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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
EALRMOMT,S DEBT.

YToW many Of the citizens Of Faimont know that we
ourselves were once recipients OF aid from the
American Red Cross?
In these days when every individual lives, moves and
has his being in an atmosphere of war; seldom to
he average person to connect the American Red Cross
with any conditions excepting those of the battle field, or
he Tying needs resultant upon army formation and the
actual going to war Of the United States Yet since its
organization under government supervision in 9O2. the
Red Cross has always been active upon the scene OF any
great calamity which befalls community.
The Monongah Mine disaster will always be remem-
hered by the people Of Fairmont as the darkest hour and
most depressing time in our local history. he scenes
which accompanied this calamity live fresh in the minds
q those who rendered personal service at No. and No.
mines Nothing can ever quite wipe out the awtuness OF
hat terrible occasion 1t is indeed very seldom in our
national history that any community has been compelled
TO face greater trial. The sympathy OF the entire nation
tuned to u.s. and among the first to extend helping hand
was the American Red Cross.
ct us remember that the American Red Cross spent
nearly $4,000 in relief work in the Monongah Mine dis
RsteE.
This not the only time that the people Of West Vr-
pnia have received the aid of this great humanitarian arm
of the nation The Jed Mine disaster received assistance
10 the extent Of $780, and at the Golfers Flood ,OOO
was expended for relief Of the sufferers We, as residents
Of Farmont and citizens of West Virginia. owe debt
Ia the Red Cross, and now opportunity to pay Ibis
organization is being called upon for almost superhuman
effort in war relief and becomes the duty of every Amer
lean to be member Of the Red Cross it is peculiarly the
duty Of those who in the past have had both aid and SYM
patty from it. ,,,
Every Famont resident should belong to his local chap
ter lust as inevitably as he belongs to his family With
our nation at war we should especially feel this to be true
The Red Cross needs the membership dollars. but more
thn that il needs the support of every local individual
md any patriotic person will be ashamed to withhold HIM
Dslf and his assistance.
The Red Cross did not forget US in our days Of dire
assd-lst u, not forget the Red Gro" now. Let US make
our membership renewals promptly and if we are not en-
ied lei us not delay longer Such wonderful work is
bsns accomplished that those who keep informed about
Rcd Cross achievements are full Of pride at being part
ars easing up hard way for our soldiers yet at home
and are reaching out the ocean to those blood stained
French trenches and that are doing all that humanity
possible to do through the American Red Cross.
It's debt we owe, citizens of FairmOnt and it is no
mall thing Let us pay
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

Il revenue realized during three months under Repub
Ieap law. and S2o,00ooo0 from Republican rates
ried over
(s) Eleven, months Of war;
a. War years.
1t will be seen from this table, comparing each year with
1918. hatimpors increased SOL 100000 in 1914. while
custom revenues decreased $26O00OOO despite the aid
received from the Republican law In 1915 imports fell
of $l390O0.0o0, customs revenues. $l090OO00O;
1916 imports increased $685., 100000 customs rev.
enues decreased $l060O0000 and in 1917 imports In
creased $846,000000 while customs revenues were still
short $92.0O0,0 900 of the 1913 record.
Yet the avowed purpose of the Democrats in lowering
the tariff was, FIRST to lower the cost Of living and second
to create higher revenues our ports because of increase
in imports. The cost Of living as everyone knows contin
ued to increase even before the war; while revenues decn-
ed. The law succeeded only in increasing imports To
equal the Republican revenue record Of 1913 the Demo-
cratic law. with its present average duty rate below per
cent would be obliged create annual importation Of
over $4000000000 worth Of foreign products Or about
oneeighh Of our total production in normal tmeS That
the party in power is favor of such situation is evil
denced by their refusal raise duty rates and their per-
sistence in resortng almost wholly to internal taxation
How long could industrial America tolerate such con-
dton of affairs in normal times, when war manufacture
no longer monopolized its attention? Industrial America
is to be called upon for the material and large part of
the snew Of this war. is the policy of the ruling party
that American industry shall pay the freight And when
the war has ceased the Democratic party will again be
found insisting that this same industry shall compete with
the reorganized and goernment,subadized industry OF
Europe on free-trade basis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
BIG COAL DEAL.

