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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-31
SUCCESS THAI MEANS RUIN

= ERMAN bathe bulletins claim large successes in the
II campaign now going on, but there does not seem 10
be the slightest alarm on the Allied side Of the hne.
Indeed there every indication that The situation is viewed
with entire confidence and satisfaction
A month or FIVE weeks ago the German bulletins also
were full Of statements Of villages and prisoners taken and
munitions Of war that had fallen into their hands, but when
the time came the Allied line st6ened and the victorious
German amy sustained defeat which put an end to the
whole operation.
That kind Of German successes would. if kept up, use
up The German reserve long before the present summer is
over and make peace by military decision possible this
year. hing which none Of the experts have yet been will
ing 70 say they expected
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ing Of the old South SIDE bFsdse?
WY, even - NOVOE hASat iSsaed
q proclamation.
But ~ iOlks VIII be OOFuy v zee
Il %.
ESpOOi0lly when they I'D out how
Ne n. '. {, has hoGSd JieEs6I'
street with - construction Of tat
temporary htiEbt STATEN.
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o. 6lfiDg ~ M ~ lis hGHO
800 ~ - q S;onSIi -,
~ 80 e; d "a dOti,
. lnd UndogB rad GtAiFIG1aS
thefe probably VI b . change IN TIE
PHYSICAL appepgUco O the South side
gflS hoinrO ~
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regiment and that an effort is being
made to fill such vacancies with ex.
perienced band men. Lieutenant
Colonel Arnold is very enxious to have
the newspapers in the various sections
Of the state give publicity 10 this fact
in order that properly qualified must.
clans may be enlisted as members Of
the band of the l50th Infantry should
there be any who desire such military
service.
A good band, as Colonel Arnold
very pertinently remarks, is one Of the
distinguishing features OF the regi.
ment and it is the hope Of the l50th
Infantry to build up and maintain the
band Of that organization as the best
in the division.
Band men who are interested should
address the Adjutant Of the 150th In.
fantry, giving their experience and the
name Of the instrument played.
Yours very truly.
JAS. w. WEIR,
Secretary to the Governor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-31

John J. Il on tie firing line for c. ".
WOAAOT bow BAl feels about that!
We're OPposed to holidays in hot
weather..
when yea haven't got . lot Of work
80 ypu lave lot OF time to worry
a101t the heat.
Aad b thoroughly uncomfortable
MenoEiAl dSy was q great success
hOIS6lbOaG
~, O.dgOWHing nor q auto wreck
tO'F6I5EG
There was, however. serious dOplO-
ton OF the FoeoTH0 supply Of GaS.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-31

Radishes mature in two Or three
weeks and can be Sown wherever
there is room. Surplus may BE- sold
to neighbor or the corner grocery
store II tied in bundles. Many q War
Savings Stamp can be bought By the
children from the proceeds Of garden
sales.
Hoe before the FIRST weed appears.
Hoe even II there are no weeds,
thus keeping tn moisture beneath the
surface where the plants roots can
get H.
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s.aas Of Ohio. City Of TOlsaa

StaAO Of Ohio. City Of Toledo.
Lucas County. @.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ~
Q senior partner Of the arm Of y. III
Cheney & Co.. doing business ln the City
Of Toledo, County and state Aforesaid.
and that said lrm will pay the sum 81
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Tor each
and every case Of CatarFh that cannot -
cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn 20 before me and subscribed n
my presence, this 9Th day o. Decomhof,
4. D. 1856 A. W. GLEASON,
(SeaO Notary Public.
Halls CataFFh Medicine q taken IN
eeFnAlly and acts through the BLOOD on
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. send
Tor testimonials, free.
=. J. CHENEY q CO., Go,sao. q,
Old BY all druggists, &c.
Halls Family Pills for con11ug
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Reports from the eastern end Of the state indicate
that the apple crop will be only about half the normal
yield. The obvious moral for in that is that what
apples grown IN this section should be carefully
taken Of and made to do the utmost possible
vice. Apple waste lie one Of the most common Of all
leaks % the average farm and country place
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-31

