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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

Sunday the guest Of his parents Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Kisner.
Miss Phyllis Swisher called on Miss
Stella Harris Sunday.
William Burns left Saturday fol
CorneHville, Pa, where he will be the
guest OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. Burns, Of that place.
Claud Crsner. of Pittsburgh. trans
acted business here Monday.
Professor William Mckinley. of Mt
Clare, was the guest Of friends here
recently.
]. R. Cline, of Fairmont transacted
business matters here Tuesday.
Mrs. w. p. Bryant and Mrs. Thomas
Brady were business callers In FAR
mont Saturday.
Ensel Powell was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. John Nuzum, OF arlington
Sunday. He was accompanied home by
his sister, Miss Zanie Powell.
E. B. Harris, OF Parkersburg, was
here recently in the interest OF the
Prudential Insurance company
W. H. Hess transacted business
matters in Fairmont one day last
week.
Charles Van Horn, OF Weston, was d
business visitor herel Monday.
The little>daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
John Manclne who has been very SICK
for the past few days, is much better
at this time.
Mrs. Ids Summers was business
visitor in Bairmont recently.
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NlURRY NEWS

I Mrs. Flnton Harrison has returned
to her home after weeks visit with
her sister, Mrs. Harley McClain, of
Ida May.
Mrs. Thomas Brady, of Memphis,
Tenn, is here the guest Of her broth
or and family, Mr.. and Mrs. W. P.
Bryant.
John S. Radcliff who was injured
some time ago at tho AFFORD mines, is
conyalescent at this time.
Mr.. Hess, our school teacher, who
has been i'll for several days, is able
to be out again.
Lee Harris called on Robert Douval's
family Sunday
Ensel Powell has resigned his posi-
ton with the Hite Coal company and
accepted position here with the Con-
solidation Coal company.
Smith RadclifT was business visi-
tor in Fairmont Monday.
Miss Lefie Smith was here Sunday
the guest of her sister and family, Mr..
and Mrs Frank Harris.
Brooks Malone lost very fine COW
Tuesday.
Mrs. Sally Powell, of Wheeling, is
visiting friends and relatives, in this
vicinity
Clyde Kisner. of Hi'A's was here
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being occupied with the scrambllng
in the gorge.
Saturday we went to the wedding
Of Teddy Douglas and Helen. It was
beautiful wedding in every way and
am very fond Of both of them. Sun
day we spent at Attorney General
Knox's at Valley Forge, and most IN
expectedly / had to deliver a little,
address at the church in the after
noon, as they are trying to build a
memorial to Washington. Think of
the fact that in Washington's arms
that winter among the junior officers
were Alexander Hamilton, Monroe
and Marshall future president Of
the United States, the future chief
justice who was to do such a wonder
full work for our government, and the
man OF most brilliant mind-Hamil-
ton-whom we have ever developed
In this country.
Ito Be Continued.)
Copyright, 1919, Charles scribner's
Sons.)
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Letters 70.
EDITED By
SCR ::.ssA;:.; $500 s.: sous

qh9 Russian japanese var raa
,aging during the spring cf 1904. The
buntry at large, and government Of
clais In particular, had been coun
seled to maintain strict neutrality
Meanwhile, states were already lining
KS for Roosevelt as the Republican
candidate for the presidency. Post
5fflce scandals, the Reed SmoOt in
Festlgaton and the Panama question
we're still keeping the presidents
hands tulI.-The Editor.
Peter Rabbits Funeral.
81 WHITE HOUSE, May %, 1904.
Dear Kermit:
was great fun seeing you, and Ted
and enjoyed it to the full.
Ethel, Archie and Quentin have gone
Il y Mount Vernon today with, the Gar
iieId boys. Yesterday poor Peter Rab-
! SIC died and his funeral was held with
ntopef state. Archie, in his oyeralIs
dragged the wagon with the little
black coffin in which poor Peter Rab-
bit lay. Mother walked behind as
chief mourner, she and Archie sol
sinnly exchanging tributes to the
worth and good qualities OF the de-
parted. Then he was buried, with a
ffiehsia over the little grave.
You remember Kenneth Grahame's
account of how Harold went to the
circus an sang the great spheral sons
.Df the circus? We'll, yesterday moth
,er leaned out of her window and
Archie, swinging under magnolia
tree, singing away to himself, I'm go
ing to Sycamore. to Sycamore, to Sag
amore I'm going to Sycamore, oh; to
Sagamore!" 1t was his spheral song
Of Joy and thanksgiving.
The children's delight at going TO
Sycamore next week has completely
swallowed up all regret at leaving
mother and me. Quentin is very cum
ming. He and Archie love to play the
hose into the sandbox and then, with
their thigh rubber boots on, to get in
and make Qualifications. Now and
then they play 1t over each other.
Ethel Is playing tennis quite good
deal.
L think Yagenka is going to come
out all right, and Bleistein. too.
have no hope for Wyoming or Renown.
Fortunately. Rusty is serving us we'll.
WHITE HOUSE, June IL, 1904.
Blessed Quenty- Quee:
The little birds in the nest in the
vines on the garden fence are nearly
grown up. Their mother stills feeds
them.
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NM Attend /. O.O. F. Meeting.

