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The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-22
A HAPPY MEDIUM

| We live in an age of extremes Two phil0s- ophies of life have apparently come to grips. 1 Pollyanna and Glommy Gus are aboard in the land and there is much clash and contention up and down the highways of the world. Polly anna insists that life is one grand and glorious holiday. Gloomy Gus loudly proclaims that life is disease for which death is the only cure
 Now we must admit that there is a bit of truth in the contentious of both. Life is a glorious thing. There is much love and laugh ter in this old world and the simpering sen timentalists do manage to get great deal out of their philosophy. But love and laughter and sentiment are not the only pebbles on tho beach of existence. There is much that is un- lovely, grewsome and sad. The newspapers fairly reek with crime Men and women are daily in the public eye charged with break ing their solemn vows. The tears of innocent little children are in evidence everywhere, Poverty and squalor are rampant practically everywhere but probably less so in Alaska than in any other part of the civilized world,
 But in spite of all this, there is still, and we hope always will be, a splendid middle ground between these two extremes of simpering sil- l liness and glover choler. Life IS complex thing It becomes more complex each year. If this complexitv continues the logical conclu- sion must be that ultimately life will become so intricate that it will be bummed up and de- cadence set in However, there are evidences ap1enty that other forces than mere optimism 1 and dank pessimsm are at work. Between these two extremes there is a happy island of common sense and vigorous sanity forces that see both the good and the evil of life and with characteristic aptitude select from both what is the best calculated to the good of the wHole It is in these sane, vigorous healthy forces that the ordinary man sees the oppor- tunity for progress-progress in thought. pro oress in industry progress in the social forces that surge like the tides through the vast hoaving ocean of human existence; forces that are unchanged by the hollow cackle of the sir1pering Pollyanna philosopher or the sheer of the grouchy Gloomy Gus, but forces that are as unchanging as the stars in thcir
 courses as they swing and sweep through the limt1oss reaches of the universe.-Doug'as Island News.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-22
SIGN OF PROGRESS

A Kansas law states that when two trains meet at a crossing each is to stop, whistle, and wait until the other gets by.-Manhattan, o., Mercury.
 There will always be place for the man who knows; but the man who knows why, will always be his boss. q planted carrots in my lot"
 Our neighbor said, and mopped his
 brow; q don't care if they grow or not Don't like the blame things, any.
 howl"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-22
THE WISE VIRGINS (FrOm The Tatler)

Long ago, the wise Virgins arose, trimmed their lamps, took oil in their vessels, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. When the bridegroom came, they were ready.
 Today, the wise Virgins drop a little belladonna into ther lamps, trim their eyebrows to a thin line, darken their lashes with a lotion, and also go forth to meet a bride groom.
 But when the prospective bride groom comes, they keep him waiting a half hour or so, just to make them seem harder to get.
 A rough bunk of diversity has cradled more great minds than the downy bed of ease.
 Making promises and making good depends largely on how much you have to make to make good. 1OlN1 fAS Reggie--They say that jazz is dead"
 Clarence-I thought it was dying from the weird noises it made"
 'Ja hear about the Indian the first time he saw a bicycle? He says: Ugh! Just like lazy white man. Sittin' down to walk" TO MISS ONE WOULDN'T MATTER
 q want to ged a house to rent, D Ikey told the real estate agent.
 "All right, my friend, I have just what you want. Nice three-room house; rent, eight dollars; but, un- derstand, there is no bath room in the house."
 Dot makes me no difference. We only want it for a year." HIS FATE A man who falls in love with him. self is liable to find himself alone with his sweetheart forever after. Some fellows are like a postage stamp, they never need more than one good licking after that they deliver the goods.
 Dear Office Cat-While in Wash ington not long ago I noticed pc culiar thing in connection with the statue of Washington ct al, in the Captol Square. The general is look ing at the Senate and pointing to the penitentiary. Hhe this any sig nificance?
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-22
IN THE SPRINGTIME

