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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-02
WALL gTREEIlS
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Views Passing Of 1921
With Few Regrets;
Views Of Leaders
az "a Associated preas.l

10y Lne A&SoClhteu EEeSbsJ
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-wall
street yiews the passing Of 1921
with few regrets, but looks hope
fully to the future. although realiz.
ing that the new year will put the
country to even a greater test OF
its resources and stability.
Leaders OF industry and finance
emphasize their belief that return
to normal conditions cannot be &C.
compIished until everybody settles
down to earnest work, economy
and saving.
For the most part, however, those
who hold the purse strings and con-
troll the country's important indus.
trial enterprise and believe that the
United States is destined to grow
as a wo:ld power.
This belief is largely founded on
the fact that Europe Is leaning
more heavily upon this market. All
foreign nations, 1t is pointed out,
look TO the United States as almost
the only market for tho capital
needed to effect the rehabilitation
Of the old world.
The latest case IN point is that Of
the Dutch government, which only
yesterday awarded s40,00o,000, or
40 percent Of new loan to our
4 4. A.. 4. T..
its far eastern colonies.
Forecasts OF general business
conditions In 1922 are unusually
alfficnlt in the opinion Of conserva-
tive observers, because Of the many
uncertainties which beset the era
REIMBURSEMENT and reconstruction.
Give your skin o treat-usc Blus
Devil Cleanser.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-02
Bodies Removed
From Mine Wreck

Ell PAso, Tex. Jan 2-ss :rn-
teen bodies were removed Satnr-
day from the dump Of the San
Francisco Del Orc Mine. near
parral. chihuahua, where a caye-In
occurred December IS, burying a
gang Of workmen.
News of the disaster was
brought to FL Paso by mining men
here today from Parral, the mum.
Der Of dead issnot known hero, but
tits reported there were no sue.
yivors Of the gang working onRthe
dump when the cave-in removed.
The San Francisco Del Orc Is a
British concern, operating one OF
the largest silver-lead properties
in northern Mexico.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-02
Assistant Chief Is
Removed From Force

Assistant Chief OF Police Arthur
Arnett has been indefinitely sus-
pended from the FaIrinont police
force by Chief OF Police L. D. Sni.
der. The dismissal took place Sat
urday night and Immediately Pa.
trolman Thomas Ford was appoint.
ed to temporarily fiji the vacancy.
Alleged characterization Is the
cause OF Assistant Chief Arnett
leaving the police force. 1t is like
~ that his successor will be named
within the next few days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-02
James Michael
Deaths Victim

James Michael, formerly OF this
pity died on Saturday at u SAM.
tafipm at Battle Creek, Nlicku
where ne had been patient for
spme time. A message announcing
his death was received here yester-
DAY by w u. Billingslea Of this
Mr. Michael had been located
fof some time in the oil territory
AZ Kansas and Texas and his late
i'esidence was at Desdamondn,
Texas For some time his health
ind been bad, he having been a
sufferer from heart trouble and
cautplications,
The message stated that burial
would be made at Decatur, III. He
q survived by his wife and one
daughter Mrs. Lawrence Brothers,
lie latter OF Cleveland. Ohio
M, Michael and his family re-
ded for a number Of years IN
Fpirfnont avenue this city having
moved hero from Worthington
where he had successfully conduct.
tlsiry business and had a
balendid stock farm there also. He
ats9 engaged extensively In oil
we'll contracting and was an expert
S., MI derrick building.
He was a son OF the late Pinck-
nays Michael of BroomfleId. Ma.
toN county and was horn and rear,
"A IA tho northern section of tho
eutinty He was a member OF Fair
mont Lodge No. 8 A. F. and a.
A and was also member OF the
Scottish Rite order. He possessed
pleasing personality and was
much liked in this city and county.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-02

More than $4,000 900 miles OF
wire are in use in the telephone
systems Of the United States.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-02
MAKE RECORD.

