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AT DEATHS DOOR.

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A slMP MORAL EplToRlAL.
PART 2
(contlnued from Our Lasil

NSSUbiWaGu NT0ttt 0uF EAutl
Well, Tom kept going along Il hll
work like a Hindeo and also ran this
Sunday school class on sleep morning
It was there Tom met Minnie Muz.
osky, the butchers daughter and mani
curtst in olson's tonsorial studio ~
the Grand hotel.
II wasn't many months before they
both slid up the center aisle for an
until death do Us part"
Meanwhile Jerry was going iron,
worse to worser-he could throw sew.
ems and elevens with rubber BAN.
fooling with politics, and had his eye
on couple OF lighthead boxfighters
Five Years Later. Same Cast
Jerry the boneheaded boob who only
filled up space in the room when he
went to school is now some rasho.
He is alderman OF the I'd ward runs d
saloon, has charge OF a string of pugs;
cleaned up coin on stock, wears mus
tache, brown derby and chews cigars:
has the police department under his
thumb and is quite some pasha.
Tom is still with Simpsons barrel
foundry and has blister on his thumb
from poking the timeclock. He Is.
also teaching his five kids to walk on
their hands on account of the high
cost OF shoe leather.
It's all wrong, all wrong, you hopeful
Schwabs and Carnegies.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
THE cHARTER CASE

FAIRMoNT, Feb. s.-[Editor The
West yirginianl Not willing to be
governed by the opinion of the Su.
preme court of this state nor the un.
enimous opinion of three Federal
Judges, on the legality of the new city
charter, we see the Fairmont Times
ss now giving editorial space to an
Rhnse of the many good citizens who
desiring fair and lawful elections and
q eurtatnment Of useless and extra.
vagapt expenditures, of the peoples
money, were, and are yet, supporters
Of that charter. Deiantly the issue
ng February 5, 1917, states that the
Charter mas been In the courts now
1cR about two years and which may
ye1Ralp there IS we are informed, that
much longer
BY this statement are we to under.
stand that those who have put up the
money 70 prevent the operation OF law
for the past two years, are still pro.
posing TO defy the law and pay the
price OF an appeal Just that certain
men III fat officers may continue to
enjoy those salaries?
Is it any surprise or wonder that
the people are slow to subscribe for
the stock OF worthy enterprises pro.
posing 70 locate here, whendt is com.
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Editorial Comment
on curren. subieets

THIS NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Up % the present time the most i'm
poFtsnt piece Of legislation enacted
By Congress during President Wilson's
administration Is the Federal Reserve
Bank law. How well this new law
works Is amply proved by the Comp
trellef'a report tor the year which
ended October 81. IN that year Of our
eountry's greatest business activity
there was nowhere In the United States
o money squeeze, Interest rates were
normal al over the country at all
times, 3 thing unknown in days past
when there was ~ Industrial or stock
market boom, A very significant fea.
ture Is that the huge bank reserves un.
der our new law are far more widely
distributed than they were under the
old national bank act, The West and
South kept their reserves at home and
did no. pile them up IN Wall street.
Comptroller Williams emphasizes
another important thing. He says ma.
tional banks, which constitute nearly
the whole Federal Reserve system, are
q thing totally contrary I to predictions Gni
when Congress was debating the new
law. In the decade prior to its enact.
meut state bank deposits increased
more rapidly than national bank de.
posits. Since the reserve law went
into effect national bank deposits
have increased over thirty.three per
cent, while trust company deposits
have risen but twenty-nine per cent.
The new Federal law seems to diffuse
banking resources more widely, as
shown by the fact that our country's
one hundred largest banks are scat
tered throughout twenty-five states.
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WORKS AMAzINc spEEcH

