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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06

n one hard fought when polldeaI 49, y
sa.on IA refused tAvote for him yet Clay world
aot VIE ~ his patronage, rhty deetng shave under
~. balanced blade worth more than vot.
Al Ills d1e time razor would not &c y
1 because oit proven have ben
sdSed the safety the extraoonvesnoe Of the gd'd
and double-edged
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06
Finish In Sight.

One more days work will finish the
good roads work in Worthington and
people from the country will be able
to get in and out of town with teams.
The road to Teverbaugh was finished
on Tuesday evening and that road 10
now open to travel. A very small sec
ton in front of the Macks building re-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06

There are many other COMMODITIES
listed which space here will not ac-
commodate. A full list may be obtain
ed from the sealer of weights Of meas
ures at any time.
One barrel of flour should contain
1876 pounds, one barrel Of lime 200
pounds. There is also a standard bar
rel for fruits, vegetables and produce.
"a dozen eggs should weigh one pound
eight ounces.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06
WAITING for the Returns

AS q camper was cleaning bis gun,
along came a woodsman.
Been hunting today?" he asked.
yes"
"Shoot anything?"
II don't know yet. I'm waiting for
the rest of the party to get into camp
so we can call the roll."-Boston
Transcript.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06

A joke played by the parliamen:
under Cromwell resulted in calling
a popular form of paper, "foolscap.
a store is considered precious IL it
perfectly transparent, is bright aud
clear in color, and possesses great
blilliance.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06
Peraohala

Nj ana Mrs y: Y. Reamer were
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Iister
M. MerTffieId, Of gairmont5 ON Tues
day and Wednesday:
Thomas T. Hay, Of Briscoe, was .
visitor In town on Tuesday evening
{ Erred g. Pitman, of Anhabelle, was
a caller here on Tuesday.
James w. Davis, Of Edgemont, was
a visitor here on Wednesday.
John E. Davis, of Briseoe, was q
recent business caller here.
Fay YanderYort, Of Annabelle, was
a business visitor here on Wednesday,
]. Ed Hager, Of Fairmont, was a
caller here on Wednesday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06

A free package Of DRI Eo&Qc, the
new Happy Help to Heal th," Gill be
given to the first rs lersons Not
children) who ask for 1t Saturday
November s at Fortney' Drug Store
The proprietors Of This medicine
which has proven to i an especIahy
valuable remedy for fdigestiopf sou
stomach, constipation imppfe big q,
rheumatism, pimples AND >blotchy Rim
are taking this metz Of IN odusT
ing DRI TONIC. ~
Dri-Tonic Is called he ~ pVy Help
10 Happy Health" becauSe 4 is easy
to make and easier to take.
Simply mix one package with a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06

mains 70 DO paved and that VIII bel
done N Thursday Il the weather per-
mits
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-06
DRI TONIC GIVEN away FREE
SATURDAY. ATTORNEYS DRUG store

quart Of water and you have q quart
of pleasant, Aromatic, Favored tonic
that will ydfify your bod, eliminate
body .poisons that icaI be rheumatism
.blet v complexion, headaches, etc:
III sTon1c is the oden scientific
pely, bas on th prescriptions OF
,thc sands o. Iuccl ssful physicians,
and y builds up brong and healthy
BODY hy insuring erfect digestion
and apl tite.
Go earlN Saturd " mon ING to Fort
ney's Drug Store next doe to the
Traction ofhce a b get your zee trt-
Al package q g + wonderful ed
cine.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
UTURE:
HAD GL.
Man in Seventeenth Century Saw
Wondrous Possibilities In the
Development of the World.

One hundred and four years ago. at
this season, the war of 1912 was prac-
tically over. Peace was signed. at
Client, on the evening of December "a,
1914; and then things moved fast. ac-
cording to existing standards. on
December 26. one Of the American sec
retaries left Client for London, and on
January 2, 1915, he left England for
New York, where he arrived some time
In February, and his news was i'm
mediately delivered to the citizens by
printed handbills. Other cities. how
ever, had to remain in ignorance dur
Ing the time it would take fast rider
to urge his galloping horse over the
roads between them and New York.
The telegraph was not yet invented,
although Joseph Glanvil. seventeenth
century preacher with an interest in
the possibilities of invention. had told
the Royal society that ito confer. at
the distance Of the Indies. by sympa-
thetic conyeyances. may be as usual to
future times as to us in literary cor
respondence." Glanvil. by the way.
also told the Royal society that ITO
those who come after US, it may be as
ordinary to buy pair of wings to ny
into the remotest regions, as now
-air of boots to ride journey"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
PATHS Beauty vanishes.

