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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05
Doing Great Work
For Little Town
MoRGANToWN. w. va,

MoRGANToWN, w. Va. Aug.
5.-There is "a lodge in Strange
Creek. Braxton county. that is
proving one OF the most active
agents in that community in build
ing up community spirit and in
helping make Strange Creek a bet
liter place 10 i've in. In country life
movements, the lodges have usually
not been considered as a factor
worth considering. The churches
schools and so on have oyershadow-
ed them. But Strange Creek points
out just what lodge can do and
sets a goal for the thousands Of
other rural lodges.
Strange Creek is a little village
OF two churches, tw ostores, a
postoffice, a school and about ten
houses. There is resident ply
ician. A star mail route out 5of
Strange Creek supplies the sur
rounding community with mail two
or three times a week. The lodge
referred to has about 100 members.
about rs of whom attend the lodge
meetings pretty regularly.
The lodge was aroused recently
when one f Its members proposed
that the lodge get busy. Tie mem
bers were interested but they want
ed more information. This member
reminded them that they had about
$500 in the bank that was doing
no one any good. He proposed that
they put this money to use. He
suggested the use Of 3 room ad-
joining the lodge hall as a kitchen
and supplying this kitchen with
necessary equipment to servo
meals. Dishes were to be purchas-
ed. The remainder of the money
was to be used to raise the ceiling
on the lodge hall and add such
equipment to 1t as might be found
necessary to make 1T more attrac-
tive.
Then this member proposed that
the lodge from the nucleus for a
sort of Chamber Of Commerce that
would meet every week for lunch
together with any non:lodge mem.
bers who might be interested. At
these lunches community problems
would be discussed and plans
worked out to improve local condi.
lions. The idea was a novel one
to most Of the members OF the or
ganization, but they heartily ap.
proved Of the plan.
The lodge rooms are to be used
for other public meetings. The
kitchens are to be made available
to such local organizations as will
want TO- give lunches. with their
meetings. The lodge rooms are to-
be made to serve the community
needs In every way.
While the idea Is still more. or
less new, the lodge as a leader in
community Improvement Il is begin.
ming to feel its power. It Is pre-
pairing to take steps to establish
a more satisfactory telephone sys.
tenn. A daily rural free delivery for
the community about Strange
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05
Cars. I Damaged
When They Clash

An automobile collision that re.
suited in considerable damage to
one Of the cars occurred last night
on the EtVesville road when a
large Cole s driven by H. T. Weis,
superintendent OF the Riyesyille
power plant Of the Monongahela
Power and Railway company side.
swiped a, Chalmers driven by Wiz
gil Merrill Of 600 Raymond street
The Merrill car had the left front
wheel wrenched off, the left run.
ming board smashed and the front
fender demolished. The Weis car
was only slightly damaged and
was able to continue to the city.
None Of the passengers were IN:
jured.
The Collision occurred a short
distance beyond Hawkinberry Hol.
low. Merrill and number OF
friends were driving toward Rives.
Vile and the other car came from
the opposite direction. The Mer-
rill car swerved to the left after
the collision and ran into the bank.
The other car also ran to the left
and down the river bank stopping
a few feet from the roadway. Il,
was backed up on the road on its
own power.
No one seems, able to say a.
hoy the accident happened and
is likely that the parties will gel
together and figure 1t out today.
In the car with Merrill were
Clarence Ross, Guy Prunty, Fay
Mortified, Owen Durham, For.
rest Springer. Charles, Bornfeld
was riding in the other car with
Mr.. VETS. -. m
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05
T0DAYls K7NIz