Now the light lasts longer nightly, Sprouts will soon spring from
 the seed,
 And the young man will be nghtly Scorning laws that limit speed. What are you going to call the baby?"' 'T'm going to call him whatever my wife names him."
The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-22

A rough bunk of diversity has cradled more great minds than the dOwny bed of ease
 Making promises and making good depends largely on how much you have to make to make good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29
Market CHILLED
BY SLUMP IN ERIE
Whole List Proved to Be Still
Highly Sensitive to Sell
ing Pressure

New York. Nov. 20.--Thc action of
today's stock market disclosed n highly
sensitive condition to selling pressure.
1t started out strong and was proceed &.
ing cncouragngly with the recovery
which started yesterday when it SnS-
taincd another severe chill by reason
OF a fresh slump in tn" Erie issues and
weakness in all the lower priced rail-
roads. Rallies were Immediately checked
and the fluctuations thereafter were
nrrvouslr irregular with II tendency Of
most 90 th" action issues to give ground.
While The street was able To find
construciiv" elements in tn" news de-
yclopment> overnight. still it was quite
generally recognized the procplling
force Of the recovery was principally
the retreat uf shorts in tho professional
ranks rather than of outhurst of buy
ing either fer the professional or out =
side accounts.
In the early dealings there was tn
h" found ampl" eyidenc" of continued
free covering Of tho short interest. At
the sam" time. there was also evidence
Indicating those interest who took over
week accounts were also taking profits
hut were only selling aS much stock a.
the market wouil take and wer" not
pressing these temporary holdings for
sale.
As a result after the first rush "f
the shorts the demand and supply be-
c3m" nicely halanrHl, but which left
tho greater part Of the list in a vuln"r-
able position 10 bc disturbed by just
Nuch an incident as occurred IN tn"
Erie shares. Tho reason for the thr"'
classes Of the Erie issues and various
! bonds being thrown on the mar kct III
lnrc" voIuu" was not fully explained.
In truth nn reason was given.
THE heavy liquidation. however,
which dr"v" Erie common down la~ -
81, ; til" first preferred "&i and th,
>rcoud preferred 81. and severe declines
in III" general mortgage Is and con .
vrrtibl" "p's" induced free selling o;
the other low.priccd rails. especially
| New Haven. =. and -. and Wheeling
/ and Lake Erie common. 1t suhseQuentIE
unsettled the whole market. When the
list gave signs Of Yielding soft spot'
grouped "ut with surprising rapidity II
different sections Of the list.
.irut" weakness. for instance. do
volopcd in tho express shares Will
Adams Express dropping points des'
. rl." tn" resumption Of dividends an
nounr"d yesterday. American ant
We'l~- Fargo wcrr dcrrssed to
points. piggly Wiggly also had Il ha'
sinking spell but by noon 'h" whol'
>inkmarkot was headed downward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29
LOCALS DULL, But
BETTER SUSTAINED
Buffalo and susquehanna Do.
clarss Special Dividend
Of 10 Per Cent

