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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12
cTOMHCh R;lunen&s
Nations Curse

There is no ailment. causing more
woe and misery than Stomach
ac6 Ulcers of the Stomach and In
testines, Constipation, Acute 1ndiges-
ton. Auto-lntoxication, Yellow Jaun-
dice, Appendicitis and other serious
and fatal ailments result from it.
Thousands of Stomach Sufferers owe
their complete recovery to Mayr's
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Gus bile and catarrhal accretions
from the system. Soothes and allays
Chronic Inflammation. Many declare
it has saved their lives. and prevent
ed serious surgical operations. Try
one dose today. Watch its marvellous
results. Contains no alcohol-no hab-
Informing drugs. Book on Stomach
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| Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, Chicago: Better
yet-.obtain a bottle Of Mayr's Won
derful Remedy from Bell Il Painter
or any reliable druggist, who will re-
fund your money If it fails.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12
I|ailVieW.

Henry Petty and wife called on
Robert Moore and wife one evening
last week.
Mrs. Dillon Wells spent one day
last week with her parents, Joe
Adair's.
e p. Biddison had business at
Leon Friday of last week.
Oliver Bright spent Wednesday
night of last week with his cousin,
H. e. Bright.
Audra Lushbaugh spent Saturday
with Grant Dillon.
Mrs. Dide Petty called on Mrs
O. l.. Peck Sunday evening.
Mrs. Oliver Bright returned home
Saturday from POWersville where she
had been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Jacobs.
Mrs. Grace Moore called on her
sister, Mrs. Blanche Dobson one at
ternoon last week.
Henry Petty and wife spent Sun
day night with her father, Ran
Moore.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12
Good Blood
or Bad?
Germs Expelled From
The Body.

Twenty-four hours after you start to
take DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, poisonous matter and blood
impurities begin to leave your body
through the liver, bowels kidneys and
skin. ..
1t brings new activity to the liver,
stomach and bowels in short time.
thus causing sallowness, indigestion
and constipation to disappear.
Good blood means good health; good
health means strong men and women,
full of vigor and ambition, with minds
alert and muscles ever willing. ANY
medicine dealer will supply you with
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
in either liquid or tablet form.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12
Garden Grove.

Miss Margaret Lovett was down
from Des Moines the past week visit,
ing at home. She was accompanied
by her friend, Miss Capp. They re-
turned Monday.
Leland Young who is attending
State College at Ames spent last
week with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. II. Young.
Mrs. Alfred Spaeth who has been
visiting at the George Spaeth home
returned to her home at SILICA, Mon
tana, last week.
Mrs. Throckmorton was called to
Van Vert last week, her mother,
Mrs. Carder being injured by fall.
D. D. Evans OF Corydon was here
former resident of this community.
Miss Nadine McClung came, down
from Cedar Falls Saturday for a
visit at home, returning Monday. be-
ing accompanied by her sister, Miss
Mabel who has been visiting here. :,
Misses Edna and Bessie McCaull
of Kansas City came, last week to
visit with their grandmother, Mrs.
Robert McCaull.
C. S. Stearns went to Republic,
Ohio, last week on a business trip.
Rev. Heller went to Knoxville on
Monday to attend the Presbytery
Rev. John Wilson went last week for
the same purpose.
Mrs. Herbert Lovett was recent
Des Moines visitor with relatives.
Mrs. w. E. Lyon returned Monday
from visit at Charlton with rela-
tives.
II. H.. Flanahan of Des Moines was
here visiting with his father last
week.
The State Fire Marshal made this
city a visit last week and ordered
some changes made at once to pre-
vent fires.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12

We want your business and will
give you every reasonable banking
courtesy and accommodation. Leon
Savings Bank.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12

posed TO G o l q
weather. I W a S;
not w ell an dI
felt the need of
some medicine to;
give new strength:
III a v n g S e e n,
Golden Medical
Discovery adver-,
tised I procured,
and used one bot
tie, then I used
the 9Favorite Pre-
scription' also. I
caused me to get ST
of the unpleasant
posture. "-MRs. S.
West Front st.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12
What Our Neighbors Say

