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The Washington herald., 1917-06-24
Atlantic City Statistics.

Atlantic City is the all-the-yeer~Te-
sort. -
Atlantic City has the world famous
Boardwalk -.
ATLANTIC City has a permanent popu-
lation OF $500.
Atlantic City has an annual average
population; resident and trapsent' OF
Atlantic City has q high water
mark August population of 5000. d"
Atlantic City has 100000 yearly
visitors.
estate valuation OF $S9, 40, ,4S1
Atlantic City has an assessed per-
sonal property valuation Of SKI, 200.
Atlantic City has property exempt
from taxation amounting TO A.oS, 80.
Atlantic City has tax rate Qs10 Of
Atlantic City owns its watershed.
insuring an uncontaminated supply OF
Atlantic City il increasing, its wa
ter storage area from q to Z75 acres
Atlantic city's water comes from
uneontasninated streams and -areesian
Atlantic City has about 1880 hotels
Atlantic CITY has a u.oeo. 900 hotel.
Atlantic City has hotel accommoda-
tions at from 81 to so q day and from
70 TO Sl5O a week.
Atlantic City is the nations play
ground.
Atlantic City has unsurpassed surf
bathing.
Atlantic City has a beach park. four
and-a-haif miles long. 81.
Atlantic City has six ocean piers
Atlantic City has thirty-one surf
bathing establishments
Atlantic City has two large indoor
pools.
Atlantic City has twenty-three rest
Atlantic City covers 2,s1s acres.
Atlantic City hotel properties are
worth $50, 900, 600.
Atlantic City has two doubie-tracked
steam railroads from Philadelphia
Atlantic City has two steam rail-
roads from New York.
Atlantic City has two third-rail
| lines
Atlantic City has two trolley lines.
Atlantic City has thirty-one miles OF
| trolley lines.
Atlantic City has a lighthouse. lsi
| feet high.
Atlantic City has in summer 5000
bathers daily.
Atlantic City has 400 yachts and
| power launches.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-24

maintains 10 Ere alarm boxes, with
red designating lights, all underground
eonnsctsd. % private fire alarm boxes
IN hotels, electric police patrol system.
electrical police hash light system.
high pressure IRE alarm system, all
underGround connected and munich
pal electrical inspections of everything
electrical
Atlantic City has modsrn garages TO
meet ell nsedS.
Atlantic City has few factories.
Atlantic City has a government
dredged 11-foot channel and is plan
ming to have It deepened ultimately to
2S feet.
Atlantic City Is 10 have municipal
docks.
Atlantic city 10 TO have municipal
berths for private yachts
Atlantic City aspires 20 be . great
yachting center.
Atlantic City has q psrmsnen;
Atlantic City has an Easter parad.
that 10 one Of the greatest Epectaclel
TO be seen in America
Atlantic City has an annual carnival
that 10 gaining national fame.
Atlantic City has two country clubs
Atlantic City has rest for the weary;
Joy for the gloomy and health for the
afflicted.
Atlantic City has fashion parades
every Sunday throughout the year on
the woFid-famed Boardwalk.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-24

The moment you turn on the Juice
in your new car. Friction begins to
Gnaw at its vitals. Where there's
metal-to-metal contact, there's bound
to be Friction. Old Man Friction has
his scouts and range-finders on the
Job perpetually and when you plank
the drivers seat and let 'er out, right
there is when Mr.. Friction marks
your car for his own.
Your first line of defense against
Friction Is proper fabrication, better
known as Dixon's Graphite Automo-
bile Lubricants. They put an eAd to
the wear about your gears and bear
ings by interposing a film Of graphite
SO that metal-to-metal contact is
eliminated and Friction is laid by the
heels for keeps.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-24

nSorvsy's waterfalls, n has beea g.
una.tsd ~ q govesInsnt connsisssoH
hersepovsr that can be prohtabiy
The Washington herald., 1917-06-24

Through II weighs 80 pounds. q
gliding boat, driven by an serial pro-
peller that two KentuckiSns have
built draws but two inches OF water
while running.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-24

Coin-in-ths-Ilot soda-water ma
chimes, that q Texan has patented,
first release a glass, then navoring
syrup, and, lastly, the correct amount
Of iced car6onGted water.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-24
MELROSE HALL
S. PENNA. AVE,
Near Beach.

