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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
Advisors Named For
Explosives Chief

E. NJ. Gilkeson. Explosives InsDec-
tor" for West Virginia. has been ad-
vised by the Bureau OFF Mines, Wash
ington, D. c., that the following gen
tIemen have been named as his Ad-
visory committee:
]. w. Reed, National Safety Coun-
Gil and Director Department OF Safe
ty, Consolidation Coal company, FairS
mont, west Virginia; R. P. DeVan,
State Agent. Casualty Insurance COM
pany, Charleston, West Virginia; Earl
A. Henry, Council National Defense
and Chief Mine Inspector, Charleston.
west Virginia; F. W. Shirer The Ma
tional Board OF Fire Underwriters and
states Agent. Springfield Insurance
company, Wheeling, west Virginia;
F. o. Harris, General Superintendent,
CanneIton Coal and Coke company.
Cannelton, West Virginia; Samuel
Davis, Chief Of Police, Huntington.
West Virginia; c. R. Titlow, Director
Agricultural Extension Department,
west Virginia University, Morgan
town, West Virginia; NJ. E. Kent.
General Superintendent, The New Rlv-
er Colleries company, Eccles, West
Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

HI. and Mrs. Keener OF Powell, are
visiting their daughters, MIS- C F.
Malone and Mrs. J. c. Stiles, IN State
street.
ms. Lynn Little and son. Raymond.
OF state street, are visiting relatives
at Shinnston.
MIS-. william Hendricks, Of State
street, Is recovering from two weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ratclin are NOV
ing from Raymond street to q farm
near Winfield
Mr.. and Mrs Hugh McEIroy are NOV
ing from Raymond street to the saun-
ders property in Jacobs street.
Miss Edna Powell, OF Raymond
street. Is nursing Miss Rose Watson
at smithtown. Miss Watson IS very
Mrs Anna westtal1. Of clarksburg,
is the guest OF her mother, Mrs. WI
liam seIby in Market street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conner moved Tues
day from Locust avenue to Mrs Re
5ecca Kaight's property in Guhey
street.
Mr.. George Shoemaker and Mrs.
Frank Cox went to Morgantown this
morning to spend the day with rela-
tlVes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
az PAUL PURMAN.

Tyrus Raymond Cobb will begin his
fourteenth year as major league
ballplayer in April. He is now in
his thirty first year. For many years
he has reigned supreme as the great
est player in baseball. For years he
has been the super-ballplay He
has had no serious rivals in his many
fields Of endeayor. Now and then
some star has come along and chal-
Ienged him, but In the end Ty has
always emerged at the top Even
when Iris Speaker took the batting
lead from him, he remained ahead in
so many other lines that his suprem-
acy was not questioned.
But the time has come to seriously
contemplate the day when Cobb can
no longer outdistance all his team
mates. The super-star has not yet be
gun to fade but 1t has passed the
meridian and must gradually grow
DINNER.
viii there be another super-ball-
player to step into Cobbs shoes as
the idol and wonder Of all bali fans?
Before going into this let's analyze
the qualities super-baAplay must
possess
He must be young. He must have
baseball brains, and be lightning
quick thinker. He must possess a
great throwing arm and must be fast
on his feet. He must have an accu-
rate batting eye
But he must have more than this.
He must have the ambition to push
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
protecting Gardens.

In an effort to protect every war
garden in Monongah this summer,
Mayor T. G. Price has made an an
'nouncement Of new ordinance which
was recently passed by the town
council, the regulations OF which com
pei owners of chickens, ducks, geese,
cows and gots to keep such animals
on their own premises from April 1
until November 1.
The announcement made by Mayor
Price reads as follows: Beginning
April 1 all chickens, ducks, geese,
cows and goats must be kept on the
premises of their owner until Novem-
Der !, 1918. violators Of the above
ordnance viii certainly be punished.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

