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The Press., 1919-05-01
THURSDAY, MAY l, 1919.
LABOR DRIVEN TO ITS LIMIT
Hardest of Hard Work Demanded of Boatmen in the Early Days
 of the Country.

The high moral courage of the mis- sionaries who Strove to convert the Indians of the Canadian Northwest is we'll illustrated by the life of Father Lacombe. who dared to rebuke Chief Factor Rowan of the Hudson Bay company for heartlessness toward the company's men. Katherine Hughes describes the incident In her biography of Father Lacombe. The factor and the priest were journeying to Edmon- ton in keel boat, lowed by com pany of cordeliers.
 Of the boatman's toll Father La combe has written: "Imagine, if you please, after resting a few hours on the bare earth. to hear at 3 o'clock the cry, Leve! Lever Et puis. hurrah !- to pull and pull on the lines drawing the heavy boat up against the current, walking in the mud, the rocks, the swamp, along cliffs. and sometimes in water to their armpits-and this under a burning sun or beating rain from early morning until darkness fell about g o'clock Without having seen it one can form no idea of the hardships, the cruel fatigues, of these boatmen." Youths Companion.
The Press., 1919-05-01
Readinu as a Narcotic.

The habit of reading for amusement becomes with thousands of people ex- actly ths-same kind of habit as wine drinking or opium smoking; 1t is like a narcotic, something that helps to pass the time, something that keeps up perpetual condition of dreaming, something that eventually results in destroying all capacity for thought, giving exercise only to the surface parts of the mind. and leaving the deeper springs of feeling and the high CT faculties of perception unemployed. The result of all this reading means nothing but cloudiness in the mind. That is the direct result. The indi- rect result Is that the mind has been kept from developing itself. All de- velopment necessarily means some pain, and such reading as I speak of has been employed uneonsciously as means to avoid that pain, and the con- sequence Is atrophy.-Lafcadio Hearn.
The Press., 1919-05-01
An Early NeWsnaner,

In this day of the Omnipresent news paper an item of odd interest in com- ing sale of rare literary survivals is a copy of one of the earliest newspa- pers issued, an Italian sheet of four pages printed in 1892 This was not many years after the custom started in Venice ty which. the news of 8 military victory, or some other event of popular interest, was circulated and sold for "gaZetta," the smallest Vere- tfan coin. The sheets were reprinted In various towns, and the system could hardly have been operated without pa per-sellers like modern newsboys, cry ing their wares. The price came down to us with the newspaper title Gazette, " and the 1862 news sheet, which tells of the official visit of the papal nun- ciO LipomanO to Poland to establish the inquisitiOn in that country, has sur vived the centuries with it's pages un- cut, as if nopened.-Christian Sci ence Monitor.
The Press., 1919-05-01

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The Press., 1919-05-01

The American Peace Commission sends out this appeal to the American people from Paris, where it is still at work on a treaty and league of nations.
 We have had the opportunity here in France to see and realize the mag nitude of the accomplishment of our country in this war and the magni- ficent spirit with which this great task has been carried through to a triumphant issue.
 What has been done and what re- mains to be done before normal con- ditions are restored demand your continued and united support with the same spirit of self sacrifice and of determination as that which was manifested by the Nation while the German armies forced our men at the Marne, and in the Champagne, at St. Mihiel and in the Argonne. We must not relax our efforts until every soldier of the republic is landed on the soil of America. To finish this mighty task imposes upon the Government of the United states a great financial burden. The Victory Liberty Loan must thrive. If it should fail it would indicate that the Nation is willing to leave it's task uncompleted
 To secure the ideals for which Americans fought and died, this great demand on national patriotism and united effort should meet a gen erous and universal response. Let us all do our duty to the end.
 ROBERT LANSING.
 HENRY WHITE
 E. M HOUSE
 T. N. BLISS
The Press., 1919-05-01
THINK VAMPIRES KILL SHEEP
Macedonian Shepherds Have Firm Be- lief in the Existence of Creatures
 of Lower World.

