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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-02
BlanIxets

If you would make a
prac6cal gift choose
Blankets. What would
be more ACCEPTABLE to
many than a tfiAe warm
Blanket? And here IS
the place to gettiIle blink
cts. Because tits q well
known fact that at Hart
ley's one finds the best
assortment and+the big
gest values.
Fine Cotton Woolsap Blanket
IN grey, tan, brown. white. etc N
have attractive colored borders
and some are IN handsome plsid
effects. These are priced 5000.
Then there are Fine Cotton
Blankets at s7.to, asgsig
These are IN prettyplaias eexss
inches. II 7
White Wool BlankeSs with blue
botders-soft and warm 6xSi
inches -s12 the pair
4
white and Tan Wool Hlanketg,
7QIS0 inches, In size, come at sl5.
a pair.
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clnh a IA Entertained.

The NeedIeworkers club will meet
On Friday evening at 1890 o'clock with
Mrs. Guy Mason at lily Virginia ave-
hiin
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Sweaters

The surest way 10 induce q
! young woman 70 spend goat
Heal Of time out Of doors Is 70 give
IN on Christmas morn one OF
thsls irresistible sweasefs They
cane in many attractive styles
and co Nrs. Hand Knit Ripple
sweaters iIdg Me Tight, s Reatera
Coat swea ers, $3.50 ups
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-02

French baskets OF pink and white
roses formed the table. decorations at
a dinner OF attractive appointments al
which Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Wiedebusch
we're host and hostess last evening AZ
their home on Falrmont avenue COM
pllmentary to Miss Louise Hite, daugn
Ter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Hte Of this
city and her fincee Harry K. Granger
of Lincoln, Neb. Covers were laid for
sixteen, including Miss Hite, Mr..
Granger, the Misses Eleanor Fox,
ruth Phillips, Lucille Shain, Edith
Hartman, Angela Hart, Lucille Hite,
Helen Robinson and Messrs Jack An
drews, Robert Richie. Earl Fox, Rob
IN Hood, Clifford Bell and Robert
Tonery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-02

-EelIoworaft Dance Tonlaht.

a large attendance is expected at
tha FelloRcratt dance. to be given this
evening at the Masonic Temple. In
svitatiops were issued some time ago
for the event and they have been re-
sponded to with alacrity. Dancing
and cards will be the forms of amuse-
ment. st5+
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Arrived from South.

8 Mrs j. A. FIckinger, who had spent
The past three months with her sisters
Mrs. IT. NJ. Gathright, IN Covington,
va and Mrs, w. e. Waddell, at Chat
EaIiooga, Tenn, arrived home last
hight accompanied by Mrs. Waddell,
who VIII be the guest Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, A. j. Stone, until after
the holidays. Mr.. Waddell will join
her here Tor Christmas. Mr.: and Mrs.
Samuel H. Dlemer, who had spent the
past several weeks as the guests Of MI
Diemer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
r. Dlemer, at Catawissa, Pa. also ar
rived home yesterday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-02

Class to Meet.
The S. o. Feaster class of the First
Baptist church will meet this evening
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-02

ioying citizens win avail themselves
II the opportunity of hearing Ia
tisif own cit al artist 81 this char
acter..
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-02

Officers Of the Eastern Star chap
ter will meet this evening at 1880
O'Clock at the Masonic Temple for
the purpose Of rehearsing for the In
itfatlcn of class Of candidates to
take place tomorrow evening at the
Temple.
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Have opes...

