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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29
ST, MATTHEW'S CHOIR
TO REPEAT CANTATA
THURSDAY EVENING

! 81 s, Matthews church yesterday
! Christ" the cantata BY Thomas Dubois
WAS presented under the direction Of
! Mr.. Paul Allen Bcym"r. organiSt. The
! solo roles we're taken by Mrs. George
+ Euck. soprano. OF Detroit, MiCh.: Mr..
. Bernard SchaCfcr. tenor. and Mr.. David
crawford. hasso. assisted by the vested
& choir Of St Matthews. Hhc presentation
. Of this remarkable descriptive compost
. ton drew A large crowd 70 St. Mat
. th"ws. every available scat IN tho
/ church being occupied.
! "'rhC Seven Last Words" IS oUc n
: tho most beautiful sacred compositions
/ rr~r given here and st. Matthew'S choir
under the direction of Mr.. Beymcr. who
, played the organ accompaniment. gave
81 splendid portrayal or the descriptive
. quality Of the music. which is full Of
sudden transitions, climaxes and unus-
ual effects. II describes the road 70
calvary in tho most sublime and glow
inS music.
Mrs. buck ~ Detroit. who took the
soprano part. has a finely trained voice.
Mr.. BERNARD Schaefcr. who has recently
J como into tho front ranks OF Wheeling
singers. sang In excellent voice. His
, oirc 10 n full tenor which is admirably
, adartod to the work he did. He was
J excellent in tho solos as well as the
! quo and trio work.
! In the Second Word" OF the cantata
, nv which Mr.. Crawford and Mr.. Schac-
! fer were heard, Mr.. Schacfer'S voice
: was remarkably fnC and his solo work
, wns also done TN enc form.
Mr.. Craw ford sang IN" final Seventh
, Word" the climax OF tho composition.
, in a manner nc has seldom cNCellcd. De-
, srriptivc OF the death Of Christ uHon
tho Cross. accompanied by soprano and
! choir. with n most tremendous dcScrip-
! tive organ accompaniment, the effect
paS significant and marvelously worked
: out.
The voices OF the choir formed n
! pleasing and beautiful background for
! the work Of the leading voices, the
! fresh. sweet voices of the choir boys
| lending added charm to the music. Quite
p large silver Offering was received for
! tho benefit Of tho camp next summer
, for which the cantatn was given. It
, viii he repeated next Thursday evening
lat S.lT
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29
WILL PROMOTE
AGRICULTURE
IN THIS STATE
State Fair Plays Leading Part In Dc
veloping Education on This
Pursuit.

Tho department of agriculture 81
W"st Virginia. under the able leadership
of Commissioner J. H. Stewart. IS doing
Il great work in promoting the agr!cul-
tural interests Of the state. In line with
the best thought Of other states our
own department recognizes the value of
the fairs, in carrying out the develop
ment Of tho states farm resources and
is cndeavorinE TO formulate plans TO
utilize these agencies for that purpose.
At the meeting in Morgantown Of the
aEriculturists Of West Virginia, attend
cd by over 900 persons. the value Of
fairs to the farmer was set forth. With
the Wow Of bringing about a closer CO.
operation between the department and
the fairs. Mr.. Bert +. Sayrc. represent
ing the department. was a caller a short
time ago at the office of tn" State Fair.
discussing with Secretary Bert II.
Swartx the best methods Of conducting
agricultural education through the vari-
ous agricultural exhibitions of the state.
West Virginia is far behind her neigh
hor states of Ohio and Pennsylvania in
tho number and size SC her fairs, having
left this branch OF agricultural cduca-
ton entirely 20 private enterprise. Ohi"
is noted for her many good fairs. which
are reflected in steady. rapid and con
sistent agricultural growth. a great
agricultural state is always a state
where good fairs, amply supported arc
found.
Commissioner Stewart and his capable
staff, from their study Of conditions In
this state and those states distinguished
for their agricultural achievements.
have observed tho leading part played
by the fairs in promoting such achieve
mcnts. and are progressive enough to
wish to avail themselves Of the o7portu-
mites afforded by West VirEiia fairs for
the advancement Of the cause they rep
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29
SCOTCH PIPES
MAY Be HEARD
PERSH|NC DAY
MOVEMENT TO BRING HIGHLAND
CLAN WITH INsTRUMENTs
FROM PITTSBURGH.
Commander In Chief Admired hDteo
Troops and Wild Strains or
Their Marching Airs.

