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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1920-04-30

Four changes allowed to yearly
advertisers without additional charge
All advertisements due and paw
able after the first insertion.
Obituaries aad personal commit
nicatiOns will be inserted at 15 cents
per line.
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MarLury Baptist Church, Rev. Val
ter X. Allen, Minister. Worship and
Preaching each Sunday at II A ~.
and 1880 p. NJ. Everyone cordially
invited.
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COMMISSIONERS MEETING.

The Board OF County Commission
ers of Charles County will meet al
their Office in La Plata on
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1920.
Miscellaneous business.
BY order OF the Board.
JOHN w. OWEN,
4-30-lt Clerk.
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NOTICE.

Rock Roint, Nj, ( CHI 10. 1920.
The patrons of Rock Pt. Wharf are
hereby notified that no goods will be
delivered after this date without re-
ceipt for same.
S. S. LANCASTER,
3-19-6m.
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The Temple Of Agriculture is getting
in the Lime Light. From now until
i the middle Of June there will be au on.
/ portunity for every one interested in
organized agriculture to contribute tn
the fund for erecting the temple. Mr..
John A. McSparran, of FurniSs, Pa,
Master of the Pennsylvania State
Grange, is Treasurer OF the Temple
Fund Mr., J. Otis Watson, of Wei
come, in this county. is the Chairman
for this county. Hewill appoint others
in the several districts and a coficerted
drive will be conducted until our quota
of 81 900 is raised
The building is intended to hold the
1 different farm organizations of the
country and to be the home of the far
mer in the Capital OF the Nation. We
are getting together and We will be
helping ourselves by our speedy con-
tributions 10 this worthy object.
There will be started in the second
week of June a series of Community
Auction Sales. There will be three
that week. During the fourth week
there will be three. This to keep up
throughout the year if the sales Justify
the expense. There will be charge Of
per cent on all sales to cover the ex-
pense Of advertising. The sales are
to be auctioned as in any auction sale.
The communities and dates of which
are as follows Wayside, Monday,
June 7: Welcome. June 8, and Wal
dorf, June IL. La Plata, June 81;
Hughesville, June %, and Newport,
I La
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FRIDAY, APRIL 80. 1920.


Services in Methodist Churches, SIN
day, May >, as follows
La Plata 1l:1O A. NJ.
Dentsville 300 p. NJ.
REV. l.. b. ATKINS =. G.
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Waldorf Community Club will meet
May 5th, at O'Clock F. NJ A very in
teresting program has been arranged.
JOHN P. BURDETTE,
County Agent,
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lie Che1nin de la
Croix a.. Colysee

L'emouvante ct picturesque ceremo-
ME du Cher1in de la Croix Went de
nouveau de Sc derouler dams lie cadre
prestigieux du Cclysee, apres une in
terruption de plus de SO ans. Cette
ceremonie await etc instituee sous le
pontifcat de Benoit XIV, de 174O a
1853. Ce Pape await fait eriger au
centre du cirque arose du sang des
martyrs un immense Calvaire, autour
duGuel les II stations du Chemin de
Ia Croix s'echelonnaient de contrefort
en- contrfort. Chaque vendredi, lie rite
solennel de l'Eglise Sc derculait dams
'amphitheatEe antique. Cette pratt
que d1t etre abacdonnee en- 1870, lors-
que la capitale des Papes, tombee aux
mains des Gx.ribaldiens, devint la ca
pitale de PIta1ie unifiee. L'archeologue
De Rosa en- enleva les stations en- 1872,
lorsqu'il e1trepriG des fouilles pour re-
METRE au jour les voies souterraines
de Parene.
LIE Colysee de nouveau retellti ce-
pendant du VERDE chretien ct Ia re-
naissance de Iantique tradition etc
accompagn6e DUN deploiement ma
gnifque de Ia splendeur catholique.
La princesse Ba2berbini marchait la
tete dune colonne de pieuses Romai-
nes ct Pom remaIquait panini les hon.
mes les membres les plus eminents
des families patricieTnes de Ia cite.
Des foule: enormes s'ctaient Masses
en- niargelle des trottoirs pour assis-
ter a ce spectacle emjnent dont Rome
etait priva depuis la disparition du
gouvernement pontifcal.
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ROME