f. ~
Mr.. and. Mrs. r. n. Hite have as
tic. uests at their home In Fairmont
emo number Of friends who are
here TO attend the Granger Hite nup-
t,als at the First N. z. church tomof.
tow evening They are entertaining
Miss Helen Rosetta, OF Philadelphia;
Ernest Granger a brother Of Harry X,
Granger, Of Lincoln Neb, who will be
the best man at the marriage OF Mr.,
Granger aud Miss H1te, and Grant
phluger, Of Philadelphia, who will be
IN usher at the marriage. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry B. Granger, of Lincoln
Neb., who were en- route here for the
marriage wete detained in Chicago on
account Of the serious illness OF rel.
ative and will be unable TO reach here.
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How the memories come flood
ing back. through the long year,
man grows stern and practical,
steelag his mind until he fin
ally prides himself on his TWEEN
tieth century lack Of sentiment.
Then of a sudden, Christmas
approaches and a mans dear
old heart" starts a glorious
revolution. Through many days
may he bully himself, but when
Christmas comes he softens.
The banker the baker, the BIZ
cycle-maker, all are moved by
the same spirit, all stirred by
the same impulses. Mans print
tive emotions are kindred and
through the yuletlde they
surge back to him. Instincts
are klndlier, and gifts are mis-
sives through which prove the
disintegrating stoniness Of
cold. bloodedness. The broth
erhood Of man becomes a
throbblng unit, with all minds
tended towards the same chan
mel. And suddenly Christmas
passes, like a dream, the cur
tain Of everyday life reappears,
and the drab existence Of the
work.a-day is. once more.
Christmas can mean SO much
happiness you do
don't fail to get the spirit.
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Hosiery
Others SIC. 80, $2o,Is25.

Should always have ap
peal among gift shoppers
because it is lnderiiably
the. gift easiest Of seiec-
ton: In these colnpre-
hensive ass rtrents one
finds, with ease fitting
compliments tossny eos
tune.
Heavy Silk Hos Wool
Hose, Lisle Hose
y - " X y
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OC. S q GA

al 7:S0 oct0ck in the church library.
The hosts and hostesses ohlttis ocea I
sion will be Howard Glover, Omar
Tough and the Misses, Josephine. Sni-
der and Halter Bosserman.
To Elect Officers,
Court Joan5of Arc Daughters Of Is
abella viii meet this evening in reg
MAR session at which time the annual
election Of officers will take place.
The meeting VIII begin at 7:z5 O'Clock
Shst
To Have School play
"a Christmas House Party" is the
title Of a pretty drama which the pu-
plls of the High school wiz stage
shortly, the proceeds to be used in
paying for new piano and in the
purchase Of uniforms for the mem
bers Of the drum corps. The play will
DO presented December Is under the
direction of Miss Mary Hervey and
Miss Venite Dudgeon.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
Meat Substitute.

A pound of cheese supplies more
than twice as much energy as a
pound of fowl or round steak and al
most twice as much protein as the
same amount of fowl or ham. 1t Is
pound for pound, more nourishing
than and meat. Why, therefore, do
we not use Il as o substitute for meat?
According to the Department of
Agriculture. we do not appreciate the
value of cheese as food; we think
it is indigestible. Yet more than
80 per cent of the protein OF cheese
is digested and 80 per cent OF Its
energy is available. For this one
reason alone II should form an I'M
portant part of the daily fare. When
cooked It is as easily digested as any
other article of diet.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
Catarrhal Deafness cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness.
and that Is by constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is
inftamed you have a rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when II Is entirely
closed. Deafness 10 the result Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
deafness are caused by catarrh. which is
an inhamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces. Hairs Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
system
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars tree. All Druggists, 75c.
r. ]. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, o.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
LOUISE MOST DEADLY
OF ALL WAR INSECTS
british Wireless Servicel

british Wireless Service)
London, Jan. 2.-Of the insects re-
sponsible for the death or disable
ment of hundreds of thousands in the
war zone, the louise is declared au-
thoritatively to have been one of the
most deadly and to have accounted
for at least a million persons.
That, however, is only a rough es-
innate. and the probability is that the
toll was infinitely higher, for in Ser
via alone typhus, a louse-borne
disease, infected nearly 100000
persons and killed 500 a day in Jassy.
while 200 of the 1900 medical Off
GERS i'm the country died from the
disease. This disease spread over
Russia, Austria. Germany and the
Balkans generally.
These figures are vouched for in a
publication prepared by Lieut.. Lloyd.
who was chief entomologist in North
ern Rhodesia. He says:
"Typhus, one of the most dreaded
epidemic diseases of man, Is entirely
due to the activities of lice. The
same remark applies to the relapsing
fever over the greater portion of the
world. Still a third disease, . trench
fever, has been placed to credit of
the louise, and possibly even now the
full extent of it's guilt is not known"
Lieut.. Lloyd. in discussing the ty-
plus outbreak at the notorious Whit
tenburg Camp in Germany, from
which the German doctors fled, makes
the statement, the Germans know, as
we do. that typhus is spread by lice,
and that the epidemis could have been
cut short and stamped out week
after its commencement by the dis
infection of all prisoners. One of
the few good points about insect
borne diseases is that they are entire
ly preventable. If preventive mea-
sures are taken in time and carried
out in a thorough manner"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
FRANCE CANNOT DIE.

