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Oil and Gas.

1T bumpers are the result Of
bmpletions in the Eastern fields.
list are many that fall to the
list. In Ten-Mile district, Har'
County, w. Va, the Sylvan Oil
ny completed and shot No. 3
3 James F. Dye farm. 1t is
ng for a 5.barrel pumper in the
sand. In the same. district
& Dennison are due in the
t a test on the Amos Maxwell
harm.
Walkers Creek, Walker district,
county, G. j. Bennell drilled his
8 on the L. S. Cooley farm
III the second Cow Run sand
is showing for a light pumper
bite Oak Creek in the same dis.
he Power Oil company's No. OIL
volcano tract has been drilled
h the salt sand and is showing
two.barrel pumper. The Wood
DiAcompany's No. 5 on the Mar.
|ract is due in the sand. D. G.
& Co. are starting Nos. 70
on the West Virginia Petro'
acts The Hudson Oil company
in the sand at No. 8 on the
Congleton tract,
bartholomew Run, Warrington
Marion county, the Duval OIL
Nv has drilled its second test
Kendall heirs farm through
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FIllANcE OIL AND Cas-.

ali sands. It Is a buster. on the
same stream and in the same district
Mead & Koehn are due ii the sand
at test on the ]. D. HayhurSt farm
The United OIL and Gas company and
Law are due in the Big Injun sand at
No. a on the John Campbell farm.
On Indian Creek, Elk district, ka.
nawha county, the South Penn on
company has completed and shot IN
the Weir sand No. 8 on the ]. a.
Boggs farm. The we'll produced S5
barrels the first "a hours. On the
same stream the Empire Petroleum
company is starting to drill at No. ]
on the w. G. Lavender farm and Is
starting q second test on the 3. j.
Gatchell farm. Joseph Norton & co,
have the rig completed for q second
test on the John Baker White farm
On Cabin Cheek, Cabin Creek dis
trict, the Ohio Fuel on company Is
due in the Berea grit at No. on
the ]. D. Kittingger farm.
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BY A GARDENER.

Soon It will be time to set out to-
inato plants, from your cold frame, or.
II you didn't SOW any seed, from a
neighbors seed bed. Tomatoes and
egg plant are tropical plants and will
not stand the slightest touch Of frost.
Cool weather 10 poison to them. That's
why they appear in the garden so late.
A'dozen plants will do for the aver
age family II the garden space is
small. Those plants will furnish enough
for summer eating. More plants will
give you some to put away for winter
in cans or as ketchup.
II you transplant seedlings early be
on guard against cool nights and cover
up plants with paper or muslin frames.
If you transplant late It may be that
the plants are more than foot high
rather spindling in appearance.
Don't attempt to set them deeply and
maintain them in upright position. Re-
move all except three or four topmost
leaves about the growing point.
Dig a shallow trench about or 4
inches deep, slightly, sloping from q
deep point at one side to the surface
of the ground at the other.
Place the bare stem of tomato and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-12

