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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25

]. ?. woodward, OF PaEIersburE;
William DeEoFest and c. g. Squires,
OF ClAfksburS5 ana 2. Paul Smith. Of
Huntington. were among Co1gresBmon
Woo8yard0 callers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Howard. Of Smith,
field. Pa, are guests for week at the
home of their son, DR.. L. D. Howard
and Mrs. Howard in Quincy street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25

Tho pension claim Of AErs. Ruthie
Munins, Of WEIGH. has been taken up
It the Burean Tor aCtion ut tie 70.
unrest Of Senator Sutherland.
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WiII auiId . Reaidenee.

Robert L. Parrish IL having plans
prepared for 4 dwelling house which
hb win hare built on his property IN
tAs East Worthington addition this
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25

home at Indianapolis. Ind. Saturday by
the serious illness of her sister.
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WOMAN'S SUFFERING
ITS WAR TIME ASPECT.

FA1rHoSr. W. VA.--I developed 3
severe case of woman'S weakness. | SUI
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Called Home

Mrs. Charles Knight who had been
the guest OF relatives in the city for
a couple Of weeks, was called to her
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25

IEIE. LEvIG Simpson Po6anboRGoI,
wife Of Judge George Po6enboFBaE. oe
the State Supreme Court Departed
today for her home at Charleston to
take up her work again IS ShatrmAn
of the Woman's Liberty Loan cum
mittee. She Is the head OF the work
IN west Virginia. ana has effected =
Thorough organization and . most Ell
cfsnt piece OF machinery fn pr0DaTa-
ton for the third bond sale 0GmpGim
about 70 BEaGE.
Il vas this work which brought her
to Washington and for , W06k She
-sss been . busy woman, aeompliShing
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fcopyright, 1915, y. E. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

ditions in order to obtain the most in telligent and constructive suggestions as to means for eliminating duplication, avoiding waste and making the entire school system of Alabama a unified, eff ficient and serviceable agency for the training of boys and girls
 Passage of law making the Smith Hughes vocational bill operative and car rying the necessary appropriation to match dollar for dollar the federal funds available for Alabama Is the first of the numerous recommendations contained in the programme for educational legislation as outlined by the state superintendent for the coming session.
 "The war has brought us some fine les sons; among them thrift, conservation and the will to work" says MT. Dowell. Many of our notions and much of our false pride about work have been broken down. Perhaps no one will question the statement that every boy should be taught to handle the tools of carpenter, farmer, plumber, brickmason and the like. that every girl should be taught to cook and sew, that boys and girls should be taught freehand drawing and the ele- ments of mechanical drawing. In other words vocational education ought ana must forthwith immediately become an integral part of our public school sys- tenn. That being conceded, the logical place for emphasizing it is in the period of adolescence the period of the junior and senior high schools
 The Smith Hughes act is designed to help in the matter of vocational educa- ton those states and counties that show a willingness to help themselves. Dr. Dowell shows in his argument that the act has been tentatively accepted by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

, every state in the country and that 1t provides for government support of vo- cational education through legally con- stituted state boards. and that the al- lotment for this state, which must be
 matched from state and local funds, will amount to $150,000 annually.
 In the absence of legislative authority Governor Henderson accepted the act for
 Alabama until such time as the legisla- ture can meet and accept or reject the proffer made by the government. This was done last year and the work already accomplished in Walker, Jefferson, Pick ems and Shelby counties and in other parts of the state give an object lesson which is important when placed before the members of the legislature. MT. Dowell has drawn up recommenda- tions which will be presented to the leg islature. Among them are:
 Consolidate and enlarge the work of the board of examiners, institute conductors, reading circle board under some board with sufficient authority to stimulate and promote the professional training school of teachers in service.
 Guarantee medical and dental inspection and the employment of public health nurse in every county of the state. strengthen the compulsory attendance
 law by revoking most of the exemption privileges, by making possible at least a , minimum term of six months in all coun- l ties by permitting longer time limit
 l In towns and counties that desire it, l and by making the law atriculate with kindred legislation, as for example. the l child labor law.
 | Amend the rural schoolhouse law so as 1 to render possible more liberal aid, the | employment of expert help in drawing plans, in preparing bills for material and | in the inspection of state aided projects, prescribe more liberal machinery for creating school districts, for making the same matter of record and for giving authority to districts to issue warrants for building purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

