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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-05
Normal Student
Writes on Patriotism

Students Of the Junior Normal En-
glish class are taking great deal Of
interest in their work this year and
for while The West Virginian will
print representative essay by stu
dent. This week Miss Faustina Davia
writes as follows on What is Patriot
ism?"
This question one might say seems
trivial and foolish. For who does not
have an answer? Yet as l ponder ov-
err the question, it seems to be greater
than l had suspected. What is the
real answer? should say patriotism
is true loyalty to the "patria", our
earthly mother. The "patria" cannot
be more wildly interpreted than by
Souvestre in his Attic Philosopher"
Perhaps you have never thought
what the "Patria" really means, it is
all that surrounds you, all that has
reared and nourished you, all that you
have loved. This country which you
see, these homes, these trees, is the
"patria." The laws that protect you,
the bread that rewards your work, the
words that you exchange, the Joy and
sadness that come to you, the men and
things among which you live Is the
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FAIRVIEW.

Quite good many people attended
lthe circus at Fairmont Thursday.
Mrs. Helen Reynolds, of Fairmont,
was visiting her grandmother and
tather, Mrs. Albert Ammons, Friday.
Mrs. Louise sypole was at Fairmont
shopping Thursday.
W. s. Hamilton, Of Fairmont, was q
business visitor here Thursday.
r v. Wells was business visitor
at Fairmont Friday.
Mrs. Reason Fox delightfully."- enter.
tained the Ladies' Aid Society at her
home Thursday afternoon. Needle
work was the diversion Of the after.
noon and the hostess served refresh.
ments. Those present were Mrs. j,
a. Smith, Mrs. Elias Austin, Mrs. Cal
Fox, Mrs. Brose McCray, Mrs. Peter
"A. Gump, Mrs. John Wright, Mrs
Frank Batson, Mrs B. L. Barr, Mrs. H.
g. Cummins, Mrs. ]. W. P. Jarvis,
Misses Malissa Price, GeneVieve and
lola Fox.
Mrs. G. L.. Miller and daughter, Miss
EIenora, were at Fairmont shopping
Friday afternoon.
Miss Sylvia Mason, of R. F. R. No. 2,
was In town shopping Thursday.
Mrs. John Williams entertained at
IL O'Clock dinner Thursday In honor Of
her niece, Mrs. Geo. Wisman, who will
leave next week for Augusta, Kans.
IRE guests were Mrs. Claude Parker,
Mrs. lisa Garrison, Mrs. Amos Smith,
Mrs. R, w. Finch and Mrs Geo. Wis
man.
An old fashioned pie social will be
held at the high school at Fatrview on
saturday evening Of this week. All
manner Of pies will be on hands and a
treat time IL expected when the pies
are sold.
Miss Minnie Powell was at Fairmont
visiting Thursday.
M. and Mrs. ]. Y. Hamilton and son,
Monroe Hamilton, were visiting the fol-
Iuer,s mother, Mrs. Lavina Hamilton
Mrs. Ads McFeteTs Friday.
Miss Emma Wolfe, OF Fairmont, Is
vihiting her father, Archie Wolfe' on
Route No. !.
Rev. q. N. Coffman will preach In
e5M. p. church, south, Sunday morn
ina ii II o'clock. Everybody Is tnVtt'
WI. Fox, Of Wedestown, was a busi'
ness visitor here Friday.
Mrs. Glenn Wells, Of Grant Town.
was visiting Mr.. and Mrs. 7. v. Wells
Friday. ,...-y
mss Nellie, Of Blacksmith, were visit.
~ the formers son, Homer Myers at
Z. Hamilton's Thursday.
ames d. Sutton was a weekend VS.
scat Wheeling.
Claude Jarvis was a business visitor
Faiimont Friday.
lrs BEaEinda Johnston was visiting
on, Walter Johnson, Of Fairmout
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"patria." Imagine, my son, your rights,
your duties, your affections, and your
needs. all united in one name, and
that name, will be the "patria."
Judging by souvestre's definition
we can see how much the "patria"
embraces, and having true loyalty
for "patria" is patriotism. Loyalty to
the native land is loyalty to all. We
owe our birth to her. She has nour'
shed, guarded, taught US. She has
faithfully fulfilled her guardianship OF
us, and when we have reached man
hood, should we not recompense her
by our devoted patriotism? But,alas,
there are many wilful ones who return
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-05

