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Personals.

Mrs. William E9umes has returned
+o her home In Steubenville. Ohio. al
ter a visit with her mother, Mrs. J. B.
Mvron snodgrass left yesterday for
= visit with friends IN Wheeling.
Frank Alexander OF Parkersburg: a
former Manningtonian Is in the city
on business.
Mrs, Clara Deitz has returned to her
home in Bridgeport, Ohio, after a bus
mess visit here in connection with the
order Degree Of Honor. 900
Mrs. Frank E. Furbee and httle
daughter Martins are guests o. fr1enos
MIS-, wallace OF GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
is here the guest Of her daughter MIS-.
Samuel E. Taggart-
henderson Pitman OF AnnabeIle was
a business visitor in the city yesteF-
Mrs. William Bowman Of Fairvtew
is here for short visit With 1r1enas'
Charles NJ. Smith returned yester-
dav after visit with relatives at
East Liverpool, o.
Thomas J. Jones vas q business Wis
ito1 In Ciarksburg Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard D. Atha were
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Glover
in Fairmont Tuesday.
Mrs. C. Howard Long has returned
from a short visit with friends IN
Wheeling.
is a visitor at the home Of his son
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THURspAY EVENING. MARCH 81, 1913.
WcToR RERGER.s MIsTAKE

CTOR BERGER was never more mistaken ia his
life than when he said yesterday that the result OF
the primary IN Wisconsin proves that state against
The war. The only thing does show is that there
genuine American BolshcGik How numerous 1t is, and
how important VIII be impossible to say until the returns
are an IN and the result be subjected to analysis But
Il never again will be important, even IN Berger eyes,
as It seemed yesterday at noon
Berger paid much attention to political TENDENCIES
N this country he 6ces to effort to follow IN the FOOT
stecs of Hohenzollemizcd German Socialism the result
primary IN Wisconsin would NIL him with alarm M
stead Of JOY The Socialist vote of Tuesday was large
enough 10 thoroughly alarm the loyal people OF Wisconsin
and make them ashamed. From it there probably yT1 be
slarT, recession IN following elections And Il IS ALTO
zfr probable that if the Socialist party again plays
an important part the politics Of the state 1t will be alter
e present leaders have passed MO the next world ana
new men whose Amercanism not undo. suspicion aFen
charge Of the partys affairs
he day after the mayoraly elections in New 7 or;
last November Socialists thought the H!quit vote md
Gated that the Socialist party had arrived factor
lie first city of the nation. But Inc other day when special
eecdons held IN four Congressional districts WITHIN
aecity the Socialist canoidas simply sluPed INTO Inc
background They did not hold their cvE with the
10y record at the last Presidential election.
No man and no American political party can SCI up
shop against America and get away with IT. l ne wreck
Of politicians and political parties who tried proves that
The one big outstanding lesson OF Pardz2a political
history IS that the law which the late FIerpo1
Morgan called attention to when he SAID. you'll go
broke if you bear America applies with equal force 10
politics. Cal! IhGfl4iSSt CSSG4y II
not think of better name for it. but fact that from
he beginning the Republic has gene marching on. And
he men who have sought to block the way have been
Gampled under foot That process going right now
= AS for Wisconsin. Well it VIII be safe as well as
proper to permit Wisconsin take of its political
problems In many respects they are peculiar The state
probably has more different ethnic stocks than any
oaer m the Union with the possible exception OF New
York And if you will take the metropolis cut New
York state cannot show as many natonates. Over three
quarters Of the people either foreign bonn Of
foreign paTenagc Germans and Scandnavians Predom,
mate These people have been sullen from the start of
Those who remember the part played by Wisconsin in
the Civil war will not mistake what happened at the PR
mary for The voice of the state may take time for
no doubt where Wisconsin stands and the reconclabl
VIII be politically ostracized.
You can't bear American without gong broke.
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THAT RED RoCKET.

