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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
Catarrhal Deafness
May be Overcome

II you have Catarrhal Deafness or
head noises go to your druggist and
get 1 ounce of Parmint double
strength and add to 1t 4 pint of
hot water and ounces Of granulat.
ed sugar. Take l tablespoonful
four times a day. This will often
bring quick relief.
from the distressing head noises.
Clogged nostrils should open, breath
ing become easy and the mucous
stop dropping into the throat. Il is
easy to prepare, costs little aud Is
pleasant to take. ANY one who has
Catarrhal Deafness or head noises
should give this prescription . tri.
al. Holt Drug Company.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
POPULAR HIGH SCHOOL coURsl,

7HERE is nothing at all strange in the circumstance
/ that the young men and young women in the Fair
mont Independent district high school show strong
preference for vocational and those which train for
business These are the courses which appeal to youth
because they practical, They get some where
Doubtless their minds would be the better for little
more Of the old fashioned training that the courses based
instructor of quarter of century ago, if unhappy he
were unrecOnstucted would Instantly brand the boys and
girls who rush into these courses as intellectual slackers
Some of them But the courses should not be thought
the less of that account There would be lazy people
if these did exist On the other hand they keep
many young people in the school who would not stay if they
were compelled spend their time conjugating Greek and
Latin verbs and sharpening their wits against the tough
problems laid down by that exasperatng old party Euclid
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
GOOD FRIENDS OF
mrs. H. reese TOLD
ABOUT WENTWORTH
She Took Their Advice and
Tried the Tonic With
Happy Results.

Readers OF this paper are here ia.
vored with q remarkable Nery.Worth
endorsement:
Dear Friends:-Before taking Nerv.
Worth had an awful misery in my
stomach and bowels. l couldn't lie
down at night and rest. Ny nerves
were @ wreck. My friends told me
about Nerv.Worth and l bought me a
bottle to try 1t. Took seven doses and
now that awful misery was gone. And
now can sleep well and feel like a
new woman. can not praise it too
much for what it has done for me.
suffered with my head aching til some.
times would think my head would
burst. have taken one bottle and my
head has never hurt me since. II my
friends suffer with stomach trouble
try bottle Of Nerv.Worth and ] am
sure IT will help you for It is worth its
weight in gold.
(signed) MRS. H. REESE.
1905 Seventh St., Marietta, o.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
RUFF STUFF

From this side of the board yester
days crowd looked very white soxey
Mean weather for soldiers al
Camp Lee"-Headline.
But nothing to compare with what
the guys in Flanders are getting.
Well, 1t was real baseball.
That ought to console the losers
German sailors mutinied because
they did not like the food that was
Served to them.
And IN the big cities of Germany
the people are kicking because they
cannot get any food at all.
That looks unreasonable.
But the chances are that It is Just
human nature.
Most folks do not know when they
hre well of.
The mutineers who were lined up
fnd shot would be able to write a
pee little essay on that subject if
saint Peter supplied typewriters in
ead Of harpA.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

As compared with other Worlds series games played
the field the attendance yesterday at the Polo
grounds small. Weather conditions explains that
in 7art but it is quite probably that New York which
is behind the firing line in spite of the long
stretch of blue that lies in front of it, has other
things to think about this year. The English have
aged keep of their sports alive because they felt
that such policy best the nation, but the pub
lie does take the interest them that it did.
and the same course probably will here.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
HAZE YoUMADE YOUR SACRIFICE,

Z VERY young American who has volunteered OF Ia.
l. been chosen for the national army is making sacr.
fee for the sacred cause of democracy and country.
He is giving some Of the best yea of his life his job his
profession. his business. liberty may not perish from the
face Of the earth.
Now the question for u, who remain at home to put to
ourselves Isl can we make any sacrifice at all eomparabel
Of course we cannot Even if we do not have as much
coal usual if do not eat as hearty neal even
if we pay more taxes. all these things nothing to
what the soldier boy is giving
On his behalf 80 that the war may be quickly won the
government, is asking all Of us to buy Liberty bonds If we
ely invest Of surplus in these splendid securities
cannot lay any patriotic JUNCTION to souls.
The point is. how many of going to buy heavily
that we will have economic and pinch until it hurts2
Only when we have done this say chat we have
supported the government loan like good patriotic Ameri-
cans
That about the only kind of sacrifice mos: of will
be called upon to make and that does not deserve
the term sacrifice" because really only enrchng
ourselves We save thus more than might otherwise
have done and we escape the Pssan indemnity satherer
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Two American soldiers hunting ducks south of the
international border imprisoned by MeSicans yes
erday Fortunately they escaped and got back their
side of the line there will be complications,
but the War department should make every effort to
tnd who is responsible for this incident American
soldiers have no business Mexican soil The Mexican
question has been quiescent for six months
during which time great progress has been made in that
republic toward restoring normal conditions Ameri-
should every proper prccaution to Gvo caus-
ing Il renewal of he friction.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

