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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Pocahontas Meeting.

The regular scmi-monthly meeting OF
the Degree of POcahontas. auxlliar! Or
ganization Of the Improved Ofder Oh Ncu
Men. was held in the Frat"rnai nan y"
North Fifth street last night. ana d
large number OF important business MAJ
ters were given attention.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Rcouf coal Reached.

The goal for 400 associate member
ships for the Boy Scout organization has
boon attained here. The memberships
sold for 81 each. The success Of the
drive here Is due to tho untirinC efforts
Of Harry 8. Russell. who was the chair
man in charge.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Business Closed Tomorrow.

Practically all of the business houses
of tho city, including the banking insu-
tu,ions, groceries. meat markets. etc.,
will hc closed from noon on tomorrow
and residents Of the city will do well 10
take cognizance of this fact. and make
,hcr plans 10 conform to this arrange
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
whu tina Difference.

- The Belmont county election h"arn
has rejected all bids for IN" Work Oh
printing the ballots for tn" AuEuSt PR
80, ard Martins Ferry. The lowest bid
-. nrintine tho ballots was S635. Two
.sar. ago the work was don" for $50.
The work will probably be done without
nonfrNct
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20

Members Of ohio Valley Lodge NO.
1Oo Of Amalgamatcd Iron and Steel
workers will enjoy banquet at the
Knights of Golden Eagle Hall on Thtr-
ty-secord street Sunday afternoon. y
committee Is in charge OF the arrange
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
All Might Hife,

Roy Scouts Of the South Bellaire
Methodist Episcopal church and OF
Pinch Kun will go out on an all-night
hike Saturday evening. They will like
" 20 out over Rock Hill. Scoutmaster
Earl Fry will be in charge Of the boys
on the trip.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
MAY Have Carnival.

Another carnival may exhibit in ms
city next week. Representatives, OF
carnival company. now showing at
Washington. IA. were here yesterday
comforting with members of the Moose
lodge relative to giving IN" shows AT
the ball park on Sixteenth street.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Church for Rest Room.

The African Methodist Ep'$c"IH
c,,rcb an North Sixth street will bo
Enn, nncn all day Friday and Saturday
-, ho need as a rest room for those de-
s:rirg 10 mako use Of the building.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20

o., yesterday at noon. The injured man
was rushed To the local hospital mt once
md operated upon by Or. Il. h. WILSON,
II" was said by Tho attaches at the hos
pital last night To be IN serious. nut
not critical condition and Will prooao'y
recover
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20

Miss Hazel NiChol and orothcrs enter
raincd n few friends on Tuesday evening
q, ,re,r homo in honor Of their house
guests Miss Alkaline Patton and Miss
Birncy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
rolsv oeta Discharge.

= Michael Foley. wcllknown local young
a-,.n ha. been discharged from tho army
service and has returned to his hom"
\ on Union street. H" has been IN IN"
Ermy for about year having sP""t
~ that time in France. He IL tho
- ~ Mr. and Mrs. James Foley. He
ormerly worked on the c. & +. rail-
road.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Truck Caught xre

Yesterday morning a. to;So EnSf,e
company TO Thir,y-seventh ana asire Mo S1
sbn Iobnson SON company Of Bellairc. Ohio.
W., was ' found on Are. It took but tSw
minutes FOR the fire fighters TO ex,ln d
rmish the blaze. Only the seat suffered
damage,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Big initiation.

The Elk Lodge ~ making plans Tor a
hiE initiation to b" held next Tuesday
evening. Jun" %. Following IN" militia
ton there will he smoker with an In
tcrcsting program rendered.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
wa,1rosa brakeman Injured.