If France is dying, she dies as day
In the splendor of noon. sun
If France is dying. then youth is gray
aureoled
And steel Is soft and fame is cold.
France cannot die! France cannot
die!
If France is dying, she does as love
When a mother dreams her child
to-be.
If France is dying, then God above
Died with his son upon the tree.
France cannot die! France cannot
die!
If France is dying, true mankind
dies,
Freedom and justice--all sc!deL
things.
If France is dying, then life were wise
To borrow of Death such immor-
tai wings.
France cannot die! France cannot
die!
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10

Surgeons agree that in cases Of
Bruises, Cuts, Burns and Wounds
the First Treatment is the most i'm
portant. When an efficient antisep-
tic is applied promptly, there is no
danger of infection and the wound
begins to heal at once. For use on
man or beast, Borozone is the ideal
Antiseptic and Healing Agent. Buy
1t now and be ready for an emergen-
cy. Price 25c, SOC, 800 and $3.50.
Sold by Ohio County Drug Co. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
Cured At A Cost OF 25 Cents.

Eight years ago when we first
moved to Nation, was great suf-
ferer from indigestion and constipa-
tion," writes Mrs. Robert Allison,
Nation, Ill. 81 had frequent mead
aches and dizzy spells, and there was
feeling like heavy weight pressing
on my stomach and chest all the time.
/ felt miserable. Every morsel of
food distressed me. / could not rest
at night and felt tired and worn out
all the time. One bottle of Cham
berlain's Tablets cured me AMI have
since felt like a different person." IN
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
FORFINE JOB PRINTING
OF All Kinds Call on The Rer ublican.

stances where dogs, after receiving
mortal wounds have dragged painful
ly along for hours to bring their mes
sages.
One of the admirable qualities of
these trained dogs is the seriousness
with which they take and execute
dangerous missions. A well trained
Red Cross dog will not be swerved
from his business from hunger, ia
tigue or pain, obeys only his officer,
and works to the point OF exhaustion
unless officially relieved.
Instances have never been wanting
to prove that the Creator made no
mistake when he made a dog; but
this war brings out the fact more
clearly.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
Always bears ~ --
the /% NyWz@
THE BRAVE DOGS OF WAR.

A certain fox terrier on the firing
line in France has record of having
saved $50 lives, all fighting men, says
the North Dakota Banner. There are
many other dogs in France with hon
orable life-saving records on the bat
tie fields. A regiment could be made
up of soldiers saved by dogs that have
run the gauntlet Of fire to hunt for
wounded and bring streacher bearers
to them.
These dogs of war carried messages
through zones of fire from trench to
trench, rushing from cover to cover,
but always going true TO command
and bringing the messages, II not
killed in the attempt. There are in
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
COW HAS QUADRUPLETs.

Adele, Ca, Jan. "A cow be-
longing to Albert Wood. near here,
blow at the high cost of beef by Civ
has just landed a sledge-hammer
ing birth to four well-developed
calves, which give every sign of ar
irving at beefsteak period in year
or so.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
are to be drawn.

are to be drawn.
The Argentine grain quotations are
especially worthy Of study as showing
the effect OF prices geographical re-
moteness and lack of adequate ship
ping. They have made material ad-
vance as a result of peace.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10

1--WE have been married ten years
without an argument"
That's right. Let her have her
own way. Don't argue. boston
Transcript.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10

When GU nave Backache the liver
or kidneys are sure TO be out of gear.
Try Sanol, II does wonders for the
liver. kidneys and bladder A trial
soc bottle will convince you. Get ii
at the drug store 46-yr
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
Farm Department


