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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16

underwent an operaften 81 her
home s1S High street yest exday Is
doing nicely at this dime.
NJ. C, RIGS OF Pittsburgh is the
guest OF his cousin Maneer SwiEer
on Bellview avenue.
Miss Nellie Wise has returned
from . visit to Wheeling.
Mrs. e. C. NuIun. and daugh-
ter Lucille. are spendinE several
days in Pittsburgh
Frank R. Sapp OF tSe Baltimore
& Ohio railroad company Is IN the
city from NIorgansowu on busl-
mess.
Miss Ruth Johnson who is a
student at Sullons College at Bris.
tol, Va. will arrive homo this
evening 10 spend The Christmas
holidays with her parents. DIR and
Mrs. II. r. johnson
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
PERs0NALs

Mrs. Torrance Stewart OF Nor
gantown spent today in the city
with her sisters. Mrs. G. NJ. Alex
ander and Mrs. ]. a. Mereiith
Mrs Edwin Brooks Of Morgan
town is the guest OF her parents,
DR.. and Mrs. c. o. Henry at their
home on Fairmont avenue.
Mrs. Harry Wilson Of Parkers-
burg is the guest Of Mrs c. u.
Fleming at her home on Locust
avenue
Mrs. Lawrence Barry who had
been patient at Cook hospital re-
turned yesterday to her home ON
Fourth street.
Mss Crcola Moorhead who
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16

here yesterday on a business visit
Mr.! and Mrs. Glenn 3. Rex have
returned from a visit With the
formers parents at Hundred.
Mrs. Norman C. Davis OF Nor
gantown arrived yesterday for q
visit with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall A Morgan Of Wash
ington street.
senator George ". Bowers was
business visitor at Wheeling yes
terGay.
Air. and Mrs. James Barker OF
IIarrisvilIe. Richie county are here
for visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Robinson OF Burt Hill
Mrs. Luther A. Batson and Mrs.
Victta Starkey returned last even
ing from = visit with relatives at
Littleton.
r. J. Shortle has returned to
IGrafton, where he is employed
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
Taylor.smfth Wcddinc

At the home OF Rev. and Mrs.
William Mcdaniel in East Main
,Itreet a very pretty wedding took
place on Tuesday evening. that Of
Miss Eth Mae Taylor aad Nj.
Ellhu NJ. Smith. both popular Man
angton people. Several trends
witnessed the rites and after the
ceremony the young couple were
rendered a serenadc. They are
receiving Lie congratulations nf
their many friends and will reside
here. where the groom holds n
notlslOn.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
Ff5

after 4 visit with his family ID
Pleasant street.
ar. and Mrs. Dolph E. Straight
have returned to their home at
Glover Gap after visit with rela-
t!TeS here.
Mr.. Powell Of Fatrmont was tie
guest this week of relatives in
High street
Mr.. and Mrs. f. W. Christy have
returned from visit with their
son. W. J. Christy and family At
Keyser.
Patrick Jordan has returned
from Bula. MouOnSal;i county,
where he has been employed for
some weeks.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
IIng q preses.s aant lToaa thIl

ing Of preserts sent from this
point
PrsonaIs
Clinton o. wilt was a business
visitor at Fairn1ont yesterday.
Miss Ina Robey is home from
Hellen's Run for a several days
visit with her uncle here.
william Moses, former Man
nfngton business man. now located
At Salem is here TO spend a few
days risi: with relatives.
Mrs. James L. Stewart has re-
turned from a visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. y. ]. Straight at Barrack.
Walter 5. Furbuc was at Fair
mont yesterday on business trip.
Harry c. Anderson and ~. H..
Spencer attended the district CON
veni!on or the Knights or P%thias
at Fairmcnt YESTERDAY.
I.afe Snyder OF Fairmont was
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16

With nine days TO go until
Christmas the going mails are
growing daily. The local post
office force has arranged and hung
up in the lobby two parcels. Cdum-
miesl showing the right and the
wrong way to tie them for safe
transportation. II is believed the
innovation will lessen the smash
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
EIVE iN9OREn,

