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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-30
CONSTIPATION
And Sour Stomach Caused Til
Lady Much Suffering. Black.
Draught Relieved.

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Pearl Pat,
rick, Of this place, writes: ri wal
very consdpated. had sour stomach
and was SO uncomfortable. went to
the doctor. He gave me-some pills.
They weakened me and seemed tc
tear up my digestion. They would
grippe me and afterwards It seemed
| was more constipsted than before.
l heard Of Black Drausht and de
sided to try II. / found it Just what !
needed. It was an easy laxative, aae
not bad to swallow. Ny digestion soon
improved. got well Of the souf stom.
ach, my bowels soon seemed normal.
no more gripping, and I would take q
dose now and then, and was IN good
shape.
cannot say too much for Black
Draught for it is the finest laxative
one can use"
Thediords BlackD raught has fol
many years been found Of great vaile
IN the treatment Of stomach, liver and
bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle
aod reliable in It's action, leaving no
bad aftec-effects. II has won the praise
Of Thousands Of people who have used
Il NC.13s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-30
|NlIIy NE HAVE
||a||lEf ne START
allization Meeting Of
yeH Club 70 be Held
Tomorrow Night.
@GEgsI

n Is sutterly impossible to form a
repre- sentative organization OF Fair
in6iit business men and restrict the
membership to seventy-fye. That was
6etefnfned at the meeting OF the Or
gshfzation and membership commit
tsec 81 the Fairmont Nwanis club,
on organizing held at the Chamber
I6E Commerce rom IN The Fairmont
hota last night. The original plan
was 10 get fifty charter members, then
tlie number was stretched to seventy
Z I'VE, and now the limit is likely to be
3 hundred.
The organization plans are delayed
little from the fact that many men
sc0nsidered eligible and highly desira:
z BE are out Of town, but 1t was decided
Iat night to make classifcations and
an out as many Of them as opportun-
iity presented and take chances OF men
gNhO happened to eb out Of town find
ing q classification after the orgarlz-
: sation Of the club.
Two men Of every line Of business
\ may be admitted to the Kiwanis or,
lganizahon. It Is iet necessary that
There shall be two men from every
tclassiHcation, but It possible to have
them Some lines Of business PERM;
swhat appears to an outsider as dou-
4ble classification. For instance there
fare banks, trust companies and build
I,Hfa e,fkaxtd lam ocunnin finOc PnVnrinp
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-30
|Eestus R. Fleming to
BE Buried Thursday

! Festus R. Fleming, aged Is years,
Ia pioneer resident Of this city, died
Yesterday afternoon at his home on
the Country club road after an illness
with heart trouble. He had been IN
declining health for some time and
tdnfirg the past two weeks had failed
RAPIDLY.
Y He was a son Of the late Henry and
Phoebe Fleming, who were early set
Stlers Of this section and his wife was
formerly Miss Mary NJ. Pyles. He
was q man Of excellent qualities and
.was highly respected in this com.
The funeral is announced to take
place Thursday morning at ten
O'Clock from the family home. Ser.
vices will be conducted by the Rev.
BAIRD Mitchell, assisted by the Rev.
"a. G. Stoetzer. Burial will be made
IN the Fleming chapel cemetery by
.lUndertaker R. c. Jones.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-30
laurel POM
n q Lazzell and family, Of Van
yoorhis. spent Sunday with Josepnns

o. G. Lazzell and family, o. van
voorhis, spent Sunday with losepnus
Jones.
Glen Henry wife and daughter and and
Carol Berry, wife and daughter, ie. .
SATURDAY morning for Wyatt TO visit
witl Mrs. Fanna Berry and other rel
atiyes.
The district Sunday school ccnye1'
ton was held in the N. E. church
here last Sunday. Several state olit
GERS were present. A good atte1 No.
ance was secured. Rev. Geo. w.
White and J. H. Thompson were nere
for The convention, Mr.. Thompson
being district president
Chas. Henry and ~tfe and Mrs
Louis Hildebrand spent Sunday win
]. c. Shafer and wife.
louis Hildebrand, Mrs. Grace Don
gan and Miss Marie Henry LETT Satur
! day evening to visit Miss Nora Hide
brand who is taking treatment at tne
New Western Penn. hospital In Pitts
burgn. e..-
day evening for hyesvtlle to spene
]. ii. Henry and wife spent Sunday
| with John c. Shafer and wife.
Henry Fetty, wife and sons and MIS-
J Minnie Breakron, Of Sugar Grove
were here for the convention.
Geo. B. Loar and wife, D. J. walls
and wife and ]. E. Martin and family
Of Ruth mines, were here last Sunday
Otto Newbraugh and wife expecl
to move to Morgantown this weeE
where he is associated with DOC beal
| In the taxi business. e
Jarrett Jamison and family, Of Nor
gantown, were calling on friends here
Sunday.
Harmony Grove, were here for the
S. S. convention.
F. L. johnson, wife and children
spent Sunday at Harry Brooks at the
| New England mines and also attend
| ed the exercises at Mt. Hood church
Sunday night.
Miss Emma Brand has returned
home after an extended visit with
her brother, James Brand, Of Beech
wood.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-30