Muscatine, 1owa.-"When in Okla
homa and waiting to build, I was ex-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12
: TREAT ALL CHRONIC DISEASES

TREAT AID CHKONIC DIoCAoEc
If you or your family are so afhict.
I'D all and see me. Consultation and
examination costs You nothing.
treat successfully the cases / under
lake and accept no fee from those
hat cannot be successfully treated
have a special treatment for dis.
Eases Of men which I would like to
explain in person.
Piles. Fistula and Fissure treated
successfully without the use OF the
knife or detention from business.
Address DR.. F.. NJ. Trimmer, 700
lakewood Blvd, Chicago, ILL.,. or
knoxville, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-04-12

Money to loan on some good farms
Leon Savings Bank.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13

GmlJivo' povest o novem avstrijskem cesarju
razpoSiljajo z Dunaja. Ma kolodvorih in V skla-
discih je baje nakupicenega vsepolno premoga;
ker pa nj dovolj prometnih sredstev, ne pride og-
lie TIA, kJer bi ga bilo treba in pc vsem mestu Sc
cuti velikO manjkanje. Cesar je to izvedel in
je ukazal, da Sc porabijo konji IL niegovih hlevov
"a prevazanje premoga. Tudi armada mai s svo-
Jimi konJi in vozmi pomaga pri TEN.
Pomislite, dobri ljudje! Cesarski konii yo.
zijo premog! Med konjem in konjem je razlika
kakor med elovekOm in Glovekom. Taxi cesar
ski mrhi bi Sc pravzaprav morale reel "konjska
visokost', in marsikateri delavec hi 81 lahko obi.
Zal vseh pet prstov, &c bi incl enako zivljenie
kakor taxa plemenita rival. In zdaj bodo take
vzvisene mrhe vozile premog. Sam cesar je uka.
zal tako. Oh srecni narodi, XII Jim je bozja pre-
vidnost dala cesarja, pa Sc tako blagega povrh
Pepcek je eden izmed ten, XII nocejo slepo
prisegati ma ueiteljeve besede, in navadno najde
"a svoJe trditve razloge, XII preseneGajO z enostav-
nostjo svoje logike. Ko je ucitelj razkladal,
da Je clovek sesavec, sc PepGek zopet nj zadovoljil
S TEN, da bi ponovil uciteljeve besede, ko je bill
vprasan, ampak je objavil svoj lastni, dotlej &c
pGpolnoma neznani dokaz: 'Clovek je sesavec."
JIG cdgovoril, cato, ker navadno cuca svoje pal.
&C."
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
PAST IA DELAVCE.

Zakon ina pa Sc emo doloebo, XII maj napravi
to ~vezbanje pristine in onemogo6i vsako izogni-
tev. Vsakemu delodajalcu DO namree prepove-
dano zaposliti kogarkoli do %. leta, Ge Sc ne more
izkazati z izpricevalom, Ola je opravil svojo vo-
Jasko vajo, ali da je trajno opros6en, ali da je
zacasno OproScen in da nj doba oprostitve Sc po-
tekla.
Vojni tajnik razdeli xso dezelo v vojaske
upravne okraje. -
Vsakdo bo incl, kadar bo registriran, veil
kansko pravicO, da izjavi, ali mu je ljubsa vojska
ma suhem ali bojna mOrnarica.
V s%iucaju obrambne vojne ali &c preti nevar-
most take vOjne, pOklice PRECEDENT vso rezervno
armada ali pa katerikoli del pod orozje, zaeevSi
z najmlajsim letnikom. Rezervna armada in re-
zervna mornarica Sc ne SINE rabbit V ~sluGaju straj-
ka ali drugih industrijskih sporov.
Senator Chamberlain raGuna, ola Sc DO po TEN
zakonu izurilo do 100000 vojaskih in mornari-
SIKH rezervistov ma letO. V devetih letih, XII We
zejO vsakega moza ma rezervno sluzbO, bi Sc ma
ia natin sestavila rezervna armada cd dveh do
treh mil jonOv moz.
TAX je Ia zakon.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
DVoUMNoSTI.

