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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-18
GlBL PRODUCTION THIS WEEK
VILE EQUAL THAT Of last WEEK

when 1913 cars were sent to that
pier and Wednesday when las cars
were shipped there. Lake ship.
ments of the division eased up
considerably also, dropping down
to 40 cars. The first three days
Of the week the lake shipments
were very heavy, having beon 10S
cars Monday; 152 cars Tuesday
and ia Wednesday.
A total OF 436 cars Of coal were
shipped east and SO cars west.
Fridays Production.
Coal production In the Fairmont
region on Friday aggregated $40
cars Of coal. No coke was produc.
ed. The tonnage produced yester.
day was the least OF the present
week, having dropped back 140 cars
compared to Thursdays loading.
On Friday Of last week SOL cars OF
coal was loaded and two weeks be-
fore 945 cars.
Mines along the Monongah divi.
sioh, B. & o. R. R., on Friday load.
ed 522 cars OF coal, a decrease Of
So cars when compared 10 Friday.
This Is against 536 cars a week be-
fore and 500 cars two weeks pre-.
vIous.
Operations along the Mononga.
hela railway on Friday loaded 1872
cars OF coal in the West Virginia
end, against 22s cars Thursday; 231
cars a week before and PAS cars
two weeks before. In the Pennsyl.
vania end 1873 cars Of coal were
loaded yesterday. .
Along the Western Maryland
railway on Friday there were 06
cars OF coal produced. That was
IA cars less than the loading on
Thursday; IS cars less than the
previous Friday and z cars less
than two weeks before.
Thirty-eight cars Of coal we're
loaded on the Charleston division,
B. & o. R. R. on Friday, one car
less than the previous week. Com.
pared to the corresponding day Of
the past two weeks there has been
a decided drop. On Friday OF last
week 70 cars of coal were loaded
on the division and two weeks be-
fore So cars were loaded.
In Northern w. Va.
Mines in Northern West Virginia
on Thursday loaded lilo cars OF
coal against 1904 cars the week be-
fore and lila cars two weeks be.
fore.
Mine ldIeness.
With one exception more mines
were idle in tho Fairmont region
today than any day since April /.
The number down today is 24S
against 262 on April 1. Only So
mines in the whole Falrmont region
arc at work today.
On the Monongah division, B. &
o. R. r., there arc 100 mines down
out OF al, which leaves AZ work.
ing. Except April /, when there
were 2t0 mines idle today's mine
idleness is tho high peak for 1921.
Only 266 emptics were ordered by
the mines along the division today.
Twenty six mines on tho Monon-
gahela railway in West Virginia
are idle out Of 35 today, which is
the same number as Friday; three
mere than last Saturday and three
more than two weeks ago. In the
Pennsylvania district there arc 81
out Of 100 mines idle.
One mine is working today on
the Western Maryland railway, on
which thoro are 10 operations. 1t
is understood that this is the Wyatt
mine.
Mine idleness is mounting on the
Charleston division. B. & o.. this
week also. Today there are "a
mines idle against 70 Friday and
"A Thursday. With "a mines down
there are hut IA mines working to-
day. Tho "a mark is tho height OF
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-18
Fairmont Operators To
Attend Conference In
Cleveland

