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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-25

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-No agree
ment for the Simultaneous publication
on both sides of the Atlantic on the
exchange on the Adrlatic situation has
yet been reached, 1t was said today at
the State department. Negotiations
on the subject continuing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-25
BURIAL AT TMAPL E GROVE

: An infant son of A. L. Aikire, which
died yesterday morning at the home
of his parents on the Speedway, We
buried yesterday afternaan at fom
four clock in Maple Grove cemetery
by Undertakers Carpenter and Ford
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-25
Wilson's Latest Note
Has Reached London
ERy Associated Pressl

LONDON, Feb. 25.-President Will
sons reply to the allied note on the
Adriatic situation reached London to.
day and was delivered to the allied
Supreme council.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-25
THE WEATHER.

.iFaIr .onIah. and rharsday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11
TRY THIS IN RICHMOND.

An English cotton. planter in
Uganda, British East Africa, having
had difficulty in obtaining reliable ma
tive labor has obtained a number of
balloons, which he is training to pick
cotton. The animals work much
faster than the natives, who appear,
even in the Dark Continent, to be
tainted with Bolshevism. One native
is employed to collect food for the
balloons, which he is training to pick
fruits, berries, buds, roots and the
soft wood of certain trees. Before
starting work the animals fill their
capaciods cheek pouches with food,
so they are naturally in a good hui
NOR all day and their employers take
care to see that plentiful supply OF
deiIcacies is always on hand. The
planter finds only one disadvantage:
| it is necessary for him to keep con
stantly at work picking the cotton, as
when he takes rest the balloons
promptly follow suit, as they are
bern imitators. He finds it essential
too, to work at high speed, as the AMI
mails watch him closely and carefully
regulate their movements to the pace
set by their master Other planters
are keenly interested in the expert
ment. which, If successful on larger
scale, would solve the labor problem
so far as cotton in East Africa is con
fcerned.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11
ISN'T THIS rRuE.9

A child is born in the neighborhod;
the editor gives the loud lunged
youngster and the happy parents" a
send off and gets 500. 1t is christened
and the minister gets S. and the edi-
tor get 500. The editor tells a dozen
lies about the beautiful and accom-
plished" bride. The minister gets $40
and piece of cake and the editor gets
so. In the course of time she dies; the
doctor gets from SIS to 500, the min
lister perhaps gets another So. the un-
dertaker gets from SIS to $3.50, the edi.
tor publishes notice Of the death. an
obituary two columns long and a card
of thanks and gets 5000. No wonder
SO many country editors get rich.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11

The huge dimensions of the
Republican majorities in botf
branches of Congress are giving
the Republican leaders now
more worry than the slime size
of 'tha Democratic representa-
ton is Fostering cur party. And
well they may worry. Take the
new Senate. There are only "a
standing committees in that
body; each committee, of course,
has but one chairman. There are
SO Republican senator's and each
of them will be eager for a
Craftsmanship. And so there Is
bound to be at least Is Repub-
lican senator's who will not pre-
side over committee, and this
dismal prospect will doubtless
produce a murmur of discomfort
in those quarters. Why are
there not more committees
Some one of the new senators
are asking. A victorious party
should certainly provide enough
to go around!
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11

1t is easy to abuse Woodrow Wilson
but to succeed Woodrow Wilson in the
White House is a mans jOS.
President-Elect Harding was
81, years old the day of the cleo
ton.
AS a matter of information,
President-Elect Harding is a
Baptist.
Our parties ought to get together
and agree upon a six year presidential
term instead of four years. Six years
is often enough to go through with
the agony.
In Euto precinct of Goose
Creek township, Union county,
IL votes were cast for the So
cialist ticket.
If you are a Democrat, think
how much worse it might have
been. You might have been liv.
ing in some part of the country
and a Democrat.
The ninth annual statewide debate
OF the high school debating union O
North Carolina win center its figh
this year around the question. IRE
solved, That the policy of the closet
shop should prevail in American in
dustry."
Plans are getting under wa.
for holding a World Exposition
Lin Philadelphia in 1926 in cele
bration of the 15Oth anniversar,
Of the signing lof the Declaration
of independence.
Champ Clark lost his seat i
Congress last week from hi
Missouri district by d nnajorit
Of 1912. The Republican win
ner was 7. w. Hukriede som
name, aud some man TO bea
Champ. q
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11
Keep Your Blood in Good Condi'
lions and You Throw off
Diseare
Pay Attention to
Your Health
No Need to Take Chances With 1t.
PeptO-Mangan Makes Rich,
Red Blood.