Hhetge ayeu
Habda Momsns Fnt NE
and veinen get money out even
Radf advertisement any
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-30

$3.50 to s. work shirts white and
blue polka dot patternsI separate
collars to match; very e1 OK
fine values --......--.--8 AsVvA
$500 Work Shirts, black Sateen,
polka dots and blue ehambray shirt
better buy several at "a *
at the price Of ----..A.--S lsOJ
Mems $500 Shirts, fine loft pin
stripe shirtinss with collars &:
tached; all sizes. a great or
bargain at,...--.--.... - JJSN
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

bid them good afternoon before
going home.
Stunned for Q momank by what
she saw, she listened. DR. Morrill,
had Mary in his arms. shoverine
her face With kisses. Then min
Into the wofshipful eyes 20 near his
own, he said, Wasn't It fortunate
l overheard the remark that /
was . Simple Stmon-else I never
would have discovered you ware
really my sweetheart instead az
my little schoolmate companion /
am surely . Simple Simon Of =
doctor to make such q diasnosis az
myself - I did. But then. doctors
always have someone else examine
tnear own cases. I cannot UNDER
me-" ava eA'e
Nafys sxplana43on vas q nas-
siooats cling1ng embrace. with her
NICE pressed under his chin.
And continued DR.. Morrill, st
haven't . diamond suspended from
every hair q my had. but I have
. wealthy relative Who has bouehf
. big estate for M to transform
into . hospital for special surxicaI
operations. I have worked cane
ciaaly for that the hast to yesrp "a
We ehall not live IN my 'primeyaj
snack sxeept for . possibls vaca-
A.
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vl1 -
- eueae . sslsis 4 ~ - H. 49, =
- ysstAse - ~ - ~ Nv -
vtaenay oes1s u ~ ~ sssns = - elsasiy
faea 1As-Reck Islaa1 HnnielDal ecumis1tca
. ! 40, /. s1psssd eD.ths beafsa sar. -
- - pssDas slnEally. ~ ~ st1sse eaf
soneeny fksslf y aet crazy aeeut s1eAliag ..
nillisa q .. mr. what IL Dsesas q - vaat
n ~ II ~ ~ Ct into yslrAaa NM
svsr. tAas ~ Iltineis pubiis utifls1as eeunie-
- Aas MT ths power to install sosfail cass
h rock Islaad. Il II - Assifss 70 eoastrts ~
peaugsGivsA It AaA md Nobody hovs this
.bstasr tAaa ths i-Ciey Railway oonpany.
Alesg Win oth9 extraordinary pow~A
there h vested in the psbiic utilities BODY To
right to regulate and prsseribs tyvs and D.
Sign Of eass. q ven - to AZ the schedulss for
operation and tho flares to b charged. E
Obviously Ill these provisions vsrs iaolud-
ed for the bsnsnt Of the stzsst car patzuaa
Beyond question. II was the intent OF the law
to delegate the utilities board the right to COM
pei carrying companies to provide ample strest
reducing the standard Of the services. once -
tabjishsd. There can be mo- doubt in the world
about that
It 10 dtdicult to believe. therefore. that tho
commission would permit any public utility to
take advantage Of = law in manner. that
would enable it to escape the very exactions
that it was tho intent Of the trainers to enforce.
+. The company of course, has not Withdrawn
it, application for higher fare, which Is Ques-
ton the public is not competent to pass upon.
without knowing tho actual statement Of ex-
penses- the company does not ask to get
out Of paving improvements, because 1t charges
them hack to its patrons anyway. and are in
cluded in its bill Of particulars for wanting the
carrying charge advanced still further.
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The Trade Balance.

