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REcuL !. / ! & BOYS.

u s reported nom their native villages that the
q presidential candidates Of the mapor parties were
;sj regular boys Neither said or did anything that
marked Inn as an Exceptional fellow.
II heIe had been guessing contest as to which Of
:suhs bcys N her respective villages would tum out
iobe efaental candidates, there would have been
;3loiwsy If telling whether they would be Warren and
jimmy d Billy and Joe.
Vey likely d. guessers would have given up in
encouragement. just because Of the common notion
thls an exceptionally successful man must have been
u szcpdensl boy who passed he hours porias over
lis boos and who astonshed his elders with sage
remarks u
hstass sahatde regular boy IS more Likely TO
b.IawsL pundedbey than the exceptional boy. Your
idnal boy generally Is specialized boy, trained,
~ p E overturned IN one direction.
mental superiority early separates him
hun IS fellows 50 that there are denied to him hose
opportunities fos ASSOCIATION which bring out the
qualities II Leadership, self reliance pluck, courage
sand Tie gafff and ability 10 play the game. !"
"a. regular by" on he other hand is no hot-house
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Attorneys acting for Samuel B Montgomery ye

Attorneys acting for Samuel 3. Montgomery yes
terday filed with the Circuit court Of Kauawha
county petition" charging wholesale violation Of
the corrupt practice act by the friends Of Judge
Morgan at the recent primary. Nothing is said Of
course about the thousands Of fraudulent votes
which the friends Of Montgomery turned in at this
election. Montgomery has up to the present time
been credited with being sincere member Of the
Republican party, but the candid minded man can
not much longer escape doubts upon that score,
Fooled in an organized attempt to steal Repub:
llcan nomination with the aid Of Democratic votes
he nov seems to be bent upon destroying the Re
publican party so that the spite party which Keeney
and Mooney have created might stand a ghost Of
show. 1t is about time for some one to call Mont.
gomery's bluff, and either make him pledge sup
port to the ticket or acknowledge that he is no
longer Republican.
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CAPTAIN Alexander, president Of the Monongahels

Captain Alexander, president Of the Monougahela
Valley Traction company, in letter to the editor
printed elsewhere in this evenings issue Of The
West virgtnian makes the suggestion that the two
Fairmont newspapers make an audit Of the books
Of the company in an effort to determine what q
fair gas rate for Faitmont would be- This newspaper
has entire confidence IN the good faith Of the able
head Of the Traction company, butt is going to
decline to become party to any such arrangement,
for the simple reason that the Public Service com.
mission ought to make just such an investigation.
It will make an investigation, but it will be more Or
less perfunetory unless the citizens Of this city get
together and prepare to be adequately representa-;
tive at the hearing upon the compsny's application
to increase gas rates. which hearing is set for Sep.
tember 3, at the office Of the commission in Char
lesion.
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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.

sONE Of de Big things he Fanont Chamber q
OCnmesce has done ance he reorglnizatoa
which put George I. Watson N de presidency O
lie organization 5 lie enes Of constructive Suggestions
which lie chambr humade from Tune 70 time TO rai'
road heads and lie authorities N charge Of de Trans
ponaiQn Of coal.
Yesterday. suggestion 70 Vice President Cal
loway, Of he BALTIMORE and Ohio railroad urging
that freight unloading drive BE made this coming
Saturday night and Sunday strikes bis Newspaper q
an intensely practical remedy for zoe Of the cond,
tons that are canng hpuble for de business world and
thenl5oad.
Itsto Be hoped that the B. 30. vii decide d
put i INTO effect w fed sure hatas fas as Fan
mont Is concerned President Watson and Secretary
Conndl will be able b furnish degree Of cooper
aion which Will; demonstrate the yalu. Of the plan.
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FRIpAY. july %. $50.
WHERE BAKER STANDS.