Pravijo, da more sluziti ia rezervna armada
lie "a obrambo. Tako je res zapisano v zakonn.
Ali to nam nikakor ne zadostuje. Kaj je obramba
IN 'kaJ je napad, Sc ne more generalno oznaGiti.
Sele V posameznem slucaju Sc to lahko dOlo6i. &c
zzivam in drazim cloveka tako dolgO, da ga mine
potrpeiljivost in ne po6i "a uho, ne morem brez
hnavSeine reel, da me je napadel.
Pravijo, da Sc ia rezervna armada ne more
rabbit v ~sueaju strajka. To je res lepa dolocba.
lie da ii ne moreno zaupati, dokler imamo kapi.
t~alistiGne Wade. Ali Sc sme ia rezervna armada
rabbit ma primer V ~slueaju revolucije? Zakon ne
prepoveduje tega, torej Sc bo reklo, da dovoljuje.
Spretni provokaterji pa napravijO liz velikega
strajka prav lahko z metnimi primomoGki IRE
volucijo".
In tudi &c ma gre "a industrijalen sper, am
pax p%rovocira ~politieen pritisk mase, ie nedemo-
kratieno, ee Sc potlaeijo ljudske demonstraeije
2 vojasko silo. Kapitalizem Jill pa bo potlaGil, ce
SO naperjene proti MENU in &c ina moe, da Jill
potlafi.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
KAJ ZAKON.

Nacrt predpisuje, ola napravi vsak ameriski
drzayljan in vsak, kdor. je izrazil svoj namen, Ola
postane drzavljan, to Sc pravi vsak, kdor je wei
ali pa takrat, ko postane "a to sposoben, Sestme-
secno vOjaSko vajo. Ia dOlznost vclja do ~. le-
II. Vsi, Xxi so ma Ia nacin izveabani, ostanejo do
svojega %. leta V vojaski ali mornariski rezervi.
Zakon pac dovoljujc izjcme. Omenjenih val
So oprosceni:
Clani stalne vojske in mornarice Zedinienih
driav;
osebe, ki so "a vsako vojasko ali mornarsko
sluzbo telesno nesp0sobne;
osebe, cd katerih zasluzkov so popolnoma cd
visni oce, matt, brat, seStra, zena ali otrok.
Clani verSke sekte ali organizacijc, Xxi je Sc
daj organizirana in re sedaj obstaja, in katere
vera jim prepOveduje nOsiti orOZje, ne bodo imeli
oroznih val; pae pa Sc bodO morali urti "a druge
sluzbe V vojski ali mornarici.
Osobe, XII so bile obsojene zaradi tezkcga zlo-
Gina ali Xxi So znani zaradi slabega ~znacaja, Sc
bodo vadili v ~posebnih cddelkih.
Osebe, Xxi so dOvrSile cd v~ojnega ali NORMA
riSkega taJnika odObren tecaj vojnega vezbania,
bodo opravicene, da Sc jim odra6una IA vsako le-
to, V katerem so incl vaje, po Ell mesec cd vez-
banja, Xxi ga predpisuie sedanji zakOn. Vsi TAXI
cdpusti pa ne smeio Znasati toliko, da hi Sc Uni
madi ali reZervni meSeanSki mornarici ma mani
kakor tri mesece. Mice Sc ne more DAFT zamenja-
ii V sluzbi in nihGe Sc ne DO mogel izogniti vez-
banju 2 gOtovim denarjem ali kakrsnim kohl dru.
GIN nadOmestilOm.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
KAPLTALISTIcEN MEG