Improvement In the mldweek coal
nfodueton viii run the weekly load
ing Of the Fairmont region heavier
than last week. On the three rail-
roadsEthere will have to be but 1862
cars OF coal loaded today in order
toEreach last weeks total.
During the first five days Of this
week there were 4772 cars OF coal
and flyelot coke loaded. The prob
abilities are that the region this
week will load $500 cars.
up until today the mines along
the Monongah division had loaded
SIM carsaof coal and five Of coke
the operations of the Monongahela
1869 carr. and mines along the West
an Maryland 533. Five cars Of
coke overloaded thus far this week
tnlsthe region.
Had the slump toward the latter
part OF the week been as pronounc-
ed fd%uringithe middle the production
would have gone down very greatly.
on the BIG o there should be "a
slight gain; on the Monongahela in
West Va. there will DO a drop Of
900 cars or more; while on the
Western Maryland there will be a
gain Of possibly so cars.
Personal Mention
Samuel D.. Brady Of the Brady
coa1fCorporation leaves on Monday
night for Ithaca, N. Y. where his
son. SD. Brady, Jr., will be gradu-
Rted from Cornell University next
Wsanssday.
Ralph Wilfong who was one OF
the two partners of the Wil-Rich
Goa, company, has accepted a post
ton With the Monongahela Supply
company, Morgantown. as a travel
ing salesman.
Going to Columbus
Asnttmber OF Fairmonters will go
70 Columbus to attend the meeting
% be held at the Deshler hotel to
frame data to fight assigned cars
next. Thursday. Information will be
gathered on the subject from every
coal Association possible.
II is said that some OF tho ope-
rators In the Ohio fields arc out fiat
footed, for assigned cars. Tho ma
jordtySof the Fairmont operators arc
opposed to assigned cars first. last
and always and will keep fighting
until their fight is won.
g. II. Jenkins a member OF the
special committee from the Nation.
81 Coal association to oppose as
signed cars; a. Lisle White, Clarks.
burg president, the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Associa-
ton. and George S. Bracket, asso-
citation secretary, will go to Co
iuf1bus.
Granted Charter
Recently a charter was granted at
charleston to ]. Lee Hornor, incor-
porated. Clarksburg, ". Va, capital
$4,000; incorporators. j. Lee Hor-
nor Howard L. Robinson, Il. L.
HornorsL L. G. Hornor and A. NJ. Hor.
nor, all of C%larksburg.
Coal Movement.
l8MNNA tLuAi6 WSlb uihNl
east OF Grafton on the B. & o. r. X
on Friday, q total OF s56 loads hav
ing been moved OF which ga car.
were coal. West off the Monongal
division there were 90 loads drawn
This morning there were 4St
loads on the Monongah division o
which $50 cars were coal.
Daily q. r. Fuel.
One hundred and four cars o
coal were shipped to railroads Of
the Mbnengah division, B. & o. R
R, on Friday. Ffty-one cars o
coal were secured by the B. & o
r r.
Fridays Shipments,
Shipments to Curtis Bay off tn
Monongah division, B. & o. r. R
ON Friday aggregated 4S cars. whicl
was q decided drop from Thursday
II
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b. presented to the boys At this
time.
troops 2 and 4 held their regular
meetings last evening, Troop . un.
der Jim Anwyl saw the slides on
Camp life at their meeting, Nothing
important was done.
Equipment is arriving every day
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Equipment Here
For the Boy Scouts

There will be a meeting on next
Thursday evening OF the new Scout
troop at Bellview, the purpose OF
which Is 10 further the organization
Of the troop. The Scout Master will
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now at the Scout headquarters. md
most OF II Is for sale TO the Scouts
and will be useful 70 them % thar
camping trip. Some eanteens ana
mess kits are the latest arrivals
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France is constructing the va
greatest radio station near
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
K. OF P. ARE TO
SHOW LESSON
Of FRIENDSHIP"
DRAMA PORTRAYS LIFE OF OLD
TIMERS AFTER WHOM THE
ORDER WAS NAMED

Next Monday evening the mem
bers of Fortuna lodge No. 12O and
their friends will have an opportuni-
ty to see the beautiful lesson of
friendship, which will be presented
by cast composed of the officers of
the grand lodge of Michigan.
This fine drama portrays the
friendship Of Damon and Pythias.
Upon this friendship the foundation
of the order is based.
Knights of Pythias, their families
and friends whom they invite to at
tend will be admitted free of charge
and every seat in the opera house
should be taken.
This drama has been presented at
many cities of the state and many
of the local Knights went to Ionia
where this same cast put it on some
time ago, and they returned full of
enthusiasm to have it in Belding.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
CRATTAN LUMBER
MAN INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
SIX MEN LIFT TOURING CAR
WHICH OVERTURNED PIN
MING DRIVER UNDER 1T

Frank Donovan. we'll known Grat-
tan lumberman and farmer, was
quite badly injured at about 4:3O
o'clock, Tuesday afternoon when the
Ford car which he was driving on
his way home from this city, was
struck by car driven by c. j.
Stoughton, of Coral who was com
ing from the south, the two cars
coming together in the crash where
the roads intersect at Cooks Cor
ners. People who saw the accident
say that each machine was coming at
a fairly good rate of speed and that
it looked as If neither driver saw
the approaching car until just be-
fore the machines struck.
Mr.. Donovan's car was struck so
forcibly that it was overturned, com
pletely demolishing the top, wind
shield, steering gear and badly dam
aging the body. The machine kept
right on running even in its turtled
condition and it took six men, who
rushed to the scene, to lit the car
up so that Mr.. Donovan could be ta-
ken out from beneath it. The Slough
ton car was also damaged to con
siderable extent. 1t was brought
into Belding this morning and re-
paired and then driven home.
Mr.. Donovan was taken to his
home in Grattan. 1t is not thought
that he was seriously injured.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
Church Of Christ Notes