MEXICO CITY, Jan 2.-Petro.
leum Of the Gulf coast uiado a roc
ord for production last month, 49,.
100000 barrels, 100000 being
produced by the Toteco and tbs
Cerro Axul wells alone. Thirty.
four new wells were started during
the month.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-02
Fairnont's Quota
In Great Drive

Eairmont will he asked to raise
s1T5 In the S25O.O0O drive which
the National Federation OF Temple
Sisterhoods launched today for the
erection OF a dormitory at the He.
brew Union College, the leading IN
stitntlon for the training Of reform
rshbts! The National Federation Of
Temple Slsterhoods. which is thu
w6men's auxiliary Of the Union Of
American Hebrew Congregations.
recently pledged to raise the fund.-
redniied5to erect building for rab.
hinical students at the Hebrew
Onion College by a campaign con
Quoted by women among women.
Mrs Abram Simon, Of Washington,
q. nationally known for her work
and other philanthropies. Is chair.
man Of the drive and assisting he.
Ief1bcal committees of 266 sister
Hoods which are affiliated with tho
iational committee.
N this city the campaign will
be carried on by Temple Sisterhood
cf which Mrs. Joseph Cantor IA
chairman.
-
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
DWARF TREE NATURAL FREAK
Frequently Attans Diameter of Six
Feet, but Is Never More Than a
Foot in Height.

Welwltschia Mirabilis, natures
uueerest tree, lives to be 100 years old,
and often attains diameter of six
feet, but it is never more than foot
in height.
When the seeding Of the tree first
pokes it's head above the dry and
dusty soil of the most rainless
region in which it grows, it puts forth
two seed leaves or cotyled0ns, not
unlike those of a bean. AS the plant
develops, two green leaves spring
from the edges Of the cotyledons,
These two leaves are the only ones
borne by the plant throughout its
century of existence. Flat and leath-
cry, six feet long and two or three
feet wide when fully developed, they
hang from either side of the stubby
trunk in gracefully curying green
streamers. In later years they split
along straight lines into number OF
narrow strips. When old enough to
bear fruit, double-branched flower
stalks, nearly foot high, spring from
the edges Of the seed leaves, bearing
small erect cones colored brilliant
Between the scales of the
cones are very small flowers which
In due time bear seeds.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
PEAY,s PLURALITY 1000

The Nashville Banner has received
complete returns from 81 of the 50
counties Of the state on the recent
Democratic primary for United States
senator and governor, the 81 including
Johnson county, which is said to
have held no primary. OF this num-
Der, go have been checked with the
returns received at the secretary of
states office.
The figures in hand give Mcclellan
a lead of 53,862 over Fitzhugh in the
senatorial race. Most of the missing
counties went for Mcclellan and the
full returns will probably increase
mis- plurality 1000 or so, making it
well over $4,000.
Of missing counties, all are sup
posed to have gone for McMillin,
with the exception of Perry, which
Peay is reported to have carried by
$50. Unofficial and incomplete re-
turns gave the other seven to Nc
Millin by something like 1000 votes.
The present figures gave Mr.. Peay a
plurality of 5,727 If the unofficial
figures on the remainder of the coun-
ties are borne out by official returns,
Peay's plurality will be reduced some
1850 votes, maxine it around 1000
The aggregate vote in the sena-
tors race at the present time shows
153,023, so that the total vote in the
Democratic primary may be expected
to 20 nearer 10000 than 10000.
In the republican primary for the
nomination returns have
been received by the Banner from 80
of the 95 counties. These returns
gave Harry B. Anderson, Of Mem
phis, a total of II ,421, and Newell
Of Chattanooga, 24,881.
Among the counties reporting Camp
bell. Lawrence, Putnam and White
went for Anderson.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
MCCLELLAN IN WASHINGTON

Senator Mcclellan returned to
Washington Friday and was warmly
greeted by his colleagues over his
sweeping victory in the Tennessee
primary. Finding an accumulation Of
mail, the senator will be busy for
several days answering congratula-
tory messages from friends scattered
throughout the country.
So far as Senator Mcclellan is con-
cerned the Tennessee primary in
which he was renominated by the
greatest majority ever accorded a
candidate in the Volunteer State, is
history. He is profoundly grateful
to his friends, whom he characterizes
as the most loyal and devoted any
man ever had, and he insists there is
no rancor remaining for those who
opposed him, despite the bitterness
with which he was assailed. It is his
contention that all Democrats of the
state will accept the verdict of the
primary and join in electing the en-
tire ticket in November to the end
that Tennessee will be redeemed"
from the Republicans. Certain it is
that he has no feeling of ill-will to
ward any Democrat who opposed him
it being the indisputable right of al
Democrats to vote for their choice
in a Democratic urinary.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17

