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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-09-22
FOR SUREST
AND QUICKEST
RESULTS
HELP WANTED1-MALE.

A GOOD PRoPosITIoN-Fer the right
kind of young man of from Is to 10
years OF age, with sufficient education
and aptitude In matters pertaining to
mechanics. The Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company is training
well paid positions; the training is in
both the technical and practical features
of the business,T he students are paid
moderate salaries from date of entry,
and the pay is gradually increased. One
student IL the allotment for Pensacola.
fnterested parties are requested to ap-
ply by letter to j. I. Peele. District
Manager. 22sep1
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HELP WANT;ER-FEMALE-


wANTED-To buy small steamer
trunk; must be cheap. Phillips Candy
Shop 22sep3~
wANTED@To buy a house and lot. or
a nice lot to build on. State price and
location in reply. Address "Homeseeker. -
care Journal. 21sepo
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WANTED--By young man of 10, posi-
ton as bookkeeper or other office
work: Can furnish reference Address
D. H G., Cantonrnent, Fla, Route A.
BOX "a 13seD7
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VETERINARY SURGEON.

pr. GEO. MASGANA. French Gradual.
Il Veterinarian, will treat any disease OF
Sonesticated animals at moderate price
III w. Government ST. Phone 1873
DR.. Masgana's Mango Cure is the best
flIlyl N
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SAVANNAH MARKET

Savannah, Sept. 21.-The spirit
market was firm at 40 lie, with
sales of 1877 casks.
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WANTED-Position as cook or general
mouse work. Address Irene I.anda-
gran, 6e4 East Aragon street. 1ssep7
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WANTED-Position as stscgrapher or
general office work. Address ."T., arce
Journal. 1osan7
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Pensacola Lodc. No. .. Z. o. O. p.
Pensacola Lodge No I. L O.. o. r,
meets every Thursday at 1880 D. m. In
Ranord Hail. corner Bayien and Belmont
streets. Visitors cordially invited.
G. R BELL. N. q.
J. s. Nicolau. Secretary.
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WANTED-Two white messenger boys
with bicycle. Apply Crystal Pharmacy.
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statesmen WANTED.

SALESMAN - For general mercantile
trade in Florida, to sell a new propo-
sition of merit. Attractive commission
contract for balance year and Is. $500
weekly for expenses. Miles r. Bixler Co.
Wholesale jewelers., s+s7 Cariin Bldg,
Cleveland. o. 16sept
SIDE LINE MEN-Do you want real
one that one order a day will pay you
sS.00f No samples to carry. Something
new. Write today. Garfield Mfg. Co,
eos Sigel ST.. Chicago, Ill. i6sept'
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FOR RENT-Nicefy furnished rooms.
prnone, gas and bath Apply 31S South
.I- 1IoIIa street 21Sep1w
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FOR RENT.

FOX RENTAL or part of completely
furnished house. with modern conven-
FENCES, one block from San Carlos hotel
ADDRESS "A d." care Journal 22sen9s
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WANTED.

WANTED-To rent three or four fur
nlshed rooms for light housekeeping.
Address A. F. Coyle. Army and Navy,
Y. M. {. A. Secretary. Phone 1890. 22sep3
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foh RENT-Two furnished rooms. req
sonable; good location moderr, con
Veniences. Apply 678 West Gardes stIset.
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WANTED-Settled, reliable man and
wife as butler, housemaid and laundress
In small family; good house and wages.
Apply 3o4 American Bank building.
21sep3
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LOST AND FOUND.

