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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-04
EVERY VIVA. IlLER
CONTINUED from Page oae.)

ard shirker must be put 20 work
therefore. ask yen TO diligently
enforce the statute without ieaT or
favor.
OFFICIALS OF Charleston and hunt
ir-ton showing what has been ac-
compl;shed b effective enforce
1ueut OF this law in those cities.
In his letter TO the county COUNCILS
Secretary Sullivan said:
Some days ego Hon John j.
Cor:.wen. Governor and Chairman
of the West Virginia State Coun-
Gil of Defense, made an appeal TO
she newspaper editors of the state
<oF their assistance IN the enforce
ment OF the idleEess and vagraocy
AS he set forth IN his letter,
there are many communities IN
West Virginia where this act IS
not being enforced. The County
Councils can DE effective in the
rigorous but reasonable enforce
nIent OF tiis act By directly ap-
pealing to the SherifES. prosecu5-
ing attorneys, justices OF the
psscc. mayors. police cniets and
co1stabfcs. The draft has taken
many Iaborers from the mines,
mills and farms of West Virginia.
The new draft and the necessary
demands of the shipyards VIII
take thousands of others. To Sc
cure increased production men are
needed on the farms. VIII you
as a member of your County
Council of Defense make a direct
appeal to your peace Officers 10
enforce the law? The men who 90
not fight must work
The report Of Sam Davis chief OF
notice at Huntington On the operation
81 the law in that city was as follows:
when this law was first put In
effect we took 3 canvass OF the city
and listed all the oilers we could find
"a good many OF these idleTs began
10 get Jobs right away. After taking
This canvass, the police went around
and notified all the oilers that they
must go to work. A great many OF
the oilers took US at our Word and
went to work. Those that did not
were arrested. Our records show that
there we're thirty-eight idlers arrested
and a conviction in every one Of these
cases was secured.
There have been very few arrests
made during the winter months que
to the fact that these oilers could not
work on the roads. However. as the
weather clears up our activities will
Il believe this is one OF the best
laws that could be passed will state
further for your information, so you
may see the good this law has caused,
the particulars in one out OF many
cases:
''There was a young man here who
had not worked for over five years.
His mother supported him and he
would lie In bed in the mornings until
ten O'Clock. He was arrested taken
before the Justice OF :he Peace, ard
he entered plea of guilty and was
given thirty days on the road. On his
promise that he would go to work, the
sentence was suspended and he went
to work the following Monday at his
trade and do not think he has lost
a day since.
in several Instances there would
be contractors looking for men to
work. Te police would go TO the pool
rooms and other places where the i'd
lers could be found and gather up a
bunch Of them and turn them over to
the contractors"
What happened in Charleston is set
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-04
MONONCAH
Larae Crowd Out.

a large crowd was out yesterday
morning to hear Rev. D. L. Nhitner,
formerly pastor OF the Baptist churc1
speak here yesterday morning. Aftez
spending the morning in Monongah
he left for Elizabeth. ". Va, where
he Will conduct revival services. Since
his departure from Monongah he has
been actively engaged in ewangelistic
work over the state. He was given d
most hearty welcome and invited 10
return in the near future.
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family of John F. Ward for the past
two weeks, returned to her home near
Downs on Sunday.
Terrence u. Shaver, OF Fairmont,
was visiting his mother, Mrs. Eva Sha-
yer on Sunday.
Mrs. j. z. Hager. OF FaiEInont. vas
visiting friends here or Sunday
Mrs. Bert Frye, OF RIPLEY. .;&cESon
county, Is visiting her daughter, Mars.
Claude l.. Davis.
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Of for GeoraIa.

Shannon Lancaster. Webster Grove
and Frank Pasquaie left this mc-nin.;
for Camp GreenIeaf. Lyle. Ga, where
they will enter the national army rep
resenting Monongah in the last quota
Of the first draft They we're accom-
panied as far as Warrington by many
Monongah friends.
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Returned TO Camp.

Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton C2nDDclIe
have returned to Petersburg, Va, a.
ter a VISIT of a few days with friends
and relatives in Morongah. Camp
belle will re-enter Camp Les.
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HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

NENLf7 QOE9 IOINS E1sS'
r. G. asks: "Is there any medicine
which can be taken by a woman to re-
duce goiter?"
In certain types OF goiter iodine,
properly administered, proves helpful.
A physician should supervise such
treatment.
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derness. The only requirement for ad-
mission to this order is that the ap-
plicant be member in good Standing
in some recognized secret order.
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THE Final PUNCH

''c7er the top." Is a clarion cry
Which qulckens the blood and lights the eye,
For the top is the way to go
To beat the embattled. burnDtous foe,
The foe, who has kept body and soul.
n the burrows OF earth. like a man-slzed mole
..e)ver the top!" with a bounding heart,
Sut over the top is Just the start.
WHAT drains the grains OF fellows sand
Ts the long, long stretch of No Mans Land
Where you may not hurry nor waste your breath
But lope along the rain of death.
Tybere the many fall that the few survive
TO draw the sting OF the hostile hive,
Where you can't hit back, but must plug along
10 come to the fnis', staunch and strong
Not yet, cot yet, have you done your bit;
No. vet, not yet, have made your hit
You have tossed your life in tn, whirlpooPs breath
With smiling eye you have raced with death.
and now, after all you have dared and done,
You are face face with the hardy Hun
And now, somehow, you've personal hunch
You have got to be there with the final punch
so, all through life. there chaps who bIench
At none Of the tasks OF the toilsorne trench
There is always brave and a bounteous crop
OF the eager and glad to go over the top
There many who meet the hard demand
OF the stofcal trip across No Mans Land,
But the fellows who count, out OF all the bunch.
Are the who there with the final punch!
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-04
cboraI Soeietv coneert.

musical entertainment has been defi-
nitely fixed for Wednesday evening,
March 18th at the Christian church.
While the former one was very good
they promise still better 9ns this
ftime.
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MISS MARGARET LAWhbNNH
Miss Margaret Lawrence. OF NoXo-
pater, Miss, is a genuine nine-year.old
patriot. She has made sacrifice
which few girls would make-she cut
off her beautiful hair that 1t might
be sold to buy War Savings Stamps.
The braid was sent to New York
where on March y. Anna Fitziu OF the
Chicago Grand Opera Company Will
auction it to the highest bidder. The
money goes to little 5iiss Margaret
who will loan it to Uncle sam. The
photograph above was taken lust be
fore the loyal girl parted with her
GROWN Of glorY.'
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PERSONALS.

Miss Jennie D. Brand u professional
nurse. rYho has been nursing in the
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Cures
the
Lick-er.
Habit

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40 SAME DAY AS RECEIVED
Thousands of Dollars Are Lost
Each Year By FOrgetting

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II o make useo Of one. It serves a 8 a calendar n also a 8 a r
instance, If o. want to have a certain thing called to 70,
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whether you use one or a
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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
SOUSA AGAIN PRESIDENT
OF TRAPSH0OTERS' ASSN

Lieut. John Philip Sousa L. s. A., for
the third time has been chosen as presi-
dent of the American Amateur Trap
shooters Association, Lieutenant Sousa
was the first president of the association.
Other officers selected to aid the ia
nous bandmaster in his effort to make
the A A r. A. the national body for
trapshooters are Dr. Horace Belts of Will
mington, Del. first vice president; Ralph
L. SPOTS of New York City, second vice
president: Edward Fl. Morse of Hartford,
Conn, third vice president; Harold A
Knight tf Syracuse, N. Y, secretary. and
l.. w. EIutchins of New York, general
manager,
DR.. Belts is the only officer besides
Lieutenant Sousa who has been connected
with the organization since its inception.
Ralph SPOTS is the former American
champion at 200, targets and one of the
best shots in the country. and e. H.
Morse is treasurer of the Hartford Gun
Club and high type Of sportsman Mr.
Hutchins is the former editor of Outdoor
Life.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
AMBULANCE train
DEFEATS 1O8TH IA,
Score 9 to 5. Winners Claim
Championship of Division