produce of the farm. This is one Of
the problems that is gradually being
worked out for the benefit of the
farmer and the consumer of his pro
ducts. Cooperative marketing as
s0ciati0ns in many sections Of other
states have enabled the farmers to
market their products to advantage,
and these associations have enabled
their products to be placed with the
consumer at a reduced price, thus
benefiting both the producer and the
A farmer produced a crop Of po-
tatoes for which he received SIS cents
a bushel. In several Of the bags he
placed notes asking the consumer to
write him and let him know what
price per bushel he had to pay for the
In the course of time he
a reply from one customer
telling him enat he paid $685. per
bushel. This is a wide difference in
value from the producer to the con-
sumner, and it is this difference that
it is proposed to eliminate by market
ing associations. This is one of the
most pressing. if not the most inn
portant, problem that has to be
solved.
The producer should get in more di-
rect touch with the consumer by as
far as possible merchandising their
products through such associations
When this is done it will be a lone
step toward making work on the farm
as renumerative as work in other
The producer will receive
the rightful share Of what the con-
sumer has to pay for his product and
will be better able to provide those
for the farm home that
will make life on the farm more pleas
ant and make Us appreciate the dig
nifty Of labor. There should be moth
ing but pity and contempt for the
snob who thinks his standing is af-
fected by honest profitable labor.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17

Quintus Hortensus, born 119 B. c.,
was the first to serve peacocks at
table.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
poasl

Ever since the days when old Homer
wfote of the homecoming of Ulysses
when his faithful old hound alone
recognized him in his disguise as a
beggar. there have been some Of the
finest bits of literature devoted to
noble characteristics Of dogs. Llewel-
lyn's faithful hound, Bill Sykes loyal
mongrel; Bayard, Badly of Nome, Jer-
nv, and Michael, brother Of Jerry;
Pierrot. Dog Of Belgium. Caesar the
Kings dog are just a few of the mod
erns whose names come to memory out
of some of the golden books. Fond
as the world has always been of love
and romance 1t has always been glad
to turn to the book which had a real
dog for it's hero, partly because Of the
innate liking of humanity for honesty
and nobility Of character, and partly
because of all the creatures man has
TIE dog has the liveliest
sense of humor and the highest ideal
of companionship.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
The Best Cosmetics.

Many years ago an old New England
lady wrote out the following list Of
toilet articles and advised all women
to acquire and use them:
First-Self-knowledge, mirror
showing the form in the most perfect
light.
Second Innocence, white paint,
beautiful butt easily soiled and requir-
Ing continual care to preserve its lus-
ter.
Third--Modesty rouge giving de-
Hghtful bloom to the cheeks.
Fourth Contentment, an infallible
smoother of wrinkles.
Fifth-Truth, a salve rendering the
lips soft and delicious.
Gentleness, 4 cordial impart-
ing sweetness to the voice.
Seyenth--Good humor, universal
beautifier.-Boston Transcript.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Under and by firtue Of the au-
thority vested in us by law, we, the
election commissioners of Tipton
County, Tennessee, do hereby call an
election to be held in Mason, Dis
trict No. 10, Upton County, Ten
nessee, on Saturday, August 10, 1922,
for the purpose of electing a Justice
of the Peace to fill out the unexpired
tern, of s. H. Mitchell, deceased.
The following officer, judges,
clerks and registrar are hereby APP
pointed to hold said election:
Officer, j. N. Moselev; judges, NJ.
P. Jackson, L. J. Williams and S.
L. Delaney; clerks, J. J. Mann and
Louis Transou; registrar, G. E. Var
brough.
N. B. PORTS, Chairman.
GEO. r. ELLIS, JR.
M. A. RAY.
Election Commissioners of Upton
County. 3aug3w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17

If you buy a Singer machine you
will receive careful instruction from
2 comnetent teacher at your home.
You win get nrompt attention in any
part Of the world, as our offices are
everywhere You will be dealing with
the leading machine manufacturers
VI the world, the strongest guarantee
T excellence NJ NJ Gaynard, agent,
Covington, Tenn. Telephone 100 If
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
That Word awhisky."