lmamo torej r~azlogov dovolj, da nasprotuje-
mo tenn zakonu, Xxi polaga novo moe V roke de-
lavskemu razredu nasprotne Wade i'm p~ove6ava
$ tem moe kapitalistiGnega razreda.
NasprOtni smo mu tudi zaradi tega, ker po-
znamO tendence militarizma in vemo, da je TO lie
zacetek. &c DO zakOn sprejet, sc DO kmalu "iz-
kazalo' Ola je sest mesecev premalo "a vojasko
~izurjenje z modernimi vojnimi sredstvi. Potem
sc DO izkaZalo, da pozabi rezervist V dveh letih
vse, kar SC Je naueil; da Sc vrhutega Orozje, tax
tika, vojna tehnika menja in nj v par letih mic
vredno, kar Sc je mladeniG ma prvi vaji naucil.
Treba DO torej ponovnih orOznih val vsaj vsako
drugo leto. Potem Sc BIO zopet 'izkazalo", da ne
zadostuje devet let rezerve, ker so v drugih deze-
lah zavezani do AZ, do As. leta, in rajnost obvez-
nOsti Sc bO boljinbolj razSirjala.
To Sc pravi: Militarizem DO dobival boljin-
bolj svoje prave oblike in BIO postajal boljinbolj
nevarno orodje v rokah kapitalisticnega razreda.
In cato postaja to boljinbolj resen problem de-
~lavskega razreda.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
Ze pole bOben!

Stvar postaja absolutno resna. Ne Sc z VOL
no; "a to je Sc vedno upanje, da ~izostane, kolikor
Sc namree tiee Zedinjenih draw. Ampak povsem
resna pOstaja prsilna vojna slrzba v Ameriki.
Senatni odsek "a vojaske zadeve je prcdlozil v So
boto senatu p%oroeilo, v katerem priporoca zakon
o S~ploSnem v~ojaskem vezbanju.
Nacrt, XII ga je Omenjeni odsek odobril, Sc
v marsicem ~razlikuje cd predlogov, XII iih je bill
pedal generalni Stab. Ampak cato SC nj treba
mic bati, da hi bill premalo militaristiGen. Odsek
je IA to delo izvolil pododbor, in ia je izdelal
na6rte $ sodelovanjem majorja George V. H..
Moseeya, XII je bill sam nekaj casa elan general
mega staba. TOrej nj strahu, ola hi bill naGrti pre-
yec civilistiGni.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
LJUDsKA BRAMBA? - NE!

Sevoda bodo zagovOrniki zakona dejali, Ola ga
nimamO. Rezervna armada, XII 10 hocejo ma Ia
nacin ustanOviti, bO "meScanska" in namenjena
be lie obrambi. Cello simpati6na dolOcba, da sc
ne SINE rabbit v s~lucaju strajka in drugih indu-
striJskih sporov, je v njej.
Kljub vsem takim a%rgumentOm BIO namera-
wanna armada militaristicna in mi il nasprotu-
jemO.
NsO kontrolo mad To vojsko 10 imela vlada.
Njeni elani bodo vojaki in bCdo moral slepo ubo-
gait svOje predpostavljene. Orozje DO imcla v svo-
il oblasti vlada. Use to so z~namenja militarizma.
Clani re rezervne armada ne bodo smell sami
prav nt odl66ati, cemu Ola bodo porabljeni. &c
Jh pokice PRECEDENT, morajo pod zastave in nihGe
jh ne vprasa, &c Jim je namen viec. Svojih pred
pos:avljenih 81 ne morejo izvoliti; sploh nimajo
ma MIN THOR nohenega vpliva. Orozie dobe sele,
kadar stole pod komando, ko je njih VOLTA torej
ze izbrisana. To so znaki demokratiGne. ljudske
brambe, katere Ia rezervna armada nina.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13

