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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-14
Page sevon.

IL was Charles M. Hall. On both
occasions they sat and visited about
old times. Hall began to send $50
or 800 annually TO Berea.
One morning the President awoke
on the sleeping porch with sudden
and strong impression that he ought
10 visit Charles NJ. Hall and lay be-
fore him the needs and opportunities
of Berea. He made the journey at
once and for that single purpose,
like the visit TO Chicago TO see
DR.. Pearsons in earlier years.
He spent day at Halls home
in Niagara Falls, talked over
old times and new prospects and re-
turned without asking or receiving
any definite promise except 500
for current expenses.
Hall died in December, 1914, leav-
ing Berea minor share in his re-
siduary estate. This share was not
to be turned over TO the possession
of the College for twenty years, but
after the payment Of certain other
requests, some income at the des-
erection of the Trustees was TO be
paid over to the Treasurer Of Berea
College each year. The prospect
now is that these Trustees may
make their first payment during the
next school year. How much it will
be is very uncertain but il will
probably amount 10 sum of five
figures, and twenty years hence,
Charles NJ. Hall may be counted one
Of the great benefactors of the
mountain region.
These annals bear their own les
sons. First Of all, they are a present
day demonstration" as our agri-
cultural and home science friends
might call it, Of the readiness of the
Heavenly Father to work through
weak but willing human agents for
the accomplishment of great re-
suits.
They also show how the Coop
Grafton OF human with human is as
necessary as the cooperation Of hu-
man and divine. In fact the divine
in-working is seldom more strik-
ing than in its bringing divergent
human efforts into harmony of time
and place and aim. II is this bles-
sed cooperation which yields most
effective work and most rewarding
fellowship.
Ny young friends Of the Gradual
ing classes: I do not feel certain
whether God intends to bring TO pass
Heaven upon earth. Through past
ages the world has seemed some
times to grow better and sometimes
to grow worse. I am not wholly
confident Of our superiority TO men
who lived in the times Of Luther
and Christ and Abraham. But I am
certain that God intends every soul
to have chance to make its choices
and TO show its mettle.
You have inherited something
from your parents, and you have re-
ceived something from countless
loving and anxious hearts bestowed
upon you by Berea College. With
this equipment, you enter the stream
Of history In he M longer OnloOkers
but actors. The next twenty-five
years will determine much in the
history of your lives. They will be
different from the twenty-five years
past. but they will be good years in
which TO live and achieve.
(The End)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-20

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10 move property 'llRGINE Eraua adj.
mrahle bowel. regulator I, hn'ns the
liver and stomach and restores lryc
icc'lag oi strength and buounpy Price
NH Sold bg Wc,lall Drug Co Adv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-20

|1ngu1Nc hut were forced m sneak
tcumrn an the time ! OrpH Na.
a local ylu'nsl - mr oI 81. NI4r
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-20

Come Thursday enjoy of coffee and hot
ouch in'Tecon Of this wonderful Ce
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
CROSSING THE STREET.

