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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10
You Never Can Tell

Yesterday morning was awake al
too early hour. No one was awake
at that time excepting myself and one
brown thrush which was exclaiming in
golden notes about the wonderful sun
rise we were going to have after a
While. / lay there i'd listening to him
telling about It over and over again
and after bit robin rather resent
fully agreed, because he thought as
d4i. that the sunrise could fittingly
await eulogy later. And then, all at
once heard new kind Of bird song
one which was utterly strange to me
"a lear piping Of three or four notes
In one key with an abrupt drop TO a
lower key and then three or four
notes In continuance.
! was so greatly curious, but It was
too early in the morning to investi-
cate and IN q short time the piping
ceased and was not renewed. All
morning long listened for it, but in
vain. thought how fine it would be
to have a brand new bird building in
tho old apple orchard this spring. Then
this happened. About five o'clock l
heard him again. Clearly and Distinct.
". the same uCtes and new out side
OF the house 10 locate--one small boy
With q metaIlic whistle between his I'm
and bundle o. papers under his arm!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10
READY TOR ELECTION
IN GRANT DISTRICT
Commissioners and Clerks
Appointed for Various
Polls. ,


Clyde Leonard, president, and T. G.
Price, secretary, of the Board OF Edu
cation Of Grant district, have complet-
ed arrangements for the school levy
election which will be held May 20
The commissioners and clerks who
viii serve at the various polls In the
district are as follows:
Watson.
Commissioners-Dayid Jarrett, A. e
Anderson and Pete Sypolt.
Clerks Warren Martin and Milton
Hale
Menonsah.
Commissioners = s. B. Hall, D. NJ
idKder and James Jones.
clerks-Lee CurTey and c. F. Nc
Donald
Hutchinson.
Comnissio ners- French Springston
G. p. Coldwell and U. G.. Stutler.
ClerkszR g. Hardesty and c. w
EIdora.
Commits sioners-C. A. Nixon, Glen
Russell and e. Dale Currey.
Clerks-L, r. Tucker and Joe Nixon
Everson.
Commissioners = w. H. Marley,
Charles Davis and John Kline.
Clerks "A. n. Collins and Chas. Pat
ton.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10
Evening Chat
once In a whIle.

Some times things happen which
have a strong tendency to make the
average mortal feel Just how transi
tory life Is, and what an absolute atom
Is man. Generally nature herself
draws this to your attention. An hour
cf star-gazing will do Ii. A sunset
On the ocean viii do it, particularly II
ION are In small boat, and the hori-
ron dips clear, all the way round.
The other day four transient NOR
ais were merrily spinning through q
forest over mountain road. Life sat
lightly upon them, and their gay voice
and laughter echoed out from the ma
chine flying smoothly along. Sunlight
was flooding the trees, and blossoms
an bud ccloring the wayside; in all
u was springs perfect day, and youth
vas greeting II.
The car turned swiftly down the
irpnntain ard wound around an I'M
fFeuse reseryoiT-whih spread like a
lake about the foot Of the steep, with a
great stone wall holding 1t and mag
pifrent overflow coming down in a
X es This held the attention of the
ccupants of the machines of the ma
chine for some moments, until one,
leaning out from the car exclaimed,
Why, there Is fossil shell-see-it
is almost perfect"
a glance at the mountain side dis
covered an immense bare rocky for
mfs on from VII ich all the surface had
been Stripped. Out of this had been
iitarrieds the stone which walled in the
sseryoir Il was fine lime stone with
cft atrati of sand stone between.
psing a small hammer from the
81 box OF she machine, the four trans
MT mortals began search for fos-
SIS The lime formation was full of
chem, but Ii was difficult to secure a
perfect one without breaking as the
stone was so hard. The sand stone
was easier TO handle. 1t readily crum
hIed, and 1t was literally stuffed with
yerlous kinds ofshells. Many of them
We're not fossilized. They were real
shells very thin and very fragile, but
perfect and they mad been there for
thousands OF years.
AS the four worked at their interest
ing task they grew more and more ST.
lent, and the laughter infrequent.
These seashells, about which time I'M
told chung SO closely, meter mortal's
lifetime in such infinitesimal measure
spoke SO profoundly OF the vast bowl
into which millions of bushels have
been poured. There is little to give
one pause in the sight of pink sea
shell on a stretch of glistening sand
with the Dean rolling about it, but a
grim, grey little shell imbedded in SOL
id rock on mountain top with the
oean which gave 1t life vanished like
mountain mist, will bring long, long
thoughts to most mortals even in the
spring time when everything is gay.
Here is perfectly round one, just
like wedding ring" murmered one
OF the party. showing a small brown
circle half buried in the sand stone.
Round is ring and has no end, so Is
my love for you, my friend" quoth an
other, and the four shook the silence
and gathere up their treasures prepare
tory to departure. WELL" was the re-
mark; OF the transient mortal who start
ed the engine: "Things like this, GER
tainIy do make you think little, don't
they?' But the roar of the motor dis
couraged reply.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10
Greater Fairmont and Its Manufacturing.
Commercial and Industrial ENTERPRISES
'.F You Knows of a Better
ole, Go to H!"

