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tWEEV|L ABOLITION PLAN
BELIEVED IMPRACTICAL
Stopping Production Of Cotton Tor
One Year Not Favored In
Washington.
NEED BILLION REcoMpENsE
/. Suggestion Contained i'll Florida
House Resolution Says Pests DO
stroys 100 Million In Cotton An
nually.

WASHINGTON, May l6.-Onicials OF
the Department OF Agriculture were
disinclined today 10 believe that the
Legislature TO eliminate the boil
~-ayii by stopping the production OF
cotton for one year was practicable, or
that it would be successful il il could
be put into effect.
= Such plan. they said. certainly
would meet tremendous opposition in
Congress, being OF u sectional nature
and calling for an initial approprla-
tion TO recomponsc the cotton grow
there would be the economic loss to
mills and merchants /" be taken into
consideration and resulting idlcncSs Of
thousands OF persons. y similar pro-
, nosal several years ago TO eSta bliSh
zone fifty miles wide in which no cot
ton could be grown as bar TO the
forward progress Of the wcevil.
reached the stage Of discussion be-
tween several State Governors. but
evoked so much opposition that it re-
suited in nothing.
Boil WceNll Would Not Die.
The only instance Of prohibition OF
cotton growing AS a means Of killing
pests is the Texas state Ian. y quar-
antine zone on the Mexican border has
been established comprising five large
counties. Even IL All opposition could
be overcome. there IS serious doubt in
weevil would SuCcumb 10 the efforts To
exterminatc him. Then, too. there are
volunteer, cotton plants each year
which would serve 20 breed the wccvii.
ton in Florida for one year was not
regarded as OF great mportancc. as
the State is only minor producer of
the staple.
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EiiPLOl MEiNT
Help Mun,cd-F'cmaIe.


GIRLS wanted handy CA sewing macn!n-s
Ia learn making cl"jh has and caps
Cod pay. ABBY E.,h!-on Tia, 90 Inc
- -" Virginia Sry,e,
e. =. r..,'i.i'a antgd. . experienced colorsd
Women l.r>~"rs uU women garments.
|opI "aSe, go good pr.ssrir. Apply .iohn
.'h-tTi"n ji"o Washington Avenue, New
a.t N-N-, ~
: .r.NpGEAI HER wanted. Good salary
AE.ly aw!il ! -
= ir.NpGkAl.h !.Ii wanted yVuur Ias,-.
high school studout pcs.rcu i'eginn.r
ace ept.h!". Sp,-G SECONDARY 10 accLracr
: at. salary 80 START 80. care Tim.s-
. lsuatCh
..AC h EES nua."I up-uIug FOR normal
srnooi cr cnttrEv-train-A ,.oucn. he, ,ye..T
twenty five ana iorIy ycaTs oI are hayli.
g""i personality ami i.no.. icn-. OF the
principles 81 p"uh=uSy tor position requiring
SON" iray"i!ns an" m"IiUcd form =
Sa icSIn" nsaIp. anu vastnR from $1,000 a.,
s.."rn N:Ig. acIprGlhS 80 ability. ! a5I
CAV. 1lmcs- IlsratCh
iOu% 81 t.S-Waut.d. Young ladies' and
sliiS I" work in our btndcry: pleasant
work. good salary to b-=il..,rr.,. eight. hour
DAY .,l.I''s once Geo ~ tita.ns Printing
10. u H1rih f"grts-nth STRICT
iol.G i.ApI FOR cashier ana Jerk An
ply 2nn N,<l Main.
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Help Manieu-Aiaie. 8;

bAk BET. Fir::t-elass - guarantee and
bbiI.rEMAi> hi; NHuted Apply Mclean
toniracting t"mpany Ice Han Va
C.sNSLS 'irkn> -G".crnm-ut needs 600
clerks Tor census: SlGp month E,xamina
,i"nS soon, ~ requirements. Is or over
cor 1f"e particulars, write !. Leonard
CORNER '.Nli service ENuminar) iD,5
.,uuitahIc EIiI,i!ng Washington 800
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Iteno.n,,ne anu D,cing.
-Ri:G,iii,M9Nn, lat .w9HKss
Tailoring und Pressing.