Will Attend 1. o. o. +. Meeting,
The local Odd Fellows Lodge is
making arrangements to send large
delegation to Fairmont on next Mon
day on the occasion of the visit Of
Grand Sire Judge Henry v. Borst.
Personals.
Ralph b. Douglas, who has been
employed in the Texas oil fields for
several months, arrived here on Tues
day evening for visit with friends.
He is engaged in rig building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac McIntire were
visitors in Fairmont Tuesday after
noon.
Edgar Book, of Pennington, was a
a visitor here Wednesday.
Charles S. Davis, of near Idamay,
was shopping in town on Wednesday.
DR.. George L. Howell was bust
ness visitor in Clarksburg Tuesday.
C. J. Stewart, of Morgantown, was
a business caller here this week..
Arlie Barbe, Isaac McIntire, S. J.
Sturm and Charles T. Martin were
called to Fairmont on "Wednesday as
jurors in the condemnation suit of
J. S. Rev and the County Court.
Mrs. David Sayre was shopping in
Fairmont on Wednesday.
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Bunneg 5 Ridge

Ar Bunuer went through our town
Sunday last.
H B. Moran was seen on this ridge
Sunday.
Denzn Robe was out buggy riding
Sunday.
The autos are Hike the ground hog
they are all in for the winter or at
leaS 1t looks like 1t at this writing.
Mrs. Warn Mum is on the sick list,
The box supper at Lakes schoo,
house was laid over until the 10th oil
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More Slick Thieves.

A few days ago some colored- peo-
pie located in town and professed to
be experts at cleaning clothing, car
pets and such like. Hugh Hess gave
them $50 ovcrCoat to clean and
Frank Mordell left some carpets with
them TO be cleaned. Some time be-
tween two days the colored people
disappeared and Mr.. Hess oYercoat
and Mr.. Mordell's carpets also disap-
peared, and neither people or goods
have been seen since.
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December on account Of theGbad
+ weather. ..A.
! Myrtle Moran was calling ongher
brother, z. T. Moran and family sun
day last
Willie Travis land j w. Neel were
on this ridge Monday OF this week on
business.
Mrs Nancy Carpenter was calling
on E. 3. Moran Monday
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Clothes Stolen from Line.

On Monday last Mrs. Elsie Hess did
the family washing and left the
clothes on the line over night. Some
time during the night thieves visited
the line and carried away several
dresses. The thiYes seem to be only
in need of dresses, as no other clothes
were taken.
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As a service tt mounlaineers Z,
wealthy resident OF Pomona. Cal, who
himself is an enthusiastic climber, has
launched a campaign TO place heavy
weatherproof metal box with q ledger
and pencils on the snmmit OF every
high peak in California.
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We sent both to the zoo.
The other day while walking with
Mr.. Plncllot and Mr.. Garfield we
climbed into the Blagden deer park
and almost walked over such pretty
wee fawn, all spotted; 1t ran OF like
"a little race horse.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-11

You see the mother bird with a
worm in her beak, and the little birds
with their beaks wide open!
n Il was out walking the other day and
passed the Zoo; there / fed with grass
some Of the -year-old elk; the
bucks had their horns Gin the velvet"
fed them through the bars
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cnarms "a VALLEY Forae.