The pastor, H. +. Curch, is now
able to be in his pulpit after an eight
weeks illness and was glad TO greet
so many at the last Lords day s.r-
vices. He also appreciates very much
the kindness bestowed upon him by
the church, Bible school, friends,
business men of the city and the |.
o. o. F. and others. You all are in
vited to the Easter services of next
Sunday. Sunrise prayer meeting
and baptism at 6 a. m. Preaching
at 10 and the Easter exercise at IL
a. m, an offering will be taken and
eggs collected for the orphans. Mr..
Cu-ch's father, j. w. Curch, has
very ably filled his place during the
church work is in good condition.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23

Few of the voters and people of
Michigan can feel the pride that was
in the heart Of every young patriot
that offered his service to his coun-
try, for his state, when he used to
pick up his home paper and read
down the columns on reports of
states that were responding to the
liberty loans and donations which
were so frequent. When he always
saw his home state away over their
allotted portions. We would never
hesitate to call the attention of our
comrades of other states to this fact
and boasted of it until you would
think he was going to burst with
pride.
We did not stop there for we
hunted farther, our own Ionia county
was next on the list always over her
allotte. portion, still further we
hunted for Belding, and there it was
over the top. We always knew it
would and always did, what more
pride can a soldier feel than this in
his home community when he knows
thev are back of him.
We still feel that pride in Belding
and vicinity and know that they are
still back of us in the manner in
which they put across our club
room for us which we give you many
thanks.
And we feel that you are going
to see that we do not lose an. of
this pride for Belding in not back
ing up the Bonus Bill on April 4th.
Our neighboPing states have all
helped their service men in the way
of bonus; Wisconsin giving SO per
month, Minnesota SIS as we'll as our
other neighboring states. Is Mich
igan now going to fall down on her
past good record and not show as
much patriotism as our neighbcrs !?
We sincerely hope not, for this alone
will be sufficient to break the pride
of any service man of his state or
community for we hate to feel that
our state was not as willing to come
forth and show its appreciation for
our sacrifice.
More than this reason alone should
we vote for the bonus. Many Of you
remember if you visited different en-
campments and saw those boys drill
ling in their civilian clothes. for the
simple reason that they had no un-
iforms issued to them. One particu-
lar company of infantry left Flint
with 215 men for Grayling and out
of that number so had uniforms, the
rest wore their clothes away hoping
to make as good a showing as pos
Continued on page four)
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
LOCAL MAN DISCOVERS
CURE FOR BALD HEADS

There will be fewer bald headed
men running around in the world
after a short time If they take the
advice of A. Camp, local man re-
siding at $40 Harrison avnue, who
claims to have discovered one of the
greatest hair restorers and growers
ever produced and the results which
Mr. Camp and other local people are
securing from the preparation a re
such that the claim that it will grow
hair on a bald head, no matter how
old or how bald, is easily substantial
ed. All the possessor of bald head
has to do is to apply the preparation
and then watch the iuxuriarit, fluffy
hair come up like spring crop af-
ter a nice warm rain.
Mr.. Camp has for many years de-
voted considerable time TO drugs and
medicines and his latest preparation
is the result of several years of eff
fort. Mr.. Camps other remedies have
all been successful in the treatment
of the respective ailments for which
they were intended but he says his
hair grower is the biggest success of
them all and in view of the results
which are being obtained by it's use,
the article is being sold on a positive
satisfaction guaranteed or your mon
ey back plan. He has an adv. in this
issue telling about his preparation.
Look it up and read it.
Mr.. Camp will form corporation
and manufacture and market the new
product just as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS TO HELP
WITH FARMING
SCHEME is TO APPLY AND AC-
QUIRE KNOWLEDGE ALONG
PRACTICAL CHANNELS