For our part we believe in sticking to our own home
to"n-and, as we stick to it, we intend to BOOST it!
We believe Fairmont is GOOD PLACE TO I,IvEr
We believe it is the BEST place to live!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10


And we believe that under the glorious folds of tn
anner OF Amer1canlsm, unit for the defense of the
tutons Of our fathers, instinct with the enthusiasm
ealzed democracy, our city will keep on growing eac
ear STILL BETTER PLACE TO IIVEIa still ha1
'er and more fortunate community.
Never in its history has Fairnont had the
golden chance now offered it for intensified
prosperity and for farreaching achievement
of its civic ideals.
BECAUSE-never in its history have its
citizens been joined together in such firm and
public-spirited bonds of patriotism as those
created by the past two years of war.
NOW-we believes the time to begin
harvesting the fruits of this war-engendered
spirit of MUTUAL MUNICIPAL ALLEGI-
ANCE.
The great Liberty Loan campaigns and
allied war relief drives all our big celebrations
and patriotic rallies, this whole era of intensive
public speaking, community organization, mu-
tual cooperation, and common self-sacrifice
for common cause-these things have result
ed in an unprecedented outpouring of high
minded civic enthusiasm.
They have vitalized and dramatized for us
our citys heart and soul.
Shall all this enthusiasm be mere froth, to
be blown away in the first light zephyrs Of
peacetme?
Shall it not rather be crystallized AT
ONCE AND FOREVER, into an intense and
universal civic loyalty-a deepening faith in
our city which will soon prove to be Fairmont's
richest asset?
The answer rests in the daily thoughts and
deeds of each and all Of u.s.
Let us start right now-while the power
of our war-created community spirit is still
strong within us-to boost our home town and
our home towns Institutions; to come to bat
for our own local industries to patronize our
own merchants and our own banks; to stand by
our schools, churches and charities.
The greater wealth. the greater happiness
the greater wellbeing of each of us individual
ly and of all collectively, is the aim.
A city united, self-reliant, secure in its
growing prosperity, will be the sure result.
Let this, then, be the quintessence of our
creed:
To know our city, to believe in it, to stick
to it. to work for it, to be loyal to it today, and
to rally to every policy looking toward its bet
terment tomorrow
For we believe that only as Mr.. You-and-I recogniz
r essential solidarity, allegiance not on
the institutions of the nation as whole, BUT AIS(
o THE INSTITUTIONS OF THIS COMMUNITY il
7hch we have chosen to iveonly thus can we realize
he full in our own lives and homes the blessings of peac
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10

That West Yargintans ard never
quite so happy when sojourning as
when safely domdciied In their own
mountain states is told In verse by
a former West Virginian who has been
residing at Tulsa, Oklahoma, for about
a year. The author Of the poem is
Mrs. lisa Knsey q former Parkersburg
girl and the wife of Clarence Kinsey
a former local young man. Mrs. Kin
sey wrote the poem and sent 1t to rel.
atives here. It Is az folmlows.
There's no place quite SO fine
As West Virginia!
It's good enough for mine =
Is West Virginia.
It's there your hearts are lightest,
The days are the brightest,
And the people are the "whitest"
In West Virginia.
I long 10 be there. jusr once more,
In West Virginia!
To drive along the Ollio's shore,
In West Virginia.
tbs the only place worth tryin'
To be happy and stop sighin'
tbs the place want to die in,
West Virginia!
I'M. K.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10