STRAYED-Gray parrot. Reward for re-
turn to 440 East Main. 21sep7'
LOST-Piece of machinery that was put
off of street car on Chase and PalafoX
street; weighs about IL pounds. Any per-
son finding same and return WIN receive
81 90. Address A J. Watkins. Porter's
Bazaar. 2osep3'
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There's Buyer Every Useful Thing Sell What Longer
Need Through "For Sale" Ad
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A jet black horse z years
old, weighs 1910 pounds: will sell or
trade horse. buggy and harness for au-
tomobile. Can be seen at Morgans
stable. Address j. II. Upton. 9 IL West
Romano street, or phone 1929. 22sep3
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FOR SALE-Rubber tired phaeton and
harness, cheap for cash. Inquire at No.
West Chase street. 22sep3~
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WANTED-Bright. intelligent, depend
able white boy. with bicycle. to work
from till 1890 a. M, daily and Sunday.
Apply Circulation Manager The Journal.
21Sep
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERICAN
MECHANICS.
Pensa cola Council, No. 35. Junior Or
der United American Mechanics, meets
second and fourth Mondays, 8 p. M, W.
o. w, hall. lis West Garden street
Visiting brothers cordially invited.
c. WHITE,
c. l.. HOOPER. Con
Recording Secretary.
w. o. w.
Live Oak Camp, No 1, Woodman of
the World meets first and third Tuesday
nights for re guar meetings. Woodman
Hall us and 1T Ia West Garden street
w. H. WHITE,
C VILLAR, Clerk.
c.. C.
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foR RENT-Large modern house four
ned rooms and sIeeping porch: house
screened; gas and electric lights Iarge
ground and Clubhouse Rent SIS. p. o
DIN ITO 20sep7
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NATURALIZATION by YOUNG man as
carpenter, painter or cooper. Can give
good references Address T. w H. Ala
West Romano street 12sep7
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FOR SALE-On easy terms, about
81, 000, 600 feet of long leaf yellow pine
timber, located about fifty miles from
Pensacola. II. III. Wefel, Jr., Co,
mobile, Alabama. 22sep3
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Phone 1900
Before z pm.
NAVAL STORES

The spirit market was firm at
SO 8-4c, with no sales.
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FOR SALE-First- class cleaning and
pressing parlors; established trade.
Reason for selling, have been drafted.
Reasonable terms. Address C. & p, care
journal. 22Sep7
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WANTED-A house boy, Ill West Con-
-zalez street. 20sep3
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FOR SALE-Ouick, o n e
Chevrolet roadster. Elec-
trio light and self starter.
S165 cash. One 5-passenger
White 4-cylinder car, $3.50.
Apply Pensacola Buick and
Supply Company. ssDh'''
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FOR SALE-One family horse, cheap;
one 25-foot cabin leaunch. West Florida
Grooery Company. Phone 266. 21sep2w
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FOR SALElFfve-room house and FIVE
lots corner Strong and @ streets. VIII
sell for less than cost of house. Address
c. j. Richardson. r. A. Box 229. Pen
sacola Florida 16sep7'
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FOX RENT-Two furnished apartnents
one up stairs, one down, for light house
ksep1ng; modern conveniences 4O1 West
Chase street onsen7s
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WANTED-Parties desiring Texasrcat.
tie, either sex or age for breeding or
feeding purposes, will be to their interest
to communicate with w. G. Herndon,
Box EOS. Santa Anna. Culman county,
Texas. 20sep6
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FOR SALE-One to five acres of land,
one-horse wagon, two good, gentle
horses, one-horse hay press: enga ging in
other business. Address Pine View Farm,
care Journal. 21sep
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WANTED-Shelled corn, velvet bean
meal; quote prices +. o. your station
for immediate delivery car lots. w c.
Herndon. Box EOS. Santa Anna. Cul,nan
county. Texas. 20sep6
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
FINANCE. OIL AND GAS

same county, the Hope company has
completed Fifth sand gasser in its
we'll ON the Carrie test on the Sunday
Creek Coal company tract located on
Kellys creek. in Cabin creek district,
Kanawha county. The United Fuel
Gas company has completed its well
on the Imperial Coal company's tract
end has a 20.barrel producer. On
Horse Mil Branch, the Eastern Car.
bon company has completed its No. 4
on the W. H. Thompsons farm and
has 100000 cubic feet day gasser
from the Weir sand. On the Kanawha
river, the Wayland Oil and Gas com.
pany has drilled through the Weir sand
al its No 8 on the Huntington estate
and has an output of 100000 cubic feet
OF gas q day. They are drilling this
well through to the Berea sand. On
Spring fork, In Maiden district, Kama.
wha county, the Columbia Carbon com.
pany has completed its No. 8 on the
W. D. Lewis farm and has a 100000
cubic feet gasser in the Lime sand.
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Oct. Son the Pitts
burkh Stock Exchange business was
extremely dull. Only about 500 shares
at the divldend.paying stocks were
dealt in, the bulk of the trading being
in low.priced mining shares. Small
lots Of Oklahoma Gas changed hands
at 20 to 2S3a, the final sale represent
ing q loss OF 81. Manufacturers Light
and Heat declined from GA to SO. Ohio
Fuel Supply was steady at AZ. There
we're no dealings in Air Brake, which
was quoted at los bid, 1881 asked.
The annual report Of the. company,
published today, shows net profits OF
S6,3ss,462, against s9.306,1 in 1915
and $1,575,S38 in 1915. Electric sold
in a small way at 449s to AN. Ten
shares Harbison-Walker common
caanged hands at 1923, a decline OF 81
from the last previous sale. Pitts
burgh Brewing common was u higher
a. 31s. There was nothing doing in
any OF the other Brewing securities,
and glass stocks were entirely neglect.
ad
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A VIRGINIA
WOMAN'S ADVICE.

