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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
JOHN WIGGINT0N
TAKEN BY DEATH
Pioneer Citizen of Fair
mont-Wen Known
To. Many

John j. Wigginton aged 90. a
pioneer citizen and one of the cid
est residents OF Marion county died
this morning at an early hour at
his homo at 1919 GLADDEN. street,
after an illness with paralysis.
The deceased was a son of
Presley and Sarah Wright Wiggiu-
ton and was born in Louden coun-
ty, Virginia, on June 8, 1928. At
the age of sixteen years he came
TO Charleston with his father,
where he worked as IN apprentice
to the trade Of carpenter and house
builder. He worked at this trade
at. various places until the year
1851 when he came to what was
then Palatine and Is now Fairmont.
For three years he followed the
same occupation having been em-
ployed on the construction d. the
old Methodist Protestant church
and other buildings. In 1854 he
was employed as superintendent Of
water stations on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad and held that
position for a period Of twenty
years.
In the year 1876 he opened up a
machine shop on Jackson street
and Sn the year 1877 added a foun-
dry thereto the plant Aaving been
known as the Fairmont Foundry
and Machine Works. He later
moved his shops to Palatine.
In October 1851 he was united
In marriage with Miss Nancy MIL
Ter OF Fairmont who preceded him
10 the grave sixteen years ago. The
following children survive: Mrs.
Lucy Sheets Of Norwich, Ohio, Mrs.
A. l. Menear Of this city and John
P. Wigginton Of tiis city. One
sister, Mrs. K. D. Walker also sur
wives him.
He was q splendid man emerge
tic and industrious and during his
earlier years figured quite promin-
emily in the Industrial life OF the
community. In recent years fall
ing health had incapacitated him
from active. duties
The deceased had resided In this
city, with the exception Of five
years which he spent in Ohio since
the year 1851.
TIE body was prepared for burial
by undertakers Musgravo and Son.
The funeral will probably take
place Wednesday afternoon from
the residence and burial will be
made here.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
ROUTINE work
BEFORE BOARD
Various Matters Come Be
fore Weekly
SESSION.

The John F. Casey comRuy OF
Pittsburgh which company built
the Monougahela river bridge has
notified the city board of dlrec'
tors, through John F. Casey, the
head OF the firm, that the matter
OF litigation between the city Board,
the Casey Company and Robinson
& Phillips has been satisfactorily
adjusted between the two last
named parties. The board Of direc-
tors accordingly authorized Dlrec'
tor Of Finance u. F. Davis to pro
ceed with the city's settlement with
Robinson and Phillips and the
Casey Co. The matter developed
over a car load of lumber gotten
for the bridge construction and
which was sold to Robinson &
Phillips.
Mayor Conaway notified the
board that the new health off
GER DR.. j. A. Jamison had assum-
ed his duties October 1. thereby re-
leasing DR.. h L. Crlss from his
duties as health officer.
Director Of Water ]. Clyde Nor
ris was authorized, to extend d
sewer line to accommodate several
families in the vfoinity OF Satter-
field, Clay and Blaine streets on
the East Side.
Bruce Bailey appeared In behalf
OF residents OF Fourth street who
desired to have that street paved.
"a contract had been entered into
In regard to this street but the
work had not begun and several
OF the residents had notified the
board that they were unable to I'LL
their part of the CONTRACT.
Attorney Curt Amoas presented a
petition signed by residents OF
Chesnut street asking the board to
cInder that street and to give
grades to the residents there In or.
der that they might lay concrete
sidewalks.
The matter was turned over to
street director Arnett and engln'
eer S. B. Miller for adjustment.
The board adjourned to meet at
1880 o'clock at which, time building
permits will be granted and other
matters of unfinished business
taken up.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
Miner Workers Want To
Adjourn By This
Thursday
.POLITIG.S AT work..
Administration Forces,
However, Seem To
Have Good Hold

INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 3.-wfth
much of its work untinfghed the
convention OF the United Mine
Workers OF America today faced q
speed up program adopted by adj
mInistration leaders with hope on
a final adjournment not later than
Thursday. Numerous committees
were seeking to bring reports be-
fore tIe delegates but the program
calls for opening debate on pro-
posed election Of organizers Of the
union. These positions are now
filled and the anti-administration
element claim was that this per-
mitted the upbuilding OF an admin
istration machine. While re-organ-
ization politics were expected TO
crop out in the debate the admin
istration forces planned to over
ride the opposition without the
protracted debate that marked the
factional fight Of the last FORT
night. Aside from convention work
interest OF delegates was centered
on committee sent to Washington
to ask President Harding to give
protection to 13S miners who are
prisoners in West Virginia jalIs as
outcome OF recent mi ee war in
MIngo and nearby courtas.
The committee was 70 call at
the White House in the afternoon
and was expected TO send a message
10 the convention.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
COTTAGE CHEESE
P0ISOAS SEVERAL