himself ahead. He must have the ten
aciousness which viii not admit de-
feat In spite Of obstacles. He must
have selfconfdence enough to know
he is the greatest ballplayer IN the
world without being egotistical about
it.
There is one young ballplayer who
has most Of these Requirements ana
is r,apidly developing others
George Sisler, pitcher, first base
man. outfelder, baserunner, $50 bat
ter, is the future super.ballplayer II
he retains his ambition and IL ne get
more fire into his play.
Cobb is the most dangerous nase-
runner In baseball, not because ne IS
the speediest runner. but because ne
has the determination to steal bases;
Cobb is the greatest hitter IN baseoaA
not because he is the greatest natuI-
al hitter, nor because he has the oesES
batting eye, but because he uses
brains and determination with his nat
uraI and physical assets.
George SisIer has everything Cooo
has physically. He is a better helder
than Cobb. He has not yet developed
the determination and fire that has
made Cobb the most wonderful OF an
balIpIayers. Perhaps he will never de-
veIop it to the extent Ty has.
But watch Sisler.
he is on Cobb's trail as a batter, as
a baserunner, as collector Of extra
base hits. He's the next super-baN
player If he wants to be; If he cares
to work as Cobb has worked to get
where he is.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
PERSONALS.

Ralph Gaskins. was in Fairmont
for a short while this morning attend
ing to business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Yoder were In
Fairmont yesterday evening calling
on friends.
II. B. Rose. Of Pittsburg. was In
Monougah this morning as a BUSINESS
translator.
Leonard Harden was in Fairmont
for short while yesterday evening.
Marvin Morris was among the To-
cal callers in Fairmont yesterday eve
ming.
MT. and Mrs. Claud Davis, OF near
Monongah. were in Fairmont yester-
day evening.
Mrs. ". G. swager, OF Fairmont,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
ling Matches
On Gle g M CA Alleys

Two interesting bowling matches
= 10 rolled on the Y. NJ. C. A. alleys
ySesssterdsy evening. The first match
Big victory for the Monongah
Class team which defeated the Mining
sSlsinery team in three straight
nsss: The Gardner-Steele-W hipple
conb4nation was going to perfection
the second match the HARLEY
sEITs took. two out of three games from
fSs consolidation Coal Company
team The scores for both matches
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

present were Margaret Sayers, Carlos
and Clifton Travis, Percy and Elton
Satterdeld, Ruby Stanley, Lillian NC
Ginnis, Reva Austin, Charles and FL
don Hall, John Hess, Ladie and Londo
Brown, Charles Shaw, Olive and Mary
Holt, Bruce Rumble, Velma and Mil
dred Morgan, Virginia and Ralph Ma
lone, Lila Brown, Denzel. Dale Dor
othy, Darrell and Lillian Steele. Mrs.
Steele was assisted in entertaining by
Mrs. Frank Tichneu and Mrs. Russell
Malone.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
Returns Home.

C1ere Costello who has been at
Camp Shelby, Miss for the past sew.
eral months, is home on his first fur,
Tough. Costello enlisted in the old
First west Virginia regiment while
it was stationed at Camp Cornweil.
After a furloug1 Of several days In
Monongah with friends and relatives
he will return to the southern can
Torment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
MONONGAH
Roydoh In Town.

Buie Boydon, one OF the young men
from Monongah who have been draft
ed into the national army arrived in
Monongah this morning 60 spend a
several day furlough with his pa
rents and local friends. Boydoh was
drafted from the county board going
direct to Camp Lee. He was later
transferred to Camp Greene, Char
lotte, n. c., where he is now stationed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
Birthday Party
street.

Mrs. Luther Steele. OF Raymond
street. gave party Wednesday after
noon for her son and daughter, Dale
ard Dorothy, in celebration Of their
birthday anniversaries. The little
folks spent a very pleasant interval
from $3.50 until five O'Clock and deli
cious refreshments were served. Those
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
MoVfna Here.

M and Mrs.. D. T. Gregory, Of Web
ster Springs, are moving into apart
ments in Mrs.. Belle HaGgerty's house
Mr.. Gregory IS employed in the audit
ing department OF the Consoltdatd ton
Coal COMPANY.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

A wooden soled, zinc protected
shoe. designed for use in the truck
patch or garden may be found of ser
vice for soldiers in trenches.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

traeted With Rev. Job Jones and cl1ill-
idrento give concert At the church On
Tuesday evening, March IS. The Jones
family need no tnroductfon % East
side residents as they have BEEN here
before and VIII no doubt have large
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
EAST SIDE
NEWS =
MirlIanarY Meetil1a.