Beautifully located on
the finest and widest
thoroughfare. Table and
service par excellence.
Home-like comforts. Up
to date in appointments.
Rooms single or en- suite,
with or without bath.
Moderate rates.
b. FOX, Prop'r.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
NO TINE FOR DRoNEs.

THE present is going to be bad summer for human
drOnes Already in the big cities they are beginning
to utter the sententious warning, work or fight +"
Before long police court judges and magistrates of all kinds
before whom the vicious and the idle pass in review will
be devsng plans TO get work of men who are papaby
out of job because work does not agree with them
Industry and thrift going to be as fashionable as
patriotism 1t is good thing to bring reckessIy extraya-
giant nations like the United States to such pass We
waste almost much every day our war expenses prom
Use to be- and if top Of stopping waste we all turn to
producing. may turn out to be economic benefit to
the average American citizen, just the sweeping edc
against vodka and alcohol other forms proved god
send to the Russian peasant and made him prosperous be-
yond his widest dreams.
II conditions all the country are the same as they
here there will be little ecxuse for men to shk produc-
ing The of vacant land are yielding to the sen
ment of ME hour and placing their property the disposal
of men who have the time and the will to cultivate it On
Saturday, for instance, unnamed landowner placed
tract inside the city limits at the disposal of the public
through The Times and the Greater amont Investment
company threw open for gardening and small cropping
over 300 acres of its Pleasant Valley tract.
And there Others If you have your eye on likely
piece of ground find who owns it and see the man. In
all probability he will be glad to have put to good use
at time like the present
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
LOOK At CHILD'S
TONGUE IF SICK
CROSS, FEVERISH
WHEN coNsTIPATED OR BILIOUS
GIVE "cALIFoRNIA SYR.
UP OF FIGS"

Lock at the tongue, mother. II coat.
ed, 1t is sure sign that your little ones
stomach, licer and bowels need q gen.
tie, thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu.
rally, or is feevrish,- stomach sour.
breath bad; has stomach-ac sore.
throat, diarrhoea, full Of cold, give a
teaspoonful of California Syrup OF
Figs" and in few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food anG
sour bile gently moves out OF its little
bowels without gripping, and you have
a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit Iaxative,%
they love its delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot.
tie OF California Syrup of Figs" which
has directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown.ups plainly on
the bottle. Beware of counterfsita
sold here. To be sure you get the gen.
uine, ask to see that It is made by zeal.
ifornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempS
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
Monongalia Musings

'Fifty-two years since Lincoln
passed from this scene OF trays and
1euds to the tomb's peaceful slumber;
ttty'two years since the South lost
It's best friend and the North its most
sane counselor. The vain, the proud,
the dignified, the pompous, the pretty
and the perfumed all considered them.
selves competent to give him advice
though trouble was all they managed
to bequeath him. They thought they
understood Lincoln; Lincoln knew he
understood them. He was incapable
of deception; they were incapable OF
perception. He could analyze human.
ity; they couldn't analyze an epigram.
He could describe the tender emotions
OF the human soul; they couldn't de-
scribe an OK cart. He had commoa
sense; they didn't have any variety
worth speaking Of. He knew the mind
and heart OF Shakespeare. Paine ana
Burns; they didn't know whether
these gigantic characters we're Sweden
borg enthusiasts or Kentucky kale rails
ers. He could appreciate the splendqrs
Of the midnight skies; they couldn't
realize the beauty of wayside violet
He preferred the haggard genuine tc
the polished counterfeit; they didn't
He loved logic; they loved the enemies
of logic. He was man; they would
have been men, had brain and heart
been properly developed.
AS all students of Lincoln know, his
favorite poem was the one entitled:
"0h why should the spirit OF mortal
be proud" One day member of Con
gress from Ohio came into Lincoln's
presence in a state of unutterable in
toxication, and sinking into chair, ex
claimed in tones that welled up fuzzy
through the gallon or more Of whiskey
that he contained, ooh why should
(hic) the spirit of mortal be proud?"
my dear sair," said the President re
garding him closely, II see no reason
whatever" S. c. MUSGRAVE.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
TIE SUPREME TEST

