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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
Ex-sPEAKER SEAMAN DEAD.

PARkERSBURG, w. Va, Dec. g.
Hon. James A. Seaman, aged rs, OF
Ripley, Jackson county. speaker of the
West Virginia House of Delegates from
1907 to 1903 and prominent attorney,
died here Saturday Of stomach trou,
BILE. He was brought to local hos.
pital the middle of the week for treat
ment, but sank rapidly until death EN-.
sued. He was well-known Republic.
can and for number of years was
prominent in the councils of his party
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
'SUPT. SCOTT Brings
|. BRYAN TO THE CITY.
CoIoneps First Words Are
"Who Is 1t, Nicely" as
He Leaves Train.

In order that Col. William Jennings
Bryan should reach Fairmont, in time
for his lecture on Saturday night J. NJ.
Scott, general superintendent of the
West Virginia division Of the B. & o.,
attached his private Pullman coach on
an engine and brought the silver
tongued orator to Fairmont under his
personal supervision.
twas 1922 o'clock on Saturday even.
ing when the special came into the 3.
G o. station. Congressman NJ. n.
Nicely and Attorney X. Kenneth Barnes
were at the station to meet Colonel
Bryan. When the coach arrived It was
dark in the rear and Mr.. Bryan started
to descend the steps when he inquired
OF the approaching person, "Who It ia,
Neely?" 1t sure was Major Nicely aud
after a hearty handshake the couple
walked to the station platform. There
Col. Bryan shook hands with dozen
persons lined up to see the distinguish.
ed visitor. Barely twenty-five people
were at the station. In referring to Mr..
oCOIL SOi. oiyau Bays 'uSEoS uy 6aV.
ior" and "onr savior teo," added Major
Nelly.
Outside of Superintendent Scott
there was one one on Mr.. Bryan's spe.
cial. As soon as Col. Bryan reached
the street he was hurried away to Con.
gresham Neely's home where dinner
was served. Those who attended were:
Rev. H. G. Stoetzer, D. D., Attorney
Henry Lively, Attorney w. Kenneth
Barnes, William B. Ice, the original
Bryan man of Marion county, and Con.
gresham Nicely.
This is the third time Bryan visited
Fairmont. In 1892 he spoke at no
school house and in 1912 he delivered
his Prince of Peace" lecture in the
court house.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
3 the week end attending to bust

ing the week END attending to Dust
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lark James were in
Fairmont Saturday evening attending
to shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud McBee spent the
week end out of town.
Miss Kathryn Price and Miss Dawn.
ma Watkins attended the Elks' memoir.
ial services in Fairmont yesterday aft
ernoon.
Sheriff A. M. Glover, County Coroner
Frank Lloyd and Deputy Sheriff John
Glover were in Monongah yesterday
evening making investigation into the
shooting in Thoburn.
Mrs. Arlie Judy was in Fairmont on
Saturday evening attending to bus;.
ness, 81
Martin Morris was among the recent
callers in Fairmont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
lFairyiew Merchants
Little Daughter Dies

Alberta Blanche Luton aged IA
months. infant daughter Of Mr.. and
AIRS. II. L. Luton died this morning
&C her parents home at Fairview after
an Illness with pneumonia. Mr.. Luz
ton, iather OF the child is engaged in
Sne hardware business at Fairyiew.
fne funeral will take place on Tues
nay afternoon at two o'clock and will
ne conducted by Rev. Ira B. Hall of
Eairyiew. Interment will be made In
the Fairview cemetery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03

shows that I stand It real wen. I took
the Compound when my ten year old
daughter came and It helped me a lot.
keep it in the house all the time and
recommend it. Mrs. DEWITT SINCE
sAuGH, West Dandy, N. Y.
Sleeplessness, nervousness, irritabil.
ity. backache, headaches, dragging sen.
sauons, all point to female derange.
ments which may be overcome by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients Of which are derived from
choice roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved to be a most valuable tonic
and inyigorator Of thefemsle organism.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
MONONGAH
Attended Lecture.

