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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-27
Oil and Gas.

The lower southwest fields have
come to the front with good producer
In q section that is practically new.
On Jordon's Creek, Big Sandy district,
Kanawha county, w. Va, the Pee\!ess
Carton Black Company has drillIi
second test on the E. v. Rollins form
through the Weir sand. 1t is showing
for 100 barrels day in that formation.
This location Is 1900 feet northeast OF
No, on the same farm. Should this
well prove as good as estimated it
wiz be the best producer found in the
Big Sandy district for a number OF
years. In the same district the South
Penn OIL Company is drilling No. 3 on
the, j. NJ. Hays farm.
The Hope Natural Gas Company was
leggeeably surprised when It drilled its
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-27
Moose Initiated
Nine Candidates

Fairmont Lodge, 9, Loyal Order Of
Moose, last night initiated nine candi-
dates at Moose home. Twelve appli.
cations for membership were receiv.
cd.
1t was announced last evening that
next Wednesday night another class
OF candidates will be initiated. The
indications are that many members
will be secured before now and April
IA, when the special dispensation will
expire. After that date the initiation
fee will raise from S. to the regular
rate which is $40 to SIS. The order
pays a sick benefit Of 81 a week and
death benefit Of 500.
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HET.p WANTEn-MAf.T.

-N-N7S0S~~o~N~~~N-~~~NN~ N~N-e--N~-~ses-sl-,-
WANTED-Married man, salesman 81
tea and coffee wagon, trade estah
llshed. Pay while learning. Splendid
opportunity for a live wire. Addfs
IN own hand writing, r. A. Brownie
607 Maryland Ave. S-26-St Sl4b,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-27
THE IDEAL WOMAN

The great Napoleon once said: "My
Ideal woman Us not the beautiful-fea-
tured society bell WAase physician
tries IN vain tp Len her IN repair hut
the matrou vi % reaches hiddle axe in
complete pres rvation-t Hat Woman~fI'
rendered bead hi by pkrfecs health )"
10 stain sucI healeA "a >ufiddle lIte a
woman must pard Aahst thos2 Ills
which drag her dog and produce neI.
yousness, headecbe. backachcs, s!eer.
.lessness and "Ae blues. Tho stand
ard remedy for such conditions ia Ly-
die 3. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
which for forty five years ha, 5acn
restoring women to health ard
strength.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-27
M. E. South Ladies
to Sew on Friday

Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal
church. South, are urged to turn out
in force at the Red Cross headquarters
in city hall on Friday afternoon at l
o'clock to do sewing.
The ladies have promised 100 gar
ments and thus far they have so to
make in order to meet their allotment.
All of the ladies are urged to assist
in this work so that the remaining
garments might be completed without
delay.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-27
Grain and Produce

CHICAGO, March 81. = All deliv-
cries Of corn scared yesterday to new
high price records for the season but
reacted sharply at the last. Gossip
had been current that seaboard ex.
porters were bidding and this factor
was afterwards more or less Offset by
bearish advices from Argentina. The
market closed nervous at the same
as yesterdays finish to ~ higher,
with May S1.4SZ to $1.4S% and July
$685. to S1.39. Oats lost Y to 1h,
Provisions gained 20 to SO events.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-27

Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. Manear of Dunn
right, Oklahoma are the guests Of
Mrs. V. X. Straight at Grays Flats,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-27
ANOTHER FLU VISIT.

BUCKHANNoN, W. Va, March 81.
The influenza has made its appear
ance here again but fortunately in
lighter form than when here before.
To date the deaf toll has been light.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Yank Artillery Made Record.

The French take more pride in their
artillery than IN almost any other fea-
ture OF iheir military service, writes
G. w. Barron IN the Wall Street Jour.
nal. In this war they made world rec.
OrdS in effective gunnery The Amer.
ican boys watched the French move
l3i2-inch guns into position IN A. min
utes with horses and motors. Then
the Frenchmen saw the American
boys do It in 12& minutes. and they
did not use either horses or motors.
Fifty American officers and men put
the gun into place and they were the
talk OF the town at that French camp.
Afterward the French called upon their
officers for themselves and all their
man power to do this work when The
tractor was not about.
When the Germans met the Ameri.
can gunners they thought new kind
Of rapidhre three-inch gun had come
into the war because il shot SO much
more rapidly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Charm and Distinction.

