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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-14

More Parcel POST PARCEL post bust
neas in this city has increased one
fourth since the express embargo, &C
cording to report Of the local post
office. As there Is no embargo on
mails. 1t Is expected that mail business
viii be increased to such proportions
G,at extra forces will be necessary to
handle all matter. This applies to 9th.
er cities as well as Fairmont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-14

Young Here-secretary Of State
Houston G. Young was in Farmont
today and was warmly greeted by
his host Of local friends.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-14
Where sorns Mon Eail.

y Where Some Men Fail.
Moreover, some men give so much
attention to their principles they don't
have time to do real work.-Dallas
News.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-14

Spring street this city; EItj&h r.
Watkins OF this city and Mrs. Franz
ces Kinney ofNWatson. n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-14
THE WEATHER.

Fair and risin
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08
Charges Senate Caba Was Formed Very Midst Of War hvar
President and Copnatos Then Began Plot With Bgoted Zea

whitening denunrintion
In which he declares
covenant OF
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definite declaring
interpretations
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the
file of their not
his mis-
cot
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IL dccnicu for
Before knrM
their opposition IT,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08

In the the Constitution custom
men" procured "nb'ushngiy
nj orn procccd
"senntor I'm hi,
pnrtyi - $40
~ promise quickly Rcpub-
sig
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now is h.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08
should Decrease Tennntry.

cooperative purchasing and selling
In the modern view. should DO re-
moved from all question.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08
LcnEue \, i'm nn.r,,

IL IL planned now 10 make this
linrossihie a definite plan has been
"esfred upon. Tha ica-;uc Of nations
IL ont,"Non very important
L,tted was participated In hy ,hc
iipn. Eiihu Root, Secretary Of Stntc
under the Roosevelt administrator
~ meeting OF the council OF the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08
wants Fair Dealing.

The least therefore. that might he
rendered unto government FOR this
continuous service is a policy OF fair
dealing. Too often the genius OF man
prompts him 70 play for governmental
advantage. and the success which has
been achieved in this particular has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08

This is an unfair practice and
should be stopped. Besides. there
should be a time limit beyond which
perishable foodstuffs should not be
stored Every successful modern bust
ness enterprise has its purchasing,
producing and selling departments,
The farmer has maintained only one,
the producing department, 1t is not
only fair that he be enabled both to
purchase and to sell advantageously.
but 1t is absolutely necessary because
he has become Il competitor with the
manufacturer for labor. IIc has
been unable to compete in tho past
and his holp in consequence has been
insufficient Therefore tho right Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08
Dincourtcsy Is Odious.

Tho discourtesy to the President
Is an affair OF political intrigue.
might 1t be directed at n wounded
soldier Of tho war. One fell in tho
trench; the strength of the other
OF his Office. Eut others were 10
inorcd-thc men and women who Ia
bored at home with an Industry and
What OF tho hands that movfJ thc
lathe by day and tho noedlo by night9
What OF the organizations, snperblv
Continued on Ninth PaEe.l
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
When Vaseline Was Valuable.

About three thousand barrels OF oil
have been obtained from the various
wells experimentally bored by the Brit
Ish government in Derbyshire (Eng)
and elsewhere. 1t is not great deal.
In fact. considerably more than this
must have been yielded altogether by
the famous Balm well. situated at St.
GATHERINGS near Edinburgh, which
during several centuries exuded a SUBJ
stance we now know 20 have been
geauine petroleum. No one ever seems
to have thought of refining the crude
oil and using 1t for illuminating pur-
poses; but 1t was in great repute ms
a remedy for skin complaints. and
people so afflicted came from far and
near to obtain supplies Of 1t. NEspe-
cially esteemed was the solidified Pc
troleum which was scrapcS from In
side the we'll near the bottom, and
which used TO be retailed. under the
name of Balm of Sinai. for as much
as q sovereign an ounce. Today one
can buy an ounce Of the same sort
Of stuff-vaseline-fr any chemist
for q few cents.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
Power From Small Streams.