The VEou1auss Missionary society OF
the sl4tiae Baptist church will meet
a5: afternoon at $50 o'clock az
ome:ot Mrs. Rosetta Maple. =
80 Sttendanee is desired
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
a New Son.

Son vas bora Monday TO 3Er. and
q. a. Extend En Gu&ey street.
e1dh has been named Can Edward
SEsl.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

Guests OF Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Wells.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard B. Atha, of
Washington, D. c., we're guests Of Rev.
and Mrs. j. E. Wells in Market street
Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Nisitinn Her sister.

Miss Jack Virginia Furbee. OF Mid
dlebeurne, arrived in the city last even
ing and win spend a month with her
sister, Mrs. J. z. Wells, in Market
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

Hamilton. who was here to see
terswho Is IN Cook hospital. has
ilSECFned 70 his home It RichWooI
VI 1eEs e va The E1egt of 4A
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At clarksbura.

Marshall Prunty left the city We'd
nesday morning for Clarksburg where
he has accepted a, position. Mr.. Prun-
ty whose hone IS at Pullman, near
Parkersburg was employed by the Con
soHdation Coal company while in Fair
mont
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q Bic n. 3. chureh.

clSiland requests that all the
"A S9srg :of the First II. P. Sunday
s5e6I meet her At the church on
day evening for Easter practice
% not fail to come.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

Concert.
The McElfresh class Of the Diamond
Street NJ. E. Sunday school have con-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

cousin, Mrs. A. P. Ear. in Sac street
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21
FOR EJMBAGl
Try NEusteroIe See How
Quickly II Relieves

You just rub Musterole IN briskIy. and
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soothing comfort comes to take its place.
M3steEole Is q clean, white Ointment,
made With Oh Of mustard. Use It instead
Of mustard plaster. WIN not blister.
Many doeton and nurses use Muster.
ole and recommend e 20 Their patients
They VII gladly ten you what relief L
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p1euriSy. rheumatism, lunbago PAINS and
aches Of the back or JOINTS, spEainS, sore
muscles bruises, ctiIblaInE frosted feet
colds Of the chest (it often prevents
posunonf8). Always dependable.
80 and zoe jas hospital G2e$ $50
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02
THE MAN WHO STARTED 1T.

"The man who started the war
what an awful fame?
Yet that is the way poor Gavrio
Prinzip will be known throughout all
time!
Prinzip died yesterday in a fortress
near Prague. where he had been con
fined ever since his conviction for the
assassination of the Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and wife.
An impetuous college student with a
mind not wholly balanced, Prinzip was
an excellent tool for the conspira-
tors whose crimes precipitated the
bloodiest war of all time The shots
that he fired that memorable July
day were truly shots that were heard
around the world.
The assassination gave Austria. and
then Germany, an excuse to make an
unreasonable demand upon Serbia,
whose refusal to comply with it re-
suited in the ultimatum of war.
OF course, the stage was all set for
the war The Kaiser had planned ii
for years. All Germany expected it
hoped for it, and looked forward to
The Day" when France would be
crushed and Great Britain humbled
With machine-like precision, the great
German military organization speeded
developments, until that fateful Aug
ust day when Prussian troops crossed
the Belgian border and started or
their remorseless sweep through that
unfortunate country.
The name of the man who built the
NUAdCt Aui I<pnGSldh uOI16 IS III
known to history, but the name of the
boy who fired it is remembered yet. But
/ it will be different with Kaiser Viii.
helm. He will be known through the
ages as the accused Attila of mod.
ern times who plotted this terrible
war. Poor Gavrio Phinzip may &c
down on the pages of history as "the
man who started the war" but credit
for its conception and execution will
ever be fastened on the German EN-.
peror, for it was he, rather than the
! half-crazed Serbian youth, who caused
it, and who will be punished for it,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

To the voter of the Southwestern
judicial Circuit:
| beg leave to announce my candi-
dacy for Office of Solicitor General, in
September primary.
If elected shall perform. with cour
age and fidelity the duties fixed by
law upon the holder of this Office.
My conception Is that there can be
such policy of its administration. ae
that the Office will stand as menace
to wrong-doing, and as well, posi-
tive aid and encouragement 10 con-
structive good and peace to the coun-
ties of the circuit.
Every effort will be made to make
practical realization of this concep
ton
Opportunity for extended service is
the strongest reason for this decision
Will sincerely appreciate and try
hard to Justify any confidence an In
terest shown in my race.
Respectfully.
JULIE FELTON,.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02
SPORT-CRAZY.