According to writer in EVERYBODY )
Magazine. "Patti lives. not only IN our
hearts. but really, in the flesh, at the
age of seventy-six. in her magnlhcen1
castle of Craig-y-Nos, ten miles norm
of Swansea, in South Wales, on which
she has spent quite half E1liilon
She lives there with her third husband
Baron Cederstrom, and sometimes
when they feel inclined. they thfo"
open their theater, replica OF the
Baireuth theater, to the countryside
and give one of the operas in Whlcn
Patti once thrilled the world. Until
recently Patti was even sometimes
prevailed upon to appear at Albert hall
in London for the benefit Of some char
ity. but her beauty is quite gone-lt
vanished far earlier than her voice
and so for the most part she is hap
piest in her Welsh fastnesses among
the neighbors, who will always call her
the Queen of Wales"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
Girl Farmers.

South Bethlehem. Pa, probably had
one of the most active organizations
of the womari's land army in the entire
United States during the summer just
ended. Farmers in that locality in
many instances reaped the largest
crops in history, and they praise the
conscientious and efficient work Of the
girls and young women who assisted
them as among the best help they ever
had
Pitching hay is really mans job,
but the girls on the farms near Beth
Iehem were ready to try any kind Of
farm work, and made fine record in
harvesting the hay crop. The work
for which they showed themselves
best adapted, however. was horticul-
tural. They were invaluable in the
truck gardens. wedding onion patches.
picking berries, punching asparagus
and doing the various other odd jobs
that must be done to keep gardens
productive and neat.
Saturday night meant a time of rest
for the girls, and they celebrated with
"sings" ordinarily. They also gave oc-
casional vaudeville and minstrel shows
and dinner parties. Many Of them are
college girls and have gone back to
school, but others are engaging in 9TH
er forms of work during the fall and
winter season.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
Dutch Select Wireless Site.

The site for the wireless station In
tended for communication between the
Netherlands and the Dutch East In
dies has finally been decided on. The
Koalbere hill. which is Sc meters high
and located in HoogBuurlo, near APPEL
doorn, was selected, according to the
Scientific American.
A new railway line will be con-
structed from .Kaatwyk. The station is
to have four towers, each 21O meters
high, a large power house and build
ing for housing the operatives. The
communicating station in India is to
be built near Bandoeng in the Prean=
ger. so that the distance between the
two stations will be some ll,o0O klio
meters.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
After-The-War Problems
Affect Telephone Service

Nv /ElLE the nation was unoer the stress S la-
M cident to winning the war, we asked our
w subscribers and the public to be patient
with the telephone service and to limit its use as
much as practicable IN order that we might handle
the urgent business OF the nation efficiently.
Now that the armistiee has been signed and
, hostilities have ceased, we are confronted with
problems Of the reconstruction period which are
equally as serious and which will require time and
patience for solution.
The policy Of frankness which we have prac-
ticed prompts us TO make it clear that the difficult
ties under which we are now operating are such
that it will be MANY months before we can bring
our service back to the standard OF efficiency pre-
vailing prior to the European war.
The abnormal increase In the volume OF tele-
phone calls due to war activities created need
for greater number of operators and we have
been diligently building up an enlarged operating
force When this situation was very well IN hand
last fall the influenza epidemic played havoc with
our forces ard our losses from illness and death
are still alarming. As a result Of this combination
Of circumstances, the percentage OF new and mex
perienced operators is large and there IS now
serious shortage although our training schools are
graduating large classes every month.
Although our service has suffered from these
causes the public has been considerate and we
have been able to handle heavier traffic than
seemed humanity possible and have installed
promptly and operated efficiently the telephone
plants required by the government at army camps
and other similar institutions.
The situation confronting our service is more
serious now than it was when fighting was IN
pr.gress. The public has relaxed from its ten
sion and is inclined to expect our service to at
once assume its pre-war efficiency. We deem it
our duty to make this frank statement and urge
you to continue the conservation Of the service
which proved so he pful during the time Of our
nation greatest need.
We are operating the telephone system as
agents for the federal government under the SUI
pervisiion Of the Postmaster General and our loyal
organization is making patriotic effort TO perfect
the service. Your continued cooperation and
encouragement will be appreciated.
outhern Bell Telephone l "a \
nd Telegraph Company 49,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
ANY Duty, Mr.. HUM