A Macedonian shepherd, tending his tlOcks in the high pastures, sets off on his rounds in the morning, and finds several of his sheep mangled about the neck, dying or dead. He hastens to the nearest village and spreads the aw- full news--Vampires
 Now, a vampire may only be seen by certain gifted people, and these make it their life'S business to destroy them. Their usual fee is about sixty dollars. So the shepherd hastenS to vampire killer, and this man takes down his long musket, loads it, and rams down holy wafer on top of the charge. He puts on a long sheep skin coat and sets out for the hills.
 Just before dawn he will be heard to fire a single shot. At daybreak he shows the shepherd a pool of blood. That is the dead vampire, for a vam- pire is all blood, and being shot, of course resolves into a pool of blood
 A vampire slayer is treated with great deference by his neighbOrs. He is a power in the land. But in all villages there is usually one scoffer; one man who can read, or, perhaps, has travelled outside his native land. He laughs when you mention vampires, and talks of wolves and dogs that have run amuck. He even hints that It is possible to hide a bladder filled with blood beneath the long sheepskin coat the slayer wears. There is bad feeling between the vampire slayer and this scoffer. They pass each other without speaking.
The Press., 1919-05-01

Vegetable Compound cured me SO 1 did not need the operation, and am telling all my friends about it. Mrs. A. w. BINzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
 Itis just such experiences as that of Mrs. Binzer that has made this famous root and herb remedy household word from ocean to ocean. Any woman who suffers from inflammation, Liberation, displacements, backache, nervousness, irregularities or " the blues" should not rest until she has given it a trial, and for special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,, Lynn, Mass.
The Press., 1919-05-01
UneXpected Information

A clergyman lost his horse on a Sat urday evening" After hunting with a boy until after midnight he gave up in despair. The next day, somewhat dejected at his loss, he went into the pulpit and took for his text the follow ing passage from Job: "Oh, that 1 knew where 1 might find him." The boy, supposing the horse was still the burden of thought, cried out "I know where he is. He's in Deacon Smiths barn !'
The Press., 1919-05-01
MEDALS FROM GERMAN CANNON FOR
 EVERY WORKER ON VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN

For the first time in history the government of the United States will award a medal for civilian service.
 It will be given to everyone of the volunteer workers in the Victory Lib erty Loan which begins April 21st.
 Tn the--Aew England district some thing like 50,00O individuals will re- ceive one as a souvenir of this war work
The Press., 1919-05-01
Ncth;no Canned by Broodinu.

Give up hrooding over failures-take each ji;iy as fresh start. Give up en- mities, grudgeS. envies-ail conditions of mind that drag down the spirit. Be constructive. See the good in people. Keep abreast with the news of what our men lover there" are doing each day and perform your duty (even be 1t dish washing) in the fervor that fills them as they obey their bugle calls.
The Press., 1919-05-01
OLD AGE STARTS.
 WITH YOUR KIDNEYS

Science says that old age begins with weakened kidneys and digestive organs.
 This being true. 1t is easy to believe that by keeping the kidneys and df- Gestive organs cleansed and in proper working order old age can be deferred and life prolonged far beyond that en- 3oyed by the average person.
 For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL Haarlem on has been relieving the weaknesses and disability due to ad- vancing years. It Is & standard old time home remedy and needs no intro duction. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem oil Is fnclosed in odorless, tasteless capsules containing about drops each. Take them as you would a pill, with @ small
The Press., 1919-05-01
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a local disease greatly in- fuenced by constitutional conditions, and in order to cure it you must take an internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi- cine is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years. It is com posed of some of the best tonics known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of the ingredients in Halls Catarrh Medi- cine. is what produces such wonderful results in catarrhal conditions Send for testimonials free.
 F. J: CHENEY & CO. Props. Toledo, O.
 All Druggists. 75c
 Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Press., 1919-05-01

swallow of water. The oil stimun>Ass the kidney action and enables the organs to throw on the poisons which cause premature old age. New life and strength increase as you continue the treatment. When completely restored continue taking capsule or two each day. GOLD MEDAL Haariem oil Cap sules will keep you in health and viEor and prevent . return of the disease.
 Do not walt until old age or dissass druggist and get box of COLD MEDAL Haarlem oil Capsules. Money refunded if they do not help you. Three sizes. But remember to ask fer the original imported GOLD MEDAL brand. In sealed packages.
The Press., 1919-05-01

bhSS0 ulc 4koAAA oAs operation, 1 cannot say enough in praise oft. Isuffered from organic troubles and my side hurt me SO 1 could hardly be up from my bed, and l was unable to do my homework. 1 had the best doctors in
 Eau Claire and they wanted me to have an operation, but Lydia F. Pinkham'S
The Press., 1919-05-01

