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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-15

In California and Arizona a
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.tures automobiles tires with its
spiny seeds.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-15

A pigeon can easily fly at tho,
rate Of so miles an hour when the
wind is not against L. M
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lew oFFtcERs WIN. I8E q

NEW OF GERS WI u "A s Z
The newly elected off GERS 81 the
Marion County Sunday School AZ.
ISOLATION will meet at the .sYs,. Sun.
day afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock for
the tlrst time. The others weFS
elected during the annual county
association meeting held at the
Baptist Temple few months ago.
The meeting Of The officers, which
will constitute their first session
together, was called by ]. Al swi.
ger, president. aud H. F. Barbes sec.
rotary. Plans will be made foricenn
~ Sunday school work during the
coming season.
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Prospects Of near Freezing toni
pcratures were seen Tor portions
of Tenn ssee today foiloutr
AeaSs saoWass 81 iast night
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Easy Lessons
SSSsN$ ~ Auction Bridge
W. ~ :, Hs,,.,t.
ARTICLE NO. 8
Card Valuation
csp'rLtht IVA - Hsyi.. d.

worth two tricks; a King, Queen
as worth one trick, and Queen,
Jack as worth one-half trick. This
leads to the conclusion that a
King, Queen or Jack, when held In
combination with the next higher
honor OF the same suit, acquires
the same value.
Triple honors are valued slight
ly differently. For example, the
X, Q. ]. or the A, @, ] Of the came
suit are valued as worth two
tricks. Experience has shown that
such combinations will take two
tricks more than half the time.
Please note that the foregoing
values represent the defensive or
quick trick values against op.
ponents' bid, and are based on
normal hands-that is, hands that
contain suits of no more than five
cards. AS soon as hands contain
six card SUITS. or longer. these
quick trick or defensive values are
not so dependable. They are a
working rule for approximately
four hands out OF five.
The following table should be
memorized and numberless hands
should be dealt out and valued:
Approximate Quick Trick Values
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The next point in order Of i'm
portance Is card valuation; that Is
the ability properly to analyZe and
value the trick-taKing value Of
each card and band that may be
dealt.
In order to understand proper
ly the measuring Of card valua-
ton, deal. out four hands Of thir-
teen cards each. Then think or the
fact that certain cards always take
tricks either because Of their In
trinsic value or because they are
hel da long with other high cards
Of the same suits. The cards that
always should take tricks are the
four Aces; therefore an Ace is
valued as worth one trick. The
best players have rated a King
once guarded as (such as K, z OF
Hearts, as worth on the average
one trick about half the time, pos-
slbly a little oftener. Therefore,
the Kings, II held with at least
one Of the suit, are valued as
worth one-half trick. For very
nearly the same reason, Queen
Of suit, with at least two small
cards Of Its suit (such as Queen,
Z, 6 Of Hearts, Is worth a trick
about once IN four times. There
fore Queen is valued as worth
one-quarter trick. These values
are all defensive or so-called quick
trick values; that is. their value
as trick takers when opponents
are playing the hand Their values
In support Of their own or part
ner's final bid, is very nearly
double their quick trick wales
This point will be covered in a
later article.
The foregoing gives an easy
working rule for quick trick valu-
alton Of single honors. When such
honors are held in condemnation
with other honors Of the same suit
their values are considerably In
creased. Fur example, an Ace.
King Of one suit is valued as
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-06

