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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-28
George Yeager
Seriously Ill

George Yeagcr, a Fairmonter
and down town property owner. is
in a dying condition with pneu-
monia at the Garrison Hospital.
Philadelphia. according to informa'
ton received here today. The
family physician, Or. D. p. Fitch
has been summoned 10 Philadel.
phia to Mr.. ycager's bedside and
may be detained here, Just when
he will return has not been learn
ed.
Mr.. YcaEer owns the property
now occupied by the Golden
Brothers. department store.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-28

York City, said that aside from
the question of unemployment any
attempt to diminish the force OF
cyclfcal depression must come prt.
marily from tho financial and EN-
ploying groups. Labor is a negli-
CHILE force in affecting the phone.
men. Other meetings during the
day were held by tho statistical AS
sociation which went into the cues.
ton Of business research and
the political science association
which heard papers on problems
OF state government"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-28
Many Happy
Returns OF
Day, WOODROW

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is
Former President Wilson today
quietly celebrated Mis- siXty-tlfth
birthday at his home here.
While no deviation from the
daily program of the Wilson
household was planned, many
cablegrams, kilograms, and
letters containing greetings
were delivered at the wilson
home on S street during t.le
day. Several OF the moro in
innate friends of Mr.. Wilson
called to extend their greetings
In person.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-28
ANOTHER VICTIM

NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-Ban.
dts gathered another murder to
the growing list IN New York
today when three men attacked
and killed Charles HAYES, an il
surance salesman. in the east
New York section Of Brooklyn.
HAYES bravely fought the trio
when they attempted to hold
him up. He was felled by a blow
upon the head with a piece OF
pine, and was shot in the groin.
a policeman. attracted by this
screams OF an unidentified Won
an witness. chased the men for
several blocks but they escaped.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-28
Troy Laundry
Changes Hands

The Troy Laundry u Jackson
street has been purchased by
James H. Barrett, former deputy
sheriff OF Marion county. Mr..
Barrett will take over the manage
ment OF the local laundry January
/.
Mr.. Barrett has had much en-
perience in the laundry business
having first become interested ~
it in 1898 with Mccoy Brothers.
He was later associated with the
American Laundry for a period OF
seven years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-28
SUGAR BREAK

NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-Re.
fined sugar broke below tue
five cent level today for the
first time in years due TO the
weakness OF raw sugar. The
Federal Sugar Refining COM
pany reduced its quotations ten
points to 4 80 cents 4 pound for
fine granulated.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-28
NAvkN FAvoRs TREATY

SAyAN, County Meath. ireland
December 2S.-Tha Urban cuunci!
Of Navan has adopted Il resolution
fayoring ratification Of tn" Irish
peace treaty
This action was taken at Il meet
ing Of council yesterday
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-28

who failed to appear will
be brought into police court by
the city officers, II Mayor
Conawuy's orders are carried out.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
LOOKS LIKE A WINNER

Acceptance in principle, by both Great Britain
and Japan, of Secretary Hughes's proposals for
naval reduction, shows that this country has, at
least, made hit at the beginning of the armament
conference.
Mr.. Hughes, at one stroke, has disarmed, for
the time being. all those critics who were arguing
that the American desire for disarmament was only
half hearted He has put the other nations on
the defensive, and in a position where they must
show cause or submit to the odium CT being
classed as advocates of miarism. He has taken
the wind out Of the Japanese sails by complying
reduction before attempting a settlement Of the
Eastern question generally.
The best that can be said Of The Hughes plan,
however, is that it is a start in the right direction,
and would effect a saving of a coed many million
dollars annually to the tax payers. And this is
so much to the good that in rejoicing over it the
public might conceivaby lose sight of the fact that
it neither makes future wars less liable nor alters
the relative strength of the probable belligerents in
of war.
1t IS practical rather than an ideal reduction.
1t does not convert swords into plowshares but by
keeping down the size of the sword all around, ii
leaves more room for the development of those
peaceful vocations, which, by the way, are just
as essential 10 the successful management of war
as the more militant trades
Acceptance in detail may be forecast, because
the other nations pretty well understand if the
present naval competition should go on this coun-
try, with its immense resources, could and would
soon have navy which would put all the other
countries to shame America can afford to make
the offer announced by Mr. Hughes, because it
has nothing to lose by letting its navy rest while
building up Its other industries; the other nations
can not afford to reject the offer, because the alter
native would leave them in poorer situation rea-
tive to this country than they now enjoy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
THE MOON