The $100 you invest in the Victory Liberty issue of 1919 may very we'll be worth $1O5 or $11O when you take your inventory few years hence And besides, that appreciation of you' capital, you will be drawing aenercus interest meantime.
The Press., 1919-05-01

It is intended as an appreciation of service to the thousands of American citizens who realize that the war has been won but are also thoroughly con scious of the fact that the troops have not been brought home or de- mobilized, and that reconstruction bills as yet must be paid as we'll as the bills for the enormous amount Of munitions, planes and poison gas, the very accumulation of which shortened
The Press., 1919-05-01
THIS WOMAN
 SAVED FROM
 AN OPERATION
By taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, One
 of Thousands of Such Cases.

Black River Falls, Wis. '.As Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Press., 1919-05-01

the war and saved hundreds of thou sands of lives.
 Each of these medals, which is lhe official recognition by the government of work performed, will be lasting proof of what has been done on the Victory Liberty Loan. -..
 The New England Committee has received only fraction of the total number which will be distributed and has decided that none will go out un- til after the Loan is completed "nA each Chairman has sent in certified list of the workers on his committees.
The Press., 1919-05-01

These medals are made from Ger man cannon captured by the Ameri- cans in the historic drive of Chateau Thierry.
 They will have on one side a repre- sentation of the Treasury Department and on the other a certificate of par ticipation in the Loan. The medal will be the size of a half dollar and each will bear the name of the worker to whom it is awarded.
The Press., 1919-05-01
Daily Thought.

Time is generally the best doctor.- Ovid
The Press., 1919-05-01
Loose Leaf Books and All Kinds of
 Blank Books at
 The Press Office.
AN OPEN LETTER

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The Press., 1919-05-01

THE PEACE MISSION TO THE
 PEOPLE,
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
Good Wheat Yield.

Walter Ecton, one OF the pion-
eer farmers of the north side, was
the first to report returns on the
present seasons wheat crop. Mr..
Ecton's wheat was threshed last
week and showed an average yield
of 30 bushels to the acre. The
grain produced on prepared old
ground yielded AZ bushels to the
acre, while that grown on new
ground averaged little more
than 20 bushels to the acre. AS
the average for the whole county
is about 13 bushels to the acre,
the yield of Powers county farms
is exceptionally good.-Lamar
Sparks.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
Keep Cool And Keep Sweet.

Now don't let us get all worked
up about little things that heat
our blood and make us cross and
nervous. The cemetery is full OF
folks who got excited and didn't
speak to their neighbors. We've
got a fine town and most Of us
mean well. Let us give and take
and dwell together in unity. 1t
never paid to fret and worry.
Keep cool land keep sweet. 1t
won't be long until we have To
shut ourselves up in our houses
again and then you can run the
home like a mausolem if we want
to. But Gods great out OF doors
and the beauties of summer are
not owned by any one of us and
boys will soon be men. Let them
have their fun while they are
young. God knows the time is
short enough-Exchange.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
Rode in Holly Airship.

After about a week of passenger
business in Lamar the Holly air.
ship returned to that city on last
Saturday. While here large
number of our citizens, young and
old, took trip. Mr.. S. P. Lynch,
rs years old, was one of the first
passengers and many of the old
timers recalled the day when he
was the first man who dared
tackle one of the then new vehi-
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
BIG WHEAT CROP
Lamar Territory Begins fhreshing
Biggest Wheat Yield

The year 1919 will break all
Powers county records for wheat
crops, as the acreage is by far the
largest ever planted here, and the
first returns show the yield will be
all that the most enthusiastic ex-
pected.
Everywhere for miles and miles
of the irrigated area can be seen
the shocks of wheat standing so
thick on the ground that if there
had been any more of it the farm
er would have had to rent some OF
his neighbor's ground to stack it
on.
The threshing machines are now
busily at work but only few
fields have been finished and it is
impossible to get exact reports,
but the daily runs show that it is
making all and more than was
expected.
The Hays Williams wheat went
over forty-five bushels per acre
and he was not expecting nearly
so much as he did not think his
field was more than an average
one
The crop will soon be rolling in
to the markets now and it should,
at the government fixed price,
soon make difference in the
amount of money in circulation in
this territory.
The crop on the dry lands is
also being harvested and is said
to be promising good results also.
Lamar Register.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
They have the Real Dope.