John PctrovsAi. aged 80, ana resi-
dent Of Maynard. and employed as 4
hr,kcmon on tho Wheeling & LAX" Eric
railroad. sustained a badly crushed
shouler while at work near Dillonvale.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Lawn Social

rho Mons Jlsraca class Of the lmman-
nal RontiSt church will give a social on
tho lawn OF the church annex building
next Saturday evening. Al trienos OF
members Of this congregation are @o'
daily invited to attend.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20

The regular meeting Of c. l.. penny
tent Of knights OF the Macoaoees. Will
he held in the rooms Of the Heinlein
building this evening, and a good at
tendance of the members Is expected.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Pour Goncr6fn-

The work OF pouring concrete for the
foundation for tho new miners temple,
at Thirty-fourth and Belmont street s.
has begun. The work Of excavating for
/ the basement has about been COM
plcted
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20

mrn,S. which are being mad" on an
rl,hnralc scale. Lows Leonard on
N'h...lrE. VIII" - tn" pr"SId"ht OF the
Iron AMI Steel Workers 81 Nh"cI'hg'
,v.,i attend and deliver an address.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
NAV play Elm Grove.

The whistle baseball team OF this
.,,v may play the fast Elm Grow" mn"
a. saturday at Elm Grove. Manager
~NeKelvey Of the local team said last
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
BELLAIRE NEWS

, night that ncgot iations for the contest
/ were under way. The TWO teams arc
about evenly matched.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20
Briddeport, Martins Ferry and Ohio Side News
Port Huron Club Dance.

las tho meeting will be both busy ana
entertaining.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20

The greater the necessity FOR saving
the greater your opportunity to use
The Intelligencer Want Ada
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-10
G'6VNcD WIGGILXgEs q
IBEDIIME' STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE SNEEzING SUN
SHINE.

around. They sent some OF the sneez-
ing sunlight into the face OF an old
toad gentleman who was hopping along
and he sneezed so hard that he jumped
backward. But he said he was glad OF
it, because he liked to sneeze, and
jumping backward or frontward was all
the same to him.
So Uncle Wiggily left Billie and
Johnnie playing in the sun with the
bit Of shining looking glass, and the
bunny gentleman hoped on to the
eleven and ~twelve-cent store to get the
new. shiny tin dishpan for Nurse Jane,
Here you are, Uncle Wiggily," said
the little mousie girl who waited on
him. Here is the most shiny dishpan
in the store. You a see your face in
the bottom OF it."
as he tried It. This Is jolly. The dish
pan is as, shiny as the bit Of looking
glass the squirrel boys had"
The mousie girl wrapped the dishpan
in paper, Uncle Wiggily took It under
his paw and started to hop back to-
ward the hollow stump bungalow. He
was thinking how glad Nurse Jane
would be to have a pan that didn't
leak, and the bunny was just wonder
ing what he would have for supper,
when, all Of a sudden, out from behind
a stump hoped the bad old Pipsise-
wah.
"Ah, ha! Oh, ho!" howled the Pip
sisewah. Il think there is no question
but what l have you this time, Uncle
Wiggily."
Yes" sadly answered the bunny,
you seem to have me. And what are
you going to do with me?"
Take you off to nay den and nibble
q bit of souse off your ears!" said the
unpleasant chap. 81 am hungry for
souse and"
And just then the wind blew the
paper covering off the new, shiny dish
pan. A beam of sunshine shone on the
bright tin, like a looking glass, and
then the sunbeam shone in the eyes of
the Pipsisewah.
"A-ker-choo! A-ker-chool A-ker-
chooi" sneezed the bad Rfpsisewah, and
he sneezed so hard that he turned a
somersault and a peppersault and away
he flew off over the trees, and so he
didn't get Uncle Wiggily at all.
We'll, it's a good thing the new tin
dishpan made the sneeging sunshine
tickle the Pipslsewah," said the bunny.
Then he hoped on to his bungalow.
Nurse Jane washed the dishes and all
was well. And If the coffee pot doesn't
get up In the night and take the tea
out OF the sugar bowl to go to the
moving pictures, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and Sammie's marbles.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-10