The learned Professor Pickering finds life upon
the moon; there men, perhaps dickering
ana chasing the doubloon. We've always thought
1t tenantless, and cold and gray and dead without
baseball, and penantless, with none to paint it
red. But now Professor Pickering sees life
signs everywhere, and maybe men are iquoring
in soft drink joints up there; and maybe skates
political as gifted statesmen pose, and kickers
dourly critical denounce the movie shows We've
viewed the moon through telescopes, it's craters
and its wales; though takers, in their yellow
scopes framed up some dizzy tales, of living be-
ines dwelling there, we thought their tales were
bunk; no orators We're yelling there, no states
men peddled bunk We gave no time to bicker-
ing, our platform was strong but now PROBES
sor Pickering has shown us where we're wrong
He's. found lot of greenery strange plants that
grow and thrive; amid that CHASTITY scenery some
COW feed is alive; and-is it merely vanity?-if
such green thing appear, there's sure to be hui
manity on hand. to profiteer. The learned Pro
fessor Pickering to beliefs says, Scat" So
play him on your Chickering and paste him in
your hat.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
Daily Poem
THE DOG OF IT

David Wharton)
When he jumps on you with muddy
paws,
When an ancient bone he knaws,
You'll hear some cynic say,
In a col disguised way.
That the deg of it,
The dog of it''-perhaps it's true,
But when you're down and out and
through,
When you haven't a single friend
His love lives to the end,
That's the dog of it.
When the heart most loved grows
cold,
And you're ugly, poor and old.
Though he hash enough to eat,
lie follows with love at your feet
That's the dog of it.
And when you're under the ground.
Forgotten your lonely mound
He will remember, and steal away
To lie beside it night and day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER

The average STUDENT of American history today
will say that the South was right in principle but
it was good thing that the war was lost History
is full of paradoxes, and perhaps it is not worth
while to cav at the obvious inconsistency of this
verdict
The men who followed Lee and Davis are fain
to be satisfied with it. They never doubted and
never will doubt the integrity of their posion For
more than fifty years they have accepted the Union
without question and without regret
But the esteem in which they are everywhere
held can not be accepted purely personal 1t
has its origin in part in the recognition that their
patriotism was of the old American revolutionary
type and that the ideals 10 which they aspired and
for which they offered their lives, were something
higher than the American government itself has
ever achieved.
The civil war was inevitable from the day the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15

federal constitution was adopted. The makers
of that great instrument faced problems they could
not solve They could not reconcile the lofty prn-
ciples of human right consent of the governed,
and the sovereignty of the states with the narrower
federalisic plan which they proposed to adopt. In
stead of settling the dispute once for all, they
passed it on to the future, leaving one group or
section to believe we had one sort of government
and the opposite group or section to believe we
had another
For seventy years the history of the country is
the story of repeated attempts to solve this problem
by delays and compromises. This was impossible
Having gene into the union as independent states
and having carefully and explicitly asserted and
reserved their independence in going in, the people
of the South could not submit to having their foun-
datons undermined by judicial Interpretation or
by the slow usurpation of congress. The time had
to come when the issue could no longer be post
pcned. The South submitted it to the trial by
battle and lost
They lost the fact Of independence, and this
they concede by their devotion, now long since
Iuly Proved 10 the natlcn as II IS but the prln-
cipe itself, incapable of settlement by the sword,
is still with them 1t enables them to look the
whole world in the face and say I'VE fought for
the right as we saw it, and we have nothing of
which to be ashamed"
Hence, we greet the aged remnants of the con-
federacy net as men who have erred and repented,
but as men who fought with matchless COURAGE
for the loftiest principles of human liberty and just
government that ever inspired patriots to draw the
sword. May they live long to enjoy the plaudits
of their grateful posteriy, and may their memory
remain green in the hearts of the people as long as
the nation endures
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
AS Others See 1t
1T MUST SUCCEED
(Florida Times Union. }

The conference for limitation of ornaments
meets in Washington today. win it succeed in
the purpose for which it is called? 1t must sue
ceed If it fails, there is no hope for the nations
of Europe that participated in the war.
We have no figures showing the wealth of
tions now but the public debt of the United States
is now about eleven per cent of the total wealth
of the country before the The interest
the public debt alone costs about fifty dollars
per family. We who live in the United States
know how burdensome this is and we may get a
faint idea of the burdens that the people
of Europe when we compare their conditions to
The public debt OF Great Britain is slightly
more than half the wealth of that country before
the war and its interest payments amount to fully
$175 per family. We realize the burden we are
carrying The burden the British people are
rying is four times as great But it will seem
light in proportion to what some of the other
nations of Europe are carrying
The debt of Italy is four-ffths as great as was
the entire wealth OF that country before the war;
that of France fve-sxths and that of Germany
seveneighths The interest payments of Italy
amount to fully $3.50 per family; OF France $3.50
and of Germany $275 per family. Now add to this
the fact that probably onefourth of the able
bodied of these nations have been killed
or crippled and some idea may be formed of how
necessary a reduction of expenses is to
Europe. We do not know what wages are paid
in these countries now but if they the same
as before the outbreak of the war it takes more
than the entire work OF common laborer to
meet the interest charges of the continental gov
ernments alone
AS this does not reduce the principal at all it
shows that these payments are not to be made
for ten hundred years but for all time. 1t
means that all possible additional expenses must
be cut off or Europe will go the way that ancient
civilizations have gone. The very life Of Europe
is at stake.
The necessary cost of government other than
military would add at least twenty-five per cent
to these charges. mentioned above would be
doubled and this would eat up almost the entire
productive capacity OF these countries. TO add
the cost of extensive military preparations TO all
this would be like tieing an anvil around the
neck of man scarcely able to swim.
If the hatreds and the suspicious of Euorpe
can't be buried now even held in allegiance the
time is at hand when the primacy OF the
Eastern continent, in wealth. in progress, in civil
izaton will be transferred to Asia. If nothing is
done now to tighten The burdens, the government
will be imposing on the people more than they
can bear and anarchy will result We can as
easily afford to spend five billion dollars in prep
aration for war as the great nations of Europe
can to meet the interest payments on their debts
and provide for the ultimate retirement OF their
bonds =
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
YOU ARE WRONG, BOB
Stanford IIerald.D

