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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-20
CAR SHORTAGE IS
GENERAL N TIE
REGION TO-DAY
Effects Of Transports
ton Tie.Up is Felt
Here.

Coal cars are scarce IN the Fair.
mont region today. This appears
! TO be the first serious Appearance
OF the predicted car shortage,
(which was not expected 10 strike
this field quite 50 rapidly M o.
the railroads are affected by; me
shortage. On the Monon diyt
sion Of the Baltimore and Ohio ran.
road there Is q 80 per cent. run o.
coal cars; the West Virginia dis
trict Of the Monougahela railway
! has a rs per cent. run, which L
confined to assigned cars only and
on the Western Maryland there Is
a33 l.3 per cent run. = ;, ),
day on the Baltimore and Ohio ran'
/ da yon the Baltimore and Ohio rall'
! road due to car shortage. The cars
on the Monongah division are clas'
sified as follows: Open, 5S4: coke,
33, B. N. /. x, 36; NJ. V. 7, L.
! The early morning placement was
500. Fifty.five cars were LETT over
from the previous day. Mines on
the division today ordered 166s
cars Of which 33were for coke load
Ing.
day IN the West Virginia district o.
the Monongahela railway. M o.
| the cars we're assigned for railroad
fuel. being confined to New YORK
Central, Lehigh Valley and Central
Of New Jersey fuel. There Is e1-
pected for Friday a forty 70 my
per cent. commercial run In tho
Pennsylvania district today there
were Isl empties placed.
Car supply slumped on the WesI.
ern Maryland railway today and
there are but IS cars placed on me
Heleu's Run and Wyatt Bingamon
branches.
Lake Accumulation.
Reports are current today that
: 4 accumulation Of coal loads q
lthe B. & o. pier at Lorain, 0, q
very great and that an embargo .
ant to be clamped down almost any
! 't4Iii The lake prlce is said to have
dropped during the past few dayS
until Il has reached the IS MARI.
although no actual sales 1t that
azure were learned Of before noon.
The Fairmont region used this out.
| let 10 get lid Of coal accumulated
after P. & R. deliveries were CUT
"; Coal Property Changes Hands:
The Diamond Coal, company, o.
which Alec r. Watson d ytcs pree.
ident. has bought the Stone Coal
company Of Weston and took over
Tie property yesterday. This oper-
alton G n consists. Of 4 odernly eQuip-
mad mine turning out eight cars e
DAY and 400 acres Of 'nisa paoe
sVA New Brcksraae Firm.
The Westwood coal E1enange.
Of Fairmont, q applying lot 9
charter at Charleston to coa1uet
a general coal brokerage huSiness
| al rooms 4o1, 402 and l0s Deveny
building. The exchange tS beng
Incorporated BY, s. D. Brady "a =
BRADY. Hon. E. N. Showalter, How
ard ". Shwalter and Brock sno'
walter The Incorporation VII be
'sVs' Personal Mentor.
r. W. showalter, Of the Dia,
mond Coal company, Is home tfom
q business trip to Baltimore aao
"es4ia G d. jenkins, secretary and
treasurer Of The Hutchinson Coe!
company, went to Atlantic Clg
Yesterday afternoon.
John A. CLARK, Of the Clark N
Iterests, returned last evening rom
Deer Park, Nd, after spending .
week IN that summer resort
ID. B. Donaldson, Of the Ar
wright Coal company, was m GRAZ
q J. sSe-f;i 4. Pfsirssy, Cleveland. vans,
! Continued on Page fCT
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-20