Holiday influences and the feverish
movement Of the New York stocks COM
bincd TO reduce the volume Of dealings
In the local market today to small pro.
portions. The tone Of the market com.
pared with some Of the recent sessions
was steadicr. Prices were better sus-
tained with most Of the more prominent
local shares scoring substantial frac.
tional gains.
The greater part Of the Improvement
was nude In the earlier proceedings ny
there was .noticenbly slackening of
operations when the break IN the Fries
was found again 70 be both thin and
narrow, rejecting complete absence
Of initiative on the part OF the local
trading contingent.
Lit Brothers stock came in for un.
usual attention by reason of an advance
Of 10 points from the Inst previous sale
to ~ on transactions Of 300 shares.
Progressive advancing bids yesterday
failed to bring out any Of the stock.
which wa. to he expected. in view Of
the 100 per cent stock dividend, which
Is to be- given to the stockholders this
year. The stock, furthermore. nppar-
emily is closely held, and only on rare
occasions makes its appearance on the
tape.
The improved tone was perhaps more
noticeable in the utility group because
of the heaviness Of these shares on
some of the previous sessions. U. G..
!: advanced to 4S1s. half point
above Vast nights closing and ~
points above the low made on Mon
day. Fractional gains were also reg.
istcred by the Philadelphia Electric is.
sues and y. Il. Il.
Although not possessing local color
ing. the :. .rength and rallies in Electric
Storage Bnttery and General Asphalt
was contributing strengthening influ :
ence. Pennsylvania Railroad continued
to meet stock, which forced the price
to 45as, although later much of the
loss was rcgained. Lake Superior re-
mained successfully pegged at the
years bottom price. 5as. 4 decline OF
~ points In Philadelphia Insulated
Wire and n point in York Railways
preferred resulted mainly because of the
narrowness Of the market.
One bit Of cheerful news came in the
announcement of the declaration Of Il
special dividend of SO by the Buffalo
and Susquchanna Railroad. which will
be paid out Of the income of the cur
rent year. The company is II large
holder Of securities Of other properties,
and the funds for the special dividend
will come from these investments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29
Net change made BY comparison With
. on New York Stock Exchange.
PHlLADELPHIA BOND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York. Nov. 29.--At the opening
OF the foreign exchange market today
sterling showed gain of :, while
francs were down ! points. Belgian,
down ~. and lire unchanged, Tn"
decline in francs and Belgians was al.
legged to be due to political considcra.
tions. Marks We're 1-1G lower. roinri.
dent with gains in all Of the so.calcd
Neutral exchanges, with the exception
of Swiss and Spanish. 4 feature wus
new high records again, after previous
| advances in Swedish, which gained =
points on tn" day, and guildcrs, which
we're up 3 points. Light offerings Of
Danish and Norwegian caused gains Of
! points in the first mentioned and 10
in the last.
| rables 4.I2;k. demand 49,; francs ca.
bios G.04ia. checks 6.03a4 Belgian "a.
bles i.42ia, checks G.41W: lire cables
4.T1., checks 4.77 Swiss cables Is. ~.
checks 1873: pese,a cables 1539io
checks 15.37ia: Danish cables ma,
checks "0.3D: Norway cables 1856,
checks lS.1l; Swedish cables .G.o>,
checks 2G.93; guildcr cables 30 &C,
checks $500; marks, .0lH.
! New York exchange in Montreal to.
day was unchanged at par. Canadian
funds in New York We're unchanged at
| par.
With the exception Of n gain Of .
points in bulgarian on nominal trans.
actions, the Central European cX.
changes showed general declines. Scr
bian and Greek were the weakest, los
! ing = points, Finnish declined 3 aud
Rmnnninn and Jugo- Slavian lost n
| point. or thcrcabouts. Austrian dc,
rlined J.. and Polish marks were nm.
changed At the low record, Quotations
were: bulgarian, 20: Rumanian,
.@; Serbian, LIE; Greek, Ia
Czecho. Slovakian. 3.lG: Jugo- -Slavian,
'3; Polish. .OW; Finnish, 2.52; Aus
tran, .w14; Hungarian, .O0Oias.
Yesterdays CLOSING QUOTATloHS
n.na,, St,"r,ins rranes IArc GuiId"rs
cables .''',, a5lH GOO 4.7Ni, 80 5s
TopAf's or'>SiG QUOTATIONS.
r, stes Francs Lire Guiiders
G:biss Gsb%is.d -. ... ia ss'ssssS t11x sssssSS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29
Commodity Markets
GRAIN MARKET