WHITE HOUSE, June 81, 1904.
Dearest Ethel:
think you are little trump and l
love your letter, and the way you
take care of the children and keep
down the expenses and cook bread
and are just your own blessed busy
cunning self. You would have en-
joyed being at Valley Forge with US
on Sunday. 1t is a beautiful place,
and, of course, full of historic asso-
Citations. The garden here is lovely.
A pair OF warbling vireos have built
in linden and sing all the time. Tho
lindens, by the way, are in bloom, and
Massachusetts, avenue is fragrant with
them The magnolias are all In bloom,
too, and the Jasmine on the porch.
Washingtons Companions at Valley
Forge.
WHITE HOUSE, June 81, 1904.
Dear Ted:
Mother and had most lovely ride
the other day, way up beyond Sligo
creek to what is called North West
Branch, at Burnt Mills, where is Il
beautiful forge, deep and narrow, with
great boulders, and even cliffs. Ex-
cepting Great Falls it is the most
beautiful place around here. Mother
scrambled among the cliffs in her rid
ing habit, very pretty and most inter
esting. The roads were good and some
Of the scenery really beautiful. We
were gone four hours, half an hour
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as if they had come out of book; but
as my horse walked along B'rer Rab-
bit went lippity lippity lippity off into
the bushes and B'rer Terrapin drew
in his head and legs till l passed.
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Warrington
New Store in Town.

New Store in Town.
Pitt Caputo, an Italian merchant of
Lumberport, has leased the S. j.
Sturm building on Main street and
will place a stock of goods in the
room within few days.
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.losEPN BUckLItI plstoR

with her-and don't play in the II
brary!
l loved your letter, and think yor
were very good to write.
All kinds Of live things are SEN
me from time to time. The other day
an eagle came; this morning an owl
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WHITE HOUSE, June q.

WHITE HOUSE, June 81, 1904.
Dear Quentyquee:
The other day when out riding what
should see in the road ahead OF me
but va real B'rer Terrapin and B'rer
Rabbit. They were sitting sOlemnly
beside one another and looked just
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-01
THE FIshlN q LESSON.

| that unless Cousin Bruln had taught
him."
Fred was 30 surprised at this won-
derful sight that his mouth fairly huns
open.
The porcupines were In the edge OF
the woods eating alders and they didnt
pay any attention TO the fishing.
Ranger wagged his tail and looked
proud and happy and II was all no
could do to keep from barking.
Then the most awful thing happen
cd! A third time little Williams brown
hand went into the water and under
Mr.. Pickereis Oldest son. and when his
hand closed about that slippery body
William lost his toehold In the clay
bank and with q mighty splash, fell
over into the brown water.
Mr.. Pickereis oldest son then made
a run for freedom. Ranger stood on
his four legs and barked. and little
William. with few strokes. came to
land. laughing.
"The lunch. the lunch," walled Fred,
whats become Of the lunchf"
william took out Of his pocket the
soaked sandwiches and cookies and
the cake and the pie. and he laughed
and spread them all out on log to
dry, and he said. why. Fred. that's
nothing at alive viii have an ele-
giant lunch with that pickerel caught"
III you think you can make me eat
raw fish I won't do anything of the
kind. Do you think am an Esquimo
Little william only laughed.
Tomorrow-The Lunch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-01
IT MAY COME HERE


The councilmen at Sioux City have
taken steps to combat high rents
there. steps which are simple but
unique, and which may become nee
essary In other Iowa citeis, including
Cedar Rapids Sioux City actually Is
suffering from the assault of rent prof
iteers. Cedar Rapids. too, has felt tho
effect OF their tactise. Some renas
have been increased as much as nifty
per sent. A ten per cent increase Is
common thing.
In Sioux City renters who have been
gouged are asked to give information
ns to Increases to the city clerk, In
formation showing rental increases 10
tiny amount, large or small, VIII be
turned over to the city assessor, VINO
will accordingly revise his property
valuation sheets. The owners OF prop
critics who are demanding higher rent
ais will have to pay higher taxes
There Is nothing unfair about that. IN
deed such action actually Is demanded
in the interest Of justice.
Regardless of the income tax he may
pay. the landlord who increases his
rents must confess the valuation OF his
property likewise Is increased. Prop
ertv income determines property value
II is by no means fair to make the
renter stand the burden of paying the
landlords income tax, as well as MS
property tax. ..-srD
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-01
ONE VERY poos BUSINESS IN IOWA.