CLEANING AND PHEsSiNG--Bcst work
best prices Cali boulevard as Allen
ANenu" leaning a"d Pressing Co. l South
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! SALESMAN wanted to travel North Caro-
INA. WORKING retail grocery trade Salary
/ anu expenses. Give age, experience mar
| RED or single. in first letter. Replies CON
! n,.m,,"i "ddr"ss ESQ care Times
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SA!."SM.NS wanted. with knowledge OF
oihrc suppiN ard stationery business for
4mts.h" wnrh Apply the franklin Press Co..
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!? BIG SIN STUDE.BA now bein
driven oh.y bS Mr. Da!uen. wiil ue sui
Mech
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S-\i.raMAN. :" 10 3. years OF age OF proven
selling ability. who can furnish unu,Ies-
io1nhle rcfcrenees. 10 travel Northern Vir-
gina Win hi3E-own auto. Iicaduua rters
town Fredcricksbur Position permanent
with opportunity for advancement. Straight
salary ana allowance mileage ba sig for
use Of auto. ". Heinz Co. 81 Varieties
Food PRODUCTS. ii3 West Conway Street.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
RANDOM EVENING THOUGHTS.


tDAMAY, Sept. 3O.-[Editor The
West virginian. l-"Stone walls do not
prison make nor iron bars cage
quoth Peter Illetson, as he went to life
Imprisonment rather than free him
self by using a sacred name. And SC
for forty years he endured prison life
with equanimity-for Peter could
dream true" Day after day he loosN
ed forward to the coming night when
he might lie on his cot place his Lft
foot under the right, cross his hands
under his head-the unfailing method
and dream true of the old garden
where he played as child, Of his
mother and Of M.nnie-Gcund again
after many years but lost n him for
she had become the wife T. another.
1--WE are such stuff as dreams are made
Of" said Prospero, and our little life
is bounded by Sleep" And so Peter
lived each night among the loved
ones, until the Great Messenger came
for him to take his place once more
and forever for all had passed beyond
living for Peter only in his dreams.
There is also story that wher
Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto conspired
to dethrone and retire their parent
Saturn to a state of innocuous desue-
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! lob and to my surprise got one.

Ia Job ana 10 my surprise got Oi.e
'rhe next day ! thought again, as u
worked on the Triple, Of the hard
working person with the black exte-
rior, keeping my mouth shut the while
to avoid swallowing too much coal
dust. But when the whistle blew at
half past three and emerged from a
tub shortly afterward, there all around
were hills to be climbed, distant vistas
to be explored, feathered and fur-foot-
ed friends to become acquainted with
and by the same token, crawling ones
to avoid. The other day unintention-
ally tramped on q blacksnake while
stalking an unfamiliar songbird to get
a better view, but his snakeship only
hurried away, no doubt wondering
what made his tail hurt so.
And then thoseNwonderrul evenings
as the sun sets in the north. Yes, |
know. I've tried to argue myself into
the correct position even using COM
pass but Old Sol will Insist on coming
up in the south and setting in tho
north in spite OF all arguments.
Light thickens and the crow wings
to the rocky wood" Tree toads, crick-
cts and other pipes of Pan tune up for
the evening concert. Mourntully a
screech owl on a distant wooded hill
begins his evening hunt for field
mice, his quayering notes causing a
SILVER of fear to the timid. Humans,
Il mean. If the mice had any sense
they'd go home and hide from that
ominous sound.
Here and there music is heard,
sometimes piano, sometimes a graph
ophone, again song whereupon all
others stop and listen. It's the profess
sor's bride, the newly welded wife OF
the school supervisor, her clear So
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TOLL OF cARELEssNEss.