cent for the Red Cross in Sheffield and Tuscumbia, and probably for Col bert county. Similar reports come from Florence and Lauderdale county.
 John O.. Harris. who has been prom ineEtly identified with the business life of this city for many years, has established a string of Piggly Wiggly stores in the Tri- Cities of Sheffield. Florence and Tuscumbia, the thii i store having been opened in Sheffield yesterday being one of the most attractive and modernly equipped re- tail stores of the many that have been established in the Tri-Cities.
 Like may others, Mir Harris has the utmost faith in the future of this dis trict.
 John Sherrod cotton statfstician for Colbert county, has issued a report stating that 11.0SS bales of cotton were ginned in Colbert county up to De- cember 1, as compared with s174 for the same period last year.
 All of this cotton has not reached the markets. however, since many are holding for higher It is reported that a larger number of the farmers of this county are holding their cot ton for an advance in price than ever before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
SPENT TWO YEARS ]. IN BED AND CHAIR 
Brown Feared His Wife < Could Not Recover.
 Gained 20 Pounds

My wife gained 20 pounds on three bottles of Tanlac and is as strong and we'll as she ever was" said J L. Brown, 306 Princeton street, College Park, Ga, sometime ago.
 For over two years" he continued, i"she had suffered from stomach trou- { ble, and had fallen off until she was almost like shadow. She lived on the lightest kind of diet, and got so weak that she spent most of her time fin bed Or in her chair. There was d sbreakinC-out on her limbs, below her knees, a.sd a swelling that made her mi serable. She was so rundown that I thought she just couldn't get we'll 2.
 That's the way she was when she started taking Tanlac and it wasn't long before she began picking up and getting better. She has a hearty ap- petite now, sleep like babe at night, is able to do all her homework, in cluding the cooking and, the change has made us both grateful and happy"
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- sively by Eugene Jacobs drug store and Patton-Pope Drug Co.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

burned, including the scanty clothing of the convicts. An improvised shelter was arranged and the sick men placed in 1t.
 pr. Gragg says that he cannot say as to the probable deaths that will re- suit from the exposure in the rain
 The loss to the turpentine company is over s5000. As soon as the situation was known autos with bedding, etc., were sent out from Clanton.
 pr. Gragg is authority for the state ment that three fourths of the con victs are suffering from the influenza. He says that the turpentine company is doing all in it's power to relieve the situation. pr. Gragg and his assist ants remained at the camp l2 hours, working to relieve the sufferers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
JOHN B. LEWIS

JOHN B. LEWIS Who is with the Dixie division, which got it's training at Camp Wheeler.
 Three sons and a nephew of Mir. and Mrs. J. H. Lewis, S17 First avenue, West End, who are in various branches of the service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
KSCOMMISSION
 ID MAKE STUDY OF
 EDUCATION NEEDS
Spright Dowell Will Submit E Important Proposal to Legislature for
 Action
By WILLIAM U. GoRMLrY

Montgomery, December 2.-(Special.) Appointment of a commission of from three to five. members to study the edu- cational system of the state and suggest changes will be asked of the legislature which meets in Montgomery on January
 A. Spright Dowell, superintendent of ed ucation, will ask the legislature to name the commission in order that the mem bers may investigate and report their findings to the second session, which now IS contemplated. It is planned to have the commission perform their duties dur Ing the recess and report at the last session.
 If Alabama is to obtain benefits from the Smith Hughes vocational educational Dill of Congress the legislature must take action during the first 50 days of { the session. This action is advised by the educational department. The superin- tendent is preparing a draft of the measure, and hopes to place it in mo- tion for the teaching of vocational edu- cation, trade and industry and home economies to pupils of secondary age and for the preparation of teachers of these subjects.
 While this bill must be passed during the first part of the split session to be effective, vocational education is one of the numerous subjects MT. Dowell recom- mends for the recess committed He has asked that a law be passed providing for commission of from three to five or the most worthy and able men in the state to investigate the entire school system of Alabama; that this cornmis- slon be provided with sufficient amount of money to call to it's assistance experts in the following fields of education: Pri- mary, elementary secondary normal school, higher learning, vocational, phy- sical, general administration and such other departments as will make it possi- bie to effect an exhaustive study of con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
SHEFFIELD