And Pay Dearly.
The road to ruin is kept In COCA Il
pair at the expense of those who trayesl
over it-Clnclnnati Times-Star,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-05
HICKMAN CAN'T FORGET BASEBALL EVEN IF HE
ISMAYOR so HE COACHES COLLEGE TEAM!
CHARLEY HICKMAN

ley Hickman, former Cleveland, De.
troit and Boston outfielder, has them
all beat.
Charley is mayor Of Morgantown,
w. Va, bustling mining and oil town
and likes his Job. In Morgantown they
say Hickman does a better job Of may.
oring than in chasing flies and trying
to fool the pitchers.
But being mayor doesn't keep Hick
man from his baseball. During the
spring he coaches the West Virginia
university ball team.
Hickman, a decade ago was a unique
figure in baseball.
In 1908 when signed by the Cleve
land club he had practically lost his
batting eye and as he had never been
an exceptional fielder. many critics
wondered why he was taken on the
club.
The secret was that Hickman was
on the club as good fellowl
AS early as 1908 Charlie somers
was having trouble on his ball club
Nap La1oie was manager and there
was disaffection. The club needed a
peacemaker and Hick was signed, be-
cause he was the most popular ball
player of his day.
II was his work around the hotels
on the bench, around with the players
that made him a valuable man to the
Cleveland club that year, and as may
or of Morgantown Hickman retains
his unfailing good humor and optinl'
sim and by doing this retains his popu'
larity.
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try. If each individual is not within
himself true and faithful, the "patria"
cannot be so.
We do not fulfill our loyalty by sim
ply being inoffensive. We should the
best there is in US when everyone
conducts himself as a true son Of Ills
"patria." Then there is harmony and
progress. The foreign foe should not
be the only incentive for calling forth
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-05

not fIiai obedience, but waywardness,
which often pains our speechless moth
er, But she, like a good mother, vel
comes the return Of the prodigaL Pa
triotism Is to protect the patria from
the enemy, protect the homes, her arts
and laws. When the enemy comes for
ward to pilage and destroy, we should
unite our powers to save her. But
the foreign foe does not stand alone
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as her enemy, for about us there are
many who betray their patria and live
In secret hiding within her bounds.
This could not be patriotism With
these stand still others, who watch
with disdain and indifference and do
not lift a hand. This could not be
true patriotism.
Each one of US is but a bit of mat
ter which serves to make up the coun-
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Al postponed; rain and cold wealth
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R8f HEa
aecruiting officer rejects Bill Rigler
~ account OF twisted finger. The
fiices probably; never saw Bill in &C

water johnson has lost two or three
iiss THIS season Even Walter can't
III without one or two players to help
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS

Games Scheduled Today
Chicago at st. Louis.
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Washington.
Cleveland at Detroit.
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opr patriotism. we should manifest
It on all proper occasions. Rome Mes
not conquered by a foreign enemy
There was only a lack Of PATROL
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Freddie Welsh has six bathrooms
B 80 his Long Island home. We know
ONE boxers who wouldn't know what
5 do with one.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-05

pfunes Is the name Of a horse at
sayre de Grace. Probably would be
better name for rassler.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-05

TrfB Speaker has found out that it
sioesrft bay to fool with Baron Bans
nnptres.
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Games Scheduled Today
St Louis at Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
Philadelphia at New York.
Brooklyn at Boston.
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Baseball at a Glance.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday

Brooklyn, 8; Boston, /.
Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, 8.
others pontponed, rain.
The Washington times., 1917-09-16

One on Miss Polly this
eime. DeIicia deliriOusIy
t-TPy Next Sunday.
The Washington times., 1917-09-16
Krazy Kat
AassssSG .. Z Pstuat oG,s~
Just a Sea-Mew.

