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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

something or other does get too full
on account OF It! For PHYS sake dom
ask any more questions Children nave
q fearful habit Of asking questions IN.
til one fairly grasps for breath. And
the worst thing about It IS that you
can never tell what question Is con
ing next Gives you no time at all 10
prepare!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

poison from some Of the super sup
Glen ought to hire Mel 70 vr1te
the letter OF condolenee to the Colon
Ma would shine ut that
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

East night both The west vJrginian
Office and The Times Offices we're
packed fun. IN the West Vtrgfntan
Office several gIr1 workers. had the e1-
IRENE pleasure az feeling thef fingers
on the pulse OF much that vfb11eed
along the wires
TIE nFst returns came 70 them and
they were kspt busy reeetv1ng nfmes
and figures. IN theNouter main ONCE
two girls ausweced phone calls and
never wavered for q momsnt IN Re
plying fnte1NeentJy TO aH questions,
q feat quite ramarkabIe when one
took notice Of the room packed full
OF men. al Joking. Laughing and
shouting expressions OF Joy or regret,
as returns tustI6ed. Though the
noise and confusion might have de.
stroyed sumo Of the equilibrium ot
stroyed some OF the equilibrium OF
cheerfuIly IN charge, thoroughly mas
ter Of the situation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06
Icing hat

BIZ fbe b6m of things 1ese night
ev6ry nan Il 991n tpeae tn housa
until nen1y mornInS e4oee % ina b1t
Ietfn boards, sweating 1deHE 1nete
aro two times IA . N111 Ia Wnsn
he watts m Untold 1nm6ee o hour
Without westfnease cue q 0cm I
VIXEN he wants most &Wfn4& 20 Know
whether It Is . boy or . gil md the
other IS when he w1i1 with anxlou.
heart for the election yetuznA Bot1
watts ere dtar1c1egisac oS mao-
both are thorooE6y speH bindnE 4
the hold they have On the masculine
mind and both prove beyond any man
ner OF doubt the utter hnaneuegS O
the male.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

odaen-tNel<Inney.
Ftfsnds IN this city were sWpx1seo
IN Jean Of the marriage OF Mf Ray
ocdn and Miss Edna Mckinney
vhfch took place aSturday morn1ne
~ 0ax1and Il. Tho ceremony Wae
snerfomed by Rev. Arthur ~. Appae-
Inn. nastor Of the Oakland Methcdlse
FsnisccpaI church ct oakland about
1850 o'clock. The bride. Who - Sne
dauEftsr OF M. and Mrs. 8 9: Me-
Finny OF Bretz, has made her ho1ne
IA this city tor the past two yea1s-
Nr. oedan Is the son Of Mr. ana Mls;
Wfuiam ogden. OF Bridge street. ana
II pressman 1t the New Dominica
1Eorsantown Post
Quest q AIllerest.
NsA q. Il Courtney Of New 9ofE
"A Gissfa an . WHIT 70 Mr. and MIS-
r. n Courtney &C their surhuEban
hone sHMcrA1t
PrSston county ndciEwhsat ncme
|Htv1a. - 6eeG1that each 1ornlZ1g-
8oye5 estnurarfsl 4
aoMs = sl.iss szsl E.stzls.. pcys
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

Preston county buckwheat. home
style. for breakfast each morning
Boyers Restaurant-Ady.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

Isn't it Thoroughly CONTAGIOUS. q
mans Joy In politics! Everywhere we
stumbled this last week, we've found
them congregated with heads together
and the whole world forgotten. Even
the colored gentlemen have taken
new interest IN lie these days. The
courthouse yesterday morning held
many groups, deep IN the histories
of the day. There was a small bunch
near the stairs! another over IN the
corner. more half way Up the stairs,
and still more IN the dark entry-way
to one Of the Offices. Close together,
they reminded one very much OF a lot
Of children getting ready to spring a
good charade. You know how It IS
done. Various groups assemble in Sc
Get conference and decide on GER
tain move which Is to express Ger
tain thing. After they have come to
a decision, they get out in the open
ard show you IN actions what they
wish you to guess. Sometimes you
guess the charade and sometimes you
do not. This morning some OF us
guessed about the various small
games going on about the city, but
many OF Us did not.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

sleas ;s'.ss =. ssssss:s e es
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

