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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-23
RUFF STUFF

Mention to a Tairmonter that
collins are unusually numerous
this spring and he will think you
are slurrins the 6.
one feature Of the University
auartet's performance at the Nor
NAL School last night kept US on
the edge Of our scat all the time.
was wondering which Bill Price
would say next time: wind or
WIND BLOW Thou Winter ?s.''
Rethe quartet's appearance, we
might mention that the (self-
styleds3 Leo Dettrichsteln OF West
Virginia University was in town
might. 1t will be recalled that
III. Deitrichstein is doing his best
work in the role Of "The Great
our conscience is slowly but
surely recovering from Its annual
ineome:tax war. However, 1t has
another wound chevron,
DO you Remember Adam S.
Lanes!
mother sign Of spring: Mayor
Harry Manley out at The Dingle'
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losing A GOOD Man.

T will3be hard for the Fairmont Y. NJ. C. A. to
y secure another secretary who viii render the
faithful, willing service which has been performed
BY Al. Cash whose retirment was announced yes
asterday. Under the direction and the inspiration
of Mrhoash the Fairmont Y. NJ. c.. A. stepped out
tntoitheifelds in which it should operate. It's work
among the industries developed wonderfully, and
It's various departments for boys and young mon
became a powerful influence for good in the COM
munity.
The Y. NJ. C. A., as Mr.. Cash leaves 1t, is in bet
ter shape than ever before. 1t is a going concern,
accomplishing the purpose for which it is organiz-
@, taking its place in the physical, mental, moral
and social life Of the community as 1t should. 1t
takes a good live secretary to establish this work
and keep 81 moving, and the Earmont public has
pn1y to observe the busy program OF the Y. NJ. c. A.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
WATER

FAIRMoNT, March 2S-[Edl-
tor, The West virginianI-The
question now is, are We going to
bond our property. u course, IL
you raise your voice against a
bond issue you are called an "old
foggy." No man should fight an
improvement, provided, he or they
have the money TO make the i'm
provement, but at this time, l
think it gall to ask the people to
put another mortgage on property.
It is all right to go 10 your bank
and borrow 500, but you will
have TO pay some day and let me
say right here that the tax
grabbers will, in a few days II you
keep on, set you out in the street,
and you will have neither home or
place to put water. Stop, look
and listen; don't forget, death and
taxes are sure things. Be sure
you can cash up. Mortgages can
be foreclosed. Think before It is
too late. Get out your bank taxes
and study them. I might want an
automobile. but ! don't have the
cash and I must do without 1t.
Just what at this time can we do.
oh, they say the water will take
care OF itself. 1t has been running
for some time. One other thing,
Mr.. Taxpayer, / see where Mr..
Morris made a speech before the
Kiwanis CLUB and admitted he
could not keep a few fire plugs
open, and yet he is asking the tax
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payers to vote $4,000 10 build
a filtration plant. I know that BE
got such IN applause from the
body that they cracked the roof.
and VIII likely fali IL when
the next big SHOW comes II lie
get that bond through. i wonder
~ he and the city attorney Win
take another trip. We may hear
some say, "oh / rent, It don't
hurt me-" This IS Just where you
are mistaken. The landlord makes
you pay until you get to the point
where you can't, and then he.
sells you out or kicks you out. l
see Adam Is writing on this Ques-
ton. l wonder II he lives at
Edgemont or Dakota. Again, I
want 10 say with employment con-
ditlons the way they are. you had
better think twice before you vote
for another mortgage.
A. L. HEFFNER.
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Puncture-P Proof Tubes
Sold by Local Concern


Tie Community Tire Co Of f6
Jackson street has obtained the
agency for Miibdrn punetare proof
tubes, which have been proved by
demonstration In their store to be
actually puncture proof, the DEM
onstrating tube on display having
been punctured by nails being
driven into It rtore than sixty
times, without the loss Of any air.
The original air that was put into
the tube slll remains at the same
pressure as before puncturing, II
is claimed.
Rough roads, nails. and small
bits Of glass hold no terror for the
users OF this tube, 1t Is said.
The local concern guarantees 70
refund to any purchaser the full
amount paid for any tube that
leaks air when punctured by any
thing not larger than a twenty
penny spike-when such puncture
Is outside Of the rim. Blowout
and pinches are not included I'M
der this guarantee.
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West Virginia ought to start a Go TO Sunday
School" movement. With only forty-three per cent
of the children in Sunday school the outlook is not
so good for Bible students. 1t is claimed that a
thorough familiarity with the Bible is sufficient
for any naturally gifted orator, editor, or lawyer
in the way OF backing argument, of d~cducting
opinion. and strengthening statement. The Bible
training which the children receive in Sunday
school is practically all the actual study of this
book which the most OF them get, and because
Christian civilization is based upon its teachings
and every child's life must be more or less gov
erned by the tenets set forth therein, 1T is supreme
ly important that children be sent where they can
receive this training.
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Formative Period, els.
+. BY r, w, HIMElIcK.

