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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05

There are a rurlDer Of jokers at
the city building-men Of rare n,
genuity and Imagination who make
life for others one long delightful e1.
perience. Not long ago one Of taem
told reporter that one Of the nlent
officers was a fine shot when II came
10 rabbits crossing his path near the
high school builuing. The morning
paper wrote a small story about Il.
Then the evening paper got a llttie
more dope on IL and wrote Q OH
more. When the officer learned about
It he was furious saying ne saot
somebody's pet rabbit one night tor
a Wild one and ever afterwards was
called 10 task for rabbit hunting IN
stead OF guarding the streets. 10
make matters worse these %onderiui
jokers at the city building had an.
other story ready to the effect that
more rabbits had been shot and d.
yided and eaten for dinner some days
later. The court house was then lei
in on the joke and the officer was
called further 10 task for shooting
rabbits out Of season. More anger
was registered on the face Of the Off
Ger. Now It appears the rabbit story
was entirely erroneous from begin
ming 10 end.
"That's not anything to the sort OF
things the old administration used 10
put over" was remarked yesterday.
'.Why they used u make appoint.
ments with reporters to meet at odd
hours on new projects and not an
official turned up. Once Ira had a
plan for running the river under the
city and promised 10 explain it def
ritely to a new, very green reporter,
who turned up al eight in the morn.
ing down by the rivers edSe-to tind
Ira dissolved somewhere in the morn,
Ing mist.
slhey ought to send men OF size
sufficient 10 wipe up floor or TWO,
with the fellows who make fun OF
CITY affairs" exclaimed So.and.So
YESTERDAY. Citizens should demand
the news regarding the managing OF
CITY affairs ard should be apprised OF
all that occurs" was the remark OF
still third party TO the converse
ton.
The city building dislikes publicity,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05
Tr,e Cat Story.

Mrs. - tells Q most thrilling tale
about Kittens this week. She says JUS
as her family were considering
whether or not to keep q cat 70 d!ire
away the mice, a strange cat made 2
maternity hospital out Of q clothes
basket filled with old clothes ana
presented the world with four Tine
kittens. For a time Mrs. Cat was
allowed 10 remain In the basement I'M
disturbed, her wee babies much al,
mired. When they were Old enough
10 open their eyes the four 'liIue
things were carried upstairs one Gay
for purposes Of inspection and 40
miration.
cided instantly that something drastic
was about TO happen or whether u
view Of the high cost Of living sne
decided she could only bring 70 cal,
hood two Of her children. will always
remain a mystery. To the surprise
Of everyone, the morning following
this exhibition, two Of the kittens
we're carried by their mother across
the street and left at home, tne
owner Of which had belriended Mrs.
Cat q, one time. The other two were
carried under the front reranda Tor
still further safe keeping. 1t all goes
to show that even q cat can map oul
a line OF action. Mrs. Cat remains
with the two kittens. The others
ara still unclaimed by her.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05

Opinion here is that in defeating
General Wood in West Virginia, Sen
ator Howard Sutherland won the mos
brilliant victory In his career. He HAD
no organization excepting his owr
large personal following. no money,
and little else excep: himself and
about as loyal following OF morgan
lied supporters as ever attached them
selves 10 a leader. When that is said
all has been said.
When everything Is taken into con-
sideration. his is regarded as a re,
rlarkable victory. Senator Sutherland
himself regards it as the greatest tri.
urph he has won In the lifetime Of
his career in West Virginia politics.
Should Chicago hold Nothing new for
him, his victory In the primary, his
friends assert, furnishes as strong as
surarce as any man could expect 70
rel In advance, Of his succeeding him
self. in the position he now holds.
Chicago. II is held, contains two
chances for Senator Sutherland.
Should he fail Of the presidential nom
nation. and should the situation prove
favorable for II after the head Of the
tickets is nominated, his friends may
advance him as q satisfactory choice
for The vice presidential nomination.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05

The aftermath Of the West Virginia
primary has been the topic for West
VifEinians IN Washington for the past
weak to the exclusion Of all others.
Tie five Republican congressman do
not know yet the size Of the MAORI.
ties that nominated them. but are
content to wait the final official fig.
suSns. Their majorities are supposed
70 range anywhere from 5000 to 5000
81 the three districts where there were
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05
Tine. wh,. Did He Mean?