Several local people we're in Fair
mont on Saturday evening attending
the lecture given at the First Presby.
terrain church by William Jennings
Bryan. Among the local people attend
ing were DR.. and Mrs. ]. A. Riedy. j.
Lee James, James Facemire, Davinna
Watkins, Harry Martin, Howard Maj
tin, Virgil Heltzel.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
Good Program.

Many people were at the M. E. church
in Thoburn yesterday evening attend
ing the Thanksgiving program given
by the members of the Epwnrth
League. Following the Epworth
program Rev. Morris, pastor of tho
church, delivered HIS weekly sermon.
There was quite a bit OF excitement
at the church yesterday evening, IN
that the Frank Allessander was shot
and killed just before the service NJ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
WILLIAM pEsHok ILL,

HUNTINGTON, W. VI, Dec. a.
William Deshon, managefof the Hunt.
ington theatre, is in a serbus condition
as result of paralytic|stroke which
he sustained while in hi office. Mr..
Deshon formerly managh theatres at
Fairmont and Clarksbug *, and is one
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03

Lydia r. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Com
pound for nerves
and for female trou-
bles and It straight
ened me out In good
shape. Iworknearly
all the time, as we
live on q farm and !
have four girls. I do
all my sewing and
other " ork with
Ifha;p Hail. -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
SPECTERs OF MISERY IN
DRINK-CURED HOMES

|papa2 He can't stand up just dread
a holiday time. He is getting worse all
the time and for his own sake and for
my children's sake pray to God he
may be saved"
There are thousands of men just like
that who cannot appreciate their danger
or realize the awful cad that is tug
ging at the hearts of their loved ones.
The Neal Treatment has saved thou
sands of drink victims druing the years
that Capt. c. M. Holloway's old
homestead has been open as ciincinnati's
Neal Institute for the cure Of alcohol
ism. a
Three days of the Neal Treatment
a harmless vegetable remedy taken in
temally, and with no dangerou- hypo-
de-rnic injections-are sufficient to
change hard drinker into teetotler.
Drink appetite, so-called, is caused by
the accumulated poisons of alcohol
found in the system Of every drinker.
The Neal Treatment quickly ne. tralizes
and eliminates all this poison. With the
poison knocked out, all desire for drink
goes, too.
If you have a husband, brother or
friend who drinks to excess, you can
save him and enjoy a Merry Christmas.
Investigate. Send for booklet. THE
Neal Way" Write or phone The Neal
Institute, COL Maple Ave. Cincinnati.
O. Phone Avon 1920. Other Neal
ln:ttutes at Cleveland, Pittsburgh and
Detroit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
most directly in front of the church.
Reslanation Accented.

At the business meeting of the Bap
tist church Saturday afternoon the
resignation of Rev. J. H. Cost, pasto d
Of the church, was accepted. Rev. Mt.
Cost spoke at the church yesterday
morning following Sunday school. Yes.
terday evening he. delivered his fare.
well sermon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
A TREATMENT
FOR NERVES
Woman Tells How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
= ) pound Helped Her. !.

West Dandy, N. Y.-"I have had
nervous trouble all my life until ! took
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-03
Personals

John Yoak vas in Fairmont yester-
day afternoon attending the meeting
of the, Fairmcnt Choral society.
Roy Adds was among the Monongah
social visitors to Fairmont yesterday
evening.
Harry Martin was in Fairmont dur
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
RICE BRAN FOR
HOGS NO GOOD
THIS RATION CAUSES THEM TO DRESS
SOFT" AND LOWERS MARKET
VALUE, EXPERIMENT SHOWS.


