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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16

street ana other ssllyisF reias
DAVID Nixon spending lev
days ith hnme folks II Connects
VIE Pa
Mn. A ?: Moore was the guest
OF her father ". R. Sellers 81
Glover Gap the last Of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stevens
and daughters Mary. Thelma and
Ada May are home from q visit
OF two weeks with relatives At
Ptttston. Pa 4
Burton Hines Of Braddoek, Pa.
has returned home after 4 visit
with relatives in Pennsylvania
avenue,
W. D. Richardson and family re-
turned home the last Of the week
from a motor trip which included
Little Washington, Wheeling and
other points,
Mrs. French NsRisher Of; Layman
street was at Grant Town yester-
day, the guest OF her mother, Mrs.
I.emlsy, who is in very poor
health.
j. H. Young OF Litueton, is
spending a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Thompson in Layman
street.
Mrs. Paul Tough Of PennsylYa.
mia avenue has been quite sick the
past few days.
Mr., and Mrs. James Willis and
children Of Watson spent Sunday
with the family of Mrs. Willis
brother, s. ". Rutherford in High.
land avenue.
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Ilad Guests

The following guests were enter.
talned at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. E. Smith in Buffalo avenue ov-
er Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Chenoworth. and two sous. the
Misses Mildred and Alta Carpen-
ter all Of Wheeling, Mr.. and Mrs
h. Onward and little son and
daughter OF New Martinsville and
Mrs. s. E. Delaney.
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The bake,sale and exchange held
by the ladies' OF the aid society
on Saturday were especially sue.
cesstul. The community responded
generously to the request OF the
solicitors and although a great
amount Of baked articles were sent
In all was disposed of by noon and
many who came to buy we're dis.
appointed. Mrs. Lawrence 'Higgin.
botham and Mrs. Frank s. white
were in charge Of the market at
the Bellyiew grocery, while Mrs
Charles Abel and Mrs. Clarence
Hall were the salealadles at the
Hall store in Pennsylvania ave.
nue..
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IA suss instead Of ssins 70 Interfere ,h is szoEsble
The tatetnent Of eyer thai Tue famine N sNus
Of an extent eadss beyond resource 81
Zines Of economic haTdsiip sharply raises The auss
ton as to what the policy Of tie government is 70 be-
1t is big question and there is much to be said on
both sides Of it
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UP no THE MAYOR

N view Of the fact that it has become habit Of
Faimont city administrations to fall back upon the
public for help every tine anything out OF the
fixed routine develops the action Of the city directors
yesterday authorizing the Mayor TO select commit
tee Of representatives Of the various SO called CIVIC
organizations and ask to work out plan for enforce
ing the milk inspection ordinance. and for improving
health administration generally, may be taken as a
decidedly hopeful sign.
However Mayor Conway had better select that
committee with the greatest Of care and invite to
membership on it only such men and women as are
likely to take deep personal interest in such affairs
for no matter what the committee does the respon-
sbility for whatever action is taken officially by the
city government will rest with the Mayor The charter
under which the city Of Fairmont is operating provides
that
The mayor shall be head of the depart
ment Of law and public welfare
The director Of law and public welfare
shall enforce all laws, ordinances and regu-
lations relative to the preservation and
promotion Of the public health the proven
ton abatement and suppression Of nuts.
ances, and the sanitary inspection and
supervision Of the production Transports
ton, storage and sale Of foodstuffs,
II is further provided in the charter that:
The health officer Of the city shall be
under the direction Of the department Of
law and public welfare and shall enforce
all ordinances and laws relating to health.
There can be no dOdging that If the committee is
composed ofpeople who think more of little addition
al tax burden than they do Of the public health or if
it happens to be made up of that great drawback to
efficient democratic government the totally indiffer
ent, this movement 10 safeguard the milk supply Of
Farmont will fail just as earlier efforts failed. but
the responsibility for that failure will rest not with the
committee nor with the taxpayers Of Fsimont but
with Director of The Department Of Law and Public
Welfare w w. Conway.
And if Director Conway wanted 10 make a
name for being capable executive possessed Of the
kind of initiative that the public has right TO expect
in its municipal officers he would work out plan for
providing full time health officer and milk inspection
and then call special meeting Of the City Directors so
that it could be considered well in advance Of the
meeting next Tuesday at which tie budget and the
tax rate for the next fiscal year will be fixed Then
it would not make so much difference how deliberate
the select committee is about consideration ohe prob
lem For year at least the problem would be out Of
The way and the milk sold in Faimont would be
what it purpors to be.
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Both in ireland and England, IT is said, there is
feeling that letter written by General Jan C..
SHUTS to Devalera in which he urges that the
British proposals as set forth in letter of Prime
Minister Lloyd George be accepted will be the de-
termining factor in the Irish peace effort 1t may
be that this is true but the thing that stands out
ceares in all this affair is that SHUTS is one of the
few men in the public eye Just now who is not afraid
to take the entire responsibility for decisions OF
first rate Importance His political and military ex-
perience has been extensive but he never seems to
have needed to learn the gentle art of passing the
buck.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16