More than 1900 Michigan high
school boys will go out onto farms
throughout the state this summer to
supervise agricultural projects of
various kinds. These boys are at
present taking the agricultural cour-
ses in Belding and sixty-four other
Michigan high schools. There are
1862 of them enrolled in these
courses. The high schools giving
them are well distributed over the
state so that they are in contact with
a large agricultural area.
Students taking the agricultural
courses are required as a part of
their course to carry on home pro-
jects each summer. This means that
each agricultural student must car
ry on himself or supervise the cul-
tivation of some one crop or part of
crop or some other agricultural un-
dertaking. In the cases of girls
about 40 of whom take the course
the project is usually one of man.
agement rather than direct work.
These home projects are of all
kinds. Students after the first year
of the course are urged to under
take nothing more ambitious than a
home garden. After their second
year they may care for home or
chard or possibly take over a crop.
Students last summer engaged in 25
different classified type of farm work
besides which 235 boys worked at
unclassified projects. This work in
cluded the cultivation of corn, wheat
potatoes, beans, hay, oats, beets, Gu
cumbers, tomatoes, rye, buckwheat,
fruit, home gardens, melons, onions,
cabbage turnips, the care of poul-
try, the raisisg of hogs, the testing
of cows, the feeding of sheep and
cattle for market, the care of bees
and canning.
The projects are under the gen
eral supervision of the teachers of
the teachers of agriculture at the
high schools. These teachers are en-
played for II months of the year
and during the summer months it is
their duty to visit the home projects
of the students under them to offer
suggestions asd criticisms.
This work in agriculture in the
high schools is in its. fourth year in
Michigan and is carried on under
the federal law known as the Smith
Hughes act and the state law known
as the Tufts act. Michigan, with
New York and Iowa, stands at the
head of the list of states carrying on
such work.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
Baptist Church News

The young peoples society will
hold its eighth annual banquet Fri
day evening of this week. Toast
mistress, Miss Edna Bliss. Invocation
pastor w. A Bliss. Song. Toasts. Pep.
Miss Cora Price. Ruts, Mr. Harry
Trull Icicles, Mr.. Fred l.. Warner.
Clinging Vines, Olive Blass. Even
ing Bells, Vance Loyer. Rev. c. H.
Berry, state director of S. S. and
B. Y. p. U. work will give an ad-
dress. Menu: cream of tomato soup,
waters, Swiss steak, mashed potato,
mashed bagas, pickles, rolls, Easter
salad, coffee, ice cream and cake.
Price so cents. Easter Sunday will
be full day. Sunrise prayer meet
ing at 6 O'Clock, regular service at
1920, Baptism at the close of Sun
day school. B. Y. p. U. at 6, sub
ject lesson from the first Easter,
leader, Mrs. VIM. Wilson. Easter
entertainment in charge of the S. S.
at the regular hour of service at
7 O'Clock. The ladies Glee Club of
Kalamazoo college will give an en-
tertainment in the Baptist church on
March 80. Price % cents.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
Has Good Garage Business

Frank Kane, who recently quit his
work in the mill has erected fine
garage building on his residence
property on Leonard street and has
it equipped with the very latest
machinery and appliances for ga
rage and when reporter for the
Banner-News was up there this
morning he found Mr.. Kane and an
assistant busily at work on automo-
bile repair work which was ahead
of them. Mr.. Kane says that he
has been open for the past two
weeks and that the business is COM
ing fine. He carries good line OF
accessories and has every garage
convenience which one could expect.
Mr.. Kane in addition to his garage
business will also continue his lawn
mower sharpening work during the
coming summer He has an adv.Sn
this issue which he would like to
have every automobile owner in this
city and vicinity read.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
VanAntwerp-Walker

Farrell +. VanAntwerp, of Lake.
view and Miss Helen H. Walker, OF
Belding, were united in marriage at
the M. f. church parsonage in Ionia
by Rev. r. p. Meader, Wednesday
March 16 Mrs. VanAntwerp has
lived in Belding for number OF
years and has many friends who
wish he. much happiness The groom
is a very popular young man OF
Lakeview who enjoys hosts of friends
Mr. and Mrs. VanAntwerp will re.
side in Belding. They have the best
wishes of their many friends and
are now spending the honeymoon
with DR.. and Mrs. Frye, at Scott
vile.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
SEDAN OCCUPANTS
ESCAPE WITH BUT
SLIGHT BRUISES
SATURDAY NIGHT CRASH RE-
SUITED IN A BADLY BAT
TERED AUTOMOBILE