In view Of the general recession Of the Allied lire the
time may be close at hand when We will have to give
back 70 the Germans the village Of Cantigny but yes
terday and the day before the who are there made
it toeraby plain that they did not intend to give it up
until they are ready on their own initiative to do it.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-31

Director General McAdoos warning to the employees
Of the railroads. that strike a blow against
the government was couched in the most consderate
and friendly terms but there is world Of meaning be-
hind that phrase. blow at the government and II the
men are not satisfied with conditions they will do well
to avoid taking matters in their own hands
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-31

Governor Cornwell has come out in strong endorse
ment Of the Watson candidacy for the Senate without
doubt the Governor thoroughly sincere in the posi-
ton he has taken. but II ex-senator Chiffon jumps to
the conclusion that the Governor would have remained
on the fence during the primary contest if Chiffon had
shown less disposition to act II West Virginia we're
a Chiffon barony he probably will not be far wrong.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
BAND WANTS VOLUNTEERS.

CHARLESTON. May 2s.-[Editor
The West Virginian. IL have received
a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Jack.
son Arnold, Of 150th Infantry, Camp
Shelby, Miss, better known as the old
Second West Virginia Regiment, in
which he states that there are a num-
Der Of vacancies In the band Of that
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-31

Fairmont High school athletes made a most credit
able showing at the field and track meet held at West
Virginia university Saturday. and the meet ITSELF the
Arst Of the kind to be held at w. " IT, was an athletic
event Of hrst rate importance It iS clear that with
ltte encouragement this sport annual can be developed
into fixture Of considerable athletic prominence and
a decided benefit to the cause Of amateur sport.
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RUFF STUFF

"Huntington'S leading industry" The
Charles RoIdt company. asks your
glppOF" 3 boon edition OF one Of
the HuntihgtOa IAO0US.
Il needs IT,
TIE BOldt COMPANY makes WhiOhoy,
bOtdtS.
Speaking q celebrations 81 sch
Which nObOdV. - q OouUSo.
But isn't some one SONG o % Oul
Nd shed few tears oGet the pass.
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You Can't Put / Over

II you lack the pep and ginger that
can only come from perfect health.
Thousands Of people who work every
day are not sick, but they just don't
feel we'll. They tire easily. memory
lags. they do not enjoy their food,
work is a task and they are all IN at
night and fail to sleep we'll. Those
are natures warnings that your stom.
ach and liver are sluggish and need
gentle aid that will put tone into these
important organs OF the body. Serious
illness and a complication Of diseases
are often avoided by promptly needing
the call OF nature for help. You should
90 to your nearest drug store and ask
for jays Persotone and take a tablet
as needed to correct your trouble and
put you in fair fighting trim once
again. This PREPARATION is absolutely
free from habit-foFming drugs and It's
medicinal ingredients are such as are
prescribed by Americas most eminent
stomach and liver specialist for condi.
tions Of this kind. Win not grippe.
Guaranteed, SOC and 800. The Pepso.
tone Company, Huntington, W. Va.
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should be noted WITH pride that the attendance at
the special services in al the churches yesterday was
large and that the audiences contained large percent
age Of men.
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What People Say
and Some Side Remarks

Charles Randall at one time a Fair.
monter, now connected with Riley &
Riley's hardware store at Shinnston,
was among those who heartily ap.
plauded the playing Of the Elks band
OF Warrington at Shinnston's Decora-
ton Day celebration. He observed:
"It Is a shame that Shannston
has no band. / counted up and
Shiunston has fifteen of sixteen
band musicians. All they would
have to do is to get together"
H II. Rose, executive secretary 10
j. Walter Barnes, Federal Fuel Ad.
ministrator Of West Virginia, was the
speaker at the Shinnston celebration
and was introduced by Mayor John
B. Wyatt as being "of New Martins.
Vile" Mr.. Rose Just recently moved
from New Martinsville TO Fairmont
and was raised at Warrington so he
corrected the presiding officer Of the
occasion:
Il used to be from New Mar.
tinsville. I came from there and
l am glad | came"
This was not a knock at New Mar.
lnsville but a well deserved boost for
Fairmont.
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bIanA AID o. lns iiiy aIe playing eo,in. nin uio
BE- % feline sad 8 a bl.il WIN 1 eons. b PoIiel
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-31