B. ADAN 8. LANE.
Last Monday Eve

USAS SaSS-o
Out on my back Steps
Watching the Approach
OF soft-footed Dusk
And enjoying Short
Intervals Of Converse
And long Intervals
or communing Silence.
Pastoral peace Relgned,
Until out Of tn Scented
Twilight there Was
Borne shocking Tidings
From th' Direction &
9th, zinnia Bed
Where Hermiune Was
Cutting a-bouquet and q
Chatting across Ii, Hedge
With Mrs. Brown.
.Yes," Hermione Was
Saying, II simply have
To cry when l Think
OF those poor ArmenianA
/ have hunted Up
A lot Of Adams Things
And put them Back
or tn stationary Tubs
It'll / could Get
Them over to TIL
Church tomorrow; Adam
Is so Queer
About giving things Away"
$50 is Mr.. Brown" Responded
Mrs. Brown. Il Got
Out his old" And
Then the voices Sank
To a Whisper.
There was a Quivering
Quake.of CONSERVATION
all over our Back
INV gosh!" exclaimed Burchina
81 heard my Wife
Talking to some Daughter
OF. Isabella Yesterday
About old Clothes!"
"Yes!" said Ramage Huskiiy,
II couldn't find My ,
House jacket anywhere Last
Night; I've Had
II since Chesney Was
A baby, but There's
A lotta good In It
Yeti"
"Well!" SIS I with Largo
Indignation. "Are We
Gonna let these Women
Take tn very Clothes
OF our Backs
Without doing q Thingt
I'm going to Get
Mine from behind Those
Tubs and bury Eu!
There's q large Hole
In the Garden"
"oh. tine!" rejoiced Ny
Nelghbors. "Wafl I'll We
Get ours!"
So I waited
A long Time.
Finally Burchinal And
Ramage appeared Loaded
Down. Burchinal Found
His clothing tied Up
IN q bundle Behind j,
Th''piano, and Ramagss
We're out in Their
ChIcken-house. We Dumped
Them all in tn, Hole,
And then came Brown
Cryin'.
His were clean Gone!
He sat down On
TIL edge Of the Hole
In an abandon OF
Grief.
There was q Pair
OF fishing pants Gone
That It would Take
Him years to Replace!
We all Cried.
Then we placed Our
Watches, necktes, Etc.
On top and Deeply ,
Buried tn Lot.
It has rained Some
Since, ~ b
But, gadzooks! th' Garden
Is Q darn Sight
Nearer than Armenia.
Anyway.
Professor, Proesedl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-20

LONDON, Aug. 90 En9 Rlsslll|
Soviet forces have aband onees ln
kow, 6S miles southeast Of VA
saw and Radin. 50 miles g ill
southeast Of the Polish capita g e.
cordlng to Thursdays cculmpn1elI
issued by the Moscow gov veElment
The communique Claims that
Poles were driven back seven mls.
from asDoint IS miles mort thyes. g 9!
Warsaw. -si-iis,s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-20

PARIS, Aug. 2o-(BE le ~
ciated Press The military eoo;
cesseS Of the Poles continued 70.
terday, according to q report g
the foreign office today ffnm !. /.
military mission IN Warsaw undes
tilans, elaborated BY the gte1ca
General Weygand and his gts& .ei
nioFe than six hundred 3 nch On
rorh Z, - Z 4 * t,lsi
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-20


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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22
,airs in Elwell's 1000 toupes.

hairs in ElWelIS lUOU tOupeS.
An examination of the Leagues nom
infiammable spine shows where some
body planted a monkey wrench in the
vertebrae marked Article x. Nobody
can pick up money off the sidewalk
when the back is cracked. Maybe this
accounts for the rush to get enough
scrap iron in the campaign bucket
to keep the splint riveters busy on the
party frame.
Of interest is the fact that the
League fractures are being enclosed
in plaster of Paris. Paris is where
they plastered the visiting American
delegate with the diplomatic clay that
was guaranteed not to tarnish. With
this job done Clemenceau is free to
shoot tigers AMI Lloyd George can
shoot craps. The shooting season is
on, with DR. Cox aiming at Taurus, the
high sign in the Democratic zodiac and
dream book recipes for home brew.
Get the children off the street
they are duelling in Greenwich Vii.
lage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22
Famous Fractures
BY GENE FOWLER

