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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05
rHr { OF G AND THE Gas RAISE.

captain ALEXANDER may not realize i,
Y probably does not realize it but i clear N The
Gsht she'd upon the matter BY his letter 70 Secretary
Cornell, Of he Chamber Of Commerce, that what he
e,pec,ed Of he chamber when it received bis notice OF
The proposed increases IN the rate for gas was some
sort Of preferential treatment
But # Captain Alexander and the rest Of the mem
bers Of the chamber who are also Officers Of the Mo.
nonsahela Valley Traction company vii give hat
ASPECT q It little more thought they will realize that
bere are score, Of other members Of tie chamber who
are directly and vitality interested in the rates that are
ebaraed for gas, and the. members would have re
scated il if he Traction company had been gwen spe
c;al fayors Of any kind Il is not too much to say
that i would have ruined the chamber; wiped out its
6oe prospect Of becoming useful and representative
body. Ill, ;.
merely in lin. with what the Traction company says
i wants-a horoughgoing investigation Of he merits
Of the petition which the company makes ne ony
difference IS that it will be made by the experts en-
ployed BY the Public Service commission. assisted by
he attorneys retained BY local organizations instead
q by person, employed by The Chamber Of Commerce
Under the course that will be pursued, thanks 70 The
action taken BY the Chamber Of Commerce and later
bv he Gas Consumers Of Fairmont The investigation
will inspire confidence and be accepted in good faith
BY the public. Under any ohe: course the pubic
never would have been satisfied and there would have
Il The West Vnginian feel, sure that when Captain !;
Alexander gives he matter the unbiased thought that
i deserves he will be willing to admit that N taking
The action i did the Chamber Of Commerce instead Of
;piuring Itself and the prospects Of harmonious deyel-
opment Of Farmont" it served both very s0od o'fn'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Great Britain is reported to have given Soviet
Russia warning which amounts to threat OF a
declaration Of war regarding the way the Russian
srmies are oyerrunning Poland. This Polish. bust
moss is yer inaammabe and it may yet fare up
: into full aedged war which will not end unul
radicalism has been bled out OF Russia anu eenst@4
Europe
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Sir years ago this week the
world burst into flame, as y were.
There are some places IN Europe
where the fire Is not out yet, anu
Hight here in the .. S. we nave
outbursts Of flaming oratory riga
and left.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

There will be no politics PLAYED
IN heaven. Perhaps this Is me y
reason re- some people don't seem y, 70
be very interested In trying TO GEL
there.
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key in bonded warehouses has dis
appeared since January Is.

When one takes into consider
alton the water that the bootleg
gers always add It looks as Il there
is more drinking now than there
was beforeithe Eighteenth amend
ment went into effect.
Speaking Of drinking
Are you boiling the water you
drink?
There are about a dozen cases OF
typhoid in town ana 1t is time to be
Ia little careful.
They sold $50 carloads Of rals!ns
at auction in New York the other
day.
Will some statistical genius fig
ure out how much picknandle that
would make?
And how many constables and
other peace officers the pickhandle
would keep In Comfortable living?
And how many doctors would
get rich out Of the stomach and
bladder trouble that would cause?
.
But maybe thsy veer not that
hind Of raisins.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Probably it was after the Rus
slams first crossed the Bug river
mai II got Its name, and 1t mas
been that way ever since.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Cox is planning to make an ex.
tended trip about the country ana
then come back to Dayton, while
Harding prefers to stick right
close to home during the campaign
and then take the shortest route
TO washington. Harding figures
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05
Good Looking Girls

Their eyes sparkle aad their
skin is soft and clear-eyery wom-
an finds 3uigarian 1iood Tea i
Real Blessing-it Gently Removes
the PoIsons from. the System
Sweetens the Stomach, Flushes the
Kidneys and Purifies the Blood.
Try It Just once, then you will new.
er be without It. Sold by all drug.
gists and grocers everywhere.
Bulgarian Blood Tea"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Consider the plight Of one G. B.
Snow, who ran against Henry J.
Allen for the Republican nominal
ton for governor Of Kansas. He
last the nomination and also his
girl. She promised to marry him
L he won the nomination. Wonder
,if the young lady had some inside
dope on the race when she made
the promise.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Franklin Roosevelt Is 50 much
like the late Colonel Roosevelt,
that II T. R. had been president
during the war franklin would
have had the same chance o. oe'as 3
assistant secretary Of the Navy as
sam Montgomery has Of being the
most popular Republican in west
Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