CHICAGO. Apr. 1T.-That a rice bran
thereby lowering their quality and their
market value, has Just been proved by
tests conducted nj the Texas Agricultural
Experiment station. The conclusion Of the
Texas experts settles a question of long
standing between the farmers of certain
southern districts and the packers who
have been buying their hogs.
DIR. X. J. X. DeLoach, expert on %aericnl-
tural research and education for "A Chi
cago packer, visited Texas recently for the
purpose Of investigating the soft meat
question. Upon consultation with farmers
and the authorities mt the Texas expert
ment station. he found that considerable
attention had already been given 10 this
work and that the experiment station had
just made new discoveries of the causes
of soft meat. DIR. DeLoach SAYS:
"The tests conducted by the Texas ex-
pertinent station authorities, throw light on
a subject that previously had been much in
the dark. For a long time farmers in Ger
tain sections. especially in the peanut
growing districts, have sold their hogs un-
der an agreemtn hat the top prices would
not be paid for animals that dressed soft.
When the hogs did dress soft, the packers
suspected thew had been fed on peanuts.
But nine times out Of ten the farmers in
dignantly-and Justly 50 n il now appears
denied it.
Their vigorous assertions that they had
not fed the hogs on feed that was rccog-
nized a. causing them 10 dress soft. led
me among Others, 10 visit the field.
found that rice bran was much used a. Il
feed and after a rather tedious inycstiga-
ton and much questioning. some Of the
farmers admitted hat they believed rice
bran was the cause of the hogs dressing
soft.
".JuSt nj this time the Texas experts fin
ished experiments which are conclusive
and which satisfy me that rice bran i sim
liar in effect To peanuts. The Texas au-
thorities are soon to issue n bulletin "a
that effect.
"lf the discovery lessons the number of
hogs that dress soft, well and good; but
even If il does not. the discovery will at
least settle a point that has caused much
controversy between the buyers and sell
erS of hogs"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
Declines to Accept
Presidency School
ti;y Associated l'rcss.l

ti;y Associated Press.)
AUSTIN. Tex. Apr. T.-Dr. Neal Il.
Anderson. acting president Of the Texas
PRESBYTERIAN Theological seminary, has
declined to accept the permanent presiden-
CIV of the seminary.
lie was called to the presidency last fall.
but upon finding the financial condition ~
the school less satisfactory than he had
anticipated, he made his acceptance con
ditional. agreeing. however, To service for
the current year.
DIR. Anderson formerly held important
paStorateS in Texas and elsewhere. and
was called 10 the seminary presidency
from COLUMBIA. =. a., where he held II pro
Censorship in Il divinity school. Students
attend this school from various portions
of Texas and other states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17

The Illinois senate has adopted q reso-
luton calling on congress to pass a bill for
universal military training and service.
The house j. expected to adopt it and thus
put Illinois in the forefront of the states
that see our present military situation
STEADILY and see it whole" Why should
congress hesitate to do so! Universal ser
vice j. the only democratic method Of get
ting an army. Ii translates the equality
of obligation into an actuality-that is all.
1t is wrong. 1t Is outrageous. for the ma
ton to rely on the public spirit Of the few
in order to allow the many to escape the
performance of an important duty of citi-
zenship. 1t is doubly outrageous for the
nation To take advantage in many eases
Of the fervor and enthusiasm Of the young
men TO fill up its army and navy instead
of adopting a policy that will bring home
TO Young and old alike the serious duty of
giving something Ia the land we love-
Chicago Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
With Other Editors


II. NJ. Johnston of Houston, editor Of
one of the greatest newspapers IN the
Southwest, il a member of the state SEN
the most brilliant attorneys of the state,
is a member of the Texas house of rep
resentatives. Both of these men nave
made sacrifices To serve their state and
their constituencies. Texas needs more
men of this caliber. This senatorial dis
ator w. A. Johnson, who has announced
his candidacy for lieutenant governor. A
man who is called by the people and not
a man who calls upon the people, is our
need in a Legislative way. The trouble il
not in the men who ought To serve the
state. but in the people who stand back
and fail q call these men To their duty
Wichita Daily Times.
There Is no such thing n calling men
from the ploy To serve the state these
days, lear Times That was possible un-
der the old regime; when democrats met i'm
selected the man best suited for certain
work. Then we called upon such men A.
Roberts, Ireland. Hubbard, Ross, of old
times, and Kemp and Kell and Huff of
these times, and they responded through
patriotic motives sense of public duty
and how well they builded we nave only to
look about rs. But now, the people don't
have a say in the matter. The fellow that
wants the job goes after it. and gets it:
while the man that should have it won't
enter the scramble for il where he will be
subjected to the ~indignities and insults the
average d%emagogue thrusts upon his OPP
ponent. You nave several gentlemen in
your city who would make admirable sen
ators, fit associates for Colonel Johnston
and Judge Miller-we named three Of them.
But would they 90 out and solicit votes for
the office? Nay, nay, Pauline; not 50.
And there * wherein the state primary
election law plays the very devil with the
public's best interests. Plain language,
but it j. n fact.-Denison Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17