lie DR. Pasticci, un chimiste ita-
lien repute, decouvert une methode
lui permettant de produire a tres bon
roarche de Phydrogene liquide, appele
a remplacer Pessence de petrole. Avec
uil gallon d'hydroge1le liquide une
automobile pourrait couvrir $50 mil
les.
On pourrait egalcmcnt, declare Pin
verteur, utiliser Phydrogene liquide
pour les chemins de fer ct les navires.
Dams les cercles pa11emcntaires
on est d'opinion que lc premier minis
ire Nitti court lie risque d'etre defait.
Or attribute cette run1eur au fait que
le parti ca5holique a decide de voter
contre lie premier ministre a cause de
la faiblesse quill aurait montree dams
son attitude clemente e11vers les So
cialistes qui ont etc la cause de boule-
versement dams le Nord de l'Italie re-
comment. LIE chef du parti catholique
dit: Isl on men Went pas a une en-
tente avant le scrutin a la chambre
des deputies, la chute de Nitti est une
aft aire conclue. LIE fait est que tous
les deputies socialistes, au nombre de
156 malgr6 lie favoritisme deploye par
Nitti en- leur faveur en- matiere de
principe.
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LA FETE RATIONALE
DE JEANNE D'ARC

De l'expose des motifs de la propo-
sition de lei de MN. Maurice Barres
ct Desire Ferry, tendant a l'institu-
tior de cette fete, nous detachons ce
passage:
I'll Y "a lCngHen1ps que nous aurions
di roas parcr dava, ttagc de Jeanne
d'Arc dcva,lt lunivers ct Ia glorifier
ohaque aimee dams une jou2nec natl
onale CONNIE la saint, de II patria ct
Ia f1eur de not2e sang.
'Nous lie desirors tous.
'Et pourtant, jusqu'a cette heure,
nous n'avons pas about. Pcurquoi :?
Disons-le franchemei,t: il restait un
doNte dams certains czprits. Quelques-
uns craignaicnt que L. fete de- Jeanne
dare ne fit Ia fete dun parti. II ny
a gas un Francais, quclle que soft son
opinion religieuse, ou pclit;que ou phi
lanthrcpi pique don't Jeanne dare ne sa-
tisfa fasse les venerations profondos
Ainsi tous les parts reuvert sc rGcla-
r1er de Jeanne dare. ~.t,1ais ellie les de-
passe tous. Null he pcut la confsluer.
C'est autcur de sa banniere radieuse
que peut s'accomplir, aujou7,d'hui COM
NE il y c;nq s:ecles, la reconciliation
nationale. :.
"Celle autour de qui les Francais de
tous les parts veUlent Sc -allier for
me le contraste le plus saisissant avec
Ia 1ronstrueuse "Germania", dressGe
au hord du Rhin CONNIE une apotheo-
Sc de la guerre organiseo en- industrie
rationale. Jeanne dare a fait la guer-
re pour l'amour de Ii paix. Ellie Ia
fait chevaleresqueme11t.
"Apres l'apotheose de Re:ms, la
seule grace qu'elle demande au Roi
qu'el!e Went de faire cou~onner, c'est
quill Ia laisse sen ser. retourner dams
son village, aupres de Sc mere ct de
SOS parents, rrendre part a Poeuvre de
reconstruction. C'est lc voeu de la
France d'aujourd hui"
Tel serait, conclut M. Barres, le
sens dune fete rationale de Jeanne
Il: 1,C
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"La Lumiere"

L'edition 1920 d. "La Lumiere" pu-
bliee par DR. Peter Fahrney & Sons
Co., de Chicago, ILL.,, a commence a
etre envoyee par Ia poste. Ce visiteur,
81 bien connu, ma pas fait son appari-
ton pannee derniere ct celia cause
des conditions de Ia guerre. Cette nou-
velle edition est rennpie de lectures
des plus interessantes en- meme temps
cue d'informations profitables. II ny a
aucun doute que nos lecteurs seront
contents de Ia 1eccvoir ct Sc feront I'm
r]aisir de la lire. LIE but dc "La Lumi-
ere" est de METRE en- evidence les me-
rites du vieux remedies herbeux, lie
Novoro du DR. Pierre. Ce remede fut
prepare, par la,riere grand-pere des
p-oprietaires. actuels. qui etait doc
teur dams l'Etat de Maryland en- 1880
environ La renommee de ce remede
herbeux fut r6pandue aux quatre
coins du monde; ses merites sont par
tout venus a la connaissance de l11u-
mantle souffrante.
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II
TRIO DE GREDINs