ter Mrs. a II Holbsrt q this
place!
! Harold Martin and Jasper Gun.
.ningham SiSited Mr. and Mrs Aria.
Tetfiek Sunday,
Harry L. sturm was IN FaIrmont
Tuesday serving as a petit Juror.
Merle, the small son OF 3. N. Hell.
.dreth, met with an accident last
Sunday while out gathering chest
nuts. A club was thrown by!a fel.
low playmate which accidentally
struck him across the head cut.
ting large cash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Heldreth
and son Dennis OF Shinnston visit.
ed Mr.. and Mrs, ]. Russell Holbert
over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Sturm and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Sturm and
children visited Mr., md Mrs. Hen.
ry Hess Of Annabelle Sunday.
Allison E. Martin Of Peoria visit
ed B. F. Davis Sunday.
The following persons from this
place attended the sale OF the late
Chester L. Pigott OF Peoria: James
and Henry Sturm, Aria Tetrlck,
George c. Wilt and f. w. Tate.
Mrs. Bernice Tetrick visited Mrs.
Delphia Sturm Tuesday.
Jessie F. Sturm has returned
from Belington where he visited
relatives.
Miss Ollie Fortney is attending
the grand lodge CT the Eastern Star
at Clarksburg.
Mrs. Martina Hess is visiting
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sglyania. Is visiting friends and rel.
atiyes here
Jesse 7. stufm visited his niece,
Mrs: a n. Tetriel Thursday.
Mrs. Anna Garten Of Fairmont
spent the weekend with her moth.
er, Mrs. Eliza Tetrick. &
Henry Stnrm and Alya Kellaf
transacted business at Bingamon
Monday.
Harold kellar OF Fairmont spent
the weekend here with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Kellar.
Miss Hattie Martin was a visitor
al the home Of her aunt, Miss
Amanda McIntire, Sunday.
! Edyth Kellar visited Agnes Wood
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hess and
children, Elinor and Helen, were
weekend visitors at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Tetrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. 'Heldreth and
children were in Warrington Sun.
day.
The local schools are progressing
under the management OF Miss
! Doris Parrish and Miss Margaret
Minnear.
E. II. Stevens was a, visitor II
! Falrmont Saturday.
i Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Stackpole at
tended Sunday school at Long Rur
Sunday.
James B. Fowler transacted bust
ness in Fairmont Saturday.
Henry wilt and wife OF Oakland
Nd are guests Of the formers sis
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M. R. PLAGNGGARS
'0NlG 9'INgRTAERN.
tflB: 9 oslsinc Charge, Appar-
entlysNos Traffic Agreement
Has Been Worked Out.

From what can be gathered the
Monongahela Railway is con-
stinihng 70 place cars at the mines
along the Indiana Creek & North
ern RAILWAY, which, according to
reportss has been sold to the B. &
g: allroad, and the Interstate
Commerce Commission has APP
PROVED ot the sale OF the road.
Should the B. & o. attempt to
handle the tonnage off this road
~ would be necessary for the D.
l6s o. toSwork out a traffic agree
iment With the Monongahea Rail.
way 70 carry the coal cars dowL
ne road from sLowesville to Rives-
SYille Junction, where the B. & o.
starts Otherwise the B. & o.
would be forced to bridge the
river at q heavy expense to con-
meet with the F. NJ. & P. No de-
finite policy has been announced
but apparently the Monongahela
continues to handle the cars.
~ Buys Coal Land
JOSHUA v. Thompson, former
uniontown, Pa, banker, who fig
nred in extensive coal deals sew
eral years ago, in which Northern
West Virginia was one OF his
points OF speculation, has re-en-
Difed the coal business according
% reports,
Deals covering the two largest
transfers Of coal property III re-
cent years In Greene County were
closed Ilast,week when Mr.. Thomp-
,son purchased two tracts OF Pitts.
bufgh seam coal at the head Of
Frosty Run Greene Township. ag-
gregating 567 acres, at the rate OF
$500 per acre. The transaction to-
tailed $685., 900. The coal was sold
by Joseph Murdoch and j, B.
!. Murdocl of Waynesburg, Pa.
Building Homes
The q. o. Frick Co.. is erect
ing homes for 400 families in the
vicinity of Uniontown, Pa. Next
spring more buildings will be
erected.
May. Build Bridges
The Elk River Coal & Lumber
Col Dundon, W. Va, has sent out
specifications for six bridges for
the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail-
road, which 1t owns. The road ex-
tends from Dundon, W. Va, to
Widen, w. Va, and taps a big
mining section. The road has or
dered 300 new steel hopperS,
which It will add to It's present
500 car rolling stock. The road
has SIX locomotives.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-06
BARRAcKVILLE
School Natter