Just what caused the illness Of.
several members Of the family OF
Charles F. Baker, manager OF the
Jackson hotel and that Of Lloyd
Hefner Of Cleveland avenue last
Saturday afternoon, is still a mat
ter for conjecture. but that these
afflicted each had a bad period of
discomfort lasting ab0u five hours
all will testify.
About O'Clock Saturday after
noon, DR.. j. B. Clinton was sum
moned to the hotel and found Mr..
and Mrs. Baker and their dnugh
ter, Shielah, suffering from What
was diagnosed as ptomaine pots-i
oning. Emetics were iuimed diately
given by the physician Wiao had no.
sooner left the hotel and his three.
much relieved patients than he
was summoned to the home Of tie
Hefners, and found that the fans
lily were suffering from the same
disorder.
BY the process OF elimination aud
comparing the billR % fare Of tho
two families for Saturday, Il So
been decided that the trouble WIS
caused by some cottage Cd that
both families bought from IN Tin
Grant vender Of that delicacy aiir
his second visit to an q fyt1ife ~
der is awaited with 9 cor
degree OF interest BY botll i'm 6
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
Tree Prevents
Bad Accident

A friendly tree was all that pre-
vented serious accident to Will
liam ChapmaniRnd family OF Dola,
Saturday. AS IL was the family OF
nine received a bad shaking up,
TIE Chnpmans we're on their way
to Fairmont to spend Sunday with
relatives and had gone but short
distance When they attempted TO
pass another machine on the road,
the Chapman car Bkldded went
over a bank and down about 30
feet when they were stopped by q
huge tree. All were more or less
injured. but none seriously.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
Solomon In All His Glory
Was a Piker To This
Bird
SURE RIOT OF COLORS
Worn By Tom McKinsey
Up Before the Mayor
Today

"rs an ass or an OK fall into a
nit" said Mayor Conaway. "the
owner, according to the Scriptures
may pull it out on the Sabbath
But building cowshed on the same
day when there are six regular
working days, is q violation OF the
city ordinance. You may each pay
a fine Of S."
! John and Joe Pastel and Frank
Vetrlo. visitor. were arrested
Sunday morning while engaged In
building a shed back OF the Pastel
residence on Virginia avenue. Each
posted SO for his appearance IN
police court this morning but only
one appeared and entered plea
for the other two.
1t was q dark and gloomy morn
ing in court until Tom Mckinney
appeared to stand trial on a charge
Of raising 4 disturbance Saturday
afternoon on Jefferson street. Tom
was arrested on complaint OF Tony
Succora, his next door neighbor In
Pennsylvania avenue and posted a
deposit Of $40 for his appearance
In court this morning. He wore q
light suit with large black checks
yellow shirt, purple tie with red
and blue flowers, a plaid cap, tan
shoes and as his chocolate colored
visage reddened with anger during
his recital OF his wrongs at the
hands Of Tony, Tom formed color
combination almost as lurid as the
language he Is charged by Tony
with having used on the street.
1t seems from the testimony,
ihat the two men have been al
swords points for some time. Tom
says that the Italian ll1as dupePsd
garbage on his premises and has
allowed a Billygoat to run wild. to
the great detriment Of his garden,
All this Is denied by Tony and In
asmuch as there were only the two
men present with no other wilt
nesses, Mayor Couaway held the
case open for further investigation.
A Clarkshurg couple arrested
Sunday morning in a local hotel
forfeited S25 each when they failed
10 appear for trial. The pair were
arrested on complaint Of the wom'
ans husband.
The trial Of osGar Blissett, a
negro Of Ida May. arrested Satur'
day night on a charge Of disorderly
conduct preferred bv the crew OF a
Clarksburg car, will be held Tues
day morning. Blissett posted o de-
posit OF $50 for his appearance for
trial and was released yesterday. It
Is claimed by Blissett that he was
pushed off seat by a foreigner and
naturally retaliated but was arrest.
ed as the aggressor.
Walter Wilmuth forfeited S5 when
he failed to appear for trial and DR..
Fl, /. Miller let $50 go by the board
when he failed to appear to answer
to a charge Of speeding.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
Will Investigate
Ku Klux Fight