Hats designed to wear with sum.
mer Apparel The collection here
shows a distinctive originality IN
shapes and trimming effects, that
will not fail TO please the most
discriminating aste. You'll ad.
mlre the whole collection MilanS,
trimmed with white wing and flow.
ers; leghorns with rose and blue
flowers. Also black hats IN LiserO
and Milan.
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ing along the road, without their guns,
a few of them being slightly wounded.
Some of them looked scared and 9TH
ers happy, but they all seemed tired.
Then we heard some singing, and pret.
ty soon we could see an Irish corporal
stepping along behind the Huns, with
his rifle slung over his back, and
fle bit and then sing some more. He
had a grin on him that pushed his
ears back.
The British noncom who was de-
tailed as our guide sang out: What
kind of time are you having, Pat?"
The Irishman saluted with one
hand, dug the other into his pocket
and pulled out enough watches to
make you think you were in pawn
shop. "Oh, a foin toim I'm havin',"
he says. 81 got wan from each of thin
fellas." We counted fourteen prison.
ers in the bunch. Pat sure thought he
was rolling in wealth.
After we were rested up we were
issued rifles, shrapnel helmets and
belts, and then started down the COM
muntcation trench. These trenches
are entrances to the fighting trenches
and run at varying angles and vary.
ing distances apart. They are sell
dom wide enough to hold more than
one man, so you have to march single
file in them. They wind in and out,
according to the lay of the land, some
parts Of them being more dangerous
than others. When you come to a
dangerous spot you have to crawl
sometimes.
There are so many cross trenches
and blind alleys that you have to have
q guide for long time, because with
out one you are apt to walk through
an embrasure in a fire trench and
right out into the open, between the
German front line and your own.
Which is hardly worth while!
If any part of the line is under fire,
the guide at the head Of the line Is on
the lookout for shells, and when he
hears one coming he gives the signal
and you drop to the ground and walt
until it bursts. You never get all the
time you want, but at that you have
plenty of time to think about things
while you are lying there with your
face In the mud, waiting to hear the
sound of the explosion. When you
hear it, you know you have got at least
one more to dodge. If you do not hear
it-well, most likely you are worrying
more about tuning your thousand
string harp than anything else.
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The German WAY.

/ remember one day having passed
through small farming village very
badly burned and shattered, not by
shells. but by explosions from inside
the houses. / was just about to ask
my officer why this village had been
so punished, when, as we came outside,
my attention was attracted to a con-
spicuous little fiat-topped hill, with it's
level summit quite clear of the low
woods that covered the hills sides. The
top had been cleared and smoothed
50 that it could be planted in grain,
and it stood out vivid and beautiful
green, in contrast with the dark tree
covered slopes. I spoke of the hill
and its conspicuous top to my officer.
''Yes," he replied angrily, "the last
French spy to be landed from an air
plane was put down right here on that
fiat top. We could not catch him.
We think he hid in this village"
My unuttered question about the
village was already answered.-Vernon
Kellogg in Atlantic.
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VERY LIKE MOST MOTHERS
Mrs. Ripple at First Could See Very
Little in Girl Her Son Had
Chosen for Wife.