Sunday afternoon before a large crowd
the Ambulance Baseball team defeated
the lGSth Field Artillery. The 10Sth had
heretofore claimed the Divisional
Championship, whichc lain was disput-
ed by the Ambulance Company. The
superiority was definitely settled when
the ambulance team batted around in
the fourth inning and drove RopDerer
out of the box. They have now won
thlrty-tWo games and have not lost any.
defeating the Hospital Companies,
C9uartermaSter Corps. 109th Field Artil-
lery, 1l1th Infantry and 102th Field Ar
tiltery. The 108th Field Artillery have
beaten the rest of the contenders. so
WIN TINS victory the Ambulance Com
Panes claim the championship of the 28th
McHaffie had the Artillery team at his
mercy at all times striking out sixteen
men ana nine out of the first twelve that
raced him. Toward the end. with the
score to 2, he eased up. Carroll Few
Ter. and Waddell led in hitting. for ArtI-
Iery, struck out four times Inc M!
ro,.. 108th Field Artillery.
Padget, End; Rath, IS: Waddal1s let.
HTToWeIs, s; kristine /; Hetzel. m: Nc
Bremen, p. N0ppe'' p
Ambulance Companies
Dlenm' :, l11th Carroll, al 1to+b .
Ludwig, st, 18TH; Fowler 90 ii5til
James, S, 112th; Lydic. l. Hin VII
MAINS, H. II2th; Bennett, r, t11th; Stitt
+. IL2th; Carey, m, 112th; NlcIJaffie M ~
Score
loSth Artillery -. H. e. - (
w. ''''. -. 20 L 3
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
GAME FIGHTER NEVER
TAKES A KNOCKOUT

"A game fighter never takes a Knock
out. said Jimmy Dunn, manager of
tommy Kllbane. feather champ, and
kld Wolfe. bantam star at a little fight
tanning bee recently, and when several
present prepared to give him an argu-
Iment Dunn went on to explain just how
he meant it.
II won't say that game fighter never
takes a knockout-but hardly ever. I
am sure that a big per cent of the kayos
W see IN the ring are not real knock
outs at all A fighter that is thoroughly
game at heart will pull through the rough
est sort OF a beating before he win re-
fuse to get up from the floor on the
count.
"Once in a great while you win see a
H. o. that is the real thing, but that sort
IS the result of very fast and accurate
" timed blow that lands exactly on the
right spot. And if the proper amount of
steam is behind it the recipient viii NOT
be "dogging it, when he doesn't get up
before the count of ten. In fact, he is
not hkeIy to get up for quite a few more
seconds thereafter.
But when l say that game fighters
never take a knockout 1 mean that they
are never put away in the fashion that
IS quites common in boxing. A game
fighter that knows anything about h9x-
ing at all will usually be able to keep on
his feet through the round even though
the waves are dashing high and with the
rest between rounds he comes back with
a falr chance to even up later. Unless
his opponent is much better or smarter
a fighter knows that he has probably
worn himself down quite lot in his eff
forts to put over the finishing wallop
I've watched the fight game for many
'aTS and | believe there is every truth
IN what | have said. Most of the knock
outs you see are merely cases Of too
inuch encouragement and not enough
real gameness. The boy that is taking
a lot of punches begins to tire under
them and feels that he'd rather have
the thing come to close. So that when
rrah 1T.
he takes dive and stays on the mat a
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
RECREATIVE SPORTS
HOLD HIGH INTEREST
AT ARTILLERY QUARTERS

Any time of day the different men of
the Artillery companies may be seen out
learning the complications of Voley ball
They find that there is a lot more eXer-
else in the game than one would think at
first sight AS a rule players are apt to
judge game too quickly. This seems
especially true of Nolley Ball. Serving
returning the ball. or playing it to a team
mate, and working it back over the net
to the opposing side, requires a good bit
of activity and skill. Among the officers
and men of the 107th. 10Sth, and 109th
Field Artillery Regiments this game is
being developed into one of the major
sports with lots of competition and good
fun.
Volley Ball, Baseball Bull in the Ring
and other informal games are being used
to great extent during the rest periods
while the men are on tho drill fields This
stunt is coming to be a common pro-
cedure with many Of the drill masters In
all places where this program is put to
use the games are very surely proving
their worth. The Tug War rope is
also being used to large extent in the
same capacity and is also making good.
The men in the Trench Mortar Battery
have been pulling themselves into good
physical fitness with the rope
Boxing among the Battery Boys has
made good along with these other sports.
In G Battery Tommy O'Toole is at pres
ent playing the star role as he has been
an expert with the gloves for years He
has picked out of the company several
interesting bouts. Elmer James and Kid
Phillips are among the fast lot of fighters
out that way and are willing and ready
to meet and corners of their weights
wednesday night some fast bouts win be
staged at Building 23t with these boys.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
Sports and Recreational Activities at Camp
Cdsey's Comeback