Napoleon, in the shadow of the
Sphinx, turned to his army, navy and
social welfare workers. He then
turned to the Sphinx. The Sphinx
had turned to stone. CHANGING at the
nose of the great paperweight of the
desert he noticed that the proboscis
wasn't there. He said:
Thirty Lambs clubs are looking
down on you. Notice where bottle
hit the dear old flush on the beezer.
wonder if John McGraw has been
this way?"
The broken nose of the Sphinx is
one Of history's famous fractures.
Liberty Bell is another. 1t cracked
when it learned that the country would
go Democratic. Still another is the
ankle of Wilton Lackeye, eminent
actor, who says he was hit so hard
on the chin when calling on John Nc
Graw that the bone leading to his left
dog was treated to a Potts fracture.
This differs from a Jackpot fracture
in that two jacks or better are re-
quired as openers. In a Potts fracture,
one or two dukes, signed on the dotted
line of the chin with set of knuckles
is legal tender.
But all fractures pale and grow thin
before the worlds greatest-the
League of Nations. 1t is compound
ailment that has fourteen distinct
breaks, one for each point. Fourteen
points in pinochle is something not to
worry about. But in the League pas
time-known as Democratic Rummy-
the cards are dealt face down, so that
YOU can't see the pocture boys blush,
and the points are all dealt face up, so
the taxpayers can sit on them.
The League fracture has been
dressed in splints and looks natural in
dice consists of half number OF
points included in the League. This
shows the Democratic administration
never dose anything by halves. In
fact, it doesn't do anything at all.
BY this time DR.. Cox, who is trying
to reduce the Potts fracture of the
League skeleton, should be an expert
on bones. His party has treated bone
ailments almost exclusively for some
years. Ivory used to be brought from
the Congo. Now it is improted from
the Potomac.
DR.. Cox chirps that the League
bones will knit Maybe they will, but
loose inspection of the knitting
shows more dropped stitches and
tangled may 1 knots" than there were
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22

tie perch on the rose trellis and saun-
tered along beside his mistress. He
had been trained from kittenhood to
follow them like dog and to perform
many tricks.
Girls are wise not to go in for
rough stuff" thought Ed. "a mouse
would make 'em shout
However he would have been glad
enough to break his promise the next
night as he prepared to go to the GEM
etery. He had said he wasn't afraid
of spooks, but the behavior OF his
friends. Still he was not the kind to
give in without a struggle. He had a
plan.
He had often been in the cemetery,
which was an old deserted one, and he
had noticed certain tombstone which
had fallen over. Whoever had put it
up had been economical for it was so
small and light that Eddie found he
could drag it easily to sheltered spot
under tree. His bargain was to sit
on a tombstone-it wasn't specified
where. He planned to take the tomb
stone beyond the sacred confines, into
the road where things were a little
pleasanter, and there in the dark
shadow of a tree or bush, spend an
hour in peace and quiet.
To make things easier for himself
he put on black costume his mother
had made for him once when he was
a friar in play at school. Then he
BACKED his face and hands, and tax
ing his flashlight with him he fastened
to the cemetery.
The cemetery was lonely spot just
outside the village on a knoll amid
dark fir trees. Ed. crept softly along
the hedge until he reached break
which he knew about and once inside
| he stumbled slowly in the direction OF
the fallen tombstone. His sense OF
direction was so good he soon fund
the stone and began to drag it to the
brow of the knoll which was only a
few feet away.
whats that?"
The wind was kissing and whisper
ing in the tree, but suddenly the whis
pering and kissing seemed to grow
louder and Ed heard words.
Scared to come. l told you so,
said voice.
"He may show up yet" said another
voice.
| "The Braves!" thought Eddie
"They're here, lying in wait for me-
| He dared not drag the stone any
further so he sat down on it anc
waited, and then the first thing ne
knew a flashlight was turned full upor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22
Tomb Finished
Just in Time

