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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-11

Around an day with an aching back.
Can't Re8t at night:
IdouGh 50 make any one give
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eyer, az; is now the mainstay Of West
Virginia's natural gas production.
What West Virginia's natural gas
means as an instance of her wealth
is we'll illustrated in a set of figures
compiled by H. E. Nease, statistician
for the public service corporation.
While in 1908, the state was pro.
ducing only liz, ISL 7S,O0O cubic feet
of natural gas per year, in 1916 her out.
put was 299,S1S,9O7O00 cubic feet. This
more than doubling of production dur.
ing period of ten years is due to the
increase in equipment for the obtain.
ing OF gas, and the retaliation of the
value of natural gas as a fuel.
The production for the intervening
years between 1908 and 1916 was as
follows:
19O9-166,435, O92 900 cubic feet.
1910-190, zoe, 500 goo cubic feet.
MISREPRESENTATION cubic feet.
1912-299,O O6, $4,000 cubic feet.
1913-245,453 $4,000 cubic feet.
1914-236, 4S9, 175,000 cubic feet.
1915-244,O04,15 $4,000 cubic feet.
IF West Virginia could utilize her
natural gas within her own borders
she would have the means Of becom.
ing the greatest industrial state in the
Union" said Mr.. Nease, commenting
on the figures.
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DOCTORS ADVISE
SPRING TONES
Say There is Nothing Equals
Iron and PhOsphates.

Experienced Doctors claim that ev'
eryone should take good tonic in
the Spring, that during the cold win
ter months we all eat too much meat,
fats, heavy foods and too little fresh
vegetables, that the entire system il
clogged up, over loaded and over
worked, causing thin, impure watery
blood and that tired, nervous feeling
pimples and bad complexion.
Honest doctors all over the land
have found and are recommending
and prescribing phosphates and iron
as their spring tonic for the blood and
nerves, they say 1t removes all impur'
tiles, unclogs the channels and sends
the rich, red life.giving blood through
the veins, renewing health, strength
and nerve force as nothing else will
If you are all in, run down, tagged
out and your nerves all shot to pieces
and the Joy gone from life, take Phos.
plated Iron, the red blood and nerve
builder. 1t will make a new man or
woman of you, make you feel like do.
ing things again, renews that youthful
feeling, you can almost feel yourself
coming back. Try Phosphated Iron
today, it has helped thousands and
will not disappoint you.
To insure physicians and their pa
tents getting the genuine Phosphated
Iron it is put up in capsules only, dc
not allow dealers to give you pills or
tablets. Insist on capsules.
Mountain City Drug Co, Halls Drug
Store and leading druggists every
where.
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NeW YOrk

NEW YORK, May /. The gratifying
success Of the Liberty Loan, which
automatically releases liquid capital
from many of it's recent restraints, and
The more hopeful war bulletins gave a
decided impetus TO yesterdays stock
market, several leaders scoring new
high records for the year,
Foremost among these was United
States Steel, which made an extreme
advance of 21a points to par, or 100,
exceeding its previous maximum OF
the year by just that much. Steel
was confidently absorbed in single lots
Of 1000 to 5000 shares, again contrib.
nting enormously to the days moder.
ately large total,
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PUT OLD ENEMY
TO UTTER R0UT
Tells how to lift off that touchy
corn without hurting
one particle
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" .".~."."....s..

Iopital records show that every
time you cut a corn you invite lock.
jaw or blood poison, which is needless,
says a Cincinnati authority, who tells
you that a quarter ounce of drug
called freezone can be Obtained at lit.
tie cost from the drug store but is
sufficient to rid ones feet OF every
hard or soft corn or callus.
You simply apply few drops of this
freezone on tender, aching corn and
the soreness is instantly relieved.
Shortly the entire corn can be lifted
out, root and all, without pain.
This drug is sticky but dries at once
and is claimed to just shrivel I'D any
corn without inflaming or even trri.
tating the surrounding tissue or skin.
If your wife wears high heels she
will be glad to know of this.
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LEW IS on TIE RteHT
RoAoTouE LieuTSJe,eaI
CHAMPIONSHIP
BY PAUL PuRMAN,

