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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31
WEDNESDAY. EVENING, AUGUST al. 1921.
ESSENTIAL
By Berton BraLey

Dy baton brale1
QUILL never get anywhere.
Never do anything.
Never be anyone much;
30 honor or fame
wiiI accrue to your name
You'll never have wealth in your clutch,
Unless you 80 striving for,
poggsdly driving for
Seeking the things that you Wish;
How do some guys
Manage 70 rise?
TAKE II from me. its
Amblsh.
slthough you have cleyerness.
Brains aud ability.
Plenty OF dsttness and skin.
The thing that you need,
e ron hope TO succeed,
Is Courage and Power of Will;
Without pertInacIty,
AZ your capacity
Leaves you failure. poor fish!
Hewido tae Great
set tolthat state?
I've got the answer
Amblsh!
FOUL hear 1t called restlessness,
tganton irrererence
r.scontent, lunacy, too;
But tisthe force
That alters LIES course
And makes the world over anew;
The ono irreprcsslble
Strange and unguessabIe
cosmIc. unwsvering wish.
How did We climb
outj OF the slime?
You tell EN-. Buddy
AmbIsh!
Copyright 1927 by Newspaper Enterprise,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31

Ing Of ssGson-xhsadlins. How
about the oysters?
You might be interested to know
that there is a Christian pool room
in clarksburg.
In the for sale ads In a Florida
paper we find six young Jersey
COWS. all have calves and Scotch
collie pups" II they'll throw IN a
dog license, well take one Of those
COWS.
Wonder why II is raining today
there's no ball game on at South
Side.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31
Lasting All of This Week
"BUY-TT-NOW SALE

Up until closing time Saturday night these radically reduced
prices fifteen special groups merchandise addition the
l0per cent cash discount Offer will be effect This entire week
tempting inviting week for all who will consider their forthcoming
need for things wear AND WHO WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THESE SAVINGS.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31

copy delivered ~ the seeretasY
q tbs Beard . 81 " " con-
away. Mayor % the Oily 81 Eeir
mont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31

Travelling machine shops are used
In England TO repair automobiles
that break down on the road.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31

Lumber is made In more than
10000 sawmills distributed through
4s states.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31

Albert Horn, member Of the
Reiehstas for a years, has never
made a speech.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-31

Do besn % haze doubts about lie wisdom d such
lsadsE,Ep
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05
e BE

Synopsis.-Young Carlyle Wilbur
ton Dale. or "Bill Dale" son of
a wealthy coal operator, John X.
Dale. arrives at the Halfway
Switch, in eastern Tennessee,
abandoning q life Of Idle ease-and
incidentally q bride. Patricia Claw
ering, at the altar-determined to
make his own way in life. He
meets Babe" Lttleford. typical
mountaineer girl. by" Heck. q
character Of the hills. takes him to
John Moreland's home. Moreland
Is chief of his ''clan." which has
an old fsud with the Lttlefords.
He tells Dale OF the killing Of his
brother. David Moreland. years
ago, owner Of rich coal deposits.
by a man named Carlyle. Dale
believes the man was his father.
Dale makes his home with the
Morelands. Talking with Babe,
Dale is ordered by BLACK Adam"
Ball to leave his girl" alone.
Dale whips the bully. He arranges
with John Mor,land to develop the
coal deposits. Ben Lttleford sends
q challenge to John Moreland to
meet him with his followers In bat
tie. Moreland agrees. The two
clans line up for battle. A Lit
tleford fires the first shot. Babe.
in an effort to stop the lighting,
crosses to the Moreland side of the
river, and is accidentally shot by
her father and seriously wounded.
The fight stops and Babe is taken
to the city. Doctors announce she
Is not seriously hurt. Dale meets
an old friend, Bobby McLaurin.
who has married Patricia Claver-
ing. Dale's father admits he killed
David Moreland and offers him
funds to develop the coal. Dale
declines and gets funds elsewhere.
He realizes he loves Babe. who
goes to live with Patricia to be ed
ucated. Henderson Gof, q coal
man, appears on the scene.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05
Waterproof Matches.