Dams une chambre soigneusement
capitonnee de l'h0tel de Londres ct
New York, place du Havre, a Paris,
deux hommes ct une femme causaient
a mi-voix mais avec une vehemence
prudemment contenue.
Au dehors, il faisait un temps ra-
dieux, ct la grande vile gale, pimpan-
tie ct joyeuse, daversait sur ses trot-
toirs vierges de boue tout un peuple
de femmes tide gentlemen.
Les feuristes etaient contentes de-
couler promptement leurs frais bou-
quets; les cochers de facre trouvaient
leur travail AGREEABLE, ct les sergents
de vile he voyaient que des visages
souriants.
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WASHINGTON

lie Ministre de la Guerre va pro-
ceder @diatement a la vente de
deux millions de salopettes, annance
lie 8 lie depute Upbsas, de George, un
des propagandistes de la campagne
pour le port de ce vehement.
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WATERFOWL, N.-Y.-On a appris
qu'un contrat await etc passe en- vertu
duquel William R. Hearst, du New
York America, devient proprietaire de
la Dexter Sulphite, Pulp and Paper
Co.. situee pres de cette vile. LIE con-
tras serait de plusieurs millions de dol
lars. Une etendue de bois de 10000
acres est aussi comprise dams lie con-
trat de vente.
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ETATS-UNIS
WAS HINGTON

Mime Samuel Gompers, femme du
president de la Federation Generate
Americaine du Travail, Went de mou-
rir. Ellie etait agee de 50 ans.
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Suite a la Be Page

| Les femmes ont toutes a un plus
haut degre que nous Ia vertu mai
tresse du marriage, qui est lesprit de
sacrifice.
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QUEBEC

Environ vingt pcrscnnes ont etc
blessees dams un accident de tram
way, a Quebec. l.: tramway porte le
No 612 ct il deraille a L. rue St JEAN
causant disadvantages considerables a
une maison quill frappa dams sa cour-
Sc affolee. Deux passengers ont etc
grievement blesses. II Y await a bord
30 personnes au moment de paccident.
OTTAWA
lie DR. Thompson declare de-
want un comite de recherches, que la
foundation dun institut de recherches
scientifquss est une necessite pour lie
Canada. La nation la mieux pourvue
de moyens scientifques aurait les plus
grandes chances de Sc gagner dams la
course pour la suprematie industrlelle
Des mines de fer valiant des centaines
de millions de dollars pourraient etre
ext1aites avec quelque peu d'appllca-
ton aux sciences. Sans la science il
est vraisemblable que Faeroplane
n'eut jamais etc invente.
VALLEYFIELD.- Un ouvrier du
nom de Antoine Leduc, age de "a ans,
est mort subitement alors quill ira
vaillait a la National Paper. IL a
succombe a une syncope cardiaque. LIE
defunt laisse une epouse ct 8 cnfants.
BEAUHARNOIS.-Le Is JUN pro-
chain, on celebrera dams cette vile, lie
centieme anniversaire de la paroisse
de Beauharnois.
Il Y aura fete religieuse ct civile.
La partie 1eligieuse consistera en- une
n1esse pontifcale par I'm haut dignitai-
re ecclesiastique, ainsi que quelques
autres ceremonies.
Un des articles principaux de la fe-
te civile consistera en- TN magnifique
banquet servi aux invites ct a la gran
de famille paroissiale.
REGINA, Sask. - Les semences
sont commences sur les fermes dc
production intensive operees par lie de-
partement des Affaires indiennes, er
| Saskatchewan ct en- Alberta. Quatre
mile acres ont deja etc ensemences
de BILE ct soixante semeurs sont actu
element au travail constamment pour
ensemencer 10000 acres. La recoltf
de ces terres Sc fera sous lie plan de Il
plus grande production ct elles som
egalement divisees> entire les deux pro
lvinces mentionnees.
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Les opinions sont CONNIE les clous;
plus on tape dessus, plus on les enfon-
ce.
L'ordre est "a beaute morale des cho.
ses.
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Home From Camp,