When is a champion boxer not 3
champion?
When he can't come close to making
the recognized weight in his division.
There's the question and the ans.
wer and it all hinges around the
championship of Benny Leonard,
champion lightweight OF the world.
The time will soon come when Ben
ny will have to renounCe his claims
to the lightweight title, not because
he isn't a great fighter not because
ne isn't popular but because q few
months in army camps has piled
weight on the East-sider until nov,
instead OF being a lightweight, he is a
heavy we!terweight
Benny hasn't boxed much lately.
Recently in 4 six.round bout at Phil.
adelphia he went into the ring at catch
weights Experts at ringside estima.
ted his weight all the way from 145
to 152 pounds.
One thing was certain, Benny show.
ed the minute he dropped his bathruba
that he is no longer lightweight and
that he can no longer make 1S5
pounds, ringside, 8 o'clock or any 9th.
err time.
Benny isn't fat; he's Just big.
Sooner or later he will be forced
to remove his title in favor of
some other good boy who can
make weight.
All this sounds strange when it
Is considered that Benny wen his
title at 1875 pounds and even made
1873 pounds for Johnny KiIbane.
But Benny is young and is OF the
type that take on height and weight
at 81 and 90 Rinl.E nam I ...a. L
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Oil and Gas.

The best compilations in the Eastern
fields are not better than light pump.
ers, At the beginning Of the week the
completed list shows more gasgers
than oil wells. On Little Creek,
Green district, Wetzel county, w. Va.
the Benedum-Trees Oil Company has
completed test on the Montgomery
Cook farm. 1t has not yet been put
10 pumping, but it is showing for a
eQ.barrel producer in the Gordon sand.
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blows carry a world Of power.

That Tender has become a great
lightweight is more or less accidental
A few years ago he was a neWsboy
around Philadelphia Now and then
he would get into one of the numerous
six.round bouts featured in that city
He liked boxing and boxed a little
at a newsboys' club and one night
filled in for preliminary boy who
didn't show up. His showing was SO
good that he got on in other prelimi
naries and soon became a favorite in
Philadelphia and was given trial in
main shows.
Right now Tender is among the
top.notchers in his class.
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A, L. Dudley in
Air Engine School

KELLY FIELD, Texas, May T.
A. L. Dudley, a resident of Fairmont
who was enlisted in the Aviation Sec.
tion Signal Corps some time ago is
now attending the Enlisted Mechan
les Training School at Kelly Field
South San Antonio, Texas for. inten
sive training IN the repair of aeroplane
engines. With his former experience
Dudley should prove an efficient work
man.
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would have a haEd tlme making the
weIterweight limit of 142 ringside.
This brings up the question OF Ben.
ny's successor, and the most promis.
ing candidate for the honors right now
is Lew Tender, the Philadelphia
southpaw.
Tender is one Of the toughest boys
in the division. He boxes with his
right hand and foot extended which is
puzzling to boxers not used to this
style Of fighting.
In action he appears awkward, but
he gets around the ring with surpris.
ing ability. He hits quickly and his
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

The first West Virginia swimming
fatality for the present season is thus
reported in the Wheeling Register:
John, the 1S.year.old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Alley, of Glendale, was
drowned in Little Grave creek, back of
the Reynolds Memorial hospital, about
Z o'clock Sunday evening. The body
was recovered about 40 minutes later
and rushed to the hospital, but all ef'
forts to restore like we're in vain.
1.-THE unfortunate lad, accompanied
by foreign boys younger than himself,
had gone into the water for their first
swim of the season. The water was be-
tween six and seven feet deep. Young
Alley suddenly disappeared and his
companion hurriedly dressed and ran
home, where they reported what had
happened to their friends.
"Neighbors rushed to the swimming
hole and soon succeeded in recovering
the body. Whether the unfortunate
lad accidentally got beyond his depth
and was unable to swim, or was attack
ed by cramps, is a matter of conjec-
ture."
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POLITICAL ADVERTISING

SNSNNSNSNsNSN~NSNSNS~~N%N|
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF WEST
VIRGINIA,
] am a candidate for the Republican
nomination for United States Senator,
subject to the will Of the voters at the
primary election to be held on August
the sixth.
Your vote and influence will be
greatly appreciated.
VIRGIL L. HIGHLAND.
Clarksburg, w. Va.
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FOR U. s, SENATE.