Campers and picnickers will ha--
with delight the new waterproof match.
which can be easily made at home u
the following way: Melt a few Jumps
Of candle wax In an old can on the
stove. Allow this to cool a little and
then, before it has set. dip the matches
In, one at a time. Treat the heads
and about half Of the wooden part.
Place the matches on side to COOL.
Matches treated in this simple manner
have been soaked in water for many
hours, and they have ignited as readily
as those which were perfectly dry. The
only difference is that, In striking, 1t Ii
needful to do so a trifle more firmly so
as to get through the thin film Of wax
surrounding the head. When once the
flame starts, the match burps very read
lily, owing to the wax which has ad.
hered to the wood. Any ordinary
matches cen be treated In the manner
described.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05

to Fire.
to fight me a fair mans fight. If you'll
only pocket that thing you've got In
your hand, I'll NOW down half an acre
of meadow bush with your body"
The other turned red, then white,
then red again. Bill Dale's words had
dashed him keenly. His eyes became
like hard black beads, and he began
to raise the wicked-looking pistol as
though he meant to fire.
Then there was the sound Of q
breaking twig behind him, and q voice
drawled out:
"Drap it, Mister-drap the funny
little gun, or the middle o. Tarment
Is yore potion right now"
1t was the m~oOnshiner, By Heck.
and his rifle was leveled. Golf dropped
the pistol. Heck grinned, advanced
slowly, took up the weapon that the
hillfolk call a towards gun" and
tossed it into the river.
"NOw git-cut the mustard-light a
rag away from here" he ordered,
'safOre l let Bill Dale loose on vel"
Golf went away rapidly.
&" wonder if you heard him say
anything that would make you valu-
able as q Witness" muttered Dale,
'in the event we want to have him ar
rested?"
II heerd you tell him at he was
afeard to fight We a fair mans fight,
and at eff he'd pocket that thing he
held in his hand ye'd NOW down twen-
ty acres o. meadow bush with his low
down body-that'd be vallyable in cote
wouldn't it,"
Dale smiled. Then he frOWned,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05

"Go easy friend" Golf said very
cOmplacentIy. There's no use In
getting sore. I want the coal, that's
all. II I can't get it by fair means,
I'll get it in another way. Oh, I don't
mind telling you: one mans oath Is as
good In court as another mans. II
you don't take me up at ten thousand,
I'll give you so much trouble that
you'll be glad to sell 1t to me later
for half that amount. The Balls think
they own a big interest In that coal!
There's a lot Of them. too. and they
can keep you from working the mine.
Well, l can't waste time in ~dickering
with you. What do you sayr"
II say" and Dale smiled an odd lit
tie smile. that your plan appears to
be perfect, except that you've over
looked one or two important details.
For instance. there's the law. y'know."
"The law-nOw don't 60 and fool
yourself I" exclaimed Gof. 1.-THE state
couldn't afford to keep a hundred men
here, month In and month out. just to
protect your little mine. My patience
Is about gone, Dale-fOr the last time,
what do you say?"
II say that I'll beat you at any
game you put up against me-" very
quietly. Furthermore, I say that you
are a coward and a scOundrel, and
that you haven't got the insideS in you
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05
CHAPTER TX.
A Signal Victory.

The mining man Hayes, the major
and John Moreland were waiting at
the gate when Dale, accompanied by
the moonshiner, returned to the cabin.
Dale was the first to speak. He told
briefly of that which had taken place
at the blown-down sycamore. and at
the last of it BY Heck Strengthened
proudly.
II be dadjimmed eff l hadn't ha'
pumped him so full o. lead at the
couldn't enough O. men got around
him to tote of his corpst, eff he hadn't
ha' drapped the towards gum" BY
Heck declared as f1ercely as he could.
"Cause NAV she seed in the cup at
Bill Dale was a-goin' to be a right
pa'tickler friend O. mine, igod, and I
has a habit o. takin' keer o. my
friends. Now thar was my Uncle Bill,
him what could jump q ~sixteen-rail
fence"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05
lyon wonderful place, my
own country"
Gro BE
"Code Of ~Hammurabi."