An especially good meeting Of
the young ladies' OF the philathea
Sunday school class was held at
the home Of the Misses Hester and
Ruth stnckey Of Murray avenue
While this is one Of the smallest
classes in the school, Il Is also
one Of the most active. After the
business Of the class was disposed
Of tie young ladies' spent a social
hour and here served With re.
freshments before adiourning.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16
Reunion

The Jacobs. Bunner. Williams
association will have their seventh
annual reunion on Sunday, septem.
Der in the Jacobs Grove near
Tr!une Monongalia county, Plans
are being made By members OF the
association to make this the best
gathering ever held By the associa
ton. The program Will be an
nounced when completed. I,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16
RUFF STUFF

A resident Of Wayne, W. Va,
20, TWO years in the pen for man.
iiacturirg moonshine. 1t must
aaye been i rotten brand.
N .
WITH state policemen sent here
rs traffic otticers wreckinE a ma.
chine aud going 80 miles an hour
on The way mere, the cellar IS still
lie best place for q pedestrian.
with germs IN the milk and
germs M the water and the ban
N llquoE We would snEgest a cam.
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EAST SIDE
-:-MEWs-:-


Mrs. J. D. Baker OF Vermont
avenue was hostess to the follow
Ing guests at well appointed six
o'clock dinner Monday evening:
Mrs. Fred Daniels and daughters,
Catherine Betsy and Sara Lee OF
Wheeling and Mrs. Joseph Dots
and children, Josephine Junior and
James Of BellyleE. Mrs. Daniels
and daughters are guess OF Mrs.
Baker and Mrs. Dots the former
being her aunt and the latter. a
sister Of Mrs. Daniels.
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OF the latter's brother. John Fish.
Mr.. Fish died lp Boulder, Col.
where he had gone to relieve III
ness Of tuberculosis. He was well
and favorably known here. having
been employed with the auditing
department Of the Consolidation
Coal company until a few months
ago.
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Personals

Mrs. Dorsey Pople OF Morgan.
town avenue has recovered from
several days illness.
Mr. and Mrs a. W. Dennis and.
children Of State street have gone
to Parkersburg for two weeks visit.
Miss Rena Roberts and Elias Burn.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16
TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST Is, 1921