N0RWAIK. o. Dec, IL -
persons we're injured when = nlorta
bound Big Four passenger tram
wrecked al q deSFaiI 1t Shhle q q
today according 70 information ~
ceIved at the Big Four offices here
Three coaches overturned enc
OF the cars fell from 9 bridge INTO.
n branch fork Of the Mohlcan river
All OF tho injured were taken to y,
hospital at Gallon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
Ioca1 1Ten nnr store

Lloyd 2. Moore and Edwin c.
snodgrass local residents and
business men have bought at pri.
rate sale the stock Of goods at the
tones store in Market street. The
new owners have taken charge and
aow are re-arranslng the stock.
they will continue ut the present
location and will carry similar
Ing Of goods to that Of tnctr pre-
lecessor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
surprise rar Aged Lady,

The ladies' OF the Rebekah lodge
gave very pleasant surprise party
for Mrs. Martha Wallace, aged
eighty years at the home Of her
daughter. Mrs. Sam f. TagGart OF
Main street on "Wednesday even
ing, honoring her birthday. a
cake with so candles was brought
to the hone by the ladies and a
very pleasant evening was enjoyed
in a social way.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
Couple Married

John J. Pryor Of East Main
street. well known colorGd Man
ninstOn resident. and Miss Mary
Green OF Elkins were united in
marriage at the home Of the groom
at eight o'clock on Wednesday
evening by Rev. C.. II. Arnold
pastOr Of the First COlOrci Baptist
church Of Warrington. They will
reside in this city where Mr. Pryor
conducts a fresh fish market
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16

Just arrived some beautiful designs and coorngs in the
very best quality rs we'll more moderate price,
ones Including the smaller sizes to match Talking o.
practical giving how could You do better than give
good rhg
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
or Throat Trouble?

You don't have to risk cent 10
be relieved of catnrrh. Get a
IIyomci outfit from II. & II. Drug
Co. the druggist. and II it doesn't
satisfy, they will refund the pur-
chase price.--Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16

There are more than 30 register
ed women lawyers in Kansas.
Abyssinia has n population OF
about coo. 0G0.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16


Children should be O. practical andusefu nature
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-16
I NGTON NEWS

that her injuries are not otherwise
SERIOUS.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29

When the soldiers real need for the
bonus has passed they'll probably get
II
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
AN OUTRAGE

The papers throughout the country
are carrying terrible stories about
conditions in the south and about
famine and disease raging throug ghout
this section and especially pellagra.
A friend up in Delaware sends us
clipping from a daily paper in
Philadelphia which carries headline
that plague menace looms in south ;
famine is feared" Alarming situa-
ion attributed to crop conditions and
market depression" and so on. We
would like to see market conditions
Better and prices for what we have
,roduced a little higher but so far as
threatened famine there is no foun-
lation for it anywhere in South Car
,lina so far as we have heard and 1T
IS an outrage to circulate such news
tories.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
A REFLECTION

As / stood at the home Of MIR. Geo
S. Mower on Tuesday afternoon ano
looked over that large gathering o:
the people of this community, and the
visitors who had come from many
parts of the state to pay their last
tribute to the memory of a man, ane
looked at the many baskets of Lowell!
flowers as they were loaded into tn
trucks, l could not help the reflection
that all this outpouring of the people
must mean something more than thf
simple tribute which we all feel like
paving when one of our fellow cltl-
zens passes away. And when we
drove over to Rosemont the number
had been more than doubled of those
at the home. 1t did mean something
more than a formal tribute to the
passing of fellow citizen. Such a
gathering at funeral and such a
profusion of flowers has not been
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
SATISFIED WITH THE SAR0NG
Women of CeyIon Refuse to Worry
Over the DEGREES Put Forth by
Dame Fashion.

The women of Ceylon do not bow
the knee to Dame Fashion, but are
content with the sarong-one long
strip of cotton wound round the
body-which is all most of the women
of Handy wear. The sarong was all
that the majority Of. women asked in
the days when Handy formed the back
ground for the pageantry of an orr
entail court. Handy was the last
stronghold OF the Singalese rulers.
Portuguese and Butch tried in vain
to subdue the city and the little noun
tain kingdom; but the way to- kandy
was through narrow passes, surround
ed by jungles. Many lives were lost
in vain assaults. For 20 years after
the British took Ceylon the last king
Of Handy successfully resisted inva-
sion. Finally, in 1915, he was cap
tured and sent into exile. The tenn
pies and palaces and royal ton1bs Of
Handy speak Of the old days of splen-
did show. But they are sile"' on
cerning the intrigue and treachery and
cruelty and extortion that blackened
the last years of Singalese rule in
Ceylon. Those dark years are forgot
ten now. Life runs smoothly under
wise government.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
Poets Of the Sea.

