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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-15

There are a few people in the
county that will still strain at
gnat and yet in the next moment
swallow camel. Such inconsistency
becomes disgusting. Well, it takes
such people to keep the rest of us
straight. The only place the knock
er has in this world is to keep the
high minded people going more
persistently in theirstraight course.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-15

ural wear and tear with proper at
| tention. This is a useless tax.
4 Some farmers will tell you that
! they work longer hours and harder
than anybody. i persuaded one
who told me that to keep an accur-
ate record Of every day he worked
that be would BE- willing to pay for
,iSiiff Ire we,.e hiring it done 4 beiieEs
4 he was honest, for he reported eigh.
! ty days, and he now admits that
wasted time was the biggest tax
that he had been paying.
Let the man in the city, whose
time is his capital, and who has to
buy all his food. clothing, fuel and
pay his rent, work only eighty days
in the year at the rate of pay he
gets, and he will come out badly in
debt. No other vocation will pro-
vide as many comforts at the same
expenditure of labor as does farm
ing.
| have seen much waste in feed
ing of farm animals for the lack of
knowledge how to feed a balanced
ration. With some farmers feed is
feed, and just so their animals get
fed it is immaterial whether it will
make heat, fat, or build up muscle.
BY intelligent feeding one-half of
the tonnage would have given bet
ter results if properly proportioned.
The other half was an unnecessary
tax paid due either to ignorance or
indifference.
| have seen farmers, when they
were ready to plant corn, go to their
cribs and shell their seed corn with
out any effort at selection, when
everyone who keeps in touch with |
the work that has been done in seed |
corn selection knows that by pro-
per selection of seed, the yield can
be doubled. Is not that rather
heavy tax to pay for neglect?
/ have seen men pretend to farm
without any definite plan about !,
their work. / have seen their ground
in splendid shape for, working; but
they would do something else that
could have been done when the
ground was either too wet or too
dry to plow. Then when they want.
ed to pillow, the ground was either
too wet or too dry to pillow. And
there was chance that it would
have to lie idle a whole season be-
cause of this neglect-a heavy tax
to pay for lack of intelligent man.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-15
THE COUNTY FAIR AGAIN.

The note struck in last week
article under the caption county
fair was a resonant one and was
pleasing to the ear of many of the
loyal Morgan Countians. Indeed
the county fair should not be reg
ular street carnival but an institu-
.tion for the uplifting of the com.
munity, especially means for the
development of agriculture.
The county fair presents an op-
portunity, which the fair executives
should we'll realize and grasp. There
the tillers Of our soil from every
work of the county meet, There
they exchange their ideas on the
vast subject farming. There our
worthy farmers can hest be reached
This fact is evident that the.
scoca1sy i nnre gSsy lii,s not ii &c
direction of industry, but depends
upon the cultivation of our hills.
Bigger and better farms make for a
better county. 70 develop our land
the younger generation must be
urged to take up farming with new
and greater zeal, with study, with
modern methods. The influx into
cities should be counteracted. Keep
the young man on the farm. Let
him study agriculture on a scientific
basis.
To attain this noble purpose our
fair association can do much, In
stead of engaging some lewd show
people it should engage some of the
instructors at our agricultural
schools to give a course of lectures
to our people on agriculture, horti-
culture or other kindred subjects of
common interest to the farmer. Get
some efficient demonstrators to in
struct the people. See that special
speakers are present to discuss top
cs of interest with our women: viz:
health, sanitation, etc. The county
air should in this manDer be made
20 interesting and instructive that
very good farmer will want to [
ipend three or four days at the fair
IND then go home with a new am
,ition.
The exhibit should be one of
which we can all be justly proud.
Nj of the latest and best imple-
nents should be there; all our ma
i've products should be found in
plendorous array. Our farmers ,
ught to be instructed to grow
specially for the exhibit. The do.
nestle arts department should be :
7ell planned. The farmers should {
e solicited for exhibit now. An
arly and thorough publicity pro-
ram should be carried out. All of
ur citizens ought to take interest
a the matter and work for the
lccess of the exhibits. A good ex- I
ibit will do much to promote bet
er farming in Morgan County. Y
DEF. c
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-15

Yes, we do JOB PRINTING, as
good as the best letter press work
turned out in any city. Write or
cal for estimates. New faces.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-07-15
Copy of Telegram Received by
Will e. Morris, Stockton,
California.