NWAIkNEHN RIN~k
Pursuant to decree 81 the Circuit
Court Of Marion county West Yifs
ginla, entered on the 25tlli day Of "A pril,
1917, In that ceTtafn chancery cause.
therein pending wherein Joseph w.
Boord Is plaintiff and Charles G..
Brown and others are defendants, the
undersigned Special Commissioner
will on Saturday, the 9th day Of June,
1917. between the hours Of .10:00
o'clock a. m. and zoo o'clock p. m.
Of that day, at the front door Of the
Court House OF Marion county, West
Virginia, at public auction, sell that
certain parcel Of land situate in the
j. F. Watson addition No. to West
Fairmont, formerly the Fifth ward Of
the City Of Fairmont and now the
Eighth ward Of City, in Marion county,
West Virginia, plot Of which is re-
corded in the Clerks office Of the
County Court Of said county, in Deed
Book No. "a, page So; said lot 'front.'
ing so feet on Green street and e1-
tending back at a uniform width Of so
feet along Apple alley sometimes
called Orchard alley), a distance Of
80 feet containing 1880 square feet,
and being the rear half Of lot No. 6
and part Of the rear half Of lot No.
in block No. 2 of said addition, but
excepting and reserving all the coal
underlying said lot and the mining
rights and privileges thereunto be.
longing, and being the same parcel
conveyed to Joseph W. Boord by Ter
essa M. Hamilton and husband by deed
dated April 8, 1906, and of record
in said Clerks office in Deed Book
No. 142, page S97; and also being the
same real estate conveyed by said
Boord to the defendant, Charles G.
Brown by deed dated March IL, 1914.
Said sale will be made upon the fol-
lowing terms: One-third OBJ Of the
purchase money and as much more
I thereof as the purchaser may elect
to pay in hand on day Of sale, and the
residue thereof to be paid in five
equal payments, payable with inter-.
est on or before one ~, two ~,
three (3), four a. and five (5) years
from date Of sale. The interest on
said deferred payments to be paid an
nually, and for which the purchaser
will be required to execute In favor
of the undersigned Special Commits
sioner his notes with personal Sc
curity to be approved by said Special
| Commissioner, and vendors lien
will be reserved upon the face Of the
deed conveying title to such purchaser
as further security.
JAMES A. MEREDITH,
Special Commissioner.
| l, w. S. Black, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Marion county, West Wiz.
ginia, do certify that the above named
Special Commissioner has executed
bond before me, with good security
approved by me as sufficient condt'
toned according to the above men
toned decree and otherwise condi-
toned according to law.
w. S. BLACK,
S 12.1e.26-s 7, Clerk of said Court.
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New York

Nv YORK, May 12.-High grade
especially rails, were subject
renewed pressure in yester-
dull and speculative market, the
being again attributed to i'm.
ms uncertainties at home and
lde from the declines in rails,
y ranged from / to 2 points in
Iaul, Reading, New York Central
canadian Pacific, Utilities were
adversely affected. American
hone and Telegraph was increas-
active at a gross recession Of
hints to 1851, the lowest prices in
il two years, and transactions
easier.
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Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO. May 12.-Unparalleled
new high prices in the wheat market
reached point yesterday where lead
ing houses refused outright any bust
ness that involved contracts requiring
delivery this month. To lesser ex'
tent July also was put under a ban.
After an extreme advance of ia cents
the market closed unsettled IA cents
to "a cents net higher, with May at
S3.1S and July at $2.4SA25OA. Corn
finished u cent to rs cents and pro-
visions showed a rise Of S cents to
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Pittsburgh

rTsaURGH, May 2.-westing:
5 Air brake was one of the weak
res 81 the pittsburgh market, de-
81 share to 70, and closing
1is 1l2 asked. Oil and gas
wei iso, heavy at 40, and OHIO
Supply 81 lower at 46. Manufac'
Light and Heat declined from
to So and Ohio Fuel Oil was y
! 81 l7gs. Pure OIL was the only
e stock, 2,460 shares changing
within the narrow range OF 2lh
|orican window Glass stocks
sadfer, and Pittsburgh Plate
al as higher at 1917. La
iron held at 899s.
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EuneraI Of NE. Atkinson.

The funeral of Mrs. James G. Atkin'
son was held from the M. E. church at
2:SO Saturday afternoon. Several rel.
atives and friends from out of the city
attended including Mrs. A. w. Ogle,
mother of the deceased, Miss Elsie
and Harry Ogle, sister and brother, re-
spectively, of Marietta, Ohio; Mr.. ano
Mrs. j. S. Toilet and daughter, Miss
Florence; Mrs. H. H. Burns and son,
Warren, and Richard Toilet, of Ma
rietta, Ohio.
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Three Glasses Of Soap.

While there are many kinds of soaps,
1t is said that those commonly used
may be divided into three classes. The
first class comprises fine white soaps
and scented soaps, the second class the
coarse household soaps, and the third
class the soft soaps.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-12

Notice is hereby given that on or
about the LIST day Of June, 1917, an
application will be filed with James
p. Cutlip, Pardon Attorney, Charleston,
West Virginia, for the pardon OF Sam
Palma, convicted Of the crime OF muir.
der first degree, at the March term,
1915, of the Circuit Court Of Marion
county and sentenced to Imprisonment
in the West Virginia penitentiary for
the period Of life.
(signed) SAM PALMo,
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Close
Mcanlna Of a Mole.