M. Hsrra1an's earSO0as sDpeas n
AEA In aAAnatSd fern issued by he
IntsRnafsoaAl FIlA Service ana are
0hSwn at an lsaaiAg theatrsa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-06
Billy Bunny and His Friends

| the Luclrymobile Just in time. And ths0
q great. big snake crawled out froru
under that pile Of stones and said: =
put these stones here. What are you
going to do about itr'
And then what do you think Billy
Bunny did? He took . long rope out Of
his knapsack and threw the loop.
which was on one end Of It right over
that angry old snakes head. And then
the little rabbit gave tho rope jerk.
and afeer that the snake couldn't get
his head out Of the moose, for II was
as tight around his neck as the bark
on trOe.
"Now, we'll tell you what we're going
to do" said the old gentleman rabbit,
and he rot out and, threw all the stones
to one side. ana 4 few on the other.
and after that he got back into the
Luckymobils. And while he was doing
ALL this Billy Bunny tied the rope to
the back Of the lLuekymobi1e, and when
the old gentleman rabbit started It up
Mr.. Snake came along Just ~ nicely
as you please, and maybe . little nicer.
"Oh, please let me co." begged the
snake. Tor It was dreadfully hard work
keeping up with the Luckymobile, let
me tell you. and don't believe he
would have II that rope hadn't been
around his neck.
"Will you promise never again to put
stones in the road" said Billy Bunny
and when tho snake said yes. the little
rabbit let him go. And that snake went
30 fast that he left one Of his rattlers
behind him, but he never came back
for It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-06

To the liquor interests it looks like
wet moon for the succeeding quar-
ters.
When the boys are on the rifle range
finding out whether or not they are
| marksmen mother and the sisters
| should be. hitting the conservation
| bullseye on the kitchen range.
1t Is true enough probably that Gov
ernor Harding could have put the
anne dment over with a wink Of the
eye but who expected him to wink that
eye?
No farmer expects to get work out
of mis- tractor without fuel. And it is
as useless to expect results from
foodless armies as from fuelless
tractors.
There's the blood Of Iowa youth on
the Shiny soil Of the trenches of the
west front And it will cry aloud until
the kaiser and the milltarists of Ger
many are under the feet of democracy.
The enemy alien who can't give a
good account of himself should be in
termed or sent back where he belongs.
The arithemetic class which has been
working on the Russian problem may
20 to the board and work out the 1tal-
ian problem-if it can.
You may either win your peace or
buy it: win 1t by resistance to evil,
buy it by compromise with evil
RuSkin.
The deepest place in the ocean yet
found is off Mindanao, Philippine
Islands-32,08S feet, which suggests
the proper place to drop the Hohen-
zollerns in a bunch with plenty Of
weight at their heels.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-06
SANITATION IL the important thing now.
Tha, is the only route to Effectiveness.
m. e,lmoRs's BAD GUESS.

T. NJ. Gilmore, who Is president Of
a national liquor association expects
| the saloon to come back into Iowa
He construes the vote on the amend
ment as a request and an invitation
IA the saloon to make itself at home
4 in Iowa. In letter MI. Gilmore ex-
presses the hope OF himself and other
| representatives Of the liquor interests
| thus:
| Ii was generally predicted that the
! prnh;bition amendment would carry IN
| Iowa by two-thirds vote. 1t has
failed 20 carry by simple majority
| This means that Iowa will repeal
statutory prohibition and come back
into the license column
II spells doom 10 the. prohibition
| movement
1t means. in my opinion, that all OF
the prohibition states wiz reject pro-
hihition-
II mean. that Ohio will defeat pro-
hibition by big majority at the COM
ing election.
1t means that the license system viii
=
LIQUOR trade. and the press, and the
public will see TO it that the license
system Is improved until every factor
Objectionable 10 the general public VIII
be eliminated from the liquor business
The liquor representative attributes
the defeat Of the amendment TO the
bone dry law and claims to have dis
covered the efficacy Of such laws In
defeating prohibitory measures He
says he worked the bone dry game
years ago in Ohio and that It operated
precisely as it did in Iowa.
Mr.. Gilmore is probably right about
the effect OF the bone dry law upon
abe amendment That it would defeat
the amen dment was predicted by many
drys and the assistance OF vets toward
its passage indicated that Mr.. Gilmore's
Ohio experience had not been forgotten.
But the liquor interests have long
and rocky road before them over which
to drag back the saloon. Mr. Gilmore's
hope is destined TO fail. The saloon
isn't coming back to Iowa Mr.. Gil
more's letter rs a warning to temperate
Iowa, however, that should be needed.
It will come back only If those who de-
sire 10 keep it out fall asleep at their
posts.
The amendment might have gone
across in good shape IL the drys had
shown any strategy. They didn't. II
they had waited with the bone dry law
the amendment they might then have
inaugurated an aridity that would
shame Sahara. But they didn't. So
the fight will have to be made over
again.
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Masonic Meetings
yisitors Always Welcome
MARSHALL LODGE No. 1903. A. F. &