Chicago, ILL.,, II % A.
July 6, 1921
w. E. MORRIS,
Sacramento San Joakin Bank,
Stockton, Calf
Remembering your interest foreign
work, would you possibly be inter-
ested. Position Commercial Attache
South America, probable Salary
Six to Eight Thousand, wire ans
wer.
c. B, HAZELWOOD,
Union Trust Company.
The above came from President
Harding at instance of Sec Hoover
The above telegram was sent to
Will Morris of Stockton, Cal, by
C. B Hazelwood. offering him a po-
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17


government on the square, an tney
couldn't understand. all along O.
avn been kicked an cuffed by long
,ine OF bloody rotters. II was Don
Hicsrdo as gives my sainted Emery is
commission as colonel In the hartil-
lery.
You've card me tell" Morher
jerks continued. SOW the rebels rut
arr dozen Hamerican gunners-de-
serters from the navy-an' blew
Nnerys battery to bits; 'ow the gov
eminent forces fell back upon Buena-
ventura an as 'ow wen the dorgs be-
gun TO wonder II they mightn't lose,
they quit by the 'undreds an went
over 10 the rebel side. leavin Don
RICARDO an Emery an m'ybe fifty O.
.he gentry In the palace. In course
they fought TO a finish; 'ristocrats, all
OF them they 'ad to die fightin' or
iacin' a hrin' squad"
Billy nodded. He had heard the
tale before, including the recital of the
sainted 'Enery's gallant dash from the
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17
CHAPTER v.

without quite realizing why he did
so, Billy decided that fear and not
grief was at the bottom Of the good
creatures distress, and In his awk-
ward. masculine way he placed his
arm around Mother jerks shoulders.
shook her gently. and bade her remem-
Der that chaos might come and 60
again. but he, the said william Geary.
would remain her true and steadfast
friend in any and all emergencies that
might occur.
"Gor' bless yer heart. While" Moth
or jerks SMILED II dunno wot In ell
yer ever So!n' TO think O. me wen ]
tell wot I've been up to this past fif-
teen year."
whatever you've been up 10, Moth
er. II was q kind and charitable deed
of that much | am certain" Billy
replied loftily and-to his own sur
prise-sincerely.
"As Cord is my Judge. Willie. II
started out that wy" moaned Mother
Jerks. and she squeezed Billy's hand
az II from that yellow. shaking mem
Der she would draw aid and comfort.
AR nyme Ia Dolores Ruey. Er IA
Their was Don Ricardo Ruey. presi-
dent av this blasted ell on earth wen
me an my sainted Emery 6rst come to
Buenaventura. e was too good for
the yelier.helIied beggars; e tried TO
do somethiDk for them an run the
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17
CHAPTE vi.

The ancient bromide to the effect
was never better exemplifled than in
the case Of John Stuart Webster. who,
having formulated certain daring
plans for the morrow and surrendered
himself to grateful siumber in his
stateroom aboard the Guif States Linn
tied. awoke on thai momentous morn
10 distinct apprehension that all was
not as II should he with him. His
mouth reminded him vaguely Of
hird-snd-animal store. and riot and in
surrection had broken out In the
geometric center of his internal
economy.
Webster was Sufficient of q jack-leg
doctor to susreci he was developing
splendid little case Of ptomaine
poisoning. He decided 70 go into e1.
Pcutive session will, the sleeping-car
conductor. who wired ahead for doc
tor to meet the train al the next sta
tion. And when the sawhOnes caInP
md paved Jack Webster over. he
g-avely announced that II the pattern
had the slightest ambition TO vote at
the next presidential election, he
should leave the train at St. Louis and
enter a hospital forthwith. To this
heart-breaking program Webster en-
tered not the slightest objection. for
when man is seriously H. he is 10
much the same position M a politician
--fo-wlt: He Is in the hands of his
friends.
However. life had the habit OF 20
Ing hard with Webster 80 frequently
that fortunately he was trained to the
minute, and after three days Of heroae
Aattling The doctor awarded Jsek -
CONTINUED on page A.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17