Electricity from small streams Is the
title of a recent publication issued by
the department Of agriculture. A. NJ.
Daniels, assistant chief mechanical en-
rineer. division of rural engineering.
bureau Of public roads. is the author.
This booklet comprises 20 pages and
discusses in their respective order
Latent sources of water power; plants
within reach of thousands: estimating
the amount of power required; water
power Principles; measuring the
stream flow, and power from small
streams.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
$98,631.17
Liabilities:
$98,631.17

How do these statements compare
with the statements Of Dillon coun-
ty's nine banks of today? The COM
bined deposits Of both banks is three
times more than the combined re-
sources Of both banks sixteen years
ago. A days transactions in either
bank represents more than its capital
stock sixteen years ago. The total de-
posits in both banks sixteen years ago
aggregated only $4,000. The total
deposits in the county's nine banks
today aggregate something like $4,-
900, 900 with resources Of something
like 5,0o0.O00.00.
Does that look like the county is
broke?
Dillon county is distinctively an
agricultural county, and the wealth
represented by its nine banks wa
wrung from the soil. During that six
teen year period we have had three
panics - the panic of 1907,
Athe panic of 1911 and the panic
of 1914 = either or which found
us far less able financially to wealth.
er the storm than we are today. Dur
ing that time we sold cotton at. 4
cents a pound, and there was time
when we could not dispose of it at
any price. The country was bank.
rupt; there were no buyers. In addi-
ton to the general prosperity of the
county as reflected in the bank stat
Sments we have better homes, better
schools, better churches, many per
Fmanent improvements and better liv'
ing conditions.
Before another sixteen year per
iod passes we may. see cotton selling
at 4 cents and there will be mor'
panics, but the county will continue
to forge ahead. The number of bank:
will increase, the resources OF thu
present banks will double and tn
comparison will be just as great ther
as it was sixteen years ago as com
pared to the present day.
The county is not broke; 1t Is
suffering a temporary setback. L
will continue TO progress in point o
wealth, regardless of who is president
Oh how many panics come and go
But the man who lays down on hi
job-who surrenders because the fu
ture does not look bright-is the mar
who will go broke. The man wht
sticks to his work, takes his losse!
philosophically and faces the future
with a smile Is the man the worlc
will be eager to back in 1921.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02

there is no certainty that President
Wilson would sign such measure,
as his views on Canadian reciprocity
are understood to have undergone no
change. 1t is feared, also, that Pres
ident Wilson would veto a wheat
tariff directed against Canada.
Revival of the war finance corpor-
alton will require no appropriation
from congress, 1t is explained, be-
cause the act creating the corporation
gave 1t authority to function for one
year after peace is formally declared
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
IS RECORD Bible
Immense Volume Now Nearing
Completion in England.
Book Will Be by Far the Largest Vol.
ume That Has Ever Been Con.
strueted-Definite Purpose
In Its Production.