A few pessimisic souls saw in the recently
published report Of American foreign trade
something to be frightened at But what they
saw was nothing other than declining to-
ward normal Of the lop-sidsd trade oalanca
Nothing to be frightened At Really. It is
something to welcome.
Unless foreign nations can pay their Ameri-
can debts they travel to the poorhouss via
bankruptcy. They cannot pay these debts in
gold; not enough gold.
They can pay in goods. things to eat. to
wear. to use in other ways This is what they
are doing. - Is
Before the war the United States was pay
ing Europe something lfke half billion dol
lars . year. This went over largely in the
form Of food, OIL cotton. 1t paid interest on
European capital invested here. Tho war re
arranged that European capital withdrew
from American Investments; American capital
went TO Europe Now Eprope must pay Amer
lea half billion dollars . year - interest
charge Europe cannot pay in gold: she must
pay in goods.
Europe is paying. That Is why imports
fiscal year ending June 30; and why exports
decreased.
It is true that other continents, Asia, South
America, Australia and Africa sold moro to
America than they purchased. The trade bal
ance is in. their favor. This 10 partly account
ed for by the fact that Europe doesn't make ali
her payments to America directly. She sells
manufactured goods to South America, and
South America sends coffee to America, and in
this roundabout way Europe pays United States
6ebts. Probably long before Europe gets her
American bills settled the United States will
have evened her trade with tho others.
| The billion dollars spent for coffee, rubber
and leather materials Of South America, Africa,
Australia, must Be balanced by increased OK
ports from America to those continents. Tho
! trade balance now IL billion dollars in their
| favor.
The thing to do isn't to worry over the do
creasng trade balance with Europe. 1t Is to
think about increasing exports to other CONT
nents. particularly South America. This can
be aided BY the Investment Of American capital
in the development Of South America, Asia
ard Africa.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
No Bobtail for the Present.
Anyway.

Tho people, whether street car riders o.
not. will b glad to know that the Tri-City
Railway company is not disposed to persist in
the one man car idea. and that 1t has no
thought Of trying to evade its portion Of the
cost Of street improvements where Ito tracks
ars laid The chief ofhcials Of the company
assure Tho Argus that the bobtail car propo-
sitioa did not originate with the company, but
with the city attorney Of Moline. and the public
utilities commission and that the company will
b tckled to death to drop the subject, and
forget It. II the people are so much opposed
% It. we have not asked the public utilities
commission to permit the installation Of the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
SIMPLE SIMON.
Nv Addio Graves.
Copyright 1890, BY Wheeler Syn

Copyright 1890. BY Wheeler Syn
" dictate, Inc.)
II wouldn't marry Merle Morrill,
Il every hair OF his head was .
thread Of gold-and on the end was
suspended q diamond"
SO said Sadie, Sandersou, tossing
her bobbed head IN dainty disdain.
Sadie and her friend. Mary Roberts.
were busily engaged shelling peas
for canning IN Q rose-arbofed sum
mer house. Mary looked q her
companion resentfully. and. to .
close observer. pityingly.
Sadie continued: Il don't know
what the Simple Simon il thinking
Of. He certainly had the nerve to
think . college girl, living IN the
city, would dream OF coming ost
here 70 live IN that shack Of Q house
he has on that little farm"
Mary was about to reply to the
scornful words. but BIT her lip and
remained silent Sadie, noticing
her reticence, went ON: "It's all
right for you to live in the country
you have . nice big house with
modern conveniences, car. and in
come enough to enjoy yourselves.
But No love in . cottage for me with
primevA methodA And Merle Nor
rill II one OF tAoss Simple Simons
who would live that way. II. like
old Bill Batchelaor, he had . couple
hundred thcesand- Merle ! admit,
II COED looking and neat But /
hope I'm lsvel-headed enough mot
to let my heart run away With my
head altar = pair OF broad shoulders
eAd . GOOD muscular system, espe-
e3Ally vhoa combined With Inertia.
ettntn1y. 4ef5o NogSM doesn't a.
- - = sess9uens, = ~ The
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

Neither of tho girls noticed q
rather moro than ordinarily life
sized masculine figure carefully
e6acs himself from the landscape
back OF the arbor.
When the girls entered the
kitchen they found Mrs. Roberts In
tears. She had just received . tele-
phone message saying that Aunt
Ids's baby girl had drunk some hy
poison while at . neighbor's. and
was very Ill. Mary hastily snatch
ID . homo doctoring book from the
bookcase and started for her
aunt's. Mrs. Roberts turned To
Sadie and said: There u no doc
tor In town today. Our physician
has besn called % N important
surgical case Of an old patients in
the town where he pfactised ~
fore coming here. hat Merle Moo
rill has Just graduated frun Haf-
ward Medical scAool-af he n ho0a,
Mary will ask him y 60 to Aunt
Ida's with her"
why, Aunt Emma, yoa never
menkioosd Mssle Noeriil's being q
physician!"
NO! he did noe vish any oas "a
know, He Woeksd hls WY through
college. not bsing b1re q eirc1n-
stances allowing him 70 finish. 80
he requested 10 to let people think
- Al
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H !;EfP&E!s!s5!;B & !l!3! on :; :;
by MRC- El.IZABETH THOMPSON
fRC. ELIZABETH THONRSON|

