BUILDING NEWS STAND,
Main entrance Watson Building.
FAIRMoNT NEWS CO., 124h Main
Street.
CLYDE S. HOLT, Main Street.
MORAN & PRUNTY. corner Bridge
and Water streets.
J. H, MCLoSKBY, corner Sixth and
Locust avenue.
A. G. MARTIN, Main street.
HAMILTON DRUG CO., corner Tenth
and Virginia avenue.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

OVS44y A4hsU U 80 = ~ : =
FOLDING FRUIT CRATES = Bushel
size. Big stock for quick delivery,
Order now for future needs and have
them ready when wanted. Handiest
crate made. Folds into small space,
rite for catalogue. We sell the Clark
Double Disk Cutaway Harrow. Big
gest selling harrow in West Virginia.
Does double the work with half the
labor. Hedges & oyster Co, Lumber
port, W. Va. w.tS-2s No. 1888
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

The Buckhannon Delta tells a story
of a prisoner with propensity for
practical Jokes who caused the sheriff
some moments of anxiety and uneasi'
ness in the county Jail at Buckhannon.
The sherif one morning upon enter
ing the csl where the prisoner was
lodged discovered hole In the wall
large enough to admit the passage OF
a body and found nearby note writ
ten by the prisoner bidding the sherin
a fond farewell. The sheriff at once
began a search for the prisoner, or
eanized a posse and telephoned to
other towns and communities for in
formation but all in vain and after a
fruitless search throughout the town
and surrounding communities the pris-
oner was found on the tor, Of his cage
in the cell where he had hidden to
laugh at the sheriff. HE has since
confessed" says the Delta, and been
sent to the .penitent1ary."
In the list of West Virginia cities
that have received benefits from life
insurance policies during last year
Wheeling ranks first with $SS5,250 and
Charleston comes second with $147, 250
while Fairmont tags along at the tail
end with a pa1try $4,000. The total
receipts for the six leading cities of
the state in benefits for one year were
$4,000, while the total business writ
ten in the United States for that year
was $4,27O,O00,000. H. W. Mccoy, Of
Sistersville, was the largest Individual
beneficiary in the state, receiving $685.
600 while Fairmont man, J. Bennett,
was among those holding second place
with a benefit Of $4,000.
West Virginia University men are
giving up professional and educational
work to WELD the pick and shovel in
the mines Of the state, according to a
dispatch from Morgantown printed in
the Clarksburg Telegram. Men with
college edqcattons are leaving offices
and teachers desks to labor side by
side with miners Of the old school
that is with miners Of no school, at.
tracted to the work and drawn from
their lives of comparative ease and
white collar jobs" by the unusually
high wages which fairly husky man
can earn in a West Virginia coal mine.
]. R., Downs, working for the Connells.
vile. Basin Coke company, at Rock
Forge, Morgantown, in two weeks dug
lis cars Of coal (pick work. and made
$14o.7O.
To feel the relentless hand Of the
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Realizing the need Of every family vicinity American
holidays limited
humber tdcuousy small cont spite Of the met that the
price htSS an naa 40 y
op d the coupons numbered and present ae q
office With IS tsdnFcosh and the tag Is Eo Tea
mailing II noteaibatAaA
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study OF the improvement or aggrava-
ton of symptoms at different times Of
Gay and under different diets aad tenn.
peratures. This study demands the
conditions found in just such nos.
pital, and nowhere else to be had
without expenses" 1t is also true that
the family doctor does the bes. that
he knows how, and considering the
difficulties under which he works.
makes a wonderfully good estimate Of
the nature Of the patients disease and
the treatment to be administers"
but as an accurate diagnosis sim
ply cannot be made in a considerable
number of eases without the cooper
alton OF number of men, each ex,
pert in his own field we ask the family
doctor to be is an 'all.around' special
Est. This he attempts, but one cannot
truthfully say that he succeeds, for
the attempt is obviously an lmposSi-
BILE one. Medicine is today far too
lazgesand complicated field for any
/. one man, no matter how wise and OK.
| perienced, to cover" y
we nave HOt tue SpdCe W SPEAK III
dividually Of the professional men
composing the faculty of this old,
world.famed institution, but will say
that among them are many whose long
connection with the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute has rendered
them experts in their several special.
ties.
Advantage of speeiaIties.
BY thorough organization and sub.
dividing the practice Of medicine and
surgery in this institution, every in
valid is treated by specialist-one
who devotes his undivided attention
to the particular class of diseases to
which the case belongs. The adVant-
age OF this arrangement is obvious.
Medical science covers field so vast
that no physician can, within the lin
its Of lifetime, achieve the highest
degree of success in the treatment
of every malady incidental to human
ity. !,
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE @Bafgaif. vic1Ola n 4
No. / condition; will sell $1,000. 6Ad'
dress Box 1858 West Virginian.
FOR SALE Cheap, complete house.
hold furnishings; in use only eigh.
teen months. Call Bell 12O2J.
712.4t-257S
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FOR RENT-Rooms on first floor
Private layatory, hot and cold water
304 Quincy street,
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SAVE THIS COUPON
AMERICAN FLAG COUPON
NUMBER 70

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HOusRs WANTED

FOR RENT = Light housekeeping
rooms, 2o5h Walnut Ave. 1'12.6t.257l
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WANTED
ROOMS 70 RENT