M AYOR BOWEN should have the hearty cOOpera-
Wl ton Of the entire population Of the city. NOT only
upon his plan 10 get people to cross Main street be-
tween prescribed lines plainly indicated the pavement
but upon every other reasonable project which he may adj
vance for the protection Of life and limb.
This no longer village II is city in which the traf-
&c problems are peculiar to begin with, and in which the
volume of traffic growing rapidly Because of the top
oraphcaI reasons Main street carries much more traffic
than il otherwise would in city Faimons size That is
the controlling factor here and the the public begins
to realize it and act upon the knowledge the better it will
be for all concerned.
Mayor Bowens plan is step in the night direction. but
the success of it will depend whole lot upon the way
which the citizens individually act with regard to it In
some cities where snow accepted matter of course i
appealed to the sense Of humor Of the people more than
did their horse sense at first and they were inclined to
make fun Of II until traffic cops and stern police magistrates
took all the fun out Of the joke by the ten dollars or ten
days route.
Mayor Bowen, Of course, will not have lot Of traffic
policemen to help him make the people accept his innovation
but # those who like to think Of themselves leading c-
zens will take the trouble to do the right thing the rest will
soon follow. 1t was Emerson if we are not mistaken who
defined good citizen who steps to the curb on
dark night to expeetoae If it was not Emerson the def
milton IS incisve enough and true enough to be worthy of
that great man.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
Z EDITORIAL Comment
on Current Subjects
GOOD WORK OF THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE COUNCIL.
rron, the baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Those eminent representatives in
Congress who want 70 drive the Adyts-
ory Commission Of the Council Of Ma
tional Defense out Of existence viii do
we'll to ponder the statement Of Mr..
Willard printed in The Sun Yesterday.
II they do NOT, the American people
will.
The Special COMMITTEES on National
Defense Of the American Railway AS;
ISOLATION, which is the organization
WhsFethrough all the railroads Of the
country are working Is one system dur
ing the war, Is to Ill tntents and pur.
poses q part Of the Council Of Natipnal
Defense. 1t works in cooperation with
MI. willard, who is chairman Of the
transportation and communication Sec
ton Of the Advisory Commission.
This so-called Railroads War Board
has accomplished results that border
on the marvellous. By making repairs
quicker, by heavier loading, BY quicker
movement and other improvements n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

operation L handled an increaae1 tfat'
fic ia April, 1ql7. oyer tie same month
Of the previous year that WAS ECU WE
lent % the addition q ~ 900 cars IT,
the equipment Of the railroads con;
cerned. The increase IA ton mileage
in April was equivalent TO the edition
OF 81, 900 miles Of railroad to the roads
OF the United States, an aypount exs
ceeding the total mileage Of the rail
roads Of Great Britain ard nearly
edualing tho total mileage Of the rail.
roads Of Germany. One railroad in
the month Of April hauled 2.92 tons
more per car than in April Of last year,
thus having on this one road the use Of
$4,000 cars. The shortage Of freight
cars In the United States was reduced
during the month Of May from $4,000
to 100000 cars. Tho principal coal
carrying roads in May Of this year
hauled $4,000 more carloads OF blum
inous coal-abaut 100000 tGns-than
they did in May, 1916. The daily aver.
age of cars loaded with bitumirous coal
increased 28.S per cent. over that Of a
year ago and 81 per cent, ovor that of
the preceding month. A complete
scheme Of cooperation With the gov
eminent has been worked ont, so that
preference has been given to the move.
lnent OF government coal and ores and
materials for munition and ether gov
crnment manufacture and to the move.
ment Of government troops.
These figures may mean little to the
average reader, but the point in which
he is interested is that through the
cooperation Of the railroads and the
Council of National Defense the bust
ness Of transportation is better han
lied in this country today tlar. 1t ever
was before-it is handled better than
1t could De under any other conceiy.
able arrangement-and that this trans.
portation efficiency is a vital factor
IN the effective prosecution of the war.
The man who would undo the work
that has been done, nr interfere with
1t, may be theoretically patriotic
American, but practically he is an ally
Of Germany.
What the railroad end Of the De-
Tense Council is doing in the matter
OF transportation is being done by 9TH
er divisions in the matters Of NUM-
lions and supplies and medicine and
other things. TO abolish the Council
would be to abolish the most effective
of all the non.military agencies used
to carry on the work of the war. Lit.
tie wonder, then, that President VII.
son protested so strongly against
the proposition when it was incorporat.
ed IN an amendment to the Food Con.
troll bill.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
Cost of publicity ........ 10000
Teachers equipment ... 10000


