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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

Charter FlIed-A certificate Of IN.
corporation of the Fairmont Land com.
pany was filed with County Clerk A. G.
Martin today The company is COM
posed of Michael Powell, G. G. Powell,
Jessie C. Wright, Carl Riggs and ]. H.
Barrett ard was incorporated with a
total capital stock of one hundred thou.
sand dollars.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

Home From Business Trip-James
o. Watson returned this morning from
New York where he has been for
several days on a business trip.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22
SAVE THIS COUPON
AMERICAN FLAG COUPON
NUMBER 60

Present three consece numbered at the office
of Vgian with CSC cash aud get beautiful tag x6 ee
with sewed stripes, guaranteed fast colors
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

Painfully InIured-W. w. Ferguson
superintendent of the farms owned by
tie Consolidation Coal Company is
confined to his home at Edgemont as
the result Of the kick Of horse. Mr..
ferguson was kicked while inspecting
onesof the Harrison county farms.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22
THE WEATHER.

West Virginia
Probably fair to-
night and Saturday.
Somewhat warmer
tonight.
Local Readings.
F. P. Hall OBJ.
Temperature at
8 a m. today, &c.
Yesterdays wealth
er, clear; tempera-
ture, maximum, So;
minimum, IS; pre-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

SanInatIon For Dentists - The
west Virginia State Board of Dental
Examiners appointed by the Surgeon
General Of the United States Army
VIII conduct preliminary examinations
ot those seeking commissions as den.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

Road suiIdlng-At special siding
which the Traction company built for
The purpose, much machinery and
supplies which the contractor will use
81 the construction of the road be-
tween shinnston and the Marion coun-
ty line has been unloaded near Bling
anon. Nine miles of road will be
built at this point.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

practice for chlIdren's Day-Annual
,Children's Day exercises will be held
Is the Fleming Chapel next Sunday
MINT and an interesting program is
being prepared. The last practice for
lie program will be held tomorrow aft
sfnoon and it is desired that all of
hose who are to take part be present
Il this final rehearsal.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

Fuller co. Throush-The Geo. A.
fuller company, OF Washington, D. c.,
which under the direction of Super
ntendent Rrimsley, has been in Fair
mont for several months in charge Of
heconstfuction OF The Fairmont ho'
ter viii finish up here tomorrow.
rhe work was practically completed
lodaY but it will take fully day to
lEepare for. moving.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

Probing White sIavery-John B.
smith, of Wheeling, federal investi-
gator left yesterday after being in
fhis city for several days inquiring
into white slave cases in nearby min
Ing towns
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

chIIa fatally Burned-Heber, the
three year old son Of Mr. and Mrs
glSarles Taught Of Shinnston, was IA
tslIy burned Wednesday afternoon
while playing with matches. Death
occurred at about six o'clock last eV:
ening The father of the dead child
Il the proprietor of the Taught drug
store az Shinnston.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

MsV Erect Yesterday the
BoaFd & Affairs gave the Fairmont
chapter OF the Red Cross permission
Is stretch a streamer across Main
street between Madison and Quincy
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