4Here, my dear husband" said a
loving wife, 81 have brought you a
dear little silver pie for luck; It's a
charm, you know, dear. to bring hap.
p,uess to a house." eAh. how kind Of
YOU. darling. But why should ! need
a little pig 10 bring me luck when l
have you stlll?"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05
nd, M.etlna roniaht.

A monster mass meeting will be
held this evening in Market street
n The interest Of the bond issue cam
1aign for more and better high
schools for Warrington district. The
meeting Is. to be an open air affair,
hut Il the event Of unfayorable YEA.
iiief the high school a1ditorium will
Il ,lsed. Able speakers have been
secured for the meeting and the Elk
bind viii be out. Considerable inter
al Is being manifested in the cam
paign and practically the entire pop
;rlation o. the city is expected to at
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 5.-As
this Is written the members OF INC
Wet Virginia congressional deiess
ton are either on their way, or aoou!
10 depart, for the Republican national
convention d Chicago I Rep. Neeiy,
Democrat, excepted Or iot neiI
homes. Representatives Bowers, Heeo
ana Goodykoontz are not going TO me
convention. The last two have neSe!
quite fully recovered from Attacks ol
Illness during the winter, ana oota
feei that they need quiet and resi-
more than anything else, and tnal 90
ing 10 Chicago would entail, perhaps,
IN unnecessary risk for them. NJ.
Goodykoonts closed up his work u tae
House BY delivering two able aadress'
e, one on excepting farmers organ.
!zations from the antitrust Law, and
The other on the wages OF railway
employees and the crime. Of piotteef.
!ng. Collected, and printed, Inc
spesches that the Fifth districts re-
preventative has delivered al this
Session Of consress would not only
make Z formidable yolum, but . De.
cidedly able one from the standpoint
ht text.
Representative Eehola and Wood
xard win attend the national coryen.
Hon, the first one that the latter. q
veteran politician that he Ia, has ever
attended. Senate. Howard Sutherland
9 leaving on the Broadway Limited
Saturday afternoon. and Senator Davis
Ekirs Is going from New York with
. party Of Bis political guns ma pri-
Unless a change is made Al Chicago,
l3enat1r Sutherland will be placed in
nnmidation for The presidential NOM
inattbn BY Judge John N. Sanders,
a. 8lnefield, one Of the two delegates
1i6m the Fifth congressional district.
I has not yet been determined who
VII 30 asked to make . secondiny
! gpeech. Judge Sanders, next 10 Sen
htnf Sutherland, is, according to re-
Hale report here, favorable TO the nom
ination Of Senator H,.am johnson, so
{ n as report and rumor goes, he Is the
only one Of the Is delegates who
fiJorS johnson as his second choice.
Wood d credited with having more
II the delegates for him as second
choice than any Of the other olt-of.
the State candidates.
, Just what the Sutherland program
q Chicago will be will not be settled
nntil after Senator Sutherland reaches
Chicago and confers with the West
.Vlfginians. The headquarters Of the
West Virginia delegation will be at
tie "a Sale Hotel, and there also viii
ebe tbs headquarters Of Senator Suth'
eriand. Rooms have also been reserv',
"a at'the hotel for Senator Elkins.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05
AYzAsEING TON NE VS. s:
GOSSIP . e5..!I: .,ss, avn:

cJntests. namely, the districts re.
PRESENTED BY Bowers, Reed and Wood.
yard. In the districts Of Goodykoontz
and Echols, they received the solid
party vote, for neither Of these two
vas opposed. For the second time IN
his long congressional career, Wood.
yard carried every county In his dis
trict for the nomination. The other
time was the primary Of 1915. Reed
and Bowers carried every county in
their respective districts except one.
Cole In the Third. carried his home
county, Lewis, as did Slower. Of
Mineral, in the Second district, Bow.
ers, however, carried the home coun.
~ Of his other opponent, Johns, OF
Monongalia. The votes In these three
districts, and even more so the heavy
aggregate vote cast for Goodykoontz
and Echols, indicate very forcefully
to the politicians, that all five OF the
present Republican districts will re
main Republican at the November
next election. As usual, the First dis
trict is the only one Of the sir which
remains doubtful In the opinion OF the
State politicians here. That district
has been Democratic since 1910, being
carried in that year by John ". Davis.
who carried IT a second timc. and then
resigned. Since then, Congressman
Nicely has held It in the Democratic
column without much trouble and Ell.
fort apparently. The only real con-
gressional BATH in West Virginia this
year. is expected TO be staged In the
tirst district. and the predominatins
issue Is expected to be between the
vets and the drys. The drys are go
ing TO resist with all the power at
their command the efforts OF the vets
10 drive wedge INTO prohibition West
Virginia in the northern Panhandle,
and. according to talk here, the anti.
Saloon League is busily preparing for
the battle.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05

