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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

All the concessions left RavIne
Park at midnight Sunday.
The Park today presents a forlorn.
unlovely appearance with not q sim
gle concession or amusement re-
naming and nothing but a glazing
sun on top a lonely dance-hall
points out.the fact that somehow or
other the wild bit Of natureland be-
meath Coal Run bridge is no more.
Today a carload of sand and gray-
eel is being dumped on the section OF
the park next the dance.hall, during
the morning hours a colored manor
two sat on q bench underneath the
trees-the remainder Of the park re-
manned entirely deserted.
Five unsightly freight cars stand.
on the siding Just below the dance.
hall. Thespark itself is litterelEwith.
papers and bits of board following
the departure Of the many small.
concessions, the disappearance OF
the big ferris wheel, whip and mer-
ry-go-round. The ground has given
up every single blade of grass. The
narrow stream running thorugh tho
center has been sat on in several.
different locations by means OF wide.
board platforms. A few low trees
and shrubs still stand close 10 the
stream which when viewed from the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07
TUESDAY, EVENING, JUNE Z, 1891
0UTOFT THE VALLEY
81 BAHToS BkAhEx
IohtIsty NstAsvssnEas!EsD9Ftsa on Ihe Eoaa TO

(ehrtsty Mathewson is reported on the road
recovery.1
ERE,s baseballnew avs that.has a thrill
Greater than any that l know,
Tidings of happiness 20 fill
The breasts Of footers high and.low;
Listen, and let your faces glow
AT thiH brave newsSfron saranac,
Three loud and lusty cheers-let's go!
They say Big stx Is coming back!
Matty. whose brains and nerve and skill
We all were ready to acclaim
Aatty. whose name win echo still
Adown the baseball halls of fame
SO long as men recall. the game
Matty is ON the upward track
Our hearts leaps with a Joyous flame
They say Big six Isscoming back!
Disease could not quite break. the will ,
That saw him through his games Of yore!
What though he lay there. broken, i'll.
Ho only smiledAAand fought the more.
And now IL stirsius to the core
TO hear he's beaten deaths attack.
Come, let the stands and bleachers roar!
I'll say Btgsx IS seeming back!
Hereast 70 YOU Ghristy. Sdayfb by day
May you regain the strength you lack,
And never DO "a fadeaway-
They say Big Six is coming back!
fGopyTtghti 1921, byN. E. Al
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07
Evening Chat
NORTHUMBERLAND Motherp.

Sweet girl graduation day has
come and gone and the young PEG.
are now planning delightful
summers before the big ambitions
of fall and more advanced school.
ing, Ambition is fine thing II 1t
doesn't take you by the ear and
swing you around into many doubt
tul undertakings. For instance
this summer, my dears, don't plead.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

Federal officers in eastern Pennsylvania are go.
Ing after the dealers in fake oil company stocks. Ii
that thing becomes general the department of Justice
will be, even more busy than It was with the profit
eering cases under the last administration
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

A Not O women would starye t.
death without a can opener, What's
become o tn old funeral fan
what wuz SO afraid she'd miss
somepin' that she got too near All,
fell In tn grave
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

Spots can 10 removed fSom char
.m1lise hy danbins the sppt Sslt
with ehiorot6rfn. Wlite Sne
can be washed the Icpipf ate sTate
" successfully tabhsa
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07
NICKEL TRIMMiNes

One means by which the Partisan
is injecting gaiety into frocks for
fall is by the extensive use:of metal
trimmings. Red Is Strong among
coiors.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07
isAVEgtTlI

Acid fruits require much lesl
sugar Il q little soda IS stirred ln
before the sugar IS added.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

Five or six plain tall poles hoidio
electric and telephone wires mare,
IN great strides aeross the center oil
the park.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07
EGG ~LEMoNApe

Beat two eggs with two table
spoons OF powdered sugar, add ia
cup Of cold water, Tablespoons Of
lemon Juice Add water and ice.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