AIlEWED from any angle the speech in the United
" States Senate yesterday made by Senator Works in
Which ne sought to saddle responsibility for the Lus-
salla tragedy upon the government of the United States
and made the fiat statement that the proper course for us
p pursue at the present uncure abecy to surrender the
nights OF the nation under International law and take orders
4rom Berlin. was an amazing performance
There are many people who hold similar views, but as
tar as the government of the United States is concerned
that was all settled early in 1915 when in both houses
pf Congress the Gore and McIemore resolutions were
voted down. That action was formal notice to Germany
where the people Of the United States stand and there can
be no retreat at this time.
s haiti was made by Senator from the State of Cali
tonia The people of that commonwealth time after time
through their legislature have taken the position that It
would be perfectly proper for them to rush the nation into
hey bold against japanese residents within Their state It
was with the utmost difficulty that President Roosevelt
prevented them from pccpatns such calamity and one
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mon talk that acts of the state tegis.
lature' and opinions of our highest
courts are openly disregarded by boss
politlclans and sworn officers?
The Times Of February states that
one OF our manufacturing plants was
seriously damaged by fire on Febru.
airy 4, and that the nearest water plug
was one thousand feet away, making
the fremen's work difficult and loss
by fire to the plant great. Why? 9th,
er things than concern for our factor.
les has had first attention of the now.
ers that be. Is it any wonder fac.
tories refuse to locate when no fire
protection Is offered?
Business man and taxpayer can YOU
understand why the city authorities
extended the city water system. or
paid for 1t after It was extended, to
supply water to consumers out the
Country Club road for more than q
mile, and yet streets IN the Second
ward on which more thaH E score Of
houses are located have no water or
By what authority does the City OF
Fafrmont operate q water system out.
side the city limits? The Times
speaks Of the non.partlsap mapper in
which the city transacts It's business.
II may be non.partlsan; but we would
like TO see the law for much that is
done. How about the $4,000 short in
the sinking fund? But we must re.
frain from talking on this subject or
we will be classed as "kickers:,' We
would like to speak of the privilege
extended to "bootleggers' previous
70 the last three elections In Fairmont..
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AFTER SEVEN YEARS
Fairmont Testimony RemaIns un
shaken.

Time is the best test OF truth. Here
is FairmOnt story that has stood the
test of time, 1t is story with point.
which will come straight home TO many
of us.
F. 6. Boydston, contractor, 517 Pier.
pont Ave-, Fairmont, says: "The So
cretions from my kidneys were irregus
lar IN passage, l got box of Doan,s
Kidney Pills at Cranes Drug Store
and i'll short time they strengthened
my kidneys and regulated their &C
ton"
Results That Remain.
OVER SEVEN YEARS LATER, Mr..
Boydston said: THE benefit Doan's
Kidney pills gave me has been per
manent."
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy gel
Dodn's Kidney Pills = the same thai
Mr.. Boydston has twice publicly rec
commended. Foster.M ilburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, n. Y.
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The HARRLs HANDBOOK.


" ESTERDAY' the State Senate passed the resolu.
ton giving official status to the Harris Legislative
Handbook, or to give it the name by which it has
came to be known in this office, in token of the color in
which is bound the Blue book. This was the proper
thing to do and the House should make haste to follow
the example of the upper branch.
state for about year, which ample time to test its accu-
racy and usefulness In that time it has become one of
the most popular reference books in the state and it is
hard to understand how possible to conduct the
public business of West Virginia without it. Indeed if it
to be dropped many men would find that it has
become indispensable. for it supplies in an instants time
out considerable expenditure Of valuable time
In addition to being great convenience the Harris
Handbook credit to the state. 1t is very comprehen-
sye and compares fayoraby with the state manuals Of
much older and larger states such as Pennsylvania Smus
and New York's Red Book
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please give space for this short item
in your paper?
(BY coNoo.l

pledsS give space LOT LnlS snort Item
in your paper?
l endorse the sentiment of ex.Presi.
dent Taft. He pledges his support to
President Wilson in unfolding the
honor of the United States. And be.
lieve that voice the sentiment of
thousands Of my old comrades that
wore the Blue, and thousands of the
boys that wore the Grey, should we be
forced into this unholy war, they
would rush to the defence of Old
Glory. Should opportunity be given
us, We could take the place of the
young and able bodied men. Send
them to the front, we could and will
fill their places in the rear. God for
bid that any foreign foe shall put foot
on our sacred soil. Should it happen
let every true patriotic citizen of
America endorse the sentiment of Pat
rick Henry, Give me Liberty or give
me death" God grant that nations
may cease war and beat their swords
into Plough shears, their spears into
pruning hooks. and may we emulate
each other in husbandry and com.
merce in science and religion.
THoS. REED,
Late Captain Company H, First West
Virginia Infantry.
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THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8. 1917.
"A HOME TALENT "cREATIoN."