coin in 1864, he was elected. and upon
the assassination OF Lincoln succeeded
to the presidency, Having served out
his term az president ne returned to
Tennessee to engage in the hottest kind
OF politics and, though at the outset
defeated, finally regalned his seat in the
senate Of the United States.
He hated Grant with n holy hate.
His first act on re-entering the senate
vas TO deliver an impIaeably bitter
speech against the president. II wa
his last public appearance. He went
thence 70 his home In Dast Tennessee,
gratlfied and happy, to die in a few
weeks.
There used to be n story about Ra-
leigh, In North Carolina, where Andrew
johnson was born, which whispered
that he was a natural son OF William
Ruffin, an eminent jurlst In the earlier
years OF the nineteenth century. 1t was
analogous to the story that Lincoln
was the natural son OF various paterni-
Ties from time TO time assigned to him.
had my share In running that calumny
to cover, II was a lie out OF the whole
cloth. with nothing whatever to sup
port or excuse II. I reached the bot
tom Of II 70 discover proof Of It's base
lesshess abundant and conclusive. In
Johnson's case | take It that the story
had nothing other to rest on than the
o%bscurlty o. his birth and the quality
Of his talents, Late In life John
son went to Raleigh and cause to
be erected q modest tablet over the spot
pointed out as the grave Of his pro
genltor, saying, | was told by persons
claiming to have been present, 4 place
this stone over the last earthly abode
Of my alleged father
johnson, In the saying Of the coun-
ttyside, ~'outmarrled himself. His wife
was a plain woman, but she came of
n osahH fAn1ilxB nna AaU a1 thu lhbn,I
ran, she saw passing through the
0reeneville street In which her people
lived n woman, a boy and a COW the
boy carrying a pack over HIS shoulder.
They were obviously weary and hungry,
Extreme poverty could present no sad
der picture. Mother cried the girl,
there goes the man am going to
marry She vas thought to be in jest.
But a few years later she made her
banter good and lived to see her huR-
band president Of the United States and
with him occupied the White House at
Washington.
Much has been written of the hum
bic birth end iron fortune Of Abraham
staeleS 10 overcome re as ss'" either
Andrew. jackson or Andrew John
son. Jackson a prisoner Of war
vas liberated, a lad Of l6, from the
British pen at Charleston, without Il
relative, a friend Or a dollar in the
world, having to make his way upward
through the most aristocratic commuUi-
ty Of the country and time. Johnson,
equally friendless and penniless, started
az q poor tailor In a rustic village. Lin
coin must. therefore, take third place
among our self-made presidents. The
| Hanks family were not paupers, He
had a wise and helpful stepmother. He
was scarcely worse off than most young
| fellows Of his neighborhood, first in
Indiana and then in Illinois. On this
side justice has never been rendered
10 jackson and Johnson. In the case
OF jackson the circumstance was for
! gotten, while johnson too often dwelt
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-10
Man Who NeUer Laughed,
Andrew johnson, One of
StrangeSt Characters

Henry Watterson, In his wonderful
"reminiscences In the Saturday Evening
Post, writes a chapter most interesting
to Tennesseans. 1t deals with two re-
markable men contemporary from this
state, although the sun Of one went
down before that Of the other reached
its 2enith-Sam Houston and Andrew
Johnson.
With the possible, exception Of Par.
SON Brownlow, Middle and West Ten
nessee had for. years a greater hate 70
Johnson h for any other a And
yet his trouble with those who Anon
ICED Lincoln for their wi political
hgrandizement begnn when, In his first
reconstruction proclamation, he limited
the franchise to those who possessed 1t
prior to 1861.
Col. Watterson's pen picture OF this
rare man follows:
Tennessee was represented In the
senate by OF the most problematlc
characters In American history. with
my father, who remained his friend
through life, he had entered the state
legislature in 1885, and having served
ten years IN the lower house Of con-
Tennessee, he can't back In 1875 to the
national capital, a member Of the upper
house. He WA Andrew johnson.
II knew him from my childhood.
Thrice that can recall I eaw him
weep, never did | see him laugh. Life
had been very serious, albeit very sue
c~essful, to him. or unknown ~parentage,
the wife he had married before he WAS
one and twenty had taught him to read.
Yet at six n twenty he was In the
Tennessee general assembly and at four
and thirty In congress-.
There was from first to last not a
little about him to battle conjecture. |
ahHnaI1 aAi Gt-a a - ANEaa Vat
Cade and Aaron Burr, His sympathles
were easily stirred by rags IN distress.
But he was uncornpromislng in his
detestation Of the rich. IL was said that
he hated a billed shirt, He would have
nothing to do with people who wore
broadcloth,, though he carefully dressed
himself. When, as governor Of Tennes-
many invitations, 10 take his first New
Years dinner with a party OF touehs At
the house Of q river r6ustabout.
There was nothing Of the tough
about him. however. His language was
careful and exact. I never heard him
passed quite fifteen years In Washing
ton, a total abstainer from the use 81
in~tokicantH. He fell into the occa-
sional-drink habit during the dark DAYS
Of the war. But after some costly ex-
perience he dropped II ana continued
n tOthl h~DNlhlneT 10 the end OF MS lays,
He had, indeed, admirable self con
troll. | do not believe a more consoien.
tIous mar ever lived. His Judgments
were sometimes peculiar, but they were
upright and sincere, having reasons
which he could give with power and
effect, behind them. Yet was he A bofr
politician. crafty to a degree, and
always successful, relying upon a popu.
lar following which never failed him.
in 1860 he supported the quasi
secession Breckenridge and Lane presi
Dental ticket, but In 1891 he stood trul
to the Union, retaining his seat In tn,
senate until he was appointed mllitar,
governor Of Tennessee. Nominated 10
yice-president on the ticket with Lin
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-10