pie and Bread saIe-The East Side
81, "a. n q. will hold a pie and bread
saie tomorrow in the Springer Broth
ers furniture store.
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Meetlnus suspended-Because the
lanftor n. the white school will be alb.
serlt Ton two weeks, the Eighth Ward
Bible CISas will not meet again till
tIie first Friday in July.
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educated abroad he would probably
have become an artist or an author.
Much has been written in reference
to "Jeffersonian simplicity" but this
simplicity is mere fiction for no man
was more .esthetic in his tastes or lived
in more elegance than did the red
haired Virginia lawyer. He was most
fastidious in his attire. He introduced
French cooks in America and brought
finger bowls and other Partisan ideas
into the dining room after his sojourn
in the French capital as the repre-
sentative of the United States He
was systematic in his habits and in
sisted that those about him should be
the same, consequently his entire
household moved like a machine. He
was of commanding appearance, his
temper naturally strong he kept under
perfect control while his moral cour-
age was of the highest order and his
will firm and infiexible. He preferred
French cooking and always had a
French butler who wore a regal look
ing livery on all occasions. After his
marriage he lived in an old mansion
surrounded with all the luxuries of
that period. In the course of his law
practice he became acquainted with
Patrick Henry, that eloquent Virginia
patriot, and the two talked much OF
liberty and independence. Soon he
was elected to office and owing to his
excellence in composition was ap-
pointed as one of the committee to
draft the Declaration. Today it stands
out as one of the most perfect literary
docum ents the world has ever known
simple, yet to the point-eloquent
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through long usage, to regard ''The
Star-Spangled Banner" as their ma
tional anthem; and 1t is doubtful If
any other song or hymn could be
forced upon them.
Most Romantic In Song History.
National anthems cannot well be
made to order; they should be inspired
by a great cause and grow into, the
peoples hearts with the development
of the life of a nation. And surely
no song ever had more exalted birth
than that of 1.-THE Star-Spangled
Banner" and none has woven itself
into a whole nations feeling more
firmly than the glorious paean of
thankfulness for American liberty.
The story of the birth of 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" is one of the most
romantic in song history. It was in
1901, at the age of 21, that Francis
Scott Key, promising young Mary
land lawyer, took up his residence lin
Washington. He identified himself
with the best legal element at the
National Capital and it was as United
States Attorney for the District of
Columbia that he was summoned from
his home one afternoontin early Sep
TENDER, 1914, to use his endeavors to
release a fellow statesman and ac-
hqualntance who. had fallen into the
hands of the British enemy and was
unjustly detained as a prisoner.
His endeavor in behalf Of his friend
was successful but both with their
boat were held by the British Admiral
until after the bombardment of Bal
timore. By what Key regarded as the
best of fortune their small vessel was
sent. up the Patapsco River with the
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ing carefully. The father was a soap
and candle maker and early in life
young Ben declared that he had no
taste for the greasy business" and
he decided to try his hand at journal
ism and soon began to write editorials.
The young man knew how to set type
and his first job was in New York, but
after a time he went to Philadelphia.
where short time later he became
a full f1edged editor. In 1928 he
founded a well known magazine,
which is at present, perhaps. the most
widely read weekly in the country.
Franklin entered public life as a clerk
in the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1886,
and from that time until the day of
his death at the age of eighty-f1ve he
was a .faithful servant of the people.
When the struggle for independence
came on Franklin was in the thick Of
the fray with his pen. yet throughout
the critical period fought with so
much uncertainty and gloom he pre-
served his sense of humor. 1t came
out one day when John Hancock, just
prior to the signing of the Declara-
ton, remarked 1--WE must be unani-
nous; there must be no pulling diff
ferent ways; we must all hang to-
gether." The quick witted Franklin
at once replied Eyes. we must indeed
we shall all hang separately" Frank
lin was one of the committee which
drafted the declaration. He was also
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convivial meetings first at Ludgate
Hill and later at the Crown and
Anchor tavern in the old English Cap
itaI. Ralph Tomlinson, first president
of the society. wrote the words Of the
song about the year ITS, at about
which time also the music was COM
posed by John Stafford Smith.
The tune became very popular in
England and the musical intercourse
between the two countries was too
lively in those days to permit such a
wen-known air to remain barred from
our shores A Columbian Anacreontic
Society,"" founded in New York in i7s5
in imitation of the London Club, I'M
doubtedly did its part in familiarizing
the tune e" is.5
It is believed that the tune was first
used in this country in connection
with patriotic words when it was sung
to the verses entitled Adams and
Liberty written by Robert Treat
Paine in 1893 The stirring words,
of course, referred to the second
President Of the United States. The
first lines are as follows:
Eye sons of Columbia, who bravely
have fought
For those rights. which. unstained
from your sires have de-
scended,
| May you long taste the blessings
your va1or has brought
And your sons reap the soil which
| your fathers defended"
| Other patriotic words carried the
same air at later periods and it was
familiar to the American people when
it was welded to 1.-THE Star-Spangled
Banner"
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The great flag was ordered to Fort
McHenry, the chief post of defense
for Baltimore, in a hurry, for appre-
ciating the fact that the British then
pommeling at the gates of Washing
ton would soon approach the neigh
boring city, the commandant desired
| that. a. new post flag might haunt it's