Though the Hopi Indians arc rated
by Powell as OF the SAINT linguistic
stock ~ the Shoshone Ute and Co
manche. it Is known definitely that
they are composite people. with Il
language in which are found Tanoan,
Plman and Kercsan words The Snake
elan came from the North. possibly
from the same stock as that which
once peopled the great Mesa Verde
rock houses The Bear elan came
from the eastward. undoubtedly of the
people from which came the laierday
settlements Of the upper Rio Grande
valley In New Mexico Most interest.
ing from local point OF view IS The
determination that the Water House
(patkD and Squash tPatun) clans
came from the southwark from The
cactus country"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
How Ike Got Needed Umbrella.

w NJ Hughes, the premier of Aus
iralia once came by an umbrella
through Illicit means. He is fond of
telling the tale against himself.
While he was walking home one
pitch-black night sudden storm
broke and, seeking shelter from the
rain, he FASTENED 10 the nearest door.
way. After waiting there for n few
minutes, he Spied n small hoy coming
along with an enormous umbrella.
The premier thinking Tie owner
might Offer to share, called out sharr
ly Iii, there, young man Where
are you going with that umbrella
The lad, startled at the sound which
apparently cmanated from nowhere.
dropped the umbrella and led up the
street rs hard rs his legs would carry
him. He vanished utterly. and Mr..
Hughes predicament was solved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Fishing in japan.

Japanese fishermen catch their fish
Ia = way very different from our fish.
crmcn The fisherman will sit in his
little boat and have with him eight or
ten ugly black birds. almost the size
of goose, called cormornnts. These
birds live altogether on fish. They are
trained to obey their owners voice.
lie makes them dive into the water
after the fish and they are SO quick
aud clever and sharp-eyed that they
hardly evrr come up cut OF The water
without fish In their beak. A ring is
pinced around their throats To prevent
them from swallowing their booty, but
It Is not so tight that II prevents them
from breathing. When the man Is
fishing he unfastens this ring
mud lets his birds eat some Of tho
SlnaDert fish which they have caught
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
GREATEST DANGER
FROM INFLUENZA

The greatest danger from an attack
OF the grip, or influenza, IS after the
acute stage is over when the lowered
vitality makes the system an easy prey
for any germ disease to which it is ex-
posed. The debility resulting from9c
attack of the grip is so persistent that,
if the blood is not built up and the
strength restored, it may last for
months and years. That this is I'M
necessary is shown by the experience OF
Mrs. Laura NJ. Van Scoy, who lives Mt
at No. 2Oik Thorpe street, Danbury,
Conn. She says:
81 had a severe attack of grip, and
before / had fully recovered rheuma-
1ism set in and tormented me for three
months. / was in i badly rundown
state. Soon after it began / was so
lame for week that l could hardly
walk. 1t kept growing steadily worse
and pretty soon / actually couldn't
walk. At last / had TO give up COM
pletely and for three weeks ] was
obliged to keep to my bed. My knees
we're so stiff l couldn't bend them and
my hands were perfectly helpless.
Then the pains began to threaten my
heart and thoroughly alarmed me.
"While ] was suffering this way /
CHANGED to run across little book that
told about the merits of Dr. Williams
Pink Pills. The statements in it i'm
pressed me and led me to buy box.
These pills proved the very thing l
needed. Improvement set in as soon
rs began to take them, and it was
very marked by the time had finish
ed the first box. -Four boxes made
me well woman"
Your own druggist sells DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills. Price fifty cents
per box; six boxes for $3.50. Write to
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schen-
ectady, N. Y, for free book, "Build.
ing Up the Blood"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

= e customary 10 associate war with
the development OF intellect. But as
respects the inspiration Of the Napo-
leonlc wars they were preceded rs
well MS followed by burst Of French
ntegary activity. Whar were the spe-
cial war influences that affect Shakes
peare: T. the theory 10 sound the pres
ent greatest of all wars should prepare
rs for super and super
parwins But in fact the lifetime Of
most men of geEius Is long enough TO
comprehend NJ least one great war,
And rE:.rs allowances for the briefer
ErG: ~ = Keats or Shelley. is 1t not
.agir;A TO conclude that The relation OF
genius to war is less one Of cause than
Of coincidences-N York World.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
SMOKING Out slackers.