FT.HERE will be general endorsement of the decision
/ Of the FaimOnt Choral society to present Haydns
famous cantata Creation" with an all home cast
81 too frequently these affairs turn out to be mere back
grounds for few imported soloss who have little interest
n the community and in whom the community is not much
Interested Ehe chorus gets some incidental voice training
uns the rehearsals but that about ALL for the singers
eyer see the principles until just before the public presen,
pr bad until it is all over Such conditions cannot make
Tor important cultural gains
Some towns compelled to employ imported soIoists
Tor the simple that people with the necessary ability
are not to be found at home Fortunately Famont is not
so poor in The matter of talent We have in this city an
abundance Of thoroughly trained musical and hstrionic
abiiy and the public will take great deal of interest in
which the Creation is to be sung for the public will carry
with all the thrill that goes with first night anywhere
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RUFF STUFF
~ RGp.
~ RGp.

II Senator Works had gone down
with the California the Germans would
get Blue Cross.
Well when Senator works he gen.
orally does it for the Grand Stand.
Fourteen years ago today George
Straw asked Mr.. Blamm what day it
is that st. Patrick's day comes on.
Ten. years ago today woman on
the East Side busted her parlor.
Why not start an investigation into
the Leak which started the Lievenfels
in the Charleston channel?
Or as John W. Bricklayer, Jf., says,
"a ieek investigation"
Have you stuck your flag outside to
show that you're an American?
II there's any war your place might
be mistaken for German arsenal and
hombarded with Irish ~ centimetre
clay product.
Ernest Bell suggested that the law.
yers in Fairmont all get together and
try 70 argue the Germans out of it.
We ought to give California to Mexico
SO we went have to fight them accord
ing 10 the Hoosier Senator from the
Golden States dope.
And the Mikado will be the Kick
ap0O of China ere !. long
Though the influence of Congress.
man Nicely, Adam Beshara and fam
lily, Lucie Patron and Satow Petros,
all good Americans. will be brought
from Syria to America.
Thank Mahomed for Nicely!
Speaking of preparedness, why not
have the city appropriate some money
to supply US with machine guns to pro.
tect the entrance to the city via the
Monongahela river?
What's the use of having stream
Ike we have If the Germans can't use
Mastinsbufg kid broke . bone for
the eighteenth time. And still we're
alTays licking about always being
When the missus takes your coin
think Of the Martinsburg lad. i
supertluous words in ads.
Call us on the Bell phone"
As though We take any chances 9th.
erwise.
It's toasted!
Time to pour the chocolate.
And read about the sinking OF the
AeuaJloklun, south Of the Lulu Islands.
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The New York legislature is investigating the movie
business and some of the tales of woe the big guns
among the producers telling would make tear COM
polling scenarios in the hands of the right directors
One of them told the committee yesterday that unless
kind providence reduces the salaries of the
stars the producers will have to of business We
hold no brief for the stars but here's they
stick out for the high pay check until about per cent
of the producers do quit. 1t would be the best thing
that could happen to the movie business.
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But to get back to the charter which
became a law by an act OF the state
legislature two years ago. What are
the merits so pronounced in that char.
ter? Why was 1t proposed and its pass.
age urged by the best citizens Of Fair.
mont?
First, because it was apparent to
all honest people that our city cleo.
tons were conducted without law, hon.
or or honesty.
Second, the charter in force pro.
yided that the four commissioners
should receive more pay than was rea,
sonsble for small city of about 15,,
600 people,
In the new charter especial atteu.
ton was given to laws governing the
city elections. It contained proyis.
ions which would make It difficult II
not impossible for money to contrate
the elections. Instead Of $500 an
puslly to . Board Of Affairs, the new
ehaFteF proposed $500 to q Board OF
Directors to do the same work, Other
extravaganees were cut cut.
AS a property owner in the vicinity
OF the partially destroyed by Ere plant
which the Times say had no water
protection. appeal to good citizens
to support the law. rather than the OF.
forts or few who have prevented the
operation OF a new charter the pro.
visions of which recognize all the in.
terest In Fairmont.
TAXPAYER.
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Personals,

Claude B. Martin, of shlnnston, was
calling on friends here on Tuesday,
A. ]. MCDANIEL, of tho First National
Bank, was business visitor in Fair
mont on Monday.
W. H. Billingslea. of Fairmont, was
business visitor hero on Monday in
connection with the coal deal of Hell
ems run coal lands.
George W. Wright, of Annabelle,
was a business visitor here on Tues
day.
Oakley Randall, of Fairmont. was
calling on friends here Wednesday.
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Of The FIRST big problems President Wilson was compelled
men on foot in that state to force the issue to settle
ment at whatever to the people Of the United States
1t scarcely is consistent the representative Of such
commonwealth to talk as Senator Works did yesterday
His term expires March Of this year There is GER
tain amount Of satisfaction in that
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WoRTHINGToN.
Returned from vIrnlnla.

