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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
heed Of 10000 stenographers !.

need of 10000 stenographers.
That settles it.
Everything is scarce,
Used to think they grew stenogs on
trees somewhere.
And that the chewing gum trust ap.
propriated money yearly to keep the
stenog orchard healthy.
And now people are beginning to
think about them as producers instead
Of as consumers.
War certainly makes . lot Of
changes.
Wonder II It will ever make all Of
Bairmonts loafers go to work.
Doesn't look like It now.
But you never can ten.
People are beginning to talk about
them.
And are blaming the Mayor for not
enforcing the 36 hour law.
They'd better get q wigEle on II they
DO not want to have an embarrassing
half hour some dag
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15


Mr.. Houston says that in bewailln.
the woes OF laboring people as Bower
ne emphasized it by saying it was
worse than the tyranny OF the
kaiser"
Stacker" is kind OF mean term
and should not be used indiscriminate.
~ 10 condemn all who have another
view on an important matter. O. J.
Rife, county superintendent of schools
Of Wayne county, is said to take tho
position:
Names Of teachers refusing or
falling TO do the work (aidiug in
the conservation OF food stufs
or cause it to be done, will be pub.
lished as slackers."
II Prof. Rife classes all those who
have not done much to conserve food
as "slackers" the papers publishing
his list will have little else in that is.
sue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

the net weight marked on the wrap.
per.
LAS to meats. the importance to
the consuming public OF a rigid en-.
torcement of the law may be illus.
trated by stating that six pound
strip of bacon. which retailed at SSc
per pound, was found to contain nine
ounces Of wrapper. The wrappers
from twelve strips OF the same ba-
con weighed les ounces or 6 ga
pounds, or equal to 1856 worth of
bacon. The wholesaler sold this ba.
con to the retailer at soc per pound
gross, and the retailer sold it to the
consumer at CSC per pound, gross
Comment is not necessary.
I'VE would like for you to give spe.
cial attention to the inspection of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
BY CHARLES BROOKS SMITH.

Bureau to the effect that an increased
pension OF $40 Month had been al.
lowed Solomon Smith, of Belleville.
Fred Perkins, former Parkersburg
newspaper man who has been employ.
ed in Cleveland, o, will arrive here to
take up bis new duties with the pub.
llcity department OF the Department of
Agriculture on October Is. Mrs. Per-
kins will stop off in Parkersburg to
visit her father, C. w. Edelen for two
weeks, before coming on TO reside in
the capital.
William E. c. Dowell has been desig.
mated acting postmaster at Mount
Hope, An order OF September 26, 1917,
disseminating the rostoffice at Paxton
Clay county, has been rescinded.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
TAKE WHEN BILIOUS, AEApAcHY
FOR COLDS, BAD BREATH,
SOUR STOMACH.

Instead of nasty, harsh pills, salts,
castor oil or dangerous calomel, why
don't you keep Cascarets handy in
your home? Cascarets act on the
liver and thirty feet of bowels 80
gently you don't realize you have ia
ken cathartic, but they act thor
oughly and can be depended upon
when good liver and bowel cleans
ing is necessary-they move the bile
and poison from the bowels without
gripping and sweeten the stomach.
You eat one or two at night like
candy and you wake up feeling fine,
the headache, biliousness, bad health,
coated tongue, sour stomach, consti.
patton, or bad cold disappears. Moth.
ers should give cross, sick, feverish
or bilious children whole Cascaret
any time-they are harmless and
safe for the little folks.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

Just how bad the situation from a military standpoint
in Russia is illustrated by the that Premier Ke-
rensky has issued appeal instead of an order to the
Russian feet to defend the country against the German
force landed the island Oese The fleet may rise
to the OCCASION Russian sailors are not afraid to fight
They proved that in their war with Japan But they
certainly cannot be very formidable as naval force IL
they going to hold debate to what is their duty
before every action.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

Rev Sydney Strong OF Seattle, who told the National
Council of Congregational churches in session at Column
bus that the members Of the 1. w. w. who it is now
known, conspred to burn grain fields wreck machinery
and conduct strikes over wide like the early
Christians, must believe every calumny ever written
about the first Christians Either that or he does not
know what he is talking about. and the second guess
probably Is the best
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
The Ex.eoVERNoRs.