Sheffield December 21.-(Specia) That the city of Sheffield is emerg- ing from the historic days of the war emergency period with a largely in- creased population, and magnificent trades and industrial growth, is indl- cated by the splendid showing in the volume of business transacted through the Sheffield postoffice during the past year. The receipts of the local office for the year ending this month have almost quadrupled, the sale of stamps running in excess of $40,o00, while hundreds of thousands of dol- lars have passed through the money order department. and record has been made in the parcel post business of the office. It Is a splendid record for the local office, which at the be- ginning of the Muscle Shoals develop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
NARROW ESCAPE OF ! 1 SICK CONNECTS AT | CLAYTON STOCKADE
Early Morning Fire at Tur- pentine Camp Finds Two- thirds of Convicts With
 the ''Flu"

Clanton. December 21.-(Special) During the early morning hours the stockade at the turpentine camp was burned In the enclosure at the time were 3s convict prisoners. 2S of whom were sick with the influenza, the other no being inside at the time at liberty to wait on the sick men. The guards readily realized the danger that threat ened the sick men and encouraged the well ones to save them, and the men were carried out to safe places all though at the time the rain was falling heavily Immediately Dr. V. J. Gragg, the state physician, was telephoned as to the situation, and he secured ad- ditional medical help and made swift drive of f2 miles to the camp.
 All the fixings in the prison were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, December 21--(Special.) ) All of the storage capacity of the cot
 ton warehouses of Huntsville is filled with cotton that the planters will not sell until they are offered what they consider a fair price. The warehouse capacity is 1S,000 bales. In addition | it is estimated that there are 5000 bales stored in ginhouses and under sheds. Business men here expect trade to boom when the farmers begin to sell her cotton, their holdings at the present market price being worth upwards of S3, 900 000 which will eventually circu- late in trade circles of this city. The Madison county federal food board, which was appointed to meet once each week and fix the prices that shall be charged for food commodities, was organized last night. Sam Veil, wholesale grocer, is chairman and George Darwin, consumer. is secretary.
 The other members of the board are. Tom Brock. retail grocer; J. c. Brown. retail grocer; w. L. Halsey. wholesaler, and Miss Shields. meat dealer The women of the Red Cross canteen at the Southern depot last night served a train load of soldiers with coffee, candy and cigarettes. The
 men were contingent that has just
 landed from England and they are be-
 ing taken to Camp Pike to be muster ed Tout.
 Passenger train No 35 on the South ern railway ran into an open switch
 leading to spur track which runs from
 the station several blocks uptown yes-
 terday morning and crashed into box
 car loaded with flour. The car was
 shunted 500 or 700 feet and the engine
 was damaged but for wonder nobody
 was hurt.
 Lieut.. Gordon Frierson. aviation of Ger, hailing from Madison, who was |captured by the Germans several weeks ago. has passed through Switzerland
 en route from the prison camp in Ger
 many to France, according to official
 notice received here from the war de-
 pertinent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

Every suggestion listed is one that a man has actual use for and will appre- ciate receiving a great deal more than a mOther-Of- pearl pen -.th a t won't write.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

Man creature of few words at most tmes when wants for Christmas to be stricken dumb Says anyhn to be nice which be relatively true But all know house is full of nice things which have been put the use, because they not useful.
 The truth of the matter is that dad outrageous and cever There's something dad wants and hoping for be amazed if you knew Dad will admit but gor him. He wants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Hosiery Manufacturers to
 Hold a Special Meeting

