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sense Of responsibility, conscience or
other inherent and instructive guides
10 know good from evil. If he so
wills, he invades the rights and priv
ileges Of any or all.
He may, and often does, possess
high intelligence, even brilliancy Of
intellect or creative faculties, in one
or another narrow or specialized d.
rection. A host Of careless friends or
acquaintance, who know him only as
a clever man fully on par with them
selves In many desirable particulars,
will refuse to believe him guilty Of
deeds that show him to be incapable
Of self restraint and in the plane Of
his lower impulses which become at
times imperative.
To the fool there Is no saving bar
rier Of self command beyond which
the normal man will not pass. The
fool may be clear enough as to rights,
but wholly unprovided with differen-
ton between these rights and his obli-
cation as member of the community.
There is ample evidence that the
fool Is a perpetual source of insecur-
Iity and danger to mankind-so great,
so cunningly fortified with seemingly
normal characteristics, yet so insidi.
ously projected into even the most
sacred privacies, so interw ove n
. through the fabric Of society, that he
, becomes the predatory beast by COM
parison, when at large, no better than
wolf or tiger.
What can be done to protect society
its hearths, industries and temples
from such a pest? Obviously very
little, as society Is now constituted,
except to warn. to form public opin-
ion, to urge society to awaken to this
and other perils to which no heed is
given. Oftenumes, nothing but resent
ment is expressed If the warning be
too loud or too insistent.
AS matter Of fact, little Is known
to science regarding the natural his.
tory and phenomena Of the fool and
Of the border line cases that are part
subnormality, part genius, and whole
fool and enemy to the race There is
less known as to what is needed to
difficult field.
Meanwhile the fool or the unclear
paranoiac enjoys full liberty Of beha-
vior and moves about precisely as
does any other member Of the body
social. His words and acts are accept
ed at face value; only rarely is he
suspected Of being other than he
seems II viewed askance, he is re.
garded as having merely PECULIAR.
ties" or "eccentricities." such as all
Of US are supposed to have, including
especially the right Of private hail
ness"
Let US ask ourselves: Do we display
much more wisdom, or indeed open
mindedness, in our passive acceptance
Of the fool and his acts than do those
primitive peoples who endow the per
honored and granted special favors?
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CLAY GRAND JURY
CALLED FOR THURSDAY

CHARLESTON, ". Va. Jan. 29.--
A special grand jury was called to-
day to sit at Clay c. H.. Clay county.
Thursday Of this week, and a petlt
jury was summoned 10 report Friday
Of this week. Alex. Duli9' a l lawyer
Of Sutton, has been elected as speclai
and e the selection Of a Judge are due
TO the recent murder of Preston ian,
ner. a we'll known young farmer nn,Irt OF
Booger Hole district, of Clay county
Drew Sampson, 81, and his son, How;
ard Sampson, are being held, charged
with the murder.
Following their arrest a mob stoTmea
tho iail clamoring for their blood, de-
claring that they had been the; cause
Of at least four murders s in tn Their II conf
munity within the last few years.
Oscar Hall, prosecuting attorney,
declared today that many, witnesses
have been summoned. a large num- n
Der of whom, it is said. are acquainted
with the details of some of the muir
ders committed in that county.
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GOING DOWN. WITH THE SHIP

In the current issue OF the North
American Review, It's ever entertain
ing editor, Col. George Harvey, dis
cusses with remarkable fairness the
much mooted question Of Hiram John
sons loyalty or disloyalty to the Re-
publican candidate for President, Mr..
Hughes. The difference Of 100000
majority for Johnson to enable him to
realize his Senatorial ambitions, and
the 1920 given Woodrow Wilson, has
always seemed to US to stand as the
'conYicting proof, establishing the fact
that Mr.. Johnson had it in his power
to save California for Hughes, but
neglected to lift "a hand. Going
through a mass Of testimony for and
against Hiram Johnson's responsible
ity for Calitornia's queer political YER
dict, Col. Harvey comes to the con-
clusion that whether Mr.. Johnson did
or did not conniYe directly at the de-.
feat Of Mr.. Hughes in California, Mr..
johnson could have carried the State
for Mr.. Hughes with comparatively
little effort and could have won for
him very substantial majority by
putting forth all his energies. "Furth-
ermore", adds Col. Harvey. I'VE are
fully convinced that there is not a
Progressive in California from Mr..
johnson and Mr.. Rowell up or down
the moral scale who does not in the
back Of his head coincide in that
opinion"
That Is about as fair verdict as the
California Johnsonites could expect
under the circumstances. This Is
especially true when we consider that
one Of the most earnest California
Journalistic defenders Of Governor
Johnson's loyalty to Hughes" was
the most ardent supporter Of Wood
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CAN BE NO CLASS STRUGGLE