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903, A. F. &
A. M.-Special communication Friday
Oct. rs. 1880 o'clock. Work in first de-
gree John ". Wells, secretary; W. II
Steiner, w. VI.
SieNET CHAPTER. No. SO, r. A. Nj
Special convocation Monday evening
Nov. s, at 7:30 o'clock. Past and most
excellent degrees. Carl Shaffner, H
P: John W. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo.
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. M. Mon
day. Nov. 19. Regular business. I. T
Forbes, recorder; George Gregory, I. "
STATED coNcLAVE, ST. Alderman
commandery. No. so, K. r, Tuesday
Nov g, 1870 p. m. For work. Order
OF Temple. l. r Forbes, recorder; n
Q. Mueller commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. z.
5.-Regular meeting for business We'd
nesday, Nov. IT. 1880 p. m. Mrs. George
Downing, secretary; Mrs. J. Z. Fred
erick, w VI.
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not deliberately disloyai. Therefors. r.
patience. tho discuuon must proceed
until the point Is gained that these
viewpoints are wrong In fact, and
therefore disloyal.
The war is not between Germany
and England-it Is between autocracy
and the peoples OF oil nations who wish
to be free. Oven the people OF Ger
many are interested as are tho people
of England, France and America, but
they have not vet realized Il, The Ger
man people are not frcc--they arc
slaves OF the state
America but Tor war would have
been overrun by Germany, War for us
had 10 come either In Europe or In the
United States,
Think OF Prassiaa autocracy laying
waste American cities levying tribute,
rapinc women, violating all rules in the
code OF war as Il has existed for CEN
tsi;TTs:ss, This IS WAY we prefer TO iight
in Europe,
When Henry " OF England went 10
war with France nearly Ave modrcd
years ago, ne served notice on enemy
civilians that, II one or his soldiers i'm
terferea with them or stole property
hat soldier woasd Gse shot look at
Emperor w5l13am,s fr4sAtfolness to
women and children by contrast
There is only one obstacle TO iame-
aiate peace-~L@8lliam himself. Let the
autacrat ahateate and thus cease to
Kill further TIRE men OF Germany as
well as Of other countries,
Napoleon dtA this After Waterloo,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-06
TEACHERS PENSIONS.
Huntington Hawk Eve I

Over In the state Of Illinois. the
teachers pension Is no longer a nov
city. And now the fact develops that
the pension Is no burden upon any
one. In the whole state there are but
b45 teachers who are drawing pen
sions. and for the last year the total
thus paid out in Illinois was $3.50 900:
That is an average Of $40 per annum.
1T is not the purpose Of the pension
to make people give up their profess
sion in order that they may enjoy a
pension. But 1t should be the purpose
to provide sufficient to keep the faith
ful worker out OF the poorhouse when
illness or old age overtakes them. The
teacher as a rule. does not receive a
salary that makes II possible to make
ample provision for the "rainy day"
which Is sure to come. In all prob
ability. no matter how meager the sal
airy may be, most Of them DO manage
to save little. And the income from
their savings, plus the amount derived
from the pension ought to make II
possible for the old teacher to live. not
in luxury. that Is something that has
never fallen to their lot. but In COM
paratiye comfort and without fear OF
the, poorhouse after they have worn
themselves out IN the school room.
To the present. the Iowa teachers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-06
WAR SAVING ON TEXT BOOKS.