When you first feel a tired,
|all-gone feeling and look pale,
your blood is losing in quality.
Weak, impoverished blood has no
power to fight disease. 1t takes
red blood to keep you well.
If you keep your blood.in good
condition it will fight off disease.
You will not be such an easy
prey to long and expensive sick
'nesses. With thin blood you take
chances every day. Ct
There's. no need doing that
You can take Pepto- Mangan and
build up rich, red blood. With
red blood you are able to win in
the fight against prevailing dis
eases. Try Pepto- Mangan, Il
comes in tablet or liquid form
Take either kind. The tables
has the same medicinal value as
the liquid. But be sure you gel
THE genuine Pepto- Mangan. ASK
for Guides and be sure that the
name, Guides Pepto-M angan,'
lis on the package Advertise
lrnent.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11
MRS. ]. HAMP CONVICTION


The friends Of the family win
learn with regret Of the death
lat $3.50 on Monday morning of
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Covinston,
wife of ]. Hampton Covington,
lat her home FIVE miles north Of
Rockingham. Mrs. Covington
had been in falling health for
nearly two years, suffering from
Ia heart trouble, but she became
pronouncedly weaker in the past
two weeks.
She was born August %, 1874,
and was a daughter Of the late
wilson Howard who died about
20 years ago at the extreme age
of 80 years, and who at the age
Iof IS could plow a new ground
with a young horse as easily as
a much younger man. She was
married to j. Hampton Coving-
ton in the fall of 1865, and there
fore had been married for 55
years.
Surviving are five sons and
four daughters, as follow: John
C. Covington, 2. B. Covington,
MRS. w. R. Smith, Alfred M.
Covington, of Mississippi, E. v.
Covington, of Kannapolis, Mrs.
Nv. E. King, of Mississippi,
Hampton Jordan Covington,
Miss Annie and Miss Sue Gov
ington, the latter holding a po-
sition in the postoffice in Char
lotte.
The funeral was conducted at
Green Lake church tuesday att
ernoon by Rev. Ell. Hill and Rev
D. P. Bridges. The body was
laid to rest in the church GENE
terry beside her father, mother
and two sisters she being the
last of her family. The grave
was covered with beautiful floral
designs from many friends of
the family.
The family requests the Post
Dispatch to express their thanks
to their neighbors and friends for
THE kindness and sympathy
shown them
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11
to go around


And now they have voted!
Yet there seems to have been no
sacrifice of womanliness. The
very atmosphere Of the voting
places Ito say nothing Of the
odor) was changed. The voting
was simple, and the crowding
and mingling with men was not
nearly so pronounced as in some
of the stores on Saturday after
Moons.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11


With the boil Weevil coming
from one direction and a Re
publican administration from
the other
Walthall Moore, a negro, was
last week elected to the Missouri
Legislature on the Republican
ticket. However, he will likely
be disqualified because Of the
fact that he had not paid his poll
tax in the last five years.
Morrison led the Democratic
ticket in Rowan county, his ma
jority there being 1886. The
closest majority to his was that
of Senator Overman-1557
And yet the radicals said Cam
would run way behind the tick
ct all over the State!
A subscriber to the Post-Dis-
patch in renewing his subscrip-
ton last week, said: Permit me
to express my appreciation of the
clean, constructive paper you
are giving the people of Rich
mond county. The Post-Dis-
patch deserves the united sup
port of every Richmond county
citizen" Thank you.
A 15-year-old lad near States
vile was last Friday killed in an
unusual manner. He was riding
his mule home from the field
when the animal ran away,
throwing the boy and catching
Ills. foot in trace chain. He
was dragged for half a mile, and
when found his ankle was brok-
en-, his body bruised and clothes
torn to shreds.
President Elect Harding left
Marion, Ohio, Saturday for a
months vacation which will be
spent in Southern Texas, and at
Panama. He will return to Ma
rion about December 9th. With
him on the trip are Senators
Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey,
Hale of Maine, and Elkus of
West Virginia. President Will
son had offered Mr.. Harding the
use of battleship to take him to
Panama, but Mr.. Harding re-
piled that he had already made
his arrangements to travel other
1wise.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11
NAMES LEFT OUT.