Among the novelties produced By
the war is machine for collecting
barbed wire scrap in war-destroyed
areas. The machine, which has re-
mote resemblance to straw and hay
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10

elevator is carried on caterpillar
chain tracks. The wire scrap is pick
ed up and cut into lengths and then
dumped into cars or pressed into
bales
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10

Prof. Walter Barnes, of the Normal
school faculty, went to Newburg yes.
terday where he addressed the schools
there.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-10

The whistle was small ana only had
the two notes. OF course this little
chap was up Defines Of mornings for
his early delivery and he was piping
with the thrush and robin like broth
or, was greatly disappointed, but,
also greatly amused
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12
OLD THEORY MAY BE RIGHT
That Malaria Is Caused by Emana.
lions From the Soil Is Probably
the Correct Idea.

We have lately been taught that the
mosquito was the only disseminator of
malaria, and that we should be. safe IL
we got rid of mosquitoes. But Doctor
Roux, formerly chief physician of the
st. Louis hospital, Jerusalem. asserts
as the result of his own experience OF
20 years and Of that of many colonial
physicians that malaria often exists
where there are no mosquitoes.
At Reunion and Sene, for instance,
the malaria season Is just that when
there are no mosquitoes; at Hatou,
Londin, natives living near a mos
quito-infested marsh do not contract
malaria, while those living In the hills
where there are no mosquitoes are VIC
Tins.
He points out that everywhere In
malarial countries the disease breaks
out just at the time when the soil Is
broken for planting. He does not
deny that the anopheles mosquito
spreads malaria, but he says this Is
evidently not the only means OF In
lection.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

tender and remote, and, as they grad
ually died away, my head sank upon
the pillow and I fell asleep"
In Pasquils' "Jests," a book pub
lished in 1904, an amusing story Is
told of knight who gave a Christ
mas feast at which he entertained
his friends and the tenantry.
The host ordered no man at the
table to drink drop "till he that was
master over his wife should sing a
CAROL" A pause ensued and then one
poor male, more daring than the
others, timidly lifted his lonely voice.
The knight then turned to the ladies,
who sat at a table apart, and "bade
her who was master over her hus.
band" sing a carol. The legend says
that forthwith "the women fell all
to singing, that there was never
heard such a catter-walling piece Of
musicke."
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

mind. Among modern compositions
may be mentioned, "The Shepherds
Left Their Sheep" by Alfred Hollins.
Mr.. Hollins is blind, but this affliction
has not prevented him from becoming
one of the finest organists and COM
posers In Britain.
Washington Irving in his famous
sketch Book" introduces us to most
of the old English customs which have
from time immemorial, attended the
Christmas festival. OF his first night
at Bracebridge Hall he says:
81 had scarcely got into bed when
a strain of music seemed to break
forth In, the air just below the win
dow. / listened, and found 1t pro-
ceeded from q band. which conclud-
ed to be the waits from some neigh
boring village. They went around
the house playing under the windows.
I drew aside the curtains, to hear
them more distinctly. The moon
beams fell through the upper part of
the easement, partially lighting up
the antiuuated
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

services" during the Christmas sea-
son. This is an excellent movement,
and might profitably be taken up by
churches all over the country. Ger
tainly IL the churches can restore this
old custom it will add to the enjoy
ment Of the season.
France is exceptionally rich in
carols, which are often drinking songs
as in many European countries. We
find many French carols translated into
English, no doubt as a result of the
intercourse which existed between
jewellers on either side Of the channel,
in the days when English youths often
pursued their studies in France.
There is a great deal Of discussion
as to which is the most popular carol
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12
A BELL.

Had I the power
To cast a bell that should from some
grand tower,
At the FIRST Christmas hour,
Outring,
And fling
jubilant message wide
The forged metals should be thus allied:
Not iron of pride,
But soft humility, and rich-veined hope
Cleft from a sunny slope;
And there should be
White charity,
And siivery love, that knows not doubt
nor fear.
To make the peal more clear;
And then to firmly Ak the fine alloy,
There should be JOY
Clinton scoIiafl.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12
SquarInu Himself.