The staff Of the National City Bank
OF New York is very talented organ
ization, some of whom are more con-
structiye or leading in the thought of
the day than those gentlemen who
pose as statesmen at Washington.
While Congress is doing its best to
establish class distinctions, and has
accomplished 1t in several instances,
here is member of the National City
Bank staff, Mr.. George E. Roberts,
who declared recently in public ad-
dress that there can be no such thing
as "class struggle, in the sense in
which the term Is often used. 1t is
impossible, according to Mr.. Roberts,
to separate the interests Of employees
as class from the interests Of en-
ployer might like to reduce his own
ployer might like to reduce his own
payroll, this would be mighty poor
country If all employees were reduced
to starvation wages. He said that
while there is Incidental friction be-
tween capital and labor, there Is an
irrepressible competition between cap
ital and capital.
But it is the interdependence OF cap
ital and labor that is the strong link
that holds them to a community Of in
terests. Mr.. Roberts pointed out that
in normal times capital increases
faster than population, and in this
there is a law Of distribution and Of
social progress that does not have the
attention it deserves. Every dollar OF
new capital, whether it represents the
savings Of a wage-earner or the profits
of a capitalist, means an additional
demand for labor Capital cannot dig
a ditch, or lay a wall or turn a turrow
without labor; they must be used to-
'gether, a blessed necessity that is
fixed in the very constitution of
things. And with capital increasing
faster than population, you have the
demand for labor increasing faster
than the supply. which means that you
are bound to have an advancing wage
rate. Mr.. Roberts scored another i'm
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SECTIONAL CONSIDERATION

When the war first blew its blasting
breath this way 1t will be remember
ed that the cotton interests of the
South were hard hit And so were
the industries Of the North, but the
administration was all consideration
for the cotton planters, and Congress
came near extending financial aid.
The Treasury did do something to
make 1t easier for them. We never
heard Of any relief being offered the
depressed iron and steel industry Of
the North, however, which had been
sorely penalized by the Underwood
tariff It was always soak the North
and satisfy the South.
The rural credits law IS scheme
Of peculiar Southern sympathy. The
failure Of the public to subscribe to
the stock OF the Federal Land Banks
IS not disappointing to the trainers Of
the law. They did not want the pub
lie to participate, because they feared
the public might want to have some
say-so in running the institution,
which Is the farthest thing from any
Democratic functionary's mind in
these days of the new freedom. So
the lean and gaunt Treasury will now
put up the money to start OF the new
scheme and Mr.. Wilson's commission
ers will be in full control. BY taking
a good deal more time and paying
rather a higher rate Of interest, the
farmer in the North will soon be able
to borrow money from the Federal
Land Banks. Down South. however,
where usury prevails, according to
Comptroller Williams, the cotton
planter may be materially helped. So
that the scheme will work out just as
was intended, and just as most Of the
enactments Of recent Democratic Con-
crosses are Intended, for the benefit Of
the South.
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row Wilson. But the damage is done,
and there Is nothing in controversial
ethics that can remedy the tragedy,
for such 1t is. Finally. nothing hits
the whole situation so well as Col.
Harvey's concluding and significant
observations:
Is not the whole question. as we sug-
gested at the outset one OF standards
such as occasionally take form in a
species Of code among gentlemen? Some
years ago a great ship struck an iceberg
and went to the bottom Of the ocean.
The captain and nearly all OF the Of
ficers persisted, but the owner who was
really responsible for the appalling risk
taken was among the first saved. He
still lives. strong. we'll and RICH. but
a Pariah on the west coast of Ireland,
to whom no honorable man will extend
a hand or speak word in greeting
which simply goes to show that In some
walks of life. 1t not in American poll
tics, it Is really better and more salts
tying In the end to go down with ones
ship and ones captain.
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NEW INcoRPoRArIoNs.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Jan. a.
Certificates of incorporation have been
issued by the secretary of state 10 the
following new concerns which will on
crate under the laws Of West Virginia:
Robertson Grocery company OF Lo-
gan: authorized capital. $4,000; incor-
poraturs. S. L. Robinson Of Huntington.
]. Cary Anderson. Namaan jackson. r.
l.. Shrewsbury and J. B. Wilkinson. all
of Logan.
Rlucstnne Automobile club of Blue
field: 10 form an association OF auto
mobile owners for social purposes; no
authorized capital: insorrcrators. r. ".
Lacy. George, Dunglcnsnn. Jr.. IT. +.
Sch0it. J. #. Thornton and J. L. Alex
andcr. all Of Blucnrld.
Augusta Gas company Of Charleston,
To operate in Cabin Creek district: au-
thorizcd capital. $4,000; incorpora tors,
Harold y. Tompkins Of Cedar Grove,
Frank r. Hurlhutt. ". r. Matthews. O.
J. Morrison and J. o. RAIDER, all Of
Charleston.
Bluefcld Apartment Building company
of Blncfcld; authorized caIital. sln9;;-
900: +. NJ. Archer. !. W. Run. l.. IT..
Easlny. A. r. Manhood, T. Q. J. Wilson.
all Of BlueGeld.
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Tha most dangerous of created be.