yer sweet'eart, Ell? Yer wheedlin'
bghter, maxim love to a girl as is old
enough to he yer m0therl"
"A woman" Mr.. Geary retorted
sagely and not whit abashed, sis at
The apex of her feminine charms at
thirty-seyen.n
de knew his landlady to be not a
Gay under fifty. but such is the ease
with which the Irish scatter their
Dlarney that neither Billy Geary nor
hotner jerks regarded this pretty
speech In the light Of an observation
'mmaterial, inconsequential and not
sermane to the matter at issue. New
.r'neless, there was a deeper reason
ior MS blamey. This morning. watch
lns the telltale tinge of pleasure un-
uer'yng the alcohol-begotten hue of
me good Creatures face. he felt al
'nos' ashamed Of his own heartless-
ness-almost, but not quite.
ror TWO months he had existed en-
ulely because Of the leniency OF Moth
= jerks In the matter Of credit He
soulu not pay her cash. devoutIy as he
- 70 40 some day, and he consid-
.'eo u OF the most vital importance
ns' IN the interim he should some
Nv survive. Therefore. in lien Of
s'n ne paid her compliments. which
''e snapped up greedily.
a inventive genius was Biuv he
,s sr employed the same defensive
..ucs TWO days in succession and
-. SsI personal flattery threatened TO
:" NM, large crayon reproduction
.ne late Henry jerks, which hun1
sou ~ .he pack bar, was a never-failinS
'oufee Of inspiration.
LUIS was the "salnted Emery" nre
Ously referred to BY Mother Toni.
AM. .a ~ been a sergeant in Her BrIt.
ma ' na'esty's Royal Horse ARTILLERY.
Rsr.s Spon retiring to the reserve haa
q soAs eu % proposition to emigrate
In colas., ana accept commission
er,u uo0nei Of artillery with tbe GOV.
feyo o'ent forces then in the throes Of .
tr,pmnana attack. The rebels had
Sss s,npned, and as a result Emery hsd
|pedIt,ora u via the customary OK.
hsd h.s route; whereupon his wife
sioD 1 - recourse to her early profes.
had s , :. Sarmaid. and El Buen Amigo
sheens '.e'' let us return to our
bressa ~, as MI. Geary would have sx.
bny's 81 : Seemingly the effect Of
dsnt &c compliment was instantly .v \.
Elss s ,0 - Mother jerks set ont two
' and a bottle. ou' TWO
aAe sIm u~ yer a trifier. willy ceary.-
shou'sn %persd, but If I do To- s,y + =.
,omz ! ! was accounted a. ana.
,ol tow Oarm q as you'd and in Rr,s.
Eh.t WV. ~, Eve lost my good - ,o DOTS
losIu' NY WITH grief an worri.in. ' s,"c.
andsom ny sainted Emery. but ING, wss
.lpe. s ean wen believe \, so,,..
psrt- ~ ~ are handsome still, For n,
ss''eaued cOniidentiaiIy. a.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17