Is Il 1PriSN .,.r,v R.r,bl;;,,n, ,v.,. % SIR. #
~ lo,.,N 4 Former ry Sat- Chairman W. E.
i -, S.S 'ei;;J -. ned Il. d.n;aI wbeb i.
Il. y, sasr 4 ~ Ekn, Inter-Mouns;n to
os M te,e ". nj ne sph,est ruth n he report
M. 4 III a. Il, the effeet ia, he wa. aopa 10
sbssss 4 = .s.nend.nt n,rtv campaign n II,
M, ~, sss Il s s ~
IN nv /. y. & Il. mad sincere R.nub),.p, IN
:ss,. IA m n, oood ,,ie Chairman and there
~. ys.,,L.r e H. st,. Executive committee
SSS I'm ;,s IL hi ,sav 10 inward HIM for his SER
gs,. ,5oGld eto r.eleet HIM and on he firt ballot
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-23
Offending Autoists
Failed TO Show Up

Two more cars were found im-
properly parked BY city Officers
yesterday, and IN each case cards
were attached to the cars ordering
The owners to appear at police
court q 8 O'Clock this morning.
Neither owner Appeared for trial.
One car was q Peerless roadster
and bears license number 2601, be-
longing to W. E. Watson on Locust
avenue The other car was q Stude
baker with license number 7025 be-
longing to ". n. Gregg Of Fair
view. Both cars were parked OUT
side ths white lines On Monroe
street. u!
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LETTERS TO
THEEDlT0R|
SAYS PROPOSED GAS RATES
ARE FAIR.

FAIRM0NT, W. Va, July al
Editor The West Viginian]-
When on last Saturday. July 18th,
! advised you that II was the lnten-
ton OF the Monongahela Valley
Traction Company to make appli-
cation to the Public Service Com
mission OF this state for permission
10 increase Its gas rates and also
advised you what the proposed In
crease to be asked for would be.
I assumed that the papers would
defer taking any position with ref
erence TO the proposed increase
until the Company had presented
to the public lis reasons for ask
Ing the increase. This idea was
based partly upon the statement
then made to The papers that the
company would from time to time
through advertisements in your
papers give The public the reasons
for the increase and partly upon
what I though was a natural as
sumption that the papers would
give the company q fair hearing
with a full opportunity to present
It's side.
From the editorials and state
ments which have appeared in your
columns since that date | am lead
to believe you have pre-iudged our
case and are endeavoring. before
we have had an opportunity to pre-
sent our reasons for the proposed
Increases, to prejudice the public
against u.s.. Because Of these edi-
torials and statements, tending, as
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-23

The Prohibition party platform declares for a
league Of nations Harding IN his speech yesterday
came out strong for world association" Of nations.
There is not much difference between the Repub-
lican and Democratic platform dellverances upon
the league until one begins to read between the
lines and In the light Of recent political history.
Every one it seems with possibly here and there an
exception, is in favor Of league, but there is a
great difference Of opinion as to the details That
is quite natural in country which has never been
accustomed to thinking internationally. Some day
opinion Will crystalize and when 1t does a lot Of
politicians in all the parties are going to get pretty
badly hurt. And they are going to deserve all that
happens to them. Instead Of helping the public to
wise decisions regarding this grave matter the poll
icans have deliberately obscured the issue at every
trrn
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Realty Deeds Are
Filed for Record