The Boche customs officer-or rath-
er the former Boche customs officer
at Metz probably will remember one
of the final declarations he accepted.
It was from the correspondent OF. a
Paris paper. who reached Metz ahead
of the French troops. The Germans
still were in the town they had held
since 1870, but in view of the armi-
stice made no attempt to stop the cor
respondent from entering the city.
Writing to his paper of his expert
ence the correspondent told how no
one but the customs officer stopped
him, and continued:
The officer asked if had anything
10 declare, to which / responded that
what l had to declare was:
So Vive la France!"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
GATHERING OF CROP GAIA
Information Showing tsow Thorough
Is the Work of the Department
Of Agriculture.

An outline of the organizati tion .,e-
veloped in the department of agricu:-
ture through more than half century
of experience in crop estimating. ,,.s.i-
eating the care and thoroughness with
which government crop reports are
prepared. is given in the annual re-
port of the secretary Of agriculture.
For collecting original data the bu-
reau of crop estimates has two main
sources of ormation-voluntary re-
porters and salaried field agents. The
voluntary force comprises 33.743 town
ship reporters, one for each agricul-
tural township; 1852 county reporters,
who report monthly or oftener on
countrywide conditions. basing their
estimates on personal observation. in
quiry and written reports of aids. Of
whom there are about $500: 19 special
lists of co-OperatOrS. aggregating 49,
300 names. who report on particular
PRODUCES such as live stock, cotton,
wool rice. tobacco. potatoes. apples,
peanuts. beans and the like: and 20
100 field aids. including the best in
formed men in each state. who report
directly to the salaried field agents Of
the bureau. The total voluntary staff.
therefore. numbers approximately 200
0O0. an average of about 66 for each
county and 4 for each township. The
reporters. as rule. are farmers. They
serve without compensation. and are
selected and retained on the lists be-
cause of their knowledge of local con-
ditions. their public spirit. and their
interest in the work. All except coun-
ty and field aids report directly TO the
bureau. and each class of reports is
tabulated and averaged separately for
each group and state.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
FEWER HEROES NAMEsAXEs
One Popular Custom Seems to Have
Virtually Ended With cleve-
lands Administration.

Americans are abandoning the Old
custom of naming their children after
the hero of the hour, according to the
New York Sun. AT the time of the
Civil war and Immediately thereafter
thousands of children were named
Abraham Lincoln.
This custom continued about thirty
years after the war. The last Amerl-
can president to be honored in this
way by any large number of persons
was Grover Cleveland. The. American
army today is jammed with. Grover
Clevelands, as boys born during the
great democratic administration are
just now of the fmeh fighting age. The
slump began during McKinley's term
and has continued ever since.
There are comparatively few Will
liam McKinleys, and even Theodore
Roosevelt, with all his immense popu..
larity, gained but few namesakes. Pres
ident Taft had only small number Of
babies named after him. In time OF
war, such as has existed for the last
two years. it. would be imagined that
the custom WOULD revive, but there has
been only a slight increase.
Out of $4,000 births recorded in
Philadelphia in 1913 there were only q
Woodrow Wilson's and only Z John
Pershings, according to the records OF
the bureau of vital statistics.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
cutt:no Down Work Hours.

Charles w. Runyon, clerk of the
Martin circuit court, who attended the
meeting of county clerks and who is
said to be the Youngest clerk in the
state, has daughter, Alice, just start
ing to school.
Alice was at little desk Santa Claus
had brought her. She had apparently
been in a deep study for some time
when she suddenly looked up, and
said:
Mother, l have made a new resolu-
tion." "What resolution have you
made, my dear" replied Mrs. Runyon.
"WelI, mother" said Alice, Pm not
going to work SO hard next year as l
did this."-Indianapolis News.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
Birds Steal Rides.