A mole on the right corner Of the
Mouth indicates to man that he will
ave good fortune through his lndt-
dual efforts. Whatever walk in life
Ne chooses, he will be successful. To a
oman it indicates that she will have
lcnty of money and be very much be-
owed. A mole on the left side of the
aouth indicates for both men and
aomen Il commonplace life, one in
which neither good nor Ill fortune will
predominant.
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Personals,

Mrs. Robert Burley has returned to
her home in Glover's Gap after visit
with her mother here. :.
Joe Bell has returned from visit
with friends in ClarKsburg.
Miss Gladys Ward. of Weston, is the
guest of relatives here.
Thomas Downs ard Frank Dunkle
have returned from Parl.ecsburg where
they were looking after theatrical in
terests.
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Mothers, Day.

Following is the Mothers Day pro
gram which will be given at the M. E.
church at 9:15 Sunday morning: Over.
ture, orchestra; song, "Tell Mother I'll
Be There" congregation; prayer; reel
tation, Kate Charlton; solo, Smith
Lowther; story, Olive Rymer; solo.
Edns Haskins; song, Home, Sweet
Home"
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root in the trench, with the root at the
deepest portion, cover the stem
throughout its length with fresh soil
and pack this firmly.
Under these conditions the plant
will take root throughout the length OF
the buried stem, and in short time
the added root system thus given will
forca 1t into vigorous growth.
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sPEcIAL NorIcIiE,
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
TIE OF WEST VIRGINIA.:

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA:
At the May, 1917, Rules, held in the
Clerks office of the intermediate CourN
in and for the county Of Marion, and
state aforesaid, April 30, 1917, tho fol.
lowing order was entered: Villa s
Flowers, Plaintiff, We. Clarence H,
Flowers, Defendant Chancery.
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Summons.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
To the Sheriff of Marion county, Greet
ing:
You are hereby commanded to sum.
mon Clarence H. Flowers, to appear be.
fore the intermediate Court of Marion
county, at rNes to be held in the
Clerks Office OF said court on the last
Monday in April, 1917, to answer bill
in chancery exhibited against him in
said court by Villa S. Flowers.
And have then this writ.
Witness, W. S. Black, Clerk of said
court, at Court House in said county,
the Goth day of April 1917, and 54th
year Of the state.
W. s. BLACK.
The sheriff's return endorsed on the
foregoing summons is in words and
figures following:
TIE within named Clarence H.
Flowers is not found in my bailiwick
April Goth, 1917.
CLARENCE CURRY,
Deputy for A. M. Glover, Sheriff OF
Marion county, West Virginia,
Object Of Suit.
The object of said suit Is to obtain
on behalf of the plaintiff against the
defendant, divorce from bed and
board and also divorce vinCulo; and
also to obtain the custody Of the chill.
dre1 of the plaintiff and defendant;
and also to obtain decree for alimony
and support money for plaintiff and
said children; also for attorney tees
and suit money; against the said de.
fendant.
An affidavit having been made and
filed that the said Clarence H.
Flowers, the defendant in the above
STYLED suit, is nonresident Of the
state Of West Virginia, 1t is ordered
that the said Clarence H. Flowers do
appear within one month from the first
publication Of this order, in the Clerks
office Of our said intermediate Court,
at rules to be holden therefor, and do
what is necessary to protect his inter.
ests.
It Is ordered that copy Of this or.
der be published and posted as re-
quired by law.
Given under my band tnls ON oay
o. way 49, W. S. BLACK, Clerk.
HARRY SHAW,
Counsel for Plaintiff.
This order is published for the first
time May 9Th, 1917, and to be publish
ed once each week for four successive
weeks. ~, c,o.,
May 6, 10, 10, 26.
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An Anomaly.