DON or late the filthy hand Of PElssian rnilitarizrn
smears everything within reach. For instance Long
after German armies adopted the systematic shooting
down Of secheE bearers and Others entitled under inter
bombing parties made London hospitals their special tar
gets and gboats took to to9sdqng Liners filled with We
the ghters of the air retained sebanee Of the cy>
airy which used to be REGARDED as the es.onsy 1 ,s5
and toward the enemy a"hole were correct IN every
detail.
But finally German air znn began to bomb French and
English hospitals behind the lines and yesterday the Ser
man air service got down to level which makes it both
contemplate and ridiculous 1t transpires that the red
rocket the dropping of which by German flyer over the
American lines was so prominently mentioned IN ysster,
days dispatches from the front. rubber ball 10
inches IN diameter and filed with Iiqufed mustard gas
The American troops are reported to have been incensed
at this exhibition of dirty warfare b.. the incident was
perform such service the German high command IS but
lowering the respect fer thsnely:s as an arm Of the Inn
inq summer. but which vii be far from that this sort
of thing keeps up.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
MIlcA HOG cHoLERA.

FAIRMoNT, W. Va, March -
Editor The west Virginian.l There
remains isolated hog cholera in Paw
paw district. The dry seasons are
coming and hog cholera will spread.
one pen had at a very low estimate
$1,000 worth die. These people were
not able to lose that, but it is gone.
o. S. DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture tells
us 80 per CENT OF all hogs that die OF
disease have how cholera. They also
tell us this is preyentabIe by double
vaccination. II a hog has been proper
" 1mmumized you can place him IN a
pen with sick hog and he VIII re-
main immune for one year at killing
time. You can prevent injecting your
hogs by keeping away from other pens
by using some coal tar dip, and wash
ing your bots and hands on arrival
home and before going to your hog
pen. The man that does not 7accinate
double method) II In infected district,
is going to lose. This carries for miles
on horses feet, auto and wagon wheels
Dogs carry more than anything else.
zSaxentatHO ueagEEea. Emit M
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cinate double method, every year. Sec
ond. keen pens clean and dry. Third
use lime in pens once week. Fourth
use some coal tar Dip Fifth, keep
away from your neighbor's pen. Sixth
keen your dog at home, and ask your
neighbor to do the same. Have
bath box If you have many hogs so
they can wash themselves IN some
coal tar dip solution: also pour crude
oil in tub and this will keep them free
from lice. Lice may be a big factor IN
helpinS to bring about cholera by
weakening the hog. therefore his re
sisting power is not as high as II
would be if he had no lice. Keep every
one away from your own hog pen. II
YOU take a ncighbor to your pen let
him Mace his feet in coal tar dip oe-
fore going to pen. Do not pull your
logs teeth. They need them to grind
hard food with If sou do have bad
tooth a wire plier, monkey Wrenck
and q snike nail are not dental lnstru-
ments. Water. soap and ccal tar dips
arc cheap. Use them. There IS no
known cure for hog cholera But dou-
bic vaccination will prevent 1t.
Vaccinate your hog before he IS sick
and YOU are safe. Ask your commits
sioner of agriculture. Charleston. TO
explain to you. To people who buy a
pair of pigs for family meat You should
demand q written agreement that the
pigs you buy have been immun1ized,
double method, and if they die and post
morten shows hog cholera the seller
will refund the purchase price of pigs
You can place such immune pige where
there has been hog cholera and they
will not develop the disease and they
need not cost you more than $500 more
the pair and this would be cheap insur-
ance There is enough injection in
Paw Paw district to take at least one
half of the hogs in il five have much
dry weather. Vacciuate before the in
lection comes to You.
L. F. FLOYD,
Consulting State veterinarian.
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Twelve men haze reported to Coach
BOYD Chambers for baseball practice
at Bethany College. and the squad IS
expected to be added to during the
present week. The men are: Price
Bowser. Wolfe, Kay Bobeson, Brom-
lev, Hoover, Maddox, Stevenson, NC
Cannon, Mountain and Jordan. The
candidates for battery positions are
not very promising, Marshall being the
only candidate for the receiving end
while the most promising candidates
for the box are Robson and Bowser'
Bowser pitched some for Ford City
high school while Robson played for
DanviIle (ohio) high school. The
schedule for the season is being fin
ished rapidly. Already nine college
games have been scheduled It vas
Thought at first that practically all the
games would be with independent
teams but more colleges than had been
anticirated decided to continue base
ball. The most important games are
| with Carnegie Tech, West Virginia
University, and Muskingum College
The pittsburgh CoLegiaus will be the
usual commencement attraction.
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RHEUMATIC
TORTURE
Take sNeutrone Prescription ess md
the Pain and Aching VIII Vanish.