This Is the most important period
In the life OF a boy. Any neglect
IN his training at this period Will
| prove costly. Reformation Is a nat
ural result Of improper formation
during childhood.
Nature seems to have slowed up
physical growth in order to give
the mental, moral. and spiritual ma
lures a chance. Habits formed now
are everlasting. This is the drill
period. You can train boys OF this
age for difficult and complicated
performances. His imagination
carries him over many rough
places. He lives in any world in
which he performs.
He is a hero worshiper. His hero
is always a man who makes a show
in what he does. He does not. con.
slider the virtue Of the thing cone.
He follows the least suggestion
from his hero. Here is one Of the
grave dangers. It also offers q sug
! gestion as to the method OF hand.
ling boys.
Memory is at its best. Things
| committed at this time become tho
guiding stars in later life. It Is
equally important to keep away
from him the type Of books, pic
lures and magazines that offer evil
suggestions. The boy will read
good magazines with as much
avidity as bad. What a blessing It
would be II We could get our prin'
ers and news stands to recognize
Why not think It over? Give
the boy a chance.
Let US take a little journey with
q boy. He comes to a bill board.
He sees blood thirsty pictures. al.
tractive ads for cigarettes aud
pipes. He passes on and sonrl
halts to listen to groups OF mer
using the vilest language. He sees
reckless driving upon our streets.
He sees men disregarding the per,
sonal rights of others. These ard
many other outstanding things at.
tract his attention. These things
make a lasting impression upon his
plastic mind. Are We fair? What
about that inventory?
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That fellow hit the nail on the head sQuarely
when he remarked on that school inspection trip
the other night that It was "Just as hard to get
to the place where you get an education as it is
to get an education after You get there. This
is the thing that is stirring up action in Grant
district toward centralizing he schools. 1t is hard
for the majority of the children to get to the
rural school. Grown up people forget how deep is
the mud, and how cold little hands and feet get
IN traversing the distance in winter time. II
every adult individual in Grant District who OBJ
jects to centralizing the schools could be compelled
to attend one Of the small rural schools during the
next winter term and walk from a quarter to a
half mile through all kinds of weather, he would
not be likely to kick so hard when the question
came up again. The women. who put on the nit
tens and the overshoes, who pack the lunches which
must be eaten cold, and who stand at tho window
and watch for the children to return through the
quick winter dusk will be back OF the centralized
school. The opposition will mostly come from men
who have forgotten, or who think that the things
Of the past are plenty good enough for the present,
a most mistaken attitude and one which would
etfectually block all advancement II held by the
majority.
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singing cheeriIy as he picks the
first dandelion blossom"-Cum-
berland News.-Things are not
thus In Fairmont, alas!
y =
While local persons continue to
maintain that there will be no
strike on April l.. coal dealers re.
port that within the last few days
there has been a noticeable IN
crease in sales.
"wig=waggsd by F. A. p. from
West Virginia. Store in Morgan
town: 'Wildman & Swindler,
New and Second Hand Goods, Ex-
press. The former drives a
truck. Next door is tho Spitz
Store which is against an ordin-
ance there. Oh yes, all are on
Pleasant street."-Detroit News
-ouce more Ruff Stuff has PROV
ed its superiority by scooping all
competitors by a four-day margin.
We may now look for the latest
taith-healer, the Reverend Mr..
Dane OF New York, to establish a
city with funds from those he has
healed II they yielded up cash
TO Voitva, why not TO the great
Dane?
BY the way, what has become Of
the Zion City fiat-earthist? Ap-
parently he IS giving all due and
necessary consideration TO Mr..
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EXALTED SERVICE.

