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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-30
BUSINESS SLOWING
down SOMEWHAT
Conservatism is Evident in
Some Quarters Declares
Dun's.

NEW YORK, April 3O.-Dun's Re-
view of Trade for last week says:
Except for government require.
ments, general business is of lessened
magnitude, and conservatism is
more conspicuous feature In many
quarters. The restricting influence OF
the high and steadily rising prices is
clearly seen In the growing tendency
toward economy and retrenchment
among consumers, and, as a reflection
of this, manufacturing activity is in
SOME branches subsidtng. Hesitancy
in purchasing is more sharply defined
in the staple commodities, including
footwear and textiles, ard variable
weather has also initiated against the
best results in retail distribution.
Yet some abatement of demand is not
surprising, in view OF the extreme
costs and the limits to which buying
has already b3en carried, and transac.
lions in the aggregate surpass those
Of any previous corresponding period.
This is Evidenced by bank clearings
and similar barometers, and the sta.
tistical record would be even more
striking IL certain producers we're Ii
position to accept all the contracts
offered. Precedence is given to FEEDER.
al needs wherever the occasion re-
quires, and ordinary business in not
few instances is Withheld because def.
mite deliveries cannot be promised, or
owing to the reluctance Of manufac
turers to commit themselves further
Special efforts to augment outputs
are impelled by the pressing necessl'
ties Of this government and Its Allies.
yet the labor problem is more trouble
some. with strikes in some industries;
ard the car shortage, though less acute.
also hampers operations.
With the movement to increase crop
production spreading. it is encouraging
that the weather has been more pro.
ritious for agriculture, and decided
Improvement in winter wheat pros
poets is indicated by official dispatch
es.
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FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

On Grass Run in the same district
the same parties are drilling near the
top Of the Gordon hand on the Amos
Maxwell farm. Their tests on the B.
]. David farm, located on Salem Fork,
is drilling at 1900 feet. On Indian
Run the Victoria on company is rig.
ging up on the George T. Nuzum farm.
On Little Ten Mile Creek, Sardis dis
trict, the same company has made a 10.
cation on the Della v. Rogers farm
and is starting to drill on the r. L.
Ashcratt farm.
On Long Drain Run, Church dis.
trict, Wetzel county, the Carnegie Nat.
ural Gas company is due In the sand
at test on the n. Kennedy Is acres.
On Knob Fork, Clay district, the Hope
Natural Gas company has made a 10.
cation on the ]. B. Burch farm.
On Dents Run. Warrington district
Marion county, the Hope Natural Gas
company is fishing at 3,026 feet on
the Ellen Kinsey farm. On States
Fork In the same district, A. P. Taught
is due in the Thirty-Foot sand at a
second test on the John Baker farm,
On the same stream the Carter OIL
company has made location on the
N. Rice farm. On Dunkard Creek,
Battele district, Monongalia county,
the st. Leo OIL company has termi.
mated fishing Job and is drilling at
1900 feet on the Fielding Straight
farm. On Grave Creek, Charles Riley
& Co. are fishing on the John Camp.
bell farm. The same company has
made loaction on the A. Ingram farm
in Cameron district. On Big Run,
Liberty district, the Manufacturer
Light and Heat company has made 10.
cations on the w. c. Fish and NJ. j.
Frye farms.
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Oil and Gas.