10 seii-commodity or servico-you must
tell The world about lt. You can't expect
that people viii remember you II you give
them any Interval At adj 10 do the quickest
and easiest thing In tue world. which ls 10
totget you
Many retail stores like oats devote from
three 20 four Per cent q their eyenues
@ adYertiathg. Because Of savings IN other
directions. We have been able to devote
more than9six per cent. or about s75. 900
last year. ! am aware that this Is q re-
markable - possibly a phenomenal
amount Tor q store like our to spend. But
the advertising keeps up our volume Of
business, and this volume Is just as inter-
esting and important to they firms from
whom we buy as to the individual to WHOM
weselL.
It manufacturers and retailers regard
advertising as a thing Of spasmodic .'cam.
paigns," which can be turned on and off
at will, We shall never keep the wheels ,of
industry moving. We shall never keep
labor fully employed and give all wage
earners the steady Jobs which they desire.
We shall never make any serious reduction
in the cost of goods to the consumed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

Thompson is Repulsed in Chicago
Vote-headline. What a horrible
,place{to be repulsed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

fact in Florida that Brayn is to make
It his permanent home; but the elm
ate is mild there anyhow, SO William
J. is not such a great find.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

You'd never know by looking at
the picture In the Astonisher this
morning that "Pinatore" was a light
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

evening" " 7 can In1t scup my
daughter ont u automobiles this
SUMMER m fee she safe
eHosaa-ha-ha laughs auued;e-
anu That laugh hoida a grenr deal
81 pttiahle bitserness land then
gitl without special tasits, tie.
detrauded dt her school work
hy an nnkttd School system, ii.
very many cases declares mother
has forgotten the daysl6f her youth
and how glorious II Is toysldmi
lightly behind a swift motor with
the breezes tanning 0na.s hot
cheeks and the country flying by so.
tragrant1y green and the sky 80;
delightfully."- Goolandbl ue and cloud
necked ike opais under sun. Per
haps mother ansold fogy, my.
dear-how do Iknow2 Maybe she.
doesn't know what's good for you
at all--pm not at all sure she does.
But l do know she thinks she knows
and that from the great Lord him.
self she Inherited aslonging TO give
you every grain Of happiness the
world holds jealously-so that II
she seems to deny YOU pleasures Ii,
10 only because somewhere at the
end OF that rainbow YOU, dream.
about she sees an ugly snake
"Huh.-she Jus thinks she does,
mothers are the sllliest things In.
the world" says daughter.
Maybe they are-perhaps it's so.
We'll leave It TO Time. It's a fine
day II It doesn't rain.
This morning early the city was
envelopet in mist and every hill-
side line was wiped into obscur.
ity. But somebody left the flap uu.
sealed an dthe envelope of day be.
came filled with clear light along
about nine o'clock so that many
tittul promises Of stlll more attrac.
tive weather. seemed about 10 be
fulfilled.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

Doutriehis success is extraordinary. but his meth
DDS nanifestly are not, and boiled down Ii. policy i
10 run. the store IN the night way and then let The pnbl;s
know about it through constant advertising Of sutfi.
Gent volume to make it cut though. If one man can
do i others can too. Especially can il be done IN a
town that is growing as rapidly as this one is.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-07

But IL you look real close you can
find the big dipper and the milky
way family outlined.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02
MARCH

l.-Rcv. BILLY Sunday breaches one
sermon At city Auditorium. coming
from campaign in Norfolk. Railroads
pass into control OF owners.
c.-Annual automobile show opens.
Federal government awards millions
OF dollars 10 railroads.
3-lIa!ry 81. George Tucker enters
race for Governor OF Virginia. state
Senate defeats Insurance. bill. 80 to 80.
ii sidney Peters is defeated fer
prohibition commissioner by Harry
Smith. Mary pickford, film star. is
given divorce from owen Moore.
I.-Association Of Virginia Colleges
holds that NclsIead &C; is uncons;i-
,u,ional
c.-R. u. Holloway. presidcn, OF
Nassar- Abbott Company. commits SUI
eide after having been arrested in
Newport News for alleged crook ed
financial deals, President Wilson
stands on orticle y. declining
compromise.
1.--liotcl Chamberlain at Old Point
Comfort. burns and guests have mar
row escape. John Shell. l32 years
old, living in mountains OF Kcn,ucky
! defended his son from death by shoot
ins.
A.-WcstminSter Pres ytcri an
| church announces that it Is free from
debt The Rev Robert {. Jet u. y.
OF stanton. is ccnsccratcd bishop oi
the new Ep!scopa. diocese OF South
west Virginia.
?--Statc senate passes memorial
| library bill Rhod. Island nncus ,,h
on wet" law.
iV.-West Nirgi ia rat!ics An
thony amendment by close margin
Herbert Hoover enters presidential
race.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02

