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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

Umbrella an Effective Weapon
That she used an umbrella with telling
effect was the complaint brought by
D. F. Anderson against Mrs. Lizzie
Walker before Justice Conway. At
the hearing on Friday afternoon Mrs.
Walker was fined IS and costs were
imposed. The alleged assault occur.
red on Thursday afternoon on Jackson
street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

Marriage Licenses eranted-Up 10
1880 o'clock today these marriage Ii.
censes were granted by Deputy Coun-
" Clerk Phillips: Thomas NJ. Will
Hanson, 81, and Martha Ellen Hart.
ley, 43, both OF Shinnston, Harrison
District. Charles N. Linn, 81, and
Hazel A. Goodwin, II. both of Fair.
nont; Birch A.. Hawkins "a, and Ger.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

Trial continued-George Wadsworth
was before Mayor Bowen this morning
charged with turning on the city wa.
ter after it had been turned of be.
cause of unpaid bills. The defendant
asked that the trial be continued until
Tuesday morning at which time he
will have Mrs. Mary Hall to testify
in the case. The complaint was made
to the city by Commissioner Ira Smith
who will also have witnesses to testify
in the case.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

Stops Business Cor Winter-Pedes-
TRANS have noticed that Major L. F.
Davis, the aged midget of Forepaugh &
Sells Bros fame has closed his candy
booth for the winter. Major says he
finds his present stand too small and
will in all probability look for anoth'
er location. 1t is probable that he may
go to Clarksburg or Morgantown.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22
EVENTS TONIGHT.

Maccabee hall-United Commercial
Travellers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

Agricultural Show Next Month-Pro
ducts raised by boys and girls will be
exhibited at the Marion county agricu,
tural show in the museum room of the
court house on Saturday, November
"a. The Girls Canning Club will have
a display Of canned fruits, jellies and
marmalades. Sewing and fancy work
will also be exhibited The girls have
been especially interested in the work
at Grant Town and Watson. Poultry
and some pigs will be on display The
boys will exhibit corn and potatoes.
Miss Sadie Gusman, of Morgantown,
employed at the university as direc.
tor Of girls clubs in the extension work
of the agricultural department was
in Fairmont on Friday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

Deeds Recorded Today-These deeus
wer recorded by A. G. Martin, county
clerk, up to 1880 o'clock today: John
r. Hyland and wife and U. S. G. Mer-
rifeld to Mary o. Merrifeld, lots Nos.
2 and 3 in block Z in R. E. Harr add.
ton to Pennington, 81; Ellsworth
Bland and wife to H. S. and Rachael
D. Talkington, lot on Wiley avenue.
addition to the town Of Pennington,
$177; Catherine Belch to Norman G..
Stephens tract of so 1-2 acres in Man
nington district at the headwaters of
Joes Run, 1910; James A. Hawkinber-
ry to E. W. Hawkinberry, tract of IS
acres and 80 square perches on a
branch OF Buffalo creek; Carrie B.
Morgan and G. r. Morgan to Ira ".
Davis, property fronting on Sycamore
street in the City of Warrington, 81.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

District Manager Here-G. f. Law
Ter of Wheeling, district manager of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Company was in Fairmont last even
ing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

His Heart Bad-Clay Amos son of
Mr.. and Mrs George Amos of this city
who had been in training at FortNiag.
ara and Madison Barracks for some
time having enlisted in the L. S, army
service has been discharged on &C.
count of physical disability and is
spending short time at his home
here previous to his return to Roches-
ter, n. Y, where he will resume his
practice of law Two specialists pro-
nounced him physically unfit for mil
itary service on account of an enlarge
ment of the heart
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22

Home from Martinsbure-Thls
morning Prosecuting Attorney War.
rem S. Haggerty returned home from
Martinsburg, where he attended the
session of Federal Court. Sheriff Gle.
yer will return tonight.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-22
THE WEATHER.

