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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
Traffic Committees
To Pass on Rate Kicks

The Director General Of Railroads
announces the appointment by the
Regional Directors Of the following
Traffic committees which viii deal
p the respective territories with all
questions Of freight rates arising IN.
Der General Order No. IS. Freight Traf.
DC committee. Eastern territory, B.
Campbell, chairman. I43 Liberty
street, New York; New England Dis.
lrlet Freight committee. L. H. Kent.
Held. chairman, Boston, Mass; Trunk
Line district, Freight committee. H.
G. Burnett, chairman. lt3 Liberty
street. New York: Central District
Freight committee, c. ]. Brister, chair.
nan. Transportation Building, Chi.
Iago, H.; Eastern District Coal and
Coke committee, E. B. Crossley. chair.
nan Reading Terminal. Philadelphia,
Pa; Central District Coal and Coke
committee. J. c. Venning, chairman,
Ponu0. Station, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Director General invites the
cooperation Of the shipping public in
WoTling out q satisfactory adjustment
d freight rates on the higher level now
necessary. All shippers who desire
o make suggestions Is TO the mainte.
nance o established diffeFentials or
ne readiuStmeat Of freight rates ~.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
GRANT TOWN TEAM
HAS RE0RGANIZED
Nix Of Last Years Men Will
be on This Years
Nine.

Fhe Grant Town baseball team,
Vhich made such a strong fight for
he county baseball championship Of
aOt year has reorganized aud is now
ready 20 meet the best teams In the
Dounty. ]. Bebout will be manager
mis- year, succeeding Manager Kirch.
Por. The team is now making an et.
Tort TO schedule Sunday games, either
u home or away. Grant Town will
pay the expenses Of ten men should
my team desire TO come there
Six Of last years men are back in
he lineup this year. Fluharty will be
Joen at the catching position and H.
Hines, last year one OF the best pitch
OFS IN the county, will assist in the
pitching ]. Hines will be at first base,
Fletcher at short stop. Hawkins at
second base and Kirchner at third
base. Welty, who formerly played with
the Grant Town team, will be in the
lineup again this year. likely taking a
position in right field. Brookover, Of
FaiTVieW, Is one Of the most pTomis.
ing recruits trying for a regular posi-.
don.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

When Jesse V. Sullivan was appoint.
ed secretary Of the state council Of
defense. few persons realized the vast
amount Of work that would fall to his
lot, says the Charleston Mail, At that
time the county councils had not been
organized and there was no definite
policy even for the work Of the state
council.
Since. that time pot only have coun.
ty councils been organized under Mr..
Sulliva's direction. but he has secured
the organization Of community coun.
ellis IN large numbers In many Of the
counties. 50 that he now has an or
ganiIation reaching every small dis
trict in the state, 80 thqt any war &C.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

on the fruit store OF Cater Brothers
and began helping themselves 10 every
thing in sight. A large number Of citi-
zens armed themselves with clubs and
drove the invaders OF. There is no
excuse Tor stopping these thief laden
trains here and our opinion is that
the government would put a stop to
such conduct IL the matter should be
taken up with the proper officials.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

der General order No. SO, may present
their views through the Freight Traf.
tic officer Of the railroad serving them
but ii shippers feel after presenting
such matters to their home roads that
they want their views given further
consideration the freight committee
for the territory or district involved
will. be glad to hear and consider any
proposal or suggestion the shippers
have to offer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
Man in Army Heads
WV. U. Baseball Team

Although Errett Rodgers is now in
service at Camp Lee, he has been
elected captain Of the 1919 ". V. L..
baseball team. He had previously
been elected captain of the basketball
and football teams for next year. HE
teammates yesterday made him pilot
o. the third active branch Of sport at
he university.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
May Postpone Game
Scheduled for Sunday