rention. President Ebert is again In
control of republican Germany.
19.--Jamcs Devicux Davidson. OF
South Richmond. is accidentally killed
by street car on his way from school
Jury ccnvicts J. j. Oliver. State pro-
hibition agent. of attempting TO sell.
seized whisky.
Ex-senator Truman II. Ncwberry.
of Michigan, is convicted of violation
Of election laws and is given two
years and fined $4,000. Reds force
specialization of German industries.
2l,-Rcv. James w Morris. u. -.
breaches 'arcwcil sermon as rector
of Monumental Episcopal Church be
fore going as Il missionary TO ErazIi.
Gompers announces amazing labor
platform.
22.-Widow of General a. L. HE
c. s. ~. dies. Aurora Bcrcalis dazzlcS
Western world.
23.-Jakc Wells announces big thea
trical building scheme. control of
coal prices is abandoned by govern
mcnt
2i.-Mrs. John Shelton Williams as
sumcs charge OF local campaign for
-" SpiieSc lunt, tpiCNel
samuel Parker. famous Hawaiian.
Dies In Honolulu: was premier 10
former queen.
?3.-City Finance Committee offers
budget aESrcsa;ing S6.i23.G33. Fire
at Richmond Chemical Works causes
s250.0o0 damage
@6--Absalom Il. Lauyhon. vice pres
idcnt OF Miller * Rhoads. is attacked
at his home by Infatuated Negro wo-
man. who throws lyc In his face
Governor Wcstmore!and Davis signs
memorial library bill
27.-Richmond police locate 1000
uncounicd people first day OF cen
sus intensive canvas. Daylight saw
ing law goes into effect in many
States and Richmond is thereby uf-
fccted.
Ex-Governor Davis refuses to sign
bill approprlating $4,000 for ortho.
pedic work. Tornadoes sweep coun-
try. causing property loss OF mi
lions.
29.-First Christian Church is or
ganized in William Fox School
Wyndham r. Meredith is appointed
TO memorial library commission by
Governor Davis
30.-City Council passes bulge.
without changes. Suffrage beaten in
mississippi by tremendous majority.
3l.-Elghty additional rcmcn go on
duty here. Lloyd George and Sir
Edward Carson accuse United States
OF fomentins secession in Ireland
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02

SO General Carranza is murdered
whiie asleep In mountain camp
23.--'road Street Methodist CON
srcsat'on plans church TO cost $3.50
900. Mob storms Alexandria jail.
seeking William Turner. negro :tc-
cused OF the murder of T. Morgan
Moore
2i.-Big drop is quoted IN price o.:
Minneapolis -four. Increase in freight
rates is proposed as remedy for nisT
cost OF living.
25.-Dr. Henry Raymond Musscy
editor of 'Scarchlight on Congress-
causes furorc by his radical utter
anccs at Woman's Club. Rotarians OPP
pose soldier bonus bill
26-Virginia Railway and Power
Company petitions the City Council
for a six-cent fare. Local mcrcha nts
band together against shoplifters.
"7.-Rabbi Edward y. Calisch COM
plc;es war record Of Richmond jews.
G. .. =. leaders dodge prohibition is
sue on national platform.
2S.-First woman is graduated from
the Medical College of Virginia In the
school of medicine. Dcbs is notified
behind prison bars of his nomination
for President by Socialist party.
2o.-Richmond Leather Manufacture
ing Company suffers 100000 fire. 30
nus measure is passed by lower
branch of Congress.
30.-Annual Memorial Day is cc!e-
bra;ed at Hollywood. France and
England honor Americas dead.
3l.-Forged whiskey permits ne;
10000, 900 OroGts in New York
SpraGuc shows United States SEN
ate where Sl,c00,ooO fund WAS used
10 boom General Wood for President.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02
OCTOBER.