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have
been keeping company with . young
man for i've years arH We have
been engaged for some time. l love
him and have believed until lately
that he loved me. OF late he has
broken several dates and not even
called me. I am sure that he once
loved me, but whether he does now
or not I do not know.
He broke . date two weeks ago
and haven't seen or heard one
word from him. He is Jealous Of
mo and . boy friend Of mine.
will admit I like this young man
and am with him quite = little.
Do you think he IL tired Of me?
Should I return his ring and all
other presents and tell him ohr on
gagement u broken. and ask for
my picture, or should I wait and
see II he comes? He has acted this
way before.
He often speaks OF our wedding.
He said he missed me 50 much
while I was away two weeks ON
my vacation and that l should not
have stayed away % long.
My people and my friends do not
want me to marry him. They say
he ID not good enough for me. He
u . good boy and makes
good money. Should / write him
or speak 20 him Wha1 We meet!
long for . homo Of my own.
He 10 - yeaSs old and ! am -.
ROSE. 7
The young man q not treating
You ~ he should. You. may Be saro
that II he causes you unhaDpiness
now he viii do % aftAr you are
1nnEYfn6 tn No. 4 4aAmA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11
Lmgee. c. Hone 70 I'd.

NU3ko - w. ~ -
In every community there are
sven to this day scores Of lung
era" persons with various stages
q lung tuberculosis, literally
walking around to save funeral ex-
pensss. The idea in this chastity
epigram IL that they are hurrying
tie Job along to beat the rising
mArket. And they have selected .
very effective way Of speeding MP
the performance Just walking
around.
d.. +. n. Pottenger. . noted au-
thority on tuberculosis, makes this
assertion>
I'm my experience in the treat
ment Of tuberculosis believe that
the one factor that has added more
to the chances Of cure than any
other II the principle Of complete
rest as long - the tuberculosis IL
active. This Is based ON physio-
logic principles, a. follows:
"A patient lying in bed, know
ing how to relax. lives with the
least expenditure Of energy. It
takes 20 per cent more energy to
sit in . chair quietly than it does
to lie In bed. 1t takes about 50 per
! cent more energy to sit in . chair
! and engage in active conversation
than it does to lie in bed quietly.
And it takes 100 per cent more
energy to walk around than II
does to lie in bed. And II the pa
tient Is working il will sometimes
require 500 per cent more energy
than IS required by rest in bed"
Now. then, you lungers, what do
you say to spending q few weeks
in bed and accommodating q little
reserve Of energy. instead Of squan-
dering what little you have by sit.
ting up. visiting and walking
around?
1t is an unfortunate belief amons
tuberculosis subjects who. play the
dangerous game Of self-doctorine
that one gains strength and energy
by active exercise, and that one
grows weak" by remaining in bed
This Is q sad misconception in.
spired by half-baked notion Of
health, propagated by freak physi
cal culture opponents. 1t is trut
that muscles become weak whe1
lone remains for many weeks OF
months in bed. but an, individual
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was explained. all personal mat
ters were forgotten in the activity
Of the doctor. Together they hast
ened to the suffering child, and TO-
gether they worked and watched
Tor two weeks before feeling as
sured Of the baby girls recovery.
Every day Sadie SandsrDon walked
To Aunt Ids's Carrying fruit, nov.
ers and whatever dainties the little
girl could eat. Wonderingly she
watched Or. jAerle Morrill,, EMERGED
pom the chrysalis Of his farmers
role. Could this digniAed, self
assured. emeient man be the Sim
uple Simon who had timidly asked
her TO b his viSef
Toward the last, when they had
felt the little. girls recovery GER
tain. May went homo to ret some
necessary things for herself. leey-
ing Dr.. Morrill, and herself aloua.
Sadis Vas - return to the city IN
. few days without something she
had never discovered che had until
It vas lost and DR.. Merrill had II. 4
heart But - gsvA no ss3dsaos Of
possessing 1t. Wis&fully, Sadie rat
and watched him play With the
child, apparently oblivious Of her
own presence, until the tara ran
down the little sweater she was
crocheting for the small invalid.
Would she have to humiliats her
self By asking his forgiveness, and
now beg him to mako her his wife
Turning her head, she saW Mary
just about to stsp on to the w.
randa: and she coaM hear Dr..
Morrill, coming toward her and the
door where Mary vas to entes.
Not now. but sooa, che would ~
hin again. alone With IN G1cuse,
sAo vont By Mary Into the garden,
hfuahea fha teaTs from her axerted
faea. 81 fstMnA p r. vi1Aew e
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- .
address and enclose two-cent stomp for 10
confidential. the replies being sent direct
paid 70 anonymous lettefs).
@. What countries have fur
nished the most immigrants to the
United States! E. T.
"A. The British Isles stands first,
nearly one-fourth Of the total immi-
grafton for the last 100 years COM
ing from England, ireland. Scot
land and Wales. Germany is next
and Italy, Austria, Hungary, Rus
sian and Scandinavia follow in the
order named.
O.. How large q stream is the
Gulf Stream? r. K. L.
A. Years of observation have
established the fact that all the
great rivers Of the world turned
into one channel would not equal
the tremendous fiow Of the Gulf
Stream. Its breadth in its narrow
est portion Is about so miles, and
its depth about 1000 feet.
9. Is there q new invention to
enable the blind to read?
R Ell,
A. The optophone, a recent in
ventton now being manufactured
in England, reads aloud from the
printed page. something after the
manner Of a monograph, and can
be manipulated by an ordinarily in
tteiligent blind person. 1t is run
iby electricity. :.
I Q. What is the origin of e
lPluribus Unum?' C.N.
/ A. The mottoo "E Pluribue
Unum" occurs originally in Latin
poem, 'Moretum," attributed to
Vergil.
Q. What IL the greatest height
from which q parachute drop has
been made? r. n.
A. The present record Of 10. s0t
feet, or slightly more than 81
miles, was made last June at 4
Texas flying field by an officer Of
the United States air service.
+ @. What IL meant by the Skull
| Of Okwawa" In the peace treaty Will
Germany? L.V. 8.
| A. This has reference to former
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-11