Mr.. Editor:
Please add the following nam-
es to the. list of our good white
friends who kindly contributed
to our rally last month: DR.. W,
P. Webb and Mr.. Robert Steele.
Gratefully yours
Thomas T. Taylor,
Pastor Mt. Pisgah A. M. D.
Zion Church.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11
BAPTIsTs TO BUILD.

The Baptists of Rockingham
are offering their parsonage for
sale, and as soon as that building
can be sold and moved. they will
begin the erection Of a hand
some $4,000 home for their pas
tor on the same lot.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-11-11

Look up w. G. Lowry's ad. 1t
will pay you If you need the
goods and have the dough. I
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
What's the Matter With Rlmyon for 1924?

TRENTON, N. J.-That famous light
j opera sailor who sang:
81 am the cook and the captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And the bosom tight, and the midship-
mite,
And the crew Of the captains gig, }"
had nothing on the newly elected Demo-
cratic minority in the 1921 New Jersey
legislature. That minority consists OF
precisely one man, Harry Runyon OF
Warren county, the only Democrat who
was elected to the assembly in the
whole Republican-swept state. Mr.
Runyon is young, an ex-service man.
and is at present mayor of Belvidere
and clerk of the Warren county tax
hoard. positions which he will continue
TO hold. In addition he will be called
upon to represent his party in thirty
assembly standing committees, nine
teen joint legislative committees, and
a number of special committees.
It is a little premature, perhaps, to
discuss a candidate for the presidency
on the Democratic ticket in 1924, but
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
ST0R|ES % z%sH @sss
What Some Ladies Did to bad Guy"

Watts produced bunch of keys and
entered. A few minutes later he
emerged with a sealskin coat. he
repeated the performance at the next
empty apartment. When Mr.. Watts
finished with the seventh floor and de-
scended to the sixth, he looked like
walking Christmas tree. Mrs. LII
liam Gurvivit and Mrs. M. l.. Kahn,
tenants on that floor, were exchanging
morning tidbits. Mrs. Gurvivit, who
saw him first, screamed:
"Help! There's colored burglar"
"Shut up" admonished Mr.. Watts,
cor I'll kill you. I'm a bad guy
and"
He didn't finish. Mrs. Gurvivit had
yanked off her high-heeleG slippers and
was beating a tattoo upon his mead.
Mrs. Kahn was accompanying her with
hatpin and feather buster. They
continued to scream.
Some kind person telephOned the
town hall police and Detective Sergts.
Rohrhas and Gill arrived with patrol
Of bluecoats and coaxed away score
of embattled feminine tenants.
After excavating, they encountered
the once brisk person of Mr.. Watts.
His eyes were hidden by two generous
bumps. three teeth were missing, he
had a caulifiower ear and some dainty
foot had stepped on his nose.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
The Life and Death of Silver Tip Grizzly

owned by the Double-Diamond outfit.
All these cattle were killed by a
crushing blow beneath the eyes from
the bears open paw In most cases
the cattle were not eaten except where
the bear had taken out the liver and
eaten that.
The trap that finally got the bear
was a 50-pound No. 6 and was set Au-
gust 10. The clog used was a log
"a feet long and inches through.
The clog was broken off about so yards
from where the trap was set, and the
bear carried away seven feet of II
and had this fastened to him when he
was found eight miles from where he
got into the trap.
In trailing through the timber many
trees six and seven inches through had
been uprooted, and in several places
the bear got into windfalls aud tore
out the down logs, almost making a
road behind him in doing so.
He was dead when Mr.. Rowley found
him, and had been dead too long 70
permit OF taking his skin. Mr.. Row
ley said the bear would weigh about
1000 pounds,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Ohio River Threatens Fort Massacre