There will be a lot Of little politi-
cal birds singing Where Do We
Go from Here" In a few months.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Senator Harding, according to a
Times headline, would rather "be
right than president" As We
figure It, be Is right in line to be
hnfh
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Governor Coz declares that he
Is ready for the fight Has he
made reacy lur the retreat In NO
yember!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

VIII Tennessee the light Of worl-
an suffrage?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Canada produced and sold nearly
$4,000. 600 worth OF apples n 1913.
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BY the time the League o. Ma.
tions gets going right We hope
everyone viii be tired fighting SO
as not to complicate matters any

Officially there are 100000
gallons OF whiskey in bonded ware
houses In the .. S. Who has the
key TO the warehouses could be
made a campaign issue in some sec,
tons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05

Article ten Of the league cove.
nsnt might just as well have been
cut out at the start. By the nm ,
the campaign Is over ii viii leok
IKE . shredded wheat biscuit N
distress at the rate It Is beng
chopped at Just now.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-05
KIN The les
OUT OF POL les
he VIM be away from home enough
during the next -four years.

one Q. the educational series
running In. a certain Pttsoutga
newspaper asks this question:
What does the word veto mean !:
Il L might be illustrated thusly: Il
Won " ,ell your wife you are gong
10 q ball game Sultay ana . QUO
conyinces you that you are mol,
She has exercised her power o.
veto On your original bill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
Tom Watson's Victory.

Tom Watson's Victory.
Tom Watson in the United States
senate will increase the attendance in
the galleries of that august body. Not
since the days of Ben Tillman with his
pitchfork will there have been so much
fireworks. Tom may be expected to
rattle the dry bones. He has courage,
views and a vocabulary. He can both
write and crate. He is a unique per-
sonality. In all the vicissitudes since
the populist days he has had a per-
sonal following in his state estimated
at about 10000 voters. This has been
increased recently by the injustice
done him in connection with the San
Francisco convention, and the intense
reactionary leadership of the demo-
cratic party in Georgia. Watson
stands for many things with which we
may not agree, but, after all, he is by
all odds the ablest man in Georgia,
and his elevation to the senate will
perhaps bring about a new regime in
the politics of his state. The days of
dry rot are over.
In the United States senate it is I'M
likely that the sage of McDuffie will
has constructive ideas, and he will pre-
sent them. At the same time error
which is patent will find in him a
scathing exposer. He can, and, we
believe, will, do much good.
1t is deeply to be regretted that he
has ridden a wave of opposition to
the league of nations. No doubt Wat
sons attitude toward the Wilson poll
cies was caused to some extent by
the very unjust treatment accorded
him at the beginning of the war, when
his publications were suppressed. That
was one of the wrongs the war caused
the American people to suffer. We
camn near losing a free press and free
speech. But public opinion on these
questioas is again sound. Watson IS
too profound a student of European
and American history not to fornlu-
late in HIS own mind the advocacy of
some system more effective for pre-.
venting wars than we have hal in the
past.
: Probably there has been no more
searching or philosophic writer on
France. or on Napoleon, or on Jeffer-,
son, than Thomas E. Watson. When
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
United States Has Great Trade With
South America.