CLARKSBURG, W. Va, Aug, g.
Another large coal deal involving
valuable coal lands in Taylor county
is disclosed by the filing of the deed
in the office Of the Taylor county clerk
at Grafton. The investment conveys
all the mining plants, coal tracts and
other property that formerly belong,
ed to the McGraw Coal Company OF
that county, from James A. Clark and
wife Of Cumberland, Md, to the Simp'
ton Creek Coal Company Of Simpson,
for a consideration Of 100000 The
property was sold from the McGraw
company by virtue of a suit in chan
Gerry last october, at which time Mr..
Clark became the purchaser.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
THE MARKET HOUSE.

TO put The matter blunty the municipal market house
project now squarely up to the people who should
be most interested. That is, 10 the farmers who
grow the produce raise the chickens make the butter and
have for sale the other good things that come from the
place which sometimes vaguely called the country and
the consuming public If they are both really interested
in public market all they have to do to step in and
prove it. A site admirably adapted for the purpose has
been found and the Board of Affairs has agreed provide
what money i, needed to convert it to the purpose
As Mayor Bowen truhfully said last spring when the
market house idea was going through of its periods OF
activity, the success Of public market Faimont depends
almost entirely on whether the women Of the city will
ing to take basket on their arm and do their own mar
keting in preference to calling grocer on phone and
giving an order The advantages they would gain, how
ever are so important many ways that 1t has been deem
ed worth while to spend some money giving the idea
fair test
The site selected perhaps as favorable could have
been found even there large appropriation avail
able The farmers in going to and getting away from the
market house will not have TO contend with street car lines,
yet the cars are close enough to be just convenient tor
The purchasing public as if they passed the door
Details Of the arrangement have very wisely, we think,
been placed by the Board of Affairs in the hands of
County Agent Smith of the Marion County Farm Bureau
and the Woman's club. When they have been worked
out and everything is in readiness to open the market the
city will step in and see that the proper policing and sanl-
tary arrangements are provided All in all the market
matter has been given most gratifying boost Even the
time of the year when will be ready for the opening IS
fortunate.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
METZ.

Miss Esther Martin was a business
visitor in Wheeling recently.
Henry Troxwell was business
visitor in this place Monday.
Grover Chadwell who was called to
Clarksburg to pass the draft examin'
alton, has returned to his work until
called to service.
Madames Alice Smith and Chas.
Morris, of Kansas and Bessie May Of
Morgantown, were visiting their sister
Mrs. E. L. Martin.
Mrs. Ethel Barker was home Sum
day.
Miss Vista Baker OF Littleton was
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. R. Baker.
Miss Aluena Becker Of Wheeling
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. H. G. Terrell.
Derwood Hibbs, Lawrence McCon'
nell Nellie Hibbs and Josephine
Moore, motored to St. Cloud Sunday.
Mrs. NJ. D. Baker has returned
home from visiting her father, Mr..
A. V. Riggs.
Mrs. Frank Renner, who has been
quite sick is able to be out,
The little son Of Lloyd Delaney 10
improving and will soon be able to
come home from Terra Alta,
Miss Anna Boyles Of Waynesburg,
Pa, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. H.
Hibbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Thomas mo-
tored to Washington, Pa.
Mrs. Wolfe Of Tennessee, Is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. John Smith,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
Plenty Of Glass lars If All the
Old Ones Are Carefully Used
,special dispatch to west ylrrinian)