The Consolidation Coal company
baseball team is scheduled TO play the
loSt MeConkey baseball team from
wheeling at Traction park next sun.
DAY afternoon. The management is
seriously considering the postpone.
ment Of the game until some other
date IN the near future due 10 the races
1t ClaTkSburg next Sunday
There will be many local fans who
will want to see the races and also the
baseball game. Manager McAteer, OF
he Consolidation team. is communi.
eating with the Wheeling management
b an effort to postpone the game
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

A bear and a cub on the lonely King.
wood pike about 100 yards this side OF
Coolspring. was the sight that Earl
Fields. railroad detective, witnessed
shortly after O'Clock Sunday morn.
ing. according to the Morgantown New
Dominion. Fields drove into a Morgan.
town garage at 3 o'clock Sunday morn.
ing greatly excited and told about his
experience.
Returning from his home near King.
wood Mr.. Fields was compelled to
stop and change a tire just after. pass.
ing Coolspring While pumping the
new tire. he heard a noise in the brush,
and going 10 the fence saw a large
bear and a cub coimng down the hill
toward the road They crossed the
road only a short distance in front
Of his car and went into the under.
brush OF the hollow.
Since Mr.. Fields was the only occu.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

According TO the Gallipolis Tribune
Captain Orville Noll, who commanded
the steamer City of Parkersburg when
she was sunk in the river in front of
Ironton, Ohio, is IN Jail at Ironton on a
charge Of obtaining money by false
pretepses. After the boat sank he sold
the wreck TO Benjamin Rake for $500,
it is alleged. The owners Of the boat
filed charges against Noll. He was
arrested at Hannibal, o., and brought
to IrontOn.
Noll owned and operated the gas
packet Revouah and the steamer Val,
ley Gem for a time in the Monongahe.
la river trade It was he and Capt
Ralph Emerson Caches who purchased
the Parkersburg. always a hoodoo,
from John W. Hubbard and Capt. John
Kline, who put through the deal. Noll
is said TO have had but $500 in the
boat while Capt. Emerson had $4,000
and no insurance.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

Ted woodward, we'll known West
Virginia University student, had three
vertebrae in his neck dislooated last
Saturday in a baseball game between
a Morgantown pickup team and Star
City. He was rushed 70 an osteopath,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

Games Scheduled Today.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburgh at New York.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia (2).
81. Louis at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Boston.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Boston at Detroit.
Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at 81. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
ASEBALL :: TRACK !: BOXING !: OTHER SPORTS

determined. woodward had previously
been operated on for troubles in his
neck, having been out Of the Uniyer.
sity one year on that account.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

The Montgomery News is RESPONSE.
bic for this tale: when a special
train bearing laborers to Nitro stop.
ped here Tuesday night at eleven
o'clock. many Of the men made a raid
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

tivity may be pushed TO success
through the coo-epyation Of all these
councils in the shortest possible time.
Il matters not what kind Of a drive
is 10 be made, he it Red Cross, Y. II.
c. A.. Food Conservation. Liberty
loan, War Savings stamps sales. what
not, Mr.. Sullivan is one OF the first
men in the state or know OF it and
70 get busy on plans for making it a
success.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

where the bones we're placed in their
proper position Sunday evening he
was resting fairly comfortable. The
exte7t OF his injuries can not yet be
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

There was a rush in the stretch
Two thoToughbTeds Strengthened out
neck and neck and fought 70 a finish
for the rich Metropolitan handicap
run at Belmont Park.
As the pair flashed under the wire
il was seen that Trompe la Mort, a
French colt OF the bluest blood. had
won BY a nose in one Of the greatest
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
Bringing Iron to the Front