Editor West Yirginian:
You are authorized to announce that
Davis Elkins, Of Morgantowu, Monon.
gala county, candidate for nomina'
ton, by the Republican party. for the
United States Senate for West Vir'
gina, subject to all the rules Of the
Republican party, and the laws Of the
state governing 4he primary election
to be held August, 1918.
ELKINS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
]. H. McDERM OFT, Chairman,
Morgantown, West Virginia.
P. o. drawer Ss1. Telephone 100.
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A machine has been invented for
chopping out young cotton plants at
the same time the crop is being cult
waited.
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Grain and Produce

CHICAGO. H., May Ideal wealth.
er and the bearish influence OF peace
gossip made the value Of corn yester'
day average lower. Prices closed un.
settled, at Bc ne: decline to 1ac al
vance, with May 1915 and July
l47@l to 1.if7s Oats finished 1'sc
10 2B down, and provisions off l5c
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FOR UNITED STATES SENATE.

FOX UNITED STATES SENATE.
You are authorized to announce
/ am candidate for Nomination by
the Republican party, for the United
States Senate for West Virginia, sub.
ject to all the rules OF the Republi.
can party, and the laws of the state
governing the primary to be held In
August, 1918.
JAS. A. HUGHES,
Huntington, ". Va.
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West Virginia is facing the exhaus,
ton of her natural gas, such as robbed
Indiana of one of her most valuable
resources. says tie Charleston Lead.
CT, which continues: How soon this
exhaustion will come is not to be de-
6ermined. But experts agree that the
northern mart of the state has already
reached its high point of production,
and is now travelling the decliLc.
There are hardly any wells in the
northern end of the state that do not
require compression to gene, ate the
necessary pressure for dis::ribution
The southern part of the state has
not yet reached its highest point. how.
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Over In Greenbrier county they have
discovered a scheme for making poll
ticians serve useful purpose, The
West Virginia News, printed in Romeo
verte in last weeks issue makes the
following suggestion: "In order to
help in the war activities we propose
that every candidate Tor his aTe;et or
spokesman who delivers speech in
Greenbrter county shall first pay a
contribution of not less than ten dol.
lars to the treasurer OF the Red Cross
auxiliary within whose bounds tie
speech or talk is delivered"
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HOUSES FOR SAID

FOR SALE-S.Toom house, all modern
conveniences. 521 Walnut ave.
4.24.tt-877S
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INsTRnCTInNS

WANTED Miners wanted who arc
studying for examinations, TO get
the best mining book published, Min.
ing IN Nutshell" by James WaFdlaw,
scottdale. Pa, Price 1925. 20.26t.SS77.
GOVERNMENT needs 10000 women
clerks al Washington Examinations
everywhere Nay %. Experience un-
necessary. Women desiring govern.
1nent position write for free particu.
lars to ]. c. Leonard former Civil Ser
vice Examiner 9O6 Kenois Bldg,
Washington, D. c. 5.7.7t.SS4S
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WANTED-Glrl for general house
work in a small family. Apply 2ll
Fairmont Ave. 5.6s3tSSSS
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FOR SALE OR LEASE-Co Commercial
orchard, fifty acres on 1904 tract
Doddridge county. Address Box 50
West Union. W. va. 4-ls,2st.s742
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WANTED : Carpenter. Apply Guar
antee Construction Co.. Lynn Pro-
Queer Plant, 18th st. and Belt Line
Ry. 6.S.6t-SS2s
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WANTED Good Girl for Be1er3i
house work. Best wages, Mrs. N.
Powell. 425 Jefferson street.
S.6-ifSsS6
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FOR sALE-67O acres Freeport Got
vein. railroad drift coal, Address
PostoIfice box 1888. Pittsbureh, Pa.
4sS.96tsS6SS
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WANTED-Salesman. Good proposi.
ton to right man. Live wire to
make $40 week. Experience unnec.
essary. Apply 420 Main street.
4.27:tf.3SO2
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'FztSIED fhssS bFllat esEabls -
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iex6e ich Drug Co, Dent.
SSf. 0maha. a1tSS3l.
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NEAoSAS6ESS VAN = Ell GVt SSASASgS
work - 1,2c per hour. Carpenters
zoe per hour, Apply at Nicola Build.
ing Company, Hutchinson Power
Plant 4l9;tfS749.
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BUSINESS oPPoRTUNI1us

nation leading TO return. w ~
son. MEADOW Brook. W. Va so u
Smyrna times., 1918-02-13
SMYRNA BOY SCOUTS HEAR
WORDS OF CHEER At JUBILEE
ENJOY FEAST AND START BOOM
FOR STRONGER ORGANIZATION
Addressed by E. Marriott Fowler, H.
3. GrieVes and Rev. Milton Mccain
Need for Raising More Funds