The word whisky is now only Of
historic interest. as it is obsolete In
the English language as spoken in
America.
1t is of historic Interest, however.
to recall that the word is a corruption
of the name given to the commodity
by the race that invented 1.-THE
Gaelic. The word in its original
Gaelic form is "uisgebeatha,n which
means water Of life.
There is a species of cactus grow
ing in southern Texas, which is called
whisky-root. Chewed, and its juice
swallowed, whisky-root produced eff
fects similar to those produced by
the whisky without the root This
species of cactus is now also, obsolete,
although it still Milwaukee
Sentinel.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
WHEa DICKENS VISITED YALE
stuSents Sang Under NoveIist's Win
dow at Bedtime, and Their Efforts
Were Not Appreciated.

With the departure from Boston for
Worcester, Springfield Hartford and
"a place called New Haven" began
the observations on American travel,
American hotels, American expect0r.
alton, which were in the main ex.
Guided from American Notes and
which make the vital interest of the
letters. After two hours and half
By boat from Springfield to Hartford
queer travelling" Dickens avers-he
undertook a bold yenture-the train
Journey to New Haven This was
completed speedily in three hours and
Dickens was again in university life
But alas for Yale! Whereas the young
men OF Harvard university had
yearned as one man to sit under the
novelist as a teacher, these others,
more carnal, crayed no intellectual
mama. Instead they sang to him.
res, sang to him. under his window at
bedtime, Stanley I, Williams writes
in the North American Review. And
UnsuccessfulIy. The Yale students,
declared me Atlantic Monthly, In the
dear; familiar phrase were there in
force" Dickens amazement at this
custom was not wholly pleasurable
"And when" he says, sadly, "at last
we got to bed and were going to fall
asleep choristers Of the college turned
out in body under the window and
serenaded us! We had had by the
by, another. ser6nade at Hartford
from a Mr.. Adams nephew of John
Quincy Adams, and a German friend
They" says this cutting novelist,
''were most beautiful singers
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
FARMING HANDICAPPED
FOLLOWING CIVIL WAR
CAPT T. F. PECK WRITES ON
DIGNITY OF LABOR
Before Civil War the Weather Class
Owned Slaves and Did Not Require
Manual Labor of Their Children
After War, However. Fortunes
Were Swept Away and Large Land
Owners compelled to Work.
(By T. F, Peck, Commissioner of
Agriculture.

/ (By T. F, Peck, Commissioner Of
Agriculture.)
One Of the many handicaps under
which the South had to labor follow
ing the Civil war was the inherited
notion among certain class that
work was ignoble and was a barrier
to admission to the best society. Be-
fore the Civil war the Weather
classes owned slaves and their chill
dren were not required to do work Of
any kind They were given classical
education and were equipped for some
one Of the professions-medicine,
law or the ministry-trained for a
career in politics, or perhaps an en-
deavor made to fit them for a ca
reer in business in banking or mer-
chandlsing
If there was boy who did not
promise of a career in some one of the
professions, or in banking or trade,
he remained on the farm And it was
not infrequently the case that the
Ounce" of the family-the one who
remained on the farm-was the one
who saved the day for his supposedly
more brilliant brothers by his fru-
gality and his plodding methods on
the farm.
With the close Of the Civil war the
slave labor was lost. Fortunes We're
swept away by the war and land
owners found themselves in the po-
sition Of having to do the work form
erly done by slaves. And they were
handicapped by the lack Of work
ing capital. Many Of them followed
their work on the farm under pro-
test, determining to escape from it
to some other business or profession
at the first opportunity They were
not looking forward to farming as
a permanent vocation and therefore
made no effort to develop and inn
prove their land. They followed
methods that robbed the soil of its
fertility. The CALLED and washed
hillsides, fields grown up with weeds
and bushes, dilapidated fences and
buildings, few years ago gave evil
dence Of this lack Of interest.
Children of parents having this
viewpoint grew up with the belief
that the farm was to be endured only
until some opportunity offered to get
away from it. The industrial de-
velopment of the South offered many
of the opportunities they were look
ing for.
But some of our native citizens be-
came interested in better agriculturs
and inaugurated soil improvement
and better livestock programs Some
farmers from the Northern States in
travelling through our state recognized
the possibilities here for crop and
livestock production and some of
them settled here. The object les
sons from their work opend the eyes
of our people to the possibilities Of
our soil and climate and helped to
wipe out the prejudice against manual
labor. Agriculture is being looked on
with more favor. Our people are
coming to realize that all labor is
that is productive Of what
the people need for their sustenance.
One handicap under which the
farmer has been laboring is the slump
in the prices Of farm products, and
have been made worse by
the lack of system in marketing the
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
MT. EYFRFcT SUMMIT
STILL UNTROD BY MAN