F. ". Vance and H. B. Beatty are
home from q fishing trip on L,t ,,;
River. Randolph county. Z; F. Nil
ian. G ". Chase. George Hopwood'
Ir.. and Francis Stewart, lr., have
returned from Cherry River. Green
brier county. where thev spent Two
weeks fishing vacation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05
MANNINGTON
lEntertains Book Club.

Mrs. Guy S. Furbee entertained the
members Of the Book Club at her.
home In Locust street at eight o'clock
last evening. After a business. Sese;
: sion 4 pleasant social hour was spent
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05

CENTRAL MISSOURI tANM
Send Tor lists. 100 farms n Gsl|g'
vay county, Missouri. with isll g
scription and price fpr eacai y
sourfs best grain and blue
county. Koontg Z Palmer, tnli1l
No. e-St.hztEs
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Festival Postponed.

The lawn festival under the aus
pices Of the Queen Esther Circle
which was to have been held last eve
ming vas postponed until q later Gaze
owing 10 the inelement weather.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05

:. James L. Stewart who has spent
stie; past several years IN Texas is
tts home In Pleasant street for .
latit with his family.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05
Honors Birth Date

Honors BIfIh UaIs.
Miss Eugene Vance entertained y
number 0. girl friends at her home in
Pleasant street on Thursday evening
for Miss Helen Sybert in hosor OF
the latte.'s birthday. !
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05
Ia, ope,,.Ion.

Hen r Cartwright has CONS to
Whealing where he will undergo a
= MINOR surgical operation at a Wheel
inE hospital.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05
Attended Synod.

Rev and Mr,.J ]. V. Koontz attended
1.-The Presbyterian Synod meeting in
Philadelphia this week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-05

Home From vsestIon.
sc. Q. Basnet, Ray ". Beamu', DR..
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FCn aAI1

FOR sALElThree shares pfeislI
stock. one onehali shares CONNIE
stock, ". va. Metal Products q
pany. Call 1878, between 7 Z; =
s p. m. "
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Family Moves

Family moves. a
The families Of B. L. and Wy h.
Agnew left here this week for Miner
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FOR sALE-sllghtly used EollIr
leather Duoiold. 500. Ells
Al condition. Will sell, q 81 4
sold at once. Big bargain: s ]. ,
7s9 or s50-R. s.s-l.s:s.! h
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FOR SALE-Cast Regisllfs and
4 Files. Easy payments Natic1.
Cash REGISTER Company, clnfkl1 :
". Va. 5.issli.l y
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HELP WANTED MAlE.

o>ooNNNJN.No.Ne 90
MAKE SO q day easily RepE .lrl
tiyes wanted 1t Riyesyille 1ro0s|
field. Pennington. Eairyieg. y |, 2
Grant Town. Address Lock BOY !. I,
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FOR sNLE-Fiye room hone
Short avenue. PosSeesion. ~ y q. e5
Jas. L. Gettings.. So. ~ Y
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49, s -.
RAILWAY Nail and Gcxetl1..
Clerk Examinations, EAirmcqt
lS. JulyG. Men, women, y Wy
Salary, 1890, ;l,soQ Expes|
unnecl ssary. For tree
write Raymond Terry Corner
crnment Examiner, ass centiAl
Bldg. Washington. p. q Es,s..s =.
MINERS WANTED STEADY nod ut
can make big money lcs9ine ee1
Fine location, convenient @
Comfortable accpmmoda itcrs gg
working conditions. Writn Sgpqf'I
tendent, Box 7s3. MorsgntcN
Va. ~ wv
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FOR RENT-Room suitable for one
gentleman. Els Maple avenue.
Phone 4s6-W. 6-4-3t-Sl2S
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-30
ROOMS FOR TIGERS ONLY