Ny<N W. Va, Fair to.
GA-A-l nirht sunday fair
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27

s Of truth on inc
Of s~inder u
ns'ea or
10 honest
Users found in The Tines WI n DC
Advice VIII
letters giving the writers nse az
Address Ae-mrror Times, Detroit Mich
rnyqu ~ June
ad rIt "a
hghre
who
Philadelphia could recommend
ernedy
Of It's
Your %
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The AdMrror opinion having the interests
would
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absolutely conoHeo o e
adv including medical quacks
and all respectable re
adv
journals who subscribe Tor OF con-
tribute journals. without protest
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
The Fact To Be Borne
!, In Mind By Us Is That
Wasted Hours Mean Lives

We all know that steel controls the
market.
The official organ of Wall-st. tells US
DO each week.
It also tells us of the net earnings of
The steel corporations which are tidy
sums calculated to keep steam yachts or
huge transports going as the case may
be, but it is transports, not yachts, with
which the steel people are concerned at
the present time.
The situation, briefly, is this, the
statement in quotations being copied
from an address delivered by Raymond
B. Price, treasurer of the Conference
Committee on National Preparedness:
/. The United States is at war.
2. The war is on the other side of the
Atlantic and everybody in America
wants to keep and end it there.
3. In order to end it we must send
food, coal and men to Europe.
A. These men and these commodities
must be sent in ships and at no shadowy
period in the dim future.
5. WE HAVE NOT THE SHIPS TO
CARRY THEM
What then is to be done? ~
Get the ships? Quite SO.
And get them quickly
Everybody agrees except Coolel Goe-
thals and William Denman, chairman of
the United States shipping board who
are wrangling over the differences be-
tween steel and wooden ships and con-
Stunning much time.
According TO Raymond B. Price, treas
urer of the conference committee on ma
tional preparedness, IF not another ship
were destroyed by mine or submarine
from now on, we still could not send :.
100000 men to France and maintain
them, one year from today"
One year from today is long way of
and all Americans are hoping TO END
this war quickly before more lives than
necessary shall be lost
Price also tells the National Committee
of Patriotic and Defense societies that
Germany is not worried over the Italian
offensive because Italy is limited by lack
of coal and her munitions plants car
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
Sending of These Men
To France Proves Where
Our Country Fell Down

Seventy-five men, chosen from 10 of
the automobile manufactures of Detroit,
have set out for New York 10 sail for
France to study there the most approved
methods of manufacturing aeroplanes.
Five men were taken from each fac
tory, selected for their high standing IN
expert knowledge of the sort most re-
quired.
The companies by whom they were
sent will pay their salaries and the gov
eminent will pay their expenses for the
three months, which is the allotted time
of their stay.
When they return Detroit will become
the center of the aeroplane industry as
it is now of the automobile.
There is nothing TO say against this
idea, but if the aeroplane industry had
been encouraged in this country, we
would not now be obliged TO send men
TO France to be taught its construction.
This country produced the inventors
Of this wonderful machine.
The first one died in poverty and of
grief that the government wou1i not as
sist him to perfect his invention.
Years later. the Wright brothers at
tempted 10 interest the same government
with the same success. Nor could they
get anyone TO take it up.
After working unappreciated for years
on their native soil, they went TO France
where they were given a royal welcome.
Scientific Frenchmen, not looking for
material gain, and men Of moderate
means. interested themselves in the aero
plane a99d-xetermined to make France its
real sponsor.
With souls above dividends and not
looking for immediate results, they sue
ceeded beyond their fondest hopes.
Now we are sending men TO France to
learn what we.would have already learn
cd had our scientific interest been all
that it should have been
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
Anniversaries

i77s sixth Continental congress
adjourned. after session ~ az days.
fsi'-The Harvard University mill
tary company. known as The Wa sh-
irgt0r corps" gave an exhibition
drill on Boston common
lS:a JAMES smithson. founder %
the Smithsonian Institution died NJ
Genoa. Italy Born In france IN
lS45-Ry an act 4 amnesty Inc
Rhode Island Legislature reiea sgd
Thomas " norr. leader 81 DORIS
Re be lion, who was uu1eE q lie
sentence for treason n
1855 Prussians repulsSS ~ Tran
tenau oy Austrians
1ss7--A general Conference net a.
Berlin 90 complete the organization
~ the German zollverein
1892 King Charles ~ Rumania
visited Queen Victoria at Windsor
1909 More than goo persons killed
In railway accident ON the Bilbao
Saragossa tne IN spain.
1915 oftcial ann11rc" mont ~ the
shire ne govern orr general ~ Cana IA.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY ~ THE
VAR
AsiaFo and many other towns cap
tured ~ italians
King Constantine signed n decree
for general rehabilitation of the
Greek army.
British on western front penetrated
German lines IN 20 places and start
"a heavy artillery attacks
TonAI'S CANES.
Rear Admiral Harry S Knapp re-
Gently In command ~ The United
States forces iu San Domingo. born In
Ccrneoficut. 81 years ago f0dav
Mai Cen. Oswald Tf Ernst r s A
retired 2 noted veteran ~ the civil
and Spanish wars born near Cincin-
natl 70 years ago today
Bishop Earl Craustcn. lefer IN tho
movement for reunion of tho divid-
Cd wings ~ American Method!am
born az Athens. o.. II years ago to-
day
Helen 4 Keller the celebrated deaf
and blind scholar. born az Tuscumbin
Ala - years ago today.
MAY Irwin Tor many years a lead
ing corn I'd ienne OF the American
stage born ~ Whitby. ont. IS years
ago friday.
j G fRube) Benton pitcher az the
New York National league baseball
team horn a. Clinton. y. g. - years
ago today
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
Pointed Paragraphs