WACO, Texas. Oct. 3.-Announee.
ment was expected OF the date the
54th district grand jury wonld be
called to Investigate the fight at
Lorena, 14Fmtles south Of here Sat
urday night following an. attempt
by Shetlff Buchanan Of. McLennan
county, to halt q 'Hu Klux Khan pa.
rade. The fight resulted In prob
ably fatal Wounds to three men and
serious injury 70 seven others.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
By The Way:
Daily column given to curreli.
events and frank comment
AESoP


THE Greek Slave. Aesop, about
L $500 years ago. wrote phiLo-
soptheal fables 50 profound that they
won him his freedom and have tray-
eled on through history without an
equal.
Now these fables are making a
big bit in the movies, proving that
the average American has Phlio-
sophical mind.
TheAesop Fable movies are Illus
traeed by comic pictures, which help
popularize them. Headache science
could be popularized by rewriting it
in the language of ordinary folks.
The vehicle Of expression IS as i'm
portant as the message, il results
are sought. All people crave knowl-
edge.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
No Second Trip
To Mingo Field

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. - The
senate labor committee Is to con-
clude Its Investigations OF disorder
in the Mingo coal field within a
week. Hearing begins next Mon
day. Chairman Kenyon announced
that plans for another visit to West
Virginia have been abandoned.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
Quota Members
Form E9W Club

The Quota Book c. > was formed
tojsv al the week. luncheon OF
fba FaIrrnont Quota club held al
The Fairrnont. The ub will con:
sJat ~ the Quota embers and
members will donate Ooks and 1t
Is believed this vii 10 the neu'
ciens for something ,ger in the
future. The club v formed fol'
lowing a talk by Nj George De
Bolt in which she re we'd fiction
and talked interesting & tho cur.
Tent hooks. A commi composed
of Miss Mary Deyol. man, ana
Miss Rae Blocher, / Westfal'
and May Allen was 1ointed to
have charge OF the cl and MRS.
DeBolt will advise th OmmiHee
from time to time CO ming the
club. Mrs. DeBolt's aroused
considerable enthusiast mong the
club members for the ;ook club.
At the last meeting b. d at Hill.
crest the home OF THE president,
Mrs. T. M. Courtney tn club had
its real start.
a large number OF the lub mem
bers were present at thu luncheon
today there having been but four
members absent from the meeting.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
FORGOTTEN

N 1863 two important skeleton:
n were discovered near Journal,
France. They has just been iden-
tilted as MIR. and Mrs. Childeric'
Ever hear the name? Few have.
Yet Childeric was king Of the
Franks (ancient French) in the yeal
45I when the Franks and theiI
allies stopped AtGla and his invad-
ing Chfnece armies at the Name
That battle determined that EProPe
was to have a white instead Of
Monaghan civilizaion. Three hun
dred thousand dead were left on the
field.
Now Childsric and his legions are
nearly forgotten.
History has a poor memory
OBSERVATIONS
The Red line is bread line.
Returning tourists are see sick,
The home brood also has kick
Perhaps ioyriders use laughing
gas.
K. K. K. means Ketch as Ketch
Kan.
a o'clock town sees tae sun
rise.
A building boom 0eares high
rents aTaF
DO your best-but not your best
friend.
Men who act ike pills are soon
drowned.
a sign of good winter is Help
Wanted"
solomon had 200 wives, 50 he
had to get wise.
Ireland would like to see little
reverse English.
There's alwaysSroom at the top
for improvement.
Love nests can't be feathered
until prices are down.
The course u true love never
runs smooth walks.
With longer skirts we won't rec
ognize our old friends.
German business may not be on
its feet; but It is on ours.
police Find Booze
When will they be back at work?
An agricultural school is feeding
cows sawdust. Thus producing
more plank steak
Charlie Chaplin may be knight,
ed.-News item. All he did over
here was get crowned.
Great Britain SAYS she will make
good the ZR-2. It Should have been
made good at first.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
RoneEp MESSENGER.

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. S-Three
heavily armed bandits today beat
Thomas Gates, 90 year old messen'
ger for the Electric City bank At
West Scranton, snatched q bag con-
tainiug securities and checks val
ned at $4,000 and escaped.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
MQHaAaABl
GETS H5EgBS
Wins First Place In No
Accident Drive OF
Bando