colors in the face of the coming foe.
The woman to whom the order to
make the flag was given was Mrs.
| John Pickersgi1l, a resident of Balti-
more. She knew her business having
previously made flags of different sizes
for use in her home town.
Spot Over Which It Flew Is Marked.
This historic banner adorned Gen
| eral LaFayettes tent at Fort McHenry
on September 13, 1924. the tenth an
niyersary of the bombardment of Bal
timore. when General Lafayette was
the guest of honor at reception given
| at the fort to celebrate it's splendid
resistance a decade before. The pres
| emit flagstaff at Fort McHenry stands
upon the identical spot it occupied
during the bombardment, and the
United States Government has placed
tablet upon it bearing the following
inscriptions:
1.-The National ensign which inspired
FRANCIS. Scott Key to write 1.-THE Star
Spangledi Banner" was during the
bombardment of Fort McHenry, Sep
TENDER 10, 1914, flying from a pole
occupying this position"
The house which Francis Scott Key
occupied in Washington during the
period he served as attorney for the
District of Columbia and made his
round of the waters in aid Of his
friend is demolished. 1t was his home
to the last days of his life, but he
4 died, in 1843, while visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Charles Howard. in
Baltimore.
The author of 1.-THE Star-Spangled
Banner1 was buried in Baltimore, but
was later laid to rest in the cemetery
near his early home Frederick. Mary
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besieging ships on the evening Of Sep
tember: 10, and anchored in posi-
ton to see the flag that few from
Fort McHenry.
With The Break OF Dawn.
The battle commenced at night and
it was only by rare flashes from the
guns that he caught glimpse of his
country's emblem, as it hoated from
It's high pole on shore. All night long
he kept the deck, eagerly strain1ng
ear and eye for some sound OF sight
which would indicate the result.
When at last the dawn broke slow
ly over the sky the weary watcher
leaned against the ships side and fixed
his eyes upon the shore. Thus he
gazed until the suns first ray sent
| its earliest beam upon the flag staff,
and he beheld with joy that it bore
the ensign of his beloved country.
Then and there burst forth the song
which SO fifty fulfills it's mission as
nations anthem. The words welled
! to his lips. Taking a letter from his
pocket he jotted them down upon 1t
as they sprang from heart to brain.
| Ere the poem was completed the
Americans were permitted to go
ashore, ana the last verse was VIII
ten in the small boat which carried
them to land. That evening in his
hotel in Baltimore Key made a clean
copy of his poem, and this first fair
set Of the verses Of 1.-The Star-Span-
gled Banner" is yet in existence, and
to be seen in the Walters Gallery in
Baltimore.
| Francis. Scott Key did not sign this
manuscript, nor did he give it a title.
In after years, when it had become
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without being verbose. According to
his own calculations Jefferson's public
life covered sixty one years. He was
actually in office thirty-nine years.
The other twenty-five years were spent
in revising the laws of his State and
in .laboring for the University of vir
ginia. In 1884 he was sent as min
lister to France returning in 1889 to
accept a position in Washington's Cab
met. In 1896 he was elected Vice
President of the United States, and in
1900 he became President, remain
ing in office for two terms. He was
the founder of the University of vir-
ginia, and Is regarded one of the
most picturesque characters in Amer
lean history. He had an adherence
of war and debt, and like Lincoln,
believed in a Government of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the people,
and did all he could to promote this
end. He died July 4th, 1925, just
fifty years after the signing of the
Declaration.
Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin, that stirling
servant of the public, was the sage
of the signers fer his maxims will live
as long as literature exists. Always
patriot his pen was ever ready to
take up his country's cause. He has
been called the modern Socrates. His
father had been compelled to leave
England on account of his non-con-
formist views. He was thinker and
taught his children to keep in touch
with public affairs by reviewing the
days events at the supper table each
evening. He also watched their read
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famous, he made copies of the poem.
which he signed and presented to
friends, but the authorship of 1.-The
Star-Spangled Banner" was not re-
vealed until it had attained national
reputation, which honor, however,
was gained in a very short time.
Rapidly Gained Popularity.
On the morning after his arrival in
Baltimore, Key took his manuscript
to his friend, Judge Joseph Hopper
Nicholson, for his critical opinion.
This was evidently favorable, for it
was Immediately printed, and it's first
appearance in public was in the form
of sheet, or broadside, which was
distributed through the streets the
day after it was written. From Bal
timore it travelled to other cities and
most popular patriotic song in the
land.
The original flag, which inspired the
writing of THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner," is still in existence, having been
carefully treasured by the command
ant of Fort McHenry, to whom it was
given after the bombardment. His
DESCENDANTS as loyalty guarded it, en-
| shrining it in safety vault in New
! York City until recently, when it was
placed by them in the National
Museum at Washington. where it oc-
| cupies a large glass case against the
wall of its main hall and is easily
viewed.
| 1t is a large post flag, thirty by
forty feet in size. It is a bit torn, one
star completely shot away by British
ammunition. and was very threadbare
when it came to Washington. Here
expert flag members skillfully braced
the weak stars and stripes, but left
the distinct she'll rents'toN tell their
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he added the words "of Carrollton" in
order that there might be no mistaken
identity, declaring that he wanted the
people to know Gust where he stood
on the question"
Gerry and Rodney.
Elbridge Gerry came originally
from Massachusetts, and early in life
became imbued with the spirit of lib
erty for the Colonists. A man of
wealth he was interested in shipping