The papers ere telling of western
Kansas pastor who has hit upon the
~ mc Of 'hc recent war fund drives n
meeting was held NJ which the pastor
rosc and said 1--WE are assuming that
MI of you are Americans. otherwise
Jou would not be AZ this meeting. We
assume that all Americans stand back
e the boys who are fighting for us.
Now we are not gon- 10 ask how many
of YOU will give 10 this fund All we
want to knew is how many are not CO.
ing to give. All those who arc nor
going TO give anything will please
stand np." You know the rest Kan.
sas city Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Sea caterplllars.

Iiie caierihsarS You war against
when whitewashing your ssuit trees
are not the only caterpiilar cater
pillars populate the ocean IN billions.
and grow into crabs II the Greeniand
whale dacs not cat them FIRST
They are minute little things, about
the size OF salt grains - children
roll before they walk, So crab.caler-
pillars begin by literally looping the
loop from one spot to anol.er
Greenland whales Ike ;h4r, on ac-
count Of their diminutivr sizg Hay
Ing no teeth and very small ihfoais.
the whales find them me mos con
yenIeni form Of diet Their piih their
mouth open. squirt ont the water. and
then swallow
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Some EIlers Are Anchored

u picked You out 10 write 10 because
J can see by your eyes you're the lone.
some KID" gushed Il letter addressed 10
the handsome young aviator whose
likeness had just appeared in the Great
lakes Recruit.
The handsome young aviator is n
Kansas CITY man. Nov, Mary" he
wrote to his wife, "In case You don't
feel toward me as You used 10. this Is
the time TO speak M. as YOU will oh.
serve by the inclosed," And he sent
her the letter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
WASTOO PREVIOUS
Sarcasm That Berlin Newspaper
Probably Regrets.
Prophecy That American Soldiers
Would Soon Cross the Rhine and
Enter German Sortresses Has
Been Very Literally Fulfilled.

The most biting irony that came ont
Of Germany during the war was con
tnined in The Berlin Loksl Anzeigef.
little mere than year ago. Several
of our sol>iiers had been captured by
The Germans. They were dragged all
over .he empire and exhibited 70 the
ENGAGED pcDulace, inst TO show the
Germans tlat the Americans were
not tc be feared The day the TN
fortunate prisoners arrived in Berlin
the paper printed the following under
the heading. "Good Morning, Boys"
"Three cheers for the Americans
Clever chaps they are, it cannot be de
nled. Scarcely have they touched the
soil OF this putrefed Europe when
alrea " they are forcing their way into
Germany. Before long they will cross
the Rhine and also enter our for
tresseS That IS express train speed
fer American smarmesS.
III is our good fortune that we are
equipped 10 entertain numerous guests
and that we shall be able 20 provide
quarters for these gentlemen. How
ever, we cannot promise them dough
nuts or jam, and to this extent they
will be obliged 10 recedc from their
former standard Of living.
AS Americans are accustomed to
travel in luxury and comfort, We as
sumo that these advance arrivals
merely represent conrlerS for larger
numbers TO follow
I'VE are sure the latter will come
and be gatheted in by Us At home
1 they believe they possess the biggesl
and most colossal everything, but sucl
( establishments a. We have mere the.
have not seen.
Look here, my boys. here is the bis
firm OF Hindenburg & Co. with whicl
YOU want TO compete. Look at los ac
complshmcnts and consider wheihe
It would not he better To- haul dowr
your sign aud engage In some othe
line.
Perhaps y0dr boss Wilson. viii re
consider his newest line of bushes
before we gran of more of his younl
people,
Clever chaps they are il cannot b.
denied" Yes. they were "cleve
chaps" SO clever that today. a shor
year after the sarcasm was printed Il
The Berlin newspaper. they are actual
~ crossing the Rhine and enterln
fortresses which seemed so secure
when The nippant editor gibed the III
lie handful Of soldiers who had bee
overcome.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Source Of RepublIc,s strenoth.

