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New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
New York

Denies Interest in Discount Bank
1t was denied at the National City
Bank yesterday that either this insti-
tuition or the National City Company
is interested in the proposed new dis
count company, in the organization of
which it is understood the Guaranty
Trust Company is taking the leading
part. The banks denial, however, was
qualified to the extent that it might
enter the proposed arrangement should
later events warrant such a step. Other
important banking institutions in the
financial district continued to discuss
the proba bility of organizing a dis
count company along the lines of those
now being operated in France and Eng
land, although no new developments
were reported yesterday.
New Discount Bank Organizing
William I. Law has rendered his rcsg-
nation as assistant treasurer of the
pany, to become secretary OF the For
eign Trade Banking Corporation, the
new trade acceptance bank which will
open for business next Monday at 35
Wall Street. The Foreign Trade Bank
ing Corporation, with 100000 capital
and surplus Of 100000, was organized
recently by George A. CASTOR, of Gas
ton, Williams G. Wigmore, Inc.
Storm No Longer Head of Tobacco
Products. - Announcement was made
yesterday that George L. Storm has
resigned the presidency of the Tobacco
Products Corporation but that he will
continue with the company as vice
president in charge of operations Mr.
Storm was elected president a year ago
when he succeeded Daniel G. Reid. No
successor to Mr.. Storm has yet been
announced.
The New York Cotton Exchange
membership of Max Ellinger has been
sold to L. S. Bache for $12,25O, an ad-
vance of 5000 over the previous SALE
Stock Exchange Nominations. - The
annual election of the New York Stock
Exchange will be held May 13. The fol-
lowing list of regular nominations was
issued yesterday:
For president, II. G. S. Noble; for
treasurer, Charles NJ Newcombe; for
trustee of the gratuity fund, to serve
five years, Henry C. Lawrence; for
members of the governing committee,
to serve four years, Oliver G. Billings,
Dexter Blagden, Jay F. Carlisle, Don
aid G. Geddes, Robert Gibson, William
A. Greer, r. T. II. Halsey, j. Prentice
Kellogg, James B. Mabon, Samuel +.
STREET.; for member of the governing
committee, to serve three years, Henry
L. Montgomery; for member of the
governing committee, to serve two
years, Edwin M. Carter; for member of
the governing committee, to serve one
year, Jerome j. DanZig.
Kennecott's March Output.-Produc-
tion of the Kennecott Copper Corpora
tion in March totalled IL 100000 pounds
of which 5,772,000 pounds were from
Alaska and 5.24S,00O pounds from South
America. Februarys total output was
1O,642,000 pounds and January's 49,
10000 pounds.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

The evil weather of last winter
performed at least one good service
it provided an adequate snow blan-
ket for the great wheat fields Of the
West, and the result is indicated bv
the favorable report issued yestcr
day en- the condition of winter wheat.
The Department of Agriculture now
estimates the yield, assuming aver
age conditions from now to harvest
time, of 560,0oO,0o0; and the actual
crop is just as likely to exceed that
estimate as to fall below it. IF the
expectation is realized, we shall have
produced the third largest crop in
history. If the farmers do propor-
tionately as we'll with spring wheat
as they have done with the winter
plant the wheat problem will have
been solved. There can be no cer-
tainty of that, however, until the
crops are actually garnered, espe
clally as there is grave danger of a
shortage Of harvest labor. Mean
While, the strictest economy is neces-
sary If the scant supply remaining
from last years harvest is to last
until the new crop becomes available.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

The above rates express the cost of
foreign money in terms of the Amcri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling at, say, $4.75as. The intrinsic
parity is $4.S65s per pound. Thus you
say either that pounds are at a discount
or that dollars are at premium, which
is owing to the fact that in England
the demand for dollars with which to
settle accounts in this country is greater
than the demand in this country for
pounds with which to settle accounts in
England.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Exchange on Switzerland continued
to display strength yesterday, Swiss
francs going to 4.25 for cable transfers.
Spanish pesetas cased off here follow
ing a decline in London, the check rate
being a cent lower at 26 cents. Italian
exchange was easier. Exchange on
London and Paris continued to display
pronounced frmness.
Closing rates yesterday, compared
with week ago, follow:
(Quoted dollars to the pound.)
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