HERE haze been many impressive funeral
i services held over empty riches and titles.
Many solemn orations whose high sounding phrases
have had no tinge OF real regret and many men,
whose earthly life was featured by lip homage and
surface respect, have been conveyed to their last
resting place with no honest tears TO bedew the sod,
no sorrowing heart to genuinely mourn their loss.
Just how little riches and titles and earthly power
count in the final round was illustrated in Charles
ton this week when an humble minister OF the
gospel was laid to rest amid ~sincerest grief and
with all honors possible for that city to bestow.
This man was DR.. T. c.. johnson, veteran Baptist
minister who had served his church for a period
Of forty years. His body lay In state for hours so
that the streams Of people might pay their last
respects to a friend and councillor, and at the
funeral services men from every walk in life
brokenly told OF the good accomplished and the
u~ntiring self-sccrifice OF the noble spirit departed.
It is an achievement to pile up a fortune in these
days OF keen competition, and it gives to nearly
any human some satismaction to be able to say
Go" and Como TO fellow beings, but 1t is a
satisfaction brief and passing as a summer cloud.
In life 1t is an immutable law which is, and always
has been, that the thing which really counts in
the end is service. Upon the amount OF service
rendered to each generation by the one preceding
is erected to the whole structure OF civilization, and
the way in which service counts is conclusively
proven in history by the way riches and titles
are submerged and forgotten and deeds Of service
are g~loritied and exalted.
So 1t comes TO pass that the way is lighted and
the path made easy for tho departure OF Charleston's
good man and the people go about u little silently;
thoughtfully adjusting themselves to a life that
must continue without him. There are always
others ready to grasp the torch of service as it
falls from failing hands, and in time Dr.. Johnson's
place will be filled and the things for which he
labored push on to accomplishment, but it Is lives
such as this that keep the world sweet, and service
such as this that trims humanity's lamp.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-23
PILES

pes,oas aaiaed withplet
aftSs damned. This continual stieFt1E r.
- an IN nervous system, resulting even
sSSify Ia a completes breakdown. There q .
aeed for Gnypne 20 endHre thts 9Istag Mht
MAJ III A.W, Ehase's Qtnetnent VIII Feates,
"a n once, tndnot only that, whent this tfteY
mead verified IN Il Affords LASTING henttI
n Avn chRSeS OlntTnent u known tef AZ
9iaS a the great home reffeaY 70, ,ktf
worm, chahng, Sore Feet Shhntatns htyei
tisSds Snd an frntations OF the sktn aAth
aTiSr1StS. To b sure OF EetttnRsthe Ee,gs
In. ~ that the portrait and Etsu4ttfe 81 u
Nv cbaSe are On the hox=sa 1ade marx 9
SVlT observation-disclosures
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49, TE AyFE9%s-
Old sleuth is o%utriyaled. Lecoq Is a dead one,
Nick Carter is dashed to the mast,
Among the detectives this bird Is the head one,
He's got all the others outclassed;
No hick OF a.dick is this lad energetic
VINO knows Who Is Hootch clear from Cuba TO Z.
He'll watch. for the Scotch and the Bourbon ~synthet.v.
Both lsadore Einstein, the bootleggers bane!
oh Icy. oh Icy,
He's constantly busy
And Hootch.peddlers shake in their shoes,
Afraid Of surprises he'll spring in DISCUSSES
This versatile trailer OF booze!
He slips into stills when the moonlight is Silly
Made up as a bushel OF rye;
He asks. with a wink, for some sarsaparllly
In blind-tigers run on the sly;
WHAT'S this?" he will hiss, as he samples the whisky
i've got you, old timer, you needn't explain,
Say. BIO, you must know that you cannot get risky
With 1sadore Einstein, the bootleggers bane!'
oh Icy, oh 1zzy,
Your stunts make US dizzy,
You're certainly making things hum,
I'm willing to tell 'em you've some eerebelum,
Brave Icy, the bloodhound Of rum!
The roles that he plays are beyond any number,
From roughneck to gentleman sport,
He mover INDUCES in rest or in slumber
According to common report;
Here, there, everywhere at q myriad places
He's right on the job-yot we're waiting in vain
To see which may be. OF his myriad faces,
Tho true face Of Einstein, tho bootleggers bane!
oh Icy. oh Icy,
He's clever. Gee whis. he
Is helping this nation abstain,
There amt no ~go-getter
That's keener or better
Than 1Czy-.the bootleggers baue!
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Only 200 Annapolis men out of a class of 541
are to be graduated this year If the bill submitted
by the House naval ommitte is approved. This
seems pretty hard but in the opinion of the com-
mittee no more officers will be needed because Of
the reduced size OF the American navy. No ex-
preston from the men themselves has reached the
press and this is just as we'll, for it is hard for
youth to be reasonable under such a bitter disap-
polntment as this would be. Possibly some other
way out will be suggested.
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Moran's acceptance Of his $1,000
challenge.
Appropos to naught We rise to
annotate the information that Ned
Smith is soon to retire from the
U. S. Marshalry.
We trust that our readers will
believe us when We say that We
give little credence TO the rumor
that Mr.. Smith Is bringing some
government bulls down here
from N. Y. c. At the same time,
we trust that all loyal Republicans
will move their private stocks 10
safe abodes. 1t is possible that
Officer Smith may be planning a
whirl-wind campaign on certain
society circle cellars.
OF course Mr.. Smiths action in
this matter, should 1t be taken as
rumored, would not be caused by
any sentiment he may have felt in
The Strange Case OF the unfor-
tunate McElfshman.
"If Mr.. Bryan had not demoI-
,shed the DarwilIan theory, some
Of his enemies might charge that
be was a throwbaek."-New York
Tribune.-A throw which?
Which reminds US that there Is
Just one thing the Y. NJ. G. A.
circus publicity man overlooked.
He wrote UP the wild animals they
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Sidehghts