NodnIOfu 1teralu.)
We note by the state papers that Sanford won
the state golf championship for Rotary at the big
Rotary meeting down at Orlando last Friday. 1t
has not been definitely stated but we suppose it
was Sid Chase, Harry Stevens or Charlie Henry
that did the trick all three of these gentlemen
are expert golfers and have played some very
close games the fine Sanford golf links at our
Country Club, yes.
Ed Note: 1t was own Sandford Jewett who
won the Rotary golf championship and not the
Sanford Rotary club. The Lakeland presidents
name is SANFORD and not Sanford This does not
imply that Sanford is without Sand but the SIM
ilarty of the names probably led the state papers
who copied the kilograms story, into error
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
Laugh Line
A Subtle Touch

DO unto others as you would have
them do unto you,' quoted Markley.
hat is the Golden Rule and | be-
| lieve in it, too, don't your"
We'll, replied Burroughs, "if l did
I'd he offering to lend you $40 this
minute
Precise Figuring
so YOU get dollar year for
working for the nation
TO be financially exact replied
Mr.. Dustin Stax, 81 don't get a whole
dollar have to pay a little back as
income tax. Washington Star.
Chin-Chin
There's no use talking" said the
dame.
There's no use talking, was her claim.
There's no use talking, that is true.
There's no use talking, but they do.
Kansas City Journal.
Not Fooled
What have you on your breath?'
Peppermint drops, m'dear.''
Bum camouflage,' declared Mrs.
ne was glad to let it go at that
Kansas City journal.
Crafty
NV wife bought me this swell au-
tomobile coat for Christmas
Il didn't know you had an automo-
bile - 'O''''
Il haven't. That's just one of wifes
little schemes for making me buy
one"
4
rs his suit all wool?''
Net precisely. 1t ! also contains
horsehair iron filings, cocoanut fibre,
block tin, pipe clay, glue, jute. rope
ends, spun glass, shellac and same
cotton. However, there is some wool
in it also"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
ONLY IN DEGREE
Stanford Herald.)

Bandits are holding up banks with levelled
guns while others are holding them up without
guns and armed men are holding up people in
the big cities with guns while the smoother ras
Gals are holding them up by lawful means. 1t
is all according to the laws of the land and
stealing is only when you get caught in petty
pilfering. The big ones never caught They
have money enough to get away. The law al
lows them that privilege all laws are passed
for the benefit of the rich and not the poor
Watch the papers and find out for yourself
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15

The depot agent at Tickville de-
parted this morning for walk down
the railroad track to see what was the
matter with the train.
Clab Hancock went down into the
Gin ct creek bottom Wednesday af-
ternoon and gathered a nice lot of
hickorynuts. But some of them had
holes in them and his wife made him
take them back
The wife of Sim Flinders is terri
BILE upset. She has been telling a Sc
cret to all Of her neighbors and
friends this week, and is now afraid
she forgo. to tell all of them not tu
say anything about il.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15

Orlando recently put over something big for a
city CT its size when the Reporter-Star printed
tweny-four pages as a supplement advertising the
progressive firm CT Dickson-Ives. One has but
to visit Orlando to realize what decided growth
has lately taken place in its retail trade and trade
vcrtsement of the city's resources and wealth.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15
THE RIGHT SPIRIT
Sanford Herald.)