Active Securities

stocks were more or less neglected
today by reason of Wall Streets
complete absorption in the new Lib
erty Loan. Dealings exceeded any
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
eUY-sELL

MIDWEST REFINING CO.
MERRITT OIL CORPORATION
ELK BASIN PETROLEUM CO.
INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM
IMPERIAL O7l CO., LTD.
LoEiToS OILFlELDS, LTD.
SAPULPA REFINING CO.
HOUSTON OsL CO.
PORT LOEOS PETROLEUM
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO.
NORTrtWEST OIL CO.
COSDEN AND CO.
BoHDS STOCK
CARL LH.PFORZHEIME RICO.
Dealers In Standard Oil Securities
Phones 1850 i-z3-4 Broad 25 Broad ST.. N. z.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

Of last weeks dull sess;on.
slight margin, but the market. y q
row range indicated the perfnn.aa as''
character of the trading.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Stocks
News Digest
Foreign

London Market Sluggish.-LONDON,
April S.-Business was sluggish, but
the tone was good on the Stock Ex-
change to-day. The war loans and con-
soils were maintained and other gilt
edged securities improved fraction
on investment buying. Iron, steel, tin
and shipping shares formed the bulk of
the transactions in the other sections.
Russian and Brazilian issues were easy.
Paris Bourse.-PARIS, April g.
Trading was quiet on the Bourse to-
day. Three per cent rentes were quoted
SO francs SO centimes for cash; per
cent loan, 88 francs 40 centimes. Ex-
change on London was 27 francs 10
centimes.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

Below is given the current exchange
value of foreign money in dollars and
cents, together with the intrinsic gold
parity as calculated by the United
States Mint:
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Liberty 4s Still Declining

While record breaking crowd was
celebrating the second day of the third
Liberty Loan campaign in front of the
SubTreasury yesterday the bonds of
the second loan traded in on the Stock
Gus because of their weakness. They
closed at 95.9S, the lowest price of the
day. compared with Saturdays last sale
at 96.26 and the high record for 1918 of
97.9S, reached two weeks ago, following
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo's an
nouncement of the terms of the new
loan. Yesterdays turnover in the sec
ond As amounted to slightly more than
100000 The current depression in
this issue is disconcerting to bond ex-
perts in view of it's conversion privilege
into the new offering, which has sink
ing fund provision that ought not to
let it drop below SO, or a u per cent
WELD basis,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Relevant Comment
"VerbOten"

Strength of Royal Dutch Company
shares listed on the Stock Exchange
the stock sold at 76as yesterday-is
no longer due to purchases for Ger
man account This sort of business
has been absolutely stopped, according
to bankers who ought to be in a posi-
tion to know. 1t was not SO long ago,
however, that German interests bought
heavily of these shares here, had them
cancelled in exchange for stock re-
leased in Holland, selling the latter in
Amsterdam and shipping the money
into Germany. But now so closely are
the Federal Reserve authorities super
Sising all dealings in this stock that
it is said to be impossible for even a
German to get away with it.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