THE Safety First movement in this country IS now in its
10Th year. Itorignated in Dr. William H. 'Toman' 5
studies Of accident prevention abroad. In 1900 Dr. lot-
man started the American Museum Of Safety in New York.
This was the first organized move against prevenabIc
deaths and injuries The 10 years battle against accidents
has materially reduced the casualty rate More important
il has caused an analysis Of accidents thorough that we
are all becoming experts on dangers to be avoided.
The slipping ladder causes more accidents than any.
thing else Its casualty toll bears out the claim of Safety
First authorities that 80 per cent Of accidents are due to
carelesnes AS an opposite case, take dynamite making
Despite its hazardous nature there are few accidents IN the
dynamite industry The workers know that they are IN the
presence Of DEATH They have demonstrated Their personal
caution is the most effective preventive of accidents
Safety First Investigations by large employers OF labor,
including the General Electric Co have revealed that there
are certain ages certain hours certain days when people re-
lax their vigilance. The most careless age is u to 20.
More accidents occur on Monday than any other day.
More accidents occur between and 10 in the morning
than any other hour Of the day night 1t evident that
people have tendency after period Of rest to return to
work in careless attitude The relaxation Of the body
accompanied by relaxation fvigance and caution Gov
em your movements accordingly. The Time to be most
watchfu is when you feel the safest.
Accidents kill $4,000 American workmen yearly. Two
million workmcn are injured yearly hree million cases OF
sickness due preyentabe occupaona diseases another
annual TOLL Accidents cause wage loss OF ,OUUu0U
every "a hours Safeguard your body you would safe
guard machine, valuable fragile vase or possession Of
diamond Safeguard yourself constantly. Danger moi
limited 10 your work. II turks in homes in streets, on
railroad tracks and in recreation.
The prevention Of accidents can become automat-
ic. Safety devices help materially but human caution
the most powerful protection against injury.
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ma Iuniter. being &c strongest, q

tude, Jupiter, being the strongest,I es
ctded to reign oyer the heavens anc
tho earth. Neptune chose the ocean,
Whereupon Pluto mildly inquired,
"Where do come in?" you don't
come in a-tall," shouted Jupe, shaking
his newly-forged thunderbolts menac-
ingly, backed up by Nep with his
trident. you go! So they told him
where to 90 and-He went. With much
the same conflicting emotions as filled
Pluto on that journey, / topped the
ridge coming from Pennington and
looked down at Idamay on scorching
summer afternoon. Rows of frame
houses surrounding the mine reddish
brown streets, few barking dogs, the
roar of the tipple. looked back at
the smiling country toward Farming
ton, wavered, then came down the hill
"Why not?" though /, Initiate even the
despired Pluto? He's a, hardworking
person and paints himself an honest
black And so it came about.
Approaching supt. Wolfe, who sur
veyed my altitudinous but spare ele-
walton with noticeable lack of en-
thusiasm, born, no doubt, Of compare
son with his husky miners, l asked for
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and wice hat IN New York You can get cheaper bird.
But lhey are mol worth much as singers h England he
ttle part Bit safati o draity command anywhere
from s. 10 ST. Bird SEED has advanced 800 pef CEN
since 1914
Goldfish run strong second 70 eanares d favor Il pres
sn and are aImost as scarte Dealers report pronounced
demand from Canada ii particular and disregard Of
price.
Within recent years the song bird and goldfish business
Of DE great department stores has grown 70 be Of tons-
cradle proportions In London is centralized IN what is
known as Club Row nj Bamal Green. In New York i
used to Be particularly prominent in Barclay street. but now
ills widely scattered
Those qualified to speak say if the people knew how
much is spent year on song birds and beautifully cclored
fish hey would be astonished
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the CUFF they have been getting of dur
ing the past two days.
Judge Gary said yesterday that he
was sorry to have to differ with the
United States senate.
That must have been figure Of
speech.
Lots OF fellows differ with the SEN
ate without being particularly sorry
about 1t.
And great many differ with Judge
Gary just now and feel rather glad
that they do.
The world as it is constituted today
has no more time for the industrial
stand patter than it has for the radical
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All Hands ON psekt

Al F1dHub Sn bsCh
A young lady accompanied by her
escort was watching the ball game
from The West Virglnian score board
yesterday. Il am not sure that / un-
derstand Just everything" said the
sweet thing, whereupon her escort
eIucidated the matter as follows:
"Why you see when that HEAVIER
Williams laid one down the groove
this bird Kopf swung the old
willow like mad man and banged
the pill through the ether into
deep center pasture and ambled
round the circuit TO the third stop
and while all that was happening
Groh and Duncan were cutting
daisies and schimmieing over the
place they count 'em. Neale, who
is a fungo hitter, comes up and
watches while the express goes
past his station twice. and then
steps into one but Eddie Collins
nails It and Rickenbackers it to
Gandil and they change ALL"
How wonderful" gushed the
pretty creature. you make 1t all
so plain"
Return to Quarters.
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A bank failure of more than usual Significance