It seems that the sea is an Anglo
Saxon heritage. English literature re-
fleets it, and its moods have ever been
portrayed in English verse. To the
North, the Scottish bards sang Of their
own wild headlands and skerries. to
the South, the Devons followed Drake
and Frobisher to the Seven Seas.
Surprisingly. some of the worlds
greatest poems are epics Of open wa
ter. The Odyssey, for instance, and
the Aeneid. In those days, Greece
and Rome were the maritime nations
of the earth. and their romance of
conquest and Of commerce found
ready expression in their literature.
Nowadays, the Anglo-Saxons hold. the
shipping of the seas, and sea songs
seem as inevitable to English poets
and to some Americans-as roman
tic rondels and sonnets did to the
old Gallo school.-Christian Science
Monitor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
WELCOME TO HEAD HUNTERS
Ceremony Follows Return OF Vietors
With Their Grewsome trophies
Women in Welcoming Party.

Prof. Carl LumhoItz. in his DOOR,
Through Central Borneo, gives an
intimate description of head hunting
among the tribes there. He gives
description of a raid by ten buha1S
upon a small party of Saputans VINO
were on hunt. The slayers hurried
of with three heads.
The last night out the head hunters
always sleep near their own kapong'
and early next morning, while it IS
still dark. they come singing. The peo
pie of the kampong awake, array them
selves in their best finery and go 10
meet them, the women wearing their
newest skirts and bringing pieces OF
cloth to present to the conquefors. A
head is carried suspended from the
conoueror's neck until it is taken from
him by a woman, who gives him
piece of cloth TO wear instead, pos
sibly as badge of heroism. It makes
no difference whether this service is
performed by his wife, by another
woman or by another mans wire.
Heads are then hung from a beam IN
the house of the kapala. and the cloths
are returned to the women. The head
hunters must take their food apart
srom their associates, and in the pres
ence of the heads they have taken.
At meals a pinch of rice is put into
q hole made with spear point in the
top of the skull, and the head is ao-
dressed in certain words: Eat this
rice. Don't be angry. Take care OF
rae. Make this body of mine well.
During the period of restrictions i'm
posed upon the hunters the heads re-
main in the same place. sharing the
meals in this manner. After twelve,
days no more food is offered the
heads.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
A GOOD TIME TOGETHER

The people of the city of Newberry
are making arrangements to have a
good time together with their friends
erom the surrounding country during
.rade and pleasure week beginning on
Wednesday of next week and going
through Saturday.
We invite the people who are going
visit Newberry next week, and we
,ope to see every one here who reads
The Herald and News and that will
mean at least all the people of New
very county, and many from other
:ections. to look over what the mer-
hants of this good town have to say
this issue of the paper. They are
,ot going to make any profit out OF
,ou during these pleasure days but
hey are offering their goods at great
reduced prices so that you may
all at their places of business and get
better acquainted and come to know
,ne another better. This week is not
designed as a money making week
W any means but the main purpose is
to arouse spirit of optimism among
he people.
You know we just have the best
town and the best county in all this
country of ours and we want you to
.ome together and talk about the
blessings you enjoy and forget for
he time being what the price of cot
on is and that you ever heard the
,ame of boil weevil and you will feel
,etter and then you can work better
We do not really appreciate how well
We are situated and it is good thing
occasionally to take an inventory OF
ourselves.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
CAN NOT EXPLAIN

!; In long and somewhat checkerco
newspaper career l never before just
dropped out a part of story and
never detected it until the paper was
off: the press, especially when | read
the proof myself. 1t happened Tues
day in the brief life story that
printed of nay friend Mr.. Geo. S.
Mower. The last page Of the copy
was not turned in and of course made
an abrupt ending. do not know
that it makes an material difference,
because he will be remembered by the
good that he did, and yet l am going
to$print it just as it was written. The
only. explanation 1 can offer is tha'
I was so shocked and upset by the
news of his death that l hardly knew
what i was doing. Here is the pag,
as L found it on my desk after the
paper was off the press: -
E. H. A.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29