Anewers to Yesterdays XVIII
l. a Franklin stove Is one en-
tirely open in front. 1t vas In
vented In It's original form by Ben
jamin Franklin. ~.
2 Richard Wagner wrote the op
era "Tannhausern
a tantrpm IS an uncontrolled
and pstnlant 1T % passion; an I'll
natured caprice.
4. Black Friday. occurred Sept.
~ 1859 and derived It's name
from the panic which followed the,
attempt % Jay Gould and James
Fdske TO corner the gold market
OF this country.
8 NesFaskas motto is ipEqulty
before law
9. A goose uspalis Wives about so
Z i IS tstimated that light
travels about $4,000 miles per
s John Adams was the second
president Of the United States.
d Prestdent Grant lost his for
tune in the failure of Grant and
Ward, q New York financial firm
10 There are eight furlongs In
g mile. =
New Questions
/. What Is the most easterly Of
the Great Lakes Of North America?
z. Where Is Pixies Peak?
3. How large Is Hayti?
4. Whit IS the largest city in
Mrus
). What g the origin of the
name Montana
8. Whefe do we get. the name
Il WHAT Is the meaning of Gin
terest1 used as aNfinancial term?
s. How many square inches are
there m 2 table surface 1920 in
.! How tar5is 1t from Melbourne
Aastralta, 10 New York?
10. How MANY square yards in
one square rod3
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

treasurer OF The Hntch.naon Coal
company. returned this morning
from u business trip to PhlladcI-
phia.
E. A. Russel. secretary Of the
7 airmpnt and Cleveland Coal com.
paIy has returned from Potomac
Bates wooters, ClAfksburg.
manutRc tnters' agent Of minlnf
equipment Is IN Fairmont today.
Have Repaired Road
Coal operators having operations
along Scott's Run are well pleased
with the new county concrete road
which was opened clear through
from Randall TO Kennedy, Monons
gala county, for the slrst time Oh
Thursday. For some time the road
had been open between Randall
and Morgant6wn q Cleveland mine
No. 3, but now the whole three.
mile stretch Isl completed except
q concrete bridge at Barker, which
viii require thirty days to finish.
AT that point there IS a detour
around the tracks OF the M. & w,
railway. y
/ The remaining one and q half
miles between Kennedy and Cass.
vile will not be finished this year
because the appropriation cannot
carry It through. 4
The road Is sixteen feet wide
and It is q splendid piece OF work.
The repair Of this road Is highly
important because of the mining
sections. This makes Impossible to
get supplies to the mines, which
formerly had almost impossible
roads leading to them,
ltaly's Coal Market
Before the war Italy's coal I'm.
port amounted to 100000 tons
annually. From Great Britain alone
In 1913, Italy bought nearly 5000.
900 tons OF coal. For the first half
Of April, 1921, Italy imported main.
ly through Great Britain over 250f
600 tons, which amount fell oti
considerably the latter half Of the
month because of labor troubles In
Great Britain
Thursday's Loading
Fairmont region on Thursday
loaded $50 cars OF coal. No coke
was loaded. <one week before sol
cars were loaded and two Eweeks
before 769 cars were loaded.
Mines along the Monongah diyi.
sion Baltimore and Ohio railroad
on Thursday loaded All cars OF
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SEVERE DEFEAT

MADRID, Aug. Spanish forces
have suffered a severe defeat IN
northeastern Morocco where they
have been resisting heavy attacks
by rebellious tribesmen It is de.
clared by newspapers here.
Paris dispatches received here
indicate the situation Of the Span.
ish troops in, northeastern Morocco
to be very serious. A message from
0ran declares the reebllious tribes.
men have appeared before Melilla
and that General Navarro and the
force Of men which was surround.
ed at Mount Arruit have sur
rendered.
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Questions

Questions
/, When Christ came before
Herod for trial, what di d Herod
desire?
2. What was Christ's attitude?
8. When Christ was brought be-
fore PLATE the second time, what
did PLATE propose doing to him?
4. Whom did the people ask Pr
late to release?
s. As Christ was led away from
PLATE who carried the cross?
8. What vision does Daniel y.
record2
z. What kingdom was represent
ed by the first Of these?
8. What was the second beast
like?
9; What kingdom did it symbol
10. What became Of Daniel in
the lions den?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
l. When Herod had died Jospeh
and Mary took Christ to Nazareth
Cnrlst says The light OF the
body is the eye"
8. The cherubim are not spoken
Of by that name in the New testa-
ment.
4. Ezekiel was transported to
Jerusalem in a vision by the spirit
OF God.
S. Zededah's captivity is pre-
dicted In Ezekiel 10.
8. In Eek. II Nebuchadnezzar
is compared to an eagle
2. Daniel was taken to Babylon
with King Jehoialtim Of Judah.
8. Babylon was on the Euphrates
In chaldea
.. Daniel was Of the royal fam
tly Of Judah
10. Daniel was made ruler over
the whole province OF Babylon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

