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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

nance and love out of my married
life and | tell you, dear, ] never felt
so sorry for anyone as l did for myself
rs went back over those years that
had been wasted as far as real liv-
ing was concerned.
Il have lived for other people all
my life and now dear, am going to
live for myself, Far of, near the
equator, lies the capital Of Ecuador.
1t is said to be delightful. Come
with me out there. For all you love
luxury and beautiful things. know
you can live simply il you have some
one near who loves you.
Come, sweetheart, let us tell all
the world to go hang and you and ]
will live the rest OF our lives just for
ourselves and each other shall new
er forget the look that came into her
dear eyes. 1t was as If for one mo-
ment size was hugging the dream to
her heart, We were in big, farish
restaurant. The orchestra was play.
ing one of these plaintive Hawaiian
melodies in which primitive music is
embodied the indescribable yearning
for the unattainable and the never
end, g heartbreak that follows the
last hope.
-" DO you mean that If would &C
with you, you would give up the life
you have known up to this time and
so away from the many friends who
love you?' she asked.
" Gladly I answered.
Again that look in her eyes-hel
hand shot across the table and clasp.
ed mine. And you will go?' I ask.
ed TREMENDOUSLY.
mo she said.
''For moment everything went
black, and then heard her speaking
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say anything to skeer you. And an
, bein' we were goin'.to live side by side
figured that could take care Of MS
both. | have been doing that right
along, but last night they got the bet.
! ter of me-"
MIR. Williams" said the widow IN
anxious tones. "do you mean to tell me
that | am in danger OF robbers and
burglars?"
Not with ME around" he replied
unless i sleep sounder than you do
shall be up and down dozen times
through the night, and the next fellow
that appears will find me and my gun
handy. II you have reason to believe
that some unhung villain is prowling
around don't take the chances OF going
to a door or a window. You can be
sure that Hezeikak Williams is on deck
looking out for the unprotected"
The widow Blackwell bought fifty
chickens and half Of them were stolen
within month. She bought a pig and
but for its own sharp squeals it would
have been lifted from the pen and car.
ried off. On several nights after mid.
night her COW was MIXED dry by the
marauder Someone stole her wash.
tub and boiler and even carried off the
family mop from the woodshed.
There was secret which the widow
had not confided to Hezeikak and that
was that she also was the owner of n
shotgunt left by her late lamented.
When the thefts continued and Hezei.
kak failed to bring down any game, she
loaded that gun with fine bird shot and
for three nights running she sat by her
bedroom window with the deadly
weapon across her knees On the third
night she saw man moving about her
grounds, and without giving any warn
ing she aimed in his direction and
pulled the trigger.
The report of the gun was quelled
by yells, which she recognized as the
private property Of Hezeikak Williams
Two minutes later she was kneeling
beside him. He was not dead but his
plot was. He had conspired with him.
self to make her believe that husband
was badly needed around her house for
her protection. He owned up to it like
man. and after taking the matter I'M
der consideration for a few months or
until the last of the birdshot had work.
ed its way out of his anatomy she said
to him one evening:
well, Hezeikak, | was not plotting
10 get husband but | am not that
mean 10 fill man with birdshot and
then refuse to marry him"
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FAIRVIEW

Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Dragoo and
son Bernard from Charleston are Wis
lung relatives here
Miss Gail Sturms of Bethel was Wis.
iting Mrs Carl Hamilton Wednesday
Mrs. Fred Fisher OF Fairmont at.
tended the Needlecraft Sewing Circle
at Mrs. James Sutton's Friday after.
noon.
JAMES Pitzer of Bethel was bu5l.
ness visitor here on Tuesday.
Rev, Howell of Ohio. is conducting
a series of meetings at the Christian
chur ii Everybody is invited tc at
teTL.
Mrs James Sutton delightfully."- en-.
terta:iec the NeedleCraft club a. her
home en- Tuesday afternoon. A pleas.
art afternoon was spent at needle
work ard refreshments were served
by The hostess.
Mss Kennedy of Fairmont was n
visitor here Tuesday afternoon in the
interest of the Red Cross Society.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
Sweet Potato Adds
to Your Daily Meal
BY eIppY BYE.