An effort will be made TO have the
, liilti"s Of Pittsburgh, in this city dur
ing the visit of General John J. PERISH
ing. commander in chief Of tho Amcri-
"au Army. on Friday. April g.
I The kilties are band OF ScOtchmen
| and Scotch Americans. all OF whom saw
! service In the world war.
| The band numbers twelve mcn. eight
! pipers and four drummers. II Is stated
/ that General PershinE has Il soft spot in
! his heart for the Scotch troops and
! highly enjoys the skirl Of the pipes.
/ They all wear the National highland
! costume of kits and their appearance on
! ten streets OF Wheeling will BE- an in
! nuvatiun.
The Scotch troops during the war
! were nlcknamcd the "Ladi"S from
. He'll" by tho Germans owing to their
, peculiar Nit uniform which suggests u
| dress.
Il. ~. Pinkcrton. a member "f the Lon
, don Scots Regiment. til" first volunteer
corps in action. IS in Wheeling and has
! wired Hugh E"st. "f Youngstown. @.
! chief. Of the clan IN that city. II -
! stated that Mr.. Bests efforts and lufln-
rucC viii h" called in I" assist in having
: tho Pittsburgh pip"rS attend the i"rSh-
iuE celebration here.
It was also stated that Mr.. EcSt viii
doubtless he here on that day. As for
some time he has had a project in mind
! ~ organize a Scottish clan IN Wheeling.
Mr.. rlnkcrton stated that his r"ri-
mrnt left lWu-thlrdS OF it's members
dead in Franco. 500 in number. He said
! that at the outset Of the war the Ger
mans had such enlarged heads and con-
| ridencc in themselves. they set fire TO
| straw stacks TO light M the scene and
/ charged Solidly. their bands playing.
One or two charges of this sort. Mr..
rlnkcrton stated, was enough for tho
Huns. for their ranks were nearly blown
away as th.I advanced.
1t is extremely possible that tho resi-
dents of Wheeling Will greet the Pitts
hurgh pipers on Pershing Day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29
OUT FOR 4 SCALP
LANDS IN COOLER

Wild and woody Indian from the
Rnglcs Of tho great West invaded In"
city yesterday and went on tho war
rath. lie answers to tho cuphonious
arpcIation of Roy Dccrfoot. He and
local man named Charles Ennis decided
10 disagree physically over some trifc,
with the result that as soon sS tho
affair began to take on bloody aspect.
Oniccr Glenn arrived on the scene with
tic nirpCrs and took tho pair 10 head
uuartcrs where they are now residing.
They will meet Judge Ritz this morn
ing. Slew foot" seemed to be at the
little end OF the argument
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29

'rh,s scientific uterine tonic is recon-
mcudcd for all weaknesses Of the gen
ital organs and diseases peculiar 10 ""-
men. Your druggist is authorized Il"
refund your money II they do not bring
YOU immediate and lasting results: Re
rardl"sS of how long you have suffered
ar what treatment YOU have used. Best =
To bring YOU the relief you seek. Ask
your own druEglst. rut out by Best
& 60" Nirkw"ud. y. T. Local druggist
supplied 10y ON" Valley Drug CO.. Good
win DRUG Co. and Shplry -Massingham
60.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29
MOORE'S FRIENDS
SAY he HAS WON

Tho many friends Of Alva II. Moore,
candidate for state auditor state that
ne has already Won the hEht for the
nomination. Mr.. Moore, in his trips
over the state, has received great en-
couragcmcnt from practically every
county His local friends believe that
with tho many assurances Of support
given him. ho viii be successful in his
campaign Those on the insid" stale
that the nomination is practically his.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29

Pvt. Harry Z. Atwcll, Medical depart
mcut. Camp Hospital. Camp Sherman.
Ohio. who rc-culstcd in the service DC
ccmbcr 9th. 1919. for the term Of one
year. is getting along nicely in his work
and is We'll pleased with hi" Now sur
ruuudinRS.
Pvt. Nlw"N is popular young man
from, Waddlc's Rum. former farm hand
on tho WaddIuEtnu farm. IN which COM
muuI'y he made himself we'll liked and
gained thereby many friends.
HIS parents. Mr.. aud Mrs. l'"rry At
w,ll. Tive on tn" old VIM. 7. Carter farm
and his host Of friends wish him much
success IN ms work and wait patiently
10 welcome him back into civilian life
from his service for Uncle Sam.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29
Beauty Is Impossible
Without Good Health
Creams. Lotions and Cosmetics Useless
When Nerves Are Shattered
From Disease.