1.-Rev. George p. Mayo accepts a
call TO the rectorship of Monumental
Episcopal Church. Miss Adele Clark
and Mrs. Inez Maddox arc elected to
City Democratic Club.
2.-Twelvc thousand women regis
ter in Richmond. state completes
most prosperous year in history, the
auditor showing slS.422,32453 in re-
ccipts.
3.-Knights OF Columbus approp-
headquarters in Washington.
4.-Firginia State Fair opens.
Prison board abolishes stripes at
state pcnitcntiary.
5.--World series opens. Southern
I'aptists i've 100000 to missions.
6.-Richmond Day at state Fair.
7-Delegates OF Sulgrave Institu-
tion visit Richmond.
S.-Confedcrat. Reunion in Houston
terminates. Federal Reserve System
refuses help to cotton growers.
81. ID. Hank, assistant attorney
general. is made district president Of
kiwanis Clubs of America.
1O.-Rabbi Wise denounces Henry
Ford for articles appearing In his
paper against the Jews.
ll.-Polcs and Soviets sign armis-
ticc document. Revenue agents seize
100000 in property
i2.-Board OF Aldermen defeat
salary increase for city directors.
l3.-Farmcrs, alarmed by down
ward prices. appeal to Wilson.
1i.-Formcr State Senator S. L.
I.upton dies in Washington hospital.
Mrs. Ogden Mills. social leader. dies in
Paris
l5.-Leon Durg drives local car in
shortest time n; State Fair automobile
races.
1e.-women's Democratic Club is
organized. Lloyd George acts to
crush strike of English miners.
17.-Rev. Len G. Broughton. d. D.,
breaches first sermon as pastor of
Grove Avenue Baptist Church. Cox
fnounces Dupont as American Krupps
1S.-John SHELTON Williams con.
dennis grip OF stock. market on Amer
lean commerce. Local Democratic
Continued on Fifteenth Page.>
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02

birthday luncheon to railroad off,
Gals at his country place. West Point
proposed as water terminal for Rlch-
mond
26.--Sorncrstone is laid for Oak
wood Avenue Baptist Church. Con-
vcntion is ready for nominations.
27.-Rev, William c. James, u. D..
breaches farewell sermon at Grove
Avenue Baptist Church. William Jen-
nings Bryan declares war on the vets
and the peace treaty nj San Francisco
2S.-Nnt!onal Democratic Conven-
ton slorihcs President Wilson for
Versailles pact and the League OF Ma
tons Pollard X Bagby more into
new Offices on Main Street and give
luncheon.
Getty Finance Committee ia
vors ccdihg Ford 10, for memorial
library. Citizens urge need Of new
auditorium.
"c.-Donald Hill Gawthrop.sNof Gin
ter farh. is drowned While swimm!n,:
in Shields Lake.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02
SEPTEMBER.

i.-Richmond women express ap-
proval OF cnfranchiscmcnt by regis
tering at CITY Hall in large numbers.
Tennessee House attempts TO block
woman suffrage by resembling rati-
ncation Of Nineteenth amendment.
Sixty thousand hard coal miners
walk out on vacation" in attempt to
force demands upon operators. Con-
vention OF Virginia Department
American Legion. opened annual ses-
sion at Jefferson Hotel.
3.-Governor Cox begins most eS-
tensive campaign tour ever under
taken by candidate. covering
twcnty-one States and speaking for
thirty-one consecutive days. Edmund
II. Moore testihcs before Senate In
vcstigation Committee that Rcpub-
licans started out to raise $4,000. 900
campaign fund. Polish army. en-.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02