Birds are fast taking the place of
hoboes on the brakebeams of trains,
according to John E. Sexton, rresi-
dent of the Eureka-Nevada Railroad
company of PaIisade, New.
Sexton says birds. especially spar
rows and linnets, are extremely lazy
this year, and instead OF. flying from
the East to the West are riding the
brakebeams.
Citing an instance, Sexton said that
about 800 birds riding on Southern
Pacific train passing through Nevada
from the east recently flew from their
perches between the coaches when
the train passed over a rough crossing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
INVENTION GOT GOOD TRYoUT
Exploit of en- Elderly French Aviator,
With Particular Hobby, Has Be-
come Legendary.

kno" hnr French officer recently pro-
ton. i; a genuine character. a numero.
as they say here. He recently spent
many hours in perfecting trick opti-
cal sight guaranteed to down Boche
at any range. angle or speed. He
adored his invention. which. he admit
ted. would probably end the war when
fully perfected, and grew quite testy
when his friends told him the thing
was far too complicated for anything
but laboratory use.
4 last. though he had reached nom
flying rank and had not flown for
months he installed the optical wonder
en- q Single-sea;er and went out over
the Eres to try it out. AS luck would
have il he fel. in With patrol of eight
Alha1roSses and the fight that followed
has become legendary. Boche after
Boclie dove On him. riddl;ng his plane
with bulIets, while the inventor. in a
scientific ecstasy. peered this way and
that through his sight. adjusting set
screws ard making hasty mental notes
by miracle he was not brought down.
and in the end a French patrol came
to his rescue. He had not fired shot!
At lunch the other day someone ask
ed what sort of chap this inventor
was. and the answer was so exceed
ingly French that will reproduce 1t
word sor word: "He detests women
and dogs; he has wife he adores and
a dog he can't let out Of his sight"
priceless characterization, think. OF
testy yet amiable old martinez
Charles Bernard Nordhoff in tie At
lantic Monthly.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
BETTER THAN ASPIRIN
FOR HEADACHES.
New Perfected Tablet, Called Aspi-
tone, Free From Heart Depressing
Effectss-Do Not Upset Stomach.

Physicians and druggists are very
enthused over the new and improved
aspirin tablets, called Aspitone, which
do not depl ess the heart. They say
ffhat Aspitone is slightly stimulating
instead Of depressing to the heart and
4should be used especially for head
5ache, neuralgia, rheumatism ana
other heart weakening diseases, suca
as influenza, severe colds and threat
ened pneumonia. /,
Many physicians are substituting
Aspitone for aspirin in all of their
practice on the theory that even if
the patients heart is strong, there is
no reason to give a heart depressing
remedy when the same effects may be
had from the new Aspitone without
the heart depressing effect.
Druggists report large demand
for Aspitone tablets On account of the
prevalence of colds and influenza.
They say that the ideal treatment for
colds is a laxative at bed time with
one or two Aspitone tablets to con-
troll the pain, fever, inflammation and
tendency toward congestion and pneu-
monia. Aspitone may be had at all
of the leading drug stores everywhere
in sealed packages, price 35 cents. 1t
is sold locally by Glider & Weeks ana
P. E. Ways Drug Store. (adv }
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
Causes of Commercial Growth.

The chief causes of the growth OF
international commerce from less than
s2,OOO.O0O.0OO in 1918 to approximate
ly S50OO0,000O OO0 iii 1913 are growth
in population, cheapening in transpor-
tation and a division of Labor among
groups of men the worll over,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
Putting war Gas to Good Use.

Experts from the federal department
Of agriculture and from the war de-
partment will begin series of expert
ments in the South in the effort to
utilize powerful gas that was used
by the American army in the war in
Europe. The gas will be used in at
rempts TO destroy the cotton boil wee
,il. the pink boil worm. caterpillars.
potato kdgs and other insect pests that
ravage crops. 1t is said TO be by
product Of southern pine.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
Medical Science.

I think it is not an exaggeration to
say that medicine, surgery, obstetrics
and the many medical specialties have
made more progress in the 72 years
from 1s4e to 1913 than in as many
centuries before. am also quite will
ing to believe that the next 70 years
will be rs fruitful as the last 70 have
been.-Iaj. VI. w. Keen, in the Yale
Review.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-02-18
Values chaarin at s5,ooo.