Last Christmas a young man was
invited to dinner at the house Of one
Of the leading men In the town. Al
the dinner table he. was placed OF.
poslte q goose.
The lady Of the house was seated
on the young mans left. Seeing the
goose. he remarked:
"Shall ] sit so close to the gooser
Finding his words bit equivocaI
he turned round to the lady and said
In a most inoffensive tone:
Excuse me, Mrs. Blank, I meant
the roast one"
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

Every woman has extra sewing for
Fall and Winter. If your sewing ma
chine needs cleaning and repairing
bring the head in and I'll put it in good
shape or will trade it in on new Sin
ger Sewing machine latest model E.
A. LEWIS.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

now passing away,
and of religious
feelings now SUI
perseded by 9TH
ers Of a different
CASTE"
OF late years
s o m e Of the
churches chiefly
In the larger cit
ies-have h e ! d
christmas carol
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

We will pay 5 cents per pound for
clean Rags, white or colored, suitable
for wiping rags in our finishing room.
EAST JORDAN CABINET CO.
Ten per cent discount on all
Fisk Tires in stOck.-L.C.MOnrOe
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12
Carol Singing '-
Is Dying Out

|"HE custom Of carol singing
out of doors at Christmas
time seems to be dying out.
This Is a great pity, for
carols are branch Of folk music, the
unconscious art of the peasant mind,
q heritage of inestimable worth.
In many English villages there are
carols peculiar to themselves, to be
jealousy guarded and retained for
their use.
The Christmas carol dates from the
birth of Christianity itself, the
angels having sung their carols at the
birth Of Jesus Christ.
Among the early Christians carols
were sacred hymns representing
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

apartment. T h e
sounds, as they
receded, became
more soft and
aerial, and seemed
to accord with
the quiet and the
moonlight. / lis
tened and listened
they b eca m g
more and more
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12


sible to name the
favorite, h er e
can be little doubt
Of the universal
appeal Of God
rest We, merry
& e n [ l e m e n"
whose plaintive
m e l o dy h a S
touched "a chord
in the popular
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12
Hungry Cow Eats Picnic Lunch.

A picnic party at Island Pond, near
Concord, N. H., returning from walk
through the woods, found COW stand
ing In the stream eating out Of the
boat. She had eaten one large loaf
of bread, one pie in pasteboard box,
pound Of fancy crackers, a pound
and a quarter Of bacon. half a maya
zine and two red bathing caps. and
was In the middle of ball. of Irvine (:
chewing II down, foot by foot.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

Probably no Christmas would seem
complete without the well-known and
popular hymn, "Hark the Herald
Angels Sing"
The word carol, which originally
meant a dance, is thought to have
come into our language either from
the Norman French carole or from the
Celtic carol.
In 1922 Davies Gilbert published
"some ancient Christmas carols, with
the tunes to which they were former
ly sung in the west of England" In
his preface he declared himself to be
DESTROYS "of preserving them in their
actual forms, as specimens of times
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12
Christmas Thanks.

For little children everywhere
A joyous season still we make,
And bring our precious gifts to them
Even for the dear child Jesus sake.
-Carv.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12

ChriStS nauVlty.
Now the name Is
given to a variety
of popular met
rical co m p o.
sitions from the
simple record of
the birth of our
Lord to rude was
sail songs and
rhymes of holiday
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12
YULETIDE BUSY
Time FOR CUPID
Some Christmas Love Supersti-
tons, Customs and Practices
in the Old World
PURSES FOR POOR BRIDES
Money Collected and Presented In
Way So as Not to Offend Girls
Flowers Used In Proposals by
Shy Young Natives Of Alps.

Good ST. Thomas, serve me right
And send me my true love tonight.
That l may gaze upon his face.
Then him in my fond arms embrace.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-12-12
An Opportunity
to Share in
the Profits of
MONTGOMERY Ward & Co.
Ino
Great Mail Order House

Everybody knows Montgomery Ward IL
Go. 1t numbers it's customers by the
millions. Probably you are one Of it's
patrons-know from personal experience
the advantage of trading with it. You
can easily appreciate, therefore, the op:
portunity for gain that awaits you if you
are enabled to become one of it's stock.
holders - to participate in it's profits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
Marjorie's One Hundred.