Chicago, Nov. 29.-Fresh urturns IL
,'n values in wheat took place today
during tho early dealings. unfavorablc
harvesting conditions in Argentina being
rclnr;od and the Liverpool market
showing further gains. Besides. new
export business, BY way of the Gulf
ot Mexico. was noted Bulls mad,
capital, too. OF assertions that. a..
though the domestic winter crop out.
look had been helped by recent rains.
tn qcr.acr was likely 10 prove the
smallest since 1916. and the conditions
remained low in the December Gov
crnm"nt report.
The opening, which ranged from isc
+" a>r higher, with May S1.l6& 10
81 lGic and July Sl.01Ts to 81 ,OS, was
followed by material further gains.
,'oru and oats sympathized with n"
N.oaT nivanco. After opening un-
rh1n.i 10 i:c higher. May 'oi.c to
7ul.r. til" corn market sagged littIr
and then scored moderate general up.
turn.
oats starred M',c off to SC adj
vance, i2Tsr TO 43c. Later all dcliv-
cr4os were above Yesterdays finish.
Higher Uuotat!ons on hogs gave a
II, 'n rrCViSiOES
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29

4 pound August shoru lambs, "a feeder
St'm'iy; h"aSy' IA owes around 50, lisnter
Weight upward - 81 80 paid tsr on" deck
of 100 pound red Western cNes.
Pittshnrsh. Pa, Nov 20, - HOGS, Re-:
Ceipts, 300 head Higher, HcaviSs. Ss.An
as 90: heavy yorkers light workers. and
pIss,, .n35gn 80. ,,,, r.. ,oo ,,,
STEADY sheep. $3.50; lambs. sls.l0.
cALvES-F"ce!pts. lj0 head. steady
Top. 1l2
Fast Buffalo. y. y. Nov, :o,1-CArTIE
.r'n'. 10 head. 30 hshor' iogii
go SHyH HStste'j, IS sSe Ss.1 1m,as% aSi p@$
I,,rS T. g9r1,r7gss a. ssas1s; az. yss;s "'"' s'
SHEEP AND l.AMBs-Ressipt. 500
head. Lambs, Toe higher. $50 @lo'oo'
Last st. Louis. H.. Nov 2S.---cATTL.E
Escspts; 5000 head = hssr MEDIUM s,t:srs n,;s SSc
higher quality common ana meoum' puk.
q ssSsssSSdio n' ois:l S::4's s:!: s.aSs Sais.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29
Vulcan DEFINING Resumes Dividend

New York. Nov .O---Vulcan DEFINING
mas declared a quarterly dividend ~ IA
per cent, on preferred and = per cent on
stock OF record January O., Action on
above dividsnds was deferred In March,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29
COTTON MARKET

New York. Nov. G9.--The cotton
market va -tcad!er this morning a, an
advance Of 10 points on frs, sales.
Dealings were no, large, consisting Of
scattered tradc and Liverpool buying
on rhn ONE hand and Southern and
Ncw Orleans selling on tho other.
The ',~' lu'ar acted firm and adj
vancnd abort - points over last night
r,os.. wM"r" II met ron>Idsrabie roaliz.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29

santiago, Chile. Nov 20.~--'ieneral bust.
ness condi ions IN chile during tho last MO
Improvement over the first FIX months a,
the year, although business has been dull
Nltrat" sales since July | have amounted
TO about 100 600 tons, of Which 056, 6nn
tons were shipped Exports OF nitrate In
octo'r amounted 10 2Os 900 tons and heavy
shipments to the United States and Europa
ere expected In December and January
.S!,,s Amsriean exchanse averaged sround l.is
In November. 1921. and ~ cents last month.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29

follnw sht yearlinGs. s50a7.5O; cows.
nerss,5 :; Giia2 sS; s,oek.r, steers 81 ?SGG
most - To !GG higher. top =. 40 psid
for !shl shipping hos'; top butchers, IS -
!sh;s hsH ~ E2'sss. s p.s ..a " .1e a" sn,
SOW, MysIiy ~ -, few UP 10 $50,
-, ti'--R"""ip's, 800 head, steady.
.pp 'sulhS 70 butchers, yli 80, packer,
ssM 10, !Il iight ewes. 81. hoaYlcs g.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-31
DR.. EALY ScoNFIDENT.