H.G.
By Baton BraEey
i IEtssbfusaed away the mystery
/ / THAT hangs about our history,
HOS shown that Alexander was cub;
And. gracious. how he's blown apart
Tie siamor that was Bonaparte
And proved that julius Caesar was dul
OF stshops in their Carriages,
of Angels and Of Marriages,
OF Matlans and Of troglodites he tells,
ME ultimate authority
10 IN the vast majority
e Wells!
On earthly Anthropology
And resent iwar-psychology
On Socialism, Bolshevtsm too;
ON NE absurd insanlties,
injustice inhumanities,
HIssobservations total quite few;
ME past. Is easy game for him,
rhe futures aft the same for him,
Whatever DO the theme he's there with bellsi
kndssoIIss sing in puny verse
That guide TO all the Universe,
init oracle and Prophet H. G. Wells;
ousye got to hand the prize TO Mr.. Wells.)
Copyright 1921 by N. e. A.)
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Very 90

Mrs. Margaret Hunter remains
very seriously III at her home in
Naomi street. Mrs. Hunter is one
OF the oldest as well as one Of the
most highly respected residents OF
Bellview and she has many friends
who are graveiy concerned over
her condition,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16
Home Coming

The satterfield and Herons' an.
nual home coming will be held at
Colfax on Sunday, August Ok. a
good program is being arranged
for the event which will be an
nounced later.
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Attend Pee RenTioflI

MI. and Mrs Guy uterbaSi ana
their guests Mr., and Mrs James
Brown Of Keyser, Mr.. and Mrs I.
9land Brown and children, ana MI
and Mrs. 2 B /. Henderson attend.
ed the Pos family union which was
held near Grafton Sunday.
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81 on the coat Of arms Of the city.

We are informed that one-ftfth
the population of Battle Creek,
Mich lives outside the corpora.
ton limits. These is them no
doubt which come in for a bath
and a rub twice a year.
We have more respect for the
guy who eats peas with a knife
than the bird who attacks a grape
fruit with a spoon and puts most
OF the Juice in your eye.
The fellow who orders hash IN
q restaurant does II With a prayer
that they served something the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16

There's one thing that can be said for the Japan
ese Up 10 date they have not been caught running
into the country. from the Pacific But all of the
other three boundaries seem to be as tight as the
proverbal seive.
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From RIvesyIlIe

The handsome residence otgDr.
and Mrs. Ballah In Bellyiew aye.
nue. received the finishing touches
the last Of! the week and the doc.
tor expects 10 move INSTANTLY here
from Riyesyille in a few days AS
BelIvisw has had no resident doe.
tor up to! the present time the PEG.
pie are glad to welcome this fam.
ily into their midst,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16

The Order OF Red Men and
Daughters OF Pocahontas Of TIE
East Side will attend the Red Mems
picnic at Traction Park tomorrow,
The Red Men are requested to wear
their uniforms.
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At Cook Hospital

!. Miss Emily Cunningham OF
Bricelins Mills vas operated upon
for appendicitis Monday at Cooke
hospital and is doing nicely. Mls'
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day before he IS particularly fond
Of.
The interrogation point may re-
place the Shamrock as the EN-.
blem of Erin.
Poleeats are reported to be pa.
radin gthe streets Of Eldersvtlle,
Washington county, Pa, When q
town 10 not large enough to boast
OF an army Of yeegs or holsheyikt,
nature ct times steps In to give
the citizens something 70 worry
about.
Russia seems to have her belly
Of tndiEestibls theorlAL
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The milk campaign must make
every conscientious COW regard
her owner with some apprehension.
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EnrMEninrl.a.i-

Mr.. and Mrs, George Hender.
son OF Pennsylvania avenue are
IN Wheeling this week where they
.sare ealId 70 attend the funeral
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16

People pay a big price for two
weeks vacation so they can ap.
preciate the comforts of home the
other weeks OF the year
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Sunnlngham e cousin 81 Mrs.
y snilth q ssats street
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By UNnO I

The trouble with getting a Jag
on Oft the three.mile limit is that
there are no lamp posts 10 hang
on.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16

The trouble with getting hack
TO normally is that none want to
get normal ahead Of the other fel.
low.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-16

Army Appeals To Recover Har.
ness-headline. We had thought
there wa stoo much harness in the
army.
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aay belOre be is particularly fond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
CARE IN USE OF CHAINS
ON ICY STREETS URGED
Quick Stops With Strain on Tires
Should Be Avoided, Experts
Advise.

