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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19
ANOMALOUS COTTON
SITUATION.

Sooner.or later the losses on cot
ton-losses imposed by decline in
market prices during the past Is
months-are going to have to be
absorbed.
These losses ON the 10000, 900
bales of the 1920 world crop still
being held will nov amount in the
aggregate TO many millions OF dol
lars, and the expense Of holding
this cottonis piling up the aggregate
every days.
In many instances more money
has been borrowed on holdings than
the cotton would now bring if
thrown onthe market.
In many instances more money
has been borrowed on holdings than
the cotton would bring if thrown
on the market.
In such cases there is 40 DISPOSE
ton on the part of banks or indivi-
duals that have made the loans to
call them, for it would develop a
deficit that would be embarrassing
to both lender and borrower and
might lead to confusion and even
litigation over the final placing of
the deficit or loss
With new cotton crop coming
in on top Of a last years crop, the
held over portion of which is ad-
mittedly greater than the entire
new crop viii be, the cotton situa-
ton is an anomalous one.
What shall be done about il?
Candidly, we don't know. But we
are Of the opinion that it is time to
so about the distribution and grad.
lial absorption of the loss. for loss
there is, and it must be eventually
absorbed. Albany Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19
DENIES AGE is DESIRABLE
Here Is One Person, at Least Who
Enjoys Youth and lie 10th
to Part With II.

Seekers for the elixir Of life have
commonly been subjected to public
ridlcule. This, however, merely proves
that the majority of people dislike hay-
ing their attention directed to their
lnfirmlties. Since Cicero wrote de
Senectutev we have repeated down the
ages the pious untruth that old age IS
proud and desirable state ana
that regrets for a lost youth are mis-
placed. 1t is not so, and In our hearts
we know 1t. Youth Is as much to be
preferred to age as life to death, and
II we possessed any means OF pre-
serving our youth we should use those
means. Nor Is there any absolute rea-
son why a human life should not be
continued at Its full power indefinitely.
We age, apparently, in the same
manner as we pass from childhood to
adult strength; the process Of deyel-
opment is reversed. A great number
Of recent experiments suggest that the
reversal may, in suitable instances, be
delayed. 1t is true these are mostly
experiments on animals and, for the
most part, lack confirmation. Yet
few who have had opportunities of
following the trend of events doubt
that a measure Of success has been
achieved. Nor should the fact that Il
particular old man or woman who has
undergone some operation or treat
ment and afterward died, be al
lowed to weigh either for or against
any scientific hypothesis. Those who
are engaged on the most adventurous
research which man has ever con
ceived deserve, If we will be honest
with ourselves, our support and en-
couragement rather than our ridicue.
London Times.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19
penxIna the creative Impulse.

Well, this at least may be said Of
the authors business. Though the
machlne.made product pile up sales
and dollars-in authorship even as in
mercantile trade, it will never make
one permanent reputation. Neither
will the card index mind that consist
entity denies the real creative impulse.
The creative impulse may make mon.
ey or 1t may not--it is incalculable
and unconScionable. But any writer
who lets it fume unsatisted while the
central Office OF his mind conducts a
celdly intellectual business purely for
profit is bound to wake some fine day,
TO find the sudden havoc it has made,
of all his careful diagrams and cOdifi-
cations. And the last state of that
man shall be worse-and just posi-
bly, better also-than his first!-From
the weekly editorial of the Literary
Review.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19
rennIes Reveal character.

People with "bony" temples-the
cheek and frontal bones almost cover
ing the temple space-are stOlid, non
imaginative and slow in thought and
action. To set against those defects,
the above type Of temples is that
which is big, white and thanked with
small, well-formed ears. That is the
statesman's temple, the authors tenn
pie, the temple of the "big man." Ora
tors and noted preachers have this
temple. The character indicated is
business, generosity, kindness and a
great capacity for forgiveness. This,
too. is the long-life temple. Those
with temples, which, owing to the
shape of the skull and the growth OF
hair, look high and unduly narrow
are geniuses, with great incentive
power, but of erratic temperament.
This type of temple is not usually a
long-life one.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19
NEW FUNCTION FOR RAILROAD
Photographs Of Scenic Views Are Now
Employed to Please the Prospec-
tive Traveller.