The road to Prosperity from Colony
church on down to Prosperity will
have to have some work or it will be
bad when the wet season begins. 1t
is now in bad shape. There is need
of more top dressing or a different
kind, we do not know which, but we
do know that it is even now in bad
shape for new road. The road be-
yond Prosperity on to Little Mountain
is improving as result of constant
attention and that is the only way by
which it pays to build roads. They
must be maintained after being built
or it is a waste of money to build
them.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
Nine Million Eggs a Year!

If only the hen could emulate the
fish in the matter of laying eggs! The
cod tops the list with nine million an
nualy, then comes the sturgeon with
seven and a half million. Another
great producer is the founder. which
lust touches the million. The mack
erel deposits half a million eggs, the
perch four hundred thousand, while
the humble herring is content with
8 paltry ten thousand. Eggs are gem
orally deposited in sand or gravel.
though the fish which live on the bed
of the ocean attach their eggs to :'ea.
weed. Fish are almost entirely car
nivorous, and have no compunctlon
whatever in swallowing their own
young. 1t is by smell rather than by
sight that they obtain their food.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29

seen in Newberry in many year, if
ever before.
Here was modest man who spent
his entire life from early boyhood in
this community. He had gone in and
out among the people and had been
active in all the affairs of the COM
munity, and when he passed the peo-
pie just as one man came to mingle
their grief with that of the family and
to evidence the high esteem in which
they held him. And it was volun-
tary tribute.
It was not because he had been
honored with office. 1t was not be-
cause he had been successful in busi-
ness. It was not because he possessed
some property. 1t was because of his
life of service and of unselfsh SER
vice, and service that did not faunt
itself before men, it was because of
the big heart that was in him.
And I could not help the reflection
that this voluntary expression Of es-
teem and regard on the part of the
people with whom he had labored
should teach lesson to all of US,
that the accumulation of the things
of this world and the grinding down
Of our fellowman and crushing the
life-blood out of him, as it were, did
not profit man, and that the richest
man in all the world, and who can
take the most with him when he de-
parts, is the man whose life is the full
est of service and not the grasping,
whether it be grasping for money or
power. And the only wealth. worth
while and the only really true great
life is the gentle, quiet life of SER
vice, and that we shall be judged by
what we have done rather than by
what we have accumulated of THIS
worlds goods.
i'Only the truth that in life we have
spoken,
Only the seed that on earth we have
SoWn;
These shall pass onward when we are
forgotten,
Fruits of the harvest and what we
have DONE"
E. H. A.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29

But it was not these material thing
that made him great, as successful az
his services may have been. He wa
great in the goodness of his heart, ant
the deeds of charity and the help tina
he gave to people all over the cour
ty, and he never did these things be
fore men to be seen of men, but nc
good cause ever was turned down b.
him, and the many people who have
felt his hand and himself are thr
only ones that ever knew anything
cf it, and that is after all the only
truly great life, a life of service to
your fellowman and of unselfish ser
vice. And that was the life of Geo
S. Mower. He never spoke so far a:
I can recall an unkind word of an!
one.
On June IS, 1875. he was happily
married to Miss Fannie Jones, 8
daughter of the late Major L. j,
Jones, and to this union were borr
four children, Helen the wife of Mr.
Foster N.:Martin, DR.. Frank D. Now
'er, McHardy Mower and Myra the
wife of Mr.. Henry T, Cannon, ans
all of them live in Newberry ane
were present at the bedside, except
DR.. Mower who was on his way home
from New York where he had gonf
with Mr.. Calude Dominick only {
few days ago. Mrs. Mower dice
several years ago.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
Next week is to be real gala weel

Next week is to be a real gala week
in Newberry and the merchants and
business men of all classes and pro
fessions will act as hosts for the week.
and they invite all the people round
about to come to see US. There will
be concerts by the bands and base
ball at the park and various other
and. sundry amusements to drive dull
care away and make you forget the
boil weevil, and then the merchants
are going to sell you goods at such
prices that you will really forget
about the low price of cotton. Le'
every one set aside a day and come
to town and enjoy that day with US.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
Little Known Coins.