Statistics recently given out by the
department of commerce show, the ex-
tent and value of the South American
commerce. They show, too, that the
trade balance against the United
States for the fiscal year 1920 amount
ed to the enormous sum of s370,000,000.
We exported to South American coun-
tries goods amounting to s490,944,179,
while we received from them products
amounting to $500 ,944, 800, total trade
back and forth of 1881, 8SS,479.
The enormous trade of over bill
lion and a quarter dollars is something
worth looking after, and the fact is
patent to all that Tampa stands in di-
rect line to secure a portion of it. Much
of it must pass our very doors, going
and coming. Why should not the in
coming products, amounting to more
than 500 millions enter the first open
door?
Argentina was our best customer,
taking s167,146,548 worth of our goods,
and sending us in return products to
the value of $257,7S3,1 Brazil took
$115,020.317 of our good and shipped us
$281,217,794 worth, leading all the
South American countries in value Of
exports to the United States. Little
Chill, on the Pacific coast called for
SIP, 637,S25 worth of United States
products, but sent US only 1920, 1856.
Even Columbias figures of imports and
exports exceeded SO million dollars
each.
These figures give us some idea of
the extent and value of the South
American trade, and ought to furnish
a strong incentive to our shippers ~
go after 1t with vigor. Prior to the
war, the Germans had a strong hold Oh
that trade, principally because they
made a careful study of the ways and
methods of South American merchants
and markets, and adapted themselves
to the wishes and needs of their GUS
toners. Our statesmen too often try
to introduce American methods and
practices, and in doing so incur the
resentment and hostility of the buy
ers. They need to take a course, not
only in the Spanish language, but in
old fashioned Castilian courtesy and
politeness as well. We could do worse
than copy German methods in this re-
spect.-Tampa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
PUBLICITY FOR lake,

Lake County has just voted to in
crease the salary of its commercial
secretary to $1,000 per year. This is
not only a compliment to Willis Powell,
but substantial acknowledgment of
his value to that county as secretary
of the Lake County Chamber of Com
merce, which includes in its scope all
towns of the Lake section.
Just how valuable the work of pub
licity in Lake County has been is evil
denced in the returns upon expendf-
lures, which have been estimated at a
profit OF 1900 per cent for the Board
of Trade of Leesburg, alone. The per-
centage of profit was figured on the
number of persons who had been
brought into Leesburg through the in
fluence of the Board of Trade and its
secretary, and on their average being
placed at the lowest possible figure OF
s11.50 a week.
OF this the St. Augustine Record
says
The percentage of profit was fig
ured on the number of persons who
had been brought to Leesburg through
the influence OF the Board of Trade
and its secretary, and on their aver
age being placed at the lowest possible
figure of $3.50 a week. Naturally.
despite what few "kickers" have to
say. 1t would be hard to make Lees
burg merchants and citizens believe
that the Board of Trade is a neglible
thing, and the people of that thriving
community expect to raise a much
larger sum for the work of the board
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
GERMAN PRINCE
URGES NEUTRALITY
Great Danger Is Seen in Moral In
Vasion of BoIshevism Which
Has Already Set In.

Mannheim, Germany, Sept. 1.-THE
present military operations are only a
very minor part of a worldwide Of
fensive which Soviet Russia is now
setting in motion" declared Prince
Max of Baden in the course Of a
lengthy interview which appears to-
day in the Baden State Gazette. Ask
ed whether he saw d way out of the
present dilemma for Germany. Prince
Max, according to the report, said:
There is only one very slender
hope; it consists in an unconditional
maintenance of our neutrality both to
the east and west, and in one last
desperate effort to effect a revision of
the Versailles peace treaty"
Prince Max believes that what he
calls the German resistance to the
moral invasion of bolshevism is bound
to crumble down if the checking pres
sure from the west is kept up.
1T would be doing scant justice to
Lenine's uncanny personality" he con-
tinued, If one were to believe that
he is capable OF keeping more than
a sham peace with So called capitals
tic states. Lenine believes with re-
ligious fanaticism in the victorious
march of his idea: the dictatorship Of
the proletariat or of the communiStic
portion Of the proletariat He is, of
course, enough of a psychologist to I'M
derstand that a military invasion of
any country he wants to disrupt OIL id
be the very means of consolidating 1t.
His plan would rather consist in pro-
vOHng and fostering civil war in the
bordering states so that, when the time
was ripe for invasion, he would find
an open door and "A union OF comrades"
Prince Max believes that the pros
poets of such plan succeeding in Ger
many are not wholly unpromising, as
the moral INVASION he declares has
already set in and news from East
Prussia plainly indicates that the red
propaganda among farm laborers there
is already taking effect.
Europe today is aflame." he con-
cludes, and the task Of exhnguishing
the conflagration cannot be postponed
The situation demands the restoration
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
LUKE MoLukE SAYS.

