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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
Evening Chat

Our Coal run bridge will probably
not be finished until near fali-unless
materials can be shipped faster than
they have heretofore. a carload OF
lumber is being waited for at present.
The labor situation there is not BAD
as those in charge OF the bridge build
ing carry with them the same company
Of expert men wherever they so. AT
present the four columns are in place
and men are working on the building
OF the upper form work which will
form the arci, Of the bridge from abut-
ment 10 abutment After the cement
is poured into this formwork-a month
Will elapse before it is sufficiently
hardened and the formwork can he
torn away. Then the straight columns
from the arch to the bridge proper will
be made. The old bridge will not be
closed until materials have arrived 2no
work can go on.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
MoNpAY EvGNING. MARCH 81. l91s.

THERE arc a MURDER Of oafeys about the town. men
well known to every policeman and to every c6zen
familiar with conditions in Fairmcnt as gamblers
WHO have not gone sowork ard who have rot been crested
hhas conc 70 The knowledge Of he West Nirsnian
that policemen explaining citizens that the ason why
these notorious offenders against The 3our lav have nc;
been raolested a they haze framed I'd scheme lie
themselves out of it wh the assistance Of certain nd
vidua whose sympathy for the kind Of s'r!cssess these
men indulge IN IS noto +
The West Vrginiars bcgs leave to suggest that hs L
matter upon which policeman has any business have
opinions: the pocemans duty arrest all offenders
Moreover It the duty Of Mayor Bowen to order these
oafers arrested-today hen shall if they have
the arcntery to compound their oenses with basetecc
perjury
No permanent progress toward stamping cut !ccnsss
his town viii be made ant! The conspcuous Of the
white Ioafers and gamblers cihe. out OF to
compelled to go to work As the matter stands these
3enders beng protected by the members of the police
force Why this? The correct matter abou.
which every law abiding citizen has direct persona!
.erest
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
NO QUININE IN
THIS COLD CURE
."Pape's Cold Compound" Ends Colds
and Grippe In a Few Hours.

Take "Pape's Cold Compound" every
two hours until you have taken three
doses. then all grippe misery goes and
your cold will be broken. 1t promptly
opens your clogged-up nostrils and air
passages OF the head; stops nasty dis
charge or nose running; relieves the
headache, dullness. feverishness, sore
throat. sneezing. soreness and stiff
Don't stay sturfed.up. Quit blowing
and snufning. Ease your throbbing
head-Dothfng else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's Colo
Compound" which costs only = few
cents at any drug store. It acts with
out assistance. tastes nice, and causes
no Inconvenience. Accept no substi-
tute.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
LLNcoLM DISTRICTS PLAN.

IF sere grows out of the meeting which viii be held
at The Farmont this evening plan for taking care OF
war work IN Marion county which mertonous m
It's sphere as the plan which District Superintendent P NJ
Coney has devised for the schools of Lincoln district Is
its there viii be need to worry about the showing this
county will make throughout the remainder of the
MI Coniey has grasped the fundamental thought that
in order achieve maximum amount Of success with
which will be active continuously and prepared to take up
as they come along all of the various raising patriot
ism insting and educational campaigns.
Also he realizes that central organization IS but
small part Of the pan and that district organizations winch
will bring every orc IN touch with every movement are
essential If this is to be long hard the most
careless realize the probability. everybody must help
The people of small means in the remote and spaEsey set
tied rural districts well the oweath who works
IN prominent building and IN contact with many
people IN the course of his days work do work
and make contributions to TIE various funds
Therefore such organizations this which has been
formed the Lincoln district schools and which reaches
down 10 every scholar and includes IN its supervision
of all their activities in support of the government, arc
highly important and beneficial There ought to be more
of them an they ought be drawn into the county organ
izaon Whenever and however formed by having repre-
scntatige upon the central county board
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
WAKE Up FEELING FINE! BEST
LAXATIVE FOR MEN, WON.
EN- AND CHILDREN