In practically every report issued
by industrial corporations this year
there has been complaint of rising
labor costs. Instances in which
skilled mechanics are receiving wages
comparable with those of the execu-
tive who employs them have been
frequently related Stories of fan
tastic prices paid for the services of
shipbuilders and others required for
war work appear almost every day.
And, as a result, there is a sort of
delusion about labor's prosperity-a
widespread belief that everywhere
labor has been getting more than it's
share. Now, there is no doubt that
many workers have prospered ex-
ceedlngly as the result of keen COM
petition for limited supply, but it
by no means necessarily follows that
labor as whole is very much better
oil than it was before the war. ex-
cept in that it is now fully employed.
whereas in the prewar period there
was at all times a considerable per-
centage of enforced idleness. The
New York State Department of
Labor publishes some enlightening
statistics which show how the fac
tory workers of New York have
Jared. Taking the figures for June,
1914, as the base, or 100 per cent, the
department calculates that up to the
end of last year the average weekly
earnings of the 100000 workers COW
cred by the report had increased to
Sl7.71, or just 80 per cent. That is
striking Increase, and if the pur-
chasing power of the dollar had re-
malned stationary there would be no
room for argument as to labor's posi-
ton. But, unfortunately, it hasn't.
Along with it's wage statistics the
department presents figures showing
that retail food prices advanced SO
per cent in the same period. That is
to say, money wages have risen 20
per cent less than food prices-and it
may be remarked that the advance
IN the general level Of prices is much
greater than the advance in food
alone-so that the weeks wages will
buy only about five-sixths as much
TODD as could have been purchased
with a weeks wages in June. 1914.
Making no allowance for better en-
ployment, it would appear, therefore,
that real wages have declined about
one e-sixth. The statistics also dis
close another interesting fact: that
wages follow prices in their upward
course. The reverse has commonly
been thought to be the case.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09
Great Northern Calls a Meeting

The Great Northern Railway is the
try to indicate that substantial prog
ress has been made in the formulation
of the company's contract with the
government under the plan of Federal
operation. A special meeting of stock
holders has been called to be held in
St. Paul on May Is for the purpose Of
passing upon the terms of the agree
ment. Should all the details not be
Northern shareholders will be re-
quested to authorize the directors to
approve the contract.
A Market Mystery
Why American Ice Company shares,
both the common and preferred stocks,
should take on such pronounced
strength yesterday was one of the
mysteries Of generally dull market.
Ice common sold from 16 to 19al on a
turnover Of 5000 shares, closing 35s
points up at 1915. This was new high
record. The preferred sold from "A p
to 4S and closed 31s up, at AZ. on deal
ings of 800 shares. This compared with
a low record of 35 made on the decline
of December. For the lack of better
explanation the move in Ice was at
tributed to the operations of a newly
formed pool. The present company re-
mained after the dissolution of the
American Ice Securities Company in
1917. The holding concern from 1905
to 1917 owned $14,85S,30 of the S15,-
100000 old 6 per cent cumulative pre-
ferred stock and S7.O61 $40 of the ST.
100000 common stock of the American
Ice Company. In January, 1917, it was
arranged for the sake of economy to
wind up the American Ice Securities
Company, which had outstanding Sl9,-
o47,300 stock and S2,972 $50 6 per cent
debentures. The dissolution was COM
rleted in May and the assets of the
holding company were distributed
among the stockholders, each stock
holder receiving 4S per cent in pre-
ferred and 25 per cent in common stock
of the American Ice Company for his
holdings IN American Ice Securities
Company and 60 cents a share in cash.
The present company is reported to
have earned 61a per cent on the pre-
ferred stock in the year ended October
81, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

Silver.-Bar silver in London was
45Ad, off I'D; New York, 91asc, de-
cline of Nc; Mexican dollars, 73Ac,
down nc.
Sub-Treasury.-The banks lost to the
Sub-Treasury yesterday $1,246,00O.
London Money Money was
plentiful and discount rates were quiet.
Short bills were in demand. Money
ruled at per cent. Short and three
months bills were discounted at GIG
per cent
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

Of the eighty-two railroads from
which returns for the month of Janu-
ary have been received forty-six re-
ported operating deficits. In the cor
responding month year before onlv
three operated at loss. During the
hrst month of Federal operation at
least railroad shareholders had the
better of their bargain with the gov
ernment.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

Discount Rates.-The following table
gives the current rates Of the twelve
Federal Reserve banks-frst, on COM
mercial paper for all periods up to ff-
teen days and on sixteen to ninety day
paper; second, the rates for rediscounts
OF loans secured by United States gov
ernment notes or bonds:
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