Charlotte. N. C., December 21.-A special meeting of the National Asso- citation of Hoisery Manufacturers, which all manufacturers are invited to at tend. will be held here January 8, ac- cording to an announcement here to- day. Matters pertaining to postwar re- adjustment of business will be consid- cred. T. H. Johnston of Knoxville, Tenn. is president of the association, which has headquarters at Phiiadel- phia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

ment 12 months ago. was almost to-
 tally unprepared for the demands 1t
 had to meet.
 While official confirmation is lack ing 1t is runlored and confidently be- | lieved here. that announcement will ] be made January l by the postoffice department. placing the Sheffield of | flee in the first class When the | changes becomes effective it will
 mean that enlarged facilities will be | provided for better serving the needs of the patrons of the office, and the salary of the postmaster will be in creased It became necessary recently to increase the working forces of the office. and additional space was also acquired in the building occupied by l the office, so great has been the de- | mand upon the office. New fixtures and large additional number of lock boxes have been installed the mum Der of service windows have been in creased from three to seven, and two entrances to the lobby provided, The new arrangements and added facilities already afford greater convenience for the patrons of the office
 It is not improbable that the gov- ernment will in the near future begin ! the erection of a handsome postoffice building in Sheffield. An appropria- I ton was made by Congress sometime | since for the purchase of suitable
 ground for such building here. The Red Cross Christmas roll call
 drive in Sheffield. Tuscumbia and Col bert counties. came to a close today, and incomplete reports that have been received from the various active com mittees. indicate that the roll call has progressed very satisfactorily throughout the county It Is believed that the complete reports will show
 membership of very nearly 100 per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
French Losses Great

Paris, December 21.-French soldiers to the number of 100000 were killed dur ing the war. according to a statement by the socialist deputy Lucien voilinl in the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon, dur ing an interpolation of the government Oh demobilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Important Change in Time

Effective at POO a. m., January l. 1919, that part of the Southern railroad between Constitution, Ga, the first sta ion south of Atlanta, and Brunswick, Ga, including Macon, will be operated on Eastern time Trains will continue to arrive and depart from Atlanta on Central time.
 JAMES FREEMAN, Assistant General Passenger Agent
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-15
NOT QUESTION or
PRICE, BUT HOW TO
GET GOODS TODAY
s. U. Rosenwald, Back From
Month in New York Market,
Says Prices Mounting. Made in
America Plan TO Last.

$. 4. I,uscnwuld, back from y
month in the New York market.
whore he has been buying Tor the
Ruscuwald store. says that the goods
and merchandise situation generally
has now resolved itself not into a
matter of the price 20 he paid. but
into q matter OF ability TO get the
GOODS at any price.
The situation OF the buyer liz "a
criou one" said Nh. R~0scnwaid
this morning, "and there has never
been q time la the history OF mer-
%chandising IN this country when fore
sight and the ability To anticipate re-
quir,monts and conditions counted so
much ioward the ability OF a dealer
to supply ms customers. The worst
OF the price advances. perhaps, ate
pust. But II is not TO bc expected that
prices viii be any lower for an in
definite period: not until the war eaus
and perhaps TOT two years or more
thereafter. IL ~ not "a uueE-
ton now OF the pi;cc o.c poys as OF
obiiity to get The goods under any
conditions
The government has taken over
parts OF an factories producing meT-
Vn"i'"ls'' INC WIZ ~" ."'''" "'''
output ~ gwen "'St " Nhc govern
mont Nn'h 'le soN't"l'o"' IoP"'''-
mcnts have been titled. the mills may
"ppN ul''I A"rP'uA 10 meet ~N'l"n
needs.
Houses IKE our own. that are con
ncctcd with extensive buying organi-
cations. are able TO Ect almost normal
supplies, and Wc have been able To
protect ourselves against the nhortase
or goods hy our course IN buNing long
= pee" goods whlrh W. are no"
able TO nave made up INTO the ne"
STYLES OF laH winter. bHi Tor TINS
foresight We Wouii nave been IN u
up aHalnst ~
was .bic 10 see niue evidence
OF a slowing down 90 r,luii nuylns 30
Sew YORK; OF Tor Ol"' mat ef OF "a
slowing up in anything iu mat cts,
either lu us n'etchaudiftng CO.. us hoe
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-15
AND BRITAIN
PROTEST TO MEXICO
OVER OIL DEGREES