for the good OF the service" Sena-
tor swanson faints on floor OF United
states Senate.
.3.-Richmond-N New York steamship
line begins TO take shape Joseph
caillaux. former premier OF France.
is adjudgeL false to his country.
oi.-Walkcr II. Hines resigns as
director OF railroads. Sonorans cap
ture Topolobampo and Guaymas In
big struggle.
25.-Thicvcs visit homes of Henry
T.. baskerville and Henry w. Roun-
tree. taxing $4,000 in valuablcs. but
missing $4,000 in jewels. Allies
send stln note TO Berlin demanding
PREPARATION for damage wrought.
25.-Charles Thacker kills himself
and mortally wounds his bride of
three mcn,hs in front Of their home.
1910 Beverly street. United states
District Attorney Smith begins in
tcstigation into the price OF sugar.
27-Mad bull runs wild on Broad
and Grace streets. nearly killing NO.
man and is finally rammcd by truck.
The Rev. Frank 4. McFaden. n. d..
is elected president of Richmond Ro-
tary club
cS.-Gu.!t for sugar famine is
charged 10 Congress. United states
troops mass on border to meet Mex
lean revolt.
cs.-Attorncy-G Palmer re-
vcals plot to Stay high officials.
Sleeping sickness spreads in Rich
mond. claiming several victims.
I'll re-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02
FEBRUARY.

1.-Robert +. Hamilton. Jr., OF Uni
versity of Virginia. wins Rhodes
scholarship. Congress votes 100000
600 TO starving Europe.
Ground Hog saw It's Shadow.
Seven persons lose lives n fire in
Newark apartment hcEsc.
3.-City Council passes measure cx-
tending nve-cent trolley fare for six
months. Finance Committee aopro-
PIRATES 100000 bond issue for gas
plant.
4.-witncsses tell Congress OF nur
ders and plundcring on Mexican Dor.
der. Gas plant faces severe coaI
famine.
5.-Supreme Court holds that Cole.
radios ratification o: the sunrag,
amendment without referendum /.
legal. Gale destroys much property
,tzt virginia Beach and Ocean View
fesorts.
j {e.--Severe storms nccessitAto clos
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02
Twelve Months Business PROGRESS

coal tons 1919 1913 oo3 600
Hard coal produstonloeo tons; loo $4,000
shipments Iakcs-9oO, tons: 1919
2O133ii
ENpors-i920 Ss.i0SO0O.0oO;
Impurs-1920. $3,GG
shipments
Pig iron production tnot including on)--ioaO
1912 %0.5S3,37S
steel proluction-02o. 3f5oOOO0
ions. 1910
0Oa1iSi
debt. Dcrcmer-1O2O, 1910
Dcccmlcr--102O
Incprpo 1919 st.-
croIsioao. 3d. siioooo; 1919. ovo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02
STANDING EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1920 MONTH BY MONTH