Commercial Paper.-Only a moderate
amount Of paper is moving, Prime bills
ere being discounted at per cent for
tour to six months maturities.
Bank Acceptances.-A good demand
for bank acceptances from local and in
terror institutions. Bid rates were
quoted yesterday as follows:
Thirty Sixty Ninety
days. days. days.
Spot delivery: Per ct. Per ct. Per ct.
Eligible member
banks ......... ~ 42a 4as
Eligible non-mem-
ber banks. 900. 43a 4l5 4H
Ineligible bank
bills ........... 5A 5H 5H
For delivery within thirty days:
Per cent.
Eligible member banks. ......... 45a
Eligible non-member banks. 43l
Ineligible bank bills lls.........,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-09

til after the Liberty Loan has been
sold.
Ruling rates for money yesterday
compared with a year ago, were as fol-
lows:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-09
War work campalan.

The local War Work organization
fs perfected and ready for the big
war relief drive which comes NOV.
ii. continuing until the following
Monday. The personnel OF the COM
ntttee Is as follows: Women's TX
ecutive Committe: Mrs. l. c. Fur.
beeS chairman. Mesdames John Modi
olive Burt S. F. Clutter, c. r. Phil
Inns. Max Jane, ]. s. Lazar. w s.
FhYbee Mems Commute: G. L.
Prichard, chairman, ]. D. Charlton
A. = Hess C. C. Basnett, Max Jane,
b. F. Hollobaugh, F. 6. Barlow. G.
R. Phillips Seven organizations
all doing war relief work. have unit
ed in this appeal for funds. They
are: The National War Work
Council, Y.M-C.A-. War Work Coun-
ell, Y.w.CA. National Catholic War
ouncfl X. OF c. Jewish Welfare Board
American Liberty Association. Sal
walton Army, War Camp Community
Service Warrington districts quo
to OF 10000 with the increased
quota Of fifty percent, which has
been generally accepted throughout
the country would total $500. Man
ninEton district promises to do it's
fun share In the campaign
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DON'T TAKE COLD
TAKE HYP0-GOD
Avoid Coughs, Colds, and Winter
Ills BY Use Of This REM
edy.
TELLS WHY HYPo-co0
FoRTIFIEs SYSTEM

Authorities upon the subject agree
no man. woman or child can posi-
blv have a cold, la grippe, fever OF
fn4uenza. II their circulation is right
This fact Is food for thought IL
,reens every man and woman run
down and weak, Who does not follow
3ea1th authorities instructions about
+sTinp a tonic. must be crazy what
Ia a dollar or two spent for Hypo-Coo
conpared with a doctor, hosp1tal OF
Fnneral bill or loss OF wages
Don't drag around waiting for the
first CONTAGIOUS disease to get you.
Souirt-guns full OF stuff to kill germs
are all right. but If your system is
weak and wide open to attack, your
shoo-ay methods are apt to be futile;
All YOU need is Hypo-Cod to build
you up, give you new strength ana
this fine preparation will quickly
knock out cold, chronic cough or
IrnT congestion. It brings red, rosy
cheeks. needed weight and new vital
ity. It spurs up the appetite and
digestion and makes work pleasure
eating a joy, sleep peaceful ana IN
other words, puts you IN me shape
quickly. ,.o;-o
ThlS ISUdIAdU4O "444SSS
contains lust the elements needed.
It contains malt extract. iron, wine
iypophosphates wild cherry bark.
and cod liver OH. 1t IS so pleasant
to cake children crave it. Old folks
who have been used to nasty tasting
cod liver emu1sions, are delighted
Hypo-Cod has the endorsement OF
physicians. It is not a secret, magi-
cal remedy. The formula is plainly
printed on carton and label: 1t Is
nut up by the famous Earle Chemical
Co, at Wheeling, w Va
ANY anxious mother or parent de-
sirous Of Certifying their family
against winter ills or cure chronic
cough or cold should give them Hypo-
Cod. and build up the whole family's
diIsease-resisting vitality. 1t saves
many an anxious moment, anxious
hour, loss OF wages. and doctor bills.
Most all well stocked druggists
carry HypeCod, or large bottle
will be sent prepaid by the Earle
Chemical Co., Wheeling. W. Va, upon
receipt OF $1-20
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spECII N0TTCE8
r1R6sTEes saLE o. CITY RAJ
ESTATE