School Matters
Fatrmont District High School
az Harrackyille has strengthened
as course Of study this year by
Obtaining new faculty members,
NISecuring new equipment and eX-
Vending the number Of .ssubpects
taught, The school is now ready
to take care OF all high school stu.
dents in the district except those
finishing the last year Of the work
i'm other high schools and those
doing special work.
The class in vocational guild.
anee has invited a number OF TO-
cal men and women on Thursday
forenoon Of. each week and from
$40 to- 1890. Addresses by dit.
ferent indiHduals on the choice
sof a life work will be given. H.
! Rose, an attorney OF this city,
I.spoSe this morning on the favor.
able and unfavorable factors in
the profession OF law. Other
speakers for Thea work will be doc
tors, ministers, business men and
manufacturers. Until the new
high school building is completed
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to
hold chapel in the local churches.
THE townspeople have been invit.
ed TO sbe present at these services
by Otis n. Milan, principal OF the
high school.
Attend Association
Among those from here who
|swere at Fairview Tuesday to at.
tend the association OF the Bap-
tist Church were Mr.. and Mrs.
~ s. JamIson, Mrs. Glen Robin.
SON. Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Brand
and the Rev, T. b. LAWYER.
Entertain Guests
DR. and Mrs. I. S. Gibson and
little sons Of Wallace. Mr.. and Mrs.
Curt Robinson and son Paul OF
Weston were visitors at the home
OF Mr.; and Mrs, n. j. Straight,
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
stfoshIder Of Waynesburg, Mrs.
Smith Brock and Mrs. John John,
isen OF BIackville were also re-
icent visitors in the Straight home.
Motor Party
Dr and Mrs. E. p. Smith, Mr..
and Mrs ]. Michael and
idanghte Martha, Mr., aud Mrs.
;l9s X Kennedy and daughter
Jean and sons Jimmy and Junior,
~ - a - -
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AtLEekp poPERs AELp.

Elsie satterfIeld and waliani
Parker, both white, arrested hero
several days ago BY federal estl.
GERS for violating the Federal Nar
cotio Law, were given . ptelimi.
nary hearing before United States
Commissioner George n. Gordon
at Clarksburg last evening and held
for the Elkins term OF Federal
Court. Their bonds were placed
at $4,000 each, and IN defauls Of
bond they were locked up In the
Harrison County jail. Federal otti.i
GERS removed the pair from the I'D
cal Jail to Clarksburs yesterday
afternoon,
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.sTURM's MILL

Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell s. Tetrick
and Miss Ollie Fortney were shop
ping in Fairmont Friday.
Alva and Edyth Kellar attended
literary meeting at Harter Hill Fri.
day night.
Aria c. Tetrick was at BIngamon
and Enterprise Saturday attending
to business.
Mrs. Carrie Kellar and Miss Lu.
cha Tetrick were in Fairmont shop.
ping and looking after business
matters Saturday.
Fl. F. Sturm was in Enterprise
Saturday.
Mrs. Letha Cunningham OF Wyatt
was visitor at F. NJ. Stackpole's
Friday.
George c. Wilt, who has been
working in the coal fields OF Penn.
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friends and rtlatiSes here bosord
going To- the home Of her daughter.
Mrs. Adam & dlnger AZ Farfnins ton,
where she VIM spend the winter
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Clubs 10, 6 .s....-.....-......o trick
Disrnpnds g .........s tick
Spade T. q - trick
Value Of hand 81 tricks.
lHeart 4, ] 10 $1,000. q trick
sgtpnsEA, :, 9 ......-:...-.....sl trick
Diamonds@J, 4 3 80 trick
spades-R, q, s ..........s....Mta trick
Value Of hand 2k quick trick.
Hearts-Q, ], 4 ..............ls trick
Clubs-K, @, ~ ...-.......22 tricks,
DiamondslA x, 9. 4 sh tricks
Valuation Of hand, 5 quick
Hearts-A. Q. Z, a. 2....14s tricks
Clubs-K, 4. 2 ................1s trick
Diamodns-J. 10. q, 2 30 trick
Spades-Q ...................... % trick
Valuation Of hand 1 x quick
The foregoing rules of card
valuation are the basic rules OF
Auction and must be thoroughly
mastered by the beginner before
even attempting any further pro-
greSs in the game. II the begin
ner understands how to value
cards and hands, he has built tho
foundation to become good
player, but 1t Is impossible other
wise. There are thousands Of
poor players today who can I'M
prove their game fifty per cent by
a study Of card and hand valua-
ton. Without a proper founda-
ton, no one can succeed and card
valuation is the foundation OF
good Auction.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-06