Earlier ordering of school text books
by boards OF education offers a fruit
rul field for saving in war time, &C
cord.ng TO Henry P. Kendall % the
Plimpton Press. whose statement on
the subject has been transmitted to the
bureau OF education Of the department
OF the interior
If school boards can arrange 10 adopt
school texts before January first as
serts Mr. Kendall, instead of waiting
until the end of the school year in
June. large saving in the bookbind-
ing trade VIII result. Ordering school
text books earlier in the year viii, it
is declared. help TO reguiarize employ
ment in the school book trade, max
ing uniform hours OF work and rates of
plant at the present time the hours
OF labor so vary between winter and
summer. that on basis Of 100 per cent
as the fat weekly wage, operators dur
ing the summer months, because Of
overtime. earn about $50 per cent, and
during the winter months about 60 per
cent The workers are obliged to work
very long hours in the summer time
and 90 without vacations.
Earlier ordering of school books will
also conserve human energy. because
III will make it possible TO run a fac
tory with a minimum number Of en-
ployes; il will save machinery, because
less will be required to produce: and
1t Will save coal In conserving the
heat, light, and power Furthermore,
the efficiency of the plant can be
greatly increased where work is uni
form in quantity, and the cost of pro-
duction is much less in a plant where
the product is produced more uni
formly.
As a result Of Mr. KendalTs sugges-
ton, the commissioner of education
had written to every city school board
in the country asking whether it will
not bepOssible hereafter to order
school books before the first of JAM
uary.
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A SUNDAY IN HOLLOW.
[By Margaret Moninser Presbyterian
Missionary. Island Of n ainau, China.1


When / wrote the first draft OF this
letter I was sitting cross legged on the
mating covered floor of river boat
or my way back to Kachek. 1t was
rather cloudy, which was comfortable
for the six husky fellows who were
polling the boat. They pushed the
twenty-foot bamboo poles down into
the sandy bottom Of the river and
then threw their whole weight onto
them until they reached the limit OF
length, when back the poles come with
a swish and a splash. The sail OF
flour sacks Is up but there Is no wind
and the boatman has just ordered four
men out with the tow rope. The river
here is about a quarter OF mile wide,
with a wide sandy beach on one side
and a grassy bank on the other. The
place ought to be conducive to letter
writing-but 1t is more apt to make
one sleepy, and then there is the end
Of any real work.
Primarily this letter is not supposed
to be about boating. There are several
phases of our mission work about
which I would like to give you some
idea, as they have lately come to my
notice. One deals with the work in
Hollow.
A Sunday in Hollow Is most inter-
esting. Our missionaries there con-
sist Of Rev. and Mrs. Gilman. at pre-
sent home on furloush, DR.. and Mrs.
MeCandliss. their daughter Ruth, who
Is short term missionary (under
contract for three years only, who 10
in charge of the day schools for boys
and girls, and their son Charles. who Is
thirteen and soon to leave for the
American school in Shanghai. DR.. Nc
Candliss has the hospital, practically
self-supporting, which he has built up
by persistent effort since he came to
the field in 1885. Last year he had a
total number Of 1880 in-patients and
took in over $4,000 Mex. With the ex-
ception Of a few months assistance
from the student missionary doctor.
the day and night work and all duties
Of dispensary and clinic and training OF
assistants fall upon DR.. McCandliss
and the native workers he has pre-
pared for the work. Mrs. McCandiiss
takes the entire responsibility OF the
boarding department off his hands, as
we'll as much Of the charge Of the
evangelistlc work.
Sunday morning the doctor makes
his rounds of the hospital from to
9 A. m, as usual. Then breakfast, and
then the small boys begin gathering
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Old Mr.. North Wind.
At the North Pole,
Is shaking up the snowfakes

Is shaking up the snowhakes
In big white bowl.
Soon he'll scatter over
All the shivering land
Hurrying, scurrying snowiakes
In cloudy band.
This is the song Jack Frost sang one
morning at the window OF little Billy
Bunny's room. And. would you believe
1t. he had painted on the pane lovely
picture Of frosty ferns and trees and
rivers.
And then the little rabbits alarm
clock went on like a fire bell. oh, my.
what a noise It made! And after that
the little bunny Jumped out OF bed and
dressed as fast as he could. and when
the breakfast bell rang he, was ali
ready. He'd even parted his hair down
the middle Of his back and curled his
wh!skers.
Now. Billy Bunny" said his kind
Uncle Lucky, I'VE will go out for q
ride" So the old gentleman rabbit got
big bear robe out Of the hall closet
and a pair of warm gloves, and then
he and his little nephew went out to
the garage and hitched up the Lucky
mobile and honked the horn, and then
off they went. And after a while, not
so very long, they came to a big pile
OF stones right in the middle Of tho
road.
Whoever put that there? said the
old gentleman rabbit, and he stopped