TIL elate compilations in the West
Virginia fields are light bumpers or
gas wells. On Rock Camp Run, Sar.
dis district, Harrison county. the Hope
Natural Gas company is testing its
NO. on the ]. E. Harbert farm. 1t
is producing eight barrels a day in
the Gordon sand. In Fish Creek,
Church district, Wetzel county, the
same company drilled No. 4 on the R.
L. Merriner farm through the Cor.
don sand and secured a gasser. On
Knob Fork, Clary district, the same
company's test on the L. j. Haines
farm has show of oil in the Big In.
Jun sand. On the same stream and
IN hesame district, the Hope company
has drilled its deep test on the Jesse
L. Newman farm GA depth of 3,4S2
feet and is shut down.
In the Weir sand pool, Elk district.
Kanawha county, the Ohio Fuel OIL
company gave its No. on the NJ.
and Nancy ]. Vancamp farm a shot
and increased its production from two
to is barrels a day. On Little Ten
Mile Creek, Sardis district, Harrison
county, the Hope Natural Gas COM
pany completer No. 4 on the William
y. Edgell farm. 1t is q gasser In
the Big 1njun sand.
In Murphy district, Richie county,
L. N. Clark Coos test on the 2.
3. Stmms farm has been drilled
through all sands and is dry. In the
same district the Southern OIL com.
pany has put its No. on the G. w.
Deem farm to pumping and it is pro.
ducing 10 barrels day from the salt
sand. In the same district the Hope
Natural Gas company has rigs COM
pleted for tests on the S. H. WestfalI
and NJ. A. Ayres farms and is drilling
a test on the ]. H. Leivring farm.
The same company's test on the r.
A. Scott farm is a buster.
In the Burning Springs district,
Writ county Paterso nBros.' No.
nm the Robinson Petroleum tract is a
very light pumper in the salt sand.
The Nutter Oil company got one of
the same kind at No 3 on the g. w.
Nutter farm. Roberts Bros. had a
little better luck at No. Sc on the
Sharpneck Henry, farm. 1t Is a TO-
barrel pumper. In the same district,
the Red River Oil and Gas company's
No. is on the Depue-McClung tract is
q duster. The New Domain OIL COM
pany got one OF the same kind at its
test on the James Clark farm.
On Salem Fork, Ten Mile district,
Harrison county, Ernest Randolph &
Co. have the timbers on the ground
LOT q test on the T. n. Williams farm,
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MEETINGS
ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock.
holders OF MoNoNGAHELA VALLEY
TRACTION COMPANY will be held
at the office of said company, Room
No. 305 Watson buildin, in the city of
Fairmont, West Virginia, on Monday,
the 14th day of May, 1917, at IL o'clock
a. M, for the purpose of receiving a
statement of the affairs of said com.
pany, for the election Of a Board of
Directors to serve for the ensuing year
and for the transaction OF any other
business coming before said annual
stockholders meeting.
WALTON MILLER, Secretary,
Monongahela Valley Traction Com.
pany. Apr 9-16-23.30
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SPECIAL NOTICES
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
For Printing and Binding Current
Volumes Of West VIrnlnla SUPREME

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
For Printing and Binding Current
Volumes Of West Virginia Supreme
Court Reports.
Sealed proposals for printing and
binding current volumes OF the reports
OF the Supreme Court of Appeals OF
West Virginia will be received by the
undersigned Attorney General, at his
office in the Capitol, in the city Of
Charleston, until twelve o'clock. noon,
Saturday. June 9, 1917, at which time
and place said proposals will be open.
ed. After bid Is submitted it cannot
be withdrawn.
The contract awarded to the sue.
cesstul bidder shall be for four years,
beginning on the second Wednesday in
June, 1917. A bond In the penal sum
of Five Thousand (S5,000) dollars, con.
ditioned for the faithful performance
OF the contract, with two good and sui.
ficient sureties residing in this State.
or with a surety company authorized
to do business in this State, shall &C.
company each proposal.
Blank forms Of bonds, proposals and
specifications will be furnished on ap.
plicadon.
An act Of the recent legislature pro-
vides that these books may be bound
in the best quality OF law calf or Unit.
ed States standard buckram Of best
quality.
The. right to reject any and all pro.
posals>is reserved.
E. T. ENGLAND,
Attorney General
Charleston, West Virginia.
April II. 1917. 4-1s-2S-3O 81
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s 5000
Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO, April So.-Feverish ad-
vances Of 121sc in the price OF wheat
here Saturday were followed by sud
dent collapse Of 15c owing largely to
official denials that the Entente AL.
lies had been purchasing future deliv-
cries at Winnipeg and because Of &C.
ton OF the Winnipeg exchange in pro.
hibiting all speculative trade. A wild
finish in the Chicago market resulted
under Fridays close to &c advance,
with May at $2,74&2.741s and July
$2.25&226. Corn closed &c off to 1c
up and oats off IL to 1kc. In pro.
visions the outcome ranged from &c
decline to an equal gain.
Articles Open Close
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New York