It is q well-known fact that men
Of courage, men with Drawn and
nerve to buck the line" and SO
"over-the-top" have rich, red blood
couring through their veins. This
blood must contain about as much
iron as there is in q common ten
penny nail. The red blood corpus
cles must be fed on iron to have that
rich red color. The nerves are fed
on the red blood corpuscles, so when
you feel tired, worn out before the
day is half over, when pimples show
on neck or face, it's the danger
signal, time to repair the blood-cells.
Il is fortunate that DR.. Pierce and
his staff Of able physicians at the
Surgical institute in Buffalo, N. Y,
have found a combination Of iron
and herbal extracts that gives the
stomach tone, fortifes the blood
with iron in a form that it can be
taken into the system. You need
energy and pep" every day. You
can acquire it quickly by taking
"Irontic." This latest discovery
called, "Iron-tic," can be had at
most drug stores, in tablet form, at
sixty cents the vial. Send Doctor
Pierce's Surgical Institute in Buffalo,
NY Ton cents for trial rackage.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
Baseball at a Glance.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Pittsburgh. 3; New York, 2
Chicago, 5; Boston, 3.
st. Louis. IS; Brooklyn, ~
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, postponed.
sTWelve innings.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

pant Of the car. and bears are not nu-
merous in the neighborhood OF Morgan
town, local sportsmen await a veriii.
cation of the story.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Chicago, 8; New York, 2.
Philadelphia, 2; St Louis, /.
Washington. 3; Cleveland, ?.
Z Boston, 3; Detroit, 0.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

Death sounded a death knell in this
race to Omar Khayyam. the greatest
Of 1917 colts. made favorite in the
race, which could do no better than
sixth. The lin the race was
1888 2.5. c.. i very fast under
track c.. a--.
The F.cl colt has been entered
in so.-- =. the better stakes Of the
1918 season.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

finishes the classic had known
1t was the first time the Metropoli-
tan was won by a three.year-old
Long ago. back in 1905. James r.
Leene's three.year.old wonder. Syson.
by, ran dead heat in the Metropoli.
ian with Race King, but Trompe la
Mort was the first three.year.old to
win the event.
Trompe la More. or the Trumpet OF
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-04

twelve innings.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-09-19
1 .: !. / am only a cog

81 -:
z>*~ lam only cog in giant machine, link Of an end
Ef~~'#:, ,~<e chain.
And The rounds drawn and the rounds are fired
nm>~< and the empties again; . ~ Z
E<% Railroad lorry and lnber battery column and park:
tH To the shelf where the fuse waits the breech
En~>> from the quay where the shells embark
49,: We have waered and fed and eaten our Beef the
E,ss=>> long dull day drags by
k***: empty sky;
u Puff and flash on the far off blue round the speck
e. one guesses the plane
Smoke and spark of the gun>machine that is fed by
E: the endless chain
The ammunition carrier is only link in the
great war machine, but he is as vital link
in the chain as the man who goes over the
top. And back of the ammunition carrier
comes the ammunition maker and the rail-
road worker and the thousands of varieties
of war workers until it all comes straight
home to the individual man and woman
- Z. Let us buy t
~ ! know they W.
- This Space Subscribed
~ ~ ~" rr7
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-09-19
am only cog in giant machine but vital link
Of the chain:

am Only cog IN giant machine, but VITAL Ink
. Of the chain; T.
And the captain has sent from his wagon>lne to fill
- his wagons again; -~
From the wagon>linber to gunpt dump; from
leaders forearm at breech
To the working party that melts away when the
shrapnel bullets screech
So the restless section pulls out once more in column
Of route from the right
At the tail of blood>red afternoon so the Aux of
another night
Bears back the wagons we fiji at dawn to the Sleep
ing column again.
Cogoncog inthe gunnachine link on link in the chainl
c-rG
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
24o POUND PIGS

With corn above so cts. hogs cat
their heads off very quickly. The
hog that talks two or three months
to get on full feed never brings YOU
a profit.
When you are ready to put your
shoats on feed, begin with the B. A.
Thomas Hog Medicine. Use regular
~, and watch your shoats round ont
1fto. fat hogs in nine months-hogs
.foing we'll over 200 pounds and as
Ugh as 240 pounds Figure the av-
a-age feeding and you will see WHY
inc b. A. Thomas Medicine is a good
Tnvestment. Try feeding out your
iiogs on this plan and if you are not
more than pleased we will refund
the cost of the medicine. Watt &
Holmes Hardware Co. adj
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
ORDINANCE NO. 4i0