On Monday evening of this week
the Boy Scouts of Smyrna celebrated
the anniversary of the founding of the
organization to which they belong.
The object of this gathering, as we'll
as of similar ones elsewhere. was to
take part in the campaign now being
carried on for men, boys and money.
The guests in attendance were much
interested in watching the members
of the local Troop take their parts in
the regular ceremony of the Scout
Oath. Rev. T. G. Hill, Scout Mas
ter, made an address. emphasizing
the fact that the work being done for
the boys was important enough to be
supported in the future by the parents
and friends of the boys. Seventy. five
men at $500 apiece would be the
means of securing $4,000, the sum
needed for the maintenance of the
Troop for year While the refresh
ments, consisting of ice cream and
cake, were served by the Scouts, the
audience listened to remarks from
Rev. Milton McCann, representing
the Clergy; Mr.. E. M. Fowler. re-
presenting the community, and Mr..
Harry Grjeves, representing the TrooE
Committee. The three gentlemen
appointed by the Scout Master tC
membership on this committee are
Mr.. j. Newell Lloyd, chairman; Mr..
Harry GrieVes, and Mr.. Walter
Hynson. They will assist in interest.
ing the men of town to support will
their money the only constructiv,
work now being done for the boys O.
our town You can help the com
munity in no better way than by max
ing a contribution to the cause of tn,
Boy Scouts.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-13
BRIDGE AT HOFFECKER's MILL

r. N. Cooper Writes of the Milldam
Bridge and Its Temporary Structure.
Residents Want Permanent Work
Publisher of The Times, Dear Sir:
Notice is given through the local
newspapers that a contract has been
given by the Levy Court of Kent
County for putting in a new bridge at
the Garrison mill dam; a temporary
bridge, it is understood. The word
Temporary in its accepted meaning
should have no place in bridge con-
struction under any conditions except
pontoon bridges under war contingen-
cies; emphaticslly not in this case
Knowing the physical conditions of
the mill dam in question l would not
consent to anything less than a per-
manent job, foundation deeply laid
in thoroly reinforced concrete. Had
such foundation been secured when
the bridge, recently undermined and
destroyed, was built few years ago,
we would not have suffered the loss
of the mill and the inconvenience of
travel of the past three months.
This is the third and lower dam, hold
ing back the waters for power use, of
upper Leipsic Creek, subject, in case
of break in either of the dams above,
to an onrush of water of great vol
up,o opd Y1ou,or ;f erHin;or+ r,ont -
not given through the flood gates, to
cut its way through any dam of earth.
There are special conditions in the
case under consideration. 1t will be
remembered that few years ago that
mud machine was employed by Fed
eral authority to make an additional
/ Cepth to the channel of the creek of
/ six feet. The work was continued up
through the gate hole directly up to
the apron of the flood gates, adding
4 that much to the water fall, naturally
forming an eddy or undertow, COM
monty known as a whirlpool which
gradually ate its way back toward the
pond. finding an inlet and the fateful
wsshout resulted. Now, because the
body of water is not to be held fol
power purposes, some think saving
the dam is an easy matter and tenn
porarily built bridge will be a suf
ficient safeguard. The State High
way Commission or tn2 Levy Cour-
should tolerate no such thought. Tht
only way safe against future disaster
and financial loss, is to make a surve.
of this part of the proposed Stat
Highway, find just where the bridg
is wanted and build against all pos
sible or probable cases of destruction
make a permanent, ell-founded, safe
guarded job. We, the residents of thi
locality, protest against spending
public money or hszarding the safet
of our highway by only sham structur
in this case. "-R. M. Cooper an
Others.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-13
W. F. M. S, MITE BOX OPENING