Rheumatic misery is now a thing q
the past
matters not how sore your Joints
are or how swollen and painful, one.
bottle OF "Neutrone Prescription
will make you feel hne and contorsss.
' "Neutrone Prescription $50 & e az.
ferent remedy. It Is q loud thar
eliminates uric acid by absorption
through the blood and quickly soothes
and heals the Inflammation.
II quickly takes the agony. out g
Joints and muscles and makes them men.
like new. 'sNeutrone Prescription so
is good thing to have on hand a. 9. g
times. It is especially ettfeac9on1s
when an attack is coming on as ~ - g.
most every instance it viii after rev.
doses rid the system OF rheumae1e
poisons. soc and S1.oO the bottle.
Mountain City Drug Cos ana Eead9ns
druggists everywhere
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RUFF STUFF
This is the first day Of spring.

This is the first day of spring.
now that Spring is officially on the
lob wonder il that old fraud-Winter
VIII stick around a while and try TO
1irt with her.
nhe does he ought to be arrested
But, melancholy thought, you can't
get a loafer arrested around here IN
less he happens to be friendless coon
Cops simply stand on the corners
and hold friendly converse with some
OF the most notorious 36-hour law Of
tenders in the city.
/ Il the Mayor can't make the cops do
their duty he ought to put them at
work doing something useful.
Making garden, or cleaning up va
-
SO there really was a red headed
booze merchant in Monongah-
4ad he peached on the guy whO ras
Ealing 6Ge
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Yesterdays decision divert most OF the coal pro
uced in the southern part this state from the mid
die west to the Atlantic seboard is going create
.Ighty howl the part Of the people who have been
Getting this supply especially among the househoders
Of Chicago 1t means the wQing out of business con-
nections that have existed since the saokeess Goals
were first mined and it might well cause the producers
uneasGess if it for the fact that the eastern
market for very many years to is going to be as
GOOD rs auv in the ORD. But the producers
of this rcgion ought glad that the peculiar quail
ties OF our coal make certain that there will be little
interference with marketing arrangements here
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Which goes to show that man with
a mark like red head ought not TO Dc
admitted to the boorleggers' union
But. judging by the way In which
this Monongah gipk spilled what ne
knew, he was not in good standing
with the organization
Jere wheeIwzight in his annual re-
port to the Consol stockholders says
the failure OF the railroads to supply
cars was very Disappointing"
Which goes to show the limitations
man labors under when writing an
annual report.
Now the real way to talk about this
car supply matter
Come to think OF it there IS some
thing in the postal regulations that
makes full and free expression OF
opinion in a newspaper ont OF the ques-
ton also.
If it does not get better we are go
ing to sic Everett True on the B. q y.
Going to The Time of His Life to-
The crowd VIII be interesting. any
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Yesterday Sir Eric Geddes the British First Lord OF
the Admiralty made statement in the House ct Com
mons which is CHARACTERIZED the full truth about
losses to the summarizes admitted that the Germans
have sunk 5000 600 tons shipping in the past II
months declared that ship building is now in excess
- chin sinkinr He provedt by mass OF figures, but
these are not of much inters to most OF u.s. The big
fact is that in spite of all the heartbreakng delays and
disappontments the builders now ahead OF the sink
crs and getting further the lead each day.
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Mrs. Hunter Kennard Of Tacoma.
Wash. IS 4 guest for few days OF
her cousin, Miss Lucy Prichard in
Washington street. Ars. Renncrd
has visited IN West Virginia as Miss
Meta Conway ana Is spending a fort
nigh. with her sister. Mrs. ]. H. Cole
man In Pennington. She VIII leave
soon for Peoria, H.. where she has
gueut the winter with her father. Jam
Is r. Conway. She win remain 4
short time and then leave for her home
In the west
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Merchants Wife Advises
Fairmont Women