ent income tax law? BR
A. Under the revenue act of
1913, partnership is not taxed as
An entity as in the case of a cor
poration, but the individual mem
oers OF the partnership are taxed
on their respective shares Of the
annual earnings Of the partnership
whether distributed or not. An
annual return Of income must be
made by the partnership, however,
on form 1865.
Q. When was the first hish
school established in the United
States? II.
A The first school of this char
acter was established in Boston in
1921.
Q. Where is the most powerful
telescope In the United States?
M. E. X.
A. The new telescope of the
Mount Wilson observatory in Cali
fornia has this rank and is $50. 900
times as powerful as the human
eye.
Q. Which country has produced
the most silver! ED.
A. In the last 500 years Mexico
has produced more silver than any
other country in the world.
Q. Is it possible to trap larks?
| NJ. V.B.
A The Inhabitants OF Heliro-
land commercialized trapping the
lArks while migrating for the win
ter. Fifteen thousand Of these
birds have been caught in one
night. p
q. How are government horses
branded? D.U.
A. The remount division Of the
quartermaster corps says that the
horses are branded In the follow
ling manner: (1) ~. g." is brand
ed on the left shoulder when pur-
chased. (2) egg is branded ON LETT
shoulder when sold. (3) II. c." Is
branded on tho neck when the AMI
NAL Is found unsound. and means
inspected and condemned"
i " Wu030 40 tu0 uatlOu0l S0t-
ldiers' homes! H. M. ".
| A. Tho following are the names
and locations Of the national volun-
teef soldiers' homes: Central, Day
ton. Ohio: Northwestern. Milwsu-
kee. Wis: Southern. Hampton, Va. !;
Eastern. Togus, Me; Western,
LeAvenworth. Kan: Marion. Marion.
Ind: Pacific, Santa Monica, Cal. !;
lDanville, Danville, ILL.,; Mountain.
johnson City, Tenn; Battle Noun
tain sanitarium, Hot Springs. 8. d.
i Q. What has been the increase
In the cost Of living from 1914 mp
to the present time? e. NV.
i A. According to the bureau Of
labor statistics figures, the In
Icreaso In the cost Of living from
1914 70 Jan 1, 1870, vas about ~
iper cent
! Q. When did Peary discover the
North pole? 8. ". c.
j A. Tho North pole vAs reached b
AdnisQl Psazy o ADe1 ., 10eo. !
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AUGUSTA.

Augusta is a regal name. 1t fig
ures prominently in early history
and has named expresses, queens,
and other ruling potentates. In the
beginning it was employed merely
as the feminine of the masculine
title Of power, Augustus. This ven
cradle and honorable name-it sig
nifies honorable" by the way
was the agnomen conferred by the
senate upon the second Caesar, and
it meant reverend" or set apart. !"
1t was given with the idea of con-
ferring majesty upon him without
offending the citizens by the use Of
king"
At Rome, after Diocletian, the
Augustus was always the reigning