Funny thing! A colored nsan came
to vote and when asked his name
couldn's remember. He said: They
know It out in the ha1l!" Another
gentleman said his name was so and
so and when asked to show his reg
-tstratton card for the army, he pulleJ
q card with different name thereon.
Wasn't that queer? And stfH arothc-
gentleman had to look at small card
several times before he Oould pro
nounce his name correctly. It. was q
rather long name to give a fellow,
Something ought to be done about
that! Surely there are shorter names
in an emergency ike that!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06

A young boy said to me not long
ago: (This hasn't anything to do with
voting-it Just seems time to change
the subject) Father, who does the
resting here for bootlegg1ne when MI
the constab1es. are drunk" The child
really wanted to know. ] said- why,
dear, whoever heard Of such a thing:
Constables don't get drunk-that Is
entirely out Of the question. Il
wouldn't be at all proper." Father .
continued the boy. as boys have q
habit Of do.ng-'eWhat do they dc
with all the whiskey which they take
away from the poor men who are car
rying It home to their sick friends? 2
said: II believe there Is . place II
the courthouse where they keep It
young MANI" but wouldn't It ga
too fun after awhile. Il no.one tool
any out?" persisted the young scamp
.WeL, really" / replied. 7 wou1dn',
be at all surprised that OCCASIONAL,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-06
odoen-McKlnney.

Md Would ahtne e thats
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

ing in of the claws of the giant trap
forcing the Germans to retreat or fight
to the death. That, then is probably
what Marshal Foch is striving to do at
the present time, and the result Of his
efforts will be watched with intense in
terest throughout the allied world.
The hopes Of the allied nations may be
set too high for this movement, but it
does seem certain that the Germans are
bound to sustain another defeat similar
to that which they experienced on the
Marine river in July. The Marine victory
was disappointment in the bag of pris-
oners but it accomplished its purpose in
the relieving of the pressure on Rheims
and the release Of Paris from fear OF
capture. So the present operation, while
not promising great catch of prisoners
does indicate that it will thwart the
second great purpose Of the German gen
eral staff, which was to drive through ia
the channel ports before the arrival Of
American forces in great numbers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21
CURRENT COMMENT
Suggests Darling.

A deplorable scandal in the govern
ment Of Vermont, affecting the present
chief eXecutiye--whom no outsider would
PREJUDICE pending the outcome Of the ex-
haustive investigation being made--in-
vests with unusual Importance the choice
of the next governor.
In close state, politically speaking,
this affair of the auditors accounts
would mean turning the administration
squarely over to the Democrats, but Yer
mont is SO Overwhelmingly Republican
that the necessary housekeeping will
doubtless remain the opportunity as well
as the solemn obligation of the Repub-
.lican party
Obviously, the next governor should be
like a law with teeth in tan honest
fearless man and a resolute foe of graft
in public office He should be able to Gre
ate an official atmosphere in which no
questionable practice could survive.
1t is The Republicans impression-dif-
fidently stated, for Vermont needs nc
advice from the outside that the next
Republican candidate for governor should
be the well-kuown citizen who was Pres
ident Roosevelt's efficient assistant sec.
rotary of the navy and later his stainless
appointee as United States collector Of
customs for the Vermont district, Il
wit, Charles HAL Darling of Burlington
whose name has already been presented
to the voters as a candidate in the Re
publican primaries, Springfield Repub
lican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

patience 1t pains me quite bit but /
can stand that all right as long as l
know | am doing we'll
ut was a strange coincidence, but just
a few days before, ! got letter from
Warren and he asked me why ] didn't
write about going over the top. think
it was about four days later that we
went over, / don't think / ought to
write much about IT, will say was
one Of the lucky ones You win see by
the paper what the result was. | only
wish they had let me get to the German
front line before they got me- | will
bet that more than one would have hol-
Tered 'Kamerad' The dd Huns are
really yellow bunch Of dogs when you
get near them As long as they can fire
at you without being fired at they are
good fighters but otherwise they are no
good.
There is one thing that am sure Of.
/ was sure Of it before, but ! am surer
Of it now That is that had greater
protection than my helmet when | start
ed out. / seemed to know that every
thing was going to be all right, OF
course, knew | might never come back,
but it didn't make me bit nervous. /
could seem to feel Gods hand leading
me. 1t was the first time ! have had
that sensation. | am sure that my faith
in God was strong enough to save me
that time. ] have greater faith now.
$50, mother dear, don't worry, for /
am praying too and receiving blessings
from the same Heavenly Father you are,
and he viii watch out for me Everett"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21
A NEW FocH TRAP BUILDING.