Total ................$l 100000
This is only the beginning Many
other items Of actual cost will come
in and viii swell these figures to
100000 or more. The confusion, the
poor teaching incident to the use OF
new, untried, unfamiliar, and to the
best of my information, greatly inter.
Tor books are not easily reduced to
dollars and cents, but they represent
a very substantial loss, which is hard
to over-estimate.
The School Book Commission is re-
quiring US to trade back a good, SER
viceable article, all wool and yard
wide, for a piece Of shoddy goods, and
is making US pay the school book COM
panies so per cent to boot, We are
not only out our money, but we have
poorer goods than before the ex'
change,
This is a period for economy, for
a lean garbage can, for clean din.
ner plate, for the wearing Of the
clothes we laid away last year. Many
Of our citizens will be forced to those
measureS, others are adopting them
for patriotic reasons.
Many entire schools could get along
very well this year with the Identical
books used last term. The places OF
those graduating at the end Of the
term will be taken, in effect by the
young pupils coming for the first time.
The equipment Of the school, which
is the books, can be used again. The
School Book Commission tellsus, how
ever, that so per cent Of this equip.
ment must be strapped for 5Oper cent
of its cost, and new equipment bought.
If a man is buying books for a fam
lily Of ave Just let him figure on Nr.
Armstrong; % per pupil, and see
whether he can replace fol- the sum
Of one dime the good books which
Mr.. Armstrong and his associates
have thrown into the scrap heap.
This is not q mere tribe, q Mr.. Arm.
strong's figures would lead US to be.
lteYe, but q tremendous loss for the
present year, amounting 1ll good hard
dollars and cents to probably $780,
wy ]. s. DARsT,
State Auditor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
Lemons Beautiful
Make Quarter Pint
Of Lotion, Cheap

Here Is told how to prepare On ins&
pensiye lemon lotion which can Pc useEl
to bring back to any slim the sWeeg
freshness sottpess, whiteness eng
beauty.
The Juice Of two fresh lemons stEsiil,
cd into 4 bottle containing three
ounces Of orchard white makes 9 Waela
quarter pint Of the most rsmar Lable
lemon skin beautifier ct about the cast
one must pay for q small jar Of the or
binary cold creams. Care should hs
taken tostrain the lemon Juice tllrol
a fine cloth 50 no lemon pulp gets nj
then this lotion win keep fresh toi
months. Every woman knows that
lemon Juice is used to bleach ana ~
move such blemishes as freckies sal
lowness and tan, and Is the ideal slilt)
softener, smoothener and beau
Just try It! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up quarter pint Of this sweetly tflis
grant lemon lotion and mas So ~ dailgs
into the face, neck, arms and hands,
and see for yourself
g
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

more clerks.
Good work, but postofftce that is
really striving to please would provide
more space for people to-Write,
More desk room, Mr. Manley, more
desk room!
The writer Of the East side resolu-
tions certainly did his durndest not to
hurt any ones feelings.
rRH So st
The right Of petition Is very ancient
and very much venerated, but petitions
as such do not cut much ice in the
inner councils Of municipal govern.
meat dominated by gang.
However. unless Billy May is get
ting that three story brick building"
at great bargain the chances are that
ID Ia making q la inv stmert,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
TEXT BOOK CHANGES.

svyE are indeed forlom" says the planfve and smile
provoking official statement Of The Text Book
Commission The sad state Of the commissioners
nss % mind remark by an American editor made dur
PAPER ana shooting decrepit Belgian hostages because
obsr Belgian citizens were not showing the proper amount
y abnegaton before the military mishtof the German en-
This, said the editor referring to Germany, rs
country where they study psychology most and under
nd human nature least -,
II 3 the same with the commissioners Some Of them
Be expected to pass creditabIe examination in psy
osy. The science Or near science, but they did not know
oaah about what was going on in the West Virginia mind
sVoid kicking up dickens of row. And even after it
started, but there was yet time IN which It might at
have been nidgated. they incapable of doing the
aftsr aIths obulseness Of the commissioners is as
nog with that Of their friends the book agents
gEtsr Of the Commissions statement tuthtuLly OBJ
sges schoosbook changes are always accompanied by
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