closed 1t again. Then he took a long
breath. For two long and lovely days
Estrelda had not flown into one single
rage. He did not want to break the
spell II he could help it. So
well, all right" Freddie agreed
good temperedly. TITS perfectly easy to
work It all out now Let's Bee,' he
glanced about him, what shall we have
for the center Of interest In this room7
Shall we build everything around the
fireplace, or shall we feature that n
nice big Window"
Estrelda stared at him blankly.
II haven't the faintest idea what
you're talking about" she said,
Well" explained Freddie gently.
when you're arranging a room you
pick out the nos important thing in
it. II it's a living room you intend to
use most in the winter, then usually it's
the fireplace or the windows: II it's
a library, It's the books and center
table for magazines, of course; II it's
the dining, room; 1t would be the table;
I've heard mother say so often that
unless things are comfortable, and con-
~venient in a house they + not really
beautiful"
Here again was the rule Of law and
order beneath all things that was for
ever incomprehensible to Estrelda, She
guessed that Freddie was speaking a
ldIlB udBe NOW lNdN was HOL HGIb, anu
one that she never could hope to learn,
But she did not want him to suspect
her lack of knowledge. So
"Oh-go ahead nj do any old thing
you like!' she said earelessly. I'm
going to run the victrola, anyway"
without another word Freddie set to
work at the arrangement Of his own
home. He knew little enough through
experience. but he was sensitive to
beauty; wanting 1t keenly enough-to
strive for 1t with all his will. He
guessed, and soon he knew, as he
looked more closely at the furniture
his bride had bought for their apart
ment, that it was tawdry. But he Ia
bored to place 1t in the room TO the best
possible advantage. And such we're his
efforts that soon an extraordinary thing
cam to pass. The place began to take
on In air that was almost homelike. II
ceased, at least, to be cluttered, and
began to show the results of definite
and thoughtful arrangement,
And-all through Freddie's labors, Es-
trelda tried one dance record after the
other on the victrola.
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HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1918.
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

NSOpJ "A 4SlSi " IiO NSShAA ANSV5
paper Sy~ndicate,)
Jupiter rules strongly for good today,
according to astrology. Mars is slightly
adverse.
This is a day held lucky for specula-
ton, for buying and for planning large
enterprises. 1t should be a time when
new trade opportunities open.
Honors and success should come to
lawyers during this sway and one who
has held high place will receive a for
eign appointment within a month, the
seers predict.
There is sign read as promising to
financial enterprises. Bankers should
nected with army affairs will be dis
appointing at first, although 1t will turn
out right.
Oratory will be more prevalent than
1t has been for a long stretch of years.
The planet that inclines men to talk
too much will retain its sway through
the entire spring.
Initiative of any sort should be lucky
while the stars retain this sway. Build
ing, opening shops and starting work
in new positions u prove success
full.
Mars ia in a place read as presaglng
sweeping changes connected with the
war and the aspect Is interpreted as
giving warning that return to old con-
ditions will be impossible.
Living will continue to cost a grea!
deal, II the signs are read Alright, and
there will be but a slow decrease In
prices, while wages will remain. high.
Agitation over questions OF morals
will be widespread, owing to some
scandal.
Again music is subject to a govern
ment of the stars that promises much
Tor this country. :,
Persons whose birthdate It Is should
have a successful year. They should
guard against disputes.
Children born on this day are likely
to be generous and kind, but these sub
jects of Aries are usually rash anu
strong willed. Mars is their principal
ruling planet.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-10