BE loving and you will never want
TOR love.
Experience must be high school
teacher
Only children \play ball Men
make 4 business on ~
Many an illterate man Is able to
make his dollar mark.
II IS mistake 70 suppose that the
sun is supported in the sky by rs
beams
Comfort derived from the various
walks OF life depends on the condi-
ton OF the feet.
Many fool has sense enough 10
get good wife. but hasn't sense
enough 70 know IT.
Fools learn nothing from wise
ren. but wise men learn much from
fools,
The average young man IS ready
% embrace an opportunity when IL
comes along in the guise OF pretty
girl
Before marriage young man
sometimes gives his sweetheart a
lock Of HIS hair. after marriage she
sometimes helps herself.
II you do a man a favor md then
refuse 20 do him another II will
make him twice as angry as II you
refused the nrst
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
The Old Gardener Says

Hoeinr once week VIII keep
down the weeds in the average
garden n a long time IL al
lowed 20 elapse between oul'iva-
lions. they will be found hard 20
subdue Most % the work can
be accomplished easily with a
wheel hoe scuffle hoe. but with
crops Ike onions. carrots. pars-
nips and beets, II ia often neces-
sary In Ggite OF everything to
get down on ones knees and
root out tho weeds with the
angets y must be remembered
that cutting the weeds ~ only
make hem spread They must
be extracted root and all. and n
large arc best faked up and re
moved
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
From Another Pointof VeD
~ q r s

We expected it, Complaint is made
that Detroit has outgrown its county Jail
Evidently that Detroit minister who
reports to the police the loss Of 1894 and
gold watch, has a side line.
They are going TO put the prize ship
from the Spanish war. Don Juan de Aus
tria, into service with the Atlantic fleet.
You may have seen II up by the Belle
Isle bridge. May God have mercy on its
soul
when % fishing you're fond
And YOU drive 10 q pond
Some 50 miles. perhaps more
And gnt- tF+t4- r. ht7rt
That will Just keep afoai
And lls up by the time you've loft shore;
when on fishing YOU dote
And YOU get IN the boat
And have just settled down 70 begin 4;
md 90 starts IN 10 rain
10 YOU doubt that refrain
That sucker is born ev'ry minute
We seem to have planted the kind OF
lettuce. Phyllis, that leaves before it
leaves.
"You must have done something wrong
Bert that man in the car that just passed
gave you an awful dirty look"
Stay right where you are. Rover; We
bought that new Sll porch chair express
" for you.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
You Will Do Well To
Keep This Point In Mind:
1t Is Our War-YOur War

German spies are not necessarily the
most dangerous enemies of the United
States.
They may blow up bridge or factory
here and there.
They may send valuable information to
Berlin.
But the harm they can do-all of them
together-isn't to be compared with the
harm done by some American citizens
who would poison the public mind IN the
interest of the Prussian Kaiser
Some of this poisoning is Shrewdly
done. That is necessary.
Openly lending aid and comfort to the
enemy isn't safe. In wartime that's
treason.
But it isn't open treason TO seem patrl-
otically to support a liberty bond issue
and to advocate a large'army, yet at the
same time cleverly convey the impression
to YOU that Uncle Sam is fighting John
Bulls battle and not YOURS.
All the same it helps the kaiser's cause
In this country-for it makes naturally
patriotic American citizens of Irish de-
scent or sympathy lukewarm to the cause
of us and our allies. And that's It's real
purpose.
This isn't England's war. 1t isn't
Frances war. We are fighting just as
much to defend liberty in America as we
are to defend liberty anywhere else
on earth from the aggression of Prus-
sianism. So it's our war-YOUR war.
And French, British, Belgian, Italian,
Russian. Serbian and other soldiers were
fighting OUR war before the kaisers
outrages on American rights pushed US
into it.
1t isn't a war for dollars.
1t isn't war for trade.
II isn't a war for territorial expan-
sion.
And it's more than war to make the
world safe for democracy.
It's a war for human liberty war to
save for men, women and children HERE
IN OUR OWN AMERICA the right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
It isn't Wilson's war.
It isn't Waists war.
/ It isn't capitalistic or labor war.
It's OUR war, YOUR war, every right
thinking Americans war.
And YOUR liberty and the liberty Of
YOUR children and your children's chill
dren won't be safe until this war is won
and kaiserism is licked for all time to
come all over the world
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27