Nowadays the railway man does
something more than oil and repair
locomotives, run trains, keep roadbeds
In repair, and prepare timetables. He
also takes photographs.
This Is because the modern railway
man has come to broad understanding
of his function. He is not merely a
transformed bus driver. He is a mer-
chant. He sells transportation, as q
piano dealer sells pianos, and he de-
slres to make his product attractive.
The beautiful casing of piano does
not add to It's musical qualities, but 1t
makes the prospective purchaser
pleased with it In advance and content
ed with 1t after he purchases 1t. A
photograph does not transport a pas
senger or make his journey safe, but
II pleases the prospective traveller and
adds an element to his journey which
makes 1t more valuable to him both
In anticipation and in memory.
But the railway man is even more
than a merchant He is as truly as an
officer Of the government a social serv-
ant. Civilization Is product OF
travel. Whoever not only promotes
travel but helps to give 1t significance
Is a leadr In civilization. And this is
what the railway man does.
1t is in this capacity, not merely as
a merchandlser of motion, but as an
enlarger Of the environment of men and
teacher of what travel has to offer to
mems minds and souls, that the rail-
way man employs the camera.-F'rom
the Outlook.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19
To carbIe.

While modern custom permits the
use Of the word "garbled"- in the sense
OF selecting the worst and not the best
parts of story, yet the use Of the
word in this sense is incorrect. The
word originally meant to Gull out and
select the most suitable parts and to
reject the worst and least suitable
parts. 1t is therefore incorrect to
speak of a "garbled statement" In the
sense of a mutilated or dishonest state
ment. for formerly in London the name
"garbler' was applied to officers APP
pointed by law to look after the pur-
ity of drugs and spices, and the term
"garbled' was applied TO such articles
only after they had been examined
and freed from impurities and imprOp.
ar admixtures
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19

THOUSANDS SAVED
q bunch.

Thousands of dollars and many lives
have been saved our people by the
Venereal Disease Control Division of
the State Board of Health. This work
should not be allowed to cease or even
lag.
Thousands upon thousands have
been treated and made non-infectious.
Thousands of Wassermann tests have
been made free of cost to the people.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19
sananas Grow Pointing Upward.

Bananas Grow Pointino upward.
A bunch OF bananas, as displayed In
store is hung just opposite from the
way it grows. Bananas grow with
their free ends pointing upward. The
herb on which the fruit grows has an
underground stem which sends up
suckers or sprouts that attain their
full growth in year and half or two
years. Its trunk" is not really trunk
at all, but false stalk formed by the
curled bases of the leaves, which wrap
themselves about the flower stem. This
stalk, almost foot In diameter at the
bottom, rises to height Of from ten
to forty feet, its great leaves, a foot
or two In width and from six to ten
feet In length, dropping outward
When the plant has reached its full
growth there appears huge flower
bud, which opens and shows bunch
OF little purple flowers, each Of which
makes way for tiny banana. The
great flower cluster hangs toward the
earth, but as the separate fruits begin
to grow they turn upward. From 90
to $50 bananas, weighing altogether
from 40 to 100 pounds, may grow in
q bunch. .-,..
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19

Two years ago some OF the labor
ing iuen advertised the fact'-by
their actions-that they did not
have to work to earn salary.
Those fellows are wishing now that
they had job, salary net so inn
portant. Let's be honest with one
another-we're going to stay in
business and need your business to
be able to stay.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19

II all of us would stop to think
that it required about $50 worth Of
time and argument to re.establish q
credit, which had been ruined on a
81 account, we'd pay when we got
our first statement.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1921.

It's a hang busted sight harder to
get q good reputation than il is to
keep it-and either of them are
worth trying for.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-08-19

A man with tact is one who can
drop a nickle in the contribution
box-and make it sound like a
quarter.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

The man aChOse sc0nts are
fe'c seldom has enough bor-
cs for humidors, cards, ciyo-
rettes and records. This Is
an antique ecQxisitely iM-
laid.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

This boudoi at h Hampton Shops delightful adaptation
sofa upholstered hoade ohich
lining Of the drap The Hampton
such incdentds this
md DAINTY puo"s, ofers suggestions gifts
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Crystal gi,'ondoles,
crystal chandeliers
a n d or ys I u 4
ScOnccS arc here fM
nide OGriety N M-
sign IN d price.
T h ese beautiful
imported crystal
lighting decora-
tSOns lemd CHAR
Gctea' and btiILiam-
cy to either French
or Georgian set
timgs and t0iU be-
come heirlOOms of
the future.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