ID RESIDENT WILSON in a notable address to his
II fellow countrymen given out at the White house
Sunday night declared that the supreme test of the
nation has come. and that must all speak, act and serve
together
That solemn truth and the most serious thing about
ts that of the American people do not realize it For
almost three years we in this country have been watching
the struggle in Europe. but although we were repeatedly
warned by the President and by the logic of the events
that we were being drawn into it many refused to believe it
until the very last minute and now we do not as
people regard the matter seriously as we should
he explanation for this amazing state of affairs lies in
the circumstance that have been so free from mliarism
that we do not know what 1t is something of
wrench for nation of l0O000000 people to change
from the ways of peace which we have pursued for half
century to ways of war.
But we will have to do it. The adventure we are now
engaged in is not incident like the affair with Spain
eighteen years ago. which scarcely scratched the surface
OF our national life 1t is fundamental; it will change the
destiny of the American people and may have profound
influence upon the future of the whole world for the next
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
RHEU MATISM
Physician Believes Genuine Remedy
for the Disease Has Been Found.

Rheuma, the wonderful rheumatism
remedy sold by Mountain City Drug
Store, gives quicker and more lasting
relief than other remedies costing
many times as much.
Rheuma passes the deadly poisonous
secretions into the bowels and kidneys
from which they are quickly thrown oil
in natural, healthy way.
Read what reputable physician says
about Rheuma: II have made most
careful investigation of the formula
employed in the manufacture Of Rheu.
ma, and l heartily recommend it as a
remedy for all forms of rheumatism.
find Rheuma far in advance of the
methods generally employed in the
treatment of rheumatism, and alto
gether different in composition from
the remedies usually prescribed. DIR.
Lyons.
This should give any sufferer from
rheumatism confidence to try Rheu-
ma.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
lovers Of the nag to display their

colors.
Your dag need not be lowered at
sunset. No less an authority than
Adtutant- General Simpson. stationed
at Governors Island, is responsible
for the statement that the flag can
remain up during every hour OF the
twenty.four and until the end of the
war, II It Is the wish of those who
display It. Article 437 OF the army
regulations provides that at every
military post or station the flag will
be hoisted at the sounding OF the
first note Of the reveille or OF the
first note OF he march. IL a march
be played before the reveille. The
nag will be lowered at the sounding
OF the last note Of the retreat and
while the flag Is being lowered the
band will play the national anthem.
OF II there be no band present the
field music will sound ito the color
But a special regulation provides
that at the beginning and during an
action in which the forts may be
engaged the flag shall be kept masted
whether by day or by night or until
the action closes.
The Adjutant-General said, however.
that this did not infer that a private
individual could not use the flag at
all times and especially during war.
time as long as a sense of patriotism
dictated 1t. Therefore, put out your
nag, and, If 1t pleases you, keep it
there.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
And have them dipped in molten

And have them dipped in molten
steel.
For the good of the country.
It's easy enough to understand when
a German knocks our country but
when an American, a tortoise she'll
glass wearing individual, blazes away
at the country it's time to ship him
on the Valley Gem to Davy Jonesville.
Why not stop prize fighting and send
them all to war?
Keep the chickens home-not that
the soldiers will get them but they will
stop vegetables growing.
The Germans on the western front
are having devil of time finding
their place in the sun.
Government will control meat"
And save US money that otherwise
would go into the packers families
pockets.
The middle class and the poor are
fighting this war, and comprise the
army behind the army therefore those
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
RUFF STUFF
BY RED

why does every young fellow want
to join the aerial corps?
When he knows that there will be
flies by the million within two weeks
and don't the papers claim the flies
kill more people than cannon does?
Well, where's your argument?
Where is the duck who remarked SO
sweetiy and so herioically: "Id Join II
war is declared. But I'll go in the
regular army?"
Just wait, Optimistic Oscar they'll
get you yet.
And it's terrible disgrace to be
drafted when you could have volun,
teered.
Section Q. Whoever is guilty O.;
treason shall suffer death.
Now bring on your spies.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
CORN AND BEANS.