Paris-Madam Bonter, theatrical
woman here, ordered her tomb built
four years ago. Shortage of labor
made the work slow and madame was
afraid she'd die before the tomb was
ready. She sent for her contractor re-
Gently to speed things up and he told
her the tomb would be ready in three
days. Three days later she was ready
for the tomb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22
Turning the Tables

81 bet you dassent!" cried Harry.
"You dassent YOURSELF" replied
Eddie, while the braves gave him the
laugh.
We've all done it, Ed.," explained
Phil, whom the boys called Big Foot.
"That's one of our rules. If you want
to join the Big Toe Tribe you've got
to prove your mettle."
"I'm not afraid" said Eddie. "Oh,
MOI" chorused the Braves scornfully.
Eddie smiled mysteriously. "Tll be
there tomorrow night" he said.
Later he might have been seen talk
ing to his neighbors twin sisters
named May and June.
"The Braves have asked me to join,
he explained, "but to show how much
nerve I've got to have to go to the
cemetery tomorrow night and sit on a
tombstone for an hour I'm not afraid
of spooks, of course, but I know as
we'll as anything that the fellers mean
to spring joke on me, and they may
be pretty mean and rough about it too
They pushed Charlie into a big hole
and pretty near buried him alive. Still
l guess if I'm worth anything I ought
to be able to see it through"
"'Smarties' would be better name
for themn than Braves" said May
Indie, come here. We're going for a
walk" Indie, their large black cat
Jumped lightly down from his favor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22
The Lunacy OF
LachrymoSity
By STRICKLAND GILLIAN


There are things in this world to
regret, but not to be grieyed over
Gr1eving over things is next to the
worst loss of time possible to human
beings, which is saying a good deal
and the principal occupation of human
beings is time-wastng.
Grieving gets you a great deal less
than nothing 1t obtains for you MOTH
ing minus; which means nothing plus
some more nothing. You recover
nothing you grieve for, and you get
nothing else so long as your mind is
shifted into the grief-gear Not
thing.
Grieving over the past is almost as
bad as anything can be; grieving over
the future is the only thing worse. We
all at heart have profound contempt
for the hob-nailed-liver Jeremiahs who
mourn over things in advance. No
body ever needed one of these warnin-
ings, and the calamity-howling boob
who did the warning wept all the
harder over the fact that they wouldn't
heed hirE. Who would heed anything
told in that tone of voice anyway?
have a profound sympathy for the
wicked and stiff-necked" generations
who continued the the error of their
ways Gin spite of the warnings of
the major and minor prophets. "In
spite Of "your grandmother's goose!
1t was because Of! If there's anything
in the world that will make a normal
human wonder if there is anything he
can do that would make things worse,
it is to hear one of these bowling
dervishes batting around about every
thing going to the demnition bow
vows. 1t is human nature to try to
make things worse when told they are
as bad as they can get. If any one
| thinks ill of us, we instinctively add
to that ill will every time we see them.
Now if everyone of those old dys-
peptic mopes with the sob story had
taken a good, long think Though why
expect it? People with no sense of
humon can't thinkD' he would have
changed his tactics. He would have
gone somewhere and sat down on a
bench in plain sight of his fellow be-
ings on whom he wanted to foist
propaganda, and whitfield idly and
whitfield idly and snickered audibly
without looking at anybody. By and
by some one would have stopped and
watched him. The passer-by would
have drawn nearer and would have
been joined by others. Pretty soon
the nerviest one of the big mob of
rubbernecks would have asked.
"Bo, what's the joke? Why are you
sitting there just a-bustin' of yourself
laughing What's the big idea?"
The old man would have shaken his
head, wiped the tears of mirth from
his eyes and refused to tell them, CIV
| ing the reason that they wouldn't
understand, but that the joke was on
them. The crowd would have grown,
the interest would have increased, and
by and by he could have sprung his
stuff on them, cheerfully indicating
that he didn't care, for his part, a
tinker's dam how soon the whole thing
went to pot.
That crowd would have reformed,
almost to a man. Whereas if the old
coot had been sitting there with a
ripe crouch they would have avoided
him like the pestilence.
The new times must bring a new
type of prophet-one who can kid the
crowd into intelligent behavior instead
trying to scare it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22
Private of Princess
Pats Turns to
Farming