81 had stomach trouble so bad I
could eat nothing but toast. fruit and
hot water. Everything else soured and
formed gas. Dieting did no good l
was miserable until tried buckthorn
bark. EIycerine, etc, as mixed in ADJ
ler.iks. ONE SPOONFUL benefited
me INSTANTLY" Because Adler-i-ka
empties BOTH large and small intes-
tine it relieves ANY CASE constipa-
ton, sour stomach or gas and prevents
appendicitis It has QUICKEST &C
ton OF anything We ever sold.
:. 1Iarttn'R DRUG 500
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Plans for the construction OF sew
age disposal plant at the Weston State
hospital were adopted at conference
held yesterday at Weston by the state
board Of control. Representatives OF
the Clarksburg water board and James
r. McC!intock of New York city, con-
sulting engineer of the Clarksburg
board. At the last session Of the state
Legislature an appropriation Of $4,000
was obtained for this needed plant anc
the money is now available. Work OF
construction will be started at once.
The representatives OF the, Clarks-
burg water board in attendance at the
conference we're Scotland G. Highland,
superintendent: Melvin G. Sperry. at
torney. and Alton A. Cook. chemist
and Lacteriologist. Through the efforts
OF the local water board the appropria-
ton for the plant was obtained. 1t
having been demanded to remove the
menace to the health OF this COM
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

The opening OF the Liberty Loan
campaign In Wheeling, Saturday, April
6, will be marked by an imposing street
demonstration in which probably SUI
West Virginia national army men
from Camp Lee will take part. Genera
Cronkhite. commanding the E'lSntletn
division at the Virginia cantonment.
has given out the statement In which
he states that all Of the 900 men at
Camp Lee VIII be given a five-day fur
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President Wilson in his statement explaining the
seizure OF the ships the act was necessary
because the owners feared that if they entered into an
agreement with the United States the German C-ooats
would sink their property Well the ships will soon
20 10 sea under the Stars and Stripes and the Union
Jack and it wont be the Dutch owners who suffer if the
I-boats get them. But think sinking them Will be
: rather dangerous job for the Teutonic pirates
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Esy s6umaa. ana laueT - Sur.
P6IE SEior lol Dishes ISIS
k1szel johnson hi.
nom : Eisiss q her .aIIls IN j. ~.
Leslie =. Jones IgslSa 6llSi
tor Ia Fahmont yesterday
Mrs. Carter Fleming and
lie Nancy OF Fai7mont spent eSsE
day with friends here.
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MANNINGI0N
Former LoeaI Gin Weds,

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Milton wise
announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Bessie Nay. to Mr.. Jesse
James Eyre, Mount Clemens 0IichiEa2.
March IS. 1913. Miss Wise who Il
now MS Eyre formerly lived In How:
ard street IN this city
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.1f the farmer had been let alone said Senator
Lodge in the senate yesterday the prices ne would be
ce++ine, would have stimulated production" And a
wheat market free of control would have simulated
speculation to the point where large proportion OF the
opu,aton of even this rich country would not be able
to buy bread great deal OF nonsense is uttered IN
the halls of Congress from time to time.
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MnMea Ia MarYIand.

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard D. Atha VII
leave soon for their home In Belts
vile, Nd, after q visit with relatives
here. The formers nephew, Attic c.
Atha and wife will accompany them
and spend the summer there
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LEITER LIST


List OF unclaimed letters renainlnl
IN the Fairmont, ". Va, postott1ce 1ol
the week ending March I6. 1875
freeman. James BurSone, Emory
Foster. Bessie Burke. AtEaF Cd
Fox. Annie Cussack. Harry
Erever. Earl Coftelt, James 4
CatraIi. &c Coulter, Otis
Gilmore, Mrs Belle Dyhans 0rn1Iy
enid. Cora Dittermans Joss
Gilmore, Henry P ph1ne
Hughes, Mrs Alice DIu. Mary O
Hamilton, Josie Daft, Miss LEA y
HoucJr. Miss C Davis, Mrs. Lucy
Hollandsworth. 5urbee. S1TAa
DAISY Lee Pau, Charley
jerks, Walter Pier Anoy
johnson. James PHkington, =
Martin. 2 G Pride. y
MCGEE, Lee Rice, a y
McGuire, Hugh Riggs 4s9a49
Nolte, 2 F Rost. Andrea
press, Phil Ring. Fred
Radocay, CYAN Rice, Annie =
RYAN, Margaret Sapp. Mrs 1EGG1 IS
Robinson, Daniel Scott. Morris
PiercV. Nrg A n Stalmon, Albert
Arthur. Flora Sa0eEs =
Brainbridge, Ma Stacldau9e. 6aoe
mfe Ticket Mrs Ella
RrovT1. lanes a Winemitter, o3Gg
Borgess., Miss II ]. West DE- g =
Buns, Mrs John Wilson. Eo
Pobusi- Pete WhitG. 11f ana III
Brooks, Bessie Herman
Bouton. ~ WIburns Elsie
In caiftne for the shove letters plead
state that they were advertised "a etei
paper, and give the date OF the 14st-
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peaItIon with 4weeIen Mills.