Enjoy life! Remove the liver and
bowel poison which is keeping your
head dizzy, your tongue coated, breath
offensive. and stomach sour. Don't
stay bilious. sick, i1eadachy. constipat-
ed and full OF cold. Why don't you
get a box of Cascarets from the drug
store and eat one or two tonight and
enjoy the. incest. gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever expertenced2
You Will wake up feeling fit and dne.
Cascarets never grippe or sfcken like
salts. pills and caIomel. They act SO
gently that you hardly realize you have,
taken cathartic. Mothers should give
cross, sick. bilious or feverish children
a whole Cascaret any time-they act
thoroughly and are harmless.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

talk since United States entered the great war but
vas Impressed by sincerity back every utterance
To certain extent Therefore the announcement that he
las application commission in the Ordnance
Officers Reserve corps is not surprising. It is per-
fectly natural Development which does great credit to
his patriotic instincts and will increase the admiration
entertained for him by all his friends Few men enter
ing the service Of Republic from West Virginia will
make larger personal sacrifices. At the time
man in this immediate district Will be missed. 1t
is question which of ar. Alexauder's type should
weigh we'll before deciding the service whether
they ca1not he OF greater service working in their
home commGrities.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
What People Say
and Some Side Remarks

E. Z. Nc Whorter writes from Camp
Lee TO Paul ". LANCE who had charge
of the ''smiieage campaign IN Ma
ron county, that the theatre ticket
books are greatly appreciated and says
well. eleven of US went to
Fair and Warmer at the Liberty
theatre and enjoyed it very much.
I. was a mistake to call them
'smiIeaSe books they should have
been called laughing books for
we all laughed out loud and
mean LOUD too don't know
when have enjoyed anyt!lnS 60
greatly or laughed so much and
/ certainly thought OF Uncle Paul
while I was enjoying myself Am
going to Flora Bella to night.
Frank Kennedy who left Fairnout
this week for Cornell where he IS to
have ground training In aerial work.
selected that branch OF the service
because he has fondness for high
flying. He told his friends just be-
fore leaving:
when 1 first thought OF such
a thing | was in Washington and
advised with a military man who
said for me to go atop the Wash
ington monument and see how
felt. When was perfectly at
home at that height and had no
uneasiness what ever in leaning
out windows and doing other
stunts he concluded that I was
lifted ior aerial selyics"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

It is announced at Washington that the recent order
TO withhold the addresses OF killed and wounded
in Fraue was issued at the the French gov
eminent which the opinion that the announce
,aent Of the home addresses of the men betrays import
ant military information for Of the II that
is the case our War department should make represen-
ttions to the French government that unless it is in
.ostion to explain just how information which is
row withheld benefits the Germans the adverse erect
upon morale here at home. $500 miles the scene
of the lighting. very be much worse for the
cause Of the Entente allies the information which
the Germans are able to pick up the casualty lists
could possibly be.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
RUFF STUFF
Doc uunyon is dead

Doc MunyOn is dead
Now he knows whether there is
hope or not
Emperor Bill has telegTaphed thanks
80 the king OF Sweden for some little
kindness in Russia
But in the mean time Bills soldiers
are setting up a new German govern
nent IN Finland which country the
swedes think is theirs b= right
That's the Teet idea of things,
The earth and the fullness thereof
Is theirs.
But they are going to have fine
lime enforcing their claim
Did the big wind Saturday night
blow any OF your property into the next
county,
There are many advantages in liv-
ing IN n billy country.
This same wind killed and MANNED
Sysr in the nat lands OF Ohio.
Guy up Carolina took 81 in marked
money for whole quart OF red likker.
See. what happens when you cut the
The millennium has come.
There are seventeen hundred coal
ears IN the region today
WI anyone ever believe again that
licking does not pay:
Newt Baker is on the otter side on
n inspection trip.
That Is not very important from a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
WASHINGTON NEWS =
GOSSIP s. 5zzzzzs sz59zz zszzE:
I 1T is State for young girls 20 grow