In Brand Whitlocks articles on Bel
GUM, in Everybody's Magazine, there
is an Illuminating commentary on
sports and their influence on charac-
ter.
Almost as much has been said of
German discipline as of German or
ganization," writes Mr.. Whitlock.
There is, of course, much of both in
Germany. but the discipline is mostly
of the military kind. There seems to
be little self-disciplina
There are no sports in Germany,
and the sense of fair play is not de-
veloped; the idea of playing the
game does not exist 1t is said tina;
German schoolboys Sc nothing out Of
the way in switching in informing,
and are encouraged to do so"
Doesn't that explain numberless
things that we haven't been able to I'M
derstand in the conduct of the Ger
mans during the war? They have no
sports. Their young men do not play
the vigorous give-and-take games that
develop strength of mind and charac-
ter along with strength of body. There
are no national sports like baseball
or football. There is scarcely any
: tennis There are no college track
meets. There is little athletic com
petition of any sort Instead of sports,
they drink beer and sing, or take
walks Those pasttimes may be well
enough in their way, but they don't
develop the sense of fair play that has
! become instructive with two great out
door sport nations, their British and
| the Americans.
We and our British friends have
been accused of being sport-crazy.
The Germans particularly have criti-
cised us for wasting so much time
or athletic games, when we might be
! training our minds We may have
overdone it, but the results speak
for themselves. In the supreme game
F.: CT war. the sporting nations fight
clean. 1t is the nation without sports
that has done the dirty fighting" and
set the standard of this war at its
lowest mark since Europe first rose
above sheer savogsry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02
GERMAN METHODS.

It has been decided that the sur
geons and stretcher- bearers of the
American army shall no longer wear
the red and white brassard which indi-
Gates their noncombatant character.
The reason is easily guessed. That
humanitarian symbol makes too good a
target for Hun marksmen.
ct is established beyond doubt, y
says the New York Sun, THAT Ger
man sharpshooters have been decorat-
ed for hitting the noncombatants en-
gagged in aiding the wounded"
There is no question of the fact the
shooting of men engaged solely in the
work of mercy has become common
practice on the part of German troops.
A captured German officer is said to
have confessed that the medical men
of the American forces have been
marked for death.
It's all a matter of Prussian eff
cheney. AS that officer explained the
Hun leaders figure that the death of
one army surgeon equals the loss of
500 soldiers, and stretcher-bearer
counts as much as 16 infantrymen.
It's economy of ammunition and effort,
then, to kill these men, instead
of the fighters.
And this may help to explain why
German gunners fire on Red Cross
ambulances and why German airmen
bomb military hospitals and torpedo
hospital ships Very likely it isn't
the wounded soldiers they want to
kill; it's the doctors and their help
ers The military value of nurse
isn't expressly given, but a slain Red
Cross nurse is probably reckoned, in
Prussian arithmetic, as equivalent to
least 20 or 80 fighting men killed.
In this, as in everything else in
yolving question of fairness, justice,
nanliness and decency, the Prussian
overlords reckon wrong. They can
not see that outside of Germany there
is different set of morals, and a
different system of military arithmetic.
For every doctor or nurse or stretcher
bearer shot down by a cowardly foe,
thousand men rush to arms. And
sc in this matter, as in all others,
Prussianism invites its own doom.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