Roanoke, Va. -WMetnbers Of my
family have used DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. My husband used
it for cough and to make him stronger.
He used only a little and his cough
was cured by it. Others OF the family
have received like benefit. 1t has be.
come a family remedy and has never
failed us."-MRs. JOHN c. DAVIS, 81
9TH Ave-, N. E., Roanoke, Va,
The best time to cure a cough Is
when it starts. Ordinarily, a few
doses Of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will cure a cough at the
beginning. But even when the cough
Is deep-seated and the body Is wasted
by emaciation, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery will in most cases
effect permanent cure.
Get DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical DIS.
covery to-day from any medicine dealer;
1t 10 a powerful blood purifier, 50 pene.
trating that it even gets at the i'm
pure deposits in the joints aud carries
them out of the system.
Depend upon this grand remedy to
give you the kind of Blood that makes
the skin clear, the mind alert, the
vision keener, and puts ambition a1d
energy into the entire body. You will
not be disappointed. For free advice or
free booklet on blood, write DR.. V. n.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Oil and Gas.

The opening Of the week in the lower
Southwest oil fields brings in q mum.
Der of fair gassers and more than the
usual number Of oil wells. While none
OF the latter are Of more than ordinary
site no busters are reported.
In Grant district, Richie county, the
Stout OIL company has completed its
yell on the Perry Davis farm located
on Long run, and has a 80 barrel day
producer from the Salt sand. On the
rorth fork Of Hughes river, in Clay dis.
trtct, Richie county, the Philadelphia
Gas company has completed its No. S
wel on the e. R. Taylor heirs farm
through the Injun sand and has a good
gasser. On Bunnells run the Chal.
iners Oil and Gas company has com.
pleted its No. z on the Benjamin Nc.
Ginnis farm and has q 10-barrel pro.
Queer from the Injun and Squaw sands.
The Blackford OIL and Gas company
has completed its we'll on the J. S.
Straight farm, located on Dents run, in
Warrington district, Marion county
below the Thirty.foot sand and the
lower formation was found dry. This
well had slight showing Of oil IN the
upper sand. On stillwell creek, in I'm.
ion district, Wood county, the Byers
Oil company has completed its well on
the Charles Elliott farm through the
Second Cow run sand and has o five.
barrel producer. In Clay district
Richie county, the Hope Natural Gas
company has completed a fair Big In.
Jun sand gasser in its we'll on the
George ". Thomas. farm, located on
the north fork OF Hughes river. In
Simpson district, Harrison county, on
Joe Davidson run, the Clarksburg
Light and Heat company has complet.
ed a good gas we'll in the Big Injun
sand at its we'll on the Silcoot heirs
farm.
On 4insamon creek. Clary district,
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PERSONALS.

G. G. Farrance, of Raymond street
has been Ill for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sharps, OF
Raymond street, have gone to Akron,
O., to visit relatives.
Mrs. W. R. Satterfeld has returned
from few days stay at their farm
near Little Falls.
Mrs. Grey Jones, who was a sur.
gical patient at Cooks hospital. has
returned to her home in Front street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crutchfeld are NOV.
ing here from Wheeling and will oc
cupy the Griffith property in Front
street.
Mrs. ]. L. Carpenter is spending a
few days at Colfax with Mr.. and
Mrs. Willis Irons.
H. E. Hawkins still lremoins very
Ill at his home in State street.
Mrs. Kate Shlvely, of Morgantown
avenue, is visiting friends at Nor.
gantown.
Joseph Hite, of Morgantown av.
enue, is spending a few days in
Virginia, Mrs. Hte who has been
spending several months there will
accompany him home.
Lawrence De Witt, who was In
Miners hospital with badly mangled
hand, has recovered and entered
school at the Normal.
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS


The farm festival and street fair
which has become an annual event Of
Barbour county will open Wednesday
and continue through Friday. The first
Cay is designated Entrance Day" the
Judges will determine awards Thurs.
day, and the prizes will be distributed
Friday. The court house square, as
heretofore, will be used for the display
Of grains, fruits, vegetables and other
farm products, and the energies. OF
Barbous county farmers, who made q
fine record in war crops" this year,
are expected to make the fair this
month the finest yet. The county is not.
ed for Its fine farms. large crops, beef
cattle and poultry, and competition In
many Of the exhibits will be keen. Ath.
letic events for men. boys and girls are
scheduled for the mornings of the fair
days.
In a recent issue the Clay County
Press printed the following:
Several years ago an agent OF Stark
Brothers Nursery and Orchard com.
pany, of Louisiana, Mo-, discovered an
apple tree standing on the side of the
main road leading up Porters creek,
Il Union district Of this Clay coun.
ty, between Glenn and Odessa post.
offices.
The tree was in fruit, the beauty
and mellowness of which attracted the
agent The tree stood on the land OF
Mr.. Anderson Mullins. After some
negotiation the above named company
purchased the tree and the land upon
which it stands, and have a fence
about the tree twenty feet high, ana
the gate or door into the enclosure is
kept nightly locked. To prevent in.
jury or damage by trespassers, the
fence and gate is connected up with
series of electrified wires, which are
connected with bell in a residence
adjacent thereto. Any damage done
to the gate or fence is instantly re.
ported to the persons in the residence.
Stark Brothers Nursery & Orchard
company have named this new apple
Golden Delicious" the name thus be-
ing description of the color of the
apple, and its enticing flavor. Those
who have had the good fortune to
taste the apples from this tree affirm.
ing that It is the most delightful fruit
which they have ever eaten. The
above named company has grated
thousands OF buds from this tree into
ether stock and are selling the young
trees, thus grated, throughout the
United States. and Canada. Thus It
i 10 L., o., Il.
Clay county man may eat Clay county
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Yea Get Better Cough
Syrup by Masking
Is at Home
WHAT'S more, you save about Sc by
IL. Easily made and costs little.

"
You'll never really know what a fine
cough syrup you can make until you
prepare this famous homemade remedy.
You not only save So as compared with
the ready-made kind, but YOU will also
have a more effective and dependable
remedy in every way. 1t'overcomes the
usual coughs, throat and chest colds in
q hours-relleyes even whooping cough
quickly.
Get 2ilS ounces OF Pinex 100 cents
WORTHY from any. good drug store, pour
1t. into a pint bottle and FIJI the bottle
with plain granulated sugar syrup.
Here, you have a full pint.a family
supplyLM : the most effective cough
syrup that money can buy-at'a cost Of
only 65s cents or less II never spoils.
The !prompt and positive results given
by this pleasant. tasting cough syrup
have caused il. to be used in more homes
than ANY other remedy. 1t quickly
loosensSa' dry. hoarse or tight cough,
heals, the infamed membranes that line
the throat and bronchial ttIbas, and Ere.
lief comes almost Immediately. Splen-
did for throat tickle, hoarseness, broR.
chitis, Group and bronchial asthma. y
Pinex.. is a highly, concentrated COM
pound! of genuine Norway pine extract,
and has, been used for generations for
throat and chest ailments. = :. "
Avoid disappointment BY asking your
Druggist sfQr g e ounces of Pinex" with
full objections, aud don't. accept any
thing else. 'A:guatpntee of absolute sat.
lstactlon OF money promptly refunded,
goes Wlths this <prepsra alton. The Pinex
Co., TT. Wayne, Ind.
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New York

NEW YORK, Oct. 9. - Stocks pur.
sued a narrow and uncertain course
today until the final hour, when a gen.
eral selling movement followed publ.
cation OF the government crop report
disclosing falling In the indicated
corn crop and further deterioration in
other important cereals.
During the forenoon and intermedi.
ate period price changes were negligi-
BILE except in certain specialties and
utilities. These issues also featured
the enlarged offerings of the closing
hour Tobaccos leading the extreme
declines. United Cigar Stores dropped
8 points to 1924, Tobacco Products .
to 61B and American Tobacco 8 to 1856.
Peoples Gas was weakest OF the utili.
ties, declining s points to IS, and met.
ais were next at recessions of l to 8
points.
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Ia. e yla.tlae t..saa. - 81.