- HTNIM - ..frnI AKA an-n ~
49,, t w vas 81. - LIE az -'s s~'
NJ. re "a. 1919 t.,s,, "''u Nv e-'' y
"eoA' 'e'ose'
Operations aloak me Mouons
bella railway IN west virginia
Ianrsaay loaded zss cars o. coa.
Tbs vas egainst ~ cars lne s,. We n
pehete Ana ~ cars tS0 NeekS
lore
No coal was loaded on the ives
ern Maryland railway on ThurudaJ
4 reduction on the Charleston
vision, altimore and Ohio railtpn
On Thnfsday aggregated 40 eli
compared to ~ cars q week n
fore and 81 cars two weeks be- III.
81 East 5ot Gtattan
The baltimore and Ohio railroad
east OF Grafton on Thurs day fac d
twenty Tour trains IN which there
weer gs2 loads OF which COZ wac
coal West Oft the division III BE
were 7s2 loads or which Coz Were
coal.
This morning there were soe
easthound loads Of freight on the
Monongah division. OF that thete
were 800 loads Of coal.
Daily r: r. Fuel
Railroad fuel loading off "a
Monongah division, Baltimore AM
Ohio railroad on .rhursday ASA
gated 107 carloads OF which The
were eS cars secured by foreiE
carriers and 80 cars by the Bat
more and 9 OHIO Railroad
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05
ONLY Al MINES
tcoatlnusd tfota pas. one,

tcontinued tteta paEs sns,
association OF the last meeting in
New York city, has been a don!.
nant factor In tho clearfield region
Of Pennnsyiyania IN urging the mi
ora 70 take o reduction. In a speech
at Clarified Mr.. Watkins said in
part:
The Central Coal association
docs not ask the union to prsna
the contract now running, witch
expires April /, 1922. they ask for
a conference to consider its modlfl
cation not its abrogation. It does
mt aba the district union TO "cut
loose" from the National union
Business men frequently meet
changed conditions through modify
ing contracts by mutual agreement
The miners unions are the parties
that break running contracts when
conditions favor such action. Con-
tracts have been broksn by tho
miners leaders of thiYdigtc!rt and
ity convention .c:'on"
Coal Is actually a drag On the
market these days. The bali; OF
1t lie selling for from S1.5O to$l SUt
with perhaps on very rare occa-
stons a sale for 50. The bottom
has fallen out OF coal prices for
sonc time and there 10 no evidence
G: q quick recovery. AZ long rs
unc. rsisned lads are riasssl on
the sidings coal prices will be very
low.
Today there are 54S unconsigned
loads in the region Of which 450
are on the Monongah division; W
on the Western Maryland and 6
on the Mononsahela In West vir-
ginia.
Mine idleness in the FaIrmont
region today totals $50. This
means that there are only Al work
ing out OF 2s4.
With one exception this is the
highest mine idleness on record
this year. On. the Monongah divi-
sion there are 2o2 idle or only IS
at work; on the Monongahela in
West Virginia there are, 20 idle or
only 8 at work and on the Western
Maryland all OF the 10 mines are
idle. On tho Charleston division
there are 90 Idle out Of IS and on
the Monongahela in Pennsylvania
there are ss down.
Personal Mention
G. II. Jenkins, secretary and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05
EXECUTOR NAMED

Mike Micalic was appointed ex-
ecutor Of the will Of thela WASH
Kronlck. Bond Of $500 given
Walter s. Furbee. Frank s. Fur
bee and G. w. Furbee were named
executors Of the will Of the late
Sarah J. Furbee. Bond Of 100000
furnished,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