Government in a wcll-consttuted rc-
publc requires no belief from man be-
You'd what his reason authorizes. lie
sees the rationale OF the whole system,
it's origin and its operations. and. as
II is best supported when best under
Vtood, the human faculties act with
boldncss and acquire, under this form
Of government, gigantic manliness.
t-Thomas Paine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
A Torch of ones own.

As Pmtarch tells us. at is well TO
20 for a light TO another mans fire.
but not to tarry by it. instead light
ing a torch OF ones own" A torch OF
ones ownl That is possession
worth having. whether II be Il flaming
beacon on the hilltop or tiny taper in
the window. We cannot tell how far
u little candle throws its beams, nor
who is laying his course by its flicker
ing light. The most that we can do
and il is also the least that we
should dos to tend the flame care
fully and to keep 1t steady Brander
Matthews.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Destructive Civil War.

Civil war in England lasted from
1912 to 16G0-elghtecn years--beinc
contemporaneous part Of The time
with the Thirty Years war which I'll.
yided all Germany into two opposing
camps 1t found the empire with .
population OF 100000, ana left II
With less than 100000
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Patriotic Air Roused Her.

A Quincy girl returned from n dance
recently at about a. m. and could not
be awakened for work. The alarm
clock had no effect. nor did repeated
calls from memncrs of the family. Her
little brother footed the reveille. but
the girl was no soldier. Finally "Thc
StarrSpangled Banner was played.
aud To that the patriotic girl immedi-
ntely responded Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Metallic Lead.

Evidence has recently been disc0v'
cred which points toward the existence
OF at least two kinds of metallic lead.
Every sample of ordinary lead always
has exactly the same atomic weight
as every other sample, but lead from
radioactive minerals - lead which
seems TO have come from the decom-
position Of radium--has neither the
same atomic weight nor the same den
slty as ordinary lead, although Id many
properties. including their spectra,
they seem 10 be identical.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Famous HIarney Castle.
GUARANTEED ;

The ruins of old Barney castle are
few miles outside Of Cork. sur
rounded by pleasant Irish fields and
gorgeous hawthorne hedges. The huge
square tower stands as firm and true
now as in the days when old Cormac
Mccarthy ruled over the land Of Mum
ster. The old chieftain built his cas-
tie 10 Withstand English guns and Eng
lish diplomacy and Barney castle has
kept the trust.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

Food Administrator Hcever, who has
figured out the situation. says there
viii be plenty of sugar and plenty OF
food OF all kinds for the people OF
the United States II consumers are
careful. The watchword for all con-
sumefs therefore Is "Avcid waste"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

The announcement that three Amer
lean army corps of 100000 each have
been organized may inspire further
levlty IN he German press. but there
they are. and more Americans are ar
irving IN constant stream. The Won
Ardennes and similar writer's may
falsify hut they cannot change the
fncts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Job for a Statirt Ian.

Some day clever SIn sticlan may
publish some appalling agures show
ing how much lime is wasted NJ rail-
road depotS by folks who arrive Oh
time for trains that are late.--Des
Molaes Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
lord NortheIlffe. h IN aI4Ic!o u the

Lord Northclffe. In on article IN the
Petit Parisien. says: u have lived
both In Germany aai The United
States. and l believe that America
alone could beat the Germans" And
there are about 100o00,0O0 Americans
who agree with this estimate Of their
lighting capacity, once they get started
fairly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Inch Of Rain.

AN inch of rain refers 70 the
marks on standard rain gauge rs
used for record purposes by fhe
United States weather hureau An
inch OF rain means i0l tons of water
distributed over one acre ~ land.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

The worst thing about being wood
en- Indian Is that some foul-smelling
cigar store always comes up and stands
behind him.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
nrInaina Drama Up to Date.

+. II. Atkinson of Boston says he
saw an unusual performance OF 'Ro-
mco and Juliet at town in the mid
die West. The players introduced q
game o. cards in the balcony scene.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

The proposed course Of golf training
FOR soldiers may help them "a develop
vocabulary that can ilttlngly be used
on the kaiser.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

II is wen TO remember thnt,no avia.
tor can do glorious things for his
country on the gas that is needlessly
burned for joy riding.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

Travel broadens the rlind, and un.
der The new rates II is going 20 fiat.
ten cut the pocketboOk considerably.
too.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Lived Lona Aftsr RurIal aim.