ing OF Richmond public schools. vir-
| sinia senate rejects suffrage amend.
mcnt. "a to 10.
IS. Gordon Cummings Is fatally
| shot by his wife. Mrs. Matte Jester
Cummings. on the streets of Hampton
Va Secretary Daniels scores Adj
m!ral Sims before the award COM
mi;tco of Compress.
S.-Rap!laci Ferrandini. native OF
Corsica veteran of the Crimean War.
| and long resident of Richmond. dies
Secretary Franklin X. Lane resigns
from the Department OF the Interior
?.-Threc hundred thousand railway
men vote TO strike February II. New
Jersey rati;ics Susan Il. Anthony
anne ndmen;.
lo.--liousc OF Delegates votes. 1910.
20 abolish dry department in 1922
old. eldest Odd Fellow in Virginia.
dies here.
ll.-Five men arrested in $4,000. 900
theft plot in New York. Local So
cicty OF American officers of the
Great War organized at University
Club.
l2.-Thomas Pinckney Bryan dies a
his home here. House of Delegates
rejects Anthony amendment. 81 to ~.
l3.-Sccrctary Lansing splits with
President Wilson and resigns port
fc!io of state. Arizona ra:ifcS An
:hony amendment.
A.-CoIvillc Bruce Tennaa, acct
dcntally burned to death at University
OF Virginia. Railroad strike re.
scindcd by Barker.
l5.-Twcnty nine tcrrorists seized
nj Paterson. y. J. Attorney-Gencral
Palmer charged with 100000. 900
sugar loss.
l6-John Garland Pollard appoint
ed to Federal Trade Commission
Richmond Locomotive Works adds
1000 men to its force.
l7.-Gcncraf Assembly demands in
quiry into dry department. Rev. r.
d. White resigns pastorate OF Wood
land Heights Baptist Church
Estate Senate prepares ma
chincry for women voters. Wilson's
note TO allied supreme council rcopens
Fiume issue.
l9.--Jchn II. Frischkorn dies at his
home on Church lii,l. Virginia Poly
tcchnic Institute closes on account OF
Influenza epidemic.
2o.-Governor Davis accepts for the
state the si00o.000 art collection o..
John Barton Payne
2l.-Statc Scnates plan to delay
medicinal liquor measure fails. Poi
soncd olives menace people Of eight
States.
c2.-Certiiicatcs sent by France in
10 their nearest relatives nj City Au.
di;orium with suitable ceremonies
Captain James Frank Dunn. former
officer OF Richmond Grays. dies In
Roanoke.
23.-Gencral John j. Pershing
visits Richmond. World misery due
20 treaty fray. says Herbert Hoover
.i.-iiousc OF Delegates votes to
curtail dry department funds for first
year 10 $4,000. Old Dominion steam
ship Line is sold to Clyde and Mallory
interests.
25.-Rev. Aubrey Williams. D. D..
accepts cal! TO Tabernacle Baptist
Church. President Wilson names
cambridge Colby Secretary of State
26.-Virginia Retail Hardware AS
soc!ation opens convention here. Ok
lahoma rat!fcs Anthony amendment
c1.-Statc Senator I. j. Downing
'lays the Rev. j. sidney Peters. p. y
United States stands firm on demands
in settling fate OF Fiumc.
i@S.-Trcop No. .. Richmond Coun-
ell. Boy Scouts OF America. win low
ing cup at annual inspection. Bcr-
| nard NJ. Baruch predicts big fall in
| prices.
q? deposits in state banks gain
sSl.lS5.3l5 in year President VIII
son signs railroad bill.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-02
AUGUST.

freight and passenger rate in
creases, greatest in the history OF
the country. swelling the revenue OF
railroads to $1,000. 900. 900. granted by
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads announcr intention to ask
State Commissions for similar In
crease OF intrastatc rates.
2.-Mayor Ainslie. in annual mos
sage to Council. calls for enlarged
public school facilities. extension OF
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-04-14
WANT SPECIAL SESSION OF
LEGISLATURE FOR TELE-
PHONE SITUATION.

\ ter stormy protest meetings in
different towns during the past week
without relief, there is still great dis
satisfaction among the subscribers,
on account of the e-,recent curtalmcnt
OF service. At meeting held in
Greenville last Friday, the counties
Of Anderson, Greenvilc and Pickens
decided to form organizations and
employ the best legal talent they
could find to fight the case before
the railroad commission Mr.. w. M.
llagood was elected chairman of the
Pickcns county association and each
telephone subscriber will be asked to
contribute not less than soc for the
purpose Of employing legal talent to
light the case.
Solicitor d. W. Smoak is advocat-
ing special session Of the legislature
2a the best solution of the problem.
Representative H. B. Hendricks, Of
Anderson county, and Jubal O. Viii
liams, of i'icIlens county, both favor
a special session and are willing to
serve free Of charge to the state.
Just what Will be The outcome OF
ch situation rs still uncertain, but
It is believed that sentiment is crow
ing ion a special session Of The iegis
laturo to fix the telephone rate and
To abolish the powers and salaries of