All tho facial creams. skin prepara-
tions and beauty specialists In the world
cannot give you beauty when your
nerves arc being shattered and your
vitality undermined by the various dis
cases which attack the genital organs.
There must first be health and this il
secured by using Bcsts Vaginal Cones.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

when | descended the steps far enough TO see into
the cabin ! observed the Dago lying in the berth
next 20 mine hastily thrust "a long Spanish dag
ger or stiletto under his pillow. This was not
very encouraging nevertheless | carried out my
program much more deliberately and coolly than
/ thought IL would be possible for me to do under
the circumstances My trunk was IN the back
part of the cabin, close TO large sea chest, upon
which lamp was burning On this chest also
an ola or earthen jar containing water, and one
or two tin cups As soon is / reached the cabin
floor | slowly pulled off my coat if preparing
for bed and then eisurely walked up 10 the chest
dipped me some water from the jar and drank il.
! then stopped down 10 close my trunk and pre-
'onded / was untying my shoes, but all the while
with one hand l was trying TO push the key into
the lock / thought | never would find that key
hole, though no doubt the time spent in searching
for it seemed much longer than it really was, from
the fact that | observed that the Dago nearest
me was watching my every movement intenty
with his coal-black, snaky eyes. At last, how
ever | succeeded in unlocking the trunk, and
throwing back the lid suddenly | grasped both
Derringcrs sprang quickly to the ladder and up
to the deck taking with me as | went an old
fashioned cloth cloak which | had hung on one
Of the lower rounds. As | went up the ladder |
gave glance backwards and s.w the three Da-
COS spring from their berthS, each one with
dagger in his hand but they were a little too late
for by the time they had reached its foot had
gained the deck and was safe from their clutches
The onpanionway (Which was certainly mis-
homer for it was so narrow that only one per-
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

dangers of the past night huge wave str .c, the
little vessel amidship and rolled kissing and
Seething over the deck and was only saved from
being washed away by clinging tightly to nh
tiller. Undoubtedly the boat would have been
swamped at her anchor, but fortunately, Just
then, the great strain upon the cable snapped if
like pack thread. She struggled to the surfaced
again and then flew away like a frightened bird
before tie gale Fortunately for me, too, the
wind was blowing directly twoards the mouth of
the Manatec river and in a few moments the boat
had safely passed through the breakers into tho
smooth water within the bar AT that time there
was large fishing station just at the mouth of
the river, which gave employment to thirty o1h
forty men. Seeing a boat coming driving into tho
harbor before the gale under bare poles, manA
of them FASTENED down TO the beach t. ascertain
what she and whether or not there was any.
one on board Of her. BY the time the boat hadgo
reached the shore, quite a crowd Of the fisher
men had collected at the place and several of j,
them sprang on deck as soon as she grounded
Until then, no one had me, as l was h oder
from view behind the projecting roof of the com
paHionway. When they discovered me one OF
them exclaimed Hello | say shipmate, are
you the flying DutchmanH Where are you from
and what do you mean by scuddng about under
bare poles in such gale of wind?' In few
words | explained matters TO them, telling thenh
had been compelled to keep the crew below also@r
night to prevent them from numbering me. 'Yes,@
said he we saw the boat come to anchor lasSt
evening in the bay and we all wondered why sh n
did not run into the mouth of the river when D
was plain a gale was brewing. We'll, tell therir
10 come up, said the one who had first Spoken
and who seemed TO have control of the others
Z and let's have squint at the bloody villainsE
l thereupon called out in Spanish to the Dagos=
down the companonway and ordered them tS
come on deck at once. In a few moments they
came up, one after the other and cowedf
sheepish looking trio I ever beheld. AS as
they made their appearance on deck, and the fish
ermen discovered they were Dagos a dozen or
more seized them and they would hang
them to the first tree they could find They had
no friendly feelings towards them anyhow as
class, but looked upon them in the same light that
the Californians do upon the heather Chinee' -
competitors in their trade and intruders on theiI
own special fishing grounds. The Dagos were
terribly frightened and begged me piteously mo-
to let the men kill them. l told them they richly
deserved hanging, as they well knew IT was Their
i-.4--4'or, TO murder me- but as they had not sue
ceeded I would do what could to save them
4. 49,. sluch difficulty prevailed upon the fisher
men to spare their lives but they sentenced ther
TO receive fifty lashes apiece on their bare bac9
and confiscated the smack and cargo. AS T.
CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAol
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