Morgantown has a city manager
who has ideas Of his own, as every
God-fearing city manager should
have. City Manager Charles F.
Sutherland has recommended to the
city council that a tad cab driver
pay an annual city license OF $3.50,
declaring that taxi cabs are In
VOWED In the majority Of the
crimes committed in Morgantowr.
The recommendation throws open
quite a wide range OF speculation as
to Just what sort of a crime wave
Morgantown IS enjoying, Il a city
may be said to be enjoying a crime
wave.
1t may be presupposed that the
college chaps have been Joy riding
with fair damsels, for it Is seldom
that the "Rah Rah" lads go on suct
jauuts with each other, save per.
haps after r great and glorious
football victory which needs an ap.
propriate celebration.
But this in unfair a presumption.
indeed. No doubt the taxi cab ia
used for other detrimental AFFAIRS.
Surely Morgantown Is large enough
now TO boast OF a variety OF crimes
in which a taxi cab may be a chort
ling, rafting participant.
Perhaps they have bold, bad hold.
up men who spring at pedestrians
from taxi cabs and collect the price
OF a Coca Cola and then dash back
into the s~eclusion Of their h~orseless
carriage; perhaps they have bur-
glars who drive up to the front door
Of a residence In the dead o. night:
then loot the house and load the
gas buggy with the spolIs, putting
the silver under the seat and drop.
ping the string OF pearls into the
radiator for a boiling out.
II $3.50 each. year from every
taxi cab driver In the town will
make an end OF crime there, the
recommendation OF the city mana.
ger should have favorable atten.
ton; It would be cheap even at a
higher price. and as far as the taxi
cab driver is concerned he can
pass the buck on the ultimate rider.
Now In Fairmont, what crimes
could be laid at the door o. a taxi
cab? A few Of them will run Wild
now and again. climbing a tree or
street car; run over a pedestrian or
mangle a stray cat. A few OF them
have been known to be "r1lm run,
ners" In their time. Others carry,
ing a party OF Joy riders have be-
come unruly at the wrong time,
wrecking themselves and killing OF
severity injuring their occupants.
Outside OF these few things our tax,
cabs are we'll behaved and extreme
II mannerly. None has ever beer
known TO smoke a cigarette.
We wish Mr.. Sutherland much
success in his method or corree
tons for crime waving taxi cabs.
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70 realize what NJ. Cash accomplished ia BIS term
u service here.
There wfl be much Roget At the resignation
which HE board ACCEPTED yesterday. and while
the good Wishes 81 Fairmcnt Wi unstntedls a.
company M. Cash IN his work elsewhere, vet the
atys cannot help but seltishly wish that I'M stay
here might have been Longer. :
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WASHINGTON. March 81
Work OK stripping twenty-set
destroyers Of their torpedces q
ammunition preparatory TO te
9edocinE the shirs have bee
sthfted ~ the naxai magazine
81. Dulles, vi, wheFe two destroy
ers 4 day are expected to be han
dled. until ths lob g finished
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-23
The Boy Problem