The following deeds have been
filed with County Clerk A. G. Mar
tin:
Isaac Moran and wife to c. L.
Shorter, real estate IN Union dis.
trict, $3.50.
III. Leroy Sturm to John l. Wells,
lot IN East Philadelphia, Lincoln
district, s15!.
Stanley McGelland to Attic c.
Atha, lot IN Warrington district,
$3.50.
elena A. Eeeland and Alice NJ.
Freeland to D. W. Creme, parcel OF
land In First ward, $3.50.
Frank c. Raymond, special COM
missioner. 10 Laura ]. Robinson,
lot In Walnut avenue, $4,000.
Glenn ]. Arnet, Elizabeth Arnett
to Marguerite Arnett Wilcox; C. E.
Wilcox and Lloyd Haddix, parcel Of
land in East Park addition, 81, 500.
2. 3. Swearingel and Mary 2.
'Sweartngen to Frank W. Thomp.
son, parcel Of land IN Barnes
street, 81.
Frank w Thompson and LiIzie
M. Thompson to Coleman s. Sat.
terrified, . parcel Of land In Barnes
efrnaf - an ~ y 7 - \
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TO tie Democtat!c ccmmittee may
| 70 something IKE this:
yellow Democrlts; 70 are as
SAMPLED here today With . grave
obicct b Wow. The Republ icanS
are IL ready digging our grave
and ne public Veems to be per-
fectiy satisfied that We should be
| inferred. In our efforts 70 make
the world safe Soi Democracy We
turned IN such 3 large expense &C.
count that the county Is not sac
for q Democrat any more. But
lei Us get down to matter Of writ
Ing our WIN in q spirit Of harmony
LET no one refnse to die grace
fully. great applause 70 be start
cd by tie sergeant at armsl.
sAs / have all ready said We are
getting to the place where our
string Is damn short. ! hate to
force this thought upon You again,
bu Il would like to speak the truth
for once and set 9 precedent. and
Il there Is any fatted cali We have
not yet dam, let It be slain as sooD
as possible. sergeant OF arms gets
busy again.
aBut, fellow Democrats, death Is
not such an awful thing. We may
rise again some day when the pub
lie goes to sleep at the switch.
or perhaps the Republicans wont
dix the grave deep enough TO hold
us. Great cheering and a whis-
tie or two).
aAs / have said before let US
get together and walk down the
long. long trail together in sweet
accord, showing that we can still
keep step with one foot while the
other Is in the grave great ap-
plause). After We have transact
ed any ether business, III get Vox
Populi to the twitter q wee BIT on
the organ and we can have a lit
tie marching practice 70 the tune
OF the Dead March: In conclusion
let me say that Wilson kept US out
of war-and that isn't all he'll keep
US out Of this year. What is the
fuyther Measure OF the Hieeting?"
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q Igs
Q 4 FIIG S

= -
I James M Coz & tia Democratic
candi date for President, but bet q
nickel there are some Democrats
right n this city. Whete they sSe
said to groH good Democrats, as
Democrats grow. who can't feel
absolutely certain about jlnmie's
middle name. It has been geuer-
ally. thought that ..Ms standS for
Middleton, and the Democrat cam
paign literature was ordered on
that assumption. But Il Is said
that his full nlme Is james Monroe
Stokes Cox. The governors sec
retafy says he Z has It on
The authority Of the governors
own mother, since deceased
thnt his middle name Is Monroe.
His secretary declares be will get
out the family Bible and dismiss
all doubts II need be. It Is q rath-
er unique incident tha. q man
should be three weeks or more on
the way to getting licked for
President Of these United States
Of America without being ahso-
lutely certain whether his name Is
James Monroe or James Middle
ton. However, there should need
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-23

The Prohibition party which could not persuade
William Jennings Bryan to become its candidate
yesterday nominated Aaron S. Watkins. Of Ger
mantovn, Ohio. This gives Ohio three candidates
for the presidency and duplicates the conditions Of
the campaign Of 1904 when Roosevelt. Parker and
Corregaa, the Socialist Labor candidate all citizens
Of New York State, we're presidential candidates.
But Ohio takes its politics much more seriously
than New York does. The fact that the candidate
comes fro mthat stated apt to lead to an increase
in the Ohio Prohibition vote
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# You Are Easily Tired Out,
Your Blood Needs Purifying

si.tante in giving the system 2
general houseeleaning.
Nearly everybody just now needs
a few Bottles Of SIS. to cleanse
the system Of impurities.
S. S. S. is without an equal IS q
general tonic and system builder.
Il improves the appetite and gives
new strength nd vitality to both
old and young.
Full information and yaluabls
literature can be had by writing e
Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ca
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to Work Out
Train Riding Fine