bank failure of more than usual significance
occurred in Fargo, North Dakota yesterday when the
American bank with authorized capital
of $4,000 and surplus of $4,000 closed up by
the state banking department after examiner had
found list of loans aggregating $784,194 mostly to
the Non-Partisan league The statement Of the examE-
or says that total lack Of judgment and unwarranted
optimism responsible for the extension of credit dis
played by the list of 20 excess loans. Unwarranted
optimism" is very Apostle selection of terms 1t de-
scribes not only the condition that brought about the
failure Of this bank but the whole NonPartisan league
project
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Yesterday was pretty good day for the treaty
The French Chamber of Deputies ratified and the as
sent of the other house of the French parliament is GER
tain while in this country the Fall amendments to the
text with the exception of one which will be taken up
later, were all voted down. These Fall amendments
would have barred American representation in the var
ious committees created by the pact and there never
was much probability that they would be adopted, so
yesterdays vote really is not of much consequence ex
cept that it will give the members Of the Foreign Rea
lions committee some idea of where they and their re-
port stand and confirms impression held for weeks
by unprecedented observers that the treaty will be rat-
fled with reservations setting forth the American idea
Of what It means.
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RUFF STUFF

Lamp ii the Astonisher this morn
NJ that yesterday afternoon Monroe
reet tessmbled old time days"
Just like Il used to look when The
Vest Yirginian was down there, IN
lther words.
wdpll 1. must have been all these
But even now they have not struck
hesold time journalistic gait.
Come up to Quincy street where
here IS real electric bulletin board
nd - Associated Press news SER
rice quicker than the old fashioned
elegTaph service.
They w been sending news by tele-
rsph since before the Civil war.
BIZ regular telephone news service
matter Of comparatively recent
ana Il y faster
INT d astonishing the number OF
uy WHO knew an along the Red
ocks were going to put It all over that
'dicsgo outfit?
But th5t kind Of prophets have
ilssed before
n ihey miss this time they'll have
ira Bedding q work up an alibi for
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TRUTHS AND
VES les
BY o, Ban.


sTenshunl
A letter lay on the Bard's desk this
morning from an admirer IN Fatrvisw,
The following clipping was enclosed
and its publication suggested:
(From the Tuttle, n. D. starr
At the burning OF a barn in Steele
recently, our superintendent displayed
some nerve and pluck. Miss Sherman
did not wait for the men to get there
but fastened to the barn without stop
ping to dress, and in bare feet united
the horses before they had become un-
manageable thus saving them With lit
tie trouble. There is not a man, we
venture to say, in ali futile but would
stopped to put on his pants before ven
turing out into the crisp air, but she
did not, her whole thought being o.
the dumb animals imperiled, and 1t
was indeed, a neryy and cool-headeo
performance.
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What People Say
land Some Side Remarks

L. M. Wade, of Sutton, spent his boy
hood days at Laurel Point and says
there were "agitators" in those times.
He names three "agitators" at the time
he was In SCHOOL,. Mllt Taylor (de-
ceased), James Blair (who recently
died), and Chss. Martin. Wade says
that agitation" brought excitement
in those days:
"These 'agitators' inspired the
school boys to resist the authority
of the teacher. 1t did not take
lot of 'agltating' as we LaurelS
Point boys were certainly the
4meanest in the world"
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The steel strike seems to have settled down watt
ing game with the mill operators employing nibbns
tactics This may be perfectly satisfactory to both sides
of the struggle but it is terribly hard on general bus
ness AS is usually the case the public the third party
to every industrial dispute which results in strike is
going to be the worst sufferer,
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! 4N4l2tES. COLD FISH AND THE n. CT.