Information was received in Fair.
mont by B. G. o. officials on Sat.
urday night that the MonongRh DiS
vision. B. & o. R. R. won the mo-
accident campaign on the B. & o.
system. Details have not been re-
ceived as to statistics. The local
railroaders are highly pleased with
coping first honors There Is no
special pennant or prize. however.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
Gai 81 35 Carloads Over
ttie Previous Week
On Three Roads
lBIl MAKES RESI GALN
Some Offers About But
the Price is Entirely
Too LoW

q - /.
Coal loading Just about. held It's
.oB1 last week IN the FaIrmont re-
EIo9. The prod uetion In tae region
Ind used 8 s cars over the previous
elEesk.
Ioadtng on the Monongah DIvi-
sion B. e o.. RI, r, last week ag-
eregtted 1888 cars OF coal or 237
eGfH more than the previous week.
On the Monongaheia the mines
I6adsd 1880 cars Of coal or IT'S
cara short OF the previous week.
0par6hons along the Western
MsFyiand railway last week load
"a q 81 scars Of coal or 81 cars shy
of the preTtoaA week. Along the
Charleston Division, B. & o. R. R.
last week the mines loaded 25U
cars ot 85 cara shy. Of the aggre-
gate loading for the previous week.
Personal Mention
~ n Johnston, Bella1re, o..
rreaid ent 81 the Chesapeake Coal
Gom56ny, vas In Fairmont on Fri
day and saturdaSS
n Jenkins, returned on Sat
rda7 from trip to Washington.
George S. Bracket is home from
& to points In Ney Jersey and
e Rstinsy I've mia.
B Hattley, Morgantown Coal
ior gantown was in Union
toSn last Friday. >
Several Offers
ordlflRy to reports aflnat the
Siatt pdyf q last selsi there we're
~ 1e.gsa q mn
pE PIT sburgh run
pf4e ee offered was SO
sifs s.tbe- offers at
attsnttor.
RI RI ETusl
fltsi loadlng off the
Sn6f di8Ision, B. & o. r. R.
II 4 dty aggregated % cars. OF
fisf 81! & s0y r. r. secured
and the foreign railroad'
earf DIS.
eaturday''s Shipments
et,ts off the monongah
~ B. & o. R. R. Saturday
: i,6Ist 81 of 81 carloads to the
ni 4 cars 10 Arlington pier.
flnS hundred md thirty-three
aef coal were loaded east and
~ YsetxtYruue west.
Eastern Movement
sfxteen trains were moved east
81 Ton on the B. & o. r. +.
IS snn day IN which there, were 02l
freiett loads and 197 cars Of coal.
4 sof 3g2s cars Of coal were
moved west. This morning there
were "a Il carloads Of freight on
La1d a which 4S cars were coal.
-7I- turday leighteen trains drew
loads OF freight east OF Graz
isSn of which 433 were coal. Freight
loads moved west aggregated So2
saturdays, Loading
q totaI sof 1853 cars OF coal were
loaded ia the Fairmont region on
Saturday which was, the hghtest
loSdIng on Saturday In the region
Sor three weeks. Production on
tiSss ionongahela at 259 carloads
onfdfd the loading on the B. & o:
s8reatiy the latter having loaded
FYat cars. No coal was loaded
n fS1e Western Maryland railway.
qwauty- four cars of coal were
I6ad ID 6n the Charleston division.
& 4 r. b. r.. r and .237 cars on the
Sfonon r lhela In Pennsylvania.
MlnIng Conditions
" 7iftys one mines are working in
f4e III irnont region today. OF
the5sse there are, 3S on the r. & o.;
{. I b Oh tlsi 8Sonongahel one on
tie ~ stern Maryland. Twenty
Y are N5t ding on the Charleston d.
Vision E & o. and 2s on the Mon.
oneaheia IN Pennsylvania.
tIdIsn ss today IS spread over the
resic follows: B. & o., 2O2;
Monon hsla "a; Western Mary.
land
J, Iinip Is ordered today In the re-
zion consist OF 1893 OF which 6s6
4 are 81 HE b g o.; 3Ss on the
csns lnusd on paEs feurl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
MArinMAL uMPIREs.

NEW YORK, Oct. s.-President
John A. Heydler, OF the National
League, today announced appoint
ment Of Earnest g. Quigley ana
Charles Rigler, Of she National
League, umptres for the world
series
The Washington herald., 1921-11-12
GAMBLING CASINO
POSSIBLE FATE OF
MYSTERY TOWER
Spectators Would Buy
British Secret War
Engine for Hotel.