The "COde Of Hammurabi," q set Of
laws made by King Hammurabi Of
Babylon, 195S-1916 b. c.. was found
in 1901 A. d. in q stone eight feet
high. The code contains $50 sections
dealing with all sorts Of questions.
The law Of bribery was stated thus:
IF q man bear witness In a case for
gain or money he shall himself bear
the penalty imposed in the case"
Breaking into mud brick houses was
punishable by death. The old law Of
IAN eye for an eye and a tooth for
a tooth" was enunciated by him long
before the same law was stated by
the Hebrews in the old Mosaic law.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05

It has been said that not one woman IN
Thousand passes this perfectly natural
change without experiencing a train Of
very annoying and sometimes painful
symptoms. Those dreadful hot flashes,
sinking spells, spots before the eyes,
dizzy spells, nervousness, are only q few
Of the symptoms. Every woman at this
age should profit by Mrs. Blocks expert
enc and try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
If you have the slightest doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound will help you, write to Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
about your health. Your letter will be
opened, read and answered by awoman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05
CHAPTER ViIl-Continued.

l1c Olul wall lOA u lCpiy, Oot
turned away with By Heck. He went
to the home Of the Hecks ~ostenSibly
to have his fortune told-really, to
get his dinner. The old woman didn't
alike him, but her Unborn spirit of hos
pitality wouldn't permit her to refuse
him a meal. She felt that she was
almost ever with him when, after
shutting and reading the cards, she
told him that 1t would be wise for
him to look out for a big, tall, grey
eyed young man with an oak tree in
one hand and a couple of cliffs in the
other.
Dale told Major Bradley and John
Moreland Of that which Golf had said
to him at the gate. The major sug-
gested forthwith that he 60 to meet
the man it couldn't possibly do any
harm, and there was a chance that he
would learn something Of COTS In
tentions.
So Dale went.
Gof was already there, waiting. He
was sitting on q stone on the More
land side of the river, whiting idly.
When he saw Dale approaching, he
smiled and nodded, rose and pOcketed
his knife.
II want to make you an offer for
that COAL" he said at once.
"All right" Dale replied. "If your
offer is big enough, it will be consid-
Grad Put no chUctor nri1n &C. notno
10 get that coal, Goff."
Golf frOwned uneasily.
you don't know coal, Mr.. Dale.
You don't know the business Of min
tng-Or I've got you sized up wrong.
Thousands of men have gone busted
TO doing. There's a big chance, too,
that the coal isn't what 1t looks to be
on the surface. You'd better take a
sure thing, and avoid a possibility Of
loss. I'll give you five thousand, spot
cash, for that coal"
Dale shook his head. you'll have
to come heavier than that, y'know, if
you get the Moreland coal"
"And an extra thousand for your
SELF"
Dale laughed a low, queer laugh.
you amuse me, GOff," said he.
Seems to me you've missed your call
ing In life. What a peach Of q king
villain you'd make in melodrama You |
wouldn't have to act, either; you'd |
have to be just your natural self. And |
you make mt mad, too, Golf. Because |
I'm on the square with the More
lands and everybody else-now, get |
that!"
The corners Of the shyster coal mans |
mouth came down.
"Oh, bosh-dOn't pass me that viz.
tue stuff. Every man has his price,
high or low. You've got yours, and
I've got mine. I'll give you five thou
sand, spot cash, If you'll persuade
John MOreland to sell to me for five
thousand, and nobodyTl ever know
you got a rakedown from me. It's all
the coal is worth, that ten thousand.
Well, yes?"
Dale was Of the type. that goes pale
with anger, and he was pale now. He
clenched his hands.
"You can't insult me like that and
get away with II, Gon," he clipped.
"We're going to fight. Golf, and I'm
going to put q licking on you that
fifteen horses can't pull off. Get me-"
He threw aside his coat and rolled
his sleeves to his elbows. Henderson
Gof ran his right hand quickly to a
rear trouser pocket and brought back
= stub-nosed automatic pistol, which
he turned threateningly toward Bill
Dale.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05