"It is 4 State for young girls 20 sro~
in
And for old girls to sew in;
For young men TO try II.
And old men 10 die in"
Said Mr.. Reed. Fe s1oke OF the
formation % West Virginia. and the
character and Ideals OF her people:
Of the men and women. born in the
State. who had achieved notable PA
ceS in our country's history. He dis
cussed the attributes that make for
a strong, write manhood and woman
hood. and the characteristics essen
;ial for the progress of civilization
His perora5ion was an eloquent ap-
peal 10 the patriotism Of West Viz
@iria,rs in the pending war crisis.
Among many other interesting facts
given. AR. Reed said: IN Two de
cades the assessed valuation Of real
estate in West Virginia had increas
ed from 1873 million dollars 70 over
700 million: personal property values
from g. million TO over 800 million;
railroad and oths: public service cor
porat:ons from - TO %25 million.
..Iu two decades the tct;I assessed
wealth OF the State had Increased
from a little over 200 million 20 over
1900 millions OF dollars. or seven
times. West Angina now has 2p'
proyimateIy So steam railroads. and
"a electric lines with over COCO miles
Of track.
THE state is now spending an ay-
erage Of about seven millions OF dol
lars for education. 30 other State
in the Union had made greater &C
vaucement IN the last two decades
along educational and Industrial
The large audience Of West y:r.
Sin;ans resident in The Capital that
heard Congressman Reeds splendid
address voted hira thanks for the in
telIectual and educational treat given
them and individually they showered
him with their thanks and conGratT
iations. Dancing followed the orator.
icaI and musical progress arranged
for the occasion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
rhomas poolltt1e. violin a1alser.

Thomas Doolittle, well Known to
almost every resident OF the city. is
now hard at work at his work shop n
Ferry street on his ninetieth violin.
Although Tom has been blind for
many years. yet he has accomplished
much in the line of caEnet' making
and the masking of musical instru-
ments, such as Iolins, guitars, ban
joes, etc. His instruments in many
instances surpass in strength and
purity of tone the high priced instru-
ments OF ceIebsted makers. They
are always highly priced by the own
,ezs on account Of their being made BIZ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

DISPATCHES from washington last night indicate that
the necessity for extending the work activities
Gown to the local has been recognized by
the National Council DEFENSE and that plans for the
complete mobilization of the nation by the organization
Of community council every school district are now
going forward to the and county councils. 1t is
clear mat the plans formulated elastic that they
will tin the least hamper the movement that already
las been started Marion county. We can go ahead
and o7fa1ze this county the way best to US
and it viii pc found to be harmony with the national
movement The only thing the National Council of
Defense is insisting upon is that the small local Units
be brought into line and that thought already has found
hearty acceptance here.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

The Post Office Department an
nounces the establishing OF village
mail delivery at Mariinton with two
carriers: the establishing Of a post
office in Kanawha county to be Off
cia1Iy known as Nitro; and the 1ssu-
ance Of the following postmaster
commissions; Joseph F. Ashby, Nj
tro; Mona P. Johnston. Filbert; Ken
ME Mills. Minerva; Delmar Delaney,
AIurraysvilIe: Thomas r. Wilson,
ouinnimont; Hattie L. Dillon, Smith
ers: William E. Langshaw. Twin
,Iountain: and George T. Buchanan
:veHsburg. the latter office in the
presidential class and approved by
The President as of the 9Th inst. i.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
TBosE"TALL" STORIES.

ONE of these tales about exploits of American sol
y ders which have been cabied in the past f2'S
days may jar lit upon the sensbiliaes o AEncHears
who are reminded OF the days when the United States
raw and showed that it felt it by prepostefous Dragging
It may be doubted that any sane American citizen c"cr
believed that one Yankee could lick dozen F.cncne
Or an equal number Enghren. but that many boastcd
as much IS ndputabe And the present generation hates
% be reminded of 1t
But there need be no uneasiness. These stories about
one sery routs party of forty enemies and of patrols
outnunbered two to completely defeating enc pa
initiate the heads of the men at the front. Everything We
get from over there indicates that attack Of swell head
eness is one of the last hrgs hatthey arc in da"gsro!
They do show. on the other hand, that the men cok TO
the fighting front FIRE spirit Of fearlenc and self COR
Rdsnce. They are not oppressed by the German ai7s
to superior military effectiveness They take no stock ln
the super-nan theory which much responsible Tor
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