What can be considered another
addition to the long list of so-called
"lucky" automobile accidents which
have happened in this locality in the
past, took place on the state road
just east of the city at the bend near
the east line of the old Ed. Bliss
place, Saturday evening at about
7:45 o'clock when a speeding truck
owned by Roy Beardslee, of Green
vile and driven by a man employed
by him, struck the Ford sedan, owned
and driven by Henry Friedly and
containing besides himself and wife,
Miss Anna Larsen of the Peoples
Savings Bank and City Clerk Clellie
S. Hoover.
The accident happened when the
driver Of the truck attempted to
speed past another automobile which
was also going east. The Friedly
car and party were coming into the
city and were far over on the right
hand side of the road when the truck
driver suddenly swung out from be-
hind the approaching car and in try
ing to make the pass, got too far
over on the side of the road for the
Friedly car and struck it head-on,
badly damaging the sedan and put
ting a wheel out of commission on
the truck.
Luckily none Of the people riding
in the car were seriously injured.
Mrs. Friedly was injured about her
forehead and Miss Larsen received
an injury to one of her legs which
will take some time to recover from,
City Clerk Hoover and Mr.. Friedly
escaped with no injuries save the
bad shaking up which they got when
the two cars came together. Had
it not been for the fact that both
drivers saw that a collision was inn
minent and by quick application of
the brakes, reduced the speed of the
cars, the crash might have been far
worse in the way of injuries receiv-
ed by the occupants of the machines
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
Quits Board OF Commerce Job

Harry Holmes who has been act
ing as assistant secretary of the To-
cal board of commerce for the past
year left on Monday for Detroit
where he intends going to school for
a time. Harry is of the opinion that
he will yet take up his medicine stu
dies which course he dropped at the
time he quit college and enlisted in
the army A number of business
men and others are trying to get
Mr.. Byron F. Brown to again take
up the work of the secretary's posi-
ton, he having been secretary in
name only since Mr.. Holmes went
into tho office.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
Meredith Pitkin Married

Word reaches this city that Mere
dith Pitkin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. f.
N. Pitkin, of Brighton, former res
idents of this city, was married to
Miss Bernice Boylan, also of Brigh-
ton, on Friday, March IL. Since
leaving this city, where he lived
while his father was superintendent
of schools for several years, Mere
dith has graduated from the Brigh-
ton high school, the Ypsilanti Nor
NAL and the Detroit Auto school.
His bride is a teacher in the Brigh-
ton schools.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
GRATTAN

Mr.. and Mrs. John Donovan and
daughter. Bernice, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Donovan.
Mrs. Harlie Weller, who has been
i'll for some time is not so well at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Donovan spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Sweet, of Cannonsburg.
Miss Edna Brownell, of Lowell,
spent Sunday with her parents, also
Leo Brownell was home from Cedar
Springs.
Congratulation to Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Brownell on the arrival of a
baby girl, born st. Patrick's day.
She will answer to the name of Jean
Iva.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
Buy North Side Garage

= Sumner and Sumner is the name
of the new firm which will start in
business with the beginning of the
next week, the two men are broth
ers, George A. and Milo Sumner, OF
Greenville, having purchased the
business from Frank VanGeisen, or
Monday. The Sumner boys are ole
hands at the garage game and have
specialized in Ford repairing, each
having taken complete course ir
the Ford school at Detroit some time
ago. In addition to the repair de-
partment they will handle a full line
of tires, accessories, oils, greases
etc
The Belding banner-news., 1921-03-23
BU|LO CONCRETE
MIXERS At THE
JACQUET PLANT
BUSINESS WHICH WAS DROPPED
BEFORE THE WAR is AGAIN
BROUGHT TO LIFE

The writer was over at the Jac-
quet plant this morning and to hear
the wheels and motors humming
made his heart glad and while they
are not turning out racing cars of
the Jacquet type they are really pro-
ducing something over there in the
nature of the Little Giant concrete
mixer, a number of the stock holders
of the Jacquet company having loan
ed a committee enough money to go
ahead and manufacture the mixers
in an effort to get footing on
which can go ahead and make the
Jacquet dream come true and make
the plant a money maker for the
many people who ventured various
amounts in the success or failure of
the Jacquet company.
The concrete mixer which is be-
ing made was formerly made by the
Ballou Mfg. Co., and about the time
the world war broke out the monu-
facture of the mixers was dropped.
Now, however, ana arrangement has
been made whereby a committee has
decided to go ahead and manufacture
these mixers in the Jacquet plant
A number of them have already
been sold and several are very nearly
completed. The machine is a proven
product and there is a good demand
for them.
III. A. Smith, A. c. Loye- and Ar
thur Johnson are the men who are
acting as trustees for the new con-
Germ in the manufacture Of the mix
erS