The most dangerous of created be
ings are fool, the mattoid, the moron
and those instances of paranoia which
are not clear cut, including people with
systematized decisions, who are just
enough abnormal to render their be-
havior wholly uncertain under pres
sure Of circumstances or Of impulses
which drive them to commit social
Or anti-social act.
These potential trouble makers may
escape recognition as being subnor'
NAL or afflicted with mental defect or
disease until some combination OF
events makes their true state mani
fest Their abnormal acts exhibit only
one very questionable merit: They
are, as rule, picturesque. vivid, bi'
version Of an excitement-loving public,
They furnish just the kind of thrills
which sensation mongers rejoice in.
They may be-as acts-no worse than
the playful fiogging Of boys; an alb
sorbing series of episodes, marriage
with a professional beauty. an artist
model, figuring prominently and with
subsequent adventures carried on IN
the lmelight of Bohemia. They may
reach a CHASTITY climax in the shoot
ing Of a man in q restaurant They
may be followed by protracted court
proceedings. In which figure vast out.
lays of money by a distracted and
wealthy family to save the murderer
from merited punishment. while huge
sums are spent by the commonwealth
as prosecutor; late commitment to an
asylum for the insane: escape to an
other Jurisdiction; international ex'
citement and illfeeling, due to the
\ ~ III a1onNaA nd
emotional people who assume the
slayerSto be a prosecuted innocent.
Again, the episodes may be only
such as involve the welfare and happi,
ness Of a humble few, an unhappy
mother, an outraged father, the wreck.
age Of health or character OF innocent
persons, or ruin Of some established
business enterprise, where the or
fender occupied q place Of influence
and responsibility. Or the fool may
have shown exceptional shrewdness
and capabilities for usefulness to
others who are Of similar mental or
moral blindness; he may be cooper
ating with a gang of trouble-makers
until buildings and people are blown
Iup, murders are committed, commun'
tiles are terrorized and extensive
groups of interests, such as labor
unions, newspapers offices and public
or private organizations are leopard
lied or destroyed.
There Is a reasonable assumption
that his acts will conform to his
nature, his type, his animal procliV,
tiles, deferred by none Of those checks
to impulse with which normal human
beings are endowed - checks that
are cultivated till organized society
reaches the heights Of civilization.
The fool, moron, or paranofac has not
been equipped by nature with SUM-
cient self restraint. moral safeguards,
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STATE AID FOR HOSPITALS