FORREST w. STEMPLE. agronomist at the West
T Virginia agricultural station at Morgantowu IN a
bulletin issued last week pointed out that now is the
time get ready for spring planting in this state and he
made special appeal to both owners and hired men to
spend more time in the fields.
The appeal is timely and should be needed 1t takes
the crops long time to grow but the for preparing
the soil and planting is comparatively short
AS for the kind of crops to plant nothing fits in with
the situation this year like and beans They provide
food for human consumption than any other crops
that grown here they belong in the ordinary West Viz.
GINA rotation and they promise to be big money crops
Get busy, Mr. Farmer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
Charles Z. Koran to
Be Buried Thursday.

The body of Charles LOTUS Koran,
whose death occurred on Sunday night
in Baltimore sanitarium. was brought
here this morning by his brother, Law.
renee Koran, who left Sunday for Bal
timore on receipt Of a message an.
nouncing his brothers serious illness.
Lawrence Koran had returned from
his brothers bedside several days ago,
a change for the better having taken
place in his condition. His death oc.
Cured before his brother could again
reach his side. The body is at the
Koran home on Main street. Funeral
services are announced to be held
Thursday morning at 8 o'clock at st,
Peters Catholic church and interment
will be made in Holy Cross cemetery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
District Meeting Of
Pocahontas Lodge

A district meeting of the degree of
Pocahontas will be held Friday after.
noon and evening in the Improved Or.
der of Red Men hall on the East Side.
About seventy.five representatives
IRON the various towns composing the
local district will he present and de.
grees VIII be conferred on class of
candidates. A supper will be served in
the evening by the ladies of the First
M. p. church after which will be the
initiatory services.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
BIG GAIN OF time
HAD He TAKEN HIS
FRIENDS ADVICE
Chas. E. Krob's Wentworth
Experience Was an Effec-
tive Doubt Killer.

Skepticism regarding Nerv.Wortt
power to overcome ills of a nervous
origin has cost many a sufferer many
month of discomfort and loss of
working power. Chas Il. Krob, the
engraving and designing expert Of
Columbus, formerly OF GAINESVILLE,
gives a striking example of this in his
Enforcement OF the tonic, which fol
lows, MIR. Nrob's ill.health began
three years ago When advised by
friends TO try Wentworth he was
skeptical, To show that his doubts
were uniounGed he says:
Three years ago ] had nervous
breakdown, and had six different doc
tors, in the two years. My weight
went from $50 down to 100 pounds
Some OF the doctors gave me no hope.
Iney doped me with srcng narcotics
which left me more nervous state
after the drugs had lost their effects.
Aine months ago ! tried my
first bottle of Nerv-Worth. Since then
l have taken three bottles and am on
my fourth. must say sleep we'll
eat anything crave. and my weight
has gone up to 16S pounds. heartily
recommend Nerv-Wvrth to anynoe SUI
fering with nervous indigestion and all
nervous troubles.
CHARLES E. KROB."
$40 Hartman Blk.
Columbus, Ohio
At Fairmont the w. r. Crane Drug
Co. sells Wentworth and hands youl
dollar back il this superlative family
tonic does not benefit YOU.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
you NEED NOT LOWER YOUR
FLAG AT SUNSET

Flag Al SUNSET
From the New York Globe.
A correspondent writes The Globe
as follows:
Authorities on Respect to Our
Flag" say the flag should be low
cred at sunset. Will you kindly
advise why and by whom such or
ders were issued?
The words of the Star Span
gled Banner"
And the rockets red glare,
The bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there"
do not bear this out, and I know
number of Americans who would
display their colors If they could
let them fly continuously. l, for
one, can see no insult to my flag
by allowing it to fly at all times
from my home; il you feel the
same about this, kindly advise all
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
Good Way to Test Diamonds.