The decorative painting is
so often the color imspi''a-
tion of a successful room.
The Hampton collection of
old aud neN decorative
paintings tciU solpe many
gift problems, for they are
not erpensiue.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

another fascinating get practical
little m0rqueterie desk. The lamp
Is an exquisite bit of chinoise,ie
and bronze, from our large collec-
ti0n Of these pieces.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Each piece IN this grouping sou be aft of lnxt;no
c"a'" Ihe mi'rosscOnces Nth their crvstal e1,0nx
oe'o"g ~ Georgian roo as do the beoutifullv cared
HcFpe''"'te a'mchairs tcith their petit point seats
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

4 charming bit Of cabinet tco,k is this posl
dreuse of satinuood soith ITS sliding miro,
and shelf, its brass galleries and little
draWeys. The bench Is also imported from
France, hAmdcarUed and cushioned in qoid
c0lored b,0cade The French lamps hart
smart dame ShUf|cs
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

precate handmade furniture and unusual acces-
sories gifts of lasting charm which will become
heirlooms of the future
Here you will find personal desks of lacquer of
mahogany, of exquisite marqueterie; huge French
table desks with mounts of ormolu, tiny walnut
desks of Queen Anne style. Here are dainty clocks,
tall hall clocks, crystal lamps and girondoles,
benches of every style and tables for every use
Each piece is plainly priced and each is exclusive
in design.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
.PALATINE BAPTISTS.
.H.O.LD ELECTION.
Annual Reports Show
Gains By the Con-
gregation

The annual congregational meet
ing Of the Palatine Baptist church
was held last evening following the
regular Wednesday evening Bible
class. The prayer meeting was not
held on account OF the meeting
which was most important. The
following officers were elected for
the year:
Superintendent Of Sundoy school,
w. H. Hustead; assistant superin.
tendent, F. L. Jenkins; secretary
treasurer, ]. z. Mckinney, Jr.; as
sistant treasurer, Frank Jamlson; I;
church, treasurer, B. c., Morrow;
benevolent treasurer, Archie
Adams; assistant benevolent treas
urer, U. Z. Nuzum. H
Finance committee. o. Poe,
o. G. Shatfer, H. B. Robinson.
Music committee = W. A. Hus'
tead, Miss Rose Mckinney, Miss
Mildred Maple.
Flower committee-AIrs. G. IF.
Eddy, MRS. o. c. Shaifer, Mrs. j.
o. Poe.
Two deacons were elected. G.
.Shriver and Charles Toothman.
Reports were given last night
which showed a gain in both mem
berships and contributions to yari'
Gus needs. 9.
Arrangements were made last
evening to send two delegates, R,
a. Johnson and P. B. Swearlngen,
to the Fairmont conference to be
held on May 80 in this city. when
the Baptist churches here will meet
to hold consultation on important
matters.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
Park
.INCQALRUNRAVINE
Hall Big Enough For
Meetings Is One Of
The Details

Plans are now under way for
ONE of the finest amusement parks
In the state, according to the state
ment glyenyout by a group OF Fair
mont business men this morning.
The park will be located In Coal
Run hollow and will be owned by
the Rayine Amusement Co.
A charter for, the company has
been granted to the following per
sons: Virginia Fleming, Thomas
Murray, Charles Snowden, Frank
Jacobs and O. e.. Miller. The park
will, be located ,on the land owned
by Q. e. Smith and Earl H! Smith
and will have an entrance ON Lo-
Gust avenue and one on a point
leading off Cleveland avenue some
where near the new bridge :
The plans which have not yet
been worked out thlly in detail are
for a switnlng pool amusement
hall. large enough for meetings
such as Fairmont needs from time
to time, a merry.go round play
grounds for the kids and attend.
ants who will look after the well
fare OF children who may be left
in their care.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
CHANGE IN PLANS
FOR GE. MEETING
District Convention Will
Be Held In This City 4
Tomorrow