The Huntington Herald-Dispatch
does not seem to be in disagreement
with The Intelligencer after all, with
regard to the extension Of State aid to
private hospitals, as was tntimated in
a paragraph that appeared in that
paper q few days ago. In reply to a
Gliding note In The Intelligencer our
accomplished Huntington contempor-
ary re-establishes friendly relations at
once when It says: III 1t IS proposed
to establish eleemosynary wards In
these hospitals, the plan might not be
Objectionable, provided, Of course, the
owners were willing to enter into such
q partnership, and 1t were made clear
Just where the States interest and re-
Bpons1bility in the matter begin and
end. But If the State must 90 into
the hospital business, beyond the in
situations already existing, why not
build its own hospitals, and maintain
them in some Of the principal cities on
the plan Of the miners hospitals"
An erroneous impression seems to
have been made by the term private
hospitals, which has been used to
distinguish institutions that are oper-
ated by the support Of the commun-
tiles in which they are situated from
those operated by the State. The hos
pitfalls The Intelligencer had in mind
are not, strictly speaking, privately
owned, but belong practically to the
people through their charitable i'm
pulses in subscribing for their main
tenance. But these hospitals, two Of
them, the largest in the State, being
located in Wheeling, are embarrassed
in being made self-sustaining by the
charity work, the treatment Of the
sick poor, they take care Of during
the year, and for which they receive
no compensation. The deficits thus
created in their revenues have to be
made up by the few who have the
nuaars to supply the funds.
This might not be such a hardship
If it occurred in one year, but when it
happens every year The Intelligencer
believes something should be done by
the State to relieve such institutions
OF the uncertainty Of relief that Is
Furnished solely by philanthropic in
SEPARATION. Both of the institutions in
this city last year sustained deficits in
their maintenance funds solely through
the charity work they did. Such in
situations The Intelligencer insists are
worthy candidates for State aid under
the supervision Of State board, and
receiving only such aid as shall cover
the cost Of the charity patients treat
ed 1t is done in other States, notably
in Pennsylvania, and it ought to be
done by West Virginia II her progress
siye vision would remain clear.
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FEEL 1OO@% BETTER
By MORNING t!

Don't stay bilious, sick, headachy, con-
stipated and full of cold Why don't
YOU get a box Of Cascarets from the
drug store now? Eat one or two to-
night and enjoy the incest, genuest liv-
er and bowel cleansing you ever e1-
perienced. You will wake up feeling
fit and fine. Cascarets never grippe or
bother you all the next day like cal
omel, salts and pills. They act gently
but thoroughly. Mothers should give
cross, sick. bilious or feverish child
rem whole Cascaret any time. They
are harmless and children love them.
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ISLAND CHR1sT1AN REVIVAL

Girls Of Wheeling are invited to tho
Island Christian church on Wednesday
Afternoon ut four o'clock to hear e. X.
Van Wrinkle speak on THE Gill Cap
tive.
Tonight at that church Mr.. Van
Wrinkle will address the revival audi
cnrc on The battle-ground" Tho ser
vices arc proving 10 be- one Of the most
interesting and beneficial series now OF
in tho city. -. ..
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ing and the child used 10 scratch, and
some nights would be very restless, and
in tho day very irritable.
1--WE had him treated but it did not
cure him, and he had the eczema fifteen
months. Then we commenced TO use
Cuticurl. The first application acted
like magic and VIC used two boxes OF
Cu,icura Ointment and three bars OF
Cuticura Soap when he was healed.
(Signcd) Mrs. Julian Cump, Winter
pock. Va, July II, 1916.
Why not use these fragrant, super
creamy cmollients for everyday toilet
and nursery purposes and PrfTrnfthese
distressing skin troubles.
For Free Samples by Return Mail
address post card: "Cuticura, Dept. H,
Boston," Sold everywhere.
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WHEELING BOY ENLISTS
AT BUFFALO, N. Y.

Special Dispatch to the Intclllarncer.
NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Jan. e.
Homer Z. Aloway, Is years old, Of
Wheeling. w. Va, Saturday enlisted
here for service in the United States
army and was assigned to the cavalry
division The Wheeling youth was the
102nd recruit which Sergeant Howard
Cramer. in charge Of the Falls recruit
ing station, has secured.
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W. VA. MINISTER TO JOIN
THE BRITISH ARMY