Kaksen je sedanji senat in kaksna je kOn-
gresna zbornica, to vemO. In ker vemO TO, mora
mo reel, da kaze vse, prav vse ma sprejem tega
zakona v Obeh zbornicah. In &c DO sprejet, ga
Wilson gotovo he bo v%etiral. Kongres lima sam
pc sebi veliko militaristicno nagnenje. Mehiska
afera in sedanja akutna kriza ga je Sc pove6ala.
Velikanske svOte, XII jh dovoljuje kongres "a vo-
iaske in mOrnariske nabave, kazejo, kakO malo
opozicije je pricakovati proti temu zakonu. In
&c DO sprejet, DO tudi uveljavljen.
Ali imamo tedaj militarizem, ali ga nimamO?
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
NASELNISKI ZAKON JE


NazadnjaSki naselniSki zakon .je
torej kljub predsednikovemu We
tn sprejet. Tudi V senatu je dobil
wee kakor potrebno dvetretjinSko
yecino.. Glasovalo je zani 60 sena-
torjev, prot pa lie ~. VSled tega
stopi dine |. maja V veljavo.
DRAWN urad Sc je Sc zadnjo IL
70 trudil,d a hi bill preprecil ia
rezultat in je apeliral ma senator
je, maj pomislijo, kako neumestno
je V sedanjih razmerah izzivati
Japonsko. Kakor Sc vidi, nj vse
skupaj ME zaleglo. Tudi vetji del
.demOkratov .ie pustil Wilsona m
cedilu.
Ne more sc reel. da nj zanimi-
..vo opazati, kako zatajuje vladajo-
ga stranka svojega voditelia V ia
ko vaznem vpraSanju. In to Sc 60
di prav listen trenOtku, ko nam
vsi dopovedujejo, da je sedaj dol
Znost vsakega Americana brez OBJ
zira ma stranko, staff "a predsed-
nixon Kdor razgla$a kakSno ma
cello, bi moral predvsem sam daja-
ii zgled, kajti brez MEGA je VISA
ka beseda prazna.
Gospodje>v kongresu Sc ne mo-
rejo izgovarjati, da velja njih po-
xiv ma slogo lie "a sedanjo zunanio
krizo. Naseljeniski zakon je nam
rec S to krizo res V zvezi, cetudi 50
81 "Oeetje domovine" ~zavezali oci,
da ne bi videli tega. DolOcba o ne
pismenih izkljucuje japonske de-
lavce skOraj popolnoma dd nase-
ljevanja, in ce .t pcvzrocalo raw
mamie z Japonci re dcslai razne
spore med Zedinjenimi drZavami
in mikadOvO dezelo, DO novi "a
kon Sc bolt razburJal Japonsko.
To mora seveda zanasati tezave in
nevarnOst razmerie med mani
in to dezelo.
RaZni japonski zastopniki, med
mimi tudi ljudje, XII imajo kot re-
sni znanstveniki opravi5en ugled
.pO svetu, so veckrat naglaSali, da
je naselievalno zakonodajstvo A
merike zaljivo in ponizevaqno "a
Japonsko. Kdor sc poizkusi V mis-
lih pOstaviti NJ japonsko stalisce,
ne DO mOgel tega utajiti. Ycndar
pa vsak trenotek lahko slisimo te-
orijo, ola je cast dezele TAXA rec,
XII jo je treba braniti z orozjem.
Ce mislijo, ola velja to "a Ameri-
,kO, hi moral biti NTH MAJOR nero
dajen tudi "a vse druge narode.
In vendar sklepajo kljub vsem
-syarilom, kljub vetu svojega pred
sednika zakone, o katerih vedo,
.da sc dOticejo casti drugega naro-
ola in ~ustvarjajo tako ~polozaj, XII
daje pc njihovih lastnih naukih
povod "a vojno!
RaZun tega je razmerje med
Ameriko in Japonsko neoporec-
no v zvezi s sedanjo aktualnO kri-
20. &c hOcemO to presOjati, mora
mo pogledati ma polozaj tako, ka-
kor gledajo mani tisti, XII so mad
~glasovali WilsonOv veto.
s., Diplomaticni stiki med Ameri-
ko in NemGijo so p~rekinjeni. To
Sc ne pomeni vojne. Ampak "a We
like stevilo tistih, XII so glasovali
"a naseljeniSki zakon, je to re pol
vojAe. Ma vsak nacin je resnica,
da stole dezele po %porusenju di-
plomaticnih stikov blize vOjni, ka-
kOr ce 1--WE V normalnem raZmer-
ju. Pa recimo, da sc zgodi, cesar
he zelimO in he maramo; recimo,
Ola pride do vojne, o kateri marsi-
kdo kongresu zeljnO SANTA. a.
merika hi postala tedaj sOvrazni-
ce Nemcijc in S TEN aytomaticno
2lveznica zaveznikov, katerim pri-
padajo tudi Japonci. In premo-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13