like tribes Of Indians; and when he
returned from this journey he was a
physical wreck, suffering intensely
throughout the rest Of his life with
his eyes, unable to write or to listen
to reading for more than half an hour
az a time. Yet he wrote a series OF
histories so fun Of charm and romance
that they put fiction in the shade;
While so perfectly accurate in his
chronicle of events that other historians
have confidently drawn upon It.
John Fiske went oye much the same
ground, only more deliberately and from
q wider viewpoint, carrying the story
down to the actual formation Of the
United States and the drafting Of the
constitution. He said of his work.:
Never has the historian grappled
with another such epic theme. save
Greece and Persia, and Gibbons pages
r~esounded with the solemn tread Of
marshalled hosts through a thousand
years Of change,
The pages of these histories glow
with a living fire, for our historians not
only took a new field, but a new meth
cd, revolutionizing the whole plan Of
history writing, From the impetus CIV
en- by Fiske and Parkman sprang that
tremendous output of historical novels
which occurred toward the end of the
last century, although LonFfellow,
NhibblUi Hllh hp"til hdu previously I'M
mortalized much Of our legend and
story in verse.
We also have many admirable his
torians Of a single, striking period,
notably Theadore R~oosevelt's The
Winning Of the West" in which one
catches the initial stirring of that mar
yelous march of development across
the American c%ontinent-a logged
struggle Of men with forests, rivers,
mountains, deserts on their way to the
West, and still toward the West. They
plodded on like Kipling's explorer, al
ways hearing that one everlasting
whisper:
Something hidden. Go and find It!
Something lost behind the ranges,
Lost, and waiting for you. Co.
And they went, until they reached
the land Of gold and the western
ocean, and then they turned back again
to knit the West to the East and make
US one n%ation-to give forever an an
swer to the question, why am l an
American"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-10
CHAPTER NO. Is.
Home Making.

Hone MAKING
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate,)
But in spite Of everything the eve
ming spent at the moving picture the
alter was comparatively successful. Es-
trelda, anyway, had enjoyed 1t hugely.
And, never doubling that she had but
just taken part in nj Of New York's
chief gaities ashe was properly thrilled,
Having had her own way, and having
enjoyed having Il, made her good
tempered for several days. According
~, Sunday morning, when Freddie did
not have to go downtown, dawned Sc
renely. They had a comfortable and
late breakfast. Sarah, their maid, was
even specially on her mettle since Mr..
Mason" was home. She had a great
deal more respect for her boss than
for her mistress, and it manifested it.
self In a more careful service for his
benefit.
And now" said Freddie, putting
down his napkin, "Tm going to help
you, Sweetie, to get this apartment in
over the shop, are your
Estrelda yawned lazily.
"Oh-itn do" she said. I'm getting
1t in order fast enough Freddie, it's
q day of rest. I'm all tired out anyway,
Don't let's do anything today"
"Eou don have to, dear" he tolo
her, "but honest, I'd like to get this
place so we're really living in it, You
can sit still If you like. Just tell me
where you want the heavy things, and
the pictures, and III get busy"
Good gracious" said Estrelda, "ii
knew where I wanted 'em I'd have
EN- there! Any chump can drag furni.
ture around in a little place like this
But I don't know where TO put things!'
Freddie was standing helplessly in the
middle Of the tiny room.
But you must have Thought" he
suggested, when you bought them?
mean, you had some idea where yot
were going to put them?p Estrelda set.
tied herself more comfortably on the
couch.
Il had nothing Of the kind" she told
her husband. Don't be silly! It's easy
to see you're your mothers son.
simply knew we had to have tables
and chairs and things. We do, dom
we? Very well then--I bought them!'
Freddie opened his mouth, then hC