can blame it on the war or anything you wish but
ii England and America, cost of cananes has adyanc
"a more proporonaey than that of food or clothes any
General commodity and that as you know, is sOyins
food deal Most of the canaries Of commerce come from
lo ony checked exports but curailed the work of the
breeders
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hatis very clear statement Of the situation England
ight now and although conditions not quite as bad
las over there applies very forciby 10 our own case
And IL both countries the people ought to be firmly behind
s authorities in the fight to protect the interests of the
seneralpublc.
There Was time when relatively small Ga" Of grasp.
~, power loving and amazingly narrow minded capitalist
Foined vicious minority in this country. We, got nd Of
a incubus but now we are threatened with the develop
equally vicious minority in the radicals who with
Il few months seem to have obtained ascendency in the
abor organizations And we will have to get rid of them
tou
Fl obtaining strangle hold on the labor movement the
adieSls had the able assistance of careless and loose
linking public which after this country entered the war
Sspaa % talk about the rights of labor in strain which
S seem that these are the only rights that are left The
&s did NOT change any Of the fundamentals Natural law
+ running along just the same it always did and every
e mankind ignores that attempts to run counter to nal
rala penalties must be paid If the real friends Of or
in both this country and Great Britain do not
oo succeed in regainng control the labor movement will
es ead gain ground as the result Of the war in spite
fact tat all clear thinking men agree with the British
government statement Of last night that trades unions are
ssesnized factor.
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pops GOOD WORK.

$50 your father went to the war aft
er all, Freddie?"
Eyes, sir"
1.-THE war must have been nearly
oyer by the time he reached France"
well, he got there just in time to
stop it."-Yonkers Statesman.
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The hump Of a camel serves 1t as an
emergency ration If deprived of food
for several days the animal falls back
on the fat OF its own hump, which then
gradually disappears before the limbs
are perceptbly reduced
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Parade aestI

Fred Haney will now sing a little
ballad accompanied by Isadore zaslaft
on a sewing machine. entitled "she
Wanted a suitor and a Tailor Fit the
Bill"
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The world series has only begun, of course, but no
matter how it results the tradition that the play in the
American league is snapper than in the older organ7a
ton has suffered severe blow.
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erhe government is not lighting trades I'M
i6ns which are a recognized factor of the in
dtlstriAl life Of the country, The government is
fighting to prevent extremists of any indus
trial body from gaining their ends by attacking
Ire life Of the community and SO bringing UNI
tod misery upon thousands of innocent peo-
MAJ
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.RApIcALs ARE PUBLLC EMEMLES.

sE FFoRTs to bring about settlement Of the British
rail strike have failed so far and the government yes
say after conference with labor leaders which was
,sirsn II result issued a statement which said;
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Present ArrsI

The Girl In The Office says she was
out last evening with Julian stealey
and he said he knew man who was
considerable of an inebriate- and she
thought 1t was Just horrid the way
Julian boosted about knowing great
men like that
Ground Arms!
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A native Sitka widow when she puts
on mourning paints the upper partstot
her face a deep black
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.ERENcH MAILE YOU wAIr.

waiter" said the discharged dough,
boy, 81 want this meal served tout de
suite.
II get you, boss, answered the eb-
ony waiter, with a grin. you amt
de first military gentman dats been
here, sahp-B Birmingham Age-Herald
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y During the least year nearly ! o0o,
900 acres Of woods n England were
felled for war purposes
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One thousand six hundred Wagon
loads Of mud and dirt aFe removed
daily from the streets q ondcn
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Parallel lines Of equal length as the
sign Of equality were first adopted BY
Robert Records, who wrote a book on
algebra In 1857.
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A. D. Shields, who lives at Salt Lick,
five miles above Burnsville, attended
the lot sale at the latter place Wednes-
day and when he saw lots sell for $3.50
said:
II remember when land in this
section sold for twelve and-a-half
cents an acre. have known of
one hundred acres of land being
snapped for gun or cow"
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And so the day ends with deyo1t
wish, from some a prayer fof 4 iong
and happy life to the genial protessoi
and his charming BRIDE
Truly as Peter says Stone Walls sc
not prison make, nor iron bars
cage" IGNArItls
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'rano floating out through 10 oeFI

ooh Genevieve, my early love
The years but make thee deafeg fars
My heart will never never rove
Thou art my only guiding star
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Then the professor sings eI'li Be
you home again Kathleen, causing O
general smile. OF cours6 he wont
He's only spoofing. Hasn't had her
much more than a month and 4 az
viously too proud in possession q 20
anything so foolish.
Tonight they sing later Than usual
and as / lie down, left foot under ne
right, hands clasped behind my head
l hear
"And sometimes in the twilight Gloon
apart
The tall trees Whisper heart 70 hear
From my fond lips the eager anaNiera
Thinking hear thee call