MEDIUM BROWN HAIR looks
best of all after Golden Clint
Shampoo.
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Every Man
Correctly
Fitted Here

O yR very large
~ stocks include
those unusual sizes
not ordinarily found
in clothes shops.
Sizes for the tall
slim chap, for the
short stout figure,
for the regular
stout figure and also
for the heavy set
young man who
must have a special
size yet who wants
s Apply, youthful
style. We carry all
of these special
sizes in stock assur-
ing correct fit and
quick service as
well.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
Rain Holds No Terrors
for Fair Horse OlUners

Mrs. Smith Is a horsewoman from
the word go, he said. "and 20 is
Mrs. CLARK. Both Of them. Lots Of
mornings at Saratoga when the weather
was so bad that even the men would not
come out to the stables I have seen Mrs.
Smith in rubber coat and rubber boots
out looking around.'
Mrs. Smith inherits her love of horses.
Her mother is also an enthusiastic
horsewoman. and among her many in
terests she always has kept in touch
with racing events. She it was who,
with the death of her husband in 1910,
inherited 800. 900 900 by the remark
able ninety EIGHT word will of Harri.
man. in which he left his estate "to my
wife, Mary W.. Hartman, to be hers
absolutely and forever
And the widow of the financier. who
mad always been "home woman" be-
came business woman" much as
she abhors the word. She not only
capably managed street railway. n
lighting plant. and hotel in Georgia,
but an iron mine. dairy farm. bank
and road building company in New
York. together with blast furnace in
pennsylvania and a gold mine in South
Dakota. She gave final judgment on
hnancial transactions in Wall Street
ana at the same time did not neglect
the business of being an old fashioned
mother to her five children.
Now. more than sixty years old, she
shares her daughters interest in horses.
There is story told of how she comes
to the stables. Leaning on her cane she
Will walk around and then sit down 70
discuss the condition OF the various
horses.
Don't bother to get chair for me-"
she VIII order brusquely. II will sit
right here" and going over to a feed
box she will sit down, saying, Now
this horse here and give advice
and make comments to which seasoned
horsemen listen with respect.
The Syndicate stable yearling pur-
chases this year are expected to be more
pretentious than those last year and
the new racing establishment may as.
sumo much higher rating on the turf.
90 The highest bet this year was 1910
~ Next year Mrs. Smith is consider.
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Scare Crow was named so because of
his appearance, but he was the first one
to break into the winning column. With
one victory, second and two thirds,
he brought in S1llO as his share, and
he was claimed for $500, so that he
really returned S36l0, over $4,000 more
than his original purchase price. The
horse which showed the leust signs of
being n winner had brought back over
half of what they paid for the entire
stable in spite of his name.
"Whcn l saw the horse ! thought
he wasn't worth Il dime said Mr..
Healy. Il said, why don't you
you give him away? II there is some-
body you want to do something TO,
why don't you give him that horse?'
"rhe horses are mostly culls-you
can't expect to get very fine horses for
not more than 5000 apiece, but
He paused. "You cant ever tell about
a horse. Any horse that wins u race
in New York has got to be a good
horses in the world are raced right
here.
''Suslana ran second at the Empire
track and third at Aqueduct. Both
she and Sister Sue gave $500 TO the
stables. Suspicion won two races that
brings $1507, IA"
However, 1t is not strange that these
two women should be able to make a
success of syndicate racing venture.
Both have their own strings OF horses,
and Mrs. Smith learned to ride almost
as soon as she learned to walk.
When she was very young she played
with her dolls as all good children
do. She treated them just as II they
were real babies; made clothes for
them, and under the eyes Of 9 trained
nurse learned how to care for them
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Harrin,an's Precepts
Guide Daughters Life