BY virtue Of the eutnoFsty IN me
vested by certain deed OF trust exc
cuted by Elizabeth BracEal and SAM
mel Bracken, her huSbau::, TO the IN.
dersfened trustee beartcE date On the
18th day OF July 1913 and Of record IN
the Office of the Clerk OF the County
Court of Marion CoGaI. West Viz
Einta. in Trust Deed Book. No. IS 1t
page 202, TO secure the payment Of
certain Obligations therein Designated,
and defaut having been made IN the
payment thereof, and ths undersingn-
ed having been notified by the owner
aud holder Gf the note therein deScrib-
ed, to sell the propart5 conveyed IN
said deed. the undersigned WIN Is
such trustee on
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9th, 1918.
beginning at Two O'Clock p N. at the
front door OF the court house OF Mar
ions county, West Virginia, sell at pub
lie auction to the highest responsible
bidder all those two certain lots to-
cether with the cottage dwelling house
thereon located, lying and being In ].
Watson Addition to the City OF Fair
mont. Marion County, West Virginia,
that Is TO say:
Lot-No. s in Block NO. 10 fronting
As feet on Quarry Avenue and exteEd-
ing back lot feet.
Lot No. Z in Block no 10 froqt1Es
As feet on Quarry Avenue and extend
ing back 1o7 feet. Rese=v..sS the eoai
and mining rights.
Being the same real estate which
was conveyed to the SAID Elizabeth
Bracken by Hattie B. Lynn and hus-
band by deed bearing date on the
10th day of November, 1911, and Of
record in said onice in Deed Book
1S9 page 10.
Cash IN hand on day Of sale.
Given uncer my hand this the 18th
day OF October. 1913.
NJ. W. OGDEN
Trustee.
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HARD TO RELIEVE
THAT TIGHT COLD
Not a Bit of it! DR.. Bells
Pine-Tar-Honey Turns
the Trick.

The tight cold is the kind DR.. Ber's
PineTar-Honey likes to tackle-the
hard-to-get-rid-of kind. It gets on the
job and helps Nature to loosen the
cold and then finally to relieve It.
You soon will feel like yourself.
The ba1sam and other healing.
soothing ingredients do It. The
phlegm soon loosens, the inflamns-
,tfon Is alIeviated, the 'tightness" gives
away, without uncomfortable after
effects. Get a bottle today, S0c, soc
and S1-20.
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bas a1th H.sdl1o1 has 1eturlle9
% har home a LancasteEs 0131s
after = fit with her sister Ms
Ruth Redmon, "a Franklin street
]. wner Keen has returned hon
4 business visit on Camp Rum.
Miss Olive Rymer has returned
from = visit With the Misses Lowe in
Fairnont. Miss Virginia Lowe &C
companfed her home for q tsh
John Haddty haa returned rum 4
business visit IN Fairmont
Mr. and Mrs. John DANGER IT
tended the funeral Of Ross G. Pierce
IN BelIair, Ohio. Thursday.
A. GoldenburE. &C Chicago was a
business visitor in the city yester-
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mnelrto ct
Mr.. and Ms. Joseph Miller, OF
function are guests Of their daugh-
ter, rs. Emmett W cogleton IN Buf-
y. Detts Of Falrnout. was a
business visitor IA Warrington yes
terday-
,, Chester craker and Albert Long
streth, left this morning for bust-
ness visit in Pittsburgh.
lafayette Synder has gone to AK
ron, Ohio TO buy autos for his gar
age here.
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Attended EunnrnI

A number OF relatives from the city
we're in attendance at the funeral OF
-. ota ConIey which was held at
. O'Clock at the home Of her moth
MrB. Jane Carpenter, on Prickett'S
Creek Services was conducted by
Rev. Curtis and inteFuent made in
erS Carpenter and Ford.
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AeronIenes Seen.