E 3 aN r. . vi
The annual convent Ion OF Chris
tan tsndea Tor afton tistrtcl
,fsfill ~ MON i1ay r.
plhnted j 4by the comm ittee 10
iiaye alt three sessions IN the M.
u: Temple, but on account OF an
other meeting In that church, the
evening session will be held in the
Central Christian church! Lunch
will be served In them r. Temple
and. dinner In the basement OF the
Christian church for all visiting
delegates.
Delegates from forty societies OF
seven denominational churches OF
the district are expected to attend
this convention. Rev. c. 3. Hetz.
Ter, field secretary for the state,
will be present at all three sessions
and will have charge OF the Senior
Endeayor conference In the after.
noon.
Among the speakers who will ad.
dress the convention are: B. e.
Hanes, pastor of the First Christian
church OF Warrington: Rev. ]. P.
Turkleson, OF the NJ. P. church Of
Clarksburg; Rev. ]. s. Cook, OF
Huttonsville. and DR.. S. o. Bond,
president Of Salem college, who
will deliver an address at the eve.
ming session.
The afternoon session will be
featured by solo by Miss Edith
Hunsaker and q duet by Mar.
garette Frlschkon and c. H. Bloom.
Special attractions at the evening
session will be a duet by Misses
Eva and Goldie Hartley, duet by
Misses Edith Hunsaker and Bertha
Dtlgard, and a, quartet by Misses
Marguerite Frischkon and Clara
Leaman and Messrs. Francis Fry
and c. H. Bloom.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
.ShEr,iners' Special
Passes Here Tonight

= b.
Tonight at s:45 O'Clock the
shriners, special will arrive here
from Wheeling and after a mum.
ber OF Fairmonters Join the party
the nobility will proceed to Key
ser w, Va "A ceremonial session
VIII be put on at Keyser on FIJI
day afternoon and evening.
The B. & o. special win carry
sleepers for the band and patrol
and for Shriners who want 10 make
the trip. The ceremonial is under.
the direction df Osiris Temple.
Wheeling. u
Lawrence satterfield, who plays
in Osiris Band and other Fairmont.
ers will make the trip.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
Retiring President Makes
Some Interesting
Suggestions
Received
Pittsburgh Rotarian Made
Talk At Their Re
ception

Dr.sH. H. Carr, presldsnt. and Tho
other new officers ot the Fsirmou'
Rotary club were inducted into Of
sice today at noon with simple eere
mony during which the now presi-
dent expressed his gratitude to the
members Of the, club for the honor
they had conferred Sppon him. rho
other new officers ofsthe club arc,
@. @. Robb, first vice president.
Thomas .. conneIl, seeond vice
president: 7. /: BRET. Louis Hcl
mick, j. II. RowndS Sand j. q. WA,
son, Jr., directors. aob Miller. Sec
tetary, and Mel Fletcher. treasurer,
are holdovers,
In taking formal leave 81 rho IA.
sponsibilitiess OF the Office i. f..
Watson, Jr., who nus been prcst
dent of the club Tor the past year
made a number OF constructiyo sue
gestiols which We're given hos
fitable recepticn by the members
OF the club.
!. Arother interesting Incident Of
the NEE sting today was the recep
tio1 of three new members, u. NJ.
Herman, H. w. Frank and Brady
Meredith! John Lent a prominent
imember OF the Pittsburgh Rotary
club. who Is i1 The city to atfend
the meeting OF tlie Public Service
icommis issibp3 being held here. wa,
asked to give die TAX which ont
| lined the principles Of Rotary fol
1.-the neopny ytes. Nrs Lent made O
most inter sting address
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
Clubwomen Want Day To
Be Formal Citizen
ship Day 4
INTERESTING Session
Between Is and 1oo1visit-
ing Delegates Are
In City