Fear is the greatest enemy to the
human soul
At the bottom of almost every in
fiammation of the ego is little pus-point
of fear. If one can but prick that he
is on the way to cure.
Every sin, every sorrow. every crime
and shadow that lies upon man or wom-
an may be expressed in terms of fear.
What indescrbable misery has been
caused by the fear of God From that
came the long dark centuries when the
world lay tormented by the nightmare
of superstition and intolerance.
Fear is the father of cruelty. Fear
dehumanizes. When the devil can make
US afraid we are right to his hand. 1t is
when they are in panic of fear that
the rattlesnake strikes, the dog bites, the
horse runs away. the cat scratches, the
bee stings. the scorpion attacks, the bull
cores the woman lies, the man kills.
Fear is the devils other name.
In mob panic men became fends. It
is fear that makes the ship captain
brutal, the slave driver inhuman. the
warden's punishment hard and hideous
Fear has led mothers 20 burn their
children in idolatrous fires, priests TO
practice human sacrifice.
All the schrecklichkeit of the mad war
in Europe is but the diverse side Of fear.
1t is not courage that torpedoes the Lusi-
tania. destroys innocent non-combatants
with Zeppelin bombs, uses asphyxiating
gas, outrages women, mains little chill
dren, refuses food to the starving popu-
laton of conquered territory, and sets
typhoid germs in prison camps; it is
frantic fear. Turn fear over and its
other side, you will see, is cruelty.
II is from fear-fear Of the sneers OF
his fellows-that the youth poisons him
self with alcohol. loses his money gam
bling, and taints his body in the house OF
death.
Worry is a form OF fear, fear Of the
future. Of the purpose of destiny, OF the
grudge Of God, of the sinister design Of
fate.
Fear of poverty-how it has Embossed
the zone Of women, and made cads and
crooks of honorable men!
Awkwardness-what is it bat fear OF
others, making us unlovely. boorish?
What an ugly garment is the investment
of fearl
Fear is probably the cause Of STAN
mering Of all unpleasant mannerisms.
Shyness and sensitiveness cause US q
deal of misery and rob us Of much con-
tentment and ease that by right should
be ours. They are but fear forms.
Jealousy, chief Of heart-breakers and
love-wreckers, is the fear Of love. the
fierce opposite of courageous trust.
And finally monarchy, tyranny, abso-
lutism are but fear Of the people. 1t
takes a very high courage to maintain
a democracy.
No better word can be inscribed on the
shield of youth, going forth to find hap
piness and the golden dream, than that
which Jehovah gave to Joshua when he
led his people into the promised land:
"Only be thou strong and Of a good
courage be not afraid. neither be thou
dismayed for the Eternal is with thee
whithersoever thou goest"
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
Study Your Manners
~ n. ADDINGToN BRUCB
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
atty" Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