...r.tulsting herself upon her
stl, e m intercepting Don Juan
sooo =, Mother jerks proceeded up
Csfe'ei. hsr chamber. clothed her
as s md u adjourned to the kitchen
SEN u, q, living orders for an extra spe-
After El' sssst for two. Mother jerks
rs. a.sS me same for the business OF
o., :. ~ s.r came presently. via the tiled
~. ~ the object of her solicitude.
hsu~. man on the sunny side OF
!ss'' He was thin for one OF his
tn, Try. md breadth Of chest; In color
l aels. .ountepance resembled that OF a
hs ch,rsman. His hair was thick
SIC, .svy but lusterless; his dark
snu yves carried q hint OF jaundice;
O'us Generous mouth. beneath an
s soa generous upper lip gave am
49, y .ro,nd for the suspicion that while
=. willIam Geary's speech denoted
-, -, an American citizen, at least one
J, No maternal ancestors had been
= $50 and won by an Irishman. An
~ p.rama hat, sad relic Of pros
~ 0.,o,,s uast, a pair of soiled buck skin
p pms. 1 suit Of unbleached linen
p psnsIly befouled, and last but not
w., the remnants of a smile that
mu hard luck could never quite OBJ
,,srste completed his attire-and to
a.s 4 stranger in the tropics would
appear sIr to constitute complete inven-
,"rv ~ Mr.. Geary's possessions.
4Dulce corazon milo. extend a
,r.s,Ine" he called at the entrance.
y ,nst you rested well last night.
Mother jerks, and that no evil dreams
we're born Of your midnight repast OF
|,riioles refritos. marmalade, and arr
sn'-arfl"
Chop yer spoofin', Willie" Mother
Jspks simpered. MY heyel So I'm
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-10

VISITED RESCUE
CAR ON FRIDAY
Riggleman and sandridge
Among Visitors-Notes
of Interest

DAKOTA, Dec. 10.-Two state
mining inspectors visited mine
rescue a No. s, United States
bureau OF mines, here on Friday,
They we're William D. RigEleman,
Fairmont, of the fifth state min
ing district and w. H. cambridge,
Grafton, Of the second state min
ing district.
Final instruction In first aid
and mine rescu work was COM
plotted here on Friday morning.
The class in mine rescue work
was Quizzed at length on tho
b%reething apparatus Of helmet"
work as tho miners know it by.
Those completing the work in
first aid at the plant OF the Beth
1ehem Mining corporation at Da-
kota yesterday were 81 In num-
bcr while 9 completed the work
in mine rescue work. Those com
pletlng the work in both first aid
and mine rescue work were as
follows: John Molenock, T. e.
Wright, Fred Heron, Charley C.
Morris, C. w. Welty, W. C. Grand
staff, Jess L. Kipp, Daniel Taught
and T. L. Fenton. Men who com
pleted the first aid work only
were as follows: &. G. Mortified,
L. E. Yost, Steve Ribic, Frank
Welty, Joe Bargg. J. r. Kendall,
Joseph McCafferty, Ben Taught,
Harry Taught. Nick Dykin, John
Halkow, Philip Stankawch, Andy
Kurczak, Joe Mazur, John Con
nowishi, c. II. Bishoif, John Sc
manciz and Bert Mcdonald.
Arrangements were made to re-
move the mtnef rescue car to
Grant Town today where the car
will remain one week at the plant
OF the New England Fuel and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-10
G0lL NEWS OF THE FALRMONT REGION

transportation company. The
work progressed very satisfactory
~ at Dakota and the bureau Of
mines men were well pleased with
the interest that the miners took
in the course there.
Today Archie Forbes, foreman
Of mine rescue car No. 8 is hav-
ing a conference with Joseph B.
Reed, the safety first man Of The
Consolidation Coal company, and
1t is presumed that some tenta-
tive arrangements will be made
for q visitation of the car at a
date in the future. From Marion
county the car will go to Southern
West Virginia where it will be at
work during the winter months.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-10
.INE SCHOOL
PEOPLE HEAR
SAFETY TALK
krchie Forbes Speaker at
Session Of School.
Last Night

