The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-11
Declares showalter Plan
Should be Adopted as
Working Basis
AL.L MySI YIELD.
Must Work Together to
Preserve Prestige Of
\ This Community

Judge E. M. Showalter's charge
to the Jury as printed in The West
Virginian last night ought to be
accepted as q working agreement
for Fiirmont, declared Homo. 8.
Mckinney, In short address to the
Kiwanians at their weekly lunch to.
day. Let all begin to YIELD" he
said, "and then we can so to labor
with a strong arm, and procure
those reductions In the price Of ln.
Dor that Will make this city and
community a veritabie hive Of IN.
dustry again" He emphasized the
importance OF the situation. and de.
clared that Fairmont stood in i'm
ninent danger Of losing her pres
Itige In the state unless she, read
alright the signs OF the times, and
placed herself In harmony with the
Ireadjustments that must come
about. AS he viewed the situation,
no, man nor no class Of men was
responsible for the halt in our
progress, but that Il was charge.
chteatp the laboreT, the mechanic,
= ,scs-s, -i'ss-4- ' rseT,, and the capt
talist and they al must unite 81
Z + F3S ycifs, hs SAID, Sirn6tit
has been able to send her coal to
the worlds markets infcompetitfou
with other mining fields, but that
now she is beaten In competition,
and the gool will she has createds
and the prestige she has won are
about to be lost. Unless conditions
are changed speedily, we will find
that we have spent years to create
ia market Tor our product, and In a
night 1t Is gone" He closed with
an appeal to the club to cooperate
with other civic organizations In an
effort to solve the hardest problem
the community has faced.
w. G. Bradford, who represents
tho Community Service OF New
York. was guest Of the club, and
led the club in one Of the new
Kiwanian songs and after explain.
ing his mission here delighted the
club with two excellent vocal NUM-
bers. Howard Atha, of Manning
ton. was also a guest of the club
and gave a short talk that was full
of appreciation Of the things that
Kiwanis are accomplishing. A
number OF other visitors were IN.
troduced to the club.
Geo. H. Brobst read a letter to
the club from W. s. Hallanan, con
corning the innovations in tax val
uation matters. and set the club
right on some lines. He urged the
meeting Of neIghborhood groups for
a free discussion Of valuation fo-
taxation, and general education
Of both assessors and the public.
He stated that through the KiwantS
club Of Mannlngton such a step had
already been taken, and that about
eighteen OF the business men OF
that city had met and had confer.
ences on the proposed change. A
definite limo OF action will likely be
announced at. the next meeting.
w. T. Black introduced Mr..
Ryemer, a milk expert OF twenty
two years who has charge OF the
developments OF the Robinson com.
pany which is selling pasteurized
milk.
N. G. Lough, of the good roads
committee reported that he had
ascertained definitely that $2s2,0oo
had, been spent by the United
States Bureau Of Good Roads In,
West Virginia, and that $500, 600
might be available II needed. The
committee was instructed to. follow
up It's endeavors, and secure all the
government aid possible.
After. calling a meeting OF the
committee on public affairs; the
membership committee and the
board OF directors, the club ad.
iourned. . NJ