Home From Camp
Miss Pauline Davis and Mfs.
Frances Esketh who have been
taking ! vacation a: Camp Dawson
returned to their homo here yes.
terdaY.
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hours Of the time designated y ne
ouag;ionnaIfe no permit shan Pc
Issned d TIE, individual OF COM
pany IN detault for 9 period OF tan
dayi e 1 penalty md thereafter
not until proof has been presented
that these had been 20 utsrepre.
senfation Of tacty By the applicant
In the cuesIlonnaire On which the
permit M. granted. Cancellations
and suhstitudons Of charters may
be permitted on satisfactory proof
that no t4uls or responJ!bu lty At
taches 10 The applicant tof The
permit, but unless satisfactory ey.
idence Is produced the foregoing
mentioned penalty shall apply.
Questions 20 b anIvered for
coal for local consumption, bunk6r1
and hafhor delivery are as follows:
Average number Of cars to be|
shipped daily, specifying kind OIL
coal and district" minimum mum.
her Of cars to be available at pier
under each permit In order that
coal MAJ be dumped Earliest
date on which coal can be disposed
Of and cars released. provided the
Necessary quantity o. coal Is avail.
able, either for individuals. or In
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ssdsts Supply for Sat.
Qrday on All the
Roads.
llDUGTI8N DROPS
Cod Operators Directors
Is Meet Next Thurs
day.

ouick recovery Of car supply was
1 noted n the Fairnont region 70
Z IN. d tact al Of the railroads
I cSire back with 9 good car supply.
WHO he B. 6 .. railroad had
III n adequate supply the emp
~ 8ift rs stronger than yestet'
5 INT 4hs Monongahela railway
showed q decided Improvement ano
Y ~ sWeGtern Maryland came back
Ms 100 per cen, Improvement
E ot1el yesterday.
an lie sMonongah division Of
sEESaltimore and Ohio railroad on
T;;is,ssdsy there were S41 cars ailc
fhe carly morning placement was
3 Sre ecessitating the idleness OF
fweiity.siy mines. Cars were classl'
ffed AZ follows: Open, 767; coke
Z SSss n I x, Is; N. V. T, q.
rs isit' over from the previous
: Ssr-Were 81. The mines along the
ii TisIe, ordered ], 61S cars Of which
4 SfiWei2 tor coke loading.
:sIonx the Monongaheia railway
t6llIa Tefe S2S empties placed 10
Ssy d which number III were as.
sisned. being New York Central
eGuipmsnt There Is . 80 per GEM.
cdnn9ciar run IN sight for Mon'
ds3s loading. In the Pennsyivsa'
III. district today there are zs4
1mpftes rlaced.
Mines along the Heleas Run ~ anu tSa
Wsstern Maryland railway today
we supplied with 100 er1pnes.
/. Production Dropping:
!; c1Sfhe close Of this week 8 oe,
s @ease n roducnon VIII be notee
e tie mines along the Mono1San
1lSiytnnsot the Baltimore anG onio
toilrcad when compared Wlln ile
fW0 weeks previous. THIS weeks
bfod nrtlon may reach b,lg0 cars e o.
6 IND coke, which would De oS ~
en- short OF last week anu 4,4Yi
eite short Of two weeks ago.
Or shortage Of course = one
- TIE pftncipA causes OF tne "
tg141e = tonnage as lis Mlnes VIZ W.
ftflkbd M as being Idle durans
4NeAk There 1s-a tendency OF
-clne mtnets 70 ease lp wnlca 9,
course WI slight ptoducton anu
q the salne time tho ransportauon
nogEie has not oApeo maIssrs
my
Mtfahhll 60. Man here. -,
3, r Rich formerly connecIeo
Nth ]. sR Long y 70, new VOTE
Gtys I'm iFairmont NOW represent.
ine w A Marshau Z GO, new
York Gty. It Is the INTENTION o.
that concern to open an ollice m
Ehitmont lst q soon as q suit
able location can ne:o6tained; Un-
% that time NJ. Rich Will Dc 10.
sc4te9 q The Eaianont Motel anu
..Mill 1ttent % coal brokerage az MS
room there.
4 Ths Marshall company which are
Extensive coal exporters, It is pc
lieved, VII secure pool 81 coal 10!
0TefHess trade while other pooled
'SAnod Will IA ufOcflred for line ship
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Mr. and Mr1. John Higgins who
have bean away for some time on
a vacation have returned 70 their
home here.
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PLANNING I0PJI
COAL SH|P NEIIS
CONTROL
N. C.. A. Committee Has
Drafted QUESTIONABLE
for Shippers.