and was the first man who was bold
enough to introduce a bill in the
Massachusetts, Congress for the arm
ing of ships against the British mer-
camille and military service-the first
actual avowa1 against the mother
country, as well as the first attempt
at naval armament. He was also ac-
tive in financing the Revolution. Gerry
was a vigorous advocate of the Dec
1aration and one of its earliest signers.
Old Caesar Rodney, a fighter of
rare ability, was perhaps the most pic
turesque of all the signers and one
who advocated its merits in strong
and vigorous language. He served
with Washington's Army, and was
always eager ''to get at the British"
He was native of Delaware and rep
resented that State at the Continental
Congress. :
| Something might be said of each
and every signer of the great Amer
lean document If space would permit.
Only a few can be mentioned of the.
f1fty-six. all of whom were strong men
and representatives of the best
thought of the age. Their convic--
lions carried them into the vortex OF.
rebellion. but 1t was a revolt against
the God given rights OF men. Their,
example has been a shining light in.
the progress of this great nation and
their courage and sacrifice will be ex-
emplified in the acts and devotion OF
millions of true Americans who are,
today fighting for a cause perhaps.
more vital to mankind than the strug-=
gle of 1776. This Fourth of July will
be not only a. commemoration of that
great event, but a signal to all lovers
of liberty that death lis preferable to
surrender of the great heritage won.
for US by our forefathers of the Rsvo-
lutionasy period
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land. There beneath the shadow of
the everlasting hills he loved he lies
beside his wife, Mary Tayloe Key. and
the people of Frederick in 1898, marks
the spot.
Author OF The Tune.
In regard to the tune of THE Star
Spangled Banner" much has been
said and written. Over the first ap-
pearance Of the poem in print were
the words, "Tune-Anacreon in
Heaven" The question as to who set
Keys words to this air is yet unset
tied. Some friends. of the poet declare
that Key was tone deaf and could
neither sing nor recognize tune, and
that his friend. Judge Nicholson, OF
Baltimore, who seems to have acted
as press agent in the matter of plac-
ing the song before the public, found
that the lines fitted this air, already
used for several patriotic songs of the
day. Others said that Mr.. Key wrote
his lines to fit this popular tune, 9TH
erwise it could not so perfectly have
followed its peculiar meter.
This is still an open question but
unimpeachable authority has run
down the facts of the creation of the
tune, now familiar to practically ev-
cry man. woman and child in the
United States, to an almost certain
point, which is that it was most prob
ably composed by John Stafford Smith
an English musician who lived be.
tween the dates of 1850 and 1886.
Anacreon. the old Greek poet whe
sang the praise of wine and beauty
was the patron saint of the Anacreon.
tic Society of London, which held it.
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a signer of the constitution. Gen. Hugh
II. Scott, the chief of staff of the U. s.,
Army is a great-great-grands OF
this distinguished signer.
John and Samuel Adams.
Both John and Samuel Adams
were Massachusetts, men and were
second cousins. Yet between them
there was a marked contrast. John
Adams did not really center his MIND
on politics until the British closed
the law courts and made his profess
sion as a lawyer obsolete. He Is de-
scribed by his biographers as shrewd'
scholarly. diplomatic and cautious.
He acquired property and was iona
of living at ease although when reused
in the cause of liberty he fought Tor
it with an energy rarely displayed IN
public meetings. AS member OF the
second Continental Congress he Sec
onded the motion In that body for
formal Declaration of Independence
and was one of the drafting committee
of the document. He became the Presf-
dent of the United States later and his
administration was a stormy one, espe-
cially in his difficulties with France
He died on the day on which Jefrer-
sons death occurred.
Samuel Adams was of the stern
serious type, seldom smiling and never
known to laugh. He was Calvinist
of the strongest type and bigoted In
his religious views. He was cunning
and diplomatic in his dealings with
men and had a way Of managing them
without their being aware that they
| were being managed. He said little,
but thought much, and while perhaps
the least popular of the signers his
! influence in the Continental Congress
was far reaching.
Carroll OF Carrollton.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who
outlived all the signers, dying at the
age of ninety-fve, was an American
patriot of the highest type. He in
herited one of the largest estates in
Maryland and risked his all for lib
erty. Educated in France he returned
to America in 1765, and soon became
a man of affairs in the community.
taking part in all public movements.
In signing his name to the Declaration
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OF Revivified Interest
Now When the Flag Flies
Everywhere : Really,
Though Not Officially,
: the National Anthem.
Copyright, 1917, by The International
A,7 Syndicate.

Gopyright, 1917, by The international
s~7 So Syndicate.
- HE United States is probably the
only civilized country in the
world which has no national
- anthem. But a paragraph in
circular recently issued by the
war Department presents the status
of 1.-THE Star-Spangled Banner" in this
relation by saying:
mo anthem, hymn or musical air
has been recognized by any Federal
law As the national anthem. hymn or
air. but Army and Navy regulations
provide that the musical composition
familiaply known as The Star-Span-
Rled Banner shall be designated as
the national air of the United States
Of America. It should be stated,
however, that these regulations are
binding only upon the personnel Of the
military and naval service" ~
And now. with the nation at war,
interest in both song and banner are
,revivffled.
Last Eear Congressman Dyer offered
resolution IN the House. Of Represen-
tatives proposing the adoption of q
national anthem. and that it be 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner" This re-olu'
ton did not go through.
Notwithstanding the absence OF
Federal ruling or of Army or Navy
regulations upon the subject the peo-
pie of the United States have come