(speciaI Dispatch to west vIrEiniaO
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. - Reports
received by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture indicate that there
will be enough glass jars, new and old
together, during the entire canning
season to take care Of the bulk OF the
perishable fruits and vegetables.
Manufacturers state that Of one type
of jar alone 100000 gross have been
distributed during the present season.
The manufacturing capacity for this
type of jar is approximately 5000
gross per day, or Sc, 100000 jars during
the next hundred days, and the capac'
ity can be increased If necessary.
Manufacturers OF other types Of
glass containers are prepared. it is
stated, to turn out many thousand
gross a day. Two weeks ago glass
companies were ready to Distribute
Immediately enough containers to hola
over 100000 quarts OF fruits and
vegetables.
The new jars to be manufactured in
lLluo lOL lulo Sedoun ChuulubI ~ 10 CD
timated, will enable American House.
wives to put up over 1000, 900 pecks OF
beans, corn, peas, tomatoes, peaches,
plums, pears and apples. raised in
home gardens or bought in the mar.
ket when the supply is plentiful.
These figures do not take into &C.
count the great quantities Of jars in
stores and on housewives shelves.
And kind Of bottles, old or new, that
can be properly sealed can be used in.
stead OF cans or jars for conserving
many perishable food products, accord.
ing to experts Of the Department Of
Agriculture, While glass or CrockegY
jars provided with sealing devices are
needed for canning vegetables and
fruits, bottles and jars not so provid.
ed can be used for some other prod.
ucts. Preserves marmalades, jellies,
and other fruit preparations in which
thick syrup is used, can be put up in
large-necked bottles and Jars and seal.
ed with paraffin, and fruit Juices can
be placed even in Smallnecked bottles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
RUFF STUFF

Reckless autOist attempts suicide
Headline.
What a pleasing variation from the
ordinary auto story which tells merely
that reckless autoist has been guilty
Of one or more homictdes.
Fairmont avenue is not the only
street in the village. Get a few Of
the ducks who speed on the other
streets, cops
Today the High school Gamers are
making kraut.
Now we know they are in earnest.
But we are IN doubt about their
loyalty.
Kraut made in Fairmont is not nee.
essarily a sign Of German sympathies,
but It is always under suspicion.
-
Francis Oulmet, the champ gollufer,
has claimed exemption on the ground
that he would be Of more use giving
golluf exhibitions for the benefit of the
Red Cross or something.
Credlc where credic is due. It took
a bright mind to think up that one.
Well, THAT is why John D. likes gol.
luf; It brightens the intellect
II this Chicago lawyer guy ever had
to rustic miners and other mine labor
hA would not be so keen to have states
go into mining.
But maybe he thinks II the states
once had a strange hold on the mines
they could draft the miners.
Apparently that New York girl who
is going to Russia to join the woman's
battalion is not militant sufragette.
One Of the Clarksburg newspapers
has gone back to the Old Testament
for precedent for the selective draft,
and to prove It printed an excerpt
telling how Moses numbered the men
Of Israel.
How the dickens Go you suppose
Clarksburg editor found out about
that?
But you must give him credit for
showing sufficient journalistic zeal to
be willing to go out and borrow a 81
BILE with which TO prove his case.
Speaking Of the troubles the Indians
are making in various parts Of the
country, think how the members OF a
local firm must have suffered when
the mayor said ten bucks,
Well, genuine enterprise, always
costs something,
And this was such a new idea
New Indian too, apparently.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

An unnamed Senator told the Washington CORE
spondent of Pittsburgh paper yesterday that peace is
possible on basis of disarmament Just so, but first
they will have to agree to that at Berlin and Vienna
and even Constantinople. And it is worth while to
remember that before the war the Teuons turned deaf
ear to every proposal of that kind unkerism is not
the whole thing in Germany. The Germans as whole
have an abiding faith in the mailed M and they have
been guilty Of too many political crimes in the past half
century to be willing to get from behind their armies
altogether.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

The nomination of wet candidate at the Demo
cratic primaries in Virginia due to the fact that
there was triangular fight for the nomination in which
an outsider was able to draw enough votes from the
candidates Of two factions fighting for control to win
In state where the political balance is narrow this
kind of nomination would be followed by defeat at
the general election In Virginia that may not result
But at that the election Of governor who sympathtzes
with the liquor will not change the state consti-
uton and the Federal authorities operating under the
Reed amendment may be trusted to keep Virginia dry
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
USE YOUR OLD JARS AND
aOTTlESI