~ fHN ANhN.|0|NN FHNNN
Washington. Aug o. The United
states aud Great l'r'tnin nave Joined
iu a diplomatic note to the Mex
lean government ahori the Oh lard
DEGREES OF president CtrrinYa, which
" In coutende6 amount practically To-
con%fiscation.
Meanwhile the American aud Eng
lish oil companies have united I'm an
agreement to refuse 60 meet the terms
81 the decreca which thrN contend
would take the properties from them
and ave agreed among themselves to
depend upon their governments for
protection of their interests.
These two developments mark the
progress 81 - situation in Mexico
which - generally regarded as grow
ing ia Its possibilities Of omharrass-
mont FOR the nations engaged la the
war against Germany.
Representatives ct the American oil
companies In support Of their contcn-
ton that McXico's action Is of ad-
vantage To- Germany quote Manager
Ballin OF the Hamburg American line.
who recently stated publicly that AT
ter the war Is over We are assured
uf extensive oil production areaa'
The allies need his year $50. 900, o0d
barrels Of crude OH for which they
depend entirely upon h United
States. The United states can pro-
duce not over $4,000. GOO barrel, Tn"
McXican fields can supply i30. 90o. 600
barrels. All the oil iu Mexico IL owned
hy American ami British companies.
Under the newest decree. Mexico at
tempts 10 make oil the property Of
the nation. Mexican petroleum then
would become "a nationally owned
contrdhand and as such might not D."
sold ny a neutral country 20 a hclliger-
cnt under international law. TO en-.
dow petroleum Win that character
and prevent shipment of II 60 the al.
lies Is aid To III the purpose Of Ger
man propaganda in Mexico.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-15
NOuR WE GNRpEN

Don't neglect to keep OF spraying
the late potatoes with bordeaux mix
ture just because the season is wan
ing. n is bordeaux mixture which
heads off the blight, the fungus
trouble which makes the plants die
down early In tn fail Tho longer
you eau keen potato tops green and
growing the bigr'r your potatoes Will
he ~ doesn't tHLo Ions to go over
IN" plants every tWo weeks with Dor
deauX mixture. eituor wet or dry, and
this is a form of crop insurance which
no one can afford TO neglect this
season Indeed. 10 may hc nut ina
the light ~ a pntriotic duty because
the country needs every spud that can
bc grown.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-15
British Steamship
Not Given Warning
By Attacking Sub
~ ASSOCIATED ,.Rrss

Nantucket. Mass, Aug ~ Tho
British steamer Penistone. victim of
. submarine attack 100 miles east of
Nantucket SUNDAY, was sunk without
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-15

DON'T Fondist TorR Dues 10
THE "2-BI1-' RED CRCr- CLUB.
WHITE BOXES WITH HED
CROSSES NAY RE FOUND ALL
OVER TOWN..
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-15

For any pain, burn, scald r bruise
apply Dr. Thomas Electorit Ou-the
household remedy. Two sizes 80
cents ana 90 cents at al drug stores.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-15

warming, Benjamin ptvios, executive
ofnccr of thc ship r%oportcd on arrival
here today with other survivors.
4 torpedo fred at close range mt
the vessel %amidships. Eilhag the
fourth engineer and inlurnE four
ur,mpn Tho captain OF the Penis
tome. Who returned To his ship lusi
before she went down in tho hope OF
chtaininr hts papers, WAS captuted hN
the I-hoat aud kept aboard. a pris-
one OF Wuf