Mesdames Hugh Hess and Elizabeth
Snoderly have returned from Lynch.
burg, Va, where they were called by
the illness Of Mrs. Hess sister, Mrs.
G. NJ. Rogers. They report Mrs. Rog-
ers who underwent serious surgical
operation, is recovering nicely.
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Services suspended.

On account of the shortage of gas
the revival services at the Methodist
Protestant church have been suspend
ed until later date. In the mean time
Revs. Lawson and Eaton will conduct
a meeting with the Fairview church
near Pennington, Taylor county.
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Among other things that the recent acute shortage
of gas did in this vicinity postpone an all day
prayer meeting in this city and call off an evangestic
service in Worthington. Wonder If that caused any
rejoicing in the place where shortages cause
any trouble?
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West virgnia's legislature promises to be, unique
among the law making bodies session this winter in
that it is not now investigating planning to uvesti-
gate anything The primary purpose of these bodies is
to make laws. but they in danger becoming per-
iodlcal prying and shopping carnivals
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Taken to the Hospital.

Charles Eakle, who was injured in
the mines last Saturday, was taken to
the Miners hospital at Fairmont on
the I:2f interurban car OH Tuesday
evening for treatment.
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Attended Stock saIe.

James |. Michaels and W. E. Shaver
attended the sale of registered Jersey
cattle held by the Gore Bros. at Gore
station on Tuesday. Mr.. Michaels pur.
chased fifteen head OF cattle.
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The people in the city hall are right The present
one of the occasions when is proper to display the
American flag.
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strange craft has been sighted off the New England
coast. So soon? The New England imagination ought
to at least wait until is declared before giving itself
free range.
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Tom Ford and Shanghai Kern will have to revise
their figures in that suppositious potato speculation
The latest advices that potatoes will soon be quoted
at SO per bushel.
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Those Eve Senators who voted against endorsing the
governments position with regard to the German
U-boat campaign must feel very lonesome today.
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So far the scoring has all been on the German side
Is it possible that the Entente forces not going
take a turn at the bat?
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VETERAN PLEDGES suPPoR-
FAIRMoNT; w. Va, Feb, 5.-[lcdi.
tor The. West yirginian.l ALVIN you
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-28
WOULD RESTRICT
LIQUOR ACTIVITY
Senator Snyder Presents Bill
Forbidding Offices and
Agents

Senator Charles A. Snyder introduce
ed bill to-day prohibiting holders of
brewers licenses from having offices,
or agents soliciting business in coun-
ties unless by authority of an agency
license. ePrsons violating the provi-
sions of the act, shall upon proof to
the court of quarter sessions, have
their brewery licenses revoked. I'm
less there is an agency license for the
sale of the products of breweries it is
made illegal for breweries to have So
licitorS in any county.
Senator Snyder also introduced a
bill prohibiting the erection of disposal
plants within the vicinity of initial 4 s
of water works or systems of water
supply. The act gives authority to
courts of common pleas to prohibit by
injunction the location, building or
erection of sewage disposal plants con-
trary to the provisions of the proposed
law.
Among the bills passed finally in the
Senate We're the Crow election bills
which give more time to the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth and the
county commissioners to arrange the
ballots at municipal and general cleo
tionS.
Among the nominations sent to ~
Senate to-day by the Governor that OF
John r. Lentz, of Jamestown, Lebanon
county, to be a notary public. August
Hofstetter was named as justice of the
peace for Rutledge, Delaware county.
The Senate adjourned shortly before
noon until next Monday evening at 8
o'clock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-28
Municipal Court
For Cities of Third
Class is Proposed

A municipal court for cities of the
third class is proposed in bill Of
feerd to-day by Senator Mason of Erie.
The court would be composed of one
judge learned in the law, who would
be elected by the people and serve for
four years. The salary named is
$4,000 per year. The bill provides for
a clerk at a salary of $1,000. Trial by
jury is provided, 200 jurors to be
drawn by the sheriff and jury commits
sioneach year.
Senator Mcconnell introduced
supplement to the act Incorporating
telephone companies. The bill allows
companies now competing to consoli-
date and gives them the right of emil
nent domain. In the cases of COM
panies who have found the telephone
business Improbable, with a conse-
quent depreciation in securities, the
bill would allow consolidation or mer-
ger with a competing company.
Other bills introduced included one
by Senator Beidleman, appropriatins
$261, 500 tothe State asylum for chron-
ic insane at South Mountain, Werners-
Vile