What has become of the o. f. illus
trated Bible that had picture show
ing Eve attired in a green envelope
combination, being driven from the
Garden by an angel in red see more
while a blue snake with a Ben Davis
in his mouth lurked in the back
ground?
The Champeen Fighter and the
Champeen Runner are about the only
two men in town who can afford to
tell the truth all the time.
Virtue is so much red paint these
days that it is hard to tell her from
vice.
About the only time a married man
is sure he is wrong Is when his wife
happens to agree with him.
Isn't it too bad that Dame Fortune
isn't as good a mixer as Misfortune?
1t is hard to understand a woman.
Even when her husband is cross eyed
and wears red whiskers. she'll get jeal
Gus when she sees him talking to an
other woman.
Garlic and onions can make Familiar
ity look like a Piker.
Kiss your wife every time you
leave the house and she isn't going to
let anybody knock you while you are
away
You can tell wise man by the way
he keeps his mouth shut.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
ITALIANS MAY GET
DIVORCE PERMIT
Bill Proposed BY Socialist Deputy Has
Aroused Both Protest and
Approval.

Rome, Sept. IA law to permit
divorce in Italy proposed by the So
cialist deputy Marangoni, has reused
both protest and approval in the cleri-
cal and socialist camps. The bill has
now been examined by a parliament
tary commission which has amended il.
Under the proposed law divorce
would be permitted in consequence OF
those who have children, Two years in
the case of those who have none.
Dissolution Of marriage could ais be
asked by a husband who, having been
absent on military service, or for tho
execution Of civil or philanthropic du-
ties on the occasion Of some national
calamity, could prove that during his
absence his wife committed adultery.
Reasons for separation Of married
persons legalized by the proposed law
include: Mental infirmity. declared TO
be incurable rendering married life
dangerous or intolerahle; desertion on
the part Of husband OF wife; infliction
of a penal sentence carrying the inter
diction of civil rights; and habitual
crime or immortality injurious to the
honor of the family.
The proposed law also regulates the
leg ina lion Of children born out Of
matrimo ~; settles he question of ali
mony. tbI restitution Of the dot and
the arrank ements regarding property
held in lnmon by man and wife: pro-
vides for the education and maintain
ance Of children and for the institution
called a family council to which
Italians fairly now often have recourse
all matrimonial troubles.
However. the idea Of the institution
Of divorce is so strange 20 many Itai-
ians, and is so strongly opposed by the
Roman Catholic Church. that many are
of the opinion that it has but a sight
chance Of becoming law, although IL
is supported with some fervor BY the
socialists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL.

Today / started to go to school.
I learned some words and a number
rule; ..
I drew some pictures with colored
chalk,
And teacher told me I mustn't talk.
When recess came and we learned
some games,
/ learned most all of the fellows
names,
And lots of them seemed to be all
right,
But one big boy tried to start a
fight.
1t makes me tired to keep so still,
/ don't like school and l never win.
But the girl that sits right in front of
me,
Is just as pretty as she can be.
New York Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
DON'T OPEN THE DOOR.

More rigid enforcement of the LIQUOR
laws by federal judges and prohibition
and county officers, is being urged OF
present conditions is expected tC
bring about considerable reform dur
ing the next few months.
The recent utterances of William G.
McAdoo along these lines, and his
strong seconding of the contentious of
William Jennings Bryan, in respect to
the prohibition laws, have brought
upon him an avalanche of praise from
one side and criticism on the other.
No statement made by Mr.. McAdoo
has been Of greater Importance than
that which shows his staunch advo-
cacy of those measures which are OPP
posed to the emasculation of the Vol
stead Act.
Mr.. McAdoo has well said: ITO per-
NIT the sale. of light wines and beers,
is to open the door of prohibition a
crack, and once the door is opened that
far, it will soon be open wide
This is sound, common sense. Con-
tinuing, Mr.. McAdoo says: IF Con-
gress, by a mere majority vote, with
the approval of a favoring president,
licenses light wines and beer, then
prohibition, which required a two
fourths of the states, can be nullified
by a majority of congress with the
approval of the president.
Every man and woman voter who
puts the welfare of children and hui
mainly above a mere qualification of
harmful appetities, should see to it
that the next CONGRESS- does NOT de-
stroy the prohibition amendment"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17