tsp.ci.I c.bie TO rhe wAhinstoa Hsraid.)
LONDON, Noy. IT, VIII the IA
nous ShorehaIf mystery tower"
the strangest and most terrible am
phibian engine Of destruction that
the world war produced. be turned
to the peace-time uses of a gam
bling casino?
The mystery tower" is as much
a mystery today as when IL was
first constructed in 1917. only a
few men in the world. the English
designers and constructors Of the
strange craft, know its secret
There are two mystery towers.
They are huge objects, tower
shaped and built Of concrete.
watertight compartments permit
them to float freely, and after their
secret construction and launching
they were towed from time TO time
about the English Channel and an
chored, a short distance apart, out
side ports whose commerce was
menaced by German submarines.
said 10 Contain Dynamos.
Even when the war was over
their secret was NOT told. But ru-
mors current in naval circles have
suggested their purpose and de-
sign. II is said that the two towers
contained great electric dynamos
which generated a powerful electric
current. Steel nets slung between
the towers below the surface of the
sea carried this current. Should
the iron hull OF a German subma-
rine come in contact with this net
the men inside the U-boat would be
-. nanpnRnffg
contact and each man Of the crew
would meet a swift, silent and ter
rible death.
With the coming Of peace the use
of the mystery towers ended. One
of these, stripped of its machinery
and secret inventions, was sunk on
a shallow sandbar in the Solent and
used as a lighthouse. IL still pro-
jects 100 feet above the water and
its strange history has been told TO
thousands of this summers Ameri-
can visitors who saw it when en-
tering the nearby port Of South
ampton.
Would Make Ii Into Hotel.
The other has been anchored at
Shoreham Shoreham, however,
does not want the mystery tower.
The local authorities claim that it
blocks the harbor and is causing a
deposit of silt and sand about its
base that is a menace 10 naviga-
tion.
The latest development in the sit
uation comes from a group Of Lon
don speculators who wish to buy
the tower from the admiralty and
| turn IL into gambling casino.
I These casinos, which run full blast
at Deauville and Boulogne across
/ the channel, are not permitted TO
/ open in England.
The present plan Is to buy the
\ tower, fit it up as a hotel. tow il
outside the three emile limit. anchor
| it there. Wines and spirits could
| be sold at all hours and could be
/ imported cheaply from France.
| Gambling rooms could be fitted up
/ and hotel aCcommOda tions pro-
! vided. The plan is to run a regu-
| lar boat service to the nearby re-
sort of Brighton. bringing out visi-
/ tors at all hours.
The promoters have yet 30 gain
/ the consent of the British govern
ment. If this consent is granted
the tower, l6O feet at the base and
weighing 11,OOO pns. is fully large
enough for their purpose.
(By United News.)
The Washington herald., 1921-11-12

Lima's leading jewelers. was plac-
ing five shrNnken human heads IN
his window to be sold as souvenirs
of the centennial. Four of them
were heads of Indians and were
priced at, $500. but the center one
bore a card announcing that it was
the head of a European explorer
who had been asSaSsinated by the
Indians of the interior, so ii was
priced at $3.50.
Many Head Hunters.
Although the reruvians insist
that these heads are prepared by
the Jibaru Indians Of Ecuador, the
AEuarunaS of PcrH are probably
the largest tribe Of head hunters in
South America. and as the Peruvian
government has been unable to
make any other impression on their
tribal customs there is no reason
for supposinG that theys obey the
Cdict from Lima that they must not
prepare any more human heads for
market or for believing that all the
Leads sold in Lima come from
Ecuador.
Tourists maintain that all COIN
cidences are strange, and that the
adjective is therefore unnecessary,
but il appeared rather remarkable
that these heads were put on dis
play in the window OF one of Lima-s
fashionable shops on the same day
that the President received the
highest diplomatic representative
OF religion. and that on the same
day one of the newspapers of Lima
devoted a long editorial to COM
planning against the recent heavy
increase in the import duty on
Looks and reading matter.
The big event of the official pro-
gram was the unveiling of a mon-
ument to San Martin. the Argen-
tine general who brought about the
independence Of Peru. a monument
which had been completed and
looked at by the public for a year
and then wrapped up again month
before the anniversary in order that
it might be solemnly unveiled be-
fore the eyes of the diplomats of
thirty-one nations.
Bull Fights End Program.
The last event was the bull fight,
prepared especially for the enter
tainment of the visiting am-
bassadors. The President attended
with his two. daughters, his cab
met, and his military attendants
and the grandstand was brilliant
with the uniforms of diplomats
from all parts Of the world and
bright with the costumes of the
leaders of Peruvian society. Six
imported Spanish bulls were killed
in an even more disgustingly bru-
tai manner than is usually the case
at bull fights. and as each matador
strobe up to the Presidents ksS
with the blood dripping from the
sword he had just pulled out Of
the carcass, the President handed
him draft on the treasury of the
republic. in keeping with the GUS
tom that has come down from Nero.
tcopyrisht, is2Ll.