HIM, was Waiting friends here sun
day.
Roma ReanSr Il the new carrier
for The West Virginian here, taking
the place Of Ward Messenger, who
has moved to Bridgeport, W. Va.
Rev. W. G. Messner. pastor Of the
Christian church. occupied his pulpit
on Sunday, both morning and even
ing. The subject Of his evening ser
mon was eye Must be Born Aagain,"
John 1913. He breaches here every
first and third Sunday at 1880 and
1880.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. q. Skinner return
ed on Saturday morning from a
weeks visit to relatives in Brazton
and Lewis counties.
Miss Grace Martin, Of shinnston,
was visiting her sister, Mrs. Finley
Cakes, on Sunday.
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Personals.

Mr.. and Mrs, T. c. Minnear, of Wa
verify, W""1 county, arrived here SAT
urday for a visit with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Bates, who have
been visiting their daughter, Mrs. A.
L. Mason, for several days, left Sat
urday for their home at Reedy, Roane
county.
Mrs. E. g. Duke, OF Newport, Ohio.
who was called here by the illness of
her sister, Miss Lulu Bates, left for
her home Saturday.
Fred Taggart, of Clarksburg, was
calling on friends here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Finley Cakes left on
Monday morning for a weeks visit
with relatives in Wood county.
Mrs. Allie Cunningham, of Long
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

C. L. slayton has the record OF TAX.
ing the largest white salmon out of
the Ohio that has been hooked SO far
this season. says the Parkersburg Sen.
tinel. On Friday Mr.. slayton and sew.
eral others went up to Dam IS, and had
been fishing for only short time when
the salmon took the hook. 1t put UP a
great fight but was finally landed. It
measured exactly &c inches in length,
16 inches in girth and weighed nine
pounds.
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Worthington
INC Ladies WON the Contest.

The three months contest between
the ladies and mems classes of the
Christian Sunday school closed with
the last Sunday in September and the
ladies' won by few points. In ac-
cordance with the agreement the men
Will furnish the refreshments for a
social to be held in the basement Of
the church on Monday evening of this
week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
EVERY MARRIED COUPLE

and al who contemplate marriage should own
this complete book Of Lfe-The UConarneu Sense
Medical Adviser" By R v. Pierce, II. D. It
unfolds the eecrots Of married happiness. 20
oftsn revosIed too late. No book Ike Il to b
bad at any price. 1908 pages-bound 10 cloth.
q few Of the chapters here: The Mechanlsrn
Of Life, History Of Marriage. Advice for Mother
and Babe. Nervous Troubles. Sen. Hygiene, An
atnmy, Physlology, Medicine. etc.
Special Offer: = For 4 limited time We WIN
send one copy for dimes to pay cost Of wrap.
ping and mailing. 70 any reader Of thia pap0c,
Address 6e3 Main ST.. Buffalo, n. Y.
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-
Rev. Father P. Il. MeDermott rector
Of the immaculate Conception Catholic
church of clarksburg. viii celebrate his
silver jubilee Is = priest this month.
and when he learned that his congre-
cation numbering about 5000 had
intneded to reward him for his work
here, requested that instead fund be
raised TO pay OF the debt on the new
boys school. His wishes have been
followed. The new school, one Of the
finest parochial educational buildings
IN the state, cost about 100000, but
about half the cost has been paid. Faith.
er McDermott completed his theologt-
cal training in Rome, and was for o
time pastor at Rowlesburg.
II a uttle woman who 10 trying to
support two children and send them
to school in . mining camp town in
West Virginia had her way . new mode
OF punishment would be provided for
men who desert their wives and chill.
dren and refuse to support them. 1t
would be more severe, too, than that
meted out to deserters of the United
States army.
This woman, who asked that heI
rsme be held in confidence, has writ.
ten to Adjutant General John c. Bono
to the effect that my husband will not
support me and his two children. 1t
has been about seventeen months since
lie has done anything for US. Won't
even send his children money for
school books. He is trying to get a di.
vorce."
She closed with the following, which
General Bond interpreted as an appeal
as well as an opinion: All such men
ought to be taken to war and put him
in the front to fight"
She was advised by General Bond
that while he had no authority TO send
the man to the front, much as he would
Ike to do so, that she could have him
arrested and compelled to support his
children.
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EAST SIDE
- NEWS -
Aid Society Meeting.

The Aid Society OF the Diamond
Street church will meet at the home
of Mrs. T. D. Harden Thursday after.
moor to quilt