M their appeal to the President to outline what should
b done regarding food control Legislation the Demo
Grade Leaders have publicly confessed that in time
lie Democratic machine is impotent and unable to perform
in the conduct Of profoundly important public bus
mess
What Mr. Wilson will do about it no one can fOretolL
t time lkehe present his hermit habits of mind are
brought INTO strong relief and the best the in the street
IN 70 wait until the re hcent man in the White House
Il ready TO speak
But what he might do if he is soinclned is plain as
s poyerbal pike staff When they tossed their unsolved
INTO The Presidents lap they tossed Their responsibilities
on viii il and they gave the holder of their burden the
% ahead and conduct the war upon national IN
slsad 81 a party basis
hisnewspaper has felt from the first that soon or late
NE Wilson would come to the point where he would be
.crdnssd 70 do this He cannot expect war to work
sipes: revolution the country, without it; having some
4o reaction upon our political system He knows enough
ct major politics and the temper Of the American people
o attempt 10 hold to the rigid government formula and
While tie rest Of the world is changing. and It con,
sntIy may be expected that he will make them yield
Is avoid the possibility Of permanent fundamental
Ihe question is, when will he act? Thsleaden Of his
nv have Unexpectedly opened wide the way VIII he
advantage Of the opportunity or will he hold on to
xiv regularity until his hand, too, is virtually torcedp
after The war relations Of the two old parties may de-
largely upon what he does within the next few days
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
WHAT THE TEXT BOOK CHANGE
COSTS.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, July 10
Editor The West Vlrginian]-While
the writer was speaking before the
School Book Commission on July 10th,
he was asked repeatedly by Prof.
Armstrong, member Of the Commis-
sion, whether or not he knew that the
additional cost of school books on &C.
count Of the proposed changes would
only be 2 per cent to each scholar,
and that the total expense to the poo
pie because of said changes would
amount to only $4,000. ! feel that
this statement should not be let stand
unchallenged.
Realizing that 80 per cent Of tbs
books have been changed and that
the exchange value is only 50 per
cent, l could readily see that Mr.
Armstrong; figures we're so low as
to be ridiculous. However, admitting
his statement to be true, which de-
ny, there are many ADDITIONAL items OF
expense connected with change IN
school books, which greatly ad to Mr..
Armstrong; figures
Thousands Of children will go to
school with the old books. Delay IN
organization of the school and Grip
ping Of efficiency for the first weeks
Of the term will be occasioned by the
necessity OF securing new books, sup
pose the loss per school room is only
S1.5O on account of this delay we
would lose in dollars and cents, $12,'
900.
There are 225,OOO school children
ready to begin the fall term. 1t is
certainly safe to say that an average
of one trip for every three children
must be made to a bookstore because
of the change of books. This is ex'
tremely conservative. These trips VIII
vary from a short walk to 10 or IL
miles We then have the School BOOK
Commission causing $4,000 heads OF
families to take half aday each from
their corn cutting or husking, IN or
der that John and Mary may start
PROMPTLY with their classes. Flgur'
ing this valuable time q t $1.OO each'
we have a loss of $4,000,
School superintendent, teachers
and school boards must 60 to great
expense to notify the public OF The
proposed changes. The actual expense
Of this publicity will certainly amount
to two or three dollars per school, but
let us be conservative and place i AZ
slightly more than one, or SlQ,0OO.
Teachers on the average draw very
low wages. This is especially true OF
the teacher Of the country schools.
Each teacher must have full set Of
the books used in her school, and In
the rural school this is quite library,
running from the little primer to the
books on grammar, history and civil
government. At very low estimate
the 5000 teachers would be obliged
to spend SIS apiece for books, even al
ter exchanging the old ones on hand.
This makes $4,000, Here the ex-
pense falls most heavily on the teach
er who is poorest paid. A teacher
in a rural school with eight grades,
who receives $40 per month, must
spend in many cases nearly half her
first months salary for this absolute
" necessary equipment.
Let US assemble the figures:
Mr.. Armstrong; &c, ...,$ $4,000
Loss of efficiency ."... 1900
Loss Of parents time.... 10000
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
Baby Night at the
Miller Fairgrounds