Creek will DO sought at once. Then
an effort Is being made to get the
farm women TO establish 4 stand
ard brand Of butter, which can be
shipped by parcel post 10 Charles
ton ana sold direct 70 hotels, res.
taurants or private homes Tint
.is Just hint 81 some ot the IDEAS
that are already gaining shape.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

sMArHNR.
s..ssA; '7--I-SE-s
ShoWera ttonirht

Meeting Tonlsht-The Edge.
mont Civic club will hold their
regular weekly meeting tonight at
the Fleming chapel. The meeting
begins at 8 o'clock there being a
special commit tee meeting at 1880.
It is expected this week that there
viii be some definite result for the
committee on spec ing to report on
tlie aid that they asked from the
state. Il Is rumofed that the state
Is going to station several state
police in this section to get the
breeders but nothing definite has
been heard. Regular business will
DO taken up tonight.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05
ROBBERS VISIT
toantinued trnm psrs sus,

teaas.ns.d tran ssss sa.,
the thieves to where they boarded
the automobile.
An investigation showed that an.
trance to.ths house was made by
breaking 0pea 0 pantry window
and then unlocking and raising the
widow:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

simply had a shotgun in his hand
when he asked 100 for IS which
Joe owed Georges brother. The
case was dismissed.
D. Earle Williams was tried on
q charge Of asHaulting Howard
Cunningham. The trouble took
place at q ball game Il Evansville.
Williams was fined 80 and costs
which he paid.
Tried Teday-Stanlsy3 Forynce
OF -Four States was tried this morn
ing by Justice n. r.. Mnsgroye on
q charge Of assault and battery,
preferred by Katy .Jerosz and
found not guilty. Stanley was
charged with having also thfeat:
.ened the woman but that charge
also failed 10 stick. He was arrest.
ed last Monday after the woman
had broken a wash board over his
head and literally soaked him In
the head with q missile composed
OF q large ball OF clothes picked
up out Of the washtub.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

Theater Party-The liberty Res
taurant was the scene Of a very
pleasant party Thursday evening
tendered by %. Apostolou, the pro-
prietor, to the entire t'aambols Of
1921" company now playing at the
Hippdrome theater. Genuine Ital-
Ian style spaghetti and Other, del
cacies were served to the gather
Ing which numbered 26 persons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

Marriage Lloenses-A marriage
license has been issued by County
Clerk Lee NJ. Satterfield to Carl
r. Brown, 81, Fatrmont, and
blanche ., syp1lt, 20. Watson.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

Visiting Here-John Bucking.
ham q peeinston, Pa, Is spending
The week end as the guest Of his
Runt. Mrs ]. .. Wise OF Pierpont
avenue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

Meet Tonight "A meeting Of, the
woman's auxiliary Of the American
Legion viii be held this evening at
the y NJ g a. at 8 o'clock, an
members ne urged to be present.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05

Gaze ptsmissed-YesterdaY att
rrnoon George Gayick was tried by
Juatice Musgroye on q charge Of
threatening 10 shoot Joe Rastoyic,
The testinipny showed that George
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-05
Note These Features.

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year.
The regular rate OF $500;
for one year is all you are to.
pay.
You willireceive The West
Virginian daily by. mail Eek
cepting Sundays )for one
year.
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entry of 500 in the name Of
your child or grandchiid
LESS than five years. old.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-30
EMERSOA'S ONE LOVE AFFAIR
Great Preacher Won the Girl of His
Heart, but Their Mutual Happi-
ness Was Short.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, New Eng
lands famous preacher and philOso-
pher, fell In love but once, and then
for good. He was only twenty-four
when he met pretty little Ellen Tucker,
then sixteen, the daughter of Boston
merchant.
He did not see her for a whole year
after this, but her fair face and fig
ure remained In his memory. Then
he returned to Concord, where she was
living with her mother and Stepfather
He became deeply infatuated with this
beautiful and delicate creature, whose
physical charms brought forth re-
spouse from his imagination rather
than from his senses. But Ellen was
not only beautiful. She wrote fairly
clear-cut verse, says commentator,
at time when 1t was quite unusual
for women to indulge In such mental
exercise.
During their c0urtship Ellen, or
'the beautiful friend" as Emerson
POLITICALLY called her, was seriously ILL.,
But she improved rapidly and six
months later they were married.
But Ellen's span of life was short,
and their time together limited. A
fatal lung trouble triumphed over med
ical attention, and when she was but
twenty years old she died.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-30
Teheran Has Twelve Gateways.