Years ago, when the BillOws were
trying to keep Dora from marrying
Nathaniel Ripple, Mrs. Ripple was try
ing to keep Nathaniel from marrying
Dora. The Billows didn't think much
of the Ripple family, Claude Callan
writes in Kansas City Star. In fact,
they told Dora that If she took Ma
thaniel she would be marrying be-
meath herself.
Mrs. Ripple didn't know that the
Billows considered themselves better
than the Ripples, so she was not angry
at the family. And she liked Dora.
II think Dora is a good, sweet
GIRL" she said to her son, 'but any
body can look at her and tell she isn't
able to do a days work.
You can do as you please, but If I
were you | never would marry a deli
cate girl like Dora. / know how much
work woman has to do in a home and
l know that Dora Billow can't do 1t.
III you were able to hire help it would
be all right. Your poor old mother
never has had any help, but would be
glad for my sons wives to keep help
If my sons could afford 1t.
snow, as l said, haven't a word to
say against Dora, but If l were you
and wanted to marry l would find a
girl strong enough to make q good
\ wife. 1t is nice to be pretty. Your
papa will tell you that l was pretty
when l married him, but beauty counts
for very little If a woman Is too weak
to do her work.
"Just look at your Cousin Henry's
wife. She is sick half the time, and
that poor boy has to spend every dol
lar he makes. If Nora had been a big,
| strong woman, who could have helped
| him, he would be well fixed today"
After listening to this talk Nathaniel
married Dora and in about a month
| his mother visited them. When she
returned home she said to Mr.. Ripple:
81 think Nathaniel married mighty
well. That little girl had all the
| clothes on the line when / got there,
and they were as pretty and white as
| YOU ever saw. l said from the very
beginning that Dora would make Ma
thaniel good wife,"
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| festive American manner, but, as 1
say, we got to like 1t after a while.
Then, too, they do not do any hazing
In the French navy, and this surprised
us. We had expected to &c through
the mill just as we did when we Joined
the American service, but nobody slung
| hand at us. On the contrary, every
garby aboard was kind and decent and
extremely courteous, and the fact that
we were from the States counted lot
with them. They used to brag about
II to the crews of other ships that were
not so honored.
But this kindness we might have ex-
pected. II is Just like Frenchmen In
any walk of life. With hardly an ex-
ception, / have never met one Of this
nationality who was not anxious to
help you In every way he could; ex-
| tremely generous, though not reckless
with small change, and almost always
CHEEKY and there with a smile In any
weather. A fellow asked me once why
It was that almost the whole world
loves the French, and told him II was
because the French love almost the
whole world, and show 1t. And think
that is the reason, too.
About the only way you can describe
the Poilus, on land or sea, is that they
are gentle. That is, you always think
that word when you see one and talk
TO him-unless you happen to see him
within bayonet distance of Fritz.
The French sailors sleep between
decks In hunks, instead of hammocks,
and % 4. mad not slept in bunk since
my southerndown days. 1t was pretty
hard on me. So / got hold of some
heaving line, which is one-quarter-inch
rope, and rigged up a hammock. In
my spare time taught the others how
to make them, and pretty soon every.
body was doing 1t.
| When l taught the sailors to make
hammocks, l figured, Of course. that
they would use them as we did-that
is, sleep in them. They were greatly
pleased at first, but after they had
tried the stunt of getting in and stay
ing In, 1t was another story. A ham
mock is like some other things-it
works while you sleep-and II you are
not on to 1t, you spend most of your
sleeping time hitting the floor. Our
gun captain thought had put over O
trick hammock on him, but did not
need to; every hammock Is a trick
hammock.
Also, / taught them the way we
make mats out of rope, to use while
sleeping on the steel gratings near the
entrance to stoke holes. In cold wealth
er this part Of the ship is more com
Portable than the ordinary sleeping
quarters, but without mat 1t gets toe
hot.
American soldiers and sailors get
the best food In the world. but while
the French navy chow was not fancy
1t was clean and hearty, as they say
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CHAPTER ~.
On the Eirind Line.

When / reported on the Cassard
after my fourteen days leave, I was
detailed with detachment Of the
legion to go to the Flanders front.
changed into the regular uniform of
the legion, which Is about like that of
the infantry, with the regimental
badge-a seven-famed grenade.
We Travelled from Brest by rail, In
third-class cars, passing through La
Havre and st. Pol, and finally arriving
at Bergues. From Bergues we made
the trip to Dixmude by truck-a dis
tance of about twenty miles. We car
ried no rations with us, but at certain
places along the line the train stopped,
and we got out to eat our meals. AT
every railroad station they have booths
or counters, and French girls work day
and night feeding the Poilus. II was a
wonderful sight to see these girls, and
1t made you feel goed to think you
were going to fight for them.
1t was not only what they did. but
the way they did II, aud II Is at things
Ike this that the French beat the
world. They could tell Just what kind
of treatment each Poilu needed, and
they saw to 1t that he got 1t. They
took special pains with the men Of the
legion, because. as they say. we are
'Straassrs." and that meaAA "tns bssi
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-09-27
One Woman's Work,