Pravi socialist ne SINE bisi rexer-
visit, ampak mora biti vedno akti-
ven vojak svoje stranke. Kdor
bi, ne koristi mic ne sebi, ne svoji
,osi svoje prepricanje 10 sam v So
stvari. Prepricevati mora tistc, X
e ::iso prcrIieani.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
PRIHAJA.

Zdaj bi pa radi pogledali tiste stroge prero-
Ike, XII so antimilitaristiGn do kosti in cato ne
dovoljujejo, da bi Sc o militaristifnih, vojnih in
%obrambnih receh sploh kaj govorilo, razun sti-
rh besed: mi smo roper militarizem!"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13
" E r. II E..

Nemski kronprinc je bill po telegramih IL Ber-
lima povisan ma generala infanteriie. Doslej je bill
generallajtnant in je, kakor znano, poveljeval ar
madni skupini pred Verdunom. &c bi incl kaksen
navaden general take neuspehe, kakrsne je incl
kajzerjev najstarejsi, bi ga odstavili cd poveljni-
stva in posadili v kaksno pisarno; gospod kron-
prime pa avanzira. v vsakem oziru je dobro, &c
pride elOvek v cesarski spalnici ma svet.
Prekomorska nOvinarska a~gentura naznanja,
da Sc je v Berlimu ustanOvila Nemsko-irska druz-
ba. V predsednistvu je znani katolsko kleri-
kalni poslanec Erzberger, baron Richthofen in
grof Westarp. " upravi ie mnogo znanih poll
tikov in pOslancev, med mimi tudi T. st. John
Gaffney, bivsi ameriSki generalni konzul in ro-
jn Tree.
Porocilo ne pravi mic o namenih tie druzbe.
Pa tudi nj treba. To DO "a Tree nekaj takega,
kakor jugOslovanski odbOr V Londonu "a Jugo-
slovane. SreGni narodi! Zdaj bono kmalu tu,
di lahko slisali, ola je sa NemGija "a osvoboditev
lrcev ma vojno.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-02-13

Angleska vlada zahteva emo miljardO dollar
jew kredita "a vOjne potrebe do 81. marca in emo
In tri cetrt miljarde "a leto, Xxi Sc konGa marca
1918. - Miljoni so sedai re b~agatele; govori Sc
lie &c o miljardah. lie kakO dolgo pojde to.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-24
JUDGE WIS. RAYMOND
AGAIN POUNDS BRASS
Capt. K. D. Walker Also Re-
news His Youth at w.
US. New Office.