Ottawa, ONT. E. Fagg served as
a private with the Princess Pats dur
ing the war; He won fame in famous
regiment for steadiness and courage.
When he came home he cast about for
something to do. He thought of clerk
ing. He figured that if he worked hard
at a desk for forty years and had good
luck and was frugal he might save
enough to pay his funeral expenses.
So he changed his mind and decided
to go upon the land. He didn't know
much about farming but he set himself
to study it and mastered at least the
theory of soil cultivation. Then he
bought on time with the Government
of Canada as his creditor, 100 acres of
land near Charmangy, Alta.
81 see no reason why the qualities
that made me a good soldier" said
Private Fagg, fought not to make me
a successful farmer"
He built house on his land, got
himself team of horses and farming
implements all on government credit,
and started in. Then the Soldier Set
Element Board, that has been kept
busy making farmers out of soldiers,
lost track of him. The other day it
received a letter from him.
81 put in ITO acres of wheat last
spring." wrote Private Fagg, land 1
harvested 80 bushels to the acre. My
crop will total 5000 bushels. If I sell
it at only 50 bushel, 1 will receive
$4,000 and expect to sell it for more.
got my land for $40 an acre and the
government gave me rs years in which
to pay for it. can pay for my land
and all the improvements on it this
year with by one crop Of - t. I
can't understand fel-
ow should slave 9
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22
The ElimatiOn
of Dont's

'FWhy do all children lick to mess
around in a puddle, or make mud
pies, or play in a sand pile? Why
do all children like to climb trees,
and chase one another around the
block, and shout and raise the dick
ems generally.
"Why are the average parents kept
so busy telling their children don't do
this and don't do that? And why do
parents have such a time in making
childre nbehave?"
The principal of the Morgan Park
School, of Duluth, Mimi, Mr.. r. D.
Chadwick, in the Value of Play (Bul-
letin No. 2, 1918, of his Know Your
School Series), answers these ques-
tions and a good many others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22

him and voice, which he knew was
Big Foot Phil's, growled: "Who-o-o
are you, dead MANI"
"Aha!" thought Eddie, they're 60
ing to play the same game on me they
played on Charlie"
He could not escape very well while
they played the flashlight on him so
he stood his ground grimly. The other
Braves came up with stout rope
which they tied around their victim
beginning at his ankles until he was
all trussed up from head to foot.
Nov, here We shall stay till morn, "
said Big Foot, trying to disguise his
voice.
Say now!" demonstrated Ed. what
did ever do to your"
"Silence!" growled all the braves.
From the tree above them came a
queer growl then f-aah! Like cat
splitting. Whats that?" they whis.
pered.
"Ha, hal" laughed Eddie, land you
call yourselves brave!"
Gust for that we'll leave you here
with-it!" said Big Foot.
GAIL right" replied Eddie, "only put
me on tombstone so l can get credit
for being nervy."
"Put yourself on it," retorted the
Braves.
ooh, we'll, it don't matter" replied
Eddie. 81 don't know as l care about
belonging to the Big Toe Tribe any
way"
But this last was lost to the braves
for they had gone hastily away.
ed" called voice from the tree
Hello, May and June!" replied Ed
GAS soon as I heard your cat up there
knew you must be around. What
are you doing here and where are
you?"
Cup in the tree" replied one of the
girls, we came to rescue you from
those smarties."
Down slid the girls and quickly I'm
bound Eddie.
"Well!" he exclaimed. "Pll never
say girls are towards again! But fol
a minute when your cat began hiss
ing and growing 1 did think that {
wild cat might be roosting in the
tree
He did not try to express his thanks
just then but he made up his mint
| that he would repay the kindness O.
his neighbors if he had to wait evel
so long for the chance. Down from
the tree slid the big black cat, invisi
BILE in the darkness except for its bis
green eyes. Then they walked com
fortably out of the cemetery.
When they reached the road the!
met the Braves standing in rims
arguing about something.
"Hello!" shouted all three. BRAVES
Ha, hal"
And then because there were more
Braves than they cared to tussel with
they ran off as fast as they coult
scamper for home. Thud, thud, thud
The whole gang was after them
right at their heels. They never raj
so fast in their lives. Just as they
reached home Big Foot overlook them
"W-wait!" he painted.
Eddie stopped and turned around.
We've decided to let you in" said
Phil.
"Oh, is that ALL" replied Ed. "Well
guess I won't join, thonk you.
don't like your kind of bravery"
"We've decided not to pull off any
more stunts on fellows" said Big
Foot
"Then," replied Ed, "Pd be good
and glad to join
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22