II was the famous Or. Johnson
Who once declared:
"Sir. a man has no more right to
say an uncIvll thing than 10 act
one-no more right to say a rude
thing to another than TO knock him
uown."
And second. tho less famous.
moralist has well said
"Rudeness and Immature are
among the most expensive Injuries
lie life"
The high cost OF rudeness-thls in.
| deed is a theme worthy OF universal
meditation Especially should II be
meditated by the man who has his
way 10 make in the world
The other day | learned that an
acquaintance of mine. a manufac-
turer. had suddenly hoisted signals
os financial distress. The news did
not surprise me.
Beginning business with the ad-
vantage OF inherited wealth. this
manufacturer had also begun IL un.
der the tremendous handicap OF bad
manners. From the day first met
him | was forced 20 recognize that
he was one OF the rudest men had
ever known.
Now. just az people resent being
elbowed literally. so they resent be
ing elbowed aguratlvely They give
elbowers OF any kind a wide berth
They become hostile 10 them.
This manufacturer made enemies
from the start He eliepated his as
sociates. He emhittered his en-
ployes Is II any wonder that he
has AZ last been forced 10 acknowl-
edge himself failure in business ?
Without exaggeration | might say
that rudeness and bad manners in
general cost millions OF dollars every
year In discharges from employ.
nent. uncompleted sales, lost con
tracts. and bankruptcies.
Consider The business men OF your
acquaintance. You will have no diff
hculty In Identifying among them
some whose bad manners have
wrough, them financial injury
Come closer home Consider your
own case II your manners are not
what they ought 10 be. will war
ran, that AZ times they have been
costly 20 YOU
Hark back thru your business OK.
periences and you Will admit that
am right
Yet YOU need not remain slave
20 bad manners Your emancipation
is always within your power.
To achieve II you have only TO
appreciate that bad manners are al
ways the result OF lack OF respect
for the feelings OF others. and that
This in its turn Is usually the result
az colossal selhshness
The rude man Is prominently a
seifcentered man. He Is thinking
NJ himself hrst, last. and all the
time. This makes him obliviOus 70
other peoples rights and other peo-
pies privileges
Accordingly the conquest OF self
.shness Is the FIRST indispensable
step 20 insure the development OF
good manners To conquer selfish
ness. tho habit must be formed OF
trying 10 put ones self in another's
place whenever contact occurs with
another
AS soon "a this habit IL foVned
kindheartedness Will replace hard
moss And kindheartedness Ia the
hest OF all seeds for the terminating
OF good manners.
ITO do and say what r. right in
the right way" Richard Sharp long
ago observed. good humor. kind
heartedness. and perfect simplicity
arc all that Is requisite"
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
His Strong Point

rs your husband much OF a pro
wider. Mallndv7"
He tes' amt nothin' else. ma'am.
he gwine 70 get some new furni.
ture proyidin' be gets de money; he
gwine 70 git dc money proyidin' he
go 10 work he 20 20 work providin'
do Job suits him. never see such
providin' man in all nah DAYS"
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27

which farm laborer resided. arrested the word
Of command.
After all" she argued, what Ia torture 10
me may be bliss 10 him. For his sake. III en-
dure Il as we'll rs | can
so she SAT down and waited, picturing 10 her.
self the laborers look OF rapture as air succeeded
air on tho wheeZy organ. But even this con-
ISOLATION was denied her In the end. for the
Iaborer's boy, redfaced and breathless, scrambled
nm TO the window and pressed his nose against
the panes, shouting through:
III yer please, ma'am. will yer mind much "
father sends e organ away He don't want 10
do owt unnelghborly, but It's a terrible trial TO
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
Tell Time BY the Sun

J.
Don't you worry bout do clock
on dc long home run
When de sun gifts out er bed
Tell time by De SUM-
H.
But make De most or all De time
Ontel De work IL done
An res comes Wild de sleepy stars.
An gOodbv ter do sun
Atlanta Constitution
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27

the greater the
danger during the
trying months OF
July and August.
Heat lowers the
resistance OF the
baby. II also hur-
ries chan ges in
FOOD leading 20
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
Pro-German

Mrs F7ynt r. Biskett--I want 10
Join the army. think I'll enlist az
cook.
F. f. B.-Sh-h, Hush. my dear
They're srresting people FOR max
ing threats against the army
Judge.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
Profitable Amusement

Bachelor Giri-It's an outrage.
was singing just now when this
slipper few IN thru the window.
Sing another verse, dear. and per
haps you'H get the mate to II.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
The Effects

Il won't wash my face" said
Dolly, dehantly.
Naughty. naughty" reproved
grandmother. When ! was llttlc
girl I always washed my face
Yes, and now look at it."-Tit.
Bits.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-27
A Prdyer for a WOrkddy
BY seeroN eRttET

Great Master Workman-Renew my ambition, this day,
pray thee for feel within myself WEAKNESS Of the srg
gle achievement Ny brain and body tired
bruised and strain Of the great cruel of life
look with aundced eye at the far goal of and
murmur whats the use? Yet know truly that the battle
worth while and the adequate and is because of this
knowledge that ask thee to wake in again the spirit of
ambition which shall my dull encouragement and
thrill me with aspiraton.--Amen.