NEW YORK. April 3O.-Trading in
New York stocks on Saturday amount.
ed to Only 265,700 shares. The price
movement was comparatively narrow.
Steel ranged between 1868 and 1854
and closed at net loss of 4 compar.
ed with Friday. Reading and Union
Pacific declined 1 to TX per cent.
In some Of the specialties the move.
ment was little broader. While the
market did not close at the lowest
the tone was rather heavy.
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, April 3o.-Business
IN the Pittsburgh stock exchanges last
week foot up 75,643 shares stocks and
1000 bonds. Prince changes were
nearly equally divided between gains
and losses, and one-third Of the stocks
dealt in closed unchanged tor the
week.
A decline which attracted more at.
tention than any other was the So
point loss in Westinghouse Air Brake,
which sold down to 116 and closed
1t 1851. Liquidation, which was not
heavy, seemed to be based upon the
theory Of net earnings from Union
Switch and Signal would defer pros
poets of large extra dividends, which
stockholders have become familiar in
years past. Westinghouse Electric at
pne time rallied to par but closed to
80.
On Saturday trading continued
How, but the market was little firm
Or. Saturdays sales were as follows:
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GET couNTERFEITERs SUPPLIES.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 3d.
Thousands of sheets of silk-ingrained
paper, inks and other materials said to
be used in making of counterfeit cur
rency fell into the hands of Raleigh
county officers at Mabscott. and Wal
ter Holub, who says he is Russian,
was placed under arrest by Constables
]. A. Bigs and F. c. George. Holub Is
said to have been making currency in
denominations of 500, $40, $40 and 81.
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Try 1t on Your Pronouncer.

Where is Lake neutrality-suspicious.
gogchebungagungemong?" asks some
one of the Boston Globe. The an
swer given, Is: The lake with the
long name is located in Webster. The
name is said to have been originally
three names, Chargoggagogg-M auch-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., the present
name being the three merged into one
and pronounced Char-gogg-a.gogg
mauch-augg-a-gogg-a-gung.a-maugg
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Had Felt Like Doing the Same.

"What was the gunpowder plot?"
"Some Englishmen wanted to blow up
their whole legislative body" "well,
l couldn't 60 that fnr. stlll, under
stand their point of view."-L0uisvtlle
Courier Journal.
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When We Grow Wiser.

We listen with willing pleasure to
the catalogue Of our rights, but we
are often somewhat deaf to the >
laration Of our duties. We fear {
someone wrong US, but as we |! =
wiser We tear lest we wrong -
one.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-30

The new Presbyterian church is
rapidly nearing completion although
the work from now on will move slow.
ly due to the fact that the finishing
work on the interior is Of the charac.
ter which requires more time and
painstaking labor. The first coat of
plaster is in place and the worlsmen
will begin to apply the final coat in
short time. The masonary work on
the cornices and towers is completed
and the stonework was given its bath
today and thorough sorubbing with
brushes in the hands of energetic work.
men,
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
ONE CENT WORD CASH WITH ORDER
LOST AND FOUND

WILL THE LADY who was given an
umbrella by mistake from McCrory's
store please return the same to Miss
Wilson, clerk. as the umbrella Is high.
ly priced as gift. 4-27,St No. 226S
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INDUSTRIAL
FAIRMONT

Stone slabs, to be used for table
tops, hoods, ETC., in the Consolidation
Coal company's new laboratory, have
been shipped from Schuyler, Virginia,
and are expected to arrive this week.
The tables used in the laboratory will
all be an even temperature, will be
built entirely Of stone. Some o fthe
stone will be used in the toilet rooms
and the bath room where number Of
showers will be installed. The test.
ing department moved, into the build.
ingas soon as it was completed but
the gas department has delayed its
moving to await the arrival of the
stone, and II it arrives as scheduled the
work Of moving should be completed
and this department operating In its
new home within q few days.
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FOR SALE-Mimeograph paper. Fair.
mont Printing and Publishing Co..
Monroe street. 4-26.6t No. 226S
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HELP wANrNp-FEMAnr