Sheriff Cal Downing left today
for Colorado Springs to attend the
sessions of the state sheriffs con-
vention. That sounds good! They
are the only people who can get
hold of the proper fixins for a
real honest-to-goodness conven-
tion. Wonder if deputies are eleg-
ible? We speak for commission,
right now.-Lamar Register.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
Moving Broom Corn.

The greater part OF the broom
corn left in the hands OF the grow
ers when the slump in the market
came last winter is now being
marketed. On Tuesday train of
twelve wagon loads piled high
with bales of brush pulled into
Lamar from Baca county. The
broom corn acreage in Baca coun,
ty this year is only one half as
large as that of l9l8.-Lamar
Sparks.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
Pinkham Has Finger Mashed.

Glenn Pinkham, foreman at the
D. A.. NJ. & P. mill, had the mis-,
fortune to have a finger caught in
closing door, last Sunday. The
digit was ironed out fiat and
Glenn has been carrying the in
jured member in a sling since
Wiley journal.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
Countyseat Shy on Houses.

The shortage of houses in
Lamar is getting worse all the
time. In spite OF many good res
licences being put up here this
year, twenty more could be filled
at once, and families are being
forced every day to leave the town
because they cannot get suit
able home to live in. The school
board finds difficulty in negotiat-
ing with the instructors they want
and could get if they could insure
suitable hOmes.-Lamar Register
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
County Seat News
Doings
Clipped from Country Exchanges.

cles-a bicyele-on the Main
street of the town, and got away
with it.-Lamar Register.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-27

traits? But i Is daily growing more
Of an annoyance 20 their pa
fent6 that they are Is different e q
sweet pea and 4 geTanium one q
them dainty and sweet and the ptner
rather coarse and loud, The fltst
child wears her dresses g long time
without soiling them. The second has
hers IN terrible state In Ihalf the
time. The sweetpea child As q Joy 70
live with and the geranigm daughter
makes life one long worry for every
one about her. The first little girl
can be depended on for most anything
while her naughty sister has to be
watched and looked after every hour
in the day. ] wonder what they will
be when they grow up, One does not
dare speculate too far ahead. once
knew a girl who failed everyone all
her life and when, she grew into a
woman, folks expected her to be the
same sort Of failure. Well, she
fooled them and turned out dependa-
Bile to the last degree during a severe
family trial. Another Of the une{plain.
ables In lIfex So I'm hoping that the
geraniim daughter Of one Of my dear
friends will change for the better in
the sweet bye and bye.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-27

At this church next SUNDAY Cottage
prayer meeting viii Be held this eFen-
ing At III ~ Diamond street and on
Tnesday evening s the home Of Mtst
COZ IA Front treet The services for
"wednesday evening viii be held at
the church. a good attendance is Der
sired at each Of these special seryie-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-27
Evening Chat
Time for chrysanthemums,
var @~----

lat one OF our pre.tlest floral estab-
shments IN the city located at Ridge
y and Locust avenue there blooms
list now somewhere near 4 900 chrys-
.themuas in glorious riot Of yell
NJ, lavendar anu wnlte. Some OF
blooms on the top Of tall fIlll-leav-
d stalks are so very large and round
lat as one steps into the dimly lit
reenhouse Just at twilight they look
se human curly headed invisible bod
s nodding pleasantly and quietly.
Thenever see so many flowers
owing close together, their very
tmbers impress me strongly with
e belief that flowers have real per-
nalities. In the narrow aisles Of
rye greenhouse, it is very easy to
iagtne that 1000 chrysanthemums
I've hearts all their own. There Is
spicy fragrance to this flower which
mes under no perfume name. Watch
EN- closely the next time you pay
EN- visit. The lady who owns the
eenhouse says she wants folks to
BIT her flowers and that they need
/ feel they must buy to come. Flow
on long stems, the chrysanthemum
the carnation and the rose never
and rtgidly in the soil in which
ey are growing. If you will pay
,se attention you sense a faint stir
az, born of no wind for. there is
me in a closed greenhouse. You can
t but feel the joyous, gentle, swayine
these wonderful flowers as they
Ind row after row, their GORGEOUS
lors so strikingly beautiful. In the
Hight hours especially, one soon
comes convinced that long,stemmed
ms Of the chrysanthemum type
sak in language all their own. It's
Of the most comforting experienc-
IA the world to visit a greenhouse,
ere'sS something softening to the
rit and soothing to the tired heart,
nethtng which gives one a special
Of hIppiness, a different sort OF
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-27
rhs RIuht Price but the Wrong
Soods