And from five thousand threats or more
there rose a dismal groan,
The faces in the stands went white, thu
bleacherS gave a moan
moan that had the sadness of the black
and awful pit
For Casey-he who lost that game-was
asked to get hit
But Casey grimly grabbed his bat and
at the plate he stood.
The pitcher smiled, the catcher laughed
behind his why hood.
And Casey's face went red with wrath,
and then grew deathly pale.
For once he knew how feels the dog with
tin can at his tail
The first one over was too wide hut the
umpire called it fair"
Gle ought to have been flayed alive and
roasted then and there)
The second one was far too low, but the
umpire yelled Strike tiew"
And round the soul of Casey the air
grew strangely blue.
4 deathlike stiffness gripped the fans, and
cen the groans had died;
There We're no cheers for Casey now but
only 'Drat his hidei'
And again the pitcher loosed the ball
and again-But what was that?
1t sounded like the crack of doom-but
it came from Casey's bat!
Ati lliOuodlll GS tS llisu saw OtlS Ddi dS
if it had been shot
From out some rifled lannon's mouth
and it travelled sizzling hot
1t Swirled aloft DER center field into the
sky's clear blue
1t rapidly became a speok, then vanish
ed from the view.
And then five thousand throats Ioosed
up and yelled like men gone mad
Ten thousand arms waved furiously and
hats went to the bad.
And from the farthest bleachers to the
grandstands SWEETEST guy
They wept and laughed aud cussed and
blest till all their threats went dry.
Oh, somewhere in our baseball land the
shadows thickly fall,
The winds are signing somewhere and
somewhere hangs deaths pail
And somewhere hearts are breaking and
towns are reft of fame,
But there's no gloom in Midwife, for
Casey won the camel
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
co. B, THIRD P. 0, R.,
WINS AGAIN
Defeats Co. { BY 6 to 3 Score
Henderson Twirls Great Game.
Jones Does Sensational Field
ing snappy Game.

After spotting the opposition a three
run lead in the opening inning of Sat
urday,s game, the Company B boys set
tied down to business and emerged on
the long end of 6to-3 score.
, The game was very Interesting through
out, being replete with good pitching and
fast fielding Hesse started on the mound
Tor Nelson's team but gave way to Hen
derson with one out in the initial stanza.
From then on it was a pitchers battle
with Henderson being the better in the
plnches. BartO also twirled a good game
whiting eleven batters, but failed to re-
celVe the sensational support accorded to
his opponent
Johnny Jones, the speedy short fielder
OF co. b, was the big noise in the field
acceptlno fourteen chances without an
error, several of them ching on balls that
were ticlIeted for safe hits The other
members of both teams performed in
credltable way, each team being charged
with but two misplays
Jones and Thorngren were Nelson's
leading siuggers each polling out a double
ana q single. Ward. Wilson and Barto
led with the stick for Co r, Wilson being
credited with two twosackers, ward a
three baser and single and Barto a
double and single.
The game was undoubtedly the fastest
and most exciting which has been staged
in the ordnance camp. Incidentally Co
Il. still remains indicated, having won
all four games played. Manager Nelson
sure has a snappy bunch of ball tossers
who are always sure to give a good ac-
count of themselves regardless of the out
come of the game.
The lineup:
Co: B-Martin CT Bishop, Oh; Jones.
SIS; Thomas. 3d., Wilson, G.; Iustbader
ID. Ray rf.; Thorngren, IT,; Hesse, p. ;
Henderson, D.
Co E.-Levinson, 1b.; MUIR, 81; Ward.
IS; Wilson 2b. Barto p; Sisk, AZ; Wild,
IF; Klop, c.. Vowes. cf
Score by innings; r Fl r.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01