Baby Night" will be observed at
the Miller play grounds this evening
Then a special program designed for
the entertainment Of the babies and
their parents will be carried out un.
der the direction of Miss Caroline
Barnes. The program will consist Of
sand construction such as moulding
castles, building cities, etc. Mothers
are urged to be present and to bring
the babies.
A special story telling program will
be given at the Tenth street ground
on Saturday evening beginning at
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

So, after Lemberg Przemysl again.
While the Russians are about the Job
Of remaking that section Of the world
they might do a whole lot toward re-
forming the names Of towns.
business men want to know where
they stand. "-Headline.
Judging BY the revenue legislation
and the price fixing schemes they
stand to lose.
They can't blame the delay in the
draft on West Virginia.
The Mountain state has not been
very conspicuous in talking about war
but 1t has been there with the goods
at every Ftage4Ro far and that Is the
kind 81. spirit that win Mats.
90
Notice Tie postof dee $50 BE 1tYaI
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

The delay in making the draft is giving the Wash
ngon correspondents opportunity to work over some
of their old stuff but there was one gmmer OF fresh
ness between the lines of the dispatches last night and
that was that nothing has been determined about what
will be done with guard regiments already in the feder-
al service who are doing guard duty 1t is quite posi-
bic that we will have the First regiment with US for
some time to come
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
RUFF STUFF

nv sstrictly dry town every one
81 gucce sstll1y to negotiate the
yor gschalk lines at the crossings
Dig cities they are called jay
iinss zly-
Wrong again; the ginks who do not
thema athe jays.
oulg men who come scathless
ough 3 traffic law violation arrest
5 1ses their otfense is q little one,
tsWellsbeRare.
hsy are human the COPS viii lay
"a - = biz oneEhe next
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

There should be large turnout at topights meeting
Of auomobiists at the court house The City govern
ments now in mood to cooperate in an effective man
ner with the owners OF cars in any sincere effort to
bring about better traffic conditions and the logical nFs
step is for the automobiles to talk the matter over ana
suggestions If they do not do that there
DANGER that in the final adjustment Of the traffic stu
alton their legitimate rights will be ignored
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

1t took the jury which tried the conspiracy case %
hours to determine that the defendants were not guilty,
but public opinion had acquitted them long before the
trial ended The government attorneys spoiled what lit
tie case they might have had through their lack Of
knowledge of the practical side of the coal business
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

The interest created by the athletic meets at the play
grounds is most encouraging Superintendent Moore is
doing for the Fairgrounds pretty much the same thing
he did for athletics at the High schoo-putting them
on sound basis where they will commend themselves
Unpopular approval
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

II the Kaiser has any influence left in Berlin he had
better put stop to the justly celebrated Crisis SO that
all hands can have their minds free to pay attention to
the new situation in the East.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

The indignant East side citizens are going to petit
ton the Board Of Affairs to revoke the Billy May license
Well the committee will be charmed by the cordially
and courtesy with which it will be received.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

Governor cornwell is not neglecting any of the dra-
matte possibilities of the textbook situation
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

The distinction between soft coal and hard coa Is
this Soft coal is hard to get out nara '0S4 40
-Clarksburg Exponent.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

1t will be great day when we write it ezk si
Wilhelm and a better day Tor Germany as "eit-
Gharleston Leader
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
SHORT AND sNAPPY

However no one predicted that the coming geneF
bills,-Clarksburg Exponent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

The food bill gives promise Of only oeiag h4 an
measure if congress don't get it passed before az Inc
crops are harvested.-W Wheeling Register.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13

g.8o cclock and cIoti1r @ $3.50, LoS
cai iaisnl VIII participate II the story
fsilink and the public Is Invited los
Is present atid enioy eyenir
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
CnlpabiIit

COM sltltaAttNs y W.
ESQ YOU think t'swFong to h glit3
y .iYes, But It's even worse z is
somebody start i tight; and not
to make him sorry tor
ington star.