With approximately seyenty.tiye
visiting delegates and upwards OF
one hundred local club women pres.
ent the annual convention OF the
Centralidistrict OF the West Virginia
State Federation OF Women's clubs
opened It's sessions this morning at
tenso'clock in the auditorium Of the
First Methodist Episcopal church
on Fairfnont avenue. The women
began 10 arrive at the church by
nine O'Clock and when the session,
opened practically all the out Of
town women were present.
The auditorium presented an at.
tractlve appearance, large French
baskets filled with dogwood and
Wild honeysuckle being artistically
arranged about, the rostrum.
Members Of the Woman's club OF
this city were on hand bright and
early to register the guests bid
them welcome and arrange various
details Of the convention,
Agreat deal Of enthusiasm, good
will and determination to. do big
things was manifested among the
women assembled for the cpnyells
tion, which bodies well for the aes
tive part the women OF the state
! intend to take in affairs Of civic,
! political, legislature and economic
interest. The dlsagreeableness OF
/! the morning served not 10 daunt in
( any was, the spirits and enthusiasm
| manifested, and the women went to
work with the details Of the, con.
| yention with energy! and vim. ~
4 & Under, tho Leadership Of MfG
Myrtle Shaw SyTaddelll the women
arose ana sang impfess siyely5 Come
4 Thou Aimsg ghty King aceo,np paniSa
ION The Sptpe90 90rgan by; Mrs. q q Minor
Danh hanl ecedIt1E the opening
Mrs: Durham Tendefed several SO.
Elections on the organ. iis
Rev. Claude II. King, pastor OF
4 the First NJ. E. church, conducted
the devotional exercises and made
a, few remarks IN which3 he vel.
coined the women to the city and
urged them,to push,forward lnitheh'
good work along all lines.
Mrs. Nan K. Hepburn president
of the district, presiding, intro.
duced Mrs. L. N. Yost, president
Of the hostess club, who gracIously
welcomed the visitors to the city.
In her remarks Mrs. Yost told ot
this city having had the honor to
entertain the first conference Of
the district at which time Mrs, A,
L.. Lehman, Of this city, was presi.
dent and Mrs. George DeBolt was
president Of the local Woman's
fclub. She urged the cooperation q.
the club women throughout the dis:
trict in work, to be done by the
clubs during the coming year.
| Mrs. George 5DeBolt introduced
Miss Hepburn, tho presiding off.
| Ger, who responded to the address
Of welcome and urged that club
women everywhere not lag In their
| efforts to see that legislation ef-
fecting the country and its cIti.
zens such as the enforcement Of
the Volstead act and. many, other
important matters be upheld. Miss
Continued on page fe1rl
4 IL. - = j
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
ORDERPLACEDFDR
BRIDGE TABLET
Colored Ex-service Men
To Be Big Feature
In Parade

The new tablet being purchased
by the Daughters Of the Reyolu.
ton was ordered yesterday by
Charles Bornefeld, residing enql.
neer for the company building the
new bridge. It will be a very good
looking tablet and will be used to
dedicate the bridge to the service
men and will contain the names Of.
those who died in service.
The regimental colors presented
to the Old First West Virginia in.
fantry by the citizens of Fairmont
when this famous regiment left
Camp Cornwell for Hattiesburg. are
in the city once again having ar.
rived yesterday sent here by Gov.
ernor Morgan for use In the bic
parade May 80. III
The colored sex.service men will
meet at the court house on Tues.
day next at eight o'clock to discuss
the parade on. May 80 in which they
will take part. At least 1000 col.
ored ex.service men are showing
great interest and they have
planned a band to head their divi.
sion. Sergeant William Moore has
been designated by Major Earl
Smith to take charge OF the mobi:
iliEation OF the colored tynons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
Senators Agree On
.MeClintie For JUDGE
in lheIr ca!

Especial 10 The West vlrgtnianl
WASHINGTON. d. c., May 5.--
Senator's Sutherland and Elkins
have agreed to ask the President
to appoint George w. Nc Cllntic, OF
Charleston, 10 the position on the
Circuit Court OF Appeals bench,
Fourth district, caused by tho death
10 month ago OF Judge y. @. Pritch.
ard, Asheyille, NJ. @!
The other leading contestants for.
senatorial endorsement were
Judges George : Potfenberger and
Ira E. Robinson.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
D )
Three RS
RouseUiDes
Dromeddry
Mothers Pantry
HI. Printed Words
AN EDITORIAL
ON ADVERTISING

INHlhs day, Of the Little Rec
III School House" the three Rs
Resdins sRiin', 'Rithmedc-were
he principal subjects in the course
'sf study, and acquiring knowledge
sas moi made delightful by the
cores Of kindergarten methods now
N vogue.
Ilhs teacher to today is quick to
se and utilize every means within
Esseh,o bring homo to the child, ac.
stirstely and cOncretely, the informa.
ion which he is trying TO impart.
In this connection, certain schools
nave adopted-as an aid to making
,post lasting impressions-Adyertis-
,6g They are teaching children Of
FIVE Six and seven years to draw and
10 spell from the cartons of adyertis-
ed products.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-05
Ia.

j. .A DRoMEDARY has one
hump. camel has Two. The
easiest way 10 impress that disinc,
non isstbroush the use Of something
which has come within the child's
experience. The teacher finds it on
the carton in which the popular fruit
is packed. The child learns to draw
from The picture on The box. He
Ssams % spell from the letters on
The boz, and every time he sees the
'satona in a store window. or in his
mother pantry. the more unforget-
lesbeeomes the fact that drome-
da,yihas one hump and a camel has
Two humps.
Ihessame use has been made Of
egg cartons, of breakfast foods, and
of many other artistic boxes which
the child has learned 10 know
though home association.
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