Sharply rounding corners on Slip
perry, Icy streets, cars often skid dan
gerously, avoiding accident almost by
miracle. Frequently motorists notice
less fortunate cars with wheels
crushed against the curb. So many
are the smash-ups that safety-first
suggestions are opportune.
Skid chains are good for icy or slip
pery streets, but should not be run
on dry pavements or hard roadways.
They are a serious strain both on the
driving parts of cars and upon the
tires. Some motorists put them on too
soon and leave them on too long.
others put them on too late or take
them off too early. A little care in
this pays real dividends in tire con-
servation.
Chains bite best on the straight
away, meshing with the road for the
hard pull and preventing sidesway
AS long as the wheels are turning the
chains are functioning. They are least
efficient when the wheels are sliding
With less braking effect there Is
more chance for a collision. Quick
stops, with all their rasping wear on
the tires, can be avoided by slowly
throttling the car down and coasting
to a stop, according to Miller tire
service experts.
Chains can be too tight or too loose.
A uniform tension, with enough slack
to allow normal creeping. is most
practicable. Broken cross chains and
those worn nat or sharp on the edges
continually cut the tire, causing loose
treads Of all descrip*i0oA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02

measures adopted by the voters place
the expenditure OF funds for road con-
struction under the state highway de-
partments. which is an innovation in
these states. This will give the depart
ments much increased responsibility,
and also great opportunities for public
service.
Various Plans Adopted.
The states have adopted various plans
for meeting the expenditures required
In some. increases in motor vehicle
licenses and the use of these funds for
paying off the bonds and the interest
thereon, have been provided for In
Minnesota il is believed that il will be
possible TO get along without the issue
OF bonds. by making use of the annual
revenues from motor vehicle licenses
etc. which. il is expected. will equal
any amount that might be proposed 10
be expended annually under a bond
issue plan.
The bureau of roads in the Depart
ment OF Agriculture is doing all IL can
TO foster the construction OF the proper
kind of roads: roads that will give IN.
best service for the money. II also Laws
stress upon the need of maintaining
properly road after il has been con-
structed. In fact. il is very careful. i'm
awarding federal funds for road con-
struction, to receive assurance that the
roads are to be kept up after being
built. Much attention is given also 70
having the roads constructed with gov
eminent aid go somewhere" II is the
desire to make the road systems i'm the
various states Of use to the people who
nance of the roads after they are once
slpie TO connect with the systems in
other states, so that in the end a ma
tional system of highways NAV he de-
veloped.
fConvricbt 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
- MOTORS and MOTORING 50
LEGAL POINT FOR AUT0IsT
He Must Prove He Exercised Care
in Rail-Crossing Crashes.

Probably more serious accidents oc
cSr among motorists at railroad cross
ings than at any other points in the
highways, hardly a day passing that
does not see two or three accidents
of this kind chronfcled in the press,
writes Leslie Chiids. legal editor of
American Motorist, in the current issue
of that instructive and entertaining
magazine
These accidents have become so fire.
quent and so serious that they fur
nish a most potential argument in
favor of the adjustment of grade
crossings. In the light Of all this il
behooves the motorist to know just
what is expected of him by the law
at points of this kind.
From the cases reviewed. it would
seem that the courts have placed the
duty to stop, look and listen at rail
road crossings squarely upon the mo-
torist He cannot hope to recover for
injury received at points of this kind
unless he can show entire freedom
from contributory negligence.
And in exercising the required care
he must OF necessity take into con-
sideration the physical surroundings
of the particular place, such As trees
houses. etc. that may obstruct his
view. If the surroundings demand it
he must not only stop, look and listen
but should get out of his machine and
walk ahead to make certain the way
is clear. Unless he takes these pre-
cautions. the probabilities are he viii
not be free from an imputation of
negligence that will seriously inter
fere with his right of recovery in case
Of accident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02