The steady advances which the French
have made in the district between the
Disc and the Aisne rivers, taken in con
nection with the new attack delivered by
Field Marshal Haig on the front oppo-
site Amiens, win have the double tenden
cy to roll up the German army occupy
ing the blunt point of the great German
salient having its head at Noyon, or
thereabouts, and to threaten the forces
of the German crown prince which have
been making great efforts to make a
stand on the Vesle river. Moreover, any
considerable advance by Field Marshal
Haig's army on the Anere river would
form the second claw of another giant
trap, the other claw being the thrust
which the French have made south of
Noyon. Between those claws rest a large
German army and untold supplies, to say
nothing Of strategic positions Of great
value to the enemy Direct attack
against this sector would probably cost
too much for the allies, but the same RE-
suit could be accomplished by the clos
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

Whatever may have been the under
lying reason which caused Governor Sam
uel w Mccall Of Massachusetts, to with
draw from the senatorial race, it seems
certain that the action is more or less
in conformity with the spirit of the times
and will be received with proper appre-
citation by the majority of the Republi-
cans of his state at least. When changes
in officials are to be made by reason Of
long established custom or from some
other cause, more or less tenable, it is
well enough in times like these to en-
gage in some measure of contest and con-
troversy; but when persons enter into
a political scramble for an office in which
the present eneumbent might reasonably
be expected to be candidate again it is
harmful to the main cause which is be-
fore the American people at the present
time, the purpose to win the war. Po-
litical strife and political pickering are
bound to detract from the major consid-
GRAFTON, however much one might strive
to maintain full interest in the single
idea Of winning the war. So we say that
no result worthy Of the cost in weakened
American solidarity is likely to be at
tanned by embarking into heated pc.
litical campaign Therefore, Governor
McCall's determination not to contest the
Republican nomination against Senator
Weeks at this time commends itself as
reasonable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

The lying German press has begun to
make excuses for misleading the German
people about the arrival of vast Amer
lean army in France, and it is going
about the task by making further lies,
For instance, the abusrd story that 40
American troopships have been sunk by
the Germans. "Oh what a tangled web
we weave when first we practice to de-
ceive" never was more applicable than
in the case of the Germans ever since
they started this war. The reckoning is
coming, is, in fact, near at hand
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21
NEW 2l-YEAR- oLDS MUST REGIS
TIP

NEW Eli EAIN-OGJ0 DlCDl hE1lo-
TER
It is imperative that all men who have
reached the age of 81 years since June ),
1918, or who will become 81 on Aug. "a,
should be informed that they must reg
lister under the selective service law on
Saturday, Aug. "a. There is POSSIBLE
ity that these DEMONSTRATIONS, that is,
those which come inside the greater reg
istration originally planned, will be over
looked by some Of those liable to service,
with the result that serious eomplica-
tions will arise for the delinquents In
order to avoid such a situation every eff
fort should be made to get all those
liable for registration to carry out that
obligation on Saturday. If any young
man Of your acquaintance is in the class
who have become 81 since June or who
will become of age next Saturday, you
should take the trouble to ask him if he
is bearing the date in mind, Especially
is this impressed upon the parents Of the
young men,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21
white Pine Blister Rust Under Control

In IS of the II localities where out
breaks Of the white-pine blister rust
have been located during the past six
years, the disease has been completely
eradicated through the efforts Of the
United States department Of agriculture
cooperating with state authorities. In
the three remaining localities, eradica.
ton is going on. So far this season the
disease has appeared in only one Of the
localities where it has been previously
eradicated. The blister rust has not been
found in states south Of Pennsylvania
and the Ohio river or west Of the Missis-
sippi river, except Minnesota, Iowa, and
South Dakota. Hundreds Of shipments
Of both pine and currants from infected
regions have been made into these
states, however, and it is possible that
outbreaks may occur Federal authori-
ties are making a diligent search TO 10.
cate any such infections and are pre-
pared to stamp the disease out as soon
as it appears.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21
Guard MIX for Naval Cadets.