There is a small tragedy going on in
4 local yard this week. a little lady
who loves flowers and especially cos,
NOS planted hers little eco late this
year. She has watched the stalk each
Gay steadily growing sturdy and tall IN
anticipation of the lovely star flower
of dainty shade to come. 1t is no fault
OF nature for the cosmos have done
their best but unless the weather mod.
crates, there will be no cosmos in
Eioom in her yard this year. Each
morning my little lady comes out and
passes gently from one tall stalk to an
ether examining the buds. TOO bad"
she says, next year | shall know bet
ter than to let you taste all this effort
you shall be planted in plenty of time
and in the meantime, count not your
striving in vain i"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
MOnongalia Musings

"''We are pleased to be able to state
That the Emperor of Germany has few
friends in this country. Some Of US
are perhaps not as patriotic as We
should be but the blatant boblafollette
blatherskites are few and far between.
'''Why did the 1. W. WIS select
such title for their organization?
While they were at 1t they should have
selected name something like this:
The Sweet and Sunny Lambkins.
"'Joseph Addison, Of whom DR..
johnson said, This page Is always
luminous, but never blazes in unex.
pected splendor," once gave the read.
ers OF his paper these accurate obser.
Tadons: There Is another set OF men
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cation II tie interests Of the cmploys.
o. the metropolitan Trust CO.. Of New
York.
II have travelled this state from
one end to the other; ! have made
stump speeches In nearly every
school district: have worked on
state commissions Of various
kinds; ! have almost felt thar, fl
were blindfolded and turned loose
At any place In the state, could
locate myself after looking around
for few moments, and yet not far
from my own city Of Parkersburg,
within the last six months three
or four mining developments have
sprung up, Unexpectedly TO me, in
which, II had known their oppor.
turities, l should have been glad TO
have inVestd my own money"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

The Howe pictures which were here
Saturday and which come every year
offer fine means of actual sight see,
ing without trunk packing or railroac
fare. 1t would be hard to imagine q
more realistic journey than that taken
from the theatre chair directly behind
fast train around picturesque bends,
over mountains, across long narrow
bridges, ;ver deep passes-over wood.
ed. rocky and slipping country-on
through towns and quaint villages snd
getting glimpse OF all phases of life
and existence.
So actually do we feel a part CT the
owing train that unconsc.ously we
catch hold of the chair arm when
rounding a curve and never take our
eyes from the screen for fear of miss
ing moment of the delightful jour.
ney.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

What to do with the colored men who brought
into the army by the draft has been of the difficult
problems of the War department. 1t is one, too upon
which the department did not get much constructive
assistance from the public, How successful the depart
ment has been will depend, OF course, upon develop
ments but the plan of creating negro division to be
trained. not in cantonment the white divisions
to be trained, but by small units scattered among
the Is National environments looks reasonable At least
ought to be acceptable to the coored and their
friends.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

One significant thing about the
plan to hold an election in December
is the paucity Of candidates.
Well, even an easy spender would
not want to spend money on a cam.
paign II the Job was liable never to
matertalize and was certain to last
only little while II 1t did.
Anthony Bowen ct al got about all
the benefit there is in the obstructive
tactics.
The very next time the courts turn
over there will be an election in this
burg.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
DUPES or THE KAISER.

EcRETARY OF STATE LANSING. replying 10
- direct inquiry during the ElcAn ac-up of the con-
cllding days of the special session of Congress said
Tat his department had found nothing the of evil
dehee had accumulated regarding German activities in
this country which involved any member of Congress No
member of Congress has been disloya But as they look
back upon the record of the past three years in the light
of the disclosures that have been made would mol be
strange if of them did reproach themselves for
being stupid
But it not only in Congress that the agents of the
kaser found dupes Many well meaning private citizens
played the German game the Bernsorf telegram of
SEPTEMBER last year plainly shows. Doubtless they were
actuae1 by the Olliest motives. They thought they were
furtherns the interests of humanity, but Berlin and the
agents Of the Pussian military party in this country knew
that what they were doing helping to Secure a
majority in - H.. r "----.- '-.-~-1lc 10 Ger
mon
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

One of the great things about the national pastme
is that the men in it are not cutters No matter how
hopeless outlook they keep giving of the best
that is in them and nfrequently they achieve brill
liant successes when nothing but defeat seemed probable
II some the failures and of life were
to take pattern after John McGraw and his crew of
Giants conditions would improve for them.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
News Of Roscoe Reeves.