English Bible plans for 1921 center
around the production Of the worlds
largest Bible, notes the Portland Ore
golian.
Months Of work have already been
expended upon it. Many weeks more
will be needed for It's completion. AL
ready, however. the frame Of the great
book is In being. Six stout hempen
ropes, much thicker than the ordinary
clothesline, are Its backbone. Four of
these are laced into miilboards half an
inch thick as a foundation for the
leather covering. The back OF the
book Is sewed with twlne round the
six stout hempen ropes In the old
fashioned way.
In every sense the biggest Bible Is
intended to be the finest example OF
book making that England can pro-
duce.J
But why produce the biggest Bible?
The answer to this question was given
by the "Bible Crusade" as follows:
"The great Bible is intended to rivet
public attention on the primary I'M
portance of the Bible as the fountain
and source of all truth. AS this unique
volume is magnified in size above all
other volumes, so the grandeur OF the
Bible ought to be magnifed in value
above that of all other books"
A feature of the great Bible Is that
It will be written entirely by hand.
Not more than three verses of the text
will be written by the same person.
Kings and field :narshals will, side Dy
Side with paupers and workmen, tes-
tify their belief in the holy ttriptures.
AT the side of the piece Of text when
they write all will sign their names 10
TIC following:
"As my testimony that I acknowl-
edge the Bible-as originally given to
mankind-to be as 1t Is In truth, the
word of Cod append my signature.
The biggest Bible, when completed,
will not only be the largest example OF
the word of God, but it will constitute
the worlds completest autograph al
bum, with signatures, it is anticipated
of most prominent English and for
eign men and women from kings
downward. -~elve thousand people
will be needed to complete the text.
Twelve large gosrskins have been
used in providing cover for the Dig
gest Bible.
When standing on end the volume
Is more than 5 feet 2 inches high ana
nearly 3 feet 6 inches wide, so that
when it Is opened fiat 1t measures
about 7 feet 10 inches across.
The whole volume now lies at the
Oxford University Press. 1t awaits
the advent Of Bible year and the gift
by some wealthy crusader Of special
motor car which Is needed to take II
on its mission In England and over
seas. Perhaps the great Bible VIII
visit America If invited to do so. Inc
special car which Is to be designed FOR
the great book will contain folding
pulpit and a special platform for
exhibiting the text Of the biggest Bible
and the signatures.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02

Four million farmers in the Unit
ed States are now thoroughly organ
lied. That means that they are ready
10 act as a upit on any proposition
dhut comes their way. With prices
for cotton and grain below the cost
of production in some instances it
is clear that they are in frame of
mind 10 act oldly when the time
comes. The farmers have far sur
passed the city nan in organizing.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
Profits of wheat flour millers il

Profits of wheat flour millers In
fhc northwest for the last five years
averaged 24.4 per cent on their av-
erage investment, the Federal Trade
Commission says. How the millers
must hate the F. T. C.. for saying so
much. In 1867 the profits of these
nsiaers averaged 44.7 per cent, the
same source states. Those were war
years
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02

Gen. Pershing's salary has been
raised to s21, 900 a year; he formerly
got $500. Even with the increased
pay 1t looks as if being a baseball!
boss, like Judge Lands, pays better
Vet Pershing Is a more important per-
.sonage in the nation than any base
ball boss
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
Keeps Out praughts, Admits Light.

A new arrival among shades Is the
celluloid window shade, used to keep
out draughts, says the Popular Science
Monthly. 1t is fastened to a regular
spring shade roller and has the Gus
tomary stick through its lower end.
You attach 1t to the top OF the win
dow frame just as you would an ordi'
nary shade. Being transparent. 1t does
not obstruct the view. The ends OF
the stick may be fitted In grooves In
the frame to keep the celluloid from
curling.
Now let some one invent shade
that will shut out the light without
shutting out the air. This is far more
needed. especially in summer time.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
She's Found Them Useful.

F1atbush-You know, my wire
threatened to smash all those steins
and TASKS had In my den.
Rensonhurst-But she didn't 90 H.
did she?
"No she didn't; and she's glad OF
It."
"Wh7 .,3?"
"Shp's using em for jelly ana pre-
serves now."
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
lion, s. c., December 2. 1920
Iwer persons were killed on the
loads in 1919 than in any year
E 1898. Fewer hoboes was the
,e.

I'm some towns, where there has
een no cessation of coal shortage
Ind unreasonably high prices, muni-
ycipal coal yards have been establish
led. This is socialistic, but apparent
Iy the only way to solve the coal
suystery when all other methods fail.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
THE COUNTRY Is NOT BROKE.