The quality Of the milk furnished for
the use Of the futual naval officers Of
the United States navy at Annapolis is
being closely guarded Representatives
Of the dairy division Of the United States
department OF agriculture make monthly
visits to the United States naval academy
dairy at Gambrills, Md, and on each
visit the dairy is scored and the bacte-
rial count is taken Of a number Of sam
pies of milk and recommendation for
improvement are made There are in this
dairy about 200 grade Holstein cows.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BED crosg workers and the slackerg.

Mr. Editor: There appeared in The
you suggest the idea that the reason
supplies are not turned in sooner by the
Red Cross workers is due to the spirit of
the Stacker"
| believe such an implication is UNI
worthy Of place in daily paper such
as you have the honor to edit This is
an especially sensitive time totherwise
might not have been led to reply and
feel sure one ought to be very careful
about applying such term as Stacker
too freely. There can be no question
about the justice of the term TO many in
our land, but | do believe that the last
| place to apply it is to those women who
are giving their time so unselfshly in
the work of the Red Cross. 1t must be
Remembered that those who are supply.
ing the finished products are not those
few who possibly pay their dollar and
| assume their obligation is met, but those
who have also paid the dollar and are
adding thereto their own personal service
in the home and Red Cross room.
1t is true that the returns of finished
products seem to be late, as for instance
the July quotas are not available before
the middle or past Of August But that
you must know full well is not the fault
Of the local worker. Some of us have
| assumed that the June" or "July" quota
meant the quota Of work supposed to be-
accomplished during that designated
month. But as matter of fact the slip.
ulated quota has not been received un.
| til the middle Of the month. In fact, il
is nearing the last of August. now and
no word has been received by the local
branches as to the August quota You
own branch viii bear out this explana.
ton, ! am sure.
1t is also true to my personal knowl
edge that some branches have been I'm,
able to work for two weeks at time
| because of this fact ! am not in a posi-
tion to locate the difficulty. II IS farther
away than | can see.
| The time has been when people were
required to make bricks without straw
but such requirements are not now II
good repute.
! / do not believe you really intended
the implication your editorial conveyed
G. A. Furness,
| Marshfeld, Aug 20, 1918,
| mt ia evident that the writer Of the
above misinterpreted the spirit Of th'
article referred to- We had no inten
tion Of critieizing the patriotic and self
sacrificing women who are giving Their
time willingly to aid in the great Rec
Cross movement, but we did intend t
speak directly to the far greater number
of women in nearly every community
who are not doing what they should d.
in order to aid our soldiers and sailors
who are, indeed, doing nothing to further
the work of the Red Cross If these lat
ter women should take hold along will
those who have been working diligently
for long time it would not be an i'm
possible task for each town to meet It'll
quota on time even though there SHOULD
be some delay in receiving materials, i
was in the hope of squirting on thest
women that we wrote the article whicl
called forth the censure from our Marsh
field friend Ed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

Even though they have lost a million
dollars in deposits during the past year,
the Vermont savings banks and trust
companies are still rather vigorous insti-
tutions with total deposits Of $l23,2ls,-
1854.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

Farmerettes are proving quite salts
factory on large farm near Brattle-
boro; and farmers wives are doing mems
work on nearly every other farm in Yer.
mont. The women are showing much
adaptability to that occupation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

Lieut.. Gov. Roger W. Hulburd might
have slipped into the governors chair
without much trouble had he cared to
run for the Republican nomination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

drive by Pershing's Americans at
this time would not be one of the strang-
est things to happen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

calais is SAFE" says newspaper
headline. That ought to make Cabot
and Woodbury. feel better.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

The Paris Symphony orchestra is on
its way to Boston No doubt it has a
Victory" number in its repertoire.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

See those new suits at Abbott's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-02
U.BOAT TRAPPED. ON
.' THE BOTTOM OF SEA
Discovered by Airplane and Held in
Place by Trawlers Until Explos.
ions Destroy Craft Without
Trace.