Ex-Governor A. B. Fleming, of Fair
mont, is rs years Of age today (Oct.
15)
Ex-Governor William A. MacCorkle
predicts that the war will last a year
and a half.
Ex-Governor W. e. Glasscock pre-.
sided at the annual meeting Of the
associated charities at Morgantown.
Ex-Governor A. B. White made a
speech at Clarksburg on a greater
city and Commission Form Of Gov.
eminent"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
RAILROAD STOCKS,

NE of the chronclers of financial information calls
" attention to the fact that the average level Of II
selected railway stocks today is almost down to the
quotations for the panic of 1907. He gives the figures
10 prove it That ought interest men with little ready
money. During the panic Of 1907. when the stock Of
many of the great railroad systems sassed below par far
sighted and courageous made fortunes by buying the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
LIBERTY BONDS.

Buy bond and save our boys
Fayette Tribune.
1t is better to buy bond than be
sorTy.-Kingwood Journal.
A liberty bond is good buy-good.
bye to Observation-Disclosures Mail.
II you favor peace. hasten It, buy
liberty bonds.-Morgantown Post.
Buy liberty bond and feel as
good as II you had taken hearty
Wallop at the kaiser.-Wheeling Reg.
lister.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
CONGRATULATIONS.

EAIRMONT'S most distinguished living citizen, For
L mer Governor Aretas Brooks Fleming, is rs years
old today, and the anniversary finds him well enough
in his physical health 10 enjoy the day with zes while his
intellect is as keen as ever it was.
His fellow townsmen join in congratulang him on his
marked ability to grow old gracefully and in hoping that
he will be with us for many more birthdays.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

The enemy trading act is in full force and within
week two every provision of the revenue act
also will be operating. When that time comes the only
people In this country who made to feel that
America is in the war will be those in the cemeteries
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
GAS PLAYS OUT,

MoUNDSVILLE, Oct. 15.-The
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co. has
Withdra"n its Industrial rate, to 60
into effect Jan. /, 1918, owing to the
;ortage in gar
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS WOMAN
TOOK VINOL
1t Made Her Strong and
Well.

Barneveld, Visit was in weak,
nervous. rundown, anaemic condi.
ton, so that my housework was a
burden. Vinol was recommended,
and it made me we'll and strong. 1t
is certainly the best tonic and
strength creator have ever taken"
Mrs. John Lewis.
Vinol is cod liver and iron con.
stitutional remedy for weak, nervous,
rundown condition Of men, women
and children. Your money will be
returned II It does not help you.
Cranes Drug Store, Fairmont. Vinol
is sold In Warrington by the Pre-.
scription Pharmacy and at the best
drug store in every town and city in
the country.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

the Governor attributes to me. His
charge Of pro-kaisertsm is merely
q cheap attempt to capitalize popu.
lar prejudice"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
What People Say
And Some Side Remarks

The Odd Fellows have always been
decent lot. People in this section
OF the state have come TO look upon
EN- as good fellows as well. ]. A.
Moffatt, veteran proprietor OF the Ho-
tel Adelphia at Huntington, pays high
tribute to the delegates at the grand
lodge meeting there recently:
There wasn't loud word about
the hotel during the meeting and
/ want to express my appreciation
of the fact. 1t is pleasure to en-.
terrain such a uniformly we'll be.
haved crowd"
He ought not to have been surprised
at the good behavior OF the delegates.
being Odd Fellows
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

No question but what the soldier
boys appreciate letters and papers.
One Of them writes his mother:
Don't write short letters be.
cause do. 1t is hard to find any
thing here that is not told in news
paper accounts but every word
from home is interesting"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

And to think that Kauf used to play with Parkers-
burg.-Parkersburg Sentinel.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

The New York somnambulist who asked exemption
he feared he might walk in his pajamas into the
German trenches in his sleep some night be
Sured They don't wear pajamas In the trenches
Wheeling Telegraph.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15
SHORT AND sNAPPY.