Jars and large.necked bottles can
be capped with paper and parattln,
or, in the case Of jel!ies and stir
marmalades, with paratitn alone.
small.necked bottles, for use in put
ting up fruit juices, caa be seA'ed
In the following manner Ma.e
a cotton stopper, press It iE.o The
neck Of the bottle and leave during
the sterilization or boiling period.
To sterilize, set the bottle in boiling
hot water up to the neck and let 1t
remain for 40 minutes at tempera-
ture of l65 degrees L. Then re-
move the bottle, press the corr,
which has been baked in the oven
for one hour, in the top over the
cotton, Immediately, and dip the
top into melted wax or paraffin.
DON'T MISS ANY STEP.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
Death From Unusual AOeIdsnt.

PARKERsBURG, W. Va Aug, O.
Edward Knowles, aged So, died at
local hospital after being brought
to this city from Torch, Ohio, where
he fell under a moving train. He had
climbed on a bank to wait for the
train to go by when the ground gave
away and he slid under the rear end
of the moving train, receiving injuries
from which his death resulted.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

Charleston dispatches say that the report on COM
municable disease for the month of July show that
there was lot of in the state. For this condition
the people have themselves to blame If they will not
respect the quarantine regulations the only thing that
left for them is to be SICK pay the doctors bills and
lose lot of valuable time Some has said that most
sickness is not misfortune but disgrace, and there
Is lot of truth in that.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

Senator LaFollette was among the seven who voted
against the food control bill. Not very long ago he
was one of the counys greatest nnOvaters today he
is against everything His is probably case of great
man wholly poisoned by the thwarting Of cherished
ambition and it is great pity, for unlike most men
who give way to thaI fashion, LaFolete has, or had
a great mind,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
No Escane.

understand your automobile has
gotten you into trouble.
It's always getting me into trouble
one way or another, replied Mr..
Chuggins. When it runs, get ar.
rested for speeding. When it refuses
to run, get arrested for profanity.-
Washington Star.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Aug. A.
Catching, killing, cleaning and cook
ing a chicken in four minutes and 50
seconds makes George Rudicile the
champion chicken chaser and cooker
Of this city. :,
When George had been compime emit
"a hI natrnn for EatpTniug = chicken
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

WASHINGTON, August 9,-The
nortuary mathematicians at the Pen
sion Bureau have been handed a job
by Congressman H. G. woodward,
who wants to know what each Of two
proposed bills to amend the existing
pension laws, introduced by him, will
add to the annual cost Of the pension
budget. Numerically these bills are
down on the calendar as H. R, 1852
and Il. r. 1863. The former would
give eevry civil war veteran vino sery,
cd ninety days or more pension of
$50 month when he reaches the age
of rs years. In cher words, it is a
dollar-a-day pension which eliminates
the time Of service as basis for al
lowance. The second is a widows
pension bill aimed to take the place
of the present Ashbrook law, which
allows pension Of $40 a month to an
original soldiers widow when she ar
rives at the age Of 70 years. The
woodward bill proposes a pension OF
this amount to the widow when she
attains the age OF 10.
1t is doubtful whether at this ses-
sion Mr.. woodward can get any fur
Their with his bills than a hearing on
them before the committee and prob
ably favorable action by that body.
If he can succeed that far with his
measures, he will be in good fighting
shape with them when the regular
session of Congress convenes In No
vember. That, in factv is what he is
working for. He has been making a
canvass of his friends in the House,
getting them to read his bills, ex-
planning them, and securing promises
Of active and energetic support for
them both in the committee and when
they eventually reach the House,
which he is confident they will. In
this he has been very successful, so
much so that he expresses himself as
decidedly optimistic over the out
come,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

The residents at and in the neigh
borhood of Slate, station on the Lit
tie Kanawha railroad, have appealed
to Congressman woodward to use his
influence with the Public Service
Commission at Charleston to prevent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
soUAWK! ZIP! $40 FOR GEORGE

fried, crisp and nicely Drowned In
ten minutes he declared he could do
the same trick in five. The patron
waggered ten dollars George couldn't
and George did.
While lard was sizzling in the pan,
George caught, killed, cleaned and
fried the chicken Checkers timed
-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