WANTED at once. Laundress at Cook
Hospital. 4-2s-tf No. 22se
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Lot on Walnut ave. so
by 100; contains five room cottage.
Apply COZ Sixth St. 4.14.12t No. 1902
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
THIS MEDICINE
WOMEN Value
Positively Relievesthe
Suffering.
More Convincing Proof.

When lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND was first introduced its cur
alive powers were doubted and had t.
be proved. But the proof came, al.a
gradually the use Of it spread over the
whole country. Now that hundreds Of
thousands of women have experienced
the most beneficial effects from its use
its value has become generally. recog-
nized and it is now the standard medi-
cine for women's ills.
The following letter is only one OF the
thousands on our files.
Dennison, Texas. - ct cannot feel
that have done my duty until / tell
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. l suffered
from female troubles 80 / could hardly
drag around and do my work. / was
yerv nervous, and had dizzy spells, heat
flashes, and headaches until life was q
burden. MY husband brought me bot
tie of lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and soon began to improve
I continued its use and am now free
from all pains and aches that made life
burden. You may use this letter in
any way you like for want the world
to know what grand medicine Lydia
ID. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is. "
Mrs. G. o. LowERY, ell S. Barrett
Ave, Denison. Texas.
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co, Lynn, Mass, for free advice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
AS
CANDIDATE
ousted Governor of Texas Announces
That He VIII Run for
Office at Next
Election.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Serv1ce]
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 26.-Jame les
E. Ferguson, ousted as governor by
the state seSate late yesterday, an
nounced himself a candidate for a
third term today.
Ferguson declared he had filed his
resignation with the secretary OF
state Monday and was immune from
the senate's action in disqualifying
him from again holding amy office of
honor, trust or profit" in Texas.
The impeachment resulted from
certain financial transactions In
which Ferguson is alleged to have
used his official position to obtain
personal profit, through his connec,
ton with the Temple state bank. The
vote was twenty-five to three, With
two paired.
Lieutenant Governor Hobby was ex'
pected to take the governors oath OF
office today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
ADJUSTMENTS.

Marguerite Clark, "The Amazons."
Vivian Martin in "a Kiss for
SUSIE" is the Grand's attraction for
tonight and tomorrow and Friday
comes Marguerite Clark in 1.-THE
Amazons," her latest, daintiest crea-
ton.
"a Kiss for Susie" is Paul Vests
clever and absorbing story of the
everyday things of the world. A
daughter of woman who has had
wealth left him Unexpectedly, is
forced by the daughter to make los
ing investments in order that happi-
ness may again be brought into the
home-the happiness that left them
when wealth put them into unfamiliar
surroundings and temptations. Vivian
Martin is wisp of a girl, full of
vitality and charm and with a
rogueishness all her own. She is
bright and clever in "a Kiss for
Susie"
"The Amazons" is a comedy that
exactly fits Marguerite Clark. The
story is Of lady whose three chill
dren turned out girls, instead of boys
as she had hoped. In her disap-
pointment she insisted upon bringing
them up as boys, only to have them
faithfully follow the way of their
sex, and after many amusing adven-
lures, bring their mother three ac-
ceptable sons-tn-law.
The 'Grand's excellent orchestra
appears every day at all picture
showings, and there are two matt
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
Be PRETTY TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
TRY GRANDMOTH,ER'S OLD FAV-
ORlTE RECIPE OF SAGE
TEA AND SULPHUR.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streak
ed or gray Years ago the only way
to get this mixture was to make it
at home, which is mussy and trouble
some. Nowadays, by asking at any
drug store for "Wyeths Sage and
Sulphur Compound" you will get a
large bottle of this famous old recipe,
improved by the addition Of other In
gradients, for about so cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it, No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly You dampen a sponge
or soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully dark, glossy and
attractive.
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire dark hair and
q youthful appearance. 1t is not In
tended for the cure, mitigation or
prevention Of disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26