G PRINGFIELD, ILL.-Changing its
~ course where first it touches I'LL
nois, the Ohio river is threatening to
rob the commonwealth of one of it's
most historic landmarks, the site and
earthworks of Fort Massac, near Me-
tropolis in Massac county. State ar
chitect Edgar Martin has ordered an
1S-foot retainer wall. Twenty feet
above the reach of spring freshets and
SO feet above the low-water mark, the
remains of Fort Massac are gradually
being undermined.
Fort Massac is the second Oldest for
LITIGATION in the state. 1t was success
sively occupied by Spanish, English
and Americans. Tradition has 1t that
De Soto, the Spaniard, first built 1t
in 1924. However, it did not get its
name. corruption of fort Massacre"
until French occupation in ITO, when
the Indians by trickery succeeded in
slaughtering all its occupants.
Rebuilt in 1857, it remained French
until 1885, when the British took it.
The British lost 1t in 1777 to George
Rogers Clark, who entered the north
vest at this spot in his "Illinois cam
paign." The result Of this victorious
campaign by Clark was to fix the west
ern boundary of the United States at
the Mississippi instead Of the Allegha-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Furs That Are Best Liked

Trimmings, of course, are the impor-
tant features Of any new winter Offer
ings in the way of suits, for trimmings
are necessary in order to keep up the
warmth of the proposition, and wheth-
er they are in the form of trimmings
that are permanently attached or
whether they are the popular fur sets,
still they become a part of that suit.
The shorter furs are the ones that are
receiving the most attention.
Beaver and nutria and mole are the
ones that are best liked for collars and
cuffs on the brown and taupe shades
of duvetyn. and their colors blend so
very harmoniously with the shades Of
those favorite materials. The longer
haired furs, as far as suits are con-
cerned, have sunk into the back
ground just now. All of the suits
have that slick look that is out of
key with the longer and more irregu-
lar looking skins. Astrachan and
Krimmer are very popular, and these
furs are particularly lovely when they
are combined with the rich dull-red
shades. Baby lamb has sprung into
favor for this sort Of trimming, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Battling Nelson at It Again

Oscar (Battling) Nelson, former
lightweight boxing champion of the
world, is in the ring again, this time
in court battle against his four
brothers and one sister. Property in
Hegewisch. Ill.,, valued at $4,000, is
the prize at stake.
Battling Nelson has filed petit
ton for an injunction in the Superior
court asking that his brothers and
sister-they all live in the West-be
restrained from interfering with his
management of the property. He asks
a similar injunction against Robert
E. L. Woods, who became administra-
tor of the property when Nelson's
father. Neils Nielsen of Hegewisch,
died last year.
Bat contends the property was
not his fathers, and hence the other
sons anu daughters have no legal claim
to division of it now. He AYERS that
he, Battling Nelson, really owns the
property and that several years before
him merely that the elder man might
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Good Suit ear
for the Shops

Never has there been better suit
year." as they have it in the vernacu-
lar of the shops. The weather mas
been just right--not too warm and not
too cold. And just at this time, says
a New York fashion correspondent,
one sees the newest creations in the
way OF winter suits and all-the-year-
round suits and fancy suits and plain
suits. After few weeks have passed
the general horizon" will again be
dotted with varieties of top coats ana
fur wraps, etc., but right at this min
ute the popular trend is all In the d.
rection of the suit. Then here is the
psychological moment to study the
suit. for the forward marching ones
are setting the styles for many months
to come and the little variances which
they show are the ones that are des-
tined to live. Thus does the wary
woman plan her dressing, so that
when she buys there will be no dam
ger Of her becoming the proud posses
sor of style that has seen it's day.
Then again we have such encourag-
ing news by way of bargain announce
ments that prices are much below
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Filipinos and independence