Clemson College, uly 29.-A huge
crowd of Tigers" no room for
families, no room for any visitors,
and no appeals or collections; these
were conclusions of the entertain
Iment committee on the Clemson
home coming at a meeting yester-
day at which final arrangements
were planned fo rthe big event. The
capacity Of dormitories and the
mess hall, it seems certain now, vii
be taxed to care for the boys
themselves.
Special stress is laid by the com
mittee on the fact that the home
coming is purely family affair
for Clemson men of all classes anc
periods, anl that, therefore, Other
friends of the college are not in
vited at this time and con not posi-
bly, be entertained, however, much
the college would be glad to have
such visitors at other times. The af
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-30

Mrs. Johnston of Spartanburg is
visiting her sister, Mrs. C. H. Camp,
in Due West. We regret that Mrs.
Camp is in poor health.
Rev. C. B. Williams of Due West
preached in the Presbyterian church
on Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Smith of near Columbia
preached in the Baptist church last
Sunday morning and might.
Mrs. Marie Acker was called to
Honea Path last week by the serious
illness of her sister, Mrs. Mattison.
Rev. Mummerlyn of the Metho-
dist church will begin series of
meetings Sunday August 1st.
Mr.. r. L. Barmore is improving
his beautiful home by the addition
of a spacious porch.
Mrs. Ray of Shoals Junction
spent last week with her sister, Mrs.
John Andrew Drake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-30
POLICE HUNT FOR
EUGENE LEROY

Detroit, July 27.-Little progress
towards running down the slayer of
Mrs. Eugene Leroy, whose mutila-
ted body was shipped in a trunk
from Detroit to New York, was
made today police officials admitted.
Search for Leroy, husband Of the
slain woman, and i second trunk be-
lieved to contain the vital organs
taken from the body, was continued
, n every part of the country.
The hunt for Leroy extended to
the Mexican border today. On the
strength of information obtained in
New York BY detective, police de-
partments in cities along the Rio
Grande were asking to be especially
,vigilant, =,
! A New York expressman who
shipped trunk to Leroy at the De-
troit Y. M. C. A. informed the De-
troit detectives that Leroy had been
a friend of a Mexican named Jose
Ysnez who came from Galveston
Texas. The authorities have learned
Yenez left for Detroit June 10, the
day the body of Mrs. Leroy was
shipped to New York. The express
man is quoted as saying he learned
from Yenez that Leroy had very
good family connections in Mexico
and that either his father or brother
was in the Mexican consular SER
vice. According to .expressmen Le-
roy also went by the names Of 80.
]. Woods" and o. J. Fernandez. Le-
roy is said to speak Spanish and
Yiddish.
/ A photograph of Katherine Fon-
dren Jackson, who according to
police theories, was Mrs. Leroy,
who was murdered, reached here
u; oday from Alabama. Patrolman
Leo Trumbull, at whose home the
,Leroys lived for time identified it
as the picture of Mrs. Leroy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-30

fair now at hand is family reunion
and not even the "inlaws" in the
form of wives and children Fcan be
cared for.
Many letters point to the fact
that there will be a specially large
attendance of the older "Tiger"
generations, especially from the
classes of the two decades of the
1890 mad the 1900's, scores and
hundreds Of whom have not been
back to their alma mater since leav-
ing school and are now anxious to
see the progress made since their
day and to renwe old times.
| Everybody is cautioned again to
bring pair of sheets and a pillow
case and toilet articles, as in col
lcge days, since the college has nc
supply of these.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-30