the man who is looked upon as a
header in thought and action should
weigh his words carefully. The wrong
word dropped at the wrong moment
may lead to disastrous results.
Too many of us are given to max
ine statements off-hand that will not
stand up under the force Of logic and
reason. Very often we lack the facts
TO back them up. They are accepted
by willing ears as statements OF fact
and handed round by word Of mouth
until they achieve the very ends
which deep down in our hearts we
the least desire.
When things do not go to suit us
and we cannot help ourselves we are
likely to give way to- our feelings and
make sweeping statements which In
~caimer moments we would like to re-
call. But the damage has been done.
The man who does not think as clear
ay or as logically accepts those state
ments as true and acts upon them.
The result is we contribute to the pre-
yailing spirit of unrest and assist in
bringing about the very ends we
wonld like to defeat.
1t is common nowadays to hear
men who are looked upon as leaders
in thought say the country is broke
III has become an everyday express
sion; when as matter of fact the
country is not broke. The man who
makes these statements does not be-
heve them. He is giving expression
to a pent-up feeling of helplessness
over a situation he cannot remedy
1t is like steam escaping from a pop
off valve.
The country has had setback. 1t
Is suffering from period Of read
justment which follows every war Of
consequence, and the larger the wa
the harder is the struggle before the
world finds itself again. There arc
scores Of problems which must be
soiyedt before the readjustment per
iod is over, and it is idle to attempt
to place the blame on any one thing
In particular.
The whole world, Il seems, decided
on policy of deflation at the same
moment; the war finance corporation
which would have opened up foreign
markets for cotton, corn and wheat.
was dissolved when it should have
been functioning with its full pow
ess; she high rate of exchange in for
esgn countries that needed our COM
ntsditiss, operated against exports;
or own government made the mis-
taAeiof attempting to reduce the high
c6sft Of living by deflation of the
.csrrency and a drastic curtailment OF
credits; the democrats charge the re-
pubiicans with holding up the peace
treaty and the republicans charge
the president with attempting to force
congress to ratify the league OF ma
ticns covenant by tacking the peace
treaty on to it. And SO there are num-
erous other reasons for the depres-
Sion in business, all of which are
fraeeable to the readjustment period
following the world-war, but all are
the logical result OF, mistakes here
and blunders there, for which no man
nor set of men is responsible.
But nothing is to be gained by get
ting all fused up over something
We cannot help. We have got to meet
the situation and the best way to
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02

To hand over his business to the
local trade union to be run for the
profit of the union for two yea-s is
the public offer by an English oil
merchant.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02

and the revolving fund under which
1t is operated is still available Ia the
treasury. i3}& .2
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02

Out of the worlds registration OF
8,75O,OOO motor vehicles for 1920 the
registration of motor vehicles in this
country Is 7,558,848.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
.2S5.584.32
$285,584.32

The only other bank in the terri
tory embracing Dillon county was the
Peoples Bank of Dillon, which began
business on or about 1903. Both
banks were serving large territory
But let us see how the Peoples Banks
statement analyzes in January of
1904:
Resources:
Loans and discounts S80,779.21
Cash on hand and due
by banks 16,528.85
Furniture and fixtures 906.33
Overdrafts 416.7S
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02

Iceland will have a worlds fair
next June inReikiavik, for" the edifi-
cation of the Eskimo. -
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02

meet it is to redouble our efforts to
regain firmer foothold. Dillon coun-
ty is not broke-not by long shot.
1t is ten times richer than 1T was
20 years ago. and it will be ten times
richer 20 years from now than it is
today. These statements are not mere
fipments of the imagination. They
are based on actual facts.
The bank is the barometer Of a
community's adversely or prosperity.
It is the clearing house which shows
the way the tide of fortune runs. The
Bank of Dillon is the pioneer bank of
Dillon county's nine banks. 1t was the
first bank established In the territory
krown as Dillon county. Let us take
the statement of the Bank Of Dillon
published in January 1904 and set
what it shows in the way of commun.
ity wealth.
Resources:
Loans and discounts $248,267.89
Cash on hand and due
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
Germany Wants to Buy