Smyrna Foreign Missionary Women
Hold Meeting at Home of Mrs. Roberts
Last Saturday evening, the Mite
Box Opening of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society of the AS bury
Methodist Episcopal Church, was held
at the home of Mrs. John W. Roberts,
with the Vice-President of the Society,
Mrs. George C. Williams, presiding.
The meeting opened with the singing
of a familiar hymn, followed by
prayer, and a scripture lesson. Two
appropriate selections were then read,
one by Miss Julia Griffith and the
other by Miss Dorothy Williams.
Miss Elizabeth Biehl, of South India,
was the guest of honor, and told in
an interesting manner, of some of her
experiences there, during five years
of service as a missionary of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. During
the evening, Miss Mary Roberts gave
pleasure to the company by rendering
two vocal selections. The Mite boxes
were found to contain more than
fifteen dollars, and as all were not re.
turned, it is hoped that the amount
will reach $2C. 90. The money will
be donated to the fund for special
work in Roroda India. Secretary
Smyrna times., 1918-02-13
SMYRNA BOYS AT CAMP DIX
Express Hearty Appreciation Thru
Their Spokesman Lieut.. j. Lester
Section for the Xmas Boxes


Their Spokesman Lieut.. j. Lester
Section for the Xmas Boxes
About two weeks before Christmas,
Miss Laura Bell and committee of
Red Cross women. solicited funds from
Smyrna and community to get up
number of Christmas boxes to send
some coed cheer to the Smyrna boys
at Camp Mcclellan at AnnistOn, Ala
bama. Since then the "boys" have
been transferred with the Delaware
Regiment to Camp Dix, at Wrights-
town, NJ. to become a Pioneer Reg
iment of Infantry. The delays Incl
dent to receiving the Xmas packages
and the orders so closely following to
get ready to move, has prevented an
earlier acknowle dgment and apprecia-
tion of the good things sent them. On
Monday Miss Laura A. Bell received
from Lieut.. J Lester Section of Com
pany A, the following letter on be-
half of the Smyrna bunch: "I am
really ashamed of myself for not writ
ing to you before this, but conditions
have been such, up to a very short
time ago, that we had so much to do
we hardly had time to even take a
bath. Am glad to say. however. that
since we arrived back East conditions
are greatly changed and we are be-
ginning to find ourselves. For myself
and the boys from Smyrna to whom
the Christmas boxes were sent, l want
to thank you and the committee for
your kindness and the interest you
have taken in US We all appreciate
them a great deal more than we shall
ever be able to tell you. 1t was the
bright spot of the holidays for US and
an act that we shall always remem-
Der. Camp life and conditions at
Camp Mcclellan were not as pleasant
! as others | have known but since our
| arrival at Camp Dix everything is
much more pleasant. We have COM
Portable quarters, electric lights, fuel,
good bathing facilities, good meals
and real springs to sleep on. l hope
that you will pardon this apparent
neglect on my part. When have a
chance to visit Smyrna | shall be able
to tell you more in detail concerning
conditions and the boys from Smyrna
and at the same time thank you per-
sonally. Again thanking you. am,
very sincerely, James L. Section.
1st It. Inf.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-13
INDIA MISSIONARY AT AsBURY
Miss Elizabeth BiehI Gives an Interest,"
ing Address Before Large Crowd

Miss Elizabeth BehI Gives an interest
ing Address Before Large Crowd
Last Sunday morning, Miss Eliza
beth Riehl, missionary from South
India, delivered an address in the As
bury Methodist Episcopal Church un-
der the auspices of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society of the Church.
The pastor of the church, Rev. George
c. Williams, presided. The work of
a Missionary in the jungles Of that
part of the strange land, was graphi-
cally described by Miss Biehl, the
willingness of the people to accept
the Gospel was told by her, and the
sorrows of the child widows of India
were feelingly portrayed and strong
appeal as made in the address to the
women of the church for active inter
est in Foreign Missions. Missionary
Hymns were sung by the choir and
congregation during the service and
at its close 16 now members were
gained for the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society of the church. -
Secretary.
Smyrna times., 1918-02-13
MRS. M. W. CAMPBELL LEAVES

Well Known MiIliner Discontinues Busi-
ness Here and Moves to Chester
Mrs. Matte w. Campbell, who for
ten years has been a prominent mil
liner in Smyrna. has given up her
store next to FAIRIES Hardware and
will move Monday to Chester, Pa,
where she will open a millinery es-
tablishment at 536 Market street.
The giving up of Mrs. Campbell from
the social and business life of Smyrna
is keenly regretted by her friends and
customers throughout the community.
She did a nice business in Smyrna
and had the good will and esteem of
everybody Who wish her abundant sue
cess in Chester where she feels a bet
ter opportunity is open to her.