DONALDS
A<<N<\

Mr.. John C. Gordon of Anderson
visited his parents here Sunday.
The many friends of Mrs. Frank
lin Drake will be pleased to learn
thai she is:much Improved in health.
Mr.. Ray Smith has accepted
position with Stalnaker Bros, in
Greenwood. We wish him much sue
cess.
Miss Elmo Dunn who has been
attending Summer School at Rock
Hill. has returned home.
Miss Margaret C. Dallas is spend
irg this week with friends in Ware
Shoals. rGyg .'- So
Mr.. L. H. Rasor and daughter
Miss Mary, have returned from g
visit to Niagara Falls and Other
places of interest. They report
very enjoyable trip.
Mrs. Paul Haddon and Miss Cara
Haddon were business visitors in
Abbeville last Friday.
Mrs. Charles Smith spent last
THURSDAY in Ware Shoals.
Miss Myrtle Killingsworth is
visiting with relatives in Waterloo.
A large number of our people at
tended the Gilgal Centennial last
Saturday and reported very pleas
ant time.
Miss Ora Dodson returned to hel
home near Greenville after an ex
tended visit with her sister, Mrs j
r. Dunn. Mrs. Dunn accompanied
her home and spent few days re-
turning Sunday,
Mr.. Ben H. Smith is on an ex
tended visit to Niagara Falls, Toron
to, Buffalo and other cities of in
terest.
Rev. Archibald E. Dallas, B. D.
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Mount Vernon, Indiana
will occupy the pulpit of Greenval
church Sunday at II a. m. Mr.. Dal
las will substitute for his father
who will be at Friendship church il
Laurens County.
Friendship church in Lauren
county will celebrate its Centennia
the first week in August, beginning
Sunday August 1st with the Sacra
ment of the Lords Supper. Meet
ings will be held during the entir
week. The pastor, Rev. J. M. Dallas
will be assisted by Rev. R. P. Walk
I'D. D., of Lewisburg, Tenn
There will be homecoming OF oil
members anl pastors of the church
A very interesting program ha
been arranged for each day and
social as we'll as spiritual feast
expected. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to the public.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-30
RECOMMENDS MERCY IN
CASE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT
~~M UPON LITTLE GIRL

Spartanburg, July 29.-A jury in
the court of general sessions here
today returned verdict of guilty
with recommendation to mercy, in
the case of Thomas Pruitt, a white
man charged iwth criminal assault
upon a 13 year old girl, an inmate
of his own home. Such verdict
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-30
SET EN- UP

Dry: well, old top, how's your
constitution now that prohibition
has gone into effect?'
Wet: Don't pay no 'tenshun to
constitution a-tall no more. Just
getting along on the buy-laws." >"
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Legal Blanks for Sale Here
The Press and Banner Company.
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provides for Imprisonment for from
five to forty years. The jury, it is
understood, agreed upon this form
of verdict on account of the mental
capacity of the accused, who was a
resident of Tucapau Mill village,
this county.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-01-27
SIMS AND THE NAVY

The iiimsiness of Admiral Sims
charges against the navy department
are already apparent. Sims was un-
der Admiral Mayo and the latter, as
we'll as Secretary Daniels. refused to
reduce the destroyer conveys pro.
tecting American soldier transports
even though Sims demanded It, The
American navys part in the war IS in
keeping with the most glorious ua-
ditions of the service, and the Sims
charges bear the earmarks of petty
animosity and politics. When Ad.
miral Sims made public the state
ment that "he was told by an official
not to let England pun the wool over
his eyes, that we would as soon fight
England as Germany" he weakened
his case with the American public,
because no man worthy of public
trust and confidence would make
such n statement public and imperil
our relations with great and friend
ly power. one Of our allies In the
war.
Secretary Daniesl has denied the
truth of the statement. He has ask
ed the fullest investigation of the
navy department, declaring that it
will show the motives actuating
Sims course and clear the service OF
any stigma.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-01-27

The possession of money may be
an accident, but this is seldom true.
On general principles the possession
OF $3.50 and transportation expenses
to a given destination argues that
the possessor has had energy and
persistence enough to earn the mon
ey over and above living expenses,
and thrift enough to save it, and that
he knows enough about the country
to have some definite place in mind
to go to.
Some such restriction as this
might prove the sort Of sieve Ameri-
ca needs to weed out the idle trouble
makers, the men who own nothing
and hence have nothing to lose. Men
with some kind of stake in life are
the kind America wants. She aims
to increase that by the vastness of
her opportunity. TO place too high
an estimate upon money is no wish
of Uncle Sans. Industry, ambition
and ideals are the mainstay of good
Americans. But after all, in most
cases one may take the word of Ten
nyson's Northern Farmer that Work
maun "a gone to the gettin', wherever
money was got!'