Be more like the scissors sharpen
ing man. Hes often happy though
his life is a grind and he always finds
things dull.
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Good Bookbipdlng. That's the only
kind we do. No matter how small or
how large the book, we bind them well.
Fairmont Printing & Publishing Co.
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MANNINGTON. NEWS
ponv Jones' CORRESPONDENT Sporting Goods
= y Store IL Railroad Street
Called BY Death.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hawkins were
called to Grafton by the death OF the
latter's father who met death In a
railroad wreck.
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FARMS TO RENT

e ACRE FARM FREESI have 46
acres good farming land in Winfield
district which will be glad to turn
over to any good man who will plant
it in corn. Rent free. ]. F. Richie.
5.12.tf No 1854
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WANTED
nFFTCEs TO RENT
FARMS FOR SALE

FOR sALE-Rich. Level, Ohio farms.
rs acres, Groom house, 2 barns,
fruits, pike, $4,000. 100, 104, 1872, 1876
acres, improved, on good roads, close
to town, $50 to $50 per acre. Write
us for bargains in farms, Ellco Realty
Co., 1861 Main street, Columbus. o.
5.4-12t No 1928
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR sALE-SO acres, more or less,
coal a feet 8 inches vein, 800 feet to
railroad side track. Will sell at bar
gain If sold at once. For information
address Box a.. Alexander, W. Va.
- 5.S.6t No. 2343
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE
FOR sALE-Ford touring car> Ad'
dress P. o. Box 1913, shinnston, w.
Va. 5'1O-St No 2S46
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A SMALL up to date millinery shop
for sale cheap. Good condition. For
particulars and terms write Box 2345
Wess Virginian. syst No. 2346
civil, SERVICE examinations Fair
mont soon. Men and women destr-
ing government positions at Wash
ington. write for free particulars to
J. c. Leonard, CORNER government
examiner) Kenois Bldgg Washington.
5.12-1t No 1855
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
To the Sheriff of Marion county, Greet
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HARRY SHAW,
MEDICATION FoR PARDON

May 6, 10, 10, 26.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

in a military camp with nothing but
frame buildings, is no sign they have
MT the "luxuries'' of the city hello
girls" They have their own private
rest room, one with large mirror.
cots where they can rest on. time off
and they have the walls covered with
movie queens pictures, even If they
don't get to see Darling Delilah' or
Vera the Vampire as often as they
used to in their home cities.
The six boards they work at are
of the most up to date kind, for altho
they have to attend to only about ESQ
telephones, those $50 telephones are
used a great deal more than that
number would be used in a city. And
besides, the toll business is a big one
here.
It is estimated that as much bust
ness is done at the office here as in
the telephone office of a city of from
1000 to u, 900 population.
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LOWER PRICES, ERROR
just Like " Thought-They'H Go
Higher If Anything.

Chicago, Nov. IA return to pre-
war food prices is mpossible-food
may go even higher.
This was the statement today of
Charles Mccarthy, special assistant to
Food Administrator Hoover.
with the fact staring us in the face
that there is a billion dollars more
money in this country than there was
at the beginning of the war, and with
the additional fact that prices, go up
on everything with every expansion of
credit and every bond issue. the food
administration will do well.if it main
tains prices" Mccarthy declared.
Speculation can be cut out and
vast economies can be made but too
great expectations of the return of
conditions of the past are simply de-
ceptive.'
Mccarthy predicted that unless aR
enormous saving was effected now
and during the remaining winter
months, a drain which might cause
low morale among the poor classes
would result after the first year of
the war.
In company with threatened price
advances, Mccarthy predicted all
wages would be advanced correspond
ingly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
Up.tO-Date Hotels Always Are
Signs of Prosperity.
That Is What J. F. Lection Tells
sChamber of Commerce.
sTEAS OF PLANS FOR Topeka
Moth American Co. Offers City
Big Opportunity.
Mole Than Half of Stock for
New Hosiery Subscribed.