10y Herman l.. Schick.)
The Mudville fans We're sick and sore
for many summer day
And through the gloom in MudVille town
there shone no cheering ray,
For the theme of every gossip, the talk
in every hall,
Was how the mighty Casey had failed
to hit the ball
And Mudvine scorned the mighty man
who failed to win the fray
They found their golden idol was made
of common clay;
They called him every epithet their scorn
could conjure up,
And everybody stunned him from the
mayor to the pup.
That same old club came back one day
that beat the Midwife nine,
That same old pitcher graced the slab
and smiled smile benign.
The Midwife fans looked on aghast and
twas with aching heart,
For Midwife veterans didn't have look
in from the start.
The baseball battle fiercely ragged beneath
a scorching sun,
And in the last half of the ninth the
-, score stood two to none;
Then Flynn again hit safely, to the Won
derment of all.
And Blake again lambasted the leather
from the bail.
Five thousand shouting fans went wild
and beat tthe torrid air,
Pop bottles showered the ground like
-, rain and cleaned like diamonds there
Ihey flashed the message to the town.
where whistles screamed like sin
And cen the church bells started loose
and sweled the deafening din
In the coacher's box the manager pranc-
ed wildly up and down,
lie challenged nations to fight, he
blessed the good old town
lie yelled and whistled, paved the air.
and gave the tango dance.
And then he stood as petrified-for now
was Casey's chance!
where lonely Casey sat
Ills cap pulled deep upon his face, his
teeth sunk in his bat
lie saw the fire in Casey's eye-he saw
And then, in accents hoarse and harsh
he called him to the plate
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
A CLEAN SLATE
FOR COMPANY {

In the intercompany league of the Third
Provisional Ordnance Regiment Co b
still remains indicated On Wednesday,
Manager Nelson's boys maintained per
one-s.ded score OF 20 to g. Although the
game was rather farcical it was repIete
with clean hitting and interesting
throughout.
There were several bits of sensational
Third Baseman Thomas (of 81 play on
Cohen's liner in the last inning, Jack 60
ing in the air and spearing the ball with
one hand and thereby ending the game.
Score by innings: r Fl r.
Go. =. oO3 a25 1870 10 c
Co F .. 1903 OBJ 600 IS Q
Batteries-Co. r, Martin Keliher and
Nelson; co. f, Brown, Kinch Kurch and
StahI and Johnson.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
Shooting Is a Sport
That VIII AEevays
Be Popular
1t is the One Pastime That
Knows No Age Limitations
The One Form Of Recreation
in Which the Veteran Holds
His Own.

throughout the ages the snort of
form or other. ~ some
our half-ape forefathers ind,,1ood -
contests where the weapon was a god "a
rlght arm and the bullet a emeoth
round stone '''iootli'
Later on the bow and arrow ,voro
Invented and then the cross-bou, ana
contests of skill with those anoi ierN
weapons were popular with DeonIa u,Io
zen that they should prepare for ,ya,
IN time of peace. l0i war
While it is true thar sbootino. H.,
3l"ays peen popular, this article vii
YEA .lI WIN the feature of shooting that
pl9ce9 II so distinctly in class nv IT,
oS,ti,, - l4Gt that there is appar-
r riifIlS no age limit to skill with the
g. ouoe ana the polished bore.
% iohg as the male of the snacios
can stand on his hind Iegs-rse b Ljs
e. ms ana hands-and has at least ono
so0a eye-he can still derive aInnet
unlimited pleasure from shootina ~
SafdlesS of whether he is clad in l,rooe
whiskers '' io"s Whlte
Best Ghots are Veterans
some 81 the best shots are v,av ,os.+
a otig Osler age limit and their nanoas
SUI SUI figure In the lists of winners Viz
ooth riffs and shotgun. Wy"
MANY man has experienced tbo
keenest kind of regret on hecor,i ne
aware OF the fact that he wonId sonn
nave 10 give up his favorite snort he
Va use ne mad reached the age limit
IN ms particular line. One Of +ho
strongest appeals that SHOOTING n,afgoe
is the fact that old age cannot 49,
1t from you ''Ne
Proof there is in plenty 10 snbeton
tate this fact. '''''''' '''l-
Take, for instance, the AH-American
Team. This group of
men, six in number, made a trim
abroad in 1901 and in a series OF
matches with the best teams that the
other countries could produce, they
never met defeat. Seventeen years
have lapsed and every one of the six is
still rated as top notcherl
The gray-haired baseball player is
tn exception, but you often see the
Srayhatred man at the traps Compel
ing with his son and frequently his
grandson.
Take up shooting in some form. for
1t is sport that YOU can stick to with
the assurance that you viii a{Ya4S
enjoy it and that your skill will stay
with you until the age when nothing
remains OF life but a host of pleasant
recollections.