An ordinance to change the width
of the sidewalks on both sides of
Lee street between Central Avenue
and Roanoke Drive, and for other
purposes.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the city of Fitzgerald, and
it is hereby ordained by authority of
same that from and after the pass
age of this ordinance all curbing on
South Lee Street between Central
Avenue and Roanoke Drive shall be
II feet out from the private prop
erty line, SO that the side walk shall
be II feet wide instead of 10 as now
provided. The top of this curb shall
be of the same elevation as the curb
now located at Central Avenue and
the top of the sidewalk to conform
to this elevation.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid that when
sidewalks arc laid they may be only
I feet wide, beginning at the property
line leaving space between side
walks and curb in which trees or
grass may be planted The grade of
said sidewalk and curb shall be on a
line from Central Avenue to Roam
Oke Drive south of same.
Section 8. Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid that all or
dlnances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance be and
are hereby repealed.
Read first time December 3, 1917.
Read second time Dec. 31st, 1917,
and passed by the following vote.
"Yes," Isler, Brewer, Mccall, Brown,
Pittnan, Dorminy, Lee and Grincr.
yes" 8 votes. mo" none.
Approved this the first day of Ian.
1918.
DREW w. PAULK. Mayor.
Attest; David L. Paulk,
City Clerk
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
treat WOODEN FENCE
POST WITH CREoSOTE
Makes Post Last Longer And lnsures
Cheaper Fencing

many farmers are thinking serious
ly OF substituting posts of metal or con-
crete for those of wood, without first
investigating the merits of the creo-
soted wooden post. This is not good
farm. economies, because it has been
demonstrated the creosoted wooden
post will give better service at a low.
er annual cost. Metal in time cor.
rodes; concrete decomposes under the
act'on OF alkali and frost, but wood.
properly treated, is, for MANY wears
unaffected.
Creosote may be obtained from anv
OF the oil or coke companies: durinx
normal times costing 10 to Is cents
per gallon. Often coal tar NAV he
obtained from the local gas COMPANY
at three to five cents per gallon. The
creosote or tar is heated to a boiling
temperature and applied to the posts
With a brush. necessary pre-reoui-
site is that the posts be peeled and
thoroughly seasoned; only under
these conditions can the treatment
De a success. One gallon of oil will
suffice for Is to 20 posts. Usually the
cost or creosoting, including oil and
TABOR, ranges between three and five.
cents. Fence posts treated in this wav
nave been in place Is to 20 years. and
are still sound. In addition to the
low cost, wooden posts have several
advantages over metal or concrete
namely:
Creosoted posts hold staples well.
greatly facilitating the erection or tbe
olsinantilng OF fence. Such fast
ner is much easier to repair than those
used ON metal or concrete posts.
Creosoted posts are stiff, neither
bending nor breaking. Metal posts are
often bent by a large animal in
pasture, and are with great dif6cuItv
Strengthened. Concrete posts are often
snapped through the carelessness of a
driver in backing a heavy load into
fence.
Creosoted posts are light and easily
handled; many may be handled at one
u{ne on wagon, and one is but a
small load for man. If it becomes
NECESSARY 10 move a fence the creosot-
ed posts are easily. pulled, which is not
trle Of Concrete posts.
The obvious advantage of using Gre
osoted posts rather than ordinary
wood posts which are not creosoted is
that the ordinary post will rot out
In a short time, necessitating con.
slant repair of fences and replacing
OF posts. The creosoted post elimi-
mates this trouble to a very large ex-
tent.
The College Of Agriculture in its cir
cular, "Prolonging Life of Farm Tim
bers," gives full information as to ere.
osoting. The circular is free upon
reQuest-Prof James B. Berry, State
College of Agriculture.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
GEORGIA TRAVELLING SALES.
MEN TO HELP THRIFT
CAMPAIGN