The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany moved its office from the Watson
to the Hennen building this morning.
The new office is decidedly more spaci-
GUS and lighter than the old and makes
a better business room. Wiremen are
still busy at connecting lines which
are to run through Fairmont.
Captain K. D. Walker, past so years
OF age who in his younger days was a
telegraph operator on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, sent the first mess.
age out of the new office at 1880 this
morning.
Judge w. S. Raymond, also an old.
time Morse man, sent the second mess.
age and Frank P. Hall, cashier OF the
Home Savings Bank sent the third
message. After that the regular men
started in earnest sending the mess.
ages and receiving them for the days
work. w. T. McWhorter, who for many
years has been manager Of the West
ern Union office here, will continue
in that capacity assisted by thirteen
other employees of the company. The
first and second messages sent were
congratulatory ones and were as fol.
lows:
Fairmont, w. Va, April "a, 1917.
MIR. A. C. Terry, Superintendent,
Western Union Telegraph Co.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The city of Fairmont congratulates
herself and wishes to thank Won for
the splendid improvement in your of.
flee accommodations at this point. We
now feel that we are taking on some
OF the city airs to which our destiny
is now directing US.
ANTHONY BOWEN, Mayor.
Fairmont, W. Va, April "a, 1917.
Mr.. A. C. Terry, superintendent,
western Union Telegraph Co.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The employees of this office wish to
express to you their deep appreciation
OF our new, commodious and comfort.
table quarters.
w. T. MHWoRTER, Mgr.
To Mayor Bowen Superintendent
Terry replied as follows:
pittsburgh, Pa, $3.50 a. M, April "a.
Anthony Bowen, Mayor
Fairmont, w. Va.
1t is pleasure to acknowledge the
receipt of your message of congratu.
lation on the opening OF our new office
at Fairmont. The Western Union Tele.
graph company desires to show that it
believes in the future greatness OF
Fairmont and it is also DESTROYS of
showing some substantial appreciation
Of the patronage extended by the citi
zens of Fairmont. had hoped to be
present at the opening of the new of.
flee but important engagement pre-,
vented. trust that our service will
always come up to the full expecta.
tons of your citizens.
His reply to Manager Mcwhorter
was:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-24
Of NOTE
FOR SIS. GATHERING
Treats in Store For Those
Who Attend Parkersburg
Convention.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, Auril "a
The delegates who will attend the
Thirty.Fifth annual convention of the
West Virginia Sunday School Associa.
ton to be held in Parkersburg May S,
8, 10, have IN store for them a great
treat when the character of the vari.
our speakers who have been engaged
TO speak at the various sessions OF the
convention is taken into consideration.
The personnel throughout is of the
highest type and will not be excelled
by any state convention in the country
this year.
One among those who stands out
prominently in the list is Prof. NJ. v.
O'Shea, professor OF Education at the
University Of Wisconsin, who is a well
known Chautauqua lecturer, and is in
great demand over the country not
alone for Sunday school programs but
for most exacting educational pro-
grams. He is one of the strongest ed
ucators in the country and will speak
on such subjects as THE Child as Heir
OF the Past" THE Trend of the
Teens" and Constructive Teaching"
Ralph N. McIntire, manufacturer
and prominent business man of Tope-
Ka, kas., who has been devoting the
most of his time for the past year in
speaking before Sunday school gath
erings, comes as another of the i'm
portant personages on the program.
He Will speak on such topics as Our
Back Yards Plugging the Leaks"
The Secretary's job" etc.
Other speakers of Importance will
be Mrs. Maud Junkins Baldwin, ele-
mentary superintendent of the Inter.
national Sunday School Association;
Wallave l. Woodin, general secretary
Of the Connecticut Sunday School AS.
ISOLATION; Olive l. Hodges who has
been a missionary to Japan under the
auspices of the Methodist Protestant
Board; Miss D. NJ. Barnes, a mission
airy specialist, representing the World
outlook; Rev. A. B. Writer'S, director
of Sunday schools and young peoples
work for the Baptist General Associa.
ton of West Virginia; j. Ray Marcum,
prominent attorney of Huntington, w.
Va who Is boys specialist, as well
as other speakers of note.