son could possibly ascend il at a time, and was
confident | could kill two of the Dagos if they
should attempt 10 follow me- with my pistols and
that probably, if the other should not be discour
aged by the death of his comrades l would be
able to brain him as he came up. with the tiller.
| wrapped my cloak around me for By this time
it had begun to rain and blow heavily, and took
my seat on the deck just abaft the entrance Of
the companonway, so that | could place the muz-
zle of a pistol against the head Of any Dago who
might venture up When | found that | had
fairly got them in their own trap. | felt as if "a
couple of hundred pounds had been suddenly
lifted from my shOuders-such was the state Of
tension TO which my nerves had been strung while
down in that cabin. For several minutes after
| had gained the deck, | heard the Dagos talking
with each other, but in so low tone l could not
understand what was said In little while, how
ever, they ceased talking, and, as | supposed,
turned INTO their berthS again. Still | never re-
Taxed my vigilance, but watched the entrance to
the companioway with the eyes of hawk An
hour or more went by and still l heard nothing
from my friends below. AT length faint sound
like the creaking of the rounds of the ladder at
tracted my attention, and | was satisfied one of
the scoundrels cautiously coming up Pres
emily, black object slowly protruded above the
deck and cooking one Of my pistols, jammed it
against the Dago'S head and was lust on the
point of pulling the trigger when he let 20 all
holds and tumbled backwards with heavy
'thud' on the cabin floor The fall was very
severe one, and think the Dago was pretty badly
hurt, for | heard him grooming for several min
uteS afterwards ! supposed he had venturcd up
for the purpose of ascertaining what / was about
and thinking it highly probable no doubt, that
| had got pistols out of my trunk, he was on the
'qui vive as well as myself, and the instant he
heard the click of the lock, he threw himself back
wards just in time TO prevent me from blowing
out his brains.
From that on the Dagos made no further at
tempt to come up, for they had found out l was
armed and prepared to give them warm recep-
tion--still | did not cease for a moment to keep
a close watch on the entrance to the companion
way through that long and dreary night. To.
wards daylight the wind blew perfect hurricane,
the rain came down at intervals in torrents, and
vivid flashes of lightning occasionally lit up the
lurid darkness, giving me glimpses of the seeth-
ing and tumultuouS waters around. The little
vessel bobbed and pitched at her anchor in a fear
full way and every and then wave larger
than usual would topple over her, completely de-
luging the deck. l fully expected every moment
she would be swamped but whatever happened,
was determined to keep the Dagos below. 1t
seemed to me that day would never break, but at
last, to my great JOY, l saw few faint streaks
of light in the east and afterwards the shore
on the larboard was dimly visible. Just as I was
congratuatng myself upon my esc~-- ,fr I'm the
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01
Early Times in Texas
,oNTINuED FROM PRECEDING PACED