Atlanta, Ga, January 3.-Georpia's
travelling statesmen as an organized
body for national service will do ey-
erything in their power to promote
the sale OF War Saving Stamps, fol-
lowing conference which thew have
Just held with Hugh Richardson, of
Atlanta, director of the campaign in
this state
Into every city and town and vii
lage the travelling statesmen will
carry the message of thrift and na-
triotism which the government is
proclalmng to the people, and every
where they go in their travels
Throughout the state they will tell
the people how easy it is to help win
the war by simply buying War Saw
ing Stamps at Is cents apiece and
pastng them in the coupon book
which the government furnishes.
Atlanta's Rotary Club has voted
unanimously to devote its energies to
the promotion of the campaign for
the next several weeks, and on Ian
uary Is the club will listen to an in
tcnsely interesting address by P, A.
Stovall, editor Of the Savannah Press
and minister to Switzerland. on the
war as viewed from that country
which has been surrounded by the
belligerentS since the outbreak of
hostilities.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Georgia, Ben Hill County.
To the Superior Court of Said County
The petition of Denmark Drug
Company shows:
/; That on the 9Th day of July,
l9Oz, 1t was incorporated by the SUI
perlor Court of Irwin county, with
its principal Office in the city of Fitz-
gerald.
Z: That at the time of said incor-
poration Fitzgerald was then a part
OF Irwin county.
3; That they organized under said
charter and have transacted business
III me city of Fitzgerald until the
present time.
4: That at meeting of the stock
holders of petitioner duly called for
the purpose, a resolution has been
adopted by the affirmative vote of the
owners of tWo-thirds of the capital
stock resolving that the corporation
shall surrender its charter and fran
chlse to the state and be dissolved as
a corporation.
}: That such dissolution may be
allowed without injustice to any
stakeholder or to any person having
claims or demands of any character
against said corporation.
o: That they have discontinued
business as corporation.
WHEREFORE petitioner prays
that it be dissolved by an order and
decree of this court, and that an order
be passed liking a time for the hear
ing of this petition at the courthouse
said county and that in the order
dissolving said corporation, the Clerk
OF the Superior Court of Irwin coun-
ty be directed to cancel said charter
upon the charter books of the SUI
perior Court Of Irwin county, and
such other proceedings he had as
may be necessary for the dissolution
OF said corporation.
Mcdonald & Bennett,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
Georgia Ben Hill County.
You, A. II. Denmark, do swear that
the facts stated i'll the foregoing pc
tition are true, and that you are a
stakeholder of said corporation.
A. II. Denmark.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, this December 5, 1917.
Vessie Jones,
N. p State at Large.
At Chambers, Cordele, Ga.
The foregoing petition read and
considered. 1t is ordered that the
same be filed in the Clerks Office Of
said court of Ben Hill County, and
that a copy of such petition and this
order be published once week for
four weeks in newspaper wherein
sheriff's sales in and for Ben Hill
county are published, and that a
hearing, i'll vacation, upon such pc
tition be held at the courthouse in
Ben Hill county at 9:40 A. M. on the
first Monday in January next.
This December 5, 1917.
d. A. r. CRUM,
14-21-28-4 j. S. c. c. J. c.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
THE DANGERS OF
TAKING CAL0N|EI

Ii you only realized the terrible in
jury you do yourself when YOU take
e; eaiomel, YOU never put another grain
Instead of calomel, use that splendid
g guar vegetable compound, Mar
is winning favor. It is excellent for
headache, constipation and kindred ills,
II acts forcibly and quickly without
gflplng. Causes no loss Of time from
business: does not impair the appetite.
While the prescribed dose is ona tabIesnoon.
fui l have found by experience that teaspoon
Sold BY T. ]. HALLE DRUG CO.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-04
HELPS STEAL OWN CAR

Chicago, Jan. "A policeman cour-
teously aided man and woman into
an automobile at Chicago avenue and
kedzie boulevard. After they had
driven off DR.. Wallace McMurray
Burroughs informed the policeman he.
unconsciously had aided two automo-
bile thieves in stealing his car.