The confession OF an arrested moon
| sinner and his offer To expose three
other stills II the federal government
| Will bo easy on him merely bear out
prediction. II was to be expected that
| ignorant men and constitutional law
violators would take a chance. II also
shows the persons who are studying
| over the prospect of moonshinlng a
| few gallons of dew with the idea that
It is easy money just what they may
| expect. The other moonshIner will give
them away to save some part of his
own bacon.
Moonshlning in the east Tennessee
are. outside of the mechanical opera
ton of the still, very different occupa-
lions. Nobody gives the moonshiner
away in the mountains. Everybody
gives him away in Iowa. Up In the
gullies moonshining is Iegitimatized
popularity because he hasn't any other
way to use his '"cawn" except TO waste
it by feeding 1t to pigs.
In Iowa the moonshner is an out,
cast rs a wolf Is outlawed. Outside Of
a fed rednOsed persons the people of
the state are ready to hunt down the
moonshlner and put him where the
dogs will not bark at him.
Moonshinng will never amount to
much in Iowa. First there isn't any
safe place to moonshine in "a country
where every acre of land Is under plow
or in pasture. Second. the bootlsgger
and the outlaw distiller are utterly
outlawed by public opinion. They
can't get away with il In Iowa. Per-
haps over the hills by Dubuque fell
low might still for few weeks be-
fore he was pinched but shilling Is
going to be uphill business all over
the state.
SO as an occupation and livelihood
some other line OF endeavor Is rec
commended. say truck gardening or
tending mason or laying tile. In the
long run any laborious avocation will
be found preferable to the midnight
dlstillery. A few years in the pen
spoils a man.
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You couldn't expect hoy who had
always lived In town and never been
In tho country much, to Ahe q pickercl
jump. Fred thought whom you talked
about jumping that was tho time to
look around on the ground.
How can you catch n fish--you
haven't n fish pole or . line or q
worm?"
Watch me-" said little William. He
held up his finger at Ranger and said
something I'm n whisper and Ranger
crouched down with his paws In front
OF him and his head close to the
ground. and was as still as mouse,
Pickerel, you know, likeI some other
fresh water fish. don't mind touch
on the under side. They swim in
brooks and ponds and often touch the
mud on the bottom.
William crouched on the bank and
leaned over the water. MIR. Pickere'
came along and stopped atill, facinh
the current-a strong brown hanu
slipped slyly under him; the first time
little Williams hand grppeh only TIN
water, but after waiting until the wat
err was smooth again, 1t caught MI.
Pickerel and with skilifuli flip threw
him far up on the bank
Jimmie Coon and Teddy Postum
watched this skillfui sfsherm bn with all
their eyes, and Jimmie Coon said,
"Well. little william is SOME fisher
man, Teddy Possum. He fishes jus,
like Cousin Bruin. wonder when
Cousin Bruin taught him, Nor boys
are so stupid about fishing that he
never could have learned to fish like
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-01
WHAT KIND or 4 "spAsMp"

We take 1t that kid" Rathbun has
been taken back to the penitentiary at
Anamosa, now that they are thru with
another political spasm at Des
Moines and Ida Grove.-Cedar Rapids
Republican.
Why should the proceedings in the
disbarment trial of the lawyer who got
s.. 900 out of Old Man Rathbun be re-
ferred to as "Des Moines political
ed that Clark was tried as political
"spasm," tho the result suggests that
something influential may have been
in the neighborhood.
Surely there is something left In the
state beyond politics" 1t can scarcely
be that every movement In morals, law
enforcement. legislative, official and
popular, Is originated. controlled and
manipulated by politics; that all eff
by political enmities." and that moth
ing ever happens except by reason Of
personal ambitions" political enmi
ties" and partisan interests"
1t Is the first outcry OF those who
must defend official acts, that shrek
OF "enmity" and political assassina-
ton" Diminishing facts and turning
from the evidence we listen to the
shout OF enmities and politics and
counter accusation. But surely 1t Is
not true that nothing Ia wrong in the
world except political enmities and that
all activities leading to n higher level
Of living are Justly to be condemned as
political spasms."
The Rathbun case Is over with 'ex-
cept perhaps the third pardon for the
young brute who Is 80 deservedly In
the penitentiary for his own crimes
and also as a vicarious sacrifice TO the
exigencies which popular sense Off an
| outraged state brought about. The gov
| ernor and Clark and Others concerned
got by. But 1t does seem a little early
to speak Of 1t all flippantly and refer
| to its proceedings as political spasm.''
Granted 1t was spasm: II 50 1t was
one Of those spasms OF popular indig-
| nation that takes place when r. long
suffering state rises UP to voice its
disgust and anger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-01
TINES REPUBLICAN MARsHALLTowN IOWA. SEPTEMBER 1919