John Boyle who died at Jersey city
\. j" recently was one of the four
men rescued alive I'm 1891 from the
Jonnsyillc mines OF j g. Hayden &
Co. when u miners were cntombed
for 10 days by rush OF water The
four survivors ate mine mule
drowned with their ~ comrades.
Boyle was widely known az fiddler
Ia The Lehigh field. but lost his taste
for the coal regions after his 10 days
Of darkness and moved to New Jersey
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13

The Congressional Record Is 70 he
printed on ordinary paper. which will
make II even more ordinary than 1t
used 10 be.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
POPULAR SCIENCE
Bath tubs are now made OF concrei,

Path tubs are now made or concrete.
The original canary birds were not
yellow in color but gray and green.
It IS said that coppsr workers are
generally immune fror, typhoid reyer.
An American government official
snys that soon there viii be a short
age in nearly all staple nrihles
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
sartoriaI Item.

The man dressed in little brief au-
thority is generally very proud of his
apparel. Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
.iasssS


Cain has oft with treacherous hopes
led men to ruin.-Sophocles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
nailv Tlhnunht.

Patience IS flAS art of hopiISs.-yau'
tenargues.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-13
Optimistic Thouoht.

Concealing secrets Is sometimes nc
less advantageous TO man than elo
Quence.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-29
Here and There.

Here comes a new writer. Won
der if they will be accepted. But all
we have to do since the war is ended
is to ride around in our little glass
wagon and gather news. SO here
goes.
Nadine and Lola lsley have been
spending few days with their uncle
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Stouffer and fam.
lily.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Tharp spent
Sunday with relatives near Spruce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair Walton and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Williams were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
ColSon.
Miss Maudie Steele of Kansas City
is visiting with relatives near Or
chard Grove.
Misses Mary and Cecile Deems,
Katie and Mabel kaufman called on
Miss Edna l.askey one day last week.
Mrs and Mrs. b. II. Smithson
spent Sunday at the w. H. Deweese
home.
Mrs. M. A. Carroll is numbered
with the sick victims.
Say, boy, some people may say
there were no people in town last
Thursday, but say they couldn't
see very good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Stouffer and
sons and Nadine and Lola Isley
spent Monday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. A. Deems and daughter
A number of the young folks spent
Sunday at the Joe Ghere home.
Gilbert Blankenbakers are rcjoic-
ing over the arrival of big boy.
Hurrah for Gilbert.
We hear there is going to be an
ice cream supper at Double
Branches Thursday night. May 20,
and a musical recital and ice cream
supper at Black Friday night. May
80. Say boy, let's all go and get some
ice cream.
BOBBIE.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-29
Mt. Olivet Gleanings.

SO much rainy, cloudy weather. II
we had our like, we would have few
days of sunshine.
No Sunday School at Mt Olivet
on account of the rain.
Most folks spent Sunday at home
resting. Well, they needed it, after
the big day Thursday.
Ray Wisherd is visiting south of
Butler this week.
The Lincoln boys were shearing
sheep for John jenkins Friday.
Harry Jenkins was helping Hartell
Bros. shear sheep last week.
Willie and Jimmie Hartsell have
bought the Stan jenkins 80 and will
move to it in the spring.
Mr.. jenkins will move to Passaic,
where he bought the Henry Wilcox
property.
There will be Childrens Day at Mt.
Olivet the second Sunday in June.
Duncan Martz is working in Adrian
now.
Alice Wisherd visited home folks a
little while Sunday evening.
Dwight Bitner left for northern
Iowa Thursday.
Archie Thomas dehorned cattle for
Fred Wisherd Tuesday.
A CLEANER.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-29

belts of the state, conditions are far
from satisfactory. Outside of the
valleys the wheat is standing straight
save in a few localities north of the
Missouri River, where hail and wind
caused damage.
All reports say that wheat is need
ing sunshine, and that a week OF
bright, warm weather would change
conditions for the better. Generally,
it is said, the crop is free from de-
structive insects and other causes
that frequently cut the expectations
of the agriculturalists short.