This column is devoted to tie boy.
hood OF FAirmonL A series Of brief
articles will be presented covering the
important phases In the lie Of the
boy with the hope that the parents
Of the eomp1unity may End Soms worth
while BuEtestIouS. Any questions 70
the editor Of the Boy Column viii Be
promptly answered.
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are training but what about the
domestic animals they are also
exercising.
One big feature is going to draw
us away from dinner to witness
the great Blngling Brothers par
ade: we want to see II Ward
Lanham can lead a circus us well
as he did the Mountaineer fresh
men football eleven.
The big miners-operators con-
ference in Baltimore may be held
up for a day or two IL We can't
shake Sir Knight Darlington away
from his chicken at the K. Of P.
supper tonight in time to catch.
the train for Baltimore. 1t is a
chicken supper, you understand.
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DESIGNATE CANADIAN WEEK.

CHICAGO, March 2S.-The city
council has designated the week
of April . to S as Canadian week
to celebrate the 104th anniversary
Of peace and uninterrupted social
and business intercourse.
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The Distinguished Service
Medal was recently conferred in
the name Of the President Of the
United States upon seven French
army officers. The decorations
were for services rendered the
American Expeditionary Force by
the French Medical Corps.
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Andeyery day makes more imperative the secur-
ing Of comfortable apparel for the enjoyment of
Spring.
Our store is an exposition Of all these comforts
and necessaries of the season-full of interesting
suggestions and always readyto quickly and s~atisfac.
torily supply every normal want.
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-04-21
Commissioners Sale

Notice is hereby given, that in pur-
suance of the authority and directions
contained In the decretal order of the
Chancery Court Of Randolph County,
made and entered on the Sth day OF
March, A. ID. 1922 in certain cause
mo 2s2) then pending therein be-
tween ohm Nederhauser, complainant
and S. A. Seaton and Fannie Seaton,
defendant, the undersigned, as CON-
missioner of said Court. will offer for
sale at public vendue to the highest
bidder at the south door or entrance
of the County Courthouse, in which
said Court is shield, In the County OF
Randolph within the hours prescrib-
ed by law for judicial sales, on Satur-
day the 9th day Of May A. d. 1922,
the following described real estate,
to-wit: The west half of the east
half, and fifteen acres off Of the west
side of the northeast quarter nortn-
east quarter, section thirty six 1857
township twenty one (2l), north range
three (3) west, containing l75 acres,
In Randolph County, Arkantas.
Terms of sale; On credit Of three
months, the purchaser being required
to execute bond as required by law
and the order and decree of said Court
in said cause, with approved security,
bearing interest at the rate of 10 per
cent per annum from date Of sale un-
Til paid, aud a lien being retained on
the premises sold to secure the pay
ment OF the purchase money.
Given under my hand this 10th day
of April A. d. 1922.
e. r Hicks,
Commissioner In Chancery.
Schoonoyer g. Jackson,
Solicitors for Plaintiff 35'3t'
Pocahontas star herald., 1922-04-21
Commissioners Sale

Notice is hereby given, that in pur-
suance Of the authority and directions
constrained in the decretal order of
the Chancery Court of Randolph
County, made and entered on the 7th
day Of March, A. d. 1922 in a certain
cause mo 25S) then pending therein
between f. j. Baltz. complainant, and
w. r. Sykes, defendant. the under
signed, as Commissioner of said Court,
will offer for sale at public vendue to
highest bidder, at the south door or
entrance of the County Courthouse,
In which said Court is held, in the
County Of Randolph within the hours
prescribed by law for judicial sales,
on Saturday the 9Th day OF May, A.
ID. 1922, the following described real
estate, to-wit: All OF lots two (2)'
three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6),
seven ~, eight ,lsl, In Block fifteen
(l5), and all of lot three (3) In Block
twenty three (23l of the Shannon ad-
dition to the town Of Pocahontas,
in Randolph County, Arkansas.
Terms of Sale: On acredit of three
months, the purchaser being required
to execute bond as required by law
and the order and decree of said Court
In said cause, with approved security,
bearing interest at the rate of 10 per
cent per annum from date Of sale un-
til paid, and lien being retained on
on the premises sold to secure the
payment of the purchase money.
Given under my hand this 10th day
of April, A. ID. 1922.
e. r. Hicks,
Commissioner in Chancery.
Schoonover & Jackson,
Solicitors for Plaintiff. 35-3t.