Within the past two days I'VE
aeroplanes have been seen passing
over Warrington; one yesterday and
four Thursday afternoon. One or
two OF those seen Thursday were
within hearing distance, while the
others appeared no larger than a.
bird.
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MANNINGTON
Have Influenza.

Master Francis Wright is I'll OF
influenza at his home in Clarksburg
street. g. clifford Jud OF Water St,
whose family was called to Franklin
p by the illness OF influenza OF her
son Charles. and all the members
|of his. family. All are improving.
S Re MS 81. son; PAU ps, 99tesaTedn edt
to training school at Morgantown.
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On FuFlou0h.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Belts. Of
c1arEsburg are guests OF the latter's
uncIe. ]. W. Jones and family IN
west Main street. Mr.: Bets IS
home from Camp Meade. Nd, on a
qForf FrFiou Oh
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CatarthaIDeafness Cannot Be Cused

by1IoeaI applications. a. they cannot reaSa
only one way 70 cureNcataE=hal Goa9nSS.'
and that = ~ \ conGtieue1ou91 SSnae0S.
daIned conditIon Of the mucous lining e
fho EI1StachIan Tube. When thi0 TUBE =
indGEaed you have . FumhItoS oo0n0 g IN
perfect 6oAStnG. and when - g entfSiy
closed, DeafnO6O - the result OnIeoo 1HO
Inflammation can Be reduced ana G61o eoDo
FeGtored 10 IL normal condition. hearing
1SiII b deGeFoysd foE:ver. Many ea9eS e
SeafneGO are caused by catGEEh. Wh4eh -
~ fn6G4aoA condition OF the mucous sur
fSeea HG1rO C1faFTb iLedictnO acts GhSo
fhO blood 90 thO mucous GuE4aeeo - ne
We YIN give one Hundred DoIIaso Soe
any case Of Catarrhal Deafness That eAnnoS
- cured % HAlrO CaGRrrh 4oQie10A C8S
0nIOTD fFVS0. All Druggists, 56o.
=. 4 ctIENEx 4 Cos REESE =
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Mrs.. Henry Murphy Of East Park
avenue. who has been a patient at
Cooks Hospital the past several days
|ie getting along nicely.
Mis-. Belle Murphy OF Diamond st.
has returned from Barracksville,.
where she was called by the illness
|oe her daughter
Mrs. Joseph Ford who was seri,
ousIy III for several days Is consider
ably better today. The physician
and nurses are well pleased over her
improvement.
r. 2. Kerns OF Diamond street. who
was out after an attack OF influenza,
has suffered a relapse and Is again
confined TO his bed
Mss Margaret Richards of Hay
mond street IL recovering from an at,
tack OF influenza.
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LOST AND FouI7D

G0Sf@Last evening befWeen Fair
mont Restaurant Co. on Main
street and Telephone 0ffiee, Monroe
street, q bunch Of keys; six keys on
heart-shaped key ring. Finder pleSe
return TO this ofice. 11-s-1t-46SS
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-09

American army officers In France
are advocating adoption by United
States of metric system Of weights
and measures. as used by France
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ReM. seIhN Hera.

Rev. J. A. Selby OF Parkersburg,
Resident Of the West Virginia Meth
Sc Protestant Conference, was the
st of his sister, Mrs. George Shoe
aker and mother, Mrs. SeIby, in
bury street yesterday. Mr.. Selby
was en- route to MoFgantown and viii
spend several days visiting the
churches IN that vicinity before re-
turning.