Tina. o.essul method Of hsaa!in; y
,,devatsr coal Is tying up equlp'
mont and Il not satisfactory %
The tSsA baltimore & Ohio railroad gces
u ~ n SSyiuy. The demand 70.
snsI conpled with the limited
issssyn;suortat!ou facilities, make: u = !
not ouly desirable but tmpela!!SA.e NJ
hat i costro! % exercised Owe, , ta Y
Snsiness al Curtis Bay as vel y
ali Atlantic ports SO that the aogs'
q Is complained Of may be prevent
~ rha r 4 o. railroad is consider
lnT Il three ways In which these a.
~; ;ss.S lab abuses may be curbet-
, iSSo eInbargoes, issuance Of per
mits or the application Of more J.
STRINGENT denurrage reguAtlouy,
or through The application Of al
tsree Of there restrictive measlr-
q, In the absence Of them tae
coal coz needs Of the country cannot
he Sss cared for and at the same time
ecnioment will be tied up.
ii is understood that the spe;
eIal committee Of The Nationa!
.CoaI association which has studied
lie ' matter carefully suggests thai
a ouuestionna.re be filled out. There
sre two forms, one for cargo coat
and another for coal that Is 70 be
psed FOR bunker purposes Or Local
consumption. II the plan Is ap-
proved as suggested the coal oper'
stor win be obliged to answer the
following questions: 49,
"The character Of coal and the
district from which It Is to be
shipped"? THE total amo1nt OF
iSe shioment"? "The approximate
rate Of shipment per day! Name
Of vessel, and the date vessel viii
be ready to receive cargo?
"Name OF Individual or company
chartering and loading the ship?
"Flle with application 9 ,copy o.
charter party, and evidence OF
SALE"
4 reasonable time should be de-
termined by the various railroads
to elapse between the date Of the
last shipments for a particular
cargo and the date Of arrival Of
vessel and the permit should speci
" the date on which shipments
for q certain vessel are 70 begin
based on this estimated time al.
lowance for transportation from
mines to port. The elapsed time
should be ample so that IN the
event Of failure by reason Of car
shortage, to get the entire cargo on
wheels on the estimated date, there
would still be time enough lett to
get the cargo to destination before
vessel demurrage commenced to &C
crue. A margin Of ten per cent
Of the cargo should be granted to
provide for unusual delays, bad
order cars, railroad conflscations
and other contingencies, but this
ten per cent should not be allowed
to accumulate unduly either for In
dividuais or for pools.
Failure Of the specified ship to
report for Its cargo within Z:
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MoNoNGAH
Visitors Return

Ms. Anna lliheEt2 Pesfy ~
Charleston ana Ms. Huston shaw,
q q ElkinS. Who have been ssse
ior he past week the guests %
Nrs. Frances Shaver returned %
their homes today.
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Virolnla JUDGE