The Filipinos will not be granted
their independence by congress at the
coming short session, is the or,;nion
OF Representative Towner Of Iowa
chairman of the house insular affairs
committee, which has jurisdiction in
such legislation.
Il believe conditions in the phil.
ippiDes soon would approximate those
we have been witnessing in Mexico
should the Filipinos be granted fnlI
freedom at this time" Representative
Towner said.
"My judgment of conditions in tba
Philippines is based on close study
and reports from representative and
trustworthy residents Of the Philin.
pines"
The attitude of the Filipinos e
exasperating to some Americans. "Ob
yes" they say; ''the Americans have
done considerable for us and we are
not ungrateful. But we want indie
pendence now; we're able to take care
commissioner has arrived in Wash
who will urge independence legislation
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Whv Motorist Is Resigned to Cork Legs

threw on power co run onto the wharf.
He had forgotten that he had slipped
the gears into reverse and the next
instant the car was speeding back
ward, tearing through the boats guard
rail and plunging into 100 feet of icy
water.
A full minute passed. Then there
came shout as the watchers saw
BENEFITS head on the surface short
distance down stream from the ferry.
81 can't describe how felt or just
what did, said Bennett. remem-
Der realizing that I'd been under for
a long time and that I'd have to hold
my breath. / don't think / got ex-
cited-much. When felt the machine
settle right side up on the bottom /
opened the door and stepped out ex-
actly like / would in the street. For
once was glad that have cork legs.
They brought me to the top like a
flash and helped me keep afoat until
/ got The life preserver."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30

those OF last winter. A suit that re-
tailed last winter for about $125 sells
this year for between $50 and $50.
And it is not the same suit, either. but
one that has the same value as the
one of last year-not the same style
points, remember. There is no doubt
that better times are ahead on this
high price of clothes question-and
the high price Of suits is one of the
first columns to be touched by the
beautiful decline.
Duvetyn Family In the Lead.
A critical observance of all OF the
best-dressed women about town dis
closes the fact that of all materials
duvetyn and the allied weaves that be-
long to that family are the ones which
are displaying their popularity above
all others. And in this woolly or
heavily mapped fabric there are shown
all sorts Of variety, from those weaves
which are as thick and heavy as any
blanket to those which are so soft and
pliable that they can be gathered into
no space at all, SO to say. There are
the wooden velours and the silk We
lours and the velours that are made
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30

CHICAGO. James Andrew Jackson
~ Watts stepped briskly from the
taxicab that had conveyed him to the
ornate entrance of the eight story
Edgewater apartments, 81 Eastwood
terrace, tipped couple of dust notes
from the cuff of his ochre fall topper,
and said to the polite If perplexed
chauffeur:
''I'll return in a minute, sub. YOU
all may wait"
With which Mr.. Watts slung his stick
In the crotch of his left elbow, en-
tered, and assured the dashing young
Cerberus:
81 am James Andrew Jackson Watts
of the wet wash and dry cleaners. I
have a client on the next floor"
Mr.. Watts climbed up to the eighth
floor He rang the bell of the first
apartment. Nobody answered. Mr..
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Two Hardings in Canal Zone

Brig. Gen. Chester Harding was
ex officio the host of President-elect
Warren G. Harding on the occasion of
the latter's visit to the Panama canal,
owing to the fact that the former is
governor of the Canal Zone. EVIDENT
ly the party from 1.-THE States" had a
good time. The President-elect wore
a SIS Palm Beach suit, enjoyed at
least one quiet, home dinner in the
governors house, played golf ana saw
the great canal under the most favor
able conditions.
OF course, there is more than mere
rest and sightseeing to the Panama
Zone trip. The President-elect wants
to know the canal conditions at nrst
hand. The question of the paymen.
of tolls by American vessels is slated
to come up early in his administra-
ton.
Sc far as known, the two Haru-
ings are not related. The governor
was born in Mississippi In 1866 anu
pSren0
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
School Dresses Afford Important
Problem for Young Misses,
Ten to Fifteen.

When one is well on the way to her
teens and yet not really started in
them, the problem Of school dresses
is a most important one, for the Peter
Thompson suit which has SO long been
a standby has begun to lose its charm,
and dresses Of more pronounced trend
toward fashion are quite as practical
for school wear, observes a writer in
the Christian Science Monitor.
This year the dresses designed for
the girl between ten and fifteen-these
ages are approximate, Of course--are
particularly attractive, and their sim
plicity will recommend them to the
mother who dislikes seeing her daugh-
ter wearing frocks that tend even
slightly to seem more fashionable than
youthful.
Dark blue is the standby in color,
of course--blue serge, tricotine, gabar-
dine--any of the more substantial ma
terials for school dresses, with per-