Dayton, ODDLY Zimmerman b
suing the local street railway compan!
for $4,000. She alleges that the con
ductor gave her the wrong change ant
that when she asked for the correc
amount of money he called her I
''vile" zane. Her chagrin is wortl
the amount sued for, according t.
IDlly.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-29
TheStory

The Knights and Ladies Of the
Golden Pumpkin arrived in good time
at Aunt Phoebe's. Billy and the twins
were not particularly interested in
fractions, SO Mr.. Henshawe showed
them big book of colored bird pic
lures while Aunt Phoebe, who liked
nothing better than teaching school,
helped Peter and Hal and Corny and
Mary Ellen with fractions. For the
first time in their lives the children
really enjoyed the horrid things. Fo-
Aunt Phoebe illustrated her lesson
with apples and cookies and when the
lesson was over they ate the fractions
up.
"Now, Knights and Ladies" said
Aunt Phoebe, do you know any one
else that is having any trouble?"
when was goin' to Sunday
school," said Mary Ellen, 81 met little
Mary Bradley She used to go to Sun
day school all the time but she hasn't
been lately and asked her what was
the matter and she said she dSQt
have dress to wear"
Petty and Prissy stood .up.
"she can have some of ours, Aunt
Phoebe"
81 have been afraid for some time
that Mrs. Bradley was not getting
along we'll. Wen have to do some
thing about 1t. 1t is so late now that
you children will have to go home
Perhaps we had better have special
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-29

seemed to have designs on the mouth
piece OF the phone. He stammered
and gurgled, but finally managed to
ask:
"why-you-you're fooling, aren't
you, Nip"
mo, indeed" she responded. I'd
honestly like ride behind old JACK
I'm fed W on automobiles"
"Well, you certainly shN have the
diversion you seek" he promised her,
and that afternoon old Jack and the
buggy took Matilda and Kenneth out
! into the woods to spot where the
| two young people had been wont to
gather flowers and hold picnics when
they were children.
They sat on a knoll overlooking a
boulevard. Many cars of various siz.
es and makes darted bach and forth
in never ending streams.
"This is the best day I've had in
years" Matilda observed, nesting
close to Kenneth.
"The same with me-" he agreed,
and somehow queer little thrill
seemed 10 go over him
81 wish we could do this every day"
she went on Don't you?"
"Yes, yes, of course, certainly"
Kenneth said. Naturally I'd like to
be with you every day; but your IL
nancial and social standing would
scarcely permit it-now."
{. Her lips twitched and she picked up
stone and buried it at tree, miss
ing the target by several feet.
"Why don't you leave that fof me
to decide?" she demanded, turning on
him with flashing eyes. Have 1 ev-
er intimated anything to that effect?'
He was silent for moment, try
ing to collect his thoughts.
TITS this way, Mil" he finally
broke out. 1--WE been dead in love
with you ever since we were kids. l
| thought + had good show until
until your father made all that money
and the rich young fellows began to
call and take you riding in their big
machines; and then l looked at my
own prospects and considered there
wasn't much chance after all. OF
course, | still feel the same and-iL
| my ambitions-well, it may sound
foolish to you, but maybe I'll have a
book published soon, and If 1t sue
ceeds and 1 get good royalty-then
maybe"
cs, yes, go on, she said smiling,
Wit. a peculiar glistening in her eyes.
"You, interest me, Ken, This may all
seem improper, what I'm going to say
because you can't divide this year
with four, but we've been such good
friends for so, long time that |
guess my little speech will be all
right. Anyhow, Pm going to make
Nit. j invited you to take me riding to-
day and may as we'll go the limit
with my holiness. What l. wanted
to say is this:
II hate all automobiles l hate the
money my father made IN the bust
ness and hate every man that comes
to take me riding What Ia like
would be little cottage and horse
and buggy-old Jack and that same
vehicle he draws would do nicely
and I'd like to have you take me far
away to the shore Of some lake; away
far away from the smell of gasoline,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-29

Experiments conducted at the cleo
trical exposition in New York recent
ly showed that COWS MIXED to music
gave more milk than those MIXED in
silence.