Then mn into secure harbor not mile distant
r: ~ med up to the captain and asked him why he
'Ii ~ anchored in the bay in place OF running INTO
What mouth Of the MHnatee. lie turned away very
pms Iupty from me, merely saying be- was captain
you that boat and that be would anchor where II
enot ted him All day there had Jccn some indlca-
pIns that one of those terrible gales was brewing
MOI sometimes deyastate the coast of Florida and
|amt this time "A chel might undcrstan, The DE IL
enoI business on his han Heavy clouds were
l hiking up around the horizon, the Scud was NY
pul II rapidly overhead, although as yet but mod
Eine te breeze was blowing below, and the sea fowls
ng I re screaming ominously they winged their
CONF towards the land. | again spoke to the cap
TO b. telling him we were certainly gong to have
M gale and that it would be best TO hoist san ana
we H. into the mouth of the Manatee, where we
flonV ud have smooth water and perfectly secure
ute brbor But he replied again, that he was cap
asfin Oh that boat and that it none OF my
D4isnes
hat ain little while after we had anchored sup
pas Ter wa, prepared and served deck and as soon
ly y it was over the three DagoS went below. was
4 terfectly sure now that that villains had con.
asbcted scheme to murder me whilst was asleep,
9nt how TO foil them the question. ! knew
~ bat | would have chance 10 defend myself
FE Nth the odds much against me, for either OF
The Dagos was my superior in physical strength
dozen schemes for extricatng myself from the
lcrape was IN flashed through my mind, IN rapid
4 succession, but none of them appeared feasible.
| However knew that il necessary that some
| blan of action should be determined upon and
without delay, for ! felt sure if | remained much
longer on deck, the Dagos would suppose had
| some suspicious Of their Designs which would
II probably cause them to hurry up matters for my
II tquietus | remembered, when | left the hotel
II lat Tampa had put a brace of well loaded Der
Il ringer pistols top of everything else in my
H trunk and | resolved, if possible to get them,
and then make my way rapidly as | could to
the deck again This, knew, would be very
risky matter, for my trunk was in the cabin and
locked and | thought it more than probable If |
attempted to unlock it, the Dagos would suspect
Il was after weapons "a some kind, and spring
upon me before l could get them. And yet 1t
was very evident, the only chance for my life
depended on securing these pistols, and | deter
mined at all hazards to make the attempt There
were four berths in the little cabin, and as de-
scended the narrow and almost perpendicular
steps of the companionway, l noticed that the
Dagos had all turned into their berths, leaving
one unoccupied for my accommodation l sup
lse CO 'edly to them, Tor
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-10-01

started back to the good or bad old times " before
the war2" Probably So The world has for four
or five years been living up in the air, but
as fate il must again place its feet on the ground.
We shall again see the time when people will seek
work, when the stores will have anything in stock
people want to buy, when you can go to the local
coal dealers and buy coal and to the lumber yards
and buy lumber We shall also see the time again
when men will wear cotton shirts and women will
not be ashamed to cotton hose But no mat
ter what fate may hold in store, or what condi-
tons may come the people of America will long
look back to the years following the world
the time of glitter and glory. The dray driver
has had his silk shirts, the cook he's had her seal
skin coats and every girl in the land has had
her silk hosiery Never has there been in orr
land such season of heart desire out it's too
good to last
The election of Tom Watson to the United
States Senate by the Democrats of Georgia gives
further evidence that we have gotten away from
the time when party loyalty counted. Years ago
no man could hope for office in the South who
carried a spot on his Democratic record. When
a fellow announced, the first work of the Demo
Gratis was TO ascertain whether he ever scratched
a ticket talked against "a nominee and if a
blemish could be found on his party record no
Democrat was mean enough to vote for him But
times have changed, and, considering the success
OF rom W dlSoN ana luOWdS /. hOTt, we are
tempted to advise Democrats who think Of making
a race to quit the party for time and then give
the Democratic administration sound cussing.
The doctors Of the Rockefeller foundation have
reached the conclusion thai criminals can he re-
formed b. surgery. With this conclusion | am
inclired to agree and wou'i Ike very much 10
see it given fair test AS starter, the surgeons
could anputate the hands Of the fellows WIN have
Berr robbiug banks in frNaS. If this fails the
surge ms should try major operaton--s0mc-
thing like amputatnE the bank robbers heads.
One of the live questions before the country at
present is, how large a campaign fund should a
political party candidate be permitted to raise
In my humble opinion. there should not be a
fixed amount. No matter how much money my
candidate raises or spends, | am sure it will be
money expended in good cause, and if the Dem
ocratic party should turn loose billion dollars
in campaign work it would be a fine work Of ed
ucation; but if the fellow | am against. or the
wicked Republicans spend as much as ten dollars
il will be in effort TO corrupt the ballot and
help the devil in his meanness.
At the beginning Of this dissertation l had