gentleman came into one Of our
res last week. according to report,
i IA ad n his hand cut from one
the papers. The ad referred to
rs c6ngoleum on sale for SO much
I'D. The gentleman took the lad
the dress goods counter on the first
Be- and asked for enough OF IT. to
|ke ! dress for his wife. Now what
gu know about that! Well, you
a't blame the man, with the nu.
rous neW-fangled goods invented
NY out of which to fashion wearing
bafei. Congoleum looked good to
and at S1.45 a yard two yards
Be. he thought he could get his
man dress at a reasonable figure.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-27
bitterly OPPOSE
BNI STRIKE LAW
Timothy Shea Declares It
Singles Out RaAroaders
And Curtails Rights.

WASHINGTON, oct. "a. = Timothy
;,,sa gave ncrce 70 Congress last
I'm that the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
lye FiremerI and Enginemen, Of which
ie IS acting president would not OBJ
|srYe the pending anti-strike legisla'
ion, Il ii were enacted into law.
such "a attempt 70 single out rail-
bad employees and deprive them Of
that he termed the economic right Of
sofkers TO strike to prevent inJus-
ee must be accepted, he said, in
onneetiop with other information
hitch the railroad brotherhoods have,
& tofegone conclusion that the rail-
DADS contemplate a general reduction
wages when the government Sur
endegs control and desire such a
ieaspre 70 forestall q strike.
III these interests or the legislators
eIleye railroad employees Will unre-
stingiy submit to any such invasion
their rights as citizens" Mr.. Shea
ontinued, 'they had better expel that
bought from their minds, because
eiieye speak for locomotive tiremen
I'D hostlers, at least, when l say that
ny law which deprives them OF the
tghts If American citizenship should
Nj be observed, not because this
lass Of American citizens are law
breakers, but because such law
would be unwarranted, un-AmeriGan
ind contrary to American institI.
innS -
Mr.. Shea said such a law We: al
host certain to precipitate revolution
nd was in fact Just what extreme
adicaIs and revolutionary agttators
esire,
dTis would give them logical argu-
bent for direct action" he asserted,
with the intention Of displacing the
beral and more conservative Leaders,
nd thereby overthrowtpg the exist
he social, political and industrial in
titutions Of the country.
III an anti-strike law is enacted,
ae responsibility for any upheayal
bich might follow lies With, Con-
ress."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-27
RersonaIs.

Mrs. j. G. Fletcher and daughter,
Miss Pauline Of satterfield street have
returned from Coolville, o., where they
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hayhurst
the past several days.
Miss Pansy Jacobs has gone to TIT
.une, Monongalla county, TO spend sew
eral days with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Lindsay Jacobs.
James Thomas OF Ferry street VINO
has been III at the home OF his daugh-
ter Mrs. Hugh Ball Is much hetter.
Miss Ruth Irons Of Colfax spent the
week end With her grandparents MT
and Mrs. j L. Carpenter in Diamond
street.
Christine Patton daughter Of Mr..
and Mr.. Alex Patton is still quite
I'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin satterfield, son
Russell and daughter Iretta of Col
fax spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Satterfield in Wilson street.
Mrs. Hovatter Of Arden has re-
turned home after visiting her son A,
w. Hovatter' in~State street.
Austin Stealey has returned from a
trip to Chicago, Akron, o., and other
western points, At Chicago he met
his sisters The Misses Grace and Ber-
tina Stealey who have been visiting
their sister Mrs, Paul Baker at Phoe-
nix, Arizona.