Great was the excitement in a GER
tain small town. The local ladies de-
cded to hold an exhibition of woman's
work with view to providing treat
for wounded soldiers. While the COM
mittee was busily engaged in arranging
the exhibits to the best advantage in
the city hall there came timid knock
at the door.
When the door was opened q
strengthening object entered. 1t was
a man; his face mass of scratches,
his hair stood out around his head like
fluffy grass, his collar was dangling
loosely behind, and his clothes were
little better than rags.
please, I've come" he said simply.
"But-but," stammered the lady Sec
retary, "this is not a museum; it's a
display of specimens of woman's
work"
That's all right" he replied, defect
edly; "Pm a specimen of woman's
work. k."-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
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we have is yours" to the French. These
French women, young and old. could
be a mother and sweetheart and a
sister all at the same time to any hairy
old ex-convict In the legion, and do 1t
in a way that made him feel like lit
tie boy at the time and a rich church
member afterwards. The only thing
we did not like about this trip was
that there were not enough stations
along that line. There is a tip that
the French engineers will not take,
am afraid.
There is another thing about the
French women that have noticed, and
that is this: There are pretty girls in
every country under the sun, but the
plain girls in France are prettier than
the plain ones In other countries. They
might not show 1t in photographs, but
IN action there is something about
them that you cannot explain. 1 have
never seen an ugly French girl who
was not easy to look at.
We finally got to Dixmude, after
having spent about eighteen hours on
the way. On our arrival one company
was sent to the reserve trenches and
my company went to the front line
trench. We were not placed in train
ing camps, because most of us had
been under fire before. l never had,
but that was not supposed to make
any difference. They say If you can
stand the legion you can stand any.
thing.
Before we entered the communica-
ton trench. we were drawn up along
side of crossroad for a rest, and to
receive certain accoutrements. Pretty
soon we saw a bunch Of Boches com.
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Ruth is just three years Old. Re-
Gently she has been playing with the
neighborhood children, and has learned
to use words which until then had
been foreign to her vocabulary. The
other day she was on her back porch.
The screen door came TO with a bang,
tipping over the chair in which were
her playthings. Darn :" she exploded,
wrathfully. Immediately her mother,
who had heard the expression, came to
the porch. "What did you say, Ruth?"
she demanded.
Ruth looked up from the scattered
playthngs and smiled her most allur-
Ing smile 'Scuse me, mamma" she
returned
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-09-27
Spirit of France.

AS in the early days of 1914, French
troop trains are decked with poppies
and roses, with every flower of field
and garden. And just as in those days,
when the war was young, the poilu
after four years, rides up to the front
blithely, Justify singing and with roses
stuck in his cap and blouse. Germany
told the world that France was "bled
white" Germany lied, and knew that
sine lied. The soul Of France, reflected
in the eyes and voices of her fighting
men, is both unvanquished and unvan'
quishable.-Stars and Stripes, Paris.
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down East. For breakfast we had
bread and coffee and sardines; at noon
a boiled dinner, mostly beans, which
were old friends of mine. and of the
well-named navy variety; at four In
the afternoon, a pint Of vino. and at
six. supper of soup, coffee. bread and
beans.
Although the French "seventy-flve"
Is the best gun In the world, their ma
val guns are not as good as ours. and
their gunners are mostly older men.
But they will giveia youngster a gun
rating II he shows the stuff.
Shortly after went aboard the Cas-
sard, We received instructions to pro-
ceed to Spezia. Italy, the large italian
naval base. The voyage was without
incident but when We dropped anchor
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-09-27
Briton Conquers Bees.

There is at least one man in Eng
land whose nerves have not been
budged by the war
He was bicycling from Newton Pag-
nell recently when a swarm of bees
settled on his hat. He alighted calm
ly and impersonated a lamp post un-
til beeman came and hived the
bees.
The stOid hero was not Stung.