II do not think it would be advis-
able to ask congress to make an ap-
preparation" Senator Capper said,
"but believe congress should author
ize the use of the s500,0000,000 Of
German money now held by the alien
property custodian for this purpose.
Germany is understood to be willing
to buy s1,O0O,OO0,000 worth of raw
material in the United States if ar
rangements can be made for credit"
While the American Farm Bureau
Federation has limited that in its an
nual meeting to be held soon in In
dlanapolis a resolution will be adop-
ted to ask congress for an approprla-
ton of $1,000, 10000. Senator
Capper and the others interested II
the program hope the federation will
support them on the Alternative pro-
gram.
Canadian Wheat.
It is understood that the proposal
to tax Canadian wheat or shut it
from the market by the imposition Of
all embargo will receive strong sup
port In the conference Of the con-
gressmen. The only question Is wheth-
er . measure to bring about this will
be pressed for immediate passage o.
withheld until the spring and win
ter wheat sections demanding pro-
lection from the Canadian imports, it
is believed 1t will be made part @
the emergency program.
Representative George Young Of
North Dakota has bill on the cal
endar which places prohibitive
tariff on Canadian wheat. 1t was re-
ported favorably by the WAYS and
means committee of which Mr..
Young is a member. The Kansas del
egation, headed by Senators Capner
and Curtis, will urge passage of the
Young bill.
May Revive Reciprocity.
A bill repeating the Canadian reci-
procity act was passed by the house
at the last session and is now on the
senate calendar. An effort may b1
made to revive this bill, although
The Washington times., 1920-04-18
Brand New Shape of Crown Discovered Pyramid;
Ornament Paraleled in Form Scupors

the Bering Straits. Perhaps there was
land bridge which connected what is now
Alaska with Siberia.
But the southern races, such as the
Mayans, the Aztecs, the Incas of South
America, and their associated tribes, pre-
sent a problem which cannot be ex-
planned by any immigration from the far
north. In the first place they would have
left traces Of their occupation on their
way to the south. There are no such
traces Furthermore, the civilization Of
South America was absolutely different
from that OF the north. Those who held
TO the theory Of origination in Asia we're
forced, therefore, to assume either that the
early Americans passed over by way Of
the Pacific land bridge which hundreds of
thousands of years ago existed between
Asia and America or by way of boats
across the ocean. On the other hand, they
could not explain certain absolutely un-
Asian characteristics in architecture and
ornamentation in the buildings. Converse
ly, those who held for an Indigenous
origin were confounded. as in the case OF
the Toltecs, by distinctly Asian character
istics upon houses and temples.
The new discoveries reconcile these DIFF
ferences and make plain how they oc-
Cured.
Particularly has the pyramid-long held
to be a purely Egyptian structure-which
Is found in such quantities throughout
Central America, a mystery indeed. Those
who believed the ancient American culture
TO be Asian pointed TO them as proof that
those who settled America brought the
idea with them from the East. Those
who held the opposite view contended that
the pyramid form was also indigenous to
America and had spread from America to
Asia.
It isrinteresting TO note that evidence
is steadily accommodating that the latter
view is correct II will also be surprising
to many to know that there are pyramids
In Mexico which are much larger than
those of Egypt. At ancient Cholula, near
Pueblo, a pyramid remains which covers
twice the area Of the famous pyramid OF
Cheops on the Nile, and exceeds the latter
also in bulk, although II is not so high.
since the American pyramids we're built
simply as foundations for temples.
II is the growing belief OF science now
that human race arose in America dur.
ing the Pleistocene Age, perhaps a hun
dred thousand years ago-certainly fifty
tCl 1920 International Feature Service Inc.
The Washington times., 1920-04-18

The Citadel pyramid, upon (which the
inscriptions we're found, occupies the high.
est part OF the great plain on which arose
the lost city. From the eminence on which
II rests comes It's name, for Il is not really
known whether this place was or was not
the actual citadel OF ancient Teotihuacan.
One OF the photographs on this page shows
Il as II was before the excavators began
their work upon Il. The entire plain is
dotted with similar hills all OF which will
in time be uncovered. II is not at all un.
reasonable to predict that in this buried
place will be unearthed sculptures and
perhaps manuscripts upon skins-such ds