he would have Jared happily through
life with a full head Of hair. If dis
tressed stomachs had as their ally
faithful Nature instead Of tickle but
violent drugs, they would come
through life with less discomfort and
more health.
Nature offers Tanlac to sick stom-
achs-to sick systems through which
stomach sickness has spread like a
poison. Tanlac Is composed of the
best of the remedies which Nature
has scattered throughout the globe
for the healing of the nations gall
vegetable, free from mineral taint.
Tanlac is delicately adapted to
stomach needs. Tanlac builds health
and strength through the stomach,
blood and nerves. 1t is the tonic
ideal for building up run down
men and women who need better d..
gestion, more flesh, more strength.
regulated circulation, and revitaliz.
ing of the nervous system. Tanlac
is being specially introduced in Keo-
kuk by the Wilkinson Drug Co. There
is now a man from the Tanlac lab.
oratories at this store explaining
how it should be taken to secure
best ts.-Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
Guaranteed by Tho HsIp
Sold Everywhere

made in two models. class A and
class B. The engine used in the two
will be the same in design. except for
slight differences in cylinder bore,
pistons, piston parts, and riggings.
To a large degree interchangeability
Of parts will be possible. The class
A model will have a normal carrying
capacity, under the arbitrary official
ruling of ~ tons, with an actual
commercial capacity Of tons. The
class 3 truck will have a normal
capacity Of tons and an actual capa-
city Of S tons. Both trucks will have
a two-wheel drive, with a speed re-
uuirement of IA miles per hour for
the class A trucks and IL miles for
class B trucks.
It Is planned that the first orders
for the trucks shall call for 10000
vehicles, to be delivered IN the first
six months Of 1918. These orders will
call for 10000 class B and 5000 class
A trucks. The adaptability Of the
new trucks to commercial as well as
military uses is indicated by ar
rangements now being made by a
number Of manufacturers to produce
them for commercial purposes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
PROBING SPEECH
OF LA TOILETTE
Criminal Prosecution May Follow Re-
marks Made by Senator at
Non Partisan League
Meeting.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept 26.-Sena-
tor Robert NJ. LaFollette of Wiscon-
sin, today faced possible criminal
prosecution as the result of his adj
dress at the meeting of the Non
Partisan league here last Thursday
night.
The Minnesota public safety com
mission asked United States District
Attorney Jacques to investigate LaFol-
lette's speech, and if anything Of
disloyal or seditious nature was
found in it, to begin formal action
against him.
The commission also addressed a
petition to the United States senate
asking that body to expel LaFollette
as a teacher of disloyalty and sedi-
ton, for giving aid and comfort to
the enemy and for hindering the gov
eminent in the conduct of the war"
A c. Townley, president of the
league, was grilled by the commits
sion for several hours last night and
said he was disappointed" in the
senator's remarks and disclaimed
responsibility for them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
PLUCkED BALD BY
TWO SVEETHEARTS

"A middle aged man with two sweet
hearts, the one younger, the other
older than himself, is the hero Of a
fable written many centuries ago.
The younger woman, unwilling to
see in her lover any signs Of en-
croaching age, plucked the gray hairs
from his head. The older woman,
equally Jealous against his showing
any of the favors of youth, plucked
the black hairs from his head. Be-
tween them, they plucked him bald
and then forsook him.
Many stomachs are as cruelty
treated. For the sake of immediate
relief, a drastic drug is poured into
a. stomach already raw and distressed.
One function or another thereupon
becomes feverishly active. To offset
its harmful violence another drug, Of
opposite effect and equally drastic, is
poured down. Some functions now
operate unhealthy, while yet others
cease entirely.
In desperate state at last. the
stomach is subjected to first one, then
another punishment till it is wholly
disordered.
II the man in the fable had had
pne wife instead Of two sweethearts