Absolutely refusing to do any
work at all to pay a IS fine, John
McKuver has been placed In q cell
at the city jail, where he asserts
he will remain indefinitely before
he will work.
McKuyer Is a large, robust,
healthy looking young man, clean
looking and very well dressed. He
was arrested with two other young
men on Tuesday for riding freight
trains, while IN search Tor work,
according to what be told Mayor
ConaHay.
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MINDS 4 70 E1bihqi Ne ! epe m
tillsa q iSIi 81 ~
have S6ns Is q iuto this
situation 6 I i1th j OK, md ~
net tss tnseeGIlty ol increasing
( rs rats Is inicA % AMI ctti1e1
{ Thc MI be directly Injected b. Tie
Increases; but I have been unable
TO find any way % avoid this step
without sacrificing this properly
which would necessarily result Ia
crest injury and Inconvenience TO
the p11lic.
! feel 50 strongly the necessity
Ioimaking these Increases and that
the financial situation Of the COM
pany fully warrants increasing our
gas rates that I invite The Times
and The West vtfginian to make
an audit Of our books and q yalul-
ton Of our gas property; such
audit and valuation to be made BY
accountants and engineers to be
selected BY you.
Very truly,
G. N. ALEXANDER.
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| believe, to influence the public
against US without giving US an op-
portpnity to present the facts re-
garding the gas situation, | am
writing you this statement.
Some three months ago, believ-
ing that our gas earnings were not
reasonable or Just, we employed a
firm Of certified pubic account
ants to audit our books for the pur-
pose Of ascertatning Just what our
gas was costing US and what we
were earning from the gas bust
ness. This audit was made and
completed more than a month ago.
We then employed one OF the most
reputable and responsible engineer
ing firms in the United States to
90 over our gas properly and make
a valuation Of 1t; we have this
valuation.
The proposed Increases are based
on the audit Of our books made
by these certified public account
ants and the recommendations
made by these engineers. i
Yesterday, July Est, the appli-
cation for the proposed Increases
was presented to the Public Ser
vice Commission and at that time
upon our application and motion
the Public Service Commission di.
rected the engineer Of the COM
mission to go upon our gas prop-
erty and make q valuation OF 1t;
such valuation to be considered by
the Commission n,ion the hearing
0! our application.
I1haye been a citizen and resi-
dent Of Fatr-nont for almost Is
years. ! have tired to deal fairly
and honestly with all with WHOM
/ have come IN contact. I had
hoped that IL had any reputa-
ton for fair dealing the people Of
Fairmont would remember Wis
long enough TO permit us 10 pre-
sent our reasons for asking these
increases before making up their
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closred.up lmgurIie. WIN Under
mine Your Heath.

The first symptoms are Usually .
los, Of appetite. followed by a
gradual lesse1ing o. energy. the
system becomes weaker day by
day, until you feelyourself on the
verge of a breakdown.
This whole condition is but the
result of impurities in the blood
that show that nature needs as.
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KID FRANKS ARE

KID FRANKS ARE
CAUSE OF FIRE.
PORTLAND. B. R Ballheim
was greatly annoyed here when
small boys rolled q newspaper,
lighted 1t and thrust It through The
mail slot IN the door Of his plumb
Ing emporium. The fire depart
ment saved the building.
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Ambassador Dayia Is coming
home. Perhaps he can find out
who ran down his flag at The
Times office.
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asked the Public Service commits.
sion to send an engineer here.
But after he gets a Whit Of that
Lynn stuff he is apt to get dis
eourased.
Besides the only engineer who
would be Of any real value on this
Job would be a specialist In by
draulics.
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The Democrats VIII convene IN
Parkersburg tomorrow to take
whatever final steps may be nee
essary to make West Virginia safe
for the Republican party In No
Temher. 4 =
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Fairmort's soundest business
men are o.tentimes very ignorant
Of other buSlnesses outside their
own. The leading men Of DE Fair
mont Chamber Of Commerce i'd
|mitted this last night efttf hear
ing real estate men from Wheel
ing, Huntington and Charleston.
H L. Heintlelman. .(credlted By
Sam R. NuSam as being tho first
man to put glass factory business
on q business basis h Fairmcnt),
who presided at the meeting. OBJ
served:
Il have been deepl, inter
ested IN the addresses and
round table discussion. ] see
4 now that lhaye never had any
understanding Of the real es-
tate business"
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This letter Is CONN .ented upon
IN the editorial columns todayl.
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Eat. drink and be as cheerful as
possible for next November We
kick the bucket, will probably be
the spirit Of the meeting tomor-
row.
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Get oId-ttne salt rising head It
Gould Bakayy. -kdy, N s.,
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While we have not seen an ad-
vance copy the address Of welcome
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''iiH0dld & % o have an tbs
lsll0ES running tor THIS Job come
ISo Z x !, ~ --.-.- -
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asctics thls morning that Ohio
ne annexed cther preside
eassla ! .
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Dg htpk ! am responsible
ltmAt this oufn ouring Of jerky and
enCn,itA Run TIL go down and jump
II 10 fffer tar Or no tar
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
The Mischief Makers