Envy is the dripping from the en-
CINE OF success.
The average mans second thoughts
are the wisest.
Many a man who is whole-souled
on the surface wouldn't stand probing.
Learn something OF the Jockeys
character before betting on the ia
vorite
One-haif OF the world envies the
other half because 1t doesn't know how
ii lives.
II makes some men feel painfully
honess when their neighbors acquire
fortunes by honest methods.
A lightning bolt struck a flock of
1850 sheep on a range in north central
Utah and killed 500 in two wide
stretches.
Matronmony frequently resembles a
besicged city-those who are out want
to get IN. and those who are in want
to get out
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17

this coming season, there being a spe-
cial publicity campaign planned"
Not only Leesburg, but all Lake
County is profiting from the splendid
publicity of the commercial bodies.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17

his bitterly fought political campaigns
are forgotten the historical writings
that came from his er'udite pen will be
standard textbooks. - Chattanooga
News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
The GENTLE CANDIDATE.

The statesman stood upon his porch
And this is what he said:
Now, when l am the President
1 promise to be led.
81 will not do the headstrong things
That Woodrow Wilson did;
I'll listen to the Senators
And do just as they bid.
''The food advice of Lodge I'll take
Penrose's word obey.
And from the path the Senate marks
'Ill never, never stray"
The voter listened. to the pledge
Made by the candidate:
The voter sighed; the voter said:
Now. to my mind, that's great.
81 like to think of Washington
AS waiting to receive
Word from the Senate what to do.
To say and to believe.
II like to think of jefferson
AS hating at loss
For plan or method until he
Could get word from his boss.
Il like to think of jackson too,
That man obedient;
OF Lincoln, who for guidance wise
Unto his senate went.
Il want a gentle President
Like Cleveland or T. r.. I.
Who will due circumspection use.
No Senate boss to jar.
'I want no man who will presume
on his own thought or choice;
Give me a safe conservative
Who knows his masters voice.
New York World.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17
Press Comment
Cox's Ready Replies.

Cox's Ready Replies.
Gov Cox is very apt in his replies
to hecklers. In the st. Paul audito-
rum an elderly man rose in the~rear
of the hall and asked:
Gov. Cox, if you are elected presi-
dent, will you recognize the Irish re-
public?'
There was commotion in the hall
and policeman stepped up to the
man.
Gov Cox This is a country of free
speech.
The crowd cheered this utterance
and when quiet was restored Gov. Cox
asked: Are you an Irishman?"
I'm an American and I'm from
Ohio" the man replied. My mother
and grandmother were Americans. One
of them is buried in Dayton
Very well, my friend" replied Gov.
Cox. IN answer your question.
There is no phase or feature Of the
whole plan of the league of nations,
which is more explicit than which
deals with the self determination of
the peoples of the earth. Before the
armistice. That was founded upon
fourteen principles and major among
them was the principle of self-det
mination.
THE philosophy was that the league
of nations desired not only the peace
of the world now but continuing peace.
The provision in Article X against eX-
ternal aggression was to protect the
smaller nations against. You can't
take the mountains and rivers as
boundary lines and try to break up the
homogeneity of a people and expect
them to be happy.
II am in favor Of the application of
the principle of self determination in
Japan, in China, in Turkey, in Ireland
or anywhere else"
The governor added that he thought
the question had been fully answered.
FYou see" he said to his audi
ence, questions are helpful. 1 am out
at large among the people of the
United States because 1 am not afraid
of any question which may be asked. -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-17

Sending a message straight to the
mark. does not always mean that it
is worth the sending.
Qneen bees, each accompanied by u
drones. are being mailed in large num-
bers from Italy to England