Suspected diamonds are frequently
tested by placing them between two
coins and pressed hard with the
fingers. 1t is said to be impossible to
make the smallest impression on a real
diamond, but, in the case of paste
article, the edges may be crushed. The
effect can be discerned by critical ex-
animation with lens.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17

President Wilson issued a long proclamation last
night in which he defined treason and enumerated the
penalties for it. 1t the proper thing to do but no
man needs to be schooed in matter like that There
is no middle ground The man who is not for the
United States and against our enemies heart and soul
through thick and thin, is traitor no matter what the
statutes have to say about treason
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL II, 1917.
THE coVERNoR AND THE LEGISLATURE.

THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE.
in IsPATCHES from Charleston indicate that Gov
~ enor Comwe is perpexed about the special session
Of the legislature which he will have to call soon
because the regular session through its failure pass the
general appropriation bill left the state government without
financial He states frankly that he has been
urged to include other matters of merit in his forth
coming call but apparent that he hesitates do this
In fact his reluctance to give the legislature any eeway
at all goes to the point where he going to try next Sat
urday at the first meeting of the West Virginia Defense
council to work out plan whereby this state cooper
ate with the national government the war program with
out asking for specific action by the legislature
The basis of Governor Comwes reluctance ask the
law makers for anything beyond the imperatveIy needed
financial BILL of course, the fear that they will take ad-
vantage of the situation 10 partisan politics. Their
record it must be admitted against them, but is the
Govemo not drawing the line just hle TOO taut7 The
Legislature could if wanted help him lot in the sou-
hon Of the weghy problems that confront him. Is it not
fan TO presume that at time like the present the members
Of that body patriotic enough to be willing to go about
The business at hand with an eye the best interests of the
whole people and without attempting play pOtics9
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
Why Not Swat Hlna

Another form Of the distilled
essence Of pest whose framework above
his shoulders Is composed Of re-en.
forced concrete, is the omnipresent
nuisance who insists upon breasting
the current Of pedestrian trafic Of a
crowded street on the wrong side of
the pavement
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17

1t is announced that the first things the Brit
tsh will seek to do after the alliance with this
try becomes effective is to gather their nationals who
have been avoiding service by staying in the United
States. AS T. R. would say three cheers! Some of thu
most offensive critics of the neutrality policy which this
nation pursued long were British slackers
skulking in this country. These fellows will now no
compelled personally to their theories into
practice.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17

According to Amsterdam dispatches DR.. Ludwig Ia
menhoff, who invented Esperanto, is dead. He too
had visions of an internatonaism in which everything
would be just lovely and racial anmosties would dis
He either lived too long or not long enough
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
Gas suppIIed Pitch for centutl.a.

An interesting natural phenomenon
Of the island Of Zante in the IonIan
sea. is a shallow spring on the bay Of
Kerr, where both pitch and water bub-
BILE up. The pitch has been used by
the natives in caulking their boats
since the days Of Herodotus.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17

The soap and wash rags sent to the Mobilization
camp by the Kings Daughters were gratefully re-
ceved by the soldier boys Contributions to the maya
zine fund and personal interest displayed by occa-
sional visit to the camp would also be appreciated
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17

Hindenburg is wrecking things generally at Lens so
that the Entente will able to mine coal there for
months, but that kind of STACEY is not going to help
the cause of the Central powers much. They won't be
able % get coal, either and it more to them than
does to the French and the English who can get sup
plies from the United States in spite of the U-boat mem
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17

100 years Just how we viii aequt ourselves IN this SUI
preme test depends upon how thoroughly we go about the
business at hand We have never failed yet and there
is every reason to believe that we will not fail now
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17
SHORT AND sNAPPY.

Potatoes foot high" writes fellow from Los
Angeles to the Webster Echo. Potatoes have been
higher than that here. all the winter-weston Free
Press.
Queer, isn't it, that none OF the iokesmiths have
been moved to inquire who put the fist in pacffst?"
says the Fairmont West Vlrginan. If the newspaper
shire Review.
1t takes Uncle Sam a long time to get started, but
the old boy raise heap of dust when he finally
shakes his legs.-Lincoln Republican '
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-17

There is good deal of opposition to the selective
draft in the House of And the men who
are responsible for it must complain when the peo-
1918.