Among the late arrivals from Nes5
Virginia are L. V. Reed. the wei!
known, highly esteemed ana talented
editor OF the Preston Republican a.
Terra Alta: ]. B. Stephenson. Of Hun
fincton: II. L. Flower. of Fairmont;
DR. n. II. Thaw, of Sistersville; R. n.
Drane. OF Piedmont: Mrs. c. c. Nc
Kinley, OF HarrIsvilie, who has come
to visit her daughter. Mrs. R Brown
linn; W. Haylor George, of Philip2l;
CONGRESSMAN and Mrs. Edward Coop
er. who MAD been spending a lew
DAYS at their home at BramweL. and
their little daughter, Miss Douglass.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

lumber q ~ : q 3
"a vain to Eros1 ~
0Ee IoIiar who has d hers a
manner OF places :llt.le slees.
N taking ( over With Q Ssc9ssec n ftes
and REGULATIONS. It appsS 3 tasEt tae
sweet-oea with It's sSonSrocs pnEea
bonnet-canaoS u s avn 81 : salos
shod fashion. Si=s.- she ground n'S.sA
be OF good quality: Sccla6. it Gus. Dc
hoed and spa6ed until fine and Sr1eOtn-
Then it must be shoye3ea out Tnt!i
long deep riGge IS formed and i. this
hollow We 1-op the seed 521sck Is the
time 10 p.;.rs-by al .hears-say7 lae
I!oriss.
AS soon as the small green stalk
shoots up-more hoeing is necessaty-
we must keep pushing the earth up
suugiy around the neck OF the baby
plant and watch it carefully. When
well above the ground, fence OF
strinS CT wire must be arranged Tor
the plant 90 climb upon and then an
that oae can do is to wait With pleas
ant anticipation for the result OF ones
labor. The sweet pea likes the sun
Do not plant in the shade or sou VII
have Just a few anenic flowers OF duh
complexion. The glorious oId-rose
white, lavender. magenta and other
colored bloom IS the product OF e1s
IRENE care and attention to rule.
A thoroughly honest woman in the
city has had a very trying experience
and feels she was justified in doing
just as she did. A fine large chicken
sat nightly on her window silt-prefer
ring the place TO all other roosts. The
chicken did not belong to her. Every
night when she went to bed-She
raised the window and pushed the
chicken on. Each night the chicken
came back.
One morning she was heard to sing
Polly, put the kettle on and ven al
have tea.'' She sang this several
times during the day and the children
said. AZ believe mothers gone crazy
The same evening the family sat down
to fine chicken dinner which to say
they enjoyed immensely is to put e
mildly!
The woman without conscience had
come downstairs before daylight that
morning and put on kettle Of water
to heat She had lifted the window.
pulled in the chicken, and You know
the rest.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

A notice from the Pension Bureau
to Senator Sutherland is to the effect
that pension of S25 a month. toseth-
er with accrued pension due her hus-
band when he died. has been award
ed Nancy c. Southaii. OF Linn. The
Senator filed with. the Fish Com
missioner applications for Ssh stock
from ". X. Trip and II. L. Bennett.
OF Parsons; and F. c. Turley. Of Rom
ney. Also an application FOR n posi-
ton as an expert accountant made by
J.. V. Reed, OF Terra Alta: and for a
position with the war risk insurance
business by Chas. T. Focse, OF Wheel
ing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

In his rounds OF departments today,
Congressman Reed took up with the
Pension officials the cases OF Nancy
J. Clark. Of Lost Creek: An1etta En-
gland. OF Camden-on-Gauiey; Sarah
c. Rymer. OF Pike; and Herbert. OF
Troy. At the Post ONCE department
he stopped long enough 70 urge an
Improvement in the mail service on
route connecting Replete and Hack
er's valley.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

I don't suppose there is any flowec
more loved. than sweet-peas and II viii
soon be time to begin planting the seed
for them. Sweer.peas lovers have
learned that in order to have hardy
growth of this beautiful flower. it is
necessary to begin turning over TIC
ground so that the sun can ge: az 1t
early in March. Just as soon as Ian
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

military standpoint. but it ought to
indicate to the Teuts that Uncle Sam
has something on the other side i'm
portaat enough TO inspect.
Since Kitchener's death high gov
eminent officials do not go cruising
around the world for their health
Because it is far from healthy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

tS7Sei1lrs On his war Is any cetes
rasnel dali Fr7fz & 10 gel
front be must fight for Il and fight fight hard
All Of tis ought to Be seasoning back home
and we suspect tat Il was would Be that
The correspondents with the army m the field who al
men Of uncommon ciscernent or they would be where
they are took t,e trouble cable of tee
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
StinNeE ill.