The sweet potato is sort OF "trop.
ical cousin" to the Irish potato and
while it contains most of the food
elements of the white variety, it adds
to its attractions a much larger per
centage Of sugar and by the same
token increases its price and lends
itself to more elaboration and delica,
cy Of preparation as food.
To most housekeepers except in the
South the sweet potato suggests a
company DISH" something which
involves a bit of extra preparation
and a particularly delectable result
The following recipes have beer
found satisfactory.
SWEET POTATOES,
GEORGIAN STYLE.
Season boiled and mashed sweet
potatoes with butter, salt, pepper
and sherry. Moisten with cream, and
beat minutes. Put in buttered bak,
ing dish, leaving a rough surface
Pour over top a syrup made by boil.
ing tablespoonfuls nolasses and /
teaspoonful butter for minutes
Bake in oven until delicately brown.
SWEET POTATOES
AU GaATIN.
Cut medium sized cold boiled
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:: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

Some woman" remarked Dick as
paused for breath while reading to
him the mans story.
"Oh, the man is in love, that is all. :"
mo. that is not all" said Dick. "a
nan may be blindly in love. but he
nould not find those traits in woman
Unless they were there" Then Dick
ooked at me quickly and said, Mar
Eie, that man is describing YOU"
What do you mean?" t
Gust this. If / did not know that
I could not possibly be so. l would
Jay that man was in love with my
But don't even know him, Dick. 4"
81 know it, and that is what makes
I so queer. Surely there cannot
10 two Margie Waverly's in the
world"
81 expect, Dick" | answered softly
s l bent down to kiss him in graft
ude for the sweet compliment that
lie gave me in saying l was like that
Memorable woman as seen through
he eyes of man in love, "that there
re many Margie Waverly's in the
forld The woman in the letter is
eally only an average type-a little
bore analytical, little more con-
ientious than most, that is all.
81 wish could tell you in detail all
ne woman I have described was to
lie )" continued the mans letter.
Instead of discomfort and nagging I
BIT from her only content and encour-
cement. | began for the first time
my life, to live.
"All through the long golden days
the early fall we were much to-
ether. 1t was a joy to me to hear
ar talk. She used to say to me often
W nder that you let me babble on.
pmetimes / would think you weren't
ZEN listening il it were not for that
onderful smile on your lips. Do you
how, boy, that most of the good
ings in life that have come to you
I'VE come at the call Of that smile?
has the irresistible sweetness Of the
Sc for the bee, and all the while an
scrutable secretiveness turks behind
that makes one want to give any
ing in return for its condolences
"'I love to hear you talk an
Fered. I seem to be living again
e lost youth that was never mine.
esides you wake in me forgotten am
ions. You make me think l can
II do what l wish with my life.
u take me out Of the lethargy into
itch / have fallen. Why, do you
ow, dear heart, that had known
u sooner, there is nothing you and
could not have done with this old
rid
II was called away to the place
ere had most of my early troub-
and while there came to sud-
q conclusion-what was the use OF
struggle? There must be some
zee where she and could live on
III the same contentment that al
VS. felt with her.
When got back to her l told her
conclusion to which 1 had come
vent all over the house of my youth
there said. I reviewed again
hard years that took all the 70
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Teacher Weds Student.

Harry Francis King and Miss An.
gelica Grace Yoak announce their
marriage Monday September 10, 1917
at Oakland, Md. Miss Yoak is the
daughter Of Rev. j. b. Yoak of Rives-
vile, w. Va. She is a graduate of
the Morris-Haryey college of Barbours
vile, w. Va, and for the past few
years has been a teacher in the Tho
burn public schools. She is q member
of the Acme society and has hIan
very active in society activities in
Monongah.
Mr.. King was last year a student in
the Fairmont Normal and is now a
student of divinity in the Morris-Har-
vey college. He is a resident of Cot
tageville, w. Va, but is we'll known
in Fairmont and vicinity Their mar
riage was great surprise to their
many friends.
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sweet potatoes in l.S.inch slices. Put
layer In buttered baking dish.
sprinkle with salt, pepper, and tai
blespoonfuls brown sugar. and dot
with l tablespoonful butter. Repeat,
cover with buttered cracker crumbs
and bake until brown.
GLAZED SWEET POTATOES.
Wash and pare 6 medium sized DO.
tatoes and cook until soft. Drain,
cut in lengthwise halves and but In
outtered pan. Make syrup by boil.
ing LIZ cupful sugar. l tablespoonful
butter, and 4 tablespoonfuls water,
Brush potatoes with syrup and bake
brown, basting twice with syrup.
SWEET POTATOES
EN- 5RocHET.
Cut boiled potatoes in 1-S.inch slices
and arrange on skewers in groups Of
3 or 4. Brush with melted butter,
sprinkle with brown sugar, and bake
in hot oven till brown.
SWEET POTATO BALLS.
To cupfuls OF hot riced sweet no.
tatoes add 3 tablespoonfuls butter.
l-2 teaspoonful salt. few grains pep.
per and beaten egg. Shape in small
balls, roll in -four and fry in deep
fat.
scALLoPE0 SWEET q
POTATOES.
Slice boiled sweet potatoes ana
place in buttered baking dish with
layers of brown sugar dotted with
butter between layers OF potatoes.
Cover the top with 8 tablespoonfuis
Of cream. dots of butter, and bake
until brown. A few minutes before
serving cover the top with a layer
of marshmallows and return to the
oven to Brown.
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MONONGAH
Sends Thanks for Box.