Harold Jones has accepted a posi-
ton with the Wooden Mills Tailoring
Company Of this city and FafrmonS
For the present. he viii be employed
in tie Fairmont department
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WIN FTv FIaes.

The Marion window Glass Company
has purchased from the Jones Sporting
Goods Store an eight by twelve Amer
lean Tag which was unfurled to the
breeze over the plant yesterday. They
have also placed an order for q me
service Gag to be displayed in the fac
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lie r7sEi eoisod. Ss szcepset.. Ii : liz Esl Zlss
40 Alliec lllElslt ~ sezs asss
fle r9e Of no one t1osss
I.ions Of corruption money. N dc e shows
what probably would have ha11ei 70 the Meleans +
German agents had succeeded 2 .-aeIns the people OF
that Republic to attack the U -Statss-
As m the Sem Fem case :. eel meaning people
viii suffer because of this far of BeluehIstan.
What pity II IS that when the peace comes it VIII not
be possible to make Germany deliver up the whole M
the world and seducing simple minded people to desert
the paths of political morally
If these people including their chiefs at the seat of the
Pussan government could be tried before International
court and given the punishment they deserve pehaPs Ges-
man propaganda would not spread far IN the years to
come.
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In spite Of the big showing made by Berger and
thompson the Wisconsin bosheviki did not gain any
thing for the returns almost every county in the
state make it reasonably that Congressman Len
root secured the senatorial nomination on the Re2ub-
can ticket o5 a substantial margin.
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SHORT AND SNAPPY

Remember though you have not enlisted for service
y, the army or navy OF your country, have some
service to perform ed your country is looking to you
for such service.-Prestoa County Journal
Too bad these worknen who are holding up the snip
yard work can't have the experience OF Sw1mTlng IN
cold water all day after being torpeGoed by German
MISUNDERSTANDING Exponent.
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n.I,..4. MeMnIIen H.rn.

Private Herbert McMuIlen Of Camp
Shelby. Hattiesburg, Mss is here on
a short furlough which he VIII spend
with relatives near the city.
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SCORE ONE FOR GERMAN AGENTS,
IZESTERDAY's dispatches indicate that the natives
Of Beluchntan have risen, but already have been
severely punished by the garisons of British posts
who are now preparing to take punitive measures
This news interesting for two reasons In the hrst
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DR.. L. NJ Stephens and R. ]. Jersey
OF Wheeling, have taken over Mime
haha Springs, a Pocaho1tas summer
resort, and are planning to bottle
and sell the water from the springs.
which is said to have valuable
medicinal quality They also plan to
erect d hotel and other structures
there with view OF making it one Of
the attractive resorts OF the state
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sos s.cond Ave- Roanoke, va

9o3 Second Ave-, Roanoke, va =
A remarkable strong statement
Note mr.. Lloyd2S trouble was ten years
old. And yet four dollars worth OF
Nerv-Worth brought him back to nor
Cranes Drug Store sells this famous
family tonic in Fairmont- Your dol
IaE back III dds not tapa yo9 gp:
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I'm A WELL Man
SAYS ]. ]. LLOYD,
CAR REPAIRER
Gives Althe Credit to Nerv-
Worth, Which Helped His
BABY. Too.

Mr. Lloyd made the following state
ment few days ago to the Eerv-
Worth druggists at Roanoke. Va, and
the terms Of It are OF the most con-
vincing character:
81 was sufferer for ten years from
indigestion and engaged several doc
tors, who failed to give me relief
While on duty at Charleston, ". Va,
the Nerv-Worth demonstration advised
me to try Nerv- Worth, which did.
reluctantly. But after taking four bot
ties FOUND MY HEALTH NORMAL
and now I ana we'll man. Can now
eat and sleep well. I have put my
baby on it CIerv-Worth) and he is do
ing fine.