FOR RENTING nicely furnished
light housekeeping rooms, 11isW
Consol. 7,ll;st 5es
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WANTED-4t once, furnished mouse,
Apply W. ]. Wiegel, West virginian
office. 7'9.St-2562
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TCI .AssIFIE ADVERI ism G \
~ ezsT ,s,goap cAsH wrrs ORDER

HE.Is WA MED FEnEASsEl
.S-S-Sl5s tessse5N-esp1 @@s~eSNNSsS
GIRiS WANTED at Fairmont StogiG
CO Must be over 16 years Of age,
Good WAGES. Apply liz Merchant 81,
6-S-u No. 244G
WANTED a Girl for general house.
work. Ben phone 72s. 7.7.6t-25s1
WANTED = White girl for general
housework Apply SIS Fairmont
Ave. 1;s.St.2S64
WANTED-Boarding house keeper;
must be able to partly furnish house.
-Four States Coal Co., Anaabelle, W,
We. i.l2.St-26Io
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ROOMS TO RENT

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FOR RENT = Furnished rooms for
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FOR SALE Groom house with bath
Big lot. Apply s25 lelieIon street
s.20,tf no 22S5
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HOUSES FoR REit1

FOR RENT very desirable nouaen
and fats close II South Side y
quire F. P. Kelley, Ben phone a5eR
-2s,n M sssa
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To feel the relentless hand of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
SPECIAL SERVICE
 ON MOTHERS DAY
Dr. Waites to Speak at Gen. tral Y. M. c. A. to Men
 Away From Home

Next Sunday will be observed as Mothers Day all over the nation. The local Young Mems Christian association announces that it will hold special serv- ice in the afternoon at S:90 o'clock for men away from home. The speaker will be the Rev Bennett T. Waites. the pas tor of the First Methodist church of Ems ley.
 George w Stevens, president of the Chesapeake and ephio railroad, recently urged the observance of Mothers Day in the following words: At this solemn time in the nations history when the United States is taking up arms and ar raigning itself upon the side of justice and right, it is peculiarly fitting and ap- propriate that the men of this country should recognize and observe Mothers Day. Within the next few months the hearts of thousands of American mothers will be wrung with the thought that their sons, bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh may be upon the firing line
 Wear a white flower on Mothers Dayl There was never a mother so beautiful so sweet, and so pure as was your mother and my mother. If she is alive today write her letter, send her bouquet of white flowers, and tell her you love her and honor her above all women. If your mother is dead, lay 8 wreath of white roses on her grave and say kind word, do a good deed, make this a bet ter world because your mother lived and gave you birth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
ECHO OF
 HOLCOMB KILLING
Proprietors of House Where Killing
 Took Place Again Convicted

Another echo of the shooting of J. A. Holcombe Sunday afternoon was heard in recorders court yesterday, when Ellen Bragg and w M. Bragg, who reside al the house where the killing occurred, S26 North Nineteenth street. were fined S100 and 1S0 days each by Judge Anderton, on a charge of running disorderlY house. They had each been fined $100 and 1S0 days on Tuesday on charge of violating the prohibition law, Officers McFar- land and Brown, who made the ar- rests, testified in court yesterday that w. F. Alsabrook. who is being held on a charge of murder, it being al legged that he killed Holcombe w. M Bragg and several others who were in the house at the time of the killing, were drinking heavily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10

Cleveland, O., May 9.--The Iron Trade Review today says:
 Distribution of gross output of steel for the most effective purposes of war has become chief problem of the industry Sober calculation is being given to sys- tematic apportionment and direction of tonnage for highest requirements of na- tional service. War utility is supreme test in this division. With market so largely sold up, inevitable establishments of private trade to new order things are extending, but so far have not caused serious disturbance.
 7 Plans to construct with all haste large fleets of merchant vessels, both steel and wood, to combat the submarine menace, involve sweeping possibilities of govern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
FORMAL OPENING OF
 TOKYO AT EAST LAKE

The official opening of Tokio, the souths finest, dancing pavilion. at East Lake park, will be held Friday, May Il, at S:30 o'clock. Artists and decorators have been busily engaged for the past few weeks mak@g TolNio into real Jap anese garden and installing 8 beautiful electric fountain in the center.
 The dancers will be delighted when they arrive to find Davidson's orchestra and the finest and most spacious dancing floor in the entire south.
 Manager George J. Breinig has spared no expense making East Lake into one of the most attractive amusement parks in the south, and promises the public some real free attractions this summer.
 The programme for Sunday will be Pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
Puckett Is Iniured

R. H. Puckett who conducts a. clear ing and pressing shop at 2123 Fifth avenue. north, was seriously injured about s:S0 o'clock last night when the Ford truck which he was driving was struck by Birmingham Railway Light and Power company car on First avenue between Fourteenth and Eff teenth streets, north. The injured man was removed to the Birmingham mfr mary by J. D. Robertson. who drives car for the Norris Taxicab com pany- MT. Puckett is the son of E ". Puckett warden at the city jail He is reported to be resting comforl ably
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
Mrs. D. NJ. Powell

Greenvlle, May (SpecialD- -Greenville was greatly grieved this morning when the news of the death of Mrs. D. M. Powell, one of the most beloved women spread over the city. Mrs. Powell will be greatly missed, for she was q noble Christian woman who always thought of her friends and greeted them with kind word and at opportune times kind act. Generosity to charity was one of her foremost characteristics. She was mem- Der of the Methodist church. Mrs. Powell Is survived by her husband D. M. Powell. and five daughters, Miss Clara Powell, Miss Ruth Powell, As.ss Genie Powell
 Miss Mary Powell and Miss Myra Powell