Believing that it is impracticable
to test by actual driving every appli-
cant for an automobile drivers per-
nit, J. NJ. Aldrich. Washington
motorist. relates his experience in
procuring a Maryland operators per-
nit, where the actual test" is en-
ployed. Mr.. Aldrich's letter to The
Star is as follows:
'In the current discussion of the
proposed examination for automobile
drivers I see little or no appreciation
of the practical difficulties involved
where large numbers of applicants
have to be handled. The tendency is
strong for such examinations to take
on a perfunctory character at best.
and if the examiners are overwhelmed
with candidates for permits this out
come is inevitable. We may do it bet
ter than they do in Maryland. but my
experience there, less than two years
ago, in taking their practical test
and securing the permit to drive will
Illustrate how an excellent theory did
on one day work out in practice, and
/ think it is worth recounting.
"on asking to be allowed a date for
examination for myself and wife.
was informed that we must first take
out permits to learn I demurred to
this. as we had both driven for a con-
siderable time, but was informed that
there was no other way to get an ex-
animation. So I paid the required
fee, with an additional sum for an af-
fidavit. and was told, to be present
with my wife at Hyattsville, January
rs. We were there a little before the
opening hour, which was 10 o'clock,
and found the street for several
blocks crowded with the cars of other
candidates.
when the examining officer finally
emerged from the door of the munich
pal building. he was at once sur
rounded by a mass Of people, each
waving his yellow permit to learn
Endorsed for this examination. I no
ticed that he asked each person where
his car was. and retained in his hand
q sheaf Of the permits, while some he
handed back. After he had gathered
up some thirty or forty it appeared
that he was holding those who had
their cars parked on the near side of
the street. He then got in the fore
most car and directed the others to
follow, and the procession moved
round the block and back to their
places He then marked his o. X on
all the permits and returned them.
and the candidates. who had thus sue
cessfully passed their practical exam
fnation, were required to form in line
for an oral examination in the mu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
MEMORIAL TREE PLANTING
: FOLLOWED BY OTHER NATIONS

decided to open communication with
Strassburg. a short distance away; but
the peasants were at first so suspi-
cious that they conspired to waylay
and beat him.
Proposed Long Wall.
However, he called the chief inhab-
itants of the region, and proposed
that they should blast the rocks and
make wall a mile and a half long to
protect a projected roadway to the
River Bruche. over which he also pro-
posed to build bridge. When they
pickaxes and started on the task. His
sincerity produced a reaction and
presently he had a small army of
workers to assist him. With financial
aid from friends in Strassburg he COM
pleted the road. the protecting wall
munication established, an industrial
revolution began in the Ban de la
Roche. The boys learned the crafts
of carpenters, masons. glaciers. black
smiths and wheelwrights, trades pre-
viously unknown in the region.
Wretched cottages became habitable.
Is there a section in the United States
to which the Oberlin formula can be
applied? 1t seems that our citizens
think so.
when the American Forestry As
ISOLATION suggested the planting OF
memorial trees. IOIlO" lib tHc o.
of the armistice, the response was
nation wide. This was followed with
the call for roadside tree planting.
The greatest of all memorials that
could be erected in honor of Theodore
Roosevelt would be transcontinental
highway and lined with memoirs !
trees planted by the citizens. In this
road of remembrance idea there have
been many developments. In Florida.
for example, the Rotary Club OF
Tampa has planted fifteen miles OF the
West Coast road in honor OF the
heroes of Hillsborough county,
The roads of remembrance idea
has been placed before S. M. John
son of the Lee Highway Association
and w. D. Fisher of the Custer Bat
tlefield Highway Association, who
are enthusiastic about the PROPOSE
ton. Mrs Custer, the widow of the
general. heartily approves the memo
rial tree planting. In roadside tree
planting the auto clubs of the coun-
try Are Joining.