me new $500, 900 North American
45o+A1 nroDosed for Topeka will be
barSmeter of the prosperity of the CITY,
.acc6rdfng to J. f. Letton, presI'ieutt
and general manager OF lne NolC ia
AMERICAN Hotel company VINO SPIHs
at ahe Chamber Of Commerce Ills
Serhe new hotel will be an asset
an INVESTMENT and a tremendous aa-
ver6sement for the city ana the GU GU
zenB" he said. mo other p[oJTC'
coufd give so much to a city OF To-
nelA's class. As an investment the
pebble of Topeka have been gwen
] a chance to invest their money IN
conkern backed by three hlilloh
Dollar corporation boosted Dy thei'
and. to be built by them. -,.-
I'm good faith the North American
company is investing its money IN
partnership with the people or To-
Deka. When a cent is spent on the
hotel part of it belonging to topeka
men and women and part OF the cent
to the hotel company
Big Advertisement For City.
As an advertisement for the city.
Mr. Letton paraphrased, by tnelr
hotels shall We know them. The
cities of the country are judged by
their hotels A good hotel has built
many American cities. 1t IS TAXED
about by travellers. Then, too Mr..
good hotel gives a city one OF the
greatest advertisements"
This assertion was backed up by
him when he picked up copy OF
''The Hotel World" one of the largest
hotel publications. on the front of the
magazine was a large picture of The
North American hotel, to be erected
in Topeka, Kan"
As an asset a new hotel located in
the center of the business section OF
the city will make its presence felt in
all parts of the city. Real estate val
ues will be increased by the building
not only in the vicinity but in all sec
tons. of town.
Tine location of the hotel in To-
peka was not a haphazard decision,
as the place after much deliberation
and thought. A city with three rail
roads running into it, surrounded and
cut by automobile roads and the CAPT
taIfcity of the state is bound to sup
pont modern hotel
III Merchants Will Profit.
'kFhe new hotel will make Topeka
evsz4 a better convention city than
eve4. before. It will furnish accom-
motiations for hundreds of delegates
to state and national conventions. The
mefehants will profit by these con-
veTiuons as they do by those they now
have. 1t will give a larger and better
place to entertain and to feed the
visitors to these conventions" he said.
Arthur Gross, who has been work
ins in Topeka for the last sixty days,
gave a swift resume of the business
end of the hotel project.
ffhe hotel will succeed" he de-
clated Down in my heart 1 know
it VIII succeed. The business men of
Topeka have already subscribed $780,
600 for stock in the hotel leaving less
than 100000 unsubscribed.
The project of the new $500, 900
hoteKsis no promotion scheme. 1t is a
business proposition. The money to
be raised from among Topeka business
menswill be spent in the city, every
centsof it, he declared.
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'SMATTER, TOPEKA?

To the Editor State Journal:
I take the liberty of writing you
few lines, having attended a moving
picture theater last night and for
tunately hearing the appeal of Baron
Dr. de Orgler to the American people
1 am a travelling man who makes al
the large cities in this country. A
lady in the rear of me smiled and
snickered. This told story in Itself
a story that our women do not rea-
lie that while they live in comfort
the women of Europe are in tears and
sorrow. It shows plainly that we are
a lot of selfish people that refuse 20
realize or accept the horrors of our
neighbOrs. I was ashamed and felt it
keenly that during the playing of the
national air one-half of the audience
made an effort to be reseated- This
the capital and example of Kansas, is
the first city have been in where its
patriotism.
In my travels I met the advance
agent of the Anna Held Theatrical
company, and he told me that while
here previous to the arrival of the
Anna Held company, he called up the
Commercial club to tell them that
Miss Anna Held, on her arrival here,
would help them sell liberty bonds,
and that the secretary told him he
did not know if the club wanted Miss
Held's assistance or not. Miss Held
has been a wonderful help in many
cities selling liberty bonds, but To-
peka did not know if she wanted her
or not. Wake up, Topeka; you need
help in more ways than in selling
bonds. I hope that tonight or any
other night. when the Star Spangled
Banner is played, the Topeka people
will stand up and at attention.
MAURICE r. MEADE.