to believin' they're already million
hairs."
Il knew that" said Dale. "That's
not news"
"But that amt ALL" BY Heck went
on. "GOrrs got Saul LittlefOrd, too
lock, stock, barl and sights. He owns
saul jest the same as l own my old
spotted coon dawg Dime. Saul he
gifts him a Job a-bein' mine boss, and
what other Littlefords at will stick
gits Jobs a-diggin' the black di'mOnt at
w Collars q day. Asides, all of EN-
Is to have a big lot O. money when
the divtdin'-up time comes, says Con-"
Much obliged to you, BY" Dale &C.
knowledged. Lets go; bout face,
BY! I'm gOin' to tie q hard knot in
that %villainous game Of Henderson
Goff's."
They reached John Moreland's cabin
less than an hour later. MOreland
and his son had just returned from
Gainesville, and Dale learned through
Hayes that the two hillmen had shown
good judgment and some business
sense In making their purchases.
When the evening meal was over
Dale drew John MOreland out to the
cabin yard, where the many old-fash-
Toned flowers made the night air sweet
with their blended Odors. For q mo-
ment Dale stood looking toward the
very bright stars and thinking; then
he told the big man at his side of
GOfr's plan concerning the L~ittlefords,
and strongly urged the making of
friendship between the two clans.
"The snake !" mumbled John More
land.
He appeared to be worried about it.
he folded his arms, walked to the gate
and back to Dale without uttering an
other word. 1t was hard for him to
throw down completely the hatred of
years upon years. Had 1t been any
other person than Bill Dale, a fighter
after his own heart, who had asked
1t, he never would have even consid-
cred 1t; he would have said quickly:
"We1l thrash the Balls and the Lit
tefOrds, tool"
The younger man read something OF
the others thoughts.
with the help of the law" said he,
I'VE might whip them all. But 1t
would mean a great deal of bloodshed
a. best. The Li:tlefords are Babes
people, y'knOw. 1 like Babe. You
like her, too, or you never would have
gone with her to the hOspital-now
don't your"
II reckon 1 CANT deny" the More
land leader muttered, lat l like Babe
Littleford. She amt like none O. the
rest Of 'em, BILL"
Dale went n
"All there is to do to enlist the Lit
tlefOrds on our side Is this: you go to
old Ben and say to him: Let's begin
anew; let's be friends, your people
and my people, you and me- He'll be
glad you did 1t. Then it will be easy
sailing for us. The Balls never would
dare to attack such a force as the
MorelandS and the Littlefords COM
bined. Don't you see? l admit it will
be something Of a sacrifice on your
part. But a man like you can make
Any man who is big
enough to go down on his knees and
ask the blessing Of the Almighty on
his enemies is big enough to make
sacrifice. COme-let's 60 over and see |
Ben Littleford now; won't your
The m%Ountaineer didn't answer.
"You won't throttle the cause born
David MOreland's good heart on &C
count Of a little personal pride|I
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05

Two years. saw
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V.ege table Com
pound advertised in
the paper and got
good results from
taking it. / recon-
mend your medicine
to my friends and
you may publish
this fact as q testi-
monial. Rob-
BLOCK, Box 642,
HOpkina MINI
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05
1.-THE snake!" MumbIed John MoreIand.

THE Snake!" Mumbled John Moreland.
know you won't!" Dale said earnestly.
Moreiand Strengthened.
you mean WELL" he said slowly. 81
think you're NJ O. the very best men
in the world, Bill Dale. You often
make me think o. pore David himself.
But I'm afeared We don't quite onder-
stand. Bill. I've seed my own son die
from a Littleford's bullet. To go and
offer to be friends with a man who
might be the same one at killed my
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05
Successful Experiment.

BY affOrding q e to keep It
warm enough to- remain liquid, Bel
gian e-xperimenters have succeeded In
using African palm Oil to drive an
internal combustion engine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-05
HOW WOMEN
OF MIDDLE AGE
May Escape the Dreaded Suf.
ferings Of that Period by
Taking Mrs. Blocks Advice

Hopkins, MINI. During Change Of
Life / had hot flashes and suffered for
Williams news., 1921-02-11
OLD LOVE TOKENS
Years Ago All Valentines Had a
 Personal Touch.
Much of the Romance of the Day Has Passed, Though Sentiment Is
 the Same as Ever.