DeLand has the right idea and they have the
right kind of people behind it. The ashes from
the great hotel fire there were not cold when
the Daily News was out yelling for subscriptions
for new fire-proof and modern hotel to be built
on the site of the old Putnam Inn That is the
spirit that builds cities and we want to congratu-
late the News and the people of DeLand on their
fine spirit.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15

When the taxation bill finally passes it will
have the unique distinction of being equally un-
popular with its friends and its enemies. Nobody
loves it, nobody wants it, and nobody feels like
assuming responsibility for its existence But they
had to pass something.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15

Wars will cease when the public realizes that
war itself is crime the evil and evil conse-
quences CT which outweigh any possible benefits
resulting therefrom
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15

The howl of indignation over Senator Watson S
charges will sound good deal more sincere after
those charges are thoroughly disproved
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-15

The most effective slogan for the armament
conference would be, mo more American money
for war machinery
El Nuevo mexicano., 1921-09-01
VETERANO, SOLO ENTREGA.
SIETE ~PRISI0NERDS.

Grand Junction Colo. Agosto 20
David Dunbar, veterano de dos arma
das, la Australiana y la Americana
en- la Guerra Mundial, entreg6 hoy a
siete de sus asociados a las autorida-
des despues de que Sc lagea que ellos
habian saqueado Ia casa de un rancho
70 cerca de aqui.
Sc hizo una lumbre de campo. y Du-
bar di1o que queria c~ontarles un euen-
to a los siete hombres blancos pre-
sentea. Cuando Sc habian sentado al
rededor de Ia lumbre, a segdn dice
Dunbar, Ell anterior soldado les apun-
to un revolver, uno a la Fez, v les or
demo que Sc acostaran b~oca-abajo y
Sc pusiefan los brazos cfuzados en- la
espalda. Mienaras los siete hombres
estaban IN esta posicion y aguardan-
do al alguacil. los dos negros neearon
al campo y viendo Ia ~situacion. en-
pezaron una batalla con pistoIas con
Dunbar, reporta 81. Fueron golpea-
dos y salieron huyendo.
Luego lego 81 alguacil y tonic a los
hombres en- custodia y Dunbar
su canine solo.
M"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1921-09-01
UNA QUESTION CLARA Y LIN
PA

ara
La question en- Ia campaha d
"a election senatorial que ahors
Sc esta abriendo en- NuevO Mexico
as tan plena, clara, simple, def.
Hitiva como Sc podia desear. 81
Ia question familiar de Bursum Dc
eeinte amos de existencia.
Como en- tOda campaHa preyis
sl grito es que kI es IN Bursum
nueyo, regeperado, convertible ]
bautizado, absOlvidO de sus peca.
dos pasados, nacidO de nuevo,
con un cOrazOn RuevO y una cara
nueya listo para peIear por e.
pueblo.
FL St. Bursum en- dos campahas
a~cerrimamente peleadas para 60
bernador, con todos los arTimados
y reeursos de Ia pacota De Ia or
ganizaciOn Republicans, demons
trO que no podia taDtear a los yO-
tantes de Nuevo Mexico.
Aparentemente q cree que 10
puede haeer to2avia. NosOtrOs
creemOs que no.
Fl a~rgumentO principal ahOra es
que para copseguir aIgo de un
congreso R~epubIicanO NuevO Me-
xico debe tragarse a Bursum y al
Bursumismo.
Fl argumento Is un insultO a Ia
sOberania y a Ia independence
del pueblo del estadO.' A clos Sc
les piden que Sc arrodillen, poll
ticameRte, ante Ell amo que elIos
ban Fepehdamente repudiado y
pidan limOsna, sombrero en- mano,
pOr favores compradOs pOr renun-
ciacion De su prOpiO respeto poll
tico.
FL 81. Bursum hace brilIantes
promesas en- cuantO a 10 que va
a hacer como Ell ninO mimadO de
IA administration nacional. Pero|
es mas que una promesa: Is una
alpepaza polftica. " Aqui sstoy y
ustedes tienen que permanecsr
cOnmigoD es Ia idea, % no los de-
jamos yer pOr Ell agujerO."
Fl Sr. Bursum cay6 ALI no obs
tapte Ia OPPOSITION de los yOtanlesl
= aparentemente espera quedarse
ALI POr IN atenladO queisndoIos
espaplar.
M las amenazas nj las prone
sas de Bursum, aIborotos 0 alar-
des, tapa-oio 0 10 tapa-oios no
ban hasta ahora saIido con exite
n cOnYeneer al pueblo De NueYo
Mexico que 10 quieran a e en- IN
1uesto de alta coufiapza p9bHca.
Y tendrsn mueha batalla ahora
p consegpiFlO.
FL regisIro del Sr. BuEsum ma
,ifiesta que sps promesas de CO.
as para q pueblo son indignas.
En- 81 poder en- NuevO Mexico
. % pasado para prep6sitos
IersOnaIes y poi6eos en- favor
|e iDtereses sspeeiales. Fl quiere
ste puesto abora para los misuos
mes; y Frank Hitchcock, eI mas
auila de todos los de Ia pacota !