London, July 30.-A e port
which has arisen out of the war
hunting German submarines by air
ships described in The Times. The
writer's story concludes with telling
how the crew of the U-boat appar-
emily preferred death to being cap
tured.
One of the crew of an airship
spotted a. submarine lying on the
bed of the ocean, in fairly shallow
water.
"The wireless spanked" reads the
account in The Times, 'and soon
away on the horizon there appeared
a little destroyer, followed far. astern
by four squat trawlers, all racing
toward the spot above which the air.
ship cruised around.
"The destroyer came up first, of
course, and it was not long before,
guided by wireless instructions, her
guns were trained in readiness to
greet the unsuspectihg U-boat should
it bob to the surface. 1t seemed
ages to the impatient crew before
the trawlers arrived, but things NOV
ed rapidly once they were at the
scene of action, for they knew their
job of old.
"Working in pairs they approach
ed their victim from opposing direc-
tions, steaming toward each other.
Between. each pair a strong "sweep"
was stretched an dallowed to hang
in a huge loop that it might traverse
the scaled. The vessels met and
crossed each others tracks immedi-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-02
s. c. AVIATOR IN THRILLING
BATTLE ON WESTERN FRONT

With the American Army at the
Marne, July 28.-Lieutenant Alex
ander McLanahan, of Philadelphia,
and Lieutenant Edward Buford, Of
Nashville, Tenn, engaged two Ger
man double-seaters yer Fere:en-
Tardenois this evening and one Of
the German machines is believed to
have been shot down.
Lieutenant William P. Erwin, pi-
lot, and Lieutenant Byrne Boucom,
Of Milford, Texas, an observer, had
an exciting experience while on an
observation trip. They were attack
ed by seventeen German fighting
planes and their machine was rid
died with bullets but both escaped.
On his first. flight, Friday, Erwin's
observer was shot dead in. mid-air
by a German plotting a captured air
plane.
= Lieutenant James Messner is Of
icially credited with bringing down
four Germans, His fifth victory was
shared with Robert q. Gates, of
..Spartanburg, IS. c.; and Hamilton
Coolidge, of Boston, all three partic-
ipating in the fight.
: Lieutenant Douglass Campbell. of
California, who. is officially credited
with downing seven German planes,
is going to the United States with
Captain Walter, Lowell, of Boston,
to organize training schools to fit
pilots for the actual, 'front.' so they
will, be ready to begin work when
they reach France.
"Aee" Eddie Rickenbacker, of
Columbus, Ohio, has rejoined his
squadron.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-02
COLD SPRING NEWS.
\

Cold Springs, July S1.-Mr. and
Mrs. A.. B. Newell spent Wednesday
of last week with Mrs. F. E. Hagen
and family.
Miss Ruby Uldrick spent the week
end with Miss Ruth Uldrick.
Mr.. and Mrs, C.. B., Kay and two
children spent last Wednesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Culbreath.
e. Mrs. Matte Bowen = is spending
this week with her daughters, Mrs.
T. F. and B. A.: Uldrick.
Mrs Jane McCombs returned
home last week after spending sew
era1 months with her daughter, Mrs
Press Smith of Donalds.
Miss bessie King is spending this
week in Due West the guest of Miss
Selma Watt.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.. Hagen, Mr.,
and Mrs. C. C. and children spent
Sunday at Mr. B.. A. Uldrick's.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Uldrick spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. c. P
McMahan.
Mr.: James Bowen spent a few
days last week with Mr.. Marvin
King 49,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-02
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Is a local disease, greatly in
by constitutional conditions. ano
IN order to cure it you must take an
Internal remedy Halls Catarrh Medi-
ciEe IS taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one Of the best physicians
in this country for years. It Is COM
posed of. some Of the best tonics known
combined with some of the best bloc
purifiers. The perfect combination G
the ingredients in Halls Catarrh Medi
cine Is what produces such wonderful.
results in catarrhal conditions. Send fol-
testimonials. free.
FIJI. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. o
:, All Druggists, 15c.
: Halls Family Pills for constipation.