today. Wars arc waecd now on scientific
principles and it takes trained men to APP
ply this science. Some years back the old
bucket brigade was very formidable in
fighting fires and was considered all the
protection needed. But with n modern ten
or twelve story building, NIL the bucket
.brigades in the country could not make an
impression when once it was afire and the
same comparison holds good in the army
and navy. We have our Edison and the
lesser lights, but all their science and in
~vention will 60 for naught if we do not fur
'nish the men, equipped mentally and with
the necessary physical appliance, to carry
out their ideas.-Beaumont Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17

wounds al the hands of the fclon prince.
who in impious- blasphemy of soul and ut
has dared claim partnership with
the blessed God, and assumed to stand as
His representative, in prosecuting the most
crimes that have ever stained
the pages of human history.
Therefore America enters the war IN re-
Spouse TO a challenge which reaches d.
rectly to the spiritual side of her national
life. The government and the people take
the initial step in no mood of passion; their
cause i free from the vice of vengefulness
no lust of conquest, no hope 10 acquire
territorial or material gain besoils with
morbid blemish, the motive which drives
the Republic To extreme recourse. Nation
al honor and national safety; world-free-
dom and world happiness-these are the
considerations which control-the fate of
millions living and of millions yet to be;
their fate, and the right To live in the at
mosphere of liberty and justice n between
man and man-as between citizen and
government-and above all their righteous
claim TO the BENSON of enduring freedom
to escape the thralldom which means that
nj an emperor's beck or nod or order, they
and their children must 20 forth To suffer
and die in battle, that the more glory and
the greater might may come 10 imperial
dynasties. There be things much worse
than war-let Americans remember well
that so vital, imperious truth this morning,
National decay i worse than war-na-
|%tional degeneracy il worse-a nation, out
east from the worlds respect-a nation
bringing in the consciousness of a hopeless
physical cowardice; n nation that dares
not war for the right, presents a spectacle
far more pitiful and disastrous in it, mean
ing than were it bleeding and battle-scarre
i'm n conflict in which it dared to defend IT,
self and its people and its flag from q
series of brutal and continuously sustained
wrongs at the hands Of another govern
ment. America knows full well that along
the lanes of human strife, a country must
at times be forced to fight its way, if il i,
TO live at all, as a free and Independent
power.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
Carrying Out Orders.

protuding ties on the elevated railways were
explicitly instructed. for the sake Of innocent
passers-by on the street below. never t. allow
a piece If tie To fall to the street without n
rope attached a. il.
One day as the end of a tie was sawed of
the man on the job threw the ripe. tie and NIL.
into the street.
Hey. there, what-e r you doint' yelled IN
indignant foreman.
'Ye told me not to let anything down 10 the
street without a rope attached rejoined the
man. i'm n surly tone. We'll. amt | obcyin'
orders :"-Fort Worth Record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There 10
only one way TO cure catarrhal deafness.
and that 10 by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness 10 caused by an In
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. when this tube 10
infiamed you have n rumbling sound or I'M
perfect hearing. and when II In entirely
closed Deafness 10 the resr.t Unless the
Inflammation can BE- reduced and this tube
restored TO Its normal condition, hearing
Will be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
deafness ere caused by catarrh. which 10
an infaulod condition Of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system.
We will give one Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hairs Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free. All pruggists. &c.
". j. HENEY x co. Toledo. q.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
NOTHING LIKE VARIETY.