La Toilette may be found the wrong side almost
as often as question comes up.-Spencer Times-Rec-
ord
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

Representative Claude Kitchen says he is making a
great sacrifice by remaining in congress md the country
feels It is enduring great sacrifice in having there
AND Mr.. ktehin knows the remedy.-Charleston Mail.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

A local chap now In n big city writes
that he saw Evelyn Nesbit in a vaude-
vile show and observes:
Evelyn Nesbit might once have
driven millionaircs and princes to
distraction. But today she can
neither sing nor dance; she hasn't
vestige OF her reputed one.time
beauty and charm; and worst OF
all she is growing old ungraceful-
ly."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

Harold W. Houston gets a chance to
reply" to Governor Cornwell in the
last issue OF The West Virginia FEEDER
ationist, and among other things, says:
81 made no such statements as
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-15

Foreign Advertising Representative. ROBERT &.
WARD, Brunswick Bldg, New York. 1913 w. Madison
street, Chicago
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-31
DR.. ]. R. Jackson, Osteopath.

Ut. y. II. JACKSON, O~SteOpdln
See the waists on sale for soc. Cole
Mercantile Co.
T. NJ. Sayman's soaps and other rem
edies will be handled at Poole's Barber
Shop.
Don't. fail to read the ad. of the
opening of the Clarin Studio Saturday
morning.
Voiles-a large lot of patterns and
colors to select from-special lac yard
Cole Mercantile Co.
Miss Laura Vinegar returned last
evening from Elkton, where she has
been engaged in nursing a case.
Continuous show at the Pleasant
Hour Saturday from l to II p. m. The
big feature Brand of Cowardice" 100
and 15c.
Mrs. E. L. Barker, of Erwin, dis
trict deputy of the r. N. A., was in the
city yesterday, the guest of Mrs. E
w. Hyde.
The R. N. A. drill team under the
command Of Mrs. E. w. Hyde, oracle
of the local camp, went to Bruce last
Saturday and put on the degree work
and initiated a class of candidates.
r. f. Kerr leaves this week to attend
the reunion of his college class at Du
Paw University, G~reencastle, Ind
While away he will visit his sisters
who live near Charlottesville, in the
same state. He expects to be absent
a couple of weeks.
Howard Johnson went to Heron
Lake, Mimi, last week to visit for a
time and from there will go to st.
Paul and enlist in the engineers. He
is an expert electrician and expects to
be sent at once to New York to join
the foreign service corps.
R. c. Wyckoff left this morning for
Linton, N. D., where he will take
charge of the machine work in a gar
age. He has rented his house to E. S.
Hanson, proprietor Of the Bee Hive
and shipped his household goods. Mrs.
Wyckoff and the children will follow
him as soon as he rents a house.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-31
COLLEGE SUMMER SCHOOL

State College will give special prac-
tical farm courses in the six weeks
summer session for the purpose Of
assisting those who desire to prepare
themselves for special service in the
food emergency of the present war.
A course in gas and steam tractor
operation will be offered by H. G. Sol
berg, professor of mechanical engin-
eering, to prepare young men in the
handling of power machinery. This
course will be especially desirable for
those who expect to do extensive fall
blowing and harvesting.
In addition to the regular courses in
cooking special instruction will be
given in the home economics depart
ment in canning and preserving foods,
covering all the practical methods Of
preserving vegetables, fruits and
meats. Practical work in livestock
management will be given directed to-
ward increasing meat products. The
agronomy department will also offer
courses giving special attention to soil
conservation and crop production with
a view to increasing the food supply.
1t is stated that with careful attention
to practical scientific methods our or
binary grain crops may be increased
two or more bushels per acre, while
potato yields may be increased ten
bushels or more per acre.
In a letter Of announcement to the
teachers of the state, Prof. e. D..
Stivers, director of the summer school,
urges that: ut is the patriotic duty
of every citizen to make himself
thoroughly acquainted with the condi'
tons governing the production of food.
State College has done much practical
work along these lines and plans to
continue through the summer session.
President Perisho. as a member of the
state committee of defense. has been
called to several national conferences,
one at st. Louis, and another at Wash
ington. He is, therefore, able to speak
with authority concerning both the
state and national situation, and those
who attend the summer school may be
assured of receiving first-hand infor-
nation direct from state and national
authorities"
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Millet seed for sale at Jarvis New