A letter from Roscoe Reeves, who
sailed several weeks ago for France
states that he is we'll but is still in
Liverpool, England. They have no def.
lite information in regard to any fu.
ture movements Of the company he is
located with. Roscoe is a son OF ].
w. Reeves, Of Morgsntown avenue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
EAST SIDE
- NEWS -
Seriously III.

A message was received here yester.
day by relatives Of Dale Doollttle, son
OF Luther Doolittle. OF Clarksburg, that
he was very seriously I'll and it was
thought could survive but few hours.
Mrs. Ora Doolittle went to Clarksburg
lsst evening.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

How calmly we sat Saturday night
while watching pictured aeroplanes set
on fire and falling to earth and other
forms of blazing and deadly warfare.
1t is something We can have no posi-
bic realization of in actual practice.
More than anything else we were con.
WINGED of the mightiness of America.
lore than anything we could read or
hear talked about were we actually
IN touch with re power Of a nation
through her ships and guns and men.
Though only in picture, the picture was
real and everything in it was real.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
Interesting Chapel Exercises.

Interesting chapel exercises were
held in the auditorium of the Central
school building yesterday morning by
the high school pupils and the pupils
OF the seventh and eighth grades. The
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

1lal snne would amost justify lie new couIss.. but
ssy justly lh.1ieIve. hat they do what they claim 10
the young people foE some definite calling
.nd tm mem INTO he world able 10 find for enseIves
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Germany too has fuel shortage. Pretty nearly
everything is short in Germany Kickers in this coun-
try should think of that occasionally.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

WesterA Pennsylvania guardsmen to be used to
fill out Arkansas regiments and from the State
Oklahoma to he trained at Camp Lee And this sort
of thin3 is going all the country There will be
much less sectonaism by the time the war is over.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Why should sailors in the German navy mutiny?
Their government has not shown much disposition to
risk their skins. One would think that If Germany is
going break up in that way 1t would start among the
poor OWLS in the Crown Princes army.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
What People Say
And Some Side Remarks

Norfolk, Virginia, has taken on &
very warlike atmosphere according tc
a former Fairmonter down that way
The sailor boy blue predominates in
theatres, cafes, hotels, parks and is
prominent on the streets. He writes
God help the soap.box orator
who would criticise the entry of
the United States into the war
down this way"
This particular section OF the coun
try is so free of those who are finding
fault with this government for its DO
sition in war matters that such atti
tude can hardly be comprehended.
But in New York, Chicago, St. Louis,
Milwaukee and at other points there
are street takers who cannot see the
matter as it is viewed generally, as
indicated by the remlrk quoted.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Hiram Nichols. of Colfax, was taken
suddenly i'll yesterday with symptoms
OF appendicitis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
s Sj54 g. SYH SiL? ?'9 y, q 5r +!
Try Them at Our Risk They Do Not Do You More Good Than

revelation millions of people who hear for the first time that BUR
fails the chrone forms Of constipation nsson
forms kidney ailments that they will seek out the weak spots body HHd
of right measure strength vso enersy and health
the whole wide world suffering humanity Come and buy BUR
double
him today Manufactured in RaVsnsvood W. Va By The
Cooperative Drug Company.
Store Drug Co.. Mountain CITY Drug Store Mar
tins Drug Storsa
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

This violent disturbance is not the people running
spies and poters out of town. but merely the customary
send-oh for the bridal couple from october we'd
ding.-Clarksburg Exponent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Norman, of
huntsville, are visiting their son, G..
G. Norman, OF East Park ayenDe.z-.
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(BY coNDol

the time and he has more clothes to
attend to than the soldier. However
life aboard ship is cleaner than land
life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

The turkey roosting pretty high home but Uncle
Sans boys entitled to and going to get him for
their Thanksgiving misunderstanding Sentinel.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Some people still remember when the hostess al
ways urged the guests to take second helpng-Union-
town Evening Genius.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Rex Beach. who is Just now more
interested in moving pictures thar
novels, makes strong point when he
observes:
Orchestral music has the same
psychological effect on a motion
picture audience as band music on
marching soldiers. In both cases
music is necessary to weld the
emotional appeal"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Is fvv DON'T GET YOUR PAPER CALL
"WESTE7N UNION"
Subscribers on our carrier routes falling to set
The West Virgtltan any evening should call IVES.
TERN UNION" stale the anu give name and
residence and messenger VIII uenyer d paper
your docr at There is charge the SUB
scriber Tor this service. The est Virginal plaEs
10 render 10 its suDsCrlDers beat newspaper
avery service possible ara Is part o! the pan
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11