Three hundred years ago young men and women wrote their own valen. tines. which consisted then only of love notices, or declarations of affec- tiOn, written in verse from a very full heart and on plain paper. Many of our great-grandmotherS saved these old missives.
 Perhaps our parents came across such valentines, old and yellow and decaying, packed away in lavender in the bottom of a dusty trunk up in the attic. Yet when these valentines were first penned and put in her hand how grandma's heart did palpitate and the blusheS rise to her cheeksI No mat ter how halting the sonnet, or ana gram or triolet, it was the music of love to her. Heart" dart and ''art'' did rhyme sweet1y!
 The machine-made valentines that we buy nowadays have lost this per sonal touch. though perhaps some of them have gained from an artistic point of view Today it is only the school children and few open-hearted interested grown-ups who find the GUS tom of valentine making and vaIen- tine giving the fascination that it used : to be. Why, even Charles Lamb wrote valentines, and loved to.
 Now the modern young man drops in confectioner's or florists shop and orders candy or flowers sent to Her. He scorns the valentine sonnet whereby the girls of today are missing heap of romance.
 This was the day when a young man might accuse some young woman he admired of being coquette without insulting her. In those days "co- quette" had just such a naughty meaning as "vamp'' has today It meant heartless trif1er.
 If she thereupon sent him hand made valentine on which were two bleeding hearts made as one, it was her answer to his accusa tion. It meant that conquering the hearts of other men than he, meant nothing to her; that only his heart and ahers in all the world counted, that her heart was bleeding for him just as much as his was suffering for her. 4
 The comic valentine is an Outgrowth or burleSque of the Super-Sentimental valentine and has almost died out. h. stead of pointing out the recipients perfectionS and charms it dwells vivid ly and uncomplimentarily on his man. neriSms, clothes and appearance, in colored caricature. Red hair, large noses, blotched comp1exiOns, remark able -skinniness or avoirdupois are us- ually the jocular themes. Because valentines are sent anonymously, it is possible with impunity to remark sea thingly on the physical character istics or disposition of ones friends or foes.
Williams news., 1921-02-11

St. Valentine sIyly
 Put up his umbrella. This shower of hearts Would embarrass a fellow. I'm glad that I manage ir
 Once in a year Exercise is the thing
 Hearts are needing. I fear. While many are beating,
 They're all out of tune, And cold as December
 Instead of warm June. 50 I'll mix 'em and change 'em And warm 'em up, too-'' I wonder if hell fix
 Your heart up for you?
Williams news., 1921-02-11
CUPID'S OWN DAY
Fourteenth of February Belongs
 to Him Alone.
Anniversary 5rightens the Drab Month With Memories of the Past and
 Joy of the Present.

Frightening the dull, drab month of February and doing their very best to cheer up and bring love into our 3. hearts, the vafentiHes-the valentines smile at us with their lace-and-forget- me-not daintiness from the shop win dowS.
 There are elaborate ''1niIlionaire" valentines of celluloid and blue ribbons that come in big lace boxes, like French dolls; there are valentines that when pulled out like an accordion be- come Cinderella coaches of cardboard, laden with Loves and venuses. and Cupids. Others resolve themselves in to airy pink-and-blue palaces-you never know-peopled with delightful goddesses and doves.
 But the best and most sincere. per haps, are the old-fashioned valentines -vistas of foamy paper lace, through which you look upon hearts redder than lovers lips, in a prospect of yio- lets and forget-me-notS. And hidden away, like billet doux in bouquet, a little verse:
 This heart, sweet love. I send to you. Together with these vfolets blue; And if you like this heart of mine. pray you be my valentine.
 Could anything be more simple or direct to the point? As unerringly as Cupid's darts or a beau's rapier, the verse carries it's message home. It may be that the Elizabethan lyrics, the love songs of Herrick and Love lace and Sucking, survive today only in the valentine.
 And, ah, what memories these har- bingers of love bring with them They lead us back along the columbine hnr fn hc asphodel meadows of Youth and First Love and Childhood FancieS, and we meet and kiss our first sweethearts again-alas, they have gone out of our lives these many years.
 And so, dear little Valentino accept these violets and forget-me-nots, and hug this message close to your heart for surely sweetheart is the sweeter for a valentine, and, as all wise men know, 'tis love that makes the world go round.
Williams news., 1921-02-11

Make Sure of Valentine Kiss.
 If you have no sweetheart to come to kiss you early on St. Valentines morning, go out and sweep the nearest well with q broom. Once the cobwebs are gone he will come flying.
Williams news., 1921-02-11
Valentine chaIIenae.

One form which the observance of Valentines day took in England was that of a persons valentine being the first young man or woman that person saw on Valentines day. This devel- oped into the custom of challenging ones valentine by saying, Good mor- row. 'tis St. Valentines day" The one who said it first upon meeting q person of the opposite sex received gift.
Williams news., 1921-02-11
Interestino Valentine Readino

Interesting reading for Valentines day is Dickens account of SamiveI Weller's laborious writing of a vaIen- tine to his housemaid love, signed Your lovesick Pickwick."
Williams news., 1921-02-11

Calumet
 Nut Cookie
 Recipe
 -3 cup butter, F cup sugar, 2 e gg s, F cup flour, 1 level tea spoon Calumet Baking Powder. -34 cup chopped nuts, l teaspoon l e m on juice. Then mix in the regular way.