The highest point above sea Level
ever reached BY a human being afOOt
-27,300 feet was attained, with
the aid Of oxygen-breathing appa-
ratus, by two members Of the Mt.
Everest expedition, at noon, the 9th
Of last May, says Henry s. White, in
the September Popular Mechanics
Magazine. This brought the ex-
plorers within l,702 feet of the sum
nit, the highest point on the earth's
surface. The final attempt was to
have been made June 6, but the mon
soon broke June 3, definitely frus-
trating any further efforts for this
year at least. When the monsoon
breaks on Mt. Everest, there is no
alternative but to get off the noun
tain as soon as possible
1t has now been definitely proved
that the mountain itself at the high
est points reached is not difficult to
climb and the two explorers who
came SO near to reaching the actual
summit were able to proceed along
the north face without ropes. The
one and only obstacle that made the
summit unattanable was the bad
weather, and with the monsoon left
out, it is certain that the summit viii
be reached at the next attempt The
two explorers who reached this high.
est point were Capt. Godfrey Bruce.
one of the leaders of the expedition,
and George Finch, a scientist attached
to it.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17

Better than pill for your bust
ness lila classified ad.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
Why BUY AT HOME
.canse ~ lnterests AZ hera-

Because my interests are here.
Because the community that IS
good enough for me to live in IS
good enough for me to buy in.
Because / believe in transacting
business with my friends.
Because I want to see the goods.
Because / want to get what / pay
for.
Because every dollar I spend at
home stays at home and helps work
for the welfare of the city.
Because the man buy from
stands back Of the goods.
Because / sell what | produce here
at home.
Because the man ] buy from pays
his part Of the city and county tax.
Because the man / buy from helps
support my school, my church, my
lodge and my home.
Here is where | live and here 2
buy
Keep Southern money at home.'
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17

See if it is in the classified.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
Much Sand Needad for class.

A little less than 100000 tons OF
sand is used in the United States each
year in making glass, according to
the experts of the geological survey.
Plain sand constitutes from 60 to Is
per cent Of the body of all glass, so
that our eyes are full Of sand most Of
the time, whether peering through
spectacles or gazing out of the Office
window.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-08-17
Cheerful THOUGHT.

1.-THE Yanks are coming" hummed
the dentist as he prepared for an ex.
ction-Octopus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-14
INSANE IF HE MARRIED HER
Family Threatened Charges Against
Gambler Mrs. de BoucheI Says.


New Orleans. La. Oct. 14.-Mem-
bers of the family of Asa G. Gambler
the Atlanta Coca Cola king who re-
Gently broke off his engagement to
Onezima de Bouchel New Orleans
beauty, had threatened to have the
aged financier confined in an insti-
tuition for the insance, according to
statements made here today by Mrs.
de Bouchel.
That, she declared is the secret
whispered to her by Gambler just be-
fore they parted for the last time and
which he warned her not to repeat
and that is the reason, she added, that
her aged fiance threw up his hands
in despair and accepted the command
of members of his family that he
abandon his intention of wedding her.
1t was learned here today that a
man. alleged to have been a private
detective, was found yesterday in the
office of Harry Gamble rifling the at
torney's desk. Harold Noise, asso-
ciate counsel with Gamble in the con-
duct of Mrs. de Bouchefs affairs, dis
covered the man and grappled with
him. The supposed detective, it was
said, was badly worsted in a fistic
encounter and ran from the office.
He was not placed under arrest
Noise and Gamble both charged
that the detective was after a few let
ters from Gambler to Mrs. de Bouchel
which had been taken from a safety
deposit vault and taken to the law
office for examination.