fIVL, nOUeIL fN6I1 OI WuetllIll
who Is professor OF coal mining al
Carnegie School OF Technology al
Pittsburgh, and formerly connect
ed with the mining department o.
West Virginia university, Morgan.
town, has been chosen as one Of
the three Judges for the first In
ternational mine rescue and first
aid meet, which will be held IN
Denver on September 9, 10 and II.
The United States department Of
mines will conduct the meet and
mining men from Canada, Mexico
and various parts Of the United
States will be N attendance.
The Wheeling News prints the
following about Prof. Virgin who
Is especially well known in the
Fairnont region because Of his for.
mer affiliations here:
Prof. Virgin actually knows coal
mining since be has dug coal and
his practical knowledge Is bis best
asset. He started as a miner II
the Punxsuatawney field, then he
had years Of experience as a fire
boss along the Monongahela river
In the coke region. He was mine
foreman Of the H. G, Prick Coke
company, Cambria Steel company
and Rochester and Pittsburgh coal
and Iron company. Prior to going
to Pittsburgh four years ago Mr.
Virgin was superintendent Of the
mining department Of the Wheel
ing Steel and Iron company.
Prof. Virgin Is a member Of the
American Institute Of Mining En-.
gineers, New York Coal Mining In
stitute Of America, Pittsburgh
West Virginia Mining Institute
Charleston and an honorary mem
Der Of the Clarksburg District Mn
ing Institute Of ClarkSburg. ". Va
He Is now professor Of coal min.
ing at Carnegie Institute Of Tech
nology at Pittsburgh, and general
ly active in mine educational work
Glr. Virgin will leave here FIJI,
day Of next week on a western tour
Of mines. He will 70 directly ID
Lasalle, H.. where he will visit
long wall mines. From there be
will go to Trinidad. Colo, Sail
Lake City, Utah, to inspect mines
and then to Denver to attend the
International meet.
The two other Judges IN the
contest will be Dr.. Sayres, Wash
ington. D. c., and Dr.. John Amesee
Denver. Sixty doctors Will Judge
the individual contests while the
three judges will preside over the
international contests.
consol. Is Sued
A dispatch from Cumberland
Nd, states the following: Counsel
for $50 miners employed at the
Huffman mine number two today
entered suits for damages Of be-
tween s3c0.000 and 100000 agsinst
the Consolidation Coal company,
The workers claim the damages are
due them as a result Of alleged
short weight Of coal cars,
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Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Pryor and
children Of Marigo. Ohio, and Miss
Edna and Jennie Pryo. Of Wains-
burg who have been here for the
mast week, the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. J. W. Pryor, returned 10 their
homes yesterday.
"A. H. G.iffith left today to soend
the week end at the home Of his
sisters. Mrs. H. g. Hammond Of
Grafton.
Miss Sue Satterfield and Mrs.
Susie Lawson attended the funeral
of Herscllel Hamilton in Falrmont
Mrs. Aboy'wright and sons
James and Abby. Jr., and Miss
Alta Severe left yesterday to VS.
II with Mrs. Wright's daughter Mrs.
Clarence Shaw Of Arden.
A fine time was enjoyed By
the n. P. Sunday school st a pic.
mic at Traction park yesterday AZ.
terroon.
Clarence Bnlmage who vas had.
ly hurt In an automobile accident
near the Country cl1b Wednesday
morning Is fowly improving at
the Miners hospital.
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More Drinking in
British Islands
EBy Associated pressl

LoDN0N, Aug. 3.-Conviction!
for drunkenness In England ant
Wales In 1913 was nearly double
the figure for 1918. The total was
57,94S as compared with 29,075
according TO an official report JUS
issued. Greater London and
Northern England accounted fol
SO per cent. Of the total.
Among some Of the reasons Civ
en- for the increase are that there
are more men at home aud fewer
OF them In khaki, more policeme,
and those less overworked avail
able for street duty, more hour;
for drinking and stronger liuucr.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-21
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lbs CdmoUIIaUS NHe
Ethel-Who was that new girl
I saw You with last night?
Jack-That wasn't Q new girl.
That was my old girl painted
over-The Slower srtyer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-21

The world production Of genuine
Oriental pearls has never reached
a total value Of 100000 a year
at the source.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-21
FUNERAL OF WM. PERTH.

The funeral OF William Peritt,
colored, who died at the Fa;rmont
State ohspltal yesterday as a re-
suit Of injuries received when he
was shot by a negro by the name
of Andy Wilson several days ago,
will be held tomorrow at Q O'Clock.