Fifty one members OF the Fair.
mont extension school heard
fchie Forbes, foreman OF rescue
csfs No. 8, United States bureau
RI 9illnes, explain the Gibbs self
6ontathed oxygen breathing appa-
Fatue at the Fairmont high school
nnex Friday night. The interest
the subject was very keen.
the way Of introduction Mr..
orbes stated that twenty years
little was known Of scientific
coal mining. Great strides were
made since that time and he had
no doubt that In the next twenty
fears many more important feat
snresg Will DO added, In a mechan.
and scientific way. He felt
that the successful mining
man OF tomorrow will be the men
10 Uses his spare time to study
fheE;lndustry by attending exteD-
Hon classes and taking special
curses where various phases OF
toal mining are taught and it will
not be the mar who is shooting
pool or wasting his time playing
cards The state Of West Virginia
haslaunched out in this mining ex-
enston work probably mcre extern
lively than any other state In the
union. Miners in the state he
Thought did not pealize the so:en-
did work that the state Is doing
them.
Tho Gibbs self contained oxy-
Fan&breathing apparatus is a pro.
Duct OF the bureau OF mines which
Iordlngiy retains She 2aasnt
lights. Prior to the war much of
hreathiRg Gpr2rstus n rseI
was made in Germany and
Her associations were broken Off
"a war declared 1t was found
necessary to shift for ourselves
this is the outcome of that
Emergency While much could be
doneswith the breathing apparatus
there are certain limitations also.
requently coal operators land
miners believe that It is not nee
sary TO have this breathing ap-
paratus at hand because of non
Baseous mines. but Nj. Forbes
proved conclusively that the self
n breathing apparatus Is In
valuable after mine fires or OK
ptosiops in rescue work when car
bon mohoxide, the product of in
cQmplete combustion is present in
9ge quantities. This is the most
Poisonous gas encountered in the
mines and is known among the
as white damp. He ex-
iptped that carbon mouoxide was
angerous in a irrespirable atmos-
re because the red blood cor
seles of the human body have a
eatar affinity for carbon ono
than oxygen so that in a short
hmet he tissues Of the body will
Killed by the gas. Even in
cases where miners have been
tued from atmospheres high in
mbpoxide they have sustained i'm.
paired vision. or mentality because
the mononxide killing some OF
cells of tho brain.
the rule of reason is laid down
govern the use OF the breathing
apparatus. He instructed every,
one TO watch the gauge that indi-
tea the supply of oxygen IN the
ana. He believes II may be proper
advance, certain distances,
hieh OF courso must be governed
circumstances Including the
apidity Of breathing. Care should
he 1sed in advancing into a mine
that d calculation be made for a
mflar supply on the return to the
Ssh air base and also 1t must be
into consideration that falls
mH deter the return trip to the
oRtside.
NJ. Forbes than explained the
fous parts Of the breathing np
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-10
NEW SCHOOL FOR
GRANT
Also Given Church Through
Generosity of Fairmont
Coal Man

Robert Talbot, FaiJnont, Of
Robert Talbot & Co., coal opera
tors, has donated an acre and a
quarter of land at Lowesville. Mon
ongalia county, for the erection OF
a public school house in Grant
district that county and a similar
sized tract for the erection Of a
Roman Catholic church at the min
Ing settlement. The land is at a
point on the opposite side Of the
creek from the new mine OF the
New England Fuel & Transporta.
ton company.
The site for the church was con-
veyed to Bishop Patrick Donahue,
Of the Wheeling Diocese, but the
decd was filed at Morgantown by
Rev. Peter Flynn. the rector OF
the Catholic church at Morgan.
town.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-10

At the military aviation field at
WlIacoublay. near Paris. 40 geper-
ais of the French army recently
took their first lesson in the
theory and practice of a~eronautics
WIN they made several flights in
tho airplanes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-10

Ration costs per man per day in
the United States army average
40 cents; United Kingdom, 81
cents: France, 81 cents; Italy, SO
cents and Japan II cents.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-10

Great Britain is issuing approxl-
mately IA. 100000 war medals to
her ex-service officers and mon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-10
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07

''Triumphal March from Aida" rend-
cred by the high school orchestra, a
selection by the st. Andrews choir and
singing by the audience were other
features of the program. Rev. Charles
NJ Woodman led in prayer at the op-
ening of the meeting Mrs. Lloyd Har-
ter rendered a solo at the close of the
address by Charles Jordan.
A factor contributing to the success
of the affair was the special mention
made at the morning services of every
church in the city. Every denomina-
ton Joined in the movement.
The resolution passed at the close of
the meeting, a copy of which is to be
forwarded to Washington, follows:
We, citizens of Richmond, in a mass
meeting assembled, do hereby affirm
our approval of the American call for
the conference at Washington, in the
interest of the future peace of the
world
We believe that today the whole
world is still suffering from the con
ditions brought about by the recent