There were just seven votes against the food control
bill in the Senate yesterday, which means that some OF
the Senators who aiding and abetng the tactics
by which this measure kept off the statutes books
for two months and until is too late to do much good
this year. did not have the courage to vote the way their
sympathies went.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
a FIVE-YEAR IMPORT RECORD.

r4ICURES issued BY the DEPARTMENT Of Commerce
show that imports for the fiscal year ended June 80,
Z I9I7-$2,659 900, OO0-reached the highest l:vel
ysr known in our history, while the average rate of duty
On all imports for l9l7-85 per cent-wa: the lowest
we have ever known and about so per cent under the aver
lie rate for 1913, the last year under protection
With the exception of 1915, when the war disrupted
world commerce, imports have steadily increased der the
Wison.U Underwood law, while the average rate has as
,eadly decreased tn. following abulatOn shows the
effect Of that law on imports and average duty rates:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

Charles E. Hagenbuch, Of Clarks-
burg, a we'll known employe of the
Consolidated Coal Co. in that city
is in Washington making final drive
on the military authorities at the Wal
Department to be one of the 200 and
slightly over composing West Vir-
ginia's quota for the second officers
training camp to start this month at
Fort Benjamin Harrison. Senator
Howard Sutherland has taken a per-
sonal interest in getting Mr.. Hagen
buch into the service, and denied him
self several hours Of the anti-Hoover
speech Of Senator Reed, Of Missouri,
to accompany the visitor from Clarks-
burg to the office Of the surgeon gen
eral and to the army and medical
school, where the particular phases
of the applicants case were discussed
with the highest officials.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

The Postoffice Department has no
titled Senator Sutherland that it is
considering superceding railway mail
service between Libert Furnace, w.
Va, and Edinburg, Va, with a star
route service, many complaints hav-
ing ben made through Senator Suth-
erland against the present service
which his over a narrow gauge road
which has an Indifferent schedule If it
has any at all.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

I'm in hard luck.
Why?
I told Belle she was the first ever
loved, and she said she couldn't waste
her time training amateurs. Then
told Nancy had made love to other
girls, but that she was my real pas
sion, and she asked me II she was a
cultured taste with me or forlorn
hope,-Baltimore American.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09
SHORT AND sNAPPY.

New York theatrical managers telling chorus men
who apply for jobs for the coming to join the
army Some Of the managers too, could well be spared
to that more useful Sentinel
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

Yesterday samples of the city water were sent to the
university for the purpose of securing meteorological
test That ought to be done right here in the city and
at least once week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

After passing up low price vegetable products when
they are cheap many people will kick next winter be-
cause hour and corn meal c. -ClErksburg Ex-
nenNat
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

A. L. Rhodes, Of Blueffeld, who is
a prominent business man OF that
thriving city spent a day in the
capital en- route to his former home
in Philadelphia to make a visit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

Today at the Pension Bureau, Sen
ator Sutherland took up the cases of
Mrs. Rachel l.. Albright, Of Terra
Alta, and Mrs. Sadie SimpkIns, of
Morgantown, with the commissioner;
also he filed additional evidence in
support of the pending claim Of Mrs.
Nancy ]. Darling, of Shoals.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

4 IA Protective year. Tariff revision in progress.
al Nine months Democratic ta7i9 laM==&9 COG
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WASHINGTON NEWS -
" GOSSIP L57 5EzzEEs BROOKS sMiz5:

The dlscontinuanCo Of a railroad agen-
cy at that station. Mr.. woodward,
always ready to oblige his friends
and constituents, has gotten In touch
with the officials at Charleston and
urged that the fullest consideration
be given the side Of the controversy
in which the public in the locality of
Slate is interested.
DR.. Yokum, Of Beverly, is in Wash
ington. He came here to file an ap-
pliCation to the officers training camp
and to secure the personal endorse
ment of Senator Sutherland, which
he did.
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Caught Both Ways.

New Indian too, apparently.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-09

Well, genuine enterprise, Away
costs something.