The following are the names of the
coinage in use in some out-of-the-way
lands: AbySsinia. 16 guercheS equal one
tlfaler; Bosnia. 100 movies equal ticr!r,
since 1900 100 heller equa! l krone {;
Bulgaria 100 Sto6nki equal | leva :
China, 100 candarinS equal l tael ;
Hayti. 100 cents equal gourde
(paper) or l piastre (golO Macao
Portuguese colony, China), 100 avos
equal l pataca.; Montenegro, lOO
nevoics equal form; Persia. ~
shah or chai equal l kran, 10 krans
euual / conan; Roumania, 100 bani
equal leu; Siam. "a ats or 100 sat
angs equal ] tical or baht.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29

Baseball is all the rage now. Every
community has it's team and there is
no gathering without a game of ball
and the people seem to enjoy it. We
are glad there is something to which
they may turn their attention and not
more harmful than this national
game.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-29
Mrs. L. N. Rodger Dies in Union

The State, Zo.
The funeral of Mrs. L. n. Rodger
# Union was held at Elmwood ceme-
erv at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
he services being conducted by the
Rev. J. o. Van Meter.
Mrs. Rodger died in Union, the
,ody being brought to Columbia yes
,erday for interment. She was as
wears old and leaves many friends
both in Columbia and Union to
mourn her death. Her husband and
numerous other relatives survive her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
DO YOU CATCH COLD
 EASILY?
Your Vitality Is Low-Resist'
 ance Weak
YOU NEED PEPTO-MANGAN
Rich, Red Blood Will Strength en You and Put You on Your
 Feet-Able to Resist Colds

Your system normally healthy should never catch cold. Your body is ad- justed to take care of sudden changes in the weather.
 It is when you are run down and your vitality is low that your body cannot adjust itself. Then you take cold.
 If you keep your blood in good con dition, with plenty of red corpuscles. you will be strong and your body will easily adjust itself to sudden changes. You will throw off the cold germs that go flying into the air when someone with a cold sneezes.
 Red -blooded men, women and chill dren eat we'll. They have plenty of energy. They go along with smile because they feel right.
 Try Pepto -Mangan, the successful tonic. It is a wonderful blood builder. Take it for awhile till you feel right.
 Pepto -Mangan is widely and heartily endorsed by physicians. It is effective and easy to take. It is prepared in both liquid and tablet form. The medicinal properties are the same.
 Sold at any drug store. But be sure you get the genuine Pepto Mangan- "Gude's.'' Ask for it by name, and be sure the full name, "Gude's Pepto is on the package.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
LICENSE FOR DOGS
 IS NOW DOUBLED
Comparatively Few Owners Have Paid Dog Tax to Date.
 Law Is Unpopular

1 Licenses have been issued by the clerk l Of the circuit court on onfy 4,734 dogs, according to the final figures compiled at
 that office. The last legislature passed bill requiring owners of all dogs in the state to pay a license on them. The number of tags issued in 1920 was 13,t60,
 and only 15 days were allowed for the
 issuance of these tags. Of the number issued for 1921, there were 3.426 for males and 1,3OS for females. Last year approx imately 5000 tags were issued for ma,e dogs and 5000 for females. Revenue de- rived from last years tax amounted to s7, TAPS.
 Officials are of the opinion that the un- popularity of the dog law is responsible for the refusal of owners of dogs to pay the tax this year. At the special session of the legislature efforts were made to repeal the law against which there had been many complaints, but these were unsuccessful
 The dog tax became delinquent on Jan uary 1, and under the law it is now dou ble being s2.25 for males, instead of $1.25, and s42S for females, instead of S225 The tax is g for males and g for fe- males with 2. 2-cent clerks fee added. Where notices of delinquency are sent out an additional fee of $2.50 is assessed against the owner of the dog. On the other hand, officers arc required to shoot all dogs against which complaints have been made as not having a tag and the owner is guilty of misdemeanor for harboring an animal on which the re- quired tax has not been paid
 Within the next few days mailing of notices to all owners of dogs who bought tags last year and failed to secure them this year will be started, 1t is stated, and unless the owners come in and pay the tax their dogs will be killed