To The Voters of The Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the Office of Solicitor General for
the remainder of the unexpired term
of the late Hon. j. r. Williams, the
election to take place In the Septem-
Der primaries.
have been filling by appointment
the first part of said term and am
rcw asking TO be permitted to
serve the remaining two years there,
Of If elected l shall give to the Office
the same conscientious and painstak-
ing attention that I have heretofore
given it, and I shall sincerely appre-
cate the endorsement and support OF
the people of this circuit. Respect
fully JOHN A. FORT.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02
WHEN WILL 1T END :

1t may be rash to attempt any an
swer to the great question upbermost
in mems minds for nearly four years,
When will the war end So many
guesses have proved wrong But the
decisive factors are now fewer in
number, and better known; and the
chances of figuring right, or guessing
right, are better than ever before.
A British war Correspondent, W.
Beach Thomas, now in this country,
gives an answer which is rather con-
vincing. He doesn't expect any great
change in the positions of the battle
front, from now on until the end.
There will be oscillations, he says,
victories and defeats at this and that
spot in the line And finally some
day there will be battle that really
means something, "a symptomatic de-
feat and victory from which any OBJ
server, whether he is a seer or no,
will be able to deduce with some GER
tainty the progressive decline of one
side or the other"
On that significant day, who will be
the victor and who the vanquished?
1t is inconceivable to the mind of any
leaders among the Allies, he says,
that the progressive decline" indicat-
ed by such defeat can come to them
while America with her 100000, 900
people and resources that defy arith-
metic, is heart and soul in the cause .
Neither is it conceivable to any Of us.
That symptomatic defeat will come
to the Central Powers And it will
make it unnecessary for us to fight
on and drive the Germans out of Bel
GUM and France and beyond the
Rhine Germany will not wait
neither her population nor her army
authorities will permit it'll she
tumbles back in successive failures
upon her own frontiers, and the tar
gets for the growing hordes of airmen
come nearer and nearer, and the boom
of the Liberty Engine at last plays
foreign music over German cities
Germany will recognize defeat, and
make quickly the best terms she can.
And when will that be? Next year,
replies Mr.. Thomas The decisive bat
tie may be expected in the spring or
summer, and the Central Powers will
strain every effort to make peace be-
fore the winter of 1919 That is to be
Americas year" the year of victory.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS

To The People of the Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
l respectfully announce myself a
candidate for the office of Solicitor
General of the Southwestern circuit
in the coming state primary. prom
ise. If elected. to perform the duties of
the ONCE, to the best of my ability, and
in strict accord with the obligations
imposed by law upon the holder of
this responsible position.
l 6ill greatly appreciate the support
of the people of this circuit in the com
ing primary G. Y. HARRELL.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

The city marshal is collecting three
dollars street tax from the men of
Americas: However, it's worth three
dollars to stand on the streets and
watch the short skirt parade
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

Most amateur gardeners get dis
gusted before the spring is half gone
when they figure out that every toma
40 has cost them about sixty cents
each.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

To the Voters of the Southwestern
Judicial Circuit:
/ hereby announce my candidacy
for election to the office of solicitor
general of the Southwestern judicial
circuit, subject to the Democratic pri-
mary, to be held on the second We'd
nesday in September.
I will appreciate your support, and,
If elected. I promise to discharge the
duties of this Office with fidelity and to
the best of my ability.
Respectfully,
Jack CHILDERS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

Military blouses will be all the rage
for the ladies this summer This
means that they can leave their knit
ting bags at home and carry their
shopping purchases somewhere else.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

Now that the Methodist general con-
Terence is in session in Atlanta, it is
mot unreasonable to expect a high
mortality among the chickens in that
community.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

China is to send troops to the front
in France. Now We may expect to
near of less laundry trouble being ex-
Perienced by Sammies "over there"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

How many inches of stocking should
show between the hem of the skirt
and the top of the shoe is a question
that has not been definitely settled
However. we think that it depends al
together on whether the stocking is
silk or cotton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

A man will spend an hour in the
drug store store talking to another
mans wife, but if his own wife wants
min to buy her dope he is generally
So busy that he really hasn't time
no go.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-02

Whenever you tell woman you like
her dress, no matter if she paid a
hundred dollars for it and has fifty
oother dresses. she will say, I'm glad
you like tits only a simple little
thing, and, besides, it's the only one
I've got!''