Millet seed for sale at Jarvis New
Hardware Store.
Mrs. A. A. Harris, and two daugh-
ters, spent the week end at Elkton,
visiting Mrs. G. N. Parsons.
Mrs. Ben Bowen, Of Mankato, Mimi,
a former resident of the city is visit.
ing at the home of j. w. Mcknight, ar.
irving Monday evening.
Misses Dora and Anna Connolly, OF
Elkton, and John Sullivan and sister,
~Genevieve, of Mapleton. Mimi, We're
visitors Saturday at the home of ]. j.
Connolly.
The Clarin Studio will carry a com
plete line of kodaks and supplies.
Kodak films developed for &c and 1Oc.
See me and let me explain it to you,
| will save you money. Don't forget
my new location over Hub Depart.
ment Store, one block south from my
old stand.
Word from the highway department
of the state of Wyoming has been re.
ceived by Secretary Phelps of the
Black and Yellow trail, to the effect
that the trail in that state is in fairly
good condition, although it will be a
few weeks before the portion through
the Big Horn mountains is open to
travel.
Despite the war, this is going to be
the best year in the history of the
state for road improvement. 1t is a
patriotic duty, according to expert ad.
vices. because the government will
need the best Of highways all over
the country in it's work of carrying on
the war. The Black and Yellow trail.
going as it does across the central part
of South Dakota, and comprising
hundreds of miles of improved high
way from Chicago to Yellowstone Ma
tional park, is one of the best examples
of an opportunity to help the govern
ment by building better highways.
A sale on corsets, soc and csc. Cole
Mercantile Co.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-31
THE FAD

Monday, June 4-"Unallowable,' s.
reel Bluebird feature, with Dorothy
Davenport and Emory Johnson. Mack
Sennett Keystone Komedies-2 reels
and those funny.
Tuesday, June 5-"The Gilded Spid.
err" 5-reel Bluebird feature, with
Louise Lovely and Lon CLANCY.
Wednesday, June 6-"American Arts
%tocracy,'' with Douglas Fairbanks. Z
reel Triangle program.
Thursday, June 7-"Patria," with
Mrs. Vernon Castle, 18th episod 2
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-31

Which passeth all understanding.
Friday, June Street Universal pro-
gram. Brute Force" with Geo. Perez
and Jane Bermondy.
Saturday, June 9-"Weaker Sex"
Dorothy Dalton and Charles Ray. T.
reel Triangle program.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14

Oliver Dickinson and Marion Han
sell made business trip to Walla
Walla Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. D. E. Baker went down to
Pendleton last evening to attend the
Marshall revival meetings.
Sim Kilgore, who was recently op-
Grated on at Spokane for appendicitis,
is at the home of his parents, recuper-
ating.
The new heating plant at the Chris
tian church building has been tried
out this week with very satisfactory
results.
Mrs. w. C. Burt, of Portland, ar
rived in the city Monday evening and
is guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
NV. Ware.
Y y. B. Richards is having an addi-
tioh built to the south end of his office
building. Bert Davis is doing the car
penter work.
Claud Gaines. of Medford, after
spending few days at the home of
his sister. Mrs. Homer l. Watts. left
Tuesday for Portland, with the inten-
tion Of enlisting in the Engineering
corps of the Army service.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14