II Is possible to acquaint American
through channels considered reliable,
producers with recent quotations for
certain foodstuffs and feeds abroad.
The prevailing rate of exchange has
been observed in expressing values In
terms of United States currency.
France.
Retail prices of straw in Paris late
in September ranged from $25 to $50
per ton. Lucerne (alfalfa) was quot
ed at SIS to SIC per ton. Potato
prices ranged from s2.22 to SO per
bushel; butter from SO cents to $1.02
a pound, and poultry from 40 cents
to $1.S2 per pound. Although the
fixed retail price of horsenesh was II
cents per pound late in September,
II was sold through unauthorized
channels for from Al to SO cents per
pound.
England
Wholesale milk prices in England
have been placed on a scale which
stipulates a price of so cents per gal
Ion between Nov. 81 and December
16. After that date and until May
/, 1919, the price is so to 81 cents
per gallon.
Switzerland.
The fixed wholesale price for pota-
toes of the 1918 crop is $1.74 per
bushel. Purchases from the pro-
Queer can be made only by the can
tonal authorities.
Germany.
In September people were paying
s174 per pound for saccharine which
few months ago sold for about $35
per pound. About September Is the
price of butter in Berlin was s1.04
per pound and in Hamburg SO cents
per pound. The fixed producers
maximum price for potatoes during
September was 5s cents per bushel
in Brandenburg and So cents in Ba-
varia.
Bohemia.
During September meat in Bohe-
mia cost from s2.05 to sass per
pound, and flour was selling for
slightly more than 81 per pound.
Plum jam, which formerly cost s
cents per pound retail sold during
September for s1.23 per pound.
Spain.
Retail meat prices during Septem-
Der we're: Beef. 81 to 32 cents per
pound. and lamb. SO to "a cents per
pound. The retail price of potatoes
varied from $1.14 to S2.22 per bush
ell in different localities. By a re-
cent price-nxing regulation 1t will be
possible to sell "whitish" sugar for
is to 10 cents pound retail.
Russia.
Milk has been selling in Moscow
under restricted consumption for
about 1914 cents per pint bottle. and
more lately at considerably advanced
prices following the removal of re-
strictions.
Argentina.
The Royal Commission in Argen-
tina has purchased cereals for the AL
lies at the following prices per bush
ell:
Wheat, s1.56; oats. As cents; corn,
62 cents.
Although the reports are fragmen-
tary, they show by the wide variance
in different countries how the war
has interfered with normal produc-
ton or distribution of food, and in
some cases both. The European
prices for the most part clearly reflect
the shortage of foods, but in
cases of regulation, as for instance,
the English milk schedule, an arti-
fetal factor is introduced which must
be understood IL accurate conclusions
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
FOREIGN FOOD PRICES.

The Food Administration has issu-
ed the following statement;
From information received by the
United States Food Administration
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
There's "a Difference When A County
Has an Agent.

Has an Agent.
There was no county agent in Ran
kin county. Miss. last year, and the
farmers individually could not sue
cessfully market their produce. In
fact. only one car load of potatoes
was shipped out of the Star during
the season. Conditions at present
are very different. Rankin now has
a wide-awake agent who believes in
cooperative shipping. as is evident
from this information received by the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture:
This year our county agent organ
lied a cooperative club and looked af-
fer the marketing of our produce.
Also he gave us information as to
treating seed and necessary fertili-
ger This year our agent marketed %
ears of potatoes comparatively for us
and secured the top market price.
Some of the farmers Of this commun-
ity have made over SlO0 per acre.
This increase of 81 ears is due To
efforts of our agent, as we could not
market our produce alone at profit.
MIR. Burk's information given on
the proper use of fertilizer has been
worth many dollars to me alone. We
have secured over 100 bushels OF seed
wheat through our agent"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
SOLDIER IN FRANCE
DROPS INTO RHYME