progr1m was furnished By the seventh
Grade pupils taught BY Miss Eliancn.
Chapel for the remaining grades was
teld this morning and the program fur
nished by the fourth srade pppils
taught by Miss Griffin. The Eect
lark school will have It's first chapel
exercises for this year tomorrow morn
ing.
Personals.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Morgsa. o.
Raymond street, have returned from
a two weeks visit with Mrs. Morgun's
Isrents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Malone,
II Smithtown.
Linn Little, OF State street. has been
inGisposed the past two days.
Mrs. T. L. Davis, OF Ferry street. has
recovered from a several days illns-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11
SHORT AND SNAPPY.

\ Bridgeport souse is much harder to obtain these
1ntellgencer
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

West Virginia is getting to be SC
important in business way that it is
not any longer an easy job to keen
track Of affairs. Ex-Governor A. B.
White points this out in an article in
the September Metto Meteor, a publ
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-23
OUR EXPENSIVE LEGISLATURE
Mimi a mills JOnrna1

tlliilltd pOIlS JUL dl.y
Our twenty-four.million dolalr Leg
islature has closed lis books and dis
persed, leaving a record much like
those of its ENTHUSIASTICALLY more
SO. 1t has done good things and bac
things; it has left good things anC
bad things undone. 1t has approprl
ated the peoples money not wisely
but too we'll. 1t has loafed through
two-thirds of the session and worked
feverishly, and often blunderingly the
rest of the time. Ii has suffered from
lack OF leadership and lack of party
responsibility.
The House especially has been the
victim of its W unwieldy size, and
Of the anxiety to make reelection
sure. There was a certain cohesion
among the drys, that served for a
time to steady the House. but once
the prohibition amendment had pass
ed. this disappeared and parliament
airy chaos became chronic.
The prohibition amendment stands
out as the n great achievement OF
the Legislature. and its refusal TO
complicate the issue by passing stat
utory prohibition. or by submitting
any other constitutional amendment,
even a suffrage measure, gave assur'
ance that Minnesota would enjoy its
first opportunity TO vote O casting
out the saloon. undisturbed by other
controversies.
The outstanding failures of the Leg.
islature we're its refusal to undertake
any broad legislation of moment look
ing to a better and more efficient or.
%ganization Of the State government:
and its unwilliugness to cure any OF
the glazing defects in the primary ell
ection system.
The important measures submitted
by the interim Efficiency Commission,
made up largely of its own leaders,
were in n way or another rejected.
The public domain bill, admittedly.
was crudely drawn. It's makers had
labored under the handicap Of the Au.
ditor's constitutional duties as Land
Commissioner.
But no serious effort was made to
correct the defects, nor did the Legis-
lature submit an amendment to the
Constitution that would have made
possible a real public domain meas
ure. Instead. the bill became at the
last a bone of political contention and
personal contention, and so was beat,
en-. The other efficiency bills were
done to death in squabbles between
the two Houses.
Thus the work of four years has
come to naught, and the next Legis'
lature will have to start all over
again-for it is unthinkable that pub
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-23

Lincoln's election in 1860 was the
signal for South Cardinals leglsla'
ture to adopt a secession ordinance
on Dec. 20, 1860, which was followed
in January by Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama and Georgia, and later 10y
Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas
North Carolina and Tennessee.
President Buchanan's vacillation,
in contrast with the vigorous action
of southern leaders, allowed govern
ment property in the south. including
arsenals and forts, to TALL into Inc
hands of the Confederate States o I
America" formed on February 4, at
Montgomery, Ala. by representatives
OF the first seven seeding states.
Lincoln in his inaugural declared ne
had no intention of interfering with
slavery, but that the seeding states
must remain in the Union.
Fort Sumter, in Charleston harDor,
surrendered to the South Carolina
state forces, after a long lombard
ment, on March -.
Congress called at first for only
10000 men, but after the Union de.
feat at Bull Run, which Imperfect
Washington, the number vas increas'
ed to 100000.
BY the end of 1861 the North had
$4,000 men in arms, the South, $780,
900.
On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln freed all
slaves.
Great peace meetings this year
caused widespread disaffection with
the government. and in July there
we're riots. in New York, protesting
against drafting of men for service.
By the end Of 1868, however, the
North. had $4,000 men in the field,
the South, 100000.
After Bull Run, no decisive battle
fought till April 6 and Z, 1862,
when Gen. Grant, moving south to