HUNTINGTON. W Va, Jan. 81
Rev. John Robertson; LID. principal
Of the Sumner Divinity schools 1T Lew
isburg, W. Va, will leave shortly for
France to accept military chaplainship
in the British army. he announced here
today. Or. Robertson was formerly pas
tor Of the Glasgow City (Scotland) tenn
pie and expects to be assigned to
Scottish regiment composed OF young
men who entered the church under his
ministry.
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o,nYHW - LOCATED.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2s.-Georee
O'Byrne, wanted in connection with the
charge brought against Hurry K. Thaw
has been located IN New Hampshire BY
rcprcscntativcs5' OF District Attorney
swami, II was announced here today.
Mr.. swami aid he expected Thaw prob
nbIv would return voluntarily here from
Phiiadelphia to face the charges against
him as soon as his self-lnflicted wounds
Drrmit him to travel.
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PAIL TO FIND NEGRO.

spccial DISPATCH to the INTEL Eenccr: m
CLARKSBIRG, w. Va, Jan. 229.-1hc
Wyatt section was secured today by a
shcriff's posse for n negro who perhaps
fatally shot reyton Brown. another ne
gro, last night at that place when they
Guarreled. hut no trace of him was
found He fled Immediately atterward.
Brown will likely die.
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SUFFRAGE BILL INTRODUCED.

AUSTIN. Tex. Jan. "a bill 10
permit women to vote in all Texas prl-
maries, which in effect would be virtu-
ally complete woman suffrage, as tho
primaries arc equivalent TO election, WAS
introduced in the state senate today.
Sponsors Of the hill expressed confidence
that It would receive the necessary ma
jority vote.
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COUNTY CHILDREN'S
HOME BILL PASSED

Special Dispatch To the 1ntelllSencsl.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. Jan. 2S.-The
House this afternoon passed the Weiss
bill No. 49, authorizing Ohio county
commissioners to provide a county chill
drens home and levy q tax for It's sup
port. Tho bill will DO reported to the
Senate in the morning.
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TO REPORT OUT
AN EXEMPTION BILL

ETecial Dispatch to he IntclliEcucer.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 29.-The
Senate finance committee this after
noon originated a bill to be reported to-
morrow that will exempt property for
religious charitable education. or ccmc-
terry purposes. The bin effects big valu-
alton in Wheeling.
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FATALLY INJURED.

steci.l Dispatch to the lntelllsenccr m
CLARKSBCRG. W. Va. Jan. %. -
Fatal Injuries were received when T:
AIva Hi. IS. q construction foreman OF
East Liverpool. Ohio. was struck on inc
head by descending elevator today at
the business block being built on South
Third street for United States Senator
G;ofr He died shortly aftcrWard.
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that kept growing III IIIC
whole back Of his head
was a mass Of scales. His
scalp was red and indamcd
and his hair all came out
at first, and when it came
hack it was dry and stiff.
/ hated to look al him.
There was very much Itch
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INFANTILE PARALYSIS
SITUATION IMPROVES

FAIRMONT. W. Va. Jan. 29.-The
ruhljc schools were opened today Tor
the first time since the infantilc paraly-
sis quarantine was declared There are
still nine cases here and moving picture
remain closed. Improvement in the sit
uation is also noted at Grafton and Ell
kInS
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After it's ptratical raid on the merit
system the Democratic party Is quito
consistent in its attempt to put all post
masters under the projection Of civil
service. What a humorous old world
1t Is.
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l,ir. Bryan is trying to have the Dem
ocratio party from g. drunkards grave
but 1t would be more practical to head
II OF from sepulture in the tomb Of en-
trayagance.
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The suggestion Of a shower bath for
Mexicans entering the United States at
Juarez. as a health. precaution. caused
a near riot. If there is anything a
greaser hates more than a gringo It is
soap.
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The Republican contestant has been
awarded the governorship Of Arizona.
with former Governor Hunt reduced TO
proper submission and the peoples re-
lief.
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That Indignant portion Of Clay county
that has organized Itself into n declared
mob to punish suspected murderers
would better let the law take Its course.
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The deposition Of the President OF
Costa Rica was accomplished through q
hloodless revolution. Quite an improve
ment over the Mexican habit.
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Get a 10 Cent Box Of
"CasCarets" for Your
Liver and Bowels.

Tonight sure! Remove the liver
and bowel poison which Is keeping
your head dizzy. your tongue coated,
breath offensive and stomach sour.
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The Senate has adopted an eleven
hour workday without consulting Mt
Gompers. That's some achievement.