The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-21
Members Of Eastern Star
Raise Large Sum in
Interesting Manner.
MONROE MARAN'S TRIP.
Came Through the Rain in1
Order to Do His
Part.

One OF the most interesting cam.
paigns for q small sum which has
ever been started by this paper ends
teday. The sum OF 5000 and a little
over has been received for the benefit
Of the woman who became an inno-
cent slave to drugs. SO many SYM
pathetic hopes for the woman's re-
covery have been received with dol
lars included; that the West Virginian
Is proud TO state in this edition that
the woman for whom these stories.
have been written will now have her
chance and everything in the power OF
man will have been done to bring her
back to Failmont again, cured.
This morning early Monroe Moran
from Winfield district drove In
for the special purpose Of bringing $5
to be used on the fund. He said he
worried so much about the suffering
girI all during last night after read
ilig about her in the paper that he
could not sleep and bright an dearly
brousht in his money. One OF the big
gest donations received this morning
was from the Ladies of the Eastern
Star who sent in $55. This sum came
as . big surprise and the manner In
which it Waa collected was interesting
to the highest extreme.
Last evening after large attend
ance at the lodge rooms Of this or
sanization, 1t was suggested BY the
ladies thar cake which had been
given to one Of the members, be sold
for Whatever itwould bring in and
tie proceeds given to th D found for the
4 cure OF The morphine woman. 1t was
l0:so last night and Immediately
members present thought Of SCOTS
Jeweiry Auction and called him on
the phone. "Sure bring the cake
over. agrced Mr.. Scott and within .
half an hour q game was started which
followed close on the heels Of the au-
cfion sale and which had for leaders
A. b. Scott, James L. Hand and
Charles j. Wilber. Mr.. Hand, the
aucti very kindly donated his
services and started the cake with
these remarks: Ladies and gentle.
mon. here's fine cake which | feel
; In my bones is going to bring big
price. The money which Is received
Scot and Mr.. Hand that every bid
the woman afflicted with the NOR
sphine habit which The West virginian
IS writing about. The woman Is en-
8 tirely worthy or The West Virginian
would not have taken the matter up.
Then commenced some lively bid
ding with promise from both Mr..
Scott and Mr.. Hand that every bet
would be backed by them for fifty
cents more. When the last bid for the
cske reached the $11 mark, there was
some halt but when Waitman w. Con-
away bought the cake for this amount
and turned 1t back to be resold, ey-
ef9body warmed up and went to work
again with renewed energy. The fol-
lowing persons bid on the cake after
that: James L. Hand and Charles j.
Wiiber,-SS; Charles F. Page.-$7;
Z q e 8 !. and Il Leonard Deegan,-$5; Mrs.
B. j. Brooks, 81; A. B. Scott, $s;
walter Corbin, So; Clyde Hill, $2i
Ralph Urhel. 81; L. N. Loveland, 81;
and Miss Weber, 81. The last four
bids were made on the cake at the
lat tWhen It was decided to quarter It
and sell each quarter. These four per.
sonS teok their share Of the booty
hcne but no one else got crumb,-
turning the cake back everytime It
ri scld, 10 be resold until the mag
diticef,t sum Of $54 was made.
M Hand at the close-before the
cake wss quartered said he thought he
ought to have ct least one piece Of the
cRke for himself. Everyone agreed
md d large slice was cut and laid
earefuily back on a shelf out Of the
reach OF the ladies present. 1t was
Just as Mr.. Hand was preparing to
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