the period of the war. Glen took spe-
cial training at the officers training
camp at the Presidio. and has been at
Eugene for some time a sisting in
drilling the students in army tactics.
The following taken from the Sum
day Oregonian refers to nephew of
Mrs. Cass Cannon of Athena, who is a
sister of Rev. c. A. Woody: That
his son, Carroll H. Wooddy of Halifax,
is safe, is the word received yesterday
by G. A. Wooddy, Of Portland, in
charge Of American Baptist missions
work on the Pacific Coast. The son
lives at 93 East Leechamps street,
Halifax, and is a professor in uni
versity there.
Yhe second payment of 40 per cent
on the last Liberty Bond subscriptions
are due today at the First National
Bank.NJ 1t is necessary. that the pay
mentsf fbe met promptly as the bank is
under obligations to remit as promptly
to the Federal Reserve Bank at San
Francisco. The last installment of 40
per cent will be due on January 18th,
and it will greatly oblige the bank
if the last payments are made not later
than the 18th. SO that remittance will
reach San Francisco on the 18th.
Tomorrow afternoon occurs the an
nual Bazaar. given by the ladies of
the Methodist Episcopal church. Be-
ginning at $50, the ladies will serve
a splendid chicken dinner, and the
public is invited to patronize it, as
they will no doubt generously do, re-
membering former occasions of this
kind. A candy booth and one other
booth at which various articles will be
placed on sale, will be features of this
annual event. The managers for the
Red Cross drive for members will sell
memberships during the afternoon and
evening.
lJCorporal Ed Sebasky, writing to his
bother. Mrs. Win. Burden under date
Lof Dec gives a good description of
conditions there, and especially dwells
on the hospitality shown the soldiers
on Thanksgiving by New York people.
He says: with one hundred others,
| took dinner at the Majestic hotel
with the Rotary Club as hosts" He
adds: ''Tne boys are all sure anxious
to get ont of here as the climate is
very damp and cold and we are both
cred good deal with colds" Cor
oral Sebasky, with large number Of
others, has taken out the limit in life
insurance with the government.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Press Paragraphs

Mis- 8 Gladys Andre is at home on a
visit.
George Kinnear7 Of Weston, was in
town Monday.
Tom Gilkey is visiting his parents
in Colfax. Wash, this week.
Miss Alta Sharp has been confined
to her home during the past week with
illness.
Wares Pharmacy is distributing
weather charts for 1918 free, while
they last.
Attorneys Peterson and Raley were
in the city from Pendleton Tuesday on
legal business.
]. H. Ridenour. who returned from
Montana last week, left this morning
for Auburn, Wash.
G. w. Avery. Weston Mountain
sawmill man. was in the city yester-
day on business. Mr.. Avery will spend
the winter in the Willamette valley.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
Tonina It Down.

Mother-Joan, dear, have you been
doing anything to this ink? Joan
Yes, mummy. | put same water In II
10 make 1t write weak. I've been writ.
Ing letter to daddy and wanted to
whisper something to him. = London
Passing Show.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14

"What makes you think all women
hate each otherg'
"Because woman so seldom brings
up son fit to be another woman's hus-
band"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
The Secret.

Many man adopts, methods to gain
f!s ends which end his gains. -Lippin.
colts.
The Secret.
"You know that car bought last
month";" began the purchaser.
"Yes What Of it?" asked the dealer
isn't 1t good carr
ave seen worse ones, but 1t comes
long way from being what your agent
represented 1t to be-"
"Of course 1t does. Why, man alive,
If our cars were as good as that we
wouldn't need to employ agents to sell
them."--New York World.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14

II never saw Duhson's equal for en-.
couraging bill collectors"
"How does he do it?'
''He infccts them with his own opti.
nistic belief that he is going to have
some money some day. Birmingham
Age Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-12-14
A Real Luxury.

Waiter" said the diner, "it says here
on the menu green blueiish.'
"Yes, sir. That means fresh--right
from the water, sir"
Nonsense" said the diner. "You
know well enough they do not take
bluefish at this season."
The waiter came up and looked at
lhe disputed item.
oh, that, sir" he said with an air OF
enlightenment. that am hothouse blue
fish, sir"-Boston Transcript.