city for a bare living when he can
find a home and independence on a
farm. F.lrms in Western Canada are
still within reach of any man who
makes up his mind to own one"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-02
DELAWARE COUNTY

Mrs. T. Woodwood Trainer entertained
the bridge club Of which she Is a men,
Der at luncheon at her home in Chester
on Friday. Her guests included: Mrs
Robert McCurdy Mrs Frank Green. Mrs
Bennett Y. Wilson. Mrs. Irving Trainer,
Mrs. ]. Renwick Kerr, Miss Dora Sproul
Miss Nella Wetherill, Miss Kathleen
Stull will entertain the club at her
home in Chester on November ~.
Mrs. Charles Lee Merriken. of Balti-
more. has been the guest over the week
end of her cousins. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
r. Major, at their home In Media
Miss Vivien Hunter daughter Of Mr.
spent several months in Montreal. Can.
as the guest Of her uncle. Mr.. Frank
Hopkins, Is spending a fortnight with
her parents at their home In Media
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-02
TIOGA

Mr.. Lewis B. Walker. Of Newark, has
announced the marriage Of his sister.
Miss Harriet Walker, OF North Nine
teenth street, and Mr.. George #, Lang,
Of TIA East Ontario street, on Saturday,
October 80, by the Rev. Samuel Nc
Williams. of the Tioga Methodist
Church. Tioga and Eighteenth streets.
The bride was attended by her slater.
Miss May Jane Walker. of Bloomfield,
N j., and Mr.. jacob Lang was his
brothers best man, After short stay
in New York, MIR. and Mrs. Lang VIII
spend the remainder Of the autumn In
Atlantic City. They will be at home
after January 1. at 1853 East ontario
street.
The board of managers Of the Will
liam L, Elkins Masonic Home for Girls.
on North Broad street, gave a liailow,
cen party for the forty-fve girls ana
forty-sevcn women of the home, on sat
urday evening Mr.. Daniel J. Bishop Was
master OF ceremonies and was ass,s,en
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. Freeland KendricR
and Mrs, Nellie Leviness. Lodge No. 3,
awarded the rrizes to the mas1ueraders'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-02
NORTH PHILADELPHIA

The first meeting for the season of tho
Rodeph -Shalom sewing circle will be
held today at the BENJAMIN +. Tellor
Memorial Building. Mrs, Simon Miller
OF 90l North Sixteenth street, IL chair
man OF the circle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Evans gave q
home, 70i North Sixteenth street. in
honor of Miss Beatrice Mclean ana
Miss Margaret MacAvoy. Among those
present were Mr. and Mrs. william
Meade, Mr.. and Mrs. John Phelan. Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Boran. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thonns Sha,nus, Mrs. Maggie Gayn,
Miss Julia Higgins, Miss Beatrice Nc
Lean, Miss Ma, Yeret MacAvoy. Miss
Madge Holland, Miss Margaret Curtin.
Mr.. CLYDE Smith, Mr.. Thomas Hinche,
Mr.. Thomas Beran. Mr.. Andrew WAL
strum, Mr.. Joseph Fitzpatrick. Mr. John
Gibbons and Mr.. George Summers.