OF $50, e0O.000 This would mean t76.-
90 per head for every man. woman and
child In the state.
Has any purchaser OF these farm
products received and benefit?
on August /. 1919, butter, to tho
amount OF i25,0oO.OO0 pounds was In
cold storage. This IL "A little over a
pound for each inhabitant of the coun-
try. August LIST was the peak OF the
butter storage period. on the same rate
eggs were In storage to the amount
of $3.50 for each, man. woman and
child In the country. These two items
of storage could not account for the
high price of butter and eggs.
The wooden manufacturers claim
that the high price OF clothing is due
TO the high price OF wool. To demon
strate In regard TO this, farmer who
was In Washington a few days ago,
attending one OF the hearings In re-
gard to the high cost of living. ex-
amined a suit OF clothes for which the
price was sixty dollars. He weighed
the suit and discovered that II weighed
four pounds. This would mean that
there was two dollars worth OF wool In
the entire suit. II is evident that the
Investigations will have to go farther
than the price ofawool.
This national discussion has surely
set people To thinking, and the think
ing ought TO be done not altogether
along those who consume, but among
those who produce. There Is a screw
lose somewhere, but II has not yet been
discovered by the man who carried the
screw driver.
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SOME FIGURES FOR IOWA PEG
Pile.
[Dcs iMoines Capital.1

Let us give some consideration 70
the interests Of the great producing
state of Iowa. Our farmers have been
working sixteen hours a day because
they have been told that the world 10
starving, and that they must do their
best. with the boys gone from the
farm to the army, the farmer. his vile
.nti ts:aussh.e~:;;. . VII. the SID &c Sc:
chinery, have been doing the farming.
This year they have grown 350,O00.-
900 bushels Of corn. During the past
thirty days corn has dropped In price
20 cents per bushcl, which takes from
the farmers Of Iowa $70,000,000.
Tho conversation in regard to the
high cost Of living has produced u
drop In raw materials, but the man
who has been buying corn for food has
not received any benefit from the de-
crease in price.
During the past year Iowa farmers,
working early and late, have produced
hog crop amounting to 220,000,000
hundred weight, The drop IL the price
which the farmer has received during
the past thirty days has been $500 per
hundred weight. This would mean a
drop OF $lo0,ooo.0oo for the Iowa far
Iner. ret inc IiinIt w!.S ee.!. ee-
family use pays the same. The farmer
loses. but the city man does not gain.
During the past thirty days there
has been q decline IN the selling price
OF Iowa farm products to the arnou
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-01
THIS IS THE BIRTHDAY OF
Edward ANeyn,
is 1T YoURSi
is 1T YoURSi
SEPT. I. 1866.

An English actor on whom the most
extravagant praise was lavished and
who ended his days as great philan-
thropist. was Edward Alleyn. born in
London in 1865. the son Of a poor inn
keeper.
When he began to act is not known,
but he must have been rather young,
for mention of his excellence ocours
about the time that he was 20. A few
years afterwards Ben Jonson, who
rarely praised any one, lauded him In
the highest terms. Later he was cal
led "Proteus for shapes and a Ros-
cius for a tongue" the highest praise
that could be given any one in those
days. He was called the greatest act
or of all times.
His acting brought him a great deal
of money, and his marriage to the
step daughter of the great Henslowe
brought him more. He owned several
theaters, and was master Of the kings
games and bears An account of a
bear batting. and all It's horrible de-
tails exists.
Having no children, he decided to
leave his wealth to charity. so pur-
chased an enormous estate and Duii'
Dulwich College for poor scholars
He was a friend of the king and all
the nobility by that time, and was
envied by all less fortunate men. one
wrote, abiding to him:
with mounting words that better
wits have framed
They purchase lands and now es-
quires are made
He was widowed In his old age and
married u girl 40 years his junior.