MOUNDSVILLE. July. 81. Pre-
diction that he viii carry four OF
the seven counties of the first dis
trict and win the r blican nom IS
nation for Congress was made to-
day by DR.. D. 2. Ealy upon the
close of his campaign.
Reports from all sections Of the
district indicate that am reason ID
ably sure Of four counties. while III
the other three I will receive avery
large vote and may be able to
carry Them DR.. Ea1y said.
1T do not claim an Overwhelming
victory DR.. Ealy stated, for I
believe the race will be fairly close.
If So 900 votes are cast in the dis
trict, as I estimate, will receive
about $4,000 Of them, while the'oth-
ers will be nearly equally divided
between my two opponents. What
ever the vote should fbe--I am con-
vinced that the ratio will be the
same
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-31
=, IN f'.la1 " h,
BAXTER
swim,n7inlg J Party.

There were i people present
from Baxter at a swimming parry
held one evening last week at the
big Rock The party consisted
OF young people chaperoned5$ BY q
few older.fo1ks.
Church Services
The weekly prayer service. hlcn
was f1eid Wednesday evening at the
NJ. r. Church, was well attended.
"A short address was given By the
Reverend Mr. King q.
The "Beulah Boosters met at
the church last Thursday evening
to prepare program for the resu-
lar meeting this evening:
An interesting sermon was de-
livered by the Reverend Kerr sun
day evening. A good attendance
was present
Sunday school was conducted at
the usual hour Sunday morning.
Personals.
The Misses Mary Post and Celia
Burnside spent the weekend at
Smithtown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Oldham OF
Clarksburg are spending a few days
at the home Of w. d. Post
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Blubaugh and
daughter Hazel will leave Tuesday
for their home in Maryland
Mr. and Mrs Pat Hayes We're
business callers in Fairmont Friday
evening.
The Misses Lulu Robey, Vida
Matheny and Mary Post visited
Mrs. Odell of Rivesville Tuesday
evening.
Miss Ruth Steel of Pruntytown IS
the guest Of Miss Olive Clayton.
Miss Leanore Tough of Fairmont
visited Miss Corinne Clayton Fri
day evening.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-31
OF NEW TRACKS
STARTS THIS MORNlNG

Work on the tracti on company's.
paving between the Car tracks on
Fairmont avenue from Fourth to
Fifth street was started today by
the company's workmen. 1t Is
planned to continue the work as
far south on Tairmont avenue as
Twelfth street, and also on Quincy
street. PENNSYLVANIA avenue and
several East Side streets The
completion Of the contract viii
require, about SIX months time, It
has been stated,
The ties and rails throushout5
will be replaced by new. The
paving will be Of brick and will be
level with the rest OF the street
During the period Of construction
work, the road will be open but
motorists will heed to drive care
>iully to avoid piles of debris; and g
materials. Red lanterns will pc
hung at night5as danger signals
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-31

neither having the advantage.
The Giants made both of their
counts in the first inning on two
hits and an error. Both teams
teams settled down after that and
played air tight ball.
Morgan Mine Loses.
In "a fast game played at
Rivesville Saturday afternoon. the
Fairmont Athletic Club walloped
the Morgan Mine A. G. In a go
game. Stuckey, who was on the
mound for the local team, allow
ed but seven hits and struck out
seven Of the opposing batters in
the course or the game. The big
feature of the game was the bril-
liant fielding Of the local team.
Speedsters Win. 81
s In Sunday morning contest.
the Penn Avenue Stars were de-
feated by the Mountain City
Speedsters in 30 game. Bur
CESS. who was behind the plate
for. the Speedsters. played a bril-.
liant game. Both pitchers were
little wild at the start but de-
veloped control before the game
had progressed very far. These
two teams viii meet next Sunday
at the old Fairgrounds
Official Notice
1t was officially announced here
last night that the West Virginia
wesleyan football game will b.:
| played in Fairmont on September
80.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-31
'ANDISG OF THE CLUBS
EXPECT MUCH FROM
PlNkNEY THIS FALL