"What sort Of a speech shall ] make here:'.
the spellbinder.
Know any good stories:" asked the local
"A few"
Tell some of the best ones You know. The
last speaker we had death entirely in Stats
ties. What the voters want just now IL a lit
tie diyersion."-Fort Worth Record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
MINNESOTA SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Especial To The Herald.)

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, April 1.-THE
vanguard of the Minnesota Sunday school
hostes arrived today and committees be
gan the preliminary work of the fifty
ninth annual convention of the Minnesota
Sunday School association, which will
open tomorrow for three-day session.
Three thousand delegates and visitors are
expected TO attend the gathering. Among
them will be some of the most widely
known Sunday school workers of the
country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17

Checks should be made payable TO The
Brownsville Herald Publishing Co. Business
communication should be addressed to the
company. and items, letters, etc, intended for
publication should be addressed To Editor. The
Herald. Brownsville. Texas. Letters intended
for publication should be signed with the full
name of the writer. The name will not be
printed il not desired, but it will be evidence Of
good faith on the part of the writer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17

why. this is a funny telephone You have on
your desk: il isn't finished. is IL"
Yes. that is a complete telephone"
but there II nothing "a il but the receiv-
er. Where il the mouthpiece.
Doesn't need one. That il the instrument
change.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
Aprii ~, 1916.

Capt. Franz Won Papen, former military
attache of the German embassy: Capt.
Boy-Ed, former naval attache; Capt.
Hans. Tauschcr and other Germans
indicted BY United States Federal
Grand Jury for conspiracy to destroy
the Welland Canal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
Need of Trained Men.

If the United States is 10 take an active
part in the European war, the government
must have trained men. The old idea that
we could call squirrel hunters from the
woods and lick any nation on earth,
would be a sign of ignorance if repeated
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
ONE THING

Fine remarks an officer Of Uncle Sans
reserve corps, concerning the prospect at
China declaring war on Germany. IF the Chi
nese send an army Ia Europe We'll be- sure IL
get our laundry done anyway" - Galveston
Tribune.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
War in History
April ~, 1915.

Russian drive in Carpathians is checked
Germans assemble great forces on
Russian front.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
A Smile or Two
WANTS A SHOT AT THEM.

You talk about the Germans going to war
against Germany IT we come to war with that
country. Would you ga "a war if were Were Ia
declare war against England"
Certainly. Ny wife came from England
Then | don't see-"
NEARLY all her relatives would be fighting
on that side."-Houston Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

ANY erroneous reflection upon the charac-
Ter, standing or reputation az any person. firm
or corporation appearing in the columns Of The
Herald win be gladly and promptly corrected
upon the same being called to the attention of
the publishers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-17

p0wer
The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-28
NEW PATRIOTIC SONG
 FOR SCHOOLS CHILDREN

State Superintendent Bond reports that there is wave of loyalty sweep ing over the state among the school children that is most commendable and praiseworthy. A patriotic cate chism is being prepared for recitation by the school children of the whole state which will be the means of in- stilling patriotism. Also, new patriotic song, Loyalty is the Word Today, Loyalty to the U. S. A." which has been distributed among all the schools, and which is being sung all over the state. The chorus is:
 Loyalty is the word today,
 Loyalty to the U. s. A.;
 Peace with honor" the nation cries
 Peace without-the nation dies.
 Nows the time for hearty action,
 Without fear, and without faction;
 Loyalty is the word today,
 Loyalty to the U. s. A.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-28
BEING
 MAILED TO REGISTRANTS

The questionare for the second draft is being placed in the hands of all registrants as rapidly as possible. Gen. England has made public the fol- lowing statement relative to it:
 "A supply of two sizes of envelopes is being prepared and forwarded as rapidly as possible. These envelopes are to be furnished the local boards for use in mailing the questionaires. The questionaire will be placed in the smaller envelope and both will be placed in larger envelope for mailing. Detailed instructions have been print ed to postmasters to use every effort to insure the questionaire reaching proper destination. In view of the enormous quantity required shipments are being first made to remote points,"