''At the distance, Teheran built In
great part of the mud on which it
stands, is only distinguished from the
surrounding plain by the green trees of
its many gardens" writes Ella G.
Sykes In Persia and It's People" "but
as the traveller gets nearer he will see
the outline of the consolidated city wall
and the tiled domes and minarets of
mosques. He will enter the town by
a grandiose gateway adorned with
glazed bricks in patterns the prevail
ing tones being blue and yellow, re-
lieved with black and white, the whole
giving a touch of splendOr to its
SQualid surroundings.
These gateways are II in number;
some are adorned with the exploits of
Rustum, the Hercules and knight-er-
rant of Persia, and others depict the
Persian solder of today-all of them,
however, look best at a distance, and
do not bear a close examination"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-30
chinese SILK Rewoyen.

In ancient times silk was for many
centuries imported in the woven ma
terial from China, where the raising
and weaving of silk seems to have been
known for 1900 years and more be-
fore the Christian era. So costly were
they in the early days that the closely
woven silks of China we're often IN
raveled by Phoenician weavers and re-
woven in a loaser texture and with q
mixture of linen.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-30
WHEN E1lQUETIE WAS RiaiD
Man of Fashion, Century or So Ago,
Had Many Difficulties to Con-
tend With.

Women considered it unladylike In
grandmother's day to walk rapidly. Ex-
trenely rapid walking is not usually
graceful, but so far as being q sign
of bad breeding there seems to be no
such idea nowadays. If a woman has
to cover a certain distance on foot in
limited time nowadays she acceler-
ates her, pace accordingly. 1t is I'M
comfortable, but hardly bad manners.
The man of fashion had many more
difficulties to encounter In going about
in society than he has now when draw
ing room furniture is more substantial
and when there are neither hoopskirts
nor trains to become tangled in ones
boots or spurs. A hundred years ago,
observes writer in the New York Sun,
1t was not so easy, and a book of de-
corum for young men, written century
ago, describes the plight of the awk-
ward fellow who, when he first comes
into drawing room, attempts to bow,
with the result that "his sword, If he
wears one, goes between his legs and
nearly throws him down." and proceeds
from one gaucherie to another during
his presence in a drawing room. A
great deal used to be said about the
manner in which young man sat III
chair. To sit up stiff1y was to in
dictate awkwardness and timidity. To
Toll back was rude and indicated yul-
garity. He was, therefore, urged to
~.
and arms of his chair and "by varying
his attitude from time to time show
he was used to good society"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-30
Pantomime Followed Drama.

Pantomime, one of the simplest
forms of dramatic art, was not origin
ated until the drama itself had been
established for over 500 years. The
latter was the invention of the Greeks,
but the pantomime was a purely Ro-
man idea.
Two aspiring actors, one of whom
was afflicted with throat trouble.
Pylades and Bathyllus, gave the first
performance of this kind in the year
% B. G. 1t was only make-shift on
their part because of the illness Of one
Of the performers, but their audience
was so delighted that they continued
with the production of the werdless
drama.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-30
The Egyptian sistrum.

"a thousand years or so ,"
Carl Van Vechten in "The Tiger in
the House, tells us, ''the Egyptians
associated the cat with music, util-
izing the graceful head and figure of
the beloved animal in the decoration
of the sistra. The sistrum consisted
of frame of bronze or brass, into
which three or four metal bars were
loosely inserted, so as to produce
jingling noise when the instrument
was shaken. Occasionally few metal
rings were strung on the bars to in
crease the sound and very often the
top of the frame was ornamented with
the ne of a cat"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-30
The First Fruits

Only a little of the first fruits Of
wisdom-only a few fragments of the
boundless heights. Dreadths, and
depths of truth-have / been able to
gather--Martin Luther.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-30
Quite Riuht.

az noted scientist says that Excess
sive hat wearing causes badness"
Maybe So but, have you noticed
that badness causes excessive hat
wearing?"