Miss Pearle Boydoh received a let.
ter Yesterday from her brother Beuah
Boydoh who holds the honor of being
the zrst to represent Monongah at
Camp Lee. In his letter Mr. Boydoh
states that he had just received a
large box from his fellow workmen
on the No. 63 tipple, for which he
wishes to express his thanks. Before
going to Camp Lee Boydoh was en-
ployed by the Consolidation Coal Com
pany. He is exceptionally we'll known
here and has many local friends who
will be more than pleased TO know
that he is enjoying himself while in
the services Of Uncle Sam.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

Miss Ethel Wilson of Fairmont was
in Monongah yesterday calling on
friends and attending to shopping.
j. c. Atha of White Rock was among
recent business transactors to Monon.
gah.
Webster Grove was social caller
in Fairmont yesterday evening.
Ora Spragg was in Fairmont yes.
terday evening calling OH friends.
Miss Kathryn Price who has been Ill
at sher home on Main street is re-
covering.
John Oliker OF Fairmont is in Mo-
nongah today working in the Bear De.
partment store.
Raymond Salyati was in Fairmont
yesterday evening attending the par.
ent.teacher program at the White
school, Mr.. Salvati is a member OF
the High school orchestra which fur
nished music for the event.
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up by the roots every time q young
man around here gets hilarious and
goes buggy riding with his girl. II
there was a guide post here which
we both can see there amt, what
town would you look for?"
why, Berea OF course"
"Oh, Lord, woman, Beren has been
in front of your nose and only three
miles away all the time you have been
sitting here So you are going to
Berea, Ell? l have lived there myself
since it was town Of four hundre |
people, and if you follow me you won't
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
A Widows Birdshot.
By c. 9. LEWIS.


paper Syndicate
~ NE summers afternoon a woman
sat at country cross roads. She
had been there about fifteen
minutes. Had she been a man there
Is no telling what she would have
said, but being a woman, and a wild.
ow at that she had TO be content with
saying:
"Drat such nelghborhood to gosh.
en-" - e''A
Halt a mile away on the lowland
was a farmers wife chasing a goose.
while on the left hand. looking over
the roadside fence with one eve half
closed was an old lame horse The
farmers wife and the goose were too
far away. But the widow was shaking
her face at the horse and getting
ready to tell him what she thought Of
a cross roads without a guide post
when man driving horse and bug.
gy appeared half a mile down the
Hillsdale road.
1t was Hezeikak, widower, and he
was in no bury TO get married again.
Neither was his aged equine in a
hurry. To prove that he wasn't he
stopped every two or three minutes
to see IL he could reach horsefly.
These sudden stopping threatened to
send the driver over the dashboard
but they did not break the tune he was
whistling.
Nearer and nearer to the crossroads
came Hezikak with his ancient rig
as the widow watched him, and while
he was twenty rods away. she NUT.
tered:
"He looks like half fool, but may.
be he knows enough to answer plain
question"
whoa" exclaimed Hezikak, as he
came opposite. Are you waiting here
for anybody"
II should think l vast" snapped the
widow. II have been waiting fer the
last two hours for some one to come
along and tell me in the namc OF old
Aunt Hannah why there isn't a guide
post at these crossroads
Madam, my name is Hezikak, as
Williams" said the man as he ap.
preached her horse and brought his
hand down upon his neck with vigor
ous swat and killed horse fly.
and mine is Sarah Blackwell, but
what has that got to do with it?"
We'll, madam, am a widower, you
see."
"And I am widow. bu' that isn't
answering my question as to why
there isn't a guide post here to direct
strangers. 1t seems to he the most
ehiftless county in the State"
1.-THE county Is all right" he smiled.
Ell have been living here more than
twenty years, and vow have nailed
! new guide post up here every year"
But what has become of them"
was her irritable demand. Are you
going to tell me that this horse look.
Ing over the fence has eaten them
up as fast as planted"
mo ma'am amt. They are pulled
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
SWEET POTATOES,
GEORGIAN STYLE
LADIES