MoRGANTOwN, July 31-one
of the ''big fellows" who failed to
come through last fall because he
lacked experience. but from a
great deal is expected this year is
Dixon Pinkney, young giant
from Beckley. When he reported
to DR.. Spears at Deer Park last
fall Pinkney knew little or moth
ing about the gridiron game,
having had but one years exper-
fence on the Beckley High School
eleven, which was organized when
he was a senior there. All he had
to offer when he came here was
size. but he had plenty Of that and
Coach Spears proceeded to develop
him. 1t was "a slow process and at
times the task was apparently
hopeless. Pinkney, however. was
willing worker and after being
Knocked around all during the
greater portion Of the season he
began to do a little knocking on
his own account There are
several Varsity linemen who will
testify to this
It took Pinkney a long while to
develop lighting qualities, of any
kind but once he got started he
proved to be young whirlwind.
He gave the Varsity tackles and
ends plenty to worry about in
practice scrimmages and tore big
holes in the enemy's line in fresh
men games Many think that he
developed these qualities little
too far because near the end OF
+ the season he was thrown out OF
two freshmen games for rough
ness.
He weighs slightly more than
200 pounds and in the opinion Of
DR.. Spears Is destined to become
one of the best linen en- West yir-
+ ginia has ever had. He Is a grand
son of Sam Dixon, famous in
southern West Virginia coal cir
cles and his father, Harry Pinkney
is Raleigh county operator and
himself former West Virginia
man.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-31
MISS ToWSoN STARS

Miss Charlotte Towson will
strive for more tennis honors this
afternoon when she will play with
Gertrude Mckinney for the girls
doubles in the Normal school ten
mis- tournament. Miss Towson has
already Won two of the honors at
the tourney. She defeated Miss
Mckinney in the finals for the
girls single championship and
was also successful In the mixed
doubles. Her partner in the mixed
doubles was &C. Miller.
Miss Towsen I is the charming
daughter Of Rev. and Mrs. E. s..
Towson Of Benoni avenue. She
has gained quite a reputation as
a tennis player. Miss Towson won
several matches at Colum bfa Uni
versity last year, and has the dis,
:tinction OF d efeating some of the
best men players In this section.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-31
G field work and discipline Practi-
caIly all the prizes We're Won %
West Virginia teams.

CfleId work and discipline Praeti-
5caIly all the prizes We're Won oy
West Virginia teams.
Prayer Meeting Services.
Prayer meeting services will be
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Clevenge
s Personals.
ME-. and Mrs. Claude sTichn Ell and
children visited the formers broth
err Frank Tichenel Of Fairmont last
week. #
william N. Hall returned last
week from Uffiagtou where he had
spent his vacation. III
"a MIR. and Mrs. Eliza Kinkead of
laurel Run were the guests OF their;
children, Mrs. Charles McElfresh,
Mrs. Liston Burnworth and Earl
Holbert. last Week Mrs. Kinkaid
remain ed here for a longer visit
while Mr. kinkaid returned home
Charles McElfresh and John snlS;
der, who are employed in the coal
fields OF PENNSYLVANIA, visited here
Sunday.
ss Mrs. F. e. wlles and children Wis
tied Will Harris at Viola Saturday.
betty Lee. daus liter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Bert McOlvtu OF Fairmont, vis-
tied her aunt, Mrs. Sporting, last
week. Z n.
Mrs Ethel Mardon and daughter:
OF Brownsville, Pa. Who We're the
guests Of the form er's sister, MRS.
Don Summers, have returned home:
Jesse Burn worth Of Falrmont ,yis-
tied his father8yesterday. "