Marjorie, aged o. had not been hav-
ing very satisfactory reports from
school, Her father finally said: Mar
jorie, for the first 100 you get I'll give
you Il quarter.
Time went on, and the reward could
not be claimed. One day the child was
taken violently i'll. Her mother sent
for the doctor. When he had gone
Marjorie said: Mamma. am l very
il?'
mo. dear; your temperature is a
little over 100, but the doctor thinks
you will be better in day or So
Smiles broke through Marjorie's
tears. Nov, mamma. can have my
quarter Papa said he would give 1t
to me If could get 100 on anything"
Christian Advocate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

Stop minute and think what 1t
means to say that Green's August
Flower has been a household remedy
all over the civilized world for more
than half century" No higher praise
is possible and no better remedy can
be found for constipation. intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the depress-
ed feeling that accompanies such dis
orders. 1t Is most valuable for In
digestion or nervous dyspepsia and
liver trouble, coming up Of food, pal
pitation Of heart, and many other
symptoms. A few doses Of August
Flower Will relieve you. 1t is gentle
laxative. Ask your druggist. Sold in
all civilized countries.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
Smoked salt with Tobacco.

The strangest way Of taking his
salt was probably Doctor PARIS. Tai.
fourd records that he used to iii his
pipe half with the finest tobacco and
half with salt. After that 1t IL not
very surprising to learn that he
smoked with a philosophical calm
ness"
On one occasion when the two met,
Charles Lambs furious smoking of
the strongest tobacco filed Doctor
Parr with establishment. Gently lay
ing down his pipe, he inquired how
Lamb had arrived ut his power of
smoking at such a rate.
IT toiled after II. sir, az some men
toll after virtue" was Lambs reply
London Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
HALEY'S COMET 81 YEARS AGO
Is Same Terrific Wanderer in Space
That Has Appeared Down
the Ages.

The world was up all night Septem-
Der -, 1910. Haley's comet blazed
across the roof of the world. This
great comet" whose revolution 'Oc-
cupied 292 years. was first seen In Au-
gust, 1853, by gentleman In Altoona,
but Haley's comet, named after the
astronomer who calculated its prog
ress, is the same terrific wanderer in
depths of space that has appeared
down the ages, and to which success
sive names have been given-Bela's
comet. Donati's comet. etc. From the
records of history It seems that the
comet appears to foretell some world
disaster. Ii appeared before the fall
Of Jerusalem under Titus; In the reign
Of Louis the Debonair, S37. and the
king died shortly after; 1t appeared
before the death of Caesar, 43 B. c.
Again 1t appeared three years after
the capture Of ConstnntinOple by the
Turks, 1456. 1t appeared in 1861. just
before the Civil war, and In 1910. be-
fore the great war.
What Is a comet? II Is member
Of the solar republic-a hirsute star,
Il vagnbond orb. that travels at almost
incalculable speed, whose tail Is fifty
live million miles long-who approach
es the sun. not to be consumed In 1t,
but to draw from that radiant source
the energy necessary for It's future
travels In the unknown abysses Of the
armament. II has It's own orbit which
II follows. What mind dare follow
that?
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
BRINGS SURE RELIEF

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liver, bladder and stomach troubles
ind all diseases connected with the
urinary organs, and to build up and
restore to health organs weakened by
disease. These most important organs
mast be watched, because they filter
and purify the blood; unless they dc
their work you are doomed.
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, dependency, backache, stomach
trouble, pains in the loins and lower
abdomen, gravel, rheumatism sciatica
and lumbago all warn you Of trouble
with your kidneys. GOLD MEDAL
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24

Toll Is its own pleasure.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24

you need. Take three or four every day,
The healing. oil soaks into the cells and
lining of the kidneys and drives out
surely follow. When your normal vigor
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for q while to keep yourself in condi.
ton and prevent a return Of the dis
ease.
Don't wait until you are incapable Of
| fighting. Start taking GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules today. Your
druggist will cheerfully refund your
money II you are not satisfied with
results. But be sure to get the original
imported GOLD MEDAL and accept no
substitutes. In three sizes. Sealed
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
He Was Slow.

He fell! True, 1t was a moment
of overwhelming temptation - her
upturned face, with rosy lips pursed.
But still, as he crept sorrowfully away,
he told himself that he had been a
cad TO steal that kiss. But even now
he could see the sudden tears In her
eyes.
His broken apology still rang i'm the
little room where the girl lay sobbing
on the couch.
ITS awful" she sobbed. "To think
he should have kissed me Mt last and
and then said he meant nothing by
1t! What does he think l gave him
the chance for, the idioti"-Dallas
News.