When irregular or delayed use Tri.
umph Pills. Safe and always dependa.
BILE. Not sold at drug stores. Refuse
others, save disappointment. Write
for Relief" and particulars; it's free.
Address: National Medical Institute.
Milwaukee, Wis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

NEW YORK. Oct. l3.-Evenlng
gowns show a decided preference for
velvet as their basic material and
this is no exception. This chiffon
velvet froct shows to good advantage
the possibilities of that material,
whose softness lends itself to grace.
full drapings while the bright rich
texture makes ornamentation almost
non.essential.
In this gown the bodice is held in
rather closely about the waist and
two blunt points contne somewhat
the fullness over the hips.
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VISITING Here.

Harold Peppers OF Salem arrived in
Monongah yesterday evening to visit
friends and relatives. While here he
will visit his grandparents Mr. and
Mrs. William IIolbert, He will return
home tomorrow.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17

It was to be expected that Pres ident Wilson would not have the undivided support of congressman and senators in the recent crisis. Such is the story history hands down to us. No president has gone before the country in the face of war without opposition in the legislative branch of the govern ment. Mir. Lincoln's worst ene- mics were not aligned against him in the uniforms of confederate soldiers. They were found in the North, some of them holding high positions of trust and honor. No schoolboy can forget Horace Gree lee'e constant agitation against the war in the darkest days of that conflict and his reiterated insist ence in his influential newspaper that the war is failure"
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Old Idea of Gulf Stream,
 Once Taught in Schools, Changed by Later Study

It is only by speaking loosely that the shippers of several incoming ships can say, as reported, that the presence of many sharks along the coast was due to q shifting of the Gulf stream. What they mean was that the northeast drift of warm water is greater than usual, broader, perhaps, or closer in shore, or possibly degree or two high CT in temperature than is customary at this time in this latitude says the New York Sun.
 The Gulf stream as a distinct cur rent cannot be identified north of the thirty-second parallel of latitude, which the Carolina coast. There it divides into small streams. The westerly winds blow upon it and break up its surface. It's warm waters become mixed with the colder ocean and 1t becomes an ele- ment of the northeast. At the same time the warm currents are reeogniza- ble as far north as 40 degrees latitude, a trifie south of New York beyond 40 degrees north and 60 degrees west longitude no test of temperature, salt ness, color or motion serves to distin- guish them from the rest of the ocean drift.
 Who does not remember having it impressed on, him in his schooldays that the ministrations of the gulf stream alone made habitable the Brit ish Isles? It is not true, as patient study has shown. The southwest winds bring moisture from the ocean to Europe, and this great blanket of moist air contains much more latent heat than dry air at the same temper ature From the moist air come clouds, fogs and rain, which condense heat and water upon the Old World and prevent the loss of ground heat by radiation. That is why there is such a striking difference in temper atures upon single line of latitude cutting the two continents.
 While the warm water flows north east from the Mexican gulf the cold water on the north is finding its way southwesterly, deeper down. When the cold current strikes the tropical zone 1t becomes heated and rises to flow northeast again. The Gulf of Mexico Is like the coil of pipe in gas water heater; 1t supplies intense heat in a small area and adequately tempers half the seas.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Notice of Confirmation of Title.

In the Union Chancery Court. UNION SAW MIL COMPANY No 2l22 Petitioner for Confirmation of Ger
 tain Lands.
 Notice is hereby given that on the 8tf day of January. 1917, petition was filed in this Court, asking that the title to the lands hereafter described be queted and confirmed in said Petitioner. All persons who claim any interest in the said lands are warned to appear in this Court on the first day of its next Term and show cause why the title of the Petitioner should not be confirmed.
 Said lands are described as follows, to-wit: Southeast quarter and east half of Southwest quarter of Section Twelve, and North half of Northeast quarter and Southwest quarter of Northeast quarter of Section Thirteen all in Township Eighteen South, Range Twelve West. containing 560 acres. more or less. in Union county. State of Arkansas.
 Signed this 9th day of January. 1917.
 A. D. MURPHY, Clerk of the Chancery Court of Union Go. Ark.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Lodge Directory.

GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F. & A. M. meets Second and Fourth Tuesday night. All visitors welcome.
 w. M. Mccormick, w. M. J. E. Bradford, Sec.
 EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6562 G. U. O. of o. F. meets First and Third Thursday in each month.
 H. B. Lewis, N. G. T L Moody, P. s.
 BLUE LIGHT LODGE No l55 K. ofP. meets First and Third Tuesday in each month. N Sheppard.C. c. M Hudson, K. of R. s.
 Roosevelt Chapter, No. 189, Order of the Eastern Star, meets every second and fourth Tuesday in each month.
 Mrs. c. Williams, w. M. Idabel Driver, Secy.
 HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 2eeo. of G. u. o. of o. F., meets the first and third Thursday in each month at l:5o p. m. Emma Barnes, M. N. G. Carrie Averett. w. R.
 JEWEL TABERNACLE, No. AIS, meets every lst and 5rd Tuesday.
 Mary Moody,H. P. Lula Glenn, c. R.
 ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and third Wednesday in each month at AS p. m.
 Carrie Averett, w. c. Mary Hudson, R. D.
 LEBANON, Chapter No. Al, R. A. M. meets every End and 4th Thursday night at l:5o. Emmett Holly, H. P. H B Lewis, Secy.
 R. A. WILLIAMS, No. 524,R.C ofF. meets every first and third Monday night at z:25. W, A. High, President. Rosie Fuller, Secretary.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Colored Column

You will miss the threat of your life if you miss hearing Col. Walden at the Pass Time theater Tuesday night.
 Emma Barnes attended the board of extra session of the 10th district held at Mer Rouge, La. last week.
 Nan Mansfield returned to her home at Sterlngton last Sunday.
 The most thrilling Southern and Western entertainment will be ren- dered Tuesday night at the Past Time theater.
 A grand reception was given Fanny High Monday night and she left for Malvern Tuesday.
 Prof. p. A. Cook, Henrietta Dunn. Bill Oliver and Pink Givens are on the sick list.
 Selena Morehead of Doss, La, is here visiting her mother, Katie Martin.
 To get the news read The News
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17

The joke will be on the Germans fl they disabled their interned ships, as they are reported to have done in the Philippines. and then war with America fails to come. This would mean tha'. at end of the war the merchant fleet which Ger many VIII oespeT Itely need for inn porting food anf raw materials will De iaio up a P alf year or more ir American 20 ts for repairs. These supposed ta mperings with interned sesSe IS ar . among the apparent srgns tha t Germany intends tc bring on the war.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17
Baptist Church.

Huttlg Baptist church has services every lst and 3rd Sunday morning at IT o'clock. s Smith, Pastor. The Baptist Sunday School meets \ cry Sunday morning at 9:3e o'clock A welcome to attend.
 E B Lewis, Supl sallie High, Secy The B. Y. p. U. meets evs afternoon at 5:5o
 H B Le~4s sallis High, secy. Smiths Chapel Baptist church ha services every 5fd Sunday at l l a. m. and z p. m. W. M. Rodgers, Pastor. Smiths Chapel B. Y. p. U. meets ev- cry Sunday afternoon at $50.
 Hanah Ellis, Pres. Smith Chapel Sunday school meets every Sunday morning at 9:45.
 E. H. Holly, supt.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17

Civil Engineer John T. Nagel of Nacogdoches, Texas, with a force of men commenced the survey for extending the Louisiana & Pine Bluff Railway northwest from Dollar Junction to a point on the Rock Island railway near Gallon. this week and the work will be rushed to completion. The exten- sion will require about 35 miles of new road.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17

Harry A. Coard, an old experi- enced photographer, is in town ana will make a house to house can vass for all kinds of photograph work, using the best material ana in every way try to please. Chil- dren and babies a speciality. Re- member pictures of children in their happy prattling childhood. are treasures in after years. adv. It
The Huttig news., 1917-02-17

Americans who now travel on the high seas surely realize that the risk is all their own. The pres ent situation demands that no American citizen put himself in jeopardy or make it harder for his government by needlessIy sand hesdlsssly taking passage for [ su- rope. War has not been declared, but the submarine is no respeot,or Of persons or diplomatic core : spondence.