EFFICIENCY--the magic word
1chich guided the life and
uorks Of E. H. Hartman, rail-
road king and father of Mrs. r.
Penn Smith, J.-had its direct
bearing upon the phenomenal re-
suits attained by his daughter
in the field of horse training.
It was by rirtue of his teach
ing that Carol Hartman learned
to do everything thoroughly and
encrgetically, vith a determina-
tion to be satisfied ,cith nothing
short of the complete consumma-
ton Of the end IN ricv. Euen her
romance was governed by his
precept.
"The man you marry" said the
great capitalist before he died,
"must be efficient in whateuer he
undertakes. That is the most i'm
portant consideration. He must
be a gentleman, true sports
. man. one uho has not been
married before. Money and
social position are important, but
they are not vital consider
ations."
r. Penn Smith, Jr., the hus-
band, fulfls these specifications.
In his chosen field, the breeding
and training of horses, he is
acknowledged one of the foremost
authorities. His efficiency is in
dicated By the fact that in the
,Oar he Was made a major at the
age of twenty-five, the youngest
man Of that rank in the entire
army.
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when they became "ill." But she soon
discarded dolls for horses. and her par
ents decided to make her thorough
EOrsewOman.
When she was ten years old she was
given Kentucky saddle horse and she
was put under the charge Of n profess
sional trainer. She learned to know
a horse, to handle vicious as well as
gentle animals, and she learned what
breeds are best for hunting. racing and
showing. She read books on the breed
Ing and training of horses; she watched
them in the stables. And she became
as expert at cross country riding as
ever her father could wish.
When she was fifteen she went south
to school. taking her favorite riding
horse along. For two years she studied
other things besides horses. Then she
returned home and with her debut be-
gan her social career. which was just
as successful as her attempts at sports
had been.
She danced rs well as she rode : she
attended parties with the same enthusi-
assn with which she had once played
with her dolls. She excelled in the social
life of the junior set as she did in the
saddle. She became one of the lead
ing actresses and dancers in the league
Cnterta inmpnis
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the room as there was great evidence
of 1t in her conversation.
Tall. slender. straight. she had
walked quickly into the room, and sit
ting on the edge OF dull purple divan,
she talked eagerly about her horses and
the races they had won.
Nothing could seem more removed
from the long, chintz- decorated room
and the green quietude of the grounds
than the noise and dust and confusion
of the race track. and yet as Mrs.
Smith talked the long porch In front Of
the room became race course, and
there before you were Scare Crow and
Syndicate racing on to victory.
In spite of the credit which Mrs.
Smith gives to the Syndicate trainer,
both she and Mrs. Clark took lively
interest in the training of the horses,
and no change in their condition cs-
capped their notice. In the spring the
Syndicate Stable was affected by the
sickness that was abroad, and for Il
time it looked rs if the project of the
two women would have tragic ending
instead Of meeting with success. At one
time there was not healthy horse in
the stable, but Mr.. Healy brought most
of them back to racing condition and the
finn bp0au ng0in
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Kept Venture Secret
for More Than a Year

Only their husbands, their trainer
and few members of the Piping
Rock and Meadowbrook Hunt Club
coterie have known of the venture
which resulted from Mrs. Smiths
and Mrs. Clark's agreement last
year. That the Syndicate Stables
belonged to two society women who,
by running them, disproved the old
belief that the moneyed aristocrats
OF America go in for racing "just
to throw their money away was
kept secret.
But after year the owners OF
the Syndicate were discovered to be
two of the most prominent women in
the social and racing worlds. And
next year the Syndicate intends to
pool the money it has made with
what was left from the original fund
last year, and buy more horses for
the next season.
IAN the horses in the Syndicate
stables have names beginning with
~, said Mrs. Smith.
"Le, mo soc. What arc all their
namcsT' she ruminatPh. "Fhcre Is
SuSiana, n chestnut flly, and Syndi-
cate. bay tilly; and 'Smatter, Pop, II
brown tilly. Then there il Suspicion,
another brown FLY: Sentimental Tom
Ey, q chestnut pelding: Sarsupurilla, q