I'VE shall be a deal nearer ripht-
an dthat means wise and safc-in our
action in regard to Poland if we find
out what has been wrong in our action.
During che peace confer ence a sub
llmated tommyrot about drawing maps
on the assumption of peace, not oe
war, went around. 1t worked incaI
culabl- mischief. Under the spell Of
1t, the pc 'cemakker j--clie of them
came to believe hat all thei1 work
was done if they equipped Poland for
peace, gav4 her s.ay to the sea for
her exp ,rts AID imports, enabled her
to develop trade without .hc tyranny
of customs-only this was peedful for
Poland to grow strong, stand on her
own feet and be happy. THE Viii
lager, August d., 1920.
Indeed this course did incalculable
mischief. And who were the mis-
Who made it impos-
sible to expect peace?
The mischief makers were the
small in number but lusty
in voice, who began, while men who
had sacrificed themselves were still
unuburied, to shout that it was
wicked to prescribe terms which
would bind the war makers and Rus
sla, which was marked as their
future ally, to keep the peace. Those
who campaibned in the name of
morality for action which ignored
how and for what the war started
bear heavy load of responsibility.
Their leaders claim they are enlight-
ened; in fact, they sit in darkness.
Taking advantage of every cir
cumstance, steady propaganda to
confuse the democratic peoples has
been waged. 1t has had lamentable
The consequences are dis
played in the stories of invasion
and rapine which come from across
the sea.
We rejoice greatly over the fact
that President Wilson has at last
perceived portion of the truth.
But it is proper to express regret
that he is two years late-that he
permitted himself to be the center
of reaction which has already lost
many of the good fruits of the war.
His intentions were doubtless ex-
cellent, but there is a certain we'll
known place said to be paved with
good intentions.
Are we yet ready to face the
realities? Or are we to continue
to gaze on screens Of words that
conceal them?
New-York tribune., 1920-08-15
A Creat-Hearted Friend

GONE of the friends of whom I think
most often are people | have never
seen. Only once, and that time for but
a brief half hour, did | see William
Marion Reedy in the flesh. He had come
East for some meeting connected with
the single tax campaign. He stopped in
at the Century Company where / was
then an editor, to say some generous
and heart-warming words. He left me
with the impression of mental powers
surprising most of literary people l
have known, even as his physical pro-
portions marked him out from the crowd.
He has stood for me, somehow, ever
since, as the symbol of native American
genius.
And yet his greatness lies in his ap-
probation of others, rather than in lit
erary work of his own. Which seems
strange to me. For potentially / felt.
and l continue to feel, that Reedy was a
great writer, somehow baked of self
expression in books of his own AS it
is / hope that selection of his editorial
work may be made and published.
He expressed himself through the help
he gave to others He carried through
his life positive passion for great lit
erature as he saw or thought ne saw it
in the making.
I feel, indeed, most presumptuous in
speaking Of an intellect so much greater
than my own, and of heart so much
deeper and stronger in its sympathies
than mine. He was to me man of some
mystery, prim@val figure Of the Mid
die West, man very close to the soil
and the heart of the people, with mind
that ranged certain strange metaphysi-
cal regioEs zSd truly communed with
such minds as those OF Ss.sllsv end
Nietzsche. Ny analysis may be faulty
But such was the impression he gave.
Therefore feel that he was q great
man, and that it does not greatly matter
whether he was able to express himself
in creative literature or not. Litera-
ture, as we all know. except the pedants,
is but a small part Of life. William
Marion Reedy was great in experience
and in the service he rendered the arts
of his country, in the most unselfish kind
of service. That in enough.
WILLIAM ROSE BENET.