Mrs. V. n. Jones, OF SistersviIle
eldest daughter Of DR.. and Mrs.. Cyrus
F. Boyers, ST., Of this city. is very
critically i'll. Mrs. Boyers. accompan'
led by one OF her sons, DR.. William
OF DR.. Lee Boyers. will go down Tues
dag TO spend few days by her bed
side
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

Vice Admiral Won Diederichs. the German naval Off
Ger Dewey forced to back in Manila bay. is dead
at Baden Baden pity he could not live little
longer to sec bigger and humiliatins about face
mon the part of a government the bad manners of
which have been an oTense than quarter Of
a century.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11


Meadow Yesterday evening to visit his
sister, Mrs. Arthur Rich, for few
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Bailey. Of
Harrisburg. were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hall in Reeves avenue
Miss Lille Hall. Of Maryland ave
nue.. Is the guest of Miss Olga Chips.
Herbert Hudson. wnc is employed
at the Owens bottle plant. was called
Ito his home at Little Falls by the IL
ness OF his father.
Mrs. ]. T. Garner. OF Vermont ave
nue., accompanied her sister. Mrs
town Saturday. where she Will spend
Ralph starrit and Fred Price, o.
Morgantown, were guests OF Mr. and
Mrs. William Arnett. OF Rivesville. on
Mrs. Curry. OF Viola. has returned
from SistersviIie, where she was cal!-
led By the Illness OF her sistec-in-laT
Mrs. V. y. Jones.
Mrs. Stella Pee, OF Lakes. Is the
guest Of friends IN the city. Mrs. Poe
has recovered from her recent Illness:
Charles RAY Kern, sor OK Mr.. and
Hrs. R. E. Kern. has been quite sick
for few days.
Will Brand. OF Downs. was recent
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Scctt Springer
and family in Market street.
Miss Minnie Evans, of the South
side, has accepted position in the
Kerns and Harris grocery in Ner-
chant street.
D. A. Harris OF Murray. and Fred
Wilson. OF Morgan Mines, were guests
Of Harley Harris N Merchant street
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
Nfoe,i,g Of Ladies' Union,

The Ladies Union of the Central
Christian church District No VIII
meet Tuesday at two O'Clock at tee
home of Mrs. Luther JACOBS at %Vl
cuffev street. Every member OF this
division should make an effort TO be
present.
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EAST SIDE
- NEWS =
missionary Meeting.

The Home Missionary Society of
the Diamond Street NJ e. church will
meet Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Miles
Prickett in Columbia street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
Rnsiness Meeting.

There will be "a business meeting OF
the W. c. T. L. at the home Of Mrs.
It. D. Harden in Water street on Tues
day afternoon. AL members are re-
quested to be present and be prepar-
ed to pay their dues.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

]. Frew Hail. an ensign in the navy
who has been on overseas duty for
months. has been assigned to land
duty 20 enable him TO rest up and
temperate. and IS now IN charge OF
a recruiting station here. Ensign
Hall is a son OF ar. and Mrs James
X. Hall. OF Wheeling.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
At Red Gross Rooms.

The ladies OF the Diamond Street
NJ. E. church will meet at the Red
Cross rooms Tuesday at one o'clock
to sew for the Red Cross.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

Mrs. RaIston R. Lukens. OF Mil.
waukee. ard Miss Sara Edeien, OF
Parkersburg. who have been visiting
relatives in the Capital, have left for
ParkersburS.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

state Senator W. P. Hawley. Of
BluefieId. and Charles H. Heuuing. OF
Charleston. are two we'll known West
Virginia visitors in the Capital
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

Congressman Bowers was az the
Pension Bureau today urging action
on the application OF Mrs. alice Orr.
OF Preston county.