Mrs. NJ. s. Patterson, of Olaton
has received the following bit OF
rhyme from her son, Corporal Wal.
ter Patterson, humorously recitine
some of his experiences in France.
Walter served three years in the
regular army, most of that time In
the Philippine Islands, from which
he returned only last spring. Hav.
ing done foreign service, he was ex.
empt from further service abroad
but upon arriving home, and finding
the country in real war, he enlisted
and was sent to France. But, as he
says, got there little too late to get
into line of battle.
We were out upon the ocean, dodg.
ing submarines and mines,
And we did abandon ship drill about
ten thousand times.
They dropt us at seaport; perhaps
the name was Brest,
They ran us to a REST camp" some
officers named in jest;
Up a long, long trail awinding that
never seemed to end,
With pack upon your shoulder that
would make a mule bend.
A mile or so along the road you rest
your weary back,
Your spine is like a question mark T;
you wonder it don't crack.
And when your destinations reach
ed you lay down on the floor.
In shack that never had a window
and that never had a door.
You take your pack from off your
back and sadly wonder how
You carried it on nerve and grit, when
some one hollers chow.
Now you havn't eaten for near a day,
you fall in line and there you
stay
For an hour or more befre you eat
o, life in the army is hard to beat
Next morning you start for the train,
now starts the story of pain.
A brief description of French car, is
beyond the writer's wit by far;
A two wheeled truck with two side
doors; holes in the roof, cracks
in the floors;
A piana box type, sixteen by four, for
thirty nine men or more.
We were so close when a word was
spoke, if you didn't move an arm
was broke.
The meals consisted of corn willy and
punk, the pack and the floor
made up your bunk;
Two days of this in the sardine car,
and we arrived at town called
Kildare,
Then came the order for us to return;
for one crack at Frits our hearts
did yearn.
But we repeated instead the trip over
again, and landed in Breast in
puddle of rain.
Needless to say we are waiting the
chance for some troop ship to
poke her nose out of France.
We shall come home in better times.
with nothing to dodge in subs
and mines.
On the way over we shall try to un-
ravel the mystery of all of this
kind of travel.
Three years in the Islands we looked
each day for ship to take us to
the U. S. A.
Then over here the verdict of Fate,
was we arrived a little to1 late
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10

Birds of prey, including eagles,
hawks and owls. may be included in
the list of flesh eating animals that
on the whole are more useful than
harmful. because their chief econom-
ic function is to destroy noxious ro-
dents.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10

Million Farmers sack County Agents
At present more than 100000
farmers are members of organizations
assisting county agents in their work.
Through these agents the American
farmer and his family are now In
close personal touch with a large
corps Of well-trained men and women
so linked with the Federal and State
institutions for the promotion of Ag-
riculture that farming people can rea-
Oily avail themselves of the results
of scientific research and practical ex-
perience the world over to aid them in
their work on the farm and their
life in the home.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10

Pleurisy Pains are located just be-
low the short ribs. Lumbago effects
the same region but toward the back.
Billiards. Snow Liniment is the rene
dy in either case. If rubbed in thor
oughly it eases pain, relaxes the mus
cles and the patient can move about
freely and comfortably. Price csc,
soc and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by
Ohio County Drug Co. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
Temperature or Ground Water.

The tempeture of ground water
varies with latitude, season, depth,
and geological conditions, says Farm
ers' Bulletin s41, Water Systems for
Farm Homes" Ordinarily at depth
of 40 to 60 feet. 1t is about so de-
grees, and is nearly uniform through
out the year. At lesser depth, sea-
sonal and atmospheric changes are
likely to affect It, Hence, IL there is
much fuctuation in the temperature,
or IL the water is made turbid by rain,
supply of shallow origin is indicat-
ed. Deep ground waters are gener-
ally progressively warmer, the deep
or obtained, the increase running at
about l degree for each so to go feet
increase In depth.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10
Controlling Cooling Moth.

During the past year biological
studies of the codling moth have been
continued by the bureau of Entomo-
logy. United States Department of
Agriculture. Also much experiment
tai work, bearing upon various practi-
cal points in control of this serious
pest has been done in various or
chards. In cooperation with the
Colorado Agricultural Experiment
station. in the Grand Valley Of Col
orado. spraying experiments have
indicated that schedule of six ap-
plications of arsenate of lead, at the
rate of four pounds of powdered pro-
duct to 200 gallons of water, with
the addition of 4 pounds of fish-oil
soap. will make an effective treat
ment for the orchards in that valley.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-01-10

When locating the well, the direc-
tion of surface and underground
drainage should be considered, to the
end that the water supply may not
be contaminated by the sink drain,
.cesspool, or other sources of filth.